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Bears extend winning streak to five U. places 14th on U.S. W. SOCCER

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White ’21 scores overtime goal in 1-0 victory against Dartmouth in team’s first conference tilt

List remains critical resource for prospective students, methodology receives criticism

By ALEXANDRA RUSSELL SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Following a victory over Sacred Heart Wednesday, the women’s soccer team extended its winning streak to five with a 1-0 overtime win over Dartmouth (45, 0-1 Ivy) at Stevenson-Pincince Field Sunday.

Star White ’21 scored the golden goal — her fourth of the season — in the 92nd minute. White controlled a looping cross from Celia Story ’19 in the left side of the box before launching a shot to the right corner of the net.

“The whole game we were dominating — you could tell we were the leaders of the game in terms of possession, and we had a bunch of chances on goal,” White said. “I knew it was coming, and we deserved a win.”

The Bears (8-2, 1-0) applied consistent offensive pressure throughout, outshooting the Big Green 23-6.

“We’ve got to finish our opportunities when they come, and there were a couple of opportunities earlier in the

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Star White ’21 powers down the field in Sunday’s victory over Dartmouth.

White led the Bears with six shots and scored the game-winning goal in OT. game where I felt we rushed our shot a little bit,” said Head Coach Kia McNeill.

“What you saw out of Star at the end (was) a little bit more composure.”

A strong defensive showing enabled Bruno to shut the Big Green down and compensate for the drawbacks of the 3-52 formation the Bears recently adopted.

“Playing a 3-5-2 — it leaves you a little bit more vulnerable in the back, so there was a lot that we wanted to clean up this week,” McNeill said. “Our defenders really implemented the game plan well and executed everything that we wanted them to do tonight.” » See W. SOCCER, page 2

U.S. News and World Report ranked Brown as number 14 on its list of best national universities for the third year in a row in its most recent version of the list. The University holds the 14th spot along with Cornell, Rice University and Vanderbilt University. The University also ranks number three on the list of schools with the best undergraduate teaching and number 14 in best valued schools.

The U.S. News list is just one of many tools to rank universities, and the admission office takes note of these rankings to better understand prospective students, said Dean of Admission Logan Powell. “We pay attention to it because we try to understand the perspective of prospective students and families and help them put into context what some of those rankings mean,” Powell said. “It’s one of the sources of

information that students can utilize as they begin to explore colleges to which they might apply.”

The U.S. News lists rank universities based on data from colleges themselves, peer assessments, the Council for Aid to Education and the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.

To calculate the rankings of the best universities, U.S. News uses up to 15 indicators, such as student selectivity and alumni giving rate.

Each indicator is given a different weight, determined by “its relevance to academic quality,” said Eric Brooks, a senior data analyst for U.S. News.

Graduation and retention rates and undergraduate academic reputation are given the greatest weight in the U.S. News rankings.

The list has received criticism over the years for its methodology and influence on college admission.

The U.S. News rankings are “a sloppily done academic evaluation,” said Brian Leiter, director of the University of Chicago’s Center for Law, Philosophy and Human Values, who wrote an essay criticizing college ranking lists in the » See RANKINGS, page 2

CROSS COUNTRY

Bears top Providence, Ivy League foes in Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown Indiana, Illinois, Syracuse only schools to finish above Bruno in impressive fourth-place team finish

By CORMAC CUMMISKEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Brown men’s cross country team tested themselves against national, regional and conference-caliber competition at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown Friday, hosted by Boston College at Franklin Park.

Though the weather was wet and cheerless, the outcome of the meet was sunny for Brown. In its strongest showing of the season, Bruno tallied 117 points to place fourth out of 18 teams. Only nationally ranked programs outpaced Brown: No. 3 Syracuse, No. 27 Illinois and No. 21 Indiana, which finished in that order.

Brown handily defeated cross-town rival Providence College, which finished seventh. It was a major coup for the Bears, marking the first time in five years that Brown has triumphed over the Friars.

