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Michael Dell shares keys to entrepreneurial success Industry leader addresses personal challenges, developments in information technology By AGNES CHAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER EMMA JERZYK / HERALD
Members of Native Americans at Brown circulated a petition requesting that Fall Weekend be renamed “Indigenous People’s Day,” emphasizing that the weekend should celebrate Native people’s culture and history.
Native students demand U. support Demonstration attendees urge University to rename Fall Weekend ‘Indigenous People’s Day’ By EMMA JERZYK METRO EDITOR
Over 300 students and Indigenous people from across the country gathered Monday on the Main Green to call upon the University to change the name of Fall Weekend to “Indigenous People’s Day.” The demonstration, organized by members of the student group Native Americans at Brown, consisted of traditional songs and dances, speeches
by citizens of local tribes and a march around campus, which paused in front of the home of President Christina Paxson P’19. Throughout the event, protesters were invited to sign NAB’s petition, which formally requests that the Faculty Executive Committee change the name of Fall Weekend to “Indigenous People’s Day.” The petition notes that while the committee voted to change the name from Columbus Day to Fall Weekend in 2009, this move is the “bare minimum that Brown University can do.” The petition also calls for the weekend to be an active celebration of the resilience and resistance of Native people at Brown and at large. Paxson reached out to NAB members
to discuss changing the name of Fall Weekend, and the group plans on scheduling a meeting soon, Floripa Olguin ’16, an event organizer who is a citizen of the Pueblo of Isleta and the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, told The Herald. The petition stresses that though the administration is putting together a Diversity Action Plan, “antagonistic structural and social forces” still persist on campus, including problematic student views and The Herald’s publication of two racist opinions columns last week. The second column, “Columbian Exchange Day,” argued that Native Americans should be thankful for Christopher Columbus because of the goods and » See NAB, page 2
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc., detailed his experience as an entrepreneur and discussed the future of information technology with students and faculty members Friday in Salomon 101. Dell spoke extensively about innovation within the information technology industry and survival in a rapidly evolving market. Dell, famously quoted for his assertion that “technology is about enabling human potential,” said he believes more in “human plus machine” than “human versus machine.” The key to development lies in discovering ways to combine the creativity and intelligence of humans with the mechanical abilities of computers, he said. One student asked Dell whether the technology industry has room for another giant corporation, considering the dominance of companies like Dell, Google and Apple. Dell pointed to the emergence of relatively new companies
such as Alibaba and Facebook as an indication that there is always space. These big companies typically do not comprise more than 1 percent of the industry’s total value, Dell said. “You are going to see all kinds of new companies, and you will see companies going away. … It’s a change or die business,” he said. “You’ve got to evolve.” This constant evolution is necessary for survival in a rapidly advancing industry, Dell said. Of the 1.8 billion personal computers and similar devices in the world, about 600 million of them are over four years old, he added. In order to entice consumers to replace their old devices, Dell must create a machine that is significantly improved from the device five years ago. “How do we grow faster than the industry?” remains a central focus of the business, Dell said. Dell founded his company from his freshman dorm room at the University of Texas. Back in high school, while his friends were interested in modifying their cars, Dell was more fascinated by microprocessors and circuit boards and was instead “souping up computers.” Much to the dismay of his parents, Dell dropped out of college after his » See DELL, page 2
FOOTBALL PLME students reach Bruno defeats Crusaders with field goal similar outcomes as peers Head coach places
Study finds PLME, traditional students see comparable residency placements, test scores By ELENA RENKEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
University researchers recently led a study comparing the success of students in the eight-year Program in Liberal Medical Education with the performance of students admitted to the Alpert Medical School through the traditional route. The study, published online in the journal Academic Medicine Sept. 25, looked at the test scores and residency placements of students who graduated from the Med School over the last five years. The study revealed only slight differences in the achievements of PLME students and those who were accepted traditionally. These differences had statistical significance because of the large sample size — 295 PLME
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students and 215 students admitted conventionally — but “the differences between the two groups were not meaningful in any way,” said Paul George, associate professor of family medicine and medical science and lead author of the study. The study found the relationship between undergraduate curriculum and success in medical school to be very weak, even within the PLME program. The authors hypothesized that a larger number of undergraduate premedical science courses would be correlated with greater success in medical school and in residency placement, but the data provided little support for this idea. The number of premedical science courses taken at the undergraduate level by PLME students had a minimal effect on their medical school performances, according to the study. Medical students’ success was measured by competitiveness of residency placement as well as standardized test scores. Only minor differences were noted between the success of PLME and non-PLME students in residency » See PLME, page 3
confidence in Senne ’16 despite inconsistent performance this year By CALEB MILLER STAFF WRITER
To a Holy Cross football player, Grant Senne ’16 is the boogeyman. The senior kicker booted a game-winning 35-yard field goal Saturday, propelling the football team to a 25-24 victory over the Crusaders and replicating his 23-yard game-winner over Holy Cross last season. “It was a bit of deja vu,” said quarterback and co-captain Marcus Fuller ’15.5. “He’s made a lot of enemies in the city of Worcester.” Senne’s conclusive kick capped a 63yard go-ahead drive authored by Fuller. In the midst of his third 400-plus yard passing game of the season, the senior signal-caller went five-of-six for 54 yards on the critical drive. Four of the five completions on the run went to Fuller’s favorite target on the day, Alex Jette ’17. While Bruno’s late field goal was the last score in the game, the final five
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Against the Crusaders, Alexander Jette ’17 earned 16 grabs and 216 yards — two totals that rank in the top 10 in program history. minutes were not without drama. The Crusaders pushed into Bruno territory in their attempt to answer, but Robert Hughes ’17 halted the drive. The big defensive end flashed his reflexes by intercepting a tipped pass. After Bruno’s attempt to run out the clock stalled, Holy Cross had one last gasp. The Crusaders received the ball with 32 seconds to go and used two Bruno penalties and a long completion to get into field goal range. But Holy Cross’ Connor Fitzgerald could not duplicate
