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CIS staff PW delivers ‘Hamlet’ member dies to an audience of one suddenly By Emma Wohl Senior Staff Writer
Robert Addison, a communications technician at Computing and Information Services, died Monday after falling ill at work. An ambulance transported Addison to Rhode Island Hospital where he passed away, wrote Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, in an e-mail to The Herald. “The University community was saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Robert Addison,” President Ruth Simmons wrote in a statement. “During his more than two decades of service as a network technician, he visited nearly every area of the campus, contributing in fundamental ways in support of the essential communications infrastructure at Brown.” Addison had been working at Brown since 1989 and University representatives have contacted Addison’s family to offer support, Simmons wrote. “He had some illnesses during the last year,” Michael Pickett, vice president for CIS, said. “It might have been a heart attack. No one knows for sure. Everyone is just shocked.” Reverend Janet Cooper Nelcontinued on page 3
You start at the bottom of a staircase, with little to no idea of what awaits you. A masked actress descends and leads you back up. You go through a door into a room that — if you are familiar with Production Workshop’s upspace — you thought you knew.
Arts & Culture But it’s different. It’s empty of seats and an audience. There’s only the cast, milling about the room, and you. The first few minutes of “Stand and Unfold Yourself,” an “interactive meditation on ‘Hamlet’” are
a more disorienting experience than a theatergoer may be accustomed to. There is only one audience member — perhaps audience is not even the right term. Rather, the observer takes on the role of Hamlet’s confidante and follows him through the events of the play. The play is “Hamlet,” reduced to an hour. Gone are any scenes in which Hamlet does not appear — no long-winded advice from Polonius and no conspiring between Claudius and Laertes. The story is certainly recognizable, but some knowledge of the original script is important to fully understand the events that unfold. The show runs Feb. 21-26, with continued on page 3
150 on off-campus waitlist await word Extent of
Size of first-year class will set permission levels faculty’s voice By Nick Lourie sion, Bova said. This figure com- crease will solve ResLife’s ongoing in tenure C W pares to between 125 and 150 stu- housing woes. Bova said ResLife dents who were approved last year. may approve more students cur- reform unclear ontributing
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This year, the Office of Residential Life approved nearly twice as many rising juniors to live off-campus as it did last year, though about 150 students remain on the waitlist, according to Richard Bova, senior associate dean of residential and dining services. About 250 rising juniors have already received off-campus permis-
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Roughly 900 seniors were granted approval, representing no significant increase over the previous year. ResLife’s goal remains “a bed for everyone,” with no students residing in kitchens or lounges, Bova said. To achieve this goal, the office approved students for off-campus housing earlier than in previous years. But it is unclear whether the in-
After falling to Penn 70-62 on Friday, the men’s basketball team toppled first-place Princeton, 75-65, handing the Tigers their first loss in Ivy League play.
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rently on the waitlist after the final size of the class of 2015 is determined in April. But notice of approval in late spring may make it difficult for students to negotiate other off-campus housing arrangements before leaving Providence for the summer.
Bruno first faced the Quakers (11-12, 5-4 Ivy League) Jan. 29, losing in overtime, 80-78. The loss came one day after the Bears’ (10-14, 3-7 Ivy League) captain and leading scorer and rebounder, forward Peter Sullivan ’11, injured his shoulder against Princeton. Sullivan returned to the Bears’ lineup for the first time in three weeks Friday night for the rematch against the Quakers. Wearing protective padding on his shoulder, Sullivan led the team with 16
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points in 25 minutes of play in the loss. “After getting up and down the court a couple of times, I started feeling like my old self again,” he said. “I practiced all week, so I was just trying to get my wind and my timing back. The shoulder felt fine, but obviously a game is different than practice. I was rushing stuff a little bit, so I had to get used to the flow of the game.” Sullivan currently ranks ninth on Brown’s all-time scoring list, and despite the loss, Head Coach Jesse Agel was glad to see him back on the court. “I’m extremely happy that he was able to get back and be in the last six games of his career,” Agel said. “He’s had a great career, and I’m thrilled that he has the opportunity to finish his career on the court instead of on
Faculty will have more input on an October 2011 report on tenure and hiring practices than on an accompanying proposal to the Corporation for setting a ratio of tenured to non-tenured faculty, according to administrators charged with creating both documents. At its Feb. 12 meeting, the Corporation commissioned the administration to write a report on hiring and tenure practices at the University and peer institutions, as well as the proposal for setting the tenure ratio. The e-mail announcing the report and proposal did not mention faculty involvement, which worried some faculty members, according to Cynthia Garcia Coll, chair of the Faculty Executive Committee and professor of education. The administration has indicated it plans to involve faculty members when preparing the documents, though they will likely be granted greater input on the report than on the actual proposal, Provost David Kertzer ’69 P’95 P’98 said. Garcia Coll, who has met separately with President Ruth Simmons and Kertzer since the Corporation meeting, said she is now “more hopeful” that faculty will play a significant role in drafting the proposal and report. At the same time, though, she said she will not be fully
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U. expands off-campus housing continued from page 1 Local landlord Charlie Samos said demand for housing around campus has increased in the past year. Samos rents predominantly to Brown students and students from the Rhode Island School of Design. He said he predicts rental rates and demand for housing will continue to rise somewhat as the economy pulls out of the recession. While demand for housing has increased over recent years, it still remains lower than four years ago.
Shifting more students off campus will serve as a one-year buffer until the renovations to 315 Thayer St. — a future dormitory — are finished in summer 2012, Bova told The Herald in October. Bova said the current housing situation is on target, though rooming assignments have the potential to become “quite hectic.” Housing arrangements can fluctuate as students take medical and personal leave, change their academic standing and shift their commuter status and study abroad arrangements, he
said. Students often do not make these decisions until June. The University will also place students in off-campus houses not traditionally zoned as dormitories. The University owns 150 residential housing units on and around campus, according to the auxiliary housing website. Claudia Norton ’13, who is currently living in a triple, said she plans to live off campus next year. Off-campus life is “a good opportunity for growth and a good learning experience,” she said.