Brown also enjoyed victories over Ivy League foes Dartmouth and Harvard, who finished ninth and 11th, respectively.

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Co-captain Matthew Mahoney ’18 said the team was pleased with the result.

“Going into the meet, we were expecting to beat Harvard and Dartmouth fairly easily. We weren’t really sure about Providence … they’ve got a great team and a great coach. So that was pretty exciting.”

Mahoney scalped a few athletes in the late stages of the race to lead his team home with an eighth place finish.

Mahoney covered the eight-kilometer course in 24 minutes, 28 seconds — just 15 seconds slower than the individual winner, Jesse Reiser of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Head Coach Tim Springfield’s plan had been for Mahoney to run alongside co-captain Martin Martinez ’18 in the lead pack, keeping stride with the frontrunners for as long as possible.

“When we went through 5K, some of the Syracuse and Illinois guys started dropping the pace a little bit,” Mahoney said. “My last two miles were my fastest miles — I was able to pass three or four guys. Martin faded a bit, but still finished pretty strong.”

Brown’s next three runners crossed the line in a cluster: Martinez — in his first major cross country race since undergoing surgery over a year ago

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Matt Mahoney ’18 placed as Bruno’s top finisher in eighth place, falling behind six runners from Syracuse, Illinois and Indiana — the meet’s top three teams — and another competitor from Boston University.

— finished 22nd in 24:47; Cameron Daly ’20, 23rd in 24:50; and Michael Wyman ’18, 25th in 24:56.

The captains were excited about the

strong showing by Wyman — a middledistance specialist on the track — as this was his first 8-km cross-country race in nearly three years.

“The training (Wyman) has done the past few years has been more 800 meter to mile-oriented,” Mahoney said. “He got » See CROSS COUNTRY, page 2

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UNIVERSITY NEWS Administrators moving to South Street Landing catalyzes creation of new express shuttle route

UNIVERSITY NEWS U. removes Ethernet cable ports from all residence hall dorms, citing lack of student usage

COMMENTARY Savello ’18: The OIP should make better effort to help students adjust back to life at Brown

SPORTS Football falls behind 38-2 after three quarters, backup QB TJ Linta ’18 impresses late

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“It is simply impossible to explain the weighting,” Leiter said. “It’s just utterly arbitrary — you get entirely different results just by tweaking a few of the weights” of the factors that determine the final ranking.

The rankings’ methodology changes most years, according to the U.S. News and World Report website. “The weights have been adjusted over many years as new factors have been considered or weights of existing ranking factors have increased or decreased,” Brooks wrote in a follow-up email to The Herald. “There is no formulaic answer.”

Leiter also pointed out that the U.S. News rankings “set up an incentive structure for schools to basically devote their resources to moving up in the rankings.”

However, U.S. News compares collected data to previous data and uses “critical thinking” to reduce the ability for schools to “game” the system, Brooks said.

Though the University does work to

improve areas such as faculty resources and the student experience — factors that are taken into account in the U.S. News rankings — these improvements are not connected to an effort to rise in the rankings, Powell said. “We do those things because they’re the right things to do, and they ensure the long-term success of Brown and the long-term quality of the Brown educational experience,” he added. Ultimately, the U.S. News rankings, along with other college rankings, are just one tool for prospective students to use while looking at colleges, Powell said.

Despite disagreeing with U.S. News’ methodology in determining rankings, Leiter still suggests that prospective students pay attention to the rankings since a school’s spot on the list can influence other students’ decisions to apply, thereby affecting the composition of the student body.

“Rankings are neither good nor are they bad,” Powell said. “They are a piece of information. Students and families should use that information, but they should use it as one of many sources of information. It should never be determinative, it should just be informative.”

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Goalkeeper Christine Etzel ’19 made two saves — including a leaping catch off a header in the second half — for her second shutout of the season.

As the Bears delve deeper into conference play, they seek to develop greater fluidity on the field and conviction in the final third.

“We need to continue to find chemistry up top in terms of finishing the ball, knowing where to cross it, where your runs are and just finishing off the game early,” White said.

