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Council addresses safety, violence
By Jessie LaFargue
Contributing Writer
Tuesday’s Brown University Com-
munity Council meeting focused on
the community’s safety concerns
and the repercussions for student
misconduct.
A committee of students, fac-
ulty and public safety officers has
started reviewing pedestrian safety
on campus, said Russell Carey ’91
MA’06, senior vice president for
Corporation af fairs and gover-
nance. The University formed the
new panel after the fatal Februar y
car accident at the intersection of
Hope and Thayer streets, The Her-
ald reported earlier this month.
Though accidents are usually
low-speed and low-injury, intersec-
tions — such as the one at Brown
and Waterman streets — and signal
UFB will end funding for tableslips after break U. begins
By Alex Bell
Senior Staf f Writer
Student leaders discussed the future
of tableslipping at Brown — or the
potential lack thereof — before a
small group in MacMillan 117 on
Tuesday night.
The forum, hosted by the Un-
dergraduate Council of Students
and the Brown University Activi-
ties Council, invited leaders of
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crossings are being evaluated for
safety, Carey said. The University
will be working this spring with
the city of Providence to coordi-
nate the signal lights on Waterman
Street to reduce traffic.
Educating students, faculty,
drivers and officers and emphasiz-
ing personal responsibility is key
in this issue, according to Carey.
Installation of more blue light
phones, Zipcars and bicycle racks,
has increased pedestrian safety,
according to Carey.
Carey also discussed steps to
prevent on-campus violence. Warn-
ing signals have often presented
themselves before previous violent
incidents, at Brown and at other
campuses, he said.
“If you have a concern, we
would like you to let someone
know,” Carey said.
last phase
student groups to weigh in on the
Undergraduate Finance Board’s
of capital
recent decision to deny funding for
tableslips for Category III student
groups — the category of groups
campaign
that receive funds from UFB — af-
ter spring break.
The decision will be announced
to the organizations’ leaders later
this week, according to UFB Chair
Jose Vasconez ’10.
He said that in the interest of
Jonathan Bateman / Herald
News, 3
empowering friends
Workshop teaches friends
of sexual assault survivors
how to know what to say
195 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island
President Ruth Simmons said
Brown’s policies on violence “are
pretty clear,” and “if something is
threatening, harmful or harass-
ment,” then it “requires action.”
Awareness, prevention and edu-
cation are the main ways to ensure
campus safety, Carey said.
Because all armed Brown police
officers have now undergone inten-
sive training, officers have made
more reports on violence, which
Carey said shows “the more edu-
cation and discussions we have,
the better.”
Margaret Klawunn, vice presi-
dent for campus life and student
ser vices, also presented a report
on the recent review of the Stan-
dards of Student Conduct, which is
conducted ever y three years. The
continued on page 2
fairness, groups may receive UFB
funding in the next two weeks to
tableslip for events that will occur
after spring break, but funds will
not be given out after spring break
for tableslipping.
“There will be a lot of money and
trees saved with this initiative,” said
BUAC Vice Chair Aida Manduley
’11, who represents the Queer Al-
liance on the council.
Manduley said there is also
Laughlin named new
coach for m. soccer
By Han Cui
Assistant Sports Editor
Interim Head Coach and former As-
sistant Coach Patrick Laughlin found
out Tuesday morning that he is the
new men’s soccer coach at Brown.
Sports
The announcement came after a
three-month-long nationwide search
following the resignation of the for-
mer Head Coach Mike Noonan, who
left to take the head coaching position
at Clemson.
“It is very exciting,” Laughlin said.
“It is a great opportunity to work for
the Brown program.”
Laughlin joined Brown for the
2009 season, in which the Bears fin-
ished with an 11-3-5 record, 5-2 in
the Ivy League.
Before coming to Brown, he
The Brown University Community Council discussed campus safety and
its policies for non-academic misconduct during its meeting Tuesday.
much talk among the three bodies
spearheading the initiative about
phasing out tableslips altogether
at the start of next year.
“After this semester, the idea
is not to have tableslips, period,”
Manduley said. “The idea is to do
this gradually.”
She said that though she ac-
knowledges the aesthetic appeal
continued on page 3
coached for 15 years at various insti-
tutions. Laughlin was the head coach
at the University of Maine from 2007
to 2009 and Dean College from 2000
to 2006 and was an assistant coach at
the University of Rhode Island during
the 2006–07 season.
Noonan said Laughlin’s experi-
ence makes him a great fit for the
job.
“Every place he has been he has
had success,” Noonan said. “Whether
it is as an assistant with us at Brown
and URI, at the two-year college level
and as a head coach at the Division
I level, he has a wealth of experi-
ence.”
Until Tuesday, Laughlin served
as the interim head coach following
Noonan’s resignation.
