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Sohn remembered for physics passion, supportive character PhD students, undergrads laud Sohn’s dedication to others, warm spirit, academic talent By EMMA HARRIS AND EMMA JERZYK UNIVERSITY NEWS EDITOR AND METRO EDITOR
A few weeks before he died, Hyoun Ju Sohn GS emailed the students in his physics lab and told them not to be too hard on themselves. The email was characteristic of the support Sohn gave to his friends, colleagues and students. Sohn died March 31. He was 25 years old. Sohn completed his bachelor of arts degree at Columbia in 2013. “He was one of the top physics students in his year,” wrote Jeremy Dodd, senior lecturer of physics at Columbia and a teacher for whom Sohn was a teaching assistant. Sohn became a PhD candidate in the Department of Physics in fall 2014. He was a teaching assistant for the PHYS 0040: “Basic Physics” lab this semester. Both at Columbia and at Brown, Sohn was known for his interest in condensed matter physics, specifically spintronics — a growing field with the potential to improve technology by using electron spin in computational applications.
He was always able to distill the essence of a concept into a short phrase, said Mary Hadley GS, who was in Sohn’s cohort in the doctoral program. Hadley met Sohn during the preorientation program. “We bonded immediately — I guess because we were both silly,” she said. He would text her pictures of his cats to cheer her up. “He was a well-known guy,” Hadley added. There are only 15 or 16 first-year PhD students in the department, and all of them take the same classes their first year. The cohort initially got together to work on problem sets but then started to hang out outside of class, said Will Taylor GS, who was Sohn’s lab partner last semester. “He enjoyed spontaneity and whimsical fun,” Taylor said, recalling a video Sohn posted on Facebook of him singing karaoke to “The Lion King.” Sohn was also a talented artist who enjoyed imitating famous artists’ styles, Hadley said. In addition to his artistic interests, Sohn was also devoted to experimental physics. “He was a really committed experimentalist” whose interest in new technological applications of spintronics research led him to “spend hours in the lab trying to get things right,” Hadley said. Sohn was always willing to help » See SOHN, page 2
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Rhode Island School of Design technicians form picket lines during ongoing contract negotiations. Some students elected to join the lines while others respected their cause from afar.
RISD tech strike impedes academics
Negotiations over wage increases, health care benefits, retirement contributions continue By ELAINA WANG SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Forty-four Rhode Island School of Design technicians have been on strike since Thursday, shutting down many of the school’s studios and impeding access to certain buildings. The strike is a result of breakdowns in contract negotiations that have been ongoing between the technicians and the administration since May 2014. Technicians operate machines and
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shop spaces in RISD’s studios, ensuring a safe environment for students. Without the technicians, professors are unable to use these spaces during classes. “The campus has been basically shut down,” said Erik Lack, president of the RISD Student Alliance, adding that many professors have moved classes to the Fleet Library, other school buildings, cafes or parks. Student responses to the strike range from impassioned to respectful, Lack said, adding that some refuse to cross the picket lines and enter the technicians’ workplaces, while others have supported the technicians by joining the picket lines, Lack said. “There aren’t any students that don’t value the work that the techs do,” he added.
“RISD believes in freedom of expression and respects the technicians’ right to strike,” wrote Jaime Marland, RISD director of public relations, in an email to The Herald. “At the same time, the college’s primary concern is students’ education. Arrangements are being made to minimize the impact of such an action.” Though RISD administrators have expressed hope that the strike will conclude soon, neither the administration nor the technicians are currently willing to budge in contract negotations that have spanned several months. Negotiations began in May in preparation for the previous contract’s June expiration date. In June 2014, the union proposed » See STRIKE, page 3
Lecture Board selects George Takei SOFTBALL Takei chosen for starring role on ‘Star Trek,’ activism on LGBTQ and Japanese-American issues By ALIZA REISNER SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Actor and political activist George Takei will speak on campus April 27, leaders of Brown Lecture Board told The Herald. While best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on the television series “Star Trek,” Takei is also a major proponent of LGBTQ rights and has won several awards for his commitment to improving Japanese-American relations, said Connor Grieve ’17, co-president of Lecture Board. “One of the reasons we chose him is because he represents an intersection that we don’t see from a lot of speakers,” said Viet Nguyen ’17, the other co-president of Lecture Board. “He’s a Japanese-American who is part of the LGBTQ community and in the media community,” Nguyen said.
