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Spor ts...7-8 What’s your Pleasure? A weekend at home Ruthless?
Editorial..10 “Pleasure Dome” examines Four Brown teams play Ben Bernstein ’09 criticizes
Opinion...11 life inside your television at at home this weekend, the U.’s lack of transparency in
Today........12 T.F. Green Hall. including 5-1 m. tennis. the current financial crisis.
Daily Herald
the Brown
in shaky economy
many of whom expressed
discontent with the per-
ceived lack of student ac-
cessibility to higher level
By Lauren Fedor In the past, the girls would be decision-making. Multiple
Senior Staf f Writer contacted to sing at the last minute presenters criticized spe-
for off-campus gigs, Gobar said. cifics of proposed budget
As the economy continues to suf- But now, she said, most clients cuts and spending plans,
fer, Brown’s a cappella groups have are planning their events months suggesting that money
faced challenges and new opportu- ahead of time. could be better used.
nities. Though one group has be- Gobar said clients — especially “There are 200-plus
gun to rely on fundraising instead those in the Brown community — years of tradition of stu-
of paid gigs, another is capitalizing used to ask up-front how much the dent protest at Brown,”
on the economic downturn and group charged for performances. said SDS member Wil-
expanding its clientele. Now, fewer clients inquire about liam Lambek ’09. “We are
Because the Brown’sTones, the fee and the girls have to men- not alone, this is nothing
founded in 1992, are one of the tion it to ensure they are paid, she new.”
newer groups on campus, they said. A significant number
do not have the same kind of fi- But though the group may of students who were not
nancial support from alums that have fewer off-campus perfor- SDS members were in at-
other campus organizations have, mances in the future, no one has tendance, and the group
Danielle Crumley ’12, one of the yet cancelled an event for financial Janine Cheng / Herald encouraged those students
Brown’sTones’ business manag- reasons, Gobar said. to attend the next meeting,
ers, wrote in an e-mail to The
Herald.
Though the economy may
be making things tight for the
Roughly same number of according to Bergmann-
Dean.
To earn money, some members
of the group have taken on shifts
at campus eateries like the Gate,
Brown’sTones, the Brown Derbies
say they are benefitting from the
changing economic climate.
students studying abroad SDS has not begun dis-
cussions of whether it will
protest at the next meeting
Crumley wrote. The funds will go Amos Budde ’10, the Brown by Andrew Sia dents studied abroad, while 212 of the Corporation, Feb.
toward group activities, includ- Derbies’ business manager, said Contributing Writer studied abroad last fall, Brostuen 19 through 21, Bergmann-
ing their upcoming tour of several clients who would otherwise book said. Dean said.
East Coast colleges. a professional musician are now The number of students studying Previously, students wishing to
As a result, “it’s not up in the turning to the Derbies, who are a abroad this semester is consistent study abroad were required to pay — Brigitta Greene
air” whether they can afford to go less costly option. with previous years, despite the full tuition if they were attending
on tour, said Taylor Gobar ’11, the In fact, the demand for the economic downturn and a new Brown-sponsored programs. Oth-
group’s other business manager. Derbies is now so great that the policy requiring students to pay er wise, they paid only the costs
Proactive measures like work- group has turned away some per- full Brown tuition. of their study abroad institution.
ing for Brown Dining Ser vices formance requests, Budde said. Though this semester’s enroll- Now, students must pay full Brown
are not the only thing ensuring “We’re not really that expen- ment of 254 students is down from tuition for all programs, including
the Brown’sTones’ financial se- sive to have,” he said, adding that last spring’s record 315, overall Brown-approved alternative pro-
curity. word-of-mouth has “really kept participation has gone unchanged, grams and petitioned alternative
As a result of the economic us going.” said Kendall Brostuen, director of studies. The new policy was ap-
climate, Gobar said clients are But the group still faces International Programs and an as- proved in 2005, and the class of
planning events “way more in sociate dean of the College.
continued on page 4 continued on page 4
advance.” During the fall of 2007, 213 stu-
Page 4 THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Friday, February 6, 2009
Spivak (re)envisions
‘global humanities’
By Stephanie Pottinger to unyielding critique made her “the
Contributing Writer perfect voice” for the series, Cogut
Center for the Humanities Director
In the course of a wide-ranging Michael Steinberg told The Herald.
