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Women’s soccer wins third consecutive Ivy League title Brown-Yale game cancellation gives Bruno definitive advantage over second-place Harvard, clinches historic title

BY NICHOLAS MILLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER For the third time in a row, the Brown women’s soccer team is once again the Ivy League champion.

On the back of the most stringent defense in the conference and an aggressive attack led by forwards Brittany Raphino ’23 and Ava Seelenfreund ’23, the Bears finished undefeated in conference play, just as they did in 2019 and 2021 — the program’s 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

The team’s recent success is only the fourth time in Ivy League history that a school has won three straight titles — the last team to do so was Harvard from 1995 to 1997. The victory also raises Brown women’s soccer’s title count to 15, two more than any other Ivy. “This is incredible. It’s a huge testament to the team and the work they put in not only this year but the tradition that we’ve carried on,” Head Coach Kia McNeill said. “It’s not easy to go undefeated. It’s not easy to win the Ivy League. … To do it three years in a row is incredible.”

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The class of 2023 on women’s soccer is the first class to go undefeated in Ivy Leage play since the class of 1986. The team’s 38 wins over the last three seasons are the most over three years in program history.

The Bears secured their 2019 title with a 1-0 double overtime win over Penn and their 2021 championship after another victory against the Quakers.

But this fall, the Ivy League title — and

the accompanying automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament — was ensured off the field.

On Thursday, the Ivy League canceled the Brown vs. Yale game sched-

uled for Saturday due to a COVID-19 outbreak among the Bulldogs’ roster.

As a result, the Bears concluded the season having played one fewer game than second-place Harvard, who was

just two points behind in the standings. Ivy League rules mandate that when an unequal number of games are played, the champion must be decided by winning percentage instead of points. As a result, despite Harvard’s 5-0 win against Columbia Saturday, it was Brown who celebrated with T-shirts that read “#3-peat” and posed with the metal, bowl-shaped trophy.

“We all wanted to play Yale,” said midfielder Sheyenne Allen ’23. “We all wanted to finish (the season) strong, but we’re still happy with the way everything ended.”

Brown replaced the Yale game, scheduled to be Bruno’s senior day, with a match against Division II Springfield College. The Bears dispatched the Pride 7-2, with goals from Raphino, midfielder Laryssa Hamblen ’23, forward Claire Myers ’23, forward Hayley Houston ’26, forward Courtney Cummings ’26 and a brace from forward Miya Grant-Clavijo ’25.

The match gave the Bears a chance to honor their senior class, composed of Allen, Raphino, Seelenfreund, Myers, Hamblen, goalkeeper Morgan Turcotte

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DEEPS holds spectrometer naming contest

Football suffers historic blowout loss to Yale

Contest seeks to foster connection between department, Brown community

BY JAKOBI HASKELL STAFF WRITER “Are you procrastinating on your midterms and looking for the perfect little silly distraction?” begins an Oct. 20 Instagram post from the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary

Sciences. The department is holding a naming competition on social media for two mass spectrometers, asking followers to suggest possible names in the comments section of the post.

A mass spectrometer is an “analysis tool that separates ionized molecular fragments based on their mass,” said Marcelo Alexandre, facility manager of the Organic Geochemistry Facility, where the mass spectrometers are located. Researchers use the machine to “analyze the isotopic makeup of individual compounds and better understand past climates,” he added.

One of the machines, referred to on social media as Mass Spectrometer A, is being named through the DEEPS Instagram account, @Brown_Geo_Sci,.

The 17-year-old “groovy machine … prefers to work on CO2 analysis and carbon isotope ratios,” reads the caption of an Oct. 25 Instagram post. “It also enjoys coloring books, crocheting mushrooms and listening to the Beatles, Destiny’s Child or the @ems. femmes,” the caption continues, referencing a student jazz band.

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Bruno loses 69-17 to Bulldogs, concedes most points in program history

BY LINUS LAWRENCE SENIOR STAFF WRITER Coming off of their biggest win of the year against Penn last weekend, the football team (3-5, 1-4 Ivy League) was unable to keep their momentum roll-

ing, losing to Yale (6-2, 4-1) in a 69-17 blowout Saturday.

