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RISD cops Simmons defends to get full Goldman ties police powers By Alex Bell News Editor
By Morgan Johnson Senior Staff Writer
Rhode Island School of Design public safety officers will soon assume the power to search, detain and arrest criminal suspects on College Hill. Legislation authorizing the change, signed into law this summer by Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14, grants RISD police the legal status of “peace officers,” a status currently held by state and local police as well as public safety officers at Brown, Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island. RISD officers must enroll at the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy and pass training before assuming police powers. “None of our officers are sworn yet, so we are operating under the same guidelines as years previous,” said Jaime Marland, director of media relations at RISD. Hilary Wang, a sophomore at RISD, said she was unaware of the change. She said she assumed the school’s public safety officers had no powers beyond asking for student identification cards. “I didn’t even know Brown police could arrest,” said RISD junior Hillary Barton, who also had not heard of the law. The bill does not authorize RISD officers to carry weapons. DPS officers have been armed since 2006. continued on page 2
Four years after signing off on a $68 million executive bonus at the height of the economic boom and two years after parting ways with Goldman Sachs amid a recession, President Ruth Simmons said she does not feel her decade-long tenure on Goldman’s board has negatively impacted the University. Simmons joined the board in 2000 when she was president of Smith College and stepped down a year and a half ago, saying she wanted to devote more time to Brown. The New York–based investment bank was suffering harsh criticism at the time for doling out high bonuses to its executives after receiving money from the federal bailout program.
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As one of Goldman’s 10 directors and a member of its compensation committee, Simmons shared responsibility for determining and approving the compensation for the bank’s CEO and executives, including CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s $68 million bonus in 2007. Two weeks after Simmons announced she would not stand for re-election to Goldman’s board, a New York Times feature portrayed a campus outraged over Simmons’ association with Goldman and painted a picture of a “bogeyman of Wall Street” lurking “behind the wrought iron gates” of Brown. When asked whether her service on Goldman’s board has ever cast the University in a negative light, Simmons said she “can’t
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Campus crimes decreased in 2010 McCormick to get By Lucy Feldman Senior Staff Writer
Crime on or near campus decreased in 2010, according to the 2011 Annual Security Report released this month. Robbery and motor vehicle theft on and near campus were the only crimes to increase last year, and all other categories decreased or remained the same. The report includes statistics for nine offenses as stipulated by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The seven robberies reported in 2010 took place on public property, compared to four on public property and one on campus in 2009. Rhode Island’s continuing
economic woes may be responsible for the uptick, said Mark Porter, chief of police and director of public safety. The rest of Providence has seen a similar increase in robberies, he said. On-campus burglaries were down 42 percent last year from the year before, from 67 in 2009 to 39 in 2010, according to the report. Porter attributed this reduction partially to the department’s efforts to make students more aware of the risks involved with leaving laptops unattended and dormitory rooms unlocked. Reminders about laptop thefts and unlocked dorm rooms are regularly included in the department’s campus-wide emails. Increasing participation
in the DPS laptop tracking service is another possible factor, Porter said. Forcible sex offenses saw a slight decrease — from 10 offenses to nine — but Porter said the statistics may not fully reflect the incidence of sex offenses because the crime is frequently underreported. Next month, DPS will make a push to publicize the support and reporting options for victims of sex crimes, he said. The report also included statistics on drug, alcohol and weapons violations, which include data compiled by both DPS and the Office of Student Life.
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A federal judge ordered the University Friday to hand over to William McCormick all records of donations and fundraising by the father of the woman who accused McCormick of rape in 2006. The judge, John McConnell ’80 of the Rhode Island District Federal Court, is the sixth to see the case land on his docket. The case was being heard by a New Hampshire judge before it was transferred back to Rhode Island Oct. 4. McCormick, a former member of the class of 2010, is suing the University, his accuser and his accuser’s father — both alums — over what he claims is a false rape accusation made against him during the first days of his freshman year at Brown. The accuser’s father is a prominent University donor and fundraiser. The suit alleges that the father’s donations and fundraising activities led University administrators to treat McCormick unfairly and improperly force him out of Brown. McConnell also ordered the University Friday to provide unredacted copies of communications between the accuser’s father and Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, currently senior vice president for Corporation affairs and governance and then-interim vice president for campus life and student services.
T.J. Popolizio ’12 scored twice, including a dramatic overtime goal, to defeat Princeton 3-2 Saturday night.
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The men’s soccer team earned a victory in its conference home opener Saturday, defeating the defending Ivy League champion Princeton Tigers in overtime 3-2. It was a gratifying win for the Bears (6-4-1, 1-1 Ivy) after two recent overtime disappointments. The team lost its league opener to Columbia a week earlier in double overtime 2-1 and battled No. 9 St. John’s to a 0-0 draw in another double overtime thriller last Tuesday.
