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City receives Brown’s master plan New home-ownership program for faculty and staff unveiled as part of revised development strategy

BY ANNE WOOTTON METRO EDITOR

After receiving a final draft of the University’s Institutional Master Plan last week, the City Plan Commission will hold a public meeting about the plan on April 25 to hear comments from neighborhood residents.

Planned construction of Sidney Frank Hall, the Jonathan Nelson Fitness Center and the Walk are all major components of the next five years of development outlined in the plan, in addition to a revised traffic flow system. The plan also provided details of a new program through which eligible Brown faculty and staff can buy unused, University-owned houses on the East Side.

The IMP was designed over the past several years, during which the University sought to ensure a higher level of community input than it has in the past. The plan has three main goals: developing a circulation structure on campus that fosters community, consolidating Brown’s core of academic buildings on College Hill and moving beyond College Hill to off-campus projects and real estate ventures.

Michael McCormick, director of planning for Facilities Management, said he hopes that, barring any major last-minute changes, the IMP will be ready to go before the City Council in May for a final vote regarding its approval.

Parking — or lack thereof — and traffic congestion have been topics of particular concern for community members at pub-

lic meetings held by the University. Brown will lose almost 400 parking spaces in the next few years to new construction, and administrators recently announced plans to move undergraduate student parking entirely off campus to help relax this parking squeeze. The University also commissioned a traffic study to come up with a better system of traffic lights for Waterman and Angell streets.

“I think one of the continuing concerns with the College Hill area is parking,” said Ward 2 City Councilwoman Rita Williams. “(Brown) has to continue to have plans that accommodate (the number of cars on College Hill), especially with the increase in faculty that will be coming to this area,” she said, citing the completion of the Life Sciences Building as one catalyst for automobile congestion.

“We feel very good about our traffic study and our parking plan. We’ve heard a lot of skepticism, but we feel like it’s the best we can do at this point,” McCormick said.

“Traffic and parking, from day one, are always the most difficult issues to deal with — on any campus, but especially here on College Hill,” he said. McCormick went on to predict that most of the public discussion set to continue on the city level this month will revolve around these issues and the University’s request that the city abandon portions of Fones Alley and Olive Street so Brown can absorb the land. see MASTER PLAN, page 9

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Dining Services may whip up new meal plans next year

BY ALISSA CERNY STAFF WRITER

Students dissatisfied with the structure of the University’s current meal plan may be pleased with new options that could be available as early as next semester if administrators accept a proposal designed by the Undergraduate Council of Students in conjunction with Brown University Dining Services.

“I can’t tell you how many people feel the meal plans aren’t flexible enough for the average Brown student, mostly because there is no average Brown student,”

Students, U. make voices heard at State House

BY BEN LEUBSDORF METRO EDITOR

Isaac Belfer ’08 and Sarah Raab ’08 got their marching orders: their target was Rep. Edwin Pacheco, D-District 47.

“He’s the youngest member of the House, he was elected just out of college,” Jennifer Stevens, an organizMETRO er for Marriage Equality RI, told them as they stood in a corner of the Rhode Island House of Representatives chamber on April 5. An undecided vote on the bill that would allow gay marriage in Rhode Island, the 24-year-old Pacheco might open up more to two of Stevens’ youngest lobbyists.

So Belfer and Rabb walked across the

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Members of the Brown Democrats and University representatives often lobby at the State House.

House chamber to ask Pacheco about his views on the bill. Afterwards, they agreed it had gone well.

“I think he liked that we were young,” Raab said.

About three to five students from the Brown Democrats walk down College Hill to the State House every Wednesday afternoon. They go there to help MERI gain support from state legislators for a marriage equality bill, a form of which has been introduced every year but one since 1997.

“It’s a great thing to do. It’s fun and interesting,” said Belfer, who leads the lobbying program as chair of the Local Politics Committee. But, he added, he doesn’t really consider it lobbying.

“It’s nothing Jack Abramoff-style,” he joked, referring to the former lobbyist whose illegal activities have prompted calls to crack down on lobbying in the federal government.

But Stevens had told the Brown students and a group of other volunteers before heading into the chamber that they shouldn’t be afraid of the word.

“I know this is kind of a scary term, lobbying, but it’s just talking to people,” she said. “They happen to be elected, but they’re still people.”

The Dems began their lobbying program in 2003, when the Local Politics Committee was created to focus on marriage equality and environmental issues at the state level, according to Seth Magaziner ’06, former president of the Dems.

But since then, Belfer said, the project has focused almost exclusively on marriage equality.

“We honestly don’t have the manpow-

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er to diversify and work with several campaigns at once,” he said. “We have just one issue but we attack it from a number of different angles.”

Belfer said the main goal of their lobbying efforts is to gauge support for the bill.

“It really is mostly information gathering,” Belfer said. “Based on the information we gather through our lobbying, they can identify individual representatives who can be swayed.”

Stevens said she appreciates the work put in by the Brown students.

“They’re up here every week. They have done more lobbying than any other group,” she told The Herald. “They’re great.”

“Even though they might not be registered to vote here, they talk to East Side legislators, and having a group here every week makes sure (legislators) can’t forget,” she added.

Belfer said he gets a lot out of lobbying, especially in a small state like Rhode Island.

“You can walk out of your dorm and walk onto the floor of the General Assembly and have representatives listen to you.

It could only happen in Rhode Island,” he said.

Promoting Brown’s interests But students aren’t the only ones taking advantage of the State House’s proximity to campus to make their voices heard. The University also lobbies there on a regular basis.

“What’s important is that the University’s interests are followed and that the University’s interests are heard when the Uni-

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said Sarah Saxton-Frump ’07, president of UCS. In response to this problem, UCS approached BuDS with a plan to expand the range of meal plan options currently offered. Though the decisions have not been finalized, UCS and BuDS are currently working to create additional plans that substitute FlexPlus Points for meals at each of the current meal plan prices.

A student could purchase a plan at the price of 20 meals per week and select to have 14 weekly meal credits and have the see MEAL PLANS, page 7

Software that saves lives Student venture seeks to monitor heart attack recovery

BY REBECCA JACOBSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Although some students may take EN 90: “Managerial Decision Making” to lighten their course load, the class transformed one former interFEATURE national relations concentrator, Simon Salgado ’07, into a serial entrepreneur. After taking a year off to develop a tech company, Salgado is back at Brown and embarking on a new venture — vests.

Salgado is the chief executive officer of DigiTRx, a company designing software that will monitor and interpret the vital signs of patients who have suffered heart attacks. DigiTRx’s software will analyze blood pressure, heart rate and electrocardiogram readings, allowing doctors to monitor patients wearing a medical vest from a remote location.

The vest, which monitors over 40 vital signs, has already been developed by a California company, VivoMetrics, but Salgado’s group is tailoring it to patients recovering from heart attacks.

The company formed as part of EN 194, Sec. 7: “Entrepreneurship II” this semester and is now one of six semifinalists in the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition, even though it is not see SALGADO, page 9 News tips: herald@browndailyherald.com

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Flanders ’71: from minor league baseball to a federal bench recommendation

BY SARA MOLINARO STAFF WRITER

Robert Flanders ’71, adjunct assistant professor of public policy and a former Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, may soon be headed to the federal bench.

Flanders — who currently teaches PP 70, Sec. 4: “Issues Facing Legal Policy” — has been recommended for nomination to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals by Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75, R-R.I., who by tradition names a nominee to President George W. Bush for his formal nomination. If confirmed, Flanders would take the place of retiring Judge Bruce Selya.

“Justice Flanders is a man of superb intellect, who understands the complexities of the law,” Chafee said in a March 17 press release when he announced he was recommending Flanders. “His integrity is unquestioned, and I have great respect for his professional experience.”

Flanders — who stepped down from the state Supreme Court in 2004 and is currently a lawyer with local firm Hinckley Allen & Snyder — was a football recruit at Brown and also played for the baseball team before graduating with a degree in English. After Brown, Flanders was simultaneously accepted to Harvard Law School and drafted by the Detroit Tigers.

“Instead of taking a law job during the summers while I was going to law school, I played baseball in the Tigers’ minor league system,” Flanders told The Herald.

Flanders said participating in athletics as an undergraduate enhanced his education.

“I think one of the great things that athletics teaches you is how to deal with and manage failure, because every athlete fails, and repeatedly fails, to do what he or she would like to be able to do,” he said. “If you think about it, the best hitter in baseball only succeeds one out of three times.” Flanders continues to serve on the Advisory Council on Athletics at Brown.

