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Poll: Single students have sex, seek relationships

By Maddie Berg Senior Staff Writer

If Brown were to have a relationship status on Facebook, it would be “single” with no hookups or partners to complicate the situation. Despite stereotypes that describe Brown’s population as sexually experimental, about 48 percent of students reported in an October poll conducted by The Herald that they are not in any kind of romantic or sexual relationship.

About 25 percent of student respondents said they were in exclusive relationships with one other person.

Some students said this percentage did not surprise them, mainly due to the University’s intense academic workload, extracurricular demands and experimental culture.

“People at Brown are experimenting and doing their thing,” said Michael Franklin ’15, who is not in a relationship. He said this experimenting likely helped explain the reason for what he considered to be a rela-

tively small number of students in monogamous relationships.

Aaron Reyes ’13 agreed that Brown has a culture that fosters exploration when it comes to sex — but not necessarily relationships.

“People commonly associate experimenting with anything having to do with sex, not experimenting with having a partner,” he said.

Giuliano Marostica ’15 said commitments outside and inside the classroom hinder some students who may want relationships.

“A lot of people want exclusive, one-person relationships, and I think there are plenty of students for people to meet and make that connection,” he said. “The fact that there aren’t that many just goes to show that the reality is Brown students work really hard inside the classroom and outside.”

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What type of romantic or sexual relationship are you in right now?

Do not know 2.4%

Not in any kind of relationship 48.5%

Exclusive relationship with one other person 24.8%

Casual hook-ups with multiple people 11.2%

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The number of early applications to the University rose by about 1 percent this year, while applications to the Program in Liberal Medical Education decreased by about 10 percent, according to Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73. The Admission Office received a record number of 2,957 early decision applications for spots in the class of 2017, Miller said. Last year, the University received 2,919 early decision applications.

The Admission Office extended the early decision deadline for all applicants from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7 after Hurricane Sandy caused widespread power outages and school closings in

the mid-Atlantic region, The Herald reported earlier this month.

“We had a number of students who had storm-related delays,” Miller said, adding that he still expects about 20 to 30 more applications to be submitted by students who were granted stormrelated extensions. Other Ivy League institutions also extended their deadlines in the wake of the storm.

Hurricane Sandy forced officials in New York and New Jersey regions affected by the storm to delay the Nov. 1 SAT administration until later this month. Miller said the postponement of the exam in these areas caused several high school seniors to request additional extensions. “We’re going to be as flexible as we possibly can,” he said.

The number of applications is con-

sistent with the steady rise in applicants over the past several years, Miller said.

“In an era of economic uncertainty, people are looking for value,” Miller said. “I think Brown remains generally a very attractive option.”

But Miller said he does not expect the total number of applications to continue to rise in coming years, adding that nationally, the number of individuals graduating from high school has begun to dip. Miller predicted that after several years of large jumps in the total number of applications, there will likely be a leveling-off effect in the near future.

PLME applications dropped from 417 to 374, Miller said. He said the size of the early decision pool was too small to be able to draw any significant

A plurality of students are not in any kind of relationship, but “people are experimenting and doing their thing,” said Michael Franklin ’15.

conclusions about the dip, adding that many students apply for PLME spots in the regular decision pool.

Minority students accounted for 32 percent of the applicant pool, a 3 percent rise from last year, Miller said. Applications from international students increased by 4 percent to represent 15 percent of the applicant pool this year.

Miller said students from the MidAtlantic region made up 28 percent of this year’s applicant pool, a drop of about 2 to 3 percent from last year that he linked to Hurricane Sandy’s impact. But the region still accounted for the largest share of applications, with New England having the second largest share at 20 percent. Students from the West Coast and the Mountain West accounted / / Early page 2

Bruno claws its way to victory over Big Green Sports Editor

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Patrick Donnelly ’13 threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more in Brown’s 28-24 win over Dartmouth.

The Bears took care of business for the second week in a row, staging a fourthquarter rally to defeat Dartmouth 28-24 in Hanover, N.H. The game marked the team’s first road victory against an Ivy League opponent this fall and secured a winning record for the season.

Though the Ivy championship title is out of reach, Head Coach Phil Estes said the win was important for the Bears (63, 3-3 Ivy). “We want to have a winning season in the league and overall,” he said.

And particularly given the team’s tough road schedule and the many injuries it has had to overcome on offense, Estes said “to come back and have a 7-3 season would be incredible.”

Quarterback Patrick Donnelly ’13 said the team has been able to effectively rebound from these injuries because other players have risen to the occasion to make big plays. “That’s why you’re a

Consistent hookups with multiple people 1.4%

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Consistent hook-ups with one other person 7.8%

Other 3.5%

Early applications rise for class of 2017

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Exclusive relationship with multiple people 0.3%

team,” he said. “If one guy goes down, the guy who’s been practicing the whole season can come up to fill that role.”

Estes also downplayed the impact that player absences have had on the team’s game plan. “Injuries are injuries — they happen all the time,” he said.

“Basically, someone has to set up. We don’t treat it as a woe.”

Estes said the Dartmouth victory was even more satisfying because it allowed Bruno to avenge last November’s 21-16 loss to the Big Green, an upset that knocked them out of serious contention for the top spot in the league standings.

“To the seniors, this win means everything. It really does,” Donnelly said.

“It’s the chance to right what we did wrong last year.”

After recovering an early Dartmouth fumble, the Bears drove the ball 28 yards for a touchdown, putting the first score on the board. But the Big Green (5-4, 3-3) responded emphatically, taking control of the / / Football page 8

Police rescue URI student from 8-inch alleyway

By Caroline Flanagan Senior Staff Writer

Providence Fire and Rescue and the Providence Police Department led a rescue effort early Friday morning after an apparently intoxicated woman became trapped in a narrow space between FedEx Kinko’s and City Sports near the corner of Meeting and Thayer streets.

Courtney Malloy, a University of Rhode Island student from Cheshire, Conn., got stuck shortly after she and her friend took an employees-only exit from Baja’s Tex Mex Grill and were locked out, according to an NBC 10 report. As she tried to get back to Thayer Street, Malloy, 22, attempted to force her way through an eight-inch-wide alleyway. In the meantime, her friend was let back into Baja.

Initially, the rescue team believed that Malloy had fallen into the alley from the roof, but the surveillance footage and Malloy herself later confirmed in an interview with WPRI that she was trying to cut through the alley to get back to Thayer Street.

Dan LaPlante, who walked by the intersection Friday morning, contacted the police after he heard the woman’s cries for help, he told WPRI. The rescue team arrived around 1 a.m. and found Malloy stuck in a horizontal position with her body about two feet off the ground. The team spent the next hour and a half trying to retrieve Malloy.

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for 16 percent of applicants. Applications from the South constituted 12 percent, and applications from the Midwest represented 8 percent of the pool, he said.

About 55 percent of early decision applicants also applied for financial aid, a figure which Miller said was “absolutely identical” to last year’s applicant pool.

Interest in the physical sciences slightly increased this year, with 20 percent of applicants indicating they plan to concentrate in the physical sciences compared to 18 percent last year.

According to Miller, other academic areas of study remained constant, with 30 percent of applicants planning to study the life sciences, 25 percent planning to study the social sciences and 20 percent indicating they plan to concentrate in the humanities.

