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By ElIzaBEth Koh

StaffWriter

Wth hs bushy wht har, atwitter eed and hipster glasses,St Lubar, prssr Amr-ican studies, is not your typicalmuseum director. He presidesover a collection o artiacts in-cluding jade coins and primitivespearheads, all lovingly labeledand nestled away in a corner oth Ma Gr.

Te Haenreer Museum o

Anthropology, which describesitsel as a teaching museumon its website, is located in a2,000-square-oot space on therst oor o Manning Hall, barely50 yards away rom the StephenRobert 62 Campus Center andUniversity Hall. But despite itscentral location, the building is

more likely to draw prospective

applicants looking or the upstairsinormation sessions than visitorstrstd ts ts.

A lot o students have neverbeen here which is too bad, Lubarsaid. Museums have to be lively to

attract attention, and just havingwdru stu s smtms tugh.

But Lubar hopes all o that isabut t hag. T HarrMuseum, currently in the processo an extended renovation, is re-inventing both its appearance andth pr t rs strs tattract more students. With a stu-dent group recently approved bythe Undergraduate Council o Stu-

dents and increasing collaborationwith University classes and pro-grams, the museum is launchingnew programs to gain recognition ampus.

Hidden gems abound at the Haffenreffer

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The Haereer Museum o Athropolog eatures over 1 mllo artacts.

By aasha jacKson

Contributing Writer

Five adventurous students re-ceived ellowships this year toshowcase their multimedia proj-ts addrssg trata s-sues on the Global Conversation,a blog launched by the WatsonInstitute or International Studiestwo years ago. Over winter break,

ive students were sponsored asA& Nw Mda Fws, ahreceiving $1,500 in addition toaudio and video equipment todocument their work and upload

t t th st.Since the Watson Institute

launched the blog as an outletr studts t shar thr wrkad prs abrad wth thBrown community, A& hassponsored 35 New Media Fel-ws t g abrad ad wrk aarty trata prjts.

Kai Herng Loh 14, associatenew media producer or the blogad ths yars rpts,traveled to China over break tostudy the countrys capacity toinnovate as it vies to become even

more dominant in global markets.

Lh sad h watd t hagthe idea portrayed in Americanmedia that China is not reallycapable o producing innovation.

Loh created a video documen-tary counteracting the mediasprtraya, thugh h addd thatthe documentary will not be asthorough as he hoped because

it was hard to get higher-levelgovernment oicials to go ond, h sad.

he blog is like Facebook with

a purpose, said Karen Lynch,editor o the Global Conversa-tion. It gives Brown students an

Fellows showcase adventures abroad on blog

Courtes o Tala Worrell

Tala Worrell 14 iterviewed curret residets o her ucles old house i Bulaa.

By ElIzaBEth Koh

StaffWriter

For the se venth consecutive year,the Foundation or IndividualRights in Education has giventh Ursty a rd-ght ratgor its sexual harassment policy a rprt assssg r sphds g ampuss. hred-light rating is given to schoolswith at least one policy that both

clearly and substantially restrictsreedom o speech, according toth rprt.

he Universitys sexual harass-

mt d was aggd r bgtoo vague and over-broad, saidAzhar Majeed, the oundationsassociate director o legal andpub aday.

his policy gives purportedexamples o sexual harassment,which encompasses speech, suchas suggestive jokes o a sexual na-ture, Majeed said. Somethingas obvious as a joke on SouthPark r th Day Shw wudpotentially be a suggestive jokeo a suggestive nature that couldconstitute sexual harassment, Ma-

jd sad.

he 2012 report rated 392 col-leges and universities, 65 percento which received a red-light rat-ing. Harvard, Cornell and Colum-

bia were also labeled as red-light

r sm thr ps.Since 2005, the oundation,

a prt duat rgaza-tion that advocates ree speech ampus, has b ratg -leges around the country. It be-gan rating Brown in 2006. hereleased ratings are based onpublicly available policies rom

Freedom of speech foundation ags U. policy

By alExandra MacarlanE

Senior StaffWriter

Faculty members voted unani-mously at yesterdays aculty meet-

ing to support President RuthSimmons actions in dealing withth tys dmads r addtapaymts.

Te aculty also voted on theaadm adar ad hard r-ports on the presidential searchprocess, athletics and brain sci- rsarh at th Ursty.

