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By kAtherine LonG

Senior StaffWriter

Former Chilean president andProessor-at-Large Ricardo Lagosaddressed a packed JoukowskyForum last night about the two

epochal changes acing LatinAmerica income distribution

inequalities and a rapidly grow-g mdd ass as t mrgsrelatively unscathed rom the 2008

aa rss.Lagos talk was given against a

backdrop o unrest in Chile, where

ursty studts ha tak tthe streets protesting the countrysgrowing economic inequality anddemanding changes in education,transportation and energy policy.Lags, wh hd rm 2000to 2006, was the rst socialistpresident elected since 1973, when

General Augusto Pinochet seizedpower rom President SalvadorAd.

Te protests are symptomatic a rasgy drs mddclass that, in the wake o LatinAmras m grwth rth ast 20 yars, has bm a-customed to a great amount osa mbty, Lags sad.

He described a need or new

arenas o political expression togive voice to the interests o the

padg mdd ass, whh s

Lagos urges

higher taxesfor Latin

America

By JordAn hendriCks

Senior StaffWriter

As university health care costsaround the nation continue toincrease, Brown aces lower costs

tha sm ts prs baus tdoes not subsidize health care orrtrs dr tha 6. But mayaculty and sta see the lack oretiree health plans as a reason

t day rtrmt.he University has sought to

kp sts rm rsg t dra-matay wthut dmshgth bts r mpys, sadDrew Murphy, director o beneits

r huma rsurs.Because the University has not

subsidized over-65 retiree healthar s 4, t has t uditsel as overwhelmed as otherinstitutions that oer more exten-

sive retirement health care plans.Harard, r amp, s ag a$812 million liability or retireehealth beneits alone, according

t a Marh Bst Gb art.But at the same time, the Uni-

versitys lack o retiree health ben-

eits poses a huge obstacle to ac-uty ad sta wh thy gt tthat age bracket, said Dean o theFauty K MLaugh P2.

Ezabth Dhrty, sr as-sociate dean o the aculty, wrotein an email to he Herald that

virtually all (aculty members)express concern about the cost

hath ar rag ad wshthat Brown provided this beneitt rtrs.

Faculty and sta who retireater the age o 65 can choose be-tween Medicare Advantage and

Mdar Suppmt pas, butthey must pay premiums on theirw, Murphy sad. Nthr pas subsdzd by th Ursty.

Employees who retire betweenthe ages o 55 and 65 with at least10 years o service to the Uni-

versity can receive an early re-trmt hath ar pa, whhoers an $83-per-month subsidywith the rest o the premium paidby th rtr.

Karen McAninch 74, businessagt r th Utd Sr adAllied Workers, which representsUniversity library and acilities

sta, sad th Ursty tr-

Employees

put offretirementto retainhealth care

By nAtALie ViLLACortA

SeniorStaffWriter

Fa brgs ut th bauty trs.But in many cities, including Provi-d, thr s t ugh ag

t mpt wth th rt adasphat.

As a result, urban areas aremuh httr tha thr surrud-ings areas a phenomenon calledth urba hat sad t.

In a report released last May,th sprg 200 ass ENVS 20:Analysis and Resolution o En-

vironmental Problems and CaseStudies, ound that areas o Provi-dence with ewer trees are hotter

than greener neighborhoods. rees

are crucial to human health andhappiness in a variety o ways they remove pollutants rom the

ar, prd shad ad add bautyt thr surrudgs.

Providence has been steadily

warmg, a rshadwg ht-ter summers that will tax residentshealth and the citys inrastructure.By th s ths tury, Pr-dence could experience two to ourwks tmpraturs r 00F,ardg t th asss rsarh.

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Te environmental studies stu-dents used satellite data to nd a

correlation between vegetationcover and surace temperature in

Providence neighborhoods. Down-town Providence, Federal Hill, Up-per South Providence and LowerOy ad Vay th astvegetated areas o the city had

the highest summer surace tem-

praturs.T studts as ud a ar

correlation between tree cover-ag ad asthma ass. Fwr trsmeans more hospital trips as aresult o asthma, wrote CeciliaSpringer 11 in an email to TeHerald. Springer contributed ex-

tsy t th asss a rprt,rs ad th Urba Hat IsadEect: A Case Study or Providence,

With more trees, city looks to go greener

Gle Ltzk / Heral

College Hill has more tree cover than lower-income areas o Providence, according to a student study released in May.

