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Body of undergraduate found in Peru Friends remembered Michael Dawkins’ ’13.5 warmth, musicality and community involvement By ADAM TOOBIN CITY & STATE EDITOR

The body of Michael Dawkins ’13.5 has been found in Peru, said Leslie Goodman ’02, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Peru. The circumstances surrounding Dawkins’ death remain unclear. He was seen on campus last week, but University officials and police officers could not confirm further details.

Dawkins, originally a member of the class of 2012, was born in Baton Rouge, La., and was concentrating in Middle East Studies, according to an email President Christina Paxson sent to the community Thursday evening. As the news of his death emerged Thursday afternoon, Dawkins’ friends — from members of the Brown University Unitarian Universalist Church to fans of his classical piano playing — reacted with shock and devastation. Amanda Labora ’13, a close friend of Dawkins who studied abroad in Egypt with him for a month before they were evacuated at the start of the 2011 revolution, recalled a “generous”

friend. “If you were one of Michael’s friends, he would do anything for you. He would go to bat for you,” she said. Dawkins enjoyed discussing issues ranging from gender and sexual identity to the history and politics of the Middle East to the subtleties of classical music, she said. “If you asked him for his opinion, you better be ready for it,” Labora said. Labora said that in Egypt, she hated that curfews and the threat of sexual assault required her to bring a male escort whenever she wanted to go outside. Dawkins was the only one “of the men on the trip who was really

in tune with that and how humiliating that could be,” she said. “Michael was my protector and my companion,” Labora said, adding, “he never made me have to ask.” Because the two of them had taken a pledge to speak Arabic exclusively while abroad, a requirement of the Middlebury College study abroad program they were both enrolled in, Labora remembered “talking to each other about the implications of the revolution in broken Arabic over cappuccinos.” After returning to campus following the evacuation, Dawkins tried to transition back into the normal » See DAWKINS, page 5

Taveras to announce bid for governor

Trustee faces controversy as Corp. meets

The Providence mayor slightly trailed his expected opponent Gina Raimondo in a recent poll

As the Corporation convenes this weekend for its triannual meeting, most of its 52 fellows and trustees have arrived on Brown’s campus. They range from President Christina Paxson to power players who make the news almost daily, like Brian Moynihan ’81 P’14, president of Bank of America. But one Corporation trustee has garnered more than his share of recent headlines: Steven Cohen P’08 P’16, renowned art collector and erstwhile Wall Street kingpin whose hedge fund, SAC Capital Advisors LP, is reportedly on its way to paying out more than $1 billion to settle federal charges of

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Mayor Angel Taveras will formally announce his candidacy for next year’s gubernatorial election at an event Monday, his campaign spokesman Peter Baptista confirmed Thursday night in an email to The Herald. Baptista said the details of the announcement are still being determined and will be announced when they are available, the Providence Journal reported. Taveras will likely run in a Democratic primary against General Treasurer Gina Raimondo — who has yet to formally announce any plans to enter the gubernatorial race despite extensive fundraising. According to a poll released this month by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, Raimondo would have a slight lead over Taveras in the anticipated primary. Forty-two percent of respondents answered that they would vote for Raimando, while 33.6 percent reported a preference for Taveras, according to the poll. Raimondo also leads in campaign finances with about $2 million in a » See TAVERAS, page 5

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insider trading. In an email to The Herald, Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, wrote that though she expected “strong participation at the October meeting,” she did not know whether Cohen would be in attendance. She added that 90 percent of Corporation members are expected to attend this weekend. Federal prosecutors have charged eight current or former SAC employees with improper trading in the past few years and thus far have received six guilty pleas. SAC as a company was also charged this summer with insider trading. If it pans out, the settlement would likely result in the downsizing of SAC to manage just Cohen’s personal fortune, which currently stands at roughly $9 billion — a sharp fall from SAC and Cohen’s former dominance in the hedge fund world. But though the alleged insider

trading at SAC has landed Cohen in hot water with prosecutors, who charged him in a civil suit this summer with “failing to supervise” his employees, University administrators have been nearly silent about how, if at all, his legal woes might affect his status on the Corporation. “Steve Cohen is a valued and involved trustee of Brown, and the University has been strengthened by his engagement,” Chancellor Thomas Tisch ’76 said in a statement in March. “There has been no pressure on Steve — or the Corporation — for him to leave his seat.” Though prosecutors have since brought civil charges against Cohen, Quinn referred to Tisch’s statement when asked for comment this week. Pamela Bernard, vice president and general counsel at Duke University and an expert on university governance, said some university » See TRUSTEE, page 3

A HAZMAT team searched the building after an unidentified substance was found in an envelope By EMILY BONEY CITY & STATE STAFF WRITER

One person has been hospitalized following exposure to an unidentified substance found in an envelope opened Thursday afternoon in Graduate Center Tower E, which houses administrative offices and the Bear’s Lair. Eight additional people have reported symptoms of “respiratory irritation,” including watery eyes and runny noses, said James Mirza, deputy assistant chief of the Providence Fire Department. Providence Police arrived on the scene at 4:11 p.m., blocking off Thayer Street between Grad Center and Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle with yellow “hazardous substance” tape and evacuating the surrounding areas. “The objective was to treat and remove victims and isolate the contaminated areas,” Mirza said. The envelope was sealed and taken from the scene by HAZMAT crew members, Mirza said. Its contents will be evaluated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the state laboratory, he said. Testing suspicious materials can take “a few days,” said Greg Comcowich, a spokesman for the Boston bureau of the FBI. » See SUBSTANCE, page 3

Hope St. Asian restaurant serves a dish for all Apsara Palace Restaurant over bags of food and tells other hungry customers to come back in 45 minutes combines tastes from for a table. China, Vietnam, Variations on “Sorry about the Cambodia and Thailand wait, honey” are her friendly refrain, By ELI OKUN UNIVERSITY NEWS EDITOR

On a crowded Saturday night at Apsara Palace Restaurant, a steady stream of

patrons winds its way through tables of diners to the counter in the back corner, where a smiling woman forks

but most accept the delay willingly, congregating by the front door with friends and bring-your-own beers. It’s a telling encapsulation of this intermittently delicious and exceedingly economical pan-Asian hub on Hope Street, mingling bustle with elegance and a keen sense of familiarity. Patterned cloths adorn the tables, but only underneath sheets of paper. And goldframed portraits of Chinese vistas look down on a dining room that straddles the intersection of neighborhood carryout joint and sit-down restaurant. » See APSARA, page 7

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The restaurant’s variety of entrees and warm hospitality overshadow faults in some of the dishes.

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Most students support converting some bathrooms to gender-netural

Researchers studied jumping bullfrogs at a Calaveras County competition

Bridget Bourne coerces her printer and gets a diamond — find out why!

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Most support at least some co-ed bathrooms Gay, agnostic and atheist students were likelier to support gender neutral bathrooms By ALIZA REISNER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Roughly 28 percent of students support making all multi-user bathrooms gender-neutral, 47 percent support making some bathrooms genderneutral and 15 percent do not support converting any bathrooms, according to a recent poll conducted by The Herald. Students who identified as gay were significantly likelier to support converting all bathrooms to genderneutral than were heterosexual or bisexual students, the poll found. Male students were about three times more likely than female students to say they did not have a preference about the issue. Agnostic and atheist students were likelier to support converting some or all bathrooms than students who identified as practicing any religion. A plurality of respondents favored the conversion of some, but not all, bathrooms to gender-neutral. Isabel Balazs ’17 said though she does support having gender-neutral bathrooms, it is “harmful” for people to disregard the gender-separated facilities in case someone has experienced “some sort of sexual trauma.” Lena Barsky ’14 also said dorms need both types of bathrooms. Gender-neutral bathrooms are a necessary safe space for students who are gender neutral, she said, adding that they are not necessarily a place where individuals who identify as males and those who identify as females should mix. Barsky said gendered bathrooms should be maintained so students who haven’t had exposure to living with peers of other genders, especially students from countries where gender roles are deeply ingrained and rigidly defined, are not forced into uncomfortable situations. The Office of Residential Life put gender-neutral bathroom signs on all bathroom doors during this summer’s renovation of Keeney Quadrangle, The Herald previously reported. ResLife officials said the signs had been put up by accident, and as of last week, all multi-user restroom signs in Keeney had been switched back to indicate

Mixed opinions on gender-neutral bathrooms When asked: “Do you support the conversion of multi-user bathrooms in residence halls to gender-neutral status?” almost half of undergradates polled said they support converting some but not all. There were differences among sexual orientations, with students who identified as gay being more likely to support conversion.

