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Candidates or Undergraduate Coun-cil o Students and UndergraduateFa Bard adrshp pstsgrappled with ways to improve therelationship between the two organi-zats, mas t ras aaaid and how to prioritize undrais-ing or student activities during adebate Tursday night in MetcalAudtrum.

he presidential candidateskicked o the debate by discussinga recently proposed UCS reerendum

under which the council would havebeen allowed to determine its ownbudgt wthut UFBs appra.

Robert Bentlyewski 13 said theamendment proposal demonstratedthe disconnect between the counciland the student body. o increasecommunication and transparency, hesuggstd hagg th strutur

th u t rprat 4 mm-bers o equal status rather than anut bard.

Anthony White 13, another can-ddat r th UCS prsdy, sadhe did not support the way in whichth amdmt was prstd adsad th u shud ha sughtmore student input beore suggestingth hags.

I td t th UCS prsdy,White said he would improve col-laboration between the two bodiesthrough more requent meetings be-tween UCS and UFB leaders. He alsosaid he does not think the council

should receive additional undinguntil all student groups on campusar adquaty udd.

For years, the relationship be-tween UCS and UFB has beenmurky, sad Dad Rattr 3, ur-rent vice president o the council.

UCS, UFB candidates debate U.s priorities

B caRoliNe FlaNagaN

Senior StaffWriter

he Department o Public Saetyhas expanded eorts to include

men in the conversation aboutsexual violence by bringing theMen Can Stop Rape organizationto campus and planning a RapeAggression Deense course orm. Wh M Ca Stp Rapocuses on the role o men in pre-venting sexu al violence againstwomen, Rape Aggression Deenseor men ocuses on teaching mensel-deense to avoid becoming

tms .DPS began eorts last year

t gag m th dsussabout sexual assault but never hada program that ocused specii-

cally on men, said Michelle Nuey,maagr spa prgrams rDPS and the RAD program co-rdatr.

Both programs ocus on re-dg masuty, sh sad.

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RAD is a national programthat traditionally trains womenin sel-deense techniques against

potential attackers through certi-ied instructors. he Universitycurrently oers the courses orree to women through the De-partment o Public Saety every

mth.While the programs emphasis

is on women, DPS has been plan-g a urs r m ad hpst start rg t by May.

I think theres been a needr us t drsy, sad PatraFrtr, a DPS r ad a -structor or the womens program.

DPS pushes self-defense training for men

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With Harvards announcementApril 1 that it will not reinvest HEI Hts ad Rsrts, ythree major university investorshave yet to make statements re-garding their holdings in the com-

pany. Harvards decision attrib-utd t prt stratgs adds by Harard MaagmtCompany President and CEO JaneMendillo is the latest in a stringo announcements that began withBrown oicially announcing inFbruary 0 that t wud trst wth th mpay.

HEI has b ausd pr-hibiting workers rom unioniz-ing and o promoting unethicaltratmt wrkrs. h m-pany has settled multiple lawsuitswith the National Labor RelationsBoard and has never been con-td ay wrgdg.

Following Browns decision lastyear, Yale also announced it wouldnot reinvest with the companyater its current contract expired.Investors cannot legally withdrawtheir dedicated holdings in thecompany, but they can pledge notto give more money in the uture.Penn, Vanderbilt and Princeton

Harvard

joins U. inhalting HEIinvestment

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When we look at an object like a co-ee cup, does it get recognized by asingle cell in the brain? By 20? By20,000? Would the same neurons rei we were to look at a dierent object,k a ram ?

I a study pubshd Tursday the journal Neuron, Proessor o Neu-roscience David Sheinberg and LukeWolosyzn GS argue or the existenceo small neural networks that re upwh w k at drt mags.

For decades, researchers havestudied and debated the Grand-mother Cell hypothesis the ideathat a w s mght b rspsbor recognizing highly specic im-ags, suh as th a yur grad-mother. We dont know i the wayyou see something complex in thereal world is based on activation o

just a small number o cells or actuallya distributed pattern o activity spreadacross all 30 areas and millions oneurons, said Proessor o Neurosci-ence Michael Paradiso, who was notd th study.

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Wh g studts mght kwhow to party, rarely do they get tob wddg gusts. A Prt Wd-ding, which runs until April 22 inLeeds Teatre, appeals to college-aged theater-goers in both themead zass.

Plays dont come out o nowhere.Tey come out o tradition, saidJohn Emigh, proessor o theater,sph ad da wh am ut a thr-yar rtrmt t drt thpay. Tr ar a t thgs thpay that ms rm kwdg other theater in other parts o thewrd ad thr tms hstry.

A Perect Wedding draws mostdirectly rom Shakespeares A Mid-summr Nghts Dram.

But Emgh sad what s drt

rom simply directing an updated

Shakespeare play is that Charles Mees a g paywrght. M rmrytaught at Brw ad urags d-rectors and casts to remake his workby rpratg thr w das.

Te action o the play revolvesaround the impending wedding oMeridee Sedgwick (Alejandra Ri-

vera-Flavia 13) and Amadou (UdayShriram 15). Craziness ensues whenthr ams a py ddterm in the play that includes Me-ridees divorced parents respectivers m tgthr.

Te sparse set manages to cap-ture the essence o Midsummerswds. T shw, wh t atya musical, incorporates music muchlike its Shakespearean predecessors.It taks a wh r th sgs t ully integrated, especially as themusicality increases in the secondact, but by the nale a wedding

Zany Wedding probes 21st-century love

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ollowed suit, with Princetonsdecision coming last month.With Harvards announcement,

10 universities have now issuedstatements regarding HEI, thoughBrown remains the only schoolthat speciically cited the com-pays agd abr prats.

Currently, the University oChicago, the University o Michi-ga ad th Ursty NtrDame are the only three majoruniversity investors not to make astatement regarding the company.

HEI Sr V Prsdt Human Resources Nigel Hurstsaid the company had no com-mt.

hough no other university

has cited labor practices in itsds, Brws d s u-d th wa statmts r-garding HEI, said Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer, a research analyst atht ad rstaurat abr uUt Hr.

ha a ky Iy Lagu -vestor come down and say, Werenot going to reinvest until HEIimproves its labor practices thats huge, she said. It adds at rdbty ad a t m-mtum t th strugg.

he decision rom Yale alsoplayed a role in the trend o state-ments regarding HEI, Mehta-

Nugbaur sad.In the endowment world,

whatever Yale does really kindo sets the tone or the endow-ment arena, she said. So thatreally set the standard amonguniversities regarding what tod wth HEI.

Sandra Korn, a member oHarvards Student Labor ActionMovement, said the decision romBrown and subsequent statementsrom other universities addedstrength to the groups campaignagast HEI.

It deinitely lent a lot o ur-

gy t ths a, Kr sad.he Student Labor Action

Movement also coordinated withstudent groups rom other univer-sts, udg Brws StudtLabr Aa, Kr sad.

People rom the Brown grouphad kind o won the campaign, sothey came to Harvard to tell uswhat been successul, what hadt b sussu, sh sad.

Both Korn and Mehta-Neuge-bauer said though Harvards deci-s dd t pty t abrpractices, they would be surprised

i the allegations against HEI didt atr t th ds.

Harard rasd a statmtlast December announcing that itwould investigate HEIs businessprats ad ps, udglabor relations and would actora rat rumstas tay ds rgardg rst-mt.

In the context o that state-mt, Kr sad sh was a tt

bit surprised Harvard only citedinancial considerations in its de-cision but added that she couldy prsum th Harard Ma-agement Company looked at laborprats as w.

It was either under pressurerom their own moral pressures orthe moral pressures o their con-stituents the Harvard studentsad aum, sh sad.

Mehta-Neugebauer also sug-gested a link between the public-ity the issue has garnered and theds t t rst.

You cant deny that everyuniversity that has made this an-nouncement has had a multi-yeareort by students, she s aid. Andth ras r that has b thabr prats at HEI hts.

I a ma t Harard Prs-dent Drew Faust, Mendillo saidthe decision not to reinvest wasspeciically based not on con-rs abut HEIs prats.

Jh Lgbrak, Harard As-

sistant Vice President o Com-munications, would not elaboratebyd th ma.

Luiz Valente, ormer chair othe Universitys Advisory Com-mittee on Corporate Responsibil-ity in Investment Policies, said he

was indierent to what Harvarddoes but thought the recommen-dat rmd th adty Brws ds rm ast yar.

E thugh HEI had rbeen convicted o breaking anylaws, there was a pattern o al-legations involving mistreatmento workers combined with thecompanys repeated settlementsin which they would agree to whatwas being requested, or exampleby th u, but t admt aygut, Vat sad.

I dont think its a particularlygd mpay, h addd.

hough he said he did notwant to sound immodest, Va-lente said he thought Browns de-cision had inluenced the wave ouniversity statements regardingHEI.

Sometimes, someone has totak th ad, ad Im gad t wasBrown, he said. Im glad we tookthe leadership position and we

mad th ary ds.