Simmons discussed the citysrequests or increased contribu-ts rm th Ursty t hpbridge the citys $22.5 milliondecit and also outlined plansthe University has made to helpthe city. Simmons explained thecommitments that the Universityhad made to the city, starting witha memorandum o understandingmade in 2003 between the city andthr -stat ursts. I a,Simmons said, the University pays

$4 million to the city in voluntarycontributions and tax paymentsauay.

Simmons drew a comparison

Faculty

votes tosupport U.dealingswith city

By ElI oKun

Senior StaffWriter

I ght rapd rass bkdigitization over the last ew years,some universities are taking steps toimplement cost-eective e-textbook

prgrams. Tugh th pt hasbeen explored at Brown, the Univer-

sty s uky t w thr adanytime soon, said Steven Souza,drtr th Brw Bkstr.

Tis semester, Cornell, the Uni-versity o Caliornia at Berkeley,the University o Minnesota, theUniversity o Virginia and theUniversity o Wisconsin partneredwth Itrt2, a hghr duatnetworking consortium, to launchan e-textbook pilot program. Tept prgram sks t prd thparticipating universities with a way

to incorporate e-textbooks into atraditional classroom setting usinga business model that will lowercosts or students and publishers,the Chronicle o Higher Educationrprtd ast mth.

Durg th urrt tra phas,ursts ar rg th stso the e-textbooks or students inthe courses testing out the program.

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ACROSS1 Organic fuel5 Beggars returns9 Out-and-out

14 Soprano Gluck15 Tree nursery?16 Winnebagos kin17 *Vaudeville

headliner19 Actress Kelly20 Anaheim team, to

fans

21 Splotch23 Fishing gear24 *Count Basies

theme song28 Garment border29 Michael of

Caddyshack32 Marbles

competition36 Get out in the

open38 Singsong

syllables39 *Too-small

quantity43 Open mic

performer, often44 Bruins legend45 My love __ a

fever, longingstill: Shakespeare

46 Deeply rooted48 Gandalf portrayer

McKellen50 *1959 Monroe

classic57 Go team!

59 Well out of range60 It may becaptioned

61 Hoover rival63 What many

sports cars lack,and, in a way,what the ends ofthe starredanswers are

66 Bench clearer67 Pitcher Pettitte

with a record 19post-season wins

68 Out of the cage69 Less hardy-

looking70 Early Iranian71 Americas Next

Top Model hostBanks

DOWN1 Logical start?2 Online mortgage

broker

3 More thanenough

4 Its not done5 State of Wonder

novelist Patchett6 Country expanse7 A Fuller

Spectrum ofNews network

8 Bit of rhubarb9 Middle of

nowhere,

metaphorically10 Hugs,symbolically

11 Cult classic of1990s TV

12 It passes betweenSwiss banks

13 Would-be One Lshurdle

18 Author Sholem22 Eye of el tigre25 Tilt26 Fail to mention27 Overseas thanks30 Lab coat speck?31 Chow32 Year Elizabeth I

delivered herGolden Speech

33 Caddiessuggestion

34 Jaw-droppingnews

35 Veep beforeGerald

37 Letter after pi40 Motel

convenience41 Gymnopdies

composer Satie42 Scots bluff47 Dict. offering49 Small bites51 NFLer until 199452 Castle with many

steps?

53 Museumconcern

54 White with age55 Weasel-like

swimmer56 Where captains

go57 Frolic58 Field of expertise62 GPA reducer,

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By MaddIE BErg

StaffWriter

As the only Native American aculty

member at Brown, Elizabeth Hoover

MA03 PhD10 hopes to continueher eorts to bring American In-dian culture into the Universitysconsciousness. Hoover held therst annual powwow on campusas a graduat studt 0 yars ag,ad sh w pas t hp dpa Nat studs prgram that wraise awareness o the culture in theaadm sphr.

Hoovers celebration o her Mo-hawk ad Mma hrtag bgaat a young age, continuing throughher undergraduate years at Williams

College and her graduate years atBrown and nally culminating in

her position as a visiting assistantproessor o ethnic studies andAmra studs.

Hr grw up what sh r-ers to as the boondocks o upstateNew York. Because she lived in adrs mmuty whr sh hadlittle contact with her cultural roots,

she spent much o her childhoodtraveling across the Northeast totradta pwwws ad rm-nies where she could get in touchwth hr hrtag.

It was just smthg that wasalways important to our amily, eventhough our neighbors didnt all nec-

essarily take part in the same tradi-

tions, she said. Te way to hangon to Native traditions is by comingto these gatherings and going toceremonies and going to powwows.

