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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2018
VOLUME CLIII, ISSUE 8
Sotomayor to visit College Hill U.S. Supreme Court Justice to discuss memoir “My Beloved World” with Paxson, students Feb. 7 By JACK BROOK SENIOR STAFF WRITER
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Sotomayor was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 68-31 in 2009.
Just a year after the class of 2020 read U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s memoir, “My Beloved World,” they and the rest of the student body will have the opportunity to hear Sotomayor tell her story in person. Sotomayor will visit Feb. 7 to engage in a conversation moderated by President Christina Paxson P’19 at the Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center at 12 p.m, according to a University press release. The class of 2020 read Sotomayor’s memoir as part of the University’s First Readings program in their summer before coming to Brown and discussed it at the beginning of their first semester. “The challenges I have faced — among them material poverty, chronic illness and being raised by a single mother — are not uncommon,” Sotomayor wrote in the preface of her memoir. “But neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.”
Born to Puerto Rican parents, Sotomayor lived in a housing project in the Bronx during the 1950s. She worked her way to Princeton before graduating summa cum laude in 1976. From there, Sotomayor graduated from Yale Law School, where she worked as editor of the Yale Law Journal. After working as an assistant district attorney and then as a partner in a private law firm, Sotomayor served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1998 until 2009. She assumed office as a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court in August 2009 following a nomination from former president Barack Obama. Sotomayor made history by becoming the third woman and first Hispanic to ever serve on the Supreme Court. “Sonia Sotomayor’s success is not only testament to her resolute ambition, drive and intellect, but to the vital importance of role models, mentors and opportunities opened for historically underrepresented students,” Paxson said in a University press release. “To hear her share her story in person is an ideal culmination of the class of 2020’s First Readings experience, and it will undoubtedly inspire all of us at Brown.”
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SUGSE fears U. stalling talks on grad student unionization U. disputes January deadline for reaching agreement on union preelection By ERIC CHOI SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The University and graduate students have not yet been able to reach a decision on union pre-elections, according to Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees. Politico reported that the University and its graduate student employees were to reach an agreement by the end of January — though the University disputes this timeline. The lack of a resolution “puts into doubt whether there will be a union election, according to grad students,” according to Politico. “Earlier this week Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees sent out a statement to graduate students expressing our concern that the Brown administration was stalling negotiations aimed at arriving at a pre-election agreement,” wrote Dennis Hogan GS in a statement representing SUGSE to The Herald. SUGSE’s statement pointed to
“Brown’s decision to hire Proskauer Rose, a union-busting outside law firm” as the reason for stalled negotiations. “Proskauer designed the aggressive antiunion efforts employed by administrations against their graduate workers at Cornell, Harvard and the University of Chicago. They are behind Columbia University’s recent controversial decision to refuse to come to the bargaining table with the graduate union there.” SUGSE also considered President Trump in its statement, writing, “the Trump administration is preparing to take away our rights to choose union representation and bargain collectively with the University.” Students are worried that the University is stalling in the hope that the 2016 Columbia decision recognizing graduate students as employees is overturned, according to Politico. The University maintains that negotiations remain productive. “There has been no failure to reach agreement — we have had productive conversations with the student representatives and the process is simply still ongoing,” wrote Director of News and Editorial Development Brian Clark in an email to The Herald. “No specific deadline to reach agreement » See UNIONIZATION, page 3
Anti-overdose drug made ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Hunsaker ’20 sinks buzzer beater available to bystanders R.I. now home to around 50 NaloxBoxes containing life-saving opioid overdose antidote Naloxone By DYLAN MAJSIAK SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Six months after the installation of Rhode Island’s first anti-overdose drug dispenser, around 50 additional NaloxBoxes have been installed in different municipalities and cities in the state, said Claudia Rebola, NaloxBox designer and former RISD professor. The boxes, which distribute Naloxone, are meant to facilitate overdose rescues and reshape the dialogue surrounding the opioid crisis, said Dr. Geoffrey Capraro, pediatric emergency medicine sub-specialist and one of the NaloxBox’s creators. The state saw 326 deaths from opioid overdoses in 2016, but the rate of opioid deaths in the state is slowing, according to a study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “The epidemic is just raging out of control, and the antidote is completely life-saving,” Capraro said. “People (need to) recognize that a rescue is very easy to do and that anybody can do it. They
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could reverse the overdose before 911 services arrive.” Capraro likened Naloxone to other emergency response equipment, such as fire extinguishers or defibrillators. The Rhode Island Department of Health initially funded the project with two mini-grants of around $5,000, said Joseph Wendelken, a public information officer at the Rhode Island Department of Health. “With Naloxone available and the education that goes with it, we can get people into treatment sooner rather than later — and the more general awareness there is, the more likely there’s resources to combat the problem,” said Eileen Hayes, president and CEO of Amos House, a social-service agency where the first box was installed. Organizations such as Amos House and the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless helped identify high-risk locations and communities for the boxes to be placed. Public spaces with large masses of people, community centers and locations with high-risk populations are the primary targets of installation, Hayes said. While Naloxone can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose, it traditionally could only be administered by first responders in case of an emergency or obtained » See NALOXONE, page 3
Sophomore's last-second layup fuels Bears to Friday’s 64-62 victory over Dartmouth By TESS DEMEYER SENIOR STAFF WRITER
After jumping to an early lead, the men’s basketball team held on to hand Dartmouth its third Ivy League loss of the season Friday night. Though the Bears (9-8, 2-2 Ivy) maintained the advantage for all 40 minutes, a play made by Zach Hunsaker ’20 at the buzzer stole the show. With seven seconds left, Dartmouth hit a free throw that looked to send the game to overtime. But Hunsaker weaved through the Big Green’s (4-13, 0-4) defense to score the game-winning layup as the clock hit zero. Hunsaker also tallied five rebounds, 12 points and led the Bears with three assists. His efforts earned him Brown Athletics Student-Athlete of the Week Honors and the number three spot on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays. For his clutch performance and unforgettable shot, Hunsaker has been named The Herald’s Athlete of the Week.
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Zach Hunsaker ‘20 scored the game-winning layup against Dartmouth in a sensational play that appeared on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays. Herald: Congratulations on the win! What were you thinking as the final seconds ticked off the clock? Hunsaker: I was pretty nervous when the (Dartmouth) kid had two free throws and put one up at the end of the game, but I knew that we were fine and that we were going to have a chance to win the game. I just tried to
keep calm and, luckily, the ball came to me at the end. That was definitely a special moment. What was going through your head when you made the shot? I thought I got fouled at the end, to be honest. I thought I had a good » See HUNSAKER, page 3
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SPORTS Klein ’20: Eagles are underrated, have potential to overpower Patriots at Super Bowl
NEWS U. attempts to expand socioeconomic diversity, support low-income students
NEWS Shahzad Bashir to lead Middle East Studies as Beshara Doumani steps down
COMMENTARY You ’20, Kim’18: Amid DACA discourse, undocumented Asian American stories go unheard
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