Yale’s 69 points marks the most Brown has allowed in a game in program history and the most the Bulldogs have scored since 1929, according to Brown Athletics.

“Credit to Yale — they played very well and we played very poorly, which you just can’t do against a team like that,” said Head Coach James Perry ’00.

“We’ll go back and watch the film and

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

Students share campus lighting concerns DPS to conduct biannual survey on campus lighting starting today

BY SARAH ONDERDONK SENIOR STAFF WRITER Daylight saving time ended Sunday, which means that the sun will set over

Providence before 5 p.m. each evening until February.

When the time changes and it is “darker than normal,” community members change their routines slightly, including their commute and “day-to-day activities,” wrote Sergeant Kelly Mitchell, a member of the DPS Community Engagement Team, in an email to The Herald.

To address campus safety needs, DPS actively seeks student opinions

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regarding lighting on campus, Mitchell explained. This includes the biannual “Light the Way” survey — conducted alongside Facilities Management, Student Services and Campus Life — which fields community concerns surrounding lighting and safety.

In conversations with The Herald, some students outlined concerns with lighting on campus. Maya Hoffman

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The Bears will celebrate their Senior Day next weekend when they face Columbia at home in their penultimate game of the season.

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SOCCER FROM PAGE 1 ’23, midfielder KK Haug ’23, midfielder Zoe Maxwell ’23, midfielder Caylah Griffin ’23 and defender Kayla Duran ’23.

McNeill said that the last game was “crucial” for the team to celebrate their title and get ready for the upcoming

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD | NEWS NCAA tournament. But she emphasized that “having the opportunity to have a true Senior Day … and give (the seniors) the respect and honor that they deserve” was most important for the team.

The class of 2023 is the first Brown class to go undefeated in conference play since the class of 1986, and their 38 overall victories over the past three

seasons mark the most wins in any three-year stretch in program history.

“They’re one-in-a-million,” McNeill said. “They’re an incredible group of young women.”

“We’ve come a long way,” Seelenfreund said. “Credit to Kia and the program for instilling this winning feeling in everyone.”

Team-leading goal scorers Raphino and Seelenfreund, along with team assist leader Allen, will return to the program next season, using their extra season of eligibility granted by the NCAA to fall athletes because of the lost 2020 season.

But the Bears still have more games to play this year. The team will find out their

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022 first opponent in the NCAA tournament during the Selection Show on Monday and will look for more postseason success this season after their first-round exit last year to St. John’s University.

“Ever since freshman year we wanted to turn this program into a dynasty,” Allen said, “and I think that’s exactly what we’re doing.”

DEEPS FROM PAGE 1 The other machine, referred to as Mass Spectrometer B, is in its second year on campus and is being named through the DEEPS Twitter account, @ BrownGeoSci. This machine primarily deals with hydrogen isotope measurements and listens to classic rock and K-pop, according to an Oct. 25 DEEPS Twitter post.

The primary goal of the naming competition is to promote social media engagement with the department, according to Mae Jackson, a communications specialist and organizer of the DEEPS social media accounts.

Jackson also works at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology as museum operations and communications coordinator.

“We recognize that Brown University students use social media a lot — it’s a great way to see what’s happening in the student body,” Jackson said. “As that space grows, we’re able to do more public education.”

She added that the contest will close submissions when the department’s Twitter account reaches 450 followers and its Instagram reaches 1,000 followers.

Jackson noted that another goal of the naming competition is to help researchers differentiate between the machines. They “are very similar and (occupy) the same space,” she said.

“When some of our researchers want to use one or the other, it can get confusing as to which one they want.”

Since Mass Spectrometer A and Mass Spectrometer B differ in age but are the same model of machine, researchers currently refer to them as “old” and “new,” according to Alexandre, who is responsible for maintaining the spectrometers.

Jackson said that after submissions close, she and the rest of the social media account team will filter through the submissions, pick their favorites and open final voting to the public via a Google Form.