‘Consultation’ key to tenure policy continued from page 1 convinced of faculty involvement until she sees solid evidence. Faculty members “don’t like to be given something that is complete,” Garcia Coll said. “They like to debate it, they like to think about it, they like to make their opinions heard.” Kertzer said the Corporation had an “unusual” series of meetings with faculty before making any decisions about tenure. The most recent meeting took place the morning of the Feb. 12 Corporation meeting, when “a couple dozen” department chairs shared their opinions with Corporation members. In December, a delegation from the Corporation’s Board of Fellows and Committee on Academic Affairs met with approximately 100 faculty members to discuss tenure. “It’s been an issue on which there’s been a huge amount of consultation with the faculty on the part of the Corporation,” Kertzer said. Dean of the Faculty Rajiv Vohra P’07 and Edward Wing, dean of medicine and biological sciences, will both be involved in drafting the documents. Vohra and Wing sent an e-mail to faculty Feb. 14 further explaining the Corporation’s requests. Vohra said the e-mail was intended to respond to faculty concerns about whether the University plans to set a fixed limit on tenure promotions, as well as to explain what role faculty will play in crafting the documents. According to the e-mail, tenure caps will not be instituted. Instead, the Corporation asked that administrators look to establish “ranges of tenure rates” that could lead to “healthy faculty renewal.” Professor of Philosophy James
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Dreier said he found Vohra and Wing’s e-mail “somewhat reassuring” in that the administration would not be setting a tenure cap. Most encouraging, he said, was the switch in emphasis from tenure rates — the percentage of tenure-track faculty who are promoted with tenure — to the ratio of tenured to non-tenured faculty. A high tenure ratio is “something that’s fairly clearly a potential problem, whereas a high tenure rate is not as obviously a problem,” Dreier said. “And the assumption that (a high tenure rate) is a problem appears — to a lot of the faculty — problematic.” The administration will work in “full and active consultation” with faculty when drafting the documents, according to the e-mail. But Vohra and Kertzer both said faculty involvement would probably vary between the report and the actual proposal. “There will be consultation,” Vohra said. “I can’t imagine that some of these things would involve faculty debate and vote, because there are lots of things that are not of that nature.” The administration has a strong understanding of the tenure debate from recent discussion and voting on tenure-related proposals in faculty meetings, Vohra said. He added that any revisions to faculty rules would require discussion with the FEC and faculty vote. As for the report on hiring and tenure practices, he said it was “hard to imagine” what the administration could do without talking to faculty. But the decision on tenure ratios, Vohra said, would be less likely to come up for faculty debate and vote. Vohra said he imagines the administration will look at how
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“different variables interact.” Such factors might include how many faculty members resign or retire and how many professors the University wants to hire. “If there’s a mathematical equation, it’s not a question of deciding,” Vohra said. In drafting the proposal, the administration will design a model analyzing the University’s ideal tenure ratio based on current hiring practices and plans for the future, Vohra said. “If you analyze a model, and you come up with a certain way of looking at things, you can explain and discuss it. It’s not about deciding.” But, Vohra said, the University is still in the “early stages” of deciding how to work on the report and proposal. Professor of Comparative Literature Edward Ahearn said he believes the faculty will be well represented in the drafting process, based on both the Corporation’s meetings with faculty members and the email from Vohra and Wing. “I hope it will not be handled in a top-down manner,” Ahearn said. “The way I read the message I got, it seems to suggest that all the interested parties will be consulted and that a broad range of people will be participating in the discussions. So I’m hopeful.” But Ahearn did express concern that the Corporation commissioned the University to compare its tenure policies to those of its peer institutions. “They’re in danger of not recognizing something very special at Brown and something very unique,” Ahearn said. Dreier voiced similar concerns, saying that to “find out what everybody else is doing” and imitate other schools would detract from Brown’s unique philosophy. Brown has a “strong tradition” of faculty governance, and maintaining that tradition will be essential in the drafting of the documents, Ahearn said. The drafting will take place during a transition between provosts, as Kertzer steps down from his position in June. But Kertzer said he plans to start working on the report and proposal right away. He said he does not believe the change will slow the drafting process. “These are the very issues I’ve been working on a lot for the last few years,” Kertzer said. “Whoever’s the new provost will be able to come in without losing speed in this issue.”
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‘Hamlet’ forges bond with audience continued from page 1 four performances each night. Audience members were selected through a lottery, determined at the beginning of February. Only 24 members of the Brown and Rhode Island School of Design community will get the full experience. Others were able to attend dress rehearsals or watch from the light booth. After seeing the show, the reasoning behind this set-up becomes clear. The events of the play seem much more personal and relatable when narrated directly. It is an experience difficult to find outside of a college campus. This sort of show is “financially impossible” in a commercial market, said Doug Eacho ’11, the play’s director. It also gives the lead character a unique relationship with
his audience. Following Hamlet through the course of his anger, guilt, reluctance and determination makes it easier to understand his decisions. “There’s a way in which Hamlet relates to the audience which is very rare in Shakespeare or in any play,” Eacho said. “He treats them like confidantes.” “He’s trying to explain to you what he’s doing, but he’s not very good at it,” he added. “When you have him speaking to a house of 5,000 people, you lose that feeling.” This relationship deepens in the course of 50 minutes. At first, the observer’s discomfort is assumed. “Hamlet’s central experience is one of isolation, the feeling of being absolutely disconnected from the people in his world and the physical world altogether,” Eacho said. “Plopping someone by them-
selves into a theatrical space … tries to double that experience.” The goal “is not to alienate the audience member but to find a confidante and a co-conspirator,” said Sam Yambrovich ’12, who plays Hamlet in half of the performances. But the observer is supposed to become more involved over the course of the play. “I’ve found that the more receptive the audience member is to me, the better I can perform,” said Conor Kane ’14, who plays Hamlet in the other half of the performances. This play intensifies the notion that the quality of the audience can make or break a show. “If you, the audience member, don’t comply, the action stops,” Yambrovich said. Naturally, the actors’ performances in such a show are completely out of the ordinary. Hamlet, in particular, is talking to a
friend — not a packed theater — and so the actor’s performance is duly subdued. The other characters mostly ignore the observer, going about their business as usual. But their performance style is still unique. There is no fourth wall, no cheating out to incorporate the audience. Stage whispers are replaced by actual whispers, and it is up to the audience member to listen in or not. “Stand and Unfold Yourself ” was funded by a PW Alumni New Works grant. “I argued that this counted as new work,” Eacho said. In the sense that the words are the same, it is old, well-worn Shakespeare. But as far as bringing new meaning to characters’ actions and re-imagining the role of actors and audience in the theatre, this show is truly novel.
