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Many students and community members attended the presentation, with some sitting in the aisles or standing in the back of the room.

After Metz and Linder shared their stories, Professor Maud Mandel, associate professor of Judaic Studies, led a brief question and answer section before opening the floor to audience questions.

Benjamin Heller ’13 started HIBU as an official organization last fall, though this is the second year he has staged an event highlighting the personal stories of Holocaust survivors.

When Heller’s grandmother, Helen Shabas, came to Brown last spring to share her experience, Heller said he realized there was interest among students in learning more about the Holocaust from a personal perspective. According to a short film Heller screened at the beginning of the event, only 20 percent of Brown students he surveyed had heard a Holocaust survivor speak about his or her experience in person.

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Holocaust survivors Steen Metz and Al Linder discussed their experiences in concentration camps in front of a packed auditorium yesterday.

Holocaust survivors remember harrowing past

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“We have to rely on you to pass on the word to your friends, your colleagues, to the next generation to make sure we never forget the Holocaust,” Steen Metz, a Holocaust survivor, told audience members Sunday evening at “Surviving the Unthinkable,” an event organized by the Holocaust Initiative at Brown University.

Metz and fellow survivor Al Linder spoke to a crowded Salomon 001 about their personal experiences in concentration camps during World War II, highlighting the horrors many Jews, Roma, homosexuals and political dissidents endured under the Nazi regime. Both men were only children when they were taken from their homes and brought to camps.

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Spring weekend ticket sales, pre-registration may overlap If the system crashes, rising seniors may have to buy tickets and sign up for classes on the same morning

By MARIA BUGANE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Spring Weekend tickets will go on sale Monday, April 15 at 8 a.m., but in the event of a crash, sales might conflict with pre-registration for rising seniors the next morning, Tuesday, April 16. The Brown Marketplace website has crashed on the first day of ticket sales for the last three years.

The Brown Concert Agency is aware of this conflict and has been working to prevent it, wrote Emma Ramadan ’13, booking chair for the BCA, in an email

to The Herald.

“If a crash happens, we would ideally be able to solve the problem and get sales back up again on Monday,” Ramadan wrote. She wrote that the agency’s new system will be more secure than the system used in years past and will identify hacking and other problems more accurately. “If a situation arises where ticket sales do have to be pushed back to Tuesday, we will probably push them back to a later time like 8:30 a.m.,” she wrote.

She added that even if Spring Weekend tickets and pre-registration were

to happen at the same time, the short time it takes to register a cart on Banner would not interfere with the ticket-buying process.

“Realistically, a student shouldn’t have a problem doing both,” she said.

The Office of the Registrar does not have plans to change the timing of pre-registration. “We were not aware of this issue, nor is it something that we would consider altering our schedule (for),” wrote University Registrar Robert Fitzgerald in an email to The Herald. He wrote that registration happens at the same time every year, so the BCA would have to find a solution if the conflict became an issue. He added that he realized Spring Weekend was very important for

many students, but he “could not compromise the logistics of a widespread academic-related activity.”

Some students are not worried about the potential overlap, while others have expressed some concern.

“I haven’t thought about pre-registration yet, but if it happens at the same time (as ticket sales), I would pre-register first,” said Shari Chase ’14.

Aniqa Anwar ’14 said it would be difficult to choose between the two. “I would have to prioritize, and I would choose to get tickets,” she said.

“I can definitely see why this would be a problem for many Brown students,” said Sahir Zaveri ’14. “But I can’t remember the last time I ... pre-registered for a class.”

Tapas bar brings taste of Spain to Downcity Flan y Ajo’s authentic atmosphere and varied small plates offer choices for any palate

By KATHERINE CUSUMANO SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Upon entering Westminster Street’s Flan y Ajo tapas bar, there is a sense of having joined a world apart from the quiet streets outside. Dim lighting, loud conversation and air replete with the smell of grilling meat fill the tiny room. Bob Dylan croaks over the radio, adding a twist to the otherwise Spanish-influence.

Some might need a SpanishEnglish dictionary to decipher the menu — which includes such items as “patatas bravas” and “gambas al ajillo” written in chalk on a blackboard covering the wall behind the bar. The friendly bartenders or waitresses are

happy to describe each dish.

Flan y Ajo leaves the drinks to the patrons, employing an alcohol policy that is exclusively “bring your own.” Its owners are also proprietors of Bodega Malasana, a bar around the corner where patrons waiting on a seat can pass the time. Flan y Ajo is across from student coffee staple Small Point Cafe.

The restaurant does not take reservations, so be prepared for a minimum half-hour wait for a space at the bar — its website advertises only four bar stools — or at the cozy triangular tables for two lining one wall. There is some standing room along Flan y Ajo’s walls.

Flan y Ajo’s staff is helpful, accommodating and aware of dietary sensitivities. A waitress brought out a plate of olives on the house in apology for the nearly 40-minute wait to be seated.

Authentic Spanish-style tapas dishes with Portuguese influences fill the handwritten menu. Though there are some vegetarian options, seafood dominates. But diners beware: By 8:30 / / Flan page 2

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Among the staples of Flan y Ajo’s tapas selections are chorizo, stuffed and marinated olives and bread with olive oil.

Director depicts social change Jeff Zimbalist ’00 looks to connect people to their ‘cultural counterparts’ through film

By ALISON SILVER FEATURES EDITOR

In a place that seems beyond repair, director Jeff Zimbalist ’00 sees a story.

“I want to keep telling stories of communities overcoming the odds, doing positive things ... making lasting change in places that the media almost always portrays as falling apart,” he said in the 13th annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture Friday night in Salomon 101.

The lecture is held in honor of Casey Shearer, an economics concentrator who was celebrated for his gift for sports journalism and involvement in reshaping Brown Student Radio.

After Shearer’s untimely death days before his graduation in 2000, his parents — Ruth Goldway and Derek Shearer — established the lecture as part of the then-new nonfiction writing program and as “a way to remember our son,” Goldway said in opening remarks.

Shearer’s older brother Anthony and niece Jasmine — who was attending for the first time — were also in the audience and together introduced Zimbalist, who had been Shearer’s friend and classmate.

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on a weeknight, the restaurant was sold out of half its plates.

Tapas are best when shared. Flan y Ajo offers a variety of hot and cold plates, ranging from assorted cheeses and chorizo, spicy pork sausage, to the smoky and delicious “sardinas,” sardines served on slices of toast. For simple palates, the menu includes crusty white bread with olive oil.

The cheese plate, while tasty, is not particularly balanced. One night’s

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menu consisted of three semi-soft cheeses — manchego and roncal, two sheep’s milk cheeses, and cabra al vino, a goat cheese also known as “drunken goat” for its wine-soaked outer layer. While the plate can be one-note, the mild flavor of the manchego complements the herbed crackers served alongside it.

Customers can choose between individual cheeses or order all three for a reduced price.

Plates are brought out in groups as they are prepared, and the small

tables quickly overflow with the smorgasbord. The “patatas bravas,” a hot skillet filled with roasted potatoes drenched in spicy aioli, are definitely a highlight.

While not the place for a light, in-and-out meal, Flan y Ajo is perfect for a leisurely night with food and friends that won’t set you back too much — most dishes cost between $3 and $6. Flan y Ajo is open Tuesday through Saturday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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/ / Holocaust page 1 spoke first about living in Bukovina, an area now divided between modern-day Romania and Ukraine, during World War II. In 1941, the fascist government of Romania instituted laws and restrictions for Jews, similar to the Nuremberg laws imposed on German Jews.

