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Bookstore cafe to open this week Former Austrian chancellor
By Anne Simons
Senior Staff Writer
Students returning to College Hill
this week may have already noticed
changes to the Brown Bookstore,
where renovations, including con-
struction of a new cafe and seat-
ing area, are reaching their final
stages.
Manuel Cunard, the bookstore’s
director, said he thought students
would be “quite surprised” by the
changes that have occurred over
winter break.
The textbook section has moved
to the bottom floor, while the tech-
nology department now occupies
the upper floor. The upper floor
also houses the Your Space section,
which is geared toward market-
ing dorm products and features a
mock-up of a dorm room, Cunard
said.
The southern part of the store,
overlooking Angell Street — which
will house a seating area, the gen-
eral books section and the new Col-
lege Hill Cafe, run by Blue State
Coffee — was just in the prelimi-
nary stages of demolition when
students left in December.
Construction on the cafe is
about a week behind schedule, but
it should begin serving customers
by the end of the week, possibly as
early as today, Cunard said earlier
this week.
The cafe is expected to be en-
vironmentally friendly, featuring
locally grown food like soups and
Ponzi scheme wipes out
foundation that gave to U.
By Ben Schreckinger
Senior Staff Writer
A philanthropic organization that has
awarded the University hundreds of
thousands of dollars — including a
$355,937 grant currently in use —
has folded due to substantial ties to
Bernard Madoff’s alleged hedge fund
scam.
The JEHT Foundation, a New
York City non-profit that has awarded
Brown’s Center for Alcohol and Addic-
tion Studies over $500,000 in grants
since 2004, will shut down at the end
of January as a result of Madoff’s
alleged Ponzi scheme. JEHT’s cur-
rent grant, which is funding a project
at the center until this May, has not
been affected, according to Director
of University Communications Mark
Nickel.
“The grant has been received and
the work will be completed,” Nickel
said. The University received all funds
from the grant before Dec. 15 of last
year, when the JEHT Foundation’s
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The new College Hill Cafe should open by the end of the week.
sandwiches. Students will be able
to use their declining balance ac-
counts at the cafe, but not Flex
Points, as bookstore managers had
originally hoped, Cunard said. It
will stay open later than the main
part of the bookstore, and there are
plans to bring in nighttime enter-
tainment like musical performances
and poetry readings.
Web site announced the cessation of
all grants, four days after Madoff’s
arrest for fraud. Madoff managed the
money of Kenneth and Jeanne Levy-
Church, the foundation’s founders.
The latest grant to the addiction
studies center, awarded by JEHT’s
Criminal Justice Program, is fund-
ing the development of a guide for
lawyers and judges dealing with drug
addicts in the criminal justice system,
Nickel said. The project is scheduled
to be completed by May of this year,
he said.
In addition to the current $355,937
grant, JEHT — which derives its
name from its “core values,” justice,
equality, human dignity and tolerance
— awarded the center $166,500 in
2004.
According to JEHT’s Web site, that
grant funded “a collaboration between
doctors and lawyers to conduct re-
search and disseminate information
on public policies and practices re-
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In the rear of the store, there
will be a children’s area and a com-
munity meeting room which can
house 40 to 45 people and will be
available for use by Brown groups
and community members, Cunard
said. These additions, the last to be
completed, should be finished by
continued on page 2
After protest, punishment, SDS appeals
By Joanna Wohlmuth
Metro Editor
As last semester drew to a close and
students packed their bags, members
of Students for a Democratic Society
finally got the news they — and oth-
ers in the Brown community — had
been anticipating for months.
Seven of the eight students
charged for their roles in SDS’s heat-
ed protest of the October meeting
of the Corporation received minor
punishments from a University Dis-
ciplinary Council panel. One student
was cleared of all charges.
The convicted students have
been placed on probation for three
semesters — except those who will
graduate earlier — and will each
be required to perform 50 hours of
community service this semester.
Their parents were notified of the
charges and punishments, according
to SDS members.
Four of the students must write
a 10- to 15-page research paper on
university governance, and one
will write an additional paper about
earns Watson appointment
By Sarah Husk
Senior Staf f Writer
Former Austrian Chancellor Alfred
Gusenbauer has recently been ap-
pointed as a visiting professor at the
Watson Institute for International
Studies.
Gusenbauer served as the Chan-
cellor of Austria from January 2007
to this past December. His relatively
brief tenure as Chancellor — the
second shortest in Austrian history
— was preceded by an eight-year
stint as chairman of the Social Dem-
ocratic Party of Austria, a political
party with firm socialist roots.
Interim Director of the Watson
Institute and Vice President for In-
ternational Affairs David Kennedy
’76 said President Ruth Simmons
has been instrumental in orchestrat-
ing Gusenbauer’s appointment.
“It’s a question of seizing oppor-
tunities,” Kennedy said, adding that
Simmons has long been invested
in bringing influential leaders and
thinkers to campus.
As far as Gusenbauer’s day-to-
day presence on campus, Kennedy
said he expects that Gusenbauer
will “spend some time on campus.”
While at Brown, Kennedy said,
Gusenbauer will take part in con-
ferences and workshops held by the
Watson Institute, participate in ongo-
ing classes and conduct research.
“We expect him to contribute in a
privacy. Each student will have the
disciplinary action recorded on his
or her internal University file, but
the entry will be removed upon
graduation.
The group members consider the
punishments to be slight — they had
been told that suspension or expul-
sion were possible — and remain far
from apologetic. “We still maintain
that we didn’t do anything that de-
served sanctions,” said SDS mem-
ber Sophia Lambertsen ’11, one of
the seven convicted students. “The
folks that are responsible for us be-
ing sanctioned should be ashamed
of themselves.”
The convicted students have ap-
pealed the panel’s decision to the
Office of the Provost.
The eight SDS members faced
disciplinary action after members
of the group tried to enter Univer-
sity Hall while it was closed during
the Corporation meeting. They
met resistance from Department
of Public Safety officers and others,
three of whom, administrators said,
sustained minor injuries during the
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WINTER SPORTS recap
The swimming and diving and
track and field teams have
kicked off their seasons.
variety of ways,” Kennedy said, add-
ing that even though Gusenbauer
will only spend several weeks per
semester on campus, the hope is
that as many students as possible
will be able to meet and learn from
Gusenbauer during his time at
Brown.
“It’s long been part of our phi-
losophy that we find out the most
about pressing international issues
by bringing practitioners and aca-
demics together in conversation,”
Kennedy said. “Through that
dialogue we think the answers to
the most pressing problems will
emerge.”
Gusenbauer, 48, was active in the
socialist youth movement in his ear-
lier years earned his doctorate from
the University of Vienna in 1987.
After assuming leadership of the
Social Democratic Party in 2000, he
led them to a plurality of Parliament
seats in 2006 and became chancellor
a year later.
The Watson Institute hosts vari-
ous politicians, leaders and diplo-
mats, including former president of
Chile Ricardo Lagos, former United
States Senator Lincoln Chafee ‘75
and former United States ambas-
sador to the United Nations Richard
Holbrooke ’62.
Gusenbauer will serve as a visit-
ing professor beginning this month
and through December.
Consequences
Punishments handed down to
SDS members sanctioned for
their actions during an Oct. 18
protest outside a Corporation
meeting:
• Up to three semesters of
probation
• 50 hours of community
service
• Parental notification
• Four students must
write research papers on
university governance
• One must write an additional
paper on privacy
encounter.
Partway through the Saturday
morning meeting in October, pro-
testers charged the building with
an extension ladder, while others
rushed the door. Eight made it in-
side University Hall and up the stairs
to just outside the room where the
meeting was being held but were
not permitted to enter. Chancellor
Thomas Tisch ’76 stepped out of
the meeting and accepted a petition
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Anish Mitra ’10 thinks the
econ department should
add a finance focus.
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C ampus N EWS “With any changes, there is confusion.”

