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vol. cxlv, no. 53 | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | Serving the community daily since 1891

B b j -By sydney emBer

News editor

Juniors attempting to pre-register or

next semesters classes on Banner

Tuesday morning aced a temporary

service disruption, triggering campus-

wide rustration over delays that lasted

more than 10 minutes. The disruption

was caused by an internal server er-

ror that may have been a result o the

new Brown Course Scheduler, which

was incorporated into Banner or the

rst time during this pre-registration

period, according to Senior Associate

Registrar Robert Fitzgerald.

There was a perormance issue

this morning, Fitzgerald said Tues-

day. Computing and Inormation

Services has been looking into it all

day, he said.

Registration or rising seniors

opened at 8 a.m., but students were

not able to enroll in classes until the

server error was resolved at approxi-

mately 8:12 a.m., Fitzgerald said. He

said the new scheduler which in-

cludes a shopping cart eature allow-

ing students to register pre-selected

classes directly rom previously gener-

ated schedules may have contrib-uted to the disruption because more

students were attempting to register

more classes at the same time.

Fitzgerald said the service issue,

which also aected students browsing

Banner but not attempting to register,

seemed to correct itsel ater about 10

minutes. Though his oce did not

receive specic complaints regard-

ing the scheduler, he said his oce

elded six to 10 calls rom students

inquiring about the disruption during

the brie snau.

CIS will allocate more central

processing units Wednesday, when

registration opens to rising juniors,

in an attempt to combat whatever

caused the Banner server interrup-

tion, Fitzgerald said. Well monitor

How BCA

ook fo A-u

Ck: U.S.

M By suzannah weiss

Arts & Culture editor

Noam Chomsky, the internationally

renowned linguist and outspoken

political activist, oered an analysis

o the Israeli-Palestinian confict,

criticism o Israeli and U.S. policy

and advice on student activism to

a rowdy Salomon 101 audience

that spilled over into Sayles Hall

Tuesday evening.

Thank you. Now we can go

home, said the Massachusetts

Institute o Technology linguisticsproessor as he stepped on stage

beore the clamoring crowd.

Thou gh most oten cited in

academia or his work on linguis-

tic theory, cognitive science and

philosophy, it was Chomsky the

political activist who spoke last

night. He began his lecture by

recommending a column in Tues-

days New York Times a piece

on public opinion o Israel by the

Times Jerusalem corr espondent ,

someone I rarely praise, he said

and segued into a discussion o

the relationship between Israel, the

U.S. and the United Nations.

Israels policies in Palestine

are against international law, but

as long as the master agrees, it

doesnt matter what the law says,

he said.

And by the master, Chomsky

largely meant the U.S. govern-

ment, which continuously ails toutilize its persuasive power in the

U.N. and international trade to end

injustice, he said.

Chomsky compared the Obama

administrations support o the Is-

raeli government to Ronald Rea-

gans continued trade with South

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k ? k By talia Kagan

seNiorstAff writer

Looks like Spring Weekend art-

ist Snoop Dogg isnt the only one

with his mind on his money and his

money on his mind.

Over hal o Brown students

56 percent pulled in their own

cash-money by working or pay this

semester, according to last months

Herald poll. Freshmen were less

likely to work than members o the

older classes 37 percent o resh-

men reported working as opposed

to 63 percent o non-reshmen.

Forty-two percent o students

responded that they hadnt worked

or pay, while 10 percent reported

working in ecess o 15 hours per

week.

Among employed students, a

large number are working on cam-

pus. About 43 percent o all stu-

dents work on campus during the

academic year, according to data

provided by the Oce o Financial

Aid. However, usually only about

25 percent o students are work-

ing at any given time, according

to the data.

Why students work, what they

do and where varies. Some work to

pay o the work-study component

o a nancial aid package, while

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the herald poll

By Kristina fazzalaro

seNiorstAffwriter

It starts in September. The rst

words on everyones lips ater the

obligatory Hey, how was your

summer? undoubtedly revolve

around a single topic: Spring

Weekend. What makes or breaks

that long-awaited event is Brown

Concert Agencys success or

ailure in acquiring the best art-

ist lineup to satiate Brown studentsmusical thirst.

This year commemorates 50

years o Brown students showing

o their musical zeal and partying

on the Main Green in ways oth-

er schools can only dream about.

Past artists have included some

o the greatest musical acts o all

time, including Ray Charles, U2,

Bob Dylan and Wycle Jean.

As always, speculation aboutthis years show started early.

Whispers o Kid Cudi and Ani-

mal Collective could be heard at

parties, on the Green and in the

Ratty. When the lineup was nally

released on March 10, the hype

had approached a breaking point,

with students trading supposed

inside inormation aster than they

could spend a fe point.

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Katie Koh, Treasurer

Chaz Kelsh, Secretary

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WEdNESdAY, APRIl 21, 2010ThE BROWN dAIlY hERAldPAgE 2

50 Years Spring Brown is te kin of iniviuaity. James hinton 11, bookin cair for BCA

I was so excited, remembers Sam

Barney 12. I saw my riends status

on Facebook, immediately researchedto make sure it was correct, and then

ran upstairs to tell my riends.

This years lineup combines musi-

cal legends and up-and-coming artists.

Headlining the shows this weekend

are MGMT on Friday and Snoop

Dogg on Saturday. The concerts will

also eature the Black Keys, Wale,

Major Lazer and Last Good Tooth, a

local student band.

That makes six artists, two days

and one agency to make it all come

together. With 6,013 undergraduates

to please, its hard to athom how BCA

tackles the process o artist selection

but somehow it does.

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With 50 years o successes behind

Spring Weekend, BCA started with

a bit o modern technology its ore-

runners would have jumped over the

moon or iTunes.

To nd out what Brown students

are listening to at the moment, BCA

takes a loose and dirty sampling o

about 12 students iTunes accounts

o o the Brown network o shared

iTunes libraries, said BCA booking

chair James Hinton 10.

The agency is trying to capture

the zeitgeist, Hinton said.

Though this year marks the 50thanniversary o the concerts, BCA

chose not to change its methods or

nding and selecting artists because

the system has been successul in the

past, Hinton said.

The agency begins its search at the

beginning o the year by compiling a

list o 100 to 200 possible headliners,

Hinton said. This years list totaled 145

potential artists and bands.

In November, the Undergraduate

Council o Students poll goes online.

Students are asked to write in their

top ve choices or Spring Weekendperormers not only to help out

BCA, but also or the chance to win

tickets to the concerts, an incentive

or students to take a ew minutes to

ll out the orm.

Hinton explained that BCA uses

these results to generate a histogram

displaying the amount o times stu-

dents mentioned each artist. The

super-popular results, generally

the top 20 or so, are automatically

checked or their availability. Then,

the negotiations begin.

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The polls dont dictate our deci-sions, but they do serve as a good

barometer or student interest, said

Ale Spoto 11, BCAs administrative

chair. Negotiations generally come

down to scheduling, money and avail-

ability, he added.

This is especially true when re-

sponses like Lady Gaga pop up over

and over again. Someone who could

sell out Giants Stadium could never be

booked by any college, Hinton said.

In negotiations, BCA does hear

a lot o nos, Hinton said, but its not

or a lack o trying on their part. This

year, BCA almost secured both the

Beastie Boys and Missy Elliot, but

due to health reasons and schedul-ing conficts, respectively, both had

to decline.

To move a group o that caliber,

you need a lot o pull, Hinton said o

the Beastie Boys. I was honored that

they even talked to us.

The problem with many big artists

is that they are very routed, meaning

that they are ollowing specic tour

routes either across or circling the

country, Hinton said. Consequently,

BCA makes sure to check which art-

ists are going to be near either New

York City or Boston beore beginningnegotiations.

Hinton added that its easier to

schedule smaller artists who mostly

book gigs one at a time and dont have

tour schedules they must ollow.

This years selection was part luck,

part work. Snoop was a very last-

minute opportunity, Hinton said. He

got a cancellation, and we got really

lucky.

MGMT was at the top o BCAs

poll this year, Spoto said, and the

organization moved early on to get

them.