A native of New York, Flanders cited Brown as the main reason he settled in Rhode Island over 30 years ago. “I thought it couldn’t be too bad to be a Brown graduate in a state as small as Rhode Island, and what I liked about Rhode Island was that it was a place where one person, I felt, could make a difference,” he said.

Flanders spoke warmly of his time at Brown, but he said the years were tempestuous. It was “a turbulent time to be a student,” he said, because of the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the United States’ invasion of Cambodia. At Brown, protests against racial discrimination and the war coincided with the adoption of the student-designed New Curriculum and co-ed residence halls.

“Campuses across the country were in turmoil,” he said. He recalled baseball games and exams being cancelled due to protests, sit-ins and boycotts. “There was a lot of tension between the administration and the student body, between the faculty and the administration,” he said. “It just seemed like the whole cam-

Brown eyes property freed up

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pus was boiling for at least two of the years that I was there.”

But the activism prevalent on Brown’s campus was not a major factor in Flanders’ decision to attend law school, he said. Flanders was married a week before his graduation from Brown, and “I didn’t know what I wanted to do except to play baseball, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to do that Brown.edu forever,” he said. “So I said, Robert Flanders `71 ‘Well, maybe I’ll apply to law school.’”

Flanders received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1974 and went on to begin practicing in New York City.

Currently, Flanders is chair of the Voter Initiative Alliance, which is working to bring voter-initiated ballot referendums to Rhode Island.

Flanders said the movement is important because it “would allow the people to have their voice heard when

As Interstate 195 is relocated, many Providence buyers — including Brown — are eyeing the land that will be left behind.

The highway is being moved due to problems such as narrow lanes, congestion and the poor condition of its bridges, said Lambri Zerva, principal engineer for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.

The new highway will travel about a mile south of the current route, straightening out after crossing the Seekonk River instead of veering inward toward the city as it does now and passing just south of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier.

RIDOT hopes to have some lanes of the new highway open by 2008, Zerva said. The old highway should be removed by 2012.

A “major benefit” to the new route is the prime real estate it will free up, Zerva said. The land “can be developed and can be sold for profit,” he said.

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BY OLIVER BOWERS STAFF WRITER

Hearings over Club Diesel drag on Possible loss of licenses may cause Lupo’s to close its doors

BY JILL LUXENBERG CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Lois Russo, who has lived near Club Diesel for a year and a half, voiced her concerns about noise disturbances and safety issues at the latest hearing on the Providence nightclub’s fate April 5.

The public hearings before the Board of Licenses, which began March 15, have centered on numerous alleged crimes the city has linked to the Providence nightclub’s entertainment and liquor licenses. Club Diesel, located at 79 Washington St., shares its licenses with Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, a popular live music venue.

Almost a month after Kevin McHugh, a prosecutor for the city, first began his case against Club Diesel, there is still no end in sight.

The city has sought to classify Club Diesel as a “disorderly house,” citing a Rhode Island law that prohibits venues that “annoy and disturb the persons inhabiting or residing in the neighborhood” and also “permits any of the laws of the state to be violated in the neighborhood.”

If the board classifies Club Diesel as a “disorderly

house,” punishments could range from a monetary fine to a complete revocation of the licenses.

Russo’s testimony centered on complaints of “shouting, laughing, screaming, breaking of bottles against brick, and jumping on cars to set off car alarms,” which she claimed woke her up between 1:45 a.m. and 2:15 a.m.

She also said she has been “accosted” and “propositioned” two or three times by people standing outside of Club Diesel between 11:30 p.m. and midnight during her walk home along Washington Street from her parking garage, which is located a block from the nightclub.

“It concerned me. It scared me. It made me very uncomfortable,” she said.

But lawyers for Club Diesel’s owner, Michael Kent, objected, saying Russo and other neighbors have no way to know whether specific disturbances are caused

by Club Diesel patrons.

In previous hearings Club Diesel’s lawyers have displayed maps showing 26 other bars, clubs and restaurants located within 300 feet of Club Diesel. Their case partially rests on the fact that there are many establishments in the area that cause disturbances and the argusee DIESEL, page 4

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Diesel continued from page 3 ment that Club Diesel has been unfairly targeted because of its larger capacity.

Russo said she assumed her encounters were with Club Diesel patrons based on the direction they were walking, adding that she has never noticed a crowd outside of other establishments.

McHugh said that the Providence Police Department has responded to 332 calls from the club in the past three years. A number of police officers who have helped to break up fights at Club Diesel have been called to testify, according to the Providence Journal.

But Kent said the city has not given his lawyers records of those calls, according to the Journal.

Kent could not be reached for comment.

Because of the club’s large capacity — 1,200 patrons — some of the security issues could be solved by “having more bodies” to enforce security, whether private security or off-duty police officers, said Deputy Police Chief Paul Kennedy.

Disputes over access to evidence, as well as the slow pace of the hearings, led to frayed tempers at the April 5 hearing.

During the hearing, McHugh accused Kent’s lawyers, Edward John Mulligan and Dennis McMahon, of intentionally slowing the process so that “their client’s club can remain open.”

He pointed out that the hearings were “costing the city a lot of money” and called postponing the next hearing until April 18 an unfair delaying tactic.

Mulligan and McMahon responded that their client has the right to representation and therefore deserves their consultation, adding that they are unavailable until then.

Board Chairman Andrew Annaldo eventually agreed to postpone the hearings.

During witness testimony last Wednesday, McHugh again accused Kent’s lawyers of attempting to slow down the hearing with their continuous stream of objections.

Though the hearings do not directly target Lupo’s, owner Richard Lupo says that if Club Diesel’s licenses are revoked, it will be tantamount to shutting down his establishment.

Previously on Westminster Street, Lupo’s relocated to Washington Street to make room for a residential redevelopment project, but Lupo said he will not move again.

McHugh estimated that he needs at least two to three more hearings to present the prosecution’s case. It is not yet clear how many hearings the defense will take to respond to the charges.

But that may not end the process. “If there is a decision made against Diesel, there will be an appeal,” Lupo said.

He estimated the entire process could stretch out over the next year.

The next hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18 at 1 p.m. in City Hall at 25 Dorrance St.

I-195 continued from page 3 Brown is looking into acquiring the land, as it is located in areas the University is already interested in, such as the Jewelry District, said Richard Spies, executive vice president for planning and senior adviser to the president.

“That area of the city is very much a part of our future,” Spies said.

Once streets are re-established, property will open up and be sold by the state, Spies said. Brown will participate in discussions with the state and city about purchasing the land, but it will likely face competition.

“There are a lot of people jockeying for position,” Spies said.

Brown’s decision whether to purchase the land will depend on how high the price is, Spies said. He said University administrators involved in strategic planning believe the city should make an effort to keep some of the land in the University’s price range.

The land shouldn’t just go to the highest bidder, Spies said. Instead, “the city and state should intervene (in determining prices) to achieve bigger objectives,” he said. The University obtaining some of the land would benefit the city, he said.

But some neighbors disagree.

“Brown is not going to get (the land),” said Ronald Dwight ’66, treasurer of the College Hill Neighborhood Association, “unless it agrees to pay property taxes (on the land).” Brown currently pays no taxes on institutional property.

“The whole justification (for moving the highway) was that it would increase the taxable property and decrease the tax burden on the rest of the city,” Dwight said. Providence has one

Flanders continued from page 3 representative democracy, for whatever reason, fails to be responsive to those interests.”

If Bush agrees with Chafee’s recommendation, he will offi-

of the highest property tax burdens in the country, according to the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council.

The University “wanted (all the land) to be become tax exempt,” Dwight said about Brown’s plans for the I-195 land.

“The fact that Brown would propose such a thing says that it only thinks of its own interests and not those of the city as a whole,” he said.

But, Spies said, the University’s growth can bring with it other kinds of growth for businesses related to science, technology and engineering and to retail businesses, he said. The land occupied by all of these businesses is taxable.

“It isn’t a zero-sum game,” Spies said. “The whole effort is to make the pie bigger. We’re adding to that and we’re all benefiting.”

Spies also said many of the buildings Brown might build would continue to have predominantly non-University tenants for some time and would therefore be taxable.

