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Corporation raises tuition by 4 percent Delayed by Nemo, the Corporation voted to approve the budget and expand financial aid

By Eli Okun University news Editor

The Corporation approved a 4 percent hike in undergraduate tuition and fees — the largest increase in three years — and an accompanying 5.6 percent increase in financial aid, President Christina Paxson announced in a campus-wide email Thursday morning.

The operating budget for fiscal year 2014 includes an expected $902 million in expenditures but only $897.6 million in revenue, running a $4.4 million deficit the University will cover by drawing from its reserves.

The deficit is less than half the size of that of last year, when the Corporation voted to withdraw $9 million from its reserves.

The expanded operating budget, which was approved based on recommendations from the annual University Resources Committee report, is likely the largest in University history, said Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration. But its 3.5 percent increase over last year’s budget actually constitutes one of the smaller rises in recent years, she added.

The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, also gave the final stamp of approval for the proposed School of Public Health, which faculty members unanimously voted to approve in November, The Herald previously reported. Beginning in July, the school will undergo a twoyear accreditation process before a targeted opening date of 2015.

The Corporation’s meetings last weekend were truncated by Winter Storm Nemo, which blanketed much of New England with about two feet of snow. The Corporation cut short / / Tuition page 2 its Friday

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The Corporation voted to increase the University’s annual operating budget and approved renovations of the John Hay Library.

History grad student passes away after months in ICU A professor deemed the Ph.D. candidate in history the “brightest graduate student” of his career By mark valdez senior staff writer

Adam Ringguth GS died under hospice care early Wednesday morning.

Ringguth, 32, had been transitioning in and out of consciousness since late November, when he was found unconscious on the floor of his apartment, said Tim Harris P’03, professor of history and Ringguth’s dissertation adviser.

Harris said doctors found a blood clot in Ringguth’s brain but added that it was not determined whether a head injury had led to the clot or if the clot had caused him to collapse.

Ringguth had been in the intensive care unit at Rhode Island Hospital following his November injury until Mon-

day, when he was put under hospice care at the Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island.

“It is my understanding Adam was conscious, and he made the decision to be moved into hospice care,” Harris said.

Ringguth remained under hospice care until he passed away Wednesday morning.

President Christina Paxson notified the Brown community of his death in an email Thursday afternoon.

Ringguth was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. He graduated in 2002 from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor of arts in history and a minor in economics. Ringguth received the Charles W. Lightbody Convocation Prize in History for his work throughout his undergraduate career.

From 2002 to 2005, Ringguth was a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History. He studied early modern British history and received a masters of arts in history in 2003.

In 2005, Ringgmuth met with Harris, sharing the news that he had applied to Harvard Law School.

“I knew he was going to get in,” Harris said. “Given the background he came from, he was very humble. He told me, ‘I can’t turn it down.’”

Ringgmuth received a juris doctorate degree from Harvard Law School in 2008. He then moved on to work as a litigation associate at the law firm Jenner and Block LLP in Chicago.

“I never thought he would come back,” Harris said.

But Ringgmuth returned to Brown in January 2012 to finish his Ph.D. in history. He anticipated completing his dissertation by the spring semester of next year, according to a research proposal he wrote. Before his injury, he had planned to research and study in England during the current academic year.

Harris and Ringgmuth worked closely over the years, building a friendship outside of the department.

“After a lecture, we would go have a drink and discuss it,” Harris said. “He house-sat for me one summer when I was away. He loved my dogs.”

Harris said the entire department was shocked and saddened by Ringgmuth’s passing.

“He always had a smile on his face.

He was keen and talked with great passion about his interests,” Hariss said.

“He was such a sweet man. … He just had a chirpy face.”

Harris said Ringgmuth’s family decided to donate his “big book collection” to the graduate students in the department.

Members of Ringgmuth’s family could not be reached for comment.

Harris noted though it is too early to decide on details, the history department is planning an event to honor Ringgmuth. “He was probably the brightest graduate student I’ve ever worked with in my 27 years at Brown,” Harris said.

Global campaign fights violence against women One Billion Rising encourages dance and dialogue to end violence against women By caleb miller senior staff writer

Valentine’s Day doubled as a day of awareness as students around campus participated in the One Billion Rising campaign’s events intended to “Strike.

Dance. Rise!” against violence directed at women around the world.

The campus group represents one chapter of the global campaign, which includes activists from 203 countries around the world, according to a press release from V-Day, the movement that launched the campaign. The V-Day movement aims to combat harm to-

ward women, and the One Billion Rising campaign was “the biggest global action in the history of humankind for women . . . to end the violence and bring about a time when women are cherished,” said V-Day founder Eve Ensler in a video on V-Day’s Facebook page.

The campus campaign kicked off with a dance party Wednesday night and continued with events Thursday on the Main Green. A “yarnbombing” of the Green featured pink and red woven artwork hanging from the trees. At noon, a flash mob broke out in front of Sayles Hall. While a large crowd of students looked on, the act grew from a couple of dancers to almost 30 pink- and red-clad performers.

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A flash mob of dancing students took charge of the main green yesterday at noon to raise awareness about violence waged against females.

School of Public Health approved The Corporation moved to expand the program in part to elevate its prominence and visibility

By Alexandra Macfarlane University News Editor

The Corporation approved the creation of a School of Public Health in a conference call Wednesday, President Christina Paxson wrote in a community-wide email Thursday.

The current Program in Public Health will become a separate school in July, at which point its leaders will begin working to get it nationally accredited, according to a University press release.

The Corporation was originally scheduled to vote on establishing the school at its meeting last weekend.

But due to the impending Winter Storm Nemo, the Corporation’s meeting was curtailed and the vote pushed back.

Moving from a program to an accredited school will make studies in the field more visible on campus and throughout the nation, said Terrie Wetle, associate dean of medicine for public health and public policy.

Having a public health school will also bolster natural partnerships with other University departments and public health facilities throughout the state, she said.

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meetings and postponed the main Saturday morning meeting, when the group typically takes action on its central priorities. Roughly 60 percent of Corporation members made it to the meetings that were held, said Provost Mark Schlissel P’15.

To make up for the lost time, the Corporation held a conference call Wednesday to cast votes on the budget, the public health school and other proposed changes, Schlissel said.

A series of discussions between Corporation members and strategic planning committee members was also cut short. Schlissel said the administration will set up video conference discussions throughout the semester instead, adding that he and Paxson intend to travel to New York, California and other major hubs to hold smaller, local meetings with groups of Corporation members.

Schlissel presented to Corporation members about the 82 Signature Academic Initiative proposals submitted by faculty members last semester, which the administration is currently evaluating, he said.

The increase in the University’s operation budget reflects higher expenditures on graduate student stipends, staff and faculty salaries, the School of Engineering, campus safety efforts and information technology, as well as a slightly larger number of faculty positions, according to Paxson’s email.

The tuition increase was “one of the toughest decisions” the URC had

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Corporation approval comes after the faculty voted unanimously to approve the creation of the school last November, The Herald reported previously. The motion had also been approved by the Faculty Executive Committee, faculty members in biomedicine and public health and the Academic Priorities Committee at the time.

By the time the motion to create a school reached the general faculty vote, it had passed through seven other votes by University leadership, including committees with student members such as the University Resources Committee, Wetle said.

Wetle and others met with subcommittees of the Corporation to explain how an expanded school “fits into the culture and ethos of Brown,” Wetle said, adding that the committees were concerned about building a sustainable financial model.

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to make, Huidekoper said, adding that the total of Brown’s tuition and fees is lower than those of most other Ivies. Poor endowment returns in recent years provided part of the need to raise tuition, she said. As federal funding streams for research dry up over the next few years, the University will continue to seek new sources of revenue, Huidekoper said.

Once the University decided to raise tuition by 4 percent to fund important spending priorities, the Office of Financial Aid calculated the contingent increase in financial aid that would be necessary to continue meeting 100 percent of demonstrated need, Schlissel said. This year, the financial aid increase outstripped the rise in tuition, though last year the reverse was true, with tuition increasing 3.5 percent and financial aid 2.1 percent, The Herald reported at the time.

“We begin every budget discussion attempting to balance the things that are most important for continuing to make Brown a better university and the Brown education a more valuable education … against the cost,” he said, adding that “these are difficult trade-offs.”