While Bruno’s recent wins are a major source of optimism, the team remains diligent.

“We’re confident, but we’re not complacent, and we’re still hungry to keep getting after the next one,” McNeill said.

“Right now we’re just focused on getting everybody’s bodies rejuvenated and ready for next weekend.”

The Bears continue Ivy League play at Columbia Saturday before hosting Princeton Oct. 7.

his mileage up this summer and this fall.

He’s going to play a big role on the team going forward.”

A gap in Brown’s pack followed Wyman. Precious seconds ticked away as the squad waited for its crucial fifth man to finish; all the while, runners from other teams were pouring into the finishing chute. Eventually, Gabe Altopp ’20 staunched the bleeding for the Bears, finalizing Brown’s score by finishing in 43rd place.

The Bears competed without their usual number three man, senior Andrew Foerder ’18, who was absent due to academic commitments. Had Foerder finished near Martinez and Daly, as he has in past meets this season, Brown would have scored roughly 15 fewer points and leapfrogged Indiana in the standings.

Martinez emphasized the importance of senior leadership in regards to the improvement that the team has shown this year. “We have a lot of upperclassmen who have been injured in

the past, who’ve finally been able to put the pieces together and figure out what’s right for them in terms of training and racing,” he said. “They know this is their last year, and they’re putting all their cards on the table.”

The Bears’ postseason prospects are bright. In the latest edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division I NCAA Coaches’ Regional Rankings, Brown is ranked sixth in the Northeast, while Providence is ranked fourth. Given the Friars’ defeat at the hands of Bruno, it is reasonable to assume that this order will reverse in the poll’s next edition.

Brown has not finished as high as fourth place at the NCAA Northeast Regional since 2007. Finishing fourth or better this year could potentially earn the Bears their first ticket to NCAA Nationals since 1996.

The Bears will lace up their spikes again Oct. 13, when the team hosts its annual home meet, the Rothenberg Cross Country Invitational, at Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick.

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U. adds shuttle routes to accommodate new Jewelry District offices New express route to connect South Street Landing to main campus from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

By JENNIFER SHOOK STAFF WRITER

Fans of the University’s trusty shuttle routes may have noticed that their options have multiplied this semester, as the Transportation Office has implemented additional and improved daytime and evening shuttle routes.

The Transportation Office reimagined its daytime shuttle route — separating the original route into two that service Pembroke Campus, Fox Point and the Jewelry District.

It also added an additional reverse direction shuttle route to its already popular evening offerings, according to a community-wide email from the transportation office.

The route alterations were sparked by the University’s decision to move a large proportion of its administrators to its new South Street Landing location in the Jewelry District, said Assistant Vice President of Business and Financial Services Elizabeth Gentry.

With the first major move of administrators to South Street Landing set to occur in late October, the Transportation Office sought the aid of Nelson\ Nygaard, a transportation consulting firm, to redesign its shuttle routes to accommodate the new location off of

College Hill. The company surveyed students and administrators already working at off-campus locations, as well as administrators who would be relocated to the Jewelry District in order to make recommendations to the University, Gentry said.

“One of the things that was really important was creating an express route between College Hill and South Street Landing without a lot of stops,” Gentry said. This recommendation was actualized in the form of an express route that now connects College Hill to the new South Street location from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m on weekdays, running every 10 minutes.

In addition to an express route, the transportation office also decided to implement a new daytime “connector” route. The newly designed connector route follows a longer course, circling campus and carrying students and administrators down to the Jewelry District, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School before looping back up to the Fox Point neighborhood.

The expanded route options necessitated additional shuttles. The University purchased two 20 passenger buses in order to service the express route. The old 13 passenger vehicles now service the new connector route.

