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In DNA, a Targeting Asia, U. finds big bucks abroad

distant cousin By Sydney Ember reports in the past year, interna- more than $40 million before the end rect connections with alumni, parents

discovered
By Emily Kirkland
Contributing Writer
A research team led by a Brown
professor has shed new light on the
evolutionary history of bilateral or-
ganisms. In a study published last
week, the team, led by Assistant
Professor of Biology Casey Dunn,
used a San Diego supercomputer
and new DNA sequencing tech-
niques to establish Acoelomorpha
flatworms as our most distant bi-
lateral relatives.
This collection of tiny, soft-bodied
worms has puzzled researchers for
decades. Like humans, flatworms
are bilateral: Their body plans are
symmetric. Scientists had struggled,
however, to determine just how
closely these flatworms are relat-
ed to us and to all other bilateral
animals.
The team’s research proved that
these flatworms represent the first
creatures to split from a long-dead
ancestor common to all bilateral
animals. Though previous research-
ers had posited that Acoelomorpha
might have been the first to branch
off from the bilateral group, no one
had ever marshaled enough data to
make a definitive statement.
The team, which included 17 re-
searchers from six different coun-
tries, used a technique known as
expressed sequence tags to examine
1,487 genes — ten times more than
previous studies of Acoelomorpha’s
ancestry. In order to analyze such
a large number of genes, the team
needed new software, which was
written expressly for the study. The
researchers also needed the help of
the supercomputer, which logged
more than 2.25 million processor
hours on the project.
When the study began, the re-
searchers knew the topic was a dif-
continued on page 3
Senior Staff Writer
The University is aggressively seek-
ing support in India, China and the
rest of Asia as part of the Campaign
for Academic Enrichment’s interna-
tional fundraising effort. With the
help of regional advisory councils
established in 2007, the University
has surpassed its international fund-
raising goals.
Despite otherwise grim economic
The Bears tied two games in double overtime over the weekend. See Sports,
Saint-Vil ’10 wins Rhody’s tiara
By Kate Monks
Contributing Writer
Many things come to mind when
one thinks of Brown: the New
Curriculum, esteemed professors
and trendy clothing among others.
Beauty pageants aren’t usually in
that list — but they soon may be.
This past year, two undergrads
— Deborah Saint-Vil ’10 and Caitlin
Gorham ’10 — made appearances
tional fundraising has been “quite
successful,” said Vice President for
International Advancement Ronald
Margolin, adding that the positive
gains are a direct result of continued
overseas outreach efforts. “We’ve
been doing great in fundraising,”
he said. “We’ve been raising more
every year.”
The aggressive international push
has raised $90 million, more than
doubling its original goal of raising
A ll tied u p
in local pageants in Rhode Island.
Saint-Vil came away from this sum-
mer’s Miss Rhode Island pageant
with a $1,000 scholarship. The pag-
eant — which consists of an inter-
view, talent competition, swimsuit
and evening gown showings and
onstage questions — is a part of
the larger Miss America pageant,
which, according to the organiza-
tion’s Web site, “exists to provide
personal and professional oppor-
of the Campaign, Margolin said. The
overall campaign, which surpassed
its $1.4 billion goal earlier this year,
wraps up in 2010.
“We have had great success in
international fundraising,” Provost
David Kertzer ’69 P’95 P’98 wrote
in an e-mail to The Herald.
The regional advisory councils —
along with President Ruth Simmons’
“aggressive international travel
schedule” — have fostered more di-
Jesse Morgan / Herald
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tunities for young women and to
promote their voices in culture,
politics and the community.”
Saint-Vil said she has been a fan
of the Miss America pageant for a
long time and used to watch it with
her grandmother. She had always
planned on competing when she
got older, and the state competition
was her entrance into the pageant
continued on page 2
and corporations abroad, Margolin
said. Their establishment coincided
with an effort by the University to
raise its international profile.
“We’ve used the councils as a
sounding board for ideas,” he said.
“Internationalization is remaining
a very strong component for the
University.”
In March, the University will
continued on page 4
Film project
brings alums
back to R.I.
By Monique Vernon
Staf f Writer
It represents a homecoming of
sorts.
“Tanner Hall,” a film set amid
Rhode Island’s picturesque land-
scape and historic architecture,
brought its creators — Francesca
Gregorini ’90 and Tatiana von Furst-
enberg ’91 — back to the birthplace
of their friendship.
FEATURE
The independent film is the
brainchild of the two best friends
and filmmakers. Filmed in various
locations throughout Rhode Island,
the film tells the coming-of-age
stories of four girls at a boarding
school.
The movie was “a great excuse
for us to go back to a place we love,”
Gregorini said. “It felt amazing to
come full circle.”
To capture “the natural beauty
and architectural value” essential to
creating a timeless movie, producer
Julie Snyder suggested the filmmak-
ers look toward Rhode Island, von
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Panels compare abuses of humans, animals

