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Lamar announcement sparks Spring Weekend buzz Some students expressed enthusiasm about this year’s Spring Weekend lineup By Andrew Smyth Senior Staff Writer
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Students seeking refuge from the wrath of Winter Storm Nemo in the Sharpe Refectory this weekend were still buzzing about Brown Concert Agency’s surprise announcement of this year’s Spring Weekend lineup last Wednesday at midnight. Many voiced positive reactions to the act choices, though some expressed ambivalence or disappointment. “Feedback has been even better than I expected, with one senior posting on Facebook ‘Better than our freshman year?’ with a comment trail of affirmative responses,” BCA Booking Chair Emma Ramadan ’13 wrote in an email to The Herald. “That’s more than I ever dared to hope for.”
That year, the lineup included MGMT, Major Lazer, The Black Keys and the rapper formerly known as Snoop Dog. To say rapper Kendrick Lamar will have an enthusiastic fan base when he takes the stage Saturday night would be an understatement, based on the fervor of his fans in the Ratty — perhaps “idolatrous” is the better word. “It was an amazing snag of an artist who is peaking right now,” said Raghava Kamalesh ’14. “He’ll be a huge crowd pleaser and a lot of people will actually know the words to his songs, which is always fun.” The announcement came in the wake of confusion — BlogDailyHerald posted a fake lineup Wednesday morning after the website received an email that had appeared to have been sent from BCA Publicity Chair Raillan Brooks ’13. The subsequent suspense of releasing the names at midnight made the announcement more exciting, said Paige Morris ’16. “When the / / Spring page 2
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Kendrick Lamar, who has a strong student fan base, is expected to be a crowd favorite at the two-day concert in April.
New $2.9 million magnetic tool will further research Brown The 3.8-ton new sends 21 instrument creates a frigid magnetic field for grads to studying molecules Peace Corps By ALEX CONSTANTINO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
While students struggle to stay warm, researchers in the Structural Biology Core Facility are preparing to cool a new device to below minus 454 degrees Fahrenheit. The $2.9 million instrument will greatly expand the University’s capacity to study life at near-atomic levels, according to a University press release. The instrument is one of the strongest of its kind in the country, with a magnetic field strength of 19.97 Tesla, the unit used to measure magnetic flux density. At the core of the instrument is a large magnet composed of 100 miles of wire bathed in liquid helium and surrounded by liquid nitrogen. The instrument, which weighs 3.8 tons, was
lifted by crane through the roof of the facility at 70 Ship St. Feb. 1, according to the press release. Within the Ivy League, Brown’s device, which is expected to run constantly, is now surpassed in magnetic strength only by a 21.1 Tesla instrument shared by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By comparison, a typical hospital magnetic resonance imaging machine operates at around 1.5 Tesla. The super-cooled temperatures allow the magnet to maintain such a strong field. The new instrument allows “completely different types of research,” said Wolfgang Peti, associate professor of medical science. He likened the new instrument to a “Porsche” compared to the previous instrument, which he compared to a “Chevy.” Peti and other Brown researchers previously had to travel to Brandeis University for days at a time to access a similar tool, he said. Experiments using the device can take / / Magnet page 3 several
The U. slid off the list of the top 25 medium-sized Peace Corps feeders for the first time in a decade By Kiki Barnes Senior Staff Writer
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A crane was needed to transport the University’s new 3.8-ton magnetic device into 70 Ship St. through the roof.
RISD library fuses modern style with old architecture The Fleet Library, recognized as an architectural gem, ranks 50th on a top library list By Alison silver Features Editor
At first glance, the former Rhode Island Hospital Trust Bank building looks much like it did in the early 1900s. The same spherical clock hangs from the high domed ceiling, much like a similar clock hangs in the converted train station in Paris that is now the Musee d’Orsay. The clock is one of several remnants of the historic bank building that decorate the interior of what is now the Rhode Island School of Design’s Fleet Library.
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Previously the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Bank, RISD’s Fleet Library houses specialized collections and RISD students and features live performances.
