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Farmer calls for more
investment in Haiti
By Ana Alvarez
Senior Staff Writer
In his lecture Monday night, re-
nowned medical anthropologist and
physician Paul Farmer stressed
the importance of rebuilding in-
frastructure and human capital in
the ongoing effort to restore Haiti
after the devastating earthquake
in Januar y.
Farmer spoke to a Salomon
101 filled with students, faculty,
Farmer’s colleagues and prominent
Haitian figures like musician and
recently appointed Visiting Fellow
Wyclef Jean and author Edwidge
Danticat MFA’93.
In his opening, Farmer in-
troduced Jean to the crowd and
announced his appointment as a
visiting fellow in the Department
of Africana Studies.
Lack of infrastructure is one
Vigil honors Bernanke fields queries on crisis, jobs
youth suicide
victims
By Kristina Fazzalaro
Senior Staff Writer
“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has,” were the
words of Margaret Mead that Uni-
versity Chaplain Rev. Janet Cooper
Nelson echoed at the LGBTQ Youth
Vigil Monday afternoon.
The vigil was held in remem-
brance of the six young men from
across the countr y — ranging in
age from 13 to 19 — who committed
suicide over the last three weeks
after being bullied for their sexual
orientation.
On a somber and rainy after-
noon, students, professors, admin-
istrators and others gathered on
the Main Green to honor the dead
and raise awareness of the devastat-
ing realities facing members of the
LGBTQ community.
Kelly Garrett, coordinator of
the LGBTQ Resource Center, who
oversaw the vigil, thanked those
gathered for coming.
“The good news is that we can
all do something to help the LGBTQ
community and that is why we are
here today,” Garrett said, reminding
those gathered to take advantage
of the many resources offered by
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of Haiti’s biggest challenges in its
recover y process and should be
the top priority, Farmer said. He
referenced the U.S. Navy’s hospital
ship that was stationed at Port-Au-
Prince after the earthquake, say-
ing that while the floating hospital
helped to save lives, its presence
brought into question a larger is-
sue.
“The problem is the best hospi-
tal in Haiti should not be floating
in the water, it should be rooted on
Haitian soil,” Farmer said. “It was
a great thing to have, but we need
it all the time and on terra firma.”
Work on new medical infra-
structure for Haiti is already un-
derway, Farmer said. He presented
plans for a new medical center that
he, along with several universi-
ties, Partners in Health — which
continued on page 3
By Claire Peracchio
Senior Staff Writer
Even though Federal Reser ve
Chairman Ben Bernanke has
spent more of his career as a
professor than as the nation’s
top central banker, he insisted
he wouldn’t lecture the nearly 175
college students gathered Monday
for a question and answer session
at the Rhode Island Convention
Center.
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They’re making a
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195 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island
Paul Farmer, left, spoke on the same day Wyclef Jean, right, was
named a visiting fellow in Africana Studies.
“I’m not going to lecture to
you,” Bernanke said. “What I’m
going to do is take your ques-
tions.”
Bernanke addressed the stu-
dents — who came from a number
of colleges in Rhode Island — in
a rotunda overlooking downtown
Providence, the capital city of a
state still reeling from the after-
shocks of the financial crisis. Ber-
nanke, who oversaw the Federal
Reserve’s unprecedented steps
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this year’s summer
reading
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to avert economic collapse, was
also in town to deliver the keynote
speech at the Rhode Island Public
Expenditure Council’s annual din-
ner later Monday evening.
Brown students applied to
attend the event through the
Economics Department Under-
graduate Group, which sent out
an application asking students to
answer why they would like to at-
continued on page 5
U. warns students abroad
in Europe to be cautious
By Fei Cai
Senior Staff Writer
In response to a U.S. Department
of State aler t warning travelers
to Europe of possible terrorist at-
tacks, administrators have been
in contact with students studying
abroad, making them aware of the
advisor y.
Sunday’s State Depar tment
alert told citizens to “take ever y
precaution to be aware of their
surroundings and to adopt appro-
priate safety measures to protect
themselves when traveling.”
The statement was given after
officials from Europe and the U.S.
came to believe al-Qaida was in-
volved in potential plots aimed at
Britain, France and Germany, the
New York Times reported. Offi-
Keep it small
Andrew Leber ’12
warns of the costs
of a business school
letter, 6
Wyclef Jean
appointed
as fellow
By Mark Raymond
Senior Staff Writer
Former Fugees member, interna-
tional recording artist and Haitian
activist Wyclef Jean accepted an
appointment yesterday to be a vis-
iting fellow in the Department of
Africana Studies.
Jean, who has been an ad-
vocate for victims of this year’s
earthquake in Haiti, will be join-
ing the University this academic
year to engage in Brown’s Haitian
Initiative, according to a University
press release. As a visiting fellow,
Jean will be participating in events
and discussions both on campus
and remotely.
“His presence allows us to re-
ally think through some of the is-
sues related to Haiti and expand
what we are already doing,” said
Tricia Rose MA’87 PhD’93, profes-
sor of Africana studies and chair
of the department.
Rose added that the appoint-
ment expands the department’s
effort to embrace ideas and hear
from people with a broad range of
experiences.
