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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Humanities falter, sciences see growth

By JOSEPH ZAPPA STAFF WRITER

The number of students earning English degrees declined from 66 to 43 from the class of 2012 to the class of 2013, and the number receiving history degrees dropped from 141 in the class of 2004 to 62 last year, according to the

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Study abroad programs increase in enrollment

The rise from 206 to 281 students studying abroad this year may be due to economic recovery

By DREW WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

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The number of students studying abroad this semester has spiked 27 percent from last fall amid an improving economy and continued interest in overseas study programs, administrators said.

Two hundred eighty-one students are enrolled in study abroad programs this semester, an increase from 206 participating students last fall and a 32 percent jump from the 190 students who studied abroad last semester, according to data from the Office of International Programs.

Kendall Brostuen, associate dean and director of international programs, attributed the increase in study abroad participants to the economic recovery in the United States. Study abroad enrollment figures have jumped at colleges and universities across the country, Brostuen wrote in an email to The Herald.

Brown students have a “growing sense on campus of the value and importance of incorporating an international dimension to one’s four-year Brown experience,” Brostuen said. The number of students studying abroad this semester is the highest total for any semester over the past five years, according to OIP data.

Brostuen said he projects 180 to 190 students will study abroad next semester, around the same number of students who went abroad last spring.

Though deadlines for spring study abroad programs have passed, the » See ABROAD, page 2

Office of Institutional Research.

This decline in humanities concentrators is mirrored across departments — only four of the University’s 27 humanities departments have seen numbers of concentrators increase significantly more than 10 percent over the last decade. But while the number of humanities concentrators appears to be dropping off, eight of the 19 physical science departments and four of eight life and medical sciences departments have seen substantial gains, according to OIR data.

in concentrators — the largest drop of any department over the past 10 years — may stem from similar issues to those that have led to a decrease in humanities concentrators.

There is a “perception that history isn’t practical,” said Cynthia Brokaw, professor and chair of the Department of History, because “there is no obvious job that a person with a concentration in history does.”

Desire for a degree with an obvious financial reward may have pushed the relative growth of the sciences over the last 10 years. The numbers of students receiving degrees in applied mathematics, » See HUMANITIES, page 3

Financial and intellectual rewards Though Brown classifies history as a social science, its long-term decline

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The Ratty will operate with normal hours the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and on a modified schedule for the remainder of break.

Ratty to host Thanksgiving

FOOTBALL

Bruno crippled by mistakes against Yale A questionable penalty, a late touchdown and ‘undisciplined playing’ doomed the Bears

By CALEB MILLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Yale running back Deon Randall drove through the teeth of the Bears’ defense on his way to a go-ahead, 32-yard touchdown with 19 seconds remaining in Saturday’s game in New Haven to propel Yale over Brown — 24-17 — for the first time since 2010.

Randall’s knockout punch extinguished any lingering hopes of a conference title for Bruno (5-3, 2-3 Ivy). But his heroics would not have been possible without early

The Third World Center will no longer host its annual Thanksgiving meal

missed opportunities by the Brown offense. In the first half, Alexander Norocea ’14 missed a field goal, an aberration that led to a turnover on downs deep in Bulldog territory. A lost fumble in the red zone held the Bears to just seven points despite 236 yards of offense and 14 first downs.

“We didn’t make plays today and mistakes cost us,” said Head Coach Phil Estes. He added that all three of the team’s losses this season can be chalked up to “undisciplined play.”

Bruno had 87 more yards, three more first downs and four more red zone opportunities than the Bulldogs (5-3, 3-2), but crucial penalties and a couple of big plays for the Elis swung the game in favor of the home team. » See FOOTBALL, page 8

By KATYA BARRETT CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Brown University Dining Services will continue service at the Sharpe Refectory for students on meal plan through the Thanksgiving holiday for the first time this year, offering a Thanksgiving supper that will replace the meal traditionally hosted at the Third World Center.

Other dining halls and eateries will close the afternoon of Nov. 27, but the Ratty will continue to operate with normal hours on Wednesday and a modified holiday schedule through Sunday.

The TWC has traditionally hosted a Thanksgiving Day meal for students who stay on campus

during the break, wrote TWC Director and Assistant Dean of the College Mary Grace Almandrez in an email to The Herald.

In recent years, the TWC has been unable to accommodate all those interested in attending the dinner, a factor that contributed to the decision to keep the Ratty open, she wrote. The center will not host a separate dinner this year.

The TWC “is very homey, there are a lot of couches, and there was a lot of food, but it was very crowded,” said Karla Tytus ’15, who attended the center’s dinner last year.

“They ran out of dessert a couple of times.”

Members of the Brown community not on meal plan will be able to pay to join the meal, Almandrez said.

“I like the idea of being able to use meal credits, but I’m not completely sure I like that idea that it » See RATTY, page 3

Artists react to materialism in 24-hour art competition The curated and ‘organic’ exhibit featured projects using a range of different mediums

By EMMAJEAN HOLLEY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Cramming was a requirement — not a sleep-depriving reflection of poor time management — for the student artists and curators in this year’s MESH art show, sponsored by the Student Creative Arts Council. The annual art-creation-andorganization event was contained within a 24-hour period for the first time, said Tiffany Zabludowicz ’14,

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A gallery at The Anchor, a warehouse in downtown Providence, housed the finished products from the artists’ 24-hour competition.

His-story

RISK!y business

Literary limits

“12 Years a Slave,” playing at the Avon, gives a brutally honest glimpse into slavery

Kevin Allison’s traveling show RISK! featured student and faculty stories

Jessica Montes ’16 bemoans the difficulty of registering for classes in literary arts

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The number of English and history concentrators has dropped off steeply in the last decade

an event organizer.

