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50 students
remain in
temporary
housing
By Jeffrey Handler
Staff Writer
Though fewer students are living
in temporary housing than did last
semester, roughly 50 still remain in
overflow spaces such as kitchens and
converted lounges, according to Rich-
ard Bova, senior associate dean of
residential and dining services.
More students left campus last fall
than returned this spring, freeing up
rooms across the campus, he said.
“Lots of different people leave and
come back for different reasons —
study abroad, medical leaves, per-
sonal leaves, employment leaves,
suspensions, academic dismissals,”
Bova said.
Last semester, 195 students stud-
ied abroad, while 232 students are
abroad this semester, according to
Kendall Brostuen, director of the in-
ternational programs and associate
dean of the College.
Some of the 50 students currently
housed in temporary living spaces
said they do not want to move else-
where because the remaining vacant
rooms are triples, quads, half-empty
doubles or in freshmen halls, Bova
said.
“We have folks who are living to-
gether in temporary spaces that are
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The Brown Cubing Club hosted its second annual Rubik’s Cube Competition in Petteruti Lounge Saturday.
Political poet rallies for Palestine
By emma wohl
Senior Staff Writer
Calls for peaceful cooperation be-
tween Israel and Palestine received
a response from Remi Kanazi at an
evening of slam poetry in Salomon
001 Friday night. The performance
marked the first night of Kanazi’s
nation-wide tour to promote “Po-
etic Injustice: Writings on Resis-
tance and Palestine,” his new CD
and book of poetry.
Railing against ignorance and
bigotry, Kazani held nothing back
in his indictment of U.S. and Is-
raeli policy towards Palestine, the
American media’s representation of
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T wist and shout
the Middle East and public percep-
tion of Arab-Americans.
The evening’s event, which was
organized by Brown Students for
Justice in Palestine, began with
performances by members of
Word!, Brown’s student-run spo-
Arts & Culture
ken word troupe. Students wrote
poems about Palestine specially for
the event, said Fatimah Asghar ’11,
a member of the group.
Although not all of the group’s
performances are so politically
charged, “this is right in line with
what we’re about,” she said.
Under the radar, small
teams find success
By Ashley mcdonnell
Sports Editor
Ice hockey, football, soccer — these
are the sports that students are likely
to spend their time watching on a
Friday night. But some of Brown’s
smallest athletic teams — particu-
larly the women’s ski team, the men’s
Sports Feature
and women’s golf teams and the
swimming and diving team — are
proving that bigger is not always
better.
“We are one of the most success-
ful teams on campus,” said ski team
captain Krista Consiglio ’11. “I don’t
think many people realize.”
Last season, the ski team —
which currently has nine members
— came in third place in their divi-
sion at nationals. But when Consi-
glio tells students she is a member
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The students’ poems, some of
them written on short notice for
the event, were raw and had a sense
of immediacy.
Asghar’s poem was an elaborate
metaphor. Connecting the story
of a South African man’s desire to
claim his olive trees in court to the
conflict between Israelis and Pal-
estinians in Jerusalem, her poem
was about “the strength of people
and places,” she said.
Jared Paul, a slam poet and a
member of AS220, a local non-
profit community arts space, took
the themes of the event in a dif-
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of the ski team, the most common
response is, “Oh, I didn’t know we
have a ski team,” she said.
Men’s golf captain Michael
Amato ’11 said many people were
also unaware of his team’s existence.
And divers Meghan Wenzel ’14 and
Jonathan Feldman ’12 said though
most students know of the swim-
ming team, they are not aware of
the diving component of the sport.
“Most people say, ‘Oh, you
swim?’ I’m like, ‘No, I dive,’” Wenzel
said. “Lots of people don’t under-
stand. They’re like, ‘Oh, you jump
off a board?’ I’m like, ‘No, we do
flips and stuff.’”
Though the divers are part of the
larger men’s and women’s swimming
and diving team, Wenzel and Feld-
man said they often feel like their
own team, since there are only five
divers — two men and three women
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OPinions, 11
Since 1891
Driver still
awaits trial
for death of
Schaefer ’13
By Claire Peracchio
City & State Editor
The driver who struck and killed Avi
Schaefer ’13 nearly a year ago has not
yet been tried for Schaefer’s death.
Daniel Gilcreast, 24, hit Schae-
fer and Marika Baltscheffsky ’13 in
the early morning Feb. 12 as they
walked in the breakdown lane at
the intersection of Thayer and Hope
streets. Schaefer was pronounced
dead after reaching Rhode Island
Hospital, and Baltscheffsky sus-
tained serious injuries as a result of
the crash, according to the police
report.
Gilcreast’s case remains in the
pretrial phase. Since October, the
prosecution and defense have held
five pretrial conferences, during
which they have met with the court
to exchange information, establish
ground rules for a trial and negoti-
ate possible resolutions to the case
without a trial. The next pretrial
conference is scheduled for Feb. 23.
If the case cannot be resolved
with a pretrial plea agreement, it will
go to trial, beginning a process that
may involve a lengthy additional
wait before it is heard in court and
a sentence is issued.
Gilcreast was formally charged
Aug. 26 on five counts — driving
under the influence, death resulting;
driving to endanger, death resulting;
driving under the influence, serious
injury resulting; driving to endanger,
personal injury resulting and pos-
session of marijuana, first offense.
He pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Gilcreast, a North Providence
resident at the time of the accident,
is a 2009 Boston College graduate
and has no prior felony convictions
in Rhode Island. He faces five to 15
years in prison if convicted on the
first charge and a maximum of 10
years if convicted on the second.
The University has not involved
itself in the case, wrote Marisa
Quinn, vice president for public
affairs and University relations, in
an e-mail to The Herald.
Gilcreast was the first person
subjected to a new state law allow-
ing police to force suspected drunk
drivers to take a blood alcohol test.
After refusing an alcohol test at
the scene of the accident, he was
required to submit a blood sample,
which showed his blood alcohol
content was above the legal limit,
according to the police report.
continued on page 4
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calendar Mechanical view sheds light on malaria
Today February 7 ToMORROW February 8
By Caroline Flanagan
4:30 P.m. 7:00 p.m. Contributing Writer
Effective Interviewing, Student Activities Fair,
MacMillan Hall, Room 117 Faunce Arch Researchers are one step closer
to a cure for malaria thanks to
7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
a study conducted by research-
“Avatar” Screening, A Reading by Novelist John Banville, ers from Brown and MIT. The
Salomon Center, Room 001 Salomon Center, Room 001 researchers used computer mod-
eling and in-vitro experiments
menu to study the effects of Plasmo-
dium falciparum, the parasite that
causes cerebral malaria, on red
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Butter Cookies Butter Cookies George Karniadakis, profes-
sor of applied mathematics, said
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the team tried to “dissect and un-
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Karniadakis worked with
Sudoku Bruce Caswell, professor emeri-
tus of engineering, Subra Suresh,
director of the National Science
Smaller teams command respect
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— and they all practice together.
They also do not practice with the
swimmers on the team, which they
said increases the feeling of separa-
tion.
But when the swimmers and div-
ers do meet up, Feldman said they
are supportive of each other.
“Our points count for the whole
meet,” he said. “They respect that
we’re just as much a part of the team
Cr ossword as they are.”
Not quite co-ed
Like the divers, both the men
and women on the ski teams prac-
tice together. Though men’s skiing
is a club team, Consiglio said it was
fun for both teams to practice to-
gether.
But she did not always think that
way, she said. When she first arrived
at Brown, she said she could not
believe the women’s varsity team
would have to practice with the
men’s club team.
“When I was a freshman, I was
like, ‘Oh my God, is this for real?’”
Consiglio said. However, now she
said she realizes that “They’re all just
there to have a good time.”
Alex Salter ’12, one of the seven
male skiers, said the men enjoy
practicing with the women’s team.
“It’s fun to practice with them
— you get to see the next level up
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Foundation and former dean of
engineering at MIT, and Dimi-
try Fedosov PhD’10. Fedosov re-
ceived the Metropolis Award for
Computational Physics — a top
honor in the field — for his work.
The team discovered that red
blood cells affected by the parasite
are far stiffer and more adhesive
than healthy cells. They used
tiny tweezers to stretch the cells
and examine their elastic prop-
erties, discovering that affected
red blood cells are 10 to 20 times
stiffer than healthy cells.
“Red blood cells have to be fast
messengers,” Karniadakis said.
“They cannot travel through the
capillaries if they are stiff.”
The cells also become very ad-
hesive. “When they get infected,
the outside of the membrane de-
velops knobs that interact with the
walls of the arteries and get stuck
there,” Karniadakis said. Addi-
tionally, healthy red blood cells
of skiing,” he said. “They provide
helpful pointers to you.”
Unlike the skiers and divers, the
men’s and women’s golf teams do
not practice together. But women’s
golf captain Susan Restrepo ’11 said
that all nine of the women are close
to each other, while Amato said the
same of his seven squad members.
“We’re around each other all the
time,” Amato said. “You kind of have
to get along just because you’re with
each other all the time. We’re lucky
because everyone does get along.”
In a galaxy far, far away
For members of these smaller
teams, “home” is often far away from
campus, making it difficult for stu-
dents to see the teams compete.
The outdoor facility where the
golfers practice is in Barrington,
R.I., about twenty minutes away,
while their indoor practice facil-
ity — whose dome Restrepo said
recently collapsed due to snow ac-
cumulation — is in Warwick.
For the skiers, the closest moun-
tain ranges are in New Hampshire,
more than an hour from campus.
Consiglio said she hope the ski
team can set up a “ski weekend” with
the Bears’ student fan club, BrowNa-
tion, where students could come
and ski for the day and then watch
the team compete.
“Sometimes we do get specta-
tors,” Consiglio said. “Lots of parents
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travel through the center of the
arteries, but infected cells travel
closer to the walls.
