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Two female students struck in hit-and-runB KylE McNaMara

Contributing Writer

Amada Chw ad Juaa U-anue Banuchi 14 were hit on thecorner o Hope and Charleseldstreets by an unidentied driverwho immediately le the scene atapprmaty 0:5 p.m. Saturday.

Te students sustained moderateto serious but non-lie-threatening

jurs, wrt Marsa Qu, president or public aairs and Uni-rsty rats, a ma t THrad.

A suspect has been detained, and

the Providence Police Departmentis currently investigating the case,said Department o Public SaetySergeant John Heston shortly aer

th adt.Heston declined to comment ur-

thr but sad th suspt was prb-aby th drr th h.

Te emale students were on the

sidewalk, and a car accelerated ontoth sdwak ad ht bth thm.T drr was a wma, ad she hit both Amanda and Juliana,sh rrsd ad , ag thminjured on the sidewalk, wrote SoaUnanue 11.5, the sister o one o thetms, a ma t T Hrad.Te car that struck the students wasa bak Aud, wrt Juaa Uau a ma t T Hrad.

Witnesses who arrived later at thescene said they saw at least one o thestudts bg put t a strthrad add t a ambua. Tstudents were taken to Rhode Island

Hospital or treatment, Quinn wrote.Soa Unanue wrote that her sister

suered a ractured right leg and willundergo surgery in the next ew days.Chew suered a mild concussionand other injuries to her head and

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Slaverys past

confrontedat Brown,

Harvard

Studentfound dead

in AlabamaB aMy rasMussEN

Senior Staff Writer

Matthew Strickland, who was en-rolled as an undergraduate rom2005 to 2009, was ound dead inhis Alabama apartment uesday.Strickland was on leave rom Brownand was studying ull-time at theUniversity o Montevallo duringth 200- aadm yar.

T aus dath s ukw,but no oul play is suspected, ac-rdg t a Ursty Mt-

a prss ras.Strickland, originally rom Ow-

ens Cross Roads, Ala., was a dual

tratr urba studs adhistory o art and architecture,wrote Marisa Quinn, vice presidentor public aairs and University re-ats, a ma t T Hrad.

In an email to the community

Friday morning, President RuthSimmons noted that though Strick-land pursued courses ranging romArican dance to Spanish during histime at Brown, he had ultimatelyhpd t bm a physa.

He was known to many as acourageous, tenacious and unail-

ingly generous student, she wrote.We have extended our deepestcondolences to Matthews amilyand join with them in mourningth ss a aud mmbr urmmuty.

Transfer apps rise by 25 percent

In meta-conference,MCM explores MCM

B MorgaN JohNsoN

Staff Writer

Alums, proessors and studentsocked to MCM@50: Teory,Practice, Passion this weekend though the event did not in actcelebrate the 50th anniversary o

the Department o Modern Cultureand Media. Te two-day sympo-

sium comes during the 15th an-niversary o the MCM department,but ts prdssr, th smtsprogram, was ounded 36 yearsago the number 50 comes roma combination o the two dates and

celebrating the semiotics programarsary yar at.

You might think that it is unnymath or extreme math, said MaryAnn Doane, chair o the MCMdpartmt. Ts t was ryMCM.

he conerence was charac-terized by alums passion or the

dpartmt ad ts prssrs, aswell as sel-aware humor rom pre-strs ad auty.

Aa Fshr GS, a urth-yardoctoral student in MCM andone o the main organizers or theconerence, said MCM@50 wasdpd t hr th prgrams

B MiriaM Furst

Staff Writer

For the rst time, Browns accep-tance rate or transer applicationsmay drop below its acceptance rateor rst-year applications, accordingto Dean o Admission Jim Miller

73. Te University received around1,950 transer applications this year a 20 prt ras rm astyars ,2 appats.

Te Admission Ofce has notyet decided the exact number otrasrs t w apt, but t pasto oer spots to around 200 stu-dts ad r btw 25 ad

130. Te Corporation approved anras up t 50 r t yarstranser class to stabilize the stu-

dent body at around 6,000, but theUniversity determined a smaller in-crease in transer enrollment wouldb suft.

About $400,000 in nancial aidwill be oered to transer students,Mr sad, th sam amut thatwas armarkd ast yar.

rasr studts ar admttdon a need-aware basis by con-

trast, rst-yar studt admssis need-blind. By increasing theumbr admttd trasrs, thUniversity can also increase the

amount o money received rom tu-ition without a signicant increase rmt r addta stra

t rst-yar rsurs.As a transer, I would really

k mr am, just baus thtranser community is really strongand having more people wouldmake us an even bigger presence

on campus, said Zoe Homan 13,who transerred this year rom theUrsty Vrga. Brw -rolled 110 transer students last all.

he application process ortranser students is similar to

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Ambulances and police cruisers arrived at the intersection of Hope andCharlsld strts atr a car strck two stdnts Satrda night.

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Ira Glass 82, host o NPRs This Amrican Li, was a crowd plasr.

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Ignoring the convention o separat-ing personal stories rom academicdiscourse, President Ruth Simmonsshared her connection to slavery asth grat-graddaughtr sasin an emotional keynote addressthat kicked o this weekends Slav-

erys Capitalism: A New History oAmerican Economic Developmentconerence Tursday in Salomon

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lighted the Norths connectionswith slavery and was hosted byBrown and Harvard drew stu-

dents, community members andscholars rom around the country.

Ideas that have been owingbak ad rth ar rada thrpotential to re-dene history, saidSeth Rockman, associate proessor hstry.

Ronald Bailey, proessor emeri-tus at Northeastern University, ad-

dressed Simmons directly whenhe said at the conerence, Ivebeen waiting or a college presi-dent to do this or 30 years, andyou stepped orward. Four years

ago, the Steering Committee onSlavery and Justice, convened bySmms, pubshd dgs thatlinked the University to its ownslavery-ridden history. Tis week-end, she opened up about her ownhstry.

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Slavery is not just about thehistory o one region but really thehstry th at as a wh,added Sven Beckert, a proessoro history at Harvard, who saidSmms sprd hm t tah acourse titled Harvard and Slavery.

Te conerence examined waysin which northern textile industriesprtd rm th rdud st tt du t sa abr ad asemphasized that early donors whocontributed to Brown and Harvardproted rom slavery. Industries inthe North also provided the timberand supplies used to und slave

trading and plantation practices.Ts budgs w ha arudus and the wealth that built New

England partly derived rom slavelabor, Peter Wirzbicki, a New YorkUniversity graduate student said

as he stood and looked aroundAuma Ha.

Te history is as tangible inHarvards neighborhood as onBrws ampus.

I you look down at BostonSymphony Hall on HuntingtonAvenue and universities, a lot ounds they used to do that came

out o processes in which the labor Ara-Amra pp wr

exploited around the process ott pkg, Bay sad.

Some proessors also spoke oslavery as a contemporary phe-m, tyg t t mdr-dayhuman trafcking, industrial laborad hath ar rrm.

In school, we were taught a lie

that t was th Suthrrsrsus th rtuus Nrthrrs,

sad Bb Burk, ratr th I-dependence rail in Boston. But

the wealth o Providence cameabout rom lower labor costs owingt sary.

Harvard graduate student Jer-emy Zallen said the conerence wasimportant because universitieslike Brown and Harvard that are

geographically in New Englandand have disassociated themselvesrom slavery are taking that on andinvestigating their own connec-ts t sary.

My parents toiled in the cottonelds at the behest o plantation

owners, Burke said. Im willingto take the gloves o, Im willingt ght r ths ssu.

Its interesting to hear aboutslavery and its history and itscontemporary implications, saidBarbara Andrews, director o edu-

cation at the National Civil RightsMusum Mmphs, . ButI wonder what they do with it.She said she will help spread the

conerences message beyond NewEgad.

Rockman, who will teach HIS1840: Capitalism, Slavery and theEconomy o Early America thisall, said the basic work o discus-

s rmas t b d. Wr atthe starting point o this. We needmore people to go to more archivesand nd out more things. It is as

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the rst-year application process,Miller said. We do pay more at-

tention to college perormance thanhigh school, but we do actor in, tosm dgr, hgh sh grads,he said. Te Admission Ofce doesnot track how many students applyto transer rom our-year collegesmpard t tw-yar gs.

Te University plans to notiy

transer applicants in the middle oMay, though there is no xed date.

200 transferstudents tobe admittedin May

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slaverys history, legacy

B louisa chaFEE

ContributingWriter

Tough medical marijuana is nowlegal in Rhode Island, administra-tors maintain that under both stateand ederal law, the University can-not allow smoking o marijuana onsh gruds.

Medical marijuana was legal-

ized in Rhode Island June 16, 2009aer state legislators voted to over-ride a veto by then-Gov. Donald

Carcieri 65. Tree new dispen-sars r mda marjuaa wopen in Rhode Island this summer.

Despite the states legalizationo medical marijuana and immi-t pg dspsars, thUniversity released a statementsayg t wud t prmt smk-ing on campus because RhodeIsland and ederal law prohibitsmoking marijuana on any schoolgrounds, including college cam-

puss.According to the statement,

Any breach o the ederal lawwould put Browns eligibility or

dra udg at rsk. A studtwth a ss srus ugh twarrant a doctors prescription or

U. upholdsmarijuanaprohibition

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According to an obituary in theHuts ms, ura sr sr Strkad wr hd Saturday.Any plans or a campus service willm atr, Qu wrt.

