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vol. cxliv, no. 55 | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | Serving the community daily since 1891

P- k ADCby sArAH HusK

SeniorStaffWriter

At 5:30 p.m. on March 31 a mere

30 minutes ater thousands o stu-

dents received their admission de-

cisions 15 students had already

registered to conrm a place at A

Day on College Hill.

Beginning this aternoon, those

students and hundreds more will

food campus as Brown plays hostto this years crop o accepted stu-

dents.

Dean o Admission Jim Miller

73 said there are about 750 stu-

dents registered or ADOCH and

the Third World Welcome a

number he said was on par with

attendance in recent years.

According to Christiana Ste-

phenson 11, ADOCH co-coordi-nator and a Herald sales manage r,

the experience accepted students

have at ADOCH is crucial.

Theres a lot riding on this or

a lot o people, she said, calling

her own experience at ADOCH

A

bb by sydney ember

SeniorStaffWriter

An unidentied suspect broke into

the Faunce House dressing room

o one o the Spring Weekend art-

ists during Fridays concert and

stole two laptops and some cash,

according to Brown Concert Agen-

cy Administrative Chair Stephen

Hazeltine 09 and the Department

o Public Sae ty.

The thet occurred while Sha-

ron Jones and the Dap-Kings

were perorming, but Hazeltinedeclined to say i the retro-soul

group was the victim o the lar-

ceny.

Its an ongoing investigation.

We dont want to step on anybodys

toes, Hazeltine said, adding that

BCA wanted to keep the identity

o the artist condential.

In an e-mail to The Herald,

Chie o Police and Director o

Public Saety Mark Porter wrote

that the suspect stole several

personal items, including the

computers and an indeterminate

amount o cash.

DPS was notied o the inci-

dent at about 10 p.m. on Friday,Porter said in an interview Mon-

day. DPS detectives are currently

investigating the incident, and are

trying to ascertain the total worth

o the stolen items, Porter said.

We were very upset by the

incident, Hazeltine added in an

e-mail, and immediately worked

with our security partners to re-

vise the security plan or Satur-

days shows, which were incident-

ree.

No suspects have been identi-

ed yet, though Porter said the

investigation has yielded signi-

cant clues.

We do have a couple o leads,

including a description o the sus-

pect and possible video evidence

o the crime, Porter said.

Hazeltine said a pass was nec-

essary to gain backstage access

during the concerts a policyhe said BCA claried beore Sat-

urdays concert to remove any

conusion regarding who could

enter the restricted area.

We had a very in-depth secu-

rity plan or this year, Hazeltine

said, adding that Green Horn

Management, a private company

that manages many o Browns

events, and DPS handled the situ-

ation well.

They did everything right,

and we have no complaints about

them, he said.

Both Hazeltine and Daniel Ain

09, BCAs booking chair, said they

will re-evaluate the security planor next years Spring Weekend.

BCA has been in touch with all

the artists who perormed during

the Spring Weekend concerts to

assure them that appropriate mea-

sures are being taken to identiy

the suspect and close the case,

Hazeltine said.

I bby sArAH HusK

SeniorStaffWriter

Ater a poor recruitment season,

Interaith House will lose its Type

B status as a program house be-

ginning in the all due to a lack

o residential members planning

to live in the organizations space

in Diman House.

Type B status carries with it

exclusive access to the desig-

nated acilities in the building o

residence, and can only be at-

tained by an organization that

has existed on campus or three

years and has adequately ullled

all o the program housing ex-

pectations.

Each o the two status types

or program houses, Type A and

Type B, carries varying degrees

o privilege and responsibility,

according to Residential Coun-

cils Web site.

The 22-member requirement

stipulated by ResCouncil and theOce o Residential Lie techni-

cally applies to program houses

o either classication, but, ac-

cording to ResCouncils Website, houses with an exceptional

record o positive contributions

may deserve fexibility in the ap-

plication o these regulations.

Interaith House, which Presi-

dent Monikah Schuschu 10 de-

scribed as a sae space where

people can talk about religion,

has always been on the small

side, she said.

During Interaith Houses

six years as a program house,

Schuschu added, membershipwas always near the 22 required

residential members.

But this year, she said, re-

cruitment didnt go well and by

S b M by sydney ember

SeniorStaffWriter

The assault that occurred Friday

evening around 6:30 p.m. in a Sears

House shower is not related to

a similar March 12 incident also

involving a emale student shower-

ing, Chie o Police and Director

o Public Saety Mark Porter said

Monday.

According to an e-mail sent to

students Friday night by the De-

partment o Public Saety, a emale

student was assaulted by an uniden-

tied male holding a knie.

The suspect pushed the woman

beore feeing the scene, according

to the e-mail.

The incident in March involved

a emale student who was photo-

graphed by an unidentied man

while she showered in a Diman

House bathroom. The sororityKappa Alpha Theta is located in

Diman, while Sears House is home

to Alpha Chi Omega, Browns other

sorority.

There is no indication, at this

point, that this incident is related to

any previous incident on campus,

Porter added in an e-mail.

The emale student in Fridays

incident was unharmed, Porter

said, though the suspect remains

at large.

DPS and (Providence Police

Department) detectives are ol-

lowing up on this incident, Por-

ter wrote. The investigation isongoing.

Porter said the victim wasable to give the police a detailed

description o the suspect, which

was included in the campus-wide

e-mail.

Aex DePaoi / Herad

Interfaith Hose faied to recritenogh peope to ive in Diman.

z by dAn AlexAnder

StaffWriter

The Department o Athletics expects

to lose about 30 coaches and sta this

summer, but with a University-wide

hiring reeze in place, it is unclear

whether the department will be able

to get approval to ll vacancies with

new hires, Director o Athletics Mi-

chael Goldberger said.

I the tight hiring standards that

have been in place since November

last through the summer, the depart-

ment may be without a number o as-

sistant coaches next year many o

whom are expected to move to other

schools, as routinely occurs.While the reeze is in place, any

proposed new hires must be submit-

ted to a Vacancy Review Committee

o top administrators. Departments

must submit a orm to their umbrella

division within the University and

explain why lling an empty post

is absolutely essential. I the orm

is approved by the division, the re-

view committee can do one o three

things rell the position, bring a

temporary worker into the slot or

eliminate the position altogether.

But in a time when budgets are

pressed rom all sides, athletic initia-

tives may suer more than academic

ones.

Academics are going to be the

absolute core priority, said Margaret

Klawunn, vice president or campus

lie and student services. So rst,

youve got that.

The hiring orm states at the top,

in bold and italicized ont, Only

those positions deemed essential

to support the highest priorities in

the Plan or Academic Enrichment

and mission-critical operations are

likely to be approved.

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The Department of Athetics is worried abot being aowed to make newhires to fi abot 30 vacancies it expects to arise this smmer.

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TuESDAy, APRIl 21, 2009THE BROWN DAIly HERAlDPAGE 2

CAMPS wS Hopef we dont get beond that. Director of Athetics Michae Godberger, on panned bdget ctbacks

incredibly ormative.

I remember what it was like

trying to make a decision about

the uture, she said. And its a

hard decision.

The program oers oppor-

tunities or accepted students

to socialize with one another,

experience dorm lie rst-hand

by staying overnight with a cur-

rent student and get a taste o the

academic and extracurricular o-

erings at Brown through panels,

lectures and chances to sit in on

courses.

Stephenson, who is coordinat-ing ADOCH with Salsabil Ahmed

11, also emphasized the impor-

tance o the widespread involve-

ment o current students, which

she said was really indicative

that ADOCH is a campus-wide

eort.

Brown speaks or itsel,

Stephenson said. We just step

back and watch the Browncommunity that we love speak

or itsel.

For the second year in a row,

students who were admitted un-

der early decision have not been

invited to ADOCH.

In the past, Miller said, therehad been complaints that ac-

cepted students ound ADOCH to

be very overcrowded and that

inviting early decision students

overwhelms our acilities.

