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News.....1-4
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News, 3 Sports, 7 Opinions, 10
Spor ts...7-9 Peanut Butter Pulled Sports Weekend sans Comic?
Editorial..10 BDS removes potentially W. basketball, m. hockey, w. Michael Fitzpatrick ’12 writes
Opinion...11 contaminated peanut products tennis face league challenges that The Herald should expand
Today........12 from its shelves. at home this weekend. the comics section.
C ampus N EWS “It does tell us something about Hitler and his mental processes.”
— Samuel Streit, director of special collections at the Hay Library
sudoku
Daily Herald
the Brown
C ampus N EWS “I ask all the student to come back and educate me on how the
world really works” — James Morone, professor of political science.
C ampus N EWS “A lot of people in our house never expected to join a Greek organization.”
— Charlie Shrader ’09, Alpha Delta Phi president
Matt Carroll
A 22-year veteran whose major work includes
the breaking of Boston’s Catholic Church
priest-abuse scandal
When STATA
meets Sunday
Three teams host
So there’s a football game being
busy sports weekend
played this Sunday. You’ve prob-
ably heard of it. And you’re prob- Sports staff reports Hockey) will attempt to build on those
ably sick of results against two conference op-
all the media It will be a packed weekend for ponents this weekend. Jarred Smith
coverage that sports on Brown’s campus, as three ’12 was named the ECAC Hockey
goes with it — teams host six events. Rookie of the Week for tallying the
except for the first two goals of his career against
commercials. Women’s Basketball the New York schools, while Mike
The talking Continuing a stretch of five Clemente ’12 made 32 saves against
heads dis- Ben Singer straight home games, the Bears (3- Colgate to earn the first victory of his
cuss intangi- High Notes 13, 1-1 Ivy) will look to rebound from career. This weekend, Brown will host
bles, “smash- last Friday’s 71-37 loss to Yale when Quinnipiac (13-9-2, 6-4-2) on Friday
mouth football” and let’s not forget they take on a pair of Ivy League foes at 7 p.m. and Princeton (14-5-0, 8-4-
the importance of establishing the over the weekend. Karly Grace ’11 0) on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Meehan
run. But what you might not have leads Bruno with 7.7 points per game, Auditorium.
heard is that the time-honored with help from Natalie Bonds ’10, av-
cliches and conventional wisdoms eraging 5.0 rebounds per game, and Women’s Tennis
of the highest-rated professional Courtney Lee ’10, who has chipped After beginning its spring season
sport in America are now being in with 38 steals. Brown hosts Cornell with a 4-3 win over Boston University,
challenged by a new breed of (5-9, 1-1) and Columbia (8-8, 1-1) on Bruno (1-0) will host Army on Satur-
sports analysts. Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the day at 11 a.m. and Buffalo on Sunday
Enter footballoutsiders.com. Pizzitola Sports Center. at 10 a.m., both rival teams playing
Founded with the objective of dis- their first matches of the season. The
proving the importance of estab- Men’s Hockey Bears, who are led by No. 1 singles
lishing the run, a group of fans and Coming off a split on the road, player Bianca Aboubakare ’11, will be
Zeta Delta Xi alums started doing Justin Coleman / Herald beating Colgate but falling to No. 3 playing at home for the first time since
to the NFL what sabermetricians Women’s basketball eyes challenging weekend ahead, hosting Ivy Cornell, Bruno (2-13-4, 2-8-2 ECAC the Brown Invitational in October.
rivals Cornell and Columbia.
had been doing for years in Major
League Baseball: use statistics.
Rather than rely solely on accounts
of player toughness and conven-
tional benchmarks of individual
performance, they sought to cre-
Nice on ice: Frosh named Athlete of the Week
ate their own measurements. by Andrew Braca a 5-1 loss to No. 3 Cornell (14-2-3, ed playing pretty much because Smith: There’s really not
Why is the importance of es- Spor ts Editor 9-1-2). Smith’s weekend brought my brother played. So I just fol- many ponds in Cleveland or what-
tablishing the run overrated? Be- his season totals to two goals and lowed whatever he did. ever. So it was all, started out rec
cause correlation and causality Jarred Smith ’12 was named the two assists. Herald: Is your brother old- and then started travelling when
frequently get screwed up. Most ECAC Hockey rookie of the week For his out- er? I got a little older. But yeah, it was
teams that win comfortably hap- after he scored his first two career standing play, ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Smith: all indoors for the most part.
