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President takes Brown off campus At R.I. Comic Con, fans President Paxson’s out-of-state travel

From July 2014 through June 2015, President Christina Paxson P’19 traveled to 16 different locations in five different countries.

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Paxson P’19 balances commitments, travel between students, parents, alums, donors

By BAYLOR KNOBLOCH SENIOR STAFF WRITER

When President Christina Paxson P’19 isn’t on campus, she could be anywhere between New York City and Hong Kong. Between July 2014 and June 2015 she traveled to 16 different cities, spending a total of 71 days on the road.

“Travel is important because the

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Brown community is much larger than simply the faculty and students and staff who are on campus,” Paxson said.

It includes alums and parents “who live all over the country and all over the world,” she added.

The president’s travel agenda includes alumni events that are open to the Brown community, speaking events and meetings with potential donors, investors, presidential advisory councils or Corporation members.

“All of this travel is about representing Brown — the best of Brown — the direction Brown is going and the progress that Brown is making to our stakeholder audiences beyond

W. SOCCER

Road win caps season, Pincince’s career

Bears break even with .500 conference, overall records, finishing season third in Ancient Eight

By JAMES SCHAPIRO STAFF WRITER

Since 2004-05, the women’s soccer team has not put up any consecutive losing seasons. But after last season’s sub-.500 mark and the team’s 4-7-2 record three weeks ago, Bruno was in danger of doing what it had not done in a decade.

Three weeks later, the Bears (7-72, 3-3-1 Ivy) have salvaged what was once a lost season, ending on a threegame Ivy League winning streak.

Erin Katz ’16, who scored the gamewinning goal in Saturday’s 2-1 win against Yale, cited a double-overtime win against Cornell three weeks ago as the season’s turning point.

“When we had three games left

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in the season, it was Cornell, Penn, Yale,” Katz said. “As a team, we said to ourselves, ‘Let’s win these last three games.’ Cornell was the first goal we had in Ivy (play), and especially being down 2-0 and being able to climb back into the game, we really used that game to motivate us for the two games to follow.”

After defeating Cornell, the Bears shut out Penn 1-0 at home the following week. In their final game of the season Saturday, they beat Yale (4-10-2, 1-6) with goals from Katz and Carly Gould ’17. Gould finished the season as the Bears’ leading scorer with seven goals. Katz, who scored the Bears’ second goal, said the play was one the team had rehearsed.

“My goal yesterday came off a corner,” she said. “We actually practice our offensive corners a lot, and my job is to just stand in front of the goalkeeper. If a ball comes towards me, I just try and touch it and redirect it » See W. SOCCER, page 2

campus,” said Cass Cliatt, vice president for communications.

“Even when (Paxson) is asked to speak as a thought leader in her area of expertise, she is recognized (as) being a person of expertise who is also the president of Brown,” Cliatt said.

Fundraising events and opportunities to represent the University are not unrelated.

Whenever she travels, “Paxson is raising the profile of Brown, which then directly and indirectly raises money for the school,” said Stephen Nelson, a senior scholar in the Leadership Alliance at Brown and an associate professor of educational leadership at Bridgewater State University.

“Presidents have always been expected to bring in the financial wherewithal for their institutions,” Nelson said. With this responsibility, “travel becomes almost necessitated,” he said.

“It comes with the territory.”

All university presidents travel, Nelson added. For example, in the coming months Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber has trips planned to New York, Puerto Rico, San Francisco, San Diego, Nashville, Mumbai and New Delhi, according to Princeton’s Alumni Association website.

While travel plays a crucial role in university presidents’ responsibilities, they also should not be what Nelson calls “absentee landlords” — never » See PRESIDENT, page 2

strengthen community Expanded convention includes cosplay, Q&As, panels as fans celebrate love of pop culture

By GABRIELLA REYES STAFF WRITER

Assorted costumed characters — including Mario, Loki and a ukuleleplaying Marshall Lee — migrated to downtown Providence last weekend, claiming the Rhode Island Convention Center and the Dunkin’ Donuts Center as their own. Attendees lined up for photographs on the Iron Throne and autographs from childhood staples like Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman in “Batman: The Animated Series.”

Last weekend marked the fourth annual Rhode Island Comic Con, an eclectic gathering to celebrate pop culture. Highlights included panels with Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke — the voices of SpongeBob and Patrick — and the cast of Hellboy, including Selma Blair, who rarely appears at conventions. There was also a question-and-answer panel with Jason Momoa of “Game of Thrones” and a costume contest. Carrie Fisher

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— Princess Leia of the “Star Wars” franchise — was scheduled to attend, but canceled the night before due to illness. According to a post on the Rhode Island Comic Con Facebook event page, she will make an appearance at next year’s convention.

The convention expanded this year. Last year, Comic Con took place over two days in the Rhode Island Convention Center. This year’s convention spanned between the Convention Center and the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and lasted three days.

The change followed last year’s ticketing crisis, when organizers allowed the number of participants to exceed the building’s maximum capacity of 17,000 and hundreds of people with reserved tickets were left waiting outside or denied re-entry after leaving the building for lunch, The Herald reported at the time.

This year, vendors, artists and celebrity guests had stalls in the ballroom on the lower level of the Convention Center and in the Dunkin’ Donuts Center stadium, while Q&A sessions and panels took place on the Convention Center’s upper level.

Cosplay is popular among attendees. Participants dressed up as characters from different media and acted out their characters’ personas, » See COMIC CON, page 3

BUSUN welcomes 950 student delegates

Three-day conference splits high school students into committees to debate international issues

By CLARISSA CLEMM STAFF WRITER

Almost 1,000 suit-clad high schoolers came to campus this weekend, participating in the 19th annual Brown University Simulation of the United Nations. The conference, which began Friday and ended Sunday, was the largest BUSUN conference yet with about 950 students from across the United States and the world in attendance. Students hailed from countries including South Korea, Honduras, the United Kingdom and India.

