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Keeney residents petition for access between houses PC students The U. separated Keeney to foster community, but some first-years said they feel isolated By MOLLY SCHULSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER
About 350 first-years have signed a petition asking University administrators to re-grant Keeney Quadrangle residents access to all three Keeney houses. This year was the first year Keeney — once contiguous, with all houses accessible to all Keeney residents — was split into three buildings. Residents can now only swipe into their own houses from outside and cannot travel between houses inside. The change was part of $56 million in housing renovations approved by the Corporation in February 2012 and was intended to foster more intimate
relationships among residents in each house, The Herald previously reported. Sam Barney ’12, who served as Residential Council chair when the Corporation approved housing renovations, said at the time that Keeney felt “too big and impersonal.” Jacob Kirschenbaum ’17 posted the petition, entitled “Declaration of Keeney Unification,” on the Class of 2017’s Facebook page Sunday evening to garner support. “It’s time for us to take charge of our first-year living experience,” Kirschenbaum wrote in the Facebook post, offering time slots for first-years to sign the document in Arnold Lounge Sunday and Monday evenings. The goal of the petition is not to acquire a particular number of signatures, Kirschenbaum said, but to begin a “discussion between administration, students and faculty about the policy » See KEENEY, page 2
protest canceled marriage talk After the fallout, the Board of Trustees amended the college’s anti-discrimiation policy By ABIGAIL SAVITCH-LEW STAFF WRITER
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First-years signed a petition to grant all students housed in Keeney Quadrangle swipe access to the entire dorm complex.
Majority of undergrads support coal divestment Those for divestment were less likely to approve of President Christina Paxson By ZACH FREDERICKS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Students with the Brown Divest Coal campaign held a rally on the Main Green before last semester’s May Corporation meeting. Herald file photo.
About 52 percent of undergraduates support goals promoted by Brown Divest Coal, and roughly 12 percent of students who support Divest Coal disapprove of President Christina Paxson — more than the rate of disapproval in the general population, according to a recent Herald poll. Students who support divestment were more likely to disapprove of the strategic plan, the document expected to guide Paxson’s presidential agenda. But the largest portion of students who gave opinions on
both issues reported they somewhat approve of both the strategic plan and of divesting University assets from companies that significantly profit from coal. Paxson indicated last spring that the University had assets in some of the 15 companies protested by Brown Divest Coal, but she did not specify which companies. The Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — may discuss the possibility of divesting assets from those companies at its meeting this weekend. Members of Brown Divest Coal, whose cause was endorsed last semester by the University’s Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies, met with Corporation officials last May. After receiving a recommendation » See DIVESTMENT, page 2
Abyssinia provides hands-on dining experience
By SABRINA IMBLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER
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shirts, foreheads and friends — remember the chaos, the joy of working with
are tonight’s dinner — a pandemonium of purple beets, collard greens and sunset-colored cabbage — and the canvas injera, the sour, fermented flatbread distinctive to Ethiopia. There are no forks or knives at Abyssinia, a two-floor escape to the cuisine of Ethiopia and Eritrea at 333 Wickenden St. Opened by a husband and wife who fled an Eritrean civil war, the restaurant offers cuisine that is at once surprising, exotic and fun to eat. With sultry lighting and cinnabar booths, the atmosphere screams date
night. But be warned — patrons will be licking sauce off their fingers for a considerable amount of the evening, so dinner dates should be chosen wisely — preferably those who would not mind or may even enjoy seeing their companions do that, repeatedly, until the check arrives. No matter what the dish, the injera will unify the meal, its muted sour tones deftly harmonizing with the spices of the meats, vegetables and legumes that take center stage. Abyssinia’s food arrives on a platter-sized disk of the bread, which soaks up sauce more effectively than a ShamWow. To refresh diners’ palate, all dishes come with rolls of fresh injera. The secret to ordering here is the
seductive combination plate: two meat entrees with a sampling of all the vegetable dishes, a wonderful compromise for two people that comes in at just under $30. The key wot, tender beef cubes simmered in smoky Ethiopian berbere sauce, is extraordinary. Its spice is aromatic, blossoming without dominating, thanks to a dollop of ayib, Ethiopia’s own cottage cheese-ricotta hybrid. Creamy and rich, the ayib tempers the heat of the berbere in a gorgeous symbiosis. While not groundbreaking in flavor or preparation, the ye’beg tibs, lamb cubes sauteed in olive oil and a smattering of peppers, are tender and flavorful, » See ABYSSINIA, page 4
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bare hands. Fast forward to now, when The Wickenden Street simpler times seem all but gone. restaurant offers Eritrean theseLuckily, a portal to this past exists. and Ethiopian vegetarian- It is called finger-eating, and there is nothing childish about it. The paints friendly fare
When administrators at the Catholic Providence College canceled a lecture by a same-sex marriage advocate last month, students and faculty members unleashed a backlash that led to the university’s amending of its non-discrimination policy to include gender identity and sexual orientation. The debate over how to balance a religiously based education with academic freedom remains ongoing, as students hold discussions and protests in support of the school’s LGBTQ students. Nine departments at the Catholic university had agreed to co-sponsor a talk by John Corvino, same-sex marriage advocate and philosophy professor at Wayne State University, on “The Meaning of Gay Marriage.” But Sept. 21, five days before the planned lecture, Provost Hugh Lena emailed the faculty announcing the lecture’s cancellation. In his email, Lena quoted “Catholics in Political Life,” a document created by a coalition of U.S. bishops, which states, “Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles.” He wrote that college policy required the event to include a presentation of the opposing viewpoint. Though Dana Dillon, professor of theology, had volunteered the previous week to give a response to Corvino’s lecture, Lena wrote that Dillon did not have enough time to prepare. Several days later, Lena announced that the Corvino lecture would be rescheduled for the spring semester as a debate with Sherif Girgis, a Princeton doctoral candidate studying philosophy, according to a press release from Providence College. Many Providence College students said they disagree with the administration’s decision to cancel the event, but they understand the complexity of the issue at hand. Activists demand policy change When students in a Public Community Service Studies class called “Community Organizing” learned the event was canceled, they decided they would hold an event on academic freedom to bring attention to the issue, said Omar Terrones, a sophomore in the class. The event was held Sept. 26, the date » See PC, page 4 t o d ay
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and what we can do to change it.” The petition’s first draft was “originally just written as a joke,” said Adam Alpert ’17, who co-wrote the document with Kirschenbaum, Dan Boulanger ’17 and Oliver Hirt ’17. “But we found that there was validity to our argument, so a couple of days later we hashed out (the document),” Alpert added. In the declaration, the authors questioned the reasons for not allowing Keeney residents to access all of the quadrangle buildings, expressed concern over the absence of an elevator in Everett-Poland House and asked the University to evaluate the “closed door policy” — a term the authors coined to describe the lack of internal access between buildings. The final document sparked a campus-wide dialogue among first years, Alpert said, adding that the petition has received support from members in all three Keeney houses and residents of Pembroke campus. The declaration claims that “the introduction of locked doors, separating the once united houses … has led to the social fragmentation and increased isolation within the respective residential houses.” “I’d love to meet everyone in Keeney and get the Keeney experience that everyone talks about where you can just wander and meet people,” Kirschenbaum said. Kirschenbaum said he has met some first-years who support not granting Keeney residents swipe access to all three Keeney houses, though he said it was “a very small number.”
