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Rally aims to fuel library workers’ negotiations Friday protest pushes for increased wages and professional development opportunities

By LINDSAY GANTZ SENIOR STAFF WRITER

While University officials and administrators, including President Christina Paxson, attended a private dedication of a new reading room at the Rockefeller Library Friday evening, about 100 students, staff members and community members rallied on the library’s steps to support unionized library workers’ demands in ongoing contract negotiations with the University.

The dedication preceded a public celebration of the Rock’s 50th anniversary.

Negotiators representing both sides of the dispute met Friday afternoon to discuss both parties’ comprehensive proposals for a new contract for unionized library employees.

Since the previous contract expired Sept. 30, the group has met over a dozen times, said Karen McAninch ’94, business agent for the library workers’ union. A federal mediator specializing in labor negotiations attended three of these meetings, she added. But negotiations have remained stagnant, with workers seeking opportunities for professional development, lower health insurance contributions, higher wage increases and union growth. The mediator asked both parties to come to Friday’s meeting with a new comprehensive proposal, she said.

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development opportunities,” wrote Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, in an email to The Herald.

Mark Baumer, a library guide at the Sciences Library and member of the negotiating team, said the University’s suggestions contained “nothing really major on staffing, and they left all their cutbacks on the table.”

Representatives from the University’s side of negotiations have agreed to several of the union’s demands, including spreading out health care costs for employees who work nine months out of the year and allowing Annex employees more flexible hours.

McAninch said union workers are frustrated that the University has not yet filled all open staffing positions — there are five open positions and the University has not agreed to fill two of them with permanent, unionized employees. One position will be filled by a permanent, but seasonal employees at the circulation desk of the Rock, she said, and the University offered to fill another position temporarily for four years — a proposal the union finds unacceptable, McAninch said.

In response, the union is proposing to shorten the contract to a one-year agreement to help address current delays in the process of filling vacant positions, McAninch said. “We’re not getting any real progress on the staffing front,” she said.

McAninch will meet individually with Paul Mancini, director of labor and employee relations, and the mediator on Tuesday, McAninch said.

“Staffing decisions must take into » See PROTEST, page 2

Students create alternative events as Paxson condemns speaker’s argument

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The women’s rugby team dominated its opponents all the way to the ACRA Round of 8, but finally met its match in Quinnipiac Sunday afternoon.

Spotless season ends with playoff defeat After rolling Navy, Bears fall to Quinnipiac in Round of 8 for first loss since jump to varsity

By LAINIE ROWLAND SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s rugby players began their season as a first-time varsity squad, crossing their fingers that they could beat Harvard in their opener and earn a place in history as the winners of the first Ivy varsity rugby match. They topped the Crimson and have not looked back since, sprinting to the head of the Ivy League with an undefeated regular season.

But after being crowned conference champions, the Bears reached the end of their season this weekend, faltering in the Round of 8 in the

national American College Rugby Association tournament. Bruno defeated Navy in the Round of 16 Saturday before losing to a tough Quinnipiac squad Sunday.

Despite the season-ending loss, this year’s team has earned its place in rugby history and reasserted its position at the forefront of the national collegiate rugby scene.

“No one expected us to make it this far in our first varsity season,” said co-captain Oksana Goretaya ’17.

“The most important and impressive thing we did this weekend was that we played as a team. We’ve been playing that way this entire season, and that’s why we got this far.”

Saturday: Brown 41, Navy 7 The Bears entered ACRA Regionals seeded first, facing the » See RUGBY, page 8

By CAMILLA BRANDFIELD-HARVEY AND CAROLINE KELLY SENIOR STAFF WRITERS

A Janus Forum debate titled “How Should Colleges Handle Sexual Assault?” that will take place in Salomon 101 Tuesday has incited controversy among some students, prompting a community-wide email from President Christina Paxson this weekend and the creation of alternative events.

Some students have voiced opposition to the nature of the debate between visiting speakers Jessica Valenti and Wendy McElroy, whom Janus Forum fellows director Dana Schwartz ’15 said were chosen as representatives of conflicting viewpoints on campus sexual assault and rape culture.

Their opposition sparked the staging of two additional events — at the same time as the debate, a faculty member will present research on rape culture in Wilson, and BWell Health Promotion will host a “safe space” for emotional support in Salomon.

Valenti founded Feministing.com in 2004 and has written five books, including “The Purity Myth” and “Full Frontal Feminism.” McElroy is a controversial » See JANUS, page 5

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Varsity athletes disagree with the majority of other students on the University’s policy to reserve admission slots for recruited athletes. Among athletes, about 84 percent approve of the practice, while nearly 59 percent of non-athletes disapprove of the policy, according to a Herald poll conducted Oct. 22-23.

Just 23 percent of non-athletes support the practice, while 18 percent expressed no opinion.

In total, the majority of undergraduates — nearly 54 percent — disapprove of admission slots being reserved for varsity athletes. Thirty percent of the student body approves of the policy, and 16 percent reported having no opinion.

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Shandell Scott ’17, a recruited track team member. “From their point of view, it’s unfair.”

But, she added, recruiting is necessary to ensure that teams are competitive. “It’s a smart idea on the part of the school to (ensure) that an athlete has a spot there.

It wouldn’t make sense for a coach to pursue someone, and then they don’t get in,” Scott said.

Ben Maurey ’15.5, captain of the men’s soccer team, echoed Scott, noting “it would be hard to compete at a national level if we didn’t recruit.”

Maurey, who is a two-year captain and starter, said that players like him wouldn’t have considered coming to a school like Brown if they hadn’t been recruited. Scott said she was not even aware of Brown before the recruitment process began.

The University reduced the number of admission spots reserved for athletes from 225 to 205 over the last three years, as part of a series of measures to change the athletics department that former President Ruth Simmons proposed in » See ATHLETES, page 2 t o d ay

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Paxson’s spring seminar Herald announces 125th Editorial Board draws 176 applications

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Sophomore seminar to cover ties between economics and racialethnic health disparities

By GABRIELLA REYES STAFF WRITER

More than 170 students entered a lottery — which closed at 5 p.m. Friday — to gain a spot in President Christina Paxson’s sophomore seminar, ECON 0300: “Health Disparities,” said Kathleen McSharry, associate dean of the College for writing and curriculum.

The seminar, which will be offered next semester, is capped at 20 students, and those who gain entry will be notified later this week.

The Monday-afternoon seminar will examine the relationship between economics and both racial and ethnic disparities in health, according to its description on Banner.

Paxson’s course is one of 17 sophomore seminars offered this academic year as part of a new initiative outlined in her strategic plan.

The initiative “is a really exciting opportunity for sophomores to take small classes with faculty members despite not having declared a concentration,” said Marguerite Joutz ’15, the course’s teaching assistant. She added that the seminars “are focused specifically on issues of diversity and difference.”

Joutz said she believes students are drawn to Paxson’s course both because its topic is pertinent to current societal issues, and because it offers the unique opportunity to take a class with the University’s president.

Christina Tapiero ’17 said she hopes to enroll in the course because of its relevance to her academic interests.

“I’m very interested in social determinants of health,” she said. “I’m

a (sociology) concentrator, and I’m thinking about focusing on health and medicine and its interaction with society for my thematic track.” She added, “I’m super excited for this.”

Tapiero noted that the opportunity to be taught by Paxson makes the course even more attractive.

“It would be interesting to be able to form a relationship with her through this class and also understand where she’s coming from,” Tapiero said. “If this is her area of interest, we can see how it affects the way she views the world and operates within Brown.”

Dan Wang ’17 said though he is interested in applications of economics in political contexts and planned to take an economics course while at Brown, he entered the lottery primarily for the chance to interact with the president.

“She seems like this enigmatic figure. It would be interesting to see the person who has such a big role in running the school,” he said.

Wang expressed surprise that Paxson has time to teach a course while running the University.

But McSharry said Paxson adding teaching to her administrative work is only beneficial.

“Teaching as a complement to administrative work is really nice,” she said. “When you’re with students in the classroom, you see them in a different context,” she said, adding that it helps administrators “appreciate students on a whole new level.”

McSharry added that Paxson would “make time” for her course.

“I’m doing a class this semester and two jobs,” McSharry said. “It’s exhausting, but I’m really enjoying it.”

McSharry noted that while former President Ruth Simmons did not teach any classes while leading Brown, at other higher education institutions, it is “not uncommon” for presidents to teach.

The Herald announced its leadership for next year at its annual banquet at CAV Restaurant Friday night.

The 125th Editorial Board will be led by editors-in-chief Michael Dubin ’16 and Maxine Joselow ’16. Dubin, an English concentrator from New York City, will also serve as president. Joselow, an English concentrator from Manchester, New Hampshire, will serve as vice president.

Joining them on the editorial board are managing editors Kiki Barnes ’16, a visual arts concentrator from Manhasset, New York, and Jillian Lanney ’16, a public policy concentrator from Concord, New Hampshire. Camilla Brandfield-Harvey ’15.5, an English concentrator from Houston, Isobel Heck ’16, a cognitive science concentrator from Boston, and Molly Schulson ’16, a psychology concentrator from Coral Springs, Florida, will serve on the

» PROTEST, from page 1 account significant changes in the nature of work in the library, the increased use of online materials, and other technological innovations that serve library users,” Quinn wrote.

The University’s effort to hire employees to manage the library’s digital services means now “the population has become bifurcated,” said Penina Posner ’92, senior library specialist at the Rock.

“We realize that the libraries are changing,” said Timothy Engles ’92, a library employee of 22 years. “We’re quite willing and eager to change with the times, but our people need to have access to training,” he said adding that “there’s no reason” technical positions cannot be given to unionized workers.

Engles said the decline in unionized employees is his major concern. Since 2007, the bargaining unit has decreased about 33 percent and the total number of library workers has decreased about 22 percent, The Herald reported in October.

“We’re all stretched very thin,” he said.

Several times, shuttle buses and Facilities Management vehicles passed by and the drivers laid on their horns, soliciting cheers from the crowd. Many workers

» ATHLETES, from page 1 2011 following significant debate.

As part of the changes, the University also raised the minimum Academic Index — a measure of grade point average and standardized test scores — for admitted athletes, beginning in fall 2012, The Herald previously reported.

Despite the changes implemented, maintaining a certain number of admission slots for athletes is critical to maintaining Brown’s “rigorous balance of outstanding academics athletics and highly competitive athletics,” said Director of Athletics Jack Hayes. “We need to make sure we are filling out teams and our roster with interested and academically capable students,” he said. “There needs to be some mechanism for how we attract students, build team rosters and make teams competitive. Those things are accomplished through a proactive recruiting effort.”

Though admission slots are set aside for athletes and coaches may express support for an applicant, the Admission Office makes the final call on all applicants,

board as senior editors.

The Herald also announced a new slate of section editors, business leaders and department heads: Section Editors Arts & Culture: Eben Blake ’17, Gabrielle Dee ’16 Metro: Alexander Blum ’16, Emma Jerzyk ’17, Drew Williams ’17 Science & Research: Andrew Jones ’16, Steven Michael ’16 Sports: Andrew Flax ’17, Alex Wainger ’16 University News: Emma Harris ’17, Caroline Kelly ’17, Joseph Zappa ’17 Multimedia and production Design editors: Loren Dowd ’16, Carlie Peters ’16, Taylor Schwartz ’16 Assistant design editors: Meryl Charleston ’17, Andrew Linder ’17 Head photo editor: Brittany Comunale ’16 Photo editors: David Deckey ’15, Arjun Narayen ’17, Ashley So ’17, Ryan Walsh ’17 Graphics editors: Avery Crits-Chris-

toph ’16, Emma Jerzyk ’17 Web producers: Joe Stein ’16, Harsha Yeddanapudy ’17, Abdullah Yousufi ’17 Copy desk chief: Madeline DiGiovanni ’17 Opinions editor: Megan GrapengeterRudnick ’17 Editorial page board editors: Alexander Kaplan ’15, James Rattner ’15 Business General managers: Sarah Levine ’16, Winnie Shao ’16 Alumni relations director: Marley Rafson ’17 Business development director: Yuta Inumaru ’17 Finance director: Josh Tartell ’17 Sales director: Moniyka Sachar ’17 BlogDailyHerald Editor-in-chief: David Oyer ’16 Managing editors: Deena Butt ’16, Jacob Koffler ’17 PostEditor-in-chief: Adam Asher ’15

from different departments participated in the rally and said they were concerned about the outcome of negotiations.

