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A lens into Olneyville’s community
By Hannah Moser Dirt Palace’s seven members each ously displayed in Boston’s City Hall
Senior Staff Writer have studio space in the building for and a Harvard art gallery. While the
their artwork, a range of media that in- camera in the Olneyville display re-
Two large display windows look out cludes printmaking, film, lace making, sponds to movement — a hand in
onto Olneyville Square from a red writing, puppetry and painting. Each front of the sensor — the camera in
brick building. It used to be a public month they select an artist, usually the city hall installation responded
library, but the building has since local, to be featured in the gallery. to noise at a certain volume, Pallas
been transformed into Dirt Palace, The window display has been ac- said. Loud voices triggered the cam-
a self-described “feminist art collec- tive since the collective was founded era, which then took a snapshot of
tive.” in 2000. Dirt Palace looks for art they the speaker and projected it onto the
With the display’s nondescript screen.
black backdrop and the glare on the FEATURE The installation “instantly made
case’s glass, distracted passersby people feel so violated,” Pallas said,
might walk past totally oblivious to think will be relevant and fun for its that it was altered after 48 hours to no
the screen inside. The changing im- Olneyville audience, said Li Pallas, longer include the still shots.
ages on the screen zoom in, Google- who helps curate the display. Past Bearse’s project was partly a re-
Maps style, on Dirt Palace’s location displays include a constantly moving action to a culture in which unprec-
on the western side of Providence. flying brain and a “fantasy world” that edented amounts of personal informa-
The screen flashes images of people presents liberation as a theme. tion are made public on Web sites like
on a sidewalk, peering into a window. “I mean, how is that not fun?” Pal- Facebook and MySpace, Pallas said.
Some look quizzical, and others pose las said. The display toys with the concept of
with friends, realizing that the camera Pallas said the collective seeks “playing with these public and private
Julia Kim / Herald is looking at them from behind the to bring “art into a community that spaces,” she said.
David Konstan, professor of classics and comparative literature. glass. might be otherwise disadvantaged.” But the project is structured dif-
All these participants have placed She has a “personal bent” for displays ferently in Olneyville than in Boston,
their hands inside the white outline that inspire relationships and com- since many of the people getting their
sudoku of a hand, triggering a sensor behind munity, she said. picture taken put themselves inten-
the glass. The camera flashes, and This month features the work tionally in front of the lens.
a few seconds later they are on the of Sarah Bearse, a local installation “It ends up showcasing our neigh-
screen — and a new part of Dirt Pal- artist. bors,” Pallas said. “I feel like it’s for
ace’s most recent art installment in its Bearse adapted her installation the community here more than any-
Storefront Window Gallery. from similar pieces she had previ- one else.”
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Page 3
realized
For the second year in a row, Brown
has received an A- on the College
Sustainability Report Card, which
compares the environmental prac-
continued from page 1
tices of 300 colleges and universities
nationwide. images, they were able to provide
The 2010 report, which was re- more concrete findings.
leased last week by the Sustainable “It was a Christmas present,”
Endowments Institute and refers to Nettles said.
the year ending July 2009, places “There is a whole field of sci-
Brown among the top 23 schools in ence that is in its infancy,” Pieters
the country for sustainability. said. Her team’s discovery has
Brown earned straight As in opened up doors in the study of
seven categories, including green how the surface of the moon and
building, investment priorities and other “solid, silicate, rocky bod-
“food and recycling.” The Commu- ies” interact with their environ-
nity Harvest Program, LEED Silver ments, she said.
buildings and greenhouse gas reduc- “Water is a very important
tions were highlighted as examples component for long-term explo-
of demonstrated leadership. Brown ration,” Pieters said. If found in
earned only two Bs, one for Adminis- abundance, it can be used for fuel
tration and the other for Endowment Max Monn / Herald by astronauts.
Sidney Frank Hall’s LEED certification contributed to Brown’s leading A-minus grade.
Transparency.
Crash goes
“This is nice validation,” said Kai commitment to reducing its green- ministration. In determining the stitute relies on surveys distributed
Morell ’11, a leader of EcoReps, a house gas emissions by 42 percent Administration grade, the Sustain- to administrators and students to
student group focused on environ- below 2007 levels by 2020 — and able Endowments Institute awards compile information, and then makes
mental initiatives.