The adhesiveness and stiff-
ness of the cells cause infected
red blood cells to stick in the
capillaries of the brain. The cells
do not reach the spleen, which is
responsible for filtering parasites
from the blood. Infected cells are
unable to transport nutrients and
oxygen to the rest of the body.
Blood flow is drastically af-
fected by malaria. The viscosity
of healthy blood is three times the
viscosity of water, while infected
blood can be five to six times the
viscosity of water, said Karnia-
dakis.
These discoveries may help sci-
entists find ways to treat malaria.
The research team will continue
to examine malaria and sickle cell
anemia, a genetic disease with
which it shares certain charac-
teristics.
come. It would be a lot more fun
if we could have a race closer and
more people could actually come.”
Because the new swim facil-
ity is still under construction, the
divers practice at the University of
Massachusetts at Dartmouth three
days a week, spending most of their
time away from the swimmers who
practice in Seekonk, Mass.
“It’s horrible that the University
can’t really come and support us,”
Feldman said. “Part of athletics is
people coming and cheering you
on.”
Two faces of a teammate
For each of these sports, athletes
compete against each other indi-
vidually even though the team’s fi-
nal score depends on the combined
performances of its members.
“When you’re out there, you’re
playing so your team will do well,
but you are out there on your own,”
Restrepo said. “The team aspect is
more important off the golf course.”
The individuality of the sport
also creates a certain dissonance
— on one hand, team members
are often close friends, but on the
other, they must compete against
one another for spots on the team,
Restrepo said. “We compete against
each other for spots to play when we
travel,” she said. “At the same time,
it makes us all better.”
For the skiers, the team aspect
of the sport was a big change from
their high school skiing days at ski
academies, Consiglio said. She de-
scribed high school skiing as highly
individualized whereas college ski-
ing is all about doing well as a team.
“If we do well individually, it’s
not as satisfying as if your team does
well,” she said.
Feldman said that between him
and the only other male diver, Dylan
Daniels ’14, there is a friendly spirit
of competition.
“It’s not like other teams where
if you’re tired or hurt, someone can
replace you off the bench,” Feldman
said. “You have to try hard, you have
to be able to overcome what just
happened and put it behind you.”
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Tenure timeline Faculty approves tenure changes
By Shefali Luthra to how external recommenders are
Fall 2009 Senior Staff Writer selected. Departments will have to By the Numbers
The University undergoes a reaccreditation review by a team obtain eight letters of recommenda-
of administrators and faculty members from peer institutions. The The faculty voted to amend the ten- tion for professors being considered 682 faculty members
review criticizes Brown for having a higher tenure rate than its ure review process and extend the for tenure. Candidates for tenure
peers — 87 percent of assistant professors who are nominated for period of time before junior faculty will give their departments lists of 72 percent of all faculty
promotion are granted tenured positions. members are nominated for promo- scholars outside the University who members are tenured
Provost David Kertzer ’69 P’95 P’98 convenes an ad hoc committee tion at its Dec. 7 meeting. would be appropriate recommend-
to review tenure and faculty development policies, comprising nine While the changes themselves ers, as well as the names of those 87 percent of assistant pro-
tenured faculty members and two non-voting administrators. The were approved, the faculty has yet to who would not. Departments will fessors who are nominated for
committee is charged with evaluating the University’s tenure policies vote on the wording of the amend- then decide which scholars should tenure receive it (as of 2009)
and recommending changes, if deemed necessary. ments. The December motions — review tenure candidates — the list
part of a larger overhaul of the ten- must include three members of the ing. She plans to introduce them at
April 2010 ure process — ­­ were proposed by candidate’s list, although the names the March faculty meeting.
The ad hoc committee to review tenure and faculty development the Faculty Executive Committee. on the final list will not be disclosed Though those amendments will
policies releases a report stating that Brown’s unusually high “Basically what we were trying to the candidates. These lists will end revisions to the tenure process,
proportion of tenured professors “imposes constraints on hiring to do is trying to make the process then be submitted to the dean of the tenure issue as a whole will not
and restricts opportunities, limits the ability to expand into new and more transparent, so that the struc- the faculty, who can recommend be concluded, she said. The ten-
important areas of scholarship (and) reduces the turnover that is vital ture is clear,” Cynthia Garcia Coll, but not add additional references. ure rate, which is higher at Brown
to intellectual renewal.” The committee recommends a number of professor of education and chair of Finally, the department will contact than at other Ivy League schools,
changes to the tenure process. (See “What are the proposed changes to the FEC, said. “We changed some list members to determine their in- has long been a subject of faculty
the tenure process?”) of the timings, so instead of being terest in writing recommendations. discussion.
Members of the faculty criticize the report for granting seven years and you have to come Jerome Sanes, professor of neu- “There’s lots of different theories
administrators more power over the tenure process — the up for tenure, now you know we’ve roscience and chair of the Tenure, about, ‘Is this a problem?’ or ‘Is this
proposed changes would give the provost a role in determining added a year, and you can come up Promotions and Appointments a good sign that we nurture our
the nominations for the Tenure, Promotions and Appointments for tenure any time you want.” Committee, said that although he young professors, that we attract
Committee and grant the dean of the faculty final approval of and The amendments addressed approved of many of the changes, the best because they know they can
control over the list of outside reviewers for each tenure candidate. two portions of the Faculty Rules he wished the administration had get tenure?’” Garcia Coll said. “It’s a
Faculty members also opposed the recommendation that tenure and Regulations: junior faculty more input on the final list of ref- different debate, but it’s related, so
candidates not be able to see the list of external reviewers selected to contracts and the protocol behind erences. that, I think, is going to be going
evaluate their case. tenure recommendations and eval- “I think that — and this was my on for a while.”
uations. opinion — it was of some impor- Provost David Kertzer ’69 P’95
May 2010 Assistant professorship contracts tance to have the administration in- P’98 was originally tasked with re-
Faculty members approve an amended motion altering the were extended to a maximum of volved in the selection of the letters vising tenure review, and he formed
Tenure, Promotions and Appointments Committee election eight total years before junior fac- that are being requested,” Sanes said. the ad hoc committee to review ten-
procedure and stating that nominations for TPAC will be determined ulty members are either promoted Sanes added that although his ure and faculty development. But
by the Committee on Nominations “after seeking nominations from with tenure or dismissed. The mo- experiences on TPAC may have Garcia Coll said the list of changes
the Faculty and advice from the Provost.” The motion passes 174-115 tion also changed deadlines for influenced his opinions, they do was “overwhelming” for faculty
and is approved by the Corporation. when candidates for tenure can not reflect TPAC as a body. when the committee first brought
submit names of potential rec- Though the faculty approved the its proposal, and it was withdrawn.
October 2010 ommenders, as well as for when policy changes in December, the “You have to remember that ten-
The ad hoc committee to review tenure and faculty development departments can finalize who will revised wording to the Faculty Rules ure and promotions are basically
policies presents a motion to the faculty proposing changes to evaluate assistant professors. and Regulations was scheduled to crucial for faculty,” she said. “That’s
the Faculty Rules and Regulations regarding the tenure process. The changes were introduced to be voted on at the February faculty how we promote people that we
The faculty votes 113-97-3 to debate and vote on changes to the extend the time for junior faculty meeting. But the meeting, originally think are really doing something
tenure rules paragraph-by-paragraph, rather than evaluating all to pursue research. scheduled for Feb. 1, was postponed outstanding.”
the proposed changes as a whole. The motion is then withdrawn, “It’s much harder to publish a due to a snow storm. The meeting Garcia Coll said the ongoing
which is “most unexpected,” according to President Ruth Simmons. book now than it was in the past is rescheduled for Feb. 22. discussion confirms the issue’s
The faculty votes 100-28 to refer the motion to the Faculty Executive because of publishers getting much She said, though, that she ex- importance.
Committee — rather than the ad hoc committee that had proposed smaller,” Garcia Coll said. She add- pects the next vote to be relatively “If nobody would care, (the revi-
the initial recommendations — for further consideration as to how ed that receiving federal funding for uncontested, since the wording is sions) would be passing along,” she
the motion could be divided and presented for separate votes at a scientific research has also become “very clearly tied” to what was al- said. “Tenure really, really defines
future meeting. “a lot more competitive,” and said ready approved. the character of the faculty you
these changes should be accounted Garcia Coll said the FEC will have. If it’s somebody who thinks
December 2010 for in the tenure review process. only have a few amendments left to they’ll be here a long time, they’ll
The Faculty Executive Committee presents two motions to the Faculty also approved changes introduce after the February meet- really care about this place.”
faculty asking for support in changing parts of the tenure review
process without proposing specific alterations to the Faculty Rules
and Regulations. The faculty votes to approve both motions by large What are the proposed changes to the tenure process?
majorities:
• Extending the maximum period of time before junior faculty The ad hoc committee to review tenure and faculty development policies made its initial recommendations in
members either receive tenure or dismissal to eight years and April 2010. Some of these have been modified or discarded after feedback from faculty members. The following
altering the dates of the tenure review process changes have been made or are under consideration:
• Modifying the external review process so that each tenure • Extending junior faculty contracts so assistant professors can work for up to eight years before receiving
candidate is evaluated by eight external reviewers who are either a tenured promotion or dismissal
selected by the department and approved by the dean of the • Increasing the number of outside reviewers required for tenure evaluation
faculty • Preventing tenure candidates from seeing the final list of outside reviewers selected to evaluate them
• Sending the list of outside reviewers for each tenure candidate to the dean of the faculty for approval
February 2010 • Allowing the provost to give input into nominations for the Tenure, Promotions and Appointments
The Faculty Executive Committee plans to motions before Committee
the faculty proposing specific changes to the Faculty Rules and • Strengthening mentoring, support and feedback for junior faculty members by offering increased funds for
Regulations in accordance with the general modifications to the research and travel, lowering administrative duties for non-tenured professors and providing opportunities
tenure policy that the faculty approved in December’s meeting. to take additional sabbaticals.
