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About 15 students used a test kit pro-vided by Students or Sensible DrugPolicy to assess the purity o Ecstasypills in the days leading up to SpringWeekend, according to Jared Moat13, the groups president. O those,t s pssb a w wr suppgthose drugs to multiple users andwere testing a large quantity o pills.Seven or eight students requested

the kit last Spring Weekend, he said.About 60 percent o the pills

tested contained MDMA, the ac-tive ingredient in Ecstasy tablets.About 40 percent induced no reac-tion rom the testing agents, Moatsaid, citing eedback SSDP receivedrm studts wh tstd ps thsyear. Tough no other substanceswere reported, the 40 percent opills containing no MDMA mayhave included substances not de-ttd b th hmas th tstkt, Mat sad.

Te kit, which SSDP lent out

ree o charge to students or thethird year in a row, can reveal the

presence o a handul o substances,such as DXM dextromethorphan,a drug sometimes used in coughmedicines and or pain relie andmethamphetamines, in pills soldas Ecstasy. It includes our liquidreagents that change color whenth m t tat wth dr-ent drugs and chemicals. A chartincluded in the kit correlates colorst hmas.

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Despite the Universitys eort toras pdstra sat am-pus over the past year, the April 9hit-and-run accident that injuredAmanda Chew 14 and JulianaUnanue Banuchi 14 has renewedconcern across campus. A vehicle,agd dr b 30-ar-d Js-sica Paden o Providence, struck thestudents when it veered onto thesidewalk at the intersection o Hopead Charsd strts.

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Police Departments report, Padencommitted a slew o oenses relatedto the incident, including drivingwhile intoxicated involving bodilyinjury, reusal to submit to a pre-mar brath tst, t arrg alicense and ailure to stop aer anaccident resulting in personal injuryr dath. Pad padd t gutApril 11 and was released on $10,000personal recognizance. Department Pub Sat Srgat Jh Hs-ton said it could be up to six monthsbr Pads as gs t tra.

Learning to lead: on the ground with ROTCB Jake Comer

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he cadets o Patriot Battaliondropped their rucksacks and A-bags and milled around and talked.Te A-bags green, medium-sizedduel-looking things with sleeping

bags inside sat in rows on thegrass. Te session wouldnt startor another 15 minutes, but most th adts had arrd. I wakdup t a grup ur bg gus ad

askd hw muh thr qupmtweighed, all in all. About 35 pounds,they told me. Not bad to haul acrosscampus, but they regularly he itseveral miles at training. Physicalreadiness training, or PR inthe military, everything gets anabbreviation occurs Monday,Wednesday and Friday at 6:30 a.m.On Wednesdays, cadets take classesrm :30 t 6:30 p.m.

Patriot Battalion is currentlythe only option or Brown studentswh wsh t partpat th R-serve Ocers raining Corps. TeProvidence College ROC program

consists o two companies, Alphaand Bravo. Alpha, with about 25cadets, is composed o reshmenad sphmrs ROC par-lance, MSIs and MSIIs, respectively.Te roughly 10 Bravo cadets arejuniors, or MSIIIs. Te 10 MSIVsare assigned commanding positions bth mpas.

ROC commanding oicers

are non-commissioned militaryocers, meaning lower-ranking mainly corporals and sergeants.Ts rs mtr ad strutthe cadets, but it is up to the MSIVst ad th buk asss ad -ercises. Tat aernoon, the com-manding ocers the COs ar-rd, ad th adts bcompany. Te our COs and the

higher-ranking cadets, all MSIIIsand MSIVs, oversaw an extensivelythorough equipment inspection,making certain each cadet hadpacked everything he or she wouldneed into their rucksack and A-bagor the weekend. Te equipment

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Mark Schlissel P15 will begin hisve-year term as the Universitys

highest academic ocer July 1 whenhe replaces current Provost DavidKertzer 69 P95 P98. Schlissel, deano biological sciences and proessor oimmunology and pathogenesis at theUniversity o Caliornia at Berkeley,w arr ampus ar 0 arswrkg th ss at arg r-sarh ursts.

But even as Schlissel plans to helpaculty members make an impactwth thr rsarh Cg H,aculty, students and administratorsare optimistic about his understand-g th Ursts us u-drgraduat tahg.

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Tough Schlissel will ne-tunehis plans aer meeting with adminis-trators, students and aculty, he plansto provide resources and structureto improve aculty research, invest in

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Brown students who wish to participate in the Reserve Ofcers Training Corps can do so through ProvidenceCoeges Patriot battaion (above). Crrent, there is one Brown cadet enroed in the program.

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in a pill. It only tells you i there arecertain chemicals present. It doesntt u th rat, Mat sad.

Rugh 0 studts tatdSSDP a ma t rgaz a tm

t mt. SSDP rprstats -plained how to use the kit and thent t ut r a shrt tm.

We bought it, were lendingit out ree o charge, but we dont

atua had a th drugs,Mat sad.

SSDP does not condone theuse o illegal drugs, Moat said.he groups mission is studenteducation and protection. Brownstudents choose to buy and use

drugs but are ignorant o the drugsrgs, h sad. SSDP trs t hpmaag th rsks d suhbhar.

he test kit shows studentswhat th mght gst thr thaMDMA. Tats what wr trgto get people to do, think aboutwhat thr dg, Mat sad.

My real interest in this is harmrdut, agrd Rba Eza-beth McGoldrick 12, an SSDPmmbr.

I saw people do some reallydumb things with drugs, especially hgh sh, sh sad.

Because MDMA on its own can-not hold together, it has to be com-bd wth thr substas, suhas r starh, rdr t bd t-gether as a tablet. But some makersdut th rp wth thr drugsto stretch the MDMA and sell morepills. Pill makers oen choose drugsthat mimic the eects o MDMA to usrs t thkg th habught th ra thg, Mat sad.

Ecstasy is supposed to giveyou energy and a loving eeling,so pill makers might include am-phtam r a t smuatan Ecstasy-induced energy rush,MGdrk sad.