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to divest from ACCRIP, Paxson formed an ad hoc committee within the Corporation to further examine the implications of divesting from those coal companies. Students in Brown Divest Coal said administrators have not bolstered their cause as much as the organization would like. “Interactions with Paxson haven’t been supportive,” said Trevor Culhane ’15, a member of Divest Coal. “I don’t see why the administration doesn’t simply divest from something so clearly harmful to the environment,” said Nathaniel LevyWesthead ’17. But not all students who supported divestment indicated that they found fault with the administration. About 40 percent approved of both Paxson and the divestment movement. About 14 percent of students responded that they disagree with divestment. “It’s not worth it. We don’t need to divest as much as we need to find a feasible, environmentally friendly alternative,” said Alex Cogut ’17. Advocates for divestment said such a move would not only benefit the environment but also make economic sense. “The University divesting won’t impact the coal industry, but as a grassroots movement it is important,” said Dawn King, a visiting assistant professor of environmental studies who has worked closely with Brown Divest Coal. “Other universities that divested from coal in recent years actually saved money,” King said. Last semester, Paxson indicated
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First-years who opposed the petition were concerned about “a loss of privacy and calm,” he said. Some first-years said they do not feel particularly affected by what the petition calls a “closed door policy.” “Perhaps I would have made different friends if the policy wasn’t in place, but I can’t say whether I would have been happier or not,” said Samantha Savaun ’17, who lives in ArchibaldBronson House. “Any policy should be reconsidered if a large portion of those affected disagree with it.” All of the co-writers of the document live in either Everett-Poland or Jameson-Mead houses. “The fact that we’re all from similar places shows that’s the real problem here,” Alpert said, adding that they should also know residents of other Keeney houses. “I think the policy to keep the buildings closed off in the beginning was great … but I think it has sort of run its course,” Kirschenbaun said. Emily Schell ’16 said she believes the renovations have improved community quality. When she was a firstyear living in Keeney, “it was very impersonal and … we didn’t have smaller communities like Perkins,” she said. Schell now serves as a Residential Peer Leader in Archibald-Bronson and said the first-years in her hall are very close. “They’re happy with the floor dynamic,” she added. Marion Wellington ’16, an RPL in Everett-Poland, said her “unit is very tight, and I don’t know if that would have happened if doors had been open.” The emergency exit doors between Keeney houses that prevent access
between buildings seems to have contributed to a significant decrease in first-years needing emergency medical services, Schell said. Wellington said there have been a lot fewer “shenanigans,” including fewer exit signs broken compared to when she was a first-year in Keeney. “Last year there were people who ran around and caused mayhem, in a destructive way, and now that the doors are closed, I haven’t seen that as much,” Wellington added. One concern the Keeney renovations did not address was the lack of an elevator in Everett-Poland, according to the petition. The “closed door policy” inhibits the ability of students with physical handicaps to “fully socialize with their fellow classmates,” the document states. The lack of an elevator in EverettPoland combined with no access to the other buildings “makes part of Keeney inaccessible to a portion of the student body,” Kirschenbaum said. “That (argument) is stronger than the social argument,” he added. “The Office of Residential Life reviews card access with the Residential Council, and they make a recommendation regarding any changes they feel would be best for students,” wrote Matthew Gill, community director for Keeney, in an email to The Herald. Reevaluations can occur at anytime, he wrote. The co-authors plan to continue collecting signatures throughout the week and then send their declaration to Gill and Director of Residential Experience for ResLife Natalie Basil, Alpert said.
Student support for Divest Coal A majority of undergraduates polled agreed when asked: “Do you believe the University should divest any of its endowment assets currently in large U.S. coal companies, as requested by the student group Brown Divest Coal?”
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that though she did not directly oppose divesting, she believed the cause merited more discussion and analysis. “There are multiple points of view on the merits of divestiture, even among those who feel strongly that climate change is a serious concern,” Paxson wrote in a guest column published in The Herald. The poll also showed males are likelier to disapprove of divesting than females, and humanities concentrators are likelier to approve of divesting. “It’s a good cause, but pointing fingers is hard because we can’t really know who or what goes into the financial decision-making,” said
Alexander Atkins ’17. “The Corporation of Brown has the responsibility for decisions regarding socially responsible investments,” said Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations. A committee of experts in public policy and finance has been formed within the Corporation to work with members of the Brown community such as those of Brown Divest Coal, she said. “There was a discussion at the May meeting of the Corporation, which included students from Divest Coal, and we anticipate that this will be an item for discussion at the October Corporation meeting,” Quinn said.
