hursday, March 24, 2011 D aily Herald tBSince 1891 vol. cxlvi, no. 40 tomorrow today news...................2-3 e Edr’ e e r P- spring wing fling Lydia Yamaguchi / Hrald The Sharpe Reectory welcomed spring with Polynesian chicken wings, Bufalo wigs, spicy wigs ad Chischickwigs at luch. Lydia Yamaguchi / Hrald With bagpips ad bars, ati-gay marriagprtstrs rm thAmricaScity r thDsTraditi, Family ad Prprty strmd thMaiGrystrday. Students rally against anti- gay marriage demonstrators By AMY RAsMussEn Senior Staff Writer Garbed in ormal black and red at- tire and hoisting medieval-looking banners, a action othe American Society or the Deense oradi- tion, Family and Property — a na- tional organization that opposes gay marrag— dsdd thMain Green at approximately 11 a.m. ystrday . Tmwrthrtdd tradition, said John Ritchie, the group’s spokesman. “Homosexu- ality is a violation oGod’s natu- ral law,” he said. Te Pennsylva- nia-based organization has over 200,000 members nationwide, 5,000 owhom reside in Rhode Isad. Te group, which originally po- std tsthmddthGreen, used bagpipes to attract the attention omore than 20 onlook- rs brbg rd trattpubprprty by thDpart- mt PubSaty. Te organization — currentlytur — s makg a umbr stops throughout Rhode Island, and leaders thought t he Universitywould be an important place to staga prtst, Rthsad. Te protestors stayed on the Grr apprmaty 5 m- utes beore moving to the sidewalkbehind the Stephen Roberts ’62 Campus Center, said Paul Shanley, dputy hDPS. Shanley, who has been with the University or our years, said he has never seen anything like it. Mst prtsts arassatd wth student groups, he said, but this group seemed “entirely indepen- dt.” hree men held alot a sign radg “Gd’s Marrag= Ma& 1 Woman” and a lopsided red banner emblazoned with a golden lion. According to multiple onlook- ers, an unidentied male intention- ally ran into the sign early in the prtst. Study abroad apps up, but none to Egypt By shAnooR sEERvAi Contributing WriterStudy abroad applications or ths ajumpd t3, up rm 23 appats r ast a. But appats r prgrams thMiddle East did not see a similar rise — the Oice oInternational Programs received 11 applications or programs in the region, the samumbr as ast yar. he Oice oInternational Programs added Egypt to its list oMiddle Eastern countries where students are prohibited rom studying abroad. his list also includes Algeria, Iraq, Leba- non, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, aw hh arthU.S. StatDepartment travel warning list. Egypt was added to the travel warning list in late January at the utbrak prtsts thr. “Students, naturally, under- stand that the situation is luid in Egypt,” said Kendall Brostuen, director ointernational programs and associate dean othe College. “Wtrust that as thstuatstabilizes we will eventually be able to remove Egypt rom the prohibition otra vel list. We will tutmtr ths.” Elana Kreiger-Benson ’11, who studd abrad Egypt ast a, said she knows how disappointed the students brought back rom Egypt at the start othis semester were, but thinks the decision is understandable considering the dagrus dts. he OIP runs study abroad programs in nine countries but ashas a st apprd atr- native programs, which Brown aculty committees have approved or credit transer. he two stu- dents who were evacuated rom Egypt this semester were partici- pating in an approved alterna- tive program in Alexandria run thrugh Mddbury Cg. In the Middle East, there are approved programs in Israel, Jor- dan, Morocco, unisia and ur- key, according to the OIP web- site. hirteen students studied thMddEast ast ar arurrty studyg abrad thrg. Studts aaspttthOIP or approval to participate in an alternative program, as Jessica Bdt ’2 dd ast a. Athugh thrwas a Brw- apprd prgram at thAmr- ctiug4 ctiug5 Facing paywall, Libraryto offer digital Times By tAliA KAgAn featureS editorhUrsty Lbrary w- tinue to provide students with ull same-day online access to New Y rk ms arts atr thpa- pr rts ts pay waMarh 2, though the ormat or reading articles will be dierent rom the ms’ wbst. Students will be able to ac- cess current issues — including supplemental material such as the magazine and book review — through the NewsBank service, which the University acquired Fri- day. Students will also continue to haass tthr arhd s- sues available through several da- tabases linked rom Josiah. hese services are already available with a BrwSurgad abaccessed o-campus through sot- ware provided by Computing and IrmatSrs. he online NewsBank version othe imes is “a digital, ull- r magthpapr, ” Dad Banush, associate University li- brary or access services, wrote in an email to he Herald. It is sarhabthrugh a agatbar but rsmbs a sad r- sion othe print edition rather thathms’ wbst. ctiug2 UCS calls for water options in Faunce By DAviD Chung Senior Staff Writer he Undergraduate Council oStudents passed a resolution to increase water availability in the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center and discussed the categorizations oapproximately 30 student groups at ts grabdy mtg ast ght. In response to complaints the uhas rd rm studts during oce hours regarding in- sucient access to water, Campus LChar Dad Rattr ’3 tr- dud a rsutast Wdsdayrmmdg that thUrstyintroduce alternative water sources thampus tr. Bauss- tors requent the center, the Uni- versity must increase its eorts to enhance access to drinking water, Rattr sad. UCS members have suggested installing an additional hydration station on the rst oor, provid- g ups t thydratstats and increasing the number osigns thrughut thbudg. Tam- pus lie committee’s plans to ad- drss “prtabwatr” assbtyare not yet concrete. Te council s stdtrmg what “prtabwater” options are best, but Rattner sad, “thpt s t tbrg bakbttd watr.” Te Brown University Commu- ty Cubad thsg bttd watr ampus atrs November 2009 ollowing a cam- pagby Byd thBtt. Rattner also announced a pilot ctiug3
