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‘Walk of No Shame’ celebrates sex positivity U. launches $3 billion comprehensive campaign ‘BrownTogether’ more than doubles goal of previous campaign, Ruth Simmons’ ‘Boldly Brown’ By BAYLOR KNOBLOCH SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The University officially launched the “BrownTogether” campaign Friday evening with a goal of $3 billion — its largest fundraising campaign to date. The campaign launch followed a Corporation vote earlier in the day approving the details of the campaign proposed by President Christina Paxson P’19. The campaign’s name reflects the University’s desire to “bring the community together,” Paxson said. Arriving at the value for BrownTogether’s monetary goal involved “a little bit of science” and “a lot of art,” Paxson said, adding that there is no set end date for the campaign. Over the last two years, the University has raised just under $950 million “in what we are calling the nucleus fund,” said Patricia Watson, senior vice president for advancement. Ten donors have already given at least $25 million each. Following a “rule of thumb that you want the nucleus fund to be about 30 percent of the campaign,” $3 billion was identified as a goal that is not only “aspirational but also achievable,” Paxson said. “I’m delighted to see that the president and the Corporation have committed themselves to this much money,” said John Savage P’88 P’95 P’03 P’05 GP’17, professor of computer science. “Brown
has to reach higher than it’s reached before.” The new campaign goal more than doubles that of Brown’s previous comprehensive fundraising effort. At the January 2011 close of the University’s most recent campaign, “Boldly Brown,” former President Ruth Simmons had raised $1.6 billion over the course of six years, surpassing the campaign’s original goal of $1.4 billion. Sixty percent of the funds raised in this campaign came from alums, Paxson said. In June 2011, Yale concluded its most recent campaign with funds totaling $3.9 billion. Princeton closed a campaign at $1.9 billion in June 2012. And in September 2013, Harvard launched its current campaign with the goal of raising $6.5 billion. The targeted $3 billion in funds for BrownTogether will “set in motion plans designed to take Brown to a significantly new level of excellence” and “make a significant impact on global issues beyond Brown,” Paxson said. The objectives of the campaign are grounded in initiatives laid out in Paxson’s 10-year strategic plan, “Building on Distinction,” most notably revolving around the plan’s seven themes of integrative scholarship. Ranging from sustainability to the human experience, these seven interdisciplinary themes use “cross-disciplinary inquiry” to address “real-world challenges,” said Provost Richard Locke P’17. “To do this kind of work and to do it at the level and the scale that we want requires resources, and that’s why this campaign » See CAMPAIGN, page 2
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Emmaline Franklin and Lucy Crelli, co-presidents of RISD’s Sexual Health and Relationship Education, lead the “Walk of No Shame” Saturday.
RISD students take College Hill for SlutWalk, protesting victim-blaming, slut-shaming By NATALIE FONDRIEST STAFF WRITER
In attire ranging from winter coats to completely topless, about 20 Rhode Island School of Design students marched through 40-degree weather at 11 a.m. Saturday carrying picket signs as part of the RISD Sexual Health and Relationship Educators’ “Walk of No Shame.” “Consensual sex is fun!” said Emmeline Franklin, co-president of SHARE, in her welcome to the event with Co-President Lucy Crelli. They led participants who carried signs bearing statements like “I have sex for fun, and I have no shame,” “Not an invitation” and “My pussy, my rules.” The international SlutWalk
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movement, which protests victimblaming in cases of sexual assault and slut-shaming — condemning women for sexual activity — inspired Franklin and Crelli to stage SHARE’s first public event “with a bang,” Franklin said. The co-presidents founded SHARE in spring 2015 to cultivate a more sexpositive campus environment, Crelli said. Participants walked, danced and swayed to songs like Salt-N-Pepa’s “Let’s Talk About Sex” and The Lonely Island’s “I Just Had Sex” blasting from a rolling speaker trailing the group. Demonstrators cheered at each new city block. The group passed staring men, a full college tour on the Main Green and a few applauding students on the Ruth Simmons Quadrangle. Franklin said honks from multiple cars on Thayer Street left her unsure whether drivers intended solidarity or were thinking “Hey, it’s girls with boobs!” Either way, demonstrators cheered back. Spectator support was a highlight of the day, said Nicole Guggino, a Rhode
Island College student and Planned Parenthood intern. One Thayer Street pedestrian shouted after the group, “Sex matters! Sex matters!” A young man popped out of the door of Nice Slice to dance along as the group passed. Several restaurant-goers waved behind windows. “I was a little nervous … that there might be some people who would yell some offensive things, but they didn’t, and I was really happy about that,” Guggino said. The walk was “a moment of revelation for myself,” Alexa Ko, a member of RISD’s Queer Student Association, told The Herald. “It hit me (that) I shouldn’t feel ashamed because it’s not unusual for male-bodied people to reveal their top.” Feeling safe in the group inspired her to “slowly start stripping off,” she said. “I’m going to be way more comfortable after this with my body.” The demonstrators gathered for a follow-up discussion in the living room of Thompson House, home to RISD’s Counseling and Psychological Services. With RISD Title IX support staff present, the students critiqued their “Walk of No Shame” and addressed a host of feminist issues. Students shared personal experiences handling catcalls, which started for some at 12 years old. “Do you respond or not?” asked Claire Richey, a member of SHARE. “My mom (says) ‘Don’t antagonize them — I want you to be safe,’ but am I just supposed to let them talk to me like that?” In addition to critiquing the common conflation of feminism with misandry, the group discussed the need to create intersectional feminism in the » See WALK, page 2
Reporter discusses ethics of drone strike FOOTBALL
Pena ’17 scores four touchdowns in win
Scott Shane shares insights on impact of Anwar al-Awlaki’s death by drone strike
Victory over Cornell puts Bears on four-game win streak, tying Bruno for third place in Ivy League
By AGNES CHAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Scott Shane, a national security reporter for the New York Times, spoke Friday on the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the ethics behind drone strikes and the war on terrorism in the United States. The talk was followed by a signing of Shane’s recent book “Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and the Rise of the Drone.” Shane highlighted the influence and Internet following of Awlaki, the first American citizen killed without trial by the U.S. government since the Civil War. Awlaki spent much of
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New York Times reporter Scott Shane talked with students about the ramifications of American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki’s 2011 death. his time making videos about Islam, in September 2011. one of which called for jihad against But Awlaki’s influence seems to the United States. He was placed on have spread even further since the President Barack Obama’s kill list in United States killed him, Shane said. April 2010 and killed by a drone strike » See DRONES, page 2
The football team finally found an answer to its red zone scoring woes, and his name is Johnny Pena ’17. After watching numerous scoring opportunities slip through their fingers the first five weeks of the season, the Bears (4-2, 2-1 Ivy) turned to their junior running back to finish drives Saturday. The former third-stringer pounded in four 1-yard rushing touchdowns to