speech Wednesday, eminent liter- Steinberg said the Global Human-
ary theorist Gayatri Spivak decried ties Initiative does not aim to “export
the “thousands of years of cognitive our knowledge to other places in the
oppression” imposed on marginalized world.” Rather, the Initiative — which
populations and urged the humanities has thus far developed exchanges
towards a heightened awareness of between Brown students and schol-
these issues. Spivak’s talk to a packed ars in Havana and Nanjing, China,
Pembroke Hall inaugurated the new along with an Africana lecture se-
Global Humanities Initiative’s lecture ries — recognizes that knowledge
series, “Towards a Global Humani- takes different forms and resides
ties.” everywhere.
Author of the seminal essay “Can “One of the functions of humani-
The Subaltern Speak?” Spivak has ties is critical,” Steinberg said, add- Kim Perley / Herald
Literary theorist Gayatri Spivak delivered the inaugural talk for the Global Humanities Initiative’s lecture series.
contributed to the intellectual fields of ing that the nascent field of global
feminism, Marxism and deconstruc- humanities, which seeks to make ing the crowd and referencing the as uncritical products of their own project. The question that emerges
tionism. She currently holds the post the field more interdisciplinary and trajectory and transformation of her cultures. from modeling a curriculum, Stein-
of university professor and director transnational, must criticize itself in own approach, Spivak was quick to Spivak closed the lecture by em- berg said, should be, “How do you
of the Center for Comparative Litera- order to avoid the colonialist mis- assert that an adequate definition of phasizing that, despite the failings increase knowledge but also take
ture and Society at Columbia. takes of the past. world literature has yet to be formu- of the humanities, the field remains responsibility for the way knowledge
Introducing Spivak, Chair of Af- Entitled “The Stakes of World Lit- lated. World literature, as such, will integral to the resuscitation of the is organized?”
ricana Studies Barrymore Bogues erature,” Spivak’s talk, which drew be more of a dynamic process than a arts. She argued that the only hope of Spivak’s lecture certainly ges-
described her dedication to “not only heavily on the writings of Marx, concrete body of work, she said. reclaiming the arts “from the invest- tured toward this same question, and
new knowledge, but acting within the Goethe, Antonio Gramsci and Paul Throughout her lecture, Spivak ment circuit” lies in the painstaking reminded students that, as Steinberg
world.” He told the crowd that the de Man, explored the possibility parsed and synthesized the works work of criticism and support that put it, “the decision is conscious, not
Initiative had unanimously chosen of a world literature and what that of many theorists, complicating their the humanities undertakes. an ivory tower situation.”
Spivak “without any sort of discus- literature might encompass, while views and offering several caveats to Addressing the lecture’s relevance Hopeful for the continued rel-
sion at all” as the scholar most fit to addressing issues of knowledge the global humanities project. Im- to Brown students, Steinberg stressed evance of the field, Steinberg sug-
kick off the series. production, gendering, globalism portantly, she warned that the West that, like the decision-making that gested that the humanities, with the
Spivak’s extensive and ground- and the humanities’ role in each of has a tendency to conceive “creation goes into the construction of a dis- importance they place on critique,
breaking work in postcolonial and these areas. and innovation as its own cultural cipline, the fashioning of one’s own may serve as “the key to the univer-
feminist studies and her dedication After a spirited beginning, engag- secret” while treating other groups curriculum is an inherently political sity, as its conscience.”
s p o rt s i n b r i e f
4 teams to NBA’s
Ski teams head
back to N.H. play host unsung
this weekend
on weekend
The Bears had a busy
weekend on the slopes of
New Hampshire.
By Andrew Braca
Sports Editor
heroes
On Saturday Kia Mo- By Benjy Asher
senthal ’12 won the MIT Four Bruno teams will host home Spor ts Editor
Carnival Giant Slalom, games this weekend to kick off the
held at Loon, topping the Athletic Department’s Second An- With the NBA All-Star game com-
field with a two-run com- nual Breast Cancer Awareness Week. ing up next weekend, I present
bined time of 1:46.67. Proceeds from the games will go to my list of less-than-obvious game
Emily Simmons ’12 fol- the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer changers, players who have been
lowed in ninth place with Resource Foundation. under the radar this season but
a total time of 1:50.62, The men’s tennis team (5-1) will have shown themselves to be
Anna Bengtson’s ’09 begin a busy Friday at the Erickson among the best competitors in
time of 1:51.64 earned Athletic Complex when it hosts the NBA.
