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URC opens discussion on budget deficit Despite growing operating budget, $10 million deficit raises calls for innovative cost-cutting solutions

By JOSEPH ZAPPA SENIOR STAFF WRITER

COURTESY OF SYLVIA ANN SOARES

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Living in Providence since 1981, Sylvia Ann Soares ’95 maintains her own piece of Cape Verdean culture in her Cypress Street home, left. Decked out in red, right, Soares played Lady Capulet for the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival in the 1970s during her acting career.

A neighborhood unmoored Harboring Cape Verde in Providence

By GABRIELLE DEE SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Sylvia Ann Soares ’95 flits about her living room, adjusting piles of documents and dusty plaques as she weaves her way through to her study.

“I’m grateful to have this place, but it makes me move muscles that

I wouldn’t be moving otherwise,” she laughs.

Soares motions to an altar, adorned with flowers and a picture of her mother, that she lights on Sundays.

Looking at the pieces of history strewn among her hanging plants and prints of African goddesses, she finally settles behind a desk covered in yellowing

pictures and postcards.

“This room is very karma-dharma,” she said. “Karma is what connects between the last life and this life, and dharma really means duty.” Soares’ study was once a bedroom, where her father died in 1988 and where she tended to her mother, who battled Alzheimer’s up until her death in 2002.

Today, Soares conducts extensive research about her family’s story. And in this narrow house down Cypress Street, Cape Verdean history collides with modern-day Providence.

Looking out the window with nostalgia, Soares reminisces about her childhood, discussing the » See CAPE VERDE, page 2

The University plans to balance its $10 million structural operating budget deficit over the next three to five years, Provost Vicki Colvin announced to a crowd of about 100 at a University Resources Committee open forum Thursday in the Petteruti Lounge. The forum, as opposed to regular URC meetings, was open to the public in order to solicit opinions and suggestions in forming next year’s budget.

The University’s operating budget has skyrocketed over the last decade, growing from $480 million to just over $900 million, Colvin said. The “enormous amount of growth in the institution” over the last decade may be attributed to former President Ruth Simmons’ 2002 Plan for Academic Enrichment, which set lofty goals for the University’s expansion, she added. » See URC, page 4

Cohort tenure rate drops Students deconstruct circuits, redefine music ‘Circuit Bending and 20 percentage points

By EMMA HARRIS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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The University’s cohort tenure rate — the percentage of tenure-track junior faculty members hired in the same academic year who are granted tenure eight years later — has declined 20 percentage points, from 81 percent for those hired in 19992000 to 61 percent for those hired in 2005-06, the year for which the most recent numbers are available, according to data provided by Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin P’12.

Eight years is the University’s standard probationary period for granting tenure. The cohort tenure rate differs from the overall tenure rate in that the former includes all faculty members hired in a certain class, as opposed to only those who apply for promotion.

According to University data for average peer tenure ratios between fiscal years 2010 and 2014, Brown maintained an average 75 percent rate, sitting near the middle of its peer group. Universities

that report lower percentages — such as Yale, Columbia and Harvard — are outliers, McLaughlin said, adding that those institutions have three-year associate professorships without tenure, which make their tenure rates lower than those of universities like Brown that do not have such positions.

Members of the Corporation’s Committee on Academic Affairs were pleased with the reduced cohort tenure rate when administrators raised the topic at the Corporation’s October meeting, McLaughlin said. When cohort tenure rates exceeded 80 percent in the mid2000s, Corporation members expressed concern that there was not enough “regeneration of the faculty,” he said.

McLaughlin said the decrease in the cohort tenure rate reflects the University’s long-term goals, which include an aim to hire new scholars in emerging fields, diversify and decrease the average age of the faculty — objectives that Provost Vicki Colvin announced during Tuesday’s faculty meeting.

When the New England Association of Schools and Colleges reviewed the University for accreditation in fall 2009, the external reviewers criticized its high tenure rate, McLaughlin said. » See TENURE, page 4

Hardware Hacking’ course allows students to create, present original music

By EMILY PASSARELLI SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Loud fleeting beeps and soft humming whirs, pulses of static, autotuned voices, knocks, ticks and pitch-bent tones make up the describable sector of the myriad sounds emanating from the Grant Recital Hall on Thursday night. At this one-of-a-kind concert, student performers showcased the instruments they created during the first half of their semester in MUSC 1240F: “Circuit Bending and Hardware Hacking.”

The class, which meets twice weekly in the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, explores musical expression through manipulating circuitry and applying these simple circuits to new objects. This is the second year that this course has been taught.

Once a week, 12 students and one professor gather in the Granoff Center to take apart technology that produces sound, tinker with the noise-making

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During the “Circuit Bending and Hardwire Jacking” class recital Thursday night, a student fiddles with a circuit board to produce musical sounds. parts and then “perform” on the material product of their creativity.

“It changes your idea of what is music,” said Benjamin Shack Sackler ’16, one of the students, about the course material. “I’d call (what we produce) more organized noise that could be pleasant to the ear,” he added.

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creative exploration of sound through rewiring of basic sound technology and experimenting with ways to alter these pre-existing sound producers, said John Ferguson, visiting assistant professor of music, who designed and teaches the class.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014

COURTESY OF SYLVIA ANN SOARES (TOP LEFT, BOTTOM LEFT, BOTTOM RIGHT) AND RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE SPECIALLY COLLECTIONS (TOP RIGHT)

Faded photos plaster Soares’ desk, picturing her maternal grandparents on the small farm on Cape Cod (top left), her relatives’ immigration documents (top right), her trumpet-playing father (bottom left) and her grandfather’s barber shop (bottom right). Together, these recreate the community that has since dissolved into memories.

» CAPE VERDE, from page 1 neighborhood in which she grew up, just four blocks south of her current home. The area, stretching from Olney Street and Doyle Avenue back to Camp and Hope streets, started as a home to poor immigrants in the 1860s. At the time, it bustled with ex-slaves who had migrated north; poor Polish, Irish and Jewish immigrants; American Indians; and Cape Verdeans.

In 1462, the Portuguese established Cape Verde, a previously uninhabited cluster of islands off the western coast of Africa, as the first European colony in the tropics. Cape Verde gained importance because of its ideal location for shipping ports, which fielded goods and fueled the slave trade from India and Africa.

But with the abolition of the slave trade, the country’s economy witnessed a sharp decline in the 19th century. The islands consistently fell prey to drought — about one every five years, with the first recorded in 1747. More than 100,000 people died of starvation over the next century and a half. “People were really poor.

They were starving and dying,” Soares says, explaining that many men left the islands to become whalers and fishermen.

By the time Cape Verde won its independence from Portugal in 1975, many islanders had already chosen to

leave, spreading throughout the world and building up an ever-expanding diaspora. The United States is home to more of these emigrants and their descendants than any other nation, with the population of Cape Verdeans in the United States exceeding the number living on the archipelago today.

Blinking at the flashes of a camera as her portrait is taken, Soares chuckles nervously. But the 73-year-old actress is not unfamiliar with the spotlight.

She participated in New York’s Black theater movement during the 1960s, has performed plays on national tours and has appeared on television.

She eventually returned to Providence in 1981, forsaking the buzz of New York for a quiet house on College Hill.

And after graduating from the Community College of Rhode Island in 1993 and earning a degree in theater arts from Brown in 1995, Soares became a member of the Trinity Repertory Company.

As a second-generation Cape Verdean in the United States, Soares’ experience of diaspora began before her lifetime. Her maternal grandparents, Joãode Dade Rodrigues and Sylvañia Gonçalves Pena, came from Brava, the smallest inhabited island in Cape Verde. They immigrated through Boston and settled down on a farm on Cape Cod, though the unintelligible tangle of names on immigration

records leaves the exact dates of their passage unknown.

Her mother, Dorothy Maria Rodrigues Soares, grew up on Cape Cod, and her records are as nebulous as those of her parents, with Dorothy’s actual birth date differing from the one on record. “I’d always say, Ma, pick one of them!” Soares chuckles, remembering how her mother fluctuated between the two dates.

The farm on Cape Cod proved idyllic for Dorothy’s family. Lying near the ocean, it was reminiscent of the islands of Cape Verde. Soares recalls childhood visits there, perched under the grape arbor with her grandfather, reaching up to pluck grapes as she witnessed Cape Verdean gatherings with food, grog — the traditional whiskey — and music.

In the early 1920s, Soares’ mother left Cape Cod and moved to New Bedford, later ending up in Providence, where she was wooed by the trumpet-playing Arthur S. Soares, Soares’ father.

Unearthing a picture of an old-time barber shop with two men looking out of its crumbling edges, Soares points out her grandfather as one of two men in the photo. Sebastian Jose Soares, known to his sons as Bud, owned multiple barbershops along Wickenden and South Main streets.

He also formed his own Creole band and crafted violins and mandolins, a testament to the integral role

music plays in Cape Verdean culture.

With a mazurka — the musical accompanimant to a lively dance — still playing in her ears, Soares recalls the tears of the elderly that sprung up when bands played morna, a form of Cape Verdean folk music. She remembers one song in Cape Verdean Creole about the “old country,” with lyrics describing the last words of a mother who couldn’t afford the trip to America.

