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Te Brown University CommunityCu dsussd th Urstyscommitment to environmentallysustainable development and theaccessibility o nancial aid at its

monthly meeting uesday aer-.

In response to a presentationrm mmbrs th studtenvironmental advocacy groupemPOWER, BUCC unanimously

endorsed the creation o a commit-tee to dra a sustainability strategyr th Ursty. I apprd, thcommittee would develop plans topromote Browns continued com-

mitment to sustainability underthe Oce o the Provost, said MattBreuer 14. Te meeting also ad-dressed expanding the Universitysnancial aid oerings. Brown orFinancial Aid, a new student group,

presented a proposal to extend theUniversitys need-blind admissionspolicy to international, transer andResumed Undergraduate Education

studts.Further reductions in direct and

indirect greenhouse gas emissions,as well as in student and ood waste,are examples o initiatives the com-

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B TAliA KAgAn

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Seven stories above his small store-

ront on Union Street, Rick Rodenmaks sap.

Roden is the owner o Zop, ahandmade soap store just o West-minster Street a 10-minute walk

rom campus that also sells sham-poos, lotions and ragrances. Zop o-rs th usua armat arts, klavender, jasmine and sandalwood, asw as mr uusua saps k br-gamt, tr ad sasd a par-ticularly exoliating variety because itincludes sand rom a Newport beach.Most unusual, perhaps, is the carbonsoap, a jet-black bar that producesblack suds. Customers rave about thesoap, which uses carbon sourced rom

Maaysa, Rd sad. It wrks, haddd, tg that t urd hs

s a.

Roden uses his avorite scent, ern,r th arb sap, whh s hard tdty ut tt. Rd made a blue, lettuce-scented soap andnamed it Conspiracy Soap as a jokebecause it seemed exotic to customerswho couldnt identiy the lettuce scent.

he name Zop came rom ariends daughter, who was alwaysreprimanded by her mother whenshe mispronounced the word soap.

Roden named his business Zop so themthr wud gr rrt hr.

oday, Roden is showing me howt mak a y th ay bar sap.Our lab, Rodens high-ceilinged apart-ment, is strewn with boxes hesmoving out soon as well as books,records, shelves o bottles and dryingraks sap. Hs kth s dddin hal, a cooking side and a soap-makg sd.

In Rodens most basic explanation,

Zip zap Zop: Making suds downtown

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Roden weighs a soaps potential hardness and conditioning before making it.ctiu g 2

B JAmES RATTnER

Senior StaffWriter

Despite the 50 percent increasein applications to Brown over thepast ve years, the Brown AlumniSchools Committee has still beenable to arrange interviews or mostrst-year applicants, said oddAndrews 83, vice president oralumni relations. Te continuedsuccess has been due in part to anincrease in the number o alumni

volunteers and the number o ap-

pats thy ah trw.I the applicant pool contin-

ues to grow, the process will likelyinclude more interviews not con-ducted in person, Andrew said.I think in the uture youll seemore phone interviews, moreSkype interviews, but or now thealumni are answering the call.Bth ph ad Skyp ha busd th past, spay whcontacting an increasing interna-ta p, h sad.

BASC recruitment eortshave increased the participa-tion o younger alums, Andrews

wrt a ma t T Hrad.Te number o interviewers hasroughly doubled since Andrewsbegan working at the University

s yars ag.Other potential means or deal-

ing with the rise in applications

As appsrise, alumniinterviewers

weigh options

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Dspt rass auty saars

across the University in recent years,there is still a salary gap between ac-uty dss suh as humatsand those in other disciplines like en-gineering and economics, accordingto data rom the Dean o the Facultywbst.

A ull proessor in a humani-ties discipline was paid more than$30,000 less than a aculty member inthe computer science, economics and

engineering departments, accordingto data on the median salaries or the2010-11 year published on the Dean th Fauty wbst.

It has always been the case thatnot all aculty members make thesame salaries, said Provost MarkSchlissel P15, adding that the distinc-

tion is based on economic orces suchas the academic market in which theUniversity competes. Some acultymembers such as those who workin higher-paid disciplines can alsond work in the private sector, mean-ing that the University must make

competitive oers to recruit themt Brw, h sad.

Te University exists in a nationalmarkt, bth aadmay ad pr-

vately, said Dean o the Faculty KevinMLaugh P2. Wh aadmsdevelop skills that are transerableand applicable to a higher-payingmarkt, thy r a saary that smptt wth ths markts, hsaid, adding that he suspect(s) itsalways been the case. Competitors

or these scholars could include tech-

Salary gap persists across divisions

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As the University continues tombra th dgta ag, brarshave undergone a dramatic trans-ormation in order to keep up with

studts ds ad prr.Te landscape has changed,

sad Edw Qust, assat U-rsty brara r rsarh adoutreach services. Tough he saidh dd t thk Brw studtshave allen victim to a trend oundin studies perormed at RochesterUniversity and universities across

Illinois that show students re-search skills have declined, he not-d that ths sks ha hagdrapdy rt yars.

w rt ts hd by thlibrary sta illustrated this shi.Aer hosting a Digital LiteracyContest and a Wikipedia contest,Qust sad h was mprssd that

students were incredibly ast andreally good at navigating the web.

Tat skill is something thatwasnt there 20 years ago, Quist

added. Tough he and many ohis colleagues appreciate Wiki-pedia, he said he worries studentsha th t that yur d-ing everything when you makea quick search, he said. Whatyur mssg s what wr gdat helping you nd, the stu yourenot seeing when you make thatGg sarh.

We oer a banquet, Quistaddd. Wth th Gg b, a

yu gt s dssrt.Despite concerns about stu-

dents tendencies to conductless-than-thorough research, the

number o articles retrieved rome-journals has more than doubled th ast yars, Qust wrt

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soap is made rom mixing acids andakads. T ads ar s, ad thmost common alkalide used or soap-makg s y.

Certain oils go in and out o avor.Right now, shea butter is a particu-

larly popular ingredient, Roden said.Tr ar sap trds, h sad, justk aythg.

Our saps ads w b aad ad pam kr , whh s ka workhorse, he said, as it is bothhap ad gts th jb d.

Moving over to the computerdesk in a corner o the lo, Rodenddles with an Excel spreadsheet,entering dierent amounts o oil to

dtrm th ptma mbator this particular batch. As he adjustsinputs, categories like hardness anddtg futuat a graph.Ts ar th sdrats, Rdsaid Do you want a bar o soap

thats going to have a nice, tight lather?

Do you want a soap thats going todt yu?

Rodens customers most oen askor conditioning soaps, so he deliv-

rs. I mak dugt bars sap,h sad.

