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Kellar ’97 wins third gold in Vancouver
continued from page 1 “On the ice, it’s completely differ- played for the softball team. Jug-
ent. You’re playing for your country gling these multiple commitments
the right fit,” she said. and trying to win,” King said. “But was great practice for juggling her
Kellar said playing for the hockey it’s always interesting to be in that athletic career, education and other
team at Brown was a very enriching situation and then after the game, aspects of her life, Kellar said. In
experience. you just talk about it together.” October 2004, her first of two sons
“It was an opportunity to play Aside from her athletic abilities, was born. With the Olympics just 16
hockey every day which I wouldn’t Murphy said Kellar was highly mo- months away, she said it was “dif-
have gotten had I stayed home,” she tivated. Back in the mid-1990s, the ficult to adjust.”
said. “Being on a team where you’re Winter Olympics were not as popu- “It was a lot harder than when I
together for that much time really lar and accepted as they are now, only had to worry about myself. The
teaches you about being a good Murphy said. biggest thing is that you’re used to
teammate and what it takes to be “At the time, we were pioneers,” just walking out the door when you
successful.” she said. “But now, people know need to get somewhere but when you
At an orientation event for fresh- about the Olympics, about being have kids, there’s a constant juggle,”
man athletes, Kellar met Katie King on TV.” she said.
’97, a fellow hockey player who would But love of the game was more Murphy praised Kellar for this
end up becoming one of her close important to Kellar than fame, Mur- ability to effectively integrate her
friends. King recounted the story phy said. athletic and family lives, and said
Daily Herald
of her first meeting with Kellar: “My “As a generation, kids can say, that her success will encourage other
the Brown
mom said, ‘You’re going to become ‘I want that.’ But Becky didn’t have women to follow their aspirations.
very good friends with her,’ and I just that — she did it because she loved “The way that she has managed to
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George Miller, President Katie Koh, Treasurer talking about.’ But it turns out she Murphy went on to add that as a sional athlete helps role model that
Claire Kiely, Vice President Chaz Kelsh, Secretary was right.” defensive player, Kellar “didn’t get behavior for future generations of
The Brown Daily Herald (USPS 067.740) is an independent newspaper serv- King, the current head coach the credit she deserved” since she females,” she said.
ing the Brown University community daily since 1891. It is published Monday for the women’s ice hockey team wasn’t the one putting up the big Although Kellar said she will not
through Friday during the academic year, excluding vacations, once during at Boston College, is also a former numbers and scoring goals. How- compete in the 2014 Winter Olym-
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Olympian. A member of the Ameri- ever, “she has been an incredibly pics, she will continue playing for
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Copyright 2010 by The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. All rights reserved. nature of the Olympics, however, has While at Brown, Kellar was a said. “But my next big focus is the
not changed their friendship. psychology concentrator and also boys and their endeavors.”
Friday, March 19, 2010 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Page 3
By Sarah Mancone The students gathered into lines he added. medicine, surgery, obstetrics and
Financial Times
Senior Staff Writer and waited until they were given Ninety-four students were placed gynecology, radiology, psychiatry in dining halls
the envelopes containing the deci- into residencies in different states and family medicine. for a short time
Fourth-year Alpert Medical School sions. across the country and in Canada. “There are no real metrics to com-
students gathered with faculty, ad- This decision determines “where Out of this number, 16 were matched pare ourselves to other schools,” As- Pink newspapers have
ministration, families and friends you’re living, where you’re training,” into hospitals affiliated with the Med sociate Dean Gruppuso wrote in an made their way to dining
in Andrews Dining Hall Thursday said Judy Lin MD’10. School. e-mail to The Herald. “We look at the halls — for a limited time
at noon to participate in the annual As the students received their Mary Sutter MD’10 expressed proportion of our students who are only.
medical event Match Day, when stu- envelopes, their anxiety soon dis- excitement about staying at Brown pleased, and it is very high — even The Financial Times
dents find out where they will be sipated and was replaced by cheers, for a residency in family medicine at though many of our students are informed Brown Dining
working for the next few years. claps, hugs and high fives. Not long Memorial Hospital, addingthat a lot trying to match in highly competitive Services of a promotion
Ever y year, medical students after, many students were already on of great students would be remaining specialties and programs.” taking place on several
matched into residency programs their cell phones to inform family in Providence with her. The magnitude of the excitement campuses in which they offer
gather at a reception and are given and friends who could not be at the “Our class did awesome,” Sut- in the room became apparent when the newspaper at no cost for
the results of their application to the event about their results. ter said. Wing stood up at the podium. People several weeks, Peter Rossi,
National Resident Matching Pro- “The match was really good this “It’s definitely a relief,” said Law- were so thrilled that he could not associate director of Dining
gram. These results tell students at year,” Wing said. Most students rence Yu ’06 MD’10. “It’s nice to get quiet them down. When Wing was Services, wrote in an e-mail
what hospital they will be working were placed into their first choice everything over with,” he added. able to gain the attention of the room, to The Herald.
