October 20, 2010 issue

8/8/2019 October 20, 2010 issue

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/october-20-2010-issue 1/8

www.browndaiherad.com 195 Ange Street, Providence, Rhode Isand [email protected]

News.......1–4Sports........5Editorial......6Opinion.......7Today..........8

newS, 3

Europe care

i n s i d e

DailyHeraldthe Brown

vol. cxlv, no. 94 | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Serving the community daily since 1891

SPORTS, 5 OPiniOnS, 7

Hawk down It ain’t cheapDanish ministerexpains benefits ofEuropean heath care

No.14 men’s soccerbeats Hartwick athome, 3-1

Hunter Fast ’12commends Brown’sprice discrimination

By AShley Aydin

Senior S taff W riter

For some Brown students, classroom

time extends beyond College Hill. This

isn’t just the typical educational experi-

ence –– it involves teaching younger

peers in places like Olneyville and

Providence’s West End. In these class-

rooms, it’s all about students teaching

students.

Summr for bo a ar

Providence Summerbridge’s mis-sion is to create an opportunity or

low-income, academically motivated

middle school students to attend col-

lege. The students come rom local

public schools, and the program en-

courages high school and college stu-

dents to pursue utures in education,

according to the program’s website.

Michael Goldstein ’92, co-ounder

o Summerbridge Providence, said he

was inspired by his past experience

with Summerbridge in New Orleans

and decided to start the program in

Providence.

“It was just completely a part o

who I was and how I ound mysel,

and so the opportunity to be able to do

something I love was great,” he said.

Providence Summerbridge uses

the students-teaching-students model

because “the teachers are students

,

I A

By MORgAn JOhnSOn

ContributingW riter

A panel o our Brown and Providence

experts on the Muslim community

addressed the causes o negativity

toward Islam in America, oering

dierent opinions on how to combat

increasing intolerance, in a mostly

ull MacMillan 115 Tuesday night.

The panelists cited media cov-

erage, especially rom cable news

outlets, as a requent perpetrator o

stereotypes about the Muslim com-

munity. The notion that “Islam is a total-

izing way o lie that accompanies

everything a Muslim does” is an

example o the media’s biased in-

terpretation o Islam, said Assistant

Proessor o Religious Studies Nancy

Khalek.

She said the media capitalize on

a common public assumption that

Muslims are intolerant o religious

and cultural dierences. The media

imply that i Muslims are permitted

to ollow Shariah law, she said, the

public should be araid that such laws

would be imposed on the rest o the

community.

“We must be aggressively undo-

ing what the media is doing,” said

Sherine Hamdy, assistant proessor

o anthropology. “You have to workagainst it. You can’t just be passive.”

In a 2005 cartoon contest held by

a Danish newspaper, artists depicted

M. ,

C By gARReT JOhnSOn

SportS S taff W riter

It was a little too close or comort, but

the No. 20 men’s water polo team (14-

4) escaped rom Harvard’s Blodgett

Pool with a 12-9 win over the Crimson

(8-13) last Thursday.

Bruno jumped out to a 5-0 lead in

the rst quarter, but the game tight-

ened up ater Brown was unable to

score in quarter two.

“I was pleased with the way we

started the game,” said Head Coach

Felix Mercado. “But obviously the

last three quarters on the scoreboard,

Harvard outplayed us.”

Despite the rocky nish, Mercado

said he was pleased with the game’s

outcome.

“I’m happy we were able to get out

o there with a victory and a top-two

seed at (the Northern Champion-

ships), which was probably the most

important thing,” he said.

Mercado praised the oense o

Svetozar Steanovic ’13, who scored

ve goals, as well as Corey Schwartz

’11 and James McNamara ’14, who

netted three apiece. Cyrus Mojdehi

’12 added Brown’s other goal. Merca-

do said these oensive perormances

“denitely propelled us to the win.”

“We did a little worse in the last

quarters,” Steanovic said. “But it

doesn’t matter because we won.”

Goalie Max Lubin ’12 was able toEmi Gibert / Herad

Svetozar Stefanovic ’13 scored five goas in the No. 20 men’s waterpoo team’s 12-9 win over Harvard.continued on page 2 continued on page 2

lE T I T RA IN

Courtes of Christopher Bu

A coaboration between Brown and RISD students is bringing cean water to Keraa, India, but not withoutdifficuties. S Campus ns, pa 2.

L, Cbb S By eMily ROSen

S taff W riter

As the new director o the Center

or Latin American and Caribbean

Studies, Proessor o Political Sci-

ence Richard Snyder said he plansto implement new initiatives as well

as to continue and build upon exist-

ing ones.

“Latin American and Caribbe-

an studies is an absolute jewel at

Brown,” said Matthew Gutmann,

vice president or international a-

airs and the ormer CLACS director.

“(Snyder) can provide the leadership

the program needs right now.” Sny-

der, who began his term as direc-

tor in July, is a well-known scholar

in Latin American and Caribbean

studies.

The programs, events and con-

erences organized by CLACS are

geared toward both undergraduate

and graduate students.“These types o centers are

important or enhancing graduate

education,” Snyder said, adding that

as a graduate student, he beneted

greatly rom “robust area centers”

similar to CLACS, which bring to-

gether people rom multiple depart-

ments. “It’s good to be exposed to

people in other disciplines,” he said.