“Cape Verdean music is very beautiful and soulful,” Soares says. “People don’t play it anymore.”

Philanthropy was also a critical part of Sebastian’s life — and a defining feature of the entire culture of the Providence Cape Verdean community. Sebastian was the secretary of the Cape Verde Brotherhood, the first Cape Verdean beneficent society in the United States, which provided a small daily allowance to locals, primarily Cape Verdeans, with disabilities or illnesses.

Soares, who inherited this charitable tradition, recalls packing up clothes and supplies and taking them to the docks. The packages were stuffed into the large oil drums of boats to be shipped back to the islands to aid needy Cape Verdeans.

During Soares’ time in New York, most people showed disinterest in her rich heritage. “They didn’t know what Cape Verdean was. They didn’t care. They tried to make me Native

American or from some exotic island.”

This apathy was not isolated to New York. It also confronted many of Providence’s Cape Verdeans in the 1960s, as widespread gentrification in Providence dissolved the concentrated community in Fox Point.

According to Yvonne Smart, education coordinator of East Providence’s Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit, this gentrification began when the government started reevaluating the houses in the Fox Point community, recognizing them for their historical significance. As most Cape Verdeans rented their property, many were forced to leave the area when rents skyrocketed.

Cape Verdeans who did own their land did not sense the change in land valuation that swept through Providence and gladly took the money they were offered for their lots in order to settle in less congested areas like East Providence, Smart said. Families who aimed to settle down and buy houses could find none in Fox Point and consequently ended up in other areas, she added.

“People who lived in close proximity were spread all over the city. The community became fractured.”

Though not much of the Cape Verdean community remains in Fox Point today, it takes measures to preserve its heritage.

The Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit » See CAPE VERDE, page 3

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» CAPE VERDE, from page 2 is tucked discreetly between a dentist’s practice and miscellaneous office space, but historical artifacts — symbols of the Cape Verdean culture that remains woven throughout Providence — spill out of every corner.

The museum door opens into a small room adorned with maps, pictures and plaques. Smart, who sits behind a desk nestled among these heirlooms, looks up as the bell above the door chimes.

Purely volunteer-run, the museum explores Cape Verdean history in the United States. The collection consists of donated and loaned items from over 100 members of the community, such as Dutch engravings of maps, a sea chart from 1680 and a picture of a former slave post that still stands in Cape Verde today.

Cape Verdeans traditionally used yards of woven cloth called panos as money, and replicas of these cloths color the display cases, with bracelets with a single bead meant to guard against the Evil Eye resting atop them.

Frames line the walls, housing documents such as Smart’s grandfather’s green card and a poster advertising a new schooner.

In a back room, a hodgepodge of items await: a Cape Verdean musician’s alto saxophone gleams in one corner, while a cranberry rake leans against the opposite wall. Pictures of Cape Verdean immigrants working on cranberry bogs and performing domestic jobs mingle with photos of the Cape Verdean Progressive Center and copies of records by Tavares, a hit Cape Verdean band.

“One thing about Cape Verdeans — they like to party,” Smart laughs, gesturing at a picture of an annual clambake on the wall.

Like a tapestry forming a coherent image, the Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit pulls together culture across generations, livelihoods and places.

“What’s left of Fox Point that’s there for all of us are the memories.”

Walking down John Street, Smart remembers a completely different version of the area. Now dotted with students zipping by on bikes and families strolling to cafes on Wickenden, the neighborhood used to be characterized by Cape Verdean women with their hair piled on top of their heads and black-clad Portuguese widows wading through the streets. Shared backyards and unlocked doors allowed neighbors to flow freely in and out of houses. A web of clotheslines crisscrossed between houses, sending bags of borrowed goods to and from households with minimal effort. “You’d just clip it to the line and send it over,” Smart chuckles.

Smart recalls bringing supper to her grandfather every evening and returning home with his dirty dishes.

Traffic separated her house from his, but Cape Verdean men sitting at the bars would escort her across the street.

“They didn’t have to, but they watched out for me because I didn’t have any older brothers,” she says.

Outdoor stoops served as places to socialize and eat messier fare, such as crabs fresh from the nearby seafood market and pomegranates, which they called “love apples,” Smart reminisces.

Smart remembers walking down the street during her time as a librarian in Fox Point with tears rolling down her eyes as she witnessed the drastically transformed streets of her

childhood. “I could hear the echoes of people’s voices. I could imagine my friends, myself, my parents, my mother’s friends walking down the street and doing chores.”

Much of the preservation happens on an individual level, she says, including by poets, artists and writers who document Cape Verdean culture through their work. In both individual records and organized documentation, oral histories are often preserved through memoirs.

“We became popular in the early ’80s,” Soares wryly states of other people’s sudden, almost fad-like, interest in her culture.

Soares worries about how Cape Verde will be remembered and how its culture will be kept alive among younger community members, especially because those most interested in preservation belong to her generation.

“Unless you maintain culture at home, children think it’s commercial. They don’t realize they’re carrying thousands of years of history,” she says.

“Not a lot of the younger generation are doing anything new, they’re just maintaining what the older generation has already started,” says Alex Lopes, 21, a former student at Providence College. Lopes was born in Portugal and lived in Cape Verde between the ages of two and three, before moving to Boston so his mother could pursue a degree. He eventually found his way to Providence.

Growing up in Providence, Lopes remembers his elementary school classroom filled with Cape Verdeans, all of whom looked different from one another. “Cape Verdeans come in weird shapes and colors,” Lopes muses, comparing his light skin, likely due to his half-Portuguese descent, with the dark skin of his cousins, who are fully Cape Verdean.

“It was a lot of ‘What are you?’ for me,” Lopes says, the perpetual question raised by his tanned skin and green eyes.

Lopes culturally identifies as Cape Verdean. He says he relates completely to his Cape Verdean roots in terms of core cultural elements like cuisine. But he cannot ignore the stark differences between himself and many other Cape Verdeans, who he says cling to what has gained popularity on the islands, where Michael Jackson and Akon still reign.

Despite these superficial differences, Lopes remains in communication with family members who have stayed on the islands, sending them oil drums filled with Hershey bars and welcoming them during their visits to the United States.He remembers his mother and aunt exchanging stories about life on the island, where TVs had three channels and faulty electricity regularly caused the lights to flicker off.

And while the younger generation’s connections to Cape Verde may rely on individual relationships, as Lopes’ does, community events remain a way to keep the culture alive in a broader sense. An annual celebration by the Cape Verdean Progressive Center brings together denizens of Fox Point and East Providence, preserving history through the same traditions older generations embraced decades ago, such as dances and music.

Lopes works at the Rhode Island Cape Verdean Independence Day Festival with his friends every year, and he says anyone with a drop of Cape Verdean blood in Rhode Island and

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In the 1950s, loose lumber flowed into Providence’s ports, which bustled with Cape Verdean workers. The ships traveled back to Cape Verde with barrels filled with goods for family members left behind. even Massachusetts congregates at the festival.

As new cultures and experiences mold the Cape Verdean diaspora, the local definition of a Cape Verdean grows thinner, calling into question whether anything distinctive will be

left for future generations.

“It’s kind of painful to think that there existed a very thriving community, and there are only vestiges of it left,” Smart says with a sigh.

Though the buildings have morphed, her memories remain alive,

along with a glimmer of hope. She believes Fox Point Cape Verdeans share a certain connection that extends beyond geography.

“You can take the person out of Fox Point, but you can’t take Fox Point out of the person.”

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Panel talks racial stereotypes in media Media experts discuss negative social implications of minority representation on TV

The night’s second speaker, Hatch, said for blacks “it’s less about invisibility, and more about how the representations shape people’s implicit biases.”

“We live in a world that is oftentimes hostile towards black people,” she said, adding that blacks are fighting for equality in “a world where television is perpetuating that hostility.”

Television is “training people day in and day out on how to interact with black people and what to expect from them,” Hatch said. “Reality TV continues to be a ‘Wild Wild West’ for blacks,” she said, pointing to shows like “Basketball Wives,” “Love and Hip Hop” and “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” in which blacks are portrayed as financially irresponsible, loud, combative and uneducated, she said.

Pozner, the night’s final speaker, said misrepresentation is due largely to the fact that reality television producers only use 1 percent of recorded footage in the shows that air, referring to her studies “Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV.” “While our guilty pleasures in reality TV may be fun, they are actually socially toxic” due to the stereotypes they perpetuate, she said.

“The reality romance show frames women as having no ambition,” she said, referencing programs like “The Bachelor” and various spin-offs that teach viewers that “single women are desperate, pathetic women” and that “male dominance is both natural and inevitable.”

“Women of color face double burdens on reality TV,” she added, explaining that reality television simultaneously portrays black women as “hypersexual,

undereducated and violent.”

In the discussion that followed the speeches, the three media experts responded to questions from Rose, as well as from audience members that explored the causes of media misrepresentation and methods for future improvement.