Stephenson also said the Bru-

in Club has been hosting tours

exclusively or admitted students,

including students admitted un-

der the early decision program.

These tours dier rom thestandard campus tours and give

students a more in-depth look at

certain aspects o the University,

such as rst-year dorms.

While this years ADOCH will

remain the same in most aspects,

some changes have been made,

both in terms o the budget and

in some o the activities and

events oered.

According to Miller, the Uni-

versity usually spends about

$80,000 on ADOCH, but this year

has trimmed the budget down to

around $70,000, mostly by cutting

costs on ood.One new addition to this years

ADOCH is a meet-and-greet bar-

beque on the Main Green that is

scheduled or Tuesday evening,

which Stephenson said she hopes

will be a good opportunity or

accepted students to interact with

one another and other members

o the Brown community.

And while Stephenson said

there would be no more empha-

sis than usual on nancial aid

this year, another addition to the

ADOCH lineup is 12 to 14 parents

o current Brown students who

will be present during the parent

inormation session.These parents, Stephenson

said, have been there, ronted

the bill and will be able to speak

to the value o a Brown educa-

tion.

Stephenson said there are

many programs rom a cap-

pella arch sings to a talent show

Super Deadline Day the organiza-

tion had conrmation that member-

ship was drastically smaller than it

had been in the past. According to

Schuschu, there will only be eight

or nine students living in Inter aith

House next year, which will drop

the house to Type A status.Because o the status down-

grade, Interaith will lose exclu-

sive access to its kitchen, lounge

and library beginning in the all.

It will retain preerred access to

these spaces, Associate Director

o Residential Lie Natalie Basil

wrote in an e-mail to The Herald,

which means it will be allowed to

reserve a space or any event the

house sponsors. But other students

living independently in Diman will

now have access to what was or-

merly Interaith Houses kitchen,

as well as the existing kitchen or

independents.

The decreased membership has

also translated into more available

rooms or independents in Diman.

According to Basil, ResLie was

able to oer 10 e xtra rooms in the

building in the housing lottery,

increasing the number o indepen-dents living in Diman relative to

members o Interaith House and

sorority Kappa Alpha Theta, also

housed in the building.

Schuschu said the loss o these

spaces is denitely going to hurt

us, adding that members o the

house generally do a lot o cooking

and that the library has tradition-

ally served as a study space. Both

the kitchen and the study area help

build the community o Interaith

House, she said.

Schuschu added that members

o Interaith House had spoken

with ResLie about retaining their

exclusive access to the kitchen,

but were denied.

But despite Interaiths reduced

membership, its mission to pro-

mote religious thought and dia-

logue among members and within

the Brown community and itsoverall contribution to the campus

will remain r elatively unchanged,

Schuschu said.

Our main ocus on discussion

activities will be there, she said,

adding that, or the most part, In-

teraith will continue to hold regu-

lar events.

Despite the setbacks o the sta-

tus downgrade, Schuschu said o

the decision, its not un, but its

reasonable.

Theyre doing what they can

to help us, she said, adding that

ResLie will be monitoring In-

teraith closely over the next se-

mesters to help the organization

increase recruitment and regain

Type B status.

According to Basil, ResCouncil

and ResLie will team up to assist

Interaith House in a recr uitment

plan, which will mean meeting

with house leadership, setting

goals and assisting with visibility o

house events, as well as serving as

a support system or the members

and leadership o the house.

We are condent that Inter-

aith House will increase its mem-

bership in subsequent years and

will move back to Type B status,

Basil wrote.

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Goldberger said the departures

o assistant coaches and others inathletics was not unusual in itsel.

The nature o coaching is that

people try to move up, he said. A

second assistant wants to be the rst

assistant, and the rst assistant wants

to be the head coach.

Its just natural that people are

going to be looking or those oppor-

tunities at other places, he added.

The hiring pause may not directly

aect all Brown teams just those

that lose coaches. Goldberger said

that act could create unortunate

discrepancies between athletes on

dierent teams.

I dont think its air to our stu-dent-athletes to say that youre going

to have one type o experience and

another group o student-athletes will

have a very di erent type based on

the vagaries o who decides to pur-

sue another job, he said. Its got to

be a more thoughtul approach.

Nothing is certain yet. The

athletics department does not yet

know which coaches will leave, or

exactly how many. The campus lie

division does not know how many

positions rom its 13 departments

will be vacant.

When assistant mens soccer

coach Ken Murphy took a position at

another school, the athletics depart-ment submitted the orm requesting

the ability to rell the position. The

request is currently pending in the

Vacancy Review Committee.

I were told we cant ll it, thenwere really going to be in trouble,

Goldberger said.

The review committee does not

know which vacancies it will approve,

or how many.

This is not something that any

o us have been through at Brown

beore, said MaryLou McMillan

85, senior director or projects and

planning. We just have to see what

develops.

I can say Im very optimistic

about how were going to think about

pure coaching positions, said review

committee member Karen Davis,

vice president or human resources.But I think it would do a disservice

to the committee process i I said

more than that.

No head coaches have yet an-

nounced that they plan to leave

Brown, Golberger said. But with

37 teams, its sure it happen, he

added.

According to McMillan and

Klawunn, the only sure thing isthat not all positions will be lled,

and that others will have to pick up

the slack.

Its not going to be without pain,

Klawunn said.

The athletics department has

already begun taking some stepstoward reducing its budget. Gold-

berger decided to eliminate the

costly All Sports Banquet which

hosted all varsity athletes and host

a less expensive Senior Celebrationand Awards Banquet instead. The de-

partment also eliminated a position

o assistant director or operations,

who was responsible or managing

events.

Our job is to obviously take care

o all o the ineciencies that we

should be doing better anyway,

Goldberger said. Then the next

would be, all right, what can we do

thats not going to hurt the coremission, but still keep what were

doing.

Hopeully we dont get beyond

that, he said.

According to Goldberger, thedepartment has not had to re any

coaches or ask them to accept sal-

ary reductions. But he said he did

not know what steps the department

might have to take in the uture.

The budget or next year is al-

ready in place, but expenses areconstantly rising. According to Gold-

berger, the athletic department had

over $100,000 o unanticipated uel

costs this year. Goldberger said the

budget or the next scal year, which

begins July 1, looks similar to this

years, but the department will ace

more uncertainty in the scal years

2011 through 2014.

Its hard, he said. But weresurviving.

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September cant come fast enogh. Kshitij laria, prospective stdent

Charging a membership fee of $5 for the ear, a bike-

sharing program operating ot of a room in Fance Hose wasofficia anched ast week.

Members can se seven brand new bikes, prchased with

fnding from the Brown Oting Cb, according to Car Sieff

09, who is in charge of the program caed Bikes@Brown.

Thogh the seven bikes are not enogh for the whoe

Brown commnit, Sieff said, the are good for the prpose

of making bikes accessibe to stdents. She added that the

grop is hoping to increase the nmber of bikes b getting

bikes donated b stdents who are eaving camps for the

smmer.

Thogh the program started with ess than a month

remaining in the semester, it wi contine to operate throgh

the smmer. A free, stdent-rn bike maintenance service wi

aso be avaiabe soon, Sieff said.

Bikes@Brown is crrent working ot of the od

undergradate Finance Board room in ower Fance. Theprograms members a few ess than a dozen in a take

trns staffing the office on weekdas from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., when stdents can come prchase

membership or rent bikes.

Renters are asked to retrn bikes after two das, bt the

program is f exibe abot granting reqests for onger rentas,

Sieff said.

The program has been receiving e-mais from stdents ever

da asking qestions or expressing interest, Sieff said.

Peope seem happ that its starting, she added.

The grop has chosen a prpe-and-god coor scheme to

decorate the bikes becase the design stands ot, Sieff said.

Bikes@Brown is tring to connect with other grops that

se bikes, sch as the Ccing Cb, Sieff said. Thogh the

Brown Oting Cb provided mone to start the program,

members of Bikes@Brown are hoping to eventa break off

and gather (their) own fnding, she said.

