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Brown and Cornell share the worstU.S. News and World Report rank-ing in the Ivy League this year,according to the 2012 rankingsrasd Mday.

Te report which calculatesrankings based on metrics suchas academic reputation, retentionrates, class size, nancial resources

ad stty rakd th twshs th th at.

Harvard and Princeton tied orrst pa, wth Ya at thrd.

Abut prt th rak-ing is determined by collegepresidents participation in a peerassessment survey, according to

the companys website. Tough

overall participation by collegepresidents dropped to 43 percentthis year, President Ruth Simmons

partpatd.But she remains skeptical o

th rakg systm, sh wrt a ma t T Hrad, bausthe ormula puts strong emphasison an institutions nancial assets.Nevertheless, Browns rankingat umbr s ry strg ada ab p st, sh wrt.

Brown has held roughly the

No news in U.s US News ranking

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Planning or next years housing

overhaul is well underway. Ad-

mstratrs ar mg rwardwith the creation o clustered rst-year residential communities on

Pmbrk ampus ad KyQuadrag.

Existing singles in Miller and

Mta has w b rtd tdoubles to accommodate morerst-yars Pmbrk. MdHa ad th Graduat Ctr aras satd r rat durgthe 2013-14 and 2014-15 academicyars, rspty.

Rats th Sharp R-ectory are also part o the masterplan, said Dick Spies, executivevice president or planning andsr adsr t th prsdt.

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Renovation o Miller and Met-cal will begin next summer and

should be complete by August203, sad Stph Mars, president or Facilities Manage-

ment. Te work will be compre-

hensive, encompassing not onlymechanical systems but alsoooring, urniture, kitchens and

bathrms.Every aspect o those two

budgs ds t b ratd,sad Rhard Ba, sr ass-ate dean o residential and diningservices. He compared the reno-

vations in Miller and Metcal toths th Nw Pmbrk rs-dence halls, which were recently

rhaud as w.he inal coniguration o

rooms is still under consideration,and some single rooms will re-ma.

About 100 new beds will beadded to the residential systemnext all, partially compensating

or the temporary loss o beds dueto the renovations, Bova said. 315Tayr St., whh s urrty u-dergoing renovation, will house60 students, and 42 will live onthe rst oor o Wayland House

aer the Oce o Residential Liemoves to Grad Center. Te closing

Miller, Metcalf to houserst-year doubles

B BeN KutNer

Senior StaffWriter

Te reinstatement o the ReserveOrs rag Crps ad thpossible elimination o severalathletic teams were the two hot

issues at uesdays meeting o theBrown University Community

Council in a standing-room-onlyKaspr Mutpurps Rm.

Dean o the College Kather- Brgr prstd th areport o the Brown Commit-tee on ROC, which was madepub Spt. 7. I th rprt, thcommittee recommends that thepresident engage in conversationswth th Dpartmt Dsto learn how Brown studentsmight participate in Naval or AirForce ROC programs currentlyuaaab t thm.

Te committee was divided sixto our on this point, Bergeronsad.

Why does it need to be de-cided on so quickly? asked JulianPark 2, a mmbr th Ca-tion Against Special Privileges orROC, during public commenttime. ransgender opportunitiesin ROC need to be brought up incontinued dialogue across cam-

pus, Park sad.Any steps to bring ROC

wud b ds, h sad.Simmons said there were ex-

tensive opportunities to commentbeore the report was publishedand added that people may still

mmt ad dsuss th mattr

wth hr.Discussion o athletic teams

also evoked emotion rom mem-brs th gary.

No decision has been madeyet as to what we will do, Sim-

mons said, adding that this meet-g was th rst pprtuty ra more general discussion sincethe athletics review committees

rprt was pubshd Apr.Te teams currently recom-

mended or elimination are mensand womens encing, womensskiing and mens wrestling. Tereport also recommended a review o coaches salaries, $10million in athletic acilities im-provements and a reduction o30 admissions slots or athletesrom the current 225 set aside,said Vice President or Campus

Lie and Student Services Mar-

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heats upover ROTC,sports cuts

B Joseph rosaLes

Senior StaffWriter

Te University hopes to name adirector o the center or the studyo slavery and justice this all, veyars ar th Strg Cmmt-tee on Slavery and Justice recom-mended doing so. Te decision

should be announced within ourto six weeks, according to Dean othe Faculty Kevin McLaughin P12.

Te creation o the center, oneo the initiatives recommended bythe committee in 2006, was ap-proved by the Corporation in 2007but has stalled in the absence o adirector. Te search process had

to begin anew when the candidateoriginally chosen rescinded theUrstys fr.