4 Campus News
Students Driving death case still stuck in pre-trial stage
opt for
temporary
housing
continued from page 1
probably living in a better situation
than going into a triple or a quad
with people they don’t know,” he said.
“We have such varied housing,”
said Max Monn ’12, a former Herald
photo editor who lived in a converted
lounge last year. “You can get some-
thing really awesome, or you can get
something absolutely terrible.”
“Privacy wise, getting work done,
it definitely wasn’t ideal,” he said of
his room last year. “You get really
used to headphones really fast, really
used to listening to loud music to
block out whatever else is going on
in the room.”
“We dealt with it,” he said. “It
ended up being not as bad as we
thought it would be.”
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Gilcreast’s prosecution is pro-
ceeding at a normal pace, according
to Andrew Horwitz, director of the
Clinical Programs and the Criminal
Defense Clinic at Roger Williams
University.
“The system is slow,” he said,
adding that drunk driving cases
often involve a medical examiner’s
report and the collection of chemi-
cal and medical evidence, which
produce delays.
Because Gilcreast is not currently
incarcerated, there is less of a rush to
take the case to trial, Horwitz said,
adding that even when the case en-
ters the trial phase, it is “likely to sit
on the trial calendar for some time”
before being tried in court.
The attorney general’s office de-
clined to comment on the specifics
of the case.
“Everybody’s trying to work to-
wards something that’s fair, reason-
able and — to use the word — just,”
said W. Kenneth O’Donnell, Gil-
creast’s attorney, of the pretrial con-
ferences. While O’Donnell would
not comment on the details of the
case, he pointed to the six-month
span between the incident and his
client’s arraignment on charges —
time required for investigators to
compile a case and for the attorney
general’s office to decide whether
there was probable cause to try Gil-
creast — as a reason the case has
taken so long.
Josh Deshaies ’12, Schaefer’s
residential counselor, said he wishes
Gilcreast’s case had been resolved
earlier.
“Maybe if the trial had happened
shortly after or a little earlier, it
would have helped to ease the pain
a little bit,” he said.
Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer,
Schaefer’s father, said he is not fol-
lowing the case closely. Instead, he
said he is focused on continuing the
work his son pursued during his
life — advocating “peace and dia-
logue about what’s happening in the
Middle East.” The Schaefer family
Monday, February 7, 2011
The intersection of Thayer and Hope streets, where Avi Schaefer ’13 was struck
by a vehicle driven by Daniel Gilcreast.
has started The Avi Schaefer Fund,
which aims to promote respectful
discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict on North American college
campuses, according to its website.
New bone-healing material
reduces infection rate, pain
By Louisa Chafee
Contributing Writer
A new material has been found to
heal serious bone breaks, reduc-
ing healing time, rate of infection
and pain. Known as “Twin-Based
Linkers” in the academic world, it
is a natural alternative to titanium
plates, said Associate Professor of
Engineering Thomas Webster, who
led the research.
Outside of the body, this bone-
healing material is just a white pow-
der. But once injected, it self-assem-
bles into a strong sticky substance
with the mechanical properties of
bone, Webster said.
Normally, injectable material
needs ultraviolet light to solidify, but
Webster said this material uses hy-
drogen bonds and needs only bodily
fluids. As time passes, the material
degrades, and new bone grows in its
place, he said, adding that this healing
process is far shorter, less risky and
less painful than the current practice
of inserting metal plates.
The material was created in col-
laboration with Canadian chemist
Hicham Fenniri. The University
licensed it to the biotechnology
company Audax Medical Inc. last
summer in the hopes of getting it
commercialized and on doctors’
shelves, Webster said.
Webster linked up with Audax
Medical through Whitney Sharp ’08,
MA’09, who had been involved with
the start-up of the company shortly
after her graduation from Brown’s
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“The quote that Avi loved was
‘Everyone dies, but not everyone
lives,’” Gross-Schaefer said. “What
we’re doing is we’re trying to focus
on how he lived.”
Program in Innovation Management
and Entrepreneurship Engineering,
Webster said.
Sharp’s final project was to find
something that had not been com-
mercialized yet and build a company
around it. She picked the bone-
healing material because Brown re-
searchers were really excited about
its development.
It is common to license scientific
discoveries out to other companies,
Webster said. Brown is not set up
to do the commercialization on its
own. Instead, the University looks
for businesses to do fundraising and
help with the FDA-approval process.
“It’s a tribute to Brown that, in this
economy, we’re able to license out
bone-healing technology,” Webster
said.
Audax is currently funding Linlin
Sun GS to continue development on
the project. Sun’s research focuses on
whether the material could be toxic
and if it could be used in patients with
osteoporosis, Webster said. Brown
will receive royalties if the material
is commercialized.
Audax and Brown are working
closely to gain FDA approval, holding
weekly meetings to discuss necessary
experiments, Sun said. They will be-
gin animal testing in the spring, and if
all goes well, follow it up with human
clinical trials, she added.
Because the material uses new
chemistry and will therefore require
extensive testing, it might take five to
10 years for it to reach the shelves,
Webster said.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
U. set to pull free Adobe programs offering for students
By Alexandra Macfarlane
Contributing Writer
When the University’s contract ex-
pires with Adobe April 30, students
will no longer be able to run Adobe
programs downloaded from Brown’s
software distribution page on their
personal computers.
Geoffrey Greene, director of
IT support services for Comput-
ing and Information Services, said
he did not think the University
would provide Adobe programs,
such as Photoshop, in the future
because the new contract would
likely stipulate a higher cost for the
Adobe suite.
“As Brown looks to renew its
contract with Adobe, they are over-
hauling how the licensing works
and significantly increasing the
costs,” Greene wrote in an e-mail
to The Herald. “In order to include
student coverage in a new contract,
Cubers twist it up in Grant funds humanities initiative
puzzling competition
By Elizabeth Kelley
Contributing Writer
Middle schooler Andrew Ricci can
solve a standard 3-by-3 Rubik’s Cube
in 8.25 seconds. Ricci — along with
31 other competitors — displayed
his talent at the Brown Cubing Club’s
second annual Rubik’s Cube com-
petition Feb. 5. Competitors rang-
ing from middle school students to
Brown students gathered in Petteruti
Lounge for an all-day competition,
which featured events such as solving
a cube blindfolded or one-handed.
The cubing club is “a pretty small
and loose-knit group of about five or
six who are interested in solving Ru-
bik’s Cube and other twisty puzzles,”
said Arthur Adams ’12, the club’s
founder and event organizer.
Thirty-two competitors, only
two of which were Brown students,
showed up Saturday to twist cubes,
Adams said. “The age demographic
is fairly young, so much so that I feel
old compared to most people enter-
ing competitions today,” Adams said.
A group of eighth grade boys
from Benjamin Franklin Classical
Charter Public School in Franklin,
Mass., were among the competitors.
Ricci, who competed in the 3-by-3
event, got his classmates Devin Burns
and Avi Gumbimeda hooked on solv-
ing the puzzles when he created a
club at his school.
“I had a Rubik’s Cube in my room
for a while. One day I decided to look
up a tutorial on how to solve it,” Ricci
said.“I don’t have a trick. It’s a method
where you build layers on the cube.”
Ricci then proceeded to pull out
his Rubik’s Cube and swiftly solved it.
“First you make a cross, then build
the first two layers, and you make the
last layer in two steps,” he said.
The Brown Cubing Club does not
compete at other venues, though Ad-
ams said he is working on compet-
ing more with the club. Enthusiasts
across the nation can go to the World
Cube Association website to find a
list of competitions, he said.
“I found out about the Brown
competition when I logged onto the
Adobe is asking for funds that will
far exceed our existing budgetary
resources.”
Greene would not say how much
Adobe is asking for.
Christopher Grossi ’92, assis-
tant director of desktop support
services for CIS, said that as he and
his department were exploring op-
tions for new agreements and price
quotes, they discovered that the
preliminary quotes for continuing
the service for students’ personal
machines “were just too expensive.”
Grossi said Brown has signed a
contract with Adobe to make copies
of the software that do not require
access to Brown’s network avail-
able to students from the Brown
Bookstore “for far cheaper than the
list prices.”
“We are doing everything we
can to comply with Adobe’s rules,”
Greene said.
While this change in licensing
WCA website and looked up a list of
all competitions in the area,” Ricci
said, adding that he has already com-
peted at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology twice.
Rowe Hessler — a St. Joseph’s Col-
lege student who has set four world
records and 20 North American re-
cords — won the competition last
year.
“I think one of the most interest-
ing things is that since this kind of
competition is relatively so young,
records are still being broken pretty
frequently,” Adams said. “We sort of
know how fast people could poten-
tially get at solving things,” he said,
comparing it to Olympic sports. But
unlike the Olympic games, he said,
“We haven’t quite reached the pla-
teau yet.”
Normally, winners are awarded
certificates with their names and
events on them. “This year I made
some magnetic dice 2-by-2-by-2
cubes for the winners of each event,
which I hoped would be a nice added
touch,” Adams said.
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directly affects students who use
personal computers, computers
owned and operated by the Uni-
versity will be virtually unaffected,
Grossi said. Computers in labs and
clusters of buildings and libraries
throughout campus will still have
Adobe programs.
Because the change affects most-
ly students, Grossi said he is work-
ing with departments to make sure
they are aware of students’ limited
ability to use the software.
Adobe offers several types of
software. PDF files will still be
viewable through Adobe Reader,
which can be downloaded and used
anywhere for free. Greene said the
most significant change for students
will be losing access to Photoshop.
Greene’s department has re-
ceived very few inquiries or com-
plaints regarding the change, but Alex DePaoli / Herald
added that he expects more noise Students will no longer be able to download Adobe software to their personal
as the semester progresses. computers from the University’s website.
By Katrina Phillips
Contributing Writer
develop “partnerships with inter-
national institutions,” Steinberg
said.
program — because we’re really
inventing it — involves the pro-
gram in Berlin,” Steinberg said.
