T H U R S D A Y NOVEMBER 7, 2002
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Volume CXXXVII, No. 108
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Sex and society concentration suffers from lack of resources BY JONATHAN ELLIS
Brown’s Sexuality and Society concentration was one of the first of its kind in the country eight years ago, but interest and participation in the program has waned. Crippled by a lack of faculty and student involvement, the concentration is attempting to rebuild. Since its founding in 1994, an average of four or five graduating seniors each year choose to concentrate in Sexuality and Society, often using it as a second concentration, said Gretchen Schultz, associate professor of French studies and chair of the concentration. “The goal of the interdisciplinary concentration is to look at the importance of sexuality as a category of analysis in the various disciplines,” Schultz said. Concentrators take classes in a broad range of areas, including the humanities, sciences and social sciences and tailor individual programs of study with faculty advisors, according to the concentration Web site. Sexuality and Society is by no means a department — see SEXUALITY, page 9
At foot of College Hill, a Brownowned building looks for a use
Nick Mark / Herald
Mixing tunes in his native Hebrew with some songs in English and Spanish, urban folk-rocker David Broza performed a two-hour set for a packed crowd of students, faculty and staff in Salomon Center Wednesday night.
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Broza kicks folk rock style BY SARA PERKINS
Playing mostly Hebrew-language folk-pop selections and a few Spanish and English songs, folk-rocker David Broza walked a line between ethnic-influenced music and more mainstream pop-rock in a concert Wednesday night. Broza brought a crowded Salomon 101 to its feet in an over-energized two-hour set, playing songs from his 25-year career. At times he was the missing link between older singer-songwriters like James Taylor and Eric Clapton and the new generation of introspective guitar virtuosos like John Mayer and Dave Matthews. Other times, he was a flamenco bandleader or a peacenik sidewalk singer. The label “urban folk rock” does justice to neither his diverse musical influences nor his obvious emotional investment in his music.
BY ZACH BARTER
Seven years after its purchase, the University is struggling to find a purpose for the vacant, gold-domed Old Stone Bank building, a victim of several administrative transitions since 1997. The building, located on South Main Street in downtown Providence, was purchased along with the adjacent Benoni Cooke House in 1995 to house the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, currently located 18 miles from campus in Bristol, R.I. The Old Stone Bank, constructed in 1898 by the firm of Stone, Carpenter and Wilson, is located within a National Register District and the College Hill Historic District and has been a prominent fixture of the Providence skyline for over a century.
Broza stirs in a variety of guitar styles and holds them together with his jazz-rock baritone. He used rock power chords, jazzy slides, country-style finger picking and flamenco-style rapid strumming, often all in the same song. Rather than feeling forced, his technique frequently is surprising and delightful. Broza’s lyrical influences are similarly diverse. “I collaborate with poets and writers on the lyrics and the stories,” he explained between songs. One song was a neighbor’s poem about the sunset in Tel Aviv — Broza’s one-time hometown — set to music. For another piece, he, in desperation, lifted words from a friend’s newspaper article. His most affecting song was a sweet sixties-style Hebrew peace ballad. He said he began writing it with see BROZA, page 4
see OLD STONE, page 9
Defending immigrants from deportation: students, city youth discuss the possibilities BY JULIA ZUCKERMAN
Students, Providence youth and a probation officer debated whether political activity or community organization is the best way to defend immigrant communities against deportation at a forum sponsored by the Cape Verdean Students Association. Members of the Providence Youth Student Movement attended the forum. PrYSM organizes families in Providence’s immigrant communities to protest deportation and provides support and education for youth. PrYSM member Sarath Suong ’02 said over 1,500 Cambodian Americans are awaiting deportation. Many Southeast Asians came to the United States as refugees, but 1996 legislation removed their refugee status. In March of this year, government officials from the United States and Cambodia signed an agreement to facil-
itate the deportation of Cambodians, Suong said. Cape Verde signed a similar agreement with the United States. Under the agreement, any Cambodian or Cape Verdean who has ever been convicted of an aggravated felony and served a year or more in prison or on probation is eligible for deportation. Tony Lima, a probation officer in charge of community correction in Bristol County, Mass., said he is “right in the middle of” the deportation problem. Of Cape Verdean descent himself, he advocated the deportation of some Cape Verdeans who violated probation. “It was my job,” he said. Lima said immigrants can avoid deportation by knowing about the relevant laws. Laws governing immigration and deportation change frequently, and public defenders often do not know the current law, he said.
Lima said some deportees are incarcerated once they are returned to their country of origin, even though they already served a full sentence and underwent Immigration and Naturalization Service detention in the United States. He emphasized the importance of voting, encouraging PrYSM members to “operate from a position of power” by registering voters and establishing relationships with government officials. PrYSM members defended their community-based approach. Talking with leaders is not as important as talking to community members, said Kohei Ishihara ’02. He and other PrYSM members said they can make a greater
I N S I D E T H U R S D AY, N O V E M B E R 7 , 2 0 0 2 At Yale, admission office bids adieu to its binding early decision policy page 3
New statue outside P.O. will honor charismatic Casey Shearer ’00 page 5
Incidents of larceny, car break-in reported to Department of Public safety page 5
see DEPORTATION, page 4
TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Jacob Appel ’95 says President Bush should reevaluate his decision on stem cell research guest column, page15
Volleyball falls to Harvard, digs out a win against Darmouth College column, page 15
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