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“Princeton is the defending Ivy League champ, and I think we realized with the Columbia game that the margins between a loss and a victory are very small in the Ivy League,” said Co-captain Ryan McDuff ’13. “It’s good to get into an overtime game again, like against Columbia, but this time come out on the right side of things.” The Bears set the tempo early against the Tigers (2-7-1, 0-2), getting on the scoreboard first in the 31st minute with a goal from Evan Coleman ’12, his first of the season. continued on page 5
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Pembroke Center beats fundraising goal By Gabriela Gutierrez Contributing Writer
As the window of opportunity to be part of the Campaign for Academic Enrichment was closing in the fall of 2010, Kay Warren knew she had to act fast to launch a fundraising effort for the Pembroke Center. Warren, who had been named director of the center that October, had only two months to come up with a project to research “the human cost and benefit of social change,” she said. Together with Elizabeth Munves Sherman ’77 P’06 P’09, chair of the Pembroke Center Associates Council, Warren, who is also a professor of anthropology and international studies, brainstormed ideas for faculty-led initiatives that would foster research across the humanities and social sciences about global issues. The two came up with a plan — if the Pembroke Center could raise $750,000 for faculty research with the help of the campaign, Sherman and her husband David Sherman ’79 P’06 P’09 would make it $1 million with her own money. Today, the Pembroke Challenge has exceeded that original goal, though the actual sum will remain a secret until Nov. 5, the 30th anniversary of the Pembroke Center’s founding. Warren attributed the challenge’s success to the “generosity” of alums. Warren said the challenge’s focus on global issues is a way the University can increase its prominence in the international community. “We’ll be seen as a positive force for understanding complicated issues that are global and the result of an interconnected world,” she said. The funds raised by the challenge will first go to the University endowment and then will be spent according to the needs of the initiatives, which fall under three broad categories: Gender, Medicine and Science; Gender and Public
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Policy; and Families and Workers on the Move. Both graduate and undergraduate students will have the ability to participate in these initiatives through assistantships and workshops. Students will benefit especially from hands-on experiences because they will see how research is conducted from the very beginning, Warren said. In addition to starting the Pembroke Challenge, Warren has instituted other changes to the center since she returned from leave in July. She has increased the number of faculty members involved in the center and created a faculty board with teachers from different fields to help run it. Warren is considering new undergraduate academic opportunities. One idea would have students from the humanities and those from the social sciences provide input on each other’s research. She
is also working on an archive that collects papers by feminist theorists and makes them available for scholarly research, a project recently renamed the Feminist Theory Archives. But Warren still has a few goals for the center she would like to accomplish, including a general expansion of the Pembroke Center to reach more students from diverse fields. As for the Gender and Sexuality Studies concentration, which the Pembroke Center sponsors, she said she would like to see the curriculum grow — and maybe teach a course about “human trafficking and the legal dimensions of transnational commerce” with a legal scholar or prosecutor who works in human rights. But Warren said she does not know how feasible such a class would be. “I guess I’m allowed to dream,” she said.
RISD public safety officers get power to arrest, carry weapons continued from page 1 RISD began pursuing peace officer eligibility several years ago, Marland said. The school’s urban campus necessitates a stronger public safety presence than would
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Barton, who holds a “pretty positive” opinion of RISD public safety, said she is pleased with the peace officer designation. She said the knowledge that campus police can arrest would make her feel safer when traveling at night. “A lot of students walk around with expensive equipment,” she said. “Sometimes they get harassed.” But Wang said RISD public safety officers’ reputation for being strict when dealing with students makes her concerned that RISD police might overreach in using their new powers. “It makes me more wary of the abuse that might happen,” she said. RISD public safety records paint a picture of sporadic theft on RISD’s campus. Eleven burglaries, two motor vehicle thefts and one robbery were reported between 2008 and 2010.
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Medical corp. funds Simmons reflects on themes of presidency engineering research Boldness, endurance and a touch of luck is recipe for success By kate nussenbaum Contributing Writer
Since committing $400,000 to University research in January, Medtronic — Fortune 500’s top medical product and equipment company — has provided support for three engineering research projects, according to Brian Sheldon, a professor of engineering who has been directing the collaboration. In addition to the funding, Medtronic also works with University professors to identify topics for projects and helps to determine the project’s directions. Through the collaboration with Medtronic, Sharvan Kumar, professor of engineering, is leading research on specialty steels that are used to manufacture different medical products, and Kyung-Suk Kim, professor of engineering, is working on ways to prevent coagulation problems in heart valves without treating patients with large doses of the drug Coumadin. Sheldon, who said the funds will provide two years of support for his project, is exploring the development of a new material that might help prevent the failure of capacitors in defibrillators. The model for research collaboration was inspired by the University’s relationship with General Motors, Sheldon said. Allan Bower, professor of engineering and codirector of the GM lab, said GM began collaborating with universities in 2001 when it established research satellite labs around the world. Bower said all of Brown’s collaborative projects have two or three GM staff members who are contributing to the research. Brown researchers and GM staff meet every six months to review past work and plan future research. The success of the GM program and the engineering department’s expertise in mechanics and materials science piqued the interest of Medtronic executives, who decided to establish a similar model, Sheldon said. In the summer of 2010, after several Medtronic executives and research scientists visited Brown,
the company started meeting with engineering professors to discuss how the University’s expertise could support its needs. “We identified a huge number of possible projects,” Sheldon said. “We used that as a starting point.” After several groups of a few faculty members visited Medtronic multiple times to work out the specifics, the three different projects were launched in January. Like the GM model, there is no designated Medtronic lab building — researchers work in the Barus and Holley labs and in the Prince Laboratory basement. Sheldon said the collaborative research model allows Brown professors a certain degree of freedom. The funding for the research comes in the form of gifts, which means “they actually cannot dictate anything to us,” Sheldon said. The arrangement allows Brown researchers to pursue projects they are interested in publishing. But Sheldon said that because the University wants to develop a long-term relationship with the company, there is frequent communication with Medtronic staff. Sheldon and his post-doc researcher speak on the phone with Medtronic scientists several times a month, and he is working with them on the presentation of their joint project that he will deliver during the first week of December in Boston at the Materials Research Society meeting. Sheldon expressed appreciation for the collaborative research model, explaining that working directly with a company allows his department to research relevant industrial problems and offers students and post-docs who are interested in pursuing industrial jobs the chance to actively engage with the industry. Sheldon said he believes researchers in his department are particularly well-suited for such joint endeavors. “This group of people has, for a very long time, worked in a very collaborative way with each other.” He said this puts small groups of faculty in a position to succeed at solving the industrial problems that are of interest to Medtronic.