Senne’s kick, and his 35-yarder sailed wide left as time expired. Senne’s heroics were all the more improbable after some uncharacteristic inconsistencies early in the year. Senne has already missed as many field goals and one more extra point than he did all of last season. But with the game on the line, Head Coach Phil Estes P’18 put his trust in Senne’s leg. Senne “loves pressure,” Estes said. “He stepped up to make the biggest play » See FOOTBALL, page 2
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» NAB, from page 1 livestock he brought to America through trade, despite the resulting massacres and erasure of peoples and histories. After Native students, faculty, alums and other Indigenous people introduced themselves at the demonstration, several attendees sang the Flag Song. NAB members then articulated the purpose behind the petition and the event. “Native students are expected to be educators as well as students,” Olguin said. “Changing (the name) from Fall Weekend to ‘Indigenous People’s Day’ is the first, but one of many steps, towards actually creating an inclusive environment within the University,” she added. “I think we have a greater chance of having the administration change the name because of the (column), just because that shows how relevant the issue is,” Sierra Edd ’18, another event organizer and a citizen of the Navajo Nation, told The Herald. After NAB members spoke, protesters formed a circle around the Main Green and participated in a Round Dance, holding hands and stepping from side to side. Event organizers stressed the importance of viewing the demonstration as a call for not only a name change, but also greater support and visibility for Native
» DELL, from page 1 first year to focus on his business. “To them, higher education was an absolute must. How could you possibly compete in a world and do well without the skills and opportunities?” he said. At the age of 27, Dell became the youngest CEO ever on the Fortune 500 list. When asked by a student about the greatest adversity he faced as an entrepreneur, Dell described the challenges of
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community members on campus. NAB is probably “the only resource specifically for Native students on this campus,” Olguin told The Herald. “So when you place that responsibility on Native students themselves, it causes a lot of stress and hardship on top of being a student at Brown.” The University could better support Native students by creating a Native Studies department, hiring more Native faculty and administrators and starting a program for Native languages, Phoebe Young ’17, an event organizer and a citizen of the Ojibwe Anishinaabe nation, told The Herald. Institutionalizing recruitment of Native students — particularly those from the Wampanoag and Narragansett nations — should be a priority, given that the University currently sits on land that was previously occupied by those nations, Olguin told The Herald. Some peer institutions undertake more formal recruitment of students from tribal nations whose land their campuses are built upon, she said, citing Harvard and its relationship with the Wampanoag nation as an example. “One of the things that comes with being at such an elite institution that’s been around for so long is that there’s not been any sort of collective, University-level
thought about what it means to be on Native land — what it means to have the presence of Native peoples in a local sense so completely erased from Brown’s history,” Young said. Students should “really interrogate what it means to be a part of an institution that has colonial ties, and part of a legacy that has been destructive to a group of people that (is) on this campus,” Olguin said. The Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life could also better support the religious practices of Native students, such as by helping them procure funds to return home for religious and cultural ceremonies, Olguin added. After the Round Dance at the demonstration concluded, several Indigenous people who traveled to Providence for the event addressed the crowd. “Terrorism was brought here — it was not indigenous to here,” said Tall Oak from the Wampanoag and Pequot nations. Tall Oak linked the genocide of Indigenous peoples to the violence caused by the mass distribution of guns in the United States. The right to bear arms directly relates to the fact that “terrorizing Indians into submission became as American as apple pie,” he said, receiving snaps from the audience.
“Until America asks these so long overdue questions and confronts its past, the now routine news of gun violence will continue,” he said. Tall Oak also spoke about the Great Swamp Monument along Route 2 in South Kingstown, which memorializes a colonial massacre of Narrangansett Indians. “You show me a nation’s monuments, and I’ll show you what they worship. A nation that honors hypocrites will always have hypocrisy. A nation that honors racists will always have racism. A nation that honors the greedy will have greed,” he said. “I’m tired, and there’s something wrong with the fact that I can stand before you and say that I’m tired,” said Jonathan Perry of the Aquinnah community of the Wampanoag nation. Approximately 6,000 Wampanoag people live in the United States, and over 3 million Mayflower descendants live across the world, Perry said. “There is something seriously wrong with those statistics. So, where are all our people?” he asked. The celebration of Columbus Day is “a disgrace. It’s a disrespect, and it’s a national wrong. And it ends here. Happy Indigenous People’s Day,” Perry said to rousing applause. Hartman Deetz, a citizen of the
Mashpee Wampanoag tribe who came to campus from California, emphasized that Columbus is not celebrated because he discovered the Americas, noting that Leif Erickson came to America in 1100 and the Chinese mapped out the coast in the 1420s. The reason Columbus is celebrated is because “he started a machine of empire. He claimed land in the name of Spain. He claimed souls and lives, and he started the transatlantic slave trade,” Deetz said. Deetz also prompted the protesters to reflect on the value Indigenous people bring to the world, rather than the value that Columbus brought to the Americas. “Indigenous People’s Day is not just about not celebrating a murderer and a tyrant. It’s also about celebrating so much of the things that we have had to offer, the positive contributions, the things that we have contributed to this world to make it a better place,” Deetz said to loud applause. At the conclusion of the speeches, protesters grabbed signs and marched around campus while chanting slogans such as “exchange Columbus” and “change the name.” The protesters paused their march in front of Paxson’s residence. “We wanted to make a note in coming here, that even though … the administration is not here, we will not be silent,” Olguin said.
attracting talent to help grow his business. “I started out when I was 19 and didn’t really have any capital, so the people who joined me were mercenaries,” he said, adding that the risks of joining his startup at the time were far greater than the potential rewards. “It didn’t look like it was going to be a $16 billion global company. It looked like a 19-year-old kid without knowledge.” But these adversities were crucial in the long-term development of the business, Dell said, adding that fearlessness
and curiosity are two major keys to entrepreneurial success. “You don’t actually learn anything while you’re succeeding,” he said. “You learn a lot more when you fail. What you don’t want to do is have the same failure over and over again.” The lecture was co-sponsored by the Watson Institute, Computing and Information Services and the Department of Computer Science as part of as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series: Leadership in Technology.
