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The arrest came after five reported thefts from the basketball court area in the past few weeks

By JILLIAN LANNEY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Department of Public Safety officers arrested a Providence resident Nov. 5 in connection with a series of reported thefts at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of police for DPS. The arrest came after several weeks of reported thefts from the basketball courts area where students left personal items unattended, Shanley said.

DPS officers were monitoring the rear door of the OMAC when a car pulled up and four individuals entered the building around 6 p.m.

About 20 minutes later, the group » See ARREST, page 3

Common App poses problems for early admission cycle Statistics about early decision applicants remain unknown due to site processing issues

By MAGGIE LIVINGSTONE SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Office of Admission has experienced Common Application system processing errors affecting an estimated 30 to 50 early decision applications to the class of 2018, said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73.

The Admission Office’s current tally of early decision applicants stands at about 2,990. But this number is “meaningless,” Miller said, and may rise when processing issues are resolved.

Last year 3,010 students applied early decision to the class of 2017, marking an all-time high, and 558 were granted admission, The Herald reported at the time.

The Admission Office is waiting to report any statistical figures — like the racial and geographical breakdown of applicants and the number of applicants to the Program in Liberal Medical Education — until the Common App fixes the site processing issues, Miller said. He added that he hopes these problems will be

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resolved within the next week.

The University’s early decision deadline was Nov. 1, but the Admission Office offered extended time to applicants on a case-by-case basis depending on applicants’ difficulties using the Common App website, The Herald reported last month.

About 30 to 40 extensions have been granted so far, Miller said.

Josh Roshal, a senior at Staten Island Technical High School in Staten Island, N.Y., said he expected technical difficulties when he applied early. He said he set a personal application deadline of Oct. 28 because he thought the Common App site would crash from high user traffic on Nov. 1.

Roshal did not receive a notification that his admission materials were received until two days after submitting, he said.

Many applications are still being processed, but the Admission Office is not likely to push back the mid-December date for releasing decisions to early applicants, Miller said. Last year’s Nov. 1 early decision deadline was extended due to Hurricane Sandy, but the Admission Office still notified early decision applicants of their admission statuses

by Dec. 12, he said.

“Everybody who is involved has

By LLOYD SY

The women’s soccer team finished its season last weekend, defeating Yale on the road in a conference matchup Friday night before wrapping up the year with another victory over the Bulldogs at home Sunday afternoon.

With the two wins, the Bears (106-1, 4-2-1 Ivy) cemented a third-place finish in the Ivy League.

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Seniors end careers with two wins

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encountered some of the glitches,” Miller said. “We’re not worried,

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The Bears ended their season ranked third in the Ivy League after defeating Yale last weekend

Students and community members gathered on Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle yesterday as part of the annual Veterans Day ceremony.

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The Office of Admission extended the early decision deadline for about 30 to 40 applicants who had Common App difficulties.

Brown 3, Yale 1 Bruno beat the Bulldogs (7-8-1, 2-4-1) at Reese Stadium Friday, finishing its conference season with two goals from Ali Mullin ’14.

The Bears peppered the Yale goalie with a flurry of shots all game long — forward Chloe Cross ’15 led the squad with seven, while captain Mika Siegelman ’14 and Kiersten Berg ’14 tacked on two shots apiece.

Berg put Bruno on board just three minutes into the game, when she knocked in her third goal of the year off a corner kick by back Annie Gillen ’15.

“We played very well Friday night,”

said Head Coach Phil Pincince. “We started all the seniors, and it was their responsibility to set the tone.”

Mullin doubled the Bears’ lead in the 45th minute, recording her first goal of the season off an assist by Siegelman and scoring again just three minutes later by deflecting a forward feed from Cross.

Earlier in the week, Mullin was named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team for the second straight year. The award honors her for combining outstanding athletic performance with academic achievement.

“It really came down to what it’s been for us all season — intensity,” said goalie Mary Catherine Barrett ’14. “We came out really strong by scoring early.”

The goaltending duo of Barrett and Amber Bledsoe ’14 performed solidly all game, allowing just one goal on eight shots, to Yale’s Melissa Gavin in the 51st minute.

Brown 2, Yale 1 The Bears held on to a seasoncrowning victory at Stevenson Field Sunday afternoon, despite a late goal

by Yale.

Before the game, the team held Senior Night festivities for its eight graduating players. Seniors received bouquets of flowers from their family members, and lists of their accomplishments were read.

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The game began with a couple of missed opportunities by the home team — just minutes into the game, Cross fed a pass to Berg, leaving her with only the goalie to beat, but her shot bounced right in front of the goal line before going out of bounds.

On the ensuing Brown possession, Cross saw her own shot bounce off the top goal post before being deflected by Yale goalie Elise Wilcox.

Brown finally scored 22 minutes into the game. After Yale back Muriel Battaglia slide-tackled to knock out a would-be Bruno goal, Gillen took a corner kick that sailed into a horde of players. Cross headed the ball in midair, deflecting it to the back of the net.

As the first half drew to a close, spectators erupted into a wave of cheers for Bledsoe, who embraced her teammates as she walked off the field as a Brown goalie for the final time in her career.

Rain began to fall in the second half, and both sides struggled to generate offense.

With just under five minutes left to play, Bledsoe subbed in as a midfielder, allowing all eight seniors to be on the field together for the last time.

Just a minute later, Berg placed a pass from Siegelman over diving goalie Rachel Ames.