The conference kicked off with its opening ceremony Friday, during which J. Brian Atwood, senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, gave a keynote address entitled “The United Nations: As Effective as its Member States Wish It To Be.” In his address Atwood challenged students to reshape the way the United Nations

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High school students from all over the world participate in the 19th annual Brown University Simulation of the United Nations. works. technology and development. While “We have a United Nations that some committees debated modernlacks information and lacks initia- day medical advances, other comtive,” Atwood said. “Now you decide. mittees simulated historical developUse this conference to shape your ments such as the Council of Nicaea, world view.” the troubles of Hispaniola and the 30 This year’s conference theme was Years’ War. “Transformative Technology,” which “These are such enriching exploBUSUN coordinators incorporated rations of these events that are not into many committees. Committees replicated at other conferences,” said taking place in present day includ- Topher Mykolyk, a high school aded the board of directors at Uber, viser from Stuyvesant High School as well as commissions on science, » See BUSUN, page 2

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» BUSUN, from page 1 in Manhattan. “My entire delegation is having a great time. They are abuzz every time we reconvene.”

Delegate Jack Dahill of New Canaan High School said his committee on the 30 Years’ War “weaponized the plague” by throwing dead bodies at the walls of their enemies. “I like the theme of tech. I personally like looking at history though different lenses, and being able to look through the lens of tech is really cool,” Dahill said.

The conference was led by the 12-member secretariat that has been working since the end of last year’s conference in November to make this year’s conference a reality. “It’s basically the size of (A Day on College Hill )with a 12-person committee and no support from the administration,” said Steven Brownstone ’16, co-secretary general. “A lot of Google documents and late meetings went into this.”

The BUSUN secretariat recruited about 50 Brown students during the spring semester to chair committees.

Each chair wrote 10- to 12-page background guides over the summer in preparation for their committees.

High school attendees also spoke of the level of preparation that went into the event and the fast pace of

the event. “We get back to our hotel rooms at midnight and then are up debating for nine hours,” said Alice Westerman of the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies. “The high energy and thoughtfulness is difficult to maintain, but it’s definitely worth it.”

The 950 high school students were spread out over 41 committees, each with their own chair or co-chairs.

Unlike other Model United Nations conferences that can have committees of hundreds of delegates, the largest committee at BUSUN was 45 students.

“It’s something we’re very proud of.

BUSUN is known for having a personal touch,” said Zoe Greenburg ’16, director of general committees. “The chairs read every position individually, and the chairs make one-on-one connections with the delegates.”

“In smaller committees, you have the luxury of circumventing and bending the rules when necessary,” said Barry Thrasher ’18, who chaired the 30 Years’ War committee. “We can also encourage some people to talk.

Everyone who was in that room was selected by the chair, and their fictional personalities and backgrounds were crafted by the chair so that each of them would have a voice in the room.”

Along with its personal touch,

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“We focus on the individual delegate experience and pride ourselves on more of an educational experience.

There are a lot of first-time delegates, and there are committees for all skill levels to get kids excited about Model UN in general,” Greenburg said.

BUSUN not only allowed people to participate in Model United Nations but also gave high school students a taste of life on College Hill. “This is a lot of people’s first experience with Brown, and in a different way we’re reaching out to prospective Brown students,” Brownstone said. “It’s interesting how many chairs and directors participated in BUSUN while they were in high school. That lineage is really cool.”

“This conference stands apart because of how interesting the topics are, the high amount of research you should do and the advanced level of the delegates,” said first-time BUSUN delegate Samer Yacaman of the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in Honduras. “Being at Brown makes it extra special.”

» PRESIDENT, from page 1 present on campus for current students and faculty members.

In order to spend more time on campus, Paxson only travels internationally during summer, winter and spring breaks. When classes are in session, she is typically on campus Mondays, Tuesdays and one other day of the week, Paxson said.

Because time spent traveling is time spent away from campus, the president’s trips are scheduled to maximize her visits to each location.

“When the president travels, her schedule is full,” Cliatt said, adding that trips often entail multiple events and meetings that vary in nature.

When planning each trip, Paxson said she asks herself, “If it isn’t packed, what else could I do?”

A group of staff members who “receive invitations (and) notices of interest” for the president meets regularly to create her schedule, both for when she is on and off campus, Cliatt said.

This “calendar group” comprises

» W. SOCCER, from page 1 in, and that’s exactly what happened.”

Just 27 seconds after Katz and Gould scored, Sofia Griff got one back for Yale, drawing a foul in the box and firing her penalty shot past goalie Christine Etzel ’19. But Brown’s defense took charge afterward: The Bears held Yale to only three shots on net the rest of the game, and Etzel turned them all away.

The win allowed the Bears to finish the season with a .500 record — both in Ivy League competition and overall.

“It’s always a goal to get at least a .500 season,” said Captain Sarah Moody ’16. “With three games left, that was our opportunity, and we’re really proud that we could pull off a .500 season.”

“Especially when those last three games are Ivy games,” Katz added.

The Bears went from not scoring in their first four Ivy games to winning their last three and finishing third in the league. Moody said the team was motivated down the stretch by a multitude of factors.

“We were playing for the .500 season, but we were also playing for the senior class” and Head Coach Phil Pincince, she said. Saturday marked the last career game for Pincince, who

Cliatt along with members of the Office of Advancement, Assistant to the President Kimberly Roskiewicz, the president’s special project manager and her remarks writer.

The group works to balance the president’s presence on and off campus “so she has the time to meet with students … but also can give her time to our alumni,” Cliatt said.

This fall, the president’s schedule was “not typical” because she had increased on-campus obligations in relation to preparing for the launch of BrownTogether, the University’s comprehensive campaign, Cliatt said.

But she still managed to get to cities on the West Coast, New York City and Boston, Paxson said.

Now with the campaign underway, travel is necessary for achieving the fundraising goals set forth.

“Right now, we’re planning a series of events in cities in the country and internationally to roll out the fundraising campaign,” Paxson said, adding that a spring break trip to China is currently in the planning stage. will retire after a 39-year tenure — the longest of any women’s soccer coach in Division I. “We went into it with a lot of emotion, and when our team has a lot riding on certain games, we’re all invested in it, and we play our best,” Moody said.

Throughout the season, multiple players, including both Moody and Katz, have said that the team was better than the numbers showed. Now, somewhat vindicated by the threegame winning streak, Moody voiced satisfaction with the end result.

“It was the best senior season we could ask for,” she said. “The group of girls we had this year was very special, and I think that showed in our whole season. I’m really happy with how it ended — my entire career. It couldn’t have been better.”

With the season over, the team can now look ahead to next year. The departure of Pincince as well as six seniors will significantly change the makeup of the team, though several key players will remain.