“That is when our nightmare began,” he said.

Later in 1941, Linder’s maternal grandparents, as well as many other Jews in their community, were shot by their anti-Semitic neighbors. Then, all remaining Jews in Bukovina were forced to move to ghettos where over 70,000 people were packed into an area approximately eight blocks by six blocks, living in cramped quarters with multiple other families.

Linder and his family were sent to the Bershad concentration camp in Ukraine, where their lives only worsened. The camp was hit immediately with an epidemic of typhus that killed both his baby sister and his paternal grandparents. Other diseases, starvation and execution accounted for the deaths of many more prisoners.

Linder said he believed his parents survived because of the strength of their faith, adding that faith continues to be extremely important in his life today.

After living in the camp for years, Linder and his parents were finally able to escape in 1944 by following behind a large group of Russian soldiers marching by the camp.

Metz spoke next and shared a fairly different experience from Linder’s.

Where he lived in Denmark, Jews were generally treated equally even during Nazi occupation. Though his

father was Jewish, neither Metz nor his mother practiced Judaism.

He said he lived a fairly normal life until 1943 when he and his family were arrested and transported in a cramped cattle car to Terezin concentration camp.

In the camp, Metz faced inhospitable and unsanitary living conditions, as well as cruelty from German guards. His father died of starvation less than six months after their arrival. Metz was completely shut off from the outside world until April 1944, when the Red Cross came to the camp and freed the inhabitants.

“We couldn’t believe it until we were on the buses. It was wonderful. It was a miracle,” he said.

Both speakers spoke passionately about the importance of learning from the Holocaust and expressed disappointment with the existence of similar situations today. Metz cited the Rwandan genocide and the violence in Syria, while Linder mentioned continuing anti-Semitism in many of the Nordic states. Metz also said that anti-Semitic behavior increased 20 percent in 2012, a statistic that upset him very much.

Both men also described a sense of obligation to share their experiences. Metz said he tries to give a presentation once a week so that he can help spread a message of tolerance and work to prevent an event like the Holocaust from being repeated.

Heller is graduating this year, but said that HIBU will continue to put on these events to educate the Brown community and honor the legacies of Holocaust survivors. “What people forget is that these people are still around, they’re still alive, they’re still willing to talk about it,” he said.

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4 university news / / Director page 1 the question-and-answer-style lecture. Zimbalist first remarked on the unconventional start to his film career.

He made his first “official pitch” for a film on rural development to several members of the U.N. on a hiking trail in India, he said.

Social change in developing countries has been a theme of Zimbalist’s major projects. The first feature film he directed, “Favela Rising,” depicts the efforts of local artists to direct youths away from the drug-trafficking trade by teaching music. Zimbalist spoke about his partnership with his brother, Michael, who contributed a “desire to use media specifically to try and share messages and stories and context with audiences that otherwise might not have an interest in them.”

The focus of “Favela Rising” was what Zimbalist called a “model of asset-based community development” to impact change.

“At Brown, that was what I was all about,” Zimbalist said, adding that he looks for stories that can connect people in different parts of the world with “their cultural or class counterpart.”

“That’s what the world needs more of,” Zimbalist said.

Working in documentaries as well as fictional films, Zimbalist talked about the challenges of finding “the essence” of a story, particularly when writing scripts.

The writing process is similar for fiction scripts based on real events and documentaries, Zimbalist said. After researching the script, the next stage is “to separate the unnecessary from

the necessary,” he said.

Unpredictability is another challenge of depicting real events in places like Brazil and Colombia, where Zimbalist has shot many of his films. Zimbalist said he wrote the story for a current project about a peace community in Colombia as a fiction script to reach a “wider and more diverse audience.”

The film has hired a big-name U.S. celebrity actor, whom Zimbalist did not name. Making arrangements for the celebrity’s security required meeting with the president of Colombia, a feat Zimbalist said was nearly insurmountable. He said he and his team had finally managed to arrange a meeting, but the president called to cancel on the morning of the lecture. At this, Thornton and the audience gasped audibly.

“It’s devastating,” Zimbalist continued, “because why are those the stakes?” The explanation, he said, is built into the question: “That’s what you asked for when you ordered that dish,” he said.

While his “dish” combines many different flavors of the film industry, from interacting with locals who star in his films to jumping through logistical hoops, Zimbalist said his favorite role is directing and editing. For him, finding the right balance involves “being able to lock myself up as a hermit” to allow him full immersion in his editing, though he admitted, to laughs from the audience, that doing so is “very incompatible with life.”

After Zimbalist’s conversation with Thornton, he turned to questions from members of the audience. The questions centered on his focus on Latin America and the dangers that accom-

pany his work in volatile places. He said his father, an economist who studies Latin America, used to bring home adventure stories that encouraged him and his brother to take risks. Zimbalist said that if the danger “is in your imagination, it’s way more haunting than if it’s right in front of you.”

Zimbalist compared the different kinds of fear induced by Stephen King and Edgar Allen Poe, saying that he does not find the graphic, bloody details King reveals scary. On the other hand, Poe “sticks you in a closet, drops a torch in the closet, chains the door — story over,” Zimbalist said. “The rest is up to you.”

“Which is really a roundabout way of saying,” Zimbalist continued, “that we do our best, and our mom freaks out.”

To the audience’s delight, Zimbalist showed several clips from his most popular films, including “The Two Escobars” and “Favela Rising,” as well as a segment of the video he made for his thesis. His thesis critiqued models of aid in which “first-world countries are just handing out charity” with an air of superiority, he said.

Before the lecture, Senior Lecturer in English and Co-Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program Elizabeth Taylor — Casey’s professor and mentor — announced the winners of the Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence, which highlights the best writing produced in Brown’s nonfiction program. This year’s first-place winner was Elizabeth Powers ’14 for her essay “The Year of the Dragon,” while second place went to Erica Schwiegershausen ’13 for her memoir, “My Brother.”

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Exclusive: Q&A with Director Jeff Zimbalist ’00 Zimbalist reflected on the challenges and rewards of making films in developing countries

By ALISON SILVER FEATURES EDITOR

Director Jeff Zimbalist ’00 delivered the 13th annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture Friday night in Salomon 101. The Herald spoke to Zimbalist about his inspirations, experiences as a director and the advice he has for undergraduates.

Herald: What at Brown shaped your career moving forward?

Was there anything in particular that inspired you to go into film?

Zimbalist: I wanted to do the arts and I wanted to do development work, but what I realized was that … the reading, writing classes were really helpful and being able to think around subjects, but I wasn’t retaining the actual information as far as I wanted. And so I recognized that if I was going to be four years at this credited, really prestigious university, there was all sorts of resources (and) I would have an easier time retaining that knowledge if I was hands-on. So I started taking film classes so I could use the cameras and the edit gear, and that was something that I was able to retain the information and get better at, so I just started putting more and more time into film.

Was there a particular class or professor that really influenced you?

I was very influenced by the whole Modern Culture and Media Department, that whole experience where there was very little emphasis on commercial filmmaking or on career-driven film making and a lot of emphasis on pushing the boundaries of the art form, of the media, and that was a new way of thinking for me. And some of the professors I worked really closely with (were Professors of Modern Culture and Media Studies) Leslie Thornton (and) Tony Cokes (and Professor Emeritus of Modern Culture and Media Studies) Michael Silverman.

