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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Obama Undefeated Bears win Ivy championship At 8-0, Bruno wins title drums up in first varsity season, looks forward to national support for tournament in two weeks Raimondo RUGBY

By EMILE BAUTISTA

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Brown women’s rugby team (8-0) stood tall and emerged victorious at Ivy Championships hosted by Dartmouth (3-4, 3-2 Ivy) in Hanover, New Hampshire this weekend. The Bears began their campaign with a comfortable victory over Harvard (4-4, 3-3) and confirmed their champion status with a triumph against host Dartmouth.

Brown 27, Harvard 5 Saskia Morgan ’16 led the way for Bruno, recording three scores, with Jasmine McAdams ’16 and Natalie Klotz ’15 each adding one. The Bears raced out to a resounding 27-0 lead and never

looked back. Harvard managed to obtain one try, but it was too little, too late for the Crimson as the game was all but over.

The victory was the team’s second over Harvard this season after eking out a narrow 24-15 victory in the first game of the season. But this time, Harvard was never really in the game as the Bears took and maintained an early lead.

Brown 42, Dartmouth 5 It was more of the same on day two of the Ivy Championships. Bruno began the game with 37 unanswered points, which proved to be an insurmountable total for the opposition. The agile Morgan, a key figure for this relentless squad, led the way for the team once again, recording four scores. Amber Reano ’16 and Daisy Alvarado-Munoz ’17 also scored in this dominant team performance by the Bears.

“Our scrums were incredibly » See RUGBY, page S2

Stumping for Democratic gubernatorial nominee, president highlights women’s rights issues

By ELAINA WANG STAFF WRITER

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The Bears prepare for action in a recent match. The team has dominated the Ivy League this season, outscoring opponents 414-68 in eight games.

Infectious disease outbreaks rising, study shows U. researchers compile online database of outbreaks since 1980 to help predict future epidemics

By RILEY DAVIS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Though Ebola has dominated mainstream media attention recently, the total number of infectious disease outbreaks worldwide has been climbing since 1980, according to a new study published by Brown researchers in the current issue of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

Though the rate of infectious disease outbreaks is increasing,

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infectious diseases are affecting fewer people during each outbreak than in the past, the researchers wrote in the study.

As part of the study, the team of University researchers created a database of over 12,000 outbreaks of infectious diseases that have occurred since 1980, cataloguing occurrences of 288 out of the approximately 1,400 infectious diseases known to man, said author Katherine Smith, interim associate dean of biology and assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. The database

provided the information and analytics necessary to examine the trends in outbreaks the researchers presented in the recently published study.

The online database is accessible to the public through the Ramachandran Lab website, Smith said. Sohini Ramachandran, a biostatistician and assistant professor of biology, helped design the program for the database, she added.

Before the creation of this database, the Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network provided the most comprehensive source of outbreak information, but the information was buried in paragraphs of prose, making it difficult

to statistically analyze, Smith said.

The researchers hope people use the database “to help do a better job of predicting and preventing outbreaks in the future,” Smith said.

“The hope is that this data set can be used to try to really dig into the drivers of these big outbreaks,” said Samantha Rosenthal GS, a co-author of the paper who studies at the School of Public Health.

“Understanding those drivers can help us build robust prediction models, so that we can be more prepared for outbreaks like Ebola in the future,” she said.

The majority of the catalogued » See OUTBREAKS, page 4

Trujillo ’12 makes first bid for political office in Kansas

By CAROLINE KELLY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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Caitlin Trujillo ’12 is running as the Democratic nominee in Tuesday’s election for the 43rd district of the Kansas House of Representatives.

When Caitlin Trujillo ’12 disagreed with the way Kansas legislators were handling issues of concern to constituents, she knew she wanted to take matters into her own hands. Lawmakers “were advancing legislation that I felt was detrimental to the state of Kansas and overlooking issues that we really needed to address more closely,” she recalled.

The recent Brown alum is running as the Democratic candidate for the 43rd district seat in the Kansas House of Representatives in an election that will take place Tuesday. She faces incumbent Republican Bill Sutton,

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R-Kan., in the primarily Republican district.

Kansas is a historically conservative state, with ties to the Republican Party in both national and local politics dating back several decades. The 43rd district, which includes the city of Edgerton and the towns of Gardner and McCamish in Johnson County, has leaned conservative for the past several years, according to Ballotpedia. Sutton defeated Kevin King, D-Kan., in 2012 and is now up for reelection, as representatives serve two-year terms. Both Trujillo and Sutton ran unopposed in their parties’ respective primaries in August, according to Ballotpedia.

Trujillo, who concentrated in political science and served as a Herald senior staff writer at Brown, is running on a platform that emphasizes education, tax reform, anti-discrimination policy and improved healthcare and welfare access. » See TRUJILLO, page 3

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New study by U. researchers ties mindfulness to cardiovascular health

Prof. Jennifer Johnson lectures about improving health care in women’s prisons

With a win over Penn, the football team has won four of its past five games

Two first-years scored in debuts for the men’s hockey team, which beat Army in its season opener

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President Obama emphasized the need for an economy that encourages more women to be active in the workforce during a speech Friday at Rhode Island College. More than 1,000 attendees turned out to hear his pitch on behalf of Democratic gubernatorial nominee and General Treasurer Gina Raimondo.

Obama is the third national Democratic leader to visit Rhode Island in the past week, as Election Day approaches and recent polls show a tight race for governor. His speech came a day after First Lady Michelle Obama made an appearance at a “Get Out the Vote” campaign event hosted

by Raimondo. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headlined a similar campaign event for Raimondo at RIC Oct. 24.

If women were encouraged to work and were paid equally for their labor, everyone in the economy would benefit, Obama said.

Prior to becoming president, Obama said there was a time when First Lady Michelle Obama was earning a higher income than he was.

Working parents face a “catch-22,” Obama said. They want to provide the best opportunities for their children by working but also feel guilty about not spending enough time with them as a result, he added.

The United States needs to encourage flexible work plans that allow employees to work from home, he added.

“I agree with a lot of what he said,” Ellen Sukharevsky ’17 said. “But I feel like he can’t accomplish everything that he promised in the short period of time he has left in office.”

Ann-Marie Harrington, president and founder of Embolden, a Pawtucket-based website-building company, allows her 21 employees to work from home, which has actually increased the company’s efficiency, Obama said.

In 2013, an estimated 57 percent of mothers of infants participated in the work force, according to 2013 annual averages from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Peer institution libraries open doors to Brown under new program BorrowDirect Plus offers community members on-site access to libaries of Ivies, four other peers

By DUNCAN GALLAGHER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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BorrowDirect Plus expands on BrownDirect, which allowed students to order books from participating institutions but did not offer on-site access.

Brown community members who seek to access material from libraries at peer institutions now have that ability, following the launch of the BorrowDirect Plus initiative last month.

An extension of the BorrowDirect program, the new initiative allows Brown students, faculty and staff to borrow items from participating libraries on-site using their Brown IDs. The BorrowDirect partnership, which was established in 1999 and has since expanded, lets ID holders at the eight Ivy League universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Chicago order books to be shipped from the collections of other participating libraries.

In a change from the original program, BorrowDirect Plus also includes Duke University.

The idea for an on-site borrowing

program was proposed at a meeting of the participating libraries in spring 2013, said Bart Hollingsworth, head of circulation and resource sharing at the Rockefeller Library. Representatives from the participating institutions began “working on it more diligently and deliberately” last spring, he said.

After a period of testing the user interfaces at each library and familiarizing staff with the program, participating schools were prepared to implement the initiative this fall, he added.

