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the Brown
vol. cxlvi, no. 37
Initiatives
to increase
internship
availability
By margaret yi
Staff Writer
Writing resumes, finding intern-
ships and interviewing for jobs can
be additional burdens to an already
stressful academic workload. But
initiatives planned by the Career
Development Center to improve
the career advising and internship
search experience will increase the
number of internships available
and help give students a competi-
tive edge in the job market.
One program that is garnering
increasing attention is the Brown
to Brown internship program,
which will match students with
paid internships at companies
where alums work, said Dean of
the College Katherine Bergeron.
Unlike listings in the internship
database, these programs will be
available exclusively to Brown
students.
“Internships are a key priority
of the Office (of the Dean of the
College) this year and in the com-
ing years. What we really want to
do is expand what we make avail-
able to Brown students,” Bergeron
said.
The pilot program, coordinated
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Mary Blue, who owns the modern-day apothecary Farmacy Herbs, points
out one of her many herbal remedies.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Relief concert hits
fundraising goal
By Kyle McNamara
Contributing Writer
Shaky camera footage taken of
the March 11 earthquake that hit
Japan ignited Salomon 101 last
night. In the recording — shot by
a civilian during the 9.0 magni-
tude quake — the ground heaves
up and down, wiping out an en-
tire neighborhood. Observers at a
higher elevation watch in horror.
The footage then skipped to
an aerial view of the resulting
tsunami — waves carrying away
cars and houses. Traditional Japa-
nese torii gates stood alone on the
landscape, surrounded by piles
Form and function join ‘in spiritual union’ M. lax
BY EMMA WOHL
Senior Staff Writer
Students packed the Perry and Mar-
ty Granoff Center for the Creative
Arts Friday night to see an exhibi-
tion of contemporary art, much
of it by students at Brown and the
Rhode Island School of Design.
But in this exhibit, the focus is not
on the artists. It is on the curators.
The exhibit, on display through
April 5, showcases works by stu-
dents in MCM 1700R: “The Art of
Curating,” taught by Mark Tribe,
associate professor of modern cul-
ture and media.
Katrina Phillips / Herald
Teeing off
Golf squads resume play
after winter hibernation
sports, 5
Herald
of rubble.
The scene opened last night’s
“Pray For Japan: Earthquake Re-
lief Concert” presented by the
Japanese Cultural Association.
The association held the fund-
raiser to raise awareness for the
situation in Japan, said Kenji
Morimoto ’11, co-president of
the association.
“We realized we wanted a
culmination of students coming
together for Japan,” he said. The
association planned the event
in four days with the support of
administrators, students and the
continued on page 3
The opening served as an intro-
duction to the Granoff Center for
many viewers. Students’ exhibits
were designed to bring out aspects
of the building’s design, from its
long entryway to the various nooks
and crannies in its stairwell.
arts & culture
Kathryn Sonnabend ’11 and
Joanna Lee ’11 designed their ex-
hibit, “Gaze Through Space,” in the
building’s elevator and the windows
at each landing. They wanted to
“explore the elevator and the spaces
that go unnoticed,” Sonnabend
Local apothocary supplies
herbal remedies, legally
By katrina phillips
Staff Writer
A potpourri of delectable aromas
assails the nose. An old wood stove
in the center of the room warms
hands frozen from the winter
chill. Rows of jars displaying fresh
herbs, seeds and powders line the
shelves, drawing the eye in every
Feature
direction. As Mary Blue, owner of
modern-day apothecary Farmacy
Herbs, welcomes customers with
a kind greeting, their senses come
alive. Only the tongue must wait
its turn, but sooner or later, it is
sure to be satisfied with sips from
one of Blue’s herbal teas.
The shop offers teas, tinctures,
salves and other herbal remedies
which are legally considered food
products, Blue said. “Herbs do
The Japanese drumming group Gendo Taiko performed at an earthquake
relief concert last night. The concert raised $2000.
said.
The pieces they chose are so
subtle that they may have escaped
notice if attention were not drawn
to them by the event. But, when
examined closely, they reveal an
amazing delicacy and attention to
detail.
Other students’ works are more
immediately eye-catching. In “21st
Century Changing Room,” student
curator Zachary Smith ’11 set up
a bizarre changing room — filled
with wild costume pieces, brightly
colored nail polish, animal print
continued on page 4
not treat disease. They support
health.”
When neither Tylenol nor
Health Services could do any-
thing for my chronic headaches, I
turned to Farmacy Herbs for help.
Au naturel
After a 10-minute bus ride, I
found the small, rustic shop on
Cemetery Street, facing the North
Burial Ground cemetery. There is
a bench on the roof and a sign in
the window reading “Health care
is a human right.” Blue said she
appreciates the expansive, quiet
location and the beautiful plants
abounding in it.
Rather than treat my head-
aches, Blue offered me products
that would prevent them before
they start by promoting bet-
ter overall health in my head. I
continued on page 2
weather
Ad of truth?
A look at both sides
of the “Wall of Lies”
opinions, 7
Since 1891
Lydia Yamaguchi / Herald
loses first
Ivy game
to Harvard
By ethan mccoy
Assistant Sports Editor
In the opening game of Ivy League
play, Bruno played neck-and-neck
lacrosse with Harvard for three quar-
ters. But a scoreless final 15 minutes
caused Brown’s undoing in a 11-7
defeat Saturday at Meister-Kavan
Field. Harvard (5-1, 1-0 Ivy League)
was led by Dean Gibbons and Ryan
Stevens, who each posted hat tricks.
The Crimson played a consistent,
mistake-free game to earn a key vic-
tory over the Bears (2-3, 0-1).
sports
“Harvard’s a darn good team with
really talented lacrosse players,” said
Head Coach Lars Tiffany ’90. “For us
to beat such a talented team, we have
to play at a high level, and we didn’t
play at a high level.”
Tri-captain Peter Fallon ’11, a de-
fenseman, cited mental lapses and
sloppy play as contributing factors
in the loss.
“We kind of fell apart there at
the end,” he said. “A couple mental
mistakes, a couple dropped passes.
They’re too good a team to give up
second chances to, and they put us
away.”
Brown got off to a sluggish start
in the first quarter. Harvard fired the
first six shots of the game and scored
the opening goal, courtesy of Gib-
bons. Attacker Johnny DePeters ’13
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calendar Farmacy offers down-to-earth remedies
Today March 21 ToMORROW March 22
continued from page 1
7 P.m. 4 p.m.
“VLAST (POWER)” Screening, “How the West Was Lost” Screening, bought a feverfew tincture, “Un-
Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center MacMillian 117 wind Your Mind” tea and lavender
essential oil.
7 p.m. 8 p.m.