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Mixing melodies, blending beats: Student DJs develop distinctive sounds Undergrad artists blend personal style and campus preferences to create party soundtracks By EMILY PASSARELLI STAFF WRITER
Whether at the Whiskey Republic or on Wriston, Brown partygoers often seek a specific scene instead of a specific sound. But armed with only a laptop and the necessary software, student DJs often fuel these parties from behind the scenes. On campus, the DJ community comprises students who mix tracks to make a party flow, as well as producers who use the trade to showcase their own music — crafting a distinctive, individual work as opposed to curating a party playlist. Pause and play To be a DJ, you are “half DJing and half producing your own music,” Alexander Oberg ’12.5 said. The skill and creativity is what allows the profession of DJing to exist, he said. “We are just playing music live,” he added. Oberg, a music concentrator who focused in the computer music and multimedia track, said his classes help with the production aspect of the job but added, “I learned to DJ from YouTube.” With the advent of new technologies,
he said, anyone has the technical capability to become a DJ. Nick Newhouse ’12, who studied the same track, said the program gives students a background in electronic music and modern recording techniques. The skills it teaches “(allow) you to take your niche and run with it,” he said. But “I would not associate the Brown music department with DJing,” he said. Benjamin Shack-Sackler ’16 said the concentration track has helped him transition from being a DJ to being an artist — he has learned more techniques to produce and compose his own music, he said. While he knows other undergraduates in the department who are interested in DJing as a career, he said concentrators have a wide variety of career interests outside of DJing. Brown was also a source of inspiration for Brenton Stokes ’14. Before college, he said, he was interested in reproducing the sound of 90s underground house music. But the friends he made as a first-year as well as the computer music and multimedia track inspired him to create a style that “marries synthetic and natural elements.”
“I am very much aspiring to be a DJ,” he added. But student DJs hail from academic backgrounds other than the music department. Abe Arambolo ’14, who is studying applied math-economics, began experimenting with DJing in high school, but his interest grew while he was at Brown, he said. He began by DJing small parties for his friends and after seeing their positive reaction to the sets he formulated, he began to play larger events. “Over time, I became more confident in reading a crowd,” Arambolo said, adding that he always keeps the desires of the person who hires him in mind and adapts his performance accordingly. Tucker Halpern ’13.5, a history of art and architecture concentrator, had produced music before he came to Brown but began only seriously pursuing DJing while on campus, he said. Once he started DJing, Tucker said the people he met at Brown supported his pursuit of a new passion. Breaking down the beat While Brown has inspired creativity in some DJs, others said they found the undergraduate community to be restrictive. Oberg transferred to Brown and came to campus very interested in
DJing, he said. He took classes in the computer music and multimedia track and concentrated in the area because he intended to pursue a career as a DJ. But Oberg said his undergraduate experience changed his mind. “There is a certain level of talent that goes into DJing,” he said, adding that when he first arrived on campus, electronic dance music wasn’t that popular, and people were excited about its novelty. But two years ago, things started to shift, he said. The popularity of electronic dance music began “deconstructing the myth of the DJ,” Oberg said. “People saw DJing as something anyone could do,” he added. The saturation in the DJ field caused Oberg to turn to other outlets to explore his interest in music production, he said. He now works with a music-related start-up in Providence. Like Oberg, Ricky Medina ’16 began DJing when electronic music was just getting released, he said. But Medina said he does not DJ on campus. “DJing is a big part of my life but not my life at Brown,” he said, adding that people on campus know what they want to hear at parties when they hire a DJ, but he is not interested in making that kind of music. “I’m not going to subject others to music they don’t like, and I won’t play things that I don’t like,” he said.
A DJ and producer, Ryan Glassman ’15 said he realized he was naive as a freshman to expect to showcase his own music at parties rather than play Top 40 hits. “Gigs became a lot less fun and a lot more demanding,” Glassman said. “You get stuck in this situation where everyone is mad at you,” he added. “It’s a little disheartening.” Brown taught him that “DJing is about the room, and how you respond to it,” he said. Rewind and repeat Despite the increase in the number of people seen playing parties, students differed on the level of community that exists among Brown DJs. Oberg said DJs often are acquainted from performing at parties together. DJing can be difficult to understand, Glassman said, adding that “it’s weird because it’s so popular right now.” But having a group of friends that are DJs lets him share that experience with people who understand, he added. Others said the DJ community is less connected. “It’s a pretty fragmented culture,” Medina said. “My interaction with other DJs isn’t my social life.” “No one knows that much about each other,” Stokes said, adding that the DJ culture “is so under the radar.”
Public health program undergoes name change, curricular updates The concentration’s renaming came partially in response to student concerns about job prospects By CAROLYNN CONG CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The College Curriculum Council approved a set of changes in May to the public health undergraduate program, including renaming the concentration from community health to public health, eliminating several requirements and adding new introductory courses. Members of the class of 2016 will be the first to declare a concentration in public health under the new guidelines, said Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences William Rakowski, who helped coordinate the changes to the program. The renaming of the concentration comes after the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, formally approved the creation of the School of Public Health in February. “Now that we’ve transitioned from a
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program in public health to a school, it seems reasonable to transition the name of the concentration and also some of the requirements to more closely mirror what an undergraduate bachelor’s level ... concentration has to be for external accreditation,” Rakowski said. Though the concentration still requires 12 courses, public health will feature two new requirements, Rakowksi said. Concentrators will have to take introductory courses in biostatistics and epidemiology, which will first be offered next fall, he said. The new introductory courses will expose concentrators to different aspects of public health, said Elliott Liebling ’16, a leader of the Community Health Departmental Undergraduate Group. “Now everyone’s going to have a lot more resources at their disposal,” he said. Students’ employment-related concerns were one impetus for the changes, Rakowski said. Many community health concentrators previously told faculty
members that prospective employers had trouble understanding what constituted a “community health” program, so the new name aims to remove such confusion. “Public health is a more recognized term,” he said. “When I tell people I’m a community health major, people give me a blank look and don’t always really know that I’m talking about public health,” said Allison Rosen ’15, a leader of the Community Health DUG. “I kind of use public health on my resume because a lot more job offers are presented when you say public health as opposed to community health,” said Shannon Whittaker ’14, another DUG leader. Some students said they believe the two new introductory courses will enhance students’ learning. “I’m in a biostatistics course right now, and it would have been great if I had taken an intro course beforehand,” Whittaker said, adding that epidemiology and biostatistics create a “solid foundation” for more advanced public health courses.