Though the program was not launched with an explicit goal, it will “expand access in a more immediate way” and benefit students and researchers who are willing to travel to avoid waiting for items to be shipped, Hollingsworth said.

Previously, gaining on-site access to a library’s collection involved obtaining an access pass from one of the University’s libraries and meeting with a specific staff member at the other library. Even then, completing this process only granted access, not borrowing privileges. Now, Brown community members can remove and use items from other collections with a swipe of an ID card.

While Hollingsworth said he

would personally prefer having items shipped directly to him, he noted that he has distributed quite a few access passes over the years and is eager to see if the new program is popular.

Several students told The Herald they appreciate the intent of the program but do not foresee using it.

“I suspect I would only take advantage of it in the most extenuating of circumstances,” said Daniel Golden ’18, who had not heard of the program. “I hardly think I’m going to be in a situation where there is a book that I absolutely need before I return to campus,” he said.

Myacah Sampson ’17 also expressed doubt that she would end up using the program, adding that she rarely needs access to libraries beyond College Hill. “It seems convenient, but how often do I find myself in Cambridge wanting to do research?”

Students may find it worth their time to ask a Brown librarian about the details of the service before attempting to use it, Hollingsworth said.

They should verify that items in other libraries’ collections are available for checkout and not part of special collections or other private holdings, he added.

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Defenseman Kyle Quick ’15 makes a turn with the puck. The Bears opened their season Friday with a win over Army. See page S1 for more.

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In a campaign speech for Democrat Gina Raimondo, President Obama called for companies to offer equal pay and maternity leave for women.

» OBAMA, from page 1 workforce to take care of children, leading to lower wages for the rest of their lives, he said.

“Paid family leave should be the law of the land,” Obama said, citing a recently adopted policy at Google that extends paid maternity leave to five months for both male and female employees.

Having an “enlightened boss” who is willing to provide work flexibility to employees is not enough, Obama said. American companies need to “do away with policies and politicians that belong to a ‘Mad Men’ episode,” he added, eliciting a roar of laughter from the crowd.

“I found (the event) very relevant to issues happening in Rhode Island because it was a lot about changes

we need to make economically,” said Hayley Buckey ’16. “I cried when he had a first-generation college student introduce him. That was my favorite part.”

“I found (the event) pretty interesting because it will probably apply to me later in life,” said Shandell Scott ’17, adding that her plans to enter the medical industry may lead her to experience gendered income disparities first-hand.

Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez ’83, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., — who is seeking election to a fourth term in the Senate — ­ and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., all attended Obama’s speech, as Rhode Island Democrats engage in final getout-the-vote efforts before voters go to the polls Tuesday. Political analysts expect Reed to easily win reelection.

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Dynamo House set to undergo renovation Historic building will house centralized administrative offices in Jewelry District

By ASHWINI NATARAJAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Jewelry District’s South Street Power Station, commonly known as the Dynamo House, will undergo an extensive renovation starting in December or January, the Corporation announced following its October meeting. In the following weeks, the University will sign a lease with private developer Commonwealth Venture that will provide the University with over 136,000 square feet of administrative office space within the Dynamo building,said Stephen Maiorisi, vice president for facilities management.

The rest of the building will be used by University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College as the Nursing Education Center.

A new facility will also be constructed nearby that will house 164 beds for graduate, medical and nursing school students, a 260-car parking garage, a retail space and an incubator space, Maiorisi said. Both structures follow plans outlined by the University over the summer.

The new complex will sit in the Dynamo House’s parking lot, Maiorisi said. The idea of renovating the Dynamo House for University purposes followed Commonwealth Venture’s proposal to build the new facility, he added.

» TRUJILLO, from page 1 James Egan, a professor of English who taught Trujillo at Brown, called her “smart, thoughtful and engaged” in an email to The Herald. He added, “I remember her as being pragmatic rather than ideological — someone who tried to find, through hard work and careful analysis, good solutions to tough problems.”

Education is a major focus for Trujillo, who feels personally connected to the issue having attended the Kansas public school system. Improving the state’s schools will require not only an increase in equitable funding but also a reassessment of the current system’s structure.

“You can put as much money as you want in education and that won’t solve all the inherent problems that money just can’t fix, but I also think that Kansas prides itself on having a strong public school system,” Trujillo said.

When a case about equitable funding for Kansas schools appeared before the state Supreme Court, “there were rumors that if the Supreme Court gave a ruling that the legislators did not like, they were going to change the way that justices were appointed,” she said.

The discussion about education reform in Kansas is taking place after the state Supreme Court’s finding that funds were not being equitably distributed among different schools, Trujillo said. “If we have to allocate more funds, how are we going to do that if we don’t have the money to fund what we currently have?” she asked. “If you have a tax policy that is producing revenue shortfalls, and that is not

A total of 12 university administrative offices currently housed in the Brown Office Building on College Hill will move into the Dynamo space during the summer or early fall of 2016. The offices will constitute part of the third floor and all of the fourth, fifth and sixth floors of the building, Maiorisi said.

Shifting most of the University’s administrative body to the Jewelry District will facilitate interdepartmental communication, Maiorisi said. “By consolidating those administrative functions, we can all work together better there in one location as opposed to being spread out across campus.”

The administrative migration will also free up 90,000 square feet of space on College Hill, Maiorisi added.

“The Brown Office Building can then be renovated to be something else, something more geared towards the academic mission (of) the University.”

Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, said the “prime real estate at the center of campus opens up possibilities both for academic programs and for new initiatives” that will be “valuable for students.”

The Providence Preservation Society named the Dynamo House, which has been vacant since 1999, among the city’s 10 most endangered properties in 2011 and 2012. Though there were efforts to redevelop the space into a Rhode Island history museum, these plans fell through in 2008, when the project developer went bankrupt during the economic downturn.

“The Dynamo House was the providing services to Kansans, that is going to not present Kansas as a desirable place to live.”

Tax reform is also a priority for Trujillo, especially in light of Gov. Sam Brownback, whose “administration has instituted some of the largest tax cuts across the board that the state has ever seen,” she said. “You can’t talk about education without talking about funding, and you can’t talk about funding without talking about tax policy,” she said. “One of things I would like to do if elected is to reassess our tax policy, which is controversial because you have to think ‘do we raise taxes,’ and nobody wants to raise taxes.”

Anti-discrimination also emerged as a concern for Trujillo after she felt the state government faltered on the issue. She was especially disappointed in the Kansas House of Representatives for trying to pass House Bill 2453, which “was ostensibly a religious freedoms bill, but essentially it would have legalized some discrimination against same-sex couples in the state as well as people in the LGBTQ community,” she said.

If elected, Trujillo said she would “scrutinize” the religious freedom bill, adding that she “would probably oppose it … unless it presented a compelling need for something like that, that doesn’t allow for discrimination.”

She also said that though marriage equality laws would likely be determined by state courts, she personally believes that “sexual orientation and gender identity should absolutely be federal categories for anti-discrimination law.”

Trujillo said she supports the expansion of Medicaid, particularly in

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Previously at risk of demolition, the Dynamo House will be renovated as administrative space for the University.

Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island will also use the space for their nursing program. greatest preservation issue in the state,” said Paul Wackrow, Providence Preservation Society’s coordinator of advocacy and education. “The current development saved the building. I’m not sure how much longer it would have been around if these groups didn’t step in,” he added, explaining that the building has glaring structural issues, such as missing portions of the roof, which would have led to the

building’s deterioration and eventual demolition.

The Dynamo building renovation and restoration is “a big win” for the Providence Preservation Society, Maiorisi said.

Though additions will be made to the building — including a new floor — a historic tax credit review will be conducted to ensure that neoclassical, historical elements of the building are

not altered or removed, he said, adding that “a lot of the brick work and the amount of work that can change on the exterior is limited because of the historic issues.”

