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Learning to lead: on the ground with ROTC
By jake comer
Senior Staff Writer
The cadets of Patriot Battalion
dropped their rucksacks and A-
bags and milled around and talked.
The A-bags — green, medium-sized
duffel-looking things with sleeping
feature
bags inside — sat in rows on the
grass. The session wouldn’t start
for another 15 minutes, but most
of the cadets had arrived. I walked
up to a group of four big guys and
asked how much their equipment
weighed, all in all. About 35 pounds,
they told me. Not bad to haul across
campus, but they regularly heft it
several miles at training. Physical
readiness training, or PRT — in
the military, everything gets an
abbreviation — occurs Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 6:30 a.m.
On Wednesdays, cadets take classes
from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Patriot Battalion is currently
the only option for Brown students
who wish to participate in the Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps. The
Providence College ROTC program
New provost 15 use SSDP kits to test Ecstasy purity
Schlissel P’15
to focus on About 15 students used a test kit pro- tion from the testing agents, Moffat medicines and for pain relief — and
vided by Students for Sensible Drug said, citing feedback SSDP received methamphetamines, in pills sold
undergrads Policy to assess the purity of Ecstasy from students who tested pills this as Ecstasy. It includes four liquid
pills in the days leading up to Spring year. Though no other substances reagents that change color when
By Ashley Aydin
Senior Staff Writer
Mark Schlissel P’15 will begin his
five-year term as the University’s
highest academic officer July 1 when
he replaces current Provost David
Kertzer ’69 P’95 P’98. Schlissel, dean
of biological sciences and professor of
immunology and pathogenesis at the
University of California at Berkeley,
will arrive on campus after 20 years
working in the sciences at large re-
search universities.
But even as Schlissel plans to help
faculty members make an impact
with their research off College Hill,
faculty, students and administrators
are optimistic about his understand-
ing of the University’s focus on un-
dergraduate teaching.
New initiatives
Though Schlissel will fine-tune
his plans after meeting with adminis-
trators, students and faculty, he plans
to provide “resources and structure”
to improve faculty research, invest in
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Brown students who wish to participate in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps can do so through Providence
College’s Patriot battalion (above). Currently, there is one Brown cadet enrolled in the program.
consists of two companies, Alpha
and Bravo. Alpha, with about 25
cadets, is composed of freshmen
and sophomores — in ROTC par-
lance, MSIs and MSIIs, respectively.
The roughly 10 Bravo cadets are
juniors, or MSIIIs. The 10 MSIVs
are assigned commanding positions
in both companies.
ROTC commanding officers
tested contained MDMA, the ac- presence of a handful of substances,
By Jake Comer
tive ingredient in Ecstasy tablets. such as DXM — dextromethorphan,
Senior Staff Writer
About 40 percent induced no reac- a drug sometimes used in cough
Weekend, according to Jared Moffat
’13, the group’s president. Of those,
it is possible a few were supplying
those drugs to multiple users and
were testing a large quantity of pills.
Seven or eight students requested
the kit last Spring Weekend, he said.
About 60 percent of the pills
After hit-and-run, campus
questions pedestrian safety
By Kyle McNamara
Contributing Writer
Despite the University’s effort to
increase pedestrian safety on cam-
pus over the past year, the April 9
hit-and-run accident that injured
Amanda Chew ’14 and Juliana
Unanue Banuchi ’14 has renewed
concern across campus. A vehicle,
allegedly driven by 30-year-old Jes-
sica Paden of Providence, struck the
students when it veered onto the
sidewalk at the intersection of Hope
and Charlesfield streets.
According to the Providence
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are non-commissioned military
officers, meaning lower-ranking
— mainly corporals and sergeants.
These officers mentor and instruct
the cadets, but it is up to the MSIVs
to lead the bulk of classes and ex-
ercises. That afternoon, the com-
manding officers — the COs — ar-
rived, and the cadets fell in line by
company. The four COs and the
were reported, the 40 percent of
pills containing no MDMA may
have included substances not de-
tected by the chemicals of the test
kit, Moffat said.
The kit, which SSDP lent out
free of charge to students for the
third year in a row, can reveal the
Police Department’s report, Paden
committed a slew of offenses related
to the incident, including driving
while intoxicated involving bodily
injury, refusal to submit to a pre-
liminary breath test, not carrying a
license and failure to stop after an
accident resulting in personal injury
or death. Paden pleaded not guilty
April 11 and was released on $10,000
personal recognizance. Department
of Public Safety Sergeant John Hes-
ton said it could be up to six months
before Paden’s case goes to trial.
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Army ROTC
higher-ranking cadets, all MSIII’s
and MSIV’s, oversaw an extensively
thorough equipment inspection,
making certain each cadet had
packed everything he or she would
need into their rucksack and A-bag
for the weekend. The equipment
included a hygiene kit, gloves, poly-
continued on page 3
they come into contact with differ-
ent drugs and chemicals. A chart
included in the kit correlates colors
to chemicals.
But the test cannot show how
much of any substance is included
continued on page 2
Two students were injured in a hit-and-run around 10:45 p.m. April 9 when a
vehicle hopped the curb at the intersection of Hope and Charlesfield streets.
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Since 1891
News in brief
Sixth-year
PhD funding
announced today
Fifth-year doctoral
candidates who applied for
sixth-year funding through
the Graduate School will be
notified of funding offers
today. Eighty percent of those
requesting funding will receive
the full amount they asked for,
and the remaining 20 percent
will receive partial funding.
This upcoming year, 58
percent of doctoral candidates
will continue work on their
dissertations for a sixth year,
said Peter Weber P’12, dean of
the Grad School. In past years,
this figure ranged between 30
and 40 percent.
The committee that
reviewed applications
consisted of faculty in the
social sciences and humanities
and administrators.
Departments could rank
students applying for
funding — though this
was not required and most
departments choose not to
respond, Weber said.
The Grad School piloted
a more concrete process for
evaluating and administering
funds for sixth-year doctoral
candidates this semester.
Additionally, the Grad School
allocated a sum of money for
sixth-year funding in advance,
unlike in the past when the
funding has been dependent
on the size of the incoming
doctoral class. Grad student
funding is determined based
on merit rather than need.