A combination of old architecture and modern design, the library recently appeared on the list of “The 50 Most Amazing University Libraries in the World,” released by BestMastersPrograms.org. Recognizing the library’s innovative and preservative use of the original space, the list lauded Fleet Library as “the oldest and most influential independent art library in the United States,” according to a Jan. 16 article in Providence Business News. Carol Terry, director of Library Services at RISD, agreed with the description, noting “it is a pretty amazing library.” The longest-serving head librarian in RISD’s history, Terry attributed the library’s designation to its “unique integration of 21st-century design with a historic building.” The library is “a great example of adaptive reuse,” she / / Fleet page 4
Brown will send 21 volunteers to the Peace Corps this year, said Elizabeth Chamberlain, public affairs specialist for the Peace Corps’ Northeast Regional Office. This marks the first time in the last decade the University has not cracked the list of the top 25 medium-sized colleges and universities nationwide sending graduates into the Peace Corps. But Brown’s absence from the list this year does not indicate a decrease in accepted volunteers — Brown was ranked 25th in 2011 and 22nd in 2008 with 21 Peace Corps recruits both years. The University was one student short of the 25th spot this year. Kathryn Fidler, regional recruiter for the Peace Corps, said she has been “nothing but impressed” with applications from Brown students. She added that Brown students have a unique “commitment and desire to do good in the world.” Over 625 Brown alums have served in the Peace Corps since the organization was created in 1961. Currently, 21 Brown alums are serving as Peace Corps volunteers in 17 different countries, including Guatemala, Ethiopia, Botswana, Rwanda and Jordan, Chamberlain wrote in an email to The Herald. Roger Nozaki MAT ’89, director / / Peace page 3 of the Swearer
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Employing archeological pneumonics from “A is for Abydos” down to “Z is for zee end,” Laurel Bestock, assistant professor of archaeology, began her talk on the recent discoveries of the Brown University Abydos Project last night. In her discussion of the trip for the first time, Bestock said she was glad to be able to share her still “undigested” information with the eager audience in Rhode Island Hall, made up of about 70 students, faculty members and members of Bestock’s archeological team. The project, created in 2008, allows graduate students to participate in the investigation of areas of the North Cemetery in Abydos in Egypt for five weeks in December and January. The very first kings of Egypt’s first dynasty came from Abydos, a city on the west bank of the Nile River. Interested in these early royals and their cult practices and how ancient culture factors into today’s modernized Abydos with smog, power lines and modern fields, Bestock’s team was able to understand how the past and present interact, she said. “People come to the site hoping to get pregnant by walking about my excavation,” Bestock said. “How people use it now is still very present.” The North Cemetery that Bestock’s team explored included several vaults, each of which took three hours to excavate. The Cemetery comprised two levels of architecture, holding artifacts including miniature vessels and a human skeleton with toe prints intact and cavity-free teeth — an indication the deceased had lived in modern times. This skeleton became a private joke about an imagined murder mystery in which a 19th century graduate student in his early 20s was killed on site, Bestock said. The vaults, despite their mud-brick composition, were very stable until their roofs were removed. The team therefore had to remove areas they knew they couldn’t save, Bestock said. “I had nightmares about whether or not it was responsible to dig this. I made the choice on the basis that the area is in danger on its own,” Bestock said, referring to the armed looters and Egypt’s precarious political situation.
“We were not able to save as much as I hoped we’d be able to.” Despite these challenges, the team did many early paintings on site, such as one depicting Jesus Christ flanked by Peter and Paul, and another of the Biblical Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac and the hand of God stretching out to stop him, Bestock said. The team also found evidence of how the paintings were made — pots with black material and brushes that had been dipped in them, she said. Bestock structured her talk by introducing each member of her archeological team and describing their contributions to the dig. She first introduced Kathryn Howley GS, the photographer for the dig, and explained the techniques Howley used to record information and capture more detailed images of each artifact, such as reflectance transformation imaging and infrared photography. “We really made a point of using new means of recording,” Bestock said. Bestock’s own husband and dig artist, Simon Sullivan, was next to speak. Responsible for recording an impression of Abydos’ landscape, Sullivan used watercolors instead of conventional photographs to capture “emotions that photographs can’t get,” Bestock said. “I want to be able to communicate the space and give a sense of being for the landscape,” she said. Moving onto project surveyors John Wieland and Ian Brownstein ’13 and mud brick analyst Serena Love, a postdoctoral fellow in archaeology, Bestock demonstrated the 3-D model that the two surveyors developed. The team hopes to incorporate gaming software that will enable users to virtually walk around the dig site, Bestock said. Kathryn McBride GS, a project excavator, was responsible for finding numerous pieces of early dynasty pottery. “I’ve been dying to know who built this building,” Bestock said, adding that inscriptions on the ceramics found on site lead to clues on who built the North Cemetery. Bestock said she was particularly interested in how the pots were actually used — they were functional enough for the team to cook with them, she said. From her experiences in Abydos, Bestock felt both “awe” of the ancient and the “normalcy and reuse” that it can hold, she said. “We want to demonstrate how Abydos was used, and not just for people who are archaeologists who are used to reading maps but rather for people who have come from different backgrounds.”
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/ / Spring page 1 actual lineup came out … I was with all my friends in our dorm, and we all stayed up until midnight for it, refreshing on Facebook. … It was crazy,” Morris said. “We all screamed and celebrated when Kendrick was announced.” The most common complaint from students was lack of name recognition, Ramadan said, an issue that illustrates the persistent conflict between the clamor for big mainstream acts and the constraints of the BCA budget. “The only real criticism I’ve had is from people who hadn’t heard of some or many of the acts,” Ramadan said. “But that’s going to happen every year, because we can’t ever afford huge names like Taylor Swift or Lil Wayne.” “I honestly thought he was a basketball player,” said Kiera Peltz ’16. She added that she is disappointed BCA didn’t book rapper Macklemore — who finished first in the Spring Weekend poll conducted by the Undergraduate Council of Students — especially since he will be performing at Wellesley College in early April. Friday headliner A-Trak will be the main draw for fans of electronic music, though “Barbra Streisand” — the hit single he recorded as part of the duo Duck Sauce — has garnered him a fanbase that extends beyond just electronica enthusiasts. “His turntable and scratching skills are unparalleled, and I don’t think there are any better live DJs out there,” said Kamalesh. “It’s going to be an absolute rager when he’s up there.” “When he comes, I’m going to go up on stage,” said Angelo Nakos ’16. Indie acts Dirty Projectors and Deerhunter — who will play before Lamar in Saturday’s lineup — have less mainstream appeal than the two headliners, but their supporters were no less zealous. “I know people are like, ‘Dirty Projectors, Deerhunter, so hipster. I only know Kendrick Lamar.’ But I think that’s kind of the point of Spring Weekend,” said Emily Schell ’16. “I think it’s cool that they have the up-and-coming groups.” “I’m excited for Dirty Projectors. That’s the main thing that I’m going for,” said Michelle Zheng ’16. Though MJ Batson ’13, director of campus music group Brown Unheard, “wasn’t thrilled” with the lineup this year, she credited BCA for booking a “big name” like Kendrick Lamar. “As a senior, I’m going no matter who’s playing,” she said. “It’s more about the communal experience.” Big Freedia, queen bee of the New Orleans bounce circuit, has also generated a considerable amount of attention. “She (is) going to be so fun,” said Mia Zachary ’13. Several students admitted they would probably practice twerking in anticipation of her arrival. “I’m pumped,” said Gabe Spellberg ’13.5. “(Expletive), don’t kill our vibe,” he added, in reference to the song by Lamar. Spring Weekend is April 19-21. Tickets will go on sale in early April.
