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By sheali luthRa

News editor

Te Corporation, the Universityshighest governing body, approved an$865.2 million budget or the comingscal year raising tuition by 3.5

percent at its meeting this pastwkd.

Te budget reected a 3.2 percentincrease rom last year, attributed torising salaries or aculty and staas w as grwth th Urstyspublic health and biological andmedical sciences programs, saidBeppie Huidekoper, executive vice

prsdt r a ad adms-tration. Financial aid unding willas ras by 2. prt.

Te budget will call or moreexpenditures than projected rev-enues, causing the University todraw mr tha $ m rm tsreserve unds. Tough the Universityhas set aside reserves or exactlysuh a stuat, Hudkpr sad tmust wrk utur yars t sths gap.

Tis is a constant question ina hghr duat, sh sad. Idont think Browns alone in that rev-enues are slow, and expenses arent.

Huidekoper added that the Uni-versity will look to expand its rev-

enues by implementing programs

in coming years like proessional

Corporation ups tuition by 3.5 percent

By GReG JoRdan-detamoReNews editor

Te Corporation, the Universityshighest governing body, approveda $56 million overhaul o campushousing at its meeting this weekend,bringing to ruition a plan admin-

istrators have been developing oryears. Most dorms will be renovatedr mprd by a 203.

According to the plan, all rst-years will be clustered in KeeneyQuadrangle which will be splitinto three buildings and on the

Pembroke campus in renovated resi-dence halls. Sophomores, a majorus th pas, w b ustrdin the central area o campus, largely dub rms. Mst jurs adsrs w suts ad apart-mts.

he Verney-Woolley DiningHall will be open on weekends, andAdrws Dg Ha w b tras-

rmd t a studt mms.Administrators hope to be able

t bud a w rsd ha thar utur.

Both dorm renovations and rst-year and sophomore communitieswere deemed necessary, said Mar-

garet Klawunn, vice president orcampus lie and student services. Alot o the plans were really shaped

by rs w wr harg rmstudts.

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Te plan, which calls or all rst-years to be housed in exclusivelyrst-year areas, will require signi-at hags t Pmbrk ampus,Kawu sad.

Miller, Metcal, Andrews, Em-ery, Woolley, Morriss and ChamplinHalls will all be renovated, though

the levels o renovation will vary

Campus housing to berenovated, transformed

By elizaBeth CaRR

City& state editor

Mst us kw T Dud as JBrdgs haratr T Bg Lb-wsk. But tw rst-yars wh athmss th Duds Fd arputting a more intellectual, culturedad sary sp what t mas tb a dud.

Te Dudes Aron Lesser 15ad Gab Lssr 5 brught thrpopular college-town ood blog, theDudes o Food, to Providence lastsmstr. Tugh th tw brthrshail most recently rom Atlanta where they began the blog three years

ago they previously lived in Braziland Providence. Tey base their blogon a concept they call FSFW ull stomach, ull wallet whichthey think is particularly palatablet g tws.

Gearing their blog toward collegeyuth, th Duds am t hag thway Brown undergraduates interactwith Providence. ons o Brown stu-

dents never even think about leavingcampus, but Providence is so small,Aron said. Its so accessible by oot,he added, calling it a shame thatstudts dt tak adatag t.

Aron said oodies at Brown dontthink o going to other neighbor-hds r hap, tasty mas. Tythink Oh, I know the best restaurant Fdra H, h addd.

But Gab said Browns diversityds ts t sm uqu uturaeating experiences. Its un to seesomebody so excited to try a bowlo homemade pasta, and then orthem its totally commonplace to havetgu tas.

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part o the Dudes blog. You canbe transient between these vari-ous cultures, and thats what keepsit interesting, Aron explained. At pp thk yur dgsomeone when you go in not know-ing about their culture, what theyat. But ts a hug mpmt. H

Dudes explore cultures in food blog

By adam tooBin

seNior staff writer

About 20 students gathered Friday

at th Va Wk Gats t prssurthe University to pay its air share tothe city o Providence. Te press con-erence called on the Corporation,the Universitys highest governingbdy, t ras Brws utarycontributions to the city. President

Ruth Smms aud that thUniversity will continue discussionswith the city in an email to the Brownmmuty Saturday.

Brown likes to position itselas th sa just adr amgstth Is. But w wat that brad-ing, we have to take responsibilityor what those values mean, saidAaron Regunberg 12 at the pressr.

Te inability to nd money in theUniversitys budget or the city stemsrom misplaced priorities, Regun-berg said. In 2009, Brown paid its14 highest-compensated employees$7,73,75. Tats just a tt udrtw as muh as th trty thda th ty s urrty askg r,Rgubg sad.

I w a ard t g ut thatmay s- ad s-gur saars,

Protesters ask

Corp. to boostcontributionsto Providence

Jo oard failurecauses stress

Stdnts hav bn nabl to

accss th Cnt o Cas and

Li At Bon Stdnt Job and

Intnship Boad sinc Thsday

atnoon and cold not apply o

jobs o schdl intvis on th

sit ov th nd a citical

nd o jnios applying to

smm intnships.

Zach Long 13 discovd th

sit had stoppd oing Thsday

night. Th sit displayd a pag

saying th sit no long xistd, a

poblm that psistd ntil Fiday

atnoon, h said.

CaLABs Titt annoncd

th sit as xd Fiday atnoon.

Bt hn Long tid to log on to

th boad, a sota o said th

sv as not hosting th pag,

h said, adding that th poblm

psistd ntil Snday. CaLAB

ttd Snday moning that th

sit as still don.Last night, th boad allod

stdnts to log on bt pomptd

thm to cat a n pol, hich

is not possibl o stdnts ho

hav alady catd a pol ith

thi Bon mail addsss.

Long said h has missd

dadlins, and chancs to schdl

intvis at vaios companis

may b gon sinc th sit has

bn don. It is naccptabl

o th sit to go don and

not povid anoth ay to s

appoaching dadlins, Long said.

Btsy Odland 13, a om

Hald bsinss sta, said th

boad has an impssiv slction

o jobs, bt Bons nd o th dal

has not bn gat.

Bcas CaLAB is closd on

nds, no psntativs

availabl o commnt.

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Chancello Thomas Tisch 76 and othe Copoation membes appoved a budgetthat ill qi taing mo than $9 million om sv nds nxt ya.

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city & state

Jss Schimm / Hald

In Boston this weekend, John Spooney 14 set the school ecod fo the 200mdash. Abov, Hidi Caldll 14 ns th 5,000m. See page 4 for full story. ctiu g 5

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By sahil luthRa

sCieNCe editor

Members o the Brown commu-nity gathered Friday evening torddat th Mta Chmstryad Rsarh Labratry, th whm th dpartmt g-tive, linguistic and psychologicalsciences, which underwent a $42million renovation over the pastyar ad a ha.

Corporation Chancellor Tom-as isch 76 opened the event byormally rededicating the buildingand thanking the donors, architectsad Ursty supprtrs bhdthe renovation. Its just an abso-lutely magnicent and brilliantp wrk, h sad.