Student funding requests
vary and may include one or
two semesters of support.
— Lindor Qunaj
Herald staff
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Epicurean Society Gourmet Market, Spring Farmer’s Market, in a pill. “It only tells you if there are lent it out for a short time. The group’s mission is student
Wriston Quad Wriston Quad certain chemicals present. It doesn’t “We bought it, we’re lending education and protection. Brown
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gether as a tablet. But some makers
dilute the recipe with other drugs
to stretch the MDMA and sell more
pills. Pill makers often choose drugs
that mimic the effects of MDMA to
fool users into thinking they have
bought the real thing, Moffat said.
“Ecstasy is supposed to give
you energy and a loving feeling,”
so pill makers might include am-
phetamine or caffeine to simulate
an Ecstasy-induced energy rush,
McGoldrick said.
Other substances and drugs
contained in a pill sold as Ecstasy
can be more dangerous to the user
than MDMA, especially if the user
combines the pill with other sub-
stances such as alcohol.

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MDMA last Friday said she sent
SSDP an email requesting use of the
kit a few hours before that night’s
concert, but the group did not get
back to her until the next day. She
said she cannot blame SSDP be-
cause it must have been a busy time,
and the group emailed her back
within 24 hours. “I think I should’ve
given them at least a day warning,”
she said. She spoke on the condi-
tion of anonymity because use of
MDMA is illegal.
Friday was her first time tak-
ing Ecstasy, she said, so she did not
know exactly what to expect. But
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PC cadet calls ROTC program ‘the best decision’
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propylene underwear, notebooks,
pens, ammunition pouches, flash-
light, protective eyewear, protrac-
tor, wristwatch, elbow and knee
pads, two canteens, a cloth-covered
helmet and whatever else a cadet
cared to pack that would fit. I tried
a helmet on, and it could not have
weighed less than five or six pounds.
Ryan Grady, a PC senior and
the MSIV responsible for the bat-
talion’s civil affairs, introduced
me to Master Sergeant and Senior
Military Instructor David Bowman,
who explained the goals for the day
as the cadets continued with their
checklist.
The Wednesday classes focus
on military skills, such as strategic
thought and maneuvering, military
history and leadership training. That
afternoon session was a special sort
of class called a Leadership Lab —
an L-Lab. This L-Lab was designed
to prepare the cadets for their three-
day weekend field-training exercise
in the forest near Camp Edwards in
Massachusetts. Bowman explained
the cadets would spend the weekend
camping outdoors, running mock
raids, repelling mock attacks, fir-
ing M16s loaded with blanks and
eating meals ready to eat — MREs.
My MRE included caffeine-loaded
mints, vacuum-sealed ravioli and
a tiny bottle of Tabasco sauce. The
field training exercise is one of many
opportunities for the cadets, espe-
cially the more senior ones, to de-
velop their leadership skills and for
the commanding officers to evaluate
those skills, he said.
After the equipment inspection,
the MSIVs in charge sent the ca-
dets jogging off to load their bags
onto a truck, then sent them to the
ROTC offices in the basement of
PC’s Alumni Hall to receive MREs
and begin classes for the day. Mas-
ter Sergeant Bowman and I passed
the line of cadets outside the supply
room on our way to his office, where
he told me about the mission and
methodology of ROTC.
graduation.
COs assess leadership the most
closely and frequently in cadets.
Informally, a CO might pull a ca-
det aside for a quick bit of advice
or a reprimand. After one MSIV’s
presentation on perimeter defense,
Bowman called him over and gently
scolded him for not showing his
usual level of confidence.
The cadet smiled. “I’ll go yell at
the first person I see,” he replied.
On a more formal level, cadets
of every age group rotate each week
through four positions of authority
over squads and platoons within
their company. Cadets assess them-
selves on leadership and receive
feedback from their COs. “We do
an after-action review on everything
we touch,” Bowman said.
COs counsel the cadets and fill
out Leadership Assessment Reports.
The report is a little blue card that
asks for the CO’s observations of the
cadet’s performance. It includes a
space for strengths the cadet should
“sustain” and one for areas in which
he or she should improve. The other
side of the card lists the 17 leader-
ship criteria and a table of character
traits prized by the military, includ-
ing the practice of empathy and the
seven army values — loyalty, duty,
respect, selfless service, honor, integ-
rity and personal courage. The card
also states the Warrior Ethos: “I will
always place the mission first. I will
never accept defeat. I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.”
True to military form, this side of
the card is completely standardized.
COs fill it out by checking the ap-
propriate boxes.
This assessment does not apply
to cadets’ grasp of military theory
or strategic skills. Bowman told me
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that, especially for the first two years,
their acquaintance with tactics and
military knowledge serves mainly
as “background” for cadets’ leader-
ship training.
Kristofer Seibt, a PC senior, tes-
tified as much at a class for MSIIIs
on establishing an operating base.
The tactic presented on the Smart-
Board at the front of the room was
used prior to the Cold War, he said
— completely outdated, and of no
use in, for instance, the deserts of
Afghanistan.
“We’re not looking at them to
check the box on these tactics. We’re
looking at them to adapt to these
situations,” Seibt said, indicating an
arrow on the board that represented
an attack on the camp. He told me
many of the situations the cadets
would have to negotiate over the
course of the weekend would be un-
expected. It is important for cadets
to learn to keep contingencies in
mind at all times, he said, in case
something goes wrong — a possibil-
ity the cadets are taught to expect.
“If we have adaptable lead-
ers who can adapt to situations, it
doesn’t matter,” Seibt said.
At a pause in the slide show, one
of the MSIVs conducting the course
held up a hand.
“If you have gum in your mouth,
stand up and go spit it out right
now,” she said, sternly. Two uni-
formed cadets got up and ran to
the next room to find a wastebasket.
Seibt and I, whispering in a back
corner of the room, fell silent.
Motivations for joining
Despite all the focus on leader-
ship in general, the cadets do have a
good understanding of the specifics
of the military and military life.
Grady taught me “the two things
you need to know in the army.” One,
“if you don’t have a basic knowl-
edge of personnel and equipment
management, you’ll fail.” And two,
“when you’re in a commandment
position, most of your problems will
come from (personnel and equip-
ment management).” That advice,
and some of the cadets’ gripes about
the infamously bureaucratic nature
of the military, sometimes called to
mind Joseph Heller’s portrait of the
armed forces in “Catch-22”.
