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Mid-year completion speakers selected Tennis ’14.5, Harris ’14.5 posted preliminary ideas on Alternative Commencement blog

“ever-changing paths of the Brown experience.” His speech was inspired by a post he wrote last spring on Alternative Commencement, a blog created

by Ana Olsen ’14 and Kayla Rosen ’14.

The blog “was (a) space for any member of the Brown community to share their parting thoughts with Brown and their parting thoughts with the senior class,” Harris said. “It was a spur-of-the-moment thing when I decided to write a blog post for them.”

“So when I was applying to be a mid-year completion speaker, I decided that point-fiver graduation is like an Alternative Commencement of its own,” he added. “I felt like what I wrote applied more than ever to point-fivers.”

Tennis, a Herald opinions editor and former captain of the pirate a cappella group ARRR!!!, also decided to submit an excerpt from a post she wrote for Alternative Commencement. As she progressed through the rounds of selection, she continued to revise this speech, which focuses on an experience involving an unexpected medical emergency that altered her intended plans for her time at Brown.

“I think speaking will conclude » See MID-YEAR, page 3

By ISABELLE THENOR-LOUIS STAFF WRITER

Gennaro takes final bow at Trinity Repertory After seven years, theater company’s executive director leaves for Goodspeed Musicals

By DREW WILLIAMS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Michael Gennaro will step down from his position as executive director of Trinity Repertory Company after seven years of running daily business at the Providence theater. In February, he will move to East Haddam, Connecticut, to take up the executive director position at Goodspeed Musicals — famous for being the birthplace of the popular Broadway show “Annie.”

“It’s a great fit and an opportunity I never thought I would have,” Gennaro said.

He will succeed Michael Price, the director of Goodspeed for 45 of its 51 years in business. Gennaro described » See GENNARO, page 4

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U. financial aid squeezes middle-class families Students graduate with highest loan debt in Ivy League, some struggling to pay cost of attendance

By STEVEN MICHAEL SENIOR STAFF WRITER

When Amanda Ruggieri ’16 graduates from Brown, she estimates that she will owe between $40,000 and $50,000 in debt. Ruggieri receives a full tuition scholarship from the University, as well as federal Perkins loans and Pell grants.

She also works 13 hours per week as a cashier and supervisor at the Blue Room and five hours per week as a teaching assistant for CLPS 0010: “Elementary Psychology: An Introduction to Mind and Behavior.”

But Ruggieri’s financial aid and multiple on-campus jobs don’t cover the full cost of attendance. The University estimates the cost to be $62,694 for the current academic year — of which tuition is only $46,408. The remaining roughly $16,000 goes toward room, board, books and miscellaneous fees. Ruggieri is paying for college

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herself, so to meet all costs, she is taking out approximately $11,000 per year in student loans.

“It’s an awkward experience,” Ruggieri said, reflecting on the discrepancy between how she is paying for college and how many of her classmates pay for it. “A lot of people are paying for Brown out of pocket. When they graduate they can do whatever they want.”

“There’s always the expectation that families will contribute, and that’s not always the case,” she added.

The University outstrips many of its peers on measures of both lowincome students and students who receive no aid. But for many middleclass students like Ruggieri, attending Brown — a university with a stated commitment to meet all demonstrated financial need for domestic students — can entail student loans or payments that dig deeply into family and personal savings.

By MICHAEL DUBIN UNIVERSITY NEWS EDITOR

Police and court documents that were part of an investigation of two Brown undergraduates who allegedly sexually assaulted a Providence College student last November were released to the public Tuesday when a Rhode Island Superior Court judge unsealed them, multiple news outlets reported Thursday.

Judge Alice Gibney rejected a motion filed by John Grasso and Stephen Brouillard, lawyers for one of the accused, seeking to keep the records from becoming publicly available.

The motion followed several attempts by the PC student to obtain the documents under the Access to Public Records Act. The Providence Journal subsequently filed a motion requesting » See DOCUMENTS, page 2

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In four years tending the Bruno net, Shannon McSweeney ’15 used a “warrior” mentality to turn the field hockey program around.

Goalie’s illustrious career finishes strong McSweeney ’15 sets alltime saves record, instills winning culture for field hockey team

Financial realities Though the University has attracted a relatively high percentage of lowincome students — as evidenced by the share of students receiving federal Pell grants — Brown lags behind many » See FIN AID, page 3

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Following judge’s ruling, attorney general’s office releases witness statements, emails

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By MATTHEW BROWNSWORD SPORTS STAFF WRITER

When All-Ivy goalie Shannon McSweeney ’15 pulls her helmet over her head — just before the whistle

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Wayland Square Diner revives the ’50s with classic jukeboxes and all-American food

Online art marketplace Folkmade aims to celebrate College Hill’s artistic community

Football seeks to level its record in Senior Day matchup with Columbia

Men’s basketball struggles with turnovers, fouls and free-throw shooting in pair of losses

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Maggie Tennis ’14.5 and Todd Harris ’14.5 were chosen as this year’s midyear completion speakers after delivering speeches before a committee.

After advancing through a competitive selection process, Todd Harris ’14.5 and Maggie Tennis ’14.5 have been chosen as this year’s mid-year completion speakers, said Kathleen McSharry, associate dean of the College for writing and curriculum.

To be considered for the honor of mid-year completion speaker, students must be nominated by a peer or nominate themselves. Each year, 15 to 35 students submit short pieces that serve as snippets of their potential speeches, McSharry said.

A committee of faculty members reviews the snippets and narrows down the pool of candidates. These candidates are then invited to deliver their whole speeches in person before the committee.

Harris, a former president of the Undergraduate Council of Students, centered his speech on the

Judge unseals PC sexual assault case records

blows — she doesn’t see a 100 x 60 yard piece of wet astroturf.

She sees a battlefield.

When she sees an opponent’s shot flying toward her, it’s not traveling at 80 miles per hour at a 10-degree angle above the ground.

It’s just a ball, and she has one objective: to keep it out of the back of the net.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

U. expects 28 percent increase in utility costs In response to rising natural gas prices, U. will focus on boosting conservation efforts

By LINDSAY GANTZ SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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As a residential peer leader, Lauren Galvan ’16 conceived of the idea for BWell Health Promotion Week after polling her residents and observing high stress levels due to classes and college life.

Initiative focuses on campus mental health Week-long program includes workshops, screenings, scrub-making for students to unwind

By KATHARINE GROETZINGER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As students prepare for finals period, BWell Health Promotion Week is offering a host of workshops, discussions and activities aimed at promoting students’ mental health. The series of events is the brainchild of Lauren Galvan ’16, who is pursing an independent concentration in mental health and healing.

Galvan, a former Herald photographer, came up with the idea for BWell Week through interactions with peers in Graduate Center C, where she serves as a residential peer leader. She sent out a survey at the beginning of the semester to gauge the emotional well-being of her residents and was surprised to find that many juniors and seniors still struggle with stress induced by demanding classes and dorm life.

“I felt like I had to target that (stress) to fulfill the needs of my residents,” she said. She added that she feels the program serves the needs of the entire Brown community, not just the upperclassmen with whom she lives.

To establish the program, Galvan contacted the director of BWell Health Promotion, a division of Health Services, in late September with her idea to run a series of wellness programs in collaboration with the division.

She cited sexual assaults and suicides in the past few semesters as factors that have negatively affected well-being across campus.

“These two overwhelming, emotional topics have been very highly publicized without there having been a very public message that you need to take care of yourself,” she said.

To kick off BWell Week, Galvan

co-hosted a screening Sunday night of “The Pursuit of Happyness” with Students for Samaritans, a student group aiming to prevent suicide and raise awareness of mental health on campus.

Galvan said she was surprised 15 undergrads were willing to take a break from studying on a Sunday night to relax and watch a movie.

On Monday, Mark Rubinstein, a psychotherapist at Counseling and Psychological Services, led a time management and stress relief workshop.”

“We had about 12 people, which was a nice, intimate size,” he said, adding that though he had never led a time management workshop before, he thought it went well.

In the second half of the workshop, Rubinstein focused on teaching students ways to manage stressful situations and reduce their overall stress levels. He led the group in breathing exercises, a practice he has taught to both large groups and individuals in the course of his career.

The series continued with a “Mindfulness in Relationships” workshop Tuesday afternoon led by Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Eric Loucks, whose research focuses on the effect of mindfulness on cardiovascular health.

BWell Week sponsored three events on Wednesday, the busiest day of the program. Brown Emergency Medical Services offered a drop-in CPR clinic in the lower lobby of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center that taught participants the hands-only method of CPR. The Curricular Resource Center simultaneously hosted “Tea and Gratitude: Make Your Own Thank-You Cards” upstairs.

“The thank-you notes went really well. Someone made one for their roommate,” Galvan said.

On Wednesday evening, Queen Nefertiti Shabazz ’17 — leader of the student group Radical Artists, which runs art therapy programs in Providence — led a workshop entitled “Creating

Your Calm: Art Therapy Techniques to De-stress.” Attendees had the chance to make a sugar scrub from scratch while listening to the soothing tones of Enya playing in the background. Shabazz emphasized the importance of sensory elements to mental well-being as she explained how to make the scrubs.

“As a busy college student, when do you actually have the time to touch yourself?” Shabazz asked the group, provoking nervous laughter.

On Thursday night, Michael Snower ’17 helped students find their centers through transformative yoga, which complemented the mental stimulation of previous BWell events earlier in the week.

Frances Mantak, director of health promotion, will lead a self-compassion workshop Friday evening, and Juan Santoyo ’15, a leader of the Brown Meditation Community and a contemplative studies concentrator, is set to lead a workshop on mindful leadership Saturday.

Santoyo said students do not need to hold leadership positions to benefit from his workshop. “As Brown students, we are being trained to be leaders in anything we do.”

He plans to teach attendees practices for dealing with unexpected events and methods of cultivating awareness of the emotional states of both themselves and those around them.

BWell Week will conclude with a “Silent, Mindful Lunch” Sunday with food provided by Kabob and Curry.

CAPS Director Sherri Nelson said the melting pot of campus groups and activities brought together by BWell Week is an example of the way in which CAPS hopes to partner with students in the future to raise awareness about mental wellness. She added that the program complements other plans for student involvement in mental health and awareness on campus that require more time and investment to carry out.

Inspired by the success of the program so far, Galvan said she hopes BWell Week will become an annual series, adding that she plans to coordinate it again next year.

BWell is the new name of the Health Promotion arm of Health Services and has existed for more than 20 years. BWell facilitates outreach for both Health Services and CAPS by hosting a health tip texting service, workshops and events throughout the year. BWell staff members work closely with RPLs and the Brown University Relaxation Project on peer counseling.

“In order to have the reach we need to have, engaging students is key,” said BWell Health Educator Naomi Ninneman.