“The biggest challenge was to
act as a head coach with short-term
continued on page 5
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pitching perfection
Softball player Kristie Chin
’11 pitches a perfect game
against Arcadia
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Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald
By Clare de Boer
Contributing Writer
The University is making a final
push for its Campaign for Aca-
demic Enrichment after achiev-
ing its goal of raising $1.4 billion
in May 2009, 19 months before
the campaign’s end in Decem-
ber 2010, according to Ronald
Vanden Dorpel MA’71, senior
vice president for University
advancement.
With “luck,” the campaign —
which has raised $1.48 billion,
or 106.2 percent of the original
goal, since its start in October
2005 — will exceed the $1.5 bil-
lion mark by the beginning of
April and be “well over” $1.6 bil-
lion by its end, Vanden Dorpel
said.
The advancement office has
increased its activity in order
to secure donations in a “tough
fundraising economy,” Vanden
Dorpel said. Though their activ-
ity levels are up, many potential
donors are delaying their deci-
sions to pledge, he said.
The economic climate has
also impacted the campaign’s
returns — diminishing them
by around 15 percent, which,
continued on page 2
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Dressed for success
Sean Quigley ’10 sees jeans
worn with every outfit as a
statement on our culture
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C ampus N EWS “We need to educate people on what Islam is.”

— Maryam Al-Khawaja GS

BUCC seeks changes

to conduct code
continued from page 1
code, which covers non-academic
actions, had been reviewed for
over a year.
Klawunn proposed a new
specification in the code’s Sex-
ual Misconduct Policy, which
would break up the offense into
two tiers to eliminate confusion
and differentiate potential disci-
plinar y actions. The lower tier
would include “non-consensual
physical contact of sexual na-
ture,” she said. The other tier
would encompass “penetration,
violent physical force or injur y,”
which usually would lead to a
punishment of “separation from
the University,” she added.
Klawunn concluded with a rec-
ommendation to install an office
of student conduct to manage all
academic and non-academic of-
fenses as a way to handle both
types of incidents in the same
office.
The meeting concluded with
a report from Vice President for
Research Clyde Briant in which
he emphasized continuing to
build partnerships with private
institutions such as IBM as well
as other universities and hospi-
tals.
This kind of par tnership is
“the research bond that brings
people together,” Briant said. Nick Sinnott-Armstorng / Herald
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Nancy Khalek and Hussein Banai GS discussed Islam on Monday night.

Gift campaign buoyed Middle East experts advocate nuance

by ‘great momentum’
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according to Vanden Dorpel, is
“not bad compared to peers, who
are down 25 to 30 percent.” The
University’s cash on hand is “hold-
ing up reasonably well,” showing a
drop of only 2 percent, according
to Vanden Dorpel.
With nine months until the
campaign’s end, Vanden Dor-
pel says that the University will
continue to seek funding for the
“four F’s” — financial aid, faculty
chairs, facilities, and the Annual
Fund — that are central to its mis-
sudoku
sion. The University still needs to
raise money for various projects,
including the renovation of Met-
calf Chemistry Laboratory and the
Medical Education Building.
Beppie Huidekoper, executive
vice president for finance and ad-
ministration, expressed her grati-
tude to the advancement office for
working “so hard,” and to all those
donors “who have been willing to
step up” in this challenging eco-
nomic climate. She said that the
campaign has “great momentum”
and is “building up a little extra
steam to get to the finish line.”
By Jessica Liss
Contributing Writer
“We would be hard-pressed to come
up with a distinctly Muslim value,”
said Nancy Khalek, assistant profes-
sor of religious studies, at “Islam
and Governance: The Political Fu-
ture of the Middle East,” a Janus
Forum-sponsored panel held Tues-
day in Barus and Holley 166.
Khalek spoke with Hussein Banai
GS, a doctoral candidate in the De-
partment of Political Science, about
the difficulty of defining distinctly
Muslim values, the role of Islam in
the Middle East’s political develop-
ment and their own negativity to-
ward radical Islamic movements.
Kelly Mallahan ’11, Janus Fel-
lows director and Herald copy desk
chief, said the event’s topic “is on
the minds of a lot of students, espe-
cially politically-minded students,
and is something that often gets
glossed over.”
Banai underscored a point
Khalek made about the many forms
of Islamic identity.
“You need to recognize that not
all of us get up in the morning and
pray five times a day,” he said. He
emphasized pluralism in Islamic
society, saying that one must “bal-
ance various identities and reli-
gious backgrounds, and above and
beyond that, ethnic backgrounds.”
He also said Islamic values are in-
fluenced by time and place.
Politics is “about the intersection
of the universal and the particular,”
Banai said, and Khalek agreed. Ba-
nai said that though “particularized
orthodox ideas” exist, they are dif-
ficult to find in the modern Middle
East. He cited as an example the
green movement in Iran, which in-
volves a group of individuals that is
both “youthful, Western-oriented”
and “very locally adept.”