This year, Snyder is reinstating

“Politics, Culture, and Society in

Latin America and the Caribbean,”

a graduate student colloquium that

he launched a ew years ago. These

seminars allow graduate students

rom a variety o departments — in-

cluding sociology, anthropology and

political science — to present their research to other graduate students.

In addition to the interdisciplin-

ary undergraduate concentration

in Latin American and Caribbean

Studies, the center also oers pro-

grams and various opportunities or

undergraduates. As director, Snyder

said he is going to start initiatives

on social entrepreneurship and cli-

mate change as they relate to Latin

America.

Snyder said he thinks undergrad-

uates will nd the eld o social en-

trepreneurship interesting, and he is

planning to have a workshop on the

subject during this academic year.

As part o the climate change

initiative, there will be a coner-

ence Apr. 8 with experts on climate

change rom Latin America and

Washington, D.C. invited to attend,

Snyder said.

In addition, a small group o

undergraduates — sponsored by

CLACS, the Watson Institute or In-

ternational Studies and the Center

or Environmental Studies — will

continued on page 3

continued on page 3

FeATURe

SPORTS

8/8/2019 October 20, 2010 issue


sudoku

George Miller, President

Claire Kiely, Vice President

Katie Koh, Treasurer

Chaz Kelsh, Secretary

The Brown Daily Herald (USPS 067.740) is an independent newspaper serv-ing the Brown University community daily since 1891. It is published Monday through Friday during the academic year, excluding vacations, once during Com-mencement, once during Orientation and once in July by The Brown Daily Her-ald, Inc. Single copy ree or each member o the community.POSTMASTER please send corrections to P.O. Box 2538, Providence, RI 02906.Periodicals postage paid at Providence, R.I. Oces are located at 195 Angell St.,Providence, R.I. E-mail [email protected]. World Wide Web: http://www.browndailyherald.com.Subscription prices: $319 one year daily, $139 one semester daily.Copyright 2010 by The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. All rights reserved.

etora Po: 401.351.3372 | Busss Po: 401.351.3260

DailyHeraldthe Brown

WEDNESDAy, OCTOBER 20, 2010THE BROWN DAIly HERAlDPAGE 2

CAMS wS “It’s been an incredibe earning experience to get off CoegeHi.” — Kaa Urquidi ’11, eadership program coordinator

G k b IBy KATheRine SOlA

ContributingW riter

Rainwater or Humanity, a collabo-

ration between Brown and Rhode

Island School o Design students,

has developed a system or providing

clean, drinkable water to people living

in Kerala, India — but the project has

met some cultural challenges.

The residents o Achinakom, a vil-

lage in the state o Kerala, do not have

access to a ordable drinking water.

Much o the local groundwater is

contaminated, leading to disease and

increased medical costs, according

to the group’s website. Clean water

is available rom vendors, but at high

prices.

Brown and RISD students have

designed a solution to this problem

— tanks that catch, lter and store

rainwater during the monsoon. The

water collection rees amilies rom

the nancial burden o buying water

and paying or health care costs. The

rst tank was built in 2009, according

to the group’s website.

The group received about $40,000

in grants and has spent approximate-

ly hal o the unds, said Senior Re-

search Engineer and Senior Lecturer

in Engineering Christopher Bull ’79

MS’86 PhD’06, who advises the Rain-

water or Humanity team.

Bull said the tanks are generally

connected to the rainwater gutters

on existing dwellings. When it rains,

runo rom the rst ve minutes is

discarded and the rest o the water is

stored. The system is entirely human-

powered and gravity-ed, requiring

no electricity.

There are currently two prototype

tanks unctioning in Achinakom, Bull

said.

The team also designed a payback

system to make the tanks economi-cally sustainable. Several amilies pur-

chase a communal tank and pay or

it over the course o a ew years. Vil-

lagers pay less per month than they

spend on water vendors and medical

ees or water-borne diseases.

The group members wanted the

project to be economically sustain-

able and use locally available mate-

rials, said Christina Tang ’09, one o

the project’s original members. The

group has also partnered with a local

university and community members.

Though the team has successully

come up with a solution or providing

aordable, clean water, the project

is acing cultural challenges. The

tanks currently unctioning in Achi-

nakom were built as prototypes, at

no expense to the residents, Tang

said. Some now consider it unair

that the tanks were provided ree to

those amilies, while others will be

expected to pay back the cost. This

attitude stems rom Kerala’s com-

munist political ideology, which has

led residents to expect ree services,

she added.

Tang added that persuading vil-

lagers to purchase tanks is the “major

challenge” acing the project. In ad-

dition, politicians are oten unwill-

ing to support grassroots projects,

preerring larger projects that gain

media coverage.

Current group member Eli Crum-

rine ’11 said that many o the villag-

ers are employed unreliably as day

laborers or in seasonal agricultural

jobs and are thereore unwilling to

commit to paying o debt. But he

said he is optimistic about the pos-

sibilities or success and expansion

in the uture.

“I denitely eel good about what

we’ve learned, what our partners

have learned and about the eect

that we’ve had,” Crumrine said.

preserve the Bears’ lead, recording

nine saves in net.

Brown now prepares or what will

be its toughest test o the season: a

West Coast trip against some o the

nation’s best teams. On Thursday,

the Bears will head to the three-day

Santa Clara University Invitational in

Santa Clara, Cali.

Bruno will ace No. 14 Caliornia

Baptist University (22-3), No. 11 Uni-

versity o Caliornia at Davis (12-6),

Air Force (7-11), No. 11 Santa Clara

University (13-9) and No. 7 University o the Pacic (10-5). UC-Davis and

Santa Clara are tied in the rankings.

