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Volume CXLIII, No. 104

THE HERALD POLL

Students support Obama, Herald poll shows

By Emmy Liss Senior Staff Writer

The real ballots will not be counted until tomorrow, but according to The Herald poll conducted last week, 86.1 percent of Brown students support Sen. Barack Obama, while 6.3 percent support Sen. John McCain. Most students interviewed by The Herald said they expected Obama to come out on top in the Herald polls, though the difference was larger than they anticipated.

“It sounds high, but not surprising,” Emanuel Buzek ’12 said.

The numbers did not surprise Max Chaiken ’09, deputy field officer for the Rhode Island for Obama campaign and president of Brown Students for Barack Obama, though he said he thinks the number of Brown students voting for Obama is even higher than the poll reflected. He said Brown students are “overwhelmingly rational,” and even if they may not typically vote Democrat, they “recognize that McCain is offering more of the same.”

“This is certainly not the case nationally,” he added. “The race is still close.”

Wendy Schiller, associate professor of political science and public policy, said she thought Obama

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U. responds to families’ financial concerns

By George Miller Senior Staf f Writer

A change in University policy announced over the weekend will allow all students to pre-register for spring classes regardless of outstanding balance, and will raise the limit on how much debt students can have in order to return to campus next semester.

Provost David Kertzer ’69 P’95

P’98, who announced the change in an e-mail to the community on Friday, told The Herald the move was prompted by the concerns of some families whose financial situation had changed as a result of ongoing turmoil in the global economy.

President Ruth Simmons heard some families’ concerns over Family Weekend, Kertzer said.

Under the changed policy, which will affect undergraduates as well as

The number of banking and finance companies recruiting on campus this year has decreased by one quarter, and the number of positions these firms are looking to fill has dropped by one third from last year’s numbers, according to a representative of the Career Development Center.

Some factors that may be contributing to these decreases include the disappearances and mergers of some

would be more popular than McCain among students, but “the ratio was really large.”

“Even for Brown, that seems to be very high,” she said.

Based on the numbers, she said

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major firms, companies’ decisions to delay hiring until their financial future is more certain and the growing trend of hiring past summer interns rather than new applicants, CDC Communications and Public Relations Officer Bill Bordac wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

Statistics from the National Association of Colleges and Employers show that after five years of steady increases in the hiring of recent college graduates in all fields, the class of 2009 should fare about as well as

the class of 2008 did.

“The last five years have been very strong for students,” said NACE Director of Strategic and Foundation Research Ed Koc. “It’s been a sellers’ market and employers have had to compete (for students). ... That’s going to change.”

While hiring in the financial sector is expected to be down this year, fields such as engineering and computer science may be less affected, Koc said.

But some students are sensing

a more dramatic change than the estimates from the CDC might suggest.

“There has been an extremely noticeable decrease in the number of financial firms recruiting on campus,” said Billy Doyle ’09, who interned at Lehman Brothers last summer and said he was looking for finance jobs.

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In last few days, students head to N.H. for Obama

By Isabel Gottlieb News Editor

NORTH HAMPTON, N.H. — Harrison Kreisberg ’10 and Lise Rahdert ’10, armed with a clipboard and covered with Barack Obama stickers, walked down a gravel driveway and knocked on the door of a small blue house. A woman in a Red Sox T-shirt answered, and they asked which presidential candidate she planned on voting for.

“I haven’t decided yet,” the woman answered while a young girl peered from behind her legs. “That’s my project for later today.” She had

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no more questions, she said, and waited patiently for the canvassers to leave her doorstep.

“For me, those door knocks are the most infuriating,” said Rahdert, vice president of the Brown Democrats. “If they’re not decided, there should be a reason.”

But only two days before the presidential election, many people in North Hampton, N.H., still had not decided which candidate they would support. New Hampshire is a swing state and its voters are notorious for their last-minute decisions.

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Fewer job opportunities in finance available to students

By Joanna Wohlmuth Senior Staff Writer

graduate and medical students, students will be allowed to pre-register, even if they have an unpaid balance from the fall semester of more than $1,000, the usual limit. Additionally, the University will allow students with an outstanding balance of up to $7,500 to return to campus in the spring and take classes. The usual limit is $5,000. A student with an

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Brown students canvassed in New Hampshire for Barack Obama this weekend.

BrYTE FUTURE Brown students volunteer as tutors for refugees who resettled in Providence

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Kids suffrage Graham Anderson ‘10 advocates allowing young people a say in the election

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Candidates for Congress debate

By Simon Van Zuylen-Wood Senior Staf f Writer

Friday afternoon, with many people still at work or preparing for a night of tricks and treats, Rhode Island’s candidates for U.S. Congress sparred in their third and final debate for the District 2 seat. In the radio debate, aired on WPRO’s The Dan Yorke Show, GOP challenger Mark Zaccaria and Democratic incumbent Congressman James Langevin argued mostly about the economy in the hour-long discussion.

Friday’s debate signaled a shift in the makeup of recent Ocean State political races. In recent campaigns, neither District 1 Congressman Patrick Kennedy nor Senator Jack Reed, both Democrats, has accepted debate requests from underdog challengers.

Langevin said he would not take any race for granted, despite being elected four times in a row, and once again appealed to Rhode Islanders to “place their trust and confidence” in him during the discussion. “I take ever y opponent continued on page 6

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New chaplain advocates ‘for a different person now’

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By Anne Speyer Contributing Writer

Courtesy of Constance Crawford Areebah Ajani ‘11 in “The Forgetting Machine,” which was performed at Rites and Reason Theatre.

Annual Halloween concert haunts Sayles

By Rosalind Schonwald Contributing Writer

At midnight on All Hallow’s Eve, a dark and packed Sayles Hall was stunned into silence by the appearance of one accusator y floodlight.

It illuminated a coffin in the middle of the room. The coffin lid suddenly swung open, revealing a figure that, in a voice evoking Sesame Street’s Count Dracula asked, “What night is it? What night is it?”

With zombie-like solidarity, the students responded, “Halloween!”

One of the chairs supporting the coffin collapsed and the coffin tumbled to the side. Amid the crowd’s gasps, the figure stumbled out, saying, “I must play the organ!

I must play the organ!” Wearing a black suit with long coattails, he walked, with legs stiff and arms extended, up to the organ.

Another light cast a larger-thanlife shadow of the organist on the wall. When the figure raised his hands to play, a shadowy giant had its hands poised above the entire hall, ready to plunge down on the keys with a vengeance.

Mark Steinbach, the University organist, began the annual Halloween Midnight Organ Recital by playing the spooky “Transports de joie,” by Olivier Messiaen, and the shadow played with him. This opening piece was lively yet haunting, demonstrating Steinbach’s technical prowess and dramatic

sensitivity and setting the tone for the rest of the concert.

Even before the concert, students were expecting something wonderful.

“I’m excited. I’m pumped,” Lisa Berdie ’12 told The Herald. “This is my first one, but I’ve heard that they’re really good.”

“It was one of my favorite parts of Halloween last year so I wanted to come this year,” said Stephen

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Steinbach’s enthusiasm was evident in an e-mail he wrote to The Herald before the concert. “It is a great opportunity to play fantastic organ music for a large receptive audience in a relaxed setting. It’s a big party! And what better way to enjoy great music, but lying on the floor!”

In addition to the spooky ambience and his Dracula stunt, the repertoire Steinbach chose was finely tuned to create a dramatic musical progression. After the opening piece, he played “Marche Funebre d’une Marionette” by Charles Gounod with a sweet, almost chime-like sound.

“A large part of the organist’s art (besides learning all of the notes, playing correct rhythms, and phrasing ...) is ‘registering,’ or orchestrating a piece to fit the specific instrument,” Steinbach wrote.

The transition from the frenetic, creepy and loud sound of the first piece to the small, sweet and bright second exemplified this very skill.

The rest of the concert consisted of gradual increases in drama and grandeur from piece to piece.

It was clear that the seventh and last piece, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor,” BMV 565, was going to be the concert’s highlight as soon as Steinbach played the familiar first notes. The buzzing, bellowing organ was positively alive as the perfect counterpoint floated through the air. Bach was an organist, and he certainly composed –– just as Steinbach played –– to the instrument’s advantage.

