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Senior Staff Writer

An unidentied Caucasian male stu-dent has been vandalizing the cam-paign posters o candidates runningor positions on the UndergraduateCouncil o Students, Undergraduate

Finance Board and Class Coordinat-ing Boards, according to Ben Farber12, UCS vice president and a presi-dential hopeul. Te word poly-slutappeared on campaign posters acrosscampus over the past ew days, asstudents began voting uesday ornext years leaders. It is unclear what, aythg, th wrd mas.

Ets Bard Char AthyWhite 13 said he rst came across adeaced poster at 2 p.m. uesday andsent an email to candidates that eve-ning asking them to remain alert orsuh dsrsptu ad mptyuaptab bhar. Wht asnotied the Department o Public

Saty th dpmts.Farber witnessed the vandal

scribbling the phrase across post-ers uesday. Tough Farber con-ronted the vandal, he did not askr hs am. T ada appard

RISK! conquers campus with frst college showBy PhoeBe nir

artS & Culture Staff Writer

T stry Im abut t t s dwith so many levels o shame, itsalmost unbelievable, said proes-sa mda Mha Ia BakWednesday night in MacMillan 117br auhg t a dsrpto a drug deal that took place at aBua Wd Wgs. Im t sur why Id wat t dug ths.

Black was a part o RISK!, alive show and podcast that allowspeople to share personal anecdotes.Te show, which was staging its rstcollege gig, was created by actor andwriter Kevin Allison. Aer sensing aak hsty hs stad-up at,Allison decided to make a orum orpeople to connect by telling theirown true stories. RISK! is usuallyperormed in Los Angeles and NewYork City, according to the showswbst, ad has aturd may -

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Buds, th shw aturd rst-person tales detly delivered byproessors and students, as well asAs ad Bak.

Te only requirement or thestories was that they relate, how-ever loosely, to this shows themeo education. What emerged was aneclectic mix o stories that were bothplayul and poignant, such as oneabout the wisdom Adam Weinrib12 gleaned rom a bean-dip-lovingexan cabbie and one about mis-haps with a stubborn rog in biologyclass recounted by Connie Craword,adjut turr thatr arts adprrma studs.

A th strs wr harmgand provocative individually, butth ra u th shw was sgwhere they all intersected. Craw-

Hold the foam: passing on Spring WeekendBy CLaire sChLessinger

Contributing Writer

For many, Spring Weekend heraldsa susps rma rus adresponsibilities beore studentsstart to get serious about nals.Te weekend oen stretches intomore o a week, starting with earlierevents like Wednesdays Mr. andMs. Brown pageant and continuingut th tradta Suday ar-noon perormance by Dave Binderon Wriston Quadrangle. Studentsdsr t drag ut th stts s

well-summarized by the popularbdr t Bdr t-shrts.

But this bacchanal is not or ev-eryone. Te season brings manyother commitments, rom competi-tions to conerences to contempla-tion to coursework and somestudts just hs t t g.

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I dont like the whole culture o(Spring Weekend), Brian Lin 12said. It rubs me the wrong way thattheres a week to waste yoursel,h sad.

Many students approach theevent with the attitude that theyar s strssd thy d a wh

wk t b shtad, h sad. Lrecalled seeing a student duringSpring Weekend stumbling around

with her pants down, clearly ahuge mess, he said, adding thatit is hard to imagine how anyonewould not be sickened by thesght.

E th Eypda Bru-niana politely reers to drinkingas always a traditional part o

Spring Weekend. But students ex-perimentation can take on a bolderdimension. Students or SensibleDrug Policy at Brown oers a test-ing service to check the purity o ec-stasy. Te student groups Facebookevent page reads Spring Weekendscoming up. Crazy times oen comewth sm ru ps.

L sad h s as thugh thsweek o insanity is a tradition thatencourages many people to partakebaus thy t s prmssb.

Ivayla Ivanova 11 did not goto Spring Weekend her rst two

years at Brown. When she wentr th rst tm ast yar, sh sadshe got a headache rom the smokearound her, though the concertswere outdoors. In general, the smello pot hits me in the head, she

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Comedian Michae Ian Back headined RISK!s frst coege show ast night.

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limit accessto abortionsin R.I.

By Morgan Johnson

Staff Writer

A bill passed in the state Senatelast uesday would make RhodeIslands health care exchange one th mst rstrt trms abrt ass.