Khalek examined the relation-
ship between Islamic scriptures
such as the Quran and the actions
of Islamic governments, speaking
about traditional Islamic tenets
found in several nations. “When
it comes to contemporary politics,”
she said, countries have vastly dif-
ferent ideas of how to implement
certain aspects of Islamic law.” Po-
litical Islam and Islamic govern-
ment are not the same, Khalek
said.
Both Khalek and Banai ex-
pressed criticism of radical Islamic
movements, which Khalek called
“severe simplification of facts on
the ground.”
“It is A-B-C Islam,” she said.
Ultimately, it is “easy to sell to the
disenfranchised, easy to package,”
Khalek added.
These movements are respons-
es to outside forces, as opposed to
a nation’s domestic tribulations,
Khalek said. This is “spent force,”
Banai said.
These groups claim they are re-
sponding to hostile actions, Khalek
said. In actuality, “al-Qaida has
killed more Muslims than it has
killed Westerners,” Banai said.
“I think that it is always the
wrong questions being asked,”
said Mar yam Al-Khawaja GS, a
Fulbright non-degree graduate
student, after the event. “Before
we start educating people on what’s
happening now, we need to educate
people on what Islam is.”

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C ampus N EWS “Lots of good people don’t know how to respond.”

— Trish Batakis-Glover, workshop facilitator, on sexual assault

Screws, signs missing from SciLi

The following summary includes
all major incidents reported to the
Department of Public Safety between
Feb. 4 and March 4. It does not
include general service and alarm
calls. The Providence Police De-
partment also responds to incidents
occurring off campus. DPS does not
divulge information on cases that
are currently under investigation
by the department, PPD or the Of-
fice of Student Life. DPS maintains
a daily log of all shift activity and
general service calls which can be
viewed during business hours at its
headquarters, located at 75 Charles-
field St.
missing at some point between
Dec. 20 and Jan. 25.
Feb. 17
9:55 p.m. A faculty member
reported that he parked his car
at 7:45 a.m. on Bowen Street and
Lloyd Avenue and returned to it
at around 9:30 p.m. When he re-
turned he found the passenger
front side window broken and his
cell phone missing. Providence Po-
lice responded and took a report.
Crime Log
to police headquarters to retrieve
her property.
Feb. 27
11:16 p.m. A student stated he
obser ved three subjects tr ying
to open doors on the third floor
of Chapin House. The subjects
opened one door, and two entered
the room. The student approached
them, at which time they fled from
the room, ran out of the building
and sprinted down Thayer Street.
The resident of the room stated
that she had left her door unlocked Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald
with her laptop plugged in on her Trish Bakaitis-Glover leads a workshop on supporting friends who have
desk, and when she returned to the experienced sexual assault as part of Sex Week.

Workshop advises friends

Feb. 6
9:27 a.m. A student in West
Andrews Hall reported that she
went to bed with the door unlocked
around 1:00 a.m. When her room-
mate returned around 9:00 a.m.,
she found both of their laptops
missing as well as an iPod.
Feb. 7
12:47 p.m. A student stated
that he hid his camera bag in the
bushes in front of Caswell Hall and
then went with his friends to shoot
a film on the lower green. When he
returned, he noticed his bag was
missing. Inside the bag were a bat-
ter y charger and videotapes.
Feb. 11
12:13 p.m. A student reported
that she left her laptop unattended
in Smith-Buonanno Hall for two
minutes and saw that it was miss-
ing when she returned.
Feb. 12
2:20 p.m. It was reported that a
large steel grate that covered the
fireplace in Harkness House went
Feb. 25
12:05 p.m. A student reported
that she parked her vehicle at 8:50
a.m. on Meeting Street. She re-
turned to her vehicle at 11:53 a.m.
to find the passenger front side
window broken and a bag contain-
ing $500 worth of medical supplies
missing. PPD responded to take a
report, and she was later notified
that the bag had been recovered.
1:19 p.m. A employee parked her
vehicle at 10:30 a.m. on Meeting
and Brown streets. She returned to
her vehicle at 11:53 p.m. and found
the passenger front side window
broken and her GPS stolen. She
was informed that PPD already ap-
prehended the subject and was told
to respond to police headquarters
to retrieve her property.
6:47 p.m. A employee parked
her vehicle at 10:30 a.m. on Pros-
pect and Bowen streets. When
she returned to her vehicle at 6:40
p.m., she found the passenger front
side window broken and her phone
charger missing. She was later in-
formed that PPD had apprehended
the subject and was told to respond
room her laptop was unplugged,
but nothing was missing.
Feb. 28
5:36 p.m. A student reported
that on Feb. 26 he locked his bike
to the “Do Not Enter” sign at the
corner of Waterman and Thayer
streets with a chain and combi-
nation lock. When he returned at
5:00 p.m. on Feb. 28, his bike was
missing. PPD responded to take
a report.