her a tie for 15th place, Marist at 5 p.m. in the Pizzitola Cen- Jose Calderon, guard, Toron-
Elisa Handbury ’10 fin- ter. Two weekends ago, the Bears to: With his team at 19-32, second
ished her runs in 1:54.30 swept four opponents at home, includ- worst in the Eastern Conference,
to take 31st and former ing a 5-0 win over Boston University it is easy to overlook Calderon’s
Herald Staff Writer Susan in the first-ever Rock ‘n’ Roll Tennis accomplishments this season, but
Kovar ’09 finished in 68th match. he has quietly established himself
place in a total time of Women’s basketball (3-15, 1-3 Ivy as one of the league’s top point
2:59.91. League) will continue the action at guards.
Mosenthal followed up Pizzitola with two games in two days. As of Feb. 5, Calderon is fourth
with a second-place fin- The Bears will host Dartmouth on in the league with 8.5 assists per
ish in the UMass Carni- Friday and Harvard on Saturday, with game and boasts a 4.18 assist/turn-
val Slalom, held at Pat’s both games at 7 p.m. Bruno will look over ratio, leading all starting point
Peak, in a two-run time to bounce back from a pair of losses guards in that categor y (second
of 1:44.69. Simmons fol- to Cornell and Columbia last week- is Chris Paul, at 3.56.). Though
lowed in 31st place with end as they complete a five-game his scoring average is a modest
a total time of 1:55.41, homestand. 13.0 points per game, Calderon is
Handbury posted a time Men’s hockey (2-15-4, 2-10-3 Justin Coleman / Herald clearly one of the most efficient pe-
of 1:58.81 to finish 38th, The women’s basketball team is hoping to rebound from two losses last
Bengtson struggled on continued on page 8 weekend with games against Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend. continued on page 8
her second run to finish
63rd in a time of 2:36.69
and Kovar placed 69th in
a total time of 3:14.34.
The Bears will be back
in action today and to-
morrow at the Boston
College Carnival at Wild-
cat Mountain, N.H.
Squash teams
take it to Yale
and Cornell
The women’s and men’s
squash teams both lost to
Williams on Wednesday in
Williamstown, Mass.
The No. 10 women’s
team dropped a close
match to the No. 8 Ephs,
6-3. Nikoo Fadaifard ’12
at No. 5, Kali Schellenberg
’10 at No. 6 and Char-
lotte MacMillan ’09 at No.
8 each won lengthy 3-2
matches.
The No. 14 men’s team
had less luck against the
Don’t be
No. 10 Ephs, falling 8-1.
Patrick Davis ’10 picked up
Bruno’s only win, sweep-
ing his opponent, 3-0. Alex
Heitzmann ’10 pushed
blue.
his opponent to the brink,
taking the match to a fifth
game, which he narrowly
lost, 10-8.
Read
Both teams will hit the
road this weekend to face The Herald!
Yale on Saturday and Cor-
nell on Sunday.
S ports W eekend
Some ‘game-changers’ go overlooked
continued from page 7 ic a playmaker as he used to be, seasons, Lee has become a consis-
on a team with explosive scorers tent force in the Knicks’ starting
rimeter players in the NBA, with a like Dirk Nowitzki, Josh Howard lineup. He has established himself
.499 field goal percentage, a .446 and Jason Terr y, Kidd provides as a legitimate scoring threat, av-
three-point field goal percentage exactly what such a team needs to eraging 15.9 points per game (up
and an astounding .988 mark from win: smart, facilitative play on the five points from his average last
the free-throw line. offensive end, tough rebounding season), including two 30-point
Jason Kidd, guard, Dallas: and relentless defense. games.