Some stdents interviewed b The Herad seemed optimistic

abot the new program.

I think its a great idea, said Pam Zhang 11, especia

for peope ike me who ive far awa and cant transport their

persona bikes to camps, and are too cheap or az to get

one in Providence. Zhang said she was considering bing a

membership with Bikes@Brown.

I think this program is based on an impicit socia

contract, or the integrit of the membership, that is on

feasibe in an environment sch as Browns camps, said

Mnashe Shmba 11.

Thogh he aread has his own bike, Shmba said he wod

participate in the new program.

This wa, I dont have to repair the bike, he said, and its

so cheap.

Alicia Dang

A b by Heeyoung min

StaffWriter

Thirty-two o Browns top grad-

uating artists, actors, writers,

composers and directors will

be honored at the 14th annual

Weston Awards ceremony tonight

at Stuart Theatre.

Recipients o the William and

Alethe Weston Fine Arts Awards

are selected by aculty in the ar-

eas o Visual Arts, Theater Arts,

Dance, Music and Creative Writ-

ing, said Eli Halpern 09, one o

the recipients.

Over $250,000 in cash prizes

have been given over the last

14 years through the Weston

Awards, said Associate Director

o Major Gits Richard Marshall

71 P10.

Recipients o this years

awards were notiied o the hon-

ors shortly ater spring break,

said William Litton 09, another

recipient.

Each received a cash prize o

$500, he said which came as a

surprise, since the awards Web

site advertises a $400 prize.Receiving this award is a big

honor because I really respect

the people who read the manu-

scripts, Litton said.

He won in the iction category

or his three short stories, Phan-

tom Vibrations, Piccadilly Ro-

mance and Drunken Hearted

Man.

Halpern, who won the award

or the best work in the poetry

category with THEY INHERE,

said the award gave him a sense

o encouragement as a creative

writer leaving the ivory towers.

The winning entries rom both

Halpern and Litton came rom

their honors theses in Literary

Arts.

People always make un o me

or being a Literary Ar ts concen-

trator, Halpern said. This kind o

award is meaningul because its

really one o the undergraduates

irst legitimization as a writer.

The budding poet, who also

won $4,000 or the Preston Gur-

ney Prize in Literary Criticism oPoetry, plans on using his award

money to support himsel while

writing and traveling in Europe.

I want to get more writingdone, which is what the money

should be doing or the recipi-

ent to allow the recipient to

write without worrying about the

daily grind.

The Weston Fine Arts Awards

are endowed by a donation rom

William 43 and Alethe 41 Weston

who were active participants in

the perorming and visual arts

departments at Brown.

Upon their passing in the

early 1990s, the Westons let their

entire estate in a trust und to

establish the Weston Awards. The

trust is a private entity managed

externally by its own trustees and

is not part o Browns endowment.

Nor is the University involved in

the management o the holdings,

Marshall said.

Pk : C 203 by lAuren Fedor

SeniorStaffWriter

Each year, hundreds o prospec-tive students look orward to A

Day on College Hill. They see it

as an opportunity to visit classes,

attend special programs and per-

ormances and meet their uture

classmates or the rst time.

But as Facebook reaches near-

universality and the idea o social-

networking becomes practically

cliche, most members o the Class

o 2013 have already met many

o their classmates online.

Though the Admission Oce

set up an ocial Web site or in-

coming rst-years to communi-

cate, many prospective studentssay they have only used the site

to set up their school e-mail ac-

counts or to check dates against

the University calendar. Theypreer instead to meet on the

Brown University Class o 2013

Facebook page, which has almost

1,000 members.

Adam Henderson, a senior at

Germantown Academy in FortWashington, Pa., wrote in an e-

mail to The Herald that though he

looked at the ocial Web site, he

ound the inormation and discus-

sions on the Facebook page a lot

more helpul and interesting.

Travis Bogosian, a senior atFriends Seminary in New York

City, said Facebook makes it eas-

ier or him to get his questions

about next year answered.

Ive been clueless up until this

point, and any help I can get is

welcome, he wrote in an e-mail.

I tried to gure out how to

set up an e-mail account on the

(Brown) site beore going to the

class Facebook page and ask-

ing or help rom someone I metthere, he wrote. Its unny how

that works.

But besides having his ques-

tions answered, Bogosian has

also gotten in touch with uture

classmates who live nearby.

Ive met a bunch online, he

wrote, adding that he has since

met some o his online riends

in person Bogosian recently

attended a get-together with other

New York-area members o the

Class o 2013.

New York is not the only city

where students have coordinated

impromptu get-togethers monthsbeore settling into reshman year.

Henderson organized an outing

in Philadelphia, and the class

Facebook page is teeming with

suggestions or meet-ups in the

Bay Area, South Florida, Chicago

and Los Angeles.

But many prospective resh-

men especially those who

live too ar away to meet up with

uture classmates or to attend

ADOCH simply visit the site

to learn more about their poten-

tial classmates, roommates and

riends.

Its interesting to see the

other types o people who willhopeully be my classmates,

wrote Marley Pierce, a student

at East High School in Denver

who will not be making the trip

to ADOCH.

Kshitij Lauria, an internation-

al student rom New Delhi also

wont be attending ADOCH, but

admitted to checking the Face-

book page every hal hour or so

during waking hours.

Excitement about Brown justoozes out o the discussions, and

its inectious as hell, he wrote in

an e-mail. September cant come

ast enough.

One o the most popular discus-

sions on the page with nearly

300 responses is a thread en-

titled Ask a Brown Student! As

the name implies, prospective

irst-years write in with ques-

tions about everything ranging

rom concentrations to cell phone

coverage, which are answered by

current Brown students.

Other popular discussions are

seemingly random, with titles likeWhat Song Are You Listening to

Right Now? and Your Lie as a

Single Quote rom Someone

Else. There are threads where

students have posted their opin-

ions on veganism, quiz bowl,

baking, opera, Judaism and ev-

erything in between.

But in the end, though Face-

book provides a un way or uture

students to get to know one an-

other, most prospective rst-years

agree that the best way to meet

their potential classmates is still

in person.

I think that Ill only truly get

to know uture classmates whenI meet them ace-to-ace, Hen-

derson wrote.

Bogosian admitted that oc-

casionally the online meeting sys-

tem backres when I meet the

classmate in person and realize I

know a little bit too much about

their avorite movies.

Bk , bkby Andrew siA

ContributingWriter

The John Hay Library has received

a git o 130 rare books and manu-

scripts, including the rst two editions

o Nicolaus Copernicus De Revolu-

tionibus Orbium Coelestium, rom

Daniel Siegel 57, the owner o M&S

Rare Books, a bookstore in Wayland

Square on the East Side.

The donation is the most signi-

cant single group o books given (to

Brown) in a decade, said Samuel

Streit, director o special collections

at the Hay.

The titles donated to the library

cover a broad range o topics, includ-

ing American and European history

and philosophical and religious

thought. Many are inscribed by their

authors or annotated by previous own-

ers, according to a press release rom

the Hay. Some o the donations most

important books are about the history

o science, Streit said.

De Revolutionibus established

the heliocentric theory o the solar

system.

Siegel, who has donated books

on a wide range o topics to Brown

twice beore, said he hopes the git

will strengthen the librarys collec-

tion o scientic materials, adding

that he likes giving (to Brown) in

that way.

Brown is my alma mater and

has been in my will since 1964, said

Siegel, who hopes his donation will

encourage others to contribute.

The Hay receives at least onedonation every two weeks, usually

rom aculty and alums, Streit said.

Siegels donation is notable because

it contains works in all o the im-

portant elds o human knowledge,

he added.

Siegel donated the materials,

which also include a copy o Abraham

Lincolns second inaugural address,

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to the library in August, but the col-

lection had to be appraised or taxpurposes, he said. The process took

several months because the titles

were very rare and the appraiseround it dicult to ascertain their

value, Streit said.