and in what specialty they will be programs, he added. The most popular specialty into he expressed his congratulations to Student reactions varied
training for the next several years. “I’m really excited,” said Peter which students were matched was the class of 2010. widely. While Nicholas
The event provided food and des- Davis MD’10, who was placed into internal medicine, with 15 matching “The match this year was spectac- Rosholt ’10 described the
serts — including champagne with a residency in pediatric neurology into that field. This number does ular,” he said. This class was “one of transition as “frickin’ sweet,”
strawberries — as well as a jazz band at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical not include those who will have a the best that has ever gone through Chris Westley ’11 said he
featuring Associate Dean of Medical Center, which he said was his first preliminary residency in medicine Alpert Medical School,” he added. “hadn’t noticed” it was
Education Philip Gruppuso. choice. before moving on to a specialty. The “Congratulations on the match, now available, despite the
Match Day is a “big deal,” said “I’m elated,” said James Miller next most popular was pediatrics, congratulations on your work,” Wing fact it lay on his table. Sam
Dean of Medicine and Biological MD’10. “The majority of the class with 14 matches. Other common said as he raised a glass to toast the Woolford ’10, who also had
Sciences Edward Wing. matched where they want to be,” specialties included emergency class. it next to him, said he had
“never read the Financial
Stark ’11 and Stark P’11 pen book on World Cup culture
Times.”
John Prah ’12, who carried
the Times to his table, said,
continued from page 3 to be improved. culture being male-dominated, any going to be a wonderful thing,” Ste- “I’m not complaining,” and
“I think the notion that the U.S. is sport which women are better than ven Stark said. considered the move “good,”
“When you try to create a national a nation in which we pride ourselves men is never going to hit it off,” he Harry Stark said that Pan-African- though he commented, “the
team, it’s difficult for Spain because on a manual labor (hands not feet) is said. ism will be interesting to observe. Ratty needs the New York
players from different regions don’t interesting,” Harry Stark said. Stark and Stark both said that they “It will be interesting to see the Times more regularly.”
get along with each other, and it Stark also said that the success were enthusiastic for the World Cup support and unity from all African Overall, students seemed
cripples the Spanish effort,” Steven of the women’s soccer team has had to take place in South Africa. teams, which I haven’t seen in the to favor the New York Times.
Stark said. a large impact on the popularity of Steven Stark said that the idea past. Home advantage is so big. “I usually read the New York
With regards to the U.S. and its soccer in the U.S. that only the wealthiest nations in They’ll probably overachieve,” Stark Times, Providence Journal
soccer future, Stark and Stark were “Sports culture has continued to the world could host the cup is a ri- said. or the Daily Herald,” Westley
both convinced that the national pas- be male-dominated. It’s cemented in diculous notion. The Starks said they are both said, and Annie Wick ’13 said
sion for soccer and its culture needs American sports. Because of sports “Assuming it comes off well, it’s looking forward to seeing the distinc- of newspapers in general,
tive cultural imprint that the World “I don’t read them anyway,
Cup will make. and I definitely wouldn’t
“Because the World Cup follows pick up the Financial Times.
patterns, whenever it’s on a new con- Actually, I do read the New
tinent, weird things happen. It’s a York Times, but if I cared
thrill. A lot of countries that haven’t enough I’d read it online.”
seen success before will rise up, Dining Services does not
which makes it more exciting,” Harry plan to offer the paper once
Stark said. the promotion is completed,
Stark and Stark will continue their Rossi wrote.
2010 World Cup coverage over the
summer for RealClearSports.com. — Sofia Castello
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and prestige, just like you and me. Athletes excellent swimmer or a star basketball play- is going to Texas next weekend for a golf
will turn down scholarships at other univer- er to the mix? You could argue for the impor- tournament, and she has to miss Monday’s
BY NIDA ABDULLA sities to come to Brown, just like you and tance of academic talents over non-academic classes too.
Opinions Columnist me. Some of us look down on athletes be- talents, but then you’re discounting the val- If ours was a school where athletes and
cause we assume that they probably weren’t ue of artistic endeavors like theater, music non-athletes mixed and socialized freely, we
It’s no secret that Brown lacks school spirit as qualified to get into Brown as the rest of and visual art. might hear some whining and complaining
when it comes to athletics. If you want to see us were. Also, we might disdain the athlete culture from athletes about this lack of time. Howev-
school spirit, you’re better off going to an a But why are we so haughty about get- — the wild parties, the alcohol — but I hear er, I’ve never heard a peep from any of them.
cappella show than a football game. In the ting into Brown? The folks in admission tell the Manhattan crowd gets pretty wild too, Either athletes are extraordinarily long-suf-
interest of full disclosure, I’ve never been to us that a sizable percentage of applicants to so it’s not like we can claim the moral high fering people, or I don’t hang out with any
a football, basketball or softball game. I have Brown could have succeeded academically. ground. athletes long enough to hear them complain.