Although these machines will be the first spectrometers to be named at Brown, it is not uncommon for researchers to name other highly specialized pieces of technical equipment, Jackson said, adding that one of the high-pressure devices in Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental and

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Marcelo Alexandre, facility manager of the Organic Geochemistry Facility, explained that researchers use the spectrometer to analyze molecular fragments to better understand the climate. Mass Spectrometer A and Mass Spectrometer B will both be named through social media contests.

Planetary Sciences Stephen Parman’s lab is named “Bertha.”

Submissions commented on the Oct. 20 Instagram post announcing the contest currently include “The Ionizer,” “Inspectrometer Gadget” and “Massy McMassFace.”

Caleb Moran ’25, an applied math and computer science concentrator, proposed the name “I-So-Dope.” He explained the name is “a pun on isotope, which is a chemical property that mass spectrometers can analyze.”

“I just had a little brainstorm and I was like, ‘I-So-Dope kind of sounds like isotope,’ ” he added.

The University currently has eight

mass spectrometers, four of which are under Alexandre’s supervision.

These other mass spectrometers are not part of the naming competition, as they are all different models from Mass Spectrometers A and B and are therefore not confused by researchers, he added.

Alexandre said that when he first came to Brown in 2003 as a visiting PhD student, there was only one mass spectrometer in DEEPS, which was located in Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Yongsong Huang’s lab. “That’s where I started to know mass spectrometry,” Alexandre added.

The mass spectrometers can play substantial roles in student research projects. Alex Wilk ’23, who is involved in a project in Chair and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences James Russell’s lab, uses the machines to analyze changes in vegetation and moisture.

“A variety of paleoclimate methods rely on understanding ratios of different stable isotopes,” Wilk said.

Natalie Chang ’24 previously used the spectrometers for a research project on paleoclimates in Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences and Environment and Society Daniel Ibarra’s lab last

summer.

On Instagram, Chang submitted the name “Specky with the good hair” followed by an emoji of fingernails being painted with pink polish. Wilk liked and commented in support of the submission.

Both Chang and Wilk appreciate the atmosphere that the contest seeks to foster. “I think it’s a fun way to build community and connect … undergraduate researchers, faculty and grad students who are all using the same machine,” Wilk said. “It’s a great way to really lighten up what can be … just a lot of technical study and scientific terminology.”

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‘Triangle of Sadness’: Long slog leads to fascinating conclusion Winner of Palme d’Or award brings hilarious moments, compelling characters

BY FINN KIRKPATRICK SENIOR STAFF WRITER In contemporary filmmaking, there are few phrases that can evoke more fear in the mind of a moviegoer than that of “social commentary.” It’s not that commenting on social issues is inherently bad; rather, these commentaries can feel more smug and contrived than beneficial to any given social cause.

That does not mean there hasn’t been any good social commentary released recently — in a sea of “Don’t Look Ups,” a “Parasite” can emerge — but successes are few and far between. While Swedish director Ruben Östlund is well versed in the social critique, having made 2017’s art satire “The Square,” he is not quite able to match “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho’s searing, complex and masterfully crafted indictment of class divide. Nevertheless, Östlund certainly comes close at many times in his Palme d’Or-winning film “Triangle of Sadness.”

“Triangle of Sadness” is a wild ride from beginning to end. Starting in the cutthroat green room of a male modeling audition and ending on an abandoned island à la “Lost,” the film follows a young couple Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean Kriek), both models and influencers, as they intermingle with the hyper-wealthy and uber-privileged on an exclusive cruise in the middle of the ocean. Title cards divide the film into three distinct acts: “Carl and Yaya,” “The Yacht” and “The Island.” Each of these sections have different tones and take place in separate locations, but they all contribute to the film’s class commentary.

Act 2: “The Yacht” feels like the main course of the film. It’s the longest section and spends the most time developing the movie’s main themes.

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Among the three separate acts of “Triangle of Sadness,” the film’s second, “The Yacht,” most explores its central themes. Director Ruben Östlund adeptly balances humor and biting social critique about uber-wealthy influencer culture and classism.

