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B GREG JORDAN-DETAMORE

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Somethings cooking in the SharpeRtry, ad ts t dr.

A group o 20 lucky undergradu-ates randomly selected rom a poolo about 90 are participating ina series o cooking classes taughtby sra Brws hs. Fr thcost o three meal credits, thesestudents receive hands-on instruc-t rm Aar Ftzsry, uarymanager or retail operations, andDave Chabot, executive che at theFauty Cub.

Te classes aim to inspire students

to try cooking on their own and givethm th sks t mpr. T Fb.25 class ocused on soups, the March10 class explored pasta and sauceand the third planned or April w d t dssrts.

Tese are basic things that its

good or people to know how tomake, said Anna Rotman 14, an

tr r Brw Dg Srs.T ass s hd a part th

Ratty kitchen known as the Bake-shp, a razy thg that maystudents dont know about, saidLillian Mirviss 12, a sustainabil-ity intern or Dining Services whorgay prpsd th da r thasss.

Sm studts dt kw hwto saute an onion, she said. Tehardest thing about cooking is start-g.

Red, whte and rao

At the second class, underChabots guidance, participants com-

bd ggs ad ur t rat rshpasta dugh, whh thy rd utad ut t th strps. T rughrp s up ur t ggmakes one portion, he told the class.

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Faculty members voted unani-musy at usdays auty mt-g t stabsh a ut mas-ters degree program in health careleadership. Te proposal, whichpassed with little debate, will bevoted on by the Corporation inMay, Te Herald reported lastmth.

Faculty members also heardupdats gtats wth th

city, the presidential transition,the School o Engineering andthe Universitys compliance withederal guidelines or recruitingmrty mpys.

President Ruth Simmons re-ported that she hopes to nishnegotiations with the city beorethe end o the year. I think we are

gttg sr, sh sad.Smms as sad sh s sats-

ed with the ongoing presidentialtransition. Simmons and Presi-dent-elect Christina Paxson arerrg dss that spaboth terms. I am pushing moreand more in her direction, she said

th prss shg rsp-sibility to the incoming president.

Te executive masters degreeprogram was rst discussed 18months ago with ormer ProvostDad Krtzr 6 P5 P, wh

partrd wth th O C-tinuing Education to develop amodel o executive education spe-cic to Brown, said Rod Beresord,associate provost and proessor oengineering. Since the programwas proposed, it has been the sub-

Faculty approves health

care masters program

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Sps, fresh ravili and meatballs are amng stdents creatins.

Ratty gourmet: U. chefs teach secrets of the kitchen

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Crtesy f Niilesh Eswarap

A clinic in the rral Indian district f Meda is rn by the Milana Fndatin,which was started in 2009 by Nik ilesh Eswarap 12. Fr the fll stry see page 4.

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Te Council o Graduate Schoolsselected the University to partici-pate in a study that will assess howsttuta ps aft attr-

tion rates or underrepresentedminority graduate students ins, thgy, grgand mathematics elds. Te study,

called the Doctoral Initiative onMrty Attrt ad Cmp-t, ms wth a $0,000 gratr ah partpatg urstyand is supported by a $1.5 milliongrant rom the National ScienceFudat.

Te race disparity in higherduat s a gg ataconcern, said Medeva Ghee, ex-ecutive director o the LeadershipAa ad prjt drtr rthe study. Attracting minoritystudents to graduate programsand ensuring that they graduatew b ssta t matag acompetitive workorce and eco-m prdutty, Gh adddin an email to Te Herald. Under-rprstd mrts urrtymak up 5.6 prt rd

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Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon White-

house spoke about the currentturbulent political landscape andhis hopes or both the countryad th stat h rprsts aevent hosted by the Brown Demo-

crats last night in Wilson 101.Whitehouse touched on topicsincluding transportation issuesad hath ar.

Whthus spk abut bshe has supported that have metRepublican opposition. Whenasked about the likelihood oDemocrats uniting consistentlyt supprt gsat bakd byRepublicans, Whitehouse stressedthat Democrats will ight or their

ideals. It depends on how ex-trm (th Rpubas) wat tbe, Whitehouse said. D espite Re-

puba rssta, Whthushas continued to push or his ma-jr g sat bjts, suh asthe reauthorization o transporta-

tion unding, which he believesud prd mr tha 0,000jbs r Rhd Isad.

Whitehouse also supportslegislation to improve air qual-ity. Radio stations warn RhodeIslanders to stay indoors due tobad air days, Whitehouse said,

R.I. Senatordiscusseshealth care,pollution

B HANNAH ABElOW

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Sixteen undergraduates, selectedthrough a competitive process to be-come Brown International Scholars

Program Fellows, will receive $5,000to conduct independent researchprojects with an international ocusths mg summr. T Ur-sity recognized the ellows in a cer-emony at the Hope Club March 19.

Te ellowship program, housedin the Swearer Center or Public

Service and unded by the Oceo International Afairs, is intendedor students thinking about theconnection between their academic

interest and its value to a publicaudience, said Kerrissa Hefernan,director o the Brown InternationalShars Prgram.

Tis allows us to consider abroad range o disciplines, romengineers designing ways to pumpwatr Ida t art hstras -tertaining questions about culturalhrtag, Hfra addd.

Vas Ibr was amg thundergraduates awarded the ellow-

shp ths yar. Ibr sad th awardwould allow him to travel to and live

Saraj, Bsa ad Hrzg-ina, or two months this summerad dut rsarh at th Ist-tute or Research o Crimes AgainstHumanity and International Law atth Ursty Saraj.

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Students returning to the SharpeReectory aer spring break werepleasantly surprised to nd that oneo two alcoves had been redesigned,mpt wth a w r shm,urtur ad ayut.

T prus satg th a-cove had been in need o replace-ment or some time, wrote PeterRossi, director o Brown DiningServices, in an email to Te Her-ald. He added that he elt the new

seating selection and design wouldmpmt th spa.

Students reactions to the changeswere positive across the board, vary-

g rm thusast t rd.Its almost intimate, said Na-

tasha Bakadar 5, as sh jydlunch with a riend in one o thenewly-added booths. It makes go-ing on a Ratty date nally accept-ab.

It looked like it was alling apartbeore the break, so this is a welcome

hag, sad Ja Dtt 5.Its pretty classy now, Ditto

addd.Criticisms o the redesign, which

wr w ad ar btw, usdon the style and color choices. Tecoloring is not ideal, said RachelSarnof 14. I dont know why theychose this weird navy color withats.

T hags wr atatd byBrown Dining Services, with helprom Facilities Management andth Purhasg Dpartmt, Rsswrt.

H addd that urthr rd-sgs ar pad at ths tm.

