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Football’s Farnham ’10

leads year’s All-Ivy roll
Wide-receiver Buddy Farnham ’10
was named Ivy League Football Co-
Player of the Year, and eight other
Brown players collected All-Ivy first
team honors, the league announced
last week.
Farnham’s 1,003 receiving yards
in 2009 led the Bears, who went 4-3
against league opponents to capture
third place. He shared the Player of
the Year honor with Penn linebacker
Jake Lewko.
While the Bears failed in their
bid to repeat as Ivy League cham-
pions, they were well-represented
on both offense and defense in the
end-of-year selections by Ivy League
coaches.
Kim Perley / Herald Quarterback Kyle Newhall-
Left to right, mustache models Matt Cavallaro, George Coffin and Nathan Phipps — all RISD students.
Caballero ’11, in his first year as a
2,709 passing yards. He was joined
on the first-team Ivy offense by his
favorite targets, Farnham and fellow
wideout Bobby Sewall ’10, and two
senior linemen, Mark Callahan ’10
and Paul Jasinowski ’10.
On defense, four more seniors
got All-Ivy nods in their final sea-
son. Defensive end James Develin
’10, tackle David Howard ’10, line-
backer Kelley Cox ’10 and safety
Chris Perkins ’10 were all first-team
selections.
Farnham was also named to the
first team as a return specialist.
Four Bears received second
team All-Ivy honors — guard Tim
Danser ’10, running back Zachary
Tronti ’11, punter Nate Lovett ’12
and defensive backs David Clement

On next year’s calendar, a ‘moust’-have

starter, was chosen as the top signal- ’10 and A.J. Cruz ’13.
caller after leading the league with — Staff reports

By Talia Kagan
Staff Writer
Mustaches are having a moment.
They’ve recently been spotted on
stars such as Brad Pitt and George
Clooney. Organizations like “Mus-
taches for Kids” and “Movember”
encourage men to grow them to raise
awareness and donations for chari-
table causes.
But for professional photographer
Ricky Chapman and the Rhode Is-
land School of Design students and
alumni who collaborated with him
on the 2010 “Moustache Calendar,”
growing a mustache is not about the
latest trend.
People often associate mustaches
with “creepy” men, if not ironic Brook-
lyn hipsters, Chapman said.
“There’s nothing ironic about the
Moustache Calendar,” said collabora-
tor Nathan Phipps, a senior studying
industrial design at RISD who is fea-
tured in the calendar as March’s “Mr.
Introspective.”
“It’s kind of about the classic mus-
tache.”
The calendar instead shows the
type of mustache “that you could wear
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at the office,” or while “romancing
women,” said Chapman, who added
that he chose the spelling “mous-
tache” for the calendar’s title because
it seemed more sophisticated than
“mustache.”
The calendar’s black-and-white
photos feature RISD students and
alums (and their mustaches) in inti-
mate, personal shots. All the photos
have captions, including “Caveman”
and “Casanova.” And yes, all the mus-
taches are real.
The calendar is subtitled “Sex-
Confident,” defined on its first page
as an adjective denoting “realistic con-
fidence in one’s power and ability to
attract the opposite sex.”
“We wanted it to be a celebration
and a form of empowerment to the
mustached man,” said collaborator
Matt Cavallaro, who sports one of
May’s mustaches.
Chapman attended a Catholic high
school where he had to stay clean-
shaven, but he hasn’t shaved his up-
per lip once in the past seven years,
he said. For half of that time, he has
had a beard, and for the rest of it, just
a “stache,” he said. His current mus-
tache, he said, is part “classic chevron”
and part “horseshoe.”
“Sex-Confident” is actually Chap-
continued on page 2
For AIDS, painting the town red
By Hannah Moser
Senior Staff Writer
Four downtown buildings, including
City Hall and the Kennedy Plaza skat-
ing rink, will light up in red tomorrow
in recognition of World AIDS Day.
Providence is one of 13 cities in
the United States, United Kingdom
and Ireland that will participate in the
“show of solidarity” for those suffer-
ing from AIDS, according to joinred.
com, a Web site for the “(Red)”
advertising campaign founded by
U2 singer Bono and activist Bobby
Shriver.
The city will also commemorate
the day with a candlelight vigil at
the skating rink, according to the
Providence Journal.
This year marks the 21st World
AIDS Day, designed to “raise aware-
ness about the disease and to urge
governments and leaders to fulfill
their promises to do what it takes
to halt and reverse the spread of the
disease,” according to the Web site
of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria.
(RED), which coordinates the
displays, is an initiative in which nine
brands — including Apple and Amer-
ican Express — donate a percent-
age of their profits from designated
(RED) products to the Global Fund
to provide anti-retroviral medication
to people infected with AIDS in Af-
rica, according to its Web site.
continued on page 2