My friends were skeptical of
“10 Days in Israel” Photo Exhibit, Jazz Combos Concert, the homemade potions with mi-
Brown-RISD Hillel Grant Recital Hall styped labels bought on the out-
skirts of a cemetery.
menu In the week or so I spent re-
placing painkillers with herbal
remedies, my headaches did not
SHARPE REFECTORY VERNEy-WOOLLEY DINING HALL
disappear. But they did decrease
LUNCH in frequency and intensity. As di-
Vegetarian Submarine Sandwich, Bacon Ranch Chicken Sandwich, rected, I now take a dropper or
Gyro Sandwich, Popcorn Chicken Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Green two of tincture daily — more on
Beans stressful days — with a glass of
water to dilute the foul taste. The
DINNER
tincture — an alcoholic extract —
Macaroni and Cheese, Brazed Beef, Italian Meatballs with Pasta, Saigon opens the capillaries in the brain
Caribbean Jerk Chicken, S’mores Beef and Ham with Veggies, Stuffed to prevent the onset of headaches,
Bars Tomatoes Blue had told me.
The uniquely strong smell is
Sudoku hard to take, but leaves no after-
taste — more tolerable, certainly,
than shots of Karkov. The greater
challenge to students going herbal
might be the recommendations
that go along with the products.
For greatest efficacy, Blue sug-
gested cutting sugar, coffee and
alcohol from my diet. Though I
did not take the recommendations
to heart, I still found a marked
improvement.
Along with the tincture, Blue
suggested drinking the tea — a
combination of catnip, chamomile
and lemon balm — in the evenings
for relaxation and, as the pack-
age claims, to “reduce occasional
stress and frustration.”
As a last resort, I rubbed lav-
ender oil on my temples once
Crossword the headaches set in. I found the
practice so pleasing, it has become
a part of my daily routine, even
without headaches.
Stocking up
Blue grows the over 70 varieties
of plants used in her products in
the garden and greenhouse sur-
rounding her apothecary. There
are teas to promote nail growth
and female health, as well as tinc-
tures meant to support well-being
in cancer patients.
Blue’s two mugwort tea com-
pounds are particularly intriguing.
The Smoker’s Blend, with mullein
and sage, can be used as a “ciga-
rette replacer” to help smokers
quit, she said. The Dream Blend
combines mugwort with passion
flower and chamomile to “help
bring on lucid dreams.”
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“I don’t know what part of the
brain that works on,” she said,
adding that the blend works well
if used sparingly.
Fraser Evans ’11, a teaching as-
sistant for BIOL 0190E: “Botanical
Roots of Modern Medicine,” said
the product can be “quite effective”
if you’re open to the experience.
The shop also sells a unique
first aid kit. Herbal anti-parasite
pills, three tinctures, lavender oil,
tea, Band-Aids and salve fill the
travel-ready compact container.
Blue said some of the shop’s prod-
ucts can be used by students “to
enhance the brain during study-
ing time.”
If none of the pre-made prod-
ucts suffice, Blue also keeps a stock
of raw herbs ready to be mixed. I
watched a regular customer enter
the shop and describe her latest
ailments. Blue, clearly familiar
with the woman’s medical history,
asked a few questions before con-
fidently pulling several jars from
the shelves. She spoke quickly
about the recommended prepara-
tion and dosage while combining
the herbs in a stainless steel bowl.
The combination was based
partly on the customer’s favorite
herbs and partly on Blue’s famil-
iarity with similar conditions. If
the customer likes the blend, Blue
said, it will be added to her “recipe
box” for later use.
For any of the shop’s products,
“she’ll tell you why they’re good
for you, which is really nice,” Ev-
ans said.
With about 15 years of herbal-
ism experience under her belt,
Blue does not keep her wealth of
knowledge to herself. She has been
teaching herbalism in Providence
for a decade in hospitals, schools,
garden clubs and nursing homes.
Three years ago, she opened the
Farmacy Herbs shop. Blue herself
studied at the feet of an established
herbalist. But she emphasized the
fact that herbalism is an informal
field. “If someone says they’re a
certified herbalist, it doesn’t mean
anything,” she said.
Today, Farmacy Herbs has
about 20 staffers, mostly appren-
tices and interns. “Because peo-
ple want to learn so much about
herbs, I don’t have to pay anyone,”
Blue said.
The shop grew from a chari-
table fund from Jessica Gill, a
friend of Blue’s. Before Gill died
of cancer in 2006, she requested
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donations to Farmacy Herbs in
lieu of flowers. This dying wish
allowed Blue to open the store and
was the inspiration for the shop’s
“Care about Cancer” program,
which provides cancer patients
with free herbs and referrals to
holistic doctors.
Brunonian herb-lovers
When Blue was not curing
Brown students’ ailments, she
was putting one up in her home.
Bochay Drum ’10, a resumed un-
dergraduate education student,
lived for two months with Blue at
her house, adjacent to the future
site of the shop. He discovered
Blue by chance, he said, and the
two realized they had a number
of mutual friends through his
herbalist father, but he said he was
not involved with Blue’s vision of
opening an herbal shop.
Since then, several students
have frequented the shop for rem-
edies and teas. “I usually just go to
see everything. It’s so beautiful,”
Evans said. In the past, she has
bought kelp powder and dande-
lion roots.
Evans introduced Farmacy
Herbs to her teacher, Fred Jackson,
the director of the Plant Environ-
mental Center. Jackson has been
teaching the botanical medicine
class since 2003 while running the
University greenhouse. This year,
he chose to visit Farmacy Herbs
on a field trip.
The class is a very “hands-on
course,” Jackson said, and Farma-
cy Herbs fits in perfectly with its
goals. Students in the class will
visit the shop in April when they
will get a firsthand look at alterna-
tive practices. Jackson said a lot of
his students plan to be doctors and
he likes to “give them a different
perspective.”
The U.S. “is lagging behind in
the use of these medicines,” Jack-
son said. While these remedies
are used regularly in many South
American countries, people in the
U.S. still rely mostly on pharma-
ceuticals. The lack of Federal Drug
Administration approval can be
problematic and lead to confusion
over dosages, Jackson said.
Blue’s products are labeled with
loose dosage recommendations.
The herbs are “really safe and
gentle” and are no more danger-
ous than food, she said.
I’m willing to take her word for
it. The herbs haven’t killed me yet.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Students raise roof, Repository to ease reaccreditation
funds for disaster relief
continued from page 1
local community.
The event raised $2,000, a sum
President Ruth Simmons agreed
to match.
Numerous College Hill eat-
eries provided gift baskets or
other items for a silent auction.
Concert performances included
those that reflected on Japan and
more general pieces, though most
performances embodied a spirit
of love and respect. Performers
were not instructed to follow a
specific theme, Morimoto said.
Two student masters of cer-
emonies transitioned between the
15 performances, each sharing a
few words of concern for family
members in Japan.
Three a cappella groups sang
songs loosely tied to messages
of hope, love and perseverance,
including the Higher Keys’ Queen
medley of “Somebody to Love”
and “We Are the Champions”
and Chattertocks’ rendition of
“Heaven Is a Place on Earth.”
The break dance and hip-hop
group Special Browniez Crew be-
gan its performance with a direct
message to the audience. “If you
like what you see, show us some
love. And, if you see something
you don’t like, keep showing us
love,” a group member said. The
group brought the audience to a
roar, encouraging people to clap
along in support of individual
performances.