Even with the daunting schedule

ahead, Mercado said he is condent

in his team, and the win against Har-

vard reminded his squad o an im-

portant lesson.

“It let us know that we need to

play our quarters,” Mercado said. “I

think the last three days o practice

that we’ve had have been very o-

cused. The guys have worked hard.”

Steanovic said he was not in-

timidated by the higher rankings o

Bruno’s upcoming opponents, say-

ing that they are “not much better

than us.”“I we work hard in every game

and we give our best, we can beat

every one o those teams,” he said.

Mercado agreed, saying the

team will be in good shape as long

as it avoids bouts o sloppy play and

turnovers.

“That has been the biggest Achil-

les’ heel: our turnovers,” he said. “I

we protect the ball and we take advan-

tage o every oensive possession,

it doesn’t matter who we’re playing.

We’re going to be in the game.”

w.

wcontinued from page 1

themselves, so there is a real bond

that is created between the studentsand teachers,” Goldstein said. “The

high school and college teachers are

exceptional.”

At rst, Ari Rubenstein ’11, who

taught in the program the past two

summers, was not really sure he

wanted to do Summerbridge. He

ound, though, that “it was the most

rewarding way to spend my summer.”

Rubenstein taught English his

rst year and mathematics his sec-

ond year.

Typical days at Providence Sum-

merbridge are long — “the kids ar-

rive at 8 a.m.,” Rubenstein said.

Rubenstein’s day usually endedat 6 p.m. “We spend a lot o our time

writing quizzes and grading home-

work,” he added.

For Keith Catone ’00, a program

alum now attending the Harvard

School o Education, Providence

Summerbridge was also a big, but

valuable, commitment.

Catone spent most o his time

working with students ater school

ended, or two hours twice a week.

Catone said the program’s model

o students teaching students had

many advantages. People aged 16–20

“can do a lot i they’re given the right

type o training, and i they’re given

the support and space,” he said.

“They can have more success with

students than older teachers. There’s

a built-in sort o respect.”

Rubenstein also said being close

in age is benecial.

“One big thing is the students

come in and see someone who is

young and riendly, listens to the

same music they listen to,” he said.

“We’re students ourselves. We’re not

that ar out o middle school, so we

can be really sympathetic.”

This relationship is not a one-way

street, Rubenstein said.

“The learning is going in both

directions,” he said. “We’re not just

coming in to teach or do a avor or these kids because that’s not what

it’s about. It’s about working hard

and learning a lot.”

exprsso trou coaborato

The students-teaching-students

model is also used in the Brown Lan-

guage Arts Program, a writing club

intended to encourage sel-expres-

sion and help elementary students

with their written communication

skills, according to the Swearer

Center website. The clubs meet at

William D’Abate and Asa Messer

elementary schools.

Je Bauer ’11, the coordinator o the program, has participated in it

since his reshman year ater nding

out about it at the Student Activities

Fair.

“We basically do creative writing

with third-, ourth- and th-graders

with ction, nonction and poetry,”

he said.

“We’re old enough or the teach-

ing aspect o it, but on the other hand,

we have a really close relationship

with the kids. We can relate easier to

them,” Bauer said. “Since we’re ater

school, it’s not as rigid a structure.

We’re in a unique position because

o our age.”

Bauer said the program involvesa lot o individual help.

“We usually have a 2-1 student-

to-teacher ratio,” he said. “We try

to bridge the gap between building

skills and un activities.”

larsp out- a oors

While many Brown students have

the opportunity to explore the great

outdoors through Brown Outdoor

Leadership Training, some have

taken their experiences one step ur-

ther. Many participate in the Outdoor

Leadership and Experiential Educa-

tion Program, which teaches envi-

ronmental science and leadership

through workshops and eld trips tostudents at the Met School, according

to the Swearer Center website.

Program Coordinator Kayla

Urquidi ’11 discovered the program

— which was started by two BOLT

leaders about 13 years ago — during

her sophomore year.

“It was a usion o my passions,”

she said. “I just returned rom the

backpacking trip on BOLT, and I was

really looking to get involved in the

community. I was in other teaching

programs beore, and I wanted to

get involved with the Met School.”

Urquidi said there are multiple

ocuses o the program.“We try to help ulill the lab

science requirements or the Met

School. We do hands-on environ-

mental science workshops,” she said.

“Another acet o the program is the

camping component. We usually have

two trips each semester, and the men-

tors and mentees go together.”

Urquidi said many Brown stu-

dents in the program act as mentors

and have helped their mentees in the

past with community service projects

and college applications.

“We help them with whatever they

want,” she said. “Some o the pairs

click and take o.”

Urquidi said that with the close

age dierence o the mentors and

mentees, engaging the interest o

mentees is much easier.

“I really eel like the Brown stu-

dents learn so much in terms o how

to communicate their own knowledge

and acilitate discussions with the

Met students,” she said.

Mutua ar

With such large outreach in

the Providence community, Brown

serves an important role in support-

ing students — o all ages.

“Some o the middle schoolers

can be inspired by the act that there

are these students going to an Ivy

League that tell them they believe

in them and that they can make it to

Brown, too,” Rubenstein said.

Urquidi said she is amazed there

are so many programs involving

Brown students helping out in the

Providence community.

