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Races underway for news in brief

both R.I. House seats Senate confirms

Thompson ’73

By Claire Peracchio Incumbent congressman The United States Sen-

Senior Staf f Writer
While Patrick Kennedy has shaken
up the race for Rhode Island’s First
District by announcing his retire-
ment, U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin faces
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a contentious race to defend his
seat in the state’s Second District.
His opponents include Democrat
Betsy Dennigan and Republicans
Michael Gardiner and Mark Zac-
caria.
Langevin, who has served in
the U.S. House of Representatives
since 2001, made headlines last
November by voting for the Stu-
pak amendment, which alters the
House health care bill to forbid the
use of federal money “to pay for
abortion or to cover any part of
the costs of any health plan that
includes coverage of abortion,”
except in cases of rape, incest or a
threat to the mother’s health.
Though pro-life, Langevin sup-
continued on page 5
ate confirmed O. Rogeriee
Thompson ’73 to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit Wednesday
afternoon.
Thompson was con-
firmed 98–0, according the
Senate’s Web site. Rhode
Island senators Jack Reed
and Sheldon Whitehouse,
both Democrats, voted to
confirm Thompson. Rob-
ert Bennett, R-Utah, and
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., did
not vote.
President Barack
Obama nominated Thomp-

Resolving conflicts,
son for the position in Oc-
tober 2009. She failed to
receive the unanimous

one student at a time

Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald support of the American
The Corporation met in February and heard from students on campus
while on College Hill.
Bar Association’s federal
judiciary committee in De-

Corp. adopts new

cember, with five members
By Sara Luxenberg free, few Brown students seek of the 15-member commit-
Senior Staff Writer mediation, making BUMP “the tee determining she was

policy for minutes

By Ana Alvarez
Senior Staf f Writer
The minutes from Corporation
meetings held after July 1, 2009,
will be made public after 25 years,
a change from the previous poli-
cy of holding the minutes for 50
years, according to Russell Carey
’91 MA’06, senior vice president
for Corporation affairs and gover-
nance. The Corporation approved
the change at its May 2009 meet-
ing, Carey wrote in an e-mail to
The Herald.
The change was recommended
by a self-review conducted by the
Corporation last May, in which it
recommended several changes to
better connect with and represent
continued on page 2
Whether it’s a freshman who can’t
stand her roommate, a group that
has trouble working together or a
romantic relationship hitting the
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rocks, the trained mediators of the
Brown University Mediation Proj-
ect want to help. While BUMP’s
ser vices — conflict resolution
through mediation sessions with
trained student mediators — are
readily available, confidential and
best-kept secret at Brown,” accord-
ing to Phil O’Hara ’55, director of
student activities and staff adviser
to BUMP.
“A lot of people have a vague
idea” about what mediation is, said
BUMP’s general coordinator Char-
lie Wisoff ’11.5, but many “don’t
even register it as a possibility” to
resolve conflict.
“The way disputes are settled
in society normally is a very adver-
sarial way,” in which people argue
continued on page 4
not qualified for the posi-
tion. Reed and Whitehouse
vouched for Thompson in
her first judicial hearing.
Thompson came to
Brown before the merger
with Pembroke College in
1971. She will be the first
black judge and second
woman to serve on the ap-
peals court’s First Circuit.
— Caitlin Trujillo

David Shields ’78 challenges nonfiction

By CC Chiang
C ontributing Writer
“So many contemporar y novels
are fundamentally un-serious.
They star t of f with tr uly inter-
esting narratives, but end up with
all their attention on cranking out
pre-formatted narratives,” said
David Shields ’78, who spoke on
Wednesday night as the third writ-
er in the Great Brown Nonfiction
Writers Lecture Series.
Shields, a bestselling author of
ten books and an English profes-
sor at the University of Washing-
ton, spoke about his new book,
“Reality Hunger: a Manifesto” to
an audience of about 30 in Salo-
mon 001. The nonfiction work,
which advocates new forms of
nonfiction narrative in place of
conventional fiction, has been
met with both praise and criti-
inside
cism since its publication in Feb-
ruar y.
Shields began by describing
two forces that have shaped his
aesthetic: his childhood stutter-
ing and jour nalist parents. “I
have always been fascinated by
the nature of reality,” he said,
describing how his career is in-
formed by the conflict between a
stutterer’s and a journalist’s view
of language.
Shields said that many major
works of nonfiction literature
contain fictional elements, such
as George Or well’s “Such, Such
Were the Joys.”
“Composition is a fiction-mak-
ing operation,” Shields said.
Shields then turned his atten-
tion to fiction. “I’m deeply bored
by the contemporar y novel,” he
said. Shields singled out Jonathan
Franzen’s novel “The Cor rec-
tions” as an example of a main-
stream work that is “predictable,
formulaic and middle-brow.”
“Nonfiction strikes me as end-
lessly more interesting and holds
more possibilities in writing in the
21st centur y,” he said.
“The best nonfiction shows
the contours of the writer’s con-
sciousness,” Shields said, echoing
his argument in “Reality Hunger.”
According to Shields, although
nonfiction “is capable of the high-
est reaches of literar y ar t,” it is
still being treated as “a subset of
journalism” and subject to factual
vetting that removes it of its liter-
ar y potential.
Shields of fered collage as an
antidote. “Collage is not a refuge
for the compositionally chal-
lenged,” he said, and described Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald
David Shields ’78, an advocate for literary nonfiction, told students yes-
continued on page 2 terday that he is “deeply bored by the contemporary novel.”