But Hoover did not nd this Na-

tive American culture accessible hr g yars. Wams ba-sically had no (Native American)mmuty, Hr rad. Shattempted to change this by organiz-

ing a powwow at Williams, a tradi-tion she would later start at Brown.Te powwows attract residents olocal communities and eature ritu-ast das ad rms, shsad.

I watd t brg mr Natpeople to that campus, Hoover said.

When she attended Williams, therewere only three or our other Native

Amra studts, sh sad.As a udrgraduat, Hrs

attempts to recruit more Ameri-can Indian students proved di-cult. Upon asking an admissionocer what the school was doingto increase recruitment o NativeAmericans, he said, Oh, we justt thm t g r Dartmuth b-cause they have a good programthere, Hoover recalled. My jaw

just dropped. It was just shocking.As a proessor at Brown, Hoover

sad sh hps rrutmt rtswill be more successul. Hoover hasb at Ursty rts treach out to local Native peopleand make them aware o Brownswmg mmuty.

Hoover originally came to theUniversity to get her masters degree

in anthropology and museum stud-s. Wth hr prts musum

studs, Hr hpd t hp ds-play the crafs o Natives in such away that it doesnt make these olksk k thy ashd, sh sad.

But Hoover soon decided themore urgent issues acing Nativeswere environmental, as the highchemical levels in many tribal areasaect their health. She pursued herdtrat dgr athrpgy,usg hw tamats a-ect the reproductive abilities o theMhawks Akwsas, N.Y.

At Brown, Hoover discovereda more active and slightly larger

Nat ppuat tha th atWilliams. Since her rst year as agraduate student, Hoover has takenpart in the activities o Natives atBrw.

I was ry happy that thy hada Native student group here, shesad. It was ry .

Soon afer joining the culturalgroup, which currently has 10 ac-tive members who meet once aweek, Hoover started a powwow

muh k th t sh rgazdat Wams.

I was k, a rght, smbdyelse has to raise the money, butIll invite the drummers and thedancers because thats the un part,Hr sad.

Te tradition has continued with

th Ursty hstg ts 0th a-ua pwww ast yar.

Hoover also hopes to leave alasting legacy in academia with aNative studies program at Brown.Hoover and other proessors areurrty rgazg a th asssthat cover Native peoples into a co-hesive group. In the all, the pro-essors o these classes will cometgthr t rat a Nat studsprgram wth th th studsdpartmt.

Its going to be a while beorewe can get them to hire anotherNative studies proessor, Hooversaid, so its about how we can workwith the resources we have to bringt tgthr.

Br th prgram s uy m-pmtd, Hr sad sh hpsBrown will attract more Nativestudents by letting people in thea mmuts kw that thyare welcome here and that their

studts w thr hr.

U. to offer Native studies program

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opportunity to showcase someo the great work that they aredg thrws t mght just

st thr thr aptps, Lyhsaid. And it also helps to bringaum bak t wthBrw th tt tra-ta mattrs.

Nicholas Carter 11.5 is explor-ing how the street music o Carta-

ga, Cmba ys th hs-tory o the citys Aro-Colombiansand the citys dierent social,utura ad pta prsss.

Im trying to discover whatlie is like here and how musicand dance unction in these pub-lic spaces and also how they givemeaning to the musicians, danc-

ers and pe ople passing t hrough,said Carter, who has plans tostay Cartaga r a w mrmonths and hopes to ind a job th ty.

Brigitta Greene 12, ormerdeputy managing editor at heHerald, investigated the problems

surrounding hydraulic racturing,

r rakg.he price o oil reached

a high enough level that moreps drg prats thathave been known but (are) noteconomical to use are now wortht, Gr sad.

ala Worrell 14 plans to create

a mini-documentary to shed lighton the recent revolution in Egyptthrough her own amilys experi-s, ad Kar Ogawa 2 wproduce a photo documentaryon Frances recent assimilatoryimmigration policy, accordingt th b gs wbst.

h 202 Nw Mda Fwshave shared inormation abouttheir projects on the blog, but theGlobal Conversation website isbecoming more popular amongother members o the Browncommunity. Anybody with abrown.edu email address can post

on the site, which allows its usersto upload audio and video con-tent. he site is currently on track

to reach a mile stone 100,000 hits Marh, ardg t Lyh.

he number o site visits inNmbr 200 mr tha du-bd by Fbruary 20 ad thdoubled again by November 2011,

according to Lynch. She addedthat pas ar th wrks t r-

vamp the website to make it more

usr-rdy.Most o the content was com-

ing rom the ellows, but increas-gy w just s pp rg-istering on the site and sharingthgs, Lh sad.