When I talked to the cadets after
their tactical exercises and class dis-
missal, they expressed a variety of
motivations for joining the program.
Like a number of the cadets I spoke
with, Dillon Ingham ’14, currently
the only Brown student in the Pa-
triot Battalion, cited a long family
history of military involvement as
one of his reasons for joining ROTC.
His grandfather and great-uncle
fought in the army, and his father
served for 20 years as a lieutenant
colonel in the Air Force.
Cadet Staff Sergeant and PC ju-
nior Zachary Roitz, an education
major, also said his family’s military
history sparked an interest in ROTC.
He fell in love with the program and
appreciates that it fosters strengths
that will serve him well within and
without the Army, he said.
“I think it teaches discipline, it
teaches time management and above
all, it teaches leadership,” he said.
Cadet Staff Sergeant and PC
junior Ewen Finzer listed self-
confidence and self-knowledge
among the qualities ROTC strives
to further.
“I tried it out for a little while,
because you can do that in the
basic course,” he said. “It gave me
something else to do, you know, my
friends are out partying and I’m ac-
tually doing something that will get
me somewhere.”
“I chose to do ROTC specifically
because I did not want to do the
academy experience,” said Cadet
Staff Sergeant and PC junior Am-
berly Glitz, one of only a handful
of female students in the battalion.
“I wanted to do some more nor-
mal activities in college to kind
of have both worlds.” Glitz is ma-
joring in French with a minor in
writing.“Without a doubt, ROTC
is the best decision I’ve made in my
adult life,” she said.
ROTC is prominent and well-
respected at PC, Finzer said. “People
are sometimes surprised to see you
in uniform, like ‘What are you do-
ing here?’” he said. But Finzer and
Glitz agreed that ROTC is accepted
comfortably by the rest of the com-
munity and that the program strives
to be “open” about its methods and
its goals.
But Bowman said it seems most
of the public does not know much
about how ROTC, or the rest of the
military, actually functions. He used
the film “Saving Private Ryan” as an
example. “The public only knows
what they saw in that movie,” he
said.
“I think a lot of people latch onto
one aspect of (the military) they
don’t like,” he said.
ROTC is not immune to the
damage to the military’s reputation
from scandals such as the torture
at Abu Ghraib, but “once people
see what we do, there’s generally
no more problem. The stigma of
it disappears. We’re trying to build
leaders, not killing machines,” he
said. “We teach leadership. That’s it.”

Learning to lead
Instead of focusing on teaching
technical skills like weapon profi-
ciency, or even strategy and ma-
neuvers, the ROTC program aims
to show cadets how to lead. “Basic
training is for privates. … What we
build here is the people that develop
their orders,” Bowman explained.
“There are times when it’s roll-
ing in the mud and shooting rifles,
but it’s not really our focus,” he said.
“Leaders are in charge of everything.
… It’s much more important to
lead.”
Cadets learn to embrace the
United States military’s 17 official
leadership criteria, which include
military bearing, interpersonal tact,
leading by example and being con-
fident, resilient and physically fit.
Bowman explained the develop-
ment of strong leadership skills is
particularly important during the
first two years of the program. Par-
ticipation in ROTC for the first two
years does not entail any military
commitment. MSIIIs and MSIVs,
however, are all contractually ob-
ligated to join the military after
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teaching and update the University’s
facilities.
“I want to help the faculty achieve
their aspirations,” he said. “My big
job is the wise enabler.”
Faculty teaching and research
are complementary because “all
that we’re involved with concerns
the development, production and
application of knowledge,” said Ann
Dill, professor of sociology.
Schlissel also intends to increase
the influence of both undergraduates
and faculty outside the Brown com-
munity by encouraging collaborative
research.
“Looking for areas where the
strengths of members of Brown can
have an impact on what’s out there in
the world is important,” he said. “It
would be wonderful to get students
involved in research.”
The University’s infrastructure,
such as its residence halls, eateries
and communal spaces, also needs
more investment to provide a “more
modernized, upgraded environ-
ment,” he said.
Berkeley to Providence
Schlissel said there are obvious
differences between Berkeley and
Brown, including size and research
focus.
Berkeley enrolls about 25,000 un-
dergraduates and 10,000 graduate
and professional students, far more
than Brown’s approximately 6,000
undergrads and 2,400 graduate and
professional students. The California
school also differs from Brown in
that it boasts a law school, a journal-
ism school and a business school.
“It’s a large, complicated university.
Brown is on a much more manage-
able scale,” he said. “Although un-
dergraduate education at Berkeley
is valued, it’s mainly focused on
graduate studies.”
Still, Schlissel said both institu-
tions emphasize diversity and value
research.
Schlissel said he decided to as-
sume the role of provost because it
covers all academic disciplines and
because “Brown is a great place.”
Schlissel said his undergradu-
ate alma mater, Princeton, is very
much like Brown. “It’s small and
focused on providing an excellent
undergraduate education,” he said.
“My years at Princeton were trans-
formative.”
Schlissel has been a faculty
member at various universities for
20 years. He first taught molecular
biology and genetics as well as medi-
cine and oncology at Johns Hopkins
University. He then moved to Berke-
ley, where he taught immunology
and biochemistry for 12 years.
After completing his term as pro-
vost, Schlissel said he hopes to stay
on as a member of Brown’s faculty.
“I would … reinvigorate my research
and look forward to teaching un-
dergrad and grad students,” he said.
Schlissel is currently being consid-
ered for tenure. “The process is going
on right now in one of the biology
departments,” he said.
A favorite pick
The search committee for a new
provost reviewed about 100 appli-
cants and nominees, wrote President
Ruth Simmons in an email to The
Herald. “It was hard work,” she said.
The search committee was a
“broadly representative committee,”
Schlissel said, comprising students,
faculty and administrators.
Schlissel said he applied for the
position and was interviewed by
telephone by an administrator and
faculty members. Schlissel then met
with the full committee in Simmons’
home and was asked “about how I
thought I felt about the lives of stu-
dents, faculty and my own career,”
he said.
