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Bears defeat Central Conn., fall to Cal U. evaluates potential

effects of tax plan

Mehta ’19 shoots 60 percent from three-point range in close loss to topranked California team

Provisions would tax endowment, waived grad student tuition, additional tuition aid

By RILEY PESTORIUS STAFF WRITER

The women’s basketball team was back in action this week, starting off with a commanding 78-55 victory at Central Connecticut State University Thursday but following with a 89-79 loss to No. 20 University of California at Berkeley Sunday. Playing against the Blue Devils (0-3), the Bears (2-1) controlled the flow of the game from the start, limiting CCSU to just seven points scored in the first quarter. Guard Justine Gaziano ’20 led her team with 22 points, five rebounds and two assists. Bruno struggled from three-point range, scoring on just five of 24 attempts, but was still more successful than the Blue Devils, who converted on four of 25 from three. “We did well in transition. We had a really good first quarter,” said Head Coach Sarah Behn. Bruno added 12 points in fast break offense, while limiting its opponent to just four. Behn added that her team’s strong start

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The Bears started strong against Central Connecticut State, earning a 12-4 advantage over the Blue Devils in the first quarter. was important, but they must work on playing consistently. “We probably played 22 to 24 good minutes of basketball. We have to get that up into the 30s.” Although the Bears turned over the ball 17 times, they ultimately were

able to find success in their rebounding, collecting 55 boards, compared to Central Connecticut’s 41. Forward Janie White ’18 was the leading rebounder for the Bears, gathering eight. Guard Taylor Will ’19 was once » See BASKETBALL, page 3

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a tax overhaul Nov. 16 that would impact the income from the University’s endowment, the tuition assistance program for employees and graduate student tax rates. The bill would also reduce tax incentives for charitable giving to the University and eliminate the student loan interest deduction. The House tax package shares many provisions with the Senate version, which was approved by the Senate Finance Committee Nov. 16. Taxing University earnings Both the House and Senate bills would impose a 1.4 percent annual excise tax on the net investment incomes of private universities with assets of more than $100,000 per student. This provision would not affect Brown significantly, said Daniel Hemel, assistant

professor of law at the University of Chicago. Based on the endowment’s 13.4 percent return in fiscal year 2017, Brown would pay a tax equal to 0.2 percent of its endowment, he added. The tax paid by the University “could be in the range of anywhere between a little over $3 million and a little over $6 million per year,” said Provost Richard Locke P’18. Thirty-two percent of the endowment’s earnings “go just to scholarships and fellowships, and another 20 percent goes to supporting professors,” Locke added. The excise tax would “really hurt people and support for people.” “At least in the revised version of the House bill,” the excise tax is “limited to about 70 institutions across the country,” said Patrick Thomas, director of Notre Dame Law School’s tax clinic. As such, this provision would not generate a significant amount of money for the government, yielding only $2.5 billion between 2018 and 2027, Hemel said. For comparison, “the total cost of the reduction in the corporate tax rate is about $1.5 trillion” over the next 10 years, he added. Financial considerations are not » See TAX, page 2

New initiative connects Nitro Cart to set up shop on West Side IBES, Nelson Center Baristas, bike mechanics Program assists student development of solutions to environmental problems By MARI HERREMA STAFF WRITER

The Program for Environmental and Civic Engagement, a new initiative of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, brought together IBES and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for the first time. Announced in October, the collaborative project aims to assist students’ development of entrepreneurial solutions to environmental issues by providing them with resources, including funding and advising. PECE was created in the wake of a fundraising effort by the leadership of IBES, after which Director of IBES Amanda Lynch approached Stephen Porder, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and environment and society, to lead the project’s development, Porder said. Porder, who teaches the introductory course ENVS 0490: “Environmental

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Science in a Changing World,” knew he could advise students on how pressing particular environmental concerns are, Porder said. But for entrepreneurial expertise, Porder approached the Nelson Center about collaborating on PECE. While many students in the Environmental Studies and Science concentrations are already considering ways to solve environmental problems, they might not “see anything at the nexus of entrepreneurship and solutions,” Porder said. “It’d be really great if we could incentivize a broader group of students — not just students who come at it from an environmental perspective, but people who come at it from an entrepreneur perspective, to think about these issues,” he added. Porder’s early conversations with directors of the Nelson Center focused on how PECE could take advantage of resources and grant programs the center already offered. Part of the Nelson Center’s philosophy is defining “entrepreneurship as this methodology for solving problems,” said Daniel Warshay ’87 P’20, executive director of the Nelson Center. This methodology » See PECE, page 3

to work side-by-side come December in shop opening on Federal Hill By BAYLOR KNOBLOCH SENIOR REPORTER

Campus favorite Nitro Cart brewers will open their first brick and mortar cafe this winter at 288 Broadway in a space shared with DASH Bicycle Shop. With construction for The Nitro Bar already underway in the existing bike shop, both vendors are excited to collaborate. “It has always been a pipe dream of mine to open up a space for a community of people, especially something around craft coffee that’s locally sourced and sustainable,” said Audrey Finocchiaro, one of The Nitro Cart’s two owners. Serendipitously, DASH owner Leo LaBelle was looking to bring in a hip coffee retailer to fulfill his longtime goal of creating a combined coffee bar and bike shop — a concept he has seen in a few cities across the country, he said. With its loyal clientele, strong brand, established Instagram following and young employees (all under the age of 25), The Nitro Cart fit the bill. “The Nitro guys are onto a wave that

