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By ElizabEth KohSenior Staff Writer

edward wing, dean of medicine and biological sciences, will step down from his post at the end of the academic year, President Christina Paxson announced in a community-wide email Monday afternoon. wing plans to return to as a faculty member after taking a sabbatical.

wing brought “admirable leadership and distinguished service to Brown” during his tenure, Paxson wrote, citing his guidance during the Alpert Medical School’s move to the Jewelry District and work in building relationships with the school’s affiliated teaching hospitals.

“ed has been a leader in the Univer-sity’s remarkable period of progress,” she wrote.

“It was his decision that the timing was right,” said Provost Mark Schlissel

P’15. “It was a very natural thing.”wing, 67, told The herald that the

decision to step down was a “personal” one.

“It’s been a very good run here,” he said. “But it’s also a very busy, stress-ful job.”

wing plans to re-engage with inter-national medicine, “see more patients” and work on writing a textbook when he rejoins the faculty after his sabbati-cal, he said.

“I’ll go back, really, to my roots in a way,” he added.

wing will have served as dean for five years when he steps down at the end of June, capping an administrative career that began with his appointment as the chair of the Department of Medi-cine in 1998.

wing oversaw a number of devel-opments after

after five years, Wing to resign as dean in may

By RachEl MaRgolisContributing Writer

A sculpture created by artist tom Fried-man will be installed on campus within the next month. The “Circle Dance” sculpture was donated to the University by an anonymous donor and approved as a gift by the Corporation last month.

The sculpture will likely be placed on the walk between Angell and waterman streets, according to Dick Spies, interim senior vice president for University ad-vancement.

“It was felt to be a great opportu-nity for public art to be on our campus,” Spies said.

The Corporation’s Sub-Committee on Public Art enthusiastically accepted the gift, Spies said. over the subsequent few weeks and months, “Circle Dance” went through a standard approval pro-cess required for all substantial gifts to the University. The Corporation will

generally not turn away a gift unless it is deemed inappropriate or not up to the University’s standards — for example, Spies said, “if it’s going to blow away the first time we have a hurricane.”

Spies said the donor’s reason for pro-viding the gift matched the intentions expressed by the David Finn family in 1974 when they donated “Bridge-Prop,” the sculpture by henry Moore that cur-rently adorns the Main Green.

“They expressed hope that there would be many more” additions of public art, Spies said.

“Circle Dance” is currently on dis-play at the Stephen Friedman Gallery in London. Last year, the circle of 11 life-sized stainless steel figures — an increase in size from the original model, which the artist shaped out of foil oven roasting trays — also performed its never-ending dance at Frieze Art Fair in regent’s Park in London.

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‘Circle dance’ sculpture set to arrive on the Walk

By sophiE FlynnStaff Writer

Most students on campus have no opin-ion on how President Christina Paxson is handling her job in her first year, ac-cording to a herald poll conducted earlier this semester. of the students polled, 69.3 percent had no opinion, 17.5 percent somewhat approve, 10.9 percent strongly approve, and 2.3 percent either somewhat disapprove or strongly disapprove.

More females than males indicated they approve of how Paxson has been handling her job — 31 percent versus 26 percent, respectively. Four percent of males disapproved of Paxson in some capacity, while less than 1 percent of females did.

Most students interviewed said they do not know enough about Paxson to assess her performance. Since Paxson has not yet executed any major initiatives, students’ judgments seem to be based mostly on first impressions.

Students cannot judge Paxson at this point in time, said Jonathan Sit ’15. “I

haven’t seen her do much yet,” he said. Kevin Carty ’15, a herald opinions

columnist, said he could not yet pass judgment on Paxson. Though he has a positive view of former president ruth Simmons, “everything I know about her is retroactive and came over the course of a decade,” he said.

tim Schlenger ’16 said he does not know much about the president beyond some positive comments he heard from others. Paxson is an established face on campus, said will Adams ’16. “I recog-nize her when I see her,” he said. Beyond that, he said he has no particular feelings toward her.

Paxson is qualified and intellectual as well as popular, said Michael Alim ’12.5. But “compared to ruth, the enthusiasm is much more muted,” he said. he attributes this neutrality to students feeling that “the president isn’t a primary concern.”

elizabeth Goodspeed ’16, a sopho-more in the Brown/rhode Island School of Design dual degree program, said that she thinks positive opinions toward Simmons arose

Poll: majority have no opinion on Paxson

By aMy RasMussEnCity & State editor

All U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years of age are eligible to cast their vote for the president of the United States in today’s general election.

Salomon Center is the most conve-nient polling location for undergradu-ates registered with their campus ad-dresses. Most rhode Island polling

places open at 7 a.m., and all of them will close their doors at 8

p.m. to begin the tabulation process. Those in line by 8 p.m. will still be al-lowed to vote.

ocean State voters must have regis-tered by oct. 7 to help decide the races for the U.S. Senate, U.S. house of rep-resentatives and local congressional races. Unregistered voters may still cast their votes in the presidential and vice presidential races by registering at the appropriate City or town hall today. Students may complete this process at Salomon Center.

For the first time, voters will be asked for a valid, unexpired ID before they are allowed to cast their vote. Photo IDs will not be required until 2014. to view sample ballots, polling locations and a list of acceptable voter ID documentation, visit www.elections.state.ri.us.

But forgetful voters will still be al-lowed to participate even without ac-ceptable ID. If the signature on their standard pro-

r.I. voters can cast ballots on campus

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Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University?

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Strongly approve10.9%

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Somewhat disapprove1.8%

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in a recent herald poll, the majority of students expressed no opinion of president christina paxson’s time in office, with 28.4 percent approving.

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the 11 stainless steel figures of a sculpture donated to the university will likely adorn the Walk between Waterman and angell streets.

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after a sabbatical, current Dean of Medicine and biological sciences Edward Wing will rejoin the faculty, see more patients and work on a textbook.

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Cross. Cross slid, trying to get a foot on it, but Ames reached it a moment too soon, leaving both teams with a tie in their conference game.

The Bears had lost their two previ-ous games in overtime, and Pincince said the team did well getting the equalizer in “a good Ivy battle” and then defending in overtime. “Both teams had only scored three goals in the Ivies, and we get a donnybrook tonight with each team scoring two goals,” he said. “I thought maybe the 2-2 tie was fitting.”

“It was definitely a fight. every ball, every inch is pretty monumental,” ohrt said. “I thought we did a great job.”

yale 1, brown 0The final game was decided by a

goal in the sixth minute by yale for-ward Mary Kubiuk. Though the Bears

pressed on, registering seven shots on goal, the scoreline stayed at 1-0 for the Bulldogs.

The result ended a losing season for the Bears. Despite having started out strong early in the year, recording a 6-1 record at one point, Bruno ended up losing eight out of its 10 games against Ivy opponents.

“I definitely think that the season had some rough spots,” Cross said. “obviously, we didn’t do as well in the Ivy League as we thought we could.”

This clear division in results de-fined the season: a successful first seven games, followed by a downward slide once conference play began. In the first seven games, the Bears scored a total of 10 goals, but the team only managed to score another five in the last ten games. They finished the season with the least-productive offense of any Ivy team.

“we hit a rough spot there in the

beginning of Ivies, and I think once we hit that, we were having a really hard time pulling ourselves out of that,” said Siegelman, one of the Bears’ offensive standouts this season with three game-winning goals.

But she said she thinks the team will come back even stronger next year. “one of the things having such a rough Ivy League contributed to is this desire to win and work hard,” she said.

Cross said the team is motivated to do better next year, and “it’s going to be important having strong leadership.”

The team will only be losing three seniors, so many core players will re-turn to the squad next season.

Marshall, who led the team with four assists, is one of the seniors who said goodbye to the Bears’ pitch Sun-day. But she said she isn’t worried about the players staying behind. “I have every confidence in them for next year,” she said.

Pack agreed. “of course,” she said. “they’re

Brown women’s soccer.”

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visional ballot matches the one on their voter registration, the vote will be counted.

For those venturing to off-campus polling locations, Zipcar Providence is providing its members with a one-day 50 percent “Zip to the Polls” discount. The special, which is being offered to voters nationwide, is available from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on election Day only, us-ers can make a reservation on the Zipcar website to receive a half-off hourly rate.