He also pointed out that even though Brown does not pay property taxes, it still pays a large sum of money, nearly $1.5 million, each year to the city through the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program. The PILOT program was an agreement Brown struck with city municipal officials two years ago. For 15 years after acquisition of a building that is tax exempt, the University will pay “a competitive sum” to the city, Spies said.

But Dwight said the PILOT program is insufficient compensation. “Harvard and Yale (universities) pay great sums of money (in lieu of taxes),” Dwight said. “What Brown pays is miniscule compared to them.”

Highway relocation’s effect on India Point Park The highway relocation will also affect India Point Park. One effect will be an increase in traf-

fic along India Street, which runs parallel to the park, as residents of Fox Point who wish to travel east on the new I-195 will have to travel down India Street.

David Riley, co-chair of the board of trustees of Friends for India Point Park, said this will be both good and bad for the park.

“It will put more eyes on the park, but it will mean more pollution too,” he said.

The new highway will encroach on the east side of the park but will expand the park on the west side. “In the end (the park) will be a little better,” Zerva said. Riley agreed that the west side will be “a lot better.”

The west side will offer better views of the water and will have more parking, Riley said.

One of the new off-ramps will be near the park’s warehouse buildings — owned by Brown — which date back to when the park was still a port in the 18th century. Riley said the increased traffic in this area presents the University with an opportunity to turn the buildings into a public exhibit.

“Brown has a lot of maritime art that nobody gets to see,” Riley said. “If they could make it into a showcase, meeting place or restaurant, it would be a great place for that kind of thing.” Riley noted that in many other cities there are similar attractions near parks, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

RIDOT also plans to replace the old pedestrian bridge in the park that connects India Point Park to the East Side with a much nicer bridge, Zerva said.

Riley said the improvements to India Point Park are good for the whole city.

“Public space isn’t significantly (appreciated),” Riley said, “but you don’t hear people saying ‘Hey, lets go to Providence because they have a really nice highway.’” What “spreads the buzz” are things such as WaterFire and the park, he said.

cially nominate Flanders to the 1st Circuit Court. Flanders will then face confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee before he is officially appointed to the bench.

Flander’s nomination has garnered praise from Democrats as well as Republicans.

Rhode Island Attorney Gener-

al Patrick Lynch ’87, a Democrat, praised Chafee’s recommendation. “With his independent voice, Judge Flanders will be a welcome addition to the Federal Court,” he said in a written statement. “I hope that the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and ultimately, the full Senate, approve and confirm his nomination to the bench.”

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Military’s ‘cultural sensitivity’ training included in Global Media Project studies

BY BRIANNA BARZOLA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

An effort to investigate the Marine Corps’s “cultural sensitivity” training is just one project currently undertaken by the Global Media Project, an effort spearheaded by James Der Derian, professor of international studies. The GMP, which aims to use media and production methods to increase public awareness of global issues and conflicts, is looking to expand, having recently moved beyond the Watson Institute for International Studies to collaborate with other departments.

Increasingly, Brown students are lending their support to the GMP. A popular senior seminar offered this semester, IR 180 Sec. 95: “Global Media: History/ Theory/Production,” requires students to explore how media is used in international affairs.

As part of the Marine Corps research, lieutenant colonels affiliated with the Eisenhower Series College Program recently visited to speak to students.

This marked the first time officers from the program visited an Ivy League school.

The Marine Corps research is one of the GMP’s principal efforts. Funded by a Solomon Grant and aided by Professor of Anthropology Catherine Lutz and Assistant Professor of International Studies Keith Brown, the research will examine how American troops are trained prior to traveling to various countries — specifically, looking at training designed to help troops better understand a given country’s culture.

Members of the GMP filmed the training process in New England before Marines were shipped to Al-Anbar, Iraq. “It allows us to question, Can the military be more peace-keeping in stability operations?” Der Derian asked. To supplement this research, the GMP has scheduled a workshop in late April that will “convene military and civilian experts to discuss from research perspectives as well as personal

experience the theoretical, practical and ethical issues involved in the production, consumption, and circulation of ‘cultural knowledge,’” according to the Watson Institute’s Web site.

An expanding GMP Over 50 students vied for one of 20 spots in IR 180, Sec. 95. “Its great because you don’t only have international relations concentrators in the class,” Der Derian said. “About one-third are in international studies, one-third have a focus in production and one-third have a focus in the theory of media, so you get a nice blend of knowledge and skill. There is a lot of creativity.” Students in the class are required to produce literature reviews, video blogs and a short documentary film that will count as their final exam.

The GMP — which receives funding from the Watson Institute and the Carnegie Corporation, headed by former Brown President Vartan Gregorian — allows collaboration among research areas including politics, culture and identity, global security, political economy and development and global environment.

In many GMP projects, Der Derian and others use media outlets other than film, including independent television networks such as PBS and Link TV, video blogs and podcasts. In addition, they provide speakers for radio shows like “Open Source with Christopher Lydon,” which airs on the Bostonbased network WGBH. These speakers discuss global issues at the forefront of the Watson Institute’s work.

The GMP provides a unique and non-traditional way to bring these issues to the general public, said Associate Director and Watson Fellow Geoffrey Kirkman ’91.

In the future, those involved with the GMP hope its research and projects will lead international funding agencies to work to increase the GMP’s influence and expand its efforts.

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Rep. Langevin calls for expanded stem cell research at Brown Biotech Expo

BY JONATHAN HERMAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I. showed a 50-person crowd of biology students and biotech firm representatives what it means to be a prolife, pro-stem cell research Democrat during his keynote address to open the fourth annual Brown Biotech Expo yesterday in Sayles Hall. Langevin advocated for expanded government support of stem cell research and com-

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Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., delivered the keynote address on stem cell research Monday afternoon at the Biotech Expo in Sayles Hall.

mented on the harm the Bush administration’s stem cell policy has done the nation.

Langevin, who is wheelchairbound, co-sponsored a bipartisan bill expanding government funding of embryonic stem cell research almost a year ago that has since been stalled in the Senate by figures like Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. But Langevin said he remains confident in Frist’s promise to consider the issue in the Senate as well as the support of Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75, R-R.I. “My expectations are that a Senate stem cell bill will be brought up this year, soon,” Langevin told The Herald in an interview after his speech. “(But) I am disappointed that it has not been addressed yet.”

Langevin said he believes stem cell research is part of biotechnology’s untapped potential to “change the world,” but the only way to communicate that potential is through education.

“Trying to condense down to a five-minute snippet what I spent a year doing (is challenging) — support for (stem cell research) transcends political and socioeconomic lines,” Langevin said.

He said he spent a year talk-

ing with biologists and ethicists about both embryonic and adult stem cell research. He stressed the importance of understanding the science of embryonic stem cells and the implications of research that draws on these precursors of life.

“In having the opportunity to speak with researchers in this field in many walks of life, it is clear that we will learn a great deal from both embryonic and adult stem cell research,” he said.

Langevin said he has found most opposition to stem cell research results from ignorance.

“I have watched many of my colleagues (in the House) look into this topic,” Langevin said.

“The more a person spends time studying this issue, the more they come to understand and support it.”

In August 2001, President George W. Bush issued an executive order limiting funding for stem cell research to stem cell lines that were already left over at fertility clinics at that time. Many scientists say this limits the possibility of future research since government grants are the major source of scientific funding in the Unitsee LANGEVIN, page 6

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ed States. Also, there are a limited number of stem cell lines harvested prior to the 2001 order.

In response to the federal government’s limitations, states such as California have started research programs to fund stem cell research. Langevin, however, said this is not an option in Rhode Island because of the state’s size.

“Clearly where the federal government has failed, the states have started (to play a) role,” Langevin said. “We are such a small state that we’re not going to be able to offer a $3 billion bond issue.”

Despite other states’ efforts to fund research that is not supported by the federal government, Langevin said the limits placed on embryonic stem cell research have decreased the competitiveness of American research.

“The United Kingdom has recently become a world leader in embryonic stem cell research,” Langevin said.

“United States scientists can’t join the race for cures.”

Recent figures indicate that Rhode Islanders support Langevin’s efforts. 67 percent of Rhode Island voters support national funding of embryonic stem cell research, according to a statewide poll administered by the Taubman Center for Public Policy in June 2005.

versity has a particular concern or is thinking about taking a position on a bill of interest,” said Darrell Brown, director for state and community relations.

That can be most effectively done, he said, by lobbying in two different ways. One is through the Rhode Island Independent Higher Education Association, a coalition of eight private colleges and universities in Rhode Island.