Other substances and drugstad a p sd as Estascan be more dangerous to the userthan MDMA, especially i the usermbs th p wth thr sub-stas suh as ah.

A emale junior who usedMDMA last Friday said she sentSSDP an email requesting use o thekt a w hurs br that ghtsrt, but th grup dd t gtbak t hr ut th t da. Shsaid she cannot blame SSDP be-cause it must have been a busy time,

and the group emailed her backwithin 24 hours. I think I shouldve

given them at least a day warning,sh sad. Sh spk th d-tion o anonymity because use oMDMA s ga.

Friday was her rst time tak-ing Ecstasy, she said, so she did notknow exactly what to expect. Buttheres some suspicion among her

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propylene underwear, notebooks,pens, ammunition pouches, fash-

light, protective eyewear, protrac-tor, wristwatch, elbow and kneepads, two canteens, a cloth-coveredhelmet and whatever else a cadetard t pak that wud t. I trda hmt , ad t ud t haweighed less than ve or six pounds.

Ryan Grady, a PC senior andthe MSIV responsible or the bat-talions civil aairs, introducedm t Mastr Srgat ad SrMilitary Instructor David Bowman,who explained the goals or the dayas the cadets continued with theirhkst.

Te Wednesday classes ocus

mtar sks, suh as stratgthought and maneuvering, militaryhistory and leadership training. Tataernoon session was a special sort ass ad a Ladrshp Lab a L-Lab. Ts L-Lab was dsgdto prepare the cadets or their three-day weekend eld-training exercisein the orest near Camp Edwards inMassachusetts. Bowman explainedthe cadets would spend the weekendcamping outdoors, running mockraids, repelling mock attacks, r-ing M16s loaded with blanks andatg mas rad t at MREs.M MRE udd a-addmints, vacuum-sealed ravioli and

a t btt abas sau. Teld training exercise is one o manypprtuts r th adts, sp-a th mr sr s, t d-

velop their leadership skills and orthe commanding ocers to evaluateths sks, h sad.

Aer the equipment inspection,the MSIVs in charge sent the ca-dets jogging o to load their bagst a truk, th st thm t thROC oces in the basement oPCs Aum Ha t r MREsad bg asss r th da. Mas-tr Srgat Bwma ad I passdthe line o cadets outside the supply

room on our way to his oce, wherehe told me about the mission andmthdg ROC.

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Istad usg tahgtechnical skills like weapon pro-ciency, or even strategy and ma-neuvers, the ROC program aimst shw adts hw t ad. Bastraining is or privates. What webuild here is the people that developthr rdrs, Bwma pad.

Tere are times when its roll-g th mud ad shtg rfs,but its not really our ocus, he said.Leaders are in charge o everything. Its much more important toad.

Cadets learn to embrace theUnited States militarys 17 ocialleadership criteria, which includemilitary bearing, interpersonal tact,adg b amp ad bg -dt, rst ad phsa t.

Bowman explained the develop-ment o strong leadership skills isparticularly important during therst tw ars th prgram. Par-ticipation in ROC or the rst twoyears does not entail any militarycommitment. MSIIIs and MSIVs,however, are all contractually ob-

ligated to join the military aer

graduat.COs assss adrshp th mst

closely and requently in cadets.Inormally, a CO might pull a ca-

det aside or a quick bit o adviceor a reprimand. Aer one MSIVsprstat prmtr ds,Bowman called him over and gentlyscolded him or not showing hisusua d.

T adt smd. I g atth rst prs I s, h rpd.

On a more ormal level, cadetso every age group rotate each weekthrough our positions o authorityover squads and platoons withintheir company. Cadets assess them-selves on leadership and receiveeedback rom their COs. We doan aer-action review on everything

w tuh, Bwma sad.COs us th adts ad

out Leadership Assessment Reports.T rprt s a tt bu ard thatasks or the COs observations o thecadets perormance. It includes aspace or strengths the cadet shouldsustain and one or areas in whichhe or she should improve. Te othersd th ard sts th 7 adr-ship criteria and a table o charactertraits prized by the military, includ-ing the practice o empathy and thes arm aus at, dut,respect, selfess service, honor, integ-rity and personal courage. Te cardalso states the Warrior Ethos: I will

always place the mission rst. I willnever accept deeat. I will never quit.I will never leave a allen comrade.rue to military orm, this side othe card is completely standardized.COs t ut b hkg th ap-prprat bs.

Ts assssmt ds t appto cadets grasp o military theoryor strategic skills. Bowman told me

that, especially or the rst two years,thr aquata wth tats admilitary knowledge serves mainlyas bakgrud r adts adr-

shp trag.Krstr Sbt, a PC sr, ts-

td as muh at a ass r MSIIIson establishing an operating base.T tat prstd th Smart-Bard at th rt th rm wasusd prr t th Cd War, h sad mpt utdatd, ad use in, or instance, the deserts oAghasta.

Were not looking at them to

check the box on these tactics. Werelooking at them to adapt to thesesituations, Seibt said, indicating anarrow on the board that representeda attak th amp. H td m

many o the situations the cadetswould have to negotiate over thecourse o the weekend would be un-ptd. It s mprtat r adtsto learn to keep contingencies inmind at all times, he said, in casesomething goes wrong a possibil-t th adts ar taught t pt.

I we have adaptable lead-ers who can adapt to situations, itdst mattr, Sbt sad.

At a pause in the slide show, oneo the MSIVs conducting the coursehd up a had.

I you have gum in your mouth,stand up and go spit it out rightnow, she said, sternly. wo uni-ormed cadets got up and ran tothe next room to nd a wastebasket.Seibt and I, whispering in a backrr th rm, st.

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Dspt a th us adr-ship in general, the cadets do have agood understanding o the specics th mtar ad mtar .

Grady taught me the two thingsyou need to know in the army. One,i you dont have a basic knowl-edge o personnel and equipment

maagmt, u a. Ad tw,when youre in a commandmentposition, most o your problems willcome rom (personnel and equip-ment management). Tat advice,and some o the cadets gripes aboutthe inamously bureaucratic natureo the military, sometimes called tomind Joseph Hellers portrait o thearmd rs Cath-.

