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wo recent Brown graduates, EvanDonahue 11 and Erik Stayton 11,
won rst prize in the United StatesDepartment o Health and Hu-man Services Facebook Lieline
Application Challenge or theirnew emergency preparedness ap-plication. Te app, called Lieline,s st t b rasd t th pub at May.
Lieline is an interace designedt hp atat dsastr r. Itaws usrs t st mrgycontacts rom their Facebookriends and in the event o a disas-ter alert them o their status. Tisaws r ph s ad thrmodes o communication to be
r r thrs wh ar sarhgr rds r d s. Ppcan also use Lieline to report amissing riend, and that riends
emergency contacts can provide
updats.Te application allowed the
duo to make technology about
utur, Dahu sad.Donahue and Stayton, room-
mates or three years while atBrown, came across the oppor-tunity while browsing throughgovernment outreach programs thga ds. HHS As-sistant Secretary or Preparednessand Response Nicole Lurie said
th grmt s attmptg tcreate new programs to encouragethga at.
We hope to utilize these com-petitions to engage more people
in technology, which is becom-ing more and more important,Lur sad.
HHS designed the competition
so entries would take advantage oFacebooks existing social technol-ogy. But Donahue said that whilethe application has a Facebook
rg, t s t us t Fa-
book, and the pair hopes to buildsmthg t mata ts.
Donahue and Stayton wereawarded $10,000 as winners othe HHS competition. Tey hope
to use some o the prize money asstartup udg t rat a bus-ness model or Lieline, Donahuesaid. Tough he greatly enjoyedparticipating in the competition
and creating a practical applica-
tion, Donahue said he was dis-appointed that the governmentdoes not have holistic engage-ment with technology programsand oers no plans or provisionspst-mptt.
Te duo hopes to release animproved and better unction-ing version o Lieline throughthe website Cinnamon Bird in
late May, right beore hurricanesas, Dahu sad. Itrstdusers can register on the site toreceive a notication when theapp s rady r us.
Alums create disaster relief app
occur one week aer nationwideeating disorder discussions was
partly a practical necessity, Bung-t sad. Usuay, Hath Eduatplans the initiative or the same weekas those discussions, but Roberts was
unavailable last week or the post-m dsuss. Puttg th prjto or a week into March which isas Nata Nutrt Mth adWomens History Month allowedBungton to seamlessly incorporatea utrt dagu, sh sad.
But branding the week as pro-moting good health is also impor-
tant. A bonus or Celebrate EveryBdy Wk s ts am t s acelebration ocusing on positive rela-tionships with ood and bodies, andit aims to include everyone. Toughthe week addresses eating disorders,th us bdy mag dsus-
s surs th tat ds tocus exclusively on such disorders,Bungton said. Tis is crucial be-
aus atg rstrts k thpra dts ha bmrmazd ad ptd, sh sad.
Geg eg de
Ellen Richardson 14 worked on agroup project related to eating disor-
ders at Brown last semester or PHP1680I: Pathology to Power: Disabil-ty, Hath ad Cmmuty. Rh-ardson and her classmates surveyedabout 75 students about previous
experiences with eating disorders,
whether they thought disorderedatg was a prbm at Brw adwhat thy kw abut aaab -ampus rsurs.
Richardson and her classmatesound that most o the students withwhom they spokedid know someone
wh struggd wth dsrdrd at-ing. But the majority o students wererelatively ignorant about Universityservices like nutritionist appoint-mts, Rhards sad.
T grup as drw up suggs-tions or where the University couldimprove its services. Tey looked atother Ivy League schools or inspira-tion Dartmouth, or example, haspeer counselors dedicated exclusivelyto eating disorders and an in-patienttreatment center where students canhk r a w days, Rhardssad.
Health Services currently sees
about 76 students regularly ev-ry t thr wks r dsr-dered eating, said Director o HealthSrs Edward Whr. But thatnumber does not include students
who seek help with PsychologicalSrs, Whr sad.
Every year, about one to three stu-dents go on medical leave or an eat-g dsrdr, Bugt sad. Tris no body mass index number setr dtrmg a studt shudbe put on medical leave, Wheelersaid. But i a students health is soprecarious that he or she needs to
be monitored multiple times a week,a medical leave may be necessary,
Bugt sad.
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Anna Jones 12 and Sarah Marion12.5 said they believe fexible spacesare necessary on college campuses
or discussing not only eating dis-rdrs but as th bradr ssu ood, exercise and body image. In
all 2010, Jones and Marion oundedand now co-lead Eat, Play, Love, a
studt grup that attmpts t pr-d that spa.
Initially, Jones and Marion want-ed to start a group that would operatespecically as an eating disorder sup-port group. Jones who worked atan eating disorder clinic the summerbeore ounding Eat, Play, Love said many people she talked to on
ampus thr had prsa pr-ences with disordered eating or knew
sm wh dd.Studts as dspayd a tr-
est in discussing eating disordersurther and elt a need or that space,especially because many elt therewas no clear place to seek ocialhelp specically or eating disorders,Mar sad.
But the groups ounders realizedthat targ thr mss sp-cally to eating disorders might ex-ud thrs wh d t ha suha dsrdr but st ha bdy magrs. T grup was rwrkdto incorporate those issues, Jonessad.
Te mission dri o Eat, Play,Love in its nascent stages refectsthe double-edged sword o how to
talk about eating disorders and bodyimage. Celebrate Every Body Weeksmssag s mr ratab tha ocused only on eating disorders,and it can draw people in who wouldotherwise eel uncomortable talkingabout body image, ood and exercise,Mar sad.
hough discussion o eatingdsrdrs ad th stgmas attahdt thm s apprprat r a gcampus, Jones agreed that the weeksocus has the benet o allowing a
bradr rag pp t part-
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T Curruar Rsur Ctr hasstreamlined its application processor independent concentrations,said Independent ConcentrationsC-Crdatrs Ea Shwartz 3ad Jams Wash 3.
