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Protesters shut down Wyatt board meeting Never Again Action organizes protest Friday night, holds Shabbat service at facility
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Community denied formal role in PPSD state takeover Students, parents, community members share personal testimony at hearing
BY OLIVIA GEORGE SENIOR STAFF WRITER
BY SOPHIE CULPEPPER METRO EDITOR
On Friday night, hundreds of protesters shut down a board meeting at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility that was scheduled to discuss a proposed “forbearance” agreement. The agreement would contractually bind the facility to continue housing asylum-seeking refugees and undocumented immigrants as they await trial proceedings, the Boston Globe uncovered. Protesters, who largely belonged to the Jewish organizing group Never Again Action, chanted, sang and held an impromptu Shabbat service to demonstrate their disapproval of the agreement. The proposal involves the Central Falls prison and UMB Bank — the trustee for bondholders with approximately $130 million invested in the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation. Structured to alleviate the facility’s financial problems, the new agreement would strengthen the facility’s hotly contested contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The prison would be required to hold a min-
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The proposed agreement between the Wyatt and UMB Bank would contractually bind the facility to continue its partnership with ICE.
Testimony at a standard legal hearing grew personal and searing Friday, when students, parents and community members packed into a room to advocate for a formal role in the upcoming R.I. state takeover of the Providence Public School District. Just before the actual administrative hearing at the School of Professional Studies Friday and following hours of testimony, R.I. Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green denied a motion by the R.I. Center for Justice to make parents, students and community members a legally official party in the state takeover. The Commissioner assured that community voices would be represented in the official shape of the state takeover, though she did not provide specifics. The motion, supported by eight parents and 13 local students, called for community members to have equal legal say with the City Council, mayor, School Board and superintendent over the takeover.
These four parties — excluding the community members — could have objected to the transfer of power by Sept. 4, but none did. The Center for Justice structured its legal argument for the motion around three core components. They argued that the local community holds a very direct stake in the state takeover; failure to include community organizations will harm the community; and community inclusion is a condition for a successful state takover. Those who testified described their motion as a request for a “seat at the table”— an official opportunity for community influence over the shape of the state takeover. “These Providence Public School families and organizations are asking you to approve their motion to be acknowledged as equal partners to the other parties named in the showcause hearing,” said R.I. Center for Justice Director Jennifer Wood ’81 P’15. “They don’t see themselves reflected in the proposed order in a way that preserves their legal access to the decisions that get made at education and policy centers.” The motion does not oppose the state takeover of the PPSD, Wood said when she introduced the testimonies. “The parents and students
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Bye-Bye Bird: E-scooter company leaves Providence
Exhibit reexamines Warhol’s curatorial style
Providence gives permits to Spin, VeroRide, renews Lime’s existing permit BY HENRY DAWSON SENIOR STAFF WRITER Bird, the electric scooter service, will no longer provide scooters for the city of Providence as of Friday, Sept. 13. The city handed out its latest permits in August, allowing two e-scooter services to populate Providence for the first time — Spin and VeoRide —and renewing Lime’s existing permits. But Bird was not so lucky. “Bird is so grateful to our Providence community for supporting shared e-scooters and embracing an environmentally friendly alternative to short car trips,” wrote a Bird spokesperson in an email to The Herald. The app alerted
users that it had ceased service in Providence Friday. “We thank Providence riders and would welcome the opportunity to provide our service again in the future,” the spokesperson added. Emily Crowell, a spokesperson for Mayor Jorge Elorza, told the Providence Journal that the city chose Spin, VeoRide and Lime through a process “that ensures only those scooter-sharing companies determined to best align with our vision for mobility operate in the city over the next year.” Electronic personal transportation devices have sprouted up nationwide, creating new ways to travel short distances. But with the new devices have come new problems: Cities have struggled to address overcrowding, accidents and crime issues that have spiked as a result of the scooters. Bird and Lime briefly left Providence last year to allow the city to develop appropriate regu-
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‘Raid the Icebox Now’ unites artists in exploring museum relationships BY KATHERINE OK SENIOR STAFF WRITER The Rhode Island School of Design Museum opened its new exhibit, “Raid the Icebox Now,” on Sept. 13 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the museum’s original “Raid the Icebox,” curated by Andy Warhol. The original exhibit opened April 23, 1970, and has since been renowned for its innovative curatorial style, which placed value on the act of curating itself: identifying, acquiring and collecting. What made Andy Warhol’s exhibit particularly special is that it emphasized “the artist as curator,” Mousse Magazine noted. By enlisting artists and designers to create work unfiltered by a more traditional curatorial process, “Raid the
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In the original “Raid the Icebox” exhibit, Warhol emphasized “the artist as curator,” creating a nontraditional, interactive experience. Icebox Now” invites artists and audiences to perceive museums less as a pristine gallery space and more as an interactive experience that challenges the norms of the art world.
