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Srinivasan ’15 Lauryn Hill, Chance the Rapper energize Spring Weekend Most acts entertain, wins threethough Cloud Nothings way race for fall short, during UCS president picturesque weekend

By CAROLINE KELLY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Maahika Srinivasan ’15 was elected the next president of the Undergraduate Council of Students and Sazzy Gourley ’16 was elected vice president, announced Heather Sabel ’17, UCS Elections Board chair, on the Faunce steps at midnight Friday.

Srinivasan defeated Jonathan Vu ’15 and Asia Nelson ’15 with 54 percent of the vote, while Gourley topped Alex Drechsler ’15 with 67 percent of the vote.

Undergraduates cast 2,991 votes in the election — a slight increase from last year’s runoff UCS presidential election, and a roughly 49 percent rise from last year’s initial voting period, when 2,008 votes were cast.

“I’m feeling incredible, so proud of everything that my friends have done, that everyone has done for me,” Srinivasan said after the announcement was made. “I’m feeling really ambitious about everything that we can do. I’m really excited about everything we can, we should and we will do.”

Gourley said he looks forward to bringing to fruition the ideas he heard from students over the course of his campaign. “I’m really excited » See UCS, page 2

By EMMA JERZYK

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The nearly perfect weather was just one factor contributing to this year’s primarily successful Spring Weekend.

Friday’s chaotic and rave-like atmosphere contrasted nicely with the laidback and carefree environment fostered by most of Saturday’s artists.

Friday started with a dynamic and engaging performance by local group What Cheer? Brigade in front of Sayles Hall. The brass band, which performed for the third consecutive year, set the » See CONCERTS, page 2

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Lauryn Hill’s powerful vocals and impressive stage presence delighted the audience at Saturday’s concert.

She performed popular songs from her solo career as well as renditions of hits from her time with the Fugees.

Weekend hospitalization numbers hold steady

EMS conducts 17 hospital trips, responds to 30 first aid calls between Thursday and Sunday

By MICHAEL DUBIN UNIVERSITY NEWS EDITOR

The number of students who needed to be taken to a hospital during Spring Weekend held steady from last year at 17, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services and interim dean of the College.

Emergency Medical Services took nine students to hospitals Friday, including five who were transported directly from the concert. Seven students were EMSed Saturday, but none were

taken from the concert. Only one student required hospitalization Thursday and none did Sunday.

Though Klawunn said it is disheartening to hear 17 students were EMSed, she is “glad (the number) wasn’t any higher.”

“A lot of messaging went out last week, so I hope that students paid attention to some of the safety messaging,” Klawunn said. “We’re always concerned when there is risky behavior.”

In addition to the students whom EMS transported to hospitals, personnel also responded to 13 additional first aid calls, Klawunn wrote in a follow-up email to The Herald.

Despite rumblings by attendees about increased security, Klawunn said no changes were made to security

Students question use of legacy admission Critics express concerns about fairness and privilege, while others say practice’s effects are small

By JILLIAN LANNEY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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Just over half of undergraduates disagree with the consideration of legacy status in the University’s admission decisions, according to the results of a Herald poll conducted March 3–­4. About 30 percent of students agree with the use of legacy status — having a parent, grandparent or sibling who attended Brown — in admission, and 19 percent have no opinion.

Legacy students and varsity athletes were more likely to support legacy status’ use in admission, while those receiving financial aid from the University were less likely to do so.

Nearly half of legacy students agreed

Student opinion on legacy admission Do you agree or disagree with the consideration of legacy status (having a parent, grandparent or sibling who graduated from or attends Brown) in undergraduate admission?

17.6% Strongly disagree

protocols within the concert area.

One student who became too physical in the crowd at Friday’s concert was removed, which may have prompted more attention from Green Mountain Concert Services personnel, Klawunn said.

The perception of more intense security protocols may also have arisen from a different system for entrance to the Main Green, she said. Just one entrance on George Street was open this year, as opposed to two in previous years, resulting in longer waits.

The shift was made partly to help manage bag checks, but the process backed up the line to Friday’s concert so much that students were asked not to bring bags to Saturday’s show, Klawunn said. Students reported that

After 18 years, program leader and ’07 Ivy champ coach quits midseason for unknown reason

6% Strongly agree

24.5% Somewhat agree

32.5% Somewhat disagree

By ANDREW FLAX SENIOR STAFF WRITER

19.3% No opinion

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with the admission practice, with about 14 percent strongly agreeing, 34 percent somewhat agreeing, 20 percent

somewhat disagreeing, 11 percent strongly disagreeing and 22 percent » See LEGACY, page 2

Marek Drabinski, head coach of the baseball team for the past 18 years, resigned Friday, effective immediately.

No reason for the abrupt decision has been announced, and Drabinski could not be reached for comment as of press time Sunday evening.

Drabinski replaced Bill Almon ’75 as head coach after the 1996 season.

He compiled a career .395 winning percentage in 769 games with the

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bag checks were not careful enough to be effective anyway, she added.

This year’s Friday concert also saw higher attendance than last year’s, creating further delays, Klawunn said.

Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley could not be reached for comment by press time Sunday evening, but he told Klawunn earlier in the day that he was unaware of “any major incidents,” she said. No arrests were made, but many exit signs were broken.

Klawunn said she “appreciate(s) all the effort everybody put into making it a fun and safe weekend,” citing the work of Brown Concert Agency, DPS, EMS, the Office of Student Life and the Student Activities Office, among others.

Drabinski resigns as baseball head coach

Specialists more likely to call for feeding tubes for geriatric patients with dementia

Aerobic exercise linked to reduced alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent individuals

Hillestad ’15: Brown must aggressively educate firstyears about alcohol safety

Ingber ’15: The Jews of Israel have wide-ranging heritage and a right to self-determination

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Gourley ’16 takes vice presidency with 67 percent of vote in highturnout election year

Bears and led the team to its secondever Ivy title in 2007. That season also saw Bruno make its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.

The longtime coach’s departure blindsided the team.

“It was a bit of a shock. We had to take a second or a minute to get a grasp on it,” said J.J. Franco ’14.

“We actually didn’t see it coming,” said Nate Kukowski ’14.

No one involved with the baseball team offered a reason why Drabinski resigned, and none said there were any noticeable signs of his discontent in the days leading up to the announcement. Drabinski himself did not talk to the team after his resignation, Franco and Kukowski said, and » See RESIGNATION, page 3 t o d ay

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2 arts & culture » CONCERTS, from page 1 mood with its rambunctious energy and robust sound as students flooded the Main Green.

As the concert moved to the main stage, Chance the Rapper opened his set with his signature squawk. Chance delivered a fast-paced and energetic lineup, starting with “Everybody’s Something” and continuing with other familiar tunes from his most recent mixtape, “Acid Rap.” Chance brought the energy down to sing an intimate rendition of the theme song from the television series “Arthur.” But he quickly revved it back up for “Cocoa Butter Kisses,” complete with a full-bodied back-up that stood in stark contrast to his more spare mixtape.

Many of the collaborators present on his mixtape are absent from the tour, so the deviation from his album is to be expected.

The fun was briefly interrupted when event security announced the concert needed to stop until audience members at the front of the crowd “calmed down.” The security then broke up the rowdy crowd and dragged a couple of people out.

The energy resumed when Chance came back on, playing “Brain Cells” from his breakout mixtape “10 Day.” But there was an abrupt mood shift when he performed “Paranoia,” one of his most moving songs, which discusses the social ills in his hometown of Chicago.

Chance’s performance included many onstage costume changes: He started with a letterman jacket, changing into a Batman shirt and then into a set of overalls and a white t-shirt. Finally, he

» LEGACY, from page 1 expressing no opinion. About 44 percent of varsity athletes — 14 percentage points higher than the general student body — agreed with the use of legacy status.

Students who do not receive financial aid from the University are more likely to support legacy status use than are those who receive any combination of grants and loans.

Though Brown’s admission officers consider legacy status when making decisions, the Office of Admission does not track the acceptance rate for any subgroup of students, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73.

Legacy students usually make up “between 10 and 12 percent of the incoming class,” and admitted students with legacy status tend to enroll at higher rates than the rest of the admitted pool, Miller said.

Having a parent who attended Brown comes into play when applicants “are essentially equivalent,” in which case admission officers “will tilt toward the candidate whose parents attended the college,” Miller said. Admission officers give “small” consideration to grandparent legacy status and “almost no” weight to sibling legacy cases, he added.

But the University does not admit unqualified students on the basis of legacy status or any other criteria, Miller said.

“We will never bring a student here we do not think will be successful,” he said.

Many students said they agree that consideration of legacy status is acceptable only if applicants are qualified for admission on the basis of merit.