“Because it’s so early in the year, artists often don’t have that much work ready yet,” she said of past events. “It always ends up being great, but it’s always slightly stressful leading up to that point. So we figured, why not make that official?”

The allotted time was split evenly between the artists — who created their works between 8 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday — and the curators — who took the next 12 hours to arrange the finished products into a coherent whole. At 8 p.m. Saturday, the gallery, located at The Anchor, a warehouse in downtown Providence, opened to the public.

By constraining the artistic and curatorial processes, Zabludowicz » See COMPETITION, page 3 t o d ay

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This academic year, 33 students will complete a full year abroad — the highest number since 2010-2011.

» ABROAD, from page 1 number of students studying abroad this spring may still increase, as the OIP accepts late applications, Brostuen said.

The number of students completing a full year abroad — 33 — is the highest total since the 2010-2011 academic year, according to OIP data.

Western Europe continues to be the most popular destination for students studying abroad, according to OIP data. Nearly two-thirds of students who went abroad last year studied in Western Europe, while about 11 percent of students went to Latin America and the Caribbean. Asia accounted for 6 percent, as did the Middle East and North Africa, while sub-Saharan Africa accounted for about 4 percent, Oceania accounted for less than 3 percent and Eastern Europe accounted for 2 percent. Two percent of students completed study abroad programs in more than one country, according to OIP data.

The United Kingdom is the most common destination for Brown students studying abroad this semester, followed, in order, by Spain, France and Italy, Brostuen said. He added that these countries have consistently been the most popular study abroad destinations in recent years.

Peter Asimov ’14, who studied in France last year, said the application process was “seamless,” adding that “procedures are pretty straightforward” for transferring credit back to the University.

Other students said the OIP provides effective assistance to those hoping to study abroad but that the process of transferring credits can present challenges in certain academic departments.

Peter Kentros ’14, who completed a full year at Oxford University last year, said “the people working in the OIP were very helpful.” But Kentros expressed frustration that some departments do not pre-approve courses for credit before a student goes abroad, which can complicate the completion of concentration requirements.

John Rady ’14, who also studied for a full year at Oxford, agreed that the process of transferring credits presents challenges. “I’m having trouble getting credit for my courses now,” Rady said.

“It has been a lot more labor-intensive than I expected it to be.”

Recent political turmoil in the Middle East has caused a spike in the number of study abroad programs on the OIP’s Travel Prohibition List, the list of countries in which students cannot gain transferable credits, Brostuen said. The Travel Prohibition List follows guidelines for restricted travel released by the U.S. Department of State, Brostuen said. But State Department guidelines are not all-inclusive,

Brostuen said, adding that administrators can place other programs on the OIP’s list of restricted programs.

Though regional turmoil has increased the number of Middle East programs placed on the Travel Prohibition List, the OIP still offers multiple programs in Israel, according to OIP data. The previously approved study abroad program in Egypt remains suspended this fall, The Herald previously reported.

The OIP continues to promote increased enrollment in the Brown Plus One initiatives, which allow students to receive a master’s degree in five years if they complete a semester abroad at one of the program’s affiliated institutions as undergraduates and then return for another year after graduating from Brown, Brostuen said. Chinese University in Hong Kong, Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Trinity College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh currently partner with the University in offering Brown Plus One programs.

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The recent uptick in violence in the Middle East has increased the number of prohibited countries, but many study abroad programs exist in Israel.

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» HUMANITIES, from page 1 engineering, physics, biological sciences and economics have increased by over 50 percent over the last 10 years.

But “there is no pressure (at Brown) to model the humanities on the sciences,” said Jim Egan, professor of English. Such pressure exists at other universities, but Egan said he feels the Department of English is “fully supported” by the administration as part of the humanities.

Brokaw said the University recognizes the importance of history and that funding for the concentration has not been threatened by the decline in concentrators.

English concentrator Sienna Zeilinger ’15 said financial reward does not determine what she chooses to study as an undergraduate student. “I take my classes for what they give me now rather than what they’ll give me later,” she said.

Ted Burke ’14 said an English concentration teaches students to “cohere ideas and articulate them well,” adding that these skills have improved his work in classes in other departments.

Skills he has learned as an English concentrator will prepare him for whatever job or academic program he pursues after graduation, Burke said.

Though the 2008 financial crisis has forced students to think more about employment after graduation, Brokaw said, “with a history degree you should have skills … that will serve you in a variety of fields.”

Students and professors alike highlighted the value of the humanities outside of building marketable skills.

Zeilinger, who declared English after taking one class in the department, said she relishes “coming to class every day and being really excited to know what others (are) thinking.”

“English is about discussing and challenging each other,” Burke said.

Logistics and requirements Aside from the question of the financial value of the humanities that has pervaded national discussion about the topic, Brown humanities departments face specific problems such as requirements, class size and the clarity of a program’s focuses.

Brokaw acknowledged the need to expand “gateway courses” that draw first-years and sophomores to the history department. This expansion has been difficult in the past, she said, because some courses have very specific content.

The English department recently underwent an overhaul and now requires concentrators to take a lowerlevel course from each of three different time periods. Previously, the concentration required students to take any two courses from each of three time periods, which gave students more freedom to choose courses. The overhaul also eliminated several tracks within the concentration, leaving only literature and nonfiction writing tracks.

English professors realized the “structure of the requirements was pushing people away,” Egan said.

Introductory English courses were limited not only in topic but also in number, which made it difficult for some first-years and sophomores to try out English courses, perhaps reducing the number of potential concentrators.

“It’s harder to dive in and try (English courses),” Zeilinger said.

