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Brown’s efforts to partner with teaching hospitals in the creation of a new “translational science” research
collaboration are moving forward after nearly three years of planning.
‘Translational’ science center on horizon
by Sydney Ember
Senior Staff Writer
Efforts to create a statewide Cen-
ter for Clinical and Translational
Sciences are pressing ahead after
nearly three years of planning, as
the University and several partners
aim to secure a large grant from
the National Institutes of Health
this fall.
The new research collaboration,
which will be administered from
Brown, is critical to bringing the
Alpert Medical School to the fore-
Study: Mars gully was wet Double trouble: twins stick together
just one million years ago
By Monique Vernon
Contributing Writer
The “serendipitous discovery” of
a million-year-old gully on Mars
by Samuel Schon GS may indicate
that water was present on the
Red Planet more recently than re-
searchers previously thought.
Funded by NASA, the research
was published in the current is-
sue of Geology, an influential
earth sciences journal. Images
from HiRISE — the High Resolu-
tion Imaging Science Experiment
— were analyzed and provided
key photos of gullies scattered
throughout Mars. Schon, along
with Postdoctoral Research As-
sociate Caleb Fassett and Profes-
sor of Geological Sciences James
Head, sifted through the data and
found a gully located in eastern
Promethei Terra which they
were able to date to 1.25 million
years ago.
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front of medical education by forg-
ing connections between advances
in medical research and clinical
practice, said Edward Wing, dean of
medicine and biological sciences.
Translational science is an
emerging field that seeks to con-
nect innovative medical research
with the clinical side of patient care,
quickly joining recent advances in
bench science to patient thera-
pies.
The center — which includes
the University of Rhode Island
and local hospitals — will provide
Schon said he and his col-
leagues had not set out to find
this specific gully.
“It’s a lot of geologic good
luck,” Schon said. The team
simply stumbled upon the gully,
which was probably created by
the accumulation of melted water
that originated from ice depos-
its nearby. The original crater
is thought to be the result of a
high-impact meteor crash.
Using a technique that in-
volved measuring the frequency
and size of craters and the bound-
ary of the gully, Schon said he and
his team were able to pinpoint the
date of origin of the site.
According to the study, the
gully is located in a crater and
consists of multiple lobes — the
components of the gully’s depo-
sitional fan — which have been
determined to be of varying ages
continued on page 3
News, 3
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Some professors bring their
dogs to work and play in
academic buildings
195 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Jesse Morgan / Herald
leadership in the field of “bench-
to-bedside” research, mentoring
programs and effective means of
collaboration between research
teams and patient-care providers,
Wing said.
The partnership will allow for a
collaborative space for a wide range
of disciplines, such as biomedical
engineering, nanomedicine and
computer science.
It will offer opportunities for
undergraduates, graduate stu-
continued on page 2
By Jyotsna Mullur
Staff Writer
Students walking around campus
might encounter two first-year girls
who look shockingly similar. Even
though their hairstyles are different,
people often do a double take when
they meet Heather and Carly Arison
’12 — twin sisters from Ohio who ar-
rived on College Hill last fall.
FEATURE
People “either freak out, or they
don’t realize we’re twins,” Heather
said.
Having a twin sibling at the same
school has its benefits, said Alicia
Hartley ’10.
“It was like having a built-in friend,”
said Alicia, whose twin sister Alex is
also her teammate on the women’s
rugby squad and a fellow residential
community assistant. “We didn’t have
the same nervousness when we first
arrived here,” Alex said.
Ross Marino ’12 emphasized the
Concert tickets nearly
sell out first day online
Packaged deals gone in first 4 minutes
By Lauren Fedor
Senior Staf f Writer
Though the new online ticketing
system for Spring Weekend was
met with mixed reviews from stu-
dents, organizers are pleased with
sales thus far, a representative from
Brown Student Agency said yes-
terday.
Matt Garza ’11, who designed the
ticketing Web site with Erik Naza-
renko ’11, said that while he has
received some e-mail complaints
about the service, the general re-
sponse from the student body has
been positive.
Tickets for the Fri., April 17 and
Sat., April 18 concerts were made
available exclusively to Brown stu-
dents at 8:00 a.m. Monday. There
were 1,000 logins within the first
minute of the site opening, Garza
said, and at press time, fewer than
200 of the 3,000 available tickets
remained for each performance.
Garza said the site — market.
brownstudentagencies.com —
provided a “much more effective
way” for students to obtain tickets
than the conventional box office
system.
“No one had to wake up early to
get in line or miss class,” he said,
adding, “Students didn’t have to
leave their dorm rooms. They were
able to use their credit cards, and it
Alex and Alicia Hartley ’10 both play on the rugby team and work as com-
munity assistants — on opposite sides of campus.
importance of simply having someone
who already knew him well. “Right
off the bat, I had a friend, someone I
knew,” he said.
Ross and his brother Alexander
both participate in Tae Kwon Do and
take two classes together, in econom-
ics and contemporary art. Ross said
he also finds it helpful to have a study
partner.
Sports, 5
Hockey rocks
M. hockey had an historic
weekend, beating Harvard twice
in the ECAC tournament
was a much easier experience.”
Most of the complaints Garza
received were about the limited
number of ticket packages for both
Friday and Saturday’s shows. The
packages sold for $25, while sepa-
rate tickets cost $15 each. Many stu-
dents wanted to purchase packages
to save $5, Garza said, but by 8:04
a.m. they had sold out.
Garza said there has always
been a limit on the number of dis-
counted packages sold, and that this
year “several hundred” packages
were available.
While the number of packages
offered was reduced “slightly” from
last year, the extra money earned by
Brown Concert Agency from indi-
vidual sales will go toward provid-
ing discounted tickets to students
with demonstrated financial need,
Garza said.
When Lizette Chaparro ’12 tried
purchasing tickets at 8:00 this morn-
ing, she received a message that
read “Web site could not be found.”
After “multiple” attempts at refresh-
ing the page, Chaparro discovered
that the packages were sold out.
She ended up buying two individual
tickets — one for her and one for a
friend — for Saturday afternoon’s
concert.
“The Web site lagged a little,” she
continued on page 2
Matt Weisberg / Herald
But how did two siblings get into
a school whose acceptance rate hit a
low of 13.3 percent last year?