The Providence Preservation Society supports how the new renovation will maintain the “historic integrity of the building,” Wackrow said. “We’re hoping that this can actually be a model for preservation moving forward.”

light of her personal experiences with the healthcare system when her brother became gravely ill. Her mother, who was laid off during Trujillo’s final semester at Brown, applied for insurance through Medicaid to pay the medical bills, which “probably would have bankrupted our family otherwise,” Trujillo said.

Conversation about expanding Medicaid is difficult “because of the current climate, which is not very favorable towards it in the legislature,” she added.

Trujillo’s own experiences with financial hardship ­— she was at one point the sole breadwinner for her family — have informed her views on social services. She stressed the importance of “one, doing what we can to

ensure that people aren’t in that situation in the first place, and two, making sure that there are some safety nets for people, so that worst case scenario they have something so that they don’t end up homeless or starving.”

Trujillo’s background in political science has helped her handle the contingent of gun enthusiasts in her district. “We can talk about second amendment rights, we can talk about civil liberties, but at the same time, public safety is a huge issue,” she said.

“It has helped influence my thinking in how to approach these issues in a way that obviously doesn’t infringe on anybody’s constitutional rights, but is also in the public good.”

But some aspects of campaigning have called for a completely new skill

set. “A lot of the campaigning stuff, a lot of the political theater … it’s not something that I really focused on when I was in school, so that has been an education in and of itself,” she said.

“I had never canvased before; prior to this election, I had never done it before in my life.”

Michael Vorenberg, associate professor of history, wrote in an email to The Herald that he remembers Trujillo as “particularly enthusiastic about all things Kansas because that was the place she considered home.” He added that he was enthusiastic about her campaign. “It’s great to see that she’s still passionate about Kansas — so much so that she’s wanting to help lead Kansas as a state legislator at a time of great crisis in the state.”

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» OUTBREAKS, from page 1 diseases are zoonotic diseases, which are transmitted between species, often from non-human species to humans, Smith said. Widely-known diseases such as Ebola, Lyme disease, West Nile virus and tuberculosis are all zoonotic diseases.

While Ebola is currently the focus of much media and medical attention, Smith said diseases like Lyme disease and West Nile virus are still prevalent

in Rhode Island and the Northeast in general.

“Other research has shown that it’s the combination of high biological diversity existing in regions where there are already a lot of people, or the populations are very dense, that are the most likely predictors for zoonotic disease emergence and outbreaks,” Smith said, adding that this could be a reason why there are more outbreaks now than in the past.

The researchers hope to use the

database to examine the factors that influence how far diseases spread and to attempt to answer why outbreaks are affecting fewer people today than they did in the past, Rosenthal said.

The study is “particularly timely as the global community struggles to confront the global health security and humanitarian crises associated with Ebola,” wrote James Hughes, a professor of medicine and public health at Emory University who was not involved in the study, in an email

to The Herald. The “results also remind us of the continuing need to further strengthen public health systems globally to enable early detection and rapid, effective response to disease emergence.”

The database’s creation marks the start of a journey Smith and her colleagues are embarking on to learn more about disease outbreak and prevention. Smith said she plans to start asking more specific questions in the next phase of her research, such

as “Will a warmer world be a sicker world?” She also plans to explore the effects of climate and land-use change on infectious disease outbreaks.

“As a world, we need to be more cognizant of the fact that wildlife and livestock around us are likely to harbor pathogens that could spill over and infect us,” Smith said. In addition to research, “there’s a lot more we could do in terms of public outreach and education” in local communities, she added.

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to intensive mental health support in prison. But the researchers found that the women did not use the phones at all, even if they needed support, Johnson said.

Researchers have a responsibility to bridge the gap between political advocacy and academic research on prisoner health, Johnson said.

To fix the criminal justice system’s health care problems, studying the effectiveness of certain interventions must be complemented by intelligent dialogue with politicians and the public, Johnson said.

But advocates may face challenges because “for most of the public, prisoner health doesn’t sell well politically.”

To attempt to address this problem, Johnson and her colleagues carried out another study in which women recently released from prison were given cell phones to call mental health supporters, she said. This intervention was intended to be a low-cost alternative

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014

FOOTBALL

Rosenbauer ’16 runs over Quakers, propels Bruno to victory Backup quarterback rushes 206 yards, logs two touchdowns as Bears gain second straight Ivy win

By ANDREW FLAX SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The football team grabbed its fourth win of the season Saturday, traveling to Philadelphia and riding a strong defensive effort from backup quarterback Seth Rosenbauer ’16, who has emerged as a rushing weapon alongside starter Marcus Fuller ’15, to a 21-13 victory over Penn.

Against the Quakers (1-6, 1-3 Ivy), the Bears (4-3, 2-2) controlled every phase of the game and led by two scores for the majority of the second half until a late botched punt allowed Penn to score with 37 seconds left.

With yet another strong win, the Bears have demonstrated just how far they have come from their seasonopening loss at Georgetown University.

After starting 0-2 both overall and in the Ivy League, Bruno has won four of

its past five games and is on a two-game conference winning streak.

Co-captain Dan Giovacchini ’15 said he attributes the team’s recent success to its ability to finally gel as a unit.

“We had 18 new starters on both sides of the ball,” he said. “We knew this was going to be a team that got better week after week.”

On a windy, rainy day at Franklin Field, the Bears were forced to rely on their ground game and defense when the air attack was limited. Both worked to perfection, as Bruno pounded out 262 rushing yards — besting its season high by 125 —, while limiting the Quakers to just 37.

Giovacchini said pressure at the line of scrimmage helped the Bears bottle up Penn’s rushers.

“If you look at who’s pushing whom, it’s usually us pushing the other guys,” he said.

Bruno’s variation in defensive schemes also played a significant role in its success.

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Quarterback Marcus Fuller ’15 releases a pass. The captain completed just 51.9 percent of his passes, but threw for 130 of his 177 yards on the team’s three scoring drives during Bruno’s matchup against Penn.

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First-years shine in season-debut win Bruno’s future seems bright after four rookies notch points during season’s first game

By MATTHEW BROWNSWORD SPORTS STAFF WRITER

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Maddie Lord ’15 prepares to serve. Lord posted 16 kills over the weekend’s two games. With a victory over Dartmouth, the Bears pulled into a tie with the Big Green for fourth in the league.

Crimson exacts revenge on Bruno Bruno splits with Harvard and Dartmouth, moves into tie for fourth seed in Ivy League

By CHRISTINE RUSH SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s volleyball team had mixed results this weekend, splitting its conference matches. Friday, they fell to conference-leading Harvard, but on Saturday they recovered with a win against Dartmouth.

Harvard ousted Bruno (9-13, 4-6 Ivy) in four sets, winning 3-1. This season’s second matchup was very different than the Oct. 4 game, when the Bears shut out the Crimson Oct. 4 by a score of 3-0. Taylor Bantle ’15 said the Bears began with a strong first game, but then “started playing

more individually.” Though Brown opened with a lead in the third frame and tied it up in the fourth, they could not secure a win in either set.

Maddie Lord ’15 led the team in kills, securing 11 against the Crimson. Payton Smith ’17 stepped up as well, contributing seven blocks.

Despite these contributions, Bantle said Harvard capitalized on the Bears’ weaknesses — Brown played better as a team the first time it battled the Crimson this year, she said.

Saturday was a chance for redemption, after the Bears lost to the Big Green in a tight 3-2 loss on Oct. 3.

Bruno proved its persistence and strength, coming away with a 3-1 win Saturday night. The Bears claimed the first two sets, but the Big Green responded with a win in the third.