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Bruno drops both weekend games The Bears allowed eight goals in two games, four of which came in the final third of play

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The women’s ice hockey team played back-to-back games at home this weekend, falling to nationally ranked Quinnipiac University and Ivy rival Princeton.

On Friday evening, Bruno (1-4-1, 0-3-1 ECAC) folded under the offensive output of powerhouse Quinnipiac (8-1-3, 3-1-2), which boasted the No. 7 ranking in the country.

Five minutes into the first period, the Bobcats opened the scoring when one of the team’s forwards flicked a puck out of the air and into the back of the net.

The Bears retaliated two minutes later, when Sarah Robson ’15 netted Bruno’s first goal with an assist from Erin Conway ’17. Goaltender Aubree Moore ’14 kept Quinnipiac off the board for the rest of the period, despite being battered with 12 shots.

The scoring drought ended two minutes into the second period, when Quinnipiac’s right wing redirected a long-distance shot past Moore. The Bobcats added an additional goal in the third period.

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Janice Yang ’15, above, scored one of Bruno’s two goals in a loss to Princeton Saturday, while Erin Conway ’17 notched the other, her first in college. ­

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Members of the class of 2014 played the last two games of their college soccer careers this weekend, which for most marked the end of their time playing competitive soccer.

» W. SOCCER, from page 1 left in the game, Yale forward Juliann Jeffrey chipped in her team’s first score of the afternoon, kicking the ball beyond Barrett’s outstretched hands.

As the Bulldogs scrambled to score an equalizer, Bruno’s seniors grouped together for one last defensive stand, successfully keeping the ball away from their opponents as the final seconds passed by.

“It means a lot to win this game,” Siegelman said. “We’re such a close class, and such a close team. We wanted to make our senior year as

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strong as possible, and that’s how we finished.”

Pincince complimented his graduating group of players, saying that they had been “amazing from the day they came in.”

“We knew we had something special with this recruiting class,” Pincince said. “They have been the mainstay the last four years here and have been able to adjust to all the changes we made in our program.”

The Bears finish the season with four Ivy wins, the most they have earned in conference play since 2003.

“Having four wins is a big deal for

us,” Siegelman said. “We played hard, and there were lots of tough games, but the key is that we learned from that and moved forward every time.”

The Bears’ third-place finish brings them up four spots from last year, when they finished second to last in the Ivy League.

“We’re really proud to have left our mark,” Barrett said. “For most of us, this isn’t just the end of our college career but the end of our competitive soccer careers altogether, and we’re happy about how we responded to accomplish something that hasn’t been done for a really long time.”

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Program encourages musical exploration outside classroom Auditions are held each semester for the Applied Music Program, which awards half a credit

By MEGHAN FRIEDMANN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Aspiring musicians and passionate amateurs alike can improve their musical abilities on both familiar and exotic instruments — from the violin to the tabla — outside the classroom through the Applied Music Program.

A chance to play The AMP consists of private lessons for which students receive half a credit per semester, said Matthew McGarrell, faculty director of winds, brass, percussion and jazz for the program. Currently, 118 students participate in the program, Kathleen Nelson, AMP student affairs coordinator, wrote in an email to The Herald.

Auditions, which take place at the beginning of each semester, function as a placement device for the program, McGarrell said, emphasizing that auditions are not incredibly competitive and matter more for demonstrating basic proficiency. But some studios, such as piano and voice, are more selective because there are few teachers and many interested students, McGarrell added.

Though participants in the AMP are often not music concentrators, the AMP is generally not for beginners, he added.

Students not admitted can take private lessons outside the program until they reach a higher level of proficiency, McGarrell said. These lessons are often with the same professors that teach in the program but cannot be taken for credit, he added.

The AMP is an option for students for as many semesters as they would like during their time at Brown, said Paul Phillips, administrator for the strings and conducting division for the AMP. ‘Exotic’ opportunities The AMP offers lessons for instruments less common in Western culture such as the ’ud and the sitar,

» ARREST, from page 1 returned to the car, at which point DPS received a call from a student reporting a cell phone theft, Shanley said.

Inside, the student had seen the men take his phone and confronted them, but they did not return it, said Sam Margo ’14, who frequents the OMAC. Nick Newhouse ’14, whose phone was also stolen a week before, recognized the suspects from his previous encounter with them — a pickup game they played together — and called DPS, he said.

After the officers received the call, they pulled over the vehicle and found the stolen phone.

Officers arrested Deonne Sutton, 28, and upon further interviews concluded he was involved with at least one of four previous reported thefts. Sutton was charged with two counts of larceny under $1,500. The other three men involved were juveniles whose identities could not be released.

“This group here was probably responsible for what’s been going on there for the past four or five weeks,”

Phillips said.

There are “excellent ensembles” in the Department of Music but not in the AMP called “ethnomusicology ensembles” that feature such instruments, he added. For example, in the Javanese gamelan ensemble, members play various tuned metallic instruments, according to the department website.

A lot of interest in studying nonWestern instruments comes from international students who took lessons before Brown, he added.

Though it is more difficult to find teachers for “exotic” instruments, the department looks for “teachers who are of high quality who can make the trip to get here,” Phillips said. “Usually it works out.”

The department often looks to cities such as Boston, which have more specialists in such instruments than Providence does, he added. “We try really hard to ... let everyone who wants to study be in a position where they can do so,” he added.

Stars in training There are a few student musicians who really “stand out” and end up having careers as performers, Phillips said, and the department does its best to give those students the same support a conservatory would give them.

“For a student like that, the Applied Music Program is extremely important,” Phillips said.