Once the headliners are in place,

the agency has more reedom in deter-mining the rest o the line-up, Hinton

said, allowing the group to ocus on

nding a variety o musical acts.

However tricky the negotiations

might be, Brown has garnered a cer-

tain standing in the music industry.

Brown is a really desirable place to

be, Hinton said.

Spring Weekend has earned the

reputation o being a kind o estival,

Hinton said. Compared to other col-

leges and universities, Brown is a

very musically conscious campus,

he added.

At other schools, you have to get

over the Whos that? actor, Hinton

explained. You dont have that atBrown.

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A deciding actor when booking

an artist is the price. BCA is unded

by the Undergraduate Finance Board,

and this year there were rampant ru-

mors running around campus about

huge increases in BCAs budget.

BCA has historically received

the most money o student groups

over the years, said Jose Vasconez

10, UFB Chair. In the past BCA has

received around $100,000, Vasconez

said, adding that this year the agency

received substantially more because itis the concerts 50th anniversary.

BCAs sizable budget refects the

importance o Spring Weekend to the

Brown community.

Brown is the king o individual-

ity. For Brown, this is a last thread o

community, Hinton said. We dont

have chapel anymore. We dont go

to ootball games. With the money that

I paid or the Student Activities Fee, I

cant imagine a better use or it.

I eel like it was worth it, said

Justin Wole 12. I like the idea as long

they keep getting good bands.

Austin Peters-Miller 12 was more

skeptical. We spent a lot o money

on big names and not necessarilygood music, he said. BCA is high

on money but low on creativity.

Spring Weekend is the only event

that brings most o Brown students

together, Vasconez said, adding that

the event inspires community-building

among students in ways other Brown

events do not.

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Absent rom this years pre-Spring

Weekend event schedule was BCAs

annual Battle o the Bands. Each year,

bands rom the Brown community

have traditionally competed or a spot

on the Spring Weekend stage.

But this year, BCA decided early

on that they had not seen enough

groups at the Battle o the Bands com-

petition, Hinton said. Consequently, a

subgroup o BCA, called The Agency,

hosted Speakeasy Sessions through-out the year. The shows eatured three

times as many bands as Battles had

in the past, he said.

It was never clearly stated that the

bands would be up or a spot on the

Spring Weekend stage, said Agency

chair Akshay Rathod 10.

The sessions included a panel o

judges rom BCA, much like the Battle

o the Bands had, but the concerts

took place over a longer period o

time.

Last Good Tooth emerged as a

very strong group, Rathod said.

Though BCA administrative chair

Spoto is currently in Last Good Tooth,Hinton said the band was under con-

sideration or the Spring Weekend

spot beore Spoto became a mem-

ber and that he was not part o the

decision-making process. Hinton said

Last Good Tooth has a large ollowing

both at Brown and at the Rhode Island

School o Design, which infuenced

BCAs decision.

According to Rathod, there were

two rounds o auditions at the begin-

ning o each semester to be in one o

the our Speakeasy shows. The se-

lective process allowed BCA to see

how serious the bands were about

perorming.

Some students said they were dis-

pleased with this method o choos-

ing a student band to play at Spring

Weekend. I dont think its the most

appropriate way o doing things, said

Jamilya Ramos-Chapman 11. Battle

o the Bands just sounds more epic.

They survived. They won this con-

test. They deserve to play at Spring

Weekend.

According to Gabriel Doss 10, em-

cee o last years Battle o the Bands

winner, Doss the Artist and the PGA

Tour, the status o the Battle o the

Bands was unclear until recently.

On the whole, we were disap-

pointed with the lack o transparency,

he wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

But weve played a show with Last

Good Tooth, theyre a good band and

we think its awesome that they get a

turn to shine this year.

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According to a Herald poll con-

ducted last month, the majority o

students 79.7 percent approve

o BCAs selections. But 12.4 percent

o students said they disapproved o

the nal artist lineup.

Several students interviewed by

The Herald said they elt that BCA

was a little bit behind the times in their

choices. Ramos-Chapman said she

had some doubts about the eective-

ness o the UCS poll results. Snoop

Dogg popped up a lot? I mean, he was

the stoner o 2001.

We got U2 in the 80s when theywere big. Now we get Snoop 10 years

too late, added Shawn Patterson

12.

Patterson also said he elt that

Snoop Dogg didnt best represent

Brown. I dont think he raps about

things Brown students support, he

said.

Other students are ecited to see

the rap legend. Brittany King 12 said,

From what Ive heard about Snoop

Dogg, hes an amazing perormer.

Drew Kunas 12 said he is just glad

theres a lot o grass on the Main

Green.

MGMT has also garnered mixed

reviews. According to Kunas, theonly thing that could make Chicken

Finger Friday better is MGMT. On

the other hand, Amanda Kim 12

said she thought BCA could have

done a lot more with the money

they got, calling MGMT so two

years ago.

Still, the air is ull o enthusiasm

or this years Spring Weekend. Im

pro-Spring Weekend regardless, said

Jenny Bloom 12. Its sheer excite-

ment just or Spring Weekend.

With the excitement continuing to

build and 50 years o perormances

to live up to one question remains:

Will BCA be able to deliver?

w , U. S wkcontinued frompage 1

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The Herald poll was conducted on March 22 and 23 and has a 3.5percent margin of error with 95 percent confidence. A total of 714 Brown

undergraduates completed the poll, which The Herald administered as a

written questionnaire to students in the lobby of J. Walter Wilson during the dayand in the Sciences Library at night.

do you approve or isapprove of te Brown

Concert Aencys coices to pay at Sprin Weeken?

Strony isapprove2.7%

Strony approve

disapprove

dont know/ no answer

Approve

17.4%

8.0%

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42.4%

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I ike te feein of community. Moy Besoe 12, intern an vounteer at Farm Fres RI

F - k 24By clare de Boer

stAff writer

Do 97 percent o admitted resh-

men really know what they want

to concentrate in?

Statistics released by the

University indicate that only 3

percent o students admitted to

the Class o 2014 chose unde-

cided as their concentration. But

Dean o Admission Jim Miller 73

wrote in an e-mai l to The Herald

that the number, which is lower

than last years, refects a word-

ing change on the undergraduate

application.The decrease this year in the

percentage o applicants choos-

ing undecided is a unction o

the way we asked the question

about intended concentrations,

not a change in the way stu-

dents are thinking about their

Brown academic careers, Miller

wrote.

Unlike in past years, the ap-

plication or next years reshman

class asked students to charac-

terize (their) level o commitment

to this eld o study by selecting

one o three options.

Incoming students who ap-

plied as decided expresseda range o certainty in their di-

rection o study, according to

Miller.

We suspect the new language

led people who were really unde-

cided to select several potential

concentrations and then choose

the interested, but open to other

possibilities level o commitment

(the lowest on the continuum),

which was another way o saying

Im pretty undecided, Miller

wrote.Many incoming students

said they didnt think applying

as decided would change their

chances o admission.

As an applicant, it was made

ver y clear to me that whatever

concentration I chose at the be-

ginning was by no means per-

manent, so I think there were

probably a lot o applicants just

lling in any box that sounded

interesting, wrote Will Peterson

14 in a message to The Herald. I

think I knew that it was better to

indicate some sort o concentra-

tion to give my application somecontet.

Even though Im pretty un-

decided about what Im going

to study, I didnt apply as unde-

cided, he added. Im pretty sure

that I said I wanted to go into

Media, Publishing and Journal-

ism, or whatever that area was.

I might have possibly marked

Linguistics.

Marjorie Palmeri 14 wrote

in a message to The Herald that

she has always been interested

in science, so she listed biology

as her primary concentration.

Though her mind could change

in the uture, she wrote, as onow, that is the direction I want

to take.

Some admitted students said

they elt it was better to put some-

thing than to put nothing.

Even though Deense Against

the Dark Arts is a competitive

ield, I eel that putting it on

my application helped, i only a

little, wrote admitted student

Tim Balcavage in a message to

The Herald.

, C By Brielle friedman

stAff writer

Its 10:30 a.m. on a Sunday morn-ing. Most students would want to

crawl back under the covers and

go back to sleep. But thoughts o

research papers, problem sets and

chemistry labs due the next week

orce students to pull themselves

out o bed, throw on their jeans and

brace the morning rain.