“Now that I’m coordinating, I

can see how many programs there

are. We had an amazing amount o

people apply this year. I really think

student groups do a good job in get-

ting involved in Providence,” Urquidi

said. “It’s been an incredible learning

experience to get o College Hill.”

With the participation in theseprograms, students volunteers said

they have discovered many valuable

lessons about themselves and about

teaching.

“It’s a very real way to understand

the setting the University is in and

the other parts it’s isolated rom,”

Catone said. “I think Brown students

are given space and reedom to think

about ‘Why am I learning this?’ and

‘Why am I here?’ ”

Bauer said he learned a lot about

the way kids think and how to make

activities “more exciting or stu-

dents.”

For Rubenstein, hard work led to

many new discoveries.“I worked harder then I ever had

in my lie over this summer. I learned

to have aith that the work that I was

doing was worthwhile and valuable

even i I couldn’t see the results right

away or ever,” he said.

Urquidi said she realized rom

the experience that she could be a

teacher.

“I always had done tutoring, but

this showed me that I could really be

a teacher,” she said. “Condence was

the biggest thing.”

S Sb continued from page 1

8/8/2019 October 20, 2010 issue


the prophet Muhammad in various

derogatory illustrations, which in-

cited a slew o angry and at times

violent protests rom the Muslim

community.

“Westerners interpreted this as

Muslim intolerance to reedom o

speech,” Khalek said.

She added that the reality o the

situation was quite dierent. From

the Muslim perspective, the protest-

ers were not necessarily critical o

the illustrators’ rights to ree speech,

but they wanted to demonstrate that

the drawings were highly oensive

and injurious.

Khalek also critiqued the reaction

o the media and the American publictoward the recently proposed Islamic

community center in the vicinity o

Ground Zero.

“It seems to me that what we’re

really talking about is not whether

religion belongs in the public sphere,”

she said. “What we’re talking about

is whose sensitivities ought to be

respected.”

Khalek disputed the common ar-

gument used against the community

center — that a majority o Americans

are not in avor o its construction,

according to some polls. Reerring

to past instances o popular public

opinion, such as the strong support o slavery by the American public

beore the Civil War, Khalek argued

that such an argument has no histori-

cal or moral validity.

Brown Muslim Chaplain David

Coolidge ’01 argued that such preju-

dice against Islam is uncharacteris-

tic o the American ideal as “the last

best hope on Earth.” Unlike coun-

tries such as France and Switzerland,

where nationalist values contribute to

a negative climate or Islam, American

sensationalism o Muslims appears to

be in contrast o its traditional plat-

orm o religious tolerance, which can

be damaging to young Muslims whenconronting Islamic identity, he said.

According to Coolidge, messages

rom the public and the media con-

cerning symbols o Muslim identity,

like the generalization that “scarves

are bad,” discourage people rom

wearing them who might otherwise.

Coolidge said he is treated dierently

when wearing a cap or sporting a

longer beard.

Khalek said a diculty with get-

ting the American public to accept Is-

lam, as opposed to some ethnicities

and cultures, relates to terrorist ac-

tivity inspired by radical sects o the

religion.“People don’t do things in the

name o their ethnicity,” she said,

but Muslims who perpetrate acts o

violence usually do so “in the name

o Islam.”

The technology-saturated culture

in the U.S. also poses a problem in

conronting myths and ignorance

about Islam, she said. Citing popular

conservative gures in shaping public

opinion, Khalek said, “Sarah Palin can

say something and 2 million people

read it later on Facebook.”

One way to ght generalizations

about Islam may be to change the

popular usage o the word.“We cannot use the word ‘Islam’

as an agent in a sentence,” Khalek

said. “What is Islam? Who is Islam?

There is no pope. There are bound

to be variations in a religion practiced

by 1.5 billion people.”

Local Imam Farid Ansari suggest-

ed another way to dispel misconcep-

tions is by encouraging people to read

the Quran.

“Learn or yoursel,” Ansari said

to those who believe in myths about

the Muslim community but take no

steps to educate themselves about the

religion. “I people are not inormed,

don’t vote, don’t take responsibility

— that’s going to aect the uture ina very negative way.”

CAMS wSWEDNESDAy, OCTOBER 20, 2010 THE BROWN DAIly HERAlD PAGE 3

“What is Isam? Who is Isam? There is no pope.” — Assistant Professor of Reigious Studies Nanc Khaek

D f By KATRinA PhilliPS

Contributing W riter

Though Denmark and the United

States are acing similar challenges

— namely an aging population and

costly new medical techniques —

the two nations have “dierent

points o departure,” said Danish

Minister o Interior and Health Ber-

tel Haarder at a lecture Tuesday.

Haarder explained the benets

o European health care systems

to an overfowing crowd in the Joukowsky Forum at the Watson

Institute or International Stud-

ies. Though Denmark provides

universal health care and the U.S.

does not, the U.S. spends a much

greater percentage o its gross do-

mestic product on health care. This

disparity is largely due to money

spent on insurance companies and

the possibility o “some element

o overtreatment,” Haarder said,

citing the high rate o inpatient

surgeries in the U.S.

The minister said all European

countries have universal health

care, based either on the Scan-

dinavian tax-based model or the

“German Bismarck” model o com-

pulsory insurance. With the new

implementation o health care re-orm, the U.S. is “moving a little bit

to the German Bismarck model,”

he said. But rom the European

perspective, “it’s puzzling that the

have the opportunity to travel to

Cancun in December or a global

climate change summit. A report

o their ndings and experiences

at the summit will then be a point

o discussion at the climate change

conerence at Brown.