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Klein ’20: Astros will defeat Dodgers in upcoming 2019 World Series finale Page 7
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Women’s soccer maintains winning streak over Hartford, Providence Bears win two games 1-0 , Sheyenne Allen ’23 scores winning goal against Hawks BY RANDI RICHARDSON STAFF WRITER Thursday night fans filed into Stevenson-Pincince Field while Drake echoed from the loudspeakers and a heavy dusk settled over College Hill. The women’s soccer team entered the evening’s game against the University of Hartford with momentum, recently posting two shut-out victories over the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and the University of Connecticut. The Bears kept the winning streak alive, advancing to a 4-0-1 record with a 1-0 defeat of the Hawks. Ava Seelenfreund ’23 assisted Sheyenne Allen ’23 with a cross kick at the end of the 67th minute for her first career goal to clinch the match. Bruno followed up the win with another 1-0 shutout sweep of Providence College Sunday afternoon to take home the Crosstown Cup. Brown 1, Hartford 0 Thursday night, the Bears took a few short sprints to shake off the cold, huddled in the boxes and took to the field to spare off with the Hawks. In the opening 20 minutes, Hartford’s goalie Maia Perez made four saves on four attempts from a solid Bruno offense. Meanwhile in the Bears’ net, Kayla Thompson ’21 didn’t see any action until just under the 14minute mark when she made her first save on Hartford’s only shot attempt of the half. Bruno’s defense was aggressive and effective: They pressured in the back court and cut off the passing angles, forcing Hartford to stay in the outer wings, which routinely forced turnovers. Forward Brittany Raphino ’23 was the center of almost every play, showing off natural athleticism and an electric presence on the field that engaged defenders. “I take my space. I draw people out.
Then I see different options,” Raphino said. “So it’s just about seeing where the defenders run and creating space for everyone else.” With fourteen minutes left in the half, Rebecca Rosen ’22, the reigning Ivy League player of the year, made her first game appearance of the season, subbing in for Celia Story ’19.5. By halftime, the stats were in favor of the Bears: Brown led shots 12-1 and corner kicks 6-0. After halftime, with 39 minutes on the clock, the Hawks got their first corner kick of the night, looking to gain momentum. In the following possessions, they defended in a 4-3-3 formation, adding more pressure in the back field. Midway through the second half, Hartford seemed to be mirroring Brown’s defense by cutting off the wings from Bear attacks and trying to force turnovers. But in the 67th minute, the stars aligned for Bruno. Seelenfreund dribbled down the right wing and turned the corner on her defender, sending a cross kick to a diving Allen no more than two yards away from the goal. Allen tapped the ball past Perez to put Bruno up 1-0 and clinch the dub. “I feel great — I knew I was gonna get the ball,” Allen said. “(Ava’s pass) was perfect, so I just knew I had to put it away.” Normally a win would lead to celebration, but Head Coach Kia McNeill held a very somber post-game huddle with her team because the victory wasn’t up to the team’s or staff’s playing standards. There was disappointment with the level of play, especially with conference play around the corner, according to forward Star White ’21. “Even though we were able to pull out the win here, (our level of play) wasn’t as high as we know it could be,” White said. Brown 1, Providence 0 Sunday afternoon, icy white Bear uniforms matched up against black Providence College jerseys in preparation for the first possession under a beaming high sun. The game was immediately highpaced in its first five minutes as both teams kept the field wide, which forced
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The Bears secured victory over the Hawks as Allen ’23 scored her first career goal with an assist from Ava Seelenfreund ’23. Bruno beat Providence College with another shutout sweep to win the Crosstown Cup. forwards and midfielders to work overtime in the scorching heat. Both teams would take advantage of substitutions throughout the contest. Around the 30 minute mark, Friar Christina Rodgers got away with a handball that broke up the Bears’ play. The referee, however, rewarded Bruno with a corner throw. In the 22nd minute alone, Friar goalie Shelby Hogan saved two shot attempts: A header off a serve and a play involving cuts that slipped behind their defender. The match-up of the game was between Seelenfreund and PC’s Olivia Lucia. Off a goal kick at the 17-minute mark, Lucia shielded Seelenfreund while she manipulated the ball trying to turn the corner around the Friar. The next play, however, involved foot action from Allen, who maneuvered around her defender to create space. Claire Myers ’22 kept the ball alive and occupied two defenders, before Story swooped in to recontrol a fleeting ball. Finally, Seelenfreund knocked the ball in when the defense was in disarray. The Bears went up 1-0
with 14 minutes left in the half. “It was a really unselfish play by (Myers),” McNeill said. “(Seelenfreund) is clinical in and around the box, so as soon as it was on her foot, I knew it was going in.” The last few minutes featured a potentially flattened Brown against a zealous PC taking advantage of any opportunities they were able to create. The hot weather worked as a third opponent in this competition as the Bears held off Friar attacks until halftime. In the second half, PC defense clogged up the midfield and sealed off the passing lanes, causing Bear turnovers in the back half as the game grew more physical. With 20 minutes left to go in the half, the aggression increased to uncalled tugging on arms, forced collisions while players chased after balls and unnecessary contact after whistles. Scoreless since early in the first half, Brown gained steam with three minutes remaining when KK Haug ’23 attacked in an open two-on-one with White. White’s shot was swatted away by Hogan.
SCOOTER FROM PAGE 1 lations, and JUMP Bikes were recently removed from Providence due to safety and crime concerns. New e-scooter permit regulations that went into effect Sunday include a host of public safety-related mandates. The city has required e-scooter companies to maintain an endowment of $50 per scooter to reimburse possible property repair costs from scooter accidents, and scooters are not allowed to go faster than 10 miles per hour in public areas. The permitting allows for a maximum of 600 scooters in Providence — 250 for Lime and 175 each for Spin and VeoRide, according to the Providence E-scooter Share Program. The permits are set to last one year unless terminated by the city. After the first three months of the program, the city will re-evaluate the fleet size allocations on a monthly basis. Even with other transportation options on campus, some students say they will miss Bird. Nikolai Stambler ’22, a frequent e-scooter rider, will miss Bird’s presence on College Hill.