Brown finished them off in the fourth with a 25-21 victory.

“Staying in control and keeping our focus throughout the whole match is what got us the win against Dartmouth,” said Katherine Conner ’15.

Smith came through once again, leading the team with 13 kills and six blocks. Conner added 23 digs and Sarah Lucenti ’17 posted a doubledouble with 23 assists and 11 digs.

Though these individual stats were critical to Bruno’s win, Conner said the win “was a full team effort, every single player contributed something.”

With the season nearing its end, Conner said the type of team effort exhibited against Dartmouth “will give us an opportunity to end our Ivy season on a high note.”

The next four opponents the team faces are all strong in blocking but also very beatable, so “we are very motivated,” Bantle said.

After seeing his team fade down the stretch last year, Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94 knew that this year’s men’s hockey team needed to focus on a consistency of effort each and every game.

After a 4-2 win over Army, things seem good so far.

“I was excited about how our team looked,” Whittet said. “We did a lot of really good things and had a lot of contributions from our second-string players.”

Max Willman ’18 opened the scoring for the Bears (1-0) after five minutes, latching onto a pass from fellow freshman Sam Lafferty ’18 to put Bruno up 1-0. Army (2-4-1) responded two minutes later on the back end of a power play due to an interference call on defenseman Brandon Pfeil ’16. Penalties were one of Bruno’s few problems on the day.

The Bears dominated the second period and were rewarded with two goals from forward Davey Middleton ’17 and forward Charlie Corcoran ’18.

It is the second time Corcoran appeared on the scoresheet for the Bears after tallying a goal in a 3-1 preseason victory over Dartmouth.

“Charlie’s a really good player,” Whittet said. “He’s very creative and plays really hard, and that’s a great combination to see in a young player.”

Kyle Kramer ’17 wrapped up the

scoring — and the game — for the Bears nine minutes into the third period, but the drama did not end there.

Dane Cooper ’18 was issued a game misconduct for hitting from behind, which gave the Black Knights a power play that they converted for their second goal of the game.

The Bears tallied 19 penalty minutes to Army’s two, with the Black Knights going 2-for-3 on the power play and Brown going 0-for-1.

“There’s still a lot of things we need to work on,” Whittet said.

Goalie Tyler Steel ’17 saved 29 of 31 shots that he faced, showing the flashes of greatness that made Whittet decide to make him the starter halfway through last season.

“He looked good,” Whittet said.

“He was very calm and was very impressive in terms of his positioning and the angles he took.”

The first line for the Bears — Mark Naclerio ’16, Nick Lappin ’16 and Matt Lorito ’15 — was unable to get on the scoresheet, but together, the trio accrued seven shots and looked dangerous throughout the game. Lorito — as part of the penalty kill team — was on the ice for both of the Army goals, but when all three of the first-liners played together, they effectively stunted the Black Knights’ offensive buildup.

“Whenever you win a game 4-2 and your first line does not score a goal, that means you had a pretty good team game,” Whittet said. “A lot of our secondary contributors played really well.”

The win was the Bears’ fourth straight opening game victory, and they look to build a winning streak next weekend at home against St. Lawrence (4-3-1) and Clarkson (2-4-2).

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On the offensive side of the ball, Rosenbauer was the heart of Bruno’s potent running attack, shredding the Penn defensive line to the tune of 206 yards and two touchdowns. The Quakers were unable to contain the 6’3”, 240-pound human cruise missile at the line of scrimmage, as 12 of his 30 rushes went for nine or more yards. He also recorded his first career reception, taking a screen pass eight yards.

The senior saw sparse playing time in the season’s first two games, gaining 12 yards against Georgetown and not appearing against Harvard. But he toted

the rock for 53 yards on just 10 carries in a breakout game against the University of Rhode Island. Rosenbauer’s momentum was stalled when a head injury forced him to the sidelines for the next two games, and he was not needed in a blowout against Cornell.

If he can stay healthy, Rosenbauer will be invaluable to the Bears’ offense for the rest of the season. Though he is listed as one on the roster, calling him a quarterback may no longer be accurate, as he now has as many receptions as pass attempts this year.

True starting quarterback Marcus Fuller ’15 turned in a strong effort, given the conditions. He completed just 14 of 27 passes, but totaled 177

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yards for a strong 6.6 yards per attempt.

And when he was on, the Bears’ offense clicked: Fuller went 7-for-9 for 130 yards on Bruno’s three touchdown drives, including a 36-yard touchdown strike to Reiley Higgins ’15.

The one area in which Penn found some success was in the passing game, where quarterback Alek Torgersen was 30-for-47, though for just 252 yards.

The Quakers made progress moving the ball with screen passes, much like many of Bruno’s previous opponents have. But the Bears did an excellent job of limiting the downfield pass game, as Torgersen only completed one pass for over 20 yards.

With their recent success, the Bears

are hitting their stride at the perfect time. Bruno is “a lot more confident,” Giovacchini said, adding that he believes the Bears know the recipe to maintain their winning ways.

“It’s just going to take continued execution from the offense and continued physicality and tackling on defense,” he said.

The Bears will aim to keep rolling Saturday, when they face surprise Ivy title contender Yale at Brown Stadium.

The Elis (6-1, 3-1) have garnered impressive results from the 2014 season, marred only by a narrow loss to Dartmouth, but Bruno seems unfazed.

“We can compete with anybody,” Giovacchini said.

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The theme of the tournament seemed to be getting out of the gates faster than the opponent — Brown did not trail in either game. In fact, by the time the opponent, whether it was Harvard or Dartmouth, mustered up any points, its deficit was already overwhelmingly large.

“We were able to work as a team to unleash one of our fastest runners, Kiki Morgan,” said co-captain Oksana Goretaya ’17. “We had strong defensive play that was above the competition.”

The squad, which has yet to suffer a defeat in its inaugural season as a varsity sport, looks ahead to ACRA Regional Championships in two weeks.

“Moving forward to ACRAs we still have lots to work on, but we’re getting better every game,” said co-captain Tiara Mack ’16.

If successful at the regional championships, the team will advance to compete in the ACRA Final Four, held in Florida in December.

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Shutout loss drops Bears to seventh After losing to Penn, seniors hope for victory against Yale at Friday’s final game of season

By GEORGE SANCHEZ SPORTS STAFF WRITER

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Hannah Rogers ’16 watches a play. Despite her three goals and two assists this season, the Bears are seventh in the Ivy League in scoring.

Slide continues with winless road weekend Despite best record since 2006, Bears sit at 1-5 in conference after losing to Penn and St. Joseph’s

By MATTHEW BROWNSWORD SPORTS STAFF WRITER

Ever since superstar forward Meghan O’Donnell ’15 eclipsed the career goals record and the women’s field hockey team guaranteed a winning record against Holy Cross in torrential rain, the Bears’ play has continued to be a little under the weather.

Losses this weekend against Penn (8-8, 3-3 Ivy) and St. Joseph’s University (9-9) give Brown (9-7, 1-5) its third straight loss, fifth away loss and fifth conference loss on the season. In an otherwise successful season, the Bears’ away and Ivy records have left some room for improvement.

Lucy Green ’17 gave Brown its lone goal against the Quakers in a game that it dominated, accruing 16 shots on goal over the course of the contest. After going down a goal three minutes into the game, Green responded by tipping in an Emily Arciero ’16 pass off of a corner play. The play settled down for a bit before Elise Tilton converted on Penn’s third corner in under a minute.

Brown went into all-out attack mode in the second half but could not hit the twine thanks to impressive goalkeeping by Allison Weisenfels. The Bears rifled off seven shots in the final 10 minutes as they controlled the play and looked for an equalizer, but were not able to put anything past Weisenfels as they fell 2-1.

