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vol. cxlvi, no. 93
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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Teaching, research dominate professors’ time Bears gear Percentage of professors ranking task as up for most time-consuming mission impossible By Eli Okun Contributing Writer
Less than 50 percent of faculty members rank teaching as the most time-consuming part of their job, according to a poll conducted this fall by The Herald. The poll asked faculty members to rank the amount of time they spend teaching, conducting research, writing grant proposals, participating in University governance and advising students. Though many professors are satisfied with the breakdown of tasks, some said they feel increased pressure to publish as the University seeks to expand its international research profile.
Forty-four percent of professors indicated teaching takes up the largest portion of their time, while 42.3 percent reported they spend the most time on research. Less than 11 percent of faculty ranked grant writing, governance or advising as the most time-consuming task. Poll respondents were given the option of assigning multiple tasks the same rank. The administration has no explicit expectations for how professors should divide their time, said Kevin McLaughlin P’12, dean of the faculty. But teaching and research are weighted more heavily in annual faculty evaluations than
By james blum Sports Staff Writer
As he enters his third year as the head coach of the men’s ice hockey team, Brendan Whittet ’94 does not consider any goal unachievable during the upcoming season.
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oping here and for everybody who is here to support us and learn more about what we’re doing,” Annie Rose London ’11.5 told the crowd that gathered Monday afternoon by the memorial statue in Burnside Park to witness the letter’s delivery to the mayor’s office. London, one of a handful of Brown students heavily involved in the movement, opened the press conference to cheers from the crowd of the roughly 100 Occupiers. Using a strategy known as “the human microphone,” the crowd repeated and amplified each of her lines. London called the encampment “a safe space where people can come, have conversations and learn from each other.” She added the park has been kept clean and
“Our goal as a program is to win the national championship,” Whittet said. “Some people say we’re crazy — that it can’t be done. Well, it can be done.” The team finished the 201011 season with a 10-16-5 (8-12-2 ECAC) record. Though the team showed flashes of brilliance — including a win over top-ranked Yale on a last-minute goal — it was plagued by inconsistency throughout the season, at one point enduring a five-game losing streak. Despite its checkered past, assistant captain Bobby Farnham ’12 said he believes the team can overcome these issues through hard work and persistence. “If we are consistent all year, and we work hard all year, we’re going to be very successful with the team we have,” Farnham said. The team lost four seniors in May, including Harry Zolnierczyk ’11, who signed with the Philadelphia Flyers and recently scored his
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‘Cole under Occupiers refuse to leave Burnside Park pressure’ makes diamonds By kate Nussenbaum Contributing Writer
Hip-hop died in 2006. Some of you may have heard Nas’ eulogy. The emcees from my childhood — the Jay-Zs, DMXs and WuTangs of the world — remained mostly relevant but lost some of their luster as they struggled to reinvent themselves in a musical world thirsting for corporate beats and catchy choruses. Kanye West and Lil Wayne ruled supreme as much of the hip-hop world lagged behind. But as the old guard fades out, a new generation of rappers is emerging, one that is bucking the trend of macho thuggery that for so long has run rampant in the genre for so long. At the forefront of this wave is Jermaine Cole, aka J Cole, aka Cole World, aka In A Game Full Of Liars It Turns Out That I’m The Truth. Sunday night, he performed at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel to a sold-out crowd. After the opening act was booed offstage and threw water on the crowd, Cole’s DJ — DJ Dummy — built suspense with an incredibly long, Drake-and-JayZ-filled set, after which Cole took the stage to raucous applause. Much of Cole’s material focuses on struggling to make it as a rapper, striving for fame and adoration in the face of overwhelming odds and skeptics. Now, having
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that they vacate Burnside Park, members of the movement told Mayor Angel Taveras they plan on staying put. A little more than a week after first setting up tents in Burnside Park, Occupiers convened Monday afternoon to deliver a letter
With quirk and funk, motherly only in name By Kristina Fazzalaro Arts & Culture Editor
Like the newspaper itself, the logo of the free monthly publication Mothers News is undeniably unique.
FEATURE The flag at the top of the front page — the equivalent of The Herald’s Van Wickle Gates motif — is a cameo-like portrait of a Victorian man. His collar is buttoned just so, and his hair is perfectly parted. But unfortunately, his face has been ripped off. Without the top layer of skin, the literal mechanics working hard beneath the surface are visible — wires, pipes and machinery twist in and out of each other in a
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Station fire survivor addresses journalism class CITY & STATE, 4
convoluted catacomb structure. On the front page of one issue, lurking to the right, the “o” in Mothers News has been replaced by a dung beetle and his namesake meal. While this local 8-page paper is called Mothers News, it is definitely not your mother’s newspaper. The good word
Written and illustrated almost exclusively by founder, editor and publisher Jacob Berendes, Mothers News is a distorted take on a newspaper. There is a gossip section, a comics spread, a space dedicated to fashion news and a top-10 list — which does not always list 10 things. Olneyville resident Berendes also continued on page 4
Eco-Startup Alums turn a class project into a label company City & State, 5
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By Sammy feldblum Contributing Writer
Members of Occupy Providence announced their willingness to transition from lawful demonstration to civil disobedience yesterday. In response to demands
to the mayor’s office stating that they have no immediate plans to leave the park. “We respectfully restate our intention to remain in Burnside Park for however long it takes to build a society by, for and of the people,” the letter states. City officials’ calls for the protesters to disperse have mounted over the last few days. Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare asked Occupiers Thursday to notify the city of an end date to the encampment. David Ortiz, the mayor’s spokesman, announced yesterday that the city would seek a legal injunction to remove the protesters. Occupiers have been camping in the park — which they renamed People’s Park — without a permit since Oct. 15. “We are so excited and grateful for the community that is devel-
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