By Alex Bell News Editor
“A lot of the things that have happened that seemed to be important to people, I missed,” said President Ruth Simmons of her accomplishments at Brown. “I was here, I was doing it — and now somebody defines it as having been important.” Simmons said she receives long letters in which admirers tell her what her greatest achievements have been. The differences, she said, are striking. “I think it’s okay for people to have different perceptions of what I’ve done, and I think I’ll enjoy learning that what I’ve focused on and what I’ve thought I was doing are sometimes very different from what people see in what I’m doing.” Simmons cited her boldness when she first took office as key to her success as president. Arriving in the wake of the tumultuous tenure of Gordon Gee, Brown’s shortest-tenured president, Simmons took the Corporation’s advice in acting swiftly to draft a five-year plan to lift the school out of stagnation. In hindsight, Simmons said drafting her plan without first better understanding the school seems “completely illogical.”
“The thing that scares the life out of me is that it’s what everybody talks about,” she said. “It was need-blind. It was expanding the faculty. All the things that people talk about now, I did with no knowledge of Brown, and so when I think about that, I think, ‘Goodness, maybe that’s the way to make decisions — in the dark.’” Simmons said she lacks the courage today to do what she did when she first started. Now, decisions take more time and entail the formation of groups and solicitation of opinions. “I’d go through all of that process and then end up in a place where who knows if it would have been better. I realize now if I hadn’t done it early, we probably wouldn’t have gotten much done because it takes a long time for these efforts to mature.” Simmons credited her ability to withstand scrutiny as another key to her success. She remembers national media speculating what the female, African-American Dillard graduate from Texas would do for Brown after she was appointed. “I had some difficult times when I was president,” she said. “You always have a lot of selfdoubt, and I had as much as anybody else when you start these kinds of jobs.”
At first, Simmons hoped Brown hadn’t made a mistake in its appointment, she added. She said she settled into her new job and responsibilities gradually. “I’ve been very lucky, actually, because when I look to the north and I look to the south, I’ve had far fewer perturbations than most of my peers. And yet, I think people watching so intently created a certain sort of discomfort for me that has been a feature of my presidency to be sure.” Simmons called it a milestone that she will have gotten through 11 years without a “conflagration” of some kind, which some may have expected. “They expected the Slavery and Justice thing to blow up and to be a negative,” she said, referring the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice she convened in 2003. “In fact, it’s turned out to be a positive.” Simmons said she was most grateful for the fact that she “survived.” “I think I’ve had all the luck in the world for this job, and much more than I could have expected and probably much more than I deserved,” she said. “I have no complaints, and my aim now is really to make it as easy as possible for the next person to have as good of an experience.”
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All-night construction on Thayer ‘unbearable’ for students By Hannah Loewentheil Staff Writer
All-night construction on Thayer Street to complete renovations to the Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory Sept. 29 left angry and tired students in its wake. “At the completion of the Metcalf renovation project, Thayer Street was cold planed and repaved,” Stephen Maiorisi, vice president of facilities management, wrote in an email to The Herald. He added that no further construction on Thayer is planned. “Nighttime construction oc-
curs only when necessary,” he explained, adding that pedestrian safety is one reason for authorizing construction at night. This is not the first time Brown has resorted to overnight construction, Maiorisi wrote. Two years ago, the strategy was employed when workers replaced the University’s high temperature hot water piping. While Maiorisi said he was not aware of any formal noise complains, students like Adam Frees ’13 were nonetheless disturbed by the late-night construction. Frees wrote in an email to The Herald that he first noticed the noisy con-
struction around 2 a.m. one night, when he was trying to fall asleep. Margarita Rodriguez ’13, who lives in Hegeman D, said the construction made her “very uncomfortable.” “It was very hot that night,” she said. “I wanted to keep my window open, and I couldn’t because the sound was just unbearable.” Laura Curlin ’13 said the “loud and disruptive” construction noises interrupted her sleep. Maiorisi wrote that construction — which was supposed to begin around 4 p.m. and end between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. — did not begin until 6 p.m. due to un-
foreseen problems. At that point, “the asphalt was already on its way to the site, so the project couldn’t be postponed to another time,” Maiorisi wrote. Frees said he was impressed the Department of Facilities Management finished the work in a single night, but he was still frustrated. “I understand that they had a schedule to keep,” he wrote, “but it was really inconsiderate of them to not give any warning to the hundred or so students that live less than 50 feet from where they were jackhammering at 4 in the morning.” In fact, students had been warned, according to Maiorisi. In
accordance with its policy, Facilities Management had originally coordinated with the Office of Residential life to alert students of the construction by sending a morning mail announcement that day. But Maiorisi acknowledged there was a breakdown in communication after the delayed start. Once construction did begin, Facilities Management did not coordinate with ResLife to see how the change in timing would affect students living nearby, he wrote. — With additional reporting by Claire Peracchio
Crimes decline, but Simmons does not regret board position drug violations jump continued from page 1
continued from page 1 Campus drug violations jumped from five to 20, according to the report. Porter said DPS dealt with roughly the same number of drug-related incidents in both years, but incidents in 2010 involved more violators on average than incidents in 2009. Most drug, alcohol and weapons violations result in disciplinary referrals.
