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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2022

VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 58

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

Andrews chef launches Youtube channel

School of Public Health launches Pandemic Center

Chef Younes Haimoura discusses videos, culinary journey, work at Andrews

Center to include office in Washington, D.C, will offer student opportunities

BY SAM LEVINE SENIOR STAFF WRITER If you’ve ever eaten a meal at Andrews Commons, then chances are you’ve encountered Chef Younes Haimoura. Charismatic and upbeat, Haimoura always chats with students as they make their way through the meal stations. But beyond his work as a culinary suwpervisor at Andrews, Haimoura is also the creator behind a nascent YouTube cooking channel. Haimoura’s YouTube channel features a compilation of YouTube Shorts and long-format videos showcasing the dishes that Haimoura cooks in his free time, from Moroccan tagine to chocolate brownies. Haimoura narrates each step of his cooking process, sharing the ingredients he uses and tips for producing the best dish. Viewers watch in real time as he prepares and cooks each ingredient before fi-

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After doing a culinary program in Fez and working at a TGI Friday’s in Rabat, Younes Haimoura began attending Quincy College in Florida. nally plating the meal and signing off by saying, “Until next time.” Haimoura is originally from Morocco, and he first discovered his passion for cooking while studying at a three-year culinary program in his hometown of Fez. “I found myself in love with cuisine and cooking in the kitchen,” Haimoura said. “I started cooking for my friends and family … and they were like, ‘Oh, this is awesome. This is good. You’re doing good. We love it.’ And that’s how it started.” After completing the culinary program, Haimoura worked in Morocco’s

capital Rabat at the country’s first TGI Friday’s, climbing the ranks to become an assistant kitchen manager. Haimoura came to the United States while participating in Walt Disney World’s cultural representative program at Epcot, an “amazing experience” where he learned customer service skills and improved his English, he recalled. Haimoura eventually left Florida to pursue an associate’s degree at Quincy College in Massachusetts. Afterwards, he stayed in the area and

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The School of Public Health celebrated the launch of its Pandemic Center in a ceremony Oct. 12. Speeches from Jennifer Nuzzo, Pandemic Center director and professor of epidemiology, as well as Beth Cameron, Pandemic Center senior advisor and professor of the practice of health services, rang in the Center’s official opening. The Center — with offices both in Washington, D.C. and on campus in Providence — will conduct research as well as engage with policymakers, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. It will also offer opportunities for faculty and student engagement and learning, Nuzzo said in an interview with The Herald. According to Nuzzo, the challenges

and experiences of COVID-19 were the impetus for the creation of the Center. “This is not my first pandemic, but seeing how challenging COVID-19 was gave me deep worries about how we were going to handle the many events that we’re likely to experience in the future,” Nuzzo said. “I think a lot of people assume that once COVID is over for good … that we’re fine for 100 years, and that’s very much not the case,” she explained. “We don’t have the kind of plans and readiness that we need to deal with the fact that we’re going to have more of these events in our lives.” Nuzzo became interested in forming partnerships and collaborations to help address pandemic preparedness in public health and beyond. For example, Nuzzo noted that she had conversations with Ashish Jha — who is currently on leave as dean of the School of Public Health — last year. Jha, who is now serving as the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator, said that he wanted to address her concerns

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

U. acquires archives of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Art, sex and politics in 197os Providence

One-of-a-kind archive opens new possibilities for interdisciplinary research BY JACOB SMOLLEN SENIOR STAFF WRITER After over two years of efforts and a few surprising phone calls, the work of a man The New York Times once described as the “most visible” prisoner on death row is now at the John Hay Library. This past August, the University acquired the personal papers and items of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an incarcerated political activist and journalist, marking a broader move by the Hay and the Pembroke Center to bring the voices of those impacted by mass incarceration into their collections, University archivists explained. The archive, which includes Abu-Jamal’s papers, prison records, original sheet music, artwork and even a pair of his glasses, has the potential to catalyze groundbreaking research, according to professors and the ar-

chive’s curators. “It’s the only archive of its kind in the country,” said Johanna Fernández ’93, a history professor at Baruch College whose papers were recently purchased by the University as well. Fernández is a close friend of Abu-Jamal’s and played an instrumental role in the acquisition. Abu-Jamal, born Wesley Cook, was a journalist, political activist and founding member of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party. In 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted of shooting and killing Daniel Faulkner, a Philadelphia police officer. At the time, Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death, but in 2011 a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing, eventually leading prosecutors to drop their pursuit of the death penalty. Over the past 40 years, Abu-Jamal’s imprisonment has proven to be controversial. A 2000 report from Amnesty International concluded that Abu-Jamal had not been given a fair trial based on international standards, and advocates the claim that he was framed by the police.

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Looking into history, legal troubles of RISD students’ ‘Private Parts’ exhibition BY FINN KIRKPATRICK SENIOR STAFF WRITER On May 15, 1978, an exhibition titled “Private Parts” was set to debut at 128 Main St., organized by a group of students at the Rhode Island School of Design. But the night before the opening, a Providence Police officer came to inspect the gallery. Though the officer didn’t personally take offense with the content of the exhibition, he informed the exhibitors that the police would raid the gallery on its opening day to enforce Rhode Island’s anti-obscenity laws. Leading up to the release, advertisements appeared in the RISD Press, a weekly student newspaper, to promote the event. One such advertisement read, “ANY SIZE ANY MEDIUM ANY THING ANYONE ANY PRIVATE ANY PART.” The collective that produced this exhibition was not granted any gallery space on the RISD campus, so it had to seek other options for the show to go on.

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The gallery included a polaroid photo booth along with various comic photos simulating sexual acts. The exhibition itself was intended to satirize pornography, but Providence Police took it as something more serious. Unbeknownst to the artists and the exhibitors, The Providence Journal ran a piece that talked about the potential illegality of the show. Come opening day, the gallery was packed with people coming from all walks of life to see what all the fuss was about — before officers stormed in, peeling art off of the walls, explained Laurie McDonald, a member of the Electron Movers. The Electron Movers was the video arts collective composed of former RISD

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students that owned the gallery where the exhibition took place. The medium of the exhibition was predominantly photography but also included paintings and drawings as well as a polaroid photo booth for visitors to operate. Much of the artwork — 40 pieces in total — was confiscated by the police and allegedly destroyed, so most of the works only remain in the memory of those in attendance. One piece that stood out to McDonald was an image of “a rabbit humping a chicken,” which the

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