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By ALexAndrA mACfArLAne

StaffWriter

She has been compared to JackieRobinson, Santa Claus and Morgan

Freeman. She has been called abadass. She is remembered or herred power suit and the hugs prom-

sd t rst-yars at Cat.And while President Ruth Simmonss th adr th Ursty ada revered academic, to many she

s kw smpy as Ruth.During her tenure at the Uni-

versity, Browns 18th president hasdeveloped a undeniably cult-likeollowing, inspiring apparel and

pstrs barg hr sag r sa

on the Main Green. Te adorations thg w W Ruth-shrts dat bak t hr 200 -augurat.

When Simmons announcedSept. 15 that this would be her lastyear at the Universitys helm, thecommunity lamented the loss o

ts ratd adr.She is an icon at Brown, and

w w s a mast, sad SarahWgart .

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Smms bd status s r-served or ew. My riends at otherschools dont know their presi-dts, sad Mha Qu 3.

But at Brown, those who do not

Simply Ruth: Campusrefects on losing an icon

Rachel Kapla / Heral

Simmons u pcoming departure has sparked diverse gestures o appreciation.ctiu g 5

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Campus ews2 he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 28, 2011

12 P.m.

The Politics o Reciprocit,

Prospect Hose, Room 105

7 P.m.Capitalism Withot Gilt,

MacMilla 117

7 P.m.

Gross Iecec: The Three Trials

o Oscar Wile, Lees Theatre

8 P.m.Cotrol Room,

Sales 205

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currently asking or what theythink they deserve, he said. Andth grmt at kp up.

But th rrst hs ar-gumt rd arud what hcalled the implicit paradigmthat drty rrats pr aptaincome with lie expectancy. Re-erencing statistics compiled by theItrata Mtary Fud, hcontended that the correlation be-comes irrelevant aer per capita

income rises above $20,000. Atthat pt, Lags argud, quatyo living is linked more stronglyto income distribution than grosspr apta m.

For example, countries likeJapa ad Swd, whr th -

m th rhst 20 prt sty s rughy ur tms thato the poorest 20 percent, show

ry hgh stadards g a-cording to an index o health and

social problems, Lagos said. Mean-while, in two wealthy countrieswith relatively low standards o

living according to the same in-

d th Utd Stats ad S-gapore the richest 20 percento citizens earn roughly eight to

10 times that o the poorest 20prt.

Lagos proposed that LatinAmerican countries increase taxa-tion to redistribute income ratherthan continue targeting govern-

ment expenditures at specic low-income groups. But Dietrich Rue-shmyr, prssr mrtus

sociology, took issue with Lagossproposal during the question-and-

aswr prt th tak.his seems like a diicult

policy to implement, he said.

Te wealthiest groups have, bythis point, grown very skilled at

adg taat.But most attendees o the talk,

which brought a diverse crowd oover 60 students, proessors andcommunity members to the Wat-son Institute, were eusive in theirpras Lags.

Linda Miller, visiting ellow ininternational relations, said everytime she has heard Lagos speak,

he has been outstanding in termso his grasp o what both schol-

ars and policymakers bring to thetable. Tis talk was no exception,

sh sad.Lagos currently serves as

president o the Foundation or

Democracy and Development.He has held his position on the

Universitys aculty or our years.In his introduction to Lagos

speech, Richard Snyder, proessoro political science and director

th tr r L at Amraand Caribbean studies, praised thelandmark ree trade agreementsand innovative social policies

enacted under Lagos regime as,w as Lags mt thUrsty.

Its been a unique pleasure

t ha Prsdt Lags as a -agu, h sad.

Lagos: Raise taxes, support middle classctiu fmg 1


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Campus ews 3he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 28, 2011

R.I.T sut? Pat trs.Providence has about 25,000

strt trs, whh r abut 23percent o the city. Te goal o rees2020, a 2008 initiative to plant treesin Providence, is to increase that

rag t 30 prt by 2020 an undertaking that would require3,333 trees to be planted each year.But urrty, y ,00 trs arplanted annually due to unding

mtats.T asss rprt rmmds

targeting low-income communi-ties such as Federal Hill and UpperSouth Providence, which wouldbenet the most rom increasedtr patg.