March 2
10:51 a.m. An employee report-
ed that since the beginning of the
first semester unknown persons
have taken signs and screws from
the Sciences Librar y.
March 4
10:05 p.m. An employee turned
in a wallet to a PPD officer that
had been initially turned over by
a coach in the Olney-Margolies
Athletic Center. The wallet was
identified as belonging to a student
and returned to him. The student
stated that the wallet was missing
40 or 60 dollars.
of sexual assault survivors
By Clare de Boer
Contributing Writer
In a cozy room in the Sarah Doyle
Women’s Center Tuesday evening,
students with all levels of background
knowledge gathered to participate in
a workshop on sexual assault as part
of Sex Week. The workshop, titled
“I’ll Only Tell a Friend: Learning the
Best Ways to Help Someone Who’s
Been Hurt by Sexual Assault,” was
led by Trish Bakaitis-Glover, the
University’s sexual assault response
and prevention program coordinator,
who emphasized the importance of
understanding how to react and offer
support to a friend “in an empower-
ing way.”
According to Bakaitis-Glover,
one in six women and one in 23
men experience sexual assault or
an attempt at sexual assault, and
two-thirds of these people choose
to tell a friend.
Bakaitis-Glover said that, due to
the complexity of the subject, many
“generalities” would be used to cover
the topic “in a small period of time.”
She discussed common myths about
sexual assault before speaking about
safety, information, empowerment,
empathy, support and barriers to
communication and answering ques-
tions on those topics.
“Lots of good people don’t know
how to respond” when a friend opens
up about sexual assault, Bakaitis-
Glover said. It is key to “let them
define what they need, then help
them get that,” she said. “Accept-
ing a friend in that moment can be
simple and powerful.”
Attendees were given an outline
describing different ways to help a
friend and a pamphlet describing
the resources available on- and off-
campus.
“The more positive experienc-
es people have (when they tell a
friend), the more likely they are to
get further help,” Bakaitis-Glover
said in closing. “That’s why we are
here.”

Tableslipping will be phased out

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of tableslips, as well as their por-
tability and convenient location
when people have little to do in
the dining halls, they do have their
drawbacks.
For example, not all students are
on a meal plan, and tableslips can be
wasteful when student groups make
too many copies or don’t distribute
all the copies they make.
Manduley added that she has
two years’ worth of UCS poll data
showing a strong desire among
students for a centralized location
for announcements.
Alternatives to tableslips include
Brown’s online events calendar, bul-
letin boards and postering. UCS
President Clay Wertheimer ’10 said
the Web site “does the job pretty
nicely.”
The new campus center, ex-
pected to open in the fall, will also
serve as a physical center for event
announcements, complementing
online resources, according to
Manduley.
“It’s hard to get people to use
these other methods when ta-
bleslips are still available,” Man-
duley said.
Wertheimer called UFB’s with-
drawal of funding for tableslips a
“pilot program” to test the feasibility
of eventually phasing out tableslips
in the dining halls, which could be
accomplished through a joint deci-
sion by UCS, UFB and BUAC.
“We don’t want to end the ta-
bleslipping system immediately,”
Vasconez said. The start of next
semester could be a good time to
make the switch so that the new
class of freshmen become used to
a more centralized system upon
their arrival, he said.

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The Brown Daily Herald
Equestrian
Squad places second
at JWU and Trinity
By Zack Bahr
Assistant Spor ts Editor
This weekend, the equestrian
team knew what had to be done.
It had to place high, like it has
all season, to maintain its lead in
the region. The squad did just
that, finishing second at both
Johnson and Wales and Trinity
College.
With damp weather, the con-
ditions were less than favorable
for riding. At Johnson and Wales
on Saturday, Bruno finished just
one point from first place. Liz Gil-
iberti ’10 started the day earning
second place in the Open Fences
while point rider Rebecca Mc-
Goldrick ’12 also earned second
place in the Intermediate Fences
to give Brown 10 points through
two events.
Giliberti continued her suc-
cess earning a blue ribbon in
the Open Flat, giving her team
seven points and putting herself
back in the lead for the individual
Cacchione Cup. Imani Tisdale
’12 finished in second place on
the day for the Bears in the Walk
Trot, earning five points. The
team finished the day in second
place behind co-winners Univer-
sity of University of Connecticut
and University of Rhode Island.
“Saturday’s showing was dis-
appointing,” said Cara Rosen-
baum ’12. “Sunday was more
like our team, and we were much
more pleased.”
Sunday’s show at Trinity
brought out some of the young-
er talent on Brown’s squad, led
by Kelsey MacMillan ’12, who
earned first place in the beginner
Walk Trot Canter. Katy Eng ’11
had a nice ride in the Intermedi-
ate Flat, placing third and nab-
bing four crucial points.