“We don’t have a policy about
twins, but in most cases we admit or
deny them admission together,” wrote
Dean of Admission James Miller ’73
in an e-mail to The Herald. It’s “not
continued on page 3
Opinions, 7
Corporation Payoffs
Ben Bernstein ’09 examines
the benefits given to unpaid
Corporation members.
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C ampus N EWS “This will help us become one of the best medical schools in
the country.” — Edward Wing, dean of medical and biological sciences
Mono infections persist this year
By Alexys Esparza
Contributing Writer
Tor Clark, physician assistant at
Health Services, said the number
“and they didn’t think so.” He added
that the number of students with
of cases of mono on campus has mono is “maybe somewhat more
Though mononucleosis, a common remained “about the same” as be- in the winter, but it’s pretty steady
viral disease, seems to have affected fore. throughout the year.”
many on campus this semester, the Clark said he “actually asked a Mono is “probably less conta-
number of ailing students is consis- couple other providers” if they had gious than a typical cold,” Clark
tent with past years. experienced an increase in cases, said, adding that “saliva spread is
the riskiest of direct contact.”
Caused by the Epstein-Barr vi-
rus, mononucleosis spreads through
saliva and is sometimes called “kiss-
ing disease,” according to a National
Institutes of Health Web site. Com-
mon symptoms include fever, sore
throat, swollen lymph glands and, in
some cases, a swollen spleen.
Clark said infected students
should avoid consuming alcohol,
sharing cups and kissing. They must
also avoid contact sports that are
likely to hurt the spleen, which tends
to be very sensitive and tender dur-
ing the period of infection.
As for recovery time, “there’s
no specific amount that everyone
needs,” Clark said, adding that few
people are so severely sick that they
cannot attend classes or pursue their
other day-to-day activities.
Chelsea Macco ’11, who has been
struggling with mono for well over a
month, said that when she first got
a cold she went to Health Services,
only to be told that she would “get
better soon.”
But the following week, she had
to go to Health Services again —
this time “almost in tears” because
her throat hurt every time she tried
to eat.
Like Macco, Matthew Balatbat
’11, who recently recovered, said
the symptoms of infection were hard
to deal with.
“The worst part of (getting mono)
was my throat hurting and my glands
sudoku being huge,” he said. “That lasted for
about a week.”
The students interviewed said
they were unsure as to how they
contracted the disease.
Ticket packages sell out in four minutes
continued from page 1
wrote in an e-mail to The Herald,
before adding “I guess it is Spring
Weekend, after all.”
Anthony Urena ’12 also woke up
early to purchase tickets, but found
that it took “forever” to authenticate
his login and “even longer” to reach
the checkout page, he wrote in an
e-mail to The Herald.
“I set out to buy a package, but
due to the long loading times and
the Web site’s request of personal
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the Brown
out,” he wrote.
Urena added that he was scared
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just as quickly, and ended up buy-
Stephen DeLucia, President Jonathan Spector, Treasurer
ing $15 tickets for both Friday and
Michael Bechek, Vice President Alexander Hughes, Secretary
Saturday’s performances.
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ing the Brown University community daily since 1891. It is published Monday there were “no technical difficul-
through Friday during the academic year, excluding vacations, once during
ties” with the Web site, and the prob-
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New center to promote
academic medicine
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dents and postgraduate trainees
by providing a “large educational
component” through new master’s
and Ph.D. tracks in clinical and
translational sciences, said James
Padbury, a professor of pediatrics
who is one of the leaders of the
original proposal for the center.
The center will also serve as “an
absolutely mandatory academic
home” for spending a Clinical and
Translational Science Award — a
National Institutes of Health grant
worth up to $25 million over a five-
year period — that the University
plans to apply for in October, he
said.
“The center is going to be a
clearinghouse — a networking
agency, a research center,” Pad-
bury said.
Members of the University’s Di-
vision of Biology and Medicine are
hoping the new center “will anchor
a successful application and fund
this exciting research,” he added.
Professor of Medicine Timo-
thy Flanigan also helped draft the
proposal, which was approved at a
faculty meeting last week.
Translational science has al-
ready achieved some success in
the medical world. For example,
Padbury said, scientists have con-
ducted research on cellular trans-
port to increase understanding of
ovarian cancer. Medical practitio-
ners have been able to use new
techniques from the research to
provide improved cancer therapy
for patients.
Given the “extraordinar y”
advancements in medicine, “it is
important to accelerate the pace
of those advances into clinical prac-
tice,” Padbury said.
The approved proposal is a cul-
mination of planning efforts that
Spring Weekend tickets still on sale
Sales continue to Brown students only
Online ticket sales for
Spring Weekend continue
today. Brown students can
buy separate tickets for Fri-
day’s and Saturday’s shows
for $15 each, and sales will
open to RISD students for
the same price on March 16.
If tickets remain on March
18, BCA will offer them to
the public for $25 a show.
Friday’s performance will
feature Nas, Sharon Jones,
earlier than the transactions actually
took place, the site was not active
at 7:00 a.m. as some students are
questioning.
The site is not on an automatic
timer, he said, adding, “We were in
complete control. I physically clicked
(to open sales) at 8:00 a.m.”
Even with the sporadic com-
plaints and student concerns, or-
ganizers were nonetheless pleased
-
stemmed from an NIH Clinical
and Translational Sciences Award
Planning Grant that the University
received in September 2006.
The new center, whose adminis-
trative home will likely be in Arnold
Laboratory, will be funded in part
by BioMed, Wing said. The rest of
the funding will come from grants,
donations and the endowment. But
Wing said the current financial situ-
ation has forced BioMed — like
many University branches — to
cut back on the budget for the next
fiscal year, putting a damper on
many existing plans.
“We have to be very careful
where we’re going to put our re-
sources,” Wing said. “But we can’t
just pull back.”
“This is one of the areas that I
feel so strongly about,” he added,
“that this will help us become one
of the best medical schools in the
country.”
In addition to increasing the
Medical School’s prestige, Wing
said the award will also provide
money to invest in grants for new
faculty projects and new laborato-
ries, such as a genomics laboratory
and a statistical core to assist the
center’s researchers.
“The clinical faculty and the hos-
pitals are very enthusiastic,” Wing
said. “It’s a real opportunity even in
this time of financial constraint.”
