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Meiklejohn Program accepts more applicants Members of ‘strong applicant pool’ should expect decisions before spring break

By CASSANDRA COLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

ELI WHITE / HERALD

Language learning opportunities will expand as floors five through nine of the Sciences Library will house several resources, including the Instructional Language Technology Group and the Language Resource Center.

SciLi stacks to become resource centers Renovations to start this summer, include spaces for Language Resource Center, Sheridan Center

By KATE TALERICO SENIOR STAFF WRITER

An $8.9 million project to renovate the Sciences Library will begin this summer, said Associate Provost David Paine.

Floors five through nine of the library will become a new home for the Instructional Technology Group, the Language Resource Center, the Social Sciences

Research Lab, the Laboratory for Educational Innovation and the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning.

The project, initiated last year by former Provost Mark Schlissel P’15, was delayed so that current Provost Vicki Colvin could revise the plan to reflect her own academic priorities, Paine said.

The University is working with the firm Architecture Research Office to solidify the design for the new spaces, Paine said. ARO also worked on the renovation of the Friedman Study Center in 2007 and is overseeing the design of the new Applied Mathematics building.

The floors set for renovation

M. HOCKEY

Lorito ’15 signs with Devils affiliate Lorito credits top ECAC competition with preparing him for professional career

By MATT BROWNSWORD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Though Matt Lorito ’15 did not end his last season for the men’s hockey team as he had hoped, he is starting his postBrown hockey career on a better note.

The senior signed an amateur tryout agreement with the AHL’s Albany Devils, the minor league affiliate for the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Albany was not the only team that reached out to Lorito — eight other NHL team representatives contacted him, including the Washington Capitals and the Nashville Predators, he said.

“I knew (the Devils) had interest in me from the summer when I was invited to attend their rookie development camp,” he said.

Not only did he sign an ATO, but he also has a contract in place for the next

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season in the AHL. The ATO allows him to join the team for the remainder of this season — which is almost over — and the AHL contract allows him to play his first full season for the club next year. Players in the AHL are committed to their teams’ NHL affiliates and could be called up to the top level at any point in the season.

“Of course I want to play in the NHL, but right now I’m focused on trying to become one of the best players in the (AHL), and we’ll see what happens from there,” Lorito said.

It is rare that AHL players contribute in the NHL right away, but a few cases exist, such as Bruins starlet David Pastrnak, who was called up to the Boston Bruins via the Providence Bruins just two months after beginning his stint in the AHL and has emerged as one of the top contenders for the Calder Trophy, given annually to the NHL’s best rookie.

Lorito burst onto the scene as a sophomore, registering 37 points to lead a team that made a postseason » See LORITO, page 3

currently house stacks. Books that are not often checked out will be relocated to the Library Collections Annex at Park Lane, where they will still be available for use, Paine said.

Because “heat loads” in the library will increase when more people make use of the space currently occupied by books, floors three through 13 will undergo a heating, ventilation and air conditioning upgrade, Paine added.

The Friedman Study Center, which includes the 24-hour mezzanine, basement and lobby, will not be touched, Paine said, except for the “overdue” » See SCILI, page 2

Approximately 78 percent of students who applied to be Meiklejohn Peer Advisors, or 353 out of 453 applicants, will soon be notified of their acceptances, said Kira Bromwich ’15, a Meiklejohn Leadership Committee member.

Those selected include 187 first-time applicants — known as rookies — in addition to veterans and applicants who were waitlisted or deferred in past years, Bromwich said.

While the number of applicants was consistent with past years, more applicants were accepted this year because the Meiklejohn Leadership is “trying to grow the program,” Bromwich said.

“We would like it for groups of advisees and Meiklejohns to be smaller so that Meiklejohns can get to know their advisees,” she said, adding, “If you’re advising a greater number of students, you’re not going to get to give them the

individual attention they need.”

While the major components of the application remain largely unchanged from year to year, the Meiklejohn Leadership Committee annually alters the specific questions. Sometimes applicants write “the same thing for a certain question or we thought that it didn’t necessarily give us great insight into the applicant,” Bromwich said. Besides written questions, the application for new Meiklejohns includes two 15-minute interviews and a letter of recommendation, she said.

Bromwich said it was “tough to make the decisions” this year due to “a really strong applicant pool” distinguished by strong essays and interviews, both of which are taken seriously in the application process.

As in past years, the Meiklejohn leaders advertised the program by handing out fliers, hanging posters and speaking in large lecture classes.

Bromwich said she thought they targeted more classes than usual, noting, “This year I know personally I went to some smaller classes to speak, which I haven’t done in years past.”

The Meiklejohn Leadership » See MEIKLEJOHN, page 2

M. LACROSSE

Late surge lifts Bears over the Crimson Win at home over No. 10 Harvard solidifies Bruno’s place among elite college lacrosse squads

By NIKKO PASANEN SPORTS STAFF WRITER

It may not have been a beautiful day Saturday, but the No. 18 men’s lacrosse team’s victory over No. 10 Harvard was certainly a thing of beauty. Playing through a constant downpour, the Bears (5-0, 1-0 Ivy) recorded their first signature win of the season in front of a boisterous home crowd. After trailing by one at the half, Bruno used a dominant second-half run to put away the Crimson (4-2, 0-1) by a final score of 14-9.

“It means a lot to have beaten Harvard, especially by five goals,” said Henry Blynn ’16. “Although we have a long way to go, this win proves to the rest of the nation that we are a different Brown lacrosse team than in the past,” he added.