By Nicole Boucher
Contributing Writer
The image of a seal being clubbed by
its captor seemed out of place under
the bright sun on the Main Green
Monday afternoon. The panel, one of
many such scenes, is meant to con-
nect past human mistreatment and
ongoing animal exploitation through
images that shock — and oftentimes
disturb.
The exhibit, called the “Animal
Liberation Project,” is sponsored by
the Brown Animal Rights Club and
Zhuo’er Wang / Herald
is on display until Oct. 1. The panels
Posters on the Main Green compare animal cruelty to human rights violations.
inside
were developed by a youth outreach
sector of People for the Ethical Treat-
ment of Animals, peta2, that travels to
college campuses across the nation
to advocate for animal rights.
On display are 12 panels showing
graphic images that suggest abuse
of animals is comparable to human
rights violations. One panel depicts
nearly identical images of a human
hand and an animal paw grasping a
fenced-in enclosure with the word
“imprisoned” running between the
two.
Another panel shows a dog
stretched out on a table, cut open
and connected to wires. The panels
explicitly parallel the mutilation and
bondage of animals to similar abusive
treatment of people.
The members of peta2 hope the
exhibit will “break down the barriers
between species” and spur increased
animal rights advocacy, according to
their press release.
BARC brought the exhibit to the
center of campus with the intention
to educate students on animal abuse.
“We hope that people go away under-
standing that we are all the same in
continued on page 3

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Opinion....7
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C ampus N EWS “When you get out and don’t find your footing right away,
don’t panic.” — Francesca Gregorini ’90, filmmaker

Alums come of age with local film

continued from page 1
Furstenberg said.
Drawn to the women’s vision of
an enduring coming-of-age story,
Snyder, whose earlier film jobs in-
cluded finding locations to shoot
films, used her skills to hone in on
settings that would fit the criteria
of the movie, she said.
“What is great about Rhode Is-
land is that you can get any look you
want,” Snyder said. The East Side’s
Nathan Bishop Middle School,
constructed in 1929, was a prime
location because it provided archi-
tectural details they were looking
for, Snyder said. They also filmed
in Pawtucket, Newport and Pas-
coag, according to the Providence
Journal.
Rhode Island “was a really nur-
turing place for first-time filmmak-
ers,” Snyder said.
“The Rhode Island film office
was extremely accommodating,”
von Furstenberg added.
Not only did the Ocean State
have the ambiance they were look-
ing for, but the state also gave them
a tax credit, she said.
The filmmakers aimed to make
a “folktale, timeless … this-could-
happen-to-anyone” kind of movie,
von Furstenberg said. To achieve
that effect, they used furniture
and costumes from four decades
so time-specific trends would not
define the timespan of the entire
film, she said.
Teen dramas like “American Pie”
“stereotype the adolescent experi-
ence in a shallow way,” von Furst-
enberg said.“It is a very deep and
complex time in the human experi-
ence,” she added. “The emergence
out of childhood into adulthood … is
a time we are both nostalgic for.”
“I think coming of age is such
a universal theme,” Gregorini
added.
In addition to young and teen-
aged girls, middle-aged viewers and
senior citizens can also relate to the
film, because it “reminds them of
their youth,” Snyder said.
Connecting on College Hill
Both Gregorini and von Furst-
enburg attended boarding schools
in England , but their paths didn’t
cross until they arrived on College
Hill. It wasn’t until Gregorini, the
more extroverted of the two, and
the studious von Furstenberg met
through a mutual friend that their
friendship flourished.
While at Brown, both Grego-
rini and von Furstenberg studied
theater arts. Von Furstenberg also
concentrated in semiotics — since
incorporated into the Department of
Modern Culture and Media.
“I really like storytelling, … char-
Courtest of Francesca Gregorini
acter creating, creating a world,”
Writers and directors Francesca Gregorini ’90 and Tatiana von Furstaberg
von Furstenberg said. ’91 direct dance students for a scene in their film.
Screenwriting and acting classes
“really taught (me) to think and to after their movie is picked up, they bines all aspects of who I am,” von
be as creative as possible,” Grego- will have a screening at Brown. Furstenberg said. “I feel so fulfilled
rini said. “I found it invaluable.” through it.”
The film didn’t just reunite Gre- Coming of age After her graduation, Grego-
gorini and von Furstenburg but also Both Gregorini and von Furst- rini joined a band, with which she
reconnected the two with their for- enberg took a winding road back later split to pursue a solo career in
mer theater teacher, Professor of to Rhode Island. music.
Theatre, Speech and Dance Lowry Since graduating from Brown, Before “Tanner Hall,” Gregorini
Marshall, whom they cast in the von Furstenberg has worked as a and von Furstenberg created mul-
role of headmistress. journalist, created a board game tiple shorts, and Gregorini shot a
“She was very intimidating when that was never produced, had a pilot for HBO.
Francesca and I were students,” von daughter, opened a store — and The lesson of their lives is that
Furstenberg explained. she’s now a filmmaker. there is time to explore and find a
Dancers from Brown also ap- “Really it has been a very mixed calling, Gregorini said. “When you
peared in the film. bag of things. … I really think I fi- get out and don’t find your footing
Gregorini said she hopes that, nally found something that com- right away, don’t panic.”