Te application has been changedrom a 10-page concentration pro-
posal to a combination o a our-pagest qusts ad a prpsa r aapst r thss.
Shwartz, wh s pursug a -
dependent concentration in Com-munity Development and Education,said this was done to make the processo proposing an independent concen-tration more straightorward and lesstmdatg.
I came here thinking I wantedt b a gr, Shwartz sad. Hsad prssrs rm sra dpart-ments told him to concentrate in theirrspt ds br h tuaysettled on an independent concen-
trat.Assat Da th Cg r
Research and Upperclass Studies Be-senia Rodriguez said the University
supprts th hag, as admstra-
tors are looking or ways to make(picking a concentration) more mean-gu.
Shwartz sad th rsd prssis not necessarily designed to steerstudents toward independent con-centrations. Instead, it is supposed tohp studts h ad d thrinterests into something coherent,whh a sm ass ad t stu-dents pursuing traditional, existing
trats.O dsadatag pursug a
independent concentration is thatstudents do not have the ull support a sg dpartmt that studts
in existing programs experience,Shwartz ad Wash bth sad.
But Shwartz sad may studtsin existing programs complain o a
lack o departmental support as well.Wash, wh s pursug a dp-dent concentration in Logic, said thator him it was hard to think o disad-
vantages and that independent con-centrations oer tremendous fexibil-ity. Were it not or his concentration,he said he never would have beenexposed to many o his proessors,especially those in computer science.
Another potential advantage or
independent concentrators is theprospect o nding research and em-ployment opportunities that match
up well with their elds o study,Shwartz ad Wash sad. Wash r-lated a story o a proessor hearingabout his concentration, nding andtatg hm drty t r hma jb as hs rsarh assstat, sm-thing he believes would not have beenpossible had he not been an indepen-dt tratr.
Schwartz and Walsh said they haveencountered little to no opposition
rom University administrators re-garding the change in application pro-cedures. I we want to make it betterand can make a case or how and why,
rys bhd t, Shwartz sad.
Independentconcentratorsto face fewer
roadblocks
unauthorized student monitor-g r rgus atty ad wrpreceded by criminal activity o
sm srt, sh sad. T FBI hasworked with the University and
th Dpartmt Pub Saty ths stgats.
We had ull knowledge,Kawu sad.
Te Providence Police Depart-mt as wrks wth DPS whstgatg Brw studts.
I students suspected theywr th subjts ay hakgor external monitoring, Klawunnsaid the University would workwith Computing and Inorma-t Srs t rt saguards.But inormation about student
grups ad adrs s aa-ab ss prttd mda, kwspaprs, sh sad.
(Monitoring) probably couldhapp wthut us bg ab tb awar, sh sad.
David Sherry, chie inorma-
tion security ocer, said studentswho transmit inormation overthe Brown-Secure wireless net-work or through Brown emailauts d t d t b -cerned about unauthorized moni-toring. Inormation transmitted
r Brw-Sur s ryptd,so police orces could not snip
the trac, he said. University
ma auts ar as ry s-cure, he said, and any police orcewould be required to present asubpa t ass matra stthrugh thm.
We would never allow themaccess to our email system, Sherrysaid. Tat just wouldnt happen.
In terms o online monitoring,the only action the police couldtake is monitoring websites like
Facebook, Reddit and blogs, hesad.
i d hve es bee s
I th wak th APs stry,
the Brown Muslim Students Asso-at st a ttr t Ya Prs-dent Richard Levin, who releaseda statement Feb. 20 condemn-ing the NYPD surveillance. Te
Brown groups letter pledged theirull support to both Yale and itsMuslim Students Association andthanked Levin or his statement
supprt.Te association does not be-
lieve it was monitored by theNYPD, said Board Member Farza-ah Ausauth 4, tg bth thUniversitys distance rom NewYrk ad th mpt stat th grups wbst.
Mak Hussain, the president oPenns Muslim Students Associa-t, agrd that th Urstysdistance rom New York makesBrown students a less likely targetor NYPD surveillance. Tough
students should not be paranoid,he said, Muslim students maywant to keep in mind the pos-sbty bg mtrd.
I wouldnt be shocked to hearthat ths was bggr tha just thshs std, h sad.
Members o the Brown associa-tion were returning rom an IvyMusm r at Ya wh
news o the monitoring broke,
said Board Member Norin An-sar 3.
It was a eeling o betrayal,
sh sad. I kw my hart wtout to them, and I wondered,
Wr w th st as w?It ud ha asy b us,
sh addd.he Brown association has
extended support to students at
thr shs but has t mad apublic statement, Ansari said . Itsbeen kind o a behind-the-sceneseort, I guess, on our part, just toshw a bt sdarty, sh sad.
Dad Cdg 0, assatUrsty hapa r th Mus-lim community, also condemnedth mtrg. G th bak-ash th NYPD has rd, t sunlikely it would initiate any kind
sura at th Ursty,h sad.
Ausaluth called the NYPDsats ujustd.
We dont stand or anything
extreme or anything that wouldsort o raise signicant criminal
srt rd fags, h sad. Wrjust tryg t b p abut urrg.
Klawunn said the Universitywants to be supportive o its Mus-lim community and has been in
tuh wth Cdg rguary.We want to make sure our
Muslim students eel supported,sh sad.
a hs svee
Tugh d has sug-gested the reported spying extend-ed to Brown, there is a history aw rmt kpg tabs Brw studts, wrt Dad
Krtzr 6, prssr athr-pology and ormer provost, in anma t T Hrad.
Kertzer headed the CampusAction Council an antiwargroup in the 1960s while astudt at Brw. Tugh grupmembers suspected they were be-ing monitored, they were never
ab t rm ths suspsuntil years l ater, Kertzer wrote,when Te Herald uncovered re-dacted FBI reports that detailed
th us atty.T atur th FBIs m-
toring was never made clear,
Krtzr wrt, but t wud k-y ha rqurd tt mr thasomeone showing up at our pub- atts (ras, dmstra-tions, etc.) and monitoring TeHerald, the Pembroke Record andth Prd Jura.