“This program’s had one coach for 39 years, so I’m excited to see what happens,” Katz said. “But I think the core group of girls is really strong coming back. We’ve got people all over the field coming back who are strong and are going to get stronger.”

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The women’s soccer team poses with Head Coach Phil Pincince. The Bears bid farewell to the class of 2016 and Pincince with their victory over Yale.

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“It’s the best con in New England,” said Jason Phillips, who attended the convention as the Joker from the “Batman” franchise. “It’s pretty much the highlight of my year.”

“There’s a big culture of people interested in this sort of thing. Last year, I was shocked by how many people came from far away,” he said.

Many attendees stressed that the community attached to convention culture is a major draw.

“I participate in Rhode Island Comic Con primarily because it involves me in great community,” said Terrance Hanlon, a Boston native who attended the convention as Kylo Ren from the new “Star Wars” film, the Arkham Knight incarnation of Batman and Lelouch from “Code

Geass.” He added that the convention is “very open and welcoming” and that because he works in law enforcement, he does not “usually share that nerdy enthusiasm outside of here.”

“For me, the most exciting part is engaging with the community and coming to the panels,” he said. “You’re not only sitting and chatting with like-minded individuals who share your love for comics or cosplay or whatever, but you can also engage with new hobbies and interests all under the same kind of nerdy genre at the convention.”

Allyson Cook, a Rhode Island native who dressed up with her fiance as Belle and the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast” and Harley Quinn and the Joker from the “Batman” franchise, also finds the community attractive.

“I’ve been going since the first year,” she said. “I love being able to go somewhere where you can dress up

in costume and not have people looking at you a little strange.” Cook described conventions as places where it is normal to “get into conversations with complete strangers.”

“The convention is a concentration of all the different ways you can express yourself,” said Gus Roth ’17, who attended the convention as a Jedi knight. “The crux of cons is being with people who also appreciate this type of atmosphere as much as you do. You can see all the different cosplays, swap stories and meet famous people.”

“Popular culture is now nerd culture in a sense,” Roth added. “A lot of nerds are disappointed in how prevalent comic books are becoming in popular culture and think it’s becoming diluted, but I don’t see it that way. There used to be all these negative connotations, but they’re going away.”

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Terrance Hanlon poses for a picture at the Rhode Island Comic Con, which featured panels, contests and costumes that celebrated pop culture.

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Bulldogs’ 24-0 quarter overwhelms Bears in blowout Turnovers, injuries plague Bruno, sustain Yale as Bears drop third conference game

By CALEB MILLER STAFF WRITER

With all the ups and downs over the course of a 60-minute football game, contests are rarely decided in a single quarter. But after a tight first half and a scoreless fourth quarter of the game Saturday at Yale, it was clear that a 24-0 third-quarter collapse spelled doom for the Bears (4-4, 2-3 Ivy).

With 10 seconds left in the second quarter, the game was tied at 14-14.

When the third quarter ended, fans headed to the exits. The Bulldogs (53, 2-3) used a methodical offense and consecutive takeaways to turn their narrow halftime lead into a blowout 41-14 win.

Field goals to end the first half and begin the second got the ball rolling for the Elis. Then came three touchdowns in five minutes. Yale marched 52 yards on 11 plays to push the lead to 27-14.

After the Bears’ next drive stalled, their punt attempt went awry when punter Grant Senne ’16 fumbled the snap and had to fall on it deep in Bruno territory. Yale running back Dale Harris darted three yards to push the lead to 20.

Any hopes the Bears had of a comeback were thoroughly dashed on the first play of their next possession. Quarterback Marcus Fuller ’15.5 tried a pass to the flat, but it was intercepted by Spencer Rymiszewski, who scampered 24 yards for a backbreaking pick-six that brought the score to the final 41-14.

It was the same old story for the Bears and Head Coach Phil Estes P’18, who has cited the turnover ratio

as a difference-maker in each of Bruno’s four losses. Including turnover on downs, the Bears have given the ball away 24 times in their four losses.

Opponents have scored a combined 77 points off those takeaways.

Those turnovers have often fueled runs from the opposing team, and Saturday marked the third time in five conference games that Bruno has surrendered a run of 27-0 or worse.

The Bruno defense continued to struggle with depth issues, as three impact defensive linemen missed the game with injuries. While the Bears held the Elis in check in the first half, they received a lot of help from Yale penalties. Nine second-quarter penalties on the Bulldogs negated big plays and cut promising drives short. Yale eliminated its infractions in the second half, and the Bruno defense had a harder time slowing the home squad.

It was a death by a million cuts for the Bears’ defense, and two Bulldogs inflicted most of the wounds. Wide receiver Christopher Williams-Lopez owned the middle of the field, catching one short pass after another on his way to 154 receiving yards. The tailback Harris ate up 5.9 yards per carry.

Signs that the day might be Yale’s were present in the first half, but Bruno hung around. Yale struck first, capitalizing on the first of four Bruno turnovers. Electrifying All-Ivy kick returner Alex Jette ’17 coughed up the opening kickoff, and the home team had a short field to take an early 7-0 lead.

But Bruno had an answer: A great start to the day by Fuller allowed the Bears to march down the field. The senior quarterback completed passes to his three favorite targets — Jette, Troy Doles ’16 and Brian Strachan ’15.5 — to march the field before going back to Doles for a 22-yard touchdown strike.

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Troy Doles ’16 skillfully evades a Bulldog defender. Doles led the Bears Saturday as the wide receiver recorded two touchdowns and made eight catches for a team-high 102 yards in the loss against the Bulldogs.

Yale grabbed the lead back with a touchdown on its next drive, but the Bears would not go away. Early in the second quarter, Fuller floated a ball over the defense to Doles. The receiver made the great grab despite a defender’s hand on his facemask.

The 40-yard completion plus the 15-yard penalty set up a first-andgoal at the 3-yard line. Doles picked up his second touchdown on a rare rushing attempt, taking the jet sweep and burrowing in for six.

Amidst the tumultuous Brown season, Doles has remained a consistent force. His 102 yards Saturday accounted for a big chunk of the output from a streaky Bruno offense.

At 108.4 receiving yards per game,

Doles is second only to Jette in the Ivy League rankings, and the senior is tied for the top spot with six touchdowns.