The University disciplinary process is usually equipped to deal adequately with such offenses, Porter said. But when a situation jeopardizes the health and safety of the community, DPS will make an arrest, he said. There was one instance of aggravated assault last year and no incidences of homicide, negligent manslaughter, non-forcible sex offenses or arson. The full report can be found on the DPS website.
imagine” how it could have, though she admitted she tends not to read what others write about her. “I’m not the person to judge, but I have never been unwilling to have responsibility for what I do,” she said. “Everything I do and everything I say is subject to people’s judgment. I’m entirely comfortable with that.” Prior to leaving Goldman’s board, Simmons said in a February 2010 interview with The Herald that negative publicity she received
would not hurt the University’s reputation. “I can explain the reason I was on the Goldman board — because both Brown and Smith encouraged me to be on the board — and that is all I can say,” Simmons said last week. “And if I thought for a minute that my being president of Brown served Brown poorly or was an embarrassment to Brown, I would have been gone a long time ago. It’s not my intent to embarrass the University. Quite the contrary, I think my being president of Brown has lifted Brown. So I’m comfortable with that entirely, and that’s all I have to say about it.” Simmons declined to speak on how involved she was in compensation discussions. She also declined to comment on the theory that giving Wall Street executives exorbitant pay to reward shortterm profits could have contributed to the poor decision-making that precipitated the financial meltdown. She said she thinks her separation from Goldman is not adversely affecting the company’s recruiting on campus, noting that Goldman has a much longer relationship with Brown than she does. “If you look at the history, there are a lot of people who have left Brown and gone to Goldman,” Simmons said. “That’s been going on for a long time and has nothing to do with me whatsoever.”
A LinkedIn search for profiles listing Brown as their education and Goldman as a current or past employer turned up more than 300 matches. “I don’t think their recruiting here has anything to do with me at all, actually,” Simmons continued. “They recruit everywhere, and one of the things that (Goldman) says about Brown students is they like Brown students for the same reason other companies like Brown students: They tend not to be cookie-cutter. That means they can walk into an organization and they can think for themselves and add value because they have not had the traditional educational program in which they have been passive learners.” Simmons still serves on the board of Texas Instruments. She did not say whether she plans to continue after her presidency, citing Securities and Exchange Commission insider trading policy. Simmons joined Texas Instruments’ board in 1999. She also served on Pfizer’s board from 1997 to 2007. She credited her service on the three boards with instilling more courage in her. “I’m essentially a pretty shy, pretty retiring person — very much an introvert,” she said. “I would say the one thing that boards have enabled me to do is to be a little bit bolder than probably I would have been.”
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Late touchdown lifts Bears eke out win over Tigers in OT Bruno over Holy Cross continued from page 1
continued from page 8 Cross 43-yard line after O’Donnell came up with a big tackle to thwart an aggressive fake punt call by the Crusaders. A hard-nosed 16-yard run by running back Mark Kachmer ’13 fired up the Brown sideline and set up a 34-yard field goal attempt, and this time Norocea was on the mark, tying the game at 13. After the Crusaders’ punter redeemed himself with a pictureperfect kick, the Bears had their backs against the wall at their own one-yard line. But after a first down completion to Lundevall, Kachmer and John Spooney ’14 had room to run, and both ripped off big gains to enter Holy Cross territory. Twice on third downs, including the one ending with the touchdown to Fay, Newhall-Caballero used his mobility to elude the pass rush and buy time for his receivers. “We had to scramble to make some plays, and that’s when I think Kyle Newhall-Caballero’s at his best,” Estes said. “When he’s out of the pocket and making plays with his feet, he’s always looking down-
But the Tigers responded with a score of their own less than five minutes later on a penalty kick, and the teams entered halftime knotted at 1-1. The Tigers took a 2-1 lead after the break on an unorthodox goal. Princeton’s Matt Sanner sent an aerial pass into the box, forcing Bears’ keeper Sam Kernan-Schloss ’13 to stay home in the middle of the goal to prevent an anticipated headed shot. But the bending ball went through traffic untouched, and the unintentional shot wound up in the net past Kernan-Schloss’ last-gasp dive. But with the pressure mounting and time running short, T.J. Popolizio ’12 headed home a clutch goal for the Bears in the 82nd minute, tying the game at two goals apiece. Neither team was able to convert in the closing minutes, sending the
game into overtime. The memory of coming away winless in their last two overtime matchups was fresh in the players’ minds, and McDuff said the squad learned from its previous mistakes to come away with the win against Princeton. “With that loss against Columbia, we didn’t approach the overtime well,” he said. “The team has really come together and found its identity and gotten back to the defensive basics that traditionally Brown men’s soccer has been about. Now, when we head into overtime or a game in general, the back line is confident that we can get the job done, and that will give our offense a chance to win.” The defense was unrelenting in extra time, and just 1:23 into the overtime period, Popolizio scored the golden goal with his head on a set piece. On a free kick from outside the 18-yard box, Co-
field, and the receivers do a great job of finding open spots.” Holy Cross had two more chances to tie the game. A fourth-down pass by Taggart was deflected and fell incomplete, and then on the Crusaders’ final chance of the game, safety Peyton picked Taggart off to seal the win. “It was just embarrassing today,” said Holy Cross Head Coach Tom Gilmore. “We made errors that shouldn’t happen in Pop Warner, no less in college football. There’s no excuse, especially when you’re playing a good team like Brown.” The victory gives the Bears an undefeated non-conference record this season, with the team playing its best since falling to Harvard in its Ivy opener. Every game moving forward will be an Ivy League contest, starting Saturday when the Bears take on Princeton (1-3, 1-0) in Brown Stadium at 12:30 p.m. “That Harvard game was really devastating, and we feel like they got away with one,” Lundevall said. Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman “We’re excited to get back into Ivy League play and take it to the Tigers.”