lift the squad to a 44-24 victory Saturday at Cornell (0-6, 0-3). “He’s just another guy that epitomizes the next man up mentality,” said co-captain Marcus Fuller ’15.5. “He’s gotten a lot more carries because of some injuries, and he’s really stepped up in a big way.” Bruno controlled the game from start to finish en route to its fourth consecutive win. Nine minutes into the game, the Bears already enjoyed a 21-0 lead and continued the torrid pace to a comfortable 34-10 halftime edge. “We had a gameplan that we had coming into the game and we stuck to it,” Fuller said. “We did a good job of executing — taking what the defense » See FOOTBALL, page 3
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ARTS & CULTURE Production Workshop’s 3C2C showcased five student-run short plays from diverse genres
SPORTS Women’s rugby dominated Princeton 29-0 in last game of the regular season
COMMENTARY Doyle ’18: Showing courtesy to others can go a long way toward destigmatizing outward emotion
COMMENTARY Asker ’17: Brown should spend its money on places and people that matter, not on extravagances
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» CAMPAIGN, from page 1 is so important.” The campaign is divided into four priority areas of investment: people, education and research, campus and community and the Brown Annual Fund. Investments in people will entail $1.1 billion in fundraising for undergraduate financial aid, medical and graduate student fellowships, endowed professorships and diversity, Paxson said. These “efforts to bolster faculty diversity and increase undergraduate financial aid are essential in building a more representative and inclusive learning environment,” said Undergraduate Council of Students President Sazzy Gourley ’16. Investing in endowed faculty chairs allows the University to stay competitive in recruiting and retaining faculty members at the top of their fields, said Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin P’12. “When we are recruiting outside of Brown, the fact that we would have a named chair granted gives a level of prestige.” Approximately 17 percent of faculty salaries are currently endowed, and the University plans to double that amount, McLaughlin said, adding that “every salary that’s supported by endowment frees that amount of money up to support other things in our budget.” The planned $900 million investment in education and research will support growth in Building on Distinction’s seven integrative themes that will bring “different perspectives and ideas together to tackle problems that demand a diversity of knowledge and methodologies,” Paxson said. This involves investing in fields of study that will investigate issues of peace and justice, explore how art affects society, examine how we create and interact with technology and confront the effects of climate change, she said. “By focusing on certain kinds of integrative themes, I think it greatly increases our research competitiveness,” said David Savitz, vice president for research and professor of epidemiology. “I’m very excited that Brown is embracing its identity as a research university, in no way compromising its identity as an
undergraduate institution,” he said. Investments in this area will “help shape not just the kind of research and education that we offer here on campus, but also help shape policy and help discover new treatments and cures and help us promote all sorts of new inventions,” Locke said. The campaign’s goal is to raise $600 million for campus infrastructure, which will allow the University to build a new performing arts center and pursue further development in the Jewelry District, among other projects. These developments in campus infrastructure will help support a campus where “students and faculty come together to do the kind of learning and research that serves society,” Paxson said. Plans for campus infrastructure include “a significant commitment to investing in the research infrastructure,” Savitz said. The University broke ground on the new $88 million engineering building Thursday as part of the campaign kickoff festivities. “In order to be able to do certain kinds of research, you need certain kinds of core facilities,” Savitz said. “There is now an investment and a plan that we’re developing where there would be fundraising toward supporting those kinds of laboratories.” The proposed $400 million in fundraising for the Annual Fund will add to the University’s “pool of unrestricted giving” that offers the flexibility to invest in various programs of study, research and student support, Paxson said. On the whole, the campaign is a “chance to move up even further in some of the areas where we really want to make a mark,” McLaughlin said. “We don’t have the financial resources that our peers do, and if we can get closer to them, we will be able to really take off the table some of the financial advantages that our peers have.” “People are very on board with a lot of the priorities of the campaign,” Gourley said. But with regard to components of the campaign that affect the undergraduate experience, “it’s important that student voices be prioritized in shaping those implementation strategies,” he said.
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» WALK, from page 1 face of white feminism. “If you combine issues, it creates a bigger audience,” said Kelly Eriksen, a member of SHARE. The group’s failure to distinguish between a woman and a uterus-owner made the conversation feel exclusive, said Laura Bejarano, a RISD student and a member of Brown’s Gender, Power and Sexuality — formerly Providence FemSex — workshop. “It’s interesting to question the use of gender in a conversation. Do you really need to say ‘he’ or ‘she’?” The discussion “didn’t feel relevant to me,” Bejarano told The Herald, adding that the group seemed receptive when Bejarano voiced concerns. “I appreciate people are interested in fixing their vocabulary.” The group also addressed the danger
» DRONES, from page 1 Shane questioned the “efficacy” of the killing, arguing that because of his immense Internet presence, Awlaki was celebrated as a martyr after his death. “More than half of all the people who have been arrested in the four years since his death in the United States on terrorism charges … if you look back in the history of their laptop, you’ll find lots of Awlaki videos,” Shane said, adding that the Boston Marathon bombers in 2013 were huge fans of Awlaki and learned how to make the pressure cooker bombs from Awlaki’s English-language magazine “Inspire.” Osama bin Laden’s death in May 2011 and Awlaki’s subsequent killing prompted a string of other much less successful assassination attempts, Shane said. “The Obama White House kind of felt like they were on a roll,” he said. Two weeks after Awlaki’s death, the United States launched another drone strike to kill a mid-level al Qaeda operative but ended up killing a total of seven people — none of whom were the target, Shane said. Among
of “internal downplay,” or weighing one issue over another. For example, “A friend didn’t feel her sexual assault was important because it wasn’t rape,” Franklin said. Before the walk, participants gathered on RISD’s Nickerson Green to make picket signs and pose with whiteboard messages for SHARE’s photo campaign, styled after “Project Not Asking For It,” a campaign in which people assert that their outward appearances never make unwanted sexual attention acceptable. In addition, Planned Parenthood hosted an information booth providing free contraceptives and picket signs. To incorporate the community beyond RISD for the event, SHARE collaborated with Brown, Johnson and Wales University, Rhode Island College, Planned Parenthood, the Center for
Sexual Pleasure and Health, the RISD Title IX Initiative and the RISD Center for Student Involvement, Franklin said. “The great thing about this is (it’s) more powerful as a collaboration,” said Lisa Hoopis, adjunct professor of human sexuality at Rhode Island College. Despite lower attendance than expected, the walk was “still really successful and awesome,” Franklin said. “Even if just one person saw our signs and felt empowered or connected or understood, if one survivor saw a ‘Still not asking for it’ sign, I hope that even that small impact means a whole lot.” “Walk of No Shame” marks Providence’s second SlutWalk — the first came to Burnside Park in 2011. Looking ahead, SHARE aims to bring bystander intervention programming, documentary screenings and a sex therapist to RISD, Crelli said.
