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Advocates for homeless Bears allow late goal in draw with Crimson protest in Burnside Park Etzel ’19 records careerW. SOCCER

high 14 saves, Bears improve in Ivy standings despite draw

On fifth anniversary of Occupy Providence, demonstrators decry proposals for downtown

By NICHOLAS WEY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Despite maintaining a 1-0 lead over Harvard through the 89th minute, the women’s soccer team could not hold on for the win. Brown (7-2-4, 2-1-1 Ivy) tied the Crimson (7-3-3, 2-0-2) 1-1 Saturday, in a disappointing end to a hard-fought contest. Nevertheless, the Bears have now improved to third place in Ivy League standings, trailing only the Crimson and undefeated Columbia.

Bruno headed into the game — its fourth Ivy League matchup so far — with momentum from the past week.

Against Holy Cross Tuesday evening, Bruno had displayed its strongest offensive showing yet, scoring three goals in the win, tying its season high. The previous Saturday, Brown beat Princeton for the first time in over two years, clinching a challenging 2-1 road win.

In hopes of claiming the elusive conference crown, Brown brought a high-power offensive mindset from the beginning at Saturday’s game.

“We felt really good going into the game coming off two big wins,” said forward Mikela Waldman ’18. “Our offense has been clicking really well recently, and our defense has been amazing all year, so we were excited to get after Harvard, who has always been a rival of ours.”

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Amanda Lane ’19 evades a Harvard defender Saturday at StevensonPincince field. Lane recorded a team-high two shots on goal in the game.

These sentiments showed themselves in the Bears’ execution. Early on, Waldman stepped up big for Bruno, drawing first blood in the 26th minute. After tracking toward the goal as Celia Story ’19 dribbled up the left sideline, Waldman put herself in good position to receive a cross into the box. Story was able to find her mark, sending a lofted ball in front of the Harvard goal and connecting with Waldman, who finished the cross into the back of the net with poise for her first goal of the season.

“We took care of our opportunity,”

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Bruno falls in pair of one-goal home games Bears drop two home matches to Harvard, No. 3 Clemson, fall into tie for fourth place in Ivy League

By EMILE BAUTISTA STAFF WRITER

It was a weekend of nail biters for the men’s soccer team, as it lost both of its matchups at home — 1-0 against Harvard Friday and 3-2 against No. 3 Clemson Sunday. After the third weekend of Ivy League play, the Bears (6-6-1, 1-1-1 Ivy) dropped behind the pace, falling into a tie for fourth.

“We need to keep working so we’re not having to fight from behind,” Head Coach Patrick Laughlin said. “We don’t want to be chasing the game.”

The Crimson (7-3-2, 2-0-1), currently

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tied for the best offense among Ivy teams, entered the game riding a five-game unbeaten streak. The Crimson have scored at a blistering clip of 1.75 goals per game, thanks in large part to leading Ivy pointscorer Jake Freeman.

Brown began Friday’s contest with a faster tempo, while Harvard stuck to a slower, more calculating approach to its build-up play. In the latter half of the first stanza, Harvard slowly gained momentum. The Bears continued to weather the relentless pressure until relief came in the form of the halftime whistle. The score remained 0-0.

The Bears came out in the second half with a renewed sense of urgency.

They set the pace with high energy and an offensive press that disrupted the Crimson’s passing flow. Bruno created the first few chances of the half, including » See M. SOCCER, page 4

Waldman said. “I was happy with my performance scoring a goal, but I still think I could be more dangerous going forward in the coming games.”

But the Crimson would not go down without a fight. With Brown leading 1-0, Harvard poured on the offense.

The Crimson took 13 shots by the end of the period, but stalwart goalkeeper Christine Etzel ’19 stopped each one.

Playing with the lead seemed to compel the Bears to approach the second half more conservatively — a strategy » See W. SOCCER, page 4

October marks the fifth anniversary of the Occupy Providence movement, a protest that saw hundreds of the city’s residents gather in Burnside Park downtown in opposition to economic inequality and corporate greed. To mark the anniversary, a group of advocates for the homeless and other city residents returned to Burnside Saturday to protest proposals for the renovation of Kennedy Plaza and the relocation of the RIPTA bus terminal.

“It’s our fifth birthday, but we’re not happy with the way things are going downtown,” said one protestor, adding, “people are being treated really bad out here.” The same protestor, who identified herself only as Mama Dreads, argued that recent restrictions on smoking and panhandling downtown have soured the relationship between the city’s homeless population and some of its more privileged residents.

Joseph Paolino Jr. P’17, real estate developer and former Providence mayor, wields substantial influence on discussions surrounding the development of Kennedy Plaza as board chairman of the Downtown Improvement District. He has attracted the ire of some homeless

advocacy and social service organizations that claim his proposals for Kennedy Plaza are anti-homeless in nature. “We don’t like Joe Paolino very much,” the protestor explained.