— Eileen Chece, bookstore employee

U. grant Revamped over break, bookstore to encourage browsing

unaffected as continued from page 1 is proceeding on the cafe and rear of
the store during the daytime.

foundation the second week of February.

Over winter break, workers also
On Tuesday afternoon, the con-
struction didn’t seem to cause many

goes under created a new checkout area. Cus-

continued from page 1
lated to addiction.”
In addition to the JEHT Foun-
dation’s grant, Brown received a
$150,000 donation from the Holly-
wood Director Stephen Spielberg’s
P’12 Wunderkinder Foundation in
2007, according to a Dec. 27 article in
the Providence Journal. Spielberg and
his foundation are widely reported to
have suffered losses due to the Ma-
doff scandal.
Vice President for Development
Kristin Davitt ’88 wrote in an e-mail to
The Herald that she could not com-
ment on the specifics of any dona-
tion.
While the Madoff scandal has af-
fected other American universities,
Brown appears to have escaped any
direct consequences. “We believe the
Madoff scandal will have no direct ef-
fect on philanthropy to Brown,” Davitt
wrote in the e-mail. The Herald re-
ported Jan. 21 that the University had
not invested any funds with Madoff’s
hedge fund.
tomers will now pay for purchases
at a new desk between the main
entrance and the children’s area.
The goal for the renovation was
to make the bookstore more use-
ful and welcoming to Brown and
the community at large, Cunard
said. Windows that used to display
merchandise have been cleared to
make the store feel more open. New
flat-screen TVs located throughout
the store will show Brown-related
announcements, except for one
in the Your Space section, which
will show television programming,
perhaps Turner Classic Movies,
Cunard said. He said he hopes new
seating areas and the cafe encour-
age shoppers to see the bookstore
as a place to browse, linger and
relax, he added.
Renovations started in August
and have kept to a “pretty aggres-
sive” schedule, Cunard said. He
added that construction took place
at night so the bookstore could op-
erate with relative normalcy during
business hours. This semester, work
problems for students crowding the
store to buy their textbooks before
the first day of classes. Temporary
signage and bookstore workers
helped shoppers navigate the new
layout.
Ed Weiss, manager of the text-
book department, said that “rush is
going good.” There hasn’t been an
appreciable increase in confusion
from students, he said, adding that
relocating the textbook department
hasn’t changed how it functions.
While students may need to
adapt to the new layout, said Eileen
Chece, a bookstore employee, it
should be more accessible in the
end. “With any changes, there is
confusion,” she said.
Students expressed mixed feel-
ings about the relocated textbook Jessie Calihan / Herald
department. Drew Janes ’09 said Blue State Coffee will operate a new cafe in the Brown Bookstore.
the textbook section is basically lege Hill Cafe. Though it was the “less depressing.” The store will
the same as it used to be and its first time she’d heard about it, Slifer now feel more like Barnes & Noble
navigation is self-explanatory. But said she liked the idea of adding or Borders, he said.
Teresa Slifer ’11 said she found it a cafe and said the space could Cunard said the new-look book-
cramped and “too cluttered.” become a “nice little haven.” Riaz store will have its official grand
Students also said they looked Gillani ’09 praised the renovation opening Feb. 25. There will be
forward to the opening of the Col- efforts, saying the bookstore looks tours, food, raffles and sales.

Disciplined Brown SDS members looking to move forward

The Madoff scandal has impacted
the Jewish philanthropic community
in particular, but Brown/RISD Hil-
lel has not been affected, Executive
Director Megan Nesbitt said. She
said Hillel has a small endowment
invested in money market accounts
and has no financial ties to Madoff.
She added that she believes Hillel’s
donors also had no ties to Madoff,
and that the scandal will not affect
future donations.
“We were very fortunate,” Nesbitt
said.
sudoku
continued from page 1
from the students enumerating their
concerns about the Corporation’s ex-
clusive decision-making procedures
and lack of transparency.
All seven of the students were
found guilty of Offense IX of the Stan-
dards of Student Conduct, which
proscribes a “violation of operational
rules governing various offices, de-
partments and facilities of the Uni-
versity.” Six were also found guilty of
Offense II.a, which prohibits “actions
that result in or can be reasonably ex-
pected to result in physical harm.”
The students had also been
charged with other violations, includ-
ing failing to present identification
and interfering with the rights of
others and educational functions of
the University, but they were cleared
of those charges by the disciplinary
panel that heard their case.
One student, James Stefano ’11,
was found not guilty on all counts af-
ter he was able to produce witnesses
who verified that he had been on
the Main Green while students were
inside and had not attempted to enter
University Hall.
The case was heard by a UDC
panel, consisting of students, fac-
ulty and administrators. The panel
was scheduled to hear the case from
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 9, but ended
up continuing proceedings late into
the night and reconvening the next
morning. The UDC panel then de-
liberated, and the students received
its verdicts Dec. 17.
According to University policy,
students may appeal any disciplinary
action if they believe there has been
a procedural error in the handling
of the case or if there is new infor-
mation pertaining to the case that
was not available at the time of the
hearing. Appeals are handled by the
Office of the Provost.
The SDS members have submit-
ted a five-page motion to appeal in
which they present a “laundry list
of issues” they claim affected their
ability to defend themselves in the
manner guaranteed by University
code, according to the document.
Among the claims made in the ap-
peal are that the Office of Student
Life did not meet specific deadlines
in handling the case and that an at-
tempt to bar a UDC member, who
the students believed would not be
impartial, was improperly rejected.
Provost David Kertzer ’69 P’95
P’98 declined to comment on the
appeal because it is currently under
review.
Now that the disciplinary pro-
ceedings have concluded, SDS
members said they look forward to
refocusing their efforts after months
of preparing for the hearing. Though
they said the University and Corpo-
ration seem to be taking questions
about governance more seriously,