Though the new requirements add quantitative skills to the curriculum, DUG leader Emily Lemmerman ’14 said most current community health concentrators have not missed out. “I believe that those who are interested in the more quantitative side of public health have supplemented their own coursework with more quantitative classes, which the Open Curriculum at Brown allows you to do,” Lemmerman said. But the new requirements could encourage concentrators to consider career paths in more quantitative fields of public health, she added. The revamped concentration will offer more flexibility to students by providing them with more choices for elective courses, Rakowski said. Concentrators will now have four choices for electives with a health focus, rather than the current two options. The CCC’s approved changes also include the elimination of several requirements, Rakowski said. A previous requirement, PHP 1320: “Survey Research in Health Care,” will not be part of the concentration beginning with
the class of 2016, and concentrators will no longer be required to take a biology course, he added. Liebling voiced frustration with the transition to the new curriculum, saying communication between administrators and concentrators has been inadequate. Many students are unsure of whether they will be labeled community health or public health concentrators, or of which requirements they need to fulfill, Liebling said, though he added that he generally approves of the University’s changes. “It’s a step in the right direction, and I can’t blame the school,” Liebling said. DUG leaders said they understood the timing of the University’s overhaul of the undergraduate public health program. “It makes sense that the undergraduate degree would be changed to mirror the graduate program as the new official School of Public Health was approved,” Lemmerman said. “In the long run, we are happy that Brown has taken the step to make the degree more applicable to the public health field.”
Under Chafee, women secure more state government roles In the last three years, the amount of state government positions held by women has more than doubled By EMILY BONEY CITY & STATE STAFF WRITER
The number of Rhode Island women in state government positions has more than doubled since the beginning of Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s ’75 P’14 P’17 tenure, he announced Monday at a press confer-
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ence. The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, which put the Rhode Island Government Appointments Project in motion, released its annual report at the press conference, showing a continuing trend of increasing female appointments to public committees and boards. “Considering when we started three years ago we were at 15 percent, and
now we’re up to 34 percent, that’s pretty good results,” said Marcia Cone, CEO of the Women’s Fund. But Cone said there was still “room for improvement.” The group collaborated with the Chafee administration in 2010 and set a goal to double female appointments by the end of the governor’s first term. Chafee has appointed 441 women to boards and commissions out of 1,071 overall appointments since he took office in 2011, according to a press release
from Chafee’s office. The 2012 report revealed that 42 state boards and commissions lacked female representation, while only one committee lacked male representation. The number of all-male boards and comissions has since dropped to 37, accounting for a recent female appointment to the Board of Atomic Energy, Cone said. In the future, Cone said, the Women’s Fund and the Government Appointments Project will work toward
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ensuring diversity in government positions for all minorities, in addition to advocating on behalf of women. “We’re interested in diversity in government that reflects the diversity of Rhode Island,” Cone said. Because the Women’s Fund is a nonprofit organization, Cone said, the group will not endorse a candidate for the 2014 gubernatorial election, but it will advocate for all candidates to pursue further work on the appointments project.
4 city & state » PC, from page 1 the original event was scheduled to take place, and drew about 300 people. After six students gave speeches objecting to the lecture’s cancellation, students participated in small group discussions about same-sex marriage and academic freedom before sharing their thoughts in an open forum. Students who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender publicly criticized the cancellation. “PC was their home, and they felt like their own home didn’t want them here,” Terrones said. “Everyone was happy that they were able to speak up and say what they felt.” The faculty senate voted to approve a resolution criticizing the decision to cancel the lecture, the Providence Journal reported. The following Wednesday, President of the College Brian Shanley sent an apology to the student body, expressing regret for upsetting students and encouraging dialogue about the apparent conflict between the values of the church and academic freedom. “Speaking for the administration, it is plain to me in hindsight that we did not respond in the right way. There was a better way to address this difficult issue that we did not find. I take responsibility for that mistake,” Shanley wrote in the email. Later that day, students in the “Community Organizing” course emailed administrators demanding the school invite Corvino back to deliver his lecture and to add gender identity and sexual orientation to the school’s non-discrimination policy, Terrones said. The student congress and faculty
senate voted last year to change the college’s non-discrimination policy statement, but the Board of Trustees had yet to approve it, said Catherine Jones, a senior at Providence College. If the demands were not met by Friday at 5 p.m., the students wrote in their email, they planned to hold a silent demonstration that Saturday during a celebration honoring the opening of a new campus building, Terrones said. On Friday at about 3:30 p.m., Shanley announced that the school’s Board of Trustees had amended the policy to protect students of all gender identities and sexual orientations from discrimination on campus, Terrones said. “We were happy because we finally got through to the administration and we saw that it was slowly progressing and getting better, and we canceled the silent demonstration,” Terrones said. Striving for balance Many students said they are pleased with the way the administration handled the aftermath of the cancellation. Kristen Cavaliere said though she does not approve of the cancellation, she thinks the administration sufficiently apologized. “At the end of the day, I do love my school,” Cavaliere said. “We stand behind what the school decides.” Other students said the administration only apologized due to media pressure. “It’s a good response, but I feel it was because of the New York Times,” said Jad Touma, a first-year at Providence College who learned of the cancellation after he saw an article about it in the Times. Ariana Greco, a sophomore at Providence College, said she understands why
the administration wanted to balance Corvino’s lecture with an opposing viewpoint. “You have to respect that some (people) don’t accept same-sex marriage.” But she added that there was no reason to cancel the event because Dillon had already agreed to present the response. Terrones and Jones said students are still waiting for the administration to provide details about the spring debate. “I’m going to be skeptical until I have a date and time in my planner,” Jones said. Catholic and LGBTQ? The controversy over Corvino’s lecture brought attention to the question of what it means to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer at Providence College. “(The cancellation of) this event was certainly a hard blow to take for many of the community and for their supporters as well,” said Kathryn Stephen, a sophomore at Providence College. Terrones, who identifies as queer, said LGBTQ students usually do not face discrimination among their peers at the college. As of last year, Stopping Homophobia, Eliminating Prejudice and Restoring Dignity, the school’s 11-year-old gaystraight alliance, became an official subgroup of the Board of Multicultural Affairs, said Jones, vice president of the group. The group includes more than 30 regular members and regularly hosts events to educate the campus about gay rights issues, Jones said. In recent years, several Catholic universities throughout the country have begun officially recognizing LGBTQ