Tough he noted that the anx-ious climate improved during the1980s and 1990s, the aermatho 9/11 spawned police activ-ity similar to that o the 1960s,h wrt.
I would not be terribly sur-prsd t d ut abut mr r-cent government espionage o thiskd, spay amd at Isam
groups on campuses, Kertzerwrt.
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Dmrats.Wendy Schil ler, associate proes-
sor o political science and publicpolicy, said the push or youngerdelegates at the convention is acontinuation o Obamas eorts to
mbz th yuth t.Mears said she believes Obama
would ulll his campaign promisesin a second term. While delegates donot have a lot o responsibility, going
to the DNC would allow Mears tointeract with important party mem-bers, she said. Young people need tob d pts rgardss their political persuasion, she added.
Nw that Mars s th ba t,she will start campaigning. Becausemost Brown students are registeredin their home states, Mears will relyon votes rom the Rhode Island com-muty.
I I can knock on at least 500drs, I ampshd I dt w, sh sad.
Tis is really an individual e-
rt, Mars sad. I std ut at thmarket all by mysel and have to pay
(or my campaign) all by mysel, butts a pr.
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the Dean o the Colleges website.Te parameters o the require-
mt wr rd by th Cg
Curruum Cu ast a.Wh t bam ar that t
all students in the class o 2013had tak wrtg urss by thsecond semester o their junioryear which is too late to get
started on college-level writing the CCC elt the need to clariy
the requirement, Bergeron wrote.Starting with the class o 2015,
students who do not ulll the re-quirement by lling out an onlineorm in ASK, will receive a checkon their internal transcript that
w prhbt thm rm graduat-g.
Te more practice studentsget in writing, the better, wroteProessor o Philosophy Charles
Larmore, who teaches a WRI-designated course, in an emailt T Hrad. T rqurmtcould be strengthened by increas-ing the number o WRI courses,h wrt.
WRI courses are evaluatedby the CCC on the basis o thenumber o writing assignments
that promote revision and that
ocus on writing itsel as an activ-
ity in some way, Bergeron wrote.Larmore stressed that stu-
dts w ray y ar rmpaper-writing i they get plenty o
eedback, that is, comments andcriticisms about their writing asentiment that Senior Lecturer inEducation Luther Spoehr echoed.
Spoehr said he thinks a classwith the WRI designation is a
guarat that yu w gt d-dua attt.
Spoehr teaches other 20-per-
son, WRI-designated classes,including a rst-year seminar.He said he would approximatethat one in six incoming resh-m ds t wrt at a that wud pt r a rst-yarstudt at Brw.
Sphr sad h was rdstudts mght assum that -WRI urss wud t as much writing as WRI classes.He said he thinks all classes shouldhave a strong writing component,regardless o their department oratgrzat.
For his non-WRI class, stu-
dts wrt s - t tw-pagresponse papers, and Spoehr saidh a spt a t thgs abutwrtg t tw pags.
Proessor o Physics GangXiao, who teaches PHYS 0560:Experiments in Modern Physics,a WRI-designated course, saidstudents write six lab reports in
th urs, ah abut 0 pags.Te papers must mimic articlesscientists submit to journals or
publication. He said the rst re-port is usually substandard, but
as the semester progresses, so toods th quaty th rprts.
Xa sad h thks wrtg so paramount importance, even ins. Sm wh s a gdphysicist cannot do his or her jobwell without the ability to write
grants to get research money or tocommunicate intelligibly to peers,he said. Te payo (rom writ-
g abts) s just trmdus,
h sad.In general, most students ar-
r at Brw ab t wrt m-petently, but a signicant ractiondo not, Spoehr said. He addedthat students come to Brown aeryars bg prasd r skuwrtg hgh sh, but thrs aways rm r mprmt.
Tough Spoehr said he hasbeen learning to write or 40 years,he joked he (hopes) to get thehag t sm day.
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g tm at Brw. Ar rturg
to campus this spring, he said hew d t tak at ast tw, tthree, requirements every semesterrm w .
Cmputr s tratrJrda Pa 3 s urrty study-g at th Ursty Edburghbecause o its mix o science and-s urss, h sad. Sstarting at Brown, he has taken twoor three concentration requirementsevery semester. Like Caspar, he alsomapped out a timeline or ulllingth rst hs rqurmts.
Im denitely locked into mynext two semesters, but Im okay
with that, he said. It was worth it tostudy abrad, Pa sad, spaybecause computer science courses
at th Ursty Edburgh arru drty a mpt 0 rom those at Brown. I thinkpeople tend to not go abroad be-cause theyre a little bit scared aboutt shg thgs, h sad.
Tat was cause or hesitation orCara Rosenbaum 12, a psychologyconcentrator who is also pre-vet. Iwas really nervous about it, she saido being able to ulll all o her pre-
vet requirements, and it was a veryhard decision to go abroad becauseo the infexibility she would have
aer returning. She spent the all oher junior year in Copenhagen, in aprgram wth a r urruum psyhgy dag wth hdrsneeds that ended up being a per-
t t.As a varsity athlete on the
equestrian team, Rosenbaumalso weighed her commitment toher team when deciding to studyabrad. Ar rg a ma-tion to be a junior captain or thewg yar, sh sad th hardstpart abut bg abrad was mss-
g hr tam ad t bg ab tpractice and compete or a whole
sas.
I do think I appreciate Brownmore or being away, she said. I
dont regret going abroad. Not at all.Place echoed this sentiment as
well, saying that he would a 100percent encourage everyone tostudy abrad.
Science concentrators who de-
d t study abrad amst awayschoose semester-long programsrathr tha u-yar s. W a-ways encourage a student, whereverpossible, to remain in a local settingas g as pssb, Brstu sad,though he recommends studentsconsult their advisors about concen-
tration requirements when decidinghw g t study abrad.
