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vol. cxlvi, no. 72
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Adjunct lecturer dies while jogging
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Ivy season kicks off tonight vs. Harvard By Ethan mccoy Sports Editor
By Lucy Feldman Senior Staff Writer
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Co-captain Kyle Newhall-Caballero ’11.5 will head Bruno’s offense against Harvard.
One year ago, more than 17,360 fans came to Brown Stadium to witness the football team take down the Harvard Crimson 29-14 at the stadium’s first-ever night game. This year, the matchup moves 60 miles north to Cambridge, where the two sides are set to kick off their conference schedules under the lights at Harvard Stadium tonight. The Bears (1-0) enter the game fresh off a dramatic 21-20 win over Stony Brook University (0-3) last week, while the Crimson (0-1) look to bounce back from a season-opening defeat at the hands of Holy Cross (2-1). But according to quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero ’11.5, the records are meaningless. “Sure, we’re 1-0 and they’re 0-1, but in Ivy League standings, we’re both even right now,” Newhall-Ca-
ballero said. “If you miss a beat early on, there’s a chance you take a loss that you can’t recover from, and all of a sudden the Ivy League championship is out of reach for you.” Despite the 30-22 loss to the Crusaders, whom the Bears will host Oct. 8, Harvard boasts a talented team poised to again contend for the Ivy League crown. The offense is led by senior quarterback Collier Winters, who missed last year’s matchup due to a hip injury and may miss tonight’s game because of a hamstring injury suffered against Holy Cross last week. His status remains a game-time decision. In last year’s win, Brown’s defense was able to pressure and disrupt Harvard quarterback Andrew Hatch — a pure drop-back passer — but if the more mobile Collier plays, he will present a different type of chalcontinued on page 5
Alum awarded for protein research By Jonathan Staloff Contributing Writer
Arthur Horwich ’73 MD’75 will receive the prestigious Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award today for his work on the mechanism by which primary amino acids refold to form their full protein structure. Horwich, a professor of genetics at the Yale School of Medicine, will share the $250,000 prize with his colleague Franz-Ulrich Hartl of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany. The award will be presented in New York. Horwich said his research was inspired by the work of Nobel
Laureate Christian Anfinsen, who discovered that amino acids will spontaneously refold themselves into proteins even after structural bonds are disrupted. But Horwich discovered that proteins do not in fact fold by themselves. Instead, they require a designated structure within the cell to help them do so. The subject of Horwich’s work was OTC, a protein responsible for removing ammonia from the blood. “Proteins are liable to having mishaps when trying to fold. These machines help them prevent that,” Horwich said. “The work of the last 15 years or so is working out the
mechanism. The next challenge is finding out why there are protein folding diseases like neurodegenerative diseases and can this discovery help prevent those conditions.” The Lasker Awards Program began in 1945. Since then, 80 award recipients have gone on to win Nobel Prizes — including 28 in the last 20 years. “The awards are really about showing the public that our investment in biomedical research is worthwhile,” said David Keegan, senior program director of the Albert Lasker Foundation. Horwich was the valedictorian of the medical school’s class of 1975, the first to graduate after the Uni-
versity reopened the school. “We were guinea pigs for a young medical school,” Horwich said. “Nobody knew the right direction for educating us, and they took such great care of us that we really got a spectacular education. … I can really owe it all my roots.” Horwich recounted “hanging out” at the Blue Room and spending nights at the Graduate Center Bar. “It really was a wonderful time,” he said. “I share this with everyone in the community who helped to work on this project. I really hope it leads to some advancements in clinical medicine,” he said.
Dali reimagines Jewish homeland By Marshall katheder Arts & Culture Staff Writer
Salvador Dali is celebrated for his ability to coalesce mechanical mastery with a warped, expressive
arts & culture sensibility. Many of his earlier surrealist paintings sought to confuse by tactically toying with anticipated forms through distorted, acute real-
The Visit
ism. The result for viewers is often goosebumps. This is not the Dali on display in the collection of prints currently exhibited at the Brown-RISD Hillel Gallery titled “Aliyah: The Rebirth of Israel.” Commissioned in 1967 and then auctioned in 1968 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Israel’s formation, this 25-piece mixed-media collection depicts the Jewish people’s return to their historic homeland. The exhibit
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Maya Mason ’15 admires the work of Salvador Dali at “Aliyah: The Rebirth of Israel.”
features the complete set of colored lithographic reproductions signed by Dali — or, as he referred to himself, “the Divine Dali.”
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Production Workshop mixes dark humor, drama
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Adjunct Lecturer of Education Kolajo Afolabi ’03 died from an accidental head injury sustained during a morning jog yesterday. A passerby saw Afolabi fall at the corner of Washington and Greene streets and called an ambulance. Afolabi had left his wallet and phone at home, which delayed the process of identifying him. In the meantime, Bobby Van Druff, his partner of nearly five years and a planner for the Department of Facilities Management, launched a day-long search for Afolabi. He and other family members were informed late Thursday morning that Afolabi’s body had been identified. Mark Porter, chief of police and director of public safety, said the Department of Public Safety worked on the missing persons case with the Providence Police Department until DPS was informed that Afolabi’s body had been identified. Friends and colleagues remembered Afolabi as a bright, energetic presence. A fifth-year student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, he had been enjoying his first weeks of teaching at Brown, said Professor of Education Kenneth Wong, chair of the department. “He was very warm, very passionate about his work,” he said. “He was a rising young scholar, and he had a very promising career ahead of him.” “Even that he got to teach for two weeks, he was experiencing his dream,” Van Druff said. He remembered his partner as “the fun guy at the party” and “the best dancer you ever met in your life.” In an email informing the Brown community of Afolabi’s death, Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin P’12 wrote, “He was known during his time as a student and since graduation for his warmth, humor and commitment to the Brown community.” Afolabi was already planning for his 10-year reunion in 2013, Van Druff said. “He loved Brown. He really did,” he said. The email noted that Afolabi had received the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institution’s Frederick Lippitt Prize as
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