Tere is a complicated socialside to the issue o having treesequally available or cooling our

cities, said immons Roberts, pro-essor o environmental studies,who taught the class. According tothe report, proximity to street treesand urban green spaces consistently

avors homeowners to tenants andthe wealthy to the poor around

th at.Its easy to take the beauti-

ul Brown campus and the EastSide o Providence or granted,Springer wrote. But many areas oProvidence, especially low-incomeneighborhoods, are paved over and

sstay tr-ss, sh wrt.

n gw elw

udrstad th ak a-opy coverage in some neighbor-

hoods, the class conducted a surveyin May 2010 to assess residents

prpts trs. T studtssuryd th Emwd dstrt suthr Prd basd tsw apy r 6.3 prt.

Tere wasnt a single tree on

th strt, Rbrts sad.Kai Morrell 11, outreach co-

ordinator or the Department oFacilities Management, said she was

surprised by how much people hadto say about trees. rees are some-thg that ry ss, Mrrsad, E thy art r-mental scientists, their opinions arest mprtat.

A handul o people did not

want trees in the neighborhood,citing expensive damage caused bytr rts suh as bkd swagpps ad rakd sdwaks.

But th ass ud that r -ery dollar spent on planting and

maintaining trees, the city o Provi-dence reaps $3.33 in benets. reeslower heating and cooling costs,reduce fooding and erosion and

ras prprty au.Most survey responses revealed

that residents appreciated the ben-ets o trees and were interested inplanting more in the neighborhood.

Despite this interest, less than athrd had hard th Prd

Nghbrhd Patg Prgram,which assists residents with tree-

patg at st.Roberts said he hopes the re-

port, along with eorts by Provi-

dence City Forester Doug Still, willbrg Rhd Isad pymakrs

attt t th d r mr r-sources or the states tree programs.

T rprt dts sra ud-ing opportunities that the statecould take advantage o to increasepatg.

Tere could be more money

or this not enough people knowabout it, Roberts said, Te peoplewho know about it are separaterm th s wh mst d thhp.

Morrell said that surveyingmmuty mmbrs was a y-opening experience that illustratedthe connection between social and

rmta ssus.Classes like these where

studts gt ut t th mmu-ty ad tak t rsdts Pr-dence are an important thing

or Brown students to experience,Morrell said. Were residents oProvidence, and we should con-

tribute and know something aboutthat mmuty.

Students can help mitigate theurba hat sad t by u-teering or one o the tree plantingrts, Rbrts sad.

College Hill is sort o an island,but College Hill will rise and allwith Providence, he said. We need

to take care o this place and thepp.

Students report points to citys need to plant more trees

State o Provieces urba Forest Report, April 2008

neighborhoos with the lowest percetage o tree cover have the highestsrace temperatres rig the smmer.

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Campus ews4 he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 28, 2011

bution to the early retirementhealth plan is small in compari-s t prmums btw $400and $1400 per month, dependingon the number o persons on thepa.

Yu wud thk thy wuddo better than that, said Suzan

Gervais, senior library specialist.Its pennies. Its like not oeringay hp at a.

In order to be able to aord

health care when she retiresaround the age o 70, Gervaissad sh w ha t ras d-ductions rom her current pay

checks, which means less moneyt spd w.

Christmas Moore, senior li-brary specialist or technical ser-vices, wrote in an email to heHrad that wh sh had hpdt rtr at ag 66, sh w r-ss hrs wrkg ut sh s0. But hath ar sts ar tthe determining actor in that de-cision, she wrote rather, she

simply cannot live without her

saary.he cost o health care, on

top o all the other negatives, wasmore just a nasty version o the

g th ak, sh wrt.

here are currently 72 retireesand 19 dependents on the early

retiree health plan, Kim Almeida,beneits inancial manager, wrotein an email to he Herald. he

number o post-65 retirees on

th Mdar pas s t radyaaab baus th Ursty

s t drty d wth thpa.

he University oers an ad-ditional incentive or early retire-ment or non-aculty members.

According to a November 2009

University press release, non-aculty employees over the ageo 60 can receive a lump-sumequivalent to one years salary and

$15,000 to support the transitionto retirement. he incentive isoered in addition to the $83-per-month health care subsidy and the

option to remain on their currenthath ar pas ut ag 6.

But some sta members saythat even the incentive is notenough to comortably aordhath ar atr rtrmt.

For me, it wouldnt haveworked out because it wasntenough, said a library services

worker approaching retirement,

who asked that her name be with-held. Im not going to say it is

th y ras I at rtr yt,but r m, t just st ugh.

