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Global climate strike unfolds in Providence

Football wins season opener in Head Coach Perry’s debut

Youth-led protesters demand Raimondo adopt state-level Green New Deal

Brown defeats Bryant 35-30 in away game at Smithfield on Saturday

BY MAIA ROSENFELD SENIOR STAFF WRITER An estimated 1,000 people took to the streets of downtown Providence Friday to strike for political action on climate change. The youth-led protest was part of an international strike to demand climate justice.

Several climate action groups organized the local strike, including Climate Action Rhode Island, Zero Hour, 350 and the Providence hub of Sunrise. Attendees included high school students from across Rhode Island, as well as teachers, college students and allies of all ages.

Their primary demand was for Governor Gina Raimondo to adopt a state-level Green New Deal, a piece of legislation intended to address climate change and economic inequality.

Siblings Kate and Peter Muhitch of Exeter West Greenwich skipped school and took a 30-minute train ride to participate in the Providence strike. Kate, a freshman at Community College of Rhode Island studying marine biology, and Peter, a junior at Exeter West Greenwich High School, decided that fighting for climate justice was more important than going to class on Friday.

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The local protest was organized by several climate action groups, including Climate Action Rhode Island and Sunrise Rhode Island.

“It’s all about priorities,” Peter said.

He added that he hopes the protest will remind people that climate change is “a huge umbrella problem” that especially affects the youth. Peter started a sustainability club at his school and was joined by some of his fellow club members at Friday’s protest.

Although many of the protesters on Friday were youth like the Muhitchs, people of all ages joined in the action, from toddlers pushed in strollers to elderly marchers.

On the day of the protest, Raimondo was set to give a speech about the green economy in Boston, the Providence Journal reported. Earlier that morning, she tweeted about Rhode Island’s efforts to fight climate change.

“Here in the Ocean State, we recognize the dangerous reality of climate change,” she tweeted. “I’m inspired

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Seven Creamery replaces FroyoWorld on Thayer New shop offers ice cream, acai bowls, milkshakes, frozen yogurt options

BY BEN GLICKMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER When Seven Creamery opened next to Ganko Ittetsu Ramen on Thursday — replacing longstanding frozen yogurt shop FroyoWorld — ice cream upstaged frozen yogurt on Thayer Street, at least for the time being.

Seven Creamery will primarily sell premium ice cream, as well as milkshakes, acai bowls and some frozen yogurt. According to Chris Barbosa, manager and partial owner of Seven Creamery, the store will focus on using “fresh products,” specifically from Rhode Island farms.

FroyoWorld’s parent company, FroyoWorld LLC, has a “small stake”

in Seven Creamery and still leases the property on Thayer St. Seven Creamery took over the store in June but kept the FroyoWorld name for several months to maintain stability, Barbosa said.

“The partners at FroyoWorld had been wanting to venture into ice cream, but high-quality ice cream,” Barbosa said. “We feel like frozen yogurt is on a decline, and we just wanted to move onto something new.”

FroyoWorld opened a location on Thayer St. in 2011 and was originally founded in 2008 by brothers Dennis and William Bok. Dennis Bok did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Instead of the self-serve style of FroyoWorld, Seven Creamery allows customers to place an order at a front counter, which is then prepared in a back room and brought out by an employee.

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to see so many young people here in RI and across the nation making their voices heard today.”

The strike begins At 10 a.m., the march began in Burnside Park, where crowds gathered to sing songs about climate justice and listen to speakers, several of whom were high school students.

“We are all here together because we know that this is an emergency!

We know that this is the only planet we have, and if we want to live in it, we must take bold action today,” said speaker Estrella Rodriguez ’22, a recruitment lead summer fellow for Sunrise Providence and an emcee for Friday’s protest. “As young people, millions of us are standing all across the

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The football team earned its first win of the season Saturday in a 35-30 triumph against Bryant University in Smithfield. The matchup was a fortuitous showdown between the past and future of Head Coach James Perry ’00 — it was his first game coaching Brown after two years as head coach at Bryant.

“We bought in completely to the new program under Coach Perry from the beginning,” wrote wide receiver Livingstone Harriott ’20 in a statement to The Herald. “(Coach Perry) led us into this game with confidence and it came out exactly how we knew it would if we played our best.” All eyes were on quarterback EJ Perry ’21, the starter playing his first game for Bruno after transferring from Boston College this offseason. The new QB led the team in rushing yards with 227, pass yards with 183 and two touchdowns.

Neither team stepped up to make plays during the game’s first quarter. The one spike of action came just

over five minutes into the game with a 37-yard Bryant field goal. It was not the fire-starter that the Bulldogs had hoped for, and the next ten minutes would pass scoreless. In the final thirty seconds of the period, Brown started to catch fire with wide receiver Scott Boylan ’21. A swift four-yard pass from EJ Perry set Boylan up to notch Brown’s first touchdown of the season and close out the first quarter with a 7-3 lead.

“Our team did a great job handling adversity as it came throughout the game,” wrote EJ Perry in a statement to The Herald. “We were able to (handle adversity) by sticking to our assignments and playing within our coaching.”

The second quarter proceeded similarly to the first. Brown’s offense remained deadlocked with the Bulldogs for the start of the period, but the Bryant offense was able to get rolling. Bryant leapt into the lead with a nine-yard touchdown strike from quarterback Kory Curtis to wide receiver Hunter Hill, turning the tables to give the Bulldogs a narrow 10-7 lead.