In the middle of the event,
another video clip was shown.
This time, a mother and a father
look for their son in the rubble
near a post office. The son was
one of over 12,000 people miss-
ing in Japan after the earthquake.
The video ended with a somber
message — over 8,000 have been
found dead from the earthquake,
but experts say the number of
deaths could easily reach 20,000.
The Japanese drumming group
Gendo Taiko also made an ap-
pearance, giving a quick introduc-
tory speech. “A lot of our mem-
bers have friends and family in
Japan,” a group member said.
The benefit concert also fea-
tured poetry readings by Herald
cartoonist Franny Choi ’11, Jason
Beckman ’11 and a group perfor-
mance by Zainab Syed ’14 and
Paul Tran ’14. Choi dedicated her
piece to the people of Japan. In it,
the speaker discusses the negative
sentiments her family held for
Japan due to its Korean ancestry.
“When I first heard the reports
… all I could think about was
torched earth… Japanese memo-
ries carried war,” she read. But the
poem also demonstrated the love
for Japan the author now holds.
Beckman’s poem discussed
the idea of “finding out the world
was ending the morning after it
happened.” Viewing the tragedy
only as a digital reality leaves the
“body unmoving, senses disen-
gaged,” he said.
The evening closed with read-
ings of reflections written by
members of the Brown commu-
nity who were in the area of the
earthquake March 11.
The earthquake was the fourth
largest in recorded history, ac-
cording to the introductory video.
Aerial footage from before and
after presented a striking view —
nearly all buildings were leveled,
and the coastline had shifted after
the tsunami waves.
Morimoto and co-president
Rie Yamamoto ’11 serve on the
University’s recently formed
“think tank” committee on the
situation in Japan, he said, add-
ing that the University may form
more open committees to address
the issue.
A panel of four professors will
discuss the current situation in
Japan at a teach-in in MacMillan
115 tomorrow.
The Japanese Cultural Asso-
ciation will continue its dona-
tion drive this week in J. Walter
Wilson and plans to do more
after spring break, Morimoto
said. The group intends to make
a long-term effort as the effects
of the earthquake will continue
for years, he said.
Campus News 3
By Sarah Foster
Contributing Writer
To increase access to documents
important for the University’s reac-
creditation process, the library will
incorporate an assessment archive
into the Brown Digital Repository, a
database created in 2009 to central-
ize academic documents.
The archive — which adminis-
trators project will be ready by 2013
— will facilitate data collection for
external and internal evaluation
processes, such as departmental
reviews. This timing corresponds
with the University’s next accredi-
tation assessment.
The University prepares a large
number of documents to meet re-
accreditation standards every 10
Bears fall at home to Crimson 11-7
continued from page 1
tied the score five minutes later, but
a second goal by Gibbons put the
Crimson up 2-1 after one quarter.
In a wild second quarter, Har-
vard extended its lead to 4-1 on quick
goals from Jeff Cohen and Terry
White while the Bears continued to
play sloppily. But in a span of 6:43
in the middle of the quarter, Bruno
snapped out of its funk and went
on a 4-0 run to take its first lead of
the game.
Tri-captain Andrew Feinberg ’11
added to his team-leading 13 goals
with a masterful finish as he fought
his way from around the back of the
cage before beating Harvard goalie
Harry Krieger from a tight angle.
Less than a minute later, midfielder
Sam Hurster ’14 fired home a well-
placed shot from long range. Fel-
low midfielder Teddy Daiber ’11 tied
the game on a hard-nosed goal from
close range before Feinberg’s second
score of the day gave Brown a 5-4
lead with 2:14 left in the half.
But only 41 seconds later, Har-
vard got one back, and the teams
went into halftime knotted at five.
In the third quarter, Stevens
scored three goals for Harvard,
but Brown refused to relent. Mid-
fielder David Hawley ’11 scored an
extra-man goal, and with only seven
years. In its last evaluation, the New
England Association of Schools
and Colleges recommended an in-
creased emphasis on “learning out-
comes,” or what students gain from
undergraduate concentrations. The
University regularly reviews both
concentrations and departments,
resulting in large quantities of data.
The assessment archive will serve
as “a way of keeping track of all this
very good material that depart-
ments generate,” said Dean of the
College Katherine Bergeron.
Bergeron said this tool will be
useful not only for external assess-
ments but also for assessments
within the University. For example,
a new head of a department will be
able to use information collected in
the archive to track past progress
seconds left in the quarter, attacker
Rob Schlesinger ’12 came up big to
bring the score to 8-7. The junior
created space to get off a shot, which
clipped the crossbar on its way in for
his fourth tally of the season.
But the momentum created by
the goal was short-lived, as Harvard
owned the fourth period to close
out the game. The Crimson scored
three times on unassisted goals from
Gibbons, White and Daniel Eipp to
clinch an 11-7 win. At the other end
of the field, Brown pressed but could
not beat Krieger, who made five saves
in the final quarter.
“We played some good lacrosse
today,” Tiffany said. “But overall, just
too many unforced turnovers and
mental mistakes that, against a good
team, is going to cost you.”
The early-season conference
loss is a tough blow to the Bears’
Ivy League championship hopes,
as league standings are perennially
tight.
“I think we have to play with more
of a sense of urgency,” Fallon said.
toward departmental goals.
“Assessment is about aware-
ness,” Bergeron said, adding that
awareness of strengths and weak-
nesses is important both institu-
tionally and educationally. The
archive will also track improve-
ments in student writing. The class
of 2013 — which will graduate the
same year the archive is projected
for completion — is the first class
with an enforced writing profi-
ciency requirement.
The archive is one part of the
larger digital repository, which
“serves as a digital store for insti-
tutional memory,” said Andrew
Ashton, director of digital tech-
nologies. The repository is a “pow-
erful engine for getting our content
out there.”
“Last year, 4-2 got in the Ivy League
playoffs, but this year, you never real-
ly know. We’re already a step behind
everyone else, so we’re going to need
to make it back somehow. We don’t
really have any more room for error.”
Tiffany said the loss hurts, but
the team “has to put it on the back
burner” moving forward and con-
centrate on fixing the mistakes that
have plagued them in the early going
this year.
“Being 0-1 in the league now,
we’ve created a big hurdle for us,”
Tiffany said. “We just have to keep
getting better. We’re just not playing
great lacrosse now, and we continue
to make mistakes. We’ll keep work-
ing harder. … We just have to keep
refining it and refining it and get
sharper.”
Next up for Bruno is the Uni-
versity of Vermont (4-3) at home
Saturday. Following that game, the
Bears will hit the road for two chal-
lenging contests against defending
national champion Duke (6-2) and
No. 11 Princeton (1-4, 0-1).
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Student turns art of break dancing on its head CDC taps
continued from page 8
had more experience and practice
and, as a result, were better overall.
On the other hand, the socioeco-
nomic and cultural differences be-
tween Brown students and Provi-
dence dancers made him nervous.
“Even though we’ve kind of got
them to merge, there’s still that hesi-
tance where Brown break dancers are
a little bit intimidated by these guys.