Prison chaplain visits to M. hockey forward gets chance to shine

discuss rehab efforts By Dan Alexander
Senior Staff Writer

By Jessica Calihan
Contributing Writer
The Rev. Joyce Penfield, a chaplain
at the Adult Correctional Institu-
tions and co-founder of a spiritually
focused organization that rehabili-
tates prisoners, spoke to a group of
students in J. Walter Wilson Sunday
night about her work in Rhode Is-
land’s prisons.
In an informal discussion, Pen-
field discussed her own personal
journey and answered questions
about prison life and rehabilita-
tion.
Penfield, an Episcopalian priest,
initially wanted to create a rehabilita-
tion program through the church,
inside
but faced resistance. But unable to Jesse Fratkin ’11 spent much of last
ignore the tragic amount of recidi- season dressed in a suit, not a uni-
vism she felt was due to a lack of form.
support systems, she joined with Most nights, he didn’t know if
12 other “spiritual people” and went coach Roger Gril-
Bentley 3
directly into the facilities. lo and his staff
Brown 2
The program she runs now, would put him on
known as the Blessing Way, runs the fourth line or
UConn 1
classes in the prisons and helps re- in the bleachers.
Brown 8
cently released inmates land on their But before this
feet in the outside world. season started, newly hired Head
“Wonderful things happen,” she Coach Brendan Whittet ’94 said Frat-
said, describing the transformation kin would see more ice time.
she observes in many of her stu- Last week, Fratkin showed why.
dents and the close bonds she forms In Brown’s first win of the sea-
with them. “People come up and son, an 8-1 stomping of Connecticut
give me hugs.” at home, the forward scored three
Jonathan Bateman / Herald
Jesse Fratkin ’11 during a Nov. 21 game against Yale. The forward had
continued on page 2 a breakout performance in an 8-1 victory over UConn Saturday. continued on page 5

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C ampus N EWS “My mom says she can’t take me seriously with it.”
— RISD senior Nathan Phipps, on wearing a moustache

Abuse during childhood Calendar traces time with mustaches

speeds aging, prof shows continued from page 1

man’s second mustache calendar

By Xuan Gao
Contributing Writer
Physical or emotional abuse during
childhood accelerates the body’s ag-
ing process, according to a study by
a team of scientists led by a Brown
professor.
The study has the potential to
explain how biology and experience
come together to produce risk for
illnesses, according to the study’s
lead author, Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry and Human Behav-
ior Audrey Tyrka. Tyrka said she
hoped the research would also lead
to illness prevention.
“This is really critical because
if we step back and look at life, for
a healthy long life, what you need
most is the ability for yourself to
divide to protect your genetic ma-
terial,” Tyrka said. “So if there’s
something that’s interfering with
that process, then it can adversely
affect your longevity and your
health.”
Before conducting the study,
the group of researchers examined
the stress hormone system respon-
sible for coordinating the body’s re-
Qidong Chen / Herald
Assistant Professor of Psychia-
try and Human Behavior Audrey
Tyrka.
ric or medical conditions . They
found that adults with histories of
childhood abuse or neglect had sig-
nificantly shorter telomeres than
the adults who weren’t abused in
childhood, Tyrka said.
Questions still remain about the
overall causal mechanism, Tyrka
said, including the question of ex-
actly how such stress exposures
might relate to reduced telomere
length. “We don’t have all the pieces
to that puzzle yet,” she said.
The study drew researchers
from a variety of fields different
areas. “I would call this a multi-
disciplinary research approach,”
— the original was created in 2004
when he and a friend wanted to raise
money for a trip to Hawaii. The two
friends “shot it, designed it and printed
it at Kinko’s in about two-and-a-half
weeks,” Chapman said. They sold
the calendars on their small college
campus and turned a profit of about
$800 — enough for the plane tickets,
he said.
Chapman told this story to a group
of RISD students, who think of Chap-
man and his wife, Amy, a RISD alum,
as friends and “surrogate parents,”
he said. After hearing the story, sev-
eral students decided to work with
Chapman on a new edition of the
calendar.
The calendar is partly intended
as a way to publicize the young art-
ists featured in it, said Cavallaro, who
manages the calendar’s Web site, the-
moustachecalendar.com. He hopes to
post updates for each man during his
month in 2010, he said.
Some of the featured students al-
ready sported mustaches before the
photoshoots, while others grew them
or shaved off beards to participate.
Phipps had occasionally worn a
mustache before working on the cal-
endar, but he said he had always seen
it as “funny.”
But “since we did this whole
thing, I’ve grown to appreciate the
mustache,” he said.
His girlfriend, Lindsay Perkins,
a RISD student featured (without a
mustache) in February’s image, said
she felt the same way. “I‘ve definitely
grown to love it,” she said.
Perkins said she has also noticed
that Phipps’ mustache generates re-
spect from other men. “Nate and I will
be out to dinner, and other guys with
mustaches will give a nod,” she said.
But not everyone is equally im-
pressed. “My mom says she can’t take
me seriously with it,” Phipps said.
Most participants, however, de-
cided not to keep their mustaches. “I
thought it was interesting to find out
that it is something of a statement, and
a lot of the guys weren’t willing to keep
it for that reason,” Phipps said.
Cavallaro kept his mustache after
the shoot was over and continued curl-
ing the ends of his conquistador-style
facial hair during the summer. It was
a style of mustache he had been con-
sidering before the project started, an
interest that inspired the “Conquista-
zuma” image for November.
In general, Cavallaro said, images
were inspired by the students them-
selves. “This calendar isn’t so much
about the mustache itself, but more
about the man behind the mustache,”
he said.
So far, 3,000 copies of the calendar
have been printed, Chapman said.
The calendars, which cost $15 each,
are for sale at the Brown Bookstore,
the RISD Bookstore and Books on
the Square on Angell Street in Way-
land Square. Chapman hopes to bring
them to more local retailers, as well as
Urban Outfitters stores in Providence
and in New York. Chapman, who fi-
nanced the project, has not broken
even yet, he said, but he thinks he
may donate part of his eventual profits
to Movember and RISD’s Office of
Student Life.
But for Chapman, the Moustache
Calendar is not about money — it’s
about celebrating its namesake, “sex-
confidence.”
“I feel like mustaches can work
for most guys,” Chapman said. They
should “be bold as men and let their
mustache be a sign of that boldness,”
he said.
And for young men seeking a role
model? “Nietzsche had a very, very
bold mustache,” he said.