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ResLife restored Keeney bathroom signs to multi-user status after replacing them with gender neutral signs over the summer. Herald file photo. gendered bathrooms. Several units in Keeney have created their own gender-neutral signs in protest, while others have agreed to ignore the changes in signage. “Changes to residential policies are typically made through student proposals brought forward to the Residential Council. The council reviews these proposals and votes to either support or deny (them),” wrote

Natalie Basil, director of residential experience for ResLife, in an email to The Herald. “Any proposals the council supports would then move forward as recommendations to the Office of Residential Life,” she added. To date, Basil wrote, no proposals have been brought to the Residential Council regarding gender-neutral bathrooms.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013

Harvard professor questions universality of market values Sandel gave numerous examples of growing commodification of abstract values in society By TYLER DAELEMANS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“What should be the role of money and markets in our society?” The question arose repeatedly in a lecture given by Michael Sandel, a Harvard professor of government and best-selling author, Thursday evening to an almost-full C.V. Starr Auditorium. In his lecture, Sandel said the past three decades’ emphasis on the market economy has led to significant changes in how our society values certain goods. But in society today, “there are few things money can’t buy,” Sandel said. “We’ve drifted from having a market economy to becoming a market society,” Sandel added. “Everything is up for sale.” Sandel, who wrote the bestseller, “What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets,” suggested that, as a society, people try to use markets to commodify things that can’t — or shouldn’t — be bought, such as friendship. “But what about social goods closely connected to friendship? Or tokens of friendship?” Sandel asked. Sandel pointed toward “The Perfect Toast,” a site that writes custom wedding toasts for $149, as one such example of the attempted commodification of friendship. Goods such as wedding toasts are

»TRUSTEE, from page 1 corporations have bylaw provisions that provide protocol for removing members, but rules vary among institutions. She added that she did not know anything about Brown’s Corporation rules and Cohen specifically. Some members of the community have criticized the lack of action. Dan Stump ’14 said Cohen “is the personification of everything that tanked the economy in the last 10 years,” and that he is indicative of the

unique, Sandel said, in that they lose value and meaning if they are bought. Despite this, he said, the market still attempts to quantify and sell them. Invoking an example closer to home, Sandel sparked debate among audience members by posing a hypothetical situation in which the University would admit two students each year — who otherwise would not have been admitted — if they each paid $10 million. He asked students whether they would support or object to the proposition. Most in the audience objected, with only a few in favor of Sandel’s proposition. Opponents cited fairness as a reason to object. “You(‘d be) giving a perception in contrary to fairness, and that would hurt the University,” said Haakon Sagbakken ’16 in response to Sandel’s proposal. Other students said such an admission policy would degrade Brown’s commitment to academic excellence, adding that the wealthy are currently not underrepresented at elite universities — a remark that elicited laughs from the crowd. Several students in favor of the hypothetical situation proposed that the $20 million earned from these two students could fund the education of many low-income students who could not attend otherwise. One student in the audience said private donations are necessary to maintain a private university, adding that similar favoritism arises for athletes in the admission process. “It’s the same reason athletes are

held to a lower academic standard,” the student said. Sandel said trying to add financial incentive to certain civic issues changes the nature of many problems entirely. He described the small Swiss town of Wolfenschiessen, where citizens were polled about whether they would be willing to have a nuclear dump site in their town. Fifty-one percent agreed to do so without financial incentive, but fewer agreed to do so when a financial incentive of 6,000 Euros per citizen was added. “Many said ‘we didn’t want to be bribed,’” Sandel said. “When money entered the picture, what was a civic question became a financial transaction. … The cash incentive changed (its nature).” At the end of his lecture, Sandel said society must deliberate what role markets and money play in society. If people fail to do this, Sandel said, then “markets will do this for us.” Students interviewed said the event was thought-provoking. David Katzevich ’16 called Sandel’s lecture “fantastic.” “To have a professor come here and raise this issue is a great experience,” Katzevich said. Sandel’s lecture was part of the Political Theory Project’s Janus Forum Lecture Series, which is intended to encourage “free thinking and thinking on uncomfortable topics,” said John Tomasi, Political Theory Project director, in his introductory remarks. The lecture series will continue Nov. 21 with economist Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal.

broader corporatization of the University, which Stump called problematic. “He’s just a product of what’s been allowed to happen” at Brown, he said. For some, the prominence of financiers in the Corporation is the underlying problem, particularly given potential conflicts of interest. Former Herald opinions columnist Simon Liebling ’12, who was a vocal critic of former President Ruth Simmons’ membership on Goldman Sachs’ Board of Directors and compensation committee during the financial crisis,

said the “noxious combination of secrecy and potential for malfeasance” stymies transparency and good practice. National news outlets reported last week that SAC Capital was nearing a deal with federal prosecutors that would force it to offer a guilty plea of criminal misconduct and to end its management of outside investment funds. The negotiations have already taken a public toll, as the company announced this week that it was closing its London office, which employs roughly 50 workers.

» SUBSTANCE, from page 1 “Should there be a threat to public safety, the public will be informed promptly,” he said. Initial testing of the substance “indicated there was no immediate threat to public safety,” he added. The identities of the victims have not been released, Mirza said, but he added that those affected were a mix of staff members and students. “All individuals in the vicinity were evaluated according to health and safety protocols,” wrote Vice President for Public Affairs and University Relations Marisa Quinn. “As a precaution, offices in Tower E have been evacuated.” The evacuated areas were reopened by 6:40 p.m., with the exception of the room where the envelope was originally opened. Providence police officers will continue to investigate the incident, Quinn wrote. ELIZABETH KOH / HERALD

The Providence Fire Department deployed HAZMAT team members yesterday afternoon to investigate a suspicious substance in Grad Center.

—With reporting by Elizabeth Koh

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In his lecture, Michael Sandel criticized what he said was the commodification of human elements such as friendship.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013

Mentor program launches with mummy unwrapping The collaboration will connect undergraduates and graduate students in Egyptology By JOSEPH ZAPPA STAFF WRITER

A mummy unwrapping party marked the launch of a mentoring partnership between the Egyptology-Ancient West Asian Studies Department Undergraduate Group and the Egyptology department’s graduate students Thursday night. Julia Troche GS said the party was fitting for a social event among undergraduates, graduates and faculty members interested in E-AWAS because Victorian Era British elites used to throw parties during which guests would unwrap a mummy in hopes of finding valuable amulets inside. The mummy unwrapping was the first in a series of socials intended to facilitate burgeoning mentor relationships between graduates and undergraduates in the department. Other events will include a “make-your-own-cuneiformtablet” activity and another will revolve around hieroglyphs and papyrus. “This program complements the advising that the faculty does,” said John Steele, chairman and professor of E-AWAS, adding that graduate students can provide undergraduates with

a different perspective on the discipline than faculty members can. Troche, the graduate student who initiated the mentor program, said she sees the graduate students as the “glue in the middle” of faculty members and undergraduates. She said she hopes the program will provide undergraduates with a resource to improve both professional relationships and their knowledge of the discipline. The program will also benefit the graduate student mentors by allowing them to improve their advising skills, an ability that will help them throughout their careers, Steele said. The event, which featured a tissue paper mummy with Hershey’s candy bar innards, drew not only E-AWAS concentrators but also engineering and science concentrators. “People don’t seem to take advantage of the offerings of this department,” said Jens Sannerud ’16, a computational biology concentrator. Though he does not plan to concentrate in E-AWAS, Sannerud said he enjoys the tight-knit community the Egyptology department offers. Ariana Gunderson ’14, the leader of the E-AWAS DUG, said the department community played a role in her decision to concentrate in E-AWAS, adding that she chose the field because it is “an interdisciplinary concentration” for which “you have to look at a culture holistically.”

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University researchers measured the distances bullfrogs jumped at the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee this year to discover why competition bullfrogs jumped so much farther than laboratory frogs.