those killed was Awlaki’s son. Many Yemenis were “extremely upset at the idea of an innocent teenager being killed, and it made a much bigger impression,” Shane said. Halle Vernon ’19 raised the question of whether there are measures to increase accountability for the killing of innocent people by drones. Shane said in response that the main problem is that the government has never been required to publish information about the number of drone strikes it orders. In addition, an ongoing argument within government administrations is that “drones have a lower rate of civilian deaths and collateral damage than many conventional techniques” that were employed in big wars like the Vietnam War, he said. Shane told The Herald after the lecture that prior to leaving for Yemen, he corresponded with Awlaki’s younger brother, who currently serves as the deputy minister of water and the environment in Yemen. He offered Shane security during his trip. “Ironically, I hired the terrorist’s brother to provide me security” because of the dangers of kidnapping, Shane told The Herald. Though Shane
managed to personally speak to Awlaki’s family members, it was too dangerous to go to the place where Awlaki and his son were killed, he said. While he left the country with many “unanswered questions,” Shane found the whole process of researching and reporting in Yemen “gratifying,” he told The Herald. The talk was co-sponsored by Brown Amnesty International and the Brown Journal of World Affairs. Sadhana Bala ’18, co-president of Brown Amnesty International, said many of the group’s meetings have focused on the debates surrounding violations of human rights, so the group was keen on bringing in an expert to speak to Brown students about a specific case. “Amnesty does a lot of work on human rights, and I think a neglected area is the ethics behind drone strikes in the Middle East,” said Mili Mitra ’18, the other co-president of Brown Amnesty International and a Herald opinions columnist. Shane has been writing about Awlaki since 2009. He began writing his book in late 2013, and it was published in September.
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Five short plays in ‘3C2C’ explore range of human thought
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Students rehearse for the five student-run plays that were showcased during Production Workshop’s ‘3C2C’ on Friday night.
Assortment of plays written, directed and performed by students offers 70-minute emotional roller coaster By SHIRA BUCHSBAUM STAFF WRITER
Production Workshop’s newest presentation, “3C2C,” derives its name from the only major props on stage — three chairs and two cubes — but its content transcends those few objects. A collection of five short plays written, directed and performed by students, 3C2C presents a vast range of genres and emotions in its 70-minute running time. From indie to drama to
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sheer farce, there is no shortage of original thought at the Downspace. The first play, “Annie in a Cave,” written by Iris Cronin ’19 and directed by Jake Kuhn ’17, broaches the idea of being restrained from adventure. Halley McArn ’19 plays Annie, a desperately curious girl trapped in a cave who is guarded from that curiosity by her fellow cave-dweller John (Dylan Jack ’19). Supported by Jacob (Clementine Quittner ’19) and Janna (Alex Daigle ’19), Annie questions why she cannot explore the realm of imagination and
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Women’s hockey Bob Kenneally ’90 opened his career as women’s hockey head coach this weekend with the team’s trip to Auburn, Maine. But the Kenneally era got off to a sour start, as Bruno (0-2-0) fell to the Black Bears twice, 4-0 Friday and 4-1 Saturday. The score of the first game was somewhat deceiving, as the Bears trailed 2-0 with 28 seconds to play, and then Maine (4-4-0, 2-2-0 Hockey East) scored an empty-net goal and added another four seconds before the final horn. Maine outshot Brown by a hefty 33-14 margin, but starting goalie Monica Elvin ’17 acquitted herself well, making 29 saves on 32 shots for a respectable .906 save percentage. Bruno struck first in Saturday’s rematch, as Bridget Carey ’19 roofed a breakaway past Maine goalie Meghann Treacy’s right shoulder for her first career goal. But the Black Bears took over from there, scoring twice in the first period and once in the second and third to run away with the game. Bruno narrowed the shot margin the second time around, but it was still on the wrong side of the 30-18 margin. The Bears will open their home and conference schedules next weekend against No. 8 Quinnipiac and Princeton.
Equestrian The equestrian team tied for second at the Roger Williams University IHSA Show in Portsmouth Saturday, with standout performances from Kabisa Baughen ’17 and Noel Park ’16. Baughen and Park earned blue ribbons with first-place finishes in open fences and walk trot, respectively. Despite finishing behind UMass Dartmouth and tying with Roger Williams and Johnson and Wales, the Bears found that their 33 team points across eight divisions were enough to keep them in first place in the IHSA Zone 1 Region 1.
possibility. Cronin’s 10-minute piece speaks to the unquenchable thirst for creativity and exploration. After Annie storms off the stage in the play’s dramatic conclusion, “A Presentation from the Department of Things at the Institute,” written by Jason Roth ’17 and directed by Cameron Neath ’18, presents a hysterical interpretation of college life. The Doctor (Lily Meyersohn ’19) welcomes the audience to the Institute, which operates on an unknown planet. There, the Doctor presents an exhibition of second-year students who are in the midst of transforming into “things” to be shipped off to the underdeveloped planet Earth. The only play not to immediately use the chairs and cubes, “A Presentation” makes creative use of audience members. Two unwitting viewers are invited on stage to participate in opening, sitting on and kicking Bag (Shannon Sotomayor ’17), Bench (Hwi Jae Shin ’19) and Rock (Noah Chamberlain ’19). Averse to their motionless, soundless state, Bag begs the others to rebel, only to be thwarted by the very angry Doctor, who in retaliation presents the audience with the fully transformed fourth-year students: three chairs and two cubes.