“Any win in the Ivy League is a big win,” said Head Coach Lars Tiffany ’90.

“But I am more focused on the process, and I can tell you that I am happy in that regard as well.”

“I like where we are right now,” Tiffany said. “For an early Ivy League game, I loved the energy and team defense.”

The Bears’s offense was paced by the nation’s leading scorer, Dylan Molloy ’17, who had three goals and two assists.

The offense came from other sources as well, with juniors Brendan Caputo ’16 and Kylor Bellistri ’16 each contributing two goals and Blynn netting one. But the win would not have been possible without the stellar play of Larken Kemp ’17, who caused eight turnovers and consistently disrupted Harvard’s attack.

Kemp even scored a goal of his own in the fourth quarter to push the lead to four, capping off his impressive day.

Saturday’s game did not exactly start the way the Bears would have liked, as

they fell into a 2-0 hole midway through the first quarter while the offense sputtered. But with 6:39 remaining in the period, Bruno finally got on the board with Molloy’s first tally of the day. It was all defense the rest of the way, until Caputo netted a goal with just 24 seconds left to knot the score at two.

At the start of the next quarter, the Bears found themselves on the wrong side of a penalty and quickly conceded a goal while a man down. With momentum turned in its favor, Harvard extended its lead to 5-3 after scoring back-to-back goals in a 30-second span.

But Bruno remained unfazed, responding nicely with two goals of its own to counter another Crimson tally and leave » See M. LACROSSE, page 3

KATIE LIEBOWITZ / HERALD

Satuday’s comeback was a complete team effort for the men’s lacrosse team, as 11 players recorded points in the contest.

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MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015

SPORTS Men’s baseball falls to 1-9 on the season after losing four games on the road to North Florida

SPORTS COMMENTARY Diehl ’17: NFL Free Agency decision-making may be overblown, but has consequences

COMMENTARY Upadhyay ’15: When idolizing Michael Jordan, we should not forget reasons for his success

COMMENTARY Secondo ’16: “The Hunting Ground” fuels fire behind sexual assault policy reform

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» SCILI, from page 1 addition of a handicap-accessible bathroom in the basement.

Two of the renovated floors will also be used as “flexible open space” for additional programs, Paine said. He

added that the Writing Center could be relocated to one of these floors.

The LRC, which currently provides online access to digital language resources, will now occupy a physical space in the Sciences Center that will entirely revamp its functions, said Ravi

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Pendse P’17, vice president for computing and information services and chief information officer.

“The idea is we want to have a fabulous language faculty, and we want to build a state-of-the-art Language Resource Center for them,” Pendse said.

The ITG will work closely with the LRC to provide guidance for students and faculty members who use the new technologies and media, he added.

The new LRC will be equipped with learning studios, in which students can practice pronunciation or watch clips for their language courses alongside faculty members, Pendse said.

“Sometimes when you practice diction you actually say things out loud, but you want to be able to do that without disturbing others,” Pendse said. “A library conference room or open space is not the place to do that.

Here, you will be able to do all of those things privately.”

“The most difficult part of practicing a language is finding someone proficient enough in that language to practice with,” said Joohwan Kim ’18.

“It’s good to have individuals who are fluent available at the Center.”

Sarah Yoho ’18 said while a physical space may not be particularly beneficial for students whose professors hold flexible office hours, it could provide other students more opportunities for practice, which is often the most difficult part of language learning. “I’m personally lucky to have a professor with really open office hours, but there are some people that feel too intimidated to approach their professor,” she added.

The LRC and the ITG are currently located in the Center for Information Technology, but their move will free up space that could potentially be used for more computer science classrooms, Pendse said.

The Sheridan Center will occupy part of the SciLi, but it remains to be determined whether the entire center will relocate or just its Laboratory for Educational Innovation, said Kathy Takayama, executive director of the Sheridan Center.

The Laboratory for Educational Innovation has overseen the development of Brown’s massive open online courses, a variety of interactive online modules and flipped classrooms.

“If the center has two separate parts, then at times we might have to make an extra effort to ensure that my entire team is in close communication,” she added.

Takayama said she hopes the architects construct a collaborative open space that reflects the lab’s goal to “engage undergraduates as the architects of their own experience.”

The renovations do not come without obstacles. “The SciLi is a challenging space,” Paine said. “It’s this brutalist architecture with floors which are designed to hold stacks of books. It’s not appropriate for classrooms since the height of the ceiling is 7 feet, 10 inches.”

Pendse said that he plans on gathering feedback from the Undergraduate Council of Students, as well as various graduate students, throughout the design process. Colvin has also spent time speaking with students to get a better idea of student needs, Paine said.

» MEIKLEJOHN, from page 1 Committee hopes to notify accepted students before spring break, though it still needs to ensure that all accepted students are in good academic standing.

Samantha Gohh ’18 said she applied to be a Meiklejohn because “you gain a lot of freedom and independence and responsibility” in the first few months of college, “and all that can be a lot to take in,” so she wanted “to be a support system for the freshmen and guide them through the first year.” Gohh said she was pleased with the application process, noting that the application allowed students to show “if you care about the program, why you want to be in it and if you’re qualified.”

Alyssa Baum ’18 chose to apply to be a Meiklejohn because she enjoyed working with younger students as a peer leader in high school, and she “had a really good experience as a freshman with the Meiklejohn program.” She noted that she had two different Meiklejohns this year because one studied abroad during the spring semester, and “it was just nice to know somebody” who could answer questions and whom she ran into often even outside of group meetings. As a rookie, she thought the application was “straightforward and easy,” she added.