Cad r udr dra hathcare reorm, health care exchanges

are intended to provide an easyramework to compare and pur-chase private health care plans.Ideally, the exchange would im-prove health care coverage, expandaccess, promote competition and

rdu sts.But uesdays last-minute

amendment, added to the state billby Senate President eresa PaivaWeed, D-Jamestown and Newport,would prevent women rom pur-chasing insurance plans that coverabrts thrugh Rhd Isads

exchange. Women would insteadha t buy sparat rag rabrt.

Yesterday, state legislators in theHouse took up a version o the bil lwthut th trrsa amd-mt.

I signed on when it was a cleanversion o the bill, said Sen. RhodaPrry, D-Prd. Prry harsthe Senate Health and Human Ser-s Cmmtt, whh apprdth b br t wt t th S-ate oor. Aer learning that thebills language places more severerestrictions on abortion access than

the ederal law does, Perry votedagast t.

Perry said she eels the legis-lation will particularly aect thestats prst wm.

Other government oicialshave also come out against theamendment, including Gov. Lin- Cha 75 P ad Lt. G.Elizabeth Roberts 78. Robertsleads the Rhode Island Health CareReorm Commission, which aidsthe state in implementing healthcare reorm. She elt the languagewas unacceptable, said Robertsspkswma Mara .

Under an eleventh-hour com-promise that paved the way or pas-sag th dra gsat, pr-vate plans oered on the exchangesmay cover abortion, but no ederaluds a pay r th prdur.

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sad. Tugh sh sad sh st -joyed the weekend, she wished theadministration would better regu-

at marjuaa us at th rtsto make the experience tolerabler studts sst t drug us.

Te Contemplative Studies Ini-tiative is oering meditation re-trats Saturday ad Suday adStaying Grounded on SpringWeekend. Te workshop is parto a regular series o events, butthis year it happened to coincidewith Spring Weekend, said HaroldRoth, proessor o religious studiesad East Asa studs ad dr-tor o the initiative. Te event isor students who do not want topartpat Sprg Wkd r

or students who want to attendSpring Weekend with the toolsto participate in an intentionaland more grounded way, he said.Te workshop which is lled tocapacity with 60 registered partici-pats, whm ar studts should enable attendees to enjoythe weekend without having to al-ter consciousness with excessesad hmas, h addd.

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Other students would haveliked to attend the concerts andsurrounding activities but had con-tg mmtmts.

Jamison Kinnane 12 will notb ab t attd th stts b-cause she is on the Brown Mockrial team, which is participating inthis weekends national tournamentin Iowa. She said she would haveliked to see Diddy Dirty Money but

was not particularly enthusiasticabout some o the other artists.V whatr, sh sad, rrrgto Friday night headliner V onth Rad.

Almost 40 students rom Brownw attd Pwr Sh, a ataclimate change conerence inWashgt, D.C., ths wkd.

Te our-day conerence is onlyheld once every two years, whereasstudents can technically party ev-ery weekend, said Gina Roberti14, one o the students who is help-g t rgaz Brw attds.

T r s gg t bjust as un as Spring Weekend withspeakers, concerts and workshops,said Jacqueline Ho 14, the otherrgazr.

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vironmental movement on campusis bigger than Spring Weekend,sh sad.

Kevin Deemer 11 is going to theannual music estival Coachella inCaliornia this weekend instead ostayg ampus.

In a message to the Herald,Dmr wrt h has md -ings about missing one o themost un weekends o the year. Buthe said he elt there is no compari-son between Spring Weekend andCoachella, which attracted many othe perormers students were hop-ing to see. Te Caliornia event willha hudrds thusads at-

tendees and upwards o a hundredperormers, including Kanye West,Arad Fr ad th Strks.

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Ery kws th ra par-tys in the (Center or Inormation

echnology), said Rakesh Patel 13,who will not be attending any o theweekends events. Sunlab dude?Yeah, dude, he said. Its gonnab wd.

He said he never even gave(Sprg Wkd) a thught b-cause he would rather be in theCI prgrammg sht.

Graduate students may alsohs t t partpat bausthy ar t as td t am-pus lie as undergraduates. DaveFossum GS, a rst-year doctoralstudent in ethnomusicology, saidhe had not heard o the events. Imsure aer this weekend Ill knowwhat Sprg Wkd s, h sad,adding he might be interested ingoing especially as someone whostudies music aer checking out

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chael acke 12 did not know anyo the bands perorming and elttickets were expensive, so he de-cided to orego the concert. Instead,h just hd Ky whrhe was alone in the dorm, he said.