“The visiting fellows program
is designed to create more dy-
namic opportunities for dialogue
and community building around
issues,” Rose said.
Jean rose to fame as a member
of the hip-hop trio the Fugees and
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cials believe these plots originated
in Pakistan and North Africa.
The British government raised
the threat of terrorism from “gen-
eral” to “high” for Britons in France
and Germany, the Times reported.
Though the U.S. has not dis-
couraged travel to Europe, this
alert affects many University stu-
dents currently studying abroad
in these countries.
“University officials are taking
appropriate steps to ensure that
Brown students studying abroad
are made aware” of the alert, wrote
Vice President of Public Affairs
and University Relations Marisa
Quinn in an e-mail to The Herald.
The Of fice of International
Programs contacted on-site staff
continued on page 2
Open minds
Mike Johnson ’11
argues that religious
tolerance is a lost art
Opinions, 7
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C ampus N EWS “You will find your own way of getting involved.”
— Co-founder of Partners in Health Paul Farmer

U. monitors Q & A: Paul Farmer examines the future of the public health arena
situation in Paul Farmer, co-founder of Part-
ners in Health, spoke with The
worry it’s a passing fad.’
But — and I’m not trying to
our environment. That has changed
very substantially, and I think every-
long-term outlook for Partners
in Health?

Europe Herald Monday afternoon before

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in Europe after the alert Sunday
to remind students to be “vigilant
above and beyond the general pre-
cautions,” Director of International
Programs Kendall Brostuen wrote
in an e-mail to The Herald.
There are currently 30 Brown
students studying abroad in
France, 26 in the United Kingdom
and two in Germany, wrote Edward
Quigley, associate director of inter-
national programs, in an e-mail to
The Herald.
Brown is also in the process of
reaching students in non-Brown
programs to advise them to follow
instructions given by their sponsor
programs, Brostuen wrote.
Before going abroad, students
were made aware about safety
overseas.
In a letter to students studying
abroad issued in July, Brostuen as-
sured students that they will have
24-hour contact phone numbers
for both Brown staff and resident
staff of Brown programs.
Those studying abroad must
provide resident staff with travel
information. All students abroad
are also covered by the Brown
Travel Assistance Plan, adminis-
tered by International SOS, which
can evacuate students from dan-
gerous areas through private air
ambulance if needed.
“We are continuing to monitor
bulletins closely and will be follow-
ing up as needed with local staff
and students,” Brostuen wrote.
his lecture, “Rebuilding Haiti.”
The Herald: Interest in the field
of public health seems to have
exploded in recent years. From
your experience, would you say
this is true?
Paul Farmer: It’s definitely true.
… Wherever you look, there are
more and more undergraduates
— and young people in general
— interested in public health. The
way that plays itself out at Harvard
is that a good 50 percent of the
medical school class is interested
in global health specifically, and
also health disparities.
Do you see this rising inter-
est as purely positive?
You can nitpick and find so-
ciological critiques of any student
interest, but I do think it’s almost
exclusively positive. These are re-
ally pressing social problems. Even
if you just talk about the United
States — if we’re putting 16 per-
cent of our GDP into health care,
are we getting the right return? I
think most people in this country
would say, ‘not yet’. And having
young people who are healthy —
most of them don’t have to worry
about health insurance — having
this generation be worried about
problems like that ... I think is re-
ally great.
But on the flip side, it could
be a passing fad in higher edu-
cation?
Yes, of course. Say for example
I were a paleontologist and there
were a huge wave of interest in
paleontology. I would say, ‘Well, I
pick on paleontology, by the way
— I think this is a topic that really
needs to be front and center. Just
like global warming and environ-
mental degradation ... I think these
are not problems that are going to
go away. As human population ex-
pands, we’re moving into more and
more perilous places or crowded
places.
How do you envision your
role in the global health sphere?
I don’t really think that I have
an individual role, I’m just part of
a fairly large group of people that
include Brown faculty as well. ...
I think there’s a lot of people that
are involved as ‘implementers.’ ...
Whether it be at a hospital in the
United States or in a place like
Rwanda or Haiti, a lot of us are
involved in implementation work.
So the question we need to ask
is: How are we going to engage
American undergraduates? That’s
my role. I’m a teacher.
Do you believe students
should approach problems in
global health from a certain
background — medical, anthro-
pological or otherwise?
I’m trained in both clinical medi-
cine and anthropology, but I don’t
think it matters so much how you ap-
proach problems. If you’re a doctor,
then of course you’d want to think
about taking care of patients just
like a nurse would or a community
health worker. But what if you’re a
teacher? Or an engineer? What if
you’re a stay-at-home dad? I think
anyone can get involved in these
social problems. It reminds me of
the way we live in the world and in
body has had a role in that.
You mentioned that a lot of
American students are ‘healthy’
people. Do you find students
you interact with to be naive
in their approach?
No, no, on the contrary. I think
the students that I interact with
are actually very well informed,
especially compared to 30 years
ago when I was an undergradu-
ate. They know a lot of the com-
plexities. Now not everyone, when
they’re 20, is going to understand
all of the complexities. But at Har-
vard we’re teaching undergradu-
ates a fairly rigorous course, and I
think it’s well-appreciated.
