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VOLUME CLII, ISSUE 44
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Spring 2018 Herald poll results Brown alum to fight domestic violence at national level
Among other findings, 34.3 percent of students report stealing from U. dining halls, eateries
Continuing work from her previous position, DeBare ’83 to coordinate efforts of coalitions nationwide
By EMILY DAVIES AND ANNA KRAMER METRO EDITOR AND NEWS EDITOR
By CELIA HACK
Spring 2018 poll results can be found here.
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Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University? 19.8% Strongly approve 39.6% Somewhat approve 6.0% Somewhat disapprove 0.2% Strongly Disapprove 34.4% No opinion
The National Network to End Domestic Violence has hired Deborah DeBare ’83 as its new senior deputy director. She has served as the executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence for 23 years. DeBare began helping domestic violence survivors as a senior at the University through Sojourner House, a nonprofit that supports those who have experienced domestic and sexual abuse. While volunteering, DeBare worked with survivors to figure out the safest, most promising path forward. When she was a student, she joined the political action group FIRE, which raised awareness about violence against women. As part of FIRE, her work included informing the public about rape allegations against former Providence mayor
Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Undergraduate Council of Students is handling its job representing and addressing the concerns of the undergraduate student body? 10.2% Strongly approve 25.1% Somewhat approve 3.7% Somewhat disapprove 0.9% Strongly disapprove 60.2% No opinion » See POLL, page 3
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Buddy Cianci, for which he was never prosecuted. Confidentiality was key in FIRE’s Cianci campaign, as among other initiatives.“We printed off these very official looking signs and posted them all over the city that said ‘Curfew has been implemented in the city of Providence, no women are allowed out after 9 p.m. It is not safe to walk the streets with an alleged rapist as mayor,’” DeBare said. “We were very much a stealth group, we kept our names out because we were all afraid of getting kicked out of school.” Today, DeBare continues to fight against the pervasiveness of domestic violence nationwide, which has not significantly improved since her time at the University. “We haven’t really seen the prevalence rates drop,” DeBare said. “We still see research that shows one in four women will experience intimate partner violence at some point in her life.” To combat this reality, DeBare has slowly but surely expanded efforts to prevent domestic violence from spreading. For example, RICADV » See DEBARE, page 2
U. study finds compounds Exhibit explores migration, displacement for possible MRSA treatment In “Silenced Voices,” Study authors address antibioitic-resistant ‘superbug’ through nematode testing By CATE RYAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER
A recent University study published in Nature will open doors for antibiotics research by addressing an increasingly relevant crisis — the existence of superbugs, a term to describe antibiotic-resistant bacteria and infections caused by the prevalent MRSA bacterial strains. Researchers identified two compounds that could potentially kill the drug-resistant bacteria. MRSA cells are deemed “persisters” because they are responsible for chronic infection, said Wooseong Kim, the study’s first author and a postdoctoral researcher at the Alpert Medical School and the Rhode Island Hospital. MRSA infections can be acquired when patients are admitted to the intensive care unit or other hospital wards, wrote Eleftherios Mylonakis,
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professor of infectious disease, in an email to The Herald, adding that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deemed them a “serious threat.” According to the CDC’s website, two in 100 people carry MRSA. These chronic infections put patients in “a very challenging position,” as they must continually seek treatment. With traditional antibiotics, the infection enters a dormant stage before eventually reanimating, said Beth Fuchs, co-author of the study. The study, which began in 2010, involved a series of experiments on C. elegans, a type of nematode worm. The researchers identified 185 compounds that decreased MRSA’s ability to kill the worms, Mylonakis wrote. The researchers then selected two well-studied compounds from the list of 185 to further investigate. The compounds were both retinoids, which target the lipid bi-layer of the cell membrane. In contrast, traditional antibiotics work to disrupt bacteria’s metabolic processes. The compounds’ different method of attacking the bacteria proved essential for treating MRSA-based infections » See MRSA, page 2
Cuban artist Díaz draws from personal experience, portrays universal themes By LIYAAN MASKATI SENIOR STAFF WRITER
A distinctive combination of visual metaphors, color and depth underlies the “Silenced Voices” exhibition, which is currently on display at The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. The exhibition features the work of Cuban-born artist, Raphael Díaz, who explores elements that are both universal and autobiographical, such as migration and the fragility of life. “(Díaz’s work) talks about migration and displacement, (which) are very important themes of intellectual inquiry at the Watson Institute,” said Steven Bloomfield, associate director of the Watson Institute. “There are people suffering all over the world; there are refugees all over the world; there are people crossing borders. … We have a scholarly and a policy interest in those displacements,” he added. The theme of migration in Díaz’s