The Sharpe Reec tory is crowd-

ed with students who are still hun-

gover rom the previous nights

activities. Some watch Jose as he

fips and spins ID cards through

the air. Students look around the

dining hall, trying to decide which

line is most worth it, and their eyessettle on the omelet bar the line

has already begun to creep around

the corner.

Students sometimes complain

about the dining halls long lines

and the quality o ood in the Rat-

ty, but how many take the time to

think about where all the ood in

the dining hall comes rom? Or

about the eort it takes to get

those ingredients rom the arm

to Ratty plates?

l

There are severa l organizations

within the community that work to

increase access to locally grown

sustainable ood. Farm Fresh

Rhode Island is one o them. The

organization was started by Brown

students in 2004, and, although

the organization is not associated

with the University, Jennier Baum-

stein 08, who is working at Farm

Fresh as a year-long volunteer with

AmeriCorps VISTA, said Brown

has nevertheless been a strong

supporter o the organizations

mission. For example, each year

Brown Dining Services hosts the

Local Food Forum in Andrews Din-

ing Hall and supports the Wriston

Farmers Market in the all. Un-til last November, the Center or

Environmental Studies held the

organizations oces.

Farm Freshs oces are now

located in Pawtucket, in the same

building as the winter armers

market, a location change Molly

Bledsoe 12, an intern and volun-

teer with the organization, said is

mutually benecial. Looking or

something worthwhile to do over

break, Bledsoe started volunteer-

ing with Farm Fresh last Decem-ber. She liked working with the

organization so much that she in-

terned over the summer through a

grant rom the Swearer Center or

Public Service and continued her

involvement when classes began

again in the all.

I liked the eeling o commu-

nity, o getting to know the arm-

ers and the customers, Bledsoe

said.

Thou gh Bledso e said Far m

Fresh does not have enorce-

able product standards, she said

the organization uses the 60/40

rule or all produce armers sellin the markets 60 percent o

the products have to be rom the

armers own arm, while the other

40 percent can be rom arms in

Massachusetts, Connecticut or

Rhode Island.

It diversies the market but

keeps it regional, Bledsoe said,

adding that such a rule is helpul

especially because Rhode Island

is such a small state.

Baumstein said part o Farm

Freshs goal is to distribute local

ood to as many people as possible,

not just those that visit armers

markets. Because only a ew Rhode

Island armers sell wholesale,Baumstein said Farm Fresh tries

to encourage large institutions, like

hospitals, universities and other

schools, to buy into the idea that

local ood is better or the com-

munity and better or your health.

She said the size and infuence o

these institutions enable them to

create large and lasting changes

within the community.

And it appears these changes

are having a substantial eect.

Bledsoe said Farm Freshs

Market Mobile a distribution

program that brings locally pro-

duced vegetables, ruit, yogurtand cheese to organizations and

individuals has grown 10 times

aster than we thought it would

during the course o the programs

pilot year.

As par t o the orga nization s

initiative to connect low-income

people with better access to local,

healthy and resh ood, Farm Fresh

accepts ood stamps at many o

its armers markets. Wholesome

Wave Foundation and the Rhode

Island Foundation provide theunding or the organizations

Bonus Bucks program. Through

Bonus Bucks, the amount each

consumer spends using an elec-

tronic benet card is doubled up

to $10. Bledsoe said the organiza-

tion is also working to increase the

amount o ood corner stores order

rom Farm Fresh, with the idea

that many o these stores primar-

ily serve low-income members o

the community.

s

Bringing local ood directly

rom armers to customers is alsoa goal o Little Rhody Foods Inc.,

a Rhode Island ood distributor. Eli

Berkowitz, president and owner o

the company, said Little Rhody is

trying to help local arms survive

by making sure armers receive the

majority o their products prots.

Berkowitz said small arms have

almost disappeared. Theres no

one let, he said. Its not a very

lucrative business to be in.

He said the majority o arms

today are either very large or

ver y small, something he said he

eels is true or most businesses in

the United States, and a act that

makes companies like Little Rhody

increasingly more important.

You need to support local busi-

nesses because it supports local

jobs, Berkowitz said. The con is

that people are going to pay more

or it.

To compete with larger compa-

nies like Garelick Farms, Berkow-

itz said Little Rhody ocuses on

having quality products. All o its

milk is processed through cold

separation, a technique Berkowitz

said ensures a better taste than

other methods o milk production.

He said this process gives Little

Rhodys milk a thicker, creamiertaste, making its skim milk taste

more like Garelicks 1 percent.

Though Little Rhody Foods has

been around or about six years,

Berkowitz said he is always sur-

prised by how many people in

Rhode Island still dont know it

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CMUS wS Rea foo is sometin tat is reay important. Emiy Viiano 12, BdS Rea Foo Initiative proress coorinator

it in the morning and see what hap-

pens, he said. Hopeully, nothing

happens, and its a non-event.

Students said they were able

to log in to Banner and navigate to

the screen that would allow them

to add or drop classes, beore being

directed to a window indicating an

internal server error. Neither re-

reshing the page nor attempting

to navigate to the previous page al-

leviated the problem, said Arune

Gulati 11.

I opened up two browsers, and

that didnt work, he said, adding

that Banner continued to redirecthim to the error page or about 20

minutes. It happened to a bunch o

my riends, too.

Ariel Hudes 11 said she logged

in to Banner to register or a spe-

cic, capped class, only to nd that

the site was not working. I started

yelling through the walls making

sure it wasnt just my computer

malunctioning, she said. Ater her

suitemates conrmed the server

disruption, she said she decided it

would be sae to wait until later in

the morning to register.

Students also said the rustration

induced by the error page evident

on many social networking sites brought to mind last months server

error that inhibited many students

rom purchasing Spring Weekend

tickets. Though he was ultimately

not shut out o classes he intends to

take next all, Gulati said he thought

the people in charge o Browns

servers would have learned rom

the mistake o Spring Weekend

tickets.

And though the server disruption

did not aect him directly because

he did not attempt to register untilater the problem had been resolved,

Marc Firestein 11 also said he was

concerned with the malunctioning

servers. I was one o those people

who sat through the Spring Week-

end asco, he said. Its interesting

that they kind o allowed it to hap-

pen again.

Though the scheduler was the

only new eature on Banner, Fitzger-

ald said both the registrars oce

and CIS were not sure the program

was the source o the service prob-

lem.

During the rst hour o the pre-

registration period, there were 882students who recorded registrations,

Fitzgerald said, adding that this was

a dramatic increase rom previous

years, when about 500 rising seniors

enrolled in classes. Though there

is no way to determine whether

students registered through the

traditional Banner process or by

using the new scheduler, he said

Banner recorded more simultane-

ous registrations, indicating more

students were registering classes

at one time yesterday than during

past registration periods.

Beore yesterdays registration

opened, more than one-third o stu-

dents had already started organizing

their schedules through the sched-

ulers shopping cart, Fitzgerald said,

adding that many o the carts were

pretty substantial.

Though unrelated to yester-

days error, the scheduler also ex-

perienced service disruptions last

weekend, when it was taken down

or a minor tweak to the suggestion

link on the Web site, which proved

incompatible with students Gmail

accounts, Fitzgerald said.

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eists.

Berkowitz said people oten getinto specic habits while shopping

in supermarkets. Consumers oten

blindly buy certain products with-

out considering how what they buy

aects their community, he added.

He said thats one o the reasons

companies color code dierent ver-

sions o products, such as eggs, so

that shoppers can easily identiy

each product without having to

stop and take the time to actually

read the labels.

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Emily Viggiano 12 was hired

in November by Dining Servicesas a Real Food Initiative progress

coordinator. Real Foods mission

is to use the purchasing power o

college dining acilities to suppor t

ood that is locally and community

based, air, ecologically sound and

humane, she said.

As an intern, Viggiano s role is

to do an assessment o our cur-

rent purchases and to get baseline

data on how much were currently

purchasing that is real. She said

she is also looking into ways Din-

ing Services can make more real

ood purchases. Brown also has

two community harvest interns

who ocus on acilitating more lo-cal ood into the dining halls and

eateries on campus.