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Takei has also garnered a reputation for his quirky personality and active Facebook presence, Nguyen added. Before choosing Takei as this semester’s speaker, Lecture Board also considered Mindy Kaling, Jane Goodall and Kevin Spacey, Grieve said. The group eventually chose Takei after contacting the potential speakers’ agents and taking finances into consideration, he said. Lecture Board’s primary goal is to select a speaker, with both a strong message and name recognition, who “will be able to fill Salomon and get the most out of the money we spend,” Grieve added. “We talked a lot about what kind of speaker we wanted to bring and in the past have had a lot of comedy speakers, but this time we wanted to bring someone who had a clear point … to convey” and whose lecture would ignite conversations on topics not typically discussed, Nguyen said. Takei was the “stand-out” option in terms of these criteria, he added. During his speech, Takei will
Inconsistent Bears sweep Penn, sputter against Lions
Crucial home runs power Brown offense to doubleheader sweep over solid Quaker squad By TANEIL RUFFIN SENIOR STAFF WRITER
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George Takei, “Star Trek” actor and political activist, will visit campus. discuss the time he and his family spent in a Japanese internment camp in 1942, Grieve said. Despite the gravity of Takei’s personal experiences, Lecture Board leaders expect his talk to be funny and entertaining. The group especially appreciates that “his comedy is grounded in realism and his own » See TAKEI, page 2
Coming off of a scoreless loss to Princeton, the softball team looked to redeem itself this weekend in a pair of Ivy League doubleheaders. The contests were technically the first home games of the season for the Bears (8-12, 3-5 Ivy), but they took place at Bryant University’s Conaty Park due to field conditions at the Brown Softball Field. The opening homestand saw the Bears match up against middle-of-the-pack Penn and Columbia. “We wanted to come out this weekend and show we can compete with anyone in the Ivy League,” said Sarah Syrop ’17. “By sweeping Penn, a team that is
usually very strong, we showed that.” Penn (13-13, 4-4) came to the Ocean State armed with a typically strong offense. The Quakers are led by Jurie Joyner, who boasts the Ivy League’s third-highest batting average and second-highest RBI total. In the first game of the series, Joyner supplied her squad’s only run of the game with a single in the top of the fourth. Bruno’s ace, Katie Orona ’18, allowed one run on seven hits in seven innings. Not to be bested, the Bears responded in the bottom half of the inning with a double from Yeram Park ’18 that scored Lauren Hanna ’17. Emily Springfield ’18 followed Park with an RBI single that sent the score to 2-1 and gave the home team a lead it would not relinquish. Another single from Park in the fifth and a two-out, three-run surge in the sixth secured Bruno’s 6-1 win over Penn. The second game of the day began » See SOFTBALL, page 4
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SPORTS Men and women’s track and field finds podium multiple times at weekend invitational
SPORTS Nationally-ranked men’s lacrosse suffers first Ivy loss of season after faltering late in game against Penn
COMMENTARY Simundich GS: Lack of resources and support for international grad students proves detrimental
COMMENTARY Mirchandani ’15: Language surrounding mental health is crucial to its conception
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Independent concentrations reflect students’ interdisciplinary interests Faculty support, student initiative needed to establish new independent concentrations By LAUREN ARATANI STAFF WRITER
Kiera Peltz ’16 is concentrating in happiness. As sophomores rush to declare their concentrations Monday, some may follow in the path of students like Peltz who have taken the opportunity to design their own independent concentrations, surpassing the boundaries of traditional academic tracks. Peltz said she hoped to “transcend the classroom” and focus on what she really wanted to learn. After becoming dissatisfied with the courses in her initial field of interest — political science — she created the IC “Happiness.” Existing concentrations already offer much flexibility in the form of different tracks, said Dean of the College Maud Mandel. But students who have an interdisciplinary passion that “falls squarely between or among several units” and “really want to take charge of their own education” have the opportunity to create an IC, she said.
» TAKEI, from page 1 experience,” Nguyen said. “He’s been through a lot and is open to talking about where he is now and his past.” Allison Schaefer ’17, vice president of campus relations for Lecture Board, noted that Takei is similar to
The rationale behind an IC is to facilitate students’ “deep learning” within a subject, which transcends “superficial learning,” Mandel said. Crafting an IC is empowering but simultaneously difficult, she said. Mandel stressed the connection between the open curriculum and concentration choice. When navigating the open curriculum, students must know a bit about how they want to “map” their way through college, she said, adding that “life is an open curriculum.” Students who end up pursuing an IC must undergo a rigorous process that includes finding a faculty adviser, creating a list of suitable courses and getting approval from the College Curriculum Council. While the majority of students choose an existing concentration, many of those who create an IC begin with the realization that no existing concentrations satisfy their interdisciplinary academic interests.
“When I came into Brown, I was so ecstatic to take any course that I wanted, but by the end of my first year I felt defeated, confused and didn’t really know what would keep me up late at night,” Peltz said. “I promised myself when I came to Brown I wasn’t going to take classes anymore just to get a good grade. I really wanted to learn the material and stay up late at night reading books because I enjoyed it.” Peltz’s IC takes on a “thematic” approach by trying to determine “the fundamental nature of happiness,” she said. The concentration culls from the religious studies, sociology and philosophy departments as Peltz tries to find a “cohesive definition of happiness.” Frankie Troncoso ’16 created the IC “Philosophy, Politics and the Law” when he realized that both the philosophy and political science concentrations required courses outside his “scope of interest,” he said. Troncoso’s IC combines the legal aspects of courses from multiple departments, including political science,
Troncoso said, adding that a variation of “Philosophy, Politics and the Law” is an available concentration at several peer institutions. To get “Philosophy, Politics, and the Law” approved by the CCC, Troncoso had to create a list of courses that “would fit a good curriculum” and discuss the potential IC with student advisers, all of whom gave him “positive feedback,” Troncoso said. Crafting an IC is the “epitome of being the architect of your own curriculum,” he said. “It’s been advantageous in many ways, as people outside of Brown find it very interesting if you’re doing an independent concentration,” he added, noting that his summer employer, Goldman Sachs, found his IC interesting. Once a student’s IC is approved, other students may concentrate in it without having to undergo the approval process. If an IC grows in faculty, status and resources, it has the possibility to turn into an existing concentration. Contemplative studies was an IC before becoming the University’s
newest concentration in 2014, said Harold Roth P’17, professor of religious studies and director of the Contemplative Studies Initiative. “It’s not that easy — you just can’t create it overnight,” Roth said. “So it took a few years, but we started to have independent concentrators.” The benefit of being an existing concentration resides mostly in the assurance that students are part of a “well thought of ” and “rigorous” curriculum, Roth said. ICs that become existing concentrations are often spearheaded by faculty members, with student interest accumulating over time, as was the case with Contemplative Studies, said Kathleen McSharry, associate dean of the curriculum. The CCC looks at ICs that have integrity, structure, resources and continuity to determine whether they should become standing concentrations, McSharry said. Concentrations can dissolve when student interest decreases, which usually occurs with tracks that have been discontinued within set concentrations, she added.
last spring’s panel of speakers because he is committed to social activism, made his name as an actor and is known for his social media personality. Yet his talk will differ from those of past speakers such as Nick Offerman, whose lectures were more focused on television and media, she
said. “Takei has more going for him” as a passionate activist, she added. Tickets to Takei’s lecture will be free for Brown students and available through an online lottery April 19-21. The lottery will open at noon each day and last for one hour. “Tickets usually go pretty quickly,” Grieve said.