The English department also struggles to distinguish itself from similar

concentrations such as comparative literature and literary arts. Literary arts, which gave out its first degrees in 2006, has since grown from 21 concentrators to 42 last year.

Literary arts has taken some concentrators away from English, Egan said, but “no one in the English department begrudges that.” He added that literary arts is distinct from English and it is “good that people have that outlet (of creative writing) if that’s what they want to focus on.”

It is “unclear to many people what the English concentration is and has to offer” compared to other literary concentrations, Burke said.

But the drop in student enthusiasm for the humanities may be overstated. In an article published on Inside Higher Ed, Professor of Africana Studies Matthew Pratt Guterl wrote the “humanities remain popular with students,” and the decrease in enrollment numbers can be partially attributed to a greater number of female students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as the “rise of new interdisciplines that eat away at our notion” of the humanities.

“The crisis of the humanities is both real and hype,” Egan said, but it has allowed humanities scholars to rethink their approach and “connect literature and the world to (their) students.”

Reversing the trend The English department has created a committee to address its decline in concentrators, and history professors have had department-wide discussions on the matter.

The history department held a retreat last year to confront the issue, Brokaw said. The product of the retreat was the creation of courses such as HIST 0150: “History of Capitalism,” which will be offered each semester and are intended to grab the interest of a large number of students. Next semester, as part of the program, the department will offer HIST 0150: “The Philosopher’s Stone: Alchemy from Antiquity to Harry Potter.”

History professors have also been in contact with Meiklejohn peer advisers to find out what courses have appealed to first-years and with professors from other universities to learn ways to improve the history program at Brown.

Egan, the head of the English department’s curricular overhaul committee, said professors identified problems with the department’s new requirements last spring and have reverted the requirements to what they were before the overhaul for the next two years.

The committee will use the next two years to look at other universities, talk to students, collect and analyze data and decide how to revise the requirements moving forward to mold a program that “engages with both the past and the changing … world we live in,” Egan said.

To resolve the problem of introductory classes that are limited in topic and number of students, the department will offer a greater number of classes without a cap. But there will be enough professors such that uncapped introductory courses will not be too large — the quality of future courses will be better than they already are, he said.

Egan said he hopes these changes will also address the concern that the English department is not distinct from similar concentrations.

» COMPETITON, from page 1 hoped to encourage a “mode of discovering the beauty of what can happen when it’s totally organic,” she said, adding that the artists’ “ideas may change, the concepts may change and they may end up collaborating and being influenced by each other.”

This year’s prompt was “material obsession,” according to the event’s official Facebook page. Zabludowicz said SCAC selected this prompt partially because artists at Brown not only commonly deal with themes of “popular culture,” but also because many artists are fixated on “the materials they use and the way they draw on those materials.”

The final exhibit featured a wide range of mediums, styles and artistic statements — from satirical decorations in a model living room to a sculpture composed of toys and games — illustrating the various interpretations of the prompt as well as the creative frenzy of the project itself.

Chae Lin Suh ’14, one of the event’s curators, said she was impressed by the “different stances” with which each artist approached the topic.

“A lot of people used it as an opportunity to critique cultural consumerism and our obsession over drugs, sex and other material-based economy,” she said, adding that others explored the theme through more emotional or psychological lenses.

These interpretations questioned the ways “obsessive practices cause us to develop feelings of passion, fixation, frustration,” as well as how these feelings “make an impact on the individual as a subject and as a body,” she said.

» RATTY, from page 1 won’t be open for free for people who are off meal plan,” said Elaine Hsiang ’15, who attended the TWC’s Thanksgiving meal her first and second year at Brown. “It’s a trade-off.”

Tytus said she will not attend the Ratty dinner this year because she does not have a meal plan.

“It’s nice that the Ratty is staying open — I would have really appreciated that over past Thanksgiving breaks,” Tytus said. “But the meals there are expensive when you’re not on meal plan.”

The meal at the Ratty will be “a traditional New England Thanksgiving dinner,” wrote Director of Administration for Brown Dining Services Ann Hoffman in an email to The Herald. “We will open for brunch at 11:30 (a.m.) serving omelets and bagels until 2 (p.m.), and an extensive array of traditional Thanksgiving offerings — including roast turkey, baked ham, bread stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted root vegetables and a variety of desserts — will be available all day long.”

Though some options, such as the deli and grill stations, will not be available, vegan and vegetarian options will be served as usual.

Some students said they are excited about the special meal and are pleased that this change allows them to continue eating on campus instead of having to venture elsewhere.

“As I was disappointed I wasn’t going to be spending Thanksgiving at home, I was happy when I heard that Brown will be hosting an on-campus meal so that I can celebrate with my

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The MESH art show included satirical decorations in a model living room and a sculpture made of toys.

Several artists said they struggled to find inspiration in the face of fatigue.

Jennifer Avery ’16 said her artistic process occurred in “three waves of energy, separated by moments where I very seriously thought I could not do this any longer.”

Theodora Atwater ’16, who sketched a series of illustrations entitled “Things Scott and Louise Want Badly,” echoed this sentiment.

“I hit a wall at about 5 (a.m.) where I couldn’t think of anything that someone would want besides going to sleep,” she said, adding that she replenished her stamina by “watching interviews with quirky musicians, eating Doritos and just walking around.”

Avery — whose exhibit involved faceless dolls arranged amid a flowing,

hair-like substance — recalled the pivotal moment when her sewing machine broke at the beginning of the night.

“Twelve hours is not a long time to do something, and suddenly I had to completely reimagine my game plan.

All of the planning I had done just went out the window, and I had to think on my feet and figure it out,” she said. “But it was quite thrilling, and I’m pleased with how it all came out.”