Louis Piaciteli, who has been working for facilities for nearly 30 years, spoke at the rally and said Brown has become increasingly corporatized, adding that since he first started, the working environment has become less of a community.

Piaciteli told The Herald that he would like to see the union have more input on staffing changes. “If they’re taking a job from us, we should be able to negotiate the new job,” he said.

“They just keep trying to hack away at the union positions at Brown, to weaken the union,” said Jesus Sanchez, a Mail Services driver, citing a decrease in unionized Mail Services driving positions.

“I’m here today to support the library workers and … all the people that are out here and are pushing to improve working conditions,” said City Councilman Seth Yurdin. “It’s really important that the community is weighing in.”

“Paxson sent out that email about the Deficit Working Group, and a lot of people feel that working group will lead to a lot more things like this happening, which is (unfair) to the workers we have now,” said Michael Murphy GS, a third

year graduate student in the Department of Sociology. “You can see here, clearly, students care,” Murphy said.

“I think (Paxson’s) words don’t matter as much as her actions,” said Stoni Tomson ’15, a member of the Student Labor Alliance who helped organize the event.

As Paxson exited the library Friday, she paused to address the crowd. “I really just want to say we are negotiating, and I want to thank you for supporting our library workers,” she said.

The crowd booed, and sang “na na na na, na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye,” as Paxson walked away.

Maahika Srinivasan ’15, president of the Undergraduate Council of Students, said that Paxson, members of the Presidential Leadership Council and other distinguished community members attended the private event during the protest. From inside, she said “you could hear the chanting” and “people were really concerned.” Ongoing contract negotiations were not mentioned during the event, Srinivasan said.

Engles said “it’s unacceptable” that negotiations have been continuously delayed. “Get the negotiations done and we wont be here. Some of us would go to the party instead,” he said.

Hayes said, adding that admission staff members considers each student individually during the process.

Some non-athletes said Brown should not admit students primarily for athletic abilities and should hold athletes to the same academic admission standards.

Hannah Yi ’18, a member of the women’s rugby team, said athlete recruitment “diminishes the prestige of what an Ivy is supposed to be — first and foremost, an academic institution.”

Yi said that it is not difficult to walk on to a sports team, raising questions about “what value recruitment spots hold on varsity teams.”

Women’s rugby, which was elevated to varsity status this fall and is composed entirely of walk-ons, won this year’s Ivy Championship, which Yi said shows the “athletic prowess among regularly admitted students.”

Though Maurey said he recognizes the achievements of the rugby team’s walk-on athletes, he doubts how successful the soccer team would be without recruits.

Aubryn Samaroo ’17, a recruited track

athlete, said many students mistakenly believe that recruits receive athletic scholarships from the University. But like all Ivy League schools, Brown only grants financial aid based on demonstrated need.

“We take the same classes — they aren’t dumbed down,” Samaroo added.

“We work just as hard to get in, and we are just as smart.”

Athletes have more to offer than just intelligence, like leadership and the ability to work in a team environment, which are useful in a workplace, Maurey said.

“I don’t perceive my college experience to be an athletic experience. The purpose is to get a better education. If you want to get better at water polo, maybe this is not the place for that,” said Ria Mirchandani ’15, who is not a varsity athlete. “I see how hard athletes work. … I do not doubt that they would be as deserving as anyone else here if they had worked on their SATs and not athletics.”

Recruitment is crucial to increase the diversity of perspectives on campus, said Sohum Chokshi ’18. “It’s arrogant to believe that textbook knowledge is the only kind of knowledge.”

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Computer program digitizes historic art This profile is part of a series focused on Brown faculty and students engaged in science and research, with the purpose of highlighting and making more accessible the work being pursued at all levels across disciplines.

By RILEY DAVIS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Garibaldi Panorama is a 273-foot, double-sided watercolor painting that depicts the life of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian general and politician. The painting, which is more than four feet tall and housed on an enormous scroll, is a relic of a once-popular art form called the moving panorama — the 19th century precursor to the modern-day movie. Viewers would watch the story of the moving panorama unfurl as the painting was unrolled before their eyes, sequentially showing one portion of the story after the other.

Acquired by the University over a decade ago, the Panorama has since undergone a digitization process to preserve it and make it accessible to researchers and students. Computer scientists originally digitized the Panorama in 2007, The Herald previously reported. In 2010, Professor of Italian Studies Massimo Riva launched a collaboration with the Department of Computer Science to help create a platform for displaying the Garibaldi Panorama to the Brown community.

Since the Panorama was digitized, Professor of Computer Science Andy van Dam and his team of researchers have refined their technology into a more streamlined, interactive Windows application called Touch Art Gallery.

The appeal of applications such as TAG is that they provide “the flexibility to design collections of works, like you would in a regular exhibition, but then give the user an extra degree of interactivity,” said Dan Zhang ’15, a member of van Dam’s research team and a former Herald photographer. The platform provides users with “a stronger impetus to explore by presenting contextual media alongside the artwork,” he added, noting that the software currently includes additional archival materials and associated works linked to the art pieces. A tour function also takes users through collections.

TAG, primarily geared toward museum-goers, allows users to interact with works of art in ways that they could not with physical pieces — for example, users can zoom in to look at minute details of paintings that cannot easily be seen by looking at canvas. In a demonstration, Zhang illustrated how pictures like a Rembrandt oil painting could be zoomed in on the touchscreen until the cracks in the canvas were visible.

“The idea is that we’re not restricted to a small picture that you would see on a conventional website,” Zhang said. The only limit to TAG’s ability to display an image on a screen is the resolution of the original photograph, some of which were film stills taken during the ’70s and ’80s, he added.

Riva said TAG can sometimes be difficult to integrate into classroom settings.

“My role has always been that of guinea pig on one hand,” Riva said of teaching with the software. TAG “is a somewhat limited software. It wasn’t conceived specifically for research or teaching, but we

have been sort of pushing the envelope in (both) directions.”

Riva has taught three courses incorporating TAG technology over the years, he said, including ITAL 1430: “The Panorama and 19th-Century Visual Culture.”

“The trend with TAG has been to make it more attractive and a smoother interaction,” Riva said. “The result is really great.”​ But, he added, while the software has become more streamlined and user-friendly, which has benefitted his students, he and other researchers sometimes preferred the previous versions of the software that were more multifaceted but harder to use. “I don’t mind the challenges of a more complex form of interaction,” Riva said. “In a sense there has been, not a struggle, but a negotiation there.”

The next focus for TAG researchers is to expand the availability of the software.

“We’re currently moving to a web-based model, and we’re exploring that space of how we can support visitors from home,” said Jessica Herron, a member of van Dam’s development team.

In addition to seeing an expansion of its features, TAG has also entered the global arena.

The British Library featured the Garibaldi Panorama in 2010, The Herald previously reported. Since that exhibition, TAG has been used to display the Panorama in Italy in 2011 and in Brazil in 2013, developers said.

Museums including the Seattle Art Museum and the New Bedford Whaling Museum have recently begun using TAG to display parts of their collections, including large panoramas.

CPR training prepares students to save lives EMS aims to make introduction to procedure more approachable with hands-only training

By RILEY DAVIS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Cross one hand over the other. Interlace the fingers from your top hand onto your palm. Set your shoulders and elbows straight, and push. These are the basic steps that comprise hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation, an American Heart Association recognized method of CPR. Brown Emergency Medical Services offered free hands-only CPR training in the lower Faunce lobby Friday and will offer another session Wednesday. The training is the first of its kind offered on campus.

According to the AHA, performing CPR on a person experiencing cardiac arrest nearly doubles his or her chance of survival, but CPR is only performed in 32 percent of cases. Event Coordinator Ava Runge ’15 said by hosting hands-only training, Brown EMS hopes to teach a greater percentage of the Brown population a potentially life-saving skill.

Hands-only training takes a few minutes to learn, and is easy to execute, Runge said. Brown EMS uses mannequins during training, which produce a clicking sound to let people performing CPR know that they are pushing hard enough. Instructors help participants position their hands and arms correctly as well as find the correct pace to push.

A common trick, Runge said, is to think of the disco song “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees — which, in addition to having

relevant lyrics, has the right number of beats per minute — around 100 — to guide the pace of someone performing CPR. Though many people think of mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths as a CPR staple, one benefit of hands-only training is how easy it is to learn, said Brendan McStay, assistant manager of safety and Brown EMS. “That’s the beauty of it, the simplicity,” he said. “You only have to remember to push hard and push fast.”

At the event, Brown EMS provided flyers with more information on getting certified in traditional CPR. Traditional training requires payment and a severalhour-long certification course, according to Runge, whereas hands-only can be taught to the public.

Students who attended the training said they appreciated the efficiency of learning CPR. Ari Snider ’18, who attended the event, said, “It just feels like such a short little intro to CPR that it would be a shame to end up in a situation where I needed to use it and hadn’t done this.”

Though cardiac incidences are not common on campus, Runge said that “we do have a diverse community here, especially age-wise. There’s a lot of faculty and staff that are different ages, and there are cardiac arrests on campus.”

She added that she and other members of Brown EMS “wanted to have a larger percentage of the Brown community know how to respond in the event of a cardiac emergency.”

Hands-only CPR has proven to be just as effective as traditional CPR when assisting someone in cardiac arrest, according to the AHA. While resuscitating breaths are helpful in traditional CPR,

studies have found that “even people that are trained and certified in it hesitate to do the breathing portion on someone who they are not related to,” McStay said.

“I’ve heard it called the ‘ick factor’.”

It is a common misconception that people immediately need additional oxygen to maintain their blood supplies when in cardiac arrest, McStay said, adding that the AHA has found over the years that the blood is oxygenated enough for the first few minutes of cardiac arrest without additional breathing.

“In areas where there’s good public awareness about CPR, the survival rates are improved,” said Jamieson Cohn, assistant director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program, who was not associated with the training program. “The idea (of hands-only) is that it decreases the time to initiate CPR for laypeople.” In the past people were losing time checking for breaths or a pulse, when compressions are the most important part of resuscitation, he added.

Cohn added that while he doesn’t know whether these sorts of training clinics are actually effective for making the community more likely to use CPR, they “do probably improve people’s comfort with CPR.” Students who attended the event said they felt the training provided them with a good background but that in a reallife situation they would rather rely on someone else first.

Adam Hersko-Ronatas ’18 said if he saw someone in cardiac arrest, he would try to help but would hope EMS arrived first.

“If I ended up in a real-life situation, I would hope that someone else would be able to do it, then I could watch a real-life situation first,” Snider said.

Watson project explores war’s toll on economy and health

New papers suggest military spending less effective at job creation than other investments

By SUSANNAH HOWE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The costs of war extend beyond the obvious — from the mental impact on veterans to the loss of jobs, the costs are far reaching. Two papers recently released through the Costs of War Project, started four years ago by the Watson Institute for International Studies, contribute additional information about these costs, one through a human lens and the other through an economic one.