But “most students who come to Brown and study an instrument just want to keep improving (at) that instrument,” Phillips said. Many students took lessons for years before college, so private music lessons give them a “kind of continuity from the past,” said Lois Finkel, a teaching associate in violin for the AMP. Devanney Haruta ’16, who began taking oboe lessons in fifth grade and continued through the AMP, said she “couldn’t really imagine not taking lessons.”

Lifelong impact Several professors described the impact they said music lessons have on students, in their experiences both at Brown and beyond.

“If you’re a better musician, you’re Shanley said.

Non-students frequent the OMAC, and one group of men began to regularly appear about a month ago, entering through the rear door and staying for only about 15 minutes, Margo said.

Their appearances were frequently coupled with students finding their phones missing, Margo said, adding that most students leave their belongings on the court sidelines instead of using available lockers.

Margo, who knows two people who have had their belongings stolen, said the door through which the group entered is usually unlocked so athletes can easily move between fields and the athletic center. The door is also typically unguarded, Margo added.

The door should be locked or a staff member should be stationed near it, Newhouse said, adding, “That’s the preventative measure that should have been taken and should be taken in the future.”

“Ongoing investigations will be continuing on this matter,” Shanley said.

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About 118 students participate in the Applied Music Program, housed in Orwig Music Library. The program offers non-music concentrators the opportunity to continue playing their instrument of choice. going to enjoy everything you do here take advantage of them, Finkel added, As a teenager, Phillips said, he once more,” McGarrell said. as many students stay in contact with had to change one of his techniques For Haruta, who practices in the her after leaving. for playing the trumpet. The process mornings, waking up and playing is “The most important person in of fixing it was time-consuming and “refreshing” and “therapeutic,” she my life outside of my family would frustrating, making playing much said. be my trombone teacher,” McGarrell more difficult. But after two years of The student-teacher relationship said. “There are people that have rela- practice, he finally achieved the proper is another key part of the AMP and tionships like that with their teachers technique, and his ability level imprivate music lessons in general, stu- here.” proved tremendously, he said. dents and teachers said.

Music teaches lessons applicable “I could do things that I could The AMP is a great opportunity beyond the world of music, Phillips never have done before,” he added. to develop a one-on-one relationship said.

Music also teaches that “things take with a professor, which can be difficult Each student “develops the disci- time — they don’t happen instantato achieve, Finkel said. It is evident pline and learns certain life lessons neously, you have to be patient, you that music lessons are “very impor- through learning an instrument,” have to keep your eye on the long-term tant” to those Brown students who Phillips said. goal,” Phillips said.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013

FIELD HOCKEY

Bears end season with close loss to the Bulldogs The team looks to improve next season, expecting to rely in particular on team chemistry

By CORMAC CUMMISKEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The field hockey team (6-11, 1-6 Ivy) ended the year with a loss, dropping its final game of the season to Yale (8-9, 4-3) in a trip to New Haven Saturday.

Brown entered the game having dropped three of its last four conference contests.

“The Yale game put a lot of pressure on us for an Ivy win,” said Haley Alvarez ’15, a Herald sports staff writer. “We only beat Harvard, and Yale is one of our toughest rivals.”

But the Bulldogs marked their territory as soon as the first whistle blew.

In a scenario reminiscent of previous games this season, The Bears found themselves on the receiving end of an offensive assault. One of Yale’s several shots found the net four minutes in, lifting the hosts to an early lead.

The Bears managed to regain composure and rallied to reverse the game’s course. Meghan O’Donnell ’15, the team’s leading scorer, broke through the Bulldogs’ defense in the 10th minute to record an unassisted goal. Following O’Donnell’s equalizer, the two squads remained scoreless

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Goalie Shannon McSweeney ’15 endured a rough afternoon with Yale notching 33 shots compared to Brown’s seven. The loss dropped Bruno to 1-6 in Ivy League play, mirroring last year’s win total. through the end of the first half.

The second half unfolded much like the first. Yale continued to hammer Brown’s defense, while the Bears struggled to mount a counterattack.

By the end of the match, Bruno had recorded only seven shots to Yale’s 33 — a figure that illustrated the Bulldogs’ offensive advantage.

Despite the discrepancy, Shannon McSweeney ’15 more than held her own at net for the Bears, saving 20 of

the 22 shots the Bulldogs launched on goal. McSweeney’s showing kept her at the head of the Ivy League in the saves category.

With only six minutes remaining in the second half, Yale evaded Brown’s defense and netted a second goal, giving the Bulldogs the lead once more.

In a last-ditch attempt to score, Head Coach Jill Reeve opted to pull McSweeney in favor of an extra

attacker, but the effort was ultimately unsuccessful.

“I think it was a good decision on her part,” Alvarez said.

The Bulldogs left the field triumphant, 2-1, while the Bears ended the season in defeat, hoping for a better outcome next season.

“We’re just going to improve every year,” Alvarez said. “Team chemistry will probably continue to be our strong point for next year.”

» W. HOCKEY, from page 2 Moore, who stopped 42 of Quinnipiac’s 45 shots. Brown’s forwards were only able to muster nine attempts on the Bobcats’ goalie.

“They had a ton of shots, and (Moore) did the best she could,” said forward Janice Yang ’15. “She’s been a really solid contributor to the team all season long. We have good defenders — we just need to stay organized when other teams are threatening in our (defensive zone).”

“I think our main struggle right now, especially mine, is that we don’t shoot enough,” Conway said. “We work the puck into the corner a lot, but we don’t take it to the net. It’s a matter of carrying the puck forward and attacking the net instead of staying to the outside.”