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C ampus N EWS “Most contemporary writers ... sacrifice everything on the
altar of plot.” — author David Shields ’78
crossword Corporation reflects, considers changes
continued from page 1
the University. The review’s most
significant recommendation was
the creation of the “young alumni
trustee” position currently held
by Lauren Kolodny ’08. Other
recommended changes included
appointing a Corporation member
to the Brown University Commu-
nity Council and committing to a
regular cycle of self-assessment.
Chancellor Thomas Tisch ’76
P’07 said in a statement that the
review “gave us an oppor tunity
to reflect on our governance and
operations, to hear input from the
community, and to make improve-
ments that will have a lasting and
positive impact on our work and
the University.”
Tisch and the Corporation’s
other four of ficers led the self-
review, which Carey said was
prompted by a need for a “healthy
checkup” and a response to “ques-
tions and concerns from the cam-
pus.”
While the Corporation’s last
comprehensive review, conducted
in 2003, focused on ensuring the
Corporation was working “as ef-
fectively as a governance body
as it possibly can,” this most re-
cent review focused on improving
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the Corporation’s representation
and enabling greater interaction
with students, faculty and staf f,
according to the review’s work-
ing paper.
The review consisted of re-
search about the policies of gov-
er ning bodies at similar peer
institutions and a sur vey of the
Corporation’s members.
The review found that most
other universities wait between
25 and 50 years before releasing
their minutes, recommending that
the Corporation set its holding
period for minutes to 25 years.
Minutes from meetings before
July 1, 2009 will still be held for
50 years, Carey said.
The review found that while
few peer institutions had created a
young alum trustee position, “it is
a model that exists and has value
in several institutions,” according
to the review’s working paper.
The review did not specify a
set number of young alum trustee
positions, but Carey said that the
Corporation is considering admit-
ting more young alums.
“We are continuing through the
trustee vacancy process to think
ver y deliberately about represen-
tation and diversity on all levels,
but specifically recent closeness
Thursday, March 18, 2010
to graduation,” he said.
Carey added that Kolodny has
already had “significant impact on
the Corporation.”
He also said the Corporation is
“committed to tr ying to have more
opportunities to interact with stu-
dents and staff.” The greatest step
towards this was appointing Cor-
poration trustee William Twaddell
’63 to the BUCC, Carey said.
The Corporation also made
sure to interact with the students,
staff and faculty on the University
Resources Committee when mem-
bers were on campus during the
Corporation weekend in February,
Carey said.
While tr ying to respond to re-
cent concerns over transparency,
the review did not address invest-
ment transparency or the possibil-
ity of conducting open meetings,
two main student concerns.
Carey said that possibly open-
ing Corporation meetings was
discussed with Tisch at a BUCC
meeting, but ultimately, “there
wasn’t support in the Corporation”
for changing the closed nature
of meetings. He also said that
investment policy was not part of
the review, even though a Corpo-
ration committee does oversee the
University’s investments.
Author
Shields ’78
speaks on
nonfiction
continued from page 1
how a mix of voices without a lin-
ear narrative inspires the reader
to reflect.
“I want the reader to be pro-
ductively unsure as to who the
speaker was,” Shields said.
Luke Epplin GS challenged
Shields by pointing out that
there are several contemporar y
novelists whose works blur the
dichotomy between fiction and
nonfiction, such as David Foster
Wallace. Shields agreed, but ar-
gued that “most contemporar y
writers give too much ground to
narrative and sacrifice ever ything
on the altar of plot.” He also coun-
tered that Wallace’s best works
were in fact nonfiction.
In an inter view with The Her-
ald, Shields said that Brown’s in-
terdisciplinar y nature left an in-
delible mark on him as a fledging
writer. “Brown urges you to un-
dermine the or thodox and think
against the grain,” he said.
When asked what advice he
had for aspiring writers at Brown,
Shields said, “Find a form that
releases your best intelligences.
Don’t be afraid of your own ma-
terial, and be willing to exist in
your own voice.”
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Med School to host HIV conference Hip hop politico opens
By Nicole Boucher
Senior Staf f Writer
week on Puerto Rico
The Alpert Medical School will
co-host a conference designed to
address HIV prevention and treat-
ment at the Pontificia Universidad
Catolica del Ecuador in Quito,
Ecuador, on Thursday and Fri-
day. Jointly sponsored with Rhode
Island College, the conference
will bring together Ecuadorian
medical students, doctors, non-
government organizations and
members of the local community
to learn about addressing the HIV
crisis from local and international
experts.
The conception for the confer-
ence came from the findings of a
study done by RIC Assistant Pro-
fessor of Sociology Jill Harrison
concerning the primary problems
faced by women in the El Inca
prison in Ecuador.
A sur vey of inmates revealed
that the prison was not adequately
addressing medical treatment,
Harrison wrote in an e-mail to
The Herald. One particular health
issue resulted from the prison’s
“use as a brothel (unofficially),
where one might expect greater
transmission of sexually trans-
mitted infections and HIV,” she
Financial aid director updates UCS
By Nicole Boucher
S enior S taf f Writer
Director of Financial Aid Jim
Tilton spoke at Wednesday’s
general body meeting of the
Undergraduate Council of Stu-
dents about the positive impact
of financial aid initiatives intro-
duced by the Corporation in the
2008–09 academic year.
These changes have de-
creased loans and parental con-
tributions in financial aid pack-
ages by filling this need with
scholarships, he said.
Tilton cited a jump from 6
percent of students who have
no loans in their financial aid
package in the 2007–08 aca-
demic year to 62 percent in the
2009–10 academic year. The
percentage of students whose
parents are not required to make
any contribution from income
rose from 12 percent of students
in 2007–08 to 37 percent of stu-
dents in 2009– 10.
Tilton said the University
is continually working to pro-
vide students with the best re-
wrote.
After documenting the preva-
lence of HIV transmission in pris-
ons, Harrison brought the issue
of inadequate education about
HIV prevention and treatment
options to Bradford Briggs, the
program manager of the Brown
AIDS Project. Last year, Harrison
and Briggs coordinated with Ken
Mayer, director of the project and
professor of medicine and com-
munity health, to bring doctors
to speak.
The conference addresses “the
health element” of Harrison’s
study and working to improve
treatment of HIV given the need,
Briggs said.
At the conference, four Brown
doctors will ser ve as keynote
speakers covering topics rang-
ing from prevention to new
treatment options, according to
Briggs. Mayer will address pre-
vention methods and how to take
a patient’s sexual histor y, Briggs
said.
E. Jane Carter, associate pro-
fessor of medicine at Brown, will
also give two lectures discussing
virulent strains of tuberculosis and
the latest treatments for patients
with both HIV and tuberculosis,
Briggs said. Roland Merchant,
sources to meet their needs. “I
think one of the things that is
ver y special about Brown is the
University continues to make a
commitment to financial need,”
he said. Their goal for next year
will be to maintain those initia-
tives, taking into account that
a larger percentage of families
may need aid next year because
of the recession, he said.
UCS “is an impor tant forum
for undergrads to get informa-
tion about policies that af fect
them,” UCS President Clay
Wertheimer ’10 told The Herald,
adding that Tilton’s presentation
would increase awareness and
allow undergraduates to provide
potential feedback and sugges-
tions.
The council also voted 27
to 2 against the Undergradu-
ate Finance Board’s proposal
to change their constitution.
Among the proposed constitu-
tional amendments was a provi-
sion that would allow the finance
board to appoint their own mem-
bers to the board, pending UCS
approval of their choice.
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“The vote is important. But the hard thing is what we do
the next day after that vote.” — Rosa Clemente
assistant professor of emergency
medicine, will primarily talk about
the risk associated with needle-
sticks. Karen Tashima, an asso-
ciate professor of medicine and
the associate director of the AIDS
Project, will talk about the latest
treatments for HIV and issues of
co-morbidity.
Briggs added that local experts
will be joining in the discussion
to make the ef for t a more col-
laborative event. “I think, cultur-
ally, it is kind of weird for just
Americans to come and spill their
knowledge,” Briggs said. But the
Ecuadorians “have done a good
job interjecting” and providing a
“great blend of experts.”
Harrison wrote that the main
goal of the conference is to pass
on information and inform medi-
cal professionals in Ecuador about
improved treatment options and
prevention of HIV.
In addition to the educational
goal of the conference, Briggs
said he hopes the conference will
help develop future relations with
the medical community in Ecua-
dor. “From an altruistic point of
view,” Briggs said, “if patients are
able to get a better quality of life
or care, that would also be the
goal.”
“All we are asking for is a say
in our af fairs,” said UFB Secre-
tar y Tyler Rosenbaum ’11, who
chaired the UFB committee
that drafted the proposal. While
many UCS members agreed that
collaborative efforts between the
two boards needed to increase,
they said they did not feel these
amendments were the correct
means. UCS Campus Life Chair
Ben Farber ’12 said even though
these measures would create
collaboration, they would also
give the finance board cer tain
“superiority” over UCS.
Several UCS members point-
ed out that the proposal under-
scored issues in understanding
the oversight responsibilities of
each body and encouraged fur-
ther discussion of each group’s
role in a dif ferent forum.
Wer theimer also brought up
the President Ruth Simmons’
State of the Brown address,
scheduled to be delivered to-
morrow. He said the speech will
be filmed and made available
to undergraduates on the UCS
Web site.
By Casey Bleho
Contributing Writer
For Rosa Clemente, 2008 vice-presi-
dential nominee for the Green Party
and an active community organizer
and hip-hop activist running for a
seat in the New York State Senate,
radicalism is the means through
which to obtain change. Clemente
stressed a radical approach during
her emotional opening convocation