“A good portion of our lobbying activities are through RIIHEA,” he said.

The University also makes its voice heard, he said, through registered lobbyists. According to lobbying records filed with the office of the secretary of state, the University has two registered lobbyists — Brown and Peter McGinn, a professional lobbyist with Tillinghast Licht, a Providence law firm.

McGinn — who also represents Anheuser-Busch Companies and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco USA — has “been with Brown for a long time,” Brown said. Together, he added, they “monitor legislation that may affect Brown or that may interest Brown.”

McGinn said he has worked with the University for over 40 years as a lobbyist and litigator, but he declined to comment further, citing attorney-client privilege.

When examining legislation, Brown said, the goal is always to further the University’s interests.

“The basic criterion is always, ‘What is in the best interests of the

University?’” he said. “Obviously we are very concerned about any legislation that would affect faculty, affect students and also legislation that would have an impact on the city … and have an indirect impact on us,” he added.

Brown said his office consults with “different elements of the administration” before deciding to take action on any specific bill or issue.

“We consult with other members of the University administration to seek their input before big decisions are made,” said Michael Chapman, vice president for public affairs and University relations.

After a decision is made on whether to support or oppose the bill, Brown said, “we go about the business of reaching out to the sponsors of the bill, we reach out to the committee chairs” to make the University’s position known, a process that includes sending letters and attending relevant hearings.

According to lobbying records, the University made its presence felt on four specific issues in 2005: a ban on euthanizing animals with carbon monoxide gas, a bill requiring colleges and universities to teach new students about the proper use of credit cards, a ban on metal bars on residence hall windows and a tax of $100 per student intended to raise money for municipal services. The University opposed all four bills.

The carbon monoxide bill, Brown said, was intended to reform animal shelters and not affect research labs. Brown said the sponsor had no trouble modifying it to exempt local colleges and universities, creating an amend-

ed version then supported by the University. The bill was passed and has become law.

“Oftentimes, the original intent of a bill will have unintended consequences,” he said.

“Brown is a research institution and the euthanizing of the animals was not a bill that was intended to impact universities or Brown in particular.”

Brown described the credit card bill as an old one the University has long opposed, and it did not pass. The ban on metal bars on dorm windows was a fire-safety measure “some would argue was directed at Brown,” he said, but after informing the bill’s sponsor that the University plans to replace its current window bars with ones that can be opened from the inside, the bill stalled.

The student tax was more contentious. Critics say the University’s tax exempt status, combined with its large property holdings in Providence, drive up taxes on the remaining property to cover the cost of municipal services. In lieu of taxes, Brown pledged in 2003 to pay approximately $50 million to the city over 20 years, in conjunction with the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College and Johnson and Wales University.

A bill introduced last June sought to place a tax of $100 per student on local colleges and universities to reimburse municipalities for their use of municipal services, but the measure lacked enough support to pass out of committee. Chapman told The Herald last October that President Ruth Simmons sent a letter to legislators opposing the tax, and University officials attended hearings on the bill.

Instead, the bill’s supporters passed an alternative measure setting up a special commission to study the issue and give a report by March 1. According to Brown, that commission never met.

“There has not been any movement,” he said. “We’re happy about that.”

So far this year, Brown said, the University has done little lobbying, though he noted it is “still early in the process” and “anything can happen.”

Chapman said the University is closely monitoring a bill stating that agreements that give employers the patent rights to their employee’s inventions — such as the University’s intellectual property — “shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on the employee’s own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information.”

If passed, the bill would overturn the University’s intellectual property policy, adopted unanimously by the faculty last May. Several professors were opposed to the policy at the time, and Chapman said several faculty members have pushed for the current legislation.

In general, Brown said, the University has a good relationship with the state government.

“We have a good relationship with the General Assembly … at the leadership level as well as the committee level,” he said.

“We’re received really well when we go over there and I think that’s a product of how we conduct our lobbying. We’re not an omnipresent presence up there, nor should we be.”

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Baseball continued from page 12 up four runs in the frame as the Tigers took a 6-2 lead. He got out of that jam, but loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth and was lifted for Rob Hallberg ’08.

Hallberg’s struggles over spring break were indicative of a terrible week for the Bears’ relief corps, but his strong outings this weekend were similarly representative of the bullpen’s rebound performance. In this instance, Hallberg stranded two of the three runners he inherited from McNamara, then threw two more scoreless innings before giving way to lefty Ethan Burton ’06 and Jeff Dietz ’08, who picked up the win. Combined, the three gave up just two hits and two walks in six innings of relief, striking out six.

“Everyone was kind of riding (the relief pitchers) the whole season, but they really came up huge and probably saved us in two games this weekend,” McNamara said.

With the bullpen holding the line, the potent Brown lineup had all the time it needed to string together enough runs to come back. In the bottom of the sixth, the Bears took advantage of four walks by Princeton starter Eric Walz and a fielding error by shortstop Dan DeGeorge to plate four runs. In the bottom of the ninth, Dietz’ sacrifice fly scored Tews to tie the game, and a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th brought home Matt Nuzzo ’09, who scored the winning run.

“Coming from behind is something we love to do, and it’s especially good now that we’re entering intra-division play,” McNamara said.

The next day was eerily similar. In the opening game, starter Ethan Silverstein ’07 stifled the Cornell bats for 5 2/3 innings, allowing two unearned runs on four hits and two walks to pick up his first win of the season. Cornell rallied in the sixth when the inning was prolonged by a catcher’s interference call, but Dietz came in and promptly got a pop-up to end the inning.

Christian hit his second home run of the weekend in that game, with catcher Devin Thomas ’07 — sporting a freshly shaved mohawk — adding a dinger to make up for the interference call. Shortstop Robert Papenhause ’09 did some

atoning of his own, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored after making the two errors that aided the Princeton rally against McNamara the day before.

The second of the two Cornell games was an exciting backand-forth battle, finally ending in a sweep for Brown when Thomas brought in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th with a bloop single to left. The catcher went 3for-5 with two RBIs in the game, while centerfielder and cleanup hitter Eric Larson ’07 emerged from a 1-for-9 weekend slump to go 3-for-4 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI. Despite Larson’s strong hitting, no play of his was more important than his rifle throw from centerfield in the top of the eighth to save a run. With runners on first and second and two outs, Larson needed to make a perfect strike from center to turn a potential RBI single into the last out of the inning. He did just that, hitting Thomas on one hop to keep the game tied.

After starter Alex Silverman ’08 battled his way through 4 1/3 innings, giving up three runs, the bullpen again starred. The combination of Anthony Vita ’07, Robert Dykehouse ’07 — pitching in his first collegiate game after being converted to a pitcher on Wednesday — Burton and Hallberg held Cornell to one unearned run on two hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings. Hallberg picked up his first win of the year for his effort.

With their eight games against the teams from the Ivy League’s inferior Lou Gehrig Division in the books, the Bears can now look forward to Red Rolfe Division neighbors, beginning with a pair of doubleheaders with Dartmouth this weekend. But the team first has a game against Sacred Heart University today starting at 3:30 p.m. and a doubleheader against the University of Rhode Island Wednesday starting at 2 p.m. While the non-conference games present an opportunity to rest players during an eight-day, 11-game stretch, Drabinski mentioned that the rainouts from last week already gave his players some rest.

“The one thing I’m trying to create with these guys is the mindset that the weekday games are not just a vacation,” Drabinski said. “We’re not just going to come out and have a little picnic just because Sacred Heart and URI are coming to town.”

Meal plans continued from page 1 remainder converted to points, said Deanna Chaukos ’08, chair of UCS’s Campus Life Committee. This would allow students to spend points at their leisure as opposed to meal credits, which are lost if not spent by the end of the week. Similar options will be available for the 14, 10 and seven meal plans, Chaukos said.

According to Chaukos, Gretchen Willis, director of BuDS, is currently working to determine the exact combination of meals and points BuDS will offer in each plan. Willis wrote in an e-mail to The Herald that BuDS is proposing changes to the meal plan for Fall 2006 and that she will present the proposed changes to the University administration this week.

Students and BuDS are not the only segments of the Brown community concerned about the flexibility of the University’s meal plan.

“For the last three years we have been working to make a number of improvements to dining services to improve the quality of the food and the flexibility of the plans offered to students,” said David Greene, vice president for campus life and student services. “We want to provide a service that students want to participate in and that keeps changing in order to be current.”