If a student approaches with
an interest in your field of work
— perhaps specifically in Haiti
or with Partners in Health —
what advice would you give?
Well, the first advice I would
give them is: Don’t try to pattern
your engagement on anyone else’s.
That can backfire. You will find
your own way of getting involved.
The advice I give around Haiti is
trying to share my own experi-
ence — how I got involved in work
with Haiti on a college campus,
not away from it. And then later
I went to Haiti and I worked with
Haitians. You know, 99 percent of
the people I work with in Haiti are
Haitians, and I think that’s why
the organization has been robust.
You’ve told Har vard media
that you don’t plan on retiring
anytime soon.
(Laughs) Did I say that? Can I
change my mind?
Well, either way, what’s your
That really depends on your
generation. I was thinking just this
morning how Partners in Health
has so surpassed the founders,
how it’s so much bigger than we
are and better than we are. We
don’t have the qualifications to
lead a movement or to grow an
endeavor that spans a dozen coun-
tries. ... But if we bring on enough
people locally — in Haiti, that’s
Haitians and in Rwanda, that’s
Rwandans — and if we bring on
the next generation of people ... I
think the prospects for Partners
in Health is good.
So you’re optimistic?
Yes, I’m optimistic about the
need for organizations like Part-
ners in Health. I don’t believe the
need is going to diminish. It’s go-
ing to grow. And I do believe that
other organizations can do equally
good or better work and that they
need to be structured the right
way. So we’ve also done a lot of
work sharing our experiences
with other, much smaller NGOs.
... There are lots of different ways
to make sure Partners in Health
survives. Certainly we hope it will
be as Partners in Health and in the
academic parts of the enterprise
that we’ve set up, but it needs to
grow in all kinds of different ways
and different places that we can’t
reach. I doubt Partners in Health
will have a presence in Nepal, for
example, but that doesn’t mean
we can’t reach out to colleagues
from Nepal. Collaboration is an
important way to grow.
— Brigitta Greene

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Vigil promotes LGBTQ resources
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the University, including the Third
World Center, the Chaplain’s Office
and Psychological Services, among
others.
“There is someone here for you
if you are in need,” she added.
A Department of Public Safety
officer also made an announcement,
saying, “With the recent tragedies
that have occurred, we at Brown
DPS want you to know that you
have a strong ally in this depart-
ment.”
Cooper Nelson was next to
speak. She said she was not sur-
prised to see so many gathered
where Brown has come together in
survived by telling myself there was
an end point, but I wish someone
had stepped in.”
“Those kids shouldn’t have been
names on the news, but brilliant
graduates,” she added. “No one
deserves to die.”
Head Chair of the Queer Alli-
ance Aida Manduley ’11 encouraged
people to act now and not to lose
the momentum recent events have
spurred in them.
“There is always something
you can do,” she said. Whether for
LGBTQ support or other arenas,
Manduley urged people to “go out
there and do outreach” both at
Brown and in Providence.
Manduley added that she found
He concluded his remarks by
quoting the Haddaway song, saying,
“What is love? Baby don’t hurt me,
don’t hurt me, no more.”
“There is that love for you here,”
he said, before leading the crowd
in a chant, saying, “If you’re gay,
please stay. If you’re queer, we want
you here.”
Friends of Raymond Chase, a
Johnson and Wales University stu-
dent who committed suicide last
week after facing harassment for
his sexual preferences, also spoke.
A Johnson and Wales student,
who did not give his name, praised
Chase as “the epitome of the model
student.”
“Yes, he was gay, but that was

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C ampus N EWS “I don’t want to see my country as a country of NGOs.”

— Visiting Fellow Wyclef Jean

Farmer stresses Haitians’ role in rebuilding

continued from page 1
Farmer co-founded — and other
corporations, helped design in the
city of Mirebalais.
Beyond addressing infrastruc-
ture, Farmer said, focus should be
on “human capital and how we can
build that up.”
In a video that concluded his
lecture, Farmer showed the stor y
of two Haitian sur vivors, Carmen
and Sheila, who both lost their legs
during the earthquake. Both young
women now use prosthetics to walk
and work with non-profits in Haiti
Glenn Lutzky / Herald to help fellow disabled Haitians.
In his lecture Monday night, Paul Farmer named lack of housing and This is an example of how human
removal of rubble from the earthquake as two of Haiti’s major problems. capital can help bring Haiti for-
ward, Farmer said.
In discussing possible ways to
New Visiting Fellow Jean rebuild Haiti, Farmer referenced
specific accounts from people,
still part of the primar y response
team after the earthquake.
“These were Haitians respond-
ing to the problems of Haitians,”
Farmer said. “That is the primar y
response that was registered, Hai-
tians helping Haitians, and that is
important to remember.”
Haiti still faces two large ob-
stacles in a lack of housing and
removal of rubble from the earth-
quake, Farmer said. He showed
pictures of a temporar y camp set
up in Haiti for sur vivors.
Farmer said that when trying to
help Haiti, sometimes the right re-
sponses are the most obvious ones.