Applications to the Brown/Rhode Island School of Design dual degree program dipped from 68 to 40 this year.

Early decision applicants typically learn their fate in the second week of December, but with this year’s extension of the application deadline to Nov. 7, Miller said the Admission Office had not reached a decision for the date of notification. He said mid-December remained the target for releasing admission decisions.

“We’re going to try very hard to get decisions to people because we understand a number of people will have to apply to other places,” Miller said. “We understand that waiting is not much fun.”

Belinda Zhou, a senior at Hunter College High School in New York, said she decided to submit an early decision application after participating in the University’s Summer@Brown program a couple years ago. Zhou, who applied for a PLME spot but indicated she would like to be considered for admission even if she does not get accepted as a PLME, said she was impressed by the University’s strong cognitive neuroscience program.

“I felt like the Brown community really cared about Providence and Rhode Island and was interested in giving back to the community around them,” Zhou said, adding that she is also interested in exploring ethnic

/ / Rescue page 1 down a fence at the front of the alley.

When their efforts proved unsuccessful, they tried dropping a rope from the roof of one of the buildings, which allowed Malloy to stabilize herself.

Eventually, the rescue mission had to break through the cement wall of

studies.

Nikita Kodali, a senior who attends the Middlesex School in Concord, Mass., said she was attracted to Brown after visiting campus and discovering the University’s open curriculum. Kodali said that after years of little control over her academic schedule, she was excited by the prospect of choosing her own course of study. She said she was interested in possibly studying computational biology or biomedical engineering but was unsure of her concentration.

Brown’s distinctive academic approach also appealed to David Peck, a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C. Peck, who plans on studying international relations and music if admitted, said he was impressed by the University’s “eclectic community” of students who are free to pursue their own interests.

“I like the thought of being able to combine my interests and study how the fusion of music genres across cultures gives rise to cultural links,” Peck said, adding that he would also like to explore the University’s theater program.

The strength of the University’s scientific research programs attracted the attention of Sangwon Kim, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. Kim, who said she is interested in studying biochemistry, added that several graduates of her high school who now attend the University had shared their positive experiences with her.

“They’ve all told me Brown blew away their expectations,” she said.

Miller said he did not know what the early decision acceptance rate would be, adding that the Admission Office would carefully examine the quality of the applicant pool. Last year, the University admitted 19 percent of early decision applicants.

Miller added that students admitted under the University’s binding early decision program have accounted for about 30 to 35 percent of the incoming freshman class for the past few years, a proportion he indicated the Admission Office would aim to continue this year. He said he expects the total size of the class of 2017 to be about 1,500 students, which is consistent with recent incoming class sizes.

FedEx Kinko’s from the inside, allowing firefighter Bert Ledoux to reach the trapped woman. Police said at the time that Malloy could not remember how she got stuck between the two buildings and appeared inebriated. She was transported to Rhode Island Hospital that night, though she had no visible injuries.

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Students face off in startup ‘games’

By Caroline Flanagan Senior Staff Writer

The Hunger Games came to Brown Saturday, but instead of competing for their lives, tributes participating in the Brown Entrepreneurship Program event vied to develop innovative startup ideas.

The 24 Brown and Rhode Island School of Design students who competed in the event were hand-picked by the event’s organizers, and their names were announced last month.

The Brown Entrepreneurship Program, founded in 1998, hosts a conference each fall. The program’s leaders wanted to try something different this year to make the event more colorful, said Elizabeth Weber ’14, the head of the program’s executive board.

Ashley Aydin ’13, a member of the executive board, said she would have liked more than four RISD students to participate. “We’re really working on building a bridge between the RISD and Brown entrepreneurial communities,” she said.

The participants did not need any entrepreneurial experience to compete.

In fact, the organizers were specifically looking for new people who were not previously involved with the program.

“We wanted to make the event more interactive and involve people outside of the program, so we reached out to people from RISD and (others within Brown),” Aydin said.

The participants met Friday to be randomly assigned to one of four teams: Team Water, Team Fire, Team Earth and Team Air. The teams then started to come up with preliminary ideas for their ventures.

The next day they met for the actual event in Sayles Hall, which was richly decorated with balloons and ivy. The event started off with a performance by the Brown Lion Dancers and a speech by entrepreneur and author Frans Johansson ’95.

Then the teams broke off to face four challenges that had been designed for them. One was a pitch-making challenge led by Ted Waitt, the founder of Gateway, Inc. Each team had five minutes to make a pitch. They presented their ideas, had them critiqued by Waitt and later reworked them.

In another challenge, the teams imagined they were stuck on a desert island and developed strategies using all of their team members’ skills. Richard Katzman, former chief executive officer of appliance manufacturer Kaz, led the challenge.

RISD Professor of Industrial Design Andy Law led the “idea validation challenge,” which involved refining a business plan by investigating the target market and potential competition.

The final challenge was a branding challenge led by fashion designer Naeem Khan, who has previously dressed First Lady Michelle Obama and Beyonce. In this challenge, the participants designed logos and slogans for their companies.

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/ / Poll page 1 relationships and the number of people who wish they were.

The percentage of students polled who indicated in a separate question that they want to be in an exclusive relationship — around 56 percent — surprised many students, often for the same reasons that the 25 percent did not.

“I didn’t think that people would necessarily have that much time to put into an exclusive, one-person relationship,” Marostica said.

“It is easier not to be in a relationship,” said Melissa Orozco ’16, who is not in an exclusive relationship.

“There are so many other things to focus on, like academics.”

Andrea Sassenrath ’14, who has been in a relationship with the same person for a year and a half, acknowledged those difficulties. “Being in a really good relationship is a commitment, and there are a lot of commitments that could get in the way at Brown,” she said.

Other students told The Herald the percentage of their peers who wish they were in relationships reflects a natural tendency.

“All across human nature, a lot of people would think it’s nice to be in a relationship, as an ideal,” said Teddy Golding ’14, though he added that he is happy not being in an exclusive relationship.

As someone in a relationship, Sassenrath said she finds this majority understandable. “(Being in a relationship) is great.

It’s like having a companion there all the time, and who wouldn’t want that?” she said.

Seeking the one While many students interviewed said the Brown culture does not discourage or encourage a particular relationship status, most said they share the same relationship status as their friends.

“People are influenced most by their immediate friend group,” Reyes said. “Couples and couples hang out.

It’s just easier.”

Reyes said he is not in a relationship, and most members of his primary friend group are also single.

Chae Lin Suh ’15, who is not in a relationship and is not actively pursuing one, said the relatively small student population acts as an obstacle due to the limited pool of potential partners, which is often accompanied by awkwardness associated with dating and breaking up with someone who runs in the same social group.

“Word travels so quickly. You have to manage to be in the same scene, yet detach yourself emotionally,” she said, describing two friends of hers who broke up and had to navigate mutual friend groups.

Golding said he believes the disparity is consistent with the challenge of finding the right person. “In reality you have standards and demands. It takes a long time to find somebody you want to be in a relationship with,” he said.

Along the same line, Sassenrath said there is more to being in a relationship than wanting one.

“It’s hard to find someone who is really compatible. It’s one thing to want a relationship with someone else, but that’s not a decision that you can fully make,” she said. “It takes a bit of chance too. You have to be in

the right place at the right time with the right person.”

Many students also acknowledged that while people may want exclusive relationships, they may not actively seek them out.