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student groups and starting LGBTQ centers. The University of Notre Dame inaugurated its first gay-straight alliance this fall. Pope Francis has called on members of the church to be more accepting, a move that has pressured schools to reform, the USA Daily News reported. On Sept. 19, two days before Lena announced the cancellation of the Corvino lecture, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church should focus less on condemning homosexuality and abortion. Father Henry Bodah, Brown’s Catholic chaplain, said the pope did not voice approval of gay relations but rather advocated for greater acceptance of gay people. “There is a difference between a gay person and gay actions. It’s nice to hear it put in a positive way. It signals a change of tone more than a change in teaching,” Bodah said. The compatibility of religion with homosexuality and queerness is a matter of national debate, and Providence College students take different stances. “I honestly think it’s easy. My aunt is a lesbian and I go to church with her,” Cavaliere said, adding that while parts of the Bible teach that homosexuality is wrong, other parts teach that all righteous people will be saved, and it is up to the individual to choose an interpretation. Others said that while they do not condone same-sex marriage, they do not want to judge people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. “I’m not completely for it, but I’m not going to tell people that their lifestyle choice is wrong,” Greco said.
» ABYSSINIA, from page 1 with meat juices seeping out with each chew. The vegetarian-friendly menu is short but successful — each dish reads as so exotic that an endless variety would overwhelm. These dishes shine in their diversity and texture, the crispness of the cabbage and collard greens on one end of the spectrum and syrupy ground lentils on the other. All are sprinkled with toasted grains of paradise, adding a subtle but pleasing crunch. Equally stunning are the pureed legumes — split peas, onions and tomatoes blended to produce the ater kik — delicately spiced with turmeric and colored with the spice’s goldenrod pigment. With nine different menu items colliding on one plate, it can be difficult for diners to remember what they ordered or what exactly they are even eating. The dusky lighting only exacerbates this pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey phenomenon, and the more diners eat, the more the dishes seep into one another. But everything tastes so fine that there is nothing wrong with rediscovering tastes old and new while attacking the platter. The service is polite and prompt, if mumbly at times. Open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Abyssinia is guaranteed to transport patrons. Whether the destination be Ethiopia, childhood art class or a combination of the two, diners will have a delightfully hands-on epicurean experience.
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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013
Bill signing recognizes Harvard hands Brown first conference loss R.I. divestment from Iran A pair of goals from the MEN’S SOCCER
A 2010 U.S. Congressional act authorized state governments to divest from Iran
Crimson gave Harvard an insurmountable lead over the Bears By SAM WICKHAM SPORTS STAFF WRITER
By DAVID CHY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In a match against Ivy rival Harvard, Brown dropped a 2-1 decision Saturday in Cambridge. Two early goals from the Crimson (3-6-2, Ivy 2-1-0) kept the Bears (3-63, 0-1-2) from clawing their way back into the game. The loss is Bruno’s first in the Ivy League this season after two previous ties. “Harvard was very excited for their first home Ivy League game,” said co-captain and goalie Josh Weiner ’14. “They came out hard the first 20 to 25 minutes.” The Crimson offense put the Bears under pressure from the start, recording four shots in the opening 10 minutes. The Bears’ defense was unlocked just 18 minutes in when a free kick found its way into a crowd of players in front of the goal. A Crimson forward redirected the free kick across the line to open the scoring. Harvard struck again just eight minutes later. A ball in from the flank fell to the feet of Ashi Geberkidane, who headed the ball past Weiner to up the Crimson’s lead to 2-0. “We had the upper hand in play for the remaining 70 minutes,” Weiner said. “But because (the Crimson) were able to sneak out to that twogoal lead, it was tough for us to come back.” Bruno found an answer in the 36th minute through Jack Gorab ’16. Voltaire Escalona ’14 delivered a cross from the left corner, and Gorab beat his defender to head home Bruno’s only goal of the match, bringing
Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 marked Rhode Island’s divestment from Iran with a ceremonial bill signing at the State House last month. The state’s decision to pull all public investments in companies operating in Iran is intended to increase political pressure on the nation to cease nuclear weapons development. The legislation, passed by the General Assembly at the end of June and officially signed into law by the governor July 12, adds Rhode Island to a list of more than two dozen states that have already divested from Iran, according to a General Assembly press release from July. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin initially pushed for the legislation, acting on an initiative sponsored by the National Association of Attorneys General intended to motivate states to divest from Iran. “Rhode Island has taken a strong stand against a regime that engages in state-sponsored terrorism and human rights violations by divesting all state funds from companies that directly or indirectly do business with Iran,” Kilmartin said in a General Assembly press release from last month. State governments were first granted the legal authorization to divest from businesses with ties to Iran via the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010, passed by the U.S. Congress in July of that year. Rhode Island’s divestment means the Retirement Board, which operates the state’s pension fund, must identify within 90 days any businesses the state invests in that operate in Iran. Those companies would then be alerted by the State Investment Commission that they must end active operations in Iran within 90 days or face divestment from the public fund, according to the September press release. The Office of the General Treasurer
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Jack Gorab ’16 scored the Bears’ lone goal against the Crimson. The loss drops Brown into a tie with Columbia for fifth in the Ivy League. the score to 2-1. “It was promising that we showed fight and determination to get that goal back,” Weiner said. “We had a few scrambles in the box, and maybe on another night those will go our way.” The Bears came out strong in the second half, outshooting the
Crimson 7-5. A shot from Alex Markes ’15 smacked the post in the 86th minute, but Bruno could not find the equalizer before the final whistle. The Bears will continue their road stint against Cornell (6-3-4, 0-2-1) Saturday and are in search of their first Ivy League victory of the season. “Like Harvard, they try to capitalize off of set pieces, so we’ll do a lot of training toward that,” Weiner said. “We’ll be trying to adapt to their environment, and hopefully get a win on the road.”