“It definitely shouldn’t play a large role in admissions … but I don’t think it’s a huge problem,” said Mary O’Connor ’16.

The college admission process can “seem a little randomized” so it is difficult to tell why any individual was accepted,

gave the audience what it really wanted and just took his shirt off.

There was a lengthy break between artists, allowing students to socialize and grab some water, as the event’s house music kept the energy up. But when the house music stopped short, the crowd was doused in silence and the mood grew more subdued.

Diplo struggled to bring some of the energy back to the audience after Chance’s roller coaster of a performance, asking members to “put your hands in the air” numerous times over a short period.

Diplo’s performance held a more consistent energy level than Chance’s, which had more frequent peaks and valleys.

He called girls up to the stage to be part of his infamous “twerk team,” though the girls didn’t seem to know what they signed up for — there was no twerking, and the audience’s response was less than enthusiastic. Nonetheless, Diplo provided an appropriate ending to the first night of Spring Weekend, setting the stage for a wild night post-concert.

Cloud Nothings opened Saturday’s concert with a set that was inappropriately loud for an outdoor music festival.

Given the chill atmosphere of the Saturday show, it was jarring to hear music reminiscent of middle school playing so painfully loudly. Lead singer Dylan Baldi eagerly proclaimed, “I went to college for about a month and hated it.” Way to relate to your audience.

Though Cloud Nothings’ high-angst performance resonated with the band’s fans, there seemed to be a sigh of relief among the remainder of the crowd when their set ended.

On the other hand, Dan Deacon gave an incredibly energizing performance, perfect for his setting. Though it seemed that he would have been a more fitting performer for Friday night’s shenanigans due to the high-voltage nature of his performance and matching light show, Deacon tailored his set to the daytime and engaged with the crowd.

Not only did Deacon employ his usual tactics, making the crowd form a large circle to hold a dance-off and choosing one person to lead the group in an all-audience interpretive dance, he also encouraged members of the audience to engage with each other, asking them to place their hands on the head of the person in front of them, then lift their hands off to release the weight of stress and anxiety from their bodies.

Before playing his final song, Deacon had the audience pack into the center of the field and then “explode” when the drums started, sending them to explore every corner of the Main Green.

Having members of the audience interact not just with him but with each other made Deacon’s performance accessible, where it could have been alienating for those less familiar with his music.

Andrew Bird, a multi-talented artist, gave a more mellow performance featuring all of his skills — singing, guitar, violin and whistling. Though his set was much lower-energy, it gained momentum as it continued.

Bird’s pristine performance perfectly demonstrated the ethereal nature of his music. Though he rarely deviated from the studio-produced versions of his songs, save for a few violin riffs, his performance was touching and genuine, aided by his seasoned band.

she added.

Emily Reif ’16 said considering legacy status on its own would be unfair, but many legacy applicants possess strong qualifications and merit admission.

Some students may think their peers with family members who attended Brown do not deserve admission spots, but this can be an unfair perception, she said.

Samantha Wong ’17, a first-generation college student, said she does not have a problem with the use of legacy status and there is value to having students with legacy in a class.

Taking legacy status into consideration is a long-standing admission practice, Miller said.

“The rationale is that Brown as an institution depends on the kindness of others,” he said. Considering legacy status helps build a sense of community in which alums are willing to donate time and resources to the University, he added.

Some universities use legacy consideration in hopes of growing their endowments through increasing alum donations, both of which factor into major college ranking systems like the one developed by U.S. News and World Report, said Michele Hernandez, a college consultant and former assistant director of admission at Dartmouth.

But no research or evidence supports the premise that alum parents are more likely to give to a college if their children also attend, said Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation who focuses on education issues.

The use of legacy status is likely to continue at Brown. Though the Admission Office frequently reviews its policies, there are no immediate plans to stop considering legacy status, Miller said.

But concerns about improving fairness in college admission practices

continue to shape the debate over legacy applications.

As affirmative action admission practices increasingly come under judicial review, legacy practices could also face pressure, Kahlenberg said.

Education experts have varying opinions on the use of legacy in admission and the impacts of the practice.

Stephen Trachtenberg, president emeritus and professor of public service at George Washington University, said legacy consideration can be useful for building community and continuing alum giving but should be used “with discretion.”

“We have an institution that has been built over hundreds of years … through the labor and love of students, alumni and parents,” he said. “This needs to be taken into consideration but in an appropriate amount.”

But to some, legacy status privileges applicants who already have a socioeconomic leg up.

“Legacy acceptance is very difficult to justify,” Kahlenberg said. “It tends to advantage a group of students who are already quite advantaged by the fact that their parents attended one of the best universities in the country.”

Hernandez called the use of legacy in admissions “unfair,” but both she and Trachtenberg said the policy’s detractors exaggerate its impact.

Many different subcategories of students receive special preferences, Hernandez noted. Recruited athletes, for example, are more likely to receive a big “tip” in the admission process than are students with legacy status, who often have stronger academic credentials than those without legacy status, she said.

“It’s not a big bump,” she added. “I think if people understood that, they wouldn’t care as much.”

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Dan Deacon kept the crowd moving Saturday by playing high-energy tracks and organizing dance-offs between members of the audience.

Though the wait for Lauryn Hill lasted an hour, suffering through aching feet and a mediocre DJ “preparing you for Lauryn Hill” were worth it. When the Grammy-winning artist finally rolled up in her Escalade, she was met with an audience chanting her name.

Opening the show with a highenergy version of the Fugees’ cover of “Killing Me Softly,” Hill’s command of the audience and presence on stage were unparalleled. As she launched into her enormous repertoire of R&B and hiphop, including “Everything is Everything” and “Ready or Not,” a song from her days with the Fugees, Hill demonstrated her amazing ability to improvise

and groove with her band on stage.

Hill’s performance completely differed from her albums. She and her band clearly knew the music well enough to riff and ad-lib throughout the performance, including one particularly intense guitar solo in the second half of the set.

During the two breaks Hill took offstage, the talented group, which comprised three backup singers, a drummer, a guitarist, a keyboardist and a bassist, jammed on stage. Ending with “Doo Wop (That Thing),” one of Hill’s most famous tunes, the concert series finished on a high note, leaving students in awe as they walked out the Main Green gates.

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said. Drechsler added that he was happy to see some of his main priorities regarding student representation gain traction in the election.

Ryan Lessing ’17 was elected chair of Admissions and Student Services and Walker Mills ’15 was elected chair of Campus Life, each with 51 percent of the vote. E-Soo Kim ’15 was elected chair of Student Activities with 54 percent of the vote, and Malikah Williams ’16 was elected treasurer with 72 percent of the vote. Elena Saltzman ’16, running uncontested, was elected chair of the Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee.

Alex Sherry ’15 and Dakotah Rice ’16, both unopposed, were elected chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Undergraduate Finance Board.

For the eight UFB at-large representative positions, all eight candidates were elected: Thomas Abebe ’17, Jordan Ferguson ’17, Florene Frenot ’16, Fredrick Rhine ’15, Sameer Sarkar ’16, Carolyn Stichnoth ’16, Matt Wood ’17 and Richard Yue ’16.

Frenot is a Herald copy editor, and Sarkar is one of The Herald’s directors of finance. Gaurav Nakhare ’15, running unopposed, was elected Ivy Council head delegate.

No write-in candidates for any positions received over 5 percent of the vote to qualify for consideration in the official elections process, Sabel announced.

to continue the conversations with students that I’ve started so far, and continue to move those forward in a way that reflects how students themselves want them to be moved forward,” he said.

“I’m very confident knowing Maahika will do a great job in the coming year as president,” Vu said. “I wish the new administration all the best. As always, I’ll be here to help the Brown community any way I can.”

Though he has not “entirely decided yet” how he will participate in UCS in the coming year, he said, “I really just want to be involved in some way.”

“I had an amazing time running,” Nelson told The Herald. “I really felt like I grew as a person in these last seven days.”

Nelson said she is certain she will continue participating in the Council next year. “Our retention rate is one of the most important aspects” of UCS, she said. “I will work to continue to bridge the gap between the University administration and the student body, no matter what position I have.”

Drechsler expressed his commitment to continue working on the issues that he focused on during his campaign. “Obviously I’m disappointed, but I am very energized by everybody I’ve met, and I’m looking forward to working with them,” he

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD MONDAY. APRIL 14, 2014

The Herald’s breakfast picks

BY KATHERINE CUSUMANO, ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

Brickway on Wickenden The most important meal of the day is dished out all day at this neighborhood classic. Menu items include a wide variety of omelet options, each named for iconic spots around the globe, from the real (Belfast, East L.A., Providence) to the surreal (Eden, Olympus, Wonderland). Pancakes are available by the piece to combine with eggs, bacon, fruit and various other sides.