The team did not have much time to lament the loss — the players had less than 24 hours before hitting the ice again to play Princeton (4-2-0, 4-2-0).

Bruno came out strong and struck first with a power play goal from Yang.

But Princeton wasted no time in recovering from the goal, scoring on a power play of its own just 54 seconds later.

The game remained deadlocked for over 20 minutes, until the Tigers scored again on another power play late in the second half.

“We hung with them for the majority of the game,” Moore said. “Even after their second goal, we were still in the game. We just needed to keep playing all the way through the third period, and we could have easily gotten a goal back.”

Unfortunately for Bruno, the opposite happened. Princeton uncorked three unanswered goals in the third period, the last two coming within just over a minute of each other.

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» TENNIS, from page 8 Traynor’s full-fledged return proved a boost of confidence as she scored two wins over BU, dropping only one match for the weekend, against Harvard.

The team does not dwell on injuries to its players, said Head Coach Paul Wardlaw — instead, the players continue practicing and working toward recovering.

Wardlaw implemented extra conditioning training this year as a part of the team’s practice regime. Noyes, coming off an injury, was also competing for the first time this season, earning her first doubles win of the year alongside Uberoi in the team’s last tournament for the fall.

“This weekend, we were very steady in our matches and were very reliable,” Camhi said. “We had purpose on the courts.”

In the winter and spring, individual performances matter only in the context of the team’s trajectory as a whole.

A blowout win counts as much as a come-from-behind underdog triumph when it comes to the team winning matches. Competing well in the fall is all in preparation for the spring, Wardlaw said.

The steady tournament performance is a good indicator of the team’s depth and potential for success in the winter and spring.

The team opens its regular season Jan. 24 against Boston College at the Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center.

The Princeton forwards “played really hard — they always come in hard on us,” Moore said. “They’re a very mobile group, so it makes it difficult to track them and keep a defender watching them at all times because they’re always hovering around different spots.”

With three minutes remaining in the game — and the lead out of reach at 5-1 — Conway managed to add a silver lining, tallying her first career goal for the Bears.

“It was awesome but bittersweet,” Conway said. “I hadn’t scored a goal yet, and my mom and friends were starting to ride me about it. I know we were losing pretty badly, and I wish my first goal had come with a win, but it was still super exciting to finally get one in college.”

One major stat line in the Princeton game was the number of penalties — a combined 11 infractions equated to 22 power play minutes in total, with seven of the whistles going against Brown.

“Princeton is a really fast team, and I think some of the penalties were caused by our players trying not to get beat and ending up tripping or shoving them,” Conway said. “They’re also a very physical team, more so than Quinnipiac. It was a different kind of game.”

After the game, Head Coach Amy Bourbeau told the team that it must compete in all three periods of each game and cannot get lazy in the third, Yang said.

The Bears will have a chance to regroup this week in practice and focus on improving their fitness before playing another double-header next weekend, when they travel to Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Bruno drops season opener to Lafayette in late-game thriller The Leopards exploited their height to outrebound and limit Brown’s scoring in the matchup

By BRUNO ZUCCOLO SPORTS STAFF WRITER

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Though Jordin Alexander ’16 was one the Bears’ top scorers with 14 points, Lafayette’s height advantage caused consistent problems for the offense.

The women’s basketball team fell to Lafayette College in its season opener Sunday, losing 70-69 on a last minute shot.

The Bears (0-1) kept the lead for much of the second half, but the Leopards (2-0) came out on top in a game with 13 lead changes.

More than half of Lafayette’s points came from two players: forward Emily Homan, who was the afternoon top scorer with 21 points, and guard Jamie O’Hare, who followed closely with 19 points.

Bruno, on the other hand, had several players share the scoring burden, led by Sophie Bikofsky ’15 and Jordin Alexander ’16, with 16 and 14 points, respectively. The other two players providing double digits on offense were Lauren Clarke ’14, who scored 13 points, and KJ Veldman ’17, with 11.

“I think it really takes the heat off of Clarke and Bikofsky to know that we have balanced scoring,” said Head Coach Jean Marie Burr. “It really bodes well for an up-tempo game, and that’s something

we’ve been working on doing.”

The winning shot came with 24 seconds left on the clock, when Homan made a layup to put Lafayette ahead 7069. The Bears desperately tried to regain the lead in the last couple seconds, but Danielle Fiacco blocked Clarke’s shot to deny one last turnaround and secure a victory for the Leopards.

The game started out with several lead switches as well. The Leopards broke away from the Bears towards the latter part of the first half and managed the largest lead up to that point, going up 25-20. But the Bears quickly came back, gaining momentum from Bikofsky’s 3-point jump shot and scoring 10 straight points.

The Bears went into halftime five points ahead, a lead they maintained for most of the second half. Lafayette kept close, rapidly closing any larger gap that Brown tried to extend.

The tight back-and-forth scoring exchange carried on to the very end.

Alexander made a layup at 3 minutes, 42 seconds to give Bruno a 69-63 lead.

Following the score, the Bears found themselves in a scoring slump, failing to sink any more shots for the rest of the game and watched Lafayette snatch back the lead in the last minute.

“Showing a little more patience in the offensive end I think would have given us … the point cushion we needed,”

Burr said.

The Leopards had an “oversized team” relative to the Bears, Burr said, with seven of its 15 players measuring over six feet tall. This physical supremacy showed in each team’s block tally — Lafayette totaled eight, with 6’7” Fiacco denying Bruno six times, while Bruno had none.

