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Chancellor Tomas isch 76 an-nounced the 29 members o thetwo committees responsible oroverseeing the search or a newprsdt ystrday a ma tth Brw mmuty.

Fieen members o the Corpo-ration join isch on the Presidential

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Te Campus Advisory Com-mittee has 13 members and will bechaired by Chung-I an, proessor physs. Tr udrgraduats,a graduate student and a studentat Alpert Medical School repre-sent the student body on the ad- visory committee. Six proessorsad rprstat ah rmCmputg ad Irmat Sr-

vices and Campus Lie and StudentServices also sit on the commit-t. T mmbrs th adsrymmtt wr assgd thrugha combined eort o six Universitymmtts, udg th Udr-graduat Cu Studts, thFauty Eut Cmmtt adth Sta Adsry Cmmtt.

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he United States must supportIsraels right to exist in order toestablish peace in the Middle East,

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. tolda crowded Salomon 101 last night.

Frank, who spoke at the Mid-dle East alks event co-spon-sored by the Brown Democratsand Brown Students or Israel,sad supprt r Isra s rua ratg a tw-stat pa b-

tween Israel and Palestine. Butthat support should not be un-conditional, he said. It comes with

the right to critique policy something he said should be inpa btw a ad ats.

Isra s a utry th UtdStates should align itsel with,

Frank said, reerring to its recordon human rights. When Frankargued in Congress or the repealo Dont Ask, Dont ell, he cited

Israels policy o allowing gays and

lesbians to serve in the militaryas a amp.

Despite being always underattack, he added, Israel is oneo the most democratic centers th wrd.

Six months ago, i you werean Arab in the Middle East andyou were critical o the govern-

mt, yu wr sast dg thatin Israel, he said, acknowledg-ing that the situation may havehagd wak th s-adArab Sprg .

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Yur kg at th past, sad str at Ladd Obsratryast usday ght, starg up atthe cerulean blue telescope thathas habtd th ma bsra-t rm s .

Te visitor meant that lightreaching earth rom great dis-tances could have been emittedby a star that no longer exists,but the statement could easily bereinterpreted at this historic site.

A multitude o eyes haveprd thrugh th 5-t t-scope in the past 120 years, in-cluding those o H.P. Lovecra who had his own key to theobservatory local teachers, stu-

dents and proessors. Firemenperiodically park their brightred engines at the intersection oHope and Doyle streets and come

in to take a peek at the night sky.Te telescope can track one

object a galaxy, or example r mths at a tm thrughth us a aruy abratd,hand-wound mechanical clockdrive that moves to counter slight

shis in the earths movements.Frm ths rm, t s pssb ts th shadws th ms Jupiter cross its surace and watch

stars brighten and dim as theypulsate and eclipse each other,sad Dad arga 7, assatdean o the College or scienceduat.

Excepting light bulbs, exitsigns and alarms, the building

Fighting Providence fog,

stars shine in historic lens

Soa Castello y Ticell / Herald

The telescope is one of the principal draws for visitors to the Ladd Observatory.

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State and municipal employeeswill see dramatic changes to theirpensions in 2012 i the GeneralAssembly adopts a proposal out-d a jt addrss usday.

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Security Act, proposed by Gov.Lincoln Chaee 75 P14 and Gen-

eral reasurer Gina Raimondo,would impose a system-widereeze on cost-o-living adjust-ments or all public employeesad hag th stat-ru systmt a w hybrd ps pa.

I atd, th b wud -sure that pension system short-alls never again spike to anunaordable level, Raimondosaid. he bill would immediatelyreduce the states ununded liabil-

ty by $3 b ad ras thprtag th stats psbgats that ar udd rm

4 t 60 prt.Cost-o-living adjustments

would be restored or all publicmpys th systm s 0percent unded, the minimumunding level or a healthy pen-s systm. I th systm drpsbelow 80 percent unded, the ad-

Pension bill

promisesend toshortfalls

Tom Sullivan / Herald

Rep. Barney Fran lauded Israel as a democratic center o the Middle East.

B erin kildu

CoNtributiNgwriter

Following the installation o 10new exercise machines over thepast week, the Bears Lair is onceagain lled to capacity with stu-dts wrkg mag bars adsps wth.

When 10 outdated machineswere removed rom the gym earlier

this semester, students expressedrustration that the remainingmachines were not sufcient to

accommodate their needs, caus-ing disrupted exercise schedulesad adg sm t abad thgym altogether. But seven new ma-

chines installed Friday and threeinstalled yesterday restored thespa t ts rga apaty.

Matthew simikas, assistantdirector o athletics and physicaleducation, wrote in an email toTe Herald that ve treadmills,thr pta mahs ad twexercise bikes, all 2011 models,wr stad t rpa utdatd

qupmt.Te Bears Lair is part o the

Dpartmt Athts satttss systm.