“It’s nice to have maintained our
its achievement of a 7.7 percent re-
duction so far — as the basis for
a sizable boost to schools that have
committed to carbon neutrality —
comparisons between schools based
on a list of 48 criteria. No school has off without
a hitch
grade,” said Christopher Powell, the grade. which Brown has not yet agreed ever earned an A overall.
director of sustainable energy and “Last year, we had goals,” Powell to do. This year the surveys were far
environmental initiatives. said of emissions reductions. “This “Most schools that signed have longer and more detailed. But there
While the University’s overall year, we had results.” no clue how to achieve that goal,” are still questions about the validity continued from page 1
grade held steady at an A-, its grades The other improvement was seen Powell said, explaining Brown’s de- of the letter grades.
in individual categories improved. in the Endowment Transparency cision to forgo the commitment to “This needs to be taken with a After the initial rocket crashed
The biggest jump was in the Climate category, which was given a C last carbon neutrality. Instead, he said, grain of salt,” Ari Rubenstein ’11, into the lunar crater to create
Change and Energy category, where year and a B this year. Brown set its own emissions reduc- one of emPower’s leaders, said. “If debris, a second spaceship car-
last year’s B became an A. In the 2010 report, Brown re- tion goal. we’re already at an A-, there must be ried instruments developed by
The report cited the University’s ceived only one other B, for Ad- The Sustainable Endowments In- something higher than an A.” Schultz, who was involved with
the mission from its earliest
niche in science writing for fundraising groups lyze how deep the crater was at
impact, how high the debris rose
and how fast it fell.
By Chelsea Xu arts. In his book, Weiner discuss- By Suzannah Weiss to be filtered through off-campus “All instruments worked well”
Contributing Writer es Darwin’s theory of evolution senior staf f writer organizations,” said UCS Student during the mission, he said, and
and the groundbreaking work of Activities Chair Brady Wyrtzen “enough data was collected.”
“At Classical, they used to call me Peter and Rosemary Grant. The Undergraduate Council of Stu- ’11. But the idea of adding a new People hoping to glimpse the
the eternal freshman — and in “The Beak of the Finch” was dents passed a revision to its Code categor y for ser vice groups had lunar crash on Friday expressed
high school that wasn’t entirely selected for the 2009 orientation of Operations Wednesday, allowing been percolating since last spring, disappointment once it became
a compliment,” writer Jonathan program First Readings. This is for official recognition of student he said. clear that plumes of debris from
Weiner told a Salomon 101 crowd the third year of the program, in groups whose primary purpose is UCS has traditionally classified the crash would not be visible
of community members and a which freshmen and transfer stu- fundraising for off-campus organi- student groups as Category I, II or with backyard telescopes as
smattering of students Wednes- dents receive a summer reading zations. III. Category I encompasses most NASA had announced, accord-
day night. assignment before they arrive on Because the Student Activities new groups, granting little or no ing to an article on CNN’s Web
Author of “The Beak of the campus. Students used the book Fund comes out of students’ pock- financial support, while Category site.
Finch: A Stor y of Evolution in as a springboard to write intro- ets, student groups have not granted II and III status provides major Brendan Hermalyn, a gradu-
Our Time” and a professor at the ductory letters to their academic official categorization of any kind clubs and organizations with sti- ate student in planetar y sci-
Columbia School of Journalism, advisors. unless their efforts directly benefit pends from the Student Activities ences working with Schultz
Weiner described how his undy- According to Dean of the Col- Brown students — as opposed to Fund. Since last year, there has also on the impact physics of the
ing curiosity, fascination with biol- lege Katherine Bergeron, this was external charities, for example. been Category A for club sports, crash, added that the analysis
ogy and love of writing propelled “The money is meant to be spent will bring “unique insights out
him to reconcile science and the continued on page 5 for students on campus and not just continued on page 5 of the data.”
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bike rack and were not damaged. at 5 p.m. she noticed all the folding
She stated that the way she attached tables on the ground floor level. On
the bike may have left the bike vul- Sept. 21 at 8:30 a.m. she noticed one
nerable because if the handlebars of the folding tables on wheels was
were removed the bike could be missing, and then on Sept. 23 at 8:30
freed without disturbing the lock. a.m. she noticed another folding
Sept. 12 table with wheels missing. There
12:00 a.m. Officers responded are no witnesses or suspects.
with Providence Police to 212 Wil- Sept. 27
liams Street after PPD received a 2:16 p.m. A resident counselor in
call about a loud party with revel- Bronson House reported that at 10
ers filling the street. When Brown a.m. she noticed graffiti depicting
police arrived, Providence officers images of male genitalia and some
were already on scene and actively words drawn in black permanent
dispersing the partygoers and clos- marker on a door of a room. She
ing down the party. Four renters of stated that she waited until 2 p.m.