“I’m really hoping I’m going to
win the Nobel Prize in medicine
for discovering that treatment for
hunger is called food, and there
is this really great treatment for
thirst called water,” Farmer said,
drawing laughter from the crowd.
“I’m beginning to think after all
these years that humans may ac-
tually need food and water ever y
day.”

offers thoughts on Haiti both Haitians and foreign doctors,

continued from page 1
then went on to pursue a success-
ful solo career. More recently,
Jean has worked to establish
the Yele Haiti foundation, which
has worked to help victims of the
devastating earthquake that oc-
curred in Haiti earlier this year.
Earlier this year, Jean unsuccess-
fully attempted to run for presi-
dent of Haiti.
Rose said that Jean’s expe-
riences in the arts make him a
uniquely valuable member of the
Brown community.
“His artistic sensibility and
his openness to a wide range of
ideas honor the academic tradi-
tion we’re invested in,” Rose said.
Jean arrived on campus on
Monday and was able to attend
two events related to the Haitian
Initiative — a lecture by public
health advocate Paul Farmer and
a talk given by Haitian-American
author Edwidge Danticat MFA’93.
Jean told The Herald that
Haiti has many social and politi-
cal problems stemming from its
histor y, but that he has hope for
its future.
“As a Haitian, I do not like
who were in Haiti directly after
the earthquake. Farmer said that
dwelling on the past or pointing lives were saved thanks to the im-
fingers,” Jean said. “Haiti needs mediate response available.
capital, and for that we need to “Granted there were probably
start creating entrepreneurship.” less than 1,000 lives saved, but
He also said he hopes Haiti that’s still a lot of lives to save if
will eventually be able to thrive you ask me,” Farmer said.
without depending so heavily on Farmer also emphasized that
outside organizations. Haitians need to be the central ac-
“I don’t want to see my coun- tors in Haiti’s rebuilding efforts. He
tr y as a countr y of NGOs,” Jean described a Haitian pharmacist and
said. colleague who, after losing family
Rose said she believes that members in the earthquake, was
the arts are an essential compo-
nent to Haiti’s recover y and that
artists like Jean have much to
contribute.
“In a time of crisis, you have
to save the body, the mind and
the soul,” Rose said. “We com-
municate with ar tists because
they produce powerful ideas.”
She also said that Jean’s ex-
periences in the real world will
provide a useful perspective when
examining the situation in Haiti.
“We are very invested in ideas,
but also in how they play out in
practice,” Rose said. “Visiting fel-
lows allow us to connect learning
in the classroom to the broader
world.”
— Additional reporting by
Ana Alvarez
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C ampus N EWS “There are no complaints that we know of.”

— Director of Health Services Edward Wheeler, on bed bugs at Brown

Bed bug populations growing across Novelist Danticat MFA’93 visits to

nation — but no reports on campus discuss first-years’ summer reading
By Emma Wohl the beginning of the 21st century, he said. By Sophia Seawell regimes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Contributing Writer “The only way to control them is to use Contributing Writer are related.
extreme hot or cold,” Bai said. No exist- “All regimes share those elements of want-
Bed bugs — once relegated to the world ing pesticide can effectively kill or repel Playing into the same themes as Paul Farmer’s ing to silence people,” Danticat said. But all the
of nighttime rhymes — are once again bed bugs. lecture on “Rebuilding Haiti,” Haitian-American voices that have been oppressed “can make great
emerging as a major concern at universities Years of pesticide use have selected author Edwidge Danticat MFA’93 spoke Monday art,” from visual artists to singers to writers.
across the country. for bugs resistant to the chemicals, yield- about her novel — the Class of 2014’s summer After reading an excerpt from the book,
But despite a recent outbreak in Rhode ing stronger and stronger strains of bugs, reading —“The Dew Breaker.” Danticat’s greet- Danticat closed by explaining that there are two
Island, Brown has not experienced prob- he said. ing of “Ole,” meaning “honor” in Creole, set the different kinds of dews — dew breakers, who
lems with the bugs on campus. The bugs can also survive for months personal tone for the event in a full Salomon 101. torture others, and those who counter them, the
“There are no complaints that we know — even up to a year — without food. They “The Dew Breaker,” Danticat’s third novel dew masters or mistresses. She reminded the
of,” said Edward Wheeler, director of feed on blood and are attracted to warm and winner of the 2004 Story Prize, is set in audience that it is a personal decision “which
Health Services. blooded animals, including humans. Haiti during the dictatorial regime of Francois ones we will align ourselves with and which
Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, But “people don’t tend to pay attention Duvalier. The title, derived from the Creole ones we will be.”
Wake Forest College in North Carolina, to this bug because they don’t spread or word for “torturer,” also refers to the central While First Readings for incoming first-year
New York University and carry disease,” Bai said, character in the novel. One of the many Tonton classes have been assigned since fall 2007, and
the University of Colora- METRO and therefore bed bugs Macoutes who killed and tortured people under authors of the selected novels have come to
do at Boulder are among have only recently be- Duvalier’s administration, the Dew Breaker ties Brown since 2008, this is the first year that a
the many schools that have experienced come forefront in public awareness. together the nine individual stories that make celebrity sat among the students. Wyclef Jean,
bed bug infestations in their dormitories The Rhode Island Board of Health does up the novel. a Haitian musician and politician — and newly
this year, according to their school news- not track bed bugs because they are not Danticat said she wrote the novel from sev- appointed visiting fellow in Africana studies —
papers. disease carriers, according to a Sept. 30 eral different perspectives because she “wanted attended the lecture.
