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Workshop series strips down body stigmas

Nudity in the Upspace explored the intersections of nudity with race, class, sexuality and gender By EMMAJEAN HOLLEY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Jerry Seinfeld opined on the nature of nudity during a monologue in the Seinfeld episode, “The Truth.” “When you have clothes on, you can always kind of make those little adjustments … but when you’re naked it’s like it’s so final — you’re, well, that’s it. There’s nothing else I can do,” he shrugged as he stiffened his body in an awkward mimesis of a deer in headlights. “That’s why I like to wear a belt when I’m naked.” Last week, Nudity in the Upspace, a workshop series organized by Becca Wolinsky ’14, Camila Pacheco-Fores ’14 and Gabrielle Sclafani ’14, addressed this discomfort toward nudity and how it intersects with social issues including race, class, body image, gender and sexuality. This is the second year the event has taken place. According to the official Facebook page for Nudity in the Upspace, the activities offered varied each night: » See NUDITY, page 5

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Barring burglaries, crime rates show upward spike

Seventeen cases of forcible to 2012. report includes statistics for sex offenses were reported nineThe types of criminal offenses, as in 2012, up from seven in well as information about arrests and disciplinary referrals for weap2011 and nine in 2010 By JILLIAN LANNEY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The number of reported forcible sex offenses and robberies at Brown increased significantly from 2011 to 2012, while the number of reported burglaries fell by almost 50 percent, according to the 2013 Annual Security Report released by the Department of Public Safety last week. The number of total reported crimes remained stable from 2011

ons, drug and liquor law violations. There were 17 reported cases of forcible sex offenses in 2012, compared to seven cases in 2011 and nine in 2010, according to the report. All but one of these crimes occurred on campus. Paul Shanley, deputy chief of police for the Department of Public Safety, attributed the increased number not to higher incidence but to more frequent reporting. Programs to boost awareness of » See CRIME, page 2

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The number of reported burglaries decreased by nearly 50 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to the 2013 Annual Security Report.

U. fields thousands of cyber attacks Lahiri digs Russia, China, Vietnam deeper into and one unnamed country were among the ‘Lowland’ frequent attackers influences By STEPHEN ARK

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The University has seen an escalation in cyber-attacks in recent months and is spotting thousands of attacks from foreign sources every day, said Chief Information Security Officer David Sherry. Though he declined to give a more precise estimate, Sherry said the number of attempts to breach the University’s network has risen to its highest point yet in his fiveyear tenure.

“It’s in the thousands,” he said. “It’s very difficult to know you’ve been compromised until you find out after the fact.” That estimate is significantly lower than the 90,000 to 100,000 daily attacks the University of Wisconsin at Madison receives from China alone, which the New York Times reported this summer. Sherry said faster computer processors, improved hacking methods and increased rewards for hacking are driving the latest uptick. He added that foreign governments have also been known to strike American university networks. In addition to the “usual suspects” of cyber-attacks, which include Russia, China and Vietnam, Sherry said “we have one country

— whose name I’d rather not say what right now — that we’re seeing do very targeted attacks on Brown’s infrastructure.” But very few have been successful so far, and there have been no known losses of personal information like credit card or social security numbers, he said. “We’ve had no reportable breaches but many compromised servers.” Breached servers are often used to send spam emails. Professor of Computer Science John Savage said the overall intellectual property assets lost to cyber stealing do not amount to much when compared to all other economic activity. “I personally am not as worried » See CYBER ATTACK, page 2

FOOTBALL

Bruno crushes URI, keeps Governor’s Cup

By DANTE O’CONNELL SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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Led by two Emory Polley ’14 interceptions and a pair of John Spooney ’14 touchdown runs, the football team defeated the University of Rhode Island 31-14 under the lights Saturday. In doing so, Bruno ensured that the Governor’s Cup will stay on College Hill for the third year in a row. While Polley and Spooney made the game’s biggest plays, key contributions from a number of offensive sources led to the victory. “A number of people went out there and made big play after big play,” said Head Coach Phil Estes. “I’m really proud of them.”

Pat Donnelly ’13.5 completed 25 of 39 passes for 220 yards and rushed for 62 in another strong performance. When Spooney came out of the game with an apparent injury in the third quarter, Andrew Coke ’16 and Jordan Reisner ’14 stepped up with 70 and 35 yards on the ground, respectively. Tellef Lundevall ’13.5 led the receiving corps with 85 yards, and Brian Strachan ’15 and Jordan Evans ’14 both gained more than 45 yards through the air. In the third quarter, Polley played his part by denying the Rams (2-4) any chance at a comeback. His two interceptions came within seven minutes of each other, the first of which led to a Donnelly rushing touchdown. “He threw it right to me,” Polley said of his first pick. “I don’t think he even saw me, honestly. It was a good (defensive) play call.” Spooney started the game off with » See FOOTBALL, page 12

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The football team defeated URI 31-14 Saturday night, claiming the Governor’s Cup for the third year in a row.

Pizzapalooza

Bear victories

Test the Watters

The Flatbread Company will open a restaurant on Cushing Street this November

The women’s soccer team had a 1-0 win over Bryant University last week

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The Bears saw a solid team effort from Polley ’14 and Spooney ’14 to win the in-state rivalry

The prize-winning Rhode Island native discussed politics, history and her recent works By GADI COHEN STAFF WRITER

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri offered insight into her work at an event hosted by the University bookstore Sunday afternoon. The celebrated writer read from her newly-released novel, “The Lowland,” and discussed her approach to writing with poet William Corbett in front of a packed Macmillan 117. After she read from the second chapter of her book, Lahiri answered Corbett’s questions on topics ranging from the book’s political themes to her writing style and routine. Much of the research that Lahiri conducted for the book centered on the revolutionary Maoist movement in India in the 1970s. One of the book’s most pivotal events, the execution of a main character, was based on an event near her paternal grandparents’ home, she said. “It took me 16 years to figure this book out,” Lahiri said. “Ten of these years was simply writing this brief scene of execution.” “What is politics if not human?” Lahiri said. “For me, it was always a story about those things together. And it was simply my own curiosity and, I suppose, my own sense of ignorance that I was trying to address.” When asked about the historical » See LAHIRI, page 4

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be arrested for these kinds of violations. In 2012, there were two disciplinary referrals for weapons violations, 21 for drug violations and 38 for liquor law violations. Referrals for weapons and liquor law violations decreased significantly from 2011, while referrals for drug violations saw a slight uptick. A representative for the OSL did not return a request for comment. Three reported cases of aggravated assault occurred in 2012, none of which took place on campus. Two cases were reported in 2011. But not all types of crime examined in the report increased from 2011 to 2012 — the number of reported burglaries declined dramatically, dropping from 40 cases in 2011 to 23 in 2012. Shanley said DPS and the Office of Residential Life have made efforts to increase “community awareness” about simple precautionary practices to deter burglaries, such as locking doors. But many students still do not take measures to increase room security. This semester, there have been at least nine reported cases of laptops stolen from unlocked rooms in residence halls, The Herald reported in weekly crime updates. “We’re definitely going to increase our campaign in that area,” Shanley

said. There were no reported incidents of homicide, negligent manslaughter, non-forcible sex offenses, motor vehicle theft or arson in 2012. These statistics are consistent with those of 2011. One incident defined as a hate crime took place in 2012 involving a text message sent to a student. The student reported the message to DPS but “declined to make a formal complaint,” Shanley said. In addition to publishing the Annual Security Report, the department examines crime statistics weekly in order to measure the efficacy of its programs and determine the best allocation of resources, Shanley said. The Annual Security Report also serves as a way for the public to remain informed about campus and local crime. DPS is federally mandated to report information about public safety annually in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The Annual Security Report includes information about certain DPS policies and programs, security provisions and safety resources for students, as well as rules for student conduct and incident statistics. The full report can be found on the department website.