the property, all Brown students, to speak with one of the residents of
were cited by PPD for violating the the room to find out if there was any
noise ordinance. reasoning behind the markings and
Sept. 17 found there was not. Neither room-
3:09 p.m. Student reported his mate wished to file a complaint. Fa-
bicycle was taken from the bike cilities Management was notified of
rack at Marcy House, and that he the graffiti. There are no suspects
was “pretty sure” he locked up the at this time.
bicycle with a cable lock on Sept. Sept. 28
16 at 7 p.m. When he returned on 7:24 a.m. Facilities Manage-
Sept. 17 at 12 p.m., he noticed the ment employee reported five large
bicycle missing. cement flower pots on Manning
Sept. 18 Walkway were tipped over and one
2:26 p.m. Complainant reported pot with a value of $500 was found
that half of her ice-cream birthday broken.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Page 5
C ampus N EWS
Group honors classics
professor Konstan
continued from page 2 In addition to his academic
achievements, Konstan is “one of the
revolved around the history of emo- most active and engaging” teachers at
tions in ancient Greek society. Brown, with “enormous energy (and)
Ancients provide modern people enormous charisma,” Bodel said.
with a “diverse and rich set of emo- Election into the AAAS is a two-
tions,” Konstan said. step process that begins when current
The honor also comes as Konstan members nominate individuals they
nears retirement after more than 20 believe should be considered for elec-
years on Brown’s faculty — Konstan tion. Nominated individuals are first
told The Herald on Tuesday that considered by peers in their discipline
he intends to retire from teaching “who consider their scholarship and
full-time at Brown at the end of this contributions to the field” and decide
academic year. whether to recommend induction,
The induction of Konstan, one of said Paul Karoff, an AAAS spokesman.
Brown’s best-known classicists, into Then the Academy’s members elect
AAAS is “a great honor for Brown each year’s class from the winnowed
Nick Sinnott-Armstrong / Herald
classics,” said Bodel, who chairs the group. Jonathan Weiner, author of “The Beak of the Finch,” spoke to a crowd in Salomon 101 Wednesday night. The
department. The induction ceremony, which science writer said he realized science writing was his niche after four years of poetry courses.
Bodel also had high praise for his took place in Cambridge, Mass. over
friend and colleague. “He’s really one
of the most dynamic figures in our
profession” as well as “a widely re-
the weekend, involved “speeches
(and) more speeches,” Konstan said.
“Everybody got up, shook hands,”
‘Beak of the Finch’ author speaks
spected scholar abroad,” he said. “He signed some papers, and were in- continued from page 3 gos finches and watching natural “evolution in action” is especially
is really quite a remarkable person.” ducted. selection in action. The study was exciting because Dar win was so
the program’s “most successful renowned in biology but largely convinced that the process would
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“The word’s gotten out that it’s a party district”
— Ward 5 Councilman Michael Solomon on “Red Cup” crackdown
By Anish Gonchigar about 10 percent for this school Fuscl added that she hoped the Police effort cracks down on parties
Staff Writer year, and overall tuition and fees tuition hike would be coupled with
have catapulted since 2004 — 64 an increase in educational quality. “Operation Red Cup” may sound like the most epic
The Rhode Island Board of Gover- percent at URI, 75 percent at RIC “Our mission is to provide afford- house party of all time, but it is in fact quite the opposite
nors for Higher Education voted and 72 percent at CCRI, according able, quality education, and we hope — a full-scale effort by the city of Providence to crack down
last week to increase tuition and to the Journal. to stay in that realm of possibility for on the raucous behavior of Providence College, Johnson
fees at state public colleges for the But these tuition and fee increas- our students,” Fuscl said. and Wales University and Rhode Island College students
2010-2011 school year. es have not been met by similar in- Joshua Laguerre, student body carousing off campus in the Elmhurst neighborhood,
According to the Providence creases in income. According to the president at RIC, said an increase in northwest of downtown.
Journal, in-state students at the Providence Journal, median family tuition and fees will be detrimental Town-gown relations have been tense in the
University of Rhode Island will pay income in Rhode Island only grew for poorer students. neighborhood for years, said Ward 5 Councilman Michael
9.9 percent more next year, while by 11.3 percent between 2005 and “RIC takes in a lot of first genera- Solomon, a proponent of the crackdown. But in the last
students at Rhode Island College will 2008, making it increasingly difficult tion students,” Laguerre said, adding several months, students’ drunken revelry has “really gotten
pay 9 percent more, and students at for poor and working class families that fewer low-income students will out of hand,” he said.
the Community College of Rhode Is- to afford higher education. be able to attend after the tuition “I think what’s happened is that the word’s gotten out
land will face a 8.2 percent increase. Jane Fuscl, a spokesperson for increase. that it’s a party district,” he said.