Researchers study jubilant jumping frog Frog jockeys ‘carefully warm their frogs’ and then scare them to maximize jumps By KIAN IVEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

At the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee in California — made famous in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” — three researchers discovered potential flaws in the study of the maximal jumping performance of bullfrogs, lending insight into why Jubilee bullfrogs have been out-jumping laboratory bullfrogs for years. Richard Marsh, adjunct professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, Thomas Roberts, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and lead author Henry Astley, a postdoctoral researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology, published their findings Oct. 16 in the Journal of Experimental Biology. In the International Frog Jump, the “signature event” of the Calaveras County Fair, both professional frog jockeys and community members can pit their amphibious contestants against one another to see whose frog jumps the farthest, according to the fair’s website. The research team’s interest in the frog jumping contest in Calaveras County was piqued when Roberts noticed a frog jumping record that he thought was a typo, Astley said. According to the fair’s website, a bullfrog named “Rosie the Ribiter” set the world record jump of 21 feet, five and three quarters inches in 1986. The researchers originally viewed the record with skepticism because “as scientists we tend to dismiss or take things lightly that are in the popular literature because they haven’t been done under lab conditions,” Marsh said. “It was one of these nagging things where for years we kept wondering whether or not these records could be

accurate,” he added. Marsh said his interest in the contest is both personal and professional. “My interest in frog jumping dates back quite a number of years because I was interested in maximal muscle performance,” he said. The researchers decided to attend the Frog Jubilee to study the bullfrogs’ jumping abilities in the setting of the contest. In Calaveras, the frogs have a “huge stage” and professional frog jockeys behind them, Marsh said. To record their data, Astley organized a system to digitally capture the frogs’ jumps. Attending the competition gave the researchers several ideas about motivating and measuring frog performance in their own research, researchers said. “We had in all of our work been previously assuming maximal performance,” Astley said. The contest was an especially useful context for the researchers to make their measurements, because “a lot of times in the lab we have a very stereotyped setup because we’re trying to film the animals and have a constrained space,” Marsh said. In these constrained conditions, the bullfrog cannot jump to its maximum capability, he added. The implications of this study are widespread, as biologists use maximal performance to study evolution, Astley said. He added that this kind of research allows scientists to understand the physiological big picture, including “bones and nervous system functioning as one,” allowing them to infer how those components relate. The team’s project should also provide some direction for how researchers evaluate maximal performance in future animal studies, Astley said. He added that the most important factor in determining how far the bullfrogs jump is motivation, which is difficult to instigate in laboratory settings. Motivating frogs to jump can be a difficult challenge for frog jockeys, too. One technique is temperature regulation. Because there are optimal temperatures for muscle performance, frog

jockeys “carefully warm their frogs and keep them in these special pockets with warm water,” Marsh said. Another technique jockeys use to optimize performance is to scare the frogs, because wild bullfrogs jump optimally when they are frightened and escaping from predators. At the competition, the team noticed a difference in the performance of frogs rented from the fair and frogs owned by frog jockeys. Astley and Marsh noted that though the competing frogs jump much further than the frogs available for rent, the differences were more situational than physiological. “We consider it unlikely that there’s something physiologically different about the frogs. The rental frogs are kept at cooler temperatures before the competition, and frog renters may be novices when it comes to imitating predators to get their frogs to jump, Astley said. “There are some early days of competition where it’s mostly citizens with rental frogs, so there’s a sparse audience,” Marsh said, “but when it comes down to the finals, the stands are full and people are cheering, and it’s really like a sporting event with frogs.” The competitiveness with which competing teams engaged in the contest “was a bit surprising,” Marsh said. “People take it very seriously,” he added. Despite the professional interests of the researchers, Marsh and Astley commented on the humor of participating in a bullfrog jumping contest. Astley recalled a comic scene in which the sheets of paper the researchers had been using as a grid for their measurements were taken by the wind, prompting the researchers to buy out the local Home Depot of PVC pipes and construct a new, heavier grid. Marsh said the most humorous aspect of the event was “when the group of scientists out there doing this study had their turn at jumping frogs on the stage.” He added that his frog only jumped once before sitting in place, while Roberts’ frog went backwards toward the judges.

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Chafee recalls political career, encourages youth In his lecture, the governor discussed his transition across the political spectrum By ALON GALOR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Governor Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17 spoke of his gradual transition from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, his time in office and the importance of young people’s voices in politics to an audience of about 50 students in a lecture co-hosted by the Brown Democrats and Providence College Democrats Thursday night in Wilson 102. Chafee began his talk by citing the power of youth to effect change in politics, highlighting what he described as the instrumental role of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in creating awareness about growing income disparity and the downfall of the middle class. He also applauded young Americans’ strong support for President Obama during his election campaigns. When asked where he would advise students to channel their efforts to create positive change in government, Chafee stressed the detriments of the growing influence of the Tea Party. “Go to some high profile Tea Party people that are giving Obama a headache and give them a scare,” Chafee responded. In light of the recent federal government shutdown, Chafee said, “the young can show these Tea Party people that the beast is good” and potentially “start to change.” “The ballot box is the best place to express your disillusionment,” he said. Chafee spoke at length about his shift across the political spectrum. He began his career in politics as a Republican city council member in Warwick, R.I., in 1986, became mayor

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» DAWKINS, from page 1 academic routine but ultimately decided not to finish the semester, Labora said. He took an additional two semesters away from school before returning last fall. Several students remembered Dawkins for his talent as a pianist, which earned him invitations to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York. Baxter DiFabrizio ’14.5, a piano player himself, said he met Dawkins through a mutual pianist friend. “He often raved to me about Michael’s performances,” DiFabrizio said. “I finally had the opportunity to hear him play this past spring” at a solo recital in Grant Recital Hall, he said. “He brought the house down with some of the hardest music ever written — Franz Liszt’s ‘Sonata in Z minor’ and Maurice Ravel’s ‘Gaspard de la nuit.’” DiFabrizio said he and Dawkins would spend hours together with friends. “I don’t even know what we’d talk about, but there was a warmth to it,” he said. Labora said she thought Dawkins had been saving money to apply to a graduate program in music. “He had

of Warwick in 1992 and following the death of his father in 1999, replaced him as a Republican U.S. senator. Chafee became an Independent in 2007, and in May 2013 he announced his decision to join the Democratic Party. Chafee attributed his switch from red to blue to his disappointment with Republicans’ growing focus on social issues and their various “fiscal blunders.” During his term as senator, Chafee said he witnessed the gradual decline of the Clinton era surplus and the beginning of a period of significant growth in public debt. He cited the root source of the 2008 financial crisis as the accumulation of government debt starting in the early 2000s, which Chafee said was begun by the $1.35 trillion tax cuts enacted under President Bush, spending from the Iraq War and the $400 billion Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act. Chafee also argued that the Bush-era tax cuts “lead to the great disparity of wealth since they favor the wealthy.” Chafee expressed his discontent with what he described as misguided views on social issues held by Republicans — and the excess attention he said the Republican Party gives to issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. After graduating from Brown in 1975, Chafee said he went on to study horseshoeing at Montana State University and then worked as a farrier for seven years. He encouraged Brown students to embrace their years of youth in this way, citing author James Michener’s phrase, “go waste, young man.” “I’ve always respected Governor Chafee for standing with his conscience on important issues,” said John Perilli ’15, who helped organized the event and serves as communications director for the Brown Democrats. “I’m glad now to have him as a Democratic political ally.”

been preparing CDs and practicing really hard,” she said. Dawkins attended BUUUG’s Sunday services most weeks during his time at Brown, sometimes lending a hand to the congregation with accompanying services on the piano. “He was one of those people who when we stopped to chat for 30 seconds on the Main Green, he always seemed to really want to know how I was doing,” said Morgan Ivens ’12, who met Dawkins through BUUUG. Dawkins was also a Residential Peer Leader and a member of the Finlandia Co-op. Psychological Services and the Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life will hold an event in Dawkins’ honor at 4 p.m. today in room 411 of J. Walter Wilson, Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, wrote in an email to The Herald. “We have conveyed our deepest condolences to Michael’s family, and our thoughts and sympathy will remain with them throughout this most difficult time,” Paxson wrote in her email to the community. University officials did not return requests for further comment.