Aer the rst nights concert,ak sad h ddd t ggwas a huge mistake and unsuc-cessully tried to get tickets or thesd ght. Wh rds ambak t th drm rag abut thexperience, acke said he realizedSpring Weekend was more a socialpr.

Brown Concert Agency BookingChar Abby Shrbr sad thevent is a celebration o Brownad ah thr. Sh addd thatbecause Brown is not a huge sportsschool, it is hard to generate realsh sprt ay thr way.

Tis year though, the weathermay trr wth sm studtspas.

Residents o dorms on theMa Gr r r tkts tthe concerts when they are heldoutdoors, so many chose not tobuy tickets online. Hope Collegersdt B Laur sad h had

been planning to attend at least theFriday concert with the ree access,but baus th BCAs ra a,Laur s w wthut tkts.

Te decision to hold the con-certs indoors is kind o annoyingbaus t mght t ra, hsaid, adding that outdoor concertsprovide a much more un envi-rmt.

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sghty mbarrassd, Farbr sad,but remained rm about his actionsand expressed rustration about theposters placement across campus.Ery has a . I d t, thprptratr td Farbr.

UCS Student Activities Chair Ra-landa Nelson 12, who is also run-ning or president, said a riend sawthe individual vandalizing posters inMetcal Hall yesterday aernoon.Im going to beat his ass, Nelsonsad at th UCS gra bdy mt-ing last night, eliciting laughter romth us mmbrs.

Cathr Zabrsk, drtr

academic technology services, andGa B, Cmputg ad Ir-mation Services project manager,as spk at th mtg abut thLearning Management System Proj-t. T prjt, whh bga thall, aims to evaluate MyCourses,gather community eedback andrecommend a new online platorm.

Te team received 767 studentresponses, 234 aculty responsesand about 15 sta responses to anonline survey, Zabriskie said, andconcluded MyCourses is ineec-tive on student communication andgrup prjts.

Te project team is seeking a

learning management system witha straight-orward navigation ap-

proach capable o supporting on-line chatting, multiple platorms

and oreign languages, Zabriskiesaid. Te team is also interested inincorporating Google and Bannercapabilities into the new system toprd a -stp shppg st.

Fur systm drs ha binvited to campus, Bell said, and un-drgraduat ad graduat studtshave been involved in listening toand reviewing their presentations.Te team is evaluating potentiallearning management systems basedon price and exibility, among otheratrs.

Zabrsk sad th tam w tstptta systms th Sharp R-

ectory April 20 during lunch. Teteam hopes to make a recommenda-t t th Ursty by ary May,reach a decision by early June andimplement a pilot program next year.

Te council, in cooperation withthe Brown Democrats, also intro-duced a resolution supporting thepassage o the Opportunity RIlegislation in the Rhode IslandGra Assmby. T b ams tkeep college graduates in the stateby prdg ta rdts t pay bakstudt as.

Te bill has received bipartisansupport in the legislature and oncampuses statewide, said Jeremy

Feigenbaum 11, president o theCollege Democrats o Rhode Island.

By eLizaBeTh Carr

Staff Writer

As o Wednesday morning, 75 cas-es o salmonella had been reported

as part a utbrak trd atDeFuscos Bakery in Johnston andCranston, according to AnnemarieBeardsworth, spokeswoman orthe Rhode Island Department oHealth. O the 75 people who con-tracted salmonella, two have died,and two are still in the hospital,Bardswrth addd.

Te outbreak came to the atten-t th Dpartmt HathMarch 25, when 15 patients at theWest Shore Health Center, a nurs-ing home in Warwick, ell sick andtested positive or salmonella. TeDepartment o Health searched the

kitchen at the nursing home butdd t d aythg that wudcause the illness and began to lookat what ood had been brought intoth ursg hm.

Te nursing home had orderedzeppole, an Italian pastry, romDeFuscos Bakery as a part o a St.Josephs Day celebration. Investiga-tors ound signicant violations othe ood code at the bakery uponinspection, Beardsworth said, andDeFuscos was closed that day. Allood products rom the bakerywr rad.