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R.I. housing sales up 25 percent Home prices and interest rates are predicted to stay stable as the number of sales keep rising By sarah perelman senior staff writer
Rhode Island recorded a 25 percent increase in the number of homes sold during the last quarter of 2012, according to the most recent report from the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. The increase has led economists to suggest the state’s housing market will continue to improve this year. The association reported that 2,137 houses were sold in the last quarter of 2012, an approximately 25 percent increase from the previous year’s sales. Economists speculate this trend indicates the public is beginning to feel comfortable entering the housing market again. Consumers needed time to accept that they will not be able to sell their houses for as much as they were worth prior to the 2007 burst of the U.S. housing market, said Nathaniel Baum-Snow, associate professor of economics, but they have now adjusted their expectations to the lower market prices. Now that prices have begun to stabilize, people are more willing to sell their houses, Baum-Snow said. The period between 2008 and 2012 represented a transition, and “finally the market is getting back into a more long-run equilibrated state,” he said. Despite the increase in sales, home prices are likely to remain relatively constant this year, Baum-Snow added. RIAR recorded a 5 percent increase in the median price of housing between 2011 and 2012. Low interest rates and lower unem-
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/ / Magnet page 1 days, he added. Peti worked with Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 to secure funding for the magnet, which was paid for by anonymous donors. Peti said the University is looking to expand the core facility even further with a third instrument at midrange strength and added that Brown may be investing in structural biology, the study of biological molecules like proteins, because it often has immediate practical applications despite its focus on basic mechanisms. The field was historically crucial in developing the first drugs to fight human immunodeficiency virus, he added.
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Low interest rates, which especially encourage new buyers, are potential reasons for last year’s increase in home sales. ployment rates — down to 10 percent they have both the funds and the security from the 12 percent peak in 2008 — may to enter the market, said Liam Malloy, have contributed to last year’s spike in assistant professor of economics at the home sales. University of Rhode Island. The state The drop in interest rates has encour- has created between 10,000 to 12,000 aged buyers to enter the market, said jobs in the last six months in a variety Francis Dwyer, president and owner of of industries, he added. Century 21 Dwyer Realtorsin North The growth of the Rhode Island housKingstown. Interest rates best indicate ing market reflects national trends, said how much buyers should budget toward Fred Cooper, senior vice president of housing payments each month, he added. finance, international development and “I think the interest rates are pretty investor relations for Toll Brothers, one well stabilized for the first half of this of the nation’s largest homebuilders. The year,” Dywer said, which will likely lead to housing market crash repressed confurther increases in home sales in 2013. sumer demand but, “now, customer As more Rhode Islanders find work, confidence is stronger,” he said. Once the University establishes the Structural Biology Core Facility as a major research center, it could receive federal funding, Peti said. The research group currently includes about 30 people, he said. The University also plans to sell time with the new instrument to other institutions, including the University of Rhode Island, according to the press release. Nick Fawzi, assistant professor of medical science, cited the “worldclass” instrument as one of the reasons he joined the University’s faculty. It is “going to be a really great tool to do really good work,” he said. Before coming to Brown, he used a similar instrument to study the protein aggregation implicated in Alzheimer’s
disease. He was first author on the resulting paper, published in the journal Nature. He said he hopes to expand upon those results at Brown by studying protein aggregates in Lou Gehrig’s disease and a form of dementia. It will take three weeks to charge the magnet, and it will be an additional three months before it is fully operational, Peti said. In the meantime, Peti said he hopes it will inspire undergraduates to join the research effort.
/ / Peace page 1 Center for Public Service and associate dean of the College for community and global engagement, said the combination of student perception, undergraduate opportunities and the Open Curriculum creates a predilection for post-graduate community service at Brown. “In general, there is a very strong culture of students who come to make a difference at Brown and beyond,” Nozaki said. “Students also choose Brown specifically for that culture.” Nozaki said the Swearer Center provides many opportunities for undergraduates to get involved with community service and continue with that involvement even after they graduate. The Open Curriculum also gives students a flexibility to create a blend of study that is very appealing for organizations like the Peace Corps, he said. “The Open Curriculum attracts people who have the desire to make a difference both in their own lives and in other communities,” said Jim Amspacher, career advisor at the Center for Careers and Life After Brown. “Employers like the Peace Corps seek out Brown students for their passion, communication and critical thinking.” The CareerLAB will host the Brown/RISD Nonprofit Career Fair in Sayles Hall Feb. 20, where the Peace Corps will be one of 38 nonprofit employers present, Amspacher said. He added that students interested in both internships and full-time jobs relating to community service and the social good should attend the fair. “We would love for Brown to be back on the (top-25) list,” Chamberlain said. The Peace Corps will also give a presentation at the CareerLAB Feb. 27.