The next step involved meeting
Simmons individually and getting to
know other campus leaders. Schlissel
finally came to campus a third time
to “see how life is back here,” he said.
The search committee was look-
ing for “an outstanding scholar,”
Simmons said. She added that the
committee focused on finding an
individual who had an understand-
ing of Brown’s mission and selected
Schlissel unanimously.
“Does this person have an idea
of what makes Brown special? Does
this person know what’s going on
at Brown? Can this person fit in at
Brown? Does Brown have any weak-
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nesses and can they deal with these
weaknesses? Is this person a leader?”
said Diane Mokoro ’11, search com-
mittee member and president of the
Undergraduate Council of Students,
of the questions committee members
asked themselves.
The committee worked very
hard to “look for people who val-
ued the liberal arts aspect, someone
who enjoyed the process of being a
part of an enterprise like this,” Sim-
mons said. The committee looked
for “someone with the same values in
excellence of teaching and scholar-
ship and research. Someone who had
genuine commitment to the progres-
sion and tradition of the place, its
unique history and the open cur-
riculum,” she added.
Schlissel was a good candidate
because he “seemed to consider the
undergraduate student experience,”
Mokoro said. “When we talked about
research opportunities or academics
at Brown, he made sure to mention
students in his answers.”
This was the first time the search
committee for a new provost in-
cluded students, Simmons said.
“The students felt very drawn to his
statements about his values and his
life story,” she said. “They felt drawn
to the fact that he heavily identified
with the kind of education Brown
provides.”
Kimberly Mowry, professor of
biology and chair of molecular biol-
ogy, cell biology and biochemistry,
said she is excited for Schlissel’s ar-
rival. Department chairs meet with
the provost monthly.
“He’s a tremendous scientist. It’s
clear,” she said.
At Berkeley, Schlissel was “an ex-
cellent colleague,” George Breslauer,
executive vice chancellor and provost
of Berkeley, wrote in an email to The
Herald. Breslauer praised Schlissel
for possessing high academic stan-
dards, talent and organization.
Schlissel is “able to cope with high
levels of complexity across a wide
range of issues,” he wrote. “He is also
a visionary who thinks about how
things might be done differently.  All
these will serve him well as provost.”
Role of the provost
The provost ensures that high-
level decisions are made in the “con-
text of our traditions and goals,” Sim-
mons said, and oversees “individual
officers facing individual questions.”
As a major player in the admin-
istration, the provost “can make a
big difference as far as the climate
and culture of the institution,” Dill
said. Since the provost serves as the
chief academic officer of the Univer-
sity, he or she interacts with faculty
members on a daily basis, particu-
larly through serving on or chairing
University committees.
The provost also deals with an
array of stakeholders and has to be
“able to gain their respect,” Mokoro
said. “They have to want to work
with you, and you need to show
them that you’re going to listen to
their perspectives.”
Simmons mentioned it is im-
portant for an individual serving
as provost to go beyond the exact
qualifications for the position.
“Many people can do the techni-
cal aspects of the role. It’s a different
matter to have the enthusiasm that
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conveys how vital it is to you per-
sonally,” she said. “In this leadership
role, it’s important to not just do the
technical aspects of the job, but to be
the spokesperson of the University
and to convey the importance of that.
I think the committee felt he would
be a great spokesperson for Brown.”
Moving forward
“We’ve had excellent provosts,”
Simmons said. “Every provost has
done something significant to ad-
vance Brown.”
She said she hopes Schlissel will
carry that a step further. The provost
has to be a leader that will challenge
students, faculty and departments
to strengthen academic programs,
she said.
“I’m hoping he will not be hesi-
tant to challenge what we’ve been
doing,” she said.
Though he comes from a large
research university, Schlissel said
he does not imagine an enormous
change in the size of Brown’s Gradu-
ate School or how much attention
it receives. “I want to enhance the
resources and opportunities available
to both undergraduate and graduate
students,” he said.
“Undergraduate education is a
high priority under all disciplines
at Brown. I assume that’s going to
continue,” Mowry said.
Still, Mowry does not think an
increased focus on graduate educa-
tion would be a problem.
“I don’t see one suffering at the
expense of the other. I don’t see why
they can’t be complementary,” she
said.
The University is at a moment
where it has to redefine itself, said
Arthur Matuszewski ’11, former stu-
dent representative for the University
Resources Committee and former
Post- editor-in-chief. This involves
“focusing on what the role of the
University is in society and how it
can aspire to transform society itself.”
Matuszewski mentioned that
since former Provost Robert Zimmer
stepped down in 2006, there have
been questions about what makes
Brown unique. “This makes the
provost’s job really difficult,” he said.
The provost preserves the un-
dergraduate experience at Brown
by “providing support and provid-
ing funding for student initiatives
and the unique experience under-
graduates have compared to other
universities,” Matuszewski said. “The
provost will have to balance a lot of
issues.”
The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Diddy a sign of hip-hop’s demise
To the Editor:
On Saturday night, many Brown students witnessed
murder in Meehan Auditorium. Diddy, one of the
last living members of that early coalition of hip-hop
revolutionaries, gave us all proof that the lyrical power,
rebellious spirit and undefinable buzz of hip-hop has
been finally lost to the “industry of cool,” as the great
Lester Bangs once wrote.
Let me give you some background to what I’m talk-
ing about. In the 1970s, rock ‘n’ roll underwent an
enormous transformation that commercialized much of
the raw, underground sound that had finally triumphed
in the cultural revolutions of the late 1950s and 1960s.
This process was showcased in Cameron Crowe’s film
“Almost Famous,” where the fictional band Stillwater
struggles with an industry streamlining itself to maxi-
mize profits and not poetry. Much of the elation, the
joy and the raw power of rock slipped away. Then, in
the late 1980s and early 1990s, hip-hop emerged as the
new musical medium that broke the rules, freaked out
ROTC broadens students’ career options
To the Editor:
While reading Luke Lattanzi-Silveus’ ’14 column
(“Changing the debate on ROTC — ­­ a socialist’s perspec-
tive,” April 14), I have to say I was truly disheartened
by his message. The facts that he has loosely stitched
together based on his biased conspiracy theory are
misleading. To say that the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps was expelled due to its “lack of accountability
and role in the prosecution of the Vietnam War” does
not make sense. ROTC is a military officer training
program. ROTC’s role is not to promote an agenda
or play a role in politics of any sort. By having ROTC
on campus, we are simply broadening the resources
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old people and made people thump their hands on their
knees all over America.
