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Nearly 22 percent o emale re-spdts t a Hrad auty pcompleted earlier this month arestrongly dissatised with available

child care resources. Just over 14percent o male aculty membersdatd strg dssatsat.

Te results reect a high levelo rustration among aculty whohave experience with the Univer-

sitys child care system. A combined59 percent o aculty members statedthey are not acquainted with thessu r had p.

Faculty and sta are given specialpreerence at three child care centersin the Providence area. Mount HopeDay Care Center reserves all o its 14at ar tr spts r Brw-

aliated amilies. Spots at Mount

Hope are oered rst to aculty andsta, wth ay tra spas rdt graduat studts.

af Avenue Day Care Center,

which exclusively serves children

o Brown community members, ac-commodates 20 children between

the ages o six weeks and three years.But there is competition or these

spots, and parents must plan ahead.Interested parents are put on a wait-list, typically or nine months to oneyear. Right now (parents) knowthat thy ha t gt th watstat ast s mths t a yar brthey have a baby, said Mary Castri-aga, drtr ad had tahrat th af Au tr.

Te af Avenue center is also

licensed only to care or childrenup to age three. Children are not

allowed to attend afer their third

brthdays.he Brown/Fox Point Early

Childhood Education Center oerschild care or children who are threeto our years old and does not ac-

cept children below the age o three.Tese strict age restrictions orce

sm hdr t wat up t a yarafer leaving the af Avenue centert r at Brw/F Pt.

Along with aculty members,graduate students and sta haveas prssd msggs.

Graduate students in particular,who are not eligible or the Uni-

versitys back-up care program andreceive lower priority in Brown-al-iated centers, have a hard time nd-ing sucient care or their children.

Faculty, staff dissatised with childcare

B ethaN Mccoy

SportS editor

In cold and rainy conditions at Brown

Stadum Saturday, th Bars ughttheir way through the mud to a hard-

earned 6-0 victory over two-time de-ending champion Penn. Te win was

Browns (6-1, 3-1 Ivy) fh straight

ad th rst ss r P (4-3, 3-Iy) ts ast agu gams.

It was a wet, miserable and mud-dy day, Head Coach Phil Estes said.

And we enjoyed every minute o it.w d gas rm A Nr-

a 4 mad th w, prg t ball the Bears would need. Norocea

connected on a 39-yarder in thesecond quarter to draw rst blood

ad spt th uprghts rm 42 yardsut th thrd quartr t mak thsr 6-0.

We practice in all these dierentconditions, and we had no idea howar out wed be able to go and have

hm kk t, Ests sad. Baus th tg, th mud, th wd twas just a gut g t kk t, adwh w dd, I sad, Ww, h madt.

Bears snap Penns 18-game Ivy win streak

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CourseKick, a new course-searchdatabas ratd by mputr s-ence concentrators Dylan Field 13and Devin Finzer 13, launched to-day. Te application oers resourcessmar t ths Mha but wthupdated eatures linked to Facebook.

Finzer described the application

as an outlet or discovering coursesrather than just searching or them.

Users log onto CourseKick usingtheir Facebook usernames and pass-words, linking the application to

their accounts. Tey can then scrollthrough courses and see which o

thr Fabk rds ar thrasss.

A ast-mut rdsg tra-ized the sites riends component.Tats the part o the page peoplesys ar draw t, Fd sad.

Studts a shar thr shd-us Fabk, ad th tam slooking to add other eatures toincrease the social nature o thesite, like starting chat rooms andallowing riends to recommend andmmt urss, Fzr sad.

School is already inherently so-a, ad ths st rtd ,Fd sad.

Trough another pending ea-

ture, the site will soon generatecourse recommendations basedon students current and past se-lections. An algorithm takes into

account data rom the Oce o the

New course

tool links toFacebook

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StaffWriter

A cheer rang out at Burnside Parkat p.m. ast ght. As th kticked past the hour, protesters hadocially begun to dey Providence

Mayor Angel averas order toleave, and there were no police

sght.Tough averas had promised

he would not use orce, a groupdened by skepticism o politi-

cians, police and established ordercould only expect the worst. A

general sense o relie ell over

72-hour deadline

passes quietly

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Providence Occupiers have defed the citys demand that they vacate BurnsidePar.

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tg grg past jak--a-terns, plastic bags and empty pil-wass, Dsy prsss, HarryPotters and Buzz Lightyears willventure into the streets tonight in

search o sugary treats. But some

o these creatures are not so littleanymore. Every Halloween, a num-

br Brw studts gathr thrrds, thrw tgthr whatr sin their closets and join College Hillssmast rsdts t trk-r-trat.

Afer a somewhat unsuccessulstint trick-or-treating near Wick-enden Street her sophomore year,

Marianna Neubauer 13 said shead hr rds dsrd that thneighborhoods north o campus areth bst surs r ady.

Kat Aadr 2, Nu-bauers trick-or-treating partnersover the past two years, said agedid not hinder the experience. Idont remember anyone telling us

w udt ha ady baus wwr t d, sh sad.

But Frannie Brittingham 14 saida ew people skeptically asked herwhat grad sh was afr kk-g thr drs. Frtuaty, hrhonesty paid o. Several houses

For some,Halloweentricks andtreats never

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Studts whs pumpk rags

were not satised by the munsrom the Blue Room certainly got

their ll Friday evening. o kick oHalloween weekend, the Arkham

Film Society and Malachis caepresented a screening o the 1988hrrr k Pumpkhad thPerry and Marty Grano Center orth Crat Arts.