He has his usual recipes, but to-

days mtur w prdu a ustmbath. Ts s gg t b a ryfuy, ry athrg bar sap, hsaid, adding that it will be so clean,

yu ud at ths stu.Roden does not suggest eating

soap, though some customers drop

hts that thyr atg hs bars, hsad. Its a tsh.

Once the ratios are set, we startmeasuring and mixing. Adding the

watr ad y s a bt aarmg whthe chemical reaction rapidly heatsup, but otherwise there isnt much wed that yu udt d a rguarkitchen, provided you had multiple

past bukts ad sdum hydr-d.

Still, in Rodens own words: Soap-

makgs mssy.As we wait or the mixture to cool,

Roden makes the soap labels andwrapper by manipulating a simplehad-draw dd, mrrrg adrpatg th mag t a abstrat,colorul pattern. Neither o us knowswhat a y th ay ks k, sw gg th fwr t gur ut acolor scheme or the label. We dis-cover that lilies o the valley are white,

s w dd a ght gr. Ara ew minutes o Photoshop magic,

the large industrial printer behind usprts ut ur wrappr.

Less than ve hours aer we pourour nal mixture, stirred up with abatr attahd t a pwr dr, tg rtaguar mds, Rd ttsm a ptur th drd wht-ad-green marbleized soap, which will berady t ut th t day.

he soap will be ready to sellwth tw days.

Zp s t Rds rst busss,nor is it his only one. He also useshis industrial printer and a vintage,

xed-up stamper to make buttonsand magnets or customers who order

them on eBay. Beore Zop, Rodenwd a bkstr ad a bar.

H sad h taught hms hw tmak sap, usg rmat rmbooks, but mostly learning rom trialad rrr. Hs b dg t r rs yars, thugh h y pdth Zp str abut a yar ag.

He said hell probably close thestore soon, and is considering a move,maybe to Bristol, where he wouldcontinue selling soap only wholesale.For years, Roden just sold soap whole-

sale, which he said he preers to retail.Im not a merchandiser, he said.

I dt ha t m t d that.

Zop mixes acids to make unusual soapsctiu fmg 1

mittee could pursue. Tough theUniversity has made tremendousstrides in meeting its 2008 commit-

ment to reduce greenhouse gasesby 42 prt by 2020, a mmt-t ud rmmd thr araswhr prgrss s dd, th pr-strs sad.

Ty addd that th mmttwould communicate the Univer-sitys eorts to promote sustain-ability to the student body. Studentsare oen unaware o how much theUrsty has d t mak tssustainable, they said, citing BrownDining Services green initiativesand the requirement that all newbudgs b LEED Sr rtdas amps t ps.

Since issues o sustainabilityoen require years o discussionbr th Ursty taks at,studt adrs graduat b-ore their work is complete, result-g urthr days, th studtssaid. Tis committee would build

more continuity between gen-erations o activists and providea tra rum r th dsusso sustainable practices on campus,thy addd.

Administration ocials at themeeting oered no opposition toPresident Ruth Simmons motion

t rmmd th rat thmmtt t th Prst.

Brown or Financial Aid then

presented a proposal to include in-trata, trasr ad RsumdUndergraduate Education students th Urstys d-bd ad-msss py.

Te group also recommendedthat the University allow all stu-dents to re-apply and appeal -nancial aid decisions, lower theaverage student loan burden to$15,000 rom its current rate or $20,000 pr graduat ad utaua studt-wrk ptatsby $,000.

hese proposals, i enacted,would increase the competitive-ness o the University, said AnthonyWhite 13. Since one-sixth o everyclass is accepted on a need-awarebasis their nancial needs aretaken into account when consid-

ering their application Brownaces a disadvantage in attractingth bst trata ad trasrstudents, who might preer otheruniversities with better nancialad pakags, h sad.

A move to a complete need-blind admissions process wouldb wth th statd mmt-ment to diversity rom both theUniversity and Simmons, said AlexMhak 5.

While many administrators atth mtg sad thy ard thgrups ga d-bd adms-s r a appats, th Ur-sity does not currently have enough

unding to make the transition. Full

need-blind admission would cost

the University between $20 and$24 million more per year, saidExecutive Vice President or Fi-a ad Admstrat Bpp

Hudkpr.In response to Mechanicks state-

ment that the average Brown seniorwill graduate with around seventimes as much debt as a senior atPrinceton, Simmons retorted, How

muh s Prts dwmt?Provost Mark Schlissel P15 said

some amount o debt indicates stu-dents investment in their education

ad s t aways a bad thg.Despite criticism o the Uni-

versitys inancial aid oerings,Huidekoper and Director o Finan-a Ad Jm t sad th shis making progress and is doing

well compared to peer institutions.Only Harvard, Princeton, Yale andDartmouth are need-blind or all

appats, t sad.Scholarship support has in-

creased rom $33 million to over$0 m pr yar r th past10 years, an average 9.4 percent in-crease every year, Huidekoper said.

T Ursty has maagd tah ths prgrss wh ma-taining an average increase o totals 4. prt r th past 0years, about average or Ivy Leagueschools, Huidekoper said. Yale despite a signicantly larger endow-

mt has a tut mparab

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wud b t mat appatsbeore the interview process or toconduct mass interviews, Andrews

said. In the past, this has beend suthr Cara adexas, where alums are limited.Candidates and interviewers inan area come to a school or a largespa ad dut a trws day.

Kalena Craon 15 said shewas not comortable with a phoneinterview last year when she ap-

pd ad t shrthadd. Shsaid while it might make nervousstudts mr rad, ph -terviews can make it harder orapplicants to present themselves

uy.

Helen Lord 14, who hails romWellesley, Mass., said the Univer-sity told her she did not need to

trw s t was arady a-miliar with her school, PhillipsAadmy.

Jry Durs-Fy MA,who worked in the AdmissionOce or eight years, wrote inan email to Te Herald that he

does not believe organizationslike BASC will be able to matcha rasg appat p, buthe added that matching each ap-pat t a trwr st th

overall goal. Interviews are an im-portant link between alums anduniversities and education pastad prst, h wrt.

I thk thy a wthutit, said Bruce Breimer, directoro college guidance at the Col-legiate School in New York Cityrm 70 t 2007, strssg thatinterviews are generally ar lessimportant than teacher reerences.

Andrews acknowledged thatat some point in the uture theUrsty may t b ab t -terview every applicant, in whichcase the committee will look to

its volunteers to seek a workablesut.

BASC currently contacts 95percent o the applicants or antrw ah yar t r thman opportunity to speak with an

alum, according to Andrews. Teinterview process gives the Uni-

versity another view o the pro-spt studts.

BASC uss rughy 0,000 a-ums rom the classes o 1948 to20 t tat th 0,000 app-ats ah yar. Nty-tw pr-cent o applicants are eventually

interviewed, Andrews said, be-cause not all contacted applicantsrpy t trw rs.