Emotions run high in “The Utopia Project,” written by Sabina Kariat, a Rhode Island School of Design student, and directed by Conor Sweeney ’18. The play introduces the audience to Jamal (Francis Bogan ’18), a man whose memory has been completely wiped clean, and his neuroscientist wife Amelie (Marina Hyson ’18). Desperate to create a better world than the one her husband cannot remember, Amelie tries to fabricate beautiful memories for her unwitting husband. “The Utopia Project” forces a powerful woman in science to reconcile her dreams of a better world with her morality. In a similar vein, “From the Ashes,” written and directed by Emily Garrison ’16, features Jake Gogats ’18 as Boy and Clementine Quittner ’19 as Girl in a war-torn society. Evoking a “Hunger Games”-like totalitarianism, Gogats and Quittner portray a range of male and female roles in the 15-minute play. From small children to lovers, war leaders to a mother and son, the duo executes their on-stage transitions between characters seamlessly, all while demonstrating the vast range of lives impacted by war. “From the Ashes” reminds the audience of the pain and lawlessness war creates.
On the other side of totalitarianism, “3C2C” concludes with the raucous, anti-establishment piece “A Dictator’s Cat,” written by Fletcher Bell ’16 and directed by Marielle Burt ’19. The plays features ninjas, zombies, a golfer and his caddie, two halves of a bear that somehow manage to make out with each other and a well-dressed dictator (Charlotte Senders ’18) and her cat. A character emphasizes repeatedly via megaphone that individuals are not defined by their work. Amongst the absolute mayhem of her totalitarian state, the dictator somehow manages to keep her cool long enough to allow a group rendition of “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton, only to rip apart the lyrics sheets she had handed out moments earlier. An incredible production of five wildly diverse short plays, “3C2C” excellent use of the outstanding talent and minimal props provided to the playwrights and directors. Going in every direction all at once while somehow maintaining a thread of logic, “3C2C” explored the range of human thought in just over an hour. “3C2C” opened Wednesday and runs through Monday.
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again on Cornell’s second possession. With the Big Red backed against its own end zone, Twyman laid a big hit on running back Dane Brown. The blow jarred the ball free, and Twyman’s fellow linebacker Michael Walsh ’16 smothered the pigskin at the 1-yard line. Pena did the rest of the work on the next play. In two second-quarter touchdown drives, the Bears’ offense operated like a well-oiled machine. Balancing the run and pass, Bruno marched 52 and 74 yards in consecutive possessions. Receiver Brian Strachan ’15.5 capped the first drive with a 30-yard touchdown snag. After finishing second in the Ivy League in touchdown catches in 2014, Strachan was scoreless through four games this season. But touchdowns in each of his last two games have the senior rolling again. The next possession had a little bit of everything. Fuller found three different receivers for grabs of over 10 yards. Pena churned out 17 yards on four carries, including his third score. Bruno’s fifth score perfectly represented the element Pena brought to the offense. Facing first-and-goal at the 7-yard line, Head Coach Phil Estes P’18 elected to run the ball with Pena on three consecutive plays. The human bowling ball gained three yards on first down, three yards on second
down and then one yard over the goal line. Entering Saturday, Bruno had only six touchdowns in its 16 trips inside the opponents’ 10-yard line — a putrid 37.5 percent touchdown rate. But on Saturday, the Bears were four-for-four thanks to Pena. Fuller had some humorous praise for the junior’s attitude. “Somehow, in a sick way, he really enjoys contact and punishing guys when the ball’s in his hand,” he said. Pena finished his big day with 25 carries, 112 yards and four touchdowns — all career highs for the backup’s backup. With top running backs Andrew Coke ’16 and Seth Rosenbauer ’16 in and out of the lineup with injuries, Pena has capitalized on his opportunities. After rapidly building their lead, the Bears faltered defensively in the second half. The Big Red amassed 271 yards in its final five drives alone and even cut the lead to 10 early in the fourth quarter. But Bruno pulled away, scoring the final 10 points of the game. Bruno’s winning streak has carried the squad to a tie with Penn for third place in the Ivy League. The Quakers and Bears square off at Brown Stadium Saturday. “We’re on a nice little streak here,” Fuller said. “Penn’s going to be a challenge for us this week.”
was giving us, not forcing things.” Just as he had done with a kick return last week, wide receiver Alex Jette ’17 ignited the Bruno effort with a touchdown in the first minute of play. Quarterback Marcus Fuller ’15.5 found the speedy Jette for a 57-yard strike on just the fourth play from scrimmage. The Big Red secondary could not catch Jette as he scampered to a 7-0 Bruno lead. Jette did the lion’s share of the work again on Bruno’s second possession, a 77-yard touchdown march. The junior receiver corralled passes of 10, 12 and 28 yards on the drive, the last of which set up Pena’s first 1-yard slam. All told, the Fuller-to-Jette formula produced nine completions for 157 yards and a touchdown — all before halftime. “Jette’s done a great job,” Fuller said. “He’s taken an increased role in stride. He definitely showed some flashes a year ago, and we’ve asked him to do a little bit more this year. I think he’s as good as any receiver you’re going to get in this league.” The Bruno defense did its part to maintain the team’s fast start. Last week’s Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week Will Twyman ’16 stepped up
Men’s water polo After winning the Ivy League title last week, the Bears had a less successful slate of games in Santa Clara, California, this weekend. The No. 11 Bears (17-6, 8-0 CWPA) went 2-3 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational, dropping their first three games but rebounding to win their final two Sunday. Bruno fell to the hosts, No. 16 Santa Clara, 13-11 in overtime Friday despite a hat trick from Luke Irwin ’17. On Saturday, six different Bears scored in a 9-6 defeat to No. 10 UC Davis, and four goals each from Matty Gallas ’16 and reigning Herald Athlete of the Week Yahel MurvitzLahav ’17 were not enough as Brown lost to Cal Baptist, 13-11. But Bruno finally redeemed itself Sunday, riding goals from eight different players over two games to a 10-7 win over Fresno Pacific and a 10-8 win over No. 13 Air Force. The Bears will have four more conference games next weekend before hosting the CWPA Northern Division Championship the weekend of Nov. 7–8.