Te lms plot was original i notthrilling teenagers accidentally

kill a mans beloved son whiledrunkenly riding dirt bikes. Teman wants revenge on the teenagers,s aturay h gs t a wth whmagically connects his vengeul

wshs t a gat pumpk-hadddemon. Pumpkinhead destroys eachteenager until the man, disgusted

by what ths bruta ts hspsyh s dg, puts a d t thmstr ast gry s.

It is easy to see how the lmhas garnered a cult ollowing: It is

a movie about a giant pumpkin-headed demon that hunts downannoying teenagers. But it is equallyas easy to understand why thegeneral public gave it a lukewarm

reception: It is a movie about a giantpumpkin-headed demon that huntsdw ayg tagrs.

Te lms main problems are

that t s t sad t b u ad t

unrealistic to be scary. Almost all

o the movies scenes are slow-moving and darkly lit. But rather

than creating an aura o suspense,

they create one o gloom. Te scene th ss dath s dprssg, trbdg.

hat said, Pumpkinheadmaags t trta. T startgbursts o creepy music coupled withth ma haratrs hg starso hate are enough to induce shivers,wh sm th mstrs sshave enough blood to satisy thegr-razy.

Te highlight o Fridays event

though, was the hal-hour trailershow preceding the ilm. hetrailers, selected by the lm society,included unsettling previews or

1970s and 1980s cult horror lmssuch as Tree on a Meathook andCritters. Te snapshot o each lmgave viewers both a sense o thegr ad th rps.

Josh Gravel, co-ounder o theArkham Film Society, said he and

a riend established the society,devoted to cult horror andexploitation lms, afer helpingindependent local lmmakers setup screenings and working at Te

Rhode Island International FilmFsta.

We decided we wanted to do

something on our own, Gravel,34, said. Te societys name pays

tribute to Rhode Island native

H.P. Lovecrafs ctional town oArkham, a at may hshrrr ad s t strs.

Gravel said in addition to hosting

tw r thr ts Prd,the society also consults withsmar m stas th ara.

his was their irst eventat Brown. Gravel works as aprojectionist in the Grano saudtrum. Nt watg th spato go to waste, he asked to showscreenings on nights when thethatr was t bkd.

Pumpkinhead was presented

ts rga rm 35 mm m.Trs smthg warm ad d-ashioned about actual lm, Gravelsaid. Tere is an advantage to seeinglms with an audience. Every money

sht that w rmmbr sg abg part that was as th thatrexperience. Teres something reallymmua abut that.

He said he also plans to screenNight o the Hunter on 35 mm

rathr tha dgta m N.12 and is in talks to bring Oscar-

nominated animator Bill Plymptonto campus in December to show hisms ad spak.

For students who missedthe screening but still want toenjoy themed movies beore thehdays d, Gra rmmdsthe 1978 Halloween, rick orreat, Suspiria and the 1931

Frakst.

Cult horror lm lacks thrills

B aDaM tooBiN

StaffWriter

With the threat o eviction looming,Providence Occupiers spent theweekend at Occustock, a three-day concert organized by MattWeisberg 12, Sarah Grimm 12 andProvidence resident Jay Wills. Over20 dierent artists played at three

locations Friday through Sunday insupprt th Oupy mmt.

Political protests and musicgo hand in hand, Weisberg said.Protesters try to make the world intowhat they want it to be, he said, andmus aws thm t prtray thatda. Mus rahs ut t ppwh ar t mmdaty d yur aus, Wsbrg sad.

Last week, a member oOccupy Providence approachedthe organizers and asked them to

arrange a concert or this weekend.Weisberg said they were initially

skpta thy wud ha ughtm t d bads ad us. Butafer receiving a lot o support romthe Occupy community, they begant pa arst.

T rgazrs trad t NwYork, where they visited OccupyWall Street to recruit artists toplay or them. Weisberg spoke at

an Occupy Wall Street General

Assembly to ask or volunteers,and they soon had artists rom NewYrk, Nw Jrsy ad Ctutwilling to donate their time toprrm Prd.

Occustock also received supportrom the Providence community.

Local businesses donated equipmentand venues or the concerts, thoughmst askd t rma aymus.Weisberg said the businesses earedalienating customers who disagreedwth th mmts gas.

Despite the community support,th rt amst dd t happ

Saturday. he owners o theoriginal venue dropped out at the

last second, and the owners othe Whiskey Republic had to stepin, Weisberg said. Te organizers

ad th bar Frday t ask t usthe venue, and the owner agreedto donate the space as well as ree

ad d.Te music over the weekend was

as diverse as the Occupy movementspolitics and included rap groups,

rock bands and reggae artists. Someo the bands came rom OccupyProvidence, some rom Brown and rm a a hgh sh.

But between the celebration o

Halloween weekend and Saturdayssnow, Occustock struggled to draw acrowd Fridays concert was nearlympty. Du t a bad aatand logistical problems, Sundays

concert began three hours later thanshdud.