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Overcrowding, accidents and crime issues have arisen with the increase of e-scooter use in cities, leading to the development of regulations. “That makes me upset because they were faster than Limes. Faster and more
fun,” Stambler said. Spin and VeoRide have yet to an-
nounce when their scooters will arrive in Providence.
When asked about the depth of her roster, McNeill said, “the starters have put a lot of minutes in the last couple of weeks and I think you (could) see it in their legs a little bit today. It’s good that we have the depth that we do because they raise the level when they go out on the field.” The game closed with a final score of 1-0 as the Bears clinched the Crosstown Cup and improved to an overall record of 5-0-1. Following the disappointment of Thursday’s win, McNeill praised the tenacity of her team against the Friars. “It was a hard fought battle,” she said. “We executed our game plan very well. A game like this is about minimizing mistakes and capitalizing on (the opponent’s).” “It’s great that we’re getting the results — it’s even better that we’re getting these shut-outs,” McNeill said. “We almost have to look at these games as the preseason to Ivy season and just get better every game.” The Bears return to action against Fairfield University at Stevenson-Pincince Field Wednesday.
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The denied motion aimed to make parents, students and community members an official party of the state takeover of the school district.
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Bruno did not score against the Howard Bisons until a strike by Malcolm Johnson ’22 found the back of the net at the 70th minute. The Colonials snuck two goals past the Bears in a Saturday match.
Bears earn 1-0 victory against Bisons, take 2-0 loss to Colonials, record stands at 1-2 BY RYAN HANDEL SENIOR STAFF WRITER The men’s soccer team headed south to the nation’s capital this weekend searching for its first win of the season and found it against Howard University with a 1-0 victory Thursday. Bruno stumbled Saturday, as a first-half flurry by George Washington University gave the Colonials an early 2-0 lead that proved too much for the Bears to overcome. Against Howard (0-3), the Bears (12) dominated offensively in the early going but could not find the back of the net in the first half. It took the Bears just 46 seconds to generate a shot on goal, but Howard’s goalkeeper Carlos Caro saved the attempt from Malcolm Johnson ’22. Seven minutes in, Rodrigo D’Andrea ’20 sent the ball wide right of the net as Bruno failed to capitalize on another promising possession. The Bison continued to withstand Brown’s barrage, as two shots by Matthew Chow ’20 also missed the mark in the 14th minute. Howard’s first accurate shot was a 41st-minute header from Duncan Dunkwu, but Bears goalkeeper James Swomley ’22 corralled the ball. Brown’s offensive onslaught continued into the second period. Team
captain Daniel Schiller ’20 sent two headers on target out of the break, but both found the hands of Caro. Bruno finally broke through in the 70th minute as Johnson controlled a rebound in the penalty box and buried his shot to give the Bears a lead that they would not relinquish. John Vrablic ’21 was credited with the assist on Johnson’s score. Although Howard’s offense launched five shots inside the final 13 minutes, Brown’s defense held firm, and the Bears earned their first win of the year. With temperatures in the high 90s and the sun beating down on the turf field in D.C., heat was a major factor in Brown’s match against the Bison. Head Coach Patrick Laughlin attributed some of his team’s difficulties in converting opportunities to the extreme weather. “The combination of the heat and the humidity really zapped us, and maybe we weren’t as clinical in the attacking third as we could have been,” Laughlin said. Despite Brown only converting once offensively against Howard, Schiller took the Bears’ multitude of strong chances as an encouraging sign in the season’s first win. “I think it’s a really good sign that we were able to create so many chances,” Schiller said. “As we’re getting more and more experienced, … we’ve already created the chances, (and we just need to) put them away and secure some wins by larger margins.” After posting a clean sheet against
Howard, Bruno’s defense faltered in the first half against George Washington (22-1). An illegal tackle inside the box by Brown goalkeeper Max Waldau ’22 led to a Colonial penalty kick, which was calmly sunk by GW’s Max Holdsworth just three minutes after kick-off. Then, in the 24th minute, a miscommunication by the Bears led to a goal that doubled the Colonials’ advantage. “The two goals that (GW) scored were just due to mental lapses,” defender Jackson Goebel ’20 said. Similar to the game against Howard, Brown improved throughout the game and was more effective in the second half. The Bears registered eight of their ten shots in the second stanza and held George Washington scoreless after halftime. But Bruno’s poor start proved insurmountable. Despite out-shooting the Colonials in the second half, the Bears had eight fewer shots in the game overall and fell by a 2-0 score. The Bears return to Stevenson-Pincince Field Wednesday for a matchup with Boston University. The Terriers are still aiming for their first win, as they come in with a 0-5 record, while Brown will look to even their ledger back to the .500 mark. “These games before the Ivy League … are really about getting better as a team and finding a team identity,” D’Andrea said. “I believe we can treat this game against BU as another opportunity to find out more about ourselves.”