lecture for Puerto Rican Identity
Week, as students, professors and
community members gathered to
hear her speak on politics, race
and gender in Salomon 101 on
Wednesday night.
“The trajectory of American his-
tory is institutional racism,” Clem-
ente said. “The only reason we are
here today is because people took
over buildings. People didn’t act
in a comfortable manner. People
weren’t civil.”
To Clemente, the history of the
Puerto Rican people is one of the
factors that led to this radicalism
and explains their current situa-
tion, she said. “You begin to read
this histor y, and you begin to get
angr y,” she said. It is essentially
through “knowing the histor y of
my people being tortured, impris-
oned, terrorized and sterilized”
that movements for freedom and
change are enacted, she said. “If
young people know that histor y,
it’s empowering.”
This is what pushes people to
strive for revolution and indepen-
dence in Puer to Rico and Latin
America, Clemente said. There is
a misconception that Puerto Ricans
are “non-resistors,” she said. “The
people of Puerto Rico need to be
allowed to have an independent
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nation.”
The discussion brought up a
vast range of controversial social,
political and economic issues
plaguing both Puerto Rican com-
munities and American politics.
An important feature is what she
describes as “interethnic conflict”
and problems with identity that
currently affect society and poli-
tics in Latino communities in the
United States.
“Elected officials who increas-
ingly look like us are more detri-
mental than any previous white
elected of ficial that could have
been racist,” she said. “We’re deal-
ing with elected officials that have
sold out their communities.”
Clemente considered a range
of concerns — including the cur-
rent health care debate, immigra-
tion policy, the political response
to Hurricane Katrina and Puerto
Rican independence — through
gender and racial lenses. “We, as
women of color, have to always
understand that race, class and
gender are always going to interact
in the political system,” she said.
The key to change is moving be-
yond this and consider these issues
honestly. “Unless we hold elected
officials — especially those who
say they represent us — account-
able, we don’t get any victories,”
Clemente said. “All power does
not come from a ballot. The vote
is important. But the hard thing
is what we do the next day after
that vote.”
To conclude the lecture, Clem-
ente quoted Pedro Albizu Campos,
a leader of the Puerto Rican inde-
pendence movement in the early
20th centur y, “When tyranny is
law, revolution is order.”
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BUMP mediators ready and looking for conflicts to resolve
continued from page 1
against each other to determine a
winner and loser, Wisoff said. Me-
diation, on the other hand “is much
more collaborative,” he said.
Mediation works by bringing
together ever yone involved in a
conflict. They sit down together
with “a third party, the mediator, to
try to find some resolution to their
dispute,” said Steven Davis ’11, co-
president of BUMP. This mediator
“is just there as a facilitator to the
discussion,” he said, and “isn’t there
to make a decision.”
“The parties have total control
over the process, over any resolu-
tion that comes out of the process,”
Davis said. The mediator is there
to draw out each party’s interests
and bring about creative solutions,
he added.
“It’s not give-and-take, it’s not
zero-sum,” he added. “It’s collabo-
rating to make a solution that works
for everybody.”
Students who want to meet with a
mediator e-mail the organization and
BUMP contacts the other parties in
the dispute. If everyone is on board,
the parties sit down for a two-hour
session with a BUMP mediator who
has no conflict of interest with either
party. Mediators will arrange more
sessions if the parties desire.
“The point of mediation isn’t nec-
essarily the agreement, the reso-
lution,” Davis said. “It’s really the
process of bringing people closer
together.”
“Even if people leave hating each
other,” he added, “at least they know
why. And they have some way to
deal with their relationship going
forward.”
Molding mediators
BUMP was founded in 1993 by
the Office of Student Life and the
Office of the Chaplains and Religious
Life “to afford students an alternative
route to dispute resolution,” O’Hara
said. “We only had one format back
in those days” for solving conflict,
he added, “and that was through the
dean’s office.”
A few years after it was created,
the students involved decided to
change the group from a departmen-
tal to student organization, O’Hara
said. It was during this transition that
O’Hara — a trained mediator himself
— became the staff adviser to the
group. He added that somewhere
between 200 and 250 students have
become trained mediators through
BUMP, which offers free training
sessions for interested students and
faculty once a year during the spring
semester.
This year, mediation training
drew about as many participants as
in previous years. Davis said 20 new
mediators — 17 students and three
University employees — completed
the more than 30 hours of training at
the beginning of this semester.
The Community Mediation Center
of Rhode Island handled the BUMP
training this year, said co-president
Susan Restrepo ’11. “We’ve really
been trying to revamp,” she said.
Before this year, BUMP had “been
dormant for about five years.”
Involving the Community Media-
tion Center was one way Restrepo
hoped to revive the group. “I really
wanted to get involved with them
because they’re so active in the com-
munity.”
This year’s BUMP trainees “were
absolutely eager and excited,” said
Victoria Moreno-Jackson, program
director at the center, who conducted
the training along with Executive
Director Abbie Jones-Herriott. “They
were really turning the concepts over
in their minds and seeking to under-
stand how they work,” she added.
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“People think they can handle (student conflicts)
on their own.” — Steven Davis ’11, co-president of BUMP
The training session “was an in-
troduction to mediation skills” that
taught all the components of me-
diation, including active listening,
impartiality, helping parties listen
to one another and understand their
deeper interests, asking open-ended
questions and encouraging the de-
velopment of a solution, Moreno-
Jackson said.
BUMP mediators go through the
training with the goal of mediating
Brown students as well as building
skills they can use in their own lives,
Restrepo said.
Wissof added that meditation
skills such as communication and
dispute resolution are “valuable in
so many career paths.”
Moreno-Jackson also noted the
group’s enthusiasm with the prospect
of volunteering and further training
opportunities. Currently, both Re-
strepo and Davis are interns at the
Community Mediation Center.
Restrepo works with the center’s
eviction prevention program. “It’s
been a really eye-opening experience
into downtown Providence and re-
ally what many Americans are going
through right now,” she said. The
internship has also helped her realize
“the good will … that can exist be-
tween landlords and tenants. People
really are willing to communicate.”
Davis works in local small claims
and housings courts, helping to re-
solve disputes before parties go in
front of a judge.
“What people generally find is
that mediated decisions are more
satisfying to the parties and are up-
held more often,” he said.
Wisoff has also been involved in
mediation in the greater Providence
community through the center. In
February, he participated in a con-
ference about sustainable farming
attended by government officials,
interest groups and farmers.
BUMP’s work off of College Hill
has not gone unnoticed. In May,
Rhode Island’s Fund for Community
Progress will be giving BUMP the
Susan Welin Award for Nonviolence.
The award is given for promoting
“peaceful conflict resolution in the
state of Rhode Island,” Moreno-
Jackson said. The Community Me-
diation Center nominated BUMP
and O’Hara, “who has really kept
the program alive,” Restrepo said.
“He’s just a tremendous member of
the community, a mediator himself,
and someone who genuinely believes
in the process of mediation.”
A BUMPy road
While people in the greater Provi-
dence community may be willing to
communicate through mediation,
“BUMPers” have been disappoint-
ed with a lack of participation on
Brown’s campus. “We haven’t been
able to get any sustained interest
on behalf of the students,” O’Hara
said.
“It’s been very difficult to con-
vince people to reach out to BUMP
instead of going to the deans,” Re-
strepo said. Part of the problem,
she added, might be that BUMP
is completely voluntary. “It’s diffi-
cult because with most successful
mediation programs, students are
mandated to go through mediation
before they talk to a dean.”
At the same time, she added,
“I think that it goes along with the
Brown culture that it be voluntary,”
even if it means fewer students are
signing up to be mediated.
Often, “people think they can
handle it on their own,” Davis said
of student conflicts. Or they think
that they “can suffer through it” and
that “after this semester, it’ll all be
fine.”
“We want people to understand
that they don’t have to suffer through
Thursday, March 18, 2010
conflict,” he said.
“That does not lead to greater
understanding,” she added.
Some students also might worry
about discussing their issues with
peers. But BUMP’s mediators do
not even discuss mediation sessions
with each other and destroy their
notes at the end of the mediation,
O’Hara said.
In regards to roommate conflicts,
Wisoff said, given “the choice be-
tween moving out of your room,
and all that stress, versus talking it
out with someone — I would like to
think that sitting down and talking
it out for two hours would be more
productive.”
BUMP has been in negotiations
with the Office of Residential Life
about offering mediation training to
incoming students and Residential
Peer Leaders. “Our goal is to lessen
their overflow of student conflicts,”
Restrepo said. Building this part-
nership, however, has been “a slow
process,” she added.
“We consistently work with out-
reaches to ResLife and to Student
Life, so it isn’t that they’re not aware
of us and aware of the potential,”
O’Hara said.
BUMP is also increasing its out-
reach to students through adver-
tising and new office hours, Davis
said. The group is also “building a
leadership team right now that will
probably take over by the end of the
semester,” Restrepo said.
“We have a really energetic and
great group of people right now,” she
added, and “it’s our effort to ensure
that the momentum continues.”
Spreading the concepts of open
communication and positive-sum
results to conflict are important on
college campuses, Moreno-Jackson
said. By mediating in the Brown com-
munity, BUMP is “introducing these
concepts to our future leaders.”
Metro
The Brown Daily Herald
“That’s creating a little bit of a problem for competition.”
— Jeff Green, Real Estate Analyst