Costs of War was established to produce more research on the topic and increase awareness about all of the costs of war — both economic and human, said Catherine Lutz, professor of anthropology and international studies and codirector of the project.

“We decided that the project would work best as a combination of a research project and a public outreach project,” Lutz said. The initiative emphasizes “trying to make sure that there was some attention paid to the research results,” she added.

The first of the two new papers from Costs of War explores the human costs of war to soldiers, their families and their communities. The researchers, Jean Scandlyn, research associate professor of health and behavioral sciences and anthropology at the University of Colorado at Denver, and Sarah Hautzinger, professor of anthropology at Colorado College, conducted the majority of their research with families in Colorado.

The paper examines a range of issues surrounding post-traumatic stress disorder, arguing that there is too much reliance on the PTSD diagnosis as a way of explaining the problems soldiers face when they return home. The researchers claim that PTSD has become a stand-in for many types of problems, including reintegration issues that result from the gap between military and civilian ways of life. They argue this has shifted the focus away from these issues in favor of individual diagnoses of PTSD. These often overlooked reintegration issues have become even more pressing in the post-9/11 era, Hautzinger said.

The end of the draft and advent of an all-volunteer military in the United States, long wars with no clear exit strategy and multiple deployments for many soldiers are all contributing factors, she added.

Americans need to look broadly at reintegration issues, rather than focusing so narrowly on PTSD, Scandlyn said.

There is also much more that can be done to help veterans, including doing more research on the best therapies for them and increasing access to these treatments, she added.

Other researchers in the field who were not involved with the project praised the researchers’ work. “It is a robust piece of scholarship and an exemplary piece of medical anthropology,” said Monica Schoch-Spana, senior associate with the UPMC Center for Health Security and associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, who was not involved in the study. “They as anthropologists are taking a very holistic appraisal of distress experienced by soldiers and

soldiers’ families.”

“The authors’ rigorous combination of firsthand ethnographic accounts, quantitative social science data and critical cultural analysis provides the depth and subtlety that is essential to understanding these complex issues,” said Ken Macleish, assistant professor of medicine, health and society and of anthropology at Vanderbilt University, who was not involved in the study.

The second of the two papers explores the economic burdens of war. In the paper, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, assistant research professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute, argues that military spending creates significantly fewer jobs than other kinds of government spending. She estimates that for every $1 billion the government spends on the military, 11,200 jobs are created, directly or indirectly. But the same $1 billion would create 16,800 jobs in the clean energy sector, 17,200 health care jobs or 26,700 education jobs, while $1 billion in tax cuts to individuals would create 15,100 jobs.

There is a common perception that war is good for the economy, and this idea is often used to justify war, Garrett-Peltier said, adding that the paper questions this assumption.

“The jobs argument is central to the political struggle over war,” said Miriam Pemberton, a research fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, a Washington think tank, who was not involved in the study. This paper refutes the common argument that military spending is necessary for job creation, using “rigorous analysis showing that this form of spending is in fact a poorer job creator than a range of other alternative forms of public spending, or of tax cuts,” she added.

There are several reasons behind this dynamic, according to the paper. The military puts a large amount of money toward equipment and similar expenses compared to other fields like the education sector, which are left with more money to put toward salaries. The military also spends a lot of funds on overseas contractors, and soldiers spend more money abroad than other kinds of workers, weakening the benefits of military spending to the domestic economy. And military salaries are, on average, slightly higher than salaries in other industries, so fewer jobs can be created with a given amount of money.

Garrett-Peltier said she used an inputoutput model to arrive at this conclusion.

The comprehensive economic model takes into account government spending, private industry, the connections between different economic sectors and other factors to create a “snapshot of the economy.”

This sort of model “is the respected methodology for estimating job impacts,” Pemberton said.

Though these results may be surprising to the general public, Garrett-Peltier has been doing research on this topic for several years and said she has consistently found the same results. “We update the numbers every couple of years, and the findings are always the same. I guess the surprising thing is how little these findings change.”

But it has been difficult to get policy makers to pay attention to these results because the loudest and most united voices are those who want to prevent cuts to military spending, Garrett-Peltier said.

4 science & research » INQUIRY, from page 1 In a statement released last Monday, the Association of American Universities wrote that it is “troubled” by the committee’s inquiries, adding, “This ill-defined investigation will harm the scientific enterprise we all support.”

Most of the grants the committee will examine support social science research outside the United States, according to the committee’s website. The four Brown projects are all international anthropological studies.

The AAU letter marks the continuation of an ongoing debate between the members of the House committee, the NSF and other members of the scientific community over whether this sort of investigation will help or hinder scientific advancement.

“Researchers are free in our country to study any subject they like, but when taxpayers finance scientific endeavors, they are entitled — legally and morally — to know how their money is spent,” wrote the House committee’s chairman, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Tex., on the committee’s website in response to the criticism.

A controversial history During peer review, the NSF sifts through about 50,000 proposals annually. A panel of scientific experts in the same field as the proposed research examines every project’s “intellectual merit” and “broader impact” when deciding whether or not the project should receive funds, said Dana Topousis, a member of the NSF’s office of legislative and public affairs, adding that only about 22 percent of these proposals receive grant money.

The congressional committee initially asked the NSF acting director, Cora Marrett, to provide information about the review process for five studies in April 2013, though the director instead suggested a sit-down between government and NSF administrators to discuss the selection process.

Following the sit-down, the NSF agreed to clarify guidelines about what constitutes broader societal impact and create more “transparency

and accountability” in the grant selection process. But by February 2014, Smith did not feel the NSF’s efforts were sufficient, according to a letter he wrote to the Chairman of the National Science Board Dan Arvizu, which has been published online.

Beginning in April, Smith demanded “every email, letter, memorandum, record, note, text message, all peer reviews considered for selection” of 60 NSF grants, according to several letters he wrote to NSF Director France Córdova.

Córdova agreed to assemble documentation related to the grants, while redacting certain portions “to protect the confidentiality of the reviewers and proprietary information,” Córdova wrote in a letter to Smith. Smith or a representative from his office were free to examine the documents at the NSF headquarters and take notes as necessary.

The NSF notified Brown of the four grants under scrutiny that April, said Vice President for Research David Savitz. The University immediately informed the researchers whose work would be examined, he added.

‘Superficial impression’ or global impact?

The four grants awarded to Brown researchers “were chosen based on — essentially — an impression that they may be obscure or not of broader societal value,” Savitz said, adding that all of the University studies indeed have important societal implications.

In anthropological studies, “knowledge is obtained from very specialized sources. In that sort of spirit, it lends itself to the superficial impression” that there is not a broader relevance, Savitz said.

In one of the projects under review, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Paja Faudree is studying the rise of international interest in salvia divinorum, a plant indigenous to Mexico that has potential pharmacological applications for treating mood disorders. The plant has also recently become a popular recreational drug, commonly known as merely “salvia.”

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of this drug can serve as a case study and provide insights about the process by which other drugs might rise in popularity, she said, adding that the rise in international importance of many other drugs has followed a similar trajectory.

Another University research project under review is Associate Professor of Anthropology Jessaca Leinaweaver’s study about “how international adoption and international immigration are similar and also how they are different,” Leinaweaver said.

Her study examined the experiences of Peruvian migrant workers living in Spain, as well as Peruvian children adopted there. Despite the commonly held belief that Spain is not a racist society, her study found underlying forms of racism that affected the experiences of adopted children.

These results “will help us to understand how racism works and make a more just society if we understand” how some minorities are treated, Leinaweaver said. They can also “raise awareness for adoptive families,” she added.

“There are plenty of problems that do not stop at our borders,” Faudree said. “I hope the committee will take a deeper look at the projects that happen to be based outside of the (United States).”

Two grants awarded to Michèle Smith, a research associate for the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, are also under scrutiny. The grants support Smith’s research on the relation between textiles and gender in the North Atlantic from ancient times to the early modern period. Smith declined to comment on her research or the review.

Though two of the University research projects under review have already been completed, “the biggest concern of course is any potential for the withdrawing of funding for research that’s already been committed” to the other two ongoing projects, Savitz said. One of Smith’s two

projects and Faudree’s project are both ongoing through August 2016, according to a public list of NSF grants under review.

Implications for peer review By law, Congress has a right to review the NSF — a federally funded research agency — and ensure that taxpayer money is appropriately spent.

But members of the NSF and Brown’s faculty are concerned that the way in which the House committee is going about the review could disrupt the peer review process, which is a model that countries around the world respect as a means to produce high-quality research, Savitz said.

“We’re a federal agency ­— we’re used to oversight,” Topousis said. But “we stand behind our merit review process.”

Since reviewers are unpaid for their service, they participate because they “believe in the process,” Faudree said.

In blind peer review, “peers do not know whom they are reviewing so there’s no bias,” Topousis said, adding that though no system is perfect, the peer review process has enabled great scientific discoveries.

Anonymity is especially important in situations where the proposal’s writers might be in a position of authority over the reviewers, or reviewers fear the political implications of criticizing the project of someone they may later need to work with, Faudree said.

While it is important that Congress assures that taxpayer money is spent productively, unmasking the privacy of reviewers could be destructive by making “the process political in a way that it is not now,” she added.

“The best work will clearly come out by having this peer-reviewed, objective evaluation,” Savitz said.

Impacts on Brown Both Leinaweaver and Faudree expressed concerns about the impact

of the investigation on the peer review process rather than their individual research.

The investigation “is sort of like a distraction — it means I have to be thinking about this when I could be doing research,” Leinaweaver said.

But the controversy has not discouraged University researchers from applying for NSF grants, Savitz, Leinaweaver and Faudree all said.

“Brown faculty are really on an uptick in terms of the applications to the NSF,” Savitz said. Though the current economic climate has caused more scarcity in grant money, 153 NSF grants were awarded to University researchers in 2014. Since 2010, the NSF has awarded between $1.5 million and $3.1 million for social science research projects and all social science research funding. In 2014, out of the $27.9 million awarded to the University by the NSF, $2.2 million went toward social science research.

One possible outcome of the investigation is that researchers may need to write grants with titles that more explicitly state how the grant will have global impact, Savitz said. “Increasingly there is value in the ability to explain (science) to people who are not experts,” he added.

The University has continued to advise and inform researchers whose grants are under review, Savitz said.

Other than this, little University action is required at the present as there is no concrete information on the duration of the congressional review or any possible outcomes, Savitz said.

“We are doing what we can collectively with other academic institutions to try to avoid that kind of intrusion,” he said, adding that the strength of any University pushback of the review lies in the cooperation of a large number of research institutions and the AAU. “It’s important that this be done in a collective way,” he said. “It’s not just one university in Rhode Island standing up.”

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Review: Tallulah’s Taqueria serves up taco of the town Mexican fast-casual restaurant dishes out tasty tacos, burritos and bowls on Ives Street

By EMMAJEAN HOLLEY ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR

With the excitement in her voice contrasting with the composure of her

neatly folded hands, a woman introduces herself. “Hi, I’m Kelly Ann. I’m ‘Tallulah.’” The tattooed man next to her chuckles, as if at an inside joke, and responds, “Yeah, she is.”

So begins the campaign video for Tallulah’s Taqueria on the crowdsourcing website Kickstarter. After meeting their goal of $28,000, owners Kelly Ann and Jake Rojas — whose Newport restaurant, Tallulah on Thames, is the flagship of their expanding culinary presence — opened their new Fox Point location in time for Cinco de Mayo this year.

