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Residency honors two alums M. SOCCER opens title chase against Ivy foe Yale for blending spirituality, jobs Brown Watching results of

Jewelnel Davis ’79, Nawal Nour MD’88 meet with student groups to offer advice, share experiences

By RACHEL SACHS STAFF WRITER

The Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life, in collaboration with several other campus divisions, brought two distinguished alums to campus this week whose spiritual identities have shaped their careers. During the three-day “With Usefulness and Reputation” residency, the guests were honored for their work and spoke in small settings to student groups.

One of the two honorees, Jewelnel Davis ’79, currently serves as university chaplain, associate provost and director of the Earl Center at Columbia.

“She’s long been my colleague and somebody I admire enormously, so this is really fun to bring her back to her alma mater,” said University Chaplain Janet Cooper Nelson.

The other honoree, Nawal Nour MD ’88, works as an obstetrician and gynecologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She received a 2003 MacArthur Fellowship — commonly known as a Genius Grant — for her research on health policy issues regarding female genital cutting.

Nour — who was born in Khartoum, Sudan — first became interested in the topic at a young age. Genital cutting has been performed on over 90 percent of girls and women in Khartoum, Nour said. “That was a seed that clearly disturbed me, and as I kept growing I was more and more concerned about the issue,” she said.

“Her work is the kind that makes someone’s jaw drop a little bit,” Nelson said.

The residency commenced Tuesday with a reception and panel in Petteruti Lounge, during which Nelson and Galen Henderson MD ’93, president-elect of the Brown Alumni Association, welcomed the honorees and asked them questions about their » See SPIRITUALITY, page 2

Dartmouth game, Bruno looks to take care of Bulldogs in away tilt

By ALEX WAINGER SPORTS EDITOR

The men’s soccer team needs just three games to go in its favor in order to win the Ivy League. Trailing Dartmouth by five points in the standings, the Bears will need to win the remainder of their two-game schedule and have the Big Green lose its next game.

The good news is that the secondplace Bears will play Dartmouth next weekend in a season finale that could decide which team heads to the NCAA tournament. The bad news is that if the Big Green beats Cornell this weekend, it will lock up its fourth conference crown in the last eight years.

But while the Bears will anxiously monitor the game in Hanover, a Big Red win or tie will do nothing for Bruno if it does not take care of business » See M. SOCCER, page 4

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Carl Johan Mix ’19 dribbles the ball down the sideline. Brown looks to its matchup with Yale as its first step on an improbable Ivy title run.

Lecture brings alumni comedian’s work to life

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Late comedian S. J. Perelman continues to inspire laughs through film about his life

By JENNIFER SHOOK STAFF WRITER

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Nick Lappin ’16 waits for a pass. Both Lappin and Mark Naclerio ’16 will need to be effective offensively against shaky Dartmouth goaltending, while Brown’s defense needs to watch out for NHL prospect Jimmy Vesey.

Bruno starts conference slate against Ivy rivals Harvard’s impressive offense to provide tough challenge for young Bruno defense

By MATT BROWNSWORD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

After a tough, high-scoring loss to Holy Cross, the men’s hockey team heads into its conference slate against two teams — Dartmouth and Harvard — that it went a combined 1-5 against last year.

But that one win — a 2-1 upset over the then-No. 6 Crimson — was

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emblematic of the potential of last year’s team. With additions across the board and an experienced core of returning players, Brown (0-1) looks to sweep its Ivy League foes in an important, early-season road trip.

Up first is Dartmouth (0-2, 0-2 ECAC), which opened its season with a home-and-home conference slate against Harvard last weekend. The first game for the Big Green was an utter catastrophe, as Harvard’s deep and talented forward lines decimated Dartmouth. Starting netminder James Kruger was pulled for Devin Buffalo after allowing five goals on only 15 shots.

Another significant problem for the Big Green was the penalty kill, which allowed three consecutive goals to the Crimson. Though Brown’s power play has struggled over the past year — it did not score against Holy Cross — Dartmouth’s penalty kill can be exposed when faced with an efficient offense.

“Our specialty teams will begin to click as we practice more,” said captain Mark Naclerio ’16. “We have some young guys still learning new concepts, but with time we believe our specialty teams will be a strength of our team.”

The Big Green showed a little » See M. HOCKEY, page 4

Employing the wit of the legendary humorist and cartoonist S. J. Perelman, originally a member of the class of 1925, Sean Kelly ’84 expounded on his film “The Sophisticated Silliness of S. J. Perelman ’25” to an audience of students, faculty members and community members in the Lownes Room of the John Hay Library Thursday evening.

Perelman, a Providence native, served as a memorable member of the University’s humor magazine “The Brown Jug,” Kelly said. Foiled by a failed trigonometry class in a time before the open curriculum, Perelman never graduated from the University. Instead, he went on to great acclaim as a humorist, writing for the Marx Brothers and the New Yorker.

Perelman would eventually receive an honorary degree from the University in 1959.

The event included a presentation

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of the film and a reception afterward.