It gives all these projects thatare being done some value in thesense that it rames that all as act-

ing as contributions to a largerdsuss, Cartr sad.

aking mostly unconven-tional stories rom all aroundthe world and presenting themtogether is something that canray mak pp awar thvariety o stories that there areand the diversity o human ex-prs, h addd.

Appats r summr -wshps ar du Fb. 27, Lyh

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6:50 p.m. Four to sx black males approached our males headg

east o Bowe Street betwee Thaer ad Brook Streets ad robbed

them o ther persoal beloggs whle fashg a small calber

hadgu. The suspects were descrbed as beg o th buld, wthoe dog a Chcago Bulls cap, aother wearg a whte ad red

strped top ad the rest dressed black sweatshrts. The suspects

fed, rug westboud dow Bowe Street. The case s uder

vestgato.

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5:35 p.m. A studet reported that $40 had goe mssg rom hs

wallet at the Pzztola Ceter, durg the approxmatel our hours he

spet workg out at the Ole-Margoles Athletc Ceter. The studet

had stored hs beloggs a locker at the Pzztola Ceter, wth hs

wallet placed a pats pocket, but he retured to d hs wallet o

loger hs pats ad rather throw the locker. The lockers do ot

have locks, he sad.

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4:26 p.m. A emploee, who had parked her vehcle Lot 90 o

Llod Aveue at approxmatel 2 p.m., retured just over two hours

later to dscover that the rear passeger sde wdow had bee broke

ad two gm bags take.

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1:24 a.m. Whle walkg orthboud o Brow Street, a male

dvdual was approached b a black male, assaulted ad robbed o

hs persoal tems. The suspect, who was descrbed as wearg a lght

gre sweatshrt ad jeas, fed east o Bowe Street a ta or slver

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288 public universities and 104private universities, accordingto the report. Policies analyzed

include Internet use guidelinesand protest and discriminationps.

he oundation uses ederalstadards t auat whthr apolicy violates ree speech. In thecase o sexual harassment poli-s, th udat rs syon the Davis standard, established th Suprm Curt asDavis v. Monroe County Boardo Education, which holds thatstudent behavior must be severe,

pras ad bjty -s t quay as sua harass-mt, Majd sad.

Davis is the only decisionhanded down by the SupremeCourt, and that makes it a con-trolling decision rom the nations

hghst urt, h add d.hr ar may tra r-

ganizations that provide assess-ments and rankings using anyrange o criteria and methodol-ogy, wrote Vice President orPublic Aairs and University Re-lations Marisa Quinn in an emailto he Herald. I am not aware oth rtra usd by (th uda-tion) so am not able to comment th assssmt.

he University community

aus ad prmts rdm speech and reedom o expression

and ensures that its principles and

standards o community conductar ar, shard ad w udr-std, Qu wrt.

Student responses to the rating

were conlicted. he examples

(th udat) ga wr ryvague, I guess necessarily, because

its a hypothetical example andt k a ra- amp, sad

Ja Mdza 2. I r -sdrd thm prbmat, but Ia s w hy thy wud.

I never really evaluated it be-aus Im sd Brw, but justhearing an outsider judge andevaluate our system and pointout this law, that makes you

qust hw Brw uts,Mdza sad.

Radg th (sua harrass-mt) py ddt m arss

as vague or over-broad, said ZackMcKenzie 14. It just came across

as s, mr that ts t a50-page policy. Its easy enoughor students to understand. Sowhile it lacks speciic elaborationthat could go on or pages, it does

umrat ts p y ary.

U. defends sexual harassment policy

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A ree speech orgaizatio criticized the Uiversits sexual harassmet polic.

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btw th Urstys donations and the unds givento New Haven by Yale. ToughYale gives considerably more toits hometown, Brown proportion-

ally pays more o its endowment to

th ty Prd tha Ya.Simmons also explained the

chronology o the negotiationsbetween Providence Mayor Angelaveras and the University, sayingthat last April the mayor askedher or an additional $5 milliont ad th ty. Smms sad shtold him, based on acu lty gover-

a, that t was mpatd tdr addta dats atimely manner, though averaswas invited to make a pitch to themeeting o the Corporation, theUniversitys highest governingbdy, ast May.