pen to run the ball successfully. goals in games last Friday and Sat- Jarred Smith Yeah, he’s a Herald: Have you ever played
Often, this is because they already urday. Smith scored what proved is this week’s Herald Athlete of junior at Miami of Ohio. pond hockey?
have a lead, and they are tr ying to be the game-winning goal in the Week. Herald: Does he still play? Smith: I’ve played a couple
to milk the clock. But there’s no Brown’s (2-13-4, 2-8-3 ECAC) 4-1 Herald: When did you begin Smith: Yeah, he plays for of times. A bunch of kids on that
point in a team repeatedly running defeat of Colgate (6-13-5, 1-8-3) on playing hockey and why? them now. team that are from, you know, like
Larr y Johnson into the line for no Friday night. The following night, Smith: I started when I was Herald: Did you begin playing
gain. If you don’t think any head Smith scored the Bears’ lone goal in about three years old, and I start- pond hockey or rink hockey? continued on page 8
coach wouldn’t understand this,
re-watch Herm Edwards “coach”
the Chiefs against the Colts in the
2006-2007 playoffs.
Cliches aside, what’s the prob-
lem with conventional statistics?
If I were to ask you which run-
ning back played better this year,
Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson or
Houston’s Steve Slaton, it probably
wouldn’t be a very difficult choice.
Sure, they both averaged 4.8 yards
per carr y, but Peterson had more
touchdowns and almost 500 more
rushing yards while leading the
NFL in rushing and the Vikings
to a division title.
Problem is, football isn’t ten-
nis. More specifically, Peterson
and Slaton don’t play on one-man
teams. In fact, their performance
is based largely on how well their
teammates and their opposition
play. More than any other game,
the team dynamics of football are
astronomically important. Which
is why it seems so odd that indi-
vidual stats for NFL players don’t
even tr y to take these factors into
account.
So the Football Outsiders devel-
oped stats that do more than shrug
their shoulders at how team play
af fects individual per formance.
continued on page 8
Page 8 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Friday, January 30, 2009
S ports W eekend “Sean (Morey ’99) is the hardest-working guy that I’ve ever seen.”
— James Perry ’00, Brown quarterbacks coach
ECAC top rookie Smith ’12 talks hockey, iPod playlists unrelated to team performance.
So what do these new stats say
about Sunday’s game? Well, Pitts-
continued from page 7 I was most serious about baseball tion for me for school and hockey. Herald: What does the team burgh’s weighted DVOA was first
growing up. I was almost as se- And then, once I met all of the have to do to keep up the good in the NFL at 30.8 percent, while
western Canada and up north or rious about, you know, playing guys on the team, it was pretty play? Arizona was good for 21st at -7.9
whatever, a bunch of them say that baseball as I was hockey, but I easy decision to make because I Smith: Our biggest thing is percent. And as of last weekend,
they play all the time when they made the choice when I was like just love all of the guys here. our consistency, and like consis- the Cardinals had a 13 percent
go back home, but, you know, I a freshman to quit baseball. Herald: What is playing on tency in terms of, not necessarily chance of winning it all. Ever y-
haven’t been on a pond in prob- Herald: What is your past your iPod before games? our effort. But, you know, we’ve body already knew the Cards were
ably about 10 years. hockey experience? Smith: I like to listen to songs got to make sure that we come underdogs.
Herald: Did you ever play any Smith: I started just like local, that like get me going, like songs to play ever y day. We can’t afford But what’s probable doesn’t al-
sports besides hockey? in Cleveland. And then I started you hear like in a club — like at this point, you know, to take ways happen. Just ask last year’s
Smith: I played baseball, foot- playing for a travel team when I dancing songs. I’ll listen to like a game off, to take a period off New York Giants. The Cardinals
ball and I wrestled a little bit. But was about 10. And then I played on Lil Wayne “Microphone Check” even. Just, you know, keep our are still playing, even though
a couple of travel teams, and then and Rihanna — all that kind of intensity high. And, you know, if they probably should have been
once I got to high school, I played stuff. If you heard my iPod, you we do that, we’ll have a chance to slaughtered long ago. The fact
for my school, Gilmour Academy. would laugh. I love it. win ever y night. that they’re still alive attests to one
And then I played for their prep Herald: What allowed you to Herald: What are your pre- everlasting and often overlooked
team or whatever, did two years break out this weekend with your dictions for the last (10) regular statistical truth — regardless of
with them. And then came up here first two goals? season games? how small the probability, nothing
actually to play junior hockey, Smith: Our team is playing Smith: I feel that if we keep is impossible as long as there’s a
played at Bridgewater. It’s like well as a team, I think. I think making the right steps, we defi- chance.