New furniture adds class to Ratty dining

Rachel kaplan / Herald

Stdents apprve f the new intimate design f the Sharpe Refectrys frnt alcve.

ing at the international criminaltribunal or ormer Yugoslavia andwhether or not it results in reconcil-

g th thr th grups, Ibrsad.

Ibr, wh dsgd hs prjtar arg abut th wshpad brastrmg pssb tpst t th rtra, sad h hps t

eventually attend graduate school rdr t study th u international law and internationalrma sttuts ad aayzwhether it is an ecient tool orbringing justice to his home coun-try Bsa.

Last winter, inspired by a his-tory seminar about the VietnamWar, Eun Seo Jo 13 began researchat the National Archive in Seoul,South Korea, on a project titledKoreas Forgotten War. Te his-tory seminar had been taught romth Amra prspt, ad J,

who is Korean, wished to shine light

on how it impacted the rest o Asia,J sad.

J was awardd th -eted BISP 2012 ellowships in orderto continue his research this coming

summer in Korea, which he said hehopes to eventually use toward asr thss th tp.

Te objective is to get a bot-tom-up narrative about veterans

experiences, including the story th rs Kratw Sagand the massive inux o labor intothat area during the war, Jo said.It led to racial tensions and in-creased Orientalism because it wasa m Amras, Kras adVtams.

In order to complete his project,J sad h must rtur t Kra tinterview more veterans and revisituseul documents. Te ellowshipaward will cover the cost o hisghts t ad rm Kra.

Tough she characterized the

ellowship award as generous,Hefernan also said, with moststudts stayg btw 0 t 2wks, $5,000 wt g ry ar.

I a studt s yg t Ara,thats gg t hw up abut hatheir award right there, she added.She also expressed concern aboutthe ellowship awards adequacyin meeting the nancial needs otw studts pag t dut

research in London during theSummr Oymps.

T ws wrk w tuup thr rtur t Brw tha, wh thy w ah tuwork on their projects with a aculty

mmbr.As part o the award, you agree

to participate in a community oellows that meets every other weekthroughout the year, Hefernansaid. Part o the challenge in theapplication process is constructingths mmuty. W dt wat ttake 10 people in public health andbdy mparat tratur.Sh addd that sh hpd th -lows would continue to talk toeach other throughout the year andhpuy r muh gr.

Ts yar, th umbr app-cants or the ellowship was sig-nicantly higher than in the twoprevious years that the ellowshiphas b frd.

Te BISP is young, and stu-dents dont know about it so Iinvested a lot o energy into PRampags, ad t dd ras thpool o applicants specically, He-ra sad.

Last year, Hefernan said, therewere ewer applications but the win-

rs wr just as strg.

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Campus ews 3the Brown Daily eraldednesday, April 4, 2012Natl survey to evaluate U.s resources for minority grad students

graduat studts at Brw.Many universities, including

Brown, ofer resources or minori-

ties to both increase enrollmentand reduce dropout rates in SEM

graduat prgrams. But ths r-sources can vary widely amonguniversities. Te purpose o thestudy is to identiy which poli-s ar mst ft at hpgminority SEM graduate students

successully complete doctorateprograms, according to the Coun-

cil o Graduate Schools requestr prpsas.

We anticipate that i the studys ab t mak th k btwthe disparate institutional pro-gramming and diferent student

utms, that w b a mpr-tant contribution to our under-standing o the positive and thenegative actors that impact SEM

graduate education, particularlyor underrepresented minorities,sad Jss DAr, PhD prgram

director or Alliance or GraduateEducation and the Proessoriate at

the NSF. And then that will be the

bass r wrkg t mtgat thnegative actors and also enhanc-

g th pst atrs.Te University will collect data

over the next year on completionand attrition rates o underrep-resented minority graduate stu-dents in SEM elds rom 1992through 2012. Tis data coulddty arabs suh as gdror academic discipline that cor-relate with lower graduation rates.

Brown will also hold ocus groupsand distribute an electronic survey

to receive direct student eedbackon mentoring programs and oth-er support systems or minoritygraduat studts.

Ghee said she looks orward toharg th mmts that ars th us grups.

Whats really impactul ishearing the impressions o the stu-dts ad as th auty, Ghsaid. I think it will help us under-

stand how we can improve on thevarious practices and programsthat are currently being providedr graduat studts r.

Ghee said she believes the Uni-

versity was selected because o itsstrong commitment to mentoringunderrepresented minority gradu-at studts.

I think thats what made ussupr mptt baus whw put th prpsa tgthr wwere actually able to identiy anumber o mentoring activitiesthat Brown already had in placeto support students o color, Ghee

sad.One mentoring program at

Brown is the Leadership Allianceprgram, whh brgs mrtyundergraduates to Brown or a

summer research program. Teprogram works to expose minor-ty studts t th graduat stu-dent experience beore enrollingin a doctoral program, said ErikaAlexander GS, a graduate studentin cognitive, linguistic and psy-

chological sciences. Alexander,wh partpatd th prgram 2005, sad th Ladrshp A-a tahs mrty studtshow to write grants, network and

appy t graduat sh, amgthr thgs.

I think that the study is goingto show that theres more workthat needs to be done, Ghee said.Its a rsat that w dt tu t ha.

Alexander said she believes she

ss th ata trd hghrattrition rates or underrepre-sented minority graduate students

rtd at th Ursty.Tere are some mentoring

programs or students o color(at Brw), but t as may as Iwould like, Alexander said. A lot

o time is spent recruiting studentso color and just making the poolas big as you possibly can, but nota t tm s spt supprtgthm ad makg sur that thyarent dropping out or reasonsthat are varied. Teres no point

brgg ths hug amut studts bdy stays.

Mrty graduat studts atBrown ace the added pressureo trying to t into the puzzle

as a mrty tp th thracademic, emotional and physi-cal stresses o graduate school,Aadr sad.

I think that people nowa-days are starting to realize theimportance o making sure thatthe students are supported and

have a place to go, and I thinkBrown is actually doing a reallygrat jb tryg t assss whatit is that students need to completethr prgrams, Aadr sad.But she added that the Universityud fr mr rsurs.

I that mmt r ms

o, I do t here, I belong here,I contribute to this place, thenI think that people have a lotgreater chance o them just saying,

you know what, I dont belonghere, so Im just going to quit,Aadr sad.

ject o discussion at several acultyorums and meetings. I approvedby the Corporation, the mastersprogram will teach mid-careerproessionals about the ongoingchanges in the American healthar systm.

Te motion or the executivemasters program was presentedby Beresord, who emphasized theprograms potential or increasingrevenue a key component o thePlan or Academic Enrichment,h sad.