Monday-Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. | 234 Wickenden St.

Seven Stars Bakery

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Kitchen, a breakfast spot on Federal Hill, serves up a special croissant French toast with real maple syrup. The eatery also offers a range of other breakfast foods, including omelets and muffins.

Kitchen makes masterful classic brunch Side dishes allow diners to put together customized brunch lineup in cozy, personal setting

By KATHERINE CUSUMANO ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

The tables at Kitchen are already dressed with ketchup, sriracha sauce, a jug of sugar — the essentials. Tame Impala and Broken Social Scene jam over the stereo.

The smiling waitress, her hair pulled back into a neat, low ponytail, rushes out with tall glasses of iced water infused with petite slices of lemon.

Her first question: Can she get you anything to drink? Coffee, of course. A glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice, complete with thick pulp? Certainly.

The hot drinks arrive in sturdy ceramic mugs, accompanied by a pitcher of milk. Sip the coffee slowly as you peruse the menu, scrawled in chalk on a board above the restaurant’s occupants on one side.

The setting is a hole-in-the-wall breakfast spot tucked away on Federal Hill’s Carpenter Street. The intrigue: Sunday brunch. The characters: a host of locals in-the-know about this 14seat gem.

Kitchen hides away on a residential

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» RESIGNATION, from page 1 neither said they had spoken with him since hearing of his departure.

Franco said the team heard nothing specific, but players and coaches got a sense that “it was just a situation that was not working out, and a change was made.”

In the wake of this unexpected move, the assistant coaches have been forced into new roles, splitting head coaching responsibilities for the rest of the season. Third-base coach Grant

With a central baking plant in Pawtucket, Seven Stars churns out a veritable smorgasbord of delectable pastries from the all-American (think muffins and cheesy scones) to the transatlantic (chocolate-almond croissants, pain de campagne). The Hope Street location, with longer weekend hours than its Broadway counterpart, attracts students, families and old-timers alike, providing a refreshing break from the College Hill bubble.

Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. | 820 Hope St.

Rue De L’Espoir

block populated by careworn homes and neighborhood businesses. At 11 a.m. on a Sunday morning, the wait can be up to an hour, but this should not be a deterrent. Despite its low capacity, seat turnover is high, as omelets, bacon and pancakes fly off the griddle at an incredible pace. And just around the corner, the cafe at the Grange offers creamy lattes perfect to tide you over during the wait.

The menu masters the concept of do-it-yourself brunch. Each plate arrives without frills, and any additions are at the diner’s request. The selection of side dishes runs the gamut of classic morning staples like fried eggs, toast, home fries and bacon. All are individually priced, allowing the customers to tailor their breakfasts with a hunk of sausage here and an over-easy egg there to accompany the unadorned plates.

Really, a single slice of the thick-cut slabs of bacon that Kitchen dishes out will suffice to satisfy any cravings for smoke and grease in tandem with the main event, a choice of protein- or carb-based plates like huevos rancheros, breakfast quesadillas and pancakes.

For simpler tastes, the daily muffin (sliced, toasted and buttered) rotates through seasonal specials, from peach blueberry in late summer to gingerbread in early spring.

The menu also includes a respectable array of omelet options. Kitchen

offers four types of cheese — cheddar, brie, feta and chevre — and three meats — ham, bacon and sausage — and this is only the beginning. Dress it up even further with veggies like tomatoes, onions, spinach, mushrooms and red peppers.

Occasionally on offer is the croissant French toast, a fluffy, airier version of its sweetbread counterpart. The four slices are arranged artfully on the rectangular platter, lightly dusted with powdered sugar — an unnecessary ornament, but one that does not detract from the dish. The toast itself is dark and crispy outside, with a moist, slightly tart interior. It’s almost overwhelmingly rich, but that is what a diner breakfast is all about.

Kitchen does not serve Aunt Jemima. The syrup that accompanies the French toast and pancakes is genuine maple — the runny, sugary goodness that comes out of the forests of the frigid north.

We met a couple of regulars waiting in line who explained that early in the morning, the owner Howard is the only person staffing this homely joint. He mans the open kitchen and takes orders simultaneously until the later brunch crush begins. But even then, just a single waitress supports him while he fries away in the kitchen. It’s an impressive operation, with service that is attentive without being solicitous. In

order to abbreviate the wait in line, we ended up sharing a table with our new friends, a pair of local students, chatting about music and eagerly anticipating the rich meal to come.

Breakfast is also available to go, but the atmosphere is a key part of the Kitchen experience — home-grown, family-run and personable.

The restaurant is a cash-only

establishment, so leave the cards at home. The bill is unlikely to top $20 per person, drinks and tip included.

Price-wise, it’s on par with other brunch spots in the area, with a slightly less diverse menu. While you might not find dinosaur kale or diver scallops here, Kitchen knows what it does best: homestyle comfort food that will leave diners full, contented and ready for a nap.

Achilles is now in charge of the ingame offense, while first-base coach Louie Bernardini now manages the pitchers and in-game pitching decisions and assistant coach Mike McCormack works with the hitters.

“They did a good job stepping into their new set of shoes,” Franco said.

But Drabinski’s absence was “a big change,” he added.

After his first weekend with his additional duties, Achilles spoke about the vacuum missing Drabinski created, saying, “any time you lose that

presence, there’s going to be a different atmosphere.”

But Bruno was able to move past this major shock. The team’s first weekend without Drabinski was its best of the season — the team secured its first two Ivy League wins of the season, both against Harvard. Though the victories were a welcome development for the team’s prospects, facing a weak Harvard squad certainly helped.

Kukowski said he felt the team “gelled pretty well” in the first weekend without its former coach.

Drabinski’s departure “was definitely some adversity we had to face this week, but the guys did a good job of persevering,” he added.

Achilles agreed. “I think they became closer as a team,” he said.

Regardless of what changes Drabinski’s departure causes, team members said the squad’s objectives remain the same — staying focused on the remainder of the season.

“It doesn’t change anything we need to do while playing,” Kukowski said.

Franco said the team tried “not to let any distractions get in the way” for this weekend’s games.

“We approached the weekend like we approach every weekend,” he added.

With or without Drabinski, the Bears still have 16 games to play, eight of which are against conference foes. The team showed it could win Ivy games without the longtime coach this weekend, prompting hope it might be past its myriad difficulties from earlier this season.

“The Rue,” which serves breakfast every weekday morning, firmly establishes that this meal is really just another round of dessert with its lemon-ricotta griddle cakes, blueberry, bruleed banana and mascarpone crepes and multigrain French toast with berry compote. The drinks menu is equally impressive, furnishing customers with caffeine of all descriptions — lattes, cafe au lait, espresso or plain old black coffee, in addition to tea and hot chocolate. Rue De L’Espoir is known for its locally sourced ingredients and has been well-received by Food and Wine and Bon Appetit magazines.

Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. | 99 Hope St.

Loui’s Family Restaurant This student staple proclaims that it has been “family-owned and -operated for over 60 years.” But even more than its long history, Loui’s is best known for its 5 a.m. opening time and assortment of pancakes, which arrive stacked high and accompanied by globs of butter and abundant maple syrup. The neighborhood spot made its national debut on a seventh-season episode of Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”

Sunday-Saturday, 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. | 286 Brook St.

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Study examines feeding tube usage in patients with dementia Tubes in geriatric patients do not improve quality of life in many cases, though still frequently prescribed

By RILEY DAVIS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

For patients with advanced dementia, eating, and in particular swallowing, is difficult. Certain types of doctors are more likely than others to insert gastric feeding tubes into patients with advanced dementia rather than feeding them by hand, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs this month.

Professor of Medicine Joan Teno, who led the study, has researched the effects of feeding tubes in geriatric patients for years, she said. The efficacy of feeding tube use has come into question in recent years.

“Basically the evolving literature says that it doesn’t improve survival, it doesn’t prevent aspiration pneumonia, (it) doesn’t prevent pressure ulcers. So people are questioning, ‘Why are we doing this procedure?’” Teno said.

The frequency of feeding tube insertion is also highly variable, Teno said, with doctors in some fields of medicine calling for the procedure in less than 4 percent of patients with advanced dementia, and others calling for it in up to 44 percent of cases.

A large part of the present study was dedicated to figuring out whether feeding tube insertions were being made in hospitals or in hospices, Teno said. She

and her colleagues found that the vast majority of feeding tube are inserted in hospitals.

This led Teno to wonder whether the type of physician treating a patient affects the likelihood of feeding tube insertion.

There are more hospitalists — doctors who focus on the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients — than primary care physicians in hospitals where advancedstage dementia patients are treated. This means patients with dementia often transition between multiple caregivers.