Do you have any particularly fond memories from your time as an undergraduate, either to do with film or completely unrelated?

No fond memories whatsoever — I’m just joking. I got tons! I was very idealistic … and very ambitious and worked really hard and had tons of late nights, sometimes all-nighters in the carriage house behind the MCM building … I taught myself to edit over at the multimedia lab, and I remember my times there very fondly. Just being in a challenging environment with other great thinkers and the high expectations of your fellow students really push you to achieve more.

What was a certain challenge you faced as an undergraduate?

That balance of what you’re really passionate about versus what’s been presented to you in a persuasive way — that’s really challenging in college,

and I think that if you can accomplish that in those four years, then you come out of there more or less knowing what your form is. Even if you don’t know what the content is, if you know what the form is, then that’s a massive achievement. And that was really challenging, to figure out how much of this is coming from me and how much of this is just me being really persuaded by great teachers and other people who have strong visions.

Can you pinpoint a specific lesson you learned at Brown?

One of the really important anchors that I got at my time at Brown and I return to frequently is to not fall prey to the conventional way of thinking about a problem ... Before I dive in to put out a fire on a film or in a financing stage of a project, I make sure I think it through from every possible angle and I have that confidence that there’s a solution out there that’s out (of) the box, that may not be conventional, that may not be typical, but exists. To be in a cocoon — a creative cocoon like Brown ... you can experiment and you’re not afraid to fail, that safe space encourages you to then take those risks and think out (of) the box when problem solving in your career.

Is there anything — any funny memory from Brown that you look back on?

(Former Brown student) Casey Shearer and I were close, and the real reason that this is such an honor and that I’m embracing this experience and I’m excited to be there tonight, is because of Casey and his family ... I usually turned to (Shearer) for advice and he was a very logical, very persuasive, very opinionated advicegiver, and so we had a lot of really intimate sessions where we would talk about certain career choices and the difficult decisions that you need to make, particularly in journalism, because he was a journalist, and that’s something I want to reflect on a little bit this evening.

Are there other influences or inspirations that you can point to for the ideas and the films that you’ve created?

I was very influenced by watching experimental films at Brown and the seriousness with which the film department ... takes avant-garde films, avant-garde media. That kind of seriousness and that analysis and those types of really out-there, experimental works (have) been extremely influential, even though I’m doing work that’s much more commercial than that stuff. It’s a really important reminder and sort of a control group to reference.

A lot of your work has to do with traveling and international development, like you said. In what ways have you worked to achieve that wide reach with your films?

We tend to try to do things simultaneously, to do films that are very independent and also films that are very conventionally commercial. There’s an opportunity / / Q & A page 5

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/ / Q & A page 4 when you make independent films that are financed independent of studios and networks — there’s an opportunity to do educational outreach with the film so that it doesn’t just get shown in TV and movie theaters but you actually use it as a tool for education and for social development, and so we’ve done a lot of that. We’ve worked with the Ford Foundation on a film in Brazil, we’ve worked with schools and outreach coordinators for our films in Colombia, and that’s been really rewarding, that we’re creating entertainment but that we’re also giving the opportunity to engage with learning.

And is there a particular place or effort that you’ve made that stands out to you as being very formative?

The two most rewarding experiences in all the films we’ve done are “Favela Rising” and “The Two Escobars,” the two films that got mentioned in the advertisement for the talk. But “Favela Rising” was made on a shoestring budget, I did everything myself, and it filled me with so much pride and confidence. What it achieved with so little and in terms of the reach of the film, the impact of the film ... that was a tremendous stepping stone for me in my career and a tremendous learning experience. I could go on forever about what I learned during that experience.

And “The Two Escobars,” I worked with my brother, and I feel like we refined our storytelling ability and stepped it up a little bit, and I was really proud of our ability to work together. So those are the two kind of turning points, landmark experiences that I’ve had ... but there’s also been a number of really hard, you know, failures and tragic films that we’ve worked on where because of a stick in the spokes of the wheel, the whole thing takes a spill ...

You juggle these experiences and you try to keep an even head and keep plowing forward.

Can you think of a specific failure that you needed to sort of get over and that you learned from, moving forward?

There’s many — it’s traumatic. When you take your work this seriously ... you want it to be the best it can be, and you invest so much of yourself in it that emotionally it’s scarring when you have to let it go. And it’s often out of your control, it’s not a mistake that you made, it’s just the way things misaligned. I actually sit (in) Buddhist meditation as a part of my lifestyle, and it’s a helpful practice in terms of letting go and moving on.

What are your plans for the future in terms of what you’re hoping to explore, any projects in the running?

We’re planning on making a feature film, a fiction film, based on real events, on the soccer legend Pele. And if everything goes well, that would shoot this summer, and we wrote the script and will direct it. And right now we’re finishing another ESPN film, which should be premiered in the fall — which will premiere in the fall, and then we’ve got a handful of other projects at various stages.

Are there any people in particular you’ve really enjoyed

working with, either from the industry side or as the subjects of any of your films?

Yeah there’s a lot of people, I want to be humble about this. I think that one of the most tremendous experiences — I’m gonna bring it back to the Brazil film, “Favela Rising” — is collaborating with the Afro Reggae movement. And those guys, they were the stars of our film, but they’re also true social revolutionaries. They use music and culture and art to offer opportunities to youth in basically a war zone — the favelas, the slums are war zones. And they offer them a way out and an alternative to being drug traffickers and entering a life of crime. So of all the people I’ve worked with, really the people that have inspired me the most and kept me grounded and kept my eye on the prize and what’s really important are those characters who are changing the world in positive ways despite their circumstances.

When you’re making a film like that one, do you have any goals in mind at the outset that you hope to accomplish with the film, any particular message you want to spread to your audience?

Our mission with that film was to use their story as a vehicle to share this model with people for whom it was most relevant, that maybe could use that model in their communities. ...

The only thing consistent with all of our work is that we don’t want to make cheap media. We don’t want to do stories that (kind of) appeal to the lowest common denominator ... We want to make something lasting that really captures some of the wonderment of existence and the value of life and these bigger emotions.

What do you learn going to new places?

I think that it’s all about experiencing a different set of values. The things that you take for granted, in a day or an hour or a minute of being in a foreign place that’s culturally and socioeconomically distinct, it all gets turned on its head and you’re left questioning, “Why am I in the rat race?” for example. Or, “Why am I working as hard as I’m working?”

Or, “How come I don’t spend more time relaxing with family? Or whatever it may be, these various central, basic sort of fundamental life choices — you question them.

Is there any piece of advice you could give to current Brown students about how to not get stuck in that rat race or how to take advantage of all these opportunities?

Decide what’s most important to you from your work. Is it money? Is it status? Is it social change? Is it creative satisfaction? And set that intention and return to it when you’re challenged or when you’re facing a difficult decision because there are difficult moral and ethical and career and life decisions all the time when you’re an entrepreneur and you’re doing it on your own, and you want something to return to as your anchor ... At Brown, that’s a tremendous opportunity to decide what’s most fulfilling and what’s your top priority. And that will guide you so you don’t get rutted into something that you got a lot of work and people are offering you jobs every day but it’s not what you want to do.

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The Medical Equipment Donations International invited professors and lecturers to sing tunes during “Heart Beats” to raise awareness for their mission to provide and repair medical technology for hospitals in Zanzibar.