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‘Migration matrix’ finds link between ancestry and income
Unikora Yang
Contributing Writer
Professors of Economics Louis
Putterman and David Weil have
shown a correlation between cur-
rent income inequalities among and
within countries and the migration
patterns of their populations hun-
dreds of years ago.
The “World Migration Matrix,”
created by Putterman, Weil and a
team of research assistants, tracks
the population movements of 165
countries going as far back as the
1500s. After compiling data on
population composition, ethnic
origins and immigration histor y,
the economists observed that ana-
lyzing migration patterns and the
presence of various ethnic groups
improves one’s understanding of
current income differences among
countries.
Putterman said recognizing the
presence of different ethnic groups
within a country and their histori-
cal migrations turn out to be better
predictors of that country’s gross
domestic product than simply us-
ing the traditional measures such
as state policies, early transition to
agriculture and early technological
advancement.
In an e-mail to The Herald,
Putterman wrote that when a
growth determinant is adjusted
Sheathed sword found, cash taken from room
by Colin Chazen
Senior Staff Writer
The following summary includes
all major incidents reported to the
Department of Public Safety between
Dec. 17 and Jan. 24. It does not in-
clude general service and alarm calls.
The Providence Police Department
also responds to incidents occurring
off campus. DPS does not divulge
information on open cases that are
currently under investigation by the
department, the PPD or the Office of
Student Life. DPS maintains a daily
log of all shift activity and general ser-
vice calls which can be viewed during
business hours at its headquarters,
located at 75 Charlesfield St.
Thursday, Dec. 18
3:02 p.m. Student reported that
at approximately 2:30 p.m. she went
to use the shower in Woolley Hall. At
approximately 2:40 p.m. she returned
for migration, the strength of the
variable as an indicator of current
per capita GDP increases.
“For example, Fijians whose
ancestors came from the Indian
subcontinent, with that area’s his-
tory of literate, urbanized, densely
populated civilization, have higher
socio-economic status than ones
of indigenous Fijian ancestr y, on
average,” Putterman wrote.
“What matters is the history of
the people who live in a countr y
today, more than the history of the
country itself,” Putterman and Weil
said in a statement.
The study indicates that if a
population 500 years ago exhib-
ited a high level of development,
its descendants tend to be richer
as well, Weil said.
Many studies on economic
growth and development make ad
hoc adjustments like assuming a
country’s population originate from
one land, Weil said, adding that he
and Putterman decided to “bite the
bullet” and build a data set account-
ing for the various constituents of
a countr y’s population and their
histories.
The essence of growth econom-
ics is to understand the degree to
which a factor affects development,
said Ishani Tewari GS, who worked
on the project.
“The study helps identify factors
back to her room, which she had left
unlocked, and her laptop and iPod
were missing.
3:03 p.m. Student reported that
he had left to go to lunch at approxi-
mately 1:45 p.m. Upon returning to
his room in Keeney Quadrangle
at approximately 2:45 p.m., he ob-
CRIME LOG
served that his room door was open
and the lights were out in the room.
He stated that he was unsure if he
had locked his room when he left
for lunch. He walked into the room,
turned the light on and observed
that his laptop was missing from the
desk where he had left it.
3:57 p.m. Complainant stated his
laptop was taken from his desk in
the Barus and Holley Building. He
said he last saw the laptop when he
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“What matters is the history of the people who live in a country.”
— Professors of Econimics Louis Putterman and David Weil
you can and cannot change — how
much is an outcome of the past and
how much is determined by more
proximate history,” she said.
But Joshua Wilde GS, who modi-
fied the original matrix based on
geographical distances to one study-
ing migrations across linguistic dis-
tances, said that correlation did not
necessarily mean causation.
“This study … establishes a cor-
relation between income levels and
early development, and if there is
something in the correlation that
can be causal, then (economists)
would be able to address issues of
income inequality,” Wilde said, add-
ing that a potential causal relation-
ship between migration patterns
and current income levels needs
to be researched further.
Weil also said the study is at an
early stage. “I think we are very,
very far from the stage of making
policy on it. One way to see the ma- Eunice Hong / Herald
Professor Louis Putterman (left) and Professor David Weil have shown a
trix is as a lens for looking at the correlation between income inequalities and historic migration patterns.
data,” he said. “How does the early
development of Malaysia 500 years opmental inequalities around the factor, and that they can be ver y
ago predict how it is today?” world today. persistent,” he wrote.
Though the matrix shows that “A larger implication … is that “Therefore,” he added, “if one
certain ethnic groups have a his- these results show that human wants to attack problems of under-
torical advantage, the results do outlooks and capabilities, which is development and poverty, finding
not imply that income levels will what I believe is being transmitted ways to help poor countries and
remain static forever. Putterman by the ethnic, linguistic and cul- disadvantaged groups build out-
wrote that the most basic implica- tural groups that our data tracks, looks and capabilities that are more
tion of the study is that long term are more central to economic out- promising of economic well-being
forces have contributed to devel- comes than practically any other should be a central focus.”
left the building at around 12:30 p.m.
When he returned at 2:30 p.m., he
noticed the laptop missing. He also
stated he shares the space with a
lab-mate who was in the room but
did not notice anyone or anything
out of the ordinary.
4:12 p.m. The photo editor for the
yearbook committee reported that
on Nov. 19, a staff member went to
sign out a camera from the Metcalf
Copy Center, and it was discovered
that two cameras and their cases
were missing.
Sunday, Dec. 21
1:40 a.m. A student reported
that three laptops, an iPhone and a
television were stolen from his dorm
room in Keeney Quadrangle. One
laptop was his; the other belonged
to a roommate and the third laptop
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Cash taken from Life Sciences exam room
continued from page 3
belonged to a friend of his roommate.
He stated that he left his room for
10 minutes. When he returned he
discovered the items missing. The
door was left unlocked.
Monday, Dec. 22
1:37 p.m. While on detail doing
dorm checks in Vartan Gregorian
Quadrangle, an officer found in plain
view on a desk a sword in a sheath.
It was confiscated, brought to de-
partment headquarters and tagged
as evidence. The matter has been
turned over to Student Life.
Friday, Jan. 2
10:26 p.m. A Brown University
professor reported to the Providence
and Brown Police that he left his
residence on Hope Street on Dec.
31 at 4 p.m., and when he returned
on Jan. 2 at 5:20 p.m. he found the
front door wide open. Upon check-
ing the residence several items were
found missing: two laptop computers,
jewelry and a camera. There are no
suspects at this time.
Tuesday, Jan. 6
8:06 p.m. An employee reported
that he left his office in the Sharpe
Refectory at approximately 4 p.m.,
locking the door behind him as he
exited. Upon his arrival back to his
office an hour later, he unlocked the
door and found that the personal
keys to his vehicle and home, along
with his cell phone, cell phone char-
ger and black leather gloves were
stolen from his office desk area. A
search of the immediate area met
with negative results in locating his
belongings. The case is under in-
vestigation.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Friday, Jan. 9
4:26 p.m. An employee reported
that he left his wallet containing $145
in another room under a jacket while
he and a co-worker set up for a medi-
cal exam of a patient in the Life Sci-
ences Building. A short time later
he discovered the cash missing. The
patient was left alone in the same
room as the wallet. The case is under
investigation.
Tuesday, Jan. 13
10:15 a.m. An employee reported
a computer monitor missing from
the Center for Information Technol-
ogy. The last time he saw it was on
Jan. 6.
10:47 a.m. Employee reported
that there were three printer car-
tridges, a handheld scanner and a
canvas tote bag missing from a cu-
bicle area in Barus and Holley.
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“What we do have is wind, and a lot of it.”
— Amy Kempe, spokesperson for Governor Donald Carcieri ’65
Thursday, January 22, 2009 | Page 5