Because they’ve been practicing way
longer, they have certain norms that
they’re used to,” Frye said.
But he said he is impressed by the
Providence-based street performers.
Frye points to one move in particular
— the master swipe — that involves
twirling the legs while flipping the
arms. Though Frye can perform it,
the other dancers have perfected it.
Collaborating with the local dancers
allows Frye and other Special Brow-
niez Crew members to experiment
with moves they have not mastered,
he said.
Other art forms like martial arts
also contribute to the expansion of
Frye’s moves. Back home, he learned
capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that
originated from slaves who disguised
At new Granoff exhibition, curators on display
continued from page 1
rugs and a leather whip — at the
top of a staircase.
The work’s brochure claims that
it uses a variety of media, including
“the relational aesthetic of the Perry
and Marty Granoff Center itself,” to
create an all-embracing artwork.
But it is difficult to see how this
exhibit has any aesthetic similarity
to the Granoff Center — rather,
the way in which it sticks out so
completely from its surroundings
gives it a curious dynamism. The
brightly colored, cluttered exhibit
their practice as dancing.
Head strong
It was a Rhode Island School of
Design cultural show, and Frye had
agreed to dance and show off his
flips. Standing outside the List Art
Center as the sky darkened, he was
preparing for the move he calls his
“coup d’etat” — a round-off followed
by a 360-degree backflip.
The sun was setting. As the light
faded, Frye couldn’t see his feet as
clearly. It was one of the most dan-
gerous situations for a break dancer
who performs flips.
Frye performed the move — and
came crashing down onto his head.
Head injuries are rare for Frye.
Once he learned how to do a flip
properly, it took an effort to mess up,
he said. Though most break dancers
get badly injured at some point in
their careers, Frye said he very rarely
gets hurt.
Even in this instance, when he
failed the round-off and backflip, he
walked away unscathed — mostly.
“I was so embarrassed, and I did
not do that move for a really long
time because the embarrassment
didn’t hurt me physically — it just
contrasts with the Granoff Center’s
sterile and futuristic design.
All of the students in the class
have an interest in art, art history or
curatorial studies, Sonnabend said.
Though the University has art
and art history tracks, “there’s this
whole third area of curatorial stud-
ies,” which students are not often
given the opportunity to explore,
Tribe said. His course, which is be-
ing offered for the second time this
semester, began as a Group Inde-
pendent Study Project in the spring
of 2007. In the class, students study
the history and institutional cri-
made me not able to psychologically
do it anymore,” Frye said. “That’s
probably going to be a block for me
for a long time. I still do it sometimes,
but I really have to psych myself up.”
It is important for break dancers
to try a move again immediately after
botching it to alleviate embarrass-
ment, but Frye was unable to do so
in the moment, he said.
Embarrassment is a “really de-
structive force” for Frye and other
break dancers. One of the biggest
challenges is overcoming the instinct
to check himself when performing
in public, Frye said. Even outside of
failed flips, break dancing in front of
others can make dancers feel foolish
or arrogant, he said.
But Frye does not hesitate to give
a demonstration. He throws out a
master swipe or sticks an arrow-
back — a flip that transitions into
a handstand, held for a number of
seconds — in the middle of the Sci-
ences Library lobby to illustrate his
moves. Break dancers occasionally
hold a “study break” in front of the
library, where they play music and
show off moves.
One of Frye’s signature moves
involves freezing — holding posi-
tiques of museums, Tribe said.
“Nowadays, when you walk into
a gallery the whole space is kind of
one piece of art,” said Taiyang Chen
’11, one of the student curators. She
and her co-curator, Julian Jimarez
Howard ’11, tried to find a cohesive
set of works, she added.
Their exhibit, “Function Flows
Free,” focuses on the intersection
of art and architecture, Jimarez
Howard said.
It revisits the relationship be-
tween form and function. Three-
dimensional sculptures fill the
middle of a small room the cura-
tion — in the air. He threads his feet
under and over each other, weaving
them through the air — the move
resembles a sideways mid-air split.
During group performances, Frye
generally solos for 20 to 30 seconds.
The adrenaline rush of dancing often
causes him and other dancers to get
lost in the moment. Some dancers at-
tempt moves they have never before
tried or completed, he said.
For the most part, it takes more
than a few practices to transition
from novice to skilled break danc-
er. Frye is currently working on the
flare, a power move — flashy and
circular — that involves spinning
on the arms and throwing the legs
helicopter-like around the air, then
repeating for many revolutions. Frye
can only make about one revolution.
He is also working to improve his
freezes and the invert, a move like the
arrowback but that calls for holding
the legs together instead of spreading
them apart.
The key, Frye said, is to enjoy
practice as much as performance.
For him, this is not a problem. Break
dancing has an “addictive” quality,
he said. “I have this need to do it all
the time.”
tors themselves constructed using
black electrical tape. These objects,
though aesthetically pleasing, have
no discernible use.
“Form and function should be
one, joined in spiritual union,”
reads a quote from Frank Lloyd
Wright Jr. on the exhibit’s wall. This
is a fitting conclusion to draw not
just for the exhibit but for the build-
ing that houses it.
An excellent way to experience the
Granoff Center for the first time.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
alums
for new
programs
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under the leadership of Tiffany
Burke, the internships manager,
is expected to begin this summer
in Boston. The CDC has started
reaching out to alums in the Bos-
ton area and is waiting to hear
back from them before proceed-
ing further with the program, said
Andrew Simmons, director of the
CDC.
“Brown alumni are a great re-
source, and we’re trying to tap into
that resource … in creating op-
portunities, specifically for Brown
students,” Simmons said.
There will hopefully be a “very
robust number of Brown to Brown
internships” in the near future,
when the program expands to
other cities where there is a strong
concentration of alums, he added.
The CDC also plans to offer the
January Career Lab, an intensive
career advising workshop that will
bring more alums and students
together, Bergeron said. Partici-
pants will work on their resumes
while networking and receiving
first-hand advice from alums. The
lab will most likely take place the
week before the start of the spring
semester when students are usu-
ally anxious to return to school,
Bergeron said. The idea for the lab
came from Lauren Kolodny ’08,
the Corporation’s first young alum
trustee, who presented the idea
late last fall. The lab is still in its
early stages, and coordinators have
much logistical planning ahead of
them, Simmons said.
“There have been many differ-
ent versions of alumni-centered
career events on this campus over
the decades,” Bergeron said, “but
I think the January Career Lab
could put a new spin on it.”
Both projects will involve a
strong collaboration between the
CDC, the Office of the Dean of the
College and the Office of Alumni
Relations, Simmons said. Other
departments will probably become
involved as the projects come to
fruition.
“The Brown to Brown intern-
ship program and the January Ca-
reer Lab are great ideas and each a
giant step in the right direction for
career advising at Brown,” Diane
Mokoro ’11, president of the Un-
dergraduate Council of Students,
wrote in an email to The Herald. “I
hope and expect that these are only
the first of many major initiatives
from the CDC and the Office of
the Dean of the College that move
toward improving this aspect of
the Brown student experience that
has traditionally been somewhat
weak.”