“Ever since they started messing with the buses, there’s this feeling that there are people who are wanted downtown and people who are not wanted downtown,” said Pat Fontes, one of the demonstrators celebrating the Occupy Providence anniversary. Fontes added that restrictions on certain activities downtown are rarely enforced for people who are not homeless.

“If you’re white and college-educated and can afford expensive things, then you’re permitted to do things that others aren’t permitted to do,” Fontes said, adding that many who deal with the homeless have the mindset of “we’re willing to permit that you exist, but don’t bother us by putting yourself in our line of vision.”

To voice opposition to the direction of downtown development and the negative perception of homeless people in Providence, advocates carried signs that read “Joe Paolino — biggest panhandler in Providence” and “Give Kennedy Plaza back to the people.” At one point, protestors gathered under an “Occupy Providence” banner and took turns listing demands and concerns for the state of the homeless downtown.

“Let me ask you this question: When did it become a crime for us to ask for help or to unite in a public park?” one » See OCCUPY, page 4

Kessler ’81 discusses value of fact checking Washington Post columnist details practice’s history, impact in context of current campaign

By JONATHAN DOUGLAS STAFF WRITER

Washington Post columnist Glenn Kessler ’81 spoke with David Corn ’81, the Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones, at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Friday afternoon about the value and history of fact checking. Kessler, who writes the Post’s Fact Checker column, explained fact checking’s potential to change presidential candidates’ rhetoric while arguing that it does not always have that effect.

“If a politician thinks that they have a lie that will move voters, they will not change it in response to fact checking,” Kessler said. He gave various examples, including Mitt Romney’s running of a misleading ad in Ohio on welfare and Donald Trump’s insistence that he did

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Glenn Kessler ’81 called Donald Trump’s lies during his presidential campaign unprecedented. His success lies in his celebrity, Kessler said. not originally support the Iraq War. rating, the Post’s rating for utterly false The interview mostly focused on statements. Donald Trump’s 65 percent Trump, who has been repeatedly called pinocchio rating puts him in another out on fact checking websites and by league, higher than the last three Remost mainstream media outlets for publican candidates combined, Kessler his repeated twisting of the truth. The added. extent of Trump’s lies has been virtuTrump appeals to many of his voters ally unprecedented, Kessler said. Most because they agree with the lies that he politicians have a 15 percent pinocchio » See KESSLER, page 4

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POLL Clinton pulls 85 percent of undergraduate support, Paxson approval rating up in Herald poll

SPORTS Field hockey drops second Ivy contest at Princeton, delivering blow to conference title hopes

COMMENTARY Esemplare ’18: Brown’s curbing of certain difficulties for students not necessarily detrimental

COMMENTARY Papendorp ’17: Correlation between oral contraceptives, depression largely overlooked

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OC TOBER 5, 6 & 7 POLL RESULTS AND ME THODOLOGY 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University?

14.9% Strongly approve 39.7% Somewhat approve 35.2% No opinion 9.6% Somewhat disapprove 0.6% Strongly disapprove 2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Undergraduate Council of Students is handling its job representing and addressing the concerns of the undergraduate student body?

20.5% Strongly approve 34.6% Somewhat approve 38.4% No opinion 5.8% Somewhat disapprove 0.7% Strongly disapprove 3. If the U.S. Presidential election were held today, for whom would you vote?

10.4% I am not eligible to vote.

76.0% Hillary Clinton 2.5% Gary Johnson 1.9% Jill Stein 1.6% Donald Trump 2.0% Other 5.7% I will abstain 4. How strongly did college rankings factor into your decision to attend Brown?

32.7% They were a strong factor in my decision.

43.9% They were a minor factor in my decision.

18.6% I looked at college rankings, but they did not factor into my decision.

4.8% I did not look at college rankings.

5. If you previously took courses in the pre-medical track with the intention of applying to medical school and no longer intend to apply, why did you decide not to apply for medical school? (Circle all that apply.)

91.2% This question does not apply to me.

5.6% I am no longer interested in becoming a doctor.

1.5% Pre-medical courses were too challenging.

0.4% I was discouraged from pursuing medical school by family members.

0.7% I was discouraged from pursuing medical school by friends or peers.

0.4% I was discouraged from pursuing medical school by my pre-medical advising experience.

2.0% Other 6. What is the SAT and/or ACT score you submitted when applying to Brown? (If you do not remember exactly, try to estimate within 100 points.)