Nancy Thompson, associate
dean of graduate and postdoctoral
training and a member of the cen-
ter’s executive committee, said the
center will provide a way to connect
people in the medical community
who may not necessarily come
across one another.
“It’s very exciting because it has
the infrastructure and means to
nurture these collaborations and
provide a basis that will move ideas
forward,” she said.
the Dap-Kings and Deer
Tick. Saturday’s concert will
include Of Montreal, Santi-
gold and Toubab Krewe.
Though 3,000 tickets
have been made available for
each concert, BCA will sell
an additional 1,500 through
conventional box office tick-
eting 48 hours before each
show if weather permits the
concerts to be held on the
Main Green.
with the system.
“We’re still very excited that stu-
dents were able to do this online,”
Garza said.
And students saw the bright side
of the situation too.
Urena wrote that despite
the difficulties he encountered
with the Web site, “It sure beats
waiting on long lines in this
terrible weather.”
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For some professors, it’s a dog’s life
By Shara Azad
Staf f Writer
On select days, Ravit Reichman’s
dogs Lucy and Greta can be found
running down the hallways of 70
Brown St., relishing the carpet be-
neath their tiny paws.
Assistant Professor of English
Reichman, one of several members
of the University’s faculty and staff
who bring their dogs to campus,
said she does so because she doesn’t
want them to stay at home alone for
too long.
“I like having them in my office
— it’s nice,” she said, adding that
she has not needed to bring them in
often this year. “I don’t know how my
colleagues feel about it though.”
Lauren Sarat, a visiting lecturer
in English, often brings her dog,
Jade, to campus, but Sarat no longer
brings her to class — she suspects
Jade “might be bored” by the ex-
perience.
Sarat wrote in an e-mail to The
Herald that she thinks her dog
makes members of the Brown com-
munity feel more relaxed.
“I notice that people often smile
to see her, especially if she’s run-
ning across the Main Green, chas-
ing a squirrel,” she wrote. “The dog
seems to humanize things, ironi-
cally. She can provide a source of
conversation that doesn’t involve
academic work, especially when
she’s in my office while I’m meet-
ing students.”
Reichman agreed. “With all the
stress in the air, a dog can provide a
Twice as nice, twins spend time together
continued from page 1
because we don’t want to separate
them in our decision process, but
in most cases, their credentials are
strikingly similar — even in applica-
tions from fraternal twins.”
Alex said she was specifically in-
terested in Brown’s Egyptology pro-
gram, and both she and her sister
independently decided they wanted
to attend Brown.
From the start, Carly and Heath-
er aimed to find a place together
at Brown as members of the golf
team.
“From the beginning, we were
hoping to be recruited together,”
Heather said.
But not all of Brown’s twins in-
tended to attend college together.
Juan Vasconez ’10 and his twin
Jose said they would have attended
Brown even if the other had not been
accepted. “We’re pretty independent,”
Juan said.
But for twins, being accepted
together is no guarantee that they
will stay as close — in where they
live, that is.
While first-year housing is as-
signed based on a brief questionnaire
about living preferences and habits,
sibling requests are taken into con-
sideration, wrote Associate Director
of Residential Life Natalie Basil in an
e-mail to The Herald.
“If siblings are in attendance,
whether twinned or not, we would
take into consideration their appeal
sense of lightness,” she said.
The two professors have never
had much of an issue with students
who are afraid of dogs. Reichman
said she purposefully has two small
dogs because she understands that
some people are afraid of larger ca-
nines.
And while Sarat has never asked
a student to dog-sit, Reichman said
she was once “running so late to
class, I had my TA hold on to Lucy,”
her tiny sato — the Puerto Rican
term for a mixed-breed dog. Reich-
man’s other dog, Greta, is a Cairn
terrier, the same breed as Toto from
“The Wizard of Oz.”
FEATURE
Members of one of Reichman’s
classes chose Lucy’s name.
“I was originally going to name
her Rosa,” Reichman said, “but we
were reading Faulkner at the time,
and the character Rosa was really
depressing.” They finally decided
upon the name Lucy instead.
One student said having dogs on
campus is a “great idea.”
Allissa Wickham ’09 said, “I
think it creates an informal tone
during class and office hours, al-
lowing students to not feel so self-
conscious.”
She said she fondly remembers
seeing her gender studies professor
walking her “cute” dog and petting
the dogs of Sheila Blumstein, pro-
fessor of cognitive and linguistic
sciences.
Those who own dogs and other
pets have the benefit of Brown’s new
to be roommates — as it can be a
disadvantageous policy financially
for families who may need to rent
two microfridges or purchase two
sets of other room amenities,” Basil
wrote.
Alex and Alicia roomed in close
proximity — at their mother’s insis-
tence, they were neighbors in the
all-girls hallway in West Andrews
Hall during their first year. Later, they
both became CAs, but on different
sides of campus.
Heather lives in Hope College,
while Carly lives in Keeney Quad-
rangle. Though the distance has
been helpful in maintaining a sense
of independence, they both said hav-
ing to split up their shared wardrobe
was a hassle.
“Sometimes we’ll see each other
walking towards one another dressed
alike,” Carly said.
Next year, the Arison twins will
find it easier to swap their shoes and
sweaters ­— they are entering the
housing lottery together, though they
plan to live in separate rooms.
But while some twins take advan-
tage of having an automatic friend
during the transition to college, many
expressed mixed feelings about hav-
ing their double on campus.
“I don’t see being a twin as a nov-
elty,” Juan said. “Getting confused
stopped being funny a long time
ago.”
He added that it can be frustrating
when people refuse to treat each twin
as an individual and instead think of
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“With all the stress in the air, a dog can provide a sense of lightness.”
— Assistant Professor of English Ravit Reichman, on having a dog in the office
pet insurance initiative, which pro-
vides pet insurance for employees.
“Currently, we have approximate-
ly 20 employees utilizing this ben-
efit and we expect that number to
increase over time,” Ibrahim Essa,
benefits communication specialist in
the Human Resources department,
wrote in an e-mail to the Herald.
Essa wrote that while he does
not think a pet insurance policy is
something people look for when ap-
plying for a job, several universities
offer a similar benefit.
But even with pet insurance in
place, Reichman said she felt the
Brown community could use a few
more canine companions.
“I wish dogs were more a part of
the culture here,” she said.