captain Taylor Gorman ’12 floated the ball into a crowd of players and the 5-foot-7-inch Popolizio again outleapt his defender and drove the ball home to seal the victory. The score marked Popolizio’s eighth of the season, and his fourth gamewinning goal of the year. He was named Ivy League Player of the Week for his recent strong performance. McDuff said he was proud of his teammates’ resiliency to bounce back from a goal down to clinch the overtime win. “It’s a veteran team, so the guys kept their composure very well,” he said. “I think it’s the first time we’ve come back from a deficit and won the game, so it was just about keeping constant pressure on them.” The squad will continue its quest for an Ivy League title when it travels to Cambridge to face a struggling Harvard team (2-7-1, 0-2) Saturday at 7 p.m.
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RIPTA has right ideas for transportation’s future “We cannot wait for increased funding levels to be in place before establishing a vision for growth,” explains the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority in its first-ever strategic plan, which it released in March. The document — bold in its vision and frank in its discussion — was just one indicator of a laudable shift toward a long-term approach to transportation development in Rhode Island. We commend RIPTA’s efforts to take an in-depth look at transportation needs and how transportation infrastructure can create opportunities for economic growth, promote greater social inclusivity and improve quality of life in Rhode Island. The Providence Journal reported that more than 100 Rhode Islanders joined a nation-wide rally Sept. 20 in support of public transportation, for which a one-third federal funding cut has been suggested. For RIPTA, which is 21 percent federally funded and facing a $4.6 million deficit this year, the impact of the proposed cuts would be severe. But even as RIPTA controversially approved service reductions to close its funding gap at the end of last month, it continued to push forward with strategies aimed at changing the future of transportation in Rhode Island. Throughout the past year, RIPTA has conducted a “Core Connector Study” aimed at developing, refining and adopting a streetcar system as a “locally preferred alternative” in Providence. RIPTA encouraged dialogue and openness in its process, surveying the public, communicating updates online and presenting in open forums before finally proposing a streetcar system just over a week ago. Despite the $126 million investment, the streetcar project is expected to require, we support RIPTA’s proposed streetcar system — and not just because it would be particularly well-suited to transporting students from College Hill. A streetcar system might appear to be an inappropriate luxury given RIPTA’s budget concerns, but future improvement requires current investment. One only needs look to the revitalization success in Portland, Ore., to see the potential of projects like this to promote growth. We mentioned the indispensability of transportation in our Sept. 22 editorial and maintain that transportation infrastructure is a critical priority for Rhode Island’s development. While we are excited about what streetcars could do for Providence, we are also keen to remember that the proposed streetcar system is just a small part of a major vision for improving transportation in Rhode Island. Assuring accessible transportation for people of all income levels, for example, is a pressing issue that requires continued commitment. A streetcar system alone is not enough. We applaud RIPTA for documenting the impact of transportation services, reaching out to users to identify their needs and advocating for changes — streetcar included — to support a stronger Rhode Island. We also maintain that transportation can be a vehicle not only for growth, but also for promoting social justice. We look forward to a Rhode Island where a streetcar system breathes new life into downtown Providence and to a Rhode Island where no one is barred from educational or job opportunities because of inadequate transportation.
le tter to the editor No more drama in Shakespeare productions To the Editor: In your review of “Measure for Measure” (“Sinful production ‘measures’ well,” Oct. 7), you quoted, out of context, a communication between myself and The Herald reporter that makes it seem as though I mean my production as a rival to Shakespeare on the Green. I hold the greatest respect for Shakespeare on the Green and indeed am on the staff of their fall production. I’m
disappointed in The Herald’s decision to publish material that was included in my email as part of an explanation of why I did not wish to answer what I saw as gossipy questions unrelated to the themes of the play — and, having done so, to omit necessary context in order to convey a meaning quite opposite from that of the email as written, and manufacture a controversy where none exists. Rebecca Maxfield ’13
Correction An article in Friday’s Herald (“WPCs criticize program,” Oct. 7) incorrectly stated that Octavia Wallace ’12 is a Women Peer Counselor. She is a Community Assistant and a former WPC. The article also stated that Wallace said she wanted the WPC program to merge with the Minority Peer Counselor program. In fact, Wallace said she thought the WPC program should adopt a programmatic model similar to the one used by the MPC program. The Herald regrets the errors.