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DASH Shop owner Leo LaBelle has long sought to collaborate with an innovative coffee retailer to create a combined coffee bar and bike shop. we wouldn’t be able to keep up with,” LaBelle said. As a self-professed “old fart” at the age of 45, LaBelle expects that The Nitro Cart brand will prove a “good complement” to his existing store, he said. “I’m a big fan of their brand,” said

Sean Manning ’18.5, a loyal drinker of the nitro brew. “It’s cool seeing young people start a business like this.” The plan is to open The Nitro Bar in December, said Andrew Tower, the architect and interior designer working » See NITRO CART, page 3

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SPORTS Football falls to Columbia 24-6 Saturday in final match of winless Ivy League campaign

SPORTS Men’s hockey blanks Princeton 3-0, falls to Quinnipiac 5-0 in split weekend road trip

COMMENTARY Mitra ’18: Sexual assault is chronic issue that continues to plague U.S. politics

COMMENTARY Savello ’18: Rise in number of CS, engineering concentrators could have mixed consequences

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» TAX, from page 1 the only motivation behind the inclusion of the excise tax, Hemel said. “Several Republican senators have been vocal critics of large universities — Ivies and others — that they seem to see as bastions of the elite,” he added. Among the provisions that impact higher education, the excise tax is the most likely to be passed, Hemel said. “Of all of the provisions, (the excise tax) probably has the least amount of effect on the least amount of people and could potentially generate some bipartisan support,” Thomas said. Politicians on both sides of the aisle worry that universities with large endowments make “risky” or “secret” investments in hedge funds or overseas markets, he added. Taxing graduate student tuition Under the House bill, waived graduate student tuition would be treated as taxable income. Graduate students currently pay taxes on their annual $30,000 stipends, which puts unmarried students roughly in the 15 percent tax bracket, Thomas said. If their waived tuition — generally about $50,000 per year — was interpreted as income, “that pushes them up into the 25 percent tax bracket,” he added. The taxing of waived tuition “would devastate graduate programs everywhere” and “basically wipe them out,” Locke said. If the provision passes, graduate students at the University will be left with about $13,000 of their stipends to live on annually, said Dennis Hogan GS, a member of Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees and the University Resources Committee. At the URC public forum held by Locke November 16, it was revealed that the total estimated federal and state tax per student would be $16,830 if the House tax plan goes through. The taxing of waived tuition “would result in graduate education becoming the exclusive privilege of an elite class, only accessible for those with means to support themselves on what in some cases would be poverty wages,” wrote Aaron Jacobs GS, a member of SUGSE,in a follow-up email to The Herald. The tax would “triple or quadruple the tax burden on graduate students,” Hogan said. “Regardless of whether you consider yourself on one end of the political spectrum or the other, this one line item in this bill can seriously affect graduate students of a very wide range of financial backgrounds,” said Andrew Lynn GS, chair of student life for the Graduate Student Council. “So I urge graduate students to not consider this a partisan issue.” As the Senate bill does not include the provision to tax waived tuition, the provision is unlikely to pass, Hemel said. “There is a lack of clarity about (what) the precise effect” would be should the provision pass, Thomas said. Universities might find a way to exclude waived tuition from taxable income, or the Internal Revenue Service might take a position that precludes graduate students from paying higher taxes than they currently pay, he added. “It’s hard to believe that the House really intended to impose a tax on the tuition sticker price for every PhD student in the country,” Hemel wrote in a follow-up email to The Herald. “If

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that did happen, it would have serious negative consequences for the ability of U.S. universities to compete for the world’s top grad students.” However, in the short term, the proposed tax may deter prospective graduate students from pursuing graduate education, Thomas said. Taxing tuition assistance and additional provisions To help employees pay for the undergraduate tuition of their dependents, the University provides its employees with up to $11,700 annually per dependent through its Tuition Aid Program. This tuition assistance would be taxed under the House bill, Locke said, adding that scholarships for employees wishing to take classes at Brown and elsewhere would also be taxed. The provision would undermine “some of the core benefits that we give employees at Brown,” he said. The House bill would also reduce incentives for charitable giving to the University, Hemel said. Under the bill, “we’ll go from a third of people having a tax incentive to give to charity to probably less than a tenth,” he said. This “will matter for universities like Brown, which are largely funded by charitable giving.” But the University’s largest donors will still likely be incentivized to give to Brown, Hemel said. Interest paid on student loans would also no longer be tax deductible under the bill, and the Lifetime Learning Credit, a 20 percent tax credit on up to $10,000 in tuition expenses, would be repealed. Bringing down the bill In partnership with Ivy-plus peer institutions and higher education associations, the University is participating in lobbying initiatives to address provisions of the House and Senate bills that affect higher education, said Al Dahlberg, assistant vice president of government and community relations for the University. Organizations such as the American Association of Universities, American Council on Education, Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges and National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities “can amplify our ability to communicate and influence legislation,” Dahlberg added. In response to the announcement of the proposed excise tax on endowment income, the University collaborated with these organizations

