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By elizaBeth Koh

Staff Writer

Google+ became available toBrw Gma usrs Ja. 3, add-ing it to the lineup o Google Appsrst made available last July by

Computing and InormationServices. Google+, a social net-working site, test-launched inJune but did not become widely

available or domain-based usersuntil October. More than 15 mil-lion students rom other collegesand universities have joined thetwrk s th Ju auh, aGg spksprs sad.

But the University waited untilJanuary to enable the service dueto concerns about implementa-

t.We try not to make a lot o

changes in very close succession iit results in a lot o help desk ca lls,

said Stephanie Obodda, assistantmanager or communication andcomputer education. We try tospa thgs ut a tt bt.

University staf deliberated be-ore deciding to make Google+

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what it would mean to turnGoogle+ on, Obodda said. We

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By adam tooBiN

Senior Staff Writer

While most Brown students wenthome or the holidays, OccupyProvidence protesters spent thelast month in Burnside Park brav-ing temperatures oten belowrzg. T grup mad a dawith the city Monday to leave the

park at night, but it has also addeda new initiative to its agenda tomak th Ursty pay mr tPrd.

Last week, protesters occupiedCity Hall to protest Browns tax

exemption, arguing that the Uni-versity does not pay its air share tas.

he protest coincided witha Providence City Council vote

t strp th Ursty ts ta-exempt status. Te motion wastrdud by Cuma JhIgliozzi, Ward 7, and passed the15-person council unanimously.

Te General Assembly is slated tot th masur.

Without its tax-exempt sta-tus, th Ursty ud ha t

Occupyshifts

focus totax status

By Gadi coheN

Staff Writer

Jerry is no ordinary teddy bear.hough toddlers can still playwith his woolly, brown ur and

carry him around the house, Jerrythe Bear requires his owners to

mtr hs bd gus ,administer insulin to his body

wth a spa pump r p adprovide him with a balanced dieto ake ood designed to keep himhathy.

Aaron Horowitz and Han-nah Chung, two NorthwesternUniversity seniors who devel-oped Jerry the Bear, moved to

Providence this past December

to continue working on their venture together. hey choseProvidence to be closer to theresources and connections they

dtd atr trg th DSocial Innovation Challenge andwinning a ellowship sponsored

by th Ursty.hey designed Jerry to help

children diagnosed with ype Idiabetes cope with the disease,

which oten emerges duringhdhd ad rqurs stattratmt.

Because their bodies do notnaturally produce enough insu-

t mata a hathy glucose in their blood, patients

Toy bear designers fndhome in Providence

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Hannah Chung wrks n her Design r America prject, a diabetic teddy bear.

Science professors

receive fellowshipsBy Kate deSimoNe

Contributing Writer

hree aculty members will beamd Fws th AmraAssociation or the Advance-mt S t mth, ahr that rgzs stststrbuts t thr ds rthe course o their careers. BarryCrs, prssr ad har th dpartmt urs;

Diane Lipscombe, proessor oneuroscience; and David Rand,

proessor o biology, were namedto the association this past No-

vember and will be recognizedFeb. 18 along with 536 other newellows during its annual meeting.

h AAAS s a trataorganization dedicated to sup-

porting the sciences. It elects el-lows by evaluating the work o

candidates who are nominated bypeers in their discipline. It is a

high honor or the aculty and orBrown because it recognizes indi-duas wh ar wd as bgamong the outstanding research-ers in their i eld, said Clyde Bri-ant, vice president or research, inan email to he Herald. Connors,Lipscombe and Rand said they

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You sometimes wonder ianyones even paying attentionto what youre doing, Connorssad. Hs rsarh uss thrt, th utrmst rg

By eli oKuN

Senior Staff Writer

Banner crashed yesterday morn-

ing when the site experienced asrr rad at a.m., th starto registration period or returningstudents. Te problems lasted rom:0 t :45 a.m., ardg t aannouncement on the Computingad Irmat Srs wbst,which described the problems as

tha duts.Upon observing the system

aur, CIS rbtd th srr,which remedied the problem,wrote Michael Pickett, vice presi-

dt r CIS, a ma t hHerald. CIS notiied the vendor

th rash.

he crash caused problemsr studts wh wr uab td ut ats r asss th rst day shppg prd. rty th ssu, th O the Registrar sent an email out

at 8:37 a.m. directing students tothe Registrars website to conirmrm assgmts.

Katie Kartheiser 15 wasamong those who had troubleinding her irst class when onlineaccess to her schedule was shut

down. I was trying to register

r my asss (wh t rashd),and then I went back to sleep,

she said. But then I was eatingbreakast, and I panicked becauseI realized I didnt know where myclass was. Since she knew theclass was in Metcal, Kartheiser

wandered through the buildinguntil she was able to ind the class,sh sad.

It was not the irst time this

academic year that Banner ell victim to excessive use. When

Banner glitch hinders registration

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pre-registration opened or irst-years in September, the site wentdw r s t a hur.

Students across campus ex-pressed rustration with theservers inability to process stu-

dt dmad.Andrew Chen 12 was attempt-

ing to register or some popu-ar asss hs ast smstr atBrown, but by the time Banner

came back up, the spots wereilled. Citing the reputations oth Ursty ad th mputr

s dpartmt, h sad stu-dents should not ace such regis-trat bstas.