The concert on Saturday was proof that hip-hop
seems to have succumbed to that same sad, draining
process that consumed the original greats of rock ‘n’
roll. The show was all flash, lights and bass — no art
was showcased other than that of the sound and light
engineers, who did their jobs well under the circum-
stances. That white rapper who preceded Diddy — and
who took off his shirt during his stage dive — possessed
more heart than Diddy ever showed us. The very last of
the best of hip-hop has officially sold out to glitzy, faux
panache and entered the realm of absurdist mediocrity.
Diddy, drunk and blustering around the stage, man-
aged only to elevate the legacies of his dead comrades
in arms, Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac. One only hopes
that when a new musical medium appears, it will never
descend into the living lyrical hell that is this concert.
Michael Tackeff ’12
and career options available to Brown students. If the
University decides to bring back ROTC, no one is going
to be forced to join. Therefore, if you are against the
military, fine, don’t join. However, for those brave men
and women who decide that a military career is right
for them, Brown is simply allowing them to choose
that path while also choosing to have a great Brown
education. Therefore, if we are truly a university that
prides itself on being tolerant and allowing students
to craft their own education, then there should be no
reason to not see the return of ROTC.
Lynn Della Grotta ’13
6 Editorial & Letter The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Editorial Editorial comic by sam rosenfeld

Facilitating summer storage
It’s nearing that time of the school year again — the end, that is. A
quarter of us are leaving for good, but most of us will be back in the
fall — and those of us who aren’t from the area will need somewhere to
store our stuff over the summer.
In previous years, the University has contracted with a company to
bring storage boxes to streets on campus. For students without cars, this
service was helpful, but of course, it didn’t come without a cost. What’s
worse, these companies often don’t take the best care of students’ belong-
ings. We have heard anecdotally of students returning from their break
to find items lost, broken or even covered in mildew.
This isn’t the University’s fault, and Brown has helped out in recent
years by providing storage subsidies through a lottery. But, we think, even
given current budget constraints, it could do more. And in the past, it has.
Before 2004, the University offered cost-free, on-campus storage
to students. Clearly there is a lot of extra room on campus during the
summer. While the program was in effect, for example, residence hall
basements and other University facilities were used. Given that the
space would go unused during the summer anyway, this practice made
eminently good sense.
Unfortunately, The Herald reported shortly afterwards, the program
was canceled due to “liability and quality control issues.” Apparently,
students would store valuable, fragile items like laptops, and the Uni-
versity could neither insure their safety nor afford the inevitable costs
associated with any damage or theft, the result being that all students
must now either pay significant amounts or go through a big hassle — or
both — to store their things.
We understand the difficulties these liabilities put the University
through. But surely it could condition use of its free storage on a waiver
of liability and on a refusal to accept expensive items. And even if the
costs were still too high to justify providing this service for free, Brown-
provided storage facilities would undoubtedly be cheaper and more letter to the editor
convenient than those of the current private companies we use.
Brown could also help students out during this stressful time by hiring
students looking for on-campus jobs to help others with the move-out.
Coverage skews success of Spring Weekend
Given the lack of elevators in many residence halls and the age or un- To the Editor: lable obstacles that come your way and that one must
availability of many students’ families, the process can be difficult. Other clear. I am proud of how our organization handled and
universities have such programs, and we hope the University looks into Recovering from the fun-filled respite of Spring overcame each of these hurdles, and, along with other
the possibility of instituting them here as well. Weekend and returning to our normal lives, it’s fun to student groups, ultimately produced a successful and
As always, the University needs to prioritize the use of its funds. It recap stories from Spring Weekend and read coverage fun-filled weekend for Brown.
can’t provide every little convenience to students. But we think these in The Herald. However, it appears that this year the However, it is clear that for whatever reason, a deci-
two changes would be relatively inexpensive and make moving out for tone in The Herald has been quite different. sion was made this year to highlight and overemphasize
the summer a much easier and less stressful experience. At the least, we Rather than covering the highlights, of which there what did not go right rather than the many things that
encourage the University to take these ideas as a starting point when were many — perhaps the most notable being the did. Looking back, one can notice the write-up about
considering ways to improve summer storage. surprise appearance by Wyclef Jean — The Herald’s the 2008 concert — one that was also held indoors
Spring Weekend coverage every step of the way gave and faced its own share of noise and venue challenges.
Editorials are written by The Herald’s editorial page board. Send comments undue attention to the minority of students who were Rather than dwelling on these issues, the 2008 Herald
to editorials@browndailyherald.com. disappointed rather than to the vast majority who were made the responsible choice to focus on the experience
excited and happy. Are we really the bunch of unap- as a whole — one that its many attendees enjoyed just

quote of the day preciative, spoiled, entitled kids these articles make us
out to be? I don’t buy it. We’re the happiest students in
as students did this year. By choosing to ignore, or
misrepresent, the fact that many of the challenges —

“I’m hoping he will not be hesitant to

the country and know how to enjoy ourselves, support such as lousy weather, artist delays, ticketing hackers
one another and adapt to the circumstances — despite and Rhode Island fire code changes — were out of the

challenge what we’ve been doing.”

any obstacles or pitfalls that may come our way. Not control of the event planners, it makes it easy for others
only does coverage like this paint an inaccurate picture to vilify their fellow students who have been working
of campus sentiment, it also creates a negative climate tirelessly, and often thanklessly, to create a great experi-
for both those involved in planning these events and ence for their peers.
— President Simmons on new provost Mark Schlissel their many attendees. Why let a handful of complainers In closing, this letter is not intended to be a plea or
dictate our experience? They didn’t dictate the experi- call for compliments, thank yous or pats on the back
See schlissel on page 1. ence of the numerous people who could be overheard for the Brown Concert Agency or other student groups.
talking to friends during and after the shows saying Rather it is a call for us to return to being the student
t h e b r ow n da i ly h e r a l d how much fun they were having.