“It goes back to how I prepared this season,” Doles said of his consistent production. “I came in with the mentality that every game I would help the team.”

Doles and the offense marched inside the Yale red zone a third time in the first half, with their eyes on a 21-14 lead. But Estes gambled on a fourth-and-one from the 3-yard line, running Seth Rosenbauer ’16 up the middle and coming up just short. The missed opportunity seemed to take the wind out the offense’s sails, as the unit combined for negative 31 yards

over its next four drives.

Doles blamed the team’s thirdquarter skid on the lack of offense.

“We hung our defense out to dry,” he said. “We had too many three-andouts and left the defense on the field too much.”

After Yale opened its 41-14 lead, Estes turned to his second-string quarterback Kyle Moreno ’17 for the fourth quarter. Not one of his seven pass attempts fell incomplete, but unfortunately for the backup, Yale defenders caught two of them. The fourth-quarter turnovers ensured there would be no late-game drama.

The road gets only bumpier for Bruno, which will welcome secondplace Dartmouth Saturday.

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Tim Whalen ’16 runs up the field and looks for a pass from a teammate. Whalen struck early in the contest against the Bulldogs, scoring the Bears’ only goal of the game just under six minutes into the first half. But his would be the only goal Bruno managed, as Yale scored in the 90th minute and kept the game scoreless in overtime to force a draw.

Late mistake erases early lead in draw with Bulldogs Norhagen ’19 records career-high seven saves against Bulldogs, notching first draw of rookie campaign

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Roughly 110 minutes of game time was not enough for the men’s soccer team to find a victory, as it drew 1-1 with Yale Saturday night. The tie dropped the Bears (9-5-2, 3-1-2 Ivy) into third place in the league, while Yale earned only its second point of the year at the bottom of the table.

“We felt we controlled the majority of the game, and a mistake in the last minute let Yale sneak in for a tie,” said co-captain Tim Whalen ’16. “For Yale, it was probably like a win. For us, it felt like a loss.”

But in the end, the result did not matter — Dartmouth won its game and secured its second straight Ivy League title.

Though the Bears can no longer secure automatic qualification for the NCAA tournament, they are still in pursuit of one of the 24 available at-large bids. Going into the weekend, Bruno was ranked 43rd in the country based on its Rating Percentage Index, and it remains to be seen how this result will affect its standing.

The Bears started the game out strong, striking first in the sixth minute.

Jack Hagstrom ’19 sent a ball into the box, which led to a scramble in front of

the net. Whalen emerged from the chaos and deflected the cross past the Bulldogs’ keeper for his second goal of the year.

The rest of the half was a flurry of chances by both sides, with neither team producing many legitimately dangerous attempts. The Bulldogs’ best opportunity of the half was a free kick from just outside the box that Teo Norhagen ’19 dealt with easily. The Bears generated nine shots in the first half compared to Yale’s three, but they only managed two on target during that span. The score remained at 1-0 going into halftime.

In the second half, the Bears continued to be frustrated by the Bulldogs’ typically porous defense and found it difficult to put the game away. Shots were there for the taking — the team had eight in the second half — but few were on target.

The defining moment of the game came with 41 seconds left. Avery Schwartz received the ball down the right-hand side and crossed it into the box in a desperate search for the equalizer. Defender Philip Piper rose up and headed the ball on frame. The ball went right through Norhagen’s hands and knotted the score at one, sending the game into overtime.

The Bulldogs made the most of their second chance at victory and arguably had the better opportunities during the overtime periods. Most notably, Schwartz had a chance in the second overtime period to put the game to bed, but Norhagen made a very important kick save to preserve the tie. After the 20 extra minutes, the game ended in a 1-1 stalemate.

Norhagen made a career-high seven

saves in the game and remains undefeated on the season. Though the firstyear netminder was not able to get his hands behind the save that would have won the game, he made the save that prevented the team from losing.

The Bears held the overall shot advantage at 19-14, but they did not take full advantage of Yale’s weak defense, which had given up an astonishing 32 goals all season.

The Bears hope to deal Dartmouth its first conference loss of the year in its regular season finale and Senior Day game next weekend at StevensonPincince Field.

“Going into (the Dartmouth game), our mindset remains focused,” Whalen said. “Dartmouth has beaten us the last three years. I’d love nothing more than to beat them this weekend.”

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Men’s water polo Wins over MIT and No. 12 Harvard lifted top-seeded No. 12 Bruno to the CWPA Northern Division title in this weekend’s tournament at the Katherine Coleman Aquatics Center.

The Bears (23-6, 12-0 CWPA) rolled past the fifth-seeded Engineers (12-13, 5-7) in the first round 15-7, buoyed by 14 saves from Luke Weiser ’17. Will Klein ’16 led the way with a hat trick and was one of nine Bears to score in the match.

It took two overtime periods for Bruno to win its next game, but Tyler Kirchberg ’18 delivered the decisive score in the sudden-death period as Bruno topped the Crimson (19-9, 9-3) for the division title.

For Kirchberg, the goal capped a hat trick — a feat Yahel MurvitzLahav ’17 also accomplished in the match. After the teams were deadlocked at 10 in regulation, each side scored three goals in the first overtime period before sudden-death play began. Two minutes and 15 seconds later, Kirchberg sealed the deal for the Bears.

The victory earned Bruno the top seed at the CWPA Championship tournament, which will begin Nov. 20.

Swimming and diving The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were downed handily at Yale over the weekend, opening their season on a low note.

Both Yale teams finished third in the Ivy League Championship meet last season, while the Brown women’s and men’s teams finished sixth and seventh, respectively.

Just one men’s swimmer came in first place out of the 14 races, as Riley Springman ’18 won the 200-meter butterfly, while the women’s team won three races. Bryce Campanelli ’18 contributed the only win for the Bears in the four total diving events. The teams look to rebound next Saturday, when they will host UMass.

Equestrian The equestrian team finished second at the URI IHSA Show in Glades Ferry, Connecticut. The finish dropped Bruno into second place in IHSA Zone 1 Region 1 after five shows.

The Bears have come in first or second in each of their shows this season. But they sit five points behind the Rams in the standings after coming second to them by 14 points this weekend.

Co-captain Alisa Berg ’16, co-captain Kabisa Baughen ’17, Alexa VanHattum ’16 and Samantha Spear ’17 all earned blue ribbons in their respective events.