Education is what we comet g r, ad pp ateven get the classes they want,

then the system is lawed, hesaid. Given the problems Ban-ner has aced in the past due to anrad studts rgstrg,Ch sad th Ursty shudhave ound a way to prevent theseprbms by w.

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pay amst $30 m mr pryear than it currently does. Browncontributes around $4 million peryar t th ty utary pay-mts ad prprty tas.

Many in the Occupy movement

s Brws ta-mpt status asa case o government support-ing corporations while ignoringth ds th ast prgd.Teyre a corporation, said pro-tester Robert Malin o Brown.Brown has a $2.5 billion endow-mt but dst pay ar tas.

Malin stressed that OccupyProvidence does not have anantagonistic relationship with thecity or with Brown University,

tg that Brw studts haturned out to support the Occupymmt.

When you think o a non-

prt sh, yu thk dd-cated teachers and administratorsmaking middle class income, not

a president making more thanthree-quarters o a million dol-ars, Ma sad.

Prd has ad a srbudget decit over the past severalyears. Last year alone, ProvidenceMayor Angel averas trimmedmore than $20 million rom edu-at spdg.

Occupy Providence nalized

th dtas a agrmt wththe city Monday to end theirnighttime occupation o BurnsidePark in exchange or the openingo a day center or the citys home-less. Te center will provide the

homeless a place to avoid the coldwinter weather during the day, aswell as resources or the home-

less to nd jobs and permanenthusg.

Tough the protesters claimedtry th da, grup mm-brs ha spt muh th ast

month debating amongst them-selves the details o the agreementwith the city. Im denitely op-

posed to (the deal), said AmandaMagee, an organizer and originalmember o Occupy Providence. Ihsty k w shudt bgtatg wth th ty. Tyrliars. Teyre criminals. Teyre

th prt.Most o the disagreement came

rm ths wh thught OupyProvidence could obtain greater

concessions rom the city. Ourmmt s th ast sstanding, not to be a victim opolice rampage. Te citys ofer iskay, but th ty a d bttr,Mag sad.

hey should be providinga shelter already, they have thepwr, Mag sad. Trty p-ple died last year because o thewtr.

But the energy at the camphas remained strong. You have

not heard the last o Occupy

Prd, a prtstr shutduesday during celebrations oth tys ss.

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Herald le pht

Fllwing negtiatins with the city, occupy Prvidence has agreed t end its nighttime ccupatin Burnside Park.

Banner crash frustrates students

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requirement and privacy, and or usit was an easier decision because oth pt- systm.

Te opt-in system allows Gmailusrs th pt t rat a pub- Gg+ pr but ds trqur thm t d s.

By turning it on, everyone oncampus has a choice to create aGg+ aut, sh addd. Itgives people the ability i they aretrstd.

Tugh rma rqusts tadd Google+ were led with CIS,Obodda pointed to a lot o in-

person requests, people askingaround campus or access to thesr.

She noted benets o regis-

tering with Google+, includingth abty t abraty dtGg dumts ad rgazmeetings, especially in inclementwathr r arss ampus.

Dspt th w aturs, stu-dt rats wr ukwarm.

I use Google+, but not likery day, Apha Da 5 sad,adding that he mostly uses it to

socialize with riends. Diallosaid he would not consider us-

ing Google+ with his Brown emailaut.

I use Facebook. I do have a

witter, but Im more on Face-

book, Paige Allen 15 said. Idont really know what (Google+)is, but no ones really explained

t t m. I ma, I kw mrabout it, I would, but Im pretty

gd whr I am wth my satwrks.

For Obodda, the new Google+pr s athr pprtuty tedit and share inormation, romcomputing tips to eedbackrm wrkrs.

I like Google+ because each

person chooses how much inor-mation to receive, she said. I

I put all these tips on Google+,and i people get bored o hearing

them, they can put me in a difer-t r, r thyr trstdthy a put m a r t.

Obdda rmas hpu thatthe social networking service willb usu t studts.

Were excited to see how its

going to be used on campus, shesad.

o the brain. His team works to

understand the electrical andphysa prprts th braswiring networks, particularlywhen it unctions abnormally, ass th as ppsy ad thrdsrdrs.

Connors said a signiicant keyto eectively treating epilepsycould come through microbeswith light-sensitive proteins.hrough genetic manipulation,these proteins can be expressed

in other organisms neurons,

whh ar th s that mak upthe brains wirings. Consequently,the neurons activity can be en-had r hbtd by drtrs ght.

Further scientiic progressud ad t ds that wudemit light upon detecting thest a szur, hbtg ad-ditional excitement o neurons

whh wud thrws push thbrain into the seizure state. Con-rs sad h ss grat pttar ths thgy ad has babratg wth thr dpart-ments, such as engineering and

physics, to investigate its possi-bilities. Its a great example o

how basic science has beneits no r wud ha prdtd,h sad.

Its ray t gt us-ited recognition, said Lipscombe,who has been doing researchsince her high school graduation.She started working as a tech-nician at a drug company ater

high school, expressing interest

rs s atr radgAgatha Chrst s. Sh sadshe ound that she loved doing

research and later enrolled at Uni-versity College London, becoming

the irst member o her extendedamy t g t g.

Lipscombes current research

also examines the wiring network th bra. I partuar, sh san expert on calcium ion chan-

nels, which are proteins oundin neurons. hese channels areimportant drug targets because

dierent subtypes o the channelollow unique pathways. o treatpain, one could develop a drug

that only aects the speciic type has th pa pathway,sh sad.