T prgram w g up r aexternal review aer three years,since it is unlike any other program

currently ofered at Brown, Beres-ord said. Tis is an experimentor Brown, he said. We should

m rward that sprt.T rga prpsa sad th

review would be conducted inter-ay, but ar a mt rm thFaculty Executive Committee, thereview will be conducted by antra grup stad, sad PtrShak, har th FEC ad pr-ssr mda s.

Ater consulting with manycommittees, including the De-partment o Public Health, theAcademic Priorities Committee,the Graduate Council and vari-us ampus mmtts, th pr-vosts oce has set a curricu lumad std strutrs rm thurrt udrgraduat ad -cal aculty pool and newly hiredadjuts, Brsrd sad.

Te initial class will have a tar-get size o 15 students and will aimto double that size aer three years,the motion reported. In the rstyear, the University hopes to breakeven with the initial investmentad th ras ru thwg yars, Brsrd sad.

Te name o the program is dis-

tinct rom other University pro-grams and rom similar programsat peer institutions, Beresord said.

T prgram has th dsgat

as executive masters to distinguish

the degree rom regular mastersdgrs, h sad.

By adding executive to thename, the University has des-ignated the program a learningrmat r prssas wh w

simultaneously be engaged in pur-suits outside the academic sphere,Beresord said. Te program aimsto build leadership, which is difer-

ent rom other programs in publichath, h sad.

A aculty member raised ques-ts abut mparss t thrsimilar programs o executivemasters education at peer insti-tutions. Te proposed programat Brown will have both onlineand residential components, likesimilar programs at Dartmouth, he

said, adding that the Universitysprogram will have a heavier em-

phass arg s thatproessionals can maintain theircareers in major cities. Seventyprt ah urs th pr-posed executive masters programwill be taught rom online learning

mdus, th mt rprtd.Te proposed program does not

yet have a set tuition, Beresordsaid. Te Corporation will make arecommendation or tuition or theprogram, the revenue rom whichwill und existing departments oncampus, particularly those sup-porting the executive mastersprogram, according to the motion.

Ater several questions butwithout much debate, acultymembers voted unanimously toapprove the program. Te approvalcame aer aculty members largelyexpressed either indecision or sup-

port o the program, Te Heraldrprtd Marh.

Faculty members also heard anupdate on the School o Engineer-ing rom Lawrence Larson, deano the school, who reported on thegrwth th sh s ts ap-proval two years ago and the goalsr ts utur.

S 200, th sh has -cused on developing an improved

undergraduate curriculum, grow-

ing graduate programs, expandingthe aculty and undraising to raise

revenue or new engineering acili-ts, Lars sad.

Applications to the school haveincreased due to national trends

ad as a rt th quatyand esteem our program is held, h sad. Fr urrt studts,the School o Engineering hasocused on making introductorycourses more engaging and work-g hay wth tratrs atboth the beginning and nal stages

thr aadm arrs, Larssad.

Te University has a higherretention rate o concentratorsrm rshm t upprassmthan the national average, he said,adding that the national averageretention rate is around 50 per-

cent, while Brown has a rate o60 prt.

Larson added that the school isalso a leader in bringing womenand minorities into the student andaculty community o engineers.Around 40 percent o engineeringstudents are women and around10 percent are underrepresentedminorities, he said, adding that

bth rats ar ab th ataarags.

Te School o Engineering is in-creasing both its graduate students

and aculty, Larson said, addingthat the planned additions have

created another goal o expandingspas r arg ad wrkg.

Larson said the School o Engi-neering is thinking about the bestway t duat utur grs.T sh hps t brady du-cate students, while giving them an

opportunity to specialize deeply,he said. In the uture, the schoolhopes to have a curriculum thatcan engage the entire community,giving non-engineers the chanceto take courses in the department,h sad.

Dean o the Faculty KevinMLaugh P2 rprtd th s-

sues with the lack o compliance onminority reporting in aculty re-cruitment. Te Oce o the Deano the Faculty has incorporated anonline method or candidates toreport in the recruiting process,and data will go straight to the O-ce o Institutional Diversity, hesad, rathr tha gg thrugh athrd party.

Faculty members heard updat-d rprts th stat ampussaty frts ght th rtsurge in crime on campus. PaulShay, dputy h ad u-tive ocer o the Department o

Public Saety, said the most im-prtat aspt rt frts sthe many partnerships with theProvidence Police and oces oncampus. We want to be prepared,

he said, adding that these partner-ships help to make all members oth mmuty mr awar.

Shank said he has been meeting

with aculty members to considerthe issue o promotion rom as-sociate proessor to ull proes-sr, whh was rasd ar rtdebates o promotion to tenuredproessor. Te rules or promotiont u prssr d t b d-

ed and quantied, Shank said,adding that though departmentsha st rtra, th auty rusneed to include specic procedures

or the promotion process. Telack o denite process is a glaring

dt ur rus, h sad.Memorial minutes were pre-

sented or Robert Accola, proessor

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Nksh Eswarapu 2 arrd atBrown with big ambitions. In-

spired by a community servicetrip to Mexico during winterbrak, Eswarapu spt th sum-mr 200 Ida, ayg thgroundwork or his own nonproitorganization, the Milana Founda-

t. day, a hadu Brwstudents work or the organiza-tion, spending the academic yeardiscussing plans to improve healthcare in India and using their sum-

mers to implement their projects.

cna tra

Eswarapu brought Milana,whh y rgay mprsd

him and Susan Kuruvilla, a riendrom New York University, toBrown when he transerred in hissophomore year. His irst proj-t wth th rgazat was tbuild a health care clinic in theMedak district o the Indian stateo Andhra Pradesh that providesree service and medication topatients. Beore Milanas clinicwas but, th sst wth

a doctor was 17-20 kilometersaway rm th grup ags,Eswarapu said, adding that themajrty trad mda pr-ssas Ida prat y

urba aras.While 70 percent o Indias

population live in rural areas,y 0 prt trad md-cal practitioners work in ruralaras, sad Karshma Bhata 5,who started working as an internr th udat ths yar.

hough the clinic has beenry sussu, sr g 0 t 5patts ah day, Eswarapu sadthe group does not plan on estab-lishing more clinics. he clinicin Medak is sel-sustaining and gr dmads muh thgroups attention, but it works well

as a way t ar abut th ara,h sad. Nw, Maa w dtits time primarily to educationad rsarh.

Fth word probem

Rather than being a healthcare provider, we want Milanato be a health care educator,Eswarapu said. We think thata mr t way t mprthe outcome on a large scale isto ocus on existing practitioners

rather than on bringing in newprattrs.