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will terminate the state contracts of all companies that do not cease operations in Iran and rule them ineligible to bid on future contracts for a period of three years. Companies caught fraudulently certifying the cessation of Iranian operations will face civil penalties of $1 million or double the value of their contract, according to the September release. “It has become evident that we cannot take our eyes off of Iran, which has been developing nuclear weapons. Perhaps more alarming is the country’s links to worldwide terrorism,” said Rep. Mia Ackerman, D-Cumberland, Lincoln, the sponsor of the legislation in the House, in a September release. “It is our job as a country — and the world’s job, really — to ensure balance and peace.” “As leaders, it is imperative that we take a stand against a regime that seems to ignore the rules of being a good global citizen. We must do what is necessary to send a firm message to the Iranian government,” Miller said in the same release. The move to divest received early backing from the state’s Jewish community. As the legislation moved through the General Assembly, the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island came out in support of its passage. The bipartisan nonprofit group United Against Nuclear Iran also offered support for the legislation. “This bill shows that local communities across the country have a strong role to play in changing the Iranian regime’s abhorrent behavior. We’re sure that Rhode Island will continue to be a leader as the nation moves forward with this effort,” said David Ibsen, the group’s executive director, in an April General Assembly press release. Shai Bazak, Israeli consul general to New England, also testified before the House Finance Committee in support of the legislation. “Opposition to a nuclear Iran is one of the most bipartisan areas of agreement for the United States government,” said Zachary Ingber ’15, former president and current spokesperson of Brown Students for Israel and a Herald opinions columnist. “It’s a problem for not only Israel and its neighbors, but for the international community.”
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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013
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SPG appropriately challenges social norms Hundreds of students camped outside of Kasper Multipurpose Room Sunday night to secure tickets to one of Brown’s most renowned events of the year: Sex Power God. The Queer Alliance will host the annual party — a venue where attendees are free to explore their sexuality in a safe space — on Nov. 2. Like in years past, the event has garnered its share of negative attention, a response we view as uninformed and unfair. The party and other “naked” events on campus are confined to singular spaces, affecting only students who willfully attend. While some might be uncomfortable with such a display of public sexuality and nudity, the point of the event is an important one: to make students of all sexual orientations feel comfortable and able to act on their sexuality. SPG stands as a tradition that represents Brown’s commitment to tolerance, open-mindedness and curiosity. SPG has captured the media’s attention ever since Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly released footage of the event back in 2005, calling the event University-sponsored “debauchery.” Earlier this year, Jesse Watters, a producer for “The O’Reilly Factor,” returned to campus to stir up criticism of Nudity in the Upspace. Watters claimed the event “discusses and explores nudity in all forms by way of nude body painting, nude yoga and nude performance.” But rather than refer to the event’s proper name, Watters continued to call it “naked week,” hardly concealing his perspective that Brown students are, as a Herald opinions column reported, “over-privileged and hypersexualized liberal idiots” (“Newlon ’14: To Mr. Watters and the media...” Oct. 7). Many other outlets followed suit, with the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast and CBS News publishing segments on “Nudity Week.” Contrary to these depictions, SPG and the events of Nudity in the Upspace are nonintrusive, relevant only to those students who chose to participate. In reality, a minority of students attend the events: Though the student body includes 6,435 undergraduates, only 400 tickets to SPG were sold. In addition, given that the event is tightly controlled and no photography is allowed inside, students who do not actively seek to participate in SPG remain entirely untouched by the party. This was also true of Nudity in the Upspace, the activities of which were contained in an established safe space. Only those who agree with these events’ missions and wish to take advantage of them are affected. Furthermore, that an annual event like SPG may exist on campus reflects an attitude of tolerance and safety that permeates Brown. The party would not be possible without the open-minded mentality of students and administrators on campus, which we should commend. College is about experimentation and personal growth, and SPG provides an outlet for students to explore. As society continues to expand norms of sexuality and its means of expression, we find SPG to be an event that affirms Brown’s proud tradition of pioneering social liberation. Finally, Brown is hardly the only university where nude events serve as important school traditions. For example, consider Yale, where social traditions have included optional naked events for decades. These events are similar to SPG at Brown — they too emphasize creating safe environments. Those who choose to participate in Brown’s SPG and other events are free to do so comfortably. Those who choose to opt out remain completely unaffected.
