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vol. cxlv, no. 63 | Friday, September 3, 2010 | Serving the community daily since 1891
Groups court frosh at activities fair By Caitlin Trujillo Senior Staff Writer
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The Olney-Margolies Athletic Center played matchmaker between student groups and first-years Thursday night.
The juggling clubs rise and fall in the air, caught and then tossed again by both amateurs and seasoned members of the Out of Hand Juggling Club. “A lot of freshmen come in already knowing how to do all sorts of things,” said Benjamin Lichtner ’12, the club’s co-president, as he watched students show off their skills in front of the club’s booth at the Student Activities Fair Thursday night. The fair drew over 275 student
groups and a sizeable chunk of the first-year student body into the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, where club members shared their talents and ideas as freshmen crowded the track to search for organizations that appealed to them. The event opened to first years at 7 p.m., and within minutes some booths were swamped. “People showed up really fast, just in general,” Lichtner said, noting that four people signed up for Out of Hand’s mailing list within the first 20 minutes. The club lost many continued on page 4
Anthro ‘Use common sense’ with Earl, U. warns museum gets grant By Alex Bell Senior Staff Writer
By Abby Kerson Contributing Writer
A grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, awarded in June to the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology as part of a K-12 Civics Initiative Major Grant, will be used for outreach programs for local schools. The museum was one of eight groups to win the grant. The Haf fenref fer, located in Manning Hall, is a recent addition to the Main Green. After the fire marshal deemed the museum’s home in Bristol, R.I., to be unsafe for public use in 2008, the Haffenreffer moved its exhibitions into Manning Hall, leaving its office space and collections behind. The Bristol location has since been converted into a storage facility for the artifacts, which number over 100,000 in total. Although there are plans to get the Haffenreffer a larger location someday, the museum will not be moving in the near future, said Steven Lubar, professor of American civilization and recently appointed director of the Haffenreffer. The move to campus has made the museum much more accessible to the University. It offers a free student membership, which includes access to over 200 other museums across the country. Lubar said one of his goals as director is to spread the word about the Haffenreffer and to encourage “faculty and students to think of it as a resource just like
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The University’s Core Crisis Team, composed of administrators who convene to plan responses to emergencies, met Wednesday to review Brown’s hurricane plan in preparation for Hurricane Earl. “Although it is still too early to have any degree of certainty about the hurricane’s track and intensity when it reaches New England, a tropical storm watch has been issued for Rhode Island and current forecasts call for heavy rainfall and high winds on Friday
into Saturday,” Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Klawunn wrote in an email to the student body Thursday morning. Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, senior vice president for Corporation affairs and governance and chief risk officer, who leads the Core Crisis Team, said he sent out a similar e-mail Wednesday evening to faculty and staff. Though Carey said the University will follow Brown’s existing 15-page hurricane plan ver y closely, the team is paying special attention to the possibility of
needing to reschedule or relocate orientation events planned for the first weekend of the school year. Carey also cautioned students wishing to travel this weekend. Klawunn’s e-mail warned of potentially dangerous beach conditions including rough surf, beach erosion and rip currents. Carey said precautions already put in place include generators at vital locations such as the Sharpe Refectory and food and water supplies around campus. Facilities Management has also been securing construction sites to protect from damaging winds.
Given forecasts predicting that Earl will weaken, the University does not anticipate instructing those on campus to take shelter, but does have plans for emergency shelters if the need arises, Carey wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. Carey’s first tip was to pay attention. “If something really big happens, we can use the emergency communication system,” Carey said. “But one of the most important things people can do is continued on page 4
Bibliophiles at Bell mark Hay’s birthday By Kristina Fazzalaro Senior Staff Writer
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the John Hay Library, a new exhibit showcasing highlights from the library’s collection is on display in the David Winton Bell Gallery. “Pictures from the Hay: Cel-
ARTS & CULTURE ebrating the John Hay Library at 100” features some of the rare books, engravings, carvings and photographs usually hidden away in the Hay’s archives. According to Maya Allison, a curator at the Bell Gallery, the exhibit was planned as a collaboration between the library and the gallery. Allison said Jo-Ann Conklin, director of the Bell Gallery, worked closely
with the specialized librarians of the Hay to select appropriate pieces for the show that would highlight the diversity and uniqueness the trove of exceptional books has to offer. The Hay houses the University’s compilation of rare books and manuscripts, the University archives and several other prominent collections including the Abraham Lincoln Collection and the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, which showcases one of the world’s largest sets of toy soldiers. This quirky combination of objects sets the stage for a seemingly neverending array of entertainment for resident bibliophiles. The Bell Gallery has taken selections from each collection and created an enticing glimpse into
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The John Hay Library, which turns 100 in November, is the subject of a celebratory exhibit in the David Winton Bell Gallery through Oct. 31.
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