Naomi Ninneman, a health edu-
cator who organizes Heavy Pet-
ting, an event during which Brown
faculty and staff bring their canine
pals to campus twice a semester,
said petting dogs is thought to be a
stress-reliever. Launched by Health
Services, the event has been going
on for about seven years and allows
students to enjoy the psychological
uplift the dogs provide, Ninneman
said.
Weather providing, this semes-
ter’s Heavy Petting will be held on
April 7 and 28 on the Main Green.
Reichman, who brought Lucy
and Greta to the event last spring,
thought the occasion provided “a
definite lightening of the mood.”
Ninneman said some dogs enjoy
Courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
the event so much that “they don’t
The gully system in the Promethei Terra region of Mars appears to
want to leave at the end.” have been carved by liquid water and may be the most recent period
when water was active on the planet.
Chance discovery hints
at ‘recent’ Mars water
them as a unit.
“They don’t see us as individual
people,” he said. “Sometimes, they
ask us stupid questions like, ‘Can you continued from page 1 mate. The discover y will also aid
tell what your twin is thinking?’” in studies of snow and ice deposi-
Sometimes, the confusion is lit- due to their appearance. The tion on Mars.
eral. outer lobes — unblemished by “It fits into the broader study
“People thought there was one of meteor impacts — indicate that of the water cycle,” Fassett
us for a while,” Alicia said. “We had the melted water that shaped said.
to break it to them that there were them was a more recent phe- But Schon and Fassett added
two red-headed twins.” nomenon. that the discover y is only mar-
While the experience of having “We learned something really ginally applicable to future re-
someone who looks nearly identical exciting,” Fassett said, adding search because it is limited to
to you can bring its troubles, most that “just being able to add our young craters.
say they enjoy maintaining a close knowledge” to the body of geo- Due to the specific nature of
relationship with their sibling. logical research was the highlight the million-year-old gully, the
“We’ll make sure to get together of finding the age of the gully. team will not continue research
and go out and eat,” Alicia said. The Fassett said the gullies point on that area but will continue with
sisters recently realized they both to the existence of transient water the analysis of the general pres-
wanted to attend graduate school and demonstrate that multiple ence of gullies and the existence
for higher education administration. factors led to the prevailing cli- of water on Mars, Schon said.
While they aren’t sure if they will go
to the same graduate school, they
know they want to stay close.
“If there are extended periods of
time when we don’t see each other,
we’ll chill,” Juan said, “but our con-
versations really center around the
day-to-day.” Coming to college has
ultimately made each twin more indi-
vidualistic and has highlighted their
distinct interests, he added. Jose is
considering a future career on Wall
Street, but Juan said his own path is
still uncertain.
Looking to the future, most twins
are uncertain what life after Brown
will hold for them.
But being a twin is a lifelong bond,
Carly said. “We’ll always be tight.”
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The Brown Daily Herald
Page 4 | Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Two wins for m. lacrosse this weekend
By Elisabeth Avallone
Sports Staff Writer
With 1:23 left on the clock and the
score tied 11-11, men’s lacrosse captain
Jack Walsh ’09 scored a quick-stick
goal off a feed from captain Kyle Hol-
lingsworth ’09, securing a 12-11 victory
for the No. 15 men’s lacrosse team (3-
1) over No. 18 Denver this Sunday.
The win was Brown’s second of
the weekend, following a 7-3 victory
on Friday afternoon against Quin-
nipiac.
“The first challenge going into the
weekend was to play two games in
three days at a high level. The second
challenge we faced was more of an
emotional one,” reflected Head Coach
Lars Tiffany ’90. “We were coming off
of two fourth-quarter breakdowns,
surviving with a one-goal win against
Lehigh, and giving up a five-goal lead
in the fourth quarter, only to lose to
Hofstra by one. So the emotional chal-
lenge may have been more critical.”
Brown 7, Quinnipiac 3
On attack against Quinnipiac, An-
drew Feinberg ’11 and Hollingsworth
combined for five goals and an assist,
while captain Jordan Burke ’09 made
10 saves in the net.
After an early goal by Quinnipiac
less than five minutes into the game,
Brown built momentum with three
unanswered goals of its own. Fein-
berg had the first goal of the series off
a quick pass from defenseman Jake
Hardy ’10, then Thomas Muldoon ’10
and Hollingsworth each netted a goal,
Strong effort for wrestlers
at EIWA championships
By Katie Wood
Assistant Spor ts Editor
The wrestling team finished off
its season with three four th-
place finishes in the consolation
bracket at the Eastern Intercol-
legiate Wrestling Association
Championships at Penn this past
weekend. Many wrestlers lost
their opening matches and fought
their way back into contention in
the wrestle-back bracket, includ-
ing co-captain Matt Gevelinger
’09, who qualified for the NCAA
National Championships, which
will take place March 19 to 21 in
St. Louis.
“Our expectation was to have
as many place winners as pos-
sible,” Gevelinger said. “We all
battled and had a lot of pride in
what we were doing — we never
quit.”
Gevelinger, the No. 6 seed at
184 pounds, received a first-round
bye, but fell short in the second
round, 11-3, to 3rd-seeded Justin
Kerber of Cornell. He bounced
back with three straight wins,
wrestling back into the third-
place match, where his day ended
with a 10-2 loss to 2nd-seeded
Ivy League foe Louis Caputo of
Har vard.
Before the regional competi-
tion this week, each weight class
had a predetermined number of
giving the Bears a 3-1 lead at the end
of the first quarter.
The Quinnipiac defense, and goalie
Kevin Benzing, stymied the Bears in
the second quarter, and with just over
a minute left to play, the Bobcats cut
Brown’s lead to just one goal.
Hollingsworth posted his second
goal of the game, the only goal of the
third quarter, to secure a two-goal lead
going into the final quarter.
The Bears dominated the fourth
quarter, quickly cushioning their score
with three goals in the first thirteen
minutes for a 7-2 lead. Of the three
goals, Feinberg had two, and Nic Bell
’09 the third.
“We have to give a lot of credit
to their goalie — he was simply out-
standing,” Tiffany said. “We have an
inexperienced defense, and limiting
them to three goals was certainly a
step in the right direction, as we define
who we’re going to be at that end of
the field.”