The Cogut Center for the Human- The goal of the program — The grant is the latest of several
ities will use a nearly $500,000 which will focus on graduate that Brown has received from the
grant awarded by The Andrew W. students but have an “indirect Mellon Foundation, though it is
Mellon Foundation last December benefit” to undergraduates — will the first of its kind. The Mellon
to fund an international humani- be to address internationaliza- Foundation has a “principle focus
ties program. tion and “educate in the global on the humanities” and has previ-
The “Brown in the World/The context,” Steinberg said. The Uni- ously provided grants for gradu-
World at Brown” program that versity as a whole has emphasized ate fellowships and workshops at
the grant will fund involves two these issues in recent years, and Brown, Steinberg said.
main divisions. For “The World at “the Mellon Foundation is also “They have been increasing,
Brown” half of the program, the interested in the same questions,” I’m glad to say, over the last few
Cogut Center will host nine inter- Steinberg continued. years,” he said.
national scholars. These scholars The program should be in ef- The $497,990 grant comes
will be selected by the governing fect by next fall, Steinberg said. shortly after the October an-
board of the Cogut Center, ac- According to Steinberg, the nouncement of the $3 million
cording to Michael Steinberg, di- “jewel in the crown” of this pro- Humanities Initiative — funded
rector of the center. The seminars gram will be its work with the by an anonymous gift — to further
they lead will be both at the grad- West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Brown’s international perspective
uate and undergraduate levels, so a youth orchestra composed of on humanities. Steinberg said the
all students can benefit from the mostly Israeli and Arab musicians programs reflect Brown’s com-
program, Steinberg added. based in Seville, Spain. Brown will mitment at a time when “most
Under the “Brown in the help the orchestra build a year- U.S. universities are slashing the
World” portion of the program, round academic institute in Berlin humanities.”
select graduate students and post- by forming a humanities program It is still unclear how this new
doctoral fellows will be award- for the institute, Steinberg said. program and the initiative will
ed stipends to spend semesters The space for this institute is cur- connect, but “the general purpose
abroad, benefiting these students rently being renovated. is exactly the same in both cases,”
individually while also helping “In a way, the most original Steinberg said.
6 Arts & Culture
Bristol’s Hope Gallery A culture shock across the pond
celebrates local artists
By Kat thornton
Senior Staff Writer
“The Colors of Love,” featuring lo-
cal artists and celebrating six years
in Bristol, R.I., opened at the Hope
Gallery Saturday. Despite economic
pressure, the show attracted long-
time visitors and passers-by alike.
A commercial gallery, the space
retains artists on contract but does
not charge them for wall space, said
Anita Trezvant, the gallery’s director.
The quaint gallery was crowded
with community members, artists
and the artists’ friends. Alayne White,
a gallery frequenter, said she likes
Hope Gallery because of its intimacy
and local focus.
Gallery artist Sue Butler said she
primarily paints her family, home
and women.
“All comes from what I am and
where I’ve been,” she said.
Scottish artist Irene Graham-
Steinberg was also at the event. She
lives in North Providence, and her
paintings depicting “ephemeral”
landscapes with a heavy influence
from her time spent in Scotland have
been featured in the gallery for a few
months, she said.
Trezvant said though the area is
very popular during the summer, she
does not normally hold openings in
the winter because the weather deters
people from coming.
She plans to put on an “art stroll”
May 15 that will continue through
the summer. Last month, Trezvant
introduced a weekly art lesson taught
by one of the gallery’s featured artists.
She also offers an internship program
for local undergraduates interested in
art and gallery ownership.
“Running a gallery is hard work,”
Trezvant said, especially in the cur-
rent economic climate. She cited the
fact that a few galleries have closed
in the area.
Butler said she has seen a decrease
in her sales this year, but sales at the
Hope Gallery have “been pretty
steady.” The economy has affected
the art world “to a certain degree,
like everyone,” she said.
By fei cai
Staff Writer
LONDON — On any given day,
Danny Bressler ’12 can be found
studying in the library, going to
class, practicing rugby or playing
the trumpet — a seemingly normal,
though perhaps busy, day for a Brown
student.
The only difference is that Bressler
is more than 3,000 miles away from
Providence. Like many juniors,
Bressler is studying abroad, and he is
spending this semester at Mansfield
College in the University of Oxford.
Each year, students all over the
country study abroad in Britain.
Though some believe that studying
in a country with the same language
requires little adjustment, the Office
of International Programs warns stu-
dents against this kind of thinking.
“Although the U.S. and U.K. share
a common language, an American
student will need to adjust to a very
different university system, as well as
to many aspects of day-to-day living
in Britain,” according to the OIP’s
website.
Barring some obvious linguis-
tic differences and the need to look
right instead of left when crossing the
street, students shared some interest-
ing dissimilarities between American
and British universities.
“Pudding means dessert,” Hector
Ramirez ’12 said, laughing, baffled
upon finding Belgian waffles under
pudding on a menu.
In the classroom
Most universities in the U.K.
function on a trimester system.
Many universities — including
Oxford and Cambridge — have a
tutorial system in which one or two
students meet weekly with a supervi-
sor on a yearlong course of interest.
Lectures and seminars outside of the
tutorial system require little work
from the students.
“I definitely love the teaching
here,” said Sabrina Papazian, a ju-
nior from Cornell studying at St.
Anne’s College in Oxford. “It’s such
a different way of learning. Sitting
in a tutorial with just you and the
tutor is incredible. My tutors are so
educated, but they give me time once
a week to talk.”
Other colleges function more like
American universities, with most
courses taught by professors in lec-
ture halls.
Katie Grandle, a sophomore at
Cornell studying at Durham Uni-
versity, reported having “issues with
differences in protocol for essays and
bibliographies.”
“I think the biggest difference
is that they academically specialize
so early, and you only study things
within your subject,” said Caitlin
Naureckas ’12, who is studying at
King’s College in London. “My flat-
mates still haven’t wrapped their
heads around the fact that I’m taking
a history course even though I’m a
medical student, because they don’t
have that option at all here.”
Students at Cambridge also tend
to work during the day, Ramirez said.
“I tend to work best at night and
so during the weekdays, a lot of my
time will be spent working in the wee
hours. But over here, they seem to
go to the pub every night,” he added.
Monday, February 7, 2011
The library at Pembroke College, part of the University of Cambridge, is a
study space for British and American students alike.
Party beats and student eats
Outside the classroom, Ameri-
can students also have to adjust to
university student life.
“The social scene is totally dif-
ferent from Cornell,” Papazian said.
“Cornell’s social life is dominated by
Greek life. Whereas here, it’s very
much based on going to the clubs.”
Bressler said that the lower drink-
ing age changes the social dynamic.
“Each college has its own bar, and
that is usually where the students in
college start their night out.”
The night also tends to begin
quite early, said Naureckas. “There’s
a school-owned pub that all of the
sports teams go to on Wednesdays,
and if you want to get in, you abso-
lutely have to be there by nine, or
the queue is too long for you to have
any chance.”
Ramirez also observed that the
music played in U.K. clubs is very
different from the music in the U.S.
party scene. “The party scene in the
U.S. is dominated by hip-hop, re-
mixes, electronica. Over here, rock
n’ roll and indie rock have a bigger
part in the nightlife.”
“At least at Oxford, Brits are really
obsessed with a few songs from the
mid-90s that I had not heard before,”
Bressler said.
As for dining, Olivia Harding ’12,
who is studying at Pembroke College
in Cambridge, said, “Formal hall has
been one of the greatest experiences
here.”
Formal hall, according to Hard-
ing, is an event where students don
semi-formal dress and black, uni-
versity gowns. Reminiscent of the
dining hall in Harry Potter novels,
the Pembroke College formal hall
consists of long tables, four-course
meals and Latin prayers.
Students stand upon entrance
and exit of the university fellows and
the college master, who sit above the
students at the High Table.
“It’s very traditional,” Ramirez
said. “But as soon as the fellows
leave, the students get a bit rowdier.
It’s a lot of fun, and a lot of pennying
happens.”
Pennying, for those uncultured
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in British drinking games, involves
dropping a penny into someone’s
glass when he or she is not touching
the cup. The pennied person must
then drink the contents of the cup
to save the Queen from drowning.
“The food is not as bad as people
say,” Grandle said, about dining in
the U.K.
U.K. chic
While at Durham, Grandle also
noticed a difference in clothing
choices between British and Ameri-
can students.
“There are higher dressing stan-
dards that are lower at the same
time,” she observed. “Girls are sup-
posed to be dressed fashionably at
all times, but the choice of clothing
tends to be much less conservative
than is acceptable in America.”
She added, “Skirt length is the
main shocker for me — ­ can’t believe
the lack of material used to make
the skirts worn by ‘posh’ girls here.”
“I would describe the fashion
here as ‘boho, raggy chic,’” Papazian
said, half-jokingly.
“On a different note,” Grandle
said, “the U.K. loves American
brands. Nike, Abercrombie, Hollister,
Ralph Lauren are all really popular.”
Adapting to the culture
Despite the cultural differences,
most American students studying
abroad seem to be adapting well to
their change in location.
“Although there are differences,
Brits are really not all that different
from Americans from my point of
view,” Bressler said. “I have not been
to a lot of other countries, so I do
not know if Brits are more similar
to Americans than other foreigners.”
“I try to get involved, try to spend
time with people,” Brandon Kauff-
man ’12 said. “You have to immerse
yourself in the new culture.”
Papazian compared her experi-
ence to her freshman year. “I was
treated like a freshman, and I knew
how to handle it,” she said. “I forced
myself to jump right in. It’s hard
to steer yourself away from other
American students, but I definitely
gained a lot of British friends.”
The Brown Daily Herald
Monday, February 7, 2011
Fashioning the Fifth Symphony Production ‘shapes’
By Luisa robledo
Arts & Culture Editor
allegorical tale of art
As Monique Baston ’13 browsed
through the mall in her hometown
of Nashville, Tenn., she decided to
take fashion into her own hands.