Te concert Sunday benetedthe Rhode Island Blood Center.Te Occupiers are trying to notjust rat bg pta hag, butalso build and oster community,

Weisberg said. He added thatthere are two agendas within theOccupy movement the politicalmpt s a arg part, but thOccupiers also want to orce peopleto reconsider how they view their

world and maybe start to believe thr pp aga.

he concert comes at aprecarious time or OccupyProvidence. Commissioner oPublic Saety Steven Pare ordered

the protesters to leave BurnsidePark by 9 p.m. yesterday (See ull

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B SaM ruBiNroit

aSSiStant SportSeditor

Te mens soccer team aced twotough opponents Saturday night,battling Mother Nature and Penn

rut t a -0 try.

T wathr mad a rmdabadversary, with rain, sleet and snowusing together to obscure StevensonFd ad th payrs s sght.T rast was mus as gamtime approached, but with league

pay udrway ad th urtaty

o uture weather patterns, there wastt pssbty th math bgrshdud.

Te conditions are nearly im-

pssb r bth tams, sad HadCah Patrk Laugh. But as wmove urther along in the season,

w gt t a pt whr ts hard tsqueeze games in, and were not suretmrrw mght t b wrs.

Urtuaty, tght th d

conditions just kept getting worse

ad wrs ad wrs, h addd.T gam appard t b takg

place in a snow globe, with constanturries limiting visibility and cloak-g th d s. T payrs gsleeves and gloves proved insu-cient protection by games end

many players lef the game withbright-red ears and scraped legsrm sdg.

Tat was probably one o the

craziest games Ive ever played in,said aylor Gorman 12. It wasnt

sr t was a batt ws.Bth tams had duty th

opening hal. Players struggled to

maintain their ooting, and the layero slush covering the eld caused the

ball to lose its momentum and slowt a stp quky. T Bars (-4-2,3-- Iy) utsht th Quakrs (6--2, -4-0) ght t s, but thrteam was able to nd the back o

th t br th d th p-g prd. At hafm, as th pay-rs hustd bak t thr rsptlocker rooms, all ans in attendanceretreated to the warmth o their cars.

As th sd ha mmd,

th gam appard dmd t d a srss t as payrs skdddacross the eld and shots and passes

shrt thr marks. But th63rd minute, a Quaker oul inside

the box resulted in a penalty kick orth Bars. Aust Mad 2 ap-tazd th pprtuty, drgthe ball into the upper-lef corneror his rst goal o the year to put

Bru ahad -0.Mandel, a native o Southern

Caliornia, said he had enduredsnowy conditions on only one otheroccasion. Nonetheless, he said he

kw h hd th uppr had rthe goalkeeper when taking the pen-aty kk.

I gurd that I put t a d-

cent spot, he wasnt going to save it,Mandel said. Hes not going to movew that wathr.

Te Bears deense was unrelent-g r th rmadr th gam,holding the Quakers scoreless to earnBrunos eighth shutout o the season.Goalkeeper Sam Kernan-Schloss 13only had to make one save on the

night and was credited with the cleansht. T try kps th tams

hopes o an Ivy League title and a

berth in the NCAA ournamenta, but th Bars must w thrnal two league matchups against

Yale and Dartmouth to preservethr has.

Te Bears travel to New Haven

Saturday t a Ya br rtur-

g hm N. 2 t tak Dart-muth.

Im proud o them or battlingthrough the diculties, Laughlin

said. Te guys have shown thatthey are willing to scrap and ght

or anything, and they proved itaga tght.

Emiy Gibert / HeradAustin Mandel 12 scored the lone goal on a penalty kick in the Bears win

over Penn.

Polar Bears down Quakers at snowy Stevenson

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Browns attack was without its toptwo rushers, Mark Kachmer 13 andJohn Spooney 14, who were both outwith injury. Cody aulbee 14 got thebuk th arrs thr pa adwas the Bears top rusher, grinding

ut 4 yards arrs sppyconditions. A 235-pound ullback,aulbee oers a more physical and

rth-suth rug sty tha thspdy Kahmr ad Spy.

It was made or having a big tail-back, these conditions, Estes said.

We actually just started runningCdy aub Wdsday t s

what h ud d just as t wasgg t b muddy, ad h was rygd.

He also has a little shake orsm that bg, Ests addd.

Te passing oense was renderedineective by the adverse conditions,and quarterback Kyle Newhall-Ca-ballero 11.5 only mustered 140 yards 4 mpts. A ukara-Kone 11.5 led the Bruno receiverswth aths r 56 yards.

Browns deense played just as piv-ta a r as th wathr, rrdgits second shutout o 2011. Beore thisseason, the Bears had not recorded ashutout since 1990. Linebacker Dan-iel Smithwick 12 led the way with

s taks, a trpt ad ard umb.

Brws ds hd P quar-trbak By Rag t a hrrygstat-line o 6-15 or 32 yards andthree interceptions. Te Bears alsorecovered two umbles to cap a ve-turr day.

W just t w wr tr,said cornerback A.J. Cruz 13. We

were ready to play, and we executed.Both teams moved the ball in the

rst quartr but wr uab t putpts th bard. Brw trdsd th Quakrs 25-yard but

had t put afr a bg ss. Latr

the quarter, Penn recovered a umble

a drppd put rtur Brwterritory. Afer a hopeul drive, Pennkicker Connor Lofus pushed wide a2-yard attmpt.

Noroceas rst eld goal cameater Brown began a drive withgreat eld position at the Quakers

45-yard line. Big gains on catchesby ounkara-Kone and elle Lun-devall 13 moved the ball into eld

goal range, and Norocea did the rest.Penn looked poised to get on the

srbard as hafm ard, rp-pg bg gas th grud t

move toward the Brown red zone. But

running back Brandon Colavita hadnowhere to go on third-and-one, and th urth-dw try, Smthwktrakd dw a srambg Ragin the open eld and tackled himjust shrt th rst dw markr.