When I talked to the cadets aertheir tactical exercises and class dis-missal, they expressed a variety omotivations or joining the program.Like a number o the cadets I spokewth, D Igham 4, urrt

th Brw studt th Pa-triot Battalion, cited a long amilyhistory o military involvement asone o his reasons or joining ROC.

His grandather and great-uncleought in the army, and his atherserved or 20 years as a lieutenant th Ar Fr.

Cadt Sta Srgat ad PC ju-nior Zachary Roitz, an educationmajor, also said his amilys militaryhistory sparked an interest in ROC.He ell in love with the program andapprats that t strs strgthsthat w sr hm w wth adwthut th Arm, h sad.

I think it teaches discipline, it

teaches time management and abovea, t tahs adrshp, h sad.

Cadet Sta Sergeant and PC junior Ewen Finzer listed sel-conidence and sel-knowledgeamong the qualities ROC strivest urthr.

I tried it out or a little while,because you can do that in thebasic course, he said. It gave me

something else to do, you know, myriends are out partying and Im ac-tually doing something that will getm smwhr.

I chose to do ROC specicallybecause I did not want to do the

academy experience, said CadetSta Sergeant and PC junior Am-berly Glitz, one o only a handul ma studts th batta.I wanted to do some more nor-mal activities in college to kindo have both worlds. Glitz is ma-joring in French with a minor inwriting.Without a doubt, ROCis the best decision Ive made in myadut , sh sad.

ROC is prominent and well-respected at PC, Finzer said. Peoplear smtms surprsd t s u

urm, k What ar u d-g hr? h sad. But Fzr adGlitz agreed that ROC is acceptedcomortably by the rest o the com-munity and that the program strivest b p abut ts mthds adts gas.

But Bwma sad t sms mst th pub ds t kw muhabout how ROC, or the rest o themilitary, actually unctions. He usedthe lm Saving Private Ryan as anexample. Te public only knowswhat they saw in that movie, hesad.

I think a lot o people latch ontoone aspect o (the military) theydt k, h sad.

ROC is not immune to thedamage to the militarys reputationrom scandals such as the tortureat Abu Ghraib, but once peoplesee what we do, theres generallyno more problem. Te stigma ot dsappars. Wr trg t budleaders, not ki lling machines, hesaid. We teach leadership. Tats it.

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teaching and update the Universitysats.

I want to help the aculty achieve

their aspirations, he said. My bigjb s th ws abr.

Faculty teaching and researchare complementary because allthat were involved with concernsthe development, production andapplication o knowledge, said AnnD, prssr sg.

Schlissel also intends to increasethe infuence o both undergraduatesand aculty outside the Brown com-munity by encouraging collaborativersarh.

Looking or areas where thestrengths o members o Brown canhave an impact on whats out there in

th wrd s mprtat, h sad. Itwud b wdru t gt studtsd rsarh.

Te Universitys inrastructure,such as its residence halls, eateriesand communal spaces, also needsmore investment to provide a moremodernized, upgraded environ-mt, h sad.

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Schlissel said there are obviousdierences between Berkeley andBrw, udg sz ad rsarhus.

Berkeley enrolls about 25,000 un-dergraduates and 10,000 graduate

ad prssa studts, ar mrthan Browns approximately 6,000

undergrads and 2,400 graduate andproessional students. Te Caliorniaschool also diers rom Brown inthat it boasts a law school, a journal-ism school and a business school.

Its a arg, mpatd urst.Brw s a muh mr maag-able scale, he said. Although un-dergraduate education at Berkeleyis valued, its mainly ocused ongraduat studs.

Still, Schlissel said both institu-tions emphasize diversity and valuersarh.

Schlissel said he decided to as-sum th r prst baus trs a aadm dsps adbaus Brw s a grat pa.

Schlissel said his undergradu-ate alma mater, Princeton, is verymuch like Brown. Its small and

ocused on providing an excellentudrgraduat duat, h sad.M ars at Prt wr tras-rmat.

Schlissel has been a acultymember at various universities or0 ars. H rst taught muarbiology and genetics as well as medi-cine and oncology at Johns HopkinsUniversity. He then moved to Berke-ley, where he taught immunologyad bhmstr r ars.

Aer completing his term as pro-st, Shss sad h hps t sta as a mmbr Brws aut.I would reinvigorate my researchand look orward to teaching un-

dergrad and grad students, he said.Shss s urrt bg sd-

ered or tenure. Te process is going rght w th bgdpartmts, h sad.

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T sarh mmtt r a wprovost reviewed about 100 appli-cants and nominees, wrote PresidentRuth Simmons in an email to TeHerald. It was hard work, she said.

he search committee was abroadly representative committee,Shss sad, mprsg studts,aut ad admstratrs.

Shss sad h appd r thposition and was interviewed bytph b a admstratr adaculty members. Schlissel then metwith the ull committee in Simmonshome and was asked about how Ithught I t abut th s stu-

dents, aculty and my own career,h sad.

T t stp d mtgSimmons individually and getting toknow other campus leaders. Schlissela am t ampus a thrd tmto see how lie is back here, he said.

Te search committee was look-ing or an outstanding scholar,Simmons said. She added that thecommittee ocused on nding anindividual who had an understand-g Brws mss ad stdShss uamus.

Does this person have an ideao what makes Brown special? Doesthis person know whats going on

at Brw? Ca ths prs t atBrown? Does Brown have any weak-

sss ad a th da wth thsweaknesses? Is this person a leader?said Diane Mokoro 11, search com-mittee member and president o theUndergraduate Council o Students,

o the questions committee membersaskd thmss.

he committee worked veryhard to look or people who val-ued the liberal arts aspect, someonewh jd th prss bg apart a trprs k ths, Sm-mons said. Te committee lookedor someone with the same values in tahg ad shar-ship and research. Someone who hadgenuine commitment to the progres-sion and tradition o the place, itsunique history and the open cur-ruum, sh addd.