Thursday, March 18, 2010 | Page 5

metro in brief
Mall operator considers buyout
City Plan Commission chairs reelected
The Providence City Plan Commission voted Tuesday to re- By Suzannah Weiss
elect Stephen Durkee and Harrison Bilodeau to the Commis- Ar ts & Culture Editor
sion’s chair and vice-chair positions, respectively, according to
Robert Azar, director of current planning for the Department of General Growth Properties, Inc.,
Planning and Development. owner of over 220 U.S. shopping
Durkee, who was reappointed by Mayor David Cicilline ’83 in centers including Providence
January, was reelected chair by a unanimous Commission vote. Place Mall, received an unsolicited
He has served on the Commission for 15 years. $10 billion bid last month from
His reelection comes at a “very busy time” for the Commis- rival company Simon Property
sion, he said. Group, Inc., according to David
“It’s an exciting time in the city, and there’s a lot going on,” Keating, senior director of corpo-
Durkee said, referring to issues like the downtown neighborhood rate communications at General
plan and the waterfront. “It’s important that we participate in Growth.
that.” Simon, the most successful
Bilodeau has been with the Commission since around 2001, mall operator in the countr y,
taking a leave of absence in 2002 to run for City Council and has discussed the possibility of
returning in 2003. He is looking forward to continuing the main- increasing its offer since the ini-
tenance of Providence and its “natural and built environment,” tial bid, said Jeff Green, a retail
he said. real estate analyst.
Seven members serve on the Commission, five of whom the General Growth filed the
mayor appoints and two who act as ex officio representatives for countr y’s largest-ever real es-
both the mayor and the City Council president. tate bankruptcy last April to pay
Commission members are appointed for five-year terms, off more than $25 billion in debt,
with one expiring each year. The Herald reported last April.
The company is currently in
— Caitlin Trujillo an “exclusivity period,” during
which its leadership is “certainly
reviewing all proposals that are
sent our way” but not responding