Gov. Carcieri ’65 plans Condo developers resort to rent

offshore wind farm By George Miller
Metro Editor

BY Emma Berry
Staf f Writer
Rhode Islanders could be using
energy from an offshore wind farm
as early as 2012, according to a
statement from Governor Donald
Carcieri ’65.
The gover nor’s of fice an-
nounced Jan. 8 that it has selected
the company Deepwater Wind to
develop two offshore wind proj-
ects for the state. Those projects,
it said, would put the state sig-
nificantly closer to Carcieri’s goal
of getting 20 percent of Rhode
Island’s energy from renewable
sources.
The wind farm will be devel-
oped in two phases, according to
Chris Wissemann ’83, the com-
pany’s chief operating of ficer.
Construction on the first phase,
a 20-megawatt project off Block
Island, will begin in 2010 and be
completed in June 2012. The farm
will produce enough power to fully
power Block Island and also send
some power to the mainland.
The second phase, a 400-mega-
watt project in federal waters, could
be completed by 2013, Wissemann
said. When completed, the project
will provide 15 percent of Rhode
Island’s energy, he said.
According to Amy Kempe, a
spokesperson for Carcieri’s of-
fice, the plans could make Rhode
Island the first state to develop
an of fshore wind farm. (Other
states, including New Jersey and
Delaware, have similar projects in
the works.) Rhode Island doesn’t
have oil or coal resources like
some other states, but “what we
do have is wind,” she said, “and
a lot of it.”
The plan, which includes a
stipulation that Deepwater Wind
will locate its northeastern manu-
facturing headquarters in Quonset,
could make Rhode Island “a center
for the renewable energy indus-
tr y,” Kempe said.
Other proposed coastal wind
farms have met with resistance.
The Cape Wind project, which
would be located in Nantucket
Sound, has encountered opposi-
tion from residents of Cape Cod,
Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket
over the past decade. The oppo-
nents, who include Senator Ed-
ward Kennedy, D-Mass., argue
that the project will have negative
environmental and aesthetic con-
sequences for the sound.
Wissemann said Deepwater
Wind’s business plan “is direct
counterpoint to the Cape Wind
project.” Rather than attempt to
convince coast-dwellers to accept
continued on page 6
Facing an especially tough market,
some developers of downtown Provi-
dence’s luxury condominiums are
making changes to their business
plans, including renting units they
had planned to sell.
One such developer, the Procac-
cianti Group, originally planned to
sell the 103 units in the Residences
at the Westin Providence. But “as
market conditions have changed,
we’ve gone to a mix” of leasing,
lease-to-own arrangements and
purchasing, said Ralph Izzi, mar-
keting communications director for Kim Perley / Herald
the company. The Waterplace complex in Downcity Providence is one of many con-
dominum complexes in the state struggling to fill its vacanct units.
The 32-story project, located
on West Exchange Street, includes the last digits of its ZIP code, behind six other seriously interested parties,
retail and restaurant space on the Providence Place, the Providence Roth said. Meanwhile, the project’s
ground floor and 200 hotel rooms, Journal reported Jan. 11. second tower, with 153 units, has been
which opened in August 2007. One developer, whose project is put on hold due to the economy, he
The residential component, which yet to be completed, is holding fast said.
opened in November of the same to his plans to sell, not rent, his con- But Roth said he is not planning
year, is now 60 percent occupied, dominiums. to rent out units.
Izzi said. The Capitol Cove project, located “We’re on course for condos,” he
Developers of other recent con- downtown near the Amtrak station, said, adding that “down the road we
dominium projects have also opted will not finish construction until can rethink it” if conditions warrant
to rent rooms they originally planned February or March, according to renting. Though Roth said he had
to sell, including Intercontinental its Massachusetts-based developer, hoped sales would pick up sooner, he
Real Estate Corp., which owns Wa- Robert Roth. understands that current construction
terplace Luxury Residences, and The first tower, with 96 units, has and the winter dampen interest.
the Athena Group, owner of 903 started pre-sales, and so far has only “We’re going to be optimistic,”
Residences, a building named for four solid reservations and maybe he said.