The library waited to publicize

the git until the legal processes had

been completed, he added.

Siegel previously donated a manu-

script o George Orwells 1984 and

three other rare books, including a

rst edition o The Great Gatsby

inscribed to T.S. Eliot by F. Scott

Fitzgerald.

Siegel who said he plans to

give other rare titles to Brown in

the uture became a book dealerand amassed a large collection in the

1960s, when he said it was easy to

acquire rare books and manuscripts

or very low prices.

As with all titles in the Hay col-

lection, those donated by Siegel will

be accessible to the general public,

provided they do not leave the library,

Streit said.

Though some titles might not

currently be accessible because the

library has not nished cataloging

them, the process should be com-

pleted shortly, he added.

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and ice cream social that will

keep accepted students busy onTuesday night. As always, sub-

stance use is strictly prohibited.

I dont think thats the kind o

thing that people base their deci-

sion on, Stephenson said.

Just as ADOCH will be ending

on Wednesday aternoon, another

program, Third World Welcome,

will be kicking o.

TWW co-coordinator Chris

Belcher 11 said between 100 and

110 students have registered or

the program, and a majority o

those students will be attending

both ADOCH and TWW.

The program, which catersto minorities and international

students, is about exploring the

sense o community among mi-

nority students at Brown, Belcher

said.

Its an opportunity or the stu-

dents to come to Brown and see

what it has to oer, he said, add-

ing that his own TWW experience

allowed him to nd a tight-knit

community at Brown and allevi-

ated a lot o that stress o travel-

ing rom Hawaii to Providence,

where he knew no one.

Natasha Go 10, also a TWW

co-coordinator, along with Dan-ielle Dunlap 10, said it was im-

portant to show that theres a re-

ally strong community o students

o color and that Brown has a

strong and cohesive sense o

community that starts rom the

second you step on campus.

Stephenson said the coordi-

nators look orward to the visits

rom admitted students as much

as the admitted students do.

Probably more, she added.

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The are accimating the shark in the tank as we speak. Ra Hgh, owner of Shark Sshi Bar and Gri

C T Sby JoAnnA woHlmutH

Metro editor

The recession has hit Rhode Island

hard, and Thayer Street businesses

have not been immune to the slump-

ing economy.In the coming weeks and months,

as most students leave College Hill

or the summer, a number o newplayers are expected to open shop

on the busy strip even as still more

stores close.

shak sh ba a g, 275

tha s.

While progress may have seemed

slow or those accustomed to walk-

ing by the space ormerly occupied

by Dunkin Donuts and La Femme

Boutique, the wait is almost over.

Shark Sushi Bar and Grill is slated to

open just in time or most studentsto pack their bags and head home

or the summer, according to owner

Ray Hugh.

The Japanese restaurant, which

will eature hibachi grills and a ve-

oot shark swimming in an 1,800-gal-

lon tank, will open in about three

weeks, Hugh said.

The restaurant caused some

confict when another local business

owner, Grant Dulgarian, appealed the

Providence zoning boards decision

to waive parking space requirements

or the 131-seat establishment. But

those issues have long been resolved,

according to Hugh.

This is the nal stage right now,

Hugh said. They are acclimating the

shark in the tank as we speak.

baja, 273 tha s.

I the Ivy Room burrito bar doesnt

quite satisy students cravings or

south-o-the-border cuisine, another

option will be available when they re-

turn to College Hill in the all.

Bajas, a Tex-Mex restaurant, will

open in about six to eight weeks,according to Hugh, who also owns

neighboring Xtreme Pizza and Wings

and Shanghai.

Housed at Spikes Junkyard Dogs

ormer location, the restaurant will

oer Philly cheesesteaks, burgers,

salads, ries and burritos, according

to Hugh.

Many ingredients will be import-

ed directly rom Mexico, Hughe

added.

bak, 290 tha s.

Jewelry-making enthusiasts may

have to trek a little arther to get

their x next semester. This summer,

Beadworks will be moving rom its

current location to another space in

Providence, said Beadworks employee

Alli Coate.

Theres no parking here, andthere are just some other advantages

to the new space, Coate said. She

declined to give the address o the

new location.

b b cpa, 215-

217 tha s. Veteran burgermonger Andy

Mitrelis is set to open Better Burger

Company this summer in the space

that once belonged to Yangs and the

closing Morrison Oce Supply, he

said.

In addition to ve other burger

shops in New England, Mitrelis owns

Andreas, Paragon and Spats. The new

restaurant will oer sandwiches, pizza

and breakast ood in addition to burg-

ers.

Though Mitrelis announced his

plans to open Better Burger months

ago when he secured the Yangs prop-

erty, he acquired the lease to the oce

supply store about 10 days ago, he

said Monday.

Bryan Creighton, who has owned

and run the independent stationery

and oce supply store or the past 20

years, told The Herald in March that

business had been struggling or the

past year and that he was planning to

close the shop.

Without the additional space, the

burger joint would have been too

small, Mitrelis said. I got my wish,

he said.

gff, 233 tha s

The or rent sign and three tele-

vision screens that occupied the win-

dows o the storeront that ormerly

housed the sandwich shop Geos

were taken down earlier this month.

Kent Stetson 01, who answered at the

number listed on the or rent sign,

said though he could not comment or

privacy reasons on who the new oc-

Lb

.S.by lAuren Fedor

SeniorStaffWriter

Liberians in Rhode Island re-

joiced last month at news that

reugees rom the West Arican

country would be granted an ad-

ditional 12 months o amnesty in

the United States, thanks to an

executive order signed by Presi-

dent Obama.

Mator Kpangbai, ormer presi-

dent o the Liberian Association o

Rhode Island, told the Providence

Journal on March 21 that Obamasdecision was great news, adding

that the order provided another

opportunity or many Liberians to

renew their case or permanent

legal status.

The measure protects 3,600

Liberian-Americans living un-

der the temporary status. More

than 250,000 Liberians live in the

United States, and Rhode Island

has the highest concentration o

Liberians per capita o any state,

with a population estimated be-

tween 7,000 and 15,000.

In 1991, the United States

granted amnesty, ormally known

as temporary pr otected status,to Liberians who were orced to

fee the West Arican nation dur-

ing civil war. Though the confict

ended in 2003, and the period o

amnesty ocially ended in Oc-

tober 2007, President Bush ex-

tended the rights o Liberians to

remain in the U.S. through the

end o last month. Last month,

Obama decided to continue the

ocial pardon a grant o de-

erred enorced departure or

an additional 12 months.

I have determined that there

are compelling oreign policy rea-

sons to extend (deerred enorced

departure) to those Liberianspresently residing in the United

States under the existing grant,

Obama said in a press release

last month.

Rhode Island Democrats Rep.

Patrick Kennedy and Sen. Jack

Reed lauded the decision.

This measure will ensure that

the hard-working Liberian-Amer-

icans in Rhode Island and across

the country will be able to remain

in the United States. They have

contributed to our society or

more than a decade, becoming ac-

tive members o our communities

and providing or their amilies,

Kennedy said in a press release. I

Herad Fie Photos

Thaer Street ma have a different face this smmer with the openings of new restarants Shark Sshi Bar andGri (above eft) and Better Brger Compan (ower eft). Other storefronts ma have new ooks, with the oss o fSpikes (above center), Beadworks (above right), Roba Doce (beow center) and Geoffs (beow right).

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M The have worked ver hard, paed b the res and paid their taxes. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., on liberian refgees iving in the state

by sArA sunsHine

SeniorStaffWriter

Though General Growth Proper-

ties Inc., the national real estate

investment company that owns

Providence Place Mall, led or

bankruptcy last Thursday, stu-

dents will still be able to shop and

catch a movie as usual.

The bankruptcy claim comes

a ew months ater the owner an-

nounced its decision to sell the

mall to help pay o the companys

massive debt, The Herald report-ed Jan. 27. The company has yet

to nd a buyer.