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By KatE nussEnbauMSenior Staff Writer

renovations to replace elevators and mechanical systems in Barus and hol-ley will begin later this month, said Stephen Maiorisi, vice president for Facilities Management. The $12 mil-lion renewal project is expected to last around a year and will make it possible for the buildings to undergo a larger-scale renovation in the future.

Barus and holley’s mechanical in-frastructure has not been replaced since the building was constructed in 1965. “over those years it’s gone through a lot of individual changes,” Maiorisi said. “The infrastructure need(s) to be re-placed to support growing technology.”

“The elevators have historically been a little unreliable,” said Lawrence Lar-son, dean of the School of engineering, adding that everyone in the building is looking forward to their replacement.

replacing the mechanical infra-structure, including the ventilation systems, of the building will enable a large-scale renovation in the future, Maiorisi said. The simplest way to renovate Barus and holley would be to completely empty it out, but doing so would not be feasible, he said, be-cause of the building’s large number of engineering and physics classrooms, offices and labs.

Instead, the 220,000 square-foot building would need to be renovated floor by floor, as was done with the BioMed center from 2005 to 2012, Maiorisi said. The current infrastruc-ture of Barus and holley would not allow this method of renovation, but these planned updates will enable such

renovations in the future, he said.“our mandate was to pave the way

so that everything we can do now can be utilized so that when future renova-tions take place we won’t have to redo systems that we’re just replacing now,” said Project Manager tom Cousineau.

Facilities Management hired the Massachusetts-based construction management firm BonD to complete the first phase of renovations. The firm completed an over $70 million replacement of hot water piping on campus from 2006 to 2008. They have also carried out infrastructure renova-tions at harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of technology similar to the one planned for Barus and holley, Cousineau said.

The University does not currently

have plans for a large-scale renova-tion of Barus and holley, but a better sense of when such a renovation might take place will likely emerge by the end of the academic year after President Christina Paxson and Provost Mark Schlissel P’15 complete the next round of planning, Maiorisi said. Upgrading the entire building could require an additional $30 to $50 million, he added.

Larson said the University has great physics and engineering facilities, es-pecially for undergraduate students. But he added, “Many of our peers have invested in new engineering buildings over the last decade with state of the art laboratories. … recruiting top faculty often requires really top lab space as well, and that’s something that Brown is working to improve.”

b&H renovations to start this month

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no large-scale renovations of barus and holley are planned yet, but the building will get new elevators and mechanical systems over the next year.

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partly from personal events like dinners with the president. At this point in time, students do not have a sense of Paxson’s personality, she added.

“I’d love to know more about her, and I know she will do well,” Goodspeed said.

Zach rufa ’14 said he has a positive opinion of Paxson based on his first impression of her. rufa, a theater and literary arts concentrator, saw Paxson at a Theater Cabaret event.

“It was heartening to see and hear that she is a supporter of the arts and theater,” he said. Interactions like these form students’ opinions, he said. Though rufa knows Simmons was a popular president, it is difficult for students to identify policies attributed to her, he said.

Lisa Cheung ’13 said she is indifferent toward Paxson. But she said she would have preferred Simmons to remain at Brown a bit longer, since Simmons was the president during her first three years at Brown. “It’s disappointing to know she won’t be graduating with me,” Cheung said.

Administrators and professors felt that students’ neutral attitudes are to be expected at the beginning of a president’s term but will likely trend toward the positive over time.

Chancellor emeritus Artemis Jou-kowsky ’55 P’87, who has worked with five University presidents, said that neu-tral attitudes are to be expected in the student body right now. But he predicted that attitudes would shift since Paxson is “an open-minded and thoughtful per-son” who is “a perfect sequel to ruth Simmons.” Paxson is a good listener who “asks the right questions,” he said. “I have

in a short period learned to respect her, admire her,” he added.

There will be a lag time during which students form opinions of the president, said Janet Cooper-nelson, University chaplain. “I expect it will take a bit of time for students to be involved in proj-ects that the president is doing,” she said. The poll’s results are “an indication of the time it takes for a student to form an opinion,” she said. In the meantime, initial reactions from students are based on how well-known a figure is when ar-riving on campus and are usually “not based on real experience of the person,” she said.

when students do interact with the president, they “will come away from those associations … enormously im-pressed” despite this being a “slower,

quieter process,” Cooper-nelson said.It is not possible to directly compare

the early stages of Simmons’ and Paxson’s presidencies, Cooper-nelson said.

“ruth came at a time when the University was at greater risk,” Cooper-nelson said.

methodologywritten questionnaires were admin-

istered to 959 undergraduates oct. 17-18 in the lobby of J. walter wilson and the Stephen robert ’62 Campus Center dur-ing the day and the Sciences Library at night. The poll has a 2.9 percent margin of error with 95 percent confidence. The margin of error is 4.4 percent for the sub-set of males and 3.9 percent for females.

Find results of previous polls at the-bdh.org/poll.

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Most students have not yet formed opinions of president christina paxson, who was formally inaugurated in october, a recent herald poll found.

By sona MKRttchianSenior Staff Writer

Questions 9-18 of the supplemen-tary, local ballot measures in Provi-dence address matters proposed by the home Charter review Commis-sion, a committee established and

renewed ev-ery 10 years to suggest r e v i s i o n s to the City

Charter, the document that dictates city operation and administration.

Question 8 will determine whether up to $40 million will be allocated to the city for improvements to streets and sidewalks in the city, with spe-cific attention toward drainage, traffic control devices, safety improvements and landscaping.

Supporters believe a renovation of the city’s infrastructure is long over-due. They argue that this allocation represents an investment that will see returns in the future, specifically in areas like tourism revenue.

Some have suggested that Provi-dence cannot afford this investment, as it is still reeling from the major budgetary concerns it faced earlier this year that prompted Mayor Angel taveras to announce the city was on the brink of bankruptcy. while tav-eras has considerably curtailed the budget deficit, the city is currently op-erating on a very tight annual budget.

Question 9 serves to verify the definition of various terms utilized in the revisions to the City Charter — including “city,” “council,” “domi-ciled,” “mayor” and “quorum.”

Question 10 asks voters to verify that the charter review commission should be appointed every 10 years, as it has been in the past.

Question 11 will determine whether city electors have the power

to approve amendments.Question 12 asks voters to approve

the name change of the city’s “per-sonnel department” to the “human resources department.”

Question 13 then asks voters to determine whether human resources should be responsible for the manage-ment of city employees, including hiring, suspending and terminating policies.

In Question 14, voters are asked to revoke certain responsibilities from the human resources depart-ment, including payroll tasks and the monitoring residency requirements for employment.

voters are then asked in Question 15 to approve the requirements for the position of “director of the de-partment of public property,” which would include a bachelor’s degree or five years of experience in the field.

Question 16 will determine whether the Providence emergency Management Agency and homeland Protection Department should be shifted into the Department of Pub-lic Safety and into the management of the Commissioner of Public Safety.

Question 17 asks voters to deter-mine whether the City Charter should include a rule prohibiting city officials from using their positions to unfairly retain employment for relatives or acquaintances.

Question 18 will determine the creation of a committee on ward boundaries that would be elected by the city council every ten years and charged with the responsibility of revising ward boundary lines. The committee would also be responsi-ble for holding public forums where residents can discuss possible changes with each other and the committee. Any revisions the committee sug-gested would be subject to approval by the City Council.

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By aDaM toobinSenior Staff Writer

objective journalists usually abstain from calling elections before all vot-

ers have had a chance to cast their ballots. But concerning

today’s presidential election, pundits and pollsters agree about one thing — republican candidate Mitt romney will lose rhode Island.

Most states are similar to the ocean State in that their electoral votes are pre-subscribed to a particular candi-date based on the state’s voting his-tory. nobody disputes, for example, that rhode Island is blue a state and Alabama is red. Presidential contend-ers President obama and republican Mitt romney are not competing for these locked-in states, because they have consistently gone to the same party for decades.

Despite rhode Island’s national commitment to the Democratic Party, affiliation at the state level is much more complicated. In fact, rhode Is-land has the highest concentration of swing voters — individuals who are not tied to any one party — in the country, according to an article by Micah Cohen on FiveThirtyeight, a new york times blog.

In 2000, twice as many rhode Is-landers voted for Democratic presi-dential candidate Al Gore as for re-publican George w. Bush, a typical result for a state that has not supported a republican presidential candidate since ronald reagan’s 1984 reelection bid. But in the 2000 election cycle, rhode Islanders also reelected then-republican Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 to the Senate by a 15-point margin. About a quarter of voters supported both Gore and Chafee, switching party affiliation in the process.