Originally, the satellite tnesscenters were intended as tempo-rary workout spaces in the resi-dential halls ollowing studentsdemands or a place to exercise,said Margaret Klawunn, vice presi-

dent or campus lie and studentservices. But the popularity o the

Bears Lair replenishes machines

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gyms inspired the University tograt thm prmat status.

Tis proved to be a problem,as the gyms were made possibleby an alumni donation 12 yearsago. We had a gi to get themstarted, Klawunn said, But wedidnt have a budget or ongoingmata.

Te University instituted a plant d w uds rm g da-

ts ths past summr, Kawusad. Tugh th athts dpart-mt rmd mahs dmdoutdated or unsae at the beginning

o the semester, it ailed to replaceths mahs ut ast Frday.

Student response to the new

machines has been overwhelm-ingly positive, though many ex-pressed dismay at the ormer state th gym.

I used to wait in line just orthe treadmill. Now that we have

our, I dont have to anymore, saidChrsta aara 2. H sad ht t was mprtat r th U-rsty t ha wrkg mahsbecause students are on a tightschedule and typically allow andat a rta tm r th gym.

Aer abandoning the Bears Lair

and starting her own exercise rou-tine earlier this all, Sinead Crotty14 said she would consider return-

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After a shortage of exercise eqipment earlier this semester, the Bears Lair is now at fll capacity with 10 new machines.

New gym equipment whirs into action

justments would again be rozen.Cost-o-living adjustments

will not continue to exist in theircurrent orm i the bill passes.Instead, they will be tied to thestat ps systms yary -vestment returns. State pension

recipients could receive up to a4 prt st--g ras th rst $35,000 thr p-sion depending on the returns prt mr tha th ur-rent maximum allowed increase.I rturs dp bw 5.5 prt,though, retirees will not receivecost-o-living adjustment pay-mts.

Chaee compared the proposedhybrd pa wth urrt draemployee pensions, which he said

h supprtd wh h was a U.S.senator. Hybrid plans combine

a reduced deined contribution

payment, a deined beneit ac-count similar to a 401(k) andregular Social Security payments.

All state employees, teachersand municipal employees exclud-ing police and ire departmentswill be enrolled in the plan. Itwould accommodate some teach-

ers and local employees that can-t t Sa Surty udrthe current system by requiringargr mpyr trbuts.

Individual municipal pensionsystems are an alarming aspecto the states problem, Chaee said.

We cant have true pension re-rm ths ar grd.

here are currently munici-palities in Rhode Island with pen-

sion systems so underunded they

ud rqur stat trt.I you think Central Falls was anisolated case, reconsider, Chaee

sad.Chaee and Raimondo clashed

over the bills treatment o locallyadministered plans, orcing nego-

tats btw th tw adrsMonday night. Raimondo ex-pressed concern that collective-bargaining agreements could cre-ate legal barriers to implementing

the bill and supported a moret tratmt a pas.

he Chaee-Raimondo billwould establish an independentreview targeting municipalitieswith systems that are less than 60prt udd, just bw whatthe ederal government identiiesas critical. wenty communi-ts th stat urrty t thsdsrpt.

We all know there are mu-nicipal pensions in crisis, Chaeesaid. As captain o the ship, Iary s ths brgs ahad.

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was never modernized, makingit one o ew observatories still

stg ts rga dt.May k t bga t prat electricity in the 1930s, while oth-rs ha a t dsrpar ada w rma prat hads. Itwas th ast bsratrsto be built in an urban area, beoreght put ad smg bamobstacles to late-night viewing.Its proximity to Providence wasssary r th r t u-lled as a time-keeping station orRhd Isad.

Ultimately, we are calibrat-ing our clocks to the rotation othe earth, which we calculate by

observing individual stars, saidarga.

Te observatory was once incharge o such calculations. Ittransmitted pulses along telegraph

wires every hour to City Hall soresidents could set their clocks,and to the Jewelry District, whereks wr rpard.

Michael Umbricht, observa-tory curator and science historybu, has been working at Ladd orabout six years. A sleek ponytailstrakd wth gray as dw thbak hs wr athr jakt. Along earring dangles rom one ear.

He takes hold o a crank in the

main observation room, and thewooden black dome creaks and

groans as the roo spins aboveus.

T bsratry s ru mau-ay, thaks t a systm puys

and counterweights, and sectionso the roo can be lied to aord abetter view when the night is clear.

Umbricht led visitors into a sec-

ond observation room recentlyrestored by a grant rom the state.Te eect was akin to walking back

tw turs. T st darlled the air and archaic equip-ment dotted the room: severalsmall telescopes, a grandatherclock, an instrument resembling apolygraph and a large roll o paperwith scribbling inked needles tomeasure the position o stars. Teteam is working hard to restore the

observatory authentically eventhe paint on the walls matches therga th tury rs.