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Thumbs down for lousy landlords By Suzanne Enzerink Opinions Columnist Throwing off the shackles of on-campus housing can be a relief. No more anxiety about the sleeping patterns of your randomly selected roommate, no more unannounced fire drills when you are just trying to take a shower, no more unwanted exposure to the compulsory Britney Spears spinning parties thrown by that girl on your floor. But this dream can quickly turn into a nightmare if your off-campus abode comes with a landlord or landlady who makes your life miserable. Some of these landlords from hell can be found right on the University’s Auxiliary Housing website, a problem that can be solved by a joint effort from both students and the Auxiliary Housing office itself. The office explicitly denies responsibility for the apartments listed and the individuals marketing them and as such cannot be held accountable for deceptions that are the result of leases sealed through the website. But the mere presence of landlords on the Brown listing service lends them an air of authenticity and credibility. Students are inclined to assume — and understandably so — that the advertisements on the listing service are more trustworthy than those on other websites, such as Craigslist, whose users know that they will have to separate the wheat from the chaff when looking for their humble palace.
We all know the stories of landlords asking for advance deposits or all of a sudden “misplacing” the memory card with the pictures of those lovely Victorian ceiling details on it. But that’s okay — the simple fact that this happens through Craigslist is enough to set off alarm bells in the student’s head. But through the age-old power of association, this should not be the case for Brownaffiliated housing. Just the appearance of the University logo in the top-left corner of the browser is enough to persuade students
the landlady was a deafening silence. When the student told her landlady that she wanted out of the lease via the one-month notice specified in it, the landlady not only called her a slew of bad names, but also told her that she would drag her to court. It all could have been prevented. When she contacted the graduate student lawyer and Auxiliary Housing, it turned out that the landlady had come to their attention before. But since no one filed an official complaint, there was nothing they could do. The
Some of these landlords from hell can be found right on the University’s Auxiliary Housing website, a glitch that can be countered by a joint effort from both students and the website itself. that “the landlord is legit,” as one graduate student put it. Sadly, these expectations are sometimes unfounded. Take the case of an unnamed graduate student who found a nice furnished apartment perfect for an international student like herself. When she arrived, the landlady had rented her bed to someone else, telling her that “there’s a carpet in the room” when asked how this problem should be resolved. Two weeks later, I found myself helping said graduate student haul the long overdue bed up the stairs while the perfectly able-bodied landlady refused to move a finger. Then the refrigerator broke down. And the shower drain became clogged. All she heard from
negligence of students to report all bad experiences to the Auxiliary Housing office, either because of the time commitment or out of fear of further escalation of the conflict with their landlords, is inexcusable. It ensures that other students walk into the same trap when they should not have to. When reported, the landlord can face exclusion from the listing service — “Brown University reserves the right to deny placement in and/or remove from its housing service any listing(s) by any individual or company for any reason which it deems sufficient,” the terms and conditions read. But there are other, less effort-intensive ways in which students could share their
landlord experiences. There is the possibility of a testimonial that could appear next to the landlord’s name on the website — with a disclaimer that these reflect the students’ experiences, to absolve Brown from any legal liability — or the simple thumbs up or thumbs down to indicate appreciation or disapproval. To protect such a communityfeedback system from outside spamming, the possibility to share one’s experiences could be restricted to students with a Brown email address. The argument that a public forum could provide rancorous students with an open platform to slander a landlord is an important one, but not likely at all. Those who are unwilling to make the effort to file an official complaint can probably not be bothered to do so officiously either. It will certainly benefit the many upstanding landlords in Providence, and when tenants are required to provide references to secure an apartment, why should we not expect the same of landlords? Of course, one always has to exercise caution and use common sense before entering any type of contract, but a feedback system could make the Auxiliary Housing website more worthy of the Brown seal of approval that unofficially hovers over it. After all, no one likes a house from hell, except maybe when it’s Halloween. Suzanne Enzerink GS is a master’s student in American studies from the Netherlands. She is happy with her landlady and can be reached at suzanne_enzerink@brown.edu.
Let’s rename everything By Garret Johnson Opinions Columnist Happy belated Columbus Day. Or, as we call it here at Brown, Fall Weekend. As many students know, in 2009 the faculty voted to change the name of the holiday weekend to avoid celebrating a man who was responsible for the deaths of countless Native Americans. Despite the fact that Columbus Day began with the efforts of Italian-Americans to celebrate their heritage, the University felt it would be best to avoid insulting anyone at any cost. But why stop with Columbus Day? There are so many things here that might possibly offend someone. Why not rename everything? For starters, the University should stop accepting cash as payment at dining halls, the bookstore and vending machines. Of the seven major bills issued by the Federal Reserve, five of them feature the faces of slave owners. Because the nickel and the dime could also be viewed as offensive, the University should not even accept coins. Another offensive University icon is the life sciences building, which is currently named in honor of famous dropout Sidney Frank ’42. He created the importing dynasty that brought Grey Goose vodka and Jagermeister liqueur to America and donated $100 million to the University’s financial aid fund. For those who believe that alcohol consumption is immoral, the name of
that building could be extremely offensive. Another atrociously offensive building is that of the French and Hispanic studies departments, Rochambeau House. Brown has several students of British descent, and Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau fought against the British in the American Revolution. We cannot risk offending anyone from Great Britain just to commemorate the founding of this country. And then there is the name of the University itself. Brown is named after Nicholas Brown, a Providence merchant who
past. Simply changing the name of something to avoid offense is more insulting than keeping the same name and promoting a dialogue about the bloody history of this country. In changing Columbus Day to Fall Weekend, for example, the University seems to think that it can erase the past. There is an attitude that the new name of our three-day weekend will somehow heal the wounds of Native Americans who suffered because of Columbus. The truth is that the horrible things that Columbus did
There is, of course, an alternative. Rather than changing every name, we could accept history as it happened and attempt to learn from the failures and atrocities in our past.
