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Te University purchased anotherbuilding downtown Monday orroughly $6 million, accordingto Richard Spies, executive vicepresident or planning. Te prop-

rty, wh h w h us th O Continuing Education, is near theMedical Education Building andother University-owned buildings

th J w ry D str t.Te search or a new building orthe O ce o Continuing Educationstarted six months ago, when thedepartments sta began to exceed its

a a ab w rk spa th Gradu-at C t r.

Deciding to buy the buildingwas an explorative process, Spiessaid. We were actively looking or abu d g, a d th w r at th t mwas probing potential buyers. ... Wem t th m dd .

Te 41,000 square- oot buildingsits on more than two acres nearland to be reed up by the reloca-tion o I-195, which will concludein 2012. University administratorsexpressed interest in acquiring someo the parcels ormerly occupiedby th h ghway 200 , but butt dh ads w th ty a s r ssu s

ta at .Te recently purchased prop-

erty at 198 Dyer St. will beunder non-educational use, and will

unction as a taxable commercialpr p rty.

Te buildings acquisition waspart o the Universitys plan to grow

t th ty, Sp s sa d. W hadthis expand o College Hill goal

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T u stab d t u arreactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichipower plant about 160 milesoutside okyo could prevent sixBrown students rom attending pro-grams at Keio, Sophia and Waseda

U rs t s th s s m st r.Several okyo universities havebegun sending students and ac-ulty home or telling students not tocome to campus until the situationbecomes clearer, wrote Dean o th C g Kath r B rg r an e-mail to Te Herald. But thes tuat s st u , sh wr t .

Keio University already an-nounced its study abroad programwill be postponed or about twoweeks, said Jack Boeglin 12, oneo the students enrolled in the Keiopr gram r th s m st r.

I y u ar urr t y uts d Japan, please remain there, KeioUniversity program coordinatorswrote in an e-mail to students yes-terday. I the situation in Japandoes not improve, it will not benecessary or you to come to Japanr ght away.

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Sara Bohnsack MA 11 leads a gameo word jeopardy in a fh-gradeclassroom at the Paul Cu ee Schoolin Providence. I I told you thatyoud never have to do homework aga , s m y u m ght r sp dby doing this, she reads rom a clue.Some o the students act out thecorrect vocabulary word cheer

which a boy in the ront row spellsut ud.

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Hedy Epstein had never seen so muchb d.

It was k wh y u tur y urau t u y, sh sa d t a aud -

ence o about 60 last night in Smith-Bu a Ha .

Epstein, a Holocaust survivor andadvocate or Palestine, discussed herexperiences during the Holocausta d h r s ts t Pa st a -hour speech ollowed by a heatedqu st -a d-a sw r s ss .

Te blood Epstein described wasth pr du t a d m strat shpart pat d dur g h r rst s tt Pa st . A gr up d m stra-tors which Epstein said consistedo Palestinians, peace-loving Israelisand internationals were protest-

g a that b k d Pa st aarmers rom reaching the elds.

Protestors aimed to symbolicallyopen the gate, though no one woulda tua y r ss t.

But as Epstein marched, sheheard gunshots. In her Americanmindset, she said she assumed they w r war g sh ts b r sh r a -ized demonstrators were being shot.T b d was that a Isra b y,among the rst to be injured. He hadjust sh d s r g h s ma dat ry thr y ars th army.

Epstein visited the PalestinianWest Bank our more times afer thattr p. Sh has a s att mpt d t g tGaza our times, though she has notyet been success ul. Her parents wereanti-Zionists, and though she saidshe did not ully understand the termas a h d, sh d d d sh was too. She remembered being the only Jewish child in her neighborhood not

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Stepha ie Lo o / HeralHedy Epstein (above), a Holocaust survivor, advocated or equal rights or bothIsraelis a Palesti ia s i a lecture last ight uri g Israeli Aparthei Week.

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Das Racist, Lee Fields and the Ex-pressions and Rebirth Brass Bandwill support headliners V on theRadio and DiddyDirty Money atth st Spr g W k d.

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Lee Fields and the Expressionswill help get everyone in themood or Saturdays shows, open-ing or Rebirth Brass Band andheadliner Diddy-Dirty Money. ANew Orleans brass unk band,Rebirth Brass Band will bring jazzmusic and its rich mix o brass

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been moved to April 4. Studentsmay a s d r th r study abr adp a s u t t s m st r.

My hope is still to go, but, at thesame time, Im going to monitorthe situation as closely as possible,Boeglin said. My study abroad ex-

perience is nowhere near as impor-tant as the health o the Japanesep p , h sa d.

Te universities are closed untilMarch 22, partly due to plannedp w r utag s th ty, a rd-ing to postings on the collegesw bs t s.

Fears o a reactor meltdown aresult o last Fridays earthquakeand tsunami increased as ra-diation levels rose yesterday andw rk rs f th p a t. O a s arnow working to install a new powerline that would acilitate cooling o th r a t rs.

I th s h s ky r sumass s s , th pr grams w u d

likely end later in the summer to ad-just or the later start date, Bergeronwrote. he University will alsoconsider contingency plans i thes h s d t p th s s m st r.

In other crisis situations, wehave worked to identi y alternativestudy abr ad pt s r stud ts

r th r ways t mp t th s -m st r, sh wr t .

Tree students are currently studying abroad in Kyoto, whichwas not a ected by the earthquakeor tsunami. Teir program doesnot have plans to close at this time,

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It s th th U rs ty- w dbuilding not located on College Hill,according to the Universitys website.

Were excited about the op-p rtu ty t b shar g part thknowledge district and to be con-tributing to the brightness o the city o Providence, said Karen Sibley,dean o summer and continuingstud s.

Te buildings lone current tenant th C ty Pr d as s

approximately 12,500 square eet inthe building or its Department o Licensing and Standards, according

to yesterdays Providence Journal.

But the city is planning on vacat-g th pr p rty as part ts wd pm t p a s, Sp s sa d.

Tough the University has nost g p a s t as th spa t

a th r t a t, th qu st s the table, he said. Te O ce o Continuing Education doesnt needthe entire building. Were still

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Continuing Education are expectedto move into the building as soon asrenovations nish next all, accord-

g t S b y.Spies said the purchase has both

short- and long-term bene ts. Te

O ce o Continuing Educationd d m r spa , a d t w rk dout that we were able to buy thisbu d g at a r as ab st rath rthan renting another building. Teres also a substantive amount o parking, which provides revenue,h sa d. It m s w th 0 park gspaces, and increasing property val-ues in the district provided another

t .Te University purchased the

property rom Extell ProvidenceLLC, a subsidiary o New York City-based Extell DevelopmentC rp rat .