Snyder said he also plans to con-

tinue an initiative started by Gut-

mann on violence in Latin America.

People rom Latin America, In-

dia, South Arica and other coun-

tries have been invited to attend

an April conerence on the subject.Snyder said that scholars rom Latin

American cities will be paired with

scholars rom other cities in the

global south, adding that such

“cross-regional dialogue” doesn’t

happen oten.

“The best way to address theo-

retical questions in the social sci-

ences is to have people grounded

in context,” Snyder said.

“There are very exciting peda-

gogical and intellectual agendas

that come out o Latin America,”

Snyder said. Latin American stud-

ies remain an important eld o

research, he said, since the “share

o the U.S. population that’s Latinois growing.”

continued from page 1

‘- ’

Max Monn / Herad

Professor of Poitica Science Richard Snder is the new director of

the Center for latin American and Caribbean Studies .

b Icontinued from page 1

continued on page 4

8/8/2019 October 20, 2010 issue


WEDNESDAy, OCTOBER 20, 2010THE BROWN DAIly HERAlDPAGE 4

CAMS wS “The Danes smoke too much.” — Danish Minister of Interior and Heath Berte Haarder

reorm did not go urther because

the need seemed to be evident,”

Haarder added.

Haarder also addressed the com-

mon assertion in the U.S. that the

Danish health care system is “only

one step away rom communism” by

noting that many Danes are reluctant

to allow too much political infuence

on their private lives. Being liberal

in Denmark means supporting ree

choice, Haarder said. Though Danes

are obligated to go through specied

general practitioners as “gatekeep-ers to the rest o the health sector,”

there is an element o choice in that

citizens choose their general practi-

tioners themselves and can change

them once every year, he said.

Haarder acknowledged that his

country’s system is ar rom per-

ect and that certain social behav-

iors have led to Denmark’s below-

average lie expectancy in Europe.

“The main reason is that the

Danes smoke too much, and par-

ticularly, the young Danes drink too

much,” he said.

Throughout his speech, Haarder

stressed the importance o equal-

ity in health care and other areas

o governance. The principle that

any service available to one should

be equally available to all is “one o

the undamentals o Danish politics,”

he said.

“The Europeans are way ahead

o us” in terms o health care, said

Dean o Medicine and Biological

Sciences Edward Wing in his intro-

duction or Haarder. Wing noted that

he avors the recent U.S. reorm but

does not think it will be adequate

to bridge the gap with European

countries. Among those who turned out or

the lecture was Proessor-at-Large

and ormer Prime Minister o Italy

Romano Prodi. During the question-

and-answer session, Prodi drew on

his experience in Italy to elaborate

on Haarder’s points concerning the

possibility o primary care neglect in

the European health care system.

Ater the lecture, Kristen En-

glund GS said the talk was “enlight-

ening.” Beore hearing Haarder, she

said she had seen Prodi speak and

noticed there were “a lot o parallels”

in their priorities.

D, I

k continued from page 3

ISD Z, b 20By JAKe COMeR

ContributingW riter

The Rhode Island School o Designlaunched a partnership last week with

car sharing company Zipcar, mak-

ing two Toyota Scions available last

Thursday.

The partnership was prompted

by the Graduate Student Alliance at

RISD, said Jerri Drummond, assistant

dean or student lie at the design

school.

The new Zipcars have specially re-

served parking spaces on Waterman

Street across rom the RISD Public

Saety Oce. They will be available

to Zipcar members 24 hours a day andcan be reserved online or by phone.

The arrival o RISD’s Zipcars

brings Providence’s total Zipcar count

to 20, according to Zipcar spokes-

man Greg Winter. The car sharing

company already has two vehicles at

Johnson and Wales University and 16

vehicles at Brown.

Zipcar members can rent cars by

the hour or the day. Gas, insurance

and roadside assistance are included

in the rental ee.

Though there isn’t yet any con-

crete inormation or numbers regard-ing the demand or and popularity

o RISD’s new Zipcars, “they’re al-

ways out o their slots,” Drummond

said. The design school arranged or

Scions, relatively large cars, so art

students can use them to transport

supplies, she said.

“Providence is a great market or

us,” Winter said. “We anticipate that

it’ll be really successul,” he said o

RISD’s new program.

This is at least partly because the

new cars are available to all Zipcar

members, though the program cen-ters on the student demographic, he

said.

Brown’s Zipcars have already been

popular with students at the design

school, Drummond said. Brown’s

program, now about three and a hal

years old, also started out with only

two vehicles, said Carleia Lighty, the

University’s transportation manager.

The partnership has expanded, she

said, to keep up with the demand or

convenient, inexpensive, short-term

car sharing on- and o-campus.

Lighty said having Zipcars avail-

able to students “works well” with

Brown’s eorts to be environmentally

riendly.

“We want to think green and do

our part to help our environment,”

she said.

For now, according to Drummond,

RISD is monitoring the usage o the

two vehicles, and will reevaluate the

situation according to demand and

popularity “maybe in a month or a

couple months.”

8/8/2019 October 20, 2010 issue


SportswednesdayWEDNESDAy, OCTOBER 20, 2010 | PAGE 5

The Brown Dai Herad

Sq

wk By JAMeS BlUM

SportS S taff W riter

Last Friday was a day o rsts or

the men’s and women’s cross coun-

try teams. Not only did Brown host

the inaugural Rothenberg Race in

Warwick’s Goddard State Park, but

both squads also dominated the

competition, as they ran to match-

ing rst-place victories. The strong

team eorts were refected in the

individual results, with Brown run-

ners claiming the top three slots ineach race.