Pageants prove more complex than stereotypes for Miss R.I.

continued from page 1
scene.
The pageant “really helped me
develop into a better person,” she
said, adding that she thinks the
interview and onstage competition
helped her with her confidence and
in overcoming some of the reserve
she had as a child.
Gorham was the first runner-up
sudoku
in another pageant — Miss Rhode
Island USA. Beauty pageants may
seem a far cry from art history and
international relations, Gorham’s two
concentrations. But she wanted to
challenge herself and try something
new, she said.
To prepare for her first pageant,
Gorham hired a Miss Maryland win-
ner as her coach. The former pag-
eant champion taught her what to
expect and the skills she would need
in the competition, including posing,
answering interview questions and
walking on stage.
As the pageant approached, Gor-
ham’s preparations became more
superficial — she perfected her look
with eyebrow waxing and spray tan-
ning.
Overall, she said the pageant was
“nerve-racking,” especially when the
steamers lost her dress and found it
only an hour before the pageant. But
it was also “really fun,” she added.
The media often depicts beauty
pageants as filled with blunders —
Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren
Upton’s infamous onstage speech
about “the Iran,” for one — and over-
whelming stage mothers.
Not so, said Saint-Vil, who said
her experience was “nothing like
TV.”
“From the surface people may
think it’s all about women who are
obsessed with their looks,” she said.
“It’s more about developing your
character.”
Gorham, too, found more in the
pageants than big hair and attitude.
“I even believed the stereotype
going into it,” she said. Instead, she
found that being in a beauty pageant
took more than just looking the part.
The girls she saw in the pageant were
“willing to accept a challenge.” Not
only had they mastered their walk,
but they had mastered something
else as well, she said.
“It takes inner strength to put
yourself out there,” she said. “It takes
a lot of courage and confidence.”

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C ampus N EWS “I think it’s absurd to compare the keeping of slaves

to the branding of cattle.” — David Winer ’13

by
higher ed news round-up
ellen cushing, sarah husk and sydney ember
Human origins found in flatworms
senior staff writers
continued from page 1 groups of animals, he said. The field
has expanded in recent years due to

Aid assistance boosts

ficult one. In fact, that was why they rapid declines in the cost of DNA
chose it, Dunn said. Previous studies sequencing.

college enrollment among

had indicated that Acoelomorpha “Sequencing prices probably
would be the “hardest (animals) to dropped more than a hundred-fold
place,” he said. from the beginning to the end of the
low-income students Because the researchers planned
to use new computing technology in
study,” Dunn said.
Sequencing used to be labor-
such an unprecedented way, they intensive lab work with more than
A lack of awareness about the availability of financial wanted a difficult problem, Dunn a little bit of “guesswork,” Dunn
aid and the perceived difficulty of applying for it hinder said, to demonstrate the power of said. Now, new technologies allow
low-income students who might otherwise attend col- the new tools. scientists to sequence enormous Courtesy of Eric Rottinger
Brown scientists established a connec-
lege, according to a study released last week. Understanding the evolution- numbers of genes, while powerful
tion between flatworms and humans.
The study, conducted by four economists — Stanford’s ary tree is crucial to understanding software helps them select those first evolutionary split within the
Eric Bettinger, Harvard’s Bridget Terry Long, the Univer- similarities and differences between worthy of further study, he said. group of bilateral animals.
sity of Toronto’s Philip Oreopoulous and the National
Bureau of Economic Research’s Lisa Sanbonmatsu —
paired some low- and moderate-income high school stu-
dents and their families with a tax preparer to complete ‘Liberation Project’ calls for end to animal abuses
the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Those who
received help were significantly more likely to apply for continued from page 1 ing the capacity for “acts of altruism” suffering too extreme and exagger-
financial aid, received aid at a higher rate and received and “organized resistance.” ated.
more aid than other families, all of which translated into our capacity for suffering,” said Claire The display has received a “huge “I think it’s absurd to compare the
an increased percentage enrolling in college. Miller ’11, president of the Animal response” so far, Burke said, adding keeping of slaves to the branding of
There was virtually no benefit to another group of Rights Club. that some students have taken veg- cattle,” David Winer ’13 said.
families that was simply informed about the kinds of fi- “Liberation Project” Coordinator etarian starter kits from the display Sara Powell ’11 said that while
nancial aid they were eligible to receive, the study found, Adrianne Burke said the display chal- table. the display was visually attractive,
underscoring the importance of hands-on assistance. A lenges the legitimacy of the “might While looking at the images she didn’t like how peta2 relied on
control group received no assistance whatsoever. makes right” philosophy in our soci- on display, Alex Hartley ’10 said, “sensational images” to attempt to
Researchers hope to track the success of these stu- ety, which she says has been central “They’re pretty truthful. Most of it further their animal rights cause.
dents in college in order to understand whether provid- to animal mistreatment throughout is stuff we know but try not to think “Humans are very different from
ing assistance with completing the form makes students history. about.” animals,” she said.
more likely not just to enroll in but to graduate from The exhibit offers a proactive so- Still, Hartley said the exhibit would The “Liberation Project” panels
college. lution to avoiding animal mistreat- not change her eating habits. will be on display during the day
ment: vegetarianism. This solution The display did not resonate with until Thursday — World Vegetarian
Kim ’82 inaugurated as Dartmouth president emphasizes that animals have many all students. Some found the com- Day — when a closing discussion
Dartmouth is the first Ivy League school to be led attributes similar to humans, includ- parison between animal and human will be held.
by an Asian-American president after Jim Yong Kim ’82
was inaugurated last week. Kim is the first non-white
male to lead an Ivy League institution.
In his inauguration speech, Kim urged students to
unite as a generation to seek and implement change,
according to a Dartmouth press release. He spoke of
the transformative power of education, describing his
experiences working in struggling communities with
Partners In Health, the organization he co-founded with
Paul Farmer.
Before coming to Dartmouth, Kim was a professor at
Harvard and headed a global health division at Brigham
and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Urging students to cultivate both “passion and prac-
ticality,” Kim said that both would be integral to finding
solutions to contemporary social problems.
Kim affirmed his commitment to maintaining Dart-
mouth’s focus on undergraduate teaching and praised
the college’s liberal arts program for uniquely preparing
students to be leaders in driving for change.

