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vol. cxlvi, no. 92
Monday, October 24, 2011
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U. to create Corporation affirms office on ROTC, athletics recs campus for ROTC By Shefali Luthra Senior Staff Writer
By Tony Bakshi News Editor
The Corporation instructed the University to create an office to support veterans and students interested in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at its meeting this weekend. The Corporation also affirmed Simmons’ recommendation to maintain the University’s campus ban on ROTC programs and endorsed her recommendation that the University explore ways for Brown students to participate in ROTC programs at nearby campuses. Simmons released her recommendations in an email to the campus community Oct. 19. Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron said the Corporation’s “thoughtful and ultimately beneficial” decision reinforced Simmons’ message of expanding opportunities for students interested in ROTC. “We should be thinking about the kind of support we offer servicemen and women on campus, and this office is an outgrowth of that,” Bergeron said. Details of the new office have not yet been determined, but Bergeron said it will be an extension of the current ROTC liaison within the Office of the Dean of the College. Jonathan Tollefson ’15, a member of the Brown Coalition Against Special Privileges for ROTC, said he thinks the decision to expand continued on page 3
In its first meeting since President Ruth Simmons announced her decision to step down at the end of the academic year, the Corporation approved Simmons’ Reserve Officers’ Training Corp and athletics recommendations. The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, meets every October, February and May. It convened Saturday to address the search for Simmons’ successor, means of “continuing the momentum” generated by the Plan for Academic Enrichment, tenure practices and ways of adapting to the University’s diminishing revenue, Simmons wrote in an email to the community. Simmons’ recommendations on athletics and ROTC, which she released last week, closed discussions that began last year. She rec-
ommended against bringing ROTC back to campus but said the University should explore establishing more cross-curricular programs with other universities. Simmons recommended giving the men’s and women’s fencing, women’s ski and men’s wrestling teams a year to raise funds for the program outside University resources. She also called for an increase in teams’ Academic Indices — a quantitative measure that indicates recruits’ academic aptitude — and for the elimination of 20 admissions slots reserved for recruits. Director of Athletics Michael Goldberger said the details of implementation “need to be worked out.” But teams are “very close” to raising funds that would secure their statuses, he said. The elimination of admissions spots will be “hard, but not impossible,” he said.
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Members of the Corporation attended the Medical Education building’s official dedication Friday evening. See full coverage on page 2.
Ne ws in brief
Football
Defense, QB lead Bears over Big Red By ashley mcdonnell Sports Editor
The football team defeated Cornell 35-24 with a combination of strong red zone defense and explosive offense Saturday in Ithaca. The Big Red (2-4, 0-3 Ivy) marched down the field and into the red zone six times, but the Bears (5-1, 2-1) forced Cornell to settle for field goals thrice. Co-captain quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero ’11.5 contributed to four of Bruno’s five
touchdowns on the day, passing for two and rushing for two more. “Cornell moved the ball through the air very, very well,” said Head Coach Phil Estes. “When the field got short, our defense got tougher.” Though the Bears were victorious in the end, the Big Red burst out of the gate. After a 55-yard return on the opening kickoff, Cornell started its drive on Brown’s 33-yard line and made quick work of the short field. Less than two minutes into the game, the Bears
found themselves in a 7-0 hole. The Bears were unable to convert on third-and-one on their first drive and had to punt the ball back to Cornell. On Bruno’s next possession, the drive again seemed to stall, and the offense faced a fourth-and-five on the Big Red’s 32-yard line. But the Bears decided to go for the first and picked it up on a completion to Matthew Sudfeld ’11.5. Only two continued on page 4
Occupy spurs discourse with U.’s one percent
Corrine Szczesny / Herald
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Thirty students occupied the Main Green Friday night, advocating change.
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It was 9 p.m. Friday, and 15 Occupiers — participants from Occupy College Hill and Occupy Providence — sat in a circle around a potluck dinner discussing semantics: Were the issues they planned to present to the Corporation the next morning grievances or demands? Occupy College Hill organized the event One Night Stand to allow for group discussion of complaints regarding University practices. The camp-out on the Main Green was scheduled to immediately precede
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Saturday’s semi-annual meeting of the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body. The discussion inevitably led to a more poignant debate — what kind of collateral did the group possess to persuade the Corporation to listen? “What power building have you done?” asked Jay Willis, a Seattle native who has been a part of Occupy Providence since its inception. “If you don’t have any weight to throw, you look silly,” Willis said. “You mess with the guys who have money, they’re going to come down
Disaster relief trucks crowded Thayer Street yesterday after a fire broke out at Kabob and Curry. The fire, which ignited in the morning, caused “a bit of damage,” said restaurant owner Sanjiv Dhar. Nitin Jindal, a manager at Rasoi — a restaurant in Pawtucket owned by Dhar — confirmed that the fire started in the kitchen near the oven hood. Neither Jindal nor Rasoi could confirm the cause of the fire. Kabob and Curry was closed for the rest of the day Sunday. Dhar said he hopes the restaurant will reopen within a day or two, but is not sure that will be possible. Clean Care of New England — a construction and emergency response company — was seen working Sunday evening to repair the damage. Dhar said the temporary closure will not affect the restaurant’s catering services, including entree deliveries to the Blue Room, because the Pawtucket restaurant has the capacity to take on the extra business until repairs are completed. — Katrina Phillips
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