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Faculty stick Festival reveals new sides of Haiti She said that a priority of the re-
view is getting departments “to
together in work By Anita Badejo American and Caribbean Studies, better inform the University and
articulate their goals apart from a
list of required courses.”
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C ampus N EWS “It’s fascinating feeling like you’re creating your own game.”
— Arthur Matuszewski ’11, on being a representative on the CCC
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CCC cycles through concentration reviews
continued from page 1 ferings” and “how a humanities would necessitate a revision of the
concentration is achieved.” As a advising framework, Wang said. By
CCC’s suggestions, as well as student, she said she has enjoyed undergoing the review, the depart-
from the department’s own plans seeing “how the concentration ties ment received insight on the coun-
— whether recruiting additional in with the idea of liberal learning tr y-track question from the CCC,
faculty, which requires funding ap- at Brown.” particularly with regard to how
proval, or restructuring course re- Arthur Matuszewski ’11, a for- similar departments handle the
quirements in the concentration. mer Post- editor-in-chief who is issue. The CCC also independently
Sheela Krishnan ’10, a student serving his second year as student recommended clarifying wording
representative on the CCC, said representative on the CCC, said he about course requirements on the
that during the review discussions thinks the review process is crucial department Web site, something
there is “definitely a lot of back- in keeping up with the changing Wang said the faculty had not pre-
and-forth. Everyone has their own needs of students. “Seeing the new viously considered. Wang said the
opinions and ever yone’s opinions curriculum be reinvented and rein- review was useful because there
are heard, which is great. It’s amaz- scribed has been the most phenom- was “two-way communication. It
ing in that ever yone comes to the enal part to me,” Matuszewski said. was a reciprocal process.”
table with open minds.” “As a student (representative on Bergeron said reciprocity is a
Krishnan, a human biology con- the CCC), in part, defining Brown particularly important aspect of
Daily Herald
centrator who was on the subcom- becomes defining what you want the second round of concentration
the Brown
mittees for the South Asian studies your own educational experience reviews. “I think tr ying to articu-
and East Asian studies reviews, to be. It’s fascinating feeling like late clearly the intellectual goals
Editorial Phone: 401.351.3372 | Business Phone: 401.351.3260 said she has been able to witness you’re creating your own game.” (of a concentration) needs to be an
George Miller, President Katie Koh, Treasurer “the inner-workings of course of- Hye-Sook Wang, associate iterative process,” Bergeron said.
Claire Kiely, Vice President Chaz Kelsh, Secretary professor and chair of East Asian “It needs to be a conversation.”
The Brown Daily Herald (USPS 067.740) is an independent newspaper serv- studies, said the department had Bergeron also said she has
ing the Brown University community daily since 1891. It is published Monday not conducted this type of self-ex- been pleasantly surprised by the
through Friday during the academic year, excluding vacations, once during amination since its inception more outcomes of the reviews. “Faculty
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A rts &C ulture “I write when I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t write.”
— Dawn Raffel ’79
M. LACROSSE
S ports M onday “We were all playing in the same crappy weather.”
— Alexa Caldwell ’11, women’s lacrosse player
W. LACROSSE
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This weekend’s series all came just 26 seconds into the game. handed goal of the series.
down to game three after Brown Three other Bulldogs added goals Neither team scored for the
beat Yale on Friday, 3-2, then lost in the first two periods, giving Yale rest of the night. The Bears lost
on Saturday, 6-3. a 4-0 lead heading into the final on the shot charts, 44-21. But with
frame. Clemente shutting down Brown’s
Brown 3, Yale 2 “Saturday we got off to a slow goal, Maclellan’s one was all the
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It was a similar stor y Friday start,” Clemente wrote. “I let in a Bears needed.
night, when Yale was held to un- couple soft goals.” “It’s pretty impressive to get a
der three goals for just the second In a third period plagued by shutout against the No. 1 offensive
time since January, as Clemente penalties, Brown mounted a come- team in the countr y,” Maclellan
stopped 37-of-39 shots. back that made the final score look said.
Yale’s normally explosive of- more exciting, but never gave the When the clock finally showed
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fense fizzled while missing its Yale crowd much to worry about 0:00, the Brown benched poured
leader, Ivy League Player of the as the Bears couldn’t get closer onto the ice to celebrate with Cle-
Year Sean Backman, who broke than three goals away. mente. Maclellan said everyone on
his foot earlier in the week. The Bears’ first goal on the the team had a word of congratula-
Brown’s offense did its part, night came shorthanded, when tions for the goalie.
thanks to Bobby Farnham ’12, Jeff Jack Maclellan ’12 executed a 2-on- When asked what those final
Buvinow ’12 and tri-captain Aaron 1 rush after a turnover in the neu- moments were like, Clemente
Volpatti ’10 — who each had one tral zone, making the score 4-1. But simply said, “Lots of fun. Lots of
assist and one goal on the night. any momentum Brown could have smiles.”
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