“The biggest takeaway from this game was (that there is) room for improvement,” Harriott wrote. “We have so much room to get better. …

And (we) still managed to finish the

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U. students host national Jewish conference Judaism On Our Own Terms focuses on political, ethnic, identity inclusion

BY DAN GOLDBERG SENIOR STAFF WRITER Over 80 Jewish students from 27 schools across the country flocked to Brown’s campus for the 2019 Judaism On Our Own Terms conference this weekend, where attendees participated in a collection of workshops and discussions aimed at building diverse and student-run Jewish communities on college campuses nationwide.

JOOOT — a national student-led network of independent Jewish groups — launched in May 2019 with the aim of connecting students who feel the need for entirely student-led alternatives to Hillel on college campuses. Groups associated with the network commonly have an explicit focus on political and ethnic diversity. Brown’s own Friday

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Judaism On Our Own Terms was launched in May 2019 to connect independent Jewish student groups.

Night Jews, a student-run discussion group independent of the University, is part of JOOOT’s network and hosted this year’s convention.

Hal Triedman ’20.5, FNJ member and lead coordinator of the JOOOT conference, hopes that the network will help students create spaces on their campuses for Jewish students who “have felt alienated or disconnected from their Judaism because of their political beliefs, sexual orientation, race

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or ethnicity,” he said.

Triedman emphasized that while Brown/RISD Hillel was not involved with FNJ in the organization of the JOOOT conference, the student leadership of the two groups overlaps. FNJ members consistently communicate with the rabbis and executive director at Brown/RISD Hillel, Triedman said. “(Brown/RISD) Hillel has been a really

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Brown Arts Initiative symposium grounds itself in concepts of land Panel discussions, screenings explore concepts of land, art, food, society

BY KATHERINE OK SENIOR STAFF WRITER On Sept. 19 and 20, students, faculty and other members of the University community gathered at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts to attend the Brown Arts Initiative’s third annual symposium about humans and land.

The symposium, titled “Terra: Land, Art, Justice,” includedkeynote lectures by artists, curators and scholars. Audience members walked away with insight into the intricate relationships between food, space and humans.

Anne Bergeron, the Brown Arts Initiative managing director, discussed how the intersections of land, art, food and society inspired this year’s symposium. Specifically, BAI drew inspiration from the French concept of paysagisme as the platform for the symposium, Bergeron said. The French term paysagisme, which directly translates

to “landscaping,” extends beyond its literal meaning to encompass all aspects of land, such as land art, design, agriculture, space and ecology.

“We knew we wanted to do something around culinary arts, and we thought we could make the connection between food, agriculture, food systems and artists and scholars that are working relative to land,” Bergeron continued.

This theme manifested itself in one of the symposium’s discussions, titled “Closing Conversations: Planting Seeds,” which spoke of the unique relationship between seeds, humans and imperialism. In this talk, Elizabeth Hoover, associate professor of American Studies and faculty chair of the Native American Indigenous Studies Initiative, spoke of food sovereignty and justice.

Hoover discussed projects that involved the “rematriation and coalition for resistance, specifically planting sacred corn seeds in the path of pipelines.”

This grassroots activism project worked against the Dakota Access Pipeline among others to proclaim the sovereignty of indigenous land. Much of her presentation centered around “rematriation,” a concept that “connects indigenous people to the land by

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The French concept of “paysagisme” served as the platform for the symposium. “Paysagisme” translates to “landscaping” and encompasses all aspects of land, including art, design, agriculture and ecology. connecting … heirloom seeds back to the communities and back to the land.”

Other events in the symposium ranged from panel discussions to film screenings, all of which centered around the subject of food, land, art and more.

After Puebla laid out the demands, the protesters returned to the State House steps for another speaker and more singing until the action wrapped up around 3 p.m.

Duff said in an interview that she and her peers must organize in order to make their voices heard “because we’re the ones who can’t vote, but the legislation that passes in our government actually impacts us a lot.” She added, “I really care about my future and the future of people who might not have a voice in this crisis but are impacted the most by it.”

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world to strike for our climate.”

Rodriguez spoke about the effects of climate change, including more frequent and intense forest fires, hurricanes and floods. “All around the world, climate disasters are impacting our lives. They are threatening our futures.”

Many speakers at the park said that politicians are not taking action on these issues. “By striking today, we are disrupting business as usual in Rhode Island. By striking today as part of the global climate strikes, we are making history,” said China Duff, a 17-year-old from East Providence and senior at La Salle Academy. “As I am speaking right now, entire work places and classrooms are empty. Why should we be sitting in class when our future and the future of our planet is at stake?”

This call to action was echoed

by Evan, a 14-year-old from South County, Rhode Island, who told the crowd that his friends often say he can’t change the world by himself.

“Together we are making a change and together we can fight for a livable future.”

March to the State House After the speakers finished their remarks, organizers led the protesters in a march to the State House, stopping at the National Grid Energy Innovation Hub on the way. National Grid

is a multinational electricity and gas utility that serves Providence, and its Innovation Hub is a building designed for discussion about a “clean energy future,” according to its website.