Bears one win, one tie from home ice in playoffs continued from page 8 5) to rescue a point in ECAC play. With Quinnipiac leading 2-0 with just under three minutes left in the second period, the Bears got the boost they needed to get on the scoreboard. On Brown’s fifth power-play chance of the night, Dennis Robertson ’14 finally lit the lamp for the Bears, as his long-range blast beat Quinnipiac netminder Eric Hartzell. Brown carried its momentum into the third period and evened up the score four minutes in on a goal produced by a trio of first-years. Mark Hourihan’s ’14 close-range finish was the product of crisp passing from Matt Wahl ’14 and Michael Juola ’14, both of whom were credited with assists. For the rest of the period and in overtime, Hartzell and Mike Clemente ’12 played strong in net, and the two sides had to settle for a single point each.
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son, the University chaplain, will be providing bereavement support to Addison’s colleagues in the department, he said. Daniela Stephen ’13 learned of the death from a custodian who works in her dormitory and who was a close friend of Addison. She was told that Addison suffered a heart attack while on a ladder in List Art Center. She said she found it “outrageous” that the community had not been sent an e-mail about the news, the University’s precedent for student deaths. A bereavement ceremony will be held later this week, Simmons said in her statement.
Harvard 2, Brown 1
On Tuesday night at Meehan Auditorium, the Bears again surrendered the first goal in the early going. On the power play at 7:27, Harvard forward Conor Morrison snuck in alongside the right side of the net, where he effortlessly tapped in a pass from the blue line to put Harvard (7-19-1, 5-14-1) up first. Later in the period, Harvard struck again on the power play. With Chris Zaires ’13 in the box for boarding, a long-range shot by Crimson center Alex Killorn took a fortuitous ricochet off a Brown defender and wound up in the net behind Clemente. In the second period, neither side was able to find the back of the net. The Bears’ best chance came on a four-on-four situation late in the period. With just the goalie to beat, Zolnierczyk blasted a wrist shot just high, and moments later, Harvard goalie Ryan Carroll, who
had 40 saves for the game, made an athletic save to again deny Bruno. In the closing seconds of the second frame, Brown survived another Crimson power-play surge. One shot glanced off the post before Clemente was forced to make two spectacular saves to keep his team’s deficit at two. Eight minutes into the third, the Bears cut the Crimson’s lead in half on a brilliant goal by Farnham. The junior controlled the puck away from two Harvard defenders in Harvard’s half of the ice before beating Carroll one-on-one. Farnham skated to Carroll’s right and easily beat the Crimson goalie stick side for the score. “I know Zaires chipped it up, and it kind of went off their guy into the middle of the ice,” Farnham said. “I saw a nice seam and just pulled it back. I fell down a little bit, and the goalie tried to poke check. I was a little lucky with that
and just went around him.” Brown pressed on looking for the equalizing goal. With just over a minute left in the game, Whittet pulled Clemente in favor of a sixth skater, but the extra man was of no help, and the Bears suffered their 14th loss of the season despite outshooting Harvard 41-20. “I thought we were dominant for most of that game,” Whittet said. “Our problem is that we can’t score. We don’t have naturally gifted guys around the net. We work very, very hard. We outshot them 20 to one in the third period and scored one goal. So until we figure out a way to not give up powerplay goals and actually score on our power play, the result is going to be what it was.”
