T H U R S D A Y OCTOBER 23, 2003
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Volume CXXXVIII, No. 98
An independent newspaper serving the Brown community since 1891
Underground will reopen with alcohol
“Genius” alums receive $500K in funding BY JONATHAN HERMAN
Jim Yong Kim ’83 and Nawal Nour ’84 are two of the 24 winners of this year’s MacArthur “genius” grants. Both will receive $500,000 of support over the next five years. MacArthur Fellows are chosen for their creativity, individuality and promise for the future, said Daniel Socolow, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program. The awards honor “geniuses,” meaning “people that are doing something so unique that the MacArthur Foundation believes they should continue their research,” Kim said. After graduating from Brown, Kim earned an M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard. The selection process is intensely secretive. The Foundation collects letters of recommendation secretly and the candidate’s first contact with the Foundation is the phone call telling him that he has won, Socolow said. Kim was completely shocked when he received the phone call from the MacArthur Foundation. “It’s kind of like a ‘Wizard of Oz’ thing. It’s not a reward for past achievement. It’s to spur you on for the future. They give you a heart or brain,” Kim said. Kim said he is not sure what he will do with his prize, but “it has given me a sense of responsibility and pressure.” As Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Kim is the driving force behind the WHO’s effort to spread treatment for HIV in developing nations. The goal of the “3 by 5” program is to get three million more people HIV-AIDS treatment by 2005. “This is the largest public health initiative in human history. If we can get three million more we are going to learn something,” Kim said. Kim’s work with the WHO is only his most see FELLOWSHIPS, page 4
Council tackles UCS/UFB relations BY KRISTA HACHEY
Relations between the Undergraduate Finance Board and the Undergraduate Council of Students were at the top of the UCS agenda at its Wednesday meeting. UFB recently rejected a UCS proposal for $5,000 to fund campus-wide special events, and a Photo Club proposal for funding to renovate darkroom ventilation. UCS members explored the roles of the Council, UFB and the University in funding student activities and needs. Dan Le ’04, chair of UFB, was also present at the meeting. UCS supported UFB’s denial to fund renovations to Faunce’s darkrooms, a request of the Photo Club, said UCS Treasurer Thilakshani Dias ’05, who presented the UCS statement. The document — to be revised and submitted to the see UCS, page 8
BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET
political views out of classrooms. Students around the country feel threatened by professors’ liberal slants and are unable to express their conservative views, he said. “Students can’t get a good education if they’re only telling you half the story,” he said. And on campuses where liberal viewpoints are dominating, he said conservatives are afraid to speak out. “There are always two sides to issues,”
After last-minute delays postponed the Underground’s reopening once again, the bar will serve alcohol for the first time in a year on Oct. 24, under professional management. “Everyone is excited and I feel we have come to a nice balance with the administration,” said Food and Beverage manager Adam Gerchen ’04. “We think the Underground will soon be returning to the full glory of years past.” The Underground’s managers told The Herald in mid-September the bar would reopen by the beginning of October. But managers postponed the Oct. 3 opening when Director of Student Activities David Inman took an unexpected medical leave. Inman, who general manager Leslie Friedman ’04 said is the Underground’s strongest supporter in the administration, had been in charge of the club’s operation. Dean for Campus Life Margaret Jablonski took over Inman’s role, which led to the delay of the second planned opening night, scheduled for Oct. 17 when the bar’s new professional manager, Michael Santoemmo, had a scheduling conflict, Friedman said. “The student managers of the Underground and Dean Inman needed to finalize the job description for the manager, conduct interviews and hire the manager,” Jablonski wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. “Training for all students working in the pub also needed to happen.” The University interviewed candidates who responded to an ad in the Providence Journal for the professional manager position earlier this year. The hiring of an overseeing manager not enrolled at Brown was one of the conditions Inman and Jablonski established for the Underground’s reopening. Administrators believe Santoemmo’s presence will cut down on underage drinking at the Underground, the primary issue that led to its previous closure, Friedman said.
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see UNDERGROUND, page 4
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“I am not a racist,” conservative theorist David Horowitz told a packed audience in Salomon 101.
Horowitz speaks out against stifling of conservative views BY JULIETTE WALLACK
Self-proclaimed “scary guy” and conservative theorist David Horowitz made his first appearance on campus last night, in a lecture marked by fiery debate and a polite audience. Horowitz’s lecture in Salomon attracted a crowd of 400 people and a heavy police presence. “I have been dying to answer questions for two-and-a-half years, but no one would invite me,” Horowitz said. In spring 2001, Horowitz’s anti-reparations advertisement appeared in The Herald, sparking a month of controversy that split the campus over issues of racism and free speech. He was invited by the College Republicans to speak then, but the offer was rescinded amid threats of violence. During his 45-minute lecture, Horowitz touched on issues ranging from liberal bias on college campuses to the reparations debate. But, he said, “I am not the divisive, inflammatory, racist force” that some make him out to be and, as a conservative, he is the “target of a campaign of vilification” that has “metastasized” at Brown. “I am not a racist,” he said. Rather, he said he feels “that the civil rights movement has gone astray in supporting racial preferences.” Horowitz began his lecture by describing the ideas behind his Academic Bill of Rights, which calls for universities to keep
Consulting expert says social investing difficult, but worthwhile BY JUSTIN ELLIOTT
With negative preconceptions about social investing, it’s hard to get institutional investors like Brown to even look at all their options. Robert Bowers, managing director at the consulting firm Cambridge Associates LLC, outlined the uphill climb facing advocates for socially responsible investing in SmithBuonanno Wednesday afternoon. Institutions like Brown are in fact running a risk by not looking at their social investing options, he said. Bowers said social investing appeals to investors who are “looking for a
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Unlike undergrads, grad students often use academics to form their social lives page 5
source of return that goes beyond the financial” or who believe socially desirable qualities are found in financially sound companies. In the past decades “the environment, diversity, human rights, product safety, workers’ rights, nuclear power, weapons manufacturing and other issues have emerged as major themes” in social investing, he said. Because of the varied list of issues and many strategies — from stock screening to shareholder resolutions — it is not easy to talk about social investsee INVESTING, page 4
TO D AY ’ S F O R E C A S T Horowitz fails to respond to some questions, says Gwyneth Fries ’03.5 guest column, page 11
Volleyball takes one and drops another in weekend Ivy play, making them 1-4 in league sports, page 12
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