SAT: 3.0% 2400 27.6% 2300-2390 30.2% 2200-2290 18.6% 2100-2190 9.2% 2000-2090 6.0% 1900-1990 3.8% 1800-1890 1.6% <1800

ACT: 7.3% 36 21.0% 35 23.9% 34 12.5% 33 10.0% 32 7.8% 31 6.1% 30 5.5% 29 5.9% <29

38.1% Events and info sessions 26.5% Resume and cover letter assistance 11.5% Career counseling 28.6% The Job and Internship Board 31.6% BrownConnect 27.6% The CareerLAB website 1.3% Other

7. How comfortable do you feel speaking or asking questions in classes or sections?

34.4% Very comfortable 48.7% Somewhat comfortable 2.6% No opinion 11.8% Somewhat uncomfortable 2.5% Very uncomfortable 8. Do you agree or disagree that the food offered by Brown Dining Services has improved this semester?

I am not familiar enough to answer.

44.2% Strongly agree 14.8% Somewhat agree 25.8% It has remained the same.

10.0% Somewhat disagree 2.0% Strongly disagree

10. How accurately do you feel Brown’s campus culture is represented in national media?

5.6% Very accurately 42.9% Somewhat accurately 16.6% No opinion 28.8% Somewhat inaccurately 6.0% Very inaccurately 11. Do you agree or disagree that the monuments and exhibits on campus do an effective job of acknowledging the University’s historical involvement in slavery?

7.4% Strongly agree 26.0% Somewhat agree 33.7% No opinion 23.1% Somewhat disagree 9.7% Strongly disagree

9. Which services offered by CareerLAB have you used? (Circle all that apply.)

36.2% I do not use any services offered by CareerLAB. 21.5% Drop-in hours

Methodology The results come from 1,078 surveys that were collected at J. Walter Wilson, the Stephen Roberts ’62 Campus Center and the Sciences Library over the course of three days — October 5-7. The margin of error is 2.72 percent with 95 percent confidence. The margin of error for specific subsets are as follow: 3.74 percent for women, 4.05 percent for men, 4.15 percent for first-years, 4.36 percent for sophomores, 5.10 percent for juniors, 5.56 percent for seniors, 3.9 percent for students who receive financial aid and 3.8 percent for students who do not receive financial aid.

The sample of students who took the poll is demographically similar to the undergraduate student body. The sample was 45.5 percent male, 52.8 percent female and 1.7 percent other. First-years made up 30.8 percent, sophomores 28.4 percent, juniors 21.9 percent and seniors 18.9 percent of the poll. Of students who receive financial aid represented in the poll, 6.0 percent receive just loans, 18.8 receive grants and loans, 15.7 percent receive grants covering some costs, 7.5 percent receive grants covering all costs and 52.1 percent receive no aid. Varsity athletes made up 10.5 percent, while non-athletes made up 89.5 percent. Of students surveyed, 78.7 percent identify as heterosexual, 7.4 percent as gay, 9.7 percent as bisexual and 4.2 percent as other. Students reported all of the races/ethnicities they identify

with — 58.3 percent of students identify as white, 30.3 percent as Asian, 11.9 percent as Hispanic, 10.0 percent as black, 1.4 percent as American Indian/Alaska Native, 0.5 percent as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and 3.3 percent as other. Students also marked the concentration area(s) that they are in — 30.9 percent are in the humanities/arts, 29.5 in social sciences, 23.3 percent in life sciences and 35.6 percent in physical sciences (including math and computer science). Of students polled, 17.6 percent of students are legacy students, meaning they have a parent, grandparent or sibling who attended Brown, and 82.4 percent are not. First-generation students make up 16.9 percent and non-first-gen students made up 83.1 percent of the sample.

Statistical significance was established at 0.05 level. All cross-tabulation are statistically significant.

Sports Editor Taneil Ruffin ’17, Senior Staff Writers Julianne Center ’19, Kasturi Pananjady ’19, Alex Skidmore ’19, Laura Felenstein ’19 and Staff Writers Hana Park ’19 and Gwen Everett ’19 coordinated the poll. Herald section editors, senior staff writers and other staff members conducted the poll.

Over the next several weeks, The Herald will publish a series of articles about individual poll questions.

Find results of previous polls at thebdh.org/poll.

Clinton receives 85 percent of student support to Trump’s 1.8 Herald poll shows 32 percent of undergrads cite college rankings as strong factor in decision to attend Brown

By TANEIL RUFFIN SPORTS EDITOR

The Herald’s fall undergraduate poll, conducted Oct. 5-7 in J. Walter Wilson, the Stephen Roberts ’62 Campus Center and the Sciences Library, found that about 85 percent of eligible voters intend to pull the lever for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Donald Trump found support with 1.8 percent of eligible voters. Those who were not eligible to vote constituted 10.4 percent

of poll-takers.

The poll also found that some students support candidates other than those of the major parties. In fact, Trump trailed Gary Johnson, who received 2.8 percent of responses, and Jill Stein, who notched 2.1 percent. About 2 percent of respondents indicated they intend to support candidates other than those four. In addition, 6.4 percent of eligible voters plan to abstain from the presidential election.