Going orward, Simmons saidshe set terms or uture discus-sion between the city and theUniversity regarding donations.T Ursty shud t b thonly nonprot singled out, shesaid, adding that she could notpartner with the city i the mayorcontinued to viliy the Universityt th prss.

Te University cannot see thecity all apart, she said, but dona-ts must b mad a rataway. We have no choice but towrk hard t s what w a dto help without crippling the Uni-rsty, sh sad.

Faculty members also voted

not to change the academic cal-

endar, which is determined byth auty rus ad rguats.Tis motion was separate romthe our other options proposedin the December aculty meet-ing, which proposed changing thestarting date o the school year in203 s t ts wth RshHashaah.

Tis motion was approved afer

muh dbat abut th mrts beginning beore or afer LaborDay as well as University attemptsto accommodate religious holi-days wth th adar. Fautymmbrs as dsussd th r

tahg rsus th r r-search, as a shorter summer breakwould conict with many acultypas t dut rsarh.

Chung-I an, proessor ophyss ad har th CampusAdvisory Committee, spoke onbehal o the Campus AdvisoryCommittee or the PresidentialSearch. Te process is ongoingad shdu, h sad, ad thCorporation and the committeear wrkg tgthr th tsteps o the search process. Heemphasized the need or con-dentiality to ensure the best results

or the next president and did not

tak ay qusts.Provost Mark Schlissel 15 gave

a report about athletics to acultymmbrs. H hghghtd rtsto reduce the number o recruiting

sts t prspt studts adto increase the academic caliber o

mg studt athts. Tseorts involve using an academicindex to track recruits peror-ma at th Ursty as m-pared to that o their peers whoar t d wth athts.

Schlissel also talked about ini-tiatives to improve and broadenthe academic career o current

studt athts. Athts shudnot be as clustered in certainurss, h sad, addg that thdean o the College wants athletesto think more broadly about theiraadm .

Schlissel discussed the ongoing

eorts o the Brain Science Initia-tive, an interdisciplinary programthat attempts to study the brainon multiple scientic levels. Terear arud s psts pt addats mutp dpart-mts, ad th admstrat sworking on undraising or thetat, h sad.

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E D i T O R i A L

Rhode Island ocials approved a decennial redistricting bill lastWdsday that w rstrutur pta budars thrughutthe states two congressional districts. Te legislations passage hasf ptas ad tzs a k qustg th bs mparta-ity and the degree o inuence its chie beneciary, Rep. DavidCicilline 83, D-R.I., had in its controversial passage. While theb purprts t g mrts a gratr grmt, wb ths s just a pub justat r pta s-trst.

Although numerous Rhode Island politicians, including HouseMinority Leader Brian Newberry, R-North Smitheld, have com-pad abut th bs adrs ts thr rspt Husdistricts, the biggest consequence o its passage occurs on thedstrt . Dmrats urrty hd sats ah th twcongressional districts, and the bill dictates that thousands oregistered voters rom the district o Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I.,

would be incorporated into Cicillines district, while strongly GOPtws wud bm part Lags dstrt.

Te bill bodes tremendously well or Cicilline and his supporters,but it will hurt Langevins campaign toward re-election. Tough the

bills supporters claim it was designed to enhance minority voices Rhd Isad pts, t sms ky that t was ttaydesigned to serve the best interests o Cicilline and his constituents.

Sra ptas ha ausd C grrymadrg, rmanipulating the boundaries o the districts in his avor. We believe

it is unacceptable or lawmakers to pass legislation that deliberatelypadrs t a ptay pwru pst r u, spaywh th gsat ats th tg pub.

However, the issue reaches a broader perspective than ger-rymadrg. T stat GOP, as margazd as t arady s, ws mr u ad trs Cs dstrt du tredistricting. Te bill is signicantly less generous to Republicansad thr trs, ad t sgaty bsts Cs r-t

chances. Even though we may oppose many o the RepublicanPartys ws, Rhd Isad w t bt rm a b that, s-sence, creates a more divisive attitude in an already partisan state.As hstry shws, pta s utmaty rsmb dsptsmwthut rmdab hagrs t kp thm hk. AthughC s rtay dspt, t sms that h s wg t rssmeasures, and borders, in order to sustain his position. GivenCs rt trak rrd, t s spay ta r a ptayhathy Rhd Isad that hagrs aways b gratd th p-portunity to question policy and oer other sensible options toth tg pub.

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the state. We cannot support a redistricting bill that was conceivedwthut th bst trsts Rhd Isad at hart.