It was held as part of a promotion for “S. J. Perelman,” a newly released book of essays, literature and handmade art published by the Brown Ziggurat Press.

After a brief introduction from Christopher Geissler, director of the John Hay Library, Kelly discussed his interest in Perelman, whom he called “one of the greatest humorists … ever.”

Kelly said as a junior in high school, he read that Perelman had attended Brown, and he forever linked the humorist with the University in his mind. Yet despite the impact Perelman has had on many humorists at Brown and beyond, Kelly said Perelman’s work is rarely shown at Brown in an “academic sense,” adding that he hoped that he would be able to change that.

Kelly went on the describe Perelman’s writing process, noting that he was inspired by “anything and everything.” Perelman would start from a blurb that he found amusing and expand it beyond that “gag,” Kelly said.

He would “allow that initial idea to have the best opportunity” by spending prolific periods of time producing each of his pieces. It often took weeks for Perelman to produce a piece that would take a reader five minutes to » See COMEDY, page 3

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ARTS & CULTURE RIPR journalist John Bender discusses media landscape, intimacy of radio as medium

SPORTS Christine Etzel ’19 registers her fifth shutout, making her The Herald’s athlete of the week.

COMMENTARY Loury: The Black Lives Matter movement alienates potential allies, should focus on social justice

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Nelson noted that the program’s title is drawn from the objective written in the University’s charter to preserve “a succession of men duly qualified for discharging the offices of life with usefulness and reputation.” A similar phrase appears in the University’s current mission statement, she added.

“I didn’t know a single Brown student who graduated and didn’t want to change the world,” Nour said.

Dean of the College Maud Mandel also asked the honorees which values they found in receiving a liberal education.

Nour said she followed “a meandering path that was so necessary”

during her four years at Brown.

Though she came to College Hill with an interest in medicine and ultimately became a doctor, she was not pre-med and took mostly political science, anthropology and English classes, she said.

Davis, who concentrated in religious studies, emphasized the ability to take courses in fields unrelated to a planned future career, citing ENGN 0090: “Management of Industrial and Nonprofit Organizations” as one such course she took during her time as an undergraduate.

“Don’t think of Brown as vocational school,” Davis advised students in the audience. “That’s not what Brown is about.”

Over the next two days, Nour and

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD Davis each met with various campus organizations for small group discussions. “Our priority in this has not been to put somebody up in front of a room with hundreds of people. It’s been about getting small groups of people together to really talk,” Nelson said.

Brandon Dale ’17 helped facilitate a discussion between first-generation students and Davis, who was the first in her family to attend college. “My hope is that people will leave the conversation with something new learned and maybe something new appreciated,” Dale said.

In addition, Davis also met with religious studies concentrators, students involved with CareerLAB and the Curricular Resource Center, Dining

Services student employees and members of Black Church at Brown.

Nour met with the Brown Muslim Students Association, presented to students and clinicians at the Alpert Medical School and had lunch with the Women in Medicine and Science Advisory Board.

“We’ve had very full conversations in small groups, where I did share my career with them,” Nour said. “But more importantly, I came to Brown to learn from students and hear more about what their needs and issues were.”

Together, both honorees had lunch with members of the Brown Center for Students of Color and students from the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center and joined this week’s Thursday Night

Interfaith Supper.

Nour and Davis each expressed their gratitude toward Brown for the opportunities it provided while they were students.

“Brown helped me to imagine a world that I didn’t even know how to conceive,” Davis said. “Sometimes people say things opened doors. …

I think it opened rivers; it opened a universe.”

While some classes are essential, “the memories you have of Brown are the friends you make,” Nour said.

“It is about the spirituality, but it doesn’t have to be religious,” she added. “It’s the spirituality at Brown of belonging and being a part of a wonderful group of friends and colleagues.”

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Q&A: RIPR’s John Bender talks reporting, empathy RIPR journalist describes career trajectory in radio industry, intimacy of feature stories for listeners

By KASTURI PANANJADY STAFF WRITER

John Bender, a radio journalist for Rhode Island Public Radio, describes himself as the “man behind the scenes.” Bender researches stories for RIPR’s Morning Edition segment and records features on community stories.

Bender sat down with The Herald before his talk entitled “The Essentials of Radio Journalism” Thursday to discuss radio journalism, its place in the media landscape and his experiences in the field.

The Herald: What role did radio play in your life before you began your career as a radio journalist?

Bender: Radio was always on in my house, always on in the car. I was one of those kids who grew up with National Public Radio. My parents always listened to it. I had all those people floating around in my brain for years. I loved it since I was a small child.

I remember discovering “This American Life” and being totally blown away by how people were spending 60 minutes delving into peoples’ lives. It got into the nooks and crannies of life that other forms of media sometimes don’t have the time to do. NPR doesn’t have hard and soft news sections. Every story is treated

with the same amount of respect because, however small, it’s how someone is leaving their mark on the world.

I remember always thinking that this would be the dream job. And it is a dream job because fundamentally you get to talk to people about things they’re passionate about. Everyone can be compelling and exciting if you get them to talk about something they love. The trick is getting it to be understandable. It’s your job to convey what they care about and translate it for the audience.