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Dean o the College KatherineBergeron spoke on behal o the

mm tt th R s r O rsraining Corps at the Undergraduate

Council o Students general body m t g ast ght.

Te RO C committee is seekingstudent opinions regarding the possi-ble reinstatement o the program oncampus be ore it approaches the ac-u ty, B rg r sa d. T mm tthas met with various special-interestgr ups ampus t d s uss th s-

sue and recently sent out a survey toa ums a ws tt r. UCSw h st a u h th Fa u ty Club March 22 to acilitate dialogueamong students, and a aculty orum

RO C w b h d Apr .Te Brown community has ex-

pressed strong opinions about thepr gram, B rg r sa d. Ma y stu-dents oppose its possible violation o the Universitys non-discriminationpolicy, while others believe Brownsh u d r stud ts th ha tserve in the military. Tough thereisnt a movement toward one out-come or the other, the committee

hopes to reach some orm o clo-sur by May, sh sa d.

Bergeron recently attended theIvy Plus con erence, during whichd a s r m I y L agu u rs t s,Stan ord, the Massachusetts Instituteo echnology and the University o Chicago discussed the status o RO C programs on their respectivecampuses. MI , Cornell, Dartmouth,Penn and Princeton never elimi-nated their RO C programs but arecurrently reviewing the terms onwhich they were established. Har-

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t b g t th a Z st y uthgr up b aus t was s m th g h rpar ts w u d t a w.

Epstein came to the United States 4 , th y ar that Isra b am

a state. She recalled having mixedeelings about the states creation,

but it stayed in the back o her minduntil 1982. Te Israeli invasion o Lebanon at that time served as awake-up call or her. As Epsteinlearned more about the Israel-Pal-estine con ict, she said she grewincreasingly disturbed about theIsraeli governments policies towardPalestine. In 2003, she made her rsttr p t Pa st .

Tough Epstein acknowledgedthat violence has come rom bothsides o the con ict, she said Israelhas t d m r damag .

I dont like to deal with numbersbecause each number is a human be-ing, she said. But the number o Pal-

st a p p wh ha b hurtar ds th umb r Isra s.

Epstein ended her speech by call-ing or equal rights or both Israelisand Palestinians, saying she supportsdemocracy or the people o bothIsra a d Pa st .

Afer her speech, she opened ther t a qu st -a d-a sw r s s-

sion. One Israeli-American audiencemember criticized Epstein or tell-ing a one-sided story by not also

ocusing on violence toward Israelis.When Epstein said she had not beento Israel and there ore could not dis-cuss it with as much depth, he askedh r t d h rs a a r by g g.

Epstein also spoke about her

experiences in Nazi Germany. Herparents ofen talked about leavingG rma y, th ugh sh sa d g g tIsra was r a pt .

She recalled experiences with hermath teacher rom school a mem-ber o the SS who came to class every day wearing his uni orm. He alwaysk pt a r r w th h m, wh h hwould nger or even point at herwhen she answered questions, shesaid. And no matter how she an-swered a question whether shewas right or wrong he alwaysr d u d h r.

I , Epst was k k d ut s h , w th h r pr pa say g,

Get out, you dirty Jew. She camehome to nd her ather had been

arr st d h was s t t a -tration camp. When he returned ourw ks at r, sh sa d h was a d,br k , ry s k ma .

Te next year, Epsteins parentss t h r a h dr s tra sp rt tEngland. In 1940, her amily wasd p rt d t V hy, Fra a d th y were sent to Auschwitz two yearslater. She never heard rom themaga .

Epstein compared the persecu-tion o Jews in the Holocaust to whatPalestinians currently experience,th ugh sh sa d th d gr s t asgr at t day.

Epstein has spoken across thecountry and made 2,000 presenta-tions since 1970, according to herwebsite. Her 2004 presentation atStan ord was met with anger romthe universitys Hillel organization,wh h r t z d mpar s s thHolocaust to the Israel-Palestine

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vard has announced its intentiont r stat th pr gram, a d Ya ,Columbia and Stan ord are mov-

g a s m ar d r t , B rg rsaid. Sixty percent o students at Co-lumbia and 70 percent o studentsat Yale have expressed support orth pr gram.

I th U rs ty d d s t k pRO C o campus, it will most likely be the only Ivy League institutionnot to o er the program. Studentshave been allowed to enroll in the

RO C program at Providence Col-lege since 1951, but Brown does noto er course credit or participation.Te University o Chicago, which has

t r d a RO C pr gram s1931, also does not have plans orr tr du t , sh sa d.

UCS also passed a resolutionurging the University to establishpermanent Brown e-mail addresses

r a ums.Campus Li e Chair David Rattner

tr du d a r s ut r m-mending alternative water sourcesin the campus center. Rattner saidBr w D g S r s a d th B -yond the Bottle Campaign have notprovided adequate water alternativessince the Brown University Commu-

ty C u ba d b tt d wat rin November 2009. Te lack o signsd r t g t ward hydrat t rsand the high volume o visitors inth t r m r t a r as d rtt pr d wat r, h sa d.

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Around 200 students receivedU d rgraduat a h g a d R -

search Awards to support summerresearch, according to Besenia Ro-driguez, associate dean o the Col-lege or undergraduate research,about the same number o ered in

previous years. Te 330 applicantsw r t d u sday.

T ugh a r p rt r as d S p-t mb r 200 by th ask F r Undergraduate Education recom-mended the University increase the

umb r U RAs by 20 p r ta h y ar r th t ur y ars,

the number o summer awardso ered has continued to hoverar u d 200.

In previous years, Rodriguezsaid additional U RAs were o -

ered afer some students declinedt a pt th award r add t a

unds became available. Te num-ber o awards also uctuates romyear to year, Rodriguez said, be-cause the money or U RAs comes

r m d rs a d a ums wh ary their donations to the und each

y ar.Tough the awards di er incontent and goals, Rodriguez saidsh h p s t r as th umb ro humanities and social scienceapp at s b aus th r ar ar

ewer applicants and little unding

th s ds. U RAs ar the ew avenues or students inthose areas to do research, shesaid. Applications in these eldsincreased 4 percent last year, ac-

rd g t a Mar h H ra d ar-t .

U RAs a th r b r a -ab rat r s ar h pr j t w th a

pro essor or work involving coursedesign or revision o an existing

ass.Alex Salter 12, who received

an U RA or this summer, willbe working in a biology lab withLaurent Brossay, associate pro es-s r m d a s . Sa t r wstudy type II natural killer cells,which may play a role in determin-ing the immune systems responset a ra t , h sa d. Sa t r

said applying or an U RA seemedk a g a st p th pr ssbecause he started working inBrossays lab last all. He said hewas glad the University o ers sucha meaning ul research opportunity t u d rgraduat s.