Bruno will have a shot at reclaiming the top spot Saturday in an IHSA show hosted by UMass Dartmouth and RIC at Roseland Acres in Tiverton.

Volleyball A pair of road sweeps this weekend sank the volleyball team, which has now lost its last four matches and 12 of its last 14 sets.

The Bears (10-14, 4-8 Ivy) were handled easily in trips to Penn and Princeton, scoring over 20 points in only two of the six games.

Bruno has sorely missed Payton Smith ’17, who has not played in any of the team’s past four defeats. In her absence, Sabrina Stillwell ’19 led the team with 14 kills over the weekend. The losses clinched a losing record for the team in both Ivy and overall play.

The Bears will close out their season by hosting Darmouth and Harvard next week.

Women’s tennis The women’s tennis team hosted the Brown Classic this weekend, as Utah, Arkansas and Boston College visited Providence.

On the competition’s first day, the Bears dropped eight of their 12 matchups against the Razorbacks. But they rebounded to win six of 11 matchups against the Utes Saturday, including each of the top four singles flights.

Youth was served for Bruno, as Alyza Benotto ’18 and Katie Ta ’19 were the only Bears to win both of their matchups. Benotto was the flight two singles player in both matches, while Ta was flight four against Arkansas and flight three against Utah.

The tournament marked the end of Bruno’s fall season. The spring will begin with a scrimmage Jan. 18 at Harvard before opening officially against Penn State in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Hannah Rogers ’16 looks for the ball from one of her teammates. Rogers’ goal late in the second half of the contest against Yale left the senior with eight total goals and a team-high 19 points in her final season.

Stagnant offense dooms Bears in final game Miller ’16, Rogers ’16 each contribute goal in final game of their collegiate careers against Bulldogs

By MATT BROWNSWORD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

After the women’s field hockey team took down Dartmouth in its second Ivy League game of the year, the quest for winning two conference games for the first time in three years began.

Unfortunately for the Bears, that search will have to wait for the 2016 campaign. In the final game of 2015, Bruno fell to Yale 6-2 — one of its toughest Ivy defeats of the season.

The Bulldogs came out strong in the first half, scoring two quick goals before the 15-minute mark. Carol Middough scored an unassisted goal after 11 minutes, and Noelle Villa picked up her second goal of the season off a corner just over three minutes later to put Bruno down early.

The Bears’ tendency to give up goals in quick succession reared its ugly head again, but Brown was able

to weather the storm for about 15 minutes.

One minute and 17 seconds after the 30-minute mark, Yale struck for the third time in the game courtesy of a Lily Smith goal from open play. The Bulldogs scored their fourth goal a minute and 12 seconds later thanks to Middough for the second time, putting the Bears in an insurmountable hole heading into halftime.

But Brown was the better side in the second half, as co-captain Alexis Miller ’16 notched her career-best eighth goal of the season unassisted off a corner. After registering 12 points in each of her first three seasons with Bruno, the senior finished off her final campaign with 17 points.

“Several of our games this season were decided by one goal or in overtime,” said co-captain Anna Masini ’16. The finishing abilities of Miller and Hannah Rogers ’16 “helped turn some close games that could have gone either way into victories,” Masini said.

Down three goals, Brown needed quick offense throughout the second half. The team came close several times but was unable to get back into

the game. Right before the 60 minute mark, Brooke Reese scored Yale’s fifth goal of the game. Katerina Toffolini made it six shortly thereafter.

“Our defense is very strong, and mistakes obviously happen,” Masini said. “Once you get down 3-0, you start taking more offensive risks, and that’s when the additional goals get scored.”

Rogers scored her eighth goal of the season in the final moments, giving her a team-high 19 points. Brown ended the year slightly under .500 and recorded another one-win campaign in conference play, but the number of close games marked a sign of improvement from last year.

“This program means everything to the senior class,” Masini said. “When we came in, our team was very different, and we’ve spent the last four years trying to shift the culture, and I think we’re graduating very proud of what we did accomplish.” “The record obviously isn’t what we wanted, but we are leaving our mark in other ways,” she added. “And honestly, we’re all sad we don’t have another year because this team is going to surprise a lot of people next year.”

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Tim Lappin ’18 swoops in for the puck against No. 6 Harvard in a hard-fought game that ended with a 5-2 decision in favor of the Crimson. The harrowing loss was the second of the weekend and third consecutive this season, following a 7-3 defeat Saturday against Dartmouth, in which the Big Green scored six unanswered goals against Bruno.

Defensive struggles plague Brown in disappointing weekend Men’s hockey suffers back-to-back defeats against Big Green and nationally ranked Crimson over weekend

By MATT BROWNSWORD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

After the men’s ice hockey team lost to Holy Cross 7-5 in its home opener, the signs of an electric offense and a mistake-prone defense were obvious to all who watched.

Following a 7-3 loss to Dartmouth and a hard-fought 5-2 battle with No. 6 Harvard, those themes were more visible than ever.

The Bears (0-3, 0-2 ECAC) got off to a roaring start in Hanover, scoring the game’s first two goals within five minutes of each other in the first period. Captain

Mark Naclerio ’16 got his second goal of the year with helpers from Josh McArdle ’18 and Nick Lappin ’16 before Davey Middleton ’17 scored his first goal of the year to put Bruno up 2-0 on the Big Green (1-3, 1-3).

Alex Jasiek scored Dartmouth’s lone goal of the first period, cutting the Bears’ lead in half.

Alex Brink ’19 scored the first goal of his young career to kick off the second period, restoring Brown’s two-goal cushion after only two minutes and 21 seconds. But the Big Green controlled all of the action after that, as Dartmouth rattled off three-consecutive goals to

put Bruno in a 4-3 hole heading into the third period.

Though Brown registered 10 shots to Dartmouth’s 12 in the final frame, the Big Green was able to score three more goals to make the score look lopsided. After Tim Ernst ’17 allowed seven goals against Holy Cross, Tyler Steel ’17 got the start in net and promptly gave up seven goals of his own on only 29 shots. Troy Crema led the way for the Dartmouth attack, registering four assists, while Jack Barre chipped in with two goals.

“We need to limit our unforced errors,” Naclerio said. “We kind of hurt ourselves with some of the goals we gave up this past weekend, so we’re focused on just limiting turnovers.”