Last year, the Rojases were selling their farm-to-table tacos out of a modified hot dog cart at Rhode Island farmers’ markets. The fact that they opted to affix this mobile enterprise to a more permanent location, and succeeded in garnering the financial support to do so, should tell you

» JANUS, from page 1 author of several books, an editor of ifeminists.com — an abbreviated moniker for “individualist feminist” — and the author of “The Big Lie of a ‘Rape Culture,’” an article for the Future of Freedom Foundation. McElroy’s viewpoints in particular have attracted condemnation from some students.

The controversy surrounding the event rose to a heightened level of publicity in a community-wide email sent

by Paxson Friday night. Paxson wrote that she disagrees with arguments made by people like McElroy that “sexual assault is the work of small numbers of predatory individuals whose behaviors are impervious to the culture and values of their communities.”

Instead, “extensive research shows that culture and values do matter,” Paxson wrote.

Schwartz, a Herald cartoonist, said she and other Janus Forum members expected some opposition. “Obviously we knew that any topic about sexual assault would be challenging to address, but we aim to be a non-partisan, non-biased organization,” she said.

“We brought two speakers, who have completely different viewpoints, one of which probably has a completely different viewpoint than most of campus, but we do that with the intent to spark debate and discussion.”

Schwartz said the Janus Forum has wanted to host an event focused on women’s issues and sexual assault since students raised concerns about the University’s sexual assault policies and disciplinary procedures last spring.

Janus Forum events “always try to reflect the climate of the campus,” Schwartz said. “We don’t shape it, we just respond to it.”

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something about their tacos.

Judging by its bustling atmosphere and easy rhythm, it’s not hard to forget that Tallulah’s Taqueria, at just over six months old, is still the new kid on the block. The atmosphere is distinctly casual, with self-serve seating at a few diner-style tables and countertops.

With warm lighting and a laid-back, R&B-inspired soundtrack, the space is intimate and unpretentious.

So is the menu, which specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with a local sensibility. Though limited to a few key items, it communicates certain principles of food presentation. Tacos ($5) are offered on corn tortillas only; all dishes come topped with a signature mix of onions and cilantro; diners select the protein of their choice from an assortment of meats or black beans.

Against this simplicity, the subtle attributes of each ingredient shine through. The corn tortilla is baked to a crunchy, flaky perfection; the combination of fresh cilantro and finely chopped onion mingles in delicate attunement with the meal’s more savory notes; the seasoning in the black beans is robust to the point of neardecadence.

Though served in a fast food-style tray, the burrito bowl ($9) is artfully presented, with concentric circles of ingredients not only producing an appealing visual arrangement, but also ensuring their even distribution.

Shredded romaine, offering a vitalizing change of pace from the tasteless to McElroy, Schwartz said hearing and dissecting opposing opinions is essential to strengthening one’s own viewpoint.

“Indisputably, many Brown students and administrators harbor some of McElroy’s problematic views.”

Leah Pierson ’16

FORMER JANUS FORUM FELLOWS DIRECTOR “We have to be aware that people outside of Brown have opinions that we might find highly unpalatable, and I think instead of silencing opinions, by listening and understanding how to deconstruct and debate them effectively, that’s the best thing a Brown student can do.”

Leah Pierson ’16, who served as the Janus Forum’s fellows director before going abroad this semester, suggested a similar approach. “Indisputably, many Brown students and administrators harbor some of McElroy’s problematic views, whether consciously or not,” Pierson wrote in an email to The Herald.

“In order to change the way sexual assault is handled on college campuses — and ultimately, that is Janus’ objective — we need to both understand and challenge the ideology upon which policies (are) founded,” she added. “Ignoring McElroy’s stance on sexual assault is not the way to accomplish that goal.”

But multiple students have said they feel the event devalues the experiences of sexual assault survivors on campus and goes against the University’s

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Tacos showcasing meat, guacamole, onion, cilantro and radish medallions on a corn tortilla shell are just one variation of the specialty at Tallulah’s Taqueria, a Mexican restaurant that opened in Fox Point in May. iceberg we’ve come to expect, encircles a bed of seasoned rice, beans, queso blanco and homemade salsa verde, which has a tantalizing yet appropriately understated kick. Sliced radish medallions — a surprising choice for Mexican fare — are arranged in a tidy circle around a generous dollop of homemade guacamole, whose strong notes of lime juice work in tandem with the onion and cilantro.

The surprise of the radishes is overwhelmingly pleasant, and even those with no particular affinity for

the vegetable should consider ordering extra. In addition to providing a refreshing crispness to the bowl’s more viscous consistency, they’re pickled in a tangy, ambrosial marinade that brightens and deepens the naturally peppery taste to one of piquancy.

Though these recipes are inherited from their street-side food cart, certain fixings are uniquely oriented to their newly permanent location.

Bottles of soft drinks glimmer in the cooler, branded with the unfamiliar flavors of tamarind and grapefruit or

the vintage-inspired label of a Mexican cola. Nearby boxes filled with empty bottles encourage diners to recycle, upholding a “practice-what-we-preach” mentality behind Tallulah’s widely advertised emphasis on ecological responsibility. A mural painted with Dia de los Muertos-inspired skulls and flowers contrasts as a funky focal point against an otherwise no-frills setup.

And, as Tallulah’s further cultivates its new Ives Street identity, it will be interesting to see what new forms of expression it brings to the table.

mission to create a safe and supportive environment for survivors.

“I know that there is often a lot of pressure when there’s something going on about sexual assault on campus. …

You feel like ‘I should go to this thing because it’s something that’s relevant to my experience even though it might be triggering or there might be views presented that are really hurtful to me,’” said Katherine Byron ’15, a member of the Task Force on Sexual Assault and one of the students, along with Erin Wu MD ’17 and Brooke Lamperd GS, who discussed the alternate forum in a meeting with Frances Mantak, director of health promotion, Russell Carey ’91 MA’06, executive vice president of planning and policy, Liza Cariaga-Lo, associate provost for academic development and diversity, Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, and Undergraduate Council of Students leaders.

“For a lot of people who want to engage in this conversation but maybe aren’t comfortable with the Janus Forum framing, or people who wanted to get a different approach, this isn’t the only narrative around this topic. This isn’t the only way to engage,” Byron said.

“We provided a direct alternative to the forum, which was really important to us in thinking about how we could empower people to make the decisions that are going to feel right for them.”

Other students who mobilized opposition to the Janus event and helped plan the alternatives could not be reached or declined to comment Sunday.

UCS President Maahika Srinivasan ’15, also expressed concern about the timing of the forum. “It just seems like unfortunate timing in the way that we’ve been framing discussions of sexual assault for the past couple of

months,” she said. “Having this event now might seem like backtracking from the forward direction that we’ve been moving in.”

Students who may feel attacked by the viewpoints expressed at the forum or feel the speakers will dismiss their experiences can find a safe space and separate discussion held at the same time in Salomon 203. This “BWell Safe Space” will have sexual assault peer educators, women peer counselors and staff from BWell on hand to provide support.

A separate event titled “Research on Rape Culture” with Lindsay Orchowski, assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, will also take place in Wilson 102 during the Janus debate.

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great if (Orchowski’s) event happened right before,” Friedland said. “People would have been able to hear the research and then come to our event fully informed.”

Friedland said he met with administrators about a week ago to discuss security if protests were to occur at the event but that neither concerned students nor administrators met with Janus members to coordinate the creation of the alternatives. “My sense was that ever since Ray Kelly, they’ve been nervous, and I think they’re just being cautious about anything that could devolve into a protest,” Friedland said of the administration.

“I think it’s diminishing students’ ability to hear a wide scope of information in relation to students and sexual assault,” Schwartz said.

“My personal problem with Paxson’s email is she framed our event as part of the problem, it seems, and not a step toward positive discussion,” she added.

For others, Paxson’s email used “a tone that we hadn’t really seen from her in a lot of her campus emails,” Byron said. “I think one of the things that (members of the task force) were looking for was for her to make a statement of her individual support for survivors on campus, that she is in fact trying to do what she can to show support and solidarity.”

“I think she’s in a really difficult position of trying to balance being the speaker of the University and the fact that she has her own personal beliefs around this issue as many people do,” Byron added.

The Janus Forum event will be held in Salomon 101 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, and the BWell Safe Space will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in Salomon 203. Orchowski’s lecture will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Wilson 102.

“This isn’t the only narrative around this topic. This isn’t the only way to engage.”

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MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ON SEXUAL ASSAULT options was created Thursday.

Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, wrote in an email to The Herald that both the Janus debate and Orchowski’s lecture will be taped and available for students to view later.

Schwartz and Janus Forum Director Alex Friedland ’15 expressed their disappointment in the events being held at the same time, as they both said students invested in the issues who may want to attend both events now must choose between them.

“I think it could have been really

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Quinn English ’16, left, and Ben Maurey ’15.5, right, run toward the action. The pair combined for over a quarter of Bruno’s shots this season. But the Bears managed to score just 14 goals during the 2014 campaign.

Blowout loss caps difficult season Defeat to Dartmouth sends Bears to first losing season in over a decade, fifth-place Ivy finish

By ALEX WAINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Dartmouth handed the men’s soccer team its worst loss of 2014 Saturday — a 3-0 rout that ended the Bears’ season on a sour note in Hanover.

“They finished their chances, and we didn’t finish ours,” said Head Coach Patrick Laughlin. “It’s a difficult score line, but we felt like we played a good game overall. The score wasn’t indicative of our performance.”

Nate Pomeroy ’17, who was injured in the game against the University of Vermont (8-9-2) on Sept.

26, returned to the starting lineup against the Big Green (11-4-2, 5-1-0 Ivy). Laughlin said he wanted Pomeroy to warm up and play immediately, rather than stand on the sidelines getting cold and then having to come into the game as a substitute.

The striker’s return was bittersweet for Bruno (5-6-6, 2-3-2), as Pomeroy re-injured himself and was forced to leave the game. But Laughlin expressed high hopes for the sophomore’s next two seasons as a Bear.

“He was really dangerous in the first half of the season, and I thought he was poised for a big year,” Laughlin said. “But I think he’s going to be a

catalyst for us offensively in the future.”

The Big Green, which grabbed a share of the Ivy League title with the win over Bruno, opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Tyler Dowse drilled a pass into the box that found the feet of the team’s leading scorer, Alex Adelabu. The senior took one touch to settle the ball, then zipped a shot low on the ground and past diving goalkeeper Mitch Kupstas ’14.5 to give Dartmouth a 1-0 lead.

The Bears’ offense held its own in the first half, keeping pace with Dartmouth in terms of shots (7-5) and corners (1-2). Dartmouth keeper Stefan Cleveland had a tremendous game — the junior made seven saves to keep Bruno at bay and off the scoreboard for the full 90 minutes.

But the Big Green was the better offensive team for most of the night.

Dartmouth’s midfielders all had deft first touches and distributed the ball well. The team’s left and right backs were also heavily involved in the attack, and the Bears struggled to defend the extra player flying up the field. On numerous occasions, a Dartmouth defender would charge up the flank completely unabated and fire a cross into the box.

Following a foul by Mike Leone ’17 in the 67th minute, Big Green midfielder Stefan Defregger placed a well-struck free kick into the box. The ball bounced off a Dartmouth head, forcing Kupstas to make a diving

save. But Adelabu was right there to clean up the rebound with a flick into the side netting that doubled the Big Green’s lead.

Dartmouth sealed the game and the conference crown in the 80th minute, when defender Tommy Johnson snuck a shot past Kupstas and inside the near post to extend Dartmouth’s lead to three goals.

As the final horn sounded, a sellout crowd of 1,600 fans stormed the field to celebrate with the home team.