The organizers brought protesters to the hub “to make the connection for people that this isn’t about individual choices, it’s really about the fossil fuel industry, and it’s targeting institutions like National Grid,” Rodriguez said in an interview following the strike.

After a lunch break, the protesters picketed outside the State House before entering the building. They dropped banners from the second floor banister, displaying a photograph of Raimondo leaving the State House during Sunrise Providence’s previous climate change protest on Sept. 9.

During the banner drop, Yesenia Puebla ’21, an actions lead summer fellow for Sunrise Providence, read aloud the group’s demands for Raimondo. These included a commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2040 and 100 percent renewable energy for electricity and transportation by 2030; enacting programs to ensure a just transition from fossil fuels to a renewable energy-based economy; investing in public transportation, weatherized homes and electric vehicles; funding programs to implement sustainable, regenerative agriculture and rejecting the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure in Rhode Island.

Community turnout Both Rodriguez and Puebla were disappointed that many University students didn’t respond to strike recruitment efforts.

When they tabled on campus and asked students to join the strike, many said they couldn’t attend because they had to go to class.“It was actually very disappointing,” Rodriguez said. “It’s something I didn’t expect.”

But Rodriguez added that some University students did show up at the action, including new faces she hadn’t seen before in environmental justice circles.

Despite her disappointment with the lack of University protesters, the overall turnout exceeded Puebla’s expectations. “It was a big ask for a lot of students to really go on strike, to suffer the consequences of what that means,” she said.

The crowd was largely young people, who are one of the “front line communities” that will be most affected by climate change, said Liam Hopkins, communications lead for Sunrise Providence.

Other front line communities include people of color, indigenous peoples, low-income people and those who identify as LGBTQ+, Hopkins said.

“When we build fossil fuel infrastructure, when we allow these billionaires and their companies to poison our air and to poison our water and hurt our communities, it is always poor communities, it is always communities of

Farm Fresh RI also hosted a pop-up market on Friday where audience members could survey locally sourced produce and products.

Audience member Iman Husain ’22 spoke about why she attended this sym-

posium. “It is really interesting that our relationship between land and food is so complex,” she said. “But we have just been trained to treat each subject as a sterile, static thing.”

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workshop, Ye led discussions on the intersection of social justice and spiritual space, and how to honor the wide variety of ethnic backgrounds that exist in Judaism. Ye shared her own struggles with racism in college as a Jew of color, and emphasized that in any Jewish gathering people must always be cognizant of “who is in the room,” and how they can feel included.

“We can’t ignore the fact that Jewish identity isn’t just white, European immigrants,” Triedman said, referring to Ashkenazi Jews, who make up the majority of the Jewish population in the United States. He emphasized the importance of highlighting the Jewish diaspora and the variety of Jewish cultures that exist today, like those found among Sephardi, Mizrahi and Ethiopian Jews.

The conference began with a Friday night dinner and discussion, much like FNJ’s own biweekly dinners. On Saturday and Sunday, attendees were invited to participate in a number of workshops on organizing spiritual community groups, and the interaction of Judaism with social justice. Representatives from Boston’s Moishe Kavod House, a Jewish community group oriented toward social justice, led a discussion on how to build lasting, socially-active organizations within the Jewish community. JOOOT also created and distributed its own “how-to guide” on starting independent Jewish communities.

Milbauer hopes to use the knowledge he gained at JOOOT’s conference to create “Jewish social communities that also have a progressive commitment” at his home school of UChicago, similar to FNJ. “Friday Night Jews was built by the young people here on campus … out of their vision and out of their love for (their Jewish) identity,” Milbauer said.

“At my (own) university, I didn’t really have a strong sense of Jewish community,” said Zmira Stouber, a senior at the University of Vermont. But having attended the convention, “I’m learning that I’m not alone, and there is a community around me.”

useful partner in the dialogue that has existed on Brown’s campus,” he added.

Rabbi Josh Bolton, executive director of Brown/RISD Hillel, stressed the organization’s commitment to the values promoted by JOOOT. “Brown/RISD Hillel is deeply committed to the values of inclusivity, pluralism and student leadership,” Bolton wrote in an email to The Herald. “Hillel is a platform for student creativity and innovation — a center where every Jewish student on College Hill is invited to apply his or her own knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit toward tackling the greatest challenges facing our Jewish community in 2019.”

JOOOT is an initiative of Open Hillel, an organization critical of Hillel International’s official guidelines called “Standards of Partnership for Campus Israel Activities.” These standards exclude “groups from the Jewish community on campus on the basis of their views on Israel,” according to Open Hillel’s website.

Isaiah Milbauer, a sophomore at the University of Chicago who attended the convention, said that JOOOT is not opposing Hillel, but rather “offering another option … another place that Jews can find a home on campus.”

Livia Kunins-Berkowitz, a sophomore at Bowdoin College, joined the JOOOT conference to find a space where she felt comfortable discussing her political perspective.

“We just have a Hillel right now, and it’s not particularly political,” she said.

“I feel critical of (Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories), and want Jewish spaces where I feel really comfortable voicing that.”

In addition to its ideological and political objectives, JOOOT’s mission includes explicitly welcoming Jewish students who also identify as LGBTQ+ students, students of color and students who are part of other underrepresented groups in the Jewish community in the United States.