weekend crime repor t The following is an account of crime events that took place this weekend, reported to The Herald by Deputy Chief of Police for the Department of Public Safety Paul Shanley: Between Saturday night and Sunday morning DPS officers responded to a call about exit sign destruction in Olney House around 11:45 a.m. Sunday and discovered a total of 15 exit signs destroyed. Unknown suspects broke the signs and pulled them from the walls. This specific act of destruction of property has been very prevalent around campus in recent years, occurring most frequently in Keeney Quadrangle. The University responded to earlier cases of exit-sign destruction in the first-year residence hall with a campus-wide email in September informing residents they would be charged for any further damages. At this point, the University has not assessed any such payments. Sunday afternoon DPS officers responded to a fire alarm around 3 p.m. at CorlissBrackett House, which houses the Office of Admissions. When the officers entered the building, they were immediately met by a large amount of water flowing down the stairs. It was determined the stream was caused by a burst water pipe on the fourth floor. The fire alarm was triggered when it detected a disruption in the fourth floor water flow. The Providence Fire Department as well as employees from Facilities Management met DPS officers at the house to aid in the clean up. The building suffered significant damage but the projected cost of repair is unclear. —Caleb Miller
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4 feature / / Fleet page 1 said. The library even receives visits from former bank workers, she added, noting that the building’s original name continues to adorn its front facade and seven of the old bank vaults still exist in the library basement. The library’s main floor is characterized by artistic and open spaces. With RISD alum Nader Tehrani heading the team of architects, the project leaders in charge of restoring the library considered a variety of criteria when determining the library’s material, structural and spatial design. “As a library for art and design students, we didn’t want an ordinary space,” Terry said. Inside the main room, an expansive staircase connects the ground floor to an upper level where a series of unhinged desks gives students an opportunity to overlook the hall. The stairs not only serve the function of extending the space to two floors — they are part of the study space in themselves. “It was one of those ‘aha’ moments,” Terry said, describing the architects’ decision to construct the spacious staircase. “You often see RISD students sitting on stairs, looking at space, drawing” and completing various art projects, Terry said. The edge of the stairs is not just one single plane, she said, and the railings along the sides of the stairs contribute to the fluid and sweeping structure of the design. The curved walls along the stairs look filled with holes at first glance, but closer inspection reveals letters carved out of the wood, spelling out names of artists,
philosophers, art historians and past RISD librarians who contributed to the school’s fields of study. Besides providing a mode of reaching the second floor, when the library is closed the stairs open up the center of the room to various performances and events. Groups such as Big Nazo and the Brown Theater Club have transformed the room into a “theater in the round” type performance venue, including the audience members — seated on the stairs — in the spectacle. “It gives it a human scale,” Terry said. The library has even held weddings and receptions and recently hosted Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox, DProvidence, to speak on the history of Motown. While the top of the stairs offers an open space where up to 200 students can work at movable desks, individual study carrels set into the side walls provide yet another variation of space. Though the nooks — which resemble Harry Potter’s cupboard under the stairs — appear identical, the study carrels are actually all unique, a quality made possible by computer numerical control routing. This process — a recent architectural technological advancement — allows for specific kinds of cutting wood to shape the walls in varying waves of size and form. One of many creative uses of the space, the unobtrusive location of the study carrels leaves more room for the 100,000 volumes shelved in double rows of stacks. There are many more oversized art books compared to regular books, Terry said, so it was especially important for the library to support the size of the collection. The
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In addition to serving as an architectural landmark and open study space, the library houses an entertainment venue for use when the library is closed and a dorm for RISD students that spans nine of its 11 floors. second floor is also home to the soonto-be-completed material resources center, which will offer students a place for “hands-on” experiments with a wide array of materials, including glass, ceramics, animal products, textiles and wood. Beyond books and files, the Fleet also houses RISD students on floors three through 11. Students moved into these upper floor dorms in 2005, though the library itself was not completed until the following year, Terry said. Part of the delay in redesigning the library after RISD received the space in 2002 was due to the necessity of completing the student housing project first, Terry said. RISD formerly housed twothirds of its volumes in a smaller library — delegating one-third to storage — until Fleet was completed in 2006. The former library, located in the College Building on the corner of Benefit and
College Streets, had much less study space and no rooms for teaching, while the new library has two video viewing rooms and four rooms used for classes, including the Dale Reading Room for Archives and Special Collections and the Material Resource Center. The Dale Reading Room is partially furnished with a 1937 walnut reference desk transferred from the old library. Jon Gourlay, a RISD sophomore majoring in film animation video, is one of 500 students whose dorms are above the library. “One thing that really strikes me is convenience,” he said of living above the library. “Whenever I have friends that come by to visit me, they’re always going ‘Wow! Oh my God, this place is so beautiful!’” While the library can easily get filled up with students, Gourlay praised the building’s aesthetic design as well as the quality of the dorms. He said it is difficult to pinpoint one specific aspect of the library that would place it among the world’s finest, but he pointed to the hanging clock as a common object for students’ drawings, paintings and general admiration. “It certainly sticks out to people,” he said. As a place to study art, the Fleet features an impressive assortment of resources for RISD students in particular. “Beyond just its appearance, it has resources that you don’t find in the av-
erage library,” ssaid Elise Mortensen ’16, who is in the Brown-RISD Dual Degree program. Mortensen, who is studying sociology at Brown and printmaking at RISD, works as a reference desk assistant at the Fleet and is familiar with the library’s extensive offerings. “It’s a great resource if you’re taking any class that relates to any artistic form,” she said. And “it’s fun to just go,” she added, mentioning the volume of specialized art books — such as literature on Japanese printmaking and how to make pop-up books — as well as the magazine collection among the library’s appealing features. “It deserves attention. I think it’s a focal point of the school,” she said. Indeed, that is exactly what Jeremy Alder, lead editor of the top-50 list, said he was looking for in the libraries that made the cut. “The library is at the very core of a school’s learning and research opportunities, and plays a fundamental role in the student’s ability to excel at the college level,” he said, according to the Providence Business News article. The Fleet also appeared in a November article in Travel and Leisure on its list of America’s most beautiful college libraries. “I love it. I think it’s beautiful,” said Isabelle Sanchez, a RISD student. “I have only good things to say.”