Was radio journalism something you always wanted to do?

I went to school for cello, actually.

I did do a double major in English, but English felt very secondary. When I finished I didn’t want to go to grad school immediately, which is a natural progression for music. So I applied for an internship with Rhode Island Public Radio.

How did you find the learning curve when you first started working as a radio journalist?

When I started working two and a half-ish years ago, I modeled myself after my co-workers. I heard them all the time.

I learned how they were wrestling with their job, with how to write a story.

I didn’t study broadcast journalism, so that definitely made things tougher in getting into the actual world of journalism, but I’d listened to NPR my entire life. So day one, I went in knowing what I wanted to eventually sound like. I just had no idea how to do it. I am very lucky

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Sean Kelly ’85 delved into the far-reaching influence of S. J. Perelman’s contributions to the world of comedy during a lecture Thursday night.

» COMEDY, from page 1 breeze through, he added.

“It pays off,” Kelly said. “You can see the depth of his thinking.”

Following his lecture, Kelly presented his film, which surveys Perelman’s life and connection to Brown.

Perelman’s style employed satirical humor, and he often used erudite references to Greek and Roman culture, Kelly said. “He loved language, and he loved to play with language.”

One of the clips Kelly showed was from the 1932 Marx Brothers film “Horse Feathers.” As one of the writers, Perelman infused his experience at Brown into the plot — the fictional

college in the film is directly inspired by the University. The clip’s humor revealed a conversation that continues on campus today: The president of the university sits at a desk, fielding complaints from a cluster of disgruntled deans about their low salaries.

Samantha Crausman ’19 said she attended the event in the hopes of further exploring her interest in comedy at Brown, adding that the Morning Mail posting for the event piqued her interest.

The film also included the reflections of myriad Brown faculty members and alums about Perelman and his continued influence on a new generation of humorists.

to have the resources that I have at RIPR. What do you see in radio that sets it apart from other media? Do you believe that radio brings something unique to reporting?

The big thing about radio is its intimacy. When you listen to radio — especially feature stories — it’s like that person is talking to you. They bring you into the story. It breaks down barriers that people have in news.

Radio also requires a lot of work on the part of the listeners as well. All the visual markers — the life — have to be evoked by sound. The listener has to imagine and infer and piece together what everything looks like. In doing that, I think the listener becomes more invested. With radio, there’s also a removal of visual judgment and prejudice that we have about people. There’s nothing to distract from what the person is saying. There’s something freeing about the medium itself.

Do you see radio as competing with television and print, or do you think they cater to different audiences entirely?

I don’t actually know about the demographics of our listeners, and I certainly don’t know about the demographics of people who are reading or watching other forms of news. I don’t know that we’re necessarily competing — we’re all reporting on the same stuff, but that just means that there’s a diversity of perspective for people. That said, we do like to

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“The big thing about radio is its intimacy...it breaks down barriers,” John Bender said, highlighting what makes radio a unique form of media. think, however, that RIPR is where the youth hang.

How do you envision your listeners?

I like to think that they’re just sitting at home: rapt, staring and grinning.

Maybe with a very poignant and reflective

look, staring out of the window, thinking, “John just captured that so perfectly.” But in reality they’re probably just making breakfast, and that’s comforting, too.

— This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Etzel ’19 goes for shutout mark in final game of season Goalie’s impressive, imaginative saves have given Bears chance to end season at .500

By JAMES SCHAPIRO STAFF WRITER

In the history of Brown women’s soccer, only five goalies have recorded six shutouts in a season. Christine Etzel ’19, with one game remaining on the season, has the chance to become the sixth.

Etzel has taken the Ivy League by storm in her first season, earning two CoIvy League Rookie of the Week awards and posting a 0.99 goals-against average, a 0.837 save percentage and five shutouts.

In games in which Etzel has started and the Bears have scored at least one goal, they are 6-2.

This week against Penn (6-4-5, 1-2-3 Ivy), Etzel posted her fifth shutout of the season, making seven saves and helping the Bears (6-7-2, 2-3-1) to a 1-0 victory.

Thanks in part to Etzel’s contributions, the Bears have a chance to finish the season with a .500 record, both overall and in Ivy League competition.

Throughout the season, Etzel has drawn praise from players, fans, coaches and broadcasters, and her acrobatic saves have repeatedly brought crowds to their feet. After a particularly impressive save

» M. HOCKEY, from page 1 sign of life in its second tilt against the Crimson, scoring the first goal of the game before Harvard rattled off three unanswered tallies. Harvard was merely 2-for-6 on the power play in this game, but again Dartmouth’s weak specialty teams were on full display.

Starting in net for Dartmouth, Charles Grant allowed five goals on 18 shots on target. After all three goalies gave up multiple goals against the Crimson, weak goaltending has emerged as a

against Penn, in which she was forced to repel a header by tipping it backwards off her own crossbar, broadcaster Mike Rubin pronounced it “the save of the season.”