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22-10 lead with 1:48 left in the first half. The Bears have taken their offense to the air this season, and Saturday was no different. Fuller attempted over 50 passes for the third time in four games, and 80 percent of the squad’s yardage came through the air. The receiving corps is proving to be all it was cracked up to be, and Jette did the heavy lifting for the unit Saturday. The junior’s performance was historic. After catching the winning touchdown last week, Jette tore up the Crusader to the tune of 16 grabs and 216 yards. Both totals rank in the top 10 in program history. “He came up with some really tough catches in traffic,” Fuller said. “Any time you see one of our receivers have success, it can really be attributed to the success of the other guys. Other teams can’t just key in on one guy.” Holy Cross rebounded from its early deficit with a quick touchdown just before the midpoint and took its first lead with a score on its first possession of the third quarter. After a miserable first quarter, Pujals started to move the Holy Cross offense through the air. Pujols threw for 306 yards in the game’s final three quarters, heavily targeting wideout Brendan Flaherty. Pujals and Flaherty connected for 123 yards and a touchdown. Zach Gillen ’16 came up from safety to lead the team in tackles with 10. The defense, still missing captain Zach Sparber ’15.5, repeated its tendency to bend without breaking. Following the first possession of the second half, Holy Cross did not score for the rest of the game. After taking a thorough beating from Harvard and falling to 0-2 two weeks ago, Estes said the team’s next two nonconference games were critical to getting back on track. “It’s exactly what we were looking for — to go 2-0 in our new season,” Fuller said. “We didn’t play our best game, but we did enough to win.” The rejuvenated Bears will return to conference slate Saturday with a battle against Princeton at Brown Stadium. The game will kick off a six-week gauntlet through the Ivy League.
of the game.” The game followed a trajectory almost identical to that of Bruno’s win last weekend over Rhode Island: The Bears dominated the first quarter but had only a slim lead to show for it. Holy Cross grabbed the lead by controlling much of the middle of the game and rattling off a 21-7 run in a five-possession stretch that spanned the end of the second and beginning of the third quarter. But for the second game in as many weeks, a Bruno score with five minutes to play was the difference-maker. “We are always looking for an opportunity to make plays at the end,” Fuller said. “That’s back-to-back weeks that we’ve gotten it and converted.” When the whistle blew at the end of the first quarter, the game did not seem destined for its thrilling finish. Bruno dominated the early 15 minutes, outgaining Holy Cross 207-7 in total yards. But the Bears’ season-long struggle in the red zone persisted throughout their fourth game, so they could not build a big lead. Three long drives yielded two made field goals and one missed. “It falls on our shoulders to not put our kicker on the field as much,” Fuller said, reiterating the offense’s success moving the ball but failure finding pay dirt. Between the two first-quarter field goals, the Bruno defense chipped in some scoring as well. Defensive end Richard Jarvis ’17 burst into the backfield and wrestled down Crusaders quarterback Peter Pujals in the end zone for a safety. After a Holy Cross field goal put the home team on the board, Bruno running back Andrew Coke ’16 finally broke the goal line on a four-yard touchdown run to extend the Bears’ lead to 15-3. The run punctuated a drive that included two 30-yard completions to Troy Doles ’16 and Brian Strachan ’15.5. Bruno scored its last touchdown of the game late in the second quarter. This time, Fuller showed off his legs to advance the Bruno lead. After muffing the snap, Fuller recovered to dash six yards for a touchdown. Bruno took a
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RIDOH director seeks smarter spending MEN’S SOCCER Nicole Alexander-Scott MPH’11 outlines plans to address health inequity in Rhode Island By EMMA JERZYK METRO EDITOR
Nicole Alexander-Scott MPH’11, assistant professor of pediatrics and medicine at the Alpert Medical School and director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, stressed the need for health equity in Rhode Island in a speech at the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy Thursday. While serving as director of RIDOH for almost six months, Alexander-Scott has focused on environmental determinants of health, access to health services and health equality, said James Morone, director of the Taubman Center, in his introduction. “Our overarching goal as a department of health is to demonstrate
» PLME, from page 1 placement, according to the study. Students were placed into primary care and non-primary care residencies at the same rate, George said. “We had to use rather arbitrary and concocted metrics to be able to compare residency placements,” said Philip Gruppuso, professor of pediatrics and medical science and research professor of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry and a coauthor of the study. The nature of medical work presents a challenge in measuring success, as medical careers have such variation. “It would be nice to look at graduates 20 years out and see what they’re doing,” George said, noting his interest in the relative proportions of students who become researchers, clinical leaders and doctors in health professional shortage areas. The lack of difference in performance of PLME and non-PLME students calls into question the importance of undergraduate premedical requirements. PLME students have less stringent premedical requirements and are not required to take the Medical College Admission Test. “There’s really no difference at the end of the day in how students perform in med school, whether they go through PLME or whether they go through a more traditional route,” George said. “I wonder if time would be better spent preparing students to be more holistic in their undergraduate training so they understand people from a biologic standpoint and a nonbiologic standpoint.” Julianne Ip, associate dean of
for Rhode Island the importance of public health,” Alexander-Scott said. To accomplish this goal, RIDOH must address its leading priorities: confronting social and environmental determinants of health, eliminating disparities and ensuring access to quality health services for all Rhode Islanders, including vulnerable populations, Alexander-Scott said. “People’s life expectancy outcome — how long they live — should not depend on the ZIP code that (they’re) from,” she said. While people usually think first of racial and ethnic gaps in health, huge disparities persist across other facets, such as gender, sexual orientation, educational status, income, ability and geographic area, Alexander-Scott said. The drug overdose epidemic in Rhode Island is disproportionately affecting men, and Providence County has the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections in the state, she added. Alexander-Scott also addressed
the need to cut costs for health care spending. The average life expectancy in the United States increased by 25 years between 1900 and 1960, while health care spending only increased by 4 or 5 percent, she said. But the average life expectancy increased by less than five years between 1960 and now, while health care spending rose by 18 percent, she said. Health care spending should be smarter, Alexander-Scott said, adding, “We want to decrease health care spending, but we also want to think about how we’re spending overall.” A rich potential exists for partnerships between RIDOH and the many academic institutions in the state, Alexander-Scott said. There is a “tremendous benefit in having the academic, clinical world … match and partner synergistically with the public health world,” she said. To help facilitate and formalize this relationship, the department is creating the RIDOH Academic Center, she said, adding, “We cannot do it alone.”