News in brief Grant to open Hay’s hidden collections The John Hay Library began organizing previously “hidden” collections of manuscripts and documents in January thanks to a $141,455 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, according to University Archivist Jennifer Betts. The collections, which had been difficult to access because they were not digitally cataloged, include papers by Emily Dickinson’s niece Martha Dickinson Bianchi, works by S.J. Perelman — who wrote screenplays for the Marx Brothers — papers by Charles Evans Hughes and pieces from a variety of literary papers and journals. The grant will pay for a project archivist, two student assistants and a laptop, said Alexander Lorch, archives program officer at the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The recently hired archivist will put the documents, which currently take up 6,500 linear feet of shelf space, into a digital cataloging system that will allow researchers to search for them and access them more easily, according to Lorch. “Each application (for the grant) to NHPRC is reviewed by the corresponding State Historical Records Advisory Board, a panel of professional peer reviewers and the Commission staff,” Lorch said. Based on these reviews, the NHPRC makes recommendations to the government on which projects should receive funding. The University received and accepted the grant in June 2010. —Casey Bleho
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Bars vie to fill Fish Co. void Olives on North Main St. By Brielle friedman Staff Writer
It is 10 minutes to midnight and Olives, one of the newest hotspots for Wednesday night partygoers, is in full swing. Students are crowded by the bar sipping beers, flirting and scoping out the already sweaty dancers shaking their stuff on the jam-packed floor. The lyrics to “Put Your Hands Up” by Fatman Scoop stream through the speakers. Olives features an elevated stage much larger than that of the Fish Company, students’ former midweek party destination, and both men and women are allowed to dance on it — unlike Fish Co.’s strict women-only policy. “I think the dance floor is one of the best things about it,” said Blaine Grinna ’11, who created a Facebook event advertising the first Brown Night at the bar starting Jan. 26. The venue also has two bars, a feature Grinna said makes getting drinks easier and more ac-
cessible. “At Fish Co. it was very congested,” he said. Olives allows entry to anyone 21 years old and up and employs a strict identification-checking policy. It prices its shots at $3 and mixed drinks at $6. Last week, the bar offered two drinks for the price of one before 11 p.m., which it plans to do again tonight. “I worked at Fish Co. on and off my whole four years,” Grinna said, and when the bar closed down last year, he and some friends started to look into a new location for Wednesday nights. Members of Theta Delta Chi contacted Olives’ manager, Dave Tapalian ’97, about throwing a party there last year. At the time, Tapalian expressed interest in organizing a consistent Brown Night at the club, Grinna said. “He was really excited to get the Brown crowd in there because it’s a crowd he was part of himself,” Grinna said. He added that Tapalian has been great about working with him to make Wednes-
day nights accessible to students. Grinna said he asked the bar’s management to lower the usual $10 entrance fee to $4, the same amount Fish Co. charged students, and it obliged. “I told him, ‘This is what students are used to paying. Is there any way we can match this?’” Grinna said. Grinna said he likes Olives a lot. “Distance wise, it’s perfect. It’s a half-mile from campus, so there is the option of walking. Otherwise it’s a $5 cab ride,” he said. The bar also offers a $1 coat check. “We’ve hit capacity each week,” he said. Last Wednesday Tess Kostiner ’12.5 went to Olives for the first time. “I like the music,” she said while waiting for a drink at the bar. “It’s much nicer than Fish Co.,” said Jim Borelli ’13, though he said he disliked the openness and visibility of the elevated stage. DJ Meatball controlled the music, which included Pitbull’s “Hotel Room Service” and Eddie Money’s “Take Me Home Tonight.” Grinna said he spoke with Meatball — who used to work at Fish Co. and said he has worked at students’ Wednesday nights for the last six years — about making the switch to Olives after Fish Co. closed down last year. Meatball said the new location adds a different flavor to the crowd. “With the students who have been coming out this year, it’s more of a chunkier, dancier feel,” he said. “I love you guys. You come in here and ask for songs that are European-based,” Meatball added, referring to songs from genres such as tech house, trance and dubstep. “I couldn’t ask for a better crowd,” he said. Other than scattered complaints of bright lighting and a lack of outside patio space for smokers or dancers looking to cool off, students expressed mostly positive sentiments about Olives’ suitability as a Wednesday night destination. “It’s (expletive) great,” Borelli said.
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“Midweek shenanigans” at Colosseum have found popularity with the under-21 crowd.
Colosseum on Pine St. By Claire Gianotti Contributing Writer
The displaced Fish Company crowd may have found a new home for its midweek shenanigans — the Colosseum, located on Pine Street in downtown Providence, now hosts Brown Night every Wednesday and is open to anyone over 18. The past two Wednesdays, the Colosseum filled up not just with Fish Co. regulars, but also with many students new to the Providence club scene. The lower age requirement has attracted a more varied crowd. The Colosseum has three distinct social areas — the bar, the lounge and the dance floor. Last Wednesday, larger groups dominated the secluded lounge areas, talking and drinking, while couples lingered in the dance floor and bar area. The club offers a stage about three times bigger than that of Fish Co. and a very lively dance floor. The DJ plays a broad range of music, including the latest mash-ups and a number of throwbacks, such as Usher’s “Yeah!” “It is an actual club space, not just a bar with a stage” like Fish Co. was, said Julio Reyes ’12. He added that drinks are “great and pretty cheap.” Shots cost $2, and most mixed drinks are priced at around $4 or $5. Students at the Colosseum confirmed that bouncers are very strict about valid identifications and underage drinking. The club employs 17 bouncers who promise to take drinks away from patrons without bracelets. A second offense will re-
sult in expulsion from the club, as will sharing a drink with an underage friend. The Colosseum also has a stricter security policy than Fish Co. — bouncers check bags and pat down male patrons and will confiscate any alcohol or illegal substances. The club offers a coat check for $1, an option that many students took advantage of. Many students who did not check their jackets had trouble finding them later. The club opens at 10 p.m., and before 10:30 p.m., patrons can enter for free without waiting too long in line. But last week, the club remained relatively empty and the dance floor was abandoned until the bar became packed at 11 p.m. The sleepy dance floor caught up around 11:30 p.m. when it came alive in full force. The week before, at least 200 people arrived before 10:30 p.m., and the dance floor was full at 11 p.m. Partygoers who started their nights later had difficulty getting in. Resourceful students stuck in line entered at the ground level and moved up to the second floor, where Brown Night takes place. The life of a Wednesday night is short — the Colosseum began to clear out at around 12:45 a.m. As Brown students left, Providence locals trickled in. There seemed to be little nostalgia for Fish Co. for the students at the Colosseum. Sarah Grossman ’12 said the Colosseum is “10 times better than Fish Co.,” classifying the clientele as “underclassmen fratties” as opposed to the “hipsters and upperclassman fratties” at Olives.