Head Coach Jill Reeve continued to move players around and use substitutions to try and catch Penn off guard and — with Brown dominating Penn for the majority of the game, including the second half — her adjustments seemed to do everything besides put

the ball in the back of the net.

“We have positioned and repositioned players where they will be most effective given their own specific skill sets and physical gifts,” Reeve said.

The Bears went down early again against St. Joseph’s, as Tori Popinko notched her fourth goal of the season courtesy of a nice centering pass from Jordan Martin that she calmly finished.

The Hawks were able to get another goal 15 minutes before the end of the first half, thanks to a Melissa Herd goal from a corner.

Green was able to get her second goal of the weekend and her third of the season to cut the lead to one. The goal was off a corner again, with Arciero and O’Donnell getting the assists.

“Lucy has really grown in her position this season,” Reeve said. “She’s comfortable in the middle of the field and positions well in the pocket. Lucy is an intuitive player with excellent maneuverability. She makes key interceptions and creates a lot of dangerous counter-attacks through the midfield.”

But the Bears could not finish the comeback, as a Jordan Martin goal with 15 minutes left all but put Bruno away. Goalie Shannon McSweeney ’15 stopped seven of the 10 shots that she faced as she added to her career saves record.

The Bears’ final game is Saturday against Yale (2-14, 0-6) — the only team to have a worse Ivy League record than Brown this year. Despite its poor play all season, the Yale team will look to Brown as its last chance to get a conference win, so the Bears need to be ready for a determined opponent.

“Our team has improved tremendously this season, but I don’t think they’ve reached their maximum potential,” Reeve said. “I think they want to put together the best performance possible to honor their teammates, the game and Brown as their final effort this season.”

The women’s soccer team traveled to Philadelphia this past weekend to take on Penn in an Ivy contest that finished in a 2-0 defeat for Bruno.

The Quakers (7-5-3, 2-3-1 Ivy) started off strong with a goal from Clara Midgley in the fourth minute.

With a strong defensive performance, Penn successfully held the Bears (6-73, 1-3-2) to just one goal attempt during the first half of play. With just over five minutes left in the first half, Penn tallied on another goal from Kaitlyn Moore off helpers from Anna Estep and Olivia Blaber. Entering the second half, Bruno trailed in total shots 6-1 and was looking to gain ground against the Quakers.

The Bears came out stronger on both sides of the pitch in the second half — putting up seven total shots during the period while containing Penn to just three. But this surge in play was to no avail, as the team was unable to find the scoreboard. Captain Chloe Cross ’15 and Allie Reilly ’15 put up shots during the second half, but they were unable to capitalize with a goal.

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Ella Warshauer ’17 winds up to kick. Bruno’s defense has struggled all season, ceding 22 goals. going into the second half and came out with more energy,” Cross said.

The Quakers maintained their two-goal advantage for the rest of the match and took home the victory.

“We were fighting hard for that comeback but just couldn’t seem to find the back of the net,” said Kirsten Belinsky ’15.

Next up, the Bears look to finish their season on a high note Friday night at Stevenson Field against Yale (7-4-4, 1-1-4) at 7 p.m.

“It’s exciting finishing my collegiate career at home and will feel more satisfying than if we were to end with an away game,” Belinsky said. “Ending

with a win would mean a lot to us seniors and the rest of the team, too, especially since it is a home game.”

The team will be celebrating Senior Night Friday. The game against Yale will be the final game for seven seniors on the roster who will be graduating this spring.

“It has been quite a journey. Ending my career at Brown will definitely be bittersweet,” Cross said. “On the one hand, I will miss the collegiate game and playing with my amazing teammates. On the other, I feel as though I have learned a lot from playing Brown Soccer and am better prepared to move forward in life after graduation.”

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Bears tie Penn, fall to seventh in Ivy League standings After falling behind early on penalty kick, Bears claw back with timely saves and header to even score

By ALEX WAINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The men’s soccer team surrendered an early goal off a penalty kick to the Quakers Saturday, but the Bears managed to equalize and salvage a point from their trip to Philadelphia, drawing with the Quakers 1-1. For the second game in a row, Will Cross ’16 knocked in a header from a set piece to give Bruno (4-5-6, 1-2-2 Ivy) its lone goal.

“It was a disappointing result,” said Penn Head Coach Rudy Fuller. “I thought we did more than enough to win the game.”

The Quakers (6-7-2, 2-1-2) struck first in the 19th minute. Penn midfielder Forrest Clancy took a shot that hit off the near post and bounced into the middle of the box. His teammate Alec Neumann appeared to have an open shot on net with goalkeeper Mitch Kupstas ’14.5 on the ground, but Gabe Welp ’18 grabbed a handful of Neumann’s jersey and pulled the striker down from behind. The referee instantaneously blew his whistle, awarding Penn the spot kick.

Quaker striker and captain Duke Lacroix stepped up and sent Kupstas diving the wrong way to give Penn a 1-0 lead.

“It’s a tough call,” said Brown Head Coach Patrick Laughlin. “Whenever you go down on a penalty call, especially in an away game, it’s always tough.”

The Bears looked flustered for most of the half — they struggled to keep

possession of the ball and surrendered a host of chances to Penn’s dynamic offense.

But Kupstas kept Bruno in the game with three saves in the first half, and with just three minutes remaining in the opening period, the team found an equalizer.

Jack Gorab ’16 swung a corner in from the left side, and Cross met it high in the air. The ball took a deflection off a Penn defender, catching Quaker keeper Max Polkinhorne completely off guard as it sailed into the back of the net.

“We haven’t been good defending in our own area,” Fuller said. “We’ve allowed goals to happen by not being first to the ball. Regardless of how well you play, how many chances you create, you have to be sound and solid defensively in front of your own goal.”

The goal was Cross’ third of the year and his second in as many games. The junior striker has contributed when the Bears have needed it most this season — he has two game-winning strikes and after this weekend, a game-tying tally to his name.

“This year has been a good one for (Cross),” Laughlin said. “He’s been able to be more assertive. He’s had some opportunities, and he’s seized them. He has looked dangerous this season, and I’ve been really pleased with his performances.”

Bruno carried the momentum from Cross’ goal into the second half, when the team played like a completely different

group of players. The tale of two halves has been a theme for the Bears in many games this year, as the team often starts slow but warms up later in the contest.

“If I knew how to prevent it, I’d prevent it, of course,” Laughlin said of the team’s slow starts. “But the guys have done a good job competing — if part of the game isn’t up to the standard that the players expect of themselves, they haven’t allowed that to be the case for the whole game.”

Penn’s backline kept its shape during the first half, but in the second half, Bruno began to expose the flaws that have allowed opponents to score a conference-high 27 goals on the Quakers.

The Bears started playing through balls on the ground and over the top of the Penn defense, which created a number of good opportunities. But Polkinhorne stood tall in goal, snuffing out the Bears’ chances as he made six saves in the second half.

With just three minutes remaining in regulation, co-captain Ben Maurey ’15.5 played a pass over the top that gave Cross a one-on-one opportunity with Polkinhorne. Penn’s courageous keeper charged at Cross, who eluded the goalie and appeared to have an empty net. But a Quaker defender tracked back and cleared Cross’ shot off the goal line to send the game to extra time.

Neither side could find an edge in the two 10-minute overtime periods. Nico Lozada ’18 thought he had scored the game-winning goal in the 106th minute, when he slid a shot past Polkinhorne and into the back of the net. But the play was

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Daniel Taylor ’15 looks on at the action in a recent match. Despite pushing the game into double overtime, the Bears had to settle for a draw Saturday. whistled dead seconds earlier, as the firstyear midfielder was offsides.

