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By Sahil luthraSenior Staff Writer
Canvas will replace MyCourses as the University’s online learn-ing management system next fall. Computing and Information Ser-vices has been searching for an alternative to MyCourses for over a year.
Dean of the College Kather-ine Bergeron will announce the change in an email to faculty to-day. Some faculty members are currently piloting the system in their classes, with more planned to test it in the spring, and Alp-ert Medical School has adopted Canvas as of this fall. MyCourses will be available through spring 2013 for those who elect to use it.
The organization of Canvas distinguishes it from MyCourses, said Jonah Kagan ’13, a member of the Academic Technology Steer-ing Committee, which worked with CIS to find a replacement for MyCourses. Rather than click-ing several times to view a single homework assignment for a class, students using Canvas can see all information they need aggregated on a single page.
The interface is similar to a Facebook news feed, with recent stories — such as a changed due date or a student comment on a
Canvas slated to replace MyCourses
By kriStina FazzalaroartS & Culture editor
Amidst confused and opportu-nistic WaterFire attendees, Brown students filtered into the intimate Rhode Island School of Design Au-ditorium Saturday night to hear psychedelic crooning and dubstep beats at Brown Concert Agency’s annual Fall Concert.
Despite the draw of a free and — due to an unfortunate rain call — indoor seat, BCA Booking Chair Gillian Brassil ’12 said only between 350 to 400 students opted to attend the concert leaving over
100 seats empty.It’s a shame they weren’t filled.Real Estate and Starkey, this
year’s headliners, turned out a good, balanced show. Real Estate, a five-person indie electronic band currently based out of Brooklyn, had a mellow, gritty vibe that called to mind the MGMT of yesteryear. They were a great start to the night, revving students up for the energet-ic, heart-thumping beats of Starkey.
“Not sure how this seated audi-torium works, but feel free to stand up and dance or come down,” said one of the band members, seem-ingly confused by the formal air of the venue. Brown students do not
Empty seats and dubstep beats at free Fall Concert
By Ethan MccoySportS editor
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When it rains, it pours. The football team made too many mistakes Friday, turning the ball over five times — including twice on the opposing goal line — in a 24-7 loss to Har-vard. The Crimson (1-1, 1-0 Ivy) only outgained Bruno (1-1, 0-1 Ivy) by 14 yards, but Harvard was able to make big plays on both sides of the ball, whereas the Bears failed to capitalize on their opportunities.
“When you turn the ball over and make some dumb penalty plays … that makes the changes in the game,” said Brown’s Head Coach Phil Estes. “We just squandered too many opportunities.”
“It’s something that we have to fix,” Estes added. “Our ball security is not very good right now.”
The defeat came in front of a crowd of 18,585 at Harvard Sta-dium, including a large Brown contingent that braved torrential rain and made the one-hour trip north from Providence.
Co-captain quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero ’11.5 could not replicate the efficiency of last week’s performance against Stony Brook University that earned him Ivy League co-offensive player of the week honors. Though he threw for 269 yards, he completed only 54 percent of his passes and threw three interceptions. Running back Mark Kachmer ’13 gained 157 yards from scrimmage but fumbled the football twice.
The Harvard defense forced timely turnovers and successfully pressured Newhall-Caballero, shut-
Miscues bury Bears against Harvard
By JakE coMErSenior Staff Writer
A majority of students rate their educational experience at Brown as “excellent,” according to the 2011 enrolled student survey, whose findings were released Thursday. Two thirds of all undergraduates participated in the confidential elec-tronic survey, which the Office of Institutional Research kept open for three weeks last spring.
The survey gathers information about students’ views on the un-dergraduate experience, includ-
ing relationships with faculty and advisers, extracurricular activities, accomplishments and plans — such as finding an internship or writing a thesis.
Overall, respondents gave the University high marks.
A particularly perspicuous item on the survey inquired, “If you could start all over again, would you go to Brown? Nearly 70 percent replied, “Definitely.”
Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron wrote in an email to The Herald that she was pleased to find 80 percent of participants had “been
excited by class” and 83 percent of students indicated that they had engaged “often” or “very often” in “intellectual discussion with stu-dents outside class.” She wrote she would like to see improvements in student-faculty interaction.
The OIR conducts the survey once every four years.
The OIR reported that the com-position of respondents with regard to demographics such as financial aid status, class year, sex, race or ethnicity accurately reflects the overall the undergraduate popu-lation.
Undergrads give high marks to academics
Emily Gilbert / HeraldMark Kachmar ’13 ran for 98 yards but fumbled twice in Friday’s loss.
Emily Gilbert / HeraldReal Estate invited the audience to “stand up and dance” at Friday’s concert.
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By JoSEPh roSalESSenior Staff Writer
Sam Williams ’12 wakes earlier this semester, knowing she will have to wait for machines at the Bears Lair satellite fitness center. Julie Rodriguez ’14 has postponed her workouts on certain days because she cannot afford to waste time in line for one of the two remaining treadmills.
The Graduate Center gym has become a ghost town of empty space and broken-down machines since the semester’s start, when the Department of Athletics removed machines they deemed old or un-safe. It is unclear when these ma-chines will be replaced.
The Department of Athletics has taken out 10 machines from the Bears Lair since the start of the semester, said Matthew Tsimikas, assistant director of athletics and physical education. But these ma-chines were removed before the department secured funding for new replacements, leaving limited options for students at the satellite gym.