In August, the Environmental Protection article in the Providence Journal. to show the ripple effect of torture” and how Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron also
Agency and Centers for Disease Control “It’s definitely scary, because you can’t the Dew Breaker “altered … lives forever.” dubbed this year as “the most successful year
and Prevention issued a joint statement do anything — just throw your old furniture The main purpose of the event was “to make yet” for the First Readings program.
warning that “the United States is one away,” Bai said. He added that washing a case to you for (the novel’s) relevance to you,” From speaking in Creole to sharing stories
of many countries now experiencing an clothes can remove bed bugs, although Danticat said. She used the example of social from her past, the author’s personal touches
alarming resurgence in the population of other household items and even the houses media — without leaving the room, “we can all throughout her lecture “really resonated” with
bed bugs.” themselves can be much more resistant. become torturers,” she said, adding “we should Maiki Paul ’14, who described Danticat as a
Hua Bai, a postdoctoral research associ- “Secondhand furniture is a big prob- never underestimate that.” “soft-spoken but very powerful speaker.”
ate in Brown’s department of ecology and lem,” he said, but is inevitable at hotels or Some students had already formed a connec- Overall, students seemed to have positive
evolutionary biology, said that bed bugs, on college campuses. tion to the novel. Saudy Garcia ’14 said “read- reactions to the reading. Rory MacAneny ’14
or Cimicidae, were once a major problem “The way students live can contribute” ing the book reminded me of my own culture said “hearing her read it aloud brought clar-
throughout the world. After World War to the spread of infestations, said Wheeler. in the Dominican Republic,” and there were ity,” while Erika Larose ’14 said she could tell
II, though, the widespread use of DDT He recommends that students vacuum fre- many topics her “grandparents had spoken that Danticat “really believes in everything she
“eliminated the bed bug problem” until quently and do not share clothing. about.” Garcia asked Danticat if she believes the wrote about.”
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The Brown Daily Herald
Full of flavor, the food truck trend motors into Providence
By Morgan Johnson
Contributing Writer
Several new gourmet food trucks
have begun frequenting Provi-
dence’s East Side. Looking to the
success of mobile restaurants in
major cities like Los Angeles, New
York and San Francisco, Providence
food enthusiasts are following suit.
“I spent most of 2008 living in
San Francisco,” said Kristin Amico,
co-owner of Sugarush, a cupcake
and dessert truck. “I was amazed
by all the small-scale, petite busi-
ness going on,” she said. In particu-
lar, Amico noticed an abundance
of food trucks on San Francisco’s
streets selling “fresh and delicious
food.” Amico, an avid baker, then
left her job in public relations and
started a new food truck with part-
ner Erica Saladino back in Rhode
Island. Her most popular cupcakes
include chocolate with salted cara-
mel frosting, classic coconut, lemon
with lemon goat cheese frosting and
vegan chocolate peanut butter.
Alan Masterson, owner of the
taco truck Poco Loco and a graduate
of Johnson and Wales University,
also received his inspiration out-
side of Providence. “I used to live in
California, and there’s tons of taco
and food trucks out there, so we
wanted to start something similar
over here,” he said.
Despite the lower start-up costs
being lower than those of a tradi-
tional business, opening a mobile
food truck can be a challenging and
time-consuming endeavor.
“I spent about three years re-
searching,” said Karen Krinsky,
owner of the vegan soft-serve truck
she calls Like No Udder. “I spent
a lot of time looking for the right
truck, figuring out what licenses
I needed to get, finding out what
products and ingredients would be
the best,” she said.
Trucks designed for culinary use
are available but extremely expen-
Bernanke fields students’ economy questions
continued from page 1
tend and to formulate questions for
Bernanke. The department was so
impressed with the quality of ques-
tions that more than 30 students
were selected, rather than the 15
that were originally planned, accord-
ing to Jason Yum ’11.
The Brown students and others
from across the state listened to an-
swers from Bernanke on topics such
as monetary policy and job pros-
pects for students after graduation.
“You’re doing the right thing by
training, by increasing your educa-
tion,” Bernanke told the students.
“Even though these are tough eco-
nomic times, the return to learning,
the return to developing your skills,
is very high.”
Responding to a question from
a student concerned about col-
lege debt, Bernanke pointed to the
sizeable cost of his son’s medical
school education but cited as a posi-
tive development the fact that “it’s
much less often the case that young
sive. For his business, Masterson
bought an old DHL truck and gutted
the interior, he said. After stripping
down his truck, he found much of
his cooking equipment through
Craigslist. In spite of the extra work,
“this way we got to design it exactly
the way we wanted,” he said.
Amico and Saladino had a similar
experience. “It took us a while to
find the perfect truck,” said Amico.