medicine and a coauthor of the study, went through the University’s sevenyear medical program before an eighth year was added. “Physicians practice in the real world and need a broad-based education which includes things like history, political science, ethics and public health,” she said. “When you’re interacting with standardized patients it helps you see a more holistic person.” The movement to revamp standards for premedical education has been growing for many years, Gruppuso said. At Brown, faculty have made efforts to redefine the University’s standards for undergraduate premedical education. “I’ve been trying for many, many, many years to create a more integrated premedical curriculum that really uses biology as a base,” Ip said. But the process of developing a new curriculum is expensive and timeconsuming, Ip said. To be effective, a school cannot make changes on its own — since undergraduates here go on to attend medical schools across the country, those institutions would have to be open to alternative premedical educations as well, she said. The University’s current system successfully sends students to prestigious schools. “Why change what works?” Ip said. George said the University should not necessarily grow or shrink the PLME program. “The PLMEs inject a really nice mix of different interests and different approaches to medical school and patient care,” said George. “But we also get a really nice cohort of students who come in through the standard program.” “I wish they did it in more schools across the country,” Ip said.
But combined degree programs like PLME may not be suited to all students. “There are lots of people out there who would benefit enormously from marching through a very rigorous and traditional educational process,” said David Muller, dean for medical education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Muller said the methodology of the study was fair, adding that there is not enough reason for the the University to alter its requirements. More variety is needed in premedical education, Muller said. “The more diverse opportunities there are to enter health care, the better off we are in medical education and the better off students are.” The FlexMed program at Mount Sinai offers another alternative route to medical school. It allows sophomores from any major to apply to the Icahn School of Medicine after taking only two semester-long premedical courses. If accepted, students are still required to take additional premedical courses, complete a thesis and maintain a 3.5 grade point average, but they are not required to take the MCAT. “It makes intuitive sense that because people are so different, there should be tailored ways of getting through the premed experience and into medical school,” Muller said. As an institution that prides itself on the freedom given to its students, Brown is positioned to question and even redefine the traditional courses required for all premedical students, Grupusso said. “Medical schools should get much more creative and inventive around issues relating to premedical education.”
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The Brown Bears fought through initial pressure and increased their intensity in the latter part of the match against Princeton Saturday.
Princeton battle ends in draw for men’s soccer team Highly contested match ends with Brown Bears drawing 1-1 against Princeton By EMILE BAUTISTA SPORTS STAFF WRITER
With a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, the men’s soccer team salvaged a 1-1 draw against Princeton Saturday night at Stevenson Field. The Bears had to fight back after conceding the first goal for the seventh consecutive game, but an 86th minute goal by Jack Hagstrom ’19 ensured that the Bears would remain undefeated and that the Tigers would remain winless through week two of Ivy League play. “Princeton came in hungry for a win after having lost their first Ivy League game,” said co-captain Tim Whalen ’16. Heading into the game, the two teams seemed evenly matched. The Bears (5-4-1, 1-0-1 Ivy) and the Tigers (4-3-2, 0-1-1) boasted the highestscoring offenses among the Ancient Eight, netting 1.44 and 1.75 goals per game, respectively. The two teams also sported the top-two goalscorers in the league, with Brown’s Hagstrom at four and Princeton’s Thomas Sanner at six. Defensively, the teams were similar as well — they had both conceded 12 goals this season. Based on statistics, it seemed likely the game would be quite a battle. It certainly started out that way, as the two teams exchanged chances to score. The Bears’ best move of the half came in the 25th minute, when Will Cross ’16.5 dribbled down the left channel and played a through ball to Louis Zingas ’18 down the middle. But the pass was a tad heavy, and Zingas could not get it past the keeper. The Tigers’ shining moment came midway through the first half, when Brendan McSherry took a shot that Gabe Welp ’18 blocked skyward with his head. As the ball came down, goalkeeper Erik Hanson ’17 rushed off his line and attempted to clear the ball by going over Sanner. Hanson tumbled over both teammates and opponents, whiffing on the clearance, but the referee did not bail him out with a whistle. Sanner calmly trapped the ball and launched it into
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the net for his league-leading seventh goal of the season. The rest of the half remained highly contested, and both goalies were called upon. Hanson was forced to dive to his right to make a save, while his Princeton counterpart had to punch away a dangerous cross right before the halftime whistle. The game remained 1-0 going into the second half, with the Tigers tripling the Bears’ shot total, 9-3. “We were able to withstand their initial pressure by sticking to our game plan and working hard,” Whalen said. Princeton maintained its offensive pressure in the second half. Shot after shot came in, often requiring a block by a Bruno defender or the services of Hanson. One of the Tigers’ best chances in the half came in the 77th minute, when a player struck the crossbar from about 20 yards out. Not to be defeated easily, Bruno upped its intensity in the latter parts of the half and was rewarded in the 86th minute with a golden opportunity. Off a free kick just within the Bears’ half, Hanson played a short ball to Zingas, who lobbed a perfectly placed long ball into the box. Hagstrom leapt and headed the ball past the Princeton goalie to tie the game at one. It was the reigning Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Week’s teamleading fifth goal of the season and second consecutive goal in conference play. Though the Tigers hit the crossbar again in the dying minutes of the match, neither team could break the deadlock, leading the game into overtime. Each team managed a shot on goal in the two overtime periods, but neither could manage to find the golden goal, and the game ended in a draw. Though Princeton held a whopping 25-13 advantage in shots, both teams had seven shots on goal. Both goalies were also busy throughout the game making six saves apiece. “They were able to get one in the first half, but we put a lot of pressure on them in the second half and finally, we got one late in the game,” Whalen said. “We need to continue to avoid small mistakes defensively and put away the chances we get in the run of play.” The team will stay at home for a Tuesday night clash with Boston University (8-2-1), and it will look to remain undefeated in the Ivy League during a Saturday night showdown at Harvard (4-4-2, 2-0).