“One of the concerns was, when you start introducing a new physician in this process, it means you have to have a handoff,” Teno said, which led her to wonder whether this handoff was responsible for the increased rates of feeding tube use.

Her study found that primary care

physicians and hospitalists had the same low rate of feeding tube use, Teno said.

But when subspecialists were added into the equation, the rate of feeding tube use increased.

Physicians should take caution in using feeding tubes at all, Teno said, adding that the disadvantages often outweigh the advantages in patients with dementia.

A central question is whether using feeding tubes improves a patient’s quality of life, Teno said. But this study and previous ones show feeding tubes rarely improve quality of life, and instead cause many people agitation and increase rates of pressure ulcers.

“This is a case where probably doing less is better for the patient,” Teno said.

“By doing less, I mean really trying to assiduously offer the patient food, and

to rely on hand feeding to help the patient regain their appetite.” She added that subspecialists need to be educated about “the risks and benefits of a feeding tube insertion for this older population.”

This study brought a new nuance of feeding tube use to light, wrote Deon Hayley, associate professor in the division of general and geriatric medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, in an email to The Herald.

“This is new information identifying retrospectively physician care and characteristics with tube feeding placement,” she wrote.

By determining the physicians “associated with a higher rate of tube feeding placement in patients with end-stage dementia, we can focus on change of behavior, perhaps through education or system changes,” Hayley wrote.

Neural wiring of smell settles shortly after birth, study finds University neuroscientists find that olfactory connections are fixed soon after birth in mice

By ANDREW JONES SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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A mouse’s olfactory system’s neural circuitry becomes significantly less plastic about a week after birth, new research shows.

A mouse’s sense of smell remains fairly constant after its first week of life, according to a study published in the journal Science last Friday.

While a mouse can regenerate olfactory neuron connections — the wiring of smell — throughout its lifetime, researchers found the wiring pattern is essentially determined during early development.

To study the development of this portion of the nervous system, the researchers inserted a gene that is not normally expressed — MOR28, which codes for a specific odorant receptor in the nose — into groups of mice. By marking this inserted gene, called a transgene, with a red indicator and the normal genes with a green indicator and activating it at different early stages of development, the researchers determined the location and timing of the growth of this odorant receptor.

Adult mice exhibit an olfactory wiring pattern that is essentially fixed, said Gilad Barnea, assistant professor of neuroscience and corresponding author of the study. When chemicals in the air interact with receptors in the nose, the signal is transmitted to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, Gilad said. The position

of individual glomeruli is unique to each odorant receptor. Projection neurons from the olfactory bulb then connect to higher brain areas, resulting in the sensation of smell, he added.

The researchers found that if the transgene was activated at a specific time during development, it caused neurons to grow differently than in mice without the transgene. Normally, each odorant receptor connects with a structure called a glomerulus at a specific location in the olfactory bulb — a part of the brain near the nose. But when the transgene was activated in early development, neural connections in the glomerulus were rerouted. The authors wrote in the study that this rerouting was due to the presence of different receptors in the nose.

There appears to be a “critical period” during which the olfactory wiring is still plastic, said Lulu Tsai PhD’13, lead author of the study and a postdoctoral fellow at Drexel University. Tsai completed this research for her graduate thesis.

Tsai and Barnea also examined whether the adult mouse nervous system regenerates new neurons later in life based on patterns of growth during development. They found that when regrowth of neurons occurs, the wiring is still dictated by both the transgene and the endogenous genes. This suggests that the adult mouse system holds memories of its wiring pattern during development.

Studying how axons — the wires of the nervous system — grow to reach different cells is one of the most important parts of understanding neural

development, Tsai said. A cell’s main function is to communicate with other cells in the body, so if a neuron cannot transmit information to the correct population of neurons, it is effectively useless, she added.

The present study’s findings have large implications for our understanding of how events early in gestation could affect the rest of an organism’s life, such as when a pregnant woman smokes or drinks, Barnea said. “What happens at birth stays for life.”

While this study highlights the importance of the critical period in olfactory development, there is still much work to be done in exploring how the theoretical implications of the study relate more broadly to neural development, said Leonardo Belluscio, a senior investigator at the Developmental Neural Plasticity Section of the National Institutes of Health. Tsai and Barnea focused on one particular set of neurons — those coded for by the MOR28 gene — which does not necessarily mean the findings can be extrapolated to other parts of the nervous system, he added.

The study’s findings can be viewed in either a positive or a negative light, Tsai said. On the negative end, a person born with a nervous system condition has neural memory that may prevent curative procedures such as stem cell therapy. But on the positive side, a person who undergoes a traumatic injury later in life can rely on the system’s memory to reestablish the original neural connections, she added.

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Exercise may help treat alcohol dependence, study shows After aerobic exercise, alcohol-dependent subjects report lower levels of consumption

By CORINNE SEJOURNE STAFF WRITER

Aerobic exercise may improve outcomes for alcohol-dependent individuals, according to recent findings from a psychological study led by Richard Brown, professor of psychiatry and human behavior.

The results of the study, published in the Journal of Substance Abuse and Treatment, found that individuals in the early stage of recovery from alcohol dependence who began a regular aerobic exercise routine decreased their alcohol consumption.

Brown said exploring the effect of exercise on mental health has been a “long-standing interest” and that he remembered reading about such treatments while in graduate school in the 1980s.

After a period of years working at Butler Hospital, he said he felt “the time was right” to embark on this research, especially after noticing a lack of work on the topic in scientific literature.

After receiving permission to use a balcony area at Butler Hospital, Brown set up a gym, bringing in the necessary equipment and installing a sound system so music could be pumped in, he said.

The 25 participants met and exercised in groups weekly for 12 weeks.

Having the participants come in only once a week was purposeful, Brown said, because it established a sustainable exercise routine that participants would more likely integrate into their lives once the study ended. Researchers worked with participants throughout the course of the study to develop other ways to build

exercise into their schedules beyond the group sessions, Brown said. “We didn’t want them to crash at the end of the 12 weeks.”

The researchers used standard interviews and questionnaires to evaluate participants’ drinking habits over the course of the study. “The most basic outcome we were looking for was a reduction in drinking,” Brown said.

Ultimately, the results pointed to decreased drinking in alcoholdependent patients who participated in aerobic exercise as well as normal treatment.

“Any substance abuse counselor or mental health provider working with alcohol-dependent patients in early recovery should consider recommending that their patients engage in aerobic exercise,” wrote Ana Abrantes, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior and a co-author of the study, in an email to the Herald.

The “empirical support” established by Brown, Abrantes and colleagues is an “important step” in testing the idea that exercise could improve treatment outcomes for alcoholism — an idea that is “intuitively appealing,” wrote David Williams, assistant professor of behavioral and social sciences, in an email to The Herald.

The participants, some recruited from a drug treatment program at Butler Hospital and others recruited from the community, were very positive about the effects of the exercise on their mental health. Many said the exercise regimen “gave structure to their lives that they hadn’t had before,” Brown said.

The exercise program offered a nice alternative to drinking, he said, and many individuals were “very enthusiastic.”

There was an observable “improvement in their overall affect,”

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Aerobic exercise is associated with reduced alcohol consumption in individuals with alcohol dependency, University psychiatrists showed in a new study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse and Treatment.

Abrantes wrote, adding that she also noticed “increased confidence that generalized to other areas of their life.”

Abrantes wrote that she fell into the work “entirely by accident” but that she “loved working on the project so much that (she) decided to pursue aerobic exercise as an intervention for other mental health issues.”

This study was preliminary given its small sample size, Brown said, adding that his team of researchers is hoping to do a larger, more definitive

study, possibly with a control group that receives health education unrelated to exercise. The present study included a control group that was just given advice on exercise, but even this alone prompted significant increases in physical activity.

“This is an excellent, timely article,” wrote Michael Zvolensky, a professor of psychology at the University of Houston whose research focuses on anxiety, substance use and health, in an email to The Herald. He added that the work had a

“methodologically sound design” and “represents a next step in alcohol treatment development.”

He pointed to the broad potential for future study, including clinical trials and exploration of the “mechanisms underlying the observed effects.”

“I think in general, the idea of getting people to engage in some kind of physical activity regimen during their recovery period is an area that warrants further study,” Brown said.

“It is likely to be very promising.”

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Roundup: Crew stumbles, softball slides Softball loses 23rd-straight game, while women’s crew defeats No. 4 USC but falls to No. 1 Berkeley

By CALEB MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Men’s crew Despite Brown victories in four of six races in Bruno’s home waters this weekend, Crimson rowers bested the Bears in the all-important varsity eight to capture the Stein Cup for the fourth consecutive year this weekend.