For her rock-solid presence in net, her contributions to a suddenly revived season and her forays into the Brown record books during just her first year, Etzel has been named The Herald’s Athlete of the Week.

Herald: When did you start playing soccer? Have you always played goalie?

Etzel: I haven’t always played goalie.

I actually made my first club team as a field player and then switched to being a goalkeeper. I’ve been playing my whole life — I don’t know exactly when I started.

What have you enjoyed about the Brown program in particular?

The team is very close, and it was really nice coming in and being able to connect with everyone. It didn’t matter what age you were — it was never an issue, so coming in, being comfortable with the team and playing with a great group of girls who are so talented is a big plus.

What has led to your success in net this year?

Obviously, I have a great team in front of me that helps me out. So it’s not just me making the saves. It’s them getting theme for the Big Green heading into its matchup with Brown.

“We always played each other hard during my four years,” Naclerio said.

“We had a strong week of practice and are just focused on carrying that over into Friday night.”

Unfortunately for the Bears, shoddy goaltending has also figured as a theme over the past year, as Tim Ernst ’17 and Tyler Steel ’17 have effectively split the starts. Ernst got the nod to start against Holy Cross but gave up seven goals, so the starting

the rebound out. But also just training with coaches every day and training in the past with my former coaches helps.

We can’t leave this one alone — what was the thought process behind that ridiculous save off your own crossbar?

With those big saves, you’re not really thinking, it just kind of happens. It’s all the training that you pull together. I saw the ball, and I knew from training that I just need to get my hand up there and hope for the best.

And then Charlotte Beach ’16 bicycled it out?

Yeah! We talked about that after — both of us couldn’t believe that that play just happened.

After such a great win against Penn, do you guys think you can keep the momentum rolling going into Yale and finish with a .500 season?

Yeah, hopefully we can keep the momentum going. I think our season really picked up after the Cornell game.

We said, “Alright, we can definitely turn the end of our season around here and make something of it.” We’re trying to keep that momentum up, trying to keep the intensity up.

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Christine Etzel ’19 has taken the net and made it hers in an impressive rookie campaign during which she has recorded five shutouts. this season — we’re not done yet. We have one more game, and that’s still a really big game for us because it’s an Ivy. So we’re not really focusing too much on next season, but we do have a good, solid group of girls going into next season as well.

In high school, I played basketball, and I rode too. It’s going to be weird not playing basketball and soccer, or having two sports in one season after this — I’ll have a break for the first time. So that should be interesting.

How does next season look?

Honestly, I think we’re still focused on

Let’s end on a fun one — do you play any sports besides soccer?

— This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

goalie heading into Dartmouth will be up in the air.

On the other side of the coin, Brown’s trip to No. 7 Harvard will be one of its hardest all season. The Crimson returns one of the most prolific forwards in the nation, Jimmy Vesey, who turned down a sizable offer from the Nashville Predators to remain at school. The senior tallied two goals and three assists against Dartmouth in his opening weekend, announcing his return to the ECAC with authority.

“He’s obviously very skilled,”

Naclerio said. “We are just going to be aware when he’s on the ice and try to minimize the time and space we give him.”

Kyle Criscuolo and Tyler Moy also had two goals each against Dartmouth, while nine different Crimson players featured on the scoresheet. Brown is very familiar with the Harvard offense, as the Crimson outscored the Bears 17-9 in their four matchups last year.

Brown and Harvard met in the first round of the conference playoffs last year, and the Crimson came out

on top — 6-2 and 4-3 in consecutive nights. Though Harvard comes into the game as the heavy favorite, Bruno will look to stage its second upset in as many years.

“Everybody who was a part of that team last year is looking for revenge,” Naclerio said. “Nobody forgets who knocked us out last year, and we are just excited for our games, but we are focused mainly on Friday night first.”

The weekend’s action will start at 7:05 p.m. Friday in Hanover before a 7 p.m. start Saturday in Cambridge.

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converted both of his penalty kick attempts, one of which gave Bruno a 2-1 win over Penn last weekend. Jack Gorab ’16 has two goals and three assists on the season, as he has once again assumed his role as Bruno’s primary free-kick specialist.

The offense has also gotten a lift from the return of Nate Pomeroy ’17, who was sidelined for nearly half of last year with injuries and never seemed to be at full strength. Pomeroy has picked up two goals and an assist in his new role on the right wing this year.

But much of the Bears’ offensive success can be attributed to key first-year additions. Jack Hagstrom ’19, three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week, has started all but one game this year on the back line and is Bruno’s lead goalscorer with five.

Hagstrom’s aerial abilities have caused nightmares for opposing defenses guarding Bruno set-pieces, as the first-year has headed home a number of crosses and long-balls.

Matthew Chow ’19 has also given the team a spark on the wing. The first-year leads the Bears in shots and has the green light to fire from any distance. He can also take corners and managed to score a rare Olympic goal that gave Bruno a 1-0 win over Cornell two weeks ago.

Hagstrom, Chow and the veterans on the team should have success against a Bulldog defense that has yet to keep an opponent out of the back of its net for a full 90 minutes this season.