Room and board fees will increase RIC, said the school does not enjoy Laguerre said student demon- The parties have been getting rowdier because they have
by about 5 percent at URI and RIC, implementing these changes but has strations will likely occur before the been “drawing people from outside the area,” Solomon
the Journal reported. no choice in the matter. bill passes. said. In fact, police have “spotted a few high school
Tuition and fees at Rhode Island “No one, including administra- “Don’t be surprised if there is students” partying in the neighborhood.
state schools have been continually tion and students, are happy when some kind of event or rally or some- “There’s never been a unified effort” to clean up the
increasing in the last few years. Fees there’s a tuition increase on the ho- thing along those lines that takes neighborhood, Solomon said. But this most recent effort
at the three colleges increased by rizon,” she said. place in the spring,” he said. brings together city government, law enforcement, the
students’ schools and landlords.
S ports t hursday
Equestrian earns best in show Men’s water polo swims
By Fred Milgrim
Contributing Writer
ahead of second place URI.
The competition began with the
Rebecca McGoldrick ’12 then won
in the Novice Flat for the second
to one win — and a loss
Flat divisions. Because of Bruno’s straight week. By Liza Jones Defensively, Kent Holland ’10
The equestrian riders took matters extremely strong day, Liz Gilib- Entering the Fences with 14 Contributing Writer kept up his impressive stats in
into their own hands at their home erti’s ’10 score in the Open Flat points after a strong showing in the goal with seven saves in the first
show this weekend with a strong was dropped, but she made up for Flats, Brown made an even stron- While much of the student body three quarters, and Max Lubin
win, earning them first place in the it later with a good ride in the Open ger statement, tallying 18 points. relaxed over the long weekend, ’12 saved three after taking over
show as well as in the Region 1, Zone Fences. Giliberti started off with a third the men’s water polo team trav- for Holland in the final quarter.
1 season standings. Following Giliberti, Emma Bog- place finish in the Open division. eled to Massachusetts to face After the impressive win over
Brown’s tally of 43 points bested donoff ’10, the pointed rider in Inter- Rachel Griffith ’10 followed with Har vard and Iona. After a 15-8 the rival Crimson, the Bears lost
URI’s 34 and UConn’s 32, bringing mediate Flats, took the blue ribbon a first place as the pointed rider in win against Harvard on Saturday, to the Iona Gaels, 10-9, in a close
their season total to 77, four points earning seven points for the Bears. the Intermediates. Finally, Allison the team fell to Iona the following game on Sunday. Brown had an
Dungey ’13, who took second last day, 10-9. impressive lead through most
weekend, bettered her performance Against the Crimson, the of the game, including a five-
with a blue ribbon and added seven Bears had complete control in goal lead in the beginning of
more points to the Bears’ total. En- the water from the beginning of the third quarter. But the Gaels
tering the final three divisions, the the game, leading 3-2 after eight were not fazed, as they rallied
Bears had a total of 32 points, only minutes. The second quarter was to a narrow 10-9 victor y in the
two shy of last week’s total. just as successful, as Bruno took fourth. The game-winning goal
Marisa Fuerst ’12 rode a horse a 9-2 lead. Har vard scored three for Iona was scored during a pen-
that was less than cooperative, but goals to Brown’s two in the third alty shot with just four seconds
still managed to take third place quarter, but the Bears picked it left on the clock, costing Bruno
in the Walk-Trot-Canter — good up again to outscore Har vard, its first regular season Nor th-
for four more points. Rebecca de 4-3, in the final quarter to seal ern Division loss in two years.
Sa ’10 ended the day on a positive the 15-8 win. Stefanovic was again the team’s
note, once again taking first for the On the offensive end, Sveto- leading scorer with three goals.