The women scored 18 points to

win and placed seven runners in the

top 10, handily beating second-place

nisher Boston College. Margaret

Connelly ’14 nished the ve-kilome-

ter course rst or Brown in a time

o 17 minutes, 27 seconds.

“It’s encouraging, but I look at

mysel in the larger eld o compe-

tition, too,” said Connelly, who has

placed rst among her teammates

in each race she has run or Brown.

As the top nisher overall, Connelly

also earned the meet title on the

women’s side.

Heidi Caldwell ’14 nished sec-

ond both or Brown and overall with

a time o 17:29. It was only her sec-

ond collegiate race, since she had

been sick earlier in the season.

“This race elt a lot better and I

think I will be eeling 100 percent

soon,” she said.

Elaine Kuckertz ’13 inished

third or Brown in 17:38 and Ari Gar-

ber ’12 nished next (th overall)

with a time o 17:55.

“I was really happy with how they

raced,” said women’s Head Coach

Jill Miller. “We played around a little

with the race tactics and they all did

really well in executing the plan.”

On the men’s side, Brown scored

15 points and placed eight runners

in the top 10, dominating runner-up

Harvard. Co-captain Matt Duy ’12

claimed the overall top spot on the

eight-kilometer course in a time o

24:48.

“I think the race went just as well

as I wanted,” Duy said. “It got me

ready or Heps,” reerring to the Ivy

League Heptagonal Championships.

Brian Schilder ’11 and Dan Low-

ry ’12 nished behind Duy in 25:05

and 25:23, respectively. The rst two rookie runners

to nish or Brown were Brendan

Boyle ’14 in 26:22 and Colin Savage

’14 in 26:31. They nished 12th and

15th, respectively, in the overall eld

o 36 competitors.

“It was denitely the best race we

had as a team all year,” Duy said.

With this race over, the teams

have almost two weeks until they

compete at the Ivy League Heptago-

nal Championships at Van Cortlandt

Park in New York, N.Y. on Oct. 29.

The men and women will look to

improve upon their th-place n-

ishes at last year’s championships.

The team’s training during this

pre-championship period will help

them succeed later in the season,

said men’s head coach Tim Spring-

eld.

“It’s not about what the other

teams are doing,” Springeld said.

“It’s us trying to run as a team the

absolute best that we can.”

In addition to preparing or the

conerence nale, both teams are

ocused on being in top shape or

regionals and nationals.

“We want to give 100 percent at

every meet, but we also want to have

the vision that our season is not over

at Heps,” Miller said.

. B By ZACK BAhR

SportSeditor

While there were not quite as many

yellow cards as there were against

Harvard, there was no lack o action

in the men’s soccer game Tuesday

night, as No. 14 Brown (8-1-3, 1-1-1

Ivy League) picked up a decisive 3-1

victory over the Hartwick Hawks

(2-10-1).

Ater a tangle in ront o the goal

with just over 16 minutes let in the

game, Hartwick midelder Greg

Mathers threw a punch at deense-

man Kevin Gavey ’13 beore Mathers

ell to the ground grabbing his ankle

and was eventually helped o theeld by an athletic trainer. Mathers’

teammate, orward Dan Summers,

was later given a red card and es-

corted o the eld ater receiving

his second yellow card o the game.

“Brown deserved to win the

game,” was all Hartwick Head Coach

John Scott had to say o his eelings

about the game.

The Bears, who had only ound

the net once in their past three

games, wasted no time in scoring,

as deender David Walls ’11 rocketed

a ree kick into the goal rom about 23

yards out. Forward Sean Rosa ’12.5

tallied another goal 15 minutes later

ater redirecting a hard, low shot by

orward Austin Mandel ’12.

“It’s always going to be a tricky

game ater such an emotional game

against Harvard,” said Head Coach

Pat Laughlin. “But we came out, and

we did some good things. We also did

some not-so-good things.”

Breaking Brown’s shutout op-

portunity ater an early 2-0 lead,

a Hartwick ast break in the 25th

minute let Mathers wide-open. Hered let-to-right rom the top o the

penalty box, skipping the ball o the

tur and netting it past goalkeeper

Paul Grandstrand ’11.

The nal goal or Bruno came

when Hartwick’s goalkeeper, Lee

Fenner, let the box to grab a ball

that was launched in the air. The ball

bounced over his head, leaving noth-

ing between Walls and the goal. On

the evening, the Bears took 22 shots,

compared to 14 by the Hawks.

Grandstrand, in a rare mental

error in the second hal, received

a oul or a botched throw-in inside

the penalty box. But the ensuing ree

kick rom roughly 12 yards out met a

wall o Bear deenders and eventually

picked up by the goalie.

“We obviously didn’t play our

best,” Gavey said. “We needed a win

here. Here, we came out and got the job done.”

Gavey was one o just a slew o

reserves that entered the game or

Brown throughout the contest —

so many that Laughlin said he lost

count. In total, 21 dierent players

saw playing time.

“I thought there were some guys

that really stepped up,” Laughlin said.

“Kevin Gavey was outstanding.”

Deenseman Dylan Remick ’13,

who has been a consistent player or

Brown all season, made numerous

quick breaks that let Hartwick play-ers struggling to keep up.