In an email to Te Herald, Gem

Chma , a rd Strkad,rmmbrd hs y ad warmprsaty.

Matt was u , ad Imrta ths w -eryone who knew him, she wrote.I eel very grateul to have had himas a rd.

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Strickland rememberedas being full of love

wrt.Carmen Bonilla, a SaeRide driver

who was on duty at the time, said

when she drove up to the cornerwhere the accident occurred, shesaw two students on the ground.

She said she approached the stu-

dts, ad askd hr Spasht pas gt m hp.

While Bonilla said she did nots th adt tak pa, sh sadshe spoke to a coworker who wit-

nessed the accident. According tothe coworker, the driver o the vehicleappard t b druk ad mmd-aty th s ar th mpat,

Ba sad.University ofcials have been in

tuh wth th studts ad amymembers to oer support, Quinn

wrt. As w ar mr abut th

dtas th adt, w w skt dtrm thr ar addtasteps to be taken to strengthen pedes-trian saety on and around campus.

Hit-and-run injures two students

medical marijuana would need tosut wth Brws Hath Sr-vices to identiy options to meet

their needs in compliance withth aw.

Mark Porter, chie o police anddirector o public saety, did not

respond to requests or comment.Te Universitys policy is in

compliance with the Drug-FreeSchools and Communities ActAmendments o 1989, which doesnot allow students to manuac-ture, distribute, dispense or pos-sess with the intent to manuac-

ture, distribute or dispense anyillicit drug, according to the Ofce

Studt L wbst.I an ofcer catches a student

violating the rules regarding druguse even i the student is in pos-session o medical marijuana witha ad s th studt maybe suspended, dismissed or ex-pd rm th Ursty a-rda wth th -aadmdspary d.

Students caught with marijuanaby o-campus law enorcementofcers may be subject to morestrgt ga sats k m-prsmt ad hy s.

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Sports Monday4 the Brown Daily eraldMonday, April 11, 2011

Bears snap skid, maul pacifst Quakers over weekendB EthaN Mccoy

aSSiStant SportS editor

T ms arss tam sappd

a three-game losing streak andpstd ts rst Iy Lagu w a back-and-orth thriller against

No. 12 Penn Saturday on the Bearshome tur. Bruno (4-6, 1-2 Ivy)utsrd th Quakrs (5-, 2-2)10-3 in the middle two quarters

and survived a our-goal Penn runin the nal 10 minutes to hang ont a 3-2 try.

Im really proud o this team,said Head Coach Lars iany 90.Having lost some really closegames our overtimes to Princ-

eton, having lost to Bryant by one t wud ha b ray asy

by huma atur t start sd-guessing ourselves. But Im re-ally proud o this team or stickingtogether and ghting through theadversity weve aced and continu-g t b ah thr. Adwe saw that today we playedsm ur bst arss tday.

I eel like it was nally the rsttime weve put together a good,complete game, said attackerParker Brown 12, who scoredour goals on the day. It was alittle scary at the end I thinkwe got a little complacent with thesr but ra, t s gratto nally get an Ivy League win,

spay ur hm d.Rob Schlesinger 12 helped

spearhead the Bears attack with

our goals o his own, as well astwo assists, in a breakout six-pointperormance. Te two attackers,

along with David Hawley 11, whoscored his 12th goal in ve games,stppd up th abs tr-captain and scoring leader AndrewFbrg , wh has mssd thlast three games with a concussion.

Its the irst time our o-ense has really clicked all year,

Schlesinger said. Deense hasbeen carrying us all season, and

its about time the oense nally

got it together and scored a ewgas, s that was hug r us.

I was really impressed withRob Schlesinger, whos struggled

srg, but had sm hug gasor us today, iany said. AndParker Brown. Hes getting the bestdeensemen rom the opposingtam. Hs gttg bat , yt h

tus t ru thrugh hksand make plays and prove that hesone o the better attackmen in theagu.

Schlesinger kicked o the scor-ing with an early, unassisted goal.Ar a P sr td th gam,the Bears regained the lead onParkr Brws rst ga. H wasle all alone on the doorstep orthe easy nish thanks to a Quakerdeensive miscommunication. ButPenn responded in a big way, scor-ing our times to close out the rst

quarter with a 5-2 lead. Te last

ga am th a sds Penns man advantage ollowing aslashing call on tri-captain deen-sma Ptr Fa .

It looked like it might be ag day r Bru supprtrs atStevenson Field, but a huge sec-

ond quarter in which the Bearsutsrd P - prd t ba turning point. Parker Brownsrd tw th quartrs rst

ve minutes to bring the Bearswth a ga. O th sd -ish, Parker Brown had an easyick-in rom point blank thanks toa heads-up pass rom Schlesinger.T Bars td th gam ss thaour minutes later on a great in-

dividual eort by Sam Ford 13.Te deenseman broke up a passin his own hal and scooped up theground ball beore racing coast toast r th uassstd ga.

W b jkg pratthat ur Ds ay gg t gt a

goal, Schlesinger said. Sams beensaying hes going to get a goal, andhe nally stuck that, and that reallygt ur tam gg.

But the Bears were not doneyet. In an isolation play, Schlesing-er was alone alongside the net butkkd t ut t mddr JryFoote 11, who buried the long-range shot to give Bruno a 6-5ad. P quky td th gam,but the Bears closed the quarter

with scores rom Hawley andShsgr t g th hm sdan 8-6 advantage heading into in-trmss.

At th start th sd hathough, Penn caught the Bearsasleep and tied the game a mere31 seconds aer the aceo. PennsAlek Ferro scored rom long rangewhen he saw goalie Matt Chriss ut pst. wty-thrsds atr, Nk Rhards tkadvantage o a miscommunication th Bars d t put hm a

asy ga.But again, the Bears regrouped

and answered. eddy Daiber 11

and Parker Brown scored in quick

succession, and the Bears regaineda two-goal lead. On a man advan-tag ar P was pazd rtoo many players on the eld,Foote scored his second goalwth a r sh as h sppdin ront o the net and bouncedhis shot past Penn goalie BrianFy. Shsgrs thrd thday stretched the Bears lead to2- br th quartrs s.

Shsgr srd aga aryin the ourth to give the Bears a

13-8 cushion, but a late Quakersurge in the nal 10 minutes al-

mst pushd th gam t r-

tm.Goals rom Al Kohart, Morgan

Gri and Ryan Parietti cut the leadto 13-11 with just over three min-uts rguat. Gr agascored in transition o a Brunoturnover with 32 seconds le to

make it a one-goal game. heQuakrs w th sug a,but Chrss mad a hug stp wth13 seconds le. But his clearingpass was intercepted, and Pennhad another chance. Maxx Meyersnal shot attempt or the Quakersew wide, icing the 13-12 win andprompting a collective exhale atSts Fd.

Little bit o a nail biter thereat the end, but we got it done,Shsgr sad.

iany said he was proud othe way his team perormed but

was quk t pt ut th gamsconclusion as evidence that thetam ds mprmt r-ta aras.

We didnt make plays at thevery end o the game, iany said.W had turr ar turr.We held on, and Matt Chriss madea bunch o big saves, but there werea t dss at th d thgame that were not smart plays

that wr t pays that yud kto have in the uture in big games.

Te win moves the Bears to 1-2 r pay ad sds threst o the Ivy League a message

that despite the teams disappoint-ing start, it has no plans o packingt ths sas.

eams have been looking overus I thk P kd r usa tt bt at th bgg thgame, Schlesinger said. At 0-2in the Ivy League, this game is a

turning point or our season. Iwe lost this game, its pretty muchr 0-3 th Iy Lagu, tstough to make the tournamentk that.

iany pointed to the impor-

tance o the game to the teamsmindset rather than the stand-gs. H sad h watd th tamt us ts rgy t wksopponent No. 17 Yale instead thkg abut ay pstsaspay.

Tis is just one win, he said. Idt wat t wrry abut th IyLeague playos or anything like

that. It gives us a big win, and weregoing to appreciate it or what it

is. Its a win over a very go od Penntam whs N. 2 th utry.

Ad thats t.

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Rob Schlesinger 12 scores one of his four goals against No. 12 Penn. Schlesinger also dished out two assists as menslacross won a thrilling contst 13-12 to scr its rst Iv Lag victor.

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ounders, as well as expose under-graduate and graduate students toa th amazg thgs aums

o the program have accomplished.In addition to three panels o

distinguished alums, conerenceattendees participated in inormalunconerences, hour-and-a-hal-long group discussion sessionswth up t 20 partpats.

Unconerences are the oppo-st what yu wud thk asa stodgy event, Fisher said. Teunconerences were not designedto be academic unctions but rathera dagu btw attds, shsad.

Yasmeen Hoosenally 92 attend-ed an unconerence on the role o

MCM in nonprots and education.Tere was a lively discussion thaterupted around a set o people withcompletely dierent backgrounds,sh sad.