Enoma Okunbor 11 did anI t r at a U RA ast summ revaluating the cost-e ectivenesso antiretroviral therapy in ru-ral South A rica. Her intereststemmed rom a class she took her sophomore year on interna-tional health. As a community health concentrator interested inthe prevalence o HIV, Okunborlooked or pro essors on BrownsInternational Health Institute web-s t wh had s m ar t r sts a d

ound Mark Lurie, assistant pro es-sor o medical science. Okunborand Lurie agreed to work togetheron the project, which was part o alarger study unded by the NationalI st tut s H a th.

Oku b r sa d th U RA gaher a rare opportunity to get a

realistic view o health care outsideth U.S. T ugh t ha g d h rromantic view o what interna-t a m d s, Oku b r sa dshe is still committed to globalhealth. Te experience o ered asuitable alternative to studyingabroad during the semester, andb g S uth A r a dur g thWorld Cup made or an overallamaz g p r , sh sa d.

R dr gu z sa d w th s ma y competitive applications, the bestones demonstrate collaborationbetween the student and aculty member. Both parties must haveinvestment in the project andmust be able to contribute, shesa d.

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Te University will save $15 mil-lion by 2014 on utilities costs by asking suppliers to compete oran energy contract, according toChristopher Powell, director o sustainable energy and environ-mental initiatives. Tough price

uctuations are common or oil andnatural gas, the University avoidspaying high energy costs by askingsuppliers to participate in a reverseau t ry tw y ars t s ura tra t.

About 92 percent o the currentutilities budget roughly $19 mil-lion or the current scal year islocked into contracts, accordingt P w . T pr g r a that

energy that we purchase and usehas a r ady b h dg d, h sa d.Te University cannot see uctua-t s th s st u t tra tsar r g t at d.

Already, 84 percent o the utili-t s budg ts r th s a y ar b -ginning July 1, 2012 and the oneb g g Ju y 20 ar k d t tra ts.

Te University anticipated thereverse auction system would save$15 million over ve years, TeH ra d r p rt d F b. 27, 200 .

Te University basically lockedup (the utilities budget) or that

ve-year period, Powell said. Wek w w r g g t a h th ssavings. In essence, we are probably

ah ad th $ m r th s y ars.

Within this years $19 millionutilities budget, Powell said roughly about $7 million is used or heating,$10 million goes toward electricity a d th r ma d r pays r wat r,s wag a d t r st a $20 m -lion loan rom the University tosp d r as g y.

g In 2008, the University set a goal r du g ts arb tpr t t

42 percent below 2007 levels by 2020. Pr r t th tr du t reverse auctions, the biggest sourceo emissions came rom the Uni-

rs tys h at g.T tra h at g p a t us d

Number 6 uel oil, which is a

heavy, gooey kind o oil that islow-cost or its buildings duringthe winter, Powell said. Number6 oil has a higher energy contentthan traditional heating oil because

ts d s ty.W d d d t st p us g that

Numb r 6 a d us atura gasinstead, he said. Tis helped usdrop our emissions in a major way.

Although natural gas is more ex-pensive than the Number 6 oil, theUniversity had negotiated a naturalgas tra t b r pr s r sin recent years so it did not have topay su h h gh pr s, h sa d.

e s s b dd Powell brought the idea o a

reverse auction to the University r m h s pr us j b w th U t dechnologies Corp, he said. It just

took some time to convince theadministration that this was a goodm th d gy r Br w .

Be ore the use o reverse auc-tions, the Universitys electricity and other utilities were suppliedby local utility companies, he said.

Tats a tua y r sk r, b austhose prices can change, as opposedto locking in the prices, he added.

Te reverse auctions start on-line. Te University posts its termsand energy consumption pro le,telling pre-quali ed bidders whatit wants to buy on a daily basis,th ugh that am u t a ary by,

say, 20 p r t, h sa d.Te pre-quali cation ensuresthat the bidder can continue its sup-ply in uture years and also stay in business. Te Universitys pre-quali cation standards speci cally

m t arb m ss s.T guy that has th h gh ar-

bon ootprint wouldnt be able tob d th syst m h d d t m tth r qu r m t, P w sa d.

Te University holds a reverseau t ry tw y ars t g t -ate either a heating or electricity contract that will take e ect twoyears afer the auction, Powell said.On the selected day, bidding opens

r a h ur.When it gets to that last ve

m ut s, ry starts b dd g,h sa d. T mpa s a t swho is making the bid. Teyre bid-ding to get the lowest price andd d g h w ar t g .

al s Te University has also evalu-

at d th as b ty pr d g tsown electricity to reduce its utilitiessp d g.

But Powell said regulatory rulesin the state have made that patha di cult one to pursue, addingthat the decision comes down towhere the University could make

ts w rgy.Because were in a city, were

limited in terms o putting solarpa s, h sa d. What w a d

s mak ur bu d gs mu h m r

e cient. I have another $20 milliont sp d y.According to Powell, heating

and electricity costs are expectedto drop by 20 percent when that$20 m s sp t.

T U rs ty w t u tus th r rs au t pr ss tbuy ut t s th utur . It s se cient and so transparent. It getsyou to the point where you have the

ast p ss b sts, P w sa d.Powell said he cannot predict

how much money the reverse auc-tion buying will save the University in the next ve years until auctions

or an electricity contract begin-ning in July 2014 and July 2015 takep a m d- t at Apr .

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Te Whiskey Republic a new barreplacing the popular Fish Company at 515 South Water St. will host its

rst-ever Brown Night March 23.Te bar hosted an invitation-

only private reception with a per-ormance by the Dropkick Murphys

Mar h 4. T w g ght, thWhiskey Republic had its grandopening with a undraiser to ben-e t the Claddagh Fund, a charity

ounded by Ken Casey, one o theWhiskey Republic co-owners andbass st r th Dr pk k Murphys.

Tough the bar will not boastFish Co.s amed dance oor poles or

sh s g uts d , B a Gr a said he plans to bring students back

to the ormer water ront hot spot.

Gr a rga z d Br w N ghts atFish Co., and since the bars clos-ing, he has planned similar nightsat O s N rth Ma St.

T w rs th Wh sk y R -public renovated the interior drasti-

a y th r s w a da rwhere the pool table used to belocated, Grinna said. Owners alsorenovated the stage to accommodatelive entertainment, extended the barand installed 20 high-de nition tele-visions, according to a press release

rom the Regan CommunicationsGroup, the public relations rmr pr s t g th w rs.