But in the new plan, unused meal credits will not become points, so that unused credits purchased under a specific plan will still be lost at the end of each week. For example, a student who selects a plan that provides 14 meals and points to reach the value of the regular 20-meal plan will not be compensated for using fewer than 14 meals.

UCS investigated the possibility of converting meal credits to points but decided this option is not feasible because of logistics and possible losses for BuDS if students stopped using their meal credits in dining halls, Chaukos said.

“There is already more traffic in the Blue Room than it can handle, a higher capacity would be impossible to manage logistically and we need to be sure the (Sharpe Refectory) and (VerneyWoolley Dining Hall) are still visited by students,” Chaukos said.

If the proposal is approved, Chaukos expects the University will also provide several plans offering a fixed number of meals for the entire semester in order to attract seniors living off campus.

“We looked into creating meals per semester for seniors who want to be more independent,” Saxton-Frump said. “Students would be able to have a few meals with friends in the cafeteria when they wanted to, without feeling like it’s not flexible enough to be worthwhile.”

Greene said he hopes the new meal plan will convince older students to rejoin the meal plan, but he added that the number of on-campus students participating in the plan is actually quite high given that it is voluntary after the first year. This year, of the 4,650 students living on campus, 4,414 are participating in a meal plan, Greene said.

UCS has been working to revamp the meal plan for several years without success. Chaukos said she believes UCS was finally successful in its efforts because it went to BuDS with a proposal in mind rather than asking BuDS to design something new.

In order to determine what changes to seek, UCS created a WebCT poll in the beginning of the semester to determine student opinions on several possi-

ble alterations to the meal plan, Saxton-Frump said. Student comments during dorm rounds also influenced the proposal.

Julia Beamesderfer ’09 said she would prefer a meal plan similar to those at the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania, where students purchase a fixed number of meals for the semester, rather than a weekly meal plan.

“You wouldn’t have the problem of students not going to the dining halls, because they would still have a fixed number of meals but they wouldn’t be wasted because you could use them whenever you wanted,” Beamesderfer said. “I switched from the 20 meals per week to the 14 meals per week plan this semester but there are some days I wish I still had three meals and others when I only use one.”

“The food isn’t bad here, it’s the meal plan that’s bad. It’s the one aspect of Brown where I honestly feel like I’m being ripped off,” Beamesderfer said.

But Herald Contributing Writer Emily Silverman ’09 said she would be happy with one of the new meal plans proposed by UCS. “That would be ideal,” Silverman said. “It’s more balanced. I don’t ever eat three meals a day at the Ratty. I usually go to the Blue Room between classes — it’s my sanctuary — and in the winter it’s often too cold to go to (Josiah’s) or the Gate every night so I end up wasting meal credits.”

Though BuDS is still discussing the finer details of the plans, both Chaukos and Saxton-Frump said they believe the new plan will be approved and available for the fall.

“We’re just waiting for dining services to finalize everything, but as far as we’re concerned this should definitely be an option for next year,” Chaukos said.

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Track continued from page 12 with 170 points.

“It was a scored competition, however we did not field full squads or care about the team score. It was more about individual performances and

we came in second place without even trying,” wrote Director of Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cros Country Craig Lake in an e-mail to The Herald.

One standout performance on the day for the women’s team came from Lindsay Kahn ’09, who ran away with the win in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The

first time she had ever run the event, Kahn sprinted to the victory with a time of 10:52, good for second all-time at Brown.

Kahn’s impressive effort qualified her for the ECAC Championship in May. Another win came from Laura Dudek ’07, who threw 136 feet 11 inches in the javelin.

In the sprints, the tag-team of Akilah King ’08 and Nicole Burns ’09 blazed to a third-fourth finish in the 200-meter dash. King edged out Burns by a hair, as they clocked in with times of 24.74 and 24.75, respectively.

Brown came away from the UConn meet with only three event wins, partly due to poor weather and a decision to skip several events — the Bears did not enter athletes in the women’s 100-meter dash or the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.

“Due to the weather, we actually didn’t race all of the events to ensure our athletes’ safety and healthy status. The conditions were pretty terrible, but our athletes did a great job in terms of staying focused and positive, and we had many solid performances, especially in the throws,” Lake wrote.

However, despite the lack of sun on the rainy weekend, there was still room in the schedule for the squad to shine. In the 800-meters, the Bears laid down the hammer on the competition with second-, third-, fourthand sixth-place finishes coming from Naja Ferjan ’07, Kelly Powell ’06, Smita Gupta ’08 and Kat D’Auria ‘09.

In the field events, Keely Marsh ’08 and Tiffany Chang ’08 were forced inside for the pole vault, but the change of location only bolstered them to fifth- and sixth-place finishes.

Erin Meschter ’06 came in fourth in the high jump, Katherine Harty ’09 placed third in the triple jump and Julia Chiang ’09

leaped through a flooded runway and pit to finish fourth in the long jump.

The 4x400-meter relay came down to the line as Brown just missed beating out the Huskies at the finish, coming in second with a 3:51.14.

“That shows that they are tough kids,” said Assistant Coach for Sprints and Hurdles George Evans as he watched his team battle to the end.

On the men’s side of the docket, it was again the Huskies who proved to be the tough competition, but the Bears kept everything in perspective.

“It was an early-season meet and they are not in our league, so they weren’t really a concern for us,” said middle-distance runner Jordan Kinley ’06. “They are a good program with great athletes so we just went out to compete and see what we could do.”

Following the performance of the women, the men’s team also had several outstanding performances. Big wins on the day came from classmates Kent Walls ’06 and Tushar Gurjal ’06.

Walls won the hammer throw with a mark of 174 feet and turned in a second-place finish in the discus with a distance of 158-7. Gurjal went the distance in the 5,000-meter run to bring home more crucial points for the team.

David Howard ’09 threw the discus 157-3, a personal best, which places him third in the Ivy League. As a rookie, he is only behind Walls and a thrower from Dartmouth. Copying the personal-best trend, Eric Wood ’09 make one in the hammer throw.

Dallas Dissmore ’06 had a stellar showing, posting two secondplace finishes in the 200-meter and 400-meter events, clocking in at 22.49 and 48.3, respectively.

Luke Renick ’08 followed closely in third in the 200-meter event

with a time of 22.64.

It proved to be a day for the seniors when Kinley stepped up for the 1,500-meter run and raced to a second-place finish with a time of 3:52.32. That time is currently second overall in the Ivies.

He was followed home by teammates Nick Sarro ’08 and Brian Schmidt ’09, who came in third and fifth, respectively. After the race, Kinley turned around for the 800-meter event, running to a third-place finish with a time of 1:56.34.

“I just wanted to get out there and compete and see where my fitness level was,” Kinley said.

“The weather was a little cold but the conditions were not too bad. The wind and the rain died down and it actually was fine.”

The tandem of Jamil McClintock ’08 and Matthew Jasmin ’09 also refused to yield to the elements. They blazed into the second- and third-place slots in the 110-meter hurdles with times of 14.82 and 15.54, respectively.

The jump squad worked their way to the top indoors because of the conditions and also posted several personal-bests.

Todd Kapostasy ’06 came in fourth in the high jump at 6 feet 3.25 inches, Stephen Bernardi ’07 jumped to fourth in the long jump with 22-11.75 and Michael Woods ’09 came in fifth in the pole vault with a height of 14-1.25.

The Bears’ next major competition is their first and of two home showings for the spring season. The Brown Invitational will be held this Saturday at Brown Stadium.

“We are really excited for our home meet, and it will serve as a tune-up to gain momentum going into the championship portion of the season. We are hoping for better weather so we can hit some good times and marks,” wrote Lake.

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fensive zone. Deggelman had 16 saves on the day while recovering from an illness during the week.

“Anne could be on her deathbed, and she would still want to be here. She played extremely well this weekend,” Gall said.

The Bears’ third game of the weekend against Hartwick Saturday night was, again, a much better showing than their first contest against the Hawks in early March. Unfortunately, Brown still lost by eight.

Brown was down 6-1 before Balassone, Fahey, Lansing and Stanton mounted a comeback

that pulled the Bears within one in the third quarter before Hartwick took control for good.

“We’re only a few missed shots and bad passes away from being really good,” Gall said.

The three games were a great tune-up for the coming weekends, in which Brown will face all three opponents again. Brown has one more game against Connecticut College next weekend before the Northern Championships start on April 22. The Bears will be seeded second in their division behind Hartwick and ahead of Harvard, according to Gall.

continued from page 12 the two three-minute overtime periods. Michigan, on the other hand, added five goals to the scoreboard to take the victory.