Despite rhode Island’s reputation as a solidly Democratic state, it has elected a number of prominent re-publicans to the U.S. Senate and the governorship.

The last time a Democrat won a rhode Island gubernatorial election was in 1990, when Bruce Sundlun de-feated republican incumbent edward DiPrete, who was later convicted of bribery and racketeering and served one year in prison. Lincoln Almond took the seat back for republicans in 1995, and it has not returned to Democratic hands since. Chafee, now an Independent, is the current gover-nor of rhode Island.

Scott Mackay, political analyst for rhode Island Public radio, said he believes rhode Islanders tend to elect republican governors as a power check on the General Assembly, which has traditionally remained firmly in Democratic hands. The prosecution of prominent state Democrat party lead-ers for corruption over the past several decades has led voters to try to balance the party’s power in the State house. For example, in 2008, then-house Majority Leader Gerard Martineau received a 37-month sentence after he arranged for votes on legislation that benefited the CvS pharmacy chain and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of rhode Island.

In rhode Island, registered Demo-crats outnumber registered republi-cans three to one, but the majority of the electorate is unaffiliated. Indepen-dent voters can offer the swings re-publicans need for an occasional vic-tory, Mackay said. Chafee was elected governor in 2010 with only 36 percent of the vote — enough to secure his election because republican John ro-bitaille and Democrat Frank Caprio split the remainder of the electorate, receiving 33.6 percent and 23 percent, respectively. Though the Independent voting bloc trends toward more lib-eral candidates, it can participate in coalitions with republicans to counter Democrats, Mackay said.

The high concentration of r.I. swing voters may be due to the state’s significant roman Catholic popula-tion, the largest in the country, accord-ing to Silver. roman Catholics, who make up over 50 percent of the ocean State’s population, tend to be less will-ing to identify with a party than other religious groups. nationally, the can-didate able to garner the Catholic vote has won every presidential election since 1972, an indication of both the voting bloc’s power and versatility. In presidential elections since 1972, Americans have elected a Democrat four times and a republican six times.

regardless, republicans have to be moderate to succeed in rhode Island politics, Mackay said. elected candi-dates often favor women’s rights and environmental protection, he noted. rhode Island republicans have had to distance themselves from the national party, which “has shifted to be more conservative on a national level,” he added. republican John Chafee P’75, who served as governor from 1963-69 and senator from 1976 to his death in 1999, was considered by many to be one of the most liberal members of the Senate, pursuing a pro-choice, anti-death penalty and environmen-talist platform during his tenure. his son, Lincoln Chafee, was the only republican in the Senate to support same-sex marriage.

Though rhode Island may not be competitive in the presidential election, the state is host to a close congressional race this year between rep. David Cicilline ’83, D-r.I., and republican Brendan Doherty. This race differs from previous elections because Cicilline is struggling to hold onto Democratic voters, let alone win over Independents.

Cicilline’s lackluster support from the party base and difficulty winning over Independents have made the first congressional race a toss-up, though the district is historically Democratic. A wPrI poll released oct. 30 showed that 74 percent of Democrats plan to vote for Cicilline, compared to 90 per-cent who will support obama, mean-ing Doherty has managed to muster support from 15 percent of obama voters. The same poll showed Cicilline receiving only 28 percent of support from Independent voters, 13 points fewer than obama.

Former republican representative ronald Machtley represented the first congressional district in the 1990s, but legislated as a moderate. Before Machtley, the most recent republican to represent

r.I.’s party preferences diverge at state levelBy gabRiEllE DEE

Contributing Writer

Three stone easter Island heads drawn in the likeness of Mitt romney look sternly toward the ocean in an oct. 8 new yorker cartoon. nearby, a tourist asks for an explanation from a man in a tie holding a clipboard. The caption reads, “They keep watch on the offshore accounts.”

The caption was penned by Michael vorenberg, associate professor of history, who won the magazine’s weekly Cartoon Caption Contest for the second time last month.

vorenberg’s last winning caption was for a December 2009 cartoon also related to easter Island.

“I won (the first time), and I never thought I would enter again,” vorenberg said. “But the last time, there was an easter Island subject, and I thought it would be funny if I won again.”

There are around 5,000 entries for each weekly contest, wrote robert Mankoff, cartoon editor for the new yorker, in an article on the magazine’s website. But in spite of these tough odds, vorenberg said he does not consider his wins a considerable feat.

“I don’t want to play down the con-test, but I’m not putting it in my list of great achievements,” vorenberg said.

In his article, Mankoff advised read-ers to submit captions frequently and to take some time to compose their entries — but vorenberg said he only took about 10 minutes to form the idea for his most recent winning entry and 5 minutes to refine its wording, he said.

vorenberg offered his own advice on

submitting successful captions. “Think about the kinds of captions that tend to win,” he said. “you don’t want to be overtly political, and you don’t want to come off as too partisan.” he cautioned against referencing current news items that will be forgotten in the near future and added that captions should be “as short as possible.”

The prize for winning the contest is a copy of the cartoon with the caption, signed by the cartoon’s artist. vorenberg said he plans to hang his two cartoons side-by-side in his office at home.

vorenberg said he does not plan to keep submitting his work — unless another cartoon with an easter Island theme is presented.

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associate professor of history Michael Vorenberg has won the new yorker’s caption contest twice, both times for cartoons related to Easter island.

disposable and everyday is exagger-ated yet simultaneously transformed by Friedman’s alchemic touch,” reads the Stephen Friedman Gallery’s website. “The figures are at once light-footed and unerringly enduring; frozen in time yet brought to life on their reflective

surfaces.”Among Friedman’s admirers is Kelly

Goff, continuing education instructor at the rhode Island School of Design, who recently gave a text by Friedman entitled “Ingredients 1990” to his students.

“Ingredients 1990” contains “a list of questions that get at the heart of what an object is” and can be used in “asso-

ciating that object with the process you would use to manipulate that object,” Goff said. “Students are tasked to begin with an object and ask themselves a zillion questions about it,” he added, helping them discover new information they can use to make the everyday object into a work of art.

Goff gave the example of Friedman’s 1990 sculpture “Untitled,” a ball five inches in diameter made of chewing gum. If you start with chewing gum, he said, “the logical process would be to chew it,” and from there, “naturally, to form a giant ball. This is the kind of pro-cess that permeates his work. … It opens up any object as fodder for sculpture.”

Goff described “Circle Dance” as “playful,” noting that it continues the artist’s relationship with childhood and childlike processes. Friedman’s mate-rials, which have included Play-Doh and rubber balls in addition to chewing gum, reflect this theme, and he “works with them the way a child would.”

“his works that I really love aren’t really serious,” Goff said. “They’re seri-ous in the work involved, but the objects themselves aren’t taken seriously.”

his only criticism of “Circle Dance” is that some of the prototype’s ephem-eral, childlike quality had to be sacrificed in order to make it into a piece of lasting public art.

“The model with the roaster pans is more complete in my mind,” he said. “Stainless steel is more of an adult ma-terial.”

nevertheless, Goff described Fried-man as “an important living artist” who is “consistently contributing and shaping what contemporary sculpture is. he’s important to think about.”

Friedman will speak at Brown Dec. 5.

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By aDaM toobinSenior Staff Writer

The three rhode Island congressmen facing reelection this year met their opponents last week in a series of final debates held at rhode Island College and sponsored by nBC-10.

The debate between rep. David Cicilline ’83, D-r.I., republican can-didate Brendan Doherty and Indepen-dent David vogel — the state’s most high-profile contest — aired Thursday night in the wake of an oct. 30 wPrI poll that showed Doherty and Cicil-line running neck-and-neck in the first district. In the race to represent rhode Island’s second congressional district, rep. Jim Langevin, D-r.I., squared off against republican chal-lenger Michael riley and Independent Abel Collins in a debate aired Friday. In the third debate, aired Saturday, Sen. Sheldon whitehouse, D-r.I., faced republican Barry hinckley Jr.— the final broadcast rhode Island debate of the 2012 election season.

Cicilline, doherty and VogelClose poll numbers and the

prospect of a republican holding statewide office in rhode Island — a historically liberal state that will almost certainly support President obama over republican candidate Mitt romney in the presidential elec-tion — have drawn national attention to the race in the first congressional district. In addition to mentions in national media and investments made by the respective candidates’ national parties, CSPAn aired Thursday’s de-bate between Cicilline, Doherty and vogel nationally.