“The Yacht” is also certainly the funniest act, with dialogue that points to the absurdity of the uber-wealthy without feeling preachy. The second act yields the largest cast of characters in the film, split between the crew that serve the wealthy and the wealthy themselves.

Characters range from a lonely tech tycoon to a seemingly lovely elderly British couple who actually manufacture weapons of war. When ship captain Thomas Smith (Woody Harrelson) gets into an alcohol-fueled debate about Marxism with Russian oligarch Dimitry (Zlatko Burić), the film teeters on the edge of turning into cringy pseudo-intellectual slop. But it never fully reaches that point, remaining poignant while maintaining a lighthearted and interesting tone. Despite this, “The Yacht” is the least structured of the three acts and at times feels aimless. It’s a hodgepodge of interwoven tales that stretches on a little too long, sandwiched between two superior acts.

But within “The Yacht,” there are still great moments. It gets wild with a heavy-metal backed vomit and diarrhea sequence, but also contains more lighthearted fun. For example, one elderly woman tries to make every staff member take a break and go down the waterslide, only to be greeted with pushback from the commanding officer. What ultimately holds “The Yacht” back are the critiques that it tries to convey, which are considerably less nuanced than what is posed in the first and third acts.

Luckily, the film has a great beginning and end that compensate for viewers’ disappointment at the more inconsistent middle segment. The first act is short and, as its title suggests, the most personal of the three. Carl and Yaya are shown in their respective worlds of modeling before the film switches to a scene depicting them at dinner together as the check arrives. This sparks an argument where Carl claims

that he always has to pick up the bill because he’s a man even though Yaya makes more money than him. While the dialogue here can border on being too in-your-face, Östlund is able to reign it in, queuing strong thematic elements that will be explored in the subsequent chapters. The film really hits its stride in its final act, “The Island.” It is in this act that the plot comes together and the movie turns into something of considerable substance.

In fact, “The Island” serves to right many of the wrongs that mar the rest of the film. Lines or moments that felt forced or strange in the previous acts come back in the end to serve a great thematic purpose that only then makes itself known. While the second act felt long and drawn-out, moments that previously felt frivolous are imbibed with new meaning. It is in the final act that the film cashes the checks it wrote earlier in the story, subverting the expectations that it

established in the social dynamics the movie took so long to build. While not without its laughs, “The Island” is considerably less funny than “The Yacht.” But what it lacks in humor, it more than makes up for in narrative depth and character.

At nearly two and a half hours long, “Triangle of Sadness” has moments where it drags, but the movie almost always gives you something to make up for those duller parts. Its humor is pointed and well-constructed without feeling snobby, and it is not afraid to turn foul. But as the movie progresses towards its end, the viewer is left with real commentary to consider. As a social critique, the film doesn’t just regurgitate easy-to-digest opinions, but instead constantly finds new ways to create perspectives that contextualize what has already been said. Nothing is black and white, and “Triangle of Sadness” is all the better because of that.

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Metro Roundup: Bonds on ballot will focus on funds for URI, schools Superman building tax treaty approved as new housing development has ribbon cutting

BY ASHLEY GUO AND CALEB LAZAR SECTION EDITORS Tomorrow, Rhode Island residents will head to the polls. Along with a gubernatorial election, a tightly-contested U.S. House race and contests for local and state representatives, voters will decide on three state bond referenda.

Meanwhile, development remains ongoing downtown: The Providence City Council recently granted the Superman Building a three-decade tax stabilization deal, and a new mixeduse development opened in the city’s Innovation and Design District.

Ballot initiatives: What should the Ocean State invest in?

The first question asks if Rhode Island should borrow $100 million to finance marine education and research needs at the University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus, according to the state’s Voter Information Handbook.

The investment would fund the demolition and reconstruction of a lab that tests for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — often called PFAS or “forever chemicals” — in Rhode Island’s drinking water, WPRI reported.

In 2018, nearly 60% of voters supported a bond question that authorized $45 million for “facility enhancements” at URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus.