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Senior Bears tie Quinnipiac continued from page 8 “We didn’t come out as strong as we wanted,” said tri-captain Jenna Dancewicz ’11 after the game. “We’ve been working hard during the warm-ups and trying different things to motivate each other. But I guess we are just a little bit more motivated when we are behind.” Quinnipiac 3, Brown 3
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Bears maintain early lead to trump Tigers continued from page 1 the bench.” Despite Sullivan’s notable performance in his return, the Bears were unable to hold off the Quakers. Bruno had a difficult shooting night, finishing at 39 percent from the field and 30 percent from three-point range. After pulling ahead 51-50 with just under five minutes to play, the Bears were unable to convert from the free throw line on several opportunities to hold on for the win. “We didn’t shoot the ball well enough to win the game and we didn’t make our foul shots when the game was in the balance at the end,” Agel said. “We’ve got to step up and make those plays, and we’re just struggling to do that. I think our guys are playing hard enough to win. We’re just not making enough plays to get it done.” Brown 75, Princeton 65
“We’ll see how it goes tomorrow,” Agel said minutes after the Bears’ loss to the Quakers. With Sullivan back in the lineup, the Bears seemed greatly improved. But with top-ranked Princeton (20-5, 8-1 Ivy League) as their next matchup, there were no guarantees as to how Sullivan would perform in back-to-back games. Putting all questions to rest, Sullivan exploded against the Tigers, scoring 26 points and grabbing eight rebounds in 36 minutes of play to help hand Princeton its first loss in the Ivy League. The Bears joined then-number one ranked Duke University and then-number 19 ranked University of Central Florida in beating the Tigers, becoming the fifth team to defeat the Tigers this season. “I’m coaching a special group of guys who have persevered through a lot of tough luck this year,” Agel said. “Our captain hasn’t been with us for the last three weeks. … To come back and play as much as he did tonight shows you how special he is, how important he is to our program and how much he was missed this season.” While everything seemed to be going right for Bruno on Saturday, Princeton struggled on nearly all fronts. The Tigers had trouble scoring throughout the night, shooting 4-21 from three-point range. Defensively, Princeton had difficulty stopping the Bears from penetrating the lane, and after the Tigers racked up fouls early in the game, Bruno was able kick the ball out and shoot 44
percent from beyond the arc. “You miss some shots, you turn it over some times, but you have to come down and get stops,” said Princeton Head Coach Sydney Johnson. “We didn’t knock it down, and defensively we were tragic tonight.” One notable factor in Bruno’s win was its ability to maintain the lead down the stretch. Against the Quakers and in several games prior, the Bears have been unable to convert from the free-throw line, watching leads slip away and small deficits grow larger. But against the Tigers, the team shot 93 percent from the line, including a perfect 16 of 16 from Sullivan, who earned Ivy League Player of the Week for his performance over the weekend. “We played well the whole game,” Sullivan said. “We’ve been getting off to really good first halves, but we haven’t been able to sustain it the whole game. The whole season, whenever the other team gets a run we kind of falter a little bit. We let up, and we kind of fold as a team. Today, we didn’t do that.” Another player who had an impressive showing throughout the weekend was point guard Sean McGonagill, who tied Sullivan’s game-high 16 points on Friday and was the second-leading scorer the following night with 16 points. He has been a consistent driving force for the Bears, and, as the team’s leading scorer in league play, he earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the third consecutive week. Despite earning 20 stitches before the Feb. 4 game against Columbia and still wearing a protective face mask, McGonagill has repeatedly shown his willingness to sacrifice his body by taking charges and diving for loose balls. Nonetheless, he still managed to play 38 minutes against the Quakers and left the game against the Tigers only once, with 28 seconds remaining. “Sean’s playing to win, doing a little bit of everything — all the gutty, tough things good players do,” Agel said. “He’s done it night in and night out. I took him out at the end just so he could get a chance to see the game from the sideline for the first time in a long time. Anyone who wants me to take him out — it ain’t happening because I enjoy watching him play too much.” The Bears return to action this weekend as they host Harvard Friday night at 7 p.m. and Dartmouth the following night at 6 p.m.
The atmosphere was slightly bittersweet as Brown lined up against Quinnipiac (20-11-3, 12-9-1), with all four seniors — Kromm, Dancewicz, defender Samantha Stortini ’11 and goaltender Joy Joung ’11 — starting in their final match for the Bears. The added motivation was apparent as Brown took an early lead. Forward Erica Farrer ’13 found a way past the crush of players in front of the net to put Brown up a goal. Joung, starting her first game
in two seasons, had a brilliant first period, blocking 16 shots to keep Brown ahead after the first. Sophomore forwards Jolin and Polenska then combined again to double Brown’s tally for the game early in the second period, but the two-goal advantage was short-lived — the Bobcats pulled one back a minute later. Jolin then scored in the 10th minute with a fine unassisted wrap-around attempt, but Quinnipiac responded soon after to narrow the deficit to a goal, 3-2, at the end of the second. Though Brown kept Quinnipiac quiet for most of the third, the Bobcats took full advantage of a power play to equalize, as Regan Boulton beat Joung with four minutes to play. Neither team was able to add another goal to win outright in the remaining time, and the match ended even. Joung, in particular, had a fine match, recording 38 saves.
“It was slightly surreal,” Dancewicz said after her final game for Brown, “but we tried to focus on the game itself. We came out like it was any other game. We were really motivated to win, and I’m glad we finished on a positive note. It was great to see the goalie, Joy, play the whole game — she had a great game.” Despite having a difficult season, the outgoing captains were optimistic about the team’s future prospects. “They’ll learn a lot from the things we went through this year,” Kromm said. “No one wants to go through a season where you lose almost every game.” Dancewicz agreed. “We’ve definitely had our ups and downs — everyone is looking forward to improving the program next year,” she said. “Everyone is going to work hard and we’re going to have a better season next year.”