B n me

T wkds ma attratwas the Big Media panel in theMartinos Auditorium in the Perryad Marty Gra Ctr r thCrat Arts. T pa, mdr-atd by MCM Prssr EmrtusMichael Silverman, eatured direc-tor odd Haynes 85, Tis Ameri-a L rad hst Ira Gass 2,NBC Universal Entertainment and

Digital Network and IntegratedMda harwma Laur Zaa-zk ad Mh Hga 0, amember o the digital animation

grup Mtap Cub.Hga, whs grup wrks pr-

mary mus ds ad m-mercials, showed o her groups2008 music video or YeasayersWat r th Summr, as w asa recent Batman-themed commer-cial or Google, which narrated

Batmans story through searchterms such as exible Kevlar andGtham Cty Crm Statsts.

Zalaznick, who said she wasnot aware that each panelist was

supposed to prepare a presenta-tion, joked that she jotted down hertalking points on the spot with penand paper, despite spending mucho her proessional career givingPowerPoint presentations. I workor the Man, Zalaznick said o herduties at NBC Universal, to whichher riend and ormer work partnerHaynes retorted, I thought youwr th Ma.

Zaazk, wh prdud s-eral o Haynes lms, including1991s Poison, said she did notanticipate ending up in television.I hr tak, sh trad hr prs-

sa arr rm hr ary wrkon movie sets to her current lie asa ts ut.

I literally work at 30 Rock, shesaid o her ofce. And its literallyjust like (the sitcom) 30 Rock.Zaazk jkd that wh spak-ing about her days at work, herkds ask hr sh s takg abuther real lie or the episode romth ght br.

Im obsessed with op Che,Haynes said as he began his presen-tation, a reerence to a reality showon the television network Bravo,which Zalaznick oversees. Haynes

said he came to Brown wanting tocreate art and lm and credited thesemiotics department or ground-g hs ambts a thrtaramwrk.

Haynes also spoke about hisstruggles coming out o gradu-ation. His short lm Superstar:the Karen Carpenter Story, whichdepicts Carpenters career andstruggle with anorexia, used mixedmda udg amatd Barbdolls or the roles o Carpenter

and her amily. No one wantedto show Superstar when I nishedt, Hays sad.

Tough Haynes enjoyed successwth atr atur ms, h sad h

ound it difcult to keep his anshappy when branching out intounamiliar genres. His rst lm,Poison, was embraced by gayauds r ts rtat the issues surrounding HIV . WhenHaynes switched gears in 1995 withSae, he said ans o his earlierwrk wr prpd by th m,whh dd t ta ay p-ty gay thms. Wh I shwdit at gay lm estivals, everyonesaid, what the (expletive) is this?

Haynes also expressed concernabout todays lmmaking. Teway w w mda has hagd,

the alternative venues that existedand the things that propelled meha dsappard r ashd, hsaid. Haynes added he was sur-prsd that, g th assbtyo lmmaking equipment today,even on devices like cell phones,

more innovative work has noturshd.

Gass prd th mst rwd-pasg spakr at th pa, adthe audience erupted in laughter

multiple times during his pre-sentation. Glass, who started his

ratshp wth Nata PubRadio as a 19-year-old intern, saidhe had never heard o the program

br h bga wrkg thr.

I still use what I learned atBrw ry day at my jb, Gasssad. H sad hs study RadBarthes proairetic code, whichemphasizes sequences o actions

and suspense to draw in audiences,inuenced the structure o Tis

American Lie Exactly theopposite o what my proessorsintended or me to do with thatrmat.

Its hard making anythinggd, Gass sad, rag strug-gles early in his career. Mostthgs that yur makg ar try-g t b rap. It wats t b bad.

W a prbaby d a drkat ths pt, sad Srma, thmoderator, aer Glass eccentricprstat.

te e(e) m emneIn addition to the Big Media

panel, other alums had the oppor-tunity to present their work andshare humorous tributes to their

concentration in panels titled Art-ists and Producers and AcademiaAr Aadma.

At one panel, columnist andwriter Ed Ball 82 joked that theoriginal semiotics building resem-bled a tenement o the East Village Nw Yrk. Ts was apprpr-ate he said, because it preparedgraduats r th typ husgthy wud upy ar sh.

I elt like I was being adopt-

ed into a cult, artist and scholar

Coco Fusco 82 said. We had alanguage, a protected space. Weall wore black and smoked ExportA gartts. Ery sad sm-thg trrsa thr thr

classes to identiy themselves assmts studts.

A lot o people worry aboutturning into their parents, saidAlex Galloway 96, a computer pro-grammer and associate proessorat New York University. I worryabout turning into my old MCM

proessors. Galloway also jokedabout the departments tendencyto produce hyper-emo subjects

though it prides itsel on destroy-g th da trrty.

Despite the humorous tone, thespeakers all shared an intense pridein the department. Teres some-

thing important about this lack o asignier that people could identiyus wth, psyhaayst Oa N-rbrg 0 sad th tra-t. Its t a pr t ay aradyknown proession. Teres a call tot.

Hoosenally mentioned MCMsdfuty as a sdut atr rmay aums, wh rad aryailing their rst papers as the mo-ment they knew they wanted to

d MCM.I would like i this happens

aga, r attd Mad-eleine Fix-Hansen 94 said. Itsnice to gather everyone together

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neWS editor

Recognizing a gradual and un-planned rise in enrollment overpast years, administrators are nowturning serious attention to housingexpansion in an eort to improveon-campus living standards aectedby the growth o the student o body,ardg t Rhard Sps, u-tive vice president or planning andsr adsr t th prsdt.

Te experience ought to be bet-tr tha t s, h sad. I thk thatsth akwdgmt w.

Spies said the Plan or AcademicEnrichment, the Universitys long-

rag grwth pa, dd t autor this increase in the size o thestudt bdy.

When the University set its prior-ities, improving housing was a goal,but the consensus was that academicds k grwg th auty admprg aadm ats tkprd.

Tere was never a goal set in(the plan) that said to increaseenrollment, Spies said. Its one

o those things that you deal with

rather than try to get out in ront o.At the time the plan was ap-

proved, total undergraduate enroll-ment was 5,946, according to statis-ts rm th Of IsttutaResearch. Enrollment uctuatedut pakg ast aadm yar at,23.

Dean o the College KatherineBergeron attributed some o theincrease to the over-enrollment o

th ass 202 a 200, whadmission ofcials overestimatedthe decrease in Browns yield aer

Harvard and Princeton did awaywth thr ary admss pts.

Spies said there was a eelingthat the student-aculty ratio wastoo high at the time the plan wasdrated. Administrators made aconscious decision to increase the

size o the aculty and grow Brownsprssa shs wh kpgthe size o the undergraduate studentbdy stat, h sad.

Despite this decision, there isa tendency each year to overshoot

enrollment targets primarily because th rasg quaty th ap-plicant pool, Spies said, particularly

r trata appats. At th

marg, aa rass as paya role in increasing the number ostudents on campus because costs oraculty and other services are alreadydtrmd, ad a argr ass adst mr tut.

Yud rathr b a tt r--rolled than under-enrolled, he said.In an ideal world, undergraduatermt wud stay rughy thsame, but or a variety o reasonsthat were not part o the plan, it grewsghty, h addd.

When enrollment does increase,growing housing at ahead o enroll-ment is preerable. But at smaller

numbers, theres the illusion that youa gt away wth t, h sad.

Because ormal plans did not callr th ras, admstratrs aronly now beginning to recognize theneed to grow housing, he added. ButSpies said he believes the decision

t prrtz aadm prjts wasth rght .

Te act that were eight yearsinto the plan and really starting to

think about housing in a signicantway is unortunate, but I wouldnt

say its surprising, Spies said. Its

rs th prrty st by rtu

us gttg sm thr thgs d.Discussions about the Univer-

sitys next capital projects includemprmts aras suh as -gineering and the physical sciences,though the need or academic invest-ment does not exist across the boardas t dd, Sps sad.

It was a tough competition toget into the capital backlog sevenr ght yars ag, h sad.

Aside rom renovations to 315Tayr St., Sps sad husg prj-ects under consideration includeadding new dormitories and a pro-gram o renovations or existingdorms, though plans are largely con-tingent on the generosity o donors.

An objective o the plans secondphase, released in 2008, is to increasethe percentage o undergraduatesliving on campus rom roughly 80

percent to 90 percent as soon asag aws.

A shrt trm ga, Sps sad, srasg ths umbr t abut 5percent, which would require an in-ras abut 300 studts.

Can we do that? Spies said.Yes. Tats the kind o number were

tryg t tak abut w.

B alEx BEll

neWS editor

S th Ursty bam a rs-idential college in 1951 with thecompletion o Wriston Quadrangle,overcrowding has been a persistentprbm.

A our-part series run by TeHerald in the all o 1968 pro-amd that a rma ad mr-gency on-campus rooms had beenlled, prompting the director ohusg t a th strut new dormitories the greatest need th Ursty.

At a time when the University

had plans to signiicantly raise

enrollment rom 5,200, the seriesraised particular concerns abouthow the rise in o-campus livingcould turn Brown into more o a

commuter than a residential col-g.

By contrast, a ront-page articleat the start o the 1980 spring se-

mstr aud a aay 75beds or that semester, the result

o a new residence hall opening.Te new dorm provided necessaryr th prus smstr, 2sphmrs had t ugsdu t a uptdy hgh rst-yar matruat rat.

Ardg t a husg faat the time, the 75 excess rooms didnot signicantly aect the budgetand allowed or greater exibility

rm hags.Dormitory overcrowding is

over at Brown at least or thissmstr, th art pramd.