T trw rprts ar sub-mitted electronically and go di-rectly into the applicants les, said

Dean o Admission Jim Miller 73.Te University coordinates withthe interviewers through 350 areahars, Adrws sad.

Older interviewers are oenthe most excited to speak with the

appats, Durs-Fy wrt.Miller said interviews rarely

hdr a addats has, adyu at put a wght ts -

ect on the application. Sometimesan interview can encourage admis-

sion ocers to go back and domr dggg.

It certainly isnt a deningactor, Andrews said. It helpsmpt th ptur.

In the States, it could be re-ally important in unearthing adiamond in the rough rom Mon-

taa, Brmr sad. I thk thyhave more impact, geographically, ss tratd aras. Itr-views are more important i thesecondary school, whether domes-

tic or international, is less amiliarto the University. Usually, inter-viewers acknowledge they have

very little impact on decisions,Breimer said. At times, positivenetworking by the interviewer canhelp applicants because o theirtrws.

With a wide variety o alumsvoluntarily conducting interviews,Breimer emphasized there is verylittle quality control or uniormity th trwrs. Itrwrsar t prssas k th ad-mission ocers and should play

an appropriately small role, Bre-

mr sad.Generally Id say with rare ex-

ceptions, its a PR thing or (thecolleges), Breimer said. Passionate

alums represent their schools wellt appats, h sad.

Ts wh d t ha a -terview are not at a disadvantage,but rejecting interview oers doest rft w, Mr sad.

Chirona Silverstein ScB10ScM11, who is an alumni inter-

viewer, said she nds interviews

to be a good time or applicants toask qusts ad that sh gts a

good view o the applicant in thatamut tm.

According to applicant Liamrotzuk, who is rom New YorkCity, his interview with Brownwas by ar th mst rad. Ith gthy spa tm btwsubmitting applications and re-ceiving decisions, rotzuk saidthe interview provides a sense surty.

Tere is always the chance thata very good alum can increase a

students interest in the university,Brmr sad.

(Interviews are) very helpul

because they would give us insightrom an objective person meetingthe candidate, said Ed Hu 87,ormer associate dean o admis-sion at the University. He added

that though it is oen a conr-mat th Admss Osprevious opinions, it can maketh mr mrtab wthts sts.

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B KATE dESimonE

ContributingWriter

Xu W, sr w tr-ata studs, sad th hag-

ing economic and political atmo-sphere in China will graduallylead to a more democratic culture a tur ad Cha: GratChanges Ahead uesday evening.

T tur, hstd by th AsaAmerican Students Association,

was part th Urstys Yar Cha tat.

Foundations or politicalchange in China are being laidevery day, he said. Xus own lieis a testament to this statement he has been arrested twice,and he spent a total o 16 yearsin prison or his involvement in

pro-democracy opposition move-ments in China. On ChristmasE 200, h was d t thUnited States and became a ellowat the Watson Institute o Inter-

ata Studs. H s urrtychairman o the China Democracy

Party, the ormation o which ledto his second arrest in 1998. He

is also chairman o the Caringor China Center, which raisesawareness o humanitarian issues,

sad Larry Au 4, Xus srtary,who translated Xus lecture orthe audience members who didt udrstad Madar. Au, aBlogDailyHerald contributor, isalso historian o the Asian Ameri-a Studts Assat.

Te event gathered about 40audience members in Wilson. Xuwas an expressive and dynamicspeaker, oen evoking laughterrom the audience. He used meta-phors via his translator todescribe Chinas economic andpta mat. Prr t rrmin 1978, Xu compared Chinas

my t a ra whr ry- had t wak th sam pa.H addd, Wh w startd a-wg pp t bm rhr,people started moving at dierentpas.

Xu discussed two undamental

principles that are necessary or

establishing a democratic system.T rst s s-autmy, whhh sad s b gg t tak hdin China as the central govern-

ment intereres less requently th aars ts prs. Xuillustrated the second principle,ownership o private property,with an example. In China, o-cials can simply tell property-owners, Get out o your home wr budg a hghway ryour house, he said, while anAmerican homeowner in a similar

situation could sue or compensa-t. But Xu addd that prprtyrghts ar bmg rasgyrsptd Cha.

Xu stressed that the politicalsystem o any country is related

to the economy, citing modern-zat as a udryg aus Chinas 1911 revolution. He com-mented on the current inequalitiesin trade between China and the

U.S., lamenting that many high-quality products made in China

are sold only in the U.S. Te lead-ers o the country should makesur th hghst quaty prdutsstay within their country, he said,adding, I believe every person

deserves the same amount orespect and human rights, andthrr w shudt b tratday drty Cha.

Te main obstacle to demo-cratic progress, he said, is the need

to change what Chinese peopleb ad au. H std asso ake eggs and tainted milk pow-

der as examples o a weak respectr th ru aw, trast tth U.S., whr th prsdt abe impeached or lying. He em-

phasized that he was not criticiz-ing students rom China rather,h sad th rspsbty r ths

prbm s wth th dr g-rat.

But he said great change iscoming to China that will havea prooundly benecial impact.Social media is one contributort ths trds that w day

bring about democracy. Whenthat day comes, he said he willg bak t Cha, mattr hwold he is. Its a beautiul country,h sad.

Au, th trasatr, addd thatwhen Xu returns to China, hehopes he can continue to be oservice to his country. Toughh w b 70 yars d t yar,Xu st s yug trat-g wth Brw studts s whatmakes him eel younger, Au said.

Michelle Kwok 15, a student inXus seminar, INL 1800D: Sur-vey o Chinese Democracy andChinese Contemporary History,attended the event and describedXu as a really interesting and ap-prahab prssr.

Dylan Wu 13 also attended

the lecture and said he appreci-ated hearing Xus insight. Its raret ha a as t har rmsm wh has prsay -perienced Communist rule andhas been oppressed by the govern-

mt, Wu sad.

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StaffWriter

Ayaka Ogawa, who goes to school inJapan, presented her experience dur-

ing the 2011 Japanese earthquake andtsunami yesterday to a tearul crowdo about 35 students in Salomon 001.T atura dsastr hr wthuther parents, a sister, grandparentsand the house she had lived in or7 yars. I was a a thspat, sh sad.

Te lecture, entitled BEYONDomorrow: Orphaned by the Wave,was rgazd by th Japas Cu-tural Association and presented byBEYOND omorrow, an organi-zation ounded in Japan aer theearthquake. Te event eatured ve

speakers, including three students

orphaned by the earthquake and tsu-nami. Te students spoke in Japanese,and their words were translated by

Executive Director o BEYOND o-morrow Minami subouchi, who also

spk abut hr rgazat.Ogawa wondered why she was the

only survivor in her amily. I elt likemy heart and soul were gone, shesaid. But aer the disaster, she said

she met others who dealt with similartragedies. I learned the beauty opeople being connected with eachthr.

wo ellow orphans presentedthr strs wth Ogawa.

he earthquake and tsunamiht th day Sayaka Sugawarasmdd sh graduat.