Bears Lair bare without machines
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Central Falls fires police Chief
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Ben Schreckinger, PresidentSydney Ember, Vice President
Matthew Burrows, TreasurerIsha Gulati, Secretary
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By MaddiE BErGContributing Writer
Despite admitting a similar num-ber of prospective students as in previous years, the Department of Geological Sciences matriculated 18 graduate students this year, a large increase compared to the average class of 12 students. Though the department had no trouble funding its incoming class, the growth has caused minor space issues.
The department is “a little stretched for good space,” said Pro-fessor of Geological Sciences Tim Herbert, chair of the department. He said he hopes to have “more space for research and grad student offic-es” in the future. But most students do not feel cramped, he said. The department occupies the bottom two floors of the GeoChem building.
Though first-year Will Daniels GS said his office is called “the bull-pen,” he said he has plenty of work and storage space. “If I didn’t know there was a space issue, I wouldn’t have noticed.”
Stephanie Spera GS, who shares an office with one other student, agreed that space is not an issue. “We have a fridge and a printer,” said Spera, who is also a first-year. “So with office space we are totally fine.”
Having a larger class is generally positive, Herbert said. “The good news is it’s not only a lot of students, but it’s actually an extremely good group,” he said. “Having such a strong and large class actually means they will learn as much from each other as from us professors, prob-ably.”
Geology as a discipline is gaining popularity due to growing concern
over climate change, Herbert said. He also attributed the appeal of the department to the integration of its graduate and undergraduate programs.
“If you come here you get to work with great undergrads in the labs or as sort of colleagues,” Herbert said. “That works really well and makes us sort of different from some of our big competitors.”
The University also offers a sig-nificant amount of interdisciplin-ary work, including programs with earth sciences, marine biology and the planetary sciences. Daniels pre-viously worked with the Marine Bi-ology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. The University’s partnership with the Cape Cod facility prompted him to matriculate this year. Daniels looks at sediments to study changing environmental conditions over time.
In GeoChem, greater density the result of compression at depth
By kat thorntonSenior Staff Writer
Brian Zink was named an assistant dean for medical student career development at the Alpert Medical School Wednesday, a newly created
position he will assume Oct. 1.Zink, who served as chair of
emergency medicine at Miriam and Rhode Island hospitals, said the Med School created the position as a way to improve the career advis-ing services already offered there.
Edward Wing, dean of medicine and biological sciences, said Zink will be responsible for four tasks: helping faculty advise medical stu-dents about their careers, helping write dean’s letters for students’ residency applications, oversee-ing the Med School’s career de-velopment center and expanding the curriculum for the “doctoring program,” a Med School require-ment that gives students experience in doctors’ offices.
Previously, Zink worked in the dean’s office at the University of Michigan, where he interacted regularly with medical students, an aspect of his work he said he missed while working at the hos-pitals.
Zink said he had been having discussions with colleagues at the Med School, including Wing, about becoming more involved with stu-dent life, which led to the creation of his new position.
“I inquired, and they were re-ceptive,” he said.
“From the first time he came to Brown, he’s shown interest in the dean’s office,” Wing said. “He is passionate about it,” he said. “It’s our opportunity and his.”
In addition to these functions, Zink said he will work on ex-panding the reach of a web-based medical career advising program called “Careers in Medicine,” which students will use throughout their four years. The program requires students to take self-evaluations in their first year and then saves the results for later reevaluations. These evaluations help students decide what path to take in the medical field after graduation.
Zink called this program “ro-bust” but said it must be accompa-nied by “team of dedicated faculty” and widespread student use.
“Most med schools offer some career development program,” Zink said, “We’re trying to create a very comprehensive program that leads to people making great decisions.”
Med School names dean for career aid
Campus news 3the Brown Daily heraldMonday, September 26, 2011
Glenn Lutzky / HeraldStudents have been inconvenienced by long waits, the result of the removal of 10 exercise machines in the Bears Lair.
According to Tsimikas, the ma-chines were taken out of the Bears Lair before they could be replaced because they were unsafe and be-yond repair. Though many still functioned, the majority were more than 10 years old, Tsimikas wrote in an email to The Herald. The Bears Lair is more than 12 years old.
The department is currently working on receiving both autho-rization and funding to add new equipment to the fitness center, but the department will not know if funding is available for another two weeks, Tsimikas said. He declined to comment on where the funding may come from or the details of the
potential upgrades.Students pay a $64 recreation fee
as part of their tuition every year, which supports the upkeep of gyms and the athletics department.
Until the machines are replaced, students will continue to change their workout schedules or go to gyms that are less convenient. Dur-ing the busiest hours, students can expect to wait over half an hour for a machine, resulting in rumblings of dissatisfaction and complaints.
“I was a little disappointed be-cause it seemed like the equipment was already shoddy,” said Mariam Amin ’11.5. “It makes me want to spend less time here.”
Amin said she does not under-stand why the department would
take more machines away when students were already complaining about a lack of machines. “If there’s already a shortage, why take more away?” she said.
The lack of machines makes the current state of the gym worse than in past years, said Leela Senthil Na-than ’14. Though machines broke periodically, they were usually re-paired.