Students, including those that had been to previous Midnight Organ Recitals, seemed pleased with Friday night’s concert.

“It was quite the silhouette,” Larrick said of the giant shadow cast on the wall, “It’s like a Hitchcock movie — sometimes it’s better to let your imagination fill in the blanks.”

“I like coming in here — it’s pitch black. It’s very powerful; everyone is silent,” Luke Landers ’12 said. “Being a freshman, it’s nice to be part of Brown traditions.”

Organ aficionados and novices alike should attend Steinbach’s next organ concert on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. in Sayles Hall. The show will celebrate the mystic and composer Olivier Messiaen.

Associate Protestant Chaplain William Mathis majored in accounting and political science at Morehouse College and studied law at Boston College. This semester, he’s filling a vacancy left by Reverend Allen Callahan — but he says he hasn’t lost his lawyerly bent.

“I love preaching. It’s the lawyer in me. I was standing before juries and now I’m standing in front of congregations,” Mathis said. “I’m just advocating for a different person now.”

As chaplain, Mathis is responsible for overseeing the Protestant communities on campus. His job includes leading the Imani Jubilee worship service every Sunday evening and providing spiritual guidance to faculty, students and their families. He also serves as pastor at Springs of Life-Giving Water, an American Baptist church in New Haven, Conn.

Mathis worked at Brown during the 2007-08 academic year as interim leader of Imani Jubilee. He was made a full-time chaplain due to his “first-rate leadership” during his time here last year, Chaplain of the University Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

Mathis is “a very constructive colleague in the Office of the Chaplains who consistently demonstrates deep concern for the Brown family and provides helpful guidance,” Cooper Nelson wrote. “While his work has only been underway for (a) few months, Bill’s positive impact is already quite evident.”

Of working at Brown, Mathis said, “I cannot tell you how much I enjoy it.

I think that there is a wonderful collection of diverse individuals who are more than students, but appear to be seekers. ... I consider myself to be a seeker, always looking for the greater, the potential and the possibility in all things.”

He also said that, while Brown itself seems to be “very isolated” physically because of its location, the students he works with “are eager to be exposed and be a part of that which is without.”

In the spirit of seeking to be a part of the greater world, Mathis said he wants to dedicate his time here to developing “collaborative efforts among faith communities, organizations and Brown itself.”

He emphasized the importance of “being visible and participating with efforts outside of our comfort zone.” To this end, Mathis said he is planning a combination mission and spring break trip to Bahia, Brazil in the spring.

“Seekers would have an opportunity to be exposed to communities that have very little resources and assistance for help,” he said. He shares his concern for the worship communities of Bahia with Callahan, Brown’s former Protestant associate chaplain.

Callahan left Brown for an appointment at a Protestant seminary in Bahia, according to Cooper Nelson.

Mathis said he believes the trip to Brazil will also be beneficial to participating Brown students. “I’m hoping that it will develop an interest in assisting and participating in community initiatives not only locally, but also globally,” he said. “I want to develop a vibrant, confident and loving faith community.”

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Election garners record interest among youth continued from page 1 she thinks some students who define themselves as moderate and Republican are voting Democrat this year.

Sean Quigley ’10, president of the College Republicans and a Herald opinions columnist, called 2008 “a strange year in regard to how people seem to be voting.”

He said he knows of students who do not necessarily support the Democratic Party, but “dislike the current leadership enough” to vote for Obama.

“Maybe the number would have been smaller with a different Democrat,” he said.

Poll respondents also indicated their voter registration status — 72.6 percent of students are registered in another state and 13.6 percent are registered to vote in Rhode Island. Of the students polled, 8.6 percent are not eligible to vote and 5.1 percent are not registered.

“I was not surprised to see that such a huge percentage of students were voting in their home state,” Schiller said. “Typically, that’s true of college students.”

But Rhode Island’s outcome “is not going to be pivotal,” she said.

Students originally from swing states like New Mexico and Ohio “really want to make sure (they) vote there.”

The poll also asked about student involvement in presidential campaigns: 5.7 percent of students volunteered in Rhode Island, 9.6 percent volunteered in another state and 13.7 percent gave money to a campaign.

The overwhelming majority — 74.7 percent — did not volunteer or give money. Although the question instructed poll-takers to circle one choice, some respondents indicated they did more than one of the options. In those cases, The Herald counted all the responses.

“It surprises me that such a low percentage of students have volunteered for a campaign,” Haley

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Jordahl ’11 said. “I feel like I know so many students who have gone to New Hampshire.”

Schiller said the volunteer statistics might appear lower in reality than the common assumption about Brown students and politics.

“People can be very intensely interested, but decide not to spend their volunteer time on that,” she said.

“Brown students are busy kids.”

Quigley said he thought 74 percent seemed like a high figure for students not involved in any capacity, but said even within the College Republicans, “there aren’t that many people working on campaigns.”

“People are focusing more on academic matters than purely political matters,” he said.

Chaiken, on the other hand, posited that many students fall under the “all three” categor y — volunteering in Rhode Island, volunteering in another state and donating money — which was not an option on the poll sheet.

“Students are ready and willing to work hard to make this happen,” he said.

Regardless of participation in campaigns, Schiller said students are more aware of this election than others she has witnessed while at Brown.

Interest in this election stems from the potential landmark of an African-American president and the impact of this election on party politics, she said.

“This is their moment to affect their future and their political life,” she said.

The Herald poll was conducted Oct. 27 and Oct. 28 and has a 3.6 percent margin of error with 95 percent confidence.

A total of 649 Brown undergraduates completed the poll, which was administered as a written questionnaire to students in the University Post Office at J. Walter Wilson, outside the Blue Room in Faunce House and in the Sciences Library.

Repubs go local While student Democrats headed to New Hampshire for their final campaigning, the Brown Republicans stayed closer to home.

Sean Quigley ’10, president of the Brown Republicans and a Herald opinions columnist, said the group’s campaigning efforts leading up to the election included a rally Friday afternoon outside a radio debate between incumbent Democratic Congressman James Langevin from Dist.

2 and his Republican opponent Mark Zaccaria.

The Republicans also planned a sign wave for John Pagliarini, the Republican candidate in Rhode Island Senate Dist. 35, and a “walk-around” on the East Side with David Anderson, candidate for Rhode Island’s assembly in the fourth district.

Though the Brown Republicans would like to send volunteers to New Hampshire, Quigley said, time constraints have prevented any students from going.

“We have a small set of people in the group to begin with,” Quigley said, and they already work on local campaigns. “If you add out-of-state (campaigning) it stretches them way too thin.”

“Honestly, the only way to affect the national campaign is to go to New Hampshire,” Quigley said.

“As much as I’d like ... to allocate our resources to New Hampshire, it’s hard to go on the weekend and take a whole day there.”

Most of the conservative student campaigning in Rhode Island comes from other schools in the state, including the University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams, Quigley said. URI students organized the sign wave.

“The change message should still work for Republicans in Rhode Island, because it’s been solidly Democrat for some time,” Quigley said.”

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the decrease in the number of firms on campus,” Doyle said, adding that most firms do the majority of their hiring through the CDC. In addition to the decrease in on-campus recruiting events, firms have cancelled scheduled interviews and rescinded job offers, stating that they are “unsure of hiring needs at this time,” said Sam Nofzinger ’09, who said he had applied for a position with a financial firm and that the company later contacted him to say the position would not be filled. He said one of his friends was informed that an interview with investment bank William Blair and Company had been cancelled two days before it was to take place.

“It’s tough and it’s stressful because of all the news saying no one is getting jobs,” Nofzinger said. The decrease in recruiting and hiring “really did come quickly so there wasn’t much preparation that anybody could have done.”

Some firms that have recruited very heavily at Brown in past years, such as Deutsche Bank and now-defunct Lehman Brothers, have not scheduled campus visits.

Others, such as Goldman Sachs, are now primarily recruiting for technology-related positions, said Brett Finkelstein ’09, who plans to work in finance next year.

Many students who had planned on going into investment banking are now looking into consulting to broaden job options, Nofzinger said.