The debate itself was notable not for its divisiveness, but rather for its relative congeniality and for its focus on economic issues — a significant departure from a campaign defined by its mud-slinging and vitriol.

the candidates spent most of the hour-long debate discussing economic issues, including the tax system, government regulation and energy policy. Cicilline touted the three-pronged economic agenda he has promoted throughout the race, which include calls for regulatory reform, increased access to capital for small business and the passage of his “Make it in America” block grants. The grants would end tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas, stop China from manipulating their

currency and invest in infrastructure and job training, he said.

Doherty argued that as a mem-ber of the republican Party, which is expected to maintain its majority in the house of representatives, he would be more effective than Cicilline at bringing federal money to rhode Island. he also reiterated his support for the proposed Infrastructure, Jobs and energy Independence Act, which would bring jobs to America and re-duce the country’s reliance on foreign oil. Cicilline called the bill “a giveaway to big oil.”

vogel, who has only appeared in a couple of the first district de-bates, challenged other candidates on several of the basic assumptions underlying each of their campaigns. Despite both Cicilline’s and Doherty’s insistences that Congress needs to reduce the national debt and work towards a balanced budget, vogel disagreed. “we don’t have to work for a balanced budget,” vogel said. “we can work with a deficit. we had it during the ’60s when economic growth was significant.” vogel ex-pressed support for investments in green energy that would allow the United States to develop its economy while saving money.

langevin, riley and CollinsThe race between Langevin, riley

and Collins has not generated the same attention as its first district counterpart, but Friday’s debate was as upbeat and contentious as any nationally-relevant campaign.

Langevin and riley traded shots over their respective abilities to promote growth in rhode Island’s economy. Langevin pointed to his work bringing two new virginia class submarines to rhode Island as the reason the state’s naval industry is “hiring hundreds of new workers.”

The incumbent also highlighted his record of supporting job-training programs to reduce the state’s “skills gap.” riley criticized Langevin for his commitment to these programs, noting that as a businessman, he has hired hundreds of people, but never anyone from a job-training program.

riley focused his argument on his commitment to job growth in rhode Island, emphasizing his own private business experience as proof that he knows more about growth than the incumbent. he said it is not surprising to see the state’s low rank-

ings in small business growth — the national Federation of Small Business gave Langevin a score of nine on a 100-point scale rating his support for small business in Congress.

riley and Langevin had different ideas about how to reform the nation’s tax code. riley said he wants to bring the tax code from 77,000 pages to 100 and cut taxes across the board, while Langevin said he wants to give tax breaks to the middle class and eliminate tax incentives for businesses sending jobs overseas.

Collins, who made his first debate appearance Friday, provided a third voice distinct from the two party candidates.

“There are three men on this stage, but there are only two real choices,” Collins said. “The failed policies of the two-party establishment — embodied here by my two millionaire opponents — and there’s the independent voice, who will speak for rhode Islanders and rhode Islanders alone.”

Whitehouse and Hinckley The final debate between white-

house and hinckley revolved around the central economic questions per-meating this election cycle — taxes, health care and deficit reduction. hinckley tore into whitehouse for sponsoring “the Buffet rule” tax in-crease for the country’s wealthiest. whitehouse defended his proposed measure on the grounds that it would increase revenues without raising taxes on the middle class.

whitehouse, in turn, attacked hinckley for signing lobbyist Grover norquist’s “no tax” pledge. hinckley conceded he was willing to reassess his commitment to the pledge.

hinckley also tried to distance himself from the republican presi-dential ticket, pledging support for the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan and eschewing the plan espoused by vice presidential candidate rep. Paul ryan, r-wis. hinckley added that as a career businessman he is more capable of tackling issues like the deficit than whitehouse, a career politician.

The candidates found a rare point of consensus, supporting national Flood insurance, which has garnered attention in the wake of hurricane Sandy. The insurance program pro-vides financial support to individuals in participating communities whose homes have been damaged by floods.

Final debates seek to swing r.I. races

By JEnniFER KaplanStaff Writer

In the wake of hurricane Sandy, James harper, director of Biology and Medi-cine, was deployed to Brooklyn, n.y., to serve with a hurricane relief disaster unit. harper is a paramedic on a Disas-ter Medical Assistance team currently providing care at a special needs center in the rockaway neighborhood.

The temporary center, located on a basketball court in a yMCA, serves nursing home patients whose nursing homes were destroyed by flooding or lost utilities. Around 500 patients were being treated in the days immediately after the storm, harper said, and about 300 still remain.

The elderly patients at the center need medicine and a sense of stability, harper said, adding that the damage that forced them to evacuate their homes has disoriented normally stable patients.

“when you take away electricity, heat, cellphone service, have firemen carrying people out of a building in the middle of the night, they can get con-fused,” he said.

Many pharmacies are out of service due to flooding, and the prescriptions those pharmacies held are gone. to combat this problem, the relief center has a federally supplied inventory of drugs, harper said. “Many medicines come nicely with 30 pills in on a card,

but a lot of them were turned to mush,” harper said.

The assistance team of which harper is a part includes people from the Provi-dence area. DMAts are organized by the Department of health and human Services, and harper said there are teams from across the country currently help-ing out in the tri-state area.

“we are casual federal employees,” harper said. “we’ve gone through and qualified to do this, and we are on an as-needed basis.”

his team formed in the early 1990s, he said, and it has helped with relief in previous major disasters in upstate new york and vermont. They also helped in the aftermath of both 9/11 and hur-ricane Katrina.

harper said he expects his team to be deployed in the new york area for no more than two weeks. Another team will then take over either at the center or at another location in need of help, he said.

In addition to federal assistance provided by teams like harper’s, com-munity members have sprung to action, he said. recovery efforts have been aided by restaurants providing free food, re-ligious leaders providing comfort and hundreds of other volunteers helping where they can.

“It’s a multipronged community ef-fort with some rhode Islanders thrown in to help take care of their medical needs,” harper said.

Providence locals help with sandy aftermath

the district lost his reelection bid in 1940.

The Democratic Party took root in rhode Island at the turn of the century, when labor unions began to form in response to massive industri-alization. At the time, Providence was the most industrial city in the coun-try — akin to new york and Boston, Mackay said. At that point, the state was “fairly blue,” he added, but very supportive of government activism.

The real shift to the Democratic Party came during the Great Depres-sion when warring immigrant groups put aside their differences and formed unions on the heels of the wagner Act, Mackay said. The ties strength-ened when the state favored 1960s Civil rights legislation championed by Democrats in Congress.

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abortion » Protect abortion rights » allow states to determine abortion rights

economy, jobs and taxes

» remove tax cuts for companies that outsource jobs » raise taxes on wealthy » Cut taxes for small businesses and middle class » Passed legislation promoting equal pay for women

» lower marginal tax rates and corporate tax rates » Cut discretionary spending outside of national defense » Cut government regulation » increase trade, particularly in Pacific rim

education » Compel states to strengthen K-12 education » increase access to higher education through loan reform and federal grants

» increase alternative choices for K-12 education » increase private-sector participation in higher education

energy » invest in clean energy » reduce oil imports by developing all sources for domestic energy, including dirty sources

» increase domestic oil drilling and coal and natural gas production to reduce oil imports

health care » expanded access to health care through obamacare » repeal obamacare » allow states to reform health care individually

immigration » Pass comprehensive immigration reform and the dream act » develop a mandatory employment verification system to remove incentive for illegal immigration

» allow increased immigration for highly-skilled foreigners

national defense and foreign policy

» Pulled troops out of iraq » ordered raid that killed osama bin laden » Pull troops out of afghanistan by 2014 » ordered sanctions against iran » Filed complaints against China’s trade practices

» increase defense spending to revamp military » reevaluate plan for extracting american troops from afghanistan » order stricter sanctions against iran » File complaints against China’s trade practices

same-sex marriage » supports same-sex marriage » define marriage as specifically between a man and a woman

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Personal background

» attended Columbia » earned law degree from harvard law school » served as president of the harvard law review » Practiced law as civil rights lawyer » taught constitutional law at University of Chicago » elected to illinois state senate in 1996 » elected to U.s. senate in 2004 » elected President in 2008