“We found an antique van, then we
had to completely rehab it.”
Through purchase of a former
sandwich truck, Josie Mor way
and co-owner of Providence Juice
Company Jay Nutini saved time on
conversion and also received advice
from the seller on getting health
permits and other concerns about
starting their business.
“When you consider a food
truck,” said Amico, “you also con-
sider space considerations. Every-
thing has to fit. You have to drive
the truck. If it’s raining, you can’t
go out.”
Other worries include running
out of gas, having enough power to
work appliances and the occasional
flat tire or breakdown. “I would
guess that a lot of food truck own-
ers are not mechanics, so you have
to feel comfortable and have the
right connections so you can get it
working again,” said Krinsky.
Weather is an important con-
sideration when operating a food
vehicle, especially outside of a
mild region like California. On top
of not being able to operate in the
rain, many trucks are forced off
the streets by the severity of New
England winters. Like No Udder, be-
cause it serves ice cream, will take a
four to five month hiatus this winter.
Some trucks, like Providence Juice
Company, are planning to wait it out
and adjust to the winter months,
possibly by offering new menu
items like apple cider and organic
hot chocolate.
Despite the newness of the
people are unable to get the educa-
tion they want because they can’t
get funding.”
The Federal Reserve chairman
also answered questions regarding
the central bank’s actions during the
crisis and defended the Troubled
Asset Relief Program and large-scale
purchases of mortgage-backed secu-
rities as crucial to restoring stability
to financial markets. Many people
don’t realize that the Fed’s efforts
stemmed from the need to protect
the overall economy and not merely
to prop up failing firms, Bernanke
said.
“I thought a lot about Econ 101
during those days,” Bernanke said
of the height of the 2008 crisis,
adding that while TARP remains
unpopular among the public, the
money that has now been returned
with interest made the program “a
pretty good investment for taxpay-
ers.” The Fed chief also said that
the financial regulatory reform law
passed earlier this year provides the
government “new tools” to ensure
“I’m sorry the economy’s not stronger now, but it will get
stronger.” — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 | Page 5
Courtesy of Sugarush
Sugarush, a cupcake and dessert truck, is one of many gourmet food trucks now frequenting the streets of
Providence.
trucks — most having only been is cholesterol free,” said Krinsky. Rhode Island, which collects ingre-
in business for a few weeks — many Other trucks, like Poco Loco, dients from local farms and delivers
have already gained customer loy- try to offer healthy alternatives to them to food vendors. “Supporting
alty through social networking sites greasy late night fare. A customer local farms is our main mission,”
like Facebook and Twitter. “We favorite is the vegetarian Green said Morway.
pretty much rely on Twitter be- Monstah burrito. “We’re not just “It’s just now hitting Providence,”
cause our schedule changes every another Broad Street chimi-truck,” Amico said of the food truck trend.
week,” said Morway. Others, such he said. “We’re obviously a little behind New
as Poco Loco and Like No Udder, Sugarush and Providence Juice York City, and we’re a small city. But
have Facebook pages where cus- Company combine the trend of mo- because of Johnson and Wales and
tomers can “friend” the trucks and bile food with growing customer local farms, I feel like the city and
receive status updates about their demand for sustainable and organic the people who live here have a fond
locations. Customers often find the cuisine. Both trucks order many of appreciation for food.”
trucks parked on Hope Street, at their ingredients from Farm Fresh
various farmers’ markets and oc-
casionally at festivals and concerts.
Keeping customers informed
about their whereabouts is especial-
ly important for trucks that cater to
a specific clientele. Although many
of Like No Udder’s customers have
no dietary restrictions, Krinsky’s
truck is especially accommodat-
ing to vegan and lactose-intolerant
individuals. “I try to accommodate
as many allergy sensitivities as pos-
sible, but it’s difficult. I go low on
soy because I know people have
sensitivities. I don’t use hydroge-
nated fats, and by nature everything
that bankrupt firms do not pose a
systemic risk to the economy.
But Bernanke had fewer specific
answers when asked for “tips for
investors” from a Brown student
who would like to own his own in-
vestment firm.
Bernanke said he wasn’t in the
business of betting on the stock
market, and if he were, “it would
probably be illegal anyway.”
“I get a lot of inside information,”
Bernanke said, eliciting laughter
from the crowd.
As parting advice, he counseled
students to take advantage of educa-
tional opportunities and chances to
get valuable on-the-job experience.
“I’m sorr y the economy’s not
stronger right now, but it will get
stronger,” Bernanke said.
Although he felt Bernanke
“dodged” his question, Ben Xiong
’11 still thought hearing the central
banker speak was worthwhile.
“It was a really great experience
to come and see someone that pow-
erful,” Xiong said.
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Business school wouldn’t aid

U. mission
To the Editor:
Would the business school that
Dominic Mhiripiri ’12 proposes (“To-
ward the Brown School of Business,”
Sept. 29) truly meet the needs of
the Brown community? In 1764, the
founders of the University created a
charter that promised a school “to
which the youth may freely resort
for education in the vernacular and
learned languages, and in the lib-
eral arts and sciences,” putting forth
that such a liberal education was
necessary for a life of “usefulness
and reputation.” Admittedly, times
have changed — these days, when
the very value of a liberal educa-
tion is coming under question, the
founders’ language comes across
as overly idealistic, perhaps better
suited for a time when a university
education was a luxury rather than
an economic necessity.