and student organizations who are here this morning are here to support the success of your takeover of the Providence Public Schools,” she said. Chanda Womack of the Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education expressed her personal support for the Commissioner. “I personally was extremely excited being that you were a woman of color, and I know the struggles that being a woman and a woman of color face in leadership positions, so I think we’re past wanting you to succeed — we need you to succeed,” she said. But she defended the importance of direct community representation in the takeover’s decision-making. “It can’t be engagement. It can’t be community forums. It has to be, ‘please come to the table and help create the state takeover plan,’” she said, slamming the table for emphasis. In their testimonies, community leaders described years of asking for change without being heard and expressed the heightened need for a more official role in the upcoming takeover. “I’ve seen over and over the ways that students can be encouraged to participate in systems but not have actual legal mechanisms to do so,” said Zackary Mezera, co-founder of the Providence Student Union, as one of the witnesses for the Center for Justice. “So I don’t know how many community forums I’ve been to, public hearings, things where students’ opinions are taken down on whiteboards or on butcher paper. And then those papers are folded … and they go in a desk and disappear.” The Commissioner and lawyers asked the crowd repeatedly not to voice support for one side or the other in the hearing to maintain a professional environment, but snaps and applause broke through often. It is “pretty unique” for all of the people involved in this process to collectively recognize the need for a
state takeover of a city district, said Domingo Morel, Annenberg affiliate researcher at Brown and assistant professor of political science at Rutgers University, whose research focuses on state takeovers. Given the rarity of such widespread community support, the official legal actors should incorporate the community into the process, he added. When she rejected the motion, the Commissioner made clear that she wanted community voices included in the process in some way. “Any turnaround plan will provide the proposed interveners and others with more involvement with and visibility into the governance of the Providence school district — more than they presently have,” she said. Any community role must include the schools’ constituents as a whole, rather than specific groups or individuals, she added. Legal hearings like Friday’s are not usually public, but the Commissioner wanted to give community members a chance to testify. She ruled not to include community members as a fifth party on legal grounds, but said that community members will have an official role. “This is not haphazard.” Once the motion was denied, many community members left the room while the procedural hearing, called a “show-cause administrative hearing,” took place. The hearing itself did not serve a decision-making purpose and was conducted as a formality. Following the rejection of the motion, lawyers on both sides testified for the necessity of the takeover. They emphasized the gravity of the devastating school report conducted by Johns Hopkins. In addition, three city councilwomen advocated for a greater community role in the takeover, reiterating the ideas of petitioners. The order describing the shape of the state takeover can be expected in the next few weeks, the Commissioner told The Herald.
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Brown Daily Herald plans to move after 50 years at 195 Angell The Herald plans to move to 88 Benevolent Street in January, share space with WBRU BY KAMRAN KING SENIOR STAFF WRITER After fifty years in the same location, The Brown Daily Herald will be moving its newsroom from 195 Angell Street to 88 Benevolent Street. The move is scheduled to take place over winter break and to coincide with
the annual change of The Herald’s editorial board. The 130th editorial board will take charge of the new space and the paper’s 250-plus staff members. The Herald is a financially independent, nonprofit media organization and has served as the University’s daily newspaper of record since 1891. It shares 195 Angell Street with the Department of Language Studies, which occupies the upper floor. The Herald occupied both floors of the building until 2014. The Herald first moved into its current space over the winter of 1969, departing then-Faunce House under
the leadership of Beverly Hodgson ’70 P’01 P’07. The first woman editor of an Ivy League daily publication, Hodgson said that move “was something done reluctantly but turned out well, and I hope it’s the same for (The Herald).” At the time, all of the student activities were located inside Faunce. The new building also houses WBRU, an independent nonprofit internet radio station primarily staffed by University students. WBRU sold its FM radio signal to the Christian contemporary nonprofit Educational Media Foundation in 2017, The Herald previously reported. The Herald will
occupy space that formerly belonged to the WBRU staff. During a staff meeting yesterday, the 129th Editorial Board expressed enthusiasm about the possibility of collaboration with its soon-to-be-neighbor. Kashish Singhal ’20, chief executive officer of WBRU, shared a similar sentiment. “We’re really eager to connect with you guys in new and engaging ways,” she said. Before The Herald moves into the new space, the University will be performing renovations, opening up the space to create a newsroom. In an effort to avoid frequent fu-
ture relocations, The Herald’s editorial board said that it negotiated with the University for a ten-year lease of the new space. The editorial board responsible for the move into Angell Street had a similar experience. “It being 1969, and the editors being very prickly student radicals, we decided that we needed to negotiate hard,” Hodgson said. “We strongly believe this is the best path forward for the organization, and we are proud to help guide The Herald into this new era,” The Herald’s editorial board wrote in an email to Herald staff.