Jessica Montes ’16, who attended the art show, said the event was a success.

“I love how this shows materialism through such different scopes that you can visually see as well as feel what it is,” she said, adding that the time limit made the art feel “raw and that much more emotional.”

friends,” said Pia Ceres ’17.

“It used to be inconvenient because you had to pay for all of your meals and even some of the restaurants on Thayer (Street) would close,” said Vanessa Welten ’14.

The Ratty will be staffed by regular Dining Services employees

throughout the break, with those who work on Thursday and Friday compensated at a bonus holiday rate, Hoffman wrote.

The exact hours of operation and complete menus for the break can be found on the Dining Services website.

4 sports monday » HOCKEY, from page 8 Princeton (1-5-0, 0-4-0) from five different players. Goalie Tyler Steel ’17 registered 22 saves behind production from the typical sources.

“The score was indicative of the way we played,” Whittet said. “We were on top of it. We were the aggressor from the drop of the puck.”

Lorito started the scoring less than three minutes into the game, putting Brown up 1-0 with his third goal of the season on assists from Ryan Jacobson ’15 and captain Dennis Robertson ’14.

Princeton’s Andrew Ammon knotted the score midway through the first period.

A tripping penalty called on the Tigers’ Jeremy Goodwin late in the frame gave Bruno the momentum it needed to score three goals in just over a minute and a half. Matt Wahl ’14 kicked off the offensive explosion with a power play goal at 43 seconds left in the first.

The two power play goals in the first period reversed a troubling trend from last weekend. Against both Clarkson and St. Lawrence, Bruno gave up two power play goals in the first period of each game. This weekend, the Bears killed all of their first period penalties and scored two power play goals themselves.

“Our power play was excellent,” Whittet said. “The movement was

excellent. We had a ton of shots in the second period (on the power play). We scored on some tough shots.”

Just 30 seconds into the second period, Robertson scored on assists from Garnet Hathaway ’14 and Jake Goldberg ’14. Twenty-two seconds later, Naclerio added another Bruno goal on assists from Lappin and Zack Pryzbek ’17. Less than a minute into the second, Bruno had given himself a 4-1 lead.

“Lappin got the puck in the corner, and passed it to Pryzbek, who was working hard down there to get me the puck,” Naclerio said. “I managed to get it in — low blocker. It was good to get a goal quick in the period to put Princeton back on their heels.”

The Bears did not stop there. Matt Harlow ’15 scored his second goal of the season midway through the period on assists from Joe Prescott ’16 and Lappin.

Naclerio would add his second goal of the game on a short-handed tally on a two-on-one with Lappin.

“Lappin shot it on net, and the rebound was just sitting there for me,” Naclerio said. “I was able to tap it in pretty easily. It was a good job by (Lappin) to get the puck to the net.”

Undisclosed injuries forced Whittet to mix things up a bit on the top two lines. Naclerio and Lappin played with Hathaway, while Lorito centered the second line.

The challenges for Bruno against

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Nick Lappin ’16 dished out four assists to propel Brown to a 6-3 thrashing of Princeton.

Princeton began before the game even started. The team didn’t arrive at Princeton until 2:30 a.m. after its bus broke down near Quinnipiac.

“The turnaround was quick,” Whittet said. “To turn around from that and play

at 4 (p.m.) the next day is a tough thing to do, but our guys responded great.”

Bruno continues its road stretch Tuesday against the University of New Hampshire (3-5-1, AEC 2-2-0) at 7:00 p.m. The game will be televised on Fox

College Sports.

“We just need to stay disciplined and stick to our system,” Naclerio said.

“We’re taking a lot of penalties. If we do all the little things right I think we’ll be okay.”

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‘12 Years’ examines historical brutalities The film, playing this week at the Avon, follows the kidnapping of a black man in 1841

By DREW WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

Making a good movie about slavery is no easy task. Achieving historical accuracy demands a disturbing portrayal of brutality and injustice. Contemporary audiences seek entertainment and inspiration. “12 Years a Slave” skillfully walks this line, combining a stirring personal narrative with realistic exposition.

But “12 Years a Slave,” playing this week at the Avon Cinema, is more than a good movie about slavery. In a genre unconscionably underrepresented due to common discomfort with the topic, this slavery film is striking in its uncompromising frankness. “12 Years” doesn’t simply allow audiences to experience an important discomfort — it demands it.

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays the protagonist Solomon Northup, a free black man living with his family in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1841. The film opens with smoothtalking white men kidnapping and selling Northup into slavery in the South.

The title tells the rest.

Filtering the suffering of millions through the life of one is a choice often

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David Jacobs ’14 recounted his triumph over his childhood anger — which he deemed “90-mph David Jacobs” — toward a boy who wore his shoes.

Traveling show broadcasts personal, provocative stories As part of the RISK! show, students and a faculty member shared stories in a ‘confessional format’

By EMILY DOGLIO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Kevin Allison’s traveling show RISK! goes where most dare not — providing a forum for storytellers to cross conventional boundaries and share intimate stories they would otherwise never think to express in public. The Brown-RISD event Saturday night in MacMillan 117 included a range of stories chosen through an open submission process — including an amusing anecdote about a spoiled, farting dog’s graphic birth (and the beauty of life), a piercing narrative about being held at gun-point by a Pakistani gang member and even an emotional account of a loving threesome.

Kevin Allison, former member of the MTV comedy show “The State,” is the creator and host of the monthly storytelling show, RISK!. He started off the show by regaling the audience with a story about his first time at Brown (on shrooms), his first memory (of guys’ butts) and his first experience going out into the gay dating scene at New York University. Setting a personable tone for the night, his opening story made the audience roar with laughter at some times and moan with sympathy at others.

