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List Art basement catches fire
‘Sexiest’ alum returns to Brown theater Still on ‘People’ list, Krasinski ’02 dishes advice to full Stuart
By Colin Chazen and Gaurie Tilak Senior Staf f Writers
By Kyla Wilkes Staf f Writer
A blaze erupted in the basement of the List Art Center Tuesday night, after many students had already returned home for Thanksgiving break. The fire started after a dust collector clogged with sawdust ignited in the woodworking workshop. Battalion Chief Thomas Brearley told the Providence Journal that the blaze started shortly after 10 p.m. Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control within about 45 minutes, Brearley told the Journal. The David Winton Bell Gallery on the main floor of List sustained minor smoke damage, Brearley said. He described the fire as a “flash-over,” which typically describes a situation when all combustible material in an enclosed space simultaneously catches fire. However, as of Sunday, there were no obvious signs of fire damage to any woodworking equipment or to anyone’s work. The building was opened as usual on Wednesday following the incident.
Many items go missing in OMAC The following summary includes all major incidents repor ted to the Depar tment of Public Safety between Nov. 14 and Nov. 20. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Depar tment also responds to incidents occurring of f campus.
CRIME LOG DPS does not divulge information on open cases that are currently under investigation by the depar tment, the PPD or the Of fice of Student Life. DPS maintains a daily log of all shift activity and general service calls which can be viewed during business hours at its headquar ters, located at 75 Charlesfield St. Friday, Nov. 14 1:28 a.m. An officer obser ved three males on the front steps of Alumnae Hall. One of the males appeared to be urinating. As the officer approached the subjects, he witnessed the male who appeared to be urinating punch a window on the door. The males laughed at this action and began to walk away from the building, at which point they were stopped. The subject continued on page 5
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John Krasinski ‘02 , who plays the character “Jim” on the NBC comedy, “The Office,” with one of the many students who asked for a photo after he spoke Tuesday.
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While many of their classmates had already cleared campus, over a hundred students gathered in Stuart Theater on Tuesday to hear the words of wisdom of John Krasinski ’02, star of the hit NBC comedy “The Office.” “Be confident,” Krasinski told the students, acknowledging that his words sound cliche. “But it’s so freaking true, it’s ridiculous.” Many of the students, most of whom study theater, postponed their holiday travels in order to hear Krasinski share his insight into the world of professional acting, said Professor of Theatre, Speech and Dance John Emigh, who helped coordinate the event and once taught Krasinski. His visit was in conjunction with TSDA 1520: “Seminar in Theater Arts,” a pre-professional course for theater concentrators, Emigh said. The actor regaled students with stories about his time at Brown, discussed his work on “The Office” and answered questions about his rise to fame. “The Office” has been blessed with the “best writers on television” and great cast chemistr y,
Krasinski said. He also said the chemistry exists off screen. “We all sort of hang out and talk about ever ything. We all just have a blast,” Krasinski told The Herald. Krasinski told The Herald, however, that if he were stranded on a desert island and could have just one other “Office” actor with him, he would choose Jenna Fischer, who plays his love interest Pam Beasley. “The stor y would be terrible if I didn’t choose her,” he said. Krasinski also said that what he learned in his time at Brown was invaluable to his acting career now. “I had my brain expanded to a place that I don’t even remember,” Krasinski said. Though he initially thought about playing basketball at Brown, Krasinski quickly became immersed in Brown’s acting scene instead. “I went and saw (the basketball team) practice and I was like, ‘You’re good. I’m going to leave it to you,’ ” he said. When he decided the basketball court wouldn’t be his stage, Krasinski also saw another opportunity on campus. “Walking back from (the gym) I pulled down a tab from Out of Bounds.” Krasinski said he’ll never forget his audition for the campus sketch comedy team. “There was some girl in my audition ... who said, ‘You know continued on page 4
Rocking librarian once played by ear, not by book make a little noise, even if you’re a librarian,” Widmer said. Widmer, who had been in If books can’t be judged by their bands since the 1980s, said at the covers, librarian Ted Widmer time The Upper Crust began, it certainly can’t be judged by his seemed like anyone could start a title. Though the soft-spoken de- band and become famous. Widmer meanor of the John Carter Brown attended Moses Brown School Librar y’s director seems to fit in Providence before graduating the part, his enthusiastic nature from Har vard in 1984, and ultimakes it easy to believe that he mately earned a doctorate there once sported a powdered wig and in American Civilization. platform shoes as “Lord Widmer had been in Rockingham,” guitarist a few “imaginary bands” FEATURE and vocalist for 1990s in high school, he said. rock band — and 18th centur y “But we never actually had any aristocrat impersonators — The songs. Or gigs. Or practices.” Upper Crust. The Upper Crust began after “I love the two things separate- college when he and his bowlly: rock and roll and history,” Wid- ing league buddies wanted an mer said. A former speech writer excuse to hang out more often. for Bill Clinton with five historical Widmer said the members were books to his name, Widmer was a all involved in other bands, but founding member of The Upper “of course, my most embarrassing Crust, a hard rock band formed in band was the most famous.” 1995 whose members assume the With four guys and one outroles of outlandishly outfitted fops landish theme, the Upper Crust on stage. His short-lived on-stage was founded as an “insignificant escapades — he left the band in other band,” Widmer said. “No 1997 — brought him unexpected sane person would put on a powsuccess and fame, including an dered wig and an 18th-centur y appearance on “Late Night with outfit and expect to become popuConan O’Brien” and an opening lar.” slot for Aerosmith. But Widmer and many of his “It’s not the worst thing to Upper Crust cohor ts were forBy Hannah MoSer Staf f Writer
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Ted Widmer, the director of the John Carter Brown Library, was also a member of The Upper Crust, a 1990s rock band that impersonated 18th century aristocrats.