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
After Princeton loss, Bruno rebounds against Marist Women’s soccer loses 0-4 against Tigers but turns tables in next match of weekend to defeat Marist 4-0 By JAMES SCHAPIRO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For women’s soccer, the week was a tale of two opponents: The Bears took on Princeton and failed to muster any semblance of an offensive attack Saturday before rebounding against Marist and winning in emphatic fashion Monday. Princeton 4, Brown 0 The Tigers (9-3, 3-0 Ivy) came to Stevenson Field on a six-game winning streak, while the Bears (4-6-2, 0-2-1 Ivy) entered the game having gone 310 consecutive minutes without scoring a goal. But throughout most of the first half, the Bears managed to hold their own against the Tigers. “Our student-athletes are awesome — they work hard until the end,” said Head Coach Phil Pincince. With only 10 seconds left in the half, Princeton broke through. Off a cross from Beth Stella, Tyler Lussi headed a ball off the post and in, putting the Tigers up 1-0. “That goal with 10 seconds to go just can’t happen,” Pincince said. “There’s such a different demeanor going into the locker room down 1-0 with a goal in the last 10 seconds versus going in 0-0.” Princeton effectively scored twice in under two minutes: 77 seconds into
the second half, Mimi Asom beat goalie Christine Etzel ’19 one-on-one off a turnover in the Bears’ defensive zone, putting the Tigers up 2-0. Pincince, in an attempt to score quickly and regain momentum, manipulated his lineup for what he hoped would be maximum offensive success. “When the score was 2-0, we were playing to win,” Pincince said. “So we pulled out Sarah Cobb ’18. We only went with three backs so we could push more offense.” But the strategy proved unsuccessful. After Princeton’s Vanessa Gregoire scored in the 62nd minute to put the Tigers up 3-0 and Alessia Azermadhi added another at 75:33, Pincince began utilizing his bench. “When they made it three, it was like, ‘Listen, let’s give some players a chance to experience what it is to play in an Ivy game,’” he said. “And I thought that was a positive for us.” Jaclyn Alois ’17, Michelle Jolson ’16 and Kate Maher ’19 all entered, and Etzel departed in favor of Rylee Shumway ’18, who had previously appeared in just one game. Princeton inserted several of its backups as well. The last 10 minutes were scoreless, leading to a 4-0 final. The Bears suffered several injury scares throughout the game. Defender Maclaine Lehan ’18 went down with an apparent head injury in the 24th
minute. She remained in the game, albeit surrounded by concerned coaches and trainers. Sydney Calas ’17 took a shot to the face in the 41st minute, but she was also able to remain in the game. In the 66th minute, Erin Katz ’16, the Bears’ second-leading scorer, went down with a knee injury in addition to the broken cheekbone she had suffered two weeks earlier. Helped off the field by her coaches, Katz did not return. At the time, the severity of her injury was uncertain, but she played Monday. “Katz inspires all of us,” said Celia Story ’19. “She’s a really tough player, and when she’s out there doing what she does, it’s hard not to be inspired by her.” After the shutout, the Bears had not scored in 400 minutes. But Story maintained that the goals would come. “While we haven’t scored for so long, we’ve had a lot of really good chances,” she said. “There’s a lot of good things there. They’re going to start coming.” Brown 4, Marist 0 In an attempt to rebound from the loss to Princeton, the team came out against Marist with an intensity greater than it had displayed in many of its previous games. Having not scored for 400 minutes entering the game, the Bears scored twice in the first 12 minutes on two headers from Carly Gould ’17 and added a third in the 42nd minute, when Gould completed
a hat trick off a feed from Story. “We’ve had an issue with scoring, and I think that the players took the game into their own hands and did what they needed to do,” Pincince said. “It was a great team win.” In the 20th minute, Marist had a chance to make the score 2-1 and put pressure back on the Bears when a handball called on Cobb led to a penalty shot for the Red Foxes. But Etzel was up to the challenge: She made a diving save, knocking the shot away to the left and ending the threat. “Etzel has been there for us all year,” Pincince said. Less than five minutes into the second half, Megan Grant ’19 controlled the ball outside Marist’s 18-yard box and sent a feed for Jillian DeSimone ’16, who knocked it into the back of the net and widened the Bears’ lead to 4-0. DeSimone has been essential to the Bears’ attack this year, drawing and taking the vast majority of Brown’s corner kicks, but this was only her second goal of the season. “It was nice for her to get one,” Pincince said. “She had a strong performance today, not only on the flank but also moving the ball quickly. She had a very good game.” For the Bears, though the day was extremely positive, one negative sign remained: Lehan, who had played every game thus far this season on defense, did not play after suffering an injury against Princeton. Pincince said Lehan was unavailable, though he
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Shootings and college campuses Last week, stories about shootings on college campuses in Oregon, Arizona and Texas made national headlines. The 11 students whose lives were taken so violently over the past two weeks remind us of a sobering national trend — one that should be of immediate concern to our community. Mass shootings occur on college campuses for a number of interrelated reasons. Reports on mass shootings reveal that they often result from a mix of factors pertaining to mental health, bigotry and lax gun laws. College students have a very real stake in combating gun violence as well as thinking about ways to stymie mass shootings on college campuses. As Brown students who attend a college in the capital of Rhode Island, we often have direct access to legislators who influence the nature of the state’s gun laws. Despite this access, there is unfortunately very little campus-wide discourse on this topic. Last year, Moral Voices, a group run through Brown/RISD Hillel, focused on the issue and led conversations with other campus groups on the topic. We commend efforts such as these, and we hope to see these conversations sustained in semesters to come. Renewing discussions on gun violence also presents an opportunity for cross-campus partnerships, insofar as Brown students can work in tandem with their peers at nearby colleges and universities, such as the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College and Johnson and Wales University. Leading and participating in conversations on mass shootings on college campuses requires local and engaged efforts. While Brown remains a nationally- and internationally-oriented academic institution, it is important to recognize and acknowledge the role that Brown plays in local conversations as well. Brown students ought to make a larger investment in participating in conversations about gun violence in the Providence and greater Rhode Island communities. This cannot be a debate solely for legislators and political pundits. Instead, we college students need to occupy a seat at the table as well. Around the country, state legislatures are already beginning or continuing these conversations. Just this year, the Texas legislature approved a campus carry bill, permitting licensed gun owners to carry handguns on public university campuses. The Texas bill is among eight of its kind. Currently, Rhode Island law permits individual colleges and universities to decide whether students may carry concealed weapons on campus. Brown, of course, prohibits firearms on campus, except those carried by officers in the Department of Public Safety. While the horrific tragedies such as those that occurred last week are unpredictable and often feel remote, we cannot remain numb to this issue. Very simply, we should feel like we have a personal stake in the conversations surrounding mass shootings on college campuses. We can play a direct role in changing the sorts of headlines we saw last week. It is time that we do so. Editorials are written by The Herald’s editorial page board: its editors, Manuel Contreras ’16 and Meghan Holloway ’16, and its members, Emma Axelrod ’18, Noah Fitzgerel ’17 and Aranshi Kumar ’17. Send comments to editorials@browndailyherald.com.
