The Brown Daily Herald T hursday, O ctober 30, 2008
Volume CXLIII, No. 102
Loiterers concern Thayer shops
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By Chris Duffy Staff Writer
Providence Police and Thayer Street shopkeepers have teamed up to take on a crime that doesn’t even require perpetrators to move — loitering. Loitering is “a big attraction for kids,” said Noel Field of PPD, who patrols Thayer Street on a bike. “We’re trying to keep it so the street is there for people to use, but it’s not their private dwelling,” he said. Field helped the management of Store 24, a convenience store open for 19 hours a day, post an open letter to loiterers. “I have had my business affected in a negitive (sic) way by people loitering and hanging around in front of my store,” reads the letter, which is signed by Tina Sherman, the store manager. Sherman declined to comment for this article, but her letter states that customers told her they felt “afraid” to enter her store and that she’d be “willing to testify in court” against any loiterers. Baiku Acharya, a part-time clerk at Metro Mart, another Thayer Street convenience store, said Store 24 especially had problems with loiterers because it was “central” and “more of a superstore.” He said Metro Mart did not have a problem with loiterers but that “sometimes lots of schoolkids enter, and it gets hard to monitor continued on page 4
Trader Joe’s comes to Warwick Law prevents sale of ‘Three Buck Chuck’ By Emma Berry Contributing Writer
By Jenna Stark Senior Staff Writer
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Director of Public Safety Mark Porter watches as two students practice self-defense moves. Porter helped Department of Public Safety Deputy Chief Paul Shanley train students.
Huckabee to speak tonight on the political process By Melissa Shube Senior Staff Writer
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will speak tonight about his experience campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination this year as well as the upcoming election. The event will start at 8 p.m. in Salomon 101. Boosted by the support of evangelical Christians and Southern voters, Huckabee won early contests in eight states before dropping out of the race in March when it became clear that Sen. John McCain had locked up enough delegates to clinch his party’s nomination. Huckabee’s lecture is sponsored by the Brown Lecture Board. Andrew Chapin ’10, president of the lecture board, says he hopes Brown students “will look past Huckabee’s
political ideology and take away from his lecture insight on the American political process that only a few others can provide.” Kat Yang ’10, the group’s vice president of campus relations, said Huckabee will bring a new perspective to campus. “I know that his political views are very different from the majority of Brown, but at the same time he’s a great speaker, and I think he’ll bring forth interesting ideas,” she said. Sean Quigley ’10, president of the College Republicans and a Herald opinions columnist, said Huckabee was an interesting candidate because he did not fit into the “kind of Reagan coalition.” “He really harped on gay marriage, abortion, even talking about smoking bans which wouldn’t fly with the more limited-government
aspects of the government,” Quigley said. “I look forward to seeing if there will be an evolution question in the audience,” he added. Students seemed very enthusiastic for the Republican’s visit. Tickets for the lecture, which were distributed for free with a Brown ID in Faunce House Monday and Tuesday, sold out within 45 minutes on each day, said Chapin. The ticket demand was comparable to when the Lecture Board brought former Providence mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Jr. and Spike Lee to speak last year, Chapin said. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m., and tickets will be accepted at the door until 7:45 p.m. Any remaining seats after that time will be open to the public. The lecture is also expected to be simulcast in Salomon 001.
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Mike Huckabee will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Salomon 101.
Central Asia trekker: Major work starts locally By Rachel Starr Contributing Writer
METRO Islanders who wanted them had to travel to Massachusetts to buy them — until now. The California-based grocer will open its first location in Rhode Island tomorrow. According to its Web site, the store sells “minimally processed” foods, including many vegetarian, kosher and organic products, mostly under its private label. The Rhode Island store, located at 1000 Bald Hill Road in Warwick near the Rhode Island Mall, will sponsor a grand opening celebra-
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Rory Stewart, who trekked across Central Asia in 2002, lectured students and community members last night on Afghanistan.
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When Emily Breslin ’10 went home to Acton, Mass., one week this fall, she returned with a lunch box full of frozen Vegetable Masala Burgers. The burgers are manufactured by the grocery chain Trader Joe’s, and Rhode
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Part-time grounds worker Bernard Ciotti was hard at work one recent morning, clearing the leaves off the paths of the Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle. All of a sudden, an unidentified person pelted him with a carton of eggs and an apple. It is a felony to assault someone over the age of 60 in Rhode Island. Ciotti, who is older than 60, requested that his age be withheld for “personal reasons.” “I never expected something like this to happen,” Ciotti said of the pelting, which happened last Tuesday. “It makes me feel not secure until they find out who the person was.” Ciotti, who has worked for the University for 13 years, was using a
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Rory Stewart has hit the big time. He is internationally renowned for his 6,000-mile walk across Central Asia, the best-selling book he wrote based on that journey and his work in development. But in a lecture to a large audience last night in Salomon 101, the current Harvard professor said that big change starts at a local level. “The secret is understanding the local — understanding the particular,” said Stewart, the chief executive of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation and author of “The Places in Between.” WOMEN’S SELF DEFENSE Lessons in Jiu-Jitsu, karate and kung fu as part of Crime Prevention Month
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Stewart discussed the role of the international community in Afghanistan’s development and the work his foundation has done in the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan, before taking questions from the audience. Many students in the auditorium were already familiar with the story of Stewart’s January 2002 trek across Afghanistan because his memoir was assigned to all incoming students over the summer. The award-winning book describes his journey day-by-day and highlights his interactions with the people of rural Afghanistan. Stewart briefly discussed his trek by showing a series of photographs as part of a
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