“There are probably eight consulting places for every finance-oriented place that comes through the door,” Nofzinger said. “I expect it was a little more equal last year and in prior years.”

Signs of economic strain have

also become detectable in other fields. Many technology companies that visit campus through the Computer Science Department’s Industrial Partners Program are holding information sessions and interviews at the same time due to restricted travel budgets for recruiters, said Amy Tarbox, who manages the program. Thus far, there has been no indication that companies that usually recruit on campus through the program — such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook — plan on hiring fewer students this year, she added.

“People are more eager to get their resumes out earlier this year,” Tarbox said. “They’re just a little nervous.”

Koc said it will take students longer to find their ideal job and they will have to spend more time seeking and competing for the positions they want. Students may look to other sectors as finance jobs becomes more scarce.

“Government is an obvious choice right now especially because jobs on Wall Street and in the financial sector are not going to be as plentiful,” he said. “Any part of government that deals with the economy is likely to be expanding in the next year or so.”

Students graduating in the next few years may face similar problems in searching for jobs, Koc said. The last time hiring of college graduates dropped from a previous year was in 2001 and it did not pick up again until 2004.

Still, the structural demographics of the labor market are on the students’ side, Koc said. “A lot of professional employees are baby boomers and as they come to retirement age ... college students will be the obvious replacement.”

U. waives some rules continued from page 1 unpaid balance of over $7,500 as of pre-registration time will be allowed to pre-register but will need to pay the balance down to $7,500 to return to Brown and take classes.

Further, the deadline to apply for financial aid for the spring term — for those not already receiving it — has been extended to Dec. 1.

The decision to change the policy was made just last week, in consultation with James Tilton, director of financial aid, Kertzer said, adding that administrators wanted students to know by the weekend since pre-registration will take place this week. He said no decision will be made about extending the new policy to next fall semester until much closer to that time.

Kertzer’s e-mail to the com-

munity notes that late fees will continue to collect on unpaid balances.

Students who did not qualify for financial aid at the beginning of the year can still apply for aid for next semester, the e-mail states, and the Office of Financial Aid has increased the number of counselors available to help students.

“We strongly encourage students who have these concerns to contact the financial aid office,” Kertzer said.

Student reaction to the announcement was positive.

“Considering the current economic crisis, I guess it’s kind of necessary,” Monisha Sachdev ’12 said.

“I feel that’s a responsible decision ... that will protect students who might be affected adversely,” said Jose Vasconez ’10, adding that it was good to see the University “looking out for” students.

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BRYTE exposed Yesterday, “Exposures,” an art exhibit organized by the student-run Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment, was unveiled in the Hillel gallery. The exhibit, which seeks to raise awareness about the refugee experience in Providence, will be on view at Hillel from Nov. 2 to Nov. 9.

A dance performance by the Central Africa Cultural Dancers, a Providence dance group composed of refugees, added to the lively mood of the opening.

“Exposures” is a compilation of photographs taken by BRYTE participants. A majority of the photos in the exhibit were taken by refugee-students from Liberia, Haiti, Iraq, Somalia, Eritrea, Burundi, Rwanda and Iran.

The students were given cameras to document their experiences in Providence.

While the artists may not be professionals, it is easy to appreciate their work. Many photos portray scenes of the students’ home lives. The subjects of the images range from siblings and friends hamming it up for the camera, to world-weary adults gazing straightfaced ahead.

Mount Pleasant High School sophomore and BRYTE participant, Solomon Paye was visibly excited as he gave viewers a tour of the exhibit, proudly pointing out his work. He said that he enjoyed taking his camera to school and was all smiles when talking about his BRYTE tutor.

The work on display was not exclusively by the student-refugees. A series of black and white photos taken

by Sofia Unanue ’11 is compelling in its paradoxically macabre and jovial subject matter. At first glance, these are just images of a group of children playing, but the images become chilling when you realize that they are frolicking in a cemetery. In one of the most striking photos, a young girl smiles coyly at the camera while a younger boy in the background stands on a grave marker.

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Brown students tutor refugees resettled in town

By Unikora Yang Contributing Writer

Every week, Henry Peck ’11 leaves College Hill to tutor Christopher Bihiga, a 23-year-old Rwandan refugee, in English, math and computer skills.

“When you have someone to guide you, you can do anything in America,” Bihiga said of the tutoring.

Far from being a lone good samaritan, Peck is just one of the 129 tutors of the Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment, an organization that partners students with resettled people in Providence to tutor and mentor them. The group will debut an exhibit of their mentees’ photography next month.

In the summer of 2006, Leah Harrison ’08 ran an academic summer camp for refugee students through

the International Institute of Rhode Island, which provides educational, legal and social services to immigrants and refugees. She wanted to extend the program, so she established BRYTE in the fall, starting out with 30 volunteers. The program now serves 42 families, co-coordinator Aliza Kreisman ’10 wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

BRYTE works with non-English speaking and illiterate adults, as well as school-age children because many of the participants “have had volatile lives and (a) sporadic educational background,” Kreisman wrote.

The tutors spend a minimum of three hours per week with students.

They provide academic and literacy support and help the refugees acclimate to Rhode Island and American culture. The tutors also take students and their families on enriching outings, like going to museums, apple

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Students in the BRYTE program tutor resettled refugees.

picking or attending an event at Brown, Kreisman wrote. Because each individual receives a tutor, there is more than one tutor per family, and tutors often work together.

For its upcoming photography exhibit, the group purchased 100 dis-

posable cameras and gave them to their tutees. For 10 days, the refugees were encouraged to take photographs of their homes and neighborhoods in Providence. “Photography is fun, escontinued on page 6

Day of the Dead ceremony honors victims of violence

By Emily Rosen Contributing Writer

In honor of the Day of the Dead — a Mexican celebration to honor the lives of those who have passed away — Brown and Rhode Island School of Design students and members of the Providence community gathered Saturday night in the Haffenreffer Museum gallery in Manning Hall to dedicate an ofrenda, or altar, to people who have been victims of various instances of deadly violence in Rhode Island.

This year’s ofrenda, constructed by a group of primarily Hispanic Brown and RISD students, in conjunction with local artists, will be on display in Manning Hall through Dec. 15. The project is affiliated with the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence

and the Brown Public Humanities Program.

Ofrendas, which often include items such as candles, music and flowers, are traditional altars built to welcome back the souls of the dead, which are believed to return on the Day of the Dead.

For the past three years at Brown, an ofrenda has been designed and built to incorporate a different theme. A previous ofrenda was dedicated to soldiers who lost their lives in the Iraq War. “This year we wanted to really connect with the community,” said coordinator Nara Hernandez GS, a graduate student in the Public Humanities Department and a native of Mexico.

Local artists Angel Quinonez and Lewis Martinez worked on this year’s ofrenda, incorporating a mix of traditional and contemporary

components. The ofrenda consists of a collection of brightly colored, decorated objects including a large painted skeleton, cans of beans, candy and graffiti-style artwork.

A plaque explaining the altar read, “The graffiti in the ofrenda represents expression and communication of urban youth and positions the altar within this public dialogue.”

The dedication ceremony began with an introduction and a performance by Mariachi de Brown. Then representatives from the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence addressed the audience about the challenges Providence faces with inner-city violence and what can be done to improve the situation. A mother who lost her son to inner-city violence in 2006 spoke of her experience and how she dealt with her grief.

The speakers pointed out that

there have been 11 murders in Providence from January through September of this year, with five of those murdered under the age of 30. Out of the 59 shootings in Providence last year, 14 resulted from gang-related violence.

“There is a very visible and wide gap between (the) life of the University and the life of the city,” said Rene Rabell, who attended the dedication ceremony with his family. Rabell thought the ofrenda and the dedication ceremony were both thoughtful and a great way to bridge the gap between the two communities.

Hernandez hopes that getting the word out about inner-city violence will encourage Brown and RISD students to get more involved. “It is our responsibility to be aware of what is happening in our community,” Hernandez said at the conclusion of the ceremony.

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very seriously,” he said.