Congressional race to any offers, Keating said. He

declined to speculate “what-ifs or

heats up in District 2
continued from page 1
ports family planning and embry-
onic stem cell research.
“Representative Langevin’s
pro-life views are very personal,”
said Joy Fox, Langevin’s campaign
spokesperson.
But another priority for Langevin
is “access to quality and affordable
health care,” an issue that he has
emphasized since first running in
2000, Fox said.
Yet Langevin’s pro-life stance
puts him in a difficult position re-
garding health care reform given
that the final bill may not contain
the strict language of the Stupak
amendment.
Despite his pro-life convictions,
Fox said abortion language would
not necessarily determine Lan-
gevin’s vote on the final version of
the bill. “Representative Langevin
had long stated that no one issue
will derail health care,” she said.
Langevin is currently working
on the House Budget Committee
during the reconciliation process,
though his position on the final bill
is still uncertain, Fox said.
A challenge from the left
Betsy Dennigan served in the
General Assembly for 13 years — as
hypothetical situations” in regard Kim Perley / Herald file photo
Facing heavy debt, General Growth Properties, Inc. — owner of Providence
to how accepting the bid might af-
Place — received an unsolicited bid from a rival mall operator.
fect Providence Place and General
Growth’s other properties. “That’s creating a little bit of a ly, because the more centers you
But Green said that Simon problem for competition.” have, the more leasing power you
a representative from Pawtucket — buying off General Growth would If the countr y’s largest retail have.”
before resigning last October to run negatively affect retailers as well real estate company were to buy He added that “if they own
for Congress. Dennigan has worked as the industr y. General Growth, its largest com- the number one company and
as a lawyer and an emergency room “My hope is that Simon does petition, Green said, “it’s almost
nurse, and she founded a non-profit not buy General Growth,” he said. that they would create a monopo- continued on page 6
called Books are Wings, an orga-
nization that hosts educational
book parties for under-privileged
children.
At her Providence of fice on
Broad Street, Dennigan talked
about her “passion for policy.” She
highlighted her work as a state
legislator to promote “clean gov-
ernment” and health care issues
like safe needle sticks and latex
safety for health professionals. Her
advocacy on the latter issues stems
from her experience as a nurse,
she said.
Dennigan also cited her involve-
ment in promoting the Green Build-
ings Act, a law passed by the Gen-
eral Assembly last October, as a
model for making buildings more
environmentally friendly while cre-
ating green jobs. The legislation
requires new building projects to
comply with stricter standards for
energy-efficient construction, spe-
cifically the Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design rating
system.
continued on page 6
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M etro
Mall company merger R.I. House candidates on the issues
could reduce competition
continued from page 5
the number two company, they’ll
basically be running the whole mall
industr y in the U.S.”
This possibility also has dan-
gerous implications for owners of
Providence Place shops, Green
said, as Simon could “use the le-
verage of owning so many malls”
to pressure retailers to open stores
in less favorable locations.
“It’s much better for the retail
community that there’s not a mo-
nopoly in the mall business,” he
said.
The best outcome would be for
General Growth to continue as an
independent company with the
help of private investors, he said.
Major investors such as Brookfield
Asset Management and Pershing
Square Capital Management have
offered to lend General Growth
money until the company can pay
off the debt, Green said.
Today we have two
crosswords in the BDH.
Can you handle it?
See pages 2 and 12.
Green said General Growth
could refinance its debt by its April
deadline with this help, adding that
“their properties are strong” and
“they have talented people.”
Providence Place in particular
is “extremely successful,” he said.
Sales have decreased by about five
percent since the economic down-
turn, a statistic that is “not bad in
our economy.”
General Growth considered
selling Providence Place in De-
cember 2008, but Keating said the
mall operator has since dropped
the idea.
“That was several lifetimes
ago,” Keating said. “Providence
Place Mall is not up for sale. It’s
something that we’re keeping.”
Providence Place “has been
business as usual, and our bank-
ruptcy filing has had absolutely no
impact on our malls,” he added.
“Nothing has changed. We’re quite
proud of that.”
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
“Who’s (U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin) more afraid of — Nancy Pelosi
or losing Catholic support?” — Michael Gardiner, his opponent
continued from page 5
Regarding what sets her apart
from the incumbent Langevin, Den-
nigan pointed to her pro-choice re-
cord, crediting her time as a public
servant for leading her to the view
that “full access to reproductive
health is very important.”
Dennigan also said she would
be a more vocal supporter of mar-
riage equality and in repealing the
military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
policy.
Fixing health care the GOP way
Mark Zaccaria, who ran against
Langevin in 2008, said the main
motivation for his current can-
didacy is the nation’s financial
health.
“I was offended by the Bush
deficits, but I’m appalled by the
deficits now,” Zaccaria said.
Zaccaria said he is “categori-
cally opposed” to the health care
reform legislation due to the addi-
tional cost he believes it would add
to the system. Instead, Zaccaria
advocates individual health sav-
ings accounts, which people would
pay into throughout their lives.
The account would be portable,
and Zaccaria believes this system
would increase individual account-
ability because consumers would
be forced to justify health care
costs when money is extracted
from their accounts.
Zaccaria’s primary challenger,
Michael Gardiner, also opposes
the version of health care reform
being debated by Congress, Gar-
diner said.
Gardiner said he supports set-
ting a “uniform health code” that
would apply nationwide and re-
quire all insurers to provide mini-
mum health care requirements
standardized across state lines.
This would allow every insurer to
compete in every state and Gar-
diner believes it would remedy the
problems created by monopoly
control that characterize health
care markets in many states.
Like Zaccaria, Gardiner is pro-
life. While he called abortion “a
secondary issue” for voters con-
cerned with the poor economy,
Gardiner challenged the rationale
behind Langevin’s Stupak vote.
“Who’s he more afraid of —
Nancy Pelosi or losing Catholic
support?” Gardiner said.
The abortion issue
Langevin’s vote on the Stupak
amendment has caused consterna-
tion on both sides of the abortion
debate.
“It’s no secret that the pro-life
movement was behind Langevin
in 2000,” said Barth Bracy, execu-
tive director of Rhode Island Right
to Life.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Bracy also cited Langevin’s
support for embryonic stem cell
research as a point of divergence
with many in the state’s pro-life
community, which is shaped by
the existence of a large Catholic
population in Rhode Island.
Carolyn Mark, president of
Rhode Island National Organiza-
tion for Women and chair of Rhode
Island NOW Political Action Com-
mittee, finds Langevin’s positions
on abortion issues disconcerting.
The national NOW PAC has en-
dorsed Betsy Dennigan.
“Representative Langevin is not
the advocate we feel is going to
protect women’s rights in Rhode
Island and around the country,”
Mark said.
Langevin’s Stupak vote is espe-
cially problematic because many
women could lose their coverage
under reform, and states could
decide abortion coverage will not
be permitted in the exchanges that
are created, Mark said.
But according to Associate
Professor of Political Science and
Public Policy Wendy Schiller, the
abortion issue will only become
problematic for Langevin if his pro-
life stance is a rationale for a “no”
vote on the final health care bill.
A bigger issue for Langevin is
proving to voters that he can be
an effective advocate for Rhode
Islanders, Schiller said.
SportsThursday
The Brown Daily Herald
s p o rt s i n b r i e f
Ivy basketball moves into
postseason
Postseason basketball takes the Ivy League by
storm this week, as five teams from the Ancient Eight
compete in tournaments large and small.
In the NCAA Tournament, the Cornell men were
named the No. 12 seed in the East Region and will
square off against No. 5 seed Temple on Friday at
12:30 p.m. in Jacksonville, Fla.
Cornell finished the regular season with a 27-4
record and led the nation in three-point shooting at
43.4 percent, but the No. 17 Atlantic-10 champion
Owls could be a tough matchup, finishing the season
with a 29-5 record after winning their last ten games
and placing fourth in the nation in defending threes.
The winner will face Wisconsin or Wofford on Sunday.
On the women’s side, Princeton was named a No.
11 seed, the highest-ever NCAA seed an Ivy League
team has received. The Tigers (26-2) will face No. 6
seed St. John’s (24-6 and ranked No. 15) on Saturday
in Tallahassee, Fla. The winner will face Florida State
or Louisiana Tech on Monday.
The Princeton men have also found their way to
the postseason, but not to the bright lights of the
Big Dance. The Tigers beat Duquesne, 65-51, on
their home court to advance to the quarterfinals of
the College Basketball Invitational against Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis on Monday.
Harvard was not so lucky, falling to Appalachian
State, 93-71, in the opening round of the CollegeInsider.
com Tournament. This is the first time the Ivy League
has sent three teams to the postseason since 2002.
The Harvard women will hope to avoid a similar
result in first round Women’s National Invitational
Tournament action. The Crimson (20-8) square off
against Syracuse (22-10) on Thursday evening in
upstate New York.
Providence hosts NCAA games
Rhode Island also has a big week of postseason
basketball. Providence hosts six first- and second-
round NCAA Tournament men’s games this week at
the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.
On Thursday, No. 2 seed Villanova (24-7) faces No.
15 at Robert Morris (23-11) at 12:30, followed by
No. 7 Richmond (26-8) against No. 10 St. Mary’s of
California (26-5) at 2:50.
In the evening session, No. 3 Georgetown (23-10)
takes on No. 14 Ohio (21-14) at 7:25, followed by No.
6 Tennessee (25-8) against No. 11 San Diego State
(25-8) at 9:45.
On Saturday, second-round games will pit first the
afternoon winners and then the evening winners.
Meanwhile, the University of Rhode Island is moving
on to the second round of the National Invitational
Tournament after a 76-64 victory over Northwestern
Wednesday evening. The No. 2 seed Rams will host
No. 6 Nevada in second-round action.
Cornell w. hockey heads to Frozen Four
The Cornell women’s hockey team is headed to the
Frozen Four. After overpowering No. 4 seed Harvard,
6-2, last Friday, the Big Red (20-8-6) will face No. 1
Mercyhurst (30-2-3) Friday evening in Minneapolis.
The winner will play the winner of Friday night’s
contest pitting No. 2 Minnesota Duluth (29-8-2)
against the No. 3 Minnesota Golden Gophers (26-8-5)
for the National Championship. Minnesota eliminated
ECAC Hockey’s third representative, Clarkson.
M. hockey enters final rounds of ECAC tournament
ECAC Hockey will crown a men’s champion this
weekend, with the semifinals on Friday and the finals
on Saturday at the Times Union Center in Albany,
N.Y.
No. 2 seed Cornell will face No. 11 Brown at 4 p.m.,
while No. 3 seed Union squares off against No. 5 seed
St. Lawrence at 7 p.m.
— Andrew Braca
Thursday, March 18, 2010 | Page 7
Jonathan Bateman / Herald
Goalie Michael Clemente ’12 is The Herald’s Athlete of the Week.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Clemente helps block Yale from semifinals
By Dan Alexander day night. For his shut-out perfor- downs. It’s kind of cool that our
Spor ts Editor mance which kept the team’s sea- team has grown enough to handle
son alive, The Herald has named those issues and respond.
Goalie Michael Clemente ’12 held Clemente Athlete of the Week. After the win over Yale and
No. 6 Yale, the top-scoring team in RPI, do you guys head into
the ECAC Hockey, to just two goals Herald: Last year, you upset the final four with more con-
for the first time since Januar y on Har vard in the playof fs. This fidence?
Friday night in the men’s hockey year, you did it against Yale. All of our playoff games have
team’s three-game playoff series. Which one was more fun? been decided in the last seconds.
And after a rough Saturday night, Clemente: I would probably Or not the last seconds — but at
he bounced back and shut out the have to say the Yale one because the end of the game, it has been a
Bulldogs on Sunday, preser ving of the adversity — the struggle we one-goal game. We all now have the
Brown’s 1-0 lead until the final went through on Saturday. In the confidence to say ‘We have a two-
buzzer sounded, sending the Bears Har vard series, ever ything went goal lead,’ ‘We’re going to close
into the ECAC semifinals. right, from the drop of the puck this out’ or ‘Hey, we’re down, we’ve
Clemente and the rest of the to the end of the series. Nothing got to get one,’ which is going to
Bears will take on No. 9 Cornell in bad happened. But in this series
the ECAC semifinals at 4 p.m. Fri- against Yale, there were ups and continued on page 8
W. lacrosse
Seconds from overtime, Bears fall, 8-7
By Tory Elmore As they had the previous two Ivy League defeat of the season.
Spor ts Staf f Writer games, the Bears went ahead The Bears continued to look to
quickly, with leading-scorer Paris offensive standout Waterman, who
With the clock ticking down in the Waterman ’11 scoring twice and tri- had five of her team’s seven goals,
last minute, the women’s lacrosse captain Bethany Buzzell ’10 putting and Caldwell forced turnovers and