Its b mmsy rustrat-ing that it has taken so long,Prsdt Ruth Smms sad.Tough it has taken nearly ouryears, the University is gettingcloser to completing the recom-

After delay,

S&J centerdirector tobe named

Emil Gilbert / Herald

While Brown fell from the top spot to third place in the Princeton Reviews happiest students ranking earlier this year,the Universit retained its 15th-place psitin in the U.S. News and Wrld Reprt rankings.

Greg Jrdan-Detamre / Herald

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The Brwn Universit Cmmunit Cuncils latest meeting heard appeals rm athletes hping t save their teams.

Athletes argue against cutting teams

gart Kawu.Tere was no scientic meth-

od or choosing teams to be elimi-atd, sad Dk Sps, ut vice president or planning andsenior adviser to the president.Te committee considered theteams past records and positions

in the Ivy League, among otheratrs, h sad.

During public comment time,Assistant Proessor o BiologyWam Farbrthr sad rm-ing any part o the Universitythat directly impacts students isdrastic. Athletics are an importantaspect o some students college

prs, h addd.

Mmbrs th tams up relimination were in attendanceat th mtg, ad sra gaemotional presentations or theirass.

T prpsa s a btraya Browns idea ls, said Billy Watter-son 14, adding that many athleteswould not have matriculated atBrw t r thr sprts.

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While most independent con-centrations require multiple

phases o ormulation and ap-provals, these our pre-approvedtraks d t.

When asked about the status

hag, Athy Cks, prs-sor o MCM and the departme ntsdirector o undergraduate studies,characterized the move as un-remarkable. hey were alwaystdd t b sma tra-tions or students who had in-ts trsts bth aguagsand culture and media studies,

h sad.he move does not compro-

ms th quaty udrgradu-ate education, Bergeron wrote.We va lue intellectual diversity,

ad w as wat t sur thatstudts ha gd rmatin order to make good choices.Some students have a high de-gree o success when let to workindependently. Others preer to

be in an environment with manyother students, so that they learnrm thrs.

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Campus ews 3he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 14, 2011

mendations, which included anon-campus memorial to the slavetrade and outreach and support or

Prd pub shs.T mmra rsght m-

mittee also hopes to name an art-st wth th t mths,according to Jo-Ann Conklin,director o the David WintonB Gary ad a mmbr thmmra rsght mmtt.

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Fr Smms, th pa thprocess has been trying. Its beena dyssy, sh sad.

T Ursty frd th d-rectorship to a candidate a ewyears ago. Te candidate accepted

th fr but atr rgd du tpersonal circumstances. Now theUniversity is in negotiations witha sd a addat, hpgr bttr rsuts.

Simmons said the potential di-rector, whom she did not name,

envisions a center with a widepurw.

With regard to issues o jus-

tice, this person would like to havenot only a center that is the site ordiscourse on these issues world-

wide, but also the locus or discus-ss th ampus, sh sad.

Academically, the center wouldhouse researchers with a variety o

interests, including leading schol-ars sary ad just whwould hold temporary appoint-ments at the University andpostdoctoral ellows and graduatestudts.

Te candidate also hopes thecenter develops a relationshipwith the Providence community

through programs or the pub-lic, something the original rec-ommendation did not ocus on,Smms sad.

Tough Simmons has not beenhappy with the amount o timespent planning the center, she said

th wat has had ts bts. Shhas seen an increase in exhibitsand discussions on slavery rom

a variety o organizations, romthe Smithsonian Institution to theUtd Nats.

We started all this beore thathappened, and yet, now, I thinkwhat were doing reaps the ben-ets o the worldwide attentionthats been paid, she said. I thinkthe establishment o this centeris today even more timely thanwh th mmtt rst rm-mdd t.

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According to ormer Chancel-lor Artemis Joukowsky 55 P87,

who sits on the Memorial Over-sight Committee, the memorialrecalling the Universitys history

with slavery poses particular chal-gs.

We dont want to make anyone fdd r guty r tm-zd, Jukwsky sad.

Te committees initial artistselection recently ell through,Ck sad, rg t t rstartits search and redene what itsmembers were looking or in ammra.

he report on slavery and

justice was very clear that thisshould not be a memorial thatts gut, Ck sad. Tywanted it to be a learning processad that t shud b a spa r

tmpat ad arg.Conklin said the committee

hopes the piece will be nishedby 2014, in time or the Univer-

stys 20th arsary. Sh assaid the memorial will cost theUrsty udr $00,000.