metro in brief

Former Sen. Pell passes away at 90

Former Democratic Sen. Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island’s
longest serving senator, died Jan. 1 at age 90. Remembered
as a champion of education, the former Brown Corporation
member suffered from Parkinson’s disease in his later years.
Pell, a Newport native, was first elected to the Senate in
1960 and served until retiring in 1997. His seat was filled
by current Sen. Jack Reed, also a Democrat, in that year’s
election.
Pell is best remembered for the Pell Grants, a need-based
federal program that provides financial aid to low-income
American students at approximately 5,400 institutions of
higher education.
Pell served as a Trustee of the Corporation from 1974 to
1979, and the University awarded him an honorary doctorate
in 1972.
In a Jan. 2 statement, President Ruth Simmons called
Pell “a great man whose legacy as a devoted public servant
will affect the lives of citizens for generations to come.” She
noted that the faculty granted him its highest honor, the
Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal, in 2006 to recognize his
work for education.
Pell is survived by his wife Nuala, a son and daughter, five
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
— George Miller
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M etro 420 Megawatts: The amount of energy Rhode Island
hopes to generate from offshore wind farms by 2013.
In alternative energy push,
R.I. turns to offshore wind
continued from page 5
the view of wind turbines, he said,
the company focused on develop-
ing a “technology solution, figuring
out how to put turbines into deeper
water,” allowing wind farms to be
constructed farther offshore.
To that end, Deepwater Wind
has licensed a “jacket” technol-
ogy, which Wissemann describes
as “a four-legged barstool” similar
to those used in the oil and gas
industries, from a Nor wegian
company.
To a person standing on the
coast, wind turbines 15 miles away
appear “the size of a quar ter of
your thumbnail,” Wissemann said.
The turbines for the 400-megawatt
Rhode Island project would be
located 20 miles of fshore. “The
vast majority of days, you won’t see
them at all,” Wissemann said.
The turbines for the Block Is-
land project, which are located
three miles of fshore, would be
significantly more visible. But
Wissemann said he had not en-
countered opposition like Cape
Wind faced.
Kempe said the smaller initial
project would help demonstrate
that offshore wind farms are “vi-
able” on the East Coast. It can also
begin more quickly than the larger
project because the turbines will be
in state waters and thus subject to
less federal regulation, she said.
Though Congress asked the
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Department of the Interior to es-
tablish rules for of fshore wind
farms in 2005, it has not yet done
so. “The last administration did
not prioritize alternative energy,”
Wissemann said. He praised
Rhode Island for developing its
own guidelines for offshore wind
farms. “It’s really right at the cut-
ting edge,” he said.
The Special Area Management
Plan — a collaboration between
the Coastal Resources Manage-
ment Council, which Kempe called
a “quasi-public agency,” and the
University of Rhode Island — will
perform an “independent, compre-
hensive analysis” to help determine
the best location for the wind farm.
The studies will include analysis of
bird and whale migration patterns,
according to Wissemann, who said
his company was looking for “the
most benign possible location that
also has wind.”
Though wind power remains
somewhat more expensive than
energy from fossil fuels, “our goal
is to have the cost be financially
insignificant” for the average con-
sumer, Wissemann said. But as
oil becomes more scarce, he said,
wind energy will become the most
economical option.
“We can build the infrastruc-
ture the U.S. needs to be self-
suf ficient,” he said. “It’s really
within our means to achieve in the
next 15 to 20 years. All it takes is
leadership.”
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The Brown Daily Herald
M. icers struggle over break
By dan alexander
Sports Staff Writer
The men’s hockey team (1-12-4,
1-7-3 ECAC Hockey) had a rough
winter break. Over December and
January, the Bears went 1-6-2 and
are currently in the midst of an eight-
game winless streak that dates back
to their 5-4 home victory over Union
on Dec. 5. The rough stretch landed
Brown in last place in the ECAC,
with only five points.
Assistant Captain Matt Vokes
’09 has remained one of the few
bright spots on the team through
the break. Vokes has scored six
goals and added three assists in
the nine games since the start of
December.
Captain Devin Timberlake ’10
showed promise despite battling
injuries for much of the last two
months. Jeff Buvinow ’12, the sec-
ond leader in points behind Vokes,
continued a strong freshman cam-
paign with two goals and five assists
over the break.
Defenseman Mike Stuart ’09
added some offense by recording
two assists and netting a goal, bring-
ing his season totals to two goals
and three assists.
Dan Rosen ’10, the starting
goaltender who had been one of
the only consistencies on the team
before December, played brilliantly
at times and struggled at others. He
Strong effort, disappointing results for w. hockey
By Andrew Braca
Sports Editor
Despite a 1-4 Winter Break record,
women’s hockey Head Coach Digit
Murphy said that her Bears have
grown since December.
“I think in true Brown fashion we
always get better over the break,”
she said. “It’s a nice opportunity to
just play hockey without going to
school. We’re getting better.”
“We’re benefiting by having
double (practice) sessions every
day,” Murphy added. “The players
seem to like each other; they seem
to be blending and gelling a little
more, (and) the lines are a little
(sturdier).”
Bruno began January with a win
over Northeastern before running
into a roadblock in the form of four
of the top five ECAC Hockey teams.
The Bears played well enough to
fall to Harvard, No. 5 St. Lawrence
and Clarkson by a total of just four
goals, but, those results and a loss
to Dartmouth, left Brown (3-14-1,
2-9-0) near the bottom of the confer-
ence standings.
“It’s just frustrating that you…
don’t get any points from play-
ing well in the game,” said Jenna
Dancewicz ’11, who tied for the
team lead over break with two goals
and an assist. “You have to win the
game.”
The Bears did just that against
the Northeastern Huskies on Jan.
3 at Meehan Auditorium, surviving
a 28-13 deficit in shots to post a 2-1
victory that Murphy said reflected
let in four goals in the first period
against Rensselaer Polytechnic In-
stitute and five goals in the game
against Minnesota. He then came
back with a career performance
against Harvard, stopping all but
one of the 51 shots he faced in a
1-1 tie.
Rosen’s ups and downs caused
Head Coach Roger Grillo to experi-
ment with different personnel in
goal. Fellow goalies Mark Sibbald
’09 and Mike Clemente ’12 both got
starts in place of Rosen during the
break.
The team’s troubles, though,
extend outside of the net, as the
Bears have been out-shot in all but
one of their games this season.
Ironically, the only game in which
Brown held a shot advantage was its
Dec. 6 match-up against RPI, which
resulted in a 7-2 loss.
“We’re definitely frustrated,”
Rosen said. “But I think everyone
is just trying to find a way to stay
positive and just keep working so
that we can turn it around.”
Though the team didn’t go all-out
to celebrate the New Year together,
Rosen does have some resolutions
for the rest of the season. “It’s im-
portant to get back to basics and
remember that we’re here because
we were recruited to be here so we
can obviously all play. I think we
just need to start playing with more
confidence.”
the strides the team has taken as a
result of intensive practice.
“I think we’re better skaters,
we’re better passers, we’re better
puck handlers and we’re just better
prepared right now,” she said.
Brown jumped out to a 2-0 lead
just 2:38 into the third period on
two goals from Erica Kromm ’11, a
feat that earned her ECAC Hockey
Player of the Week honors.
Although Northeastern notched
a shorthanded goal less than three
minutes later, the Bears never al-
lowed the Huskies to tie the game.
Captain Nicole Stock ’09, a Herald
sports staff writer, slammed the
door in goal with 27 saves to open
the second half of the season in
fine form.
“We knew we could beat that
team — we had in previous years
— and so coming out of the break
we wanted to get our legs under us,”
Stock said. “That win was huge for
us as a confidence builder.”
The team needed that confi-
dence heading into a weekend in
which they faced the two top teams
in the conference.
“We knew that Harvard-Dart-
mouth was a big weekend, so we
all knew that we had to come into
that weekend with our best games,”
Dancewicz said.
The Crimson (8-7-3, 8-4-2) were
too much for the Bears over the
first two periods. Although Vika
Mykolenko ’12 scored the first
goal of her career, Harvard held
a 3-1 lead heading into the third
period before Bruno turned it on.
Assistant Captain Matt Vokes ’09 has scored six goals and three assists
in the nine games since the start of December.
Brown 5, Union 4
On Dec. 5 at Meehan Audito-
rium, Timberlake made Union look
like a junior varsity team in his first
game back after being sidelined for
Dancewicz cut the lead in half just
2:36 into the frame. When Nicole
Brown ’10 notched a power-play
goal three minutes later to tie the
game, the Meehan crowd erupted.
Stock said there was a similar surge
of emotion on the ice.
“I think a little bit was, we
haven’t beaten Harvard in, I think,
eight years, so a little bit of shock,
because we were able to come back
on them, and that’s something that
we haven’t been able to do any of
the previous years we’ve played
them,” said Stock, who notched
31 saves. “I think it showed a lot of
courage and a lot of confidence in
our system.”
The Crimson broke the tie with
a power-play goal 54 seconds later
and pulled away with another in
the game’s final minute to escape
with a 5-3 victory, but the Bears
gained the confidence to challenge
them when the teams meet again
on Feb. 7.
“When we play them next time
we’re definitely going to turn it up a
notch and hopefully win it,” Dance-
wicz said.
The high level of play did not
carry over into the following day
against Dartmouth (12-6-2, 9-3-2),
leaving the Bears to limp away from
a 9-1 loss. Sasha Van Muyen ’10
scored the lone goal for Brown,
while Stock made 30 saves and
Joy Joung ’11 chipped in with 13
saves in her second appearance of
the season.
But Bruno bounced back in
a big way on Friday against a St.
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Ashley Hess / Herald File Photo
three contests with a back injury.
Timberlake had an assist and his
first two goals of the season to lead
Brown past Union for the Bears’
continued on page 8
Lawrence team (14-5-3, 8-1-1) they
have historically matched up well
against, taking the No. 5 team in
the country down to the wire in
a 3-2 loss.
Leah Crabtree ’12 scored 3:57
into the second period to tie the
game, 1-1, for the first point of her
collegiate career. Katelyn Landry
’12 also earned her first collegiate
point with an assist on the play.
St. Lawrence retook the lead
less than five minutes later, but as-
sistant captain Andrea Hunter ’10
tallied her fourth goal of the season
just 40 seconds into the third period
to again even the score. The Saints
ultimately slipped away with a pow-
er-play goal midway through the
period, and, despite pulling Stock,
who made 38 saves, with 1:50 to go
for an extra skater, the Bears could
not notch the equalizer.
“After what happened against
Dartmouth, it was good for our
team to just bounce back and get
back to playing our game and not
letting that affect us, knowing that
we’re better than how we played
against Dartmouth,” Stock said. “I
think that showed this past week-
end, especially at St. Lawrence, a
very good team, and then again at
Clarkson.”
The Bears continued their up-
state New York road trip the follow-
ing day with another one-goal loss,
this time to Clarkson (12-6-4, 6-2-2).
The Bears held the Golden Knights
at bay for the first 37 minutes of the
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Runners