Prison programs offer ‘atmosphere of trust’

sponse to stress, Tyrka said. People
with histories of childhood abuse or
neglect had abnormalities in their
systems, she said.
The current study did not look
at the hormone system, but instead
at telomeres, which are DNA re-
peats at the ends of chromosomes.
Part of the telomeres’ function is
to protect the coding regions of
chromosomes, Tyrka said.
The researchers surveyed a
group of 31 healthy adults who
have no current or past psychiat-
sudoku
Tyrka said.
The group is planning a larger
study in the future to look at te-
lomere length in relation to stress
and access to the hypothalamic-pi-
tuitary-adrenal system, Tyrka said,
which scientists think is involved
in shorter telomere length.
Elizabeth Blackburn — who,
along with two other scientists, de-
veloped the method for measuring
telomeres — was awarded a 2009
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medi-
cine on Oct. 5.
continued from page 1
The group judges its success by
the number of people who have com-
pleted the 90-day program, found
work and remained out of prison
and sober.
When one discussion participant
asked whether she ever came across
individuals who seemed impossible
to rehabilitate, Penfield said most
such cases had simply never had
access to therapy and rehabilitation
efforts. “No one’s ever beyond help
from my perspective,” she said.
Penfield, who officially serves the
710 male inmates in the minimum
security facility at ACI and about 245
women across all levels, emphasized
the importance of these courses in
addressing the abuse many inmates
have experienced. As a part of the
classes, inmates write about their
experiences and share them with
the group without the fear of being
judged, Penfield said.
Though Penfield was optimistic
about the inmates and her program,
she was less hopeful about the prison
system itself, which she stressed was
created for retribution rather than
correction. But she said she tries to
focus on the people she works with
rather than the system.
“I focus on the individual and try
to help the individual become free,”
she said.
Penfield’s visit was sponsored by
the Prison Discussion Group, which
was formed this fall following discus-
sions among students involved in
Space in Prisons for the Arts and
Creative Expression, a program
sponsored by the Swearer Center
for Public Service.

Brown to host
AIDS Day
symposium
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hold a free AIDS testing day Friday
in Alumnae Hall, according to Lauren
Pischel ’11, a member of the group and
a Herald staff writer.
The alliance’s Providence chapter
will also hold a ceremony for four re-