Though fall recruiting for internships

and jobs is in full swing, the poll found that over one-third of undergraduates do not use any services offered by the CareerLAB. While smaller proportions of upperclassmen had never used CareerLAB resources, 28.4 percent of juniors and 16.7 percent of seniors indicated they had never used the center’s services.

The poll found that most students are either very or somewhat comfortable speaking or asking questions in classes or sections. Students who identify as white were more likely to be very comfortable speaking or asking questions in classes or sections than students who do not identify as white. In addition,

poll-takers who identified as men were more likely to be very comfortable than those who identified as women or with a non-binary gender.

Over half of poll-takers approve of the way the Undergraduate Council of Students is handling its job representing and addressing the concerns of the undergraduate student body, while 6.5 percent disapproved. Students identifying as first-generation college students were more likely to strongly approve than those who do not identify as firstgeneration students. In addition, women were more likely to approve than polltakers who identified as men or with a non-binary gender.

The poll also found that about 55 percent of students approve of how President Christina Paxson P’19 is handling her job — about a 9 percentage point increase from last semester — while about 10 percent of students polled disapprove.

While some administrators have claimed that they do not tailor policies to boost Brown’s rankings, over threequarters of poll-takers stated that college rankings played a role in their decisions come to Brown. Rankings were a strong factor in the college decisions of 32.7 percent of poll-takers and a minor factor in the decisions of 43.9 percent.

About 49 percent of poll-takers feel that Brown’s campus culture is represented accurately in national media, while about 35 percent feel that campus culture is inaccurately portrayed in the national media.

Thirteen years after Ruth Simmons commissioned the creation of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice that led to the installation of “Slavery Memorial” on the Quiet Green, about 33 percent of students who took the poll agreed that the monuments and exhibits on campus do an effective job of acknowledging the University’s historical involvement in slavery. About 33 percent disagreed that the University’s involvement is represented effectively, and about 34 percent of poll-takers had no opinion.

Following Dining Services’ new partnership with Bon Appétit Management Co., about 40 percent of respondents agreed that the food offered by Brown Dining Services has improved this semester. About one-tenth of poll-takers indicated that the food offered has remained the same, and about 5 percent disagreed that the food improved this semester. In addition, 44.2 percent of poll-takers indicated that they were not familiar enough to answer the question.

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» M. SOCCER, from page 1 a long throw by Quinn English ’18 that needed a better finish at the back post.

But Harvard hit back. Eric Gylling redirected a free kick from the right side, giving the Crimson a 1-0 lead in the 64th minute.

As the minutes ticked by, the team opted for a slight formation change to try to ignite the offense. Will Cross ’17 came on for Justin O’Brien ’19, shifting the Bears to a three-man defensive back line.

The Bears went on to create a majority of the threats in the game’s last 15 minutes. The crucial chance of the match fell to Matthew Chow ’19 when the ball was slid into him as he streaked toward goal, but the goalkeeper successfully blocked his shot. The game went on to end 1-0 in the Crimson’s favor.

“I think we showed great effort and intensity throughout the game,” said cocaptain James Myall ’18. “I feel we were a bit unlucky with all of the chances we had.”

The team had little time to fixate on this result, as it took on Clemson (9-2-3) two days later. Neither team could gain a strong foothold in the first 20 minutes. The Tigers continued to try to play a slower possession game. The Bears worked hard to attempt to disrupt, resulting in a few chances for them after they caught their opponent in possession.

The wheels began to come off somewhat when Clemson struck twice in seven minutes. The first came off a cross from the right side that was headed straight up by a Bruno defender. Goalie Teo Norhagen ’19 came out to try to punch it out but was beaten to it by

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Grayson Raynor, who kicked it up and over him for a goal. Soon thereafter, a free kick from a similar spot was headed in by Mauriq Hill to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead going into the break.

Much like against Harvard, the Bears came out in the second frame with more vigor and pressure. Their efforts were rewarded with two goals in five minutes.

In the 49th, Jason Pesek ’17 crossed in a ball from a nearly identical spot as the two Clemson goals. It was headed down

by Jack Hagstrom ’19 to Tyler Long ’17 for a tap-in goal.

Just five minutes later, Long netted another to tie the game. English launched his signature long throw into the box.

The veteran forward rose and headed it downward, beating the goalie at the near post to bring the Bears back level.

The second half was nearly all Bruno, as it continued to create more threats on goal than it had in the first half.

Clemson finally retaliated. A throwin by the Tigers led to a redirection into the back of the net, restoring their lead.

Brown fought valiantly for another equalizer, but the Tigers’ defense did just enough to prevent that. The game concluded 3-2 for the visitors, dropping the Bears to six total losses on the season — one more than they had all of last campaign.