» attended Brigham Young University » earned dual degree from harvard law school and harvard Business school » Worked in private sector as a consultant for Bain and Company » Founded investment firm Bain Capital » served as Ceo of Bain and Company » assumed management of 2002 salt lake City Winter olympics in 1999 » elected governor of massachusetts in 2002

endorsements » public figures: Former President jimmy Carter, Former President Bill Clinton, new York City mayor michael Bloomberg

» organizations: aFl-Cio, american Federation of teachers, american nurses association, human rights Campaign, national education association, national organization for Women, Planned Parenthood, sierra Club

» publications: new York times, Chicago tribune, Washington Post, Philadelphia inquirer, los angeles times, the economist

» public figures: Former President george h. W. Bush, Former President george W. Bush, evangelist jerry Falwell, evangelist Billy graham, televangelist Pat robertson, donald trump

» organizations: national organization for marriage, national right to life Committee, national rifle association

» publications: houston Chronicle, dallas morning news, Cincinnati enquirer, Columbus dispatch, arizona republic

thiRD-paRty canDiDatEs

Jill stEinGreen Party

» repeal the Patriot act » enact a program to provide 25 million green jobs

» Use grants and low-interest loans to spur green businesses

» Protect union bargaining power

» raise the minimum wage » supports progressive taxes » Cut defense spending » stop foreclosures and evictions

» Provide tuition-free K-12 and college education

» end investment in fossil fuels and nuclear energy

» revamp medicare to provide health care for all americans

» grant full citizenship to illegal immigrants already in the country

» Cut defense spending » implement marriage equality

gaRy JohnsonLibertarian Party

» Protect abortion rights » legalize marijuana » repeal the Patriot act » reduce government spending

» audit and limit the Federal reserve

» abolish the internal revenue service

» eliminate barriers to free trade

» leave management of public schools to localities

» increase alternative choices for K-12 education

» repeal obamacare » streamline the immigration process to ease the path to citizenship

» reduce military presence overseas

» stop torture of prisoners in “War on terror”

» allow same-sex marriage

ViRgil gooDEConstitution Party

» eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood

» Balance the budget by eliminating or cutting spending for most departments and agencies

» reduce taxes » audit the Federal reserve » leave management of public schools to localities

» support local energy production, including offshore drilling and green resources

» repeal obamacare » Construct fence along U.s.-mexico border

» limit legal immigration » Cut defense spending

pEta linDsaySocialism & Liberation Party

» Protect abortion rights » Fund large-scale jobs program for all workers

» stop foreclosures and evictions

» Provide free education from pre-K through college for all

» Provide free and public health care

» Provide full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

» shut down all military bases around the world

» abolish all anti-immigration laws

» seize assets of capitalist banks

RocKy anDERsonJustice Party

» legalize industrial hemp » Protect union bargaining power

» raise the minimum wage to $10.55 per hour

» institute tax incentives to prevent outsourcing

» institute progressive tax system

» invest in clean energy » end fossil fuel subsidies » regulate hydraulic fracturing

» adopt single-payer health care system

» streamline the immigration process to ease the path to citizenship

» reduce military presence and cut defense spending

» stop torture of prisoners from “War on terror”

» Close guantanamo Bay

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economy Cicilline believes in tax cuts for the working and middle classes and the repeal of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. his campaign has most recently emphasized the importance of incentivizing domestic manufacturing and emphasizing industry as a mechanism for economic growth at the state level.

doherty supports the simplification of the tax system. he advocates lowering the corporate tax rate, decreasing marginal tax rates for the middle class and “minimal deductions for taxpayers at the higher end of the income scale,” according to his campaign website.

healthcare Cicilline is a staunch supporter of obamacare and emphasizes the importance of affordable access to health care for all americans.

doherty does not support obamacare, but does advocate health care reform. he envisions a system with more choice and competition.

abortion Cicilline supports abortion rights. he has also previously supported and encouraged funding for organizations that provide women with reproductive healthcare services and contraception. he is a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood.

doherty does not support federally-funded abortions but has said he supports affordability and access to contraception.

same-sex marriage Cicilline supports same-sex marriage. he became the first openly gay mayor of a major U.s. city when he was first elected mayor of Providence in 2002.

doherty supports civil unions but not same-sex marriage.

Personal background

» attended Brown » earned his law degree from georgetown University law Center » served as a public defender in Washington, d.C. » elected mayor of Providence in 2002 and 2006 » elected to the U.s. house of representatives in 2010

» attended rhode island College » earned a degree in the administration of justice and a masters in Criminal justice from roger Williams University

» served as executive officer of the rhode island state Police » served as superintendent of the rhode island state Police » served as director of Public safety at roger Williams University

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economy langevin supports tax cuts for middle-class and low-income families as well as repealing tax cuts in place for wealthy families. he has received support from unions and pro-labor interest groups for his efforts defending workers’ interests. he voted to extend unemployment benefits during the economic recession.

riley plans to reduce the federal debt through the “riley Plan,” which outlines cuts to spending, tax reform, monetary reform, regulatory reform and an entitlement fix to the current social safety nets in place.

health care langevin is a strong proponent of universal health care. riley would repeal obamacare, but wants to maintain certain policies enacted in the legislation, including preexisting condition coverage and continued coverage for college-aged students. he also supports tort reform and interstate insurance policies.

abortion langevin is pro-life. he has consistently voted against abortion legislation in the house of representatives during his first five terms. he has only supported the legalization of abortions for pregnancies that result from rape. at the same time, langevin has been a strong proponent for access to contraception and has supported funding for organizations like Planned Parenthood.

riley is pro-life, though he makes exceptions for rape, incest and pregnancies that endanger the life of the mother.

same-sex marriage langevin has defended same-sex marriage during his time in Congress. he supports extending equal civil rights to all individuals and couples, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

riley defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman but believes same-sex marriage is an issue that should be left to states.

Personal background

» attended rhode island College » earned his masters of Public administration from the Kennedy school of government at harvard

» served as delegate to rhode island’s Constitutional Convention » elected to the r.i. house of representatives in 1988 » elected r.i. secretary of state in 1994 » elected to the U.s. house of representatives in 2000

» attended the University of Connecticut » earned his Chartered Financial analyst from Boston University » Worked as a member of the new York stock exchange » served as president of letco specialists lP » served of managing director of td securities » Co-founded Costal management group, llC

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economy Whitehouse supports the repeal of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. he has previously called for a more progressive tax system, where the wealthiest americans would contribute a higher percentage of their income than middle class and low-income families.

hinckley has campaigned on his ability to create jobs due to his experience in the private sector. he is also a strong proponent for adding a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution.

healthcare Whitehouse supports universal health care and has repeatedly defended obamacare both in Congress and the media against conservative attempts to derail the plan.

hinckley wants to repeal obamacare and replace it with an interstate system that would offer options and promote competition within the insurance industry. he also advocates health care pooling among small businesses. overall, he prefers less government regulation and government programs.

abortion Whitehouse supports abortion rights. hinckley supports abortion but has spoken out against abortions. he has previously said that he will support existing laws on this issue.

same-sex marriage Whitehouse supports marriage equality. he has called the “defense of marriage act” a violation of civil rights and the U.s. Constitution. he is co-sponsoring a bill in the senate called the “respect for marriage act” that would repeal doma.

hinckley supports same-sex marriage and equal civil rights for same-sex couples.

Personal background

» attended Yale » earned his law degree from University of Virginia law school » served on the West Virginia supreme Court of appeals » Worked in the rhode island attorney general’s office » served as rhode island attorney general » served as U.s. attorney for the district of rhode island » elected to U.s. senate in 2006

» attended the University of Colorado at Boulder » Founded Bullhorn software, which employs 150 workers and earns over $25 million in revenue

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city & state8 the Brown DAILy herALDtUeSDAy, noveMBer 6, 2012

By MaDDiE MEDinaContributing Writer

Luis Mendonca filed a $7 million lawsuit against the Providence Po-lice Department, the rhode Island School of Design and the city oct. 12. Mendonca, a rhode Island resident, is filing the civil suit following a failed criminal lawsuit after he was beaten by former Providence Police officer robert DeCarlo.

on oct. 20, 2009, Mendonca at-tempted to enter a rISD dormitory and was arrested on charges of tres-passing.

the same night, surveillance cameras recorded DeCarlo hitting Mendonca with a flashlight and split-ting his head open. Mendonca was admitted to rhode Island hospital, where he fell into a coma.

the defendants allegedly tried to cover up the incident by altering evidence and attempting to get Men-

donca deported. Mendonca issued a complaint once the surveillance video was released, and DeCarlo was arrested in late February 2010 and charged with felony and simple as-sault. In April 2011, Superior Court Judge Francis Darigan dismissed the criminal case against DeCarlo due to prosecutorial misconduct.