Several victims are currently inthe process o ling suit against the

bakery or medical expenses, neg-ligence and pain and suering. Te

Johnston bakery voluntarily closedMarh 25, ardg t a Dpart-ment o Health press release. Callsto both o the bakerys locationsrevealed that the numbers are out

sr.According to the Food Es-

tablishment Inspection Report,ready-to-eat pastry shells used orzeppole, eclairs and cream puswr strd gg arts, whhcould potentially contain salmo-nella bacteria rom the eggs. Otherviolations included sinks that weret asy assb ad prprysupplied to ensure that employeeswashed their hands, equipmentand utensils that had not beenprpry satzd, d that wasstored on the oor and accumula-ts drt ad dbrs. May

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Foodborne outbreaks are rela-tively common, Beardsworth said.Whats unique about this outbreak

is the number o people who areill, the percentage o young peoplewh ar ad th prtag people that are being hospitalized.

wty- tms abut40 percent o those inected were hospitalized due to the ill-ss.

Beardsworth also noted thatthe deaths o the two individu-als cannot be ofcially traced tosama. Tugh thy had at-en baked goods rom DeFuscosBakery and tested positive orsama, thr was physaevidence linking their deaths to

th bakry, sh sad.

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ord and Will Ruehle 13 whoco-organized the event along with

Jamie Brew 12, a Herald contribut-ing writer told stories about howthey were both orced to perormuthaasa sma amas. NaMozes 08, Weinrib and Black all told

stories eaturing prepared meats.Allison, Craword and Black all re-erenced hallucinogenic mushrooms.

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Campus ews 5the Brown Daily eraldthursday, April 14, 2011Likely letters preempt admission cycle

By niCk Lourie

Contributing Writer

While most Brown applicants suerthrugh mths aty br

nding out i they have been admit-ted, approximately 300 studentsah yar abut -h aadmitted class learn o theirpending acceptances in advancethrugh ky ttrs, ardgto Jim Miller 73, dean o admission.

Like many other schools, Brownsends letters inorming prospectivestudents they are likely candidatesor admission beore ofcial accep-tance decisions are released. Youcan assume your likely status meansyou will be admitted to Brown iyu mata yur urrt rrdo achievement, one such letter in-

rmd a appat 200.About hal o all likely letters

mad by th Of Admssar r athts.

Shs tay bga sdglikely letters in response to pressuresto recruit student athletes earlierin their high school careers, saidMichael Goldberger, director oathletics. Te athletic recruitingschedule has never matched theregular admissions schedule andathts ar askd t mmtto schools beore regular applica-ts ar du.

Likely letters or student athletesare typically sent out beginning

Oct. 1 the earliest allowed byIy Lagu rrutg agrmts.

Student athletes need to weighscholarship and other admissionoptions earlier than most students,and likely letters to athletes aredriven by external orces to Brownsadar, Mr sad.

A sgat prt m-g rruts abut 0 t 50 pr-cent every year receive theseletters, Goldberger said. But theUrsty as sds ky ttrsto promising applicants in order to

show an early interest in students hgh aadm ptta, Mrsaid. Tese letters normally are sent Fbruary ad Marh.

Recruited athletes Alexa

Caldwell 11, who plays womenslacrosse, and ootball player KyleNewhall-Caballero 11 both re-d ky ttrs.

Caldwell received her letter in

early October, a week and a halaer mailing in her application. Shesaid the letter allowed her to contactthr shs that wr rrutghr, rg up spts r thr stu-

dt athts.Te recruiting process brought

about a lot o uncertainty, so when Ird a ky ttr I t a ss r, Nwha-Cabar sad.

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More can be done to prevent pedestrian accidentsTo the Editor:

Last yar, I was rssg Charsd Strt ad saw

that thr was a ar ar dw th rad. Wh I rahdthe sidewalk, another student passed me, about to cross.Without thinking, I turned knowing that this car wasapproaching, just in time to watch the student be struckby the right ront side o the vehicle. Having been they wtss, I was askd r a rprt rm Brw adProvidence police. Aer speaking to the Brown Depart-ment o Public Saety ofcer, he explained that a hugepart o the problem with pedestrian accidents is thatBrw p ha jursdt r traf aws adar thrr t ab t prtt studts ad drrs tth bst thr abty. H bs th Brw p,who are always on campus and have the sole interest andpurps matag th saty Brw studts.

At George Washington University, where I went beoretrasrrg t Brw, ampus p bray ga ut

large tickets to students or jaywalking. Students wereobviously outraged but proceeded to stop jaywalking.Even in a large city where there are ar more cars drivingar astr, studts ampus wr muh sar bausthy wr mr awar thr surrudgs s thydid not want to pay $100 or not crossing at the crosswalk.Campus p wr as ab t stp drrs t by-g traf rus, whh abd studts t wak arudampus ad sa.