On Sunday, May Ye, a student studying at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, led a workshop on improving racial equality in Judaism. During the

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Author Steven Dunn presents interactive reading

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Dunn discussed military culture in his work to an audience of “Writers on Writing” students and other community members.

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Star White ’21 scored two goals with assists from Ava Seelenfreund ’23 to help cement Bruno’s 5-0 win over the Stags. Brown was unable to secure a second victory against Villanova at the end of the weekend.

Following mixed weekend results, Brown to face Dartmouth to open Ivy play Saturday

BY RANDI RICHARDSON STAFF WRITER The women’s soccer team returned to Stevenson-Pincince Field to host Fairfield University Wednesday afternoon.

Chance the Rapper’s “No Problem” blared out of the speakers, practically warning the Stags that they did not want any problems with Bruno, who entered the game 5-0-1 with five consecutive shutouts.

A high sun greeted both teams as they walked onto the field and Bruno kicked off the first possession. During the 15th and 16th minutes, Star White ’21 scored two goals, both assisted by Ava Seelenfreund ’23. Later on during the second half, Brittany Raphino ’23 scored three goals in less than 15 minutes, cementing Bruno’s 5-0 victory over the Stags.

At the end of the week, the Bears traveled to Philadelphia to take on Villanova University. Nova scored within the first 10 minutes of the game and, despite a valiant effort, Bruno never put any points on the scoreboard.

Brown 5, Fairfield 0 Bear possessions made up 90 percent of the game’s first 10 minutes with one shot on goal attempted by White. White carried Bruno’s offense with unsuccessful attempts to turn the corner on her defender, which energized the rest of her teammates to run the field and fill the flanks.

The following three minutes included two shot attempts by Zoe Maxwell ’22, which were both off the mark, but further pushed the momentum in Bruno’s favor. Bear plays involved many moving parts, often flying players down the wings and around the goal.

At the 30 minute mark, Seelenfreund sent a cross kick over to a diving White.

Fairfield goalie Gena Pike got a hand on it, but White’s ball prevailed, hitting the crossbar and falling into the net. The goal was White’s first of the season.

Less than a minute later, KK Haug ’23 dribbled down to the byline looking for someone in the 18-yard box.

Seelenfreund stepped in to play the pass — drawing the full attention of Pike — and sent the ball to White. Pike, tripping over her own feet, failed to recover as White knocked in an easy shot no more than five yards from the

empty net.

“It feels so good,” White said. “I took my shots when I had them and they just went in. It was great.”

The last 15 minutes of the half had a few more Stag possessions than earlier, but Bruno asserted its dominance on both ends of the field. Fairfield had yet to take a shot, let alone make it across the midfield line for more than 30 seconds. A few minutes later, however, the Stags were able to get in deep and get a couple shots off. Goalie Kayla Thompson ’21 easily saved the dying balls headed toward her.

Bruno entered halftime with all the smoke and Fairfield, as previously warned, did not want any problems.

Four minutes into the second half, the Raphino show began: She scored three goals in less than 15 minutes, posting her first three collegiate scores.

Junior captain Sydney Cummings ’21 served a free kick down the field to Raphino, who beat her defender, got inside the box and easily hit it home.

Raphino paid Pike another visit 10 minutes later when she wiggled around her defender and shot a goal from the top of the box. With 28 minutes left in the game, Cummings served the ball into a pack of Bears waiting right in front of the goal. Raphino pulled out the natural hat trick to tip it in.

“I’m feeling amazing. I feel like it’s about time,” Raphino said. “I just needed to get over that threshold and now that I’ve passed it, we can all move forward. And even (White) getting her first goal today — it’s just the momentum we need to push us into Ivies.”

“The past couple games we’ve scored, but probably not as many (goals) as we could’ve,” said Head Coach Kia McNeill about her offense. “So we just wanted to create more opportunities on goal and we finished them today.”

Brown 0, Villanova 1 A Sunday afternoon tip-off took Bruno out to Philadelphia in almost 90 degree heat to compete against the Wildcats.

Nova opened the game with possession and after a couple of fouls on both teams, scored in the 10th minute. The goal marked the first time that an opponent scored on Bruno this season.

“We haven’t been scored on in seven games,” Cummings said. “As a team, we knew it was inevitable and that it would happen eventually. It was just a matter of how we responded when it did happen.”

The next nine minutes of the game featured multiple fouls for Brown and substitutions on both teams as they bat-

tled during a sun-splashed day. During the 26th minute, Maxwell attempted a shot, but Nova goalie Rebecca Gartner blocked it.

The last ten minutes of the half saw a yellow card on Maesyn G’Bye ’22, three Nova fouls and further substitutions for both teams.

The second half opened with a Brown corner kick from Celia Story ’19.5 within the first two minutes of play, which was followed by another Bruno foul. Story offered another corner kick in the 49th minute. This time around, Brown changed its defense to a 3-5-2 formation to apply more pressure.

“We didn’t generate enough offensively. It’s hard to capitalize on a team’s mistakes when we’re not producing offensively,” Cummings said. “(Villanova) just seized their opportunity when it came in the first half and then bunkered down.”

During the 66th minute, Brown got off two shots: Rebecca Rosen’s ’22 veered too wide, and Haug’s was too high. Bruno searched for its Goldilocks shot, one that was just right. Six minutes later, White’s shot looked golden, but Gartner denied it.