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Herald, University lack backbone To the Editor: Be outraged with the Herald and University, not the writer. The Herald apologized for publishing a recent controversial column (“Maier ’17: Columbian Exchange Day,” Oct. 5). Worse still, The Herald removed the article from its website. The apology and removal declared that there is a limit to which ideas are acceptable for discussion. As the foremost medium for discussion on campus, The Herald should be the first to defend controversial columns. I, too, wrote a column in The Herald several years ago that sparked campus-wide outrage (“Hudson ’14: Universal suffrage is immoral,” Nov. 13, 2012). The Herald did not remove the column and allowed for subsequent rebuttal columns and a follow-up column of mine. This allowed for a healthy debate. The administration never got involved, communicating that students are not children who need to be sheltered from scary ideas.
This time is different. The administration has gotten involved and has only compounded the damage. In an attempt to moderate the situation, several administrators, including President Christina Paxson P’19, wrote a letter to students (“Paxson P’19, Locke P’17, Carey ’91 MA’06: An open letter to students on power, learning and responsibility,” Oct. 9). Controversial speech does not need moderation. Moderation is only steps away from speech codes on campus. If the administration had to publish anything, it should have requested that The Herald and others learn that a university is about ideas, including controversial ones. Instead the letter requested that Herald staff members “take this opportunity to learn more, and also in greater depth, about the historical and current realities of race and inequity.” The Herald does not need to learn about race. The Herald and administration need to learn about backbone. Oliver Hudson ’14 Former Herald opinions columnist
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The door is open AMEER MALIK opinions columnist
Every time I visit a professor during office hours, I feel nervous. The most recent time, I felt especially anxious. I was worried that I was wasting my professor’s time, despite the fact that my professor seemed happy to see me and had told me a couple of times that it’s completely okay if I drop by once in a while. Regardless of what I felt before the meeting, afterwards I was very happy that I had stopped by and that I had not let my worries stop me. It seems to be a pattern for me: decide to visit during office hours, feel bad before, feel okay during the meeting, feel great afterwards. I don’t think I’m alone in having these feelings. A few of my professors have mentioned that they wish more of their students used office hours, and I therefore think that several Brown students may have similar concerns. I will outline why office hours provide extremely useful opportunities for students before offering a few tips to help my peers overcome any hangups they might have. Office hours give students the
chance to have one-on-one meetings with faculty members, and this allows for a deeper level of engagement than what takes place during class. During lectures, the instructor has to focus on conveying the lesson to all the students in the room. During sections, the instructor has to facilitate discussion amongst the students around the table. During office hours, the instructor can focus entirely on each student who stops by.
structor is and what the instructor is like. In the same way, the instructor can get a better understanding of who the student is and what the student is like. This can make their relationship stronger. Now, I’m not suggesting that students should become buddies with their teachers. The teacher-student dynamic has to remain intact. But I believe that any relationship can improve if both sides know each other
ticular date and time to meet. Doing this can help ensure that the instructor is available, for he or she might be expecting to meet with other students or planning to do some work during that particular time. By sending an email to schedule a meeting during office hours, you can make sure that the instructor is available and prepared to meet with you. In this email, you should also briefly explain what you would like
In addition to letting students receive help, office hours allow students to see their instructors more as people.
Office hours therefore let students who have questions about the class or who need help on assignments get the aid they need. In addition to letting students receive help, office hours allow students to see their instructors more as people. In the classroom, the instructor usually has to take on the role of a lecturer or a discussion leader. During office hours, the instructor is an instructor, and the student gets a better understanding of who the in-
better. Students who have a good understanding of their instructors can be more involved in the classroom. Using office hours to talk to teachers is clearly useful, and for those who have any hang-ups about meeting with instructors, here are a few useful tips based on my personal experiences. It’s a good idea to send a quick email to the instructor before stopping by. In this email, you should express an interest in attending office hours and suggest a par-
to talk about. This will make sure that you don’t get flustered when you show up. This also works as a great way to let the professor prepare for your visit. And despite what I’ve mentioned earlier, the meeting doesn’t have to be confined to just topics covered in the course. During office hours, I have talked about events in the news that were related to the course material. I have also asked for general advice on my academic pursuits and for more specif-
ic help on tasks outside of the classroom. The faculty members here have a wealth of knowledge and experience that they can impart, which can help you both inside and outside of the classroom. Again, that is why it’s a good idea to mention what you plan to discuss in the email. By doing so, you can feel more comfortable when you arrive by making sure that it’s okay to discuss matters not directly related to the course. When the date and time for the meeting is confirmed, show up on time. Be respectful and amiable. Be receptive to what your instructor tells you. If you had specific questions and got them answered, write down what you learned in a notebook immediately after you leave the meeting. I hope that with these tips, my fellow students will feel more confident about approaching their professors during office hours. Some of my best experiences at Brown have involved meeting my professors. Each time, I have left more informed, knowledgeable and grateful for my professor’s time. I hope that all my fellow students get to have such experiences while at the University.
Ameer Malik ’18 can be reached at ameer_malik@brown.edu.