For a small and relatively closed campus, the numbero pedestrian-car, car-car and car-bicycle accidents isubaby hgh. T studt that I saw ht was uky

that th drr had b sa ad rspsb ad ggbelow the speed limit, knowing that there were studentsaround. But we have all seen the cars racing down TayerStrt wh studts ar wakg arud at ght. As,on College Hill there are not enough crossing lights, andth rsswaks ar add, whh maks thm ssdu t us ad hardr r drrs t s.

Students should eel sae not only in their dorms, butaywhr ampus. Athugh drrs bg rkssis not preventable, there are obvious changes that theUrsty ds t mak s that ths ha adtsis cut. Unortunately, too many accidents have happenedand the changes will be retroactive, but something mustb d s that studts a mata d thatth sh s dg ts bst t kp thm sa.

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as aru as w a. I mpr that ry k awayrom your phone, your iPod or your riend when youar rssg th rad. T studts ht Frday ghtwr bg aru ad wr ht by a rkss drr. Iyu ha a ar ampus, ar rm ths ts adbe wary that students are not always checking both waysand may not be in the right mind when walking around.

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A mmtt th Rhd Isad Stat Sat hard a b at astmth that wud rqur bussss wth at ast thr mpys tuse E-Veriy, an online database that checks a job applicants eligibilityto work in the United States. Te bill is meant to discourage businessesrom hiring unauthorized workers in other words, it is an eortt rak dw th hrg ga mmgrats. I ght RhdIslands current economic difculties, the state should ensure that legalrsdts ad authrzd wrkrs r th jbs that ar aaab,sad stat S. Mar Ct, D-Wskt ad Nrth Smthd, thgsatr wh prpsd th b, a Apr 7 Hrad art.

But th systms abty t rrty dty uauthrzd wrkrsis highly suspect. Overall, the system is about 96 percent accurate,according to a 2010 report by an outside rm contracted by U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services to study E-Veriys accuracy.But t s y sussu ha th tm at dg what t s suppsd t

d dty ptta hrs wh ar t awd t wrk th U.S.About 54 percent o the unauthorized workers checked by E-Veriy wereg th gr ght t b hrd, pssby du t th us raudutdumts by uauthrzd wrkrs.

In this light, Gov. Lincoln Chaees 75 P14 decision to do awaywith ormer Gov. Donald Carcieris 65 policy o using E-Veriy ora stat jb appats s mmdab ad hghy ssb, ad wagree with Chaees spokesmans characterization in last weeks Heraldarticle o E-Veriy as a divisive tool. Why roll out a system that has thepotential to alienate Rhode Islands legal immigrant population whent as t sstty ampsh ts stsb purps?

Te proposed legislation comes at a time when the topic o how thestate handles illegal immigration is especially sensitive. Te ProvidenceJournal reported last week that Attorney General Peter Kilmartinbrught Sur Cmmuts a trrsa prgram that hksthe inormation o all people who are arrested and booked by law-rmt ags agast a dra databas t s thy shud

be deported into eect in Rhode Island at the end o March withoutany public announcement. Providence asked to opt out o SecureCmmuts, but ardg t a assstat drtr th prgram,a a aw-rmt jursdts must shar thr rmatwth th U.S. Burau Immgrat ad Custms Ermt.

Secure Communities in particular carries with it a high risk o racialproling and producing ear and distrust o the local police. Alongwth E-Vry, athr attmpt t mr srusy r dra m-migration law, this program contributes to a climate o hostility towardpeople who are not perceived as Rhode Islands own. Te reality is thatary 2 prt th stats ppuat s Hspa r Lat, adalmost 13 percent was born in another country, according to last yearssus. Out ths that ar rg-br, ary ha ar w U.S.tzs. As Rhd Isad ad th rst th utry attmpt t dways t r mmgrat aw, t us am t d s ty adairly, without promoting the discrimination or exclusion o people

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ROC am t st 6, part th Utd Stats mbzat r WrdWar I. It was dsgd t b a fr-pr-dug sttut r th U.S. Army, whht rmas t ths day. Btw th wars, t

gad ts pa may g ampusst put th rsurs ursts at th ds-psa th mtary trag prgram.

I 6, th ROC Vtazat At waspassd. Ts at rqurd that mtary -strutrs b g th status prssr,wthut th strutrs r urs matrabg subjt t rw by th auty r aythr ursty bdy. Ad dd, mayROC urss wud t sur suh sru-ty, th r w. O d y k at thsubjts sm rgs, suh as ArmyVaus r Warrr Eths t raz thatthy ar mr usd dtrattha duat.