In the third quarter, Norocea dou-bd Brws ad t ap a dr thatstarted at the Bears own 14-yard line.A pair o key scrambles by Newhall-Caballero helped move Bruno into

d ga rag.Afer burning all three o their

timeouts late in the ourth quarter,

Penn got its nal chance when it got

th ba bak at ts w 4-yard with just 2:29 remaining on the clock.But th drs rst pay, Ragoverthrew his receiver, and Mel Farr12 picked o the errant ball, sealingth w r Brw.

Wh Ests was w awar thatthe win broke Penns streak the

second-longest in Ivy League his-try h sad hs tam apprahdthe game no dierently than it woulday thr.

W ddt tak abut that, Estssaid. We just wanted to play Penn

ad th tam w saw m.

Te victory moves Brown intoa three-way tie or second place in

th Iy Lagu stadgs wth Pand Yale (4-3, 3-1). Harvard (6-1,

4-0) s urrty rst pa thagu. I yt athr a-mprtatIvy matchup with championshipmpats, th Bars w tra tNw Ha t tak th Budgst wk.

Its just as satisying week in andwk ut t gt that W, Cruz sad.Weve got to put this one to bed aferwe watch lm and get ready or Yale.

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SportS StaffWriter

T wms sr tam battdthrugh st ad sw Saturdayto earn a hard-ought 0-0 dou-ble-overtime draw against Ivy oePenn. Te Bears (10-4-2, 3-2-1Ivy) held the Quakers (13-2-1,4-1-1) scoreless in slippery con-

dts, markg y th sd

time this season that Penn hasad t d th bak th t.T rzg ra ad gusty wd

was not enough to keep the g amerm prdg, ad bth sdswere orced to battle with thewathr rm th utst.

We were ready to play, saidHead Coach Phil Pincince. We

had trad a that mud our practice eld the prior two

days t th gam, h addd, SI thught w wr w- prpardt pay ths mts.

When it started snowing inthe second hal, it was certainlysomething a lot o players have

never experienced beore, said

captain Sarah Hebert-Seropian12. But I think the team dis-

played great character. I didnthear anyone complain, despitethat some players couldnt eel

their eet, couldnt eel their hands.I didnt hear a single person com-plain about whether or not thegame should have been canceled.

Both teams got o to attack-ing starts, using the icy eld to

sd skddg shts tward ga.Brunos rst chance came in the16th minute when Chloe Cross

15 sent a curling corner kick intothe box. Te Quakers clearance

bud ut t Marybth Lsb-r 2, wh rd a sht ramthrough trac, orcing a save romth P kpr.

Brunos deense remained tight

in the rst hal, allowing sevenshots. Bears goalie MC Barrett 14was orced to make three saves oher own in the hal, and the teamsremained tied going into halfime.

We were very strong in theback, Hebert-Seropian said. Ithink everyone was aware the ballwould be sticking, but we man-

agd that ray w, ad I thkwe didnt give them many chances th d.

he wintry mix graduallyturned into snow at the start oth sd ha, addg a ayr sush t th arady wt tur. TBears were also now attacking into

the wind, making it more dicultt pay gr bas up d.

Te Quakers used the wind

to their advantage, keeping theball in Brunos third o the eld

or most o the hal. Te Quakersrecorded 11 shots to the Bears, but st ud t brak thdeadlock. In a close call, GloriaChun 12 cleared the ball hero-

ay th ga th ave seconds o play to send thegam t rtm.

Te Bears held the shot advan-tage in both periods o extra time,but the reezing conditions kept

thr sd rm ratg a ar-cut scoring chance, and the gamedd a 0-0 t.

But Mthr Natur ud tentirely put a damper on the afer-, whh was Sr Day rthe 2011 season. Six graduating

srs wr hrd at th start th gam, ad a gt th startin their last game at StevensonFd a Brw urm.

In their our years, theyrethe group that have sort o put usback to where we want to be withBrown womens soccer, Pincincesad.

Ts grup has had thr uto our winning seasons in this

program, he added. Teyve hada very successul run, and they

w b sady mssd.I speak or all o us when I say

weve all had a great experiencehr at Brw, Hbrt-Srpasad. T tam s just awsm,ad I thk wr a ry thak-u.

Te Bears will play their last

match o the season Saturdayagainst Yale (8-5-3, 3-2-1) inNw Ha. T draw wth Pdashed Brunos hopes o claim-

ing the Ivy League title, as league-leader Harvard (11-4-1, 5-0-1)w ths wkd, assurg tsa share o the title and an auto-matic berth in the 2011 NCAA

uramt.I thk w had a ry su-

ssu sas, ad t d wth awin would reect that, Hebert-Seropian said. We want to giveit a last, hard-ought eort and

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loisa Pitney 14 and the Bears batted Penn to a goaess draw in dobe OT.

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rewarded her with extra candy or

tg th truth.Pp k t sayyoure too old to go trick-or-treating,ad thrs dty a pt whryou think youre too cool. But youcan never be too old or ree candy,

sh sad.B Laur 4 s t yur typa

trick-or-treater he said he doesnot really like candy and gave his

td trats away t rds astyear. For Laur, the holiday is all aboutcostumes and decorations. One year,he dressed as Darth Maul rom StarWars, complete with a hand-paintedmask.