Rhode Island’s second ballot measure asks voters if the state should borrow $250 million for public school renovations and construction, according to the handbook. The state of Rhode Island took over the Providence Public School District in 2019, The Herald previously reported.

If the measure passes, districts can request funding for projects addressing health concerns, career and technical education and early childhood education.

The third ballot question asks for voters to approve Rhode Island issuing $50 million in green economy bonds,

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Rhode Island will hit the polls Tuesday to vote on three statewide measures to issue bonds funding blue economy research, public school renovations and environmental and recreational initiatives. which would fund environmental and recreational projects, according to the handbook.

The money would be split across nine different projects, including $16 million for municipal resiliency against flooding and $12 million for the Roger Williams Park and Zoo. Providence City Council passes tax stabilization for Superman building On Nov. 3, the Providence City Council approved a tax stabilization plan for the building at 111 Westminster St., also known as the Superman building. The plan projects that it will save the building’s owners, High Rock Westminster St. LLC, more than $29 million in over 30 years, while the long-vacant building converts from office space to

housing and retail units in a $223 million public-private partnership.

The treaty will hold the development’s tax bill steady for 10 years beginning in 2023, before gradually raising the property’s taxes up to its fully assessed bill by 2054. The agreement passed for a second and final time on an 11-2 vote Nov. 3, with Councilors Mary Kay Harris and Katherine Kerwin voting against the tax treaty and Councilwoman Rachel Miller abstaining.

Harris said she was against the city’s funding of a “rich development” while people in her ward experience homelessness, The Providence Journal reported.

Councilman John Goncalves ’13 MA’15, who supported the plan, highlighted that the percentage of “afford-

able” units in the Superman building increased from 10% to 20% in the state’s negotiations with High Rock, The Providence Journal reported. Rent in the estimated 57 affordable units will range from $1,384 to $2,076 per month.

Ribbon cutting ceremony marks completion of new mixed-use development Gov. Dan McKee, Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos and I-195 Commission members celebrated the completion of the construction of Emblem 125, a mixed-use development in Providence’s Innovation and Design District, with a Nov. 2 ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to a press release from the governor’s office.

Developed by Exeter Property

Group, Emblem 125 includes 248 units and over 22,000 square feet of retail space. Some of those units are designated as “workforce housing” — often defined as housing priced for households that need rent assistance but do not qualify for affordable housing subsidies.

“Bordered by urban trails, Emblem 125 is part of a better-connected Providence that is accessible to all,” Matos said in the press release. “Developments like this one strengthen our communities by making it easier to live, work and shop within your own neighborhood. I’m looking forward to working with our partners across the state to build more housing and make Rhode Island an even better place to live.”

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Professor Dan Swingley: Developmental Speaker Series 12 p.m.

Metcalf Research Building

Lanxin Xiang — China and Russia: An Unlikely Brotherhood 4 p.m.

Watson Institute

Physics Grad School Panel 6 p.m.

Barus and Holley

Women’s Basketball vs Fairfield — Brown Votes Game 7 p.m.

Pizzitola Sports Center

TOMORROW’S EVENTS Healthcare in America Lecture: Kedar Mate, MD 6 p.m.

Warren Alpert Medical School

STEM Course Coaching Session 6:30 p.m.

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Telescope Observing Night 7:30 p.m.

Ladd Observatory

Election Night Watch 8 p.m.

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‘Ticket to Paradise’ fails to achieve its potential despite star leads New rom-com relies heavily on star power, chemistry but lacks originality

BY MAGDALENA DEL VALLE SENIOR STAFF WRITER “Ticket to Paradise,” the new movie starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney, could not have appeared any more appealing to audiences than it did throughout its marketing run. The movie promised a star-studded cast including Kaitlyn Dever from “Booksmart” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” French heartthrob Lucas Bravo from “Emily in Paris” and Billie Lourd from “Scream Queens.” The film’s trailer is made up of breathtaking views of Bali and its scenic beaches. The plot also promised a genuine comedy to its audiences, as it revolves around two quarreling divorced parents reuniting in an attempt to break up the engagement of their daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) and the seaweed farmer she met while abroad. Unfortunately, the movie as a whole fails to deliver, despite its potential.