While the observatory is nolonger used or research a mod-

ern telescope on top o Barus andHolley has taken over that niche t tus t sr a dua-ta purps.

Te observatory receives about3,000 strs a yar, arga sad.Students in University astronomyclasses visit once or twice a semes-ter, and local Providence teach-ers can attend special overnightworkshops to learn about thestars. Scholars o scientic history

consider the observatory to be aprime eld trip, argan said it

is open to the public every uesdaywh th wathr s ar.

Te sta aims to coordinatets a mth that ar ss

weather-dependent, such as lastweeks talk by Ian DellAntonio, as-

sat prssr physs. Tywill be open on the upcoming Hal-loween Monday or a costumedcelebration where all are welcome,Umbrht sad.

Visitors stayed over hal anhur ar DAts tak hadconcluded, climbing on laddersand peeking through the telescope

despite the dome being closed dueto cloudy skies. Tough they could

t ha s muh arthr thath g, th amatur astr-mers demonstrated their innate

ascination with the universethrough a persistent barrage oquestions, all o which were elded

wth prts by th sta.We are made o elements that

wr rmd sd stars, ar-ga sad. W ar w at a pt where a piece o the universe you and me can refect uponitsel and make predictions andha a udrstadg what sgg .

No matter what happensdw hr, what happd at thofce that day or in school, hesaid, You can go out there andget the big perspective. Its a big

universe out there. Were part o it,but theres a lot more to it than us.

Historic observatory continues to draw visitors

Soa Castello y Ticell / Herald

Michael umbricht (foregrond) has edcated observatory visitors for six years.

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Progra to uild

career networks

CareerLAB launched a new

intensive program to acilitateinteraction between Brown

students and alums Monday.

The three-day pilot January

Career Laboratory will begin

Jan. 19 and will eature panels

on dierent career ields,

networing sessions and sill

worshops.

A joint initiative by

CareerLAB, the dean o the

College and the Corporation,

the program will provide

students with an outstanding

opportunity to increase their

networs, build on sills

important or starting andadvancing a career and

learn about dierent career

ields rom alumni, said

Andrew Simmons, director o

CareerLAB.

The Oice o Alumni

Relations will try to recruit

alums rom a wide variety

o career ields and with

dierent levels o experience,

said Lauren kolodny 08, the

Corporations young alumni

trustee, who irst conceived

o the idea and brought it to

the Center or Campus Lie.

Though Brown used

to host a similar alumni

career wee during the

semester, kolodny said

January CareerLAB will give

students an opportunity to

thin really deeply about

their careers outside o

the demands o class and

extracurricular activities, she

said. It also gives alums the

opportunity to come bac to

campus and engage with the

community.

Students o all years and

concentrations are invited

to apply beginning Oct. 24.

CareerLAB will choose 150students to participate based

on their interests, Simmons

said.

Participating students will

be allowed to move in to the

dormitories early and will

pay a ee o $130 to cover

meals, housing and program

events. Simmons said the ee

only partially covers the per-

student cost o the program

CareerLAB and the Oice

o the Dean o the College

will provide the remaining

unds. Students unable to pay

the ee can apply or inancial

aid.

Details o the program,

including aculty and sta

participation, are still being

wored out, Simmons said.

A preliminary schedule is on

the CareerLAB website.

It is a way o giving

(students) exposure to

things outside o academics,

Simmons said. We thin we

have a very good program.

a Bl

n E W S I n B R I E F

been made. He said his commit-tee will speak with members othe community involved in pastsarhs r hgh- Urstyadmstratrs ad sk thr ad-.

We are starting relatively early,s I thk w w ha tm t -amine everything careully andmove orward promptly, an said.

Te Corporation hired SpencerStuart, an executive recruiting rm,

t assst th sarh prss, a-rdg t shs ma.

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B nic cavell

CoNtributiNgwriter

Ery thr wks at th SwarrCenter or Public Service, 22

proessors across 17 disciplinescollide behind closed doors todiscuss exciting new directions ineducation at Brown. Food justiceis discussed with sandwiches in

hand, education nds commonground with engineering and themda studs prgram rmsan unlikely pair with prison-basedtahg.

Each o the proessors has been

awarded unding through the En-gaged Scholars Initiative to taketheir work into the community.Now in its third year, the initiative

has sponsored many community-

basd urss at Brw.Maureen Sigler, lecturer in

education and director o histo-ry and social studies education,has deepened the connection be-tween Brown and Central FallsHgh Sh thrugh a sr-learning component in her re-structured course, EDUC 1010:T Cra ahg.