tunate. A lead singer in another band that Widmer belonged to, called Mente, was married to Kim Deal, bassist for the influential alternative rock band the Pixies. That connection helped Upper Crust get gigs, Widmer said. Under aliases that Widmer said the group members thought up in “about three seconds” before their first show, the band members took the stage in powdered wigs and 18th-centur y outfits fashioned by their girlfriends. Widmer chose the moniker “Lord Rockingham”
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after a historic British barony, one heir of whom died falling off his horse, Widmer said. Widmer played guitar, which he learned from his younger brother and improved with the help of Deal. Though he sang for the band, “I never learned to sing and still don’t know how to,” he said. “But if you turn your guitar amp up loud enough ...” Widmer eventually left the band in 1997. As a graduate stucontinued on page 4
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Living with ‘Lear’: Prof. starts long-term project with freshmen By Hannah Levintova Arts & Culture Editor
“You’ll never be able to get away from Shakespeare,” said Visiting Professor of Literary Arts John Cayley during a meeting this past Tuesday where he presented his plan to direct a four-year long production of “King Lear.” Cayley admits to “a long-term obsession with ‘King Lear.’ ” He also teaches electronic writing, an emergent form of hypermedia that was invented in part at Brown, according to Cayley. His plan to put this progressive spin on a classical Shakespearean text is both traditional and experimental. Although it was the evening before Thanksgiving break, about 15 first-years arrived at the meeting, held in McCormack Family Theater, to learn more about the project. Now in the second year of his five-year contract at Brown, Cayley explained that he has never directed a play but has always wanted to direct a production of “King Lear.” The idea for his extended project arose when, realizing that the end of his tenure at Brown will coincide with the graduation of the class of 2012, he saw an opportunity to grow alongside the first-years that he plans to work with. “We would all live with the play for the duration of our term at Brown,” Cayley said. Cayley plans to cast a company of first-years by the end of spring 2009 who “would agree to enter the world of the play and to live in that world as well as their own during the four years of their university careers,” he wrote in an e-mail advertising the meeting. Cayley arrived at Brown last fall to begin his first full-time job as an academic. He identifies as a poet and worked as a bookseller in London before coming to Providence. He said that his newfound accessibility to the high concentration of people and resources characteristic of a university also contributed to his desire to direct a production of “King Lear” at Brown. “When you come to a university, you get presented with all these people who have all this potential,” he told The Herald. “There are many opportunities to have things happen.” The end goal of this project will be a performance of “King Lear” in 2012. However, Cayley emphasized that the ultimate performance is not his primary concern in putting together this production.
“I’m interested in it as process,” he said at the meeting, “what happens, to you, us, as years go by.” Several students who attended the meeting were similarly enthusiastic about the possibility of engaging in such an extensive production. “Theater is usually kind of an ephemeral thing, it comes and goes,” said Ellen Perez ’12. “I was attracted to the project because it’s spread out over a long period.” Cayley’s only restriction — throughout both process and performance — is that there be no modernization of the text. Participants in the production will be able to debate various editions of “King Lear” that exclude or include specific scenes and lines, but the words and identities of the characters must stay true to those presented in Shakespeare’s original text. “We can argue endlessly within Shakespeare’s scholarship,” Cayley said, “but we are not going to mess with the text.” He said he hopes to implement a rule that any student who is cast, but decides later in his or her college career to abandon the project, will be required to find a replacement, thus best imparting the familiarity with the character that he or she has already cultivated. Despite these restrictions, however, Cayley’s idea leaves plenty of legroom for this process to be experimental. At the meeting, he presented several options for how he might approach the project. He cited the possibility of assembling two parallel casts, where one would be crosssexual — in which women play men’s roles and vice-versa — and having both casts present separate productions in 2012. The project also promises to be one that can comfortably accommodate students’ varied pursuits. Cayley reassured students that this prolonged production would not prevent those interested in theater from pursuing other theatrical commitments throughout their college careers. In regards to studying abroad, Cayley was similarly enthusiastic about the effects that this separation from Brown and the rest of the cast would have upon returning to the project itself. “It’s good, going abroad in the junior year,” Cayley said. “The whole cast, being in their roles, all over the world. It changes the nature of the
whole thing.” The play centers on two men, each disheartened by their children’s conniving plans against them. British King Lear is wronged by his daughters — Goneril and Regan — who seek to undermine the waning authority of their aging father. Gloucester, an elderly nobleman, struggles with his illegitimate son Edmund’s animosity towards his legitimate son Edgar. For the purposes of his project, Cayley has categorized the play’s characters into two basic role types: “investable” and “peripheral.” Of the students cast, 13 will have “investable” roles, those that are more visible within the plot of “Lear”. Of those 13, nine will be considered “focal” roles. The other four are also “central” but not deemed “focal” because they exhibit less character development during the course of the play. Cayley decided to direct Lear across a four-year span in part because of its status as a familiar classic and the magnitude of the themes addressed by the work. “There are really important classical works you encounter before or during university, so whether or not you live with (“King Lear”) for four years, you will live with it anyways,” Cayley said. “If you see it done well, you will live with it for the rest of your life. In some ways, I’m not asking them (students) to do anything they wouldn’t do anyways.” In addition to a nearly inevitable exposure to the work and its powerful themes, Cayley said he believes that these matters are especially likely to resonate with college students. “There are themes that are central and pertinent for young adolescents,” he told The Herald. “People who are beginning to think about the meaning of life.”
The play also grapples with mankind’s treatment of the concept of nature. Cayley loosely referred to nature as “shoulds,” essential qualities or actions that individuals simply consider to be correct. Characters in the play deal with nature in a variety of ways. One such conception of nature is exemplified by Lear, who wants his children to “accord with nature.” To reinforce this point, Cayley cited the King’s demand that his daughters verbalize their love for him and treat their father as Lear believes he should be treated. “There is a lot of puzzling in the play about what nature is and what nature means,” Cayley told The Herald. As a result, readers of the play are compelled to reason about nature but are confronted with differing attitudes toward it. Cayley cited his favorite quote from the work: “Though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourg’d by the sequent effects.” The wisdom of nature, Cayley explained, is identifiable with reason in the play. “You reason about nature in the course of ‘Lear,’ ” Cayley added. “And different characters reason in different ways.” Some of Shakespeare’s other works generate an ideal, Cayley said. “King Lear,” on the other hand, “is a tearing-up play, not a building up play. It analyzes. It takes things apart,” he added. In living with the play through this four-year-long production, cast members will have the opportunity to engage these sorts of themes in a process of self discovery. “You can face yourself radically with these problems, which is something students can do while they are here. They can have many philosophical conversations.” Cayley said.