Lipscombe has been research-g aum has s 6and has continued to b e intrigued

by the pace at which the technol-ogy in neuroscience has devel-

pd. W a aswr qustswe never thought we could begint ask, sh sad.

Rand also said he elt honoredto be recognized or his contribu-ts t bgy. St, h sad haways s thr s mr h ado to advance his ield. Randsresearch combines evolutionary

biology and genetics. His ex-prmts swap gt matrarom mitochondria, the energy

powerhouses o the cell, to cre-ate nuclear-mitochondrial genetichybrids in ruit lies. His teamanalyzes variations in the lies

tss trats k sura ratsad sprg prdut. Bgable to take apart the nuclear-mthdra systm ad d-tiy the interactions is signiicantsince many human diseases are

mthdra-basd, Rad sad.Rand is also the director o

the Center or ComputationalMuar Bgy, whh utscomputer science with genetics

ad utary bgy.

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By marGaret NicKeNS

Senior Staff Writer

In its irst meeting o 2012, theUndergraduate Council o Stu-

dents reviewed the progress oongoing projects and discussed

upcoming initiatives or the se-mstr.

he Academic and Adminis-

trative Aairs Committee dis-cussed the development o itsAdvisee Handbook, which willinclude advice or irst-years thatthey may not get rom their advi-sors or Meiklejohns. he councilplans to have the handbook com-pleted and emailed to incoming

students by the end o the semes-ter. he handbook should serve

as a great guide to Brown beore

getting here, said Ralanda Nelson, prsdt th u.

he Admissions and StudentServices Committee noted that

they successully implementedBar Buks r brak. h sys-tem is eatured on Banner andaws studts t add my ttheir student cards via Value PortIII machines, which are scatteredarud ampus.

he Campus Lie Committeeconirmed that banners will be

eatured on the Main Green tobrat Brws 50th ar-sary. Installing banners to com-

memorate the anniversary has

b a g-stadg ga th

council, said Michael Schneider

3, ampus har.Communications Chair Sam

Gilman 15 said the new UCSwebsite will be running by the end

o next week. He also announcedthat th u w bg ru-lating a newsletter to the Univer-sty mmuty t kp studtsinormed about UCS activities. Itwill also continue its video Fire-sd Chats wth Ursty pr-sonnel. President Ruth Simmonswill be among the series guestsths smstr.

he Student Activities Com-

mittee will be hosting New Lead-rshp Ortats, smars thelp student leaders learn skills

such as how to host events and

receive unding, said Mae Cadao

3, studt atts har.hese things help you do

your job better, Nelson toldhe Herald, adding that these

ar rsurs spay r yuto plan events, to run them e-

ty.Near the end o the meeting,

Vice President David Rattner 13took the loor to announce hismain goals or the semester, whichinclude redesigning DepartmentalUdrgraduat Grups ad ps-sby shppg prd.

Ns dsussd hadg sm hr majr prjts, suhas increasing the student activi-

ties endowment, to other coun-

cil members. hough she hopes

other members will eventuallyreach the $17 million goal or theendowment, she said she doesnot believe they will be able to

mpt th prjt ths shyar. Ns as sad sh wudbe submitting a proposal or uni-versal need-blind admissions tothe Corporation Committee onCampus Lie sometime this se-

mester. Currently, international

and transer students are admitted a d-awar bass.

UCS has received $500 rom

the Undergraduate Finance Boardto und a student group, said AiaKwakwa 14, the councils trea-

surr. Appats r rgthe money will be sent out shortly.Kwakwa as sad UCS wats t

host a Leadership Summit orProvidence high school students.

At the end o the meeting,Ns prpsd drm rudst ras studt-awarss council activities. UCS memberswill go door-to-door in Universitydorms to gain student eedbackand tell people about the orga-

zat. Sh sad sh thks thapproach is a bit more person-a tha apprahg studts University caeterias, as UCS hasd th past. Sm mmbrsexpressed concern that dormrounds would prevent UCS rom

reaching juniors and seniors who -ampus.

UCS discusses successes, next projects

By Katie cuSumaNo

Contributing Writer

Setting oot on campus or theirst time can be a daunting ex-perience or new aculty mem-

bers. o acilitate the transition totahg at Brw, th ShrdaCenter or eaching and Learningran two workshops Jan. 23 and

24 an orientation or all new

aculty to Brown and a workshopgard t auty wh w tahr th rst tm.

he Sheridan Center providesbiannual workshops or new pro-essors at the beginning o each

semester, as well as seminarsthroughout the academic year.hese seminars provide new ac-ulty members with input romcurrent students and aculty to

acilitate their adjustment toBrws rmt.

he orientation intended or

all aculty new to Brown is in-valuable or giving junior acultymembers a general sense o whatthe Brown student is like, said

Ethan Pollock, associate proessoro history and Slavic languages,

who helped lead the general newaculty orientation. Pollock de-

scribed himsel as less o a le adero the new aculty orientation andmore o a mediator who guides

discussions without lecturing.

Pk sad t was mprat th wrkshps that urrt pr-essors not extrapolate rom theirown experiences and impose theirsss thr dsps.

Each discipline is distinct in

its teaching style, and the ormats asss ary, Pk sad. Frthis reason, it is more valuable

or new teachers to be able to askqusts ad prd dbak,

h addd.Pollock also led a workshop

th a. hs wrkshps argenerally more widely attended

because it is the start o a newaadm yar, Pk sad.