Tisdale, once again, acted as
cleanup crew, earning her second
high finish of the weekend and
boosting the Bears from fifth to a
tie for second with 30 points.
The Bears’ final regular-
season show will be Saturday
at Windcrest Farm in Hebron,
Conn. Br uno currently has a
20-point lead in the region and
will look to solidify its lead head-
ing into championship season.
“We have to go strong into
this weekend,” Rosenbaum said.
“Then we will be in a good spot
for Zones and Nationals.”
The softball team had a dominant weekend at Hampton, winning five games and the championship.
Softball
Chin ’11 pitches perfect game
By Ashley McDonnell
Sports Staff Writer
Though the softball team (7-3) lost the
first game of the Lady Pirate Classic
in Hampton, Va., they went on to win
the next five games — including the
championship game against the host
school, Hampton (7-16).
Central Connecticut State 6,
Brown 5
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | Page 4
The Bears started off slowly on
Friday morning and allowed Central
Connecticut State (4-5) to jump out to
an early 2-0 lead. The Blue Devils stole
two bases, including home, during
the first inning and capitalized on a
fielding error by Brown.
“Our energy level wasn’t as high
as it usually is,” said Avery Silverstein
’13. “Errors allowed them to score
runs they shouldn’t have.”
It wasn’t until the bottom of the
seventh, when Brown trailed 6-1, that
the Bears picked up their energy level.
Brown scored four runs that inning,
but it wasn’t enough to overcome Cen-
tral Connecticut State’s lead.
Brown 12, Coppin State 1
Later that Friday, the Bears main-
tained their energy level from the end
of the previous game and dominated
Coppin State (9-5).
“We just came out really ready to
play,” said Alyssa Caplan ’13. “We were
ready, we came out and we all hit.”
In the top of the third, Brown
scored seven runs by hitting hard and
capitalizing on four Eagle errors. With
the bases loaded, Katie Rothamel ’10
hit a double that brought home Silver-
stein, Caplan and Herald Sports Staff
Writer Erika Mueller ’13. Rothamel
later hit a home run with two of her
teammates on base, bringing her RBI
total on the day to six.
Brown 12, Hampton 2
After rain on Friday night, Brown’s
early game on Saturday was canceled
due to poor field conditions. But the
Bears didn’t let the rain dampen their
spirits in their game later that day
against Hampton.
Kate Strobel ’12 led Brown of-
fensively with a single, a triple and
a home run. She scored three times,
had two RBI and stole two bases.
“We took all the opportunities we
could,” Silverstein said. “The offense
was really on.”
With a record of 2-1 in the tourna-
ment, Brown entered the elimination
bracket on Sunday in second place
overall.
Brown 7, Arcadia 0
“We improved every game and we
wanted to go 3-0 on Sunday,” Silver-
stein said. “We had confidence that we
Jonathan Bateman / Herald
could, we just had to keep the energy
level high and stay confident.”
The Bears continued to improve
in the first elimination game against
Arcadia (1-5). The star of the game
was Kristie Chin ’11, who pitched a
perfect game and struck out eight
batters with a flawless defense at her
back. Offensively, the Bears continued
to hit solidly, led by Rothamel with
three hits, two runs and two RBI.
Brown 1, Coppin State 0
Brown’s rematch against Coppin
State turned into a pitchers’ duel. Liz
DiMascio ’13 allowed only one hit in
seven innings, and the Eagles’ pitcher
gave up two hits and one unearned
run in the first inning. The lone run,
scored by Kate Strobel ’12, clinched
the game and sent the Bears to the
championship.
Brown 5, Hampton 4 (eight in-
nings)
The Bears’ rematch against Hamp-
ton likewise proved to be a tough
battle.
“We knew that they were going
to be really pumped up because they
had just beaten Central Connecticut
(State), who was ranked higher than
them,” Silverstein said. “They defi-
nitely came in with a lot more offen-
sive power than we had seen in the
game before.”
Hampton scored first with a run
in the opening inning. The score
remained 1-0 until the sixth inning,
when Caplan singled and brought
home Stephanie Thompson ’13 to tie
the game.
In the top of the seventh, Hamp-
ton scored three runs to take a late
4-1 lead, but the Bears managed to
answer with three runs of their own
to tie the game and go into extra in-
nings.
“We stayed really focused,” Ca-
plan said. “The conditions were aw-
ful, it was raining. But we shut them
down.”
After holding Hampton scoreless
in the top of the eighth, Brown scored
to win the game. Rothamel tallied the
game-winning run on a rare walk-off
passed ball.
“We were really happy with how
we played,” Silverstein said. “We’re
improving every game.”
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S ports W ednesday
Baseball
Still positive after three straight losses
By Chan Hee Chu
Contributing Writer
A week after pulling an unlikely up-
set over Pepperdine, the Bears (1-6)
traveled to the University of South
Carolina (11-4) to take on another
perennial power. The Gamecocks,
ranked 19th by Baseball America head-
ing into the weekend series, handed
the Bears three straight losses. But
despite losing all three games, Head
Coach Marek Drabinski remained
positive.