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The volleyball team celebrates on the court Friday evening. The squad had a lot to be happy about, as the Bears beat Yale for the first time since 2005.
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The women’s rugby team gets ready to battle for the ball in a scrum. The squad displayed its offensive and defensive prowess in its last game of the regular season as the team shutout visiting Princeton.
Shutout win caps regular season Bruno keeps Princeton off scoreboard in last game before Ivy League Championships By BEN SHUMATE STAFF WRITER
The women’s rugby team came away with a key conference win Saturday, blanking Princeton 29-0 to end its regular season on a high note. Brown (5-2, 4-1 Ivy) was well aware of the challenge that the Tigers (1-3, 1-3) presented coming into the match. “Princeton is always a hard match,” said Co-Captain Tiara Mack ’16. “Princeton has a history of being a more competitive team.” Continuing the theme of the entire regular season, Bruno’s stout defense proved to be too much for Princeton all game long. Saturday’s match was the second straight shutout for Brown, which has given up only 25 points in five Ivy League games this season. “We’ve really beefed up our defense,”
said Head Coach Kathy Flores. “While we’re still focusing on our attack, we can at least keep the other team from scoring.” Co-Captain Oksana Goretaya ’17 said the team takes defense very personally. “It’s really a pride thing to shut out a team,” she said. Just as in the team’s match against Columbia the previous week, the play of the backs stood out for Brown. “Our backs really improved with their hands and handling, and it took a lot of pressure off our forwards,” Mack said. “That connection that we’ve been talking about all season — coming together as a team, both forwards and backs — we saw that connection happen,” Goretaya said. Brown now has a bye week, giving the team two weeks to prepare for the Ivy League championships. While more Ivy matches lie in wait next weekend, the teams that will make up Bruno’s competition in the tournament — which will include the top four teams in the conference — have mostly solidified
their positions at the top of the standings. Brown currently sits in second place behind undefeated Dartmouth. The Big Green handed the Bears their only Ivy loss of the season Oct. 3. Yale follows Brown in third place, and Harvard sits in fourth. Flores emphasized the importance of the team’s focus and hard work coming off the Dartmouth loss, noting that the break could be beneficial. “I’m happy that we have those two weeks where we can really concentrate on those things that we need to before we get to Ivies,” she said. Mack and Goretaya echoed their coach’s sentiment on the bye week, citing the nursing of several nagging injuries as one of the advantages to taking a week before the tournament. “We are going to take this week really hard and make sure that we smooth out any wrinkles that we have,” Goretaya said. She also pointed out that the team had the exact same two-week gap last season before winning the Ivy League tournament. The Ivy Championships will be hosted by Dartmouth Nov. 11-12.
Well-balanced attack upsets historically dominant Yale After falling to Yale earlier in season, Bruno claims its first win against Bulldogs in a decade By TANEIL RUFFIN SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Coming off a pair of hard-fought games against middling Ivy League opponents Princeton and Penn, the women’s volleyball team began the second half of the Ivy season with a matchup against a dominant Yale squad. After falling to the Bulldogs 3-1 earlier in the season, Bruno (10-10, 4-4 Ivy) emerged victorious Friday evening, beating its guest by the same 3-1 margin at the Pizzitola Sports Center. The Bears boasted an impressive performance all around, as the squad took the first, third and fourth sets of the contest from the five-time defending Ivy League champions. The win over Yale (10-7, 5-3) marked Bruno’s first since Nov. 16, 2005. Looking to repeat its performance earlier in the season, Yale came out strong in the first set of the match and claimed an early 7-2 lead. Not to be bested, the Bears rallied off several kills to get the team back into the game.
The two teams see-sawed until the end of the opening frame. While the Bears managed to take a 24-23 advantage on a kill from Shannon Frost ’16, the Bulldogs responded with a kill of their own to even out the set. In a display of unrelenting play, Casey Tierney ’18 and Courtney Palm ’19 combined for a block on the Bulldogs’ next swing. Frost brought an end to the first set with another kill. Yale again took an early lead in the match’s second stanza, but this time the squad managed to stave off any comeback attempts from the Bears. The second set was the last time during the contest that Yale would get anywhere close to set point. The Bears delivered a commanding response in the third set. Bruno struck early in the stanza, taking a 12-4 lead. The Bulldogs attempted to crawl their way back into the game, but Bruno rattled off seven of the set’s last eight points to claim the 25-14 win. The fourth and final set of the contest proceeded in a similar manner as the third. Bruno handily dealt with Yale to claim the 25-16 set and the match. Up next, the Bears will embark on a four-game stretch on the road and face off against conference foes Columbia and Cornell this weekend.