On defense, the Bears boast the third-stingiest goals-against mark in the conference at just under one per game. Teo Norhagen ’19 took over as the starter three games ago and has stood resolute in net since, allowing just one goal and notching two shutouts.

With Hagstrom and Gabe Welp ’18 holding down the middle of the defense, co-captain Tim Whalen ’16 sitting in front of them at a center defensive midfield position and a rotation of speedy right and left backs protecting the flanks, Bruno should be able to keep the lackluster Bulldog offense off the scoreboard.

If the Bears pick up a win over Yale, a Dartmouth draw or loss would set up an epic showdown for the Ivy League title Nov. 14 at Stevenson Field.

“Obviously we want to be in control of our own destiny, but crazy things can happen in the Ivy League,” Whalen said. “Not getting a win at Yale would be disappointing for us, regardless of what happens elsewhere in the Ivy League.”

against Yale at home this weekend.

Fortunately for the Bears, the Bulldogs have lost 13 of their 15 games this season and have struggled to generate and prevent goals. Yale’s lone win came against Quinnipiac, a team that has also won just one game this year.

On paper, Bruno should be able to handle the Bulldogs with ease. Yale has given up a whopping 32 goals this season — nine more than the nextmost porous Ivy defense — and netted just 12 goals, tied for the second-worst mark in the conference.

The Bears, on the other hand, have a positive goal differential both in conference and overall, and the offense has been firing on all cylinders.

Bruno has been shut out just twice this season, compared to last year’s mark of five.

The Bears’ offensive improvement “has a lot to do with our change in formation and our coaches’ emphasis on attacking players one-on-one,” said Tariq Akeel ’16. “Other than that, it’s just been a team commitment and focus to put the ball in the back of the net.”

Some of the usual suspects have come through with big goals when the Bears needed them. Akeel has

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Brown Bites: Oct. 31–Nov. 6

An article in the Oct. 6 Herald (“Research Spotlight: Penguin robot helps identify, treat children with autism”) misstated that a penguin robot is currently being tested in a Massachusetts elementary school. The article also previously appeared with a photo that was provided to The Herald without permission. The Herald regrets the error.

Diversity stage left While a lack of diversity in theater is a widespread problem, many at Brown are attempting to make the TAPS department and its productions more inclusive . Two of the department’s main stage shows this season — “The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry” and “The Red Paint” — tell stories centered on people of color. The first details a myth about a conflict between the Seminole tribe and black freedmen in Oklahoma. The second “deals directly with the Mexican-American identity,” said Sock and Buskin Chair Nika Salazar ’16, who wrote and directed the play. Salazar explained her hopes that people of color will audition for shows that showcase diverse voices, saying, “Your body being on stage is a political statement. Your body being on stage is a revolution.”

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“Brown helped me to imagine a world I didn’t even know how to conceive. Sometimes people say things opened doors. … I think it opened rivers; it opened a

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universe.

def readNextBrownBite(): Hack@Brown taught students and President Paxson that Python is more than just a snake in a seminar Monday aimed at teaching students some basic programming skills. Around 50 participants worked alongside Paxson to code a Caesar cipher that could then be used to successfully decode a URL that directed to a site displaying a picture of Paxson’s face. Next stop: CS19.

—Jewelnel Davis ’79

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Voting affirmative on affirmative action Brown showed its support for the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in admission decisions by filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court along with 12 other schools . The Fisher v. UT Austin case centers on Abigail Fisher’s claim that she was discriminated against in the admission process because she is white. After Fisher was rejected from UT in 2008, she filed a lawsuit alleging that the university was violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment by using race as a factor in admission. Arguments begin in December, marking the second time the Supreme Court will examine the case, after it sent the case back to a lower court in 2013. This time around, the Supreme Court’s decision might impact affirmative action practices in colleges throughout the United States.

Gender gap Odds are, your female professor isn’t making as much as her male counterparts. Female Brown faculty members are paid $14,841 less than male professors on average. Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin said, “It’s not that women are underpaid; it’s that they aren’t in the fields that are higher paid.” But Associate Dean of the Faculty Joel Revill said female full professors in the humanities and social sciences also make less, on average, than men in the same disciplines. Of the 380 full professors in the 2014-2015 academic year, 94 were women. This gender gap is especially prevalent in STEM fields — the faculty in the physical sciences is only 15 percent female. Despite these numbers, some on the faculty still remain positive, with McLaughin noting, “I think things are getting better.”

Bathroom break Unfortunately for over-hydrated students, the first-floor gender-inclusive bathroom in JWW was eliminated during the mailroom renovations earlier this year. But those mourning the loss of this convenient between-class bathroom spot need not be alarmed, as the gender-inclusive bathroom has moved to the third floor. While the gender-inclusive bathroom is designed to be used by people of all genders, the LGBTQ Center encourages cisgender individuals who do not identify as needing gender-inclusive restrooms to use other facilities. In the meantime, students’ digestive tracts will continue to race the 10-minute wait for the elevator. We should really all just start taking the stairs.