Over the next five years, the amount that the University pays for utilities such as gas and electric is predicted to increase by about 28 percent, or $5 million, said Christopher Powell, assistant vice president for sustainable energy and environmental initiatives at the Department of Facilities Management. Last fiscal year, the University spent $17.8 million on utility costs.

The cost increase results from projected rises in electricity prices. Starting Jan. 1, electricity prices for the typical Rhode Island resident will rise by 23.6 percent, National Grid — Brown’s energy provider — announced Thursday.

The University will see an increase comparable to that of residential homes, said David Graves, a National Grid spokesperson. Natural gas is “clearer and less expensive” than coal and oil, so there is a higher demand for it among customers, Graves said.

Rises in utilities costs are primarily the result of external forces of supply and demand, Powell said.

The demand for coal and oil has decreased substantially since 2000, according to figures provided by the Independent System Operator of New England, a nonprofit organization that regulates electricity flow in the region.

In 2000, oil accounted for 22 percent of electric energy production in New England, while coal accounted for 18 percent and natural gas 15 percent.

In 2013, total electrical energy production was less than 1 percent oil, 6 percent coal and 46 percent natural gas.

Danny Musher, programming services officer at the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, cited the closure of several New England oil and coal power plants as a factor increasing the demand for natural gas.

Graves said “within New England, there’s very little supply” due to constraints on regional pipelines and New England’s distance from the natural gas supply.

“The longer the transmission distance, the larger the cost to get the gas to those points,” Graves said. Several projects are underway to increase the supply of natural gas to the New England region.

Despite facing increased pressure relative to other regions in the United States, New England is “a leader in investing in energy-efficiency,” Musher said. Rhode Island was ranked the seventh-most energy efficient state

» DOCUMENTS, from page 1 the records’ public release.

The newly public documents include a police report, witness interviews, emails and photographs of the scene where the assault allegedly occurred, NBC 10 reported.

The two accused, both of whom were members of Brown’s football team and one of whom withdrew from the University prior to the start of the academic year, do not face criminal charges

in the country in 2012, The Herald reported at the time.

Musher said that though conservation efforts will not entirely solve the problem, conserving energy resources can drive down energy costs.

When the cost of oil skyrocketed in 2009, Facilities was forced to take proactive measures in response, said Stephen Maiorisi, vice president for Facilities Management. “We had to do a lot of energy conservation,” he said.

Powell said the Office of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Initiatives and Facilities hopes to invest in the use of LED technology and enhance the retro-commissioning program, which already uses software to find energy use anomalies in 20 campus buildings.

In the new School of Engineering building, set to be completed in 2018, Facilities Management will “be looking at combining heat and power” to produce electricity and heating and cooling systems simultaneously, Powell said. The goal is to reach as close to “zero impact” as possible without disrupting research and teaching, Powell said.

“The feasibility of those (initiatives) depends on what the (prices) are,” Maiorisi said.

“Relatively speaking, our utilities per square foot have been managed really well,” said Beppie Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration.

An increase in utilities costs “puts pressure on revenues” such as tuition and other fees, Huidekoper said. Having lower utilities costs gives the University “more discretion” over choices such as growing staff or increasing salaries, she said. “The conservation efforts have allowed us to allocate resources to some other things.”

Meggie Patton, University energy and environmental programs outreach coordinator, said students and staff members can have substantial impacts on energy costs.

“We’re busy, and we have class, and we don’t take a whole lot of ownership on the utilities costs,” she said.

“If students take small measures like unplugging electrical devices and turning lights off, suddenly that’s going to have a major impact on our utilities.”

The student group Climate Action League partners with Facilities to provide data and resources that support energy-efficiency initiatives.

Group member Haily Tran ’16 said the group will work with the Rhode Island Department of Administration to distribute information to the community about how much utilities costs are rising in the state and why.

The group will start gathering student volunteers after winter break to help with community outreach, she added. after a grand jury decided in August not to indict them.

Amy Kempe, public information officer for the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office, said the office argued in favor of releasing the records. Following Gibney’s decision, Kempe said the attorney general’s office “went through the process of reviewing and determining what could and could not be disclosed.”

-With additional reporting by Camilla Brandfield-Harvey

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Admission’s website.

of its peer institutions in universityprovided aid, and its graduates have the highest average debt burden of the Ivy League.

This year, 43 percent of undergraduates received financial aid, said James Tilton, director of financial aid. This measurement of aid does not include students who receive only loans and work-study assistance. Including these categories, 46 percent of Brown students receive some form of financial aid during the current academic year, according to the Office of Financial Aid’s website.

By this metric, Brown has consistently been at the bottom of the Ivy League in recent years. According to a U.S. News and World Report survey of the 2012-2013 academic year — the most recent year available with full data on Ivy League institutions’ financial aid profiles — Brown ranked last out of the eight Ivies on the percentage of students who received any form of aid from their school. Princeton and Harvard ranked at the top of the Ivy League, with 59 percent and 58 percent of students receiving university aid, respectively. Penn was the closest to Brown’s 46 percent mark, with 47 percent of Penn students receiving university aid.

And for graduation debt — a key focus of national policy discussions about financial aid in higher education — Brown also ranks worst in the Ivy League.

The average graduate in the class of 2013 left College Hill with $24,382 in debt, according to a report from the nonprofit Institute for College Access and Success. This figure is less than the national average of $28,400, according to the report, but makes Brown students the most indebted in the Ivies.

Princeton graduates were the least indebted among the Ivies, graduating with debts of $5,552 on average.

Middle-class students at universities like Brown, which provide needbased aid, typically receive less aid compared to low-income students than they do at universities that provide merit-based aid, said Lucie Lapovsky, principal for Lapovsky Consulting and an expert in higher education finance and governance.

A significant gap persists between the share of Brown’s applicants who apply for aid and those who receive it. Among the 67 percent of admitted students who applied for aid in the class of 2018, only 44 percent received any, according to the Office of

A ‘function of resources’ While the comparatively low rate of students receiving aid from the University could point to the presence of many high-income students on campus and the budgetary limits of Brown’s financial aid program, the portion of the student body receiving Pell grants indicates that the University has attracted a larger share of low-income students.

Among Ivy-plus schools — the Ivies, Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Brown ties for the highest percentage of students receiving Pell grants, a federal aid program that funds lowincome students pursuing higher education. An average of seventeen percent of Brown first-years received Pell grants from 2012 to 2014, as did first-years at Harvard and MIT, the New York Times reported Sept. 8.

In the current academic year, 1,095 Brown students received Pell grants with a total value of $4.8 million — an 11 percent increase over the last five years, according to the Financial Aid Office website.

But with many students at both ends of the socioeconomic spectrum, middle-class students are often forced to take out loans to fund their education, leading to debt upon graduation.

And unlike those of many of its Ivy peers, Brown’s financial aid packages include both grants and loans, which must be paid back with interest. Columbia, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale do not include loans in their aid packages, Tilton said.

“If a family earns less than $60,000, there is ordinarily no parental contribution, and (families with annual incomes) under $100,000 have no loans in their aid packages,” said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73.

But Miller acknowledged that Brown has work to do in catching up to its peers on meeting the needs of students who fall between the ends of the socioeconomic spectrum. “We do a good job with low-income students, but I think we’re all concerned about the pressures on middle-class families,” he said.

The presence of loans in financial aid packages is a “function of resources,” Tilton said. The University will spend $104.1 million — 11 percent of its total operating budget — on financial aid during the current academic year, according to the Financial Aid Office website. This budgetary category has seen rapid growth since

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friends who started Alternative Commencement last year,” Harris said. “It was great to have that process of sharing my thoughts about Brown on this blog and going through the process of those thoughts evolving.”

Tennis said she appreciates the opportunity to speak alongside Harris, a longtime acquaintance. “Todd was one of the first people I met at Brown, so it’s just great to start and end my Brown experience with him,” she said.

“I’m just so excited to share my speech with people that understand,” she added. “Intimacy is what makes this a really cool event.”

my college career in a meaningful and emphatic way, which I am very excited about,” Tennis said. “Midyear completion is very much about the students, while Commencement can more so be about the pomp and circumstance. So I am so excited to address this small contingent of students who have had a different road through college.”

After finding out they were selected, both speakers said they felt excitement and appreciation.

“I was really grateful toward the

the University adopted need-blind admission for domestic applicants, a policy that began with the class of 2007.

The size of the endowment — $3.2 billion, the smallest in the Ivy League — may put the University at a disadvantage when it comes to attracting students based on financial aid offerings. Harvard’s “Zero to 10 Percent Standard” program is tailored to lowincome and middle-class students: Families with incomes below $65,000 are not required to contribute to the costs of attending the university, and families with incomes below $150,000 will pay less than 10 percent of their income, according to Harvard’s financial aid website.

The students interviewed for this story all identified as either middle or lower-middle class. They receive some financial aid from the University but not enough to cover all expenses, pushing them to take out loans or rely on significant contributions from family members.

Stretched wallets Some middle-class students have seen their financial aid packages fluctuate during their time on campus due to changes in their family’s income.

Peter, a junior who requested anonymity when discussing his family’s financial situation, had an expected family contribution of $13,000 his first year at Brown and $14,000 his sophomore year. His father is retired and works part time while receiving Social Security benefits, for an adjusted gross income of $35,000 in 2011 and $38,000 in 2012.

Last year, Peter’s father turned 66, and the family’s income rose to $53,000 because Social Security policy removes a cap on additional income for beneficiaries who are least 66.

But Peter’s father also cashed out two Individual Retirement Accounts worth $18,000, which the University counted as income when calculating financial aid allocations. With family income now totaling $71,000, the University raised Peter’s expected family contribution to $22,000, marking a 57 percent hike compared to sophomore year.

“I’m sure it makes legal sense, but it’s a slimy way to include income when your dad cashes out his retirement fund to pay for his son’s college,” Peter said.

Having exhausted family and personal savings, Peter anticipates having to take out approximately $15,000 in loans next year to meet the expected

family contribution he believes Brown will charge his family.

“I’m a little bitter,” Peter said. “I can’t fault them — I’m getting solid financial aid, but at institutions like Brown, it seems like I wouldn’t have as much trouble.”

Peter said the expected student contribution of $3,000 earned from a summer job is unreasonable given that an Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award, which he plans to pursue next summer, only provides a $3,500 stipend. With food and housing costs subtracted, the UTRA stipend would cover significantly less than $3,000.

Thomas Pettengill ’17 said the Financial Aid Office expects him to earn $2,750 per year from work-study this year, which he said will be tough given that he earned only $480 last year at his work-study job as an intramural sports referee. “While I could apply for another job, I’m not sure I should have to,” he said, adding that academic commitments prevent him from taking on an even larger burden of outside work.

Over the summer, Pettengill worked seven days per week doing customer service for a T-shirt company and worked at a campground office 64 hours per week. He took out $2,750 in loans last year and $4,000 this year.