Te University had originallypad t bud a w bra s-ence building but, in the wake o therecent recession, decided instead torenovate the Metcal complex. TeCLPS department was relocated toWayland Square during the renova-t ad md bak t Mta

last October. Te renovated build-g pd r asss Jauary.

Its hard to believe that it was

just a w yars ag that ths spa

was considered to be the worstassrm ampus, sad CLPSdepartment chair William Heindel,speaking to an audience o Cor-prat as, drs ad d-partmt mmbrs th MtaAudtrum.

Heindel also spoke about theimportance o interdisciplinaryabrat th CLPS dpart-ment, which was ormed in 2010 asa mrgr btw th dpartmt

o cognitive and linguistic sciencesand the department o psychology.By placing aculty oces arbitrarilythroughout the building, or in-stance, the department hopes tourag abrat.

Te ceremony included videoootage o Metcal prior to therenovation, which some acultymembers said had changed littlesince the buildings construction inthe 1920s. Labs in the basement, orinstance, used to ood several timesper year. Te video also highlightedeatures o the renovated building,such as the virtual reality lab, the

MacDougald Family Library andthe glass dome room used ordpartmt mtgs.

Following the video presenta-tion, Associate Proessor o Cogni-tive, Linguistic and Psychological

Ss Mha Frak prstdan example o interdisciplinary re-search being done in the depart-ment. Franks current researchams urtaty ds-makg ad s a amp u-rgmputms th tr-section o neuroscience, genetics,

computer science and behavioralms.

President Ruth Simmons calledthe new buildings emphasis oninterdisciplinary collaboration aperect example o the Plan orAadm Erhmt at.

Brown is entering a new erao achievement in mind, brainand behavioral sciences, and thisstat--th-art aty w pay adynamic role in nurturing that suc-ss, sh sad.

Smms as thakd drswho supported the renovation. Wecan so easily orget what it takes tobud a ursty, Smms sad.Ts s d what w dt d r ad r aga t kp

ths pa urshg.

New Metcalf dedicatedas space for collaboration

Pipe urst sendscrowds to Ratty

A pip bst in t h Vny-

woolly Dining Hall Fiday,

closing th acility bolnchtim o th st o th

day. Th cas o th la as

still ncla as o Snday, bt

th V-Db ill opn today,

ot Ann Homan, dicto

o administation and hman

socs o Bon Dining

Svics in an mail to Th

Hald.

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ndstimat th impotanc

o Chicn Fing Fiday,

and mass tan

to tanspot chicn ngs

om th V-Db to th Shap

rctoy. ratty cashi GailMcCathy said xta hands

boght om th V-Db

to th ratty to tanspot th

chicn ngs and hlp ith

th incasd stdnt tafc.

I am not a qnt V-Db

chicn ng go, bt I

thoght it as nic o th

ratty to plicat th V-Db

xpinc, said Amlia Gant-

Ali 15.

Bt som dvotd chicn

ng consms mo

actd.

It as a oll coast

o motions, said Angla

ramponi 15. Initial

disappointmnt that Chicn

Fing Fiday as o, thn

joy hn Gail said th

th lins sving

chicn ngs, and thn

disappointmnt again hn

th chicn ngs ally

nt p to thi nomal

V-Db standad.

Oth stdnts vid

th sitation as a chanc to

xpand th sal chicn

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alays hav Chicn Fing

Fiday at th ratty! said

Yongha kim 15.

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Pesident ruth Simmons spoke at the Metcalf ededication ceemony Fiday.


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then I think we can throw down a bit

more to keep additional Providencehdr rm sg thr shs,he added, reerencing Providences

sur ur shs ast yar.Despite an ofen critical tone,

the speakers stressed that the goalo the protest was not to condemn

the University. Nicole Hasslinger 15sad sh bs th way whhBrw has b d thrughutth ta dsusss s uar.

Te Corporation did not agree ona w paymt pa by th u-sion o its meeting this past weekend.

Te Universitys level o contribu-t t th ty has m udr r rt mths baus Pr-dences precarious nancial outlook.Providence Mayor Angel averas an-ud arr ths mth that thty may a bakrupty Ju an approximately $22 million budgethole is not addressed. averas andPresident Simmons renewed dis-cussions regarding the Universitys

paymts arr ths mth.Last year, the University paid the

city $4 million in taxes and voluntarycontributions. Te protesters saidthey hoped to see Brown double thatumbr th mg yars.

Te University has signaled itswillingness to increase support in

ways that ag wth ts mss, but

the citys demand comes as Brown

aces its own nancial diculties.Were not in a position where therestra my atg arud, Pr-

vost Mark Schlissel P15 told TeHrad.

T Ursty s usd -surg that whatr w d dstmpat r pa udu aastrain on Brown itsel, Schlissel said.

T prtstrs sad thy dd tsee this position as a reason to ne-

glect Browns duty to the city. At atime when nearly all Providence resi-dents have sacriced, Brown can domore than it does now, Regunberg

sad.

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mastrs dgrs, whh targt pr-essionals seeking to change careers

and are meant to turn a prot or theUrsty.

While Provost Mark SchlisselP5 sad th Ursty s t apst whr thrs tra myatg arud, h prssd -cern about raising tuition each year.Last year, tuition increased by 3.5prt afr rasg by .5 pr-t th prus yar.

I dont think that tuition cankp gg up r sra prt ayear orever, he said. It may reach apoint where we cant as an institutionard t kp rasg tut.

But Schlissel and Huidekoper

bth sad th aa ad raswould minimize the tuition hikesimpact on the composition o thestudt bdy.

Te University will rely on an en-dowment payout o about $104.9m a payut argr tha thCrprat usuay apprs.

T bard s sayg, W kwits tough times, so we know werepayg ut a tt hghr tha wdlike to, but given everyones acingtugh tms, w thk ths s a tmwe might want to use it, Huidekop-er said. A higher endowment payoutwill mitigate the Universitys reliance tut, sh addd.

Crprat mmbrs as ds-cussed the ongoing dialogue be-tween the University and the city,establishing its commitment towrkg wth th mayr, th g-ernor and the other universities andnonprots in Providence to try tohelp the city x its chronic budget

prbms, Sh ss sad.But spay g th ru

shortage, Schlissel noted the impor-tance o nding a solution that doesnot place undue nancial strain onBrw ts.

We want to help the city, but weha t d t th tt what

our budget will allow, along withother nonprots, including the othergs Prd, h sad.

T budgt as markd th do ederal stimulus unding rom theAmerican Recovery and Reinvest-

ment Act, which provided morethan $40 million to the Universityr rsarh, sad V Prsdt rRsarh Cyd Brat.

Well struggle to make up orthat decrease in research unding,

Shss sad.Projects unded by the act will

come to an end, Briant said, thoughhe and Schlissel both said they hopedaculty members would look or newtra udg.

Te Corporation approved thecreation o two new research-relatedpsts th hgyVturs ad th thr thCenter or Computation and Visual-ization. Te ormer position will em-phasize helping aculty members de-p rsarh that a b pattdor business ventures, while the latterwill look to help aculty members insa ss ad humats usthe University supercomputer ordata-based research. Both positionsshud b d by a, Brat sad.