Initially, the committee hopedto nd a location or the memorialnear University Hall recordsshow that our slaves belongingt Ursty drs hpd wthits construction, Conklin said. Butdu t ak spa, th mmt-tee is now looking at locationsnear the Walk and the current lo-

cation o the Plant EnvironmentalCenter next to Hunter Laboratory.T Pat Ermta Ctris scheduled or demolition in all203.

Wherever the location, thecommittee is ocused on choos-

ing a piece that best representsth Ursty, Jukwsky sad.

What will represent Brownwell 50 years or 100 years romnow? he asked. Were very, veryaru what w put ut.

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wo Brown initiatives in theProvidence public schools that

came out o the report continuet pad, abt swy.

Currently, the Fund or theEducation o the Children oPrd, whh awards gratsto local schools, has an endow-mt $.2 m, ardgto Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar 87MA90 PhD09, assistant to thepresident and a ormer membero the committee overseeing the

ud.Te initial recommendation

called or the und to be endowedwth $0 m, but ts prgrsstward that ga has b sw.

Given the economic contextright now, its kind o hard, she

said. I you look at the documentsrom the slavery and justice re-port, the response and the chargeo the committee, it was alwaysassumed that this was going totak t m.

he und has given around$20,000 t shs th Pr-d ara, Jukwsky sad.

We try to nd and this is

the most important thing wetry to identiy contributions topublic education that directlyimpacts the students, he said.Te grants are intended to give

them the opportunities that theirpredecessors could not have had,h sad.

T Urba Eduat Fwsprogram, the other educationalinitiative to come out o the re-prt, as tus t hp astudents, according to KennethWong, proessor o education andhar th dpartmt.

T prgram aws a haduo graduate students to gain mas-trs dgrs thr tahg rurban education policy or ree inexchange or three years o servicein local schools upon graduation.

Wong said he has seen ewer

applicants rom the teachingside o the program because othe recent nancial turmoil in theProvidence school system and itsattendant consequences or job

surty.But Wong said he still eels the

prgram s ba t bth thstudts ad th shs thy gon to help. We hope these gradu-ats ar gg t b adrs thutur, h sad.

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Tough the implementation othe committees recommendationshas prgrssd tardy, Smmsss a sr g th days.

hroughout the period otime, people have remained com-mttd t th frt, ad ts g

us time to think about space orthe center and all o the mechanicso it, Simmons said. So I think insm ways th prs wh hasth fr says ys, h gt f t aaster start because weve actuallyhad tm t gt thgs rgazdbttr.

A ursty k Brw has aduty as a center o inquiry tobring up topics like these, Jou-kwsky sad.

Te University has to playa special role to make peopleaware o many things that theydt thk abut a that muh,Joukowsky said. I the Universityds t thk abut ths, whw?

Diverse goals for center for inquiry

Emil Gilbert / Herald

Browns 15th-place U.S. News and World Report ranking is very strong, wrotePresident Ruth Simmns in an email t The Herald.

same spot in the annual U.S. Newsand World Report rankings or thepast eight years. Te Universityhas dropped two spots since it wasranked 13th in the nation in 2005.

(Rakgs) mattr r pubperception, which impacts thequaty appats ad sb-ity o the school, said Maureen

Sigler, lecturer in the Department Eduat. D I thk t mat-

ters? Yes. Do I think its subjec-t? Ys.

Rakgs dd t aft SahYokoses 12 decision to attendBrw. Brw s a gd sh.I know to take ratings with a grain sat, sh sad.

I think that Browns under-graduat prgram ad quaty the education we provide is un-surpassed. We are always workingto improve, not or the sake orankings but to make Brown anever more signicant and valuableursty, Prst Mark Shs-

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U.S. News rankingremains stable

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Campus ews4 he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 14, 2011

o the Saunders Inn at Brown alsocreated 46 new student beds inVarta Grgra Quad ths a.

Renovations may be scheduledso that Miller and Metcal areclosed during diferent semesters,Ba addd.

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Te conversion o many singlest dubs Mr ad Mtawill be a rst step toward the Uni-

versitys goal o creating rst-yearmmuts.

Having a core where irst-yars aws us t prdservices in unique and diferentways r thm, Ba sad. Org-nal plans or the renovations were

put hd du t th mrss, Mars sad.

With the creation o more rst-yar rms Pmbrk, drmslike Perkins Hall that currentlyhus rst-yars may b usd rupprassm stad.

Perkins is a unique acility,Bova said. He suggested with aw rm gurat, t udbe used as upperclass housing a da that has as b ds-ussd by th studt RsdtaCu.