But Robert, a senior who requested anonymity when discussing his family’s financial situation, said he was content with his financial aid package, under which his family pays roughly $10,000 per year. When his parents were unemployed, the University adjusted his aid package to be more generous, Robert said.

Some middle-class students said they feel the squeeze of smaller financial assistance in limiting the opportunities they can pursue outside the classroom.

If the University had not upped his family’s contribution based on his father’s additional income, Peter would likely have pursued a trip abroad with an extracurricular group with which he is involved, he said.

Ruggieri said she could not afford to pursue a summer job or internship away from home because she needs to save money to pay for attending Brown.

Sophie Flynn ’15, a former Herald staff writer, described her $56,800 annual aid package, which includes Pell grants but the majority of which comes from the University, as “very generous.”

Nonetheless, Flynn ended up taking out $9,000 in loans when she studied abroad in Paris last fall. While the loans were not absolutely necessary to pay expenses, she “wanted to be on the safe side” when traveling in a foreign country, she said.

Like Ruggieri, Flynn said she is not considering any summer jobs or internships outside her home area because of constrained finances for Brown. During the school year, Flynn babysits for a family 10 to 12 hours per week, and over the summer she works as a waitress.

But Flynn chose to attend Brown despite better aid package offers from Cornell and Duke University. “Even though I was offered more aid at other schools, it has definitely been manageable here,” she said.

Comparing schools Weighing financial aid packages often becomes a deciding factor for middle- and lower-income students when making college decisions.

For Ruggieri, Brown was a topchoice school and the least expensive option. Attending the University of Rhode Island, even with discounted in-state tuition, would have required Ruggieri, a Warwick native, to take out $23,000 in annual loans, she said.

But Pettengill applied to Brown early decision, aware that if accepted, he would not be able to weigh financial aid awards from other schools.

When he was deferred, he applied to several local universities and compared their aid offerings to Brown’s after he was accepted in the regular decision cycle. Attending Bridgewater State University near his home in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, would have meant paying just $8,000 per year, but his parents encouraged him to choose Brown, his first-choice school.

Ruggieri said that for many Brown students, discussing their family’s financial situation and their financial aid package is taboo. But, she added, “The more people talk about it the more it becomes accepted.”

For Tilton, who co-chaired the Committee on Financial Aid for President Christina Paxson’s strategic planning process, feedback from students centered on the University’s need to “take care of the students who are here,” he said.

“I agree we should pay attention to middle-income students and the students who are on campus,” Tilton said. “We’re trying to pay attention to the resources that are necessary.”

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Website sells student art through storytelling

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Folkmade aims to solidify College Hill’s artistic community, celebrate artists’ work and stories

By GABRIELLE DEE SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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In harkening back to the glory days of the diner, Wayland Square Cafe Diner has managed to carve its own path and remain relevant to modern customers through classic dishes and friendly service.

Classic diner offers glimpse of another era Jukeboxes, hospitality, great food form secret recipe for reviving traditional diner

By DREW WILLIAMS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The American diner — once the mecca of hip social circles with its catchall of pop

culture, vintage cars, delicious milkshakes and nervous first-daters — is making a comeback,albeit one riddled with identity crises. Falling a half-century after the golden age of diners, Wayland Square Diner must navigate the tension between homage and parody and settle for a golden mean of pastiche — falling short of “Pulp Fiction” but still home to as many Marilyn Monroe posters and jukeboxes as the fire marshal will allow.

The authenticity of Wayland Square Diner, then, comes as a breath of fresh air. Authentic not just in the sense of replication — which makes an appearance with stools lining the counter, aproned

» GENNARO, from page 1 Price as a “huge presence” in American musical theater. Gennaro has been at the helm of nonprofit performance organizations for 25 years and has often come in contact with Price’s work.

“The chance to follow him is extraordinary,” he said.

The role of executive director entails different responsibilities at Trinity Rep than it does at Goodspeed.

While Gennaro currently serves as the business director and Curt Columbus functions as the artistic director, Gennaro’s upcoming position will require him to control both programming and administration.

Gennaro has prior experience selecting shows for a theater. “It’s a matter of picking the right people who have a musical in mind they want to do or picking a musical and then finding the right people to do

waiters and five-ish dollar shakes — but also in creating a style of its own, meshing the glory days of yore with the vibe of an intimate, service-oriented neighborhood joint.

Upon sitting down in the row of twoperson booths along the far wall, a patron is immediately asked, “Would you like some coffee?” The question presupposes a “yes,” and correctly so, as the handground coffee is delicious, with enough cream and sugar available to satisfy the biggest of cynics. Next comes the choice between the breakfast or lunch menu or, for the very ambitious, both. Though eggs Benedict, French toast and pancakes await the early bird, a recent visit at noon lent itself to the latter menu option.

In a diner this cozy — it’s difficult to sit more than 10 feet from the counter — the small staff milling around is as much a part of the experience as the still photography memorializing a blackand-white Providence on the wall. The service was quick, as a grilled cheese had a miraculous one-minute turnaround and a burger took no more than 10. Even with this efficiency, the standout trait of the staff was their friendliness.

Food allergies — and the inevitable but crucial barrage of questions about ingredients and cross-contamination that follows­— ­ are an excellent way of judging

the level of commitment to the patrons.

Admittedly, helpfulness in this regard can stem from an aversion to vomit on the dining tables, but the staff of Wayland Diner gave off a strong sense of genuine care, with a waitress cheerfully granting access into the kitchen to check ingredient lists.

The grilled cheese, laden with moderately melty tomatoes and bacon, served as a cheap but tasty appetizer. This promises good things for the other sandwiches on the deli and triple decker-rich menu. As a shout-out to the diner’s relative proximity to campus, the Van Wickle Gates burger makes for a great choice, with a combination of pepper jack cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and bacon.

The foreseeable stopping block to students interested in this affordable, atmospheric experience is less so the 15-minute walk than the early closing time. Wayland Square Diner is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., making frequent trips difficult. But this underscores its importance in the current age. Once establishments such as the Wayland Square Diner surpass pure nostalgia, they are able to reign again as the hip place for dates, post-Saturday night recoveries and good food. The weekend holds the key to this new American mecca — the home of brunch.

it,” he said. He added that though the quality of the narrative is the primary consideration, the music, dancing and attached director also play key roles in the process.

At Trinity Rep, Gennaro’s two priorities have been reducing the company’s debt and supporting Question Five — a cultural facilities bond that will give $35 million to performing arts centers across Rhode Island — through to its Nov. 4 passage, he said.

The bond “will have a 50-year impact on the arts in Rhode Island,” Columbus said.

But Gennaro’s work also steps outside the traditional job description of a business director. Gennaro and Columbus have known each other since 1995, and their friendship has led to a theater run under “joint direction,” as the two often collaborate, Columbus said.

“I pass him scripts as they come of interest to me, and we make

comments on them,” he said. “Unlike some executives and producers who look at the bottom line and work backward from that, Michael looks at the creative spark and works forward from that.”

Gennaro’s legacy also extends to the Brown/Trinity MFA Program, for which he has served as business leader and liaison between the University and the company. “The program’s gone in eight or nine years from basically a start-up to one of the top three programs in the country,” Gennaro said.

His final task at Trinity Rep will be assisting in the selection of his successor. During the selection process, Gennaro will serve primarily as a “resource to ask questions,” he said.

Though Gennaro is an irreplaceable figure, Columbus said. His “departure provides us with an opportunity to reflect on what we need for the future at Trinity Rep.”

Resurrecting artwork pushed farther and farther into the depths of a storage locker, Folkmade displays the pieces of five artists in a setting far removed from the traditional gallery: online. The student-run marketplace, which was launched Nov. 15 and seeks to celebrate the artistic community on College Hill, features a diverse spread of works from painters, photographers, furniture designers and bookbinders.

The initiative had sold $300 worth of goods and garnered 7,000 page views as of Nov. 19, said Nicha Ratana-Apiromyakij ’15, one of the site’s co-founders, adding that every artist featured has sold at least one piece.

The website serves not only as a platform for artists to sell their work, but also as a place for them to share their stories through individual artist profiles, which include short biographies, descriptions of the art and photographs of the artists, said Fiora MacPherson ’16, another co-founder.

Ratana-Apiromyakij said she hopes this storytelling strengthens the artistic community.

Folkmade was conceived after MacPherson saw the talent and energy behind student art go to waste as end-of-year cleanouts purged the campus of works that the artists could not store, she said. Her background in social innovation as a social innovation fellow at the Swearer Center for Public Service sparked the entrepreneurial side of Folkmade.

Eighty percent of artwork that Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design students produce every year gets thrown out, Ratana-Apiromyakij said. “We wanted to offer a stable, respectful open marketplace.”

An avid art fan, Elias Ellison ’17, Folkmade’s finance coordinator, said because both clients and sellers are students, the site provides a way for students to buy art within their price range. Through Folkmade, he added, students have a unified way to buy and sell local art.

Marianne Aubin Le Quere ’17, Folkmade’s web manager, doubleconcentrates in English and computer science. She said Folkmade combines her interest in telling stories with digital representation.

The team of eight members began planning for the site about a month and a half ago, MacPherson said. Coordinators aimed for a short timeline to launch the website this semester in order to get the word out, attract artists and build momentum, she added.

According to the website, the artist receives 80 to 85 percent of the profits, while Folkmade receives the remaining 15 to 20 percent to fund website maintenance, packaging and e-commerce. This sum also

goes toward launch events, publicity and storage, Ellison said.

Folkmade stores all of the art featured on the site in a local storage space. Buyers have the choice to either pick up their purchases directly from the space for free or to have their package shipped within two weeks for a blanket price of four dollars, Aubin Le Quere said.

The website aims to emulate the feel of buying art locally, she said, adding that buying through Folkmade means the products take a direct route from artist to buyer.

Folkmade is a hybrid between Etsy’s online shopping platform and Swearer Sparks’ storytelling platform, MacPherson said. The profiles highlight the personal and cultural aspects of artwork, ensuring the work is not dissociated from the artists, MacPherson said.

“We want to approach businesses and trade with heavy emphasis on story and the people behind them,” MacPherson said. “The people they’re buying from are the girl they sit next to in class or their next-door neighbor.”

“People are more willing to buy things when they know what the person selling it is like,” said Savanah Sturm, a RISD student and one of the artists featured on the site. “It’s more of a connection.”

Sturm’s handmade sketchbooks, bound in natural materials like leather, retain an earthy feel even when translated on a computer screen.

Hailing from the deserts of Las Vegas, Sturm has brought inspiration from the Native American patterns and searing heat of her hometown to her self-taught art of bookbinding.

She said she received an email through the graphic design department at RISD soliciting artists for Folkmade. Sturm, who studies photography, also displays prints of her photos for sale on the site.

The Folkmade team solicited this semester’s artists through word of mouth and email blasts, MacPherson said. Half of the artists come from Brown and the other half from RISD, she added.