Jacob Binder ’18 decided he wanted to be a Meiklejohn so he could “have a voice in … the next class” and “help them through Brown’s … confusing policies.” He also found the application process easy to navigate and appreciated that there were enough essay questions to allow him to showcase his strengths.

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» M. LACROSSE, from page 1 the score at 6-5 heading into the half.

The Bears’ fifth goal was one for the highlight reel, as Bellistri received a pass from Molloy at the top of the circle and then beat the goalie with a nifty behindthe-back shot.

The third quarter was a defensive battle with the Bears coming out on top. After a quick tally by Matt Graham ’16 evened things up, Bruno allowed its only goal of the quarter and then proceeded to clamp down on the Harvard attack. The Bears took their first lead of the day with 6:31 left in the quarter, when Molloy connected and pushed the score to 8-7.

By the time the fourth quarter

» LORITO, from page 1 run to the ECAC championship game.

During his junior year, he finished third on the team with 29 points, behind linemates Mark Naclerio ’16 and Nick Lappin ’16. He returned to the top of the stat sheet this year as the only Bear with double-digit goals and assists.

“My time at Brown was amazing,” Lorito said. “They have all the facilities you need to become the best player you can. Playing in the ECAC was also great for my development. It’s a very tough league top to bottom, and there are no nights off. I think that’s important with the condensed college schedule.”

rolled around, the Bears were firing on all cylinders. Just over a minute into the period, Graham and Jake Miller ’18 both scored in a 10-second window, in what Tiffany called the turning point of the match.

“At the time, it had been a back-andforth, one-score game, so to open up a three-goal lead, that was really big for us,” he said.

But Harvard quickly brought the score back within two and was given a great opportunity to increase the pressure when the Bears committed a pair of crucial penalties at around the fiveminute mark. Instead of succumbing to the situation, Bruno kept its up-tempo offense going and netted a shorthanded goal to all but end the Crimson’s hope Named captain his senior year, Lorito has been a team leader for the Bears his entire time in Providence, especially during his junior and senior years. Harvard coach Ted Donato raved about Lorito’s talent after the playoff series between the Crimson and the Bears, as did Quinnipiac’s Rand Pecknold after Bruno’s 5-3 loss to the Bobcats.

“Matt Lorito is a special player — we’re really going to miss him,” said Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94 after Brown was eliminated from this year’s ECAC tournament. “He’s good offensively, he’s a great leader and he’s going to go down as one of the best players in a long time to wear the uniform.”

Sports Roundup

BY ANDREW FLAX & ALEX WAINGER, SPORTS EDITORS

Gymnastics

In its final home meet of the season, the gymnastics team took down Yale Sunday with a season-best team score in the floor exercise. The Bears trailed the Elis for three quarters of the meet, but they surpassed their competitors in the final rotation, scoring 49.050 on the floor to earn a 193.150-192.775 victory.

The Bulldogs claimed the top spot in the vault, uneven parallel bars and the balance beam, but Bruno stole the competition by earning four of the top-five scores in the floor exercise. Brooke Williams ’17 and Caroline Morant ’17 tied for first place with scores of 9.850 on the floor, and Diana Walters ’16 followed close behind with a 9.825.

Walters took the all-around crown with 38.875 points, highlighted by a second-place finish on the uneven parallel bars and a third-place finish on the floor.

Next weekend, Bruno will head to New Haven to compete at the ECAC Championship.

Men’s tennis

The men’s tennis team earned a hard-fought win this weekend, pulling out a 4-3 victory over unranked St. John’s. The No. 57 Bears (11-2) struggled with the Red Storm (4-6), which fell out of the rankings after dropping to a precarious No. 74 on the 75-team list last week.

After losing his first set, No. 1 singles player Justin To ’16 came from behind to top his opponent, taking the game in a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 three-set thriller. Ivan Kravtchenko ’16, Brandon Yeoh ’18 and Peter Tarwid ’18 all comfortably won their singles matches, giving Bruno the win over the Red Storm.

The Bears’ .846 winning percentage currently ranks them first among Ivy League teams, but the squad has not yet begun conference play and trails behind six Ivy teams in the ITA rankings. Up next, Bruno will head south to take on Stetson University, which is currently riding a four-game winning streak.

Women’s water polo

In its three matches Saturday, the women’s water polo team suffered two disappointing losses, topping Mercyhurst but getting edged by Villanova and Hartwick.

Marisa Kolokotronis ’17 scored four to lead the No. 4 Bears (8-7) to a win against the No. 8 Lakers (4-6). But Shannon Crowley’s ’17 six- and three-goal efforts could not get Bruno past the Wildcats (12-9) in overtime or the No. 6 Hawks (11-15) during the latter two games of the day.

Reigning Collegiate Water Polo Association Defensive Player of the Week Marisol Dakan ’18 struggled after earning her second defensive player of the week award. The first-year goaltender allowed 32 goals over the three games, after giving up just three to Virginia Military Institute last weekend.

Bruno kicks off spring break next weekend with a trip to the Loyola Marymount Invitational in Los Angeles.

for a comeback. The Bears eventually extended the lead to five, capping off an impressive late-game surge.

“I felt that the biggest difference was the play on the ground,” Tiffany said.

“We picked up most of the ground balls in the second half. We just kept giving ourselves extra opportunities and extra possessions, and in turn limited Harvard’s opportunities as well.”