Courtesy of Brown.edu Literary Arts Professor John Cayley invited freshmen to act in a long-term production of King Lear.
“But when college comes to an end, the world is what it is,” and such outlets for inquiry might not be as easily accessible. Though several students at the meeting admitted to never having read the play, after listening to Cayley’s explanation of the work, some students noted the relevance of the theatrical world that Cayley hopes to animate. Others said they were interested in the play because they might be able to identify with some of the characters. “Last year when reading ‘Lear’ in English class, I told my teacher that I could empathize, being the eldest of three girls,” said Olivia Harding ’12. “It would be so interesting to actually live in the mind of Goneril for 4 years.” Cayley added that although there has been a great deal of support towards the project from various campus communities, because the performance is still four years away, Sock and Buskin has not yet guaranteed the project a spot in the 2011-12 theater season.
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Krasinski got his comedic start at Brown when he joined sketch comedy group Out of Bounds.
you’re not going to get in, right?’ ” Krasinski, who was wearing a checkered shirt and preppy hat, said he apparently wasn’t “the type.” But Krasinski made it into the group and now says the “weird confidence” that helped get him into Out of Bounds has carried him through much of his life. Krasinski said he also gravitated toward Production Workshop while at Brown and usually spent low-key weekends relaxing with friends, discussing scripts. He said one of his favorite campus productions in which he played a role was a stage adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s “Brief Inter views with Hideous Men”. He has since adapted the work to film
for his directorial debut, to be released in 2009. Krasinski, who attended the National Theater Institute after Brown, waited tables for three and a half years in New York City before getting his role on “The Office.” The audience asked for details about and advice for navigating the audition process, which Krasinski called “freakishly difficult.” He told the students not to wear a jacket and tie to their auditions. “People get weirded out if you look like you work for Merrill L ynch.” After Krasinski answered students’ questions, two audience members took the stage. Jonathan Gordon ’11 and Justin O’Neill ’11, students from TSDA 0230: “Acting,” performed a scene from Craig
Lucas’ film “The Dying Gaul” for Krasinski to critique. Krasinski spoke briefly with Gordon and O’Neill after the scene. “Were we this good when we were here? I don’t think so,” he told the audience. O’Neill said performing for Krasinski was “ner ve-wracking,” but also ver y exciting. In an e-mail to The Herald, Emigh described his former student as “unpretentious” and said Krasinski took time from his Thanksgiving holiday to come to Brown. Krasinski stayed well after the event had officially ended in order to greet ever y student who piled around the stage wishing to speak with him. Gordon Sayre ’12, who waited patiently to speak with the actor af-
ter the talk, said Krasinski seemed ver y “down-to-earth.” Sayre said he enjoyed seeing someone from Brown succeed in acting, and that “it makes me think maybe I can do this, too.” One student even asked Krasinski for a picture for his friend who had written Krasinski on three separate occasions to invite him go to prom with her. The girl received no response from Krasinski, who told The Herald that he had never received the letters. Krasinski may be used to prom invitations, having made People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive list twice. “I worked hard really for that one,” Krasinski told The Herald. “It’s funny to be thought of like that. ... My friends give me a hard time.”
Director of JCB library once a rocking aristocrat continued from page 1 dent, he made connections through freelance journalism and a weekly column in the Providence Phoenix that eventually led to a job as a foreign policy speech writer in the Clinton administration for three years and then as a senior adviser from 2000 to 2001. He interned with the JCB before joining the band, and returned to the librar y as director in July 2006 after working as a histor y professor at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. Though he is enthusiastic about his current job, he said he is often tempted to break into song in his
office. “Fortunately, I’m able to suppress those urges,” he said. While with the group, Widmer said he and his bandmates wanted to bring back “that foot-stomping style” of music. He wrote in an e-mail to the Herald that he has diverse taste in music. His interests include African music from the 1970s, the Kinks, the Small Faces, the Undertones, AC/DC, Al Green and “everything that was ever recorded by Stax (Records) in Memphis.” He said The Upper Cr ust’s tunes are “tongue-in-cheek hard rock of the 1970s” and more British-style than American. As one
of the songwriters, Widmer said he penned songs about the 18th centur y. Band members spoke in faux British accents and “wandered in and out of character” as aristocrats. Rock audiences were forgiving, he said. Starting out playing small Boston clubs, Widmer said performances were “just people having fun on slow nights.” But once the group’s popularity began to grow, they started playing larger Boston and New York City venues. There was talk of movies and television appearances. The group appeared on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” playing a song that Widmer remembers
with a laugh as two songs disguised as one because each piece was too short. A documentary entitled “Let Them Eat Rock” — named after their debut album — followed the band for a few months in 1995. Though Widmer no longer plays in the band, three of the original members remain in the now four-person group. Their song “Eureka, I’ve Found Love” was featured in the first installment of the wildly popular video game “Guitar Hero,” a fact Widmer said he was aware of, though he has never played the game. “I need someone to teach me,” he said.
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Courtesy of Brown.edu Professor Jay Tang is predicting the movement of bacteria in water.
Predicting the unpredictable Modeling random motion may sound like an oxymoron. But Associate Professor of Physics Jay Tang is using the predictability of randomness to explain the movement of bacteria swimming in water. His work could have implications in public health or environmental studies. The model, known as Brownian motion, has significant historical roots, dating back to 1827 when Robert Brown observed particles of pollen drifting in a random pattern when he looked at them under a microscope. The term Brownian motion was later coined to describe the random movement of particles in a liquid or gas, and several physicists, including Albert Einstein, helped develop a mathematical model to describe this motion. Now, over a hundred years later, Tang said he is using a “physics angle to explain basic biology and make predictions.” Using new imaging processes, Tang and his team were able to see Brownian motion in the way bacteria move through water. The team observed that the bacteria make tighter turns when they are near the water’s surface, and it occurred to the researchers that in addition to the usual physical forces acting on the bacteria, Brownian motion might also contribute to the observed movement. The mathematical model is versatile, demonstrating everything from stock market fluctuations to the way a drunk person walks, but Tang said he is one of the first to use it to explain swimming patterns of bacteria, which could have important consequences for public health. The reason that Brownian motion plays a role in the swimming patterns of bacteria but not those of humans is the difference in scale. The effect is caused by individual water molecules knocking into the swimming object, changing the direction of a bacterium. A swimming person is too large for this effect to take place. For a person to experience this effect would be like trying to walk in a straight line while strong gusts of wind are blowing from all directions. Using their observations, Tang and his team were able to create a model that could predict the movement of bacteria. Particularly interesting to the researchers was the combination of predictable and random processes, which allowed them to simulate a real-life situation. “It is intriguing because Brownian motion is random (and) thermodynamics is predictable ... (but) we found a coupling,” Tang said. In his lab, researchers have been studying the swimming patterns of a particular bacterium called Caulobacter crescentus, which is one of the “simplest systems to study,” according to Tang, because it only has one flagellum, or tail. While Tang said that this bacterium is the “most common contaminant in water,” it is not harmful to humans. Studying this system is important, Tang said, because “if you understand this, you can understand other species that are more dangerous,” which is important for “public health and environmental issues.”