According to Viggiano, Br own

is currently purchasing about 65

percent o its milk rom Little Rho-

dy Foods and the rest o the pur-

chases rom Garelick. Ann Ho-

man, director o administration or

Dining Services, wrote in an e-mail

to The Herald that it is di cult to

know exactly what percentage o

ood is purchased locally because

the term local does not currently

have an agreed-upon denition.

But she wrote that according to

the College Sustainability Report

Card, Brown partners with more

than 20 local arms and 31 local

processors. Homan also wrote

that the University regularly pur-chases items rom arms such as

Barden Orchards, Hill Orchards

and Mellos Farm.

Brown isnt the only university

that has begun to buy a greater

percentage o its ood locally.

Berkowitz said Providence Col-

lege, Johnson and Wales University

and the Rhode Island School o

Design all buy products rom Little

Rhody Foods. According to Pierre

St-Germain, RISDs executive che,

about 30 percent o what its dining

halls buy and serve is local. He said

the chicken that RISD uses in its

entrees all comes rom WellingtonFarms in western Massachusetts,

and that whenever possible, all

apples are purchased locally.

We try and incorporate as

much o that as possible into our

daily menus, St-Germain said.

He said there is a higher cost

associated with certain meat prod-

ucts, like chicken or hamburger,

because o what is required to raise

the animals naturally and without

articial eed. He also said the

cheese RISD purchases rom Nar-

ragansett Creamery tends to be

more expensive because it is arti-

san cheese, though in his mind it

is denitely worth the extra cost.

But other products, especially cer-

tain ruits and vegetables such as

apples, are actually less expensive

i bought locally.

St-Germain also said that pur-

chasing local ood has become

leaps and bounds easier with

Farm Freshs Market Mobile.

Weve been able to streamline

the products we get each week,

he said.

He said RISD tries to make

thoughtul choices whenever its

dining services purchases ood

or the campus community. For

eample, he said the dining halls

went to great lengths to nd lo-

cally produced soy milk because

o the items popularity among

students.I think we have an exceptional

dining service, St-Germain said,

adding that he encourages Brown

students to take a walk down the

hill to try one o RISDs eateries,

which is now easier than ever since

Brown students can add RISD meal

credits directly onto their meal

plans.

B r

In high school, Viggiano said

she was involved with environ-

mental and social justice work,

but nothing directly related to

sustainable ood. She said the realood movement is something shes

learned about pretty recently in

college.

Its a very optimistic issue

to work on, Viggiano, said. In

the sustainable ood movement,

theres an image o what could

be, she added.

This year, Viggiano, along with

the other three members o her

Graduate Center suite, went o

meal plan. She said they get the

majority o their ood through the

market share program, which is

run by Farm Freshs Market Mo-

bile during the winter and spring

months.Each o us cooks once a week

on the weekdays, she said.

Despite the inconveniences o

sharing a communal kitchen, Vig-

giano said it is un to cook with

her riends. Cooking and eating

together is something she said

is culturally important, and her

participation in the market share

program makes her eel as though

shes living more by her values.

Real ood is something that

is really important, Viggiano

said. Its healthier, better or the

local environment and the local

economy.

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CMUS wS We work on a case-by-case basis. Eizabet gentry,assistant vice presient of financia an aministrative services S&J By warren Jin

CoNtributiNg writer

In the three-and-a-hal years sincethe University Steering Committee

on Slavery and Justice issued its

report on Browns ormer links to

the slave trade, steady progress

has been made on its recommenda-

tions which included creating a

slavery memorial, a center or the

study o slavery and justice and a

$10 million und to help support

local public schools. The commit-

tee also recommended expanding

the Aricana studies program at

Brown.

The work o the highly publi-

cized committee has sparked simi-

lar investigations at other institu-tions into their roots, said Marisa

Quinn, vice president or public

aairs and University relations.

There has been this other infu-

ence or other institutions to take

on this same kind o endeavor,

Quinn said. These are signicant

and lasting initiatives.

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The Universi tys Public Ar ts

Committee, tasked with commis-

sioning a memorial commemorat-

ing Browns and Rhode Islands ties

to the slave trade, met in February

to discuss locations or the memo-

rial, said Jo-Ann Conklin, directoro the David Winton Bell Gallery

and a member o the Universitys

Public Arts Committee.

Potential locations include the

main campus as well as the Jew-

elry District, though the commit-

tee is leaning towards placing it

on Browns main campus, Conklin

said.

The committee, which consists

o seven permanent members and

a ew temporary members invited

or diversity and historic back-

ground, will meet again in May,

and expects to choose an artist

and have a proposal by December,Conklin said.

It needs to be an inviting space

or contemplation and thought,

she said.

Though the com mit tee wil l

choose among artists proposals,

the nal product will be up to the

artist to decide.

I really think its best to leave

this to the artist to come up with,

she said, though it is important

that the memorial refect the nd-

ings o the report.

a

Minor progress has been madetoward a new center or the study

o slavery and justice since an

advisory committee reported its

recommendations or the center,

said Provost David Kertzer 69

P95 P98.

The 2008 repor t rom the ad-

visory commi ttee prop osed the

creation o the Institute on Slav-

ery and Justice to promote the

study o issues related to slaver y,

genocide, human tracking and

other crimes. The committee rec-

ommended the creation o an en-

dowment and a dedicated space to

support the institute.

In a collaborative eort between

the histor y, American civilization

and Aricana studies departments,

the University has been looking

or a director to head the center,

Kertzer said.

Though an o er was recent ly

made to a historian, negotiations

ell through, Kertzer said. None-

theless, he said the University will

re-launch the search.

We hope to identiy someone

in the coming year to join us in the

summer o 2011, he said.

l e

Programs supporting localeducation inspired by the steer-

ing committees report include

the education departments Ur-

ban Education Fellows program

and the Universitys Fund or the

Education o the Children o Provi-

dence.

The Urban Education Fellows

program is a tuition-ree program

that requires ellows to work or a

minimum o three years within the

Providence school system either

teaching or determining policy,

with the goal o enriching loca l

public schools, said Chair o the

Education Department KennethWong.

Six ellows will graduate this

year, compared to the nine that

graduated last year, Wong said.

From my perspective, thats

the most signicant investment,

Wong said. Human capital.

The und or which the Uni-

versity has currently raised only

$1.5 million, o an intended $10 mil-

lion disbursed grants last year

that included a grant to provide

graphing calculators to all second-

ary students in Providence, Wong

said. But he said the und is not

likely to award more grants o that

size in the near uture.This is an ongoing initiative,

Wong said. We will probably wait

or another year to make a signi-

cant investment in that regard.

Brown is also working with local

government and schools in various

other ways, including teacher edu-

cation and revising Rhode Island

policy, Wong said.

Instead o looking back, we

should be thinking about the u-

ture, he said.

T k - By marK raymond

stAffwriter

The University is etending a pol-

icy allowing students with unpaid

tuition balances o over $1,000 to

pre-register or classes, but this will

likely be the last semester o the

program, according to Elizabeth

Gentry, assistant vice president

o nancial and administrative

services.

Approximately 100 students will

utilize this waiver program during

the current pre-registration period,

which began Tuesday, Gentry said.

This is less than hal the number ostudents who took advantage o the

program last registration period.

The waiver program was origi-

nally put in place during the pre-

registration period o all 2008, and

has been available each semester

since then.

In most o the time Ive been

here, we havent had to do anything

like this, Gentry said, But the

nancial situation we aced in 2008

warranted the University taking

some unusual steps to help amilies

in need.

Gentry said that while she

is not precisely sure why some

amilies have had trouble paying,the economic crisis has increased

the number o amilies that could

not pay their bills on time. Some

amilies have the money and are

just late to pay, while others are

actually in need o assistance,

Gentry said.

Regardless o the reasons or

amilies inability to pay, the Uni-

versity elt it necessary to keep this

program going through this cur-

rent pre-registration period, though

the Oce o the Provost did notormally announce this extension,

as it had in previous semesters,

Gentry said.

According to Gentry, this lack

o a ormal announcement is in

part due to the act that the Uni-

versity does not plan to extend this

policy to the net pre-registration

period.