Tiffany was also quick to mention the fans’ impact on the game. “I was so impressed that we had such a rabid and rambunctious crowd. I really appreciate all the energy and effort put forth by them. They were great.”

But it was not only the crowd that carried the Bears to victory. Blynn and Tiffany noted several players whose

performances stood out to them.

“Will Gural (‘16) won eight of nine face-offs in the fourth quarter. If that doesn’t scream ‘clutch,’ then I don’t know what does,” Blynn said. “His supporting cast of wing players including Larken Kemp, Alec Tulett (’17) and Jake Miller were also fantastic.”

“I want to give credit to our two short-stick defensive midfielders, Nick Weeden (‘15) and Corbin Booker (‘15),” Tiffany said. “It’s a position that gets very little attention. They might not show up on the score card, but I thought their efforts were critical in the victory.”

The Bears will now prepare for a three-game stretch against non-Ivy opponents starting this Tuesday at home against Bucknell. The Bison are no

slouches themselves, having just defeated No. 20 Holy Cross with ease last weekend.

“After an important win like this, it is easy to become complacent and look back on our success and cherish it,” Blynn said. “However, we understand that it is only one win, and that to stay undefeated, we need to be sharp in practice and to continue to compete against each other.”

“Just coming off a big win, we are going to be feeling pretty good about ourselves,” Tiffany added. “And our job as a team, and my job as a coach, is to remind us how we got here, to make sure that we know that we’ve earned it all by bringing energy and passion to every game.”

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FOOTBALL

Quick slants: Your go-to guide for NFL free agency JOE DIEHL sports columnist

NFL free agency is an overrated time period in which experts and fans overreact to teams overpaying players to lure them away from their previous homes.

This doesn’t make it any less exciting, as it’s one of the most closely followed and exciting parts of the NFL offseason. But as ESPN’s John Clayton notes, only 15 out of the 143 players who signed from the unrestricted free agent class of 2012 remain with the teams that signed them.

So while it’s exciting in the meantime to be a Miami Dolphins fan, one should take these signings with a grain (or 128) of salt.

This low sticking rate notwithstanding, teams that succeed in free agency tend to do well the following season, such as this year’s champion, the New England Patriots, which picked up Darrelle Revis, Patrick Chung and Brandon Browner in free agency. Meanwhile, teams that made bad decisions, such as the basement-dwelling Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which picked up Josh McCown, Michael Johnson and Anthony Collins, have suffered. With the NFL investigating all 32 teams for tampering before free agency even began, it has been a wild ride.

Making a splash in Miami?

Ladies and gentlemen: your newest highest-paid NFL defensive player and Miami Dolphin, Ndamukong Suh. His contract in the state income tax-free state of Florida is for six years and $114 million.

Detroit Lions fans will be sad to see him go after he dominated the line of scrimmage and headed the league’s number one rushing defense.

But with a colossal $20 million cap figure in each of his first three seasons, Suh will be paid more than even most franchise quarterbacks. Franchise quarterbacks can account for three to five wins on their own, so for Suh to live up to his contract, he should have to reach that total.

Is that possible? Miami thinks so. For the best defensive player to hit the open market since Reggie White, some team was going to have to pay a king’s ransom to get Suh. My biggest concern with Suh doesn’t even have to do with him — it’s the rest of the Dolphins’ defense. Their defensive backs are a mess: Only Brent Grimes is a credible NFL starter. They also lack an outside linebacker to complement Koa Misi. The Dolphins are asking Suh to provide enough destructiveness to offset their weaknesses on the second and third levels.

The Dolphins could have kept their competent defensive tackle duo of Randy Starks and Jared Odrick and invested more money elsewhere. I understand the argument that to be an elite defense, there needs to be a game changer, which Suh undoubtedly is. But I’m not sure this signing will make the defense elite, given its deficiencies elsewhere.

Flying too close to the sun?

The Eagles will live or die by Chip

Kelly’s decisions this offseason. The team’s quarterback, running back and number one wide receiver will all be different this year, which demonstrates Kelly’s confidence in his up-tempo offensive system. After exchanging Nick Foles and LeSean McCoy for Sam Bradford and Kiko Alonso, respectively, Kelly will need his new pieces to fit soon — assuming Bradford can usurp the Sanchise from the starting job.

The most controversial signing the Eagles have made so far is Byron Maxwell from the Seahawks on a six-year, $63 million deal with $25 million guaranteed.

This is a risk, since Maxwell’s body of work as a starting corner consists of 17 games.

He also had the added benefit of playing with three other starting defensive backs who were more talented than he was.

Furthermore, Maxwell only assumed the starting job for the Seahawks when fellow Eagles signee Walter Thurmond tested positive for marijuana in the 2013 season. He’s getting paid like a top-tier corner without ever really proving himself as one, as he has always started opposite Richard Sherman. They’re asking a lot of him.

The other notable free agent who signed with the new-look Eagles is former Chargers running back Ryan Mathews.

His whole problem has been staying healthy, since he’s only completed one full season in his five-year career. In that season, however, he rushed for more than 1,200 yards and has shown the talent that got him drafted at number 12 overall. At

three years and $11.5 million, he could be a bargain.

Kelly made one final splashy signing by snagging DeMarco Murray away from the rival Dallas Cowboys. Nevertheless, Eagles fans should be wary after the spectacular flop that was the “Dream Team.”

Either way, they will be a compelling team to follow throughout next season.

A Jet flying home?