Over the past decade, financial aid at Brown has risen by an average of 9.4 percent annually, while tuition and fees have risen by an average of 4.3 percent, Huidekoper said.

The Corporation approved plans to move forward with a renovation of the John Hay Library. The renovation, which could start this summer and is expected to last about a year, will

open up the main reading room to become a larger study space for students and expand space for exhibits and special collections reading, said University Librarian Harriette Hemmasi, who is overseeing the effort.

The renovation will also entail improvements to the John Hay’s security system and installing a sprinkler system, Hemmasi said.

The Corporation approved more than $31 million in gifts to the University. The largest is a $10 million donation from Marty Granoff P’93, who provided the money for the administration to use at its discretion.

Schlissel described the gift as an act of “amazing generosity,” adding that he and Paxson would meet with Granoff to determine the best use of the funds, potentially for priorities that emerge from strategic planning.

Other gifts include $5.5 million to be divided between the Rooftop Greenhouse and Conservatory of the Building for Environmental Research and Teaching and the Brown Annual Fund, $3 million for the John Hay renovation, $2 million for an endowed assistant professorship in brain science and $2 million for scholarships and endowments for Chinese students, Paxson wrote in the email.

The Corporation also elected Chancellor Thomas Tisch ’76 and Vice Chancellor Jerome Vascellaro ’74 P’07 to their third and final three-year terms, which will end in 2016. The weekend “provided an opportunity for substantive presentations, discussion and deliberation of critical issues for the University,” Tisch said.

Health will expand both the student and faculty applicant pools and raise the numbers of admits who matriculate, Wetle said, adding that it will also increase chances to receive funding both for the school and for individual researchers.

Whenever something expands like this within the University, leaders of the community wonder “how (many) resources are needed to sustain it successfully,” said Christopher Khaler, professor and department chair of behavior and social sciences.

In creating a new school, leaders often worry about hampering cross-department collaboration, but this “will probably do the opposite,” Khaler said.

Ira Wilson, professor of health services, policy and practice, who worked closely with the progress of the school, said very few concerns were raised about the motion. “Almost everybody recognizes that this is good for Brown,” Wilson said.

Creating a school “makes a lot of

sense in a lot of ways because public health is an interdisciplinary department,” said Josh Prenner ’14, who was originally a community health concentrator but has since switched to human biology.

“It is a harbinger of other good things that will take place,” said Dan Escuerdo GS, who is studying epidemiology. Science is a “team sport” that requires collaboration across departments and works best when quality researchers collaborate with each other, he said, adding that creating a school is a great way to further that work.

One of the main emphases in working toward the transition to a school was developing ways to “maintain positive collaborations in both research and educational programs,” Wetle said.

Over the past decade, the Program in Public Health has grown from a single department to many departments, research centers and course offerings, said Provost Mark Schlissel P’15.

The program currently serves over 1,900 students, Wetle said.

“It’s really become enormous over the last decade, and it represents an area where Brown faculty and students can collaborate on great scholarship that has tremendous impact and importance for society,” Schlissel said.

The Program in Public Health and its faculty members “have long been deeply integrated and collaborative with many departments at Brown,” and that will only continue, Wilson said.

It will be great for students to graduate from a school, rather than from a program, Wetle said. “There is a certain cache to this.”

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Asbestos removal occuring in nine rooms in Barus and Holley Found mainly in buildings built prior to the ‘90s, the substance is dangerous when inhaled By hannah loewentheil senior staff writer

Nine Barus and Holley classrooms and laboratories are currently being cleared of asbestos, said Stephen Maiorisi, vice president for Facilities Management.

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fiber that is found in rock and soil, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The fiber was widely used in manufactured goods and construction materials — such as floor tiles and floor tile glue, insulation and countertops — throughout the 1980s but is now illegal due to its connection to lung cancer.

The University followed a codified process to identify the nine classrooms and laboratories — rooms 225, 446, 744, 747, 749, 738A, 744A, 744B and 730 — that housed materials containing asbestos, Maiorisi said. If the University suspects asbestos may be present, it hires an environmental consultant to survey the material in the room in question, he said. If asbestos

is found, the Rhode Island Department of Health must approve an abatement plan.

The state approved the Barus and Holley abatement plan in November 2012, Maiorisi said.

The health risks associated with absestos result from inhalation of the fiber, said Steve Morin, director of environmental health and safety.

But students and staff who have been exposed to the areas in question are not at risk, he said.

“Until disturbed, (absestos is) not dangerous at all, so when you do disturb (it), you do it the right way,” he added.

Trained and licensed professionals are brought in to perform negative air containments and air clearances in order to make the area safe. Contracting companies Yankee Fiber Control and Emery Environmental are currently supervising and carrying out the asbestos removal process.

“Negative air containment means nothing can get out of that space that is being filtered,” Maiorisi said. To abate the asbestos, professionals implement a filter like those used in hospitals and respirators to eradicate toxins without sending them into the atmosphere,

he said.

There is a common perception that abating is dangerous when people are near the toxic space, Morin said. But negative air containment makes the surrounding atmosphere completely safe, he added.

“You could be standing right outside the vent and it is not harmful,” Maiorisi said.

Buildings constructed in and before the 1980s are suspect, Maiorisi said.

He added that he expects to deal with more asbestos removal projects in the future. “The process is so regulated that we have it down to a science,” he said.

Typically, the project manager is responsible for informing the relevant department about an asbestos abatement project, Mairoisi said, adding that the School of Engineering was notified before the current removal project began. The University is also required to post signs around the space, he added.

Lawrence Larson, dean of the School of Engineering, was aware of the ongoing project in Barus and Holley, he wrote in an email to The Herald. Both Maiorisi and Morin said they were not aware of any health or safety concerns from students or faculty members surrounding the project.

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Asbestos poses health risks only when it is disturbed and subsequently inhaled, said Stephen Maiorisi, vice president for Facilities Management.

Interactive survey results to shape future campus development U. partners with design firm to conduct survey on campus use for future planning By sabrina imbler senior staff writer

President Christina Paxson invited all students, staff members and faculty members last Wednesday to participate in the MyCampus survey prepared by design firm Sasaki Associates. The survey marks a key component of data collection for the Committee on Reimagining the Brown Campus and Community, one of the six strategic planning committees.

MyCampus gathered over 1,400 responses from community members as of Tuesday.

“MyCampus is like nothing we’ve done before,” said Russell Carey, executive vice president for planning and policy and chair of the committee.

An interactive map of the University campus, the MyCampus survey asks community members to tag where they spend their time doing things such as eating, sleeping, studying and socializing. The committee will use the data to inform plans for both long-term campus design and the resolution of small-scale navigation and safety concerns around campus such as lighting conditions and signage. So far, community members have dropped icons on locations all around the main campus as well as the Jewelry District, underscoring the University’s presence in the latter location.

The map interface of MyCampus facilitates the firm’s dynamic understanding of how people use the campus, said Tyler Patrick, principal of Sasaki Associates. MyCampus represents the third survey conducted by Sasaki in the planning process, following two faculty surveys about infrastructure and areas of collaboration.

“We’re helping the University de-

velop framework planning, which is the physical manifestation of the strategic plan,” Patrick said.

Sasaki will work with Brown through July to develop that framework, approaching planning by looking at the integration of the academic and financial needs of the University, Patrick said. The firm examined both current real estate opportunities and places for future growth — on College Hill and in the Jewelry District — in its collaboration with the University, Patrick said.

These findings will be submitted to the Corporation in May and will be used to dictate the prioritization and funding of proposals that come out of the survey results, Carey said.

Before the release of MyCampus at the University, complaints about the campus had been directed to the Office of Student and Employee Accessibility Services.

MyCampus and other work done through the committee build upon parts of the Plan for Academic Enrichment enacted during former President Ruth Simmons’ tenure.

“What we’re doing right now is building on a very strong foundation of the last 10 or so years: the Strategic Framework for Physical Planning,” Carey said. “When you build on a strong foundation, it’s useful to assess yourself and look carefully with a fresh pair of eyes.”

Though MyCampus does not collect any input from short-term or occasional visitors, the committee has received feedback from faculty members about these visitors and the ease with which they navigate and park around the campus, Carey said.