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6 Editorial & Letter Editorial Out of the kitchen Earlier this month, in a letter to the Brown community, President Ruth Simmons announced an increase in budgeted undergraduate enrollment to 6,000 students. At a time when the number of college applicants is growing disproportionately to available spots, particularly at selective universities, we find this initiative commendable. However, the proposed 1.1 percent increase threatens to exacerbate the housing crunch Brown current students are experiencing. Before we invite more students to matriculate, we should be sure that we can provide both enrolled and incoming students with not merely adequate, but desirable housing options. Achieving this goal requires an approach with multiple fronts, starting with being able to accurately determine the number of students who need on-campus housing. Last fall, we urged the Office of Residential Life to “streamline the off campus permission process,” a suggestion that thankfully, as The Herald reported in November, ResLife heeded. We hope that revamping this policy to expand offcampus permission and grant it at an earlier date will minimize the situations in which upperclassmen are unable to secure a lease in time or change their minds late in the game and return to campus, displacing other students. Balancing the numbers of on- and off-campus housing will be critical in the process of improving residential life. But permitting more students to live off-campus is only a temporary fix, and ultimately detracts from the atmosphere of a residential community that enhances the undergraduate experience. As The Herald reported earlier this month, 50 students are still living in temporary housing — truly a misnomer when the living situation lasts for over a semester. How many of the new matriculants we are seeking to attract would still choose Brown if they knew they would be assigned to live in a converted kitchen for most of a year? Moreover, many of the current dorms are in dire need of renovation, particularly Graduate Center, which houses many upperclassmen. Recent renovations, like those in New Pembroke, have quickly improved students’ living conditions. It is heartening that the Undergraduate Council of Students has prioritized these improvements, particularly given the dismayed reactions of those Corporation members who toured Grad Center last spring. In the process of evaluating living conditions across campus, we also hope to see a push for more equalized first-year housing. For the first-years holed up in a tiny Perkins double visiting her friend’s comparatively spacious Littlefield Hall room, dealing with dormitory life and homesickness is just that much harder. It is no surprise, of course, that the most effective solution to the housing problem is the construction of new residence halls. Though the University is currently operating with a restrictive budget, this project must be given priority, and soon, if we are to expand enrollment as the Corporation has suggested. We hope that these plans will come to fruition as quickly as financially possible, while still providing students with comfortable accommodations. While we applaud the University’s desire to expand the student body, we must consider whether our resources are currently meeting the needs of currently enrolled students before increasing our numbers.
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Nostalgia By David Sheffield Opinions Columnist The 1960s and early 1970s were a very interesting time to be in college. Sure, being college-age could get you sent off to war, but that led to large demonstrations, which made the period unique. There was free love, drugs and protestors. The University changed its curriculum based on student suggestions, kicked the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps off campus and admitted women. Many people, including myself, have a sentimental desire to see universities maintain that tone. Brown, the Ivy League school for hippies, has successfully done so to some extent — that smoke in the hallway? That is the smell of preservation. The University still has its 40-year-old New Curriculum in place — even if it is increasingly being adulterated. ROTC has been kept off campus, even if the old anti-war impetus has been replaced by an anti-antiqueer one. Other activities are present but lack luster. Some group of students is always ready to tell people about the America’s wars, foreign genocide, mistreatment of Palestinians, misrepresentation of Israelis or the injustices suffered by workers. Yet few people care. Fractured, these causes do not draw the support that demonstrations in the
1960s did. In most of the cases, the majority of people interested in taking action already are part of the group. Even the civil rights demonstrations for marriage equality lack the 1960s luster without police brutality. While the second coming of Ira Magaziner ’69 P’06 P’07 P’10 to rid the curriculum of creeping requirements and bring back quality activism might be nice, times have changed. Nostalgia by itself is not reason enough to keep things the same on campus, nor to return them to the way they were.
Ask, Don’t Tell.” But some things remain the same, even after decades. Transgender citizens will still be barred from service and women will still face often ignored sexism — both officially and unofficially. After the invasion of Iraq, students around the country tried to revive the old Students for a Democratic Society. The protests against the Iraq War were anemic in comparison to the Vietnam ones. Whether it is for lack of a draft or some other reason, people just do not care enough to protest like they once did. Even the Univer-
Nostalgia by itself is not reason enough to keep things the same on campus, nor to return them to the way they were. Continuing the memory of the Vietnam-era anti-war protests might be nice, but that is insufficient reason to deny ROTC a place on campus if it would otherwise be beneficial. The main justification has even changed with time to the military’s discrimination against lesbians, gays and bisexuals. Since Vietnam, the military no longer drafts citizens, it fights differently and it no longer goes to war based on false premise. Scratch that last one. Even more change will hopefully come this year whenever the military chooses to end “Don’t
sity’s SDS chapter cannot match the original groups efforts. The best “the Man” they can come up with is the Corporation? Are there no more pressing threats to democracy than the administrative body of the University? All right, I suppose it will be fun seeing Chancellor Thomas Tisch ’76 P’07 shut down the University’s Internet access in a last ditch attempt to hold on to his power. Rather than try to use the cachet of the 1960’s group’s name, they should have tried to start something separate. That way, the
old organization would not look frivolous and the new one not fail to live up to expectations. While wanting to revive the old level of outrage against injustice is good, it should be tailored to today’s situation. Of course, there has been continued progress for some things. Gender equality and the sexual revolution are clearly among them. Modern Brown far outdoes 1960s Brown when it comes to free love. It probably does so during Sex Power God alone — the rest of the year is an added bonus. Some students may still bemoan these supposedly shallow hook-ups, but life at Brown has still progressed. It should be noted that some of what happens at SPG was illegal during the 1960s and 1970s — sadly, it is not the music. The University continues to slowly improve gender equality. Things like genderneutral housing are finally coming after the University’s implementation of genderneutral admissions long ago. It would be nice to revive some of the old revolutionary spirit. But it should not just be cut and pasted from the past. Just as with gender equality and sexual liberation, the essence should be retained, but the details should be designed to fit the current environment. David Sheffield ’11 is a mathematical physics concentrator and the greatgreat-grandson of a trustee of the University, hence pure evil. He can be contacted at david_sheffield@brown.edu.