“It may not be the highest priority,” Reyes said.

Wishco every Wednesday Another Herald poll result many students found unexpected was the small number of students currently in consistent or casual hookups with multiple others — 1.4 percent and 11.2 percent respectively — as well as the percentages who indicated they want consistent or casual hookups — 3.3 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively.

This number does not match with the perceived dominance of the “hook-up culture” that a March 2011 USA Today article states is becoming more and more popular on college campuses.

At Brown, this culture is often exaggerated, Suh said. The “going-out scene” and events like SexPowerGod perpetuate the perception of the student body as sexualized, Sassenrath said.

But consistent and casual hookups are relatively easy to find at Brown, Golding said. “It is pretty easy to hook up with random people — you can easily just go to (the Whiskey Republic) every Wednesday night,” he said.

Gender gaps While both a majority of males and females reported wanting an exclusive relationship, there was a significant difference in the percentage of each who did — around 52 percent of males versus around 60 percent of females.

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Most students want an exclusive relationship with one other person, yet only a quarter said they were in a monogamous relationship with one person. judgment by being in a monogamous relationship.

Many students suspected that the disparity between these numbers would be larger at schools other than Brown, where gender norms and stereotypes are not so actively discussed.

“Brown students in general do not subscribe to gender norms as much,” Marostica said. “(They) make a very conscious effort.”

“(Being in a relationship) is great. It’s like having a companion there all the time, and who wouldn’t want that?”

Andrea Sassenrath ’14

Students interviewed attributed these results to human nature as well as American culture.

“Men like to sleep around, and that can be linked back to increasing their chances of producing offspring, whereas women want to be maternal with one man who can protect them,” said Sassenrath, a life sciences concentrator.

Suh, who has female friends both in and looking for relationships, said she finds her female friends to be more insecure than her male friends.

She attributed the desire to be in an exclusive relationship to the commitment it promises. “Girls tend to have less confidence in relationships and are constantly looking for greater stability,” she said.

In addition, the double standard in today’s society — that men are allowed to have multiple partners, while women are condemned — also counts towards the disparity, Marostica said.

“If men hook up with a lot girls, they’re considered a player, and that’s great. But if females hook up with a lot of guys, then they’re often considered promiscuous,” he said.

He added that men and women both have sexual desires, but it is easier for women to avoid societal

“The misogynistic attitude of big state schools and the Greek life and all of that is definitely not present here,” Franklin said. “It’s a much more equal gender dynamic at Brown versus other schools.”

Settling in, settling down Poll results also revealed that a higher percentage of seniors —

around 31 percent — are in exclusive relationships, compared to around 23 percent of non-seniors.

This eight-point difference did not surprise students, as seniors have had the chance to experiment, meet more people and find a person they believe is a good match.

“They’ve gotten their good-time urges out,” Sassenrath said. “They are looking forward to settling down with someone as they grow older.”

“There are obviously a lot of incredible people here. People realize they want to make the most out of their experience and put significant effort into finding a significant other,” Marostica said.

Underclassmen, on the other hand, may feel inclined to avoid a relationship due to Brown’s experimental culture.

“As a freshman, sophomore or junior, there is a pressure that maybe not all of your friends are in a relationship, or if you get in a relationship that maybe you’ll be missing out on something,” Reyes said.

Eve Dill ’16, who is not in a relationship and said she does not want to be in one right now, agreed. “People who aren’t seniors are still kind of

figuring things out. They want to experience more,” she said.

As a first-year, Dill said she is overwhelmed by adjusting to Brown.

“Just figuring everything out and being in a relationship would be ridiculous,” she said.

Seniors also think more about the “real world” and life after Brown, students said.

“I notice conversations in my friend groups more recently gearing toward the real world,” Reyes said. “‘College was fun, but let’s get jobs and stuff,’ and I think that it is easier to connect with people on that level and be serious about it.”

Methodology Written questionnaires were administered to 959 undergraduates October 17-18 in the lobby of J. Walter Wilson and the Stephen Robert ‘62 Campus Center during the day and the Sciences Library at night. The poll has a 2.9 percent margin of error with 95 percent confidence. The margin of error is 4.4 percent for the subset of males, 3.9 percent for females, 5.7 percent for first-years, 5.5 percent for sophomores, 5.9 percent for juniors and 6.4 percent for seniors.

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Alum startup caters to consumers’ tastes By maggie livingstone contributing writer

“What are you in the market for?”

NMRKT (pronounced in-market), a startup website founded by Julia Jacobson ’07, focuses on this question.

Jacobson spoke Saturday in the Metcalf Chemistry and Research Laboratory auditorium in front of a crowd of fashion-savvy students, explaining her website and her transition from Brown to chief executive officer of her own company. She also showcased some of the designer goods exclusive to her company and shared free giveaways with the audience.

Jacobson worked as a buyer for Bloomingdale’s for nearly four years following her graduation from Brown, but left her job in 2010 when she came up with the idea for NMRKT, a website that connects consumerS with exactly what they are looking for.

“While I was there (Bloomingdale’s), I really witnessed firsthand a lot of the inefficiencies in the supply chain,” Jacobson said. “Emerging brands really had no chance of breaking through and succeeding.”

Jacobson explained how she noticed that a lot of trend forecasting for major brands and websites would collect data for months — therefore when it came time for product development, trends had already changed.

“The retail industry was really out of touch with the instantaneous, viral, buy now, wear now consumer habits that have become what shopping is ever since e-commerce,” Jacobson said.

Officially launched Oct. 10, NMRKT was created with the goal of developing a platform for consumers to purchase what they want directly when they want it. Ultimately NMRKT would make a profit by providing live trend forecasting for major retailers.

Jacobson explained the logistics of

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her website and demonstrated on her computer for the crowd.

On the consumer end, a user can update their status, indicating what they are “in the market” for and then setting a price range. The consumer can type in descriptions of what they are looking for, similar to creating a Facebook status. Jacobson demonstrated by typing in “knee-high boots.”

NMRKT operates using a “smart” algorithm, so as more people log in and update their statuses, the algorithm gains more information. She said that the site knows that “knee-high” is modifying “boot,” and that “boot” falls into the footwear category.

NMRKT then offers suggestions based on current trends, all of which are mid-level or lesser-known brands.

Brands pay a $29.99 monthly subscription fee to access NMRKT’s database, and once NMRKT matches consumer with brand, the brand can pay $1 to suggest an item to a consumer. Prices are reasonable for brands, Jacobson said, so smaller, independent designers have a chance to compete and emerge.

Currently NMRKT has about 75 brands in its network, but Jacobson said this is because the company is just starting out, and they have a goal to expand to cover roughly 80,000 brands. Testing is still underway and will be completed by January.

The site also doubles as a social tool because a user can create a profile via Facebook, so they already have an established network of friends. Friends using NMRKT can offer suggestions on what their friend is “in the market” for. Because of the personal nature of the site, consumers are not just a demographic, but a name with an actual profile, providing a better description for major retailers using this as trend forecasting. On the industry side, major brands can directly see who is buying what live and what the buyer wants immediately, unlike other sites

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where weeks’ worth of observation of street style is conducted.

While the first half of Jacobson’s discussion consisted of information about NMRKT, Jacobson went on to discuss the struggles of creating a startup and answered students’ questions.