The selection process for artists featured on Folkmade takes into account not only the quality of the work, but also the depth and diversity of the artists’ stories, MacPherson said. In semesters to come, Folkmade will post applications for artists who wish to be featured, MacPherson said.

“The key is to find the right people who are passionate about our project,” Ratana-Apiromyakij said.

The Folkmade team will create a section featuring alum artwork, MacPherson said. Folkmade also plans to hold launch events in the future to highlight the initiative.

To exist independently both legally and financially, Folkmade aims to register as a Limited Liability Corporation, Ellison said.

“What we’re promising the artists is that we will tell their stories,” MacPherson said. “We need an audience.”

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

R.I. boasts high rate of overweight adolescents Though state promotes healthy eating to lower obesity rates, exercise programs falter

By JOSEPH FRANKEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A Rhode Island Department of Health study that found that 11 percent of high school students had BMIs above the 95th percentile, qualifying them as obese. 16 percent of high school students had BMIs between the 85th and 95th percentiles, putting them in the overweight category. The study’s results were published by child advocacy and policy group Rhode Island KIDS COUNT in a report earlier this month on the prevalence of overweight and obese children and adolescents across the state.

Among the 42 states that were ranked in 2013, Rhode Island has the seventh lowest rate of adolescent obesity, according to a surveillance report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the state’s percentage of overweight adolescents places it in the bottom 15th percentile nationally.

“It is a serious situation. We know that students who are reporting themselves as overweight could get worse,” said Executive Director of KIDS COUNT Elizabeth Burke Bryant, an adjunct lecturer in public policy at

the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions.

Citing the adverse health effects of obesity and the increased health care costs on young people as they age, Bryant said she hopes the report will serve as “a call to action” for community members to work to improve Rhode Island’s performance on the issue.

Bryant also credits Rhode Island’s relatively low rates of adolescent obesity to successful policy measures, mainly the 2007 Rhode Island General Assembly bill that limits the sale and advertisement of candy and snack foods in Rhode Island schools. In addition, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 provides national guidelines for state schools to improve nutritional options for students, particularly those on federally-subsidized school lunch programs, the report noted.

The school-based food policies help stabilize the rates of overweight and obesity and may also induce healthier eating patterns for students, Bryant said, citing data published in the KIDS COUNT report that demonstrates the availability of healthy food options such as fruit and salad

in schools.

The report found that 49 percent of Rhode Island schools have a salad bar in the cafeteria and 32 percent have food or vegetable gardens on the grounds.

Though interventions to improve adolescents’ diets have been effective, efforts to improve their physical activity have been less successful, said Elissa Jelalian, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior and pediatrics.

Both Bryant and Jelalian said they believe that policy changes to increase the amount that students exercise each week could help improve future outcomes.

Jelalian pointed out that the weekly 100 minutes of state-required physical and health education combines physical activity and classroom health education.

The report notes that this standard is below the recommendation of 150 minutes of physical education for elementary school students and 225 minutes of exercise for middle and high school students. Students also have quarters during which they are only in health class and do not have scheduled physical activities, she added.

“Even when policy has taken hold, we have to be vigilant,” Bryant said.

“If that policy change went through, it would be high-quality physical education that could contribute in a positive way to the issue of overweight students.”

The report also presents comprehensive data related to factors contributing to childhood obesity, including eating habits, levels of physical activity, issues of access to recreational space and healthy food, as well as complications associated with socioeconomic status and sexual orientation.

Jelalian said she believes one of the major strengths of the report is the breakdown of data across each town in Rhode Island. “There’s a lot of specificity at the town level, which is quite interesting, and has clear implications for action items.”

Jelalian said she believes that the use of BMI as a metric, particularly the self-reported numbers, may have an effect on the data presented. “The difference between half an inch or a centimeter can mean the difference between one categorization or the other,” Jelalian said, adding she would like to see more precise metrics of where many teenagers fall on the scale of BMI percentiles.

The introduction to the report covers some of the limitations of using BMI as a metric, including

focusing on different body fat compositions across individuals and ethnic groups.

The report includes data demonstrating higher overweight and obesity rates in black and Hispanic adolescents, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adolescents.

While the racial disparity in rates of obesity has been well documented, Jelalian said she was surprised that there was data to support the higher rates of obesity in LGBT adolescents, which she has observed in clinical practice.

Bryant said she believes that these numbers reflect the many layers and factors that contribute to adolescent obesity.

Responses “need to be culturally sensitive,” Bryant said, adding that “everything should be done with real connections to the community.”

Bryant said she thought the report could encourage educators, health professionals, policy makers and parents to act on a national issue that remains pertinent in Rhode Island.

“I appreciated that the recommendations fit along that continuum from individual family level to physicians or health care systems to community,” Jelalian said, noting that “multi-level interventions” hold great potential to improve adolescent health.

M. BASKETBALL

Full-court pressure, superior athleticism overwhelm Bears Following season-opening win, Bruno drops games to Northwestern and Holy Cross

By CALEB MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

The men’s basketball team ran into tough competition in two non-conference losses this week. A talented Northwestern team led Bruno (1-2) the whole way en route to a 69-56 win Monday, and Holy Cross dealt the Bears an 80-65 loss Wednesday behind the stellar play of the Crusaders’ backcourt.

The Big Ten conference is known for good basketball, and while Northwestern does not usually contend for a league title, the Wildcats (2-0) proved that they are no slouch Monday night at the Pizzitola Center.

“I thought Northwestern was great,” said Head Coach Mike Martin ’04. “We had some stretches where we had good effort and good energy, but not as good as it needs to be against a team of that quality.”

The Wildcats raced to 19-9 advantage after nine minutes of play, with seven different players scoring the first eight Northwestern baskets. Experienced senior guard JerShon Cobb led the way with 16 points, but when foul trouble hampered some of Northwestern’s traditional weapons, including 7-foot center Alex Olah, some unlikely players stepped up.

Sophomore Sanjay Lumpkin turned in his best game as a Wildcat, posting a career-high 15 points and rounding out the double-double with 12 rebounds.

Scottie Lindsey, a first-year used sparingly in the team’s first game, took advantage of some extra minutes with 10

points on 3-of-4 shooting.

“Lumpkin was tremendous,” said Northwestern Head Coach Chris Collins. “Scottie Lindsay, as a freshman coming off the bench, scored 10 big points and played great defense.”

The Bears could not find their offense for much of the game and needed a 10-2 run in final three minutes to keep it from a 20-point blowout. Foul trouble for forward Cedric Kuakumensah ’16 held him to just two points after a strong performance in last week’s opener. The junior was forced to sit for the last 12 minutes of the first half after picking up two fouls in 20 seconds.

Kuakumensah “never really got in the flow,” Martin said. “We’re a different team when he’s in the game. We need him to be our anchor defensively, and obviously he’s one of the best rebounders we have.”

With Kuakumensah out, Northwestern dominated Bruno on the boards, 39-25, and the Wildcats frequently converted second chances to build the lead.

Despite forcing Northwestern to commit 26 team fouls in the game, Bruno couldn’t capitalize. The Bears shot just 67 percent from the line, including 6-of-13 in the first half.

The sliver of offensive success the Bears did show came from J.R. Hobbie ’17, the team’s only real weapon in the first half, draining two three-pointers and adding an old-fashioned threepoint play. Leland King ’17 led the team in scoring, but his 17-point effort came on an inefficient 6-of-15 shooting.

Collins said the Wildcats were able to contain the Bruno offense by cutting off point guard Tavon Blackmon ’17.

“I thought our defense on Blackmon was one of the keys to this win,” he said. “When he’s playing well, and you add the front line to his great play,

they become very hard to stop.”

Blackmon had just two points and three assists and committed five costly turnovers.

Wednesday brought more of the same for the Bears, who trailed most of the way against a strong Holy Cross team. The Crusaders opened the year by upsetting Harvard, the four-time defending Ivy champion and consensus favorite this year. Bruno fell victim to the same Holy Cross weapons: heavy pressure and tremendous guard play.

Anthony Thompson and Justin Burrell stand just 5-foot-9 and 5-foot10, respectively, but their basketball skills far surpass their diminutive statures. The duo torched the Bears on both ends of the floor.

The success of the speedy backcourt comes from its high-pressure style, Hobbie said.

“They’re tough. They always play hard,” he said, adding that it seemed like most of their points came in transition or off turnovers.

Offensively, Thompson led the way in the first half with 10 points, knocking down two three-pointers and using his speed and athleticism to beat his man and lay it in around the Bruno bigs.

Burrell came alive later, pouring in 10 of his 14 points during the second half.

As dangerous as the guards were with the basketball in their hands, they had an even greater impact on defense.

The Holy Cross backcourt applied fullcourt pressure and harassed the Bears into 23 turnovers. Thompson and Burrell each set new career highs in steals. The Bears were ill-equipped to deal with the speedy defenders given the absence of starting point guard Blackmon, who could not play due to a concussion he suffered when an illegal screen was set on him against

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Leland King ’17 searches for an open teammate. The forward has posted nine, 17 and 25 points in the first three contests of the season.

Northwestern.

After the Crusaders built a 15-point halftime lead, Bruno clawed back during the second half. Following Hobbie’s second trey of the game with 13:26 left to play, Bruno had cut the lead to seven.

But Burrell promptly buried a triple to push the lead back to 10, and two Bruno turnovers later, Burrell’s driving lay-up made it 57-45 and quieted the Bears’ comeback.

Blackmon’s absence paved the way for three first-year guards to see extended court time.

Ty Williams ’18 made his first collegiate start, while Patrick Triplett ’18 and Jason Massey ’18 came off the bench.

All three have shown athleticism on the defensive end this season, but the trio still needs to grow into offensive threats — Williams shot 2-of-6, Massey hit a lay-up in garbage time for his first college points and Triplett is still in search of his first bucket. It is far too early for judgment, though, as Bruno fans will remember King’s transformation last year.

After averaging 5.3 points per game in

his first three games as a Bear, his scoring jumped to 21 points per game in his last three of that same season.

“We have a lot of talented freshmen, but they have to get used to the college game,” Hobbie said of his five rookie teammates. “It’s a lot more physical, especially with the way Coach Martin demands so much from you on the defensive end.”

Through three games, cutting down on turnovers and “playing hard” are the keys for Bruno to turn the losses into wins, Hobbie said.

But the prognosis looks good for the Bears, who head to the Las Vegas Invitational this weekend. “With a couple tough practices, we can get back on track,” Hobbie said.

The Bears play Indiana State University (1-1) Saturday night to open the Invite. Blackmon passed the ImPACT test, which evaluates athletes with concussions, Thursday so Bruno will have its floor general back on the court Monday against the University of Illinois (2-0).