Tough Brittingham said sheis still unsure o her costume this

year, she is planning to trick-or-treatagain. As a volunteer with ProjectGoal, a non-prot that uses sports

r sa hag, sh tutrs mddschool students and plays soccerwith them. Brittingham and other

volunteers plan to take their studentstrick-or-treating tonight Werehpg t ras uds r th rga-zat, sh sad.

Ery yar, Pasa Va Ht-ryck, proessor o computer science,organizes the entire schedule oCSCI 030: Itrdut t Cm-putr Systms arud hs Haw-een lecture. He dresses up or theclass and throws out candy to his

studts.Coming rom Europe, I dis-

covered Halloween here in RhodeIsland, Van Hentenryck wrote in

an email to Te Herald. His avorite

part o the holiday is childrens reac-ts t ady, h wrt. Tr arthose who try to get as many candiesas possible and run as ast as theycan afer that. And there are the shys wh just tak . Wh yutell them to take another, you cans th jy thr ys, ad that s

prss.Tough he does not think college

students are too old to trick-or-treat,Va Htryk wrt, thy d tbe creative to avoid competing withth yugr hdr.

Brw studts ar rtay upt th hag. Nubaur sad shdrssd up as a bathrm yarduring high school, complete with atoilet seat on her head and a showerurta as a ap.

I addt t trg r trats,Alexander has ound another way tocelebrate the holiday at Brown orthe past two years she has helped outat the annual Ladd Observatory Hal-loween party. Te party is part o theObservatorys eorts to reach out to-physs tratrs ad thgreater Providence community. Teyserve rereshments, turn the labora-tory into a semi-haunted house andbring out the telescope so guests cancheck out constellations. It was un.I gt t stad a rr ad jumput ad sar pp, sh sad.

But Alexander said she still miss-es a ew things about celebrating theall holiday at home, especially carv-ing pumpkins and making pumpkinp. Hmmad pumpk p justdst mpar t th Rattys, sh

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Katie Silberman, whose husbandis a graduate student, said she has

ound the system to be insucient.Trs tuty ar, shsaid. Both af and Brown/FoxPoint are hard to get into becausetheyre small, so I think there justarent nearly enough spots or all

th d that thr s.We denitely need bigger acili-

ties with more spaces that start in

ay ad g thrugh kdrgar-t, Sbrma sad. Trs just ahug d ut hr.

Brown/Fox Point saves 60 per-t ts spts r Brw-aat-ed amilies. Children are accepted

through a lottery system that grantspriority to University-aliated ami-lies. Every Brown-aliated child wasaptd ast yar, sad Chrs Am-raut, ut drtr Brw/F Pt.

Heather Goode, receptionistad assstat th O th Prsdt, wrt a ma tTe Herald that she is satised withBrw/F Pt, whh has gab ad byd t prpar hrdaughtr r mtary sh.

Alice Esteves 12 said she must

pay or child care or her son outside

o Brown/Fox Point hours, whichd at 5:30 p.m. H gs t shduring the day, she said, but i I

ha a mtg thats happg th g, thrs t ray ay-thg.

I hat gtt ay as rmanybody stating that they have ampat abut t ugh sts,not enough child care centers. Ihavent heard anything actually,said Michele Wise, senior benetsspecial programs coordinator or

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quss s ps ccus f 902 fcuSpt. 25 and advrtisd on t facultyMg M Sp. 27, c. 4 c. 7. T c c. 8.

faculty tat tac, advis or intract ugu sus invitd to rspond, and 174 rsponsswr rcordd. T poll as a 6.6 pr-cnt margin of rror wit 95 prcntcfc.

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Childcare options leave

staff, grad students vexed

Registrar rom 2005 to present, pro-ducing course recommendationsbased on the records o past stu-

dents with similar course combina-ts, Fzr sad.

Te site is uniquely ormatted

to make shopping or classes amr pasat pr, Fzrsad. H sad that durg shppgprd, studts ar t ssar-y ddg btw tw drtclasses but between two completelydrt shdus.

Both Finzer and Field expressed

dstt wth th rd bk thatappears when classes conict on

Mocha. On CourseKick, coincidingcourses do not block each other outbut stad appar sd-by-sd the same time slot. Students canhk ad uhk urss t addand remove them rom their sched-us wh kpg thm a st.

he CourseKick applicationoriginated in an assignment orCSCI 0320: Itrdut t Sf-war Egrg.

W dty wat t s stu-dents who get excited about some-thing and keep working on theprjt afr thy sh th ass,

said Daniel Kimmel 12, a teach-ing assistant who helped mentor

th grup.Tis is not the only recent eort

to improve the registration process,said Alex Unger 11, a ormer headteaching assistant. Teir project

was drt baus t uss what yur rds ar takg.

I thk that CursKk udbecome, and probably will become,the most popular discovery tool,h sad.

Tere are a ton o places wherethis would be equally useul, Ungersaid, but he added that the pros-pect or oering this application toother schools is problematic. Its

designed or a university wherethrs a t h urss. Itwont work as well where things aremr rgmtd.

One o the most laborious tasks brgg CursKk t -volved persuading the Registrars

O t ras data rm Barto uel the recommendation aspecto the application. rying to spreadit to other schools would be a largetm mmtmt trms -gtatg wth thm that rt,Kmm sad.