later he discovered that his keys and wallet were missing from the sweatshirt. He went to the parking lot to check on his vehicle, and it was missing. Providence Police were contacted and responded to take a report for the stolen vehicle.
Saturday, Nov. 15 6:26 p.m. Officers spoke with a staff member who stated that his belongings were stolen from the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center. He stated that at approximately 4:20 p.m. he had placed his pants, a jacket that contained a credit card, cell phone, Brown ID, money and keys on the floor while he went to play basketball. When he went to leave at 6 p.m., the items were gone.
Monday, Nov. 17 11:49 p.m. An officer was dispatched to Keeney Quadrangle in response to the theft of two laptops. A student stated that at approximately 5:45 p.m. he used the restroom across the hall from his room and when he returned a short time later his laptop and his roommate’s laptop were missing from their respective desks. When asked if he secured the room he stated that he had not because he did not have a key. There are no suspects at this time.
Sunday, Nov. 16 5:53 p.m. A victim stated that he had put his keys and wallet inside his sweatshirt and placed them inside an unlocked locker in the men’s room located on the first floor of the OMAC at approximately 4:50 p.m. He also stated that at this time there were two unknown male subjects inside the locker room as he placed the sweatshirt inside the locker. When he returned about an hour
Tuesday, Nov. 18 10:36 p.m. Of ficers were dispatched to Keeney for a report of property damage. Upon arriving they spoke to a student who stated that he was in his room and heard a loud crashing noise that came from his window. He stated that he looked out the window and saw a group of youths, male and female, in the cour tyard below. He could not identify them. He obser ved that something had been
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thrown at his window, tearing the screen. When he touched it he said that it smelled like oranges. Of ficers looked out the window and obser ved a large orange on the ground. There were also apples smashed on the ground. Facilities Management was notified and would respond to repair the screen. As the officers exited the dorm they obser ved two exit signs that had been ripped down from the ceiling. Facilities was again notified. Wednesday, Nov. 19 10:24 p.m. A complainant stated that at approximately 9:30 p.m. he put his belongings down next to the basketball court in the OMAC, and when he was finished playing at about 10 p.m. they were gone. A sweatshirt, wallet, Blackberr y, cash, debit cards, license, keys, a flash drive and a Brown ID were taken. There are no suspects at this time. 10:50 p.m. A repor ting par ty stated that he left his book bag and jacket inside a locker at the OMAC at approximately 9:05 p.m. He stated that he did not secure the locker with a lock. When he returned to the locker at 10:20 p.m., his jacket was on the ground. He found his book bag open and his phone and wallet missing.
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Indians angry after attacks on landmarks in Mumbai N By Rama Lakshmi Washington Post
NEW DELHI, India — India on Sunday began grappling with the political and diplomatic fallout from one of its deadliest terror attacks in years, with the nation’s top domestic security official resigning under pressure and the government struggling to fashion a response amid mounting evidence that the attackers who killed at least 174 people in Mumbai last week had ties to an outlawed group in Pakistan. The resignation of Home Minister Shivraj Patil came amid a growing chorus of public criticism over intelligence failures in the lead-up to the attack and delays in the security response in the hours after it began. Public anger toward the government spilled onto the streets as protesters held up signs in front of the burnedout Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel that read: “India has woken up. When will the politicians?” More than 24 hours after the siege ended, authorities were still removing victims’ bodies from the landmark hotel as distraught family members gathered. When politicians tried to express their condolences and give checks to the families of two of those killed — a security commando and a police officer — they were snubbed. The public discontent is casting a shadow over India’s fragile relations with its neighbor Pakistan. Preliminary Indian investigations have revealed that the gunmen were trained there and came to Mumbai on boats via the Arabian Sea. Indian security officials said Sunday that the only survivor among the 10 attackers was a member of the Kashmiri guerrilla group Lashkar-i-Taiba, which remains active in Pakistan
despite having been banned nearly seven years ago. “We are a nation outraged right now. And such incidents are always a grave setback to the peace process between India and Pakistan. This time our response will be very serious,” Anand Sharma, India’s deputy foreign minister, said in an interview Sunday. Sharma said Pakistan had reneged on a promise made in 2004 not to allow its territory to be used for attacks against India by any groups. But Pakistani officials have steadfastly denied culpability. “I don’t think that this is the time for India or anybody in India to accuse Pakistan. It’s time to work with Pakistan,” said Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, speaking on the ABC News program “This Week.” As tensions rose Sunday, the Bush administration said it would dispatch Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to India on Wednesday. Among the dead in Mumbai last week were six U.S. citizens. In upcoming meetings with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is expected to share findings from the investigation of the attack. An FBI team landed in Mumbai on Sunday to assist in the probe, and Bush has pledged U.S. support for India’s counterterrorism efforts. Indian government officials said that although they had ruled out military action in response to the attack, they were considering calling off the ongoing dialogue with Pakistan or suspending the fiveyear-old official cease-fire on the border. They also said they would consider slimming down the size of the Indian Embassy in Islamabad.