Speakers warn of concussion dangers To spread awareness, experts spoke about the causes of concussions and possible treatments By REBECCA HANSEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Kevin Robinson has been knocked unconscious 30 times and received more than 100 concussions in his 23-year career as a professional BMX rider. “Nobody’s ever taken (head injury) seriously,” he said in a lecture Thursday at the Alpert Medical School entitled “Diagnosed with a Concussion, Now What?” The lecture featured Robinson and four doctors who spoke about different aspects of traumatic brain injury, diagnoses and treatment. The event was a part of the Brain Power lecture series, a set of quarterly lectures sponsored by the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute, designed to educate the public about neurological problems. In his years as a BMX rider, Robinson said he has witnessed countless concussions. He has lost and regained his ability to speak, his dexterity and his sense of self, he said. He has seen other bikers experience concussions and return to biking immediately, only to receive yet another concussion, which can often be fatal, he said. Because of his experiences, Robinson has devoted himself to educating the public about the dangers of concussions. Neha Raukar, assistant professor of emergency medicine and director of the division of sports medicine, spoke next. The brain sits on top of the spinal

» TAVERAS, from page 1 campaign account compared to Taveras’ $700,000, according to the Board of Elections’ most recent filings, which were due June 30. The next deadline to report funds raised is Oct. 31. This week, Taveras and Raimondo debated third party spending for campaigning, as Taveras called on Raimando to sign the “Rhode Island People’s

cord like “a lollipop on top of a stick,” she said. “If you get hit in the head, imagine the lollipop spinning.” That, she said, is a concussion. Concussions can affect memory, orientation and balance in the shortterm and can cause depression, anxiety and chronic pain in the long run, the speakers said. Raukar said young athletes are especially at risk. It is important to treat any concussion immediately — often, parents and coaches will yell at any emergency medical technician that keeps a concussed athlete off the field, she said, but allowing them to play can be dangerous or even life-threatening. Albert Telfeian, clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery, followed Raukar’s talk with a description of worst-case scenario brain injuries, coupled with illustrative photographs. Telfeian treats and operates on the most extreme cases. “I’m the last person you want to see … but that doesn’t mean I’m some jerk,” he said. Telfeain’s presentation included the story of an 18-year-old girl who blew the top of her head off with an M80 explosive. Surprisingly, she survived, he said. After his gory slides elicited gasps from the audience, he said he decided to “spare you the last slide on dog bites.” Curt LaFrance, assistant professor of psychiatry, focused on the array of concussion symptoms and treatments. He said he wanted to give audience members — many of whom had suffered or knew people who had suffered serious concussions — “a name to put to (their symptoms), a language to communicate in.” He reviewed his overall treatment approach, which focuses on both

the physical brain and the cognitive concept of “the mind.” Therapy and changes in lifestyle such as diet and sleep patterns can help patients deal with the aftermath of their traumatic injuries, he said. Michelle Mellion, assistant professor of neurology and a physician at Rhode Island Hospital, discussed post-traumatic headaches, which affect up to 90 percent of concussion patients. She reviewed basic treatment plans and ways to avoid the “vicious cycle of medication overuse.” After the presentations, the audience — which included medical professionals, people who experienced concussions and their family members — had a chance to ask questions. The most frequently asked question was, “When will I get better?” to which Raukar replied, “we have no crystal ball.” At the end of the event, audience members shared support and resources. Two speech pathologists offered their services, audience members shared numbers of different clinics and doctors shared their perspectives on successful and failed treatments. “I’ve never been to anything like this before,” said Cheryl Savaria, a nurse and EMT. She said she would apply what she learned in the field. Victoria Conte, a high school science teacher whose son suffered a concussion, said the lecture was “phenomenal” and supplied her with tools she plans to use in her classroom and home. Audrey Kampper, a colleague of Conte’s, said she hopes to bring her science students to the next Brain Power lecture. “It’s a great series,” she said.

Pledge,” which would reject campaign funding offers from Super PACs and national and state committees. In response, Raimondo’s office said the pitch was not “a good faith offer,” according to Rhode Island Public Radio. The two are expected to compete for the seat that will be vacated by current Gov. Lincoln Chafee ’75 P’14 P’17, who announced last month that he would not seek a second term. If

elected governor, Taveras would be the first Latino governor of the state, and Raimondo would be the first female governor of Rhode Island. Clay Pell — the grandson of U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell — may also enter the race, WPRI reported Thursday. Pell, who has never held an elected office, is currently the U.S. deputy assistant secretary for international and foreign language education.

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RISD exhibit showcases American history through art ‘Making It In America’ features 18th- and 19th-century pieces in a contemporary setting By CAROLINE KELLY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In a contemporary gallery known for its clean cut lines and vast blank walls, one may be surprised to find an intricate set of traditional silver and an ethereal portrait of a woman in a pink ballgown. But together, this arrangement of historical artwork in a modern venue tells the story of a nation. “Making It in America” — a collection of paintings, furniture and metalwork that shows the changing definition of American art over time — was unveiled as the newest exhibition at the

Rhode Island School of Design Museum in the Chace Center Galleries Oct. 11. “The exhibition’s title is a double entendre: Just as individual accounts of American life revolve around searches for freedom, fulfillment and identity, these stories are also embedded in the creation of works that comprise the history of American art,” according to the exhibit’s page on the RISD museum’s website. The exhibition features works from RISD’s Pendleton House, which houses collector Charles Pendleton’s assortment of furniture and paintings. The space was constructed as a replica of his 19th

century home, and the art in each room has been roped off and dimly lit. “We wanted viewers to see the pieces shine on their own,” said co-curator Elizabeth Williams. The more than 100 works of art featured in the exhibit are contextualized in the Chace Center Galleries, a space traditionally used to display contemporary art. Some of the more central pieces in the exhibit, dating from the late 1700s, inhabit the first room of the exhibition in a layout more typical of contemporary art. Painter John Singleton Copley’s “Portrait of the Honorable Moses Gill, Esq.,” “Portrait of Sarah Prince Gill” and “Mrs. Moses Gill (Rebecca Boylston)” are displayed on brightly colored backgrounds, and the combination desk and bookcase

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The exhibit, titled, “Making It in America,” includes paintings, furniture and metalwork culled from RISD’s Pendleton House.

by cabinetmaker John Goddard sit on a grey stage with its drawers and cabinets open under lights to provide easier viewing. The larger second room continues the narrative of art as a manifestation of American success, with paintings by artists such as William Merritt Chase and Frank Weston Benson, carved and painted cabinets from throughout the 1800s and several silver sets by the famous Gorham Manufacturing Company. Other key pieces include an elaborate Neptune-themed silver centerpiece from the Gorham Collection, a writing desk designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and several porcelain dishes made by Theodore Russell Davis that were part of the White House dining set during Rutherford Hayes’ presidency. The exhibition was organized by Maureen O’Brien, curator of painting and sculpture at RISD, and Williams, RISD’s curator of decorative arts and design, who had specific goals in planning the thematic layout of the project. “I wanted to make sure it had not only beautiful objects, but brains,” O’Brien said. “I didn’t just want masterpieces, but a thesis. We had to put things together in a way that provoked people to look closer and learn more.” Along with the exhibition, RISD has planned a series of events to explore American success through art over the course of history. “We attempt to bring in perspectives of all types of artists and people,” Williams said. “We hope for discussions of people looking at art in a historical sense, and people looking at it in an artistic sense for inspiration.” The space was designed by Thomas Jayne, a New York-based decorator and Winterthur Museum’s graduate program alum who uses a mix of historical and contemporary styles in his work. Jayne’s use of historical elements in previous projects shown in his 2010 book, “The Finest Rooms in America,” compelled the RISD curating team to invite the famous interior designer to showcase the collection effectively.