Brown’s best scoring opportunity came at 1:05 in the first overtime period when Lansing hit the crossbar. Fahey, Kopra, Balassone and Lansing all finished with two goals apiece, but they were stifled in overtime as the rest of the game was played out in the Bears’ de-

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Salgado continued from page 1 yet incorporated. Getting this far in the competition was “a big benchmark,” Salgado said. He added that DigiTRx also hopes to win the Entrepreneurship Program Business Plan Competition on April 30. The company was one of five winners of EP’s Elevator Pitch Competition last semester.

“It’s very exciting, especially now having a visible product,” Salgado said. “The culmination will be whether or not we win Rhode Island or Brown EP, but along the way it’s been lots of smaller benchmarks.”

At the beginning of last semester in EN 193: “Entrepreneurship I,” class members were divided into groups and presented with either a specific technology or a problem in a certain industry to develop into a viable business idea. Salgado’s group, which includes Alex Leyzer ’06 and Vivian Fong ’06 as co-directors of marketing, Kimberly King ’06 as chief financial officer and Chipalo Street ’06 and Mike Shim ’07 as the software engineering team, was approached by Peter Tilkemeier, associate professor of medicine and director of cardiac rehabilitation at Miriam Hospital. Tilkemeier explained that exercise programs intended to monitor patients recovering from heart attacks are often inaccessible or inconvenient, making cardiac rehabilitation challenging. Salgado’s group began searching for a solution to Miriam Hospital’s problem.

The group decided the best approach would be for doctors to monitor patients remotely.

Group member David Gal ’06, who is no longer involved with the project, had interned with VivoMetrics the previous summer and knew about the vest that company had developed.

With this existing Food and Drug Administration-approved hardware, members of Salgado’s group decided to focus on

developing software for the vest. A working prototype will be ready by the end of the academic year.

Tilkemeier has served as a mentor to DigiTRx and said he sees a great future for the company. He said it is especially important that the group has developed “a solution that could be individualized to the patient’s own lifestyle.”

“Simon has led a very talented group of individuals to a solution that looks very promising,” Tilkemeier said. “They have a good business model for something that’s needed in the clinical market, and I think they have a strong chance of success.”

DigiTRx also has the considerable advantage of a clear prospective customer base, said Adjunct Lecturer in Engineering Steven Petteruti, who consults DigiTRx. “Simon has done a good job with some of the investor pitches,” Petteruti said. “He has shown a good amount of enthusiasm and passion, which these investors want to see. Overall, I like the group.”

The next step for any startup, including DigiTRx, is fundraising. Salgado said the company hopes to raise $200,000 by September, though at least $2 million would be needed to make DigiTRx a viable business. He hopes the company will reach that stage by the time he graduates in 2007.

An entrepreneurial background Salgado said his previous business experience has helped make DigiTRx a promising venture. After writing a business plan for an information technology assistance company in EN 90, Salgado incorporated the company as Technology Service Group in April 2004 with a friend from his hometown of Washington, D.C. The two started work over the summer and by the season’s end had secured a contract to set up an extensive wireless network for Sidwell Friends School, Salgado’s high school.

“I was like, ‘Wow, this is kind

of big-time,’” Salgado said. “I decided I was going to take a year off and try to build up the company as much as I possibly could.”

Salgado spent the next year helping to run what he called “a pretty rag-tag operation,” working out of his friend’s basement but building up a clientele nonetheless. The company set up wireless networks at another private school. After setting up a test pilot at a local community center, the D.C. municipal government paid TSG to set up networks at three more centers.

Salgado also hired a sales coach and ran a cold-calling campaign — “it was probably the most miserable thing I’ve done in my life,” he said.

Salgado returned to Brown last semester after his year off, but his partner is still running TSG and has refocused the target market to specialize in private schools. Salgado said he made back his investment and a little bit more, but the venture certainly did not make him a millionaire. He has since stepped out of management, but he still appreciates the experience he gained during his year off.

“The experience will continue to help me on new ventures,” he said. “It was incredible to get thrown in there and make sales with people who were my dad’s age. When I had my first sales appointment, there was this guy sitting across the table, gray hair slicked back, power tie, so intimidating. But you have to carry yourself well. You look young, but who knows how young you really are? You learn to become confident.”

Salgado said he is a bit apprehensive about the future of DigiTRx — especially with several of its members graduating this year — but said he remains dedicated to seeing what the company can accomplish.

“I hope it gains traction, and if it does I’ll have to seriously consider where I’m going to go with it,” Salgado said. “If we can get some traction, I’m committed to seeing where we can take it.”

Master plan continued from page 1 “We’ll find out if they’re willing to do that or not,” McCormick said.

Brown to Brown home ownership The Brown to Brown Home Ownership Program is designed to help the University attract and retain faculty and staff by putting under-utilized properties into productive use, thus providing housing and improving relations with neighbors and the city, according to the University’s Web site. Through the program, eligible faculty and staff will be able to buy Brown-owned properties on the East Side for 80 percent of their market value. When the home next goes up for sale, the University is entitled to buy it back for 80 percent of its market value.

Two aspects of the home-ownership program are especially significant for neighboring College Hill residents and the city: houses in severe need of repairs will get the ren-

ovation they need and, once purchased, the houses will become taxable by the city as privately owned residential properties.

Several dozen faculty and staff members have already expressed interest in the program, according to Brendan McNally, special assistant to the executive vice president for planning.

“There’s been good interest,” McNally said. He stressed the win-win nature of the program for the University, its neighbors and the city.

“Respecting the boundaries of Brown’s institutional zone, putting these houses into productive use is something we wanted (for all three constituencies),” he added.

“One thing that has made this very attractive in terms of Brown’s neighbors and the city is that houses like this would go onto the tax roles. …For some of these big houses, that number is pretty significant,” McNally said. A $500,000 house on the East Side of Providence pays about $10,000 in real estate taxes to the city each year, including applicable homestead tax exemptions.

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Moving in While many students scour housing markets in other cities for summer accommodations and, in the case of seniors, a place to live indefinitely, several Brown faculty and staff members may be one step closer to settling in Providence for the long term.

With the drafting of the Brown to Brown Home Ownership Program, which was included in the University’s Institutional Master Plan submitted to the city last week, eligible Brown employees can buy University-owned East Side properties for 80 percent of their market value.

On its surface, the plan seems to confer multiple benefits on the city. Once purchased, the homes will generate much-needed tax revenue as privately owned residences. From an aesthetic viewpoint, the program will also lead to the repairing and renovation of houses that could definitely use the attention. This aspect of the program addresses a concern frequently voiced by neighboring residents — that the University’s large institutional developments impose on College Hill’s existing fabric, which is dominated by historic houses and other small-scale developments. Additionally, keeping these faculty and staff members close to campus means they will not enter Providence’s cluttered housing market.

That several dozen faculty and staff members have already expressed interest in the program, according to Brendan McNally, special assistant to the executive vice president for planning, indicates that members of the Brown community also have a vested interest in preserving the neighborhood’s traditional features, a fact sometimes challenged by the University’s neighbors.

As administrators eye land that will be made available by the relocation of Interstate 195, they should adopt an approach similar to the one used while discussing the IMP with neighborhood residents over the past year. By explicitly stating its goals and, perhaps more importantly, emphasizing those that can trigger broader revitalization, the University can assuage residents’ fears that the city will lose large portions of taxable land as Brown expands — and gain nothing in return.

In many respects, it’s safe to assume that, when compared to corporations or other developers, Brown has a more genuine desire to ensure the city benefits from the conversion of prime real estate freed by the highway’s relocation. Despite recent initiatives like the Brown to Brown Home Ownership Program, however, some residents still perceive the University as a completely self-serving institution. Relying on tired arguments about how universities spark economic development or vowing to keep some of the property open to tax-paying tenants might not be enough to convince the city to give this land to Brown. In order to persuade city officials to keep some of this property in the University’s price range, administrators should formulate specific arguments for how the city stands to benefit.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD · TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2006 · PAGE 11

Clinton protests necessary Brown students were right to challenge Sen. Clinton’s continuing support of the war in Iraq

BY JACQUE AMOUREUX GUEST COLUMNIST

Military Families Speak Out is a national organization with thousands of members. We all have relatives in the military, many of whom have served in Iraq, and many of whom have been injured or killed during the war and occupation. The war in Iraq is a serious matter to us because, more than anyone else in the United States, we have to bear its burden — and in ways that most Brown students will never know or understand. Yet, there are a group of students at Brown, however few, who are themselves profoundly affected by the events in Iraq. A central issue of concern for Military Families Speak Out is Sen. Hillary Clinton, DN.Y.’s continued and firm support of the Iraq war.