The Leopards also led in rebounds, retrieving the ball 44 times compared to Brown’s 30.

Burr said the game was an improvement over last year’s, when Lafayette “dominated … with their inside play,” and beat Brown 56-32. “This year we were able to kind of neutralize that,” Burr said.

“Unfortunately we weren’t able to take them away completely to notch the win.”

The Bears found most of their scoring opportunities from the free throw line and behind the arc. Bikofsky made four of her five attempted 3-point shots, with Clarke close behind with three successful attempts — the Leopards only made three all game.

Veldman led the game from the line, making nine of her 12 free throw attempts in her first game for Brown.

“I think this game is really going to make us hungry,” Burr said.

The Bears will continue their search for the first win of the season this Saturday, when they travel to New Jersey to face Saint Peter’s University.

WATER POLO

Bears finish third at CWPA Northern Championships James McNamara ’14 scored the winning goal in a late-game thriller against MIT

By GEORGE SANCHEZ SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The No. 15 Bears traveled to Harvard to participate in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Northern Division Championships over the weekend and finished 2-1 in their weekend series, earning a bid to the CWPA Eastern Championships taking place on College Hill Nov. 22-24.

The team competed against the Fordham University Rams, the St. Francis College Terriers and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers.

In the weekend’s first game, the Bears faced off against the Rams. Bruno got off to an early lead, moving into the half with a 6-3 advantage. Nick Deaver ’15 led the team with three goals, while Walker Shockley ’14 contributed eight saves in his time between the bars.

The Bears played a strong defensive game, holding the Rams scoreless in the third quarter and allowing only two goals in the fourth frame, en route to a 9-5 victory.

The day’s second game featured the fourth meeting of the year against the second-seeded Terriers. The season series going into this match was 3-0 in favor of the Terriers, but all previous matches had been decided by two goals or fewer.

The nightcap started off with a strong offensive showing in the first half by the Terriers, outscoring the Bears by four goals. St. Francis maintained a 7-3 lead going into the third quarter.

Warren Smith ’17 scored his sole

goal of the match in the third frame, keeping the Bears within reach. In the fourth quarter, James McNamara ’14 and Henry Fox ’15 scored a pair of backto-back goals to shorten the deficit to 9-7 with 1 minute 25 seconds left in regulation. But the Terriers scored another goal to reach double digits and close the door on a possible comeback by the Bruno squad, ending the game with a 10-7 Terriers victory.

“We came out slow at first,” Deaver said. “They counterattacked well, and we became impatient.”

“The game served as a good lesson that we have to come ready to play each and every game,” he added.

Bruno closed the tournament the next day with a late-game thriller in the CWPA Northern Championships thirdplace game against the MIT Engineers.

Fox scored twice in the first frame, helping the Bears jump out to a 3-1 lead going into the second quarter. But MIT responded back in the second quarter, putting up two goals while limiting Bruno to just one goal.

The Bears entered the second half with a 4-3 lead. The Engineers started the half strong, scoring four goals in the third frame and tying the match at seven.

Bruno started off the fourth quarter with pair of goals by Deaver and Fox, taking a 9-7 lead. The Engineers answered back with two goals of their own, evening the score at nine with just 1:49 left in the game. But McNamara scored the game-winning goal with 1:20 left in regulation to lead the Bears to a 10-9 victory and a third-place tournament finish.

“We came together as a team and trusted each other,” Deaver said. “We knew this game would have a huge impact on Eastern Champs seeding. We

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James McNamara ’14 scored the game-winner in the third-place game at the CWPA Northern Division Championships. Bruno heads into the CWPA Eastern Championships in pursuit of an NCAA Championships berth. couldn’t lose the game.”

“A game like this shows us that we have to play 32 minutes,” said Head Coach Felix Mercado. “We could never take our foot off the gas.”

Bruno returns to action Nov. 2224 at the Katherine Moran Coleman

Aquatics Center, when the Bears will host the CWPA Eastern Championships and compete as the fifth seed.

“We will be in an optimal mindset because we have the opportunity to play in our pool,” Deaver said. “This is the same pool we practice in — it

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will help us have an even better shot at Eastern Champs.”

“We are in a position nobody expected us to be in,” Mercado said. “I’m excited that we have this opportunity to play in front of our home crowd, and have everyone cheer us on.”

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EDITORIAL

CS growth necessitates increase in resources On a typical weekday at the Center for Information Technology, hordes of students can be spotted waiting patiently for a turn to access a computer science undergraduate teaching assistant. As recently reported in The Herald, increased enrollment in computer science courses has overwhelmed the University’s available resources. Computer science is one of the most celebrated and visible concentrations at Brown, and the department must be provided with the resources to meet rising student demand.

According to the article, the number of students enrolled in computer science classes has doubled in the past eight years. CSCI 0150: “Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and Computer Science” has 279 enrolled this fall, a whopping 54 percent more than last year’s 173 students. Though these increases do follow a national trend, they also attest to the strength of the Brown Department of Computer Science. But if the department is to continue to provide the high-quality education for which it is known, it must increase its number of TAs — a task that presents distinct challenges. It is unclear where the department will find the additional funds necessary for more TAs. Even with an increase in TAs, other logistical concerns such as room availability, time constraints and computer availability hinder enrolled students from receiving assistance. Given the recent projection that the CIT itself will be over capacity in the next five to 10 years, we worry that the University is not paying sufficient attention to the real threat of overcrowding the department.