Alexander Zamudio 12, wholives in a single on the rst oor oMta, sad h tay ppsd

th pa baus th Mta adMiller singles are prime optionsor upperclassmen. But he said hesees the benets o a potential netgain o beds, which could limittemporary housing assignments.

First-year students who would live Mta ad Mr wud b-t rm ass t th Pmbrkrst-year community, Zamudiosad.

General renovations to theresidence halls would also bewelcome, as Zamudios room is

showing signs o age the wall

paint is peeling badly, and his win-dw stks wh h trs t pt, h sad.

Tough Metcal resident Kyle

Wynter-Stoner 13 thinks consoli-dating rst-years makes sense, hesaid Metcal and Miller providequt g spas r th uppr-assm wh d thm.

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A complete construction sched-u has t yt b wrkd ut,but preliminary plans call or Min-den to be renovated rom summer203 t summr 204, wth GradCenter ollowing rom summer2014 to summer 2015, Maiorisisaid. Grad Centers renovationcould be phased so that not all

twrs ar sd at .Minden needs a complete

overhaul, Bova said. Due to areconguration o rooms during

th rat, th rsd hawud ga bds.

In Grad Center, the renovationswould replace one single bedroomin each suite with a common room,making it much more livable andmuch more desirable by students,Mars sad.

Currently, Grad Center con-strutd ds t -ectively use space or create a sense mmuty, Ba sad.

he renovations o Miller,

Metcal, Minden and Grad Cen-ter are part o a bigger strategic

plan or residence halls, Maiorisisaid. Such a plan could potentiallyinclude the construction o newresidence halls. In the past, sites

that ha b prpsd udthe parking lot next to BarbourHa, th urrt at EastSide Mini-Mart and the parking

t bhd 3 Tayr St.Any project, i approved by the

Corporation, would take severalyears to complete, Maiorisi said.

Teres no question about thed.

Tere has long been interestand discussion among administra-tors and Corporation membersabut th pssbty w rs-dence halls, but everybody knowsweve got to raise some money,Spies said. Fundraising ability de-pds whthr r t drscan be excited about residencehas.

Te University is continuingt study t ad thk abut atr-natives, he said, with an under-

stadg that addg t th hus-

ing stock is necessary to reducerrwdg.

More news about the Univer-

sitys residential plans should be

available aer the Oct. 20-22 Cor-poration meeting, Bova said. He

said the renovations were abso-

lutely not a step toward increasingrmt.

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Also important to residentiallie is the dining experience. Whilethere are not yet ocial plans to

renovate the Ratty, administratorsha thr ys suh a prjt

r th utur.Tr s brad agrmt that

the building needs signicantrenovation within the next severalyears, as its mechanical systemsare near the end o their useullie, Spies said. Such upgrades will

provide the University a great op-portunity to overhaul the entirebudg, h sad.

Bova evoked Verney-Woolley

Dining Halls renovation as an ex-

ample o what could be in storer th Ratty.

Fd s a mprtat part the residential experience , he said.T Ratty s a sttut.

Admins outline preliminary schedule for dorm renovations

Greg Jrdan-Detamre / Herald

Minden Hall (bottom) is tentatively scheduled to undergo renovations

beginning summer 2013.

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5he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 14, 2011

Frternity of Evil | Eshan Mitra, Brendan Hainline, and Hectr Ramirez

C o M I C S

Cruz described Rettig as justa r dw thr.

I dont think anybodys goingto just put one guy on him, hesad. Rttg bam a startr astyear, playing in nine o 10 gamesad makg 2 tta taks.

Peyton and Cruz also said they

expect big things rom StephenF 3 ad Matthw OD2, wh bth had brakut sa-ss ast yar.

Our linebackers will surprisea lot o people, Peyton said.hey havent started beore, so

they have the chance to show alot o people what they can do.hy dt ha as muh pr -

ence, but in preseason th eyveshown they can deinitely handleth task.

A arud, at ah pst,we have a lot o guys who can puta t prssur th quartr-bak, h sad. h quartrbakw b gttg rd th ba ra quick. (It) makes (the second-arys) jb a bt asr.

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Returning teammates sa newer deensive l inebackers have shwn the can denitel handle the task.

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bike was not registered with DPS.

2:40 p.m. Student stated he lehis bike in ront o 222 RichmondSt. Sept. 3. When he returned Sept.5, he ound his bike seat was miss-ing. He was inormed by the guardat 222 Richmond Street that the

the occurred Sept. 4 by males onbks. T th was t rprtd

to police as the victim was notkw at th tm ad was ap-

tured by cameras in the area. Teas s udr stgat.