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lab TA.” Telling his students they are “brilliant, excellent and beautiful,” Sohn was “nothing but kindness and encouragement,” Hsu wrote. The little things he did were the most supportive, she added. On a report, Sohn “wrote that he appreciated my partial derivative charts and managed to use seven smiley faces in four pages,” Hsu wrote. “Hyoun Ju was basically the greatest physics lab TA to have ever walked Barus and Holley,” she wrote. Most of all, Sohn was known for being an incredible support to all he knew. “He gave unconditionally,” Hadley said. “He always had time to listen to his friends.” “He was always thankful even for the smallest favor, always willing to spend time to help his friends, always concerned about others and always smiling,” wrote David Gabriel Maselli GS, one of Sohn’s classmates, in an email to The Herald. “Hyoun Ju was one of the people who made the grind of doing a PhD worthwhile,” Hadley wrote in a followup email to The Herald. She said she remembered thinking that “even if it took me seven years to finish my degree, at least I would have all that time to hang out with Hyoun Ju.”
fellow classmates with their work, Taylor said. When Taylor and Sohn could not find the answers as lab partners last semester, “We’d just laugh it off (and say) ‘I guess that’s not going in the lab report,’” Taylor said. When Sohn struggled to understand a topic, he would “find several different textbooks and commit himself to understanding it,” Taylor said. Naturally talented, he “could effortlessly do well on exams.” As a doctoral candidate, Sohn devoted much time to assisting in the classroom. “He loved teaching,” Hadley said, adding that Sohn frequently talked about the activities he did with the undergrads in his lab. This year, Sohn took them to an art show, Hadley said. Casey Rhyne GS, who shared an office with Sohn, said Sohn was always available to talk. “He was an extremely caring individual. He always wanted to help when he could,” Rhyne said. “He was always cheerful. … he always brightened our moods,” Rhyne added. Many took to social media to share their memories of Sohn last week. On her blog, Sarah Hsu ’17 praised Sohn’s personal investment in his students, calling him a “beloved physics
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Sohn was a “committed experimentalist,” said Mary Hadley GS, adding that few people had the patience to execute experiments as well as he did.
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» STRIKE, from page 1 a wage increase of 3 percent and an increase in retirement contributions from 8 to 10 percent, said Tucker Houlihan, president of the RISD Technical Association. The latter increase would return technician’s retirement contributions to pre-2008 recession levels. The contract RISD proposed in the summer “made no change to their retirement contributions, nor were the technicians singled out in 2008,” said Brian Goldberg, associate vice president for strategic initiatives in the office of the RISD president. Health care premiums emerged as another major sticking point in the negotiations. The most significant disagreement came over the university’s proposal to increase the percentage that technicians paid for their health care premiums by 5 percent, citing the passage of the Affordable Care Act and increasing premium costs as motivating factors, Houlihan said. But “the premiums did not go up this year,” Houlihan said, adding that nonetheless, the administration “shifted the cost on us.” This fall, RISD offered a “package deal,” in hopes of settling the dispute, Houlihan said. The terms of the proposal included a 5 percent health care premium increase, a 2.25 percent wage increase and an 8 percent retirement contribution. The deal would also replace the retroactive wage increase for the months spent during contract negotiations with a
signing bonus slightly lower in sum. In October, union negotiators brought the university’s contract proposal to union membership for ratification on two occasions, with the proposal failing each time, Goldberg said. When Houlihan brought the proposal to the union membership for a vote, he warned that it would be “hard to get a majority,” he said. Only four out of 44 members supported the proposal. After the first proposal failed to pass, the administration offered the same proposal again as its “last, best proposal,” Houlihan said. Still, the proposal remained unpopular, with just seven out of 44 members in support. The school then chose to declare an impasse, which legally allows the administration to implement the terms of the proposal without a finalized contract, Goldberg said. “RISD felt it was important to implement the terms of the October agreement so that technicians would receive raises prior to the holiday season,” Marland wrote. “They very wisely declared an impasse and made us start paying more for our health costs, even though the premiums didn’t go up,” Houlihan said. Under the new health care costs, employees who made under $100,000 saw their share of premium costs increase, those earning between $100,000 and $150,000 saw a decrease and those making over $150,000 saw their share stay the same. “Through a federal mediator,
RISD continued a dialogue with the (Technical) Association over the winter,” Marland wrote. “In late March, RISD and the union’s bargaining team reached another agreement (also signed by the union president), which extended the contract from a three-year to a four-year term. Again, RISD technicians did not ratify the agreement.” Since the impasse, the two sides have met twice — on Dec. 19 and again on March 25, Houlihan said. On both occasions, Joe Whelan — a contract labor lawyer hired by RISD in December — said the administration was “not going to negotiate,” and that “if we talk about anything, it
has to be revenue-neutral,” meaning that it would not incur further costs to RISD, Houlihan said. The technicians have demonstrated more willingness to compromise. The union proposed a pre-ratified offer that accepted the terms implemented after the impasse, with a stipulation asking the administration to put the 8 percent retirement contribution into the contract. The contribution is currently a benefit, not a contractual obligation, for anyone who is not a full-time faculty member, Houlihan said. The union also included a concession that, in the case of another economic downturn, RISD could lower the 8 percent, he added.
“That’s a guarantee we don’t make to any of our staff unions,” Goldberg said, adding that the contract has a clause that requires the administration to give unions 60 days notice if the retirement benefit changes. The “union filed an unfair labor practice with the National Labor Board in Boston three weeks ago,” Houlihan said. “We want (the administration) back at the table to negotiate. Not to talk, to negotiate.” “RISD’s offer remains open, and we are willing to meet with the technicians to discuss these issues at any time,” Marland wrote. “The college is hopeful the strike will conclude quickly.”