30 minutes away from here, and I that’s what really helped me this nitely can climb up the charts of
played two seasons for them, and weekend or whatever it is that as the ECAC, and, you know, hope-
then here now. a team, we played a lot better. And fully get that goal of home-ice Ben Singer ’09 cannot over-
Herald: What persuaded you so when your team plays better, advantage for the playoffs. I re- state the importance of es-
to come to Brown? it’s easy, you know, personally, to ally think it’s possible, and I’m tablishing the chicken wings.
Smith: Just the best combina- be better. excited for it.
Commentary & Letters
The Brown Daily Herald
letter
I’m writing this letter to speak out against The Herald’s decision to
stop taking humorous cheap shots at opinions columnists at the end of
their columns. For those who don’t remember all the way back to last
semester, The Herald used to cap off columns with witty comments like
“Sarah Rosenthal ’11 has neither the education nor experience to opine
on this subject” (“The great pundit menace,” Apr. 15) or “James Shapiro
’10 wants employers to understand the difference between Engineering
and ENGN 0090” (“Shallow marks,” Feb. 1). Instead, readers are now
provided with bland information about the columnist’s concentration and
e-mail address. Boring!
The funny quips made me and plenty of other students chuckle, and
reminded all of us that the Herald opinions page is, well, just part of a
college newspaper, and a space for writers to spark controversy, go out on
a limb and most importantly not take themselves too seriously. I respect-
fully request you bring back my favorite part of The Herald!
Thursday, February 5 @ 8 p.m. When it comes to the newspaper, I’m not a par-
ticularly difficult person to please. I love crossword
with photo editing software for another half hour, I
was able to piece together something resembling a
Sunday, February 8 @ 8 p.m. puzzles, editorials, columns and comics. But since
the start of the new semester, I have noticed a large
comic strip. I was utterly fatigued, and I didn’t even
bother printing it out. You people do this on a regular
decline in the number of comics. basis? It’s a real challenge, and I have nothing but
I’m slightly disappointed. Why do we only get to respect for you.
Reporting, business, photography, read three comics per day? Surely, with all of the raw Aspiring doodlers, I challenge you to put your skills
design, opinions and more! artistic talent that a prestigious institution like Brown to the test. I’ve noticed lately that some of you already
University attracts each year, there must be some have. The rest of you — and I know that you’re out
aspiring comedians and artists willing to fill a page there — should see if The Herald would be willing to
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d with humorous sketches. feature your work. I’m told that e-mailing The Herald
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Associate Editors Senior Editors Part of my message is to draw the attention of the and submitting sample strips will get their attention.
Steve DeLucia Michael Bechek Nandini Jayakrishna Rachel Arndt lovers of comics among us. There once was a time You have nothing to lose, and a lot to gain.
Chaz Firestone Franklin Kanin Catherine Cullen
Michael Skocpol Scott Lowenstein
when half of Page Two could be devoted to comics — The Herald needs comics. They give its readers
editorial Business comics that brought us joy, laughter and a fresh view- laughter (the best medicine, some might say). They
Ben Hyman Arts & Culture Editor point from someone with real talent. I was disheartened speak for the masses. They make us think about the
Hannah Levintova Arts & Culture Editor General Managers Office Manager
Sophia Li Features Editor Alexander Hughes Shawn Reilly when I discovered that “Fizzle Pop,” a personal favorite, world around us, bringing our attention to different
Emmy Liss Features Editor Jonathan Spector was on hiatus for the semester. I have also noticed the ways of viewing it. Comics embody the very essence
Gaurie Tilak Higher Ed Editor Directors
Matthew Varley Higher Ed Editor Ellen DaSilva Sales Director
absence of “Brown meets RISD” and “Vagina Dentata.” of the qualities we love in Brown: the happiness of our
George Miller Metro Editor Claire Kiely, Sales Director I am genuinely glad to still be reading “Alien Weather students, the diversity of our thoughts, the openness
Joanna Wohlmuth Metro Editor Phil Maynard Sales Director Forecast” and solving the puzzles in “Enigma Twist.” of mind we all share.
Chaz Kelsh News Editor Katie Koh Finance Director
Jenna Stark News Editor Managers But with these comics already firmly rooted in our Give me comics, or give me death. On second
Benjy Asher Sports Editor Kelly Weiss Local Sales hearts, what will fill the vacancies left by those that thought, just give me comics.
Andrew Braca Sports Editor Kathy Bui National Sales
Alex Mazerov Asst. Sports Editor have not returned this semester?