team was tied at seven. Brown got one away before Yale could make ground balls.
the ball, approached the goal and a any serious attempts on goal. “Who goes to the tournament
foul was called, giving the Bears a But a three-goal run put Yale is ver y open,” Caldwell said. “This
penalty shot. But Yale’s goalie saved back in the game, with Devon Rho- game was a huge disappointment
it and sent it up to her teammates, des paving the way to the Bulldogs’ for us, but if we can just finish in
who had one final shot on goal with comeback. the next five Ivy League games,
nine seconds remaining. Neck-and-neck in the second we know we can.”
It went in. half, a late goal by Yale’s Kaitlyn They have ten days to prepare
Just seconds from over time Flatley handed Brown its second for a road game against Har vard.
play, the women’s lacrosse team
conceded a goal and fell to Yale,
8-7.
With their hopes set on qualify-
ing for the first-ever Ivy Women’s
Lacrosse Tournament, another loss
puts the Bears one step further
away from their Ivy ambitions.
Brown will have to secure re-
sults against at least one of several
Ivy League teams ranked higher
nationally than Brown, as only four
of eight qualify.
“We have some adjustments
to make,” said midfielder Alexa
Caldwell ’11. “We have to own how
good we are and bring it to the
games.”
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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
— Michael Clemente ’12 on the men’s hockey team
Athlete of the Week on team culture
continued from page 7
be huge against Cornell because
they’re a team that doesn’t make
many mistakes.
Yale lost its top scorer and
the third-highest scorer in the
nation, Sean Backman, to in-
jur y. Looking back on it now,
how big was Backman’s absence
in last weekend’s series?
I honestly noticed ver y little
difference in Yale playing with or
without him, but, I mean, we played
so much better and we were so de-
tailed and so good — the team de-
fense and the offense did their job
so well that I don’t know whether
he would have made a difference in
the series or not. I just don’t know.
It’s really hard to tell. I mean, he’s
a great player, but my teammates
took care of business out front.
What’s the dif ference be-
tween the team’s attitude now
and at the beginning of the
season?
In November, we were really
adjusting. I would say the excite-
ment was there, but we hadn’t
experienced a lot of success. Our
coaches were confident in us
that we could be successful, but
we didn’t know how to do it yet.
We didn’t know how to close out
games. Now, we know we can take
care of business.
“I have 28 best friends.”
There’s a little bit of a buzz
on campus about the men’s
hockey team. Do you guys feel
that vibe?
It’s been cool, the first series,
there were a couple of fans around.
And then Yale, we were skating
onto the ice, and you know, their
band is playing and people were
yelling stuf f at us. And they an-
nounce the starting lineup and we
hear a cheer — and it’s not a par-
ents’ cheer, it’s kids. And I was like,
‘Yes! This is awesome.’ There’s
nothing better than playing in front
of your classmates and friends and
having them support you. Coach
(Brendan) Whittet (’94) has done
a good job of changing the culture
and trying to build support around
the men’s hockey team.
What do you do when you’re
not playing hockey?
Well, we’ve got N64 up in Hark-
ness (House). So for a while, I was
dominating everyone in NFL Blitz.
But my reign ended when we de-
cided to switch games to Mario
Kart — it’s been a rough transition
for me. We play eliminator because
we only have three controllers, so
if you lose, you’re out.
Do you live with some hock-
ey guys?
Yeah, I live with six hockey
guys and one former sophomore.
We all went into the housing lot-
Thursday, March 18, 2010
ter y and really lucked out by get-
ting a pretty nice suite. We were
all close when we moved in at the
beginning of the year, but we’ve
definitely become a lot closer. I
drive them crazy a little bit because
I leave things out in the common
room. But I’m trying to do my best
to keep things clean for them. They
hide my things, and when I come
out, my computer is stolen — and
my phone charger and my iPod.
When I come out, they’re all gone
and they won’t tell me where they
are and I have to play the hot-cold
game to find them. And it’s really
not fun, so I’ve learned to make
messes just on my side of the
double.
Who’s your roommate?
Jeff Buvinow (’12). He’s a de-
fenseman on our team. He gets
mad at me for leaving my side a
mess.
Do you think he ever lets a
guy slip by him and get to you
in a game as payback for your
messes?
I hope not. No, I mean, we just
like to give each other crap. It’s the
best part of our team ...we can re-
ally make fun of each other and no
one takes it too seriously, which is
good because it keeps things light.
The cool thing about this team is
that there’s a lot of camaraderie on
it. … I have 28 best friends.
World & Nation
The Brown Daily Herald
Kayla Eland, 20, and Lindon Pronto, 21, are not boyfriend and girlfriend — just pals sharing a room.
In college dorms, a ‘post-gender world’
By Larry Gordon
Los Angeles T imes
LOS ANGELES — They weren’t
looking to make a political state-
ment or to be pioneers of gender
liberation. Each just wanted a famil-
iar, decent roommate rather than a
stranger after their original room-
mates left to study abroad.
That’s how Pitzer College sopho-
mores Kayla Eland, female, and
Lindon Pronto, male, began sharing
a room this semester on Holden
Hall’s second floor. They are not
a couple and neither is gay. They
are just compatible roommates in
a new, sometimes controversial,
dormitory option known as gender-
neutral housing that is gaining sup-
port at some colleges across the
nation.
Eland, a biology major who
hopes to become a doctor, said
that a roommate’s personality and
study habits are more important
than gender. “This might not be
right for ever yone,” she said of
sharing the small, cinder block-
walled room with a man. “But I
think it’s important to have the
right to choose where you want to
live, how you want to live and who
you want to live with.”
Pronto, an environmental stud-
ies major who works each summer
as a forest firefighter, agreed. Apart
from remembering to lower the
toilet seat, he said, living with a
woman friend is not much different
from rooming with a man. “As far
as I’m concerned, a roommate is a
roommate,” he said.
Although the number of partici-
pants remains small, gender-neutral
housing has gained attention as
the final step in the integration of
student housing.
In the 1970s, many United States
colleges moved from having only
single-sex dormitories to providing
coed residence halls, with male and
female students typically housed on
alternating floors or wings. Then
came coed hallways and bathrooms,
further shocking traditionalists.
Now, some colleges allow under-
graduates of opposite sexes to
share a room.
Pitzer, which began its program
in the fall of 2008, is among about
50 U.S. schools with the housing
choice, according to Jeffrey Chang,
who co-founded the National Stu-
dent Genderblind Campaign in 2006
to encourage gender-mixed rooms.
Participating schools include UC
Riverside, UC Berkeley, Stanford,
Cornell, Dartmouth, Sarah Law-
rence, Haverford, Wesleyan and
the University of Michigan.
College officials say the move-
ment began mainly as a way to ac-
commodate gay, bisexual and trans-
gender students who may feel more
comfortable living with a member
of the opposite sex. Most schools
say they discourage couples from
participating, citing emotional and
logistical problems of breakups. Of-
ficials say most heterosexuals in the
programs are platonic friends.
“College students are adults,”
said Chang, who is gay and is now
a law student at Rutgers University
in New Jersey. “They have every
single right to choose the person
they feel most comfortable living
with.”
He estimates that at schools
where the option exists, only 1 per-
cent to 3 percent of students living
on campus choose a roommate of
the opposite sex.
Officials at the Association of
College & University Housing Offi-
cers-International say the trend has
accelerated, but they don’t expect
most schools to adopt it. Experts
note that most students prefer a
same-sex roommate, and some col-
leges are reluctant to antagonize
parents, legislators and donors who
view the option as immoral or even
dangerous.
Pepperdine University in Mal-
ibu, Calif., which is affiliated with
the Churches of Christ, maintains
separate dorm wings and apart-
ments for men and women. Asked
whether it would consider going
gender neutral, Sue Gamboa, a
housing department office man-
ager, said: “Not in the wildest
dream would Pepperdine move in
that direction.”
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
Harvey Mudd College, next to
Pitzer in the Claremont Colleges,
began gender-neutral housing last
fall mainly as an option for gay and
transgender students, said Guy Ger-
bick, dean of residential life. Seven
students joined; among them are a
man and two women, all straight,
who share a triple room.
Parents cannot veto such a deci-
sion at Harvey Mudd, but Gerbick
asks students to discuss it with their
families ahead of time. He also asks
applicants whether they are roman-
tically involved; all of this year’s
participants said no. But if they
were, the school could not forbid
them from rooming together.
“If we are going into a post-
gender world, then the regulation
of private behavior is just not practi-
cal,” he said.
Several years ago, an earlier
proposal for gender-neutral hous-
ing was killed at Harvey Mudd by
skeptical administrators and older,
more conservative trustees, Ger-
bick recalled. More recently, 74
percent of Harvey Mudd students
voted in a survey to allow the option
and, to Gerbick’s satisfaction, a new
administration agreed.
UC Berkeley senior Rose De-
Leon-Foote, who has a male room-
mate, laughed at fears that gender-
neutral housing might promote
promiscuity. In fact, she said, the
opposite is true when roommates
see each other “all gnarly in the
morning.”
“It’s not sexual, it’s just not,” said
DeLeon-Foote, 19, of Sacramento.
Many schools restrict the op-
tion to upperclassmen, to certain
floors or to residence halls with gay
themes. Pitzer, which has about a
dozen students participating this
year, avoids such limits out of con-
cern that they may marginalize stu-
dents, said Chris Brunelle, director
of residence life.
Pitzer housing applications ask
whether students prefer a room-
mate to be woman, man, “other,” or
have no preference. Or students can
request to live together, as Eland
and Pronto did after losing their
original roommates.
Thursday, March 18, 2010 | Page 9
College finds anti-gay
lesson violated policy
By Tracy Correa
McClatchy Newspapers
FRESNO, Calif. — Fresno City
College officials said they plan to
take action against an instructor
accused of presenting religious-
based and anti-gay views as fact in
a health class. But school officials
declined to say what action they
will take.
In a March 8 letter to three
students who complained, the
school said its investigation
found that instructor Bradley
Lopez violated district policy
and engaged in conduct that
could create a hostile learning
environment. The students were
part of a complaint filed by the
American Civil Liberties Union
in Februar y.
The letter from Christopher
M. Villa, Fresno City College’s
vice president of student ser-
vices, said that Lopez’s conduct
could have unreasonably inter-
fered with students’ learning
by making insulting comments
directed at homosexuals. A copy
of the letter was posted on the
Web site of the college’s student
newspaper, The Rampage.
Lopez, who didn’t return tele-
phone calls Wednesday, has ve-
hemently denied the allegations.
His attorney, Charles Magill, said
Lopez has done nothing wrong:
“We completely disagree with
the findings.”
Magill also said that Lopez,
who teaches health science, has
not been reprimanded or noti-
fied of any pending disciplinar y
action. He said Lopez continues
to teach at Fresno City College
and is not going to change the
way he teaches.
The two-page letter from Villa
said Lopez described homosexu-
als as “suffering from a mental
disorder and advising psycho-
logical counseling as a remedy.”
Doing so, the letter said, violated
district policy prohibiting com-
ments based on sexual orienta-
tion.
Lopez also was found to have
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violated district policy by teach-
ing religious material, which is
inconsistent with Fresno City
College as a public institution.
Villa said the instructor was not
required to hide his religious be-
lief, but should not have engaged
in religious indoctrination as he
did by assigning readings from
the Bible.
The school also concluded
that Lopez’s actions are not pro-
tected by academic freedom— a
principle that allows instructors
to teach controversial ideas
without fear of punishment. The
idea of academic freedom is that
healthy exchanges with students
can lead to thought-provoking
discussions.
The college said it would “take
appropriate action to address the
violations policy and regulations
and prevent them from recurring
in the future.”
School officials aren’t discuss-
ing what action might be taken,
calling it a personnel matter. A
written statement from Fresno
City College President Cynthia
Azari said the school is commit-
ted to its anti-discrimination and
harassment policies. She added:
“The situation is being handled
appropriately.”
Jacqueline Mahaffey, 24, one
of the students who complained,
said she felt vindicated. “It makes
me feel good to know that the
college is acknowledging this and
they are going to do something
about it,” she said. However, she
said she wants to make sure ac-
tion is taken and that the letter “is
not just a device to placate us.”
Elizabeth Gill, a staf f attor-
ney with the ACLU of Northern
California, called the findings “a
great first step” but is still wait-
ing to see what action is taken
against Lopez.
“My agenda is that the school
make sure that all their health
science classes are teaching
medically accurate and unbiased
information. It’s the school’s re-
sponsibility to make sure that
happens,” Gill said.
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l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r