T hgy Vturs ps-

tion will work primarily with en-

gineering aculty members, Briantsaid. He added that he hopes thepst w mphasz mr pr-itable research discoveries or the

Ursty.Increasing patentable discoveries

could also help supplement Universi-ty revenues, Schlissel said, potentiallydiminishing our reliance on tuition.

Te Corporation also approved

$28.6 million in gifs. Te Schoolo Engineering received a total o$.5 m gfs, udg $million to und three endowed pro-ssrshps.

T grg gfs w awthe school to start planning physicalpass, sad Da Egr-ing Lawrence Larson, though he saidurthr udg s ssary br

any projects can actually get under-way. Physical expansions could taketh rm rats t stgspace or the construction o newbudgs.

Dpdg hw udrasggoes, these projects could begin in

th t thr t yars, Larssad.

Te Corporation-approved bud-

get also includes additional undingto the School o Engineering or labspa rat ad pas the engineering aculty. Tese ap-propriations should increase the variety o engineering disciplinesavailable and allow more students

the opportunity to conduct research th d, Lars sad.

During the weekend, Schlisselalso updated the Corporation onthe athletics discussion and on con-tinuing work related to the Brown

Isttut r Bra S.Schlissel said the University plans

to cut 20 recruiting spots rom sportstams r th t thr yars adw urag ahs ad adms-sions to keep the average athlete Aca-demic Index a measure based onSA srs ad GPAs ab thleague minimum. Schlissel addedthat th Ursty tds t ras

coaches salaries by $1.1 million overtw yars. Ha th ras wasincluded in this years budget, and

th thr ha w b t yars.Te Corporation also approved ren-ovation o athletic acilities, a projectSchlissel said will particularly benetth d hky tam. T ra-tions should be completed by thenext academic year, Schlissel said,though the University has not yetnished raising the unds or therats.

Te University intends to adds auty psts t th Ist-tut r Bra S r th tthree to our years, Schlissel said,as w as udg urthr rsarhqupmt r th Isttut.

Te Corporations Committeeon Facilities and Design agreed tohave a Slavery and Justice memorialconstructed on campus. Te me-morial will be designed by Martin

Puryear, a black sculptor whose workhas b dspayd th Gugg-hm Musum, th Art Isttut Chicago and the New York Museum Mdr Art.

Te Corporation also approved

$56 m t g t udrgraduathousing renovations. It did not makepublic any new inormation regard-

ing the ongoing presidential search.

Corp. dips into reserves

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UCS extends vote,plans forum

Th undgadat Concil

o Stdnts has xtndd

th dadlin o stdnts

to vot on its poposd

constittional chang to 11:59

p.m. wdnsday. Th oiginal

dadlin as last night. Th

poposd amndmnt old

allo uCS to da its bdgt

dictly om th Stdnt

Activitis Fnd ath than

pocing nding thogh th

undgadat Financ Boad.

uCS Psidnt ralanda

Nlson 12 said th dadlin

as xtndd at (th concil

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thy thin stdnts old ant

mo tim. until voting closs

wdnsday night, uCS ill

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bsits intac, sh said.Accoding to a camps-id

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th poposd amndmnt Fb.

15 at 5:30 p.m. in Salomon 001.

uCS hops th om ill cla

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By noRa mCdonnell

CoNtributiNgwriter

Te Universitys endowment grewapproximately 16 percent over the

past scal year, according to the2011 Study o Endowments re-asd ast mth by th NataAssociation o College and Uni-versity Business Ocers. College

endowments included in the studyexperienced an average growtho about 19 percent, an increaserom the previous years average 2 prt.

he study takes investmentgains, gifs to the University andmy wthdraw t sdr-ation but disregards rates o return th stmts.

But to University administra-

trs, th umbrs rasd thstudy wr thg w.

You look at (the study) as an a-ter-the-act, said Beppie Huideko-per, executive vice president ornance and administration. Tatshw w dd rat t thrs.

By the time it comes out, weveabsorbed all the inormation, sheadded. According to the Univer-sitys own calculations, the endow-ment grew by about 19 percent lastsa yar.

It wast th tp, ad t wastthe bottom, Huidekoper said othe total endowment return. Itwas a gd yar.

When compared to other IvyLeague institutions, the Universityemploys a relatively conservative

endowment investment approach,sad Prst Mark Shss P5.

Its more important to us toprotect rom risk o the endow-mt takg a bg ht tha t s tsqueeze out every percentage point grwth, Shss sad.

At approximately $2.5 billion,

Browns endowment is the smallestin the Ivy League, but accordingt th study, ts tta grwth sur-passed Harvards, Dartmouths andCrs 20.

Both Huidekoper and Schlisselsaid with the current economicstate both globally and domesti-cally, it is unlikely this years en-dwmt grwth w d astyars.

Endowment increases by 19 percent in 2011

Payments to city remainstable after Corp. review

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Th univsitys ndomnt is th smallst in th I vy Lag at $2.5 billion.


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Sports Monday4 the Brown Daily eraldMonday, February 13, 2012

By James Blum

sports staff writer

he mens and womens indoortrack squads competed this week-d at th Vat Itatahosted by B oston University, oneo the inal testing grounds be-ore the Ivy League HeptagonalChampionships in two weekstime. hough the meet was notscored, Brown had top individualperormances on both teams, both th trak ad .

We wanted to get a goodread on where the team is go-ing into Heps, and we got that,

said Michelle Eisenreich, direc-tor o mens and womens trackad d. Erybdy mptdwith the championship attitudead dd r y w.

John Spooney 14 had standoutperormances one record-set-ting in both the 60-meter dashad 200-mtr dash. Hs tm 2.35 sds th 200m st anew school record or the event

and earned him third place in therace. He also placed second in the60m with a time o 6.85 seconds,gg hm th th-astst tmever run by a Brown athlete inth t.

Nathan Elder 13 also ran welland inished third in the 500-me-tr dash wth a tm mut,.6 sds.

It was about 90 percent owhat I watd rm th ra, butI deinitely think I have to im-prove over the next two weeks,

Elder said. My ocus yesterdaywas getting out hard and ast andI did that, but I think I let myselget too relaxed in the middle o

th ra.Erik Berg 13 had a strong per-

rma th 000-mtr ruwith a time o 2 minutes, 23.39

seconds, placing second overalland just shy o breaking rinity

Grays 00 record in the 1000m,ardg t Esrh.

rinity still has one o the topive times in NCAA history in the(800-meter run), Eisenreich said.So to come close to breaking oneo his records is pretty awesome.

O the track, Kenneth homp-

son 13 earned second in the triple

jump with a leap o 14.58 meters.Matthew Miller 15 threw 14.88

meters in the shot put to inishth.

(Mr has) mprd rywk, s hs dg a ray gratjb, ad hpuy h tuto improve and be a actor or us,Esrh sad.

On the womens side, Lauren

Waterbury 15 earned seventhin the 200m and ourth in the400-meter dash, with times o25.05 and 54.62 seconds, respec-tively. Her 400m dash time wasthe third-astest in Brown history.