Te class as it was originallydesigned is more o a purelyintellectual exercise, Siglersaid, a broad brushstroke tointroduce students to what theyshould be thinking when theyenter the classroom as teachers.

But through the lens o servicelearning, a select group o the class

about 20 o 100 this year hasthe chance or a deeper experience

appyg ad ttuazgaadm rgr, sh sad.

In her class, students rst com-plete readings including educa-

tion scholar Melissa Roderickswrk assssg th hags the road to college or students inChicago Public Schools. Troughan asset walk in Central Falls,the group o students contextual-

ize the community by counting its

benets as opposed to the chal-lenges it aces. And then, based on

what th mmuty has dt-ed as its need, students apply

strategies or college advising us-g what thy rad Rdrk.

Te process is ongoing. Aerthe rst year, Sigler determinedthe service learning componentcould do even more or a deepmpat, t just a brad mpat.She and her students reached outt Ctra Fas studts partsand amilies, taking them to FreeApplication or Federal StudentAid ino meetings and collegears t ras studts awarsso their options. Soon, their workbegan to speak or itsel. Te pro-gram w has ts w ddatd

spa ad admstratr C-tra Fas Hgh Sh.

Many o the ideas unded bythe initiative were around longbeore it began. Proessor o Soci-ology and Environmental StudiesPh Brw rd supprt rhis Community EnvironmentalCollege run through the En-vironmental Justice League oRhode Island rom the ini-tiative. But he has been sendingstudts t wrk wth th agur yars.

Te Community Environmen-ta Cg s a summr prgramor Providence-area high school

students that oers courses inenvironmental justice, ood jus-tice and leadership, media andth arts.

It transorms Phils researchinto work or the community,said Keally Cieslik 13, who previ-ously taught courses at the college.Cieslik outlined a curriculum that

took students to places like Al-arz Hgh Sh, whh s stu-ated on contaminated land. Shedescribed the students outragewhen they learned o industrial

mat prssg thqus.Te (environmental college)

is an umbrella or subprojects,Csk sad, addg that ursswere student-driven and ended

with a nal project. Teyve doneriver cleanup, someone made alm about ood justice, she re-utd. Tr was a prj-ect with a veggie-biodiesel-ueledsh bus.

As a Brown student, Cieslik en-tered the community uncomort-

ab as a tahr, sh sad. Maystudents do not need to be toldabout injustice by an outsider,she said. In that way, the summercourses became a co-learning ex-

pr, ad what Csk tkaway as a student was insight intowhat its like in Providence as a

hgh sh yuth.Bg umrtab mght

just be part o a community-based

course, Sigler said. In addition tothe asset walk, she makes herstudents eat meals and spend time

th Ctra Fas mmuty.At the beginning o her course,

students spend our weeks react-g rtay t thr w aut-biographies, she said. Studentsgrapple with questions such ascan a privileged, white BrownStudent work in an under-re-sourced high school? and whatthings does that student take withhm r hr?

hese questions and theiranswers are the essence o whatSgr ad th sr argcomponents ability to add in-tellectual teeth to a course. Forsome students, a community com-ponent ignites the re, she said.

Priya Gaur 13 might be one ths studts. Sh bga hrmt athr mmu-nity-based course, ENVS 0110:Humans, Nature, and the En- vironment: Addressing Envi-ronmental Change in the 21st

Ctury taught by Kathry D-Master, visiting assistant proessor

o environmental studies. She then

kpt t up thrugh wrk wth thCommunity Environmental Col-

lege and Environmental JusticeLagu. Sh s as a tahg as-sistant or the class this semester.

T prbms th mmu-nity are long-term, Gaur said.Ty rqur g-trm atsmad mt.

Youre dealing with structuralquats, sh sad, hghght-g a amp d just.In some areas o Rhode Island,there is less access to healthyoods. Olneyville has no WholeFds. Cg H has tw.

Community work is in thevery charter o a university whose

mission is to do public good,said Associate Proessor o His-try Amy Rmsydr, athrEngaged Scholar. Her work takesplace in the Adult CorrectionalIsttut Rhd Isad, whrshe brings knowledge o medievalIberia to discussions with inmates

about the coexistence o diversergs.

Back in the boardroom, Siglerand Chris Bull 79 MS86 PhD06,senior lecturer in the School oEngineering, are discussing theoverlap o their students expe-riences, identiying cross-disci-pary apprahs t duat.

A th prssrs tr th ray,positing ways to better t com-muty ds.

Everything about EngagedScholars is organic, said RogerNozaki, director o the SwearerCtr ad assat da thCg. Erythg s as g-trm prjts k Sgrs adBrowns have been running orthree years and show no sign ostopping. Instead, they continueto adjust ratchet, as Nozakisad t mmuty ds.