With under 20 minutes to go in the game, shot attempts infrequently interrupted both teams’ fouls and substitutions. Three minutes later, a successful goal remained elusive for the Bears as Seelenfreund shot a wide header.

“It’s a good lesson for the team to learn — you have to play 90 minutes straight through,” McNeill said. “We came out flat the first half. (We) have to continue to play (our game). We did in the second half, but we just didn’t do enough to put anything in the back of the net.”

Bruno fought until the very end, but it wasn’t enough to clinch a victory. A 1-0 loss against Villanova handed the Bears their first defeat of the season and an end to their six-game shutout streak.

“This is definitely a wake up call,” Thompson said. “We know when we step into a game, if we set the tone, no one’s gonna match us. Today we just started on our heels and Nova did a great job of capitalizing on that. So we know we have to start with the energy that we want to persist through the game.”

The Bears open Ivy play Saturday against the Big Green.

“It’s good (we faced) adversity before going into league play,” McNeill said. “It forces (us) to look at (ourselves) even closer and find ways to be even better.”

Visiting lecturer highlights variety of voices in mixed media work, ‘Water & Power’

BY KAHINI MEHTA CONTRIBUTING WRITER When the spotlight shone on Steven Dunn, a former member of the Navy, he was not alone; with him were Mike Malpiedi, event specialist at the University, Kendall Morris GS, MFA Candidate for Poetry and Shingai Kagunda GS, MFA Candidate for Fiction.

Students from both sections of Writers on Writing, a popular literary arts seminar that allows students to engage in conversation with the writers who appear on their syllabus, gathered in the McCormack Family Theater on Thursday, Sept.

19 for Dunn’s talk. In this public reading offered in conjunction with the class, Dunn’s soothing baritone voice contrasted with the difficult topic of military culture discussed in his work,“Water & Power.”

“He definitely fits into the category of writer who is bringing what he has learned from wide reading in poetry, prose and essay to bear in his writing,” wrote Professor in Literary Arts Laird Hunt in an email to The Herald. In his writing, Dunn “brings in the voices of fellow veterans in a spirit of critique and inquiry as well as a wide variety of photographs and other visual ephemera,” Hunt added.

As Dunn put it, in the “spirit of things being multi-vocal,” others chipped in to read different extracts from his book. Every new voice in the book was supplemented with a new voice on stage. One by one, Malpiedi, Morris and Kagunda proceeded to read extracts from his book. Most extracts were named after an interviewee affected by war, number-coded to maintain anonymity.

Malpiedi read his section, a story of toxic masculinity and sexuality, with an assertive voice. Morris spoke with less inflection, reading an ex-

cerpt about food and the interviewee’s brother. Finally, Kagunda took to the stage, commanding the audience’s attention with her poignant reading of stories of sexual harassment in the military.

“Dunn’s work is a radical dose of reality and truth-telling — i.e. the world that exists beyond the walls of the University,” wrote Assistant Professor of the Practice in Literary Arts Andrew Colarusso in an email to The Herald. “It’s also a text honest about the best intentions and sorriest sins of its author. It’s incredibly scary to write something so transparent, and it marks, in my mind, Dunn as an author of great courage, sensitivity and finesse.”

At the event, Dunn also explained how he punctuates his nonfiction writing with fiction. “I thought fiction would allow me to be more truthful in a way,” he said during the question-and-answer session following the presentation of his work. “By asserting something is fact, I feel like I’ve opened it up for people to argue. … But I also realize I could lose credibility, you know, by grouping everything under fiction.”

Dunn captivated his audience, generating gasps and eliciting laughs.

Dunn also shared a preview of “The Usual Route,” a movie adaptation of “Water & Power.” He attested to the dedication of Corey Warner, the film adaptation’s producer, in staying true to the original work. He “got my opinion on everything before he went ahead, … and it was really cool,” Dunn explained.

After the screening, the audience sat in a ruminative silence before breaking out into applause.

Responses to Dunn’s reading were largely positive. One student particularly appreciated the opportunity to experience creative writing live.

“I really enjoyed the book. …He uses a lot of different styles of narratives, including an interview. It was a very tough read, but I enjoyed it,” Justin Cardozo ’20 added.

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Field hockey splits weekend homestand Following split weekend, Bears to face off with Columbia, Dartmouth next week

BY RYAN HANDEL SENIOR STAFF WRITER In its final weekend of action before Ivy League play, the field hockey team looked to create momentum. Brown stumbled Saturday, falling to No. 20 University at Albany 6-0, but recovering Sunday with a resounding 3-0 victory over Hofstra University featuring two fourth-quarter scores.

Bruno (2-5) entered its game against Albany (4-3) on a four-game losing streak, but was unable to stop its skid, as the Great Danes rode a dominant first half to victory. A first-quarter barrage by Albany gave them a 2-0 lead after just six minutes and a 3-0 lead after just ten. Two minutes in the second stanza, Albany knocked in another goal off of a rebound to gain a commanding 4-0 edge. The Great Danes outshot Brown 11-6 in the first half.

Midway through the third, Albany’s Katie MacCallum recorded her second goal of the afternoon on a breakaway score. MacCallum capped her strong performance with a fourth-quarter assist to Cosima Rocktaeschel to cement the Great Danes’ 6-0 win. Calista Manuzza ’23, making her first start in goal for the Bears, recorded four saves in the loss.