Short-term programs are very
valuable experiences as well, hesaid, adding that they are oentheme-ocused and intensive iny tp. Suh pprtutsusually take the orm o eld-studyprograms, such as Browns our-plus-our model or a short-term
prgram that startd ast summr.Students in this program will engagewith local students at the Chinese
University o Hong Kong or ourweeks and then return with them
t th U.S. r ur mr wks trprat bth prspts a
g thm.We always like to do some-
thing that puts a Brown twist on
studying abroad and goes beyond
the traditional programs, Brostu-en said. Students looking to study
abroad or less than a ull semes-ter can participate in communitysr prgrams, tak trshpsand conduct research in order toincorporate study abroad into theirpr at Brw.
Its not separate, Brostuen said,but is instead a transormative part
Science students analyzetrade-offs of study abroad
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ar dsh, a wr a th way, stopped with mustard, meat saucewith a secret spice, onion and
celery salt. Another local tradi-tion is coee milk cold milk
swtd wth syrup.Isd th rstaurat, yu ar
assaulted by the smell o hot dogs,hamburgrs ad Frh rs. Autr, pakd wth hatty us-tomers, lines one wall. Above thegrill on the ar side, prices oreach oering are listed wienerscome in at just under $2. Stevensworks the cash register. A manms , dmadg 5 a th
way, not an uncommon order customers regularly ask or up to40 r 50 wrs.
Wait till it gets busy! Stevensjokes amid all the bust le. N.Y. Sys-tm s p ut a.m., ad tspeak hours are late on Friday andSaturday ghts.
Patrons come rom diversebackgrounds locals, riendsStevens has amassed over theyars ad tursts. Sm turstsdrive up to two hours to expe-rience these legendary wieners,
Stevens said. Despite the roughneighborhood, Stevens said hisbusss s as y as r. h
greatest challenge, he said, was tokeep the N.Y. System true to its
hstry th busss has b hs amy r 65 yars.
l ae deghs
Everything is good! saidth at Guatmaa wr Guatepan Bakery. Located acrossthe street rom the massive lea
markt, th ty shp ss swtbread and pastries according totraditional Guatemalan recipes.
But business is not good, hesad.
his seems to be a trend in
Olneyville the community isrtay surg, as s tswr dw budgs ad mptysdwaks. But t s st pssbto ind a ew gems amid thersdta aras ad abaddstruturs.
When you enter Cuban Revo-lution Restaurant and Bar, you aregrtd by srs shwga silent documentary about Fi-del Castro. he 1950s-style musicuds a aura tag Cuba,and an empty stage hints at the
possibility o live music. he bar,whh tds th u gth th rstaurat, rs r 30 a-rieties o imported, domestic anddrat brs.
he menu, adorned with boldgreen, orange and yellow text andimages o Castro, has an arrayo selections it or meat lovers
and vegetarians alike. Fountain
drinks come at a steep $3 but the
d ts s bth ardab addus.
Vge es d de
Food is not Olneyvilles only
rg r g strs. hBig op Flea Market is located ina massive brick urniture ware-
house on Manton Avenue. hemajority o its vendors sell knock- sugasss, shs ad bags.
With a bit o exploring, youa d sm trasurs. I a arcorner o the lea market is a tinystall selling beta ish and bamboo.And what might seem to be a pile
juk a atuay ta -tage treats mirrors, tiny tablesr ass, th prt addts tdorm decorations. here is an in-cense stall with lame-ree, plug-in diusers, so Brown studentsd t ha t ar th wrath drm hks.
I you need a break rom trea-sure-hunting, there is a snack barmpt wth rsh rut, and empanadas, which accordingto Gil Lopez, a riend o the own-r, ar th mst ppuar h.
Yellow Peril Gallery, which ea-tures modern and experimental
art, is located within the Plant,
a d m mp turd ta community o artists, designersand academics. On an averageday, the small gallery welcomesbetween six and 12 visitors, otenwanderers rom nearby CubanRut.
he last show opening hosted100 people Feb. 3, and CuratorRobert Stack and Director VanSouvannasane said the next showscheduled or March 15 mightha up t 500 gusts.
he last exhibition at Yellow
Peril, odd Jones Stereo Balance,ended March 3. Next up is an ex-
hibition on the Occupy move-ment, eaturing multiple artists.
It will be an innovative, dynamicand technology-oriented exhibit,Suaasa sad.
he work showcases artistsexploring dierent mediums,h sad.
In the summer, the sceniccourtyard at the Plant comes alive,Stak sad. H sad thy hp tuse it in the uture or outdoorhbts.
Olneyville eatures an eclec-tic array o locally owned ood,
shps ad art. It mght b a ghike over, but the walk throughdowntown Providence and acrossFederal Hill is both charming andexcellent exercise. Away romthe monotony o College Hill,Olneyville provides a welcomehag pa.
Wieners and modern artentice in Olneyville
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labor inequality. I think its about
whats happening in society andhow people are becoming discon-
nected with themselves, she said,adding that shared experiences andnot categorization in a communitytt ud prd a sut tabr dsparts.
Te panels moderator, BrendaCarter, visiting instructor in Ameri-can studies and Unite Here orga-zr, sad m appar t rma atthe oreront o the labor movementbecause, during the past ew decades,union organization has been a mat-ter o aggression and outspokenness
rathr tha attamt rsuts.Posner said she developed her
pass r wrkrs rghts wh atBrw. I had ths urg t gt tthe working world, she said. She
added that womens rights remainan issue even at Brown. An inabilityt s th wh prs st sts,sh sad.
Ashy, wh am t th UtdStates rom Scotland at the age o 19 5 t d wrk, td tm-porary society as an exacerbatingactor or labor issues. I dont see
the kindness in society that there was, sh sad. Mary Curt, aparalegal or Rhode Island Legal Ser-s, addd that gdr quaty
remains problematic, providing theprtraya wm prst-daymda as a amp.