Music mixer promotes health efforts abroad The MED organization recruited and informed students at a karaoke event

By SARAH SACHS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The sounds of karaoke and laughter filled Kasper Multipurpose Room Friday as students and faculty members gathered for “Heart Beats,” a mixer to promote Medical Equipment Donations International’s efforts in Zanzibar.

The event was a “musical extravaganza” that sought to raise awareness about MED’s presence on campus, said co-executive director Han Sheng Chia ’14.

MED’s primary mission is to make more medical technology available in Zanzibar, an archipelago located outside of Tanzania, Chia said. The group trains local hospital repair technicians, creates software to manage hospital equipment and organizes donation shipments when medical machinery is unavailable. MED’s goal is to ultimately “make Zanzibar more self-sufficient, because they can manage the technology,” Chia said.

“By the end of this year, we want people to learn that the impact we’ve made on the ground is reproducible — that it can and should be used in other hospitals with equipment access problems,” co-director Jayson Marwaha ’14 wrote in an email to The Herald.

Around 30 percent of medical equipment in Zanzibar is broken, Chia said at the event. When he visited a hospital in Zanzibar last summer, only a quarter of the newborn ICU incubators functioned properly, which contributed to an 80 percent mortality rate, he said. In one week, MED fixed all of the incubators for

only $25, Chia said.

Friday night’s mixer included a presentation by Chia and a video recap of MED’s founder and Marwaha’s spring visit to Zanzibar. MED team members Kasey Haas ’13 and Cade Howard ’14 emceed the talent portion of the night. The event also featured performances by the Bear Necessities and multiple professors, including Barrett Hazeltine, adjunct professor of engineering, and Lecturer in Biology Richard Bungiro.

MED created software last fall that will manage and track the status of hospital machinery. The organization has been working closely with Zanzibar’s Ministry of Health, which gave the new software very positive feedback, said MED’s development director Yao Liu ’15.

While American hospitals “pay big bucks” for this type of software, MED hired a Brown computer science concentrator to create their own software for only $500, Chia said. MED plans to sell the software in the United States to increase the organization’s spending power, he said. MED is funded by community donations, the Swearer Center and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

This month MED hired Kevin McCracken as a full-time biomedical engineer, and he will live in Zanzibar and train the Ministry of Health’s medical technicians. McCracken and his team have repaired $50,000 worth of equipment for only $75, Chia said.

Mike Koster, assistant professor of pediatrics at Alpert Medical School, started off Friday night’s mixer with an energetic performance of “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” a song accompanied by backup dancing from the Bear Necessities and originally performed Def Leppard.

Bungiro followed with a serenade of “Afternoon Delight.” “If you don’t

think this is the best version of this song,” Bungiro told the crowd at the event, “I will fight you.”

Howard said he chose Bungiro for his reputation. “I’d heard rumors of his singing in class, so I identified him as a likely candidate,” Howard said.

Alan Harlam, director of social entrepreneurship at the Swearer Center, and Hazeltine sang “Sweet Caroline,” a crowd favorite. “There isn’t anything that I wouldn’t do for MED, and I guess I got called out on that promise,” Harlam told The Herald.

“We should have practiced,” Hazeltine said to Harlam as the music began. The audience cheered back the chorus as Harlam and Hazeltine sang.

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Bill Allen ended the night with a heartwarming rendition of “Dancing Queen.” Before he sang, Allen praised MED’s progress and dedication. “This experience has enriched me as a person and as their teacher,” he told the crowd.

MED also used the event as a recruiting process to make a “solid base” of team members and supporters on campus, Seth Akers-Campbell ’14 said.

Chia said the organization is always looking for more members, especially those with skills in engineering, computer technology and finance.

The organization has made a lot of progress since its formation last year, though MED does not plan on sending any more medical donations soon, Chia said. “We have the philosophy of working with what’s already there and maximizing the resources that’s on the ground,” he said.

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The MED team, which hosted the musical event “Heart Beats” last Friday night, has done extensive research on medical technology maintenance and hopes to serve all 10 hospitals in Zanzibar, an archipelago outside of Tanzania. MED emphasizes repairing existing technology, rather than collecting new donations, to promote self-reliance in Zanzibar.

/ / Music page 5 to show his support. Smith teaches ANTH 0300: “Culture and Health” and praised MED for its prioritization of repairing existing parts above

donating new ones, which can create cycles of dependence.

“It’s naive to think that just handing people equipment without all the things that make it work will be successful,” Hazeltine said.

MED’s co-directors “are really special … they’re incredibly ambitious but ultimately very humble and thorough,” Harlam said. Members of the MED team have extensively researched their approach and have

become experts on medical technology maintenance in Zanzibar, Harlam said.

Chia said MED will reevaluate and decide if they will expand, downsize or cancel the program this August.

The organization hopes to move beyond its first three pilot hospitals and serve all 10 hospitals in Zanzibar, he said.

“They’ve always been on a great trajectory,” Harlam said.

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Brown’s Ultimate Frisbee team faced off against Brandeis University’s team Tron in a game this weekend.

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/ / Hockey page 12 2012, Borelli sat on the bench, watching the action the same way he had for most of his career in a Brown uniform. This was his senior year, yet he had played in only a handful of games.

Late in the first period, starting goaltender Marco De Filippo ’14 went down with a knee injury. Borelli stepped in, stopping all 16 shots he faced, leading Bruno to a 3-3 tie.

“My first thought was, ‘Don’t get pulled,’” Borelli said with a laugh. “I just really wanted to do everything I could to give the team a chance to win. I really wanted to prove to everybody that I should be in the net.”

Borelli became the team’s starting goaltender. He finished 14-9-5 on the season, but the transition was not always easy.

“Not playing for three years, you’re just always watching games,” Borelli said. “You kind of lose the speed of it. The first game, things were happening really quickly. The more you play, everything slows down. By the end of the season, I felt like I was in control of the game.”

By Bruno’s visit to Cornell, Borelli had caught up to speed. In Lynah Rink, whose crowds make it one of ECAC’s toughest venues to visit, Borelli stopped 23 shots on his way to the first shutout of his career.

“It felt awesome,” he said. “We came out and dominated them as a team.”

The shutout marked a turning point for Borelli’s season. It started a stretch during which he gave up just two goals in four games, culminating with another shutout against No. 9 Yale.

Borelli would continue his hot stretch as the season progressed. He finished with a .942 save percentage and a 1.84 goals-against-average, good for third and fifth in the nation, respectively.

“It was cool seeing my name up there with some of the best in the nation,” Borelli said. “It just cemented what I thought I could do all along.”

Borelli’s teammates also lauded his success.

“He’s the reason we made it that far,” said captain Dennis Robertson ’14. “He gave us a chance to win with his consistent play every night. That’s huge, especially on a team where things were going a little shaky at the start of the year. For a guy who didn’t play one game last year, he worked through it and waited his turn.”

“There’s something about the way (Borelli) plays,” Lorito said. “He really gives us a lot of confidence. He gives the team a sense that if some-

thing goes wrong, he’s going to be there to back you up.”

After the season, Borelli was signed by the Cincinnati Cyclones of the East Coast Hockey League, a minor league team affiliated with the NHL’s Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers. He traveled to Cincinnati after the college season ended to play in the team’s final games.

“I’d say this season saved my career from being extremely hard,” Borelli said. “Being able to say that I played pro hockey is definitely a great feeling, a great accomplishment. But I see this as just one more stepping stone to the next level.”