“If you ever have an idea you want to take to fruition, the most important person on your team is the person who codes it,” Jacobson said. Another tip Jacobson gave was the importance of being flexible with a timeline, because development always takes much longer than planned. Each component of a website takes months of design and must be coded for every different web browser and user across the world.

Jacobson also discussed acquiring the cash to fund her startup. She explained that it is more important to have a well thought-out, organized product than the initial slush money.

She described examples of people with millions of dollars in investments that still had failed startups because of poor planning.

“It forced us to really make sure this is the product we want to build, we want to market,” Jacobson said, explaining that it was not a deterrent that NMRKT did not have a large startup fund. “It makes me thankful that we didn’t have a lot of money to throw around and potentially waste.”

She advised the crowd to be as frugal as possible with their ideas, advising students to build something as simple as possible to make sure this is something the consuming public wants.

When asked if she felt like she needed to pursue what she had studied at Brown, comparative literature, she said, “Most people in the fashion industry did not study anything having to do with fashion or business.

They did it on the side,” Jacobson said, to laughs from the audience. “But every summer in college I spent doing

something fashion-related.”

Jacobson said she felt her time at Brown — though her studies did not directly influence what she is doing now — nonetheless contributed to her current place. “There was a variety of style and taste here. So I think I started to develop my own personal style while I was at Brown.”

She said her goal is to open up NMRKT to areas outside the fashion industry three years from now. “We think that this model of telling industries what consumers are in the market for could work well across other fields, like home decor, cosmetics and other consumer products,” she said.

At the end of Jacobson’s talk, she introduced four independent brands for sale for students that day at wholesale prices, significantly less than retail. One brand, R/H, is produced and sold in Finland, and Jacobson explained that it was exemplary of the unique goods found on NMRKT. Each brand is carefully curated by the NMRKT team. Jacobson also gave out free cleaning cloths for touch screen phones, fashionable condoms and sparkly press-on nails.

The event was organized by Unhemmed Magazine, the University’s only fashion magazine.

Dominik Halas ’16, the magazine’s menswear editor, met Jacobson when he interned at NMRKT over the summer in New York City. “With NMRKT, it’s immediate, because you see what people write that they want right now,” Halas said. “They write their status, we analyze it, and then we have that information.” Halas now works as a brand ambassador for the company.

This is the first speaker Unhemmed has brought to campus, and its editor-in-chief MJ Batson ’13 said she hopes to bring more over the year.

“It’s a good experience for students to have the opportunity to listen to someone in the industry who has been in their place,” Batson said.

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we went through the challenges,” Rozansky said. “We saw it really come together in the final pitch.”

Allison Chen, a sophomore at RISD and another member of the winning team, said she thought the event proved RISD students and Brown students work really well together. She also said she enjoyed Johansson’s energetic speech and working with Khan.

“He really helped flesh out my group’s idea,” she said.

The event organizers said they hope to do it again next year.

“Putting on the whole event was a risk, it’s not your typical conference,” Weber said. “A lot of people told me it was the best Saturday they’d had in a while.”

Discussing India’s politics and economic prospects, World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu emphasized the importance of incorporating sound economic theory into practical policy making work in a lecture Friday afternoon. The lecture, entitled “From the Slopes of Raisina Hill: India’s Economic Reforms and Prospects,” was the first of a two-part lecture series delivered at the Joukowsky Forum of the Watson Institute and the first Jindal lecture on India’s economy given at Brown.

After an introduction by President Christina Paxson, Basu, also a professor of economics at Cornell, recounted his personal experience in Delhi, India, where he formerly served as the chief economic adviser to the Indian government.

“Because my prior background was in academia, entering India as the government’s adviser was like entering a totally different world,” he said. He outlined the major topics of his lectures — recent research about Indian economy from 1947 to 2009, contemporary policy challenges facing the economy and law and politics in India.

In the lecture, Basu traced the history of the Indian economy, describing important changes that either promoted or stunted its growth throughout the late 20th century. Basu’s talk, though sometimes technical, was tinged with witty, dry humor, and he engaged the audience throughout his presentation.

Basu concluded by taking several questions from the audience.

“Inequality — both on the interpersonal and regional levels — in India is rising sharply, and this is unacceptable,” he said in response to a question regarding his opinion on the country’s current economic situation. “I find inequality of any kind disturbing. This is my own normative position,” he added.

He also answered questions about his time as a government employee in India. “What I learned in India is the importance of knowledge and ideas,” he said. “It is even more important than having vested interest.”

Neha Singh ’15, an economics concentrator, said that it was interesting to hear the macroeconomic concepts she learned applied to real world examples in Basu’s talk.

Having attended many Brown-India talks, Singh said she found Basu’s talk impressive. “He was able to demystify why India has done so well economically this past decade,” she said.

game reached a stalemate that would not be broken. The remainder of the game was racked with penalties and aggressive play. The teams tallied 18 penalties, totaling 58 minutes in the penalty box and two game misconducts.

“They like to mix it up in front of the net, so we’ve got to hold our ground there too,” Juola said of the physical play.

With neither team able to break the

tie through overtime, the Bears ended the weekend with a second tie. Juola said the team will use these two matchups as a learning opportunity as it moves out of conference play next weekend to face Army.

“We obviously would have loved to get a couple of wins, but the bounces didn’t go our way,” he said. “We’ve just got to keep getting better.”

organizers selected Team Water as the winner based on their performance in each challenge.

“Our idea was basically a Beyond the Bottle program that you could implement in the city,” said Rob Rozansky ’14, a member of the winning team.

Their plan was to place water dispensers in buildings and sidewalks in an urban environment to encourage more people to drink from reusable water bottles — a venture they named H2O to Go. “Our idea was a little nebulous at the start, but it was really cool seeing the idea evolve throughout the day as

/ / Hockey page 8 of the night with some fancy stick work.

Assistant captain Richie Crowley ’13 fired the puck toward the goalie’s chest, but Juola deflected it just in time and sent it bouncing into the net.

When Adam Pawlick answered for the Golden Knights a minute later, the

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Acoustic artists Psych director to step down showcase solo skills

By Alexa Pugh

Senior STaff Writer

By katherine lamb contributing writer

Harmonies echoed over the steps of Faunce House Thursday and Friday nights as musicians armed with acoustic guitars played in the Brown Unheard Acoustic Showcase in the Underground, advertised with the slogan “Because only music brings sound.”

The 19 musical acts included a serenade-style cover of Justin Bieber’s “Girlfriend” by Renata Martin ’14, a lively bluegrass set by the Gano Street Jumpers and soulful piano and vocals

by Ellen Zahniser ’14.

MJ Batson ’13 tapped her sneaker to the beat and leaned against the wall to the side of the stage as she drank coffee — absorbed in a song for a moment — before hurrying to adjust the sound, take photos, move the video camera, regulate the recording system and then switch out instruments and microphones for the next performance.

As the sole organizer of the showcase, Batson moved equipment and taught herself the basics of how to manage sound when she couldn’t find people to help, she said.

“I wanted to hear people play music and was kind of fed up with the lack of venues and forums for that to happen.

The idea is just to promote people to write and to play and to have a venue for them to be heard,” she said.