Curtin said it was crucial to notethat the gradual disappearance o the
phrase working class has contrib-uted to a decline in appreciation orworkers. Carter added that the termsabr ad u rma surraor most Americans, since only 7percent o private sector workers areatuay u mmbrs.
Despite the panelists discussiono the disconnect between labor-rs ad sty, Ashy sad sh washeartened by the impressive turnout. m, yu guys ar th aswr trythg, sh sad.
Union women discuss the future of labor
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Column assumes resume-geared lifestyle
To the Editor:
Cara Dorris 15 brought up some interestingthughts hr um (Cara Drrs 5: T du-b trat parad, Marh 6), but I udtagr ss.
W, kay, Im wth hr thg: I agr thatpeople shouldnt just do a bunch o stu to have a
ull resume. Te thing is, shes advocating againstthat t baus shs agast g yur t k
gd papr, but baus sh kws thats t thbst way t d s.
But at th rsk sudg supr am whatever happened to just doing what you enjoy? Herattitude reminds me o the whoring-yoursel-out-r-g-apps utur (a a Cg Cdta):Dont have a laundry list o extracurriculars havea ew that you excel in! Like her column, this isgrat ad r pp wh ar rsum whrs. Butor those o us who participate in activities or theexperience, not the resume-bolstering advantages,
this advice is irrelevant and yields results counter to aairly common result o doing what you love, namelysupra mt a buh thgs, whhs . Wh dd prg yur trsts bm a
bad thg? S wh ha w had sm bgatt b th bst rythg w d?
Dorris wrote, Te truth is we are all motivated andha may trsts. W ar a rag wdy twardsome coveted internship or job at the end o the tun-. But thats t tru. Sm us ar trstd exploring many interests without much o an underly-g dr t b trmy sussu prsay, Ijust wat a jb that gt m ugh my t buda home comortably. o those o us who dont eel like
were racing wildly, Dorris assertion that the winnerwont be the one who has the ullest resume is almostssa. Wr?! What?! Ts s a tst?!?!
In light o the act that were not all living our livesr ur rsums, Id k t prd strutargument or double concentrating. Some o us, whiletrstd may thgs, ak th tra dr tpr ur trsts wthut th strutur prddby trat rqurmts. Darg tw -centrations allows us to build a Brown-approvedsd udat tw drt aras, whthr urga s mpyabty, straght up dat r smmbat th tw.
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(I) didt rally wat to try larig girig iaothr lagag.
Brady Caspar 13See abroad pge 8.
e D I T O R I A L
Weve all been there: rooting through old wallets, searching on ourhads ad ks udr th bd, as urtuat dt-
rial board members case buying unneeded assorted items romth East Sd M Mart, just t gt th rght mbat quartrsr audry baus th Card Vau Ctr mahs ar brk ytaga. Fr Ruths sak, thrs a Itrt mm abut hw awu thCVC mahs ar.
Tis all is by way o expressing how thrilled we are that Brown hasdecided to update its vending inrastructure and combine the inernaldg strp wth dg baa a systm ad Bar Buks.E mr prmsg s that th Udrgraduat Cu Studtss urrty dsussg a prpsa that wud aw Bar Buks t busd at rstaurats ad strs Tayr Strt, T Hrad rprtdast wk.
Yes, you read that correctly money your parents think youre
spending on textbooks may soon be able to uel your late-nightChipotle run. Joking aside, we approve wholeheartedly o the newBear Bucks initiative. Not only is it convenient or students, but it
w ras pub saty by rdug th d r studts t arryash r rdt ards.
While students may not care about whether they hand a credit
card or their Brown ID to the cashier at Antonios, the personal saetybts bg ab t arry y yur Brw ID stad ash rrdt ad dbt ards ar udab. Last wk, w spk ut abutthe recent spike in College Hill crime and possible ways to circumvent
it. Te Bear Bucks on Tayer initiative, though obviously not a meanso preventing crime, protects students rom having their assets stolen.
I students know they can stay out late and only bring their personal
ID with them without being denied their midnight snack, they will bear less likely to carry other orms o money on their persons. Toughhpuy dts muggg ad assaut w rma w ad arbetween, student possessions would be saer under this plan regardless.
We are concerned, however, that this new addition to the Bear
Bucks plan could cause riction with MunchCard, last semestersat that aws Brw studts t ad a ard wth my t
get discounts at select Tayer Street restaurants. MunchCard directorBenjamin Vishny 14 told Te Herald, I (the University) had had
a systm whr Bar Buks had b aptd at th rstaurats, wwudt ha startd MuhCard.
Vishny has stated that he doesnt think MunchCard or Bear Buckswill compete with the current Dining Services meal plans but whatabut th mptt btw th tw -ampus pts? Bth apotentially expanded Bear Bucks program and the existing MunchCardr ast bts t studts ad a bussss. Iday, thy wd a way t st, but as th pa stads w, t s as asy t sth tw m t ft.
T da Ursty my bg usab at arby rstauratss appag, ad th at that t s a pa arady st at thruniversities around the country is a testament to its practical viability.W supprt th pa ss, but w urg UCS ad th Urstyto ensure that, as it goes orward, it works to create a Bear Bucks plan
that s mpatb wth a th stg pts.
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Brw s a pa that markts ts tsdduasm. Ts sh has r r-qurmts ad strs t apt pp whrg thr w paths thrugh thr aadm- ad prsa s. Ts s grat. It maksr a truy trstg atmsphr, whr s surrudd by asty drt adrdby trtag pp. Wh I ap-pd, my rds th a rst-yar sad that at Brw, thr wud b a gdha I wud mt sm wh s th
bst th wrd at smthg, tshaky sak. Ts drw m t Brw ad stt apart rm thr shs. Is thr a pss-bty that dduasm a b tak t arthugh? What ar th mts ths utur,ad ds Brw sur by stg as t ds?