Alex Carrere University Sales
Katie Wood Asst. Sports Editor Christiana Stephenson Recruiter Sales The other part of my message is intended for those
Graphics & Photos Matt Burrows Credit and Collections comic artists in the Brown community, both seasoned Michael Fitzpatrick ’12 is a psychology con-
Chris Jesu Lee Graphics Editor
Stephen Lichenstein Graphics Editor
Opinions cartoonists and aspiring doodlers. Veteran Herald centrator from San Antonio, Texas. He can be
Sarah Rosenthal Opinions Editor
Eunice Hong Photo Editor comic writers, I’m not demanding to be entertained. reached at Michael_Fitzpatrick@brown.edu.
Kim Perley Photo Editor Editorial Page Board I simply want you to know that whatever time and
Justin Coleman Sports Photo Editor
James Shapiro Editorial Page Editor
production
Kathryn Delaney Copy Desk Chief
Nick Bakshi
Zack Beauchamp
Board member
Board member corrections
Seth Motel Copy Desk Chief Sara Molinaro Board member
Marlee Bruning Design Editor Meha Verghese Board member
Jessica Calihan Design Editor
An article about a new online course-shopping tool (“Student, dean introduce shopping by keyword,” Jan. 26)
Post- magazine quoted an e-mail in which Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron asserted that the student-created tool Mocha
Anna Migliaccio Asst. Design Editor
Julien Ouellet Asst. Design Editor Arthur Matuszewski Editor-in-Chief did not allow users to search using a keyword. In fact, Mocha does include a keyword-based full text search of
Neal Poole Web Editor Kelly McKowen Editor-in-Chief
course listings.
Marlee Bruning, Designer
Sydney Ember, Seth Motel, Copy Editors
An article in Thursday’s Herald (“Magazine features student trips,” Jan. 29) reported that Glimpse magazine is
Lauren Fedor, Nicole Friedman, Brigitta Greene, Hannah Moser, Night Editors
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Senior Staff Writers Mitra Anoushiravani, Colin Chazen, Ellen Cushing, Sydney Ember,
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Moser, Ben Schreckinger, Caroline Sedano, Melissa Shube, Anne Simons, Sara Sunshine, exists online.
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Opinions
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Food fight
to swing the door open, but you stop abruptly larly grueling. stomachs less satisfied than they might be
when something catches your eye. Antonio’s will appeal to those looking at Antonio’s.
Marcus Gartner Across the street you see a sign offering for a pizza with a heavy dosage of toppings. The hipness of Nice Slice also appeals to
Opinions Columnist “Body Piercing.” A certain curiosity builds Their pizza comes topped with everything its customers. What could be more appeal-
inside you, but you are quickly reminded of from spicy chicken to tortellini. The thick ing than being served pizza by a man with
your immediate priority of food after another and sturdy crust is a nice change of pace full-body tattoos and enough jewelry stapled
Imagine yourself as a Brown student return- growl of your stomach. for those who have dropped a meal credit through his face to set off an airport metal
ing to your Pembroke dorm after a five-hour But wait! Your tunnel vision directed at the or two at the Gate for pizza with no more detector?
study session in the SciLi. sign has dissipated, revealing an alternative rigidity than a single sheet of college-ruled People dining at Antonio’s will be unlikely
You were either studying intensely for your to Antonio’s: Nice Slice. binder paper. to bump into other customers due to a rela-
chemistry midterm or were distracted every You now have two options for satisfying Because their pizza is thickly loaded with tively larger restaurant space, though that
five minutes by playful incoming text messages your hunger, but your stomach grows more toppings, most people will be able to fill up space is shared with the mysterious Gordito
and only managed to read a page-and-a-half of impatient by the second, and time is running easily on two or three slices, making it the Burrito.
your text book. The page-and-a-half that you out. Which pizza place do you choose? perfect place for a quick late-night pit stop. Nice Slice offers a more intimate (and
read turned out to be the table of contents. poorly lit) atmosphere. Both provide ample
It is late in the night. As you walk up Thay- seating for people-watching along Thayer.
er Street, icy wind hits your neck and you The choice for me usually ends up being
slide the hood of your coat over your head.