The referee ended the match with the score level at 1-1. Polkinhorne made an additional two saves in the extra time periods, giving him a total of nine in the game. Despite owning the highest goals against average in the Ancient Eight, he leads all Ivy keepers in total saves by a large margin.

The draw, along with Columbia’s (66-1, 2-2-1) win over Yale (1-11-3, 0-41), drops the Bears into sole possession

of seventh place in the Ivy standings.

The team’s title aspirations have slipped away after a series of closely contested conference matches have not broken the Bears’ way.

Bruno will have a chance to play spoiler Nov. 15, when the team travels to New Hampshire to take on leagueleading Dartmouth (9-4-2, 3-1-1). But before the meeting with the Big Green, the Bears will square off with the Bulldogs in their final home game of the season Saturday at 4 p.m.

Five predictions for the NBA season

BY JAMES COHAN sports columnist

The NBA is back, which sounds weird, because it feels like it never ended. Actually, it kind of feels like it’s ending now, when it’s actually starting, because with all the off-season drama behind us, the only thing that’s left is boring old basketball. This leaves me and the nine other people that waste their time watching regular season games played in dead arenas as the only people left paying attention. So for you, my sad nine friends, here are five predictions for the actual, basketball-playing season.

1. The Wizards will be NBA champions.

Just kidding — I don’t actually think the Wizards will win the championship. But the East is still weak. The age of Heat-Pacer superpower domination has come to an end. The two consensus contenders to emerge in their wake, Chicago and Cleveland, are only consensus contenders because the media says they are. We’ve barely seen either team step onto an NBA Court. For every 2011 Heat and 2008 Celtics, there’s a 2013 Lakers.

So don’t just pencil in Lebron’s or Rose’s teams. The East is still a vacuum waiting to be filled. Here’s how I’d break down everyone’s chances: a) The Favorites: Chicago and Cleveland Each team has MVPs — Lebron and Rose — and multiple other AllStars — Love, Kyrie, Gasol and Noah.

The gulf in talent between these rosters and the rest of the East is staggering. If they figure things out, no one else will be able to touch them. That is, if they figure things out. b) The Challengers: Washington and Toronto It might be a stretch to put the Wizards and Raptors in a tier of their own above the rest of the Eastern Conference playoff teams, but none of those teams check all the boxes quite like the Wizards and Raptors. Both were competitive playoff teams last season (check), both have promising young players — Wall, Beal and Porter for the Wizards, Derozan and Terrence Ross for the Raptors — that should improve (check) and, perhaps easiest to overlook, both are bringing back more or less the same group of players, which means they already know how to play together (check).

Put it this way, you know both of these teams believe they can win the East. That’s what separates them. c) The Good Teams: Atlanta, Charlotte, Brooklyn and Miami All good. Probably not good enough. d) The Bad Teams: New York, Detroit, Indiana, Boston, Orlando, Milwaukee and Philadelphia Yeah, I put New York in the same group as Philly.

2. The Hornets will be Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange, for those not familiar with the Marvel comic — myself included until reading a fantastic article on the character by Alex Pappademas last week — , is the countercultural superhero. He’s the guy that

fights mystical threats in other dimensions and comes across such characters as Eternity and God. Basketball is simple. Success is winning; failure is losing. In the universe of superheroes, the same is true.

You beat the villain and save the day, or everybody dies.

Then there’s Doctor Strange.

Lance Stephenson does not operate on the same plane as the rest of the basketball world. While we’re thinking about the score, he’s thinking about what would happen if he could shrink himself and crawl inside Lebron’s ear.

Would he feel tiny, or would Lebron’s ear feel huge? Once inside Lebron’s head, would it seem like an alien world with strange terrain and bizarre smells and sounds, or would he be able to formulate what his senses were perceiving into the conventional way we think of a “brain?” Unable to answer these questions, Lance must settle for the next best thing — blowing a stream of air into Lebron’s ear.

People are already hyping up the Hornets, in large part thanks to the addition of Lance. I’m excited too. But this team isn’t about wins and losses. It’s about the strange journey that makes no attempt to meet our expectations. It’s about Big Al Jefferson lumbering through people. It’s about Hero Ball Kemba crossing guys up and launching fadeaway buzzer beaters. It’s about Kidd-Gilchrist praying his new jump shot holds up. It’s about Cody Zeller and Noah Vonleh trying to become NBA players. And, above all, it’s about Lance. Welcome to the honeycomb.

3. There will be Drake sightings.

Where will he turn up? Toronto?

Cleveland? More importantly, will he bring his lint roller?

4. A bunch of teams will fall well below expectations.

A lot of teams look good this year.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the economy, in which growth is possible for everyone. There are a finite number of wins in an NBA season. It’s a zero-sum game — unless the 76ers absorb the expansion of quality by somehow winning negative games.

The West was already overloaded with talent last year. Anthony Davis is reason enough to put the Pelicans into the mix this time around, and the Kings at least think the Kings should be good. In the East, other than the Pacers, no team that was good last year will be bad this year. Most teams will be a little bit better.

I think people understand that the West is competitive, and someone will be left on the outside looking in. Not so in the East, which means if a team with playoff aspirations struggles, things could get ugly quickly. My guess as to which teams have the highest potential for trouble?

First, Brooklyn. Losing Shaun Livingston and Paul Pierce hurts more than people realize. They were starters and crucial pieces for Brooklyn in turning things around after last year’s rocky start. Lopez is back, Jarrett Jack is supposed to replace Livingston and Bogdanovic is intriguing, but the Nets are going to need time to figure things out. Throw in a new coach and the fact that the Nets have never felt like a team with more than a second-round ceiling in the first place, and I’m not

thrilled about wherever this team is headed.

Charlotte, on the other hand, was a seventh seed that lost in the first round last year in a historically atrocious conference. They improved over the summer by signing a lunatic and key ingredient in the Pacers near-combustion last season. Promising.

5. All predictions will be incorrect.

For some reason, I fall into the trap every year of thinking the NBA landscape is set in stone before the season begins. There are the contenders — Spurs, Clippers, Thunder, Cavs and Bulls —, the fringe contenders — Warriors, Rockets, Grizzlies, Blazers and Mavs —, the good teams — ­ Suns, Wizards, Raptors, Nets, Hawks, Heat and Hornets —, the fringe playoff/lottery teams — Pelicans, Nuggets, Kings, Knicks and Pistons —, and the teams that are putrid — Jazz, Timberwolves, Lakers, Pacers, Celtics, Magic, Bucks and Sixers.

It never works out like that. Not even close. Look no further than last year’s Suns for a great example. Before the season, they were most definitely in the putrid group. In fact, they might have been below the putrid group in a separate tier with the 76ers as teams that appeared to be actively trying to lose games. The Suns finished 14 games above .500. The lesson? We know nothing.

James Cohan ’17 wonders what it would be like to be literally inside Lebron James’s head. Tell him your theory by emailing him at james_cohan @brown.edu.

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Q U O T E O F T H E D AY

Don’t let history repeat itself Since last winter, the number of school textbooks deemed unsuitable for Russia’s 43,000 schools by President Vladimir Putin has steadily increased, now numbering in the hundreds. Such systemic control over sources of knowledge eerily echoes Soviet-era policies, when the Communist state acted as the nation’s publisher and purveyor of news.

The new upsurge in state control of school textbooks has in effect left only one publishing house standing. The publisher, called Enlightenment, once monopolized the Soviet Union’s publishing market when it was the sole provider of textbooks. Now headed by Arkady Rotenberg, a member of Putin’s inner circle, Enlightenment has been repositioned by the government to knock out competition from all other publishing houses.