While we have worked tire-

lessly in the past several months

to address our maturing debts,

the collapse o the credit markets

has made it impossible or us to

renance maturing debt outside

o chapter 11, said Chie Execu-

tive Ocer Adam Metz in a state-

ment on Thursday.

But the daily operation o all

GGPs properties will continue

as usual, Metz said. Any eventual

change in ownership will not a-

ect the malls individual retailers,

according to a Jan. 13 ProvidenceJournal article.

GGP representatives did not

respond to multiple requests or

comment.

In February, the company

reported an overall dip in rev-

enue and ourth-quarter unds

that were lower than expected,

orcing it to cut its workorce by

more than 20 percent, according

to the Journal.The petition led with the U.S.

Bankruptcy Court last week listed

more than $25 billion in debts, ac-

cording to an April 16 Providence

Business News article.

Much o that debt was ac-

quired during a series o property

purchases that made GGP the na-

tions second-largest mall owner,

including a reported $8 billion

taken out to buy the Rouse Co., acompetitor that owned Providence

Place and 36 other malls.

M f

bk

Herad Fie Photo

Genera Growth Properties Inc., the owner of the Providence PaceMa, fied for bankrptc ast week.cupant might be, you will start seeing

things going on in the near uture.

John Zib, the mind behind Open

Art Cae, the temporary art installa-

tion involving the screens, told The

Herald in November that he was

being allowed to use the space until

another business became interested

in occupying it.

ra d, 178 A s.

A new tenant may soon move into

the space let vacant ater the evic-

tion o Roba Dolce, Nino DeMartino,

the stores owner, said. The landlord

wanted a national chain, to get more

money or rent, he said.

The cause o the eviction, led on

Feb. 16 in Rhode Islands Sixth District

Court, was negligence o our months

o rental payments.

People are saying that the con-

cept thats going there is something

that doesnt really belong on Thayer

Street, DeMartino said, adding that

he could not be more specic. Theonly thing that we know or sure is

that its a national company.

am pleased that the president hasacted to preserve their status here,

preventing a grave injustice.

While Reed was supportive o

Obamas decision, he also empha-

sized the importance o guiding

Liberian immigrants toward Ameri-

can citizenship a cause he has

worked toward or more than 10

years.

Reed has reintroduced a bill

The Liberian Reugee Immigration

Fairness Act o 2009 to grant the

Liberians permanent residency.

Over the last two decades,

those who fed Liberias violent

civil wars have become important

parts o our communities, he saidin a March 20 press release. They

are here legally. They have worked

very hard, played by the rules and

paid their taxes. They have chil-

dren who are U.S. citizens, but the

parents, who were brought here

to escape a brutal civil war, were

never given the opportunity to ap-

ply or citizenship, Reed said.

This bill will prevent these

amilies rom being torn apart and

give them the opportunity to live

permanently in the place they love

and call home, he added.

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- bb by benJy AsHer

SportS editor

Last week, the baseball team played

seven games, going 6-1 over the

stretch.

Brown started o the week by

taking two games rom Marist Col-

lege in a home doubleheader on

Tuesday, beore dropping a game,

10-6, to UConn on Wednesday.

The Bears (19-16-1, 12-4 Ivy)

then closed out the week with a

our-game sweep o Harvard at

home. Relie pitcher Matt Kimball

11 was solid or the Bears all week,

picking up a win and three saves

in the seven-game span.

b 3, ma 2

In the rst game o Tuesdays

doubleheader, outelder Daniel

Roso 12 hit a two-r un homer, the

rst o his collegiate career, in the

bottom o the th inning to tie the

game, and center elder Steve Dan-

iels 09 won it or the Bears with a

walk-o single.

b 8, ma 2

In Tuesdays second game,

Brown scored ve runs in the sec-

ond inning and tacked on another

three in the bottom o the third.

The Bears never looked back,

as starting pitcher Josh Feit 11 al-lowed just one run over ve innings

in the 8-2 victory.

uc 10, b 6

On Wednesday, the Huskies

jumped out to a 7-1 lead, and

though Brown was able to cut the

lead to as little as three runs, the

comeback bid ell short.

Second-baseman and co-captain

Matt Nuzzo 09 went 3-or-5 in the

loss, with two doubles and a home

run, while catcher Matt Colanto-

nio 11 and designated hitter Pete

Gresko 11 each added two hits.

b 3, Haa 1

In the rst game o Saturdays

doubleheader, Brown scored two

runs in the bottom o the second

inning, including an RBI double by

Daniels, and Nuzzo led o the bot-

tom o the third with a solo homer

to widen the lead to 3-0.

The Crimson (10-26, 8-8) -

nally got on the board in the top

o the sixth, when an RBI double

cut the lead to 3-1, but it was theonly run Harvard would score o

Mark Gormley 11, who struck out

six batters over 6 1/3 innings o

work.

Kimball came on to close out the

game with one out and a runner on

rst in the top o the seventh and

nal inning. Ater walking the rst

batter he aced, Kimball settleddown and struck out the next two,

recording his rst o three saves

on the weekend.

Matt Kimball was outstanding

coming out o the bullpen, said

Head Coach Marek Drabinski. Its

nice to have your starters go deepin the game and know that you can

turn the ball over to Matt.

b 8, Haa 5

In the second game, outelder

Chris Tanabe 10 reached base on

a walk in the bottom o the rst,

and later came around to score on

an error, giving Brown a 1-0 lead.

Two batters later, rst baseman

Rob Papenhause 09 lined an RBI

double to right eld, the rst o histhree hits on the day, to increase

the lead to 2-0.

In the top o the second, Har-

vard cut the lead to 2-1, and looked

poised to take the lead, with run-

ners on rst and second and no

outs. But starting pitcher Rob

Wilcox 10 induced a double-play

grounder and got the next batter

to ground out as well, keeping

Brunos lead intact.

In the bottom o the third, Pa-

penhause knocked a triple to cen-

ter eld to score Gresko, and in

the bottom o the ourth, Daniels

C b b by KAtie wood

aSSiStantSportS editor

Despite a strong showing on day

one o its our-game series with

Harvard at home splitting the

irst two games while scoring 16

runs the Bears held the lead

or only one inning on the second

day, alling 11-0 and 12-2 both

in six innings o play.

We werent able to make the

adjustments on Sunday like we

were able to on Saturday, said

Kate Strobel 12.

Haa 9, b 6

Harvard (24-24, 10-6 Ivy)

opened up the game with a r un in

the top o the irst beore Brown

(11-21, 5-11) put together a three-

run third inning. Jackie Giovan-

niello 12 hit a two-run double to

the right ield ence, and Kelsey

Wilson 09 advanced home on a

Crimson error to put Bruno up,

3-1.

Harvard hit a two-run homer

to tie the game in the top o the

ourth, but the Bears answered

back with two runs o their own.

Kristie Chin 12 sent a single to let

to bring in a run. Wilsons shot tocenter brought in the second run

o the inning or a 5-3 lead.

Jessica Iwasaki 10 came in to

pitch in relie o Michelle Moses

09 with one out and two runners

on base. A double to center ield

drove in a run or the Crimson,

but Iwasaki pitched out o a bases-

loaded jam to close the inning with

a one-run lead.

But the Bears could not main-

tain that lead, as Harvard capital-

ized on its oensive opportunities

to score our runs in the sixth.

When the other team gets

runners on base, we let it spiral thats what happened in that in-

ning, Strobel said. When one run

scores, we dont have the mentality

that were going to stop them.

The Crimson added anotherrun in the seventh to take a 9-5

advantage into the inal hal-inning

o play.

Strobel led o the inning with

a solo shot to center, but the next

three Bears were retired in order.

Despite the six-run eort, Brown

ell 9-6.

