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vol. cxxii, no. 46
Monday, April 9, 2012
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Novelist Last-second heroics secure first Ivy win over Penn explores Dominican identity M. Lacrosse
By sam wickham Sports Staff Writer
The final shot of the game proved to be the most important one for the men’s lacrosse team against Penn Saturday. Co-captain Rob Schlesinger ’12 scored with 11 seconds remaining to give the Bears (4-6, 1-2 Ivy) an 11-10 victory over the Quakers (1-7, 0-4) at Frank10 lin Field. Penn The win, Brown 11 B r u n o’s first conference victory of the season, puts the squad back into the hunt for a spot in the Ivy League playoffs. “There is a tremendous sense of reward with earning this victory,” said Head Coach Lars Tiffany
’90. “We have been in many close games this year and have been on the wrong end three times. I told the men that we don’t want to define ourselves as a program that gets close — we’ve got to make it happen.” The Bears got on the board first when attacker Dan O’Brien ’12 ripped a shot past the Penn goalie. But the Quakers responded with three unanswered goals to take a 3-1 lead, and a goal from Nick Piroli ’15 was offset by two more Penn goals to put Penn up 5-2 by the end of the quarter. But the Bears slowly clawed their way back into the game, as two goals from the team’s leading scorer Sam Hurster ’14 sandcontinued on page 4
By Emma Wohl Arts & Culture Editor
“You have different masks, depending on who you’re talking to,” author, professor and activist Junot Diaz told an audience that filled Salomon 101 Saturday night in the keynote address of the National Dominican Student Conference.
arts & culture Jesse Schwimmer / Herald
eager to talk about their media and experiences. People are using invisible lasers to make art, developing their own photos or stamping designs onto T-shirts. Zimmerman readily offered a demonstration of the laser cutting machine he was using to make tiny models of the Cottage Industries logo — which is, aptly,
The audience, which mostly comprised Dominican and Dominican-American students from around the country, responded with raucous cheers as Diaz told his story. Their frequent cheers and laughter suggested that they recognized themselves in his childhood tales of mediating between his Spanish-speaking immigrant parents and teachers, doctors and the police. “Story of my life,” an audience member murmured to his friend, as Diaz imitated his mother trying to convince him not to leave home for college. In his speech, Diaz wore the masks of artist and activist, rather than academic. But he employed his own particular brand of art
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Rob Schlesinger’s ‘12 game-winning goal sent Bruno to its first Ivy triumph.
AASA festival Students pursue fun off the beaten track the cozy kitchen at Professor Chef, complex in the Arts and Enterhighlights which all offer affordable work- tainment District in downtown shops for students. Providence. cultural Making fresh mozzarella with a The space is bustling with peomarried couple may seem like an ple and crowded with machinery, odd pastime for college students. AS220 is “a mix of a dive bar and the artists are friendly and diversity By kATHERINE CUSUMANO Staff Writer
Artist ‘gateway’
The Asian American Students Association explored the representation of Asian Americans in the media Friday in the annual Asian Arts Fest, a festival celebrating the diversity of Asian arts.
arts & culture In List 120, more than 100 students watched a range of student group performances including Korean drumming and Japanese fencing that culminated in a concert by YouTube sensation and special guest Jason Chen. The festival this year included dance, song and calligraphy by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, a performance by Hansori — a student group that performs Korean percussion-based music — spoken word by Archiplag-a, modern dance fusion by the Filipino Alliance and a demonstration of the Japanese sword martial art by the Brown Kendo Club. While the Asian Arts Fest is an annual event, King John Pascual ’14, an executive board member of AASA and organizer of the festival steering committee, said the group tries to add a new element to the show every year. “We were kind of inspired by the whole Lin-sanity phenomenon and
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But the undertaking — along with building bikes and joining artistic communities — is only one of many ventures students looking for a break from College Hill have embraced. Providence provides a multitude of outlets for creativity beyond Brown’s offerings. The downtown area is home to the artist collective space AS220, the Recycle-A-Bike workspace and
and an art gallery,” said Cecilia Salama ’12.
feature A nonprofit artist group founded over 20 years ago, AS220 provides resources indance, theater, darkroom, sculpture and visual arts, said group member Matt Zimmerman, a Providence resident. AS220 occupies its own
m. soccer
Vamos a España: Bruno faces pro clubs on tour By Ethan Mccoy Sports Editor
Courtesy of Ryan McDuff
The Bears take a moment for a photo with Spanish club Rayo Vallecano.
Captivity
Journalist Euna Lee tells of life behind N. Korean bars campus News, 2
Performing
Piano recital combines music and visuals Sunday Arts & Culture, 4
Seldom do the names ‘Atletico Madrid’ and ‘Brown University’ cross paths. But over Spring Break, the men’s soccer team took to the field against a starting 11 of youth and reserves players from the storied La Liga club, taking its professional opponents off guard with a 2-0 win. The victory was just one of the many highlights of the squad’s 10-day tour of Spain over break, which included five games against clubs from Spain, Sweden and Norway, and an experience in a soccer-crazed nation that the players will remember for years. In friendly matches against professional clubs that fielded lineups of reserve and youth players, Bruno went 2-2-1. In addition to besting Atletico, the team tied another La Liga side from Madrid, Rayo Val-
Real food
Thomas ’15 rethinks food conversations
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By Michael Weinstein Contributing Writer
lecano, 1-1. After leaving Madrid, the Bears played to a 2-2 draw with Swedish first division side BK Hacken’s U-19 squad, fell 3-0 to CF Reus Deportiu of the Spanish Second Division and defeated Norwegian third division club Nesodden IF 1-0. In Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano, the Bears defeated and tied starting 11s competing in La Liga, the top Spanish soccer league and one of the most competitive in the world. Second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona FC , Atletico has won the league and the Copa del Rey, Spain’s top club tournament, nine times each since its founding in 1903. The team has recently fielded some of soccer’s biggest names, including Diego Forlan, Sergio Aguero and Fernando Torcontinued on page 3
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