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Hack Health event spotlights mental health, fosters student innovation Vibe blanket aimed to help aging patients takes home $500 grand prize BY SARAH WANG SENIOR STAFF WRITER Huddled over laptops lit by colorful lines of code, around 80 students collaborated in 13 teams at the fourth annual Brown Hack Health event over the weekend. The hackathon allowed students from different disciplines — ranging from art to engineering — to devise innovative solutions that address pressing problems in healthcare and medicine. This year’s Hack Health theme was mental health, a topic Co-Presidents Renny Ma ’20 and Soham Kale ’21 said was important to spotlight since it is often underfunded in research and marginalized in discussions around health. “Just to have an event where the focus is solely mental health, I feel like that’s rare and we wanted to bring that to Brown,” Ma said. Students pitched problems they wanted to address and then were placed into teams. They spent the rest of the weekend designing their products, discussing areas for improvement and receiving help from mentors. Sumaiya Sayeed ’19.5, Shailen Sampath ’20, Kaitlyn Lew ’20 and Bashar Zaidat ’21 worked as a team on “Vibe,”a blanket-like covering for hospital beds
and chairs that would help aging patients with the side effects of dementia or delirium. They hoped their device would use vibrations to help soothe pressure points and would produce auditory stimulation to serve as music therapy. Often, physicians turn to restraints or sedative medications to calm these patients down, Sayeed said. “This was something doctors have told us is really difficult to deal with,” and she and her team hoped to provide an alternative with Vibe, Sayeed added. Vibe took home the $500 Biosay grand prize. The $100 categorical prizes went to PerHuman for best tech-based and coded solution and GradConnect for honorable mention. The PerHuman team proposed an Alexa program that helps families and peers provide better verbal feedback to those suffering from mental illness. Inspired by interactive, choose-yourown-adventure stories, PerHuman would provide real life situations to users in which someone might need verbal support. After a user responds to Alexa, PerHuman would analyze the users’ replies for negative keywords and phrases and offer guidance for a better response. GradConnect aims to address depression among graduate students by using technology to foster social connections through personal one-onone meet-ups. Since graduate students can be prone to feelings of isolation and loneliness, the app and website of
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PerHuman won the $100 categorical prize for best tech-based and coded solution for an Alexa program that would help provide better verbal feedback to people with a mental illness. GradConnect would assign lunch and exercise partners randomly, based on the users’ availability. Although participants were judged on their product, Ma said Hack Health is unique in focusing more on the idea and not on the daunting task of creating a functioning final product. “We want to emphasize that it’s important to think about the problem that you’re addressing, connect with the stakeholders related to that problem and have sustainable models moving forward so that your idea can actually pan out successfully,” she said.
The panel of six judges included Barrett Hazeltine, professor emeritus of engineering; Jen Nazareno, assistant professor of public health and entrepreneurship; Neil Sarkar, director of the Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics; Geoff Capraro, associate professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics; Corinna Roy, division director of Behavioral Healthcare at R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals; and Mark Zimmerman, professor of psychiatry and Human Behavior. Projects were evaluated on their in-
novation, relevance to a mental health issue, response to the stated problem, economic sustainability and accessibility to its target audience, according to Hack Health’s website. Megan Ranney, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School, encouraged students to consider ethics in designing digital tools for patients. “If we’re trying to create health, we have to create it for the people whose health we’re trying to improve,” she said during her a keynote presentation at the beginning of the weekend.
imum of 625 detainees a day. The arrangement would also allow board members to enter negotiations to sell the 770-bed prison to a for-profit, private company and reduce the city of Central Falls’ oversight of the prison. Chris Hunter, Wyatt spokesperson, declined to comment on Friday’s protest and the activists’ demands. The protest marks the latest step taken by Never Again Action organizers to oppose the Central Falls prison’s link to ICE and the chance it could fall into the hands of a for-profit company. Their last event, which took place August 14, ended in violence when a Wyatt correctional officer drove his truck into a group of peacefully-assembled protesters. The incident hospitalized five, two from sustaining vehicle injuries and three from pepper spray exposure, The Herald previously reported. The Wyatt has long been embroiled in a series of controversies for its treatment of detainees, and has faced increased scrutiny since renewing its contract with ICE earlier this year. The American Civil Liberties Union previously sued the Wyatt after the 2008 death of 34-year-old Hiu Lui “Jason” Ng. According to the lawsuit, Ng had suffered “cruel, inhumane, malicious and sadistic behavior” while incarcerated at the Wyatt. More recently, detainee Gilbert Delestre, who had been housed at the facility since July, died at Rhode Island Hospital August 25. “Warden Daniel Martin has personally reviewed all aspects of Mr. Delestre’s access to medi-
protocols were followed,” GoLocalProv reported. On Friday, a crowd of about 300 community members swelled on the sidewalk outside the Wyatt facility to protest the proposed agreement between the facility and UMB. Warren and Sharron Wollschlager, husband and wife and both wearing yellow “Never Again, Para Nadie” T-shirts, drove an hour and a half to join the protest. “We are here to support our friends and the immigrants that are locked up,” Sharron Wollschlager said. “We’ve both been attending these kind of events since the Vietnam days,” Warren Wollschlager added. Joel Relihan, who drove to Central Falls from Massachusetts, clutched a large sign containing the single question: “Which side are you on?” It was not his first time attending a protest outside of the Wyatt, and Relihan said he doubted that it would be his last. Referencing the Wyatt’s relationship with ICE, Relihan said he felt “appalled by the indecency of all this.” Joined by activists from the Providence-based coalition Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance and other allies, the sea of Never Again Action protesters filed into the facility’s gymnasium. Dozens remained outside after being told by police that the room was at capacity. Once inside, seven activists spoke against the proposal, demanding that the facility’s directors vote against the forbearance agreement or resign from their position on the board. “Board members, you are here as public servants,” said Roger Williams University Law Professor Jared Gold-