“I am thrilled that there has
been so much activity and so much
new energy in the career center,”
Bergeron said. “I think Brown stu-
dents are going to see a big change
in the coming year.”
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Golf teams teed up for spring season after five-month break
By Sam Rubinroit
Sports Staff Writer
Even though the men’s and women’s
golf teams play the same sport, they
still somehow find a way to be polar
opposites. Both squads resume their
seasons in the upcoming weeks af-
ter a five-month furlough between
their spring and fall campaigns, but
they will be looking at them very
differently.
“I look at it as we are in the middle
of our season, not that the fall sea-
son has ended,” said women’s Head
Coach Danielle Griffiths before the
break. “With women’s college golf,
everything counts, so our spring is
just as important as our fall.”
But for the men’s squad, winning
its Ivy League tournament — held
April 22-24 for both men and women
— is essentially the only means of
entry into the NCAA Championship.
As a result, the championship and the
tournaments leading up to it take on
an increased significance.
“Definitely the spring is much
more important,” said men’s golf-
er J.D. Ardell ’13. “When you go
through the fall season and then you
have this big break, it’s almost like
you’re starting all over again. You go
from fall season where you’re riding
the momentum guys have from play-
ing all summer long, and there’s really
no weight in those tournaments. The
Ivies is like it is in basketball — you
basically have to win your conference
to get to the NCAAs.”
“Certainly, we want to be com-
petitive in the fall,” said men’s Head
Coach Micahel Hughes, “but the
only route that we have to get to the
NCAAs, which obviously is the ulti-
mate goal, would be for us to win the
Ivy League championship.”
The two squads also concluded
the fall season with vastly different
results. The men struggled in the fall,
failing to finish better than 10th in
Sports Monday 5
any of their five tournaments. men. The Ivy League Championship “We’re a very, very young team,” of predicting her team’s performance.
The women cracked the top 10 in is being held this year at Atlantic City Hughes said. “We’re playing with the “Every semester since I’ve been
every tournament, including a first- Country Club, the same location majority of kids as freshmen and here, we’ve gotten one place better,”
place finish at the Northern Illinois where it was played two years ago sophomores, and none of us have she said. “We’re definitely trying to
Open in October, where they set a when many of the Bears were begin- ever played at the Galloway Club be- climb the ladder. We started at sixth
school record for one-day low score. ning their Brown careers. fore. We have our hands full. Some of (in 2009), and this past season we
“We had a great fall, and hopefully “I think our experience will defi- the Ivy teams have played there with were fifth, so we want to climb an-
we can build upon that,” said Megan nitely work in our favor,” Tuohy said. some of their older players three or other spot again.”
Tuohy ’12. “I think it motivates us, “My freshman year, we played at At- four times.” For the players, the Ivy champion-
and we come back out really want- lantic City, so I think every one of us Hughes has high expectations ship is a momentous tournament, but
ing to play.” has seen the course before and played for his team, but he said he finds it for Ardell, the most important thing
Both teams suffered a setback it. I think that having been there a hard to predict how they are going is keeping it in context.
over the break when their normal couple of times will help put it all into to perform. “Will it be tough for a freshman
practice facility, the Eagle Quest Golf perspective, and we will enter it with “My prognostication skills are the first day just because it feels like
Dome in West Warwick, collapsed a little more confidence.” so bad,” he said. “Every time I think this is the one tournament that really
due to snow accumulation. It remains The men’s squad has much less we are going to play great, we don’t, matters? It could be,” he said. “I’d be
closed. experience, with only one senior and whenever I have a bad feeling, lying if I didn’t say there were some
“It’s difficult not having an indoor and one junior at the helm. Their we play good. I think if we finish in nerves involved last year for me. It’s
facility like some schools, especially Ivy championship is being held at the upper echelon, which would be the big show. It’s the one that mat-
like some Big Ten schools or other Galloway National Golf Course in fourth or better, it would be a great ters for us, but at the same time, in
Ivies,” Ardell said. “For us, we kind New Jersey, a location with which showing by this team.” the end, a golf tournament is a golf
of need to wait for everything to thaw none of the players are familiar. But Griffiths has a systematic way tournament.”
out to go to the range and then even
longer for it to dry to be able to get
out onto the course.” comics
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The women first travel to South
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Seaside, Calif. March 28-29. The men
open their spring season in Santa
Barbara, Calif. March 28-29 and then
travel to Arizona April 2.
“We’re the last team that has
spring break in the Ivy League, so
consequently, we’re the last team to
play in warm weather before we start
our schedule here in the northeast,”
Hughes said. “A lot of teams are play- Dot Comic | Eshan Mitra and Brendan Hainline
ing in warm weather now and are go-
ing to have to come back to the cold
weather. I think it’s a huge advantage
for us to have spring break so late
because when we come back, hope-
fully the weather should be good.”
As the teams gear up for the Ivy
championships, the men’s and wom-
en’s rosters look very different. The
women have a wealth of experience,
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Editorial Editorial comic by julia streuli

Fostering community
Earlier this month, The Herald reported that the Office of Resi-
dential Life is considering a reorganization of on-campus housing
that would concentrate first-year dorms and dining around either
Keeney or Pembroke campus. Though these plans are only in the
preliminary phase, we applaud this effort to foster a more commu-
nal first-year experience. Current complaints about an unequal and
segmented living experience for incoming students are warranted,
and furthermore, re-allocating housing spaces on campus will likely
benefit all classes.
Keeney and Pembroke each boast advantages to being the locus
for first-year living. Keeney is conveniently close to the Sharpe Re-
fectory and the Main Green, easing the first few weeks of difficult
navigating for those new to campus at the beginning of each year.
Having first-years in proximity to main campus and one another
may also diminish the safety risks posed by students walking late
at night, frequently alone and across long distances between their
dorms and their academic and social activities. But Keeney lacks the
lounge space necessary to accommodate an entire first-year class,
and its layout is not likely to foster the same kind of bonding that
smaller, quieter dorms do.
On the other hand, Pembroke, as a cluster of separate buildings,
provides more opportunities for units to coalesce. Though further
from campus, a more removed first-year living space may aid in form-
ing connections in a quieter, less formal setting. It is worth pointing
out, of course, that whichever area is not used for first-year housing
would become sophomore and upperclass dorms, and Pembroke
may offer more diverse options for those entering the housing lottery
after their first year. Either location would require structural renova-
tion as well as a reorganization of community resources like units
and residential peer leaders before becoming the potential home to
all first-years, and we are happy to note that ResLife is taking these
needs into consideration.
Though some have raised concerns that removing upperclassmen letter to the editor
from first-year dorms would reduce inter-class friendships, we have

In support of gamete cells’ right to life

found that there are plenty of other — and perhaps more effective
— ways of making friends in other classes through student activities.
Additionally, if more University housing is made available for older
students, more social activities will take place on-campus, increasing
the sense of community among all undergraduates.