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is equipped with an operating system, Microsoft Office and a web browser. Sherry also advises users to rely on secure cloud services like Google Drive and Gmail when abroad. If individuals do not borrow a laptop or cellphone, they are asked to have their computers scanned within their departments before they come back on to the University network, he said. Sherry is a member of InfraGard, an information-sharing network sponsored by some large companies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Noting that “we are not an island,” he said the University frequently collaborates with Ivy League partners and other universities throughout the country on matters of network security. “The country is safer when higher ed is talking to law enforcement at the national level,” he said.

sexual assault and available student resources could be raising the percentage of victims who report sex offenses, he said. Despite the existence of these programs, sex crimes remain underreported, Shanley added. Robberies also increased from 2011 to 2012, jumping from 11 reported incidents to 17. Only one of the reported cases occurred on campus, while the rest occurred on public property nearby. That increase does not seem to have continued into 2013, Shanley said, citing “a 48 percent decrease in robberies” at this point compared to the same time last year. But Shanley added that there has been an “increase in the level of violence associated with the robberies,” despite the lower overall incidence. Six students were arrested for drug violations and one student was arrested for a liquor law violation in 2012. No students were arrested for these reasons in 2011. “Our officers came upon it more often than in years past,” Shanley said, adding that drug and liquor violations tend to fluctuate considerably. Students are considerably more likely to receive disciplinary referrals to the Office of Student Life than to

about cybercrime as others are,” Savage said. He cited a Center for Strategic and International Studies survey estimating that cybercrime costs Americans about $100 billion per year, less than 1 percent of last year’s gross domestic product. The companies that rely on stolen intellectual property could have other long-term problems, Savage added. They must ultimately determine whether stealing patents will allow them to outcompete other companies producing original research and development, he said. Though Savage expressed doubts about cybercrime’s impact on commerce, he added that attacks on governments can still pose a large threat to international and domestic security. As many as 500,000 American

according to the CSIS study, which was sponsored by computer security company McAfee. Sherry said university security methods are evolving and differ substantively from those in private industry. Decentralized networks used in academic and research departments often have direct access to the Internet that could expose the entire network. “It’s not like financial services companies, where everything is controlled by one IT group,” he said. “But we think we built a secure-enough architecture so we can spot them before they get too far in.” He said the best defense against cyber threats is constant vigilance. “I try to get the word out to do the right thing,” Sherry said. “We offer state-of-the-art laptops for graduate students and professors traveling to these hotbed countries.” Each laptop

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Ivy Leadership Summit imagines digital future

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The peer advising program’s Facebook page opened in August as a forum for questions from the student body.

Online advising forum open for questions Meiklejohn peer advisors launched the Facebook page, where students can ask anonymous questions By GADI COHEN STAFF WRITER

The Meiklejohn Leadership Committee launched a Facebook page called “Brown Advisors” Aug. 30 in order to create a digital forum for students to ask their peers questions related to Brown academics, extracurriculars and social life. Brown Advisors allows students to ask questions anonymously and encourages other students to answer them. The page has amassed more than 700 likes since its creation. “We wanted something very accessible and quick,” said Kayla Rosen ’14, one of the Meiklejohn leaders who spearheaded the project. “The number one priority for advising on this campus is making information accessible to the people who need it.” Over the summer, Meiklejohn leaders discussed ways to increase students’ access to advising resources on campus, and one of the leaders suggested creating a Facebook page, Rosen said. After fleshing out the design, the Meiklejohn Leadership Committee launched the page during the group’s orientation session before the school year started, Rosen said. Organizers sought to draw from the success of established Brown student community pages like “Brown Compliments,” Rosen said. “It was really a collaborative effort — one of those things that just kind of snowballed,” Rosen said. “Someone said, ‘You know what, Facebook is super easy and accessible,’ and it went off from there.” The page’s description box provides a link to an anonymous form for Brown-related questions. Before submitting questions, students are instructed on the form that “there is no such thing as a dumb question.” “We wanted to make sure people

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The questions are posted anonymously, and anyone can add responses. felt comfortable asking the questions they wanted to ask,” Rosen said. “We thought that an online forum that was anonymous, a place for anyone in the student body to get immediate, crowdsourced answers from peers, was the best solution.” Questions have included straightforward requests for logistical information about courses and locations on campus and more subjective inquiries such as whether taking five courses that each have a section meeting would be too much to manage in one semester. Lisa Goddard ’14, a Meiklejohn, said she has helped answer questions she felt passionate about or that fell within her sphere of advising expertise. “I think (the page) is long overdue,” Goddard said. “We all have questions

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and we don’t really know who to ask.” Some first-years said they have already found Brown Advisors to be helpful in their transitions to the University. “It gives you some good advice,” said Alexander Gaidis ’17. “It answers questions I’ve never thought to ask but that actually turn out to be really useful.” The site can be more effective than other advising resources, some firstyears said. “I think it’s helpful to actually have your own questions answered, rather than having the answers to commonly asked questions,” said Noah Webb ’17.

Speakers offered student for dealing with a high-pressure workplace, especially in an increasgovernment officers ingly digitalized era. strategies for navigating Hoover tied her experience leadership and technology working for the Obama campaign, By LINDSAY GANTZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Student leaders from all eight Ivy League institutions gathered on campus this weekend to share ideas for improving their universities’ student governments at the 14th annual Ivy Leadership Summit. The two-day conference, which focused on a theme of “The Digital Future,” featured addresses by Betsy Hoover, online organizing director for President Obama’s 2012 campaign, and the University’s chief information officer, Ravi Pendse. One hundred twenty-five students representing the Ivies attended the conference, in addition to 10 delegates from Chinese universities. The Ivy Council has had an international partnership with the All-China Students’ Federation, an organization of student leaders at Chinese higher education institutions, since 2008. “There was a lot of exchange between students from different schools,” said Todd Harris ’14.5, president of the Undergraduate Council of Students, calling the summit a success. “There are a few initiatives that each of the schools are working on, in terms of getting students involved and making sure that the students’ voices are being heard.” The keynote address came from Hoover, who is currently a partner with the consulting firm 270 Strategies, leading the firm’s digital strategy practice. Hoover said she has long identified herself as an organizer, adding that she knew from a young age she wanted to change the world. Developing a mission and vision based on core values is important to success, Hoover said. “Communication and leadership is essential, and it is important to have a clear sense of purpose” when organizing a movement, she said. Hoover provided advice to student leaders

which she called a “crazy environment,” to the challenges student organizers face. Pendse led an interactive workshop Saturday entitled “Emerging Technologies and Leadership” that focused on effective leadership amid ongoing technological change. “The world is in constant motion,” Pendse said, adding that collaboration among leaders fosters innovation. Pendse engaged conference attendees in a series of exercises to show the benefits of teamwork for building better leadership skills. Leaders who invent new concepts, adopt fresh ideas and find capable partners to help execute those ideas will ameliorate the difficulties of change, Pendse said, adding that conference attendees should look to each other as resources for the future. “In this very room, you have your team,” he said. Students who attended the Ivy Leadership Summit said they were looking forward to networking and receiving feedback from other Ivy leaders. “The conference is a great platform to discuss new ideas, learning from different schools and dealing with the problems and issues across different campuses,” said Dhruv Goyal, a member of Harvard’s Undergraduate Council. Ho Jun Yang ’16, an Ivy Leadership Summit event coordinator, said networking is a primary benefit for Ivy Council conferences. Tsvetomira Dumbalska ’16 said this year’s conference was her first Ivy Council summit. “The topic of the conference seemed interesting, and the summit is a great opportunity to meet people from other schools and hear about their experiences,” she said. The Ivy Council will host a policy conference this spring to delve into and develop solutions to the specific problems Ivies face, Harris said, the location and dates of which are yet to be determined.

4 arts & culture » LAHIRI, from page 1 undercurrents of the novel, Lahiri said she had wanted to explore the effects of politics on her characters’ personal lives but that it was difficult finding useful research material. “The politics and history were serving me to write the story,” Lahiri said. “I wanted more personal diaries, letters, memoirs about what was life like, what was this movement like, how it was affecting the daily life of ordinary people.” Instead, Lahiri said she looked into the personal writings of other revolutionary movements in places like Ireland and Cuba. “I say the writer who was most helpful to me was (Thomas) Harding,” Lahiri said. “I found his example essential in terms of working with characters, social constraints like the role of women, working with place, what place means to his characters. Reading him, I felt that he was very much my guide and my companion.” Lahiri, who grew up in Kingstown, set a large portion of “The Lowland” in and around Rhode Island. The rest of the book takes place in India. When asked about criticisms of her work, Lahiri spoke about a time when simply hearing of a critical review made her cry multiple nights in a row. “I think reviewers do a great service when they’re smart, when they’re passionate, when they’re sensitive — for readers, that is,” Lahiri said. “(For writers,) it’s just too hard to know when they’re bad, and it doesn’t really help

to know when they’re good.” The audience consisted of many Providence locals as well as some Brown students, almost all of whom clutched copies of the new book and followed along with Lahiri’s reading. Geetika Tewary, who came to the reading with her husband, said Lahiri is one of her favorite authors because she strongly identifies with Lahiri’s focus on Indian-American life. “She speaks to our lot,” Tewary said. “What really strikes home is how beautifully she speaks of the immigrant experience. You know, you want your kids to grow up and be part of this culture, but at the same time, you don’t want them to lose touch with where they’re from.” Tewary, who works as a physician in Providence, said she has read all of Lahiri’s books other than the most recent but that her favorite is Lahiri’s first novel, “The Namesake.” “It’s one of my go-to books,” Tewary said. “Whenever I have a bad day at work, I just open it up and read a little bit from it. You don’t have to exercise your imagination so much to understand what she’s trying to say.” Sabin Ray ’15, who also attended the reading, said “The Lowland” is the first book by Lahiri she has read, adding that she enjoyed listening to the author’s answers. “(Corbett) asked some really great questions about the process of writing, which I think is something students always wonder about,” Ray said. “It was nice to get the personal interaction with her thought process.”