The movie’s only real strength lies in its cast. Despite its characters being one-dimensional, audiences are likely to forgive the film, given that it is made up of acting legends. Julia Roberts and George Clooney, who play exes Georgia and David Cotton, have incredible chemistry that overshadows their exaggerated — and sometimes cringe-worthy — interactions. In one such scene, Georgia and David find out that they’re sitting in the same aisle on a plane and throw a tantrum, demanding they be

moved even though the flight is full.

With any other actors, viewers would be replete with second-hand embarrassment — peeking at the screen from between their fingers — but because of Roberts and Clooney’s masterful acting, they look on, bemused.

Lucas Bravo was also cast perfectly in his role as Georgia’s eager-to-please younger boyfriend Paul. Since the actor behind Paul is a charming, European stud, the audience views his two-time proposal to Georgia as cute instead of pathetic — even when it’s obvious that their love is deeply unrequited. No one other than Bravo could have delivered Paul’s character with such ease.

Billie Lourd’s presence is yet another example of the film attempting to compensate for its faults with an impressive cast list. Lourd, who is Carrie Fisher’s daughter and known most famously for her role in “Scream Queens,” plays Lily Cotton’s best friend, Wren Butler, who accompanies her to Bali. Despite Lourd’s inclusion, she is wasted as the character of Wren, who fills the archetype of “sidekick” with no original twist. But because Wren is portrayed by a famous actress, viewers once again accept, even embrace, her presence in the movie.

But while talented cast members are able to make up for their superficial characters, they cannot compensate for the film’s unoriginal storyline. The film’s plot is built around Lily’s graduation trip to Bali, where she falls in love with a local named Gede and decides to spend the rest of her life in the country. It is full of overused cliches, from enemies to lovers, to foreign romances, to the merging of different families.

Somehow, “Ticket to Paradise” man-

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ages to check every box on the list of tired tropes — and does it poorly. The enemies-to-lovers relationship between Georgia and David is predictable and overshadows their daughter’s alleged fairytale romance. Lily and Gede’s supposed whirlwind romance does not get nearly enough attention, to the point where the audience becomes uncertain whether to root for their marriage or Georgia and David’s attempts to break them up.

The trope of different cultures coming together through marriage in spite of disapproving parents could have also been very funny and enjoyable to watch — think “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” — but it is barely present in the movie.

While there are a few moments where Georgia and David are taken aback by Bali wedding traditions, none of their interactions with Gede’s family are actually amusing. “Ticket to Paradise” fails to strike the balance between risk

and respect that gives movies about multicultural couples their edge.

If anything, Georgia and David’s discomfort at their daughter marrying a foreigner has xenophobic undertones, which are never explicitly stated. In not facing the family’s reluctance to embrace cultural difference head-on, the movie fails to celebrate the merging of different cultures and to deliver moments of genuine humor.

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FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1 look for ways to get better, and I know the team will be hungry to do that.”

Yale was firing on all cylinders from the start, jumping out to a commanding 17-0 lead in the first quarter. But the Bulldogs put the game beyond Bruno’s reach in the second quarter, as Yale scored 35 points — 14 more than Brown has allowed in any other quarter this season. The Bears also allowed three offensive touchdowns and two defensive touchdowns in the quarter — one off a fumble recovery and the other following an

LIGHTING FROM PAGE 1 ’24 said that the walk from the University’s main campus to her residence hall, Young Orchard, can sometimes be “really dark,” adding that “it feels a little scary,” While Benjamin Wendelstadt ’24 described lighting on campus as “sufficient,” he said there “could maybe be more lighting” around Wriston Quadrangle and surrounding areas.

Allyssa Foster ’25 noted that she wished the University had more lighting on the Main Green: “When you’re crossing between buildings, you cannot see where you’re going,” she said.

There is more lighting “in some areas, like closer to Thayer,” said Julia Boscardin ’25, who often seeks new routes home to avoid dimly-lit areas at night. But closer to the University’s dorms, “there’s not really enough,” she noted.