Most health care in rural areasis perormed by Registered Medi-cal Practitioners health care

workers who are largely untrainedad urguatd. hy ar tmore a liability than an asset totheir patients, said Nihaal Mehta, athr tr. h msuso needles by these medical prac-ttrs has d t a rs HIVass, h sad.

he group spent this year plan-g a prgram usd pr-dg hath duat t pra-titioners. Bhatia and Mehta willmpmt th prgram Idathis summer and have receiveda C.V. Starr Fwshp rm thSwearer Center or Public Service

r thr prjt.Nothing like this has been

done beore in India, and themd ts s rbust ugh twork in any rural area, Mehtasad, addg that th prjt ssussu, thy w pad t tthr aras wth Ida.

Indias got the health prob-lems o a it h world country, butits trying to be a irst world coun-

try, he said. You can create ahealth care system rom scratch.

Eamnng dnam and metr

Eswarapu said he is also proudo the success o the groups re-sarh prjts that am th

economic cost o health care inrural India. he research showsthe positive impact o their clinicin the area. he group has alsoimplemented health educationprograms in primary schools andperormed ethnographic research

t udrstad th dyams b-tw th ad th ag.

Its not just about doing some-

thing but having good metricsand constantly improving andmeasuring yoursel to make surewhat youre doing is still eec-t, Eswarapu sad.

One o the groups biggest chal-

lenges has been simply communi-atg btw ts tw brahs,located on opposite ends o theworld. Since the organization iss yug, a t ts rt wrkhas ocused on outlining its goalsad mss statmt.

he mission changes a lot,said Laura Ucik 13, who worksor the oundation. What werereally trying to do is create change a mmuty rathr tha justprd a s r.

Student-run foundation tackles health education in India

which are caused by increasingozone contamination. He warned rsg sa s that w ruture dislocation. People aregoing to say that all o this ispreventable, Whitehouse said,and environmental problems willbe the biggest mark in historyagast us.

Whitehouse criticized congres-sional inaction on other issues.hr s pty t d, ad wr

not really measuring up rightw, Whthus sad, ptgt th urrt hath ar dbatand transportation unding. Dueto the prevalence o the ilibuster,Republicans demand a high priceor cooperation. Whitehouse saidRepublicans used to ilibusterthings they were against, whilenow they ilibuster legislationthey support, adding that thesetats ma majr ssus ar -t r addrssd.

During the question and an-

swer period, Whitehouse spokeabout the current debate onwomens issues. Its a war, White-house said, quoting House Minor-

ity Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA.Whthus tuhd what h

views as a shit in the judiciary tomr srat ws, ad response to questions regardingth ray Mart as, sad hbelieved it is not itting to passjudg ment without knowing allth ats.

Shawn Patterson 12, president

o the Brown Democrats, calledthe event a success. Whitehouses

responses were oten comical, andh was amab t a qustsdirected to him. I eel like itwent well and covered a widearray o topics, Patterson said.Its a pprtuty r studtst mt td as ad gta gut eeling on who you wantrprstg yu.

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sports staffwriter

Te track and eld teams began their

outdoor seasons Saturday as the mencompeted at the Spring Invite and the

women at the All-Connecticut meet,both o which were hosted by theUrsty Ctut. Tughneither meet was scored, both teamsturd strg prrmas.

It was very cold, and the womenactually dealt with snow, so the run-g tms wr t awsm, sadMichelle Eisenreich, director o mens

and womens track and eld. Butthey did compete really well, so I was

ray td abut that.Four women brought home in-

dividual titles and the womens teamgave a solid efort overall, Eisenreichsaid. Coming of a dominant indoorseason where she earned Secondeam All-Ivy honors, Susan Scavone2 w th 00-mtr hurds wtha tm 5. sds. I a swpo the hurdling events, Alex Stanton5 w th 00-mtr hurds mut, 2 sds.

T wm wr as strg fthe track as Niina Al-Hassan 14 cap-turd rst pa th ja thrwwith a heave o 137 eet, 10 inches.Jara Crar 2 apd -2 /2 thg jump t w th t. Du t

weather, the jumps were held inside.Te men did not claim any top

spts at th mt.T m mptd atr, ad t

had stopped snowing by then, Eisen-

rh sad. But t was ry d ra trak mt.

John Spooney 14, another recipi-t dr Sd am A-Iyhonors, nished third in the 100-me-ter dash with a time o 10.89 seconds.

As th trak, C Saag completed the 800-meter run in 1:54,earning third place overall. In the 400

hurds, Zah Kr apturd asecond-place nish in 55.39 seconds.

Overall, Eisenrich said she waspleased with both teams peror-mances considering the unavorabledts.

I think its very easy in thosecircumstances not to compete wellbecause you have a ton o excuses tot prrm w, sh sad.

Cmptg apart rm th tamr brak, Ea Wstk -shd twh th dath at thexas Relays hosted by the Universityo exas at Austin. Te decathloncombines 10 separate track and eldevents that range rom the 100-to the1500-meter run to the javelin. Wein-stock earned 6,832 points, a personalbst ad th hghst sr.

Track and eld teamsopen season at UConn

other group o students how to makea tomato sauce. He told them thethkss a sau shud dpd

on the size o the pasta. A thinnerpasta, k a ag har, s gg tb grat r a ght, dat sau.

Chabot explained that resh pastaonly takes one to two minutes tok, wh dry pasta taks up t 0minutes. When the pasta was n-ished cooking, Chabot instructedthe students to serve it immediately.

Aer straining the pasta, Fitzsen-ry kd t r a mut th pawith the sauce. Tat way, i you biteinto the pasta, itll taste like the sauce.

Everybody taste something,he told students. Each sauce waskd a tt dfrty.

Students needed little prompting,as they quickly grabbed orks andtastd thr rats.

Fitzsenry then showed a grouphw t mak a wht sau. Its ta science its about what you like,h td th grup.

Tis is how easy it is to cookrom scratch, Fitzsenry said. I you

get a jar o alredo sauce rom thegrry str, ts t gg t hathat sam ft.

Using leover onions, eggs, our,garlic, parsley and oregano as well

as ve pounds o meat and a bigpinch o salt and pepper Fitzsenryshowed students how to make meat-bas by had.

And what were the students to dowith the leover pasta dough? Makera, urs.

Fitzsenry demonstrated thethqu: ut tw haga pastashapes, put cheese between themand pinch the pieces together. Ten,moisten the edges with water or egg,use a knie to cut hashes into the sides

ad ash b.

interetng nteret

Te original menu or the classeswas modied aer the instructorssurveyed the participants about theirdietary needs and preerences. Aerdtyg studts dtary rstr-ts, th sups ass was rsd tmake two nearly identical soups thatammdatd rys ds.