Iwasaki recorded the loss, giv-

ing up ive runs on ive hits in

2 2/3 innings pitched.

b 11, Haa 5

Trish Melvin 12 started the

game on the mound or the Bears

and walked in the irst run o the

game. But the oense was ready

to back her up with three runs in

the irst.

Strobels double down the right

ield line brought home Wilson,

and Andrea Browne 10 doubled to

let ield to add another two runs

and give the Bears a 3-1 advan-

tage.

But the Crimson tallied a run in

the second and came out strong in

the third with three runs to take a

4-3 lead over Brown.

Lindsay Rice 11 stole home on

a passed ball in the ourth with

two outs to tie the game, 4-4, and

the Bears deense handled the

Crimson with ease and sent them

back to the ield or a rough bottom

hal o the sixth inning.

The Bears put together a seven-

run sixth, all with two outs, to pro-

pel the team to an 11-4 win.

We went single ater single,

Strobel said. Everybody was hit-

ting. No one thought, Im going

to hit the game-winner.

A single rom Chin gave Brunothe initial one-run lead. Another

single rom Katie Rothamel 10

loaded the bases or Wilson.

Harvard called on a reliever, but

couldnt get out o the two-out jam

as Wilson reached irst on a walk,

scoring another run.

A two-run single down the

right ield line rom Giovanniello

increased the lead to 8-4. Then

Strobel stepped up to the plate

and, or the second time on the

day, sent the ball over the center

ield ence to cap o a seven-run

inning.

When your team has been ral-

lying in ront o you, it makes youeel more conident hitting is

contagious, Strobel said.

Strobel led the Bears oense,

going 3-or-8 with two home runs

and ive RBI on Saturday, while

Wilson contributed a double and

two RBI.

Chin recorded the win ater one

inning o play, allowing one run on

three hits.

Haa 11, b 0

The game started o evenly or

both squads, as neither team could

put together a run until the ourth

inning. Ater a Crimson doubleand single brought in three runs,

Emily Chaddock 11 walked in the

ourth run beore being replaced

by Moses on the mound.

A solo shot and three Brown

errors catapulted the score to a

7-0 Harvard advantage in the ith

inning. A double to right center

with the bases loaded in the sixth

and a single to center stretched

the lead to 11-0.

The irst three innings we

werent hitting, but our deense

was solid, Strobel said. And when

we made one or two err ors, or had

some walks, they started to pro-

duce runs.

Chaddock took the loss in

3 2/3 innings pitched, giving up

our runs on ive hits. The Bears

oense combined or only two hits

in six innings o play, compared

with nine hits or the Crimson.

Haa 12, b 2

Brown bounced back in the

second game o the day with two

runs in the bottom o the irst. But

Harvard scored 12 unanswered

runs to put the Bears away or the

third time in our games.

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SportS StaffWriter

The No. 13 mens lacrosse team

nished out the week with two vic-

tories, an exciting and integral 8-6

win over Ivy League rival Harvard

(6-5, 1-3), and a 10-6 non-league

game against cross-town opponent

Providence (6-7). Brown advanced

to an 11-2 record this season, and

3-1 in the Ivy League.

b 8, Haa 6

Following a tough loss against

Penn last week, the Bears took an

8-6 victory Wednesday night at Har-

vard, keeping their aspirations o an

Ivy League title alive. Andrew Fein-

berg 11, Browns leading scorer

with 35 goals and 14 assists on the

season, had three goals to lead the

Bears on attack. Thomas Muldoon

10, who has 27 goals and 10 assists

on the season, added two goals and

three assists.

On deense, Head Coach Lars

Tiany 90 pointed to Ryan Cassil

09 or his outstanding eort. Ti-

any described a ground ball play

by Cassil as a prime example o

the energy on the eld.

In goal, All-American quad-

captain Jordan Burke 09 had 12

saves. Burke now leads the Ivy

League and ranks sixth nationally

in save percentage (.626) and saves

per game (12.4). In addition, he

has been named a nalist or this

years Tewaarton Award or thebest collegiate lacrosse player o

the year.

Goals rom Feinberg, Muldoon

and quad-captain Brady Williams

09 gave the Bears a 4-3 lead at the

end o the rst hal.

In the third, Feinberg scored

his third goal o the evening, once

again o o Muldoons eed. Sec-

onds later, Charlie Kenney 10

scored a goal o a ast break rom

the aceo.

Charlie Kenney was our MVP

o the game ater winning 9 o the

13 aceos he took, and on top o

that, scoring a goal, Tiany said.

He had a great deal to do with

our teams success. We win over

50 percent o our aceos, and look

at what happens.

I was really excited to have the

opportunity to play in my home

town and in such a huge game,

said Kenney. We all realized how

important it was or us to bounce

back ater the loss to Penn and

came ready to play. Everyone took

the game extremely seriously and

played with such high intensity. We

really came together and played

as a team.

Reade Seligmann 09 netted an

unassisted goal shortly aterwards,

giving Brown a 7-3 advantage, but

Harvard scored with just over a

minute let on the clock, lessening

Browns lead to 7-4 going into the

nal quarter.

Harvard continued to close the

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SPSuesday Harvard was a mst-win game for s. Mens acrosses Reade Seigmann 09Mj L G: T Its getting to be that time again.

Were already halway through April,

and you cant turn on your television

without hearing

announcers plug

the event. Every

year it happens;

another run in

the playos, an-

other champion.

You can barely

go anywhere

without hearing

somebody talk about it.

At least in Seoul.

Im talking about proessionalStarCrat. Noun-adjective disagree-

ment? Maybe to most in the United

States, but not to anyone in South

Korea, where the e-sport has been

spawning a mega-market an base

since its inception in 2002.

There are stadiums, at least three

ull-time cable channels exclusively

devoted to the games, announcers

and championship television ratings

rivaling that o the Korea Baseball

Organization. Did I mention there

are sponsors? Because those are

important or paying the six-gure

contracts the top players are raking

in. Like the three-year, $830,000 deal

superstar Lee Yun-Yeol inked withWeMade FOX back in 2007. Thats

not exactly Alex Rodriguez money,

but it certainly is enough to upgrade

over ramen a ew nights a week.

South Korea isnt the only coun-

try where ull-time gamers are now

earning enough to move out o their

parents basements. Paralleling

the StarCrat phenomenon, Major

League Gaming began in the United

States in 2002. The tournament-cir-

cuit games are heavily dominated by

team-oriented rst-person shooter

titles, headlined by Halo 3.

Despite the current recession

hampering the growth and stabil-

ity o other American proessional

gaming leagues, MLG has bloomed

rom an underground community

into a prosperous ranchise consist-

ing o over 500,000 viewers. Fromthat an base, MLG has been able to

invest $1.75 million in signing the top

teams, including $250,000 to MLG

superstar Tom Tsquared Taylor.

Most o you are probably won-

dering where all the viewers come

rom i there are no live TV chan-

nels broadcasting MLG in the United

States like there are or StarCrat in

South Korea. The online broadcast

or MLG garners a rate o viewership

among males aged 12-34 that even

many traditional cable networks

arent able to muster. Thats a airly

selective demographic. I you were

an advertiser, what better way to

market your product than via a Website that lters your target audience

into one dedicated, homogenous

group?

In case you had any doubts about

the target audience, Dr. Pepper, Old

Spice and the U.S. Army are among

the leading sponsors (the Armyrecruits top gamers to be remote

ghter pilots, as many o the same

hand-eye refexes are required or

both tasks).

But MLG isnt content to sit back

on its online laurels. Just last year,

the league signed a deal with ESPN

providing the sports media jugger-

naut the rights to broadcast all MLG

Pro Circuit Competitions. Theres

even a section o the ESPN Web site

devoted exclusively to MLG cover-

age, including a weekly top 10.

The question remains as towhether the culture o competitive

gaming can overcome the stigma o

nerdiness and social taboo that have

long accompanied these pastimes.