But just ve years later, Mikerttr 5, th a mmbr th

Corporation Committee on StudentL, td T Hrad a ry dr-t stry.

All over campus, we dont haveenough rooms they have been

cannibalizing other space such asdance practice rooms and loung-

es and turning them into dorm

rms, h sad.Te ollowing semester, resi-

dents o Andrews Hall, KeeneyQuadrangle and South WaylandHouse again saw lounges disappearto accommodate an excess number studts g ampus, THrad rprtd that a.

In the all o 1991, Te Herald

reported that the Ofce o Resi-dta L rbks -ampushousing by about 30 or 40 studentseach year to account or unplannedaas durg th smstr adthereby reduce the number o emp-ty bds ampus. Tat smstr,th stratgy rsutd 2 trasrand visiting students being housed

mm spas.It is a reality that there are going

t b trasrs, a trasr studttd T Hrad at th tm. Tyshud pa ahad r us.

w dads atr, th prato purposeully overbooking on-campus housing to account or un-pad aas s st pa,ardg t Rhard Ba, srassociate dean o residential lie anddg srs. Strs th m-pact o overcrowding have been in-creasingly prevalent in recent years.

A Wy Ha rsdta pradr td T Hrad a 2005that his unit was missing out on

brthday parts ad gt-tgthrsbecause they lacked a commonspace to hold such celebrations.At the time, Bova said this over-crowding was the result o a highernumber o current students seekingon-campus rooms than expected one cause o this years overcrowd-g as w.

A spring 2008 Herald article la-mtd th ss Ky ug-es and its eects on living unitscommunities, recounting low at-tda at ut ts u-ventional locations, a pizza party in

the hallway and study sessions in a

audry rm.During the rst week o Sep-

tmbr 200, T Hrad rprtdthat almost all hallway lounges andmm spas ha b turdinto bedrooms due to an unexpect-edly high yield in matriculation orthat yars rst-yar ass.

People want to use the kitchen,a sophomore living in a convert-ed common space told Te Her-ald in all 2009. So people come

ad kk ur dr t us thkitchen, but since we are here, theyat us t.

In spring 2010, the Herald re-

ported that an inspection o 200

common spaces around campusby the Undergraduate Council o

Students ound that approximatelytwo-thirds o the rooms were nolonger used as lounges, and most

had bm drm rms.But despite recent signs rom

administrators that an expansion

husg s ts way, thr hasbeen little indication that any insti-tutional change will be made to pre-t hstry rm rpatg ts.

bG J-D

Academic priorities trumped housing concerns

Dorm overcrowding a persistent problem

B alEx BEll

neWS editor

Each year, about 20 percent o under-graduats rughy ,000 srsad 250 jurs ampusas part a systm that abs thOf Rsdta L t rpressure on the limited supply oon-campus housing, like a saetyvalve that can be opened as needed.

But the variables that eed into

the model that determines howmuh th a ds t b pdcan be hard to predict rom currentdata, ad hstra trds at tmspr urab.

Te truth o the matter is that

ts a mprt s that s ar-ried out with as much data as wehave, Dean o the College KatherineBrgr sad.

Further complicating the equa-

tion, misaligned incentives hamperResLies ability to accurately hit thetarget number o students living o-campus. Te system encourages stu-dts t ha thr t mutpdoors, as Richard Bova, senior asso-

at da rsdta ad dgsrs, put t.

cn e e

At its most basic level, the modelprdts th dr btw thprojected number o students en-rolled at Brown and the projected

number o students separating romth Ursty. Ts dr rp-resents the number o studentsneeding a place to live on oro campus. Te target number ostudents living o campus is thisumbr mus th umbr bds ampus.

T umbr tta sparatsis made up o the number o stu-dts graduatg, gg ampusor study abroad or taking leaveso any type such as medical orprsa as.

Te rst category o separation th umbr studts graduatg s r a at gur, ad autuat rm prjts by abut0 studts, Ba sad.

Te number o students studyingabrad may utuat by as may as20 studts ad a b mr a-t du t wrd ts suh as thtsunami in Japan and conicts inthe Middle East. Finalized numbersrom the Ofce o InternationalPrograms do not arrive until latesprg, w ar th rst rud o-campus approvals are sent out th a.

As or the number o studentstaking leaves, Bova said the best pre-dictor he has is an average o thepast three years data. Each year,th md atrs a prjtd amelt o about 30 students to ac-count or students who drop out orvarious reasons during that semester.

Bova noted that though trends

shw rrwdg th rst day

Model forhousing both

complex andimprecise

Jlin Ollt / Hrald

On th rst da o classs, dormitoris ar gnrall ovrlld.

Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Hrald

Despite overcrowding challenges, Wedont leave anybody on the doorstep,

Bova told Th Hrald.

Students feel the squeeze of chronic housing woes

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B aBBy KErsoN

Staff Writer

For many, applying to program

houses is not just about seeking outa community o other students whoshare interests program houseleaders and applicants alike con-sider avoiding the housing lottery

an added bonus. And with morestudents placed in temporary hous-ing due to overcrowding, the promiseo superior rooms in program housesa prd a tg atratt ag th husg.

French House saw a slight in-ras th umbr appatsthis year and a slight decrease in theumbr utgg rsdts, sadCarolyn Crisp 12, one o the houses-prsdts.

I know there were some peoplewh thr thught abut appygor did apply because they wanted

t ad th husg ttry, Crsp

said, noting that it was likely one may rass. Ty dt watt b stuk a trp Ky rsmthg.

As incoming Spanish Housemmbr Aa C sad, Tlottery is kind o a black day atBrown because nobody is happyad ry s strssd ut.

I students begin to live in theFrench and Spanish components Mahad Hus pury t adthe lottery, over time, we would losethe French and Spanish houses alltogether, Crisp said. Still, Crisp saidsh has ry d that thnew recruits are all there or therght ras.

Molly Chambers 11.5, vicepresident o Buxton InternationalHouse, said that while the house didnot see a similar increase in interestthis year, the recruitment committeeud rgz that a w pp

wr thr baus th ttry was

overwhelming. Chambers said thelottery was not a signicant actor hr ds t j th hus.

But gts aywhr rm 00to 120 applicants each year, whileonly about 25 to 35 new spots openup. Luka Ursic 14, who was acceptedor this all, said the lottery denitelycontributed to his decision to apply.

I guess I am araid that yourgroup can get split up or you canget a bad number and get a really

bad location, Ursic said. Im reallyhappy that I dont have to go throughth ttry, h sad.

echnology House ManagerDana Mirsalis 11 said the houselooks or people who will be in-volved in the community, but some-

one who was only interested in theroom would not be welcomed. Tehouse has only had to turn away twomembers in their history or thisras, sh sad.

King House, primarily occupied

by the literary raternity St. AnthonyHall, has also seen increased interestand currently has a waitlist or livingin the house, according to CourtneyHall 11, the raternitys president.

T hus s a sg pt, but Idt thk t maks r braks ay-ones decision, Hall said. Like manyo the other program house ofcials,Ha ptd t a ss mmu-nity provided by the organizationas th prmary mtat t j.

Nick Morley 13, a new member St. Athy Ha wh w b -ing in King house next all, describedthe advantage o avoiding the lotteryas a push actor, as opposed to theta draw. Mry sad ths yarsuse o temporary housing increasedhs dstrust th ttry.

Te thought o avoiding unavor-ab husg dts dtycame into my head when decidingto apply to King House, said William

Barnet 12, who currently lives there.

Students avoid lottery through program housing

B JosEph rosalEs

Senior Staff Writer

Tough Wriston Quadrangle was

but wth th da a rsdtacommunity in mind, overcrowd-g rt yars has hghtdts btw Grk g addpdts.

Te construction o WristonQuad around 1950 was the Uni-versitys rst major step towardratg a rsdta ampus. Ad-ministrators had been talking asearly as President Francis WaylandsP46 term in the mid-19th Centuryabut trastg t a rsd-tial style o education. But it was

not until President Henry Wristonthat the University began seriouslyconsidering developing a true hous-ing system on campus, according

t a May 0, 52, tdd p T Hrad abut th hstry Browns housing written by TomasAppleget 17, then the vice president th Ursty.

Wriston proposed his initialpas t th Crprat 3,basing his ideas and goals on Way-lands desire or a residential campusexpressed nearly 100 years prior,Appgt wrt. Wrst hpd tstrut a arg husg ara thatwud b hm t th Urstys

raternities as well as independents students that are not afliatedwith Greek organizations thatneeded housing. In September o

1951, Wriston Quad was completed,ad ratrty mmbrs bga -

ing on campus. At that point, the

University was afliated with 17

raternities, with members makingup amst ha th studt bdy.

Wriston pushed or this con-struction, Appleget wrote, becauseo what he elt was a need or agratr ss mmuty at thUrsty.

Intimate riendship and col-lege spirit and good breeding alldemand that men should sit at tabletogether, in unhurried intercourse,Wriston wrote in an accompanyingp that sam ssu.

H as wshd r a urstywhere raternity brothers wouldhave places not only to live on cam-

pus, but as t grw as ttu-as ad t trat wth thr -Greek schoolmates. In exchangeor on-campus housing, the Uni-

rsty assumd th dds t thr-ampus huss.

Frd rm th burd dbtad upyg attrat quartrs,thy aga may bm a dua-ta r, as w as a tbond between successive genera-

ts aum, Wrst wrt.