ering tonight would betray the public trust that you’re here to serve,” he continued. “You can make a choice,” said Matthew Harvey ’97, a spokesperson of Never Again Action, to the board. “You can say, ‘I will not vote for an agreement that keeps ICE in this community.’ You can say, ‘I will not vote for an agreement that puts this facility and the human beings incarcerated inside into the hands of a for-profit corporation.’ Or, you can say, ‘I will not be part of a body that is told to make that kind of decision.’” Protesters also addressed the facility officials’ decision to reschedule the meeting from Monday to Friday evening, which marks the beginning of Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath. Officials had announced that the meeting would be postponed hours before the scheduled meeting time Monday, writing that the number of people who planned to attend required the implementation of “safety measures.” “By rescheduling the meeting at the start of the Jewish Sabbath, the members of the board showed disdain for our community,” said Rabbi Michelle Dardashti, associate University chaplain for the Jewish community, while reading from a statement from the Board of Rabbis of Greater Rhode Island. Dardashti then left to take leave for Sabbath, which prohibits work activities. But hundreds of protesters still attended the meeting. “We are here tonight, on Shabbat, because UMB Bank’s proposal is not just something that should never happen, it’s something that we, the people of Rhode Island,
pen,” said Aaron Regunberg ’12, former Rhode Island state representative. “Today you have an incredible responsibility and job to be bold,” said Stephanie Gonzalez, a former Central Falls City Council member who is married to Mayor Jorge Elorza. “Choose to be bold. And I’ll echo what others have said: Come on this side. Join us. Choose to be bold.” Alice Webb, whose daughter previously worked at the Wyatt, spoke in favor of the prison during the meeting. “Why would you want to shut down a facility that abides by the rules, treats people fairly and houses people that come here to our country?” asked Webb. About an hour after the meeting began, a protester blew a shofar, a horn used in Jewish religious ceremonies. At this call, another Never Again Action protester, Fil Eden, stood and led a calland-response answered by a majority of the 300 people in the room. They chanted: “Reject this process. It is a sham and a travesty. We, the people of Rhode Island, will not allow UMB Bank to use our state to make profits by dehumanizing our immigrant brothers and sisters. Never Again means never again for everyone. You canceled your last meeting, we’re canceling this meeting. Shabbat Shalom.” The Wyatt board called for order and then a temporary break. As they exited the room, protesters continue to sing: “We’ve got ancestors at our backs. We’ve got generations forward. We’ve got land and spirit in our bones. Never Again. Para Nadie.” In the absence of the board members, the assembled protesters celebrat-
not take Shabbat from us,” said activist Lex Rofeberg as people passed around challah bread and grape juice. While addressing the crowd in Spanish, Catarina Lorenza from AMOR spoke about the severity of the situation, reminding those assembled that the lives of the detainees were at stake. When the board members returned, they were greeted with the crowd singing: “Which side are you on? Which side are you on?” After failing to regain control of the meeting, the officials adjourned the event and Central Falls Police, alongside state troopers, escorted the board members out of the room. Inside, the singing, chanting and clapping roared on. Central Falls City Council member Jonathon Acosta ’11 then addressed the crowd. “What (the board members) are saying is that all they care about is bondholders,” said Acosta. “This state has already shown, multiple times … (that it) will always privilege creditors over people.” Acosta led the protesters from the gymnasium to the street, where they continued to chant. In response to organizers’ songs and chants, detainees inside the Wyatt banged on their windows, which further intensified the calls of “Shut it down” and “Never Again.” The Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation intends to vote on the forbearance agreement Monday evening during their next meeting. No time for public comment is scheduled, but as protesters disbanded and left the Wyatt, Never Again Action organizers expressed the intention to return Monday night and once again demonstrate
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Brown breaks education funding promise To the Editor: I am disappointed in the Brown administration’s efforts to cite its current programmatic investments in Providence schools as a way to excuse Brown’s failure to
mitment. Brown’s current investments and its mostly unfunded Fund for the Education of the Children in Providence are conducted entirely on the university’s own terms: Brown
meet its more than decade-old commitment to raise $10 million for a permanent fund to support K-12 education in Providence. While Brown does support valuable programs that benefit students in Providence, the article does not explain how many of these programs benefit both Brown students by providing them with service learning opportunities and benefit Brown by improving its public image. The Herald would do well to explore the ways in which these programs benefit Brown, which is not to say they are bad for the district or city, just that reporting them only as pure donations from the University is an uncritical broadcasting of the Corporation’s message. In the case of the $10 million fund, in 2007 Brown was able to get the public relations boost by making a splashy promise without then having to fulfill the com-
decides how to spend funds in the way that best serves the University’s interests, not based on what best serves the public interest. These efforts help Brown when it works together with other private universities and hospitals to ward off efforts that would require these organizations to pay taxes to the City of Providence. These organizations only contribute relatively small payments in lieu of taxes, despite owning much of the most valuable land in the city. Like any wealthy corporation that pays little in taxes, Brown can point to whatever voluntary choices it has made to support worthy programs. But in a democracy, governments determine how we fund our schools— and wealthy corporations, both for profit and nonprofit, should contribute to the public good as taxpayers and not just on their own terms. By Peter Ian Asen ’04