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Athletes break into program record books at Princeton invitational Though blustery conditions affect competition, men’s and women’s teams find success, podium spots By EMILE BAUTISTA SPORTS STAFF WRITER
The men’s and women’s track and field teams continued outdoor competition last weekend, as they traveled to Princeton for the Sam Howell Invitational. Multiple competitors, both male and female, finished in podium positions, with a few setting new personal- and school-best results. The women shone both on the track and in the field. Taylor Worthy ’17 won the 1500-meter run with a
» W. LACROSSE, from page 8 Following Bunting’s initial goal, Harvard took a 3-1 lead before Toy responded with her first-half contribution. Harvard scored two more goals before the buzzer to take a 5-2 lead at the half. The Crimson’s Megan Hennessey went on a scoring spree, notching a hat trick in the first half alone. Bruno more than doubled its scoring output in the second half compared to the first but could never successfully steal the lead from Harvard. “All the Ivy teams are very competitive, so you always know … it’s going to be a battle for 60 minutes,” Toy said. “Someone can be up by a lot and then that can change in the last minute, so you have to fight the whole time.” The Crimson widened its lead to begin the second half, scoring once again to outpace the Bears by four
time of 4:39.22, while co-captain Alex Stanton ’15 finished in 1:02.17 to win the 400-meter hurdles. Rachel Van Metre ’16 also had a strong showing in hurdles, finishing second in the 100-meter in 14.16 seconds. Natalie Schudrowitz ’18 and Lucy Van Kleunen ’17 finished second and third in the 3000-meter steeplechase. The two underclassmen ended up with times of 10:19.49 and 10:25.25 respectively, marking the second- and thirdbest times in school history. In the triple jump, three juniors goals. Bunting retaliated with her second goal of the day to inch Bruno back to within three. Harvard scored once more before three consecutive goals from Toy, Bunting and Dianne Vitkus ’16 put the Bears behind by just one and into contention for the win. With over twelve minutes left to play, it seemed as though the Bears could eke out a win. “We started to lose the draw controls and hand some turnovers at the end and that’s when the momentum started to shift away from us, Carrellas said, adding, “It’s really those small technical plays.” But the Crimson scored twice more to widen the margin to three, as Julia Glynn notched Harvard’s second hat trick of the day. Janie Gion ’15 scored Bruno’s last goal with 11 seconds left on the clock, ending the game with a two-goal deficit. “When you’re down by only a goal
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stole the show. O’Sha Williams ’16 won the event with a new career-best of 40 feet and 1/2 inches, while Uzoamaka Okoro ’16 followed in second with a jump of 38 feet and 11.5 inches and Chelsie Churchill ’16 came in third with a jump of 38 feet and 10.5 inches — a new personal best. Josie Natrasevschi ’18 set a top 10 school record in the shot put with a second-place throw of 44 feet and 10.25 inches. In the discus throw, Kebbeh Darpolor ’16 eclipsed her previous personal best with a toss of 165 feet and 10 inches. This also earned her the fourth-best throw in school history. Meanwhile, Natrasevschi grabbed third
with a toss of 157 feet and eight inches. On the men’s side, Tosin Oyewole ’18 ended up in third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.78 seconds. Zachery Emrich ’18 also notched a third-place finish, completing the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.85 seconds. In the field, Mark Buda ’17 emerged victorious in the javelin throw with a distance of 188 feet and 10 inches. Phuong Truong ’16 finished second in discus with a throw of 162 feet and 10 inches, and Taylor Alarcon ’17 placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 45 feet and three inches. In the hammer throw event, Matthew O’Hara
’16 threw the seventh-best distance in Brown history with a heave of 188 feet and eight inches, leaving him in fifth in the competition. The outdoor conditions were not ideal for the athletes this weekend, as heavy winds plagued the competitors. “Intense wind like this weekend really affects the way we compete,” said women’s co-captain Mo Akande ’16. “I am really proud of us for staying competitive in the conditions. Also, shout out to my girl O’Sha Williams for breaking 40 feet in the triple jump.” The team hopes to maintain its momentum next weekend when it hosts the Brown Invitational April 11.
or two and then the game ends, you wish you had more time, but that just means that we need to get those goals earlier or do the little things and make those plays earlier on,” Toy said. “You only get 60 minutes, so that’s just how it goes.” “It was a consistent effort — we just couldn’t close the gap when it came down to the wire,” Carrellas said. After this weekend, the Bears are the only winless squad left in the Ivy League, despite playing both firstplace Penn and third-place Harvard to close two-goal losses. Surprisingly, Bruno played tighter games against the Quakers and Crimson than it did against fifth-place Yale. In fact, the stats show a team closely matched with its opponents. Saturday, the Bears actually outshot Harvard, captured six more ground balls than the Crimson and had a higher clear percentage. Kelly Roddy ’15 made four saves in goal, exactly matching Harvard’s Kelly Weis. “We did a good job of following the game plan,” Toy said.” Defensively … we knew what players we needed to shut down and we did a pretty good job of that. In our attack, we knew that they have more second defense and that we needed quick ball movement to go against that.” The Bears will take a break from Ivy action Wednesday when they play at Albany but will face off against Columbia Saturday in their last home league game of the season.
Team members had a good deal to cheer about as the squad swept the visiting Quakers in Friday’s doubleheader for the first time since 2011.
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» SOFTBALL, from page 1 in a similar manner as the first, with the Quakers initially claiming a 2-0 lead in the top of the second. Bruno responded quickly with a home run from Syrop to lead off the bottom of the frame. The Bears took a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly from Park and a two-run double from Syrop. A tworun home run from Grayson Metzger ’18 in the sixth was crucial to the win, as Joyner hit a three-run homer in the top of the seventh to bring the Quakers within one. Bruno managed to get the final out before any more damage could be done, and the Bears claimed a 6-5 win.