Revis Island is coming home to the tune of five years and $70 million. There are not too many insights to glean from this one. Revis is one of the two best corners in pro football and will become a key piece in Todd Bowles’ aggressive defense, which requires shutdown corners to effectively blitz.

The Jets also get bonus points for stealing Revis from their division rivals, the Patriots. The Jets also signed Revis’ counterpart on the other side, Buster Skrine, the former No. 2 corner for the Cleveland Browns. A starting cornerback trio of Revis, Skrine and Dee Milliner will ensure the Jets have above-average pass coverage, which was an issue for them last year.

The Jets have also upgraded their quarterback and offensive line, trading for Ryan Fitzpatrick and signing James Carpenter. With Brandon Marshall now on board as well, the Jets are giving the Eagles a run for their money for most notable offseason so far.

Older, but are they better?

A couple of years ago, the Colts had a rising franchise quarterback in Andrew Luck that was a few years away from contending. After their AFC Championship thrashing, the Colts’ first three signings this offseason show they think they’re ready for a serious push. With a combined age of 96, savvy veterans Frank Gore, Andre Johnson and Trent Cole have been added to the mix.

Gore just came off of his fourth consecutive 1,000-yard season, but history says the odds are against a repeat performance from the 32-year-old running back Yet Gore does bring stability to the running back position — a quality that Trent Richardson repeatedly failed to achieve.

After recording a shade under 1,000 yards and learning he would have a diminished role with the Texans, Andre Johnson demanded his release from the organization after 12 years and will catch passes from Luck next year. At three years and $21 million, Johnson is expected to at least be a productive number two wide receiver — which he should be able to do considering he’s never worked with a real franchise quarterback before.

Finally, Trent Cole represents an upgrade over Eric Walden at the outside linebacker position in the Colts’ 3-4 defense, as he’s still an excellent pass rusher and competent run defender. The Colts hope to get two or three good years out of these guys to provide the team with a boost in its quest for a title and help replace Reggie Wayne’s presence in the locker room.

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SATELLITE DINING JOSIAH’S Crepes, Gourmet Grilled Cheese BLUE ROOM Naked Burritos Soups: Chicken Noodle, Spinach and Feta, Three Bean Chili ANDREWS COMMONS Chili Bar, Steam Bun Sliders Pizza: Cheese Steak, Caprese, BBQ Chicken Ranch

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Ginger Chicken Pasta, Fire Braised Pork Shoulder Sandwich, Vegan Garden Chili

Mushroom Quiche, Pasta Tomato Bake, Roast Beef Au Jus, Broccoli Rabe

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Lauren Suiter ’15, member of Figure Skating at Brown, glided gracefully across the ice in Meehan Auditorium Sunday night. She was one of many performers during the group’s Spring Figure Skating Show.

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calendar TODAY 5:30 P.M. SEX TRIVIA

The Sexual Health Awareness Group and the Sexual Health Education and Empowerment Council will test students’ knowledge of sexual facts. Salomon 001

TOMORROW 12:00 P.M. “TRAILBLAZERS WITH WOMEN IN SCIENCE”

Students will describe their past summer opportunities at Brown for prospective applicants. Faunce, Kasper Multipurpose Room

6:00 P.M. TASTEBERRIES PRESENTATION

John Stein, senior lecturer in neuroscience, will give a short presentation on the science behind the taste-altering berry. Students will be allowed to sample the fruit after the presentation. Sciences Library, Science Center 9:00 P.M. UCS/UFB ELECTIONS INFORMATION SESSION

This meeting will review the guidelines for running for a leadership position on the Undergraduate Council of Students or the Undergraduate Finance Board. Faunce 225

4:00 P.M. “RACE, SPECIES AND DYNAMIC INSTABILITY”

Rachel Lee of the University of California, Los Angeles will discuss themes from her recent book. Brown/RISD Hillel, Meeting Room 6:30 P.M. “MATHEMATICS OF COOKING”

Michael Brenner of Harvard and James Beard Award winner Mark Ladner will explain and demonstrate the scientific principles that underlie cooking. Salomon 101

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The Michael Jordan myth JAY UPADHYAY guest columnist

It seems like any time an NBA superstar reaches an extreme level of success at a young age — with LeBron James being the most recent case — basketball fans and sports media alike are eager to draw comparisons between these players and Michael Jordan. And the conclusion that these parties reach, regardless of the accolades or stats achieved by these players, is that Michael Jordan is in a league of his own. After all, they say, he put up untouchable numbers in an era supposedly much harder than today, and did it with less help than modern-day superstars had and with an unblemished record in the NBA Finals. Yet, when objectively looking at NBA league statistics over time, analyzing the era in which Jordan thrived and reasoning through some of these statements, it becomes clear that the claims of Jordan’s supremacy are nothing more than myths perpetuated by biased sports fans who seek to forever protect their idol’s image.

First and foremost, Michael Jordan played in a league filled with weak defense. Jordan fans point to hand checking and hard fouls and cite the “soft” calls players get today as evidence that he had it harder in the mid 1980s and 1990s. Some even say his stats would be astronomical if he

played today.

But such statements have absolutely zero empirical backing. Teams throughout the ’80s and early ’90s consistently averaged over 100 points per game and shot 47 percent to 49 percent from the field. Compare that to the last 15 NBA seasons, in which teams hit over 100 PPG only three times and field goal percentages dipped to the mid- to low 40s.

And those hand checking claims are downright wrong. When the NBA first removed hand checking in the

watered down and deprived of talent.