With his scoring average at a mere Stephen Jackson, guard- Lee has continued to build his
8.9 points per game, a career low, for ward, Golden State: Fol- reputation as one of the tough-
it is understandable that Kidd, a lowing the depar ture of point est players in the league on the
nine-time All-Star, did not receive guard Baron Davis at the end of boards, as he is currently fourth
a tenth selection this year. His as- last season and an injury to shoot- in the NBA with 11.7 rebounds
sists average, at 8.3 per game, is ing guard Monta Ellis, who has per game. His consistency is virtu-
down from his career average of missed all but seven games this ally unmatched — his 37 double-
9.2, but by many other measures, season, Jackson has become the doubles rank second in the NBA,
Kidd is as good as ever. primar y playmaker for the War- behind only Dwight Howard, who
Second in the league with 2.2 riors, and he currently leads the has 38.
steals per game, trailing only Paul, team in scoring, assists and steals. Marcus Camby, center, Los
Kidd will make a strong case for a Jackson is one of the more dura- Angeles Clippers: Yes, he plays
tenth career selection to the NBA ble players in the NBA, averaging for L.A.’s “B” team, but by the
All-Defensive team, and with 6.4 39.9 minutes per game, second numbers, Camby is one of the
rebounds per game, Kidd con- in the league. Though his team best big men in the league. With
tinues to solidify his standing as has struggled to a 16-34 record, averages of 13.0 rebounds and
one of the best rebounding point Jackson has made the most of his 2.48 blocks per game, both sec-
guards in NBA histor y. His field minutes, matching his career high ond in the NBA behind Howard,
goal percentage is at a career-high with 20.1 points and 4.9 rebounds Camby actually makes a strong
of .417, and he is matching his per game, while setting new ca- case for the All-Star team but was
career-low with just 2.4 turnovers reer highs with 6.2 assists and 1.5 passed over for players on more
Justin Coleman / Herald
per game. For a point of compari- steals per game. competitive teams, like the Suns’
Men’s hockey will host Dartmouth on Friday before leaving for
son, in the 2001-02 season, when David Lee, center, New Shaquille O’Neal and the Lakers’ Andover, Mass., on Saturday to play Merrimack.
Kidd finished second in MVP vot- York: At 21-27, the Knicks are Pau Gasol. Though his team looks
ing, his assist/turnover ratio was
2.83, compared to 3.40 this season,
just two wins shy of their victor y
total from last season, and Lee
weak, Camby is doing his part and
will once again be a contender Charitable, busy
weekend for Bruno
and he shot just 39.1 percent from has been a major part of their im- for the Defensive Player of the
the field. While Kidd, who will provement. After mostly coming Year award, which he won two
turn 36 in March, is not as dynam- off the bench for his first three years ago.
l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r s
l e t t e r to t h e e d i to r s
Info session at 195 Angell St.
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Post- article misrepresents WBRU
To the Editor:
Sunday, February 8 @ 8 p.m. 1.6 million). Nationwide, weekly radio listenership is actually
There seems to be some misunderstanding, misinforma- higher than ever, at 235 million. Our listeners are a strong,
tion and a few blatant lies about 95.5 WBRU in an article vocal community of people from Rhode Island and Southern
Reporting, photography, business, in yesterday’s issue of Post- (“State of the Radio,” Feb. 5). Massachusetts who have been with us since 1969.
Let’s clear it up — WBRU is a commercial radio station run WBRU has an outstanding reputation in the radio and
design, opinions and more! by Brown students. It is a not-for-profit educational student music industry. We are simultaneously a bunch of kids
workshop that broadcasts and caters to all of southern New who love music and radio professionals who compete with
England. We sell advertising time to pay for our FM license, enormous corporate conglomerates like Clear Channel
our rent and our independence from the University. and Citadel. WBRU offers students incredible experiences
Our student membership is responsible for all of our from covering Bonnaroo to interviewing Barack Obama.
t h e b r o w n d a i ly h e r a l d major decisions. Several students meet once a week to de- And Max, you can keep our Flogging Molly CD. You’re
Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Associate Editors Senior Editors cide the playlist based on actual market research, opinions welcome.
Steve DeLucia Michael Bechek Nandini Jayakrishna Rachel Arndt from professionals in the industry and their gut instincts.
