Monday , F ebruary 13, 2 012 D aily Herald tBSince 1891 vol. cxxii, no. 14 tomorrow today news....................2-3 sports................4 e Rbbcg e r Bg bckBy sheali luthRa Newseditor Te Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, approved an $865.2 million budget or the coming scal year — raising tuition by 3.5 percent — at its meeting this past wkd. Te budget reected a 3.2 percent increase rom last year, attributed to rising salaries or aculty and staas was grwth thUrsty’s public health and biological and medical sciences programs, said Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice prsdt r aad adms- tration. Financial aid unding will asrasby 2.prt. Te budget will call or more expenditures than projected rev- enues, causing the University to draw mrtha$mrm ts reserve unds. Tough the Universityhas “set aside reserves” or exactlysuh a stuat, Hudkpr sad t must wrk uturyars t“sths gap. ” “Tis is a constant question in ahghr duat, ” shsad. “I don’t think Brown’ s alone in that rev- enues are slow, and expenses aren’t.” Huidekoper added that the Uni- versity will look to expand its rev- enues by implementing programs in coming years like proessional Corporation ups tuition by 3.5 percent By GReG JoRdan-detamoRe Newseditor Te Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, approved a $56 million overhaul ocampus housing at its meeting this weekend, bringing to ruition a plan admin- istrators have been developing or years. Most dorms will be renovated r mprd by a203. According to the plan, all rst- years will be clustered in KeeneyQuadrangle — which will be split into three buildings — and on the Pembroke campus in renovated resi- dence halls. Sophomores, a major us thpas, wbustrd in the central area ocampus, largelydubrms. Mst jurs ad srs wsuts ad apart- mts. he Verney-Woolley Dining Hall will be open on weekends, and Adrws Dg Hawbtras- rmd ta studt mms. Administrators hope to be able tbud a w rsdhathar utur. Both dorm renovations and rst- year and sophomore communities were deemed necessary, said Mar- garet Klawunn, vice president or campus lie and student services. “ A lot othe plans were really shaped by rs wwrharg rm studts.” ‘a cvryr xprc’ Te plan, which calls or all rst- years to be housed in “exclusivelyrst-year areas, ” will require signi- at hags tPmbrkampus, Kawusad. Miller, Metcal, Andrews, Em- ery, Woolley, Morriss and Champlin Halls will all be renovated, though the levels orenovation will varyCampus housing to be renovated, transformed By elizaBeth CaRR City& state editor Mst us kw “TDud” as JBrdgs’ haratr “TBg Lb- wsk.” But twrst-yars whathmss th“Duds Fd” arputting a more intellectual, cultured ad sary spwhat t mas tba dud. Te Dudes — Aron Lesser ’15 ad Gab Lssr ’5 — brught thr popular college-town ood blog, the Dudes oFood, to Providence last smstr. Tugh thtwbrthrs hail most recently rom Atlanta — where they began the blog three years ago — they previously lived in Brazil and Providence. Tey base their blog on a concept they call “FSFW” — ull stomach, ull wallet — which they think is particularly palatable tgtws. Gearing their blog toward college yuth, thDuds am thagthway Brown undergraduates interact with Providence. “ons oBrown stu- dents never even think about leaving campus, but Providence is so small,” Aron said. “It’ s so acc essible by oot,” he added, calling it “a shame” that studts d’t takadatagt. Aron said oodies at Brown don’t think ogoing to other neighbor- hds r hap, tasty mas. “Tythink ‘Oh, I know the best restaurant FdraH,’” haddd. But Gab said Brown’s diversityds tsts muquuturaeating experiences. “It’s un to see somebody so excited to try a bowl ohomemade pasta, and then or them it’s totally commonplace to have tgutas.” r gTuturaprs a argpart othe Dudes’ blog. “You can be transient between these vari- ous cultures, and that’s what keeps it interesting,” Aron explained. “A t ppthk yu’r dg someone when you go in not know- ing about their culture, what theyat. But t’s a hugmpmt.” H‘Dudes’ explore cultures in food blog By adam tooBin seNiorstaff writer About 20 students gathered Fridayat thVaWkGats tprssurthe University to pay its “air share” to the city oProvidence. Te press con- erence called on the Corporation, the University’s highest governing bdy, trasBrw’s utarycontributions to the city. President Ruth Smms aud that thUniversi ty will continue discussions with the city in an email to the Brown mmuty Saturday. “Brown likes to position itselas thsajustadr amgst thIs. But wwat that brad- ing, we have to take responsibilityor what those values mean,” said Aaron Regunberg ’12 at the press r. Te inability to nd money in the University’s budget or the city stems rom misplaced priorities, Regun- berg said. “In 2009, Brown paid its 14 highest-compensated employees $7,73,75. Tat’s just a ttudr twas muh as thtrty thdathty s urrty askg r, ” Rgubg sad. “Iwaard tgut that may s- ad s-gursaars, Protesters askCorp. to boost contributions to Providence Jooard failure causes stress Stdnts havbn nablto accss thCntoCas and LiAtBon Stdnt Job and Intnship Boad sincThsday atnoon and cold not apply ojobs oschdlintvis on thsitovthnd — a citical nd ojnios applying to smmintnships. Zach Long ’13 discovd thsithad stoppd oing Thsday night. Thsitdisplayd a pagsaying thsitno longxistd, a poblm that psistd ntil Fiday atnoon, hsaid. CaLAB’s Tittannoncd thsitas xd Fiday atnoon. Bt hn Long tid to log on to thboad, a sotaosaid thsvas not hosting thpag, hsaid, adding that thpoblm psistd ntil Snday. CaLAB ttd Snday moning that thsitas still don. Last night, thboad allod stdnts to log on bt pomptd thm to cata npol, hich is not possiblostdnts ho havalady catd a polith thiBon mail addsss. Long said hhas missd dadlins, and chancs to schdlintvis at vaios companis may bgonsincthsithas bn don. “It is naccptablothsitto go don” and not povidanothay to sappoaching dadlins, Long said. Btsy Odland ’13, a omHald bsinss sta, said thboad has an impssivslction ojobs, bt “Bon’s nd othdal has not bn gat.” BcasCaLAB is closd on nds, no psntativs availablocommnt. — al xMcfl NewS IN BrIeF emily Gilbt / Hald ChancelloThomas Tisch ’76 and otheCopoation membes appoved a budget that ill qitaing mothan $9 million om svnds nxt ya. ctiug3 ctiug5 Featurecity & stateJssSchimm/ Hald In Boston this weekend, John Spooney ’14 set the school ecod fothe 200m dash. Abov, Hidi Caldll ’14 ns th5,000m. See page 4 for full story. ctiug5 oprcctiug3