With additional vehicles, the Transportation Office was able to turn its attention to its evening shuttle offerings, Gentry said. She

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The creation of a new “conmnector” route follows a longer course than the express version, encircling campus before heading downtown to the Jewelry District, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School. said community members often complained that evening routes only travelled in one direction, meaning that depending on where a student sought to travel, a simple trip from the Rockefeller Library to the student’s dorm in Andrews Hall could turn into an unexpectedly long ride. The office decided to accommodate this request, creating a counterclockwise route.

“We were really happy that, by

having additional shuttles, it gave us the opportunity to add that program,” Gentry said.

In redesigning its new shuttle routes, the Transportation Office also sought the advice of Brown’s Department of Public Safety to ensure that the new routes would optimize community member safety.

A representative from DPS provided “input and (took) part in

discussions towards finalization of the plan that was implemented,” said Deputy Chief of Police Paul Shanley in an email to The Herald. DPS recommended that its phone number be added to signs along the route to increase student safety, Shanley wrote.

Students looking to take advantage of the new routes should download the TransLoc Rider application to their phones, Gentry said.

U. removes Ethernet cables from residence hall dorms U. cites sustainability, low Ethernet cable usage as reasons for going Wi-Fi only in dorms

By LIYAAN MASKATI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Computing and Information Services removed all Ethernet cable ports from residence halls this year, meaning they will all be Wi-Fi-only, according to an email sent out by the Office of Residential Life Aug. 23. The decision was “based on the extremely low usage of Ethernet at Brown and (was) also part of Brown’s initiative to become a greener and more sustainable campus,” according to the email. The decision was made in partnership with CIS, “based on the data that CIS provided,” said Richard Hilton, associate director of the Office of Residential Life.

The idea to increase wireless coverage on campus began in 2014, according to Ravi Pendse, vice president of CIS and chief information officer. At the beginning of that academic year, CIS distributed Ethernet cables to the incoming class of 2018 — but almost all the students questioned the need for the cables, Pendse said, adding that most students’ laptops did not even have Ethernet connectors.

“As users, our habits change,” Pendse said, adding that there was a time when people preferred wired connectivity over wireless, but, now, the reverse holds true.

“In 2016, less than 500 devices were

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registered for wired network,” he said.

“In the spring of 2017, this number was down to less than 100.”

Due to this shift, the wireless coverage across campus, especially in residence halls, needed to be significantly enhanced, Pendse said. As the number of wired connections in residence halls declined, students began demanding more bandwidth alongside more wireless connectivity, as they wanted to be mobile, he added. “If you are not

connected to the wire, you are free. You can do whatever you want, wherever you want. The wire is not holding you back anymore.”

The alternative to making the transition to complete wireless connectivity was to upgrade all the wired ports, but this would have required a lot of resources that could have been invested elsewhere, Pendse said. Furthermore, upgrading the ports did not make much sense given the low usage rates, he added.

There is also an added environmental benefit to going wireless. “Not having (Ethernet ports) makes us use less electricity and makes (the University) more sustainable,” Pendse said.

The residential hall-wide change comes after the testing of a smaller pilot program in 2014, when CIS replaced Ethernet ports with wireless connectivity in two residential halls, Young Orchard 2 and New Pembroke 2. There were no complaints from students in these

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residential halls following the change, and the speeds on wireless were actually faster than the speeds that the older Ethernet ports had provided, Pendse said. Given the pilot program’s success, CIS expanded wireless-only to all residential halls.

Flannery McIntyre ’19 stated that she hasn’t been affected by the change to Wi-Fi-only. “The internet is usually pretty good,” McIntyre said, adding that “it occasionally goes in and out, but it’s been like that since freshman year.”

McIntyre had not noticed the lack of Ethernet cables in the dormitories. “I feel like a lot of people didn’t use the Ethernet plugs anyway,” she said.

In addition to increasing wireless coverage across campus, CIS has also introduced a new video conference service called Zoom. “Many students at Brown were asking for a strong video conferencing tool — especially those studying abroad, and those involved in research projects with collaborators all across the globe,” Pendse said.