Fiery Cushman, assistant pro-essor o cognitive, linguistic andpsyhga ss, attddthe orientation programs in the

all. He previously taught as agraduate and postdoctoral stu-dent at Harvard. But he said he

still elt apprehensive when hejoined the Brown aculty in theall. eaching as a proessor or

the irst time is reputed to be thehardest year o your lie, he said.

Nick Coleman GS led theeaching or the First imeseminar, which is held or irst-

time instructors, includinggraduate students, ellows andother new aculty. he soon-to-

b strutrs wh attdd thseminar were enthusiastic and

original, Coleman wrote in anma t h Hrad.

Cushma sad th wrkshpsprd a way t ar a w the tricks o teaching at a newinstitution and to place the pe-

culiarities o the Brown teachingsystm, suh as shppg prdand the open curriculum, in aassrm tt.

his semester will be Assis-

tant Proessor o EpidemiologyCha Hws rst p rteaching her own class. LikeCushman, Howe attended a work-shop last semester. She said thepr ga hr a ha tlearn about student expectations.

Up jg Brws auty,Cushman said he heard about itsoutstanding body o students.

he Sheridan Center not only re-ruts sr auty mmbrs tdirect its panels, but also involvesundergraduate and graduate stu-dts ak.

In addition to the workshops,Howe said her background as a

graduate teaching assistant atJohns Hopkins University alsoguided her understanding o howstudts ar bst.

Cushman said students have awd arty trsts ad r-sponsibilities, and understandingth studt u s ssta tbg a t tahr.

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Dartmouth Columnist Reveals FraternityHazing and Administration Inaction

Dartmth senir Andrew Lhse wrte a clmn r the Dartmth,a stdent newspaper, describing the details raternit hazing ritals. He

revealed that he met last ear with members the niversits administratin,

wh did little in respnse t his cncerns, accrding t Dartblg, which

btained a leaked cp the clmn.

We attend a strange schl where r president, ne the wrlds

remst pblic health experts, has shwn an alarming reticence regarding

what can nl be described as a pblic health crisis the tmst imprtance:

the endemic phsical and pschlgical abse cltre that ccpies the heart

Dartmths Greek-lie cmmnit, Lhse wrte.

He ges n t describe the tramatic explits he was rced t take part in

while pledging Sigma Alpha Epsiln. I was rced t swim in a kiddie pl ll

vmit, rine, ecal matter, semen and rtten d prdcts; rced t eat an

melet made vmit; rced t chg cps vinegar ntil I was araid that I

wld vmit bld like ne m ellw pledges did; rced t inhale nitrs

xide; degraded pschlgicall n a dail basis; rced t drink beers pred

dwn a ellw pledges ass crack; vmited n reglarl and encraged tvmit n thers, Lhse wrte.

The administratin is nw in damage-cntrl mde, accrding t

Dartblg, and the Dartmth plans t print respnses rm ther stdents

and pssibl raternit members.

penn State Faculty Have Confdence in Adinistration

Despite calls rm stdents and alms r a vte n-cndence in the

Bard Trstees, Pennslvania State universit aclt decided against the

measre in a 128 t 58 vte Tesda, accrding t the Chrnicle Higher

Edcatin. The calls r the n-cndence vte were in respnse t the bards

cntrversial ring rmer head tball cach Je Patern 50 in Nvember.

The aclt gverning bd als vted against cndcting an independent

investigatin int the child sexal abse scandal that reslted in Paterns

ring, accrding t the Chrnicle.

Jean L. Ptel, assciate pressr engineering science and mechanics,

said the vte wld be destrctive and that the aclt senate shld wrk

t create a prdctive relatinship with the Bard Trstees, accrding t the

Chrnicle.

mitt Roney Endorses Forproft Colleges

Last mnth, presidential hpel Mitt Rmne laded r-prt clleges as

an alternative sltin r stdents strggling t pa steep titin ees at their

nn-prt cnterparts, accrding t the New yrk Times.

Rmne praised Flridas r-prt Fll Sail universit while campaigning

in Iwa, despite its $80,000 per ear price tag r certain prgrams and 38

percent gradatin rate. Fll Sails chie exective is Bill Heavener, c-chairman

Rmnes state ndraising team in Flrida, accrding t the Times.

Except with sme rare circmstances, their prices are mre expensive

than cmmnit clleges and even r-ear instittins, Dnald E. Heller,

dean edcatin at Michigan State universit, tld the Times.

I like the act that instittins higher learning will cmpete with neanther, whether there r-prt r nt-r-prt, Rmne tld the Times.

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Pre-meds forge globalties on Ecuador trip

By JoSeph roSaleS

Senior Staff Writer

For the second time in less than

a yar, th Urstys haptr Md, Eduat ad D-opment or Low-Income FamiliesEverywhere sent a group o stu-

dents to Riobamba, E cuador. Te23-person group spent eight daysthis month assisting doctors inarby ags ad strutga bathrm r a ags sh-hus.

I got to see a lot o diferent

sides o medicine, David Stein 13said. I enjoyed working towardsustained change or the lives o

th patts.Te organization was ounded

005 as a studt grup at thUniversity o Maine. Since then,

it has expanded to 45 diferentcollege chapters, the majorityo which are pre-med studentgroups, according to ommyFlint, director o operations or

MEDLIFE USA. By acilitatingtravel to Ecuador and Peru, the

organization gives students theopportunity to help villagers lack-ing proper medical care and learn

about medicine through commu-ty sr, Ft sad.

