News..... 1-4 Metro.... 5-6 Sports...7-8 WINTER SPORTS REcaP Sports, 7 WINd POWER cOmINg? Metro, 5 ShOW mE ThE mONEy Opinions, 11 i d e D aily Herald the Brown vol. cxliv, no. 2 | Thursday , January 22, 2009 | Serving the community daily since 1891 By BEN SchREckINgER SeniorS taffWriterA philanthropic organization that has awarded the University hundreds othousands odollars — including a$355,937 grant currently in use — has olded due to substantial ties to Bernard Mado’s alleged hedge und scam. The JEHT Foundation, a NewYork City non-prot that has awarded Brown’s Center or Alcohol and Addic- tion Studies over $500,000 in grants since 2004, will shut down at the end oJanuary as a result oMado’s alleged Ponzi scheme. JEHT’s cur- rent grant, which is unding a projectat the center until this May, has notbeen aected, according to DirectoroUniversity Communications Mark Nickel. “The grant has been received and the work will be completed,” Nickel said. The University received all unds rom the grant beore Dec. 15 olastyear, when the JEHT Foundation’s Web site announced the cessation oall grants, our days ater Mado’s arrest or raud. Madomanaged the money oKenneth and Jeanne Levy- Church, the oundation’s ounders. The latest grant to the addiction studies center, awarded by JEHT’s Criminal Justice Program, is und- ing the development oa guide orlawyers and judges dealing with drug addicts in the criminal justice system, Nickel said. The project is scheduled to be completed by May othis year, he said. In addition to the current $355,937 grant, JEHT — which derives its name rom its “core values,” justice, equality, human dignity and tolerance — awarded the center $166,500 in 2004. According to JEHT’s Web site, thatgrant unded “a collaboration between doctors and lawyers to conduct re- search and disseminate inormation on public policies and practices re- F AwBy SaRah huSk SeniorS taffWriterFormer Austrian Chancellor Alred Gusenbauer has recently been ap- pointed as a visiting proessor at the Watson Institute or International Studies. Gusenbauer served as the Chan- cellor oAustria rom January 2007 to this past December. His relativelybrietenure as Chancellor — the second shortest in Austrian history— was preceded by an eight-yearstint as chairman othe Social Dem- ocratic Party oAustria, a political party with rm socialist roots. Interim Director othe Watson Institute and Vice President or In- ternational Aairs David Kennedy’76 said President Ruth Simmons has been instrumental in orchestrat- ing Gusenbauer’s appointment. “It’s a question oseizing oppor- tunities,” Kennedy said, adding thatSimmons has long been invested in bringing infuential leaders and thinkers to campus. As ar as Gusenbauer’s day-to- day presence on campus, Kennedysaid he expects that Gusenbauerwill “spend some time on campus.” While at Brown, Kennedy said, Gusenbauer will take part in con- erences and workshops held by the Watson Institute, participate in ongo- ing classes and conduct research. “We expect him to contribute in avariety oways,” Kennedy said, add- ing that even though Gusenbauerwill only spend several weeks persemester on campus, the hope is that as many students as possible will be able to meet and learn rom Gusenbauer during his time atBrown. “It’s long been part oour phi- losophy that we nd out the mostabout pressing international issues by bringing practitioners and aca- demics together in conversation,” Kennedy said. “Through that dialogue we think the answers to the most pressing problems will emerge.” Gusenbauer, 48, was active in the socialist youth movement in his ear- lier years earned his doctorate rom the University oVienna in 1987. Ater assuming leadership othe Social Democratic Party in 2000, he led them to a plurality oParliamentseats in 2006 and became chancellora year later. The Watson Institute hosts vari- ous politicians, leaders and diplo- mats, including ormer president oChile Ricardo Lagos, ormer United States Senator Lincoln Chaee ‘75 and ormer United States ambas- sador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke ’62. Gusenbauer will serve as a visit- ing proessor beginning this month and through December . A, , SDS By JOaNNa WOhlmuTh Metro editorAs last semester drew to a close and students packed their bags, members oStudents or a Democratic Societynally got the news they — and oth- ers in the Brown community — had been anticipating or months. Seven othe eight students charged or their roles in SDS’s heat- ed protest othe October meeting othe Corporation received minorpunishments rom a University Dis- ciplinary Council panel. One studentwas cleared oall charges. The convicted students have been placed on probation or three semesters — except those who will graduate earlier — and will each be required to perorm 50 hours ocommunity service this semester. Their parents were notied othe charges and punishments, according to SDS members. Four othe students must write a 10- to 15-page research paper on university governance, and one will write an additional paper aboutprivacy . Each student will have the disciplinary action recorded on his or her internal University le, butthe entry will be removed upon graduation. The group members consider the punishments to be slight — they had been told that suspension or expul- sion were possible — and remain arrom apologetic. “We still maintain that we didn’t do anything that de- served sanctions,” said SDS mem- ber Sophia Lambertsen ’11, one othe seven convicted students. “The olks that are responsible or us be- ing sanctioned should be ashamed othemselves.” The convicted students have ap- pealed the panel’s decision to the Oce othe Provost. The eight SDS members aced disciplinary action ater members othe group tried to enter Univer- sity Hall while it was closed during the Corporation meeting. Theymet resistance rom DepartmentoPublic Saety ocers and others, three owhom, administrators said, sustained minor injuries during the encounter. Partway through the Saturdaymorning meeting in October, pro- testers charged the building with an extension ladder, while others rushed the door. Eight made it in- side University Hall and up the stairs to just outside the room where the meeting was being held but were not permitted to enter. ChancellorThomas Tisch ’76 stepped out othe meeting and accepted a petition By aNNE SImONS SeniorS taffWriterStudents returning to College Hill this week may have already noticed changes to the Brown Bookstore, where renovations, including con- struction oa new cae and seat- ing area, are reaching their nal stages. Manuel Cunard, the bookstore’s director, said he thought students would be “quite surprised” by the changes that have occurred overwinter break. The textbook section has moved to the bottom foor, while the tech- nology department now occupies the upper foor. The upper fooralso houses the Your Space section, which is geared toward market- ing dorm products and eatures amock-up oa dorm room, Cunard said. The southern part othe store, overlooking Angell Street — which will house a seating area, the gen- eral books section and the new Col- lege Hill Cae, run by Blue State Coee — was just in the prelimi- nary stages odemolition when students let in December. Construction on the cae is about a week behind schedule, butit should begin serving customers by the end othe week, possibly as early as today, Cunard said earlierthis week. The cae is expected to be en- vironmentally riendly, eaturing locally grown ood like soups and sandwiches. Students will be able to use their declining balance ac- counts at the cae, but not Flex Points, as bookstore managers had originally hoped, Cunard said. Itwill stay open later than the main part othe bookstore, and there are plans to bring in nighttime enter- tainment like musical perormances and poetry readings. In the rear othe store, there will be a children’s area and a com- munity meeting room which can house 40 to 45 people and will be available or use by Brown groups and community members, Cunard said. These additions, the last to be completed, should be nished byBookstore cae to open this weekPz U. Eunice Hon/ Herald The new Collee Hill Cafe should op en bthe end of the week. continued onpage 2 continued onpage 2 continued onpage 2 Punishments handed down to SDS members sanctioned fortheir actions during an Oct. 18 protest outside a Corporation meeting : Up to three semesters of •probation 50 hours of community •service Parental notification •Four students must •write research papers on university governance One must write an additional •paper on privacy conseqenes