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ward th d th a smstr, THrad pubshd a ur-part srs ttdMss Drf? that amd hw thUrsty has hagd durg th tur Prsdt Ruth Smms ad what thshags mght ma r th utur urursty-g. I addt t bg auptd but wm dpartur rmmr tradta Hrad rag, t s pr-haps th y pa whr a bg tudrstad Smms Pa r Aadm

Erhmt a bradr tt, ad hwths s r th Urstys utur drsmarkdy rm that sm hr prd-ssrs.

As th srs ts, th Magazr-Ma-w Rprt, whh was pubshd 67ad utmaty d t th rmat thNw Curruum, suggsts that sttut-a s-study s a mprtat part Ur-sty atty. Wh th Mss Drf? s-rs s way a attmpt at srus s-study, t ds sr as a gd startg ptr rtg bth th prst stat ur sttut a atura rst stp ths-study prss ad what mght hap-p afr Smms stps dw at th d th aadm yar.

T ast p uds by sayg thatth Urstys th prsdt w ha tdd btw a mr utward us

that s, mphass rakgs ad ru ad a mr ward , whr th udr-

graduat duata pr rmrgsas th mst mprtat prrty. Wh thrmght b smthg t b gad rmramg th prsdta sarh ths way,r as a h btw sm whw tu th sam as Smmsad sm wh ss smthg d-rt, t sms t rsmpy mattrs.

Earr th srs, Prst MarkShss P5 rs, abt drty, a-thr pssbty. H says Brws mss

statmt must b trprtd ah g-rat aw, but ts wrtt a way thatsbrad ad ambtus ad asprata, thata mt ah grats trprtat.Ad hr sms t b a mr usu rt-r by whh t judg a ptta prsd-ta addat whthr h r sh a -trprt th mss statmt a way thatt y rrspds t studt trprta-ts but as dats a wgss t -pr pprtuts prstd by r-d-

pg thgy.Lawr Summrs, rmr prsdt

Harard, wrt a ssay pubshd th

Nw Yrk ms arr ths yar whhh spuats ptta hags t th

duata systm. Sttg asd th atthat Summrs has had sm qustabws drs btw th ss adthat Harard s th ursts thMss Drf? srs auss Brw mtatg, thr ar sm wrthwh b-srats, udg das abut argt prss rmat rathr tha mpartt, rasg abrat rts ad -tgratg th bts adad th-gy.

I am t suggstg that Spr Stuart,th sarh rm assstg th prsdtasarh mmtts, g Summrs a a. Iy mt hs am as a rt am-p sm wh s thkg abut hwhghr duat a th 2st -tury a trat th w prsdt CgH ught t pssss. T sam pssthat haratrzs ur urruum ad sup-psdy prads ur s-pramd br-a rmt shud as td t w

pssbts r dpg th Brw du-at. As th Mss Drf? srs rght-y suggsts, grwth ds t d t b th

s masur dpmt.T srs s as r ght t qust th -

tt t whh th hags atd by Prs-dt Smms had sm srt phsph-a udrpg. I a sttut wth ahstry that uds Prsdt Hry Wrs-ts ut r a ursty-g ad thMagazr-Maw Rprt, th abs sspuus. T Pa r Aadm E-rhmt, whh s sstay th hamark Prsdt Smms tur, sms t -r gas rathr tha th rass r hagsuh gas.

Fr m, th mst tg qut t mrgrm th srs am t rm Smmsbut rm Da Admss Jm Mr 73,wh sad Brw s w a hgh-pwrd r-sarh ursty ad that th ursty-

g pt s t as rat t pp.It rmas uar hw th Ursty, wthwhat appars t b a rasd us grwth ad pr mtat, a matath dstt haratr that brught smay us t Cg H.

As rspsb jurasts, th srs r-prtrs udd a qust mark wth thtt thr srs rdr t aw radrst draw thr w uss. As smwh payd part th dpmt th srs ad whs s rspsbty asa ps wrtr s t sur hs psar ar, I thr s d t udth qust mark.

Sam Carter 12 ecourages everoe toread the Msso Drt? seres. He ca be

reached at [email protected].

Drifting apart

A arud, hts sprg abud. Ttmpratur rss, th brds sg ad m-uts sught graduay ras by thday. But thg sms t ty gstudts that t s sprgtm mr thaaythg s trshps. Emas ur bs wth pprtuts, rrutrsm t ampus ad rds dsuss thrsummr wrk pas wth ah thr. I a th tmt ad aty, w sm-tms rgt t sdr th mstmprtat qusts: Is t pad?