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Despite some missteps, just sweet ‘Enough’ Gandolfini and LouisDreyfus confront the uncertainties of adult life in the Avon’s current pick By DREW WILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“We should all just put a sign on ourselves, tell the world what’s wrong with us.” After a summer of alien invasions and bromances everyone saw coming, the previews and press coverage of “Enough Said” tantalized audiences with the idea of an intricate adult drama devoid of the inevitability of the hero. But the movie, playing at the Avon Cinema through Thursday, lacks the subtleties typical of this grown-up genre — it cannot seem to decide whether it wants to be a summer flick or a winter film, and in the process, it misses out on both. “Enough Said” cares much more about detailing the uncertainties of relationships — the ones we are never quite able to put a finger on — than about surprising viewers with plot twist after plot twist. To be trite, it is about the journey, not the destination. The film begins with Eva, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine from “Seinfeld”) taking her portable massage table out of the hatch of her Prius and lugging it up the stairs to

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her client’s living room — a scene of existentialism even Will Hunting would be proud of. Eva then attends a cocktail party of grand importance, where she meets her newest massage client — a poet named Marianne, played by Catherine Keener — and her future boyfriend, Albert, played by the late James Gandolfini, who was best known for his role as Tony Soprano. This is the penultimate movie to star Gandolfini, who died in June. Albert’s introduction immediately follows Eva’s announcement that there is “no man here I’m attracted to.” Eva must overcome her initial uncertainty about Albert’s appearance, as well as his bluntness — he openly says, “I like your ass.” But common experiences of divorce and daughters leaving for college eventually bridge the gap. The wrench in the relationship comes via Marianne, the rich artist who really just wants a friend and who — spoiler alert! — turns out to be Albert’s ex. Eva predictably gets caught between her developing feelings and Marianne’s bad-mouthing of Albert. The uncomfortable jokes grow repetitive, and the climax — the realization of Eva’s mutual connections ­— steals much from “Crazy, Stupid, Love.,” without the added benefit of Ryan Gosling. At heart, “Enough Said” is really just a teen flick with grown-ups

— addressing the belief that as you age, you figure yourself out as a person and can deal with the world in a consistent manner. But it refutes, rather than supports, this idea. Eva really has no clue. She does not know how to measure who is good enough for her or why she should even care. She does not know how to balance experience and trust, and when she picks Marianne’s brain while dating Albert, it only serves to devastate him. In teen movies, relationships are awkward because of the characters’ growing pains — they do not know themselves yet. In the world of adults inhabited by Eva and Albert, relationships are awkward because people have fully developed personality traits that they don’t know how to handle. Director and writer Nicole Holofcener portrays the world Eva and Albert are sending their respective daughters into through the lens of their relationship, a relationship familiar to viewers because it could just as well be any of ours. Watching the movie is an experience of watching human connections in a world that forces you to relate to others in order to be related to, with the constant threat of that sign of yours — the attributes you always will carry — getting in the way. “Enough Said” would just like to remind you that the sign has two sides.

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» NUDITY, from page 1 nude body painting Monday, nude yoga Tuesday, nude mural making and a discussion panel Wednesday, a theatrical production Thursday, a devised piece Friday and an open mic and cabaret night Saturday. Until she participated in Nudity in the Upspace last year, Sclafani said she had never been in a group situation without her clothes on — and the prospect “terrified” her. But she added, “meeting (Wolinsky), who loves to be naked, and seeing her streaking around the dorm and being okay with that, was really eye-opening to me. I recognized a lot of courage there, and I realized it was a courage that I wanted to understand and nurture in myself.” The panel discussion, titled “Stripping Privileges: Undressing the Isms,” replaced last year’s nude figure drawing event and was the only event requiring clothes. It was introduced this year in an attempt to more directly address the overarching themes of Nudity in the Upspace and to make the event “more mindful, meaningful and intentional, to even further break down the barrier of silence,” COURTESY OF NUDITY IN THE UPSPACE Pacheco-Fores said. The Nudity in the Upspace events grabbed the attention of various Wolinsky echoed this sentiment. news organizations, including CBS, the Huffington Post and Fox News. “Questions around who can occupy naked spaces are important to surprise that Nudity in the Upspace upcoming report this Wednesday. talk about because there are reasons was considered so newsworthy in Comments on these news weband structures in place that allow light of the recent federal government sites, including CBS and the Huffcertain bodies to be validated,” she shutdown. ington Post, have demonstrated a said, citing cultural beauty standards Emily Kassie ’14, one of the vid- range of responses from support such as weight and ethnicity as key eo’s creators, said she worked on it to condemnation, with many posts examples of these structures. because she sensed an overwhelm- containing pejorative speculations She added that other on-campus ing “aggravation toward his presence about the bodies of the organizers, nude events, like the Naked Do- on campus,” adding that Watters’ attendees and Brown students as a nut Run, feature behavior to- whole. primarily white, ward young “Most of the comments we’ve physically fit males women in been getting are comments that “People need to start with an alternative talking about seem to stem from a combination bent. valuing others for more r e v e a l i n g of disgust and ignorance — and I, While the pertheir bodies in response, have been disgusted at than their external formance events was “highly this prejudice against virtually any appearance, be that invited audiencinappropri- body type that isn’t skinny,” Sclafani es to disrobe as ate.” said. “It’s unclear to me what their clothed or naked.” much as they felt K a s s i e ideal body type is, but clearly we are comfortable, body also said she not it. People need to start valuing Gabrielle Sclafani ‘14 painting, yoga, and had surpris- others for more than their external NUDITY IN THE UPSPACE ORGANIZER mural making ingly little appearance, be that clothed or naked, enforced a strict d i f f i c u l t y and start having a conversation about no-dress policy to finding stu- why those things don’t matter.” protect the safety of the space and dents to interview for the video. The Wolinsky agreed. What many critavoid creating a divisive atmosphere. first student she filmed was someone ics do not understand is that “this is “As performers, we’re in our most who had been interviewed by Wat- not a naked party, it’s not a donut exposed, vulnerable state, and that’s ters, but as passersby noticed what run and it’s definitely not Sex Power an important part of instilling our was going on, “people started jump- God,” she said. “It’s a space to admessage,” Pacheco-Fores said. But she ing in and wanting to speak their dress issues people might not feel added that in participatory events, minds,” she said. comfortable addressing. It’s nudity “there are certain power dynamWatters addressed the campus re- with a purpose.” ics associated with whether or not sponse in an Oct. 5 episode of “The some people are clothed and some O’Reilly Factor” but made several are naked.” factual errors — including referring The week’s events received na- to the event as “Nudity Week,” mistional media attention. takenly citing nude cabaret as the Jesse Watters, the correspon- Wednesday night event instead of dent from the Fox News show “The the discussion panel and attributO’Reilly Factor” who crashed Brown’s ing the BPR video to a “student-run annual Sex Power God party with a newspaper group.” camera in 2005, returned to campus Responding to allegations in this week to report on the workshop the BPR video that he had behaved series. disrespectfully toward female interWatters interviewed students viewees, Watters said, “I also asked a who both did and did not attend the male student about his mother, what events, and his questions largely cen- she would say — you know, fair and tered on cost of tuition and whether balanced.” their parents were aware of the workThe BPR video aimed to “incorshop series, according to a student- porate the student voice, which is the made video responding to Watters. most essential voice to hear,” Kassie The Brown Political Review pro- said, adding that she has sent it to duced the video to showcase students’ major news outlets who recently covresponses to Watters. Most students ered Nudity in the Upspace in hopes in the video criticized Watters’ cover- that it will gain enough exposure to age of the event, and some expressed undermine the credibility of Watters’

New pizza parlor to open in Thayer area The Flatbread Company aims to offer local ingredients and a familyfriendly atmosphere By MARCUS SUDAC CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Competition is heating up in Thayer’s pizza ovens. The Flatbread Company, with locations across New England and Hawaii, will open a restaurant on Cushing Street this November. Flatbread was first established in Amesbury, Mass., by friends Jay Gould P’17 and John Meehan, who sought to make pizza with organic ingredients. Using a clay oven, locally sourced foods and free-range meats, Flatbread promotes “sustainability,” “respect for the earth” and “community,” according to the company’s website. Flatbread joins Nice Slice and Antonio’s Pizza as a third pizzeria in the Thayer Street area. “We’ve looked at Providence before, in the Iron Yards,” Gould said. “It’s just a fun city to be a restaurant in.” Flatbread’s Providence location will be its first restaurant next to a university as well as its first in a state capital. “It (will be) a fabulous location near campus as well as the culinary schools in the area,” Gould said. “If we do things right, we were hoping to draw not only Brown students but families from Providence.” The company considers several important criteria in choosing its locations — “there’s a certain size we like, and a neighborhood that’s family-friendly,” Gould said. According to its website, Flatbread values access to locally-sourced, organic produce as much as a familial atmosphere. Though specific Providence sources are yet to be determined, a variety of producers provide Flatbread’s locations in New England with ingredients. “We push for local food — always,” Gould said. “It’s the job of the kitchen people at each Flatbread to find those places.” Flatbread, recalling its communal values, is not concerned about local competition from Antonio’s and