Langevin is seeking his fifth term. He served in the Rhode Island General Assembly from 1988 to 1994 and in 1994 was elected Rhode Island Secretary of State.

Zaccaria, who runs a private North Kingstown marketing consulting firm, criticized Langevin for his lack of influence in Congress, citing the “power rankings” recently unveiled by Roll Call, a publication covering Capitol Hill.

Ranked 217th of 235 Democratic congressmen, with a score of “zero” in the “influence” categor y, Langevin responded to the criticism of his effectiveness by saying his work took place in committees behind closed doors and often went unnoticed. He said that, if re-elected, he will focus primarily on national security, universal health care and stem cell research.

During the debate, Langevin mostly criticized Republicans in Washington before finally attacking his challenger’s experience.

“My opponent wants to go down to Washington as a freshman under a minority party whose policies have failed miserably,” Langevin said. “(The Republicans are) going to lose seats dramatically.”

Langevin and Zaccaria started off the debate on good terms, agreeing on a couple of points. They both expressed concern that tax payers might bear the burden of poorly managed construction projects in Rhode Island for roads and bridges.

They also spoke in favor of publicly financed campaigns. Langevin criticized Senators Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Christopher Dodd, D-

Conn. and Jack Reed, D-R.I., for taking “money from the environment they regulate.”

“I have long said we need to do more to take money out of politics,” Langevin said. “I would love to see a public financing system to fund campaigns.”

Langevin conceded, however, that “until the process changes, we’ll have to live within the system we have.”

Zaccaria, who described himself to The Herald as “an underfunded challenger” agreed with Langevin’s position but argued that the system, not individual politicians, was to blame.

“The problem is not Dodd, Schumer and Reed. ... (It’s the) rules of the game we are forced to play,” Zaccaria said. “We have to expect that the government is organized so that we can get good, appropriate responses from people in government.”

When the conversation went toward the recent federally backed $700-billion dollar bailout plan, Zaccaria dismissed the topic. “People have to raise funds all the time.”

“You created a mortgage origination industry where, instead of bankers granting mortgages, you had commission sales people,” said Zaccaria, who traced the trend back to the Carter administration.

Langevin blamed the Bush administration for encouraging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to grant more affordable mortgages. “They did virtually nothing to properly regulate these financial entities. ...

There was not enough oversight in Congress at this time.”

Langevin voted in favor of the current bailout plan, but acknowledged the plan was far from per-

fect.

“I don’t like that vote either. ...

There were no very good options,” Langevin said.

Zaccaria is opposed to the plan and told The Herald he was upset with the nationalizing of banks.

“Say you have (a) mortgage loan owned by federal government — who are you going to call? Call (Congressman) Barney Frank?”

Zaccaria said. “Who’s going to do the customer service — the same damn banks.”

Zaccaria, though he has held several positions in North Kingstown government since 2000, has never before run for state or federal office. An Air Force ROTC cadet at Colby College, Zaccaria graduated in 1970 and spent five years in active duty as a flight instructor.

Despite his limited political background, Zaccaria said he believes he is the more qualified and experienced candidate.

Langevin “has not been (a) member of military, a husband and a father,” Zaccaria told The Herald.

He added that Langevin has not experienced the “issues of living in (the) corporate world.”

Zaccaria told The Herald he has met between 5,000 and 6,000 voters and estimates that the electorate will split 60 percent to 40 percent in favor of either candidate. He said he thinks that about 20 percent of voters in District 2 are “truly unaffiliated.” Zaccaria said this is not a “Yankees versus Red Sox” rivalry where supporters see the “other guy (as) a bum.”

Langevin, who said he was confident he would win Tuesday, nevertheless said he thought Zaccaria’s involvement in campaigns and elections was “admirable.”

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N.H. sees influx of Obama supporters canvassing continued from page 1 Almost 150 Obama-supporting Rhode Islanders traveled to New Hampshire on Sunday for last-minute “get out the vote” efforts — a drive of campaigning that started Saturday and will last until the closing minutes of polling on Tuesday. That group included about 50 students, many of them first-time canvassers.

The Rhode Island office of the Obama campaign has seen an “unbelievable” number of volunteers throughout the election season — about 1,500 — according to Ray Sullivan, state director of the campaign, and many have been students.

“Some of our best interns are from Brown,” Sullivan said.

“We’ve got the best volunteers in the world. They give and give, and believe in the change Barack Obama will bring.”

Several prominent Rhode Island Democrats came to Hope High School early Sunday morning to send off the canvassers with short speeches, including Sen. Jack Reed, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Attorney General Patrick Lynch ’87 and Rep. Patrick Kennedy.

The Obama campaign chartered three buses for Sunday’s trip north, but the student turnout was largely due to the efforts of the Brown Democrats, Brown Students for Barack Obama and Rhode Island College Democrats.

Gabe Kussin ’09, head of Rhode Island College Democrats, said the organization has been using “ever y tool” to get students to volunteer, including Facebook events and messages, table slips, e-mails, phone calls and personal interaction.

Kussin said this was his fourth weekend going to New Hampshire and that the number of volunteers keeps growing.

Students have also been volunteering at the Obama campaign office by spending late nights “phone-banking,” calling unde-

cided voters in New Hampshire as well as in western states, like Montana, which have close races.

One man Kreisberg and Rahdert met while going door to door barely paused while mowing his lawn to say four canvassers had already stopped by his house last week.

“That’s how you get people to the polls,” Kreisberg said as he left the driveway. “The last four days is really when the campaign is won or lost.”

Canvassing in New Hampshire is unique, many volunteers said, because the state sees so much political activism in the run-up to an election.

“People in New Hampshire take (politics) very seriously,” said Kreisberg. “In New Hampshire, this is their sport. Massachusetts has basketball and hockey. New Hampshire has politics.”

“New Hampshire is different,” Herald Opinions Columnist Jeremy Feigenbaum ’11 said. “They welcome canvassing. They’re used to and like the attention.”

Most of the canvassers said they felt compelled to volunteer this weekend, even if they had never canvassed before. “This is a really historic election, and I felt I’d regret it if I didn’t (volunteer),” Laura McLellan ’12 said.

“I couldn’t live with Obama losing on Tuesday if I didn’t do something about it.”

“I can’t vote yet and it drives me crazy,” said Sophie Siegel-Warren, a high school senior from Cranston. “I’m a huge Obama supporter and have been since the beginning of the primaries. ... I feel very strongly that we have to win.”

Alexander Boutelle ’05, who now works as a field organizer in New Hampshire, addressed students as they departed.

“Your performance today makes me proud to be a Brown alum. It shows that creativity, enthusiasm and social consciousness are still coming out of the University.”

Photos show the world through refugees’ lenses continued from page 5 pecially for the younger students,” Peck said. “The exhibit will show a world not often seen at Brown, through (the refugees’) lenses.”

BRYTE’s exhibit of refugees’ photography debuted on Nov. 2 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Brown-RISD Hillel.

According to Francis Gonzales ’11, a co-coordinator of the exhibit, photography is a powerful tool that has both benefits and drawbacks. He said the media and many organizations photograph underdeveloped countries to elicit a public response and to receive donations, which can help the organization’s cause.

But the increased use of such photography can desensitize the public and does not directly benefit

the subjects by taking control from them, hindering their ability to project their own image. Photography can become “development pornography,” Gonzales said. The BRYTE project is designed to shift the power of photography from outsiders to the refugees themselves.

“The community members should be able to choose the pictures that are projected,” Gonzales said.

“The project gives them the power through the process (of taking photos) and the ownership of the products of their work,” Levenson said.

After the exhibit, the participants will be given their photographs to emphasize ownership and empowerment.

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‘Filth Licker’ haunts scary Networks cautious about election night Halloween in Japan

By Matea Gold Los Angeles T imes

By Blaine Harden Washington Post

TOKYO — Halloween is a frothy foreign import in Japan, an excuse to have a party and eat sweets.

Monsters, though, are a more serious matter. One is called Akaname, the Filth Licker, and he haunts dirty bathrooms. Using his long, lascivious tongue, he eats bathtub scum.

As if that were not scary enough, there is also the matter of shame.

In this exceedingly well-scrubbed country, if word got out that there’s a Filth Licker in your bathroom, your reputation would be ruined.