was involved in the slave trade. Because of these ties to slavery, the University should seek an immediate name change. Perhaps it could return to its original name, the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. That would look great on a football uniform. There is, of course, an alternative. Rather than changing every name, we could accept history as it happened and attempt to learn from the failures and atrocities in our
have already happened. They are irreversible, and it is disrespectful to assert that a simple name change will alleviate past tragedies. Don’t get me wrong: There is a level of sensitivity with which issues of slavery and colonization should be dealt. We should not, as a Harvard fraternity did last year, throw a “Conquistabros and Navajos” party to celebrate the second Monday of October. Although Brown’s party planners
could use a few fresh ideas— I’ve failed CHEM 0690 twice already — we should not stoop to overtly mocking a sensitive subject. I believe that holidays like Columbus Day present a unique opportunity to discuss both the good and the bad aspects of our history. It is possible to respect the holiday which honors a courageous explorer and co-discoverer of the Western world while also recognizing that Columbus committed horrible acts that rival those of Hitler and Stalin. There are certainly those who will be offended that I mentioned Columbus in an even partially positive light. But I would respond that the best way to learn from the past is not to ignore it and change the name to meet the approval of modern-day political correctness. Rather we must accept what has happened, examine it critically without shying away from the gory details and vow never to allow such an atrocity to happen again. Or we can keep doing what we are doing. In that case, students will graduate from the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations without ever setting eyes on the face of George Washington, without knowing where their financial aid comes from and without knowing why they have the second Monday in October off every year. Garret Johnson ’14 is a neuroscience concentrator from Boxford, Mass. who will gladly change his name if it offends you.
Daily Herald Sports Tuesday the Brown
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
W. Soccer
Football
Late drive clinches win over Holy Cross Bears defeat Tigers,
move to 2-1 in Ivy
By Ethan mccoy Sports Editor
With the game tied at 13 in the fourth quarter, co-captain quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero ’11.5 orchestrated an 11-play, 99-yard touchdown drive to lead the Bears past Holy Cross 20-13 Saturday. The drive started at the Bears’ own oneyard line with 9:06 left on the clock and ended when Newhall-Caballero found wide receiver Jonah Fay ’12 in the back of the end zone for an 18-yard score. “The team played really hard, and we were resilient,” said wide receiver Tellef Lundevall ’13. “Things didn’t always go our way, but it’s all about resiliency and toughness, and that’s something our team has. That’s what gave us the will to finish that game.” Brown’s (3-1, 0-1 Ivy) defense was staunch all day and played exceptionally well in the red zone, even without co-captain defensive tackle Kyle Rettig ’12. The unit contained the Crusaders (2-3) — who had scored over 30 points in each of their last three games — to a single touchdown. Safety Stephen Peyton ’12 spearheaded the effort, logging 10 tackles and an interception. Linebackers Matt O’Donnell ’12 and Daniel Smithwick ’12 were close behind, with nine stops apiece. Newhall-Caballero completed 25 of 39 passes for 229 yards and two scores. He spread the wealth among his weapons, but the hot hand belonged to Lundevall, who hauled in nine catches for 90 yards and a touchdown. “Kyle just does a great job of reading coverages,” said Head Coach Phil Estes. “He just sees the field so well.” Going into the game, the contest had the potential for a shoot-out between two high-powered aerial attacks. But early on, neither side could muster much of anything on offense. After a scoreless first quarter, Holy Cross drew first blood on a 30-yard field goal, which the Bears answered seven minutes later when
By Sam Wickham Sports Staff Writer
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Jonah Fay ‘12 hauled in the winning catch to beat Holy Cross 20-13 on Saturday.
kicker Alex Norocea ’14 split the uprights from 35 yards out to even the score 3-3. On their next possession, the Crusaders marched down the field but were again held by Brown’s defense inside the 20 and had to settle for another field goal. The Crusaders’ 6-3 lead was short-lived. On the ensuing kickoff, returner A.J. Cruz ’13 looked to be wrapped up but was able to slip out of a mass of white jerseys and cut upfield all the way to the Holy Cross 42-yard line. With just over two minutes left in the half, Newhall-Caballero made quick work of the short field. A pair of first-down completions to Lundevall and Jimmy Saros ’12 moved the ball to the Crusaders’ 14-yard line. Newhall-Caballero then found Lundevall for a third time on the drive for the touchdown, as the junior receiver was able to keep one foot planted in bounds while diving to haul in the catch. “I looked back and (NewhallCaballero) was scrambling, so I got into the end zone just trying to get open,” Lundevall said. “The defense converged on him and left me open, so he just put the ball into my hands.”