“The mood in the government towards Pakistan is definitely very hostile right now, but a militar y mobilization is unlikely,” said one official. “We may go for a gradual, calibrated diplomatic offensive. But a lot will depend on how Pakistan responds in the coming days.” In interviews, several government officials speaking on the condition of anonymity said they felt helpless about the state of affairs in Pakistan. They said the government in Pakistan may not have the power necessary to rein in hostile extremist groups. “Who do we talk to? Who is in control in Pakistan? They have a government, but how relevant is it in controlling the terror groups there?” a senior official said. As India weighs the political and diplomatic consequences of the assault on Mumbai, officials and political observers say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faces constraints in selecting India’s response. Nearing the end of his five-year term, Singh has little time to shake off the prevailing perception that his government has failed to tackle the threat of terrorism. A wave of bomb blasts has ripped through several Indian cities since May, killing about 260 people and injuring hundreds more. The public call for concerted action has come to a head in the past four days as citizens have protested on street corners, launched text-message campaigns and held candlelight vigils. “The government is on trial like never before,” said Mahesh Rangarajan, an independent political analyst and columnist. “There is a feeling among the middle class that our politicians have failed us miserably. They want a leadership
that will respond to a brick with a rock.” Reports from New Delhi and Mumbai in recent days have indicated that the government had information about the likelihood of an attack from the sea and that there had been directives to boost coastal security. There were also indications Sunday that the government’s response to the attacks was slow: The Times of India reported that it took nearly 10 hours to get commandos into position. In Washington, U.S. officials would not directly address a report that American intelligence may have passed along warnings about an impending attack. Two senior officials with access to sensitive intelligence files would neither confirm nor deny the claim, though one pointed out that local Indian officials have acknowledged being told to take precautions hours before the attackers struck. “If any information had been received, we would have certainly passed it on,” said a counterterrorism official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. In a televised inter view, the chairman of the chain that includes Mumbai’s Taj hotel said his company had increased security after being warned of a possible attack. But security officials in India’s Maharashtra state said at a Mumbai news conference that they had received no specific warnings. U.S. officials also said they saw no reason to question New Delhi’s assertion that the attackers appear to have been linked to Lashkar-iTaiba. “What has been learned so far from this investigation does point in the direction of Kashmir,” the counterterrorism official said.
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Space shuttle touches down LOS ANGELES — The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely in Southern California on Sunday after it was rerouted from Cape Canaveral, Fla., because of stormy weather. Approaching Edwards Air Force Base in rural Los Angeles County at 235 mph, the shuttle touched down at its expected time of 1:25 p.m. PDT, producing two sonic booms as it broke the sound barrier. “It was textbook. It was just absolutely perfect,” said George Diller, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration spokesman. “If we’re going to land it at Edwards, that’s exactly what we like to see.” The sonic booms that arrived a few minutes before the landing were heard across the county and startled some residents who called the Los Angeles Fire Department because of what they thought were explosions. High winds and possible thunderstorms at Cape Canaveral prompted the route change for the shuttle, whose seven-person crew had been servicing the International Space Station for two weeks in preparation for larger crews on longer missions, NASA officials said. “The advantage of Edwards is, of course, that the weather is almost always favorable there, plus they have an infinite amount of room,” Diller said. The only drawback to the new route, he added, is the week of time lost as officials prepare the shuttle for its return to Florida atop a 747 jetliner. — Los Angeles Times
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M. icers back in action Thursday continued from page 12 net and just crashing, and we had a tough time battling, but we let down in the defensive zone a little bit and it cost us a few goals.” The Bears regrouped before facing the Friars and came roaring out of the gate to outshoot them 21-12 in the first period, but missed out on golden opportunities. PC penalties gave Bruno two extended fiveon-three advantages, but the Bears could not find the back of the net despite producing 10 shots on the first power play and four on the second. Friars’ goalie Genevieve Lacasse made some tough saves by turning aside all 21 shots she faced. “To have two five-on-threes early in the game, that would have been huge to capitalize on one of those, get the momentum and start picking up some more goals,” Stock said. “But it didn’t happen, so we have to move on and try to make it better.” On the other side of the ice, the Brown penalty kill suffocated the PC attack over the first two periods, holding the Friars to only six shots during the six-and-half minutes they had the advantage. Murphy said that she tweaked the penalty kill units to insert some new players and rest some of the first-line players. The moves paid off. “I thought they did a really good job,” Murphy said. “I think we’re getting more seasoned. I see the team coming together and I think it’s hard for them, because they’re not getting the results yet, but I can really see them start to gel, so I’m encouraged by that.” Stock said that the key was stick-
ing to the fundamentals. “We were good at picking up sticks, we picked off a lot of crossice passes, got sticks in the lanes,” she said. “I thought we did a really nice job of battling on the boards and getting the puck out.” Choosing to use only three lines for most of the game, the Bears were also able to skate with the Friars at even strength, finishing with a 37-33 advantage in shots. “I thought that the three lines that we put together were pretty formidable,” Murphy said. “They were good defensively.” But the Friars finally broke through for a power-play goal early in the third period. In the waning seconds of the advantage, after Brown had cleared the puck, Lacasse slapped a long pass up the ice. PC had been burned on a similar play late in the second when Lacasse’s pass caught the Friars in a line change, prompting confusion that resulted in a penalty for too many players on the ice that killed a power play. This time, Lacasse’s pass found Katy Beach far up the left side, who took the puck into the middle and beat Stock glove side to give PC a 1-0 lead 3:33 into the final period and just four seconds before the power play was due to expire. “We can’t let people come into, as we call it, our house, and get into the middle of the ice and get shots like that,” Stock said. “We made one mistake and it ends up being the game.” But Brown almost tied it on a stunning play as time wound down. With 3:53 left and PC again skating on the power play, Lacasse roamed far out of the crease to try another
long pass, but Katelyn Landry ’12 picked it off, giving her a golden opportunity to score the first goal of her career. Lacasse dived to make an incredible save, just reaching the puck with the end of her stick to deflect it up into the netting above the glass to preserve the shutout. “I thought the goalie made a great play,” Murphy said. “You have to (tip) your hat to her for even making the dive. I’m sure Landry wants that one back.” Lacasse stopped all 37 shots she faced to beat Stock, who made 32 saves to go along with the 45 she made four nights before against UConn. Maggie Suprey ’11 led Brown with eight shots, seven of which came in the first period, followed by Paige Pyett ’12 with seven and Sasha Van Muyen ’10 with six. Stock said that the game should serve as a confidence boost for the Bears. “We were in their face most of the game,” she said. “We outshot them. I thought we outplayed them for most of the game. It was definitely good for our team to know that we were in the game. We played really well and it just didn’t go our way.” The Bears will return to ECAC Hockey action on Thursday against Yale (4-6-0, 2-4-0) in New Haven, Conn. Murphy said that the offense will need to step up for Brown to improve on their 2-4 conference record in the final game of the fall semester.