But on the aculty side,Dhrty wrt that hr p-rience, no aculty member hasdelayed retirement solely because hath ar.

he decision to retire is acomplex and personal one, anda lot o actors shape it, she wrote.

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Retiree health benefts

amount to penniesctiu fmg 1

ad trgud by th rsuts, buthe knew the tests needed to be

ru at ast thr mr tms t

ry ay dgs.Zhang ran another trial and

again ound a lower density ocancer cells, but she also ound

smthg w th a-a-turs hbtd th sythss aprotein that aids in tumor growth.

he tests had initially beenconducted with lung cancer cells,but atr tsts usd brast arand bone cancer cells. Both re-

atd th sam mar thnano-eatures lowered the densityo cancer cells and decreased thesynthesis o the tumor growthprt.

h t stp s dg ra-world applications, Webster said.I rdr r ay ths rsarhto be useul, we need a company.We need to transition rom the lab

bh t a ra prdut.Webster said he hopes to apply

their discovery to animal modelsand eventually human trials. I

all goes well, a product could ap-par yars, h sad.

Tom Slliva / Heral

Thomas Webster, proessor o egieerig, sai he hopes his research collea to a proct withi ve ears.

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Campus ews 5he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 28, 2011

Caernet Voltaire | Abe Pressma

Fraternity of Evil | Esha Mitra, Brea Hailie a Hector Ramirez

The Unicoic | Eva Che a da Sack

C O M I C S

know Simmons are ew and ar be-tw. Idd, may studts tonly know her but also worship her.A 200 Brw Nsr art par-died her cult status with the akeheadline Lock o Simmons hair

auctioned or 500 fex points, pony.Tough he has had minimal in-

trat wth hr, dd Bakr called Simmons an untouchable

legend. Baker compared Simmonst a ma Mrga Frma.

Some students take this cult wor-ship to another level. On a whim,Danny Sobor 15 designed a posterbarg a str mag Smmswth th ab (Ruth) bw thace. He made 15 copies o the origi-nal design and planned to sell themr $ ah.

he next day, Simmons an-nounced her resignation. WhenSobor sold his posters on the MainGr, h quky ra ut.

Sbr sad h bs th U-versity is zealously in love withRuth.

Up cl a pal

Simmons has shared personaltime and inormation with students.

It is this open and riendly naturethat maks hr s d, sad JuaSts .

Simmons said in a 2006 inter-w wth T Hrad that sh pr-sonally maintains her email address.

It comes directly to me. Nobodys rads t, sh sad at th tm.

Sobor, who emailed Simmons

oering her one o his posters, saidhe got a personal response rom herth t day.

But Simmons also remains adstat gur t sm. Sh hasttuhd m ay way, Nk Ca-toni 14 said. Tere is no iconic

mag hr my md.ime with Simmons is usually

bkd wks ada, thughshe said she likes spontaneity whenit comes to students, according to a200 Hrad art. Sh wtto a home-cooked meal at 111

Brown Street with students whotd hr.

I I do it, it should be goodr Brw, Smms sad 200about deciding what student eventst attd.

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When Simmons resigns herpost June 30, 2012, she will leave

bg shs r whr ms t.People will denitely nd things

t mpa abut wh th tprsdt arrs, Qu sad.

Gail McCarthy, a dining servicesworker in the Sharpe Reectory whohas somewhat o a cult status o herown, said Simmons has been trulywonderul and will be missed by all.

Many students hope the Univer-sitys new leader will carry on Sim-mons traditions, even i the new

president does not garner the sameadoration. Christopher DeCola 12sad h s kg r sm kSmms t tak hr pa.

I would like someone whoud b ry Ruth, h sad.

Students contemplate

the loss of a mascotctiu fmg 1

Cortes o da Sobor

danny Sobor 15 esigne a poster, above, with this logo the ay beforePresiet Rth Simmos aoce her resigatio.