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FOOTBALL

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Alex Jette ’17 breaks away from a diving defender. The sophomore wide receiver has recorded nearly 400 yards and three touchdowns this season, and looks to increase his totals during this weekend’s game against Columbia.

On Senior Day, Bears close season against winless Lions Bruno aims to end season with level record, taking on Columbia’s muted offense, porous defense

By ANDREW FLAX SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The football team’s season has not gone the way anyone wanted, but there is an excellent shot it may end on a high note Saturday.

The Bears (4-5, 2-4 Ivy) play host to Columbia (0-9, 0-6) in the season finale Saturday with an opportunity to get their final record back up to .500.

The season has had its ups and downs for Bruno. Beginning with a loss to traditional doormat Georgetown (2-8, 0-5 Patriot) on the road, it has trended upward since. The Bears were nearly able to knock off both Harvard and Yale, who will square off in Cambridge this weekend with the Ivy title on the line. Bruno handled the opponents it should have, beating Penn on the road and hammering Cornell at home. But inconsistency reared its ugly head, and quarter-long lapses turned should-be close games against Dartmouth and Princeton into

significant losses.

“We ended up being a work in progress,” said Head Coach Phil Estes P’18. “There were times we made a lot of progress, and there were other times we had a few setbacks.”

Fortunately for the Bears, they are scheduled to face Columbia to cap their season.

If Bruno’s season has been challenging, the Lions’ has been exponentially more so. They were winless last season, though things started looking up with the arrival of Stanford University transfer Brett Nottingham. The quarterback nearly won a competition in Palo Alto to succeed Andrew Luck as quarterback of the Cardinals but transferred to Columbia after losing out on the job. Nottingham missed all of the 2013 season after suffering a broken wrist in his first game, and 2014 was supposed to be his breakout season.

But Nottingham struggled, completing just 48.7 percent of his passes

and throwing one touchdown to seven interceptions in five games. When Head Coach Pete Mangurian told him he was being benched, he quit the team. Columbia’s new starter Trevor McDonagh has not been much better, completing 51.1 percent of his passes and throwing seven touchdowns to 10 interceptions.

Columbia’s offense has been abysmal. The team ranks last in the Ivy League with an average of 10.7 points per game and barely edged Cornell for seventh in yards per game at 276.3.

Even these figures may be inflated: The Lions have broken seven points just twice this season. One game was a 61-28 loss to Monmouth University (5-5, 0-4 Big South) that was 61-7 in the fourth quarter. The second was last week against Cornell, where the Lions trailed 21-0 before storming back to grab a 27-23 lead at the end of the third quarter. Columbia gave up a touchdown and failed to score in the fourth, finishing with a narrow 30-27 loss.

The Lions’ defense has been as much of a problem as its offense.

Columbia ranks last in the conference in points per game given up, 38.7, and yards allowed, 495.8. The defense was able to limit high-powered Yale to just 25 points, and Dartmouth to 27. But neither game was particularly close, so their opponents may simply have taken their foot off the gas pedal.

Harvard dropped 45 on the Lions in a shutout win, and Penn was able to score 31 while barely managing 13 against Bruno.

While the Lions might lend themselves to being taken lightly, Bruno won’t do it.

“They’re a good football team,” said co-captain Dan Giovacchini ’15.

“We’re not going to allow them to come in here and … steal a game from us because we’re taking them lightly,” Estes said. “We’re taking them just like they’re the best team in the league.”

After a blowout loss to Dartmouth, in which quarterback Marcus Fuller ’15 was harassed on every dropback, Bruno turned the ball over twice and the defense gave up 44 points. The Bears have some improvements to make.

“We can’t turn the ball over and expect to win football games,” Estes said.

But the Bears’ task will be somewhat easier on the defensive side of the ball, as star corner Jacob Supron ’15 returns from a leg injury. Estes said it’s likely Supron will play, though not on every down.

Seth Rosenbauer ’16, the backup quarterback turned running back, also returns to full strength and will bolster a Bruno rush attack that had only 107 yards against Dartmouth.

On paper, the Bears are clearly a better team than Columbia in all facets of the game. But “these are trap games for us,” Giovacchini said, adding that this is “something we’re cognizant of.”

One thing is clear: if Bruno plays like it can, it should end the year with a win.

“We need to execute the offense and defense, and if we do that, and we do it the way I know we can, then we’ll have a good game,” Estes said.

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

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

W. BASKETBALL

Bruno edged by crosstown rival Despite four of five starters netting doubledigit points, Bears come up short against Friars

By GEORGE SANCHEZ SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s basketball team suffered its first defeat of the season Tuesday 78-69 to cross-city foe Providence College.

The Friars (1-2) started the game strong, jumping to a 10-2 lead less than three minutes into the game. But the Bears (1-0) overcame the early deficit, responding with a 13-4 run and finishing it off with a shot beyond the arc from Sophie Bikofsky ’15.

Bikofsky’s three-pointer gave the Bears their first lead of the contest, but it did not last long. The rest of the half showcased a constant battle for the lead, as both teams refused to be overtaken.

But a last-second jump shot from Megan Reilly ’18 Bruno a 33-31 advantage heading into the second half. Jordin Alexander ’16 and Rebecca Musgrove ’17 topped the game’s box score at intermission with 10 and nine points, respectively.

The second half featured another quick start, but this time the Bears got the best of the Friars with a 9-2 run.

With help from Bikofsky and Alexander, the squad captured its largest lead at 42-35 with 17:58 left in the half. A pair of jumpers from Reilly held the lead, keeping the Bears up by seven with a little less than 14 minutes to go. But the Bears were limited to just three points over the next six minutes of play, while the Friars tallied 13 points of their own.

Providence College’s Sarah Beal tacked on six points and nearly widened the margin to 10 single-handedly with just two minutes left in the game.

“I think we came out real strong in the beginning of the second half, but towards the end of the second half we had trouble getting some shots off,” said Natalie Ball ’16. “PC changed up their defense from (man-to-man) to zone toward the middle of the second half, and it rattled us a little bit.”

The Bears quickly demonstrated that they were not going down without a fight, as Bikofsky responded with a pair of treys that closed the lead to six at 1:02. But this final push was to no avail — the Friars’ Beal scored seven points for her team to keep Bruno out of reach. The game concluded in a 78-69 loss for the Bears.

“We became more complacent with regards to defense in the last 10 minutes, so PC scored 36 points just in those 10 minutes,” Ball said. “We played tough defense for 30 minutes of the game, but didn’t play tough, aggressive defense in the last 10 minutes.”

Alexander led the Bears in scoring with 19 points on 7-of-15 shooting, while reigning NCAA three-point percentage leader Bikofsky tacked on 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc.

The Friars’ Beal poured in a game-high 24 points, including a strong 12-of-14 shooting from the free throw line.

“I think the biggest thing our team needs to improve on is defense,” Ball said. “We have to be able to put pressure on both the outside and the inside, and we need to play tough defense for 40 minutes. I think our defense has improved since preseason, but as we saw with PC, if we don’t play aggressive defense the whole game, we will let games slip away.”

The Bears will travel north Saturday to take on the University of New Hampshire Wildcats (2-0) before the first home game of the season Tuesday against the Bryant University Bulldogs (2-0) .

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Sophie Bikofsky ’15 spots an open teammate. In just two games, Bikofsky has shown a proclivity for the long ball, taking 19 triples and sinking seven.

M. ICE HOCKEY

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Matt Lorito ’15 tracks back on defense. The team needs both veterans and first-years to contribute to the box score against Colgate and Cornell this weekend.

Colgate, Cornell to test struggling Bears Lappin ’16 returns from suspension, looks to jumpstart stagnant offensive unit

By MATTHEW BROWNSWORD SPORTS STAFF WRITER

After the men’s hockey team started its season with a four-game losing streak, Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94 wanted to “get back to the drawing board” this week with tilts against No. 6 Colgate and Cornell next up on the schedule.

“We need to work on puck management,” Whittet said. “We had a lot of unforced errors, and in order to stop that, we need to start playing more intelligently. We have to have a lot more puck possession in order to win battles this weekend.”

Despite high preseason ranks for both Colgate (8-3-1, 2-1-1 ECAC) and Cornell (1-4-1, 1-3-0) both find themselves relatively underachieving.

Colgate and Cornell were picked to finish first and third in the ECAC, respectively, in the preseason coaches’ poll.

After a 5-0 shellacking at the hands of Quinnipiac, Colgate bounced back to beat Princeton, then bested St. Lawrence and tied Clarkson last weekend. The Raiders resounding victory

over the Saints does not bode well for Bruno. But Colgate’s 2-2 tie with Clarkson, a team to which Brown narrowly lost, reflects an inconsistent Colgate squad that the Bears could conceivably upset.

“Colgate is a very good opponent,” Whittet said. “They are ranked nationally and were picked preseason to be number one in our conference, so we have a lot of work to do if we want to compete with them.”

Cornell, on the other hand, has been much more cold than hot this season: An opening conference loss to lowly Princeton set the tone for what has been a disappointing start, as the Big Red also fell to Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence, while netting its lone victory against Clarkson last weekend.

“Both of our opponents this weekend are excellent,” Whittet said. “We just need to focus on our game and see where that gets us.”

Brown might find the spark it was lacking last weekend with Nick Lappin ’16 returning from suspension. The Bears’ second-leading scorer from last year has missed more than three games worth of ice time due to two ejections and the suspension, but he will be inserted back into the lineup this weekend.

“My plan is to put Nick back with (Matt Lorito ’15) and (Mark Naclerio ’16) on the front line,” Whittet said.

“We need to get them going. Mark doesn’t have a point in five games, and Nick has hardly been on the ice.”

Colgate features a couple of the ECAC’s most prolific players: junior forward Kyle Baun, whose six goals tie him for second in the conference, and senior defender Spiro Goulakos, who leads the league with ten assists.

Cornell’s offense has been a lot less explosive, but it has been balanced, with 12 players recording a point through six games.

With that, Bruno’s porous defense, which ranks last in the ECAC with a 4.75 goals against average, has its work cut out for it. Both sophomore goalies, Tyler Steel ’17 and Tim Ernst ’17, saw time last weekend, as Ernst replaced Steel against Harvard and then got the start against Dartmouth before being replaced by Steel halfway through the first period.

Whittet said that his “decision is usually based on what happens in practice,” but he’s “leaning towards Tyler” to start this weekend. Defenders Josh McArdle ’18 and Ben Tegtmeyer ’18, who have played in all of Bruno’s games this year, are both questionable for this weekend’s games.

Either way, Bruno will try to notch its first conference points of the season this weekend against the Raiders and the Big Red and avoid its worst start in 15 years.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Alexander ’16 lights up scoreboard, obliterates career-high Junior guard leads Bears to season-opening victory over Vermont with 27-point outburst

By TANEIL RUFFIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With a team-high and career-best 27 points, Jordin Alexander ’16 led the women’s basketball team in its seasonopening victory against the University of Vermont Saturday.