Allison, in addition to performing, teaches storytelling in workshops in New York and California.

“The first cave paintings tell stories from 40,000 years ago,” Allison said, in reference to storytelling as an art form.

He added that storytelling is

different from other forms of comedy, such as standup, because the acts follow more coherent plot lines.

Storytelling is authentic and forces performers to let themselves get uncomfortable, Allison said, adding that for storytellers, it is necessary to “commit yourself to a journey.” Event planner Yotam Tubul ’14 agreed, citing value in storytelling’s “more confessional format.”

David Jacobs ’14, Anna Martin ’16, Professor of English Stuart Burrows and RISD students Hania Ansari and Daisy Hook also tried their hands at storytelling at the event.

Each shared personal and revealing stories that were easy for the audience to relate to — laughing at familiar failures, successes and experiences.

Listening with a quiet seriousness, the audience found Ansari’s surprisingly heartwarming tale of an experience with gang violence in Pakistan particularly striking.

As a student in Pakistan, Ansari offered her only item of value — her TI-89 calculator — to a gang member attempting to rob her. The man quickly changed tactics, preferring she “teach (him) how to use this,” rather than hand it over. Ansari said she quickly realized he was advanced at math and insisted he take the calculator as a gift.

Though most people in the audience could probably not fully comprehend this experience, the universality of the TI-89 created a beautiful and humorous connection between Ansari and the audience.

The event, which was organized

by Tubul and Hook, was attended by a mix of University students, RISD students and community members.

A recording of the show, along with other episodes, is available on risk-show.com.

made by filmmakers trying to make sense of historical tragedies without overwhelming viewers with an unimaginable scale of human suffering.

Facts and figures are replaced by an intimate relationship with Northup, a daring endeavor strengthened by the film’s opening statement that his is based on a true story.

Director Steve McQueen pulls off the feat beautifully. The camera remains in constant motion, following Northup with abundant close-ups, giving viewers no choice but to directly inhabit his world.

Ejiofor acts as a well-spoken yet often silent guide through this world.

His excellent performance is initially subtle and almost under-acted, and his character’s resolve to retain his dignity comes across only through monotonous facial expressions of determination.

But as he ages, his resolve frays and his determination turns to desperation.

Viewers realize they are watching the emotional arc of a man facing hardship as inconceivable to him as it is to them.

Ejiofor more than earns his critical acclaim through each imploring gaze at the world as it demeans him.

Though Northup is the protagonist, he does not own the story. McQueen focuses just as much on the white men, brilliantly portrayed by the likes of Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Paul Dano and Benedict Cumberbatch. The irony of men preaching the Bible out of one

hand and delivering sadistic beatings with the other is chilling.

McQueen realizes the need to understand the thought processes of men responsible for and witness to this institution in order to understand slavery.

Even the white “savior” of the story, Pitt’s character, demonstrates the hypocrisy of the most vocal abolitionists who were hesitant to take real action.

The film does not shy away from slavery’s inherent violence. Long stretches dedicated to the monotony of the institution are interrupted by jarring brutality, including one particularly disturbing whipping scene — among the most difficult scenes this reviewer has ever watched.

“12 Years a Slave” obsesses over contrasts — the contrast between what a slave owner says he is doing for God and what he does to people, the contrast between human beings and property, the supposed contrast between white and black.

McQueen impresses this final contrast on his audience. He utilizes bright white light in scenes otherwise enveloped by darkness to feature Northup and other slaves in their struggles, destroying any notion of light as good and dark as evil.

It is this questioning of cinematic stereotypes that makes “12 Years a Slave” as much a current discussion as a reflection on the past — one that necessitates viewing, however uncomfortable it may be.

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Why universities still matter

‘U. deficit’ deployed to justify alarming priorities

Reports of the death of the university in general — and these days, the University, specifically — are greatly exaggerated. We often read predictions of higher education’s decline — hyperbolic prophecies of a future dominated by massive online open courses, flipped classrooms and distance-based learning. We hear that universities are brands, professors are commodities and students are mere consumers. But from time to time, we have a shared experience that helps us remember why the physical presence of the university remains essential. The controversies of the past two weeks have been far from ideal, and we do not believe the ensuing conversation justifies the initial provocation. But as we continue to discuss and debate, we are cognizant of the unique environment with which we are provided — a place where we can hear from passionate, thoughtful and insightful students, faculty members and staff members who have come to a variety of conclusions. It is Brown’s physical presence that makes these necessary conversations possible, and it is events like the protest surrounding New York City Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly’s lecture that prove our university is more than just the sum of its parts.

Outside the university sphere, it can be remarkably difficult to have these kinds of conversations with such varied and knowledgeable participants. We have faculty members with not only academic expertise but also years or decades of institutional memory to help students understand how present-day events relate to similar instances in Brown’s history.

We have students who can provide perspectives from vastly different backgrounds in the United States as well as from abroad. Perhaps most importantly, we have the space — intellectually and physically — to have these discussions. This comes in facilitated formats, with varying degrees of success, and personal conversations with friends, classmates, neighbors and colleagues. Opportunities for these kinds of discussions are lacking in the outside world, as anyone who has seen a thread on Facebook or the comment section on a news site devolve to the lowest common denominator can attest. Even our elected officials often seem incapable of coming to any sort of agreement or understanding with colleagues of different opinions. The university may be one of the last remaining forums for these conversations, and it must be preserved so that we can continue to learn and grow from what it offers.