U.s decision gave urgency to HEI protests

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B lee BeRNSteiN

ContributingWriter

he Watson Institute or Interna-ta Studs rty auhd

a pilot website that provides aninteractive platorm compiling

the ideas o scholars who visitth Ursty t a asy a-cessible and explorative presen-tation. he institutes Angle siteoers a multimedia orum thatexplores economic, social andpolitical concerns at the hearto international policymaking.he website intends to urtherthe institutes reach, expand itsaudience and delve into greatersubstantive depth on global issues.

Ag ks t rm -tions between ideas being dis-

cussed at dierent Watson Insti-tute conerences held throughoutthe year, said Lindsay Richardson,co-creator o Angle and media co-ordinator at the Watson Institute.

It is also about oregroundingmedia, as opposed to just the actso events, to try to engage a bit be-

yond the audience on campus byputtg ds rt ad tr,said Ben Mandelkern, co-creator Ag ad mda rdatrat the Watson Institute. Overall,

it is trying to create a visual brandthat s aaab t ths utsdo Watson to make clear thet t Wats ad thrts.

Diana Graizbord GS, a third-yar graduat studt s-gy ad r rdatr,said beore each conerence shesends a link to all partic ipants sothey can see b oth the days agendaand its participants. Ater eachr, ry partpat-g s askd t wrt a mm rpaper that will live on Angleand help to spur the interest o

thrs wh w ass th st th utur.

hr ar ts at th Wat-son all the time that go up on theWatson page in the e vents listingand then disappear. Angle hascreated a space that is a little moreactive and permanent, Graizbord

sad.Ag as ks t b part

the larger eort to revamp theoutdated main institute websiteand introduce a contemporary

ormat or the uture o the insti-tute on the web, Richardson said.

Creators Richardson and Man-delkern were initially tasked withcreating websites or each coner- as a mpt th Wat-sons main website, Richardsonsad. Frm ths am th da tcreate an umbrella website, rathertha sparat sts r th dr-t rs.

Angle will allow Watson toshowcase the research o talentedscholars and visitors in residenceat th sttut a way that hasnot yet been done, wrote Carolyn

Dean, interim director o the Wat-s Isttut, a ma t hHerald. By using high-qualityvideos that are short and acces-sb, w b w a brg athe exciting work being done atthe Watson Institute to a muchbradr aud.

Pilot website offers scholars interactive space to exchange ideas

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In the year since the hit-and-run

accident that severely injuredAmanda Chew 14 and Juliana Un-anue Banuchi 14, the Departmento Public Saety has augmented itspedestrian saety eorts butboth DPS and Chew said theres st mr t b d.

DPS has implemented a num-ber o measures to increase pedes-trian saety within the last year,including the introduction o ra-dar gus r tra ast Otbr.

Since the introduction o theradar guns, DPS has been stop-ping more traic-violating ve-hs du t a ras bth

traic violations and DPS pro-activity, said Mark Porter, chieo police and director o publicsaty. h dpartmt has pu-ished traic violators with warn-gs ad tats, h sad.

DPS has also made eorts toimprove pedestrian saety by dis-tributing relective wristbands orvisibility at night, said MichelleNuey, DPS manager o commu-ty rats ad utrah. h

department has also moved toincrease awareness through or-ganizing a capture-the-lag eventast smstr, tab-sppg ad

chalking sidewalks with pedes-tra saty tps, sh sad.

I k mr a b dad shud b d, Chw sad.

Chw sad sh has appd tserve as an Undergraduate Coun-cil o Students liaison betweenDPS and student groups, hop-ing to promote greater aware-ness o campus saety. Dialoguesurrounding pedestrian saetyshould be expanded to includeother groups, such as bicyclists,Chw sad.

Porter said community en-gagmt s a majr mpt

o bettering pedestrian saety,adding that DPS is hoping tocollaborate with the ProvidencePolice Department on traic en-orcement in key pedestrian areaslike Brown and George streetsand the walk rom Brook Streetto Manning Street. Education canplay an important role in increas-ing awareness o pedestrian saety,h addd.

Chew also emphasized the role

education can play in deterringdrunk driving. Rhode Island resi-dt Jssa Pad was agdytatd wh sh dr t

Chew and Unanue Banuchi, whowere both walking on the side-walk near Hope and Charlesieldstreets, according to the Provi-dence Police Departments report.

It can cause so much collat-eral damage, not only to you, butyour lie, Chew said. Its just or muts rkssss.

Pedestrians must also exercisecaution, Chew s aid. People dontthink that it will happen to them,she said. his was the mentalityI had ut I gt ht.

Chw sad th adt s statg hr. Im rustratd b-

aus ts b yar ad (thlegal matters are) still ongoing,she said. It makes me relive a lot mmrs that I wud k trgt.

But dpmts th asoer reason or optimism, shesaid. he state o Rhode Islandwill be charging Paden on allpossible counts, including lee-ing the scene o a crime and reck-less driving, she said. Judge Netti

Vogel will oversee the case. hisjudge is d iere nt rom al l the rest th judgs baus sh spdsa lot o time with her victims,

Chew said. Chew said Vogel, whowas wdwd by a mtr h

accident, takes special interestin cases like hers and ensured aprsutr mt wth Chw auusua urr.

A dat r th harg has ytt b dtrmd.

DPS ups pedestrian safety efforts in wake of hit-and-run

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Angl aims to ncourag scholarly discours outsid o th Watson Institut.

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In addition to radar guns and rfctiv wristbands, DPS hops community ngagmnt will aid pdstrian saty orts.

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Wr us, t us.Nuy sad th ms prgram

ollows the same principles as the

womens program, though theteaching will dier in some waysbecause men respond to assaultdrty tha wm.

he program is 80 percent riskrdut ad 0 prt dua-tion, physical tactics and resis-ta, Nuy sad.

In the past six months, malestudents have been targeted asvic tim s more tha n emale s ingeneral crimes in the commu-nity, Nuey said. DPS decided tompmt th ms urs duto these incidences and inquiriesrm m.

wo police oicers and onesecurity guard have been certiiedas instructors or the RAD ormen program so ar, Nuey said,adding that she hopes the oicersw sr as r mds r thm wh tak th urs.

hey want to educate menabout non-conrontational prin-ciples o sel-deense, Nuey said,and to demonstrate that its okayt wak away rm smthg.

he program will provide in-ormation and tactical options tomen that they can use to manageconrontational situations, Nueysaid, adding that they will em-

phasz d-saatg dagrusstuats s thy d t rsrt

to meeting aggression with ag-grss.

Were going to open ourselvesup to another dynamic o ourcommunity, and thats very ex-

citing, Fortier said. I think thatpeople are going to get excitedabut t.

his course is so importantad mas s muh t us as -structors that we eel it should bemandatory or every reshman totake, she added. It assists thestudents who come through theurs wth thr ur-yar jur-y ad byd. Yu dt mout as the Karate Kid or anything,but yu m ut wth ts thatwe hope youll never have to use.

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M Ca Stp Rap s a -prt rgazat that sks teducate men about ways they canprevent sexual assault. JosephVess, director o training andtha asssta r th MCa Stp Rap rgazat, raa trag prgram wrkshp atth Ursty ast wk.

Members o the Sexual AssaultAdvisory Board provided DPSwith a list o students involvedin sexual assault prevention pro-grams and the Greek communityto participate in the workshop.hy th rd 0 mr sptsthrough Brown Morning Mail

and our students signed up. heprogram ocused on men, but e-

male students and oicers alsoattended. he our-hour train-ing included eight students, sevenadmstratrs rm ampus ad DPS mmbrs.

he program consisted mainlyo discussions and workshops thatencouraged collaboration, dis-pelled harmul stereotypes aboutmasculinity and urged men to bemore eective allies to womenad t us thr strgth t pr-t .

I think my avorite thingabut th prgram s wh mcome to the workshops and real-ize that there are a lot o othermen interested in countering vio- agast wm, Vss sad.Men oten eel like they are alonebut when they ind out that there

are other men interested in thesame issues they tend to get re-ay td.

Many participants were partic-ularly impressed with one exercise whh thy std th quatso men they admired, such as aather or uncle, and comparedthm t strtypa masuqualities propagated by the media.hy wr mpty drt.

Most people listed gender-neutral attributes that oered aray rtqu masu-ity thats promoted through themedia and other institutions,said Bita Shooshani, coordina-

tor o sexual assault preventionad aday r th Ursty.

(he event) was a reallygood collaborative movement,said Muna Idriss 14, a membero Zeta Delta Xi and the SexualAssaut Pr Eduat prgram

and the only emale s tudent pres-t at th t.

Nuy agrd that th trd-partmta prat was -uragg ad ba pr-venting sexua l violence, addingthat trainers might incorporatethese techniques into the RADurruum.

She highlighted the communi-ty-building aspect o the program.

It demystiies the Departmento Public Saety and allows o-icers to be viewed in a dier-ent way, that theyre actually onboard with this and that they care

about as much as anyone else,Nuy sad.

he program was generallyrd w by ts attdats.