Were reaching out to aected

students to let them know its avail-

able, but were also letting them

know that this is probably the last

time, Gentry said. We havent

been seeing the level o diculty

we had initially anticipated, so itsnot likely that we will continue o-

ering the waivers.

Gentry added that a nal deci-

sion has not been made and that,

given certain circumstances, the

program could be etended once

again.

Even without this waiver in

place, the University plans on

continuing its outreach to amilies

in need and ensuring that there

is communication between both

parties.

Generally when working with

amilies, we work on a case-by-

case basis, Gentry said. We were

communicating with amilies about

their nancial diculties even be-

ore this program was initiated.

Gentry said the eects o the

2008 crisis let many amilies un-

sure o their nancial situations,

but some o that initial conusion

is gone now.

As things have started settling

down, amilies have had time to

adjust their nancial packaging in

order to meet their needs, Gentry

said.

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On averae, ow many weeks ave you

worke for pay tis semester?

Anna Miiaccio / hera

A majority of stuents ave worke for pay tis semester, wit 9.5 percentof unerrauates workin a weeky averae of 15 or more ours.

others just want a little extra pocket

money. Some shelve books in theRockeeller Library basement, oth-

ers hem costumes or the theater

department and some even take o

all their clothes or art classes.

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On-campus student employment

has stayed relatively steady or the

past decade, according to Tracy

Frisone, senior assistant director

at the Oce o Financial Aid. But

she said there has been a slight

uptick in employment numbers

during the past two academic years,

which she attributed in part to the

current economic climate.There are certainly more stu-

dents seeking employment, she

said, cautioning that it is not a par-

ticularly large increase.

Those who are working are not

necessarily working more hours,

she said.

An average work week or an

on-campus student employee is be-

tween eight and 10 hours, a rate that

has remained steady or the past

several years, according to Director

o Financial Aid James Tilton. This

is the target amount o hours that

his department hopes students will

work, he said.

We really dont want them towork, i we can help it, more than

10, he added.

Roughly 41 percent o all stu-

dents received need-based nan-

cial aid rom the University or this

academic year, according to Tilton.

There is a work-study expectation,

partially unded by the ederal gov-

ernment, included in all nancial

aid packages, he said. An additional

100 students qualied or ederal

work-study but not need- based

scholarships, Frisone wrote in an

e-mail to The Herald.

The Universitys new nanc ial

aid initiatives, begun last year,

have given amilies more optionsor tuition payment, according to

Tilton.

Financial aid options might help

explain why ewer reshmen are

working. Beginning with the class

o 2007, Brown stopped requiring

rst-years to work, giving them the

option o taking out loans. As o last

year, students on ull nancial aid

receive a University Work Scholar-

ship or their rst year in lieu o

their work-study epectation. Stu-

dents receiving partial aid or who

otherwise qualiy or work-study do

not receive this scholarship.

But students are not requiredto work on campus to ulll this

requirement. At least 40 percent

o the students who receive work-

study in their nancial aid dont

work (an on-campus job), Frisone

said. They may instead choose to

rely on outside scholarships, sum-

mer savings, o-campus jobs or

loans, she added.

Freshmen might also choose to

wait to begin working until they eel

comortable and adjusted to Brown,

according to Frisone.

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Brown Dining Services is the

largest on-campus employer, witha current employee count o rough-

ly 300 students, according to Ann

Homan, Dining Services direc-

tor o administration. That number

does not include the student groups

who work group shits at satellite

eateries in order to raise money or

their organization.

Homan said she has noticed a

recent increase in student demand

or employment, which is very

much consistent with the downturn

in the economy.

This all was the irs t time

BuDS had a waitlist in seven or

eight years, said BuDS General

Manager Melanie Masarin 12.But anecdotally, Homan said

she nds students working ewer

hours than they used to, which she

attributed in part to a change in the

pay-raise structure several years

ago. BuDS currently requires work-

ers to work a minimum o eight

hours per week, but more people

have been requesting exceptions,

Homan said. The department has

considered changing the policy and

will continue to examine the issue,

but i you go too low, you risk los-

ing the commitment and level o

engagement, she said.

Masarin has a more involvedjob than most. She generally works

about 1520 hours a week, though

that number can climb to 25 during

busy periods, she said. Masarin,

an international student, started

working or BuDS in part because

she wasnt legally allowed to work

o campus her reshman year, she

said.

The large time commi tment

has helped her learn to organize

her time better, she said. Though

there are sacrices it comes in

confict with my sleep more than

my schoolwork, she added.

Were unique in the amount o

responsibility we place in students,

Homan said.

Other large on-campus em-

ployers include the Department o

Athletics and the divisions o engi-

neering and biology and medicine,

Frisone said.

c

On-campus minimum wage is

$8.20, which is above both ederal

and state minimum wage, Tilton

said. But the majority o students

95 percent are making more

than that, he said. Browns student

salaries are generally comparable

to other urban institutions, Tiltonadded.

Amo ng tho se working on-

campus, average yearly earnings

are roughly $1,500, according to

Frisone. The level o pay usually

correlates to the level o skill and

responsibility involved, she said,

adding that many o the higher-paid

jobs tend to involve web develop-

ment.

The diversity o pay and employ-

ment type is apparent on the Stu-

dent Employment Web site, which

includes both on-campus and o-

campus job listings. On Monday,

salaries oered in the on-campus

division ranged rom the minimum

o $8.20 per hour, or a Third World

Center program coordination posi-

tion, to a maximum o $30 per hour,

or an instructor in pilates, yoga

and aerobics.

However, working or pay at

Brown might not even entail a set

hourly wage.

Baxter DiFabrizio 13 hasnt

worked a job this year, in par t be-

cause he doesnt want the rigidity

o a steady work schedule. But he

has earned some money by partici-

pating in several psychology and

Brown University Social Science

Experimental Laboratory experi-

ments, which have more fexible

schedules.

BUSSEL, which is run by the

department o economics, runs

eperiments in which the amount

o money students earn depends

in part on the decisions that theyand other students make during the

course o the eperiment. In some

cases, students can walk away with

$40 cash ater little over an hour. In

some, they might walk away with

nothing.

DiFabrizios motivation to par-

ticipate depends on the department.

With psychology, its the experi-

ment. With econ, its denitely the

money, said the intended psychol-

ogy concentrator.

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Some students turn to multiple

jobs to bolster their paychecks.Michelle Norworth 10 started

working at Brown the second se-

mester o her sophomore year,

checking IDs at Meehan Audito-

rium. Ater working as a part-time

transcriptionist or an o-campus

rm last summer, she continued

that job whose hours can vary

rom zero10 hours a week while

returning to her shits as BuDS

cart worker. This semester, she

has worked up to 30 hours in one

week when she had a ull schedule

or both jobs, but otherwise works

2025 hours a week, she said.

Last week, Norworth began

an additional on-campus job. She

said this ull work schedule is only

possible because she is a senior

enrolled in three easy classes who

already has a job or net year

and she isnt writing a thesis.

Other students choose to work

solely o campus. Rebecca Smith

12 began working at Blue State

Coee last month in large part

because she liked the atmosphere

and already spent a good deal o

time there something she hasnt

ound on campus, she said.

Many o the o-campus employ-

ers listed on the student employ-

ment Web site are parents looking

or babysitters. Providence resident

David Shikiar wanted a college stu-

dent babysitter because students

are young, ambitious and curious

about the wider world, he said.

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But Kayla Urquidi 11, who

works at the Student Activiti es

Oce, preers the convenience

o an on-campus job location, se-

lecting hours that with the breaks

between her classes, she said. She

also appreciates that the University

employers are understanding o a

students schedule, letting her leave

early or class and not expecting her

to work during vacations.

When it comes to student jobs,

some like nude modeling are

more eotic than most.

Daniel Stupar, adjunct lecturer in

Visual Art, coordinates the hiring onude models or visual arts classes.

He was very surprised with the vol-

ume o applications he received a-

ter the job was posted in Morning

Mail about 40 applications or

only eight to 10 spots, he said. He

sought models with sports, yoga, or

martial experience to ensure that

they had the stamina to hold poses

or up to 20 minutes.