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The political inefficacy of saying, ‘Black lives matter’ GLENN LOURY op-ed contributor

I fear that the #BlackLivesMatter movement may have gotten off on the wrong foot (with tactics that alienate needed allies) and that it may be barking up the wrong tree (by focusing inordinately on anti-black police violence.) This concern derives from my definition of the core problems and my convictions about how best to make progress toward solving them. Permit me to explain.

I am taking the considerable risk of expressing my concerns about BLM here precisely because I want the movement to succeed. Consider this intervention to be an “old head” offering some friendly, unsolicited advice.

I understand fully that righteous rage can be a catalyst of change by forcing neglected issues onto the public agenda and by stirring the masses out of their complacency so as to advocate reforms. If change is ultimately born via legislation enacted by politicians, it is often midwifed via noisy, disruptive acts of the mobilized masses.

So I accept that activists and politicians play very different roles in bringing about needed social change. But I disagree with those who insist that the right answer to the question famously posed to the presidential candidates in the Democratic Party debate some weeks ago was for them to respond as they did. Incanting “Black Lives Matter” rather than “All Lives Matter” hardly constitutes advocating “racial justice,” in my view. Indeed, I see the making of such verbal concessions as a kind of cheap grace. These genuflections ask very little of the (white) politicians or their (white) voters.

But endorsing universal early childhood education, scattered site public

housing, massively increased spending on mental health care for the indigent, revamped criminal justice policies, a guaranteed minimum income for all American families, public jobs as employer-of-last-resort, higher per capita expenditures on the education of those from the least advantaged home environments — all of these things, and more, enacted via comprehensive legislative initiatives DO ask a great deal from politicians and WOULD be a massive step in the direction of “social justice” in America. And, given their disproportionately beneficial impact on black communities, enacting such a comprehensive progressive agenda would constitute achieving the only

is no path to the latter goal that does not involve persuading a majority of one’s fellow citizens of the desirability of one’s cause. The historical crimes of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and mass incarceration have devastated millions of black lives. These crimes, most definitely, constitute racial injustice. But reversing the effects of this historical racial depredation — that is, healing the broken bodies and minds of its victims — is something that cannot be achieved in isolation from the broader political program of establishing a just social order for all Americans.

Thus my concern is not — as many opponents of the so-called “politics of respectability” might put it — that

is another reason that we should speak of “all lives” and not of “black lives”: We black people make race the central theme in a discussion of crime, policing and punishment in this country at our peril. This is because we blacks are vastly overrepresented among those who commit acts of violence (e.g., robbery and homicide) relative to our presence in the population. My fear is that a discourse which readily cites the race of a citizen and the race of a cop as the touchstone of moral outrage — “yet another unarmed black teenager is accosted by yet another white cop” — invites a counter-discourse in which the race of the perpetrators and the victims of everyday street crimes

I urge upon BLM the adoption of a comprehensive political strategy that, in collaboration with other strands of activism in this country, can lead toward the enactment of the structural changes necessary for undermining the subordination of black people and enhancing the quality of black lives. kind of “racial justice” worth fighting for in my view. Don’t misunderstand me. I am not saying one must choose either to pursue social justice or to seek racial justice. One can do both. There is plenty wrong with the way certain law enforcement agencies conduct themselves in certain communities of color, and this must be opposed. My point is that, in doing so, one ought to bear in mind that the ultimate goal is to transform the underlying social structures that give rise to the marginalization of communities of color. And this observation imposes constraints on the ways in which racial justice claims should be expressed.

I can put this differently: At the end of the day, there can be no “racial justice” that will last without establishing universal social justice. And there

(black) activists should be “walking on eggshells” so as to avoid alienating “the (white) powers that be.” Rather, I urge upon BLM the adoption of a comprehensive political strategy that, in collaboration with other strands of activism in this country, can lead toward the enactment of the structural changes necessary for undermining the subordination of black people and enhancing the quality of black lives. That strategy would stress legislative outcomes of the sort outlined above. It would recognize that the support of people from all races is an essential precondition for political success. It would, in other words, be less driven by righteous rage and more constrained by rational prudence than is characteristic of the current public stance of BLM. Finally, and in the same spirit, there

comes to be accepted as a legitimate topic of public argument. We are already seeing the ugly specter of such a discourse in the frequent, and quite disturbing, mention by conservatives of so-called “black-on-black” crime and in their evocation of those (few) instances in which some fringe elements marching under a BLM banner have seemed to call for violence against (white) cops.

We may be but a short step from having to endure public exhibitions where “black criminals” are said to have preyed upon “white victims” — as with the infamous Willie Horton incident from the 1988 presidential campaign. This is not a tendency favoring the interests of black Americans over the longer run. So much should be obvious. Moreover, we cannot count on

adherence to the restraints of political correctness to protect us from such an eventuality, as outrageous remarks issuing daily from a certain Republican presidential candidate would seem to attest. In my view, risking such a racial backlash is completely unnecessary. After all, twice as many whites as blacks are killed by police officers in this country every year. We blacks may be at a greater actuarial risk, and racism may yet be alive and well in some quarters of American law enforcement. But unaccountable police violence against citizens happens to people of all races, and it diminishes every American citizen, whether victimized or not. Thus, a movement defining itself in opposition to police violence need not be framed primarily in racial terms. That may be how one comes to start such a movement. But it ought not to be how one aims to build and to sustain it.