The recent restriction of textbooks is an attempt by the Kremlin to create a more “patriotic history” to be taught in Russian schools, which is perhaps exacerbated by the rising tension between Russia and the West. Some of the educational literature dismissed by the government includes textbooks that use a creative teaching style, or those featuring characters from well-known fairy tales like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” or Western children’s stories like “Winnie the Pooh.” The Kremlin also introduced a bill that would establish unified textbooks for history, literature and Russian language, legislation which has been perceived by some as a way to mold Russia’s youth into a generation of loyal and patriotic citizens.

Building a country’s patriotism after centuries of demoralizing dictatorships should be prioritized in the Russian Federation today, but a return to repressive practices that can be likened to those of the Soviet Union — particularly when it affects the education of a nation’s youth — is more than just a step backward. Imposing one version of history is merely another brand of authoritarianism that will do little to push forward Russian society or to legitimize the nation’s position in the international community. This approach also revives the tradition of prohibitively stopping inquiry into important domains of science and math, such as genetics, immunology, economics and statistics, because certain topics will be labeled out of bounds for academic discourse and because the best source material and textbooks may come from publishers outside of Russia. It also should not be forgotten that textbook censorship is only one feature in a series of attacks initiated by the Kremlin, including its crackdown on Internet freedom and its campaigns against books containing profanity. Dictating guidelines for culture is an explicit impediment to free expression. If such policies continue to pile up, it can only mean stagnation for Russian culture and atrophy for civil rights.

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Are religion and academics incompatible?

DIVYA BHATIA opinions columnist

The debate between science and religion is among our species’ oldest and most controversial dialogues. College campuses, especially Brown, epitomize the distance between religion and scientific academic inquiry.

In many classroom discussions, religion can be a conversation-stopper, representing a point of no return that many are afraid to touch and often tiptoe around for fear of offending another. This fear to touch upon religion in the classroom keeps us from engaging in religious dialogue outside of religious settings on campus.

A 2010 article for the website First Things, which is published by the nonpartisan Institute on Religion and Public Life, features college descriptions including one that claims “the average Brown student is probably not religious, nor do they participate in religious activities,” and “those who are religious are more subtle about their beliefs and practices.” One student interviewed for the article said that her roommate goes to church every week, but if she did not live with her, she probably would not have known that.

In an article published by the University of California press, researchers examined the intellectual tensions between religion and science as well

as the possibly secularizing effects of education. The researchers found that much scholarly work assumes that scientists’ religious beliefs are a function of their academic inquiry more than anything else. But in reality, demographic factors such as age, marital status and the presence of children in the household were stronger predictors of religious difference among scientists. And researchers found that academics in the natural and social sciences at elite research universities are less religious than the gen-

in college,” Oct. 21) discussed the balance many students struggle to find in maintaining a moderate religious practice in college.

Academics and religious beliefs seem to be separated since they seem incompatible with academic validity.

Religious beliefs govern how we act and think in appropriately “religious” contexts but not necessarily beyond. By excluding or disregarding religious points of view, do we Brown students inject into our classrooms the very closed-mindedness we think

derstandably, it makes sense that this biology class would support biological theories and methodologies. Yet those theories can be presented without the mocking attitude toward alternative epistemologies. What if there were students in the classroom who supported the creationist view?

A friend mentioned to me after class that she felt somewhat uncomfortable with the fact that our classmates, rather than engaging in dialogue about the two opposing perspectives, simply mocked the reli-

By excluding or disregarding religious points of view, do we Brown students inject into our classrooms the very closed-mindedness we think we are fighting by avoiding religious dialogue?

eral American public and found that younger scientists are more likely to believe in God than older scientists.

Brown’s foundation as a haven for dissenting voices continues its legacy, with our university being renowned as one of the most liberal campuses in the world. On the surface, our campus seems institutionally liberal.

Yet there seems to be some aversion to religious dialogue on campus. It is not that Brown students are not religious. A recent column by Andrew Feldman (“Moderate religion a rarity

we are fighting by avoiding religious dialogue?

If curiosity is more important than knowledge, why is it that we avoid intellectual inquiry that addresses the pervasive discomfort around religion? Especially with increased tensions surrounding the teaching of evolution in public schools, this is an increasingly important debate.

It makes sense, of course, that the creationist view was discussed in my evolutionary biology class. But this view was presented mockingly. Un-

gious approach. Can factual belief coexist along with religious belief?

What if some biologists were to believe in a creationist view of the universe? Would that detract from their academic validity if their scientific research clearly and rigorously supported their scientific beliefs?

Is it not the essence of Brown to include various perspectives without denigrating them? In being boisterously “liberal,” are Brown students becoming theophobic? Are students intentionally rejecting another’s point

of view by claiming liberalism? This isn’t about which view is right or wrong, but this lack of dialogue suggests that the campus climate is not one that respects this dialogue across differences — something we are known to take great pride in.

Events this fall semester — including the Muslim Students’ Association’s Eid Banquet, the South Asian Student Association’s Diwali celebration and the Ignus event hosted by the Brown Christian Fellowships — suggest prominent religious presence on campus. Can we as students be more cognizant toward balancing religious beliefs with factual beliefs without making students feel uncomfortable sharing their perspectives with other students, both in the classroom and outside?

There is a lack of religious dialogue at Brown, and not every viewpoint is included and respected on our campus. To make students more comfortable both as scholars and members of a faith group, we should make the effort to listen to various perspectives rather than correlating religion with a lack of academic integrity. Through this, we can make our campus a more open and accepting environment where all religious viewpoints, including the lack thereof, are represented, respected, challenged and celebrated.

Divya Bhatia ’15 can be reached for comment at divya_bhatia@brown.edu.

Don’t buy Ebola hype WALKER MILLS opinions columnist

Ebola in Dallas. Ebola in New York. Even our small state cannot escape the news coverage – “NBC news cameraman from Providence diagnosed with Ebola,” ran one recent headline.

It seems hard these days to get away from the Ebola hysteria. Parents are pulling their children from school, families are deciding to stay at home and U.S. companies are massively increasing their production of protective gear.

Brown’s campus cannot even resist the hype.

The Herald has run multiple Ebola related pieces — with one column even going so far as to suggest that the entire U.S. population might contract Ebola (“Ebola in the United States — should we worry?,” Oct. 15). A writer for USA Today wrote of the situation: “All the elements of hysteria were there in print and online, the large font headlines, hazmat suits, police in masks.” Our own university sent a campus-wide email declaring a University ban on travelling to West Africa. But is all this hype and hysteria called for? No, not really.

For starters, Ebola is just not that easy to get. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you can only get it from direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. So unless you’re within spitting distance of an infected person, you’re safe. You can’t even contract the disease by contact — the virus has to enter your body through an orifice or open wound. The nearest infected person? Nearly 200 miles away from Providence. Then, it’s nearly 2,000 miles

to Dallas, Texas. After that, you’d have to go all the way to Africa to find someone with Ebola. Only four cases have been diagnosed in the United States. Four. The CDC also notes that Ebola cannot even be passed along in food or water.

A recent letter to the editor (“Letter: Beyond Ebola, a more common threat,” Oct. 16) in The Herald by Richard Bungiro PhD’99, senior lecturer in molecular microbiology and immunology made a comparison between Ebola and the flu. The flu is far more contagious than Ebola, and millions of Americans

and Guinea are being routed through U.S. airports with special screening stations. New York, New Jersey and Illinois have gone ahead and imposed controversial, mandatory quarantine rules for aid workers returning from affected parts of Africa. And in September, President Obama committed up to 3,000 U.S. troops to help fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

Brown is among several universities taking serious precautions, including banning undergraduates from University-funded travel to affected regions, requiring staff and fac-

In the face of 24/7 media coverage, international hype and doomsday language, should you worry about Ebola? No, not really.

contract it each year — up to 20 percent of the population, according to the CDC. I certainly don’t want to start another panic, but in bad years, the flu can cause up to 49,000 deaths in the United States. If you take nothing else from this column, stop worrying about Ebola and just go get your flu shot. If you missed the free shot clinics, Health Services offers them for free by appointment.