Examine motto in new lens

To the Editor:
In response to her opinions column
(“Not content to hope in God,” March
16), I would like to encourage Emily
Breslin ’10 to examine the Universi-
ty’s motto through a different lens.
“In Deo Speramus” represents
a collection of values establishers
desired would shape and strengthen
the University. Their ideas illustrate
the robust traits Brown community
members hold, and seek to encour-
age us when circumstances lead us
to lose confidence.
Breslin acknowledges that hope
provides fuel for many individuals’
pursuits, but overlooks a significant
truth: hoping is not easy. Hope re-
quires an individual’s willingness
and self-determination to maintain.
Hope obliges people to overcome
their doubts, fears and emotional
struggles so that they may look ahead
and mobilize themselves toward a
brighter future. Hope demands from
individuals qualities such as strength,
perseverance and stability.
“In Deo Speramus” also exem-
plifies another trait that I find sets
our University apart: humbleness.
Though mentioning God could tie
itself to specific religious practices, I
feel it serves a broader symbolic role
within our motto. The concept speaks
to those aspirations that lie beyond
ourselves and reach into the infinite.
It is this quality, and the humility in-
herent in not making ourselves our
only hope, that gives worth to this
motto for humanists, whether from
a faith tradition or not.
It is important to respect the work
of this University’s leaders, whose act
of establishing the motto is in itself a
reflection of the values it symbolizes.
Even if we disagree on certain beliefs,
we can still honor the spirit of their
enterprise in creating an institution
they hoped would last long after they
were gone and knew they had no R ichard S tein and P aul T ran
power in themselves to perpetuate.
Irene Nemesio ’12
March 17 e d i to r i a l