Unsatisfied with the clothes stores
offered her, Baston said to herself,
“You know what? I’m just going to
make my own clothes.”
What started out as a small
project to overcome her “not lik-
ing anything at the mall,” led Baston
to become one of the 10 finalists in
Boston Symphony Orchestra’s third
annual fashion competition, Project
Beethoven. Each contestant created a
garment inspired by the composer’s
music and submitted a sketch. Those
that truly reflected Beethoven’s es-
sence, were visually appealing and
had potential marketability were
chosen for what Sarah Manoog, the
orchestra’s director of marketing,
calls a “very exciting, very festive,
real fashion show.”
The Fifth Symphony
After spotting the competition’s
flyer in an elevator at the Rhode Is-
land School of Design, where Baston
has taken several courses, she sat
down and listened to Beethoven’s
celebrated Fifth Symphony.
“I must have listened to it over a
hundred times,” she said. “I wanted
to use the Fifth without it being a
cliche.”
“There are four notes that ev-
erybody knows – the da da da da,”
she continued, mimicking the epic
sounds of the G-G-G-E musical
notes that drive the symphony.
To highlight the piece’s four notes
and the fact that it is also divided into
four parts, she used four gold balls
Poetry event personal, provoking
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ferent direction by talking about
his own experience as an activist
within the U.S. He started off in
plain prose, but switched to more
poetic speech when he focused on
specific moments and emotions.
When Kanazi took to the stage,
he immediately asked for the lights
to be turned up. Then he talked
about himself — about his up-
bringing in western Massachusetts,
his struggles to find his identity as
a Palestinian-American and his late
exposure to “lefty politics” after his
brother went away to college.
Interspersing short, punchy po-
ems with funny, caustic, often self-
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that run down the dress’s sleeves and
around the waist.
Baston was inspired by the fact
that Beethoven was going deaf as
he composed. “He couldn’t hear it,”
she said, “but he could still see it
somehow. There had to be a way to
see symphony without the music.”
Baston, a composer herself, chose
to use a computer program that
turns music notes into waveforms.
Hand-stitched all over the ethereal
gown, the waveforms show the ac-
tual sounds of Beethoven’s master-
piece in a subtle, yet intellectually
driven, way. “I didn’t want it to be
so obvious,” she said.
Project Beethoven
In an effort to “enhance the over-
all concert experience,” Manoog and
her team spearheaded the market-
ing strategy called “Symphony+.” By
offering outside events — fashion
shows and receptions — in conjunc-
tion with the orchestra’s concerts,
Manoog aimed to “increase the en-
joyment of (their) patrons.”
Project Beethoven “is one way
that classical music can inspire peo-
ple,” Manoog, a fashion lover and
Project Runway fan, said.
After a performance of
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
played by soloist Radu Lupu, one-
fourth of the patrons moved on to
watch the fashion show and selected
a fan-favorite winner.
With a panel of celebrity judges
that included two renowned de-
signers, Michael DePaulo and Sara
Campbell, fashion-blogger Liana
Krupp, Lifestyle Editor of Boston
Magazine Alexandra Hall and Bos-
ton Symphany Orchestra cellist
Owen Young, Project Beethoven is
a “great opportunity” for new de-
depricating commentary, Kanazi
kept the audience laughing and
applauding for over an hour.
Onstage his goal was to provoke
as well as to blow off steam. As he
noted, “you get so angry because
you feel like there’s never a sense
of change.”
It’s hard to imagine another
American audience that would
have cheered so loudly at lines
such as this, directed at the Israeli
government — “Better is not ra-
cial, ethnic or religious but situ-
ational, and in that sense, we are
better than you.”
Though harsh, at least onstage,
in his censure of U.S. and Israeli
policy and dismissive of “people
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signers, Manoog said.
“It’s a great thing to have on your
resume,” she said. “It really makes
you stand out.”
The Grand Finale
On the night of Feb. 3, a cream
and ivory gown draped gracefully
over Baston’s model, Analise Roland
’13. A white top, which contrasts the
creamier tones of the dress, resem-
bled conductors’ button-down shirts
and succeeded in making Baston’s
gown a cohesive piece.
Roland — who had not seen the
dress until the eve of the competition
— wrote in an e-mail to The Herald
that she had “total faith” in Baston.
With understated yet sophisticated
makeup, Roland strutted down the
runway in a room filled with over
400 people.
But Baston did not win. The
prizes, which included a one-page
spread in Boston Magazine and a
window display at L’Elite store on
Newbury St., went to RISD student
Maria Canada. The audience picked
Ashley Boiardi of Framingham State
University as its favorite.
“I was extremely grateful to have
the opportunity though,” Baston
wrote in and e-mail to The Herald.
“And I look forward to participating
in future competitions and learn-
ing as much as I can about apparel
construction.”
Through Project Beethoven, Bas-
ton learned the difficulties of making
clothes and executing her own ideas,
but she is far from being discour-
aged, she said.
“It truly is an art that I will hope-
fully one day master,” she wrote. “But
for now, I plan to keep taking classes
and making clothes and hopefully
start my own line.”
who say Palestinians need to be
more like Gandhi” and wait pa-
tiently for their own state, Kanazi
also encouraged cooperation
throughout the Middle East.
“What (the recent protests in)
Egypt opened the door for was this
reemerging view that what we need
is unity,” he said. “When enough
voices come together, change can
happen.”
By Suzannah Weiss
Arts & Culture Columnist
The Rhode Island School of Design’s
theater group, the Exhibitionists,
played the avant-garde card last
weekend, holding their production
of “The Shape of Things” — a Neil
LaBute play about art, relationships
and relationships as art — in no
place other than an art museum.
Director Alex Lee ’14, a Brown-RISD
dual degree student, staged the show
in the quirky RISD museum Friday
and the dignified Fleet Library Sat-
urday. Fitting locations, along with
a script that starts off hackneyed
but grows witty and original as it
progresses, provided promising raw
material.
But a formless sculpture made of
crystals is not a masterpiece. While
the subject matter — philosophy of
art, morality, our society’s obses-
sion with physical perfection — was
highly relevant, the acting did not do
justice to these lofty topics.
In the play, Adam (Nick Truss)
meets an art student named Evelyn
(Kathleen Ottinger) — the religious
allegory becomes more blatant when
Adam periodically explains away
a nose job by saying he “fell” on
his face — in a museum where he
works. After seducing him, Evelyn
turns Adam into a project of sorts.
She convinces him to diet, exercise,
purchase contact lenses, get cosmet-
ic surgery and abandon his only two
friends, yet she retains his undying
affections all the while.
The stage expands into the au-
dience for Evelyn’s presentation of
her final art project — then comes
the twist: Adam is her project, a
sculpture of “the human flesh and
the human will.” Rather than forc-
ing him to do anything against his
will, she did, in fact, sculpt it. He
wanted, albeit on her suggestion,
to improve his appearance and life-
style. Still, before Evelyn entered the
scene, he was happy the way he was.
Like her biblical counterpart, Evelyn
curses Adam with an inescapable
self-consciousness that both mo-
tivates and constrains. So were the
self-improvements resulting from
Adam’s awareness — or illusion — of
his flaws truly of his own volition?
The implications of this philo-
sophical dilemma are grave, and
once drawn into the play, audience
members can’t help but question
to what extent they are sculptures
of their own culture and its trends.
Evelyn defends her deception by
pointing out that Adam has become
what the mainstream media would
consider “more interesting, more
desirable, more normal.”
Evelyn assumes the position of
Dr. Frankenstein — crossing moral
boundaries with art as Frankenstein
does with science — provoking the
question of whether art must be
moral to be good. Except, rather
than patching together bits of dead
bodies, she must persuade a live
person to undergo the transforma-
tions she has in mind. To accomplish
this feat, one must be charismatic,
though perhaps as cold-hearted as
Frankenstein’s monster. But Ot-
tinger’s Evelyn seemed too brash,
too neurotic, too controlling to win
over the love — let alone the obedi-
ence — of her creation, rendering
her success in doing so unconvinc-
ing.
Perhaps her strident perfor-
mance, partially accounted for by
her character’s attributes, was also a
result of the Fleet Library’s acoustics:
Most of every character’s lines were
either shouted or inaudible. The in-
teractions between Adam and Ev-
elyn felt forced, partly because it was
impossible to understand what he
saw in her, and partly because they
were thinking about, rather than as,
their characters. Their movements
read as stage directions, rather than
as organically generated expressions
of internal states.
Still, the minimalist set under the
RISD library’s giant hanging clock,
and the melding of the real and play
worlds as the audience witnesses
Evelyn’s presentation as both viewers
and characters, held my attention
long enough to make me examine
the play’s thematic content. I would
advise anyone who didn’t get around
to seeing the play to read it — espe-
cially if you have ever wondered to
what extent we act on our culture
and to what extent it acts on us.
8 World & Nation
Rodgers and Packers reign in Super Bowl XLV
By Jeff McLane
The Philadelphia Inquirer
ARLINGTON, Tex. — Someday
they’ll be comparing the next Pack-
ers quarterback to Aaron Rodgers.
Whoever it is, he’ll have big
shoes to fill.
Rodgers now can cement his
name alongside the game’s other
great quarterbacks — especially
Brett Favre — after he and the
Green Bay Packers put a bow on a
stunning postseason with a 31-25
victory over the Steelers in Super
Bowl XLV Sunday night at Cowboys
Stadium.
The event had been labeled the
Disaster Super Bowl for a series of
weeklong blunders by host North
Texas, Dallas owner Jerry Jones
and the NFL. But Rodgers put out
a number of fires — dropped passes,
a leaky defense and injuries — and
won the game’s most valuable player
award.
He completed 24 of 39 passes for
304 yards and three touchdowns
and did not toss an interception.
His counterpart Ben Roethlisberger,
however, threw two interceptions
and the two-time Super Bowl cham-
pion lost for the first time in the
title game.
Green Bay’s improbable run be-
gan with two regular-season-ending
wins to get it into the postseason.