Te owners who could notb r a h d r mm t s sto a group o restaurant proprietorsand investors, according to DanGouthro, senior account manager

at the Regan Group. Te owners

also manage two popular bars inBoston Revolution Rock Barand McGreevys 3rd Base Saloon,G uthr sa d.

Revolution Rock Bar is oneo the best bars in Boston, whichde nitely gives the owners some

r d b ty, Gr a sa d.Students visiting the Whiskey

Republic March 23 will be surprised,Grinna said, adding that the bar hasa very di erent eel rom that o FishCo. Despite the venues signi cantchanges, the location is the best ora bar in Providence. Its on the riverand close to campus. It has so muchp t t a , h sa d.

Tough other bars and clubs havetr d t st p as th w W d s-day night destination or Brownstudents, they have not achieved

th sam r putat a d hara t rthat F sh C . a m d. O sand Colosseum are un and all that,but its not the same as Fish Co., saidB au Mart .

Without Fish Co.s signature pooltable, poles and Fish Piss shots,some students are skeptical o theWhiskey Republics potential. Idont think it can replace Fish Co.It seems like it serves a classierdemographic than drunk collegestudents, said Harry Samuels 13,who noticed the new bar while run-ning in the area. He added, romthe looks o it on the outside, itd s t k k a u thats ry

du t DFMOs: da rmak uts.

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rustration. Im not outragedbut just s rt u thus d, sa dDaniel Stern 13, who has heard

Das Ra st but was u am arw th th gr ups s gs.

Im excited or Das Racist. Ith k thats g g t b u , sa dNoah Rose 12. Ultimately, theyrea pr tty g d rap ba d. Wh t

m s t th th r gr ups, R ssa d h s r s r g judg m tuntil he sees them and is optimis-tic. Rose said he is excited or thesp trum ba ds. Das Ra st s

a more bloggy internet-basedband, whereas Rebirth Brass Bandp ays mus r mus ssake, he said. Tey are both sort

u th r w way.Spring Weekend is mainly un

b aus my r ds. But td b I k w (th ) ba ds, wh h

I d t, sa d Ma a Cha .Lee Fields and the Expressions

a d R b rth Brass Ba d ar b thaw s m , a d a t p pon the board have seen them,Seckin said, in response to studentdisappointment. Lee Fields espe-cially has been becoming morepopular in the underground musicw r d. R b rth has b p pu ar

r ma y y ars a d w wa t d tapp a t th k g r .

Spring Weekend should beun no matter who is playing, said

Dave Rosen 14, who has neverh ard th supp rt g a ts.

O th th gs y u r a zover the years is that theres nosingle act thats going to pleaseand excite everyone, wrote Abby

Schreiber 11, BCAs bookingchair, in an e-mail to Te Her-ald. Instead, we try to bring a

ar ty a ts that r pr s t d -r t g r s a d w h p u y,

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students attend charter schoolslike Paul Cu ee, where 973 stu-dents entered a lottery this springin hopes o being selected or oneo 39 open spots. Te vast major-

ty stud ts Rh d Is a d at-t d pub s h s, wh r stud tachievement di ers dramatically across the states 36 districts. Forevery high-achieving district likeBarrington and East Greenwich,th r s a th r k Pr d , which under hal the districts 26,000students were pro cient in reading,and only one-third demonstratedpr y math.

Rh d Is a d has tra d gh-b r g N w E g a d stat s stu-dent per ormance in recent decades.

But th arr a Edu at C m-missioner Deborah Gist in July 2009br ught a w s s urg y tthe push or re orm. With Gist atthe helm, the state won $75 millionin ederal education aid last August,taking fh place in President Barack Obamas Ra t th p pr gram.Last Ju , th stat ad pt d a d-ucation unding ormula, which,beginning July 1, will apportion aidbased on student enrollment andth umb r stud ts p rty.A d tw w ks ag , th stat s t pgoverning body on education votedto adopt tougher high school gradu-ation requirements e ective in 2014.

T b gg st qu st , a rd gt Warr S mm s, ut d -

r t r Br w s A b rg I st -tut r S h R rm, s wh th rthe momentum will continue un-der Gov. Lincoln Cha ee 75 P14.Cha ee, elected last all with support

rom the states two largest teach-ers unions, was the only gubernato-r a a d dat wh d d t pr ss

ull support or Gists re orms. Ithink the question will be pace o the change and tone, particularly when there are hard decisions tobe made given the continuing e ecto the economy on state and localbudg ts, S mm s sa d.

a s s b l Just m ut s away r m Pau

Cu ee is Central Falls High School,which became a ashpoint in thenational education re orm debate

almost a year ago. Afer the districtsteachers union rejected Central FallsSuperintendent Frances Gallosdemands to trans orm the ailingschool, Gallo red all o the schoolsteachers Feb. 12, 2010. Nearly threem ths at r, th y w r a r h r d

but only afer agreeing to work a g r s h day, at u h w thstudents, provide extra tutoring andattend weekly 90-minute pro es-s a d pm t s ss s.

During the stand-o last March,Obama weighed in. I a school con-tinues to ail year afer year aferyear and doesnt show sign o im-provements, then there has got tobe a sense o accountability. Tathappened in Rhode Island, he said

a sp h t th U.S. Chamb r C mm r .

Central Falls is Rhode Islandssmallest and poorest city, withnearly 19,000 people living within

.2 squar m s. R ugh y ur 10 children there live in poverty.Also mired in debt, Central Fallswas orced into state receivership

ast Ju y.About 50 percent o the students

at C tra Fa s H gh graduat .I believe were making headway,

Gallo said o the school. Since therings, the school has audited its

curriculum, reevaluated its teachers,adopted a strategic plan and agreedto have its trans ormation process

rs by uts d a uat rs.But pr b ms r ma . O a r-

ag , 4 t a h rs a sta a

abs t a h day, Ga sa d.Deloris Grant, an English anddrama teacher who has taught atCentral Falls High or 14 years, saidsh th ks th mat at th s hhas mpr d s th r gs. Buthigh sta turnover is still a big prob-

m, sh sa d, as ar d m graph s.Te actual reality is that we ser-

k ds that ar t s m ar t thkids in Lincoln, the kids in Cum-berland, in Barrington and all thehigh-per orming schools, Grantsaid. For anyone to believe that achild who lives in poverty is going tolearn the same as another child whog s h m ry day t a h t m aa d s s t w th warm th g

ts r d u us.

r p ds d q m sAccording to the Nations Report

Card, a at a ass ssm t stu-d t p r rma mu t p sub-j ts adm st r d ry tw y ars,Rhode Island consistently lags be-h d th r N w E g a d stat s. I

ourth grade reading, it placed 23rdout o 50 states, while our otherNew England states ranked in thet p . Rh d Is a d p a d 4th

ghth grad s a d th ghth grad math mat s, a rd-g t 200 t st r su ts.In Rhode Island, weve had

w d r u ass ssm t syst ms, butwe havent had the unding levelsrequired to support and invigo-rat r rm, S mm s sa d. Mas-sachusetts not only adopted highstandards they invested heavily

in education re orm over the lastd ad .he act that Rhode Island

unds its schools disproportionately through property taxes whichgenerate more money or schoolsin areas with higher property val-ues exacerbates inequality acrossd str ts, S mm s sa d.