The Halloween season, then, is an opportunity to shine a festive light on the Filth Licker and his creepy kin.

There are thousands of them, and collectively they are known as yokai, a word that is formed from the Japanese characters for “otherworldly” and “weird.”

Yokai were tormenting and delighting the Japanese hundreds of years before Halloween chocolates and pumpkin-colored cupcakes showed up in this country’s supermarkets.

Professional chroniclers of yokai say the spooky creatures are remarkably similar — in their folkloric origins and unspeakable powers — to the ghosts, zombies, skeletons and assorted night stalkers who have wandered for centuries through the Western imagination.

“Anything that is unexplainable, anything that is scary, anything that is really weird can be considered the doings of a yokai,” said Kenji Murakami, author of a yokai encyclopedia and 19

other yokai-related books. “We do not have a tradition of Halloween, but I think yokai are perfectly appropriate for Halloween. They help explain the inexplicable, and they are fun.”

Part myth, part tall tale, part pop culture, yokai haunt mountains, swamps, subway stations and toilets across Japan. One yokai likes to plunge a large, hairy disembodied foot through the roofs of rich people’s houses. Another enjoys eating the livers of unborn children. A third is made entirely of discarded dinnerware and is more dangerous to himself than to others.

While Western ghosts and ghouls tend to surface during the Halloween season, yokai are almost always hanging around.

This fall, yokai are featured in a new book, “Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide,” by the husband-and-wife team of Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt. Yoda, 37, grew up in Tokyo, where she says she spent a good part of her elementary school years devising strategies to avoid being mutilated by one of Japan’s best-known yokai, Kuchisake Onna, the Slash-Mouth Woman.

This yokai is a shapely, welldressed, but violently insecure young woman who wears a mask over her monstrously disfigured mouth, which reaches from ear to ear and is bursting teeth.

“First of all, she asks you if she is pretty,” Yoda said. “If you say, `Yes, you’re pretty,’ she’s going to cut your mouth just like hers. But if you say she is not pretty, she is going to cut your mouth anyway.”

NEW YORK — CNN will use hologram technology to beam threedimensional images of its field correspondents onto its Election Center set.

NBC News will project a U.S. map on the Rockefeller Plaza ice skating rink, where the states will turn blue and red as the votes come in. ABC News will put the results up on three massive screens in Times Square.

Anticipating massive viewer interest, the broadcast and cable television networks are pulling out all the stops for Tuesday’s election, seeking to outdo one another with technological wizardry and scores of political analysts.

“We’ve just decided to go ver y big because you want the coverage to match the moment, and it’s been a historic campaign with unprecedented interest,” said David Chalian, ABC’s political director.

Election night will ser ve as a pivotal test of all the networks.

This year’s political events have seen a shift in viewer loyalties, with cable news winning a larger share of the audience and challenging the traditional clout of ABC, CBS and NBC. NBC still drew the biggest viewership during this summer’s political conventions, but it was nearly matched by Fox News and CNN. The audience for the three broadcast evening news programs has been flat this season, while the cable news networks have enjoyed triple-digit ratings spikes.

Penn’s attempt fails in face of the Bears continued from page 12 Unfortunately for the Bears, the 65-yard drive failed to produce any points, as a 27-yard field goal attempt from kicker Robert Ranney ’08.5 was blocked.

The Quakers had a chance to grab the lead midway through the second quarter, when their offense moved the ball down to the Brown 26, but receiver Tyler Fisher fumbled the ball, and linebacker Jonathan May ’09 secured the recovery for Brown.

Penn did eventually grab the lead, though, when running back Bradford Blackmon found receiver Luke DeLuca for a 3-yard touchdown, putting the Bears behind 10-7 with 1:15 remaining in the first half.

But the Bears refused to go to the locker room with a deficit, and after an incomplete pass, Dougherty found Farnham for a 57-yard touchdown strike to give Bruno a 14-10 halftime lead, against a Penn defense that had been allowing only 13.0 points per game heading into Saturday.

“We didn’t do anything different, we’ve always been a big play offense,” Dougherty wrote. “We ran the same offense we normally run, and I think that Penn hadn’t played an offense with the kind of firepower we have which is why they’ve been so impressive statistically.”

Coming out of halftime, though, it took the Quakers just four minutes to grab the lead back, as a 46-yard kickoff return gave Penn great field position to set up an eventual 12-yard touchdown pass.

On the next Penn drive, momentum swung Brown’s way when quarterback Robert Irvin fumbled, and lineman Michael Lemmons ’10 recovered the ball at the Penn 11. Just two plays later, with 8:24 remaining in the third quarter, Dougherty found

Farnham for an 11-yard touchdown pass, Farnham’s second touchdown of the day and his fifth receiving touchdown of the year.

For the rest of the third quarter, the defense continued to shut down Penn’s offense, and late in the quarter, tackle David Howard ’09 jarred the ball loose from Irvin in the backfield, and fellow lineman Joseph McPhee ’09 scooped the ball up at the Brown 45. The play gave Howard three forced fumbles this season, which ties him for the Ivy League lead, and McPhee’s fumble recovery gave the offense another short field to work with.

“Almost every drive was started from mid field or closer and you have the whole playbook at your disposal,” Dougherty wrote. “You can take more risks, which I think resulted in the big plays we had.”

The Bears took advantage of their field position, as Dougherty completed a 29-yard pass to tight end Colin Cloherty ’09 to move the ball to the Penn 12, and two plays later, fired a strike to Sewall to open up a 28-17 lead for Bruno with 12:45 left to play.

Sewall finished the game with six catches for 47 yards. He currently leads all Ivy League receivers with 54 receptions, 744 yards and six touchdown catches.

The Quakers made it a one-possession game again on a field goal with 9:33 remaining, and the Penn defense then forced the Bears to punt on the following drive. On their next drive, the Quakers were faced with a fourth-and-2 from their own 28, with 4:23 remaining. Penn took their biggest risk of the day, challenging their defense by opting to go for the first down, but the Brown defense made them pay dearly. On a keeper

by Keiffer Garton, Still came up with the tackle at the line of scrimmage to

give the Bears the ball on downs at the Penn 28. Dougherty wasted no time capitalizing on the momentum, completing a 29-yard touchdown pass to Cloherty on the second play of the drive to open up a 34-20 lead. The touchdown was the second of the season for Cloherty, who finished with 58 receiving yards on the day.

Though the Quakers threatened again, the defense came up with another big stop when defensive end James Develin ’10 intercepted a pass at the Brown 9. Develin finished the game with five tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss.

Starting a drive at their own 9 with 3:04 remaining, the Bears looked to run out the clock with three consecutive running plays, but disaster struck when on fourth down, Ranney’s punt was blocked and recovered by the Quakers in the end zone, to cut Bruno’s lead to 34-27 with 1:21 left.

But Penn’s comeback effort fell short, when Farnham secured the onside kick recovery for the Bears, allowing Dougherty to kneel out the clock and hand the Quakers their first conference loss of the season.

The win gives Brown sole possession of first place in the Ivy League standings, with a 4-0 conference record. Next week the Bears will take on Yale (4-3, 2-2 Ivy) at home. They will then travel to Hanover, N.H. the following weekend to take on a currently winless Dartmouth team, before wrapping up their season at home against Columbia (1-6, 1-3 Ivy) on Nov. 22.

“We just need to keep doing what we’ve been doing, practicing hard and playing every game as if it were a championship game,” Dougherty wrote. “We still need to clean up some things and continue to improve but we’re a very confident team right now.”

On Tuesday, when all the networks will be running live coverage, broadcast executives hope to prove they still have an edge.

“As long as we have the kind of time to do the in-depth reporting we’re capable of, generally the broadcast networks will outperform the cable networks,” said Rick Kaplan, executive producer of “CBS Evening News.”

But behind the elaborate preparations and gung-ho attitude, the television networks are heading into the night with a sense of cautious restraint — especially when it comes to exit polls — all too aware of the implications of a botched call.