Heidi Caldwell 14, who com-peted in the 5,000-meter run,shd urth wth a tm 6minutes, 37.66 seconds. SusanScavone 12 ran the 60-meterhurdles in 8.80 seconds to in-ish seventh overall. he womens00-mtr ray tam sst-ing o Michele Narbonne 15,Colby Lubman 14, AlexandraStanton 15 and Waterbury in-ished in 3 minutes, 48.24 secondsad ard sd pa.

Jara Crear 12 led Bruno onthe ield, leaping 5.47 meters to

inish irst in the long jump. LaceyCraker 13 inished seventh in

th wght thrw wth a ha 6.35 mtrs.

I was ray td wth hwLacey Craker threw in the weight,Eisenreich said. Her technique ismg tgthr, ad wth mrspd wrk r th t upo days, she is going to do veryw at Hps.

he teams will compete at theUSAF New England Champion-ships Feb. 19 in the inal competi-tion beore the Ivy League Cham-pionships at the end o the month.With the championships only twoweeks away, Eisenreich said she

is optimistic that both teams willbe competitive at a meet the teamhas been preparing or all season.

I thk th m ar gg tdo really well, Eisenreich said.he women are going to be alittle down as we graduated acouple key scorers, but the peoplewe do bring are going to d o very,ry w.

Spooney 14 setsschool record in 200 m

TRACk & FIELDM. bASkETbALL

By sam RuBinRoit

assistaNt sports editor

Te mens basketball team hit a road-bk wh t trad t Nw Yrkover the weekend, stalling in a 86-60loss to Columbia Friday and thenalling 72-63 to Cornell the next day.Te pair o losses stretch Brunos los-g strak t , stradg thm seventh place in the Ivy standingsahead o only Dartmouth, which hasyt t w a r gam.

Cb 86, Brw 60

Brunos visit to the Big Apple was

the squads rst road trip in months.Te Bears( 7 - 1 8 ,1-7 Ivy)scheduleths yar uds a prgram rrd15 home games, and the team haspayd ts ast r gamsat th Pzzta Ctr.

It was a little dierent, because

w hat had a u rad trp sright afer Christmas, co-captainguard Matt Sua 3 sad. Whad a up away gams, but treally any road trips, so we had to getbak th swg thgs.

Adding to the diculty o playing

on the road was the recent loss opoint guard Sean McGonagill 14, theBears leading scorer, who sustainedan injury a week earlier against Penn.

It really hurt not having Sean,Sullivan said. Hes our leading scorer,but he also sets everybody else up.When he goes out, it really puts alot o pressure on other people tostep up and ll the scoring he usuallyprds.

Tis pressure maniested itselright rom the tip-o. Te Bears haddiculty nding any oense against

Columbia (14-10, 3-5), allowing theLions to build a 23-point lead at hal-time. Columbia never lost the hothand and sank an astounding 16thr-ptrs y 2 attmpts,asy sag th 26-pt try.

Its hard t s thr afr thrgg , Sua sad. Smtmsits your team that makes those shotsad ts th bst g th wrd,but you just need to give them creditr makg shts as a tam.

Four Bears nished in double g-ures. Sullivan led the team with 17

points while Jean Harris 12 contrib-uted 14. elle Lundevall 13 put in a

arr-hgh 2 pts, ad DkryWakr athr 0.

Cr 72, Brw 63

Te Bears opened with a bettershwg th wg ght agastCornell (10-12, 5-3), sticking withthe Big Redand enter-ing the halonly downtwo points. But Cornell unleasheda 15-1 run in the second hal and held at r th -pt try.

It was denitely a tough weekendor us, but we played much betteragainst Cornell than Columbia, Sul-

a sad.Sullivan again led the squad with

21 points, 17 o which came in the

rst hal. Stephen Albrecht 12.5 wasthe only other Bear in double gureswth pts, ad yr Pt3 d th tam wth a arr-hgh0 rbuds.

T Bars ht th rad aga thsweekend as they travel to CambridgeFriday to ace No. 25 Harvard (21-3,7-1) beore battling Dartmouth (4-

20, 0-8) the ollowing night. In the

rst matchup with the Crimson, theBars aught Harard guard adkept the game close beore eventually

ag 6-5 br a sut rwdat the Pizzitola. Harvard slipped ourplaces in the top 25 afer sueringts rst Iy ss t Prt (-0,4-3) Saturday the igers 24thconsecutive home victory over theCrimson. Against Dartmouth, theBars w k t swp th sassrs Bru tk dw th BgGr 66-5 Ja. 27.

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nally beginning to change. hatswhr I a ha a mpat, hsad. Isttuts ar stg.

In addition to tales o his past,mmas kd t th uturand what it holds or journalism.day, th ssu that rs jur-nalism is the Internet, he said.hough he said he believes otherpublications will be ast to ollowth ms ts mpmtato a pay wall, he stated deinit ively

that the print edition is not go-ing to disappear anytime soon.h wb s a mpmt, t asubsttut.

He said he was more dismayedor the uture o music sectionsk hs w. hugh th msine arts section is doing extreme-ly well ull page ads in the sec-tion gross the most income or theimes local papers cannot sayth sam. Its razy that smarpublications cut lo cal reviewers,h sad, ag suh a ds adumb editorial call as h e shookhs had.

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Fraternity of Evil | eshan Mita, Bndan Hainlin and Hcto ramiz

C O M I C S

pad that th bg has dt a rum r utura arg.

While the blog originally justtakd abut d, Gab sad thytried to make their content smarter.

When we eat duck with a cinna-mon spice, we try to think about whya Chinese ood has cinnamon, whichs a Amra sp, h pad.

In one blog post about the a-queria El aconazo, the Dudes notedthugh Prd s kw as aItalian city, there are a surprisingnumber o Latin American restau-rats tw ad sra Rhd Is-

land politicians have been o LatinAmerican descent. Food is a meansby which you can understand cul-ture, Gab said, particularly immigra-t pattrs.

We try to simpliy some moremp das t th d, Arsaid. We talk about cultural hege-

my ad what t mas t b a La-t th Utd Stats, but w ddt thrugh a burrt.

Te cultural element transormedtheir blog into an intellectual endeav-or. Proessors at Emory Universityhave requested the twins permissionto use the ood blog in their courses.

I guess were a part o modern

Suthr utur, Gab sad.Proessors at Brown have also

joined the blogs readership. Aronrad rg a tasgy agryemail rom his proessor, Lecturer Itaa Studs Crsta Abba-Sneider, one night. I got home at8:45 p.m. and my husband made mego get duck in the ghetto, he saidsh wrt.

tg ck

T bg has padd dramat-cally since it began. It used to bejust ur rds that wud rad t,Aron said. But then one week we

got mentioned in the Atlanta JournalConstitution, and then we got realpp t start radg.

T tws w bast a tra-tional ollowing, including readers inNrway, Iad ad awa.

But they wonder whether theirdescriptions o adventures to shmarkets and hole-in-the-wall ta-quras ar th ma draw r thrreadership. Im not even sure a oodblog is about ood, Aron said. Its

more about the cultures that sur-rud th d bg .

For some people, its about goingto get a 50-cent taco, and or some

people, its about Mexican immigra-t, Gab sad.