Tis is it. Im going to die. I wishI had the chance to wear my highsh urm, sh thught as shwas swallowed by the black water,

sh sad.In the midst o the chaos, Suga-

wara said she ound her mother bur-

ied under rubble, pierced by nailsad tr mbs. Sh trd hr bst tclear the debris but was unsuccessul.

I watd t sa my mthr but

I knew that staying there, I would beswept away by the tsunami, Suga-wara sad. I hs my w .

It was a ds that maks mry t ths day, sh addd.

Masahide Chiba also lost hismthr th trag day. T arth-quak ht wh h was payg ubsports at school with riends. Se-cretly, we were excited that something

ut th rdary was happg,he said. Little did we know then howmuh gr was awatg us.

When he arrived back at his home,

Chiba ound his mother dead. Chibanow said he eels it is his lies mission

t j th r rts ad t -trbut smthg t hs hmtw.

With my mothers memory beat-

ing strongly in my heart, I want torat a wrd whr hd has tpr th gr I ha, h sad.

BEYOND omorrow was

launched last June so that studentslike Chiba, Sugawara and Ogawacould take on leadership roles with

mpass, subuh sad.Te organization allows students

to overcome the aermath o the 2011

tragedies and become global lead-ers. subouchi wanted to set up aplatorm or dialogue and exchangeacross cultures, nationalities, ethnici-ts, rgs ad aus, sh sad.

Students in BEYOND omorroww wrk t b ambassadrs -hoku, the region o Japan hit hardestby the earthquake. Tey will lead thereconstruction eorts in ohoku and

gain exposure to dierent culturesad aus.

Sty ds yug pp k

ths thr studts hr t tak a-tive leadership in addressing global

ssus, subuh sad.Research Associate in Human

Dpmt Yk Yamamt pr-sented on the earthquakes eects oneducation in Japan. Seven monthsaer the earthquake, 15 schools werestill closed and about 160 schoolswr usg a tmprary ats ttu strut, sh sad. Mrtha 20,000 studts wr rd tm t drt shs.

Imagine all o a sudden your edu-cation is disrupted, and your class-mates and you are suering rom a

trag mmry, Yamamt sad.Te eort made by BEYOND o-

morrow assures us that even thoughthe 2011 ohoku earthquake took

many things rom children, their edu-cational opportunities and uturesshould not be taken away, she added.

Orphaned by tsunami, survivors tell stories of loss

nology companies, research rmsad baks.

T dsrpay ds t mathat th humats ar ss a pr-ority, Schlissel said. Te Universitywud k t pay ry a saary rft thr sr t thUrsty, h addd.

Humanities proessors in the2010-11 school year made a median

arud $2,000, ad prssrsin the engineering, economics andcomputer science departments mademore than $160,000, the Dean o theFaculty website reported. Facultymembers in the physical scienceand social science departments madearound $139,000, according to thesam data, ad prssrs th ss dpartmts mad arud

$5,000 mr.Economics department aculty

members are paid higher salaries onaverage than other social sciencesbecause their pay is not just mea-sured against the salaries paid at other

universities, but also against pay at

busss shs, Shss sad.Tugh th Ursty ds t

w ths dsrpay as a prbm,Schlissel said the goal overall is to

increase aculty salaries across the

bard. Udr Prsdt Ruth Sm-mons, the University has made a

lot o progress in raising salaries,McLaughlin said, adding that thiswas an objective Simmons empha-

szd.Ts ga was dr by tra

rs, s th Ursty must a-ways keep pace with peers, McLaugh-

lin said, adding that beore Simmonsimplemented the Plan or AcademicErhmt, th Ursty was b-

hind its peers in average aculty sala-rs mst dpartmts. Nw, thUniversity is on the very high endmpard t ts prs, h sad.

In general, aculty members makea decent salary, though working in

academia limits how much money

they can earn, McLaughlin said.Choosing to work at a universitys a trad- whh prssrshag a hghr saary r jb s-urty ad th ha t wrk wthstudts, h sad.

I cant complain, said Lawrence

Stanley, senior lecturer in English, hs saary. My ss s that saa-rs rag a r th pa ad thatBrown has to be competitive with thetp shs, h sad.

Saars at th Ursty w bhigher in places where they inter-

pay wth dustry, ad th Pa rAcademic Enrichment made sala-ries much more competitive with the

markt, sad Adrw Fstr, prs-sor o economics and communityhath. Brw wrks hard t kpth bst auty, h addd.

Janet Blume, associate dean o theaculty and ormer associate proessor

o engineering, said she has not heardcomplaints rom aculty membersabut thr saars.

Compensation aside, acultymembers come to Brown or thehgh-abr studt bdy, sh sad.

We are here or students, shesad. Ty mak t a pasur.

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Fraternity of Evil | Eshan Mtra, Brendan Hanne and Hector Ramrez

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Wtr ga Prd a warmwelcome this year, with an average

winter temperature in the high40s and only 17.8 inches o snow,according to the National OceanicAtmospheric Administration.Du t th ak swa, thDepartment o Facilities Manage-

ment only spent $112,000 o its

attd sw rma budgt $196,000, according to CarlosFernandez, assistant vice presi-dt ats, prats adgrg.

his winter was the second-warmest in Providence sincerecord-keeping began over 100years ago, according to NOAA.

his stands in stark contrast tolast years mid-30s average wintertemperature and approximately

46 inches o snowall. It was alsothe ourth-warmest meteorologi-cal winter on record or the Unit-d Stats, ardg t NOAA.

h aus ths abrmaywarm wtr was th jt stram,which is the boundary that sepa-rates colder Canadian air rommilder air, said Charles olley,a mtrgst r NOAA. hsstopped the outbreak o cold Ca-nadian air rom entering southern

New England and has resulted inabove-average temperatures or

th ast 0 mths. y adthis unusual but not unique,adding that we have had mild,

airly snow-ree winters in thepast.

Fernandez said the savings will

not have that much o an impact.Snow removal is only 0.3 percent

o our overall budget, which is antrmy sma part, h sad.

Fradz addd that Fa-ties already spent a signiicantamount o resources in the all onHurra Ir, whh had tbeen accounted or in the budget.

A tta $0,000 was spt the trimming o trees, cleaningo drains and post-hurricaneaup atts.