The University makes regular efforts to address safety issues related to lighting as they come up through the year, Mitchell wrote. “Whenever concerns are raised, our team members address them as quickly as possible,” added John Vinson, deputy chief of police for DPS. “The only way we’re made aware of some of these” issues, he explained, “is when our students, faculty and staff, report (them) to us.”

Solving these problems does not just mean adding additional lights, Vinson said. The University can also opt to

interception.

Yale’s elite running game was on full display at the center of their offensive outburst. The Bulldogs, whose 226.1 rushing yards per game currently ranks ninth in the Football Championship Subdivision and first in the Ivy League by more than 60 yards on average, tallied 340 against the Bears’ defense, who have allowed the most rushing yards per game of any team in the Ivy League.

“Definitely we came out with more fire last week, more energy,” defensive back Jalen Fisher ’23 said. “We got a little bit too complacent in practice and it showed.”

build walkways, increase the number of blue lights and remove shrubbery.

Providence and the University share the job of lighting campus and its surrounding areas: Facilities Management maintains all lights in Brown-owned pathways and parking lots, while the city is responsible for streetlights, wrote Paul Armas, assistant vice president of facilities operations, in an email to The Herald.

Providence’s Department of Public Property stays in “regular communication with stakeholders, including Brown University, about streetlights,” wrote Andrew Grande, director of media relations for Providence, in an email to The Herald.

“Many factors including ambient light and existing lighting sources are considered when planning street light placements,” he noted.

Students, faculty and staff members who participate in the “Light the Way” survey walk “down pathways and parking lots looking at lights, shrubbery and … indicators that allow us to really assess the effectiveness of the lighting,” Vinson said.

This year’s survey will last from today until Friday, after which DPS will compile a report that “outlines areas of concern,” Vinson said. Then, DPS works with Facilities to “try to do everything we can to address those issues.”

DPS also offers Safewalk as a resource for students who want another student to walk with them or escort

Bruno struggled on the offensive side as well, scoring just three points in the first half and one touchdown in each of the final two quarters to finish with a total of 17 points. The Bears’ touchdowns were scored by wide receiver Wes Rockett ’23 and running back Allen Smith ’22.5, who also ran for a season-high 76 yards on the afternoon.

“We didn’t play (as) the best version of ourselves and that led to that outcome that we had,” Smith said. “Yale has a great team. (They) played hard.”

The Bears entered the game without primary quarterback Jake Willcox

them across campus at night. Thomas Castleman ’23, coordinator for Safewalk, wrote in an email to The Herald that supervisors for the DPS program created a list of areas on and around campus that they believe need better lighting.

That list includes Ruth Simmons Quadrangle, the Quiet Green, George Street and the north end of Prospect Street, near Machado House.

A study mapping Safewalk activity in fall 2021 revealed that walkers most often pick up students near the center

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last game at Brown Stadium this season and will be available to stream on ESPN+.

This loss against Yale “was an anomaly. That is not Brown Football,” Perry said. “Columbia’s going to be a very good football team, so it’ll be incumbent upon us to practice like it and make the changes from today that are gonna be required to play better.”

“The team is really just encouraged by the fact that we are able to play really good football and beat really good teams” like Penn, Smith said. “We’ll look to bounce back and finish the schedule on a high note.”

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’24, who was sidelined due to injury.

Backup QB Aidan Gilman ’23, who was named the Ivy Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against Penn last weekend, went 24for-36 with 150 passing yards. Gilman was eventually replaced in the fourth quarter by Will Jarvis ’25, who saw his first action of the season as quarterback and threw his first career touchdown.

The Bears now have just two games on their schedule remaining against Ivy opponents Columbia and Dartmouth.

Next week’s Senior Day matchup against the Lions will mark the Bears’

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of campus, while drop off locations are more dispersed toward its perimeter, Castleman added. Safewalk does not have specific data about lighting — but generally, “it gets significantly darker as you move off campus,” he said. “It would be nice to have better lighting in the surrounding areas.”

