Friday, November 11, 2011

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Friday, November 11, 2011

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DPS detains Robust forum addresses masturbator tuition, budget concerns suspect in car By Mark Raymond This year’s forum attracted far Senior Staff Writer

By Lucy Feldman Senior Staff Writer

Department of Public Safety officers detained a man last night after he was seen masturbating in a parked vehicle on Hope Street. Witnesses do not believe the suspect to be the same man who has masturbated outside a John Street house on multiple occasions this semester. At approximately 10:30 p.m., two female seniors, both residents of that house, were walking north on Hope Street by Power Street when they saw a man watching them from an idling blue sedan, one of the seniors said. As they passed the car, they saw the man was masturbating. The students asked that their names be witheld so that the man cannot identify them. The students turned on Power Street and called DPS. While on the phone, they saw the suspect drive north on Hope Street and turn left on George Street, one of the seniors said. Soon after, they saw the suspect driving north on Hope Street again, this time followed by DPS cruisers. At approximately 10:35 p.m., the suspect pulled over on Hope Street by Young Orchard Avenue, one of the seniors said. Officers arrested him and searched his car. Officers blinded the suspect so continued on page 3

The University’s budgeting process is about making choices, said Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 at yesterday’s University Resources Committee forum. The forum, which was held in Smith-Buonanno Hall, attracted about 60 people, more than half of whom were students. The forum’s purpose was to gather community input on next fiscal year’s budgetary priorities. Schlissel also outlined how the University has allocated spending in this fiscal year’s budget.

more attendees than last year’s budget forum, which only had one student in attendance. Schlissel, who chairs the URC, said that while University revenue and expenditures have both increased significantly over the past decade, the proportion of dollars coming from each revenue source has not significantly changed. He also said while Brown has steadily increased its tuition rate, it has not done so to the same degree as many “Ivy plus” peer institutions. continued on page 2

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Provost Mark Schlissel P ’15 discussed tuition increases at last night’s URC forum.

At Hillel, Cicilline ’83 reflects on term Bears look By Elizabeth Carr Senior Staff Writer

“The Congress of the United States is a pretty broken place right now,” said Rep. David Cicilline ’83, DR.I., to a group of students at a Jewish Leadership Seminar at Brown/ RISD Hillel yesterday. “And if you weren’t aware of that, I’m here to tell you that it is.” The former Providence mayor remembered the “urgency of the moment” of running the city. “We woke up as a team every day,” he said. But in his first 10 months in Congress, he found that same sense of urgency and cohesiveness nonexistent.

“There are people in the leadership of the House that are refusing really to take action, to do the things that we need to get the economy back on track,” Cicilline said in an interview with The Herald. “Congress is very committed to making sure that this is a oneterm president.” The refusal of Republican leaders to put aside partisanship and work for the well-being of the country is unacceptable, Cicilline said. “The American people can’t wait for us to take action on a lot of important issues.” During his talk, Cicilline told students that the deterioration of bipartisanship in Washington

is partially due to the changing culture and the “total breakdown of the relationship between the members of Congress.” Members of Congress no longer move to Washington once they are elected, he explained, which limits their ability to build relationships with members of the other party and ultimately to respect their colleagues. Instead, Cicilline said members of Congress are expected to constantly be in their home districts. Republican leaders of the House of Representatives have emphasized this assumption by setting continued on page 3

Contemplating to climax: Meditation relieves sex woes A naked man passionately embraces a naked woman in a photograph. How does that make viewers feel? And how long does it take them to register their reactions? Females will take longer, according to a new study, because women are less in touch with their bodies.

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Though their bodies may be showing signs of arousal, females are more likely to report feeling unaroused, leading to dissatisfaction in the bedroom. Meditation may be the answer, according to a new paper written by an undergraduate and a recent alum. Women who practiced meditation improved their ability to register physiological arousal, suggesting that meditation may be an effective treatment for

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female sexual dysfunction. Gina Silverstein ’09.5, lead author of the paper, got the idea for the study while taking UNIV 0540: “Introduction to Contemplative Studies,” taught by Harold Roth, professor of religious studies. The same areas of the brain they discussed in the class were also associated with female sexuality, her friend noticed. They realized the two had something important in common. From talking with other women, Silverstein knew female sexual dysfunction was a big problem. Many women complained they had trouble reaching orgasm or becoming and remaining aroused. They would say, “I start thinking about other things. … And then I’m like, ‘Oh my god, my room is a mess,’ or ‘What if I’m not as cute as my partner’s last girlfriend?’ and ‘I hope I don’t look fat right now,’” Silverstein said.

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The football team will look to stretch its winning streak to seven games against Dartmouth tomorrow at Brown Stadium on Senior Day. With only two games remaining on the schedule, the Bears (7-1, 4-1 Ivy) sit just one game behind Harvard (7-1, 5-0) in the Ivy League standings and remain in the hunt for the program’s first championship since 2008.

tion, emotion and psychological characteristics, about her interest in the subject. Britton encouraged her to find

“We try not to make the final two games bigger than they are,” said outside linebacker Dan Smithwick ’12. “We try not to harp on that in our preparation. We’re treating it like any other Ivy League game, and we’re going to have to be on top of our game.” The Big Green (3-5, 2-3) have been on the upswing the past few seasons. After snapping a 17-game losing streak in 2009 that stretched over two seasons, Dartmouth went 6-4 last season and finished fifth in the standings. The Big Green led Brown 28-20 going into the fourth quarter of last season’s matchup in Hanover, but a late rally propelled the Bears to a 35-28 win. Dartmouth’s attack is led by senior running back Nick Schwieger, the school’s all-time leading rusher.

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Courtesy of Willoughby Britton

Women who meditated improved their ability to detect bodily responses to erotic images, pointing to a potential treatment for female sexual dysfunction.

“Mediation is a clear answer,” she realized. She spoke with Willoughby Britton, assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, whose lab studies the effects of contemplative practices on cogni-

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