Initiative connects classrooms to the community

lict between Israel and Hamas asa stta dsput, thatmust be resolved beore peace can

matraz. Spay, h sad,Hamas must recognize Israelsrght t st as a Jwsh stat smthg h sad t has t ytb wg t d.

You cannot negotiate withpeople who want you dead, hesad.

But Frank also criticized some

o Israels policies, speciicallyIsraeli settlements in the WestBank, which he said do moreharm than good. He also saidthe current governing coalition in

Isra as t ar t th r ghtr hs mrt.

While questioning Israels gov-erning coalition, Frank praisedIsrael Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu or his support o hu-ma rghts ad brts.

hree government leaders inmy lietime have spoken positive-

ly about gay rights in the House o

Representatives, he said. BarackObama, Bill Clinton and Benja-m Ntayahu.

hough Frank said peopleshould look critically at spe-ciic positions Israel has taken,h sad ths rtqus ar a arcry rom questioning its right tost. H mpard th stuatto his opposition to the Iraq War,which does not indicate that hequestions the United States rightt st.

Franks hal-hour talk wasollowed by an hour-long ques-tion-and-answer session. Frankaddrssd qusts abut Jru-salems role in the dispute, sayingHamas, and not Jerusalem, is theprpa bsta t pa.

Frank also addressed the ques-

tion o Gaza, saying Israel shouldwithdraw rom the land, but thathe understands the countrys right

to sel-deense when peoplenext door are trying to destroyyu.

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Caernet Voltaire | Abe Pressman

Fraternity of Evil | Eshan Mitra, Brendan Hainline and Hector Ramire

C O M I C S

B sona MkrTTchian

CoNtributiNgwriter

T Ursty s kg t t-grate community programs withthe Perry and Marty Grano Cen-ter or the Creative Arts and theMedical Education Building, ac-cording to the most recent updatet th Pa r Aadm Erh-ment, President Ruth Simmonsblueprint or academic improve-mt.

Te Grano Center has alreadyestablished a relationship with therinity Academy or the Perorm-ing Arts the center will serve

as th u r th srg student lms next month. TeUniversity is also in talks with theProvidence Public School Districtabout developing collaborativeprograms, though a timeline orthe partnership has not yet beenstabshd.

Te Grano center has the po-

tta t r spa whh a-ternative cultural expression could

ur ways that s t pssbin the public schools because olimitations o space and resources,

wrote Earnest Cox, administra-tr arts ad adad aa-dms r th Prd Pub

School District, in an email to Te

Hrad.he new Med Ed Building

downtown also presents an op-portunity or community out-reach, wrote Marisa Quinn, vicepresident o public aairs andUniversity relations, in an emailt T Hrad. W rgz thopportunities to engage even more

with the community and with theschools through (the building),sh wrt. T w aty sm-ply underscores our presence inPrd.

he University has alreadypd th Gra Ctr t th

Providence community or movieghts, turs ad a artsts -hbts, Qu wrt.

W k t say w ar a hmor creative thinkers, said ChiraDSst, assstat drtr thCrat Arts Cu. What wwant to do is invite like-mindedpeople to come in and learn andtry smthg w, sh sad. Itsimportant or us not to be insular.

Brown has articulated a desiret b a pa r r hag ideas, Cox said. What better wayto encourage this exchange than byopening your space to the com-muty at arg?.

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EDITORIAL CARTOOn by sam rosenfeld

As captain o the ship, I clearly see these icebergs ahead. Gov. Lincoln Chaee 75 P14

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Recent Senate Education Committee hearings examined theburgeoning or-prot college industry, which derives much o its

revenue rom ederal unds while delivering questionable results. One th wrryg prats th hargs hghghtd s th aggrssrrutmt tras by r-prts.

Service members complain that recruiters provide misleading inor-

mation about the costs and benets o programs, saying, or example,that a degree will undoubtedly bolster a veterans job prospects when,in act, many employers are skeptical o these degrees. Te Department

Vtras Aars dsrd that a hst wbsts that stsbyinorm military veterans how to best use their education benets arein act run by marketing rms hired by or-prot colleges to extol the

virtues o high-priced online or evening courses. In one particul arlyutragus dt, a rrutr rm r-prt Ashrd Urstygot veterans suering rom traumatic brain injuries to sign up orasss whh thy had tt ha sussuy mptg. Tindustrys aggressiveness is paying o. Eight major or-prots brought rughy $ b rm tras bts ast yar.