Despite minimal snowall,Providence still experiencedreezing temperatures this win-

tr, ad Fats had t aatresources or de-icing and saltingpavements. But a snow-less win-ter has its advantages. With moretime available, Facilities is able toreallocate resources to other proj-ects that are normally overlooked,

Fernandez said. he landscap-g rw has th pprtuty t

care or trees that it did not havetm r th past, ad sraaras ampus ar udrggmaintenance. Work on springmaintenance has also begun toget a jump-start on preparationsr Cmmmt by patgw wrs ad mg as,Fradz sad.

In past years, Facilities hasspent signiicantly more onsw rma. It spt $246,000in 2011, $289,000 in 2010 and$20,000 200 du t gratramounts o snow. Its not somuch about how many inches sw as t s abut hw may

snowalls there are, Fernandezsad. Baus a gratr umbro snowalls means more timeand money, one cant correlatehs t sts.

A bigger issue that Facilitiesaces is utility costs. his winter,we used 10 percent less energy onheating and saved about $20,000but because o a warmer summer,

our cost o cooling went up by10 percent, Fernandez said. Anymoney saved is redirected towardenergy conservation projects,which include the construction

sar s th w tsscenter pool and the installation o

energy eicient lighting on everybudg ampus.

Students are certainly notcomplaining about the warmwinter. hey have been spillingout onto the Main Green, so aking

in the sunlight in shorts, slippersad aatrs.

Im a big an o this warmwinter, said elle Lundevall. I was hr r wtr adit made it easier to go outside.Ive been taking advantage o it by

hanging outside with my riends

a t. It hast b as msrabwakg t ass.

Ive noticed a lot more smil-g ad a t drt ppinteracting on the green, saidRoss Walthall 13. Ive been talk-ing to people I never really talkedto and playing soccer, which Ir ray payd br.

But the unusually high tem-praturs ha dsrtd thmore environmentally-consciousstudents. Its so nice, but itmakes me worried about climatehag, sad Aa P 5. Itmaks m thk th wrd s g-ing to end soon because Provi-

d s supps d t b d.Alyssa Browning 15, who

hails rom Pawtucket, called thiswinter a drastic contrast com-pared to last years, when herhometowns schools saw roosaps udr th wght thsnow. She added, While Im en-

joying the early spring, I still missth sw.

Facilities, students refect on second-warmest winter

Dan Fethke / Herad

Snow was a rare sght and dd not reman on the ground or ong ths wnter.

Herad fe photo

Students take advantage o the uncharacterstca warm March weather.

a ma t T Hrad.In 2007, students retrieved

955,291 articles rom e-journals.Four years later, in 2011, that num-

ber was 2,039,634. Te numbersmay be even higher than thesestatistics show, as not all e-jour-a prdrs prd usr data,Qust wrt. T brary ds tha usab statsts rm br2007.

Quist was quick to highlightthat ths sh t tr sur-es does not refect a decrease inlibrary use he noted that lastspring, 99.3 percent o studentsswiped in to Rockeeller Library

r th Ss Lbrary.Yes, theres the digital piece,

but the libraries are also aboutphysical space, services and re-

sources, Quist said. Its probably

true that students arent wanderingaround the stacks as much as theyusd t.

Te number o items being bor-

rowed rom the library exclud-ing books on reserve has also

allen in the last ve years. In 2007,th brary rprtd a ta r-culation o 198,849, while in 2011,that ruat was just 65,72.Meanwhile, Quist estimated that

the libraries have accumulateds t m -bks.

As the University moves intothe digital age, library researchand services have undergone a dra-

mat trasrmat rdr tkp up wth studts ds adpreerences. At least 438,636 addi-tional e-books have been acquiredad mad assb t th m-muty s 2007, Qust wrt.

Te movement into the digi-

ta ag has t trrd wth -brarians commitment to teachingresearch skills to students, saidSarah Bordac, head o instruc-tional design research and out-rah srs at th Rk. Mayaculty members continue to invite

librarians into their classroomsto teach students about researchtechniques, and librarians haveincorporated digital research skillsinto these instruction sessions,Brda sad.

Since 2007, the number o suchinstruction sessions has been on

the rise. In 2007, librarians pre-sented in 253 classes, reaching a

total o 4,204 students. In 2010,

librarians taught 398 classes and

rahd a tta 6,6 studts.Tese numbers dropped slightly in2011 due to a wave o retirementson the library sta, but statistics

showed that each librarian taughtmore classes in 2011, Bordac said.Sh addd that th brars habeen hiring new sta members and

designating specic digital-basedpsts.

Te biggest shi can be seen inthe number o virtual reerencetransactions or example, email-ing a librarian as a proportion o

rr qusts, Qust wrt.Te statistic leapt rom 11 percentin 2007 to 45 percent by 2010, withthe most signicant increase oc-

curring between 2009 and 2010,

wh th ask a braraatur was trdud.

Te library instated this servicein January 2010, and librarianshave conducted an average o 216chats per month during the aca-

dm yar s that tm.Bordac and Quist said they are

optimistic that the library will in-ras ts Itrt ad dgta s-phistication in the near uture andthy hp studts w mak us addd aturs.

Part o it is knowing what tools

to use, and part o it is using it with

sphstat, Brda sad.And dont orget imagination,

Qust sad.

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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.

C O M M E N A R Y P O L I C Y

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

T Brw Day Hrad, I. Cums, ttrs ad ms rft 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.

A D V E R I S I N G P O L I C Y

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University offers support too freelyTo the Editor:

Marsa Qu, prsdt r pub aarsad Ursty rats, trubs m hr qutin Mondays Herald about Gilbane DevelopmentCorporations proposal or luxury apartments on

hayer Street (New student apartments proposedr hayr, Marh ). Sh mps that Brw skay wth ths kd dpmt. h Gbaamy s a gd amy that has supprtd Brwgg way bak. I aud thr tud stmt

th mmuty. But my p, th urrtplan sucks. It simply reinorces the chasm betweenthe haves and the have nots that harken back toearly days o the Gilbanes presence on the campus.Unwittingly, the plan reinorces t he argument pre-sented in the Occupy movement against the disparity

o income distribution in this countr y. Ms. Quinn,pas dg a tt dpr br yu rspd t thGba pa.

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Last month, we wrote an editorial stating we did not support theUniversity paying additional property taxes, or drastically increasing

ts utary paymts, t Prd. I that dtra, w argud thatdg s ud stra aa ad, mprms Brws abty t hrand retain top-notch aculty and marginalize Browns contributionto Providences knowledge economy. Given the recent discussions on

campus and within these pages, we eel it is necessary to once moretr ths dbat.