In defense of the IR changes By oliver doren Opinions Columnist Mutiny! With last week’s announcement of sweeping changes to the international relations curriculum, first-year and sophomore disciples of Brown’s second-most popular concentration were up in arms against the administration of the Watson Institute for International Studies for what they deemed to be the untimely and undemocratic implementation of stringent new concentration requirements. Even for a first-year, it is easy to see that things are changing here. Just look around at the ubiquity of on-campus construction projects, or check your inbox for the latest policies coming out of the Office of the President. It seems logical then that the new developments at the Watson Institute are only symptomatic of this greater pattern of change at Brown. And, though one could certainly object to the validity of changes in other arenas of Brown life, the restructuring of the IR program was ultimately the right thing to do. IR has a unique reputation on campus. As a first-semester first-year vacillating between concentrations, it was not at all rare to see an eyebrow raise or an abrasive look whenever I threw around the letters “IR” in discussing possible academic paths. At least in my early impression, it seems that, for some, IR has the reputation — though probably undeserved — of being a sort of cop-out — a last-minute, intellectually-incurious double major for those seeking a more marketable supplement to a liberal
arts degree. Though this assertion probably applies only to a very small portion of IR concentrators, these changes should nonetheless dispel that reputation completely. The latest requirements would, in fact, make IR one of the more course-heavy concentrations. Consider, for example, the prospects facing an incoming first-year beginning on a 100-level foreign language. They will have to take, at the very least, 20 courses to complete the full distribution requirements. That is more than pre-med and almost twice as many as economics. Even more, their foreign language of choice will have to match their regional focus, which means that, unless they are focusing on Western
sion I do not think I will ever understand. Why not announce the changes over winter break or over the summer, when sophomores who have to declare in March would know not to register for classes that no longer count? I’m looking at you, ANTH 0100: “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.” Now, I am not one who believes in taking classes solely to fulfill requirements — a profound intellectual curiosity should always accompany any selection of classes. But for second-semester sophomores who may be looking to study abroad — which, by the way, is “strongly recommended” according to the website — they may not have the luxury of passing up a class that is only offered once a year.
The responsiveness and accountability demonstrated by the Watson Institute in this matter seems to contrast sharply with the image that has been conjured of the Brown administration — especially by this newspaper — as a faceless, monolithic bureaucracy that ruthlessly commands some sort of evil University-industrial complex. Europe or Latin America, they will need to attain advanced proficiency in an immensely difficult language such as Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi or Russian. But this is not to say that these changes were implemented masterfully. Deciding to heap on a set of stringent requirements in the middle of the year — let alone in the middle of the semester — was a deci-
So in the midst of this logistical nightmare, what were the future international relaters of this country to do? Maybe they were doing their best to emulate the objects of their studies — Egyptian citizens — when they formed a Facebook group two weeks ago to protest the changes to the curriculum. Bizarrely, it seems to have worked. In last week’s “town-hall meeting”
at the Joukowsky Forum, the department heads at the Watson Institute retracted previous demands for the class of 2013, possibly making the transition much easier for sophomores who are approaching the concentration deadline. The responsiveness and accountability demonstrated by the Watson Institute in this matter seems to contrast sharply with the image that has been conjured of the administration — especially by this newspaper — as a faceless, monolithic bureaucracy that ruthlessly commands some sort of evil University-industrial complex. It seems as if we often get too caught up in our trancelike hippie righteousness to realize that, as far as corporate institutions go, Brown is really quite benign and does demonstrate at least a modicum of interest in helping out its students. But I digress. These changes, above all, are about more than cosmetically increasing the difficulty or exclusivity of the concentration — they are about restoring intellectual rigor to the study of international issues at Brown. I am not someone who judges the worth of a school by its ranking in U.S. News and World Report or other places. But if we want to put the Watson Institute on the map, if we want to keep bringing in world-class scholars to study and teach here, then we need to let the world know that IR at Brown means business. Though it is too early to tell how effective these changes will be, at this early stage they seem to represent a step in the right direction. Oliver Doren ’14 is a (tentative) MathEcon and Development Studies concentrator from Miami, Fla.
Daily Herald Sports Wednesday the Brown
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
M. Hockey
W. Hockey
Veteran Bears grab tie on Senior Day
Bears lose Maclellan ’12, pick up one point in ECAC
By Sudarshan Sriraman Sports Staff Writer
By Ethan Mccoy Assistant Sports Editor
In the opening minutes against Princeton — the start of a threegame, five-night stretch — the men’s hockey team (8-14-5, 6-12-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference) took a severe blow when team points leader and Hobey Baker Award finalist Jack Maclellan ’12 suffered a leg injury that is likely to sideline him for the remainder of the season. “Jack suffered a brutal injury,” said Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94. “It’s a freak accident. First shift against Princeton, someone stepped on top of his boot and his skate and hit a seam and went right through him. Cut his tendon, cut his nerve and went so deep that it cut a notch out of his bone. He had surgery on Sunday, and I wouldn’t expect we’ll see Jack until next year.” “It’s a huge loss,” said Bobby Farnham ’12 of his teammate’s injury. “It’s a little adversity for us, and we got to come together as a team. We got to have other guys step up. I mean, obviously he’s our leading scorer, he’s our go-to guy, and you can’t replace a Jack Maclellan. So we got to have guys from all over the place step up now, and it’s going to take a full team effort.” Without Maclellan for the remainder of the Princeton game and the following two against Quinnipiac and Harvard — two teams the
The women’s ice hockey team fought gamely but ultimately lost 4-2 to Ivy rivals Yale and Princeton before ending on a more positive note in its last game of the season, drawing 3-3 against Quinnipiac. The Bears finished with an overall 2-21-4 record and a 1-15-4 record in the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Yale 4, Brown 2
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The Bears narrowly lost to Harvard following an early concession.