:0 p.m. Ors bsrd plain view one student carrying a30-pak br ad athr ar-rying a bottle o wine. Te ocersasked to see the students ID cards.At that time the students disclosedt th rs that thy wr to legal drinking age. Te alcoholwas szd ad th as has b

turd r t th O Stu-dt L.

Tody in University history

On Set. 14, 2001:

A candlelight vigil murned the victims the Sept. 11, 2001,

attacks while a panel acult discussed the United States ptins

mving rward. At the panel, Watsn Institute Research PressrNina Tannenwald, nw a lecturer in plitical science, cautined

against a curse actin that invlved attening Aghanistan.

On Set. 14, 1981:

It was the da bere the rst da schl. The Sept. 15, 1981,

Herald reprted that r the rst time since the prgram began in

1975, white students were allwed t participate in Third Wrld

Transitin Week, nw called the Third Wrld Transitin Prgram. Nne

did. First-ear Alexis Egan 85, wh mved in the da bere, painted

a Sunkist-clred mural n her wall and spread ut a rug the clr

and texture Astrtur. Headphnes r a Sn Walkman were

advertised r $29. Campus pliceman Al Phillips tld The Herald that

everthings running smthl s ah, as car hrns hnked uriusl

arund him utside the West Quad nw knwn as Keene

Quadrangle.

On Set. 14, 1971:

West Quad pened Brnsn and Jamesn Huses t c-ed living

r the rst time. Female students remarked n the hastil painted

Wo- additins t bathrm drs but were therwise pleased with

the new living arrangements. Dean Academic Cunseling Barrett

Hazeltine, nw pressr emeritus engineering, advised rst-ears

t strngl cnsider exercising the Satisactr/N Credit ptin

while explring the New Curriculum, which was at that pint nl ne

ear ld.

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ditorial & Letter6 he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 14, 2011

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Johnson 14 too quick to criticize marriage counter-rally

To the Editor:

While Garret Johnson 14 makes a valid pointabout Browns lack o political diversity in his opinionsp (A dfrt kd drsty, Spt. 3), wh

he describes the events o March 23 he makes therrr atg th Brw studt rsps wtha tra srat pta ws. Tat s that th Amra Sty r th Ds radt, Famy ad Prprty dd t just m tBrown to declare their views on gay marriage legisla-tion they also distributed pamphlets including moraldescriptions o homosexuals as sick individuals whowere going straight to hell. Johnson condemns Brownstudents or their erce reactions to this group,

calling them liberal hypocrites. It is true that some

students exhibited terrorizing behavior that washighly inappropriate. Yet the entire counter protest hespeaks o was not a matter o liberal versus conserva-t pta ws. Rathr, t was a udrstadab

reaction to persecution, rom a campus that has madea point to be hospitable and welcoming toward LGBQstudents. o condemn these students or protesting

against a group that sought to perpetuate injusticeand inequality is not hypocritical, nor should it beattributed to political divisions. Te equal treatment oall students, regardless o their sexualities, should be asocietal goal rather than a liberal or conservative one.

Yvonne Yu 13

E D I T o R I A L C o M I C by sam rosenfeld

The Ratt is an institutin. Richard Bva, senir assciate dean residential and dining servicess renovationS n g 1.

E D I T o R I A L

College students are aggressively pursued by corporate America.From clothing retailers and technology irms to beer companies andbanks, corporations are intensiying their eorts to make lielongcustomers o us. his week, the New York imes reported that on-campus marketing has prolierated at American colleges, involvingsponsored shopping trips, student brand ambassadors and reed ad gar. Far b t rm us t stad btw studts adr stu r Brw ad asy my but w must urconcern over the gradual commercialization o higher education.

O th mst prmt w ways marktrs ar rahgpotential customers is through student brand ambassadors,who use personal connections and popularity, product giveawaysad a kwdg t s thr mpyrs prduts ad brad.Othr strs tam up wth admstratrs ad rtat m-

mittees to organize reshman shopping trips 66 universitiesand colleges eatured trips to arget this year. Red Bull uses its

brand managers at 300 schools to push its products and sponsorts ad turs.

hese new tactics make good business sense. Ater all, studentsar ky t rm g purhasg habts wh g adtend to exert inluence on what their amilies and riends purchaseback home. Indeed, marketers are unlikely to be satisied with

thr urrt ampus thd.he commercialization o higher education must be curbed,

prsrg ursts ad gs as a rug r thught amdan impatient culture o mass consumption. Already we have seenth rst stps mmrazat at Brw: Samsug harggstations at the Sharpe Reectory, the Gate and the Olney-MargoliesAthletic Center; drink companies and clothing retailers promotingthr brads dg has ad drmtrs; ad, mst rty,Bd Bath ad Byd sttg up shp bsd App th Brw

Bkstr. (Dspt apparas, th Brw Bkstr s d-pdt th Ursty.)