Whil e some might wor ry it

would be awkward to model or el-

low students, Stupar said that those

applying knew what they were sign-

ing up or, and were really casual

about it.

Still, he added, Its probably

one o the strangest jobs you could

have at Brown.

The Herald poll was conducted

on March 22 and 23 and has a 3.5

percent marg in o error with 95

percent confdence. A to tal o 714

Brown undergraduates complet ed

the poll, which The Herald admin-

istered as a written questionnaire

to students in the lobby of J. Walter

Wilson during the day and in the

Sciences Library at night. For the

sample of just freshmen, the margin

of error is 6.8 percent. For the sample

of non-freshmen, the margin of error

is 4.0 percent.

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seNiorstAff writer

The pol ls or the student gov -ernment elections opened on

MyCourses or the student body

Tuesday at noon at leas t or

non-reshmen.

Most members o the class o

2013 were not able to vote because

their names were apparently not

added to the access list, according to

Undergraduate Council o Students

President Clay Wertheimer 10.

The Elections Board released

its plan Tuesday evening to accom-

modate or the student population

let out o the rst day o voting

or members o UCS, the Under-

graduate Finance Board and classboards. According to the estab-

lished policy codes o the Elections

Board, all students must be given

2448 hours to vote, said board

member Sarah Rutherord 12.

Rutherord said the options

are contingent on the capabilities

o MyCourses. Plan A, she said,

would be to extend voti ng time

beyond Thursday at noon or only

the students aected so that they

could have a concrete 48 hours

to vote. In this scenario, the polls

would close at dierent times, but

all students would have the same

amount o time to vote. Ruther ord

said this plan depends on whether

MyCourses will allow only the a-

ected students to vote longer.

But i MyCourses cannot be

congured to do this, then theboard will resort to one o two all

or nothing scenarios, Rutherord

wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

I the problem is resolved beore

noon on Wednesday, then the vot-

ing time or all students will end

as initially planned, which would

still allow the aected students a

24-hour window in which to vote.

But i the problem cannot be re-

solved beore noon on Wednesday,

the Elections Board would extend

voting or ever ybody, Rutherord

said.

In that nal case, the Elections

Board would violate its establishedcode by providing more than 48

hours or the majority to vote.

Rutherord wrote that the board

would preer giving some people

ample time to vote rather than

giving certain students under 24

hours.

The way the polls are set up on

MyCourses, Wertheimer said, stu-

dents must be enrolled in a UCS-

UFB Elections course in order to

access the ballot. But Wertheimer

said some or all o the current

reshman class were not added to

the course list this year.

I got a call rom a student

around 4 (p.m.)who didnt have the

course listed, said Wertheimer,

adding that other reshmen called

him later. It is dicult to determine

yet i the whole reshman class isaected because Wertheimer said

he can only check the interace to

determine enrollment one name at

a time. The mi-up appears to be

aecting only rst-years, he said.

Wertheimer said he ini tial ly

hoped to resolve the problem Tues-

day, but UCSs contact at Comput-

ing and Inormation Services did

not have control o adding names

to the course. By the time the is-

sue was sent to the MyCourses

systems administrator, that ad-

ministrator had already let or the

day. Wertheimer said he hopes the

issue will be resolved and ull ac-cess to the polls will be provided

by Wednesday morning.

Elections Board Chair Kening

Tan 12 said the board encourages

all students to vote as soon as they

can rather than rely on an eten-

sion. She added that the board is

still determining whether cam-

paigning will be etended.

Members o the Elections Board

sent e-mails to rst-years and the

candidates Tuesday evening to

notiy them o the problem.

We will wait until everything

is resolved to send a campus-wide

e-mail that announces the new

voting plan, Wertheimer said.

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stAffwriter

The Universitys Research Ad-

visory Board received its latest

round o human research protocol

submissions March 31, ollowing

eorts to increase accessibility and

enhance communication between

the researchers, students and Uni-

versity administration.

Given the eorts to increase

communication between the In-

stitutional Review Board, the

Research Protections Oce and

researchers, the review board has

undergone signicant changes inthe way it handles protocol sub-

missions.

My experience with RPO is

that they have been quite helpul in

terms o guiding dierent project

investigators to think about some

o the ways they can consider IRB

concerns. They have been more

proactive, said Kenneth Wong,

proessor o education, chair o

the department and vice chair o

the advisory board.

The number o studies ap-

proved by the review board will

depend on the number o gradu-

ate student projects proposed this

year that involve human subjects,he said.

Over the past ew years, the

advisory board has been trying to

instigate various reorms aimed at

making the review process o the

Institutional Review Board more

accessible and ecient. The re-

view board eamines all research

protocols that require the use o

human subjects to make sure these

protocols observe ederal, state

and local requirements and laws.

Potential reorms to the reviewprocess that have already been

discussed include streamlining the

Web site o the Research Protec-

tions Oce, which is in charge

o organizing and regulating the

institutional review o human and

animal research at the University,

as well as removing restrictions on

social science research that, in the

past, made it dicult or students

to get approval or their research,

Wong said.

The protections o ice has

undergone additional steps to in-

crease communications between

aculty, chairs and students othe department, Wong said. The

changes allow students to increase

the amount o support they receive

rom advisers and aculty in these

areas. Whereas two years ago, ac-

ulty advisers would likely redirect

student questions to the depart-

ment Web site, the review board is

looking to increase communication

and contact within the department,

Wong said.

Were trying to make it more

personal, he said.

Other possible changes to the

review process include making

the review board more ecient

by holding campus-wide orumsaimed at collecting eedback rom

students and aculty, as well as in-

creasing the number o meetings

held by the boards. They are try-

ing to institutionalize, Wong said.

In the last year, what we have ac-

complished is a good ramework.

Im hoping to see more o the

implementation now campus-

wide orums are an example o

this, as is working more closely

with the administration.

Arica under apartheid in the 1980s.

As long as they had that one vote,

the world could be disregarded,

he said o the U.S.s vote against

sanctions on South Arica.

As long as the U.S. government

backs Israels violations o the Ge-

neva Convention, the Israeli-Pales-tinian confict will not be resolved,

he said.

Chomsky said the U.S. backs

not only Israel, but also India and

Pakistan the two other countries

that reused to sign the Nuclear

Non-Prolieration Treaty. The U.S.

is not supported by the world on

this, he added.

I the U.S. overestimates the

worlds approval o its oreign pol-

icy, it is because the phrase inter-

national community in American

press oten reers to Washington

and whoever else agrees, he said

a category which excludes most

Americans , who agree with the

world outside the international

community.

One way the U.S. could exert

positive infuence on the real inter-

national community, he said, is to

support Egypts goal o creating a

weapons-ree zone in the Middle

East, as discussed at a recent meet-

ing in Tehran.

Chomsky also called or a ter-

mination o arms shipments to

Israel.

During the question-and-answer

session, Chomsky addressed or-

eign policy issues across the board.

The misperceptions held by Ameri-

can politicians, press and public

are all culprits o the ignorance

surrounding oppressive policies

in the Middle East and elsewhere,

he said.

They dont hate us because

they hate our reedoms. They hate

us because they want their ree-

doms, he said o Middle Eastern

populations under U.S. neocolo-nialism, addressing George W.

Bushs conusion over their objec-

tions to the U.S. government.

But Chomsky did not let Obama

o the hook either. He criticized

the presidents opinion on Egypts

authoritarian government: that he

doesnt want to label olks. When

a politician uses the word olks,

Chomsky said, get ready or the

net series o lies.

Chomsky added that a country

requires awareness to examine its

own mistakes. Its pretty hard to

look in the mirror, but its crucial i

you want to understand the world,

he said.He also emphasized that ending

American suppor t o corr upt re-

gimes begins with groups like the

students he spoke to. Every step

orward in history comes the same

way, he said. People like you do

something about it. He suggested

protesting, gathering inormation

and spreading awareness. The

task o those o us who care, he

said, is to let people know.

When asked what he would

change i he could go back to his

own early years o activism during

the Vietnam War, Chomsky said,

My main regret is I was much too

mild, adding that his opponents

would say just the opposite.