At th d th ass, Ftzsry

asked the students what they wereinterested in learning how to cook th sd ass. Studts thass datd a trst pasta.

College lie and pasta it seems

k a brar, Ftzsry sad.T a ass t wkd w

ocus on desserts. Originally, theplan was to cook a complete meal including protein, starches and

vegetables. But when the instructorsaskd partpats what thr ar-t ds wr, may sad hat,Ftzsry sad.

O dsh w b a hat aaak, whh s asy t tah, but r-ally cool to do or somebody else,h sad.

Ftzsry as pas t shw stu-dts hw t mak tud-dppdstrawberries, which are dipped in

white and dark chocolate. Anywhereyou bring chocolate and strawberries,yur gg t mak rds.

Students in the class have giventhusast dbak.

I thk ths s th stthings Ive ound at Brown, said Kim

Clion 14, a ormer Herald contrib-utg wrtr.

Da ad Aar ha s may trks that yu d kwabout cooking, youre still learn-g, Rtma sad. Ty ha grathmstry.

Fitzsenry and Chabot taught stu-dts abut prpr satat, khandling and oven use, Mirviss said.

At the pasta station, Chabottold students that salmonella canb add by rakg ggs thtab stad th sd a pa.

Fitzsenry reminded students thatwhen adding wine to a sauce, it isimportant to take the saucepan awayrm th st. Ah has aprsthat ar hghy ammab, h sad.Aways brg th pa t th qur,t th qur t th pa.

somethng n to do

T da r th kg assswas raised by Mirviss in the all o200, abut a mth ar Ftzsrybegan working at Brown, he said. But

th push t mak th ass a ratydid not happen until all 2011, whenMrss brught up th da aga.

A cooking class program previ-ously existed, Rotman said, which

made it easy to convince DiningSrs t ha a ass aga.

Mirviss made a survey or peopleinterested in the classes, which wereadvertised on the Dining Services

wbst ad Mrg Ma. Tyreceived about 90 responses manymore than Fitzsenry expected. Butthere were only 20 spaces in theclass, so participants were chosenby ttry.

Tugh h ad Chabt ad thclasses, Mirviss and Rotman arethe ones who deserve the credit,Ftzsry sad.

Mirviss said she hopes theseasss ar a prjt that athr -tern can take over aer she graduatesths May.

Others at Dining Services haveb ry, ry supprt, th

asss, Ftzsry sad.Fitzsenry is enthusiastic about

teaching students how to cook. I k I shud b thakg thmbecause I get to break up my day with

smthg u.Makg tm r th asss s a

piece o cake, he said. Next weekshat aa ak, that s.

Students enjoy cooking classes that combine college life and pasta

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C O R R E C I O N S P O L I C Y

T Brw Day Hrad s mmttd t prdg th Brw Ursty mmuty wth th mst aurat rmat pssb. Crrts may b

submttd up t s adar days ar pubat.

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T dtra s th majrty p th dtra pag bard T Brw Day Hrad. T dtra wpt ds t ssary rt th ws

T Brw Day Hrad, I. Cums, ttrs ad ms rt th ps thr authrs y.

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Sd ttrs t ttrs@brwdayhrad.m. Iud a tph umbr wth a ttrs. T Hrad rsrs th rght t dt a ttrs r gth ad arty

ad at assur th pubat ay ttr. Pas mt ttrs t 250 wrds. Udr spa rumstas wrtrs may rqust aymty, but ttr w

b prtd th authrs dtty s u kw t th dtrs. Aumts ts w t b prtd.

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Herald editorial misses the point

E d I To R I A L CA R To o N by sam rosenfeld

Anywhere y bring chclate and strawberries,yre ging t mae friends.

Aarn Fitzsenry, clinary manager fr retail peratins

see CookiNg on page 1.

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Planning Spring Weekend, the job o the Brown Concert Agency, isa tugh rspsbty. T agy s taskd wth satsyg thusadso undergraduates with diverse musical tastes and living up to the hype Brws bggst wkd. It must d ths a mtd budgt ad,r th past tw yars, wh mptg r ats wth th arg-st mus stas th utry, Caha. Amd ths strats,BCA tus t d a admrab jb ad has put gd shws rt yars.

Tat sad, w wrry that BCA smtms t asy rks thmsgyst yrs aturd th sgs may past ad upmgperormers. Te Herald printed a letter two years ago rom two studentsdryg 200 prrmr Sp Dggs yrs, sm whh sm tadvocate violence against women. wo o the acts or this years lineup headliner Childish Gambino and supporting act Camron both have

sdrab yra tt that s fs ad dgradg t wm.We do not mean to throw a wet blanket over one o Browns best

tradts, r suggst that t s wrg t st t Chdsh Gamb rCamron. o be honest, a ew o us on this board are ans o Killa Seasonad ar ray td t s ths artsts at. At th sam tm, tis important that Spring Weekend does not become an event that alien-ates members o our community. We believe it is important to thinkcritically about the content that Brown amplies rom the Main Green.

More to the point, we wonder i paying a musical act to perorm sends

th mpt mssag that th Brw mmuty sats th yrs.Brw ad thr ursts t spakrs wth mprt ws tspak a th tm r sta, Brw Ltur Bard pad a had-some sum to host ormer Pakistani President Pervez Musharra in 2009.Hwr, turs ar rmts ttua dbrat, whropposing and abhorrent viewpoints are challenged and considered.Concerts, where students are encouraged to sing along and cheer on themusical act, are diferent. At the very least, it seems reasonable that manymmbrs th Brw mmuty wud umrtab paygpeople to perorm songs that portray women as inerior, sexual objects.

W urg BCA t tak ths ssu t sdrat wh paguture concerts, and open up more dialogue about the one taking placethis year. BCA needs to entertain more eedback and respond to studentswh ar rd wth th mssags that prrmrs ar prssgat Brown. Since so many students are excited about Spring Weekend, ita b partuary dautg r tmdatg r mmbrs ur m-muty t prss thr dsmrt rgardg fs yrs. It s th mr mprtat that BCA taks a prat apprah.

We are aware that shunning every artist with any questionable materialwud b dsastrus. Ar a, rmr Sprg Wkd prrmr RayChars had hs ar shar msgyst yrs. Yt, t s rrspsbto accept unconditionally musicians with problematic content by writ-g t f as artst prss. W hp that BCA w wrk t rata argr, mr us ampus-wd dagu spay tard trs abut prrmrs yra tt.

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Im t wrtg t wgh th ssu whthrBrw shud r shud t b mr aay sup-portive o the city o Providence. I am relatively agnosticon this issue, though ultimately I stand with my riends Brw r Prd.