The Packers then won three straight
playoff games on the road — against
the Eagles, Falcons and Bears — to
get here. The Eagles, 21-16 losers to
Green Bay, can at least lay claim to
that dubious honor.
With the Super Bowl win, the
Packers become the first NFC sixth
seed to win a championship. They
matched the 2005 Steelers as the
only sixth seeds to win a title since
the NFL moved to a 12-team playoff
format in 1990.
It was their fourth Super Bowl
and first since Favre claimed a Lom-
bardi Trophy following the 1996
season. Rodgers, who sat behind
Favre for three seasons and had to
deal with the future Hall of Famer’s
will-he-or-won’t-he retire act, is
now also a Super Bowl champion.
It did not come easily.
The Steelers refused to die af-
ter Green Bay went ahead, 28-17.
Pittsburgh trimmed the lead down
to three with a touchdown and
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two-point conversion. The Pack-
ers struck back with an efficient
10-play drive that advanced them
to the Steelers’ 5 and drained the
clock down to 2 minutes, 7 seconds.
But they couldn’t put the game
away with a touchdown and had to
settle for a 23-yard Mason Crosby
field goal and a 31-25 advantage.
The fourth quarter opened with
all the momentum on the Steelers’
side, but they still trailed, 21-17.
They had possession on the Green
Bay 33 and were only yards away
on second down from picking up
another set of downs.
But Rashard Mendenhall, who
had been so tough to drag down,
fumbled the football when he was
sandwiched by Packers linebacker
Clay Matthews and lineman Ryan
Pickettt. Green Bay linebacker Des-
mond Bishop pounced on the loose
ball and the Steelers had their third
turnover of the game.
The Packers had none at that
point.
It was a devastating blow because
Green Bay would turn the giveaway
into seven points, as it did on the
previous two turnovers. Despite
a dropped pass by Jordy Nelson,
Rodgers went back to the receiver
on a key third down and the result
was a 38-yard completion down to
the Pittsburgh 2.
Two plays later, Rodgers and
Greg Jennings hooked up for their
second touchdown when the re-
ceiver tiptoed in the corner of the
end zone for an 8-yard score and a
28-17 cushion.
Undaunted, the Steelers re-
bounded. As well as both defenses
played all season, they were exploit-
Mark Cornelison / Lexington Herald-Leader
able in the Super Bowl. And Roeth-
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings (85) celebrates after catching a touchdown pass in the second half
lisberger and his offense continued in Super Bowl XLV where the Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington,
to press the Packers in the second Tex. Sunday.
half.
The quarterback needed only The first five minutes of the sec- with Roethlisberger scrambling elected to have Shaun Suisham
seven plays and 4:23 to move Pitts- ond half couldn’t have gone any bet- once. Mendenhall clipped off runs attempt a 52-yard field goal. The
burgh 66 yards. And he narrowed ter for the Steelers. of 17 and 8 yards — the final one kicker was wide left, though, and
the lead down to five when he hit It could have been a different across the goal line as Pittsburgh the margin was still four points.
receiver Mike Wallace for a 25-yard story if James Jones held onto a whittled Green Bay’s lead to 21-17. The Packers had chances to gain
touchdown pass on a fade pattern. Rodgers pass that had six points After forcing another three- back some of the momentum, but
The Steelers then elected to go for written all over it. But the Packers and-out, the Steelers advanced to dropped passes continued to plague
two and drew up a nifty play that receiver flat-out dropped the slant the Packers’ 29 once again on the them. Just before the end of the
had Roethlisberger on the option pass and Green Bay was forced to strength of their ground game. But third quarter, Green Bay receiver
pitch to Antwaan Randle-El for the punt. they went back to the pass and lost Brett Swain appeared to pull in a
conversion. Using a rejuvenated running yards on two of the next three plays Rodgers pass on third down. But
The Packers led 28-25 with 7:34 game, the Steelers took the ensu- and were moved back to the 35. the play was ruled an incomplete
to go, and it would be the closest ing possession and needed only five Rather than attempt a pooch- on the field and a review confirmed
the Steelers would ever get to them. plays to score. They ran four times, punt, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin the ruling.
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Bears unable to hold Bears lose fourth straight to Dartmouth
back Big Red offense
continued from page 12
was just thinking it doesn’t matter
how many points I’m scoring or
it doesn’t matter who’s scoring, as
long as we are keeping our lead,
playing defense and winning the
game.”
Cornell 91, Brown 79
Bruno was unable to carry the
momentum from Friday’s win into
the following evening’s matchup
against Cornell (5-15, 1-5 Ivy).
They fell, 91-79, as Cornell grabbed
its first conference victory of the
year. The Big Red did all they could
to silence McGonagill, holding the
weary freshman to 11 points on
four-of-16 shooting.
“Every time he came around a
ball screen, they doubled him and
they made him give it up,” Agel said.
“He still got a lot of opportunities.
He just looked like his legs were a
little tired. He played almost every
second over the weekend, and he
did a great job, but we can’t expect
him to carry us.”
With McGonagill relegated to
Sophomore Alena Polenska tallied her fifth goal of the year as Women’s Hockey
dropped a tough one to Rensselaer.
W. icers score goals,
lose weekend games
continued from page 12
the third period tied at one.
Union then seized the lead
early in the third period, as Jean-
nie Sabourin took advantage of a
power play and found the back of
the net less than 90 seconds into
the frame. With six minutes left
in the game, Union scored again.
The Dutchwomen made the most
of a five-on-three, with Ashley
Johnston tallying her first goal of
the season to put Union up 3-1.
Brown pulled its goalie with over
three minutes left, and this time
the move paid off — Polenska
scored for the second-straight
night to bring Brown within one.
But the equalizing goal ultimately
proved elusive.
“In both games, we were strong
distributing the ball — he finished
with seven assists — Tucker Halp-
ern ’13 became the fifth Bear to lead
the team in scoring in five games,
registering 26 points to go along
with nine rebounds and five assists.
The Big Red displayed a bal-
anced attack, finishing with six
players in double figures. They shot
16 of 34 from beyond the arc, with
more than half of their points com-
ing from three-point range.
From his position on the bench,
Sullivan saw a change in his team
from the night before.
“I don’t think we had as much
energy,” he said. “Last night, we
were really eager to get the win. We
were winless in the league, and we
were being real competitive. To-
night, they scored 91 points — just
way too many points. You’ve got to
give Cornell a lot of credit. They hit
a ton of threes, they played really
well and they hit tough shots.”
The Bears hit the road again this
weekend, seeking to improve upon
their Ivy League record. They travel
to Dartmouth on Friday and will
face Harvard the following night.
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in the first period,” Dancewicz
said. “We need to keep up that
energy through the whole game.
We had a lot of confidence go-
ing into these games and scoring
those early goals built on that. But
we have to keep our focus through
all three periods — particularly
the third.”
The Bears have gone 18
straight games without a victory
and are currently in the midst
of a ten-game losing streak. But
Dancewicz said the team is still
optimistic about the remaining
five games in the season.
“We’re really hungry for a win,”
she said. “We’re looking to stay
positive and keep working hard.
We want to end the season on
a good note, and we’re going to
keep our heads up.”
Sports Recap 9
continued from page 12
crowd at Meehan Auditorium sat
in silence when Brown forward
Bobby Farnham ’12 crashed
face-first into the boards after a
hit from behind by Dartmouth
defender Evan Stephens. Farnham
lay on the ice for several minutes
after the hit, but was able to skate
off under his own power, and, to
the crowd’s applause, soon re-
turned to the ice. Stephens re-
ceived a five-minute major and
a game misconduct for the hit.
Dartmouth was able to kill the
five-minute penalty, and at the
end of the first period, held on
to its 1-0 advantage.
Six minutes into the second
period, Brown looked poised to
strike on a power play, but the
stout Dartmouth penalty kill de-
nied Bruno again. Mello made
several masterful saves, including
one from point-blank range in the
power play’s waning seconds to
keep Brown scoreless.
Just after the kill, it was the
Big Green’s turn to go a man up
— but unlike Brown, they were
able to capitalize. A minute into
the power play, Dartmouth center
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Matt Lindblad was able to finish
from close range along the right
side of the goal, doubling his side’s
lead. As the teams headed into the
locker room after two periods, the
Bears held a 25-14 shot advan-
tage over the Big Green, but found
themselves trailing 2-0.
After both sides traded shots
in the third, Brown went on the
power play after a high-sticking
call on Dartmouth’s Eric Robinson
with fifteen minutes left to play in
the game. Yet again, the Big Green
killed the penalty, turning away
every scoring opportunity Brown
created. Mello continued his stel-
lar play in goal, denying Brown
forward David Brownschidle ’11
from point-blank range with a
spectacular save.
Again and again in the third,
Brown was unable to convert. On
several occasions, the puck kicked
around in front of the Dartmouth
goal, but not once could a Bear
corral and bury it.
Dartmouth put the game away
with only two minutes remaining.
On a two-on-two play, Big Green
center Doug Jones kept the puck
himself, weaving his way in front
of the net and beating Clemente,
comics
glove-side, for his team’s third
tally of the night.
Soon after, the buzzer sounded
and Mello skated off with the sec-
ond shutout of his career.
“We had some Grade-A chanc-
es,” Whittet said. “The kid made
ridiculous stops, so give him
credit.”
Whittet also said his team has
faced a string of stellar goalie play
in recent games.
“It’s a really frustrating time,
because I don’t think we can
work much harder,” he said. “The
goaltenders are playing very well
against us.”
The loss is Brown’s fourth in
a row. The Bears have failed to
string together a consistent stream
of wins after their Jan. 16 upset of
then-No. 1 ranked Yale.
Whittet said he was disap-
pointed with the team’s recent re-
sults, but admitted that the losses
are a part of the team’s growing
process.
“This is a big undertaking,” he
said. “This is a process for us to
try to rebuild this program. It’s
not going to happen overnight,
so there are going to be some ups
and downs.”