On the one hand, there is something

odd about watching a group o peo-

ple play video/computer games on

your TV or computer. But it wasnt

too long ago that poker was just a

game played by people in bars and

casinos. Now, the World Series o

Poker and its qualiying events are

staples on ESPN.

How much o a dierence is there

between sitting around and playing

with a bunch o cards and sitting

around and playing with a buncho controllers? For that matter, how

much more obscure is either activity

rom hitting a ball with a block o

wood and running in circles?

Ultimately, it comes down to

cultural momentum. History plays

the biggest actor in determining

what gains cultural momentum. Do

you think its a coincidence that the

United States cares so little about

proessional soccer, when proes-

sional baseball has been played here

since the 1870s while Major League

Soccer was just ounded in 1993?

But as the popularity o televised

poker illustrates, history is ar romthe only actor determining cultural

momentum. I the early success o

MLG is any indicator, maybe the new

ads catch on because those who

watch them eel like they are more

able to be like the pros. Its slightly

easier to eel like you can orce a

old in poker or snipe in Halo like

a proessional than it is to imagine

you can windmill dunk like LeBron

James.

That being said, maybe the big-

gest thing MLG needs right now is

superstar recognition. Kobe sells

jerseys, Tom Brady makes tabloid

headlines, people tune in. Maybe

thats the rationale behind MLGsmove to sign the top players and

teams and the reason Dr. Pepper

and Gilbert Arenas sponsor team

Final Boss.

Whether the U.S. will have

multiple 24/7 networks coveringgaming like South Korea is open

to debate. Regardless o the path

proessional gaming takes in the

United States, one thing is certain:

At least there will be ewer players

aking injuries.

Ben Singer 09 wants to see Ed

Hochi referee a professiona

StarCraft match.

gap in the second hal, bringing

the score to 7-6 with 11 minutes

to go. But Muldoons second goal

o the evening, with our minutes

remaining, would be the last goal

o the game, securing the 8-6 vic-

tory or the Bears.

To this point in the season,

Harvard was the most satisy-

ing and rewarding victory orour program, Tiany said. We

played well in so many phases o

the game, and put orth the best

overall team eort all year. The

intensity and energy levels werepalpable and spurred on by a really

supportive Brown crowd.

Harvard was a must-win game

or us and we came out and played

with a lot o emotion, added Se-

ligmann. We were strong o the

aceo, and both our oense and

deense played well together.

b 10, P 6

The Bears overpowered

Providence 10-6 Saturday night,

spearheaded by our goals rom

Muldoon. Williams and Feinberg

added three goals each and Burke

had nine saves in goal.

Providence played a toughgame, Seligmann said. We had

a sluggish start but were able to

recover with a great deensive e-

ort, as well as great perormances

rom Thomas Muldoon and Brady

Williams on attack.

Three goals rom Muldoon, two

rom Feinberg and another two

rom Williams gave the bears a7-2 lead at the hal.

But Browns scoring streak was

cut short as Providence outscored

Brown 4-1 in the third quarter, cut-

ting the Bears lead to 8-6. Muldoon

added his ourth goal o the eve-

ning o a eed rom Seligmann.

The Bears held o the Friars

in the ourth quarter as goals by

Williams and Feinberg locked up

the 10-6 win.

Saturday night elt very di-

erent compared to Harvard,

Tiany said. It elt more like a

great individual eort and less

o an overall team eort, yet theresults were the same. That we

had as much emotion as we did

was great, and some individuals

really stepped up.

Tiany praised Muldoon or

his strong play on attack, as well as

Seligmann, with two assists, who

was doing a great job eeding the

ball and making some really smart

decisions. Tiany also had praise

or Cassil, who again stepped up on

deense, containing Providences

leading scorer, Colin Tigh.

The Bears will match-up against

No. 2 Cornell (9-2, 5-0 Ivy), this

Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m. on Ste-

venson Field. Cornell is resh oo a win over then No. 1 Princeton

this past Saturday. With only two

games remaining in Ivy League

play, against two o the top teams

in Cornell and No. 5 Princeton (10-

2, 3-1) on May 2, the Bears aspire

to both the Ivy League title and an

NCAA tournament bid.

M b F,k B

Wilson started o the irst

with a hard-shot RBI double to

right center to score the games

opening run. A single up the mid-

dle rom Strobel gave the Bears

a two-run lead they would not

hold or long.

The Crimson tied the game

in the second inning and added

another run in the third on a

sacriice ly.

Brown had a valuable op-

portunity to score in the bottom

hal o the inning when Brownes

bunt single loaded the bases, but

Brunos oensive struggles con-

tinued and the Bears were unable

to put a run up on the board.

We couldnt execute just

like the irst game, our oense

wasnt there, Strobel said. You

would hope that with the bases

loaded wed be able to manuac-

ture one run it wasnt clicking

or us today.

Melvin entered the game in

relie o Iwasaki with two runners

on and no outs. Melvin loaded

the bases with a walk and sur-

rendered a two-run double over

the center ielders head to bring

in two more runs or the Crim-

son.

Beore Melvin recorded an

out, Chin entered the game toinish out the inning.

A single to let ield brought

in two more runs, ollowed by

another RBI single, which pad-

ded the Harvard lead to 9-2.

A three-run sixth extended

the Crimsons lead to 12-2. De-

spite putting runners on second

and third, the Bears could not

cut into the 10-run deicit.

Iwasaki received the loss on

the mound, giving up six runs on

eight hits, putting her record at

1-6 on the season.

The Bears inish o their

season with a double-header at

Bryant on Thursday and a sea-

son-inale series against Yale on

Saturday and Sunday.

They travel to New Haven,

Conn., or two games on Saturday

beore returning back to Provi-

dence or a double header start-

ing at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The team will honor two o

its members, Moses and Wilson,

who will be playing their inal

games in a Brown uniorm.

Theres no better way to

send o our seniors than with

six straight wins thats what

were going to strive or, Stro-

bel said.

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connected on his eighth homer othe year, a three-run shot over the

right eld ence, giving the Bears

a 6-1 cushion.

Harvard struck or our more

runs o Wilcox over the next three

innings, cutting Brunos lead to 7-5.

But a solo homer rom Papenhause

in the seventh inning gave Brown

an 8-5 lead, and Andrew Bakowski

11 and Kimball combined or 2 2/3

shutout innings out o the bullpen.

b 3, Haa 1

In Sundays rst game, Brown

once again jumped out to an early

lead, scoring three runs in the bot-tom o the second. Ater let elder

Dan Shapiro 09 and Papenhause

reached base to start o the inning,

Roso got the Bears on the board

with a sacrice fy, and shortstop

Graham Tyler 12 added a two-run

single to give Bruno a 3-0 lead.

It always helps to get in ront

early, Drabinski said. I think it

helps the pitching sta to relax a

little bit.

Sure enough, those three runs

were all the oense Brown would

need, as Conor Burke 11 gave up

only one run in 5 1/3 innings, andKimball recorded the last ve outs

to preserve the victory.

b 8, Haa 1

In the nal game o the series,

pitcher Will Weidig 10 was given

the start in what seemed to be a

risky move. Ater a strong beginning

to the season, Weidig had struggled

o late due to mechanical problems

and nagging shoulder injuries, and

his most recent start had come on

April 4, when he was shelled or six

runs in 2 2/3 innings o work in an

18-11 win over Penn.

We were kind o rolling the diceas coaches, hoping he could give us

a solid outing, Drabinski said. It

couldnt have come at a bigger time

or us, and hes worked so hard.

On Sunday, Weidig was up to the

challenge. The Crimson scored the

games rst run in the top o the

rst, but over the next our innings,

Weidig was nearly perect, shutting

Harvard out while allowing only two

batters to reach base, exceeding

the coaching stas plan, which, ac-

cording to Drabinski, had called or

Weidig to pitch only the rst three

innings.With RBIs rom Tyler, Roso,

Shapiro, third baseman RyanZrenda 11 and Paupenhause, the

Bears were able to take a lead o

8-1 by the seventh inning, and Feit

pitched our innings o shutout relie

to keep the game out o reach or

Harvard.