and Ivy-plus schools to “gauge the legislative intent and the impact it would have on our institutions,” Dahlberg said. He added that the goal is to illustrate the effect of the excise tax to members of Congress not just as “a dollar figure” but also in terms of its “impact on affordability” and on “the research that fuels innovation” and “creates the technologies critical for national defense, for economic development and for advancements in medical research.” “Our hope is that once members hear and see the full extent to which the policies will limit accessibility and affordability they will reconsider,” wrote Pedro Ribeiro, vice president for communications at the Association of American Universities, in an email to The Herald. “It’s one thing to put policy down on paper, it’s another thing entirely to actually see the impact.” Staff members of the University’s government relations group share Brown’s objections to provisions of the tax bills with staff in “our congressional delegation,” Dahlberg said. President Christina Paxson P’19 has called U.S. Senators. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and is in the process of speaking to other members of Congress, he added. As “GOP members are going to be critical to influencing the bill,” the University is “working closely with the schools that are in red states and have moderate GOP members who understand what’s at stake — who believe firmly in higher education,” Dahlberg said. Brown and other Ivy-plus institutions are trying to communicate with these members of Congress and their staff members through alums with congressional connections, he added. Paxson has asked for the assistance of the University’s Corporation in “reaching out to influential members of Congress,” Dahlberg said. The Senate bill vote will most likely take place the week after Thanksgiving and is the University’s “best opportunity to influence this legislation,” Dahlberg said, adding that the University is currently focusing most of its lobbying efforts on the Senate. On Nov. 14, SUGSE organized a phone bank — spearheaded by Lubabah Chowdhury GS and Hilary Rasch GS — during which graduate students called their representatives in Congress to inform them of the effects of the tax bill on graduate workers and their communities.

Though not an official sponsor of the event, the GSC supports the “dissemination of tax information and contacting the Congresspersons,” Lynn said. The council is currently drafting a letter to be sent to members of Congress, he added. “Graduate students themselves are a fairly potent political force,” Hemel said. Planning for passage Until a specific bill is passed, the University doesn’t “actually know what we should be responding to,” Locke said. “But we’re spending a lot of time

thinking about different scenarios and preparing for them.” Efforts are focused on determining what costs the bill would generate, where the resources to defray these costs would come from and whether there are legal ways to minimize the impact of the bill, he added. While the URC is continuing its work on a budget begun before the House bill was publicized, “we’re also going to try to figure out what’s plan B,” Locke said. This involves determining the economic impact of the passage of all or some of the bill and then formulating an alternative budget “that allows us to meet these new expenses,” he added. If graduate student waived tuition was taxed, ensuring that students still had an adequate stipend would cost “enormous amounts of money” — perhaps around $35 million, Locke said. “There are ways that we could still be considered graduate students and have our tuition covered but maybe redistributed in a way that is not taxed so that the government doesn’t see it as income,” Lynn said. “This is a huge challenge and one that we didn’t predict or we didn’t foresee a couple of months ago, … and I feel very proud to be in a community of faculty and staff and students who are all kind of rallying to try to figure out how do we meet this challenge,” Locke said. “I feel like people are really coming together to work together on this.” — Additional reporting by Emily Davies.

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» NITRO CART, from page 1

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The Nelson Center and the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society provide funding and advising to catalyze student start-ups that plan to produce entrepreneurial solutions to environmental problems.

» PECE, from page 1 consists of three steps: defining a problem or an “unmet need,” developing a value proposition and creating a sustainability model. The Nelson Center supports the early steps of this process through its Explore and Expand grants, which award students up to $500 and $2,500, respectively. Warshay and Jonas Clark, associate director of the Nelson Center, shared this model with Porder, who “was eager to collaborate with us within the structure that we’ve already established more broadly,” Warshay said. The Nelson Center is also excited about the collaboration. “The combination of IBES’ expertise and ours yields opportunities together that probably wouldn’t have seen (the) light of day, and we’re happy to catalyze a lot of those,” Warshay said. “We’re all nurturing seedlings together. They just have some thematic overlap here.” While the Nelson Center’s grants might seem small, particularly when compared to huge initial investments of other startups across the country, the center has a reason for limiting them. “The hard adage is fail fast, fail cheap,” Warshay said. These grants are “not intended to cover everything.

They’re intended to catalyze a process. … (They’re) nowhere near enough, typically, to get (students) to the finish line, but it might get them to the starting line, with some more confidence and more understanding of the problem they’re looking to solve.” If students wish to continue their venture after using the Nelson Center’s grants, the money IBES raised and dedicated to PECE will support students’ future steps. PECE is still in the stage of taking applicants. Students are encouraged to meet with both Porder and Clark to develop and refine their ideas prior to applying for an initial Explore grant. Between these two mentors, applicants can assess the potential impact of their idea, make connections with experts on the specific environmental issues they seek to address, anticipate potential challenges and outline future steps. When meeting with Explore grant applicants, Clark said he looks for a few different things. “One is that someone is really, genuinely interested, and you can see that they’re really enthusiastic about diving into this,” he said. And while students don’t necessarily have to be far along in the development process, “they have to have some reasonable clarity about the

problems that they want to solve, and also a sense of what they could need to do in order to get further clarity about it.” David Schurman ’20, a prospective double concentrator in engineering and computer science, recently received an Explore grant. Schurman’s project uses drones and lightweight but powerful air quality sensors in hopes of creating the means to gather good air quality data, especially in locations where it is difficult to capture such information through traditional means, such as satellites. Consulting with both Porder and Clark helped Schurman develop his idea from “just a project” to something with the potential for a much larger impact, he said. “Environmental solutions … don’t really get as much credit as other things,” Schurman said. “People have problems finding ways for it to be profitable, because when your motive is something more like, ‘We’re going to do this for the good of the earth, or the good of all of us,’ it’s not like a normal business where you start from the first principles of making money. That’s not always what’s most important. So it’s good to have support from these kinds of things.”