Current policy incentivizes or-prot colleges oen unscrupulouspursut tras. Fdra aw aps th shar tta ru r-prts a gt rm grmt my at 0 prt. But trasbts d t ut tward ths tta. As a rsut, r ah traenrolled, the schools receive guaranteed government money and areable to sign up nine more students paying exclusively with ederaleducation unds. Tis arrangement violates the laws intent, whichaccording to one o the draers was to ensure that or-prot collegesrd a duat gd ugh that sm studts wr wgto pay or it. Congress should mandate that any orm o governmentmy ut tward th 0 prt ap.

Cgrss ad th ut brah shud as strgth r-sight o or-prot colleges to ensure taxpayers are getting a return stmts studt ad. Nt y s thr strg d thatth bts r-prt g duat ar usry, but tapayrsmay be overpaying or even these second-rate programs. Some oth bggst r-prts r urss t sr mmbrs at up

t tms th st mmuty gs harg r asss taughtat mtary bass. Ad th Sat mmtt ud that at sm r-prots, less than 50 percent o revenue goes toward actually teachingstudents a substantial portion supports marketing while the rest ispktd as prt. Mawh, th Vtras Admstrat, whhoversees tuition assistance or ormer service members, relies heavilyon reporting rom state agencies, which in turn requently rely oninormation cherry-picked by the schools themselves an approach,th Grmt Autabty O ts, that udrms thdpd th rw.

W d t suggst ths hags ut ratary dsawa th r-prt g md. Idd, th tt mtary prs- udrsrs th pprtuts r-prts ha t hag hghreducation in a meaningul way. Online programs oer our servicem ad wm duata pprtuts that dd t st utrecently. Yet the law must demand more accountability rom or-

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at that thy ddt gt a p th a-t. Hdg grudgs pts s -ad-sd t mpty jju, s Id prdtthy a bt.

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a ky ut th grup s t mparth Rhd Isad prgram t ths ththr 2 stats wth smar arragmts.

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sh yar, s yu wt s th a py yur dsk ut tw ad a ha yarsrm w. At that pt, yu b at yar ad w b gad t rmdtrs abut yur py ampshmts.

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a gus pta m that wud prbabybrg Spakr th Hus Jh Bhr,R-Oh, t tars but a grudg thdga th ya may hp put yuad yur adsrs at as.

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Chip Lebovit 14 would love to ad-

vise any other interested or uninter-ested Rhode Island politician. He can bereached at charles_lebovit@brown.edu.

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O usday, Ot. 4, T Hrad pubshda pta art by Lr Fut 2 thathd a stmt prptb thmastram mda. T subjt th art-sts satr drawg was th Oupy WaStrt mmt, ad th gst t sug-gstd that th rayg rs ths pr-tstrs spa rm th trm , wh at-gray rbuk aptasm, t th mstwatrd-dw bras, wh prss a u-usd ad aw dssatsat wth s-ty.

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py mmt. I th Ouprs dd rassm grad sut r th smprbms thy dry, t wud y sr thds th stabshmt mda, wh grpabut th ambguty th mmts ms-sag prsumaby baus t prts th pu-dts rm pghg th prtstrs trady-mad dga bs.

T Oupy mmt rghty rssts aurm arrat. But I wat w t prstmy w rsps t th urgt qusts whats wrg, ad what d w d abut t?

At th st rsmpat, th mstsut way I a ram th prbm s asws: W a gba sty that rstbys th g aptasm ad dtatsmarkts, ad th sdary at a attmpts t mpmt dmrat stru-turs tp that m d. Tat st say, th w apta fts wth thw th pp, usuay my taks. Td ga, th, s t rrs th rdr rstdmray, th, at a, aptasm.

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tw aptasm ad dmray at asttw ways. Frst, a atura sd-t ap-tast sts s hrarha ass strutur w mght say a ast systm. Dm-rat sttuts urs prd thmss th hrztaty thr ds-makg

prdurs. Sd, apta s y rsps-b r gratg mr ts th CEOy aswrs t hr sharhdrs whrasdmrat adrshp s autab t thtrsts th tzry.

Tr ar may us at Brw that a-ty tak part sm srt mmutyr pta atsm. My hp s that th O-

upy mmt bms a spa whr urarus rgazats a stad sdarty whr yur struggs ar m, ad myurs. T mmt mght sr as btha h r mmuat amg ur a-rady stabshd grups as w as a spar rdat ats amd at systmprbms that way r athr ata us. May prbms ur sty hamm rts, s t maks a t ss twrk tgthr.

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m may b dautg, w shud t t urar aur prt us rm attmptg ts t. T gra drt that I hp thOupy mmt srusy sdrs s -prmta, a s-gra. It takstt t s that ay gba my wth a

ha r g-trm stabty must b basdmsty a prdut ad dstrbut.Addtay, a sm strutursha th bt ratg a mmuty-basd pts, pttay whh ah par-tpat s qua tg ad mtay -std th war hs w utur.