T umbr studts takg tr-shps tday s uprdtd mdrAmra hstry. A sury dutd byth Nata Assat r Cgs adEmpyrs ams that y prt g studts 2 tk trshps,mpard t a jaw-drppg 0 prt 200. Ardg t a art pubshd byNata Pub Rad, Mr tha m- Amras a yar wrk as trs.Ts a suds dady yu b a -trshp s a auab pr that pr-pars studts r th wrkr by prd-g hads- trag, but a sr am-at ras a sbrg raty.

O th m Amra trshps ayar, apprmaty ha ar upad. A-rdg t th Utd Stats Dpartmt Labr, upad trshps r-prt -dustrs ar ga s g as thy mt r-

ta rtra, udg that th trshp

s duata, bts th tr, ds tdrty bt th mpyr ad ds tdspa pad mpys. Usurprsgy,may mpyrs ha tak adatag ths agu aguag at th ps ds-sg a hathy Amra mdd ass.

At a tm wh a st trshps a rsum s f mr marktab tha ag dgr, t s udab that tr-shps ad t m pprtuts. But asury dutd by NACE 20 rasthat wh 6 prt pad trs thr-prt str rd jb rs, y 3prt upad trs wrkg at r-prts dd. S why s ths th as?

Studts wth pad trshps rprtdthat thy rd hads- trag, pr-rmd prssa tasks ad had mrrspsbts tha ths wh wrkd asupad trs, wh prrmd mr r-a wrk. Ts mas that ary ha a m- Amras wrkg as upad trsa yar prrm ma tasks k dgbs, stug ps ad shrddg

s, wh athr ha a m r a

payhk ad trag that atuay maksthm mpyab th utur. It smsth that mst upad trshps ar drt tradt wth th U.S. Dpart-mt Labrs rtra, s thy d tprd duata trag, ar

bt t th tr, prd a mmd-at bt t th mpyr ad rpa padjbs wth r studt abr.

At a tm wh jbs ar sar, upadtrshps ps a srus thrat t padmpymt. Empyrs a r-markt-pad psts as upad trshps.Wth th surpus studt abr wg twrk r r, mpyrs ar amst guar-

atd that a p upad pst w bd t by yu, th by yurprs. S g as th Dpartmt Labrsrguats ta suh agu aguag,thr s thg stppg mpyrs rmabusg ths surpus r abr.

I addt t rpag pad abr adag t prd duata trag, u-pad trshps prptuat th grwg

sm dd. day, may m-

pyrs pt rsums wth a audry st trshps, whh s mmmy addaddy ar apab payg r a apart-mt, d ad trasprtat r th sum-mr. But what abut studts wh mrm ams that at ard t ud

thr mths g? I studts d dt ar my durg th summr r-dr t pay r thgs k bks th a,thy may tak a payg jb that ds tssary prd th duata tra-g that s suppsd t m wth a -trshp. Ad ardg t athr surydutd by NACE, studts wh had -trshps had hghr startg saars afrgraduat tha ths wh dd t ha -trshps. Tus, wr-m studts arsstay rqurd t wrk r r w addt t hag t pay studt as th utur thy wat t b as markt-ab as thr wathr rds afr gradu-at.

S ths sprg as yu mak yur sum-mr pas, sdr th ts upadtrshps. I yu at d a tr-shp that prds duata trag ra saary, th stad sttg r a paprshrddr r hurs wthut pay, why t dsmthg mr magu, k u-tr? Vutrg s th sam as a upadtrshp that yu a put t yur r-sum, but stad prptuatg ths u-qua systm pprtuty, utrghps mmuts d.

Rebecca McGoldrck 12 s a Eglshcocetrator rom Adover, n.J.

She ca be reached at

[email protected].

Unequal opportunity

Wth the surplus o studet labor wllg to work or ree,

emploers are almost guarateed that a ope upad

posto wll be lled ot b ou, the b oe oour peers.

As the Msso Drt? seres rghtl suggests, growth

does ot eed to be the sole measure o developmet.