The student group Common

Ground: Justice and Equality in

Palestine/Israel sponsored Chom-

skys visit. Member Lucas Mason-

Brown 13 came up with the idea,

he said, because Chomsky voices

an opinion, which is absent rom

mainstream discourse.But this was not Chomskys

only recent interaction with the

Brown community. On April 18, he

wrote a le tter to Brown Students

or Justice in Palestine endorsing

its campaign or the Universitys

divestment rom corporations

benetting criminal and brutal

actions.

It is hard to imagine a more

deensible stance, he wrote.

Lindsay Goss GS, a member

o Brown Students or Justice in

Palestine, said she valued Chom-

skys take on some o the ways

the confict gets talked about that

dont refect the reality o the situ-

ation.

Ruhan Nagra 10 said she ap-

preciated Chomskys support or

student activism throughout the

country.

Associate Dean o the College

or Science Education David Tar-

gan, who posed a question at the

lecture about student involvement,

said he hopes Chomsky helped

Brown students recognize their

infuence in the political process.

You have access to people that can

really eect change, he said, reer-

ring to state representatives. You

can see them rom the Rock.

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Max Monn / hera

Brown stuents proteste Paestinian eats outsie Brown/RISdhie, coinciin wit te 62n anniversary of Israes inepenence.

UC b By heeyoung min

seNiorstAff writer

Despite the University o Calior-nias recent budget cuts and sub-

stantial hike in student ees, the

school system has spent about $2

million in recent years on bottled

water, the New York Tim es re-

ported April 15.

The San Francisco campus has

paid the Arrowhead drinking water

company $250,000 to $320,000 each

year since 2004, while the Berkeley

campus paid a total o $522,215 to

Arrowhead in the past three scal

years, the Times repor ted.

The San Francisco campuss

bottled water budget is at odds

with the local governments ban onbottled water or its employees, ac-

cording to the San Francisco Gate.

Prior to 2007, the City o San Fran-

cisco despite producing some o

the worlds most pristine drinking

water spent almost $500,000 on

bottled water per year, the Gate

reported.

The Task Force on Bottled Wa-

ter at Brown was established last

year to reduce the use o bott le

water on campus, The Herald re-

ported Jan. 29.

Although the task orce hasnt

set a timeline yet, we hope to make

signicant changes happen very

quickly and work towards the

complete elimination o bottled

wate r dist ribution on camp us,

Ari Rubenstein 11, a member o

the task orce, told The Herald inJanuar y.

cb ,

dk

The day ater Dukes mens bas-

ketball team clinched its ourth

national championship title, Blue

Devil ans cut class to celebrate

in a packed Cameron Indoor Sta-

dium.

But the campus-wide ceremony

breached a 2006 internal Duke con-

tract that celebrations o athletic

victories would not cut into class

time, the New York Times repor ted

April 8.Dukes Vice President or Stu-

dent Aairs Larry Moneta sent

an e-mail to the undergraduate

student body the day beore the

championship game to remind

them that classes would be in

session regardless o the games

outcome, the Duke Chronicle re-

ported April 7.

But Monetas e-mail did not stop

ans rom skipping class to attend

the midday celebration, which in-

cluded a speech rom mens head

basketball coach Mike Krzyze-

wski.

Duke math proessor Richard

Hain, who initiated the contract,

told the Times that this year was

the rst since the agreement was

made that the basketball team

climbed to the Final Four andthe agreement was completely ig-

nored. The proessor, who ought

or our years to curtail celebra-

tions to ater-class hours asked,

How can somebody schedule a

major event that wipes out basi-

cally all undergraduate courses the

whole aternoon, without talking to

the provost?

h ?

A new Web site, called Is My

Thesis Hot or Not, allows students

to post their thesis statements on-

line or approval or criticism, the

Chronicle o Higher Educationreported April 16.

But the Web site, part o the

graduate student community

GradShare, gives no criteria or

assessment, and there are only two

categories or voting: hot or not.

Voters can a lso anonymously add

comments to clariy why a thesis

is hot or not. Many voters pointed

out that the statements posted or

voting are topics or titles , ra ther

than theses.

The Web site , launched las t

week, had about 75 theses p osted

and 5,000 votes as o April 16, the

Chronicle o Higher Education

reported.

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CMUS wS Bein a Brown stuent as opene up a ot of oors. Jason donaue 05 k k b By margaret yi

CoNtributiNg writer

Three alums are now selling the

product they irst thought o as

undergraduates the Zeo Per-

sonal Sleep Coach, an alarm clock

that monitors and analyzes sleep

patterns to wake sleepers up when

they eel least groggy.

The alarm clock has been ava il-

able or sale since late 2009. The

inventors Jason Donahue 05,

Ben Rubin 05 and Eric Shash-

oua 05 ormed Zeo, Inc. in

2003 with the idea o creating an

alarm clock that would wake us-

ers up at an optimal point in their

sleep schedule, Donahue said.Since then, Zeo has grown to o-

er personalized sleep coaching

and sleep advice, according to its

Web site.

The proce ss o bui ldi ng the

product began in Browns en-

gineering laboratories, where

the ounders set up experiments

wit h r ien ds, parents and pro-

essors as test subjects, Rubin

said. According to Donahue, the

three spent countless nights in

the lab perecting the technol-

ogy, which took two-and-a-hal

years to devel op. Thei r idea also

won the ou nders sec ond place

in the Brown University Entre-preneurship Program Competi-

tion, which provides unding or

student business plans, Donahue

said.

Being a Brown student has

opened up a lot o doors, Dona-

hue said.

Many proessors including

some specializing in sleep re-search and engineering oered

not only scientiic instruction, but

also business advice, Shashoua

said.

Ater grad uating, the ounders

still aced some years o busi-

ness development beore they

launched Zeo, Shashoua said.

They or med a boa rd o dir ec-

tors, which today includes the

CEO o iRobot Corporation, the

ormer president o Bose Corpo-

ration and Zeos current CEO,

Dave Dickinson, according to the

companys Web site. In addition

to Brown aculty, Zeos oundershave also relied on the expertise

o a scientiic advisory board,

whic h incl udes sleep expe r ts

rom Harvard Medical School

and other institutions, according

to Zeos Web site.

Zeo uses SotWave sensor tech-

nology, which the ounders creat-

ed to measure sleep patterns and

determine users sleep phases,

according to its Web site. Users

wear headbands while they sleep

to collect and measure electrical

signals rom their brains and trans-

mit the data to displays by their

beds. Users sleep inormation can

be uploaded online onto a sleep

jour nal. The Zeo Bedside Display

has a SmartWake alarm eature

that tries to wake up the user at an

optimum time namely, when the

sleeper is transitioning in and out

o certain sleep phases, according

to its Web site.

Since the product went on sale

in 2009, the ounders have con-

tinued to play integral roles in

the company Donahue as vice

president or brand management,

Rubin as chie technology oicer

and Shashoua as vice president

or global business development,

according to the Zeo Web site.

The ounder s plans or Zeo in-

clude an upcoming MyZeo iP-

hone application and improved

hardware and sotware, Donahue

said.

Courtesy of Zeo

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Te Brown daiy hera

w b B f bBy chan hee chu

CoNtributiNg writer

Ater a dicult showing at the New

England Championship, the mens

gol team sought to rebound at the

Yale Invitational this weekend. But the

Bears plans were derailed by strong

winds which Head Coach Michael

Hughes said hit an inexperienced

Brown team especially hard.

We struggled this weekend.

There were very dicult conditions.

The wind was blowing, especially

the rst day, and we were also a bit

overmatched by the course. A ew o

our players arent used to playing in

those kinds o conditions, Hughes

said.

In part due to the strong wind, the

Bears nished eighth o nine teams

with a total score o 660. Penn won

the event with a score o 612.

Despite the disappointing nish,

Hughes ocused on the positives.

Michael Amato (11) and John

Giannuzzi (10) played well. They had

been struggling a bit but I thought

they did well considering the condi-

tions, Hughes said.

Amato shot a 157 while Gian-

nuzzi shot a 166. The three resh-

men on the team J.D. Ardell 13,

Chris Williams 13 and Jack Mylott

13 scored 165, 172 and 179, re-

spectively.