“I’m going to try and get as much

oensive power and help that I can

give,” Remick said. “My personal goal

is to all-around play or keeps.”

The Bears continue their whirl-

wind schedule o our games in 10

days as they take on Cornell this Sat-

urday at Stevenson Field. The 7 p.m.

game against the Big Red will give

Brown a chance to move up in the Ivy

standings. A win is worth three points

and a tie is worth one. The squad is

currently one point behind Harvardand ve behind league co-leaders

Princeton and Penn.

Jonathan Bateman / Herad

In a victorious 3-1 game against the Hartwick Hawks, defender David Was ’11 scored two goas.

CROSS COUnTRy

M. SOCCeR

8/8/2019 October 20, 2010 issue


ditorial & LettersPAGE 6 | WEDNESDAy, OCTOBER 20, 2010

The Brown Daily Herald

S A M R O S E N F E L D

w

COR R ECT IONS P OL ICY

The Brown Daily Herald is committed to providing the Brown University community with the most accurate inormation possible. Correc-

tions may be submitted up to seven calendar days ater publication.

COM M ENT AR Y P OL ICY

The editorial is the majority opinion o the editorial page board o The Brown Daily Herald. The editorial viewpoint does not necessarily

refect the views o The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. Columns, letters and comics refect the opinions o their authors only.

L ET T ER S T O T HE EDIT OR P OL ICY

Send letters to [email protected]. Include a telephone number with all letters. The Herald reserves the right to edit all letters or

length and clarity and cannot assure the publication o any letter. Please limit letters to 250 words. Under special circumstances writers may

request anonymity, but no letter will be printed i the author’s identity is unknown to the editors. Announcements o events will not be printed.

ADVER T IS ING P OL ICY

The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. reser ves the right to accept or decline any advertisement at its discretion.

editorial

In an op-ed about the upcoming elections last week in the

New York Times, Gail Collins asked, “How ar back in a

candidate’s history do we want to travel?” With multiple

campaigns across the country bringing up opponents’

college writings and actions, what counts as air game

is a now a particularly open question.

Collins argues that college is a time or experimen-

tation and growth, and that in electing candidates to

oce “nothing anyone did in college short o a elony

should count against them.” As Collins points out, “We

do not want the next generation to embrace premature

conormity just because they nurture a dream o one

day serving with Max Baucus on the Senate Finance

Committee.” Future campaigns must do a better job o

heeding Collins’ advice. There’s no denying that or many college is a time o

testing new ideas and learning by experience. But or

our generation more than any previous one, a person’s

decisions — bad and good — are well-documented

and easily accessible thanks to the Internet. Though a

Google search o a candidate can oten provide his or

her position on the issues, it can also requently reveal

a chronicle o ancient indiscretions. Incriminating evi-

dence about political candidates will increase exponen-

tially in the next decade as every unfattering personal

photo and melodramatic status update comes to light.

Earlier this year, we weighed the pros and cons o

banning employers rom using Facebook in the hir-

ing process. Should the calculus be dierent or those

seeking to become public ocials?

O course, all college students do and say things

publicly that they may regret later. Though we don’t

want to discourage the kind o experimentation that

makes college so special, a little orethought and pru-

dence during these years probably wouldn’t hurt. It’s

important to be aware o who has access to your various

online personas, as well as what medium you’re using.

Indeed, an inappropriate rant on your blog is likely to

be more detrimental than a picture o you holding a

red Solo cup.

Ultimately though, we agree with Collins that cam-

paign mudslingers should stay away rom all but the

most serious incidents that occur in college. The state-

ments and actions o a candidate during his or her

postgraduate career are clearly o more relevance. I a

candidate has retracted or revised statements publishedduring college, or provided plausible explanations or

orgivable actions, that ought to be sucient. In act,

such actions refect an admirable level o maturity and

sel-awareness.

Our nation has thrived or over two hundred years

choosing leaders without a complete digital history o

their lives. I we open the foodgates now, it’s going to

get worse, and it’s going to make political discourse

even less substantive than it already is. The “Facebook

generation” will be especially tempted to use digital his-

tories or vicious campaigning. Let’s be better than that.

Editorials are written by The Herald’s editorial page board.

Send comments to [email protected].

Sor Staff wrtrs Ana Avarez, Ashe Adin, Rebecca Bahaus, Aexander Be, Nicoe Boucher,

Fei Cai, Kristina Fazzaaro, Sarah Mancone, Caire Peracchio, lindor Qunaj, Mark Ramond, luisa

Robedo, Caitin Trujio, Aexandra Umer

Staff writers Anna Andreeva, Anne Artley, Anita Badejo, Case Beho, Am Chen, Aicia Dang, Sarah

Forman, Miriam Furst, Max Godnick, Thomas Jarus, Juia Kim, Kri stina Kara, leonardo Moauro,

Emi Rosen, Brade Siverman, Anne Simons, Qian yin

Sor Sas excutvs Katie Gavin, liana Nisimova, Isha Guati, Samantha Wong

Sas Assocats Roshni Assomu, Brad Caspar, Anna Cook, Siena delisser, Begum Ersan, Tomm

Fink, Ran Feming, Evan Gi, Debbie lai, Jason lee, Katie lnch, Sean Maroongroge, Zahra

Merchant, Edjoa Ruci, Webber Xu

Sor Fac Assocats Jason Beckman, Mae Cadao, Adam Fern, Krste Onibokun

Fac Assocats lisa Berin, Mahima Chawa, Mark Hu, Jason lee, Justin lee, Kevin lnch,