Rhode Island MFSO had nothing to do with the “heckling” incident at Clinton’s talk, and we don’t condone it. It is one thing to yell “Bring the troops home now!” at a pause in the senator’s speech when she is already talking about foreign policy and leadership, to peacefully display signs or to boo instead of applaud. We feel that these tactics are appropriate. It is an altogether different matter, however, to stand and yell for several minutes until one is removed because at that point one monopolizes the forum.

Several pieces in yesterday’s Herald expressed a variety of reasons for condemning the anti-war protesters who called out

Clinton for her support of the Iraq war.

One of the main reasons was that the interruptions obstructed a “basic exchange of ideas” at the event, or some variant of this.

It should be known that no “exchange” of ideas was ever intended by Clinton. There was no time for questions and answers at the end of Clinton’s talk. Furthermore, Rhode Island MFSO had contacted Clin-

strongly disagree with the idea that it was inappropriate to assertively raise the issue of the war simply because Clinton’s talk was about “Women’s Leadership.”

Watch your younger brother be sent to fight a senseless war, hear that his convoy was blown up by roadside bombs and then tell me that when a prominent senator who has been complicit in starting

No condemnation of any “heckler” should be presented without a stronger condemnation of Clinton’s continuing complicity in the Iraq war. ton’s office several times prior to her trip to Brown. We wanted to meet with her, believing that if she was going to visit our state she should meet with those most affected by her decision to support the Iraq war. For instance, Stephany Kern of Westerly still has not received a definite answer about what happened to her son, Marine Lance Corporal Nikolas Schiavoni, who was killed in Iraq last November. Clinton and/or her office never responded to Kern’s or the rest of the military families’ inquiries. Is this real leadership?

Though we disagree with how Clinton was called out during her talk, we also

and allowing the war to continue comes to address the public, this debate does not belong on our campus. Until Clinton ends her complicity in this war, she should face the consequences of her decisions everywhere she goes, no matter what. This self-proclaimed “real leader” has actively supported — in word and in deed — sending off thousands of American troops to die and consigned millions of Iraqis to horrible fates. Dialogue on the war in Iraq ought to occur daily, even at Brown.

Laura Martin ’06, in criticizing the hecklers, requested that Brown students

not be “apathetic” to what she sees as a gross violation of “professional decorum” (“Clinton protesters an embarrassment,” April 11). As military families, we are much more concerned with apathy over the war. Heckling doesn’t kill and injure our family members, incite terrorism and cripple our nation’s finances.

The war does all of this, and it is hugely unpopular. Why won’t Clinton do the right thing and take a firm stance against continuing the war?

Whatever anyone thinks about the “heckling” incident, this should not obscure the fact that Clinton has supported the Iraq war and continues to do so. She should be made to answer for its consequences: tens of thousands of US and Iraqi deaths, an upward-spiraling cost that will plague our country’s already-decaying public services for decades to come, tens of thousands of returning soldiers with severe physical and emotional injuries that will affect many military family members, a further tarnishing of America’s reputation in the world and massive, permanent military bases in Iraq. No condemnation of any “heckler” should be presented without a stronger condemnation of Clinton’s continuing complicity in this unpopular and disastrous war that is ruining so many people’s lives. Brown students should look beyond the Clinton “mystique.”

Jacque Amoureux GS is a member of Rhode Island Military Families Speak Out.

Quitting sweatshop labor Brown can make a meaningful intervention in the world economy by adopting the Designated Suppliers Program

BY CHRIS HU AND JOSHUA BAUCHNER GUEST COLUMNISTS

Last Friday, the Brown Student Labor Alliance held a rally in front of University Hall to demand that the University administration eliminate the use of sweatshop labor in the manufacturing of Brown clothing and apparel. Last September, the SLA submitted a proposal to the University administration, asking that Brown adopt a Designated Suppliers Program, which would revise the University’s procedures for ordering these garments. In proposing the DSP, we were joined by United Students Against Sweatshops affiliates at 40 other schools as part of a nationwide student campaign to ensure that the university apparel industry encourages responsible manufacturing rather than sweatshops. More than six months later, as other universities across the country have begun to sign on to the DSP, Brown has yet to make a decision on the SLA’s proposal.

Currently, it is nearly impossible to know exactly where any given piece of Brown apparel is produced, and we have every reason to believe that it was made by workers subjected to dangerous working conditions, paltry wages, intimidation and sexual assault — that is, all the hallmarks of “sweatshop” production. By adopting the DSP, which would consolidate the production of Brown apparel in a smaller number of responsible factories, our University can take a practical step toward improving the lives of workers in the developing world.

The DSP, if adopted, would require that licensees contracted to produce Brown University apparel, such as Champion

and Adidas, order garments from a list of factories approved by the Worker Rights Consortium, a monitoring group of which Brown is a member, that meet certain minimum standards: (1) that they abide by already-enacted university codes of conduct, which includes monitoring by the WRC; (2) that their workers be represented by a union or other representative employee body; (3) that they pay a locally-de-

nell universities — Brown’s DSP Working Group has stalled just when we need the University administration to finally take the lead on this issue.

Although there is broad consensus within the working group that the goals of the DSP are desirable, there has been disagreement as to whether the specific plan submitted by the SLA is feasible. Unsurprisingly, most objections to the DSP as it current-

The stable orders that would result from the DSP would allow factories and workers with independent unions and decent working conditions to survive and thrive in this volatile industry. In February, the SLA brought to campus a touring group of workers from garment factories in Mexico, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. Each of these factories has an independent labor union, but each is struggling, as licensees withdraw orders in favor of factories that pay lower wages.

The DSP would allow these “good” factories to survive and hire new workers, as well as providing the incentive for union organizing drives at other factories, which would then be able to take advantage of stable, DSP-created orders.

Ultimately, paying factory workers a living wage in countries like El Salvador costs very little in terms of lost profit margins for licensees and higher prices for consumers, but it would make a big difference for those who sew Brown sweatshirts. Unfortunately, without the DSP, licensees have no incentive to place orders with factories that respect workers’ rights. Furthermore, by requiring factories to have an independent worker-organized union, the DSP will prevent abuse and corruption present in both non-union and state union factories.

On April 21, officials from those universities that have signed the DSP will be meeting with the WRC to discuss the logistical details of the program. We urge the Brown community to push the administration toward adopting the DSP in time for this meeting.

The DSP would require that producers of Brown apparel order garments from a list of factories approved by the Worker Rights Consortium. termined “living wage”; and (4) that they produce primarily or exclusively for the university apparel market. The program would be phased in over several years, allowing time for adjustments by universities, licensees and factories to accommodate the new system.

Eventually, after discussion of the DSP by the Brown University Community Council in November 2005, President Ruth Simmons created a Designated Suppliers Program Working Group, headed by Vice President for Administration Walter Hunter, to study the matter. The working group has been meeting throughout the course of this semester, and has produced valuable discussion and debate, but it has become clear that the group has reached an impasse. Though the DSP has already been adopted by a growing number of schools — including Duke, Georgetown and Cor-

ly stands are economic in nature. Specifically, some fear that the DSP will hurt the very workers it claims to be helping.

As we have stressed from the beginning, the effects of the DSP are purely positive for garment workers. Factories in the apparel industry are not permanently tied to brands, but rather subcontracted based on infinitesimal wage and benefit differentials between factories that produce high profits for licensees.

While consumers receive similar products for similar prices no matter where the apparel is produced, workers face unstable and uncertain demand for their services. Under the DSP, however, the additional costs resulting from higher wages and better working conditions will be borne primarily by licensees, while the per garment price change passed along to consumers is cents on the dollar.

Chris Hu ’06 and Joshua Bauchner ’07.5 read the Providence Business News.