In 1986, the Bulls made the playoffs in the Eastern conference with the worst qualifying record for an NBA team in history: 30-52.

Furthermore, in the late ’80s and mid-’90s, the NBA added 6 new expansion teams in an effort to boost league competition and give franchises to new cities. When any expansion team first enters the league, it’s faced with prohibitively high fixed costs; thus, the talent pool on these teams tends to be scarce and filled with low-

NBA’s top-tier players. Here’s the short list: the two hall of famers Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman, the two all NBA defensive forwards Charles Oakley and Horace Grant, the seven-foot rim protector Bill Cartwright and the sixth man of the year Toni Kukoca.

The Bulls were so good that when Jordan left to play baseball, they posted a 55-27 record even without him — a mere one game below their clip with him. For context, the Miami Heat is currently battling for the last playoff spot without LeBron James, and

Claims of Jordan’s supremacy are nothing more than myths perpetuated by biased sports fans who seek to forever protect their idol’s image.

1994-1995 season, scoring averages and field goal percentages actually dropped.

Not only did teams score more during the Jordan era, but they also shot more free throws. In 1986, for example, the average NBA team shot more than 30 per game. This figure lingered in the low 30s and high 20s during Jordan’s time. For context, teams shot an average of 23 free throws per game last season. So while the fouls may have been more physical and flagrant fouls were harder to come by, referees still made plenty of calls and teams benefited from them even more than they do today.

On top of weaker defenses, the league in which Jordan played was

er tier free agents and inexperienced young players. Look no further than the numerous losing seasons these teams posted during the 80s and 90s as proof of this. In fact, the league was so weak that when Jordan temporarily retired from basketball, the Bulls still managed to get to game seven of the conference semifinals without him.

And there was little international talent; players like Dirk Nowitzki, the Gasol brothers, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, Yao Ming and Steve Nash were few and far between.

The idea that Jordan won his championships alone reveals a similar disconnect between reality and the Jordan narrative. Over the course of his career, Jordan played with the

the current Cavaliers are 2-10 when he doesn’t play. Deep rosters and great coaching win rings, and Jordan’s teams lacked neither.

Finally, the argument most often made for Jordan’s untouchable greatness is his perfect six out of six NBA Finals record. This is likely the laziest argument made by Jordan sympathizers. Without Pippen, Jordan was 1-9 in the playoffs with three first round exits. Though LeBron has never lost in the first round, his finals losses are wrongly held against him more so than MJ’s early exits are discussed. And this is unfair because it implies winning three playoff series and a minimum of 12 playoff games in the modernday NBA is somehow worse than be-

ing one and done. Getting to the NBA Finals is an accomplishment worthy of praise, and perfection isn’t perfection if it needs to be conditioned and qualified under the logically unsound terms detailed by Jordan fans.

Ultimately, there is no measure by which Jordan is the undisputed greatest of all time. If rings are the criteria, Bill Russell almost has Jordan doubled with 11 to six. If all-around game is what matters, LeBron is a better passer and rebounder, a far better three-point shooter given the paltry 27 percent Jordan shot without the advantage of a shorter line, an equally efficient scorer and a more versatile defender. If a combination of stats and rings is the determinant, then Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s six rings and six MVPs beat Jordan’s six and five respectively, and Abdul-Jabbar holds the record for most points scored in NBA history.

There’s nothing wrong with idolizing Jordan and being a fan of the greatest shooting guard ever. He popularized and globalized the game of basketball and reached incredible heights during his career. But when the media and fans start to engage in revisionist history to discount the achievements of today’s greats, let’s not lose sight of the facts.

Jay Upadhyay ’15 is concentrating in economics and can be reached at jay_upadhyay@brown.edu.

Sounding the alarm REID SECONDO opinions columnist

In light of the continuing conversation and controversy regarding sexual assault on our campus, I decided to attend Ivy Film Festival’s March 2 screening of “The Hunting Ground” to gain further insight into the magnitude of this national collegiate epidemic. After a harrowing 90 minutes, silence fell as the audience shuffled out of the auditorium. I tried to digest what I had watched but struggled to absorb the issues that left me feeling mentally vexed and emotionally drained.

From the director of “The Invisible War” — the 2012 documentary investigating sexual assault in the U.S. military — Kirby Dick’s latest provocative film is an expose of sexual assault on college campuses across the country and the blistering wake of frustration, anger and contempt for all those touched by it. The film seemingly weaves personal narratives and startling statistics with a central story of a student-led Title IX case against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It brings to light key factors that have allowed a culture of sexual violence to become pervasive on college campuses: botched investigations and procedures, administrators in denial, the fraternity system and the collegiate athletics complex.

Every institution is touched by some aspect of these issues that, for too long, have been ignored or kicked down the road to solve at a later point.

Like most conscientious students, I am ashamed and angered that sexual violence is a fixture of the American college experience and that victims are often neglected by policies and institutions.

But for anyone informed about the sexual assault epidemic and reform movement, the issues outlined by the film should not come as a surprise.

The interviewed survivors’ gripping tales of their experiences and the constant institutional failure from their universities, law enforcement and unsafe campus cultures made me increasingly frustrated. Each story and statistic was a sucker punch to the gut, leaving me to realize that any chance of changing the current climate was either hopeless or in need of a revolution. The layered presentation of the many-headed hydra of campus sexual assault was raw and incendiary — an approach that works when exposing issues for the first time. But the national conversation and reform movement is beyond this stage.