Williams ’11 hits four free throws in a row for m. hoops continued from page 12 “Our offense was a little bit stagnant at times, so Coach told me I had to be a playmaker,” Skrelja said. “I was just trying to penetrate and kick the ball out, to look for other guys’ shots instead of my own shot, and they finished.” On the next three possessions, Skrelja found Mullery for another layup, and then scored a basket of his own before finding Sullivan for a three to give the Bears a 72-63 lead with 1:29 left. Army cut the lead to three with 25 seconds left, but Sullivan fired a pass to Mullery under the basket to widen the lead to five, and the game ended with Brown on top, 80-73. Saturday’s game was a change of pace for the Bears, who gritted out a 53-51 win over Eastern Michigan. Sullivan shot 5-of-10 from the field and 8-of-12 from the free-throw line for a game-high 20 points. Then Mullery chipped in nine points and 13 rebounds, as the Bears won despite shooting just 35 percent from the field as a team. “We played hard-nosed defense and played physical down low,” Skrelja said. “It wasn’t a pretty win, but the important thing is that we found a way to win.” The Bears struggled to generate any offense early on, and committed ten turnovers in the game’s opening 15 minutes, putting themselves in a 23-14 hole. “We were a little bit sloppy with the ball, and we were a little timid,” Skrelja said. “Rather than trying to make plays, we were waiting too
much for plays to come to us.” Adrian Williams ’11 got things going for Bruno, hitting four consecutive free throws, and Sullivan added a pair as well, to cut the Eagles’ lead to three. Kelly followed with a pair of three-pointers in the last 1:04 of the half, both assisted by Williams, to bring the Bears to within two points at halftime, with Eastern Michigan leading, 28-26. The Eagles increased their lead to six points in the first minute after the intermission, but Brown answered right back on a trey from Sullivan and a three-point play from Skrelja. Skrelja had another solid allaround game, scoring nine points and grabbing nine rebounds. The lead went back and forth throughout the second half, until Sullivan drilled a short jumper with 1:56 left to put the Bears ahead 53-51. Two turnovers and a missed three-pointer on the Eagles’ last three possessions sealed the win for Brown, which improved its record to 3-3 under new Head Coach Jesse Agel. “Right now, we have a new coach and a new system, and I think we’re learning a lot on a game-to-game basis,” Skrelja said. “We go through stretches where we look like a championship team, and at other times we don’t look good at all. But overall we’re doing pretty well, and it’s a learning process.” Brown will resume play on Wednesday night, when they match up against Providence College at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center at 7 p.m.
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Tasting our roots After a week of Thanksgiving-induced overeating, it’s time to stop to think about the origins of all of our food and the traditions associated with each. Not only family food traditions but also national traditions have their roots in a historic time when Stop and Shop didn’t exist and people actually grew their own food from their own soil. Knowing the origins of your food — and the traditions that come along with them — brings family and friends and a community together to a table. Attempts by Brown to connect students to local farmers — bringing produce directly from farmers to students — have received positive responses from students who frequented the seasonal Farmer’s Market held on Wednesdays earlier in the semester, and the “Local Table” held monthly at Jo’s on Wednesday nights. The sale of local items by the farmers and producers themselves allows for students’ interaction not only with fresh, local foods, but also interactions with the faces and hands responsible for bringing the foods to our tables. With dining halls and supermarkets as our staples, we rarely have the chance to come in contact with the body that har vests the food that nourishes our own. This monthly feature is important for students who may feel out of touch with how their food is grown, and it creates an understanding of the changing seasonality of vegetables and fruits. Thanksgiving, initially in celebration of the autumn har vest, incorporated some familiar ingredients we may have found on our tables with family and friends this past Thursday. Pumpkin — which is found all year round these days, canned and pureed — is speculated to have been one of the ingredients at the original feast, perhaps explaining all the pumpkin-themed desserts found on tables across the countr y last week. Pumpkin pie festively connotes a certain time of year and suggests a har vest season with which we’ve lost touch. The availability of produce all year round has limited the exceptional feeling that comes with crisp fall apples and winter root vegetables. Local foods are like holidays, their memorability coming from the unique quality of time and seasons, like the taste of watermelon in the summer. The connection of the land with the table helps us understand the people who grow the food that we eat, learn the land that produces it and appreciate the moments and memories that accompany their tastes.
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Letters SDS charges may not stand To the Editor: Regarding David Crimmin’s ’72 recent letter (“Alum criticizes justification of group’s actions,” Nov. 20), I would like to make two pertinent logistical points about the charges brought against eight Students for a Democratic Society members for their Oct. 18 actions. First, accepting the consequences of one’s civil disobedience action does not mean simply pleading guilty to the charges leveled. We in the Brown community should fight against unjust accusations just as we fight against unjust policies. Having been summoned to a dean’s hearing for my own actions at an SDS event less than two years ago, I can personally attest to the fact that Department of Public Safety allegations of student misconduct do not always hold up under even the University’s own scrutiny. One injustice being perpetrated
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through these charges is that, as far as current reports state, there is no evidence that these specific students were responsible for injuries to DPS officers. I would wonder if the arbitrariness of the University’s decision to charge only them stems from the fact that they were the only students whose ID information DPS was able to get? To truly live up to Martin Luther King’s declaration that “Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue,” SDS must assert its freedom to continue to engage the aforementioned community, even after the Corporation has attempted to remove them from the sphere of University discourse.