“The team challenged Penn in all facets of the game — our defense was solid and our hitting was clutch,” Orona said. “Overall, we were able to keep our foot on the gas from an offensive standpoint the entire game. Good things happen when you challenge the other team; more pressure was on them, and in the end, we came out on top.” The following day, Bruno faced off against the Lions (8-16, 5-3). In the first game of the doubleheader, the Bears managed to get an early 3-0 advantage. Columbia responded with a home run in the top of the fourth, but Bruno seemed set to close out the win until the Lions fired off seven hits in a seven-run seventh. The home squad could not overcome the 8-3 deficit and suffered its first loss of the weekend. The Bears did not fare any better in the second game of the day, as the squad could not even get on the scoreboard.The Lions cruised to an 8-0 victory. “With every win or loss, there is a lesson to be learned,” Orona said. “One of the biggest lessons the team took away from Saturday is that we have to challenge the opposing team for a full seven innings in order to win a game, not just the first half.” The Bears will head back to Bryant Wednesday as a visitor, as the squad will take on the Bulldogs before returning to Ivy play with four games against Harvard. “Coming away from the two big wins against Penn, we set the tone for the rest of the season,” Orona said. “If we don’t play to that high of a level every game, then to us, it is not a good game, regardless of if we win or lose. “We had a small setback on Saturday, but we all learned and grew from that,” she added. “We’re eager to get back out on the field next weekend and play at the high level we are capable of.”
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4:00 P.M. CIA INFO SESSION
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A CIA recruiter in residence will tell interested students what it is like to work for the agency at this CareerLABsponsored event. Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum
Health Careers Advising will provide information about and test-taking tips for the updated MCAT. BERT 130 6:30 P.M. REMEMBERING RACE AT BROWN LAUNCH
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Members of the sophomore seminar Race and Remembering will debut their digital exhibit that highlights the history of race at Brown. Faunce, Petteruti Lounge
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The Brown Poltical Forum will host a conversation about hate speech and safe spaces on campus. Salomon 203 9:00 P.M. GIRL’S NIGHT OUT
Girl’s Night Out, a safe space for self-identified queer women, will include conversations on a variety of current events. Sarah Doyle Women’s Center
7:30 P.M. PUBLIC HEALTH DUG PRE-REGISTRATION Q&A
The Public Health DUG will offer advice to both concentrators and non-concentrators about courses and will answer questions about pre-registration. Wilson 104
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Weighing UCS candidates The upcoming Undergraduate Council of Students elections provide a valuable opportunity for the Brown community to shape the character of student leadership on campus — an impact that is all too often overlooked. Thursday’s debate offered a window into the platforms of both the UCS presidential and vice presidential candidates. The three presidential candidates — Justice Gaines ’16, Sazzy Gourley ’16 and Zachary Nelkin ’17 — and two vice presidential nominees — Alana Bhatla ’16 and Ryan Lessing ’17 — grappled with issues including sexual assault prevention, minority faculty representation and the underlying nature of UCS governance. In parsing through the candidates’ discussion, The Herald’s Editorial Page Board firmly believes that the following issues must serve as the priorities for the incoming UCS president and vice president: implementing new policies surrounding sexual misconduct, mental health resources and financial aid, as well as rebuilding mutual trust between students and the administration. Candidates largely agreed on these priorities for next year’s student representatives at the debate. Sexual assault, mental health and financial aid were predictable buzzwords in both the presidential and vice presidential debates. This is not surprising, as the UCS Fall Poll last October found these three to be the most important issues to students. Financial aid has consistently been a key topic in recent UCS elections and annual polls. Given the similarities in priorities across candidates, it is crucial that in weighing candidates, we think less about what they raise as concerns and more about what specific solutions they propose. It is also important to look at what they see as second- and third-tier issues. Fresh ideas to problems we are not necessarily talking about can still have a meaningful impact on Brown and are often more realistic goals. While addressing the major issues is admirable, the obstacles should not be underestimated or willfully ignored. The coming year will present the challenge of proper implementation of the Task Force on Sexual Assault’s recommendations, ensuring that student feedback shapes their execution and that policy changes are reflected in practices. Even with revised sexual misconduct and mental health policy, we should remember effects will not be seen immediately. Moreover, the debate will continue, and UCS will have to reconcile debates between student activists and administrators. On financial aid, we all want Brown to offer more support and universal needblind admission, but with limited funds and increasingly expensive tuition, we must force candidates to account for the fiscal realities. The pragmatic solutions to addressing these key issues on campus ultimately hinge on the efficacy of the individuals elected UCS president and vice president. Past candidates for these positions have often failed to deliver on their promises. While the debate provided a forum for candidates to articulate policy platforms, these aspirations will be hamstrung by administrative bureaucracy. The next set of UCS leaders must be able to operate in these traditional administrative venues without losing sight of stated goals. Despite the apparent overlap in the candidates’ key talking points, it is critical that voters remain aware of the differentiated manner by which they hope to resolve these issues and those that receive less attention.
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CORRECTIONS An article in Friday’s Herald (“Groups take creative approach to exploring health,” April 3) misstated that this was the first time U-Tena performed in the United States. In fact, it was the first time U-Tena performed at the University. The Herald regrets the error. An article in Thursday’s Herald (“Brown-Carnegie Mellon study explores evidence of dark matter,” April 2) misattributed an analogy between the mysteries of dark matter and water to Dan Hooper. In fact, it was John Beacom. The article also misidentified the individual who asserted that a study led by Savvas Koushiappas was not conclusive and who conducted research with Tim Linden. In both cases, it was Hooper, not Beacom. The Herald regrets the errors.