Tufts attempts to eliminate awkward dorm-room sex

Students at Tufts University may not have to worry
about unwanted nighttime guests any more, thanks to
a new stipulation in the school’s residential life office’s
guest policy.
The provision forbids any sexual act in a dorm room
when a roommate is present, stating that any such act
must not interfere with a roommate’s privacy or ability
to study or sleep.
“There were incidents that occurred last year, and in
the past, where residents of rooms started to feel un-
comfortable with what their roommates were doing in
the room,” Carrie Ales-Rich, assistant director for com-
munity and judicial affairs, told the Tufts Daily on Thurs-
day. “This happened more often than we’d like.”
But Ales-Rich said the policy was not put in place
so his office could regulate behavior. Instead, he said
his office was encouraging roommate communication to
prevent potentially awkward situations.
“When roommates share a room, they have to talk
about it and compromise about how the room is uti-
lized,” Ales-Rich told the Daily. “We don’t want to let a
conflict get to a point where someone from ResLife has
to intervene and have that conversation.”
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C ampus N EWS
Councils attract donors abroad
continued from page 1
launch a regional advisory council
in India as part of the ongoing effort
to attract support from international
donors, Margolin said. He said Sim-
mons is in the process of asking 14
people to serve on the new council,
though he said their names would
not be released publicly until formal
notifications were in place. Margolin
is meeting with Simmons about the
new council next Friday, he said.
The University also intends to
extend the model to Latin America
in coming years, he said.
Though no formal advisory council
is yet in place in India, the University
has been expanding their influence in
the country for six years, Margolin
said. The University has already estab-
lished a series of summer internships
through the Commerce, Organiza-
tions and Entrepreneurship program,
which Margolin said was a joint effort
with Vice President for Research and
former Dean of Engineering Clyde
Briant. And the outreach has been
successful — Margolin said there
were about 200 students from 90 dif-
ferent high schools in India who have
attended or currently attend Brown
since more tangible efforts began.
The already-established advisory
blogdailyherald.com councils for China, and for Asia as
a whole, have ratcheted up interest
among international alumni, parents
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
and other potential donors by making
the University more visible, Margolin
said.
One of the ways the existing coun-
cils actively generate support, he said,
is through media attention. Councils
often inform their countries’ major
newspapers and television outlets
about University events to get “people
talking about Brown,” he said.
The councils, Margolin said, con-
sist of between 10 and 14 high-profile
regional alumni and parents, such
as University presidents and “CEO-
equivalent officials.” For example, he
said, the council in China includes Wei
Yang PhD’85, President of Zhejiang
University, and Timothy Foo ’66 P’07,
managing director of the Oak Hill
Group. The council in Asia includes
Ruby Shang ’71 P’12, regional director
of the William J. Clinton Foundation
in Singapore, and Choon Fong Shih
P’91, a former president of the Na-
tional University of Singapore who
is now president of King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology
in Saudi Arabia.
According to the councils’ mission
statement, members of the councils
meet at least once a year to discuss
Brown’s international programs and
make recommendations to Simmons
and the Corporation, help with un-
dergraduate and graduate student
recruitment, identify research part-
nerships that might benefit Brown
and identify various regional sources
of funding. The University also com-
municates with members of the coun-
cils to spread the word about relevant
University developments to procure
funding support from targeted indi-
viduals.
In addition to the new council in
India, Margolin said there are plans
on the horizon to create councils in
Latin America, especially because the
new Vice President for International
Affairs, Matthew Gutmann, is signif-
icantly involved in Latin American
studies; before his recent appoint-
ment, he was briefly the director of
the Center for Latin American and
Caribbean Studies.
Before Brown can successfully
propose a new council, “You want
the University to have a plan and
sort of a road map for what it wants
to do,” Margolin said, adding that
Gutmann’s position will now enable
Brown to more seriously consider a
Latin American council.
Despite the economic downturn,
Margolin said international funding
— and the success of the two estab-
lished regional advisory councils —
has remained strong.
“There are things that people can
donate to at Brown that help them in
their regions,” he said. “People under-
stand that the problems of the world
are going to be solved multi-nationally
by building social bridges.”
SportsWednesday
The Brown Daily Herald
M. soccer finishes
weekend with two ties
By Katie Wood
assistant spor ts editor
The No. 25 men’s soccer team (4-0-
3) took on Santa Clara (2-4-1) and
San Francisco (3-3-1) this past week-
end, com-
Brown 1 ing away
Santa Clara 1 with two
1-1 double-
Brown 1 over time
San Francisco 1 ties. The
Bears re-
main undefeated this season, but
the trip to California was not com-
pletely satisfying, according to
goalie Paul Grandstrand ’11.
“It’s a tough situation,” he said.
“Overall, we played well — but at
the end of the day, we didn’t get the
results we wanted.”
Santa Clara capitalized on
its chances early, as Eric Masch
knocked home the rebound of a
Grandstrand deflection for the
game’s first goal in the 23rd min-
ute. The one-goal deficit marked
the second time Brown has trailed
all season, but the team showed no
signs of panic and fought its way
back into the game with every pos-
session.
“We knew we were playing well,
other than the finishing part,” said
Dylan Remick ’13. “We were control-
ling the pace and played our game,
but we couldn’t put one away.”
The Bears ambushed the Bron-
cos’ defense with a 7-2 shot advan-
tage in the second half. The Bears’
overall fitness and offensive confi-
dence kept them in the game, even
though they were down 1-0 heading
into the final ten minutes of play.
Brown cleared the ball in the
82nd minute to Nick Elenz-Martin
’10, who drilled a shot to the right
hand corner of the net from 25