The score put the momentum in Brown’s court as Bruno took a 10-6 lead into the locker rooms. Holy Cross retook the lead midway through the third quarter. After gaining a first down on a fourthdown conversion in Brown territory, the Crusaders’ quarterback Ryan Taggart found Gerald Mistretta over the middle for a nine-yard touchdown, giving his team a 13-10 lead. Twice, the Bears looked primed to either tie the game or take the lead, but they could not put any points on the board. After an encouraging drive, Bruno could not convert on fourth-andone from the Holy Cross nine-yard line, and Brown turned the ball over on downs. On their next possession, the Bears failed to capitalize when the team was given a first-and-goal from inside the Holy Cross fiveyard line after the Crusaders’ punter dropped to his knee to catch a low snap and was ruled down. But after a costly false start penalty and two incompletions, Norocea missed a 26-yard field goal attempt. But on its next turn with the ball, the offense made good on its chances. Bruno took over on the Holy
The women’s soccer team defeated Princeton for the first time in five years Saturday after back-to-back goals erased an early deficit. The Tigers (1-8-1, 0-3-0 Ivy) had over twice as many shots on goal as the Bears (7-3-1, 2-1-0) but only breached Bruno’s back line once. Maddie Wiener ’14 and Captain Sarah Hebert-Seropian ’12 each scored their second goals of the season within a 12-minute period to claim the lead in the first half. Stellar play from center backs Diana Ohrt ’13 and Joanna Price ’12 kept the Princeton attack at bay for the rest of the game, and solid goalkeeping from MC Barrett ’14 prevented a Tiger comeback. “I was excited that we came back after giving up an early goal,” said Head Coach Phil Pincince. “I thought it was a great effort in the first half to score two and be up 2-1 at halftime, and I really thought defensively we hung together in that whole second half.” “We did the little things that mattered to come out with the win,” Hebert-Seropian said. “This was a big win, and I think we are all thrilled.” The Tigers capitalized on their first opportunity of the game just four minutes after the opening whistle. Brown keeper Amber Bledsoe ’14 was forced to make a diving save off of a driven shot, but her parry fell to the feet of Princeton leading scorer Jen Hoy, who slotted home the rebound to give her team the early 1-0 advantage. But Bruno responded and found an answer only eight minutes later. After a foul just inside the Bears’ half, Ohrt hit the resulting free kick out wide to winger Marybeth
Lesbirel ’12. Lesbirel hit the ball on the volley into the middle, where Wiener first-timed the cross into the right corner of the net for the equalizer. Bruno kept attacking and snatched the lead just 12 minutes later, again through the play of Wiener. The pacey forward earned a penalty kick after she beat her defender and was dragged down in the box. Hebert-Seropian stepped up and placed the shot in the center over the keeper’s head to put Bruno ahead. “We had great movement up top,” Hebert-Seropian said. “That was good for us, to have the lead in the first half for once.” Despite seven more shots from Princeton in the remainder of the period, the Bears maintained their 2-1 advantage heading into halftime. The Tigers got off to a roaring start once again in the second half, applying constant pressure to the Bears’ back line. But Bruno held fast and withstood a frantic sixminute period that included four corner kicks and three attempts on goal. Bruno’s defensive unit held the Tigers for the remainder of the game, despite being outshot 20-9. “I thought our goalkeepers did the job again,” Pincince said. “And I thought the whole back four was — as they have been all year — phenomenal.” Bruno will face Francis Marion University (3-9-1) tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Stevenson Field. The Bears will look to carry their momentum into the season’s final stretch as they chase the Ivy League title. “We definitely want to be at the top,” Hebert-Seropian said. “All wins in the next games — that’s what we’re aiming for, nothing lower.”
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Cross Country
Top runners rest during Fall Weekend By james blum Sports Staff Writer
The cross country teams traveled to the New England Championships in Boston Saturday with squads composed of younger and less-experienced competitors. The decision allowed the teams to simultaneously rest their strongest runners while gauging the progress of developing athletes. “In our sport, we try to focus on the training in the first part of the season, and racing often takes away from that,” said Mitchell Baker, head coach of the women’s cross country team. “It was really about getting experience and skill development,” said Tim Springfield, head coach of the men’s squad.
The women finished 24th in a field of 39 teams and were led by Abigail Jones ’15, who finished the five-kilometer race in 19 minutes, 20 seconds. “I think that the training that Coach Baker has been implementing is really starting to show and pay off,” Jones said. “We did really well representing the up-andcoming runners.” Elizabeth Ryan ’13 finished second for Brown in 19:36 and Taylor Williams ’15 captured the third spot on the team with a time of 20:01. “I was not expecting to be competitive as a team,” Baker said. “A lot of those teams were running their best athletes.” In his first race of the year, Colin Savage ’14 led the men to a 15thplace finish in a field of 43 teams
with a time of 26:11 for the eightkilometer race. Savage was followed nine seconds later by Ethan Hickey ’12. Benjamin Stephenson ’13 finished third for Brown in 26:24. “I thought they executed their game plan pretty well,” Springfield said of his top three finishers. “They ran together as a pack most of the way and climbed through the field.” The squads will host the Rothenberg Run Friday at their home course in East Greenwich. According to both coaches, more runners will compete than did Saturday, but some of the top runners will likely forgo the race. “This is a lot of our team’s last chance to race,” Baker said. “I hope we can do well, especially at the home meet.”
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Maddie Weiner ‘14 contributed one goal in the Bears’ 2-1 victory over Princeton.