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Arts & Culture
The Brown Daily Herald
Set in amber, the Conference explores digital history
trauma of extinction
By Jenna Steckel
Staff Writer
Two hundred years ago, the popu-
lation of American passenger pi-
geons was considered limitless,
and observers wrote of migrations
that completely blackened the sky.
At the dawn of the 20th century,
however, there was only a single
survivor, and with her death, what
had once been the most populous
bird species in North America was
left in the past.
The memory of the passenger
pigeon is the focus of “Zugunruhe,”
an installation by Rachel Berwick
showing at the David Winton Bell
Gallery. Most of Berwick’s pieces
meet at the intersection of extinction
and renewal, and “Zugunruhe” con-
tinues the artist’s exploration into
the theme of loss in nature.
The exhibition features Ber-
wick’s second installation devoted
to the passenger pigeon. A previ-
ous work, entitled “A Vanishing;
Martha,” consisted of amber-cast
models of birds stacked on metal
poles in decreasing numbers, lead-
ing to a central pole with only one
bird, representing Martha, the final
member of the species, who died
at the Cincinnati Zoo on Sept. 1,
1914.
“Zugunruhe” sees Ber wick
revisit the passenger pigeons by
means of cast amber, a material that
allows the artist both to compose
a visually arresting flock and to
represent the prematurely forced
fossilization of the species.
The title — a term for night-
time anxiety and restlessness that
birds and other migratory species
experience when they begin migrat-
ing — was coined by ornithologist
Gustav Kramer in the 1950s, accord-
ing to exhibition notes. The word
is formed from the German “Zug,”
meaning movement, and “Unruhe,”
anxiety.
Installations are naturally experi-
enced spatially, and so the first room
in the exhibit serves as a primer for
the rest. In the lobby, a large book
on loan from the John Hay Library
sits open, displaying an intricate il-
lustration of a passenger pigeon.
Printed on the walls of the first room
are eyewitness testimonies to the
pigeons’ ubiquity from prominent
naturalists of the 19th century,
including John James Audubon,
ornithologist Alexander Wilson
and author and Native American
advocate Simon Pokagon.
At the center of the room sits
a spinning, metallic compass en-
cased in a glass shell, topped with
a smaller glass dome. Rather than
point north, the compass remains
in perpetual motion, mimicking
patterns of migration. The egg-like
construction is simple and serene,
with an apparent sturdiness that
comments ironically on the pigeons’
demise. The compass’ ignorance of
the pigeons’ plight parallels the 19th-
century quotations that adorn the
walls. The birds’ disappearance jars
so harshly with the omnipresence
the naturalists describe that the
viewer feels shocked and unsettled,
questioning the fate of any other
species now taken for granted.
Just as the viewer commences
mourning for the pigeons he or she
will never see, the next room brings
the overwhelming sight of a tree
filled with nesting amber pigeons,
encased in a mirrored glass octa-
gon. The ghostly flock — formed
from copal, a type of resinous amber
— covers every branch of the oth-
erwise barren tree. The birds refer-
ence fossilized insects trapped in
amber — the cast pigeons are made
from a substance that can preserve
the genetic material of species that
have vanished from the earth.
The case that houses the tree
separates the viewer from the no-
longer-present pigeons and imbues
them with a sense of mystery and
distance. At some points, the view-
ers catch glimpses of themselves in
the glass and are reminded of the
uncertain dominance of the humans
species. The birds, haunting in their
spectral permanence, are relics of
a past world in closer touch with
nature. They remind us to hold on
to what still remains and work to
stave off any further tragedies of
extinction.
By Kate Monks
Contributing Writer
Could Facebook notes appear on the
pages of future history books next to
tweets about someone’s day? Could
Facebook pictures one day be hang-
ing in the Ratty next to the images of
years gone by at Brown, documenting
student life in the 2000s?
With the increasing importance
of digital media as a record of every
minute of people’s lives, scholars are
beginning to address the implications
of this unique technological archive of
information and what it means for the
future of documenting history.
This week, Brown will host a con-
ference that brings together scholars
from around the world to discuss the
effects of new media sources such as
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on
the archival process. The conference,
“Animating Archives: Making New
Media Matter,” will run Thursday
through Saturday at Pembroke Hall
and is presented by the Cogut Center
for the Humanities and the Malcolm S.
Forbes Center for Culture and Media
Studies.
Conference organizer Wendy
Chun, an associate professor of mod-
ern culture and media, said one of the
questions the conference raises is how
scholarship can change in response
to new forms of media.
“Part of the argument is that we as
scholars maybe need to think again
about the traditional article format and
think about how to use new media,”
she said.
Michael Steinberg, director of the
Cogut Center and a professor of his-
Monday, November 30, 2009 | Page 3
tory and music, said the effect of new
technology on the process of record-
ing and retrieving information has
been threefold.
“First, access is a huge issue,”
he said. “The world of Google has
completely changed how we can get
information.”
People now have vast amounts of
information on virtually any subject lit-
erally at their fingertips thanks to the
Internet, he said. Not only is an ample
amount of information available, but
rare sources, such as Library of Con-
gress holdings that would take weeks
to view in their physical form, can be
pulled up at the click of a button.
Steinberg also described “new
ways of thinking that are enabled by
the digital world,” including the use of
computer engineering programs that
allow archeologists and art historians
to reconstruct the buildings and com-
plexes of ancient times by examining
their remaining ruins.
The use of new technology has
allowed for “a whole new kind of inter-
disciplinary work,” he said — and the
new organization of visual information
is “just fantastic.”
Finally, Steinberg said digital
media also approach “a whole new
frontier of intellectual property.” Uni-
versities stand for the free access of
information for all their students, but
the creators of the novels, biographies
and recordings of the information also
want to be paid for use of their work,
he said. In the era of the Internet and
online library archives, the line of own-
ership is blurred.
He believes the upcoming con-
ference will be useful in dealing with
these subjects. “What Wendy Chun
has organized is a conference that
will not only deal with these things
but put them into contact with each
other,” he said.
Jay Gaidmore, a University archi-
vist, said he has noticed the major
impact that new technology has had
on the archival process at Brown in
just the last decade.
Digital technology is “definitely
going to impact how we document
the University,” he said.
“We used to receive letters, printed
newsletters, memos,” he said. In the
age of digital communication, the
University no longer receives these
physical documents because they just
don’t exist anymore. Now, “it’s all e-
mail,” he said.
As digital cameras and Facebook
became popular in the last decade, the
number of hardcopy photographs in
the archives has also dwindled.
“We have tons of photographs from
the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s,” he said. But around
2000 or 2001, Gaidmore said, students
began taking digital photographs, and
those hardcopy images of student life
that would have been stored away in
files now never leave the computer
screens of their owners.
“Dealing with electronic records
and digital records is probably the
greatest challenge, bar none,” he
said.
“Animating Archives” will deal with
these and other questions regarding
digital media today.
“These changes are happening
right now,” Chun said. “The ques-
tion is, how can we engage with
them seriously?”
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Monday, November 30, 2009 | Page 5