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Its peies. Its like ot oerig a help at all. Sza Gervais, seior librar specialist

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Last yar, w prssd ur r r th dt ampusgyms (A little out o shape, Oct. 26, 2010) and called on the Universityto repair equipment and improve satellite gym acilities. Unortunately,

the Department o Athletics ailed to adequately plan and secure

udg r qupmt aqust. As a rsut, t rty rmdagg ad brk qupmt rm th Bars Lar br purhasgreplacements (Bears Lair bare without machines, Sept. 26). Tis

dwgrad has had a taby gat mpat studt .It is regrettable that the Department o Athletics removed the equip-

mt br a wrkab pa r rpamts had b apprd.Tough we realize that the department must remove potentially

dangerous machines, we are skeptical that so much o the equipmentreached a state o disrepair at the same time. Tese machines have been

dtrratg r sm tm, ad a staggrd rpamt apprahud ha prtd th urrt shrtag aaab qupmt.

As Te Herald reported, students have been seriously inconve-

d by th qupmt rma. T shrtag has d t gthywait times and orced many to skip workouts altogether. Tis isurtuat, as rs s mprtat r bth physa ad mtahath. T urrt stuat must b rmdd as s as pssb.

We are urther concerned by the suggestion made by Matthew

simikas, assistant director o athletics and physical education,that mahs th Emry ad Bgw tss trs mght asd t b rpad. W urg admstratrs t g abut rpagqupmt suh a way that gyms ar st uta ad ab tsupprt studt d.

O urs, w qupmt ds t m hap. Tugh udsar tght spay r athts th purhas mahs thatw b hay usd by -arsty athts ught t b prrtzd.Tis is particularly true in light o the $64 recreation activities eecharged to each student. Tis ee should go, rst and oremost, to

the maintenance o the athletic acilities that serve the most students.Satellite gyms, designed primarily to be convenient enough to encour-

ag studt tss, shud b a tp prrty.Much is asked o the Department o Athletics we recognize

competing demands are placed upon its very limited resources. Tats why surg that adquat tss ats ar aaab shudalso be the concern o the Oce o Campus Lie and Student Servicesad thr tp Ursty admstratrs.

Exercise and tness can have a signicant eect on academic

suss ad gra w-bg. As suh, th rsut th ur-rent situation at the Bears Lair should be addressed immediately.Tugh thrugh pag ad budgtg s rtay rqurd rth utur, w urg th Ursty t aat uds r w qup-mt wthut day.

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pinions 7he Brown Daily eraldednesday, September 28, 2011

O my rds s takg hr rst -g math ass. Bg a humats stu-dt, sh just bught hr mst psttbk yt a 20 dt JamsStwarts Cauus r $0. T pastdts st mr tha $30. Sm a b dwadd r r.

It s amst mpssb r th authrst d addta matra r th wdts. Ty smpy hag gurs

hmwrk prbms s that studts wthth d rss at d hmwrk.Wh w rmay thk ttbks,w thk hard rs, artst dust jak-ts ad bautuy prtd ad-r pa-pr. But s t ray th as that a auusprbm s bttr wh ts r?

I ha g b bthrd by th atthat mst N. Grgry Makw adStwart ar aud mr tha Kar Marad phsphr Gttrd Lbz trms pr. A py PhsphaWrtgs Lbz sts $4. My usd2,00-pag T Nrt Athgy Try ad Crtsm, whh tas s-ts rm Arstt, Immau Katad Mh Fuaut, sts y -thrd

th pr my rds auus bk. Tuy thg s that Makw ad Stwart

dd t gur ut th prps -ms r rus auus. Tugh I

admt that thy ar grat prssrs whwrt mprss ttbks, I kthy us pyrght ps t sta myrm pr g studts. Ys, thy smprtat kwdg ad das, ad ys,thr ttua prprty shud b pr-ttd. But what abut ur rght t gakwdg?

Ts rduus w rss ttbks, whh st hudrds dars,

mak g mr ps s-pay r studts s, math adms. I takd wth a studtrm Japa wh wt t g Gr-may abut ursty tut drtutrs. Humbdt Ursty Brhargs studts arud $34, whh ssmar t mst ursts Grmay.Sh sad ursts Japa st btw

$6,000 t $,000 pr yar. I Cha, thst s btw $00 ad $,600 pr yar.

Wh I td hr th tut r Brws amst $40,000 pr yar th sam as

may thr t ursts sh kdat m as I wr jkg ad askd, ArAmra gs that gd? Hst-y, I d t kw. I as dd t t hrthat th pr r a g dgr s strasg ry yar astr tha fa-t ad that sm pp amg tut s a bubb abut t burst.Ty ud b rght, but I hs t tb t.