“We don’t want ever a repeat of what happened in 2000,” said Phil Alongi, executive producer of NBC’s special events, referring to the networks’ haste in awarding Florida to Al Gore, then giving the state to George W. Bush before realizing it was too close to call.

“We learned so many lessons across the board,” he said. “One of the first: Get it right.”

To do so, the networks now follow strict rules that govern projections, examining not only exit poll data but actual vote tabulation and turnout information.

NBC — which keeps its decision desk isolated from the calls made by competing networks — will call a winner only once its statisticians conclude that the chance of an error is less than 1 in 200. And no calls will be made until all the polls have closed in a state.

Extreme measures are taken to ensure that early data from the exit poll does not leak out, as it

did in 2004, when the first wave of sur veys showing John Kerr y in the lead rocketed through cyberspace.

For much of the day, only a small group will have access to the exit poll, which is being conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International for the National Election Pool, a consortium of the networks and The Associated Press. Three members from each outlet will be sequestered in an undisclosed location in New York, where they will analyze the results of questionnaires filled out by 100,000 voters nationwide.

Their cell phones and BlackBerries will be taken away until 5 p.m. EST, when they will be allowed to share the data with their newsrooms.

It’s the same procedure that was used in the 2006 midterm elections and ef fectively prevented the release of incomplete data.

“Exit poll information in the hands of trained professionals is perfectly fine,” said Sam Feist, CNN’s political director.

“Exit poll information in the hand of the general public, who may not understand what it means or stands for, can be dangerous.”

That’s because exit polls are designed to provide a demographic portrait of voters, not to predict the winner of a close race.

The early waves of data can be especially misleading because they do not necessarily reflect an accurate sample of the electorate.

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XC posts Men’s water polo gearing very strong up for its postseason performance continued from page 12

continued from page 12 To complete the scoring for the Bears was Brian Schilder ’11, who finished the race in just over 26 minutes.

The men have continued to improve this season, and it has shown at Heps with an improvement upon last season’s sixth place finish at the meet. The men feel that is in part due to the unity and camaraderie on the team.

“I really think that the key to our success is the fact that we are so close,” Hardy said. “It is such a good feeling to be a part of a team that is so dedicated and motivated to succeed. I feel like this year more than ever, our team is on a mission to succeed at any cost.”

Although the Bears have seen much improvement from a year ago, they are looking to take more steps toward being a contender in the Northeast Regionals and heading into the spring.

“I think as a team, we always feel that we could do better,” Hardy said. “Not everyone had their best day on Friday, so we were really happy that we finished fifth even without everyone at their best. We know that come regionals, we will be ready to take down the other Ivy League teams that beat us on Friday.”

The women’s team had another strong performance as the Bears ran their way to a third place finish with an overall score of 92 points, trailing only Princeton (17), which was one spot away from a perfect score, and Columbia (80).

The top performer for the Bears was Lara Heigis ’11, who finished 13th overall with a time of 18:06.2 in the five-kilometer women’s race.

“I really wanted to finish well at Heps after being injured all last year because it was finally a chance for me to make a contribution to our team’s success,” Heigis said. “It meant a lot to finish well at this meet because we have been focusing on it all season.”

Ariel Wright ’10 was the second Bear to cross the finish line in 18:13.5, which was good enough for 16th place. Following Wright was teammate Kesley Ramsey ’11, who clocked in at 18:21.5, earning 19th place. Rounding out the top five for the Bears were Herald Staff Writer Lauren Pischel ’11 and Ari Garber ’12, who completed the race in times of 18:28.5 and 18:36.4, respectively.

Although there were several solid individual efforts on Saturday, the Bears were more focused on improving as a team and being a unified body.

“I think the key to our success was our motivation to work together as a team throughout the race rather than focusing on what we could accomplish as individuals,” Heigis said. “No one wants to let their teammates down in a race like this, so we had no choice but to put it all out there for each other.”

The women’s team was happy with its performance and hopes to carry the momentum of last weekend into the Northeast Regionals and the spring season.

“We were all extremely pleased with how we finished as a team,” Heigis said. “Each one of us could say that we left nothing out on the course and that is all that we could ask of one another.”

The men’s and women’s teams will return to action on Nov. 15, when they will compete in the Northeast Regional Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York.

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brought the score to 10-6 with one quarter remaining. The teams traded goals in the final minutes of play, but the Bears held onto their lead and came out on top with a score of 15-10.

“We just played our game,” McBride said. “The game didn’t really count for anything, it was just nice for MIT to give us a chance to have another home game. I’m glad that we won and gave the seniors a good send-off.”

Brown’s offense was led by the seniors, with Gartner scoring six goals, followed by LeBeau with four. Fort was not far behind with two goals, two steals and an assist. An injury limited Weintraub’s minutes in the pool, but he still managed to provide two assists and draw two ejections for the Bears.

“These are the four guys that helped change the atmosphere of Brown water polo,” McBride said.

“These four seniors were at the foundation of the success of this team — getting nationally ranked, getting the recruiting classes that followed — they were the catalyst to where Brown men’s water polo is right now.”

It was an emotional night for the seniors, as well as for McBride,

who has coached the four seniors since their freshman year.

“They are my first recruiting class to graduate,” McBride added.

“So it’s kind of sentimental.”

While the spotlight was on the seniors, the victory saw key contributions from many other players, as well. Brandon Yoshimura ’11 added two goals for the Bears, and Gordon Hood ’11 added another goal to the tally. On the defensive end, Kent Holland ’10 recorded nine saves during the first three quarters, while Max Lubin ’12 made another three in the fourth.

Though Brown is losing a strong graduating class, the future for Brown water polo looks bright, with a wealth of talent among the team’s younger players.

“These guys have all done an amazing job,” Gartner said. “At the end of the season, you have to be so thankful that you have a team that can give you as much as they give and still go to a school like Brown.”

The Bears will now turn their attention to the postseason, as they will travel to Cambridge this weekend for the Northern Division Championships, followed by the Eastern Championships at the Naval Academy from Nov. 21 to Nov. 23.

Happy Monday.

Ivy title an outside shot continued from page 12 its two conference losses.

“We have nothing to lose now,” Bernstein said. “We need to play our best soccer for the next two games. We need to prove that we’re still a good team, and capable of being one of the better teams in the country.”

With two conference games remaining, the Bears still have an outside shot to defend their Ivy League title. In addition, Coach Noonan believes the team still has a great chance to make the NCAA tournament despite the two conference losses. The team’s strength of schedule will highlight the team’s resume when the committee decides what teams receive at-large bids. Brown’s season has included

a win over BC, which is currently 4-3 in the powerful ACC, and losses to No. 4 St. John’s, in addition to Penn and Harvard.

The Bears face off against Yale on Saturday at 4:30 for the senior class’s final game at Stevenson Field. Seniors on the team consist of Bernstein, Howerton, Will Lee ’09, Jarrett Leech ’09, and Captains Sawyer and Dylan Sheehan ’09.

Unfortunately, Howerton will not be able to play, due to a onegame suspension resulting from his actions in Saturday’s game.

“We’re going to try to finish the season strong,” Walls said. “We have the opportunity to win two games and make a run for the tournament. We’re the reigning champs – we have to play well and defend our conference title to the very end.”

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Reruns and new paths As the Class of 2013 prepares, with bated breath, for a season of rejections and acceptances, the Class of 2009 is preparing to graduate and head off into the real world. Both classes see changes on the horizon — a new city, new friends, new challenges.

These classes also share the uncertainty of defining goals for the next couple of years. The incoming first years are asked what they hope to get out of a Brown education while outgoing seniors are asked where they see themselves in the next five years. Both are challenging questions made even more difficult by the uncertainty of the future.

This year’s college seniors face the uncertainty of job prospects in today’s market, while high school seniors face the odds of the largest class in the nation’s history, all competing for a position at colleges and universities. Ultimately, we are all trying to find the path that will open up new opportunities and provide the learning experiences necessary for the future. Many students may be sure they are going to enter a variety of professions, but just as many are unclear about what lies ahead.

Uncertainty has always been a part of new beginnings, but with the current state of affairs, this uncertainty has been heightened. There are fewer single options or paths, and few guarantees. But the uncertainty of the future can be beneficial, forcing students to try avenues not yet explored and to become creative in their outlooks. Instead of seeing the bleak prospects, we can look at this uncertainty as a way of throwing out all the things taken for granted about the future and trying something outside our comfort zones.