Richie Crowley ’13, Jeff Ryan ’13 and Chris Zaires ’13 were also signed to play in the ECHL. The team going forward Though he has yet to sign a professional contract, Lorito’s season was arguably as impressive as Borelli’s. He led the team in nearly every offensive category, scoring 22 goals and tallying 37 points on the season. Lorito became the first player since Damian Prescott ’98 to score at least 20 goals in a season and was named to the second team All-ECAC. “Last year it was a little difficult for me at the beginning of the season,” Lorito said. “This year, I was getting a little more on my shot and getting stronger. I knew I could be a good player in this league, and I wanted to prove that this year, and I think I did a pretty good job.”

Lorito stepped into a new role at center on the top line for the first half of the season. When his production dropped midway through the year, Whittet shifted him over to left wing, where his prolific goal-scoring talents reappeared.

“The shift helped,” Lorito said. “I just needed a little bit of a change.

When coach put me on the wing, it gave me a little bit more freedom out there.”

Lorito was paired up with Mark Naclerio ’16 and Nick Lappin ’16 on the top line. It may have been the team’s youngest shift, but it was also Bruno’s most productive. Naclerio and Lappin finished second and fourth on the team in points, respectively, trailing Lorito’s pace.

“I love playing with those guys,” Lorito said. “When we got put together, we started to click right away.”

“He was the cornerstone of our team,” Robertson said. “He’s a heart and soul guy out there. You knew he was going to be good.”

For Robertson, this season brought a new perspective as team captain. The team’s top defenseman, Robertson blocked a team-high 65

shots and embraced his role as a visible leader.

“Being captain was incredible,” Robertson said. “This was the best team I’ve ever been a part of at Brown ... It was a close-knit group of guys, and it was a really fun year.”

Robertson played with Brandon Pfeil ’16 on the first defensive pairing, another first-year who stepped in for the Bears this season.

Robertson is the only player on the team who has been drafted to play in the NHL. The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted him out of high school and hold his rights if he decides to play professional hockey after his senior year.

While Robertson is the leader out on the ice, Whittet remains a firm presence from the bench. Whittet, in his fourth year at the helm, received universal praise for his leadership. A self-described “yeller” on the bench, he openly displayed his emotions before, during and after every game, whether banging his head off the nearest glass in frustration while on the bench or jumping up and down in jubilation.

“He’s an emotional guy, but that gives you energy to feed off on the bench,” Robertson said. “He’s definitely hard on us and expects a lot out of us, but that’s part of the job.”

“He definitely helped me out this year,” Borelli said. “Anything I wanted to talk about I could go talk to him.”

Started at the bottom, now we’re here Early in the season, injuries plagued Brown’s lineup. Highly touted first-year Nate Widman ’16 was injured six minutes into the first game of the ECAC season. Garnet Hathaway ’14, Kyle Quick ’15 and Matt Wahl ’14, among others, also missed time during the season. Whittet said the season was “the worst (he’s) ever seen” for injuries.

Robertson acknowledged a sense of doubt in the locker room when the injuries kept piling up.

“But when (Borelli) stepped in, that was the turning point,” he said.

“In January, we all started to believe that we could make a run. Then we had a really strong spring, and it carried on in the playoffs.”

The team rode Borelli’s momentum through the end of the regular season, securing a No. 7 seed for the ECAC Tournament, hosting a home series against Clarkson in the first round.

Bruno easily defeated the Golden Knights, winning the first game 3-0, the second 4-3 — sweeping the bestof-three series.

“We went into Clarkson knowing

we were going to beat them,” Borelli said. “There were no doubts whatsoever. After we won the first game, we knew it would be tough to beat a team twice in a row, but we just came out and completely dominated.”

The following weekend, Bruno faced off against RPI for a road series in Troy, N.Y. Not only would the Bears have to defeat the No. 16 team in the country, but they would also have to contend with a hostile environment. In all three games, a roaring crowd covered in red packed the nearly sold out Houston Field House.

Brown took the early series lead with a 3-1 victory in game one, led by Lorito’s 18th goal of the season and a game-winner from Michael Juola ’14 with less than two minutes left on the clock. The game included a set of close calls by the officials that went Bruno’s way, exposing the referees to a chorus of boos from the Engineers’ crowd for the rest of the series.

In game two, the Bears fell 6-2 in a result ECAC coaches would likely have expected at the beginning of the season. The six goals-allowed tied for Borelli’s worst performance of the season with another earlier matchup against RPI. With the season on the line, Bruno countered the crowd’s energy by jumping out to a 3-0 start, all three goals coming in the game’s first 25 minutes. RPI stormed back, netting two goals in the last three minutes of the second period to make the score 3-2.

In the third period, RPI came out strong. The Engineers’ 13 shots in the period nearly matched Bruno’s 17 during the game. But Borelli’s confidence was not shaken by the game two loss, and he denied all 13, leading the Bears to Atlantic City with 40 total saves.

“In the playoffs, wins are the only thing that matters,” Borelli said. “In a three-game series, you have to win two. ... We just had to control what we could control Sunday and win.”

Borelli said that after the RPI series, Brown hockey started to gain more national recognition and respect around the league.

“People started saying ‘Brown is for real,’ or ‘They’re becoming a good team. It’s not the same old program,’” Borelli said.

National polls took notice. For the first time, Brown received votes in both national rankings.

Until next year...

“It was a rollercoaster of emotions,” Robertson said of the team’s weekend in Atlantic City. The unimaginable high of beating the top team in the nation, followed by the

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heartbreaking defeat against Union was polarizing. It was difficult for the players to determine whether they should be pleased with how far they had come, that they had made history, or if they should be disappointed at a missed opportunity to play in front of a home crowd in the NCAA Tournament.

“It’s definitely disappointing for us because we were so close,” Borelli said. “Making it to Providence really would have been like a dream run.

But at the end of the day, you have to look at where we were after Christmas and where we came. ... Even though we lost the ultimate goal, we have to be proud of what we accomplished when nobody thought we could.”

Lorito and Robertson echoed the mixed emotions.

“We were so close to winning it all,” Lorito said.

“When I look back years from now, I’ll view it as a success,” Robertson said. “But at the same time, it still stings a little bit.”

After capturing the ECAC Championship over Brown, Union advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament where it was defeated by Quinnipiac, who advanced to the Frozen Four. Yale joins the Bobcats in Pittsburgh to bolster the ECAC presence. They could potentially face each other to play for a national championship. Bruno combined for a 2-1-2 record against both teams this season.

With the end of this season, Lorito and Robertson have focused their attention on next year. Lorito will most likely play on the same top line with Lappin, Naclerio, Robertson and Pfeil.

There will also be some losses.

Borelli departs with Zaires, Ryan, Crowley, Francis Drolet ’13 and Marc Senecal ’13.

Lorito and Robertson said the goal is the same — an ECAC Championship.

“This year was a very good experience for our team, and we’re going to use it to our advantage next year when the playoffs come around,” Lorito said. “This year gave us the belief that we could do it. We just came up a little short. We’re going to be hungry to get back there.”

“An ECAC Championship has always been our goal,” Robertson said. “That was a crushing defeat, and it motivates you that much more to work hard in the offseason and bring it next year.”

Next year, the odds may be more improbable. But if this year is any indication, that won’t stop a determined group of Brown hockey players from defying their critics.