“I think it’s pretty likely that in darker areas, people are probably feeling more inclined to request company to walk,” Castleman added.

Students should “never hesitate to

let us know when there are concerns about lighting,” Vinson said. “The one thing we want to make sure we do is to be responsive to our community’s concerns.”

Vinson encouraged students to travel in pairs on well-lit paths and avoid taking shortcuts at night. Beyond Safewalk, the University also has several other safety systems in place, including the Brown University Shuttle, Yellow Jackets and Blue-Light phones, he added.

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Spilker ’24: U. response to antisemitism must center Jewish experience In a Nov. 1 email from Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity Sylvia Carey-Butler and Vice President for Campus Life Eric Estes to the Brown community, the hateful and violent note left at Brown RISD Hillel last week did not even get its own sentence before Carey-Butler and Estes moved on to vaguely decry other “incidents of bias” seen on and around campus in recent weeks, as well as listing support resources to students.

Why is it not enough to specifically condemn an antisemitic incident?

To be clear, there is nothing wrong with tying other forms of hatred and violence into a conversation about antisemitism. In fact, it is vital to look at this incident within its broader context. We Jewish people are not the only ones harmed by the nationwide rise in hate crimes.

However, as a Jewish student at Brown, the immediate jump to larger patterns in the community doesn’t make me feel that I am actually being supported. Jewish community members received a note that wasn’t vague or coded in its language, invoking Hitler and calling for direct violence. When the Brown administration doesn’t take the time to acknowledge the significance these words carry, it feels like the Jewish community is supposed to recognize everyone else’s pain before we’ve even gotten a chance to feel the weight of this incident ourselves.

This type of response also fails to provide us with space to see the particular ways in which antisemitism manifests. White supremacy wea-

ponizes conspiratorial hatred of Jewish people as fuel for its racist ideology. Racism and antisemitism amplify each other in deeply insidious ways, but we are unable to effectively see and address those very real connections if we immediately homogenize all forms of hatred.

The antisemitic note at Hillel comes amid a national rise in “incidents of bias against un-

its own moment (or even its own sentence), Brown’s administration does the entire Brown community a disservice. Centering the Jewish community after an incident that specifically targeted them does not take away from the threats other communities face and the care that they also deserve. Moreover, briefly mentioning other hateful actions does not equal

“Acknowledging individual instances of hate does not detract from the pain caused by others.”

derrepresented communities and communities of color,” as the vice presidents rightfully stated. But by jumping so quickly to that broader message, this email reads as a general survey of hate on campus rather than a call for solidarity in response to this particular incident. The email fails to focus at all on antisemitism, giving me the impression that, as a Jewish student, this incident is somehow not about us.

By not giving condemnation of antisemitism

meaningful communication about the challenges that other communities have faced on campus. Instead, we are all left without the information we need to effectively support each other.

I appreciate that the intention behind this email was not to devalue the significance of what happened, and I do trust that the vice presidents are taking this incident seriously.

However, intentions only go so far, and for me

this statement exacerbated a pre-existing intergenerational trauma response — a visceral reaction informed by generations of my ancestors seeing antisemitism rise time and time again with disastrous consequences. I fear that the current wave of antisemitism isn’t taken as seriously as it needs to be — and that Jewish people continue to bear the responsibility of advocating for genuine support from outside our community. A tone-deaf email from my university shouldn’t heighten this concern. We should expect more from administrators whose roles center around equity, inclusion and campus life.

In order for us as a community to stand against all forms of hatred, we must consciously acknowledge both the particular and the universal. We need to respect the significance of each individual act of violence and then come together in solidarity. Failure to do both leaves people feeling unseen and unsupported. Acknowledging individual instances of hate does not detract from the pain caused by others. Recognizing the broader context of recent bigotry should not come at the expense of validating individual communities’ struggles — as it did in this email.

Eiden Spilker ’24 can be reached at eiden_ spilker@brown.edu. Please send responses to this opinion to letters@browndailyherald. com and other op-eds to opinions@browndailyherald.com.

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