Ater their installation in 2010, the Samsung chargers werejudgd a ysr by studts. O studt td h Hrad thatth brads tratg th Sharp Rtr y was shamssprmtg r Samsug (Samsug jts ampus wth harggstats, Fb. , 200). W agr.

Shameless or not, commercialization carries certain beneits

or both the University and students. Employed students gainpay, ree ge ar and work experience, or example, and Brown earnsmoney rom corporations. (Samsung pays Brown $4,500 p er yearto host the charging stations.) hat being said, bringing brandingt ampus as arrs srus rsks. h ampus shud gag a dsuss r th tt t whh t s wg t aw r-prats t pad br t s t at. It wud b a sham ruture students to attend Krat Presents the Culture o Nutrition

taught by th J. Crw har athrpgy Mtra Ha.

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My rmmat, wh wrks th sg shat th Frdma Ca, ad m up Frdayght ad sad, Wud yu md m-g t (th Ss Lbrary) ad takga up th r mus r us? Itss sad t s thm gg t th dump-str. I k a rampag kr. I wtthr ad tk ur mus hm, ga t th ady at rpt ad thrwth rst thm away. T tta dath t

was 4 bags ad 2 mus. My rm-mat sad atr that sg ashrs hab thrwg away arud 0 bags -ry sg ght th wk. Whats wrs s that, as ashrs, thy ar t a-wd t g thm away by Brw D-g Srs py. I usd t wrk as a a-shr at Frdma, th Rkr Lbraryad Barus Hy ast yar, bth p-g ad sg shs. I td th prswh drd bakd gds ry mr-g that w thrw away t may thmat th d th day. Ar a yar, ashrsar st g th sam amut bakdgds. It sms that th BuDS rs b- that w shud at a t mr thaw d w.

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d thr abty t sum d. It smsmpssb t sh a spy ashw hk-

at th Chsak Fatry, ad I usu-ay shar a burrt bw wth a rd atChpt r uh. I Grmay, I udt d a up as bg as th supr-szd mkshaks I ha s hr -pt a br mug. T dp bukts hk ad wh-szd burgrs sd ast d has k k waps massdstrut t m, but ry day ms

kds ad aduts just wak t ths rs-taurats, dur sm burgrs ad wakut wth thr supr-szd bds. Ery-thg sms prty rma. Ard-g t suams.m, a aragAmra purhass amst 2,000 puds d pr yar. Ery yar, w sum2 puds Frh rs, 3 gas sda abut a ga pr wk 24puds ram ad 24 puds ar-ta swtr. Tat s a dt 2,700

ars pr day. Hw ud that pssby

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markts ha mad us b that wd that muh d t sur, s thatw sum mr. W a utrywhr rprat hath s ard rhuma ad rmta hath. I r-dr t pad d sas, mpas bbygrmt ags, markt t hdrad adrts juk d as hathy. gtpp t buy thr prduts, ast d

mpas spt $4.2 b markt-g 200, ardg t a rprt by YasRudd Ctr r Fd Py ad Obsty.Tr markt shar has b tuus-y grwg s MDads ad thrrstaurats trdud dar mus adspay targtd hdr ad w--m ams. Im t sayg w shudbam ths mpas r rythg.Ar a, thy rprst gd au rpp a budgt ad prd hdr

a raty sa pa t hag ut. What s

ray dagrus t ur hath ad th -rmt s th atg habts w ha d-

pd thrughut th yars udr thru.

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wat t spd tm t. Pp buywthut thkg, at wthut thkgad thrw thgs away wthut thkg.I dt thk that ay ray wats twast d w ar just g t maypprtuts ad smtms rdt d s. Nbdy judgs yu wh yudump th d yu at sh t thgarbag, baus w ha a b thsam stuat. Smtms, wastg s gr just a h. It has bm a must.Hw sad s that?

Jan Ca 13 is a cmparative literatureand German studies cncentratr rmNanjing, China. She can be reached at

[email protected].

Should we eat that much?

Ery ampus urrty bg pads gurs t g pta ad t Prs-dt Barak Obama, ras yur had.