And or some people, its justunny, Aron added to which Gabjokingly responded, and or somepp, ts t. T tws sad thrposts are not always as humorous asthy wud k r thm t b.

Tis is the hip new way o do-

ing things, Gab explained. Its con-venient or us that we got into it at

a time when things are starting tobssm.

m r crc

T bg ad thr shard dheritage have kept Gab and Aron

td dspt thr drs.

Ts s a gd thg that brgs us

tgthr ad brgs ur rds t-gthr t, Gab sad.

Te twins parents both camerom big cooking amilies, and theirmarriage began with competition orrghts t th kth.

Our amy drs ar k at-g d wh takg abut d,Ar sad.

We have a good relationship withour amily, and thats the experiencewe recreate when we go out with ourriends. I cant imagine eating alone,h sad.

Tis eating culture largely inspiredth Duds t bg thr d bg.

It was a good excuse or our par-ts t wdr why w wr ggout to eat with their money everywkd, Gab sad, aughg.

Coming back to Providence,where they grew up, has added anew amilial element to their blog.Te twins try to track down some oth rstaurats whr thy at wththr parts as hdr, Gab sad.

Te multicultural household wegrew up in really impacted us in thatw k t try drt thgs, Artd.

We like tongue a lot. We dontthk thats wrd, but I guss thatsweird, Gab said, adding that he and

his brother like to push their riendsto try oods out o their comortzs that thy f d up kg.

Te one thing the Dudes tried anddid not like was grasshopper. It wasdsgustg, Gab sad. But th twsgenerally avoid writing about suchexperiences, he added. We neversay bad things about restaurants,he said. People dont want to hear

abut whr t t g.Even i the ood is bad, it can

even be a good experience, Aronaddd.

W ckg?

T Duds ha bg pas r thuture. Te blog began light-hearted,but ended up becoming somethinglegitimate, so were thinking that i wekp trasrmg, smthg a m t smday, Gab sad.

Te twins spent the past summerbakpakg arud Eurp, du-mtg thr uary prsin Italy, Germany, Belgium, Spainand more. Tey released a sample otheir travel writing on a umblr site,hpg t attrat strs t sp-sor a trip around Southeast Asia thissummer that would be the basis or aDuds Fd-sty tra maua.

But a busss md was rray a part th tws pa.

Yu ha t d what yu jy,and i you nd something you re-ally love doing, you need to ollowthrugh wth t, Ar sad.

As thr bg grws t a bggrproject, the Dudes will ace the pros-pt sg thr aymty. Wdt k that pp kw wh thDuds Fd ar, Gab pad,because it limits the Dude conceptth tws try t mbdy t just thtw thm.

Everyone should be a dude,Ar sad. Its t abut a bg, tst abut th d ts abut th

r dud.

among the buildings, she said. Millerand Metcal will be completely reno-

vated including converting singlerms t dubs bgg thssummer and continuing throughall semester. Te other projects willtake place over the summer o 2013.

I were saying this is the Pem-

broke area transormation, we wantth wh thg t k sparkg,Klawunn said. Pembroke will houseabut 00 rst-yars.

Adrws Dg Ha a spaurrty usd r ts w btransormed into a student com-mons. While plans have not yet beenazd, th ratd dg haw ud spas r studyg, s-

azg ad atg, Kawu sad.It will be sort o like a small campustr, sh sad.

Te rst oor o Andrews will bestudy space, and the outer terracewill have tables. Te ground oorw ha ug spa, udg agam rm ad p tabs, as was a w dg aty that wudreplace the Gate. Te study spacewill be created this summer, while

the other work is slated or summer2013. Tough a computer clusterwith printing acilities is not parto the current plan, Klawunn saidprinting would be helpul in creatinga t study spa.

Te V-Dub will likely be openon weekends to oster a sense ocommunity. I lived on Pembrokereshman year, and it sucked havingto come down to the (Sharpe Reec-tory) on weekends, said Sam Barney2, Rsdta Cu har.

Tey want to really turn Pem-

broke into a more sel-sustaininghub, sh addd.

Ky Quad w b ratdand split into three separate build-

ings, each with an elevator. Entranc-es to the building will be throughKys urtyards, whh ar asslated or a acelif, and will become

d gr spas that ppwill actually be on and be using,Kawu sad.

T prpsa spts Ky tthr budgs baus t s tbig and impersonal, Barney said.Pp just dt k that yu aru arud th wh thg.

Mayb pp w gt t kwth pp thr r mr tssmar, sh sad.

Te proposal to split Keeney intothr budgs was a trrsa, Bary sad. W kd gaur appra, hstaty.

T Ursty as pas t -pad Ky ug spa, bth byrenovating lounges on the top oors

and adding them to each unit o thedrm.

Keeney room renovations willoccur this summer, while the rest

will be completed summer 2013. Allrooms, except those o Residential

Peer Leaders, will be doubles orrst-years. It will hold around 600studts.

By the time we get it done, everyrst-yar studt w b a r-

vated area, Klawunn said. We wanta dstt rst-yar pr.

Bg pr c

he plan calls or clusteringsophomores in Slater, Littleeld,Hgma ad Casw Has, HpCollege and Wriston Quadrangle.Most students will live in doubles,

and Hope College and Hegeman willb ratd.

Te rst oor o Wayland Housewill also house students once theOce o Residential Lie moves to

Graduat Ctr.We wanted to make intentional

sphmr mmuts t tdthat cohesiveness rom reshmanyar, Bary sad. T us thsophomore experience really cameut RsCu.

Currty, thr s a g thatyour sophomore year, you get lef-

r husg, Kawu sad.By creating housing options that

are more similar and renovating

dorms where necessary, ResCounciland the University hope to allevi-ate the stress many reshmen mayeel going into the housing lottery,

Bary sad.Udr th pa, thr shud b

enough beds available or sopho-mores so that no reshman will haveto be in the summer assignment pro-ss, Bary sad.

T Nw Pmbrk drms maybe a mix o rst-years and sopho-mores, depending on numbers,Kawu sad.

Te clustering o most sopho-mrs t sphmr-y drms

th tr ampus w awstudts t ha a mr b s-cial experience sophomore year,Bary sad, hpg studts mtand socialize with new people livingar thm.

ResCouncil will also reviewGreek and program housing thissemester because o student com-pats.

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Most juniors and seniors will livein suites or apartments, Barney said.

Perkins Hall will be renovatednext summer and will be turned intosingle rooms. Individual studentswill live in rooms currently occupied

by two students. By the time yourea junior or senior, you dont mindbg Prks baus yu kwits not that ar away, Klawunn said.First-years currently dislike living inPerkins because its too ar rom thetr ampus, sh addd.

A new dorm at 315 Tayer St. will

be available or upperclassmen start-ing this all, with roughly 60 beds,mostly in suites. Vartan Gregorian

Quad will undergo minor improve-mts t summr, Kawu sad.

Minden Hall is slated or ullrenovation in the uture but was notincluded as part o the plan approvedby the Corporation. We know itneeds work, and it will be one oth thgs that ms up afr thpad rats, sh sad.

Students have expressed concernabout paying extra ees or suites andapartments, a complaint the Univer-sty s kg t, Kawu sad.