I ray k th MCSR tra-ing because it identiies a numbero dierent ways that we can sup-port men and what an importantrole men have to play in prevent-g agast wm adalso against men, Shooshani said.It unpacks a lot o the culturalrms arud what wr taughtt mas t b a ra ma.

I thught t was ray ,Idrss sad. Sh sad th smaropened her eyes to how people

tak abut sua .We dont really think about

hgm masuty prssur-ing men into becoming thesetypes o perpetrators, she said.We dont talk about the role osty what maks a ma.

Many participants enjoyedVss as a atatr ad wr -sprd by hs strs.

You could tell that he was re-ay td t th ssu though (he) didnt start think-ing about it until he was 24,said Mike Yules 14, a membero heta Delta Chi. He madethe point that you can always getinvolved and that its a growingpr.

Yules added that the event wasth prt sz ad awd hmt t dpy wth th thrpartpats. H sad h thught

the diversity o the group wasbeneicial. Matthew Gorham 14,another member o hete, said hemght k t b a atatr adpossibly introduce the workshopt rshm durg rtat.

Vincent Greer, community di-

rector o residential lie, was par-ticularly enthusiastic in making aprogram like MCSR a permanentaddt t ampus.

I would love to see some oour male students on campusk t start up a rgazataround this, Greer said. WhatId t s s a grup mwho just have conversations about

masculinity and violence againstwm.

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Grant funds biomedical researchB MaRk RayMoND

Senior StaffWriter

Te University received a grant

rom Johnson and Johnson last

month to provide seed unds orbiomedical research that couldha mmra r prata ap-pats. T urstrtd gratwas not awarded or one particularprjt but rathr r a arty research projects that may alreadybe in progress or in transition. Teamount awarded has not been pub-y rasd.

Ts grat prds uds rtranslational research allowingscientists to get to the next step,said Katherine Gordon, director oBrws hgy Vturs O-. Sh addd that th grat w

provide researchers the unds todevelop and answer new questionsthat may arise in their work andwill act as a bridge to take researchprjts t th t . Sh sadthe University will announce whichprojects will be unded through thegrant over the course o the nextsra mths.

Gordon said she had been in

talks with Johnson and Johnson,specically its Corporate Oce S ad hgy, abutareas o synergy and areas opotential collaboration, and this

grant was awarded as a result oths taks.

Brown will provide matchingunds to complement the seedunding once aculty proposalshave been looked over and deci-sions have been made about whichprjts t supprt.

Jhs ad Jhs s k-ing to seed projects that will resultin game-changing technologiesand paradigm shis, said JereyMorgan, associate proessor omedical science and engineeringad -drtr th Ctr rBmda Egrg.

Morgan stressed that this mech-anism o unding diers rom tra-dta rprat spsrshp rsarh baus t s ss drt-d ad mr usd udgat.

Grd sad Brw w rtaa ttua prprty prdudthrough this research and said shebelieves Johnson and Johnson is

partnering with Brown to estab-lish relationships with researchers,as well as take advantage o thebreadth o the science and thepp at Brw.

Ts sd grat s y a p a argr rt by th Urstyt sur mr udg rm r-prat surs, Grd sad.

Its mprtat t ha atra-t surs udg, spaysince ederal support or lab re-sarh s dwdg, sh sad.

Te Herald reported in Decem-ber that the University has beenincreasingly looking to corpora-ts t spsr rsarh wak ptta uts dra uds.Notable examples o this eort in-clude the Universitys partnershipswith General Motors, as well as

IBM ad A.Morgan said that while Johnson

ad Jhs w y supprt r-sarh rat t thr mss,the wide array o companies underthe Johnson and Johnson umbrellags rsarhrs fbty.

Its a win-win or aculty atBrown and or Johnson and John-s, h sad.

Csquty, w had a studt

government that hasnt been as e-t ad prdut.

Rattner said the amendment wasauab baus th rmm-dats that mrgd wg thcontroversy over its proposal, whichresulted in the creation o a jointcommittee to review the relation-shp btw th u ad UFB.Te committee proposed changes tothe UCS code Wednesday that wouldrequire UFB members to attend onecouncil meeting and would ensurethe council receives a certain amount udg r studt-ratd prj-ts.

he candidates unanimouslyagrd that mprg aa adshould be one o President-electChrsta Pass tp prrts.

Rattner also emphasized that Pax-son should work to unite the campusaround one vision, while White andBentlyewski both suggested she ocuson improving support or studentgrups.

I know the Hellenic societyudt ard t rast a amb Grk Eastr, Btywsk sad.As a Greek, that hurt me. Bently-ewski added that Paxson should workto improve the Universitys relation-shp wth Prd.

Candidates were also given theopportunity to ask questions o theiropponents. White asked his ellowcandidates about the biggest setbacksthey had overcome. Bentlyewski dis-cussed his transition to the Universityar attdg hgh sh a pr-dominantly Colombian neighbor-hd. H sad h was struggg classes and miserable at Brown untilhe was motivated by a scholarshipr by th Brw Aua Fud.

Sm saw sm ptta me. And I was like, I have potential,h sad. I was k, Yu kw what,lets do this. Lets do this, Brown Uni-

rsty. Yu ad m.Rattner spoke o his recently

ailed endeavor to make increasingthe student activities endowmenta a prrty th Ursty.But h sad h has t g up adwill continue to work to augment theendowment. He suggested selling thenaming rights to the endowment andrahg ut t yugr aums.

Other candidates similarly pro-moted ocusing on alumni relations,ad Zak Fshr 3, th uppsdcandidate or UFB chair, suggestedimproving the organization o the

nance boards data to help reachth udrasg gas.

I think we can raise the whole

thing next year, White said. He saidthe goal could be reached throughaggressive undraising strategiesand put orth the example o hav-ing the Brown Band camp outsidethe provosts oce to demand theUrstys attt.

T prsdta addats asdiscussed the councils relationshipwth th studt bdy ad th a-didates outside commitments andpr.

Te two vice-presidential can-didates, Michael Schneider 13 andBrandon omasso 13, discussed howthy wud had mmuat

with Paxson and their proudest mo-mt at Brw.

Im not at ease right now withwhr UCS s gg, mass sad.I eel as though I have the right stuto bring to UCS so that we can makeUCS representative o the studentbdy aga.

omasso said he would make theu ad UFB tw autmus,qua bds t aat ts b-tw th tw grups. H as sug-gested an online suggestion box and astudent body liaison to improve com-muat wth th studt bdy.

omasso also advocated a strongapproach to communicating with

the administration, calling on stu-dts t d aythg rm hakgth sdwaks t rayg utsd thadministrative oces to get theirs hard.

Schneider said the council needsto reach out to student leaders more t har thr rs ad trqust dbak UCS prjts.

Shdr as suggstd push-g bak agast th admstratand the Corporation on certainissues, citing his authorship o astrongly-worded housing statementearlier this year as evidence o hisability to conront administrators.

H sad h hps th u udpass a smar statmt usd mprg aa ad.

I want undergraduates to respectUCS r what t ds, Rattr sad.We must make this more collabora-tive and really must work with Brownstudts.

T dbat was -spsrd byTe Herald and the Elections Board.Voting begins next uesday at 12 p.m.and continues through Tursdayat 12 p.m. Te winners will be an-ud at : p.m. Tursday th stps Fau Hus.

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U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., touredthe Universitys Superund Re-

search Program acility Monday.With 14 research groups nation-wd, th Suprud prgram -cuses on developing ways to cleanup environmental damage. TeUniversitys acility is headquar-trd at th Labratrs r M-lecular Medicine in the JewelryDstrt.

Tugh muh Amra -dustry grw ut th Nw Eg-land area, people didnt appreciatethe act that things that were beingdumped into rivers, streams andlandlls were toxic, said ProvostMark Shss P. As a sty,

w ha t thk hw t athis stu up so it doesnt causedisease and disability in people,h sad.

Te Universitys program hasbeen in place since 2005 and plansto submit an application or an ad-dta yars udg. Itsextremely competitive across thecountry, said Kim Boekelheide,proessor o medical science anddirector o the program. Mondaysvisit was an opportunity or theUniversitys program to undergosel-examination and put togethera mptt rwa, h sad.

I part, ths was a brat

o our program, Boekelheide said.It was also a thanking o Jack Reedr hs tug supprt.

Reed is chair o the Subcom-mittee on the Interior, Environ-mt ad Ratd Ags thSenate Appropriations Committeeand is responsible or overseeingthe national unding o SuperundRsarh Prgrams.

Te Universitys acility spe-cically works on conducting re-search on noxious gases that canget trapped inside buildings andpose hazardous risks to humans.Faty rsarhrs as study th

toxicity o nanomaterials in con-sumr prduts ad th ts dangerous chemicals on humanreproduction, ertility and etal

dpmt, Shss sad.Another important aspect o the

Universitys program is communityoutreach, said Phil Brown, proes-sor o sociology and environmental

studs ad drtr th Supr-unds Community EngagementCr. Erts ud stabshgthe Community EnvironmentalCollege, a summer program wherehigh school students can tour land-lls and government sites as well aslearn about topics like ood justiceand environmental leadership. Ini-tiatives include convincing grocerystores to bring in healthier oodsad usg gtab r u.