Though it has no formal deadline, MyCampus will stay open for another couple weeks. The current participation rates at Brown have been among the highest Sasaki has seen for MyCampus, Patrick said. He cited the engagement of the student body and the emails sent

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The University sent out a survey requesting community members to tag where they spend their time on an interactive campus map. The results will be analyzed by a design firm to guide future campus development. by senior administrators as reasons for this participation.

“We’re already pleased with the 1,400 responses,” Carey said. “That’s terrific.”

“Everyone we’ve talked to appreciates being able to give their feedback in this way and to feel like they’re a part of the process and being heard,” Patrick said. “Sometimes it confirms things we’ve already discovered or it reveals new patterns that only people who use the campus every day would know.”

Although competitors of Sasaki have launched tools with similar capabilities, MyCampus is “fairly unique to Sasaki,” Patrick noted. “Other versions don’t quite do what our tool does,” he said, adding that Sasaki’s program is more comprehensive than others.

Sasaki developed MyCampus two years ago. The tool emerged from the firm’s need to have a participatory planning process, Patrick said. To achieve the same input MyCampus now collects, Sasaki previously held open forums with faculty and staff members of other universities but only had limited success.

“Open forums are great for sharing information, but they are not the best way to collect information. Not everyone feels comfortable speaking up and there is never enough time,” Patrick said.

“MyCampus allows us to hear honest feedback from more users.”

MyCampus has been used “very successfully” in the past at several other universities including Colgate University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Kentucky, Patrick said.

MyCampus has been generally wellreceived by students who have participated in the survey thus far.

“I thought the survey was surprisingly interactive and a lot of fun to do,” said Paige Morris ’16. “It was an interesting way to look at the campus and see exactly where all the time in my day goes.”

“I liked the formatting, and I thought the questions were direct and appropriate,” said Frank Goodman ’16.

The data collected through MyCampus is specifically intended for the strategic planning process and will likely have a lifespan of five to 10 years, Carey said. But “during that time frame, it’s a living document.”

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New mural explores cultural identity and social justice

The collaborative art project, sponsored by Hillel, looks to bridge various cultural identities By andrew smyth senior staff writer

Students wandering through the lower lobby of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center this week were invited to roll up their sleeves and open their minds to a community mural that encapsulates the diversity of cultural experiences on campus.

The project, sponsored by BrownRISD Hillel, was open for contribution Monday through Thursday and was developed to encourage students to contemplate the question, “How does your cultural identity impact your visions and conceptions of social justice?”

The design incorporates personal writings, religious iconography and other words and symbols into a geometric quilt pattern, a kaleidoscopic pastiche created by more than 100 students over four days. Diana Gillon, a New York-based artist who orchestrates collaborative mural projects with communities in the U.S. and abroad, organized the painting on site.

“We thought a quilt was a beautiful way to show the combination of heritage and culture — all these different pieces coming together,” she said.

Sara Miller, Israel engagement fellow at Hillel, contacted Gillon after learning about her work with other Jewish communities. Though Hillel is a Jewish group, she said, its members are also interested in engaging with students of different faith backgrounds and no faith background.

“We’re a center for Jewish life on campus, but we’re also just a center for life on campus,” she said. “(The mural) is about cultural identity and social justice, and I think that’s something that most Brown students can identify with.”

Emily Braun ’13, an engagement

intern at Hillel, was one of the students involved in the planning process. “As engagement interns, we organize events that bring students together on campus and help them engage with other Jewish students,” she said.

“We thought it would be such a great opportunity to work with an artist and do something collaborative in a central space,” said Alisa Kotler-Berkowitz, director of engagement at Hillel. The mural will be displayed in Hillel and several other locations around campus, she added.

“In America, everyone’s like ‘Social justice! Social justice!’ — but what are you really saying?” said Gillon. “I think (social justice) has to do with being fair to your community, being fair to your society and treating everyone in a respectable way.”

Text, scrawled into bright blue bands framing the mural, revealed students’ approaches to “social justice” which varied between the political, spiritual and intensely personal. The responses seemed to operate in dialogue with one another.

“Experiences in my conservative church showed me the damage of homophobia,” wrote one student, a few inches away from a verse from the Gospel of Matthew.

“There are great conversations that happen during the creating of the artwork between people with different identities and different backgrounds,” Kotler-Berkowitz said. Some students stopped by for only 10 minutes, but others returned several times over the course of the week, she added.

Cynthia Abdallah, a visiting Fulbright Scholar from Kenya who teaches Swahili at the Center for Language Studies, contributed the Swahili words for peace, love, unity and together – “Amani, Umoja, Upendo and Pamoja.”

Students also wrote in Hebrew, Spanish and Mandarin.

“Here we have people from very different places … The impact of Brown on my life culturally makes quite a difference,” Abdallah said. “It’s a new world.”

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Students began contributing Monday morning to a collaborative mural sponsored by Brown-RISD Hillel that asked them to reflect on cultural identity and social justice.

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By Thursday evening the mural included the contributions of over 100 community members. The quilt is intended to mesh together the myriad of cultural identities found on campus.

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Loui’s hold on Brunonia community spans decades The Brook Street diner’s rich history is colored with student and alumni memories

By Maggie Livingstone Staff Writer

When students hear the word “Loui’s,” different images come to mind — warm toast and eggs, a study crunch capped off with 5 a.m. breakfast or even a wild night on the town ending with brunch.

Regardless of the memories Loui’s Family Restaurant holds, the diner is a landmark in the Brown and Providence community, both as an affordable dining option and a hub for tradition and reminiscence.

Humble beginnings Louis Gianfrancesco, the namesake and founder of the restaurant, immigrated to Rhode Island from Italy in the 1940’s. Gianfrancesco and his brothers managed a market in Eagle Park, R.I., but Louis left his business briefly to serve in World War II. During the war, he served double-duty as a soldier and a part-time cook, said Louis’s son Johnny Gianfrancesco, who now co-owns the restaurant.

While serving,Louis honed his Englishspeaking skills and discovered a passion for food and hospitality, Gianfrancesco added.

After returning from the war in 1946 Louis and his brothers decided to purchase property at 286 Brook St. to expand their grocery business, said Gianfrancesco, adding that, “my father wanted a restaurant in the basement, though, knowing that it’d be big.”

In the 1960’s Loui’s became a restaurant exclusively. Through the decades it cemented itself as a landmark eatery and hangout for college students and Providence locals.

The restaurant is now managed and owned by Louis’ six children and his granddaughter, Nina Cullinane. Louis passed away in August 1999.

Where everybody knows your name Many alumni share fond memories of their time at Loui’s and have formed relationships with staff. While at Brown, Tom Easton ’80 became particularly close to the Gianfrancesco family, he wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

“Before my wedding, I stopped by and (Cullinane) pulled out a bottle of champagne from underneath the cash register,” Easton wrote. When he first came to Providence, the restaurant let him eat on credit and “just pay them back whenever whatever,” he wrote.

Charlotte Sherman, who began working at Loui’s in August, said she has already been embraced by staff and customers alike.

“It’s been great,” she said. “It’s like a family environment.”

Because Loui’s opens everyday at 5 a.m., many students arrive at early light to end a night out.

“I love Loui’s. Usually I went after staying up all night,” said Maria Anderson ’11. “I think it’s more a Brown thing.”

Ken Corvese, a Loui’s employee, said students are the restaurant’s most frequent customers, adding that depending on the day, “they’re either coming from studying or partying — majority from

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partying at 5 a.m.”

Alexandra Garcia ’16 said after watching a movie late last semester, she, two friends and her residential peer counselor made the trek to Loui’s at the break of dawn.

“I would’ve done it eventually,” Garcia said. “Everyone goes to Loui’s at 5 a.m., so I’ve been told.”

Sumin Lee ’14 said she’s never gone after staying up all night, but added that during exam period she has eaten there because “no other place is open that early.”

Alli Wright ’08 said she and friends used to have lunch at Loui’s every weekend.

“They let you chill and do whatever you want. It’s a very Brown place,” she said. Two of Loui’s many merits are that it is accommodating to students and affordable, Wright added.

Foodie fame In 2009, Loui’s was featured on the Food Network series, “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,” hosted by chef Guy Fieri. Fieri visits various eateries across the United States, and Loui’s was chosen as a landmark to investigate.

“It was fun. We had a lot more customers after that,” said Corvese, who worked during filming.

Gianfrancesco said that after the episode aired, many tourists that were loyal followers of the show visited Loui’s.