Jayne chose several color-block schemes and used replicas of colored period wallpapers as his main design elements. “Almost all of the objects displayed were meant to go into rooms that were colored and patterned,” Jayne said. “We used antique colors and patterns to set the antiques off in the basically white box to give them context.” RISD professors have expressed interest in using the exhibit as a resource. “I will certainly walk through the exhibit and discuss various aspects of it with my students,” wrote John Dunnigan, head of the furniture design department, in an email to The Herald. “An exhibition like this has great potential to impact students’ ways of thinking about art and design as it can provide a historical context for their own work.” The exhibition has garnered mixed reviews from students. “I thought the first room was kind of boring, and the second room had art I had seen in the main entrance of the museum. Except for (George) Bellows’ Hudson River, which was one of the best I had seen in the museum’s collection,” said Max Sanon, a RISD student. Kelsey Isaacs, also a RISD student, commented on the layout of the space. “They really paid attention to the specific environments that were necessary for each piece. I don’t know that I thought that all of their choices were the best way to showcase that work, but that was what they were making an effort (to do). It felt like they were putting a contemporary spin on it and put it into context.” O’Brien said she sees the high demand for the exhibition, which was heavily attended during RISD’s parents weekend, as a good indicator that the exhibition is interesting and informative. “If you can learn the difference between a Copley and a Sargent and what went on in between, you’re on your way to a true understanding of American art,” O’Brien said. The exhibit will remain open to the public through Feb. 9, 2014.

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When the menus arrive — which could take a little while because there aren’t always enough to serve every table — Apsara’s multi-hyphenate identity becomes clear. The Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian and Thai fare ranges from lo mein to pad Thai to Vietnamese bee boong, a coconut- and peanut-infused stir fry. Extensive as the menu is, you might expect some hits and misses, and the dishes flying out from the kitchen mostly bear that out. An appetizer order of nime chow — a throwback to the days when the Blue Room stocked the spring rolls — yields vegetables, rice noodles and sprouts wrapped in tight cylinders of rice paper. Every ingredient bursts with freshness, and an accompanying splash of sweet peanut sauce elevates the bite. Puffs of crab rangoon are just as satisfying. The fried exterior is crispy but light, giving way to a center of fluffy cream cheese studded with pieces of crab. Thai chive dumplings ooze their rich, onionspiked centers in the best way. But for every culinary triumph, there’s another disappointment. Lort, a miniature version of an eggroll, has a nicely flaky exterior, but its tightly packed stuffing of taro and peanut is dense and dry. And steer clear of the vegetable ravioli: The Italian name might conjure visions of interesting fusion cuisine, but it arrives on the table a limp rendition of an Asian dumpling — poor flavor and worse texture. Entrees are generally more successful, though the servers sometimes stagger them poorly. But the range of options is

so broad that anybody can find a favorite. Udon noodle soup is soothing and tasty, if not exactly revelatory. Hunks of silken tofu swim alongside a medley of thick noodles, broccoli, bok choy and carrots in a lightly salted broth. Make sure to squeeze a dash of lime juice from the accompanying accoutrements — it livens up the comforting bowl. Some dishes fall just short of greatness. Initial bites of “chicken strange flavor” more than live up to the mystique of the dish’s name, as a smoky and sweet sauce reminiscent of barbecue punches up a topping of baby corn, snap peas and other vegetables. But diners who dig a little deeper will begin to wonder why the kitchen didn’t treat the middling strips of chicken buried at the bottom with the same care. There are some protein problems in vegetarian dishes, too. Broccoli and egg are intertwined with ribbons of pan-fried egg noodles in a delicious mound of food, but the pieces of tofu mixed in are few and far between. Such flaws are easy to overlook, though, in Apsara’s convivial atmosphere, where waitresses hug customers they know and use an endearing “Honey” to those they don’t. Even more than the ambiance, Apsara’s greatest draw may be its price scheme. Appetizers are mostly under $5, with appetizer bowls of soup running under $2. Entree prices are almost uniformly in the single digits, and the portions are so large that dinner will double as lunch tomorrow. At prices like that, Apsara is hard to resist. And if patrons choose their dishes wisely, this charming, busy restaurant is well worth the bus ride up Hope Street.

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ICE HOCKEY

FIELD HOCKEY

Bears topped by Tigers, conquer Crusaders Bruno enters new season eyeing return to ECAC title O’Donnell ’15 and Miller ’16 each turned in twogoal performances in this week’s split By CORMAC CUMMISKEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The field hockey team came back from a Saturday loss to No. 9 Princeton with a commanding win Wednesday over the College of the Holy Cross. Princeton 6, Brown 2 Welcoming the Tigers Saturday, the Bears (6-7, Ivy 1-3) faced a challenge against the defending national champions (8-4, 4-0). The Tigers came out strong, and over the course of the first half battered Brown’s defense with a flurry of shots — 23 in all. This offensive assault produced two goals, coming in the 24th and 33rd minute. The Tigers logged an equal number of shots in the second half, adding another four points to their tally. Forward Meghan O’Donnell ’15 managed

» FOOTBALL, from page 12 we beat ourselves,” he said. “We have to have a better focus, and go in there and be more disciplined.” Dropping two Ivy games to start the year puts added weight on getting a win against Cornell (1-4, 0-2), said cornerback Emory Polley ’14. “The rest of our games are in conference so we really want to get some momentum going forward,” he said. “To get that first win … is really the most important thing for us right now.” Standing in the way of Bruno’s first Ivy League win is the conference’s all-time leading passer, Big Red quarterback Jeff Matthews. Cornell’s prolific signal-caller is leading the league with 333.4 yards per game through the air this season, and is just two yards shy of becoming the first Ivy Leaguer to throw for 10,000 career yards. “(Matthews) has a really strong arm, and he’s really disciplined. He could be looking at one side of the field and then throw it to the other,” Polley said. “The biggest thing for us is making sure we stay in coverage throughout the duration

to net a pair of goals for the Bears during the period, but these were not enough to even the score. Goalkeeper and captain Shannon McSweeney ’15 put forth a mighty effort, blocking 22 shots on goal.

Brown 3, Holy Cross 1 Eager to avenge their loss to Princeton, the Bears readied to conquer the Crusaders at home. From the start, Brown controlled passing and dominated possession. Head Coach Jill Reeve said this was one of the best aspects of the team’s game. “I felt like our ball movement was good,” Reeve said. “We transferred the ball better than in previous matches.” Brown besieged Holy Cross during the first half. Utilizing her signature speed, O’Donnell launched several breaks into the visitors’ side of the field. Though O’Donnell did not net any goals herself, she enabled Alexis Miller ’16 and Katarina Angus ’17 to score. When the halftime whistle blew, Bruno left the field leading 2-0.

The second half brought similar play, with the Bears continuing to test the Crusaders’ strength. Two minutes into the period, Miller capitalized on a penalty-corner pass from Haley Alvarez ’15, a Herald sports staff writer, to log her second goal of the game. Reeve then substituted in a number of first-year players who maintained offensive pressure on the Crusaders’ defense. “Our players who came off the bench did a great job,” Reeve said. “It really showed that we have a lot of depth.” Holy Cross notched its only goal late in the game when Gabriella Smith evaded Brown’s defense to score in the 65th minute. The Bears hit the road to challenge Cornell (8-5, 2-2) Saturday. After facing the Big Red, the team only has three games left in the regular season — two against Ivy opponents. Reeve said the conference contest could turn into a battle. “Cornell’s a talented team,” Reeve said. “We’re going to have to bring our A-game to get a win against them.”

of the play.” But the Bears defensive secondary has previously had success against the high-flying Cornell passing game. In last season’s 21-14 Bruno victory over the Big Red at home, the Bears intercepted Matthews three times and sacked him three more to hold Cornell to its second lowest point total of the season. The Cornell offense — which runs the ball on 36.8 percent of plays, 15 percent below the league average — lines up in a lot of no-back or one-back formations, Polley said. He added that Bruno would try to control Matthews by running multiple defensive plays out of the same formation and pressuring the pocket. The other side of the football holds some serious question marks for the Bears. The offense struggled to move the ball in the second half against Princeton, but quarterback Patrick Donnelly ’13.5 has orchestrated some impressive offensive outbursts against non-conference opponents, including 45 points against Georgetown University (1-6, Patriot 0-2), 31 against the University of Rhode Island (3-5, CAA 2-3), and 41 against Bryant University (3-4, NEC 1-1).