Author Rory Stewart of “The Places in Between” ­— the required reading for incoming students this year — spoke last week about his work in the city of Kabul and the difficulty of prescribing development for the future of Afghanistan. Policymakers’ prescriptions of “how to” shape the future of the country seemed to him more of a “recipe for how to build a garden shack.” In Stewart’s concluding words, he told the audience that his work wasn’t about the “how to” but about action: “This is about acting in the world. This is about how you get out and do things.”

To borrow his metaphor, notions of “how to do things” differs from actually taking initiative. There is no single prescriptive method of “how to” enter the job market, or decide which college may be the right one for each individual student. We may not know what the next step will be, but we know that it will certainly be different.

While not everyone will walk 6,000 miles across Central Asia, Stewart’s words remind us that life may lead to unexpected places, and the interesting stuff that happens in these places in between becomes material for another chapter in life — perhaps even a book.

Rejections are surely likely in this coming year, but we can suggest a remedy — a day off from school or obligations or perhaps, as one Brown applicant suggests, some reruns of “The Office.”

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Letters Town and gown relations To the Editor: We, the undersigned, alumni of Brown University, are concerned about the increasingly fractured town/ gown relations that we are hearing about from residents of Providence.

As Brown students, we were fortunate to know members of the greater Providence community and they had a positive influence when we attended the University.

Their friendships meant a great deal to us. Among other gestures, they often provided food, accommodation for visiting family members, insights into problem landlords, storage when we left for a term and needed to have our possessions safe for a few months, help with how to get along with housemates, resume writing, transportation and assistance in finding jobs both while at school and upon graduation. Indeed, we continue to maintain relationships with these individuals and we enjoy seeing them when we return to Providence, not to mention that some of us still reside here.

Our experience tells us that the benefit of building relationships with residents of Providence is an important opportunity. Those friendships were special for us as students and remain special today.

It is our understanding that an increase in alcohol consumption by some students may be resulting in disruptive behavior that is contributing to this tension. At this time, we would ask that the administration consider evaluating the relations and make an effort to improve them.

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O pinions Monday, November 3, 2008

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

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Minor suffrage

BY GRAHAM ANDERSON Opinions Columnist In my first opinion column for the Herald, I argued that no citizen of the United States should be denied the right to vote because of his or her age. The response to my argument, at least that of my Brown peers, was overwhelming laughter.

I was not surprised. After all, history suggested that my argument would receive extensive cynicism. In 1994, Nelson Mandela proposed lowering the voting age in South Africa to 14, and the idea was essentially dead upon proposal.

If you are like me, you have chosen how to vote in general solitude. You researched the candidates and questions mostly on your own, and ultimately made your decisions alone.

However, if you believe that the voting age should remain at 18, then you have a responsibility to change how you decide to vote.

I concede that intuitively there seems to be something wrong with eliminating a voting age. And apparently, the image of a 16 year old in a voting booth makes many of my Brown peers — most of them 18 — somewhat squeamish. The reasons for this squeamishness speak more to the prejudices of my peers, than the character of 16 year olds.

Someone told me that a child would vote based on whether a candidate’s name was funny. But have we not already seen adults who say they will not vote for someone because his middle name is Hussein?

In one argument, parents might force their children to vote for a certain proposal or candidate by withholding anything from food to video games. Following that line of logic, would not the parents of college students, paying upwards of $50,000 a year on education alone, force their children to vote one way with the same threats?

Another argument goes that one does not become a full citizen until the age of 18. While technically citizens, individuals are not full citizens until they gain certain level of experience.

primary argument when Austria lowered its national voting age to 16 last year was that the interests of a growing senior-citizen population need to be balanced with the interests of the youth.

I am not interested in silencing voices in our democracy, though. I am interested in finding better ways to address the interests of all citizens. With this in mind, the most reasonable argument given to me in favor of disenfranchising those under 18 was that they are already virtually represented in our

I ask you before voting to call a younger sibling and ask how they would want you to vote, or stand outside of a middle school and ask students how they want you to vote.

But saying that one has responsibilities, such as paying taxes and following the law, without rights like voting, smacks of slavery.

Why not modify the logic and argue that one can have the rights of citizenship only until one starts becoming curmudgeonly and senile — say at the age of eighty? Interestingly, a

government. Parents vote in their children’s interests and thus children are represented, the argument goes.

To believe that children are virtually represented, though, means that your vote is not entirely your own. For virtual representation to actually work as a form of representation

instead of just being exclusion, you have to vote partially on behalf of the disenfranchised.

You become the representative of the disenfranchised.

This means going beyond passively thinking, “I’ll vote this way because I think it will be good for kids.” You have to actually ask people under the age of 18 how they want you to vote, and substantively incorporate their input in how you vote.

Have you ever done that?

I indeed can not recall an instance when someone asked me how to vote, and certainly not when I was younger than 18. We perceive voting as an entirely individual action — one man, one vote.

But if you truly believe that nobody under the age of 18 should have the right to vote and that everyone under the age of 18 is still represented in our government, then you have a responsibility to consult with those under the age of 18 on how you should vote.

You have to actually go out and vote, at least partially, on their behalf.

In practice, I think it is absurd to be able to vote partially on behalf of others. But as it stands, we have a responsibility to try and do so. I ask you before voting to call a younger sibling and ask how they want you to vote, or stand outside of a middle school and ask students how they want you to vote.

I am sincere in asking this, and I am sure that by you will gain a greater appreciation of the capacity of minors to help determine how our society is governed.

Graham Anderson ’10 remains forever young.

Brown’s quiet money grab BY tyleR rosenbaum Opinions Columnist As the deadline for applying to study abroad programs draws nearer, the usual cost benefit analyses that precede such momentous decisions fly around in my head.

Could I really stand to be away from dear, frigid old Providence for an entire semester?

Would the educational quality be the same?

Perhaps extended separation from the land of Humvees and Big Macs would be too traumatic for my American soul.

But in numerous conversations with similarly situated sophomores and juniors, I recently discovered a much less pleasant factor: the price tag. Last year the University instituted a policy that, beginning with the class of 2010, all Brown students studying abroad who wanted credit would have to pay full Brown tuition.

Brown, of course, would have the decency to pick up the tab for tuition at your institution abroad, even if it were higher than Brown’s tuition. What commendable generosity! However, when asked by The Herald for an example of a program that might cost more than Brown, Kendall Brostuen, director of international programs and an associate dean of the College, was unable to name a single one.

This might just be because the United States has the most expensive universities in the world. Yes, our schools are for the most part higher quality, and the government does not subsidize them to the same degree that other countries subsidize their universities.

But that is immaterial to this discussion because when a Brown student goes abroad it

costs the University practically nothing.

Brown’s tuition for this year is $35,584.

Universities in Germany charge foreigners around $1,250. Russian universities charge about $4,000. Top universities in France require the equivalent of $6,700, and even Oxford and Cambridge, possibly the most expensive of foreign universities, only run Americans about $17,500.

In other words, even if a Brown student were to go to Oxford for a year, and never set foot on Brown’s campus, let alone use any of

of thousands of dollars simply for it to acknowledge work we will have already done abroad at reputable, Brown-approved institutions. Entering a few grades on a transcript for $20,000? That’s a job that would have the robber barons of Wall Street salivating with envy. What next, will they charge us $1,000 a month, and then graciously provide us with a cell phone plan?

In an interview with The Herald last year (“All study abroad programs will now require full tuition,” Sept. 24, 2007), administrators

Entering a few grades on a transcript for $20,000? That’s a job that would have the robber barons of Wall Street salivating with envy. its resources, the University will still charge him a premium of approximately $18,000 for the privilege of including his Oxford grades on his Brown transcript. In other, cheaper countries, such as Germany, the overhead paid to Brown could be as much as $34,000.

Take a little time for the absurdity of this situation to sink in. Those of us who study abroad will inevitably be paying Brown tens

actually cited the fact that students would no longer have to look at the cost of programs when choosing to study abroad as a benefit of the new scheme.