Nice Slice. “We’re unique in terms of our organic, locally-sourced category,” Gould said, and so compared to the other local pizzerias, “we’re like two different products.” Gould said Flatbread will also stand apart in its community focus, “where families can play with the dough and sit in front of the fire.” Antonio’s and Nice Slice do not seem concerned either. Ed Ramos, manager of Antonio’s, said he has never heard of Flatbread and added, “If we keep doing what we do best, there’s no need to pay attention.” Eric Carrico, manager of Nice Slice, said he is confident Flatbread’s organic bent will not steal away customers, as Nice Slice also uses locallysourced ingredients. Flatbread does not plan on differentiating its Providence location from its other restaurants — it will retain a menu of pizzas, salads and desserts, as well as family-style seating surrounding a central hearth. “We always try to honor the architecture of the building — put the history on the wall and give it a sense of place,” Gould said. The only differentiating factor will be the construction of a small library in the back of its restaurant to complement the local university scene. Flatbread has considered other measures to accommodate the Brown clientele and has looked favorably on the possibility of allowing students to use their meal plans to pay. Flatbread further aims to attract Brown students through a weekly fundraiser, giving $3.50 from every flatbread pizza sold on Tuesdays to a local nonprofit. “It’s a win-win. We’d rather give money to this than spend it on advertising funds elsewhere,” he said. Flatbread plans a “soft opening” in conjunction with its “quiet, communal presence,” Gould added. The restaurant will also host a small party for contractors and those who helped with construction. Though his daughter Carly Gould ’17 is a student at Brown, he said the decision to choose Providence was “purely coincidence” — the company had been investigating the area prior to her acceptance.

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‘Glee Project’ star reflects on reality TV life Michael Weisman ’17, who tied for 4th place on the show, plans to study applied music By EMILY DOGLIO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After being discovered by Glee casting director Robert Ulrich on a plane home from college visits, Michael Weisman ’17 competed in the second season of the “The Glee Project,” which aired on Oxygen last summer.

Three months of on-set life and stressful competition were edited into eleven television episodes to make the reality series — so what do the viewers miss? Weisman said his time on the show felt like “half summer camp, half prison” but was overall a pleasant experience. Though they were reminded of the competitive nature of the show when the bottom three competitors were announced every week, Weisman said the contestants became close friends and have continued to spend time together since the show’s end.

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Weisman has appeared in Disney’s “A.N.T. Farm” and TV Land’s “Hot in Cleveland.” He also released a mixtape with a fellow contestant.

The cast members would often have to change their clothes or get their hair and makeup redone in order to recreate the atmosphere from the previous day, and he said wearing makeup for filming gave him sympathy for people who wear makeup regularly. The audience also does not see how isolated the cast members are from normal life while living entirely on set, he said. Weisman said he was not allowed to use a cellphone, the Internet, the radio or any other sort of media. He was allotted just 10 minutes of monitored phone time per week. On set, the walls did not reach the ceiling, and the utilities were often broken or dysfunctional, Weisman said. Far and away Between his time on “The Glee Project” and beginning school, Weisman did advertisements for ROSS stores and acted in television shows such as Disney’s “A.N.T. Farm” and TV Land’s “Hot In Cleveland.” He also worked on a music project called Far and Away with fellow contestant Nellie Veitenheimer. They released a mixtape this September, which is available online, and performed shows together. After competing on the show with Veitenheimer, Weisman said he knew they had to make music together. For their original songs, Nellie writes the

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At Brown, Weisman is a member of the Jabberwocks, and he will be performing in the Production Workshop’s upcoming “The Vibrator Play.” lyrics and Weisman writes the music. They are still looking for a drummer or a bassist or someone who “(plays) anything else” to jam with, he said. Performing at Brown Weisman is a member of the Jabberwocks and an actor in the upcoming show “The Vibrator Play,” in the Production Workshop Downspace. He said he knew about the prominence of the performing arts community at Brown but did not research it too much before attending. His visit to campus was the big draw for him. “Everybody’s got something completely unique that they’re

awesome at,” Weisman said about Brown students. Jared Newmark ’14 of the a capella group the Jabberwocks said Weisman is very prominent and recognizable but that his fame was not a major factor in his acceptance to the group. Though a quick Google search draws up many references to Weisman’s love for calculus, he said he is more interested in studying applied music at Brown. Weisman said he was working on his application for “The Glee Project” late at night and added that he loved calculus because he was distracted by the math homework he had to finish later that evening.

Students redefine ‘pro-Israel’ stance at J Street Conference in D.C. Politicians from six of Israel’s political parties spoke on working toward a two-state solution By ABIGAIL SAVITCH-LEW STAFF WRITER

Amid peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel for the first time since 2008, more than 25 Brown students traveled with J Street U Brown to Washington, D.C., to attend a conference hosted by the chapter’s parent advocacy group last weekend.

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Seeking peace through politics The national J Street group, founded five years ago, aims to “redefine what it means to be pro-Israel” and marshal American support for a twostate solution, said J Street Director of Media and Communications Jessica Rosenblum. The organization says the

details of the negotiation should be worked out between Israel and Palestine, but Rosenblum said the organization believes a two-state agreement would likely create a border between the two states mostly based on land divisions before the 1967 Six-Day War. At the conference, titled “Our Time to Lead,” students attended panels and lectures with experts, non-governmental organization advocates and Israeli, Palestinian and American officials, including Israel’s Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni and Vice President Joe Biden. The event attracted 3,000 participants, mostly Jewish-Americans, with about 900 students from across the country. J Street U Brown, one of several groups on campus organized around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, planned the trip and encouraged Brown students of different backgrounds and levels of knowledge to attend. Though the campus group officially joined the national organization in the spring of 2012, J Street U Brown

existed previously as a national J Street affiliate under the name Puzzle Peace. Brown students said they attended for a variety of reasons. Shelby Centofanti ’15 and Eital Schattner-Elmaleh ’17 said they chose to attend the conference to continue their activism. Centofanti, a J Street U Brown member, organized the J Street U chapter at Georgetown University as an underclassman before transferring to Brown, and Schattner-Elmaleh spent last year in Israel doing political organizing. Both said they also found themselves reuniting with Jewish friends at the conference. Misbah Noorani ’17 said she went to learn something new. As a Muslim, she said she felt welcome but definitely in the minority. She said she enjoyed the conference’s intimacy: many officials and experts remained for the entire conference and welcomed interaction with students. “You could just walk up and have a conversation,” she added.

Conference conversations The views of attendees and speakers varied widely and did not always align completely with J Street’s positions, attendees said. Debates ranged from the role of religion in Israel to the feasibility of integrated schools in the region. Centofanti said the variety of perspectives at the conference created opportunities for lively panel debates. There were moments when speakers spoke vaguely of the two-state solution, without providing greater detail about how to reach a compromise, Noorani said. Schattner-Elmaleh said many of the Israeli politicians attending represented the Labor Party, which supports a twostate solution but does not work actively enough to end the conflict, she said. J Street and its supporters often receive accusations of anti-Zionism, and J Street may have chosen to invite Labor Party speakers partly to avoid this accusation, she added. “The conference was a lot of drawing people in from both sides, and so they weren’t as radical as I had hoped,” Schattner-Elmaleh said. Rosenblum said J Street chose to invite politicians from six of Israel’s different parties to show the widespread support for a two-state solution across party lines, not to make a political statement. Schattner-Elmaleh said many politicians who spoke at the conference do not speak about the conflict while in Israel and talking to their Israeli constituents. “The problem is there isn’t a real space for dialogue in Israel,” she said. “Each side is caught up in their day-to-day politics.” Though she said it made her uncomfortable to observe the difference, Schattner-Elmaleh said she was glad the conference gave Israeli politicians a

chance to listen to one another and talk openly about the conflict. Looking forward On Tuesday, the last day of the conference, Brown students participated with other attendees in the conference’s annual Advocacy Day, asking their Congressional representatives and senators to support a resolution to commit the United States to an active role in peace negotiations and to push for a two-state solution. The government shutdown caused some senators and representatives to cancel their appointments, including Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed. Brown students still met successfully with other Rhode Island politicians Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., as well as representatives from their respective home states. “Whitehouse and Langevin were both really responsive,” wrote Harpo Jaeger ’14, director of J Street U Brown, in an email to The Herald. “It’s always great to see how interested our representatives are in actually hearing from us as citizen-advocates.” With the conference complete, J Street Brown students will continue to host teach-ins and stay apprised of the negotiations, Centofanti said. The group also plans to get involved in the Two Campaign, a new national effort spearheaded by J Street, Jaeger wrote. The goal of the campaign is to demonstrate the American Jewish community’s widespread support of a two-state solution using advertising, petitioning, town hall meetings and campus activism, Rosenblum said. “American Jews can be viewed as catalysts for the good things we want to happen,” Centofanti said.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013

M. SOCCER

W. RUGBY

Squad pulls overtime draw in Ivy opener Morgan ’16 nominated for

Collegiate All-American team

Taylor ’15 and Akeel ’16 notched goals for an early lead against Columbia Saturday