Still, the mission of the University
was and remains the holistic educa-
tion of each student for the better-
ment of society. While a new busi-
ness school might offer even more
opportunities for Brown students to
aid and participate in the community
around them, I am wary of argu-
ments that a bigger, sleeker, more
powerful University would be able
to broaden its reach without losing
sight of its original goal. The Watson
Institute for International Studies,
for example, may attract world-class
speakers, but international relations
concentrators are still left with an un-
der-staffed, over-crowded program
without department-level support.
A greater focus on advanced
degrees and business acumen will alex yuly
not serve the Brown community if
in the process we lose the focus on
undergraduate education that dis-
tinguishes a Brown education from
that of any other school in the world.
Andrew Leber ’12
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BY mike johnson
Opinions Columnist
In his column “God and man at Brown”
(Sept. 21), David Sheffield ’11 claims, “A re-
ligious university is conflicted on a funda-
mental level.” However, it is his column that
is fundamentally flawed. Through the use of
twisted logic and poor, if any, research, Shef-
field claims that religious schools are back-
ward and provide no opportunity to “discov-
er new unknown things about the world.”
Sheffield overlooks the fact that some
of the most prestigious universities in the
nation require their student bodies to take
religious courses. I’m sure that Sheffield
doesn’t mind that the officers in the United
States Army, arguably the best fighting force
on the face of the planet, are required to take
courses in religion at the U.S. Military Acad-
emy at West Point and to attend services ev-
ery week. Never mind that Forbes ranked
West Point the best school in the country
last year.
It’s true that universities founded with
the express purpose of spreading religion
are not your typical liberal university. But
the elitism inherent in the fascist imposition
of liberal values is just as wrong as fascist
imposition of religious values. Brown has
evolved from its Baptist roots, but it’s clear
that all of its students are not as accepting
and open-minded as one would hope. I cel-
ebrate Brown’s open-ended theater of ideas,
but I decry those who would attempt to use
an open forum to shout down others’ ideas,
hunter
fast
Opinions Columnist
The recent defeat of the Development, Relief
and Education for Alien Minors Act by a Re-
publican filibuster in the Senate has cast new
light on the sorry condition of immigration
politics in the United States. While the bill
does nothing more than temporarily set up a
path to citizenship for undocumented college
students and armed service members, it has
been described by Sen. David Vitter, R-La.,
as an “amnesty measure” and by others as
inviting greater competition for jobs against
already financially-stressed American work-
ers. While such hyperbolic assertions are ef-
fective in rallying conservative opposition to
the DREAM Act, they do not hold up against
the light of analysis.
Central to the rationale of the opposition
to the DREAM Act is the idea that any reform
that would ultimately grant legal status to a
relatively small proportion of undocumented
immigrants constitutes an admission of de-
feat in the effort to discourage illegal immi-
gration. Case in point: Sen. Lindsey Graham,
R-S.C., recently asked the Associated Press,
“What am I going to tell people in South Car-
olina when I legalize 2 million people here,
when we haven’t secured the border?”
In typical fashion, Graham misses the
point entirely. Despite his and other Repub-
licans’ claims to stand on a platform of fis-
cal responsibility, the fact of the matter is
that the border security that they espouse is
Keeping the faith
as often occurs in religious discourse at
Brown.
The policy that Sheffield proposes is akin
to a worshipping of science. He has set up
his own dogma, one that “is allowed to color
everything” he sees. If it isn’t scientific, it’s
wrong.
Sheffield uses “the Catholic Church” as
his benchmark for all things religious, while
citing Liberty University, which is Baptist,
and Brigham Young University, which is
Mormon. Of the universities mentioned in
Sheffield’s column, only Georgetown Uni-
versity, which is Jesuit, is actually a Catholic
School.
Brown has evolved from its Baptist, religious
roots, but it’s clear that all of its students are
not as accepting and open-minded as
one would hope.
Yet he seems to categorize them all
through the lens of Catholic dogmatism. He
ignores the simple and obvious differences
among sects of Christianity, displaying igno-
rance greater than that which he attempts to
speak against. Sheffield glosses over differ-
ences in teachings between evangelical Bap-
tists and Catholics, instead generalizing all
Christian belief as anti-science. Generaliza-
tion, on principle, ignores subtleties inher-
ent in complicated questions such as reli-
gion, and lumping everyone together shows
Make the DREAM a reality
horrifically inefficient. The total cost to tax-
payers of the new border fence between the
United States and Mexico is set to reach $49
billion over 25 years, with other enforcement
costs driving the overall price of border secu-
rity much higher.