Brown 12, Denver 11
The transition to play Denver, a
top-twenty program, with one day of
rest was certainly an obstacle. But the
Bears proved resilient, capitalizing on
six of eight extra-man situations to pull
out the 12-11 win.
Feinberg again had three goals
and added three assists, coupling with
Brady Williams ’09, who netted three
more goals. Hollingsworth supported
the attack with four assists, and a goal
of his own, while Burke was strong
in the net for the Bears, tallying ten
saves.
spots in the NCAA champion-
ships. Gevelinger found him-
self in the elite group of four
184-pound wrestlers from the
region who will make their way
to the Gateway City in search of a
national title. Gevelinger returns
to nationals for the second year
in a row and hopes to come away
with more than his guaranteed
two matches.
“I had the goal of going back
— I’d been working for it all sea-
son,” Gevelinger said. “I have to
be mentally prepared, and above
all, believe in myself.”
Branden Stearns ’09, wres-
tling at 197 pounds, came out of
nowhere to claim fourth place
in the consolation bracket as an
unranked wrestler. He lost his
opening match, 7-5, to Army’s
1st-seeded Richard Starks, but
stormed back and rattled of f
three wins of his own entering
the third-place match. He lost
a hard-fought final match, 5-3,
to 8th-seeded Lou Miller of Co-
lumbia, and narrowly missed
the cut for nationals, as only the
top two finishers at 197 pounds
moved on.
Stearns’ resilience came as no
surprise to Gevelinger.
“The great thing about wres-
tling is that in this tournament,
continued on page 5
The Bears dominated from the
start, as Feinberg put away two goals
and Reade Seligmann ’09 added a
third for a 3-0 lead only five minutes
in. However, the Pioneers retaliated
with three goals of their own, leav-
ing the score tied with 5:48 left in the
first quarter. Williams answered with
his first of three goals, and Jimmy
Wittpenn ’11 secured a 5-3 lead for
the Bears, scoring off a one-on-one
drive.
The second quarter went into a
lull with a series of turnovers, missed
shots, and strong defense from both
teams. Late in the half, Seligmann
fed the ball to Williams on the crease
for another goal, but Denver scored
shortly afterwards to end the half with
a 6-4 lead for the Bears.
The Pioneers opened the second
half with three unanswered goals
to gain a 7-6 lead, but the Bears an-
swered with two of their own in the
closing minutes of the third, when Hol-
lingsworth assisted goals by Feinberg
and Hardy.
Denver scored two goals to take a
9-8 lead early in the fourth quarter, but
Williams’ third goal of the game tied
it up and Hollingsworth’s first goal
on the day gave Brown a 10-9 lead.
Burke made two key saves to keep
Brown in control, but with 6:30 left, the
Pioneers tied the game at 10. Walsh
answered with an impressve goal off
a feed from Feinberg, as he grabbed
and fired the ball while falling to the
ground in front of the crease, to get
the lead back with six minutes left. At
4:23, the Pioneers tied it up again, but
M. hockey upsets Harvard, twice
By Dan Alexander
Sports Staff Writer
The 12th-seeded men’s hockey team
didn’t go into the first round of the
ECAC Hockey Tournament trying
to defy history. They went in just
trying to extend their season — and
end 5th-seeded Harvard’s. All signs
suggested that wouldn’t happen.
A 12-seed had never defeated
a 5-seed since the current format
of the tournament began in 2003.
Brown (7-21-5, 5-15-4 ECAC) hadn’t
won back-to-back games in over a
year, and Har vard (9-16-6, 9-7-6
ECAC Hockey) hadn’t been shut
out at home in consecutive games
in 111 years.
All streaks end sometime.
In a best-of-three-game series
that only needed two contests, the
Bears stunned Harvard. In 86 shots
over two games, the Crimson didn’t
score once on goalie Mike Clem-
ente ’12.
“Nobody really expected this,”
said Harvard captain Brian McCaf-
ferty. “But that’s why they play the
games I guess.”
Brown 1, Harvard 0
Coming into Friday night’s game,
Clemente had never posted a shut-
out in his young career at Brown
and forward Harry Zolnierczyk ’11
hadn’t scored a goal in two years.
But when the final buzzer sounded,
Clemente was a perfect 39 for 39 in
goal, and Zolnierczyk had scored
Men’s lacrosse won twice last weekend, beating Denver 12-11 with a last-min-
ute goal from Jack Walsh ’09, assisted by Kyle Hollingsworth ’09 (above).
Walsh’s game-winning goal with just
over a minute remaining put Brown
back on top.
“I thought we maintained our com-
posure in the fourth quarter, and some
guys really stepped up and had great
plays,” Walsh said. “Kyle made an awe-
some pass at the end. And the crowd
made a big difference­— it was great
to have that support.”
Denver gained possession of the
ball with 32 seconds left in the game,
but Burke came up with a crucial save,
locking up the victory.
After the game, Williams said the
main difference between this Sunday’s
victory and last season’s 11-8 loss to
the Pioneers was the team’s ability to
the game’s only goal.
Har vard goalie Ryan Carroll
stayed even with Clemente in the
first period, stopping all seven shots
he faced. Harvard maintained a 13-7
shot advantage in the scoreless first
period.
The Crimson’s six-game un-
beaten streak looked like it was in
danger when the Bears came out
with the first six shots of the second
period. But Carroll denied every
shot, and the Crimson regained an
11-10 shot advantage by the end of
the frame.
The final period was 15-5 for Har-
vard on the shot charts, but 1-0 for
Brown on the scoreboard.
Just over three minutes into the
third, Brown’s fourth line produced
the game’s only goal. David Brown-
schidle ’11 shot a backhand from
close in on Carroll. Carroll denied
the shot, but couldn’t corral the re-
bound. Zolnierczyk slapped the wild
puck into the back of the net for the
game’s only goal.
“I thought the fourth line was
tremendous,” said Brown’s Head
Coach Roger Grillo.
Harvard put the pressure on Cle-
mente in the final minutes — Carroll
left the net with 46 seconds left on
the clock, giving the Crimson an
extra attacker.
But Clemente, playing in his
first collegiate postseason game,
embraced the pressure.
“It’s fun,” he said. “When you’re
a little kid, you want to be in a 1-0 or
Justin Coleman / Herald File Photo
remain “poised and capitalized on our
extra man opportunities.”