The Bears hope to rebound next weekend when they host last-place Cornell and attempt to put their Ivy campaign back on track.

“We’re looking to get four wins (for the rest of the season),” co-captain Nate Pomeroy ’17 said. “That’s what we really need to make a statement in the Ivy League.”

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Jason Pesek ’17 helped the Brown defense to hold a potent Harvard offense to just one goal, which proved to be enough in the 1-0 contest.

» W. SOCCER, from page 1 that had worked for the team in previous matchups this season. But in doing so, the Bears found themselves on the defensive. As the second half progressed, the Crimson’s unrelenting attack tested the Bears.

“Harvard was down our throats a lot in the second half,” Waldman said.

Harvard had 19 corner kicks, “so it just goes to show how solid our backs have been defending in our box all year.”

Bruno was able to quell all but one

of these efforts. In the 89th minute, the Crimson secured a desperation free kick — its last opportunity to score in regular time. As the ball sailed into Brown’s box, Harvard’s Rachel Garcia met it first, netting a header to tie the game. In both overtimes, neither team scored, and the contest ended in a 1-1 draw.

“The team played well,” Etzel said.

“There’s always room for improvement, but I thought we gave Harvard a tough battle.”

Etzel entered the game ranked No. 1 in the NCAA in save percentage and

goals against average. In the tie, she tallied a career-high 14 saves.

The Bears will continue their season in six days with another Ivy League matchup against Cornell. Bruno will host the Big Red Saturday at 2:30 p.m., hoping to add three points to its Ivy League total on the season. A strong showing versus the Big Red could launch the Bears into second place.

“Obviously, we have to continue to play well and compete to be at the top of the table,” Etzel said. “It’s going to be close this year.”

» OCCUPY, from page 1 protestor questioned. “We are occupy, over 99 percent strong and it doesn’t end here, just know that,” he added. “Occupy Providence for life.”

“Police think homeless people are villains from comic books, but we’re really not,” said Katrina Federicci, a protestor.

“We’re trying to better ourselves, but they won’t let us.”

“I fell and got hurt trying to catch a bus from one point to another,” another protester said. “I got severely injured because RIPTA doesn’t have any buses along my route,” she added.

Graduate students from the School of Medicine stood in solidarity with homeless advocates, offering support for the movement and those affected by homelessness. “We’re here to listen because this does relate to your health and well-being, and that’s what we care about,” one student said. “Talk to us, and we’ll do what we can to support you guys.”

» KESSLER, from page 1 is telling, Kessler said. “Memories and images are very easily manipulated. ...

He is actually giving the facts that his supporters believe in even though they are not really facts at all,” Kessler said.

Corn, who was interviewing Kessler, raised the point that many believe Trump has made fact checking useless, as he seems to repeat the same lies over and over despite numerous fact checks from multiple sources. Kessler disagreed, pointing to Trump’s lower poll numbers and the unlikelihood of his election to the presidency. Trump’s success can be attributed to his longheld celebrity status and the rarity with which people vote against their parties in elections, Kessler said.

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Protestors gathered Saturday to signal disapproval of plans to renovate Kennedy Plaza that would affect homeless people living downtown.

A simple religious service conducted gather every Saturday for Eucharist and by the Church Beyond the Walls ministry a meal,” she added. preceded the demonstration, offering a While Forsberg said she hadn’t Eucharistic mass and homily in addition known that the demonstration would to a meal for those who needed one. The be happening that day, she thought that Church itself grew out of the Occupy Paolino’s proposals could have negative Providence movement after makeshift consequences for homeless people living services were held for protestors using downtown.

Burnside Park as a base of operations.

“I do understand how he as a business “It started with a little red toy wagon owner has his own concerns,” Forsberg with some coffee and sandwiches,” said said. “But everyone in this city should Linda Forsberg ’82, missioner for the have the right to be treated fairly and church. “Now all these years later, we with dignity.”

But many candidates are responsive to fact checks. For example, Clinton campaign staffers preemptively check with Kessler and his staff to ensure that Clinton is sticking to the truth. Additionally, both the Romney and Barack Obama campaigns in 2012 were often willing to discuss fact checks with Kessler, allowing the candidates to justify certain statements made during the campaign.

Kessler also discussed the history of fact checking. Previously, fact checking was buried in articles or cut altogether for space. The first dedicated fact checking website, factcheck.org, arose in part due to the controversy surrounding the Iraq War and the claim of nuclear development in Iraq. The Post’s fact checking column began in the 2008 election and

was revived in 2011 due to its popularity.

The event was well-attended by individuals from the Providence community as well as Brown students.

Muhammad Omar Afzaal GS said he attended the event because it offered a different perspective on foreign policy in relation to the election, adding that he is particularly interested in the parallels between the Pakistani and American governments.

Victor Brechenmacher ’18 said that, during this year’s election, “fact-checking matter(s) the most and the least.”