Idduasm ad ts a b artu. W d mr pp ths wrdwh thk r thmss ad stad up rwhat thy b . Lk at th Rpubaprsdta ra, r sta. Tr yuha ur addats wh stad up rt ms pp ad t thm atywhat thy wat t har r amp, thatrada Musms attakd us / bausw stad r Amra ptasm. RPau, th thr had, ts bs wh
h suggsts that prhaps ur prus aars th Mdd East prkd th attaks. I ma hag, Pau was hastsd
r mpyg that ur rg py shudk mr k th gd ru a r
rat rm a party that tuts ts Chrstamras.
Ts s grat. Pau s a hr r brtar-as ad yug ttuas rywhr Brady Srma 3 twthstadg(R Pau s t a brtara, Fb. 7). Iat, Paus m ps ar th ys th tab that wud rdu th d-t. S why s h t th Rpuba rt-rur? W, r startrs, h s uwg t
mprms. Hs das mak hm a martyrr hs aus, but hs bsss wth ab-shg th Fdra Rsr rshadwshs rasab ps. Whats -puttgabut Pau s that h dst udrstad thatmprmsg rdr t ah gratrsta gas s paramut t prbm s-g ad gtatg.
S, t, at Brw ds ur dduasmha th ptta t aat. GQ a-usd us bg th duhst sh Amra, tg Brw studts that 0
yars ar graduatg, yu w b gwth yur amy a d hus that yuqut yur jb t rurbsh yurs by
rsg a tratr wth pastak-g hstra auray a rmry day-
g st th ty thats rty b r-amd by a sma ppuat wht guys had-patd -shrts wh ar hpgyu put tgthr a hath ar ud-rasrr MO.rg. Ts pats a ptur Brw as d wth strtypa hpstrs,but mr mprtaty t mps that Brws d wth r-sprtd utr-uturastudts.
I wud prsay t b ths duh,
but th mt us as umbr thsst s rathr trubg. It mps that urmtaty dduasm ad rjtgth status qu s smwhat a amayad s atthta t th ws may ur utry. As utur adrs w shud bwary assumg that uhamprd dd-uasm s aways da. I at t ud makus bad at ratg wth thrs. E ratgt w Brw studts a b a ssu.
Ursts ha may tradts thatdr studt ad utur. W ha
Sprg Wkd ad rga rts. Brwrary ras bhd a sprtg t, adSprg Wkd s th y tm that w as-
smb arg umbrs. Brw appad tm, ad prbaby t may yu, baus t
smd t brdg th gap btw sma b-ra arts shs ad rsarh ursts.Brw, hwr, sms just arg ughthat w r a gathr r mmutyts ad just sma ugh that w akth udg r prgrams that argr shsfaut. Sm pp say that w ak a h-s sh-sprt. Ts may b why.
It mght b hard t bud sh sprt at apa that brgs tgthr a buh ppwhs mst uyg trat s thr ddu-asm. Hwr, mmuts ar just as m-prtat r prsa dpmt.
I urag yu a t g t sprts gams,s a pay r just spd tm ampus.It was dsuragg t th s th umbr
pp that r th g wkd Fbruary. T wathr was pasat hr,ad I ptd Brw t fursh wth ad sprt suh a shrt brak. Istad, tkd k a ghst tw.
Budg mmaty amg stragrsbgs by rauatg ur w dtty. I-dduasm s a grat da, but wthut thtt a mmuty t s y. Mayb t stm r us t ask what w a d r Brwad t what Brw a d r us. Kds hrtak thmss ry srusy, r bttr rr wrs. I wudt ha t ay thr wayr g t ay thr sh. But prhaps t stm that w tak a t h p adjy supprtg ur w studts.
Lcas Hstd 13 lovs big a Browdoch ad lovs Ro Pal, too. H ca
b rachd at [email protected].
Individualism at Brown
I rsps t St Chzs 4 -um (RIPAs duata au, Fb.4), I mmd th authr r rgz-g that studts rst must a C-g H t udrstad whats byd thbubb. Hwr, wh I wh-hartdyagr that thr s a argr ad mr d- rs Prd mmuty byd thH, th arts argumts r usg thRhd Isad Pub rast Authrty tar mr abut th ty ar qut prb-mat. Nt y s th art ptta-y s t studts at th Ursty,wh ar haratrzd as a ad sh-trd, but t as suts ths wh d t Cg H baus t as t -sdr thr prs ad prspts.Tugh th authr tds t brad urmyp wrdw, ray, h ds uprg harmu strtyps urbammuts.
Chz pas that r s th bustu was strutd 4, Brwad Cg H studts ha mptyaptd rsdg a shtrd bubbaway rm a argr, uprttd sty. Iqust Chzs abty t kw that ramst a tury studts ad rsdts th ara akwdgd th tu, butard th uprttd sty t whhth tu wud taby ad thm.
Furthrmr, Chz struts hs
argumt arud th da that pp Cg H d t kw hw t rd abus. Fr th rwhmg majrty Brw studts wh ar t rm Rhd
Isad, th Rhd Isad Pub rastAuthrty s mst ky a rg -pt, th authr stpuats, rg a r-gg but swpg grazat abutus Bruas. Ctrary t what Chzthks, th pub trasprtat systm st a phm sp t Prd.
May Brw studts ad Cg Hrsdts ha tak a ty bus br, ad
r thm, th mst astshg ws abutRIPA s that, wth a swp yur BrwID, yu a tak th bus aywhr Rhd Isad r r. I yu atuay passth tu rm tm t tm, yu a sthat may studts ar th srtad wat r th shdud bus t arr.Mr tha a hadu ur assmats
ha dsrd that th tu s t
mry a dtur that trrupts th wakrm thr drms t th Ma Gr. Ithr s at a prbm wth studtst rdg th bus, th ssu s that t
ugh studts d ras t tak ad-atag RIPA.
Sm aspts Chzs art mayatuay b s t Prd rs-dts wh th H. Rdg thbus gs Brw studts a uqu rss-st Prds myrad prbms,th authr urags. I ths way, Chzdsrbs Prd th wrst way
pssb. H maks th bus mmutysud k a turst attrat dsgd asa r suppmt t th pry Iy Laguduat. RIPA s t a sa pr-mt, ad yu trat t as suh, yu arshwg yur prg, t hkg t.