Citing producers, executives and board members, Rose asked the panelists whether they believed that having more diversity at higher levels of leadership within television networks would translate to changes for the shows themselves.

“It’s a matter of structural policy,” Pozner said, suggesting that networks implement requirements for representation from various demographics at all levels of television production.

An audience member asked the panelists if television remains a dominant media platform in the face of the Internet’s growing prevalence.

“What’s going on on television is still what is the most accessed in terms of media,” Pozner replied.

“The thing to remember about digital media is that the Internet as we know it is dying, and it is getting more and more commercialized,” Hatch said, continuing on to talk about the importance of net neutrality. Pozner agreed that preserving net neutrality is crucial to the future of media.

Rose sought to stimulate a “really interesting conversation to counter the idea that, as consumers, we are in control of these images,” she told The Herald.

“This whole idea that we’re in a postrace era is the operative assumption for some people,” Rose told The Herald. “If we’re going to diversify, we have to hope that producers will change some of these perceptions.”

on many qualifications. “Mismatching” between the institution and the faculty member is sometimes an issue, McLaughlin said.

A faculty member may not be focused enough on undergraduate teaching, not performing well under the high pressure to publish or otherwise not be a good fit for Brown, he added.

A faculty member not attaining tenure does not necessarily mean he or she is a poor academic, McLaughlin said.

Rather, they sometimes have “different career pathways” and are advised

by departments and administrators to leave for institutions with more appropriate teaching and research environments.

“We would rather have them leave before getting tenure,” McLaughlin said.

Stephen Nelson, associate professor of educational leadership at Bridgewater State University and senior scholar at the Leadership Alliance at Brown, said tenure rates can be interpreted in many ways.

“Generally people make the assumption that a lower percentage within the

peer range signals a more selective, elite institution,” he said. Institutions set thresholds for themselves of what percentage of a cohort should receive tenure, but externally it is a measure of comparison among universities, he added.

Cohort tenure rates also come into play for faculty recruitment, Nelson said.

When scholars are applying to multiple universities for positions, they take the cohort tenure rate into account, along with faculty-student ratios, average class

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Cardboard cutouts of popular people of color in the media line the entrance of a panel discussion on representation Thursday night.

» TENURE, from page 1 The University had a higher rate than most of its peers and has since aimed to reduce the cohort tenure rate.

This was part of a larger effort to overhaul the University’s tenure system during the 2009-2010 academic year.

Changes included extending the tenuretrack probationary period to eight years from seven and increasing the quantity and frequency of reviews considered when evaluating candidates for tenure.

These reviews assess candidates

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» URC, from page 1 Coordinating a rapidly growing budget is a “tricky business,” Colvin said. “It’s our growth and our aspirations that have put us in this position.”

The University’s endowment payout lags behind those of peer institutions, Colvin said, adding that over $400 million of the University’s $900 million in revenue comes from tuition. In contrast, endowment payout makes up the greatest single factor in the revenues of schools such as Harvard and Princeton.

But an operating deficit is not specific to Brown. Harvard and Yale are confronting deficits of over $30 million this year, Colvin said.

Because two major sources of revenue that had risen in past years — tuition and federal funding for research — have recently “flat-lined,” the URC and the recently founded Deficit Reduction Working Group must innovate in order to tackle the deficit issue, Colvin said.

The URC will collaborate with the group and senior administrators to compile a list of recommendations to be submitted to President Christina Paxson. Paxson will then submit revised recommendations to the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, which will vote on the budget proposal at its February meeting.

But many voices, including those of students, staff members and faculty members, will be heard in the URC’s process of drafting recommendations, Colvin said, adding this is “why universities are not corporations.”

“We’ve got to raise endowment” in order to balance the budget and continue improving the quality of the programs and experiences Brown offers, said Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration.

But even a substantial increase in endowment payout would need to be accompanied by spending cuts, she added.

Employee compensation makes up the largest part of the University’s expenditures, accounting for about $400 million of the roughly $900 million budget.

Huidekoper demonstrated how modifying certain expenses would affect the budget using a model on a projector. When she lowered the increase in overall compensation for the next fiscal year by 0.1 percent, the deficit shrunk considerably.

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Gangsters, gardeners and gold-diggers were just some of the television tropes explored during “Scandal(ous) Realities: Black and Brown Images in TV and Hollywood,” a panel discussion presented by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America on the misrepresentation of blacks, Latinos and women in the media. The panel presented before a sparsely filled the DeCiccio Family Auditorium in the Salomon Center Thursday evening.

Speakers Arisha Hatch, the campaign director for ColorofChange, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, director of the Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia, and Jennifer L. Pozner, founder and executive director of Women in Media & News, chatted with each other on stage. They briefly swapped stories about feminism and took a selfie with panel mediator Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies and director of the CSREA, who gave a brief introduction to the topic and the guests’ backgrounds.

Each of the speakers gave individual speeches about different aspects of diversity in media before assembling for a broader discussion about minority representation and a question-and-answer session with the audience.

Negrón-Muntaner, an award-winning filmmaker and author of “The Latino Media Gap: A Report on the State of Latinos in U.S. Media,” started off the discussion .

“If you’re a Latino on television, you’re going to be either a cop or a criminal, or you’re going to be a gardener or a maid,” she said, addressing her findings on the Latino media gap — the underrepresentation of Latinos on television and overall Latino invisibility in the media.

“There is a sense that companies don’t have to include Latinos because they aren’t discriminated against because they just got here,” she said.

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Substantial hikes in tuition, the University’s main source of revenue, could also go a long way toward balancing the budget, Huidekoper said. But she added that doing so would burden families, which the URC hopes to avoid.

Tuition hikes must be coupled with boosts in financial aid that exceed tuition increases by approximately 2 percentage points, Huidekoper said. Therefore, if the University raises tuition by 3 percent, financial aid must increase by 5 percent.

The University increased tuition by 3.8 percent last year, which corresponded with a 5.5 percent bump in financial aid expenditures.

The Deficit Reduction Working Group will spearhead efforts to balance the budget by identifying possible areas of expenditure reduction that will not harm the University’s “basic structures,” said Richard Locke, director of the Watson Institute and the group’s co-chair.

The University spends $30 million annually on buying supplies, Locke said.

This type of expenditure can probably be reduced if the committee considers how the University is going about spending, he added.

Professor of Chemistry Gerald Diebold said the University could reduce expenditures by halting donations to Providence, adding that he believes the donations often come “out of the blue” from the administration.

Another attendee suggested that the University monitor expenses allocated for graduate student support, questioning why such expenses have climbed steeply over the last few years.

Huidekoper responded that while expenses for graduate student support have risen, the extent of the rise is not as extreme as the numbers seem. Graduate students’ tuition is paid for by the University and federal funding, and previous statistics do not reflect equivalent amounts of University tuition support.

Colvin closed the meeting with an expression of confidence in the URC. The efforts of the committee members, reinforced by the ideas they have already begun to solicit from the wider Brown community, will help the University overcome the obstacle of the deficit with innovation, she said.

“I’m very positive that this is not going to be necessarily a burden,” Colvin said. “We’re going to emerge more efficient and strong.” sizes, endowment per student and many other metrics.

Relating cohort tenure to the NFL draft, Nelson said talent within the class of hires is key. “You can be a good player but be picked lower in the draft because you are in a heavily talented class,” he said. “If you were in a different draft year, you may have done much better.”

“It may be unfair,” Nelson said, “but at the end of the day, that’s the way it is in academia.”

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The Lineup: November’s Concert Calendar

BY EMMAJEAN HOLLEY, ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

Stevie Wonder | Nov. 11 | TD Garden’s Fleet Center, Boston Wonder has garnered more Grammy Awards than any other male soloist — 22, not including his 1996 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — since he first signed with Motown Records at the tender age of 11.

But as the angelic voice that launched him into fame ripened with time, he established his place in the cultural conversation by addressing the harsh realities that most of his contemporaries skirted around, including race and its intersection with post-1960s disillusionment, substance abuse and urbanity.

Even across decades, his reviews remain consistently transcendent. But Rolling Stone’s Vince Aletti put it best in 1974 when he wrote, “What he can’t say in words he can say more fluidly, subtly and powerfully in his music. So it’s Wonder’s music, his spirit, that dominates here and seems to fill up the room. It’s his voice — also beyond mere words, into pure expression — that snatches you up. And won’t let go.”

Bob Dylan | Nov. 15 | Providence Performing Arts Center In the early 1960s, a skinny boy from Minnesota moved to New York City and changed his name. His self-reinvention presaged the revolution he would spark in a generation, and it was this movement — mapped through the Midwestern twang he never ironed out, the rusty guitar he never tuned as finely as the poetry laid over its strings — that charted a new cartography in the musical landscape.

After half a century of songwriting and recording, Dylan has moved beyond the deft sociopolitical allegories and iconoclastic questions of existence that defined his heyday. Still, he undoubtedly remains one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century — if not of all time. His show in Providence is part of the Never Ending Tour he embarked on in 1988.