Ater the sweep this weekend,

Brown is second overall in the Ivy

League standings, trailing only Dart-

mouth (19-11, 14-2). However, in or-

der to earn a spot in the Ivy League

championship series, the Bears will

have to nish atop the standings o

the Role Division, which includesthe Big Green, though Brown is ar

ahead o Princeton and Cornell, who

are tied or the Gehrig Division lead,

at 8-8 in league play.

We know we have to leave it all

on the eld and take it one game at

a time, Drabinski said. Then weve

got to get a little bit o help. Its rus-

trating, but our guys are upbeat, and

we know we still have a chance until

were mathematically eliminated,

and well play hard regardless.

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Last Wednesday, Superintendent or Providence Public Schools Tom Bradyhanded down some good news. In the coming academic year, six schools in

his district will abandon the practice known as bumping, in which teaching

vacancies are lled in order o seniority. The year ater that, the entire school

district will ollow suit. Ater the old single-criterion system ends, principals

will select replacement candidates based on a thorough evaluation o their

skills and their compatibility with the empty position.

Providence schoolchildren have demonstrated minimal academic prog-

ress in recent years, and bumping is one o many culprits. Currently, when a

teaching slot opens up, the teacher with the most years in the system is able

to take it, regardless o his talent or experience in teaching that curriculum

or grade level. And i a senior teachers position is eliminated, he can dislodge

one o his junior colleagues, leading to an uneven learning experience or the

aected students. Under the coming system, principals will instead choose

new members o their sta based on interviews, letters o recommendation

and their students work. Teachers are dedicated proessionals with varying

sets o skills that dont correspond neatly to the number o years they havespent in the proession. They ought to be treated accordingly.

The teachers union has long relied upon the rigid rules o seniority to ensure

that all its members can make a decent living, and its leaders are understandably

worried about arbitrary hiring that might leave dedicated educators out in the

cold. But the bottom line isnt job security, its the quality o the instruction that

Providence schoolchildren receive. Downgrading the signicance o seniority

will make teaching in Providence more nancially risky, but it will also pressure

teachers to be creative and assiduous, and make them more likely to end up

in the classrooms where they can do the most good.

Union ocials are threatening to sue the district over the new policy. That

would be an enormous mistake. Rhode Island teachers are not currently under

contract they are merely abiding by the terms that ormally expired two

years ago. That means that any lawsuit their union might le would be not

only wrongheaded but virtually doomed a waste o their money and the

resources o the schools to which they have dedicated their lives. Instead o

suing, the union should work with the district to revise a air set o standards

or teacher hiring. By the all o 2010, bumping will be history in Providence,and teachers should embrace the new process as a boon to their proession

and their students.

Editorials are written by The Heralds editorial page board. Send comments

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Freedom to let faculty teach their

passions was behind Modes coursest h e:

I note with nostalgia the passing o Modes o Thought

courses. By way o eulogy, I oer this account o my

experience with an MOT course that I took in 1972

during the second semester o my rst year.

I cant remember what the catalogue labeled the

course, but it covered topics in American constitutional

history and required two extensive research papers.

The proessor said he saw the MOT program as an

opportunity to teach issues in constitutional history, a

subject he would not otherwise teach because it was

not considered part o a modern political science cur-

riculum.Squeezed out during the behavioral revolution in

political science, constitutional history had ound no

home elsewhere in the undergraduate curriculum.

The MOT program provided a ormat in which the

proessor was willing to teach a subject that he thought

important, but many others thought applied an out-

moded method o analysis to material not deserving

coverage in the undergraduate curriculum. By doing

so, the program perormed a most valuable service.

First, that MOT course sparked my lielong inter-

est in constitutional history and an academic career

that includes scholarship and teaching in the subject.

Second, judgments about the methods o analysis and

subject matter appropriate or undergraduates can be

ephemeral; I had the privilege to teach constitutional

history at Brown when I taught in the Center or Law

and Liberal Education between 1979 and 1982.

Lastly, rigorous analysis o interesting questions

produces an excellent education despite its t with

prevailing views about scholarly priorities.

Although nostalgic, Im pleased to see that the de-

mise o MOT courses may aect the curriculums orm

rather than substance since rst-year seminars oer

similar opportunities to proessors and students. In

act, the seminar program represents an improvementby allowing proessors to get teaching credit.

Expecting proessors to teach MOT courses without

credit was always unrealistic, and my proessor never

taught the course that had such an impact on me again

ater I took it. Whatever the programs name or struc-

ture, I hope that Brown always allows its aculty an outlet

or teaching whatever they are passionate about and, by

that, inspire similar passion in their students.

Ja Ka 75

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As the election period or the Undergraduate

Student Council here at Brown drew closer,

many students eating at the dining halls were

conronted by their peers in UCS who were

hunting or signatures.

It was common to see students in the

Ratty, with hal a noodle dangling rom their

mouths, be approached by UCS members

and solicited or signatures.

But, does it matter that I dont even

know what your campaign is about?

some students, mysel included, would

initially protest.Not at all, we would immediately be

assuaged. The signatures are only to allow

students to participate in the elections. In

act, they have nothing to do with determin-

ing which candidate actually wins, because

the actual voting would only take place

online.

In the end, signing the paper they held

out to us seemed like too small a deal to

uss over, so I didnt protest any urther. Be-

sides, you would only be helping someone

and surely hurting no one i you agreed to

sign, and so students generally did.

I I were to protest, however, it would be

about how this elt like a useless practice.

What does getting the signatures o 250

random students who do not know and

probably do not care about your cam-

paign even prove? It surely does not provethat there are at least 250 people at Brown

who desperately want you to compete in the

elections. Why, then, was getting 250 ran-

dom signatures a benchmark or being able

to participate in the upcoming elections

when, clearly, anyone could accomplish

this task?

But then again, to uss over something

so small would be unreasonable. And per-

haps the only requirement is to make the

student body aware o your stance, or sim-

ply to make it aware o what UCS is up to,

even i said student body does not really

care to remember aterwards. I, or one,

had stopped asking what changes these

candidates would bring into eect should

they succeed in the elections.

There are, however, two separate inci-

dents that deserve special mention regard-

ing the solicitation o these signatures.

The rst incident took place two weeks

ago in Poland House at a riends birthday.

It was a regular Keeney event, with stu-

dents running around the hallway in vari-

ous stages o intoxication. Indeed, all was

going as expected until one person, accom-panied by a riend, turned up at the party

with a pen and paper and asked everyone

who seemed semi-capable o holding a pen

straight to sign or him.

My rst reaction to this was obviously to

laugh. Im sure that a majority o the people

who signed or him had no idea what they

were doing and do not remember having

signed anything. Unlike the people who ap-

proach students in the dining halls, this per-

son wasnt even bothering to explain what

the sheet o paper was, what his campaign

stood or or what position he intended to

compete or. Indeed, it seemed useless to

do so because no one would understand.

But thats exactly what was wrong about

going to a party and asking or signatures

in the rst place. Not only was the purpose

o making students aware o UCS activities

deeated, but the idea o exploiting peoples

not-quite-right states o mind or anything

is completely wrong. The principle behind

that action is not one that I would want a

person o authority and a representative o

mine to ollow.

The other incident, based on the samedesperate quest or signatures, took place

about a week beore that, when I was hav-

ing dinner at the V-Dub with a riend and

her sister who was visiting rom Santa Fe,

N.M. A UCS member approached us and

asked us to sign or her, which we did. She

then turned to my riends sister and asked

why she did not sign. When the sister ex-

plained the situation and asked i she was

even allowed to sign, considering that she

did not go to school here, the UCS hope-

ul replied, Well, technically, no. ... But, I

wouldnt actually mind.

That was denitely the part where she

lost my vote. (I I were going to vote in the

rst place, that is.)Besides these specic cases when can-

didate hopeuls demonstrated qualities that