Schlissel was a good candidate

baus h smd t sdr thundergraduate student experience,Mokoro said. When we talked aboutresearch opportunities or academicsat Brw, h mad sur t mtstudts hs aswrs.

Tis was the rst time the searchcommittee or a new provost in-cluded students, Simmons said.Te students elt very drawn to hisstatmts abut hs aus ad hslie story, she said. Tey elt drawnt th at that h ha dtdwith the kind o education Brownprds.

Kimberly Mowry, proessor obiology and chair o molecular biol-g, bg ad bhmstr,sad sh s td r Shsss ar-ra. Dpartmt hars mt wthth prst mth.

Hs a trmdus stst. Itsar, sh sad.

At Berkeley, Schlissel was an ex-cellent colleague, George Breslauer,executive vice chancellor and provosto Berkeley, wrote in an email to TeHerald. Breslauer praised Schlisselr pssssg hgh aadm sta-dards, tat ad rgazat.

Schlissel is able to cope with highlevels o complexity across a widerange o issues, he wrote. He is also

a visionary who thinks about howthings might be done dierently. Allthese will serve him well as provost.

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Te provost ensures that high-level decisions are made in the con-text o our traditions and goals, Sim-mons said, and oversees individualocers acing individual questions.

As a majr par th adm-istration, the provost can make abig dierence as ar as the climateand culture o the institution, Dillsad. S th prst srs as thchie academic ocer o the Univer-st, h r sh trats wth autmmbrs a da bass, partu-larly through serving on or chairingUrst mmtts.

Te provost also deals with anarra stakhdrs ad has t bab t ga thr rspt, Mkrsaid. Tey have to want to workwith you, and you need to showthem that youre going to listen tothr prspts.

Simmons mentioned it is im-portant or an individual servingas provost to go beyond the exactquaats r th pst.

Many people can do the techni-cal aspects o the role. Its a dierent

mattr t ha th thusasm that

conveys how vital it is to you per-sonally, she said. In this leadershiprole, its important to not just do thetechnical aspects o the job, but to beth spksprs th Urstand to convey the importance o that.I thk th mmtt t h wudbe a great spokesperson or Brown.

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Weve had excellent provosts,Simmons said. Every provost hasdone something signicant to ad-a Brw.

Sh sad sh hps Shss wcarry that a step urther. Te provosthas to be a leader that will challengestudents, aculty and departmentsto strengthen academic programs,sh sad.

Im hpg h w t b hs-tant to challenge what weve beendg, sh sad.

Tough he comes rom a largeresearch university, Schlissel saidhe does not imagine an enormouschange in the size o Browns Gradu-ate School or how much attentionit receives. I want to enhance theresources and opportunities availableto both undergraduate and graduatestudts, h sad.

Undergraduate education is a

high priority under all disciplinesat Brown. I assume thats going totu, Mwr sad.

St, Mwr ds t thk arasd us graduat dua-t wud b a prbm.

I dont see one suering at theexpense o the other. I dont see whythey cant be complementary, shesad.

Te University is at a momentwhere it has to redene itsel, saidArthur Matuszewski 11, ormer stu-dent representative or the UniversityResources Committee and ormerPost- editor-in-chie. Tis involvesocusing on what the role o theUniversity is in society and how itcan aspire to transorm society itsel.

Matuszewski mentioned thatsince ormer Provost Robert Zimmerstepped down in 2006, there havebeen questions about what makesBrown unique. his makes theprovosts job really dicult, he said.

Te provost preserves the un-dergraduate experience at Brownb prdg supprt ad prd-ing unding or student initiativesand the unique experience under-graduates have compared to otheruniversities, Matuszewski said. Teprst w ha t baa a t

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On Saturday night, many Brown students witnessedmurder in Meehan Auditorium. Diddy, one o theast g mmbrs that ar at hp-hp

revolutionaries, gave us all proo that the lyrical power,rbus sprt ad udab buzz hp-hp hasb a st t th dustr , as th gratLstr Bags wrt.

Let me give you some background to what Im talk-ing about. In the 1970s, rock n roll underwent anenormous transormation that commercialized much othe raw, underground sound that had nally triumphed th utura ruts th at 0s ad 60s.Ts prss was shwasd Camr Crws mAmst Famus, whr th ta bad Stwatrstruggles with an industry streamlining itsel to maxi-mz prts ad t ptr. Muh th at, thj ad th raw pwr rk sppd awa. T, the late 1980s and early 1990s, hip-hop emerged as thenew musical medium that broke the rules, reaked out

old people and made people thump their hands on theirks a r Amra.

Te concert on Saturday was proo that hip-hopsms t ha suumbd t that sam sad, dragprocess that consumed the original greats o rock n

r. T shw was a fash, ghts ad bass artwas shwasd thr tha that th sud ad ghtgrs, wh dd thr jbs w udr th rum-stances. Tat white rapper who preceded Diddy andwho took o his shirt during his stage dive possessedmore heart than Diddy ever showed us. Te very last othe best o hip-hop has ocially sold out to glitzy, auxpanache and entered the realm o absurdist mediocrity.Ddd, druk ad bustrg arud th stag, ma-agd t at th gas hs dad mrads arms, Ntrus B.I.G. ad upa. O hpsthat when a new musical medium appears, it will neverdsd t th g ra h that s ths rt.

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ROTC broadens students career optionsTo the Editor:

While reading Luke Lattanzi-Silveus 14 column(Changing the debate on ROC a socialists perspec-t, Apr 4), I ha t sa I was tru dshartdb hs mssag. T ats that h has s stthdtogether based on his biased conspiracy theory aremsadg. sa that th Rsr Ors ragCorps was expelled due to its lack o accountabilityad r th prsut th Vtam War dsnot make sense. ROC is a military ocer trainingprogram. ROCs role is not to promote an agendar pa a r pts a srt. B hag ROC

on campus, we are simply broadening the resources

ad arr pts aaab t Brw studts. I thUniversity decides to bring back ROC, no one is goingto be orced to join. Tereore, i you are against themilitary, ne, dont join. However, or those brave menad wm wh dd that a mtar arr s rghtor them, Brown is simply allowing them to choosethat path while also choosing to have a great Brownduat. Trr, w ar tru a urst thatprides itsel on being tolerant and allowing studentst ra thr w duat, th thr shud b ras t t s th rtur ROC.