The Emery and Bigelow fitness centers also have machines that may soon need replacement, Tsimikas wrote. He declined to comment on whether there are plans to upgrade those satellite gyms.
— with additional reporting by nora McDonnell
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class reading — on top of the main page. This feature promotes out-of-classroom discussion in a way MyCourses could not, Kagan said.
Drop-down menus allow students to directly access their courses, active assignments or grades, and Canvas automatically creates an assignment calendar that can be exported to applica-tions like Google Calendar. Stu-dents can also customize their accounts to receive Canvas noti-fications via Facebook, Twitter, email or text message.
The University decided to evaluate its learning management system last year after MyCourses’s parent company, Blackboard, an-nounced that it would end sup-port for the platform after Octo-ber 2012, The Herald reported last November. But Butch Ro-van, associate professor of music and chair of the committee, also said students and faculty often complained that MyCourses was “clunky.” The switch to Canvas represents “a really necessary up-grade to kind of move into the 21st century,” he added.
After analyzing over 1,000 fac-ulty and student survey responses and listening to feedback from focus groups, CIS opted for the Canvas platform. When the com-mittee tested different systems in front of groups of students in the Sharpe Refectory last spring, the response to Canvas was over-whelmingly positive, Kagan said.
In many ways, the new sys-tem will be like “a blank canvas,” facilitating the addition of new tools as they emerge as well as
having multimedia capabilities, Bergeron said.
From a faculty perspective, a main concern is the ability to migrate a course page from My-Courses to Canvas, Rovan said.
“We’re really looking to … make the migration really work as well as possible,” Rovan said. “We still have a ways to go, and that’s why we’re doing this early, early testing.”
Efforts are underway to make all course syllabi accessible through Canvas and integrate other tools, like Banner.
Because it is a new product, CIS did not find Canvas until rela-tively late in the search, Bergeron said. Launched in 2010, Canvas was founded by graduate students at Brigham Young University who, in a course about start-up compa-nies, were asked to list the worst products they used on a regular basis. They named their learning management system and, after doing some research, decided to bring a new one to market.
CIS was very receptive to student input during the search process, Kagan said. After hear-ing about the project last year, Kagan — who has a background in computer science — contacted the committee. He presented his own suggestions and then joined the committee during spring se-mester. The only student mem-ber, Kagan said he saw his role on the committee as “represent-ing the largest user group of the software.”
The University started using the current learning manage-ment system in 2002, when it was known as WebCT. WebCT was renamed MyCourses in 2006.
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U. ends search for new online academic system
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have to be told something twice. At first scattered throughout the auditorium, they crammed in front of the stage, getting up close and personal with the musicians as banb members strummed guitars to the music’s psychedelic under-tones. Real Estate’s harmonies were lush and playful, mixing together elements from various genres to create an addictive sound that had people swaying in the aisles or lounging in the dark, upper tiers of the auditorium, nodding their heads to the commanding beat of the drummer’s snare.
The musicians called to mind a really, really good garage band — slightly unkempt in their ap-pearance, laid-back and simple in their delivery but also intoxicat-ingly creative.
For their first performance in Providence, they knew how to get the crowd going, shouting out to
Brown and including the audience in the performance. By the end of the night, I felt like I knew a little something about each member of the band and had been listening to their music forever, though it was only my second time hearing them. I appreciated the stripped-down approach to the presentation, which relied not on gimmicks or flash, but the mellow rhythms of their guitars.
Sometimes things got a little too mellow, lulling the crowd into a slight stupor, but the band was quick to pick up the pace and turn the beat around.
The beats got picked up, twisted over and ground up a little later in the evening when dubstepper Starkey took to the stage.
He threw his whole body into working the beats that percolated through the auditorium with a force unto themselves. The small crowd around the stage swelled as glow sticks and flashing lights
bounced around the otherwise dark venue, throwing dancing bodies into relief only for a moment.
Starkey’s thudding electronic bass lines were accompanied by the film, “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” — a German animated fairy tale from 1926 in the spirit of Aladdin and the oldest animated feature film in existence. BCA discovered early on Saturday that they had a fully functional projec-tor in the RISD Auditorium, and decided to add a visual element to Starkey’s performance, Brassil said. They reached out to Adrian Randall ’12 to provide a “weird, interesting video,” she said.
“It’s a video that works with most live musical performances,” Randall said of his selection.
The film was visually amazing and engrossing to watch. Inter-estingly, there were sections that matched up perfectly with the music, making me believe at first that Starkey had planned to show
the film with the performance in advance. Finding out that it was completely by chance was a shock.
Brassil said BCA was pleased with the evening and, though they wished more people had come to the concert, they were happy that
“everyone who did come had a great time.”
Though the crowd was small, it was a dedicated, energetic group that gelled with the artists, jam-ming with Real Estate and bobbing to the beats of Starkey.
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Unique bass lines, animation make for engrossing concert
Emily Gilbert / Heralddubstepper Starkey incorporated musical and visual elements in his performance.
By ElizaBEth carrSenior Staff Writer
State-appointed Receiver Robert Flanders Jr. ’71 fired Central Falls Police Chief Joseph Moran III Friday, along with a prosecution clerk for the police department and a deputy
city clerk. The firings were part of a series of cost-cutting measures to help rescue the bankrupt city.