yards out. Both teams continued
to struggle through double-over-
time before the game ended with a
1-1 tie.
Ryan McDuff ’13 and Thomas
McNamara ’13 each tallied three
shots, as the Bears outshot the
Broncos 15-8 for the game. Grand-
strand (4-0-3) recorded three saves
and allowed only the second goal
by an opponent this season.
Brown headed north on Sunday
afternoon to take on San Francisco
after completing a grueling 110-min-
ute game against Santa Clara.
The Bears started the game off
slow, as the Dons compiled a 6-2
shot advantage in the first half —
including a blow in the 18th minute
when All-American Conor Chinn
drove past two defenders and sent
the ball to the back of the net.
Unlike the Santa Clara game, the
Bears’ spirits sank as they faced
a one-goal deficit and a red-card
penalty that ejected Rob Medairos
’12 at the 32:49 mark.
“We had just played a hard-
fought overtime game two days
before and were facing a 1-0 deficit
with one man down — we kind of
felt sorry for ourselves and let up
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 | Page 5
W. soccer splits weekend matches
By Tony Bakshi
Contributing Writer
a little,” Grandstrand said. “That The women’s soccer team experi-
went on for a while, but we finally enced a week of mixed success with
got our confidence back heading a dramatic victory followed by a
into the second half.” disappointing conference loss.
The Bears battled with the Dons
as the physical level of play contin- Brown 1, Army 0
ued to escalate with yet another Last Thursday night at Steven-
red card issued to McNamara in son Field, goalie Brenna Hogue ’10
the 77th minute. With an additional led the Bears to a 1-0 shutout over
man down and the end of regulation Army. Hogue’s quest for her ninth
a mere 13 minutes away, the Bears career shutout was in danger early
stormed back into the game with a in the game, as Army midfielder
revised game plan that fit the team’s Elizabeth Betterbed stung a shot
circumstances. past the goalie off a corner kick in
“Since we were down a couple the 29th minute. But Sylvia Stone
of players, we had to change the ’11 was in position on the goal line,
mentality of our play,” Remick said. and she blocked the shot to keep
“We would have to score in a dif- the score at 0-0.
ferent way and capitalize on corner After an evenly-matched first
and free kicks.” half, the Brown offense began to
The Bears did just that. They dominate the field in the final 45
Jesse Morgan / Herald
held a 9-2 corner kick advantage in minutes, outshooting their oppo-
Women’s soccer pulled out a victory against Army before falling to Dart-
the game and scored the decisive nents 14-9. The Bears’ constant, mouth later in the weekend.
goal on a free kick late in the sec- pressing attack paid off just three
ond half. Jay Hayward ’12 placed minutes before the final whistle, as League opener against Dartmouth Dartmouth brought to the table. All
the free kick perfectly in the box. Joyce Chun ’11 came up big with on a winning streak, coming off in all, on Sunday against Dartmouth,
Substitute goalie Brendan Roslund her first career goal. Sarah Hebert- the late winner against Army and they were the better team.”
fumbled the ball, and Remick found Seropian ’12 started the deciding two straight shutout victories. But The Bears (2-5-0, 0-1-0 Ivy
himself in the perfect position to rush when she intercepted an Army the team was unable to continue League) can’t linger on their tough
nail the ball into the goal. pass and delivered the ball to Mary- their winning ways on a slick Ste- loss for too long, as they travel to
Once again, the Brown defense beth Lesbirel ’12. Lesbirel crossed venson Field Sunday afternoon. The Columbia (4-4-1, 1-0-0 Ivy) on Sat-
held its own for the remainder of to Chun, who booted the ball past Dartmouth women came out firing, urday for another key conference
the game, which ended in a 1-1 Army’s Alex Lostetter. outshooting Brown, 8-0, in the first matchup. Pincince noted Colum-
tie. Head Coach Phil Pincince was 18 minutes. Despite pulling ahead bia’s recent result, a 1-0 victory
“That was a huge test for our proud of his team’s ability to pull on a Stone goal in the 21st minute over Cornell, as an example of the
team. It could have gone a to- out the win. — just the Bears’ second shot — overall competitiveness in the Ivy
tally different way,” Remick said. “We were very happy with the Brown continued to struggle on League this season.
“It showed our heart and focus. team on Thursday against Army,” the offensive end. They were out- “When you get into conference,
Nothing distracts us and we keep Pincince said. “We battled the entire shot 26-8 by the Big Green overall, anything goes,” he said. “The Ivy
fighting.” time, and I thought it was going to who scored the tying goal just three is so tight this year. (Columbia’s
Chinn added another three shots be a real close game. We found a minutes after Stone’s goal, helping victory) just goes to show that ev-
on goal to pace the Dons on offense, way to win.” Dartmouth to a 3-1 victory. erything is going to be so close. If
but Grandstrand stood tall in net “I don’t think we brought our A you don’t show up to play, there’re
with six critical saves that kept Dartmouth 3, Brown 1 game,” said Pincince. “We didn’t gonna be upsets all through the
the Bears alive. Austin Mandel ’12, The Bears went into their Ivy match the intensity or emotion that year.”
Remick and junior captain David
Walls ’11 combined for the team’s
six shots on goal with two apiece.
Remick, whose second goal of the
season placed him second overall in
team points with five, received Ivy
League Rookie of the Week honors
for his efforts in California.
“It was very encouraging to pull
out the tie. It definitely shows that
people are invested and committed
to the team,” Grandstrand said. “It
was the biggest battle of a soccer
match that I’ve personally been a
part of and will be a game that we
will never forget.”
The Bears return home to Ste-
venson Field on Wednesday night
to take on No. 14 Boston Univer-
sity (6-2-1) at 7 p.m. The two teams
played to a 0-0 tie last season and
the same grudge match will be ex-
pected this year. Beating BU would
boost Bruno’s RPI standings and
the chance of a postseason birth.
Brown will then begin Ivy League
play on Saturday at Columbia (2-
4-0). The Lions lost to BU, 1-0, on
Sept. 20.
“We want to continue to play
the same game we’ve been play-
ing — really stepping it up in the
Ivy League ­— but it’s one game at
a time, and BU is our next biggest
test,” Remick said.
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l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r