Nthss, what s ar t m s that T Hradseditorial (Brown is not Goliath, March 21) in largepart misses the point o the column written by imSym GS th ssu. Wh th dtra pag bardmmbrs am t b partuary rd wth thargument that Browns undraising eforts appear tobe ocused on high status building projects as opposedto prioritizing the regeneration o Providence, it is clearrom their response they dont understand the argument.Repeating the standard University line that many sizable

dats ar armarkd r sp prjts s t arsps t ths argumt.

Te point is that Browns undraising and all o itsoperations are based on a set o priorities that are, atthe end o the day, established by the 54 members othe Universitys Corporation with the cooperation othe Brown administration. O course many sizabledats ar armarkd r sp prjts Brown has decided that it wants to embark on theseprjts, t gs ut kg r drs. Tats what thentire Campaign or Academic Enrichment was about.

T at that a rdby sma umbr ppmake the decisions about what Browns priorities shouldbe is not changed by the act that students are giventk psts a wd rag Ursty mmt-ts. Nr ds t hag th at that th Ursty has

never made any serious attempt to make greater stu-

dent participation accessible. Consider the act that theState o Brown address, along with every meeting o theBrw Ursty Cmmuty Cu, has b hdat th sam tm as th smar hur. Ts guaratsthat may th studts wh ha b at Brw thgst ths takg th mst smars w tb ab t partpat.

Ts s but a mr amp may. T qusts ths: Wh shud dd what Brws prrts ar,hw shud thy d s ad what bass? T aswrt th ast qust shud b ar: th bass thUniversitys mission. And I quote, Te mission o Brown

University is to serve the community, the nation and thewrd by dsrg, mmuatg ad prsrgknowledge and understanding in a spirit o ree inquiryad by duatg ad prparg studts t dshargth s wth ususs ad rputat.

Te goal o this University is to serve the variousmmuts t s part , ad th mas s dsr-ing, communicating and preserving knowledge andunderstanding. Symes point, which the Herald editorialmisses, is not in tension with this. Indeed, it doesnt hurtthat th dtrs qutd y part. Sym askd hscolumn, Why ... do Browns undraising eforts appeart b usd hgh-status budg prjts k thPrry ad Marty Graf Ctr r th Crat Arts,the swimming pool and the Warren Alpert MedicalSchool, rather than prioritizing the integration o Browns

educational mission with the renewal and regeneration Prd?

Ts qust rmas t b aswrd.

Julian Park 12

Frmer Herald pinins clmnist

A art Mdays Hrad, (B sks t ras U. paymts, Apr 2) statd Brw r Prd st supprt prpsd stat gsat that wud rqur ta-mpt sttuts t pay r mrgyservices, among other changes. In act, Ben Woford 14.5, a member o Brown or Providence, was expressinghs prsa p rathr tha th grups pst.

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Ah, th Amra arm: rd bar, gats adspkd ws muhg grass as thy bath sught, rg gr ds gra thdsta. Its a mag srty ad su-y, pa ad pty.

Nw rpa ths mag wth g, w -dustra warhuss, dark sd ad pakdwth thusads hks trampg athr, ws rwdd rt t bak wth rm t m, ds gtay mddr dusd wth hma rtzr ad th

sth maur r ms. Tugh w dtk t admt t, th urrt Farm B, passd 200, msty atats th attr mag.

But th Farm B s up r a rwrt thsyar, wth Hus, Sat ad d hargsurrty udrway. S what ds th wsttrat ths dsrgazd, uusd bd? W, ts thgs. But t start, subs-dy struturs must b rhaud rdr tprmt a sustaab my, sty adrmt. W at tu t usstrty th mass prdut w-qua-ty dstufs.

Luky, thr ar st arms that rsm-b that rst dy mag. Wh dutgrsarh artsa hs prdurs thsuthwstr Drss rg Wss

s ad baus th ak gaa drdurg th mst rt gaat prd,abut 50,000 yars ag I had th hat st sm ths arms ad tak t thhs prdurs wh tu t rsst th

arg-sa, sdatd prdut w-quaty hs that th Utd Stats Dpart-

mt Agrutur sms t uabashdyurag.

Rght w, th Farm B uss thrat hap mmdts. T UtdStats Dpartmt Agrutur ds utsubsds t armrs wh prdu rtarps, k r ad sy, a arg sa. Trsut s a surpus ths rps wh smarprdurs ar gg ut busss baus a mpt ak dra supprt. T -

ss mmdty rps ar pushd t pr-ssd ds th rm sy th adhgh ruts r syrup, r rtd trgy-t tha r ama d,amg thr uss. Mat ad dary prdu-t mt a smar at, thugh t qutth sam sa baus ths dustrs art as hay subsdzd.

Durg rsats wth th Ws-s hs prdurs, t was qut appartthat th bjts ths armrs ar dfr-t rm ths th USDA. Ts prdu-

rs strssd th mprta t just yds,but ar ad quaty, th prdut s-a trats that rsut rm a supprttwrk prdurs, th pst fts sma-sa prdut th rmt

ad th m mpat ths dustry th rg. Wthut adquat attt ad

ts rm th dra ad stat gr-mts, hwr, ths prdurs ar da-gr bg rtak by th arg-sa dar-s that ar supprtd by th USDA ad thurrt Farm B.

Shg th us sm ur agru-tur subsds away rm mass prdutt rtgrat sma-sa prdut wuddmstrat ur utrys mmtmt tprsrg rura hds ad r-

mta prtt. T thr-prgd rtrp-bttm- st bjts r thFarm B that I prps quaty -my, sty ad rmt ar urrt-y bg addrssd by sma-sa prdurs.Rsarh k urs s startg t dumt thatrs that hp rat ths trp-bttm- utms. Our wrk suggsts that m-parab trats sma-sa pr-dut ud b rpatd thrughut thutry wth a mdst amut drt statad grmt supprt t grups pr-

durs wh dmstrat th ptta t pr-du hgh quaty prduts smar sas.Ad th grmt subsdzs ths typ prdut, th hgh-quaty prdutsdt ha t b s ps thr. T Eu-

rpa U has b prmtg wthths typs subsds s th 0s, ad has

padd thr prgrams yar ar yar b-aus satsd prdurs ad sumrs.

O urs, th ga a subsdy rhaus t t mpty rm th supprt arg-sa agrutur that s qut ssta tur ata d prs. Hgh-yd m-mdty prdut mpats ry Amra t afts ur dts ad stys, ad hps sur ur ata surty by makgus ss rat mprtd d. By dt-yg ths aras mmdty prdutwhr subsdy supprt s arady adquat,r ss, ad hag ths uds -stad t subsdz smar prats wth tr-p-bttm- bjts, mr Amras bth prdurs ad sumrs a b

supprtd ad prttd by ur Farm B,wh tgratg addta aus, k -rmta quaty, t th urrt systms prdut.