The challenge with routine services used for web conferences, such as Facebook or Skype, is that they are unreliable, Pendse said. “We needed something that worked all the time and had all the facilities that one needed,” he explained. He believes that Zoom serves that purpose: The tool allows up to 100 participants to join in on the same video session and allows users to record video to the cloud or their hard drives. Zoom is freely available for members of the Brown community.

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Festival-goers tour historical sites around Providence

Over 20 architectural spaces opened to public during Doors Open RI Festival Saturday

By TANUSHRI SUNDAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As they walked into the hidden church dome, the visitors could spot some of the names inscribed on the wall, some dating back to the early 18th century.

“Providence is amazing in the richness of its architecture,” said Matthew Hird, the church’s steward.

This tour of the Beneficent Congregational Church was just one of over 20 unique locations open to the public during the Doors Open Rhode Island festival on Saturday. During the festival, curious visitors could explore historic museums, cathedrals, theaters and studios located across Providence for free.

The tour featured several buildings located on campus and the Rhode Island School of Design. Others were within walking distance or easily accessible through the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, which provided free transportation between participating

sites on the day of the festival.

In some of the sites, like the Stephen Hopkins House, participants were led on guided tours with special access to 18th-century artifacts and heirlooms.

In other places, like the Benefit Street Arsenal, visitors were allowed to freely explore the military collections of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, including a large Model 1902 Field Gun. The Doors Open Festival is part of a wider movement, which aims to connect people with the significant spaces in their city. “When we have access to places in our community, we learn the stories that make us feel more connected to the cities, which contributes to our greater sense of ownership and pride,” said Caroline Stevens MA’16, the festival’s program director. Stevens started the Doors Open venture as a recipient of the 2016 Embark Post-Graduate Fellowship, a program sponsored by the Swearer Center for Public Service that provides grants around $20,000 to graduating students pursuing “social ventures as full-time endeavors.”

Those who attended and volunteered at the festival seemed to do so out of genuine curiosity, wanting to know more about the landmarks that

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The Doors Open Rhode Island Festival allowed the public to visit and tour historic museums, cathedrals, theaters and studios around Providence for free, including those on the campuses of Brown and RISD. they pass by on a daily basis.

“I went to the Benefit Street Arsenal,” said Jen Liu ’17, “I actually live one minute away from it. I had no idea that any of these places … were historical.”

Glenn Doup, senior vice

commander of the American Legion Post 228 in Somerset, Mass., eyed fragile collections at the Benefit Street Arsenal, including some volumes that date back to 1865. “I think it’s a great place, a beautiful place,” he said. “And

now that they’ve finally done all these renovations to it, I’m glad I got a chance to come out.”

Additional reporting by Paulina Sengeridis.

ANNE WALDMAN In Conversation

An internationally acclaimed author of more than 40 collections of poetry, Anne Waldman is an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry community. Associated with the Beat and New York School movements, she is the co-founder with Allen Ginsberg of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Waldman serves as a Brown Arts Initiative professor of the practice in Literary Arts this academic year.

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WBRU sale could put direction of station back in students’ hands

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For as long as current seniors have been at Brown, the running joke amongst WBRU staffers has been how much they hate listening to the station’s music itself. The looping streams of Coldplay and Red Hot Chili Peppers might have brought in Providence’s alternative music-seekers for the last several years, but the records hadn’t reflected the musical tastes of the Brown community for some time.

In the midst of declining profits and a collapsing radio market, WBRU decided to sell its terrestrial signal to the highest bidder this summer. And while the sale itself was fraught with contention and internal drama, the Brown community can also view it as a way to move forward. As WBRU takes the plunge into online-only streaming content, the digital pivot offers an exciting opportunity for students to reshape the station without pressure from ratings and advertisers. We’re anticipating music that more closely aligns with what staffers listen to themselves, rather than what they played to allay advertisers’ concerns. WBRU.com, where the station will host its now digital-only content, shows signs that a new mobile application may soon be on the way. Some students are working on creating a news podcast. And WBRU doesn’t show any signs of downsizing, as it certainly hasn’t slowed its recruitment efforts (as at least one Herald editorial board member who never got removed from their listserv can tell you).