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Investing in people and places that matter NICHOLAS ASKER opinions columnist
Late Friday night, the entire Brown community, including parents and alums, received an email from President Christina Paxson P’19 announcing the University’s new fundraising campaign, “BrownTogether.” The ambitious plan to raise $3 billion is meant to make possible many of the objectives outlined in Paxson’s strategic plan, “Building on Distinction,” and is the largest fundraising campaign in the University’s history. However intimidating the target amount of money may seem, the University has already raised nearly $1 billion — about a third of its goal — in a silent phase of the plan forerunning the public announcement. A chunk of this socalled “nucleus fund” is enabling the construction of the new $88 million engineering building, which had its groundbreaking Thursday. As communicated by the fundraising website, the campaign’s message rings so vague and platitudinous as to appear meaningless. Indeed, the website is corny and redundant — the phrase “change the world” and tautologies thereof are repeated an embarrassing number of times in the promotional video. To be fair, however, it’s probably true that successful campaigns involve beating a stale drum — look no further than Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential race — and as far as fundraising is concerned, surely it’s a virtue to be gimmicky. So let’s put aside the presentation and cut through all the fluff. Some of the broad strokes of the campaign look promising. I’m happy with the plans to improve the physical spaces on campus: They’re both sensible and modest. According to the website, the Sharpe Refectory, libraries and some athletic facilities will be renovated in ad-
dition to the engineering building being constructed. We can all agree that these are necessary steps to sustaining our campus — for example, the Ratty’s infrastructure is run-down and outdated, and the engineering program really needs more space and new equipment. As we move forward, however, we need to be leery of our focus drifting. Building grand facilities and providing extravagant amenities on top of the ones we already have may be seductive, but it’s not responsible. Granted, new buildings and restoration are great if they’re needed. My point is that the renovation of the Ratty, for example, shouldn’t go beyond infrastructural repairs because we don’t
stering initiatives to recruit more faculty members from underrepresented groups. I’m all in for supporting faculty members and students. Without either group or their interaction, you wouldn’t have a university. It makes sense to heavily and predominantly nurture the lifeblood of your institution. While we’re at it, let’s go even further than the plan outlines and provide better compensation for librarians, Brown Dining Services employees and Department of Facilities Management employees. But one thing we should absolutely not tolerate is a substantial portion of the funding in this area being siphoned off to feed a swelling administration — a scenario that is all too likely.
But one thing we should absolutely not tolerate is a substantial portion of funds being siphoned off to feed a swelling administration, a scenario that is all too likely.
really need anything more. Increasingly it feels like schools make additions to their campuses to compete for spoiled prospective students who expect to be pandered to like they might at a five-star hotel. We don’t want students whose college decisions hinge on the presence or absence of a shiny new dorm. In short, let’s ensure funding in this area goes toward things that sustain the University, not toward gaudy additions. Moreover, it’s commendable that over a third of the funds will be invested in the people who make up the Brown community through things like increasing financial aid, expanding the number of endowed professorships and bol-
There is already an overgrown and untameable bureaucracy on this campus that turns everything from transfer credit to study abroad to leave-taking to financial aid into a drawn-out and burdensome process. Not to mention that palpable air of self-importance that administrators and their professional staff exude — never mind that in reality, they’re auxiliaries. Of course there are some administrators who are integral to Brown’s functioning and who do a genuinely good job. And mind you, some governmental regulations have necessitated university bureaucracies. But in his book “The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-
Administrative University and Why It Matters,” Benjamin Ginsberg, a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University, argues that the rise in the number of administrators at universities over the past three decades has greatly outpaced the growth of student bodies and faculties over this time. You only need to glance at the University website that breaks down the number of Brown employees in each sector to see the unfortunate size to which our particular bureaucracy has grown. What’s so pernicious in addition to increasing costs and wasting time, Ginsberg says, is that campus bureaucracy has crowded out professors, taking away a substantial amount of their decision-making power in determining things like their university’s main direction and even their own curriculums. Why is this so bad? Answering to and being guided by administrators makes professors subservient to the institution, when the opposite should be true: Administrators should serve only as supplemental means to the greater end of teaching and learning, to which professors are indispensable. So allowing administrative functions to grow even larger through this campaign would be a mistake because it would hand more control to marginally useful administrators — overbearing as is — and further marginalize faculty members. If we’re going to fundraise, let’s be productive with the fruit. Instead of giving the public relations geniuses responsible for the promotional video and their staff a pay raise, let’s channel the money into the people who really matter on campus. We need to keep our priorities straight as the specifics of this very general plan are hashed out and executed, lest the wiggle room allowed by its vagueness cause us to stray from what’s good for us.
Nicholas Asker ’17 can be reached at nicholas_asker@brown.edu.
Big girls still cry ALLIE DOYLE opinions columnist
I still remember my biggest fear about entering high school. I convinced myself that I was finally too old to cry in school. “What am I going to do if I get hurt in gym class?” I worried. I got over this idea fairly quickly. I cried the first day because I missed my middle school friends. And the day after that. When my first serious boyfriend broke up with me, I cried in the hallways for a month (once so hard my nose started bleeding — talk about attractive!) I quickly ascended to the throne of waterworks queen. Five years later, not much has changed. I’ve cried in quite a few public locations just this semester: Metcalf Auditorium, the Sharpe Refectory, Sayles Hall and the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center, not to mention outdoors. It has become routine to me. And every time, someone asks me, “Do you want to go someplace private?” Of course these people mean well. Still, I can’t understand why I should need to hide my emotions. I am human, after all.
Brown is probably one of the most understanding and safe places for individuals facing mental health challenges or those who are simply outwardly emotional. Many student groups on campus work every day to make this possible. Students for Samaritans, Active Minds and Project Let’s Erase the Stigma are just a few student groups that help to fos-
rassed. But to be honest, sometimes a smile is all I need. It’s true that you probably shouldn’t bombard a clearly distraught student with “What’s wrong?” — especially if you don’t know the student. Still, ignoring the person completely is not much better. If you usually make eye contact with and smile at passersby, do what
enjoyed the chance to help out while wearing boots shaped like presents. More recently, I stood crying outside of the Duck and Bunny. A man about my age walked by and asked if I’d like a hug. He proceeded to tell me he hoped I had a wonderful rest of the day. With the way that he offered me such kindness without asking for a reason, I couldn’t resist feel-
I can’t understand why I should need to hide my emotions. I am human, afterall.