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COMMENTARY MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015 • PAGE 7
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Support for international graduate students JOEL SIMUNDICH guest columnist
Graduate studies are isolating by nature: The time it takes to conduct independent research, mixed with high standards and stringent deadlines, leads to long hours and irregular routines. Adding to the claustrophobic, often competitive tenor of graduate student scholarship, there are challenges to collaboration and socializing that come from studying abroad. I do not want my unrest to overtake the genuine sorrow felt across our community following the tragic death Tuesday of Hyoun Ju Sohn GS. No one can know for certain what leads a person with so much promise, joy and passion to take his or her life. But I am particularly concerned by the fact that the ensuing conversations surrounding this tragedy — in President Christina Paxson’s P’19 moving letters to the Brown community, in the pages of The Herald, in our hallways and in our classrooms — have failed to address a real and sensitive truth: Sohn was an international graduate student. It should be clear that international students have a difficult time transitioning to life as a student in the Unit-
ed States. But beyond the obstacles that arise for anyone entering a new climate — cultural differences, language barriers or matters purely of adjustment to a demanding environment — international students face additional challenges transitioning to graduate student life. International graduate students at Brown have a particularly difficult time. There are already only a few designated spaces for graduate students across disciplines to collaborate or even cross paths on campus. For international
and community-building activities. While I recognize the work that the deans of the Graduate School, the Office of Student Life and the Office of International Student and Scholar Services conducted last summer to reorganize International Graduate Student Orientation — certainly a step in the right direction — this all-too-brief moment of connection for incoming international graduate students is simply not enough. Brown is severely in want of a specific support system for international students and, more specifically, for in-
tive: There are currently 2,094 graduate students enrolled at the University. Roughly a third of us are international graduate students — an estimated 681. Surely this number alone draws attention to a disparity between existing support structures and the growing needs of graduate students. I acknowledge the immense privilege we have as Brown students and want to honor the tremendous role that members of the Brown community — including Assistant Dean of the College and Director for International Students
Brown is severely in want of a specific support system for international students and, more specifically, for international graduate students. students, the issue of space is only exacerbated by a glaring lack of support structures specific to the needs of an increasingly diverse community of young international scholars facing different pressures. From year to year, international graduate students have articulated an acute need for more and better resources and support, as voiced by past iterations of the Graduate Student Council’s executive board. These calls have varied over time, but there are consistent issues pertaining to mentorship, training for teaching assistants
ternational graduate students, exemplified both by the lack of an in-house dean of international students at the Grad School and the absence of a real community center for international graduate students. As it stands, the OISSS, which is understaffed and already stretched quite thin, is required to focus on legal compliance issues since it is housed within the Office of the Vice Presidence and General Counsel and is therefore not regarded as a division of the University focused on student life. To put this into perspec-
and Visitor Experience Shontay Delalue, Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Klawunn and the graduate student activists who devote each day to advocacy for a better Brown — have had in improving life for international graduate students here. But I am shaken by our institutional inattention to such an important part of the graduate student community, especially in the wake of our recent loss. In drawing attention to these concerns, as others before me have done, I want to stress that a call for increased
graduate student support in areas of community space, outreach and mental health does not come at the expense of our undergraduates. Indeed, there has been a vocal debate over attenuated resources that seems to assume this is a zero-sum game and anything given to graduate students will be taken from undergraduates — or that graduate students see themselves in a place of competition for additional support services. Yet this is far from the reality of the matter. Most importantly, such a belief fails to account for the very real, very exhausting work that graduate student advocates and leaders across disciplines perform on campus every day to improve life for all Brown students. It is my continuing hope that the administration, The Herald and other student publications reach out to international graduate students and expand this conversation, keeping in mind graduate student readership and constituencies. It is unfortunate that the loss of a life should catalyze this discussion, but if we are to take away anything from this tragic event, it is that time is of the essence.
Joel Simundich GS is the president of the Graduate Student Council and a fifth-year graduate student in English.
Putting a grade on your mental health RIA MIRCHANDANI guest columnist
During one of many thought-provoking conversations, the type that can only occur when hiking, a friend reshaped my thoughts on mental health. She asked, “How would you confront your mental health if it were a course you were taking for a grade?” Mental health is an issue I did not consider prior to college. There was physical health that humans justifiably should pay attention to, but the thought of the mind getting sick through some sort of random chemical imbalance was as absurd to me as the idea of combining bacon with sugary baked goods. Brown is not a school where students are solely motivated by grades. I and the other seasoned Brunonians on the hiking trip knew this well. Yet the idea of grading our mental health caused all nine of us to stop in our tracks and reevaluate whether we would approach our mental well-being differently if it were to show up on our transcripts at the end of every semester. It made it possible for us to think about something otherwise so intangible in units of measurement. It’s not that I thought the mind was invincible; I just didn’t see it as susceptible to illnesses. Unfortunately, this is the general attitude toward mental illnesses in India, where I was raised — ironic given that it’s the same part of the world that preaches the power of the mind through Yogic practices. But today, the existence of mental disorders is far from being stigmatized; it is barely acknowledged. Data show that India and other poorer countries in which the quality of life is reportedly lower actually report fewer instances of depression, according to Live Science. From my observations, depression in India is viewed as a weakness of the mind and a lack of appreciation for what one has, not as a disease. Ultimately, it is seen as just a passing phase, nothing a lengthy Bolly-
wood movie full of song and dance can’t fix. If I had to put a grade on my mental health after coming to Brown, I’d make a solid B. Brown has a plethora of opportunities that slap us in the face every morning as we step out of bed. This can leave us feeling either exhausted from trying to capture every moment or bitter about the ones we consciously have to let go of or fail to catch. The “fear of missing out” is a disease that plagues college life in general, not just for those of us at Brown, and can result in unexpected mental wear and tear. Mental health was not a class I shopped and definitely not one I registered for. Mental health was not a course that would appear on my inter-
I have no reason to be ashamed because falling victim is beyond my control. But when viewed as a product of the culture I live in, then perhaps I should be ashamed for succumbing to what other cultures might view as a mere “fad,” like binge watching Netflix or shotgunning beer cans. I had been strong enough to resist adopting the American accent but not this. Back home, antidepressants are the Lord Voldemort of medication — they are those things that “must not be named.” My mother will often ask sounding most distressed, “Can’t you just stop feeling this way?” And my father, a no-nonsense kind of guy, dismisses any conversation on the topic with a “Ria, you need to be more thick-
Mental health was not a course that would appear on my internal or external transcript. … But by junior year, it ended up demanding as much attention as one of my five courses. nal or external transcript; it was not a grade I felt obliged to report back home. Employers could not care less about it. But by junior year, it ended up demanding as much attention as one of my five courses. What’s worse is that it detracted from the attention I could give to other things in my life. There were internships to be applied for, events to be attended, friends to be dined with and passions and life purposes yet to be discovered. While conversations on campus critiqued the lack of open discourse on these issues, I was surprised by any mention of it at all. Here I was dealing with a problem I was not convinced existed. Here I was meeting a requirement I could not take S/NC or drop right before finals. It is not Brown’s fault for not making enough strides to destigmatize it. I am not concerned about the taboo fiction of depression. If I buy into the fact that it is a medical condition like cancer,
skinned.” They mean well, but they lack the vocabulary to express that, and because they have only their tougher past experiences to compare to, they also lack the sympathy or patience to try to connect. Step one of solving a problem is to recognize it exists. But ignoring it could be the most efficient way to avoid the hassle of finding a solution. Labeling the state of our brains as “depressed” runs the risk of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy — I never used to have a hard time waking up until my senior class awarded me the superlative of “Person Most Likely to Sleep Through Commencement.” In the 1930s, there emerged the theory of linguistic relativity or the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis. It stated that “the structure of a language affects the ways in which its respective speakers conceptualize their world.” No language implies no concept.