But now the Attorney General’s office of rhode Island wants to make another attempt at the case with the help of the rhode Island Supreme Court, the Providence Journal re-ported.

the rISD public safety office and the attorneys for both the defendants and plaintiff refused to comment.

If the lawsuit succeeds, the de-fendants will face compensatory and punitive damages for false imprison-ment, assault and battery and viola-tion of rights to “bodily liberty and security,” as protected by the 14th amendment.

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Senior Staff Writer

Questions 1 and 2Questions 1 and 2 represent a refer-

endum on the introduction of “state-op-erated casino gaming” in rhode Island’s

two privately owned ca-sinos, twin river and n e w p o r t

Grand, respectively. while slot ma-chines and other forms of gambling already exist at these locations, passage of this amendment would introduce table-games like poker and blackjack — currently outlawed in the state of rhode Island — into the two casinos.

Supporters for passage — including Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14, house Majority Leader nicholas Mattiello, D-Cranston, and rep. william San Bento, D-Pawtucket and north Providence — argue that table games are neces-sary for the state to raise revenue and maintain competition with neighbor-ing states like Connecticut and Massa-chusetts. Gambling is currently rhode Island’s third-largest revenue source, and the casinos are estimated to bring in an additional $65 million per year through increased profits from table games if the measure is passed, ac-cording to GoLocalProv. Supporters also argue that the addition of table games to the two casinos will add jobs, an important issue in the state facing the second-highest unemployment rates in the country.

The referendum’s opponents sug-gest that investing in gambling is risky and imprudent for the state, pointing to the effects of gambling on family stability and individual health as a cost. opponents have suggested that poli-ticians should consider the negative social effects of this legislation in ad-dition to the positive financial benefits.

Question 3

Question 3 asks voters to determine

whether state funds valuing up to but no more than $50 million should be allocated to the improvement of in-frastructure at rhode Island College. the measure outlines the project, which is to be completed by Janu-ary 2017.

rhode Island College has said it needs approximately $44 million to renovate classrooms in two main buildings that have not received con-siderable updates for over 50 years. The school hopes to use the rest of the funds to improve its nursing and life sciences building.

Some suggest the state does not have adequate funds to allocate to renovation, considering the current dire financial situations of many municipalities within rhode Island. towns and cities across the state are facing millions in unfunded pension liabilities and unbalanced budgets.

Question 4In Question 4, the state seeks the

allocation of up to $94 million for the construction of a new veterans’ home and upgrades for existing centers. The project is slated for completion in 2023, according to the Department of human Services, which has noted that construction of the new facility will take priority over upgrades to the other centers.

If the project is approved and com-pleted, federal reimbursement poli-cies could help offset the initial cost by 65 percent. Supporters feel that a new center is necessary, considering the condition of the current option, which has almost reached capacity and has not been renovated since 1969. The new center will also provide on-site medial treatment to veterans and would incorporate new amenities for veterans’ families.

But some have suggested that the state does not have adequate funds to allocate to renovation, consider-ing the current dire financial situa-tions of many municipalities within

rhode Island.

Question 5The state government is seeking

$20 million for two programs for clean water in the state. The government is looking to allocate $12 million for water pollution abatement projects and $8 million for drinking water projects. Both programs are set to begin in 2013 and finish by 2017.

Question 6Question 6 on the ballot deals

with the provision of no more than $20 million in environmental man-agement bonds that the state would use for a series of projects. the state would allocate $4 million for the nar-ragansett Bay and watershed res-toration, $2.5 million for state land acquisition of recreational and “open space lands,” $4.5 million for Farm-land Developments rights — which would fund state acquisitions of farms in order “to eliminate the economic pressure on farmers” — $2.5 mil-lion towards Local Land Acquisi-tion Grants for municipalities, $5.5 million of Local recreation Grants and $1 million for the renovation and development of historic parks in the state.

Question 7In Question 7, the state seeks

permission for the allocation of $25 million towards affordable housing policies and measures.

Supporters suggest that rhode Is-land needs more affordable housing due to the current unemployment situ-ation in the state, pointing to statistics that show the state is one of the most expensive places to live relative to aver-age income earned.

Again, opponents to this allocation call attention to the dire financial situ-ations of many towns and cities in the state and argue that the state does not have the appropriate funds for such a renovation.

r.I. state ballot question roundup

being appointed dean of medicine and biological sciences in 2008. he helped to raise funding for research in the bio-logical sciences and increase under-graduate enrollment in these programs. he also encouraged increased enroll-ment in the Med School, culminating in the creation of a separate building for medical education on richmond Street in the Jewelry District. wing also aided the proposal to develop an independent School of Public health, a motion on which faculty members will vote in a faculty meeting tonight.

Colleagues praised wing as a com-municative and involved leader.

President and Ceo of Care new england Daniel Keefe expressed dis-appointment that wing was stepping down as dean. “our relationship with

Brown, and I think my personal re-lationship with Dean wing, had just reached the point where we were really seeing some real productive things hap-pening,” Keefe said, describing wing as “somebody who does have a passion for academics in medicine, someone who really wants to be actively engaged.”

Keefe also praised wing’s involve-ment in revising affiliation agreements between the University and Care new england, a health care system that oversees several rhode Island teach-ing hospitals with which the University is affiliated.

“we worked at it, and we discussed all aspects, and I found it to be a great process,” he said.

“edward wing has been a great aca-demic partner,” wrote timothy Babi-neau, president and Ceo of Lifespan, another health system affiliated with the Med School, in a statement to The herald.

Babineau cited a shared “passion for advancing the national profile of our academic and research missions.”

The process of convening a search committee for wing’s successor will “begin quite soon,” Schlissel said. “I would hope we have a successor identi-fied by the springtime.”

Schlissel said he would prefer an open search, “considering both inter-nal candidates, but also looking to see if there’s an opportunity to bring in” people from outside the University.

wing’s resignation also comes in the middle of plans to both expand the Med School’s incoming classes and develop a School of Public health, but Schlissel said wing’s resignation would not inter-fere significantly with either initiative.

“Those plans are multi-year plans and are well underway,” he said. “They’re something a new dean would inherit, not have to pay particular at-tention to.”

A separate dean would be appointed to oversee the proposed School of Pub-lic health, though Schlissel said the two would often collaborate.

wing said he was open to providing feedback about his successor’s selection if he were invited to do so.

“That’ll be up to the search com-mittee,” he said. “I certainly would be available for advice, absolutely.”

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By bRuno zuccoloSportS Staff Writer

The women’s soccer team wrapped up its season with two games against yale last week. The squad went winless, notching a 2-2 tie at home Thursday and a 1-0 loss in new haven Sunday.

Thursday’s match was the last con-ference game for both teams — the Bears (7-9-1, 1-5-1 Ivy) finished sev-enth in the league, right behind the sixth-place Bulldogs (8-7-2, 1-4-2 Ivy).

Thursday’s game, broadcast nation-ally on the Fox Soccer Channel, was the last home game for seniors eliza Mar-shall ’13, Diana ohrt ’13 and rachael Pack ’13, who all started the match.

“It’s been an awesome four years,” said Marshall, the team captain. “you get attached not only to (your team-mates), but also to the program, sort of the tradition, the history. you start to identify with it over the years.”

“Leaving this means a lot,” Pack said. “And like (Marshall and ohrt) said, we’re going to still be around.”

brown 2, yale 2 In the 9th minute, yale had the

game’s first significant chance when Juliann Jeffrey’s shot was blocked by a sliding emily wingrove ’14.

After that, the Bears took control of the game, maintaining possession and keeping the ball in yale’s defensive half. Their constant pressure on the Bulldogs almost paid off in the 15th minute, when Chloe Cross ’15 stole the ball and sent it flying into the hands of goalkeeper rachel Ames.

In the 21st minute, Alison Mullin ’14 went to the endline and got a cross into the middle of the box to Mar-shall. Marshall got a touch on it but was knocked over by defender Christina

Bradley. Before she could complain about a penalty, Cross came running in and volleyed the ball to the far side of the goal. Ames had no chance to get to it, and the Bears were the first on the scoreboard.