What beneficent overlords we have! In order to prevent lower-income students from choosing the $5,000 program over the $10,000 one based on financial considerations, those same students now have to pay $35,584. Per-

haps the government should mandate that all cars in the United States cost $100,000. Some people can’t afford a Lexus, after all, and it would be quite a shame for them to have to buy a Toyota just because it’s cheaper.

Administrators also argued that the previous “study abroad fee,” which amounted to $1,913, was “no longer financially viable.” I cannot imagine what about our going abroad costs Brown more than $2,000, but in my book the response to increasing costs should not be to multiply the fee by an order of magnitude.

Despite all of the rationalizations, there is no denying that this was a simple money grab on Brown’s part. Unable to raise tuition rates too much due to public pressure and the need to stay competitive with our dear ‘peer institutions,’ the University discovered an ingenious way to squeeze some extra money out of its more adventurous students.

If Brown were really as cash-strapped as it pretends to be, I might grudgingly support reasonable fees for some of the services it might provide.

What is unconscionable is that it would levy such an outrageous fee when all it has to do is verify that, for example, Oxford provides an acceptable education, and put foreign credits on the transcript.

At a time when Brown is trumpeting its internationalization initiative and attempting to become a more global university, it seems counterintuitive and hypocritical for it to try to make a quick buck by putting such a large stumbling block in the way of students who would like to go abroad.

Tyler Rosenbaum ’11 is a cash cow for the University.

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Monday, November 3, 2008

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

Football grabs Ivy League lead with win over Penn

By Benjy Asher Sports Editor

In a matchup against the only other undefeated team in Ivy League play, the football team (5-2, 4-0 Ivy) prevailed Saturday Brown 34 with a 34-27 win Penn 27 over Penn (4-3, 3-1) in Philadelphia.

Quarterback and co-captain Michael Dougherty ’09 led the offensive attack with four touchdown passes, two of which went to receiver Buddy Farnham ’10, who had six receptions for 120 yards.

Running back Nkosi Still ’09 started things off for the Bears with a 42-yard return on the opening kickoff, giving the offense the ball at the Brown 49-yard line. The Bears picked up two first downs on completions to Farnham and receiver Bobby Sewall ’10, and on third-and-15 from the Penn 32, Dougherty got Brown into the red zone with a 23-yard completion to Farnham. On first and goal, Bruno got on the board first, on a 9-yard run by Sewall, to take a 7-0 lead. Sewall also added a touchdown reception later in the game for his league-leading ninth overall touchdown of the season.

On Penn’s first drive, the Quakers moved the ball deep into Brown territory, but the defense held them to a 22-yard field goal to preserve the lead.

On the next drive, the Bears got big plays from some unexpected sources, as running back Wayne Ritter ’10 started off the drive with a 21yard run, the longest of his collegiate career, and tight end Alex Prestley ’11 made the first catch of his collegiate career, a 15-yard reception on thirdand-10.

“Teams try to key on our normal contributors and forget about the other guys we have who can make plays as well,” Dougherty wrote in an e-mail to the Herald. continued on page 7

By Katie Wood Assistant Sports Editor

Justin Coleman / Herald

Buddy Farnham ’10 recovered the final onside kick to seal football’s 34-27 victory over Penn on Saturday.

Cross country Seniors shine in last home polo game competes at Heptagonals

By Anne Deggelman Sports Staff Writer

By Nicole Stock Sports Staff Writer

The cross country team competed at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships this past weekend. The men finished in fifth place overall, while the women finished in third place. The men finished with a team score of 142 points, which placed them behind Princeton (58), Columbia (61), Cornell (75) and Dartmouth (89).

The top finisher for the men’s squad was Duriel Hardy ’10, who earned seventh overall, crossing the finish line of the eight-kilometer race in 24:52.3.

“I was really happy about the way I raced,” Hardy said. “I feel like I was patient over the first 5K, and then dug deep in the last 3K. I really just wanted to leave the meet knowing that I had given it my all, and that is exactly what I did.”

Following Hardy was John Haenle ’11, who finished with a time of 25:32.5, earning him 26th place. Matt Duffy ’12 and John Loeser ’10 placed further down in the pack with times of 25:40.8 and 25:47.9, respectively. continued on page 9

M. soccer falters against Penn

Spurred on by the cheers of about 50 fans, the men’s water polo team (14-9, 7-0 CWPA North Division), led by four seniors, took down MIT, 15-10, on Thursday night in their last “home” game of the season.

“It was a good atmosphere,” said Assistant Coach John McBride. “You could tell the guys were really excited.”

After months of traveling for games in other team’s pools, Mike Gartner ’09 couldn’t agree more.

“It’s nice to have the excitement,” he said. “It was kind of a treat to have the fans in the stands and all of that.”

The evening started off with the national anthem sung by Brown’s own Toby Espinosa ’12, followed by the honoring of the Brown seniors — Gartner, Nico Fort ’09, Grant LeBeau ’09 and Hank Weintraub ’09 — as a celebration Herald File Photo of their last home game.

Mike Gartner ’09 scored six goals to lead the men’s water polo team to 15-10 win “It was all done really well,” over MIT on Thursday in the final home game of his career.

Gartner said. “It was nice to have all the little perks of senior night first eight minutes of play. While calmed down — whatever the even though we don’t have a home MIT started to close the gap in the Bears were after the halftime, it pool.” second quarter, Bruno remained was good, and Brown took off The game got off to a good steady and went into halftime up on a five-goal scoring spree. This start for the Bears, who took a 5-4.

4-2 lead on the Engineers in the Excited, rested, fired up, or continued on page 9

The men’s soccer team headed into the matchup with Penn on Saturday night with a week of rest, but playing a man down Brown 0 and falling into a Penn 4 2-0 hole going into the half, the Bears (9-5-1, 3-2 Ivy) could not pull off the win, falling by a score of 4-0 to the Quakers (10-2-3, 4-1).

Head Coach Mike Noonan cited the team’s inability to capitalize on scoring opportunities as a major factor in the loss and a persistent problem for the Bears of late.

“Penn is a very good defensive team,” Noonan said. “We did have some good opportunities to score, but didn’t convert them again.”

The Quakers got off to a quick start as Omid Shokoufandeh scored two goals within 14 minutes of one another in the first half. His first goal came on a penalty kick after a foul in the box. Darren Howerton ’09 was given a yellow card for protesting the penalty kick. Shortly after, Howerton picked up his second yellow card of the game and the officials ejected him in the 20th minute. From that point on, the Bears played one man down.

“It was certainly a big turning point,” said David Walls ’11. “We still had chances after that to score some goals. We lost a lot of concentration and focus after that point and didn’t stick to the game plan.”

Five minutes after Howerton’s ejection, Shokoufandeh scored his second goal, sending the Bears into the half down 2-0.

“The second goal definitely put us back a notch,” said Rhett Bernstein ’09. “Although we really bounced back in the beginning of the second half. The first 15-20 minutes, things were definitely going our way. It was a battle, we were just out-competed.”

The Bears came out stronger in the opening minutes of the second half, but were unable to cut into the Quakers’ lead. Penn’s Andrew Ferry and Loukas Tasigiani scored two more goals to finish out the game for the Quakers, 4-0.

Bernstein, Jon Okafor ’11 and Captain Stephen Sawyer ’09 recorded the Bears’ three shots on goal on the evening. The Quakers outshot Bruno, 12-9, but Brown held a 3-1 advantage in corner kicks.

Paul Grandstrand ’11 (3-4-0) received the loss in net, tallying three saves.

“The team handled (being down one man) well,” Noonan said. “We’ve trained in practice what to do in that situation. Our overall play wasn’t affected as a result of going a man down. Our mentality was only affected with maybe a penalty and one or two goals.”

Penn moves to a first-place tie in the Ivy League with Harvard. Harvard lost to Dartmouth last Saturday night, 1-0, putting Brown in fourth place, just behind the Big Green.

The Bears will face off against Dartmouth in their final game of the season, broadcast nationally on Fox Soccer Channel. The team is looking to finish out the season strong despite continued on page 9