Brown is a hotspot or environ-mental science research, Brownsad.

In Mondays visit, Reed was ac-

companied by government ocials,including Gwen Collman, directoro extramural research and trainingat the National Institute o Envi-

ronmental Health Sciences, CurtSpalding, New England regionaladministrator rom the UnitedStates Environmental ProtectionAgy, Mha F, drtr

the Rhode Island Department oHealth, and Janet Coit, directoro the Rhode Island Department Ermta Maagmt.

My impression is that theywr ry mprssd by th wrkw d, rgz th au -operation we oer, value o thes ad th at that wr aavailable resource or expertise andadvice on very dicult issues theya, Bkhd sad.

Ty gt t s a hgh excitement and how many millions dars ad jbs w brg tRhode Island, Brown said. Te a-

cility has brought in $43 million inunding to the state and supported4 jbs, ardg t a Urstyprss ras.

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Natinal and rginal fcials accmpanid Sn. Rd in his visit t th Univrsit Suprund Rsarch Prgram acilit Mnda.

Te brain contains many classes oneurons, which play dierent rolesin object recognition, Sheinberg said.Excitatory pyramidal neurons maybe the only cells to recognize spe-cic objects, while other neurons,suh as hbtry trurs, r-spond more to unamiliar objects.Previous studies averaged togetherth trbuts may asss ur, whh bsurd th mpat spazd mag s, h addd.

Many researchers have looked orspecialized neurons and ailed to ndthem, said David Freedman, assistantproessor o neurobiology at the Uni-versity o Chicago, in a response toth study, as pubshd Nur.T strgth th study, Frdmasaid, is that it identies how and whyprevious research went wrong anddemonstrates new methods or locat-g spazd mag s. Prusresearchers did not expose subjectsto a suciently wide spectrum omags, th study argus. Ts studypsd subjts t a gary 300pictures, including a fashlight, a dart-board, a hand o playing cards and and wd har.

But Sheinberg said there are someproblems with the Grandmother Cellhypothesis, though his ndings couldsupport the hypothesis. Teres nota lot o redundancy o cells in thebrain, Sheinberg said. I there aretruy a w, ad yu s thm, thar yu sayg ts g? Tat smsabsurd.

Specicity isnt always a goodthing, Sheinberg added. I you wantto recognize your mom, you want torgz hr a smwhat ar-ant way. You dont care i shes wearinga rd swatr.

But speedy recognition o spe-

ciic objects might beneit us attimes, Sheinberg said. Imagine, orexample, a ball fying toward yourace wouldnt you want to see itquky?

Te study concludes that respons-es to amiliar objects become strongerover time as the brain becomes morepracticed in recognizing objects. Teneurons that re together wire to-gether, resulting in stronger connec-ts btw ths s.

Sheinbergs study is part o theREPAIR project, an army-unded

initiative to research and developbrain implants that could aid patientswith traumatic brain injuries. One oShbrgs hypthss s that stm-ulation o inhibitory interneuronsmight send the brain a learn signal,leading to more eective recognitiono objects. Te current study couldad t bra mpats that stmuatinhibitory interneurons, helping treatconditions like prosopagnosia, anabty t rgz as that arsut rm bra jury.

Our ga s t try t udrstadth ruts ugh t say, I part t braks, ar w gg t b ab tinsert articial signals? Sheinbergsad.

Heida Sigurdardottir GS, whoworks in Sheinbergs lab, said theirmethodology involved stickingmicroelectrodes into the heads omacaque monkeys and monitoringthe activity o specic neurons. Temkys ar as ddua as ppare, Sigurdardottir said. Some othm ar ray swt. Sm thmhold your hand. Some o them are re-ally mean and try to scare you away.

Examining monkey brains couldb a gd md r udrstadghuma bhar, s mky adhuman brains are quite similar, Para-

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Jh Durat, drtr th Mas-sahustts Isttut hgy

Museum, spoke Tursday eveningabout the challenges that sciencemuseums ace in reaching out toscientists. He advocated the creation a abrat rt t mbatths bstas.

His lecture, held in Smith-Bua 06, was ttd C-lecting the Genome: Or how canwe preserve a record o contem-prary st utur. Durat,rty ad th hradr science by the New York imes,prstd th MI musums ur-rent work, which initiated the Mu-seum Genomics Consortium, an

international eort o museums tot thgs gms.Te consortiums ultimate goal is toorganize an international exposi-t that w tra rm musumt musum.

Durant started the most widelyambitious set o programs, saidSt Lubar, drtr th pubhumanities and cultural heritagetr.

My mission is making researchand innovation accessible to all,Durant said. We have a target au-d mdd ad hgh shstudents, adults and the MI com-muty but w ar t a amy

attrat, Durat sad.Fudd th 70s, th mu-

seum has more than one millionartiacts on topics including archi-tecture and design, holography andmost importantly, Durant said, sci-ence and technology. Te museum

receives 100,000 to 150,000 visitorsannually. A third are internationalvisitors who are mostly drawn toth musum wh turg MI.

Te museum is a bridge between

science, culture and MI and playsa key role in scientic communica-t, Durat sad.

Te challenge o the museum isth t b ab t rprst a wddrsty aras, h sad. O Durants main goals is to reach outto scientists and make them par-ticipate directly in communicatingthr rsarh.

We want to allow researchersto tell their own stories by them-ss, Durat sad.

Science and technology grewtremendously throughout the 20thcentury and is still expanding, Du-

rant said. But museums have a hardtime putting together exhibits onnew technologies. Te museumsmust choose rom a large pool ost artats, sm whh,like nanomaterials, pose a problem sz.

Moreover, Durant explained thechallenge o developing a museumutur.

S s hghy abratand oen international, but it is notthe style o museums, Durant said.Tere is a competitive relationshipbtw musums, whh s t amatch with the highly collaborativeatur st wrk, Durat

sad.Another problem is getting sci-

tsts t partpat th -tion o their old artiacts. Tey areoen relatively uninterested in thematerial culture o their own prac-tices. Tey are not actively engaged

when we ask them to participatein the conservation o objects,Durat sad.

Consequently, the challenge orscience museums is to develop a

way rahg ut t ststs.For that purpose, Durant is put-

ting together a test case on genom-ics. It is a technique-driven science,which has a material culture and ishighly collaborative and interna-ta. Durats ga s t stabsha t sa twrk amgmuseums and to start a museumgenomics consortium with vari-us sttuts Nrth Amraand in Europe. Tese include theCanada Science and echnologyMusum rt, th NataMuseum o American History inWashington, the Whipple Museum

in Cambridge and the Musee desArts et Metiers in Paris. Because th mptt utur amgmuseums, i some science muse-ums participate in this collaborativeeort, others around the world willbe tempted to join the collabora-t, h sad.

o make this genomic collectioneort possible, the MI museumneeds proactive, international col-laboration, Durant said. We workclosely with the MI Archives andtalk to a lot o genomics people. Wehave to use the collective knowl-edge o genomics technology,Durat sad.

Te approach o museums is notto give labs protocols or collectinggm matras, but t twth thm ad mak thm pk-up the phone beore putting things th dumpstr ad t musumsm t tak a k at t.

Museum director promotes collaboration

scene the play has naturallytransormed into a series o song-ad-da umbrs. I addt tprecise acting, laudable dancing anda ew other physical conficts thataudience members will have to seeor themselves, the multi-talentedcast also plays their own music, bothstrumta ad a.

But unlike A Midsummer NightsDream, the only airies in A PerectWedding are the radical aeries a group o wedding planners. Whileth haratrs bam thr bhar th dsrtg wds, t s t

mag but thr pr-stg dsrsthat aus thm t at thr m-puss. Ltray st th wds their lust, the characters have to acetheir own values and belies about ad mmtmt.

Tr ar as may kds as huma harts, says ary Isaa(Patrick Madden 14), perectlysumming up the plays embrace oa kds .

Te plays confict can sometimesbe hard to ollow, but the philoso-phizing o the characters mixed withth zass th pt maags tm th pay ag at a jyabpace. Te ensemble cast, though

large, is incredibly engaging on a per-sa as aud mmbrsd ut thrugh drt tratswth th atrs.

Its about likeable people, Emighsaid. Tats unusual. Teres nor-mally some villains, some people

bg mad u .

Emigh drew some o his infuenc-s rm Asa thatr, whh s ap-parent in the plays Bollywood danceumbr but as hs suh askpg th staghads stag.

Its not saying Shakespeare ismr mprtat tha Bywd rthat soap opera is less proound thanexperimental theater, said KatrinDttmr GS, th shws dramaturg.

T sd at mws ut ta more steady rhythm, showing howhumans relate on a more somber butequally humorous level. A PerectWedding shows audience membersthat the eelings o rst love and loss

rm dath ar surprsgy smar.I think the best part o it is that it

shows that everybody can be equallyridiculous, and, even in diversity,theres this underlying unny, humanthing, Rivera-Flavia said. Its a lovestry abut strs.