Mrr, dsrbg th kds p-p yu may utr th bus as a
Vtam war tra whs mssg hs
gs, a tthss mtay-dsabd wm-a wh sgs udy th tr rd ad ayug adut bggg r my as h taksa swg rm hs fask s rud. Prd
s t just hm t pp wh ar pr a urba sttg prty, hmss-ss, ahsm ad pr hath ar,ad t wr, yu shud t rgardts rsdts mry as arhtyps ds-ttut. I yu a haratrz Pr-d rsdts ths way, I wdr yuha r ray tratd wth, t aard rm, sm wh taks th bus.I a urba wastad s a yu s whyu stp away rm th Va Wk Gats,I wdr yu ha r s Watr Fr, std th apta budg, skatd at thBak Amra Cty Ctr r trdth Prd Chdrs Musum. Pr-d has ts ar shar trubs s-pay aa trubs but th tyshud b appratd as mr tha just armdr that prty sts th wrd.
Lts b hst w ar shtrd Cg H. Hwr, wadrgthrugh Prd ad gag at thwrd thrugh mpra ys s t th s-ut. Hp th bus ad ray tak ak arud yu, but trat th ty ad tstzs wth rspt. Ty ar t hr ryur trtamt.
Hl McDoald 14 is a prossioalbs ridr ad ca b rachd at
[email protected] i yo
d lssos.
Bursting the Brown bubble
RIPTA is ot a social xprimt, ad i yo trat it as
sch, yo ar showig yor privilg, ot chckig it.
Brow howvr, sms jst larg ogh that w vr
all gathr or commity vts ad jst small ogh
that w lack th dig or programs that largr schools
fat. Som popl say that w lack a cohsiv school-
spirit. This may b why.
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B aliSon SilVEr
SeNior StaffWriter
Over the past two years, only 9 per-cent o students studying abroadhave been science concentrators,while 65 percent have concentratedin the humanities or social sciences,ardg t Kda Brstu, d-rector o international programsad assat da th Cg.
T O Itrata Pr-grams encourages all students tostudy abroad, regardless o theirconcentration, Brostuen said.Te majority o students chooseEurope as their destination, withSpa, Fra, Itay ad th UtdKingdom being the most popular
locations. wo-thirds o studentswho have gone abroad in the pasttw yars ha b ma thsame as the national average andamst ha dty as wht.
I think maybe part o it is the
act that, i you look at humani-ties and social sciences, there aremore women studying those elds,said Brostuen. Te disproportionbetween humanities or social sci-
ence and science concentrators is
a ata trd, h sad. Nt thatthr art pprtuts aaabr ths studts, h addd.
Students in the sciences oenthink it is more dicult to get awayrm Brw baus th aturand number o concentration re-quirements, Brostuen said. Engi-neering is a common example osuh a d, but Brw has studyabroad programs specically de-signed or engineering students,Brstu sad.
Tese programs include a new
option at the University o Canta-
bria in Spain that allows engineeringconcentrators to study alongsidea studts urss taught English. Aer completing a ull year
or spring semester, students are eli-gb r a s- t ght-wk sum-mr grg trshp pa-ment in Spain. Te Brown Plus OnePrgram at th Ursty Ed-burgh and the Chinese University
o Hong Kong also caters to sciencestudents, particularly engineers. Teprogram allows students to study
abroad during their junior year and
earn credit toward a masters degreeto be completed in a h year ostudy ollowing their graduationrom Brown. Te University alsors prgrams Lat Amra,amg thrs, that ar mr d-based and geared toward the bio-
ga ss, Brstu sad.Brady Caspar 13 spent last se-
mester at the University o Edin-
burgh studying mechanical engi-neering. He chose the Universityo Edinburgh because its campusis dedicated to engineering, he said.
At the same time, the School o En-gineering is not a separate entityrm th ma ampus, ad h stelt integrated with non-engineeringstudts.
Being an engineering studentabroad denitely posed an extrachallenge, he said, adding he alwaysknew he wanted to study abroadbut he did not consider any non-
English-speaking programs, mainlybecause he didnt really want to trylearning engineering in anotherlanguage. Beore committing tostudyg abrad, h dd t -sur that h wud b ab t uall o his remaining concentration
requirements during his remain-
Science concentrators less likely to study abroad
B tonya rilEy
StaffWriter
Last week, Rebecca Mears 15 collect-ed more than the 150 signatures re-quired to join the race to be a RhodeIsland delegate to the DemocraticNational Convention, held the week Spt. 3 Chartt, N.C.
here are 16 candidates whocompleted the required pledge osupport to the Democratic Party andcollected the signatures necessaryt ru, sad Stpha DSa, -ecutive director o the Rhode IslandDmrat Party. T Dmrat
National Committee allocates 47 del-egates to Rhode Island, 11 o whomar td th st CgrssaDstrt, whr Mars s rug.
Mears opponents include MyrthYork, a ormer Rhode Island state
senator, and ormer Providencemayr Jsph Pa, Jr.
Ts ar pp whr ry-one in Rhode Island knows theirname, and Im just this young girl outthere, said Mears, who met some ohr w ppts wh gathr-g sgaturs at East Sd Markt.
Mears, who is involved withBrown Democrats and interns withU.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-
R.I., was inspired to get more deeplyd a pts at th S-ond Annual Rhode Island StudentPta Bt Camp Nmbr.Mars, a Cara at, ptd tregister to vote in Rhode Island aermeeting local elected ocials at thebt amp.
At the boot camp, Edwin Pache-co, chair o the Rhode Island Demo-
cratic Party, encouraged attendees toconsider running or delegate. Mearsdecided that running would allowhr t partpat th t ata mr d tha 00,wh sh was a mr.