Brown head coach Jill Reeve was critical of her team’s performance against

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The owners of the former FroyoWorld shop maintain a small stake in the current Seven Creamery on Thayer Street.

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Bruno’s 3-0 victory over Hofstra broke its five-game losing streak. The Bears will look to start a winning streak next weekend.

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Albany, which was tied for the Bears’ worst loss of the season so far.

“Our communication and the pace of our play was too slow, too casual,” Reeve said.

The Bears reversed their fortunes the next day against Hofstra (3-5). Danielle van Rootselaar ’22 started off fast for the Bears and launched a shot on goal just ten seconds into the contest. But it took Bruno until halfway through the second quarter to connect on its first goal of the weekend. Corinne Condie ’20 finished a shot from close range to give Brown a 1-0 lead.

While Brown was unable to extend its advantage in the third quarter, its defense clamped down to maintain the slim onegoal lead. Bruno did not allow the Pride to create a single shot in the period. Then, in the fourth quarter the Bears’ offense took over the game. Hannah Leckey ’20

Varun Mehta RISD ’22, was surprised about the switch from FroyoWorld to Seven Creamery. “I came because I wanted froyo, which they do still have on the menu, but it just seems like the froyo part has disappeared, and there’s nothing in this place anymore,” Mehta said.

Sunny Lee ’22 used to frequent FroyoWorld but enjoys the new iteration. “I like how they have acai bowls now,” Lee said.

Barbosa described the competition for customers with other locations on Thayer St. “Everyone’s disposable income is getting divided by all these places,” he said. “But this is a very busy street, so we feel that there’s definitely potential for us.”

Seven Creamery sits squarely across the street from Ben and Jerry’s, a national ice cream

and Anagha Nayak ’21 each scored in a three-minute span, giving Brown an insurmountable 3-0 edge. The Bears’ defense, led by Manuzza and Jodie Brine ’23, held on for the shutout.

“We kept pushing and creating opportunities, and we didn’t give up,” said Emma Rosen ’22 of the Bears’ late run.

“Hofstra got tired,” van Rootselaar added.

After a tough opening set of games that included nationally ranked foes such as Stanford University and Albany, the Bears will look to start a winning streak next weekend as they begin their Ivy League slate.

“We’ve played really good opponents, so we’re definitely ready to play the Ivy League games,” van Rootselaar said.

The Bears travel to Columbia Friday before returning home to face Dartmouth Saturday.

chain.“They’re pretty much doing almost the same thing we are,” Barbosa said. Seven Creamery’s local sourcing allows the business to maintain lower prices, he added.

The name “Seven Creamery” comes from the original concept for the store, which was to sell seven signature acai bowls and seven signature ice cream flavors. Although Seven Creamery eventually abandoned the idea of limiting flavors, the name stuck.

Seven Creamery’s only location is on Thayer St., but the company is looking to expand to a location in Boston and a seasonal location in Misquamicut Beach for next summer.

According to Barbosa, Seven Creamery will be launching multiple promotions in the coming weeks, including on Instagram and a “free scoop day.”

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“We know that this is the only planet we have, and if we want to live in it, we must take bold action today.”

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A bout of summer warmth has staved off the advance of fall on College Hill. The warm weather has been greeted by Bears and squirrels alike making use of the University’s expansive greenery.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Alums celebrate at 71st Emmy Awards West ’73 takes home Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for ‘RBG’

BY ELISE RYAN ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR At the 71st Annual Emmy Awards, actors from acclaimed television shows shed their costumes to join writers, directors and other creatives — among them Brown alums — at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

University alums’ accomplishments were celebrated in numerous categories, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special.

At the Creative Arts Emmy Awards last Sunday, “RBG,” a film co-directed and produced by Betsy West ’73, took the award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. After the win, West tweeted a video of herself and co-director Julie Cohen planking on the Emmys stage, referencing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s exceptional exercise routine. West was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.

Assistant Professor of Visual Arts RaMell Ross was also nominated for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for his film, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”

“Fosse/Verdon,” executive produced and written by Steven Levenson ’06, received four awards, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, as well as 17 nominations.

Levenson, who partnered with Broadway powerhouses Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and Alex Lacamoire to produce the show, received a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special. In an interview with Playbill, Levenson discussed finding his love of writing during his third year at the University — a revelation that spring-boarded his

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Bears win season opener against Bryant 35-30 under guidance of new Head Coach James Perry, Bryant’s former head coach.

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Betsy West ’73 (left) won an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for “RBG,” which she directed and produced with Julie Cohen. career, propelling him toward a Tony Award and Emmy nominations.

“When I discovered this idea that you could write in somebody else’s voice, that was really electrifying to me,” Levenson told Playbill.

Marin Hinkle ’88, nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for portraying Rose Weissman in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” applauded her castmate, Alex Borstein, who won the category for her portrayal of Midge Maisel’s manager Susie. Describing Borstein as “unapologetic” and “inspirational,” Hinkle reflected on the strength she witnesses in her colleague in an interview with The Herald.

Aunjanue Ellis ’93 was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Sharonne Salaam in “When They See Us.” Laura

Linney ’86 received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Wendy Byrde in “Ozark.”