Brown’s matchup against nationally ranked Harvard (3-0-1, 3-0-1) was the tougher of the two weekend games on paper, but the Bears were still able to grab the early advantage courtesy of Lappin.

“We have a lot of talented forwards,” Naclerio said. “We have been doing a good job of getting pucks to the net and forcing turnovers off our forechecking, which has led to scoring chances.”

Unfortunately for the Bears, their ineffective power play gave up a goal to the Crimson’s Jimmy Vesey. Ryan Donato followed Vesey’s lead with a goal of his own to give Harvard a one-goal lead.

Vesey got his second goal of the game in the second period, but that was the only Crimson score, making it Bruno’s

best defensive period of the season.

Entering the final frame trailing by two goals, Brown showed signs of life when Zack Pryzbek ’17 scored less than three minutes into the period. But Harvard’s offense proved too much for an inexperienced Brown defense, as Kyle Criscuolo restored the Crimson’s twogoal lead before Ryan Donato finished the game off with an empty-netter. Ernst got the start and let in four goals on 27 shots as the Bears fell 5-2.

“We need to focus on playing a full, 60-minute game,” Naclerio said. “We were good in spurts but need to string together a full effort to be successful.”

Brown takes on ECAC foes Union and Rensselaer next weekend away from home.

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» W. HOCKEY, from page 12 Kenneally called a timeout with less than a minute in the second, making the decision to pull Landry for an extra attacker in an attempt to cut the lead in half. The move seemed to pay off, with Erin Conway ’17 burying a rebound as the buzzer sounded to end the period.

The referees then spent nearly 10 minutes reviewing the play to determine whether the puck had crossed the line before time had expired. They eventually ruled in Brown’s favor, and it appeared as though the Bears would start the third down by only one.

But after a full 15-minute intermission, and before the referee dropped the puck, another stoppage occurred as the officials reviewed the play for a second time. The goal was waved off after another 10 minutes, much to the confusion of many in attendance. Over 20 minutes after the play had occurred, the goal was taken off of the scoreboard.

Kenneally expressed the Bears’ excitement after what they thought was their first goal in four games and his frustration with the sudden change by the officials.

“They called it a good goal; they tried to review it; they called it a good goal again,” Kenneally said. “I don’t think you can go back a third time.”

Just 1:18 into the last period, Harvard’s Audrey Warner put a rebound past Landry. Three minutes later, the

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Sam Donovan ’18 maneuvers on the ice to gain control of the puck. Donovan, who led the team with 12 goals last season, scored the Bears’ only goal over the weekend in Saturday’s contest against Harvard. The forward’s shot came off sharp passes from Alli Rolandelli ’16 and Bridget Carey ’19.

Crimson added a power play goal from Briana Mastel. The disallowed goal turned into a three-goal swing in Harvard’s favor in just four minutes of play.

After the game, Kenneally filed an official protest with the ECAC over the situation. ECAC commissioner Steve Hagwell said he had been informed of the incident and was seeking further

information about the officials’ decision.

But he noted that as a rule, the NCAA does not recognize game protests.

“It’s basically a moot point,” Hagwell said.

Bruno would not be kept scoreless, as Donovan scored in the final minutes of play to give the team its first official goal since Oct. 24 at Maine. The goal marked

the first of the season for Donovan, who was the Bears’ leading scorer last season.

Harvard scored with 15 seconds left, putting an exclamation point on the 5-1 rout. Landry made a career-high 41 saves for Brown.

Through four conference games, the Bears have played four of the early favorites to win the league. Kenneally

expressed hope that the tough games will build the team’s character going forward.

“They remain positive and working hard right until the last whistle,” he said.

“The teams that played us would say that we battled them.”

The Bears will continue the quest for their first win Saturday against Sacred Heart at Meehan Auditorium.

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Diversifying the conversation on sex positivity LAUREN GALVAN op-ed contributor

In October, The Herald published an article entitled “‘Walk of No Shame’ celebrates sex positivity,” which described some Rhode Island School of Design students’ march to end slut shaming and promote sex positivity on College Hill.

After reading the article and reflecting upon my own personal experiences and those I’ve observed on campus, I realized just how much we, as a community of advocates, need to collaborate to diversify the conversation on sex positivity and to improve the language we use to describe sex at Brown.

Messages like “Consensual sex is fun,” “Consensual sex is sexy” and “My pussy, my rules” may be catchy mantras for some, but they come at a price. Take “My pussy, my rules,” for example. I’m not sure what this meant to the person holding this sign up during the walk, but to me this message means something else: “I have boundaries I expect others to respect if I were to be intimate with them.”

If the sign said this instead, I would wholeheartedly agree with it because it’s true. People do have boundaries that need to be respected.

However, “My pussy, my rules” does not relay that message. It implies that “I can do whatever I want with it,” which is a false and dangerous implication. Sex is not a one-sided act — it takes two to tango, and advocating sex under only one person’s rule ironically sounds quite similar to advocating non-consensual sex. Imagine the uproar that would ensue if a male held up a sign that said “My penis, my rules.”

In any intimate experience, both parties’ rules must be respected. This

against this umbrella ideology. She writes: “Young feminists have adopted an exuberant, raunchy, confident, righteously unapologetic, slut-walking ideology that sees sex — as long as it’s consensual — as an expression of feminist liberation. The result is a neatly halved sexual universe, in which there is either assault or there is sex positivity. Which means a vast expanse of bad sex … has gone largely uninterrogated.”

The statements we use to describe sex positivity have led, some stu-

cent felt embarrassed, 24.7 percent reported emotional difficulties, 20.8 percent experienced loss of respect and 10 percent reported difficulties with a steady partner” after casual sex.

As feminists, it’s time we recognize that students who have had negative experiences with consensual sex are not exceptions to the rule or inexperienced. There’s no need to throw a Cosmopolitan at them and say “Well, here,” for they are not inadequate, either. We must honor

Is consent really all there is to it? is not news, but it gets severely lost in translation when one party is cut out of the picture entirely.

The messages “Consensual sex is fun” and “Consensual sex is sexy” are also problematic because they reduce sex to a one-size-fits-all recreational act and fail to recognize the vastly varied experiences students have with sex. Is consent really all there is to it? What about love? What about trust? What about commitment?