“Last year Denver pressured us
early and took us out of our game, but
yesterday we focused on playing our
game and did not worry about them,”
Williams said. “
Looking forward to next Satur-
day, when the Bears will face UMass-
Amherst, Tiffany said the Bears will
need to shore up their defense.
“Right now we’re allowing too
many good shots and too many crease
shots to be taken on Jordan,” he said.
“We need to be tougher in front of
Jordan. This will be a big test against
UMass’s outstanding attack unit
this weekend.”
2-0 playoff game where your team
needs you.”
With the man advantage, Har-
vard fired shot after shot on Clem-
ente. Doug Rogers shot two one-tim-
ers — the first of which Clemente
pushed aside and the second of
which sailed wide.
The rebounds kept coming out to
Harvard, and Crimson assistant cap-
tain Alex Biega got the final chance.
He wound up from the right point
and sent a rocket at the goal, but
Clemente maintained his shutout
with his 39th stop of the night.
Brown 2, Harvard 0
The Bears showed no signs of
slowing down on Saturday, as Cle-
mente blanked the Crimson again
with a career-high 47 saves.
“I don’t think I’ve ever had back-
to-back shutouts” at any level, Cle-
mente said.
Eric Slais ’09 and assistant cap-
tain Aaron Volpatti ’10 gave Cle-
mente some insurance, scoring a
goal apiece, both of which were
assisted by assistant captain Matt
Vokes ’09.
Unlike Friday night, Clemente
didn’t have to defend the goal with
a blank scoreboard for long. Less
than three minutes after the puck
dropped, Vokes, skating along the
left boards, spotted Slais cutting
from center ice to the left face-off
circle, with only one defender stand-
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M. icers stun Harvard to
advance in ECAC tourney
continued from page 4
ing between Slais and the goalie.
“To be honest with you, I don’t
know how I got around the guy,”
Slais said. “I’m not the fastest
skater.”
But Slais lowered his head, pow-
ered forward and came up on Car-
roll all alone, then backhanded the
puck through the five-hole to put
Brown up, 1-0.
Har vard controlled the rest
of the period, gaining a 15-8 shot
advantage. The Crimson got their
closest chance when Captain Jimmy
Fraser fired a wrist-shot on a two-
on-one break. The puck hit the top
right post, ricocheted across the
goal to the left post and bounced
out.
Despite the bounce-out, the siren
lit up as Fraser hoisted his stick in
the air. But after a referee huddle,
the striped shirts ruled that the puck
had not crossed the goal line plane,
preserving Brown’s 1-0 lead.
The call looked like it was go-
ing to be crucial after neither team
scored in the second period, and it
remained a one-goal game.
But the Bears made it a two-goal
game just under three and a half
minutes into the final frame, when
Volpatti managed to get a shot out
of a cluster in the slot in front of
Harvard’s goal.
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Page 5
Wrestlers place in regional finals
continued from page 4 seeded Derek Reber of Bucknell. stay in the winner’s bracket. Each
Carroll left Harvard’s net with Einfrank could not finish off Re- wrestler lost their next match and
2:14 left in favor of an extra attacker. anything can happen,” Gevelinger ber, falling 6-2 and claiming fourth finished the day 1-2.
The Crimson got a two-man advan- said. “It all comes down to these place. Einfrank fell one spot short Ross Baldwin ’09 (133 pounds),
tage when Slais was whistled for matches.” of making his first trip to nation- Stephen DeLorenzo ’10 (141
hooking with less than two minutes Seventh-seeded Greg Einfrank als, as the top three places pro- pounds), David Foxen ’11 (149
on the clock. ’10, wrestling at 125 pounds, did ceed on in competition. pounds) and Jef f Lemmer ’12
Despite the six-on-four attacker not wrestle until the second Both Stearns and Einfrank are (165 pounds) all lost their open-
advantage, Harvard couldn’t find round and came up short in his hoping their names will be called ing matches and could not muster
the back of the net. The Crimson first match as 2nd-seeded Penn’s when the NCAA announces 52 up another win to advance in the
took the last 11 shots of the game, Rollie Peterkin recorded an 18-1 wildcard berths on Wednesday. double-elimination tournament.
but Clemente stopped them all, technical fall at the 6:28 mark. He Bryan Tracy ’10 at 157 pounds “We had trained all season for
bringing his total to 47 saves. won three consecutive matches in and 6th-seeded Zach Zdrada ’09 at this one meet,” Gevelinger said.
“Their goalie was seeing the the wrestle-back bracket to reach heavyweight both won their first “I wish we could have placed five
puck well,” said Har vard Head the third-place match against 3rd- match of the day, but could not or six guys.”
Coach Ted Donato, shaking his
head. “He was incredible.”
With 4.8 seconds left on the
clock, the whistle blew, stopping
time once more. The small contin-
gent of Brown fans, wearing team
jerseys, stood up and began clap-
ping. They didn’t stop until after the
buzzer, while the Bears slapped each
other on the helmets and jumped up
and down in a huddle.
“There’s just a good feeling in
the locker room right now, and it
hasn’t been there for a couple of
years,” Slais said, while Clemente
added “It’s kind of fun to end some-
one’s season.”
The win sends Brown to New
Haven, Conn. next weekend for
another three-game series in the
ECAC quarterfinals against top seed
Yale (20-7-2, 15-5-2 ECAC Hockey),
ranked No. 10 in the nation.
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e d i to r i a l

A new Chipotle hope

We’re sorr y that Roba Dolce is dead and gone. It was a nice addition
to Thayer Street, and it’s always sad to see a local business flounder.
However, prime commercial real estate should not be left as a memorial,
especially during difficult economic times, and we think there’s a pretty
natural choice to succeed Roba Dolce at 178 Angell St.: Chipotle.
The prospect of a Thayer Street Chipotle was first mentioned in a
Herald article over two years ago, to the delight of many Brown students
who became Chipotle partisans during their high school days. The
low-cost, high calorie, highly delicious burritos are explicitly marketed
to college students, who make up the “sweet spot” of the restaurant’s
18-34 “core demographic.” So they want us, and we want them — what’s
the problem?