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Who will win the World Series? BY GEORGE KLEIN SPORTS COLUMNIST
The Major League Baseball regular season is reaching its final stages, and as we start to look at the playoff picture, it is clear that four teams have separated themselves from the rest of the league. The New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers all dominated for stretches of this year and boast rosters that intimidate any opponent. The World Series champion will likely emerge from the aforementioned pack, so let’s take a closer look at the respective strengths and weaknesses of these four teams. The Yankees faced an almost unimaginable amount of injuries throughout the season, but they managed to run away with the American League East thanks to unexpected contributions. Offseason acquisition DJ LeMahieu turned into an MVP candidate, and Gio Urshela has a .326 batting average along with a .918 OPS. With Aaron Judge rounding into form, New York’s lineup is stabilizing just in time for the postseason. If Giancarlo Stanton can return to the lineup and contribute once the playoffs start, the Yankees will only grow more dangerous on offense. But pitching has turned into a real issue for New York. Who can the Yankees trust to start a crucial playoff game? Domingo German has amassed 18 wins so far but has also posted a less impressive 4.09 ERA. James Paxton finally met expectations in the second half, but in sum
has allowed too many runners on base. New York’s ace Luis Severino will make his first start of 2019 on Tuesday after missing the entire season due to injury. While fans should expect some rust, Severino’s performance might be the deciding factor for New York’s October fate. If the Yankees reach the American League Championship Series, they will most likely meet the fearsome Houston Astros, who have no such pitching issues. Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and Zack Greinke combine for the best starting rotation in the playoffs this season. Verlander gets better even as he ages, recording an extraordinary 0.78 WHIP and 275 strikeouts so far
terrific last year too, and then lost to the Red Sox in the ALCS, so the potential remains for another pre-World Series exit. But none of Houston’s competition will be as good as the 2018 Red Sox, so the Astros should return to the Fall Classic. In the National League, meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves have been on a roll, catching fire at just the right time. Josh Donaldson has enjoyed a terrific comeback year, recording 37 home runs and a .924 OPS. Freddie Freeman and Ronald Acuña Jr. continue to lead Atlanta on offense, with Ozzie Albies in support. Yet after those four players, there is a big drop off, with a lot of aver-
“Prediction: Astros over Dodgers.” this year. Cole has a 0.91 WHIP and 292 strikeouts himself. Add in six-time All-Star Greinke, and teams will have difficulty in trying to garner any sort of offense against Houston. And the lineup is overpowering as well. George Springer is enjoying a career-best season, and Michael Brantley has provided a major boost in his first year with the Astros. Alex Bregman has a .998 OPS and rookie Yordan Álvarez has taken the league by storm, hitting 25 home runs in only 76 games with a 1.091 OPS. José Altuve remains a force at second base. The list goes on — Houston doesn’t have any clear weak spots and will be the favorite to win the American League. Of course, the Astros looked
age or below-average hitting around the bottom of Atlanta’s order. In the postseason, it might become difficult for the Braves to score runs, especially against relief pitching. It’s hard to trust Atlanta’s offense when the team relies on just a few players to such a great degree. However, the Braves do have solid pitching. Twenty-two-year-old Mike Soroka has looked dynamic in 2019, breaking out and making the All-Star Game. Dallas Keuchel has pitched in plenty of big games before and will provide important veteran savvy and leadership in the playoffs. Still, out of the four frontrunning MLB teams, Atlanta is the worst and at the greatest risk for early playoff elimination. The Braves
CO R R E CT I O N A previous version of the September 13 article titled “Brown Dems throw watch party for presidential debate” misidentified Joshua Neronha ’22 as Peter Neronha ’22. The Herald regrets the error.
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A previous version of the September 9 article titled “‘Fertile Ground’ exhibit challenges gender roles” stated that Zoë Charlton’s piece paid homage to her grandmother, “who was one of the first African-American females to own land in the United States.” In fact, her grandmother was one of the first African-American females to own land in her family. The Herald regrets the error.
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don’t have the same range of stars as the other powerhouses and can’t dominate opposition in the same way. The Dodgers, on the other hand, have plenty of stars. Cody Bellinger has blossomed into one of the best hitters in all of baseball with 44 home runs and a 1.037 OPS. Justin Turner, Max Muncy and Joc Pederson have each recorded at least 27 home runs and a .858 OPS. The starting rotation is the best area of Los Angeles’s roster: Hyun-Jin Ryu, Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler form an imposing group. For Kershaw, however, the question continues to linger whether he can at last turn around his postseason legacy. This might be his last chance to rewrite the narrative. Los Angeles has two major issues. Firstly, the relief pitching will frighten fans during October games. Kenley Jansen’s 3.72 ERA is far higher than we’re used to seeing from him, and his troubles mean that the Dodgers don’t have a force waiting in the bullpen like they did in past playoff runs. The lineup also doesn’t stack up against the likes of the Yankees and the Astros — pitchers can have easy innings against the bottom of the Dodgers’ order. Los Angeles has lost in two consecutive World Series appearances, and this year might mark the team’s third straight Fall Classic defeat. Prediction: Astros over Dodgers. George Klein ’20 can be reached at george_ klein@brown.edu. Please send responses to this opinion to letters@browndailyherald. com and op-eds to opinions@browndaily-
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
SPORTS
Women’s volleyball takes home uncontested tournament victory
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Bruno felt the heat against the Friars in a final tournament match, entering the fifth and final round tied with two sets apiece. The Bears proved resilient and clinched the deciding match at 15-11, prevailing with a 3-2 victory and earning them the Friar Classic title. Women’s volleyball will next take the court at Bryant University on September 17.