The loss dropped Bruno into a tie with Penn (6-9-2, 2-3-2) for fifth place in the Ivy League. The Bears finished the season with a sub-.500 overall record for the first time since the 2002 season, when they posted a 5-8-4 record.

To add insult to injury, the team will take a hit next season following the graduation of starters Kupstas, Alex Markes ’15 and Daniel Taylor ’15, all of whom Laughlin praised for their work ethic and dedication to the team.

But Laughlin said his most recent crop of rookies, along with a healthy Pomeroy, has made him excited to begin preparing for next year.

“My hat is off to all the freshmen,” Laughlin said. “They set a standard for themselves that they will have to live up to and move past next season after earning so many minutes this year. I expect them all to do more and be an even bigger part of the team next year.”

Ivy sweep keeps Bears winless in conference Two big losses to Harvard and Dartmouth leave Bruno 0-4 in ECAC play, its worst start in 14 years

By MATTHEW BROWNSWORD SPORTS STAFF WRITER

It had been 1,009 days since the men’s hockey team gave up a total of 12 goals in consecutive games — on Feb. 11, 2012 the Bears lost to Colgate 7-6, capping off a weekend in which they also lost to Cornell by a 5-2 final tally.

Now, that clock has to be reset: Bruno (1-4, 0-4 ECAC) fell to Harvard (3-1-2, 2-1-1) and Dartmouth (2-2-1, 2-2-1) this weekend by a combined score of 12-2, losing Friday to the Crimson, 6-2, and getting shut out Saturday by the Big Green, 6-0. Brown’s 0-4 ECAC record is its worst start to conference play since the 2000-01 season, in which the Bears did not register a conference point until their fifth game.

“We got overwhelmed by some good hockey teams,” said Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94. “It’s something we need to rectify real quick.”

A Harvard goal 1:51 into the first period set the tone, as Tyler Moy scored his first career goal to put Brown in an early hole. Moy then doubled his total and the lead with a shorthanded goal 14 minutes into the first period — making it the third consecutive game that the Bears had gone down by two goals.

The second period was more of the same as Kyle Criscuolo scored a power play goal after Brandon Pfeil ’16 was called for slashing. Whittet then pulled goalie Tyler Steel ’17 in favor of fellow sophomore Tim Ernst ’17, but things did not get any better for Bruno. The Crimson all but clinched the game with five minutes left in the period, as Brian Hart scored another power play goal.

Playing for pride in the third period, the Bears were able to get a couple goals courtesy of Matt Harlow ’15 and Matt Lorito ’15. But Bruno also let in its third power play goal of the night — and the first of Max Everson’s career — while Hart got his second to close the game out at 6-2.

It was more of the same defensively against Dartmouth, as the Bears allowed three first period goals, their sixth, seventh and eighth first period goals allowed in conference play this year. For

reference, three ECAC teams — Quinnipiac (7-2-1, 4-0-0), Clarkson (3-5-4, 1-1-2) and Cornell (1-4-1, 1-3-0) — have given up fewer than eight goals total in conference play. Ernst started the game for the Bears but was pulled after Dartmouth’s second goal 13 minutes into the game for Steel.

“I was trying to do something to get a spark going,” Whittet said. “Tim had worked hard and deserved a shot, but it didn’t work. We didn’t look good from goalie out this weekend. I just wish someone would step up and be a leader for our young guys.”

It did not get any better for Bruno after the first period, as Jack Barre scored the Big Green’s second power play goal of the game in the lone scoring play of the second period. Dartmouth added two more goals in the third period to add to its already domineering total, closing out Brown’s worst shutout loss since 2009, when it lost to Cornell by the same score.

Brown’s penalty kill unit — which was one of the Bears’ lone bright spots the previous weekend — was horrendous, giving up four goals in 16 minutes of ice time. Its power play team was arguably worse, going 0-for-7; Brown is now 0-for-14 this season on the power play.

The loss of second-leading scorer Nick Lappin ’16 to a suspension added to the struggles, Whittet said.

“We missed Nick a lot,” Whittet said.

“Our lines have been discombobulated all year — he was out both games this weekend and got kicked out of the two last weekend — and our special teams were an absolute disaster.”

Another problem for the Bears is that most of their key players are underclassmen, including three first-years on defense who have seen a lot of minutes.

“We have a lot of growing to do,” Whittet said. “It’s going to be a process.

I think we had 14 underclassmen out of 20 skaters playing this weekend, and the other teams are more mature than we are. We just need to teach our guys how to compete, but there are going to be some growing pains.”

Brown’s four game road trip continues this weekend against Colgate (8-3-1, 2-1-1) and Cornell as Brown searches for its first conference points of the season.

“We have to play two good teams next weekend,” Whittet said. “We just have to forget about this weekend and get back to the drawing board.”

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M. BASKETBALL

Peacocks prove no match for Bears in season opener

Second-half surge, big game from veterans help Bears claim comfortable win over St. Peter’s

By CALEB MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Point guard Tavon Blackmon ’17 and power forward Cedric Kuakumensah ’16 set the tone for the men’s basketball team Friday, as the squad kickstarted its 2014-15 campaign with a convincing 70-58 victory over St. Peter’s University at the Pizzitola Center.

Blackmon showed little rust in the season’s first game, amassing a career-high 18 points to lead the Bears (1-0). Kuakumensah complemented his point guard by shooting a blistering 7-of-9 from the floor en route to 15 points.

After Travis Hester hit a threepointer to give the Peacocks (0-2) a 20-19 lead with 7:46 left in the first half, Bruno caught fire. For the rest of the first half and first four minutes of the second, the Bears went on a scorching 25-4 run. Forward Leland King ’17 had three buckets and seven points in the stretch, while Blackmon, Kuakumensah, guard J.R. Hobbie ’17 and center Rafael Maia ’15 each contributed three-pointers.

The Bruno lead was never fewer than eight for the rest of the contest, and Head Coach Mike Martin ’04 gave all the credit to his team’s ability to defend.

“It was a one-point game and all of a sudden we extended it to 20, and it was all defense,” Martin said of the run. “We won the game certainly with our defensive effort.”

Team captains Maia and Kuakumensah were given a tall order, guarding St. Peter’s First-Team All-Conference forward Marvin Dominique.

But the bigs were up for the challenge and locked down the talented forward all night. Before two garbage-time buckets in the last minute, Dominique had just six points on a paltry 4-of-15 from the floor.

“He’s a tough cover because he can score inside, outside — he’s athletic. I thought our captains did a really good job defensively on him,” Martin said.

On the other end of the floor, a question for Bruno entering the season was how the offense would replace leading scorer Sean McGonagill ’14.

Blackmon and Kuakumensah replaced him Friday in the aggregate. Blackmon’s 18 points were 10.6 more than he averaged last season, while Kuakumensah’s 15 surpassed last year’s average by six points. That’s a combined 16.6 extra points of production from the duo in the wake of their former

captain — making up for the loss of McGonagill’s 17.4 per game.

Both Blackmon and Kuakumensah showed expanded range to break down the Peacock defense. The sophomore point guard had just eight threepointers all of last season, but said he worked on the deep ball over the summer and hit two in the first half Friday. Even more surprisingly, Kuakumensah stepped out and knocked down a three — as well as some long two-point jumpers — which he never did last season.

“Coach tells me all the time: When I’m open, feel free to shoot,” Kuakumensah said. “My teammates found me tonight — I just was making shots.”

While the game was never close, some second-half runs by the Peacocks kept Bruno from getting comfortable, and Martin said the lapses show there are many early-season kinks the young team needs to work out.

“I’m pleased with the win — I do not think it was pretty,” Martin said.

“We’re probably going to win ugly a lot this year.”

Martin identified turnovers and defensive rebounding as the most glaring problems in the first game, but added that great free throw shooting — his team was 24-of-30 from the stripe — kept St. Peter’s at an arm’s distance.

A few familiar names rounded out the starting lineup and stat sheet for Bruno. King is a threat to have a breakout offensive season and dropped nine points to open his campaign. After Maia missed much of last season with a shoulder injury, the senior’s return to the lineup provided a boost in the paint. The center collected 13 points and seven rebounds to accompany his stout defense.

Steven Spieth ’17 didn’t score much, but did everything else — eight rebounds, two assists and one steal.

Finally, the sharp-shooting Hobbie picked up right where he left off last year, nailing two of three treys.

Bruno took the floor with some interesting combinations, including a particularly big starting five — four of the five starters stand over 6-foot-6.

But the schemes seemed to work, as the Bears broke down both the manto-man and zone defenses that the Peacocks threw at them.

The team is experimenting with many different personnel combinations early in the season, Martin said.

Three new faces saw their first collegiate action. Patrick Triplett ’18 was the first rookie off the bench, and Jason Massey ’18 grabbed a rebound in limited playing time. Backup point guard Tyler Williams ’18 turned in

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Tavon Blackmon ’17 throws a pass. The sophomore point guard set a career high in points with 18 in the Bears’ home opener Friday, and added three rebounds, three assists and two steals in the 70-58 victory.

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Rafael Maia ’15 attempts to finish a lay-up in the first half of Friday night’s game against St. Peter’s. With 13 points, Maia was one of three Bears to score in double figures. He also pulled down seven rebounds in the victory. the best first-year performance and finished with five points.

Martin said Williams showed “poise and confidence” filling a ballhandling role the Bears desperately need behind Blackmon.

It’s the sixth season in a row Brown opened with a victory, but Bruno was the only Ivy League team to emerge from the weekend unscathed. The Big Red provided the surprise of

the weekend, with a 68-60 win over George Mason University (2-1) after finishing with a 2-26 overall record a year ago.

Martin and company do not have long to enjoy their first win, as they welcome Northwestern University (10) into the Pizzitola Monday night.

Coming out of the Big Ten — one of the country’s best conferences for college basketball — the Wildcats pose

a formidable challenge. But Bruno played right with them in last year’s meeting and is not fazed by the powerconference opponent.

“It doesn’t affect us too much,” Spieth said. “We played them last year — unfortunately we didn’t close. We’ll be focused and ready to go.”

In the six-year streak of winning its opener, Bruno has never won its second game. Tip-off is 7 p.m. Monday.

8 sports » RUGBY, from page 1 Midshipmen (1-5) on a frigid Saturday in Poughkeepsie, New York.

It was the second time this season that the teams had faced off, and for the second time this season, Bruno notched a 34-point victory over Navy, etching into the Midshipmen’s memory a consistent and dominant performance. A strong offensive showing and solid defensive effort combined to extend Brown’s perfect season to nine games.

“Our momentum from winning Ivies kept us focused on ACRAs,” said Amber Reano ’16. “We knew we would be facing our toughest competition at ACRAs and we had to take it one game at a time.”

Reano scored first to put the Bears on the board, giving them an early 5-0 lead. After a few minutes of messy play, Bruno regained possession and Natalie Klotz ’14.5 pushed through with another try to extend Brown’s lead to 10.

Navy responded with offensive pressure, but the Bears were quick and effective on defense. They regained

possession and executed their plays to gain a 17-0 lead — Goretaya carried the try, and Sofia Rudin ’17 converted for two extra points. Bruno continued to pressure Navy’s offense, dominating the scrum and tackling with convincing force.

Elisha Miles ’15 closed out the half with another try, and Rudin converted to put the Bears up 24-0 at the break.

Bruno entered the second half down a player after May Siu ’15 committed a penalty at the end of the first.

The team faltered briefly, allowing the Midshipmen to hold possession, but Bruno refused to let Navy get on the board. The Bears held off the Midshipmen long enough to regain possession, and the ball fell into the hands of Kiki Morgan ’16, who carried it for a try. Rudin successfully converted to put Bruno up 31-0.