The women’s rugby team, a club sport at Brown, ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation

By SAM WICKHAM SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The men’s soccer team earned a double-overtime 2-2 draw to begin its Ivy League campaign at Columbia Saturday. Bruno (3-4-2, 0-0-1 Ivy) notched two early goals, but the Lions (5-2-1, 0-0-1) responded quickly to level the score in regulation. The tie extends Bruno’s unbeaten streak to three games and is the third double-overtime contest the Bears have played this season. “We wanted to get a result, and it’s tough to win on the road in the Ivy League,” said co-captain Josh Weiner ’14. “We’re not the happiest with a tie … but we were able to come out of the overtimes and not concede a goal.” Bruno took the early lead 12 minutes in, when Daniel Taylor ’15 found the end of a free kick from Jose Salama ’14. Taylor beat his man at the near post and nodded the ball past the Columbia goalkeeper to put Brown ahead 1-0. “We’ve been able to capitalize on the opportunities we’re creating, which is something earlier in the season we had a harder time doing,” Taylor said. The Bears offense continued to dazzle in the opening period and found the net again just 13 minutes later. Tariq Akeel ’16 received a pass from co-captain Jack Kuntz ’14 and fired a shot into the top corner of the net to boost Bruno’s lead to 2-0. “They had a big guy who won a lot of the first balls, but tonight it was all about winning second balls,” Taylor said. “Whoever won those was able to go forward and make something happen.” Columbia responded quickly, using high pressure in the midfield to win the ball back from the Bears and scoring in the 29th minute when a headed shot found its way into the goal. The team’s second score of the half came only 10 minutes later when a shot from seven yards out leveled the game at 2-2 and ended a whirlwind half of scoring for

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Bruno played Columbia away Saturday, starting its Ivy League campaign with a tie. Both teams struggled during the second half. both teams. “It was a hard-fought game both ways,” Weiner said. “It was a battle, and I think these Ivy League games are much more physical than some of the younger guys have seen before, but we’re a team built for that.” Both teams struggled to create meaningful chances in the second half, with the Lions outshooting Bruno 5-1. Weiner made three of his six saves to keep the game level and send his team into overtime. “Overtime is a unique thing because it is golden goal, so it can be one minute long or 20 minutes long,” Weiner said. “We need to be safe at the

back … and take our chances when they come to us.” Salama and Taylor registered a shot apiece over the two extra periods, but neither team could find the game-winner and the match ended at an even 2-2. The Bears go on to face the University of New Hampshire (6-3) Tuesday and will return home Saturday to host Ivy rival Princeton (3-5-0, 1-0-0). “Just like any game, (UNH) is going to be a challenge,” Taylor said. “As long as we play our game and maintain this momentum of possessing the ball, hopefully things will go as planned and we’ll get another victory.”

Saskia “Kiki” Morgan ’16, who plays as a wing for the Brown Women’s Rugby Football Club, was nominated Sept. 24 for the Women’s Collegiate All-American first team for 2012-13. “I’m just so incredibly proud of her,” said team captain Lucy Fernandez ’14. “I’ve seen her grow so much as both a player and a person over the past year.” Morgan, voted “Rookie of the Line” by her teammates in her first year, has already scored four tries in the two most recent games this season. Head Coach Kathy Flores said she believes Morgan “has what it takes” to play at a national or even international level. Flores was Head Coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team during three World Cups from 2002 to 2010. “She has the physical skills, but the hardest part on the international level is the mental toughness,” Flores said. “I think that she could play for the United States (national team).” “Kiki is a goofball,” said Saudi Garcia ’14. “She’s great, and we all love her, but when she’s on the field she’s one of the fastest players in the entire country.” Morgan is the “latest incarnation” of a tradition of excellence in women’s rugby at Brown, Garcia said. The club team — the first of its kind in the Ivy League — has consistently been ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation in the past few years, and it has won the Ivy League Championship six years in a row. Established in 1977, the BWRFC has had some alums go on to play at a professional level, including Emilie Bydwell ’08, who plays for the U.S. national team. Another professional alum, Izzy McKinnon ’11, plays for the professional club the Atlanta

Harlequins, which is currently the top-ranked Division 1 club in the nation. Fernandez said the BWRFC has seen continued success over multiple generations due to a mixture of a “really cool, familial culture” and hard work. “The culture of rugby in general is really great, but there’s something special about the Brown team,” Fernandez said. Flores, who took over from previous Head Coach Kerri Heffernan this season, said she found the culture to be “one of acceptance.” “I’ve just been trying to extend things and continue the stuff that (Heffernan’s) done with a little more technique-oriented stuff,” she said. Since rugby is a club sport, the team does not recruit players before the season starts, and some of the players have no rugby or even athletic experience before joining BWRFC. With these difficulties in mind, Garcia said the continued success of the team stems from “the new skills that we’re getting from people that are just coming onto the team with the experience from people … who have played for a long time.” This season, the team is coming off a rough 57-7 loss to Harvard after a 34-22 win over Princeton Sept. 28 and an impressive 105-0 clobbering of Columbia the previous weekend. Before Saturday, its only loss of the season was to Army in a friendly match. “I think we’re off to a pretty good start, given that we have a new coach and a really young team,” Fernandez said. “We still have a lot of work and building to do before we get to nationals.” The team’s main focus is the Ivy Championship, which will take place the first week of November. “We have work to do, but we’re really excited about playing (in) the Ivy championship,” Garcia said. After the tough second half against Princeton, Flores said she sees the Tigers as their main rival this season. “If we can clean up the things I think we need to clean up, we’ll do well,” she said.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Bears fall to Friars, cow Crimson After dropping the ball against Providence College, Bruno earns redemption besting Harvard By CORMAC CUMMISKEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Over four days of play, the field hockey team saw extreme lows and highs. After suffering a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Providence College (5-5) last Wednesday, the Bears (45, Ivy 1-2) were triumphant against Harvard (2-5, 1-2), winning 2-1 in overtime. The victory was Brown’s first conference win of the season.

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Captain Mika Siegelman ’14 attributed the Bears’ success to a sustained team effort and Kiersten Berg‘s ‘14 ability to get open.

Anchored by goalies, Bears continue staunch defense Bruno will take on Princeton at home Saturday, after a win and a draw last week By LLOYD SY SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The women’s soccer team pushed further into its season last week with a win over Bryant Wednesday and an overtime draw with Columbia Saturday evening. Brown 1, Bryant 0 For the second straight game, forward Kiersten Berg ’14 scored the lone goal in a Bears (6-2-1, 1-0-1 Ivy) victory, sparking the team’s 1-0 home win over Bryant (5-7-0) with a second-half goal at Stevenson Field. Berg scored the only goal in last Sunday’s Ivy League opener against Dartmouth, a 1-0 victory for the squad. This time her game-winning goal came in the 60th minute off an assist from forward Chloe Cross ’15. “Chloe got the ball, and I started screaming for it,” Berg said. “I saw the lane open and started crossing across the middle. She played it towards the keeper, and I was there to knock it in.” Captain Mika Siegelman ’14 said Berg’s ability to get open was key to Brown’s success. “She’s always been really good,” Siegelman said. “She just has the speed to get past defenders.” Siegelman led the Bears with five shots. Cross added three shots while Louisa Pitney ’14 tried two on Bryant goalies Kaylan Conrad and Lauren Viverito. On the other end of the field, Bruno’s dual goalies, Amber Bledsoe ’14 and Mary Catherine Barrett

’14 teamed up for the shutout, with Barrett earning the win, her fifth of the year. Bledsoe tacked on one save in her half of play. Berg complimented the team’s defense, noting its “confidence has been up” for most of the season. “They’re really young, with only one senior, but they’re all on the same page,” Berg said. Brown 0, Columbia 0 Bruno played for 110 minutes with the full length of overtime Saturday night against Columbia (5-3-2, 0-1-1) at Columbia Soccer Stadium until the match was called a 0-0 tie. The team has suffered injuries, with several starters unable to travel to New York, Siegelman said. “We wanted to win for sure, but our numbers were hurting,” Siegelman said. “Everyone out there was giving everything they had.” Brown saw plenty of offensive opportunities, outshooting the Lions 8-3 in the first half. Overall, the team shot 12 times, compared to Columbia’s 10 shots. Cross and Erin Katz ’16 led Bruno in shots, with four and three, respectively. Bledsoe and Barrett both tallied a save. Brown gets back on the field at home this Saturday, when the team takes on Princeton. Though the Tigers went undefeated in the Ivy League last year, they are 0-2-0 in conference play this season, with losses to Yale and Dartmouth. “Princeton’s been really good, but they’ve been having a tough year,” Siegelman said. “It’s about playing hard every Ivy game — a lot of it comes down to who wants it more, and I don’t have any doubts about how badly this team wants it.”