At the very least, the proposed renovations to the dining halls
would be a boon to all students, whether or not on-campus housing
is restructured in the near future. Updating and expanding the Ratty
and the Verney-Woolley Dining Hall might draw more students
from other crowded eateries like the Blue Room, and will certainly
be necessary if enrollment is increased as planned.
We are pleased to see that ResLife and the Corporation are brain-
storming ways to make the first-year living experience more cohesive.
Presenting a well-constructed first-year community is likely to serve
as one more reason for prospective students to look forward to at-
tending Brown.
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To the Editor:
I wish to commend Sarah Gassel ’12 for her re-
cent opinions column (“The case for infant rights,”
March 18). I’m pleased to see that Gassel and others
are standing up for the rights of fetuses even before
they can exist as independent organisms outside
of the mother’s womb. But sadly absent in Gassel’s
column was support for the rights of gamete cells
— specifically, the millions of ova and billions upon
billions of sperm cells that are heartlessly murdered
each year as a result of “C/M/A”: contraception,
masturbation and sexual abstinence. If fetuses are
voiceless, then gametes are doubly so, because there
are two of them for every embryo produced. Can
we simply stand by as these countless potential lives
fail to be created?
Just as with Gassel’s touching story of adoption,
everyone reading these words would not be alive
today had the gametes storing their genes been de-
stroyed through “C/M/A.” It is truly horrifying that
organizations like Planned Parenthood support this
wholesale baby slaughter through their promotion
of contraception, family planning and sexual health.
Millions of future American lives are at stake, and
I would argue that in terms of sheer quantity, this is
a far more pressing issue than abortion, though less
widely publicized. While I agree with the opinions
expressed in Gassel’s column, I believe we pro-life
advocates need to direct our attention first to solving
the “C/M/A” issue before tackling the comparatively
minor issue of abortion.
Nicholas Gaya ’14

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Monday, March 21, 2011
Ethan Tobias
Opinions Columnist
A March 14 advertisement in The Herald,
“Palestinian Wall of Lies,” sparked a surge
of letters to the editor decrying its deplor-
able language and lambasting The Herald for
choosing to publish it. The advertisement’s
content was inflammatory and rightfully
condemned by many members of the Brown
community.
Let me be unequivocal — I do not agree
with all the content of that advertisement and
certainly not with the choice to present shad-
owy images of men with guns and Qurans,
nor shall I comment on The Herald’s wis-
dom in choosing to run the advertisement
other than to assert that selling advertising
space does not amount to an endorsement of
a product.
But it is unfortunate that during the knee-
jerk rush to condemn, the chance to analyze
the advertisement’s key points with the nu-
ance that they deserve was missed. Brown
students deserve a wall of truths to help them
understand the complex Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
To that end, it is important to study the
history of the conflict itself. Israel was found-
ed in 1948 following a resolution by the Unit-
ed Nations partitioning the British Mandate
of Palestine into a Jewish state and a Palestin-
ian state. It was only after the Six-Day War in
1967 that Israel occupied the West Bank and
Gaza, though it has since withdrawn from the
Gaza Strip.
The first lie that the advertisement brought
Scientific outreach and tenure at Brown
By Eric Van Arsdale
Guest Columnist
Last Wednesday, Nancy Baron delivered a
lecture on the idea that “being a good com-
municator makes you a better scientist.” As
the science outreach director for the Com-
munication Partnership for Science and
the Sea, Baron has helped the world’s fore-
most scientific experts communicate their
research to society. Baron’s statement may
seem counterintuitive until we realize what
good communication requires.
Scientific outreach involves communicat-
ing research to society, often in the form of
news articles, blogs or even public lectures.
Effective communication requires scientists
to reduce their research to the bare necessi-
ties and explain why it matters. These activi-
ties make scientists hold up their research to
even more scrutiny than normal and often
result in stronger science with implications
that reach across academic disciplines. De-
spite these benefits, Brown’s tenure policy
gives professors incentives not to engage in
such activities. With the University currently
reviewing specific tenure issues, now is the
time to reexamine the overall policy.
As it stands, Brown and other universities
do not consider outreach when a professor
comes up for tenure. Instead, publishing re-
search constitutes the majority of tenure cre-
dentials. With tenure aspirations engulfing a
professor’s first few years on the job, scientif-
ic communication is ignored at the very mo-
ment when a professor is molding his or her
academic identity. To remedy this, Brown
Wall of truth
up was the claim that pro-Palestinian groups
assert that Israel occupies all of Palestine.
While it is true that Hamas has maintained
that position, the Palestinian Authority cur-
rently accepts Israel’s pre-1967 borders.
It is important to make a distinction be-
tween the claim that Israel is a legitimate state
that is currently occupying the West Bank
and the claim that Israel has been an illegiti-
mate state since its founding.
This distinction is crucial because it
means the difference between student groups
Brown students deserve a wall of truths to help them
understand the complex Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
who advocate divesting from companies that
do business in the settlements and divesting
from companies that do business in Israel
proper. By advocating divestment from com-
panies that support the occupation, students
can show their disapproval of Israel’s settle-
ment policy. By advocating divestment from
all Israeli companies, students are promoting
the destruction of a nation-state and showing
their willingness to strip the Jewish people of
their right to self-determination.
At Brown, we can disagree on Israeli pol-
icy without being disagreeable. Brown Stu-
dents for Justice in Palestine and Brown Stu-
dents for Israel can push their relative agen-
das, yet at the same time recognize the Jew-
ish and Palestinian peoples’ rights to national
should incorporate scientific communi-
cation into its tenure considerations. Un-
changed, the current policy simply perpet-
uates our single-minded focus on research
publication and reinforces the gap between
science and society.
This gap exists because scientists commu-
nicate through peer-reviewed journals, while
much of society gets its news from the Inter-
net and Jon Stewart. Policy makers frequent-
ly lack scientific literacy as well. When sci-
ence is not at the table, our national policies
lack a fundamental empirical foundation.
And declining science coverage in the media
Staying out of the fray is not taking the high
ground but is just passing the buck.
has increased this gap as well. With politi-
cians stuck in nation-wide fisticuffs, the bur-
den falls on citizens to raise the alarm about
overlooked issues.
In this uncertain time, scientists must
take active roles in engaging society. Com-
munication involves not only relating find-
ings and technical information, but also pro-
viding ways to frame research. Framing helps
communicate why specific issues are impor-
tant and what the possible courses of action
are. Framing also brings up an issue of con-
cern — objectivity.
Scientific objectivity is important and has
played a part in science’s public image, cur-
rently second only to the military among
Opinions 7
self-determination within part of their histor-
ic homeland.
Distinctions matter — something the ad
glosses over when it states, “The Arabs reject-
ed peace and a state on the West Bank first in
1948 when it was offered to them by the U.N.
and then in 2000 when it was offered by Pres-
idents Clinton and Barak.”
It is true that the Palestinian leaders in
1948 and 2000 rejected partition plans that
would have granted them some form of a
state, although to be fair, Prime Minister
Barak’s partition plan in 2000 would still have
annexed up to 10 percent of the West Bank
and East Jerusalem to Israel.