We appreciate the enthusiasm that Brown or Providence has broughtto the discussions. Tat said, while we believe that the University shouldmoderately increase its payments, we substantively disagree with thegroups proposal or the University, and take issue with a ew specic

prsstt assrts.W ar partuary rd wth th argumt, urthrd by m

Syme GS in an op-ed column earlier this month, that Browns und-

raising eorts appear to be ocused on high-status building projectsas ppsd t prrtzg th rgrat Prd. Ts kd msrmat dras uad dbat. May szab dats ar

earmarked or specic projects, like the Perry and Marty Grano Centerr th Crat Arts, ad at b drtd r ay thr us.

o say that the University has chosen luxurious expansion oversupporting a struggling city ignores this reality. Between the moneyearmarked by donors or specic unctions, restrictions on spendinguds rm th dwmt ad strg ddat t aa ad adaculty salaries, the University has ar less nancial fexibility than someassert. Furthermore, it is particularly problematic that Te Herald wouldaw a ps um t prptuat ad gtmz ths aay.

In the Janus Forum debate on this issue, Brown or Providence mem-br B Wrd 4.5 statd that th Urstys $2 m ras payments to the city was pixie dust, and that Brown plays Goliath

ts ratshp t Prd, abd by Wrd Dad wth twbrk aks. Sym, Wrd ad thrs rm Brw r Prdha apprpraty rsmpd th ssu, pttg th struggg tyagainst an uneeling, callous University. But to cast Brown as Goliath

wh ur mmuty s d wth studts ad ams struggg

t ud Brw duats ad sta ryg th Ursty r thrhds s mpty dsguus.

Brw ds t tu t thr ad attrat tp-th auty adstudents, in order to drive the knowledge economy so crucial to thiscitys economic success. I the University takes a considerable nan-a ht, Prd w sur r t th g ru. It s shrt-sghtdm thkg t gr th at that Brw s th sd-argstmpyr Prd ad s a ky gur th g-trm suss this city and state. While extracting money rom Brown might seemtrmy attrat trms tmprary r, t s a usustaabad dagrus g-trm pa.

We agree with Syme and Brown or Providence that Universityadministrators should take pay cuts and return much o that moneyt Prd. Yt w at supprt a pa that wud put mrdemands on middle- and working-class amilies at Brown and limitth Urstys abty t hp th ty Prd mr systm,

sustaab ways. W hp that as th ampus dagu abut ths s-sus tus, t ads th rsmpats ad aas that hapagud t t dat.

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I yu b t Jsahs a Frday ght,yu kw th s rampat -ampus at-rs. Yu s r b that studtsppg Odwaa bars t a pkt r st-g past th rgstr wth a up sda am-g, Its just watr.

Stag d s s grad ampusutur that Brw Dg Srs has g- up ghtg t. I th past, ut maagrswud ruty wrt up studts ad sdthm t mt wth A Hma, drtr

admstrat r Dg Srs. Tsstudts hsty ddt raz what thywr dg was stag, ad sh sad, Ntms ut t, thy wr mrtd thyd say Id r d ths rmay. I dtkw why ts kay, but ry ds t.

Etuay, th ut maagrs wr srwhmd that thy smpy stppd wrt-g pp up. Its t thr jb, sad Grth- Ws, drtr Dg Srs. Tyat spd thr wh sh bg th dps. Its dshartg.

May studts rataz takg dwthut payg baus thy arady padr a ma pa. But ths s-rghtus ss ttmt ds t hag th at thatbrakg th rus r prsa ga s a s-

rus aps mra judgmt. Brw stu-dts dspay a rmarkab dgr tha-y mdd ds-makg wh t ms

t d: Buyg rga ad a, r gggtara. S why s t that wh t ms

t stag rm Dg Srs, mratydst appy?

Durg th 60s, psyhgst LawrKhbrg wd a grup bys subur-ba Chag rm mtary sh thrughg ad trakd thr mra dpmt.Khbrg prpsd that dduas dpthr apaty r mra rasg by ar-g t d-tr thr wrdw t tak taut th prspts thrs.

Wh rtd by a mra ft b-tw byg th rus ad srg humawar, mr dpd dduas sdrth trsts ry d ad appyth Gd Ru: rat thrs hw yu wudwat t b tratd. Wh ths sdrats tdd t th gd sty as a wh,thr ms a ss bgat t by thaw t mata th mra rdr.

Ardg t Khbrg, th majrty aduts stp hr at th ttr th aw. Tmrty ad Brw studts grasttut a mrty m byd th

ts sty t dp dp-dt mra prps t dstgush rghtrm wrg. But t trast rm a aw-

abdg mtaty t truy autmus m-raty, dduas must tr a srt mra

mb. Cta rus ar rjtd, butths gu mra prps dt kk rght away.

I Khbrgs study, sm th mstmray dpd bys ahd hgh stags mra rasg y t rgrss th aryyars g t g-tr ad hds-t ratsm. Wh thy wr try awarthat pp gra au rus ad r-prty, thy ptd t t appy ths mra

strats t thr w ds-makg.Whthr ur ss gut am rm

parts r tahrs, mst us wd thrus hgh sh t mak t t th IyLagu. Fr may, g s a rud awak-g that dg th rght thg s t awaysrwardd. Pp , hat, sta ad g-ra d t gt pushd r bad bhar.

Lk th bys Khbrgs study, maystudts ar ratg agast th ss gut std by a tm gd part-g ad bgg t tst ut thr apatyt b gut-r. Ar dg th rght thg

r yars, y t raz that stag dw t gt yu pushd, thy ar rbgagast ta mraty. Ty sta b-

aus th wrds aymus s-r thy just dt g a **k.

Luky, r th bys Khbrgs study,mra rgrss was k a tagr trygut th puk k: I th d, t was just aphas. By ag 25, thr pst-tamraty was rd strgr, mr pr-pd grud ad, as Rs says, thy bgadg th rght thg r th rght ras.

W ar suatd rm th ra wrd hr Cg H. As a auary dpartmt th Ursty, Dg Srs rus abrak- budgt. Tr mss s t pr-d studts wth gd d a r-mt that strs ttua ad prsagrwth. Muh k th way Dpartmt Pub Saty rs w t arrst studtsr udrag drkg th drms, Dg

Srs s t ut t gt yu r stag a t-t d.

But th tmprary brat rm t-tr--th-aw rmt has put us ta mra mb. Wthut ta gud-a t d rght rm wrg, may stu-dts a bak th hdst, g-trtdy t prrtz thr w trsts addsrgard th rst.

It sms k ry has aptd sta-g d as a at g . Mayb t s.But as mmbrs th Brw mmutyw st ha a rspsbty t rspt ahthr ad th Ursty. Yur ats may gupushd, but that dst ma yur d-ss dt ut.

lauren Schemer 12 has cashered a overcampus, and she wants ou to know thatou are not as subte as ou thnk ou are.