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Providence 5, Brown 1 The team entered last Wednesday’s game against cross-town rivals Providence coming off a close loss to Dartmouth. Forward Torie Stearns ’14 said the Bears knew they were in for an uphill battle. “Providence is in a really strong conference. They’ve always been a strong team,” Stearns said. “But whatever team it is you have to go out hard.” Unfortunately for the Bears, the Friars struck more swiftly. Less than 30 seconds elapsed before Providence’s Daniella Bernasconi struck the game’s first goal. Bernasconi duplicated this feat in the second

minute of play to add to Providence’s lead. This trend of Friar offensive dominance persisted, with Providence’s forwards scoring twice more before the end of the period. Bruno’s lone answer to the barrage of goals came from Stearns, who netted an unassisted point in the 23rd minute. After the game, Stearns said the Bears struggled to regain momentum after the Friars’ initial scoring surge. “When a team comes out hard and scores in the first 30 seconds it knocks you back a little bit,” Stearns said. “We were playing a little bit scared after that.” Brown 2, Harvard 1 (OT) The team had to set aside any fears and regrets surrounding the loss to Providence when it confronted Harvard Saturday. After falling to both Columbia and Dartmouth earlier this season, the Bears sought to make a name for themselves in the league by taking down the Crimson. Harvard maintained the upper hand during much of the first half, peppering Brown’s goalkeeper,

Shannon McSweeney ’15, with shots. Still, McSweeney remained resolute, allowing no goals during the first half. It was only during the second half, in the 51st minute, that Alexis Miller ’16 recorded an unassisted goal. But with six minutes remaining on the clock, the Crimson countered with an equalizing point of their own. In overtime, Brown’s high-scoring duo, Meghan O’Donnell ’15 and Hannah Rogers ’16, struck to seal the victory for the Bears. Off a pass from O’Donnell, Rogers slapped the ball past Harvard’s keeper to give Brown its first Ivy victory of the season. Captain Avery Burns ’14 said the win meant a great deal to the team. “We haven’t beaten Harvard since my freshman year,” Burns said. “It’s always great to beat Harvard.” Up next The team returns to play this Wednesday, hosting non-conference opponent Quinnipiac. Following that match, the Bears will play another out-of-conference rival, the University of Louisville, at home Sunday. Burns said both contests will be “winnable games.”

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The 2016 and 2015 Class Boards whisked students away to an orchard for a day of apple picking Saturday. Later in the afternoon, all students had the opportunity to make candy apples on Wriston.

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Rhode Island sports icons share stories of success Panelists captivated their audience with tales of athletic careers that began in the Ocean State By DANTE O’CONNELL SENIOR STAFF WRITER

An Olympic gold medalist, two former professional athletes, an NCAA basketball coach and a renowned amateur golfer all came together for a panel discussion at the Nelson Fitness Center Friday. Brown honored the five panelists, as well as 23 other Rhode Island sports legends, at halftime of the Brown-University of Rhode Island football game Saturday evening. These accomplished men and women all have one thing in common: They were born and raised in Rhode Island. Sara DeCosta-Hayes, Bill Almon ’75, Dave Emma, Ed Cooley and Nancy Chaffee gathered before a crowd of nearly 100 people to talk about their experiences growing up and playing sports in Rhode Island and how those early years impacted their eventual careers. “We all love Rhode Island,” said Athletic Director Jack Hayes, who organized the event. “As a hard-working state of people who appreciate success, we are thrilled to recognize these individuals who have done some incredible things.” Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 said, “We’re a small state, but we’ve produced some great athletes over the years.” Other honorees included hockey player Jim Bennett ’79, lacrosse standout Tom Gagnon ’86 and former professional tennis player Gordie Ernst ’89. From Ivy Leaguer to number one draft pick Almon grew up in Warwick and played baseball at Veterans Memorial High School. After an illustrious high school career, Almon received offers from all but two Major League teams. Instead of going pro, however, Almon decided to enroll at Brown. “It was all about the education,” Almon said. “You can get hurt at any moment. My father said, ‘If you’re good enough to be drafted at 18, in three years … if you believe in yourself, you’ll only be better. Not only will you be better, but you’ll have an education on top of that. So you can’t lose.” During his career at Brown, Almon broke 13 of Brown’s 19 single-game, season and career records. He was named to two all-Ivy teams, and in 1974, the Sporting News named Almon College Baseball Player of the Year. Later that year, Almon became the only Ivy League student-athlete to be drafted first overall in any sport — a distinction he holds to this day. During his 15-season career as a utility player, Almon played for the San Diego Padres, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies. Almon’s favorite memory in the MLB was his debut as a rookie in 1974. Despite going 0-for-4 against future Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, the moment was surreal. “It was everything I ever hoped it would be,” Almon said. “It validated everything for me.” Almon has since moved back to Warwick, where he currently resides

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The former athletes honored at Saturday’s football game included Olympic gold medalist Sara DeCosta-Hayes, former MLB player Bill Almon ’75, Olympic hockey player Dave Emma and basketball coach Ed Cooley. with his wife, Katie. Pioneer in women’s hockey and gold medalist Long before any Olympic medals, DeCosta-Hayes began playing competitive ice hockey at five. She became the first female to play for Toll Gate High School in Warwick, and as goalie, she led the team to a state championship and earned all-state honors. “There weren’t many opportunities for girls to play hockey, so I grew up playing with the boys,” DeCostaHayes said. “I was the only girl in youth hockey, all the way through high school. That helped me become the athlete I became.” DeCosta-Hayes went on to play for Providence College after Toll Gate. While still in college in 1998, she made the United States national team, on which she would play for the next seven years. She won a gold medal with the team at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, in 1998, the first year women’s ice hockey was played as an Olympic sport. She also went on to win a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. DeCosta-Hayes said her favorite Olympic memory was a 2002 preliminary round game against China. “To have the opportunity to compete for my country in my country, especially around the time of Sept. 11, and to experience how everyone came together in the country was something I’ll never forget,” DeCosta-Hayes said. “I saw hundreds of American flags. It was a packed stadium.” Overcoming adversity on and off the court Cooley grew up on the South Side of Providence in a family of nine children. His mother was on welfare, and his father rarely came around to see his kids. But that did not stop Cooley from achieving his goals. Cooley earned allstate basketball honors in his junior and senior years at Central High School. He served as captain of his team at Stonehill College for three years and, after coaching at Fairfield University for five years, returned home to coach Providence College in 2011. “You think I grew up tough — I think I grew up great,” Cooley said. “The days where there wasn’t a lot of food, I found a way. I’m a big guy.”

Instead of looking into the past and “becoming paralyzed by stuff that didn’t happen,” Cooley said he prefers to live in the present. “I wake up and say, ‘Today is the best day of my life,’” Cooley said. “It really is. It’s the only day we can control, it’s the only minute we can control, the only hour we can control. I love using positive words every single day to ignite all that enthusiasm and passion within yourself.” Last year, Cooley led Providence College to its first winning season since 2008. He is glad to be back home, coaching where he grew up. “I love Rhode Island,” Cooley said. “I’ll be buried here. I love the water, I love the people, I love the accents, I love the food. I think the pressure here has helped me. Every time we lose, I feel like I’ve let everybody down. I feel a sense of urgency to win for everybody else, not myself.” From the trenches to success Like DeCosta-Hayes, Emma grew up dreaming of playing in the Olympics. The biggest obstacle he had to overcome was his size. “I was always told that, no matter how successful I was, I was too small to play,” Emma said. “I never let any of

that negativity affect me. I knew that I had that inner strength, I had that drive and I had that commitment.” As a young man, Emma worked digging trenches for his father’s plumbing company. Instead of allowing Emma to use a machine, his father made him use a pick to dig the trenches by hand. “That’s what showed me that there wasn’t anything in life I couldn’t accomplish,” Emma said. The hard work certainly paid off for Emma. As a senior right-winger at Boston College in 1991, Emma won the Hobey Baker Award as the best player in college hockey. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils later that year, which marked the beginning of a 10year NHL career with the Devils and the Florida Panthers. In 1992, Emma’s dream came true when he was selected to play for the U.S. Olympic Team. Emma cites the Olympic opening ceremonies, winning the Hobey Baker Award and seeing his number retired by Boston College as the three proudest moments of his career. Emma now resides in Florida with his family but comes back frequently to visit his parents and sister. “Rhode Island is home,” Emma said. “My roots are here and my family is here. I wouldn’t be where I am today if

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it wasn’t for the people who supported me in Rhode Island, going back all the way to my youth hockey days.” ‘A lasting sport’ Since winning her first Rhode Island Women’s Golf Association title when she was 17 years old, Chaffee has become the only woman to win a Rhode Island State Championship in four different decades. She is also the only woman to win the Rhode Island Golf Association’s junior, regular and senior championships. And Chaffee’s illustrious career isn’t even over yet — the 69-year-old won her fifth and most recent senior championship in 2012 and tallied her eighth career hole-in-one last year. She practices every day from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., goes to work and then plays a round in the evening. “It’s been a fun time, and I’ve enjoyed it,” Chaffee said. “It’s a lasting sport.” Chaffee teaches golf to junior players for six weeks each spring and sees her work as a good way to give back to the state she loves. “I’ve been so privileged to have been born in Rhode Island,” Chaffee said. “Rhode Islanders stick with Rhode Islanders. There’s nothing like a Rhode Island person.”