“The Handmaid’s Tale,” executive produced and written by Bruce Miller ’87, received 11 total nominations and won three awards. Miller was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. “Pose,” executive produced by Nina Jacobson ’87 P’23, received six nominations and one award. “Blackish,” produced by Jonathan Groff ’83 and starring Tracee Ellis Ross ’94, received two nominations.

While West will be the only alum to personally take home an Emmy award this season, the other seven University community members nominated for awards were also celebrated for their work yesterday evening.

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game how we needed to. This is just the beginning of a great ten-game sprint.” In the final 40 seconds of the period, EJ Perry rushed a short but hard-fought one yard, punching in Bruno’s only touchdown of the stanza to enter halftime up 14-10.

Coming out of the half, the QB immediately drove the Bears down the field in a 76-yard drive that chewed up more than six minutes of game time, capping it off with a four-yard pass to wide receiver Demitri Jackson ’20 for a touchdown. As the clock marched on, Bruno’s defense fell apart, allowing a Bryant touchdown after a 12-play drive. The remainder of the period would pass scoreless as Brown missed a critical offensive opportunity after failing to convert a fourth down in Bulldog territory. Going into the final quarter, the Bears held a slight 21-17 edge.

The final period started fast for Bryant, as they pummeled Bruno out of the lead with a two-yard touchdown run to go up four. The Bears wrestled control back from the Bulldogs with EJ Perry launching a pass to Boylan for Brown’s fourth touchdown of the game, taking back the lead 28-24.

“Our pace, communication and EJ’s ability to extend drives when under pressure gave us the opportunities we needed to put the ball in the endzone,” wrote team captain and offensive lineman Nick Allsop ’20 in a statement to The Herald. Then, with just more than six minutes to play in the game, EJ Perry shut the door on the Bulldogs, breaking free for a 94-yard touchdown gallop to put the Bears up by two scores. Bryant went down swinging, scoring a touchdown with time running out, but they went down nonetheless. Brown sailed to victory to take home its first win of the season.

“It ended up coming down to the final seconds,” wrote quarterback Michael McGovern ’21 in a statement The Herald. “We pulled out that victory because we were able to play extremely hard for all 60 minutes.

We’re going to stick to our game plan and focus on playing fast. None of that changes week in and week out.”

The Bears have not won an Ivy League game in two seasons, but they will have their first chance for redemption Friday night when they travel to Cambridge to take on Harvard.

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To address gun violence, return power to local government

BY ARJUN SHANMUGAM OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

In the 1800s, Cleveland secured its place as one of the nation’s great commercial centers, linked to arteries of trade like the Erie Canal. In the early 20th century, Ohio’s state capital conducted “The Columbus Experiment,” implementing cutting-edge water treatment techniques that are still in use today. Soon after, cities like Akron become industrial powerhouses that stimulated the country’s economy. The cities of my home state have always been devoted tackling society’s most pressing issues Today, the cities of Ohio seek to continue this trend by grappling with one of America’s most contentious political issues: gun violence.

But their efforts have yet to prove successful.

On August 4, 2019, ten innocent people lost their lives at the hands of a gunman in Dayton, Ohio. Beyond the flashy headlines, the problem of gun violence in Ohio’s cities runs deeper: homicide rates in Cleveland and Cincinnati put them comfortably in the top ten among our nation’s cities. Across the Buckeye State, guns took a total of 1,589 lives in 2017 — an all-time high.

The biggest obstacle Ohioan cities must overcome to reduce gun-related deaths is not violent video games, or even easy access to fire-

arms. The biggest obstacle is their own state government.

In 2006, the Ohio legislature passed House Bill 347. This bill nullified all city-level ordinances that imposed greater restrictions on gun rights than those imposed by the state itself. By leaving local governments unable to implement their own solutions — or any solutions — to a

is essentially moot. Because of these laws, “thoughts and prayers” — criticized by many as a cop-out reaction from Republican lawmakers — are quite literally some of the only ways that local officials can legally respond in the face of tragedy.

The inability of local officials to react to gun violence is problematic for two reasons. The

“It is ultimately in the interest of both Democrats and Republicans to find a balance between state and local gun control laws — whether at the ballot box or in the courts — so that cities can address the needs of their residents.” crisis of survival, HB 347 is permitting violence, thereby setting a dangerous political precedent.

This law needs to go, along with the dozens of similar laws in states across the country.

Mass shootings are often followed by emotional debates that pit gun rights against calls for greater regulation of firearms. In the 43 states where so-called “preemption laws” such as HB 347 exist, however, such back-and-forth

first is that citizens are becoming frustrated with what they view as a failure by their local officials to curb an endemic problem. This perceived failure likely makes voters lose faith in their city governments and as a result develop a political apathy that is detrimental to democracy. Politically apathetic citizens often turn out in low numbers to vote in local elections.

When people vote less, it creates a vicious cycle

in which extreme voices gain a disproportionate influence in elections.

The second reason is the human cost. HB 347 wiped out over 80 local gun restrictions in my state alone. In Cleveland, because of this intrusive statute, a once longstanding firearm registry no longer exists. Likewise, Cincinnati’s laws to ban bump stocks were shot down in Ohio’s courts. In short, HB 347 undid years of progress made in limiting dangerous individuals’ access to guns, and there are tangible effects: Without the authority to enforce gun-control measures, Ohioan cities have been unable to provide localized solutions to their unique problems with gun violence.