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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013
What a public Twitter means for the industry and you LAUREN SUKIN opinions columnist
It wasn’t that long ago that we watched with wonder as social media went public with Facebook’s initial public offering. For a moment, as Facebook stock plummeted, many shook their heads and declared the moment a failure for the company and for the future of social media companies. Ironically, Twitter users were the most skeptical — 22 percent of tweets about Facebook’s IPO declared the stock overhyped or overpriced. But now, it’s Twitter’s turn to face the very same skepticism and animosity. The company, which will turn 8 years old on March 21, revealed last year — via Tweet, of course — that it was about to go public. On Oct. 3, the company filed its IPO prospectus and released information to the public so that consumers and potential stock-buyers can learn about the company’s value in the Form S-1. It boils down to this: Soon, you could buy yourself your very own piece of Twitter. The concern that many Twitter users have with the company’s decision to sell out is just that — they worry it might be selling out to the zeitgeist of the public, which doesn’t have any idea what to actually do with Twitter. Unlike Facebook, where buying shares doesn’t give you any say in the management of the company, Twitter’s shares are conventional, meaning the biggest investors might have a very real influence over what Twitter will look like. But Twitter users
don’t need to fear, as the company seems to be sticking to its democratic guns. The idea that shareholders’ opinions matter is fundamental to Twitter, which has been a tool for decentralized journalism, a driver of public organization and protest and an outlet for the opinions of many. Though its management is unlikely to change, there is at least an indication that Twitter is flexible. Of the new Twitter management, Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times wrote, “Its talented CEO, Dick Costolo, won’t be cemented in place, unlike Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, who can’t be dislodged even with nuclear weaponry.” The possibility for change might intimidate users, but it’s actually a good thing. If Twitter can change as the world changes, it might be able to stay relevant, unlike other social media skeletons — #Myspace. Even on the legal side, Twitter is upping the honesty game. While commentators have assailed Twitter for using confidential filings, the documents have finally been released, and it turns out that the company didn’t have much to hide. The different documents are 86 percent similar, while Google and Facebook, who also used confidential filings, made more significant changes in between drafts of their S-1s. This should be read as an indication that the company is trying to give buyers a very real view of itself and is therefore aiming to attract more realistic investments than has Facebook. That decreases the likelihood of a Facebook-esque stock crash and may even maintain faith in Twitter as it pre-
pares for this big change. That is unlikely to change whether could just be the key to the com- the company is public or private pany’s sustainability. — people still want to get their In recent years, the pattern ideas out there. A lack of focus for S-1s has been to make them from Twitter on advertising ittrendy. These documents, which self might also be a boon for usused to be strictly legal materi- ers. More subtle techniques are, al, have been increasingly about frankly, less annoying. advertising and sales technique. In terms of its financial value, Google broke the ground with Twitter is having a few problems language direct— but at least the ed not just at lawcompany is be“Facebook and yers and accouning honest. While tants, but also to Twitter are coming in their S-1 docthe public. The out to the market uments many company’s doc— on very different companies ument includGoogle and Zynterms. In fact, ed headings like ga, for example the somewhat — use complex aside from their ironic “Don’t Be accounting techlarge followings Evil” and the Big niques or try to Brother-esque and being part of hide risk factors, “Making The own the same business, Twitter’s World A Better are refreshingly there’s not that Place.” I’m sorry, straightforward. Google. I hope much that’s similar The accounting you aren’t readhas been lauded about the two.” ing this. as honest, and On the other the document inhand, Twitter only indulged in cludes 32 pages of potential risk this temptation a little bit. While factors for buyers, compared to it did have a we-can-change- just 22 in Facebook’s own. While the-world tone, as it mentioned this isn’t Twitter’s typical brevity, the importance of Tweets to it’s something far more valuable: the 2011 Japanese tsunami and increased objectivity, which ties a Tweet from Abbottabad that back to consumer confidence came hours before any tradition- and, ultimately, hope that Twital media source commented on ter will be a long-lasting instituthe raid on Osama bin Laden’s tion. compound, Twitter’s plain-EngObjectivity is not where the lish section for future sharehold- contrast between the compaers adheres to its value of brevity. nies ends. Facebook and TwitIt is signed with the impersonal ter are coming out to the market “@twitter” and comes in at only on very different terms. In fact, 135 words. In many ways, Twit- aside from their large followter is right to call these examples ings and being part of the same to mind. The value of the com- industry, there’s not that much pany isn’t just its many users or that’s similar about the two. its corporate structure but that it Facebook makes about $3.7 has served as a platform for tru- billion, while Twitter’s revenue ly world-changing content. That is merely $317 million. And
while Facebook’s net income is about $1 billion, Twitter is actually losing money, $74 million to be precise. Will the increased influence of Twitter users be able to reverse this trend? Perhaps there will be a correlation, but causation is unlikely. If Twitter turns profitable it will have to be because of a better business model and restructuring from within. Or perhaps the problem will self-correct as Twitter user numbers and revenue continue to trend upward. Either way, this is a tenuous space for Twitter. If it keeps having losses, it might not stick around — whether or not the public supports it. The more pressing question is this: Why would Twitter even go public if it’s suffering losses? Maybe the increased liquidity will allow it to relieve some of the pressure that must be coming from older invested capital, though many have presumed that Twitter has access to private capital. Maybe insiders are just ready to cash out, or maybe the private capital stash is actually low. After all, Twitter’s last round of financing occurred in 2011. This might be a necessary step to keep the tweeting bird flying. Like it or not, Twitter is coming to you, brevity and honesty intact, even though it has shown the public some of its rather pressing weaknesses. The question now is just whether or not the public is ready to buy in, and if Twitter’s core values will survive the transition. I suspect they will. Lauren Sukin ’16 is a sophomore concentrating in political science and literary arts.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013
MEN’S TENNIS