After weeks of scoping out musicians and reconnecting with members of her songwriting class, Batson started getting responses from interested musicians. She decided to hold auditions, mostly to make sure musicians were more prepared than they might be for an open-mic event, she said. She met with each performer at least three times before the showcase, she said, and their hard work paid off through the event’s total of eight hours of acoustic music.

The showcase was a hit in terms of audience support, with students constantly streaming in and out on Friday, sitting on the floor and leaning against the walls when all the seats filled.

“The good thing about Brown is that I find peers are very supportive,” Batson said. “Even if you’re not the best, I know my peers will be nice. Regardless of whether they love it or hate it, they’ll tell me they love it because they mean it, because they love me.”

It was especially important to have that support since, as Batson said, when performing original music, “each performance is like your gallery. It’s like putting up your paintings on the wall.

I know when I walk into a gallery, I say ‘I like that’ or ‘I don’t like that,’ and you have to know people do the same.”

Sam Pearce ’14, who performed with Ursula Raasted ’14, whispered “I’m so nervous” into the microphone before they immersed the audience in the infectious sounds of their subtle percussion and repetitive electric guitar under Pearce’s rapping and Raasted’s elegantly wandering vocals.

“What’s scary about playing your own music is it’s a piece of your soul,” Pearce said. “The most important thing about any song is that it’s honest. People tend to write songs about the parts of themselves that are the most confusing to them, so presenting that to an

audience is scary.”

Adding to the challenges of singersongwriter performance was that most musicians performed alone. While some of the performances featured great collaborations, both new and old, Batson said she hopes the event will foster creation of more partnerships between talented people. “I don’t think anybody should not be able to play because they don’t have the musicians.”

“Some people collaborated impromptu — they met because of this,” she said.

Martin met Zahniser this year as transfer students, and Zahniser joined her on one of her songs for beautiful vocal harmony. Tyler Beck ’16 and Jordan Schulz ’16 also met this year at Excellence at Brown and started doing covers together after they “jammed one day,” Schulz said.

Other partnerships, such as Pearce’s and Raasted’s, have been more ongoing. When Pearce lost his voice after teaching music for long hours his freshman year, he felt lucky to have Raasted to sing for him, Pearce said. His song “Beginners,” which they performed at the showcase, was the first original of his that she has performed, Pearce said.

Batson said she hopes musicians form collaborative relationships and a sense of community during their time at Brown. “If they can do it at Brown, it will be so much easier than having to do that out in the real world,” she said.

Michael Weinstein ’15, a contributing writer for The Herald, gave the last performance of the Friday lineup. He had helped Batson with some sound logistics both Thursday and Friday evenings, and when it came time for his performance, he lowered the lighting and turned on the “moonflower spotlight” for dramatic effect. His folk-style acoustic guitar accompanied imaginative and clever original lyrics that elicited laughs and captured the full attention of the audience.

Mary Craig ’14, who played ukulele and sang in the showcase with percussion accompaniment by Jonah David ’13.5, said following the performances on Friday, “I was blown away. I’m just so impressed by my peers in every field.”

Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron, who also attended, said, “I couldn’t imagine a better way to spend a Friday evening — soaking up Brown talent.”

Batson said she hopes to have an open mic once or twice a month and showcases twice a semester. She is also working on bringing some speakers to campus next semester.

Batson has also submitted a proposal for approval to start a small publication about the music community at Brown, and she said she hopes to start a collaboration between musicians and visual artists who can help create cover art for albums.

Over winter break, Batson will be working on setting up brownunheard. com, which will act essentially as an iTunes for Brown, Batson said, and will hopefully have tracks and videos, including the ones recorded at the showcase by January.

Batson said, “Eventually, it will be like Brown Heard” — instead of Brown Unheard.

Belinda Johnson, director of Psychological Services, will retire at the end of this year, wrote Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, in an email Friday.

Johnson will step down after 20 years as director and 35 years with Psychological Services, where she started as a psychotherapist.

During her time as director, Johnson led the computerization of Psych Services’ office in 1989 and the addi-

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tion of a full-time psychiatrist and prescribing services in 2005.

“I’ve always wanted Psych Services to give high-quality health care to students and to be really available when students need us,” Johnson said.

Klawunn also identified sexual assault services, medical leaves and crisis management as three important issues that Johnson addressed.

“It’s been a wonderful place to work,” Johnson said. She said she has enjoyed working with Brown students, whom she has found to be thoughtful, creative and invested in self-discovery.

“Linda has served many Brown students and families and has been

an important resource for colleagues who value her intelligence, insight and clear thinking about even the most complicated situations,” Klawunn wrote in an email to campus life staff. A celebration commemorating Johnson’s contributions will take place later in the year, she wrote.

Though Johnson said it will be up to a new director to determine future goals for Psych Services, she said she would like to see a successor that is thoughtful about his or her work and cares greatly about the students. A new director will be appointed following a national search by the University.

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Veterans Day 2012

Veterans Day Ceremony

Monday, November 12. Procession departs Main Green at 12 PM. Ceremony on Simmons Quad (Lincoln Field) at 12:10 PM. In dedication of Lt. Charlie F. Kenney ’10 (1987-2012).

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November 12-14 on Simmons Quad (Lincoln Field)

Community Dinner

Thursday, November 15, 6-8 PM in J. Walter Wilson 411 Join student veterans and commissioning program participants for dinner and conversation.

Military Appreciation Day Saturday, November 17 Men’s Football vs. Columbia, 12:30 PM at Brown Stadium Ceremony at the game to honor veterans and active duty service members Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Army, 7:00 PM at Meehan Auditorium Sponsored by the Brown University Student Veterans Society, the Office of Student Veterans and Commissioning Programs, the Department of Athletics and Physical Education, the Office of the Vice President of Campus Life and Student Services, and the Office of the Dean of the College. For more information, please contact military@brown.edu.

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The malaise of print journalism Marc Andreessen, the distinguished web browser pioneer, once bluntly stated that “newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But (they) will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust — it has a business model that either works or doesn’t.” Though Andreessen is notoriously pessimistic about print journalism in the modern age, his conclusion is correct. Globally print news is declining as media shifts toward generally less-profitable digital platforms. Unbound by the freedom of the Internet, news is now instantly generated by traditional and nontraditional sources alike, and it is widely circulated at little cost. Should the print newspaper industry fail to keep pace with technological advancement, it could lose its capability to sustain comprehensive reporting, especially in local markets.

Even the Providence Journal, one of the oldest continuously published daily newspapers in the United States — with four Pulitzer Prizes as a testament to its enduring prominence in Rhode Island — has not been spared from the malaise of print journalism. While the newspaper’s website has been aggressively marketed to raise online edition revenue, it is evident that the steep downward trend in physical subscriptions has left the newspaper limping.

Advertising revenue from print editions, long the bread and butter of the newspaper business, has declined steadily, down nationally to about $20.7 billion in 2011 from $47.4 billion in 2005. Nationwide, in just six years, major news sources have lost more than half of their print ad revenue. In the same span of time, the Journal’s advertising sales plunged more than 60 percent.