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R.I. test scores see no significant change A new policy mandates a ‘proficiency’ score on an assessment exam as a graduation requirement By tonya riley senior staff writer
Test scores for Rhode Island high schoolers have improved slightly since last year on the New England Common Assessment Program, according to data from the Rhode Island Department of Education released Friday. The department collected scores on the math and reading portions of the assessment program — a standardized test administered to students in grades three to eight, as well as high school juniors, in several New England states. Scores for elementary and middle school students remained the same from last year, according to the press release. But the data show minority and special-needs students continue to lag behind their peers in standardized testing, the Providence Journal reported. Forty percent of students in the class of 2014 failed to score at least “partially proficient” on the NECAP in 2012, according to the report. New requirements under Rhode Island’s “Common Core State Standards” — which went into effect this past year — stipulate that juniors must score either at or above this level in order to graduate from the state’s high schools. The Rhode Island Board of Regents adopted the Common Core Standards in 2010 — one year after famed but con-
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troversial Deborah Gist was named the state’s Commissioner of Education — in order to prepare graduating students for entry into college or workforce education programs, according to the RIDE website. Alternative tests and waivers are available to students seeking to graduate who are unable to score at the required level, according to the press release. Schools are also obligated to provide supplementary instruction to students unable to pass the NECAP, according to the release. “We hope and expect to see continued improvement for all student groups in the coming years as we implement the new Common Core State Standards and as our accountability system focuses ever-greater attention on closing achievement gaps,” Gist said at a press conference Friday. The state’s four-year graduation rate remained at 77 percent, according to the report. There were also marginal increases in the five-year and six-year graduation rates, according to data released by Gist and Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 at the press conference. The Rhode Island Federation of Teachers criticized Gist earlier this month for proposing sanctions against school districts that based their employment policies on the length of a teacher’s career and not the state education policy, WPRI reported. Gist’s policies have garnered criticism from teachers unions in the past for their emphasis on the role of test scores in evaluating teacher performance. “I appreciate all that educators across Rhode Island are doing to prepare our students for success,” Gist said at the press conference.
sports tuesday 5 / / Ball page 8 Tigers — thanks to several jump shots by co-captain Sheila Dixon ’13. Dixon was lead scorer for the game, clocking in with 17 points, nearly half the Bears’ total. But Dixon’s performance could only help the Bears’ offense so much — the Tigers took control of the court in the second half, going on a 10 point run that helped balloon their lead to 22 points. The Bears briefly narrowed the gap, but ultimately could not contend with the Tigers’ ferocious offense. “They are very good shooters and rebound the ball well,” Ball said. “To beat a team like that we have to be
/ / Wrestle page 8 back, beating the Bears in three consecutive matches. In the 157-pound class match, Philip Marano ’14 won in a oneminute sudden victory period, helping Bruno regain some momentum. But Lehigh successfully won three of the final four matches to win the afternoon’s contest 27-16. “We have had an up-and-down season, with wins against (Stanford University) and (Cleveland State University), but also several tough losses,” Amato said. “The following month is going to tell us a lot.”
just as offensively aggressive as we are defensively aggressive.” Princeton left the court shooting 46 percent from the field, while the Bears finished with 25 percent. Bruno was also shut down by the Quakers’ relentless defense during their Sunday night match. “I think they obviously played really tough defense,” said Lauren Clarke ’14. “They were denying me the whole time — they made it difficult for me to score, so we had to look for other options.” Clarke led the Bears with 13 points. The game’s lead scorer, Penn’s Alyssa Baron, helped the Quakers jump out to an early lead. A threepointer by Baron had the Quakers
leading 19-8 only nine minutes into the game. By the end of the first half, the Quakers held the gap of 11 points with a score of 33-22. Bruno managed to narrow the deficit to eight points in the second half, but with ten minutes left in the game, Penn pulled ahead and finished the game 65-48. “We just needed to have more team chemistry, working together,” Clarke said. “They both were very similar games. Both were very tough on defense and we just have to find our flow on offense.” The Bears will play Columbia on the road this Friday and host Cornell at home Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Pizzitola Center.
In the coming weeks, the squad will compete at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships March 8-9 and the NCAA Championships March 21-23. Last season, two members of the squad — Bernstein and Dave Foxen ’12 — were able to successfully qualify for the NCAA Championships as a result of their performances at the EIWA Championships. “If everyone keeps competing at the current level, five or six guys can make the (NCAA) tournament,” Bernstein said. “We just have to keep taking care of business, and wrestle to our potential.”
Coming into this season, expectations for the squad started out and continue to be high, Amato said. “The team is really focused. We want to be the best, not just a little above average,” Bernstein said. “The attitude is contagious, it will show at the EIWA Championships.” Bruno travels to Massachusetts this weekend to compete against Harvard and the Boston University Terriers. “We saw Harvard beat Lehigh on Sunday before our match,” Amato said. “(Harvard) has five guys nationally ranked — we have to wrestle our best match of the year so far.”