But CursKk as aks -click registration, a key eature o

the Brown Course Scheduler, whichth Ursty auhd Sprg2010. Afer nalizing their courseson CourseKick, students must rec-rat thr shdus Bar tregister. We did some user studiesat the beginning o the semester,

and thats the one thing people were

kg r, Fd sad.One-click registration outside

o the Banner system is unlikely,

wrt Ursty Rgstrar RbrtFtzgrad a ma t T Hr-ald. Course registration requiresdata g gradg ad dgrcompletion that are protected underdra aw, h wrt.

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the park as Occupiers realized themayr wud kp hs wrd.

Public Saety Commissioner

Steven Pare presented the Occupi-rs wth a 2-hur t Frdayto leave the park or ace eviction.

I thr ts, rtatsbetween Occupiers and policehave resulted in mass arrestsand violence. averas has takena unique tack by indicating his

intention to seek a court orderagast th Ouprs. Ts waw th prtstrs t ha thrday urt ad r a u pub,legal vetting o the issues, he said a statmt.

In the statement, averas citedconcern about the onset o cold

weather as one reason or thedecision to crack down on theOupat.

Earlier Sunday afernoon, twolawyers supportive o OccupyPrd strutd prtstrson what to do in the case o arrest.Tey reminded the Occupiers theywere part o a non-violent protestand said nobody should resist ar-rest. Te lawyers told the crowd 30 r s pp that udr thoenses listed by the police com-missioner in his Friday letter, itwas possible they could spend upt 30 days ja arrstd. Tpolice might go into the tents, and

prtstrs ud b hd rsp-sible or any illegal material oundsd, thy sad.

I th statmt, aras sadhe understands Occupiers rus-

tration with the recession and ap-preciates their use o non-violence

but cannot allow a continued Oc-upat th park. H ur-aged them to return to the park

between the hours o 7 a.m. and 9p.m., when it is open to the public.

Te statement cited an opinionissued this weekend by the RhodeIsland chapter o the American

Civil Liberties Union that U.S.Suprm Curt prdt arsthe citys case. Te ACLU noted

its disagreement with the SupremeCourt precedent and stated that

other orms o speech remainprttd.

I protesters lose the courtbattle, they ear the mayor willresort to orceul eviction. Pro-testers expect the city to le its

awsut tday.Many Occupiers doubt averas

sincerity in associating himselwith the movement. Mark, one othe original organizers o OccupyPrd, sad h b s a-eras did not mobilize to orceullyevict the Occupiers because the

cold weather would soon drivethm ut ayway. Mark ddt prd hs ast am.

his weekends snow hasdmstratd th duts asustad upat. But a sgreading Valley Forge Ahead!on the parks statue o AmbroseBurnside indicates at least someprotesters want to stay the win-

ter. An organizer said Sunday was

thr busst day yt.Even afer Saturdays snow-

storm, which destroyed our or

tts th amp, mra r-mad hgh. Prtstrs dardSunday Solidarity Sunday andheld events throughout the day,

including a rally, a general as-sembly and an Interaith Vigil orPeace and Justice. Sunday was alsothe nal day o Occustock, a three-day series o concerts organized by

Brw studts t hp gratsupport or the movement (see ullcoverage o Occustock on page 2).

Te non-denominational vigilseemed to echo the encampmentsmood. In one rerain o the classicprtst sg Ts Ltt Lght Mine, protesters sang Even in

Burnside Park, Im gonna let itsh.

It rmds us w a ha urw part t pay, sad th adr th sg.

By all reports, averas order

to abandon camp seems to have

had the opposite eect, deepening

th prtstrs rs. T amprmad at u apaty Sudaynight. A number o newcomers

rm as ar away as Bst mada tab addt t th w-day-d Oupat. As sas Occupiers establish the legalityo their camp in Burnside, theycan turn to changing Wall Street,Mark said. Te Occupy protesterswant to hold Wall Street account-able and do to the bank CEOs

what Bernie Mado did to theAmra pp, h sad.

Rumors o a City Council at-

tmpt t prt th p rmremoving the protesters bolstered

morale as the temperature hitrzg Suday ght. Irasdinterest in Occupation has pro-

testers hoping their elected o-as w b ss ky t rsk anegative public reaction to anyt.

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T Hrad rty rprtd that th O Rsdta L sconsidering a proposal that will allow rst-year students to choose tobe assigned a roommate irrespective o gender (Gender-neutral hous-ing gains traction, Oct. 24). Te goal o the proposal, spearheaded byGender Action, is to allow students who are uncomortable with thetraditional gender binary to eel at home in their living environments.

Suh a systm wud b mpmtd by addg a tm t thhousing questionnaire that rst-years receive in the summer, askingwhether students want their gender to be lef out o the equation

when matching roommates. Tough some specic rst-year housingrequests, such as substance-ree living, group students together inth sam at, a strgth th prpsa s that gdr-utradubs wud b sattrd arss rst-yar drms wth sm -sideration given to placement o gender-neutral bathroom acilities,thrby prmtg usty.

Te proposal would be an extension o the current gender-neutraloption, which was approved or upperclassmen in 2008. Tough

there are currently ew mixed upperclassmen doubles, a gender-

neutral housing option would potentially have greater eect on rst-years reshmen are usually required to live in doubles, whereasupprassm ha f mr hs t suts r sgs.raditionally transgender students have had to work individually

wth RsL t rqust atrat husg, ad a wg studts tpreemptively indicate their preerences would undoubtedly save timead aat strss r a parts d.