The battle for the Cup remained tight throughout the race, but Harvard grabbed an early lead and slowly built it as the race progressed. A oneseat Crimson edge at the 500-meter mark became a three-seat lead at the midpoint. Bruno fell a full length behind by the 1,500-meter mark and crossed the finish line at 5 minutes, 51.2 seconds, missing out on the Cup by 4.9 seconds.

The setback in the varsity eight was partially offset by victories in the second, third and fourth varsity squads. Bruno’s second varsity narrowly topped its Crimson counterpart, crossing the finish line less than a second ahead of Harvard, while the Bears’ third varsity blew its opponent out of the water by a 20-second margin. The fourth varsity race was decided in favor of Brown by six seconds.

Harvard’s only other victory of the day came in the freshman eight, where the Crimson used a large early advantage to coast to a 5.9-second win.

Bruno again showed its depth when its second freshman boat dominated Harvard by 30 seconds.

Women’s crew The women’s crew team traveled to Gold River, Calif., this weekend to square off with national competition at the Lake Natoma Classic. Despite winning eight of nine races across the three sessions, No. 6 Bruno fell in a decisive varsity eight bout against No. 1 University of California at Berkeley to take second place at the event.

Each session included a varsity eight, second varsity and varsity four race, and the results combined to form a session ranking for each team.

Rankings from each of the three sessions — Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning — were totaled to comprise a final team score. Bruno garnered three points in each of Saturday’s sessions and two in the Sunday session for a total of eight team points — one point short of its counterparts from Berkeley.

A 6-0 first day included narrow wins for all three boats in the morning session against No. 7 Stanford University and the University of Kansas, as well as sizeable victories in all the races of the afternoon session against No. 20 University of San Diego and the University of Oklahoma.

In the morning, Stanford proved worthy competition for the Bears and was the only opponent all day to finish within seven seconds of the speedy Bruno rowers. Brown’s varsity eight crossed the line in 6:26.0 to edge the

Cardinal by 2.9 seconds, while the second varsity squeaked out a onesecond win, posting a 6:33.2 finish.

The Bears secured a more comfortable victory in the varsity four, finishing in 7:17.4 — seven seconds in front of their next opponent. Kansas never finished within 25 seconds of the Bears.

In the afternoon, San Diego posed a greater challenge than did Oklahoma, but neither could stay with Bruno for a whole race. Despite posting much slower times than in the morning — likely because they had comfortable leads — the Bears’ varsity eight, second varsity and varsity four each sped to victories of 7.1, 13.8 and 13.4 seconds, respectively.

In the Sunday session against Berkeley and No. 4 University of Southern California, Bruno’s varsity four earned first place by a considerable margin while the second varsity bested the Golden State opponents by four seconds. Sunday’s varsity eight was the only race the Bears dropped all weekend, as Berkeley crossed the finish in 6:23.0 to outstrip Bruno’s 6:27.4. Though Brown won two of the session’s three events, varsity eight was more heavily weighted in the session rankings, so Berkeley won the session and thus the Classic.

Softball The softball team continued its monumental slide this week, dropping a doubleheader Wednesday against Penn as well as successive twin bills at Harvard Saturday and Sunday.

The 0-6 week was rooted in the offense’s inability to put runs on the board, and this week’s games extend Bruno’s losing streak to 23 games.

After an eight-run mercy rule ended Wednesday’s first contest after five innings at a score of 8-0, Penn looked poised to repeat the dominance in the late game. The Quakers (12-15, 7-4 Ivy) scored three runs in the first and added single tallies in the third and fourth. But Bruno (2-26, 0-12) started to mount a rally in the top of the fifth when Christina Andrews ’17 delivered a two-out, bases-loaded single to right field. The base knock plated pinch runners Kristen Watterlond ’14 and Jen Kries ’14.

After a passed ball in the seventh allowed a run to score and cut the deficit, Bruno put runners on the corners with two outs. A fly ball off the bat of Trista Chavez ’15 found the Penn shortstop’s glove to end the rally. The game ended 5-3.

Saturday’s contests were almost identical, with Brown falling 4-1 and 4-0. Three-run outbursts gave the Crimson (21-11, 7-0) an early lead in each game, while Harvard’s dominance in the circle proved too much for a weak Bruno offensive attack.

The weekend wrapped up with another doubleheader against Harvard Sunday in which Bruno fell 6-4 and 5-2.

The morning game brought more of the same Crimson dominance after Harvard plated three runs in each of the first two innings.

But trailing 6-0 in the fifth, the Bears began to crawl back. After two quick outs, Bruno used three singles, a walk and a Harvard error to plate two

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runs and load the bases. But pitcher Gabrielle Ruiz worked out of the jam by inducing a groundout by Casey Fisher ’17. Two more runs came home in the sixth when Chavez ripped a double to the right-center gap. Sensing a Bears comeback, Harvard turned to Morgan Groom, who silenced the Bears in the final inning and sealed her team’s 6-4 victory.

Just as it had done in the three previous games, Harvard took the early advantage in game two of Sunday’s twin killing. Leah Nakashima ’17 was back in the circle for Bruno, and Harvard tagged the first-year for five runs. As it had all week, the Bears’ offense lacked the firepower to answer the deficit, as the squad dropped the conference match 5-2.

Women’s water polo Ranked third in the Collegiate Water Polo Association South Division, the women’s water polo team stormed through its side of the bracket this weekend, defeating six-seed Mercyhurst University (9-14, 0-4 CWPA) and two-seed Bucknell University (12-12, 3-2) to reach the championship for the third consecutive year.

Just as they have the last two seasons, the Bears (18-15, 3-2) fell in the title game 11-4, this time to top-ranked Princeton (29-1, 5-0).

After dropping Mercyhurst 14-6 a week ago, Bruno entered its first match of the tournament with confidence. Leading scorer Kate Woods ’14 netted nearly identical close-range goals to help Bruno to a 4-2 first-quarter advantage. Shannon Crowley ’17 added a game-high three goals, and the offense was more than enough for goaltender Sarah Shin ’14, who blocked eight shots, allowing just one goal in the second and third quarters combined. The Bears cruised to a 14-5 win.

Bucknell earned a higher seed than Bruno by outlasting the Bears 7-6 last week. But Brown excelled when it counted. A six-goal explosion — with contributions from Woods, Emily McNamara ’14, Olivia Santiago ’16 and Liz Rosen ’15 — in the first quarter propelled the Bears to a threegoal lead and proved to be the decisive run of the game.

After the Bears scored three unanswered to open the second, the squad held an insurmountable 9-3 lead. The Bison dented the lead throughout the rest of the game but never got closer than two goals from the championship-bound Bears.

The tournament success halted when the Tigers entered the pool.

Princeton dominated the first quarter to take a 3-0 lead. While the Bears were able to trim the lead to 5-3 by the half, the tournament’s top seed used a whopping 5-0 third-quarter advantage to pull away for the South Division crown. Woods again led Brown in goals with two, but Marisa Kolokotronis ’17 and Sarah Presant ’14 were the only other Bears to muster goals, with one apiece. The 11-4 decision ensured a second-place finish for Brown.

The team awaits the announcement of its seeding for the CWPA Eastern Championships April 25-27.

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Caroline Morant ’17 was one of four Bears named an All-American at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals this weekend.

» BASEBALL, from page 12 all three on. When he was pulled for Jake Spezial ’17, the Bears led just 7-6 and Harvard had runners on second and third. Spezial fared decently in his own right, allowing three hits while getting the three outs to end the inning, but the two inherited runners and a passed ball contributed to four more runs scoring on his watch, putting Harvard on top 10-7. The Bears scored with two outs in the top of the ninth, but could not rally to tie the game. Huntley and Massey each reached base three times, Huntley scored three runs and Robert Henry ’17 and Kerr knocked two hits apiece.

On Saturday, the Bears rode a complete-game shutout from Dave St. Lawrence ’15 (W, 1-4) to defeat the Crimson for the second straight day, 1-0. St. Lawrence did a great job of inducing weak contact, allowing four hits over seven innings while striking out two and walking none. Harvard’s Nick Gruener did a good job holding the Bears’ offense in check, allowing just three hits. Henry led the game off with a single, but only one of the next 15 Bears reached base, and that was via a dropped third strike. But the first two batters of the top of the seventh each got hits, and a Marcal RBI single with two outs was enough to win the game for Bruno. Each of the Bears’ four hits came from a different hitter.

As encouraging as the first game was, the nightcap was just as brutal.

The Crimson jumped out to a 10-0 lead after two innings and never looked back, crushing the Bears 13-3 to secure the split. Lucas Whitehill ’14 (L, 1-3) had an extremely difficult time,

allowing eight earned runs on six hits and a walk while recording just two outs before being pulled. He had significant problems with controlling his pitches, throwing just 13 of his 33 pitches for strikes. Chris Smith ’15 saved the team from having to use many relievers, pitching 4.1 innings and allowing four runs, three of which were earned. Following Smith, Austin French ’16 allowed a run in one inning before Max Ritchie ’17 and Kevin Guthrie ’16 each tossed a scoreless frame. On offense, Franco had three hits and Massey hit a two-run home run, but the game’s outcome was no longer in question by the time Bruno scored.