Tough proposals have called

or larger windows and commonrooms or Grad Center suites, theUniversity is debating what levelo renovation is necessary beoreapprg ay hags.

T Ursty hps t bud anew residence hall with about 220bds r jurs ad srs sutor apartment style, Klawunn said.It has not yet chosen a site or thebuilding, but the administrationhopes to start it soon, as a new dormwould need three years between ap-proval and completion. Klawunnsaid she hopes it will be discussedat th May Crprat mtg.

T Ursty hps t ath rats wth gfs.

RPLs were brieed about the plansabout two weeks ago, Klawunn said,and ResCouncil has been consultedthrughut th prss.

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Article misinterprets lectures messageTo the Editor:

I write this letter with great appreciation or Te Her-ad r rg my tak ast Tursday. Wh muh that article clearly presents the points made that evening,th wg statmt s aurat:

Teres a lack o truth about the role Western govern-

ments played in the earthquake relie process, Moynihansad. By mpdg th autmy th Hata gr-ment, international powers interere with the Haitianpps hmgrw rts t mpr thr stuat,h sad.

Frst, th trm Wstr, spay wh usd thcase o Haiti, is anachronistic maybe even misleading.It rtay grs Hats mprta as th brthpa what s assay rrrd t as th Nw Wrd. It smy hope that the dialogue around Haiti will one dayb ss dmatd by ts urtuat hath ssus adeconomic status and more ocused on this great nationsimportance in our hemisphere and our own history. Haitiad ts pp ha b ad tu t b mprtatcontributors to the culture o reedom in the Western

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t md wh dsussg Hat.Second, Haiti would only benet rom more state-

t-stat trat. T ry pt my tak s t -courage that Haiti be interacted with as a nation. At a

presentation o this same talk in Birmingham, AlabamaRep. erri Sewell, D-AL, asked me who I would most

k t dsuss Hats stuat wth. I rspdd, S-rtary Ct, rdr t urag a mr sstttrat wth Hat.

Finally, it is in act the large international non-govern-mta rgazats whh, t us th authrs wrds,(impede) the autonomy o the Haitian governmentand the Haitian peoples homegrown eorts to improvetheir situation. Tese organizations are neither equipped,nor do they have the expertise, to help Haiti develop thesocial institutions that are necessary or Haiti to advanceas a at. Urtuaty, thy wr rpstrs ths shar my g by dduas rm arudth wrd t hp Hat.

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Last Tursday, the Undergraduate Council o Students announcedthat it would hold a campus-wide reerendum to clariy the relation-ship between itsel and the Undergraduate Finance Board. I approvedby a tw-thrds majrty udrgraduats a p MyCurssthat ss Wdsday, UCS w gr d UFB appra rits unding requests and will instead be able to appropriate itsel moneydirectly rom the Student Activities Fund. We urge students to vote

agast UCSs prpsd rrdum.In dueling opinions columns published last week in Te Herald,

UCS rst argued that this change is necessary or it to adequately undtats t bs w ha pst, ampus-wd ts. UFB r-spdd that th hag wud ss th aaab my r thrarady udrudd studt rgazats.

As a student governance body, UCS has an understandably broadermandate than other interest-specic student groups. Its mission, whichincludes represent(ing) students and the interests o students in all

matters o university lie and addressing each aspect o Universityprats whh ats studts, s uquy pas ad pubyoriented. It would be a dereliction o duty or them not to dream big andaim or broad-scale, meaningul projects that aect all undergraduatestudents. Such projects, understandably, cost money, and there is perhapsa gtmat argumt t b mad that prtg ustrs Pmbrkought not to compete or unding with pizza at a recruitment meeting.

But UCS s t argug mry t ras ts bas udg rto separate a student government ee out o the student activitiesee both ideas would merit serious consideration, especially i UCSwr t sur that th rasd uds wud b w spt. Istad,the proposed reerendum constitutionally restructures the relationshipbtw UCS ad ry thr studt grup a way that wud s-stay grat UCS umtd udg. O th shrt d th stkwould be other student groups many o them seeking unds orturs, sas r prjts wth quay auab mpats studtlie who would receive no such special treatment and would be

mptg r a smar amut my.UCS President Ralanda Nelson 12 claimed in an article in last

Frdays Hrad that UFBs rdud rsght r UCSs udg waso no concern, since in the articles words students opposedt th us dss may j (UCS) ad t agast th ma-surs. But studts shud t ha t b mmbrs UCS t suroversight over UCSs use o their money. Indeed, we already have a

dedicated organization ensuring that student activities unding is wellspt th UFB.

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ssu. Hw ds r th at thathpstrs shp whr -shrts ha thrstys, s rs ad st $0 wth thr a-ts r tag ad usd thg?

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st us th trm as a adjt t dsrbamst aythg that ars ur dsappra.

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ry th, sm ad uturagrup.

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str ad th bastg a thy ar assatdwth, w d up haratrzg tr ds

study, das, mus grs ad art ts asth tys ad ts hpstrsm. D w watt rah th pt whr ar prdtsm s s strg that wh a rd sug-gsts sg a w hbt, pp augh hs a? Istad takg ur tru targt,ur uamd hatrd rythg a-bd hpstr udrms th mst hr-shd aspt humaty: ts drsty trsts. It saths rdbty rm sammts k Oupy Wa Strt, whh,gd r bad, ha udubtdy rasdawarss tss ad prbms wthsty. It hurts th aus prgrsss adprt wrkrs wh t t mpr p-prtuty ad surty r a tzs. It

waks th appa rmtasm,urba armg ad sustaabty.

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Adam Boch 14 is a gology and

achaology concntato om Ipsich,Mass. H can b contactd [email protected].

How hip-fipped

As rprtd T Hrad a up wks ag (Oupy shfs us t ta sta-tus, Ja. 26), Oupy Prd has r-ty usd rtsm th Urstyr ts ta-mpt status amdst th pubud urrty payg ut btw Prs-dt Ruth Smms ad Mayr Ag a-ras r th sam ssu. Tr rtsm sa spfi : T Ursty shud paymr my t th ty t mak up rwhat t ds t trbut prprty ta-s. Its a trstg ssu but suggst a mr trstg qust. usth aguag th mmt, s Brw at th prt?

As t stads, Brws aa ad d-partmt s ss tha prt. Ery yar,mdd- ad wr-m studts wthatast appats ar rd t rgtBrw, wh thr studts, arbtraryuky ugh t d s, pay u tut tattd th Ursty.

W at hd th ts btw Brwad th stmt bakg dustry, as thCtr r Carrs ad L Afr Brwrguary hsts trshp ts that a-tur aa grups as gat as Barays,Mrga Stay ad JP Mrga Chas.Bra Myha , th Bak AmraCEO wh was th pub a hs bakshay prtstd pa t harg dbt ard

hdrs $5 a mth, s a Brw aum.

Mrr, ths fiaa sttutsdsrmaty p thr drs t grad-uats Iy Lagu ursts. LaurRra, assstat prssr maagmtad rgazats at Nrthwstr Ur-stys Kgg Sh Maagmt, dm-

stratd ths afr takg sra yars tspak wth mpyrs at t rms aw,sutg ad stmt bakg. Shud that th prmary ras r hrg,ab a s udg grads waswhthr th appat had attdd a u-tra-t ursty. Attda at Ya rBrw, r amp, was ugh t gatry.