Offensive success against Cornell may depend on the status of running back and leading scorer John Spooney ’14. The speedster has missed time this season with injuries, and his start Saturday is questionable as he battles concussionlike symptoms. But the possibility of a sidelined Spooney might not be as big a problem for the Bears this week, given backup running back Jordan Riesner’s ’14 track record against Cornell. Riesner was the star of last season’s contest against the Big Red, rushing for 193 yards and two touchdowns. Andrew Coke ’16 has also received significant carries in Spooney’s absences this season. If Cornell is going to get the edge on Brown, the second quarter might be the significant period. Momentum has turned for the worse in the second quarter of each of Bruno’s conference games, and the second period is the only stanza in which Cornell has outscored their opponents this season. The Ivy League title is all but out of reach for both squads going into Saturday, but the Big Red is sure to seek revenge for five straight Bruno victories in the rivalry.

The Bears start Friday against defending national champion Yale at Liberty Invitational By DANTE O’CONNELL SENIOR STAFF WRITER

After posting its first winning season since 2005, the men’s hockey team will kick off this year’s campaign with the same elusive goal in mind: winning an ECAC Championship. Last year, Bruno (16-14-6, 7-9-6 ECAC) fell to Union College in the championship game after knocking off top-ranked Quinnipiac University in the ECAC semifinals. This time, the Bears will try to take their success at least one game further. “We’re not satisfied with coming in second place,” said Head Coach Brendan Whittet ’94. “Our goal is to win an ECAC Championship. We have the pieces in place to accomplish that goal … We want to be in the NCAA Tournament.” “Our goal is getting back to that ECAC Championship and winning that game this year,” said Matt Lorito ’15. The season will start with a bang as Bruno faces Yale, the defending national champion, in its first game of the season Friday night in Newark, N.J., as part of the Liberty Invitational. The Bulldogs are ranked No. 7 in the nation and were chosen by ECAC coaches to win the conference. “I know we’ll be energized to open with them,” Whittet said. “Any time you can play the defending national champion, it’s a big challenge, but a welcome challenge.” Bruno fared better than most teams did against Yale last season, splitting the season series 1-1 and shutting out the Bulldogs at home 1-0. The Bears will round out the opening weekend against Dartmouth. The team returns 17 lettermen from last year, including the team’s leading scorer Lorito, captain Dennis Robertson ’14 and all but one defenseman. “The run was really good for our team,” Robertson said. “We have a lot of guys returning, so we know what it takes to get to that level.” “We have a lot of guys who have played in big games and crucial minutes,” Whittet said. “Last year we struggled a little bit in the beginning of the year. A lot of that had to do with the fact that we were young.” The biggest departure from last season is goalie Anthony Borelli ’13, who set the tone for the team’s success with a save percentage and goalsagainst average both in the top five in

the nation. The Bears also graduated five forwards on offense. In the net, Marco De Filippo ’14 will face competition from two firstyears, Tim Ernst ’17 and Tyler Steel ’17. Whittet said the job is still up for grabs and that he will try to put each player in a game situation early in the season. De Filippo filled the starting role for much of last season until Borelli took over midway through the schedule. “It will sort itself out,” Whittet said. “The one who performs well will keep playing.” An experienced defense led by Robertson, in his second year as team captain, will provide the centerpiece of this year’s squad. On offense, Bruno hopes to find someone to complement Lorito’s prolific goal-scoring. Last season, Lorito led the team in nearly every offensive category and became the first Brown player in 15 years to score 20 goals in a season. On Oct. 10, college hockey blog SB Nation named Lorito one of its top five candidates from the ECAC to receive the Hobey Baker Award, which is given annually to the nation’s most outstanding college hockey player. “I don’t really think about it,” Lorito said. “The biggest thing is just to stay level-headed throughout the entire season.” But Lorito scored more than 60 percent of the team’s goals last year, so he surely won’t catch any opponents by surprise. Whittet said he expects Lorito’s linemates, Nick Lappin ’16 and Mark Naclerio ’16, as well as Garnet Hathaway ’14 to help balance the offensive attack this year. The top line of Lorito, Lappin and Naclerio did not come together until late last year, but it was very successful for Bruno down the stretch. Whittet said he will keep it intact, at least early in the season. Despite last season’s success, Bruno was picked by ECAC coaches earlier this month to finish eighth out of 12 teams in the conference, only a slight improvement over Bruno’s previous last place selection in the same poll. “We absolutely use it as motivation,” Robertson said. “We have confidence in ourselves, but we’ll have to send a message back to the league that first week.” “I don’t put much stock into it,” Whittet said. “Going out and performing is more important than anything. We have to show people that we weren’t a one-year wonder. We have to show people that we’re a consistent program both within our league and nationally.” Bruno will have its first homestand next weekend against ECAC opponents Clarkson University and St. Lawrence University.

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TENNIS

Young standouts shine in Cambridge Lord ’17 opened her career with a 10-match winning streak, but was trumped by Columbia By LAINIE ROWLAND CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Standout performances by Dayna Lord ’17 and Hannah Camhi ’16 defined the women’s experience at the ITA Northeastern Regional Tournament in Cambridge this past weekend. The two were the only members of the team to notch victories in both doubles and singles. Lord reached the singles semifinals before being defeated by Kanika Vaidya of Columbia 6-3, 6-4. The doubles pair of Lord and Camhi, who is a Herald contributing writer, reached the doubles quarterfinals before falling to a pair from Yale, 8-4. Doubles play began with 64 entrants, and singles play began with 80 entrants. Camhi and Lord defeated pairs from University at Albany, Harvard and Quinnipiac University during the tournament. Camhi recorded a close win over an opponent from Columbia and Lord recorded wins over Rutgers University, Harvard, Dartmouth and Penn in the singles draw. Lord’s loss in the semifinals is her first at Brown and follows a 10-match winning streak. Head Coach Paul Wardlaw called Lord “one of the top freshmen in the region and the league.” “(Lord)’s performance, (Camhi)’s performance and our singles and doubles performance bodes well,” Wardlaw said.

“We all went out there and tried our best with the amount of people that we had,” Lord said, “I think we represented Brown athletics in a great way.” The biggest problem the team currently faces is injuries, an issue that limits its depth in tournaments. “Somehow everyone has a little bit of something going on,” Lord said. Ashley Noyes ’16 and Jessica Harrow ’14 have yet to compete this year as they recover from injuries. Victoria Traynor ’17 has been recovering from wrist surgery and is gradually regaining her backhand. While this may have slowed down the fall season, Wardlaw said he does not expect it to affect the team in the spring. “We’ll be as strong as anyone in the league,” he said. “We don’t want to focus on injuries.” With the fall season almost over, focus switches from individual to team play. “We’re making good progress heading into the spring. That’s what the fall’s all about — it’s about preparation without the pressure of having to win for the team,” Wardlaw said. The pressure builds from fall to spring, as the stake of losing a match not only affects the players, but the team’s performance as a whole. But Wardlaw said he sees no reason to worry. “We all love each other. We love to compete and win. … I couldn’t ask for a better team,” Lord said. The team will travel back to Cambridge Nov. 8-10to compete in the Harvard Invitational, the last tournament of the fall.

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Competing in a scrimmage before their 2013-14 campaign begins, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams turned in the “most impressive meet” in three years, said Head Coach Peter Brown.

SWIMMING

Bears dominate final scrimmage The squads look to build on last year’s seventh place finishes when the season starts Nov. 9 By ANDREW FLAX SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The men’s and women’s swimming teams together won more than half the events in the last unofficial meet before the regular season — a weekend scrimmage against Boston University and the University of Rhode Island. The Bears won 17 of the day’s 28 events, with the women winning eight of 14 and the men winning nine. BU won the other 11 events, while no URI swimmer or team placed higher than third in any event.

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Dayna Lord ’17 exploded into collegiate tennis with a 10-match winning streak.