Third-base coach Grant Achilles, who now manages the offense and shares duties with the other assistant coaches, said he was happy with the team’s showing in Cambridge.

“I thought the guys played well,” he said. “I think we battled a lot.”

Even when the team faced tough situations, like its 10-0 deficit Sunday, Achilles felt the team remained resolute — something it may have lacked in the past.

“At no point did I feel that we were giving in,” he said.

In the shadow of a long-tenured coach’s abrupt resignation, many teams would be distracted, but Achilles said he thought the players handled themselves well.

“I think our guys did a good job of taking a step forward and not using anything as an excuse,” he said.

The team will look to carry its momentum into next weekend, when it takes on Dartmouth (10-17, 5-7) in four games at home.

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APRIL 14

6 P.M. IVY FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS FREE SCREENING OF NOAH

The Ivy Film Festival kicks off with a showing of “Noah,” a cinematic take on the biblical tale of Noah’s ark, starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Watson. The Avon Cinema 8 P.M. STUDENT DISCUSSION: DRUG LEGALIZATION

Discuss drug policy and the costs and benefits of legalization over free pizza with the Brown Political Forum, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, the Neuroscience DUG, the Sociology DUG and Brown ACLU. Salomon 203

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2 P.M. FRACTAL ORIGAMI WORKSHOP

Combining aesthetics and mathematics, this interactive workshop will allow attendees to learn the basics of fractals by constructing fractal forms out of paper. John Street 050 (Theater) 5:30 P.M. “INVENTING TRADITION” - LECTURE BY DR. JANE LANCASTER

Visiting Professor Jane Lancaster, who is completing a full-length history of Brown, will discuss the origin and symbolism of several of the University’s traditions. Salomon 001

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EDITORIAL

Creating course credit for labs An article in Wednesday’s Herald (“Students concerned about labs’ irrelevance, lack of credit,” April 9) reopened a perennial debate about the definition and value of courses on campus. Currently, all courses are credited equally (except for .5 credits for some music groups and lessons) regardless of hours of class time or the inclusion of a section or laboratory. Such a system treats all disciplines equally, and gives students the opportunity to make their own choices about their schedules. But students who take many lab courses often spend several extra hours per week on laboratories for which they receive no additional credit. We should consider altering the system such that students in high-demand laboratory courses have the opportunity to receive additional credit for their labs.

On one hand, the ability of students to craft their own schedules is one of the hallmarks of the Brown curriculum. Students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields can frontload lab courses early in their Brown careers to have more freedom later on or stagger them with a more gradual approach. Further, not all laboratory courses are equally time-consuming; four-hour chemistry labs are draining and require pre-lab sessions and preparation for lab quizzes, while some biology courses have less frequent labs that may only last two hours. Similarly, while several large lecture courses have breakout sessions, they can greatly vary in workload.

The status quo also enables students to use the Satisfactory/No Credit option to take a less time-consuming course S/NC alongside one or more intensive lab courses. If a mandatory change were instituted, students might lose some freedom over designing the best path for themselves, a move that would be contrary to the spirit of the New Curriculum.

However, the current model creates needless scheduling snafus. Laboratory sessions are connected to the lecture section unless one fails the exam portion of the course, in which case they can retain their laboratory grade.

At other institutions, students are able to take the lab portion separately, so they can take an organic chemistry lab section in a different semester than a difficult organic chemistry course. This is particularly necessary at Brown, where Organic Chemistry I and II are each available only one semester per year. Students should have the ability to separate the laboratory portion from the lecture portion of their classes, particularly because the laboratory material rarely is tested in exams anyway.

Ultimately, students should be able to receive additional course credit for their laboratory performance, but only if it does not prevent them from taking an additional fifth class. Students sometimes may audit or take S/ NC a course in an enjoyable subject matter to supplement a challenging semester, and we would not support any change that would prevent them from doing so. Labs will remain a part of traditional introductory science courses as long as they remain required for medical school and other health professions — but Brown can do more to assist students by making their options more flexible. Mandatory laboratory sections can be time-consuming or cumbersome, sometimes essentially an additional course, and students should receive credit for this time spent. But any change should ensure that students are able to retain their scheduling flexibility.

Editorials are written by The Herald’s editorial page board: its editors, Matt Brundage ’15 and Rachel Occhiogrosso ’14, and its members, Hannah Loewentheil ’14 and Thomas Nath ’16. Send comments to editorials@browndailyherald.com.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Marijuana Anonymous for Rhode Islanders To the Editor: Thank you for your April 10 article “Students confront substance dependency.”

During my college days in the mid-1970s, I was one of those students with a budding alcohol and marijuana problem.

If there was an on-campus place to turn, I was unaware of it, nor did I ask. Brown is fortunate to have a dean of chemical dependency and other similar resources.

My drinking progressed until it was a daily activity by the second half of my sophomore year. The key word here is “progressed.” One of the major aspects of addiction is that it only gets progressively worse. My marijuana usage progressed at a slower rate — I saw myself as an alcoholic and a social pot smoker.

By the time I was 25, I signed myself into rehab, determined to quit alcohol. Run-ins with the law, estrangement from family and friends and an inability to sleep or eat with any normalcy had taken their toll. My job was in jeopardy and the local police had impounded my car. I’d had enough.

However, I still thought I was a social pot smoker. My plan was to do whatever I had to do to not drink, including Alcoholics Anonymous, counseling, etc., and to still smoke pot now and then, just like I had throughout my drinking career.

After five months of successful abstinence from alcohol, albeit with occasional marijuana use, something clicked. All of a sudden I was smoking marijuana on a daily basis. It wasn’t the same as my drinking days. While drinking, it was easy for me to stay away from marijuana because I always had alcohol to fall back on. Now there was no such safety net. This went on for eight months until I hit bottom again, this time with

marijuana. It was a bitter pill to swallow, but I had to admit to myself that I could do no mood- or mind-altering drug safely.

I applied what I had learned in AA to my marijuana addiction and successfully recovered from it too.

Today, after 32 years of true sobriety, it’s hard to believe I’m the same person. Married 25 years, two children in their 20s, never unemployed. But, two years ago, when a loved one ran into difficulties with marijuana, with little corresponding use of alcohol, I wondered what could be done. That was when I discovered Marijuana Anonymous. It’s essentially the same as AA, but attendees are free to openly discuss their marijuana addiction, which isn’t always the case at AA meetings. There were several such meetings in the Boston area, but none in Rhode Island. After I attended a few of the Boston-area meetings, at first alone and later with this loved one, it became apparent that Rhode Island could use such a group. So I started one. It started slowly, but now averages about eight people per week. It’s geared toward beginners, but there are always some old-timers there who know what they’re talking about. We meet for an hour in Barrington on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.

Providence-area people regularly attend and are willing to give rides to anyone. Or take RIPTA #60 to the White Church and someone can bring you back to campus.

Oh, and by the way, the loved one now has 14 months of clean time.

Bill W. Barrington Due to the sensitive nature of this letter, the editors have decided to honor the author’s request for partial anonymity.

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Laissez-faire alcohol policy lacks educational aspect SAM HILLESTAD opinions columnist

There is a fundamental mismatch between Brown’s laissez-faire alcohol policy and the strict enforcement of rigid drinking laws that accompanies it. The former encourages experimentation by providing a generous safety net and removing any risk of disciplinary consequences. The latter, on the other hand, utilizes scare tactics that ultimately fail to educate us about the true effects of drugs and alcohol. While I commend Brown’s progressive drug policy, it can be dangerous without the proper educational background.

Unfortunately, American drug laws tend to encourage surreptitious alcohol use at a young age. We learn about alcohol in an unsafe environment, which, in turn, leads to irresponsible drinking habits. When we are subsequently placed in Brown’s drug-filled environment, where real consequences are relatively unheard of, the results can be disastrous.

I was lucky enough to grow up in Italy, where the drug laws are more sensible. In Italy, the drinking age is 18, and it is rarely enforced. Instead of strict prohibition, there is a high premium placed on education. This emphasizes safety over abstinence. Italians often drink a glass of wine with family dinners from a young age. They learn about alcohol in a safe environment surrounded by protections. This allows them to learn about the effects of alcohol and what their limits are before they leave home.

A comprehensive study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher found that “young people allowed alcohol with meals when growing up were more likely to never (binge drink) or get drunk.” Enrico Tempesta, an Italian researcher, has said that in Italy, “children and

teenagers disapprove and tend to exclude from their circle a contemporary who gets drunk.” This cultural phenomenon ultimately breeds safer drinking practices.