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Editorial Editorial comic by Julia Streuli

Shop ’til you drop
Shopping period, which ends tomorrow, brings with it a flurry of
unique challenges. During the first two weeks of each semester, students
can be seen all over campus browsing courses online. They strategize
how to shop more than one course in the same time slot and plan
what to take if no room frees up in that seminar capped at 20 spots.
And by now, no student on campus has ever known paper regis-
tration at Brown. Despite the long and stubborn opposition to the
University’s move to its online system, students have learned to live
with Banner and its idiosyncrasies.
We applaud Brown’s attempt to make it easier to shop courses
online. In the past year, the University has created a new Course
Scheduler and begun encouraging professors to put course syllabi
online before the start of classes. The Course Scheduler incorporates
many of the features that made — and continue to make — Mocha so
popular. For example, students can save courses in a weekly schedule
and export them to the calendar program of their choice and look up
courses in multiple departments simultaneously. The new tool even
includes features that Mocha never had, such as a function that saves,
e-mails and loads different lists of courses. And because the Course
Scheduler, unlike Mocha, is run through Banner, it stays up-to-date,
displays how many spots are left in a course and lets students register
directly for classes.
But never fear, nitpickers. There’s still cause for complaint. The
Course Scheduler does nothing to allay a central complaint about
Banner: It’s about as aesthetically pleasing as Providence in February.
Its color scheme is even a wintry mix of white, gray and brown. Un-
like Mocha, it does not display textbook prices from Amazon. And
while Banner’s course catalog and Mocha indicate non-departmental
courses that may be of interest to concentrators, the University-run
shopping cart system has no such feature. Students can add courses
through the new Course Scheduler, but they cannot drop them or
remove registered courses from their shopping carts.
The University’s decision to create an additional tool rather than letter to the editor
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Study Away in the U.S. A-OK

a choice to sidestep student-driven innovation rather than support
it. What’s more, as The Herald reported last week, students find the
process of looking up courses online a complicated endeavor. Course
reviews, meeting times, syllabi and textbook information are all avail-
able somewhere on the World Wide Web — an abundance of useful
information that is relevant to shopping. But somehow, none of it is
in one place. We encourage the University to continue improving our
online shopping experience — and to remember while doing so that
simpler is often better.
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To the Editor:
I was very excited to read The Herald’s article on
Study Away options in the United States. As a senior
who spent a semester in New York through Brown’s
Urban Education Semester program, I know how valu-
able it can be to live and work in another part of the
country, an experience that has been glossed over as
more and more students choose to spend time abroad.
However, I was surprised that the article neglected to
mention that Brown has several partnerships and pro-
grams for students to study at other U.S. institutions.
Among these are the Urban Education Semester, where
students take graduate classes at Bank Street College
of Education while working in schools or policy set-
tings, and the Brown-Tougaloo exchange, which was
started in the midst of the Civil Rights movement and
continues to offer Brown students the opportunity to
study at Tougaloo, a historically black college in Jack-
son, Miss. I work at the Curricular Resource Center in
Faunce as the study away coordinator, and just wanted
to put it out there that there are many ways to spend
time away, and that Brown has programs in place to
support students who choose to do so.
Amina Sheikh ’11

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Solving a “sinning” state’s budget
Ethan Tobias
Opinions Columnist
Rhode Island, like much of the nation, is
facing a major fiscal crisis. The state has a
projected 2012 deficit of $295 million due
mostly to rising costs, declining revenue
and the loss of federal stimulus money. In
his recent opinions column, Hunter Fast
’12 (“Just say ‘no’ (to the nanny state),” Feb.
4) would rule out “sin” taxes as a possible
solution. I must disagree.
The term “sin” tax is a strange misno-
mer. All goods and services are not — and
have never been — taxed equally, from the
first tariffs which disproportionately affect-
ed imports, until today.
For example, groceries from the super-
market often have no sales tax, but go and
order carrot sticks at your local restaurant
and you’ll be slapped with an extra 7 per-
cent sales tax. Such is the nature of taxa-
tion, even when you are not aware of it. Be-
cause corn is highly subsidized at the feder-
al level to the tune of $3 billion a year, that
high-fructose corn syrup rich soda has an
inherent advantage on its sugared brethren
down the aisle. Unequal taxation of goods
is everywhere.
However, the idea of “sin” taxes arises
when certain goods and services that are
unsafe, unhealthy or have negative exter-
nalities are taxed disproportionately. In
Sarah Yu
Opinions Columnist
Over this past winter break, I realized, with
some surprise, that my Chinese-speaking,
Chinese literature-teaching parents who re-
side in China are not, in fact, Chinese par-
ents. How did I come to this somewhat ran-
dom and seemingly illogical realization? I
used my extraordinary skills to reflect on cur-
rent events and social attitudes with my per-
sonal life experiences and was enlightened by
a leading academic at the Yale Law School, by
way of the Wall Street Journal.
The Journal article, “Why Chinese moth-
ers are superior,” contained an excerpt from
Yale law professor Amy Chua’s book “Battle
Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” a memoir of her
experience raising two daughters in the strict,
“Chinese” manner. Chua claims that raising
children in this way leads to academic and
professional superiority, as opposed to West-
ern parents who “seem perfectly content to
let their children turn out badly”.
Chua, however, is hardly the traditional
Chinese she wants the world to think she is. A
second-generation immigrant from the Phil-
ippines, she does not speak Chinese, nor has
she ever lived in China.
I write this column not as a child embit-
tered by a history of strict parenting, or as a
human rights advocate incensed by Chua’s
not allowing her daughter toilet breaks. I do
not wish to make any critical assessments of
Chua’s parenting style. It matters very little
whether or not Chua really adheres to the
reality, all taxes are a form of “sin” tax.
All taxes are applied disproportionately,
though it seems Fast singles out the heavy
taxation of cigarettes as more reprehensible
than, say, taxing restaurant food while leav-
ing grocery store veggies untaxed.
It is true that Rhode Island does have
one of the highest cigarette taxes in the
country at $3.46 per pack, yet by most met-
rics, this tax is still way too small. In a study
published last year, researchers at Penn
State found the true cost of a pack of ciga-
The costs of smoking are born by the whole
society and not just those individuals who
are making a personal choice.
rettes in Rhode Island, when medical costs
and loss of productivity are factored in, to
be $31.20.
The problem is that the costs of smoking
are borne by the whole society and not just
those individuals who are making a per-
sonal choice. There are the obvious dangers
of secondhand smoke, which affects every-
one in the vicinity of a smoker — often the
children of smokers, who have no choice of
parents.
Additionally, there are some pretty sig-
nificant negative externalities. Smokers
who aren’t covered by health insurance, or
Tiger mother? Dragon lady
radical measures she describes — growing up
in working-class immigrant Australia, simi-
larly sensationalist discussions about strict
parenting were characteristic of my peers’
parents. Instead, my perspective is that of an
ethnically Chinese immigrant in a Western
country who is offended by Chua’s market-
ing scheme.
Though Chua explains her use of the term
“Chinese parent” not based on pure ethnic
identity, and admits that there are many par-
ents who identify as Chinese but do not sub-
scribe to her philosophies, she seems to be
seriously devoted to her precious identity as
To someone the West has treated so well — giving her
education, employment and a husband —
Chua certainly neglects to admit that she
has a lot to owe to Western society.
being Chinese. That is to say, even as she ac-
knowledges that parents from other cultures
and ethnicities can go to extreme measures
to compel their children to achieve, she ac-
cords her appropriation of a strict parenting
lifestyle entirely to her ethnic identification.
If Chua’s parenting philosophy is not en-
tirely derived from Chinese culture, nor does
she have direct, immediate ties with that huge
country to the east, why do we make such a
huge fuss about Chua as a representative of
Opinions 11
who rely upon Medicaid or Medicare, cost
taxpayers millions of dollars each year.
Hospitals cannot refuse to provide med-
ical services to an uninsured smoker dying
of lung cancer or heart disease. They are
forced to absorb these costs and pass them
on by making treatment costs even more
expensive for those who can afford to pay.
And smoking is bad for the economy
too. Poor health means missed days of
work, and early death means reduced tax
revenue. A healthy workforce is a more
productive work force, which means more
money for the state and less taxes on oth-
er goods. Taxing cigarettes is a win for the
economy as a whole in the long run.
However, Fast does rightly point out
that high taxes, especially those with great
disparity across state lines, will foster black
markets and hurt businesses near the bor-
der. This is especially problematic for a state
like Rhode Island, where its tiny size makes
it easy for would-be smugglers to take that
short drive into Massachusetts.
However, instead of decrying the high
taxation in Rhode Island, we should be
the Chinese way of life, rather than just one,
rather odd, individual? The answer to this
question is brutal and heartbreaking: to make
tons of money.
Chua’s insistence on characterizing herself
as Chinese cleverly capitalizes on the ageless
East-West dichotomy — the shallow, per-
ceived culture war that inspires some of the
bestselling writing and film in this country.
The ugliest consequence of our high-tech,
consumerist culture is that conflict sells. In-
ternational relations-savvy Chua knows this
perfectly well — for what could represent a
more pressing conflict than the underlying
fear in American foreign relations that China
will very soon become the world’s new big-
gest superpower?
If Chua had titled her book “Strict Parent-
ing is Good: How a law professor raised two
great daughters” — instead of attempting to
pen the argument that Chinese mothers are
superior — the racist overtones plaguing
opinions columns and user-generated dis-
cussions over cyberspace would lessen con-
siderably.
wondering, “Why aren’t the taxes in other
states just as high?” It isn’t like fiscal crisis
and smoking’s public health implications
are issues that are bound by the Ocean
State’s borders.
The real issue with Fast’s decision to rule
out so-called “sin” taxes — and especially
smoking — is that he offers no alternative
solution to solving Rhode Island’s deficit.
The money has to come from somewhere.