Living a life of disability because of his blindness was not a concept for Daniel Kish, whose story has gained much popularity recently as the “Batman story.” He navigates his environment using sonar, like a bat does. His mother never expected him to live life handicapped; she never let him adopt that language and therefore let him climb trees and ride bikes. Expectations can change our behavior and our performance. No society expects its members to be depressed. But by defining depression using the language that has always been used, we permit its existence. Because we accept depression as a tangible problem, we accept all of its shortcomings and are quick to stick it on as a label in various situations, such as the Germanwings pilot’s crash last month. Kish was not ignorant of his blindness but of the fact that it was a disability, and sometimes ignorance can be bliss. When you come from a place that expects you to power through a rough patch rather than label it as “depression” into a culture where oversleeping and under-eating can result in a prescription of Prozac, it can cause a clash of beliefs that can leave you conflicted and confused. Sometimes it’s beyond the University’s control to ensure struggling students overcome mental illnesses. Today as we proudly tout the statistic that the next incoming class has students from all 50 states and 85 nations, it is this diversity of backgrounds that can become a hurdle to overcoming mental illnesses, even when the University might be providing many resources. No one decides to be depressed. But deciding to acknowledge it as a medical condition that requires treatment — that’s a weightier question of identity. There is no familiar language of grades to quantify or communicate the state of our mental health, but perhaps it is worthy of the same amount of thought that we give to our classes.
Ria Mirchandani ‘15 hasn’t woken up before noon even once this semester. Give her a wake-up email at ria@brown.edu.
SPORTS THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015
M. LACROSSE
Penn silences Bruno’s offense after trading lead back and forth Familiar Quakers fastpaced style, strong goalkeeping give Bruno trouble, first Ivy loss By NIKKO PASANEN SPORTS STAFF WRITER
Looking to continue its unbeaten start in Ivy League play, the No. 10 men’s lacrosse team came up just short in Saturday’s contest against Penn, losing 14-11. The Bears (8-2, 2-1 Ivy) went into halftime with a one-goal lead but were held to only three goals in the second half as the Quakers pulled ahead and never looked back. Penn (4-6, 1-3 Ivy) needed the win to keep its Ivy League playoff hopes alive, and its desperation might have been the difference-maker. “We witnessed an opponent beat us at our own game,” said Head Coach Lars Tiffany ’90. “Penn was willing to run and gun with us, and they were better. If not for the strong play from both Jack Kelly (’16) and Penn’s goalie, (Jimmy) Sestilio, the score would have reflected the track meet that this game was.” It looked like the Bears were in for an easy afternoon after taking a 3-0 lead
less than five minutes into the contest, but that proved to be anything but the case. After the two teams traded goals, Penn fired back with a run of its own, and the game was tied at four heading into the second period. At the start of the second quarter, Bruno seemed to find its way again when the nation’s leading scorer, Dylan Molloy ’17, scored his second goal of the day, but the Quakers would not go away. Penn never let the Bears get out to more than a two-goal lead, and when the halftime whistle blew, the Quakers found themselves trailing only 8-7. By the time the third quarter began, it was clear that momentum had shifted in favor of the Quakers. Penn’s Nick Doktor scored just 30 seconds into the half, and though Bruno regained the lead shortly after, it was not long before Penn held its first lead of the day. The Quakers responded with two goals in a 13-second window and never trailed again. Facing a 10-9 deficit, the Bears appeared to get back on track when Molloy sent a beautiful pass in to Kylor Bellistri ’16 for a goal, but that would be their last successful possession for a while. The Quakers scored the quarter’s final two goals and took a 12-10 lead going into
the final period. Penn got off to quick start once again in the fourth, scoring just 35 seconds into the period. Now in desperate need of a goal, the Bears and their typically high-powered offense went cold, failing to score again until the two-minute mark. At that point, Bruno had been held scoreless for over 22 minutes, sealing its fate. Though the offense may have faltered down the stretch, Tiffany was quick to point out that the team’s attackers were certainly not the only ones to blame. “Our defense did not step up against an athletic opponent,” he said. “We were beaten too often in our one-v-one matchups, and we were equally unsuccessful in playing sound team defense. We need to be a tougher, stronger defensive unit.” When asked about what caused the Bears’ second-half collapse, Henry Blynn ’16 and Tiffany both lauded the Quakers’ strong defensive play. “I give credit to Penn’s goalie, (Sestilio), who stepped up for them in the second half and made a ton of saves,” Blynn said. “The biggest difference from the first half to the second half was the play with the ground balls, which directly leads to
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Dylan Molloy ’17 demonstrated why he is the nation’s leading scorer leading the way for Bruno with three goals in its match against Penn. extra possessions,” Tiffany added. “Penn was able to play more offense in the second half with better face-off play and their work with ground balls.” But the Bears did not take the loss without learning something. “We now know that when we play teams like Penn, who are fast-paced like
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us, that we need to be smarter with the ball and not turn it over,” Blynn said. “We need to improve our shooting on offense. That has been a weakness for us the past couple of games.” The Bears will now get ready to take on No. 11 Yale (8-2, 2-2 Ivy) Saturday in another critical Ivy League matchup.