Another reason or Massachu-s tts su ss s t ugh r graduatrequirements, according to Gist. Un-d r Rh d Is a ds w y appr drequirements, which Gist strongly supported, high school juniors musts r at ast part a y pr t the New England Common Assess-ment Program or improve on thetest their senior year to graduate.

During the most recent round o testing last October, 38 percent o the states juniors received scoresindicating they lack undamentalmath sk s.

T us sta dard z d t st-ing, Gist said, is a matter o account-ab ty.

esting allows education o cialst s t a p tat stat w d rwhat per ormance is and what kindo skills and knowledge we want stu-d ts t ha wh th y graduat ,she said. Right now, the reality isthat what is considered to be algebrain Woonsocket may not be the sameas th a g bra W st r y.

S k plTe states ambitious strategic

plan which goes hand-in-hand

with its Race to the op application lays out objectives or all schoolsto meet state per ormance targets by 2015 and or 85 percent o studentst graduat a d pr d t h gh reducation, vocational training or

mp ym t by th sam y ar. LastJanuary, Gist announced six persis-tently under-per orming schools inCentral Falls and Providence thatwould be required to undergo state-supervised trans ormation, a movethat set the stage or the dramatic

rings in Central Falls. Gist saidshe plans to name ve additional

w-a h g s h s th m-g w ks.

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Weekly salaries or police andr a s ar s g a t y h gh r

in Pawtucket than in Central Falls police patrolmen in Pawtucket

receive $882, as opposed to $658 C tra Fa s, a rd g t a F b.

28 article in the Providence Journal.Grebien told the Journal that sharedservices would allow Pawtucket tosee savings and that the shared orceswould eliminate the need or hiring.

Flanders said he doubted Paw-tucket would lay o any employees inthe process, pointing to Pawtucketssel -insurance policy, which stipu-lates that the city has to pay two-th rds mp sat t a y m-ployee it lays o . Te city would haveto lay o three people to get one unito savings, he said. Tis would dev-astat s a s r s wh s a d.

Te greatest di culty will likely g th p a d r

orces rom the two communitiesthat it is in their interest to integratetheir ranks and make do with result-ing smaller overall budgets, Baum-S w wr t .

R pub a Nat a C mm tt tstart p ur g m y t th am-pa g mm d at y, sh add d.

For the moment, its di cult to

know i Loughlin would garner thatkind o national support, Cicionesa d, add g that th at a m-mittee generally decides its und-

g pr r t s th ast tw t thrm ths ad g up t th t .

Other names being oated as po-t t a ha g rs th 20 2 raare Col. Brendan Doherty, ormersup r t d t th Rh d Is a dState Police, and John Robitaille,last alls Republican candidate org r r.

hough no Democratic chal-lengers are immediately apparent,Pro ughi said he wouldnt write it

as a p ss b ty. C agr d,adding that Democrats want to de-

d th s at as b st th y a , w thr w th ut C .

According to Schiller, challengerswill only split the anti-Cicilline vote.

More challengers mean a greaterlikelihood that Cicilline will win,sh sa d.

Still, both Schiller and Pro ughiagree that Loughlin would be the

a d dat b st p s t d t m u ta success ul challenge. Te six-pointmargin between Loughlin and Cicil-

was s r tha m st p t d,S h r sa d.

But Providences mayoral his-t ry sh ws t rs m ght t h d agrudge. Former Mayor Buddy Cianciresigned during his rst term aferp ad g gu ty t assau t g a -tractor, whom he suspected o having

a a a r w th h s w . H was at rr - t d may r.

Its all a scale o what the vot-rs w g t a pt, S h r sa d

Anybody who woke up and thought,W , w sh u d ha had p r t y clean government and per ectly tra spar t g r m t th ty o Providence hasnt lived in the city

Pr d .

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Te strategic plan also ocuseson teacher per ormance. Under theplan, 75 percent o educators will be

a uat d us g a ass ssm t sys-tem that takes into account studenta h m t by 20 2.

T stat urr t y a ks a m-prehensive evaluation system or

d t y g t t a h rs, a -cording to Maryellen Butke, execu-tive director o R.I. Campaign orAchievement Now, an educationre orm policy and advocacy organi-zation started in December. In mostdistricts, teachers are hired and redbased on a seniority system codi edin union contracts, whereby newteachers are rst to be red and lastt b r h r d af r ay s.

H w d w mak sur that justbecause youve recently graduatedand youre the rst in, that youwont be the rst out i youre get-ting amazing results? Butke said.Tat d s t mak s s .

Rhode Islands Race to the opapp at a s r t a h rs t bhired and assigned to schools basedon credentials set by education o -cials rather than seniority by August2013. Gist has directed educationo cials to demand the change innew collective bargaining agree-ments with teachers unions, most

wh h ar s at d t b r g t -at d th s y ar.

a bl When U.S. Secretary o Edu-

cation Arne Duncan spoke at theNat a Edu at C r D r F b. 6, h s g d ut threlationship between ProvidenceSuperintendent om Brady andProvidence eachers Union Presi-d t St Sm th as a m d -laboration between labor and man-agement. Under Smiths leadership,the Providence eachers Union wasth rst u t s g t Rh d

Islands Race to the op proposal.Lab r p rat was am g thcriteria or success ul Race to the

p app at s.Exactly one week afer Duncans

sp h, May r A g a ras r dall 1,926 Providence teachers, citingthe dire state o the citys nancesand strict seniority rules that wouldlimit the citys ability to retain theb st t a h rs, r gard ss t ur .Smith called the move a back-doorW s s at a F b. 24 Pr dS h B ard m t g.

Tere are tremendous nancialconstraints, but that doesnt alterthe act that next year Providenceis going to have 20,000 kids thatneed and deserve an education,said Frank Flynn, a 34-year veteranCranston teacher and the president

o the Rhode Island Federation o a h rs a d H a th Pr ss a s,the states second-largest teachersu .

Te teachers need to have avoice at the table, he said, addingthat re ormers must take into ac-count the perspectives o the teach-ers who work in classrooms every day.