In our daily lives as students, we often traffic in the theoretical, the remote or the impractical. The controversy of the past two weeks was a rare opportunity for students to implement principles and practices we have honed in our years of schooling but rarely get the chance to apply to situations that touch us personally. Our campus, as much as we would like it not to be, remains segmented. But we have had the opportunity to converse with students we ordinarily wouldn’t have. We have heard from students whose training in various disciplines has given them distinct perspectives, and we have engaged students who often feel removed from these types of discussions. As we have witnessed how our campus was portrayed in the national eye, we have gained a bit of insight into the sometimes vast gulf between the portrayal of an event and the reality we have experienced.

We hope that while the conversation continues, we will remain active listeners. As we move past the Kelly controversy, we will remain appreciative of how the debate has made us stronger as individuals and as an institution and how the discussion has reaffirmed our belief in the university as a necessary space that should be valued and protected.

To the Editor: I appreciate Provost Mark Schlissel’s P’15 illuminations captured in The Herald’s article, “U. deficit could constrain budget planning” (Nov. 8) — that “the University would die” if it did not use its resources to expand really sheds some discerning light on why yearly tuition hikes, underpaid graduate students, understaffed dining services and collapsing chemistry cabinets are okay. Old Brown would croak if we allocated resources to these matters instead of a new dining hall with a fire pit.

Of course, Schlissel didn’t stop there. He stated, “If we could eliminate academic tenure, we wouldn’t have to grow,” because, The Herald paraphrases, “the University could replenish the faculty with new hires to generate fresh ideas.” My intuition tells me that making faculty members increasingly disposable is not the best strategy for attracting faculty or

To the Editor: As a new graduate student at Brown, I was disappointed that protesters managed to shut down the recent talk by New York City Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly. A poll published in The Herald Nov. 6 (“Poll shows mixed opinions on Ray Kelly, coal divestment”) suggests that a large majority of undergraduates also disapproved. However, 71 percent of poll respondents did not object to “circulating a petition beforehand to cancel the lecture.”

Although I am not fully aware of the details of “stopand-frisk,” I would tend to be suspicious of the policy insofar as it promotes unwarranted searches of individuals based largely on race. Nevertheless, to cancel a

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talk because some students, even a majority of students, disagreed with the speaker would establish an insidious precedent. In an open, pluralist society, we must expect to regularly hear views we oppose and which we may even find offensive. For who shall determine what is offensive?

The late author Christopher Hitchens once asked an audience to name whom they would deem fit to determine what ideas they should or should not hear or what books they should or should not read. Is there a single person or group of people at Brown whom we would entrust with the task of determining which talks should or should not be permitted on campus? I suspect all of us, protesters included, would reply in the negative.

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incentivizing the production of these fresh ideas. But this is no joke: Administrators have been eliminating full-time, tenuretrack positions from academia since the Reagan era, seriously diminishing the power of faculty in decisions of employment and curricula. Today, under 30 percent of teaching positions in higher education are full-time and tenure-track. Further, without the job security of tenure, academics become seriously compromised in the ability to express political views in ways that administrators find threatening, a critical point in the events surrounding the protest against New York City Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly.

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STEAM think: how we can save science education MICHELLE SITE guest columnist

As a child, I fell in love with science the first time I peered through a thin glass case at a Blue Morpho butterfly. Unabashedly iridescent and delicate, the butterfly shined in equal parts mystery and beauty. As I continued to explore as a teenager, science explained my visual world and provided a lexicon of marvelous explanations for mechanics I sensed but could not articulate. Curiosity, aesthetic appreciation and intellectual fulfillment became inextricable from my relationship with biology by the time I entered college.

I experienced the sterile reality of collegiate introductory science courses by my second semester at Brown. With inaccessibly delivered content and overwhelming class sizes, the science classroom suddenly became removed. I passively accepted the myth that the sciences require “weed out” courses for two intellectually unfulfilling years —

until I realized this classroom cul- and creative minds to non-scientific ture can and must be changed. The fields and endure a suffering public existing paradigm transforms the opinion of science. early learning experience into a deThe crisis in technical education structive zero-sum game — stu- stems from its failure to clearly condents implicitly believe that sci- vey beauty, relevance and purpose ence education purposefully aims to either its students or the general to rid departments public. The sciencof “weak” students es and mathematics “Instead of and leave standare gorgeous lanpresenting science guages that come ing only “gifted and elite” ones. in a clear manner with their own Instead of prelexicons and pragthat focuses on senting science in matics. Introducteaching a sound tory classes must a clear manner that focuses on teachbe taught in a way foundation, the ing a sound founthat does not aliencurrent system dation, the current ate students before system portrays portrays science as they obtain fluency. science as opaque, How do we ensure opaque, focused focused on mistudents successon minutiae and nutiae and intenfully reach higher tionally difficult level classes so they intentionally to learn. But drear may transform the difficult to learn. ” mastery of their and struggle are not signs of hardtechnical tools into earned understanding. Drear and creative products and discoveries? struggle are the signs of a failing sci- How do we restructure science eduence pedagogy and a desperate need cation and its public perception? We for a revitalized curriculum. As a re- need rejuvenation and skills providsult, we often lose incredibly bright ed by the creative arts.

The recent federal push for “STEM Education” highlights sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics as crucial for the future of our country. There has been a corresponding push from K-12 educators, universities, creatives and industry companies for STEAM — the addition of the “A” for the arts into the STEM acronym. The “A” in STEAM represents more than aesthetics. It encompasses fine art, design, writing and creativity, all of which hinge upon visual representation, communication and most of all, connection. The creative arts strive to make meaning — we personally invest ourselves when we recognize a greater narrative, a wider purpose. The “A” weaves the pattern connecting scientists, engineers and mathematicians back into the mainstream narrative of society and creates platforms for increased science literacy.

STEAM is not trying to make science “easier.” No one can do that.