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th yar ar th ROC Vtazat At waspassd. T ras th rsurs gt ROC th at as prdd aaad t rs was part th budup tth Vtam War.

T Brw auty td t tak awayROCs aadm status 6, at th

hght th prtsts agast th VtamWar. Ofay ths was baus th ab-s autabty rg mtaryurs tt, but th tmg s -d. Studts ad auty wr d up wthths ujust war, ad as a part thr prtst,thy dmadd th mtary rgazat ROC b rmd rm ampus. Studtsad auty arss th utry ppsd thwar ad, may ass, burd dw th

budgs that husd th ROC prgrams thr ampuss udg th ROCbudg at Kt Stat, whh was burddw durg th prtsts that d t thshtg uarmd studts by th Na-ta Guard May 70. ROC was ayuy pd rm Brws ampus 72.

What ds ths br hstry shw us?Frst, that ROC was pd rm am-pus baus ts ak autabty adr th prsut th Vtam War t baus Dt Ask, Dt . Its

rpa ds t thrr addrss th ra-ss r whh ROC was pd thrst pa. T U.S. mtary s st gagd ujust wars arud th wrd, ad thROC urruum st aswrs y t th

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s drty td t th pas Amra trt abrad. Fr th pastdad, th Utd Stats has prtty stadyrasd ts mt rg u-trs taby by adg thm. Ts s thra ras thr has b suh a push r tsrstatmt w. Prsdt Obama dsa mtary that s prd as gtmat thp justy th tud upats Iraq ad Aghasta ad th may thr

ats Amra trt arud thwrd. Ts as hps justy th prsdtsrqust r $ b r th 202 dsdpartmt budgt wh pub str jbsad wags ar bg ut rywhr du ta budgt dt. Gg gtmay t ROCby brgg t bak t ampuss s part ths rt.

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ts ats t th ata trag that sROC, as th y us ROC urss s tj th mtary. Yu w t that th-r rgazat gts t ha ts w urs-s ad ass t Ursty sttuts ad

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Sh raky appas m. I brgg ROCt ur ampus, th pwrs that b ar trygt mak us ad ur Ursty mpt th wars by gg th mtary spa pr-gs ad rsurs t whh t has rght.

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Othr ampuss ha ad t bkROCs rtur, part baus Urstyadmstratrs, agr t pas thr ptapatrs, ha artay mtd th dbat.Lt us mak ths a rrdum Amr-a mpra wars ad ur trt th Mdd East, whh mst Amrastday pps, ardg t rt ataps. I yu stad agast ur upats Iraq ad Aghasta, m ut ad ppsROC. Tr w b a ray agast ROC th ar utur kp a y ut r t. Ib thr. W yu?

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Homelessness on the rise as R.I. economy lagsBy kaTherine Long

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Wilma Smith was only 17 yearsold when she irst became home-less. She was no longer eligibler th Massahustts str arsystem and did not have an apart-mt r a pa t g.

Even though Id received ascholarship to Duke University, Ihad a child and so going to schoolwast a pt, sh sad.

Instead, Smith lived in shelters,with riends and on the streetsr ur yars, ut sh rdpublic housing assistance romth Bst Husg Authrty.

Even then, her housing was

t sur. S yars atr shmd , hr budg was sd.he new owners turned her out othe apartment, and Smith movedto a womens interim shelter inPawtukt.

he roughest part aboutbeing homeless was giving upearly on my dreams, she said.he roughest part about beinga hmss mthr was kwgwhat needed to be done to takecare o my children but not havingthe services or the ability to gett that pt.

Due to the recession, Smithsexperience has become more

common, with more Rhode Is-landers homeless this year thanast.

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Experts say the number ohomeless children and amilieshas increased over the past iveyears. But precise igures are di-ut t bta baus ara-tions on how homeless is de-ined and changes in reportingmthds.

Last wk, Rhd Isad KdsCount released its annual act-book detailing the economic, psy-

chological and educational status th stats yuth. hat data r-as hgh umbrs hmsschildren and amilies, many owhom are without a home or theirst time due to the economicdwtur.

In 2010, we sheltered 109women and children. In 2009, wesheltered just under 80, said Jen-r Barrra, prgram maagrat Lucys Hearth, a transitionalshtr r hmss wm adthr hdr Mddtw.