“The first day someone came from Texas, an airline pilot. People are trying to get as many as diners (from the show) as they can,” he said.

Gianfrancesco said the dishes featured on the show, barbeque chicken cheese ravioli and granola pancakes, are now some of Loui’s most popular meals.

“After all this time someone still comes in and orders both of them (at the same time),” he added.

Favorite treats and deets Loui’s menu has remained consistent through the years, but Gianfrancesco said that the most popular breakfast foods change year to year.

“Baked beans used to be big for breakfast, and then there were no beans,” he said. “And now people order huevos rancheros, so they’re coming back again.”

The No.1, which consists of eggs, toast and home fries, seems to be the most popular choice, said Sherman.

Student favorites include Loui’s unique pancake flavors and their variety of muffins.

“My favorite thing to get is a pumpkin muffin,” Lee said.

Blizzard brunch During last week’s blizzard, Loui’s remained open Friday and Saturday when many College Hill eateries were closed.

Employees dug their cars out of the snow to get there at opening, Gianfrancesco said. The restaurant received so many phone calls asking if they were open that staff simply stopped answering, he added.

“It’s what we do. Hopefully people appreciate it,” he said. He likened Winter Storm Nemo to the Blizzard of 1978, when his father stayed open despite three feet of snow.

“He kept it open for three days and got rid of everything he could sell,” Gianfrancesco said, smiling. “Then he had to walk home in the snow.”

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Students in a “Ritual and Leisure” lecture observe a Valentine’s Day serenade from the Ursa Minors. The a cappella group filled classrooms with romantic songs to deliver cheer to special someones across campus.

/ / Violence page 1 ergy” of the presentation was enjoyable and an important way to draw attention to a good cause.

“The world has to know that people suffer — and women more than others,” he said. “That’s why we are here.”

The dancing was far from over — the campaign moved into Sayles Hall Thursday afternoon for a dance class in West African Mande style. Eliza Reynolds ’14, one of the head organizers of the campaign, said the emphasis on dancing and physical expression was an important part of the movement’s message.

“It’s about movement as an act of protest, celebration, healing,” she said.

“When we reclaim our body through movement, through taking up space, that itself is a way of activism.”

The activists also used discussion, baked goods and other displays to convey their message.

Reynolds called the organization of these events a “real lesson in teamwork.”

The planning process for the campaign began in early January when Reynolds reached out to a few friends about doing a dance class, Reynolds said. She added that as word began to spread, she met many people who wanted to contribute. Saudi Garcia ’14, another head organizer, had started working on the project independently before teaming up with Reynolds.

“I’ve been holding open meetings

every Sunday … and every time, scores of new people show,” Reynolds said.

“The huge amount of people that have put in mainly their energy, their time, their enthusiasm, has been huge.”

The campaign reached a new level when Garcia found students willing to film and document the events, Reynolds said. Students then pitched the idea of covering the events to mtvU, a music channel affiliated with MTV that targets college students, who jumped on board and will run a feature on the campaign in the coming weeks, she added.

“It’s a hard topic to talk about, gender and gender-based violence,” Reynolds said. “I hope that this starts a conversation that is much more real for a wider demographic at Brown.”

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Royce Fellows pursue adventure, research around the globe The fellows’ research topics included nonsurgical abortion and farmer protests By sandra yan staff writer

While some students spend their summers watching television or lounging on the beach, this year’s cohort of Royce Fellows traveled across the world to pursue projects ranging from advocating abortion rights to exploring the archaeological remains of ancient Turkey.

In a few weeks, they will begin to share their work with the community through a series of panels.

Each year, the Royce Fellowship, funded by Chuck Royce ’61 P’92 P’94 P’08, allows about 20 students to pursue “really imaginative and crazy, interesting ideas,” said Kerrissa Heffernan, the director of the fellowship.

Between 60 and 80 students apply for the fellowship, which provides $4,000 in funding for fellows to undertake summer projects of their design anywhere in the world. “Fellowships are funding the scholar,” Heffernan said. “Sometimes the committee will even fund things they think will fail. ... They’re probably going to go down in flames, but let’s see what happens,” she added. Heffernan said they choose scholars who they think will benefit from engaging with the Royce community and who will grow from their experiences.

The Royce is “definitely one of the defining aspects of my academic career thus far,” said Michael A. Johnson ’13, one of this year’s fellows.

Over the summer, students work in varying capacities with faculty mentors and upon their return to campus in the fall, engage in bimonthly meetings with the other fellows and several faculty advisers.

The fellows are divided into groups of three that meet throughout the spring to discuss how to link their varied projects and how best to introduce their work to the community, said Julia Ellis-Kahana ’13, one of this year’s Royce Fellows.

For her project, Ellis-Kahana worked for an organization “that promotes safe abortion access in countries where that access is restricted,” she said.

The organization also tries to incite international public scandals by sending ships 12 miles out from countries where abortion is illegal or restricted.

In these international waters, women are then provided with a pill that has been medically shown to induce safe abortions.

“Medical abortion is such a revolution for women. It completely revolutionizes the way we think about abortion and who has access to it and puts the power back in the hands of women,” Ellis-Kahana said.

Ellis-Kahana was grouped with Johnson and Richard Ramirez ’12.5.

Johnson traveled to an area outside of Delhi, India, to study how farmer protests have led to halted industrial development, he said. Ramirez spent the summer in Texas, studying how cities would be different if mayors were able to exert more influence over public education systems, he said.

The three students discovered their projects involved different levels of the law, Ellis-Kahana said. The law can serve “as a vehicle for change or an obstacle for change,” she said. They agreed they wanted their panel to serve as a “generative discussion to help us think about these things,” rather than a structured presentation, Ellis-Kahana said.

It was “intellectually engaging” to be able to apply what he learned in the classroom to the actual situation in India, Johnson said.

Maya Mason ’15 is one of only two students in the history of the fellowship to have received one directly after her first year of college. Heffernan told her she had an “‘ice cube’s chance in hell’” of winning a fellowship, Mason said, but her proposal to work as an apprentice to a well-known sculptor was accepted. Ultimately those plans fell through, and she needed to adapt, Mason said.

She found an organization in West Oakland, Calif., that allowed her to use its facilities and create eight sculptures over the course of the summer. Living

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Maya Mason ’15 forged sculptures at a studio in Oakland, Calif., with funding from a Royce Fellowship, which provides funding for imaginative research projects. in a city with a lot of gang violence was different for Mason, and one of her challenges was “how to react and try to create beauty when my everyday experiences were so terrifying,” she said.

Her panel, which includes Ben Sadkowski ’14 who photographically documented the life of squatters in Amsterdam and Claire Straty ’13, who photographed conditions of poverty and homelessness in Michigan, realized they all “tried to take away something beautiful from ... troubling places,” Mason said.

“I’ve learned from the other Royce Fellows that there is so much talent at Brown, and it doesn’t take applying to a nationally or internationally renowned scholarship to bring out that talent and to do good with it,” Ramirez said.

Ellis-Kahana said the fellowship has enabled her to “build a very strong network of peers and professors who care about my work and respect what I’m doing and support me in doing that,” she said. “Having that community of scholars forces you to learn how to present your work and make it accessible to people who aren’t in your discipline and don’t understand your framework.” “(The fellowship is) just as eccentric as Brown is — it lets you exercise that eccentricity,” Ramirez said.

Zachary Rufa ’14 used his fellowship to explore the history of American Freakshows over the past two centuries.

Nicholas Bartos ’13 examined underwater archaeological sites in Turkey in order to learn about the country’s cultural history.

“They’re so passionate about the stuff they do,” Heffernan said. One the most memorable proposals she received involved studying cycloptic sheep, she said. “When a proposal comes across your desk about cycloptic sheep, you’re interested.”

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Maya Mason ’15 at “What I Found in the Desert,” an exhibition of paintings and sculptures she made with a grant from a Royce Fellowship.

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Filmmaker seeks to connect scientific community with public The series of panels and film screenings focused on fostering effective science communication

By Jehane Samaha contributing writer

Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson explored the disconnect between the scientific academic community and the public, hosting panels and a discussion on science communication and screening his three films, “Flock of Dodos,” “Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy” and “Colonel Stubborn: The Last Bastard of Bataan Fights On” this week.