on the project. He envisions the bike service counter and the coffee bar in “a continuous line through the room,” with the mechanic and barista working side-by-side separated by a pane of glass, he added. “We’re not trying to make anything too pretty or too fancy,” Tower said, adding that he wants to maintain the cool simplicity the coffee brand has maintained since its launch last September. The Nitro Cart started with just one cart in downtown Providence, Finocchiaro said. They soon added a second cart and brought both traveling coffee stations to campus, setting up shop on Waterman and George streets. “We really connect with the Brown students,” Finocchiaro said. “We feel very similar to you guys.” Business was good, and the company even installed nitro taps in some local restaurants, but the actual carts had to close for the winter. So when Labelle approached the cart owners this fall and asked if they would be interested in moving into part of his store to set up a nitro coffee bar, it posed a good business opportunity for the fledgling vendors, Finocchiaro said. “His clientele is similar to ours, which I think will work out well,” Finocchiaro said, adding that she would describe their shared customer base as “millennials” — even though she hates the word. And Rhode Island local Finocchiaro had always liked DASH’s neighborhood — the west side of Providence — because it reminds her of Brooklyn, she said. The coffee brewers’ 500-square-foot area within the bike shop “will be set up like a bar, with taps” of nitrogen-infused iced coffee, said Cole Criollos, a Nitro Cart employee. Criollos mans The Nitro Cart on Waterman Street, but “probably won’t be out much longer” as the weather gets colder, he said. Now, with an indoor

» BASKETBALL, from page 1 again crucial to Brown’s success, contributing 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists in the victory. The Bears looked to continue the hot start to their season Sunday against Cal. The Golden Bears (2-1) came into the matchup ranked 20th nationally. Behn noted that her team’s confidence was encouraging. “I’m proud of the kids because they weren’t intimidated. They followed the game plan … and they did everything I asked.” Bruno’s game plan, described by Behn as “space out the floor, take a lot of threes and see if we can get some offensive boards,” was clear from the opening minutes of the game. The team took 41 three-point shots total and made 16 of them. Cal was just four of 16 from three. Guard Shayna Mehta ’19 was automatic from beyond the arc, going nine of 15 from threepoint range. Her nine three-pointers set a single-game school record and her 33 points are a career high and the eighth most in a single game in Brown history. Brown’s impressive efficiency on three-point shooting allowed them to stay in the game alongside their top-ranked opponent. Bruno trailed by just two points going into the half and kept the deficit small until the final minutes of the game. Coach Behn expressed frustration

coffee bar at DASH, The Nitro Cart fans will have a home base all winter long. “We have this really awesome community of people we’ve built around The Nitro Cart, and we’re excited to hang out together,” Finocchiaro said. LaBelle hopes The Nitro Bar will not only get people in the store, but also encourage them to spend time there, offering an opportunity for cyclists to bond in a relaxed atmosphere, he said. The “social aspect” of coffee has the power to bring people together, he said. “The whole point of cycling is to get more people into cycling. If we sit down and have a coffee together, … that coffee just brought us closer.” LaBelle estimates that currently, 80 to 90 percent of the store’s customers “will drop their bike off and go down the street to Seven Stars Bakery,” he said, adding that the in-house Nitro Bar will give these customers a more convenient option to grab a coffee as well as connect with fellow bikers. Seven Stars Bakery, just four blocks west of DASH, is not too concerned about losing business to The Nitro Bar. “We’re more so in competition with bakeries as opposed to coffee shops,” said Peyton Helgeson, a Seven Stars employee. “We have pretty good business,” she said. The Nitro Bar also doesn’t aim to take away business from any fellow cafes . “We don’t really think of people as competition because we’re doing our own thing and have this awesome community of supporters,” Finocchiaro said. “We feel positively toward other coffee shops.” In addition to their signature nitro brew, The Nitro Bar will also introduce new nitro flavors and serve craft espresso drinks. They plan to sell around 10 varieties of Colombian pastries from Caprichos Antioqueños Bakery in Pawtucket, Finocchiaro said, adding that the authentic empanadas are one of her favorites. “I don’t know if I’ve ever tried something so good. It’s out of this world.”

with foul calls, noting that her team took and made just five free throws, while the Golden Bears made 17 free throws on 30 attempts. Bruno committed 22 fouls, while Cal only gave 10. “I feel like if those numbers were a little more similar, it would’ve been different,” Behn said. She added that she was forced to sit key players during crucial stretches of the game because they were in foul trouble over calls that Behn did not agree with. The Bears were out-rebounded by their opponent 58 to 31, and were hard-pressed to protect the rim, allowing 46 points in the paint. “We didn’t have great options today because they’re hard to guard. We couldn’t stop the bleeding with the defensive rebounds. It was tough,” Behn said. Cal shot well enough on its last few free throws to ultimately pull away from the Bears, but Behn sees the upside in this loss against formidable opposition. “I hope that we learn from this game and get better with rebounding, I hope that this helps us in Ivy play. Each game we’re growing and taking things that are positive and things that we can work on,” she said. The team is back in action next week over the holiday break, traveling to Stockton, California, for the Thanksgiving Turkey Tip-Off Tournament. The Bears will face off against Hampton University Nov. 24 in their first game of the tournament.