Once blanket statements dominate campus culture, the meaning behind them can get warped over time, and other conversations addressing important and relevant questions get swept under the rug.

New York Magazine writer Rebecca Traister has recently warned

dents to think that all consensual sex is fun, in order to have fun you have to have sex or sex is good as long as you have consent.

For three-and-a-half years, I have witnessed the consequences of adopting the “consensual sex is fun” mentality as truth. “Why hasn’t he texted me back?” and “I regret having sex” are a couple of responses I’ve heard that reflect the betrayal and confusion some students feel when their sexual experiences fall short or deviate from the promoted norm. This surely doesn’t sound like “fun.”

According to a web-based study listed on the American Psychological Association’s website, out of 1,468 undergraduate students, “27.1 per-

their experiences, provide platforms for their voices to be heard, learn from each other and ensure that no student feels alone — because they are anything but.

Together, we must acknowledge that the phrases we have been using have been shaping campus perceptions of sex, yet they do not wholly represent the experiences of our student body.

We need to take a step back and ask questions: What even is sex?

What is the difference between love and lust? Between sex and use? What are the psychological effects of sex?

All of these questions could do our campus some good and could help prevent negative sexual experiences.

We have the potential to revolu-

tionize the concept of sex positivity.

But in order to diversify this conversation, it is imperative that we work together. And if and when we disagree, we must do so “in an environment of mutual respect,” a simple yet underrated practice that Ralph Rodriguez, associate professor of American studies and English, promoted in a recent Herald column entitled “On teaching radical love and community.”

Learning about different reasons why people choose to engage in or abstain from sex and the various emotions that may arise after having sex can empower students and equip them with a more holistic understanding of it. Being exposed to these conversations may help students make better-informed decisions in their personal lives, and it may also help those who have had negative experiences with consensual sex find meaning in and healing from their past.

Together, we can move beyond consent and deepen our understanding of sex positivity by actively diversifying campus dialogue. Bringing this movement to campus will help to ensure the future health and wellbeing of our Brown community.

Lauren Galvan ’16 is the cofounder of Unhooked at Brown and can be reached at lauren_galvan@brown.edu.

Baring it all for Bruno CHAD SIMON opinions editor

Few people can lay claim to ever having removed articles of clothing for monetary gain. Fewer of these people can say they did so while studying at an Ivy League university. And the fewest of this motley bunch can say it was their Ivy League university that paid them to bare it all in front of their peers. As bad luck would have it, the fewest of the few happens to be me, Chad Simon ’16, Ivy League student and, up until two years ago, professional nude model for the University’s visual arts department.

Deciding to become a nude model certainly plumbed some early concerns, chief among them being why someone with a frame rivaling a bulimic praying mantis would ever be welcomed into a circle of skilled figure painters or, equally paramount, how I would ever find time to shave every square inch of my Hungarian hide. (It took three hours and was, apparently, wholly unnecessary.)

In other words, my initial reservations were irrational and as blithely discarded as my chiffon robe was seconds into the first shift. But nothing at the forefront of my wildest imagination ever suggested the possibility of one day regretting it all. And yet, in just a matter of hours following my first day on the stool, the illusion of my trade quickly revealed itself in the form of shock, shame and a corroded sense of self-respect.

I was endlessly terrified of running into peers on campus for whom I had recently undressed. I was worried my reputation had suffered irreversible damage. And I was fraught with guilt that I had betrayed my own ethos by selling it down the

river for a taste of the good life, which I defined as a $15-an-hour salary.

I suppose there’s a reason why the visual arts department needs to pay models about twice what the typical Brown student employee earns — it’s compensating for any mental distress incurred during, and forever after, a shift. Accordingly, I am led to believe the visual arts department preyed on my low-income status — perhaps the students most susceptible to forsaking their own values are those strapped hard enough for cash to reconsider them.

I was of the belief that $15 an hour was mythically generous. Finally, I thought, gainful em-

void my life had been of any clues that would suggest public nudity to be the next logical rung on the ladder of my life. I did not have a childhood marred by corruption. I never had exhibitionist tendencies. And I can say with absolute certainty that I have never harbored a hidden agenda to undermine the anti-naturist sentiment woven into our puritanical society.

What I did have, quite plainly, was debt. And I have woefully borne the realization that stifling debt often begets unorthodox behavior — and unorthodox behavior often invites exploitation.

Well, the visual arts department invited me all right. And I RSVPed. I was turned into a piece of

In just a matter of hours following my day on the stool, the illusion of my trade quickly revealed itself in the form of shock, shame and a corroded sense of self-respect. ployment! I assumed all of my problems would be solved. Never again would I have to eke out a living making sandwiches for minimum wage at the Blue Room — my prior vocation. I was en route to amassing a small fortune for what I considered to be harmless fun. But as the maxim goes, “If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.”

Lord, was it!

“The visual arts department victimizes the poor, commodifies their bodies and profits off their desperation — all in the name of learning!” is what I would say if I were trying to be inflammatory. That is not my aim. I merely want to shed light on an issue that can be problematic for lowincome students willing to be victimized, have their bodies commodified and their pleas for financial deliverance predatorily answered.

At present, what I find frightening is how de-

meat and objectified.

I thought nude modeling would be glamorous; I thought it would be easy money; I thought nudity and nakedness were separate entities; I thought sitting buck-naked and cross-legged on a wooden barstool surrounded by a ring of 20 figure painters was the mounted peak of body positivity; I thought I was going to send a message to all of my mirror-shy colleagues that no body is perfect.

I was actually foolish enough to think I would find romance.

I was patently wrong on every one of these fronts, with particular disappointment arising from my failure to find a soulmate. For this, I hold high two factors in deserved blame: the individual responsible for controlling the thermostat in the List Art Center and my physiological response to frigid temperatures.

Think about that one, and then for my sake, forget it entirely.

But never forget the perilous misfortune that will fall heavily upon your shoulders should you find your own moral compass guided by money’s caustic power and influence, which is perhaps the overarching theme of this op-ed. You may think to yourself, “$15 an hour! That’s more than I’ll ever see in my lifetime!” And if you’re a visual arts concentrator, this would not be a far-off assessment. In my case, $15 an hour was enough to behoove me to sign away my body carte blanche to a mercenary campus operation masquerading under the hazy guise of artistry.

I made a choice. It was a mistake.