Switching over to digital-only content won’t be easy, though — whether or not WBRU can maintain the same advertising to keep the budget at similar levels as past years remains to be seen. While the $5.63 million sale does provide the station with immediate funds (as well as plenty to start an endowment to fund the station for years onward), advertising will be necessary if the station projects a long-term future for itself. How they carve out a spot for themselves within the competition for advertising remains to be seen, especially as students are quicker to turn to their own playlists on Spotify than WBRU’s.

As editors of The Herald, we can’t help but be huge fans of college media in all its forms. But amidst the invaluable professional experience and mentorship, many of us have fallen on hard times, spurring the shift toward digital platforms where competition for advertising is stiff. Still, digital is where media needs to get creative right now. WBRU has prided itself as an organization at the forefront of independent media, but they can only be at the forefront if they’re actively working to pursue new projects. That’s why we see the sale as a positive development — now that WBRU is no longer constrained to limitations of a terrestrial signal, it can devote its staff ’s energy to developing solutions for its new platforms.

While WBRU’s shift may have been forced and unpleasant for some current staffers, we hope they also see it as an opportunity. WBRU made a name for itself as one of the first independent radio stations. We’re excited to see where it takes independent radio next, and we hope you’ll join us in listening.

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COMMENTARY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 • PAGE 7

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

Coming home to Brown SAMANTHA SAVELLO staff columnist When I returned back to campus this semester after studying abroad, I felt like I was entering a second freshman year. Thayer Street had completely transformed, the dining halls had changed and everywhere I looked, the unfamiliar faces of new students replaced those of the upperclassmen who had long graduated. I felt lost and out of place, not to mention shellshocked by the workload and responsibilities I had once been so used to.

To say it was a difficult adjustment would be an understatement. But my experience was not unique: many students face similar challenges readapting to life at Brown after a semester abroad.

Some of these obstacles — particularly social and academic ones — are unavoidable, as they come with the territory of shifting between countries and schools. But others can certainly be reduced, especially when the impediments are purely logistical.

Take issues with student housing after going abroad in the fall, for example, or the lengthy period of transcript processing. These are small-scale but time-consuming burdens that can exacerbate the difficult adjustment.

Another problem is the automatic

meal plan cancellation after study abroad, which forces students to visit the Dining Services office in person to reverse the cancellation when they arrive back on campus. This may also seem like a minor inconvenience, but it has larger implications: It means that, if students study abroad in the spring, the financial aid they calculate for the following year will not include the costs of their meal plans. Procedural issues like these are far too

dents” page on the OIP’s website for more information, I was struck by the fact that it states, “you could be traveling again before you know it.” By contrast, not a lot of information was offered about re-adjusting back to Brown and the United States. While I understand that the OIP is charged with helping students go abroad and supporting them while they are there, it should place more emphasis on the often shaky transition back to cam-

best serve students returning back to campus after time away.

First of all, the University needs to eradicate the disconnect between the OIP and Dining Services. Simply adding a section about the meal plan cancellation policy to the OIP site and sending out an email to students with this information before the financial aid deadline would make a world of difference for those calculating financial aid and budget

While I understand that the OIP is charged with helping students go abroad and supporting them while they are there, it should place more emphasis on the often shaky transition back to campus than on future travel plans. common, and can create unnecessary financial and academic pressures for returning students.

After years of sending students abroad, shouldn’t Brown be more prepared to deal with these issues in an efficient manner? Students have enough trouble re-adapting to Brown’s course load and combatting culture shock after they come back from a study abroad program, so why give them more to worry about?

Instead of addressing this issue, the Office of International Programs focuses its energy on convincing students to go abroad — sometimes even for a second time. When I browsed through the “Returning Stu-

pus than on future travel plans.