Yet, to say that “the Arabs” rejected such
a plan is to equate all Palestinians with all
Arabs, an unfair generalization and one that
backfires if one considers the Arab peace
initiative, a proposal adopted by the Arab
League that offers Israel peace and complete-
ly normalized diplomatic relations if Israel
withdraws from all territory occupied since
June 1967. It is Israel — or more precisely,
Israel’s political leaders — that have rejected
this peace initiative.
While the “Wall of Lies” ad made these
clearly false generalizations, there is some
salvageable material. A fair student of his-
professions most trusted by the American
public. Many scientists avoid communicat-
ing science to the overall society for fear of
being “sagan-ized,” referring to the famous
astronomer Carl Sagan who was denied
membership in the National Academy of
Sciences, allegedly because he developed a
popular television show on astronomy called
Cosmos.
The time of “sagan-izing” must come to
an end. We must put to rest the myth that a
good scientist cannot also be a good commu-
nicator. The late Stephen Schneider’s work
on climate change attests to this. Schneider
walked the line of scientific advocacy by stat-
ing where his research ended and his opin-
ions began. As one of the world’s foremost
experts on climate change, Schneider walked
this line because he believed that “staying out
of the fray is not taking the high ground but
is just passing the buck.”
The buck has already been passed. The
weight of unresolved environmental and so-
cial challenges now lies on the shoulders of
our generation. Rising to these challenges
will require future scientists who can bring
their research into the fray, and these young
scientists have support. Three past presi-
dents of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science — America’s larg-
tory should consider that while hundreds of
thousands of Palestinians fled Israel during
the 1948 War of Independence, hundreds of
thousands of Jews fled Arab countries. Why
and when these people fled is a matter of de-
bate. What is fact is that Israel has absorbed
and granted full rights to every Jew who ar-
rived fleeing Arab countries, while the status
of Palestinian refugees in Arab countries has
remained unresolved.
Another important point made by the ad
is that Israel attempts to minimize civilian ca-
sualties. This is a complicated topic, mostly
because it is very difficult to distinguish be-
tween terrorists and civilians when combat-
ing non-state actors. These fighters do not
wear uniforms and both sides calculate dif-
ferent civilian-to-combatant casualty ratios.
Complicating the calculation is the fact that
Israel routinely warns civilians of an impend-
ing attack, even dialing homes to alert resi-
dences. Though the death of any civilian is
tragic, the claim that Israel has a policy of
committing war crimes or genocide is ridicu-
lous and ought to be refuted.
The “Wall of Lies” advertisement con-
tained problematic content and presented its
information in a polarizing and inflammato-
ry way while it should have afforded this com-
plex topic the nuance and distinctions that it
deserves. Though it was rightly condemned
by many members of the Brown community,
it is important to recognize that there are im-
portant truths that can yet be learned.
Ethan Tobias ’12 has succeeded in
generalizing about the contents of the
“Wall of Lies” advertisement. He can be
reached at Ethan_Tobias@brown.edu.
est scientific organization — have all either
called for increased scientific communica-
tion or led by example.
The atmosphere of change is apparent, but
Brown’s tenure policies are holding us back.
Our current tenure scheme discourages pro-
fessors — and thus students — from engag-
ing society. Worse, the University’s avoidance
of the issue allows for the stigmatization of
scientific communication to continue.
I am not calling for all scientists to take
up the banner of scientific communication
and begin bombarding the New York Times
with opinion articles. The choice to commu-
nicate is ultimately a personal decision. Prac-
ticing science for science’s sake is important
and should continue, but professors wishing
to engage in scientific outreach should be en-
couraged and rewarded.
I am also not saying that communicat-
ing results should be more important than
research. President Ruth Simmons is correct
in saying that research is the “life blood” of
Brown. But we are so focused on this lifeline
that we are missing the larger systemic pic-
ture.
Failure to acknowledge scientific com-
munication inhibits our professor’s activities,
limits scientific education and perpetuates
the gap between science and society. With
increasing calls for scientific communica-
tion, many of the University’s future scien-
tists will benefit from knowing how to com-
municate their research to society at large. Be
bold, Brown.
Eric Van Arsdale ’11 is an environmental
science concentrator from Naples, Fla.
He can be reached at
eric_van_arsdale@brown.edu.
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the Brown
Artist spotlight:
Reed Frye ’11
BY CAITLIN TRUJILLO
Senior Staff Writer
Clapping mixes with blaring music,
filling Alumnae Hall as a dozen
dancers in street clothes line the
stage. Audience members at the
imPulse Dance Company’s annual
spring show clap to the beat as the
freestyling begins. Dancers start
with top rock then progress into
spins and flips and handstands.
They take turns as they perform,
throwing out dizzying head spins
and movements. Legs fly around
bodies like blades of a helicopter.
Reed Frye ’11 stands back on
the right side of the stage before
breaking into a run. He jumps into
a handstand, kicks his legs in the
air and somersaults forward before
landing on his feet. The crowd goes
wild.
At the end of the freestyle, Frye
and fellow members of Brown’s
break dancing team, Special Brow-
niez Crew, take a bow and exit the
stage for the show’s next act. It is
one of many on-campus perfor-
mances that allow Frye — who has
been a break dancer since he was
a kid — to feed what he calls an
addiction to dance.
Skyrocket
Frye was introduced to break
dancing when he was 11 at a sum-
mer camp run by the Center for
Talented Youth — unusual both
in location and group makeup.
Break dancing has its origins in
the black and Puerto Rican com-
munities, Frye said, but the friends
and instructors he met at camp
were largely Chinese- and Korean-
American.
Many of them hailed from Los
Angeles, far from the part of Cali-
fornia where Frye grew up. “I’m
from Santa Cruz, California. No-
body break dances there,” he said.
From an early age, he was inter-
ested in acrobatics, so his mother
signed him up for gymnastics class-
Revelry, deception and arias intoxicate opera audience
BY APARNA BANSAL
Senior Staff Writer
“Die Fledermaus” or “The Revenge
of the Bat,” Brown Opera Produc-
tion’s spring show directed by
Audrey Chait ’11, is a whimsical,
fantastical take on Johann Strauss
II’s operetta about a wild night of
revelry.
The opera begins with the cham-
bermaid Adele (Rebecca Lichtin
’14) singing about a ball she longs
to attend. She feigns her aunt is
sick so she can get the night off.
Meanwhile, Dr. Falke (Zal Shroff
’14) tries to convince Gabriel von
Eisenstein (Nathan Margolin ’11)
to attend a party before he spends
eight days in jail for a petty crime.
He promises him “beautiful food,
women and wine” — four words
that perfectly encapsulate the op-
era itself.
es. “And they would turn out to
just be like, ‘Now a cartwheel!’ Or
‘Now a somersault!’ So I just started
teaching myself stuff,” Frye said.
Gymnastics did not satisfy Frye,
who felt he was not made for that
art form alone. He wanted to learn
how to string more flips together.