W. LACROSSE
Women sweep Radcliffe, men fall to No. 1 Washington Late missteps Huskies stage East Coast takeover, outrace all Brown boats amidst large cheering section By ELIZABETH CONWAY SENIOR STAFF WRITER
With the banks of the Seekonk lined with throngs of spectators and eager fans, the men’s crew team contested 2014 Intercollegiate Rowing Association national champion Washington in a formidable challenge Saturday morning in Providence. The Bears lost all three races to the Huskies despite solid efforts. On Friday, the women’s team saw the opposite results against Radcliffe, winning each race comfortably. Co-captain Walker Mills ’15, who rowed in the junior varsity boat, said it was really exciting to have the top-ranked Huskies in Bruno’s home territory. “We’ve been out (to Washington) the last three years, and we consider it a big sign of respect that they came out here to race us,” Mills said. “They’re the best team in the country right now, so it’s a big deal if they want to come all the way out here to race us.” The freshmen were first up with an 8:20 a.m. start. Washington was swift off the line and had gained a two-second lead 500 meters into the race. The Huskies beat the Bears by over a full boat length, winning 5:46 to 5:52.
The JV competition pitted Brown’s second and third varsity eights against Washington’s junior varsity. Though the Bears had a better start, Washington cruised to victory seven seconds ahead of Bruno’s second varsity and 24 seconds ahead of the third varsity, which finished in 5:48 and 6:04 respectively. In the highly anticipated varsity eight race, the two boats were practically even for the first quarter mile, but the Huskies took a commanding lead by the 1500-meter mark, gaining almost a full length. The Bears gained ground in the final 500 but still fell four seconds short to Washington’s 5:33. “Washington was able to pull out a few seats in front off the line, taking some really strong strokes and getting up on us,” said Neil McKenzie ’17, coxswain of the varsity eight boat. “As the race progressed, we were able to settle into our race rhythm, which we had worked on a lot this week and get those seats back. … Unfortunately for us, Washington was very strong in the middle of the race and was able to pull out a margin that was too much for us to respond to.” Despite falling short in each of the three races, Mills said the Bears took away important lessons that will help prepare
them for the rest of the season. “The biggest takeaway is seeing what national championship speed looks like,” he said. “If we don’t seek out opportunities to race UW or other top-tier crews, we run the risk of showing up to the national championships in June unprepared for the competition there. This way we can race them in April and then go back to training knowing the kind of speed we need to have to win a national championship.” “Unfortunately, we were on the wrong end of a sweep, and that’s always going to have a bitter taste. But we’ll see those guys again in June and we’ll be better prepared than if we hadn’t raced them in April.” Mills was excited by the spectator support at the race. “Our coach said he thought it was the best turnout for a crew race since the 1950s.” The men will compete in the annual Stein Cup battle at Harvard on April 11. The women’s crew swept Radcliffe Friday evening, outpacing the Black and White by solid margins in each race. The Radcliffe season opener was originally scheduled to take place on the Charles River in Cambridge, but icy conditions brought the races to Providence, where the Bears raced on the Seekonk River. With the men’s team and friends looking on, the women beat Radcliffe for the seventh straight year.
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The defending national champion Washington Huskies commanded a significant lead in the varsity eight race. Though the Bears closed the gap, Washington managed to win by over a full boat length.
“All of the races went really well,” said women’s co-captain Rachel Gottlieb ’15. “It is exciting to have every boat win its event, especially against other teams in our league. Everyone handled the uncertainty of this race well. We didn’t know when or where the race would be as we got close to it.” The top varsity eight finished in 6:35, over seven seconds ahead of Radcliffe’s 6:42. Co-captain Katie McKeen ’15 said the boat ran closely alongside Radcliffe until about the 1000-meter mark, “then began to break away and gain open water,” she said. “It was great to execute a solid second half of the race.” The second varsity eight had an even greater margin of victory, 6:48 to 7:06. “As their (18)-second margin shows, the JV 8 charged away from the starting line and dominated their race,” she said of the notable lead the boat managed to gain. Brown’s A varsity four finished with a comfortable five-second lead in 7:53, and the B varsity four dominated in 7:46 to Radcliffe’s 8:09 B varsity four and 8:36 C varsity four. “This weekend reminded us that every team is fit and determined to win,” McKeen said. “The teams we are racing early in the season will definitely get faster as they get more water time, and knowing that motivates us to work harder,” she added. With the race at home, Gottlieb said the women benefited from fair weather conditions — flat water and low winds — as well as the men’s team’s support. “The men’s team was able to cheer us on from Narragansett Boat Club, and we could hear them from the starting line,” she said. The women will race some stiff competition next weekend, including Stanford University and several other West Coast teams, at the Lake Natoma Invitational in Gold River, California. “The race results across the country have been really interesting over the past two weeks, so it will be fun to race these West Coast crews to see where we are,” Gottlieb said.
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Abby Bunting ’16 leads Bruno’s scoring efforts, notches hat trick against Harvard Saturday By LAINIE ROWLAND SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The women’s lacrosse team’s campaign for an Ivy victory stumbled Saturday as the Bears (5-5, 0-4 Ivy) fell to Harvard 9-7. Despite a second-half surge, Bruno could not make up a first-half deficit to clinch a win. With only three conference games left, the Bears will be hard-pressed to break into the top half of league standings in order to qualify for the Ivy League tournament. “We definitely felt we put up a good fight for the whole game. It was just that we know we can do better,” said attacker Lauren Toy ’16. The team approaches the game as “a bunch of little plays,” said defender Julia Carrellas ’15, instead of as “a big 60-minute chunk of time.” As a result, Bruno focuses on performing technically and consistently by finishing shots or winning ground balls, she said. Despite the squad’s depth, five of the seven goals came from either Toy or Abby Bunting ’15, who were Bruno’s only scorers in the first half. Though Harvard (5-4, 3-1 Ivy) got on the board first, Bunting evened up the score soon after, kicking off a high-scoring day. “There were some small plays that didn’t end up going our way, and we didn’t capitalize on some situations that we should have,” Toy said. » See W. LACROSSE, page 4