ter this sort of environment. Still, the stigma remains obvious. The first few times I had meltdowns on campus, I was paranoid that people were staring at me. To my relief, I quickly realized that few were that insensitive. Still, what I’ve experienced is troubling in its own right. It is quite the opposite of staring. In fact, no one will make eye contact with me. And I completely realize that this comes from a place of caring. You think maybe if you avert eye contact, I’ll feel less embar-
you normally do! Of course, every student is different, and I can’t speak for all students by any means. But if I wanted to be alone, I would be in my dorm room, not at the Ratty. Sometimes the smallest gestures can mean the most. In my senior year of high school, when I walked into class crying, my teacher didn’t ask what was wrong. Instead he asked if I’d like to wear a giant Christmas tree costume and collect charity donations in the cafeteria. I was thankful for the distraction and
ing a sense of happiness. This isn’t to say that a simple act of kindness will make someone’s troubles go away. Mental health and emotions are complicated. Frankly, you may not help at all. But I can almost guarantee that the individual will deeply appreciate your gesture. If reading this made you uncomfortable, or if the thought of seeing me bawling at Josiah’s gives you secondhand embarrassment, you might want to keep in mind the stigma you are perpetuating. By treating emo-
tions as strange, embarrassing and inappropriate, you make those who cannot control them feel like they don’t belong. Tears are human. Scientists believe that crying could be an adaptation allowing for a signal to others that you need help. Some studies have shown that tears contain natural pain relievers, which explains the feeling of catharsis that often follows crying. It can happen when you’re happy, sad, angry, embarrassed, scared, frustrated, stressed or anywhere in between. Crying is healthy, natural and okay. It can be scary to remember that the “real world” does not look kindly upon tears. When politicians cry in public, it makes national news. While crying at my summer internship (and wiping my face with a pay stub), I was acutely aware of the danger of appearing weak in the professional environment. But I’m determined not to let my emotions run my life. I will continue to strut proudly down Thayer Street, cheeks glistening. And you should do the same — and know that I’ll smile at you.
Allie Doyle ’18 is that girl you always see crying at the Ratty.
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M. SOCCER
FIELD HOCKEY
Bruno’s unrelenting defense holds Cornell to zero shots on goal in Saturday’s contest
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Defensive pressure lifts Bears over Big Red Cornell’s five-goal surge in Early departure of stalwart Angus ’17.5 due to injury hurts Bears’ defensive efforts
By EMILE BAUTISTA STAFF WRITER
A direct goal from a corner kick by Matthew Chow ’19 was enough for the men’s soccer team to squeak past Cornell, 1-0. With the victory, Bruno (7-5-1, 2-1-1 Ivy) returned from the rough conditions of Ithaca with all three points. The victory vaulted the team into third place in the Ivy League midway through the season, marking a vast improvement from the team’s position at this same point last season, when it was tied for second-to-last. The pivotal moment of the game came in the 60th minute. Chow, a frequent corner taker for the Bears, whipped in a ball from the left corner to the back post. The ball curled right into the side netting without being touched for an Olympic goal — a goal directly from a corner. It was Chow’s third tally of the season, giving him the secondmost on the squad. One goal was all the team would need, as the Bears’ backline held its own and posted its fourth shutout of the season. “I believe it was a very tough game. The conditions were rough and we had to grind out the win,” Chow said. On paper, Cornell (3-10-1, 1-3) seemed to be no match for Bruno, having only recorded three wins all season. Brown’s high-powered offense — one of the most prolific in the league — looked to take advantage of Cornell’s porous defense that had allowed 1.38 goals per game. A team that prides itself on its defensive capabilities, the Bears also faced the statistically worst offense among the teams in the Ancient Eight. The Big Red’s feeble offense averages 0.54 goals per game and had been shut out eight times going into the matchup. But the Bears, who have been
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Matthew Chow ’19 passes the ball to a teammate. Chow scored the only goal of Saturday’s game from the left corner after 59 minutes of play. known to start slow and have had several lackadaisical first halves this campaign, continued that trend Saturday. Cornell came out of the gates hungry to prove it was a worthy opponent. It arguably had the better chances, including several dangerous crosses that had to be dealt with by defenders or goalkeeper Teo Norhagen ’19, who made his second start of the season. The Big Red’s best chance of the half came when Norhagen committed an egregious punting error that almost resulted in an open opportunity for a couple of Cornell players. Brown defenders tracked back appropriately and were able to clear the area of any danger, saving Norhagen from making the blooper reels. The half ended 0-0, and the Big Red had a commanding 7-1 lead in shots, though none were on target. Cornell also had a surprisingly high number of corner kicks at eight. After the break, the Bears came alive and looked to take control of the flow of the game. The newfound offensive pressure provided a stark contrast to the lack of chances created in the first half. “Coming into the second half, we were told to press higher up the field to force turnovers closer to their goal,”
Chow said. The increased pressure put Cornell on the back foot, and the Bears were rewarded when Chow — an emerging stalwart in the team’s starting lineup — scored his goal. But Cornell did not surrender and instead replied by ramping up the pressure. Chris St. Germain connected with a cross in the 63rd minute. Fortunately for Bruno, it careened off the post and out of play. The Big Red would not get a chance better than that, and the game ended as a slim victory for Brown. In the end, the Bears held Cornell to zero shots on target, and Norhagen recorded his second shutout in as many starts. This victory also improved the team’s record in games decided by one goal to 5-4. These are the types of results the team needs to grind out if it hopes to propel itself further in Ivy contention. “Our determination and focus during our set pieces is what makes the difference in these tight, one-goal games,” Chow said. “We do a good job both offensively and defensively when it comes to dead-ball situations.” The team hopes to keep this momentum in a midweek match against UMass Lowell, followed by a clash at home next weekend against Penn.