Each year presents its own set of challenges when
body that we know we are: enthusiastic, supportive,
fun-loving, adaptive and creative problem-solvers.
Editors-in-Chief Deputy Managing Editors Senior Editors planning an event of this size, and this year was no dif- Keep your chins up, guys! Though I suspect they
Sydney Ember Brigitta Greene Dan Alexander ferent. Quite frankly, it is no exaggeration to compare already are.
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The Brown Daily Herald
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
By Hector Najera
Opinions Columnist
I want to explicate what many Brown stu-
dents already know — that the classroom
does not have to be composed of four walls.
The stories students and faculty bring to
Brown are one example. From traveling in
South America to working in the commu-
nity, it is clear that growth emerges every-
where. This is because the essence of the
classroom is a student’s individual interest
and capacity to learn. If that is there, he can
make anything his teacher. In this way, in-
animate and animate objects become teach-
ers. The challenge, as I see it, is maintaining
this individual interest and capacity every-
where one goes. This is very difficult.
There is a particular type of classroom
which I want to address — that which nur-
tures reflection. I suspect these are respon-
sible for keeping the inquisitive mind alive.
It is through reflection that we untangle our
thinking and generate the first draft of ideas.
But what is a classroom that nurtures reflec-
tion? To understand it, I think of solitude
and the outside. For example, sometimes I
need to sit in a coffee shop and watch peo-
ple pass by as I mull over a thought. These
are times when I want to be alone among
others — I want to hear and see their energy
in order to call forth the energy in myself.
At other times, I want to be at India Point,
gazing over the water. At others still, I want
to be in a forest among trees. I’ll say these
are classrooms of reflection — where the
By Jared moffat
Guest Columnist
On the evening of Sept. 7, 2010, a crowd of
at least 50 Brown students huddled in Way-
land Arch, all raising their hands in unison.
After an hour-long debate, they were an-
swering the question posed by the Janus Fo-
rum, “Should marijuana be legalized?” The
affirmative response was nearly unanimous.
The audience judged the arguments for
prohibition as hopelessly untenable. If I did
not know any better, I might recommend
that the Janus Forum choose more contro-
versial issues. But according to an October
2010 Gallup poll, Americans are split nearly
50-50 on the issue of marijuana legalization.
So what gives? Why is there such a discrep-
ancy between the opinions here versus those
throughout the country as a whole?
My theory is simple. Brown students are
more politically motivated by rational de-
bate than blind fear, hence they are particu-
larly able at understand the fundamental ir-
rationality of the war on marijuana. You can
test my hypothesis for yourself.
In the past decade, over seven million
Americans were arrested for nothing more
than simple possession of marijuana, and
hundreds of thousands of college students
were denied federal financial aid because
of marijuana arrests. In the past decade,
the American government spent $150 bil-
lion fighting the War on Drugs, alongside
the $250 billion spent by state governments.
Untangling your mind
world can quiet down to a murmur so that
you can hear yourself think.
The classroom that will nurture reflec-
tion for you might be different than mine,
but I think two things are required for its
effectiveness. The first is that suggestion by
the poet Jimmy Santiago Baca — that you
love your solitude. Not loneliness, solitude.
This is the time when you are in company
with yourself. When I began college, this is
something I dreaded. Being alone was scary
for many reasons. Overcoming the fear was
difficult — like throwing myself into the
I love seeing artists’ studios. With sculptures in the
making and sketches taped to the walls, the creative
process is visually accessible. At their best, classrooms
for reflection allow a similar clarity.
water unsure if I would swim. Of course,
solitude is only temporary. Soon enough,
we step into that stage of life where we con-
tinue our social exchanges. But for its du-
ration, loving solitude is ultimately about
cherishing the contemplation of your own
mind.
The second element of an effective class-
room for reflection is environment. To re-
fine this concept, I want to stress the im-
portance of environment. Environments
can heal or hurt you, inspire or oppress you,
bring forth your best self or your worst self.
What is more, an environment is an aggre-
gate of discrete elements which themselves
need consideration. One example — a re-
Reefer madness
Americans spent an untaxed $360 billion
out of their own pockets in the last 10 years
to buy marijuana from illegal sources, gen-
erating profits for criminal gangs and violent
cartels.
And all of this for what? Because, in the
past decade, illicit drug use rates have not
significantly changed — 81 to 90 percent of
high school seniors said in 2009 it was easy
to obtain marijuana. Drug cartels that are
estimated to make anywhere from 15 to 60
percent of their profits from marijuana have
become powerful enough to threaten the
Brown students are more politically motivated
by rational debate than blind fear, hence they are
particularly able at understand the fundamental
irrationality of the war on marijuana.
national sovereignty of our Latin American
neighbors.
Somehow, the prohibitionists want to
convince us that all of these costs are out-
weighed and justified by the risk of increas-
ing usage rates if marijuana were legalized.
This is generally the locus of controversy,
but let us recognize the two distinct issues
conflated in this anti-legalization tactic. The
first premise asserted here is that prohibi-
tion policies actually achieve lower usage
rates than legal regulation. Empirical evi-
dence casts serious doubt on this claim.
First, the Netherlands — where cannabis
has been practically legal for 30 years — has
Opinions 7
cent study by Diederik Stapel and Siegwart
Lindenberg concludes that disorder trig-
gers stereotypical views. People exposed to
dirty train stations, disorganized geomet-
rical shapes or a picture of a messy book-
case reported a higher rate of stereotyped
views. The reasoning appears to be that
when faced with disorder, we seek order in
whatever way we can. Stereotyping is one of
those ways.
Although it is a leap to say that environ-
ment alone influences one’s perspective on
things like stereotypes or, to go further, rac-
ism, it is nonetheless undeniable that our
surroundings do affect us. The objective is
to increase positive effects while minimiz-
ing negative ones. Colors, organization,
natural elements, synthetic elements, peo-
ple — they all affect me and you. Finding
out in what ways will help us locate that
classroom for reflection. In my example
of the coffee shop above, I need the energy
the presence of others has without the di-
rect verbal interaction. The openness of the
space, the lighting, the colors — these kinds
of things that design students can explain
better than I could.