Flanders called the measure “per-sonnel renewal,” noting that three other positions were added to the
city payroll.“Our intent was always to elim-
inate this position” even before a study recommended the city’s fire and police departments operate un-der the direction of one authority, Flanders said of Moran’s former job.
Following the study’s release in early September, Moran issued a nine-page rebuttal suggesting that the research was not substantive. “Normally when you do a study, you try to find out about a place before you rip it apart,” Moran told The Herald last week.
“I guess I agree with his thought process as far as eliminating the po-sition,” Moran said, but added that he had a “different philosophy.”
“The chief of police handles the police science and the fire chief handles the fire science,” he said. “They’re separate and distinct jobs.” Moran added that other cities, like Providence, have retained the two positions — and added a public safety officer position — despite fiscal challenges.
Flanders estimated that the city would save over $70,000 per year through the elimination of the police chief position.
The district’s former fire chief, Rene Coutu, died of cancer in De-cember, and his position was never filled. Both he and Moran earned an annual salary of $80,000, accord-ing to a Sept. 24 Providence Journal article.
The new public safety officer should be appointed within the next month, Flanders said. He said the new officer will earn an annual salary of around $90,000.
Central Falls currently employs 32 police officers and 37 firefighters, according to a Sept. 9 Providence Journal article.
Moran, 48, has lived in Central Falls his entire life and said he is not sure what is next for him. “When one door closes, another one opens,” he said.
Central Falls receiver fires police chief
City & stAte
Sports Monday 5the Brown Daily heraldMonday, September 26, 2011
By SaM WickhaMSportS Staff Writer
After a heart-breaking overtime defeat at the University of Massa-chusetts at Amherst Thursday, the Brown women’s soccer team broke hearts of their own Sunday, defeat-ing Dartmouth in dramatic fashion at home to open their Ivy season with a win. Though the Bears saw the UMass game taken from them after a late goal by the Minutewom-en (5-2-1), heroics from Marybeth Lesbirel ’12 put Bruno (5-2-1, 1-0-0) on the other side of the spectrum as they toppled the Big Green 1-0 (2-6-0, 0-1-0). Solid goalkeeping from both Amber Bledsoe ’14 and MC Barret ’14 kept Bruno in both games as each team searched for game-winners.
uMass 1, Brown 0 Bruno set a physical tone from
the opening whistle against the home side, committing five fouls in the first 10 minutes of play. The intensity nearly paid off in the 20th minute when a headed effort from Chloe Cross ’15 rattled the right post.
“At UMass, we had some new players and more inexperienced players that came on the field and started, and I think that was great for them,” said captain Sarah He-bert-Seropian ’12. “I think they did a great job.”
Despite hitting the crossbar during a flurry of shots later in the half, Bruno could not find a breakthrough heading into the halftime pause.
The second half opened in the same way the first finished, with both defenses coming up with stops to keep the game tied. UMass saw a brief glimpse of the goal in the 73rd minute after Barret pushed an on-target shot wide. She then gobbled up the rebound before a charging Minutewoman could put it into the empty net.
The Bears recorded four more shots before the end of regulation, but could not beat UMass keeper Emily Cota before the end of regu-lation.
The tie was finally broken four minutes into overtime when Dean-na Colarossi nodded home a well-taken corner kick, leaving the Bears devastated.
“I think we were just unlucky in overtime,” Hebert-Seropian said. “We were a little undisciplined on the corner, and that’s how they scored on us.”
Brown 1, dartmouth 0 The Bears again came out with
a vengeance against Dartmouth, testing the Big Green keeper early. Mika Siegelman ’14 and Lesbirel fired shots within the first five minutes of play, with Siegelman’s punched away dramatically by the diving Dartmouth keeper.
Two more shots from the Bears late in the half did not find their way into the visitor’s net, and Bruno went into halftime with the game knotted at 0-0.
Dartmouth seemed to control the midfield for much of the second half, recording nine shots and earn-ing three corner kicks. Barret was forced to make three saves in the half, and despite a quality free kick from Alison Kagawa ’12 at the other end, Bruno could not break the deadlock. At the final whistle, the Bears walked off the field towards their second straight overtime after being unable to find a goal in over 180 minutes.
Bruno finally broke the scor-ing drought in the 97th minute in extra time. Kagawa combined with Maddie Wiener ’14, who touched the ball to Lesbirel on the flank. Running to the right of the goal, Lesbirel teased out the keeper and slotted her shot home into the right corner. The goal gave Bruno its first Ivy win of the season.
“MC saved us about three times in the backfield in overtime,” Lesbi-rel said. “She kept us in the game. Then Ali hit it up to Maddie, she gave me a great flick, and we were able to put it in the net.”
“I think we learned from UMass a lot,” Hebert-Seropian said. “That helped us to stay focused. We knew we could get that goal.”
Bruno faces cross-town rival University of Rhode Island (5-3-1) Wednesday. The Bears will look to use this win to gain momentum as they head into a difficult stretch of games.
“I think you could feel our ex-citement when we won,” Hebert-Seropian said. “It was a great start as we look towards the (Ivy League) championship.”
Bruno splits OT battles, earns first Ivy League win
Fraternity of Evil | Eshan Mitra, Brendan Hainline and Hector Ramirez
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ting down his top target, wide re-ceiver Alex Tounkara-Kone ’11.5. Tounkara-Kone, who last week had seven receptions for 149 yards and two scores, was held to three catch-es for 19 yards this game. Harvard credited senior Matt Hanson, its all-Ivy cornerback, with taking Bruno’s leading receiver out of the game.