This expense could be justifiable
if the fence were capable of deterring
undocumented immigrants by the tens of
millions, but according to a recently released
study by the Pew Hispanic Center, annual
illegal immigration to the United States fell
from 800,000 to 350,000 between 2000 and
2009. This amounts to more than $30,000 per
Let us ignore for a moment that protecting
lower income Americans from economic shocks
is uncannily similar in principle to legislation
that the Republican Party has already decisively
rejected: the stimulus package.
deterred migrant — or more, considering
the potential deterrent influence of the
recession and the draconian enforcement
tactics of figures like Arizona’s Maricopa
County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The Republican stance on this issue there-
fore becomes contradictory. While it is the
conservative pastime to decry the inefficien-
cy of bureaucracy, it becomes painfully obvi-
ous that extending rudimentary bureaucrat-
ic structures to undocumented immigrants
unwillingness to engage those with whom
Sheffield disagrees.
Not all is so bad; Sheffield grants that
despite its religious bent, Georgetown is
a “decent” school. “Decent”? Georgetown
is ranked 21st by U.S. News and World Re-
port, whereas Brown, a “proper institution of
learning,” according to Sheffield, comes in
at 15th, astronomically high by comparison.
The snobbish tone and dogmatic adher-
ence to his personal sense of progress evi-
dent throughout the column is an abhorrent
display of holier-than-thou philosophy. In or-
der to back up his Swiss-cheese-esque log-
ic, Sheffield submits the Catholic Church’s
prohibition of contraceptives, and the re-
sulting lack of condoms on RAs’ doors at
Georgetown, as something that clearly af-
fects Georgetown students’ ability to do vec-
tor calculus. The school that ranked last in
the Trojan Sexual Health Report Card last
year is DePaul University, a decidedly non-
religious university.
To use access to condoms at college in
order to assess the value of an intellectual in-
stitution is ridiculous. I didn’t decide to go to
school at Brown because I could get cheap
would not only be cheaper, but would also
provide the United States government with a
greater degree of information with which to
control the immigration problem.
One could predict a conservative re-
sponse that such spending is defensible be-
cause it serves to protect American workers
from having to compete for wages with un-
documented immigrants. They’re taking our
jobs, as it were. Let us ignore for a moment
that protecting lower income Americans
from economic shocks is uncannily similar
in principle to legislation that the Republi-
can Party has already decisively rejected: the
stimulus package.
Aside from the fact that such an expan-
sion of the benefits of bureaucracy would en-
able the government to enforce labor laws
in the case of immigrants, the fact remains
that such objections simply do not apply to
the domain of the DREAM Act. Because the
DREAM Act only extends potential legal sta-
tus to college students (i.e., skilled labor)
and soldiers, the number of Americans who
would be subjected to wage competition with
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 | Page 7
contraceptives whenever I wanted, and the
government doesn’t grant research money
to institutions based on condom use.
The quality of an institution isn’t based on
whether the school is religious or not reli-
gious. Quality of education is based on dia-
logue. Since the time of Socrates, intellec-
tual dialogue has been the cornerstone for
progress in education. Schools like BYU and
Liberty stifle dialogue and adhere to dog-
matic ways of viewing the world, which in
turn hinders their ability to progress. While
their censorship may stem from religion, it
is their inability to critically engage popular
topics that sees them swept aside by other
universities able to do so.
Brown excels because it harbors dia-
logue, not because it has eschewed religious
tenets as the foundation for its institutions.
Georgetown is far better than “decent,” and
it deserves more than a cursory acknowl-
edgement of its achievements, “despite”
being religious. To criticize dogmatic insti-
tutions while imposing one’s own dogma is
problematic, and only serves to extend the
lack of dialogue such issues require.
We cannot afford to simply write off those
with whom we do not agree. We also cannot
afford to jump to wild, sensationalist conclu-
sions for the purpose of getting our columns
read — we aren’t Fox News. Religion isn’t
the enemy in higher education — ignorance
is, on both sides.
Mike Johnson ’11 reminds you to
reimburse your RAs.
undocumented immigrants would be mini-
mal.
In addition, while introducing more em-
ployees into an economy during a period of
high unemployment seems on the surface
to be bad policy, such an observation ig-
nores that income inequality between skilled
and unskilled labor in the United States has
climbed steadily for the last 40 years and that
recessions do not affect these two groups
equally. While some citizens and legal immi-
grants — mainly those with college degrees
— will face greater competition for jobs as a
result of the DREAM Act, the ones subject-
ed to this competition will be the ones best
economically capable of handling it. The eco-
nomic result, therefore, will be to slow the ris-
ing tide of income inequality while no longer
denying the American economy output from
the brilliant minds enabled by the DREAM
Act to actively participate in a knowledge-
based economy.
The opposition to the DREAM Act is,
therefore, largely unwarranted. To echo
the sentiments of a recent letter to the edi-
tor (“Pass the DREAM Act now,” Oct. 4),
the DREAM Act must be reintroduced as a
stand-alone measure. It is laudable that Sen.
Richard Durbin, D-Ill., has done so. While
the Defense Department’s quiet endorse-
ment of the DREAM Act makes its inclusion
into the National Defense Reauthorization
Act legitimate, the DREAM Act is too good a
policy to be weakened by accusations of play-
ing politics with defense.
Hunter Fast ’12 is proud to have been
represented in the Senate by both
Durbin and now-President Obama.
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