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But thats aty what h has.Mt that th prsdt has t-

ud may th wrst Bush-ra rghtsps ad dars t dughuts what-r that mght ma ad a ws adpragmat Brw studt wth arshtw wsy ad pragmatay pa that mattr hw muh thy mght agr, wsmpy must udrstad that th prsdts dg hs bst, ad that tdays pt-a raty, w smpy at pt d-ga purty rm ur td as.Mt that th prsdts uabashdyssa rhtr hw grmts k a amy, a ws ad pragmat t -tra, t tra.

Ts w ad t sm pt-g ut that Obama s basay a gd

prsdt th bst w ha had 0

yars, mayb. Opta s a quk ru-dw hw razy Mh Bahma sad hw muh wrs f w wud b sh wr prsdt. I thy ar ray t t,thy w shak thr had ad sgh dpy.

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s a msty d pta raty ad urbhar shud rm t that ra-ty. But pta rats ar ud. Tym rm smwhr. T prsdt a-t, say, rtz Isra ay ra way b-aus h kws that a rgazd ad d-trmd grup pp w stad up t

hm. Amra pr-Isra atsts dd twast thr tm wrryg abut tsss, ad that s why pta raty Isra py s what t s.

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ut t thm that at ast h wast Sata.W wud ha gtt whr baus, asth t w yars shwd, that s t hw maks hag Amra sty.

Our y jb s t dd what w b- ad, s d, t wrk r t.

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(mr ft). It s ry muh t urjb t mpar th status qu t MhBahma br w d aythg.

Sdy, w d t d t mak a -a judgmt Barak Obama. W art ddg whthr Obama gts t Ju-d-Chrsta ha r whthr h gtst b ur bst pa at summr amp. Hsa pta. H d sm gd thgs,sm bad thgs, sm trrb thgs adsm thgs that ar just kay. Gd prs-dt, bad prsdt, whatr wh hswrg, hs wrg ad shud thrr b

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N s sayg t g t r RaphNadr. W, sm pp ar sayg that.Smtms yu s thm magazs.

But I am t sayg that, baus thatmsss th pt. Its a t. I yuthk th stratg thg t d that -t t ada yur agda s t t rBarak Obama, . Vtg bhar aprsdta t s t th pt, b-aus ts t th ma thg r th ythg that mattrs.

A w us ha ry tt da whatft ur ats, th d, w ha. Trst us ha da. W ar t yugad t dumb. T y way t ga thskd kwdg s ms. Barrgthat, th y way t pssby apprahsm rugh da ths kd kwdgs thrugh ts study, -hadd-ss ad bttr pr, whh, bg20 yars d ad st raty hrm-sakd, w d t ha a wh t a-ss t.

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Daniel Mraf 14 is an urban studiescncentratr rm Lexingtn, Mass.

He can be reached at

[email protected].

Lesser of two evils not that important

We are nt deciding whether obama gets int

Jude-Christian heaven r whether he gets t be ur

best pal at summer camp.

In German, I culd nt even nd a cup as big as

the super size milkshakes I have seen here except a

beer mug.

By DANIEL MoRAFFopinions Columnist

By JAN CAoopinions Columnist


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B ashLey mCdoNNeLL

SportS editor

Ery Iy Lagu tam w harturg quartrbaks ths sa-s, sad Had Cah Ph Estsat the 2011 Ivy League Football

Media Day eleconerence. Ac-cording to cornerback AJ Cruz13, this could pose a challenger Brws ds.

I think itll be interesting,he said. I know we had one othe best pass deenses last year I thk w wr rst. (Butthe quarterbacks are) going to bebttr ths yar, s hpuy urds a stp up.

Last season, the Bears had atta 23 saks r a ss 34yards against these quarterbacks.In comparison, Brunos opponentsy maagd t g 0 saks.

hough the seasoned quarter-backs will only improve this year,the Bears deense is chock-ull otalent and experience, Cruz said.I 200, Cruz ard Frst amAll-Ivy Honors, tying ormer de-s bakrs Adrw Sr-rano 11 and Chimso Okoji 11and ree saety Stephen Peyton 12or the team lead in interceptions,wth tw. H mad 33 taks

th yar, 20 thm s hts.Cruz also contributed on spe-

a tams 200, rturg 3kks r 2 tta yards.

Ests sad Cruz s just the great corners in the league,

but the coach also recognizedrrbak M Farr 2.

(Farr) played a little bit lastyear and has a shot to do greatthgs ths sas, sad Pyt,adding that Farr is just return-ing rom a preseason injur y. Lastseason, Farr racked up 19 tacklesad addd a trpt.