S ts mak th 202 Farm B supprtmr armrs. Sma-sa prdurs wthtta, trp-bttm- prdutprats shud t b stat ar ab-srpt by argr prats that us -usy m gas. Aatg sub-sds t ths prdurs w hp mak thmmr rst agast -ptat ad wsupprt mr prud Amras ad thrquaty trbuts.

Vernica Clarsn 12 wrs with the

Brwn Agricltral Resilience Initiative nthe ecnmic, scial and envirnmental

viability f alternative agricltre. She canbe reached at

vernica_clarsn@brwn.ed.

Putting the farm back into the Farm Bill

Just br Brw studts r sprgbrak, ur w was std t adth Wrd Bak. Prsdt Obama m-atd Jm Yg Km 2, urrt prs-dt Dartmuth ad -udr thtrmy uta prt PartrsI Hath, t ad th wrds prmtdpmt rgazat.

Tugh pta dbats abut thususs th Wrd Bak w rag, Km s a t addat r thtp pst. Hs rdtas ar ukths hs prdssrs, wh ha arg-y m wth bakgruds a adaw. Km has tt pr ths ar-as, hag ard bth a mda dgrad a dtrat athrpgy rmHarard ar graduatg rm Brw.

T purps th Wrd Bak s tprd aa ad tha asss-ta t dpg utrs arudth wrd. Uk th may awyrs admsts that wr passd up r thmat, Km has hads- pr- wrkg wth dpg utrs.H hpd t rat a prt r tratgmutdrug-rsstat tubruss prutrs, ad h s st th bard drtrs Partrs I Hath.

T au hag a physa ad

dpmt prt t ad th rgaza-

t that s suppsd t hp pr, at-dpg ats ha ad grw atb rstatd. w ry ad-rs wh ha studd ssus rm aar but

wh ha r kd t th ys th pp whm thy hp t sr.

I g trmdus rdt t PrsdtObama r darg t k byd th pr-srbd st aptab addats rths jb. It wud ha b muh as-r t trw a sma umbr th a-ts rmst msts ad mak ah that rtd a tuat thstatus qu.

But hsg a physa, PrsdtObama datd that h ws th Wrd

Bak as a rta payr th tratmt th dsas prty ad stagatthat pagus th dpg wrd. Iyu rad my ums br, yu kwthat I am ar rm Prsdt Obamas bg-gst a (SuprPACs brg ut th wrst ptas, Fb. 2). But I appaud hsmat Km ad t just baus

Km s a Brw graduat.

Byd bg a grat h du ths rdtas ad mmtmt t sr-g th wrds prst, Km may sr tg a tt prspt Amras ur-

rt struggs.Wh Amras ma abut a sw

rry rm a dp rss, thr arms pp arud th wrd whar starg, whs mda dts gutratd du t ak my r hathrastrutur. Km has b thgrud ths pas. Hs s th -ray mags MDR-B patts. Hs hdhdr wth kwashrkr hs arms.

Prhaps as a Kra-Amra m-, Km w brg attt t th at

that, mpard wth muh th wrd,Amras ha a t quaty . As sm wh has spt hs trarr ghtg r ths wh dt haa th wrd stag, prhaps Kmw ad th wrd t at.

It sms that Kms tr has pr-pard hm r a pst k th prs-

dy th Wrd Bak. H am t th

Utd Stats rm Suth Kra at thag , was dpy d wth thTrd Wrd Ctr at Brw ad spths mda sh yars -udg

Partrs I Hath, a rgazat thatwrks 2 utrs t prmt bttrhath ar r th pr. I shrt, hs has b dtd t th aus hp-g pr pp t pu thmss ut prty ad dsas.

It rmas t b s what Km w bab t ampsh wth th Wrd Baksrsurs. H w ky mphasz hathas a rut t sa just ad dp-mt. Prhaps h w brg th atttud Partrs I Hath t th tab. Ts -prt strsss th mprta pursuga mas t mak pp w thy r-jt th t that sm prdurs art ps r us th dpgwrd. Ts ar a bd, ambtus wayst tak th ssus prty ad dsas th dpg wrd.

Amd th gat pubty surrud-g sm Brw graduats taby JPatr 50 Km s a rrshg rpr-stat Brua. H rprsts athat s gd abut Brw: at tz-shp, sa awarss ad hads- a-t rathr tha abstrat prahg. Prs-dt Obama dsrs rdt r hsgths wrthy adr r th Wrd Bak.

Garret Jhnsn 14 is dble cncen-trating in bilgy and French and hasnw written tw psitive clmns in a

rw, which is jst weird.

An inspired choice for World Bank president

T ften we rely n leaders wh have stdied issesfrm afar bt wh have never led int the eyes f the

peple whm they hpe t serve.

Small-scale farmers are in cnstant fear f c-ptatin

by cmmdity prdcers wh receive federal agricltre

sbsidies. Its time t change the type f farming wespprt.

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Te University will switch researchdatabases to a system called VIVO,an open source web applicationwth pwru sarh aturs thatallows or easy retrieval o inorma-

tion about academic scholarship.Implementing VIVO will acilitateinormation exchange about re-sarh at th Ursty wh asorging national connections toresearchers at other institutionsusing the system, wrote Clyde Bri-at, prsdt r rsarh,

a ma t T Hrad.Brown is going to use VIVO

as a database or researchers atBrown, Briant wrote. Our currentdatabas has mtd ad utdatdsarhg apabts. T O th V Prsdt Rsarh,Cmputg ad Irmat Sr-s ad th Lbrary ar adg ajoint efort to implement VIVO byth d 202.

One o the perennial problemsat research institutions is that itsvery dicult to know what peo-ple are doing on site, said KristiHolmes, the national outreach co-

ordinator or VIVO. VIVO is mak-ing that easier at institutions. Itseasier to nd people and resources,and its easier to get together andbud tams.

VIVO is not a database oacademic documents or researchresults. Instead, it allows or easyretrieval o relevant inormationaround a topic, said Jon Corson-Rkrt, had Irmat h-nology Services at Cornell. Foramp, yu sarhd aron the VIVO website, you would

get inormation about who is re-sarhg ar, whr t s bgresearched, the names o articlesabout cancer, but none o the ac-tual research or articles. Proes-sors searching or collaborators,unders searching or researcherswith specic skills and studentssearching or graduate school pro-grams would all benet rom itsunctionality, according to VIVOswbst.