Most popular, not the best

To the Editor:
Anish Mitra’s ’10 suggestion in
his recent column (“The best we’ll
ever have,” Sept. 28) horrified me so
much that I had to take time out from
writing two essays to respond to it.
Topping his own previous record for
bad advice given in an opinion column
(last spring, when he suggested that
Brown cultivate exclusionary elitism
on campus to compete with schools
like Princeton), Mitra complains that
featured artists at past Spring Week-
ends haven’t, in effect, been Top 10
pop stars, or as he puts it, “A-list per-
formers.” Setting aside the huge and
relevant distinction between an “A-list
performer” in commercial terms and
artistic ones, the acts who have been
featured at Spring Weekend have al-
most all been accomplished, talented,
and thought-provoking artists with
interesting and inspiring approaches to
music and lyrics. I don’t think artistic
and commercial success are by any
means mutually exclusive, but it would
be a shame to pass over more original,
thoughtful and creative musicians in
favor of an actor-turned-singer whose
claim to fame is a No. 2 hit record that
boasts all of one note, uninspiring auto-
tuned vocals, a sterile, unsexy beat,
and lyrics such as “We can do it real
big/Bigger than you ever done it” and
“I want this forever, I swear I can spend
whatever on it.” I agree with Mitra that
we “need somebody with true talent.
Brown is certainly a place of eclectic
tastes, and thus, we need a versatile
performer that all Brown students can
enjoy, regardless of musical prefer-
ence.” This is precisely why we should
not pull out all the stops to “lock Drake
in” to a Spring Weekend performance.
I certainly hope that we don’t spend
whatever on it.
Michael Bleicher ’11
Sept. 28
A le x yuly