We are simply trying to reform teaching practices, culture and traditions that are hindering science today. The sciences need strong

voices to champion their use and, more importantly, champion their accessibility so we do not lose bright and creative potential. We need to teach these voices how to present their work as relatable and exciting and relevant to the everyday lives of anyone they meet, regardless of background.

Science does not happen only in academic laboratories. Science encompasses everything we do, see and encounter in both the tremendous natural world and the evermorphing technological realm. We must reintegrate science into the public consciousness by utilizing the creative arts, starting with the students we educate. By doing so, we empower students and the public to learn, teach and inspire in equal measure, in any way they dream, in any discipline the world has to offer.

Michelle Site ’14 adores biology, the arts and conversations with people who are passionate about what they do. She helps run the Brown STEAM Initiative and can be reached at michelle_site@brown.edu.

A message to the literary arts department JESSICA MONTES opinions columnist

At this time last year, I was a naive first-year and thought I would get a place in each of the classes in my Banner shopping cart. I figured that if something went wrong and I wasn’t able to register for a course, I would definitely be able to take it the following year. No problem.

It was with this mindset that I entered shopping period. I made the mistake of shopping LITR 0110E: “Screenwriting I,” LITR 0110A: “Fiction I” and ENGL 0180: “Introduction to Creative Nonfiction.” I figured I would be able to take at least one of them.

As I arrived to each class, I found I had to sit on the floor or stand outside the classroom because so many other students were also trying to get in. These classes weren’t first-come,

first-served. If you weren’t the miracle student who was able to register on Banner for some of these classes, you had to enter your name in a lottery, which would determine the order of the waiting list. The lotteries are usually held on the first day, and even getting a good number doesn’t guarantee you’ll get a spot. You have to show up to two or three more sessions before you find out and are able to register on Banner. I ended up being nearly the last name called for each class.

I had to waste more time on classes I had no chance of getting into, time that I could have spent looking for other classes. But the professors gave me hope. “Lots of students don’t show up to the second session,” they said. So I showed up to the second and the third — and I didn’t get into any of them. As other, older students learned of their misfortunes, they looked unsurprised. They had been trying to get in for multiple semesters, and they resigned themselves to

trying again next semester. which is great for registered students But last spring I was prepared. I but terrible for everyone else. had yet to take a class in the literSo we tried Fiction I. We shopped ary arts department, a department all four sections, which were each I was seriously considering for my capped at 17, but we were unsuccessconcentration. I emailed professors ful. I went to two or three sessions in the weeks before the semester’s of multiple sections before giving up, start and was told most of the time having again wasted my time. that I had to wait But after about until the first day of my third session of “As I look for shopping period to a creative nonficclasses that I put my name on the tion class, I was told waiting list. “Ok,” I they had space for want to shop thought. “Hopefulme. It was an upnext semester, I ly, I’ll finally be able perclassman sechave little hope in tion, but I didn’t to get into a class.

Hopefully.” anything in literary care — at least I was I shopped the in. arts.” same three classes I loved the class, again with friends but none of my who were also hoping to get in. Of friends were able to enroll. In fact, course, none of us was able to reg- they were unable to take any writister on Banner. We gave up on ing classes, despite shopping just as Screenwriting the first day, as it is a much as I had. They all had to scramclass many students show up to but ble toward the end of shopping pecan never actually take. There is only riod to find classes in which they one section and it is capped at 10, weren’t too far behind.

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As I look for classes I want to shop next semester, I have little hope in anything in literary arts. Introduction to Creative Nonfiction, which is in the English department, ended up being one of my favorite classes last year. But is it really worth showing up to two or three sessions of classes you probably won’t get into? I now realize most of these classes are reserved for concentrators, but what if I’m not sure yet and want to test the waters? Do I have to concentrate in literary arts or English in order to take a class in those departments?

Or do I have to wait until I have the privilege of being a senior to do so? I don’t understand why we don’t have more sections and professors for classes in high demand. Our literary arts department has a great reputation, and students want to take these classes. Why is getting in so hard?

Jessica Montes ’16 can be reached at jessica_montes@brown.edu.

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5-3, 2-3 » FOOTBALL, from page 1 Quarterback and co-captain Pat Donnelly ’13.5 had some success through the air, connecting on 25 completions for 262 yards and two touchdowns, but he struggled with overthrowing receivers throughout the game, including sailing an open Tellef Lundevall ’13.5 down the field on the first play from scrimmage.

Donnelly opened up scoring for the Bears with a five-yard strike to Lundevall in the first quarter. Rolling out, Donnelly hit his man running toward the front pylon and Lundevall dove over the goal line for six. But those were the only receiving yards of the day for the AllIvy receiver.

Yale built a 14-7 lead after the first period with two lengthy touchdown drives, capped by a 35-yard screen pass and a six-yard run.

The first quarter scoring drives accounted for 56 percent of Yale’s total yardage before the game’s final drive.

Saturday’s game marked the first time this season the Bears trailed

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The second quarter was also marked by missed opportunity.

Estes elected to go for it on fourth and five at the Yale 22-yard line, but Donnelly’s pass fell incomplete, forcing the ball back to the Blue. Two possessions later, Bruno was in Yale’s red zone when John Spooney ’14 was hit in the backfield and coughed up the ball to a Bulldog defender. Just before halftime, a fumble by punt returner Alex Jette ’17 set up the Elis for a late field goal to take a 10-point edge.

The second half saw better execution in the red zone as Bruno won the third quarter 10-0 to tie the game at 17-17. Runs by Spooney — who finished with over 100 rushing yards for his third game in a row — complemented Donnelly’s passing attack as the Bears marched down the field. Donnelly found his favorite target Jordan Evans ’14 for a fouryard score to cut the lead to three.