Bears are fighting against for home ice in the ECAC playoffs — the team struggled, picking up only a single point out of a potential six in the three-game stretch. Brown now sits three points behind Quinnipiac and Clarkson, needing at least a win and a tie against Cornell and Colgate this weekend for home ice in the ECAC playoffs. Princeton 7, Brown 3
On Friday, Princeton (15-10-2, 10-8-2) controlled the game from start to finish on its home ice, dominating Bruno in a 7-3 victory. The seven conceded goals tie for the most the Bears have allowed this season, with four of them coming on the Princeton power play. It took the Tigers only 45 seconds to get on the board, and de-
spite a tally from captain Harry Zolnierczyk ’11 to tie the score at one goal apiece, Princeton added two more in the first period to take a 3-1 lead. In the second, a Jesse Fratkin ’11 goal cut the deficit again to two scores, but Princeton responded. Goals at the end of the second and start of the third gave the Tigers a commanding 6-2 lead and put the game out of reach. Farnham added the Bears’ third goal late in the game, but it was too little, too late. Quinnipiac 2, Brown 2
The following night in Hamden, Conn., the Bears again fell behind by two goals in the first period, but this time were able to fight back against Quinnipiac (13-13-6, 6-9continued on page 3
The Bears, who have been plagued by weak offensive starts in the first period all year, surged out against Yale (9-17-3, 8-12-2 ECAC) and launched a flurry of shots against the Yale goal. But Bulldog goaltender Jackee Snikeris parried all of the Bears’ attempts. Brown conceded several consecutive penalties midway through the first period, but did well to kill a full minute of a five-on-three situation without conceding a goal. Though Brown won power plays later in the period, they were unable to convert. The first period ended scoreless, despite the Bears outshooting the Bulldogs 12-6. Ten minutes into the second period, Yale then went up 1-0 after forward Jenna Ciotti slapped the puck into the back of the net. It looked bleak for Brown when Yale added two more goals six minutes into the third, as a now all-toofamiliar Brown defensive hiccup allowed Yale to find the back of the net twice in 25 seconds. But Brown
responded with two quick goals of its own. Forward Laurie Jolin ’13 beat Snikeris to get Brown on the board, before assisting Alena Polenska ’13 a minute later to get Brown within one. The Bears peppered the Yale goal with shots in the third period, doubling up the Bulldogs, 16-9, but even pulling the goalie did not help them find a way past Snikeris a third time. Yale snuck in a last-gasp empty-net goal with four seconds remaining to close out the game. Princeton 4, Brown 2
It was the same story against Princeton (16-12-1, 13-8-1) Friday inside Meehan Auditorium. Brown again conceded a 3-0 lead before scoring two in the third period, but the team was unable to score the elusive equalizer. Princeton forwards Olivia Mucha and Gabie Figueroa scored rapidly, putting the Tigers up 2-0 five minutes into the game, as Brown lapsed into its habit of starting poorly. When Kelly Cooke scored late in the second, the Bears were again staring at a three-goal deficit. Vanessa Welten ’14 pulled one back for the Bears, converting an opportunity presented by tri-captain Erica Kromm ’11, before play was interrupted by a fire alarm. Polenska was able to add another after resumption of play, but as in the previous match, the Bears conceded a late empty-netter in pursuit of the final goal. continued on page 5
w. basketball
Bruno’s winning streak snapped By Madeleine Wenstrup Sports Staff Writer
The women’s basketball team’s threegame winning streak ended this weekend after they lost to Penn and Princeton on the road. They fell to 3-7 in the Ivy League after consecutive losses in Philadelphia Friday night and New Jersey Saturday. Penn 55, Brown 43
It was a back-and-forth game in the first half Friday night at the Palestra. Penn started off hot and maintained a steady lead in the first 11 minutes. Then the Bears took over for the next 10 minutes to take their first lead of the night, 24-21, with 3:56 remaining. A three-pointer by Penn guard Alyssa Baron tied up the game, and her free throw minutes later gave the Quakers a one-point lead at the half. The Bears never regained momentum. “We started out each game very strong, but our main issue was not being able to maintain that way of playing into the second half,” said co-captain Aileen Daniels ’12. “We stopped working together on of-
fense.” From the locker room, the Quakers went on a 9-0 run to take a double-digit lead with 12:08 remaining, 42-30. Baron led the Quakers in this streak and ended the night with a game high of 24 points. Brown, who lost to Penn earlier this season, never got closer than 12 until the final buzzer. Co-captains Hannah Passafuime ’12 and Daniels led the offense with nine and eight points, respectively. Lindsay Nickel ’13 also put up eight points for the Bears. Princeton 75, Brown 38
While the Bears and the firstplace Tigers (19-4, 8-1 Ivy) are far apart in the Ivy standings, Brown had defeated another Ivy elite, the second-place Harvard — the only conference squad to beat Princeton — at the Pizzitola Center last weekend. But the Tigers dominated the court Saturday night. Bruno stuck with the Tigers for the first 20 minutes, led by Daniels, who put up all eight of her points that night in the first half. Though Brown never had a lead after the second minute, they stayed close to
the top-ranked Tigers until a surge in the final two minutes gave Princeton an eight-point advantage at the half. The Bears fell apart in the second half, scoring only 15 points. They were outscored by the Tigers 44-15 after the break. Guard Lauren Clarke ’14 broke Brown’s offensive silence after four minutes into the second half with a lay-up, but the shot only cut Princeton’s lead to 15. “We let them do whatever they wanted to on offense,” Daniels said. Sure enough, Princeton continued to dominate, led by guard Lauren Edwards, who ended the game with 20 points for the Tigers. They shot 51 percent from the field in the second half and increased their lead to 37 by the end of the night. The Bears were without their leading scorer, Sheila Dixon ’13, who was out of the lineup due to illness. She averages 28 minutes and 10 points per game. According to Daniels, the team missed Dixon’s ferocity on the court, but they prepared for her absence in practice. “We switched the lineup around — a lot of people’s roles changed,
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Women’s basketball lost momentum after losses to Penn and Princeton.
but we do it in practice,” Daniels said. “Things like this happen.” The Bears stay on the road in their second-to-last weekend of the
regular season. They look to sweep the season series against Harvard and Dartmouth, both of whom they beat at home last weekend.