take winter
in stride
By Benjy Asher
Spor ts Editor
Several winter sports teams kicked
off their competition seasons over
winter break. Here’s a look at how
they fared:
Men’s Track and Field
Competing for the first time
since Dec. 6, the men’s track and
field team saw strong individual
performances at the URI Sorlein
Invitational on Jan. 17, where they
finished seventh out of 13 compet-
ing teams.
With the top eight finishers in
each event earning points for the
team, Matt Jasmin ’09 was the top
scorer, as he blazed to a first-place
finish in a time of 7.69 seconds in the
55-meter hurdles. Marc Howland ’11
ran a time of 6.52 for a fourth-place
finish in the 55-meter dash, just a
tenth of a second behind the winner.
In the 1,000-meter run, Anthony
Schurz ’12 and Sean O’Brien ’09 fin-
ished in scoring position, in seventh
and eighth place respectively, with
Schurz running 2:33.93 and O’Brien
clocking in at 2:34.27.
The throwers contributed as
well, as Tyler Prince ’09 earned
sixth place in the weight throw
with a toss of 47 feet, 10 inches,
and Bryan Powlen ’10 launched a
throw of 50 feet, 11 inches for sec-
ond place in the shot put. Jordan
Maddocks ’11 finished seventh in
the high jump, with a jump of 6 feet,
6.25 inches.
Women’s Track and Field
The Sorlein Invitational saw
three members of the women’s
track and field team take first-place,
with several other high finishers on
the squad. Nicole Burns ’09 won
the 500-meter run with a time of
1:15.28, and Lucy Higgins ’11 wasn’t
far behind, running a time of 1:18.24
to finish third.
Caroline Scanlan ’11 finished
eighth in 1:20.53. Samantha Adel-
berg ’11 cruised to a victory in the
1,000-meter run in 2:56.06, winning
by a margin of over three seconds,
while Emily Mepham ’12, Kesley
Ramsey ’11 and Galia Deitz ’12
finished in third, fifth and sixth,
respectively.
Susan Scavone ’12 also had a
strong day on the track, finishing
fourth in both the 55-meter hurdles
and the 200-meter dash. Thelma
Breezeatl ’10 ran a 59.72 to earn sec-
ond place in the 400-meter dash.
Equally impressive for Brown
were the field athletes. Rachel Biblo
’11 jumped 17 feet, 3.5 inches to
finish second in the long jump, and
followed up with a second-place fin-
ish in the triple jump, with a distance
of 36 feet, 8.5 inches. In the shot
put, Brynn Smith ’11 and Danielle
Grunloh ’10 turned in a one-two
finish, with throws of 44-08.25 and
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W. icers
learn from
losses
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game, finally taking a 1-0 lead mid-
way through the second period on a
power-play goal by Dancewicz.
“We controlled the puck, we
matched their energy, our forecheck
was aggressive, and I don’t think
they were really ready for that,”
Murphy said.
But Clarkson recovered to tie the
game with a power-play goal just 2:36
before intermission and beat Stock,
who finished with 32 saves, for the
go-ahead goal only 1:55 into the third
period to secure the 2-1 win.
“I was disappointed (that) we
played really hard but we didn’t
play hard enough to steal a point in
either game,” Murphy said. “That
tells me that we’re still not there
yet and we can’t be satisfied with
just coming close to a top team. We
have to knock off one of those teams
to really say we’ve arrived.”
To do that, the Bears will have
to take advantage of their special
teams. Over the five games in Janu-
ary, Brown scored four goals in 20
power plays, while their opponents
scored 11 times in 27 chances. But
Murphy said that one key to the
team’s success in the St. Lawrence
and Clarkson games was that fewer
penalties were called, resulting in
their opponents only notching two
goals on seven power plays. To beat
top teams, she said, the Bears will
need to have both their power play
and penalty kill working.
This weekend, Bruno will face
less intimidating opponents when
Colgate (12-9-2, 6-4-2) and Cornell
(9-8-2, 5-5-2) come to Meehan on Fri-
day at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m.
In November the team played them
tough, coming within 10 seconds of
a tie in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Big
Red before beating the Red Raiders,
4-3. The Bears hope this will be the
weekend when the results finally
match the effort.
“We just (have to) keep playing
our game and keep climbing up the
hill that we’re climbing and hopefully
win some hockey games, because
it’s about time,” Dancewicz said.
Blowouts, nail-biters among m. hockey losses
continued from page 7
only win so far this year.
Union got out to an early lead
in a shootout of a first period that
ended with Union ahead 3-2. With
the Bears ahead 4-3 in the middle
period, Buvinow sent a pass from
the point to Ryan Garbutt ’09, who
was waiting for the one-timer at the
right face-off circle. Garbutt’s goal
gave Brown a two-goal cushion at
5-3, and the Bears held on to the
lead for the remainder of the con-
test.
RPI 7, Brown 2
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
embarrassed Brown on the Bears’
home ice the night after the Union
victory. The game was all but over
after the first period, when RPI had
a 4-1 advantage.
Rosen stopped only six of the
10 shots he saw in the opening pe-
riod, so Sibbald replaced him in goal
before the second period. Sibbald
stopped 16 shots in the next two
periods, but was still rung up for
three goals.
Providence 4, Brown 3
Sibbald started in net for the first
time this season on Dec. 9, but he
couldn’t chalk up a win in the 23rd
annual Mayor’s Cup at Meehan Au-
ditorium. Brown came back in the
third period, but it wasn’t enough to
Wrestlers take down opponents over break
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44-05.5, respectively. In addition,
Smith finished second in the weight
throw, while Molly Hawksley ’09
finished sixth, and Grace Watson
’11 jumped 5 feet, 1.75 inches for
third place in the high jump.
Men’s Swimming and Diving
On Jan. 3, the men’s swimming
and diving team competed at the
Florida Atlantic University Invita-
tional, where Brown finished third
out of four teams. Ryan Kikuchi
’11 had an outstanding day, with
a first-place finish in the 100-yard
backstroke in a time of 51.90, a
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overcome the Friars’ 2-0 lead.
Stuart fired a shot with under a
minute and a half left in the game
and Brown down 4-2. Assistant
Captain Aaron Volpatti ’10 took
the rebound at the bottom of the
left face-off circle and put the puck
in the back of the net to make it a
one-goal game. But Brown couldn’t
make up the last goal, despite last-
minute attempts to pull Sibbald in
favor of an extra attacker.
No. 4 Minnesota 6, Brown 2
The Bears opened up the four-
team Dodge Holiday Classic on
Jan. 2 in Minneapolis against one
of the nation’s best. The Golden
Gophers dominated the first two
periods, outshooting Brown 35-2
to gain a 4-0 advantage heading into
the final frame.
A goal from Assistant Captain
Jordan Pietrus ’10 and another
from Timberlake gave the Bears a
respectable two-goal deficit in the
third period, but the Golden Go-
phers regained their four-goal lead
before the final buzzer sounded.
Brown 1, Western Michigan 1
A strong performance in goal
by Clemente in his first career start
helped the Bears earn a tie in the
consolation game of the Dodge Holi-
day Classic the night after they lost
to Minnesota. With 1:45 left in the
second period, the Broncos got on
second-place finish in the 200-yard
backstroke in 1:52.26 and another
second-place finish in the 200-yard
individual medley, with a time of
1:55.19. Kikuchi was also a part
of the 200-yard medley relay team
— along with Conor Carlucci ’11,
Rich Alexander ’09 and Ben Zlotoff
’09 — which earned a third-place
finish.
Carlucci had a strong day in the
pool for Brown, finishing fourth
in the 100 breast, third in the 200
breast, and seventh in the 200 IM.
Also performing well for Brown
were J.D. Pinto ’10, who turned in
fifth-place finishes in the 100 back
and 100 fly, and Tucker Wetmore
Friday for the all-day Terrier Classic.
the scoreboard first. But Clemente
shut down the goal for the remain-
der of the game, tallying 43 saves.
Clemente’s goaltending gave
Brown a chance, and the Bears
capitalized on it 11:02 into the final
period. Eric Slais ’09 passed to Sean
McMonagle ’10, who fed Stuart for
a one-timer. Stuart’s goal proved to
be the game-tying goal as neither
team could score in the rest of the
third period or in overtime.
Brown 1, Harvard 1
In what players and coaches
called the oldest rivalry in college
hockey, Brown and Harvard tied
for the second time this season, this
time in Cambridge on Jan. 9. Rosen
returned to goal and had a career-
high 50 saves.
Harvard took a 1-0 lead early in
the second period and held on until
5:05 remained in the contest, when
Buvinow fired the game-tying goal
from the left point.
Dartmouth 5, Brown 1
After Bobby Farnham ’12 scored
the Bears’ lone goal to even the
score 1-1 minutes into the second
period, Dartmouth ran away with
the game on its home ice, scoring
four goals in the second period
alone. The Big Green finished the
Jan. 10 game with a 5-1 advantage.
Rosen was perfect in goal in the
third period, stopping all 18 shots
’10, who finished seventh in the 200
free and fourth in the 100 free.
In the one-meter diving event,
C.J. Kambe ’10 finished second,
and Jonathan Feldman ’12 finished
fourth.
The meet also functioned as a
dual meet with Penn, which was
the top overall finisher at the invi-
tational and winner of the meet.
Women’s Swimming and
Diving
The women’s effort at the FAU
Invitational was led by Allyson
Schumacher ’12, who took home
two individual titles. Schumacher
won both the 500 free and the 1,000
free, while Ainsley McFadgen ’09
took second place in both events.
Schumacher also finished second
in the 200 free, just .15 seconds out
of first place, and finished third in
the 100 free.
Natascha Mangan ’11 swam to a
first-place finish in the 200 fly and
a second-place finish in the 100 fly,
and Kelley Wisinger ’11 contrib-
uted as well, earning third place
in the 200 back and fifth in the 200
IM. Bailey Langner ’10 took second
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he faced. But his effort was too little
too late, as Brown’s offense couldn’t
come up with a goal.
St. Lawrence 6, Brown 1
The Bears opened up the game
with an even first period on their
home ice. Both teams scored once
on nine chances. But, like the Dart-
mouth game, the Bears let this one
get out of control in the final two
frames.
With 7:10 left in the middle pe-
riod, Rosen let the third goal slip by
him, giving St. Lawrence a two-goal
advantage. Grillo pulled Rosen after
the goal in favor of Clemente, who
finished the period without giving
up a goal.
St. Lawrence made the game
look like a bigger blowout than it
was by scoring a pair of goals in the
last two minutes.
Clarkson 4, Brown 3 (OT)
In a gutsy move, Clarkson pulled
its goalie with 1:11 left in overtime
with the score tied, 3-3. Golden
Knight Shea Guthrie fired a shot
and Matt Beca put in the rebound
to win the game for Clarkson.
Vokes scored two goals and Bu-
vinow added another for the Bears.
Clemente had 36 saves in goal.
The Bears will get a chance to
knock off Colgate, the team tied with
Brown for last in ECAC Hockey, on
Friday at 7 p.m.
in the 200 IM, adding to her sixth
place finish in the 200 breast.
The team finished in third place
out of six teams overall while earn-
ing the victory over Penn.
Wrestling
In early January, the wrestling
team traveled to Arlington, Tex., for
a series of dual meets. Brown went
2-1, notching wins over Air Force
and Appalachian State, while falling
to Virginia Tech. The Bears were
unable to keep the momentum go-
ing, dropping two consecutive dual
meets at home, 21-12 to Rutgers
on Jan. 9 and 20-12 to Bucknell on
Jan. 17.
The loss to Rutgers included in-
dividual wins for Greg Einfrank ’10,
wrestling at 125 pounds, Eli Harris
’09, at 133, Matt Gevelinger ’09, at
184 and Zach Zdrada ’09, at 285.
Against Bucknell, Steve DeLo-
renzo ’10 wrestled to a convincing
11-4 win at 141, followed by an 8-7
victory for Bryan Tracy ’10 at 157.
Branden Stearns ’09 won his match,
4-2, at 197, while Zdrada had an-
other solid day on the mat, with a
10-3 victory at 285.
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e d i to r i a l