Bears in Walk-Trot. zar Stefanovic ’13 lived up to his Gladych and Hood each scored
The only home competition of recent title as CWPA Northern two, while Serure and Schwartz
the year was a success, with beau- Division Rookie of the Week by each scored one.
tiful weather all day. Nevertheless, leading the team with five goals Even with this loss hanging
it was a hectic day, as the riders all on Saturday. Gordon Hood ’11 over their heads, the Bears were
had hosting responsibilities outside added three goals, Ryan Gla- still able to defeat Connecticut
of their own competitions. dych ’13 scored two, while Zach College, 22-8, on Tuesday. Bruno
www.browndailyherald.com The Bears will be back in ac- Levko ’10, Corey Schwartz ’11, will travel back to Connecticut
tion on Halloween at Connecticut Dean Serure ’13 and Cyrus Moj- College to face Queens (N.Y.)
College. dehi ’13 each contributed one. and Mercyhurst on Saturday.
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Write it in a letter! Brown’s administration, like any other, has its
successes and its failures, and it deser ves to be
ation of departmental choices.
The most tempting use of Target of Opportu-
congratulated for the creation and continued im- nity is to stock the faculty with big names such as
opinions@browndailyherald.com provement of the Target of Opportunity hiring Achebe. But no department can run on star power
program. alone. While the program has been well-utilized to
The initiative, a part of President Ruth Simmons’ date, Department Chair and Professor of Histor y
Plan for Academic Enrichment, allows departments Omer Bartov has rightly suggested that target-of-
to request new faculty on an accelerated timetable opportunity hiring could enable an unhealthy shift
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d
outside of the normal hiring cycle. Twenty of the in faculty composition.
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Deputy Managing Editors Senior Editors
25 slots devoted to the program under the Plan Some departments could end up with an excess
Steve DeLucia Michael Bechek Nandini Jayakrishna Rachel Arndt
Chaz Firestone Franklin Kanin Isabel Gottlieb are currently occupied, but while overall hiring is of senior professors; while each field has its own
Michael Skocpol Scott Lowenstein slowing down, the Target positions will become balance to strike between junior and senior faculty,
editorial Business available for new hires if their current occupants an imbalance is an inherent risk of the flexibility
Ben Hyman Arts & Culture Editor General Managers Office Manager
Rosalind Schonwald Arts & Culture Editor Alexander Hughes Shawn Reilly leave the University. targeting provides. And unreasonably high turnover
Sophia Li Features Editor Jonathan Spector Target of Opportunity hiring has already proven rates from sought-after professors exploring other
George Miller Metro Editor
Joanna Wohlmuth Metro Editor
its worth in full and has made great strides since options could undermine the reliability and long-
Directors
Seth Motel News Editor Ellen DaSilva Sales its inception. The most celebrated new professor term planning required to maintain high-quality
Jenna Stark News Editor Claire Kiely Sales brought in through the program is the Nigerian research and instruction.
Andrew Braca Sports Editor Katie Koh Finance
Han Cui Asst. Sports Editor Jilyn Chao Asst. Finance writer Chinua Achebe. If the administration continues to carefully moni-
Alex Mazerov Asst. Sports Editor Christiana Stephenson Alumni Relations But not all targeted hires are world-renowned tor trends in the requests under the program, keep-
Katie Wood Asst. Sports Editor
luminaries. Outstanding junior faculty are also ing in mind the widely var ying priorities of the
Graphics & Photos Managers among the fast-tracked new arrivals, including departments, the potential downsides of Target
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some talented women assistant professors in the of Opportunity are unlikely to emerge.
Eunice Hong Photo Editor Alex Carrere University Sales physical sciences, according to Dean of the Faculty The average student enjoys the luxur y of being
Kim Perley Photo Editor Matt Burrows Credit and Collections Rajiv Vohra P’07. Without the program, they might able to simultaneously revere Ruth individually and
Jesse Morgan Sports Photo Editor
well have been snapped up by our peer institutions; vociferate against the administration generally. But
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Ayelet Brinn Copy Desk Chief Alyssa Ratledge Opinions Editor instead, they will help make Brown a leader in target-of-opportunity hiring, shepherded by a group
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proved in recent years. do well to keep it in mind before condemning the
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Post- magazine Zack Beauchamp Board member In 2005, The Herald reported that many depart- administration en masse for their next slip-up.
Arthur Matuszewski Debbie Lehmann Board member ments were disappointed by the University’s slug-
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Lunch — Chicken Cutlet Parmesan Lunch — Sloppy Joe Sandwich,
Sandwich, Zucchini and Parmesan Falafel in Pita Bread, Cauliflower au
Sandwich, Garlic and Butter Infused Gratin
Rice
Dinner — Spice Rubbed Pork Chops, Dinner — Roast Turkey with Sauce,
Cheese Tomato Strata, Oven-Browned Shells with Broccoli, Stuffing, Mashed
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