Your stomach suddenly growls, reminding
The war between Antonio’s and Nice Slice is Antonio’s. This could be because deep down I
can’t convince myself that bigger isn’t always
you that you haven’t had a bite to eat since affecting thousands of Brown students. better, and I am drawn to the mountain of top-
scarfing down a plate of baked macaroni and pings piled high on an Antonio’s slice.
cheese and a bowl of Cocoa Puffs around Or I might choose Antonio’s more often
6:30 in the Ratty. because I am already on the west side of the
Your stomach demands hearty and nutri- street and too lazy to make the treacherous
tious refueling: pizza. This scenario is not an uncommon one. Nice Slice takes a somewhat different ap- crossing, which often begs the question: “If I
Your eyes scan ahead, attempting to locate The war between Antonio’s and Nice Slice proach to pizza. They sacrifice crust strength am too lazy to walk an extra 20 steps, should
the nearest pizzeria. They quickly move back is affecting thousands of Brown students. for savory taste. The pizza seems to melts in pizza really be a regular part of my diet?”
and forth across the street until they zoom Sure, there are many other places to get pizza your mouth and the flavors dance upon your
in on Antonio’s Pizza. around campus, such as Via Via IV, Pizza Pie- tongue. The unique combinations of toppings
You make a beeline for the door. Your er or even the Gate, but the central location have been masterfully designed to please Marcus Gartner ’12 is a computer
mouth salivates profusely as you close the of Antonio’s and Nice Slice on Thayer and every taste bud you possess. science concentrator from San Jose,
distance between you and a few delicious their close proximity to one another makes However, this comes at a price — the California. He can be reached at
slices of potato bacon. Your hand reaches out choosing one pizzeria over the other particu- flimsy crust will leave those with big empty marcus_gartner@brown.edu.
superbowl preview d i a m o n d s a n d c oa l
Coal to this week’s financial and meteorological storms, both of which left us feeling kind of
impotent. Is it just winter, or is our endowment really that small?
On that note, coal to President Ruth Simmons for jetting off to Switzerland immediately after $800
million went missing. You only get the money back that way in heist movies.
A cubic zirconium to Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron for introducing CourseMap, a
new tool for class shoppers, just in time for shopping period to end. At least those plans to de-ice our
dangerous campus sidewalks by March are still on schedule.
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Coal to the Brown sophomore and “singer-songwriter” who describes her customary touring circuit
as a “tight network” of coffeehouses up and down the East Coast. By that, we assume you mean the
Blue State by New Pembroke down Thayer Street to the Blue State in the Bookstore?
A cubic zirconium to President Barack Obama, who hired three Brown alums to work in his of-
c a l e n da r fice of legal counsel. You’ve made a wise choice — just make sure to ladder-proof the Oval Office.
january 30, 2009 january 31, 2009 But you can have a diamond for considering Steven Rattner ’74 P’09 for the position of car czar.
If you ever need a proofing prince, editing earl or Photoshop pharaoh, you know where we are.
4:30 PM — Christian Lander, “Stuff 8 PM — Piano Recital, Boris Berman,
White People Like: “The Definitive Guide Grant Recital Hall Coal to the reactionary Facebook group “Morning Mail Should Consider Events <300 people.”
to the Unique Taste of Millions,” Wil- What are “Events ice-cream-cone-with-two-scoops people,” exactly?
son 102 9 PM — Mathematical Adventures,
7 pm — M. ice hockey v. Quinnipiac, PW Upstairs, TF Green Hall A diamond to the humble science professors who variously dismissed a prestigious national honor
Meehan Auditorium as “a big surprise” and “a mistake,” and referred to themselves as “old,” “homeless” and “one-trick
pony.” If modesty were research funding, you’d practically think you were at Harvard.
menu Coal to Dean of Admissions Jim Miller ’73, who dismissed a new college ranking list by saying,
“I’m not saying anyone manipulated it, but it can be easily manipulated.” And we’re not saying you
Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall manipulated it, but it could be easily manipulated by you.
Lunch — Chicken Fingers with Lunch — Chicken Fingers, Veg- Coal to the judge whose zoning ruling led Chipotle to scrap plans for a Thayer Street location.
Dipping Sauces, Swiss Corn Bake, an Nuggets, Sticky Rice, Butter Maybe a ladle of Ratty nacho cheese will change your mind?
Raspberry Chocolate Squares Cookies
Cheers, and a diamond to the city for granting Roba!Dolce a limited liquor license. Though to be
Dinner — Seafood Pot Pie, Crispy Dinner — Seafood Jambalaya, honest, liquor probably had something to do with how that weird exclamation point got in there.
Thai Tofu, Chocolate Cake with Grilled Chicken, Macaroni and
Chocolate Frosting Cheese, Chocolate Cake A diamond to the Brown-MIT team whose work aims to “redefine the moon.” You work on the
RELEASE DATE– Friday, January 30, 2009 moon part, MIT — we’ll problematize the hermeneutics of ‘lunar-as-other’ normativity.
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