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

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E D I T O R I A l C O M I C by sam rosenfeld

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chaenge what weve been doing. President Simmons on new provost Mar Schisse

s SChliSSeln pg 1.

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Its arg that tm th sh ar aga th d, that s. Aquarter o us are leaving or good, but most o us will be back in thea ad ths us wh art rm th ara w d smwhr t

str ur stu r th summr.I prus ars, th Urst has tratd wth a mpa t

brg strag bs t strts ampus. Fr studts wthut ars, thssr was hpu, but urs, t ddt m wthut a st. Whatsworse, these companies oen dont take the best care o students belong-gs. W ha hard adta studts rturg rm thr brakt d tms st, brk r rd mdw.

Ts st th Ursts aut, ad Brw has hpd ut rtyears by providing storage subsidies through a lottery. But, we think, evengiven current budget constraints, it could do more. And in the past, it has.

Beore 2004, the University oered cost-ree, on-campus storaget studts. Car thr s a t tra rm ampus durg thsummr. Wh th prgram was t, r amp, rsd habasements and other University acilities were used. Given that thespa wud g uusd durg th summr awa, ths prat madmt gd ss.

Urtuat, T Hrad rprtd shrt arwards, th prgramwas canceled due to liability and quality control issues. Apparently,students would store valuable, ragile items like laptops, and the Uni-versity could neither insure their saety nor aord the inevitable costsassociated with any damage or the, the result being that all studentsmust now either pay signicant amounts or go through a big hassle orbth t str thr thgs.

We understand the diculties these liabilities put the Universitythrugh. But sur t ud dt us ts r strag a war abt ad a rusa t apt ps tms. Ad thsts wr st t hgh t just prdg ths sr r r, Brw-provided storage acilities would undoubtedly be cheaper and moret tha ths th urrt prat mpas w us.

Brown could also help students out during this stressul time by hiringstudts kg r -ampus jbs t hp thrs wth th m-ut.G th ak atrs ma rsd has ad th ag r u-availability o many students amilies, the process can be dicult. Otherursts ha suh prgrams, ad w hp th Urst ks tth pssbt sttutg thm hr as w.

As always, the University needs to prioritize the use o its unds. Itcant provide every little convenience to students. But we think thesetw hags wud b rat ps ad mak mg ut rth summr a muh asr ad ss strssu pr. At th ast, wencourage the University to take these ideas as a starting point whensdrg was t mpr summr strag.

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Coverage skews success of Spring WeekendTo the Editor:

Recovering rom the un-lled respite o SpringWkd ad rturg t ur rma s, ts u trecap stories rom Spring Weekend and read coverage T Hrad. Hwr, t appars that ths ar tht T Hrad has b qut drt.

Rather than covering the highlights, o which therewere many perhaps the most notable being thesurprise appearance by Wycle Jean Te HeraldsSprg Wkd rag r stp th wa gaudu attt t th mrt studts wh wrdisappointed rather than to the vast majority who weretd ad happ. Ar w ra th buh uap-preciative, spoiled, entitled kids these articles make usut t b? I dt bu t. Wr th happst studts the country and know how to enjoy ourselves, supportone another and adapt to the circumstances despite

a bstas r ptas that ma m ur wa. Ntonly does coverage like this paint an inaccurate picture ampus stmt, t as rats a gat matr bth ths d pag ths ts adtheir many attendees. Why let a handul o complainersdtat ur pr? T ddt dtat th pr- th umrus pp wh ud b rhardtalking to riends during and aer the shows sayinghw muh u th wr hag.

Eah ar prsts ts w st hags whplanning an event o this size, and this year was no di-rt. Qut rak, t s aggrat t mparth pag a t k ths t a hurdr ruga race in addition to the eventual excitement andsuccess, it is oen a series o unoreseen and uncontrol-

ab bstas that m ur wa ad that mustclear. I am proud o how our organization handled andram ah ths hurds, ad, ag wth thrstudt grups, utmat prdud a sussu adu-d wkd r Brw.

However, it is clear that or whatever reason, a deci-sion was made this year to highlight and overemphasizewhat did not go right rather than the many things thatdd. Lkg bak, a t th wrt-up abutthe 2008 concert one that was also held indoorsand aced its own share o noise and venue challenges.Rathr tha dwg ths ssus, th 00 Hradmade the responsible choice to ocus on the experienceas a wh that ts ma attds jd justas students did this year. By choosing to ignore, ormsrprst, th at that ma th hags suh as us wathr, artst das, tktg hakrsad Rhd Isad r d hags wr ut th

control o the event planners, it makes it easy or otherst thr w studts wh ha b wrkgtirelessly, and oen thanklessly, to create a great experi- r thr prs.

I sg, ths ttr s t tdd t b a pa ra r mpmts, thak us r pats th bakor the Brown Concert Agency or other student groups.Rathr t s a a r us t rtur t bg th studtbody that we know we are: enthusiastic, supportive,u-g, adapt ad rat prbm-srs.

Keep your chins up, guys! Tough I suspect theyarad ar.

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I wat t pat what ma Brw stu-dts arad kw that th assrmds t ha t b mpsd ur was.T strs studts ad aut brg tBrw ar amp. Frm trag Suth Amra t wrkg th mmu-t, t s ar that grwth mrgs r-whr. Ts s baus th ss thassrm s a studts ddua trstad apat t ar. I that s thr, h amak athg hs tahr. I ths wa, -

amat ad amat bjts bm tah-rs. T hag, as I s t, s matagths ddua trst ad apat r-whr gs. Ts s r dut.