The film’s alarmist atmosphere is not the proper mechanism to encourage the momentum of reform in a positive manner. By only profiling a single Title IX complaint, the film ignores the De-

nately, such a tone can shift even during the realtime deliberations, as in the current case involving an alleged drugging at a Phi Kappa Psi party and an alleged sexual assault. The hardest part now is waiting for the pendulum to equilibrate at an appropriate medium where the facts, the rights of involved parties and institutional procedure are not undermined by fear and public sentiment or influenced by those with power.

What I found most startling about the film was its inspection of university cover-ups and protection of institutional brands. Universities that prioritize maintaining their image despite perpetrated crimes and investigations often include major collegiate athletic powerhouses. There have been recent closed-door talks and conflict-of-interest cases involving athletes, such as former Florida

Presentation and stability are power. But denying victims justice or silencing the conversation is cowardly. partment of Education’s ongoing investigations of over 100 institutions, including Brown, and fails to present a more constructive side to the reform movement. I worry that like the other national plague of gun violence, the continuation of these crimes will gradually desensitize the public sentiment and gravity of campus sexual violence until it becomes an unsettling fact without hope for resolve. Or as the film encourages, we should let moral panic and paranoia influence excessive judgment and reactionary procedures based on radical biases. It is unabashedly polemic, but it nevertheless reminds us what wrongs need to be corrected.

I had a recent conversation with a friend who described the current conundrum on college campuses as a pendulum, swinging away from an indifferent and ineffective perspective to the opposite one of reactionary imprudence. And unfortu-

State quarterback Jameis Winston. These cases are often not heard or dismissed due to universities’ desires to protect multimillion-dollar school brands and multibillion-dollar school sports industries. Beyond a school’s sporting arm, the images of upstanding legacy, academic success and student satisfaction are essential for institutions to maintain prominence and steady sources of funding from federal grants, alumni donors and waves of applicants.

But I never thought faculty members could be on the chopping block in a university’s quest to preserve its image. In an example from the film, an associate professor at Harvard was allegedly denied tenure for her vocal support of sexual assault victims and advocacy for reform at the university; she now has filed suit under Title IX. If it’s true that Harvard acted in this way, it demonstrates how purging educators who advocate for the welfare of

students is now a means of protecting an image.

It is dishonorable behavior and will hopefully remain isolated.

Despite new requirements in the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education that universities internally adjudicate sexual assault cases, it is difficult to understand if these institutions want — or should have — this ability.

Though required by law, many if not all schools do not possess the proper legal resources and trained personnel to handle these cases according to the mandated federal standards for due process. But that does not allow for institutions to issue rulings that give justice to victims, only to accept later appeals and overturn their rulings, inviting back a once-convicted assaulter to potentially commit more crimes.

Universities’ backtracking on the sentences they deliver in sexual assault cases is particularly worrisome. In the name of image, universities can claim to abide by mandated standards, only to erase the hope of giving closure and safety for survivors and greater campus communities.

Presentation and stability are power. But denying victims justice or silencing the conversation is cowardly. The movement for sexual assault awareness and policy reform is at a watershed moment across the country, and “The Hunting Ground” keeps the fire for action burning bright. Echoing other peers, I support that the film and follow-up seminar discussions be a mandatory part of future first-year orientations to better present the different perspectives on this issue — that is, if the University is serious in stepping up as a real leader in the movement for reform.

Feel free to continue the conversation with Reid Secondo ’16 at reid_secondo@brown.edu.

SPORTS THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015

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BASEBALL

Bruno suffers four-game sweep on the road High offensive output bright spot for Bruno among series of nonconference losses

By MATT BROWNSWORD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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Mollie Lane ’17 forced a Bulldog turnover and skillfully managed to scoop up two ground balls in Saturday’s contest despite the slippery turf.

Bulldogs’ defense frustrates Bears’ offense Bears lose second Ivy League game by five-goal margin, fall in conference standings

By LAINIE ROWLAND SENIOR STAFF WRITER

In a rainy matchup Saturday, the women’s lacrosse team fell 8-3 to Yale, marking its second Ivy loss.

The Bulldogs’ defense proved largely impenetrable for Bruno, holding the team to a season-low three goals. Wet conditions may have slowed down net offensive output, with only 11 total goals scored, though the Bears did not let the weather faze them.

“The weather was definitely intense, but our team focuses on the controllables — weather not being something we can control,” said Kerianne Hunt ’17. “It gave us more motivation to prove we can battle in any given conditions. … We’re used to playing in the snow.”

Bruno kicked off play on a high note, as Rebecca Dahle ’16 put the Bears on the board with the first goal of the game on a free position. But that was the only lead the Bears would hold. Yale countered with four unanswered goals to set the pace for the rest of the game. While possession was matched between the squads for the most part, Bruno could not capitalize on its chances. The Bulldog defense stymied the Bears’ offensive efforts, forcing them to resort to long chains of unfruitful passing plays.

“Not finishing our shots was one of the main challenges,” said Alyssa DiBona ’15. “Yale capitalized on the opportunity to finish. … That definitely changes the momentum.”

Marissa Hudgins ’18 notched Bruno’s second goal of the game with 10 minutes left in the first half. The rookie took advantage of a free position shot to power the ball into the back of the net. The Bears scored solely off of free position shots, going three for 10. The Elis scored once more to enter halftime with a 5-2 lead.

The Bears adjusted their play over the course of the contest, reacting to the Bulldogs’ speed and solid defense.

“Defensively, we had a couple of girls on the faster Yale girls. On offense, we ran some plays and switched up some people,” DiBona said.