The 5-foot-10 guard demonstrated her ability to break through the opposing defense and either get to the rim to convert for two or pull up and sink a short jumper.

A crucial layup from Alexander with just over a minute left in Saturday’s contest fueled the Bears’ comeback over the Catamounts. And two clutch free throws from the junior guard sealed the victory for the Bears. Alexander’s display earned her recognition from the Ivy League in this week’s women’s basketball Honor Roll.

» MCSWEENEY, from page 1 McSweeney: According to assistant coach Jillian Brown, she was “very analytical on the field and very focused on the trajectory of the ball” during games in her first year.

“We needed her to play less with her head and more with her heart,” Brown said. “Our solution was that she would be a warrior once she put on her helmet. From the minute it went on to the end of the game or practice, it was all heart. Once it was off, she had free reign to analyze anything she wanted. It stuck through the years, and certainly her career performances have shown it. I always told her at the end of warmup on game days: ‘Be a warrior today’.”

It wasn’t an easy transition for McSweeney: She spent much of her childhood judging the angular velocity of pitches from behind home plate, and while other girls were wielding the grip of a field hockey stick, she was gripping a softball bat.

“Growing up, I played softball my whole childhood, and I was a catcher.

But my town was really good at field hockey, and it was a really popular girls’ sport,” she said.

So when McSweeney reached the seventh grade at RJ Grey Junior High in Acton, Massachusetts, she decided to try the sport so many of her hometown friends had already been playing.

“I decided to try out in seventh grade — the first year I could play — and we didn’t have a goalie, so I figured being a goalie would be really similar to being a catcher,” she said.

McSweeney went on to turn her high school field hockey career at Phillips Andover Academy into a starting spot on Brown’s roster her first year.

From there, she embarked on a collegiate career that ended with her earning Bruno’s career saves record, season saves record, two All-Ivy honorable mentions, an All-Ivy second and first team selection as a junior and a senior, respectively, and three NFHCA National Academic Squad selections.

Ten years later, all signs point to her decision to try field hockey as being a good one.

“I just kind of put on the gear and tried it out, and I really liked it. I kind of always thought I would go back to playing field once a goalie showed up,”

For her impactful and game-winning performance and new career-high, The Herald has named Alexander Athlete of the Week.

Herald: What is your favorite aspect of being a member of Brown basketball?

Alexander: I would say getting to spend so much time with all the girls.

There are actually a lot of funny people on our team. The road trips and getting to spend time with them is fun — they’re just great people.

In Saturday’s game against Vermont, you obliterated your previous career-high for points scored in a game. How did it feel to have such a dynamic performance this early in the season?

It was fun! Obviously anytime you can get a win is a good thing. We were just excited to be able to come out that strong from the start and not have to build up to anything. … It was a good feeling for everyone, I think, to be able to start off that way.

said before, we completely just trust what they’re doing and trust their system. I think it’s a great fit and the transition has been really smooth.

You’ve come back this season incredibly strong, especially considering you were out with an injury at the end of last season. What did you do to get back into the condition you’re in now?

I worked a lot in the off-season. Rehab was big, just putting in some extra work over the summer to make up for everything I had to miss last season.

said, we really trust the system and what the coaches are putting out there and implementing for us. I think that (the new coaching staff) can bring really good things to the program. Yeah, we’re excited to see what we’ll be able to do and see if we can improve on last year and in years past.

What made you start playing basketball?

My dad, probably. He’s a huge basketball fan and was my coach growing up. His interest in basketball got me started at a young age, and I’ve just continued on with it.

How has the change in coaching staff midway through your career at Brown been?

Anytime you transition to a new coaching staff it can be difficult, but I think these coaches in particular have made it fairly easy for us. We all get along really well, and being able to spend a lot of time with them during preseason has allowed us to be more comfortable with them. And like I’ve

What are your thoughts on the rest of the season?

We’re really excited for what we could be able to do this year. I think we have a lot of potential. And like I

Alexander ’16 poured in a careerhigh 27 points in the team’s opener.

she said with a laugh. “But it never really happened.”

For McSweeney, the college decision was never really about sports.

When she started looking at colleges, her primary focus was academics, so she looked at Ivy League schools as well as Stanford.

And Brown — with Tara Harrington ’94 as the field hockey coach when McSweeney was recruited — was always a first-choice for the star goalie.

Head Coach Jill Reeve “wasn’t the coach that recruited me. She came in when I was a first-year,” she said. “The former coach, Tara Harrington, was somebody I always felt comfortable around. She was really encouraging and really talked about how the team was such a family and how everyone was really close. She had played at Brown so that added to the feeling of it being very familial, comfortable and just overall the right fit.”

When McSweeney first came to College Hill, she had to adjust not only to the new surroundings, but also to a new coach. Reeve came into Brown with an illustrious resume — an Olympian with 12 years of experience on the U.S. national team, she turned the University of Miami in Ohio’s program into a perennial contender for MidAmerican Conference titles and was inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014.

“I think there’s more that I didn’t realize I should be looking for that (Reeve) did bring to the table,” McSweeney said. “Her drive to push us to be the best we could be and become a top program, that was something that, if I had not had that type of intensity, I would have been disappointed.”

Thrust into the spotlight in 2011, McSweeney started her first game and every single game after that, taking over for Lauren Kessler ’11 and a team that had gone 6-10-1 and 3-3-1 in Ivy League play — Brown’s best season since 2006.

It took McSweeney only two games to record her first win, a fivesave effort in a 3-2 victory over the University of California-Davis. The rest of her first season was mired with struggles not only for her but also for the whole team; The Bears finished 4-13 and did not record a single Ivy win. McSweeney allowed 62 goals that

year, a number she reduced to a paltry 38 her senior year.

As a player who enjoyed success in high school, McSweeney — not unlike many of Brown’s recruits — found the transition from winning to losing tough but necessary.

“I think that’s a transition that a lot of players make when they come in … they are used to being really successful, and I think that that’s good for our program — that if you get players that are used to success, you won’t be able to settle for a loss,” McSweeney said.

“It’s a good thing that it’s hard to come in and lose — you don’t want players who are willing to settle for a loss.”

McSweeney’s second year was defined by firsts, as she was able to see Brown over .500 for the first time in her career — a 4-2 win over Colgate put the Bears at 2-1 three games into the season. She garnered her first career Ivy win in a 4-3 double overtime victory over Cornell. She also recorded her first career shutout — a six-save, 4-0 victory over Holy Cross — and smashed the season saves record with 185, 15 more than Sarah Lamont ’91 registered in 1990.

“There have definitely been some fun (games). I mean beating Cornell my sophomore year was great because it was my first Ivy win,” she said. “I didn’t get an Ivy win my first year, so it was awesome to get the first one.”

She followed a 6-11 sophomore year with an identical record her junior year, but it was not without novelties. A 2-1 overtime win against Harvard in which McSweeney had 10 saves was the Bears’ first win over the Crimson since 2010, and a 2-1 win over No. 14 Louisville — another ten-save effort — was Bruno’s first win over a nationally ranked opponent since 2005.

Then came the all-important senior year. Just 73 saves away from the career saves record, the battle-tested goalie could easily add to her already illustrious Brown career. Little did McSweeney know there was a lot more in store for her and the Bears in her last season.

After starting the season off 3-0 — the best start for the Bears in more than 15 years — Brown clinched its first winning record since 2006 against Holy Cross. In the team’s 13th game with a McSweeney shutout, she

recorded four saves en route to her last shutout against the same team that let her record her first.

Bruno also beat Harvard for the second year in a row and topped Providence in McSweeney’s most impressive game as a Bear. She recorded a career-high 19 saves, facing 32 shots in a 2-0 victory that displayed her instinctual, warrior-like goalkeeping.

“The Providence game will always have a place in my memory because it was so unbelievable that not only could we beat them, but that we could shut them out,” she said. “I was really intimidated by them coming in, and I just wanted to have the best game that I could.”

She recorded only 111 saves in her senior campaign, though the number was more indicative of the caliber of this year’s team, as they kept the ball away from McSweeney more than in years past. She registered 2.17 goals against average, a whole goal better than her 3.16 average coming into 2014.

“It was really the perfect ending.

Obviously I would have loved to win the Ivy League championship, but I think that at some point you have to be realistic, too,” she said. “It’s just black and white to look at the difference between how the team was when I came in as a first-year and the expectations and the standards that we have now.”

After finishing arguably the most impressive collegiate career for a Brown goalie, she described the process of turning a program around as “eye-opening.”

“I think that making changes in a way that a culture behaves and stuff like that, it’s really hard to shift,” she said. “The hardest thing is in order to win and be successful and be a really strong team, you really have to believe in the ability of the team, and that’s really hard when you have a history of losing.”

Humble as ever, the All-Ivy goalie attributes a lot of her success to the people around her throughout her career at Brown, especially her coaches.

“The whole coaching staff is amazing, and I think they’re one of the best coaching staffs in the country. I mean we have two Olympians on our coaching staff, and Jillian, the goalie coach, is the best coach I could have imagined. I don’t think that I could

have done anything that I’ve done here without her,” she said.

But Reeve and Brown, who have worked with McSweeney for the last four years, cut right through the humility when they talk about one of the best players to ever put on a Brown uniform.

“Shannon has been a joy to coach,” Reeve said. “She’s truly a coach’s dream athlete. She’s coachable, goes above and beyond without prompting and always puts the team’s needs before her own. She is irreplaceable and will be greatly missed next year.”

“She goes out of her way to connect with every player regardless of class,” Brown said. “Shannon is a shining example of a Brown student-athlete, portraying herself with maturity both on and off the field, and has set a new standard for future leaders of this program.”

As a senior leaving the program with a winning record — and a team that has had a better record every single year since McSweeney joined — McSweeney said she believes the future of the program is very encouraging.

“We’ve been down such a great path in the last three years that I think that three years from now, they’ll be at the top of the league,” she predicted, adding boldly, “I think it’s even possible sooner than that. I don’t have a doubt in my mind.”

The engineering concentrator is now shifting her focus to life after Brown and field hockey, where she hopes to pursue a career in engineering that pertains to sports.

“I was trying to put off the job search until after the season. Then when I found out about the (NFHCA Division 1 Senior Game), I said, ‘Oh, I can wait another week’,” she said, laughing. “I think I want to do something with product development or design. I could see myself doing something field hockey related on the side, but I’m excited to get into the real world and do something with engineering, and it’s something that I’ve been dreaming of for a long time.”

On Saturday, Nov. 22, in the annual NFHCA game, McSweeney will get one final chance to defend her 7 x 12 foot goal.

It will be the last fight for one of Brown’s greatest warriors.

Favorite pre-game meal?

I normally just have a couple of granola bars. I don’t eat big; I can never eat big.