Te Universitys chapter was

udd Sptmbr 00, sadKatie DeAngelis 13, co-presidento the chapter. Te group trav-eled to Riobamba during springbreak last year, and the chapter

ddd t rtur r th rtwinter break to continue develop-ing a relationship with the regionspp, sh sad.

During this last trip, the Browncontingent ormed a mobile clinicbrgad, Ft sad.

I kpg wth th rgaza-

tions goal o connecting studentswith local doctors, students onthe trip visited villages in the areaalongside physicians, dentists andgynecologists rom the region,DAgs sad.

Te villagers received ree con-sultations and medicine on-site,Flint said. Patients with medicalissues that could not be dealt with-st wr g a dagss tdiscuss with doctors in the city

tr.All students on the trip were

members o the organizationand were required to participate

in undraising and other public

events. Tis requirement ensuredthat only the most passionate andcommitted students embarked onth trp, DAgs sad.

Te organization ocuses onprdg a pst utura -change or American studentsthat gs thm a ha t arabout career opportunities inmd, Ft sad.

Shivang Desai 14 said hechose to go on the trip because

he was interested in health care

ad partuary th sr underprivileged communities. Hesaid assisting with the toothbrushstation, a place where studentsand other volunteers taught youngchildren how to properly brushtheir teeth, was an eye-opening

pr.Wathg thm ar hw t

brush their teeth, something thatsso simple or us, was exciting to bea part , h sad. Its t sm-thg yu pt t s.

Stein said seeing the childrenssmiles and the villagers gratitudethroughout the week made thetrp wrth t.

Desai said the language barrierwas th bggst hagshe aced during the trip, but thelocal doctors and a minority othe students knew Spanish. Some

o the older villagers did not evenspeak Spanish, but rather an Incanaguag.

Rose Shan 14 said she saw thea dtrs as brdgs btwth haptr ad th agrs. Shadded that she elt the languagebarrier was more apparent duringthe construction project, as the

English-speaking doctors were notavailable to assist with translation.

Te Universitys chapter hopesto begin consistently sendinggroups o students to the Ecua-

dr st at ast tw a yar dur-ing winter and summer breaks,

DeAngelis said. Both Desai andStein said they eel returning to

Riobamba is integral to cementinga astg prs th rg.

Going back is completely nec-essary, Stein said. Te goal issustag, astg hag.

Students design diabetic teddy bear

with ype I diabetes need to be

administered insulin many timesah day rdr t sur.

Its really scary or a kid,Hrwtz sad. O day thy gt th dtr, ad th t thrparents have to inject them seven,ght tms a day.

hough treatment can seem

traumatizing at irst, Horowitzand Chung said they believe Jerrya hp kds ar t rmtheir ears and teach them how

t maag thr dsas.his is a toy that goes

through the struggles that theygo through, Horowitz said. Kidscant read medical brochures they learn by touching and doing.

During the one-week mentor-g prgram assatd wth thellowship, Alan Harlam, director sa trprurshp at thSwearer Center or Public Ser-

vice, helped Horowitz developthe toy and contact individuals

who would later work with him th prjt.

I got an email rom Aaronseveral months ago in which hetold me he was thinking about

making an arrangement withNorthwestern, where he couldinish his studies in Providence sohe could work on Jerr y the B ear,Harlam said. Now that I think

o it, the title o the email wasatuay A Crazy Ida?

Alan wrote, You could totallyd that ad yu ud stay my hus, Hrwtz sad.

Now, Horowitz and Chungshar a rm Harams hm.Living together in the same houseas their mentor allows them to

bounce ideas o one another con-staty, Chug sad.

Because were living together

and sharing the place together, we

think about Jerry the Bear all thetime, Chung said. We live Jerryth B ar.

hough still taking Northwest-ern classes via Skype, Horowitz

and Chung use all their sparetm t urthr dp bth thmarketing and design o Jerrythe Bear. For them, Providence

is the ideal place to work on theirbusss.

Its suh a grat ty, Chug

said. People love to help you outand connect with you. We haveso much support rom students.

O thy rah thr ga successully producing and mar-ktg Jrry th Bar t th ypI dabts mmuty, Hrwtzad Chug wat t wrk -structive, interactive toys to caterto other medical communities,

like asthma and epilepsy patients.But until then, they are labor-

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

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submttd up t s adar days ar pubat.

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

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ad at assur th pubat ay ttr. Pas mt ttrs t 50 wrds. Udr spa rumstas wrtrs may rqust aymty, but ttr w

b prtd th authrs dtty s u kw t th dtrs. Aumts ts w t b prtd.

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Right beore students let Providence or winter break, a number

auty mmbrs ad admstratrs mt t dsuss pttachanges to the academic calendar. he debate largely centered

on moving the beginni ng o the academic year to th e Wednesdaybr Labr Day t aw r a a brak atr th sms-tr. But w thk a mr prmsg shdug mdat wasright in ront o them. We propose shortening winter break bya wk, addg th tra days thr t Prsdts Day wkdr sprg brak.