Inaugurating new activists

Barack Obama’s inauguration is a unique moment in American history.
In a country whose historical development was and still is shaped by racial
strife and oppression, the significance of an African-American’s ascension
to the nation’s highest office cannot be overstated. Obama inspired many
to act on behalf of his campaign over the past year, and as students we
must take up his inaugural challenge and continue to strive for political
and social progress.
The historical significance of Obama’s candidacy and his promise of a
new brand of politics inspired Brown students to volunteer in extraordinary
numbers for the Obama campaign. Most of us remember the spontaneous
celebrations that erupted on the Main Green and the streets of Providence
on the night of Obama’s victory.
 This enthusiasm was on full display on Tuesday, and not only among
those who made pilgrimages to Washington to witness President Obama’s
inauguration ceremony in person. The explosion of applause in Salomon
101 after Obama was officially sworn in attests to the passion that Obama
continues to inspire among Brown students.
 This is a welcome development. Although Brown has a reputation for
political activism, student political groups have long struggled with apathy
and low attendance. This election seems to have galvanized students in a way
that previous elections and political events have not, a consequence of the
national campaign itself and the dedicated student organizers who poured
their time and energy into both the Obama and McCain campaigns.
 Returning to complacency shouldn’t be an option. There are too many C hris jesu lee
pressing issues, both locally and nationally, for Brown students of all political
orientations to retreat back into courses and kegs. Our efforts during the
campaign show that we have a lot to contribute to contemporary American
politics as activists, organizers and thinkers, roles that continue to be of
critical importance well after the last vote has been counted.
Students like VyVy Trinh ’11 and Crystal Vance ’11 have already taken
this to heart. The protest for immigration reform they participated in outside
of one of the inaugural balls — a peaceful and thoughtful demonstration —
is a model for precisely the kind of activism we hope students engage in as
Obama’s term begins. Brown needs a student body consistently engaged
in political life, and Obama’s election has given us novel opportunity to
become one. Let’s not pass it up.