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Fighting inflation, causing stagnation Several professors in the Department of Economics have voiced plans to follow new grade distribution guidelines as part of an effort to combat grade inflation, The Herald reported Thursday. In the recommended scheme, 30 percent of students in a class would receive As, 40 percent Bs and 30 percent Cs. This would be the norm for the more easily accessible, introductory courses that tend to have more students, concentrators and non-concentrators alike, than the upper-level seminars. While we believe grade inflation should be monitored and that Brown’s straight letter grading system can be problematic for all departments, we oppose the implementation of a blanket grading policy. Professors of Economics Robert Serrano and Louis Putterman, who is also the director of undergraduate studies for the department, were quoted as supporters of the new recommendations, specifically because they believe it is a terrible idea for all students to receive As (“Econ dept. looks to curb grade inflation,” Feb. 7). Though students may vehemently protest this notion, it is a valid assessment and, furthermore, the lopsided distribution of As across all courses may even be detrimental to the educational mission of the University. Of course Brown students want to do well, and it should be the case that any level of commitment and performance in any course should translate to the proportional grade. For an undergraduate institution riddled with high-achievers, it is severe to declare 70 percent of the grades are predestined to be lower than an A. There must be a balance between concerns of both faculty members and students, and it is not prudent for one department to so crudely contrive a policy that addresses only the concerns of the former. Economics is one of the University’s more popular concentrations, both because of its practicality and its potential for future employment. Many ambitious economics students are well equipped to succeed in the rigorous recruitment process for consulting and financial firms. For these positions and for graduate school applications, grade point average is a key factor. We often hear that Brown “doesn’t do” GPAs but that certainly is not the case when soon-to-be-graduates search for job opportunities outside of the University. The grading and scheduling norms at Brown may work against the economics department’s recommendations. First, Brown’s strict adherence to letter grades sans pluses or minuses provides very little leeway for professors in determining grades. This is particularly true for students in the nebulous area between letter grades, where the final decision is a full integer difference on a four-point scale. The University may not be ready to change its grading system so dramatically, but pluses and minuses would allow professors the flexibility to award more accurate grades and could help combat grade inflation. Second, Brown allows students to drop a course at any point in the semester. It is likely you or someone you know has dropped a course for fear of an impending bad grade. Though acknowledging this is not popular, we cannot ignore that it occurs. If the change is implemented, many more students may drop an economics course for not being in that 30 percent receiving As, forcing professors to award even fewer As to a dwindling number of students in what would result as a vicious cycle. The economics department may think it has found a solution to the Gordian knot, but the new recommendations engender more issues than they solve. Before any department chooses to implement such extensive policies, opinions from all parties, including students, need to be heard, consulted and appropriately incorporated into its long-term plans for dealing with a problem with so wide a scope and effect. Editorials are written by The Herald’s editorial page board: its editor, Dan Jeon, and its members, Mintaka Angell, Samuel Choi, Nicholas Morley and Rachel Occhiogrosso. Send comments to editorials@browndailyherald.com.
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Faith and anti-intellectualism Adam Asher Opinions Columnist Googling “religion anti-intellectual” returns about 3.6 million hits, most of them on the anti-religion side of the argument. In fact, the only article on the first page countering the assertion that religion is inherently anti-intellectual is from The Gospel Coalition, which, though a fine site, is not exactly the Brookings Institution. Combing through the results reveals further anti-religious sentiment. One eyecatching headline even reads, “GOP Insider: Religion destroyed my party.” Naturally, the groups with the most vested interest in a positive public perception of religion would be religious groups. Nevertheless, it’s a shame that religion seems to have lost almost all backing from mainstream intelligentsia. Even the word “religion” conjures images of old books and dusty seminaries with arthritic priests standing watch. It’s not surprising there has been such a shift in perception. A cursory glance at your Facebook news feed or the BBC home page on any given day will provide enough examples of religious hatred and its effects that I don’t need to list them here, but suffice it to say that many religious leaders have declared a war on any ideas that don’t fit their particular narratives and might threaten their hold on
power. We’re at Brown — we know and understand this phenomenon. But we have to be careful not to let a healthy skepticism about religious authority become a fear and hatred of religion itself. I’ll be the first to admit religion can bring out many of humanity’s worst traits, among them a blind adherence to authority, intolerance and even hatred for those who think differently or are simply different, as well as a pathological fear of anything that upsets
aged not to study by themselves in case their opinions about and interpretations of the law go unchecked — a positively Socratic precept. The problems of religion don’t stem from the abstract idea of believing in a higher power and a universal truth. The evils of religion continue to be carried out by people — both those in positions of authority and those on the ground who carry out their commands. The Muslim Brotherhood terrifies me. I have consider-
Turning to religion as part of one’s internal struggle for meaning is not a sign of mental weakness.
the social order. But we can’t let religion’s shortcomings eclipse the enormous good it facilitates, good that extends beyond the considerable charity and social action initiatives in which religious organizations have always participated. To use a personal example, what speaks most to me about my faith — Reform Judaism — is the premium it places on finding one’s own personal truth. The word “Yisrael” itself literally means “He who wrestles with God.” Even the strictest Orthodox Jews are encour-
able problems with the Vatican. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is backward and corrupt. Yet, when practiced with the intention of seeking answers for the unanswerable, Islam, Christianity and Judaism are beautiful faiths that can engender human connection and empathy. God isn’t the problem — human beings are the problem. If we, as educated people, continue to turn up our noses at any sort of organized religion, we will only push its practitioners farther away from centers of learning and into the waiting arms of the very
institutions we wish to change. After all, 73 percent of Americans identify as Christian — you can’t simply wish them away. If we want their views to change, we have to start with acceptance and understanding, as distasteful as that may seem. I’m not asking you to accept God or Jesus or Satan or any other being into your heart. What I am asking is that you honestly assess the assumptions you make about people when they profess any sort of belief in a higher power, vague as it may be. It does not mean they believe the planet is 6,000 years old, or women should be subordinate to their husbands at all times or homosexuality is immoral. I’m talking about a simple belief in God. Turning to religion as part of one’s internal struggle for meaning is not a sign of mental weakness. Author and essayist David Foster Wallace was undeniably a man of extraordinary brainpower — he even received a MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a “genius grant.” He also frequently attended church services. Not everyone wants or needs religion to be a part of their life. But if someone as brilliant as Wallace felt that he benefited from it, it’s worth considering that religion isn’t solely the pastime of the ignorant and faith does not have to be the enemy of reason. Adam Asher ’15 is concentrating in Classics. He can be reached at adam_asher@brown.edu, and followed on Twitter (@asheradams).