Once he picked up break dancing
at camp, his “learning curve sky-
rocketed” since he had already been
teaching himself other acrobatic
moves, he said.
He later turned to taekwondo,
which “bleeds over more than you
would think” with break dancing.
But the sport still lacked the flips
he was looking for. One day, his
taekwondo teacher saw Frye per-
forming flips and recommended
incorporating them into his rou-
tines for creative martial arts forms
at tournaments where artists cho-
reograph a set of up to 25 unique
moves, he said.
Frye performed at talent shows
but did break dance competitively
until coming to Brown. Once in
Providence, he joined Special
Browniez Crew, participating in
“jams” in the area as well as in
shows and competitions at other
schools, he said. Frye served as the
group’s president his sophomore
year.
A community art
AS220 — a community arts
venue downtown — was one of the
biggest influences on Frye’s break
dancing. Frye started attending
break dancing performances and
practices about two years ago, hop-
ing to fuse the Brown and Provi-
dence break dancing communities
while learning new skills.
But this goal was initially intim-
idating, Frye said, because of the
stark differences between Brown’s
student body and the residents of
the local Providence area. On one
hand, he said, he felt local dancers
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As Dr. Falke and Eisenstein
escape to the ball, Alfredo (An-
drew Wong ’11) — who pines for
Eisenstein’s wife Rosalinde (Juliana
Friend ’11) — comes to visit her
just as the prison director (Nathan
Weinberger ’13) enters. Alfredo
pretends to be Eisenstein and is
taken to jail in his place. At the ball,
Adele, Rosalinde, Eisenstein, the
prison director and a prince (Ivy
Alphonse-Leja ’14) all encounter
each other in disguise as Dr. Falke
stirs up confusion in revenge for a
prank Eisenstein played on him. A
night of intoxication, infidelity and
comic exchange ensues.
Because the story itself was
“trite,” Chait said she decided to
“play up the fantastical aspect” and
“frame the second act as fantasy.”
There are also anachronistic ele-
ments in the opera — in one scene
when Eisenstein reveals that Adele
c i r q u e d u s ay l e s
Students crowded the Main Green Friday afternoon to take a study break, juggle and enjoy temperatures in the 60s.
Fellowship links science to business
By Alex Greene
Contributing Writer
Five Brown students and three Uni-
versity of Rhode Island students
are getting a firsthand look into the
world of entrepreneurship in the
life sciences through a fellowship
program run by the Rhode Island-
based Slater Technology Fund. The
Entrepreneurial Fellows Program,
now in its third year, offers stipends
to students who are studying life
sciences, bioengineering or entrepre-
neurship at Rhode Island universities
to investigate the technology transfer
between Rhode Island colleges and
technology companies.
The program also aims to in-
crease the likelihood that students
will remain in the state after gradua-
tion. “The goal is to try and retain the
students who come here in Rhode
Island,” said Richard Horan, senior
managing director of the fund.
The fellows are responsible for
compiling a report on the ease of
technology transfer — the process
of commercializing research dis-
coveries — from the universities in
Rhode Island to in-state start-ups.
They then send their reports, which
has been lying about her aunt being
sick, she mutters “shit” under her
breath with a guilty smile.
“It’s not contemporary, but re-
moved from historical context,”
Chait said.
The stage opens displaying large
red sofas, several lamps in the back-
ground and a table with a bottle
of whisky and two glasses. But the
most striking element of the set
is the large clock, which initially
displays eight o’clock. Its hands are
then moved around by the actors to
show the progression of time at the
party. At the end of the night, sev-
eral numbers are missing, stripped
away by the drunken guests. Color-
ful costumes add to the mirth of
the party scene.
Shroff, Lichtin and Friend sang
with complete control, but the voic-
es of other actors were sometimes
lost as a result. The song sung by
they hope to finish by May, to the
Rhode Island Science and Technol-
ogy Advisory Council, where the re-
ports will be used to aid with policy
decisions.
“(The Science and Technology
Advisory Council) was set up a cou-
ple years back to advise the governor
and general assembly with respect to
the emerging sector of technology-
based entrepreneurship,” Horan said.
The program will form the basis of
conclusions and recommendations
for how the state can strengthen its
technology transfer.
The fellows acknowledged that
technology transfer within the state
is not as efficient as possible.
“The big picture is that Rhode
Island is not very competitive for
entrepreneurs,” said Jason Chan
MD’14, adding that Rhode Island
universities need to improve trans-
lating their research into businesses.
The program, which kicked off in
early February, aims to help elimi-
nate some of the friction associated
with technology transfer in Rhode
Island.
The program was initially fund-
ed by part of a $6.75 million grant
awarded to URI from the National
Lichtin, Friend and Margolin at
the end of Act One is masterfully
performed as Friend’s Rosalinde
feigns sorrow at the departure of
Margolin’s Eisenstein but is secretly
rejoicing. She wins over the audi-
ence with her charm, declaring
“two can play this game tonight”
when she sees the flirtatious ways of
her husband in Act Two. Through-
out the show, the actors project the
words of the songs to the audience,
but the timing is sometimes off.
The actors also have a strong
stage presence. In one scene, Dr.
Falke stands calmly to the side,
holding his cane and glass of
champagne as the guests become
increasingly intoxicated. At the end
of Act Two, he stands triumphantly
in the center of the stage, under the
spotlight and in front of the clock.
The orchestra, directed by Ja-
cob Klapholz ’13, seamlessly moves
Monday, March 21, 2011
Anna Gaissert / Herald
Science Foundation’s Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research. The university received
another $20 million to continue the
program in the past six months.
From this additional money, the
Slater Fund will receive $201,000
to provide stipends and continue
the fellows program for another five
years. The fund expects to accept
eight students per year into the pro-
gram in each of the next five years.
“If adequate funding were available,
we would expand (the program) to
a larger number of fellowships that
would be full-year and eventually
full-time,” Horan said. “The goal is
to get it to a full-time appointment.”
Much of the program is focused
on teaching the fellows. “The first
two weeks is learning about tech
transfer,” said Kenneth Estrellas
GS, a master’s student in artificial
organs, bio-materials and cellular
technology. “Once we’ve gotten
familiar with the process of tech
transfer and venture funding, we
begin our report.”
The program has changed since
its inception. “This is the first year
that the fellows will engage in some-
thing policy-related,” Horan said.
from fast-paced whimsical songs
to slower, more emotional tunes.
While Act Three is a little dull
and slow-paced compared to the
two preceding acts, the actors still
give committed performances.
Chait said the opera was “big
and fun” — very different from the
production she directed last year,
“The Turn of the Screw” by Benja-
min Britten.
“Audrey is a really good director.
She nourished us to find our niche,”
Alphonse-Leja said.
“I’d never been to an opera be-
fore and I was impressed and edu-
cated,” said Zintis Inde ’12.
Tom Lutken ’14 summed up the
power of “Die Fledermaus” —“Ev-
eryone looked like they were hav-
ing such a good time.” The actors
brought energy and enthusiasm
to the stage as if it were indeed a
dance floor.