Wh w aways apprat tm away rm th Ss L-brary, wtr brak ts urrt rm s grgusy g. hsyear, students who had exams on the last possible day o inalsperiod, Dec. 21, still had a remarkable ive weeks o vacation

br asss startd ystrday, Ja. 5. G that may ppshd as ary as D. , a szab amut Brw studtshad s r s wks away rm Cg H.

he current winter break is a counterproductive and awkward

in-between length overkill in celebrating the holidays anddmprssg rm as, but t shrt r th arag Brwstudent to get an internship or job. Yes, winter inals period is

dmadg, but ur r wks s mr tha ugh tm trr.

Administrators do not want to lengthen time between t he end sprg smstr as ad C mmmt, ad t s a Brwtradition or Commencement to take place over Memorial Dayweekend, wrote University Registrar Robert Fitzgerald in an emailt th dtra pag bard. Ardgy, th y way t shrtwinter break would be to create an e xtra weeks worth o vacationdurg sprg smstr.

hereore, we suggest either increasing spring break rom onewk t tw wks, r add g a w days t bth Prsdts Dayweekend and spring break. Adding days to either or b oth o thesewill give students a break at a point in the semester when they

w sury jy t, as w as mr bty t tak trps wth

mmuty sr grups, tams ad ubs. Ethr ths p-ts prds ar mr mprtat pprtuts r strss rtha th ast days a s-wk wtr brak.

h strgst bjt t ths pa s that t mght b dsad-atagus t studts wh ar rm Prd. It s bthaay burdsm ad tm-sumg r ths studtsto ly home. hus, many o t hem presumably preer ewer, longerbreaks. We know that Providence winters are cold, and that interna-tional students in particular who cannot realistically head homei given a ew extra days during Presidents Day weekend mightwant to maximize their time at home over winter break. hat said,r th majrty studts, th ast wk wtr brak s at us tm that ud bttr b usd durg strssupts th sprg s mstr. W ask auty ad admstratrst g srus sdrat t shrtg wtr brak.

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An article in Wednesdays Herald (City spars with U. over increasing payments, Jan. 25) incorrectly reportedthat Brw pad mr tha $.4 m t th ty ast yar udr a 003 agrmt. T Ursty atu-ay trbutd $. m udr th agrmt ad $.7 m addta utary paymts. THrad rgrts th rrr.

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Nw Yars rsuts ar aways a st ryd tts: t gt mr sp, td bttr sh ad t party ss (rmr). But th mst mprtat s a-ways th sam: t s wght.

Ts s t surprsg wh, ardgt th Ctrs r Dsas Ctr, r-thrd Amra aduts ar bsad mr ar rwght. Sm-thg dty ds t b d. Yt dt

adrtsmts ad magazs rah thwrg auds. Istad th pst-Chrstmas-bg sa dwrs, thy tar-gt th arady-dtrmd gym rats whar aways sarhg r mr mtat.

Dsrdrd atg t u-bwatg dsrdrs s ay abrma at-g pattr, ragg rm trm tmr subt. Ardg t th CaraDpartmt Pub Hath, suh b-har uds a t trrat-d atg habts ad wght maagmtprats, as w as atg rtuas, bdybs ad physga mbaas basay, ay wrd atttuds abut dr wght. S, ys, that uds msttyps dtg.

S my tm at Brw, I hat -utrd a sg gr wh dst t that

dsrpt. Dtg sms t ha tras-rmd t mr tha a hath masur.

Its a utura prat.Wh t ms t d, th gr-

a ssus s that ss s aways bttr.Durg as tm, Hath Srs pstsfyrs that sram, Fg strssd?Ha a sak! Tat ray maks m w-dr: Ar w atuay that busy? As Brwstudts, w tak prd th amussayg that w d s muh that w bar-y ha tm t at r sp. I dt buyt. Hw g ds t tak t sar dw aspy wth?

Studts wh dt bsss abut dsm t gt thr at th gym. Maybwr t a a buh rahggym-rs, but smtms t sms thatway. Durg as tm, th busst part

th yar, th mahs ar mst rwddbtw 0 p.m. ad mdght. It sms

thr s us r mssg a wrkutwh th gyms ar p that at.

T Nata Assat AraNrsa ad Assatd Dsrdrs udthat prt wm suryd r-prtd dtg t maag wght, ad ths, r ha wr bw r hathywght. A quartr g-agd wmha gagd bg atg ad purggas a wght-maagmt thqu.

I hgh sh, I was a mptt ds-ta rur, s I ha s my shar dysut. Eatg dsrdrs wr pr-at r bus rass. p athts ar

mptt ad mpus, prat r-ptt ruts wh matag u-rastay hgh s-ptats adshar a tdy r dprss. BakSwa, ay?

My tm at Brw has m wth add as dj u. Iy Lagu studts

td t shar th sam trats as tp-trathts thr dr t b prt.

But wh a bam us?Csdr wkd parts whr grs

drss tght shrts ad sm guys gwthut. Ca yu bam thm r spd-g utss hurs th gym whBrw adats ts k S PwrGd? Ad w art y bdy-sus th wkds ts a th tm.

Its Wdsday ghts at th Whs-ky Rpub. Its Mdays ad usdaysd wth w updats Brw Bars a rum whr studts a mmt thr prs aymusy pstd udphts. Its durg as. Ar a,wh wats t k at durg th NakdDut Ru?

Mayb ths yar w shud makw Nw Yars rsuts: mr sps gd, bttr grads ar , but hwabut w ay th hay gym ssssa tt ad g r a wak stad? Hwabut w mak sur t at thr tms aday? Hw abut, stad tryg t swght, w try t b hathr, bth bdy ad md. Tat mas wrkgut mdraty, atg gd d ad tdtg.