A Perect Wedding is irreverentabout every culture and belie, but ina loving way. I comedy is tragedyplus time, A Perect Wedding isa Shakespearean soap opera in hy-perdrive. By ar the best show o thissemester, A Perect Wedding hadaudience members clapping alongby the nal song and on the verge dag ad hystrs.

Tis show may be the perect pre-lude to Spring Weekend. Studentscan spend their night jamming toSinatra-style crooning and LadyGaga at what has to be the nestwedding ever held in Leeds Te-atr.

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he womens sotball team (6-18, 3-5 Ivy) ell to in-state rivalUniversity o Rhode Island (16-) Wdsday atr at thURI Sotball Complex. he Bearsarrwy st t th Rams - the irst game, beore being routed10-1 in ive innings in game two.

he irst game started out withthree scoreless innings. At the topo the ourth, shortstop Stephaniehompson 13 hit a solo homerunt g Brw a -0 ad. Bruheld this lead or another two in-nings, and just when it looked like

the Bears were going to come outon top, the Rams scored two runsat the bottom o the seventh tosta th w.

I thought we let the irst gameslip through our ingers, saidHad Cah Dd Eabtr-Omidiji. Our reshman pitcher(Denise van der Goot 15) domi-atd thr up, ry w ru-rs gt ad w wr hdg t a -0 ad, but t t muhmore like a ive-run lead. Wewerent able to inish the game,

and thats something that has beenmphaszd aty.

In the second game, the Ramsheld a 3-1 lead over the Bears aterthree innings and added anotherseven runs in the bottom o theth t s th gam ary.

hompson, who currentlyleads the country in batting av-erage, tallied the only run in gametwo her second homerun oth day at th tp th rstinning. Steph hompson hadanother good day at the plate,Enabenter-Omidiji s aid. Howev-er, not enough o the other playersmad ugh trbuts.

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t w r gams s tmove up in the Ivy League andmpr ts mpttss thswkd. W w b tstd thsweekend with Dartmouth, En-abenter-Omidiji said. I believethe team has shown some terriicight in some contests. We are go-g t ha t ry that sammptt sprt t gt thrughth wkd.

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In the wake o bankruptcy and

major layos, Central Falls re-ceived some much-needed helprom Brown environmental stud-s studts ths smstr threorts to secure ederal undingr dsastr prt ad r.T Fdra Emrgy Maag-mt Agy rqurs ddua

mupats t updat thr d-saster preparedness plans every yars t b gb t rgrants. Central Falls has not up-datd ts pa s 00.

N th tys grmtmpys had th tm r s-sary prts t rs th du-ment on their own, and hiring aconsulting rm or the task wouldcost $25,000 to $40,000, said J.immons Roberts, proessor osociology and environmental stud-s ad drtr th Ctr rErmta Studs.

Stephen Larrick 11, planningand economic development coor-datr r Ctra Fas, sad hhad already started looking intogetting assistance rom Brownwhen Roberts contacted him aboutcollaborating with students in theenvironmental studies mastersprgram.

Five o Roberts graduate stu-

dents were assigned last all tostudy the citys current plan andshare their ndings with city sta-rs.

We were told that the 05plan was a pretty good ounda-tion, Larrick said, but the studentsidentied some weaknesses andaras r mprmt.

o continue their eorts, Rob-erts enlisted the 31 undergradu-ate students enrolled in his spring

2012 course, ENVS 1920: Analysisand Resolution o Environmen-tal Problems/Case Studies, toproduce a report containing ad-dta rsarh ad suggstsr updatg th pa.

Te students divided into 11groups, each working on dierentsections o the report, which ismpsd hstra data, rskassessment, community outreachand other areas o implementation.

Roberts said the report includesresearch and ndings previouslyoverlooked by Central Falls andother cities in the state, especiallythe infuence o climate change wathr pattrs. It wud birresponsible to not consider theeects o climate change or cit-ies and states nationwide, Robertssad.

It had very little about heatwaves, he said o the 2005 plan,adding that such events are ex-pected to increase signicantlyin the uture. People are reallyuprpard.

Another critical component oth rprt s utrah t mmu-ty mmbrs ad rgazats,Rbrts sad.

Research into hazard mitiga-tion procedures o other citiesidenties community outreachas key to a successul plan, saidRba Rast 3., ass mmbrand contributor to the outreachst th rprt.

Sttg up mtgs ad usgroups at public venues such asschools and nursing homes in-creases trust between city govern-ment and the community regard-ing hazard preparedness, she said.

Students working on the reportalso identied the most high-riskpopulations who may not haveaccess to inormation concern-

ing hazard mitigation procedures,including incarcerated individuals,senior citizens, homeless individu-

als and those who rely solely onpub trasprtat, Rast sad.

Students also reached out toorganizations representing non-English speakers in the communi-ty, such as immigrant and workeradvocacy groups like ProgresoLatino and Fuerza Laboral. Tisoutreach is especially importantin Central Falls, where 65 per-cent o the population identiesas Spanish-speaking, Roberts said.Rasts group also suggested pro-viding translations o meetingsand materials to the communityin Spanish, Portuguese and Creole.

he report, which was pre-sented to city ocials March 22,is currently under review to de-d what prts w b adddt th a pa, whh w bsubmitted or unding eligibilityths summr, Larrk sad.

I see it happening again, Lar-

rk sad utur abratsbetween Brown students andCtra Fas. It ds t happaga.

Larrick, who concentrated inurban studies, said his under-standing o the impact studentscan have on small communitiess what drw hm t hs pstin Central Falls city government.Brown students dont think othemselves as experts in their eldyet, he said, but they do have realskills they can bring to bear in realwrd sars.

Rast said her experience withthe project helped educate herabout the complex relationshipbetween Brown as an institutionand its neighboring communitiesand gave her the experience o put-ting student knowledge to workutsd th assrm. W dtha a th aswrs, sh sad.

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Its prtty awkward that th NHLplayos have started. With theBoston Red Sox on pace or 135sss ths sas ad th BstCeltics re-emerging as the teamI kw thy ud b, I rgt thd tru t my hky-wathgpattern this year. Te NHL, thoughI rguary jy wathg a Bs-t Brus gam mr tha a Sgam, rguary sps thrugh thraks r m.

Being a Boston sports an islike having our very dierenthdr. T Cts ar th d-est and most dependable childwho wrote several best-sellers ina row when they were resh out ocollege. Now middle-aged, theymostly hang around and write aw bst-sr ry 0 yars just ugh t .

Te Red Sox are the second-oldest and most heartbreakingchild who grew up to be a amousatr. Tugh thy w a upo Oscars and the pride o theamily, they regularly all o thewagon into a drug-addled rock

bottom covered by MZ (the Bos-

t Gb).T Nw Egad Patrts ar

th yugst hd wh grws upto be a successul investment bank-er. Clean-cut, no-nonsense andcomortable, the Patriots recent

success has done the amily proud,but w as m t pt bgthgs rm thm.

Ad th thrs th Brus.T Brus just w th Nb

Prize last year. Te second young-est and the quietest, the Bruinshard work and long hours spent inlabs getting their advanced doctor-ate nally paid o. We, the parentso these Boston teams, saw whatthe Bruins did last year. But ev-eryone else in the amily had comeinto such success that we almostexpected it. We patted them on thehead and told them we were proud thm, but rght ar w had tleave the house and head down toth p stat t pst th RdSs ba aga.

As a sports an, youve got todecide where to spend your at-tt ad, r m, ts thBrus that d up th dd tamut. Fr th past thr yars, Idpd a systm t mak surthat Im in touch with whats goingon with Bostons black and gold bythe time the playos come around.Wath 0 th rst 0 gams, 0o the middle 42 and 10 o the last0. Tats what I dd ast yar adit worked out perectly. Te Bruins

picked up the slack when the Celt-

ics got crushed in the playos, andI was rjyd.

But this year Im out o touch. Iwatched 10 games all year. Its likethe Bruins told me not to orget tom t thr da rta, ad I

not only blew it o, but I orgot topk thm up as w.

T prbm s that I at twatch the playos, even i I haventreally been watching the team atall. Tis leaves me with one option.I have to resort to one o the mostdisgusting acts in all o andom.Im takg, urs, abut hp-ping on a bandwagon. For this edi-t th um, I tah yuhow to bandwagon hop and carryon a sports conversation where youamufag th at that yu hano idea what you are talking about.

Step 1: never go out o a limb.Only make points that are

unarguable. Dont say anythingcontroversial and never bring up aplayer who is anything less than anA-Star. T dpth my sghtwhen someone asks me how thePittsburgh Penguins-PhiladelphiaFyrs srs s gg t shak utis going to be, Sidney Crosby isgood as long as he doesnt hurthimsel. I someone real ly pressesm, I say that thy ha a gdcoach and that Evgeni Malkin isalso very good, but thats it. Neverspeciy why they are good. Tat al-lows someone to disagree with you.