The goal was Cross’ fifth of the sea-son, making her the Bears’ top scorer and ending her nine-game goal-scor-ing slump.

After the goal, the Bears took even greater control of the game. Cross had another chance in the 35th minute with a weak shot from outside the box, and Louisa Pitney ’14 hit the crossbar in the 37th minute after sending a powerful strikeover Ames.

The first half finished without many chances for the Bulldogs, who did not manage to get a single shot on target.

But that changed after the break. “I thought (yale) had the better

of play in the second half,” said head Coach Phil Pincince.

In the 57th minute, Melissa Gavin forced goalie Amber Bledsoe ’14 to make her first save of the match with a left-footed kick from mid-range.

Four minutes later, yale found the equalizer through Kristen Forster, who capitalized on a Shannon Con-neely cross into the box from the left. The Bears’ defense tried to clear it but couldn’t get it outside the 18-yard box. Forster was waiting to send it flying at the goal, and though Bledsoe man-aged to get a hand on it, the volley was too strong and still found the back of the net.

The goal seemed to be just what yale needed to come back. They took almost complete control of the game, establishing ownership of midfield. The Bulldogs continuously lifted the ball into the box, hoping for another mistake from Bruno’s defenders, who

were unable to do much except clear it back out.

yale’s dominance diminished as the game went on, and just when the match seemed to be even again, the Bulldogs scored another goal in the 79th min-ute. Frannie Coxe led a counterattack from the left and saw Gavin coming in through the middle. She lobbed it just over Bruno’s two central defenders, leaving Gavin one-on-one with Bled-soe. As Gavin took her shot, Bledsoe came out and was almost able to stop it, but once again the ball went into the goal, putting the Bulldogs ahead with just over 10 minutes left on the clock.

with not much time left, the Bears

sent everyone forward and kept cross-ing the ball into the box. In the 86th minute, one of these attempts was suc-cessful. The yale defenders failed to head it away, and the ball fell between two Bears. Kiersten Berg ’14 managed to get the tip of her foot on it while falling backwards, and the ball slowly bounced to the bottom left corner of the goal, with an off-balance Ames helpless to stop it.

Less than 20 seconds after restart-ing play, Bledsoe was forced to leave her line to try to intercept a quick Bull-dog rush from the left. But the ball was played into the middle, where Forster hit the post of the empty goal from

inside the six-yard box.with the 2-2 tie, the game went

into a heated overtime battle with both teams looking for their second confer-ence victory on the year. yale had six corners in the extra 20 minutes, all of which were played dangerously into the box. The Bears rose to the chal-lenge with another four shots on target in overtime.

The last chance of the exciting over-time was in the 109th minute. Mika Siegelman ’14 carried the ball from midfield and executed a devastating cut to beat her marker, making room to send a through ball behind a yale defender to

bulldogs bite bruno in final games of season over weekend

By MaRia acabaDoSportS Staff Writer

the no. 12 men’s water polo team finished second out of seven teams at the College water Polo Association northern Division Championship this past weekend at the Katherine Mo-ran Coleman Aquatics Center. After a first-round bye, the Bears (27-3) routed the Massachusetts Institute of technology 17-8 but fell in the finals to no. 15 St. Francis 8-7.

the loss was the Bears’ first since Sept. 9.

the Bears faced the engineers (14-12) in the semifinals. Captain Svetozar Stefanovic ’13 led the of-fense with seven goals and two as-sists. the Bears overpowered MIt in the first half of the match, enter-ing halftime with a 10-4 advantage. Bruno continued to outscore the en-gineers, holding them to four goals in the second half. walker Shockley ’14 came through with six saves in three quarters. Andrew Brown ’15 then replaced Shockley in the last quarter and earned one save.

“we know them pretty well,” said Dean Serure ’13. “we stuck to our game plan and pulled away with a win.”

the Bears faced a tighter match against St. Francis (13-8) the next

day, fighting for the championship title against a team they had already beaten three times this year. nick Deaver ’15 led the offense with three goals, while Cyrus Mojdehi ’12.5, henry Fox ’15, will Klein ’16 and Stefanovic scored one goal apiece. though Bruno held on to the lead for three quarters, the terriers ad-justed and gave a strong performance in the final eight minutes. St. Fran-cis claimed the victory 8-7 and the northern Division Championship.

“It is an extremely tough loss for us,” Serure said. “we were riding a long winning streak and a lot of positive momentum. we’re going to refocus.”

“It’s very difficult to beat a team four times in a row,” Mojdehi said. “It had been over two months since we had lost, and it provides us with great motivation to train as hard as possible going into the easterns.”

head Coach Felix Mercado ex-pressed similar determination to con-tinue the Bears’ winning ways as they head into their final tournaments.

“our season isn’t over,” said Mer-cado. “It’s a tough loss, but we did learn a couple things about ourselves.”

the Bears’ second-place finish qualified them for the CwPA east-ern Championship in Princeton, n.J., which begins nov. 16.

bears fall in tournament final for first loss in two months

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nick Deaver ’15 led the bears’ offense with three goals in the closely contested championship match of the college Water polo association northern Division championship. bruno ultimately fell to st. Francis 8-7.

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to the Editor:

I am not surprised that The herald’s editorial last Friday supported President obama (“yes we Can 2.0,” nov. 2). It is no shock that the editorial page board salivated at the president’s “progressive social platform.” I am, however, stunned that those who attend an elite university spend no intellectual effort examining the race outside of their own, myopic self-interests. The editorial essentially says, “As long as college students get benefits, and someone else pays for them, who cares?”

why discuss the true role of the federal government? why challenge the meaning and scope of the U.S. Consti-tution? why examine who can lead the nation to a stable, growth-oriented future? why question the economic impact of providing these endless benefits and how the nation shall pay for them? why wonder about the future impact

of tens of trillions of dollars in debt and tens of trillions dollars more in spending promises?

I am not disappointed the editorial page board supports and will vote (voted?) for President obama; I expected it. I am saddened that my alma mater, which promised to provide the best education in the world, has devolved to the point where the students’ primary concern is what they can get free. even sadder is the fact that bright Brown students cannot see that someone eventually pays for the free stuff. today that is done by borrowing roughly $1 trillion per year; that is money that will be repaid some-day. your generation will pay those bills. The fact that the intellectual elite of our nation do not understand or care about this crushing debt scares me and bodes ill for the future of our nation.

Jonathan bastian ’89

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“there are three men on this stage, but there are only

two real choices.”— r.i. second Congressional district candidate abel Collins

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Imagine: A nation of endless possibilities. where the president is voted into office directly by the people. one country, composed of 50 states, where each and every person can be a fulcrum of change. An honest land, a harbinger of democracy and civic responsibility.

This scenario should be the case in the United States by removing the institution known as the electoral College.

According to the Federal Archives, the foundation of the electoral College in 1787 was a “compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote.” while the reasons for not electing a president through Congress are pretty evident regardless of time period, the reasons given for why the popular vote was rejected are no longer legitimate. During the late 18th century, states were partly distinguished by whether they held slavery to be legitimate or not. Southern states, which harbored a great number of slaves, feared that with a popular vote, they would lose their political influence. while these states possessed a large number of people, they also had substantially fewer eligible white voters. The electoral College is in part a vestigial remnant of a time when an entire race could not vote. how can we have this system exist in the midst of all the other socially progressive movements alive today?

The electoral College was also justified with the argument that a popular vote would be inefficient as officials would have to tally a vast number of votes, and that it would be diluted by uninformed citizens voting just for the sake of it. realistically, neither of these concerns would be an issue today — we have the necessary technology not only to run an election accurately, even with a higher number of votes, but also to disseminate the information people need to vote for a candidate: we have the Internet.

The reality of the electoral College also runs completely contradictory to its ostensible mission to reflect popular will. According to the national census in 2010, wyoming’s population stood at 570,000, though it possesses only three votes in the electoral College. In contrast, California has around 38 million people and an impressive 55 electoral votes. Through an incredibly complex procedure of mathematics, this calculates out so that one electoral vote in wyoming represents 190,000 people, while one electoral vote in Cali-fornia represents roughly 691,000. This implies that in a presidential election, voters in wyoming are more than three times more powerful than voters in California. The system over-represents people from states like wyoming and Alaska relative to those from states like California, new york and texas. The numerical bias that the system exhibits proves that the electoral College system is not a better alternative to a direct popular election.