N ene mmn

Despite the act that there are noGreek common areas converted thissemester though Buxton Interna-

tional Houses library was convertedinto dorm space last semester independents common areas havenot been as readily available or use.

Te independent lounge andkitchen in Goddard House hashoused students all year, accord-ing to Michelle Ngo 12, a com-munity assistant in the building.Independents in Diman Househa as had thr mm arasconverted, Angell Shi 13, a com-munity assistant, wrote in an emailto Te Herald. Dimans basement

lounge and library are currentlyliving spaces or students, while the

ma dpdt ug was stt b rtd but th rrtdbak t a ug, Sh wrt.

Overcrowding swellsWriston tensions

B grEg JordaN-dEtaMorE

Senior Staff Writer

A majority o students indicatedthat overcrowding in on-campushousing specically the accom-

modation o students in kitchensand lounges has aected their resi-dential experience, according to last

months Herald poll. Eleven percento respondents said overcrowdinghas atd thm ry muh, wh3 prt sad t has atd thmsomewhat. Forty-six percent saidthey have not been aected by the

ss mm spas.

Fiy-ve percent o rst-years, 59prt sphmrs, 0 prt jurs ad 2 prt srs many o whom live o-campus said they have been aected by

th rrwdg.Seventeen percent o sophomores

said they have been aected very

muh by rrwdg, mpardto 7 percent o seniors, 11 percent ojurs ad prt rst-yars.

his mirrors another trend:When asked in the poll what theUrstys hghst prrty shudbe, 14 percent o sophomores avoredbuilding new on-campus dorms,

compared to 11 percent o juniorsand 8 percent o both rst-years andsrs.

Tough students living in tem-

porary housing oen have varying

opinions o their living situations as Te Herald has reported in

the past students living near con-verted kitchens and lounges also eelth ts st mm spas.

N n

Last semester, our second-oorkitchen was converted into a triple,sad E Shadbur 2, a sd-oor resident o Vartan Gregorian

Quad A, which houses about 170students. Some students chose to th sd r baus its kitchen, Shadburn said, but wereg warg t wud b takaway.

A lot o us wanted to reduceour meal plans, but decided not

to because the only kitchen wasso ar away. She said the situation

was extremely inconvenient ora suitemate who enjoys cooking.Ts smstr, th kth has brpd.

Sm studts g WrstQuadrangle dormitories as indepen-dents residents not afliated withprogram or Greek houses have

ass t kths r ugs thr budgs.

We are independents, and wehave no kitchen or lounge, saidJordan Place 13, a Marcy Housersdt wh s t a ma pa.

Te Ofce o Residential Lie gavehim card access to Sears House to

use its independent kitchen, he said.We rarely do anything with a stove,baus w just dt wat t wak,

Place said. We microwave a lot othgs ur rm.

Hope College has two lounges th basmt ad App-get Lounge on the rst oor. ButAppgt Lug s urrty bgused to house students, leaving Hoperesidents with only the basementug.

I have never seen ApplegetLounge, Hope resident Margaretennis 14 said. Te basement loungeis cold and uncomortable, she said.I know that everyone in Hope isprtty pd abut th stuat.

Sh sad that sh wats t tak th ph, but hr rmmat s th rm, sh has whr t g.Tere are no options i you want torspt yur rmmats rghts adstill have your privacy, she said. en-s as sad thr s whr t gor students who want to study in thedrm. W ha pp dg wrk th kths ry ght, whh Idt thk s da.

lkn ne

ResLies website currently con-

tas aurat rmat abutcommon spaces. For example, itsays Nrth Wayad Hus 0 s alounge, but in reality, it is being usedt hus studts.

Excluding Arnold Lounge, Re-

sLies website lists ve lounges inKeeney Quadrangle, but a visit to one th ats Brs Hus

Lack of common spaces irks studentsJlin Ollt / Hrald

the herald Poll

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To what extent has overcrowding the accoodation o students in coonspaces such as lounges or kitchens afected your residential experience?

Jabberwocks lounge

has storied history

Most on-camps rsidntial

spacs ar primaril sd b th

stdnts that liv in th bilding,

bt Room 004 in North Waland

Hos srvs as hom to th

Jabbrwocks, th univrsits

oldst a capplla grop. ThJabbrwocks is th onl stdnt

grop on camps to hav spac

in a dormitor allottd soll or

its s.

Whn a w o th

Jabbrwocks ond an

abandond biccl room in

North Waland in 1988, th grop

dcidd to invst in making it

a niq spac or thmslvs,

according to Jo Lrman 11, a

snior mmbr o th singing

grop.

At th tim w got th room,

it was jst having a plac whr

w cold pt all o that st

th kboard, th msic, Lrman

said.

Th room is sd or rharsals,

and occasionall mmbrs own

projcts and a w partis ach

smstr.

Rd McNab 12, Walands

womn pr conslor, said

sh ls it is nair that th

Jabbrwocks ar th onl grop

on camps with thir own room,

as i th univrsit considrd

thm th lit a capplla grop

on camps.

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o each school year, the melt miti-

gats rrwdg as th smstrprogresses and students living in

tmprary husg ar md tnormal rooms. And in years thatbegin with vacancies, the melt in-

tensies the problem o being underapaty r RsL.

Te total number o new andcontinuing students is made up o

th umbr studts tugat Brown, returning rom abroad orreturning rom leaves, plus incomingrst-yars ad a trasrs.

O this piece o the equation,Bova said he aces similar uncer-tainty. Te number o incomingrst-years, Bova said, is generallyclose to its target. Other variables,

like students returning rom abroad,ar basd what studts rprt,ad ar mr ky t hag. Ad-ministrators calculate the projec-tions based on students indicationso their intentions combined withhistorical trends, rereshing esti-mats prday.

But even trends change, Bergerontd.

Another problem has to do withthe act that one side o the house

deals in beds, and the other sidedeals in FEs, Bergeron said. An

FE, or ull-time equivalent, is an

udrgraduat studt wh s tak-g at ast thr urss at Brw,

Brgr sad. Tugh may um-bers at the University, such as theenrollment target, are specied inFEs, ths umbr ds t awaystranslate perectly into the number ostudents who will be living at Brown,thugh t s usuay qut s.

A large chunk o o-campusapprovals are sent out in the all,ollowed by another round shortlybeore the housing lottery. Later intothe school year and over the summer,Bova said he sends out new approv-als weekly. Te model is updatedat several points as its variables

such as deadlines or declaring study

abrad hs rm up.oward the end o the process,

Bova also needs to track down about30 ghosts, or students who have notdone anything to arrange housing orthe next year. Later on, ResLie mayalso need to accommodate a number studts wh ar ampus addo not like their living situations. Insuch cases, Bova said he does his best

t d rms r thm ampus.

a ek e vve

E th md prty pr-dtd th umbr studts wh

ught t ampus, ahgthat target number o o-campusstudts s as mssy wrk.

Tere are many students whosign up, get o-campus approval,ad thy ha tt gg ampus, Ba sad.

Currty thr s paty rapplying or o-campus permissionand then declining to live o campusprior to Super Deadline Day, whichwas Marh ths yar.

Students declining permissionaer the deadline are ineligible toparticipate in the lottery and arerd t th summr watst.

Tat rats suh a rpp ad aurry ph as rm parts,Bova said, which at times involves alarge amount o screaming, yelling,sutg bhar.

But assignments on the sum-mer waitlist are made by semester

level, so upperclassmen who declineprmss usuay d up g normal housing and not in con-verted lounges. In act, 90 percent

o students in temporary housingthis all were sophomores, accord-

g t Ba.Why d yu appy r -am-

pus permission i you dont reallywant it? Many students want their

t bth pas th yard. Tywant to straddle the ence, Bovasad.

Is thr a t r Brwstudents to want to have their eet inmutp drs? Ys, h tud,saying that the Universitys housingsystem has been based on senior-ty r dads, whh s hrtyvulnerable to misaligned incentives.

But I really cannot oresee atime when I just shut students outcompletely and say, You made a badchoice, he said. We dont leave any-bdy th drstp.

Last semester, Richard Hilton,

ResLies assistant director or opera-tions, sent emails to all sophomoresand juniors, directed at any studentsthinking o applying or o-campuspermission. For many sophomores,this was their rst introduction to

th -ampus systm.Tere are a limited number o

students approved to live o campuseach year. Tereore, i you have any

trst g ampus r th2011-12 academic year, please com-pt a appat, Ht wrt.

Still, Bova said ResLie has putstern warnings on its website to

students who would apply or o-ampus prmss a whm.

I think were very clear, Bovasad. Etr th prss ths swhat yu wat. Why tr th pr-cess i you dont have the intention?

Bova said 78 juniors declinedthr prmss at ast sprg.

Tugh RsL matas wat-lists or students initially denied o-

ampus prmss, sm studtssay thy ha b td t att d husg Prd.

Bova dismissed the prospect oapproving more students or o-

campus permission than the currentmodels o-campus target, saying hedoes not believe it is ResLies respon-sibility to plan around students whoirresponsibly back out o o-campusmmtmts.

Tere is no housing program inth utry that w rsht thmodel because they think people aregg t d, h sad.

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109 reveals otherwise, leavingonly our lounges or Keeney Quadsroughly 600 residents. Tree o theselounges are on the top oor. KeeneyQuad also has only three kitchens,thugh std RsLs wb-site, again Bronson 109, does not ex-ist, while another kitchen Bronson2 s t std th st.