Morgan would not stay still for long, following up with another try to extend Brown’s lead to 36. Minutes later, she scored once more to complete a hat trick and put Brown up 41-0. Bruno would not score again, but gave subs some playing time on

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the national stage. Navy finally got on the board in garbage time, but the game ended in a resounding 41-7 Brown victory.

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Sunday: Quinnipiac 46, Brown

With the win over Navy, the Bears advanced to the Round of 8 to take on

“You could literally feel the love on the field. Looking forward now, we have things to work on, but I couldn’t be prouder of what this team has accomplished.”

Oksana Goretaya ’17 CO-CAPTAIN, RUGBY TEAM

Quinnipiac (7-3), who had defeated Army 46-17 in the Round of 16. The Bears and Bobcats had never met, and their first contest opened amid snow flurries.

Morgan continued her scoring tradition early, vaulting the Bears to

a 5-0 lead. But the Bobcats responded with a try and a conversion to take a two-point lead. This marked the first time since the season opener that the Bears had trailed in a game.

But Bruno responded aggressively, and the game became very physical.

After Goretaya left the field with a knee injury, the Bears continued to fight what was certainly the toughest battle of the season. But Quinnipiac forced its way to another score, extending its lead to 14-5.

The Bears had an answer: Reano took possession, scoring a try with help from Miles and narrowing the score to 14-10 at half.

“During both games we zoned in on the positives and utilized tactics that were working for us,” Reano said.

“We took advantage of every opportunity to the best of our abilities.

Overall, we stayed mentally strong, which is what allowed us to keep on fighting back and never giving up.”

Quinnipiac had the first say in the second half, setting the tone for the rest of the game. The Bobcats returned to their scoring ways, pulling away from the Bears with a nine-point

lead. But Bruno responded by capitalizing on a penalty to score. Though the team failed to convert, the score was within four points once again.

The Bears continued this pattern of comebacks, but never closed that four-point margin. Quinnipiac stretched the lead to 24-15 before Klotz responded for Bruno to reduce the lead to 24-20.

Bruno continued pressuring the Bobcats, holding back their offense for stretches at a time. But Quinnipiac found gaps and struck twice more to stretch its lead to 16. Momentum had swung in favor of the Bobcats, as they scored twice more to cement the final score at 46-20, which did not completely reflect how close the game was.

“We made some mistakes that cost us some points, but kept fighting until the end,” Goretaya said. “We had so much support from alums, parents, friends, coaches and injured players.

You could literally feel the love on the field. Looking forward now, we have things to work on, but I couldn’t be prouder of what this team has accomplished.”

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W. BASKETBALL

Comeback helps Bears open year with road win over Vermont Trailing by 12 in the second half, Bruno forces OT and grabs victory in Head Coach Behn’s debut

By GEORGE SANCHEZ SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s basketball team opened its season with an 81-76 road win over the University of Vermont Saturday that featured a career-best performance by Jordin Alexander ’16 in new Head Coach Sarah Behn’s first game.

The Bears started off strong with an early 5-0 lead, but the Catamounts quickly countered with a 16-5 run.

Bruno then tied up the score at 18, but the rest of the half showcased a tug of war for the lead. The Bears displayed a strong defensive showing during the half, forcing nine turnovers and converting seven points off of them.

Also, Alexander recorded a gamehigh 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting at the end of the half after missing the final 10 games of last season.

At the start of the second half, the Catamounts quickly added 10 more points to reverse a two-point deficit.

With 11 minutes to play, Bruno faced a 60-48 disadvantage but managed a comeback and tied up the score at 74 with just 1:52 remaining.

“We got on a roll there in the last few minutes of the game with a few defensive stops from our press that resulted in quick baskets on the offensive end, and Vermont just could not recover,” Alexander said. “Coaching made a big difference towards the end as well.”

The Bears recaptured the lead off a layup by Alexander with just 77 seconds left of action. This lead marked the squad’s first advantage since 1:54 in the first half. Vermont attempted a comeback of its own, cutting the lead to 78-76 with just 12 seconds to play.

But Bruno was not leaving without a victory, as free throws from Ellise Sharpe ’16 and Alexander sealed the victory for Brown. The Bears won the contest by a margin of five, 81-76.

The squad forced 21 turnovers, scoring 20 points off these miscues, while Vermont only forced the Bears to turn the ball over five times. The game marked a career high for Alexander with 27 points on 11-of-17 shooting, greatly superseding her previous career high of 14. Reigning NCAA three-point percentage leader Sophie Bikofsky ’15 chipped in 17 points while first-year Janie White ’18 added 13 points and eight rebounds.

This past May, Behn was named the ninth head women’s basketball coach in the program’s history. Behn replaced former Head Coach Jean Marie Burr, who retired at the end of last season after her 26th year at the helm. During her tenure, Burr compiled a 324-379 career record, including 12 winning seasons and a trip to the NCAA tournament in 1994, which marked the first trip to the tournament for any women’s basketball team from the Ancient Eight.

Behn is a 1993 graduate of Boston College, holding the Eagles’ all-time scoring record with 2,523 career

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Sophie Bikofsky ’15 prepares to shoot a free throw. Last season, Bikofsky’s three-point percentage — 48.6 — led the NCAA, and the senior is Bruno’s leading returning scorer, averaging 13.5 points per game. She scored 17 points against the University of Vermont Saturday. points. Behn’s father, Barry Behn ’62, was a two-time letter winner on the Bears’ men’s basketball team from 1960-62. Behn has spent the past three seasons as head coach at UMass-Lowell, where she amassed a record of 34-48 and oversaw the program’s transition from Division II to Division I play in 2013-14.

“Transitioning into a new coaching staff can be a real challenge, but Coach Behn has made the transition so smooth for everyone,” Alexander said. “I feel we have become very comfortable with the staff and really trust their system. This year, our style of play is much different than last and in years prior — we are really looking to play a fast-paced game both offensively and defensively, which really complements the players we have this year.”

Ralph Tomasso, Jesyka Burks-Wiley and Tyler Patch have been named assistant coaches for the Bears. Tomasso, Burks-Wiley and Patch each spent last season at UMass-Lowell before relocating with Behn to College Hill.

“The style of play that Coach (Behn) has implemented really allows our team to play without overthinking, and I think that has opened up a lot more opportunity for our players and allowed our girls to be more confident with their game,” Alexander said. “It is great that we were able to open up with a win after a tough week — this team has so much potential, and I am so excited to see what we can do the rest of the season.”

Up next, the Bears face off against Providence College in a cross-city matchup Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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VOLLEYBALL

Seniors end careers with split, drop final home match Bears beat Penn and fall to Princeton to finish .500 and in fourth place in Ivy League standings

By CHRISTINE RUSH SPORTS STAFF WRITER

On Saturday night, five seniors ended their collegiate volleyball careers under the familiar lights of the Pizzitola Sports Center. Friends and family members gathered to cheer them on during their last minutes in Brown uniforms, snapping picture after picture, during an emotional close to the season — a tough 3-0 loss to Princeton.

The women’s volleyball team split the two matches of its final weekend.

The team pulled off a nail-biter Friday, beating Penn 3-2, but failed to carry its momentum into Saturday’s matchup.

Prior to the games, Coach Diane Short said, “We have been fine-tuning in some areas and getting some good reps for some skills that we need to use to consistently win.”

Against Penn, Bruno battled back after an early deficit. It was not looking good for the Bears — the team fell in the first two sets, losing 25-20 and

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Maddie Lord ’15 goes up for a kill in a game this weekend. She tallied 11 against Penn and Princeton in the final two games for Lord and her four senior teammates, who led the team to an even record in Ivy play.

25-15. But they rallied to win the next three consecutive sets, 25-22, 25-22 and 19-17.

Taylor Bantle ’15 said it “was a game I will always remember.”

Payton Smith ’17 led the offensive attack with 14 kills, while Brittany Link ’15 followed close behind with thirteen.

The Bears stayed strong and consistent on the defensive end as well. Kathryn

Conner ’15 secured her third-place position on Brown’s career digs list, adding 20 more digs against the Quakers.

Though Brown ultimately came out with the win, the team lagged behind

Penn in a number of areas. The Quakers posted a .284 hitting percentage while registering 23 blocks and 107 digs. Bruno could not match them, posting a .200 hitting percentage with eight blocks and 105 digs.

Before the game, Short said the team had been running through drills that emphasized maintaining a positive focus while working through frustration.

This targeted preparation paid off for the Bears.

But the next night, the Tigers swept the Bears in three games, 29-27, 25-20 and 25-19.

Despite the loss, the seniors ended their careers on high notes. Maddie Lord ’15 registered 11 kills and a .375 hitting percentage. Bantle finished the game in fourth place on Brown’s career blocks list, posting three against the Tigers.

Conner finished her career with 1,432 digs — adding 15 on Saturday alone. Maryl Vanden Bos ’15 supported her teammates with 15 assists, while Link tallied five kills.

Looking back, Bantle said the way her team fights is what has stood out to her most throughout the season. “Even though we lost, it meant more to me that we went down fighting instead of giving up,” she said.

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The Rockefeller Library celebrated its 50th birthday Friday with cupcakes and a performance by the band The Diamond Doves.

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sports commentary 11 Rethinking Title IX

BY CHARLIE BLASBERG sports columnist

In 1972, things in America were going crazy. The war in Vietnam was raging and causing all sorts of controversy among youth in America.

The Cold War was as tense as ever.

Watergate shocked the nation. But a piece of legislation of relative insignificance at the time has had ripples that deeply affect college athletics today.

On June 23, 1972, just over 40 years ago, then-President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments of 1972 into law. The act’s original intention was much simpler than its practical implications today: to end gender discrimination in schools that receive government money. Pushed forward by then-U.S. Rep. Edith Green, D-Ore., Title IX of this legislation has become influential for athletes across the nation.

The government has now told schools that the surest way to adhere to Title IX is through proportionality, meaning that if half the school’s students are women, half of its athletes should be women as well. As a result, women’s collegiate sports

» FOOTBALL, from page 16 the second half and took over. Stone gashed Bruno for 114 yards and three touchdowns on just 10 carries, including a 63-yard scamper that put the cherry on top of Dartmouth’s sundae and handed it a 44-14 advantage in the fourth quarter.

Vaunted for its run-stopping ability before the game, the Bruno defense was helpless as the Big Green ran for 266 yards on just 40 carries, amounting to a staggering 6.6 yards per carry.

The defense had its issues, but it also had little help from the attack.

Fuller was intercepted on Bruno’s first drive of the second half, giving Dartmouth the ball on the Bears’ nineyard line. Of course, that resulted in a quick touchdown from Williams to McManus.

The Bears’ next three drives totaled only 10 plays, with the 10th being a sack and fumble recovered

by Dartmouth at Brown’s thirty-two.

The short field set up the Big Green for its third touchdown of the third quarter, which joined the first quarter against Princeton and the fourth quarter against Harvard as the ugliest periods of Bruno’s 2014 season so far.

The Bears were outgained 130-66, were outscored 20-0 and committed two turnovers.

Fuller had a lackluster day, going 16-of-30 for 195 yards, a pick and a touchdown, but those numbers are far from disastrous.

Unfortunately for the Bears, he left the game with an injury seconds into the fourth quarter.

His replacement, Kyle Moreno ’17, was unimpressive, completing just two of six passes for 30 yards, though he did throw his first collegiate touchdown.

The quarterbacks also suffered for reasons beyond their control, as Dartmouth’s pass rush repeatedly found

teams have sprung up across the country at an astonishing rate in the past 40 years.