A recent article (“Economy may affect dept. merger,” Nov. 24) about the planned merger of the Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences and the Department of Psychology consistently refers to the former as the “cognitive science” department. The actual department is the “cognitive and linguistic sciences” department. What’s in a name? Why be pedantic? Because the more we are called just the “cognitive science” department (or “CogSci”), the easier it is for people to be unaware of
the fact that we offer a linguistics curriculum at Brown. Indeed, our department sponsors an undergraduate concentration in linguistics as well as ones in cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience, and we have Ph.D. programs in both cognitive science and in linguistics. The full department name is certainly a bit of a mouthful, so we shorten it ourselves to “CLS” or “CogLing.” Pauline Jacobson Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Nov. 24
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Giving back, eventually BY RACHEL FORMAN Opinions Columnist The idea that privileged Brown students have an obligation to help others is generally unquestioned. Some students organize around international humanitarian issues, some coach high school debate and some mentor immigrants. Surrounded by all these do-gooders, a friend recently confessed to me she’s afraid of not being “activist enough” for Brown. I don’t think she should be worried. For people who don’t already feel passionate about a cause, going out to look for something to care about is probably not a good idea. But even if you are one of those students who is already involved in a project you care about, I think it’s worthwhile to periodically evaluate the merit of your commitments and think about whether your volunteering hours are truly worthwhile. I approach this question from a slightly cynical place. My first volunteering experience was with the Kerr y campaign in the summer of 2004. I worked in the Boston office, making polling phone calls to undecided New Hampshire voters and soliciting money from registered Democrats. As we know, Kerry lost the election in 2004 despite winning New Hampshire. I couldn’t help but feel that my summer hours may have been better spent on the beach. I tried volunteering again in the spring of
my freshman year. I co-taught a weekly dance class at the Hartford Park public housing center with Community Outreach through the Performing Arts, a Swearer Center program that “seeks to build relationships between college students and children in Providence to encourage confidence, inspire learning and foster creativity for all participants.” It was a disaster. The students had no interest in taking a dance class, at least the kind of class that I was qualified to teach,
ing to come here?” After my COPA experience, I shied away from volunteering. First of all, I felt uncomfortable going into other people’s communities and offering what I felt was important for them to have. Second, I decided that I didn’t have much to offer as an 18-year-old whose only skills were reading, writing, test taking and dancing. I decided it would be better to spend my time at Brown focusing on my course-
For people who don’t already feel passionate about a cause, going out to look for something to care about is probably not a good idea. and every Friday afternoon became a battle. They were really into doing the splits, but that was about it. There was no confidence encouraged or creativity inspired. I had been naive to think that my students would appreciate what we had to offer. I think they mostly wondered, “Who is this white girl and why is she bother-
work, campus activities and getting enough sleep. The good news is that Americans are living longer lives, and the opportunities for doing good don’t end at graduation. My grandparents, inspired by Barack Obama and their experience canvassing for him in Pennsylvania, have recently renewed their
commitment to public service. My grandmother, a psychologist, has started volunteering as a counselor at the Planned Parenthood center in her area. My step-grandfather, a retired professor, has plans to start a tutoring and support service for returning veterans who have government money to go to college but need some help to develop the academic tools necessary for success in higher education. They both excelled in fields that they were passionate about and then later found ways to use their wealth of knowledge and experience for the greater good. To me, this seems more worthwhile than my teaching dance to kids who couldn’t have cared less. Sometimes I feel a little guilty. I could have shopped around for a more suitable way to donate my hours instead of just giving up. College doesn’t have to be a selfish time — Brown students devoted to public ser vice throughout their college careers have been able to accomplish great things. Ultimately, it’s a matter of personal preference. People should take their time before deciding whether to commit to a cause. People should also be thoughtful about how effective their actions can be and how the communities being addressed respond to their efforts. For some, these elements don’t align during their years at Brown, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
Rachel Forman ’09 prefers not to reap the corners of her field or gather the gleaning of her harvest.
Common ground BY Sam Loomis Guest Columnist Back in May, the Supreme Court of California ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry. This set off celebrations throughout San Francisco and a boom in the industry for wedding cakes with two little men on top. Proposition 8 was proposed (obviously) in response to this, and it sought to restrict the definition of marriage to a union “between a man and a woman” in California’s state constitution. The proposition passed with 52.3 percent of the vote, forcing hundreds of wedding supply stores to throw out their wedding cakes with two little men on top. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (read: Mormons) were among the largest financial supporters of Proposition 8. This is a natural constituency for a ban on gay marriage, as nothing threatens a marriage with multiple wives more than a marriage with no wives. Opposition to the bill was led by Equality for All, an organization that strongly supports gay rights and the right of babies to drive motorcycles. President-elect Barack Obama also opposed the bill, explaining that while he considers marriage to be between a man and a woman, he really doesn’t want to alienate his constituents. I have thus far remained neutral on the issue, but in the following paragraphs I will explain why the passage of this bill is vital to
the strength of our country. In order to see this truth, we must not focus narrowly on questions of “human rights and freedoms.” We are completely ignoring the all-too-oftenforgotten issue of national security. We have many objectives in the ongoing clash of civilizations that is our battle against Islamofacism. One of our most important tasks is to win the hearts and minds of our enemies. That is a reconciliatory goal that even Keith Olbermann can support. And,
platform from which to launch our illiberal revolution — Islamists hate homosexuality so much that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied that homosexuals exist in Iran. Strangely, Ayatollah Khomeini once issued a fatwa supporting the right to sexchange operations, but that’s not important (sort of an LGBT, hold the LGB). We often forget that Christianity and Islam have many common traditions and beliefs. What can Mormons, Protestants,
What better way to win the hearts and minds of religious fundamentalists than to show our commitment to a domestic policy of religious extremism? what better way to win the hearts and minds of religious fundamentalists than to show our commitment to a domestic policy of religious extremism? The terrorists are intent on destroying our liberal democracy, but if we can show them that we aren’t committed to the whole liberal thing, we can find some common ground. The issue of gay rights is the perfect
Catholics, Shiites and Sunnis all agree on? That God shalt rend apart the heavens and rain fire and brimstone upon the Sodomites. Also that she who looks back shall be turned into a pillar of salt. The dual message of Sodom and Gomorrah is clear: homosexuality incurs the wrath of God, and don’t eat salt because it might be somebody’s mother. Why are we fight-
ing Islamists when a much more dangerous common enemy is well established on both coastlines, and completely controls Provincetown, Massachusetts? Proposition 8 is a great way to show the terrorists that we are committed to the fight against gay rights, even in the lawless gay tribal areas of California. Beyond that, we have proved that “liberal” and “democracy” are easily separable. We have delivered a much more palatable message of democracy, one that can spread among the most die-hard extremists: You can use democracy to suppress human rights! You don’t think women should drive cars? Vote it into law! It is said that a democracy of cannibals produces a government of cannibals. With Proposition 8 we have demonstrated our solidarity with the Islamists and proved that democracy can bring about a religiously driven system of oppression. Let the message of democracy ring out from the madrasahs in Pakistan to the caves in Tora Bora. Let its majesty shine brightly from the barrels of Kalashnikovs and Stinger missile launchers. We must join hands with our Islamic brothers (platonically, of course), shake off the antiquated notion of rights and embrace the ancient notion of antipathy towards homosexuals. We cannot let our hate divide us. We must let it unite us.