A contemporary colonial war Luke Lattanzi
Silveus Opinions Columnist
If the intervention in the West African country of Mali shows us anything, it’s that colonialism is still alive and well, though its form has changed somewhat. Its old colonial ruler, France, has directly intervened in Mali in the name of “humanitarian intervention,” claiming that if they do not, Mali will degenerate into some form of a Islamic republic. Shamefully, even much of the French left has assented to the deployment of the French military. In a phrase eerily reminiscent of the colonial quest to “civilize” the rest of the world, Deputy Francois Asensi of the main left parliamentary coalition in France said that “to abandon the people of Mali to the barbarism of fanatics would be a political error and a moral failing.” This kind of talk is not new — it is usually what leaders say before sending in the bombs, the drones and the troops. To make the narrative of “humanitarian intervention” work, you must ignore the nature of the rebel groups, the Malian government and the very causes of the civil war. First off, the rebels. Yes, some of them are Islamists who want to impose some form of Sharia law. But the rebels are a divided group. There are also the Tuareg nationalist rebels who are fighting for independence of the area known as Azawad.
In fact, Tuareg nationalists are arguably the dominant group — though information from the area is sketchy at best — and their goal is simply self-determination. They also have particular interest in creating an Islamic republic. The Western-backed Malian government is not a model government. It was installed by a military coup in March 2012 and its army has been continually cited for human rights abuses. A confidential United Nations report argues that intervention will make things worse, leading to 400,000 more people being displaced, af-
countries were drawn without any correspondence to ethnicity. The Tuaregs were a nomadic people that historically interacted much more with northern Africa than with Mali. Not to mention that large parts of the Tuareg community are not in Mali at all, but in neighboring Niger. They are one of the very many peoples in Africa that are without a state or divided into different states. They are also one of the many peoples in Africa that are being oppressed because the government is dominated by another ethnic group. The practicality of this setup for West-
To make the narrative of “humanitarian intervention” work, you must ignore or misportray the nature of the rebel groups, the Malian government and the very causes of the civil war.
ter 500,000 were displaced last year. What is usually ignored in these conflicts are the causes. Masses of people don’t just take up arms and risk death or torture for the thrill of it. The main reason for the uprising in Azawad is the Malian government’s continual repression of the Tuaregs, as well as of the peoples in the north more generally. And if we trace this cause back one step we again end up at French colonialism. The borders of most African
ern dominance indicates that there is more than mere carelessness at play. The borders set up by the colonial powers left the Malian government facing a perpetual threat of rebellion that it is unable to handle on its own. In order to brutally maintain control, the government has to turn to Europe or the United States to receive military aid, weapons and in some cases, direct military intervention. Mali is thus dependent on the support of the West,
which means that the West can make demands. These demands include opening up countries to the effects of free international trade, which are devastating for countries that have very little domestic capital or industry. The demands also include allowing Western companies free rein to extract the vast wealth of resources in these countries. Mali has huge gold deposits, making gold one of its main exports. France also has an economic interest in Mali, but its main reason for intervention is its own extraction in neighboring countries that would be affected if the Malian uprising were to spread. In Niger — one of the poorest countries on Earth and home to another large Tuareg minority — the French energy company Areva is currently building the second-largest uranium mine in the world. This is why there is a “resource curse” — why countries with such great wealths of resources end up as underdeveloped dictatorships. The West will use what it can to make sure the western capitalist class is the one making money off of these resources instead of the peoples whose territories these resources are in. It has no qualms about setting peoples against each other or propping up oppressive dictatorial regimes like the one in Mali or the Mubarak regime in Egypt. Colonialism has not ended, it just looks a little different. Luke Lattanzi-Silveus ’14 is a member of the International Socialist Organization and can be contacted at luke_lattanzi-silveus@brown.edu
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Princeton 63 Brown 46
Princeton 65 Brown 48
Harvard 9 Brown 0
Harvard 9 Brown 0
Brown 5 Ball State 2
Penn 71 Brown 48
Penn 68 Brown 37
Brown 6 Dartmouth 3
Brown 7 Dartmouth 2
Indiana 4 Brown 3
Squash
Bruno men’s, women’s teams head into post-season play Despite rescheduling due to Nemo, squash splits its Ivy matches and celebrates the outgoing seniors By connor grealy Sports Editor
In a weekend full of unexpected twists, the men’s and women’s squash teams were able to halt losing streaks in the Ivy League heading into the postseason. The No. 17 men’s team (8-9, Ivy League 1-6) and No. 9 women’s team (12-6, 2-5) both fell to the visiting teams from Harvard but were victorious at Dartmouth later in the weekend. The Bears’ final home match was moved up a day due to impending blizzard conditions, but despite the change, Harvard could not be stopped. The No. 3 ranked Crimson men’s squad (14-1, 5-1) took every game against the Bears in what resulted in a 9-0 victory. Three Bruno players were each able to push a game into overtime — Blake Reinson ’14 at No. 1, Eamon O’Connor ’13 at No. 3 and Michael Snower ’16 at No. 6 — with Reinson’s match against the top-ranked player in men’s college squash, Harvard’s Ali Farg. “It’s a bit of a treat getting to play against the top players,” Reinson said, who are “sometimes (the) top 40 or 50 players in the world.” Seemingly poised to take the first game of the match after seizing a commanding 6-1 lead, Reinson was unable to maintain his momentum. “It would have been pretty cool to