Alt-J | Nov. 18 | Orpheum Theatre, Boston The British indie-rock band set a high precedent for itself when its 2012 debut album, “An Awesome Wave,” won the Mercury Prize for that year. But the group has so far upheld this standard: Its sophomore album, “This is All Yours,” released in September and catapulted to the number one spots on the United Kingdom’s Official Albums Charts and Billboard’s Top Alternative and Top Rock Albums. The track “Buffalo” appeared in David Russell’s enormously acclaimed blockbuster, “Silver Linings Playbook.”

Though widely dubbed the “new Radiohead” — likely because the band exhibits a Thom Yorke-like tendency to experiment with ambiguous electronic textures — the members of alt-J depart from their angst-ridden predecessors by refusing to take themselves too seriously. Irony smacks in the band’s eclectic cultural references, like the sample pulled from Miley Cyrus’ song “4x4,” as well as their bizarre and self-conscious lyrics. Fun fact: The band derives its name from the Mac keyboard shortcut. Typed in, it produces the Greek letter delta, or the mathematical symbol for change.

Atmosphere | Nov. 18 | Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel Critics have lauded rapper Sean “Slug” Daley for his complex rhyme schemes and famously introspective lyrics. Though the specific framework of this content has changed over time to reflect the rapper’s own evolution from resentful son to awestruck father, he continues to dig unflinchingly into themes of family, mortality and the burden of experience. Meanwhile, DJ and producer Anthony “Ant” Davis contextualizes the gravity of this subject matter against a sonic foundation of keyboard and guitar, the authenticity of which distinguishes Atmosphere from many of its more formulaic contemporaries.

Slug and Ant celebrated and meditated on their Minneapolis origins in Atmosphere’s most recent album, “Southsiders,” which ranked third on Billboard’s list of Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums upon its May release.

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In “The Man Who Saw Snoopy,” playwright and director Lenny Schwartz examines the “good grief” in the life of Charles Schulz, creator of the beloved “Peanuts” comic strip. Brad Kirton, above, plays Schulz.

Snooping through Schulz’s world Play uncovers fraught relationships of cartoonist Charles Schulz, creator of “Peanuts” comic

By GRACE YOON STAFF WRITER

“Unhappiness is funny. Happiness is not funny at all.”

Cartoonist Charles Schulz makes this statement in “The Man Who Saw Snoopy,” a play written and directed by Lenny Schwartz that opened Thursday in the Bell Street Chapel’s DayDream Theatre on Federal Hill. He reflects on the changing nature of his comic strips after separating from his wife, Joyce — but this statement also encapsulates the challenges that the character and the play face.

“The Man Who Saw Snoopy” is a biographical play about Schulz, his creativity and the evolution of his famous comic strip, “Peanuts,” which featured iconic characters like Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt . But squeezing Schulz’s life and repertoire into a two-hour play is an ambitious project, and its execution at times goes awry.

The set design aptly demonstrates the oddities that make it difficult for Charles to adjust to life outside his imaginary world. A pair of thin, colorful wooden planks, suggesting the blue sky and the grass, stand on opposite ends of the stage. Behind them is an office setting, its walls and furniture completely covered in gray.

When the actors move from the foreground to the back of the stage, their vibrant, cutesy costumes — particularly Joyce’s, a typical school uniform with a checkered skirt and a bright red headband holding her ponytail — stand out against the dull background.

No significant set change happens during the play, nor does background

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music appear more than twice. Considering the stagnant nature of the set, the play is contingent on the actors’ ability to deliver their roles with exuberance. And they all do — to the point of excess.

Perhaps it is the play’s intention, but it is hard to sit and observe when the actors seem like caricatures that don’t belong on stage. A scene when Charles, played by Brad Kirton, meets Donna, his first love, and falls head over heels for her feels like watching a live animation show. Kirton grins ever so widely while standing on his tiptoes, swaying his body back and forth like a pendulum. He bellows his lines, suggesting the character’s anxiety and excitement, albeit in a childish and unconvincing manner.

The affair ends when Donna abruptly announces she is leaving him for another man. Here, Kirton, with his bottom lip sticking out slightly, turns toward the audience and, with his hands, makes the gesture of a heart splitting in half.

Charles then meets Joyce — played

by Candice Sampson — who soon becomes his first wife. Their relationship is rather tumultuous. Charles passively acquiesces to her demands for marriage, and, while she is internally aware of the artificiality of this relationship, she remains outwardly in denial.

She barrages Charles with questions like “Do you find me beautiful?” — here, she poses outrageously seductively, squatting and sticking her butt out with her hand on her forehead in a gesture sure to elicit some chuckles — or “Do you like me?” to which Charles pays little attention.

Joyce becomes invested in Charles’ cartoons, especially once it becomes clear that his character of Lucy is based on her.

In one scene when Joyce and Charles argue about his cartoons, Charles says, “I don’t think I can ever

be happy,” at which point Kirton again looks toward the audience, waiting for laughs. At moments like these, audience members might wonder how to take this play seriously — or not — without being amused in the first place.

The play also struggles with integrating biographical information.

In several scenes, whether during conversations with the publisher or arguments with Joyce, the intensity of the dialogue disappears completely when interrupted by sentences like, “In 1958, we moved to San Francisco.” The sudden introduction of dates and the past tense throws off both the viewers and the actors, as the performers’ words become garbled when switching tenses.

But the play turns around after Charles and Joyce’s separation at the start of the second act. Though the theme of unhappiness runs throughout the play, starting at the very beginning when Charles’s creation serves as an escape from his misery, it takes on a much more serious note after intermission. Kirton’s pitch significantly lowers, adding a level of maturity and sincerity to the character.

Here, we meet Jean, played by Sue Dimouro. The third and last significant love interest in Charles’ life, she stands out from the others, with Charles dubbing her “the woman of my reality.” Dimouro performs the role with a composure and demureness more powerful than the other, more boisterous characters.

For those with a personal attachment to or nostalgia for “Peanuts,” the play serves as a nice supplement, providing the biographical and historical context of Charles’ work. And some may find entertainment in the apparent buoyancy of a play that sometimes calls for patience during its moments of corny theatricality.

“The Man Who Saw Snoopy” runs through Nov. 22.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014

At the table with Mark and Pattie Federico Connecticut-based dairy store sources milk from local R.I. farms, wins international awards

By ELIZABETH CONWAY

What was your go-to college food or meal?

Pizza. I went to school in New Haven, Connecticut, and we had some famous pizza restaurants: Pepe’s, Sally’s, Modern. That was the go-to food, the go-to date.

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“It’s a labor of love,” said Mark Federico, who, along with his wife Pattie, owns Narragansett Creamery. For Federico, food is all in the family. In the late 1940s, his grandparents opened one of the first supermarkets in Connecticut, and his parents later opened their own produce market.

“I’d like to say that’s where I got my connection with the farmers and the roots, because we dealt directly with local farmers. It was a lot of local foods, and my connection with the farmers began there,” he said. This philosophy has remained with Federico, as Narragansett Creamery purchases its milk from 20 to 30 small, family-run farms in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Federico worked as a certified public accountant in his own practice for several years before he made the radical career switch.“I don’t know if you’d call it a mid-life crisis,” he said with a laugh.

“I could’ve gotten divorced and bought a red sports car, but I didn’t. I decided to make cheese.”

Naragansett Creamery was established in 2007, and the company began winning awards almost immediately, including the U.S. Gold Medal for its feta in 2007 and first place in a global competition for its “renaissance ricotta” in 2008.

Federico sat down with The Herald to discuss Providence’s budding food talent and cooking from scratch in this latest installment of “At the Table.”

COURTESY OF NARRAGANSETT CREAMERY

The Federicos, founders of Narragansett Creamery, take pride in producing local dairy products, including yogurt, cheese and spreads.

» MUSIC, from page 1 phases, Ferguson said. First, he taught basic circuitry, introduced necessary techniques such as soldering and described how different pieces of a circuit board alter sound.

The class is now in the process of turning pre-existing objects into new instruments, he said. Eventually, students will build a sequencer and integrate it with other devices, he added. A music sequencer is a recording device offering a complex way to alter sound by recording in different formats.

For the first hour or so of a class meeting, Ferguson introduces a new concept or demonstrates a new technique, and person then works individually on that skill.

“I thought we would just be opening up circuits and altering the way they produce sound,” said Rachel Murai ’17, another student in the class. “What we’re

doing is more exciting.”

While last year’s class had several Rhode Island School of Design students enrolled in the class who had greater prior knowledge, this year, students’ abilities are much wider,” Ferguson said.

The most challenging part is teaching the importance of waiting to understand the underlying logic of a technique or piece of technology before you try to work with it, he said. “If you do make a mistake and it doesn’t work, you have to start over. It’s all about making things work.”

In modern society, many people are focused on creating new technology, Ferguson said. “My class questions: What can we do with the things that already exist?”

“We all follow a basic model, and then do some alteration to it — some little hack,” Samantha SaVaun ’17 said.

SaVaun’s altered version of a Hex Schmitt Trigger — a type of circuit

Herald: What’s your earliest memory in the kitchen?