A three-goal deficit seemed

surmountable at first, but the Bulldogs dominated the low-scoring second half, burying Bruno’s hopes for its first Ivy victory with every additional point scored. Three consecutive goals widened Yale’s lead to 8-2 with 10 minutes left in play. Hope Hanley notched a hat trick for the Bulldogs — scoring as many goals as the Brown offense.

“We had a couple of tough shots,” DiBona said. “Some of our shots just weren’t going like they normally do.”

Richael Walsh ’16 cut Bruno’s deficit to five with a last-minute goal. But Yale still left with a decisive victory in what could have been a close contest.

The loss came a week after the Bears played reigning Ivy champions Penn to a tight two-goal loss, proving their ability to remain competitive in a tough conference.

The two teams seemed evenly matched in terms of solely statistics.

But a lack of momentum played a major role in Bruno’s defeat.

“It was a very even game — it almost felt more like we were winning a lot of plays,” DiBona said. “But our shots weren’t falling.”

The Bears actually outshot the Bulldogs and collected more ground balls.

But the Elis overpowered the Bears in draw controls, preventing them from dominating possession.

“Our team put up a very strong fight on both ends of the field,” Hunt said. “But the way we valued the ball and our decision-making after we gained possession wasn’t what our team is capable of.”

Kellie Roddy ’15 blocked eight shots in net for Bruno — 50 percent of total shots Saturday. Walsh, Lauren Toy ’16 and Lindsey Repp ’18 led Bruno in shots taken with three apiece, though only Walsh was able to get past Yale goalie Erin Mullins.

Teams committed a total 64 fouls, which made for many starts and stops.

Brown collected three yellow cards, while the Bulldogs recorded two.

“I don’t think it was anything big that we did wrong on Saturday,” DiBona said. “We just have to fine-tune the little mistakes.”

With the loss, the Bears drop to a three-way tie for sixth place in the conference and remain winless in the Ivy League. Next week, they will play Cornell, which sits in a tie for first in the conference after defeating both Yale and Columbia by decisive margins.

The baseball team has made two trips to the southeast so far, and neither visit has gone as planned. A trip to South Alabama resulted in a fourgame sweep to open the season, and the team’s fate was no different this weekend, as Bruno (1-9) lost four straight to North Florida.

The Ospreys (14-8) scored one run in each of the first six innings of the opening game, with Dave St. Lawrence ’15 pitching five innings and Jake Spezial ’17 pitching the last three. Nick Karmeris and Donnie Dewees had two solo shots to put the game out of reach. A pair of RBI singles for Brown in the sixth inning cut the deficit to three, but the Bears got only one more run and the game ended 7-3 in favor of North Florida Friday.

The first matchup of Saturday’s doubleheader looked a lot different, as both teams’ offenses started off strong.

North Florida jumped all over Eddie Fitzpatrick ’15 in the first inning, as a two-run single and a three-run home run put the Bears down five early. Josh Huntley ’17 got two of Brown’s next three RBIs courtesy of a sacrifice fly and a triple, cutting the Osprey lead

to just two.

North Florida’s Trent Higginbothem responded in the bottom half of the fourth, hitting his third homer of the season off of Fitzpatrick. The Bears touched up junior lefty Daniel Moritz for five runs in the ninth, but they were unable to stage the improbable comeback and fell 15-12.

Kevin Guthrie ’16 had Brown’s best start of the weekend in the second game of the doubleheader, going seven innings and allowing just two earned runs with four strikeouts.

“That was huge for us,” said Will Marcal ’15. “We knew that it would be a close game coming in because Kevin’s a great pitcher and would keep us in the game. They threw a good arm too, which is why the game was such a battle up until the eighth inning.”

Left fielder Jake Levine ’16 went deep twice to put the Bears on top, but Chris Smith ’15 and Taylor Wright ’15 could not register an out in the eighth inning. The pairs allowed six runs before Dante Bosnic ’18 got Bruno out of the inning. But the damage was done, as the Bears could not manage a run in the last frame, losing 9-4.

Reid Anderson ’18 — who has the only win on Bruno’s pitching staff this year — went four innings in the last of the four-game series with the Ospreys Sunday, giving up five earned runs. Once North Florida got runners across the plate, the Bears never came within three of the Ospreys and fell 16-6 in the second worst blowout

of Head Coach Grant Achilles’ first season.

Noah Schulman ’16, the Bears’ second hitter, had quite a weekend offensively. The junior went 7-for20 with three RBIs and a run. Along with leadoff man Robert Henry ’17, who went 9-for-16 over the weekend, Schulman will drive a top-heavy lineup for Bruno this season.

Schulman is “a little guy with a lot of boom,” Marcal said. “He’s someone we’re going to have to count on to push us forward this season. For me, he’s one of the best hitters on this team, and he’s a very executional hitter for us in the two spot.”

For all of the troubles that the Bears have had from the pitching mound — they have a 10.06 team ERA so far this season — Bruno has had much success on offense, averaging just over seven runs per game. Brown has scored over 10 runs during three games this season, but it has allowed 10 or more runs in a game four times, including a 21-1 spanking at the hands of South Alabama.

“It’s nice to have your offense doing as well as we are,” Marcal said.

“The strongest part of our team is undoubtedly our offense, and I think we will blow a lot of other teams out this year. We’re solid from spot one to nine, and we always have the potential to explode for a big inning.”

Brown will take on Rhode Island Tuesday in the ninth game of its 20game road trip.