Te Residential Councils websitermat drmtrs astupdatd 200 sts ght kth-

s Ky Quad.ResLie does not update inor-

mation on its website each year to

rt tmprary hags, ad thguarantee that all dorms will have

kitchens should not be taken literally,Richard Bova, senior associate deano residential and dining services,sad a Ot. 2, 200 Hrad ar-ticle. Everybody does have access tokitchens, but its all up or interpreta-t, h sad.

I thk thrs aways a mpaton students when theres not as muchmmua spa, Ba sad thart.

Leigh Carroll 12, a Womens Peer

Counselor and Herald contribut-g wrtr, s t t a rtdlounge and kitchen in Keeney Quad.Teres denitely a lack o commonspa, sh sad.

Keeney Quads top-oor loungesare denitely too ar or people to

go just to hang out, Carroll said.Her residents tend to hang out inhallways and individual rooms, andwith no kitchen in her unit, cookinga b dfut.

T p s cucMc 14-16 s 2.9 pc

95 c c-

fc. T 5.6prcnt or t subst o frst-yars, 5.6pc f spms, 5.9 pc

or juniors and 6.1 prcnt or sniors.A total o 972 studnts compltd tpoll, wic T hrald distributd as qus J.

s Sp 62C C Scc Lb .

I think its very unortunate orth rsdts baus sm ppar ma pa ad d at asta kth, Ng wrt a mato Te Herald about the situation

in Goddard. Ive had some peopleemail me about their dissatisaction,but thrs thg I a d abutt, ad thr a thy.

According to Emma PattersonWare 13, both her roommate LakenHottle 13 and she are on meal plansbaus thrs way t b .

Trs thr spa r yuto go in that building, PattersonWar sad.

It makes you eel really un-

dervalued, Hottle said. Teres no

ss mmuty.My Chambrs .5 sad th

two students who were placed in

Buxtons library last semester eltuncomortable they were theonly ones in the building who weret a part th prgram hus.

Its not the ideal community tohave two people living who are notd at a, sh sad.

i j n

For raternity and sororitymembers, the independents lack

o common areas may be a problem,though not one they were all aware. Jams Ard 3, a mmbr the Delta Phi raternity, thoughtall lounge areas in Goddard were

reserved or members o DPhi and

Alpha Delta Phi, the raternity andliterary society that share the build-g wth dpdts.

I guess it sucks to be an in-dependent and not get your own

lounge, but I think most peopleunderstand that when theyre liv-

g th rat, Ard wrt ama t T Hrad.

Htt td th stark trastbtw th stuat dp-dts ad that Grk rsdts.

Its just not air, and its notcomortable to live in a place like

ths, sh sad. I I just had asst a kth ad a mm rm,that would make everything somuh bttr.

Andrew Alvarez 11, president

th Grk Cu, wrt a

ma t T Hrad that stua-tions where independents do not

have social spaces available to them,thy ha thr pts t tur t.(Te Ofce o Residential Lie),upon request, will give indepen-dts ard ass t a huss Wriston or the use o available so-cial spaces, a privilege the Greeksar t ttd t, h wrt.

Hottle said ResLie gave her ac-ss t Harkss Hus, but sh shesitant to start cooking. Its awk-ward and weird to be using their

kth, sh sad.Tugh th Grk systm may

seem to have a set o privileges,there are also responsibilitiesGreeks must adhere to, Alvarez

wrt.

Any raternity or sorority issubject to losing their social spaceswhen membership declines in ordert us ths sa spas r mrindependents, he wrote. Greekhouses are still under the guide-s (Rsdta Cu) adResLie. Not too many non-Greeksare aware o that part because theydont have to interact with ResCu.

Ut rrwdg ampusis eased, independents will continueto deal with what Ngo eels is anunortunate lack o common areas.

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SportS Staff Writer

Te mens and womens track teams

garnered three rst-place nishesat the unscored University o Con-tut Aum It Saturday.

Te mens 4x100-meter relayteam, which was composed o JohnSpy , Matt B , AjaBrown 14 and Nathan Elder 13,am rst pa wth a tm 3muts, 7. sds.

My best race was the 400 inth ur by ur, Spy sad. Iwas really relaxed, and there wasntmuh prssur.

Spooney also had impressiveperormances in the 100-meter and200-meter sprints. He nished thirdin the 100 in 10.82 seconds and sec-ond in the 200 with a time o 21.42.

I think I ran well. Tere were

some improvements that need to bemade, Spooney said. Improving

my starts th 200 ad just ra-ing, both mentally and in my orm.

Daniel Smith 13 had a strong

showing in the shot put with a heave 52 t, ur hs that ardhim third place. Jonathan Dieujuste trp jumpd 52 /2, whhpropelled him to a second-placenish. Erik Berg 13 nished the

00-mtr ru thrd pa, wtha tm :52.0.

Tr wr a t jurs thatprevented many o the male athletesrm mptg, Spy sad.

he two irst-place inisheson the womens side belonged toVictoria Buhr 13, who threw the

discus 153-7, and Rachel Biblo 11,wh trp jumpd - /2 . Buhralso recorded a third-place throw

o 43-5 3/4 in the shot put. Lacey

Crakr 3 addd t th sussso the throwing squad by comingin third place in the hammer throwwith a heave o 143-11. Gabriela

Baiter 11 came in a close secondplace behind Biblo in the triplejump wth a mbd ap 0-

/2.Te womens distance squad also

had sm strg prrmas, asSamatha Adbrg rrdd a

second-place nish in the 1500-me-ter run in 4:27.05. Ari Garber 12

and Kesley Ramsey 11 nished

sd ad thrd th 3000-m-ter run with times o 9:41.85 and

:.00, rspty.Bruno returns home Saturday

or the Brown Invitational, therst o two home meets during thetams utdr sass.

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Track squads led by frst-year sprinters

th tr ad attdd th srrecital, which quickly became a jamsss r a, MGarr sad.

Te band also gave a concert at ahurh Suth Dub t supprtthe Dublin Housing Mental HealthAssat.

Tis concert had a very largeaudience, and we were able to raisealmost 3,000 euro, McGarrell said.

Tey played a wide selection orepertory pieces, including works

by Duke Ellington. Te band alsoperormed in the bar at the ConradDublin Hotel preceding the DublinCty Jazz Orhstras rt at thNational Concert Hall across thestrt.

Perorming together night aerght was a ray at pr,said Brett Anders 14, a trumpetplayer in the band. As an ensem-

b, w startd t sud bttr, ursound got a lot tighter over a couplenights. Schonwald said the trip wasa huge success and believed this

t b argy baus Irsh pp

ar ry wmg.Students also had time to wander

arud Dub ad tak th tyand its surrounding areas, includingsightseeing and a hiking trip justutsd th ty, Adrs sad.

McGarrel said the tr ips unding,whh ttad abut $22,000, amrom a number o sources, includingthe students themselves, money sentin rom Brown Jazz Band alums,th wd symphy ad jazz badinstructional account, the Sarah andRbrt A. Rhy drsd udad th Of th Prsdt.

At a rharsa ary th -

ning o April 7, the Brown JazzBand were already hard at work ontheir next major event, rehearsing

wth bratd jazz artst adtrumpeter Anat Cohen or a concertwhich took place in Salomon 101 onSaturday ght.

in Pakistan. Te musicians wie toldthe audience that the oods weremore disastrous than HurricaneKatrina and the Haiti earthquake

mbd. But th ds dd tr as muh attt as thsdisasters, and international aid was

delayed. She also described the or-gazats wrk spsrg agrs sh ad budg a ag Paksta.

She concluded by urgingthe audience members to takeaction.Start rom where you are

and do what you can, she urged.

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C O R R E C I O N S P O L I C Y

T Brw Day Hrad s mmttd t prdg th Brw Ursty mmuty wth th mst aurat rmat pssb. Crrts may b

submttd up t s adar days ar pubat.

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T Brw Day Hrad, I. Cums, ttrs ad ms rt th ps thr authrs y.

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Beginning tomorrow at noon, students will have 48 hours tovote or chair o the Undergraduate Finance Board. We strongly

encourage students to read up on the campaign and cast a ballot. Asthe organization in charge o apportioning unds to student groups,UFB pays a majr r ur s ampus. Ar spakg wththe candidates, we believe David Chanin 12 is the right pick or

UFB har.Chas ppt, Jas L 2, urrty srs as UFB

chair, giving him valuable experience making policy decisions. Leespriorities include increasing transparency and strengthening col-

abrat bds wth th Udrgraduat Cu Studts adddua studt grups bth wrthy gas. But hs mphass mprg prssasm, wh rtay mprtat, was asat th hart hs ampag r har ast yar.

Chanin is campaigning on a orward-thinking agenda that isambitious but realistic. He has spent the last two years on UFB work-ing with student groups and serving as liaison between UFB andth Brw Ursty Atts Cmmtt. Chas bakgrud

maks hm w-quad r UFB har.Central to Chanins campaign is his goal o implementing an on-

line budgeting process or student groups next year. Such a system islong overdue online budgeting will allow student groups to easilyass data rm past yars ad submt thr urrt prpsas amr t rm. Cha has arady d prmary wrk ths prjt ad rd us a ar pa at r mpmt-g th systm u.

