March 12, 2012 issue

Monday, March 12, 2012 D aily H erald t B Since 1891 vol. cxxii, no. 32 tomorrow today news.....................2-3 ARTs...........................4 e B b e r Hmss B Maddie Berg Staff Writer Te wages o on-campus student employees will increase by 3 percent starting the next scal year, based on a recommendation the University Resources Committee apprd ast mth. T wag ras — a rut activity to ensure students are being paid as much as possible — makes it easier or students on nancial aid to ulll their work-study ex- pectations or campus employment programs while only working eight to 12 hours a week, said James il- ton, director o nancial aid. Te increase also responds to both state and ederal minimum wages, which a ras rm yar t yar. “We like to be ahead o the curve wth that,” sad ray Frs, s- r assstat drtr aa aid. Currently, the University’ s minimum wage is $8.45 per hour, while Rhode Island’s is $7.40 per hour and the country’s is $7.25 per hour. Mark Schlissel P’15, provost and URC chair, said the committee de- cided to approve this request as duat grws mr ps. “Studen ts are being called upon to contribute more and more to either the cost o their education or B aparaajit SriraM Senior Staff Writer Te urban studies department hosted a two-day conerence on sustaab urbasm ths wk- end, highlighting new challeng- es cities ace to become cleaner, healthier, greener and less so- cioeconomically stratied. Te conerence, titled “Te City o the Hill: Working ogether or Sustainable Urbanism, ” took p lace in MacMillan 117 and included six panels and a video-streamed key- note speech by Pittsburgh Mayor Luk Rastah Frday. With panels like “ransporta- t Atrats,” “Grg th Urban Environment” and “Aord- able and Ecient Housing,” the r brught tgthr - perts rom various elds to tackle the issue o sustainable cities rom may ags. Ravenstahl, 32 — who be- am mayr Pttsburgh at th ag 6 — spk hs kyt address about programs he has mpmt d t trasrm Ptts- burgh rom a declining steel town to what Forbes Magazine called “ America’s most liv able ci ty. ” Tese initiatives have ocused on diver- siying the economy with the help o “eds and meds” — educational institutions and hospitals — to bring in industries like biotech- nology, inormation technology and alternative energy. Other programs ha usd grg the local environment through urban gardens and orests, reduc- ing energy use through stricter standards and increasing walk- abty ad bkabty wth th ty. “he eds and the meds are smthg that w us hr to allow us to do better than most regions, i you look at our unem- ployment rate, which is ar below the state average and the national arag,” Rastah sad. Ravenstahl went on to dis- uss th Urst y Pttsburgh Medical Center, which has been an engine o the city’s growth and Conference tackles sustainable urbanism Senator talks partisan politics, SNL B adaM tooBin Senior Staff Writer Rughy 60 studts drd a petition with more than 600 signa- tures rom students, sta, aculty ad aums t th Ursty Fr- day, dmadg Brw ras ts paymts t Prd. h group, Brown or Providence, ad- vocates increasing the University’ s inancial support to the city to rbud th ratshp . h grup trd Ursty Hall just ater noon Friday to prst th ptt t Prsdt Ruth Simmons. Since Simmons was not in her oice, they gave it to an administrator, who prom- sd th prsdt wud r t. “I thk ths ptt dm- strates that there is a growing eel- ing the University is not doing enough to support its city,” said Zack Mezera ’13, who helped or- gaz th ptt. Brown contributed more than $4 m ast yar utary and tax payments to t he city. he prtstrs ha prusy askd Brown to approximately double its voluntary payments with an ctiu ag 2 ctiu ag 3 ctiu ag 2 Hilar Rosthal / Hrald U.S. Senator Al Franken, D-Minn., addressed the Hill’s benefts and drawbacks. Courts o BrowBars.com Students post sel-pictures, some playul and others explicit, to a public website. ctiu ag 3 B jordan HendrickS aSSiStant featureS editor It has b ad a mrsm Brunonian culture, a “Craigslist r Brw” ad a sprat r students and alums to pose nude on the roo o the GeoChem Building, in Faunce House, in Sayles Hall, Strt Prat Ctr ad Salomon Center. While much o the hype o BrownBares.com on campus has died down, the site remains at mths ar ts rat md-Nmbr. BrwBars s a “subrddt” reddit.com, a site that allows users to submit photos and comment on others’ submissions under sel- created usernames. While certainly not the only site o its kind, Brown- Bars s th y “t sut- able or work” subreddits exclusive t a ursty. With approximately 1,000 to 2,000 unique hits every day, dozens o users and nearly 300 subscribers, “the place in which Brown bares all” has occupied a unique niche in Brown’ s culture o se xual pos itivity. Submissions eature Brown- ratd humr ad utura rr- ences — one user posed with his cyclohexane model rom organic hmstry, ad thr pstrs ha censored their aces with photo- shppd mags Bru gs. BrownBar es uncovers student bodies f or student body ctiu ag 5 feature city & state d pxs Students petition U. to increase pay to city B Morgan joHnSon Senior Staff Writer Former Saturday Night Live ast mmbr ad urrt jur United States senator Al Franken, D-Minn., proved that his comedic chops are still ully intact Sunday aternoon. Franken, who accepted the Brown Democrats’ 2012 John F. Kdy Jr. Award r spr- ing youth in politics, spoke about policy and his experiences in a divided Congress to a crowd in MaMa 7. Franken touched on some o his successul initiatives that passd durg a dut gsa- tive term or Democrats. Franken authrd a hath ar prs requiring insurance companies to adhere to a minimum medical loss ratio, which would designate at least 85 percent o premium payments to be used strictly or medical care in large group plans. he provision passed and has al- ready helped lower the cost o large-group insurance plans, in some cases by as much as 10 p er- t, ardg t Frak. “hr s pty t brat, ” Franken said o recent legislative at, tg th rtur th ban on stem cell research and the conclusion o the war in Iraq, but he added that Democrats need to signiicantly step it up in the uture to push legislative goals. “Every minute we stop pushing … is a minute Republicans spend pushing in the other direction,” h sad. Student wages increase 3 percent

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