Sam Loomis ’10 is a conservative trapped in a liberal’s body.
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Sullivan ’11 leads m. basketball to wins By Benjy Asher Sports Editor
Justin Coleman / Herald Point guard Courtney Lee ’10 earned a spot on the Dead River Classic all-tournament team this weekend with 20 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and six steals in two games.
W. hoops gets first victory of season Friday against Maine After falling to the University of Rhode Island Tuesday night, the women’s basketball team (1-5) had its first win of the season over the University of Maine Friday night to secure the opening game of the Dead River Company Classic. Despite falling to 75 West Virginia University Saturday afternoon in the URI 59 championship game, the tournament was a sucBrown cess for the Bears, as Courtney Lee ’10 and Sadiea 65 Williams ’11 were named to the all-tournament Brown 52 team. Maine The Bears were overmatched against the Rams Tuesday at the Pizzitola Center, losing 75-59. URI raced out to a 3720 halftime lead and never looked back. Natalie Bonds ’10 posted a game-high 20 points and nine rebounds, Karly Grace ’11 added 15 points and Hannah Passafuime ’12 tacked on nine points, two rebounds and two assists. — Andrew Braca
Over Thanksgiving break, the men’s basketball team (3-3) kept busy, notching wins over Army on Wednesday night and 73 Eastern MichiArmy 80 gan on SaturBrown day afternoon. Tri-captain PeE. Michigan 51 ter Sullivan ’11 53 shone for the Brown Bears, averaging 23 points over the two games. Wednesday’s game proved to be an offensive showdown, as Sullivan poured in a career-high 26 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds to lead Brown to an 80-73 victory over Army. Matt Mullery ’10 gave the Bears a strong presence down low on both ends of the court, finishing with 17 points, six rebounds and five blocks. “Army was a little bit smaller across the line, so we tried to get the ball down low to Mullery, and we had a lot of points in the paint,” said tri-captain Chris Skrelja ’09. The first five minutes saw the lead see-saw when, after the Cadets scored the game’s first basket, the Bears scored eight unanswered points. Then Army answered back with seven to grab a 9-8 lead 5:19 into the game. Down by a point, Sullivan hit the first of his five three-pointers to give the Bears an 11-9 lead, and Morgan Kelly ’11 and Garrett Leffelman ’11 also connected from behind the arc during a 15-4 run. The Bears made their living from long range on Wednesday, hitting 10-of-20 three-pointers. “When we started to pound the ball down low, we forced them to double-team Mullery, so we got a lot of open shots on the perimeter, and Peter has been shooting the ball great lately,” Skrelja said. The Cadets made a run of their own, outscoring Brown 14-4 to tie the game at 27. But a layup by Skrelja gave the Bears the lead back, and Sullivan added nine points in the last 4:04 of the half to finish with 16 first-half points, pacing Brown to a 41-34 lead at the intermission. The Cadets took advantage of five Brown turnovers in the opening
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Averaging 23 points over their two-game Thanksgiving break, Peter Sullivan ’11 helped the Bears reach a .500 record with two wins.
eight minutes of the second half, snagging a 48-47 lead with 12:19 remaining in the game. Turnovers were a weak spot for the Bears, who committed 21 turnovers on Wednesday, compared to just 11 for Army. Bruno regained the lead on a pair of free throws from Mullery, and Sullivan then extended the lead to 52-48 with a three off the assist from Mullery.
The lead continued to change throughout the half, and with the game tied at 63 with 3:45 left, Mullery put the Bears ahead for good on a layup off an assist from Skrelja. Skrelja was the crux of Brown’s offense all night, dishing out a season-high 11 assists to go along with his 15 points. continued on page 9
Thanksgiving break not fruitful for w. icers By Andrew Braca Assistant Spor ts Editor
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Herald Sports Staff Writer Nicole Stock ’09 stopped 77 shots for the women’s hockey team in their two losses over break.
The women’s hockey team was shut out twice over Thanksgiving week by tough Hockey East opponents. After a sloppy 0 4-0 defeat to Brown 4 the ConnectiUConn cut Huskies Providence 1 ( 9 - 6 - 2 ) i n 0 Storrs, Conn., Brown on Tuesday, Brown (2-9-1) lost the battle for the Mayor’s Cup to cross-city rival Providence College (7-6-2), 1-0, on Saturday at Meehan Auditorium. “It’s becoming a challenge for us to score goals,” said Head Coach Digit Murphy. “I’m disappointed with our power play’s production ... and it’s something that we have been working on, which is even more frustrating. I’m not really sure
what to do, except to just keep trying harder and keep working with the combinations.” Tuesday’s game was delayed for about 45 minutes by a power outage at Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum, and the Bears struggled from the start. UConn scored a pair of goals in each of the first two periods, including two power play goals. The Huskies’ attack was fueled by a 4917 advantage in shots. “The first period was slow for us, and we just never really picked it up,” said captain and goalie Nicole Stock ’09, a Herald sports staff writer. “We’re a much better team than we (showed) against UConn. We got outshot, we got outplayed, we got outhustled, outmuscled. I thought that they did a good job of just putting the puck in front of the continued on page 9