Since Cruz, Farr and Peytona startd ast sas, Cruz sadthe secondary is one o the de-

enses greatest strengths. He saidhe has particular conidence inPeyton, who, as the Bears last lineo deense, made 79 tackles last

year, the most on the team andsth-bst th Iy Lagu.

(Peyton) has a whole lot oexperience thats going to increasehis game play, Cruz said. He re-ay prgrssd ast sas. Wththat experience, theres nodoubt in my mind hes the bestsaty th agu.

he guy that really is thequarterback o the deense, StevePyt s ray just a kd that

can run, and hes very physical atth pt attak ad just a tr-mendous player or us, Estes said.

Quarterback o the deense

s a tt usuay rsrd r th

middle linebacker. But as theleader in tackles and interceptions th tam wh ard Sdeam All-Ivy Honors, Peyton hasproven worthy o the title. Against

the University o Rhode Island th Grrs Cup gam ast

year, he had a career-high 20tackles and recovered a umble.

Fr hs physaty ad hads-uppay ths gam, h was amdth Iy Lagu Ds Payro the Week. Now, it is Peytonsresponsibility to make the callsand ensure that everyone is onth sam pag.

Despite the eorts o Peyton

and the rest o the deense, theBears lost the Governors Cup rtm 27-24. But ths yar,the Bears should have plenty o

adrenaline pumping through theirveins when they take on the Rams:

he game will be Brunos homeopener and the second-ever nightgam hd at Brw Stadum.

I addt t th sdary,the deensive line promises to be abrick wall, with Clayton McGrath. ad -apta Ky Rttg2 at th rrt. MGrath dth agu ast yar taks ra ss, wth 3., rg Brusopponents backward 41 yards. Healso led the Bears pass rush withsix sacks, enough or third overall th agu.

Secondary leads defense, linebackers bring on the blitz

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12:28 p.m. wo students re-ported their laptop computers hadbeen taken rom their residence

in the early morning hours. Teyreported they had led a reportwith the PPD. Tey stated personsunknown entered an unlockedroom and took two computers.Tey stated they were in the houseovernight and reported there hadb pp stg.

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12:47 a.m. DPS was dispatchedat the request o the PPD or alarge party and excess noise. Uponarrival, people were starting toleave the party which was locatedin the backyard. Tere were ap-

prmaty 200 pp att-

dance. Six kegs and numerous

plastic cups were ound in thebackyard. Brown and ProvidencePolice ocers began dispersingthe crowd. Te PPD also spokewith the t hree students respon-sb ad adsd thm that thywr at Prdsloud noise ordinance, and theywr ssud a summs.

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11:32 a.m. Student reportedher laptop was stolen rom herukd rm wh sh was the bathroom. Te time rame wasss tha muts.

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8:25 a.m. Custodian statedthat when she le work Sept. 6at about 3 p.m., there were twosmall kitchen tables and eight limegreen kitchen chairs in Room 101,th kth. Wh sh arrd tth sam ara at abut a.m. the ollowing day, one table and

our chairs were missing. Shestated she had already checkedall the common areas in the build-ing, but the table and chairs weret atd.

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11:50 a.m. Student reportedshe locked her bike to the bikerack outside Emery Hall Aug. 4 at a.m. Wh sh rturd t thbk rak Spt. , sh td hrbk was mssg. Sh statd thathr bk was kd wth a ablock, which was also missing. Her

Table, chairs stolenfrom dorm kitchen

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Four rarely studied concentrationtracks have been re-categorized aspre-approved independent con-

centrations as o this academicyar.

he College CurriculumCouncil has placed tracks orconcentrations that had zero or

one concentrator over the pastthree years in a special Inde-pendent C oncentration status,

wrt Da th Cg Kath-

erine Bergeron in an email to heHrad.

he move aects the German,Frh ad Itaa traks wthth Dpartmt Mdr Cu-tur ad Mda ad th statstsconcentration within the Public

Health Program. All our havehad consistently low numberso concentrators, according toBrgr.

I one o these concentrationscontinues to attract no concentra-trs r a sustad prd,

as an independent concentration,

the CCC will probably recom-md rmg (t) rm th sto (pre-approved) options, shewrt.

he re-categorization will havelittle impact on students concen-tratg ths traks, Brgrwrote. Because o the dearth oconcentrators, students pursu-ing these tracks would essentiallycomplete them independently re-gardless o the re-categorization,sh wrt.

Four concentrations made independent

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