SPORTS TUESDAY THE BROWN DAILY HERALD · APRIL 11, 2006 · PAGE 12

Baseball busts out brooms on Cornell and Princeton

BY CHRIS HATFIELD SPORTS EDITOR

Last weekend, the baseball team took three of its first four Ivy League games, recovering from some poor play over spring break that led to an 0-12 start. On Sunday and Monday, that reversal of fortunes became a fullon winning streak, as the Bears swept visiting non-division foes Princeton and Cornell to run their Ivy League record to 7-1 (713 overall).

The Bears won games every way they could, coasting to a pair of wins and pulling out two others in extra innings. On Sunday, Brown handled Princeton 7-1 in the opener and followed that with an 8-7 win over the Tigers in 10 innings on a wild pitch.

The pattern against Cornell on Monday was similar. Brown breezed to a 9-2 victory in the first game before coming from behind to win 5-4 in another 10-inning affair to end the Ivy League “weekend,” which had been pushed back a day due to Saturday’s rain.

“We’ve got to get ourselves off to a good start (against non-division teams) because we know Harvard, Dartmouth and Yale are tough, and every one of those games is a dogfight,” said Head Coach Marek Drabinski.

Princeton came into Aldrich Field without an Ivy win, and in the first game of the

day, they played the part of Ivy doormat well. Bears starter Bryan Tews ’07 went all seven innings, allowing just one run on 117 pitches to even his record at 2-2. He then turned his attention to fielding and hitting for the final three games, hitting second in the order. Tews leads the Bears with a .434 average and 30 1/3 innings pitched.

“My goal when I go out there is to get at least five (innings) and battle through to get all seven,” he said. “Playing the seveninning games first (in the Ivy League doubleheaders), it’s big for the team if you don’t have to use your bullpen in the first game of the weekend.”

Paul Christian ’06 led Brown’s balanced offensive against Cornell, going 2-for-2 with two runs scored and three RBIs in game one. With a home run in the fourth inning, the first of two on the weekend, he climbed ahead of Ravi Malick ’96 for second place on Brown’s career home run list. With just four more, he’ll pass recordholder John King ’79. “(The record is) not something that I really think about,” Christian said. “I approach all my at-bats the same way. … The home runs are going to come.”

In the second game, starter Shaun McNamara ’06 was snake-bitten by a pair of errors behind him in the fourth inning, giving see BASEBALL, page 7

Rain no match for track teams at UConn Invitational

BY SARAH DEMERS SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The men’s and women’s track teams have certainly not had the most welcoming

Dan Grossman ’71

Jordan Kinley ’06 finished the 1,500-meter run in second place, with a time of 3:52.32.

conditions since the spring season started. Bad weather followed the squad from Stanford University back to the East Coast, but despite the onslaught of rain, sleet, and snow, the full Brown squad managed to fire up its competitive spirits at the University of Connecticut Invitational on Saturday.

The women — fresh off a plethora of personal bests and school top-10 performances over spring break at Stanford — were ready for some competition closer to home.

Despite falling to the Huskies, the Bears’ 110 points shined over the other competitiors, which included instate rivals the University of Rhode Island and Providence College, who racked up 78 and 33 points, respectively.

The men brought nearly their full squad out to battle as well. The Bears ended in a second-place tie with the University of Rhode Island at 125 points each — far behind the Huskies, who won see TRACK, page 8

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Bryan Tews ’07 tossed a complete game in beating Cornell 7-1 on Saturday. He also had five hits over the course of the weekend.

W. water polo sinks Crimson 6-5; also loses twice over weekend

BY AMY EHRHART SPORTS STAFF WRITER

A wild weekend for the women’s water polo team concluded with a 14-9 overtime loss to the No. 17 University of Michigan Sunday after a huge 10-6 win against Harvard and a 13-5 loss to No. 13 Hartwick College on Saturday.

Bruno’s win over Harvard was a seesaw battle until the second half, when Brown was able to take control of the game. After the back-and-forth first half ended in a 4-4 tie, Brown came out of the break strong and took an 8-5 lead late in the third period. It was a lead the Bears’ defense would not relinquish.

Ally Wyatt ’08 completed a hat trick with 2:03 remaining in the penultimate period to give the Bears the three-goal cushion. Caitlin Fahey ’07 and Karlyanna Kopra ’07 also contributed two goals each. In the net, Anne Deggelman ’08 finished with six blocks, as Brown cruised to its third victory of the year over Harvard.

“I just told the girls at halftime to continue to focus on playing good (defense) and to push the counterattack,” said Head Coach Jason Gall. “We’re balanced enough that any one of our starters can really come out and dominate, especially Ally, who comes into the season (from the swim team) in such good shape already.”

Paige Lansing ’07 continued her solid play this season, chipping in another goal against the Crimson. As Brown’s leading scorer, Lansing garnered considerable attention from the Harvard defense all day.

“The (win over Harvard) was a total team effort,” she said. “(Their defense) tends to press me, and it let other people

No DNA evidence is found linking lacrosse players

BY DAVID WHARTON LOS ANGELES TIMES

DURHAM, N.C. — Crime lab tests have found no DNA evidence linking 46 Duke University lacrosse players — all of whom are white — to the alleged gang-rape of a black woman at a team party last month, the players’ attorneys said Monday.

The tests, ordered by local prosecutors, had become a focal point in a highly charged case that has sparked angry debate over racial tensions and the uneasy relationship the prestigious private school has with its surrounding community.

District Attorney Mike Nifong indicated to one newspaper he still might pursue the case. He released the DNA results Monday afternoon to the attorneys, who held an impromptu news conference on

the courthouse steps.

They said no DNA from the players matched samples taken from the body and clothing of the accuser, a student from nearby North Carolina Central University who had been hired for the party as an exotic dancer.

“We hope that with this long-awaited test, with these results … that Mr. Nifong will announce that he is not going to pursue this case further,” said Wade Smith, one of a group of lawyers representing the athletes. “All of us hope this community can begin to heal.”

No one has been charged, but Nifong said he was not dissuaded by the test results.

“I believe a sexual assault took place,” Nifong told the News & Observer of Raleigh on Monday. “I’m not saying it’s over.

If that’s what they expect, they will be sadly disappointed.”

The players, who in an earlier statement had called the accusations “totally and transparently false,” were advised not to speak with reporters, their attorneys said. The university issued a brief statement.

“We have to have confidence that the police investigation will ultimately reveal the truth,” the statement said in part.

“While the criminal allegations in this case are extremely serious, it is important to remember that no one has been charged and that in our system of law people are presumed innocent until proven guilty.”

Even as they announced the test results, attorneys acknowledged that the events of March 13 had raised troubling issues within the community.

like Ally have the chance to have a great game.”

In the third game versus Michigan, the Bears forged an early 5-2 lead — a much better beginning than their last matchup against the Wolverines that ended in a 12-2 loss on Feb. 26.

A major momentum swing occurred with 6:23 left in the second quarter. The controversy allowed Michigan to work its way back into the game and denied Brown a chance to pull away.

Following a delay in the start of the game clock at the beginning of the second quarter, one of Michigan’s penalized players was not allowed to enter the game at the regular time. Michigan’s head coach protested, leading to a 20-minute delay and one of Brown’s goals — scored

by Lansing — being taken away due to the clock error.

“It was terrible,” Lansing said of the referee’s decision to delay the game while Bruno was playing so well. “We obviously were scoring but it took so long to get our momentum back after that. We’ll play (Michigan) again and hopefully they know they will have to win (under different circumstances).”

The rest of the game played out closely. The teams traded goals until Michigan built a two-goal advantage at the 3:28 mark in the fourth quarter on a rebound off of a point-blank save by Deggelman, giving the Wolverines a 9-7 lead. However, the “intensity and hustle” that Gall said Brown displayed throughout the weekend kept the Bears from falling too far behind.

Elizabeth Balassone ’07 scored two minutes later to bring Bruno within one, and Deggelman made three more key saves down the stretch to set up the Bears’ last possession of the game. With three seconds left, Rory Stanton ’09 sent a high floater from about 10 meters out that sailed past Michigan goalie Sally Stone’s left ear to tie the game at 9-9 and force overtime.

“We talk all the time about shooting to just give the ball a chance to go in,” Gall said. “It was so exciting to have that opportunity (to beat them), but the girls lost focus a little bit (in overtime). Mental fatigue was definitely a factor coming off that emotional high.”

Emotionally spent after their dramatic comeback, Bruno failed to score during see W. POLO, page 8 BROWN SPORTS SCOREBOARD MONDAY, APRIL 10 BASEBALL: Brown 9, Cornell 2; Brown 5, Cornell 4 (10 inn.)