M. hockey wins big over UConn

continued from page 1
goals and added an assist. Last year,
Fratkin sat in the stands and watched
his team play UConn.
“This was my first time playing
against UConn, so it was a good one,”
Fratkin said. “I wish we could play
them more often.”
On Tuesday, the Bears lost at
home, 3-2, to Bentley (5-6-3), but
Fratkin scored one goal and assisted
the other. On the week, he had six
points in two games. Last season, he
didn’t score once.
“It was nice to get a clean slate,”
Fratkin said of the coaching change.
“I’ve always worked hard on my
game, and I’ve always seen myself
as a decent player, but it’s nice to
get a chance.”
Bentley 3, Brown 2
Jesse Morgan / Herald For the sixth game in a row,
Peter Sullivan ’11 dives for a loose ball during a battle against URI earlier Brown let in the game’s first goal.
this month. The Bears’ hustle turned their losing ways around last week.
Just 33 seconds after the puck
goal of the season 11:41 into the
second period.
Brown held on to the advantage
until 4:36 into the third period, when
Cloutier scored his second goal of
the game to begin the Falcons’ come-
back.
Less than four minutes later, Ja-
mie Nudy gave Bentley its first lead
of the game, 3-2.
The Bears were still one shot be-
hind when a Bentley penalty gave
them a two-minute power play with
just 2:12 left. With 1:25 remaining,
Whittet pulled goalie Anthony Borelli
’13 — who finished with 25 saves
— in favor of the extra attacker. But
despite the 1:13-long six-on-four ad-
vantage, the Bears couldn’t find the
back of the net, and they lost their
sixth straight game.
Brown 8, UConn 1
Fratkin had three goals and five
other players added one as the Bears
steamrolled UConn (2-10-2) in their
Fratkin said. “I just kind of hung be-
hind the play a bit, hoping that the
puck would turn over.”
Tri-captain Devin Timberlake ’10
forced a turnover and passed across
the ice to Fratkin, who one-timed the
puck into the back of the net, giving
Brown a 1-0 lead for the first time in
seven games.
“It was (a) nice pass,” Fratkin
said. “He could have shot it, but the
pass was the right play.”
Brown blew open the scoring in
the middle of the period when Frat-
kin got his second of the night and
Francis Drolet ’13, Marc Senecal ’13
and Sean McMonagle ’10 all netted
their first goals of the season.
“It’s always nice to have a lead,
especially when you get a lead early,”
said goalie Mike Clemente ’12. “It
just kind of builds and the whole
team was playing with a lot of con-
fidence.”
For the first time since the season
opener at Princeton in October, the

M. basketball wins two

dropped, Bentley’s Dustin Cloutier first win of the season. Bears’ defense let in fewer than three
scored on a one-timer from the bot- “You hate to use the word ‘per- goals. Brown was also four-of-four on
tom of the left faceoff circle to give fect storm,’ but it kind of was,” said the penalty kill.