Thoughts on stealing from a (former) BuDS Cashier

I a Mday p um (Why I hatsmartphs, Marh ), Luas Hustd pad hs hatrd r smartphs.H pts ut that, asd rm bg -ps ad dstratg, th smartph sa jak--a-trads ad a mastr .I prsay y mmuat g ds-tas a th psta sr, but I ay mag that th mdr smartphmust b rr ttg ad ag ab-ty tha ts dumbr prdssrs. Furthr-mr, Hustd pts ut that pp b-m dpdt thr smartphs rprtty muh rythg drts, rs-taurat rmmdats ad mdsstm-wastg wth Agry Brds.

H s ttay rght, but I wud arguthat h dst g ar ugh. Its tmsm std up agast th Itrt. Itdays wrd w a just sm t mdss-y apt that th Itrt s a gd thg.As sm wh hss r t us thItrt, I a stat pushmt rmprs ad prssrs ak. Im statyprssurd t g t MyCurss r usFabk. It s mmpa mst jb appats wadays t assum ap-pats ha ma addrsss. Srusy?What s wrg wth us?

Tk abut a th ways th Itrtad smartphs ar smar. Pp wastts tm thm. Ty bth hp

pp mak dss ad ass r-

mat. I hat thm bth. T st gs .Hustd wrt hs um abut hwpp wth smartphs gt spayayd r th summr wh a massma ha ruptd rm a Brw t-at st ut t a studts ad auty

rg a hag wth Gg apps.Rathr tha j Hustd bamg smart-phs r pp bg ayd, I bamth Itrt. Wh ur parts wr urag, tats wud b drd papr r by tph. Bak th, t rpya wud st a prtty py dw at th

pst as w as rqur yu t spda day at th typwrtr makg hudrds ps yur mssag.

T Itrt aws pp t statyt a arss th wrd k r b-r but at what st? What abut thms hurs pp wast wathgds Dad ar th dtst ad k-g at pturs ats? Nw wh sm- wats drts, thy dt pu ut amap. Ty g t Gg, whh ts thmwhh way t g. Taks r makg hu-maty stupd, A Gr. I shud pt utthat I prsay thk that maps makpp stupd as w. Ty ar a pr sub-

sttut r judgg drts usg grwth

pattrs mss trs, but I dgrss.T pt s that th Itrt, k smart-phs, maks t asr r us t d thgsk d drts. S ts asr t dstu th w way, w rgt hw t d stuth d way, ad thrr w d up wrs

tha br.I wat t mak t ar that I, k Hus-

td, am t agast prgrss. But sm-tms thgs ar just gd ugh th waythy ar, ad yu shudt try t makthm ay bttr th pw s a gd -amp. As Hustd ptd ut, th d-

pmt th pw dd w br tstartd tg us what rstaurat t at at.I y mr thgs ud b k th pw kwg wh t stp br gg tar. I wsh Charmadr r d tCharm. Im st upst abut th massrg srbs ar th t thprtg prss. What was s wrg wthth Frd Md that w ry swhzzg arud as ad sdas?

Rty, Itrt mmuat ad-d uprsgs a arss th Arab wrd.Prtstrs gad trata supprt asds grmt pprss wr up-add t Yuub ad shard wth -

ry th Itrt badwag. May

ths ds wr rrdd usgsmartphs d rrdg apabts!Urtuaty, Eypda Brtaastppd prtg dts thr y-pdas br Arab Sprgs us sIm t mpty sur hw thgs dd

up, but I assum t wast gd.I ud wth sm srty.A pattr hstry sms t b p-

p bmg mr ad mr tda th tm. Humas ha dpd sp-k aguag, wrtt wrd, psta sr-s, prtg prsss, tphs, rads,tss, phs, th Itrt adsmartphs. Eah at aws us tt wth pp ad ass rma-t qukr ad asr tha br. May ths ats as prst th p-prtuty r dstrat, dpd adtm-wastg. Ts ar a ry gtmatrs, but th sut s t t bamthgy.

Pp shud thmss dtrmth mts thy pa thr -gagmt wth thr phs (as w asth Itrt, V, d gams ad s ).Hustd has ddd h dst wat t swhat L Way s twtg wh (hs) th tt. Tats hs h, ad ts a . ry wh apts th -s ad dstrats th gamg-amra-Itrt-mus-ag thg wa a smartph, thats a h, t.

Ben Stephenson 13 can be reached atben_stephenson@brown.edu. i ou

ema hm, hs phone w probab buzz

n hs pocket, and he read t rea ast.

Why I hate the Internet

Now when someone wants drectons, the dont pu

out a map. The go to the Googe to te them whch wa

to go. Thanks or makng humant stupd, A Gore.

Ater dong the rght thng or ears, on to reaze

that steang wont get ou punshed, man students

are rebeng aganst conventona morat. The stea

because n the words o one anonmous senor the just dont gve a **k.

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As midday approached yester-day, the white marble slabs inth ur Frdma Study Ctrcourtyards were looded withght a puar symmtry. Ieach atrium, areas covered with

white marble slabs were com-pletely illuminated with sunlight,while mulched areas remained inthe shadows. he illuminationmarked the vernal equinox whenthe length o night and day arenearly equal. he equinox occursevery March 20 or 21 and signalsth a start sprg.

Not many people know that

these marble patterns actuallyha a dpr mag, sad St-ven Lavallee, head o the Fried-

man Study Center. When thecenter was renovated in 2006,the architects at the Architecture

Rsarh O markd aras -umatd by sught at mddayon the vernal equinox with white

marble stones. he marble ormsdierent shapes in each atriumt rt th aryg pattrs su ad shad.

hey really were more schol-ary tha th arag arhtts,Lavallee said. here was someintention to relect that Browns a r y drt pa.

he marble areas in all ouratria were ully illuminated ues-day rom 12:45 to 12:55 p.m. hemmt passd quky ad wasunnoticed by most students inth tr. Lsa Khaa 2 sadsh dd t kw abut th sg-

niicance o the courtyard designsbut thought it was ki nd o cool.

It (is) a little, kind o un actthat was on its way to being totally

rgtt by ry, Laasad.

Vernal Equinox illuminates Sci Li courtyards

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Marbe stones n the Fredman Stud Center courtards are desgned to catch sunght, markng the onset o sprng.

B PhoEBE dRAPER

Senior StaffWriter

Charles Cobb Jr., visiting proes-sor o Aricana studies, teaches the rghts mmt th 60s

rom an inormed perspective hewas there. As eld secretary or theStudent Nonviolent Coordinating

Committee, Cobb participated inth mmt rst-had.

Hstry urss td t prtraythe civil rights movement o the60s as a st dsjtd tsled by a ew iconic gures, Cobbsaid. He seeks to dispel this mis-conception o the movement in hisspring seminar AFRI 1260: TeOrganizing radition o the South-r C Rghts Mmt.