F y p t d t th $ mInvesting in Innovation ederalstimulus grant the Rhode IslandFederation o eachers receivedt d p w t a h r a uatstandards in six cities as an example

h w u s a d adm strat rscan work together. Another example

s Pr d , wh r Brady a dthe Providence eachers Union havesp t tw y ars w rk g a p a

or trans orming ailing schools, hesa d.

While Flynn is not completely opposed to eliminating seniority, hesaid it must be replaced by an evalu-at syst m that pr t ts t a h rsrights. Hiring and ring decisionsmust be de ensible and quanti -ab , h sa d.

But th urr t syst m just s t

working, according to Gallo. Whenthe contract becomes so convoluted

that due process takes a ew yearsbe ore you can move a teacher whois absolutely ine ective, then some-things wrong with the picture, shesa d.

With seniority under attack due to state budget crunches andrecently-elected Republican gover-

rs d t rm d t tak pubemployee unions, the president o the national union a liated with theRh d Is a d F d rat a h-ers and Health Pro essionals, RandiWeingarten, proposed a plan Feb. 24to change the system. Weingartencalled or giving teachers deemedine ective by administrators oneacademic year to improve. I teach-ers do not improve, they can be redw th 00 days, a rd g t W -

gart s pr p sa .

S pT ugh a w p ay r Rh d

Islands education policy, the gov-

ernor is the most important indetermining the pace and tone o

uture re orm. Cha ee was electedwith strong support rom the statesmajor teachers unions, which puttheir organizing muscle behind theindependents campaign, helpinghim win a 36 percent plurality inth ur-way ra .

During his gubernatorial bid,Cha ee said he does not supporta th r rms a d r u d r thstates Race to the op plan. Edu-cation Secretary Duncan has saidRace to the op unds might not begra t d stat s a t h r th rp a s.

Te very idea that this governorwants to materially slow down orreverse school re orm couldnt be

urther rom the truth, said Mike

rainor, Cha ees communicationsdirector. He just has his own sense h w a d h w ast du at r -

orm should appropriately proceed.rainor pointed out that the

states teachers unions supportedSen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI,

Cha s 2006 S at r - tcampaign and have never endorsedCha pr r t th r t t .

In a budget address March 8,Cha a u d h s t t t

ully und the states new educationunding ormula, which allocates

more money to schools than wasapportioned through the old sys-tem. Rhode Island had been the

y stat w th ut su h a rmu a.Cha ee has also voiced a desire toobserve a thought ul pause oncharter schools which are largely non-unionized in order to assessth r t ss. Last Mar h, thG ra Ass mb y a m st d ub dthe states cap on charter schools

in order to better position RhodeIsland to win Race to the op unds.

Cha a s mad w app t-ments to the Rhode Island Boardo Regents or Elementary and Sec-ondary Education by removing ourstr g supp rt rs G sts r rmsa d p a g G rg Caru , a p -

t a y sa y rm r Rh d Is a dH us maj r ty ad r, as ts ha r.

Caru has qu st d th r -t pa r rm. Its t as m-

p rta t t g t a th s w rk din the next 15 minutes, he said in aMarch 1 Providence Journal article,as t s t g t t d rr t y.

Tere was media speculationabout whether Cha ee would re-m G st, wh has stat d pub y that she will stay in Rhode Island as

g as sh s wa t d a d s sh

a pr d w th r rm rts. IJanuary, RI-CAN sent Cha ee a lettersigned by ormer Florida Gov. JebBush a d J K , rm r ha -cellor o the New York City Depart-ment o Education, urging him tok p G st.

rainor said Cha ee will honorGists contract, but would not com-m t wh th r th g r r wrenew it when it expires in June2013. As or charter schools, thegovernor wants to see additionaldata on their per ormance be oreproceeding with new schools and is

r d that add t a hart rsmight detract rom the states ocus

pub du at .Tis governor is rst, last and

always a proponent o the publicschool system in the state, rain-or said, adding that local schoolsshould not be orce- ed decrees

r m th r th stat r th d ra.

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C O R R E C I O N S P O L I C YT Br w Da y H ra d s mm tt d t pr d g th Br w U rs ty mmu ty w th th m st a urat rmat p ss b . C rr t s msubm tt d up t s a dar days af r pub at .

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L E E R S O H E E D I O R P O L I C YS d tt rs t tt rs@br w da yh ra d. m. I ud a t ph umb r w th a tt rs. T H ra d r s r s th r ght t d t a tt rs r gth aa d a t assur th pub at a y tt r. P as m t tt rs t 2 0 w rds. U d r sp a r umsta s wr t rs may r qu st a ym ty, but b pr t d th auth rs d t ty s u k w t th d t rs. A u m ts ts w t b pr t d.

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Gay marriage an issue not only of loveTo the Editor:

I was distraught as I read the beginning o anyaNguyens 13 column (Skepticism o marriage equality,March 16) this morning because its opening paragraphss u d d r y k sh was th usp pr p s gsomething similar to the separate but equal ruling o th U t d Stat s Supr m C urt, wh h was p rhapsone o the most insincere and disastrous rulings inth h st ry th u try. Af r sh g th um ,I br ath d a s gh r b aus Nguy s ws aractually quite well grounded in a desire or sexualorientation equality. Her opinion, however, is thatemphasis on marriage equality should be downplayed.I str g y d sagr , as I b that marr ag qua ty is an essential stepping stone towards our common

uture goal o a world without discrimination based s ua r tat .

Nguyens claim that marriage is not a legal issue is o paramount importance to her central thesis. However,I maintain that marriage has traditionally been, andr ma s t b , bas d a m a d ga ram -w rk. Im t say g that ry marr s t s d y p t a a g a s r t assur a a stab tyeven in our post-Jane Austen world, marriage remainst d t a h st ga a d s m - ga stru ts su has ta s, sas a d h a th ar . T ast th s st may b m a arg r ssu as ur u try m s t -wards nationalized health care. While love is an obviouspart marr ag ur s ty, th pr s marriage has not been enough to depoliticize marriage.

Nguy m t s af r h r art that sh s by means an expert on amily law or queer activism. Iagr w th th s part h r um .

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We, like the rest o the international community, are horri ed by the destruction in Japan. Search and rescue teams continue to work ar u d th k t d m ss g p p wh th u try d a s w th

m rg s at ts u ar p w r p a ts. Just y st rday, th ha r thU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission called radiation levels extremely h gh. M a wh , Japa s t z s must try t p k up th p s af r

s g th r h m s a d d s.We know that, however pain ully, Japan will rebuild rom this horrible

trag dy. But that su h wr kag a happ su h a r h u try sappalling and still somehow shocking. As the international community sends its prayers and turns its attention to the people o Japan, we wantedt r addr ss th af rmath a d sast r a u try wh s my,p t a st tut s a d rastru tur ar ar m r u rab : Ha t .