W wr as mprssd wth Chas da drtg a smashare o UFB unding to UCS or allocation to students with innova-t suts t ampus prbms suh as t pubty. Chatd us UFB must w strt guds wh dg ut my,making UCS a better appropriator o such a und. Te idea is a soundone and underscores Chanins commitment to improving studentgrups tss, wh that mas dg sm pwr.

Fay, w b Cha s th rght prs t push th stadCapital Closet project to ruition. Tis initiative would see UFB

purchase equipment student groups requently use at events, savingmoney currently used or renting such equipment. It is disconcertingthat such a great idea, which has been on the table or over a year, hasgained little traction with the administration. Chanin is committedto persuading President Ruth Simmons and other administrators tog th prjt th g-ahad.

Bth addats wud k t strgth aum rats as ameans o nding alternative unding sources and push to enlarge

th studt atts dwmt, whh wud rdr th studtatts ussary t grw arg ugh. W ar gad bthaddats ar mmttd t ths mprtat gas.I you are not in a student group yoursel, then surely you have beent a t put by . UFB pays a ry mprtat r thoperations o student groups, which in turn help to keep our campusvibrant, engaging and entertaining. Chanin is the right person tohar ths ta sttut ad sur that studt grups tu

t ursh.Students can vote or UFB chair through MyCourses. We will

oer our endorsement in the race or Undergraduate Council o

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T pubs pt dmst trrr-sm has hagd drastay r th past d-ad. As appart rm Rp. Ptr Kgs (R-N.Y.) Cgrssa hargs, dmst tr-rrsm s w amst usy assatdwth Musm trmsts. Wh Musm -trmsm s rtay th ma typs thrats rm dmst trrrsm, t s t thy . A t -Musm trrrstsar rgtt r grd. D t rgt thatut Spt. , th bggst trrrst at sd

th Utd Stats was arrd ut by mthyMVgh, a at-grmt trmst at-g ut a wht suprmast atasy.

Wh attaks by A Qada ad ratdgrups ha rsutd sgat asuats, thm has psd a stta thratt th utry. Mawh, grups that hapsd ra thrats tu t m arud bsurty. T mst sussu grup was thKu Ku Ka, whh dd may Amr-as bas rghts, k th rght t t.

Luky, th Kas u has add, butthr ar thr trmst grups th u-try that just as rty wat t dy thrsthr rghts. Currty, th at-abrt tr-rrsts sm th mst sussu udr-mg th aw. I 200, a trmst assas-

satd Grg r, a Whta, Ka. dtrwh prrmd abrts, ar yars ha-rassmt, bmbgs hs s ad

assassat attmpts. At-abrt -trmsts ha bgu t harass athr dtr,

wh s trag t prd th rst abrts Whta s rs murdr.

Wh Isamst, at-abrt, wht-suprmast, at-grmt ad thrgrups prst srus thrats, thy ar usu-ay t th s mst rat at urs-ts. O ampuss, ama rghts trrrstsps th bggst thrat. Just k Musms,pp wh pps abrt ad ths whar smar grmt, t ry wh

supprts arus amuts rghts s wgt trrrz ststs. Mst ar qut happywth ststs dg thr rsarh s g ast s d humay. I at, th rsarhrsthmss ar abut th wbg thamas ad ar t, as th trmsts am,sadsts.

T gd thg I a say abut a-ma rghts trrrsts s that thy d t smt ha graduatd t utrght murdr. Sur,thy adaz rsarh ats. Ty r-as amas t th wd t b ruy

rppd apart by tth ad baks prdatrsar trusy at-ama rghts. Ty ds-trbut th ams ad hm addrsss s-

tsts a tat that th at-abrt -trmsts us t tmdat dtrs. Ty

rbmb ststs hms ad ars wth thststs ad thr ams sd. Ty haat ast a tt humaty ad s ar ad ut-rght murdr, but th mssag t th targt sar: Nt tm, t ud b yu r.

Ts tats ha t stppd s-tsts s ar. T tats ama rghts tr-rrsts ha ausd prtsts t dm-strat supprt ama rsarh tha ths attaks. O trrrst, wrtg

th wbst Ngtat s Or, put r-ward a w prpsa t stp ama mdsbg usd rsarh. T tt sums t upw: Brgg th War t th Studt Bdy T S-Bd argt th VstCmp. T ga th prpsa s t -tmdat studts t ad studyg aythgthat s ab amas.

T authr th pa prsts thr stpst ah th mmts ga stppgama rsarh. T sd stp apturshr mat dsrs w: Studts as

d t udrstad that makg th wrgh w rsut a tm gr. Aspr-g ststs s urg ar at th

May C. W d t mpart a w -s: ar bmbs, 2/7 surty amras, m-

barrassg hm dmstrats, thrats, -jurs ad ar. Ad, urs, ths studtsd t raz that ay prsa rsk thy arwg t assum w as b std upthr parts, hdr ad arst ad dar-st d s. T tm t rsdr s w.

Is ay rsdrg? N? Gd.I am t partuary rd by hr -

s th utur ama rghts trrrsmthr: Ery tm a strs ar r hm ad, tuay, th abusr hm/hrs bws up, ams brat ght up thsky. Wh ama rghts atsts ha bss wg t k pp tha thr dmsttrrrst grups humas ar amas, t thr s aways th pssbty that thy w

bm mr dsprat as sty gs wth mda ad st adas whthy ar grd.

W shud by mas ar a-ma rghts trrrsts, at-abrt trrrstsr ay th thrs. But thr shud thyb grd. T utry t y ds gdaws t stp trrrsts rm mptg thrattaks, but as rt by aw rmt tstgat ths grups. Law rmthas d w may ass, but us shudt b d typ trrrsm a.

David Shfld 11 is a mathmaticalphsics concntrator whos rsarch

maks him an accomplic to th gnocid

o trillions o protons. Hadron rightsxtrmists can intimidat him at

david_shfld@brown.d.

Hello, soft-bellied targets

h Amra Sty r th Ds radt, Famy ad Prprty stagd aprtst agast gay marrag Marh 23.Studts rspdd wth a sptausray r gay rghts. O th wh, thBrw mmuty dsrs pras rmbzg t supprt gay rghts. But r-ta aspts ths utr-prtst wrdsgrau, dmag ad utrpr-dut.

Urtuaty, Brws utr-ra-y was t y dd by supprt ad r th gay mmuty. It was asdd by hatu ad u bhar.Sm prtstrs rsrtd t adasm,praty, spttg ad physa bstru-t. hs mmatur ats rtdpry ur studt bdy ad dd turthr th aus gay rghts.

h mmuty has b t s--gratuatry rgards t ths prtst. Wha rkd th u bhar sm prtstrs t at ur ss ampshmt ad mra suprrty.h bhar sm studts at th ra-y dmads ts s-amat, tmdss s-rghtusss.

Crtay, t ry prtstr atd a dsrsptu mar. But t y taksa w u prtstrs t ram a arra-t t prtst. Brw studts -

t judg th a Party by th ats a

mrty ts mmbrs. Wh a w at-tdats a a Party t wd rastsgs r mak physa thrats, w -dm a mdd Amra. Wh a wmmbrs ur w mmuty rsrt

t spttg, adasm ad bsty, wty rk thr bhar r gry t.

Rgardss th atua umbr pp wh gagd suh bhar,th mmuty has ad t t-y dsta ts rm ths wh dd at suh a hatu ad utrprdut

way. Istad, w ha thr dsmssdthr bhar r tak prd t.

Hag a b ga ds t usmpur ats. Wh t s admrab tadat r gay rghts, t s t admra-b t spt at ppts, p thm rattmpt t adaz thr prprty. hsmmatur bhar bms sswrthy wh t s utrprdut, as

t was ths as.

h sty prdud a pratd that apturd Brw studts p-pg ts mmbrs, tryg t dstrythr prprty ad spttg thr ma-tras. By atg suh a mmatur

ash, ths prtstrs awd th s-ty t hag th arrat th ray.Wh studts w th utr-prtstas a trumph r gay rghts, ths wh s th d may s t as a tstamt t urampuss mat hat ad abty ty gag wth ths wh hd dr-t bs.

A mr prtst wud ha ba mr t prtst. Studts udha mad a quay strg as by gath-rg arg umbrs ad ay sup-prtg gay rghts rathr tha rsrtgt adasm, bsts ad spttg. A prtst wud ha dd th s-ty th pprtuty t atr th us thr ray. Athugh thy stad r tt

mr tha hmphba ad hat, ur b-

har awd thm t pay th tmard ad prtray us as th hat grup.

Jh Mr, a utr wth th s-ty, sad Brws rsps, h t-tua s bw th Iy Lagu sta-

tus. It s tmptg t dsmss ths m-mt as th ratg a bttr ma. U-rtuaty, hs bsrat arrs a sadamut truth. N g studtsshud rsrt t physa bstrut, b-sts r spttg, mattr hw h-mphb r trat th ppst.

It s uky that th sty wudha b p t a hst ttuadbat, but thr sd-mddss dst us ur u bhar. Prts-trs shud ha thr grd th s-ty r usd stagg thr w u-tr-prtst, stad sabtagg th s-tys.