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A financial curriculum at Brown
BY ANISH MITRA
Opinions Columnist
When I tell my friends at home I am concen-
trating in economics, they assume a gener-
al understanding of what I am studying. It’s
not until I talk to another economics con-
centrator that I run into trouble explaining
my course of study. My friends from state
schools, or other schools that have a student
population that resembles the distribution of
those at a state school, have more special-
ized economics curricula. For instance, stu-
dents at Northeastern can study finance or
insurance.
Thus, as I explain my studies to these
friends, I assume the tone of a government
bureaucrat, creatively assuring my friends
that while my work seems ambiguous and
impractical, one day it will produce great
fruits.
Regardless, I understand that most finan-
cial employers hire Brown students for their
natural abilities as opposed to what they ac-
tually learn in class. At all of the banking in-
formation sessions I have been to, many al-
ums have told me point-blank that they knew
little to nothing about corporate finance be-
fore venturing into the analyst program. Af-
ter a few weeks of training however, they ad-
justed immediately and gained boatloads of
knowledge thereafter.
While Brown students are certainly ca-
pable of learning on the spot, wouldn’t it be
great if they knew what they were getting
into before they actually showed up to work?
Economics at Brown is a general, ambiguous
Resolutions for 2009 (or at least January)
BY ANTHONY STAEHELIN
Opinions Columnist
Ahhh, New Year’s! The transition to a new
year seems, as it always does, like the per-
fect opportunity to kick the bad habits we’ve
been meaning to shed for some time. The
first of January is that liberating day when
we just start afresh, kind of like the reboot
button on a computer.
We all know that feeling of returning to
our computer after an all-nighter and seeing
the 18 Mozilla Firefox tabs we’ve left open,
the nine Word documents we’re too tired
to care whether we saved and the mess of
open folders and documents that litter our
desktop… and then the joy and liberation
that comes from hitting the reboot button
and magically getting rid of that whole mess.
Well, that’s a good metaphor for New Year’s!
An intrinsic part of this ‘reboot’ process
is coming up with a list of resolutions for
the new year. We’ve all done it: study more,
curse less, stop smoking, etc. Although most
of these endeavors fail before February, a
‘list of resolutions’ has become a staple of
New Year’s. In keeping with this tradition,
and with campus life in mind, I came up with
three personal resolutions for 2009 that oth-
er students might find relevant as well. So
here goes:
1) Sleep more… in bed and less in class.
Until college, I had never witnessed mass
public sleeping before. In classrooms, lec-
tures, screenings and even at the Ratty, it
seems like everyone is snooZzzzing. It’s as
though a widespread ‘fatigue’ pandemic has
hit Brown with full force. If you think I am
exaggerating, I invite you to sit at the front of
concentration, and Brown should institute a
“Financial Economics” program or simply a
“Finance” sub-concentration.
I am extremely passionate about finance
and investment banking, and I believe that
many students stand to benefit from a con-
centration track that focuses on finance. Cre-
ating a distinction within the economics de-
Many alums have told me point-
blank that they knew little
to nothing about corporate
finance before venturing into
the analyst program.
partment may be a reasonably easy process
given the classes already offered.
Professor of Economics Ivo Welch, who
specializes in financial economics, has list-
ed a sample curriculum on his Web site for
Brown students interested in pursuing bank-
ing, consulting and other sector-related jobs.
[1] I have already taken many of the classes
that he has listed, and given that first-hand
knowledge, I believe he has laid some sol-
the auditorium at your next mundane after-
noon lecture. Turn around halfway through
the lecture and you will witness a substantial
number of students either staring straight
up at the ceiling or focusing intently on their
belly buttons. Although I also occasionally
enjoy an afternoon nap to the soothing voice
of Professor XYZ, in the interest of actually
learning something in class, I will try to kick
this habit in 2009.
2) Stop wearing those boxers with the
holes in them (i.e. do laundry more often!)
The first of January is that
liberating day when we just
start afresh, kind of like the
reboot button on a computer.
The only significant lifestyle change I
made from freshman to sophomore year
was buying a bigger hamper. In the first few
weeks of school, I quickly realized my two-
foot hamper would not suffice — I could
never actually find it because it was always
hidden under a mountain of clothes. There
is no sensible explanation for why we all put
off doing our laundry… aside from general
laziness. There is no ‘bulk discount’ for wait-
ing until we have six loads to do! On the con-
Thursday, January 22, 2009 | Page 11
id groundwork for administrators looking to
develop a finance curriculum.
In addition to the standard concentra-
tion requirements for economics, Welch rec-
ommends taking a range of financial class-
es depending on the individual’s interests.
For instance, students interested in corpo-
rate finance would enroll, unsurprisingly,
in ECON1720 (Corporate Finance), while
students interested in specialized invest-
ments would take ECON1770 (Fixed In-
come Securities) and Welch’s own course,
ECON1759 (Data, Statistics, and Finance),
among others.
Personally, I would also add ECON1650
(Financial Econometrics) and ECON1550
(International Finance) to the list. The top-
ics covered in ECON1650, namely analyzing
trary, it is harder to wash many consecutive
loads in one go, as the competition over laun-
dry machines is fierce (and growing fiercer
by the day)!
Unfortunately, not doing laundry leads
many Brown students to wear clothes that
should only see daylight in the direst of
times and otherwise be confined to the dark-
est corner of their closet. You know what I’m
talking about. That faded yellow sweater,
that worn out white T-shirt with the armpit
stains or that old unflattering turtleneck. But
with a new year comes new hope! In 2009
therefore, let us no longer inflict these types
of clothing on our fellow classmates and let
us commit to doing our laundry more often.
3) Inform Chef Boyardee that his servic-
es will no longer be needed
I’m not sure what it was that inspired
this last one. Perhaps it was all the home-
cooked meals over break, or the traumatiz-
ing memory of that time I lay in bed at 5 a.m.
unable to sleep because I was thirsty and the
asset returns and interest rates, would be ex-
tremely useful to any future finance profes-
sional. As for ECON1550, not only did 2008’s
Economics Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman
write the textbook, but students can gain
a precise understanding of interest rate ef-
fects on currency exchange rates, and the in-
ner workings of monetary policy. Such tools
could prove important for a future hedge
fund manager.
All in all, Professor Welch has provided
an excellent foundation for an official finance
curriculum at Brown, and with the correct
adjustments, this makeshift idea should be-
come a reality. Having a designated finance
concentration would not only give Brown
students interested in banking and related
fields a definite direction, but would make
them more attractive to employers.
Currently, only a handful of major bulge
bracket investment banks recruit at our Uni-
versity. Citigroup ceased recruiting this year,
while J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Credit
Suisse, United Bank of Switzerland, Lazard
and plenty of other reputable financial insti-
tutions continue to look past Brown.
Why do these banks avoid us? Could it
be because they see a pool of uncontrolled,
rampant liberalism permeating every inch of
the campus (except my suite)? Or could it
be that Brown has yet to acknowledge the
importance of a financial curriculum? Let’s
make the easiest correction first.
Anish Mitra ’10 is an economics
concentrator from New York City.
only beverage in my fridge was Red Bull, or
perhaps my mother’s incessant phone calls
starting with “Are you eating? You sound too
thin!” are finally paying off. Whatever the
reason, my third resolution is to eat health-
ier in 2009.
Don’t get me wrong, I was no different
from any other college kid in 2008: I would
start my day with a microwaved pop tart, lat-
er I’d snack on a Pizza Pocket and my idea
of a quick, late-night dinner amounted to a
delicious, three day-old serving of Pad Thai
noodles. (For increased speed, eat cold and
straight from the fridge. Don’t be dissuaded
by the fact that they have taken the cubic
shape of the container!) Although I still have
my doubts about whether the Ratty food is
preferable to those coagulated noodles, our
parents are probably right to suggest that we
should at least try to eat healthier in 2009!
So there you have it. Although this list
could hardly be more arbitrary, I’m quite cer-
tain it applies to many of us. Admittedly, stay-
ing awake through afternoon lectures, doing
laundry once a week and not succumbing
to the temptation of microwave ravioli will
prove a daunting challenge. You might find
some relief, however, in knowing that many
New Year’s resolutions don’t actually make it
past January. With that in mind, Happy New
Year and good luck. (Only nine days to go!)
PS: I briefly considered including “stop
watching mind-numbing VH1 programs” in
the list, but quickly decided I should only
include resolutions that have at least some
chance of succeeding.
Anthony Staehelin ’10 is a political
science concentrator from
Geneva, Switzerland.
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5:30 PM — Gallery talk and opening Yale at Brown, Fri. 7 p.m.

5:00 PM — “Job Search in a Tough reception for Annabel Daou’s “Knots,”
Economy,” Career Development Cen- List Art Center Yale to look for
ter Library
7:00 PM — Women’s Ice Hockey v.
revenge on Friday
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The women’s basketball team (3-12,
1-0 Ivy) eked out a last-minute 64-62
menu win on the road against Yale in their
first Ivy League contest of the season
Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall last Friday.

Lunch — Chicken Fingers, Baked Veg-
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Mashed Potatoes.
Dinner — Seafood Jambalaya, Veg-
etarian Tamale Pie, Spinach Strudel,
Red Potatoes with Chive Sauce
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Sandwich, Vegetarian Pot Pie, Choco- the momentum of their last two games
late Flake Cookies (victories against Yale and Bryant Uni-
versity) when they host the Bulldogs
Dinner — Pork Medallions in Porta- from New Haven on their home turf.
bello Sauce, Vegan Paella, Potatoes Au
Gratin with Fresh Herbs The rematch will take place at 7 p.m. this
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