But the number o people inshelters alone does not give a ullptur th hmss-ss.

Rhode Island public schoolpersonnel, who are required bylaw to identiy homeless childrenand provide them with transpor-tat ad thr asssta, st-mate that 44 percent o home-less children are in shelters while2 prt stay wth rats rrds, 0 prt stay htsand 4 percent remain unsheltered.

Changes in the needs o thestats hmss ar pag wstras shtrs.

Families have to stay longerin shelters because theres less

aordable housing on the other

end, said Stephanie Geller, a pol-icy analyst or Rhode Island KidsCount. his makes it diicult

or shelters to provide adequatesrs.

Barrera said more mothers relyon the agencys program or all thr day ds. I th past,mms prtty quky ard tbudget money and pay o theirbills. Now moms arent able toachieve some o the programgas, sh sad.

hs stat trds rt a-tional statistics. A March 6 60Minutes report ound that 16million Americans were homelessin 2010, up rom 14 million in200. hat rprt as td th

rasgy g-trm atur hmssss.

But experts believe homeless-ss Rhd Isad may t bas bad as thr stats.

here are some reports roma couple years ago suggesting thatRhode Island was above average,Geller said. Since then, t he stateshomeless problem has likely got-t wrs, sh addd.

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Unemployment, lack o aord-able housing and reduced govern-ment assistance brought on bythe economic downturn are

making it more diicult than everr hmss ams.

State unemployment rates havebeen declining or 11 months,according to the Department oLabor and raining, but RhodeIsland still struggles with double-digit unemployment. In February,the states unemployment rate was.2 prt, th hghst NwEgad.

he high unemployment situ-at Rhd Isad dtyhas contributed to the increase ohmss ams ad hdr,said Jim Ryczek, executive direc-

tor o the Rhode Island Coalitionr th Hmss. H addd thatthe availability o aordable hous-g th stat s bw arag.

he average cost o rent inRhode Island increased by 56percent between 2000 and 2010 rom $748 to $1,165 ar out-pacing national growth. RhodeIsland has the highest percent-age o households spending moretha 30 prt thr mon rent, according to Kids Countsatbk.

Rhd Isad has th hghstoreclosure rate in New England.Between January 2009 and De-cember 2010, there were 4,738oreclosures in the state, whichamuts t a ss $5.6 bin wealth, according to a March 1Prd Jura art.

In 2008, Rhode Island shel-ters saw a 300 p ercent increase inhomelessness due to oreclosures.Over one-third o Rhode Islandoreclosures are o multi-amilyrental units, which, when closed,can cause two to three amiliesto lose their homes, accordingt Ryzk.

Rhode Island had a non-tat rdy py, whr th

landlord didnt have to notiy

tats by aw that th prprtywas being clo sed on, Ryczek said.You heard stories o landlords

tg rts up ut r-surs.

But in 2009, the ederal gov-ernment passed the Protectingenants at Foreclosure Act, whichspeciied landlords must givetats at ast 0 days t rsur.

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h Nghbrhd Opprtu-nities Program, a state-undedprogram or aordable housingestablished in 2001, orginally sub-sidized both development and op-eration o aordable housing. But

since 2008, due to budget cuts, theprogram only subsidizes rents oramilies with very low incomes,neglecting the development ow ardab husg.

Also, the program is a und-as-you-go initiative that requiresrepresentatives to vote every year ts st. Rhd Isad sone o nine states without a dedi-cated und or aordable hous-ing, according to the Kids Countatbk.

In July 2008, the state changedthe name o the Family Indepen-d Prgram whh rdup to ive years o monetary,

husg, trasprtat ad d-uata asssta t prgatwm ad aduts wth hdr to the Rhode Island WorksPrgram. h hag am wtheligibility restrictions and a two-yar tm mt r ash ad.

In August 2010, shelters saw adramat spk th umbr amilies seeking assistance aterthr a Famy IdpdProgram aid packages expired,according to Ryczek. He said shel-ters generally see an increase aterthe holiday season, when amilieslose their housing or eel they can

no longer rely on riends charity.Simply put, Rhode Island

Works doesnt work, Barrerasaid. he program now hasrequirements that some partso the homeless population justat mt.

Sm th wm LuysHearth can only read at a ourth-grade level, according to Barrera.

As a result o the states high un-

employment, theyre orced tocompete or RI Works approvaland or jobs illing your coee at

Dunkin Donuts with people whoha mastrs dgrs.