Olson’s visit is part of the Science Center’s year-long series on science communication, which has included lectures from Cornelia Dean and Dan Kahan. His visit was co-hosted

by Brown’s Environmental Change Initiative, Center for Environmental Studies, the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and the Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Geological Sciences, History and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

The screening of “Flock of the Dodos,” a film dealing with the debate between intelligent design and evolution, coincided with Darwin’s birthday on Feb. 12. The film depicted the failure of the scientific community to defend Darwinian evolution. After the film, a panel including Professor of Biol-

ogy Ken Miller, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Erika Edwards, Assistant Professor of Biology Dov Sax and author Joseph Levine, discussed the implications of the film for the relationship between scientists and the public.

“After seeing the movie, I now feel moved to be a better communicator (of science),” Edwards said. “We have to show that science is not a cold thing.”

Members of the panel agreed that in order to communicate science to the public, non-scientists who can express subjective opinions need to work as aggressive publicists and campaign managers for the scientific community. Olson said scientists need a single word to synthesize their stories. For example, when discussing evolution, the word to fall back on is “truth,” he said.

Edwards identified another gap in communication between scientists and the public.

“The public seems to have a picture of scientists as a group reciting antiquated facts, rather than as a group dynamically questioning,” Edwards said.

Levine said the answer to changing the public’s perception of science is to teach the method of scientific discovery in schools.

“In many states, they are forbidden to teach that way, because it takes time away from the list of facts they have to get through teaching for standardized tests,” he said.

In general, Olson said he disap-

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Randy Olson hosted film screenings to spark discussion about the communication gap between scientists and the public. His film “Flock of the Dodos” depicts the science community’s failure to defend Darwinian evolution. proves of the term “science communication,” preferring terms such as, “critical storytelling,” a phrase he coined himself. In a lecture on Wednesday at the Science Center, he explained the importance of narrative structure in Hollywood films and research statements alike.

Olson spoke about the need to target visceral, instead of merely ce-

rebral, reactions when telling a story and pointed to groups such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as having failed to tell a visceral story.

“The take-home message, I think, is when you’re talking to regular people, you have to be a little less in your head and a little more in your heart,” said Marty Downs, associate director of the

Environmental Change Initiative. “He sort of feels like the climate movement has not done that particularly well.”

This spring, the Science Center will invite two more science communicators to speak, including Tom Wessels, professor of ecology at Antioch New England Graduate School and John Long, professor and chair of biology at Vassar college.

Study investigates monetary incentives to reduce STIs High-risk populations in Mexico have expressed willingness to participate in the program

By Corinne Sejourne Staff Writer

A team of researchers including Omar Galarraga, assistant professor of health services policy and practice, is testing a program in which the Mexican government would pay high-risk citizens to take steps to prevent contracting HIV. In Mexico City, 20 percent of young gay men and 30 percent of male sex workers have HIV, according to a recent University press release. The incidence of HIV is often highest in specific populations.

In a study published online in the European Journal of Health Economics earlier this month, Galarraga and his colleagues worked to identify “that magic number” for the approximate

sum of money required to engage participants in a program aimed at reducing sexually transmitted infections, Galarraga said.

Using these conditional economic incentives could ultimately save money for the Mexican government, which offers universal access to HIV treatments with costs averaging between $5,000 and $7,000 per person annually, Galarraga said.

To conduct the study, Galarraga’s team surveyed 1,745 male sex workers and men who have sex with men from ages 18 to 25. Interviewers were selected from the community and trained by the researchers before administering surveys through handheld computers. This enabled the surveys to be administered discreetly in such places as “bars, discotheques,

metro stations and specific streets in the red district,” the researchers wrote in the paper.

Galarraga said he was pleasantly surprised by how willing people were to participate and how quickly he could gather the data.

Galarraga explored two aspects to the incentives program: the amount of money individuals would be willing to accept in exchange for attending monthly prevention talks and testing and the sum required for individuals to opt to stay free of sexually transmitted infections. Through the bargaining setup, the price was raised or lowered to determine the minimum amount individuals would accept to engage in such a combination program.

“Once we started getting the data and analyzing it, once we started seeing the patterns, that was pretty exciting,” Galarraga said. The team

ultimately discovered the willingness to accept sum was $288 per person per year, though for male sex workers it was a lower sum of $156. These monetary amounts would result in an approximately 75 percent participation rate.

The study shows that there is an “optimal incentive level” to encourage participation among the greatest number of individuals, the authors wrote in the paper.

The results also illustrate that economic incentives can facilitate the implementation of novel approaches and technologies, especially in concentrated, high-risk populations, according to the paper.

Damien de Walque, senior economist at the World Bank who worked on a similar study in Tanzania, said Galarraga’s focus on a comparatively more specific population was a strength of the study. He commended

Galarraga’s work for its effort in gaining the trust and participation of a hard-to-reach population.

Caroline Kuo, assistant professor at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies who was previously involved in the study, said the HIV/ AIDS problem “is not easy to solve or resolve.” It is important that we do not “stagnate our approaches,” she said, adding that Galarraga’s study offers a unique interdisciplinary approach by blending economic and psychological approaches for prevention.

The concept of the broad reach of the issue was echoed by Don Operario, associate professor of behavioral and social sciences, who said the problem “is not purely biomedical but social and economic” as well. He said the study holds significant potential, especially for illustrating the value of dollars invested in prevention on costs later down the line.

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Students march to State House in support of same-sex marriage Brown and RISD students rallied to urge the R.I. Senate to pass the samesex marriage bill

By Emily Boney Senior Staff Writer

A group of about 200 Brown and Rhode Island School of Design students rallied on campus and marched to the State House in support of samesex marriage yesterday.

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage was passed by the House of Representatives Jan. 24, and must be passed by the Senate before it can become law.

The crowd chanted, “What do we want? Marriage equality! When do we want it? Yesterday!” as it made its way down College Hill to the State House steps. Students carried large signs with slogans such as “All hearts beat the same” and “Equal rights for all” written in red paint in honor of Valentine’s Day. The Brown Democrats and the Queer Alliance, who co-hosted the protest, asked supporters to wear red clothing in solidarity.

Michelle Bailhe ’15, one of the rally’s organizers, said she hoped the march would show Brown and RISD’s support for the bill. Bailhe said support was especially important now that the bill had passed the House.

“Students have had a long history of a really important presence in civil rights movements,” Bailhe said in an interview with Rhode Island Public Radio. “It’s about shaping the kind of America we want to live in.”

The protesters were met outside the State House by Rep. Frank Ferri, D-Warwick, and Rep. Joseph Almeida, D-RI. “It’s easy,” Almeida said about supporting the bill. He said legalizing same-sex marriage is a matter of civil rights and that it is a cause he has supported since 1998.

Almeida said it was important to get students involved, especially now that “times have changed” and more people are in favor of the bill than ever before. “We’ve got to keep the pressure on,” he said, if the bill is going to pass.

Brown is an important part of the fight to pass the bill, Gabe Schwartz ’13 said.

“Not only are we a big economic force, but we’re also a political force,” he said.

In 2010, a smaller crowd traveled from Brown to the State House to advocate for the bill when it was introduced to the House.

Not every member of the Rhode Island Senate has taken a stance on the bill, though several members, including Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed, D-District 13, Jamestown and Newport, have opposed the bill.

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In an event co-sponsored by the Queer Alliance and the Brown Democrats, students rallied in support of the bill to legalize same-sex marriage, which must pass in the Rhode Island Senate before it can become law.

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About 200 students marched down College Hill yesterday, wearing red and carrying signs to demonstrate their support of same-sex marriage.

Course dissects TV program ‘The Wire’ The class encourages students to see and study television as ‘digital literature’

By Anastasiya gorodilova Contributing writer

It is easy to label a class based on a television program as nothing more than a fun fifth course. But Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Saval’s COLT 1440A: “Storytelling in the Wire” deserves a disclaimer: It does not revolve around couches and popcorn. As students in the class said they have discovered, studying literary techniques through analyzing a show can prove to be profound as well as entertaining.

Though “The Wire” ended in 2008, the course has attracted both dedicated fans and those just developing an addiction. The course boasts a required reading list including the full DVD set of the series.

Karen Newman, professor and chair of the department of comparative literature, said this course material is unremarkable in today’s technological age.

There was a time when Shakespeare was considered popular culture for the masses, she said, adding that his plays were not even published because they were considered so ephemeral.