Part th mss ths gg Ou-py mmt, as I s t, s t brg tgthrsars wh sk t rgrat th prj-t th 60s utr-utur ratg admrat, grassrts atrat t apta-sm. As I ha mtd, ths udrtakg sarduus, but wrthwh. I hp that w haard a w thgs rm prus struggsad a start thkg mr rgrusy abuta, s-sustag mmuts. Estab-shg th prmay a grg bdswud aw us, had, t rat a myr-ad utura ad sa rastru-turs that a ar rm ad tah a-thr. Ad th thr had, t aws us tsusta g-trm stratgs that udrmth dmat m paradgm whh haspr dstrut r utss s.

At ay rat, hstry s happg bryur ys, ad I strgy urg ah yu tbm a atayst rathr tha rma a part th pass rta.

Jared Mofat 13 is a philosophy concentra-tor rom Jacson, Miss. He can be

contacted at jared_mofat@brown.edu.

How shall we live?

The Occupy movement rightly resists a uniorm

narrative. But I want now to present my

own response to the urgent questions whats wrong,

and what do we do about it?

Legislators trying to ocus on overturning your

education agenda will nd themselves drowned out by

all the other politicians who want to proclaim that theywill stop at nothing to protect our retirement.

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BY CHIP LEBOVITzopinions Columnist

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Proposed revisions to the humanbgy trat prgram weliminate the bachelor o science de-gree and alter the bachelor o arts de-gree, i approved. Tough the changeswere posted on the Division o Biol-ogy and Medicine website as early asthis summer, the College Curriculum

Council has not yet scheduled a timer thr rw.

Marjorie Tompson, associatedean o biological sciences, sent an

email Aug. 4 to an undergraduatebiology listserv about the changes,whh w at th asss 204onward. Elimination o the bacheloro science program will be ofcial

very soon and should be regarded assuch, wrote Tompson in an Aug.11 email to a human biology con-centrator obtained by Te Herald.Tompson declined to comment orths stry.

Te number o human biologybachelor o science concentratorsincreased rom ve in 2004-05 to 44in 2009-10, according to the 2009-0 Aua Rprt Bga U-dergraduate Aairs. Last year, 37studts rd a bahr artsdgr huma bgy.

T bahr arts prgram rclasses graduating beore 2014 re-quires students to select rom oneo our themes: human health anddsas; ra ad gdr; bra adbehavior and ecosystems; and evo-lution and the environment. Teproposed program stipulates theuniying theme o human health anddisease, but allows students to denea subus wth a adsr.

Catherine Nam 13, a human biol-

gy tratr th bahr arts program, said she has not re-

ceived a lot o inormation regarding

the changes to the program. Its a bitodd seeing that human bio is sucha trdspary trat,Nam said. One o the strengths othe program is that it has such diver-sty wth th dsp.

T prgram draws pp wthvarious interests, and the previouspt bahr s r artsallowed students more choice de-

pending on their ocal point, shesad.

Dy Km 4, a studt thPrgram Lbra Mda Edua-t, sad h was surprsd ad -

usd by th hag. H sad h wasinterested in taking upper-level biol-ogy courses, but did not really havean incentive to take them withoutth rgt that th SB majrgs.

Anthony Urena 12, a humanbgy bahr arts tra-tor, also said he would like to see theUrsty kp th s dgr.Brown is the place where you should

ha th rdm t ra yur weducation, and its sort o counterin-tut r thm t mt that, Urasad.

Ura rst sdrd th bah-r s dgr wh sd-ering medical school, he said. Tedegree, which includes requirementsor medical school, also allows orsome reedom in course selection,Urena said. By sophomore year, herealized he was more interested inth sga aspts mdthan in attending medical school, hesad. Ura sad h bd a t students end up switching to the artsdgr r smar rass.

Te arts degree incorporatesmore o a humanities aspect (and) ...still has the rigor o an ScB in humanbio, Kim said. But it says something

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Te mens water polo team domi-nated Fordham and Mercyhurst lastSaturday at Harard, wg -7ad 2-6, rspty.

Center Svetozar Steanovic 13led the way in both games. He tallied

seven goals, six steals and two assistsagast Frdham ad maagd sgoals, ve ejections drawn, a stealad a sa th Mryhurst gam.

he Bears started o strongagast Frdham, mutg a -s saught t ga a 5- adaer the rst quarter. Bruno shut out

the Rams in the second quarter and

doubled its lead to 10-1. Aer theha, th Bars kpt up thr strgoensive play, tacking on anothereight goals. Goalkeeper WalkerShockley 14 made 10 saves to se-ur th -7 w.

W usd th gam, pra-ticed all week and came out andpayd t as w as w a, Captaby Espsa 2 sad. W payda amazg tam gam.