As long as the Democratic Party and the republican Party stand alone as the two premier political parties, the electoral College is completely outdated. By allowing such a system to exist, we’re conceding that only 538 people out of a population of over 311 million have the true power to vote for president. In a country where civic engagement is a responsibility, a direct election is the best opportunity to give every citizen a sense of allegiance to his or her country. A direct election is the most modern and ironically progressive method of giving the people exactly who they want leading the country. remember this when you cast your vote today.

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Four years ago, America was heading into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. today, the economy is getting better. we have ended the war in Iraq, we are pulling troops out of Afghanistan and osama Bin Laden is dead. In these try-ing times, President obama has provided steady leadership, and I am proud to en-dorse him for re-election.

This endorsement does not come from an obama groupie or partisan Democrat. In fact, I am voting for republicans for U.S. Senate and for the house of represen-tatives.

But I support the president because of what I see is a fundamental choice between

visions for America. Governor Mitt rom-ney made his view of America very clear when he said that his job is “not to wor-ry about those people,” the 47 percent of Americans who are too poor to pay federal income taxes. he said that these Ameri-cans — including veterans, the mentally ill and the marginalized urban poor — “be-lieve that they are victims” and refuse to take responsibility for their lives. These atrocious comments disqualify romney as a candidate for president, and they show a fundamental lack of understanding of why there is poverty and suffering in the Unit-ed States. he cannot be a president for all Americans when he believes that only half of America matters.

obama’s vision is the right way forward. whereas romney would refuse to raise a single tax on the wealthiest Americans in order to balance the budget, obama will pursue a balanced approach of revenue cuts and tax hikes. I admire his willing-

ness to take this unpopular stand. A tax cut is much easier to sell than a tax hike. But these are difficult fiscal times, and we must have leaders who are willing to tell the American people the hard truth.

obama understands that the gap be-tween the middle class and the wealthy has never been larger, and that the economy is strongest when this gap shrinks, like it did after world war II.

over the last four years, this president has shown tremendous political courage. only a man of great courage could have passed health care reform in a divided America. he did it because he knew that the status quo was unsustainable; he did it for love of country. no matter what he pro-posed, this president has faced historic lev-els of obstructionism by extremist repub-licans in Congress — the same people who would likely hijack a romney presidency. obama, unlike his opponent, is a man of conviction who believes in the potential of

every American.history will remember obama. he

came into office during a crisis of epic pro-portions. Americans were reeling from the irresponsible, reckless policies of the pre-vious administration and we had lost faith in the presidency. today, our country is healing, and we are on the road to recov-ery.

The choice in this election is clear: will we elect a man who believes only in Amer-ica’s privileged? or will we re-elect the man who has spent every day of the last four years fighting for all Americans? For a brighter future, for a stronger middle class and for a safer, healthier America, I urge you to give obama four more years.

garret johnson ’14 is an independent from Boxford, mass., who has lived

through four years of mitt romney and believes that america deserves better.

election endorsementsFor President: Barack Obama

“hope” and “change” were the key words that candidate Barack obama infused into his campaign rhetoric four years ago. to-day, with an additional $5.5 trillion in U.S. debt, elevated unemployment and no clear foreign policy, all the United States can hope for is change. If the country is to move for-ward, as President obama has emphasized during this election season, different leader-ship is needed. our great country requires a president who can manage national af-fairs, promote a culture of prosperity and inspire conviction in the American dream once again. The candidate who can actually achieve these goals is Mitt romney.

Democrats love talking about inheritanc-

es. we all understand that President obama entered office when the nation was teetering on the precipice of economic recession. yet what has the President done to accelerate the recovery? The $700 billion bank bailout, a measure that was characterized as corporate welfare in 2008 but saved us from a depres-sion, was passed under the Bush Adminis-tration. obama also claims that he and his fellow Democrats salvaged the auto indus-try. Actually, the previous administration in-tervened in the auto industry, and obama’s final negotiations did nothing to aid General Motors but rather abused corporate bond-holders, perpetuated stifling union con-tracts and supported the production of elec-tric Chevrolet volts whose sales figures are so depressing that production was halted in September. were I obama, I would not cel-ebrate GM’s “success” after government in-tervention — its stock is trading 23 percent below its initial public offering price.

Also, where is a serious housing plan that ameliorates the shadow inventory of foreclo-sures and fosters a sensible home-ownership culture? romney’s economic adviser Glenn hubbard has proposed a system of refinanc-ing that shortens the time of indebtedness to mortgagors and decreases loan-to-value ratios. Though obama has espoused similar ideas, he certainly did not dedicate sufficient energy toward this pursuit. Perhaps this is because obama focused his attention dur-ing the first two years of his presidency — when he enjoyed enough Democratic sup-port in the house and Senate to legislate his visions — on obamacare and a stimulus bill packed with funding for “shovel-ready” jobs that were not “as shovel-ready as we expect-ed.” his words, not mine.

romney — who spent over three success-ful decades in private equity, returned the 2002 winter olympics to profitability, left Massachusetts with the nation’s best schools

and worked to balance the state budget — understands priorities and management. he would reduce tax and regulatory burdens on businesses. Liberating enterprise in this manner will reignite the American entrepre-neurial spirit and induce employers to hire again or reward diligent employees with higher wages.

right now Americans — regardless of gender, race, creed or ethnicity — need to get back to work. we need a president who knows how to encourage prosperity, our ultimate gateway to freedom. That is Mitt romney, not President obama.

elizabeth Fuerbacher ’14 will be voting for a candidate who knows how to lead

businesses and people down the road to prosperity, rather than leading them

down the road to indebtedness and stagnation.

For President: Mitt Romney

For President: Jill Stein

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The winner of this election will be one of two terrible men.

President obama filled his administra-tion with wall Street lifers, who have in-stituted pro-wall Street policies. he redi-rected the bailout toward big banks and away from struggling homeowners. he let the people who engaged in highly dam-aging and probably illegal behavior — see the Levin-Coburn report if you’re inter-ested — walk away scot-free. This is just the tip of the iceberg. In short, he has fa-vored the interests of the wealthy over those of everyone else, and he’s given wall Street no incentive to avoid committing the same abuses that led to the recession.

his appalling civil liberties abuses are

well-documented. The president has a secret kill list. Those aren’t my words — those are from the new york times. he has claimed the right to kill anyone he wants, including citizens, with no judicial oversight. obama has prosecuted whistle-blowers to an unprecedented extent and has imprisoned one of them — Bradley Manning — under conditions the Unit-ed nations special rapporteur on torture found to be cruel and inhumane. Guanta-namo remains open, the Patriot Act is still enforced, and the president has signed indefinite detention into law. These are things Democrats once claimed to care very deeply about.

In terms of war and peace, he’s been a disaster. he has ramped up the drone cam-paign that has killed or injured thousands of innocent civilians. As documented in a Stanford and new york University study, this program has inflamed anti-American sentiment. he’s engaged in bombing cam-paigns in Muslim countries and let the

war in Afghanistan drag on far too long. Many, many innocent people have died thanks to obama’s policies.

his education policy is chock-full of standardized testing and charter schools, and his support for unions has been luke-warm at best. he has failed to make cli-mate change a priority. he has continued the destructive war on drugs. he has de-ported thousands of people, tearing their lives apart, for the high crime of wanting to live here.

It’s not all bad. his recent decision to decrease deportation of young undocu-mented immigrants is admirable, he’s mostly supported women’s rights, his re-cord on some LGBtQ issues is decent, he’s been okay on student aid and parts of the deeply flawed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the too-small stimulus have helped people in meaning-ful ways. however, the president has done some awful things that have made the lives of millions of people demonstrably

worse.As most of this campus recognizes,

Mitt romney as president would be hor-rific. voting in a swing state is very com-plicated, and ethically I don’t know how to sort that one out. But in the other states, it’s simple. If you vote for Barack obama, you are throwing your vote away. you are supporting the stranglehold that corpo-rate America has over our government. you are propping up the status quo.

The Green Party’s presidential candi-date Jill Stein is on the right side of every issue discussed above. She has spent her life fighting for social justice and has put forth several excellent policies, including single-payer health care and a new federal jobs program. no, she won’t win. But that’s all the more reason that after this election we need to work harder than ever.

daniel moraff ’14 can be reached at daniel_moraff@brown.edu.

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