Tough the customary ear in allowing or students o the opposites t rm tgthr s that sm may hs t partpat r thwrong reasons or that it will promote promiscuity, students can gen-erally be expected to make this choice wisely. In the past, ResLie hascautioned against couples rooming together, and we hope it is able toeectively communicate the motivation behind oering this housingoption to incoming students who may be unamiliar with the concept

gdr-utraty. O th thr had, a ma t th dtrapag bard, Maddy Jw 4, -prsdt Gdr At,sad t s try pssb that trasgdr r qustg studtsw t b th y s wh pt r gdr-utra husg, butallied students will do so as well out o solidarity. Tis would providea grat pprtuty r bth Brw t sd a mssag abut st-tuta ammdat t w studts ad r rshm t j makg suh a statmt br thy stp t ampus.

We nd this proposal to be strong in many respects, and we hopethat current students will join in endorsing it by signing Gender Ac-ts ptts. Wth th Ursty makg pas t strut wdrms ad rrgaz rst-yar husg, t s mprtat t sdrthe other aspects o the reshman dorm experience that impact astudents sense o well being. As ResLie sends the gender-neutral

housing option orward, we hope to see the Oce o Campus Lie andStudt Sr appr t ad thus prd utur asss Brw

students with the living environments in which they can eel at ease.

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lindsay Sovern 14 is a gender andsexaity stdies and Savic stdies

concentrator. She can be reached at

indsay_sovern@brown.ed.

Why there are so few women in Brown comedy

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David Heer 12 nows moraity is

objective. up with imperiaism!Rationay resove yor

disagreement by emaiing him atdavid_heer@brown.ed.

Morality and occupation

I moraity is sbjective, caing corporate greed njstis as eective as teing someone they preer the wrong

favor o ice cream. Either give p on the ca or

jstice, or impose yor wi on other ctres.

I beieve participation in comedy can hep women

recaim their bodies.

BY DAVID HEFERopinions Columnist

BY lINDSAY SOVERNGuest Columnist

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his semesters health and saetyinspections ound violations in18 percent o dormitory rooms

and resulted in one ine or thepossession o a candle. Most o

th ats wr w-.Open source lames are the

mst dagrus ad dstrutelements in a residence hall room,according to Richard Bova, seniorassat da rsdta addg srs. Fr that ras,candles are the only objects or

whh studts may ur drtines. he ine per candle is $100.

ResLie notiies students inadvance o all upcoming health

and saety inspections, whichhappen every semester. Inspectorswork in teams o two and scan

the room or prohibited objects pa w. hy d t pay sts r drawrs.

Cads ud pa sghtar satd mmd aty, butBova said students tend to rec-

gz th dagrs ads dorm rooms and to be very con-scientious about not using them.

RsL usuay ssus $500 r

ss s auay.ResLie is really good at

explicitly saying what is and isnot allowed in most cases, andI think its reasonable that they

dont want candles in the dormrooms because people leave themlit, said Amanda Vernon 12, who

urrd a $00 ast yar rhaving a visible candle in her NewDorm single. hats the price

yu pay, sh sad.

he most common violationsduring this semesters inspectionswr pwr strps ad tscords with too many plugs inthm ad tapstrs r thr b-

jects concealing smoke detectors.he incidence o violations varieslittle rom year to year, Bova said.

ResLie inspectors leave warn-ings, in the orm o written notes,or problems in dorm rooms thatneed correction. I upon re-in-

spection, inspectors ind the sameproblem, a mandatory meeting

with ResLie results. For itemssuch as gasoline, halogen tor-chiere lamps or ire extinguishersthat qualiy as immediate hazards,no warning is issued and the itemsar satd.

B MathiaS heller

ContributingWriter

Te University is well ahead oshdu Prsdt Ruth Sm-ms ga t rdu grhusgas emissions to 42 percent below200 s by 2020, ardg tthe Oce o Sustainable Energy

and Environmental Initiatives all20 rprt rasd Ot. .

Weve made signicant stridescompared to our peers, said ChrisPowell, director o sustainablergy ad rmta ta-ts. T Ursty has rdud

its carbon ootprint by 26.1 percentbw 200 s, surpassg thhaway pt r rduts your years afer Simmons set the

ga.A 2008 investment to switch

rm t atura gas r hatgaccounted or much o the prog-ress, Powell said. At the time oilwas relatively cheap, but we un-

derstood natural gas was muchar, h sad.

Te Department o FacilitiesManagement also installed energy-ecient lighting in 21 buildings

and perormed energy-use assess-ments on nearly two dozen others

in the scal year that ended in June.T ampus ryg rat rs t40 percent during the same period.Te oce has spent $7.6 million oncarbon reduction initiatives result-ing in savings o $1.5 million in

annual energy expenses, accordingt th rprt.

Te energy conservation rate

will likely slow, Powell said, but heis not concerned that it will plateau.W b ahad rght rm thstart, he said, adding that FacilitiesManagement will take advantage

o new technology as it becomesaaab.

Te 59 percent waste diversionrat, whh rts th amut material diverted rom landllsor recycling or reuse, is limited

by recycling regulations set by thestate o Rhode Island, Powell said.Wh that hags, w b abto recycle more, especially certaintyps pasts.