Admittedly though, upon further inspection, I have to confess that modeling was a mistake largely on the basis that I was only paid $15 an hour. Being paid more than my peers for simply taking off my clothes does not make me a nude model, and it sure as sin does not make me artistic — it makes me a stripper. But being the progressive liberal that I am, I’ll be the first to say that I do not take issue with being considered one. I take issue with not being paid like one.

So before things get litigious, let me lightly suggest to whoever is tasked with student billing that they forward me a check in the sum of five figures as due payment for my fine, uncompensated-for performances. And to my former co-workers for whom I also heartily demand retroactive payment in the sum of five figures, your sincere thanks will not be warranted. Just understand that not all heroes wear capes.

Some don’t wear anything at all.

Chad Simon ’16 reminds you to make all checks out to “cash” and can be reached at chad_simon@brown.edu.

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Bruno blows lead, drops Ivy title game to Dartmouth Top-seeded Dartmouth uses second-half surge to overcome Bruno’s lead, take conference crown

By BEN SHUMATE STAFF WRITER

The women’s rugby team advanced to the Ivy League championship game this weekend for the second time in as many varsity seasons, defeating Harvard 27-17 in the semifinal. But the Bears could not best top-seeded Dartmouth for the title, falling 19-12. The Bears entered the tournament as the second seed after losing only one Ivy League game all season to the Big Green and failed to avenge that 8-5 loss this weekend.

Brown (6-3, 4-1 Ivy) started Saturday facing off against third-seeded Harvard (4-4, 3-2). The Bears defeated the Crimson 44-17 earlier this year.

The Bears took control of the match in the first half, jumping out to a 17-0 lead thanks to two tries from Saskia Morgan ’16 and another from Uzoamaka Okoro ’16.

The Crimson battled back, converting tries just before halftime and at the start of the second half to pull within five.

Brown looked to Okoro — one of the team’s top scorers all season — to make a play. She responded with her second try of the day after collecting

a pass from co-captain Oksana Goretaya ’17. Rebecca Dahle ’16 added the conversion to give Bruno a comfortable 12-point cushion. Harvard converted one more try, but another kick from Dahle solidified the 27-17 semifinal win.

Bruno then got its shot at revenge against Dartmouth (7-1, 5-0), which defeated Princeton 44-5 in the other semifinal match.

The Bears wasted no time jumping out to an early lead thanks again to Okoro, who converted a try 17 minutes into the match. Dahle’s kick brought the score to 7-0. Morgan, Bruno’s other senior standout, crossed the try line just four minutes later to add five more points.

The 12-0 score held for the rest of the half, and it appeared as if the Bears’ stout defense were in control.

But once the second half kicked off, the Big Green showed why it won the regular-season Ivy title. Converted tries in the 51st and 59th minutes knotted things up at 12 with 20 minutes left to decide a champion.

A defensive stalemate ensued, as both teams failed to make much headway offensively. Eighty minutes had passed, and only a few minutes of extra time were added before the match would have gone to overtime. But those few extra minutes were all that the Big Green needed.

Audrey Perez broke through the Brown defense to break the tie in the

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Offense remains cold in pair of weekend losses Team still in search of first win after falling to Dartmouth, No. 9 Harvard over weekend

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In two games against top ECAC competition, the women’s ice hockey team played four solid periods of hockey. But, one bad period against a good team can be costly, and that was proved to be the case for Brown in weekend losses to Dartmouth and Harvard.

The Bears (0-6, 0-4 ECAC) squared off against the Big Green (2-1-2, 2-1-2) Friday night, and the teams appeared to be well-matched after 20 minutes of scoreless hockey. Brown goaltender Monica Elvin ’17 continued her solid play with 13 first-period saves.

Dartmouth’s Kennedy Ottenbreit broke the deadlock with a goal three minutes into the second.

Seven minutes later, the Big Green got a chance on the power play after the referees called a penalty on Samantha Swanstrom ’18 for body checking. Dartmouth moved the puck well with the man advantage, and Bruno struggled to clear its zone. Just over one minute into the penalty, Dartmouth captain Laura Stacey unleashed a slap shot from just inside the blue line and found the back of the net.

Dartmouth continued its secondperiod onslaught with a highlight-reel goal from Alyssa Baker, who weaved through the Bruno defense and put a

backhand shot past Elvin as she fell to her knees.

The three second-period tallies would prove to be enough, as the Dartmouth defense kept the Bears off the scoreboard. Stacey added her second goal with seven minutes left, and the score held at 4-0 for the remainder of the game.

A bright spot for Bruno was the first line of Sam Donovan ’18, Maddie Woo ’17 and Bridget Carey ’19. The trio generated much of the Bears’ offense, including 11 of the team’s 22 shots on goal.

Head Coach Bob Kenneally ’90 complimented the three forwards, citing Donovan’s move to center and Woo’s to wing as beneficial.

“They’re really starting to come together,” Kenneally said. “Going forward, I think they’re going to be a line to reckon with.”

Elvin made 34 saves in her third start of the season, coming off of a 33-save performance the previous week against Quinnipiac.

Bruno would need a quick turnaround, as No. 9 Harvard (3-1-1, 3-11) rolled into Meehan Auditorium Saturday. Brown generated several good chances in the first period, putting seven shots on net. Julianne Landry ’18 got the start in net for Bruno and turned away 11 shots from Harvard to keep the game 0-0.

Despite two goals for the Crimson in the second period, Bruno appeared to have all of the momentum toward the end of the period, consistently keeping the puck in the Harvard zone. » See W. HOCKEY, page 8

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Lightning-quick Kiki Morgan ’16 rushes past her defenders. The senior has had an impressive career and made crucial contributions this season, including two tries in the semifinal contest against Harvard.

82nd minute. A successful kick gave Dartmouth a 19-12 lead, all 19 points coming unanswered in the second half.

Bruno made a frantic effort in the final seconds, but its championship bid came to a disappointing end.

Fortunately for the Bears, the loss won’t mean the end of the season just yet. The team will compete in the firstever National Collegiate Women’s Varsity Rugby Association championships, playing in the quarterfinals next

weekend. The location and opponent depend on Brown’s seeding with respect to the other seven teams. Brown’s Marvel Field will play host for the semifinals and final of the tournament Nov. 20 and 22, respectively.