“It’s been a crucial task for journalists to debunk blatant falsehoods put out by the candidates, and yet it seems like facts no longer have the kind of authority they’re supposed to have in rational discourse,” Brechenmacher added.

FIELD HOCKEY

Second straight loss at Princeton sinks Ivy title hopes Despite 11 saves by Hammaker ’19, Bears drop key road contest against Tigers

By MATT BROWNSWORD NEWS EDITOR

After starting its season 2-0 in Ivy League play, the women’s field hockey team had high hopes for a potential conference championship and NCAA tournament berth at the end of the year.

But a second consecutive loss, this time 5-1 at the hands of Princeton, dealt a blow to those aspirations.

After a setback 1-0 loss to Harvard last weekend, the Bears (6-5, 2-2 Ivy) took on perennial field hockey titan Princeton (9-5, 4-0) in a mustwin matchup. In the Ivy League, two losses in a regular season effectively eliminates a team from title contention.

“Princeton’s definitely one of the top teams in the league, but going into playing them this year, we didn’t really want to change very much,” said co-captain Katarina Angus ’17. “We wanted to stick with our game plan and make sure we move the ball well, have high communication and play hard for 70 minutes.”

The Bears got off to an inauspicious start when the Tigers scored just a minute and 20 seconds into the game off a penalty corner. Cat Caro, who would later record a hat trick, scored her eighth goal of the year to put the Bears in an early hole before doubling Princeton’s lead 18 minutes later.

The Bears were completely overmatched in the first half, allowing 13 Tiger shots while failing to test the opposing goalie even once. Princeton added a third goal on a breakaway and a fourth just two and a half minutes before the end of the first half.

“We came out on our heels, which we didn’t want to do, but we definitely passed the ball well,” Angus said. “I felt everyone was competing harder, which was a step up from our last game.”

Brown evened the play out a bit to start the second half, as Gina Openshaw ’20 scored 10 minutes into the second half off a deflection to cut the deficit to three. Openshaw’s first year has been as prolific as her more seasoned teammates’, as she is tied for second on the team in goals with two.

Still, the upward swing signified by Openshaw’s goal proved short-lived.

Caro got her third of the game with under five minutes to go to cap off the victory.

Katie Hammaker ’19 faced an onslaught of Tiger offense, saving 11 of the 16 shots that she faced.

“Katie has been playing great, and she has been such an integral part of our team’s defense,” Angus said. “She’s

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Ellie Seid ’19 and the rest of the Brown offense struggled Saturday, scoring only once on two shots in a 5-1 loss to Princeton. kept us alive in really close games and is always a positive voice in the backfield.”

The Tigers managed 27 shots in total while the Bears only recorded two, forcing one save. Princeton also had nine penalty corners to Brown’s zero.

The Bears have a quick turnaround this week, facing crosstown rival

Providence Tuesday before facing off against Cornell Friday and Holy Cross Sunday.

“We’re excited for our upcoming matches, especially in the Ivy League,” Angus said. “If we continue to build on our past games and improve on the areas that are holding us back, we’ll see success in our upcoming games.”

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The beauty of the college bubble NICHOLAS ESEMPLARE staff columnist Objectively speaking, Brown is a bubble. I’m not venturing into the discussion about trigger warnings or safe spaces; I’m talking about the insulation of Brown students from the responsibilities affiliated with adulthood. As I repeatedly hear from most adults, life in college is largely easier than life outside of it. Students are provided considerable latitude to experiment and even fail with impunity. Decisions made in college are certainly important, but not nearly as constraining as those made afterward. When priorities or interests change, students can switch concentrations or clubs without lasting ramifications. You can take accounting without becoming an accountant, and you can major in biology without pursuing a career in science.

The workload and assessments can be stressful, but Brown also provides resources to help you along your academic journey. If you’re slogging through midterms right now, you might balk at my suggestion that col-

lege life is easy, but it’s certainly easier than it could be.

Of course, the extent to which students are shielded from the responsibilities of adulthood varies.

Some students pay for college themselves, managing their own finances and confronting these more difficult responsibilities. Others work to send money back home. But for the most

unexpectedly, exposing people to the grim realities of life.

There’s also an element of softness associated with the term, an implication that today’s college students don’t understand the real world. To some extent, it’s definitely true that living on a college campus protects students from day-today struggles that adults deal with

aspects of their adjustments to college. While it is not ideal that some college students leave campus without a basic foundation in certain areas, viewing this insulation as strictly harmful overlooks the benefits associated with easing into independent life.

It is true that exposure to difficult situations is an important piece

There’s no harm in cushioning the blow — at least for four years.

part, the structures in place in college aim to make student life easier than life post-graduation would be.