Te real way to understand thesuthr mmt s as a m-

ment o grassroots communityorganizing in the rural black belt whh s qut, amst sbwrk, Cbb sad. Tats whr athe orces that led to substantialhags ray tk rt.

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Cobbs perspective is shapedby his experience as eld secre-tary r SNCC rm 62-67. Tcommittee ocused its attention onmobilizing communities to demand

hag, h sad. radg thrughth tt ds th MssssppDelta region, Cobb said he spenths tm as d srtary takgt pp, day ar day ar day.

Working in plantation country,Cbb uragd rsdts t rg-ister to vote at county courthouses.His rst assignment was in Sun-fower County, Miss., where only00 20,000 baks tg agwr rgstrd t t.

Cbbs wrk was spay d-ut baus th prty thregion, where residents had an aver-ag m $ pr day. Vad m rprsa kpt baksrom voting in a society dominatedby a eudal sharecropping system,Cbb sad.

As a rgazr, part t was

brakg thrugh th mta hab-ts pprss, Cbb sad, adpart t was g pp ttry to register to vote despite the

potential backlash they might ace.Cobb and other SNCC organiz-

ers encouraged people to make de-mads r th kd sty thywatd.

We werent in the business otelling people what to do, Cobbsaid. We were in the business otryg t d ths parayss that wound in these communities wherenobody elt completely comortablein making a demand on a largersa.

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Cobb uses his eld experienceas a starting point to explore thegrassrts rts th rghts

movement. Tree points will ramehs ass dsuss, Cbb sad.

First, Cobb urges his studentsto recognize that southern blackpopulations began to speak orthemselves. Sharecroppers, dayworkers, maids, cooks all begant ga a th Suth th60s, h sad.

Second, Cobb highlights the in-ternal challenges within the South-r bak mmuty.

Although its true that the move-

ment challenged racial segregationand white supremacy, perhaps even

more important were the challeng-es black people made to one another

within the black community, Cobbsaid. As an example, he cited MartinLuthr Kg Jr., wh mrgd as aleader in response to a challengerom the National Associationor the Advancement o ColoredPp adr Edgar N. Naccused ministers at a meeting in

Kings church o being cowards,Cbb sad.

Tird, Cobb explores the conver-

g atsts a ags durgthe movement. As a 19-year-oldworking or SNCC, Cobb oundhimsel coordinating with mucholder activists many o whom

wr a NAACP adrs wh

shard thr prs ad gahm ass t auab twrks grassrts mbzat.

Lesser known-igures whonever made it into the historicalcanon are brought to the oreront

Cbbs urs. Ty d t bbrought orward, and I can do that,baus I was thr, h sad.

Cobb also makes distinctionswithin the movement, exploringorganization in dierent states andcontrasting urban and rural move-mts.

hats a lot to try to do inBrowns 13-week semester, he said,smg.

Epr te trat

When you learn about the civilrights movement in high school,yu ar th bg m apprah,

said Bradley Silverman 13, an opin-ions writer or Te Herald, whotk Cbbs urs sprg 20.But you dont learn much about the

ordinary people who were involvedin it how they sacriced and whyt wrkd.

Many students come into Cobbscourse with specic interest but lim-

td kwdg, Cbb sad.Mha Stwart rd

the course last year aer a riendtold him Cobb had the best sto-rs r.

It was ary amazg t b aclass with a proessor who was so

d wth what h was takgabut, Stwart sad.

Silverman also noted that Cobbsprsa prs addd t hstahg th assrm.

He didnt speak to us as an aca-dm, Srma sad. H spkt us as a ma wth ray asat-ing experiences, sharing his per-spective on a very unique period inAmerican history, or which he notonly had a ront row seat, but was ary at partpat.

Cobb emphasizes the intricateplanning behind every action inth mmt, h sad.

here was a constant ex-

change o ideas and thought, he

said. People whether they had asth grad duat r a mastrsdgr wr thkg.

Ts ttua atty s ut th sharshp, ad tsare portrayed as i they happened

sptausy, Cbb addd.Cbb urgs studts t pr

the thought process behind voterregistration, sit-ins and desegre-gation. He said he wants them toliterally think about the thinking.

Stewart said the class denitelychanged his views about the move-ment. He enjoyed learning about

th haratr faws th prm-t gurs ad sad h gad aunderstanding o the tension be-tw th yugr ad dr g-rats atsts.

Te class really made me thinkabout (the movement) in a more

complex way, a more nuancedway, said Jesse McGleughlin 14.I gad a udrstadg thpower o coalition building, thepwr grassrts rgazg.

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Te class reading list consists obooks o ideas, Cobb said. Te listincludes On the Road to Freedomwritten by Cobb himsel. Tis bookis one installment in Cobbs lie-long career o reporting and writing.

H has wrkd as a rg aarsrprtr wth Nata Pub Ra-dio, as a sta writer at NationalGeographic or 12 years and asa writer and reporter on multiplelms with Public Broadcasting Ser- s Frt.

I went everywhere rom Utah

to the eastern rontier o Russia,Cbb sad wth a augh.

Cobb also helped ound allarica.

com, which has become the largestonline news provider o inorma-

t abut Ara aars.His career has shied rom daily

rprtg t atur rprtg adbook writing. While his ormer o-cus was oreign correspondence, the

bulk o his current work revolvesaround the Southern civil rights

mmt.

Most o the year, Cobb spends

his time writing in Jacksonville,Fla., but he makes an annual tripto Providence to teach his courseas a stg prssr.

For Cobb, teaching the course

mpmts hs wrtg.eaching is helping me nd a

language that eectively tells thisstry, h sad.

mer appats

T rgazg tradt thSouthern civil rights movementholds many lessons or modernactivist movements, Cobb said.Tough racism and discriminationare not the oreront o todays ma-jr sa mmts, th sss th bak strugg, what rd-ary pp a d t t sahag, ar appab, h sad.

T Oupy Wa Strt m-ment raises important issues aboutwealth disparities in America,Cobb said. So ar, the movementhas sstd argy dwtwencampments without becoming ammuty-wd rt, h addd.

Its one thing or a group to talk

among its members, Cobb said. Itsanother thing when you have togure out how to take your politicalideas into a community, a commu-nity that may be hostile or araid oths das.

Silverman expressed the needr sa mmts t gag mtuus rgazg at-ts suh as mass ttr wrtg -tiatives, door-to-door campaignsad dg addats prmaryelections. Its not just about slo-ganeering and holding rallies and

gttg attt, h sad.Cobb said grassroots organizing

eorts are the crucial component inratg astg sa trasrma-tion, though protesting may stillpay a mprtat r.

I you look at the organizingtradition you see what ordinarypeople can do, Cobb said. Youdont have to be Martin Luther King(Jr.) to be an important actor or

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Civil Rights activist returns to teach course on 60s