Federico: Well, it may not be exactly in the kitchen, but my earliest memories of food and food preparation would be of canning tomatoes, canning fresh fruits and wine-making. I also grew up with my parents and a close uncle of mine who enjoyed cooking as a hobby, and so with my dad’s store being two doors down, he would get the fresh vegetables and cook lunch every day. We would see what produce the farmer brought in and what looked good, and that’s what we would cook for the day.

that converts analog to digital — may not have made the noises she originally intended, but they “came out to be a happy accident.”

“There’s a lot of unpredictability with what we’re doing, and that adds to the excitement,” she added.

The hardest part is making the sounds, deciding what to do with them and then determining how to perform them, Shack Sackler said, adding that students are largely left to their own devices and projects can become obsessive and time consuming.

Students must complete a lot of work outside class. This can sometimes be frustrating because they have to have another individual in the lab when working, for safety reasons, he said. But because the students work so closely, they become a tight-knit community, allowing them to share sounds and collaborate, he said.

Thursday night, students showcased

What’s your favorite thing to cook and why?

My favorite thing to cook is an Amatriciana sauce made with pancetta, onions, fresh tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, all over pasta. I love to use Daniele Pancetta — Daniele is another local manufacturer right here.

What’s your spirit food?

This is right off the cuff, but it’s a hearty soup that I like — an escarole and bean soup. I just feel good eating the greens and the vegetables.

What makes Providence a good food city?

Federico: We are blessed to have such creative talent in this city between Brown, RISD and Johnson and Wales University. There is an excitement around food and an awareness around food.

Pattie: There are so many multi-talented chefs that are just so creative and very dedicated to using local products — local cheese, local meats, local vegetables.

Federico: I think it is an educated consumer, too, that realizes that what we eat is important. And people are realizing what preservatives do to your body. People are looking for purer food.

There is an appreciation for it, and that

is matched with the creative talent that’s here, and it works.

How would you describe your food philosophy?

Simple, real food. We were fortunate, both Pattie’s family and mine — we grew up with that philosophy. Our parents and grandparents made everything from pasta to cake from scratch. If we wanted to have pasta that night, it was, “Here is the dough, the flour and the egg in the middle, make some pasta.” No boxed foods. We are happy to see that there is an appreciation for that today. It isn’t about the expediency. I can take a fresh vegetable and cook it faster than you can take something out of a can or defrost.

How does food fit into a larger conversation about culture?

From our backgrounds, food was always the centerpiece of the day — it was an opportunity to sit down. A meal wasn’t just about food, it was about communication. We had the daily dinner in our home with our five children. It was just a part of the day — it was not only a time to eat, but also a time to communicate What’s your favorite midnight snack?

Pattie: Cheese …

Federico: Dark chocolate-covered almonds. I’m not a sweets and candy person, but the dark chocolate, yes. Just a couple at the end of the day is perfect.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Recipe: Grilling Cheese and Chicken • •

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Ingredients B on e l e s s c h i c ke n breasts, cut into cubes Narragansett Creamery Grilling Cheese, cut into cubes 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp honey 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

the sounds they created in pairs and larger groups. Working with materials on tables cluttered with circuit boards sprouting wires, microphones and vintage toys such as the FisherPrice Speak and Spell, students turned knobs, flipped switches and slid faders, visibly engaged in their performances.

Despite the lack of verbal communication between the performers, the compositions evoked as much shape and character as their unique titles proposed. Alongside classmate Crystal Rosatti ’15, SaVaun presented “Citrus and Literature,” performed on a Del’s Lemonade container and a circuit constructed on a hardcover novel. Another piece, “Hex on Meth,” was characterized by a Speak and Spell’s pitch-bent mantra.

Shack Sackler said he and Granger Smith ’16 had an idea about what they wanted to do for their piece “Leadless,” but that the performance still included

Directions Mix the soy sauce, honey and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl or pan and heat until the honey is melted. Thread the chicken and the grilling cheese onto skewers, and baste with the sauce. Grill or broil until the chicken is done, basting after turning the skewers.

improvisation. There are no “notes” to write down with this kind of music, he added.

According to Ferguson, the course’s emphasis on experimentation and creation has taught the importance of applying maximum creativity in any practice, a critical lesson in many disciplines.

A pre-dental student, SaVaun said the skills she learned are relevant to her future career, as denistry relies on hand-eye coordination, precision and attention to detail.

Shack Sackler, a multimedia and electronic music experiments concentrator, hopes to go into music production. “This is the most far-out class that I’ve taken so far at Brown,” he said. The fundamental understanding of circuitry as well as the unique sounds that it can produced have added to his arsenal of musical techniques he can employ in his work, he added.

“More sound is always a good thing.”

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014

FOOTBALL

ARJUN NARAYEN / HERALD

The football team’s offense huddles up in preparation for a play. The group has been rolling as of late, amassing over 262 rushing yards in a victory against Penn last weekend. A large portion of those yards came via the feet of backup quarterback Seth Rosenbauer ’16, who posted a massive 206-yard, two-touchdown rushing performance.

Potent Yale offense to visit Providence for conference showdown Defense could be paramount to potential success against Elis’ dynamic rushing attack

By ANDREW FLAX SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Riding a two-game winning streak, the football team is peaking at the perfect time as it prepares to host Yale in a critical Ivy League matchup.

The Elis (6-1, 3-1 Ivy) have been an unpleasant surprise for the rest of the conference this season. They are just one game out of first place in the Ivy League, with games still to play against first-place Harvard and Princeton. But despite their success so far, a trip to College Hill to face a Bruno team on a roll will be no easy task.

After pulverizing Cornell two weeks ago for their first Ivy win, the Bears (4-3, 2-2) headed to Philadelphia last weekend. Bruno left victorious once again, riding a 206-yard game from quarterback-turned-bulldozer Seth

Rosenbauer ’16 and a strong defensive showing to a 21-13 win.

“They did a great job,” said Head Coach Phil Estes P’18. “I thought they hung in there and played well against a physical Penn team.”

Starting quarterback and co-captain Marcus Fuller ’15 described the game as a “big win.”

Rosenbauer, the backup quarterback who has seen more action in the past few weeks playing as a running back alongside Fuller, was the main catalyst for the Bears’ victory. He ripped through the Quaker defense, scoring two touchdowns in addition to achieving his considerable yardage total on a cold, rainy day that made passing the ball difficult.

Estes described the junior’s presence in the victory as “huge,” though the term applies literally as well. At 6-foot-5

and 235 pounds, Rosenbauer presents a unique challenge for defenders.

“The guys on the other sideline were just sick of tackling him, and it showed,” Fuller noted.

For his efforts, Rosenbauer was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week. Despite the accolade, Estes said, using Rosenbauer against Yale will be dependent on what defense the Elis show.

“It all depends on what Yale wants to give us, on whether we’re going to throw it, run it or whatever we do,” he said. “Rosie was a big part of what we wanted to do on Saturday, and we’ll go into this game hoping to use him again.”

The Bears’ defense also stood tall last weekend, holding Penn to just 37 rushing yards and one touchdown before a fumbled snap on a punt in garbage time gave the Quakers excellent field position for their second score.

Linebacker Dan Giovacchini ’15 said the defense has “improved each

week.”

But for Brown to come out of Saturday’s game with a win, the defense may need to turn in its best performance yet.

The foundation of Yale’s success this season has been its offense — the Elis have blown every team they’ve faced out of the water, failing to score 30 points only once, and even then securing a comfortable win over Columbia.

Yale’s offense has broken 50 points twice, and scored 49 in an overtime win against Division 1-FBS Army. The Bulldogs average exactly 600 yards per game, which leads Division 1-FCS football. Their season low in yardage is 480 — 33 more yards than Bruno had in a season-high effort against Princeton.

The heart of Yale’s attack has been senior running back Tyler Varga, who has gained 955 yards on the ground and scored 16 touchdowns, one fewer than Brown has scored as a team all season.

Estes and Giovacchini agreed on the best way to handle Varga: Wrap

him up. In other words, make sure he goes down when tackled.

“He’s a big physical back,” Estes said. “You’ve got to do your job, and you’ve got to fundamentally be able to tackle him.”

“He’s best at making moves in the open field,” Giovacchini said, noting that Bruno will have to make a “stronger commitment to stopping the run.”

The Elis will present arguably the biggest challenge Bruno has faced all season, especially given the Bears’ offensive struggles. Nonetheless, the team remains confident.

“If they want to stay in contention and have a chance, they’ve got to get a win here,” Estes said. “We’ll have our hands full for sure.”

“Knocking them off would put us right back in contention,” Giovacchini said. “We feel like we have the playmakers and the schemes to get it done.”

Kickoff at Brown Stadium is at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

M. SOCCER

Bruno to host Bulldogs in final home contest of season Lackluster Yale presents Bears opportunity to pick up first Senior Day victory since 2010

By ALEX WAINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

In its final home game of the season, the men’s soccer team will be playing for nothing but the name on its jerseys when it hosts Yale this weekend. After last weekend’s draw with Penn, the Bears have been mathematically eliminated from winning the Ivy League championship outright, but the team still hopes to finish the season with a flourish.