Saval has included “The Wire” in previous courses on tragedy, but this se-

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The same-sex marriage rally culminated at the steps of the R.I. State House, where the students had the opportunity to speak with legislators.

mester is his first time teaching a course dedicated entirely to analyzing the show.

He said the show is “a great work of art,” and its settings and complex character relations are full of meaning.

“Perhaps ‘The Wire’ is to my generation what Foucault was to the baby boom generation,” he said.

The course requires the same attention to detail necessary for close language analysis of classical literary texts, proving that watching television can be intellectually stimulating, Saval said. The class melds discussion of contemporary social issues, such as deindustrialization, with analysis of literary techniques.

Saval incorporates readings such as Sophocles’ “Antigone” to provide background for the study of urban landscape and its effect on characters. This shows how other texts are used to inform the social phenomena depicted on screen.

Saval said one of the creators of “The Wire” says he “stole” from Greek plays to create his show. It is this amalgamation of classical influences and contemporary issues that makes for such a captivating and intellectual series, Saval said.

While close language analysis is very important in his field, Saval said “The Wire” also confronts viewers with features of human social relations, such as infrastructure and territory. Within the show, there exist many “silent collaborators,” as he called them. The infrastructure of the city, for example, plays a very defined and central role.

The integration of media into the

study of literature can be viewed as a natural progression, Saval also said. The comparative literature department has used film and television for many years, Newman said, adding that television can often reflect literary tendencies. For example, the medium of television can use repeated scenes to develop strong contrasts, similar to the way words are used in poems. Flashbacks are another technique common to both novels and television.

These techniques for studying television, particularly “The Wire,” are often as in-depth as those used to study traditional literature. But students in the course said the class is definitely a crowd-pleaser. Some students said they were drawn to the course by the promise of watching television for homework. Others said they were already dedicated fans of the show and were excited about the opportunity to dissect it further.

Daniel Liu ’16, who had not seen the show before enrolling in the class, took the course to fulfill the writing requirement.

“Let’s call it a very Brown class,” he said. “It aligns perfectly with what I expected to find when I came here.”

Though Liu predominantly takes courses within the sciences, this course has encouraged him to potentially take another class in the department in the future, he said.

“Instead of mourning the rise of digital literature,” Liu said, “we should embrace it and study it as a new art form.”

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Goalie’s career high leads Brown to win over No. 9 Yale The goaltender stopped 44 attempts, evening out Brown’s record with continued strong play

By Dante O’Connell Contributing writer

Three months ago, goalie Anthony Borelli ’13 was watching ice hockey from Brown’s bench. Now, he is leading the Bears to victories over top teams in the nation. In his most recent effort, Borelli recorded a careerhigh 44 saves Tuesday night at home, guiding Brown (9-9-5, 5-6-5 ECAC) to a 1-0 upset victory over its travel partner, No. 9 Yale.

“I feel like I’ve gotten better with every game,” Borelli said. “I was a little nervous at first because if I didn’t play well, I would be right back on the pine. Thankfully, that didn’t happen and I was able to gain my confidence again.”

Ever since starting goalie Marco De Filippo ’14 was injured in December, Borelli has come up big for the Bears, who have since gone 7-4-2.

He has won or tied each of his last four games and tallied his first two

career shutouts this month over the Bulldogs (13-7-3, 9-5-1) and Cornell (8-13-2, 4-10-2). Tuesday’s game was rescheduled from Saturday night due to Winter Storm Nemo’s descent on New England.

Nick Lappin ’16 scored the game’s only goal, on an assist from Matt Lorito ’15, just over 10 minutes into the contest. Lappin skated past a defender on the right wing and beat Yale goalie Nick Maricic on the backhand to hit the back of the net for the sixth time this season.

“I had a step on the defenseman, and I just tried pulling it to my backhand,” Lappin said. “Luckily, when the goalie poke checked, he hit the puck off my shin pad and it bounced in.

It was a good play.”

Matt Harlow ’15, Brandon Pfeil ’16 and Mark Naclerio ’16 each blocked four shots in the victory.

“It’s like you have six goalies on the ice,” said Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94. “Guys will get in front of everything. It was a point of emphasis, as it is every game.”

Brown nearly widened its lead 30 seconds into the second period.

Assistant captain Garnet Hathaway ’14 decked a defender and found a

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Anthony Borelli ’13 has only allowed two goals in the last four games, earning his first two career shutouts over Cornell and No. 9 Yale

/ / Shaw page 12 players to the Monstars whenever the team travels beyond the Oklahoma border? The Kansas State Wildcats (the only name that might rival the popularity of the Wildcats is the Bears — Ra Ra Brunonia!) played as well as a no-show Dartmouth squash team during last Tuesday’s McSwaggy-led curbstomping. The Jayhawks controlled the game wire-to-wire on Swag’s 20th birthday, which was highlighted by a last minute threepointer to bring McLemore’s point total to 30 on the night.

Cherish the moment, Kansas fans, because if you’ve been reading, playing another year for free is a terrible decision. Kansas isn’t traditionally a one-and-done program with all of its recent marquee NBA picks (Mario Chalmers, the Morris twins, Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor) all having played at least three years at Kansas, and fellow NBA-bound Jayhawk Jeff Withey will hope to

continue that pattern. The big man is an absolute blocking machine on the defensive end and somehow uses his wiry frame to finish on offense, too. Paired with McLemore roaming the perimeter, at least one of the duo commands a double team, creating all sorts of scoring opportunities. Throw in solid contributions from the other veterans and you’ll see why this team always has a target on its back.

Though I’ll do what I do every year and pencil them in for a championship, Kansas is going to need its roleplayers to have breakthrough games in the tournament if they hope to reach Atlanta in April. Unlike Duke, most of the scoring load falls on the three-headed monster of McSwaggy, Withey and Travis Releford. Throw in one lockdown perimeter defender like Indiana’s Victor Oladipo and Kansas is going to struggle, but a wise woman recently told me, “There’s a fine line between faith and denial. It’s much better on my side.” Welcome to the Phog.

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Assistant captain Garnet Hathaway ’14 maneuvered around the Bulldog’s goal in Tuesday’s 1-0 victory over Yale.

Hathaway tried to take advantage of an open net to score a second point but was foiled by Yale’s Gus Young. wide open net, but was tripped up by Yale defenseman Gus Young. Bruno failed to capitalize on the ensuing power play.

Borelli’s biggest save came with 6:30 left in the second period. Yale came down the ice with a three-onone, and Borelli shut the door on a one-time shot by Clinton Bourbonais.

It was Yale’s best scoring opportunity of the evening.

“I saw three blue guys skating down the ice, and I said, ‘Oh boy,’” Borelli said. “I cheated (towards the pass) a little bit. Luckily I was right and fortunate enough to make the save.”

The Bulldogs threatened to tie the game again with under a minute left in the third. Yale’s Head Coach Keith Allain pulled Maricic to give the team an extra attacker with 40 seconds left, but Borelli made two key saves with under 15 seconds left to seal the victory.

Borelli entered the game ranked third in the nation with a 1.54 goalsagainst-average and led the ECAC with a .945 save percentage.

Last Thursday, he was named one of 16 semi-finalists for the Walter Brown Award, which is given to the best American-born college hockey player in New England.

“The kid’s on a roll, just like our team,” Whittet said. “They kind of go hand in hand.”

Borelli’s teammates were also eager to praise him.

“I think he got his first full, official game in this season,” said Captain Dennis Robertson ’14. “For a guy like that to come in and play two shutout games against … elite teams in the country — it’s absolutely huge for us.”

“I definitely think a lot of our success has to do with Borelli,” Lappin said. “Knowing that we have a guy back there that will stop the puck

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is huge.”

After three straight weekend splits, Brown tied No. 2 Quinnipiac (21-3-4, 14-0-2) and beat Princeton (9-10-4, 7-6-3) last weekend.

“Everyone on this team has huge hearts and huge desires, and it shows,” Robertson said. “We’ve been getting good defensive wins, and usually, that’s not the case. It’s a huge confidence boost for us, especially with Borelli playing well. It sparks everybody.”

Bruno will embark on a road trip this weekend to play Rensselaer (12-11-5, 7-6-3) and Union (13-105, 6-6-4). As Bruno’s travel partner, the Bulldogs will face Union, then Rensselaer.

Tuesday’s game was the last home contest in February for the Bears, who will return for the final weekend of the season to face Cornell on March 1 and Colgate (13-11-4, 5-8-3) on March 2.