win a game against a top player,” Reinson said. “But I don’t have any regrets.” The women’s team did not fare much better against the second-ranked Harvard team (11-1, 5-1). Lydia Smith ’13 claimed the team’s lone game of the day in the No. 9 match. But the loss did not dim the celebration of Senior Day — the last match to be played in the Pizzitola Center for the seniors. O’Connor, Alex Hsu ’13 and Chris Holter ’13 were honored from the men’s team, along with the women’s five outgoing seniors — Smith, co-captain Sarah Crosky ’13, Sarah Beresford ’13, Kyla Harrington ’13 and Antonia Libassi ’13. “(Senior Day) seemed so far away when I was a freshman,” Crosky said. “Then suddenly I was standing there, after four years having gone by so quickly.” The weekend took a turn as the teams showed up in North Hanover to compete against the highly-ranked Dartmouth squads. After warming up to play the match, a number of both the men’s and women’s Dartmouth players were held out of play by their coach because they had violated the team’s rules. Enough players were defaulted by both the men’s team (7-8, 2-5) and women’s team (6-8, 1-6) that the Brown men’s team won automatically, and the women’s team only had to win one match. The women were able to take their match
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Alex Hsu ’13, Kyla Harrington ’13, Antonia Libassi ’13, Lydia Smith ’13, Sarah Beresford ’13, Chris Hotler ’13, Sarah Crosky ’13 and Eamon O’Connor ’13 were honored at the squash team’s Senior Day this weekend. quickly as Sarah Domenick ’14, Crosky squad in the Ivy League. The match was 16 and get into the top level of nationals,” and Katherine Elliot-Moskwa ’15 all pivotal for both teams in securing high Reinson said. “We’re very happy to be in the (top scored a point for Brown, with a final rankings for the College Squash Associatally of 7-2, four points coming from tion Team Championships. eight)— where we haven’t been in a few defaulted matches. The men’s squad The victory against the highly-ranked years,” said co-captain Dori Rahbar ’14. dropped its three matches played by Big Green squads will likely propel each “We finished one spot away last year, but Reinson, Oliver Boothe ’16 and Jack team into a higher tier for the CSA it’s a huge leap in competition and it’s a Blasberg ’16, but still came away with Championships. The women’s squad, if huge honor to be included.” ranked in the top eight, will play for the a 6-3 victory. The teams will be practicing in the “Honestly it was so shocking,” Crosky Howe Cup, awarded to the top team in lead-up to their respective tournaments, said. “Their whole team didn’t really ex- the NCAA. The men will contend for the both of which will be played at Yale this pect that to happen either.” Hoehn Cup, assuming they have a final year. The women’s tournament will last from Feb. 15-17 and the men’s tournaThe win against Dartmouth — with ranking of higher than 16. “The guys were pretty pumped that both the men’s and women’s teams ment will follow the next week, Feb. ranked No. 8 — was the first for the men’s we have a chance to get back into the top 22-24.
W. BASKETBALL
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Bears lose back-to-back Ivy games Bruno takes rough
path on the road
Women’s basketball falls behind Ivy competition as offense gives in to defensive pressure
Wrestling squad looks to beat rival Harvard on Saturday after up and down weekend
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The Brown women’s basketball team fell to Ivy League competitors Princeton and Penn in back-to-back home games this weekend. Bruno (7-13, 1-5 Ivy) lost to the Tigers (14-5, 5-0), who maintained their position on top of the Ivy League with a 68-37 win. The Quakers (10-9, 3-2) also managed to edge out Bruno for a 65-48 victory. “Princeton is one of the best teams in the league and has been for the past three years,” said Natalie Ball ’16. “They’ve definitely been the biggest challenge for us.” The Bears stayed competitive in the first ten minutes of the contest. Though the Tigers maintained the lead, Bruno remained within five / / Ball page 5 points of the
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Co-captain Sheila Dixon ’13 drives to the hoop against Penn. Despite Dixon’s high scoring, Brown could not pick up any victories against Ivy foes.
The wrestling team competed against Princeton and No. 22 Penn Saturday, splitting the matches with a win and loss, respectively. The Bears went on to lose the following day to No. 14 Lehigh University Mountain Hawks. In the first match of the weekend, the Bears (7-7, EIWA 2-5) defeated the Princeton Tigers (2-10, 2-4) 2012. Billy Watterson ’14, a Herald contributing writer, started Bruno off with an 8-3 win in the 125-pound weight class. The Tigers fought back with three consecutive wins in the following weight classes, but the Bears
were resilient, winning the next five of six matches and ending the competition with a commanding lead. Bruno faced a tough opponent in the Quakers (7-3, 3-1), a squad with three ranked wrestlers. Ophir Bernstein ’15, defeated Penn’s Harrison Cook by a score of 14-3. With the win against Cook, Bernstein became Bruno’s only double-winner for the day, reaching an impressive season record of 16-6. On Sunday, the Bears faced off against Lehigh (7-7, 3-4), losing a close match 27-16. “Everybody wrestled hard against Lehigh,” said Head Coach David Amato. “There were many hard-nosed, high intensity matches on Sunday.” Watterson helped Bruno achieve an early 6-0 lead, beating out the Mountain Hawks’ Alex Abreu with a major decision, 13-3. Lehigh quick/ / Wrestle page 5 ly answered