It mght b pssb t aswr th -tra qust ths art th strgth

ths prdg statmts a, butt s bttr aswrd thrugh a trr-sy that am t Brw 200. Tat yar,Smms was puby ud t ha b th bard Gdma Sahs r a um-br yars. Hr putmat yary saarywas $323,53, ad sh f th jb wth a t-ta $.3 m mpay stk.

Smms, k a umbr Brw stu-dts, s a mmbr th prt. Sm-ms, k may Brw studts, mstky matad hr pst Gd-

mas bard, at ast partay, thrugh th

pwr Brws am. Ad Smms,k umrus Brw studts, rd amass saary thrugh hr jb. S s t art rtz hr? Or, ardgy, s t ar trtz th may Brw studts wh ar a smar stuat?

W, Smms has wrkd hard at -rasg th amut aa ad thatBrw gs ah yar, hpg t guara-t that ths wthut hgh ms hath pprtuty t g t Brw. Ad Iwud hazard a guss that mst Brw stu-dts wud agr that ths s a gd admra thg t d.

Lkws, I dubt that Smms, r ayBrw studt, truy bs that t s th-a r t sr firms t bas thr hr-

g dss sy what g th ap-pat graduatd rm. Hw may uswr but a w SA pts away rm ggt ur sd h shs? Wr t sdrt rm th studts thr gdursts, ad I dt thk w shud r- spa tratmt basd musuhgh sh grad drs.

As r th ms mpsat thatSmms rd r hr srs, that r-ats t a mr gra prbm thfiaa dustry. Wa Strt prdus,

amg thr thgs, hgh saars. I ud

wrt th mra ssu payg aymr tha $250,000, but I am mr -rd wth th uta prbms ths systm. Suh hgh wags a dra ta-t rm thr fids that trbut t thmy. Substata umbrs smart,

s- ad math-rtd studts hab had t th fid fia tth dtrmt arus thr dustrs Amra. T rsut has b a wakr, ssdrsfid my whs huma ap-ta s r-d th ara st-mt bakg. But durg Smms t-ur, Brw dd rat a w sh -grg, ad th drsty tats adpasss at Brw ds ts t ratg amy that s as dyam as t s strg.

I hp t ha shw that, ah ths aras, Brw, ts prsdts ad tsstudts b ad pursu tatsthat trbut t a mr qutab -my. Hwr, w st ha mms -mt stmt bakg, a pw-ru brah th my that, r bttrr r wrs, w aways st. Baus ths, I td that Smms ad th maystudts wh wrk th aa dus-try shud b judgd by hw thy at, tby whthr thy ar part th dustry th first pa. I b ths baus I dtthk w d zr stmt bakrs Amra I just thk w d mras.

kvin Caty 15 is a political scincconcntato om washington D.C. Hold lov to ha any sponss and

can b achd at

[email protected].

Is Brown a tool of the 1 percent?

Simmons and th many stdnts ho o in th

nancial indsty shold b jdgd by ho thy act, not

by hth thy a pat o th indsty in th fist plac.

why is hipst th go-to dsciption o vything bad?

BY keVIN CArTYopinions Columnist

BY ADAM BOuCHeopinions Columnist


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Arts & CultureMonday, February 13, 2012

By KRistina azzalaRo

staff writer

Anthony ommasini still thinks ohms as a tahr, a at madevident by his ability to relate withease detailed and unny stories ohis role as the New York imeschie music critic to a packedGrant Recital Hall Friday ater-.

mmass tak spad hs

illustrious career, driting in asamss autbgrapha ma-ner through his time as an un-drgrad at Ya, as a prssr atEmrs Cg ad as a wrtror the Boston Globe and the NewYrk ms.

Br mmas was a mu-sic critic, he was and still is a musician himsel. A classi-

ay trad past, mmasreceived a Bachelor o Arts de-gr rm Ya 70, a Mastro Music degree rom the YaleSh Mus ad a Dtr Musical Arts degree rom Bos-t Ursty. H th wt t tah at Emrs Cg, butwhen he didnt get tenure, hemade the switch to journalism,h sad.

Since he knew music so welland considered himsel to be agood writer, ommasini con-tacted his riend Richard Dyerat the Boston Globe and beganwrkg as a rar. Ery-thing I learned about journalism I ard th jb, h sad,tg th Nw Yrk Hrad r-bune critic Virgil homson as aninvaluable source o knowledgedurg hs ary arr.

he biggest challenge he aced

was dg a way t wrt abutmusic in everyday language in-stead o using a musicologistsjarg. Nty-ght prt wait, imes readers he paused,looking around the room okay,95 percent dont know what Im

talking about, ommasini jokedwth th aud.

hs prbm jarg a-sionally crept into ommasinistalk as well. Most audience mem-

bers seemed to have a workingkwdg th assa musram ad ts ky payrs, askgommasini to elaborate on hisinteractions with the whos who oth arts wrd. But r thswithout this background, some oommasinis anecdotes may havea at.

ommasini went on to discusshis role as critic, a position he saidcombined both news reportingad ps. I I ha a strgopinion, I voice it, he said, butsome stories require more o anews slant. Finding the balancebtw th tw s ky, h sad.

As chie critic or the imes,

mmas s ptd t rth bg thgs ad as has acall on what stories the sectionruns. His selections may surpriseyou, as he oten chooses to high-light modern pieces over tradi-ta prrmas.

Cassa mus has b thmost conservative o the per-orming arts, ommasini said.It wud b rada r a m-pany to devote just a third o theirschedule to playing modern piec-s, h sad, but that baa s -

Times music criticchronicles career path

By CoRinne CathCaRt

CoNtributiNg writer

Te importance o temporal contextin the creation and observation otradta Chs art was mpha-sized in a lecture given by Jan Stuart,kpr th dpartmt Asa atthe British Museum, Tursday night.Te lecture, entitled imely Images:Chinese Art and Festival and part

o the Innovation/Adaptation: 5,000

Years o Making Art in China serieso the Universitys Year o China ini-tat, attratd a matur audto the List Art Center o primarilyPrd mmuty mmbrs.

Stuarts tur, thugh rh wthart history, also oered a cultural les-son on the importance o estivals Cha. Sh rgazd hr tur and the art pieces she included hrga rdr th s-tas that tak pa thrughut thyear, emphasizing how, rom ancienttimes to the present, there has been asgat bd btw tmpracontext and Chinese art, especiallybecause o the signicant number oestivals and holidays during the year.

Stuarts main point was madeclear by her rst two slides the rst whh was a patg a Chrst-mas tr, ad th sd a patg a sma buqut pmgraatwrs. Stuart sad sh kw ry- th aud rgzd thChristmas tree and its cultural im-

plications. But the average Americanwr wud ha da that thpmgraat wr dtad thsecond slide was representative oth azhg Fsta, whh takspa th fh day th fh uarmth Cha.

ime eats away at all things,sh sad, but th way t udrstadtraditional art more ully is to recog-z that wrks ar shapd by thrtmpra tt.