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A diamond to the student who submitted a proposal to the Royce Fellows program to study cycloptic sheep. We are eagerly awaiting the puppet show about the experience, “LambClops.”

Coal to the student in the Sharpe Refectory who said of Kendrick Lamar, “I honestly thought he was a basketball player.” And we thought the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg was a pet detective.

Cubic zirconia to Carol Terry, the director of Library Services at RISD, who called the Fleet Library “a great example of adaptive reuse.”

We tried to use that phrase when our roommates caught us wearing our dirty socks inside out, but somehow, they didn’t buy it.

A diamond to Johnny Gianfrancesco, the owner of Loui’s diner who said, “Baked beans used to be big for breakfast, and then there were no beans. … And now people order huevos rancheros, so they’re coming back again.” Someone call Vogue — beans are back.

Cubic zirconia to Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who share a device that has more magnetic strength than a similar device recently installed at Brown. We always knew their campuses had bigger tools.

A diamond to the student organizer of Brown Divest Coal who said of the University, “Their lack of response is a very, very clear sign.” If only the old men who keep messaging us on Tinder understood this logic.

A diamond to Richard Rambuss, professor of English, who said of same-sex friends during Renaissance times, “They could be, so to speak, getting it on, or not at all.” Is that what the Mona Lisa was smiling about?

Coal to Steven Pinker, the Harvard psychologist who said, “Every baby born is a potential homicidal maniac.” Every baby born is also a poop machine. So it’s really a lose-lose.

Cubic zirconia to the student who said, “We didn’t learn about igloos in engineering.” Engineering professors take note. After all, igloo-building should probably be added to the curriculum, given the temperature inside the Sciences Library.

A diamond to the student who said of Brown University Compliments, “But just because somebody doesn’t post something online, doesn’t mean that there’s nobody out there who has anything nice to say about you.”

She’s right. There’s always your mom.

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the brown daily herald Friday, February 15, 2013

Do too many Brown graduates go into finance?

YES

NO

Collateralized Debt Obligations, Credit Default Swaps and many other complex assets that banks trade are a large part of the financial sector’s activity. Not Opinions Columnist only are the bankers who trade those assets not helping society, but they are actually harming it, as the 2008 financial crisis I’m not going to argue that you in particu- showed all too clearly. lar should not take a job in the financial The prevalence of college graduates goindustry. Nor am I going to judge those ing into banking is one of the many exwho do. The banks are one of the few plac- amples of the messed-up priorities of the es hiring — in fact they are eagerly recruit- market. Banking pays well because banking — and many of us do need to pay off ing and risky trading are very profitable. student loans or have some source of rev- Meanwhile, there is little to no money in enue as soon as possible after college. inventing sustainable sources of energy or The question is not individual but cures for diseases primarily affecting poor structural. Why are so many of the peo- people. And the government is actively ple who are givcutting education en the most edujobs because of the cational resources financial crisis. being streamlined this is not There are many problems howButit has into banking and to be. In consulting? There much more pressing than response to the fiare many problems nancial crisis of much more press- a lack of complex financial 1929, the size of ing than a lack of U.S. banks was reinstruments to make complex finanduced as a result cial instruments of curtailing their profits for banks. to make profits for ability to do all of banks. What about this risky trading. climate change? Or With a large poputhe lack of adequate lar movement, such education in countless communities both a reduction could happen again. But this here and abroad? Or major diseases like would only be a partial victory and one AIDS or malaria that kill millions every that would seem likely to eventually get year? repealed just as were the regulations of the Banks are supposed to provide loans mid-20th century. to businesses. They are supposed to make Ultimately, the only way to fully do capital readily available — usually for away with the misplaced priorities of the large corporations. This action is certainly market is to create a radically different sonot what we need most desperately right ciety — one based not on the market and now. Nor is it why finance and consulting short term profit but on fulfilling societal companies are hiring 20 percent of Brown needs. graduates. The reason banks need so many well-educated people is to help invent and use complicated financial instruments Luke Lattanzi-Silveus ’14 is a member to cheat the system. In other words, the of the International Socialist Organizabanks want you in order to make more tion and would love to be contacted at money for the sake of making money. luke_lattanzi-silveus@brown.edu.

ments and pension plans, which allow students in universities to acquire better educations or the elderly to live comfortably in retirement, rely on Wall Street to manage Opinions Columnist portfolios.

Even the U.S. government relies on the financial services for much of its tax revI understand, in theory, why Brown stu- enues. We might disagree with the way in dents shy away from the financial servic- which Wall Street is run, but it is ignorant es industry. Wall Street has a reputation to believe the services provides are not imfor being cutthroat, ruthless and cold- portant for a functioning U.S. economy. blooded. Wall Street is seen as caring only As Brown students, we can change the enabout money and profit, without creating vironment on Wall Street and improve its social value. It is also commonly blamed ability to provide these services. for bringing down the global economy Even if this reputation turns out to be through risky financial trickery during the false or exaggerated, I believe many Brown financial crisis. students would thrive in the financial serRegardless of vices. For the entrewhether the aboveIf Brown students truly preneurs among us, described reputawe can work to help believe there exist tion accurately denew and growing picts life on Wall find capproblems on Wall Street, companies Street, I propose ital. For those who that more students they should do what they like working closely at Brown should with colleagues to seek employment in do best — act to improve create social value, the financial servicwe can work with the industry in the es industry. individuals or inIf, for argument’s image they think is most stitutions to mansake, Wall Street is age their portfolios appropriate. a place of moneyand increase revhungry, careless inenue. Many Brown vestment bankers, then Brown students students would find the problem-solving have the opportunity to change this cul- and team-building skills we have learned ture. The financial services industry is an through higher education are well suited important ingredient in the global econo- for the challenges faced by major banks tomy — as the 2008 meltdown driven by the day. financial crisis shows. If Brown students It is essentially a win-win situation retruly believe there exist problems on Wall gardless of the environment on Wall Street Street, they should do what they do best — for Brown students to enter the financial act to improve the industry in the image services, where there exist any number of they think is most appropriate. opportunities for them to do what they do Wall Street does provide an important best: effect change and improve the world. service, whether or not we believe the environment is the most conducive to quality.

Many American and global companies rely Alex Drechsler ’15 will see you at the on financial services to provide capital to next Goldman Sachs recruitment event. fund new or existing projects or to perform He can be reached at risk-management services. Many endowalex_drechsler@gmail.com.

Drechsler’s Rebuttal

Lattanzi-Silveus’ Rebuttal

Luke Lattanzisilveus

My colleague’s arguments are rooted in ignorance, inaccuracies and a straw man fallacy. My colleague argues investment banks are “supposed to provide loans to businesses,” which we don’t need now.

This declaration understates the many services banks provide and the significance of these loans. Money from loans — and stocks — allow companies to invest in new projects, which create better products, new technologies and more jobs. Banks also manage the portfolios of individuals and institutions, such as pension funds or university endowments.

They provide risk-management services.

They underwrite mortgages to millions of Americans. Even if we believe these services can be improved, they cannot be disregarded — without them the global economy would collapse.

Even more absurd is my colleague’s fixation on the structured finance market. He reduces a bank’s need for students to the “use [of] complicated financial instruments to cheat the system.” This is a straw man argument considering collateralized debt obligations are a small part of the work of investment banks.

Someone going into finance has a great chance of never dealing with a CDO. By September of 2012, $30 billion of CDOs had been issued in that year. At the time, the corporate debt market alone, which, as I mentioned above, is only one part of financial services, was valued at $2 trillion. Accordingly, CDOs represented only 1/66,666th of the entire corporate debt market. That’s not a typo. Now add to that the equities markets, wealth management services and commercial banking. I am not trying to justify or laud CDOs. I am simply pointing out that there are many opportunities at investment banks that steer clear of them.

On top of that, it is important to note the ways in which bankers can address the world’s problems. Bankers help health care companies raise money to invest in new medicines. Energy companies raise money to invest in green energy. “[Providing] loans to businesses” may not seem as glamorous as running a green energy startup. But startup businesses are desperate for money — by helping these companies raise funds, you could take part in improving the future.

alex drechsler

Drechsler is correct in pointing out that finance and all of the problems that come with it are indispensable to a capitalist economy. But this is an argument that says we need a financial industry, not that there aren’t too many Brown students going into it.