But let me offer an example that does
not invite reflection — my own high school
maintained a marijuana lifetime-usage rate
of 22 percent among adolescents and adults,
nearly half that of the United States, which
has a usage rate of 41 percent. In fact, one
Dutch official is quoted as saying, “We suc-
ceeded in making pot boring.”
Secondly, the continued decline in tobac-
co use among Americans is proof that sen-
sible regulations, coupled with honest and
empirically based public education, can be
effective in lowering and preventing the use
of substances. So will more people use mari-
juana if it is legalized? It is hard to say, since
usage rates do not seem to have much to do
with whether the drug is legal or illegal.
The second even more dubious prem-
ise is that using marijuana is morally wrong
and socially destructive, thus worth the in-
herent costs of prohibition. Let us be clear
— driving under the influence of anything is
dangerous, and individuals must be held ac-
countable for their actions. But by what au-
thority does the government of a so-called
liberal democracy have the right to punish
citizens for using a relatively benign psycho-
active drug, when its use creates little harm
to the citizens themselves and no harm to
others?
classroom. It was a room with four white
walls, no windows and tired fluorescent
lighting. When I first saw it, I desperately
wanted to bring in a plant or a fish — any-
thing that would lessen the artificial feel of
it all. Sadly, I got caught up in other things
and ceased to notice the bleakness. As I
think about it again, though, the space is
uninviting to reflection. And whatever re-
flection takes place in there will be colored,
I think, by the space.
This past week, I took a trip to Vermont.
I was on a hiking trail, loving my solitude,
when I decided to cut through a field that
would take me back. As the leaves and twigs
crackled under my feet, I saw a herd of deer
run from one side of the field to the other,
their white tails and ears standing in atten-
tion. Slowly, I made my way around them,
noticing that a few were very young. For
that moment, the deer were reading me,
and I was reading the deer. Their elegance
was captivating. As I thought about my
teaching and my work, these deer pushed
me to think about carpe diem — what if
that moment in the forest was enough? It is
not a stretch to say that they, along with the
trees and the green field, were my teachers.
I love seeing artists’ studios. With sculp-
tures in the making and sketches taped to
the walls, the creative process is visually ac-
cessible. At their best, classrooms for reflec-
tion allow a similar, albeit mental, clarity. So
I hope you always seek classrooms for re-
flection, and once you find them, you go to
them often.
Hector Najera GS is a graduate student
focusing in education.
Let’s be honest — the real reason there
is such staunch opposition to the legaliza-
tion of marijuana is not because it is a dan-
ger to society, but because it is perceived as
a threat to the dominant discourse of power.
Marijuana is a mild psychedelic — a drug
that expands one’s consciousness — that has
been repeatedly associated with the counter-
culture movement, alternative lifestyles and
creativity. Hence, marijuana is associated
with deviance.
This association is used as a pretext for
the government’s fear-mongering televi-
sion commercials and politicians’ “tough
on crime” campaigns — attempts to justify
the mass incarceration of non-violent mari-
juana users. But even more disturbing is the
fact that the war on marijuana dispropor-
tionately harms minority communities. Ac-
cording to a 2010 study, researchers found
blacks were two to four times more likely to
be arrested for marijuana possession than
whites in California’s 25 largest counties.
And after the initial arrest, things get much
bleaker. In Rhode Island, for example, a
black person arrested for marijuana is eight
times more likely to serve prison time than
his white counterpart.
As much as you might dislike marijuana
itself, the prohibition of marijuana is anoth-
er thing entirely. The question you should
ask yourself today, as you look out across the
Main Green at 4:20 p.m. is, “Do I really feel
threatened by these people?”
Jared Moffat ’13 supports H5591, H5031
and S270 and can be contacted at
jared_moffat@brown.edu.
Daily Herald Campus News
the Brown Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Higher ed by aparna bansal Prof’s massless theory in need of proof

news roundup senior staff writer
By Emily Rosen
Feds investigate anti-Semitism at UC Staff Writer
Santa Cruz The fact that particles have mass
The University of California at Santa Cruz is under investigation is something most people take for
by the United States Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights granted. But what actually gives
after a professor accused the university of anti-Semitism. In a letter particles mass? Professor of Phys-
addressed to the office, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, a lecturer in ics Gerry Guralnik thinks he knows
Hebrew, wrote, “Professors, academic departments and residential the answer, but researchers are still
colleges at UC (Santa Cruz) promote and encourage anti-Israel, working to find the proof.
anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish views and behavior.” She added that Guralnik’s contributions to the
“rhetoric heard in UC (Santa Cruz) classrooms and at numerous field of particle physics — a branch
events sponsored and funded by academic and administrative units of physics which involves the study
on campus goes beyond legitimate criticism of Israel.” According to of the formation of the universe after
the Chronicle of Higher Education, this is the first time the office has the Big Bang — earned him the pres-
conducted a major investigation of anti-Semitism at a university. tigious J. J. Sakurai Prize last year. He
Carole Rossi, UC Santa Cruz’s chief campus counsel, said while the was one of six recipients of the prize,
university would “fully cooperate” with the office, the “office’s decision awarded annually by the American
to review an individual’s allegations in no way implies that the agency Physical Society.
has determined that the allegations have merit.” In the 1960s, Guralnik found
that equations making up impor-
Bucking trend, Canada ups higher ed tant theories in particle physics have
unexpected solutions. Mathemati-
spending cal symmetry is a common element
While other countries cut higher education budgets, the Canadian of physical theories, but Guralnik’s
government has proposed a spending increase on higher education work indicated that certain equa-
and research for the coming fiscal year. The proposal includes tens tions have nonsymmetrical solu-
of millions of dollars toward brain research, student financial aid and tions. These solutions may indicate
study abroad, according to the website for the Canadian Department
of Finance. “Canada’s research universities play an integral role in
advancing our economy and improving the social and economic
well-being of all Canadians,” said Stephen Toope, president of the
Students, admins evaluate pedestrian safety
University of British Columbia, according to the university’s website. continued from page 1
Couple accused of theft from Vassar The officer who pulled Paden
over was conducting a DWI check-
A former construction project manager at Vassar College and his point on Brook Street south of the
wife allegedly stole $1.9 million from the college. Arthur Fisher and accident’s site, Heston said. The area
his wife were accused of creating a fictitious company and depositing sees more than its fair share of in-
money from the college’s capital construction account into the toxicated drivers, he added.