Insufficient physical resources present a significant constraint to the computer science department. So far, we have not seen any significant proposal to address this situation in the long term. Expanding the number of TAs is only a temporary solution, as is creating new classes in order to lighten the load. The University frequently promotes the astounding innovations and research of the department, and in turn, the department deserves the resources sufficient to meet its rising demand.

The computer science department is known for its renowned faculty and commitment to undergraduate teaching, but it cannot create the resources it needs out of thin air. Computer science is necessarily personalized, and effectively learning the languages and programs requires individual attention. Students in these introductory classes need to have fair and reasonable access to the appropriate tools needed to fully implement knowledge gained from lectures. We hope to see the University soon address the department’s needs so that resources can match the growing demand for computer science.

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CORRECTIONS An article in Wednesday’s paper (“Dining Services to press for improved pay and benefits in negotiations,” Nov. 6) incorrectly stated that Dining Services staff members who have worked fewer than 15 years are paid $12.52 per hour and that those who have worked more than 15 years are paid $17.61 per hour. In fact, this starting rate is only paid to food service workers and is in effect for the first two years of employment. The Herald regrets the error.

Due to an editing error, an article in Monday’s paper (“Football crippled by mistakes against Yale,” Nov. 11) stated that a missed field goal attempt by Alexander Norocea ’14 led to a costly turnover in Brown territory and that a lost fumble directly limited Brown’s offense. In fact, the turnover was on a separate series from the missed field goal attempt, and all of the events limited the offense. The Herald regrets the errors.

An article in Monday’s Herald (“Humanities falter, sciences see growth,” Nov.11) incorrectly stated that the Department of English now requires concentrators to take an introductory-level course in each of three different time periods. In fact, students may take any two courses in each of the three time periods. The Herald regrets the error.

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Standing for racial justice: A public statement

BY ORGANIZERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST RAY KELLY guest columnists

We are students who organized and supported the Oct. 29 demonstration against the University’s decision to provide a speaking platform to New York City Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly. We continue to stand by our actions and the anti-racist goals that motivated them.

In view of the denunciations we have received from President Christina Paxson, media outlets and other students, we put forth this statement to tell our side of the story on why and how we organized.

First, we organized because students have a right to feel safe at their university. Many Brown students who oppose racial profiling bring their past and continuing experiences of police harassment to the discussion and feel genuinely unsafe around proponents and enactors of these policies. It is unacceptable to invite a speaker to campus who makes students feel threatened or intimidated. Our demonstration was an act of self-defense. We protected our rights to feel safe on the campus we now call home.

We remain unconvinced that this lecture would have permitted a free exchange of ideas. Kelly was invited to deliver a lecture as a part of the the Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture. The lecture claims to feature individuals who have made “distinguished contributions to public service.” Accordingly, Kelly’s racial profiling policies were framed as “proactive policing,” without so much as a mention of their unconstitutionality.

The event was designed as a lecture to give Kelly the primary voice in the room, guaranteeing that any alternative perspective would be placed in a position of lesser power and authority. In providing Ray Kelly this undisputed speaking platform, the event threatened and silenced the very voices that could have opposed him and highlighted

the human toll of racial profiling. phone the next day. of Faunce House in remembrance It became clear to us that the event Orr spoke to a group of orga- of victims who have lost their lives could not foster dialogue but instead nizers over speaker phone the next to racially motivated incidents of only implicate the University’s com- morning and stated that the event police brutality. During the vigil, plicity in the legitimization of sys- was designed to be a lecture and that Providence residents, members of temic racist policies that target and he was not aware that students were DARE and Brown students shared criminalize communities of color. upset that Ray Kelly was invited to their personal experiences with raGiven the Taubman Center for campus. cial profiling.

Public Policy and American InstiOne organizer voiced her conAt this point, the petition had tutions’ reputation and influence cern that Taubman’s event “isn’t a collected over 590 signatures. Orgain public policy discourse both on form of debate,” and that “it’s im- nizers and supporters met after the a local and national level, the cen- possible for the person who’s behind vigil to discuss tactics for Tuesday’s ter’s implicit message of condoning oppressive policing tactics to have demonstration. Our plan involved violent police practices had reper- an equal discussion with the peo- the reading of a collective statement cussions far beyond Brown. In fact, ple who are dealing with it on the and individual testimonies throughmany of our community partners ground.” out the lecture. During the questionvoiced this very concern.