“We battled hard each game,”
Drabinski said. “We hit very well,
and we fielded well, and I believe our
relievers and starters did well for the
most part. Even though we are now
1-6, I believe we have taken a lot from
each game. I don’t know of any other
team in the Northeast who has played
as tough a schedule as us.”
After the opening game on Friday
was washed away, the Bears faced
the Gamecocks in a doubleheader on
Saturday. In the first game, the Game-
cocks took an early lead in the bottom
of the second and never looked back
as they were able to knock out Brown
starting pitcher Mark Gormley ’11
after only three innings.
The Bears’ offense was stifled
throughout the game, mustering only
four hits. Shortstop Tyler Graham ’12
led the way for the Bears with two hits
and two RBI.
In the second game, the Bears
jumped out to an early 6-2 lead, thanks
to a pair of two-run homers by first
baseman Mike DiBiase ’12 and right
fielder Josh Feit ’11.
But the Gamecocks answered with
Interim head named to
coach m. soccer team
The University of South Carolina handed Brown three straight losses this
weekend.
seven runs in the bottom of the fourth
to take a 9-6 lead. The two teams trad-
ed runs in the later innings, and the
Gamecocks prevailed, 10-7.
Kevin Carlow ’13 pitched effective-
ly in relief over 4 1/3 innings to keep
the Bears within reach throughout
the game.
On Sunday, the Bears suffered an-
other tough loss to the Gamecocks
after forcing extra innings. Brown
starter Rob Wilcox ’10 turned in a
superb effort on the mound, lasting 6
1/3 innings while giving up only four
earned runs.
Left fielder Pete Greskoff ’11 led
the Bears offensively, crushing his
second home run of the year. Center
fielder Chris Tanabe ’10 also contrib-
uted with a huge RBI single in the
top of the seventh as part of a two-
run inning, giving the Bears a 4-3
advantage.
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Courtesy of David Silverman
But South Carolina answered with
two runs of its own to take a 5-4 lead.
The Bears rallied in the ninth, thanks
to a clutch RBI single off the bat of
second baseman Ryan Zrenda ’11.
But the Gamecocks pushed across
a run in the bottom of the tenth on a
walk-off single to right field.
Despite the losses, the Bears said
they believe the way they battled
bodes well for the future.
“We know that USC is a very
talented team, and the way that we
stuck with them shows the strength
of our team,” catcher Matt Colantonio
’11 wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.
“We are really looking forward to our
spring break trip and the start of the
Ivy League season.”
The Bears return to action on the
Thursday at Holy Cross before head-
ing to Alabama for a four-game series
against Troy.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
“We battled hard each game.”
— Marek Drabinski, baseball head coach
continued from page 1
goals,” Laughlin said. “It’s good to
have that stability right now.”
After hearing the news, Laugh-
lin told his players that he would be
sticking around at Brown for longer
than just the interim.
“He has been with us through-
out the fall and winter,” said defen-
seman Dylan Remick ’13. “I know
him as a person and a coach, so
I was very excited and happy for
him.”
The relationships Laughlin built Courtesy of Sports Information Office
with the players this past season will New men’s soccer head coach
Patrick Laughlin.
help make the transition easier for
the team, Remick said.
“Having a familiar face gives soccer,” but he is ready to start a
the guys some relaxation,” Remick new legacy with the players.
said. “We won’t have to change ev- “We will push as far as we can to
erything as we would in the case of make the program as good as we
a new coach from outside.” can,” Laughlin said. “Our challenge
Laughlin said Noonan’s legacy will be to create a new legacy for
is “woven in the fabric of Brown’s the future.”
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Getting schooled
Brown is the only member of the Ivy League that best. The introduction to the blueprint noted that
does not refer to its engineering division as a school Brown’s engineering faculty is smaller than engineer-
of engineering. Fortunately, efforts are well underway ing faculties at most peer institutions and that no new
to change this and align Brown more closely with its research space for engineering has been created or
peers. The faculty plans to vote April 6 on a proposal to acquired since Barus and Holley was completed in
establish an engineering school, and the Corporation 1965. The proposed expansion strikes us as not just
will make a final decision in May. We hope both the worthwhile but overdue.
faculty and the Corporation approve the measure. However, the more detailed, ambitious plan drew
The change in nomenclature will have a symbolic criticism at a recent faculty meeting, The Herald re-
impact that will help Brown recruit the most talented ported earlier this month. Faculty members voiced
students and faculty. Indeed, outsiders currently concern that a major expansion in engineering might
considering Brown’s engineering program are likely come at the expense of the other sciences. Several
puzzled about why it lacks the school designation. professors also criticized particular details of the en-
The resolution currently under consideration by gineering department’s blueprint.