The one argument that Drechsler does provide to address the topic is that more Brown students should go into the financial industry in order to change it. This is based on the rather odd idea that a few Brown students can simply walk in and change an institution that employs millions of people.

First off, there are simply not enough Brown students in existence to make a significant impact. Second, being a Brown student does not automatically make someone liberal.

Those who enter the financial sector are usually those who either want or need to make money, not relatively wealthy idealists with something of a social conscience. And third, Brown students who go into the financial sector will still face the same

pressures everyone else does. They will have bosses who make them do whatever it takes to make more money, including trading in risky assets.

If they somehow happen to end up running the bank — in spite of the fact that they are not looking to make money for investors but are in fact on a crusade to make banks more ethical — they will have to adopt this same mentality. If they do not, then they will not make enough money to remain competitive with other banks and their banks will go under.

If you want to change the financial industry, you need to fight to limit its power and its ability to do all of the socially destructive trading that it does. This can only be done from the outside, through political action.

But if you agree with me that there are much better pursuits we could be putting our minds to than lending money to multinationals, then the only way to no longer be sending our most educated minds into what is a very profitable industry is the end of capitalism.

daily herald sports friday the Brown

Friday, February 15, 2013

athlete of the week

McGonagill ’14 goes down in history with 1,000th point The men’s basketball co-captain is the 25th player in Brown’s history to reach this milestone By lloyd sy COntributing writer

Men’s baskeball team co-captain Sean McGonagill ’14 made history Saturday night by scoring his 1000th point against Penn at the Palestra in Philadelphia, wrapping up a five-game road trip for the Bears.

McGonagill, Bruno’s starting point guard, became the 25th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point landmark. McGonagill’s accomplishment reflects his success in a season where he has, so far, led the Bears in both points and assists per game.

For his continued excellence leading Brown on the court, McGonagill has been named The Herald’s Athlete of the Week.

Herald: When did you first get into basketball, and why?

McGonagill: I first got into basketball when I was little. My family has always been big basketball fans. My father was a big influence, and I learned the game from him.

How did it feel to get your 1000th point?

It was nice to know I’d accomplished something, but a little disappointing because we lost the game. It’s more important to me that we keep on winning games.

What has been the best part of your basketball career here at Brown?

Just being a part of the team — enjoying every second I have. I love getting to know the guys and making good friends.

How do you deal with the responsibilities of being a team captain?

It’s something that you have to acknowledge when you lead by example.

Whether you’re helping a teammate out or just showing the guys how to do something, you have to be the hardest worker out there.

What goals does the team have this year?

Honestly, we’re just trying to take it game-by-game and improve every day in practice. We want to learn as much as we can from each other and enter each game knowing that we can win it.

What are your favorite athletes and sports teams?

Since I’m from Chicago, I grew up as a Bulls fan and I love Derrick Rose.

I’ve also always been a fan of Steve Nash.

Since I’m a point guard, I sort of idolize him and his game.

How do you balance schoolwork with sports, especially during a road stretch like the one you just went through?

It’s a little tough — managing time is the biggest thing. If you’ve got a lot of games on the road coming up, you just got to make sure you do it before the weekend.

What are your interests and passions off the court?

I like to hang out with friends, enjoy life and do things for myself. I played football, baseball and soccer in high school.

Did anything interesting happen to you during Winter Storm Nemo?

Well, when we were coming back

Emily gilbert / herald

McGonagill ‘14 said he first learned to love the sport as a kid growing up in Chicago. A Bulls’s fan, McGonagill said he looks up to Derrick Rose and Steve Nash. from Penn on Saturday night, a woman came to us at a rest stop and asked my teammate Stephen (Albrecht ’13) to help

us get her car off the snow. We were exhausted, it must have been 1 or 2 in the morning, and it was a bit scary because

her car was way back in the dark. We didn’t even end up getting her completely out.

Shaw ’13: Four-year players face extinction tom shaw Sports Columnist

Home Games This Weekend Friday

M. Basketball vs.

Columbia 7 p.m. @ Pizzitola Center W. Ice Hockey vs. Union 7 p.m. @ Meehan Aud. Saturday

W. Ice Hockey vs. RPI 4 p.m. @ Meehan Aud. M. Basketball vs. Cornell 6 p.m. @ Pizzitola Center Sunday

W. Tennis vs.

Binghamton 11 a.m. @ Pizzitola Center W. Tennis vs. Providence 4 p.m. @ Pizzitola Center

Taking basketball from a childhood passion to AAU stardom to D-I dreams to a career is a journey very few ever complete. Almost everything has to go right — you essentially need to take the best qualities from Jude Law and Ethan Hawke’s characters in “Gattaca” — perfect genetics and unrelenting drive. But just as important as individual ability is the college program that will showcase your talents for NBA scouts. Unfortunately, I grew up about a foot too short to have a chance to make that decision, although I guarantee I outpaced every current NBA hopeful in hours spent practicing piano as a kid. As March Madness approaches, it’s interesting to look at the major college programs that will be featured, as well as the likely draft picks that populate them.

Recently, a friend described Duke University’s Mason Plumlee as “a true Dukie.” It’s easy to take that to mean unrelentingly obnoxious, but the idea of a true four-year college player is intriguing in today’s one-and-done world, especially when the player is as talented as Plumlee. In fact, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to

find competitive teams rolling out with the same core starters for twoto three-year runs without changing the word competitive to borderline Division III. There’s a reason the phrase “basketball factory” is quickly overtaking “major college program” as the preferred descriptor of traditional powerhouses including Duke and Kentucky (RIP Nerlens Noel’s ACL. More on this later).

While it’s rare enough to find a player who could have entered last year’s draft lottery and decided to stay another year, it’s rarer still that he has a backcourt counterpart in Seth “Chucks 3’s like Steph” Curry. I’m far from what anyone would call a Duke fan, but this team is poised to make a deep run in this year’s tournament. Mason Plumlee is a beast on both sides of the ball, and, more importantly, the team is balanced.

Most contending teams have good enough defenses to take away their opponent’s first and second options, but every Duke starter is capable of carrying the offensive load and making their shots.

What happens to Plumlee after this year when he joins the league is anyone’s guess, but Duke fans should consider themselves lucky to have witnessed an American Dirk Nowitzki in action for four years. Sidenote —

some sites are comparing Plumlee to Shelden Williams and Yi Jianlian, so it’s equally likely he will become an utterly forgettable player for a bunch of teams and possibly an Asian guy who hates Wisconsin.

Before his ACL tear Tuesday night, Noel was projected to have an even greater impact on the NBA hardcourt than Plumlee. Hailing from what may be the premier basketball factory that is Kentucky, Noel singlehandedly dragged an underachieving Wildcat squad into the conversation as Anthony Davis 2.0 (now with two brows and arguably the best haircut in college basketball).

An injury of this nature is terrible and we should all wish him the best, but it helps highlight the risks of modern college basketball. There’s no doubt Noel’s injury will weaken his draft stock and might even force him to play another year at Kentucky to ward off injury concerns, but either option will definitely decrease his future earning potential. While I don’t think Noel had previous knee issues, there’s no question that college players will hide injuries in order to present a more favorable outlook for their professional success.

It’s a catch-22 — you’re expected to play through injuries to avoid being labeled “soft,” but doing so can cascade into more serious injuries

down the road. There’s no easy solution for this problem, but it certainly deserves more consideration.

Jared Sullinger is a recent example of this issue at the next level. After forgoing potential lottery status in 2011, he returned to Ohio State to play out a spectacular season, but with the wrinkle that teams discovered he had a bad back which dropped his draft position from surefire lottery pick to Boston at pick 21. We all laughed off our worries through his strong rookie season until he recently underwent season-ending lumbar spine surgery.

What’s more concerning is that this was a one-time fix-all solution that he knew he would eventually need way back in 2011 but he chose to play through the injury for almost two years. I’m not saying he made the wrong choice. In fact, faced with the same decision, I think most people would choose to play through some back pain and make millions rather than fading into obscurity for a year and hoping for recovery.

So with Noel out as the consensus number one pick, who will have the honor of tanking games for the Charlotte Hornets next year? Enter Kansas freshman Ben “McSwaggy/Tiny Dancer/Thrift Shop” McLemore. So what if the Jayhawks happen to lose all talented / / Shaw page 9