By REBECCA MCGOLDRiCKopinions Columnist

By SAM CARTERopinions Columnist


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Campus ewsednesday, February 8, 2012

By shEalI luthra

neWS editor

he University has publicly con-demned a bill that would requirepublishers to approve open access

t grmt-udd rsarh.Currently, i research receives

any unding rom the NationalInstitutes o Health, it must bemade publicly available via anindex maintained by the NationalLibrary o Medicine. Studies pub-

lished in subscription-based jour-

as must bm pub wthone year o initial publication.he Research Works Act would

require consent rom subscrip-t-basd juras br stud-s thy ha pubshd ud bmad puby aaab.

he University condemned thelegislation or a whole varietyo reasons, said Provost MarkSchlissel P15. He cited the limita-

tions it could impose on commu-nity access to student and acultyresearch as the most troublingpart th prpsa.

Its a bill that would beneitor-proit publishers at the ex-pense o the scholarly community

and the public by imposing anincreased barrier to access to the

prdut ur rsarh, Shs-s sad.

Faculty members are notcurrently required to publishtheir research in open journals,Schlissel said. I the bill passed,mmbrs th Ursty m-munity who did not subscribe toparticular journals would havediiculty accessing the studiespubshd bth at Brw ad at

thr sttuts.

Schlissel, whose own researchin the biological sciences is und-d by NIH grats, sad t wudbe disappointing i someonehad to subscribe to a journal torad hs dgs.

Its a matter o public policy,he said. As a country, wed liketo lower the barriers to the accesst rsarh.

he bill has also been con-demned by the MassachusettsInstitute o echnology, the Uni-rsty Cara ad OrdUniversity presses, the Chronicleo Higher Education reported

last month. But it has receivedsupprt rm th Assat Amra Pubshrs.

At a time when job retention,United States exports, scholarlyexcellence, scientiic integrity and

digital copyright protection areall priorities, the Research WorksAt surs th sustaabty this industry, said om Allen,president and chie executive o-icer o the Association o Ameri-

a Pubshrs, a ras rmth rgazat.

Clyde Briant, vice president or

research, initially brought the billt Shsss attt. Shss

told President Ruth Simmons herecommended condemning thebill, an action Simmons told himsh supprtd.

he University is currentlysdrg a py that wudmake all research done at Brownreely accessible to the public,he Herald reported last Octo-br. Suh ps ar arady pa at MI ad Prt.

U. condemns bill limitingpublic research accessBy laurEn PoPE

ContributingWriter

As part o a nearly 50-year-oldpartnership with ougaloo Col-lege, Brown students will travelt th sh uga, Mss.this spring break to explore the rghts mmt. FrasHamlin, assistant proessor oAricana studies, and MaitrayeeBhattacharyya 91, associate deanr drsty prgrams, w adthe trip. Tey will choose approxi-

maty ur studts thrugh aapplication that was due yesterday.

Mississippi and its history(have) a lot to teach students inthe northeast about the nation

through its contrast and similari-ties, Hamlin wrote in an email toTe Herald. By bringing studentst Msssspp t brath th ar,st sts th mass mmtad sts murdr, a bttr u-drstadg ths ata hs-try a b graspd.

Te students who participatewill benet enormously romth trp, Ham addd.

Te University ormed its part-

nership with ougaloo, a liberalarts and historically black college, 64, sttutg abratresearch and exchange programs,according to the Brown Universi-

ty-uga C g Partrshpwebsite. Te partnership includesa teaching program, throughwhich Brown graduate studentsat as auty at uga, ad asemester exchange program orundergraduate students rom both

shs.Hamlin said she hopes the trip

will be a way to re-strengthents btw th tw shs adwill generate interest in the semes-tr hag. Its a duataand research trip as much as it is a

trip to expand social and culturalts, sh wrt.

While the application wasopen to all undergraduate stu-dents, the majority o students

who applied are enrolled in Ham-s AFRI 00: Bak FrdmStruggle Since 1945, she wrote.One graduate student in Ham-s HIS 270: Rthkg thCivil Rights Movement will also

partpat.he students in Hamlins

courses who are selected to

participate in the trip will havebackground knowledge o the civil

rights movement in Mississippi.In preparation or the trip, theywill read two additional booksand participate in a seminar with

Hamlin. Once they arrive in Mis-sissippi, the students will do some

arha wrk, Ham wrt.

Students head south to research civil rights

b e a r i n g t h e n e w y e a r l i g h t

Sam Kase / Herald

The bear statue o the Mai Gree celebrates Chiese new year with a later.

Courtes o Fracose Haml

Brow studets will visit Tougaloo College to stud the civil rights movemet.

Courtes o Khalla Douze

Studets will visit this store which was associated with a brutal 1955 murder.

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