An unfortunate consequence of print news decline is the increasing inability of locally significant publications to support their staff. Last week, the Journal revealed that 23 full-time workers — about 5 percent of the staff — were laid off to cut costs. Not two months prior, 11 employees accepted voluntary separation offers. This is part of a broader trend: Rhode Island’s top newspaper eliminated at least one-third of its workforce between 2008 and 2011 alone. Naturally, a diminished staff raises questions about the newspaper’s ability to quickly and accurately deliver local news. Howard Sutton, president and CEO of the paper, emphasized after last week’s announcement that the quality and quantity of content would not be affected, as no reporters or columnists had been let go.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the Journal’s daily circulation has dropped 7 percent in the past year to 83,733 copies — half of what it was in 2005. Cost-cutting measures can only temporarily shelter reporters and writers from the seismic economic shift. Sooner than later, the number of employees let go will certainly compromise the news quality and breadth.

Unless the Journal and other mid-size regional newspapers can find digital salvation, we may soon face the prospect of losing hundreds of reputable news sources. While the New York Times and Boston Globe can cover the same issues, there is no substitute for a newspaper embedded in the community and aware of local particularities.

Ken Doctor, a leading news industry analyst, claims that digital revenue is “the single growth line for the future.” Therefore, it is extremely troubling to note that the Journal’s digital revenue also declined by 11 percent in the past year. In February the Journal started charging digital readers. An annual online-only subscription costs $208 — same as the Boston Globe and $13 more expensive than the New York Times — but the Journal has found it difficult to find growth in digital ads like its competitors. But to survive, the Journal must find a way to successfully navigate its digital transition. It is only through successful digital advertising and a lowered online pay wall that newspapers can reclaim lost circulation and continue to provide a quality fourth estate.

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Correc tions A pie graph accompanying an article in Friday’s Herald (“Poll: More than half of students get sufficient sleep,” Nov. 9) was mislabeled, assigning a large portion of the graph to the number of students who stated they get more than eight hours of sleep per night compared to the number of students who get between four and six hours of sleep. In fact, about 7 percent of students get more than eight hours of sleep per night, while 26.4 percent reported getting between four and six hours of sleep each night. The Herald regrets the error.

An article in Friday’s Herald (“Faculty unanimously approves public health school,” Nov. 9) incorrectly stated that Joseph Hogan was graduate director of biostatistics. In fact, that role now belongs to Professor Zhijin Wu. The Herald regrets the error.

An article in Friday’s Herald (“Talk explores value of dance therapy for Parkinson’s patients,” Nov. 9) incorrectly attributed a statement to Jenny Seri ’14. In fact, the student’s name is Julia Sevy ’14. The Herald regrets the error.

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Learning from your peers — literally!

Elizabeth fuerbacher Opinions Columnist It’s your first day of classes as a college freshman — you eagerly race into the classroom, meet the professor and acquaint yourself with the syllabus. As you learn about the structure of your larger courses, you see that you will have weekly sections run by a teaching assistant. Suddenly you realize that your TA might very well be an undergraduate such as yourself, perhaps just one year older than you. At this point, you might think, “I’m paying almost $60,000 a year to be taught by a peer? This is nonsense!”

I must admit that I, too, was shocked to discover that undergraduates are teaching assistants at many fine institutions, including Brown. Since TAs play an integral role in a student’s learning experience, those selected to serve in such capacities should possess an intimate understanding of the material and be able to answer complex questions. This is especially true for large lecture courses. In these classes, the professor is often responsible for more than 100 students and generally cannot afford each student the attention that the instructor of a small seminar does. And psychologically, many students feel more comfortable approaching a TA rather than the professor.

They feel less pressured to convey a perfect understanding of the material when communicating with a TA as opposed to when discussing uncertainties with a seasoned instructor whose experience is intimidating. Hence, TAs can quite easily define a

student’s perception of his or her classroom experience.

At most Ivy League institutions, TAs are predominantly PhD candidates. Superficially, this arrangement might seem superior to ours. It is logical to think that PhD candidates who mastered a certain discipline at the collegiate level and who are presently conducting their own research hold a deeper, more sophisticated grasp of the material than do undergraduates. But I believe the teaching assistant’s position

what students learn and often contribute my own insights, I readily admit that I am not a Certified Public Accountant. Because students can easily approach the instructors with questions, their curiosity about accounting topics with which I am unfamiliar can be easily satiated. On the other hand, if the professors were responsible for 200 students and thus less responsive to students’ questions, an undergraduate student with no other accredited training in accounting would not be appropriate.

Suddenly you realize that your TA might very well be an undergraduate such as yourself, perhaps just one year older than you. At this point, you might think, “I’m paying almost $60,000 a year to be taught by a peer?

This is nonsense! in his educational trajectory is not so profound a determinant as it initially appeared to be. I’ve been exposed to both systems since I attended Penn, where graduate-level TAs were used in all of my classes except Wharton’s Management 100 class.

The difference between the two systems is negligible. The professor’s engagement with the class and ability to test students’ knowledge in a robust manner are the most fundamental elements to a successful class.

Brown’s accessibility to professors and supportive atmosphere distinguish our University in this respect.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am currently serving as a TA for ECON 0710: “Financial Accounting.” While I reinforce

The intricacies of a course should also dictate the credentials of its teaching assistants. Many rudimentary classes can be effectively taught by a dedicated professor and committed, qualified undergraduate TAs who were especially successful in previous semesters. Several intermediatelevel classes in the social sciences, for example, utilize undergraduate TAs, but their suitability is somewhat questionable depending on the accessibility of the professor. Brown students are deeply inquisitive and think critically about what they learn.

Thus, we should want advanced students who can handle the complex questions we pose and who add their own insights — perhaps from prior work experiences

or research endeavors. Very few humanities classes use undergraduates as TAs, so other departments should be held to the same standard if a similar ratio of TAs to students is required. Often practical examples that illustrate esoteric concepts are incredibly useful in accelerating the learning process. Portfolio theory may provide fodder for a stimulating lecture, but discussing this in weekly recitations with a TA who has undertaken his own research in finance or has worked at an investment bank would most certainly enrich the class.

As Brown expands to become a leading research institution, the accessibility of professors will possibly diminish. If faculty are expected to dedicate more attention to their research rather than to teaching, the role of teaching assistants will become more prominent. Right now, undergraduate TAs enjoy a place in our academic regime. The current system provides undergraduates with stellar leadership opportunities. Even as Brown transforms into a more research-oriented institution, undergraduate TAs may still be appropriate in intermediate-level classes so long as a graduate student can supervise. But in courses with little professor-student interaction, graduate-level TAs are the most effective purveyors of the knowledge we seek.

Learning from friends is always interesting, but literally doing so in formal classroom settings is not always appropriate.

Elizabeth Fuerbacher ’14 is currently studying economics and oddly enjoys teaching journal entries to others. She can be reached at elizabeth_fuerbacher@brown.edu.

A secular blessing of the American way of life

By Ted Vehse Guest Columnist

One of the most memorable figures from my time at Brown was then University Chaplain Charles Adams Baldwin. “Chaplain Charlie,” as we called him with affectionate irony, offered counseling, conducted discussion groups and hosted dinners for students in his home, among other important campus activities. He and the staff of the Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life contributed significantly to my personal growth and awareness during those crucial years. The chaplaincy was particularly prominent at the time, as this happened also to be the age of the campuswide “Dannenfelser controversy” when Dick Dannenfelser was on the chaplaincy staff while also being a practicing sex therapist. Charlie, in fact, gave me what undoubtedly is one of the greatest gifts I ever received, helping make it possible for me to marry the love of my life, Buffy (Stoloff) Vehse ’83.