Is Fast suggesting that smokers should get
a break while teachers are laid off? Or, per-
haps in a spirit of solidarity, he is offering
to send Governor Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14
a check to replace the lost revenues from a
cigarette tax.
Goods and services have never been
taxed equally. A complex array of taxes and
subsidies, tax credits and deductions exists
to help certain sectors of the economy and
protect consumers from unhealthy or de-
structive behaviors.
Taxing cigarettes at higher rates than
other goods is smart policy because it does
not just bring in revenue for the state, but
also leads to the decreased health care costs
and increased revenues from greater pro-
ductivity that are the direct benefits of a
healthier and longer-lived workforce. The
money has to come from somewhere —
better from deadly cigarettes than my car-
rot sticks.
Ethan Tobias ’12 is a biology concentra-
tor from New York. He can be reached at
Ethan_Tobias@brown.edu.
It concerns me that Chua’s daughters have
been dragged into this artificial struggle be-
fore they have had the chance even to attend
college. Being half-Chinese, raised Jewish
and remarkably brilliant, they will no doubt
have enough questions about their own cul-
tural identity without being used in a com-
mercial ploy.
To someone the West has treated so well
— giving her education, employment and a
husband — Chua certainly neglects to admit
that she has a lot to owe to Western society,
just as much as her daughters “must spend
their lives repaying (her) by obeying.” Chua
promulgates and exacerbates an imagined
conflict that she’s not really qualified to take
sides in, and reaps the commercial benefits.
Her huge promotional tours are hardly char-
acteristic of Confucian humility.
If the elitist Chua really wants to raise
some traditional Chinese allusions to her self-
perceived dedication to Chinese-ness, she
should have named herself “Dragon Lady,” a
term commonly used to refer to the infamous
Dowager Empress Cixi, who imprisoned her
nephew, bankrupted the imperial Chinese
economy on luxury and was the ultimate ex-
emplar of a woman who always gets her way.
In an attempt to rid China of Western in-
fluences, Cixi backed the xenophobic, radical
Boxer Rebellion. Like Cixi over a century ear-
lier, Amy Chua is supporting something dan-
gerous and radical in a misguided attempt to
pass herself off as someone deeply devoted to
Chinese tradition.
Sarah Yu ’11 also has several bones to pick
with “The Joy Luck Club.” She can be
contacted at xia_yu@brown.edu.
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M. BasketBall
McGonagill ’14 carries Bruno to first Ivy win Improved
By sam rubinroit
Sports Staff Writer
The men’s basketball team had
an up-and-down homestand this
weekend, defeating Columbia,
87-79, on Friday before falling to
Cornell, 91-79, the following night.
Brown 87, Columbia 79
Fate appeared to be doing every-
thing within its power to deter the
Bears as the team headed into its
Friday night game. It was dealing
with the loss of co-captain Peter
Sullivan ’11 — the leading scorer
and rebounder this season — who
had been injured the week before.
In practice Wednesday, rising point
guard Sean McGonagill ’14 had
to be rushed to the hospital after
smashing his face while grappling
for a loose ball with Dockery Walk-
er ’14 and Josh Biber ’14. He earned
20 stitches, and a plastic surgeon
was brought in due to the extent
of the injury.
With McGonagill’s status for
the game against the Lions (12-8,
4-2 Ivy) uncertain, the Bears (8-12,
1-5) seemed destined to remain
winless in the conference. But
McGonagill returned in glorious
fashion — protective facemask and
all — and scored 39 points. His to-
tal tied the record for most points
scored in the Pizzitola Center and
is tied for sixth highest in Brown
history. Though McGonagill’s role
throughout the season has been to
handle the ball and distribute, his
M. Hockey
No. 17 Dartmouth shuts out Bruno 3-0
By ethan mccoy
Assistant Sports Editor
In a homecoming trip to Provi-
dence, Dartmouth goalie — and
Rehoboth, Mass. native — James
Mello turned in a spectacular per-
formance Friday night, making
39 saves to power the Big Green
to a 3-0 victory over the men’s
hockey team. The win is the 200th
of Dartmouth Head Coach Bob
Gaudet’s career, making him the
second-winningest coach in Big
Green hockey history.
“James was just great,” Gaudet
said. “He played a great game. I
thought Brown played a really
solid game, and he was obviously
a difference for us.”
“I played just down the road
for La Salle (Academy) for three
years and my whole family’s from
here,” Mello said. “To come in and
get two points from a good Brown
team is awesome — especially not
giving up a goal is just the icing
on the cake.”
It took less than a minute for
Dartmouth (13-7-3, 9-5-2 ECAC)
to find the back of the net, quiet-
ing the sizeable Brown (7-11-4,
5-9-1) student section that came
out for the “Winter White Out
Game.” With only 35 seconds off
the clock, left-winger Nick Walsh
beat Bears goalie Mike Clemente
’12 from close range, putting the
Dockery Walker ’14 slammed home emphatically as the Bears ran past
Columbia on Friday.
teammates were not shocked by his
scoring outburst.
“I’m actually not too surprised
because he does it in practice all of
the time,” said co-captain Adrian
Williams ’11. “I’m really glad he’s
breaking out of his shell. He was
wearing the mask tonight, and I
was joking, calling him ‘The Mask’
like the Jim Carrey movie, but he
just had an incredible performance.
He’s a phenomenal player and I’m
Try as they might, Chris Zaires ‘13 and men’s hockey couldn’t beat No. 17 Dartmouth’s James Mello.
Big Green up 1-0.
“It’s awful,” said Brown Head
Coach Brendan Whittet ’94. “We
step out, we’re ready to go and
within seconds, we’re down 1-0.
And it’s a faceoff goal. It’s the stuff
we talk about all the time.”
Sam Rubinroit / Herald
glad he carried us tonight.”
Head Coach Jesse Agel also had
high praise for McGonagill’s game.
“It was an epic performance that
he and everyone else who was lucky
enough to be here and witness will
remember for the rest of their life,”
Agel said. “Wednesday night, that
kid took a tremendous shot to the
face, and he spent a long time in
the hospital … I didn’t want him
to play unless he was 100 percent
After giving up the quick goal,
the Bears worked hard to create
numerous chances, but were de-
nied 12 times by Mello in the
first period. In one of the squad’s
best opportunities, Brown for-
ward Jake Goldberg ’14 controlled
Monday, February 7, 2011
okay, but he’s just so tough. … Boy,
did he play, and he played and he
played. Brought tears to my eyes.”
McGonagill seemed to be com-
peting on a different level against
the Lions. His 15-of-19 shooting
from the field tied for seventh on
Brown’s list for field goals in a game
and broke the Pizzitola Center re-
cord of 12 field goals in one game,
set in 2002. He was nearly unstop-
pable from every spot on the court,
sinking three of four from beyond
the arc and six of eight free throws.
Two days removed from a hospital
bed, McGonagill played all 40 min-
utes and added six assists and four
rebounds to his 39 points.
But Brown needed outstand-
ing performances from other key
players to win its league game, es-
pecially in Sullivan’s absence. Wil-
liams, a player McGonagill refers to
as a “big brother,” had an impres-
sive showing, scoring 20 points on
seven-of-11 shooting in 32 minutes
off the bench. Dockery Walker ’14
provided a much-needed inside
presence. He has embraced his
new role since joining the starting
lineup a week earlier against Princ-
eton. He finished the game against
the Lions with a double-double,
scoring 13 points and grabbing 12
rebounds.
“My teammates really helped me
out a lot,” McGonagill said. “May-
be it’s the face mask, but I just felt
real confident playing basketball. I
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Jonathan Bateman / Herald
the puck with only Mello to beat,
but his wrist shot from the faceoff
circle was eaten up by the Dart-
mouth netminder.
At 10:25 in the first frame, the
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W. Hockey
offense not
enough for
a win
By sudarshan sriraman
Sports Staff Writer
The women’s hockey team (2-
19-3, 1-13-3 ECAC) had a vastly
improved offensive showing in
its away games against Rensse-
laer (10-12-7, 8-8-2) and Union
(2-25-3, 1-15-2) this weekend.
They held leads through signifi-
cant portions of both games, but
defensive lapses resulted in two
missed opportunities to register
a win and break their 10-game
losing streak.
RPI 4, Brown 2
Brown capitalized on an ear-
ly power play at Houston Field
House when forward Alena Po-
lenska ’13 scored three minutes
into the first period. Though
the Bears conceded two power
plays, their penalty kill put some
nervous minutes to rest, killing
nearly 90 seconds of a two-man
advantage for the Engineers.
Erica Kromm ’11 then doubled
Brown’s lead midway through the
second period, finding the back of
the net with a wrap-around goal.
Though Brown matched RPI
shot-for-shot in the first two pe-
riods, the Engineers ratcheted up
the offensive pressure in the third.
Goaltender Katie Jamieson ’13
proved up to the task until the
puck found the back of her net
with less than 12 minutes to go in
the game. The referees ruled that
the puck was kicked in and disal-
lowed the goal. Perhaps spurred
on by the call, the Engineers
surged. Forward Jordan Smelker
got on the board first, scoring
with nine minutes remaining.
After Kristen Jakubowski tied
the game on a power-play goal,
Taylor Horton slapped a shot past
Jamieson just 39 seconds later —
suddenly, the Bears were trailing.
Brown, desperate for an equal-
izer after conceding three goals in
three minutes, pulled Jamieson
in the last minute. But RPI took
advantage of the empty net and
managed to score with 16 seconds
left, sealing a dispiriting defeat for
Brown in a game they had con-
trolled for all but nine minutes.
“We had RPI on their heels
for a long time,” said tri-captain
Jenna Dancewicz ’11. “A couple
of minutes where we lost focus a
little bit cost us the game.”
Union 3, Brown 2
Brown drew first blood on Sat-
urday, as defender Victoria Smith
’13 found the back of the net after
a pass from defender Jennifer Ne-
dow ’14 five minutes into the sec-
ond period. But the steady Union
offense tied the game twelve min-
utes later, and the teams went into
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