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Bears finish season with 24-6 loss at Columbia Offensive struggles hinder Bruno, defense proves strong in final act of winless Ivy campaign By TESS DEMEYER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Seven weeks after recording what would be its last win, the football team closed out its 2017 season with a 24-6 loss to Columbia on the road Saturday. The Bears’ (2-8, 0-7 Ivy) defense put up a strong performance to keep Columbia within striking distance for three quarters, but the Lions’ (8-2, 5-2) special teams pounced on Bruno’s kicking game to seal victory and a second-place finish in the Ivy League. Michael Hoecht ’20, Grant Varner ’19 and co-captain Richard “Dewey” Jarvis ’17.5 all found their way past Columbia’s offensive front into the backfield for a combined six sacks. Bruno racked up ten tackles for loss and forced a fumble, holding Columbia to only 275 yards of total offense. “The defense played amazing,” Jarvis said. “They did a great job. … There was a lot of emotion because it was the last game for a lot of people. We’ve been installing new packages and new plays all week, so we were able to show up and run some of those new packages. Mainly, it was a lot of emotion coming from the older guys who wanted to fight for their final game.” Jarvis closed out his career with 16.5 sacks — second all-time at the University. Despite outgaining the Lions in total yards and dominating on the defensive side of the ball, the Bears were unable to find a spark on offense, notching only five trips inside Columbia territory and two red zone appearances. After failing to complete a single

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Quarterback Thomas “TJ” Linta ’18 throws a pass as the Bears were unable to overcome the Lions on the road, despite keeping the scores close for the first three quarters. Ultimately, the Lions managed to outplay Bruno’s powerful defense. pass in the first quarter, Thomas “TJ” Linta ’18 connected on 30 of 60 attempts for a season-high 263 passing yards. The veteran quarterback also led the team on the ground with 26 rushing yards as the Columbia defense bottled up the Bears. By the time Linta completed a threeyard shovel pass to Livingstone “LJ” Harriott ’20 late in the third quarter for Bruno’s sole touchdown, the Lions had already deflected a 47-yard field goal attempt and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown. But Columbia’s special teams weren’t finished, as they broke up the Bears’ point after kick to hold them to six. The Lions rode that

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momentum into the end zone on their opening drive of the fourth quarter. With four minutes left on the game clock, Brown pieced together an 86yard drive that stalled at the Columbia six and fizzled out after the Bears failed to convert on fourth and one, bringing the final score to 24-6 after the Lions took a knee to bleed the clock. Prior to the season-ending loss, the football team had not finished with a 2-8 record since 2002. The Bears notched at least one conference win in all of Head Coach Phil Estes’ P ’19 previous 19 seasons and never finished lower than sixth in league standings. But this year, Bruno failed to defeat any

Ivy League opponents and couldn’t claw its way back from the bottom of the standings after settling there early on. Among other statistics, the Bears also finished dead last in the Ivy League in total offense, total defense, scoring offense, scoring defense and third down conversion percentage. “We just didn’t make plays as a team when we needed to,” Harriott said. “We let a lot of opportunities go, and we just weren’t all going 11 for 11 and firing on all cylinders when we needed to. We had a lot of opportunities to take advantage of, and we didn’t. That’s why our season ended the way it did.” The Bears will have a chance to start

fresh in their season opener against California Polytechnic State University next September with a new class of seniors to lead the team forward. “It was amazing,” Jarvis said. “You sacrifice every single day just to wear that Brown jersey, and that last time putting it on meant a lot to people. I know a lot of guys were giving each other hugs at the end of the game. There were tears because we know that that’s the end of our football careers, and now we have to make our lives about something else. Most of the seniors believe it’s been an amazing ride, and we would definitely go back and do it all again.”

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menu SATELLITE DINING ANDREWS COMMONS

Pizza: Caprese, Chicken Ranch, Sammy Special, Pepperoni Pho Bar, Curry Bar, Poke Bowl JOSIAH’S

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Chicken Pot Pie, Turkey Burger, Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Turkey Chili, Chicken Noodle Soup, Grain Bowl, Tom’s Bao Bao

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Tomato Soup, Chicken Wings with Angry Sauce, Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Country Wedding Soup, Lemon Sesame Chicken, Shrimp Masala, Washington Apple Cake

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Lentil Soup, Spicy Pepper Pulled Chicken, Lime Frijoles Negros, Plain Brownies

Chicken Noodle Soup, Pork Adobo, Sweet Potato Hash with Spinach, Apple Oatmeal Cookies ELI WHITE / HERALD

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Forward Sam Donovan ’18 scored late in the third period as the women’s hockey team fell 5-3 to No. 3 Colgate at Meehan Auditorium Saturday. The Bears return to action Nov. 28 with a visit to Boston University.