Tr s a partuar tp assrmwhh I wat t addrss that whh ur-turs rft. I suspt ths ar rsp-sb r kpg th qust md a.It s thrugh rft that w utag urthkg ad grat th rst dra das.But what s a assrm that urturs rf-t? udrstad t, I thk studad th utsd. Fr amp, smtms Id t st a shp ad wath p-p pass b as I mu r a thught. Tsar tms wh I wat t b a amgthrs I wat t har ad s thr rg

rdr t a rth th rg ms.At thr tms, I wat t b at Ida Pt,gazg r th watr. At thrs st, I watt b a rst amg trs. I sa thsar assrms rft whr th

wrd a qut dw t a murmur s thatu a har urs thk.

T assrm that w urtur rf-t r u mght b drt tha m,but I thk tw thgs ar rqurd r tstss. T rst s that suggst bth pt Jmm Satag Baa that u ur stud. Nt ss, stud.Ts s th tm wh u ar mpawth urs. Wh I bga g, ths ssmthg I dradd. Bg a was sarr ma rass. Ormg th ar wasdut k thrwg ms t th

watr usur I wud swm. O urs,stud s tmprar. S ugh,w stp t that stag whr w -tu ur sa hags. But r ts du-rat, g stud s utmat abuthrshg th tmpat ur wmd.

T sd mt a t ass-rm r rft s rmt. r- ths pt, I wat t strss th m-prta rmt. Ermts

a ha r hurt u, spr r pprss u,brg rth ur bst s r ur wrst s.What s mr, a rmt s a aggr-gat dsrt mts whh thmssd sdrat. O amp a r-

t stud b Ddrk Stap ad SgwartLdbrg uds that dsrdr trg-

grs strtpa ws. Pp psd tdrt tra stats, dsrgazd gmt-ra shaps r a ptur a mss bk-as rprtd a hghr rat strtpd ws. T rasg appars t b thatwh ad wth dsrdr, w sk rdr whatr wa w a. Strtpg s ths was.

Athugh t s a ap t sa that r-mt a fus s prspt thgs k strtps r, t g urthr, ra-

sm, t s thss udab that ursurrudgs d at us. T bjt st ras pst ts wh mmz-g gat s. Crs, rgazat,atura mts, stht mts, p-p th a at m ad u. Fdgut what was w hp us at thatassrm r rft. I m amp th shp ab, I d th rgth prs thrs has wthut th d-rt rba trat. T pss th

spa, th ghtg, th rs ths kds thgs that dsg studts a pabttr tha I ud.

But t m r a amp that dst t rft m w hgh sh

assrm. It was a rm wth ur whtwas, wdws ad trd furst

ghtg. Wh I rst saw t, I dspratwatd t brg a pat r a sh a-thg that wud ss th arta t a. Sad, I gt aught up thr thgsad asd t t th bakss. As Ithk abut t aga, thugh, th spa sutg t rft. Ad whatr r-ft taks pa thr w b rd,I thk, b th spa.

Ts past wk, I tk a trp t Vrmt.I was a hkg tra, g m stud,wh I ddd t ut thrugh a d thatwud tak m bak. As th as ad twgsrakd udr m t, I saw a hrd drru rm sd th d t th thr,thr wht tas ad ars stadg att-

t. Sw, I mad m wa arud thm,tg that a w wr r ug. Frthat mmt, th dr wr radg m,ad I was radg th dr. Tr gawas aptatg. As I thught abut mtahg ad m wrk, ths dr pushdm t thk abut arp dm what that mmt th rst was ugh? It st a strth t sa that th, ag wth thtrs ad th gr d, wr m tahrs.

I sg artsts studs. Wth sup-turs th makg ad skths tapd tth was, th rat prss s sua a-ssb. At thr bst, assrms r rf-t aw a smar, abt mta, art. SI hp u awas sk assrms r r-ft, ad u d thm, u g t

thm .

Hector Najera GS is a gradate stdentocsing in edcation.

Untangling your mind

O th g Spt. 7, 00, a rwd at ast 0 Brw studts huddd Wa-ad Arh, a rasg thr hads us.Ar a hur-g dbat, th wr a-swrg th qust psd b th Jaus F-rum, Shud marjuaa b gazd? Tarmat rsps was ar uamus.

T aud judgd th argumts rprhbt as hpss utab. I I ddt kw a bttr, I mght rmmdthat th Jaus Frum hs mr tr-rsa ssus. But ardg t a Otbr00 Gaup p, Amras ar spt ar0-0 th ssu marjuaa gazat.S what gs? Wh s thr suh a dsrp-a btw th ps hr rsus thsthrughut th utr as a wh?

M thr s smp. Brw studts armr pta mtatd b rata d-bat tha bd ar, h th ar partu-ar ab at udrstad th udamta r-ratat th war marjuaa. yu atst m hpthss r urs.

I th past dad, r s mAmras wr arrstd r thg mrtha smp pssss marjuaa, adhudrds thusads g studtswr dd dra aa ad baus marjuaa arrsts. I th past dad,th Amra grmt spt $0 b- ghtg th War Drugs, agsd

th $0 b spt b stat grmts.

Amras spt a utad $360 but thr w pkts th ast 0 arst bu marjuaa rm ga surs, g-ratg prts r rma gags ad tarts.

Ad a ths r what? Baus, thpast dad, t drug us rats ha tsgat hagd t 0 prt hgh sh srs sad 00 t was ast bta marjuaa. Drug arts that arstmatd t mak awhr rm t 60prt thr prts rm marjuaa habm pwru ugh t thrat th

ata srgt ur Lat Amraghbrs.

Smhw, th prhbtsts wat t us that a ths sts ar ut-wghd ad justd b th rsk ras-g usag rats marjuaa wr gazd.Ts s gra th us trrs,but t us rgz th tw dstt ssusfatd ths at-gazat tat. Trst prms assrtd hr s that prhb-t ps atua ah wr usagrats tha ga rguat. Empra -d asts srus dubt ths am.