During a recent return to campus, I had a welcome opportunity to participate once again in an activity sponsored by the University chaplain, a dignified and meaningful memorial service for a friend. On this occasion, I found myself more acutely aware than ever of the official capacity in which the chaplains function at the University. It struck me forcefully that behind

every word and gesture lie the considerable stature and moral authority of Brown.

The institution not only inherits but shapes and transmits the religious heritage of our country. These facts are known and entirely appropriate to the setting. They are a reflection of what it means that Brown, despite a very high public profile, remains private.

I also happen to teach religious studies at a public university. For equally wellknown constitutional reasons — the nonestablishment clause of the First Amend-

carves out precious space for a certain species of inquiry.

The modern study of religion is not a religious avocation, per se. At its best it is “Wissenschaft,” a knowledge-based, scientific endeavor. The historian Jonathan Z. Smith has observed, “It was not until the rise of programs in state universities, a development which followed the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision on the School District of Abington v. Schempp … that the parallel course of religious studies in the academy, instituted a century ago in

Demystification, in fact, is much of what modern religious studies is about, and the secular, public university sets the stage for the unhindered emergence of an uncompromisingly secular humanism. ment — here there is no University chaplain. This situation is interesting as a matter of comparison and worth considering.

It may strike others as surprising that I, as a student of religion, find the secularism of the American public university conducive to my profession. It certainly is not the case that religious life ceases on an officially secular campus. Quite the opposite.

One is surrounded daily here by a veritable tumult of religious activity. There’s even an off-campus “campus ministry.” It is, rather, that precisely the moral strength and authority of the institution do not stand behind any word or gesture of all this that

Holland, became possible in this country.”

The decidedly secular approach to this occupation depends for its success upon the neutrality characteristic of an institution that takes no official position on matters like the existence of the supernatural or the nature of mystery.

Demystification, in fact, is much of what modern religious studies is about.

The secular, public university sets the stage for the emergence of an uncompromisingly secular humanism. This type of humanism routinizes the supposedly exceptional.

It exposes mysteries and dethrones cherished beliefs and practices without prom-

ise of their immediate or even eventual replacement. It is the precondition for what Marx called “the premise of all criticism,” namely the criticism of religion.

It is, in my view, an open question whether such a type of inquiry is likely to originate unfettered or ultimately flourish in an academic environment that takes a generally affirmative stance vis-à-vis religion and religious life. Institutions have power, and their policies and structures influence how people act and think. I suspect the rigorous, uncompromisingly secular humanism of which I speak might not have come to define my field if every university had a chaplaincy. Were there only universities in this respect like Brown, I am doubtful we would have gained the humanly valuable insights of this kind of religious studies.

F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that a test of intelligence “is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” I am personally indebted to and grateful for the Office of the University Chaplains and Religious Life at Brown. I am professionally grateful, as well, to live in a country in which not every university has a chaplaincy. Call it, if you like, a secular blessing of the American way of life.

Ted Vehse ’83 holds both an MA and a PhD from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. He teaches religious studies and general humanities at West Virginia University.

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/ / Football page 1 game for much of the second quarter and scoring 17 unanswered points.

Dartmouth’s offensive momentum was unleashed on a recovered fumble which set up an easy 23-yard field goal attempt for Riley Lyons. On the next Big Green drive, Dominick Pierre broke through the Bruno defense for a 33-yard dash that took him into the end zone and put his team ahead 10-7.

Despite starting with an impressive 38-yard punt return by Emory Polley ’14, Bruno went three and out on their following attempt, giving the ball back to a Dartmouth team that continued to pick up steam. Assisted by a critical personal foul that cost the Bears 15 yards, the Big Green’s freshman quarterback Dalyn Williams orchestrated an 81-yard drive that was capped by a short touchdown run by Pierre, his second of the game.

The drive, which propelled Dartmouth to a 10-point lead, also ate up nearly eight minutes, leaving the Bears

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with just 1:31 in the half to come up with an answer to the Big Green’s relentless attack.

But that was all the time they needed.

Co-captain and defensive back AJ Cruz ’13, who had a phenomenal performance in last weekend’s Yale shutout with two interceptions, returned a deep punt 26 yards to set up the drive at the Brown 36. Donnelly took over from there, quickly executing on a series that he finished off with a two-yard run into the end zone, narrowing the Big Green’s halftime lead to 17-14.

Estes said the team gave a “good offensive effort but should’ve been a lot better,” pointing to the unit’s fumbles and penalties. Though the Big Green fell short on its first scoring opportunity of the third quarter after Lyons missed a 28-yard field goal attempt, they managed to drive the ball 88 yards for a touchdown on their next drive, widening the lead to 24-14.

But with that, Dartmouth’s offensive steam had seemingly run out, as they failed to advance farther than the Brown

33 for the remainder of the game.

A 14-yard pass interference call on the Big Green early in the fourth was followed with a sack by linebacker Daniel Giovacchini ’15 for a loss of another 12, bringing Dartmouth back to its own 2-yard line on a fourth-and-30. Taking advantage of the great field position, Bruno scored another touchdown on a 3-yard run by Donnelly.

With 3:37 remaining and the Bears still trailing 24-21, the Big Green tried to pin their opponents far downfield using a pooch punt, but Bruno caught a critical break as the ball landed in the end zone.

Estes indicated his team got lucky on this potentially game-changing play. “If that ball fell where it should have, we’re talking a 90-something yard drive.”

Donnelly commanded a flawless 80-yard drive, with Jordan Evans ’14, Alexander Viox ’15 and Jonah Fay ’12.5 each coming up with receptions of at least 17 yards to get the ball in the end zone for the winning touchdown. Fay caught the game-winning pass from

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Donnelly after a nice move to create separation from the corner.

“It was a two-minute drill we practice every Thursday,” Estes said. “He directed that offense to the T. He’s not only good with his arm but also with his feet.”

Donnelly, who passed for 233 yards, also ran for 11 yards on this final drive, bringing his rushing total to 48.

The score put Bruno ahead 28-24 with just 1:14 remaining, and the Big Green could not come up with what would have been a stunning finish.

Overall, Estes said the team’s defensive performance was “good enough for us to win.” “We didn’t tackle as well as we could have, and we let them get out of some situations,” he added, citing the Big Green’s ability to convert on some third-and-long situations. Dartmouth was successful on seven of 15 third down attempts, a sharp contrast to last week, when Bruno’s defensive unit did not allow a Yale third- or fourth-down conversion on 12 attempts.

“We shot ourselves in the foot

enough times that we gave them the chance to win,” Estes said. “But we kept grinding away. Our guys had the belief that they could win this game.”

Donnelly echoed his coach’s sentiment. “Our offense was confident the whole game,” he said. “I kept reiterating to the guys that Dartmouth hadn’t really stopped us. We were stopping ourselves with fumbles and mistakes. It was selfinflicted, and we never thought we were going to lose the game.”

The Bears will return to Brown Stadium for the season’s final game Saturday against Columbia. Even though they are no longer in contention for the coveted Ivy title, Estes said the team will give its best this weekend.

“We compete for the day, not for the season,” Estes said. “Whoever it is we’re playing, it’s just a team we need to beat on Saturday.”

Donnelly was similarly excited for the team’s final game. “We’re putting everything into this one game,” he said.