The Crimson opened up the scoring in the first quarter with a trick play. After moving the ball down the field, the Crimson faced a fourth and three on the Brown six-yard line. Harvard Head Coach Tim Murphy dialed up a fake field goal attempt, and the holder, quar-terback Colton Chapple, tucked the ball and gained the first down. On the next play, running back Treavor Scales scored up the middle from a yard out to put Harvard up 7-0. Scales rushed for 129 yards on the day.
After a Bruno punt, Harvard doubled its lead on an 80-yard drive. With a Brown interception negated by a roughing-the-passer penalty, the Crimson were able to capitalize on the mistake. Tight end Cameron Brate pulled down a perfectly lofted pass from Chapple with one hand before falling over the goal line for the score.
Bruno’s defense calmed down for the rest of the half, sacking Chapple three times. But the of-fense could not take advantage. Newhall-Caballero orchestrated a drive to inside the Harvard 10-yard line, but tight end Nicholas Faber ’12 could not corral a slick football in the endzone. On the next play, Newhall-Caballero’s pass was in-
tercepted.Brown finally got on the board
in the third quarter as the drizzle turned into torrential rain. Skill-ful punting by Nathan Lovett ’12 gave the Bears the advantage in the field position game, and it took Bruno only four plays to score after starting from its own 43-yard line. Newhall-Caballero connected with Tellef Lundevall ’13 for a 31-yard score on a pass along the left side-line. Lundevall bulled his way over a defender and across the pylon, cutting the deficit to 14-7.
But that was the closest the Bears would get to a comeback. After marching to the Harvard one-yard line early in the fourth quarter, the game appeared set for a dramatic finish. But on a direct snap rush up the middle, Kachmer let the ball slip, and Harvard was able to recover the fumble.
Harvard punted the ball, but the Bears could not take advantage of a short field and were forced to punt.
The Crimson’s next drive was the dagger as Harvard took the ball 95 yards for a touchdown, putting the game out of reach with under seven minutes left. The score came on a 56-yard pass from Chapple to a wide-open Adam Chrissis, who caught the ball without a defender within a 15 yard viscinity before running it into the endzone.
On the first play from scrim-mage on Brown’s ensuing drive, Newhall-Caballero was hit as he released a pass. The throw was in-tercepted, appropriately capping a dismal night for the Bears. Harvard ran down the clock and added a late field goal to make the final score 24-7.
One bright spot for the Bears was the play of Lovett. The Provi-dence native pinned the Crimson inside its own 20-yard line four times, and had a long of 56 yards.
“He was outstanding,” Estes said. “Any time you can stick the ball in-side the five-yard line and put their backs to the wall, it’s easier for the defense. But we didn’t always do a good job of keeping them there.”
Brown’s defense saw a strong performance from Clayton Mc-Grath ’12, whose 15 tackles — three for a loss — led the team. Corner-back Emory Polley’s ’14 intercep-tion was the lone forced turnover for the Bears.
Estes said the game reminded him of last year’s matchup with Harvard, a 29-14 Brown victory in Brown Stadium’s first-ever night game. But this time with the re-versal of locations came a reversal of roles.
“They came down to our place, and we just took it to them from the first snap to the last snap,” Estes said. “Basically, they just did the same thing to us. They’re a good football team, and we were way out of sync.”
For Harvard, the win gives them an early season boost in the race for the Ivy League crown, and just as importantly, sets a tone for the year, Murphy said.
The Bears will return to more familiar territory in their home opener Saturday against the Uni-versity of Rhode Island under the lights. At stake will be the Gover-nor’s Cup, and Bruno will try to avenge last year’s loss to the Rams in front of what should be a spirited home crowd.
Bears fall to Crimson on rainy Friday
Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman
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Emily Gilbert / HeraldMarybeth Lesbirel ’12 scored the game-winner in extra time against dartmouth.
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In her explanation of why international students represent a disproportionately high number of aca-demic code violations brought before the Academic Code Committee in last Wednesday’s article (“U. explains academic code to int’l students,” Sept. 21) Kathleen McSharry, associate dean for writing and dean for issues of chemical dependencies, said, “In some Asian cultures today, being a good student means basically reproducing what authorities have said about things without assuming to assert your own opinion about it.”
As Asian students from Singapore and Hong Kong studying at Brown, we find this remark to be deeply of-fensive. Perhaps McSharry could clarify exactly which “Asian cultures” these are. She could also share with
us what level of understanding she has of the many different education systems in Asia in order to qualify her to make such a sweeping statement. In addition, we feel that her statement only furthers negative ste-reotypes of Asian students and harms the standing of Asian students in the eyes of the Brown community.
It is not too much of a stretch to say that Brown, with its 9 percent acceptance rate, accepts only “good students” from its pool of applicants. Going by Mc-Sharry’s line of reasoning, this might mean that stu-dents from “some Asian cultures” are here at Brown only because they have succeeded in “reproducing what authorities have said about things without as-suming to assert (their) own opinion about it.”
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As the remodeled CareerLAB works overtime to find opportunities for the Class of 2012, there is one option they won’t suggest to too many students: Run for mayor.