Debate is alive and well

To the Editor: Israeli security strategy (both debates e d i to r i a l
I was delighted to see Anthony that JPU hosted last academic year).
Badami’s ’11 recent column (“A forum
for intellectual pugilism,” Sept. 21)
extol the virtues of campus debate;
If the desire for such a tournament
is evident in the student body, JPU
would be more than delighted to or-
Placing the memorial
even going so far as to encourage a ganize and run it. Our first debate is Two years ago, the University Steering Commit- certainly receive ample pedestrian traffic. Jo-Ann
debate tournament among the Brown this Thursday and will ask whether a tee on Slavery and Justice recommended that the Conklin, a member of the University’s Public Arts
student body. However, I would be public option is necessary for substan- University build a public memorial to commemorate committee, told the Board that the Quiet Green was
remiss if I did not tell Brown students tive health care reform. I look forward Brown and Rhode Island’s ties to the slave trade. indeed another location under consideration.
who are not aware that the framework to hearing arguments put forth by the The Herald reported Friday that the University’s The Quiet Green location has one major disad-
for student debate is already in place in Brown student body, though I hope it’s Public Arts Committee is considering placing the vantage. Unlike the bridge location, a memorial on
the form of the Janus Political Union, for more than just argument’s sake. memorial on or near a bridge that would span the the Quiet Green would not immediately suggest
an arm of the Janus Forum solely de- Providence River and connect the extreme south- Rhode Island’s historical connection to the slave
voted to student debate on all sorts Chris Havasy ’10 western edge of Brown’s campus to the new site of trade. This, however, seems like an especially im-
of politically relevant issues, such as Director, Janus Political Union the medical school in the Jewelry District. portant point to convey. The Committee on Slavery
the legalization of prostitution and Sept. 27 This idea is an ambitious one with the potential and Justice’s report noted that for the entire history
for profound symbolism. The memorial’s location at of the slave trade in America, about 60 percent of
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d the center of a bridge between Brown and downtown the slave trading voyages departed from Rhode
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Deputy Managing Editors Senior Editors Providence would highlight the fact that both the Island.
Steve DeLucia Michael Bechek Nandini Jayakrishna Rachel Arndt University and the state share a common history Ideally, the memorial could represent the Uni-
Chaz Firestone Franklin Kanin Isabel Gottlieb
Michael Skocpol Scott Lowenstein with regard to slavery. And if placed over the water, versity’s and the state’s common history without
editorial Business the memorial would recall the ships that carried being placed in an area that students and visitors
Ben Hyman Arts & Culture Editor General Managers Office Manager slaves to America and earned profits for some of the sparsely pass.
Rosalind Schonwald Arts & Culture Editor Alexander Hughes Shawn Reilly
Sophia Li Features Editor
earliest members of the Brown Corporation. The Public Arts Committee has a number of
Jonathan Spector
George Miller Metro Editor Unfortunately, this proposed location has its competing considerations to weigh. All things
Joanna Wohlmuth Metro Editor Directors drawbacks. Most Brown students only occasionally equal, we believe the memorial should be placed
Seth Motel News Editor Ellen DaSilva Sales
Jenna Stark News Editor Claire Kiely Sales travel to that corner of campus, and even fewer visit prominently on the University’s Main Campus,
Andrew Braca Sports Editor Katie Koh Finance the Jewelr y District on a regular basis. Students in a location where students and visitors pass by
Han Cui Asst. Sports Editor Jilyn Chao Asst. Finance
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who do go downtown are far more likely to use the frequently. The Committee should only consider
Katie Wood Asst. Sports Editor bridge on College Street. opting for the bridge location if it is confident that
Graphics & Photos Managers Further, tours of Brown focus on the main cam- the design for the memorial is spectacular enough
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production Opinions Street, pedestrian traffic near the proposed site for main campus.
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Marlee Bruning Design Editor undergraduates would still rarely visit the area. Committee to look for creative ways to balance op-
Jessica Calihan Design Editor Editorial Page Board Perhaps most importantly, the area now known portunities for symbolism, the goal of promoting
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Julien Ouellet Asst. Design Editor Matt Aks Board member as the Quiet Green is the one part of the University historical awareness and the fact of shared history
Neal Poole Web Editor Nick Bakshi Board member that dates back to the time when the slave trade was between the University and the state.
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SAFRA and the most important unknown statistic
DAN DAVIDSON
Opinions Columnist
During last week’s meeting of the Clinton
Global Initiative, former President Bill Clinton
revealed what he says is “the most important
unknown statistic out there.”
“In the last eight years,” Clinton said, the
United States “went from first to tenth in terms
of the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds hold-
ing a bachelor’s degree.” Indeed, America is
in danger of losing its academic edge. If we
let our education system continue to slip, we
will be feeling the economic repercussions
for years to come.
It is clear that, like it or not, our economy
is necessarily moving in new directions. This
week’s G-20 summit is being held in Pittsburgh
in part to highlight the city’s attempt at rein-
venting itself. Pittsburgh is developing many
new “green” initiatives as part of a broader
effort to move beyond its outdated, Rust-Belt
economy. The city’s unemployment rate is
below both the state and national averages.
Our country needs the human capital that
college education creates to revitalize the
economy through innovations like those on
display in Pittsburgh.
One cause of the United States’ decline in
education is the rapidly rising cost of college.
The National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education reports that, since 1982,
college tuition and fees have risen 439 per-
cent, while the median family income has only
increased 147 percent.
More federal student loans will not solve
this fundamental price issue. Nor do they ad-
dress other failures of our education system,
SIMON
LIEBLING
Opinions Columnist
Brown students could stand to learn a lot from
their peers at the University of California.
Across the UC campuses last week, thousands
of students walked out of classes alongside
faculty and staff to protest the tuition hikes,
budget cuts, furloughs and firings imposed
by the administration in response to the eco-
nomic crisis.
Students were driven to the streets by the
threat of a $3,000 tuition hike. Professors said
they joined the walkout to protest the aca-
demic impact of the budget cuts imposed by
UC regents. But both stood in solidarity with
the university employees’ strike called for the
same day, refusing to cross the picket lines of
staff members locked in a contentious contract
dispute with the UC administration — the
same administration that provoked the student
and faculty outcry. “Our problems are con-
nected,” one student organizer told the Daily
Californian. “Our struggles have the same
roots. ... Our solidarity cannot be cut.”
The students at the University of California
are discovering what our international contem-
poraries have known all along — that in times
of economic difficulty administrators don’t
turn to tuition hikes, firings and budget cuts
because they must but because victimizing
students, faculty and staff offers the path of
least resistance. Students and faculty are rarely
most notably in our public schools. But student
loans do go a long way in helping Americans
afford college. In fact, two-thirds of students
borrow money to help pay their way through
school. Student loans are particularly critical
during recessions, when many more high