“The guys are still going really hard in practice,” said Alex Markes ’15. “Everybody realizes we have two more opportunities to prove to yourself, the coaches and the fans that this is a good team.”

Saturday will mark the last time that starters Markes, co-captain Daniel Taylor ’15, Mitch Kupstas ’14.5 and reserve Tommy Arns ’15 set foot on the Stevenson Field artificial turf in their collegiate careers.

“Their presence on and off the field is exactly what a Brown men’s soccer player strives for,” said Tariq Akeel ’16 of the players in the senior class. “Their on-field accomplishments are great, but it’s their leadership, dedication and friendship that really makes them a class we are all going to miss.”

The Bulldogs (1-11-3, 0-4-1 Ivy) will line up on the other side of the ball, hoping to spoil the Bears’ (4-5-6, 1-2-2) Senior Day and earn their first conference victory of the season. The Elis have just one win this season, which came when a 109th-minute goal lifted Yale over Temple University (2-13-2, 1-6-1 AAC) nearly a month ago.

To say Yale struggles to generate offense would be an understatement: The team has just seven goals in 14 games — by far the lowest total in the conference — and has been shut out eight times.

The Elis also rank last in the Ivy League in assists, points and shooting percentage. With this record, Markes and the Bears’ backline should be able to stave off anything the Bulldogs can muster offensively, as Bruno has the second-best goals-against average in the conference at just under a goal per game. This means the opportunities for Yale will likely come few and far between.

“The penalty kick against Penn was pretty unfortunate,” Markes said, referring to last weekend’s 1-1 draw. “But overall, we’ve been playing solid defense. We just need to cut out those few moments of lapse in the back.”

Defensively, the Bulldogs have not fared much better. This season, the squad has allowed 20 goals, the third-highest total in the Ancient Eight, and has had only two shutouts for goalkeepers Blake Brown and Ryan Simpson. The weak defensive numbers coupled with their

seven goals scored rank the Elis dead last in goal differential.

The Yale defense has slightly redeemed itself by tending not to give up multiple goals. Only four times have opposing offenses netted more than one tally against the Bulldogs. Consequently, the majority of Yale’s games this season have ended in 1-0 losses or 1-1 draws.

Though Bruno’s offense has been sluggish at times, when the team is clicking, the Bears can prove a threat. Against Penn (6-7-2, 2-1-2), the Bears created a host of chances to score on the counterattack, and if not for Quaker keeper Max Polkinhorne, Bruno would have won the game by a large margin.

“In the Penn game, we were pretty creative on the attack,” Markes said.

“So if we continue to be that dynamic, I think we can score some big goals this weekend.”

Head Coach Patrick Laughlin gave Will Cross ’16, Jason Pesek ’17 and Nico Lozada ’18 extended playing time against the Quakers, a tactic that paid dividends, Markes said. “We’ve had a lot of success switching up our lineup and playing some of the younger guys. I’d love to see Coach (Laughlin) give them a shot again.”

While the younger players will be important for Saturday’s game, the seniors will be the focus of the weekend. Markes has been a starter for his entire career as a Bear and seen three senior classes before him fail to end their time at Stevenson

HUNTER LEEMING / HERALD

Ben Maurey ’15.5 corrals a bouncing ball. Had he not earned an extra year of eligibility, the striker would be playing his final home game against Yale.

Field on a high note.

On Senior Day three years ago, the Bears battled the Big Green to a scoreless double-overtime draw. Two years ago, in the last regular-season game Dylan Remick ’12 played before being drafted by the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer, Bruno tied the Bulldogs 1-1. And last year, the Bears suffered a 3-1 defeat

at the hands of Dartmouth.

“Being able to get a win on a very emotional night would mean a lot to me,” Markes said. “The guys all want to end the season well, and breaking the Senior Day curse would be amazing.”

The Bears will step onto Stevenson Field for the last time this season Saturday at 7 p.m.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Morgan ’16 demolishes defenses, leads Bears to Ivy championship All-American leads Bruno through conference tournament with seven tries in two games

By LAINIE ROWLAND SPORTS STAFF WRITER

Kiki Morgan ’16 has been a lethal weapon for women’s rugby all season, proving instrumental in the squad’s first varsity season and its achievement of the title of Ivy League Champion last weekend. A speed demon, Morgan was the team’s most effective offensive threat and didn’t let a single game pass without making her mark on the scoreboard. She scored an impressive seven tries at last weekend’s Ivy tournament — three times against Harvard in the semifinal and four times against Dartmouth in the championship game.

Morgan is also a two-time member of USA’s Rugby’s All-American team. For her impressive season and stardom in the conference tournament, The Herald has named Morgan Athlete of the Week.

Herald: How did you discover rugby? Had you ever played before coming to Brown?

No. After I got into Brown, I thought of joining the track team and walking on there, so that’s what I did. I was on the track team for about two weeks. … I had done track my whole life, but I was just unhappy with track at that point and wanted to try

something different. I noticed a rugby practice happening, and I was like, “Maybe I should try that out.” So I tried out rugby, and I loved it. But I thought I could do both track and rugby at the same time What was that like?

It wasn’t fun. But I did that for about a week or two, and then I realized I had to make a decision, At that point, three different track coaches had quit, and I was unhappy with the sport. So I decided, “You know, why not? I’ll give up track and go to rugby.”

It’s the best decision I’ve made so far.

What got you hooked on rugby?

Track is very individual, and … you just run to run. But with rugby, there’s a purpose. There’s this team aspect, which is really what drove me in. And it was just fun. I’d never tackled someone, actually hit someone, so that aspect was fun, too.

What’s your favorite aspect of Brown rugby in particular?

It really is like a family. I know some people like to sell that point, but it really is. We hung out all weekend because of Ivy Championships, and the next day people were like, “Oh my gosh, I miss everyone. We should hang out again.” It’s just fun. These people become your friends. You have other friends outside of rugby, but they become people you can depend on, you can talk to. They’ve seen you in your worst moments and in your

best. They’ve seen you when things have gone horribly wrong or you’re stressing about getting to rugby and doing homework. They just know you.

Can you describe what went through your head when you became an Ivy champion?

I was exhausted. It was our second game, and it was just brutal. The weather was horrible — it was 30 to 40 degrees that whole weekend. My body was tired. Everyone else around me was like, “Oh we’re number one, we’re Ivy Champs,” and I was just like, “I want a nap.”

in?

How did it feel like when it sank

When it sank in, it was great. Before two years ago, Brown had won Ivy Championships like six or seven years in a row. So there’s this history of championship rugby, and we kind of lost our path the last few years. It felt good to finally get back to that winning tradition.

You were named to the All-American team last year and the year before. What does it mean to you to be a nationally recognized rugby player?

Did you ever expect that?

I never expected that, especially because I was All-American my first year. … It was more of a surprise the first year because I had just started playing rugby a few months ago — I didn’t think I was that good. I mean I did go to the Olympic training center

DAVID DECKEY / HERALD

Kiki Morgan ’16 switched from track to rugby as a first-year. Morgan has been named to USA Rugby’s All-American team twice. to train with some of the national team athletes, but I was still never the best, I was still learning rugby. The first time they sent me that email, I thought it was a joke, and I replied back, “Are you joking with me?”

to say … I like my current class, which is Intimate Violence. It’s a sociology class; we’re studying why things happen, like family abuse and stuff like that. But I also really liked Intro to Acting and Directing.

What is your favorite class at Brown?

Oh, that’s a toughie. I would have

Ratty or VDub? Neither. Jo’s. If I had to give an answer, I would say Ratty.

Different Big Three, same outcome? Not so fast.

JACK BLASBERG sports columnist

The 2014 Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers are one of the favorites to win this year’s NBA championship. Returning to the city he spurned four years ago, James now bears two rings and the weight of a region’s expectations on his shoulders. Cleveland has not won a professional sports championship in fifty years, and the hope is that its native son will be able to translate the experience he gained by ending his personal title drought with Miami into a broader redemption story. A new “Big Three” is in place: Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving have replaced Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Young players with their best years of basketball still ahead of them, these new teammates bring with them questions of experience that were not present with his running mates of four years ago. Combined with a rookie NBA head coach and the absence of Pat Riley, this factor could see James struggle to carry the Cavs and bring Cleveland the title it expects.

When Lebron signed with Miami in the summer of 2010, a central reason why he was widely derided by fans and members of the media was for joining one of his main rivals in the Eastern Conference. All-NBA shooting guard Wade had already led the Heat to a

championship in 2006. A superstar still in his prime, Wade provided championship experience that had been lacking in James’ early Cavaliers teams, which — despite deep playoff runs between 2006 and 2010 — had failed to capture the elusive Larry O’Brien Trophy. Even Chris Bosh, often dismissed as the Heat’s “third banana,” brought leadership and a penchant for winning. He had almost single-handedly taken the

time James arrived in South Beach, Riley still had a significant impact on every aspect of the franchise. His influence on the Heat’s course between 2010 and 2014 cannot be understated.