Ar a, w ar Brw studts. Wshudt b t busy t at. W shudb t busy t wrry s muh abut whatw at.

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Resolutions reach the wrong audience

Sty s a wdru thg. As Hbbsptd ut, wthut t wud b as-ty, brutsh ad shrt. Hwr, dspt ad smtms baus ur uturaad pta sttuts, sm s ar tmuh bttr tha th stat atur. Ts sth startg pt r th sa atst, d-dr th udrdg ad hamp thss.

Brw studts ar ddatd t sahag. W Oupy. W tak bak th ght.I w ud ha, w wud ha d ryad marhd by th m.

Atsm s trrg wthth s thrs. Ts trr taksat ast tw rms. W mght try t hagaws, r w mght mak dmads rgardgbhar. Armat at s th rmr.T Oupy mmt s argy th attr.

Abut th sd typ trr Sutwakrs ar smar t Ouprs thatthy ar atsts wh d t ha a p-t pa r hagg th aw. But Ouprsar dmadg that th prt ar adspd thr my drty. Sutwakrsar sstay duatg. Ts mmt sss abut hagg ats ad mr abuthagg mds.

Ouprs wud ha t that th rh bprhbtd rm gagg th pratsthy dm. It s r prata rass

that Ouprs d t aways a r gs-

at. Sutwakrs thk pp shud tsutsham ad bam tms. I ha rhard t argud that pp shud b pr-hbtd rm dg ths thgs. Sutsham-rs ar jrks, but w d t try t gsatagast jrks.

Prhaps yu d t wat t a th O-uprs dmads trr. My pt sthat Ouprs ar mr smar t gsa-t atsts tha Sutwakrs. I wat t aths smarty trr, ad t s myum. Mayb yu thk thr s suhsmarty, but I am t trstd haga smat dbat.

What warrats trr? Cary, wat trr wth ry bhar r ay

ras. Yu at trr wth my mh just baus yu thk Mha Bayms ak artst wrth. W d a mrrbust rmat t t justy trr-.

I s y tw pts. W a tr-r thr wh thrs ats ar mmrar wh thy ar ujust.

W at dmad that pp at mr-ay. Ts s t a prdut th at that

pp dsagr abut what s mra. E

a wrd whr w a agr th mr-a ats, a ssta part bg huma sbg r t mak th wrg ds. I-stad, w shud suggst pp at mray.Ts s what th Sutwakrs ar dg. Tymak a g as that sutshamg

s mmra ad a t up t bsrrs thag thr ats.

Wh w trr, t a y b b-aus justs ar bg mmttd. War rd wth statg just aws. O-uprs us th prd justs ur urrt m systm. What bargds ths ha atsm? I I am rght, -trr s y warratd as a rsps tjust. Br yu gt ut thr ad tr-

r, yu d t asrta whthr a -just r a mr mmraty s urrg. Iyu ar t trrg, mayb yu ught tb.

W d t dbat th atur just.As I ha argud th past (Mraty adupat, Ot. 30), rdr t b -t, atsts must apt that suh-ad-suh s ujust s a bjt at parwth a st am. W d t kw

what sp ats ar just ad ujust.

S, what ar th prps just? Ith past (T rght t pub masturbat,N. 30), I ha suggstd that just ats arths whh rspt rghts. Atsts mustdtrm what ur rghts ar r bas jus-t smthg s.

Ermtasts trr wth d-strut th rmt. T Lk-a prs that prprty aqust augh ad as gd mm wudadquaty warrat trr. But Lk-a thught as tt rm r rdstrb-ut just. Ermtasts must thrg up rdstrbut r d sm thrway t justy rmtasm.

Ouprs ad thr rdstrbutarsdmad w rrt sm qua-ty. Ty must dp a thry that hdsthat ths quaty s t y wrg butujust ad smhw squars wth dd-ua brty.

Easr sad tha d. Tugh mratyrqurs us t g up sm brty yuha a mra bgat t sa a drwgprs, thugh t wud ru yur athr ars t s t ar that justds.

W may d that sag th r-mt ad rrtg sm -quaty ar mry mra ad t as just.I ths s th as, w ha pa s-rgh-tusy trrg wth th s thrs.W a duat ad ad by amp k thSutwakrs, but w wud b pstt mak dmads.

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Senior Staff Writer

A ourteen-member panel createdby last years pension reorm leg-islation held its irst meeting yes-trday at th Rhd Isad StatHouse to discuss ailing municipalpension systems. Ater months odebate about the state pensionsystem last year, the irst meeting th pa whh mprssmunicipal executives, union lead-ers and other political appointees rprsts th bgg anew chapter as the state shits its

ocus to ununded liabilities ac-ing the pension systems o RhodeIsad ts ad tws.

Larry Berman, communica-

tions director or House SpeakerGordon Fox, D-Providence, saidthe panel is tasked with conduct-ing research and compiling ac-tuara data th a psplans rom each city and town oranalysis. his data, along with thepanels deliberations, will consti-tut th bass r ts rmm-dations to the General Assembly Apr.

he panel appointments co-

incided with a series o meetingsGov. Lincoln Chaee 75 P14 con-

vened with municipal executives,union leaders and business lead-ers to discuss remedies or under-unded municipal pension plans.