Don’t worry, our government is taking all the steps necessary to contain and halt the spread of the disease at the national and state levels. All flights from Sierra Leone, Liberia

ulty to receive clearance before traveling to them and offering rooms and meals to students over Thanksgiving or winter break who would ordinarily head back to those regions.

Some politicians are calling for President Obama to issue outright travel bans to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Their calls seem to be motivated far more by a desire to score political points before the midterm elections than by reason. Health experts have derided the idea of a travel ban. J. Stephen Morrison, the director of the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and Inter-

national Studies, went so far as to claim that “a cordon sanitaire of this region would be a public health failure as well as an ethical and political failure.” Such a ban would also limit and stymie our efforts to combat the spread of the disease in Africa and care for the victims there. Some commentators even assert that calls for a travel ban have an element of racism. Ask yourself: would we consider a travel ban anywhere besides Africa?

Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, who is now running in for a Senate seat in New Hampshire, and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, among others, are trying to mobilize Ebola hysteria even more brazenly. They are calling for Obama to close the border with Mexico to stem the flow of Ebola-stricken migrants into the Southwest. The problem?

There are none. The only confirmed cases of Ebola in North or South America are in the United States. Maybe the Mexicans should close the border on their side. I would also note that there have been no calls to close the U.S.–Canada border. This is a case of political opportunism — these are the same politicians who have used every crisis from the rise of the Islamic State to the rise in unemployment as a reason to clamp down on the border.

So, in the face of 24/7 media coverage, international hype and doomsday language, should you worry about Ebola? No, not really. The rest of your midterms are probably a bigger threat to your happiness and quality of life.

Walker Mills ’15 got his flu shot last week. He can be reached at walker_mills@brown.edu.

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Researchers link mindfulness to healthy body, lifestyle U. epidemiology professors find correlations between self-awareness and lower BMI, smoking

By ELENA WEISSMANN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Practices of mindfulness, such as meditation, may affect more than just the mind.

According to a recent study conducted

by University researchers, these activities may also potentially benefit cardiovascular health.

Headed by Eric Loucks, assistant professor of epidemiology, the research team measured cardiovascular risk factors and levels of mindfulness among 382 middle-aged people in 2010 as part of the wider New England Family Study. They found a significant correlation between mindfulness and four of the seven risk factors, as well as a positive relationship with physical activity and a negative one with smoking, BMI and fasting glucose.

Mindfulness is defined as a person’s awareness of his or her mental and physical states — one’s thoughts, emotions and needs. Loucks said he hypothesized that higher levels of self-awareness might help people make better decisions regarding their health ­— for example, by ignoring that craving for a doughnut or cigarette.

“People who are more aware of their own emotions and body’s sensations are going to make better choices, or choices that are more aligned with their own

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After collecting mindfulness survey data from nearly 400 participants, University researchers found that heightened mindfulness is negatively correlated with cardiovascular risk factors. values or goals. They won’t be engaged in eating high-fat foods or smoking,” said Willoughby Britton, an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior who was also involved in the study.

The correlation was not as strong for the three other risk factors: blood pressure level, cholesterol and consumption of fruits and vegetables. Loucks said this may be because people do not necessarily feel the effects of high levels of blood pressure or cholesterol, whereas the other four factors have tangible effects on the body that people may feel on a daily basis.

The results, reported in the October

issue of the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, have positive implications for cardiovascular health, since mindfulness can be enhanced with practice, Loucks said. There are many avenues for mindfulness training available, as well as other ways to improve mindfulness, like yoga or meditation groups, he added.

In the study, participants completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, a 15-question survey including statements like: “I find it difficult to stay focused on what’s happening in the present.”

Participants rated the statements on a six-point scale from “almost always” to

“almost never,” according to a University press release.

The scale is one of the best measures of mindfulness available, Loucks said.

“People who meditate score higher on the scale, as well as monks. But we still need to take these findings with a grain of salt,” he said. “It’s a tool in a still-developing field.”

“Some studies on these mindfulness surveys have questioned whether the component being assessed really does relate to the type of mindfulness that people can develop with practice,” said Catherine Kerr, assistant professor of family medicine who was not involved

in the study. Kerr also studies the relationship between meditation and health.

“The jury is still out on how robust these questionnaires are in really capturing the ingredients of mindfulness as it unfolds and as people become regular mindfulness meditators,” she added.

But Loucks said he plans on conducting an experiment in the spring that would not depend on the scale. In this study, participants will undergo intensive mindfulness training and then have their cardiovascular risk factors tested.

If mindfulness really does lower risk for cardiovascular disease, training should have a significant effect on these factors, he said.

Kerr said she believes this research should also be incorporated into other larger epidemiological studies.“This represents the mainstreaming of mindfulness — it’s no longer simply about a small group of people who do mindfulness practice. This trait may have important implications far beyond that contemplative context.”

Several of the researchers said they practice mindfulness activities themselves. Loucks said he regularly practices meditation and that it has had a measurable impact on his health.

“It helps me sleep better and reduces my feelings of stress. It helps me notice what I bring into my body — for example, I don’t drink coffee anymore because I realized that it made me anxious,” Loucks said. “I’m aware of my thoughts and physical sensations, and I take care of myself more.”

Psychiatry prof. talks health gaps in women’s prisons Jennifer Johnson’s research focuses on mental health, substance abuse interventions

By ANDREW JONES SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The criminal justice system must ensure both public safety and public health, said Jennifer Johnson, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior. But jails and prisons in the United States do not provide effective health care for their prisoners, especially women.

Johnson delivered a lecture to an audience of about 40 people Friday at the School of Public Health, focusing on her research that examines mental health and substance use interventions in criminal justice settings. The lecture was part of a series sponsored by the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies.

Since she began working with women prisoners in Rhode Island, prisoner health has become a personal issue, Johnson said. After seeing the harsh circumstances from which many of the prisoners came from, she decided to focus her research on improving health care for women in prison.

Incarcerated women tend to be substance abusers and commonly have histories of physical and sexual assault, Johnson said. These kinds of issues usually necessitate continuous mental health interventions.

Though women prisoners are a very vulnerable population, they receive little attention from the justice system, politicians and the public, she said.

Johnson and her colleagues conducted a series of studies in Rhode Island prisons that analyzed the feasibility and efficacy of mental health interventions for female prisoners.

The first study focused on the effectiveness of providing “adapted group interpersonal psychotherapy” for women, an intervention that “focuses on feelings and relationships,” she said.

After several weeks of implementing the trial intervention in Rhode Island prisons, the female inmates’ mental health had improved, Johnson said.

A second study examined the effectiveness of weekly small group therapy targeted at lowering depressive symptoms and minimizing suicidal behavior. The researchers analyzed both the therapy’s efficacy in reducing those behaviors and its cost-effectiveness and feasibility, Johnson said. Though effective in improving mental health, the intervention may not be financially viable given the lack of funding for prisoner health, she said.

One obstacle to improving prisoner health is that many formerly incarcerated women relapse to old habits once they are released from prison, Johnson said, noting that she and other prisoner health researchers have observed this phenomenon in previous work.

“They were using again, they were getting beat up by their boyfriends again,” she said. » See PRISONS, page 4