Sta sad th tam d th rgy th may Brw as

that shwd up t th gam rarsince the team does not have a homemptt aty.

Aer a ew hours o rest, the teamdueled Mercyhurst, battling the Lak-

ers to a 5-5 tie entering halime. Butth Bars ud thr rhythm arthe pause, ceding only one additional

goal to the Lakers and scoring seveno their own to come away with a2-6 try.

Espinosa said Andrew Brown15, who made seven blocks in goal,sad th tam agast Mryhurst.

I think we limited our mistakesand played good, active team de-

ense, which allowed us to win bothgames with relative ease, said CyrusMjdh 2.

Aer the dominating wins, teammembers said they are now ocusedon the games coming up, particularly

th buts at th Sata Cara Ita-ta. W ha sm mmtumrm ths wkd that I thk wuel us towards multiple victories out

Wst, sad Da Srur 3.

Bears pick up steam with convincing wins over Rams, Lakers

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Cyrus Mojdehi 12, who scored three goals in the two matches, helped the Bears win two matches this weeend.

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Nick Petersdor 12.5 is happy tobe in a long-term relationship withBrw, but h wats t sprad th.

ranser and international ap-pats agr t m t CgHill have a passion or the Univer-sity, but need-aware admissionspolicies prevent the connectionrm mg byd th stat lust, Petersdor argued in a debateabout the issue hosted by the JanusPolitical Union last night in Smith-Bua 06.

Tough the University has need-

bd admsss r rst-yar ap-plicants, the process or transerand international students is need-aware, which remains a conten-tious topic on campus. Petersdor,a trasr studt, argud that thprocess should be need-blind in allcases, while Zoe Homan 13, whoas trasrrd t Brw, argudagainst making the change. Te de-

bate quickly opened up into a ree-rm rsat wth th smabut intimate 11-member audience.

Most schools do not oer need-bd admsss Brw s o dozens that extend the policy

to rst-year U.S. applicants. Justs ursts th utry, -cluding our Ivy League schools,r d-bd admsss t astudts.

Homan, a eatures editor orpost- magazine, ramed her op-pst t th py trms priorities. Aer Haakim Nainar 14,

a member o the audience, askedhow Homan would eel about theissue i the University had suf-

cient unds, she responded that shewud supprt d-bd adms-

ss r a a da wrd. Atthis point its just a budget concern,

I think, in light o other choices theUniversity makes, she said. Weha t rgz that Brw, matter how much we try to denyt, s a busss.

Ptrsdr argud that th p-tential contributions o a more so-cioeconomically diverse studentbody would justiy the added ex-ps. Oy aptg ths wha pay hmgzs th trasrand international student commu-ty, h sad.

As the conversation bounced

between audience members anddebaters, arguments remainedgrounded in issues o prioritiza-tion. According to Anish Sarma 12,

executive director o the Janus Fo-rum ad mdratr th dbat,the tenor o the debate was unusu-ally devoid o ideology. Tere wasenough common ground that wewere able to have a conversationabout what trade-os we werewilling to make as a community,and thats not oen the directiona debate takes, Sarma, a ormerHerald contributing writer, toldTe Herald aer the debate. Terear dsagrmts abut thprinciple itsel, so I thought thatwas trstg ad drt.

Alina Kung 12 noted that anin-depth look into how applica-tion numbers changed aer theneed-blind policy was institutedat the University or rst-year U.S.studts 2002 wud b a m-portant piece o evidence. I roma just ad arss prspt,our normative argument is that we

need to make the Brown experi-ence accessible, then a surge inrst-year applications in the pastwould justiy a change in currentpy, sh sad.

Some students also voiced con-cerns that a change in policy with-out additional unding would orcethe University to reduce its transer

population, which Petersdor de-srbd as rwd r ts szad as trast.

According to Daniel Ho 12,director o the Janus PoliticalU, th sprat r th d-bate came rom recognition thatthe issue could use heightenedawareness and a more structured

orum or discussion. Tere reallyhasnt been too much discourse onthis issue the past couple o years,H sad. Jaus ss ts as thacilitator o debates that are ei-ther ongoing and havent had a realutt r tps that ha yt t bdsussd.

Te debate uesday night in-ormed, but did not necessarilytrasrm, th ps th at-tendees, the majority o whom sup-

prtd a sh t mpty d-blind admissions in an inormalstraw poll Sarma conducted beoreth dbat.

Fundamentally, my opinionstayd th sam, but t shd smnew light in terms o pure statis-tics, Kung said, adding that she washeartened to learn rom Nainar that

the Brown International ScholarsPrgram rs ght sharshpsto underprivileged internationalstudents. I nd (the scholars pro-gram) really inspiring, she said,but it also might speak to how theUrsty s ag t addrss t.

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