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d the faculty is relatively straightforward. It approves Many of these issues are specific to the implemen-
school status for the engineering division and holds tation of the plan, the particulars of which are not yet
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Deputy Managing Editors Senior Editors
Ellen Cushing that the change will not affect the usual processes finalized. As long as professors believe they will have
George Miller Chaz Kelsh Sophia Li
Emmy Liss Seth Motel for student admissions and faculty appointments. adequate opportunity to voice their concerns as the
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The resolution also endorses the search for a new implementation process plays out, they should not
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General Managers Office Manager dean of engineering who will be given the “latitude to delay matters now by voting against the resolution.
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Brigitta Greene Metro Editor Kelly Wess Sales additional faculty hires and collaboration with other the Division of Engineering has said that it hopes the
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This resolution is much less detailed than a blue- between engineering and the other sciences. And
Dan Alexander Sports Editor print for expansion originally written in 2008 by several since engineering techniques are essential to research
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Appropriate for the occasion
Sean
Quigley
Opinions Columnist
It has been said that during the period in
which King Edward VII of the United King-
dom reigned (1901-1910), humanity last knew
a proper attention to sartorial choices. Yes,
His Majesty’s approach was perhaps a little
too fastidious, but in a time when jeans are
king, especially on college campuses, one
cannot but admire a man who matched his
clothes to every occasion so scrupulously.
Odious as the political forms of his day
may be to some, though certainly not all, must
we repudiate the taste and discipline of the
Belle Epoque? Who could honestly say that
he was unmoved, in one way or another, by
Barbara Tuchman’s magnificent rendering of
the royal assemblage at the King’s funeral in
her magisterial “The Guns of August”? Since
World War I, it may sadly be the case that we
have not known beauty.
Surely I am not the first to notice the con-
temporary lack of attention to decent attire
at the appropriate occasions. In an article
for National Review more than 50 years ago,
William Buckley, Jr., using language curiously
resembling the Declaration of Independence,
remarked, “Does not insistence on a minimal
standard of dress reflect a decent respect for
the opinions of mankind?”
Lamenting that arguments for democracy
(as well as economy) were in large supply
against the simple matter of wearing a coat
Sarah Yu
Opinions Columnist
A few weeks ago, I was walking through the
lobby of the Sciences Librar y after a late
evening of intense readings about political
theory. A group of friendly freshmen stopped
me as I was leaving and asked me to watch
their video entry for the housing lottery first
pick contest. Feeling an urge to participate in
the community after long hours of solitude,
I agreed.
It was a fun video to watch, entertaining,
shot in various locations around campus and
put together with some clever editing. I logged
in under my Brown ID, voted for them and, to
my surprise, received a Reese’s Peanut Butter
Cup as a thank-you present. I walked back to
my dorm feeling good about myself.
I read about this group’s victory in The
Herald’s March 8 article, “First-pick con-
test causes controversy,” not expecting that
campaign ethics had been introduced into
the debate. The controversy surrounded the
campaigning techniques of participant group
Insourced, the above-mentioned freshmen
of my anecdote. Insourced was accused of
breaking campaigning rules in order to at-
tract voters and more attention to its video.
They won, say some other contestants, not
because of the superior quality of their entry,
but because of the aggressiveness of their
methods.
It’s a natural and practical action for any
and tie to college dinners, Buckley criticized
what he saw as mere “affectation and laziness”
masquerading as “personal independence.”
A brief look at a photograph of MIT’s 1956
graduating class, posted on Dec. 16 at Ivy-
Style.com — a gloriously habit-forming blog
for those who choose not to live in 2010 —
reveals especially how far the mathematics
and science types have fallen. Moreover, as
the post notes, there was still plenty of room
for creativity within the standard academic
attire.
With petty ambitions come petty drapings.
I ask the jeans-and-T-shirt philosophers
to riddle that one for me. How could, in an
age of supposed liberation and individualism,
basically any Brown student be replaceable
with the next Beat eating in the front cave
of the Ratty?
In large part, two disgusting trends of
the last several decades may serve as guid-
ing reasons.
First, there is the onslaught of what, in a
recent Newsweek piece, George Will termed
“The Basement Boys” syndrome. Referring
to the alarming number of young men who
still live with their parents after (or in lieu
of) college, Will spent considerable time con-
Campaigning to win
group participating to attempt to get as many
votes as possible. Creating a Facebook group
and inviting friends to vote is just the first
level of active campaigning, but Insourced
clearly attempted to reach a wider audience
with its campaign.
Before I go any further in discussing
the ethics of campaigning for the first pick
contest, I would first like to commend In-
sourced on the amount of energy and time
they dedicated to the contest. For busy col-
lege students with a multitude of conflicting
Campaigns can become brutal, and any contest
that is based on popularity can ultimately
become controversial.
priorities, Insourced’s elaborate strategies
to increase their chances of winning were a
sure sign of positive dedication.