Stp 2: Stick to prictiosh hv cm .

Fr amp, my prdt sthat im Tomas wont play as well th pays ths yar as h ddlast year. Considering that Tomas

had one o the best post-seasons oall time last year, theres almost noway Ill be wrong. Another goodone is, Tere will be a ght in thePs-Fyrs srs.

S : F s jks.Its prtty mm kwdg

that the Washington Capitalsrarely get past the rst round othe playos even when they area top seed. Bring this up with aan o a rival team, and you canhave a chuckle at their expensewhile you pray that they dontask you which deensive line isyour avorite. Hey, why do youalways have Alex Ovechkin payrst when youre out at the bar?Baus hs r arud r thsd rud!

Step 4: Figure out who o your

m s h bs s say they are your avorite player.

Ts wrks arss ry sprt.Everyone knows who the stars are,and its easy to see the tangibledierence that oensive playersmake, so make yoursel seem moreknowledgeable in seven seconds bylooking up who leads your team indeense. People will almost always

assume you know what you are

talking about. You can talk withNew York Knicks ans about ImanShumpert, San Franscisco 49ersans about Patrick Willis or Bal-timore Orioles ans about MattWtrs. I b ag Zd

Chara and Adam McQuaid as talk-g pts.

Charas the reason we wingams! I hs t thr, wh u-trazs th thr tams stars?

Step 5: Whe all else ails, reaeSPn a rgurgitat stats lik

cm wh hm.Tis ones pretty straightor-

ward. Let the experts gure outsomething that sounds impres-sive and then steal it. Only use thiswh t ks k yur abut tb psd as a badwag a.

Did you know that the Bruinsgot 21 goals out o Mark Recchi,Michael Ryder and Nathan Hortonlast year? Tats gonna be tought rpa.

Okay, i you think you haveth stps dw, g ut thr, putyour Ive totally been watchingthis team all year ace on, andget yoursel in air-weather anshape. Happy bandwagon season.G Brus.

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T wms trak tam had a -credible weekend at the Stanord

It Pa At ast Frday. Tatght, Oa Mk 3, wh hasrom Sacramento, Cali., ran the10,000 meter in 33.59 minutes,breaking the Brown record by morethan 40 seconds. For her record-sttg prrma ad hr kyst r rgas, T Hradhas named Mickle Athlete o theWk.

Te Heral: What was your frst

eelig while you were crossig thesh ?

Mickle: I was somewhat shocked.I atuay had da what kd

time I was going to run. And then Ielt extremely happy. It was just niceto nally have success. I immediatelyra r t my parts ad huggdmy dad. I was just smg s hug.It was an incredible moment. Beingab t ha that suss ad bgable to run in ront o my parentswas really meaningul. Also, or theBrown womens distance team tokd shw that w a b m-petitive even against this top leveltams. It was a grat mmt.

di you realize at the time that

you wr batig th school r-c?

I had no idea. People actually hadt t m. My tam mmbrs whwere cheering me on were like, Ol-ivia, you just broke the record! I didt kw that I was gg t stadin the op 10 list later. It was

overwhelming but really incredible.

How o you maage school acg?

It took me until the end o my

rshma yar t gur ut hw tbalance everything. And it is a con-stat strugg, but I thk yu dt b just ray t wth yurtime and not procrastinating on cer-tain projects when you know you aregoing to be gone or three days or atrak mt. But t dty taks alot o time to gure out how to jugglerunning, social lie and school. I amstill trying to gure it out, but I thinkI have a better grasp on it as a junior,thankully. I think that it is reallyimportant that you enjoy the timeyou spend doing that sport becauseit is a whole lot o time and eort

ad rgy t spd smthg yu dt atuay jy t.

di you gt a fllowship tocm s Bw?

Yes, I was recruited. However,unortunately on reshman year Iwas injured pretty much all years I r ray had th ha tcompete. Just being able to competeright now is a blessing, and I amray gratu r bg jury-rrght w.

Wh h?Freshman year I experienced two

dierent stress ractures. It is a rac-tur yur b du t ssuse or improper usage. My rst onewas in my shin, and my second onewas my mra k. It taks ag tm t ha.

Wh s g?I actually played competitive

soccer all my lie up until my ju-r yar hgh sh. I d t,I never stopped loving it. One o

my strengths as a soccer player isthat I a ru a day, ad I d t.My dad is actually a long distancerur, my mm as ra, s t waskind o in my blood. I did crossutry jur yar hgh sh.I really enjoyed it. I decided that Iwas going to stop playing soccer andstart ocusing on running my seniorsear. Senior year in high school, I didcross country and my rst season otrak, ad that s wh I kw thsis something I love. So it was notuntil senior year o high school thatI started getting involved in running.

Wh s cc?I am studying biochemical engi-

neering. It is challenging but I reallyjy t. I am spay trstdin biotechnology in pharmaceuti-cals within the biochem engineeringwrd.

Ar you plaig o makig

your track traiig a career or areyou plaig to work i biochemi-

c gg?I have never thought o running

proessionally. I dont know i it ispssb. I ray rug, s Idty d t pa stppg,and I think because I was injured

reshman year I do have a trackseason o eligibility, so one optionud b t ru a h yar at GradSh. Hwr, I as ha smtrshps ths summr r a b-th mpay, ad I thk that -

perience will help me gure it outwhether this is something I want toha as a utur arr.

What o you lov about ru-

g?It is kind o like yoga in some

sense or me. Not only does it makemy bdy gd, but I k trelease all the stress rom the day. Itis just a time to do something I love,and endorphins obviously alwayshelps. It always puts me in a goodmd.

do you have to ollow a specifc?

One thing in particular is iron.Specically or emale distance run-ners. I personally have had issueswith it. I became anemic maybe

tw r thr tms. Ar th thrdtime I denitely realized that thiss smthg I ha t us . Sthat s why th mst rua part my day s makg sur I am takgmy r suppmts.

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cor. What is your w goal for

cs?Denitely staying healthy and

injury-ree is a huge goal o mine.Ad, t b hst, my ga was tqualiy or regionals, and the timeI rad ths past wkd w mst

ky quay r m. It mght b att ar-rahg, but my w gas t quay r atas. It s am-bitious, but I think I have to havegas ad drams, s I am gg tsht r t.

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Column should provoke investigationTo the Editor:

Helen McDonalds 14 column (Who cares aboutrayvon Martin? April 12) about the apparent lack ooutrage on campus about the rayvon Martin tragedydsturbd m. Sh suggsts thr s a ak mpathyat Brw r th Ara-Amra pr wthrasm ur utry. I that wr tru, t wud ba sad mmtary ur studt bdy. As a aum dpy d th rghts mmt the 60s, I would have assumed that the social con-sciousness that characterizes Brown students today

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MDad s thrwg a gautt dw. T Hrad,with its investigative talent, needs to take up the chal-lenge to nd out more about our students awareness oad dtrmat t d smthg abut Amrarasm. Has t hagd at a th 4 yars s thcampus National Association or the Advancement Crd Pp, whh I was a part , rtdthe scourge that it was on campus, in Providence and th utry?

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us a way t wrk atsm t ur rsums.

C t wrtr Amta Ghsh, wh sad, h rta parad lie is most o us dont really know how miserable we are. But ap-party th Prt Rw ds thaks r rubbg urdrop rom irst to third happiest students in their latest rankings.

A diamond t Prsdt-t Chrsta Pas, wh s p tdrkg a br ry w ad th, ardg t a agu atPrt. Pas, yu art busy t wk, hrs a stadgt t h Hrads Sprg Wkd stts.

Cbc zc t th studt wh sad th Wats Isttutr Itrata Studs t dr tr, W wat sm whwill stick around. We agree, but will that someone also cuddlead hd hads?

C t th studt wh sad th Jh Cartr Brw Lbrary,h JCB s smthg that a t pp dt us. Ray? Wsaw it got ive stars on Yelp.com they said the music wasnt tooud, ad th br was supr hap. Wat, s thats t whrur sr rds kp gg hursday ghts?

A iamo to the three researchers who went to various baseballstadiums to survey ans about their views on revenge in baseball. Didthey also survey the eects o stadium hot dogs and beer on baseballrsarhrs? Ad hw d w gt that jb?

Cubic zircoia to the UCS presidential candidate who suggestedhaving the Brown Band camp outside Provost Mark Schlisse lsP t prmt udrasg r th studt atts -dowment. Great idea just c heck Youube to see how that playedut th CI ast s mstr.

A iamo to the senior who included human hair, among othermts, th patgs hr sr thss hbt. Har sa tt bt rtg, but w a ha t, sh sad. I th trst a thgs rtg, w suggst a bdr rdrg a-sz Sthg mad try tas.

Cbc zc t th studt wh sad, Part bg duatdis knowing why you have the education that you have. He shouldlook out or Banners latest gem MCM 1111: Meta-cation andth Amra Cg Studt.