Don’t fear the smartphone ALLIE DOYLE opinions columnist
You’ve probably gotten the “your phone is ruining your life” lecture before. You’re missing the world around you. Friendships are no longer meaningful. Social skills and etiquette are things of the past. My go-to response has always been a sarcastic retort of “You’re right, let’s go back to the Pony Express!” Granted, I tend to be difficult just for the fun of it. This time, though, I meant it. Too many claim technological progress is impacting our lives negatively when it has really brought far more benefit to its users. Studies conducted over the last 8 years actually suggest that teenagers who use more online forms of communication tend to have better friendships. Specific evidence has not been found to suggest any sort of deterioration of social skills or quality of life. Of course, scientists are fallible, and these conclusions may change in the future. But it seems silly to continue to argue for an unsubstantiated claim. Personally, I am incredibly grateful for the technology our generation is lucky enough to experience. When my closest friend moved to a different continent four years ago, I was heartbroken. But with the help of smartphones and laptops, we were able to stay in touch. We could send messages at the touch of a button, video chat and play mobile games together. When I was separated from my boyfriend
for months in a row, disappearing Snapchats of funny faces and smartphone applications for “thumb kisses” made the distance more manageable. When I’m missing my precious five-yearold sister, I can send her a voice message through her stuffed kitten Cloud Pet. Technology has allowed me to maintain relationships in a way I would not be able to otherwise. Some depend on smartphones for comfort on a daily basis. Apps for meditation and relaxation can be lifesavers for those suffering from anxiety. Social networking can be a convenient pick-me-up for lonely days. The first time I left home for an extended period of time was for an
list, weather, news, financial information, medication management, important files and emails all in my pocket. At the touch of a button, I can summon a ride to any point in Rhode Island right from campus. With a second touch, I can check my class assignments or receive emergency safety alerts. With all the benefits of smartphone technology, why has it become so demonized? News outlets seem to constantly cover the fact that children don’t play outside enough anymore. Yet this could be for a variety of reasons. Elementary schools have become more competitive as homework has become more time-intensive,
With all the benefits of smartphone technology, why has it become so demonized? academic summer camp when I was 13 years old. I was a terrified, homesick mess and the silence after mandatory lights-out tormented me. My panic stopped when I realized I could watch movies on my iPod until I fell asleep. Something as trivial as a small piece of technology changed my summer experience to the point where I was able to gain a learning opportunity I would have given up on otherwise. Of course, there are times when smartphones are simply convenient. Technological advances have allowed me to keep my calendar, to-do
leaving children with less free time. Parents’ safety concerns may also come into play, as the outdoors generally regarded as less safe than one’s own home. Outdoor play can have benefits of vitamin D exposure, exercise and relaxation, and technology does not necessarily get in the way of this. In fact, many apps encourage children to go outside, such as those related to constellation maps, geocaching (which involves outdoor treasure hunts) and hiking trails. Even those that don’t, like most video games, can get young children
interested in computing and programming — activities that encourage critical thinking and can lead to successful careers. It seems likely that unfamiliarity breeds unease. Today’s technology may seem foreign to our grandparents, just as previous technology did to theirs. So it is important to keep in mind that this distrust comes from irrational emotions rather than real problems. One day, technology will advance to a point that will seem scary to those who currently embrace smartphones. When this time comes, we’ll owe it to the younger generation to allow them to participate without guilt. Progress is human nature, and to stifle it in the name of fear would be a disservice. But moderation is key. A smartphone may well be a problem to some who never put it down. But feeling lost without one’s phone for a day is not something to be ashamed of. You might feel lost without your car or wristwatch, too, though those items aren’t questioned as they’ve been around longer. Video games shouldn’t take over a child’s life, but they are a fine recreational activity. Of course, children should continue to engage in sports or other activities to keep healthy. Furthermore, technology usage should be limited at bedtime, as bright screens have been shown to disrupt sleep. Like any luxury, smartphones can be perfectly healthy when a few simple precautions are taken.
Allie Doyle ’18 checks her email constantly at alexandra_doyle@brown.edu.
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Bruno remains optimistic despite losses to Crimson, Big Green After weekend of wins over Columbia and Cornell, Bears suffer first conference loss in two weeks By TANEIL RUFFIN SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Unable to stifle the momentum of either of its opponents, the volleyball team could not defeat conference foes Harvard and Dartmouth over the weekend in the squad’s first road Ivy doubleheader. Bruno (8-8, 2-3 Ivy) entered the weekend coming off of a pair of impressive wins at home. The team had just swept both Columbia and Cornell and was looking to display the same determined energy in this weekend’s matchups. “We knew Harvard and Dartmouth were going to be tough competition,” said Emma Thygesen ’17. “We were coming in ready to go and really wanting to beat them.” The Crimson (8-7, 4-1) presented the team’s first challenge of the weekend. Leading the Ivy League and coming in 21st in the nation for blocks per set, Harvard posed an incredible threat at the net. At the outset of the contest, the Bears managed to hold their own against their opponent, as the two teams went point-for-point for the opening minutes. The Crimson then
went on a 15-8 run to extend its narrow advantage and claim the opening set. Not to be bested so easily, Bruno battled in the next two sets to take the lead from Harvard. Proceeding nearly identically, both the second and third frames were trying sets for the Bears. After maintaining a comfortable lead for the majority of each set, Bruno was twice overtaken by a Crimson surge that gave Harvard an opportunity to win with set point. “In those moments, it’s really important to come together and slow down the game and just remember that it is just another point,” Thygesen said. “Playing with intensity but also positivity is so important, especially in those closer games.” In a display of resilience, the Bears rallied off three consecutive points both times to win the second and third sets. Harvard then managed to claim the fourth set to send the match into an extra set. Building off its momentum, the Crimson took an early lead that it would not relinquish despite a late rally from the Bears, handing Bruno its first conference loss in two weeks. The following evening, the Bears took on Dartmouth (7-7, 4-1). After
Bruno took an 18-11 lead in the first set, the Big Green battled back into the game to even the score at 21. The teams posted 16 more points and saw six set points in the opening stanza before Dartmouth was finally able to get the necessary two-point edge to claim the first frame, 30-28. The squad’s extensive efforts in the first set — and in the match the day before — may have fatigued it, as the Big Green went on to notch 25-17 and 25-18 victories in the following sets to sweep the Bears. While Bruno went winless over the weekend, Thygesen said the games were a testament to the significance of the Bears’ deep roster. “This weekend was a good show of our depth as a team,” she said. “So many people contributed in a lot of positive ways. I think that that’s definitely something that should be applauded.” Against Harvard, Payton Smith ’17 and Sabrina Stillwell ’19 each posted 13 kills. On the defensive end, Shannon Frost ’16 and Melissa Cairo ’18 each recorded double-digit digs for the 12th and 14th time this season, respectively. Thygesen led the Bears against Dartmouth with 10 kills. Next, the Bears will take a break from conference competition with a contest Wednesday against the
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Emma Thygesen ’17 led the Bears with 10 kills against Dartmouth this weekend. She also had 29 total attempts. University of Rhode Island. The contest marks the first in a four-match stretch at home for Bruno. “We didn’t come out ready to go, especially against Dartmouth,” Thygesen said. “That being said, we are coming back hungrier than ever for some wins.” “The team did a good job this
weekend, but we definitely saw some areas we could improve in,” she said. “We’re going to make those improvements and we’ll be ready for them the next time. That’s the thing about the Ivy League: There’s always a next time. And the next time is going to be in our home gym.”