The college bubble is much derided by outsiders. The term “bubble” itself plants the seed for a negative connotation: After all, the first thing that comes to mind about bubbles is that they pop. The implication is that bubbles like Brown are unsustainable and that they don’t peacefully fade; they burst, suddenly and

more frequently. The campus environment sometimes keeps students from learning certain valuable skills.

For example, the existence of self-replenishing meal plans can reduce the need for budgeting. Though meal plans aren’t free, and students paying for their own meal plans budget for the payment of the overall program, meal plans reduce the stress associated with regularly paying for food and allow students to focus on other

of personal development, and measures that inordinately shield a person from facing these realities can be detrimental. But it has always been unclear to me why we so often romanticize the harshest realities of life. There’s no harm in cushioning the blow — at least for four years.

In many ways, college is a simplified version of post-graduation life.

College students deal with many of the same anxieties and pressures that

working adults do, even if they might experience them to a lesser degree.

Students get a taste of the struggles of later life but with the support systems in place to keep these from becoming major setbacks. Failing a class, not being elected to a club board or missing out on a summer internship can sting, but these disappointments provide valuable life lessons without jeopardizing a student’s future. It is beneficial to have a buffer between the security of high school and the far-reaching responsibilities of adulthood so students can acclimate to independence.

Living in the College Hill bubble still comes at a price. It is important for Brown students — and students everywhere — to understand that their experiences are not representative of the experiences of the American population as a whole — and many students do. Brown is a unique community, and that may leave Brunonians with a certain degree of naivety. But life is full of harsh realities. Maybe the harshest can wait until graduation.

Nicholas Esemplare ’18 can be reached at nicholas_esemplare@brown.edu.

Birth control — it’s complicated CARIN PAPENDORP staff columnist Sept. 28, 1965, Brown’s director of Health Services Roswell Johnson ignited a nationwide controversy by prescribing birth control pills to two Pembroke students. Because both women were engaged to be married, Johnson was confident that he was “not contributing to” the “unmitigated promiscuity” that oral contraceptives were feared to instigate. Fifty-one years later, hormonal birth control is ubiquitous — especially on college campuses. About 10 million U.S. women are on the pill, and 80 percent of women will take oral contraceptives in their lifetimes. And oral contraceptives are just one form of hormonal birth control: the patch, the ring, the shot, implants and some intra-uterine devices all use synthetic female sex hormones to prevent pregnancy.

Three weeks ago, almost on the anniversary of Johnson’s radical prescription, the New York Times ran an article entitled “Contraceptives Tied to Depression Risk.” Despite this article’s clear importance for the more than 10 million American women who use hormonal contraceptives, it was buried on page D4 in the middle of the newspaper. The article also wasn’t shared on the New York Times Well Facebook page, apparently overshadowed by more universally relevant headlines like “Homeopathic Teething Gels May Pose Risks.”

The article summarized the findings of a Danish study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Psychiatry.

Spanning 14 years and citing over a million women as subjects, the study found that oral contraceptives increase the relative risk of antidepressant use by 40 percent. The effect was even greater among adolescents: Taking the birth control pill made 15- to 19-year-old girls 1.8 times more likely to be prescribed antidepressants.

Of course, correlation is not the same as cau-

sation, and there could be other factors affecting why women who opt to use hormonal contraceptives may also be more susceptible to depression.

But since a randomized controlled trial — the only way to definitively prove causation — involving birth control would be impossible, this prospective cohort study represents the next-best thing. And a sample size of over a million women is nothing to shrug at.

More critics of the study argued that, though the increases in relative risk of depression seem dramatic, the increase in absolute risk (from 1.7 percent to 2.2 percent, for antidepressant use) is

aches, eye problems and severe leg pain. These are the symptoms of blood clots, which have an incidence in birth control users of about 0.005 percent: in other words, out of 100,000 women taking birth control for a year, five would experience a blood clot. By contrast, according to this new data, 350 of these women would be diagnosed with depression. If doctors take the time to counsel their patients about blood clots, why not include a warning about depression as well?

Both blood clots and depression represent serious health risks, and depression is much more likely to occur.

Why are we so quick to dismiss and ignore women’s wellbeing? And why did it take 50 years of anecdotal evidence about the emotional harms of hormonal contraception for there to be a methodical, large-scale study of this kind?

miniscule. But given that over 80 percent of U.S. women will use the pill in their lifetimes, even a tiny increase in absolute risk affects millions of women. Moreover, using antidepressant use and a diagnosis of depression as proxies for depression may underestimate the effects that hormonal birth control has on mood, as some women experience depression but do not seek help. Most studies find that less than half of those suffering from depressive symptoms seek treatment.