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“It has always been a pipe dream of mine to open up a space for a community of people, especially something around craft coffee that’s locally sourced and sustainable. R

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— Audrey Finocchiaro, co-owner of The Nitro Cart

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5 Scapula neighbor, for short 6 Bursar’s address ending 7 German spa city 8 Capt. McNeil’s favorite underling 9 Muslim title 10 Billionaire Rennert 11 Supersuccessful program, in high-tech slang 12 They’re in feet 13 Allege as fact 14 Oddball of a sort 21 Asian teachers 24 Brad of “Deadwood” 25 Red Ryders, e.g. 26 “Can do” 27 “Desist!” 28 One preceder 29 Family heads 30 Head 31 Toni Braxton, for one 32 Coercing

33 Opera glasses on a handle 36 Having no gray area 39 Green players 42 Where to find EBAY 45 Zealous 46 Oxeye relative 47 Sacramento Valley’s “City of Roses”

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calendar TODAY NOVEMBER MARCH

Brown Capoeira Club Practice Session 4:00 P.M. T.F. Green, 205

Amir Sulaiman: Poetry Reading and Lecture 5:30 P.M. Salomon, 101

Argentine Tango Class with Brown Tango Club 6:30 P.M. Graduate Center Lounge

Sophomore Slump Dinner and Discussion 6:30 P.M. 85 Waterman Street, 130

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Study Abroad 101 Info Session 12:00 P.M. J. Walter Wilson, 440

Buddhist Practice 101 4:30 P.M. J. Walter Wilson, 411

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Is STEM growth hurting the humanities? SAMANTHA SAVELLO staff columnist In 2017, 144 Brown students — 7.7 percent of the Class of 2017 — graduated with computer science degrees. This was a drastic increase from just nine years ago, when only 34 graduating seniors concentrated in computer science. Similarly, 100 students completed an engineering degree this year compared to just 54 in 2008. The staggering growth in engineering and computer science graduates stands in sharp contrast to the large declines in many humanities departments: The history of art and architecture department, for example, had a graduating class of 76 in 2008 but only 12 concentrators in 2017, while the religious studies department saw its concentrators drop from 24 to just five in the same time frame. Course enrollment data show similar trends, which means that even non-concentrators are choosing to take more courses in science and engineering fields and fewer in the humanities. This tendency is not unique to Brown: Computer science and engineering have attracted more majors on a national scale in recent years due to technological advancements and the growing national demand for these skills. At the same

time, many humanities departments — particularly smaller ones — have seen declining student participation. Given the University’s historical emphasis on a multifaceted education, this pattern has serious implications for Brown’s structural and curricular model — implications that administrators should consider going forward in the digital age. On the one hand, this shift in enrollment and concentrators can help Brown achieve the goals laid out in

historically received less attention than the humanities — and improve Brown’s research profile. Moreover, it is important to note that STEM fields are not antithetical to a liberal arts education. In fact, bolstering these areas of study can complement Brown’s mission to provide students with a well-rounded education in many disciplines, particularly in a world where technology and science are becoming an integral part of our social and economic infrastructure.

ing in a range of different skills that students can carry with them into the workforce, including communication, collaboration and the ability to embrace diversity and build bridges with people from different backgrounds. These skills are vital — even in an economy that increasingly relies on science and technology — but they can only be developed through engagement in a multitude of departments. However, as more students enter STEM fields that of-

Given the University’s historical emphasis on a multifaceted education, this shift toward STEM has serious implications for Brown’s structural and curricular model — implications that administrators should consider going forward in the digital age. President Christina Paxson’s P’19 strategic plan, “Building on Distinction.” The plan extended previous efforts to shift away from the university-college model of Brown’s past to a research-university structure. The growth in STEM departments could facilitate this shift by drawing in additional research funding and attracting high-profile faculty to the school. Increasing enrollment in departments such as computer science and engineering could also strengthen these departments — which have

On the other hand, this shift could drastically recast Brown’s focus on liberal learning. The University has historically emphasized the importance of an education that prioritizes both “breadth and depth: basic knowledge in a range of disciplines, focused by more concentrated work in one.” While this curricular model is an essential element of Brown’s identity, our continued focus on a liberal arts education is critical for reasons beyond tradition. A liberal education provides a solid ground-

ten have many prerequisites and requirements to satisfy, Brown will see fewer students take advantage of the Open Curriculum and emerge with a strong grounding in liberal arts. In addition, the rapid influx of students into a few STEM concentrations can overwhelm those departments. More worryingly, the decreasing enrollment of students in many humanities concentrations — often those with the least funding — could well result in even fewer resources spent on these depart-

ments. Logically, if fewer students concentrate in certain fields, the departments will begin to receive less funding, harming not only their educational capacity, but also their ability to conduct research and attract more faculty and graduate students. We are already beginning to see this in the University’s resource allocation decisions: The engineering department has just unveiled its new Engineering Research Center, while many humanities departments are still housed in aging, cramped buildings. This is a reasonable response to both national trends and student preferences, but comes at the cost of the small, niche departments fundamental to a well-rounded liberal arts education. With the rise of technology, it is inevitable that more students will drift toward departments like computer science and engineering. These shifts could arguably better prepare students for careers in a techoriented world. Ultimately, however, the University needs to balance this growth with a continued commitment to the emphasis on liberal learning objectives that put it on the map in the first place. If not, we risk compromising the fundamental spirit of a Brown education.