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An experience disparity was u dspay at ystrdaysdebate. Te dierences be-tween the candidates wereevident, and the questionsreally boiled the three can-ddats dw t tw atgroups. David Rattner 13 wh, u dssur, sin the same raternity as my-sel and Anthony White13 represented candidatesdsrg t wrk wth th

system, while Robert Bent-ywsk 3 was th utsdrdsrg t g ut ad m-pty rwrk t.

Yt, wh t bd dwt th atua py dtas,th thr shard ary d-ta psts ry p-y.

S th qust rmas:Wh d w hs, utsd-r r sdr, ad wh s thmst mptt addat?

T sdr h wasdt rm th rst upmmts th dbat. Rat-trs kwdg hw th

sh wrks s amazg. Imt sur t was hs prgamstratgy t mt as may

sh admstratrs as ps-sb, but t was trmy -t. Tugh t mght hasmd prttus t sm,

studts dt rayapprat hw byzat thwrkgs th sh ar.W gagy apprat thtras as a studt bdy,but w dt ray akw-dg ur shs mpty.Our prsdt must b abt rtssy agat thdagrus urrts thsburauray rdr t bstsr ur studt bdy.

Wht smd at tms ass w-rsd rs Rattr. H dard that hsught t sr th Brwmmuty t th bst hs abty durg hs p-g statmt, but hs pyprpsas ad t .T y dr btwhm ad Rattr py-wswas hs pst hw tras th Studt At-ts Fud. Wht strssd thpwr th pp, whRattr adatd ptta-y sg amg rghts adsarhg r a arg da-t. Wh I dt dy thpwr a ppuar m-mt, t s tsmaymr rast t pt th

sh t b ab t s am-

g rghts a ud tha ra ary mrg studtbad prrma utsd th prsts t mag-ay sh ad-mstratrs t mak a stu-dt atts dwmtthr umbr prrty.Tat hag shwd thdr btw th tw bth ar rdby qua-d, but Rattr s mr -prd ad rast.

Btywsk was mprs-s, ad hs strg dsr tbrg a utsd prsp-t hs buzz phras th ght t Brw rayrsatd wth th rwd.Tat sad, hs push r autsd prspt wastg. Wth a w U-rsty prsdt mgt yar, t mght b wsrt ha a UdrgraduatCu Studts prs-dt wh kws th shbttr ad a bttr at asa gud r Prsdt-tChrsta Pas as sh b-

gs hr tm at Brw.Equay mprtat, th

turut was dsapptg.

G th turbut tm thUrsty s gg thrugh,yu wud thk that mrstudts wud wat t tur

ut r th dbat mr s sdrg that thsh s kw r ts at-sm, ad th studt bdy, atast ardg t Btyws-k, has gad a w trst UCS ar ts rt da tmrg wth th Udrgradu-at Fa Bard. Dspta ths, mayb 6 prt th audtrum was d.

Btywsk td at pt durg th dbat thata thr addats wrgd duds. Ty mstrtay wr, but Brwds mr tha a gddud as ts UCS prsdt t ds sm wh truyudrstads hw ths U-rsty wrks ad a maksubstat hag happ.Out a thr addatstght, y Rattr ra-y dmstratd th udr-stadg t sud at thjb.

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By CHIP LeBoVITZ

opinions editor

Tis election season, I becameasatd ad grssd bythe Republican presidentialprimary campaigns. Eachdbat rd athr pkthrough the looking glass.From candidates orgettingtheir platorms at the daisto others throwing down$10,000 bets, just about they thg mssg rm thhkst saty was thcandidates orming up a Vol-

tron-style uber-candidate on

stag.ght, suh a su-

prhuma mrgd Brws w ampus: Rb-rt Btywsk 3. Sam-ssy mbg Rk Pr-rys prd hs aadm- shrtmgs, HrmaCas pdgr as a drk-g buddy, Rk Satrumsksss, R Paus p-hat r stadg thrr ad dmadg wbur grmt t thgrud ad thg rat-d t Mtt Rmy whwas apparty busy -upyg th bdy Da-

d Rattr 3 Bty-wsk mad hs as r thUdrgraduat Cu Studt prsdy rt a dsapptgyt-qut apaty rwd.Or th urs whatt k substatay mrtha a hur, h mad thmst rgzg as ththr addats r .

T udamta rasdtr Btywsks a-dday, as h pas t, ssmp: UCS as t stads sbth t ad m-pty ut tuh wthth studt bdy. Prmar-y, Btywsk td hsshk wh h hard UCSsprpsa t st ts wudg. What d thyspd thr my ?h sad h wdrd. Adth at s, hs t sm-thg. Brw s udatdwth studt grups, may whh sr ssta-y th sam purps. Hwmay grups r pa th Mdd East d w r-ay d?

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rty th stuat s, at

ts mst bas, a pur -srats tak ggra. Frm whatI ud t, hs pa s tb dw studt gr-mt t ts pr-rrm sz,pratz udg by mak-g ubs prmary rsp-sb r thr w ud-rasg ad st bak adwath as th markt rub uds dds whhstudt grups sur ad

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gra sa py aata sa, ths thss uar, urast adfat-ut dagrus tw ad t abjt pr-ty, absurd dstrbuts wath ad gra s-m has. But th ram rr studt rgazats at ash that has t may,t just mght wrk. Cut rm ts udg ad wth way t susta t-s, a studt ub dst tur t rm r

a ardbard b. It smpydrs , ad studts whwud ha prhaps jdt ar mr tha wmt j th dzs th-r ary-dta grups ampus, wh w, wthmr udg, a ah gratr thgs. Smsrasab.

Ora, yu ddtattd th UCS dbat,ad th dds ar that yuddt, my rmmda-t s as ws. I yuwat a rdby sa,rdby quad, -rdby mptt ad -rdby ta a-ddat, t r Rattr.But yu ar k m adr tk trst stu-dt grmt brystrday, ad yu thk twud b t s a wapprah at, thhs Btywsk hs th sam way.

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By JAKe GoLDeN

opinions Columnist

For all o you who didntmake it to the debate lastnight, you really missedout. You have no idea howrrshg t s t st t anon-Republican presidentialdebate, where the candidatesare actually willing to becharitable to one another and h my gdss agr wth ah thr. Sup-prtrs Brw r Fa-cial Aid should be pleased

to know that each candidatewholeheartedly agreed thatexpanding nancial aid is

the most important issue theUniversity aces. Unsurpris-ingly, they also took turns

emphasizing that expandingstudent group unding is atop priority thats a no-brar r ay rugor student government. Inact, on these issues whichby ad arg dmatd thdebate there was so muchparroting back o previoussentiments o other candi-dates that, i it werent orutgg Prsdt RaadaNelsons 12 booming voiceuttg thm , I prbabywud ha a asp.

Tat sad, t was ar

that thr ar substatdrs btw thaddats, prhaps thmst sat bg Rb-rt Btywsks 3 past mpty rhau thurrt studt gr-mt systm td. Tswas a part Btywsksstratgy t pay th r utsdr. I rdr t dftrtsm rm bth A-thy Wht 3 ad Da-d Rattr 3 wh bthptd ut that Btyws-k had pr wthBrw studt grmt Btywsk td th au-d that h was th a-ddat wh wud shakthgs up ad brg arsh prspt. I thughtths arrat wud hab muh mr mp-g Btywsk hadspt mr tm pa-g why th urrt systmwas dysuta ad hwhs md wud thsprbms. Hwr, h sadamst thg abut whyhs rutary das hadmrt.

T drs btw

Wht ad Rattr wrmr subt. I at, I dtra harg ay rtpy dsagrmts b-tw thm wth thpssb pt bgthr rspt stratgst grw th studt grupud. Hwr, ths a-ddats, wh bth tutdthr prr pr studt grmt, ar-rd thmss drt-

y. Wht was astr t payth ppust ard ad t -k studts rght t -

at thr agda wth thUrsty. H as sughtt mak hms appar

mr huma ad prs-ab by akwdgg thataa ad mattrd thm baus h wud tb ab t attd Brwwthut t. I appratdth thughtu qust hpsd t th thr ad-dats Dsuss a srusstbak yu had ad hwyu ram t b-aus t rd thm utsd thr mrt zs.

Rattr, th thrhad, was a busss. Ham arss as mr prs-

sa ad bttr prpardtha th thr tw ad-dats. H ary dm-stratd h had prwrkg wth th prstad th rst th adm-strat ad that h udr-stads th day-t-day p-rat studt gr-mt. H ty pr-trayd hms as th mstmptt addat. Buth as w th prz rmst Rmy-k.

Ora I was pasatysurprsd t s that, r thmst part, ths addatswr tuh wth th g-ra md th studtbdy ad udrstd thmst mprtat ssus thatr udrgraduats,but I was sad that I ddts mr yu thr.

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By JAReD MoFFAT

opinions editor

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Hes not a little boy who wontgrow up, said writer Jenny Boul ly.Hs a d usty gat. Hs tak-g adatag hs by bdy tr wth th ymphs.