Is kwdg a asst sd th mar-kt that bts y tratd tr-sts, r s t a g r th wh ma-kd? T Grmas sm t ar th at-tr. Last wkd, r th rst tm r,th Prat Party Grmay w sats th stat grmt Br. Fuddby a grup mputr prgrammrs adststs, th Prats ha t spt muh

tm rg r m ps,whh ar ssus that pp wth ugh

pwr ad my ar mr abut. I-stad, th Prats ampag Itrt

rdm, p sur gra ad brts, partuary duat,pyrght aw ad gt patts. Ty just w . prt th t ad wha sats th stat paramt Br.

T Prat Party, just k th GrParty 30 yars ag, attrats yug trswth uy mtts ad ampag mth-ds that thr parts at thk. Ty war jas ad sakrs t -a ts dbats ad wrt sgask pratz rg ampag pst-rs. Wh arss th wrd, pp arst rd t pay bg buks t th ttua mpy r thr rght t

kwdg r ar rusd th rght twath Yuub, mmuat wt-tr r g t thr Gma aut th Eurpas jy gratr rghtsad brts.

I w t g s ar as t suggst that wshud a dwad r ms tt-bks ad Harry Pttr ms rm thItrt wthut g guty. But thrshud b a baa btw th rght tkwdg ad duat ad th prt-t ttua prprty. Ad by thway, Lbz s gratr tha Stwart.

Ja Cao 13 is a comparative literatrea Germa sties cocetrator rom

najig, Chia. She ca be reache [email protected].

Calculus and pirates

At sm pt yur g arr, yuutrd thm th prs wh, uparg that yu g t Brw, quzzaysays, Ist that th sh wthut ay gradsr smthg? Yu gty rrt thm,aughg at thr at. But wh thy mayb msrmd, thy ught t b rght: Ha-g arady thrw ut th puss ad m-uss, th Ds ad Fs, ts tm r th U-rsty t sdr dg away wth gradsatgthr.

Its t surprsg that utsdrs dur gradg systm srutab. W ha As,Bs, Cs ad Fs, but Fs ar N Crdt addt shw up yur trasrpt. Lss tha prt grads ah yar ar Cs. T bt-tm ? T Brw trasrpt s a but -usy ppuatd wth As ad Bs ad, urs, ths muh-bd Ss. Our shsms t b th ursty quat LakWbg a pa whr ry s abarag.

But as a rsut, grads ar ss t atdg what thy ar udamtay suppsdt d: prd rmat abut hw wstudts prrm a ass. Ts s a garsut hag s w atgrs t whh astudts prrma a a. ak a studtwh gt a B yu ha way kwg thy wr th wrst studts thass r thy wr am qust away

rm a A. At athr sh, that sam pr-

s mght ha a B-, B r B+, awg yu tkw muh mr abut hw thy dd.

T attr systm aws t y r mr-grad mparss arss studts,but as arss th urss a ddu-a studts trasrpt. Lkg at a typa

Bruas g st As, Bs ad Ss adth .3 prt Cs ts mpssb t kw whh asss thy d, dd th baramut wrk ssary r dd just ar-ag. A yu kw s that sm, thy ddray w, ad thrs, thy dd prtty w.

By hag suh a wd arty mags,ttr grads d up wth amst magat a.

O bus sut s t brg bakpuss ad muss. I at, suh a m wasprpsd 2006, part r th rass a-rady dsussd. Yt utmaty, I b thsussu rts that prpsa wr r-rt argug that a mr tradta grad-g systm wud b udsrab baus twud ras studt us , ad m-pttss r, grads. A gratr arty ttr grads mght prd mr r-

mat r studts, graduat shs ad

mpyrs but t wud b at dds wth thUrstys aadm phsphy. Currty,th phsphy prmts th t that stu-dts put tm ad rt t thr asss pursut kwdg, rathr tha pursut a A.

But what w hd dar abut Brws ts ak mphass grads, th whybthr hag thm at a? I w rjt gradsas aathma t th sprt th Nw Curru-um, ts stad by that b whhartdy.Lts d a mr hst auat systm

that urags prat rathr thamptt. O that ags prssrs adstudts as abratrs rathr tha pttgthm agast ah thr as judg ad judgd.O that strs rft ad gagmtrathr tha stratg GPA-gamg.

I at, w arady ha suh a systm urs prrma rprts. Ts r-prts, whh a b rqustd ay ass,ar a wrtt rm that a b attahd t astudts trasrpt whh bth studtsad prssrs prd a arrat auat th studts prgrss r th smstr.