When I was taking hormonal birth control, my primary care doctor warned me to watch out for ACHES: abdominal pain, chest pain, head-

I started taking oral contraceptives at 17. At the time, I was fully convinced that hormonal birth control should be available over the counter, like condoms, emergency contraception and spermicide. And the country seems to be slowly moving in that direction: This summer, California became the third state to pass a law allowing women to get birth control pills from a pharmacy without a prescription. These laws expanding access to hormonal contraceptives are necessary and good: Everyone should have access to the birth control method of her choice. But I wonder if making hormonal birth control so freely avail-

able, outside of the supervision of medical personnel, will allow us to further trivialize the side effects that some experience.

Taking hormonal birth control made it difficult not only for me to be happy, but also for me to even imagine how others could be happy. Often I would cry uncontrollably without being able to explain why. Whereas the smallest negative development could send me into a rage or a spiral of despair, very few things made me smile or laugh.

I never saw a physician for these symptoms, so I don’t know if I was clinically depressed. But I wasn’t myself. Because I was unwilling or unable to recognize the connection between these changes in my mood and my birth control medication, I spent several years of my life in emotional limbo.

If I had realized how hormonal birth control was changing my mood, I would have stopped taking it a lot sooner. But reading the dismissive comments on the New York Times article makes me realize why it took me so long. For example, one of the most popular comments reads, “You think contraception causes depression? Try unintended pregnancy.” Why are we so quick to dismiss and ignore women’s well-being? And why did it take 50 years of anecdotal evidence about the emotional harms of hormonal contraception for there to be a methodical, large-scale study of this kind?

To be sure, oral contraceptives were one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. And just because a medication has psychological and emotional side effects does not mean that it is not valuable. Hormonal contraception is extremely effective, inexpensive and convenient — but it’s not perfect. Instead of accepting it for what it is, we need to keep pushing pharmaceutical companies to develop better, non-hormonal contraceptive options with fewer side effects for both men and women.

Carin Papendorp ’17 can be reached at carin_papendorp@brown.edu.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016

FOOTBALL

Bears manage season-low 200 yards, drop fourth straight at Princeton Offense wilts with starting QB Moreno ’17 out, narrowly avoids shutout with late touchdown

By BEN SHUMATE SENIOR STAFF WRITER

For the first time since the 2006 season, the football team lost its fourthstraight game, struggling to move the ball in a 31-7 defeat at Princeton Saturday.

TJ Linta ’18 made his first career start at quarterback, filling in for Kyle Moreno ’17, who was sidelined with an injury. Linta, who saw playing time in the second half of last week’s loss to Stetson, finished 18-36 for 148 yards, throwing two interceptions and a late touchdown pass.

“I felt pretty prepared, so I wasn’t too nervous out there,” Linta said.

“After the first play or two, I was settled into the game, so it wasn’t a huge deal.”

Brown (1-4, 0-2 Ivy) also tried some unconventional formations on offense, frequently snapping the ball to wide receivers Alex Jette ’17 and Livingstone Harriott ’20. The Princeton (4-1, 2-0) defense was unfazed by the wildcat formation, limiting the Bears to just 52 rushing yards on 26 carries. Brown’s 200 yards of offense added up to its lowest total of the season.

The Tigers scored a pair of touchdowns in the first and second

quarters, effectively using a twoquarterback system that has lifted the team to the top of the league at the season’s halfway mark. John Lovett and Chad Kanoff completed a combined 22 of 30 passes for 256 yards and three touchdowns.

Princeton was able to take advantage of two interceptions thrown by Linta, including one on Bruno’s first offensive possession. Linta’s thirddown pass hit a Brown receiver in the shoulder pads, deflecting high in the air and eventually falling into the hands of the Princeton defense.

“It happens sometimes — that’s just the way it plays out,” Linta said of the unlucky bounce.

Kanoff capitalized two plays later, lofting a 33-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Barnes to give Princeton an early lead it would never relinquish.

Late in the second half, Linta was intercepted again after being hit as he threw from Brown’s endzone, giving Princeton prime field position. After converting on fourth down, Lovett ran through two Brown defenders on first and goal for his third touchdown of the half to give the Tigers a commanding 28-0 lead at intermission.

Brown avoided being shut out on its last possession of the game with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Linta to Jaelon Blandburg ’20, marking the first career touchdown for both players. Linta completed six straight passes on the final drive, accounting for 69 of his passing yards.

“It was good for me to just go

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Will Twyman ’17 purses a Harvard ballcarrier in a game at Brown Stadium earlier this year. The senior linebacker‘s performance was one of the lone bright spots Saturday, as he totaled 18 tackles, including 1.5 for loss. down the field methodically,” Linta said. “We finally got in the end zone. … We really needed that for a little bit of momentum going into next week.”

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Brown has dominated the Big Red in recent years, winning eight straight contests, including a 44-24 win last season on the road.

Who will be quarterback Saturday remains unclear, Linta said. “This week I have to prepare like I’ll be the starter, and then what happens on game day happens.”

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