Orr replied that he understood and-answer session, demonstration In the end, we decided only col- the point that “this structure doesn’t supporters would share their stories lective action would protect the allow a back and forth. It wasn’t re- and challenge Ray Kelly with quesrights of students tions. Though and the larger Provour petition “During the question-and-answer session, idence communihad called for demonstration supporters would share their ty and enable us to the event’s participate in discancellation, stories and challenge Kelly with questions. cussions from a poour original Though our petition had called for the event’s sition of equal powplan was not cancellation, our original plan was not to shut er and without fear. to shut down Our action was also down the lecture but to reclaim the power in the the lecture but a part of the larger to reclaim the lecture hall by giving voice to our stories.” movement against power in the Ray Kelly’s racist lecture hall by policies. We protested in solidar- ally designed for that purpose.” He giving voice to our stories. ity with anti-racism organizations also mentioned that there would be On the day of the lecture, we held both in Providence and New York, a meeting on Monday with Marga- a non-violent rally outside List Art including Direct Action for Rights ret Klawunn, vice president for cam- Center and handed out informaand Equality, Providence Youth Stu- pus life and student services, to talk tional sheets on racial profiling to dent Movement, People’s Justice and about the petition. He said that he people heading into the building. the Committee Against Anti-Asian could not guarantee a spot for the We also performed a reenactment Violence. organizers at the meeting but told us of students’ experiences with racial On Thursday Oct. 24, students to contact Klawunn. profiling on Brown’s campus as docand Providence community memThe next day, one organizer was umented by the 2006 Coalition for bers from DARE and PrYSM came allowed to attend the meeting with Police Accountability and Institutogether to express concerns over Klawunn, Orr and others to discuss tional Transparency. We hoped this Ray Kelly’s invitation to campus. We the petition. Klawunn and Orr said would contextualize our organizing collectively drafted a petition with that the lecture would allot 40 min- in the history of racial justice activthe demands that (1) the lecture be utes for question-and-answer in- ism at Brown. cancelled, (2) Kelly’s honorarium be stead of the previously allotted 15 A subset of organizers and supdonated to organizations working to minutes. They also said a conversa- porters entered the lecture as audiend racial profiling and police bru- tion would begin in the Taubman ence members. The first two rows tality in Providence and New York Center about the transparency of its in the auditorium were reserved for and (3) Taubman’s decision-mak- speaker policy but have yet to follow “community members,” almost all ing process for inviting speakers be up on this promise. of whom were white male police ofmore transparent in the future.

Despite these concessions, our ficers, including Providence ComThe next day, the petition began core concerns about the lecture for- missioner of Public Safety Steven circulating. At 3 p.m., a group of stu- mat and student safety were not met. M. Pare. After Ray Kelly was introdent organizers delivered the peti- We were compelled to continue col- duced, supporters of the demonstration with more than 300 signatures lecting signatures and to send a clear tion stood up, raised their fists and of Brown students, alums and Provi- message to Ray Kelly on the day of read the following collective statedence community members to a staff the lecture that his racist policies ment: “Asking tough questions is member at the Taubman Center. would not go unchallenged. not enough. Brown is complicit. If Marion Orr, director of the TaubOn the night before the lecture, Brown won’t recognize it, then we man Center, agreed to speak over the we held a peaceful vigil on the steps must. We stand in solidarity with the

Providence anti-racism movement and all those impacted by racial profiling.”

One of us proceeded to stand up and read a personal narrative. Ray Kelly began to speak. Then a community member stood up to read a personal narrative. These staggered testimonies continued for several minutes. When the executive director of DARE stood up to speak, he was approached by a woman who told him to be quiet. Emotions in the room intensified. Comments by both administrators and students caused an escalation of responses.

This eventually led Klawunn to cancel the event and ask everyone to leave the auditorium. We stood up to read the collective statement once more before exiting.

In Brown’s history, student voices have been critical in pushing the University to adopt the progressive and open-minded approach to education that it currently boasts. The establishment of the ethnic studies program, the Africana Studies Department, the Third World Center, the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, need-blind admission and even the implementation of the Open Curriculum were all results of battles won through student activism and organizing.

This demonstration against racial profiling has similarly pushed against the status quo and sparked conversations on the issue of racism at Brown, in Providence and beyond.

We also hope it has forced the administration to reexamine Brown’s complicity in systemic racism. As we move forward, we hope to continue these conversations in ways that hold the University accountable to its students and the wider Providence community.

The authors hope that this account can spark dialogue around racial justice and push Brown to create a safer environment for students, increase transparency and work with the wider Providence community to end racial profiling and police brutality.

The authors’ names have been kept private due to their concerns about possible punishment from the University.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013

MEN’S SOCCER

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Early goals help Bears take down Bulldogs Bruno Tariq Akeel ’16 scored twice in the first 10 minutes to propel Bruno to a 3-1 victory over Yale

By SAM WICKHAM SPORTS STAFF WRITER

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Tariq Akeel ’16 leads the team in points scored this season, notching six goals and two assists, including two early goals in the victory over Yale.

The Bears continued their great form this weekend, defeating Yale 3-1 Saturday in New Haven.

Bruno (7-6-3, 3-1-2 Ivy) scored twice in the opening 10 minutes to gain an insurmountable lead over the Bulldogs (4-10-2, 2-2-2). The victory is the Bears’ fourth in a row and gives the squad sole possession of third place in the Ivy League, a ranking for which the team was previously tied.

Tariq Akeel ’16 led Bruno’s attack from the start, netting the first of his two goals just five minutes in. A long kick from Jose Salama ’14 bounced over the Bulldog backline and found Akeel, who nodded the ball past the keeper to give his team an early 1-0 advantage.

“It was great to get on the scoreboard early,” said co-captain Josh Weiner ’14. “We took advantage of our opportunities. … We took three shots on target in the first half and scored all of them.”

Akeel struck again just four minutes later, this time thanks to a feed from Jack Gorab ’16. Gorab whipped in a cross from a set piece, and Akeel again headed the ball on frame to double his

side’s lead 2-0. Akeel leads the Bears in scoring this season with six goals.

The Bulldogs did not go down easily, managing to get a goal back in the 36th minute against the run of play. A through ball into the box was put home

by Cameron Kirdzik to cut the Bears’ lead in half.

Bruno again found the net three minutes later to conclude a highscoring first half. Voltaire Escalona ’14 threaded a pass through the Yale defense to Gorab, who calmly slotted home his shot to push the Bears’ lead back to two goals before the halftime whistle.

The Bulldogs applied heavy pressure to the Bruno defense in the second half, registering 10 shots to Bruno’s one and earning three corner kicks. Weiner only had to make one save to preserve his team’s lead for the victory.