school graduates need help to continue their
education as their families struggle to make
ends meet.
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibil-
ity Act, which recently passed the House of
Representatives, will help ease the burden of
college tuition for many young Americans and
their families. The bill would end the federal
government’s subsidizing of private lenders
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act will
help ease the burden of college tuition for many
young Americans and their families.
to deliver student loans. Switching to direct
lending would save nearly $8 billion over 10
years, according to the Congressional Budget
Office. These savings would be used to invest
in community colleges and early education
programs and, most importantly, to increase
student aid through larger Pell Grants.
The economic crisis demonstrated the
danger credit freezes pose to student loan
availability. Congress bailed out lenders to
keep student loans flowing when they couldn’t
raise capital on their own. Robert Shireman,
the deputy undersecretary of education, told
the New York Times that SAFRA will “make
sure that loans will be available regardless of
the credit markets.”
SAFRA will also save the federal govern-
ment money. Inserting a middleman between
Stand up for Dining Services
adequately organized to mount a meaningful
response, while staff are usually sufficiently
estranged from the rest of the community that
firing them doesn’t elicit much in the way of
outrage from anyone else.
What students, faculty and staff all have in
common is that we’re easy targets for financial
recrimination during a recession, which is
the foundation for the unity exemplified by
the UC walkouts. Even those students able
to say that their university experience has
not meaningfully changed over the last year
— that is, those students sufficiently privi-
The administration seems eager to exploit the
estrangement of Dining Services employees from
the rest of the community.
leged to be unconcerned about tuition hikes
and inadequate financial aid packages — are
driven to the coalition. They know that if they
do not act, their disinterest and contentment
empowers the University administration to
victimize others, safe from any popular reac-
tion. So even though we’re all fighting back
against different administrative initiatives, the
connection between those proposals impels a
similarly unified response.
Here at Brown, the opportunity to mount
that response will come over the next week,
as Brown Dining Services workers renegoti-
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 | Page 7
students and federal loans by subsidizing pri-
vate lenders is inefficient. The Congressional
Budget Office’s scoring of SAFRA found that
eliminating the middleman would save “an
estimated $86.8 billion over the 2010-2019
period.”
About half of these savings will then be
used to increase Pell Grants. Currently the
maximum Pell Grant is $5,350. If SAFRA
passes, that amount will be $6,900 by 2019.
In spite of all these benefits, SAFRA is
not assured passage in Congress. There are
two camps of opposition, one rooted in a phi-
losophy of blanket rejection of the majority’s
proposals and the other guarding parochial
interests.
Representative Michele Bachmann, R-
Minn., summarized the arguments of the
first group in a blog post entitled “Govern-
ment to Take Over All Student Loans.” She
calls SAFRA “the public option for higher
education.”
Bachmann’s assertion makes no sense.
If a public option were created in the health
insurance industry, the government would of-
fer insurance policies it currently does not. In
the student loan industry, the government al-
ready provides money and backing. Instead of
providing them directly to students, however,
it doles out subsidies to private lenders.
Bachmann’s faulty logic is indicative of the
philosophy guiding much of the Republican
opposition to this bill. Drawing links to health-
ate a contract set to expire on Oct. 12. The
University administration is trying to force
through terms that would make a significant
percentage of Dining Services employees pay
more out of paycheck for health care while
excluding all future hires from the current
retirement plan afforded to Dining Services
employees. The union also expects the Uni-
versity to demand a wage freeze, even though
wages over the previous contract term failed
to keep up with inflation.
The last time Dining Services contracts
were up for negotiation in 2006, community
solidarity with Dining Services employees
was ultimately critical in winning favorable
terms for dining workers. Rallies in support of
Dining Services drew hundreds of community
members, while the city council passed a reso-
lution admonishing the Brown administration
to deal more fairly with its employees. About
100 BuDS student employees committed to
honor Dining Services’ threat to strike over
Parents’ Weekend, a possibility that proved
embarrassing enough to compel the admin-
istration to capitulate.
The ongoing negotiations have yet to re-
care legislation that don’t even exist is merely
a tactic to kill SAFRA, not on its weaknesses,
but by tapping into general discontent with
government.
Joining Bachmann in her opposition are
lawmakers like Ben Nelson, D-Neb., who are
blocking the bill to protect jobs in their states.
Nelnet, one lender that would stand to lose
business under SAFRA, is based in Lincoln,
Neb., and employs roughly 1,000 people.
It’s strange that someone trying to defeat
SAFRA would even mention Nelnet, as Nel-
son has. A 2006 audit by the Department of
Education’s Inspector General found Nelnet
guilty of defrauding the government of at least
$278 million.
Sadly, lawmakers who stand to suffer per-
sonally from SAFRA’s passage — Nelnet is one
of Nelson’s top campaign contributors — can’t
be expected to support the bill, no matter how
strong the arguments are in its favor. Perhaps
even more dismaying, however, is the almost
universal Republican opposition to the bill
based not on policy but on politics.
SAFRA does not represent a government
takeover of the student loan industry. Instead,
it represents an end to a corporate welfare
policy that wastes money better spent expand-
ing student aid.
Seldom does Congress consider legisla-
tion as blatantly beneficial as SAFRA. Let’s
hope some Senate Republicans recognize
SAFRA’s merits. Prospective college gradu-
ates everywhere will stand to gain from the
bill’s passage.
Dan Davidson ’11 is a political science
and music concentrator from Atlanta,
GA. He can be reached at
daniel_davidson@brown.edu
ceive even a fraction of the popular attention
they saw in 2006, and this time the administra-
tion seems eager to exploit the estrangement
of Dining Services employees from the rest of
the community. That changes on Thursday at 4
p.m., when students, Dining Services workers
and other community members will rally on
the Main Green to demand that the Brown
administration respect its employees’ rights
to health care and a living wage.
In the meantime, take a moment to resist
the administration’s effort to keep its workers
in the shadows and talk to one of the people
who serve you food every day. Ask how they
feel about their contracts and how the ad-
ministration is treating them. And ask what
it would mean to them to have you backing
their efforts.
The administration thinks that it can de-
mand concessions from Dining Services work-
ers because it believes it can treat them poorly
with impunity, without any retaliation from
the rest of the Brown community. We are all
common victims of an administration that con-
tinues to put buildings before people because it
faces no organized opposition to its priorities.
Step up and support the Dining Services on
Thursday to show our administration — as
University of California students showed theirs
— that the community is unified against their
selfishness. Next time they won’t be so quick
to demand concessions from the rest of us.
Simon Liebling ’12 is from New Jersey.
He can be reached at
simon.liebling@gmail.com
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c a l e n da r
Today, september 30 tomorrow, october 1

12 pm — Fall Career Fair, 2:30 PM — A Reading by Jen Bervin

Sayles Hall
5:30 pm — Providence Latin American
Film Festival, List Art Center
and Joshua Beckman, McCormack
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8 pm — Brown University Theatre
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