Thursday, November 16th 2023

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SINCE 1891

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD VOLUME CLVIII, ISSUE 48

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2023

BROWNDAILYHERALD.COM

WHAT’S INSIDE

METRO

RISD students arrested after allegedly vandalizing Textron world headquarters PAGE 4

ARTS & CULTURE

Sofia Coppola beautifully scrutinizes age gap in new film ‘Priscilla’

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BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now has retained a lawyer, but group representatives declined to comment on any legal proceedings, representatives said.

SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Students arrested in sit-in charged with trespassing, await late November hearing

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20 students were arrested in sit-in calling for ceasefire, divestment Nov. 8 BY JULIA VAZ METRO EDITOR Each of the 20 Brown students arrested on Nov. 8 following the sit-in at University Hall face a trespassing charge, according to University Deputy Director for News and Editorial Development Amanda McGregor. The students have an expected court date of Nov. 28, The Herald previ-

ously reported. Attorneys for the city of Providence will likely try to prove that the students “remained upon land owned by Brown University after having been forbidden to do so by a duly authorized agent of the university,” wrote Andrew Horwitz,​​ associate dean for experiential education at Roger Williams University School of Law, in an email to The Herald. According to University Spokesperson Brian Clark, the University issued multiple trespassing warnings, The Herald previously reported. The presence of the students at University Hall posed a “se-

SPORTS

W. Soccer earns victory to open NCAA tournament Bears beat Quinnipiac 3-0, will face Mississippi State this weekend BY NICHOLAS MILLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER Last season, forward Ava Seelenfreund ’23.5 scored 10 goals — tied for most on the Brown roster — on her way to being named to the Ivy League First Team. But this year, ahead of the women’s soccer team’s matchup against Quinnipiac Saturday, in the first round of the NCAA tournament, she had only scored once. Against the Bobcats, the 2022 version of Seelenfreund returned. At the heart of nearly every Brown attack, Seelenfreund recorded a staggering 10 shots, including a goal in the 15th minute of what became a 3-0 Brown (12-2-2, 7-0-0 Ivy) victory over Quinnipiac (13-4-1, 9-0-1 MAAC). “I’ve been putting in a lot of work,” Seelenfreund said. “The ball might not

be bouncing my way a few times and I’m getting a little unlucky, but I have not put my head down. It felt really good to put one away early and keep the result going.” Seelenfreund’s performance was part of a dominant showing from the Bears a week after they lost in the first round of the Ivy League tournament to Columbia, breaking a 28-game unbeaten streak against conference opponents. Quinnipiac, which entered the game 12th in the nation in goals per game, failed to record even a shot against the Brown defense until the final seconds of the game, while the Brown attack had 24 attempts, nine of which were on target. “The team played tremendous from start to finish,” Head Coach Kia McNeill said. “I’m just so grateful to play behind a fantastic back line,” goalkeeper Clare Gagne ’24 said. “That one shot on goal

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curity concern,” Clark wrote. BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now organized the sit-in, which was in solidarity with the walk-out organized by Brown Students for Justice in Palestine and the Brown University Palestine Solidarity Caucus that afternoon, The Herald previously reported. Representatives from Jews for Ceasefire Now confirmed that they have retained a lawyer but declined to comment on any legal proceedings. Under Rhode Island state law, individuals who “willfully trespass … shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one

thousand dollars …or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.” In cases of civil disobedience, Horwitz said, defendants usually have few or no defenses given the intentions of protestors. “The entire point … was to make a point by violating the law in order to get publicity and in order to bring attention to the cause and the belief connected to the cause.” The organizers of the sit-in demanded that President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 publicly support divesting the

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ON-CAMPUS ACTIVISM

Faculty sign letter in support of arrested student protestors Faculty members call for University to drop charges, facilitate conversation BY RYAN DOHERTY & ANISHA KUMAR SENIOR STAFF WRITERS Last week, over 160 faculty signatories called for President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 to urge lawmakers to support a ceasefire in Israel-Palestine in addition to affirming academic freedom. Paxson discussed these demands with faculty members on Tuesday, asserting the University’s support for academic freedom and stating that there is no “Palestine exception” to free expression, though she declined to comment on calls for a ceasefire. Wednesday evening, after The Herald published the initial faculty letter addressed to Paxson, Uni-

versity community members witnessed the arrests of 20 students part of BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now, who staged a sit-in at University Hall following a campus-wide walkout organized by Students for Justice in Palestine and the Palestine Solidarity Caucus. The 20 students arrested refused to willingly leave University Hall until Paxson committed to supporting “a divestment resolution in the next meeting of the Brown Corporation,” The Herald previously reported. The students who participated in the sit-in have been charged with trespassing and have an expected court date set for Nov. 28. On Thursday, faculty members held an emergency meeting to plan a course of action in light of Wednesday’s events. At this meeting, faculty met with representa-

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ARTS & CULTURE

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