Frst, th Nthrads whr aabs

has b prata ga r 30 ars has

matad a marjuaa tm-usag rat prt amg adsts ad aduts,ar ha that th Utd Stats, whhhas a usag rat 4 prt. I at, Duth a s qutd as sag, W su-

dd makg pt brg.Sd, th tud d tba-

us amg Amras s pr that s-sb rguats, upd wth hst admpra basd pub duat, a bt wrg ad prtg th us substas. S w mr pp us mar-juaa t s gazd? It s hard t sa, s

usag rats d t sm t ha muh t dwth whthr th drug s ga r ga.

T sd mr dubus prm-s s that usg marjuaa s mra wrgad sa dstrut, thus wrth th -hrt sts prhbt. Lt us b ar drg udr th fu athg sdagrus, ad dduas must b hd a-utab r thr ats. But b what au-thrt ds th grmt a s-adbra dmra ha th rght t pushtzs r usg a rat bg psh-at drug, wh ts us rats tt harmt th tzs thmss ad harm t

thrs?

Lts b hst th ra ras thrs suh stauh ppst t th gaza-t marjuaa s t baus t s a da-gr t st, but baus t s prd asa thrat t th dmat dsurs pwr.

Marjuaa s a md pshd a drugthat pads s susss that hasb rpatd assatd wth th utr-utur mmt, atrat sts adratt. H, marjuaa s assatdwth da.

Ts assat s usd as a prtt rth grmts ar-mgrg t-s mmras ad ptas tugh rm ampags attmpts t justth mass arrat -t mar-juaa usrs. But mr dsturbg s that that th war marjuaa dsprpr-tat harms mrt mmuts. A-rdg t a 00 stud, rsarhrs udbaks wr tw t ur tms mr k tb arrstd r marjuaa pssss thawhts Caras argst uts.Ad ar th ta arrst, thgs gt muhbakr. I Rhd Isad, r amp, abak prs arrstd r marjuaa s ghttms mr k t sr prs tm thahs wht utrpart.

As muh as u mght dsk marjuaats, th prhbt marjuaa s ath-r thg tr. T qust u shudask urs tda, as u k ut arss thMa Gr at 4:0 p.m. s, D I ra thratd b ths pp?

Jared Moat 13 spports H5591, H5031and S270 and can be contacted at

jared_moat@brown.ed.

Reefer madness

Brown stdents are more poitica motivated

b rationa debate than bind ear, hence the are

particar abe at nderstand the ndamenta

irrationait o the war on marijana.

I ove seeing artists stdios. With scptres in the

maing and setches taped to the was, the creative

process is visa accessibe. At their best, cassrooms

or refection aow a simiar carit.

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Feds investigate antiSeitis at UC

Santa CruzThe universit o Caiornia at Santa Crz is nder investigation

b the united States Edcation Departments Oce or Civi R ights

ater a proessor accsed the niversit o anti-Semitism. In a etter

addressed to the oce, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, a ectrer in

Hebrew, wrote, Proessors, academic departments and residentia

coeges at uC (Santa Crz) promote and encorage anti-Israe,

anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish views and behavior. She added that

rhetoric heard in uC (Santa Crz) cassrooms and at nmeros

events sponsored and nded b academic and administrative nits

on camps goes beond egitimate criticism o Israe. According to

the Chronice o Higher Edcation, this is the rst time the oce has

condcted a major investigation o anti-Semitism at a niversit.

Caroe Rossi, uC Santa Crzs chie camps conse, said whie the

niversit wod cooperate with the oce, the oces decision

to review an individas aegations in no wa impies that the agenc

has determined that the aegations have merit.

Bucking trend, Canada ups higher edspending

Whie other contries ct higher edcation bdgets, the Canadian

government has proposed a spending increase on higher edcation

and research or the coming sca ear. The proposa incdes tens

o miions o doars toward brain research, stdent nancia aid and

std abroad, according to the website or the Canadian Department

o Finance. Canadas research niversities pa an integra roe in

advancing or econom and improving the socia and economic

we-being o a Canadians, said Stephen Toope, president o the

universit o British Combia, according to the niversits website.

Couple accused o thet ro Vassar

A ormer constrction project manager at Vassar Coege and his

wie aeged stoe $1.9 miion rom the coege. Arthr Fisher and

his wie were accsed o creating a ctitios compan and depositing

mone rom the coeges capita constrction accont into the

compans ban accont, according to the Pogheepsie Jorna.

The cope was arrested b Pogheepsie poice and charged with

the eon o grand arcen. Je kosmacher, Vassars spoesman, said

the coege ased the poice to investigate ater noticing nancia

irregarities in a constrction project.

Yale to open capus in Singapore

yae recent annonced the ocia anch o its new camps in

Singapore. The coege wi be joint rn b yae and the Nationa

universit o Singapore, according to the yae Dai News. It wi be

the rst ibera arts coege in Singapore and wi consist o three

residentia coeges with 330 stdents each, according to the pressreease rom the niversities. We aso beieve the new coege

can have a proond impact on the advances now being made in

higher edcation throghot Asia, said yae President Richard levin,

according to the press reease. The camps wi be ocated adjacent to

the Singapore niversits present ocation and is expected to open

in 2013. Designs or the camps represent the architectra stes o

both niversities, according to the yDN.

Colleges halt payents to cities

Stonehi Coege and Bridgewater State universit, both ocated

soth o Boston, have stopped maing the anna paments the

were giving in ie o taxes to the cities the ca home, according

to the Boston Gobe. The reationships between the instittions and

the oca mnicipaities have been on edge de to the high cost o

services demanded b the niversities. Easton, Mass., aso charged

Stonehi $55,000 or beginning a major constrction project withot

a biding permit. The coege aims to recaim this mone throgh

itigation.

Harvard under scrutiny or links toGadhaf

A Harvard proessor caed on the president o the niversit to

express shame on beha o the instittion or the nancia reations

between a senior act member and Coone Moammar Gadha.