Mainly, the other Thayer street restaurants or, to be more specific,
Stonehenge Partners LLC (Johnny Rocket’s) and Dale Dulgarian (An-
dreas, Gordito Burrito). After Chipotle attempted to move in at 2 Euclid
St., this impromptu anti-burrito coalition filed a lawsuit alleging that
Chipotle’s proposed outdoor seating and parking plans violated state
zoning laws. Though the court rejected Stonehenge and Dulgarian’s
claims about parking, it ruled that Chipotle’s outdoor seating pushed
the building unacceptably far away from the sidewalk, ending the Euclid
Street project.
This clearly isn’t the case with the former Roba Dolce spot. Since the
building has operated with an outdoor seating area for some time, the ale x yuly
space could accommodate Chipotle’s needs. Further, the fact that the
court already agreed to Chipotle’s off-site parking plan at the old location
might facilitate the transition and forestall other legal challenges.
But this tit-for-tat over arcane zoning laws obscures the most fun-
l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r s
damental issue at stake in this debate: Brown students’ right to a good

Narrow-mindedness: the real embarrassment

burrito. We’re sorry, Gordito, but for years we’ve been settling for sub-par
burritos that make the Ratty’s usual fare look appetizing by comparison.
No more. The cruel and arbitrar y denial of our right to put on that
Freshman 15 by indulging in food that actually tastes good cannot, in To the Editor: out individuals similar to Rosenbaum — individuals
good conscience, be allowed to stand. It’s time to put on our collective who come to Brown expecting to be coddled and
activist hats and get to work. Chipotle’s cause must be our own. Intelligently designed or not, it was a bit iron- unchallenged intellectually. In truth, Rosenbaum is
ic how Tyler Rosenbaum’s ’11 opinion piece (“An more conser vative than his portrayal of Jindal. His
Editorials are written by The Herald’s editorial page board. Send com- unfortunate embarrassment,” March 3) was about advocacy of suppressing intellectual dialogue, on the
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tempts to protect the image of Brown, Rosenbaum own, reveals his unwillingness to listen and consider
only succeeded in illustrating the closed-mindedness all views. In the end, isn’t that what so-called liberals
of many students on our campus. While Rosenbaum hate the most about conservatives? Additionally, con-
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Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Associate Editors Senior Editors understand is the fact that others, including Bobby that Jindal represents only one view amongst a diverse
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Opinions
The Brown Daily Herald
Why the Corporation matters and how they get paid
BEN
BERNSTEIN
Opinions Columnist
It was a pretentious gathering, even for Brown
— the kind of “panel discussion” where each
speaker is allotted five minutes but takes 15 to
20 due to excessive hand gestures and elon-
gated syllables. The prahhhh-cess by which
we ooorrrr-ganize the diiiiiscipline is viiii-tally
important.
With a title like “Scholarship in a Time of
War: Universities, Associations and the Re-
sponsibilities of Citizenship,” maybe I was ask-
ing for trouble, but I’d like to think that there
was potential for some enlightenment. Instead,
I received further confirmation that all Brown
roads lead to the third floor of University Hall.
Perhaps the most interesting panel mem-
ber was Norm Hebert, director of the office of
sponsored projects, who spoke about research
funding at Brown. After emphasizing his role
as “an administrator not a scholar,” Hebert
went through a list of past research sponsor-
ships that his office had considered (without
mentioning whether or not they were accept-
ed), including a white supremacist organiza-
tion and the American tobacco industry.
When I asked Hebert how he decided
which sponsors to accept, his superior, Vice
President for Research Clyde Briant, explained
that the office simply followed the guidelines
laid out by the Corporation. But of course.
I don’t have a bone to pick with the Corpo-
ration. The only reason I keep bringing them
up is that they run this school and so I think it’s
worth our efforts to understand them as best
as possible.
In a recent Herald column, a student who
clearly doesn’t understand the Corporation
wrote, “Corporation members are not paid for
their efforts but attempt to maintain and im-
prove this University of ours. They act as stu-
dents’ advocates and, unlike other members of
Dare to implement the meal plan off-campus
JARED LAFER
Opinions Columnist
So I was sitting in my room, as I often do,
trying to determine the next Brown policy
to deconstruct and criticize. Though I have
been a pugnacious opponent of several of this
great University’s policies, this time around, I
won’t be attacking a specific policy but a state
of affairs. Now, I’ve criticized the meal plan in
another one of my columns (“The meal scam,”
Oct. 15). To my surprise, some students found
this column disagreeable.
I won’t deny complaints about the quality
and availability of the food at Brown are get-
ting old, but that fact says something about the
inaction of the administration — our voices are
going unheard. While I would otherwise love
to be ignored, this is not the case here.
The greatest innovation from Dining Ser-
vices of late (or at all for that matter) was
the “Tastes of the World” line at the Ratty. It
added variation, maybe even a bit of cultural
character to the lifeless refectory. But pita and
tacos can only add so much character before
students begin to cry out in dissatisfaction.
Of course, we are fickle. Show us some
hummus and implement a “no tray” policy
and we’re content. But we are only content
for a while. We need a long-term solution to
our dissatisfaction. We must realize that, as is,
the community, can govern equitably because
they don’t have any financial interest in the
University” (“A defense of the Corporation,”
Feb. 23).
I think that such an attitude is a common
one among Brown students. After all, it seems
to be true. There is no monetary salary for
Corporation members. They don’t seem to
have any financial interest in University ac-
tions. But of course, as I’m sure any of the bil-
lionaire members would tell you, nothing in
this world is free.
The first and most concrete way that Corpo-
ration members are compensated is through
admission of their children. Finding Corpora-
tion members with children who were accept-
ed at Brown isn’t exactly “Where’s Waldo?” Call
it correlation and not causation if you want, but
The most salient aspect of the Corporation’s
unofficial salary — from relaxed admissions
standards for their children to networking benefits
— is that students aren’t the ones paying it.
the link is undeniable. Of course, Corporation
kids aren’t the only ones who benefit from pa-
rental connections — I was admitted in part be-
cause my dad is a Brown graduate.
Still, regardless of whether or not their chil-
dren merited admission — and indeed what it
means to “merit” admission is highly conten-
tious — these students faced a lower level of
scrutiny in their admission process than stu-
dents whose parents were not directly decid-
ing how Brown spends its money.
The second and more beneficial way that
Corporation members are paid is through social
networking. In what other situation are such a di-
verse range of wealthy and powerful people in
fields such as finance, medicine, law and gov-
ernment gathered into one room?