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/ / M. Lax page 12 for Bruno 30 seconds into the third quarter with his team-leading 20th goal of the season. Two weeks ago, he was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week.

Hurster followed Blynn with a man-up goal at 5:46, his 17th of the year, tightening the score at 6-3.

When Quaker Mark Leonhard tallied another score from the top of the box at 4:20, Tiffany replaced Kelly with Will Round ’14, who served as Bruno’s starting goalie last season.

The Quakers scored three more times to bring the final score to 10-3.

“We got soundly defeated by a better lacrosse program at phases of the game we’re similar to them,” Tiffany said.

Brown will move on to face No. 16 Yale (6-3, 2-2) Friday evening on the road.

“We’re obviously a step below (Yale) right now,” Tiffany said. “We went on spring break, and we’ve been limping through the last couple of games. ... We will play better and better competition as the season goes on. We have to step up to it, and we didn’t today.”

Penn will also hit the road to take on Harvard (4-6, 1-2) Saturday.

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Defender Roger Ferguson ‘13 runs past his Quaker opponent during Saturday’s game, which ended 10-3 in a Bruno defeat and slimmed the men’s lacrosse team’s chances to advance to the Ivy League tournament.

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Co-captain of the crew team during his junior and senior years, Alex Fleming ’12 said he, like many Brown rowers, has dreamed of competing in the Boat Race since his days as a first-year rowing for the University.

/ / Rowing page 12 to compete in Henley in the Temple Championship. He showed really good leadership and athleticism during that season.”

Fleming’s freshman boat won its heat in the EARC Sprints — contributing to Brown’s Ivy League title that spring — and claimed second place at the Henley Royal Regatta’s Temple Cup. Fleming’s success with Brown rowing was consistent throughout his years as an undergraduate, culminating in his senior campaign.

Serving as team co-captain for the second year in a row and as stroke seat for the varsity eight, Fleming rowed in one of the most competitively successful Brown crews in the past decade. Brown beat out Harvard for the 2012 Ivy League Championship that spring. The varsity eight also claimed second place in the IRA National Championship and runnerup status in the finals of two races at the Henley Royal Regatta.

Cooke and teammate Owen

Traynor ’13 agreed that Fleming’s leadership was one of his greatest contributions to his team.

“Alex and his co-captain worked hard to make sure the whole team felt a part of all the team’s success and to make sure that everyone felt part of the team,” Cooke said about the 20112012 campaign. “I think that was a great place to start with leadership … when his crew won at the end of the season, I think he had the support of all the people on the team.”

“He knew that different people needed to be pushed and supported in different ways,” said Traynor, a current co-captain. “He led by example so Carter Aronson (’13), my co-captain, and I definitely try and reflect that in the way we lead the team now.”

Student-athlete Despite his dedication to his team, Fleming still managed to perform at a high academic level. Achieving commendation as an Academic AllIvy during his senior year, Cooke said Fleming “exemplified a student-

athlete.”

“He set a really good example for the younger guys by always going to the library and not just taking really easy classes,” Traynor said. “He put his heart into both things equally.”

Fleming’s diligence as a student is one of the reasons why he came to Cambridge following graduation.

“I knew that I wanted to take on at least one more significant rowing challenge,” he wrote in an email to The Herald. Fleming thought about rowing for the Australian National team, but ultimately, he wrote, “I wanted to further my education.”

Cambridge’s offerings of intense competition and its “educational op-

portunities” were the reasons why it “felt like the next step for me,” he added.

Boat race and Brown A dream for many rowers over the years, competing in the Boat Race was an aspiration of Fleming’s since he was a first-year. Several Brown rowers have competed in the Boat Race in past years.

“I wanted to follow in their footsteps,” Fleming wrote.

In the past two decades, six Brunonians, including Fleming, have become a part of the 184-year-old tradition of rowing excellence. Malcolm Baker ’91 rowed Cambridge’s

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winning boat in 1993. Joel Scrogin ’98 raced for Oxford in 2004 and returned to Brown after graduation from Oxford as an assistant coach.

Lucas McGee ’01 was a member of Oxford’s winning boat in 2002. McGee, after rowing, returned to Brown as the freshman coach from 20042007. Terrence Kooyker ’05 and Ben Harrison ’07 both rowed for Oxford in 2007 and 2009 respectively.

The caliber of athlete that participates in the Boat Race is impressive — Olympians are frequently featured in the crews of both universities.

Willpower is as critical an asset as raw power is for the rowers who dedicate six months of their lives to the 17-minute race down the Thames.

According to his former coach, Fleming must have fit right in. “He’s just an incredibly determined person,” Cooke said. “I mean, we get a lot of determined people on the team over the years, and he stands out amongst them.”

Fleming wrote that taking part in the race was “a humbling experience.”

He also credited some of his success to his experiences as an undergraduate.

“Rowing for Brown taught me to be physically and mentally tough … and to take on any challenge with aggression and self-belief,” he said.

Fleming stated that these skills were all “vital tools” when he took on the challenges presented by the Boat Race.

On his career after Cambridge, Fleming wrote, “Going forward, I will only be recreationally rowing.

The Boat Race has marked the end of my competitive rowing career. I would like to now pursue a career in medical technology.”

Though Fleming’s professional rowing career has ended, his time at Cambridge marks Brown’s ongoing imprint on one of the world’s most heralded athletic events.

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EDITORIAL

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College athletics is rooted in the Ivy League, but in the 160 years since the first intercollegiate rowing competition between Harvard and Yale, its scope has far exceeded expectations. Brown and the other institutions of the Ivy League maintain varsity sports teams, but the prohibition of athletic scholarships and the commitment to high academic standards have ensured their power within the University is not excessive. But at other institutions, big-time sports have expanded into a billion-dollar industry that threatens to control University governance.

This fact has been emphasized in the past five years in the wake of several scandals. Just last week, it was revealed that Robert Barchi, president of Rutgers University, had been aware of a tape filmed months ago that displayed abusive behavior by Mike Rice, former coach of the Scarlet Knights basketball team — but Barchi did not fire Rice until the tape went public. This incident, along with other similar scandals such as those at Ohio State University and Penn State University, demonstrates the extent to which big-time athletics have distorted administrative priorities at some institutions, ultimately harming the supposed benefactors of this industry — the students.

Universities justify the millions spent on athletic facilities and coaches’ salaries with the claim that revenue from teams, most often football, benefits the institutions as a whole. But relatively few programs, even those playing at the highest level, are actually profitable. According to the Wall Street Journal, only 23 of the 120 programs in the top division of college football made a profit in 2011. Similarly, an NCAA analysis published in the Chronicle of Higher Education noted that only 14 athletic departments in the nation are truly self-sustaining — the remainder supplement their costs with student fees and institutional funds. If these athletic programs are not as beneficial as is widely believed, we must question why they are allowed to command so much money and exert so much influence.

Students who compete in Divisions I and II, with the exception of those at Ivies, are often given full scholarships. This money enables many to pursue college degrees, but while institutions, coaches and the NCAA make millions through licensing deals, students do not see one cent. This disparity would prove less stark if all the players were on paths to the multi-million dollar professional contracts believed to result from playing at this level. But only 1 percent of NCAA basketball players and 2 percent of NCAA football players are drafted by professional teams, and only some of these lucky few succeed on the professional level.