Harr lewis, a compter science proessor, said at the arts and

sciences act meeting that stdents shod not get the impression

that ethica condct can be compromised or nancia gain. The

niversit has aso come nder recent scrtin or a pbic reations

rm started b Harvard proessors and sed b Gadha to improve

the image o the liban government.

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N E W S R O u N D u PProfs massless theory in need of proof

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Te act that particles have massis something most people take orgranted. But what actually givesparticles mass? Proessor o Phys-ics Gerry Guralnik thinks he knowsth aswr, but rsarhrs ar stwrkg t d th pr.

Guralniks contributions to thed part phss a brah phss whh s th studo the ormation o the universe aerthe Big Bang earned him the pres-tigious J. J. Sakurai Prize last year. Hewas one o six recipients o the prize,awardd aua b th AmraPhsa St.

In the 1960s, Guralnik oundthat equations making up impor-tant theories in particle physics haveunexpected solutions. Mathemati-cal symmetry is a common element phsa thrs, but Gurakswork indicated that certain equa-

tions have nonsymmetrical solu-ts. Ts suts ma dat

th st massss parts.Guralnik then ormulated a

model based on this idea. Te model

d a bs, whh s a mas-s part wth sp, h sad.Te boson is popularly known as theHiggs boson, but members o theDpartmt Phss sa t udbe called Guralniks boson as well. dat, t has t b ud.

Te discovery o the boson woulduniy the Standard Model, whichseeks to explain how electromag-netic, weak and strong orces acton particles. I (scientists) nd thisparticle, everything comes together.All particle physics o the second hal th 0th tur w b ud,Gurak sad.

W dpd a ud wa tdescribe why particles have mass,h sad.

I 00, Gurak wrt a paprbringing together his work with thetheories o Richard Hagen and omKibble, two other key contributors toth d part phss.

While Guralnik is a purely theo-

retical physicist, Physics ProessorMeenakshi Narain is an experimen-talist. She is part o the international

collaboration that is searching orthe Higgs boson. Narain regularlytravels to Switzerland to take part prmts g th LargHadron Collider. Tis enormouspart aratr s usd t studextremely small particles, and sci-tsts ar trg t us ths sphs-tatd apparatus t d th Hggsbs.

Ts s uttg dg rsarh terms o physics and technology,Narain said, adding that the ad-vanced technology o the particle

accelerators and detectors usedin the search or the Higgs boson

can be useul in other elds, suchas md ad grg. Ttechnologies we use are benetinghumat, sh sad.

Gurak prpsd th da thatparticles obtain mass through inter-actions with the Higgs boson. Peo-ple have been looking or the Higgsbs r a g tm, Nara sad.

Te ocer who pulled Padenr was dutg a DWI hk-

pt Brk Strt suth thaccidents site, Heston said. Te areasees more than its air share o in-tatd drrs, h addd.

According to the PPD report,Pad was pud r ar spd-ing down Brook Street and ailingt stp at th Pwr Strt trs-tion. When PPD Patrolman NoelField noticed the smell o alcohol,h askd r Pads s, whhsh was uab t prd bausshe claimed it was stolen. Field thenreceived word o the hit-and-rundt.

Wtsss at th s th a-

cident identied the vehicle as anAudi, a description that matchedPadens vehicle. Further examina-t th rm s prdud aragment o the vehicle that alignedwth a p rm th suspts ar.

Field asked Paden to submit toa standardized eld sobriety test,to which she complied. But uponaur t sh th tst, th rprtstats Pad rusd t submt t abrath tst.

I Fbruar 00, A Shar13 was struck and killed by a vehiclewhile walking at the corner o Hopeand Tayer streets, prompting the

University to create a committeethat would provide recommenda-tions to increase pedestrian saety ampus.

In response to concerns overstudent saety in the wake o this

months hit-and-run, MargaretKlawunn, vice president or cam-pus ad studt srs, wrtin an email to Te Herald that theUniversity has implemented a num-br th mmtts rmm-dations, including the creation ohighly visible crosswalks at 40 cam-pus intersections. Our (Division oCampus Lie and Student Services),in collaboration with the Depart-ment o Public Saety, has under-

taken a broad array o education andawarss rts, udg urgg

students to be aware that drivers maynot always be paying attention orma b mpard, sh wrt.

Despite these eorts, some stu-dents still expressed concern overpedestrian saety on campus. ButBrown has an open campus, andUrst Ha has mtd trr ts adjat strts.

Gladys Ndagire 13 said payingattention is not always enough. Ialways take so much precaution saidNdagire. Still, Ndagire was struck bya car just last week as she steppedrm th strt t th sdwak, shsaid. People in Providence drive

wa t ast, sh sad. Sh sad shsustained no injuries rom the in-dt.

Phoebe Min 13 said she does noteel as much o a need or precau-tion, adding she will sometimes crosswithout looking because driversknow to be careul around a collegeampus.

Ive noticed drivers on the phoneand texting said Audrey Chang 13.Tough she has jaywalked beore,she said the habits o drivers nearampus ar as rspsb r hrs utrs wth hs.

Encounters like these have madeIsmail Khan 14 more careul aroundampus, h sad. At ght, I usuawat r sgas, Kha sad, addgthat h s mr autus baus

the recent accidents and because hesaid he eels that downtown Provi-d ars ar raz.

But A Stuth 4 sad studtsdo not always have the option towait to cross the street legally. Itshard t wat r sgas wh ggbetween classes, Stuth said. He saidhe has also come close to getting hitand has noticed times at night wheredrivers do not have lights on. But heacknowledged that not all drivingaround campus is dangerous. Ivehad some people who have let mecross the street, he said, but alsosome jerks who have almost hit me.

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riends about the composition oth ps th tk, sh sad.

Coming down rom her high hr aus Saturda, sh sad.But she and a riend experiencedanother bout o anxiety on Sunday,she said, which made her question

th purt th ps.

Its unclear what was just theMDMA, ad what was smthgelse, she said, adding that she nows .

It was really un, she said o herexperience. It was pretty gentle, intrms th hgh.

Im gad I had th pr,sh sad, but I prbab wudt

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