“No one’s holding anything back now.

We’ve just got 60 minutes of football left.”

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Bruno ties twice, still winless in ECAC No. 11 Bruno lose out

Matt Lorito ’15 scored one of the goals that helped secure Bruno’s 3-3 tie against No.13 St. Lawrence University Friday night.

and grab an upset victory. Bruno put seven shots on net in the overtime period, while St. Lawrence registered none.

The crowd erupted a minute into extra play when a Robertson slap shot found the back of the net for the apparent gamewinning goal. But following a lengthy official review, Bruno was called for goalie interference, the goal was disallowed, and play resumed.

“That’s just something you’ve got to live with,” Robertson said about the waived goal.

“To come back against a very good hockey team, a team that plays with energy and is in your face, I am proud of the guys,” said Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94.

But Whittet added that in order to win a game against such a competitive opponent, it is important to come out strong from the first period. “We’ve got to start with much more tenacity, pace and intensity.”

with under a minute remaining in the period. Taki Pantziris ’15 stretched to reach the puck Nick Lappin ’16 had laid in front of the net for him and flicked a shot past goaltender Matt Weninger at full speed.

The Bears carried that momentum into the final stanza as Matt Lorito ’15 found the back of the net just three minutes into the period. After taking a feed from Robertson in front of the goal, Lorito maneuvered the puck around the goalie and into the back of the net to cut the lead to one.

Lorito stepped up again two minutes later to help complete the Bruno comeback. Just 15 seconds into a man advantage stemming from a St. Lawrence kneeing penalty, Lorito sent a shot toward the crease, and it was redirected in for the Bears’ first power play goal this season.

“Our power play has been struggling, so it’s nice to get one on there. That’s huge for us,” Lorito said. “Their ‘D’ got confused and the puck was just laying there … I threw it on net, and I think it hit Nick Lappin’s knee and it dropped down between the goalie’s legs and slid in.”

With the score leveled at three apiece, the Bears had chances to break the tie

Brown 3, Clarkson 3 After Friday night’s long game, Bruno needed to reload quickly for a Saturday matinee. Whittet said the quick turnaround took a toll on the Bears late in the game against Clarkson (1-4-4, 1-0-1 ECAC).

“I thought we were very tired at the end of the game,” Whittet said. “We played a really short bench, and it’s a long weekend — six periods in less than 24 hours. But I thought we battled hard.”

A first-period Clarkson score put Bruno in the hole early for the second time in the weekend, but Michael Juola ’14 tied the game with his first goal of the season. After Pantziris delivered the puck to Juola near the neutral zone, Juola did the rest of the work, using his speed to skate by a Golden Knights defender and then steer the puck around goalie Greg Lewis on the far side.

Clarkson answered with a goal of its own in the first, but the Bears took the lead with two early goals in the second period. Ryan Jacobson ’15 tallied his first of the year with a long-range slapshot that went untouched through a field of bodies to slam into the back of the net.

Following the Jacobson goal, Juola scored his second goal / / Hockey page 4

Emily Gilbert / Herald

By Caleb Miller Contributing Writer

The men’s hockey team took two conference opponents into overtime on consecutive nights this weekend, battling both No. 13 St. Lawrence University and Clarkson University to 3-3 ties at Meehan Auditorium.

Brown 3, No.13 St. Lawrence 3 The Bears (1-3-2, 0-2-2 ECAC) faced a tough task Friday, battling a nationally ranked team with one of the highest scoring offenses in the country. The Saints have racked up an average of almost four goals per game in their first seven matchups. To be successful against St. Lawrence (5-1-1, 0-0-1 ECAC), captain Dennis Robertson ’14 said the team had to concentrate on its own game plan.

“We need to play our game, not focus on their superstars,” he said. “That’s what we got away from, and that’s why we got in trouble early in the game.”

Bruno’s poor start turned into three goals for the high-powered Saints offense. The outlook was bleak for the Bears as St. Lawrence held the comfortable three-goal margin late into the second period. But the Bears caught fire

on auto NCAA berth

By Alexandra Conway Sports Staff Writer

The No. 11 men’s soccer team was defeated 2-1 by Dartmouth in a hard-fought battle Friday evening in Hanover, N.H. The Big Green (9-7-0, 5-2 Ivy) scored a controversial buzzer-beating goal in overtime, handing the Bears (12-2-3, 4-1-2) their second loss of the year.

“It was a disappointing loss,” said Alex Markes ’15. “We came in looking to get a confident win at Dartmouth before any postseason play, and unfortunately we came up a little short at the end. Although there was serious controversy behind their final goal, we can only blame ourselves for not putting the team away.”

The Bears began the game strong and gained an early 1-0 edge over the Big Green in the 21st minute. Midfielder Thomas McNamara ’12.5 took a corner kick and sent it directly into the middle of the box. Defender Eric Robertson ’13 headed the ball into the top left corner of the net to give Bruno the lead.

But it did not take long for Dartmouth to equalize. In the 43rd minute, Andoni Georgiou took a pass from Eric Jayne and shot the ball low to the right, just out of reach of goalkeeper Sam Kernan-Schloss ’13. “I was really happy with how we started scoring early in the first half, but it was difficult giving up a goal right before halftime,” said Head Coach Patrick Laughlin.

“Dartmouth did a good job taking away our best assets and pressuring us from the start,” said co-captain Ryan McDuff ’13. “We had a bunch of fails and turnovers that were very uncharacteristic of us.”

In the second half, both teams created multiple chances. Bruno “definitely had the better chances of the half,” according to Kernan-Schloss, but with no team able to find the back of the net, the game went into overtime.

The game ended dramatically at the last whistle of the first overtime. Dartmouth was threatening in the 18-yard box, and the Bruno defense’s clear at-

tempts were blocked by the Big Green.

One of the blocks fell right in front of Colin Skelly, who struck it in the goal just as the buzzer sounded.

“It is frustrating because we pride ourselves as a team with one of the best defenses in the nation,” Markes said.

It was a controversial goal, since it appeared that time had expired by the time the ball crossed the goal line, but the referees counted it as good.

“Unfortunately, the final call didn’t go our way,” said Ben Maurey ’15. “But we can’t throw blame around because we shouldn’t have been in that position anyway.”

The Bears went into Friday’s match as the lone Ivy League team without a conference loss. They were looking to clinch the automatic berth into the NCAA tournament with a win and a Cornell loss or tie. Bruno fell just short of that target, and Cornell clinched the title and automatic berth with a 1-0 victory over Columbia Saturday night.

“It’s always disheartening to not win the Ivy League, especially with such a successful season, but we almost have something to prove now,” Maurey said.

“Even in our practice (Sunday), I saw a level from everyone that I haven’t seen in a long time this year.”

“The result was heartbreaking at the time, but we are looking to turn it into a positive,” said Bobby Belair ’13. “The loss was a bit of a wake-up call from our inability to finish in the attacking third the past two games.”

The Bears will have to wait until the Division I Men’s Soccer Selection Show on NCAA.com this evening at 5:30 p.m. to see if they receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

“We hope we still get a chance to go to the tournament because we feel we deserve a shot and can hang with any of the teams in the country,” Maurey said.

“If we get a chance to play on Thursday, then you can expect a team that is fired up and ready to prove to ourselves and the nation who BMS really is,” Markes said.