To be fair, the OIP does make an effort to mitigate these problems by hosting a returned students reception lunch as a space for students to share their experiences and discuss their transitions back to Brown. The OIP also provides students with information about credit transfers and encourages them to reach out to CareerLAB to find out how to leverage their study abroad experiences on a professional level. These are all helpful services, but do not provide support to overcome the logistical hassles of returning. Brown should consider making a few organizational changes to streamline the process and

needs. The housing issues that come with study abroad could also be easily avoided with a little extra coordination. The OIP has access to the names of all the students who are abroad and those who will be going abroad the following semester. By putting these students in touch with each other and collaborating with the Office of Residential Life, the OIP could easily facilitate housing swaps between returning and leaving students — of course, only if students consent to having their names shared.

This would allow students to learn of available rooms and choose ones that best fit their needs, rather than entering the random — and generally dis-

appointing — housing selection process. More frequent events and academic peer support for students transitioning back to Brown’s academic structure could also help.

But most importantly, Brown and the OIP should consolidate the different services that cater to returning students. They can start by integrating information from Dining Services and ResLife into their website and alerts. If students can find all of their information in one place — or even in one email — it would be a much simpler process. This may go beyond the OIP’s stated responsibility of “manag(ing) study abroad opportunities” — but that in itself is the underlying issue. The OIP needs to recognize that the transition back to Brown is just as important as the preparation process, and take some responsibility for the student’s safe and healthy welcome back. The study abroad experience does not end when you step foot back on Brown’s campus. It is an ongoing process that requires patience, adaptation and a solid support system. If the OIP does not provide that support, then who will?

Samantha Savello ’18 can be reached at samantha_savello@brown.edu.

SPORTS THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

M. SOCCER

Bears battle URI to scoreless draw in fractious contest Bruno unable to capitalize on offensive opportunities in physical contest marked by yellow cards, fouls

By ALEX SMOLAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Following the men’s soccer team’s first loss of the season to Southern Methodist University last Sunday, Brown (4-1-1) returned home to write the next chapter of their intrastate rivalry with the University of Rhode Island Saturday. Bruno was unable to get back to its winning ways, as the Rams (32-2) managed to battle the Bears to a scoreless draw.

“We did really well defensively,” said co-captain James Myall ’18. “We were pretty strong in the back, especially on set pieces.”

Both URI and Brown started fast, as the offenses threatened with several corner kicks, shots barely high and wide and passes that were inches off the mark. The first half demonstrated the physicality of both teams; the Bears and Rams both earned early yellow cards and combined for 17 first-half fouls.

The most notable first-half scoring chance for Bruno came when Jack

Hagstrom ’19 was able to soar above the defense on a corner kick for a header that was mere inches wide of the net.

As the second half began, the Rams came out with urgency, creating a quick shot from the top of the goal box that required a diving save from Brown goalie Joey Cipicchio ’18, sending the shot rolling barely outside of the goal post.

But as the second half continued, the Bears were able to settle in and respond offensively. Nico Lozada ’18 started to breathe life into the Bears’ offense with the first two shots on goal of the game in the 56th and 58th minutes.

The tension of the rivalry boiled over in the second half, as the referees needed to stop the game to separate players from each team at midfield.

The Bears came excruciatingly close to breaking the ice in the final five minutes of regulation. Quinn English ’18 was able to get behind the Rams’ defense twice but was unable to convert on the scoring opportunities.

“We could be a little better in the final third,” Myall said. “We obviously had quite a few chances up there. Just putting the ball in the net — that’s something we need to do better.”

After 90 minutes of hard-fought soccer, this Ocean State rivalry went

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After defeating nationally-ranked Tulsa away from home, the Bears endured a more modest result in a testy affair between in-state rivals. The teams had to be separated at midfield in the second half after some physical play. to overtime for the second year in a row. Regulation was remarkably even, as the Bears led the Rams in shots 10-9 and both sides were knotted with seven corner kicks each.

The first overtime featured numerous opportunities for both teams, but neither squad was able to find the game-winning goal. Brown’s strong defense was aided in part by another diving save in the 99th minute from

Cipicchio off of a corner kick.