In order to solve the munici-pal issues that are acing citiesad tws, a th parts shudcome together to better solve thisproblem, said Christine Hun-sgr, Chas prss srtary.

Many critics are eager to pointout that ununded municipal pen-s pas ar a a prbm.

Paul Valletta, president oth Crast rghtrs u,

attended a meeting earlier thismonth. He represents ireight-ers enrolled in one o the mostdangerously ununded pension

systms th stat.It wasnt our ault we didnt

cause this thing, but we a lso dont

think that the sins o past electedas shud b br by thtaxpayers or the ireighters, Val-

letta said. He added that the ire-ighters were interested in sittingdown with municipal oicials toaddress the problem on a local

.Let the mayors do the job

thy wr td t d, Vattasaid, adding that he thinks Cran-st Mayr Aa Fug, ad tChaee, should negotiate withrghtrs.

But Hunsinger said the actthat the situation is at a crisis

level means municipal pensionsar dd a statwd prbm.

Valletta said a suspension ost--g adjustmts, p-s paymts dd t a-

tion, will result in the biggestsavings to any pension system

ad that th us ar rady tgtat Crast.

Providence Mayor Angel av-eras also suggested the suspen-sion o cost-o-living adjustmentsas a pssb sut.

Right now, we have a pen-sion system that is unsustainable,aras sad. Its t smthgw a ard.

Union leaders like Vallettawant to bring their current re-

trs t gtats.We made this oer to our

mayor a year ago, but weve nevergotten a cal l to sit down, Vallettasaid. I the union is willing to sitdown with you, and you could

s ths prbm that has bgoing on or years, you would bea hero. Why wouldnt you want

t d t?Php K, prsdt th

local Service Employees Inter-

national Union, also attendedChaees meeting with unionleaders. He said the Chaee ad-

ministrations involvement inthe issue is problematic due to

ts apprah.I thk thyr tryg t m

apples and oranges, he said.here are some cities and townsthat are very well-unded, thatreally dont need to be tinkered

wth.Rhode Islands 36 dierent

municipal pension plans have a

tta uudd ps abty mr tha $ b, thughthe liabilities are unequally dis-

tributed. Cranstons pensionsystem, or example, has one othe largest ununded liabilities,

valued at more than $240 million.Hunsinger said the approxi-

mately $192 million worth o cuts

to municipalities rom the stategovernment over the past three

years has only exacerbated thepension problem and that thisadministration is interested inworking with cities and towns toaddrss th ssu.

I th thrd sss mmbrso the Chaee administration metwith business lead ers like ammyCs, wr Parag SmaBusiness Solutions. he gover-

r mphaszd th mprta strg busss supprt r aaay st stat.

Rhode Island has been his-torically considered not small-

business-riendly, she said. heyseem to want to make changes

t rguats ad gsat tmake the state appealing to smallbusss wrs.

Collins said the meeting wasan eective orum to express con-cerns with current regulationsand legislation. I dont know i

theyll change anything, but atast thy ar harg us ut.

State tackles municipalpension woes

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City & State editor

Neumont University, a or-proitcollege that specializes in com-putr s, s kg t buda campus in Providence. SinceRhd Isad urrty ds tallow or-proit institutions togrant bachelors or masters de-grees, the college would requirempt rm stat aw.

Neumont University, located

near Salt Lake City, U.., wantsto combat the shortage o trained

computer scientists acing Provi-dence employers like GECH andFM Gba by pg ts drs

in Providence, said Stacy Hughes,mmuat maagr r thuniversity. Neumont has existingindustry relations with GECH

ad FM Gba, s Prd sa atura t r a w ampus,sh addd.

Ned Levine, president oNumt Ursty, s a gradu-ate o the Rhode Island Schoolo Design. He said he wants to

expand to Providence because othe many educational institutionsin the state and the demand or

Neumont graduates rom local

businesses. he university is look-g r a at Prdbut has not yet ound a speciic

st, L sad.But there is local opposition

to Neumonts move. For-proituniversities are held to a dierent

standard than non-proit institu-tions o higher education, saidDaniel Egan, president o the As-sociation o Independent Collegesand Universities Rhode Island.While nonproits are accredited

by states, or-proit universities

are accredited by the ederal gov-ernment, a process Egan said is

t as hghy rputd.Rhode Island universities al-

ready produce signiicantly morecomputer science graduates thanthe estimated 300 that wouldm rm Numt, Ega sad and there are ew entry-levelpositions available at big technol-gy rms.

Advancing Rhode Islands cur-rt duat systm shud bthe states priority, rather thanbringing in a sector that has at-tracted controversy or leavingstudents with high debt and no

dgr, Ega sad.Levine said he has not yet

aced opposition in his visits.As aythg, thr ar ppwh s th wrd d rty, a competitive sens e, he said, buthe added that no one has specii-cally asked Neumont not to locate th ty.

I bills introduced by House

Majrty Ladr Nhas Matt-ello, D-Cranston, and Sen. HannaGallo, D-Cranston, are approvedby th Rhd Isad Gra As-smby, Numt pts t b-gin enrollment Oct. 2013, Hughessad. h gsat s urrtyunder review by the House Com-

mittee on Health, Education, andWelare and the Senate Education

Cmmtt.

For-proft college seeks R.I. campus

Crtes Nemnt universit

Nemont university a or-proft instittion based in utah may ace opposition as it attempts to develop acamps in Prvidence.

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Diane Lipscmbe is ne three science pressrs wh will be named ellws

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