Bruno conquers Coppin State, Fairleigh Dickinson, Providence in Friar Classic BY AMELIA SPALTER STAFF WRITER The women’s volleyball team beat out Coppin State University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Providence College to claim an uncontested victory in the Friar Classic at Providence College over the weekend. Bruno won the first two matchups before closing the tournament with a high-intensity 3-2 match against the Friars in five sets: 25-21, 22-25, 18-25, 25-23, 15-11. The Bears (6-1) and the Friars (5-5) proved to be closely matched competitors from the start. Bruno opened the first set with a scoring play seconds
RISD FROM PAGE 1 tioned in his 1970 experiment. John Smith, who formerly worked at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, for over ten years, is now the director of the RISD Museum. “This project allows for a broad section of the museum’s curators to work deeply with a wide range of artists,” Smith said. “It (makes us) think about the ways that artists see objects in the museums … and museum collections.” Smith went on to describe how “Raid the Icebox Now” subverts traditional curatorial modes. “Curators, by their training, often seek in rather academic or historical ways, and artists, by their nature, are thinking outside of those boundaries,” he commented. He emphasized that the exhibit highlights the “good middle ground, where curators can think more openly about how we present objects and the kinds of stories we tell.” The exhibit showcases work by artists and collectives such as Pablo Bronstein, Beth Katleman, Simone Leigh and Triple Canopy, among others. Kat-
after the opening serve, setting off the Friars, who swung back with four points in under thirty seconds. Brown and Providence traded points back and forth until a back-court power-serve by outside hitter Makena Ehlert ’20 tied the score at six. Providence shortly regained the lead, but Brown followed up with five consecutive points to set the score at 11-7. Providence fired back with three consecutive points to bring the score to 11-10 Brown. The schools continued to battle it out, but libero Ashley Oelrich ’22 fought off a barrage of attacks from the Friars, allowing the Bears to take the set at 25-21. “We were deliberate about controlling the pace of the game and not letting Providence run away with it,” said Head Coach Ahen Kim. The Friars dominated the middle two sets with quick, physical play. “Credit to Providence,” Kim said. “They played really fast. A speed that
we haven’t seen yet this season, or in our own gym to be quite frank. Winning the first set was big. It gave us life. … It took the middle sets to get it figured out.” The second set (22-25) marked Brown’s first lost set in the tournament. The Bears came close to the win, thanks to the efforts of Ehlert and setter Kristin Sellers ’22. Ehlert led the team in kills with 16 against the Friars and 40 throughout the tournament. Sellers led Bruno in assists with 46 against the Friars and 99 total in the classic. Sellers and Ehlert also snagged critical digs, totaling 12 and 35 respectively over the course of the matches. Brown teased fans by opening with a score in the first few seconds of the third set, but five consecutive points from Providence prophesied the rest of the stanza, which Brown dropped 18-25. Initially, the fourth set was in danger of pulling the plug on Bruno’s
leman, whose work involves porcelain sculptures and ceramic installations, described Warhol’s influence on both her work and the exhibit. “It is the contemporary version of how an artist would like to interact (with their audience) in a museum,” she said. “I also realized how strong an influence Warhol has had on my own work,” Katleman stated, referring to her porcelain and ceramic molds. “His work is so much part of the conversation and air that we breathe.” From The Herald’s April 24, 1970 issue, Steve Wolinsky ’71 wrote about Andy Warhol’s original “Raid the Icebox.” The article details how Warhol “raided RISD’s backrooms, collected everything that struck his fancy, including three armoires of old shoes, thirty chairs, … and a Degas pastel, and put them in a touring show which naturally became the rave of the Pop Art world.” Wolinksy goes on to describe a chaotic press conference held at the RISD Museum featuring discussions of Warhol’s reaction to audience members, his bus commute to Providence and his
striking platinum-blond hair. Members of the art world were shocked to see famous impressionist paintings lying next to antique chairs by anonymous designers. Today, the exhibit revisits this symbol of the dichotomy by incorporating chairs, stacked in rows or arranged in a circle for a performance piece, recalling Warhol’s subversive curatorial ideas. The unfiltered nature of this exhibit is especially prominent compared to other, more traditionally cohesive displays of paintings in adjacent galleries of the RISD Museum. Museum visitor Harry Liner spoke of his interest in the exhibit. “I think it is really cool that the exhibit reinvents curation processes,” he said. “It is hard to remember that everything we see in a typical museum is specifically chosen for a message or statement.” Visitors can see “Raid the Icebox Now” at the RISD Museum from Sept. 13, 2019, to Nov. 1, 2020. Currently on view is “Witnessing” by Sebastian Ruth in collaboration with Jessie Montgomery, as well as “New American Scenery” by Paul Scott.
chances for victory. Kaitlyn Wong ’23, less than two weeks into her collegiate volleyball career, spearheaded Bruno’s defensive efforts to stave off defeat in the fourth set. The Friars continued their hot streak, taking an early 3-0 lead and eventually scratching out a healthy 13-7 score in their favor. But the Bears clawed back. With the teams tied at 15, outside hitter Gabrielle Moriconi ’21 stepped up, sending one sailing between the antennae to snag a lead. “We had a few critical swings from (Moriconi) that put us back in there,” Ehlert said. “She was hitting that line really well. That got our heads back in (the game).” A flurry of successes for both sides saw Providence close in on the Bears at 23-24, but Bruno put the Friars away to win the set 25-23 in a collective effort. The Friars “came out swinging really hard,” Sellers said. “But it turned all around once we started getting points in the later half of the set. (Providence
is) really big and physical, but we realized we could hang because we’re good on defense and had put up solid blocks.” Brown and Providence came into the fifth and final round tied two sets a piece. The Friars came out with two points in the first seconds of regular play, but the Bears held their own, smacking back five consecutive points to take the lead 5-2. Providence landed three shots in Bruno territory to knot the score again, but middle blocker Jacqueline Jacobs ’20 constantly floated up to block the bulk of Friar attacks. Brown’s offense righted the ship to defend the lead throughout a tense back-and-forth, until a narrow Providence kill tied the teams at 11. Brown buckled down and sprinted to the finish, knocking back four furious scores to emerge victorious from the deciding match 15-11. The Bears will next take the court Sept. 17 at Bryant University.
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