These figures might surprise the athletes themselves — in a 2010 NCAA survey, 76 percent of the male basketball players questioned said they considered themselves at least “somewhat likely” to continue to the NBA. Students who do not go on to play professionally are theoretically able to fall back on their academic pursuits, but athlete graduation rates in these divisions are often significantly lower. In 2011, the College Sport Research Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill studied graduation rates from 2000 to 2003 in the prestigious Pac-12 and Big Ten Conferences and found that graduation rates for football players in the two leagues were 26 and 21 percent lower, respectively, than those for non-athlete male students.

Further, recent research suggests that neurological effects of injuries obtained in college football can have lifelong monetary and health consequences.

Though the NCAA relies on classifying its athletes as “amateurs” to prevent them from receiving payment, it is clear that students whose activities fuel a billion-dollar industry are not “amateur” at all and should not be treated as such.

College sports have grown to an extent that they may supersede the institutions they supposedly represent, and lost among all of the glamor and glory is the wellbeing of the student athletes themselves. In light of all of the recent controversies, major collegiate sports programs would be advised to step back and consider whether they have lost their focus.

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A message to Paxson about CES

BY LEAH DOUGLAS Guest Columnist “Universities should not merely train students who can survive and prosper in the world as it is. Instead, we should educate students who will change the world for the better.”

This quote is from President Christina Paxson’s March 18 address at George Washington University, during which she spoke of the importance of the humanities in academics. This issue is a hot topic at Brown, a liberal arts university where nearly 60 percent of admitted students for the class of 2017 intend to concentrate in the physical or life sciences. The same figure was just 46 percent for the incoming class of 2013.

Similar language was used in Paxson’s Annual Fund fundraising letter, which was sent out to alums two weeks ago. The letter dedicated a paragraph to the work of my friend and colleague Maya Sikand ’13 and her participation in the Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award program for her humanities-based research.

Sikand’s research contributes to a foodshed map of Providence, which hundreds of Center of Environmental Studies students have worked on over the past four years.

Her work was used to demonstrate Brown’s commitment to values of “engaged scholarship” and “a lifetime of intellectual development.”

While certainly complimentary, this

shout-out was poorly received by Environmental Studies students given recent events in the CES. Last semester, a committee of professors, administrators and two undergraduate students put together recommendations for a curricular review of the CES. The review introduced four tracks and several changes in required courses. The proposed curriculum places increased emphasis on the hard sciences and quantitative social sciences while demonstrating a lack of commitment to food and agricultural studies, as well as a lack of emphasis on environmental health and justice, despite

ty-handed. Though the center found a desirable candidate, its co-sponsoring department wouldn’t sign the dotted line. As a result of this frustrating process, students have felt increasingly wary of the department’s stability, a sentiment that was further exacerbated during the curricular review.

Throughout the review process, the concerns of CES undergraduates were largely not taken into consideration. The two undergraduates on the committee, David Granberg ’13 and Katherine Siegel ’13, worked tirelessly to engage other undergraduates in the review. They organized

There has been much student pushback to these proposed changes, but the plan has gone forward almost as written. growing student interest and campus engagement with these topics. There has been much student pushback against these proposed changes, but the plan has gone forward almost as written.

Some context is important in understanding this issue. CES is not a department — it’s a center, which means it can’t hire tenured faculty without a co-sponsoring department. Consequently, CES must constantly negotiate with other departments to secure semi-permanent faculty and ensure continued high quality in its course offerings. An extensive search for a new faculty member last semester left the center emp-

students to convene in two forums, one in the fall of this year and one in the spring.

At those forums, over 40 CES undergraduate concentrators and allies raised several issues with the fundamental direction of the proposed curriculum. Despite consistent and clear pushback, these forums led to only marginal changes to the curriculum.

The aforementioned Annual Fund letter is influential and important to the University’s fundraising campaign. Being highlighted in the letter is an honor. But Sikand was unaware of the Annual Fund’s intent to use her work as evidence of the University’s dedication to the humanities. Since the

letter’s distribution, students in CES have expressed concern and disdain that their research was used for blatant fundraising while the center itself is suffering from a lack of funds and support from the University. The center would benefit immensely from the consistent funding and faculty that come with departmental status. Without that consistency, students are left wondering about the center’s future and its curricular offerings.

Of course there is space at Brown for both the humanities and the sciences. In fact, it is imperative that both spheres coexist for the best educational opportunities for all students. But given that 39 percent of employed graduating seniors last year went into the nonprofit or public sectors, it is clear that there is an interest in community-based work at Brown. Many students in CES are participating in community-oriented research and studying environmental issues through a humanistic lens. It is imperative that the University follow through on its promises to the humanities and provide support to students interested in related fields, such as Environmental Studies, as well as to those in the hard sciences.

Highlighting work by CES students in a fundraising letter is not enough. The administration needs to follow through and support students who want to “change the world for the better.” Otherwise, Paxson’s statements are simply rhetoric.

Leah Douglas ’13 is a senior who likes writing, food and CES. She can be reached at leah_douglas@brown.edu.

Beneath the grey matter

BY EMILY TOOMEY Guest Columnist It’s just another bright, cold day, and you decide to put on an extra sweater before heading downstairs in the morning. After searching for the one that was lying on your bed and finding that you’re already wearing it, you slowly make your way out the door and come to an immediate halt at the top of the staircase. There’s a birthday sign, and a crowd of unfamiliar faces is looking at you with anticipation. One of them steps forward. “Happy birthday, Dad,” she says, “It’s so nice to see you.”

This is the story of a person with Alzheimer’s disease. In particular, it is a story about a man I knew during my time working at a senior assisted living center — just one of the many people I have known who has experienced Alzheimer’s disease or dementia during their later years. It is also the story of a significant portion of the world’s population, as the life expectancy of our increasingly medicine-oriented society grows at an astonishing pace. Yet despite rising mental health awareness, discussions of Alzheimer’s and dementia continue to focus purely on biology, thus propagating the social isolation of affected individuals.

There are thousands of academic papers on neural plaques, white matter hyperintensities and beta amyloid peptides, but how many articles have you read on how to interact with a person who has

Alzheimer’s or on the significant flaws within available care systems? I would guess the answer to be very few, if any. As a result, our society treats this very personal disease with a shocking amount of impersonality, and the social aspects that influence the day-to-day lives of people facing these disabilities are largely neglected. The truth is that unless you are directly connected to someone affected

while Susan, a resident who was a former English teacher and theater director, was filling in a sketch of a flower I had done for her. It is important to note that Susan was, at the time, experiencing the early stages of Alzheimer’s. When the manager walked in and remarked on my painting, Susan turned to me and haughtily contested, “Well, she’s painting from a photograph. Some of us have to work from

My mom always said there would be times in our lives when if we didn’t laugh, we’d cry.

by Alzheimer’s, you are most likely not aware of the disease’s subtle implications.

So, I would like to tell you a small story.

About six months into my time at the senior center, I had a routine of teaching watercolor classes on Sunday afternoons.

Most residents in my classes would feel uncomfortable making their own drawings, so I would sketch pictures beforehand and have them paint them in. One day, I was working on my own painting

scratch from our memories,” completely forgetting that she hadn’t drawn the picture herself.

My mom always said there would be times in our lives when if we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. This was one of them. It’s crushing to watch those you love become different people. In my time at the senior center, I heard amazing stories from a resident who fled the Soviet Union during the Cold War, one who married a childhood neighbor and high school sweet-

heart, one who built a log cabin with her husband and one who had been a professional opera singer. But I also saw these residents become lost on the way to their rooms, forget the color of leaves halfway through painting a flower and wait every Friday for a son to visit when he lived across the country in California and only visited on holidays. Humor can be a tough pill to swallow, because it seems wrong, insensitive, like you’re betraying an obligation to sorrow. But it’s also a necessary medicine that allows you to see the harsh realities of the future ahead and still maintain hope for that future.