Buy dsussd hr mst r-cent work, a cynical retelling othe Peter Pan story, at an eventuesday hosted by the literaryarts department in the McCor-mack Family heater. Boullysiction explores Wendys heart-break when she realizes that PeterPan will never get married, settledw r stp rtg wth thrgrs.

Dearest ink, should you andI together unionize against thePtr? says Wdy th .We would all like some beneits,well say. And what about old age?Have you, Peter, a pension planr us?

Boullys novel raises questionsabout the nature o Peters rela-

can princess iger Lily, callingattention to iger Lilys seashellencrusted thong and suggestingthat Peter gets a sexual thrill whenh rsus hr rm drwg.

Buys grw ut hrdssrtat th r ym-phophilia, the love o nymphs, inWestern literature, she told heHerald. Her novel, Not MerelyBecause o the Unknown hatWas Stakg ward hm, a-lowed her to tell the Peter Panstory rom her own critical point w.

Buy as had prsa ra-sons or writing the novel, shetold the audience. She said shehas datd a umbr bys kPtr Pa ad sh ud dtywth Wdys rustrat.

How many o us have beenwith somebody who says that theylove us? Boully said. I truly be-lieve in that moment they do loveus, but its not the type o loveWdy watd r dd.

While Boully said she sym-

about Wendys sentimentality andshss. Sh watd (Ptr)t g hm ad ask hr athr he could have her hand in mar-rag ad grw up ad b a rama Ld ad g t th - ad war a t t th ,Buy sad.

Boully spoke in ront o 60students and proessors in thesot light o the English depart-ment theater. he reading waspart o the undergraduate classLIR 1200: Writers on Writ-ing, which showcases the worko contemporary poets and ictionwriters. Students in the class readthe works o seven contemporarywriters who then come and speakto the class, said Joanna Howard,stg turr trar y art s.

Aimee Lucido 13, who readthe novel or the Writers onWriting class, said Boully wasray swt ad ry uy.

I had only seen the Disneyversio n, Luc ido sai d. It wasdty a t darkr tha I had

Author reveals dark side of Peter Pan

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Wh Prssr Hstry Artand Architecture Dietrich Neu-mann asked his class, HIAA 0860:Contemporary Architecture,whthr r t thy wud b at-tending renowned architect StevenHolls lecture this past uesday, theoverwhelming majority said viaiClicker Absolutely, I will bethr. Ad th studts wr t

just humoring Neumann. Salomon0 was pakd wth studts a-gr t s th wr th 0American Institute o Architectsgold medal, a recognition that haspreviously been awarded to Frank

Ghry ad I.M. P.Steven Holl, whose diverse

portolio includes the Bloch Build-ing addition to the Nelson-AtkinsMuseum o Art in Kansas Cityad th Smms Ha drmtryo the Massachusetts Institute oechnology, centered the lecture th thm sa, dsrbga selection o his works. He startedwth th argst, th Sd Prs-ty Bk Chgdu, Cha, adended with the smallest, the Daey-ang Gallery and House in Seoul,Suth Kra.

Dspt th drs sz,there were multiple threads woven

through his conception o eachbuilding, which begins not as anelevation or foor plan, but as awatrr patg a -by-seven index card. In designingeach, he attempts to bring thebudg dw t a huma sa,s th budgs a b usd adappratd.

O ths thrads t-g hs wrks s hs aut ss a buildings location. Tough hes t qut a rgast, s hhas hs sgatur sty, H ma-ages to incorporate the geography,traditions and most noticeably the

light o his buildings locations into

th arhttur ts.In a work that he considers one

o his avorites, the Chapel o St.Ignatius, Holl said he attemptedto capitalize on the unique, pul-sating light o Seattle. Te space,whh s mdd ar th mag s btts ght a stbox, encompasses those who enterin seven dierent qualities o light.Holl hopes this mystery o light makes you eel immeasurable, he

said, adding that only architecturehas this power, as no other art orma truy surrud yu.

Another theme runningthrough Holls architecture is hisattmpt t mak ah budg aseco-riendly as possible. He saidhs prjts Cha partuaryaccomplish this due to Chinas will-ingness to invest in green technol-ogy. He said he hopes that theseultra-green constructions willprove to the United States thatths thgs ray d wrk.

Holl livened the descriptionso his buildings with humor. Aer

he completes the initial designs

a budg, h sad h ds treally know whats going on so(he) picks up a broom and actsbusy.

A group consisting o Neumannand Proessor o American Civi-lization Steven Lubar chose Hollas a J. Cartr Brw turr. Wwatd a majr gur r th -ture series, Neumann said. StevenH was sury tp ur stas a grat arhtt.

In asking Holl to speak, Neu-ma hpd studts wud gta better understanding o thera ad art arhttur whits done by someone who reallyknows the history and the presentand is really attune to local condi-ts, h sad.

Julia elzak 15, who went tothe lecture to learn more aboutthe architect, said she le with newcomprehension o the architecturalprocess Neumann wanted to con-

vey. Seeing the drawings progressad utmaty sg th dsgso the building was interesting or

m, sh sad.

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wo years ago, 10 artists wereinvited to create contemporaryChs ps at th Musum Fine Arts in Boston as a responset at Chs mastrpseatured in the museum. Te resultwas th Frsh Ik hbt, thsubject o a lecture last Mondayin the List Art Building by HaoSheng, the museums curator oChinese art and one o the creators th hbt.

Te Fresh Ink exhibition was

tdd t rat a dagu b-tw th tmprary ad that, a way hag th wad th d trprt ah thr,Shg sad. T at ad -temporary pieces were shown sideby side so museum visitors could

view the relationship between theart.

Ts was Shgs rst tm-porary art show, and he cited aplaque rom 1912 containing ourChinese characters as his inspira-tion. Te plaque is in Chinese, butmeans Keeping Company withthe Past. He said he intended orthe show to allow artists to look at

what has come rom the past andrespond to it, a common concept Chs utur.

When giving his lecture, Shengran through each o the 10 art-ists creations, talking about whatthey picked and what they createdby ts, wth a sdshw the artwork displayed through-ut th tak. Shg dsussd thtwo things he looked or whenhsg th artsts at -gagmt wth artst tradtsand what their strategies o in-terpretation might be. Sheng saidhe wanted the art to be diverse,

and he succeeded on this rontby bringing in 10 very dierentartsts wth drt apprahst th mastrps.

Yu Hg ratd a mmssilk painting in response to thepainting Court Ladies Prepar-ing Newly Woven Silk, using itas a rft wms wrk.Hong used emale gures she hadpainted beore, allowing the audi-ence a glimpse o contemporaryCha.

Liu Xiaodong, a gure painter,wrkd th mag sdrsdriving o animal spirits to engagein a discussion about violence.T prss ratg hs pinvolved intense communicationbtw hms ad th studtmds h was patg. T stu-dents wrote their own views oviolence on the painting at thespot where a Chinese colophon a dsrpt th artst adpatg s rmay ud.

Ard Chag wrkd thAmerican painting Jackson Pol-

lock Number 10 because, as heclaimed, he was born in Americaand thereore could use an Ameri-a patg, Shg sad. Chaglooked at Pollocks drip canvasas t wr a Chs adsapand created his own painting romthr wth th brush tp as a -tension o his hand. Chang saidpeople would have an easier timelooking at Chinese ink landscapei they understood Pollock, be-cause, with each painting style,th aud must p bak thayrs.

Li Huayi and Zeng Xiaojun

both chose the painting NineDragons, which is considered themst mprtat drag patgin Chinese tradition, according toShg. Huay usd th yyang in the center, while Xiaojunreinterpreted the dragons as treesollowing the Chinese tradition tos yprus trs as drags.

Qiu ing, the youngest butmost traditional o the artists,chose a monumental piece oChinese landscape, WhilingAway the Summer at LakesideRetreat. ing talked about thethree aspects o Chinese art atur, tradt ad sprat

th artst. Fr hm, th st hvisited, the scrol l he looked at andhis brushwork represented each oths mts.

Conversely, Xu Bing ques-td th mprta brush-work with his creation, Shengsaid. He chose a very mundanep, th Mustard Sd GardManual o Painting. He copieddrawings rom the book, cut themout to make a landscape and thenmade them into a woodblock tocreate the nal piece completewith notations on how to paint.Tere was never any touch o a

brush. As Shg pad, Bgasks a question that has no answer.Is brushwork needed to create aChinese landscape? Te work is areminder or the audience to thinkabout what a Chinese landscape is.

Q Fg was a aud a-vorite. Feng was a s heepherderrom the arthest corner o China.He chose a ritual vessel that in-cluded a very long, old inscrip-t. Shg sad Fg rspdd th p t a s-psd qus-tion, What i the bronze couldspeak? From this he created largebooks expressing what he thoughtthe bronze might say, as i it werea mssgr rm th past.

Te exhibition was over a yearago, which in exhibition time isdecades ago, Sheng said, but orits original audience, it seemedto be resh in their mind. Manyremembered exactly how theyelt when they walked through,ad mmbr th auddsrbd t as th bst shw tmprary art.

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