of three weekend games the Falcons a 1-0 lead before they

By Tony Bakshi
Sports Staff Writer
The men’s basketball team had a
successful Thanksgiving break, win-
ning two of three road games over
the long weekend.
Brown 70, Bryant 68
Bruno leveled its record to 3-3 in
dramatic fashion Wednesday night
as guard Garrett Leffelman’s ’11 last-
second put-back propelled the Bears
to a hard-fought victory.
With the game tied, 68-68, and
40 seconds to go, Brown held the
ball for a final shot. Peter Sullivan
’11 missed his jumper, and Matt
Mullery ’10 — who led all scorers
with 21 points — rebounded the ball
but missed his follow-up. Leffelman
then grabbed the ball and dropped
his lay-up through the net with 0.3
seconds left to play. He was fouled
by Bryant forward Clay McMath on
the play but intentionally missed his
free-throw attempt to let the clock
run out.
“When Peter had the ball, I cut
to the hoop looking for a pass and
ended up in a great position to re-
bound once he shot the ball,” Lef-
felman said.
Bruno’s victory was all the more
satisfying considering the start of the
game. The Bears came out sluggishly
on the home court of their in-state
rival and let the Bulldogs jump out to
a 19-5 lead with just under 12 minutes
remaining in the first half.
“I think I’ll look back at the Bry-
ant game as a turning point in the
season for me individually and as a
highlight for our team as a whole,”
Leffelman said.
Brown 69, USP 48
The Bears handily defeated their
Division II opponents in the penulti-
mate game of the Philly Hoop Group
Classic, beating the University of
the Sciences in Philadelphia Friday
afternoon.
Bruno jumped out to a 12-0 lead
had to change lines.
“We didn’t start off well, and that
UConn Head Coach Bruce Mar-
shall.
Marshall said the combination of
UConn captain Mike Coppola
scored the Huskies’ lone goal with
less than eight minutes left. But oth-
in the early minutes, as Adrian Wil- really hurt us the whole game,” Frat- a Brown team hungry to get its first erwise, Clemente was perfect in net
liams ’11 and Sullivan each sunk kin said. “We definitely didn’t play win and a UConn team that made with 24 saves.
threes. USP would cut the lead to our best.” some key turnovers caused an ugly In the game’s final minutes, Frat-
eight points, 15-7, on a jumper by Four minutes and 12 seconds into outcome for the Huskies on Saturday kin said the coaches were trying to
Zaahid Holloman later in the first the first period, Fratkin evened the night. get him more ice time, hoping that
half but would not get any closer for score after tri-captain Aaron Volpatti “They really came out with a lot he could get a hat trick. With just
the remainder of the game. ’10 sent him a pass at center ice. Frat- of energy, a lot of passion,” Marshall 17 ticks left in the game, he did just
Brown ended the first half up 29- kin skated into the defensive zone said. that.
17 and did not let up in the final 20 and shot from the top of the right It showed. “I have had a few hat tricks in my
minutes. The team would extend faceoff circle, beating Bentley goalie Fratkin netted Brown’s first of junior career. But I mean, hat tricks
its lead to 27 points, 54-27, midway Kyle Rank five-hole. five first-period goals. are hard to come by at any level,”
through the second half, helped by The Bears took a 2-1 lead when “I noticed they looked tired — Fratkin said. “You can’t even describe
strong three-point shooting (13 of Jack Maclellan ’12 scored his first they were at the end of a long shift,” the feeling.”
32, 41 percent).
Williams led all scorers with 12
points, with Matt Sullivan and Mul-
lery each chipping in 11. Tucker
Halpern ’13 crashed the boards for
a team-high eight rebounds. USP
forward Adewale Adefami led the
Devils with a double-double, scoring
10 points and coming down with 11
rebounds.
Siena 99, Brown 79
The Bears ended their Philly
Hoop Group Classic campaign with
a 3-1 record after falling to the de-
fending Metro Atlantic champions
Siena Saturday afternoon.
Brown came out strong, building
a 17-12 lead five minutes into the
game. But after that, the Bears could
not keep up with the Saints’ run-and-
gun offense. Siena strung together
17 straight points in the next 4:35,
as Siena point guard Ronald Moore
scored two baskets and assisted on
two others in that span.
“They shot the ball very well,”
Mullery said. “But we were able to
run with them for a while.”
Siena was devastating from be-
hind the arc, sinking 10 threes on
19 attempts. For the Bears, Andrew
McCarthy ’13 scored 18 points and
pulled down 11 rebounds, both ca-
reer highs.
The Bears return home Wednes-
day to face Holy Cross at 7:30 p.m.
in the Pizzitola Center.
“Once we cut down on turnovers
and bear down on defense, we are a
dangerous team,” Mullery said.
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Letters, please! The price of tuition
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Man premiere) between Christine Everheart, students overlook a glaring contradiction. The
a ravishing reporter, and Tony Stark. In refer- regents could have saved more staff jobs with
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Opinions
The Brown Daily Herald
Top three movies to live your life by
ANISH
MITRA
Opinions Columnist
Movies are amazing because we get to live
vicariously as some of the most evil, kind,
adventurous, intelligent and/or entertaining
characters of all time. Through their trials