When Title IX was signed into law in 1972, just under 30,000 women participated in collegiate athletics. That number had jumped to nearly 200,000 by the 2012-13 school year. Almost seven times as many

achievements come? When Title IX was introduced, colleges could achieve proportionality in one of two ways: by either adding women’s teams or cutting back on the number of men’s teams. Because adding new teams requires funding, most colleges opted to cut men’s teams.

The men’s sports that have taken

has, by far, the most male participants: the football team.

At Brown, the football roster counts roughly 100 players, which is the size of 10 tennis teams, nine squash teams or three-and-a-half wrestling teams. In order to comply with Title IX, a college is forced to cut teams and substantially slim

Perhaps a better way to maintain equality in collegiate athletics is to ensure that each college has the same number of men’s and women’s teams, as opposed to the same number of men and women competing in athletics. This way, a college’s decision to keep an entire football team does not necessarily entail the marginalization of other sports teams.

women play college sports today as when the law first took effect. Title IX sparked the interest and participation in women’s sports that helped lead to World Cup victories for the U.S. women’s soccer team in 1991 and 1999, countless Olympic medals and a successful professional women’s basketball league — the WNBA. But at what cost have these home. Fuller was hit hard and often, which led to his being pulled after going down particularly hard after a pass. The passers were also without weapons Reiley Higgins ’15 and Alex Jette ’17, who both sustained injuries during the game.

“You’ve got to credit their guys,” Fuller said. He added that the Dartmouth pass rush got a big boost in the second half when defensive lineman Evan Chrustic returned from a suspension for targeting.

As the Big Green blitzed Fuller play after play, the Bears were forced to turn to the rush game to keep the defense honest.

But Dartmouth shut the running attack down as well, as the Bears rushed 33 times for a measly 107 yards. With a 3.2 yards per carry average, the Bears gained less than half the yardage per rush that Dartmouth did.

Bruno’s leading rusher was Johnny Pena ’17, who had never received a collegiate carry before Saturday but rushed seven times for 41 yards.

Starting running back Andrew Coke ’16 ran 10 times for just 29 yards.

Despite being so dynamic in previous games, Seth Rosenbauer ’16 got just two carries for five yards as he battled injuries.

With the embarrassing loss behind them, the Bears will look to redeem themselves in next week’s season finale.

Fortunately, that matchup will be against Columbia (0-9, 0-6), who now sits as the conference’s lone winless team after falling Saturday to Cornell.

“All of our focus is directed at taking advantage of this last time,” Fuller said.

“It’s going to be special for the seniors,” Giovacchini said, adding that the Bears needed to “finish strong.”

Bruno’s shot to end its season and the careers of its seniors on a high note kicks off at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

the biggest hits since the implementation of Title IX are wrestling, gymnastics, tennis, track and field and swimming. In 1980, there were 116 collegiate men’s gymnastics teams.

Now, there are only seventeen. A major reason why colleges are forced to completely cut sports teams is their unwavering support of the team that brings in the most revenue, but also

down others to keep an entire football team.

Perhaps a better way to maintain equality in collegiate athletics is to ensure that each college has the same number of men’s and women’s teams, as opposed to the same number of men and women competing in athletics. This way, a college’s decision to keep an entire football team does not

necessarily entail the marginalization of other sports teams.

Among student activities, why has Title IX only been implemented in athletics? The original legislation simply states that schools cannot discriminate according to gender. By the same logic that enforces equal participation in athletics, other school programs should also have equal participation from both sexes.

Not only is ensuring equal representation of men and women in everything from orchestras to dramatic productions an unlikely goal, but also the quality of such programs would fall as a result of the school needing to fill quotas of either more men or women to comply with Title IX. At its core, Title IX is a good thing. It has benefited hundreds of thousands of women across America, and it has changed attitudes toward sports in general. But implementation of the legislation is inconsistent, and its specificities can be improved so that the rise of collegiate women’s sports does not inherently mean the elimination of men’s teams.

Charlie Blasberg ’18 can be reached at charles_blasberg@brown.edu.

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W. ICE HOCKEY

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Ariana Rucker ’16 handles the puck in a recent game. Despite a strong showing in their overtime loss to Colgate Saturday night, the Bears lost both matchups this weekend, failing to sustain their momentum from last week’s back-to-back home wins over the University of Maine. Bruno will look to rebound against Providence in a contest for the Mayor’s Cup Nov. 28.

Offense dries up as Bruno goes winless on road trip First conference road games end in defeat as Cornell, Colgate score nine combined goals

By TANEIL RUFFIN SPORTS STAFF WRITER

In spite of last weekend’s superb offensive demonstration, the women’s hockey team fell short and handed conference victories to Cornell, 5-1, and Colgate, 4-3, this weekend when the Bears hit the road and returned to conference play.

Coming off an impressive sweep of the University of Maine, Bruno (3-6-0, 1-3-0 ECAC) headed to Ithaca first to challenge Cornell (2-4-0, 2-2-0). The Big Red’s then-winless team was fortunate to see the return of its head coach and two of its star players — who contributed four combined goals in Friday’s contest. The three represented Team Canada in its gold-medal-winning endeavor at the Four Nations Cup. The Ivy League foe came out on the attack early in the game. After winning possession from the first faceoff, the Big Red immediately tried to crack the Bears’ defense by rapidly firing several shots on goal. Cornell eventually managed to get the puck past Bruno’s defense and score the first goal of the contest. Notable defensive efforts by

goaltender Monica Elvin ’17 and Hunter Davis ’16 were able to forestall the persistent Big Red’s first goal.

“I think our defensive play has been improving,” said Janice Yang ’15. “In particular, I thought we were better this past weekend blocking shots.”

Minutes later, Cornell put the puck through the pipes again, bringing the score to 2-0. Undaunted by the early two-point deficit, the Bears managed to score after capitalizing on one of Cornell’s blunders. Yang gained control of the puck in Bruno’s offensive zone and quickly passed to Brittany Moorehead ’15, who launched a shot on goal. The shot was blocked by the Cornell goalie, but Moorehead was able to rebound the puck and whipped it again towards the net, this time converting and bringing the score to 2-1.

Taking the ice after the first intermission, offensive play by both teams seemed to slow down drastically, resulting in a scoreless second period.

Bruno’s defense limited the Big Red to just seven shots on goal during the 20-minute interval, while the Bears managed to launch only five of their

own.

To compensate for the sluggish middle period, Bruno attempted to pick up the pace, sending multiple shots on goal from the start of the third. The final stretch opened with a power-play opportunity for the Bears, giving the squad a one-player advantage. But incurring two penalties less than a minute apart erased Bruno’s edge and resulted in a 4-on-3 situation in favor of the Big Red. Capitalizing on the mismatch and the sway in momentum, Cornell went on a 3-0 scoring run, distancing itself from the Bears. Leaving Bruno with little time to overcome the deficit, Cornell claimed its first victory with a 5-1 win.

In another ECAC matchup, the Bears travelled to Hamilton, New York Saturday to take on the Colgate Raiders (3-8-0, 1-3-0).

Looking to get ahead early, the Raiders promptly sent the puck towards the goal just seconds into the game.

Elvin initially blocked the shot, but a Colgate player managed to rebound the redirected puck and slap it into the net, sending the score to 1-0 within 28 seconds of the start of the contest. After the near-instantaneous goal, neither the Bears nor their opponents were able

to score a goal for the duration of the first interval, sending both teams off the ice for the first intermission with a score of 1-0.

The second period commenced with both teams energized and eager to put points on the scoreboard. During one stretch, for every two shots the Raiders sent toward Elvin, Bruno responded with two of its own. Neither team managed to convert most of its shots.

Colgate was prevented from distancing itself from the Bears largely by Elvin’s incredible blocks. The goalie had 34 of her weekend total 62 saves in the matchup against Colgate.

After minutes of continuing play in this seesawing nature, the Bears were finally able to equalize the score midway through the second period. Erin Conway ’17 slapped the puck into the back of the net to bring the score to 1-1. The goal was assisted by Davis and ECAC player of the week, Kaitlyn Keon ’15.

A goal by Colgate late in the second period put the home team up 2-1 going into the second intermission.

A rally by the Bears in the third period enabled Bruno to outscore the Raiders 2-1 in the final 20 minutes of regulation. Sarah Robson ’15 opened the third period with a goal of her own

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to even the score. Colgate responded about halfway through the period. Not to be bested, Sam Donovan ’18 scored the game-tying goal. After stealing the puck from the Raiders in the offensive zone, Donovan skillfully duped the Colgate goalie and sent the puck into the net.

Bruno’s comeback went unanswered

by Colgate, and the standard 60 minutes of play ended with a score of 3-3, sending the game into overtime.

In minute two of the five-minutelong overtime, Colgate managed to score, ending the contest with a score of 4-3 and granting the Raiders their first conference victory.

“We played tough in both games,” Yang said. “We had our chances, and sometimes they don’t always go your way, but there were definitely parts in both games that we were happy about.”

The Bears will take a break from competition this weekend but will return to action Nov. 28 when the team takes on Providence College (1-10-3, 1-3-1 HEA) in the 20th annual Mayor’s Cup. Bruno looks to reclaim the trophy after having two consecutive years of citywide bragging rights interrupted

by Providence’s narrow victory against the Bears last year.

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Theo offers licks of love to his owner Friday on the Main Green. Despite the recent cold front, the canine and his owner took to the Brown outdoors complete with fur and fun.

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Faculty members and students will engage in a discussion, based on the use of the hashtag #FergusonSyllabus, on how to effectively teach current events that are infused with emotion. J. Walter Wilson 202

TOMORROW 4:30 P.M. JANUS LECTURE: HOW SHOULD COLLEGES HANDLE SEXUAL ASSAULT?

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The Development Studies DUG will host a presentation of Oxfam’s mission and how students can get involved. Watson Institute, McKinney Conference Room

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The discussion will explore the origins and social implications of a binary model of gender. Petteruti Lounge

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

A University out of tune Though Brown’s music program began in 1895 and generates musicians of all types — conductors, performers, rappers, producers, audio-engineers — the University remains the only school in the Ivy League that lacks a suitable large-scale concert hall.

Over the past few years, the Department of Music has strongly advocated for a space designated to the performing arts at Brown. While both students and faculty members endorse this mission, the University has continued to overlook the need for an appropriate concert space. Last year, the Committee on Reimagining the Brown Campus and Community recognized the need to build a concert hall in its interim report, but no progress has been made since.

This lack of action reflects a misguided financial agenda. As the administration works to expand Brown’s campus, it nonetheless continues to discount the needs of both the music department and the other students involved in performance groups. Earlier this year, the Corporation announced plans to build two new buildings for the School of Engineering and the Division of Applied Mathematics, and two years ago, the University opened the Nelson Fitness Center to provide the space needed for general recreational use in order to relieve the strain on training areas for varsity athletes. If science students have spaces devoted to their laboratory work and athletes have facilities in which to train, that musicians have no proper performance space points to an incongruity in the University’s policies and an ill-considered prioritization of student and faculty needs.

As the campus stands today, the orchestra and chorus perform in Sayles Hall, a building donated to the University in 1861 to be “forever devoted to lectures and recitations, and to meetings on academic occasions.” It lacks both suitable acoustics and appropriate seating for concert performances. The many smaller performance spaces available on campus like Leeds Theater, Grant Recital Hall and the Martinos Auditorium in the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts serve smaller ensembles well, but fail to provide for larger-scale performances of the music and theater arts and performance studies departments.

A performance space would also serve as an invaluable addition to campus for Brown community members who are not directly involved in music. In the past, events like the Dalai Lama’s speech, the annual Folk Festival and President Christina Paxson’s inauguration have had to be held downtown or outdoors to accommodate the large number of attendees.