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Fox’s pandering journalism falls short

As many on campus are already aware, Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” correspondent Jesse Watters made another visit to College Hill this past week. When Watters came to Brown in 2005, he infamously infiltrated and filmed Sex Power God, leading to a controversial segment on the show. His return was not widely welcomed, as many felt Watters’ trip to Providence — to cover the ongoing Nudity in the Upspace week — was not so much intended to fulfill the purposes of sincere journalism as to promote a specific agenda. These critics are right. Watters’ behavior on campus was an example of a poorly researched and highly targeted investigation, aimed at filling a particular audience with horror at the secular activities of college students. It was clear from the beginning that Watters had done little, if any, research on the event before deciding to cover it, demonstrating that he cared not about the quality of his reporting but instead about eliciting a particular response. He repeatedly referred to Nudity in the Upspace as “Nudity Week” — even on air during a report, despite being corrected multiple times — and demonstrated little knowledge of the purpose of the week when interviewing students. His questions were aimed at prompting answers about what students’ parents would think of them, not about whether they felt Nudity in the Upspace led to productive conversation or why they felt it might be a necessary event. This is little more than pandering journalism — pandering to both the subject covered and the audience to whom it is presented. In an initial report Friday, Watters and O’Reilly covered the event with maximum amounts of condescension to poor, benighted Brown students throwing away “$55,000 a year on nude body painting.” Not only do they miss the particular point — that in addition to academic growth, the purpose of college is to expand one’s experiences and challenge oneself — but they also shirk their duties as representing a major news source. O’Reilly and Watters chose to focus on a story without much actual importance while real, pressing events were unfolding this week. Is it really news that a university known to promote the liberal arts and freedom of expression holds artistic events that some, especially on the right, might consider radical? No. But the government shutdown, affecting hundreds of thousands of public workers across the country, is. In promoting a story designed for its target audience, Fox put the bottom line over doing its job. This is why we’re upset. It’s not because we’re “defensive” or “scared” as you jokingly claimed on “The O’Reilly Factor” when reporting on the backlash this Friday. It’s because your coverage is wholly unproductive and has no purpose other than to smear college kids, particularly those with left-of-center social views. This is but another instance of polarized journalism undermining the goal of creating an informed American public by putting its own interests first.

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We are in this together JOHN MULLIGAN guest columnist

We have recently seen a number of quotes and editorials in The Herald representing our school’s unique “university-college” structure as the setting for a zero-sum match in which undergraduate and graduate students are pitted against one another in a fight for limited and shrinking resources. This is an inaccurate depiction of life at Brown. In the context of debate over the strategic plan, it is an unhelpful one, and based on my own and other graduate students’ conversations with undergraduate students, it is not even representative of the community’s sentiments. If the question is how we can simultaneously pursue world-class, cutting-edge faculty research and use that research to educate world-class undergraduates in an open-curriculum, liberal arts setting, the answer is Brown graduate students. This institution’s unique and deceptively short mission statement does two things: It commits Brown to service “by discovering, communicating and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating students to

discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation,” and it recognizes that these goals are best served by its unique “university-college” composition. We are the hyphen in that “university-college” compound. In our research capacity, we work with your professors to push the limits of disciplinary knowledge. In our teaching capacity — predominantly as teaching assistants — we help you to understand some of these more difficult, cutting-edge concepts, bridging generational and educational divides. I have yet to meet a Brown graduate student not committed to this dual teacher-researcher role. Most of your TAs had offers from multiple graduate programs but decided to come to Brown because of its unique institutional structure. If the Open Curriculum allows undergraduate students to do exciting, interdisciplinary work that will make them leaders on the global stage, the hybrid role inhabited by Brown graduate students allows us both at and beyond Brown to expand the boundaries of human understanding and to preserve and communicate knowledge in danger of being forgotten or drowned out. Most of us who enter the professoriate will not be as fortunate as our mentors at Brown and will have to choose between our students and our research.

But I can personally say that my time tion has tried to limit PhD complehere, teaching and learning from tion time to an unrealistic five years. Brown’s remarkable undergrads, has Ask your faculty adviser how long it prepared me to strike that balance in took him or her to complete a PhD. a productive way. President Christina Paxson’s strateHere are some stark facts. Gradu- gic plan’s current wording suggests ate student support takes up just un- graduate programs will be funded acder 10 percent of Brown’s overall op- cording to undefined but strict meaerating budget. Many of us receive sures, privileging perceived competzero support during the summer itiveness over broad-based need. I break, and nearly all international know this issue rings home with the students are undergradubarred by the ate communiU.S. governty. When fac“I have yet to meet a ment from ulty members working — so identified inBrown graduate student they scrimp numnot committed to our dual, creased and save to fly bers of and inteacher-researcher role.” home, where creased fundthey can leing for gradugally pay for ate students as their groceramong their ies. Those top priorities who do receive summer support are in last spring’s Herald poll, this was paid less than an undergraduate on not only for their own research needs an Undergraduate Teaching and Re- but also for the educational needs of search Award. Your Ivy League TAs undergraduate students (“Poll: Faculare highly-intelligent professionals ty members name Graduate School as saddled with their own temporarily- preferred U. priority,” Apr. 24). Brown deferred student loan debt and could professors will continue to pursue be making much more in the private high-end research. But if their gradusector but are living out their late 20s ate students are fewer in number or and early 30s on poverty wages or no inadequately funded, and if we are wages at all for three months of the being hurried towards the exits with year. arbitrary deadlines on our dissertaAt the same time, the administra- tions, do you think you will receive

more or less attention from your professors and TAs? We aren’t in this for the money, but National Grid, our landlords and the grocery store are not particularly receptive to our senses of a higher calling. We have recently seen in the pages of The Herald a good deal of justified undergraduate concern about the strategic plan in its current form. Please do not mistake relative silence by graduate students on this matter as a lack of interest or concern regarding the plan. We are stretched incredibly thin, trying to balance our teaching loads with completing our research in a short time frame and applying for jobs in an incredibly competitive market, all with limited funds. We recently released a public statement on the first draft of the strategic plan, as reported by The Herald (“President, provost hear grad students’ concerns,” Oct. 3). I hope I have helped to underline what everyone at Brown already knows: the extent to which the graduate and undergraduate communities, far from being at odds, hold complementary interests. And with that, I must return to my dissertation. John Mulligan GS is a PhD candidate in English Literature and secretary of the Graduate Student Council. He believes Brown is a community, not a thunderdome.

To Mr. Watters and the media... CARA NEWLON opinions columnist

Nudity in the Upspace — a week that attempts to “explore nudity in all its forms” — has received intense media scrutiny in the past week. Media outlets such as CBS, the Huffington Post, theBlaze and the notorious Jesse Watters, the “O’Reilly Factor” correspondent who infiltrated the Sex Power God party in 2005, have seized upon the event, inaccurately dubbing it “Nudity Week at Brown” and questioning its morality. But a week of nude events at Brown isn’t the real story here. The real story is the negative, bodyshaming reaction of the media and the American public. “The articles don’t have our voice in them, and the comments are horrifying,” said Becca Wolinsky ’14, a coordinator of the event. “The ones that insult my body. These are what people who don’t even know me are saying about me. They’ve Googleimaged and Facebooked me.” Wolinsky and her co-coordinators did not ask for this level of public attention. Last year, Nudity in the Upspace went up without a hitch. The 2012 event, by all accounts, was a positive, affirming, safe space in which students could witness nude performance, experiment with naked yoga and discuss stigmas associated with the naked body.