Samantha Savello ’18 can be reached at samantha_savello@brown.edu.

Confronting predators in politics MILI MITRA opinions editor For the last year, I have struggled to come to terms with how someone with a long history of denigrating and objectifying women could rise to the highest office in the land. President Trump has bragged about sexually assaulting women on camera; commodified and disrespected women — including teenage girls — when he was owner of the Miss Universe Organization; and allegedly harassed or assaulted 16 women since the 1970s. Each of these accusations should have been disqualifying for any office, let alone the presidency. So how could voters know all of this and still elect him? How could the American political system lack a check against the election of abusive men? Well, the discourse around recent sexual assault allegations involving other politicians could offer a clue. With the emergence of the #MeToo campaign, many more political figures have been accused of sexual harassment and misconduct, including former President George H.W. Bush, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and now U.S. Senator Al Franken, D-Minn. Yet their supporters have generally condoned their behavior and politicized sexual assault. In this context, Trump isn’t an exception — he is the product of a system that has consistently excused the transgressions of powerful men. Even before Trump, several formal presidents have been credibly accused of sexual assault or misconduct — and have been forgiven by the public thereafter. Thomas Jefferson reportedly raped Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman and his teenage daughter’s companion,

for years. Today, his face is carved onto the side of Mount Rushmore and cast on our currency. Grover Cleveland allegedly raped the mother of his child, Maria Halpin, according to an affidavit she filed at the time. Today, he is known as “Grover the good” and “the most honest president of them all.” And Ronald Reagan was accused of date-raping actress Selene Walters in the 1950s.

against him. Today, he is still considered a Democratic icon and — incredibly — a champion for women’s rights. So, by all accounts, we have sent many exploitive and abusive men to the White House before Trump — we have just refused to acknowledge it. This culture of impunity extends well beyond the White House. Last week, over 50 con-

Trump isn’t an exception — he is the product of a system that has consistently excused the transgressions of powerful men.

He is still remembered fondly by Republicans — and even many Democrats — as one of the most popular presidents in modern history. Then, of course, there is Bill Clinton, accused of assaulting four women and engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with an intern who worked under him. Despite tale after tale of misconduct, liberals were quick to come to his defense and vilify the women who spoke out

gressional staffers came forward to accuse male lawmakers of sexual harassment. Female staffers allegedly kept an informal “creep list” of the most notorious men and claimed that the power dynamic between aides and legislators discouraged women from speaking out. Even worse, Congress has paid out potentially millions of dollars in settlements to survivors of sexual harassment and discrimination at the hands of

lawmakers. The fact that taxpayer money has actually been used to shield legislators from the consequences of their actions — and in many cases, buy the silence of women — is a testament to just how complicit our political system is. And this isn’t just a problem with national politics. Similar stories have emerged from state legislatures across the country, including in Rhode Island. Last month, R.I. Rep. Teresa Tanzi ’07, D-Narragansett and South Kingstown, alleged that senior state legislators offered to support her bills in exchange for “sexual favors.” Lawmakers in other states, including Massachusetts, Texas and Minnesota, have also experienced rampant objectification, harassment and discrimination. At every level of our political process, we have allowed sexual misconduct to continue unchallenged — and we now have to live with the results. It is encouraging that policymakers are finally beginning to take action against sexual harassment in politics, both nationally and at the state level. But if we truly wish to address sexual misconduct in the highest echelons of our democracy, we need to first confront the complicity of a system that has continuously shielded powerful men from the consequences of their actions. We are long overdue for such a reckoning, because this problem is more than just about Trump, Moore, Clinton or any other contemporary political figure that comes to mind. It’s about a political culture that has neglected sexual violence and silenced women for centuries. Until we recognize that, any policy solution will be little more than a Band-Aid over a gaping wound.

Mili Mitra ’18 can be reached at mili_mitra@brown.edu.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017

M. BASKETBALL

Late misses doom Bears in loss against St. Francis Brooklyn Bruno unable to recover from early deficit, suffers first defeat of season with 77-74 loss in New York By ALEX SMOLAR STAFF WRITER

The men’s basketball team looked to continue its early season success in a road match-up against St. Francis Brooklyn Sunday, but was unable to wipe away a large first-half deficit, falling 77-74 in a nail-biter. “It’s early in the season, so we definitely have a lot of room to grow and improve,” said Travis Fuller ’19. “We played hard. We just need to execute better both offensively and defensively.” In the first half, the Terriers (1-2) were led by Jalen Jordan, who contributed 16 points in the first 20 minutes to put Bruno in an eight-point halftime hole. While the Bears shot 55 percent from the field in the first half, their 38 percent mark from threepoint range and 78 percent shooting on free throws were not enough to match St. Francis. Bruno (2-1) also lost 10 turnovers in the half, which was double that of the Terriers and helped give St. Francis its early lead. Brandon Anderson ’20 led the way