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NOVEMBER 21

5:30 P.M. ORLY GENGER ARTIST TALK AND RECEPTION

Orly Genger ’01, the sculptor behind YOU, a public art piece recently installed on campus, will appear at the List Art Center to discuss the work with Bell Gallery curator Alexis Lowry Murray. List 120 9 P.M. BLACKLIGHT MINI GOLF

The Kasper Multipurpose Room will transform into a miniature golf course Friday night. The event will also feature a screening of “Happy Gilmore” and samples from a dessert nacho bar. Kasper Multipurpose Room

SATURDAY

NOVEMBER 22

2 P.M. CHINA CARE FROST FEST WINTER FESTIVAL

China Care Brown will hold its annual Winter Festival, with proceeds benefitting the Half the Sky Foundation. Among the scheduled activities are performances by student groups, a photo booth, a face-painting station and a spread of winter-themed. Alumnae Hall 8 P.M. FALL DANCE CONCERT

Julie Adams Strandberg, senior lecturer in theatre arts and performance studies, and Body and Sole will produce the student-choreographed Fall Dance Concert. Ashamu Dance Studio

SUNDAY

NOVEMBER 23

2 P.M. BROWN UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS MUSIC OF OLD AND NEW WORLDS

The Brown University Orchestra will perform four pieces, including the R.I. premiere of Neil Sedaka’s “Manhattan Intermezzo.” The orchestra will also draw from compositions by Carl Maria Von Weber, Duke Ellington and Maurice Ravel. Sayles Hall 8 P.M. FIGURE SKATING AT BROWN FALL SHOW

Figure Skating at Brown will hold its fall performance, featuring duet and solo performances. Hot cocoa will also be served. Meehan Ice Rink

10 diamonds & coal

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

DIAMONDS & COAL Coal to Chris Duffy ’09, who said, “Comedy is so binary — there are either laughs or no laughs, good or bad.” What about giggles, smirks, scoffs and hysterics? It’s definitely more of a spectrum.

Coal to former Providence police officer Elizabeth Comery, who said, “I’ve never gotten a call where two pot-heads were beating each other up.” You’ve obviously never seen two stoned people going after the last Hot Pocket.

A diamond to Brendan McStay, assistant manager of Brown EMS, who said of the benefits of hands-only CPR over mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, “You only have to remember to push hard and push fast.” Thanks for the advice — wait, what are we talking about again?

Cubic zirconia to Mary Carskadon, professor of psychiatry and human behavior, who spoke about the fundamental role of sleep and dared readers to “think of another behavior we all do every day.” We hope it’s reading The Herald.

A diamond to Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17, who said of his time in the gubernatorial office, “I knew it was a hard job and I just wanted to give it a 100 percent, and I knew four years is a long time.” As undergrads, we can sympathize with that sentiment.

A diamond to Joy Fox, director of the transition for Gov-elect Gina Raimondo, who said of HealthSource R.I. “We want to keep this program but want to ensure that we find a way to pay for it that is affordable for everyone.” When you figure out that solution, come help us tackle tuition.

A diamond to Barbara Wong, executive director of Providence CityArts for Youth, who said the program aims to document artists’ emotional growth through exhibitions and evaluations “so more people can understand the value of what arts can do.” Do you think you would be able to explain that to our parents who seem to think we need to be economics concentrators in order to succeed in life?

Coal to the sophomore who asked, “As a busy college student, when do you actually have the time to touch yourself?” According to last fall’s Herald poll, 17 percent of undergrads find that time every day.

Coal to Elissa Jelalian, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior and pediatrics, who said efforts to improve adolescents’ diets in Rhode Island have been successful, but efforts to improve their physical activity have been less so. You can switch our popcorn for carrots, but when it’s time for Netflix, you can’t get us off the couch.

K I M B E R LY S A LT Z

CORRECTIONS An article in Wednesday’s paper (“At forum, participants favor marijuana legalization,” Nov. 19) misattributed the quote “Yes, we already have alcohol, and we already have tobacco. And yes, alcohol and cigarettes may cause a lot more harm.

But three wrongs do not make a right” to John McGrath, a Providence resident. In fact, Peter Friedmann, professor of health services, policy and practice, said this. The Herald regrets the error.

An article in Thursday’s paper (“Panel examines role of race in medical care,” Nov. 20) misidentified M. Barton Laws’ title. He is an assistant professor of health services, policy and practice at the School of Public Health, not at the Alpert Medical School. The Herald regrets the error.

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

“I don’t eat big. I can never eat big.”

— Jordin Alexander ‘16

See athlete of the week on page 8.

A diamond to Jillian Brown, assistant coach of the field hockey team, who said a senior field hockey goalie “would be a warrior once she put on her helmet.” Where can we get that helmet? We’ll need it for Chicken Finger Friday.

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The reverse art heist EVAN SWEREN opinions columnist

These days, I’m not surprised when someone gets away with stealing millions of dollars of art. Just the other day, three men posing as volunteers walked out of a gallery in London with thousands of dollars tucked beneath their arms. Some incidents have fairy-tale endings in which the work and the rightful owner reunite. Others, such as the 2012 Dutch case in which works were potentially burned, have a different fairy-tale ending: the witch-in-oven plot.

I’m not sure what to call it when art, instead of disappearing, shows up overnight. Pop-up art? Too literal. Maybe a reverse art heist? No one’s watching; no one knows where it comes from; undisclosed amounts of money swap sides.

First, Brown says, “Let there be a Puryear,” and it materializes on site. Then Brown says, “Let there be a Genger,” and it appears in the shroud of dark.

God — read: donors — only knows what Brown’s public art trade will bring next. You’d think that with a collection of names like these, there’s a Maya Lin piece at our door or under the table or on it — oh wait!

The New York Times recently published an article titled “On Elite Campuses, an Arts Race” about the competitive nature of Ivy League schools and their art facilities. James Russell reported on how different universities — namely Harvard, Yale and Princeton — have attempted to bolster their respective programs through state-of-the-art museums and spaces for the creative

arts. Russell wrote that Steven Holl, designer of Princeton’s soon-to-be facility, said, “I hope a molecular biologist passing through might look up from his screen and see something that he becomes interested in.” Because art must always serve some utilitarian function.

Brown doesn’t have an art museum, so I understand the institutional envy that defines the sidelines of this bout of Ivy drama.

But there’s no need to overcompensate with an influx of bigname artists. Trust me; we already have a lot. There’s Martin Puryear, designer of the Slavery Memorial, who received a National Medal of Arts from President Obama in 2012.

There’s Orly Genger ’01, designer of “YOU,” the new lobster rope wall sculpture recently installed on the Quiet Green, whose work was exhibited in Madison Square Park in New York City in 2013.

And there’s Lin, designer of the yetto-be-announced water table outside Hunter Laboratory, who is known for the Vietnam Memorial in Washington and the Women’s Table at Yale, among other pieces. But to make the perfect reverse art heist, we need more than big names; we need big money.

Lin’s water table, arranged through her relationship with the architect of Hunter Lab and Brown’s “percent-forart” initiative, in which “one percent of the construction budget … is devoted to the commission of artwork for the

building or grounds,” as the Brown website puts it, can be estimated to cost around $200,000. Genger was privately funded, so the price is unknown, but it looks to be a pretty penny. The Slavery Memorial cost around $450,000, a source informed me — quite a grand gift to ourselves to acknowledge the University’s wrongdoings involving slavery and injustice.

It often goes unnoticed, but this type of practice attracts attention and is particularly problematic when commemorating historical wrongdoing, as many factors, including site specificity, can enhance or destroy a particular work of art.

Take, for example, the aforementioned Slavery Memorial. This was a necessary and long-overdue recognition of the University’s direct involvement in the slave trade. Malana Krongelb ’17 and Justice Gaines ’16 argued in Bluestockings Magazine that it ultimately fails as a memorial and causes an “erasure of historical trauma” in both

language and form.

Administrators contend that the sculpture occupies the same site as one of the University’s first structures, the President’s House. But it does not stand where the President’s House once stood; neither archaeology digs nor early images of the University support this claim. Instead, it’s arbitrarily plopped onto the campus and strategically pointed toward Hope College — a heavy-handed metaphor if intentional. A memorial for slavery should have been centrally located near University Hall, not skirted to the side where a previous sculpture

by Arthur Carter ’53 once stood.

I am not against art. I’m not even against spending big on big-name art. But I am against the supEVAN SWEREN posed need for public art on every aspect of Brown’s campus. There’s a disconnect between this art and its actual function within the community. Brown’s “percent-for-art” program strips inspiration from art and lands art in a preordained system in which new buildings equal new artwork: art for art’s sake. Diane Samuels’ bridge, Ann Hamilton’s carpet and Sarah Oppenheimer’s walkway all exist in specific departmental buildings; they are not public. And due to the confines of their locations, they ultimately fail as works of art and feel forced and prescribed.

The University shouldn’t have to

use these artists’ credibility to build its own name. Instead, Brown should use its own credibility to build the name of young artists.

Brown should live up to its reputation and take risks, instead of following in the footsteps of peer institutions — something we’ve been doing far too frequently in recent years. There should be a call for artists, instead of repeated commissions to satellite artists to design works for our campus without an intimate knowledge of our student body, our needs and our uses and preferences of spaces. But for now, they design it; we live with it.

While I respect the value of art, perhaps the University, with its infrastructure problems, policy issues, unstable financial model and thirst for expansion, should consider hobbies other than art collecting. But it’s clear that art on campus serves an ulterior function other than “pure art” or commemoration: By bolstering its collection with collectible names, Brown attracts funding. We call it “public” art, but that public is the select few who visit campus, especially donors. Perhaps the art that Brown acquires from well-respected artists is not for undergrads, graduate students or faculty members but for people with deep pockets and tastes far removed from those of the College Hill community.

If art itself were the object, the name attached would be less important. But it seems the University is more focused on collecting money than producing artists. And if this is the true purpose of art, then it’s a heist well done.

Evan Sweren ’15 is a senior at Brown.

Women, their rights and nothing less JULIE HYEBIN SHIN opinions columnist

Environment influences one’s thinking and experience. Experiences shape one’s identity. Society dictates certain ideals and expectations for each gender. And expectations and stereotypes confine us to set frames.

Hence the idea of gender roles and “masculinity” are illusions fostered and intensified after birth by society. Men “imprisoned by gender stereotypes” are made “fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success,” Emma Watson ’14 argued in her striking speech at the United Nations in September. She deplored feminism’s degeneration into such an unpopular and despised concept and invited men to join the cause because they too suffer from gender stereotypes — an advance that much echoes the thoughts of a 19th-century women’s rights suffragist, Susan B. Anthony: “Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.”

One thing that really gnawed at me when I heard Watson’s speech was that it indicated that we are still stuck at the stage of “defining” gender equality and feminism. She urged men to participate in the cause. But I will not ask men to become feminists. It is indeed difficult for a man to share the feelings of a woman fully and to profoundly sympathize with a feminist view.