Over a year has gone by since an earthquake hit Haiti in January 20 0, a d th at r ma s shamb s. Wh Japa ra ks th rd the world in gross domestic product, Haiti is the poorest country inth W st r H m sph r , a rbat g a a r ady d u t s tuat .

O r m p p Ha t ar st d sp a d a d u d r

t ts as th r y m a s sh t r. Wh a d r m th t r at ammu ty was ta th t a r p r d, Ha t has y t t maks g a t r ads ts g-t rm r ry. Last O t b r, th u -try p r d a utbr ak h ra, k y aus d by pr b ms hyg rastru tur a d wat r supp y. Furth r, a gat s raudand vote-tampering marred Decembers presidential elections. Protestsar u d th u try aga st th t s tur d t a d pr du dma y asua t s.

Te University responded promptly and decisively to the destructionin Haiti. Just a week afer the earthquake, it ormed the Brown HaitiCr s s R sp s C mm tt that urag d d at s ud g au w th Part rs H a th s h ar y tur s a d d sast r r .Last Mar h, stud t gr ups ampus ra s d $2 ,000 r Ha t r .Tis past all, Brown committed to increasing educational partnershipswith groups in Haiti and started the Brown-Haiti Medical Exchangea d th Br w Ha t a Stud s I t at s.

W th a th r r s s w pr s t, a d w th a th mm tm tsth U rs ty has mad , t s atura t pat urs s th ba k a ddirect our gaze elsewhere. But Haiti was poor even be ore the earth-quak . W urg U rs ty a s t t u t susta a d r as

ur part rsh p w th th ag s a d p p Ha t .Japan, just like Haiti, will need a long-term recovery plan afer

the initial relie . Just two weeks afer the Haitian earthquake, CNNr p rt d that d at s had d r as d r 0 p r t, a d r ry w rk rs t d that af r th t a r sp s , ar r m uts d Ha thas mark d y d r as d. It w tak a tr m y g t m t r bu d

rastru tur b th Ha t a d Japa , a d thus ur mmu ty mustmak a g-t rm mm tm t t b th.

Ultimately, Brown students continue to devote their energy, time andmoney to the many international disasters that have occurred in thepast d ad . T Br w D sast r R Gr up has rga z d a spr gbr ak s r tr p t ss t w rk th af rmath th st rma d d th r ast y ar. C u t ss Br w stud ts ha w rk d w th

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An article in uesdays Herald (Former A recounts Bahraini protests, March 15) incorrectly stated thatMaryam Al-Khawaja, a prominent Bahraini human rights activist, was orced to leave the country aferreceiving death threats rom the royal amily on witter. Tough Al-Khawaja did receive death threats on

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tr but s t th ty as a s ur m-p ym t, bus ss a d br ght, y u g s r-

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d that wr t g h ps m u ta g th a -

phab t s up my h ad. P rhaps t m ghth p y u as w t wr t d w th ksy u mak .

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w t h raf. T r was a r t p s d wh h H us d r t y g ts r at sh p ad-

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ryth g thr ugh us.

Hector najera GS is a gra uate stu e tocusi g i e ucatio .

Linking to remember

A sinking ship metaphor

Brow clearly uses its tax-exempt status to itsa va tage i pursui g pro ts, eve i its resources

ultimately go towar s the commo goo .

I a mit that it is true whe we write somethi gow , we assume we have thought about it sufcie tly

a thus aba o the subject. How ma y papers havewe writte that we ever retur to?

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BY HECTOR nAJERAo pinions C olumnist

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City &Statethursday, March 17, 2011

B cLaire gianottiS taff W riter

Tis year marks the 375th anniver-sary o Roger Williams ounding o Pr d , a d th ty s k gto its residents to make the celebra-tion special. Te celebration aims torecapture a sense o pride in this

ty a d t dw th gat ,said Jenni er Smith, site manager

r R g r W ams Nat a Park.Due to Providences $110 mil-

lion budget de cit, Smith said thereare no city unds allocated to thecelebration. Unlike the 350th an-niversary or which organizerscreated a host o events includingper ormances by Bob Hope and

Frank Sinatra this celebration willtak ad a tag a r ady p a dts.

Organizers will work to incorpo-rat st g ts that a u d rthe celebrations theme and marketthem as part o the estivities. Eventswill be part o a branded marketinge ort to build pride in the capitalcity, said Lynne McCormack, di-rector o art, culture and tourism

r th ty.T brat w b d by a

coalition o city o cials, the Provi-dence Warwick Convention andVisitors Bureau, the Roger WilliamsNational Memorial, ProvidenceMonthly and the CW television

tw rk.Andy Cutler, an entrepreneur

and sel -described Providence im-migrant involved with the coali-t , sp arh ad d th t a p a -

ning or the celebration and helpedto come up with its our key themes

reedom, hope, ingenuity androots. Providence is remarkable or

ts ab ty t d th m st w th thast, h sa d.During one o the events plannedr th brat a R g r W -

liams-themed canoeing event host-ed by the Rhode Island BluewaysAlliance participants can traceWilliams journey into Providence.Providence Monthly will publishan o cial guidebook or the cel-ebration in its June issue that willinclude historical and contemporary essays, said John araborelli, specialprojects manager or the magazine.

Students will also be involved in

p a g ts. A pub art assat th Rh d Is a d S h D -s g w h d a sta at at thRoger Williams Memorial in thespring. Te Ha enre er Museumo Anthropology, located in BrownsMa g Ha , w h d a h b tab ut R g r W ams th s a a dstudents in AMCV 1550: Methodsin Public Humanities will conductsemester-long projects geared to-ward the all celebration, Smith said.

Te memorial is also o eringour $2,500 grants or groups to

h st arts a d u tur ts thmonths rom May to October aspart o the celebration. Te memo-rial is targeting smaller-scale groupsthat ha p rat g budg ts ss

tha $7 ,000 p r y ar.Organizers hope these grants,

which were made possible by theRhode Island Foundation, will allowthe celebration to incorporate morearts events and include organiza-t s that pr m t d rs ty.

Kaitlynne Ward GS, an intern atthe memorial, urged student groupsto get involved with the celebra-tion. It is an opportunity to turnoutward and engage in local history and engage the community morebr ad y, sh sa d.

Te celebration is intended tob a m ra b st r, Sm th add d.T r ar a t th gs t b -

brat d, w th a tt pr d a d a t u .

Providence celebrates history of creativity

B aMy raSMuSSenS eNior S taff W riter

As Providence begins to battle whatMayor Angel averas called a cat-

egory ve nancial crisis, allegationshave emerged that ormer mayorand current Rep. David Cicilline 83,D-RI, ailed to paint an accurate pic-tur th tys a a h a th.