Doubles go deep into draw, but singles struggle to advance Two of the teams’ three doubles pairs reached the quarterfinals of the tournament By ALEX WAINGER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A long four days of competition at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championship, hosted by Yale, ended for the men’s team Sunday afternoon. The doubles teams finished the weekend with a 7-3 record, with two pairs reaching the quarterfinals. The men floundered in the singles section of the tournament, finishing with a record of 2-6 in the main draw. Doubles team Justin To ’15.5 and Lucas Da Silveira ’16 had one of the most successful runs in the tournament, taking down a team from Stony Brook University in the first round and defeating a pair from Fairleigh Dickinson University in the second. “We kind of coasted through the first two rounds of doubles,” Da Silveira said. “(To) and I knew we could beat those teams, but the matches were closer than they should have been. We weren’t entirely on our game.” Da Silveira and To then faced the topranked doubles pair from Penn in the third round, coming back from a nearloss to maintain their winning streak. “We fell behind early,” Da Silveira said. “Both of their guys were way above six feet tall, so they had huge serves that we just couldn’t deal with.” The duo battled back, carried by clutch serving from To and crafty returning from Da Silveira. “We managed
to force a tie break, after breaking their serve for the first time all match,” Da Silveira said. “We won a bunch of points in a row and managed to carry the momentum for the win.” After the strong comeback win against Penn, To and Da Silveira faced another Ivy rival: Cornell. The team battled through injuries, including Da Silveira taking a ball to his eye, and ultimately fell to Big Red. In another doubles draw, Greg Garcia ’17 and Daniel Hirschberg ’15 fought their way through teams from Niagara University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Dartmouth, before facing a team from Harvard in the quarterfinals. “They were a challenging team to play,” Hirschberg said. “They both hit very hard and were aggressive players. (Garcia) and I had opportunities to win, but we had trouble with their power from the baseline.” Garcia said he and Hirschberg are building a strong team dynamic. “We’re starting to learn each other’s tendencies, and it definitely shows when we play as well as we did this weekend.” Co-captain Soufiane Azargui ’14 and Will Spector ’15 also picked up a doubles win against a team from Binghamton University before falling to a Harvard team. While the Bears played well in pairs, they faltered in individual play. Four of the six singles players lost in their first matches, while Hirschberg and Da Silveira each managed to pick up one win each before being bounced from the bracket. “We try to use the losses in singles as a benchmark,” Azargui said. “We can tell we’re not at the level we need to be,
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Daniel Hirschberg ’15, above, and Greg Garcia ’17 advanced into the quarterfinals of the doubles bracket before falling to a Harvard pair. Hirschberg was also one of two players to pick up a win in the singles draw. and that is going to motivate us to work even harder in practice in the future.” “We’re taking our performances with a grain of salt,” Da Silveira said.
“We know what aspects of our game we need to improve on, and hopefully by the spring season we’ll be able to take it to these guys.”
The men’s tennis team has a weekend off to rest before it makes a trip to Cambridge, Mass., to compete in the Harvard Halloween Invite Nov. 1-3.
MEN’S GOLF
Lynch’s ’17 heroics lift Bears to seventh at Ivy Match Play Championship Despite solid play against the top-ranked Bulldogs, Bruno finished at the bottom of the conference By ANDREW FLAX CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Nelson Hargrove ’13.5 proved to be the team’s best ball-striker once again as he downed last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year in match play.
Despite one of its strongest showings of the season, a narrow first round loss in the Ivy Match Play Championship left Bruno in the bottom half of the tournament, where the team finished in seventh place. Yale won the tournament by defeating Harvard in the championship match. Columbia finished third, and Princeton, who hosted the event at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., was fourth. The eighth-seeded Bears nearly upturned the Elis in the first round, dropping a heavily contested 4-3 decision to the top seed. Based on the match play format, this meant four of Yale’s seven golfers won head-to-head matches — as opposed to cumulative stroke play — against Brown’s golfers. “To lose by the skin of our whiskers was hard to take,” said Head Coach Michael Hughes, adding, “We played well enough to win.” The loss immediately meant the Bears could finish no higher than fifth place. After coming so close to knocking
off the top team in the tournament, Bruno was “a little disheartened,” Hughes said, and it showed. They lost 5-2 to Penn, setting up a final-day showdown against Cornell to determine last place. Bruno prevailed, 4-3, in large part due to the contributions of Connor Lynch ’17. Trailing by one hole heading into the last of his matchup, he sunk a 40-foot putt for birdie in order to force extra holes and keep the Bears’ seventh place hopes alive. He reproduced his magic on the first playoff hole, making a 30-foot downhill putt to win the hole and his match, propelling the team to victory over the Big Red. “It was pretty exciting,” Lynch said. “We were all pretty fired up about him,” said Nelson Hargrove ’13.5, describing the putts Lynch made as “ridiculous.” Hughes also complimented Lynch’s performance, along with those of captain Peter Callas ’14 — who won all three of his individual matches — and Hargrove. Apart from Lynch, Hargrove tallied the biggest individual accomplishment of the day by beating Yale’s Sam Bernstein, whom both Hargrove and Hughes said was “the best player in the Ivy League.” Justin Miller ’15 had uncharacteristic difficulty at the tournament, losing all three of his individual matches despite shooting the second best score
on the team in the previous weekend’s Big Five Invitational. “It was definitely not my best stuff,” Miller said. But the quality of his opponents seemed to play a larger role in his losses rather than any individual poor performance. “I ran into some kids who did play great,” Miller said. Hughes agreed, saying, “Justin ran into three buzz saws.” With their fall slate completed, the team has turned an eye toward the future. The team hopes to keep its games “sharp” over the winter, Lynch said, and the players have their sights set high for the spring. “There’s no reason we can’t compete with every team for a league championship,” Miller said. Hargrove agreed, saying he’d “love to win the Ivy League championship.” “To make regionals individually would be huge,” he said, referring to the regional stage of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. Thirteen teams and 10 individuals whose teams did not qualify — or 14 teams and five individuals — make it to each of the six regional competitions on at-large bids, given to teams and players who did not win their conference tournaments. The fall season may not have been what the Bears imagined, but after showing flashes of being Ivy League contenders, they will try to capture their full potential in the spring.