Studts ar d tg MahatmaGadh ad Mart Luthr Kg Jr. Butw a t appy thr tahgs t urw s. At ths ray, w had th hat utr hat wth dsagrmtad pur r th gay mmuty.Istad, w stpd t th thshat grup by rsrtg t u tats.I w had prtstd a rsptu way,w wud ha b gagd a b,mray rta batt. But by rsrtg tsuh dsrsptu tats, w dd thmra hgh grud.

Olivr Rosnbloom 13 is a historconcntrator rom Mill Vall, Cali.

H can b contactd at

olivr_rosnbloom@brown.d.

Ceding the moral high ground

unortnatl, Browns contr-rall was not onl

dnd b spport and lov or th ga commnit. It

was also dnd b hatl and ncivil bhavior.

At nivrsitis, animal rights trrorists

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When one thinks o Ireland, onemght mag gr ds, pts gd ad a pub r tw. But r thBrown Jazz Band, the country ismr a matur ma mpr-visational beats and bluesy rhythms.Over spring break, the 20 members th smb ad Matthw M-Garrell, senior lecturer in music anddirector o the jazz band, traveled toDub r s days t sak up th

a jazz ar ad prrm wthIrsh musas.

Te band takes similar tripsevery other year, recently visitingPortugal, Iceland and Italy. We liketo go to one city and stay there,McGarrell said. We pick places withat jazz ss sm kd b-aus w k t trat wth amusas.

Te jazz scene in Dublin issmall but it was good because we

could easily navigate it in a shortperiod o time, said RosalindSchonwald 12, the groups singer

ad a rmr Hrad arts ad u-tur dtr.

Te group was especially excitedabut th pprtuty t pay wthJim Doherty, a world-renowned jazzpianist who has long been integral toDublins jazz scene, McGarrell said.

Dub t y rd a aproessional jazz scene, but also theNwpark Mus Ctr a musschool afliated with the BerkleeCg Mus.

Interacting with the students atth mus sh was a hghght,Schonwald said. Te group prac-ticed together with students rom

Pakistaniartist rocks

FaunceB KathEriNE solaSenior Staff Writer

Tat whisper in your heart hasstrgth, Sama Ahmad td thaud th Udrgrud Fr-day g. T Paksta star Su rk mbd sgs Urduand Punjabi with conversationabut hs prs grwg up Amra ad Paksta a pr-sentation entitled Rock and Roll

Jhad.Ahmad played 17th century

Punjabi music, Pakistani nation-

alist songs, qawwali music and theshahada, the Islamic declaration oaith. He proved to be an engagingperormer, coaxing the audience oBrown students and communitymembers to clap and sing alongto lyrics many did not understand.He said when people sing together,their mystical energy creates acircle o light, breaking downth was btw mmbrs thaud.

He told them the story o hischildhood and his struggles tobecome a musician in the aceo opposition rom his Pakistaniamily, who wanted him to be-

come a doctor. But aer seeing aLed Zeppelin concert at age 13,h ddd, Tats what I wat td wth my . Ahmad attddmedical school in Pakistan but be-came rustrated by the strict Islamicdtatrshps prhbts agastmus ad ptry. H rgazd acovert talent show, which was bro-k up by mtats wh smashdhis guitar. I youre a rock musi-

cian, youd better destroy your ownstrumt, h sad ruuy. Tatmoment changed everything, andhe resolved to ollow the whisper hs hart.

Ahmad works toward osteringpa btw Ida ad Pakstaad mphaszd th r mus rss-utura mmuat.He and his band, Junoon, were therst Paksta bad t tur Ida.H dsrbd hw hs rds adrelatives told him, Youll be tor-

tured, and then youll be deported.But h was surprsd by th warmwelcome his band received, tellingthe audience about a time whenthree major Bollywood stars cameinto his dressing room beore a per-rma t ask r hs autgraphor their nieces. Tis experience,he said, exemplied the strangecultural relationship between Indiaad Paksta, spt ptat. H assrtd that prsacontact like this will be the way

rward r th tw utrs.Ahmad payd a ppuar Pak-

stani song to great enthusiasm romth aud.

Te evening took a more seriousturn when Ahmads wie, Samina

Ahmad, tk th stag. w yarsago, the couple started a non-protorganization, the Salman and Sam-ina Global Wellness Initiative inresponse to the catastrophic oods

Avr Hosr / HraldDavid Jacobs 14 and his fellow storytellers recounted experiences such as long-distance relationships, drunken

dbachr and slaghtring arm animals.

Storytelling event a slam dunkB alExaNdra saN JorgE

artS & Culture Staff Writer

Isprd by th pub rad pr-gram Ts Amra L ad anon-prot storytelling organizationTe Moth, the Brown Storytellersbrought the art o storytelling to

ampus r th rst tm ths pastwkd wth thr stry sam.

T sam tk pa KassarHouse Fox Auditorium or a ull

house o enthusiastic audiencemembers. Te set up was simplebut elegant a chalkboard dec-

orated with a smattering o keywords and an illustration o a bee-cut diagram adorned the ront oth rm.

At :0 p.m. Frday, E B-sworth 12.5 kicked o the two-day t wth a stry dsrbga hgh sh mmuty srtrp t Csta Ra. Bswrth kptthe audience in stitches describinghs attmpt t bm th apha

dg th trp dspt mpt-tion rom Rashad, a guy with tat-toos on his arms that wouldnt event my trs, Bswrth sad.

W wat t bd th r-sational tone and the everyday-ss ur strs ad rmazthem into a perormative, liter-ary art, sad Jatha paz 2,ratr th Brw Strytrs.

Bosworths humorous taleprd a t pr t thollowing night o laughter. Te

storytellers including David Ja-cobs 14, Lily Goodspeed 13, Aar-on Jacobs 12 and Sophie Friedman12 inused seemingly simplestories with a graceul complexityand good natured humor. Whatmade the stories worth listeningto and remembering was theway each storyteller introducedmoments o meaningul reectiont baa ut th ghts humr-us t.

paz, a mmbr T Hr-

ads dtra pag bard, sad hstarted the club with the goal o

helping students bring polish totheir casual storytelling callingt prhaps th dst art rm the world. opaz himsel mostdy baad humr ad dpth a stry abut th ast wkdhe spent taking a cycling class withhs w- grrd

Steve Carmody 12 entertainedwith his lyrical style. In a storyabout his experience as a butcher,Cormody posed the question othe exact moment an animal be-

ms mat.Im gad that ths sts, sad

Marguerite Preston 11. Tis wayo telling stories is a orm o so cial-zg that st as mm.

I wasnt expecting how great

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wo Apple laptops have been stolenrom the graduate student clusteron the ourth oor o the English

department building since the start sprg brak, ardg t MarkPrtr, h p ad drtr pub saty.

Te rst the occurred betweenMarh 27, wh a ma graduatstudent locked her ofce and se-cured her computer with a laptop

lock cable, and March 30, when shereturned to the building. Upon herreturn, she ound the ofce door hadbeen orced open and the laptopcable cut, Porter said. DPS detec-

tives ound pry marks on the metal th dr ad wd hps thground, indicating someone hadrd th dr p wth a mtaobject, likely a screwdriver, he said.

Te second the occurred April

arss th ha rm th st thrst crime. Around 1:30 p.m., a stu-dt hr aptp usurd aduattdd r abut mutswh sh stppd t a ghbr-ing ofce, Porter said. When sherazd sh had hr aptp ut th p, sh rturd t d tmssg.

Devon Anderson, a second-yearEnglish graduate student, said atthe time o the second the there

was athr usurd aptp ada purse out in the open in the ofce.Bth wt utuhd.

ypically in cases with such a

short time rame, there are very spe- ad mtd mts ad typso suspects, Porter said in regard tothe twin thes. We look into specialidentiying circumstances such as

things on the computer itsel and thelocation o the the. Tis being theourth oor, its probably somebodywh kws th ara.

Prtr sad th rmat thdetectives are gathering indicatessm rat btw th ths.

vidual as responsible, but detectivesare ocusing on a number o possibleads, h sad.

Kevin McLaughlin, proessor oEnglish and chair o the department,said he thinks one person is respon-sible or both crimes. I think whatssgat s that bth urrd th sam part th budg aquiet area that houses graduate stu-dts, h sad.

In addition to the main staircase th budg that ads t a ton Brown Street, there is a backstarway ar th graduat studtcluster that leads to a more isolatedexit on Angell Street. Porter said therma may ha sppd ut thbak dr.

Te two thes were the rst in

the English department since 2008,Prtr sad.

Its just gr a sa spa,Adrs sad abut th budg.

One can sort o hypothesizethat a gd way t bd were a laptop thie would be to looklike a student and have a backpack,

think, were all just extra awareo how people are moving in thebuilding, and thats just really un-rtuat.

I addt t ths tak rmth Egsh dpartmt, tw thrlaptops have been stolen on cam-

pus recently. wo proessors hadtheir computers taken rom lockedofces in the aubman Center or

Public Policy and American Institu-ts btw Marh 23 ad Apr3, Porter said. But he said there is

no evidence the thes were related.In response to the number o

laptop thes on campus in the pastew years, DPSs crime prevention

unit has been working on loweringaptp th rats.

Were getting more inormationad awarss ut, ad pp artaking more precautions, but wehave to take a bigger step towardprotecting our personal property,Porter said. Laptops and otherprtab trs ar prtty asytargets or the, and the continuesto be one o the most common prob-

Twin laptop thefts shake English department

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