Jennifer Morgan, Sam Potner, Nichoas Robbins, Dan Seder, Danie Sutsk, Emi Zheng

ds Staff Rebecca Bahaus, Caeigh Forbes

wb Staff Warren Jin, Caire Kwong, Adam Zethraeus

Poto Staff Qidong Chen, Janine Cheng, Aex DePaoi, Frederic lu, Quinn Savit

Cop etors Ted Burke, Corinne Cathcart, David Chung, Oivia Conetta, C arrie Craven, Max Ernst,

Nicoe Grabe, Jeffre Hander, Emma Janaskie, Bridget Jeong, Jenn Kapan, Abb Kerson, Juhee

Kwon, Caire luchette, Sahi luthra, Shefai luthra, Katie M acDougad, Aexandra Nuttbrown,

Eizabeth Orr, Raaj Parekh, Katrina Phiips, Am Rasmussen, Winnie Wang, Emma Woh

etora Pa Boar Mmbrs Anita Mathews, Ter Rosenbaum, Meissa Shube, Gaurie Tiak

the brown daily herald

A SprSuzaa wssSara luxbrBra MastroaBrtta grB ScrckrS embrZack BarTo Baks

As Mcdo

Stp lcstAx yuStpa looMax Mohar RostaJoata BatmaJss Mora

Graphics EditorGraphics Editor

Photo EditorPhoto EditorPhoto Editor

Sports Photo EditorAsst. Sports Photo Editor

Graphics & photos

BUSINESS

K MaaaJo Mrda ToJu Outg Krlor Stu-lbrKat wsona Poo

production

Cop Desk ChiefAsst. Cop Desk ChiefAsst. Cop Desk Chief

Design EditorAsst. Design EditorAsst. Design EditorAsst. Design Editor

Web Editor

EDITORIAl

Arts & Cuture EditorArts & Cuture Editor

Features EditorFeatures Editor

Metro EditorMetro EditorNews Editor

Sports EditorSports Editor

Asst. Sports Editor

editor-in-chief

gor Mr

senior editors

B hmaSt Mot

deputy ManaGinG editors

emm lssJoaa womut

ManaGinG editor

Caz Ks

OPINIONS

Mca FtzpatrckAssa RatMatt Aks

Opinions EditorOpinions Editor

Editoria Page Editor

BlOG DAIly HERAlD

Matt KmrmaA Smosdav wr

Managing EditorManaging EditorManaging Editor

General ManaGers

Car KKat Ko

office ManaGer

Sa R

directors

K wssMatt Burrosda MarsakMarart watso

Crstaa StpsoManaGers

isa guatArju VaaRajv iarAt BataJar davsTrt nso-Rvrslaur BossoJ CaoMarot grbrAxar CarrrKat Bu

SaesFinance

Asst. FinanceCient Reations

Aumni Reations

loca Saesloca Saes

Nationa SaesUniversit SaesUniversit SaesRecruiter Saes

Business OperationsBusiness Anatics

Credit and CoectionsSpecia Projects

Staff

POST- MAGAZINE

Sam CartrKat doMarsa Katr

Editor-in-ChiefEditor-in-ChiefEditor-in-Chief

g Kr, Ju Out, Designers

Ju Ko, Jo Mr, Raaj Park, Cop Editors

Aa Avarz, Rbcca Baaus, S embr, lusa Robo, Night Editors

lttrs, [email protected]

correction

A photo caption accompanying an article in Tuesday’s Herald (“Beds lacking in shelter system across Rhode

Island,” Oct. 19) misidentied the speaker pictured. The speaker was Jim Ryczek. The Herald regrets the error.

8/8/2019 October 20, 2010 issue


8/8/2019 October 20, 2010 issue


wedneSdAy, OCTOBeR 20, 2010 PAGE 8

Today2

5

Students bring cean water to India

Cross countr caims top spots in races

The Brown Daily Herald

62 / 47

Bat & gaz | Sofia Ortiz

Cabrt Votar| Abe Pressman

dr. Bar | Mat Becker

3 54calendar

Menu

crossword

the news in iMaGes

coMics

60/ 38

today toMorrow

8:30 A.M.

Hunger Breakfast for Nourish

Internationa, Main Green

7 P.M.

Choose your Casses WiSE ‘Murder

Mster’ Part, Science Center

4 P.M.

Is the Internet a Democratizing

Technoog?, Petteruti lounge

6 P.M.

RISD Museum After Dark: Coege

Night, RISD Museum

ShARPe ReFeCTORy VeRney-wOOlley dining hAll

lUnCh

dinneR

Sustainabe Samon Teriaki,

Spanish Steak, Oven Roasted Tofu

Trianges, Frosted Brownies

Sustainabe Backened Catfish,

Macaroni and Cheese with Avocado

and Tomato, Frosted Brownies

Bruschetta Mozzarea, Itaian

Toscano Couscous, Spanish Steak,

Pumpkin and White Chip Cookies

Beef and Broccoi Szechwan,

Bruschetta Mozzarea, Pumpkin

and White Chip Cookies

TOdAy OCTOBeR 20 TOMORROw OCTOBeR 21

dot Comc | Eshan Mitra and Brendan Hainine

T Avturs of Tam Va | Wend Kwartin

October 20, 2010 issue

Documents

Transcript of October 20, 2010 issue