Sury, ths prss s mr sutd tha t-

tr grads ar r a sh whh ry-thg rm ur asss t ur tratmust b aruy sdrd ad justd. Srathr tha rgatg urs prrmarprts t th sds as a utary add-ta p paprwrk, ts mak thm

th trp ur auat systm.Mak ry ass S/NC, ad at th d thsmstr, ry ass, bth studt ad -strutr wud shar mmts sayg muhmr abut a studts prrma tha aA r B r ud.

But wat, yu say t a graduatshs ad mpyrs ar qut ths r-ward-thkg. What w happ wh wa gr mprss thm wth ur hgh-y fatd, thay stt, GPAs?Happy, w a ha th bst bth wrds.T Ursty ud tu awardg t-tr grads wh st rqurg a prrmarprt ry ass, smar t whats dat Rd Cg. Ys, w wud st b stukwth ths agu ttrs, but ag wth ah, wd as ha a uad auat pag ur strgths ad waksss, ursusss ad hags, what w ardad hw w grw aaab t supprt,quay r pad up that ttr. Makgstudt auats udamtay arrat-trd wud gag studts mrdpy th rft ad dagu thatught t haratrz ur duat, whmakg ur trasrpts ar ss arbtrary adar mr magu.

Rebe Heriqes 12 is please with thiscolm bt wats to hear or holistic,

arrative assessmet o it, too. He ca be

reache at [email protected].

Evaluating grades

Lets a more holistic evalatio sstem oe

that ecorages cooperatio, rather tha competitio.

Oe that aligs proessors a stets as collaborators,

rather tha pittig them agaist each other as jge a

jge. Oe that osters refectio a egagemet,

rather tha strategic GPA-gamig.

Thogh I amit that the are great proessors who write

impressive textbooks, I eel like the se coprightpolicies to steal moe rom poor college stets.

By REuBEn HEnRIQuESopinions Columnist

By JAn CAOopinions Columnist


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Campus ewsednesday, September 28, 2011

By APArnA BAnsAL

Senior StaffWriter

Graduating rom college and get-tg t aw sh usd t b asure path to a lucrative job. But

with thousands o law school grad-

uates entering a shrinking labormarket each year, job prospects

ar grwg dmmr.Kathy Do 12, co-president

o the Pre-Law Society, said the

job security associated with a lawdgr s ry shaky rght w.

Everyone is kind o recon-sdrg, sh sad. Ar radgabout the diculties o getting jobs in law, she decided to con-

sider other options and now plansto work or a ew years beore en-trg aw sh, sh addd.

Ross Cheit, associate proessoro political science, said the over-

supply o lawyers and the toughjob market are a larger concern or

studts wh attd ss prm-

nent law schools, whereas mostBrown students attend rst-tier

shs.he demand or Yale Law

School graduates doesnt reallychange with the economy, hesad.

Its gray tru that ts tas urat as t usd t b, sadGrg Vass, drtr pr-proessional advising. But itsimportant to put everything ints prpr tt. T dmador lawyers is lower now thanin previous years because o the

business cycle, but earning a legaldegree is still one o the better

pts ut thr, h sad.Data collected by the Oce o

the Dean o the College show thatth dmmg markt r awyrsdoes not signicantly perturbBrown students. Te number o

students and alums applying tolaw school only slightly decreasedrm 306 200 t 264 200.

Tere have also been no signi-at futuats th umbrso students and alums admitted

t aw shs, Vass sad. I2010, 85 percent o applicantsrom Brown were accepted into

aw sh, mpard t th a-

ta arag 6 prt.Tough the current job climate

should not dissuade students rom

considering law, it should encour-ag thm t thk thrugh throptions even more careully, Vas-s sad. Pursug a aw dgrcan be quite costly and doesnt

prms yu th m, h sad.When students meet with pre-proessional advisers, they are alsoasked to consider a Plan B, he said.

Utmaty, jbs ar dgt y th ga d, but th my as a wh.

Its no secret that the job

market isnt ideal right now, saidAnna Samel 12. Im as concerned

as ay thr graduatg sr.

With downturn, some reconsider law

By kAte nUssenBAUm

ContriButingWriter

Only 200 students have activated

their ree voicemail boxes this year,though around 4,000 are eligible todo so, said Kathy DAguanno, direc-

tr a ad admstrator Computing and Inormation

Srs. Iddua ma a-counts are provided to each student

living on campus through theirrsd has.