Te candidates will participatein a lottery March 7 to determine
name placement on the ballots orthe April 24 Rhode Island Presiden-tial Preerence Primary, DeSilva said.S th past, sm trs hasimply chosen the names that allrst on the list, the placement lot-
tery could aect Mears shot, DeSilvasad.
Mears age may have preventedher rom ully engaging in the lastelection cycle, but it could nowwrk hr ar. T DmratParty rqurs a rta umbr delegates rom dierent minoritygroups, DeSilva said, and Mears is
y tw addats wh ain the youth bracket ages 18-34.T ga r th dgat s thr,DSa sad.
Mears is also one o eight emalecandidates running or the six spotsdsgatd r wm. Ts masthat mr tha th tddelegates are men, the Rhode IslandDemocratic Party will give those po-
sitions to the top emale candidates,DSa sad.
Te Democratic Party denitelyocuses more on youth and on youthissues, so its important or that to
be represented at the partys biggestevent o the year, said Shawn Pat-terson 12, president o the Brown
First-year runs forconvention delegate
B alExanDra macarlanE
SeNior StaffWriter
President Ruth Simmons and ac-ulty members expressed their grati-tude at uesdays aculty meeting tomembers o the search committeesthat std Chrsta Pas asth Urstys th prsdt.
Faculty members heard reportsabout the state o negotiations withProvidence and remarks rom therecently hired ombudsperson RuthRosenberg. Tey also discussedthe academic calendar and plans
to implement executive mastersprgrams.
Chung-I an P95 P03, chairo the Campus Advisory Commit-t ad prssr physs, sadthe committee ultimately chosePaxson or her wonderul lead-
rshp quats ad baus shunderstands the challenges acingBrown. Paxson has yet to get to
kw Brw, h sad, addg thatt was ary mpssb t da rpamt r Smms.
Simmons said she was thrilledwth th rdry ad ast prsso the search committees and con-gratuatd a hs wrk thcommittee. You work hard, you
pay hard, sh td a.Simmons said Paxson was tre-
mendously excited and honored
to take this on, adding that themost important goal in Paxsons
trast w b t mmrs hr-s th ssus that w b mstprat mg yars.
Paxson was unable to attend themtg, but sh has b tdto department chair meetings in
May.Regarding the ongoing negotia-
ts btw th Ursty adthe city, Simmons said the Cor-prat, th Urstys hghstgoverning body, determined at itsFebruary meeting that the Univer-sity is not prepared to supportanything without substantial valueto Brown. Simmons said she iscontinuing to meet with MayorAngel averas and his sta and hasalso met with Governor Lincoln
Cha 75 P4.Simmons said the University
is willing to pay the city or theservices it provides. She presenteda hypothetical in which, i the cam-pus needed more plowing services,the University would be willing topay the city or more street plows.Suh paymts ud b mad a rata bass, sh sad.
Smms hghghtd th U-versitys continued commitmentto Providence schools, mention-
g th wrk d by th Strg
Committee on Slavery and Justice.
Te committee has given $280,000to Providence schools since its in-
pt, Smms sad.Hal Roth, proessor o reli-
gious studies, asked Simmons ithe University is publicizing itscontributions to the city. Simmonsmphaszd th d t bradmmuats a rms.
Rosenberg, University om-budsperson, spoke about her e-
rts t b a dta, utraad rma rsur r autymmbrs t agat th Ur-sity. Rosenberg said she is open toa suggsts r mprg at Brw.
Provost Mark Schlissel P15 saidth Da th Cgs sconsidering how to mitigate theconsequences o not changing theacademic calendar in the 2013-14sh yar, wh th Sptmbrstart date will confict with Rosh
Hashaah.Schlissel also reported a change
th ft trst rus tandem with the changes to therus th Nata Isttuts Hath, whh rqur ths whreceive money rom the NIH torprt ths args t th U-versity. Te University will nowrequire all researchers to report anyearnings greater than $5,000 rom
prjts utsd th Ursty.
Tese requirements apply to allprojects that researchers deem
directly related to their eld orsarh.
Shss as sad thr w ba t t sdr th Urstysrst Proessional Executive MastersProgram. Tis program will allowthe University to diversiy sourceso revenue and expand the infu- duat rah, h sad.Shss addd that th mst m-portant challenge will be to ensureth quaty th dgrs, prs-srs ad studts th prgram.
Dean o the Faculty KevinMcLaughlin P12 reinorced theUniversitys commitment to diver-sity, in the wake o the impendingSupreme Court case regarding a-rmative action. Te Universityand department chairs must moreactively reach out to minority can-didates or aculty positions, hesad.
McLaughlin also addressed theUniversitys retirement policy, out-lining that or both ull and associ-ate proessors, there are two op-tions or retirement. In both cases,auty mmbrs a thr rtrully aer a certain number o yearso service, or they can phase out
with a hal salary or up to threeyars, h sad.
In his report to aculty mem-
bers, Peter Shank, proessor omedical science and chair o the
Faculty Executive Committee, an-nounced the recipients o the Fac-ulty Service Awards. Five awards
wr aud r service to the University. Shankgave awards to Ruth Colwill, as-
sociate proessor o cognitivelinguistic and psychological sci-ences, James Dreier, proessor ophilosophy, Lina Fruzzetti, proes-sr athrpgy, Wam Pat-terson, senior research engineer,and Cynthia Garcia Coll, proessor pdatrs.
Faculty members also heard re-prts rm th Graduat Cu,the Campus Planning AdvisoryBard, wh dsussd th hag-ing status o library space, and theUniversity Resources Council, whostressed the importance o con-servative nancial planning with
th budgt, s th Urstysbudgt r t yar w dp tts rsrs.
Te highest priority goes tocontinuing to support what youare doing, Simmons said to acultymmbrs.
Memorial minutes were pre-sented or Frank Stewart, proessoremeritus o mathematics, and Wil-liam Shipp, proessor o molecular,
bgy ad bhmstry.
Faculty meeting focuses on new leadership and city issues
Cortsy o Kdall BrostScic stdts ad mioritis ar drrprstd i stdy abroad programs.
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