company’s bank account, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. According to the PPD report,
The couple was arrested by Poughkeepsie police and charged with Paden was pulled over after speed-
the felony of grand larceny. Jeff Kosmacher, Vassar’s spokesman, said ing down Brook Street and failing
the college asked the police to investigate after noticing “financial to stop at the Power Street intersec-
irregularities” in a construction project. tion. When PPD Patrolman Noel
Field noticed the smell of alcohol,
Yale to open campus in Singapore he asked for Paden’s license, which
she was unable to provide because
Yale recently announced the official launch of its new campus in she claimed it was stolen. Field then
Singapore. The college will be jointly run by Yale and the National received word of the hit-and-run
University of Singapore, according to the Yale Daily News. It will be incident.
the first liberal arts college in Singapore and will consist of three Witnesses at the scene of the ac-
residential colleges with 330 students each, according to the press cident identified the vehicle as an
release from the universities. “We also believe the new college Audi, a description that matched
can have a profound impact on the advances now being made in Paden’s vehicle. Further examina-
higher education throughout Asia,” said Yale President Richard Levin, tion of the crime scene produced a
according to the press release. The campus will be located adjacent to fragment of the vehicle that aligned
the Singapore university’s present location and is expected to open with a piece from the suspect’s car.
in 2013. Designs for the campus represent the architectural styles of Field asked Paden to submit to
both universities, according to the YDN. a standardized field sobriety test,
to which she complied. But upon
Colleges halt payments to cities failure to finish the test, the report
states Paden refused to submit to a
Stonehill College and Bridgewater State University, both located breath test.
south of Boston, have stopped making the annual payments they In February 2010, Avi Schaefer
were giving in lieu of taxes to the cities they call home, according ’13 was struck and killed by a vehicle
to the Boston Globe. The relationships between the institutions and while walking at the corner of Hope
the local municipalities have been on edge due to the high cost of and Thayer streets, prompting the
services demanded by the universities. Easton, Mass., also charged
the existence of massless particles.
Guralnik then formulated a
model based on this idea. The model
involved a boson, which is a “mas-
sive particle with no spin,” he said.
The boson is popularly known as the
Higgs boson, but members of the
Department of Physics say it could
be called Guralnik’s boson as well.
To date, it has not been found.
The discovery of the boson would
unify the Standard Model, which
seeks to explain how electromag-
netic, weak and strong forces act
on particles. “If (scientists) find this
particle, everything comes together.
All particle physics of the second half
of the 20th century will be unified,”
Guralnik said.
“We developed a unified way to
describe why particles have mass,”
he said.
In 2009, Guralnik wrote a paper
bringing together his work with the
theories of Richard Hagen and Tom
Kibble, two other key contributors to
the field of particle physics.
While Guralnik is a purely theo-
University to create a committee
that would provide recommenda-
tions to increase pedestrian safety
on campus.
In response to concerns over
student safety in the wake of this
month’s hit-and-run, Margaret
Klawunn, vice president for cam-
pus life and student services, wrote
in an email to The Herald that the
University has implemented a num-
ber of the committee’s recommen-
dations, including the creation of
highly visible crosswalks at 40 cam-
pus intersections. “Our (Division of
Campus Life and Student Services),
in collaboration with the Depart-
ment of Public Safety, has under-
taken a broad array of education and
awareness efforts, including urging
students to be aware that drivers may
not always be paying attention or
may be impaired,” she wrote.
Despite these efforts, some stu-
dents still expressed concern over
pedestrian safety on campus. But
Brown has an open campus, and
University Hall has limited control
over events on adjacent streets.
Gladys Ndagire ’13 said paying
attention is not always enough. “I
always take so much precaution” said
Ndagire. Still, Ndagire was struck by
a car just last week as she stepped
from the street to the sidewalk, she
said. “People in Providence drive
retical physicist, Physics Professor
Meenakshi Narain is an experimen-
talist. She is part of the international
collaboration that is searching for
the Higgs boson. Narain regularly
travels to Switzerland to take part
in experiments involving the Large
Hadron Collider. This enormous
particle accelerator is used to study
extremely small particles, and sci-
entists are trying to use this sophis-
ticated apparatus to find the Higgs
boson.
This is “cutting edge research in
terms of physics and technology,”
Narain said, adding that the ad-
vanced technology of the particle
accelerators and detectors used
in the search for the Higgs boson
can be useful in other fields, such
as medicine and engineering. “The
technologies we use are benefiting
humanity,” she said.
Guralnik proposed the idea that
particles obtain mass through inter-
actions with the Higgs boson. “Peo-
ple have been looking for the Higgs
boson for a long time,” Narain said.
way too fast,” she said. She said she
sustained no injuries from the in-
cident.
Phoebe Min ’13 said she does not
feel as much of a need for precau-
tion, adding she will sometimes cross
without looking “because drivers
know to be careful around a college
campus.”
“I’ve noticed drivers on the phone
and texting” said Audrey Chang ’13.
Though she has jaywalked before,
she said the habits of drivers near
campus are also responsible for her
close encounters with vehicles.
Encounters like these have made
Ismail Khan ’14 more careful around
campus, he said. “At night, I usually
wait for signals,” Khan said, adding
that he is more cautious because of
the recent accidents and because he
said he feels that “downtown Provi-
dence cars are crazy.”
But Alex Stuth ’14 said students
do not always have the option to
wait to cross the street legally. “It’s
hard to wait for signals when going
between classes,” Stuth said. He said
he has also come close to getting hit
and has noticed times at night where
drivers do not have lights on. But he
acknowledged that not all driving
around campus is dangerous. “I’ve
had some people who have let me
cross the street,” he said, “but also
some jerks who have almost hit me.”

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Stonehill $55,000 for beginning a major construction project without
a building permit. The college aims to reclaim this money through
litigation.

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express “shame” on behalf of the institution for the financial relations MDMA, and what was something
between a senior faculty member and Colonel Moammar Gadhafi. friends about the composition of else,” she said, adding that she now
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sciences faculty meeting that students should not get the impression Coming down from her high “It was really fun,” she said of her
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university has also come under recent scrutiny for a public relations But she and a friend experienced terms of the high.”
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