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correction It currently takes Amtrak trains six to seven hours travel along the east coast. If Amtrak sharply reduced
to get from Providence to Washington — roughly travel times, it could spur regional economic growth
An article in Wednesday’s Herald (“UFB will end funding for tableslips equivalent to driving and sluggish compared to fly- and secure its own long-term sustainability.
after break,” March 17) incorrectly identified Aida Manduley ’11 as vice ing. Amtrak has long sought to reduce travel times We encourage Brown and the scores of other
chair of the Brown University Activities Council. In fact, Manduley is the along the northeast corridor. As America continues northeast universities to take up this case and lobby
BUAC’s secretary and the representative for service, political, and social to fall behind other countries in developing high- for it. Bullet trains would allow for increased collabora-
action groups. The Herald regrets the error. speed rail, now is the time for Brown to unite with tion between students and professors in cities along
other northeast universities to push for making this the northeast corridor and would facilitate interschool
goal a reality. research projects. Train modernization would also
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d Despite increased federal funding, Amtrak con- help strengthen the connection between the institu-
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Deputy Managing Editors Senior Editors tinues to struggle: It lost $1.1 billion in 2008. That tions of higher education in the northeast and our
George Miller Chaz Kelsh Sophia Li Ellen Cushing year, Congress allocated $2 billion per annum for the nation’s capital — a boon both to politically-active
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Anne Speyer Arts & Culture Editor General Managers Office Manager tion was a positive step, but not enough to develop the potential here, it is worth noting that this project
Suzannah Weiss Arts & Culture Editor Claire Kiely Shawn Reilly the kind of bullet trains seen in other countries. And could be hugely significant for the Ivy League. Five of
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Hannah Moser Features Editor while President Obama’s stimulus package allotted the Ancient Eight are located in cities along Amtrak’s
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Dan Alexander Sports Editor Meanwhile, China plans to open around 40 high- of its efforts on the possibility of high-speed rail in
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The language of Brown’s Israeli-Palestinian exchange
ANTHONY
BADAMI
Opinions Columnist
The quandary of Israel and Palestine is nearly
inescapable for Brown students. Because of a
personal connection, I have been witness to
plentiful dialogue efforts, lectures, panels and
even had the opportunity to dispute current
Israeli security policy through a Janus student
debate. The assorted and relevant campus
organizations — Hillel, Common Ground,
Brown Students for Israel, Brown Students
for Justice in Palestine, Puzzle Peace, etc. —
ensure no decline in the coverage of this issue
in the coming years.
However, I write this column not to com-
ment on the substance of these disagreements.
Instead, I would like to remark on the forums,
the arenas of language, in which these disputes
take place. To make headway on the Israel-
Palestine matter, we must be cognizant of the
way we converse.
If my endeavor seems unclear, refer to
Roberta Goldman’s ’13 recent guest column
(“Brown students for Palestine (and Israel),”
March 4). One component of the Israel-
Palestine question is the lexicon one uses to
engage others. For Goldman, the grievance
lies in the use of the term “apartheid.” Now,
while I agree with the conclusion she states,
I take great issue with the line of argumenta-
tion she uses.
KSHITIJ
LAURIA
Opinions Columnist
On April 6, Brown faculty will vote on a two-
year-old proposal to dignify Brown’s Division
of Engineering with the title “School” and
other ancillary benefits. If this happens — and
the Corporation backs it up with its cash and
blessing — Brown Engineering will get 12
new faculty members, a new building (or 35
percent thereof) and, best of all, lots of new
toys to play with (even better than what the
physics guys have). This would follow the
establishment of new schools of engineering
at Yale and Harvard in 2007 and 2008, and
interim Dean of the Division of Engineering
Rodney Clifton even cited these events in his
pitch to the faculty forum that met on March
9 to discuss the issue.
Given the circumstances, the Brown com-
munity needs to examine the reasons for this
change and make sure it goes beyond being a
costly game of keeping up with the Joneses.
In the absence of other solid reasons for the
move, I suggest that the price tag is a little
too high.
Between five and seven percent of Brown
undergraduates are engineers, although en-
gineering was listed as the top prospective
concentration among the admitted class of
2013, with 155 (about ten percent) students
declaring it their first choice. Immediately we
notice the very high attrition rate, attribut-
able largely to the demanding schedule of an
Her general thrust seems to be this: “All
students are entitled to advocate their per-
sonal beliefs, but not to the extent that they
trample upon fellow students’ beliefs.” In other
words, individuals are free to express their
opinions, as long as those opinions do not
affront others.
I do not mean to be snide, but this seems to
me to be a serious misreading of free speech,
a value imperative to political discourse. As
Salman Rushdie emphasized in his recent
To make headway on the Israel-Palestine
question, we must be cognizant of the way we
converse.
lecture to Brown undergraduates, the right
to free speech begins with speech that is of-
fensive — speech that is, in Goldman’s words,
trampling.
In fact, when speech is restricted, it can be
more compelling. Rushdie pointed out that
banned speech does not dissipate; it goes
underground. At this point, its taboo message
becomes even more alluring and attractive.
This logic mirrors closely my objection
to Goldman’s argument. Why try to get the
Engine of change
engineering major. At least in this regard, an
infrastructure upgrade is a very good idea: it
helps people who are at the margin of decision
make a better choice and improves the quality
of life of engineering students.
As engineering becomes a more attractive
choice for Brown students, we might expect
not only a greater proportion of engineers
among Brown undergraduates, but a greater
proportion of prospective engineers among
applicants to Brown. Some people who have
been on the fence about going to Brown to
become engineers would be convinced, and
Engineering is unique among academic
disciplines in that it consists of several closely-
related but essentially distinct departments.
admissions, in their endless task of social
engineering, would have a better pool with
which to work.
Conducting research in the sciences in
general, and engineering in particular, has a
powerful “critical mass” effect: there comes
a point when a department is large and var-
ied enough that the volume and quality of
highly collaborative research takes off, which
increases its standing and thus attracts even
more faculty and students. If the proposed up-
grade pushes Brown engineering beyond this
word “apartheid” proscribed from the public
dialogue? I have no trouble believing that it
offends many, but that is why free speech is
necessary. It is up to those participating in the
discussion to delineate useful and constructive
reasoning from harmful and unproductive
quarrel.
But, by disallowing the use of the term
“apartheid,” you effectively limit an individual’s
ability to contribute. You assert a conclusion
without having been exposed to the pertinent
information.
The conception of free speech theory rests
on John Stuart Mill’s formulation of the “mar-
ketplace of ideas.” This model argues for a
many-sided meeting of opinions and argu-
ments in the hope that the most valid points
will rise to the top. It assumes that all people
(or at least those partaking) are capable of
rational and reasonable conversation.
I make this assumption too. If Goldman
believes that “apartheid” is a fruitless expres-
critical mass, we would have gained hugely
from a comparatively small expenditure of
resources.
Engineering is also a high-visibility field
that gets big grants and political attention;
pushing it beyond critical mass could turn
it into a money-maker for the University and
benefit every department. Since engineering
is interdisciplinary by its nature, the trickle-
down benefits would go beyond mere funding:
collaboration between engineers and other
departments could lead to research in related
fields like applied math, physics, and computer
science.
Of course, none of this is a particularly
strong argument for turning the Division of
Engineering into a school, instead of just in-
creasing the Division’s budget. Engineering
is unique among academic disciplines in that
it consists of several closely-related but es-
sentially distinct departments. Indeed, most
schools have separate departments for electri-
cal, mechanical, chemical, civil, aerospace and
other forms of engineering. One immediate
benefit of having separate engineering de-
Thursday, March 18, 2010 | Page 11
sion in the context of this dilemma, then I
assume she probably has some very convinc-
ing reasons as to why that is the case. But, if
the expression “apartheid” is stricken from
the general dialogue, then Goldman’s argu-
ment will be absent as well. Thus, we lose
out on a better understanding of the word’s
implications.
Yes, “[t]he cheapening of words is a great
moral danger.” But, a greater moral danger is
the exclusion of words before they can reach
the discerning light of cogent deliberation.
The controversy surrounding Israel and
Palestine encompasses the usage of innumer-
able, hotly contentious phrases (apartheid, oc-
cupation, cantonization, Zionism, etc.). Some of
these terms possess legitimacy; some do not.
However, we cannot distinguish between them
if we allow some and bar others. Moreover, it
may be true that one or more of these words
becomes applicable later. In this case, why ban
today what we can utilize tomorrow?
So, use the word “apartheid.” Use it freely
and prodigiously. Tie it to trees, paint it on
banners and proclaim it from podiums. You
have every right to do so. I, as a conscious and
intelligent individual, will decide whether or
not I take issue with it. And, if I do, you better
believe that I will be contesting your view just
as vociferously.
Anthony Badami ‘11 is a political theory
concentrator from Kansas City, MO. He
can be reached at anthony_badami@
brown.edu.
partments would be saner, more streamlined
concentration requirements for each branch.
Another is that each department is taken more
seriously by both funding institutions and
industry, and students that are particularly
interested in a specific branch can make more
informed choices.
However, there are downsides. The first
casualty of a badly planned upgrade could be
the integrity of the open curriculum and the
academic atmosphere it fosters. Math-oriented
students can be insular in their course choices
(as a math person, I can testify that I’m not
immune to the temptation) and a separate
school of engineering lends legitimacy to that
tendency. Distribution requirements are evil
and must be avoided at all costs, but the prob-
lem they set out to solve is real.
By consolidating engineering into a school,
we also consolidate political and financial clout,
although whether this is good or bad is de-
batable. It puts institutional resources into
courses and infrastructure that are largely
inaccessible to non-engineers. This is why it
would be great if administrators kept this in
mind and compensated by introducing courses
that even non-engineers can enjoy.
I like the idea of engineering. Being useful
is the point of engineering, and I think it’s a
good idea for Brown to do more of it, even
given the financial situation. Wouldn’t you
want a Brown grad designing your computers,
bridges and spacecraft?
Kshitij Lauria ’13 thinks math is cooler
than engineering, though.
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Today, March 18 tomorrow, marcH 19 In today’s post-

4:00 P.M. — State of Brown address
with President Simmons, Salomon
101
7:00 P.M. — Samaritans Sound Off: A
Concert for a Cause, Salomon 101
12:00 P.M. — China Care Brown A dark side of Brown’s happiness — forced medical
Charity Fashion Sale, Salomon Up- leave — explored. Learn to speak in accents, cure your
per Lobby hangover and sound snobbier than you are (not quite
as hard as you think). Plus, decide what the hell to eat
7:00 P.M. — Nashaa, SASA’s Annual when you’re drunk.
Cultural Show, Salomon 101

menu

Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall

Lunch — Chicken Fingers with Dipping Lunch — Ginger Chicken & Pasta, comics
Sauces, Bruschetta Mozzarella, Cheesy Zucchini Casserole, Asian
S’mores Bars Vegetable Blend Cabernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman

Dinner — Braised Beef Tips, Pasta Dinner — Roasted Honey & Chili
Primavera, Cherry Kuchen Cake Chicken, Vegan Roasted Vegetable
Stew, Anadama Bread

Dot Comic | Eshan Mitra and Brendan Hainline

a c r o s s to b e a r

Introducing “Across to Bear,” a new weekly feature by Jonah Kagan ’13 and
Natan Last ’12 — crosswords made by Brown students for Brown students.
Send ideas, comments or complaints to brownpuzzles@gmail.com, and check
blogdailyherald.com for solutions. Look for “Across to Bear” Thursdays in
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