“We did a great job defensively,” Weiner said. “We limited them to shots outside the box from longer distance and bad angles, so they couldn’t get any on frame.”

The Bears move on to their final match of the season against Dartmouth (5-7-4, 0-6) Saturday at Stevenson Field. The team looks to earn its fifth win in a row.

“It feels great to win four in a row,” Weiner said. “But we’re getting back to work this week. We’re excited for our Senior Day, and our last opportunity in the Ivy League. … We definitely want to put a good performance in.”

SWIMMING & DIVING

Men, women take first meet of season at home The men swept their races, while the women clinched their meet in the final race of the day

By ANDREW FLAX SPORTS STAFF WRITER

In their first official meets of the year, both the men’s and women’s swim teams emerged victorious at home, with the men easily handling the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the women dispatching both UMass and Northeastern University.

The men’s team won all its races and took the meet with a final score of 201-93, but UMass managed to narrow the gap with wins in both diving events.

The women’s competition was much closer, with Bruno edging out Northeastern University 156-144 and UMass 173-127. The Bears won just four of the 14 races and only one of the first seven, while the Huskies won six total and the Minutemen won four overall, sweeping the two diving events.

The keys to the women’s victory were their second- and third-place finishes, of which the Bears boasted two more than all their opponents combined. But victory was not assured until Bruno placed first and second in the final women’s event, the 200-meter freestyle relay.

“We started out pretty slow, but we finished strong,” said Head Coach Peter Brown.

Brown said he was happy with his

team’s effort. “It was the kind of meet when we needed everybody to chip in, and we got that,” he said.

“The performance as a team was pretty good,” said Kate Dillione ’15, who won both of her individual events — the 100- and 200-meter freestyle races — and was the anchor of a thirdplace 400-meter medley relay and firstplace 200-meter freestyle relay.

“We expected to win against both teams,” she said. “We definitely did what we were supposed to do.”

Another winner at the meet was Brian Barr ’15, who came first in the men’s 200 freestyle, eighth in the 500-meter freestyle and third as part of the 200 freestyle relay.

“We were all extremely satisfied

with where we are,” he said.

Barr said he was surprised by the team’s clean sweep and happy with what the performance means for the rest of the season. “Our times are placing us high within the Ivy League,” he said.

Brown praised the diving teams as well as his swimmers, though their results were not as sterling.

“They did reasonably well,” he said.

But he said they did not meet their potential, adding that the divers believe they are “a little better than they showed.”

Both the men and women had a slight disadvantage because they were competing in their first meets of the year, while both UMass and

Northeastern had already participated in several. But the Bears had an unofficial scrimmage two weeks ago that supplied critical experience.

Dillione described the scrimmage as “really helpful” and said it helped to remove “some of the freshmen’s first meet jitters.”

Barr agreed, noting that it is “always good to get out and race a fast team and prepare yourself for the next meet.”

“The scrimmage helped to an extent,” Brown said, noting that the team “still had unknowns.”

“We learned a lot that’s going to help us going forward,” he said.

The teams’ next meet is Nov. 16 at home against the University of Maine.

COURTESY OF DAVE SILVERMAN

Cory Mayfield ’16 won the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle races en route to the men’s swimming team sweeping all of its events. The Minutemen’s only victories on the day came in the two diving events.

makes statement at Harvard The team won most of its matches each day of the tournament, with Dayna Lord ’17 as a standout

By LAINIE ROWLAND SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The dynamic doubles duo Hannah Camhi ’16 and Dayna Lord ’17 went undefeated last weekend at the Harvard Invitational, with victories against teams from the University of Illinois, Harvard and Boston University.

Each of Brown’s doubles pairs emerged victorious at least once over the course of the weekend.

The last time women’s tennis played — also at Cambridge, but in the ITA Eastern Regional Tournament — Camhi, a Herald sports staff writer, and Lord were the only members to record victories. This time, the team exhibited greater depth in ability, with many members contributing to a solid performance.

“On each of the days, we won a majority of the matches in both singles and doubles,” Camhi said. “It just showed that throughout our team we have a very solid lineup. We can match up against any team well.”

The tournament marks a turning point for the team, which has been plagued by injuries since the start of the fall season. “This is the closest we’ve been to a healthy team in a tournament for a while,” Camhi said. “We’re not even … a full healthy team, and we’re still making a statement in this tournament.”

The doubles team Ashley Noyes ’16 and Nikita Uberoi ’15 notched an 8-2 victory over Illinois. Sarah Kandath ’15 and Ammu Mandalap ’16 brought home two doubles victories over BU and Harvard, 8-5 and 8-6, while Victoria Traynor ’17 and Mariska Chamdani ’17 triumphed 8-1 over BU. In singles play, Uberoi and Chamdani each won one of two matches — with both wins against Harvard — while Traynor went two for three with two wins over BU. While Lord’s 10-match winning streak was broken at the ITA Eastern Regional Tournament, her three singles wins this weekend brought her record to 13-1. Lord “didn’t struggle” during the invitational, Camhi said.

Lord’s intimidating serve and skillful play have made her very hard to beat and garnered attention from opponents. She notched decisive singles victories over BU (6-2, 6-0), Illinois (6-0, 6-3) and Harvard (6-1, 6-3).

Lord, who partnered with Camhi to sweep doubles as well, did not drop a match all weekend.

Other tournament highlights included Traynor’s first competitive use of her backhand all season after recovering from wrist surgery on her left wrist. She previously competed using only her forehand and one-handed backhand. » See TENNIS, page 4