Members often sit on other boards such as
Goldman Sachs (President Simmons) and one
the dining halls are unprepared to meet our
nourishment needs. So what do we do?
We riot!
Okay, maybe not. Instead, I’ll now present
an idea that is by no means original but should
be in print: We implement the meal plan at
off-campus retail locations. Imagine using
Flex points at Starbucks, or meal credits at
Au Bon Pain and East Side Pocket. Is that not
such stuff as dreams are made of?
There are three foreseeable advantages to
We should implement the meal plan at retail
locations. Imagine using Flex points at Starbucks,
or meal credits at Au Bon Pain and East Side
Pocket. Is that not such stuff as dreams are
made of?
this: First, it would make meal plans less of a
rip-off. I cranked the numbers in my previous
column, and something doesn’t add up. Not
only are our food options limited, but we get
relatively little bang for our buck. If we had
to hold the latter constant because Brown
probably would not want to revise its meal
plans, why not take the opportunity to easily
improve the former?
Of course, there are a few who apparently
do not share this sentiment (as their angry
letters will attest). I think it’s safe to say these
Dining Services fanatics are in the minority.
has a side gig with the U.S. Treasury Depart-
ment (Steven Rattner). U.S. Securities and Ex-
change Commission Commissioner Annette
Nazareth works alongside financial figures she
may one day investigate.
Want truly dizzying connections? Brown
Corporation member and Princeton sociology
professor Marta Tienda is on the board of the
Jacobs Foundation, the RAND Corporation,
the Alfred P. Sloan foundation, TIAA and the
Princeton Healthcare System.
The main point is that Corporation mem-
bership gives one access to power and influ-
ence in an incredible range of areas, many of
which overlap, and those kinds of connections
have legitimate and enormous value outside of
Corporation meetings.
The most salient aspect of the Corporation’s
unofficial salary — from relaxed admissions
standards for their children to networking ben-
efits — is that students aren’t the ones paying
it. The result is that the Corporation does not
answer to the students it is supposed to serve.
Which brings us to the other part of the ear-
lier quotation: The Corporation as “students’
advocates” — that is, a group of altruists look-
ing out for students’ best interests. Conceiv-
ably, if the Corporation does not answer to stu-
dents, it might act in its own interests instead
of ours.
A particularly relevant case involving self-
interest and future Brown trustees occurred
less than two years ago.
In late May 2007, billionaires Steven A. Co-
hen and Barry Rosenstein, both managers of
successful financial firms, teamed up to write
a letter to online brokerage TD Ameritrade
Second, more people would be on the
meal plan if they knew they could use their
meal plan at off-campus eateries. After a few
years at Brown the dining options really get
old. Accordingly, students abandon the meal
plan for the prospect of greater food glory
off-campus. Under this change, the diversity
of menu options will keep us entertained ad
infinitum.
Third, it would stimulate Providence busi-
nesses. Imagine how many more customers
off-campus retail eateries would get if students
were not bound to Brown dining halls.
This would consequently take an operations
strain off the University, as dining halls would
service fewer students daily. With Brown
trying to be economical during America’s
fiscal crisis, this could be a step in the right
direction.
Naturally, one might question whether this
change would render dining halls obsolete.
After all, why go to a dining hall when you can
eat off-campus at no detriment to you?
Well, off-campus food is significantly more
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advising them to combine with either Charles
Schwab or E*Trade. The letter accused mem-
bers of that company’s board of acting against
the combination — and thus against stockhold-
er interests — in order to maintain their influ-
ence on board decisions.
In a second letter written a few weeks later,
Cohen and Rosenstein insisted that leaders of
Toronto Dominion, the “TD” of TD Ameritrade,
were blocking a combination which “could di-
minish Toronto-Dominion’s ownership stake,”
effectively placing their own interests above
those of the shareholders.
At the time, one observer called the letter
“a shot across the bow at the directors, saying,
you better pay attention to everybody, not just
the one who put you on board.”
Pay attention to everybody? Not just the
ones you put on the board? Sound familiar?
Almost exactly one year later, Cohen and
Rosenstein were named Corporation members
where they, along with other members, have
ignored calls for student representation on the
Corporation or community approval of any of
its decisions.
If the Corporation doesn’t answer financial-
ly to the student body, why wouldn’t they act
like the TD Ameritrade board members that
Cohen and Rosenstein were criticizing and act
primarily in their own interests? Why are Co-
hen and Rosenstein worried about damaging
self-interest on TD Ameritrade’s board but not
on the Brown Corporation?
Their letter concludes with a telling line:
“We believe that the light of day is a powerful
asset for shareholders and we welcome the
Board’s opening of a public discussion of these
matters.”
Cohen and Rosenstein should share such
wisdom with their fellow trustees. Advocate for
students by letting us advocate for ourselves.
Permit students to sit on the Corporation.
Former Herald Opinions Editor Ben Bern-
stein ’09 is a history concentrator from
St. Louis, Missouri.
expensive, and so that alone might be a deter-
rent. Convenience and accessibility are other
factors. Indeed, sometimes it’s just easier to
walk to the Gate than a Thayer restaurant, and
most Thayer restaurants aren’t open late at
night anyway. However, I don’t see anything
wrong with Brown putting a cap on the num-
ber of meal credits or Flex points or combina-
tion thereof that one can use off-campus. I’m
satisfied so long as I can spice things up even
once in a while off-campus.
Other universities, such as Boston Univer-
sity, Northwestern and NYU have instituted
systems similar to the one I am proposing. In
fact, four Ivy League schools (Harvard, Penn,
Princeton, Yale) have done so, according to
their respective Web sites. I think it’s time we
stepped on board.
And stepping on board would be as sim-
ple as the University brokering a deal with
off-campus retailers through which Brown
monopoly money could be electronically ex-
changed for cash — makes you wonder why
we never considered it before.
So maybe, just maybe, when all is said and
done, and years from now your child asks you,
“(Father or mother), were you able to use your
meal credits at off-campus eateries when you
were in college?” you’ll be able to confidently
respond: “Yes, (child name), yes.”
Jared Lafer ’11 is a philosophy concentra-
tor from Manhattan. He can be reached
at jared_lafer@brown.edu.
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