VIVO was created in 2003 when

Cr auty razd th maypeople working in the molecularbiology genomics area were scat-

trd arss abut 0 dfrt d-partments throughout campus, said

Kathy Chiang, head o services oracademic programs and the project

adr VIVO at Cr.In order to nd inormation

abut ths auty suh as thasss thy tah, thr tts adprevious and current researchprjts sm dutg asearch would have to understandthe hierarchical structure o theuniversity well enough to knowwhere to look on the website, Chi-ag sad. As a rsut, may autymmbrs wr rustratd baus

they could not nd people workingon related research in their owndisciplines, let alone other areas ostudy, sh sad.

Cornell aculty created VIVOt addrss ths r.

VIVO uses innovative methodsor storing and searching or inor-mation to discover research andscholarship. Te application clas-sies inormation into categoriesincluding people, courses and loca-

tions, said Corson-Rikert. VIVOalso stores inormation about the

relationships between data usingsubject-predicate-object triples that

mputrs a rad, ardg tVIVOs website. For example, in-ormation about an article titledPaleontology oday by JohnSmith would be stored in VIVOas John Smith-is the author o-Patgy day.

(VIVO) captures relationshipsamong people, organizations, re-search activities and outcomes inways that enable searching contentwth ah pag but as th -nections o each page to others,Crs-Rkrt sad.

VIVO also diferentiates itselrom other similar applications that

rely on users to add inormation,which allows or human error, ma-nipulation o data and the use ounveried sources, Holmes said.In contrast, VIVO is able to addinormation automatically to itsdatabase using trustworthy sourcessuch as human resource depart-ments o academic institutionsad ursty urs stgs, shadded. While it does allow or usermaintenance and input, VIVO does

not depend on it nearly as much asother applications, according to its

wbst.VIVO has grw t sdr-

able size since 2003. It has sevenocial partner institutions andmany unocial implementationsscattered around the world, Holmessaid. Because VIVO is open source,

anyone can look at the source codeor the application and implementit on their own. Te VIVO organi-zat s awar rughy 20 t 0implementations worldwide, butHms sad thr ud b maymore quietly using the application.

B MARGARET FARRis

CoNtributiNgwriter

Te Department o Public Saetyarrstd ad hargd a mpyMarh 6 wth thr uts ma-us jury t prprty r agdgrat. T as s urrty pd-ing in a Providence district court,said Darlene rew Crist, director onews and communications at theUrsty.

rist declined to comment on the

identity o the perpetrator or on the

sps th rm. T Ur-

sity will not release this inormationbaus th as s st pdg.

Grati is a common occurrenceon Browns campus, though employ-s ar t typay suspts.

We deal with grati all thetime, said Patrick Vetere, thegrounds superintendent. He saidgrati is reported around threetms a wk. T Ursty typ-cally spends about $10,000 annu-ally on grati removal, Te Heraldprusy rprtd.

Grati is ound all over cam-

pus tra sgas, bu ght

posts, buildings and in bathroomsand is created with permanentmarker, tape, scratches, chalk, paintad pstk, h sad. Sm thmore permanent materials mustb rmd wth tugh hmas,high-pressure water and sand-bastg.

Once reported, it is removedimmediately, Vetere said, addingthat ofensive grati is taken ofwithin the hour. Otherwise, it isusuay rmd wth a day. Tmmday rma s ssta,

s pp dt thk w aw t.

Last November, the College HillNeighborhood Association met with

th Prd P Dpartmtad DPS abut th grat ssu.

W ar wrkg t rstruturour grati initiative, said AllisonSpr, prsdt CHNA. It sa large enough issue that we thought

it was time to create another initia-t.

Te neighborhood associationencourages individuals to personally

remove grati on their property todiscourage additional vandalism in

a neighborhood, Spooner said. Gra-

ti removal kits can be purchased to

mak prsa rma asy.Providence has a grati task

r, a grup ru by th ty, thathelps with grati removal. But thisgroup devotes attention mainly topub budgs, ad Spr sadt smtms taks wks t gt trsdts huss.

Students views on graiti,though, are not entirely negative.I k strt art, Luas Eggrs said, but I think tagging and sense-less spray paint detract rom the

rmt.

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VIVo will allw stdents and faclty t mre easily retrieve infrmatin abt university researchers and their schlarship.

B NORA McDONNEll

CoNtributiNgwriter

Helen Shabas, a Holocaust survivor,shared insights and reections onhr as a Jw Pad udr thNazi occupation uesday evening.Te event was held at the WinnickChapel o the Brown/RISD Hillel, and

the room was completely ull, withsome audience members standing

th bak. T t bga wth ashrt dumtary, whh dptdthe experiences o Shabas and heramy durg ad ar Wrd WarII. T m was drtd by Shabasgrads, Harrs Hr , adathr grads, Bjam Hr, trdud hr.

Following the documentary, Sha-bas rad hr mmrs a -

versation with Adam eller, associateprssr Juda studs.

Shabas, who was 11 years oldwhen the war began in 1939, said be-r th war Jws wr tratd badyin her small Polish town, but that

lie under the Nazis was torturous.Under the Nazi regime, Shabas

and her amily were orced out otheir home and into a Jewish ghetto,whr thy shard rm ad akitchen with 10 others. In the ghetto,they had no electricity and oen went

wthut d.Along with her mother, sister and

us, Shabas d th ght brthe ghetto was liquidated, and theremaining Jews, including her ather,were sent to a concentration campwhere her ather was later shot to

dath, Shabas sad.For the next ve years, Shabas

lived alone in the woods o her town,bary srapg by. Hw ud yudescribe the ear? Shabas said. Youat pa t pp th hugr.

Shabas said even now, she sees

places and thinks, that would bean excellent place to hide rom theGrmas.

Eventually, Shabas joined a Jewish

partisan group that ought to pro-tect Jews in her town. When the warended in 1945, she and her remainingamily members lived in a displacedpersons camp in Rome until they im-

mgratd t th Utd Stats.I w r rg ut th day

I die. I cant, Shabas said. I didntha a yuth.

Te event concluded with a ques-tion and answer session. Audiencemembers asked how the war im-patd Shabas ath Gd ad hrutk th wrd.

I was aways prud t b a Jw,even in my worst times, Shabas said.

Te talk made me realize howmprtat t s t har rm th sur-

vivors themselves, said Ivy Sokol 15.

We get a sanitized version o his-tory by people who dont understandit, eller said. But Shabas, eller said,udrstads t.

Shabas said the generation thatd thrugh th Haust wudnot be around to tell their own stories

r muh gr. Rmmbr that Iwas here, she said, and be watchulthat nothing like this ever happensaga. Nr aga.

Holocaust survivor impartsstories of terror and tragedy

Alexandra urban / HeraldHelen Shabas shared her experiences and perspectives as a Hlcast sr vivr.