Then what are all the feminists doing out there, selfishly trying to salvage their own kind when, in fact, all are suffering, males and females alike?

Doesn’t Watson’s self-contradictory statement nul-

lify the very cause of feminism?

To all those anti-feminist men’s groups out there, the answer is a great big no. I sympathize with many male organizations in their attempts to eradicate prejudices and stereotypes against males, because it is true that we all suffer from prescribed gender roles. When that prejudice is transformed into discrimination and violence, however, it changes what is at stake for women. Gender discrimination and sexual assault are more active and violent forms of rights infringement than just stereotypes. That is why so many feminists — not just women but all those who care about their wellbeing — are raising their voices.

Sexual harassment, domestic violence, sex traf-

any tangible signs of the gender inequality that I so often see and feel firsthand back home. But then I was struck by the news about university students sexually assaulted by peers on college campuses. The glass ceiling is much higher here than in Korea, but a university student being sexually harassed by another student is such a rare incident there. The fact that these unthinkable crimes are committed in such prestigious, elitist institutions as Ivy League schools is concerning.

Brown started admitting female students in 1971. Where are we now? Twenty-four years have passed since the controversial and monumental rape-list incident, triggered by several Brown students who survived sexual violence and who

Gender discrimination and sexual assault are more active and violent forms of rights infringement than just stereotypes. ficking and slavery are not myths or make-believe stories but realities that are crushing the lives of numerous mothers, wives and daughters around the world. It is an undeniable fact that most of the victims are female. I myself come from a country still so tainted by the patriarchal conventions and antiquities of Neo-Confucian society — where sons are preferred and female offspring are not welcomed by their grandparents, where bitter anti-feminist men shout that all women should serve in the army just because it is unfair for them, and where a rapist who inflicted an indelible scar on an eight-year-old girl is released after 12 years, exactly when she turns twenty.

So when I first landed here, I could not witness

wanted to ignite change in the campus rape culture and the University’s sexual assault policies.

How much have we improved?

The revelation of drinks spiked with date-rape drugs and an alleged sexual assault case, both of which are under investigation, has sparked heated debates and forums addressing the question, “How should colleges handle sexual assault?” Preventative measures and ex-post-facto treatment are crucial components of creating a safe community, but Brown seems to be facing criticism in both areas.

Some students at open forums have raised concerns about the lack of sexual assault prevention programs and bystander training given to firstyears and party attendees. More importantly, the

University has failed to convince the students that it is putting its utmost effort into protecting and caring for victims while fully investigating alleged perpetrators.

“Universities in the United States rarely expel students for sexual assault,” wrote Toby Simon, a former dean in the Office of Student Life, in a 2011 CNN opinions column. Acknowledging perpetrators’ crimes, punishing them and publicly holding sexual assault awareness programs do not help fundraising efforts. After Lena Sclove ’16 was forced to relive her painful experience last year because the University had not taken appropriate measures to ensure her safety and let her alleged assailant back on campus, students have clearly lost trust in the University’s handling of these matters.

Perhaps most difficult and incomprehensible is the spine-chilling feeling of omnipresent threat and sexual violence that women on campus have to live with. Of course, there are certain aspects of “male” life that women cannot fully sympathize with, such as the social pressure and expectations of “manlihood.” And it is because of this that we are hopeful — because men are similarly suffering from gender stereotypes and distorted images — that they can at least try to understand our vantage point. If you believe in human rights, love your mother and wife, care about your daughter’s safety and wish your son to grow into a responsible individual, rather than a perpetrator that crushes others’ rights, you can easily be the “inadvertent feminist,” as Watson put it.

Julie HyeBin Shin ’17 can be reached at hye_bin_shin@brown.edu.

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BROWN DAILY HERALD restaurant week At the table with Susan Alper Owner of Clean Plate talks homemade cookies, latenight ice cream and taking that bite of chocolate cake

By JOSEPH DIEHL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Susan Alper is no stranger to culinary innovation. Clean Plate, a new restaurant on South Water Street that advertises itself as specializing in American cuisine, is the fourth eatery she’s opened with her partner, Lauren Speisman. With the constantly changing menu inheriting many of its flavors and recipes from these previous ventures, Alper aims to stay fresh by creating new and surprising combinations of tastes and aromas.

A self-described “passionate lunatic about food,” Alper spoke with The Herald to share the sources of her enthusiasm for the kitchen.

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

Alper: I used to bake chocolate chip cookies with my cousin when I was a kid, because my mom wouldn’t let us buy cookies. We had to make them.

That’s one way to get around it — if you want a cookie, make it!

What was your go-to college food

or meal?

Pizza. It’s a classic, and that’s probably why it’s still popular.

What’s your favorite thing to cook and why?

My favorite thing to cook is the last dish I created, because there’s such a thrill in creating something new. You know, getting the balance right, getting the flavors to dance.

cake. Don’t deprive yourself — take a bite!

How does food fit into a larger conversation about culture?

It’s everything about culture. It’s about religion, it’s about monetary status, it’s demographic — if you’re landlocked or if you’re on the ocean. It’s all

about (culture).

What’s your favorite midnight snack?

My midnight snack would be Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

What’s your “spirit food?”

Dumplings.

About the recipe: In this recipe, students can quickly make chickpeas into a tuna salad-like spread to use on bread or crackers or in a salad.

Ingredients: 1 can chickpeas 1 tsp. mayonnaise 1 cup diced celery Salt and pepper

What do you think makes Providence a good food city?

There’s so much energy here. It’s ethnic. It has incredible local food. The farmers are doing wonderful things. It’s an educated city. It’s full of thinkers, and because of the thinkers, new things are happening all the time.

How would you describe your food philosophy?

I like everything. I like food. My philosophy is, if you like it, eat it. Be adventurous. Have that bite of chocolate

Chickpea Salad Spread

Directions • Mash and drain chickpeas • Mix mayonnaise and the diced celery • Sprinkle with salt and pepper • Your “tuna fish” is ready to go COURTESY OF CLEAN PLATE

Experienced restaurant owner Susan Alper frequently draws on her past successes and mishaps to shape Clean Plate’s ever-changing menu.

Food, language collide as students explore cultures Classes, groups incorporate food into programs, recognize gastronomy’s importance in grasping cultures

By GRACE YOON STAFF WRITER

As the leaves fall and the winds become harsher, there is a special urgency for the warmth and comfort of food. The large role food plays in daily life makes it “a very motivating subject for students,” said Esperanza Godoy Luque, visiting teaching associate in Hispanic studies. Luque teaches HISP0710: “Cultura Gastronomica de Espana,” one of several language courses at Brown featuring food as a key ingredient.

From classroom to kitchen Soft tacos and falafel wraps aren’t the only items are dished up before students’ eyes in the Ivy Room, behind the kitchen doors, students have gathered to learn how to make tortilla de papas for Luque’s course.

At an intermediate to advanced level between language immersion courses and advanced literature courses, the Spanish gastronomy course demands a high level of proficiency, as it focuses on language in a specific context and very specialized vocabulary, said Elizabeth Gurin ’16, a student in the class.

Luque “said on the first day that this is not a cooking class but a course devoted to learning how to use the language in the context of food, food culture and food history,” Gurin said, adding that she has acquired a wider lexicon of food-related terms than she would have in other language courses.

Though primarily a languageoriented course in which students practice their language skills, receive critique and take tests, the course includes at least two cooking classes.

Students also meet in smaller groups to cook outside of class and “write our reflections on the experience in Spanish,” Gurin said.

Luque decided to teach this course as a way to combine her love for teaching with her passion for Spanish food, she said. “Usually it’s difficult to find materials connected with gastronomy, an odd case for such a popular topic.”

But this has not been the case with Korean language courses. Paige Morris ’16, who began with the introductory KREA0100: “Korean” as a first-year and completed KREA0400: “Intermediate Korean” last semester, said each of her textbooks had at least one chapter devoted wholly to food, with the theme making additional appearances in other segments.

“Because our textbook was the primary source of information, which was largely dedicated to food culture, food had a big significance in our class curriculum,” she said.

But at the heart of these courses are the food-related topics and activities students themselves bring to class.

“There was no official unit in the textbook, but drinking culture came up a lot in class just because that was the knowledge that most of the students had prior to coming to class,” Morris said, adding that her professor taught them a Korean numbers game that alternatively serves as a drinking game.

Though Morris did not register for a Korean course this semester and has rarely practiced the language, “most of the memories (of the language) I still retain are those about food,” she said, adding, “I think that’s indicative of how food is integral to language.”

Debunking myths, learning traditions Luque’s course aims to offer a holistic view of Spanish food culture and uncover its truths and misconceptions, Gurin said, citing molecular gastronomy, drinking culture, obesity

and health as some of the topics covered in class.

“You hear about the wonders of the Mediterranean diet, but in reality there is a large problem with obesity in Mediterranean countries, just like there is in America,” Gurin said.

Camera Ford ’16, who has taken two Italian language courses, said much classroom time included discussion of Italian culture, with an emphasis on provincial cultures and their distinct features. Those cultural nuances are manifested through food, she said.

“We have a pretty monolithic idea about Italian food, like spaghetti and meatballs or pesto. But what we consider as Italian food is in fact from one specific region.”

One of the topics covered in her class was the slow food movement — a counter-movement to fast food culture — and the movement’s roots in traditional Italian cuisine, Ford said.

Traditional slow-cooking used to be “very important” in Italy, Ford

said, describing the iconic image of a mother preparing pots for ragu sauce and spending all day in the kitchen.

“That’s how the symbolic dishes were created — from the process of mothers searching (for) whatever ingredients happened to be in the area,” she said. “It has given a particular set of cuisines that the world somehow became fascinated by.”

Though the German department has not offered a course that focuses on incorporating food into the curriculum, it celebrates its culinary traditions by holding cultural events.

“Weihnachtsmakt,” or the German Christmas market, is “usually held outside in the middle of a cold evening,” said Ivy Brenneman ’16, co-leader of the German DUG. During the market, visitors browse items for sale while sipping on hot spiced wine and listening to outdoor music. The department holds a similar event in which it prepares assorted Christmas snacks, including stollen, a sweet bread loaded with raisins and nuts and covered in

powdered sugar.

Bringing people together What Luque hopes her students will retain from the course is that “food is more than just food,” she said. “It is important for communication, important for family.”

Most of the students interviewed agreed with the connection Luque drew between food, culture and language.

“It’s something that a lot of people enjoy so it’s effective to talk about it.

People get animated and you can compare your experiences with other people both within and outside the class,” Gurin said.

“Food brings people together,” Brenneman said. The department holds a Cafe Stunden every Friday, where students “eat and talk and bond over eating and talking.”

There is “less pressure” in this informal atmosphere, Brenneman said, adding that “people are less afraid to speak and make mistakes.”

ANGELIA WANG / HERALD