Campaigns can become brutal, and any
contest that is based on popularity can ulti-
mately become controversial. The first pick
contest, by nature of its online voting system,
definitely has the potential to turn its focus
from the videos to the votes. I remember
last spring, when it was “suggested” that a
candidate for the position of Undergraduate
Finance Board vice chair position withdraw
from the election when he was caught tear-
ing down opponents’ posters. I think we all
demning the perpetual youth culture endemic
since the 1960s and even World War II.
Men just want to be boys, and fairly dull
boys at that. Not wanting to brave the un-
certainties and challenges of a world where
greatness, if not beauty, is still possible, many
young lads prefer the lackluster benefits of
a basement. The dress code for such a pro-
fession? Why, jeans and a T-shirt, of course.
“See, I don’t care!”
With petty ambitions come petty drap-
ings.
Yet, since we are at Brown, it is likely the
case that most terrible clothing choices are
the result of the second nefarious trend of
late: pure neglect, or just plain lack of con-
cern.
Whereas Victoria’s offspring might have
labored over the various clothes that he would
wear over the course of the day — morning
coat or dark suit at first, a blazer later for
leisure activities and finally, either evening
dress or a dinner jacket at night — Homo
contemporaneus is bland all day.
In class, jeans; at a club meeting, jeans;
at dinner, jeans. With the recent creation of
a vulgar jeans-sweatpants item, he may also
became more aware of the sensitivities and
ugliness of election campaigning, even when
sheltered inside Brown’s cocoon.
Unlike last year’s UFB incident, however,
the housing lottery first pick contest did not
have any guidelines or rules against methods
such as those used by Insourced, and thus
advertising and campaigning were to be at
the discretion of each participating group.
Insourced didn’t break any “rules,” and they
certainly did not decrease or consciously
damage other contestants’ chances in the
process. Really, in more absolute terms of
competitive campaigns in general, all of this
is relatively tame.
Furthermore, I would be surprised if other
contestants were not aware of Insourced’s
campaigning presence in the dining halls and
at the libraries before online voting ended. It
is hard to believe they did not predict the pos-
sible larger number of votes Insourced could
have attained through their unconventional
methods. Even if Insourced’s strategies had
been largely ignored by the wider student
population at Brown, they would inevitably
have drawn a considerable amount of atten-
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wear jeans to bed.
It is probable that most do not truly ap-
preciate the novelty of this phenomenon. In
the intelligent and historically minded AMC
drama, “Mad Men,” the discerning viewer will
notice the frequent diversity in dress, as late
as 1963. Don Draper wears a business suit
during a workday, typically a sports jacket,
button-down or polo on a weekend and always
matching pajamas at night.
And that attention to detail, that concep-
tion of life as demanding certain dress for
certain occasions, is completely lost on the
modern bore. All he knows is denim and vile
sweatpants. What he misses are no less than
his own humanity and the discipline of the
civilization that, in its prosperity, permitted
his neglect.
Here we are, we lovers of comfort and
possessors of phony independence. We like
to think that we are at the pinnacle of his-
tory, yet we are more accurately no better
than the barbarian whose dress is a loin-
cloth and whose culture is a pit of primitive
preferences.
There we go, rain or shine, into sartorial
perdition, all the while thinking that what
our democracy produces could surpass even
the refuse of an age not far removed. Well,
if we ever do program a life more virtuous,
I am sure that we shall look proletariat in
doing so.
Without even knowing it, the Commu-
nists won.
Sean Quigley ’10 wrote this column in
his pajamas and robe.
tion, especially from upperclassmen and those
not personally acquainted with the partici-
pants of the contest, such as myself.
I agree that it is unfortunate that much
of the competition, or at least the voting pro-
cess, can focus on the campaigns more than
the actual content of the entries. Perhaps
there are some structural changes that can
be implemented to improve the system, such
as those suggested by the March 12 letter to
the editor, “Don’t discontinue first-pick con-
test — improve it.” I can also think of a few
suggestions off the top of my head: a ceiling
of how much time and money contestants can
spend on the contest to regulate “unfair mea-
sures” and offering a “judges’ choice award”
for quality entries that may be overshadowed
by others’ popularity.
For now, I would like to ask students indig-
nant at the outcomes of the contest to think of
this as a part of our preparation for entering
the real world (or at least for the actual hous-
ing lottery), where we will undoubtedly be
exposed to much more aggressive tactics than
these. Putting aside any negative attitudes
towards campaign strategies, perhaps we can
even agree that Insourced has given us some
interesting recommendations about creative
and useful methods for making ourselves
known. After all, participants enter a contest
with the ultimate goal of winning, and a large
part of any competition is based on how well
the contestants try to win.
Sarah Yu ’11 is an international relations
and history concentrator from Sydney,
Australia. She can be reached at xia_yu@
brown.edu.
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