In 2012, the only Ivy game the women’s field hockey team won was against Cornell, a double-overtime thriller in which a first-year named Hannah Rogers ’16 scored in the first half. Three years and 13 goals by Rogers later, Cornell (9-5, 4-1 Ivy) has become an insurmountable hurdle for the Bears (6-8, 1-4). A 2-1 loss in 2013 followed by a 4-0 defeat in 2014 set the scene for a revenge match this year, but Bruno suffered a tough defeat, 6-1. The Bears went down early when Isabel Siergiej scored on a rebound after only two minutes, but Bruno was able to calm down and avoid conceding multiple goals in the following minutes. The first half was fairly even — like in most of the Bears’ games this year — as Alexis Miller ’16 scored her sixth goal of the season with seven minutes left in the frame. “One of the main goals of our season was to come out really strong,” said co-captain Anna Masini ’16. “We came out hard from the get-go.” Emily Arciero ’16 and Masini recorded helpers on the goal, which moved Arciero to seventh all-time for Brown in assists. The goal also pushed Miller into a tie with Rogers for the team lead in goals and marked her 13th point on the season — a new career high. Miller scored 12 points in her first three seasons, so the 13th point was a milestone for the senior. The second half was Brown’s downfall, as it let up a goal just five minutes after halftime. Krysten Mayers scored her 13th goal of the year on an unassisted breakaway, deflating any momentum that the Bears had mustered. “The score didn’t really reflect our
defensive success,” Masini said. “The beginning of the second half was some of our best field hockey, but once one goal gets in, the few minutes following that are very important. Cornell capitalized offensively in this game.” The breaking point came after Cornell’s second goal of the game, as defensive stalwart Katarina Angus ’17.5 suffered an injury that forced her to come out of the game. Missing Angus, who had played almost every minute this season, was tough for the Bears, and it showed. Four minutes after Mayers’ goal, Siergiej scored her second of the game on a lift shot. Angus is “a pivotal player,” Masini said. “She has a very strong presence. When she’s not on the field, her direction and her voice (are) missed.” It took the Big Red 14 more minutes to score again, but it did so twice in quick succession when Sam McIlwrick and Katie Carlson found the back board in a span of 30 seconds to put Bruno down 5-1. Siergiej finished the game with two goals and two assists for Cornell, while Taylor Standiford also pitched in with a pair of helpers. Brown was unable to muster much of anything offensively in the second half, only registering two shots and one corner. Cornell, on the other hand, stepped up its offensive game in the second half, creating six corners and finishing with 12 shots in the second frame. Katy Weeks scored Cornell’s sixth and final goal of the game. The result matched the worst Ivy defeat for the Bears in over a year, as Brown fell to Dartmouth by the same scoreline in September 2014. Brown will look for its second Ivy win of the year against Penn at home next weekend before taking on Lehigh in its final home tilt of the year. “There will be a lot of emotions amongst the senior class,” Masini said. “Last year’s Penn game was one of our wildest games. We felt like there was a force field around the net. We’ll be ready to come out and fight really hard.”
W. SOCCER
Story ’19 scores two crucial goals in double-overtime victory First conference victory of 2015 inspires Bears to look forward to .500 season, future of program By JAMES SCHAPIRO STAFF WRITER
Entering Saturday’s game against Cornell, the women’s soccer team (5-7-2, 1-3-1 Ivy) had not scored against an Ivy League opponent in four conference match ups. But against the Big Red (9-2-4, 2-2-1), the Bears rallied in the second half and overtime to claim their first Ivy win of the season, 3-2. Though the result was favorable in the end, the Bears appeared overwhelmed for much of the match. Cornell’s Charlotte Tate scored in the eighth minute, and less than two minutes into the second half, Paige DeLoach added another for the Big Red. The Bears took only three shots in the first half, but they knew that their offense, which has been streaky all season, had the potential to mount a comeback at a moment’s notice. And the Big Red had reason to be afraid:
“2-0 is the most dangerous score in soccer,” said forward Celia Story ’19. “Once you get one, you get the momentum back.” Sure enough, the Bears got on the board in the 63rd minute when Carly Gould ’17 — after a hat trick two weeks ago against Marist — fired a shot past the keeper off a feed from Amanda Lane ’19. Less than two minutes later, Story found the back of the net from inside the 18-yard box to provide the equalizer, with help from Jennifer Caruso ’19. “We got one in the second half, and then we got another one two minutes later,” Story said. “We knew we could do it, but we just needed to put those words into action. We’d been saying that all game.” Multiple players have said throughout the season that their offense is better than the numbers suggest. The stats somewhat support these sentiments,
telling a tale of two vastly different teams: The Bears have played 14 games and scored 15 goals, but 12 of those goals have come in just four games. The Bears have won all four games in which they have scored two or more goals, but in their other 10 games, they have scored only two goals total. After Story’s goal in the 65th minute, the two teams traded punches. The Bears took ten shots in the second half to the Big Red’s five, but neither could find the net again. After Sydney Calas ’17 hit the post with 32 seconds remaining, and Lane fired the rebound high, the Bears went to overtime for the fourth time this season. “We were kind of just like, ‘We have to want it more.’ That was what that game was about,” Story said. “We know we can do it. Let’s just get it done.” Sure enough, after a scoreless first overtime, the Bears struck in the second. Story netted the game winner, her second of the match, assisted by Gould. Calas “had a great early service in, and (Gould) placed it perfectly,”
Story said. “The goalie kind of got it, almost saved it, but I was there on the rebound luckily.” The Bears understood the importance of the win and celebrated in kind. “It was definitely needed. It’s going to propel us forward through our next games,” Story said. Of the celebration, she added, “I’d never been at the bottom of a dog pile before.” The significance of the game is twofold: It provides the Bears with a sorely needed Ivy victory and also leaves open the potential of a .500 season, both in Ivy play and overall. If the Bears can defeat Penn next weekend and Yale in two weeks, they will finish 7-7-2 and 3-3-1 in Ivy play. Though some focus has already turned to next year after the Bears’ underwhelming record this season, Story is adamant that the team’s primary goal remains winning its final two games. “Penn is senior night, so we want to have a really strong game for our seniors to honor them and what they’ve done for the program,” she said. “We’re
definitely trying to win the next two games — why not finish 3-3-1?” Next weekend’s game versus Penn will also be meaningful for a different reason: It will be the final home game for Head Coach Phil Pincince. Pincince, the longest tenured women’s soccer coach in the country, will retire after this season, his 39th. “Over his career, he has developed a system of how he does things, and he’s kind of perfected it,” Story said. “He’s going to continue to do what he does and finish out his amazing career in a strong, calm way.” The departure of Pincince will make next season even more exciting. The Bears are fortunate that many of their key players are young, and the team will not be decimated by losses when this year’s seniors graduate. With a new coach in the mix as well, there are reasons for optimism. “Right now, we’re focused on finishing this season,” Story said. “But we’re all pretty excited for what’s to come.”