Americans, on the right and the left, have always valued the independence of local government. It is ultimately in the interest of both Democrats and Republicans to find a balance between state and local gun control laws — whether at the ballot box or in the courts — so that cities can address the needs of their residents.

Arjun Shanmugam ’23 can be reached at arjun_shanmugam@brown.edu. Please send responses to this opinion to letters@browndailyherald.com and op-eds to opinions@ browndailyherald.com.

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University should further clarify its ethical gifts policies On Sept.13, Brickson Diamond and Bernadette Aulestia — both members of the Corporation, the University’s highest governing body — wrote a letter defending the ethical underpinnings of the University’s gift policy. Diamond and Aulestia wrote that “Brown does not accept gifts if it’s evident the proceeds were obtained illicitly, and only accepts gifts that are aligned with Brown priorities and do not carry strings dictating educational or research decisions.” Their letter came in response to a debate raised by students and alumni to disaffiliate Warren Kanders ’79 P’23 from the University.

Kanders, the CEO of Safariland Group, resigned from the Whitney Museum’s board in July, as previously reported by The Herald. Safariland manufactures law enforcement and military supplies such as tear gas and bullet-proof vests.

University donation policies have come to the forefront across the country in recent weeks. Earlier this year, Jeffrey Epstein, a prominent financier, was accused of sexually abusing several teenage girls; he subsequently died by suicide while in jail last month. Revelations about Epstein’s anonymous donations to the MIT Media Lab led to the resignation of the elite lab’s director, Joi Ito. In conjunction with Ito’s fall, the University placed its own employee Peter Cohen, the Director of Development for Computer and Data Science Initiatives, on leave for his role in soliciting Epstein’s donations during his time at MIT. Similar donations were disclosed at Harvard.

In light of both the local and national debate around university donation policies, Brown must further clarify its ethical guidelines for donations. Without doing so, the University opens itself up

to donations from potentially unethical people and breaks the trust between the University and its community by straying from the values inherent to this institution.

While Diamond and Aulestia’s letter is a step in the right direction, their definition is ambiguous and leaves too much room for interpretation. In particular, the Corporation members’ response solely focuses on the way the money donated was obtained — assuring that the funds themselves are legal and have a transactional history that aligns with Brown’s mission. That policy, however, is not focused enough on the people who are behind the donations.

Various ethically-dubious donations may then be acceptable under this definition. With a loose interpretation, the Communications, Alumni and External Affairs Committee — which has oversight over University fundraising policies — could theoretically accept a donation from a convicted mass-murderer, so long as the donation money was obtained licitly, had no strings attached and was in line with the University’s mission. Jeffrey Epstein would be allowed to donate under this interpretation as well — to date, no claims have surfaced regarding the illicit nature of his money, merely actions unrelated to his work. If there is University policy explicitly banning this type of gift, it ought to be publicized and reflected in official communications to the Brown community.

Even a stricter interpretation of the definition would allow for gifts from questionable donors. For example, should the University decline donations from individuals convicted of crimes, those accused of significant crimes but

never convicted could easily donate. This would include many of those criticized in the #MeToo movement, such as Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.

These specific theoretical examples may sound extreme, but the ambiguity of the University’s policy has allowed for past donations that raise this exact ethical question. For example, Steven Cohen, a hedge fund manager who pleaded guilty to insider trading in 2013, has given at least $36 million to the University over several years; he even lent his now-infamous statue “Lamp/Bear” — affectionately known as Blueno — to the University. Brown also accepted donations to the Political Theory Project from Charles and David Koch, notable conservative brothers who have actively worked against climate change legislation. These are just two examples among what are likely many others, given the long list of Brown’s donors.

That said, some may argue that donations from such sources would benefit the University’s mission to support financial aid and other initiatives. But it is clear, as President Christina Paxson P’19 outlines in a February 2019 op-ed in The Herald, that there is a point at which gifts are no longer acceptable regardless of their potential benefits. Brown community members who proudly associate themselves with the University and thus its values have a right to understand exactly where that line is.

Donation policies speak volumes about the University’s values. The current policy allows room for donations that run counter to the spirit of the University’s “Slavery and Justice” report published in 2006. The report sought to rectify the University’s historical sup-

port of the slave trade, and among other suggestions, it put forth that Brown has a “special obligation to ensure that it does not profit from … slavery and other forms of gross injustice.” While the current policy is a step in that direction, it leaves open the possibility for abuse through failing to provide standards that a donor’s character and personal history must meet. The University must be held accountable to its own reports, and clarifying the ethical gift policy will ensure that Brown is adhering to its values.

To be sure, the University has a strong incentive to keep its fundraising policies opaque. More money can be raised with unclear guidelines, thereby supporting University initiatives ranging from financial aid to building renovations. But at what point should we put aside our financial concerns to preserve our values? At the very least, a clearer ethical donation policy would help foster debate around who should qualify as an acceptable donor. It’s imperative for the University to do so now, in the wake of the Jeffrey Epstein revelations and calls to remove Warren Kanders from the advisory council of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society.

Editorials are written by The Herald’s editorial page board: its editors, Grace Layer ’20 and Krista Stapleford ’21, and its members, Jonathan Douglas ’20, Eduard Muñoz-Suñé ’20 and Riley Pestorius ’21. Send comments to editorials@browndailyherald.com.

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