Yet that is exactly what Alex Morse ’11 is doing, running for mayor of his home city, Holyoke, Mass. Last week, just four months after he graduated, Morse defeated three established Holyoke politicians to win the mayoral preliminary election. He advanced to the general election to face incumbent mayor Elaine Pluta, whom he defeated in the preliminary by just one vote.
Call us homers if you must, but we feel that Morse is just the mayor Holyoke needs. Morse would be the youngest mayor in the city’s history and has brought palpable energy and excitement to the race. He has been extremely active in the Holyoke community throughout his life and understands the 21st century problems facing his city. During his campaign, Morse has proven his dedication and commitment with old-school tactics — Holyoke pundits cite tireless door-to-door campaigning all around the city — as well as creative and innovative new ones, such as using social media to connect with voters. He has impressed voters with his emphasis on a modern “technology and innovation economy” to revitalize the city, which became somewhat stagnant under Pluta’s administration. Fluent in Spanish, Morse has energized the large Latino population in Holyoke, publishing his website in both English and Span-ish and delivering his opening statement in the most recent mayoral debate in both languages.
Morse combines an intimate knowledge of Holyoke with the fresh eyes of a relative political outsider. He grew up in Holyoke, went through its school system and was an active member of the community, even while attending Brown. Running primarily on a platform of economic development and education, Morse understands the importance of lur-ing businesses downtown through tax incentives and improving schools to invest in human capital. As the first college graduate in his family, he also serves as an inspirational force for the youth population in the city.
At Brown, Morse was an urban studies concentrator. He said in a phone interview with the editorial page board that he gained valuable experience in the classroom and in Providence. Morse believes the aca-demic and research experience he gained at Brown made him a more well-rounded candidate. He also noted that his urban studies classes changed the way he thinks about policy and illustrated how issues of education, economic development and public safety are all intimately connected. For three years, he worked for former Providence mayor Da-vid Cicilline ’83, whom Morse referred to as a mentor. Cicilline recently hosted a fundraiser for Morse in Boston.
Morse also noted that Holyoke can look at Providence as a blueprint — as it was once a struggling city and reinvented itself primarily through economic development. He recalled watching WaterFire as a first-year student at Brown, noting how Providence has transformed its downtown area into a hub of tourism and economic development. Morse believes he can engineer downtown Holyoke — where he says some nights it is hard to find an open restaurant — into a flourishing and exciting hub of business and tourism.
We hope that come November the citizens of Holyoke will vote for a unique, exciting and committed candidate — Alex Morse.
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opinions 7the Brown Daily heraldMonday, September 26, 2011
After watching the first Harry Potter film once again, a friend remarked that he wished all libraries had “a badass Restrict-ed Section full of secrets and mysteries to be solved.” His sentiment is certainly not unique — who wouldn’t want to be the next Harry, stumbling upon references to some-thing as groundbreaking as a life elixir? But the idea that this site of discovery is as fic-tional as its on-screen surroundings is er-roneous. Brown has these libraries, restrict-ed sections included. The only problem is that students don’t seem to find them. Both the John Carter Brown and the John Hay li-braries are testing online initiatives, such as newsletters, to increase awareness of their collections. They shouldn’t have to: Librar-ies are an invaluable component of the Uni-versity’s knowledge capital, and it should be self-evident that students should use and explore these resources to the fullest.
The Graduate School’s introduction days emphasized the importance of creating knowledge rather than simply absorbing it. Many incorrectly associate libraries with the latter type of study. The expansive and balanced collections indeed provide stu-dents with a solid base of secondary schol-arly works, but these serve only as building blocks. It is what you do with the knowl-edge presented to you that counts. Many courses, especially in the humanities and in
the Graduate School, include components that allow students to set up their own re-search essays or projects. This is where the libraries come in.
Original research is one of the most ob-vious ways to generate new information in a meaningful way. Many of the University’s special collections contain materials that have remained relatively unexplored and that offer viable ground for interdisciplin-ary and transnational approaches to his-tory. The John Carter Brown Library is a
case in point. While the collection will be of most interest to those in the humanities, the “great subject,” as John Carter Brown him-self called Americana, merits exploration by all students. The library is a hub of knowl-edge about the Americas from the 15th century through 1825. As Kim Nusco, ref-erence and manuscript librarian at the John Carter Brown Library, explains, “Within that chronological and geographical focus, the material covers just about every aspect of human activity: exploration, navigation, natural history, anthropology, medicine, travel accounts, trade, literature, govern-
ment, linguistics, religion, et cetera.” Especially with the transnational or
hemispheric turn in academia, this accu-mulation of materials from a variety of dis-ciplines and international contexts in one building provides unparalleled opportuni-ties. It is an illusion to think that the U.S. or other countries can be understood or stud-ied in isolation, and the library’s collection opens up possibilities for interdisciplinary as well as hemispheric research. While John Carter Brown could never have predicted
this state of affairs 150 years after his hob-by of book collecting started to intensify, the outcome is particularly fortuitous for Brown.