been to a men’s ice hockey game — but that In the two and a half years that I’ve been at
was because I knew someone in the band, Brown I have made one athlete friend, and
and they were skating that night. Every se- that’s because she reached out to me. Then
mester I resolve to go to at least one game again, I wouldn’t call the athletes at Brown
for each sport, but by the time the game rolls very approachable, friendly types. They tend
around my resolve has become watery, and
I can’t imagine playing for a school whose to set themselves apart, as if the rest of us
I’d rather read a book for class. students look down on me or don’t respect the aren’t cool enough for them. We’re not, I
Out of my various friends, only one has know, but sometimes it is okay to pretend.
ever expressed interest in going to a game sacrifices I make. Just pencil it in right now — one game.
with me on a Friday or Saturday night. Last Reach out to the athletes in your class-
week, when I announced that I was going for es, even if they’re always sitting with their
a game that night, I was told that the team friends. Make them feel like an important
sucks… but have fun! I know that I will feel a part of this school. It might make the dif-
little bit awkward if I go by myself (although It’s not like we were smarter than everyone Most of us can’t imagine what it would be ference between losing and scoring the win-
this is not as much of a deterrent as the first else. Athletes, like us, got in because some- like to be an athlete at this school. We moan ning point, if they feel like Brown, including
two). one in admissions saw something special. about getting up for a 9:00 a.m. class, but its students, is worth fighting for.
More importantly, I can’t imagine play- Usually, we are proud of what makes us and some athletes are up at 5:30 a.m. Many of us
ing for a school whose students look down our peers special — talents that we have for fret about the amount of reading we have to
on me or don’t respect the sacrifices I make. an academic discipline, environmental activ- do, but take for granted long Saturday and Nida Abdulla ’11.5 hopes to go to
Athletes come to Brown for Brown. The Uni- ism, dedication to community service, over- Sunday afternoons to get it done. Athletes more sporting events in the future.
versity doesn’t give out athletic scholarships, coming adversity to get into Brown, being an don’t have the kind of time that I have as a She can be contacted at
so athletes choose Brown for the education outstanding leader — why not add being an non-athlete. For example, one of my friends nida_abdulla@brown.edu
s p o rt s a ro u n d t h e b e n d d i a m o n d s a n d c oa l
Men’s tennis will host two Rebel Spring Games.
games Saturday against Boston Gymnastics will compete at A diamond to the money that will be saved things got too hot.
College and Connecticut. Towson at 7 p.m. Saturday. from tableslip elimination after spring break.
Women’s crew will compete Men’s and women’s track and Maybe we’ll have enough for Cancun by the Coal to the University for seeking “funding
against URI at home at 11 a.m. Sat- field will travel to Northeastern this time the next break rolls around. for the ‘four F’s.’ ” No … One of the F’s is not
urday. weekend. The men will compete in FishCo, even on St. Patrick’s Day.
Men’s lacrosse will compete the Northeastern Invitational and the A diamond to the Corporation for deciding to
against Harvard Saturday at 3 p.m. women will compete in the Husky seal its minutes for just 25 years. We’re looking A diamond to attempts to “stimulate” a kink-
on the Crimson’s turf. Spring Open all day Saturday. forward to learning the truth about Hot Ham based conversation. After female orgasms got
Women’s swimming and div- Women’s crew will compete on Bulky Roll 25 years sooner. us excited, Sex Week was a great finish.
ing team will compete in the NCAA against URI at home at 11 a.m. on
Championships in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday. A diamond to the Statehouse for proposing A diamond to the Brown University Media-
all day Friday through Sunday. Equestrian will co-host a show the RISD police be named “peace officers.” tion Project, “the best-kept secret at Brown.”
Softball team is in Kissimmee, with Roger Williams at Windcrest We know they’re hipsters, they know they’re After Sex Week, there’s sure to be a lot more
Fla. this weekend to compete in the Farm all day Saturday. hipsters. It is so not a big deal. BUMPing and grinding on campus.
c a l e n da r Coal to the robbery of “screws” from the Sci- Softball diamonds for pitching a perfect game
ences Library. The SciLi was already missing on Sunday!
Today, March 19 tomorrow, March 20 a screw. No need to rub it in.
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9:00 p.m. — Brownbrokers’ Third 4:00 P.M. — Dharma Mittra Yoga Coal to the East Side neighbor for whom pool retro-diamond on BlogDailyHerald.com, and
Annual Mini-Musical Festival, T.F. Beginners’ Class, Brown-RISD construction “means our summer is ruined.” write your own at DiamondsAndCoal.com.
Green Hall Hillel We always liked the chance to cool off when
7:00 p.m. — “Nashaa,” SASA Annual 7:00 p.m. — Flashing Lights: La Vie
Culture Show, Salomon 101 en Vogue, Andrews Dining Hall
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Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall
Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman
Lunch — Vegan Vegetable Couscous, Lunch — Chicken Fingers, Vegan
Hot Pastrami Sandwich, White Pesto Nuggets, Baked Potato Bar
Pizza, Manhattan Clam Chowder
Dinner — Pesto Pasta and Seafood
Dinner — Stuffed Shells Florentine, Medley, Grilled Chicken, Risotto
Grilled Salmon with Minted Pea Puree, Primavera
Pasta Bar
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