The team was excited about the performance and its implications for the upcoming season, said men’s captain Brian Barr ’15. “We had many solid performances across the board,” said Head Coach Peter Brown. Barr said it was “the most impressive meet that Brown has had in the three years that I’ve been here.” After both teams finished seventh in the Ivy League Championships last year, Barr and Brown said they were confident both teams could improve their respective standings in the upcoming season — thanks in part to the depth of their swimmers. “We’ve got the majority of our events covered pretty well,” Brown said. Women’s captain Kate Dillione ’15 said the new freshmen “filled the holes” on the team. The captains and

coach also said the team has improved conditioning and work ethic. “We worked really hard in preseason,” Dillione said, and Barr added that he believed the team was “much more dedicated. … No minute is wasted.” Brown said the team’s dominance at the meet was a “very good indicator of our conditioning up to now.” As for specific aims, Barr and Dillione were on the same page. Barr said he hoped to see an improvement of “one, if not two places in the Ivy League,” while Dillione expected “to place better in the Ivy League.” “The expectation is to be better than we were last year,” Brown said. “I’m optimistic.” The teams open their seasons Nov. 9 at home against the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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DIAMONDS & COAL A diamond to trustee Alison Cohen ’09, who said that every time there is a discussion about growing Brown’s student population, “people have said it’s already the perfect size.” We bet it doesn’t look fat in those jeans, either. Coal to Tim Lear, director of college counseling at the Pingry School, who said, “Every hurdle we erect in front of teachers is unfortunate.” We had better faith in professors as track stars. A diamond to Bridget Bourne, the Reike Master Teacher who told students she once performed the Japanese healing practice on a faulty office printer to make it “only work for her.” She should have told those guys from Office Space. Coal to DJ Alexander Oberg ’12.5, who said, “People saw DJing as something anyone could do.” Sure it is. As demonstrated by Spotify and Paris Hilton. A diamond to football Head Coach Phil Estes, who said, “We shot ourselves in the foot too many times.” Yes, because once just wouldn’t have been enough. Cubic zirconia to the student who expressed his longing for “the Keeney (Quadrangle) experience that everyone talks about where you can just wander and meet people.” We think you’re confusing Keeney with “singles bar.”

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A diamond to the junior who founded Beat the Streets Providence, an organization developing wrestling programs in public middle schools. We’ve always loved the idea of a miniature fight club. Cubic zirconia to Susan Bennett ’71, the voice of Siri, who said, “I didn’t realize people had such a close relationship with her.” That candle-lit dinner for two at Le Cirque wasn’t too much, was it? Coal to Russell Carey, executive vice president for planning and policy, just because we think you’ll need it to heat J. Walter Wilson for the rest of the week.

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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013

The tax we can agree on SCOTT FREITAG opinions columnist

“We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence,” said President Obama. “Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science and act before it’s too late.” In the summer of 2012, if you asked a Wall Street executive, Washington insider or television pundit what Obama’s re-election would mean, most would have said three words: climate change reform. Since then, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million — the highest level in the last 650,000 years. But the United States has not come any closer to seriously reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Any politician who says we need to improve energy efficiency standards, increase funding for research and development of alternative energies and eliminate subsidies for fossil fuels but ignores the need for a carbon tax is only hijacking the conversation and avoiding a serious discussion on how to realistically reduce GHG emissions today.

But why, as a Brown student, should you care? This discussion is relevant to us because our actions today will have a profound effect on all generations to come. It is our responsibility to become fully informed on both the science and the economics of climate change and to urge our leaders before it’s too late to have a real discussion on how to combat climate change. Though the natural sciences might be central to understanding how climate change works, economics provides a framework for climate change policy discussion. In economics, a negative externality occurs when an individual or firm commits an action but does not have to pay for the full cost of the result. Instead, those external costs are passed on to others. After all, nothing is free. In industry, producers pay for material costs and other factors of production, emitting carbon as a byproduct, free of cost, regardless of the effect it may have on the environment. When negative externalities like the emission of carbon dioxide occur, the free market cannot resolve the problem. Fortunately, economics provides a solution. Applying a tax can correct for an externality by placing a surcharge on carbon-intensive fuels in the industrial process. A higher tax will make it costlier to pro-

duce goods, resulting in higher carbon. In theory, a cap and trade prices and lowered demand and system will increase efficiency, alsales. A tax therefore incentiv- lowing cleaner companies to buy izes transitioning to cleaner en- permits from dirtier companies, ergy sources, making green tech- all while staying under the mannologies more affordable. Fur- dated ceiling. In the 1980s, a cap thermore, a carbon tax serves as and trade system was largely suca signal to concessful at reducsumers, revealing sulfur dioxide “Any politician ing which prod— and therefore who says we ucts have a high acid rain — in the carbon footprint, atmosphere. More need to improve so green-minded the Euenergy efficiency recently, consumers can ropean Trading standards, avoid these prodScheme, a type ucts. Many indusincrease funding of cap and trade, trialized nations, was created to refor research and such as Sweden, duce GHG emishave seen much sions in Europe. development of success in the imthe ETS has alternative energies But plementation of a largely failed beand eliminate carbon tax. cause not all comBut without subsidies for fossil panies participatan explicit tared, as well as beget for reducing fuels — but ignores cause of loopholes emissions, critinherent in the the need for a ics doubt whethsystem. Though carbon tax — is er a carbon tax a hard cap may only hijacking the satisfy environwill actually work. The Obama admentalists, who conversation.” ministration has are skeptical of a therefore centered its own cli- tax alone, the trading of permits mate change plan around a cap in a cap and trade system is susand trade system. ceptible to corruption and other A cap and trade system is an harmful practices. environmental policy tool that Our generation will have to sets a ceiling on maximum emis- confront a number of serious issions, while letting companies sues, but none is more serious buy and sell government-allocat- than climate change. Though ofed permits for the right to emit ten neglected in the public discus-

sion of climate change, economics should provide the framework for this debate. Informing ourselves about the different economic policies proposed will allow us to elevate the dialogue on reducing GHG emissions from catchy political talking points to an intelligent discussion on real issues and solutions. Climate change will not cause the end of the world tomorrow or even next year. But as we’re starting to see now and we will continue to see in the future, the effects of climate change — rising sea levels, increased disease and changing ecosystems — will displace millions of people, lead to the extinction of species and result in a drastic, permanent reduction in global economic output. Developing alternative energy may be the only long-term solution, but a carbon tax is essential to mitigate the short and medium-term effects. As college students, it is our duty to learn as much about climate change as possible, form an opinion, get involved in a project or debate and be more cognizant of our actions — because the future of our way of life may very well depend on it. Scott Freitag ’14 specializes in current economic issues. He can be reached at scott_freitag@brown.edu.

Cheating: a result of a society that won’t let us fail SAMANTHA ISMAN opinions columnist

We’ve all done it. We spend hours studying for that one final, and then in the face of pressure, we forget one word, one formula, one number, so we sneak a glance to the side and then continue as if nothing happened. It’s not cheating, because we didn’t copy a whole sentence or a whole answer. It was just that one component that kicked our mind back into gear. It’s not cheating because the knowledge is there. Most of the time, we all know the material we were supposed to know, but the pressure of taking that exam and doing well made our minds blank for a mere second. Cheating is not a result of lack of knowledge or laziness but rather the opposite. The need to thrive all the time, to come out on top, has led many to believe that success is success regardless of how you get there. Society puts so much pressure on young people to succeed, especially those attending elite universities and attending difficult classes. More and more, it has become clear that the students at

the top of their classes are also us — the generation that gives us cheating. The excuse can no lon- top marks on papers and exams. ger be “I didn’t know,” and teach- The same generation that emers can’t say, “you should have ploys us in spite of how we got studied more.” These students that job and confirms that cheathave received top marks in their ing will get us to the top, because classes until now — and there is they reward it. no reason or excuse for that to Professor Donald McCabe of stop. No excuse for not graduat- Rutgers University said in a New ing at the top of your class and York Times article that there no excuse for not having a high isn’t “any question that students paying job at a world-renowned have become more competitive, company right afunder more prester college. sure, and, as a re“We are The pressure sult, tend to exencouraged to for the top to recuse more from main on top is continue cheating themselves and making cheatother students, because the ing appear acand that’s abetalternative, failing, ted by the adults ceptable. The same society that is a greater wrong around them.” doesn’t want us to Because our than dishonesty.” methods produce fail is telling us it is okay to cheat positive responsto get there. The pressure put on es, no one tells us they are wrong us by our professors, our parents or immoral. We are encouraged and even ourselves does not al- to continue cheating because low any room for failure. But the alternative — failing — is a more than not giving us room greater wrong than dishonesty. for failure, it tells us we need to Cheating is a result of our succeed at any cost. fear of failure and a society that A survey cited in New York tells us we cannot fail. We fear Magazine says that “51 percent that if we don’t get the right anof people age 17 or under agree swer we have failed our profesthat to get ahead, a person must sors, our parents and ourselves lie or cheat.” But maybe it’s not — even if it’s just one question our generation that is immoral, on a test. In most areas of work, but instead the generation before it is nearly impossible for us to