Barrera also noted that home-less amilies have practical con-rs that mak t mr dutor them to qualiy or govern-mt ad tha w-m am-lies on the brink o losing theirhusg.

o apply or housing, youneed all sorts o documents,said Smith, the ormerly home-less mother. When youre home-less, you tend to lose those sort othgs mg rm pa tanother carrying your lie on your

back. It creates this sort o viciouscycle, where to escape homeless-ness, you really need a reliablepa t str yur psssss.

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G. L Cha 75 Pud hs prpsd $7.66 b-lion budget March 8, which wouldaddress the states $331 millionshortall by cutting unding tosome departments and increas-g tas.

Chaee proposed reducing thesales tax rom 7 percent to 6 per-t ad mpsg w tas currently exempt items like over-

the-counter drugs, haircuts andar rpars. H as prpsd a prt sas ta thr pr-ously tax-exempt items includingthg, hatg u ad watrr rsdta us.

Chaee emphasized that in-stead o cutting services, hisbudget ocuses on restructur-ing departments to make themmr t. But, h sad aaddress to state legislators, atth d th day, I urg yu trgz that w smpy atcontinue to und our current level sr s.

Advocates or the homelessar trubd by may aspts Chas budgt.

he budget would trim $60million rom the state Depart-mt Hath ad Huma Sr-s, whh s trak t grwby $96 million between 2008and 2012. he Department oChildren, Youth and Families, asub-department o Health and

Huma Srs, wud ha tsbudget cut by $13.6 million underChas prpsa.

More recently, Chaee pro-posed cutting the NeighborhoodOpportunities Program rom thebudget. Rhode Island Housing,a quas-pub agy that rson ederal unding, should payr th $.5-m prgram -stead, he said at a March 20 pressr.

Experts agree that cuts to pro-grams ad ags that addrsshomelessness would be more o ablow to the homeless communitytha sas ta hags.

Mental health services, sub-stance abuse services, amily

counseling, lie skills courses,partg asss. Nt hagthese services available is an openinvitation to repeat the cycle ohmssss. Yu at just gpeople housing, although thatsunarguably the most importantstp, Smth sad.

But Chaee has taken a positivestp by rg th ItragyCouncil on Homelessness, ac-cording to Ryczek. he Councils hargd wth gurg ut hwstat ags a wrk tgthrmst ty t tak hm-ssss.

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Smth s w pursug a mas-trs dgr as maagmtat Rhd Isad Cg. Sh hasour children, the oldest o whomis a student at Job Corps. It hasbeen 14 years since she was lasthomeless, but she said the experi- st s rt.

Smith rejects the perceptionthat it was an entirely negativestag hr .

Sur, thr ar pp thhomeless community who cantear you down with things likesubstance abuse, she said. But

thr ar as pp wh ar r-ally supportive. I couldnt haveescaped homelessness without myrds.

Homelessness should not betreated as an unortunate stig-ma, Barrera said. Its the peoplepouring your coee at DunkinDonuts. Its the receptionist atyour doctors oice. Its the kid yur sh bus.

were disappointed with the ederallaws abortion provisions lobbiedPaiva Weed orceully to includeth amdmt, Prry sad.

Its a back-door ban, said KateBrock, executive director o the po-litical advocacy group Ocean StateAction. Brock said the abortionprs th stat b apparssimilar to the ederal abortionamendment, but actually orceswomen to buy additional abortionrag. Ltt dmad sts rsuh rag baus wm d

not generally plan or abortions,

Brk sad.Some believe the amendment

does not do enough to break tiesbetween abortion and govern-ment. I can assure you the pro- mmuty ds t sdrthis as any sort o victory, saidBarth Bray, ut drtr Rhode Island Right to Lie. Telanguage merely prevents the abor-tion industry rom gaining the ullamount o the windall they hadatpatd.

But opponents argue the lan-guage adds unnecessary specicityt th b, whh s mat t b a

blueprint or a uture exchange.

Brock said the amendment dam-ages Rhode Islands reputation asa atr hath ar.

Similar amendments to ex-change bills concerning abortionha arady m up Vrga,Utah, Missouri, Mississippi andFlorida, Brock said. Should the billpass in its current orm, Rhode Is-land would be the rst decidedlyblue state to approve language pre-venting exchanges rom oeringpas that r abrt.

Weve taken strong steps. Wehave tremendous leaders in healthcare, Brock said. o take a step

backwards is a horrible precedent.

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