When Lebron James wrote the letter in Sports Illustrated announcing his return to the franchise that had drafted him first overall in 2003, he did so as the bearer of two championship rings and the veteran

playing only 12 games, his squad advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. On the court, James is the only one out of the new trio of superstars who has achieved any measure of team success, which will place greater pressure on him in relation to his new teammates than was present at the time of his move to the Heat.

Finally, the Cavaliers’ rookie head coach David Blatt presents another question mark. Despite

The talent is certainly present to facilitate a deep postseason run, but it seems silly to push them ahead of the defending champion San Antonio Spurs and their indoctrinated culture of winning.

Toronto Raptors to the playoffs in 2007 and 2008, after he had been handed the keys to the franchise following the departure of longtime staple Vince Carter.

Perhaps the most important contributor to Miami’s winning culture was team President Pat Riley. An NBA champion as a player with the LA Lakers in 1972, Riley coached his former team to consecutive titles in 1987 and 1988, sandwiched between two other unsuccessful runs to the Finals. Following his time with the Lakers, he coached the Knicks to a losing title bid in 1994 and later roamed the sidelines in Miami for the 2006 championship. Though he had stepped away from coaching duties in order to work out of the front office by the

of four consecutive finals appearances. His new partners Love and Irving have less impressive resumes.

Lauded with the personal accolades of All-Star appearances and AllNBA teams, these players’ individual talents have failed to translate into team success. Love’s Minnesota Timberwolves won only 32 percent of their games between 2008 and 2014 and never made the playoffs — his last winning season was in 2008-09 when he led UCLA to the Final Four. Irving’s Cavaliers teams were only slightly better: From his arrival in 2011 to the end of last season, his Cleveland team only won 42 percent of its games to go along with no playoff appearances. The point guard’s last winning team was with Duke in 2010-11 when, despite

20 seasons coaching in Europe, he had never previously coached in the NBA before this season. The new commander of the bench has won several championships in Israel’s domestic league and even led the Russian national team to the bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics, but he is a completely unknown entity when it comes to winning in the NBA. Learning how to win at this level is not the only challenge Blatt will face. In addition to the heightened level of play in the new league, he has to manage the inflated egos of some of the best players in the world. The star of his final Euroleague champion Maccabi Tel Aviv team was Tyrese Rice, a two time All-ACC selection from Boston College who went overseas directly

after the end of his college career.

Now tasked with managing three of the best basketball players in the world, it is doubtful that the same motivating techniques that worked in Israel will serve to bring meaningful hardware back to Cleveland.

Currently the Cavaliers, with 13:5 odds, are the team most favored by Las Vegas sports books to win this year’s NBA championship.

The talent is certainly present to facilitate a deep postseason run, but it seems silly to push them ahead of the defending champion San Antonio Spurs and their indoctrinated culture of winning. Through four games, the Cavs are 1-3, and their offense has looked stagnant and without rhythm. Certainly a slow start is to be expected with the assembly of so many new pieces.One merely has to look back at James’ early days in Miami for comparison.

The difference that time around was that the Heat locker room and front office contained proven winners who knew how to right the ship in time for the games that mattered most. Except for Lebron James, none of the core Cleveland players have that experience, making this a very different scenario — and one that might not pay off with a championship as soon as some think.

Jack Blasberg ’16 has won the same number of rings as Kyrie Irving. Help him manage his inflated ego at john_blasberg@brown.edu.

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DIAMONDS & COAL A diamond to Republican Senate candidate Mark Zaccaria, who said he found that U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., was “inaccessible to his constituents” because he didn’t show up to clambakes and Greek festivals.

We find people who don’t like free food inaccessible, too.

Coal to Vincent “Buddy” Cianci supporter Bob Troiano, who said he voted for the former Providence mayor to return to office because he was “dissatisfied with the level of corruption of city politicians.” Sorry, who did you vote for again?

Cubic zirconia to Nicole Pattek, a Rhode Island Comic Con attendee and competitive cosplayer, who said, “I’m here for the costume contest.”

That’s how Rhode Island School of Design kids explain their outfits on a typical Tuesday.

Coal to Israeli journalist Ari Shavit, who said, “The students that I have met today at Brown and … at Yale were full of great values.” We would have given you a diamond if you hadn’t included the Yale students in that statement.

A diamond to the member of the rugby team who said, “I’d never tackled someone, actually hit someone, so that aspect was fun.” Tell the Cornell football team about your positive experience. They could use some help with that.

Cubic zirconia to Adam Leventhal ’01, who said, “Many students are not totally clear on what jobs computer science students get.” They wear hoodies and jeans to work. Do the details really matter?

Coal to Wendy Schiller, associate professor of political science and public policy, who said, “People get sick of the president.” Ouch, Chris, that’s gotta hurt.

Coal to the Brown Democrats executive board member who said, “We all have our fun horror stories.” This sounds eerily like something the man in the van says before offering you candy.

Coal to Michael Vorenberg, associate professor of history, who called his former student Caitlin Trujillo ’12 “particularly enthusiastic about all things Kansas.” We don’t have quite the same passion for cornfields and white people.

Cubic zirconia to Stephen Nelson, associate professor of educational leadership at Bridgewater State University and senior scholar at the Leadership Alliance at Brown, who said, “It may be unfair, but at the end of the day, that’s the way it is in academia.” That’s what our college counselor said when we didn’t get into Harvard. It didn’t make the pain go away.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Faculty diversity requires multifaceted efforts To the Editor: In supporting colleague Professor of Neuroscience Diane Lipscombe’s letter to the editor in Thursday’s Herald (“On plans to diversify the faculty,” Nov. 6), please let me add that improving faculty diversity requires extensive practical support from the faculty in implementation.

I recall a case when we hired a former undergraduate who did very well in graduate school on the West Coast, and doubtless the senior administration ticked a checkbox for diversity. It was at a time well before the Internet, and he and I shared a phone line (we each had two), so we often answered calls for each other. There were many undergraduates who shared his skin color, but very few other faculty

members did, and many students wanted his advice — so much so that it very seriously cut into the time he could give to research.

Though I’d had a very multi-national, multi-cultural undergraduate experience, it was not in this country, so there was little I could do to try to divert some of that load to myself. I was far from the only person to try to help him.

But by the time of his up-or-out faculty review, he lacked the necessary publications. Hiring is one step, like birth, but retention requires wide academic-faculty-family support to make that a fair opportunity.

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An unresolved issue for the new mayor NIRVA LAFORTUNE guest columnist

After months of incessant attacks on character, leadership and, most recently, religious beliefs, Providence’s mayoral race has finally ended, and the city has a newly elected mayor: Jorge Elorza. Though victorious, the former Housing Court judge and law professor inherits a slew of challenges — from crime to finances and, most importantly, education.

In an interview with Providence Business News, Providence School District Superintendent Susan Lusi highlighted the need to address learning gaps, as well as proficiency levels.

Referencing the 2013-14 reports from the Rhode Island Department of Education, Lusi pointed out where there have been declines in proficiency in math and reading.

For some, underperforming schools may be an inconsequential matter, but for Hispanic and black parents, the city’s education problem is quite momentous. Both groups’ children lag in high school and college graduation rates. If schools are inadequately preparing students to advance due to a lack of resources, then how are these students expected to prepare for college and compete on both the national and global playing field? The fact is that they will not. Not only will these students be unable to compete, but they will also experience financial

and educational hardships similar to those of their parents, thus remaining in their current socioeconomic status.

During their campaigns, the mayoral candidates failed to acknowledge that education and a lack of educational resources play a vital role in the city’s current economic state. The city of Providence struggles to retain recent college graduates. And though high school graduation rates have increased, reading proficiency has dropped to 49

90 percent of the population is white, mainly due to the lack of resources in those aforementioned communities.

Providence has the opportunity to change the state of education in both the city and the state, and also to change the culture of education — to set a foundation for children regardless of race and socioeconomic status.

But without support and necessary resources, the system will surely fail our children again, causing Providence to

we are adults, the issue of education has lost its central importance. Elorza had an opportunity to receive a quality education, attending Classical High School, the University of Rhode Island and Harvard Law School. The majority of Providence constituents who voted in Tuesday’s election are not lawyers or doctors. Some may not have a college degree or even a high school diploma. Most have children receiving free or reduced lunch, and many have

Providence has the opportunity to change the state of education in both the city and the state and also to change the culture of education — to set a foundation for children regardless of race and socioeconomic status. percent from 50 percent the year prior, while math proficiency decreased to 32 percent from 34 percent. Our new mayor will not be able to ignore these long-standing issues.

Elorza has not yet outlined a concrete strategy to address the current education disparities. According to the latest U.S. census, Providence has an estimated population of 177,994, about 38.1 percent of which is Hispanic, 16.0 percent is black and 37.6 percent is white. Yet in a city where Hispanics and blacks combined make up the majority, most K-12 educational institutions are underperforming in comparison to surrounding cities like Barrington or North Smithfield, where

lose educated and high-performing individuals. These issues speak to the city’s future viability in terms of tax revenue, property values, talent retention and recruitment. College graduates and young families will opt to leave rather than stay, and the city will continue to lose significant tax dollars and support that is needed to make the Providence School District become a leading force in the educational arena.