Chaz Firestone Franklin Kanin Catherine Cullen
Michael Skocpol Scott Lowenstein
Our promotions department builds massive concerts from Scott Middleton ’10
editorial Business the ground up with bands like Death Cab for Cutie and Patricia Capuano ’11
Ben Hyman Arts & Culture Editor Guster. Students record and produce advertisements and Gabrielle Quintana Greenfield ’10
Hannah Levintova Arts & Culture Editor General Managers Office Manager
Sophia Li Features Editor Alexander Hughes Shawn Reilly interviews for our 200,000 listeners. Bart Galvin ’09
Emmy Liss Features Editor Jonathan Spector We agree that radio is in decline among tech savvy Brown James Chin ’10
Gaurie Tilak Higher Ed Editor Directors
Matthew Varley Higher Ed Editor Ellen DaSilva Sales Director
students, most of whom don’t own radios and spend little Marianna Faircloth ’10
George Miller Metro Editor Claire Kiely, Sales Director time in cars. But as a reminder, Brown University (under- Gabriella Ra’anan ’11
Joanna Wohlmuth Metro Editor Phil Maynard Sales Director grad population: 5,821) is not our target demographic. Our Celina Pedrosa ’11
Chaz Kelsh News Editor Katie Koh Finance Director
Jenna Stark News Editor Managers demographic is southern New England (Metro Providence: Feb. 5
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Chris Jesu Lee Graphics Editor Sarah Rosenthal Opinions Editor
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tribute the following quotation to Alicia Adams ’11: “I don’t think it’s fair that they still need your parents’ info,
Editorial Page Board even if they’re no longer supporting you. Once I got married, my mom stopped supporting me financially.” The
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doubt on giving,” Feb. 5) contained the assertion that employees in the Office of Advancement have seen their
Julien Ouellet Asst. Design Editor bonuses cut. The assertion was attributed to Senior Vice President for University Advancement Ronald Vanden
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A diamond to BTV, whose members plan to throw themselves a party this weekend
to celebrate the station’s first broadcast in nearly two years. We hope your memories of
the night are as fuzzy as your original programming.
Coal to MSex for distributing those racy tableslips at the dining halls. Sex and Poly-
nesian Pork Piglets don’t mix.
But then again, we’ll award a diamond for your fair-minded effort to use the adver-
tisements to dispel the idea that the workshop is only for gay men. Not only have you
made women and straight guys feel welcome, but three-headed monsters and carwash
2
fetishists too.
A diamond to the cognitive scientist who discovered that men tend to have reddish
skin and women greenish skin. We have a punch-line forthcoming — we’re just waiting
for that reverend from the inauguration to get back to us with a slightly inappropriate
c a l e n da r rhyming line about people’s skin colors.
february 6, 2008 February 7, 2008 A cubic zirconium to tedious minutiae, like the official faculty motion this week to
rename the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics to the William R.
7 P.M. — Men’s Hockey vs. Dartmouth 3 P.M. — “How to Get a Job in Foreign Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance. We’re glad to see attention
and Brown Band Ice Show, Meehan Policy,” MacMillan 117 being paid to the WRRCFIEAF, but we’re pretty sure that’s not what Ruth means when
Auditorium she says to focus on finance.
8 p.m. — “Pleasure Dome,”
8 P.M. — “Dancing with the Profs,” Production Workshop A diamond to Brandeis University for responding to cash shortfalls by selling its
Alumnae Hall beloved art museum along with its 6,000 works. That’s exactly the kind of bold move
this economy requires. Then again, maybe the alcoholic, paranoid-schizophrenic owl
mascot has been running the financials long enough.
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Coal to the anonymous pranksters who sent out an e-mail telling students that their
Sharpe Refectory Verney-Woolley Dining Hall next-day MCATs had been rescheduled. You didn’t by any chance send out another one
from “Ruth_5immons@brown.edu” about the endowment, did you?
Lunch — Hot Pastrami Sandwich, Lunch — Chicken Fingers, Baked
French Green Beans with Tomatoes, Vegan Nuggets, Rice Pilaf with Zuc- A cubic zirconium to the gymnastics team, which is apparently tearing up the
Strawberry Desert Pizza chini, Raspberry Swirl Cookies competition with generous scores like 9.600, 9.575 and 9.525. We not saying you don’t
deserve those high marks, but how did you manage to stack the judging panel with
Dinner — Filet of Fish Florentine, Dinner — Italian Meatloaf, Risotto Brown professors?
Asparagus Cuts with Lemon, Baked Primavera, Pineapple Carrot Cake
Acorn Squash, Green Thai Curry A diamond to the source who suggested putting equal rights activists and other
prominent figures on U.S. currency. Lincoln doesn’t need a bill and a coin, so how about
putting Obama on the penny? Now that would be change we can believe in.
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