in scoring early for the Bears with seven first half points. Anderson and Zach Hunsaker ’20 caught fire, with Anderson scoring 14 points in the second half along with Hunsaker’s 10. The Bears’ crisp free throw shooting helped the comeback, as Brown only missed one from the charity stripe in the second half. With just 3:13 left in the game, Brown managed to take a one-point lead. But with barely more than a minute remaining in the contest, a clutch three pointer from Jordan gave the Terriers a four-point lead. Anderson was able to trim the lead to one with 33.5 seconds remaining and the Bears forced a turnover to regain possession. Anderson and Desmond Cambridge ’21 both missed potential game-winning jump shots. St. Francis was able to make timely free throws to take a three point lead with only five seconds remaining. Anderson had another chance to tie the game at the buzzer, but he could not connect on the deep three-pointer. St. Francis was able to close out the Bears in part due to Rasheem Dunn’s 16 second half points along with nine points from Darelle Porter. Anderson finished with a teamhigh 21 points, and was helped by 15 points and seven assists off the bench from Hunsaker, 10 points from

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Guard Brandon Anderson ’20 executes a layup. Anderson led the Bears with 21 points in Saturday’s loss to St. Francis Brooklyn, recording seven in the first half. Bruno made 86 percent of its free throws in the 77-74 defeat. Cambridge and eight points and two steals from Joshua Howard ’20. The Bears shot 46 percent from the field, 33 percent from beyond the arc and made 86 percent of their free throws.

The team also accounted for 13 assists and five steals. “I have full confidence in this team, and I’m excited to get back at it,” Fuller said. “Our goal is always to

win the Ivy League championship.” Bruno will return to the court Wednesday against Stony Brook University before travelling to Bryant University Sunday.

M. HOCKEY

Bears blank Princeton 3-0 in split weekend on the road Forty-seven saves from Nieto ’20, pair of goals from Marchin ’19 fuel Bruno to shutout By ALEXANDRA RUSSELL SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Following a victory over St. Lawrence last week, the men’s hockey team earned its first shutout of the season with a 3-0 win against Ivy rival Princeton Saturday. The victory highlighted mixed results over the weekend, as Bruno fell to Quinnipiac 5-0 Friday. Goaltender Gavin Nieto ’20 delivered a career-high 47 saves against the Tigers for his first career shutout and Tommy Marchin ’19 recorded a pair of goals in Saturday’s win. Brown 0, Quinnipiac 5 Friday night, the Bears (3-5, 3-5 ECAC) were closed out by a solid Quinnipiac defense. Landon Smith earned a natural hat trick for the Bobcats (5-5-1, 2-4), scoring three consecutive goals in the first two periods. Chase Priskie and Tanner MacMaster added goals for Quinnipiac later in the second stanza to widen the advantage. Max Willman ’18 led Bruno with four shots, but the Bears were unable to capitalize on their offensive opportunities. “(When forechecking), we were kind of expecting favorable outcomes for us, hoping that we’d get the puck rather than sticking to our system and knowing where each guy is going to be,” Marchin said. Bruno went 2-for-4 on the penalty kill in the loss, conceding a pair of goals

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Gavin Nieto ’20 stopped 47 shots in his first career shutout at Princeton Saturday. Nieto exceeded the 40-save mark for the second time this season following a 44-save effort in the season opener at Yale Oct. 27. The Bears host Holy Cross in a non-conference matchup at Meehan Auditorium Tuesday. to the Bobcats’ power play. In net, goaltender Luke Kania ’21 made a career-high 31 saves. Quinnipiac outshot Brown 36-22. Brown 3, Princeton 0 The following day, strong goaltending from Nieto and a forceful offensive presence powered Bruno over the Tigers (3-3-1, 2-3-1). Despite being outshot 47-34, the Bears were able to take advantage of scoring opportunities in the offensive zone. “We were playing sound systems on our forecheck and letting them make mistakes rather than force anything,” Marchin said. “We were kind of waiting

for opportunities for them to break down, and then we capitalized pretty well on those.” Marchin opened scoring two minutes into the second period, collecting a pass from Chris Berger ’21 and launching a shot from the circle past Tigers goaltender Ryan Ferland. Brent Beaudoin ’20 added a goal midway through the third stanza. After Sam Lafferty ’18 won a faceoff in the zone, Beaudoin fired the puck through Ferland’s five-hole to widen the lead. Three minutes later, Marchin scored his second of the evening after collecting a feed from Nolan Aibel ’20 from the blue line. Marchin fended off a pair

of Princeton defensemen and handled the puck around Ferland glove side. Bruno demonstrated strong command of its penalty kill, going 7-for-7 against the Tigers. “Princeton had a really good power play, so it was a really good test for us to figure out where we needed to be,” Marchin said. “A lot of guys stepped up yesterday and it was very beneficial to all of us.” Looking forward, the Bears seek to continue the development of the penalty kill and improve on their current 83 percent success rate. “Our penalty kill is something we can build on,” Marchin said. “When we

kill a good penalty — or seven in a row like we did against Princeton — it really gives the guys energy on the bench to play hard.” With its first non-conference duel coming up this week against Holy Cross, Bruno remains focused on internal improvement. “We’ve been focusing more on our game rather than who we’re playing,” Marchin said. “What we’re thinking about now is how we’re getting better and how we need to stick to what makes us good and worry about ourselves.” The Bears host Holy Cross at Meehan Auditorium Tuesday, before resuming ECAC play at Union Dec. 1.