Elorza needs to focus on the state of education and develop a sustainable plan that will modify the current education system. The reality is that education is fundamental. As adolescents, we all received the constant reminders from our teachers, but now that

never been on the campuses of Brown, Harvard and Villanova University — or any other university, for that matter.

My question to the newly elected mayor of Providence is: How do we change this? How do we establish a system that will meet student and family needs, address the educational disparities — thus abating the achievement gap that currently exists — and provide teachers with adequate resources and development opportunities to allow principals and school leaders more autonomy to run their programs and make decisions? And how will we increase the high school graduation rate and ensure that all students go on to college and graduate, so that they too

can contribute back to the city, becoming the leading force and agents of change?

Underperforming public schools and arguing for more vouchers undermine the viability of education. It is de facto segregation of the type practiced post-Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas, where white parents adhered to the mandated equal access and standards reached in the Court’s decision by establishing separate “academies” to educate their children apart from black — and poor — students. Underperforming public schools, low proficiency rates and the voucher system achieve the same effect, causing a permanent underclass of those students and families unable to participate in said system. It is, in effect, separate but equal all over again, but at the expense of the city’s public education system.

Elorza, I challenge you to change this system and create policy that will afford students in the Providence school district adequate educational resources, address the achievement gap and increase proficiency in math, reading and science.

Nirva LaFortune, manager of academic programs and student affairs at the School of Engineering, is a returning resident of Providence, a mother, an academic administrator and an advocate for education equality. She can be reached for comment at nirva_lafortune@brown.edu.

What a mattress can teach us about compassion SAMANTHA ISMAN opinions columnist

The topic of sexual assault has been frequently on our minds and has been a crucial part of campus life since the end of last semester. Lena Sclove ’16 bravely went public with her story in April and thus inspired many around campus to also speak up. She not only helped spark the debate about current sexual assault policies, but also helped survivors to realize they are not alone.

It was under these circumstances — and with the birth of this community — that the “Carry That Weight” demonstration helped this momentum grow. The demonstration, which took place last week with the purpose of displaying “solidarity with sexual assault survivors at Brown and on college campuses nationally,” as The Herald reported, was welcomed by many.

As I walked around campus that day, I saw a few people carrying mattresses, and most of them were not carrying them alone. I was amazed — though not surprised — at the community support lent to many of these survivors and students who were raising awareness about sexual assault on campus. While sexual assault remains a taboo subject, this demonstration showed progress in our ability to talk about such serious and important matters.

More than that, “Carry That Weight” helped spark a national conversation about the way we deal with sexual assault on college campuses.

Along with California’s “Yes Means Yes” law and

the national government’s “It’s On Us” initiative, “Carry That Weight” asks students and community members alike to step up and fight for those voices that have long remained silent. Furthermore, these campaigns serve to place this fight at the forefront of our minds, reminding us that it happens more often than it is dealt with — and that we want that to change.

The “Carry That Weight” campaign shows “visible support for survivors in (each) community and (helps) to challenge a culture that silences survivors and hides the issue of sexual and domestic violence,” according to its website.

More than that, the campaign brings together

bia who started carrying her mattress around campus as a form of protest against that university’s policies that allowed her alleged rapist to remain on campus, said “performance is giving her new muscles and an inner strength she didn’t know she had,” according to the New York Times. Hopefully, the same is happening to all survivors and participants of “Carry That Weight.”

The point of many demonstrations seems to be only to complain about something. But Sulkowicz’s campaign is meant to empower and provide an additional support system for victims that wasn’t there before.

Asking someone if they need help can sometimes be as difficult as asking for help. We often don’t want to cross uncomfortable boundaries, and we don’t want to make the victim feel even worse, but that doesn’t mean we don’t care. whole communities that perhaps have previously been too afraid to speak up.

This campaign has not only broadened the discussions we are allowed to have about sexual assault on campus, but has also helped create a community that stretches well beyond Brown’s gates. “Carry That Weight” has allowed us to focus on not only the bad, but also the compassion that other people can and will demonstrate toward their classmates.

Emma Sulkowicz, the senior at Colum-

The Times reported that Sulkowicz also said “she rarely walks very far without someone lending a hand” — as a result, these individuals become not only part of her performance, but also part of her plight. So what can a mattress teach us about compassion? Well, that it exists. Perhaps it can teach us that many people want to help and speak out for others, and sometimes all they need is prompting. Asking someone if they need help can sometimes be as difficult as asking for help. We often don’t want

to cross uncomfortable boundaries — we don’t want to make the victim feel even worse — but that doesn’t mean we don’t care.

Solidarity and compassion can take many forms. In this case, it has taken the form of a mattress, the form of a helping hand, even if it is to cross the distance from Sayles to Salomon.

Coordinators of the vigil held last week “stressed their belief that the University has consistently failed to support victims of sexual violence,” The Herald reported. It seems that while administrators still have a lot to make up for, the community support for victims was already there — and perhaps has always been. More than that, it seems that administrators have heard the campus-wide cry for change and are taking steps accordingly. Their efforts to improve responses to sexual assault on campus will hopefully provide positive results and effect true change. It seems they are truly trying to transform previous policies by bringing in new administrators and even hosting a workshop for students.

Perhaps this demonstration will continue the discussion on sexual assault and other taboo topics, as well. And maybe victims will find increased solace in their peers and realize that they do have a community to fall back on. Helping carry a mattress across campus has proven that compassion is alive and well here. Sometimes it might be hard to see — especially in the aftermath of an attack — but victims, know that you are not alone.

Sami Isman ’15 helps carry that weight.

She can be reached at samantha_isman@brown.edu.

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Bears to open conference play against pair of bitter rivals Last season, Clarkson beat Bruno twice, while St. Lawrence knocked team out of tournament

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Matt Lorito ’15 carries the puck up the ice. The forward will look to net his first goal of the season when Brown faces St. Lawrence and Clarkson.

After the men’s hockey team collapsed down the stretch last year in Eastern College Athletic Conference conference play, there’s only one thing Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94 is concerned about heading into Brown’s first conference games against St. Lawrence and Clarkson: getting points.

“As I tell the guys, points at the beginning of the year are just as valuable as points at the end of the year,” Whittet said. “Points in our league are not easy to come by. Every game’s an absolute battle, because there’s a lot of good hockey players a lot of good hockey teams in our league.”

Up first for Brown (1-0-0) this weekend is the team that ended its season last year. St. Lawrence (4-3-1), which finished eighth last season in the ECAC, drew the Bears in the first round of the conference tournament and took the first two games of the three-game series to bounce Bruno. But Whittet said this weekend isn’t about revenge.

“We’ve been trying to focus on us and what our team does well and what our identity is and try and play that way

and not worry about the opponent,” Whittet said. “If you go out and worry about trying to take it to a team that knocked us out of the playoffs, I think you lose focus on the ultimate goal, which is to play a good first shift, play a good first period and play a good game.”

The Saints, who the Bears play Friday, lost some key players from last year’s team — including leading goalscorers Greg and Matt Carey and Justin Baker, a leading point producers from last year’s team. Forward Gavin Bayreuther, a sophomore, is the Saints’ most prolific returning starter — he had 36 points last year, good for third on the team — and has already tallied two goals and two assists so far this season.

St. Lawrence also lost its goaltender Matt Weninger but has brought in promising new first-year Kyle Hayton to play between the pipes. Sporting a 2.29 goals against average thus far, Hayton will look to his first official ECAC conference game to prove his worth as a starting goalie.

Saturday, the Bears will face Clarkson (2-4-2), which finished the regular season sixth in the ECAC and beat Princeton in the first round of the conference tournament before falling just short to Cornell in the quarterfinals.

Clarkson took both of last season’s matchups against Brown in two onegoal games — each time scoring the go-ahead goal in the third period.

“They defend really well,” Whittet

said. “They have a coach that does a good job on the defensive side of the puck and they have a lot of returning vets on the blue line.”

Senior forward Joe Zarbo, who has tallied four goals and four assists on the young season, will lead the Golden Knights, who lost four of five leading goal scorers from last year. The lone remainder in that category is junior forward Jeff DiNallo, who scored 11 times last year as part of Clarkson’s balanced attack that featured nine players with five goals or more.

“They lost a lot of good forwards,” Whittet said. “They’ll come in and try to grind you and try to beat you up a little bit physically and capitalize when they can. They’re a difficult opponent to play against. … Every game in our league is an absolute battle.”

The Bears’ battle this weekend will be an uphill one, facing teams that have already played eight games. For Brown, these first conference tilts will only be the second and third meaningful games this season.

“It’s a major disadvantage. They’ve already been able to work out a lot of the kinks that they may have had with systems or individuals, and they’ve been able to tinker and find out what works best for them,” Whittet said. “For us, when points are on the line, when you’re playing teams that are a little more into it, we just need to focus on what we can control, and that’s getting some points.”