In summary, I continue to believe that, while race remains important in America, the core problem here ought not to be defined as a racial justice problem. It is a social justice problem. And the key to solving it, ultimately, is not by means of a mobilization on behalf of black lives. Rather, lasting solutions will come, if at all, only via a movement that successfully affirms the value of all lives. I realize that, at this critical moment, these are loaded words. I use them because I am convinced that lasting progress requires the successful marshaling of voting majorities on behalf of well-defined legislative policy goals that, once achieved, will have had the effect of transforming the lives of all Americans.

Glenn Loury, professor of the social sciences and economics and a faculty fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, can be reached at glenn_loury@brown.edu.

What we learned from the St. Paul’s trial ALLIE DOYLE opinions columnist

About a week ago, a trial closely watched by many (myself included) came to an anticlimactic close. Owen Labrie, a former student at the prestigious St. Paul’s School of New Hampshire, was given a year in jail for the sexual assault of a young girl. At the time of the assault, he was 18, while she was only 15. Her young age became the deciding factor in the case.

Labrie was convicted on exactly four accounts.

Three were misdemeanors relating to the fact that the victim was under 16 years old. Under New Hampshire law, people under the age of 16 cannot legally consent to sexual activity regardless of their own will. The last was a felony for using a computer to seduce a child. Labrie’s attorneys argued, and likely were correct, that the spirit of this law is to prevent the disguise of older men as children on the Internet. Labrie will also have to register as a sex offender.

I’ll admit I was happy to see Labrie punished to some degree. Still, I can’t comfortably call this justice. The issue with these four charges is that they all but completely disregard the victim’s testimony. Not one charge takes into ac-

count the fact that the victim did not consent to sexual activity. Though she broke down on the witness stand as she described the graphic details of her rape, the verdict shows that the jury believes the incident was consensual. Yet not one piece of testimony exposed any reason why this young girl would willingly go through such a traumatic and lengthy trial over something that did not happen.

I learned a lot during the Labrie trial. I

tention. Out to get the well-meaning boy, she accuses him of rape and goes through a timeintensive, life-changing and trauma-inducing process for the small possibility that she can get revenge. The story is ridiculous. It makes no sense. And yet the jury members proved it to be their default assumption.

This isn’t to say that no girl in history has ever lied about rape. Everyone lies sometimes.

But there is no reason to believe that an accuser

Rape culture is still alive and well in the world we live in. learned about a disturbing ritual — now hopefully fated to die out — of sexually exploiting girls at a prestigious boarding school. I learned that a 15-year-old girl can have emotional strength far beyond my own. But first and foremost, I learned that rape culture is still alive and well in the world we live in.

Time and time again, the story is told of the girl that cried rape. She has a consensual sexual encounter with the boy who was sure she was having a great time. Soon afterwards, she regrets the experience or becomes jealous when that innocent boy no longer gives her at-

is lying without a convincing motive. No person wants to sit through a cross examination.

An attorney I once met described the process as punching a witness in the face over and over again. When the young girl in the Labrie case mentioned that she tries to avoid lying whenever possible, the crossing attorney retorted, “Sometimes I guess you’re unsuccessful.” He went on to question her on her choice to shave her pubic hair — a topic no 15-year-old could ever enjoy discussing with a grown man.

A survey of students at 27 institutions of higher education conducted by the Associa-

tion of American Universities found that 23 percent of undergraduate female students have been sexually assaulted since enrolling in college. The AAU survey — the largest of its kind — supports the oft-cited finding from a smaller 2007 study that one in five women experience a sexual assault while in college. Looking at this case, it is no surprise that most victims don’t come forward. What traumatized victims would want to face the high probability that they will not be believed for only a small chance of justice? Few are as brave as the 15-year-old girl in this case. And though we don’t know her name, we should admire her.

She took a stand for all silent victims at such a young age, jeopardizing her mental health in the process.

This is a rare case in which what looks like a step toward justice is really a step backward.

The denial of rape culture will continue if young girls are continually silenced. Take this moment to support loved ones considering reporting an assault, trust victims and educate your peers. Do this in hope that one day sexual assault will not be the campus crisis that it is today.

Allie Doyle ’18 can be reached at alexandra_doyle@brown.edu.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The far-too-brief NBA Preview: The Northwest/Pacific Divisions

BY JOE DIEHL

Bold prediction: Derrick Favors makes his first all-star team in leading the Jazz to the playoffs.

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It’s time to preview the final two divisions out West. With more skimpy analysis and ludicrous predictions than ever before, this promises to be the most mediocre preview of them all.