and tribulations on screen, we can learn from
their mistakes and successes alike and apply
those lessons to our own lives without actually
taking the same risks or working as hard.
I watch movies with the intention of learn-
ing powerful life lessons that I can use to
potentially achieve success, avoid trouble and
maximize the quality of my life. Thus, I would
like to share with all of you three movies that
will provide the tools and insight necessary
to succeed in this often difficult world.
Number three is Mary Harron’s “Ameri-
can Psycho” (2000). Christian Bale stars as
Patrick Bateman, a 27-year-old vice president
at a reputable investment bank in New York
City. Infatuated with personal care, Bateman
shows excessive attention to detail with re-
gard to his skincare, suits, furniture, musical
tastes and even his business cards.
On the side, Bateman is a crazed serial
killer and cannot control his urges to kill
women after fornicating with them. In a truly
ironic fashion, the entirely self-obsessed Bate-
man ultimately realizes that he is not unique
at all. Rather, he is continually surrounded
by equally narcissistic self-promoters and
Fatima Aqeel
Opinions Columnist
Several high schools, mine included, have a
requirement for the number of days of school
a student attends. The student’s failure to meet
this requirement is ultimately recorded on his
or her transcript, and this then finds its way to
the colleges to which the student applies.
Why did the school think attendance was
important? This may have had to do with the
fact that if students didn’t attend school, it
worked against the whole point of a school. If
the institution was spending so much money
on teachers, yet the students were not bother-
ing to be taught, then that investment was be-
ing wasted. Students might as well have been
home-schooled. They would read textbooks
at home and come to school only to turn in
assignments.
That was high school’s way of dealing with
falling attendance. However, this situation is
not unique to high schools. Many classrooms
at Brown are never as full during the course
of the semester as they are during the first
few days. Some students complain that what
is done in class is straight out of the textbook
and that they would rather just do it on their
own. Moreover, while I was stuck in the build-
ing all through high school, in college I can
decide to go to sociology in the morning and
take an extended power nap during Macro.
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fails to stand out, despite his lethal extra-
curricular activities. While the professional
side of Bateman’s life is truly admirable, I
have learned to keep a sense of humor and
maintain an interest in creating value outside
of the workplace. If you don’t, you might
go insane.
Number two is Martin Scorcese’s “Good-
fellas” (1990). Scorcese, one of the greatest
directors of all time, truly conveys four key
concepts in this award-winning movie: greed,
lust, loyalty and betrayal. With an all-star cast
I watch movies with the intention of learning
powerful life lessons that I can use to potentially
achieve success, avoid trouble and maximize the
quality of my life.
including Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe
Pesci, this movie takes us on an emotional
and informative journey through the lifestyles
of the New York mafia.
As a middle-class New Yorker myself, I
identify strongly with Henry’s hungriness.
As a teen, Henry wanted nothing more than
to become something big. As he developed
a strong “working relationship” with his fel-
low gangsters, it seemed as if a life of luxury
and power were easily within reach. After
performing one the biggest heists of all time,
the trio had finally achieved their version of
the American dream — or so they thought.
Ironically, their biggest success ruined the
To go or not to go (to class)
(This can obviously also be done in class, but
going home is preferable.)
This, however, leads to the question of
whether going to class in college is as impor-
tant as it was in high school. Students have
the choice to make the most of their day. If
they find what is being offered in class less
useful than what they can do on their own,
then they have a choice. A lot of the time,
students (myself included) go to class simply
out of respect for the teacher. If a professor
Should colleges have an attendance quota like
high schools do? No, they should not. For one,
enforcement would be impossible in many
classes, but more philosophically, this would
defeat one of the key principles of college life
and of growing up: the power to make
your own decisions.
can make the effort to wake up and teach a 9
a.m. class, I think I should make the effort to
attend it. But with the vast range of facilities
being offered in college than in high school,
there is probably not a net waste of the Uni-
versity’s resources. Even if students don’t
turn up for math class, they will probably use
the math resource center, group tutoring or
the libraries.
lives of all involved. On a slippery slope of
betrayal and greed, the three find themselves
ruined at the end, with their wealth and power
gone.
Always stay hungry, always work hard,
and always remain ambitious. Align your-
selves with like-minded individuals and work
in teams in order to achieve your goals. How-
ever, never be too naive; in shaky situations,
even the most trusted of friends can become