Since 2008, Providences rainy day und a reserve or scal emergen-

cies dipped dramatically rom ah gh $22. 6 m t $220, 6,according to a March 14 ProvidenceJ ur a art .

Former Internal Auditor JamesLombardi, now the city treasurer,a rt d th C ty C u O t b rthat Cicilline raided the rainy day

und without the councils approval,a violation o the citys charter. At thetime, Cicilline denied the charges,saying that $30 million remainedin the reserves. Five city councilmembers sided with Cicilline inth d sput .

Immediately afer an indepen-dent audit commissioned by av-eras con rmed Lombardis ndings,Cicilline re used to take questions

rom reporters, instead issuing astatement explaining that budgetd s s w r mad as a r su t a $40 m r du t stat a d,the loss o ederal education stimulus

unds, the loss o revenues due tothe troubled economy and a large

terview with the Providence Journal,C d d d h s d s s issues ranging rom pension re ormto the use o the reserve as necessary t ba a th budg t.

Cicillines o ce did not returnph a s r mm t.T r t ass rt s s r as a

reminder that the city o Providencehas b dr t th gr u d by Democratic mayors, said GiovanniC , ha rma th Rh d Is-land Republican Party. Tey havean approach to governance thatsdestructive, and people are su er-

g b aus what th y d .C t g th tys m g budg t

de cit, averas ordered the termina-tion o all 1,926 Providence publicschool teachers Feb. 23 and an-nounced the closing o our o the

tys m tary s h s M day.

a s p l R a t s t C s ha d g th a gat s ha b m d.Tis is not something that is

going to go away and be orgot-ten, said Victor Pro ughi, pro es-s r m r tus p t a s atRhode Island College and CEO andresearch director o the polling rmQu st R s ar h.

In recent interviews, Cicillinehas said he aced a decision betweend pp g t th r s r s, a d ut-t g s r s a d ra s g ta s.

Hes handled it like a savvy politi-

t th t t h a a d pass d thbuck and hopes he comes out clean.

Tough Cicillines mayoral recordis mixed, no one could reasonably blame him or all the citys scal

problems, said Wendy Schiller, as-sociate pro essor o political sciencea d pub p y.

Its asy t b am th guy wh sgone, she said, re erencing PresidentBarack Obamas public statements

aulting ormer President GeorgeW. Bush or the poor state o the

my.C has ha d d r t m -

dia coverage to the best o his ability,S h r sa d.

In his eyes, he was mayor thatrecord is over, she added. Teres

t r h m, p rs a y rp t a y, t d s uss h s r rd.

Wh S h r sa d sh d s tth k th a usat s w ha a y long-term impact on Cicillines u-ture political prospects, others are

t s sur .Te allegations may cause vot-

ers to view the 2010 campaign asa partial deception because they believe Cicilline was dishonest aboutthe citys nances, Pro ughi said.Tat puts h m a wh d r t

at g ry tha th typ a r shmagr ssma .

St , C s m g qu k y to repair his image. According toPro ughi, he is already working to in-crease his visibility in the district and

m ts that h a bur sh 20 2.

r d - lBy the 2012 elections, Schiller said

sh p ts Pr d s a s t

be in better condition. At that point,t rs ar m r k y t w C - as th a d dat ght g a R -

publican majority than be concernedwith allegations o mismanaging the

tys a s.Given the enormity o the bud-

get de cit, the GOP chair said hethinks the city will still be struggling

20 2. E A g a ras wason his A-game every day or the next

00 days, I d t s h w h a g tProvidence out o this, Cicione said.

As or Cicillines reelection chanc-es, though, two years is a political

t r ty, h sa d.But Pro ughi said he thinks Cicil-

w t b ab t utru a -gations against his mayoral records as y.

w y ars s t a g t m to set negativism that goes back tohis days as mayor, he added. Hesgot a long way to go and a short timet d t.

Former state Rep. John Loughlin,wh st t C ast a , u dseek a rematch. Much will depend

wh th r h a mat h C su dra s g pr w ss, S h r sa d.

o have a chance at unseatingC , L ugh w u d d th

Cicilline 83 challenged over citys nances

Heral le photoJu e 3, 1916: 1,500 Rho e Isla schoolchil re arra ge themselves i the orm o a America ag.

B cLare De BoerS taff W riter

Pawtu k t May r D Gr b hasproposed sharing certain municipalservices with the city o Central Fallsto cut costs and generate revenue orboth cities. Te city o Pawtucket,which has a de cit o $9 million in itscurrent budget, would bene t romproviding services to the smallerC tra Fa s, sa d C tra Fa s ap-pointed receiver Robert Flanders

Jr. 7 . C tra Fa s has b u d rstate control since May 2010, andexpects a $5 million budget short all

t y ar.Gr b subm tt d th pr p sa

called Pawtucket Central ServicesInc. to the state Department o Revenue. Under the terms o theproposal, Central Falls would pay t r s r s r m Pawtu k t,such as zoning and coding en orce-ment and animal control. Te twocities would share police and re

r s, F a d rs sa d.Its the notion that i we can

pay r s r s r shar th m w thanother municipality, we can po-tentially save money and reduce

p s s, h sa d.R g a zat a s r

such as police and re protection hasb m a mm way r sma rlocal communities to cut the costo service provision, wrote Nathan-

Baum-S w, ass sta t pr ss ro economics, in an e-mail to TeH ra d.

Tis is not unique to CentralFalls and Pawtucket. We are allscrambling to try and gure out whatmight be some ways to get out o this nancial trouble, Flanders said.

Sharing services would begin

on a low-risk level, such as library services. We are already drawingup proposals or the low-hanging

ruit to see how some o thesework without being as high stakesas would police and re, said DougHadden, spokesperson or Grebien.

Te sharing o police and re de-partments would be complicated by collective bargaining agreements,which cover municipal employeesthr ugh 20 2, Hadd sa d.

Central Falls Police Chie JosephMoran III was not amiliar with thed ta s th pr p sa . W ha treally sat down. Its all behind thes s, h sa d.

O a s pr d t that Pawtu k tand Central Falls will begin shar-

g th r s r s b s d s pa d r d partm ts th ar

uture. It could happen within amatt r w ks, F a d rs sa d.

Hadden and Flanders stressedthat th sta dard s r s w u dnot be compromised by the pro-posal. I dont expect any changeto be elt by the residents, except

or potential savings, Flanders said.In terms o police and re, we

a t j pard z th th ss r s, Hadd sa d.

Pawtucket,Central Fallsto shareservices