And that’s really the point of all this.

Becoming aware of what those realities are and learning how you can work towards what lies before all of us. Maybe you’ll go into research for neurodegenerative diseases. Maybe you’ll volunteer somewhere. Maybe when someone you know experiences Alzheimer’s, you’ll understand that the best thing is to try to interact normally, or hold his or her hand, or talk about what he or she wants to do that afternoon. The first step is simply awareness.

With this goal in mind, the Brown Alzheimer’s Activists are holding an information panel the evening of Thursday, April 11, as well as our annual Awareness Day on the Main Green Friday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to show support for a more socially accommodating environment. We would love to see you there.

Emily Toomey ’15 can be reached at emily_toomey@brown.edu.

daily herald sports monday THE BROWN

SCOREBOARD

MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013

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Brown 15 Harvard 9

Penn 10 Brown 3

Brown 12 Bryant 9

M. GOLF 8th Place (Yale Spring Opener)

W. WATER POLO Marist 8 Brown 7

Arizona State 16 Brown 5

Hartwick 15 Brown 6

CSU Bakersfield 12 Brown 11

Michigan 11 Brown 7

M. HOCKEY

Bruno makes historic run, falls short of ECAC Championship

The team gained national notice for wins against Clarkson and RPI in the first two rounds

By DANTE O’CONNELL SPORTS STAFF WRITER

In 1988, Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City hosted one of the most famous boxing matches in history. In what has been dubbed the “91-second knockout,” underdog Mike Tyson pummeled heavyweight champion Michael Spinks in just over a minute and a half to claim his first heavyweight title.

Almost 25 years later, when the men’s hockey team took the ice to face No. 1 Quinnipiac in the same building for the ECAC Semifinals, their odds were even longer than Tyson’s. Bruno had tied the Bobcats twice during the season, and many of Head Coach Brendan Whittet’s ’94 players saw a favorable matchup against the top-ranked team.

But this was the big stage. Brown hockey hadn’t progressed this far since 1993. The last time Bruno appeared in the ECAC semifinals, Whittet was in uniform rather than behind the bench. With him at the helm of the team, they were picked unanimously to finish last by ECAC coaches at the beginning of the year, while Quinnipiac asserted its dominance by beating Cornell 10-0 just a few days earlier. But this time, Whittet’s squad was not fazed by the circumstances.

Bruno relied on strong performances from the usual sources. Matt Lorito ’15, the team’s leading scorer, posted bookend goals, while Anthony Borelli ’13 continued a wave of strong play. The Bears went up 4-0 by the middle of the second period and finished off the improbable victory by the same score.

As fulfilling as that moment was for the Bears, the next day was equally disappointing.

Expectations were high. If Bruno could come up with a win, he would move on to the NCAA Regionals at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence. An ECAC championship had seemed an unrealistic goal for years, and now it appeared within reach.

But that evening against Union, the storybook ending did not come.

As Borelli later said, Bruno “just didn’t get the bounces to go our way.”

Despite outshooting the Dutchmen 33-22, including 11-1 in the third period, the Bears came up just short of a Providence homecoming.

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An unexpected beginning In Bruno’s first meeting against / / Hockey page 7 Union Dec. 7,

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Forward Mark Naclerio ‘16 battles for the puck against an opponent from Clarkson during the first round of the ECAC tournament that resulted in two wins by Bruno in a best-of-three series, allowing them to advance in the competition.

Alum continues rowing legacy in Thames Boat Race Alex Fleming ’12 joined the rank of Brunonians who have competed for Oxford and Cambridge

By MEG SULLIVAN SPORTS STAFF WRITER

Thousands of spectators braved the freezing conditions and threat of snow as they lined the banks of the River Thames in London last Sunday. For just under 20 minutes, the audience watched as the crews of Oxford University and Cambridge University raced down the 4.2-mile course and either celebrated or mourned as the Oxford crew claimed victory by one and a third boat length for the 159th installment of the Boat Race. Alex Fleming ’12 rowed three seat for the Cambridge crew, and carried on a tradition of Brown rowers competing in the prestigious event following graduation.

Starting in 1829, the Boat Race is one of the oldest sporting events continuing today. Though it has a limited audience in the United States, the annual contest is the object of great celebration in the United King-

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dom. Approximately a quarter million people watch the race live on the Thames — outpacing the live attendance of U.S.-based events including the Super Bowl and the NCAA Men’s basketball championship. The race draws approximately 200 million television viewers all over the world. And despite its roots in British culture, Ivy League graduates and Americans enrolled in the two universities are consistently represented in the crews of both squads year-in and year-out.

Aside from the Brunonian Fleming, four graduates from Harvard, Columbia and Penn competed this year, and a total of seven Americans raced in the title event.

Fleming at Brown An Australian native, Fleming was recruited to Brown from St. Kevin’s College Toorak in Melbourne.

From the start of his collegiate career, Fleming achieved considerable success and demonstrated a spirit of leadership.

“The effect of the program starts the moment they walk in the door,” said Head Coach Paul Cooke ’89.

“He stroked the freshmen eight in the Eastern Sprint Championships in an extraordinary race back in 2009 / / Rowing page 9 and went on

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Quakers trounce Bears in one-sided attack Goals by Piroli, Blynn and Hurster were not enough to overcome Penn, which beat Bruno by seven

By DANTE O’CONNELL SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The men’s lacrosse team fell to No. 17 Penn Saturday in a 10-3 decision.

The loss makes the chances of Bruno reaching the Ivy League Tournament in a few weeks even slimmer.

Nick Piroli ’15, Henry Blynn ’16 and Sam Hurster ’14 all scored goals in the contest, but the points were not enough to overcome Quaker goalie Brian Feeney’s 15 saves, who gave what Brown Head Coach Lars Tiffany ’91 called a “phenomenal” performance.

“Looking at those 15 saves, he was simply outstanding. I don’t think he’s the reason they won the game, but he’s the reason they won by a lot,” Tiffany said.

Though Isaac Bock gave Penn (6-3, 2-2 Ivy) an early lead in the first quarter, Piroli responded for the Bears (5-4, 1-2) just 35 seconds

later on an assist from Nick Weeden ’15. But the rest of the first half was dominated by Penn. Bock scored his second goal with 4:14 remaining in the first quarter, complemented by a Drew Bellinsky score to give the Quakers a 3-1 lead at the end of the period.

Penn kept up the onslaught in the second quarter. Zack Losco struck first with a bouncing goal past Brown goalie Jack Kelly ’16. Bock completed the hat-trick with four minutes left in the half on Tim Schwalje’s second assist. Anthony Santomo widened the margin to 6-1, scoring with 6.4 seconds left.

In the first half, Brown won just one of its first 10 face-offs, with the sole winner coming on a Penn violation. The trend would continue through the game, and Penn won the final face-off tally 14-4.

“It’s always been troublesome for us, and it’s just gotten more troublesome lately,” Tiffany said. “If we get to 50-50, we neutralize that issue. But at 14-4, we got thoroughly dominated today.”

Blynn broke a 23-minute score/ / M. Lax page 8 less streak