The Bears will look to improve

at the Ivy League Championships at

Baltusrol Gol Club in Springeld,

N.J.

B , DBy han cui

AssistANtsports editor

The No. 65 womens tennis team

battled two higher-seeded Ivy

League opponents, No. 53 Har-

var d and No. 48 Dar tmouth ,

this past weekend. Ater alling

to the Crimson, 5-2, on Friday

in Cambridge, Mass., the Bearscame home two days later and

deeated the Big Green by taking

the doubles point and the our

straight singles matches or a 5-2

victory.

B 2, hv 5

Head Coach Paul Wardlaw P13

said both competitions were win-

nable, and in tight competitions,

usually the team at home wins.

The competition at Harvard

did not start well or the Bears as

they lost No. 1 and 2 doubles.

Without the doubles point,

you will have to win our o the

si singles, Wardlaw said.But the Bears did have their

chances to come back. In the No.

3 singles, Misia Krasowski 13 lost

a close rst set, 7-5, and eventually

lost the match with a 6-0 second

set. In the No. 6 singles, Emily

Ellis 10 orced the match into a

third-set tiebreaker ater coming

back in the second set, 6-4, but ell

short in the end at 10-3.

B 5, d 2

With the loss, the Bears re-

turned to Brown on Sunday to

begin their last homestand o the

season against Dartmouth. The

Bears got the momentum on their

side rst by taking the No. 2 and

3 doubles matches.

We won the doubles point,

Wardlaw said. That was ver y

important.

But the rst round o singlesdid not bode well or the Bears, as

they lost our o the rst si sets.

As a result, ve o the si singles

matches went into the third-set

tiebreaker.

The momentum swing came

rom Bianca (Aboubakare 11)

at No. 2 singles, Wardlaw said.

She lost a close rst set (7-5),

but came back and took 12 o the

net 14 games.

Aboubakares teammates ol-

lowed suit. In the No. 4 singles

match, Julie Flanzer 12 won in a

similar three-set ashion, dropping

a close rst set, 7-6 (5), then tak-

ing the next two sets, 6-3 and 6-2.Krasowski and Marisa Schoneld

11 won their matches in three

sets also in the No. 3 and No. 5

spots, respectively, to give the

Bears a 5-2 come-rom-behind

victory.

The Bears wi ll travel to New

Haven, Conn., or their last

game o the season on Satur-

day at noon against Yale. Both

teams currently stand at third

place in the Ivy League with a

4-2 record.

B By Katie deangelisCoNtributiNg writer

Ater an over time loss to No. 11

Hartwick on Saturday, the womens

water polo team bounced back to

beat Harvard, 14-10, at home on

Sunday. With the victor y over Har-

vard who had beaten Brown

just the week beor e the Bears

clinched an automatic berth to the

Eastern Championship.

The win was especially sweet

or seniors and captains Stephanie

Laing, Sarah Glick and Lauren Pre-

sant, as it was the last home gameo their careers.

It was apparent when we start-

ed the game that we were going

to win it, Glick said. Everyone

played hard rom the start, and

we played really well together as

a team.

Ater the rst eight minutes, the

Bears had a 3-1 lead over Harvard.

They continued to dominate, and

with 2:23 let in the rst ha l they

were up comortably, 7-1. But in the

nal minute o the hal, Harvard

managed two quick goals, leaving

Brown up our at haltime.

There were some lapses in

the deense at some points in the

game, Glick said. But we were

able to overcome those lapses by

scoring more goals.

The Bears didnt let Harvar ds

small rebound at the end o the

hal disrupt their momentum. Both

teams netted two goals in the third

quarter, bringing the score to 9-5.

Harvard continued to giveBrown a ght, scoring ve goals

in the ourth quar ter. But the Bears

retaliated with ve o their own, n-

ishing the game ahead our goals,

the same margin they had at the

end o the rst hal.

Glick led Browns oense with

ve goals and three assists, and

earned the Womens Varsity North-

ern Division Player o the Week

award.

Herald Senior Editor Joanna

Wohlmuth 11 was also a s trong

contributor to the Bears o ense,

scoring three goals. Avery Mosser

13, Claudia Ruiz 13, Brittany West-

erman 13 and Presant each had

one goal as well.

Laing had another impressive

game in the net, making seven

saves. She was named Deensive

Player o the Week or the sixth

time this season ater making 46

saves over three games, an average

o 15.3 saves per game.

The Bears will next travel to theUniversity o Maryland to compete

in the Eastern Championships on

April 30.

Between now and then, the

Bears will continue preparing.

Were going to keep working

on our issues, like the occasional

lapses in deense, Glick said.

Were just going to keep practic-

ing hard.

Courtesy of Inri Pananoyon

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C, B S CBy zacK Bahr

AssistANt sports editor

Providence College came into the

mens lacrosse game against Brown

with no wins on the season. PC had

nothing to lose. The Bears, (5-5,

2-2 Ivy) were looking to gain mo-

mentum going into key Ivy League

contests. In a game that included a

broken stick, an unspor tsmanlike

conduct penalty and a number o

shots o the crossbar, Bruno pre-

vailed with a 14-7 win to claim the

rst-ever Ocean State Cup.

With the Bears coming o a

hard loss to Ivy oe Yale, it was

important that they come out readyto play, said midelder David Haw-

ley 11.

We did a really good job com-

ing out early and playing strong

rom the start, Hawley said. We

kind o got punched in the mouth

by Yale, but we scored rst this

game and played well early.

The Friars, in their rs t year in

the Big East conerence, started

with strong deense, holding Brown

to just two goals in the rst and

earning one goal o their own.

The deense sta rt ed str ong

or both teams, as attackman Rob

Schlesinger 12 landed a hard shot

on a PC player in the rst quarter

beore his stick snapped in the

second quarter.I really appreciate, as a coach,

how we came out and played, said

Head Coach Lars Tiany 90. We

saw another opportunity to prove

ourselves as men and as a team.

You could see me on the sidelines. I

was an angry coach even in the sec-

ond hal. I didnt want us to lull.

And lull they would not. Br uno

ound the goal 14 times during the

game behind game leading scorer

Andrew Feinberg 11, who ound

the back o the net ve times and

scored his 94th career goal.

One area that Brown lagged in

was aceos. Bruno only captured8 o 24 against a Friar team that

averages 41 percent on the season.

The Friars capitalized on the extra

possessions. It was only the third

time this season that PC scored

more than ve goals in a game.

Moving early and not win-

ning the ball, that was rustrating

to me. Tiany said. Seth Ratner

(11) stepped up in the second hal,

though. There was a silver lining.

I challenged Seth, and the next

time he went in, he got three o

our aceos.

With time running out in the

game, rustrated PC Head Coach

Chris Burdick was called or un-

sportsmanlike conduct, adding to

what would become 5:30 wor th o

penalties or the Friars.

Brown will be on the road Sat-

urday at 1 p.m. against a tough

Cornell team in a game that will

help decide i Brown makes the

postseason Ivy Tournament.

Cornell is a huge game and

the Ivy tournament is really our

ticket to the NCAAs, Hawley said.

The team beat them last year, so

hopeully we can come out like we

did today, get an early lead and

nish it.

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Anrew Feinber 11 fires a sot on oa in te ame aainst Provience Coee. Feinber e te Bears inoas, scorin five times an brinin is career tota to 94 oas.

B 4 .Y. By chris williams

CoNtributiNg writer

Competing or the rst time in two

weeks, the womens gol team n-

ished in a tie or ninth place in the 14-team Roar-ee Invitational this Friday

and Saturday. The event, hosted by

Columbia, took place at Spook Rock

Gol Course in Mamaroneck, N.Y.,

located outside o New York City.

The Bears posted a two-day score

o 645, shooting an impressive 316

on the rst day.

The team goal is to break 320,

and we denitely played very well on

Friday, said Head Coach Danielle

Griths.

Though the Bears did not nish

as strongly on Saturday, shooting a

329, Griths remained happy with

her teams overall perormance,

noting the event was denitely animprovement over the Bears last

tournament, the Hoya Invitational.

Sarah Guarasico 11, competing

as an individ