Zach Lattrell ’14 intercepted Yale’s first pass attempt of the ensuing drive to set up Norocea for

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Bruno rides to second place at URI The team will have more experience with the horses going into its next competition this weekend

By CHRISTINE RUSH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The varsity equestrian team rode to a second place finish with 35 points Saturday at the University of Rhode Island Show — their sixth of the season.

Mystic Valley Hunt Club in Gales Ferry, Conn., hosted Brown and 10 other teams. Bruno came into the weekend after a fifth-place finish the previous weekend at the University of Massachussetts - Dartmouth Invitational.

Co-captain Meg Hassan ’15 said the team “ended really strong” Saturday and added that there were a lot of “solid rides.”

The team showed with 22 girls Saturday. Co-captain Amanda Picciotto ’15 said those chosen to show are picked based on “riding ability and

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also how many individual points they have accumulated.”

Co-captain Charlotte McGoldrick ’14 said a critical part of Saturday’s strong finish was the great showings of the non-pointed riders. In every competition, one team member is “pointed” in each category before the horses are drawn, and only this person’s finish will count for team points. Good showings by non-pointed riders help block other teams from earning high scores.

After finishing six competitions, Picciotto characterized this season so far as very “touch and go.” Hassan also said this year has had “a lot of ups and downs.”

But the team “was a lot better than we have been,” McGoldrick said. The competition next weekend will also be at Mystic Valley Hunt Club, which Hassan said is a huge advantage.

Brown will now have experience with those horses, creating a sort of “home-field advantage” for this coming weekend, Hassan said.

McGoldrick said she is “confident about the next show.”

his game-tying, 26-yard field goal.

While Randall’s run could generate more buzz, a play earlier in the fourth may have made the difference. With the score tied, linebacker Xavier Russo ’15 intercepted a tipped ball and returned it deep into Yale territory. But the play, which would have set up the Bears for the winning score, was negated by a questionable roughing the passer penalty that Estes said “on film doesn’t exist.”

“That could have been a big turning point in the game,” he said.

Yale’s game-winning score was remarkable in its simplicity. Facing a third and long with less than half a minute remaining in the game, passing seemed like the obvious option.

But the Elis surprised everyone in the Yale Bowl, including the Brown defenders, by handing the ball to Randall right up the middle. He was hardly touched.

“We probably had the right defense called,” Estes said of the defense at the end of the game. “We just had a couple of people out of position and didn’t make the play.”

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Though the Bears surpassed the Bulldogs in yardage, the team suffered its first defeat to Yale since 2010 with a 24-17 loss.

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Bears top Tigers after Quinnipiac defeat De Fillipo ’14 and Naclerio ’16 led the team with strong performances over the weekend

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his team-leading fourth and fifth goals of the season, including a short-handed goal early in the third period. Nick Lappin ’16 tallied four assists, and Matt Lorito ’15 added a goal and an assist to round out the usual top line, which shifted around during Saturday’s game.

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The men’s hockey team split the first two match-ups of a six-game road trip this weekend, falling 3-0 to No. 5 Quinnipiac Friday and topping Princeton 6-3 Saturday. The split gave Bruno two points for the weekend, settling the team near the middle of ECAC standings.

“We aren’t satisfied,” said Mark Naclerio ’16. “We’re happy to get two points, but we hope to do better over the next few games.”

Goalie Marco de Fillipo ’14 turned in a stellar performance against the Bobcats (9-1-1, 3-0-1 ECAC), tying a career-high 45 saves. But the strong performance proved inadequate as Quinnipiac outshot the Bears 48-20.

De Fillipo “played unbelievably,” said Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94. “He really gave us an opportunity to win.”

In game two, Naclerio continued his hot start to the season by posting

Yale 24 Brown 17

Harvard 34 Columbia 0

Princeton 38 Penn 26

Dartmouth 34 Cornell 6

Quinnipiac 3, Brown 0 In its first road game of the season, Bruno (3-2-1, 1-2-1) faced off against the top ECAC team in one of the toughest national venues. Quinnipiac validated its No. 5 ranking in the nation with strong performances on both offense and defense.

“Quinnipiac is the best team I’ve seen in a long, long time,” Whittet said.

“That being said, we didn’t give ourselves an opportunity to win.”

On the attack, the Bobcats sent 47 shots toward de Fillipo and controlled a lopsided face-off margin, 42-19. On the defensive end, Quinnipiac allowed just 20 shots on goalie Michael Garteig and killed off seven Brown power plays.

Bruno is not the only team to have faced such a lopsided shot margin against the Bobcats. Against No. 9 Yale, Quinnipiac outshot the defending national champions 51-20.

Quinnipiac took an early lead midway through the first period with a Cory Hibbeler wrist shot through traffic and past de Fillipo. After failing to convert on three power-play opportunities, Bruno gave up its second goal to Connor Clifton with just 1.2 seconds left in the period.

The score remained 2-0 until a Kellen Jones empty netter solidified the victory for Quinnipiac late in the third period. The Bobcats outshot Bruno 19-1 in the second period, but de Fillipo turned away all 19 attempts on his way to stopping 32 shots in a row to finish the game.

Despite facing an early deficit, Bruno threatened in the third period, outshooting the Bobcats 14-13 and nearly getting a goal from Lappin, which was nullified by a tripping penalty.

“We were a little overmatched in the beginning,” Whittet said. “We didn’t really assert ourselves until the third period.”

Brown 6, Princeton 3 The Bears saved all of the weekend’s offense for Saturday. After being shut out Friday, Brown tallied six goals against » See HOCKEY, page 4

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