Despite the fact that underage Italians drink far more on average than underage Americans, the World Health Organization found that U.S. drinking patterns are more risky than those found in Italy. In fact, the WHO gave Italy the lowest score possible on a scale of 1 to 4, denoting its drinking practices as among the least dangerous.

Contrast this situation to the United States.

Here, despite the fact that drinking under the age of 21 is illegal, approximately 22 percent of all

ful with their illegal, irresponsible drinking habits. Emergency Medical Services are generally free of charge and come without any consequences.

Brown police rarely enter dorms, making dorm rooms easy places to hold parties without concern about law enforcement. Local liquor stores allow fake IDs without a hassle — that is, if they card at all. Brown undeniably has a laissez-faire policy toward alcohol use.

Under circumstances like those in Italy, Brown’s liberal attitude toward drinking would be great. However, since students come to Brown without proper alcohol education, the ease with which Brown students can procure and drink al-

While I commend Brown’s progressive drug policy, it can be dangerous without the proper educational background.

American high schoolers have binge drunk in the past 30 days. About a quarter of high schoolers have ridden with a driver who had been drinking, which, along with other alcohol-related deaths, results in the deaths of more than 4,300 Americans under the age of 21 every year. All told, the death rate attributed to alcohol is about eight times higher in the United States than in Italy.

The difference lies in cultural norms and institutional policies. In both categories, the United States is lagging behind. In Italy, youth drinking is acceptable and done with the necessary oversight. In the United States, on the other hand, underage drinkers are forced to go behind their parents’ backs to drink. Alone and in the dark, they often have dangerous early experiences with alcohol. This causes them to begin to think that binge drinking is the norm — or maybe even cool.

Then they come to Brown, where they no longer have to worry about being secretive or care-

cohol is a major cause for concern. If first-years arrived sporting a safe and responsible history with alcohol, Brown’s policy would be ideal. Yet because American drug laws are often draconian and illogical, Brown’s policy can be immensely harmful.

Brown is decidedly ahead of the curve on its drug and alcohol policy. But American policies and cultural norms are undoubtedly backward.

One or the other has to give. Since the potential for change is far greater at Brown than on a national scale, the duty to change unfortunately falls on us.

What kind of change does this entail? I will not — nor will I ever — recommend that Brown change its policies to be more like those at other universities, or like the unhealthful and unsafe drug policies that American high schoolers face.

Rather, the answer lies in a revamped educational campaign. This will be no small task. We have

years of misleading information and dangerous drinking habits to make up for. As such, a monumental effort to educate incoming Brown students should be of paramount importance.

Primarily, such a campaign would have to limit the harm perpetrated by the typical alcohol education in the United States. That education consists almost exclusively of advocating “abstinence only” through scare tactics of exaggeration.

To pretend that abstinence is a legitimate option is to be ignorant about the facts of youth culture.

Young Americans will always drink, so we have to find better ways to teach them how to drink responsibly. By grounding the educational campaign in reality, we can focus on dispensing information about pacing and equivalence between alcoholic beverages. Furthermore, a successful educational campaign would remove the social pressure to drink as much as possible, while also teaching effective ways to minimize the harm of potential alcohol abuse.

By utilizing a realistic education system, and by focusing it on incoming Brown students, we can begin to reverse some of the damage caused by the insufficiency of American alcohol education.

There is little we can do to fix harmful American drug and alcohol policies. What we can do, however, is adapt our own model to right the wrongs that incoming first-years have faced. In so doing, we can maintain our emphasis on freedom and safety while also correcting the unhealthful drinking habits and fallacious assumptions young Americans have toward drinking. While our current system is certainly praiseworthy, it is insufficient given our national laws and culture. Until more sweeping change is brought about, we must do our part to fill in the gaps that arise from poor alcohol education.

Sam Hillestad ’15 can be reached at samuel_hillestad@brown.edu.

Zionism is not racism ZACH INGBER opinions columnist

On Nov. 10, 1975, the United Nations adopted a resolution in which it declared, “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.”

The United States staunchly opposed the resolution, with thenAmbassador to the United Nations (and future Democratic Senator) Daniel Patrick Moynihan noting before the vote, “The United Nations is about to make anti-Semitism international law.” The resolution was ultimately repealed about 16 years later.

Last week, during a protest outside the Brown/RISD Hillel in response to Sgt. Benjamin Anthony’s talk on his experiences in the Israel Defense Forces — a protest that was completely legitimate, and conducted in a peaceful and appropriate manner — I saw signs that read, “Zionism is racism.”

As I sit back and read The Herald and observe the recent events on campus surrounding the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, I have noticed a recurring theme among those who reject Israel’s legitimacy as a nation amongst the community of nations.

These voices suggest that the idea of

Jewish self-determination, which is the very existence of a Jewish state, is inherently racist and therefore illegitimate.

It is this alarming notion that compelled me to write this column. I have no intention of suggesting that Jewish self-determination should be used as a veil to cover crimes against the Palestinian people. In fact, many members of the “pro-Israel” community, especially at Brown, are vocal about certain

a Jewish one, nor would it be called “Israel.” By definition, Israel is a state with a Jewish character. Thus, it frustrated me that Katzevich purports to want to love Israel yet opposes the very aspect of Israel — its Jewishness — that makes Israel the Jewish homeland.

First and foremost, contrary to what Katzevich suggests, Israel was not formed because of the Holocaust. Zionism dates back to the late 1800s, and the 1917 Balfour Decla-

in the United States, Katzevich has clearly not observed nations around the world. Europe is an increasingly unsafe place for Jews. Thousands gather in French cities chanting anti-Semitic slogans. In March 2012, four Jews were killed in a shooting at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France. To think that Jews live safely around the world not only is inaccurate, but resembles exactly what the well-assimilated Jews of Germany thought to themselves in the 1930s.

By definition, Israel is a state with a Jewish character. policies implemented by the Israeli government that undermine efforts to achieve peace. But to suggest that Jewish-self determination is illegitimate is to deny the Jewish people the right to self-determination that appears in Article 1 of the United Nations charter.

In a recent column (“Katzevich ’16: I want to love Israel, but …,” April 7), David Katzevich ’16 suggests that he yearns to love Israel, but cannot due to Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people. He suggests a single state between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea would alleviate this oppression. Yet this state would undoubtedly not be

ration from the British government that acknowledged the right to establish a Jewish homeland in the region. In 1937, the Peel Commission recommended dividing historic Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. All of this occurred before the final solution was developed at Wannasee or before the majority of European Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.

Irresponsibly and dangerously, Katzevich argues that because Jews in America can live successfully, this “should serve as a lesson to Israel” that there is no need for a Jewish state. While I am thankful that I can live without fear of anti-Semitism

It seems that those who consider Zionism inherently racist do not understand what Zionism is. This thinking implies that Judaism is a race. Jews in Israel are of all different races, descending from areas from Eastern Europe to Yemen to Ethiopia. While I do believe certain Israeli policies have adverse affects on certain races, suggesting that “Zionism is racism” ignores that the Jewish people are a nation.

There are Arab ministers in government, members of Parliament and even justices on the Israeli Supreme Court. I do not write this to excuse some of the policies pursued by the Israeli government that many dis-

agree with. Rather, I want to make clear that Zionism — self-determination for the Jewish people — is not illegitimate. While self-determination for every other people is accepted as unquestionable, selfdetermination for the Jewish people is considered racist. Why is Israel condemned as “ethnocentric,” as Katzevich puts it, but self-determination for other groups is okay?

This is not to say that Zionism precludes non-Jews from living in Israel, but to say that Israel’s existence as a Jewish state is the realization of a millenia-old dream that began after Jews were expelled by the Romans in 70 A.D. As the Jewish holiday of Passover begins, I want to remind everyone that the Seder, the ritual meal, typically ends with the phrase “next year in Jerusalem.”

We have been saying that sentence for hundreds of years, long before the pogroms in Russia, long before the Holocaust and long before 1948.

Jews have always yearned for selfdetermination, and that will never cease. Terrible bouts of anti-Semitism are simply constant reminders about what happens when that right to self-determination is abridged.

Zach Ingber ’15 can be reached for comment at zachary_ingber@brown.edu.

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Split weekend at Harvard gives Bruno first two Ivy wins After Head Coach Marek Drabinski quits abruptly, Bears show resilience in visit to Cambridge

By ANDREW FLAX SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Despite the sudden resignation of Head Coach Marek Drabinski, the baseball team had its best weekend of the season, defeating Harvard twice to break its conference losing streak.