Te number o incoming and

outgoing phone calls on stu-dent landlines is still signicant,

DAguanno said. In March, 19,407

calls were either dialed or received,up rom 16,000 in March 2010.DAguanno predicts these num-bers will remain consistent over thenext ew years, despite the growingppuarty ph ad tr-t mmuat.

Four years ago, all studentsliving on campus were automati-

cally provided a voicemail box.Because students had to activate

the accounts to allow people toleave messages, a large percent-age o students never set theirs up.Ad sm studts wh dd at-at thrs wr uhappy bausthey received unwanted messages.

elecommunications Services, adepartment within CIS, switched

t a pt- systm r mabs a 200.

It was a t addta wrkr us t st up mabs r ahstudt, DAgua sad.

Now to activate their ree voice-ma auts, studts must stthe telecommunications website

ad ut a rqust rm.Sophia Liang 15 said she uses a

ad hr rm baus shlikes the decorative fair o herphone, which looks like a Coca-

Cola can. Tough Liang has not set

up th ma atur, sh sadhaving the landline has come in

hady wh sm wh dd

not have Liangs cell phone number

adtay kys hr rm,she called Liangs room number togt thm bak.

Scottie Tompson 13.5 said shebrought a phone to school becauseher mother had read that radia-

tion rom extended cell phone usemay be linked to negative health

consequences. I use a landline ormy longer phone calls, Tompsonsaid, adding that she uses Skype,

too, but nds her phone more con-t. Tugh sh has atatdher mailbox, she said she veryrary rs mas.

DAguanno said she thinks

many o the students who bringlandlines to school are interna-tional. But the telecommunicationsdepartment cannot be sure howmay trata as ar mad studt ads baus stu-dents oen use calling cards ratherthan calling international numbersdrty.

mmuat wth hs am-ily in South Korea, Henry Kim 15sad h uss hs Ph stad a pug- ph. H sad that hused a calling card on a landline,th rat wud y b ts prminute compared to the 15 centsper minute that he pays on his

Ph pa but th smptyo only carrying a cell phone makespaying the higher rate worthwhile.

Kapp Pattrs uss Skypand Blackberry messaging, both owhich are ree, to talk to her amilyin Botswana. With Skype, Patter-

s as gts th ha t s hrparts as, sh sad.

Despite the low popularity o

Browns ree voicemail service,DAguanno said she does not ore-see a time when the University willcease to oer it, because it remainsan important service or aculty and

sta. As g as th Ursty has

a voicemail service, there is notreally a cost savings to dropping

the number o mailboxes, she said.

Landline users notready to be put on hold

f e a t s i n c l e a t s

Emil Gilbert / Heral

The Bears sufered a disappointing 2-0 loss to 13th-ranked Boston College at home yesterday, as the Eagles scored twogoals in the second hal to grab the victory. The Bears begin Ivy League play on Saturday when they travel to Columbia.

By hAnnAh kermAn

ContriButingWriter

Behind the purple doors o asixth-loor Barus and Holley Lab,homas Webster, associate proes-

sor o engineering, works smallbut thinks big. His work withnanomaterials, tiny devices im-

planted into the human body, hasled to a potential breakthrough inar rsarh.

Wbstr, drtr th U-versitys Nanomedicine Labora-tory, has been studying and de-

veloping nanotech implants orthe past 11 years. His team hadcreated rough implants covered

in tiny nano-eatures mi-croscopic bumps to mimicth atura rughss hathyskin, he said. Current orthope-dic implants are lat and smooth,

but healthy skin and bone have

bumps.wo years ago, Lijuan Zhang

GS approached Webster with a

radical idea exploring hownano-eatures would interact with

ar s.Being the adventurous person

I am, I said, Lets try it, Webstersaid. It was completely new terri-tory or Webster, but he said he

was excited to see what wouldhapp.

Within a year o research, ablink o an eye in lab time, Zhangapproached Webster with resultsthey both ound ascinating. headdt 23m a-aturst a ptr dsh wth bth ar-ous and healthy cells caused a sig-niicantly lower density o cancers r tm.

Webster said he was pleased

Nanomaterials studiesadvance cancer research

Tom Slliva / Heral

Lijuan Zhang GS and Thomas Webster, associate proessor o engineering, applied nanomaterials to cancer treatment.ctiu g 4

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