snakes. Lastly, never be short-sighted. While
rewards for a certain project, task, etc., may
seem larger-than-life, the long-term costs
might overwhelmingly outweigh the short-
term benefits.
The last two movies had characters with
all the elements of “true ballers.” They were
hungry for success, ruthless in their pursuits
and possibly Republican (Patrick Bateman
jokes about his views on welfare, and Liotta’s
crew certainly evaded plenty of taxes). Their
morally questionable motives, however, con-
tributed to their demise.
This is why the top movie to live your life
by is John Dahl’s “Rounders” (1998). Starring
Matt Damon as Mike McDermott and Edward
Norton as Lester “Worm” Murphy, this movie
Looking from the student’s point of view,
however, there are ways to make classes more
useful and increase attendance. Should colleg-
es have an attendance quota like high schools
do? No, they should not. For one, enforcement
would be impossible in many classes, but more
philosophically, this would defeat one of the
key principles of college life and of growing
up: the power to make your own decisions.
The answer lies instead in somehow making
students gain something different in class
than what they can gain by reading the course
material by themselves.
There are still plenty of courses at Brown,
especially in the humanities, that manage
to do this, and some social sciences do as
well. For example, in Sociology 0150: “Eco-
nomic Development and Social Change,” a
course I am currently taking, course readings
complement what is done in class, but can
Monday, November 30, 2009 | Page 7
takes us through the ups and downs of the
life of a high-stakes poker player.
The character of Mike McDermott has al-
ways resonated with me. A man from simple
means, he uses his street smarts and quick
thinking ability to get ahead by making thou-
sands of dollars playing no limit Texas Hold
’Em on the side.
His life changes when his friend Worm
gets out of prison. As a loyal buddy, Mike re-
turns to his gambling lifestyle in order to help
Worm pay off a huge debt that was incurred
before his imprisonment. Ultimately, through
legitimate means, hard work, persistence and
a little bit of luck, McDermott comes out alive,
makes a lot of money and ends up pursuing
his love for poker full-time.
Instead of remaining complacent and
adopting the views of his peers or dumping
his responsibilities on his friend, McDermott
hangs tough and ultimately finds success,
— all without committing any serious moral
offenses. For this, he is truly admirable,
and those who follow his example cannot
go wrong.
American Psycho, Goodfellas and Round-
ers, while showcasing diverse characters, all
convey the idea that aggressive actions can
be used to change your society for the better
or worse. I have taken the best qualities of
all three of the movies’ protagonists and I
suggest you do the same.
Anish Mitra ’10 uses an herb-mint
facial mask.
never replace the notes I take on what the
professor says. Sometimes the readings are
so dense that students need to listen to the
professor explain them just to get a sense of
what’s going on.
But what about classes in which what is
explained during lecture can’t really be very
different from how the book explains the
same concepts? After all, the authors of the
book obviously also went to some lengths to
explain well and be lucid, and there may not
be too many other ways of explaining those
same ideas. This would be the case for some
economics or math classes. There are only so
many ways to explain how GDP can be calcu-
lated, and these are usually all in the book.
What can be done, then, is to make classes
more helpful for preparing students by empha-
sizing application. Not only will that be what’s
on the exams, but it will also be what students
will use if they use these subjects in the real
world. Sure, application problems appear in
textbooks, but not everyone can attain the
same level of understanding from a textbook
that they can from a professor.
Granted, not everyone can attain the same
level of understanding from a textbook chap-
ter, either. But there needs to be more bal-
ance, so that all types of learners can benefit.
Fatima Aqeel ’12 is an economics
concentrator from Karachi, Pakistan.
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Today, november 30
7 pm — “Death in Gaza” Film Screen-
ing and Panel Discussion, List 110
7:30 PM — “Obama’s War: Finding the
Right Strategy” with Bruce Riedel ’75,
Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute for
International Studies
menu
Sharpe Refectory
Lunch — Savory Chicken Stew, Vegan
White Bean Casserole, Asian Noodle
Bar
Dinner — Grecian Style Beef, Vegan
Roasted Veggie Stew, Jumbo Cous-
cous
crossword
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Conference to examine history 2.0
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2:30 PM — A Reading by Pulitzer-
Prize-Winning Writer Jhumpa Lahiri,
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3 pm — Audition for “Lulu,”
Stuart Theatre
Verney-Woolley Dining Hall
Dot Comic| Eshan Mitra and Bredan Hainline
Lunch — Honey Mustard Chick-
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Cheese, Nacho Bar
Dinner — Tuscan Pork Roast, Fet-
tucini with Goat Cheese and Baby
Greens, Roasted Herb Potatoes
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Hippomaniac | Mat Becker
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