Tough Powell said Facilities

Management has received most-

ly positive eedback, some haveexpressed objections to changes

implemented in the past ew years.

I wish they had more dialoguewith the student body on deci-sions, said Samantha Powell 13.She called new low-ow shower

hads a hug prbm.Facilities Management is still

pag t rdu rgy us the BioMedical building and tocomplete a dorm energy eciencyproject, which will use DimanHouse as a test case to install greentechnology, said Chris Powell. Tenew aquatics and tness Center

w ud th rst hybrd sar-thermal system o heating in thestat, h sad.

Gretchen Gerlach 14, an in-tern at Facilities Managementand coordinator or the studentgrup ERps, whh uss improving green living in areassuch as dormitory lie, said shewas surprised by the news thatrgy srat s w ahad shdu.

It is surprising that so much

can be done so quickly, Gerlachsaid. People really took it to heart.I think were on the right track,and were going in a really good

drt.Tough Gerlach said she would

like to see the recently released

Facilities report circulated morewidely, she has seen an impres-

s uptk th studttrst sustaabty, ad thatEcoReps meetings have enjoyed

muh bttr attda ths yar.o build on the progress already

made, EcoReps is working on aproject to create what Gerlachcalled greenroom certication,in which students can pledge to

mak thr drmtry rms m-crocosms o sustainable living, withan emphasis on recycling and reus-g matras.

People are interested, and

theyre aware. Were changinghabts, sh sad. Its as smp asusing a reusable bottle and gettingkids to call Facilities Managementwhen their rooms are too hot inth wtr stad pg thwdw.

But campus is still not as greenas it could be. A lot o people leavethe lights on in the bathroom whennobodys there, said Libby Stein15. So i they had signs telling

pp t t d that, t wud bray hpu.

U. to hit sustainability

goals ahead of schedule

B aDaM aSher

Contributing Writer

Alums may soon have access

to the online journal databaseJSOR, according to Stevenhmps, had aqustsand electronic resources or the

Library. he University is lookingto join a JSOR pilot programthat gives alums rom ailiated

institutions continued access toth databas.

I approved, the Universitywould join 19 other participatingschools, including large publicuniversities like PennsylvaniaState, small liberal arts schools

k Amhrst Cg ad wIvy League institutions Columbiaand Yale. he Universitys JSORsubscription costs would increase

by 10 percent, or about $6,000each year. hompson said the costs t prhbt.

JSOR is currently in theprocess o deciding whether to

add more schools to the program,ad s, hw may, hmpssaid. It is sti ll a pilot program, hesaid. While JSOR assesses whatth t pas wud bon the services use, demand onits servers and its pricing models,the program is likely to remain inth pt phas, hmps sad.

JSOR is also consideringoering the service publicly as

a product. he programs status

should be decided sometime

in November, hompson said.Representatives rom JSORdeclined to comment or thisstry.

hough no alums haverequested to join the programto date, hompson attributedthe lack o demand to a lack oawarss.

he University currently oersseveral electronic resources toalums, including AcademicSearch, Business Source andNwspapr Sur.

Program could give alums JSTOR access

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Reslie inspectors ond vioations in 18 percent o dormitory rooms dringthis semesters health and saety inspections. Above, excessive wall hangingscreate a re hazard.

In inspections, low-level violations

found in 18 percent of dorm rooms

B haNNah kerMaN

ContributingWriter

Authors Paul remblay, John Lan-gan and Laird Barron congregatedin the warmth o the Brown Book-

store Saturday night as cold rain

ad sw th dark utsd.It was tting weather or the end

th bkstrs rst SpuatFt Fst.

Standing by a table with a num-

ber o creepy-looking titles, Barry,a tall, dark-haired bookstore em-

ployee answered the essential ques-tion what is speculative ction?

Speculative ction is sort o anoverlap o sci-, antasy, horror andth supratura aythg thatuses unconventional themes, set-

tings as part o the storytelling pro-ss, h sad, mg a bk wtha scorpion on the cover to make

rm r wth a dad had.Last year, we just had one night

ad S-F R.I., but ths yar,

w watd t pad, Barry sad.

Te new, longer and more extensiveevent began Tursday afernoon

and continued into Saturday night.It included panel discussions, inor-mative speakers, author readings

ad m wgs.Authors including Dan Pearl-

man, Paul DiFillipo and BrianEvenson, proessor o literary arts,came to the bookstore to share theircraf the eerie, o-beat stories oths padg gr.

People have to come up withsomething new, said Bob Geake,

a Brown Bookstore employee in-

volved in planning the SpeculativeFiction Fest. American ction hasbecome very mundane, he said.

Its these new authors who are try-g t td t.

While the panel discussionsand readings were airly well at-

tended, both organizers expresseddisappointment that so ew peo-

ple showed up or the movies.Its about nding the right mixo things to draw people in, ex-

pad Gak.Duty adrtsg th t

as w as ts dg wth Ha-

loween may have caused attendanceto be low, the organizers speculated.

T t prtds smthglarger or the bookstore than thisone genre, on this one weekend,

Geake said. We are trying to makeths mr a u r a au-thrs, h sad.

Te Speculative Fiction Festrepresents the rst multiple-day,

genre-themed event to be held at

the Brown Bookstore. But just likein speculative ction, Barry saidwith a wave o his hand, Te pos-

sbts ar dss.

Eerie genre celebrated at Brown Bookstore ction fest

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