The Bears (8-17, 2-10 Ivy) had come close to grabbing a few Ivy wins, losing multiple games by just one run, but could not break through until they faced the Crimson (8-20, 3-7). The combination of great pitching, which had come and gone earlier in the season, and clutch hitting, which had been absent in most of the team’s losses, carried the Bears over the Crimson.

On Friday, the day Drabinski’s

resignation was announced, the Bears won their first Ivy League game of the season, defeating Harvard 5-4 in extra innings.

The Crimson took an early lead off Anthony Galan ’14, putting them ahead 3-0 after three innings. But Bruno struck back, scoring four runs in the fifth on five hits. Down to its final out in the bottom of the seventh, Harvard notched two straight hits and scored a run on a Will Marcal ’15 error in right field to tie the game and send it to extras. The Bears rebounded in their first extra-innings chance of the game, scoring the eventual winning run on a Daniel Massey ’14 sacrifice fly. Taylor Wright ’15 (W, 1-0) pitched a hitless bottom of the eighth to seal the win. Marcal and Marc Sredojevic ’17 led the way on offense, each going 2-for-4, while Josh Huntley ’17 went 1-for-4 with two runs batted in and Dan Kerr ’15 was 0-for-2 but walked twice and scored a run.

Nate Kukowski ’14 said he was

happy the team secured its first Ivy League win of the season, calling it “definitely a step in the right direction.”

It was “a relief,” he said, but added that “we’d like that to happen a little bit earlier.”

“It was just a hump we needed to get over,” said J.J. Franco ’14.

In the second game, a rough outing from the bullpen prevented Bruno from sweeping the twin bill, as they fell to the Crimson 10-8. Four home runs

by Kerr, Huntley, Marcal and Massey helped the Bears build a 7-3 lead after the fifth inning. Christian Taugner ’17 was cruising as usual, allowing only three runs through six innings, though only one was earned due to three errors behind him. But things fell apart in the bottom of the seventh.

Taugner was pulled after allowing the first two batters of the inning to reach base. His replacement, Nathan Mann ’15 (L, 1-1), struggled even more, facing three batters and putting » See BASEBALL, page 8

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Tim McKeithan ’16 watches the ball as he stands on third base. Over the four games against Harvard, McKeithan was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Bears slip in overtime, slide down standings Turning around an apparent rout, Bruno takes No. 13 Bulldogs to overtime in loss

By ALEX WAINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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After starting off the season 7-0, the women’s lacrosse team has dropped four of its last six. Bruno hopes to turn things around Saturday afternoon against No. 9 Penn, which currently sits atop the Ivy League standings.

Senior day spoiled in overtime Cornell takes down Bruno at home, complicating team’s path to conference tournament berth

By LAINIE ROWLAND SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s lacrosse team blew a fourgoal lead over Cornell Saturday in a heartbreaking 11-10 overtime loss on Senior Day. With its third conference loss — its second by just one goal — Brown (9-4, 2-3 Ivy) falls into a threeway tie for fifth place in the Ivy League.

The game started with a flurry of scoring. Co-captain Grace Healy ’14 fired in Bruno’s first goal less than a minute into the contest. Though Cornell (6-6, 3-2) responded seconds later with a goal of its own, the Bears retaliated with three straight in the next two minutes — two from Kerianne Hunt ’17 and one from Danielle Mastro ’14 — to take a 4-1 lead. Six minutes into play, the Big Red struck again to narrow Brown’s lead, but Bruno continued to fire back. Co-captain Abby Bunting ’15 and Lauren Toy ’16 notched goals to extend the lead to four, the largest of the game.

The rest of the first half was not so kind to the Bears. Hunt managed one more tally before the end of the period to complete her first collegiate hat trick, but four Cornell goals pulled the Big Red back into the game, chopping the once-sizable Bruno lead to a single goal, 7-6.

The Big Red gained its first lead of the game at the start of the second half, with two consecutive goals in the first ten minutes. Mastro responded with her second tally and co-captain Bre Hudgins ’14 followed with her first goal of the contest, allowing the Bears to regain a 9-8 lead with about 18 minutes left. But Cornell would not go away, scoring twice to steal back a 10-9 lead with nine minutes remaining.

Neither team could find the back of the net as the clock wound down. With the Bears pushing to get back into the game, Hudgins earned a free position shot with less than 30 seconds left. Just as she has all season, Hudgins capitalized on Brown’s final chance in regulation. The senior’s clutch goal knotted the score and pushed the game into overtime, eliciting ecstatic reactions from fans and teammates alike.

The first five and half minutes of the six-minute overtime saw two

Brown shots and none for Cornell. But Meghan O’Brien ’15 fouled with just over one minute remaining, giving Cornell’s leading goal-scorer Lindsay Toppe a chance at a free position shot. Toppe fired the ball into the back of Bruno’s net to give the Big Red the 11-10 win.

Over the course of the game, forcing turnovers proved to be a crucial element of Bruno’s success. Fourteen Cornell turnovers, four caused by cocaptain Erin Roos ’14, allowed Bruno to take defensive control at many points.

But Cornell countered with a 15-10 edge in draw controls, which are usually a strong component of Bruno’s game.

A Senior Day ceremony followed the game, celebrating the careers of Bruno’s eight seniors: Hudgins, Mastro, Roos, Healy, Abbey Van Horne ’14, Lucinda Caldwell ’14, Whitney Flynn ’14 and Marissa Dale ’14. Head Coach Keely McDonald ’00 called the class of 2014 a “rebuilding” class for the program. The group features the Ivy League’s leader in points, Mastro, third in goals, Hudgins, and second in draw controls, Healy.

The Bears travel to Philadelphia next weekend to take on No. 9 Penn (7-3, 3-0) in their penultimate game of the regular season.

The men’s lacrosse team suffered a crushing blow Friday, falling to No. 13 Yale 7-6 in overtime. The Bears made a valiant attempt to come back in the second half to push the game into extra time, only to fall further down the conference standings as the Bulldogs’ Michael Bonacci delivered the gamewinning goal with just under three minutes remaining in the extra period.

Bruno (6-5, 1-3 Ivy) began the game sluggishly, allowing Yale (7-3, 3-2) to take a commanding early lead. The Bulldogs struck first just a minute into the first quarter, though Tyler Landis ’15 responded for the Bears off an assist from Brendan Caputo ’16 to knot the game at one.

But Yale quickly proved why it is one of the top teams in the nation. Over the next 13 minutes, the Bulldogs scored five goals while shutting out Bruno.

Three of the Elis’ goals came when they were a man-up, as the Bears conceded two and a half minutes of penalty time during their scoreless stretch.

Bailey Tills ’16 notched an unassisted goal before the halftime whistle blew, a seemingly insignificant point in a 6-2 first-half blowout.

But the Bears were not prepared to hand the game over to Yale. The third quarter was marked by defensive prowess — Caputo scored the lone goal of the period for either side at the six-minute mark.

The fourth quarter began with Bruno trailing 6-3. Both teams failed to score for the first nine minutes, until Landis scorched a close range shot past Yale goalie Eric Natale for his second goal of the day to pull the Bears within two.

The Bears’ offense continued to push the tempo, searching to even the score. For the next three minutes, the Yale defense stymied a barrage of shots from Bruno — of 21 attempts in the quarter — as the clock dropped below the three-minute mark.

Then the Bears found their rhythm.

On an ensuing possession, Landis carried the ball nearly into the crease before being pushed back by a defender. He pirouetted and passed the ball out to Caputo, who promptly shook his defender and fired a left-handed shot over Natale’s right shoulder, cutting Yale’s lead to one with two and half minutes to go.

Yale won the ensuing face-off and raced down the field, culminating in a shot off the post by a Bulldog attackman.

The ball flew towards the sideline, where Will Gural ’16 made a diving effort to win possession for the Bears.

As Bruno entered the attacking third, Caputo fired a shot just over the crossbar. But Dylan Molloy ’17 backed up the shot and retained possession for Bruno. The Bears passed the ball around, surveying the defense for a weakness. Caputo penetrated the Bulldog defense once again, forcing defenders to collapse onto him. He spun away from a triple-team and passed the ball to Kylor Bellistri ’16, who eluded a defender and uncorked a right-handed rip past Natale to tie the game with just over a minute remaining in regulation time.

But the Bears celebration would be short-lived. In the overtime period, a Yale attackman brought the ball around the back of the Bears’ net and tossed a pass to Bonacci. The first-year attacker ducked under an attempted check from JJ Ntshaykolo ’17, loaded up and fired a shot past Jack Kelly ’16 to win the game for the Bulldogs.

The Bears have just three games remaining in their schedule before the Ivy League tournament starts at the beginning of May. Bruno will travel to take on its highest-ranked opponent to date, No. 6 Cornell (9-3, 3-1), Saturday afternoon.