Support for music and performing arts programs should be inherent to any liberal academic institution, especially one like Brown, which is home to a faculty and a student body that values creativity, innovation and interdisciplinary learning. Without the appropriate space, these principles cannot properly be celebrated or absorbed by both musicians and the broader campus community.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014

In response to President Paxson’s most recent email THE JANUS FORUM guest columnist

For years, the Janus Forum has been an integral part of fostering discussions on Brown’s campus. True to our name and mission statement, we believe there are two sides to any question, and we are excited to have the opportunity to host an engaging debate Tuesday entitled “How should colleges handle sexual assault?” Due to some concerns from members of the campus community, including President Christina Paxson, we think it is important to reaffirm why and how Janus hosts debates.

Since its inception, Janus has been an organization committed to leaving no belief unchallenged, no matter how dearly held, with the hope of promoting self-reflection.

The format of our events has always reflected this: two speakers, 20 minutes each, with the same time allotted for Q&A as for speaker statements. This format has allowed us to successfully host prolific and outspoken guests, from a discussion with the Ray Kelly protesters to a panel on coal divestment to a debate featuring Noam Chomsky. It is our duty to the student body to address prevalent issues that matter to it.

With the national attention de-

voted to sexual assault policy reform, specifically on college campuses, we felt it was vitally important to have this debate. We in Janus do not believe affirming free speech comes at the cost of obscuring the truth. Rather, we feel the purpose of a debate is to allow the students to judge for themselves the validity of the viewpoints presented.

When this event was first made public, some members of the Brown community expressed concerns that

to attend this debate.

Despite Janus’s commitment to opening discussions for the student body and the steps taken to alleviate students’ concerns, some voices on campus think this topic should not be debated. Several of these students petitioned Paxson to cancel our event. Paxson sent out an email to the student body on Friday evening objecting to the nature of our debate and instead promoted an alternative event, which has been scheduled for

Orchowski entitled “The Research on Rape Culture,” is an important event, and we would have been more than happy to promote it had it been scheduled for any other time period. Unfortunately, it was deliberately planned as an alternative to our own, forcing students to choose between two events, both of which we believe are worthy of their time.

By endorsing Orchowski’s event, Paxson has denounced ours.

When students are forced to

When students are forced to choose, events no longer serve to “provide the community with more research and facts about these important issues,” as Paxson hoped for in her email.

one of our speakers, Wendy McElroy, would be insensitive to the lived experiences of sexual assault survivors. We have listened closely and actively taken steps to address these concerns. We will be hosting Sexual Assault Peer Education in Salomon 203 at the same time as the debate if at any point during the lecture students need to leave and receive support. It is of paramount importance to us that measures are in place so as many students as possible are able

the same time.

We want to be clear: We have no issue with our University president taking a stance on substantive issues. Our concern is that the president’s email implies opposition to the structure of the debate — a structure designed with the tenets of free expression in mind.

We believe the alternative event promoted by the president, a lecture

by Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Lindsay

choose, events no longer serve to “provide the community with more research and facts about these important issues,” as Paxson hoped for in her email. Ultimately, it is the student body as a whole that misses out on vital opportunities. In fact, the other event would have been an excellent complement to the views of our other speaker, Jessica Valenti.

Valenti was chosen on account of her well-known and well-respected position worldwide, and especially

within the Brown community. Valenti is an ardent critic of the prevalence of rape culture in society and specifically on college campuses and will touch upon several of the points that Orchowski will make. For this reason, we think it is a shame that some students will not have the opportunity to attend Orchowski’s event because it has been scheduled at the same time as the Janus debate.

It is an unsettling precedent for our president to use her position to decide what counts as acceptable discourse. It was Paxson’s office that approached Janus in 2013 asking to co-sponsor a series on gun rights in America, knowing full well that Janus was the most qualified organization to hold those discussions.

Many students affirm and value Janus’s mission of creating open spaces for these conversations, and we do not appreciate Paxson’s implication that the Janus debate is another problem that needs to be dealt with.

Ideally, Paxson would be in the front row of the debate on Tuesday, sitting alongside students, both listening to and voicing questions and concerns on this topic.

The Janus Forum will host “How should colleges handle sexual assault?” at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday in Salomon 101. It can be reached at janusforum@gmail.com.

51 shades of gray GRAHAM ROTENBERG opinions columnist

The fallout from the ill-conceived, poorly construed and seemingly never-ending “war on terror” has been decisive. Americans now hold an aversion to large-scale ground troop intervention, especially in the Middle East. According to a recent CNN poll, less than 40 percent of Americans favor sending ground troops back into Iraq to battle the Islamic State. However, 75 percent think it is “likely” or “somewhat likely” that combat troops are going to be sent into Iraq or Syria.

I have conflicting views on what policy action the U.S. government should seek. The libertarian ideologue within me does not believe in this form of formal, governmental intervention. However, I will endeavor to explain three beliefs. First, not all interventions are created equal. Second, the Islamic State’s systemic human rights violations and commitment to ideological repression are a travesty that is impossible to ignore. Third, I think intervention might be justified, based on limited-government principles.

As demonstrated by the Vietnam and Iraq wars, intervention can do more harm than good. The fervent anti-Communism that shrouded President Lyndon Johnson’s geopolitical decision-making created conditions where Johnson felt that intervention was not only inevitable, but required.

Furthermore, President George W. Bush’s assertion regarding the existence of weapons

of mass destruction in Iraq proved to be largely false. In fact, Saddam Hussein did not have modern large stockpiles, as the Bush administration contended. U.S. troops did find these weapons, but they were “remnants of longabandoned programs, built in close collaboration with the West,” the New York Times reported. It appears that in these two interventions, data was misconstrued and the decision to intervene was ill-conceived.

According to the Huffington Post, a video has emerged that has a “suspected Islamic State

ties. In Jason Brennan’s book “Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know,” he describes libertarianism as an ideology that promotes radical tolerance. The Islamic State promotes radical intolerance. According to an Australian government report that cited Islamic State public statements, the Islamic State “promotes sectarian violence” and “targets those who do not agree with its interpretations as infidels and apostates.”

Therefore, I believe one can justify a more forceful intervention on some form of libertar-

The Islamic State promotes radical intolerance.

fighter” describing how he sold Yazidi girls, belonging to an Iraqi minority group, into the slave trade. According to representatives of the Yazidi community, 7,000 Yazidi girls have been kidnapped. On Mount Sinjar, where the Islamic State has surrounded more than 10,000 Yazidis, “ISIS forces are taking over Yazidi villages near the mountain one after another, killing the men and selling the women and children into the slave trade,” the Daily Beast reported.

The Yazidis have also been forced to “convert” or be “killed,” Mona Siddiqui wrote in an opinions column for the Guardian this summer.

The Islamic State’s intentions are expansionary and oppressive and go further than other regimes to violate basic human liber-

ian grounds. Libertarians, or classical liberals, share a strong belief in the right to enter into consensual contracts and the right to live free from coercion. Libertarian economist Milton Friedman describes the role of government in his book “Capitalism and Freedom” as “a forum for determining the ‘rules of the game’ and as an umpire to interpret and enforce the rules decided on.”

Iraq’s constitution affirms individual rights.

For instance, Article 23 of the Iraqi constitution affirms that “personal property is protected” and “no property may be taken away except for the purposes of public benefit.” Furthermore, Article 7 states that “no entity or program, under any name, may adopt racism,

terrorism (and) the calling of others infidels” in Iraq.

Under the Islamic State’s rule, Iraq will be unable to act as an “arbiter” of these fundamental freedoms and aggressions that are clearly being committed. Though former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki took sectarian positions, the aspirations of the Iraqi government in the 2000s were based on liberal values of liberty and freedom. Therefore, if the Iraqi government needs assistance to facilitate its primary function as an arbiter and protector of rights, why can’t external governments help it restore its duty? Is there not a moral duty to enter into a contract with the Iraqi government to help it try to restore some commitment to liberal values?

The answers to both of these questions are incredibly unclear. One could argue that an unequivocal ground troop invasion could lead to a restoration of a government founded on liberal principles and restore the nature of government as an umpire through the vehicle of a contract between the Iraqi and American governments. But if the recent history of American intervention is any indication (think Somalia and Iraq), a lack of consequential understanding of the region married with lack of substantial support within Iraq could lead to a futile enterprise that actually does more harm than good. Thus, based on this libertarian framework there is a justification for intervening to fight the Islamic State.

Graham Rotenberg ’17 can be reached at graham_rotenberg@brown.edu.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014

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Big Green’s big quarter dooms Bruno to losing Ivy mark After grabbing early lead, Bears concede 37 straight points to fall to 2-4 in Ivy League with one game left

By ANDREW FLAX SENIOR STAFF WRITER

When the football team headed to Hanover to take on Dartmouth, its matchup pitted a team whose Ivy title dream was still alive against one whose hopes had already been shattered. When the final whistle blew, it was clear which team was which.

After a closely contested first half, the Big Green (7-2, 5-1 Ivy) pulled away with a huge third quarter, eventually blowing out the Bears (4-5, 2-4) by a 44-21 final tally.

“It was a tough one,” said linebacker and co-captain Dan Giovacchini ’15.

Bruno looked good early, leading 14-7 after the first play of the second quarter. Quarterback Marcus Fuller ’15 was 6-of-10 for 78 yards and a touchdown, and the defense forced Dartmouth into a three-and-out on its first drive before yielding a touchdown on the second.

But it was all downhill from there.

The Big Green scored the game’s next 37 points, as Bruno struggled mightily on both sides of the ball.

Fuller said Dartmouth “looked

like a new team” in the second half, and noted that the Big Green came out with a different “energy.”

Dartmouth scored on its next drive after Bruno’s touchdown, moving the ball mainly through a strategy Bruno became familiar with but could not stop: rushes from quarterback Dalyn Williams. The dual threat ran four times for 43 yards and was 4-of-

“It was a tough one.”

Dan Giovacchini ’15 FOOTBALL CO-CAPTAIN

4 passing for 33 yards on the drive.

Williams tore Bruno up all day, rushing 18 times for 100 yards and going 25-of-33 passing for 248 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. He was one of three Big Green players who gave the Bears fits as Dartmouth’s offense ran wild, racking up 519 yards of total offense.

Giovacchini said the quarterback’s versatility made him difficult to contain. Though he gained 100 yards on the ground, Giovacchini noted that the vast majority of that total came when Williams could not find a receiver and ran with the ball from the pocket.

“He was able to tuck the ball and run,” Giovacchini said. “He definitely

hurt us scrambling around.”

The second Dartmouth player who made trouble for the Bears was wide receiver Ryan McManus. Seemingly uncoverable, the wideout racked up 154 yards on a career-high 13 catches.

He was also on the receiving end of all three of Williams’ touchdowns.

The Bears would surely have done a better job stopping McManus had it not been for the absence of stud corner Jacob Supron ’15 due to injury.

His replacement, Jordan Ferguson ’17, led the team with 12 tackles, but half of those came from bringing down receivers who had already made catches. Ferguson was also beaten

by McManus on the latter’s first two touchdown catches.

“They kind of went after Jordan,” Giovacchini said. But he added that Ferguson should not take the blame for Dartmouth’s success. Ferguson will be “a really solid cornerstone of this defense,” Giovacchini said.

While the results from his first significant action were mixed, it is impressive that Ferguson was called upon to fill Supron’s spot as a sophomore.

The third and arguably biggest thorn in the Bears’ side was freshman running back Ryder Stone. He entered the game with just two career carries for two yards, but when starter Kyle Bramble was injured, he entered in » See FOOTBALL, page 11

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Brian Strachan ’15 makes a jumping catch. Despite the Bears’ struggling offense, he had six catches for 65 yards and a touchdown in the loss.