But this year, outside media got more powerful way to do it than nahold of the event. And that’s when ked? the negative comments started. Most universities have naked tra“Something tells me that I prob- ditions. Princeton — generally conably wouldn’t want to see (event co- sidered one of the more conservaordinators) naked in the first place,” tive Ivy League institutions — has wrote commenter “The_Toxic_ the Nude Olympics. Fraternities Avenger” on an article published on streak. We generally consider these CBS Boston Local. Do this at a large activities normal college silliness. state school, he wrote, “and I’ll pay But when Brown students attempt to attention.” host a safe forum to discuss nudity “Liberal college students en- intellectually, a media firestorm degage in the stupidest (endeavors),” scends upon our campus. wrote “Roger Cotton.” He continListen: I’m not an expert on nude ued, “Learn events, by any what? How to means. I’ve be a shameless never attend“Is the moral fabric of skank? Is that ed Sex Power empowering?” God. I probAmerican society torn This anonynever to shreds because a few ably mous, creepy will. And beBrown students decide to fore coming to and cowardly Internet bulBrown, I had do nude yoga?” lying underthe same rescores exactaction as the ly the kind of general public social stigmas an event like Nudi- to naked events in general. Nudity ty in the Upspace attempts to chal- among others was somehow taboo, lenge. And really, when did it be- salacious or wrong. come respectable to call somebody So I understand some of the reaca “skank?” tion to the event. What I don’t symThe female coordinators of Nu- pathize with is the vitriol spewed at dity in the Upspace were called ugly my classmates. Try to approach the sluts. If three men had coordinated event with an open mind. And if that the event, they’d be condemned as fails, how is Nudity in the Upspace perverts. Our society finds it impos- harming you? Is the moral fabric of sible to separate the nude body from American society torn to shreds besex. But the sexualization of the na- cause a few Brown students decide to ked body is a social construction. We do nude yoga? were born naked. So why not have Jesse Watters came to Brown a conversation about it? And what with an agenda. He filmed students

dancing around in their underwear at Sex Power God and described it as “pure debauchery.” Last year, he interviewed Brown students on Bill O’Reilly’s made-up “Holiday Tree” Rhode Island controversy. Fox News heavily edited the footage — placing audio of crickets chirping over a Brown student as she paused in thought. Watters creates sarcastic, biased and occasionally downright mean television. Brown students, according to the folks at “The O’Reilly Factor” are over-privileged, hyper-sexualized liberal idiots. “Nudity week here I come!” tweeted Jesse Watters before his oncampus arrival. “It’s a tough job but someone has to do it,” replied one of his followers. “Be brave!” Watch out: Brown students are known to be dangerous. Who knows, we might convert you to our topless, slutty and liberal ways. From observing — and talking — to Watters, his angle seems clear. He repeatedly asked students whether “perverts” attend Nudity in the Upspace. I found the assumption that perverted Brown students attend naked events somewhat ironic coming from a reporter who paid $80 to attend Sex Power God and watch undergraduates make out. Watters is an older reporter asking young female undergraduates about their fathers’ opinions of “Nudity in the Upspace” — with the sexist implication that young women cannot make choices

about nudity on their own. And in the past, a female “Factor” producer sued Bill O’Reilly himself for sexual harassment. Glass houses. Watters also asked how our parents felt about paying tuition for us to attend a nude event. So let’s get the facts straight: We pay a student activities fee of around $214 per year, which means that Brown receives roughly $1,312,462 annually in funding for student activities. According to Wolinsky, Production Workshop provided $25 worth of funding for posters. Further funding came from an Open Jar grant. At most, 0.000019 percent of our tuition money went towards this event. “We acknowledge that there are many stigmas that can often attach themselves to the naked body,” a note in the Nudity in the Upspace program stated. “We want to talk about these stigmas. One of our main goals is to engage as many people as possible in conversations surrounding these topics.” Nudity in the Upspace certainly has sparked a conversation. Let’s continue to keep it positive here on campus. Cara Newlon ’14 believes people should be free to make decisions about their own bodies without nationwide condemnation. Fox News likes to tell the government to butt out of the American people’s lives. Please, Jesse Watters, butt out of ours.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013

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Dynamic duo drove Bruno’s Saturday night win Patrick Donnelly ’13.5 and Tellef Lundevall ’13.5 connected for 10 completions Saturday By CALEB MILLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER EMILY GILBERT / HERALD

in a game-defining moment after halftime, quarterback Patrick Donnelly ’13.5 ran for the Bears’ third score on a play to extend Bruno’s lead to 24-7.

» FOOTBALL, from page 1 a bang for Bruno (2-1, 0-1 Ivy). On the first play from scrimmage, the track star dashed slightly fewer than 100 meters — finding a hole up the middle for a 73yard touchdown. An extra point from Alex Norocea ’14 brought the score to 7-0 in favor of the Bears. After a relatively quiet middle of the first quarter, URI quarterback Bob Bentsen finished off an eight-play, 65-yard drive by connecting with Robbie Jackson near the goal line. Jackson caught the ball between two Brown defenders, took a hit and stumbled into the end zone to put the Rams on the board. Dylan Smith tacked on the extra point to tie the game at seven. Early in the second quarter, Bruno responded with a scoring drive of 82 yards. Two completions from Donnelly to Strachan deep in URI territory set up a Norocea field goal to give Bruno the lead, 10-7. With just 10 seconds left in the first half, Spooney struck again with his second touchdown run of the game from two yards out. Donnelly contributed the key play of the drive by converting a 3rd and 2 in Bruno territory with a 28-yard rush to the URI 24-yard line. Instead of sliding or running toward the sideline like many running quarterbacks, Donnelly ran toward a cluster of URI defenders to pick up eight extra yards.

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“I’m a fifth-year senior,” Donnelly said. “If this is going to be the last time I play football, I’m not going to leave any yards on the field. That’s just my mindset. You’re not going to see (Spooney) run out of bounds or slide, so I’m not going to slide.” An Evans first-down reception set up the Spooney score three plays later. The two second-quarter drives kept the URI defense on the field for nearly 12 minutes. Bruno started the second half almost as quickly as the first. On its first drive of the half started by Polley’s interception, Bruno took just 1 minute, 26 seconds and five plays to execute a 56-yard scoring drive. The Donnelly to Strachan connection came up big once again, as a 33-yard completion put the Bears on the URI 2-yard line. Donnelly took it from there, running for Bruno’s third score on a play action giving Brown a 24-7 lead. “That’s the defining moment of the game,” Donnelly said. “Any time you can put your foot down on a team you’re already up on and extend the lead, it takes the wind out of their sails and gives us the momentum for the rest of the half.” Reisner tacked on the Bears’ final score late in the fourth quarter with an aggressive 23-yard touchdown run, giving Bruno its largest lead of the game. “He ran like an angry man,” Estes said. “I like (Reisner) as an angry young

man. That’s the way we all have to play.” Both starting running backs sustained injuries during the second quarter. URI tailback Justin Semmes suffered a knee injury and did not return. Spooney exited briefly with an unspecified injury but returned before the end of the half to tally his second score. He left the field again early in the third quarter and did not return to the game. Estes said Spooney’s status is “not on a need-to-know basis.” It was unclear whether the running back stayed on the sideline because of the injury or because the Bears held a big lead in a non-conference matchup. Regardless, the choice prevented Spooney from rushing for his third straight 100-yard game. At halftime, Brown honored a group of Rhode Island sports legends, including former Major League Baseball player Bill Almon ’75. The ceremony followed a panel discussion featuring five of the honorees at the Jonathan Nelson ’77 Fitness Center Friday. Saturday night’s game was the 98th edition of the battle for the Governor’s Cup in which the Bears are 70-26-2. The trophy has been traded between the two teams since 1981. Next week, Bruno will face in-state opponent Bryant University (3-2) for the first time ever. URI will try to rebound as it travels to play the University of New Hampshire (1-3).

Colgate 41 Cornell 20

Princeton 53 Columbia 7

Yale 24 Cal Poly 10

Harvard 41 Holy Cross 35

Penn 37 Dartmouth 31

Brown 31 URI 14

“I love the Governor’s Cup. I love having it,” were the first words out of Head Coach Phil Estes’ mouth following Saturday’s 31-14 win over the University of Rhode Island. The Bears put last weekend’s disappointing loss to Harvard in the rearview mirror by overpowering their in-state rival in a convincing 17-point victory. Here’s a breakdown of Bruno’s big night under the lights at Brown Stadium. What’s strong Patrick Donnelly ’13.5 to Tellef Lundevall ’13.5. After a preseason All-Ivy selection, receiver Lundevall was expected to be the recipient of the lion’s share of pass attempts from quarterback Donnelly. It was clear the duo was on the same page Saturday night. Not only did they connect for 10 completions and 86 yards, but the tandem was responsible for five first downs, including two crucial third-down conversions. The 6 foot 5 receiver is not a big-play threat, instead operating along the sideline to give Donnelly an important safety net. The Bears’ passing game is what separated them from the Rams Saturday as Bruno nearly doubled URI yardage through the air, and if Donnelly and Lundevall stay connected, the high-octane numbers will continue

What’s wrong The running game had some serious question marks in the first half. After John Spooney ’14 took the first play 73 yards for a touchdown, Bruno running backs managed just 17 yards the rest of the half, including a handful of runs for negative yardage. The offensive line appeared to be responsible for the faltering run game. On multiple occasions, URI defenders met Spooney before he could get to the line of scrimmage. The outside running game — which gives Spooney a chance to showcase his speed and powered the Bruno offense against Harvard — was nonexistent Saturday. To the credit of the offensive line, Donnelly experienced minimal pass rush as the offense turned to the air in the second quarter, but the running backs will need to make more of a first-half impact in Ivy League play. What’s new A 62-yard running performance Saturday confirmed a surprising early-season trend: Donnelly can run. The quarterback has found success scrambling out of designed pass plays and averaged over 10 yards per carry while the running backs had some early troubles. After just three games, Donnelly has carried the ball for 117 yards, a pace that will blow away his 197-yard season mark in 2012. Donnelly’s legs have also come through at critical moments. In each of the first three games, Donnelly has scrambled to convert a third down on drives that ended in touchdowns. Donnelly said he is “not going to leave yards on the field” this season, and this new dimension could make for a dangerous Bruno offense going forward.

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