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FIELD HOCKEY
Bears lose in close game against Crimson Brown drops match to
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Bruno finds conference title likely out of reach after suffering second loss of season to Harvard
Bears happy with performance despite loss but stress need for aggressive play in future
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Since the option to end a game in a tie was taken out of collegiate field hockey and Columbia joined the Ivy League — 1995 and 1997, respectively — no team has ever won the Ivy League title with fewer than six victories. For the women’s field hockey team — after a disappointing late loss to Harvard on Saturday — it will take an undefeated conference stretch and outside help to do something unprecedented. After a win at home against Dartmouth two weekends ago, the Bears (5-6, 1-2 Ivy) looked to get their second conference win at Cambridge against a Crimson (7-3, 2-1) team that Bruno beat last season. The Bears have not won two Ivy League games in a season since 2010. Brown got on the board late in the first half when it registered its fourth corner and executed it to perfection. Alexis Miller ’16 got her fifth goal of the season off of a pass from Emily Arciero ’16 — the senior’s team-leading fifth assist. It was the only goal of the half for either team, marking the fourth time all season that Brown has gone into halftime with a lead. A second-half offensive onslaught got off to a quick start when Harvard was able to create its first points of the afternoon. Marissa Balleza capitalized on a juicy rebound in front of the net to even the score at one. Brown responded eight minutes later, when Arciero capped her three-point
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After Emily Arciero ’16 scored the third goal of her career, the Bears were in the lead for the second time in the match against Harvard. day with her first goal of the season, benefiting from a deflection off of a Harvard defender. Arciero’s goal was only the third of her career — she scored a single goal in each of the past two seasons — and it put the Bears in the lead for the second time in the game. Arciero “has been playing really well,” said Anna Masini ’16. “She has great tenacity in front of the cage. We score most of our goals from corners and breakaways, but hers was a great follow after a shot. You could tell she wanted a goal. She’s aggressive in front, and it was great to see her get some points.” But the final 11 minutes spelled doom for Bruno, as star Crimson forward Elizabeth Jacobson scored two unassisted goals in a four-minute span before Ellie Cookson tallied her second of the season just three minutes later. Harvard’s three goals in seven minutes constituted the worst stretch for the Bears defensively all season, eclipsing the three-goal spurt in 14 minutes by Providence. “Columbia and Harvard were two very different games,” Masini said. “In Columbia, for a two-minute stretch,
things didn’t go our way. Against Harvard, we aren’t used to being ahead, and there might just have been some complacency.” In three Ivy games this year, the Bears have given up six goals in the second half and have only managed to tally one for themselves. In all other games, Brown has scored nine goals after the first half, giving up 12. The loss marked the Bears’ second conference loss of the season, making the climb for conference-title contention all but impossible. “I don’t think our goals change,” said Alexis Miller ’16. “This year is still wide open.” “The cool thing about our league is that the title’s always up for grabs,” she said. “We can still be one of the top two or three teams in the league.” Bruno will take on Holy Cross Wednesday before a Saturday tilt with Ivy League heavyweight Princeton. “We just need to stick to our game plan,” Miller said. “We need to do what we’ve done that has made our team great. Princeton’s a very traditional team, but I definitely think we have a chance to beat them.”
The women’s rugby team lost for the second straight week, falling to Quinnipiac at home Saturday, 55-7. Bruno is all too familiar with Quinnipiac, which has been a varsity program with recruited players since 2010. The Bobcats (5-1) ended the Bears’ undefeated season last year, knocking them out of the ACRA regional tournament before falling to Pennsylvania State University. The Bears (3-2, 2-1 Ivy) had hoped to avenge that loss, but were aware of the tall task they faced in playing the Bobcats. “When we went into the match, we knew it was going to be tough,” said Head Coach Kathy Flores. “Most of their team is recruited, whereas we just basically teach girls how to play rugby when they get to college.” “Across the board they were just bigger, faster and a lot stronger than us,” said co-captain Oksana Goretaya ’17. The Bobcats jumped out to an early lead, but Bruno countered with a try from Beth Clifton ’18 to cut the lead to 19-7. The Bobcats would not budge any further than that, holding the Bears scoreless for the rest of the match and putting up 36 unanswered points. Despite the score, Flores, Goretaya and co-captain Tiara Mack ’16 reflected positively on the match. A 48-point
margin might appear lopsided, but the captains stressed that the score does not reflect the team’s performance. “If you were there watching the game, you would have thought that we put up a pretty good fight,” Goretaya said. “I think the team felt really good about the way that we played, despite the scoreboard.” “I was actually pretty happy with our performance, though I know the score didn’t show it,” Flores said. “We actually did very well in comparison to what I thought we might have done.” The team struggled because players were forced into new positions due to injuries, and cohesion between the forward and back units was lacking, Mack said. These issues cropped up against both Quinnipiac and Dartmouth last week, she said. Returning to Ivy League play this week, Bruno will now turn its attention to Columbia. Brown has enjoyed success against the Lions (0-3, 0-3 Ivy) in the past, defeating them 101-0 last season. Mack said she hopes the game will be an opportunity to improve before a tougher matchup against Princeton the following week. “We’re hoping to get some of our newer players in the game to get some good experience,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity to fine-tune our offensive and defensive strategy.” Flores emphasized the need for more aggressive play from her team. “I’d like us to be able to play more of a team attack,” she said. “That’s what I’m looking to continue with in the Columbia match going forward.” The Bears will host the Lions Saturday at 11 a.m. on Marvel Field.