Elsie Morse, a communitymember and volunteer docent orth Rhd Isad Sh DsgMuseum, said she came to the lecturebecause o the RISD Museums part-nership with the Year o China initia-t. Currty, th musum has ahbt ttd Frm th Lad thImmortals: Chinese aoist Robes andextiles, displaying ancient Chinesegarmts. T day th rbsallows them to only be displayedor three months every ve years,sh sad, s th hbt s rdbyspa.

Proessor o History o Art andArhttur Magg Bkrd, whintroduced Stuart or the lecture, saidsh t thr was s muh strss the modern state o China and itspa th gba ara that trad-ta ad at art ds t gaproper recognition. Tis lecture, shesad, was a pprtuty t dg tthat hstry.

Tr w b abut ha a dzspeakers in the Innovation/Adap-tation series over the course o the

smstr, Bkrd sad.

Lectureturns back

time onChinese art

By samuel eldBlum

CoNtributiNg writer

You thought you knew music? Funkwhat yu hard.

Bedecked in alien heads andtphats, Grg Ct ad Para-ment Funkadelic took the stage atLupos Heartbreak Hotel Friday nightin downtown Providence. Te venuewas packed with at least three genera-

ts, rm hp g kds t atough guys dont try to squeezepast them to mustachioed oldks wh ha b grg wthP Fuk r wh kws hw g.

he band came onstage andquickly started playing the bouncy

bass-y rs that at hp but maka listener sway. Te songs rerainswere largely repeated call-and-re-sponse Yank my doodle, Clintondemanded, and the audience glee-ully demanded the same. Yank mydd, b a dady!

Eah sg brk dw t gjam sessions, distorted guitar risand deep synthesizers that rhyth-may washd r th rwd as tundulated obediently. Te jammingseemed somewhat sel-indulgent,though our-minute songs tookve times that long to play. But, basedon the atmosphere o the venue, it islikely many o the audience memberswere not paying such close attentiont th passag tm.

More than anything, the showwas rdby bzarr. I a partu-ary mmrab hag btwClinton and the audience, the singerbastd, W gt that dd. Trwd, judgg by ts rsps, dd,t.

But it was more than words

a man came onstage with a poophmt , kg k hs a waspkg ut a gat p h-at sf-sr ram. H dadarud, tk a stag brak ad tham bak r mr. Pt tak.

Later, aliens came onstage, anda shirtless man sported an enor-mus athry smbrr. A ma a dog costume broke it down duringAtm Dg, a hug a art.

Clinton was not the only membero the group singing. At times, hewould take a seat onstage and let oth-r mmbrs th grup tak r.A woman 30 years younger than therest o the group dressed as a nurseon roller blades screeched intothe microphone when she got thechance. A balding man waxed poeticabut th srts th urs.

Clintons grandchildren cameonstage to rap. His granddaugh-ter smelled some stank, and shewanted some. She got some. Tehp-hp ayrd samssy r thunk rhythms and made or a nicehag pa.

We wanted the unk we gotthe unk. Unortunately, the unkdd t ag as w as t mght ha.Te high points o the show werewdru th a-ad-rspswas a pasur, ad th tr aarwas mty bg-ab.

But the music, to this listener,ud ha b tghtr tha t was.T g jams at th ta d -ery song meant the concert draggedmore than it ought to have. Te threehours o music really elt like three

hurs.T aga, P Fuk wudt b

P Fuk thy ddt d thgs just

th way thy watd t.

Lupos feels thefunk Friday night

By BRette RaGland

CoNtributiNg writer

Las Vs s a shw abut m-sters. But though the play presentsa atasta spa whr a ywjaka-dg ad thr-hadd pup-pets interact on stage, the true

monsters o the production are thepeople currently inicting violence Cmba.

Te play tells the story o a mankidnapped by the FARC, the Revo-lutionary Armed Forces o Colom-ba, wh us kdappg rasmsto und their revolutionary agenda.His daughter, played both by SophieNetanel 12 and Emily Oliveira, a

junior at the Rhode Island School o

Design, can do nothing but recordmessages to her missing ather to

then be broadcast on the radio showLas Vs d Sustr.

Te penetrating and poetic lan-guage written by Oliveira allowsth mr mysta mts thpay t sm atura. T st, -strutd tturd abr drapd a wd tab, sts rt a large mural painted by Oliveiraad prds th prt spa rth puppts sh as ratd.

Beyond making nearly every

aspect o the piece, Oliveira alsotaught th atrs th tras wrkg wth puppts.

here is something abouta puppet that is a little bit like aburn victim, said Erik Ehn, head oplaywriting and proessor o theaterarts and perormance studies, whohd a puppt summt arr thssemester. Tey require constantcare. Youve got to be so careul witha puppt.

APS Assstat Prssr KymMoore, who directed one o theshows or the summit, similarlyptd ut th mprta thactors willingness to listen and trustth puppt.

But Oliveira was already well

aware o these challenges, as shepuppeteered or Ehns puppet sum-mit and interned with a puppet the-atr r th summr.

I denitely chose people who

are very present and are very goodat sttg bak ad bg a wtssto what the puppet is doing, Olivei-ra said. Tis was clear while watch-g th pupptrs prrmas.Te astounding level o attentionad ar admstrd by th pup-peteers made the violence o thepay mr papab.

By mixing perormances by liveactors with puppetry, the show wasable to more eectively illustrate the

inexpressible horrors o the traumainicted by the political kidnap-pgs. I th rst s, th athris played by live actor Zach Segel3, but afr hs kdappg h sonly seen in puppet orm, articu-

lating the dehumanization processin a more tangible way. Te pup-pet is also, at times, puppeteeredby members o the FARC, whichmore concretely conveys the lack oagy a tm prs.

Somehow the puppets distancerom reality actually makes the hei-nous acts seem more real. Oliveirasaid she believes because the au-

dience is so aware that the actorgoes home at the end o the day,the violence inicted during thepay s ss pwru.

But Eh sad, W as audand puppeteers as operators endowths bjts wth . T tto the puppets existence is only this, ths trauma.

T puppts d rat a wrdo their own, Moore wrote in anemail to Te Herald. Tey allow ust suspd dsb a way that(makes) the subject matter more

palatable and harder to reject out

tur baus w at rat tthat prss pr.

But while Oliveira likewise ndspuppets to be a useul way to com-municate the reality o these un-speakable acts, she admitted, Wellnever understand. And thats thething we have to resign ourselves

to: that we will absolutely neverunderstand what it was like to be

in Rwanda during genocide andthgs k that.

Te dynamic between peopleliving in rst-world countries whoare watching violence happenarud th wrd ad th tmso said violence connected Oliveirato the subject matter o Las Voces,

sh sad. Ts ratshp mrrrsthat th kdappd tms adthe amilies who can do nothingmore than send these messages outt th thr, sh addd.

I think monsters are how weseparate ourselves rom violenceand separate ourselves rom theidea that we are also capable o vio-lence, Oliveira said. Its scary toown that. o own that we are a parto a world that creates violence andgenocide and all o these terrible,

t thgs.

Puppets illuminate stories of genocide

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