Though for departments of physical sci-ences the creation of knowledge will natu-rally also involve practical experiments in a lab, the idea that libraries cater mainly to a humanities audience can be easily de-bunked. The John Hay is opening an exhibi-tion titled “Unveiling Secrets: The Evolution of Modern Chemistry” Sept. 30, which will draw heavily from the library’s history of science collection. It also has a first edition
of Newton’s “Principia” on display. Both re-flect the myriad collections available at the Hay that are of interest to those in the sci-ences, while the library is also strong in lit-erature, history and culture.
User restrictions, though often cited as a reason to avoid the special collections at the John Carter Brown Library, no longer apply. With two forms of photo identification and a reference from an instructor, the restric-tions are lifted and the library is all yours to explore. Since very few professors here share Professor Snape’s opposition to indi-vidual initiative, the reference should not be too hard to come by.
With materials increasingly available online and indexed in Josiah, vast amounts of knowledge are only a mouse click away. It is thus surprising how little awareness there is of the possibilities on campus. I’m not speaking from my high horse, because my introduction to the libraries too was a happy accident. In testament to their in-ternational renown, it was through Profes-sor Wil Verhoeven at my home university of Groningen that I first learned about the John Carter Brown Library and the Hay, years before I would come to Brown. And if people are willing to cross oceans to use its resources, the very least we can do is cross the Main Green.
Suzanne Enzerink GS is a master’s student in American studies from the nether-
lands. She urges you to capitalize on your advantageous geographical locations by
contacting [email protected] and [email protected].
The great subjects merit more attention
With the presidential elections just over a year away, and the Republican primary in full swing, we are now beginning to unrav-el the varied positions of the GOP candi-dates on science and its relationship with religion.
For example, Texas Gov. Rick Perry re-cently called evolution, “a theory that’s out there. … It’s got some gaps in it.” Yes, Gov-ernor Perry, evolution is a theory that’s out there. So is gravity. So is the heliocentric view of the solar system.
Similarly, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., said she supports the theory of in-telligent design and “putting all science on the table and letting students decide.” Un-fortunately for Bachmann, her preferred theory on the issue is not science, and therefore should not be put on the table.
The fact that two serious presidential candidates, both of whom have received more than 10 percent in primary polls, doubt such an essential tenet of scientific thought should be frightening to voters.
Even as talk of unemployment domi-nates the news, America is quietly losing the global competition in science educa-tion. A 2009 study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranked the United States 17th in science and 25th in math out of the 34 countries studied. This is problematic for our econo-
my, since the jobs of the future, and indeed of today, are in science and technology.
There is no doubt that for our workers to compete globally, we must move up the ranks in these categories. As college stu-dents, and as voters, we must hold politi-cians accountable for their views on sci-ence. The United States cannot hope to compete internationally if our president does not believe in such a fundamental as-pect of modern science.
For Brown students, who have had a basic science education, belief in the ac-cepted theories may seem like the centrist position that represents most of America. But a Fox News poll from Sept. 7 shows that 50 percent of Americans believe that human life was created exactly as stated in the Bible, while only 15 percent support Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Given this climate of skepticism for one of science’s most vital theories, Presi-dent Obama deserves commendation for his continued solidarity with the scientific
community. But as his poll numbers drop, and his chances for reelection shrink, it is important to examine the Republican al-ternatives and hold them accountable for their views on science.
Of the serious GOP primary contend-ers, only former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. have voiced support for Darwinian evolutionary theory. In addi-tion to Bachmann and Perry, Rep. Ron
Paul, R-Tex., businessman Herman Cain and former Sen. Rick Santorum have all taken stands against evolution in the past.
As students at a center of research and innovation, we must promote dialogue both on campus and nationwide to make support for evolution not a marginal po-sition but rather a mainstream American view.
Evolution shouldn’t be a political issue. If America is to stay afloat in the global economy, respecting science must be a na-tional value. Liberals at Brown must con-
tinue to challenge the social conservative view that creationism belongs in the sci-ence classroom alongside evolution. Con-servatives at Brown must make it clear that just because they support lower taxes and economic freedom does not mean that they want the GOP to take a stand against science.
If the Republican party proceeds to nominate one of its many anti-science can-didates, the American people might well forget about science in favor of a differ-ent economic vision from that of Obama. Though it is fair to question the job that Obama has done since taking office, and it is fair to consider changing administra-tions, we must not abandon the future of American competitiveness worldwide.
Perry would love to have creationism taught as an equal and competing scien-tific theory in schools nationwide. This would have the dangerous ripple effect of hampering teachers’ efforts to instruct stu-dents on actual, proven science.
In 2012, the Brown community and voters in general have an obligation to fu-ture generations to prevent other coun-tries from continually outperforming us in science. We must not allow short-term concerns about the economy and the defi-cit to blind us from the critical long-term task of achieving excellence in science ed-ucation. In 2012, we must not forget about science.
Garret Johnson ’14 is a neuroscience concentrator from Boxford, Mass. who
believes in evolution and gravity.
Don’t forget about science in 2012
yes, Governor Perry, evolution is a theory that’s outthere. So is gravity.
Libraries are an invaluable component of the university’s knowledge capital, and it should be self-evident that
students should use and explore these resources to the fullest.
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By MichaEl daniElEWiczContributing Writer
Abstract expressionism, pop art, geometric abstraction and photore-alism all have a place at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum’s new exhibition, “Made in the UK: Contemporary Art from The Rich-ard Brown Baker Collection.” The exhibition, which opened Sept. 23 and runs through Jan. 8, features works by 83 British artists.