get jobs unless we cheat the system — our parents contact the CEO, who happens to be an old classmate, and, just like that, we get to skip the entire process and head straight to the end goal. Yet not getting a job tells us we have failed a whole group of people again, but we fail to recognize that maybe we just weren’t right for the position. Educational institutions continue to talk about cheating as a negative and stress that it will not be tolerated. But they ignore it for the most part. Unless the cheating happens in a large scale, such as in the 2012 Harvard cheating scandal, the actions are rewarded rather than punished. What is the result of a system that pressures us to thrive and encourages cheating? None of us know how to fail — yet failure will come at some point. We will not always be able to look to the side and see what our peers wrote, and our parents won’t always be able to pull strings so we can get that job or promotion. Educators even go as far as inflating grades to have their students succeed, but our teachers won’t always be able to make our achievements seem more impressive than they actually are. Failure leads to a loss of confidence in our skills and knowl-

edge. Society tells us that learning for the sake of knowledge is worthless. It leads to a belief that everything we learned will only help us succeed after we get what we want. But for us to get to that point, our cunning is more valuable than our knowledge. Tricia Bertram Gallant, director of the academic integrity office at the University of California at San Diego, said in the same Times article that parents have “real trouble accepting that … kids make mistakes and fail.” Unfortunately, this means we ourselves have trouble accepting that we make mistakes and fail. A vicious cycle of cheating and dishonesty is born, but this cycle is easy to break. If we allow ourselves to fail and learn from those failures, rather than continue punishing ourselves for them, cheating wouldn’t be so heavily endorsed. Society won’t let us break the cycle, and until honesty is valued over success, cheating will continue to be the preferred means to an end. Sami Isman ’15 hopes society can one day measure success in a way that doesn’t involve numbers and that the journey becomes just as important as the goal.

daily herald sports friday THE BROWN

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Derrough’s ’14 killer instinct carries volleyball versus Cornell The outside hitter spiked the game-winning point to propel the squad to its fourth Ivy win this season By ALEX WAINGER SPORTS STAFF WRITER

Thea Derrough ’14 has played in all 67 sets of the 18 matches the volleyball team has competed in this season. She has accumulated 159 kills over this span, averaging nearly 2.5 kills per set, the second highest total on the team behind fellow outside hitter Maddie Lord ’15. Derrough has established herself as a strong presence at the net and has helped lead her team to a 4-3 conference record. In last Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Cornell, Derrough contributed 11 kills and accounted for 13 of Bruno’s 73 points, including the game-winning kill with an assist from setter Sarah Lucenti ’17. For her skill in finishing off plays, Derrough has been named The Herald’s Athlete of the Week. Herald: How did you feel going into the Cornell game last week? Could you tell you were going to have a good game? Derrough: I was pretty confident. We played Columbia the night before and we struggled a little bit because they shut down some of our attack, and we were playing with pretty low energy. So before the Cornell game, our coach talked to us about our energy, and we

had a really good warm up, so I felt really good right from the start and just carried that momentum throughout the match. You also had a huge game against Harvard a few weeks ago with 20 kills. How does it feel to play so well against Ivy rivals like Harvard and Cornell? The Harvard game felt especially good — I’ve always wanted to beat Harvard. I know some of the players on that team. I think everyone at Brown can agree that Harvard is one of our biggest rivals, so playing well against them felt amazing. Our whole team had a strong performances, so I really just fed off of my teammates and was able to make some good plays. How has the team looked so far and how do you think the season will ultimately go? Our team looks great. We’re a lot more balanced than we have been in the past. There are four or five people that we can always count on to have very strong games, and that has allowed us to win games that we haven’t won in the past. We’ve already played everyone in the Ivy League, and we’ve been competitive in every match. I think we have a really good chance to beat them all when we play them a second time. What kind of chemistry do you have with the setters on the team? The majority of the time, I play with Sarah Lucenti as my setter. It’s been huge that she could come in and run

FOOTBALL

Bruno seeks first Ivy League win at Cornell The Bears aim for their sixth consecutive victory over the Big Red and its strong passing attack By CALEB MILLER SPORTS STAFF WRITER

The football team makes its longest road trip of the season Saturday, looking to pick up its first conference win against Cornell in Ithaca, NY. At the season’s midpoint, the Bears’

first two conference games have looked very similar. Bruno (3-2, Ivy 0-2) has jumped out to 13-0 and 17-0 leads in the first half against Harvard (5-0, 2-0) and Princeton (4-1, 2-0) respectively, before falling to both opponents in lopsided second halves. The most recent defeat, a 39-17 decision to Princeton last weekend, was the result of penalties and poor discipline more than the execution of plays, said Head Coach Phil Estes. “Looking at it on film and a lot of it, » See FOOTBALL, page 8

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Cornerback Emory Polley ‘14 and the defensive secondary will have their hands full against Cornell quarterback Jeff Matthews.

an offense in the way that she’s doing. I connect really well with her, and I’ve been playing with her the entire season, so we’re really in sync. It’s really helpful to have a consistent player setting me up for kills every game. When did you start playing volleyball? I started playing volleyball before seventh grade. I went to a volleyball camp because I was switching schools, so I guess the point was to meet some new people, and I ended up just falling in love with the sport and continued to play from then on. Have you always played at the net or did you have to grow into the position? I’ve always been pretty tall so they always put me at the net. I’ve switched from position to position on the front row, but that’s mainly where I’ve always been. What’s a typical pre-game meal for you? Whatever the Ratty is serving. I try to stick with just carbs — nothing too fancy. I’ve never been too picky. What sport would you play if you didn’t play volleyball? Initially, the reason I chose volleyball was because I’m not really a huge fan of running. I’ve always enjoyed playing football, and I’d ideally play quarterback. Something with as little running as possible.

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Thea Derrough ’14 averages 2.5 kills per set, the second highest on the team. If she didn’t play volleyball, she said, she would aim for quarterback.

VOLLEYBALL

Bears split Ivy matches in New York tour Bruno is off to a 4-3 start in Ivy play halfway through this season after a 3-11 mark last year By HANNAH CAMHI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Bears took a tour of the Empire State last weekend, falling to Columbia in New York City but besting Cornell in Ithaca. Brown (8-10, Ivy 4-3) first took on the Lions (5-11, 3-4), where it suffered a 3-0 loss, struggling offensively against a steady Columbia. The Lions were unshakeable, limiting the Bears’ kill percentage to 0.048 compared to Columbia’s boastful 0.171. “They were blocking our right side hitters very well,” said Rachele Killian ’16. “Neither of them got any kills.” Columbia had 10 successful blocks to Brown’s two. The closest the Bears were to securing a set was in the third, when they came close to tying the score 20-21. Three kills and one bad set later, Columbia clinched the match to shutout the Bears. “We acknowledge that we played poorly in the Columbia match and we knew that we were capable of higher play,” said Killian. The Bears faced a quick turnaround, having to travel to Cornell (6-11, 2-5) to prepare for competition the next day. Brown rebounded with an assuring 3-1 victory over the Big Red with Amanda Nickel ’14 leading the team with 13 kills. “We recognized that we needed to

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Amanda Nickel ’14 lead the team with 13 kills against Cornell. Thea Derrough ’14 racked up the second most kills in Ithaca at 11. turn it on,” said Killian. The match saw a significantly higher kill percentage of 0.132 from the Bears. Brown stepped up for the occasion and demonstrated their mental toughness through all the sets. The Bears won the first and second sets 25-21 and 26-24, respectively. But in the first, the Bears initially found themselves trailing 6-11. In the closely contested second the score was tied 24-24 when the Bears showed their resilience by closing the set with two kills. Brown flirted with trouble only in the third. Building on momentum

from the first and second sets, the Bears clawed their way to a 24-22 lead, giving them two chances to clinch the match. But the Bears could not put Cornell to rest. Cornell won the third 28-26 and was right back into the match. Bruno rebounded from the loss with a fighting spirit. The Bears shot off to a 17-13 lead and found themselves up 24-22 with several other chances to clinch the match, and did not let the opportunity pass them by. A solid kill by Thea Derrough ’14 on match point led Brown to defeat Cornell 25-23. The Bears face off against Yale (13-3, 7-0) Friday at home.