Northwest Division 1. Oklahoma City Thunder Best-case scenario: The big three of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka stay healthy for the regular season — and most importantly, the playoffs. Dion Waiters also stays out of the way.

Worst-case scenario: Enes Kanter sinks them on defense, and Durant gets hurt again. Barring that, the Thunder are looking to compete with the best of the West.

Bold prediction: The Thunder beat the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals and advance to the NBA Finals to play the Cavaliers.

2. Utah Jazz Best-case scenario: Rudy Gobert continues to be a revelation, the young guns develop quickly and the Jazz make the playoffs for the first time in three years.

Worst-case scenario: The Jazz can’t find a suitable point guard to steer them to the playoffs, and they take another trip to the lottery.

3. Portland Trail Blazers Best-case scenario: Damien Lillard and C. J. McCollum propel this young team to a better record than anyone expects while the bigs show surprising production down low.

Worst-case scenario: The youth movement is too enthusiastic, and the Blazers head to the lottery.

Bold prediction: Lillard finishes in the top five in the NBA for scoring, but the Blazers miss the playoffs.

4. Minnesota Timberwolves Best-case scenario: Karl-Anthony Towns wins Rookie of the Year, and the Wolves finish with a record close to .500.

Worst-case scenario: The emotional toll of Flip Saunders’ death is too much for the young pups, and they spend another year lurking close to the bottom of the league.

Bold prediction: These guys are better than most people give them credit for, and Ricky Rubio emerges as a more complete point guard.

5. Denver Nuggets Best-case scenario: Their TV contract runs out after five games to spare their fans the terrible product the Nuggets would have put on the court this season.

Worst-case scenario: Emmanuel Mudiay decides to take advantage of the legal weed laws in Denver, and

the rest of the Nuggets quit basketball and decide to try their hands (or feet) at skiing.

Bold prediction: The Nuggets are deep in the lottery by the end of the year.

Five things I want to see: 1. The Thunder stay healthy all year. The NBA deserves to see them at full force for an entire season.

2. Gobert wins Defensive Player of the Year. ALL SALUTE THE STIFLE TOWER, BABY! 3. Lillard starts the all-star game.

It’s Dame time.

4. Towns wins Rookie of the Year.

5. Josef Nurkic actually becomes a pro-skier — the biggest of all time.

Pacific Division 1. Golden State Warriors Best-case scenario: The Warriors repeat exactly what they did last year.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Worst-case scenario: Without Steve Kerr on the bench, the Warriors are lost and somehow don’t make the NBA Finals.

Bold prediction: While there’s no reason to think the Warriors won’t repeat as champions, some unforeseen circumstances prevent them from doing so. Maybe Andrew Bogut decides to become the next Crocodile Hunter, or Draymond Green decides to make a career out of being annoying.

2. Los Angeles Clippers Best-case scenario: The Clips — with the additions of Paul Pierce,

Lance Stephenson and Josh Smith — are able to finally turn a top-heavy roster into a title contender with real depth.

Worst-case scenario: Pierce breaks down, Stephenson blows in some more ears and the Clips can’t find a consistent desire to win.

Bold prediction: The Clippers, yet again, fall in the second round of the playoffs. Cue GM Doc Rivers attempting to fire Coach Doc Rivers.

3. Phoenix Suns Best-case scenario: The double point guard system of Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight finally clicks, and the Suns scorch their way into the playoffs.

Worst-case scenario: The wild West proves to be too challenging for Phoenix’s current roster to compete for a playoff spot, and the Suns wind up in the lottery again.

Bold prediction: The Suns just miss out on a spot in the playoffs to my hometown Jazz.

4. Sacramento Kings Best-case scenario: By some miracle, George Karl, Rajon Rondo and DeMarcus Cousins get along. Don’t bet on it.

Worst-case scenario: The Kings crash and burn under expectations of making the playoffs. Bet on it.

Bold prediction: The roster looks very different next year.

5. Los Angeles Lakers Best-case scenario: Kobe Bryant

gets hurt. That’s the only way the Lakers have a shot at being respectable.

Worst-case scenario: Kobe stays healthy, taking away valuable minutes from D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson.

Bold prediction: The Lakers finish with the worst record in the NBA. Five things I want to see: 1. Riley Curry take over for Luke Walton as honorary coach for a Warriors game.

2. The Clippers make the Conference Finals. It deserves the entertainment.

3. Jeff Hornacek break out the firstever four point guard starting lineup.

4. Rondo, Cousins and Karl join Gordon Ramsay in “Kitchen Nightmares NBA Edition: A Recipe for Disaster.”

5. Kobe says “I suck.” Then “I really suck.” Then “I really freaking suck.”

Then “My greatness was a lie. I’m sorry I ever knocked the Jazz out of the playoffs.” A boy can dream, can’t he?

And that wraps up the previews.

Time to look forward to the NBA season, during which the things that happen are even crazier than anything written in this column. Go Jazz!

Joe Diehl ’18 wore his Trey Burke Jazz jersey on opening night and people said “cute costume.” Boost his self esteem by writing nice things to joseph_diehl@brown.edu.