“We just couldn’t get around them,” said co-captain Louis Zingas ’18. “They were solid in the back, winning 50/50s.

They just did a really good job of shutting us down.”

In the second overtime,the fatigue of playing a 100-minute game seemed to get the best of both squads. There were no major offensive opportunities as the clock wound down on a tough,

physical game.

“It showed we could grind out good results,” Zingas said. “It’s hard against a team like (URI), who is super physical.

But we matched them, intensity- and effort-wise.”

The Bears will return to the pitch Tuesday for a matchup against Boston University before beginning Ivy League play on the road Saturday against Columbia at 1:00 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Bruno falls behind 38-2 after three quarters, loses first Ivy game Bears unable to recover from early deficit despite four-touchdown rally led

by QB TJ Linta ’18

By TESS DEMEYER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

It’s rare that the scoreboard at a football game displays less than three points. But as Brown battled against Harvard for the 117th time Saturday, it played under a brightly lit two — the only points the Bears (1-1, 0-1 Ivy) managed until the final quarter. A last-minute fourtouchdown effort led by quarterback Thomas “TJ” Linta ’18 wasn’t enough for Bruno to overcome the Crimson (1-1, 1-0 Ivy) as Brown fell 45-28.

“We really had to execute on offense and we just weren’t getting it going in the first half,” Linta said. “In the third and fourth quarters, we started to pick it up on offense as a whole. We started to execute, and we put some points on the board.”

Harvard posted seven on the scoreboard midway through the first quarter, but co-captain Richard “Dewey” Jarvis ’17.5 helped the Bears respond by sneaking into the backfield for a safety.

But the momentum didn’t stay on Bruno’s side for long, as starting quarterback Nicholas Duncan ’19 threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown on the following offensive

drive.

Turnovers and poor execution continued to plague Brown’s offense for the remainder of the first half and Harvard found the endzone for a third time to take a 21-2 lead going into the locker room.

“All the guys at halftime were like, ‘We’ve got to pick it up. We’re not playing how we are supposed to play,’” Linta said. “We scored two points in the first half, and that’s definitely not acceptable. …We’ve been here before. We’ve been in these situations. Every drive is like it’s 0-0 and every drive you’ve got to go out there with the will to score.”

The Crimson scored 17 unanswered points in the third quarter, prompting the Brown coaching staff to substitute out Duncan for Linta. Though this was the first time Linta saw action in the pocket this season, the senior racked up 253 passing yards on 20 completions and three touchdowns. Bruno’s first TD came on a 15-yard strike to Demitri Jackson ’20 after a forced fumble by Kenari Drayton ’19. Harvard responded with a touchdown of its own, bringing the score to 45-9 with six minutes remaining.

But Linta had an answer, connecting with Jaelon Blandburg ’20 for his second passing score of the night.

Bruno’s next offensive series ended in Linta keeping the ball for a four-yard scamper into the endzone. A successful onside kick set up the Bears for their

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Senior co-captain and defensive end Richard “Dewey” Jarvis ’17.5 drags the Harvard ball-carrier back into the end zone for an early safety, granting the Bears the only two points the team would get until the fourth quarter. final score as Linta hit Scott Boylan ’21 for the rookie’s first receiving TD with 34 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

With the score 45-28, another onside kick gave Brown its final opportunity to chip away at Harvard’s lead.

But incomplete passes spelled the end of Bruno’s offensive resurgence.

Despite losing their first conference

game of the season, the Bears still have their eyes on an Ivy crown.

“We have the mindset of going and winning every game,” Linta said. “If we win every game, we should be able to still win the title. … Today, we had a tough game, but we’ve just got to put it behind us. What happened happened, and we’re on to next week.”

Next week brings in-state rival University of Rhode Island to Brown Stadium for the 102nd Governor’s Cup. After giving away the Cup to the Rams (1-3) last season, the Bears look to reclaim the trophy, but the victory won’t come easily as Rhody’s sole win came against Harvard last week. Kickoff is set for Saturday at 7 p.m.