Filling two galleries of the museum, the exhibition features a variety of art forms, including paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures — the majority of which are from the post-World War II era.
Some of the pieces are being shown to the public for the first time, said Judith Tannenbaum, one of the collection’s curators. About half of the exhibition consists of artwork collected by Richard Brown Baker himself, while the museum purchased the other half using funds Baker donated.
The exhibition has a recurring landscape motif, including John Parks’ “Camden Town,” which could be mistaken for a photo-graph from afar. The 1980 paint-ing depicts, in exacting detail and color, the London neighborhood of Camden, reflecting the painter’s sense of homesickness.
Vibrant colors radiate through-out the collection’s galleries, in-cluding Tom Dixon’s functional bright orange “Chair” and “Un-titled,” an organic, copper sulfate construction by Roger Hirons in a bright blue hue.
There is a cross-cultural con-nection and sense of change in the two galleries. The numerous artists, though they all have a con-nection to Britain, come from vari-ous backgrounds including Nige-
ria and Japan, and their artwork reflects this diversity.
Tannenbaum called “Made in the UK” a “portrait of the collec-tor” as well as a broad example of contemporary British art.
Baker, a longtime resident of New York, was born in Providence and served as a member of the Mu-seum’s Fine Arts Committee from 1966 to 2000, she said.
He lived in Britain during World War II as a Rhodes Schol-ar and later donated a substantial portion of his collection to RISD, considering the move a “gesture to England and to (his) native city,” according to a museum press re-lease.
One of the first pieces in Baker’s art collection, a watercolor by 19th century landscape artist J.M.W. Turner, is on display. Tannenbaum described the work as “fluid, open and airy,” adding that Baker saw a
connection between this piece and the work of abstract expressionist artists, which he later began col-lecting.
Baker frequented art shows in New York and tended to buy pieces from fledgling contemporary art-ists, Tannenbaum said.
The museum continues to col-lect work from living British art-ists through the Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art — so far accumulating 60 works, according to the press release.
“Made in the UK” presents an eclectic mix that draws its inspira-tion from Baker’s varied interests, with art ranging from metal pieces that look like heating grates to a piece commenting on the role of the British royal family. Its di-versity encourages visitors to re-flect upon changes in Britain and throughout the world.
RISD Museum showcases art from across the pond
By hannah loEWEnthEilContributing Writer
The eighth annual Pixilerations Fes-tival opened Sept. 22 at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. The festival — part of a larger celebration hosted by FirstWorks — draws both local and international artists to explore the intersection of art and technology in the digital media age. Pixilera-tions, which runs through Oct. 2, will feature multimedia and musical performances and film screenings.
Pixilerations draws a diverse and talented spectrum of over 70 artists to the heart of Providence. Some artists are local, while others hail from Tai-wan, England, Germany, the Neth-erlands, Portugal and Sweden. Paul Myoda, assistant professor of visual art, will exhibit “Glittering Machine,” a series of interactive sculptures.
All exhibitions are free and take place within walking distance. The Granoff Center and the Sol Koffler Gallery at the Rhode Island School of Design will serve as stages, and so will other locations downtown.
FirstWorks collaborated with the Brown University Creative Arts Council and the RISD Digital Me-dia program to organize events, said Peter Bramante, managing director.
Pixilerations represents “a con-junction of many brains and energies working together,” said Elena Lledo, exhibitions director of Pixilerations. “FirstWorks has helped a lot with their administrative support, RISD and Brown offer professionals and space and the artists are doing great things.”
The festival “really captures how new media art is always looking at traditional forms of art and giving a new perspective,” Bramante said. “The art being exhibited will give au-diences a new way of seeing things.”
The installations will also include a large-scale billboard exhibition downtown. Billboards, usually used to advertise products, will become canvases of expression, Lledo said.
Pixilerations is a celebration of the digital age, funneling artists from every corner of the world together to express themselves through new media.
Festival brings digital artists to Providence
Courtesy of the RiSd MuseumA variety of art forms — including clothing — are featured at the exhibit.
Thomas Canty / HeraldMusical performances form just a part of the Pixilerations Festival.
By MaX ErnStStaff Writer
Once Via Via IV, then Cosa Nostra, the restaurant on Meeting Street is now claiming its third name in a year: Prince Cafe and Restaurant. Mohamed Badr, the restaurant’s new owner, changed its name Aug. 1 and expanded its cuisine to include Mediterranean dishes along with its traditional array of Italian foods.
The restaurant has experienced few cosmetic alterations as a result of the ownership change, but the management team hopes a new name and menu expansion will bring the restaurant out of a slump, said Munzer Hallak, an employee.
“Business is very low right now,” Hallak said. “We are hop-ing the changes will attract new customers.”
Before Badr — who could not be reached for comment — pur-chased the cafe, the building was part of a larger chain of restau-rants, gas stations and convenience stores owned by East Side Enter-prises.
While designing Sidney Frank Hall for Life Sciences in 2000, the University tried to purchase the property to include in the LiSci’s footprint. According to a 2006 Herald article, it negotiated with the former owners for two years before eventually constructing the building around the restaurant.
Former Cosa Nostra restaurant gets new management, name
Peiyu Wu / HeraldThe italian restaurant next to Pembroke campus has experienced another identity crisis.