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“Upon looking more deeply, one sees anguish and frustration” in Díaz’s work, said Steven Bloomfield, associate director of the Watson Institute. artwork is inspired by his personal left Cuba,” Díaz said, emphasizing experience immigrating to the United that leaving Cuba was not his choice. States. “I came to the U.S. (when) “My work talks about my personal I was 3 years old, when my mother » See VOICES, page 3
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» DEBARE, from page 1 was involved in the implementation of neighborhood cookouts and movie nights in Newport to build “community cohesion” because a stronger community, in theory, means neighbors are more likely to take action upon hearing about domestic violence in nearby households, DeBare said. DeBare has also focused on maintaining the emergency and support services offered by RICADV’s five member organizations, which include Sojourner House and Blackstone Valley Advocacy Group. In her new position at NNEDV, which will expand her reach from Rhode Island to the nation, DeBare will be working with different state coalitions against domestic violence to capitalize on the strengths and overcome the weaknesses of each state’s program. For example, DeBare
praised the state of Kansas for having a unified message that combines sexual assault and domestic violence prevention; but she also stressed that the rural nature of Kansas makes communication between the state’s programs difficult. DeBare brings experience in building functional coalitions to address program weaknesses in states like Kansas. Under her leadership, RICADV grew from three to 12 staff members, while staying financially stable. “I’m really proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish in Rhode Island,” said Jennifer Meade, president of the RICADV board of directors. “I think other coalitions across the country are going to be able to learn from that.” Meade and Linda Impagliazzo, executive director of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center, agreed that DeBare’s success as a leader of the RICADV
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD came from her commitment to helping victims of domestic violence. “If there’s ever times when she gets approached and someone says, ‘Well, have you thought about doing this,’ she will go back and say … ‘Is this part of what we have purposely set out to do?’” Meade said. Impagliazzo believes DeBare’s success can also be attributed to her ability to meet each agency’s needs in a fair way, while always putting victims of domestic violence first. DeBare sees working at NNEDV as the next step toward shifting national values to create a more equitable and just world for women — a process that has been slower than she anticipated while at Brown. “My goal is to see the next generation of kids — boys and girls — growing up where they have a sense of expectation … that their relationship will be healthy and supportive,” DeBare said.
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Deborah DeBare ’83, the new senior deputy director at the NNEDV, began her work on the issue of domestic violence while she was studying at Brown.
Bears drop critical home, away contests to Crimson Men’s, women’s tennis teams struggle against Harvard at beginning of Ivy League schedules By TESS DEMEYER SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Coming off a spring break victory over the University of California, Davis, the men’s tennis team returned to the Pizzitola Sports Center Friday for its first Ivy League test of the season. Bruno (14-7, 0-2 Ivy) kept a close match against Harvard (19-3, 3-0) but ultimately fell to the Crimson 4-3 after the visitors were able to clinch the winning point in fifth singles. “It was a pretty good showing considering last year’s results,” said Charles Tan ’19. “We had a really good chance, and it just kind of slipped away from us in the end.” The momentum initially swung in Harvard’s favor as the Crimson downed the Bears in first and third doubles to snag the first point of the day. But Brown showed no signs of surrender during singles play and evened the score to 1-1 after Charles Tan ’19 notched a 6-2, 6-3 victory in the fourth singles slot. Jack Haworth ’18 put up a fight in first singles and nearly pulled off a comeback with a 6-4 win in the second
» MRSA, from page 1 and their persister cells. Beyond the study of these compounds, the research identified a target through which the persister cells could be attacked. The authors believe that this target could be used for new drugs and future research on MRSA-killing compounds, Fuchs said. In order to reach the stage of drug development, researchers will have to investigate the compounds for patient safety and comply with Food and Drug Agency tests, Fuchs added. The study brought together a team of scientists across multiple disciplines. “We worked together with medicinal chemists, geneticists, engineers and computer scientists,”
set to force a third before Harvard’s Kenny Tao sealed the final set to put the Crimson back on top. Peter Tarwid ’18 recorded a 6-4, 7-3 victory in third singles to tie the match for the second time, but Harvard came away with wins in second and fifth singles to bring up the final 4-3 score. Fifty-three miles away, the women’s tennis team was also trying to hold off the Crimson as the Bears (9-10, 2-1) hoped to keep a pristine conference record after they opened Ivy play with a spring break victory over Yale. But Harvard (11-8, 3-0) showcased strength and depth in singles play, sweeping five of the six matches to nab the 5-2 victory. “It was a pretty tough match,” said Devon Jack ’20. “Harvard has been pretty good the past two years, so we knew it was going to be a difficult match going in. … It just wasn’t our day.” Bruno started off strong with doubles performances to take an early lead. Courtney Kowalsky ’21 teamed up with Maddie Stearns ’18 to defeat the Crimson 6-4 in the first spot while Juliana Simon ’20 and Katie Ta ’19 supported with a 6-2 win in third doubles to seal the point. “We were really pumped (because) it had been a while since we won a doubles point that way,” Jack said. “All three teams fought hard and played really well. … We were trying to take that energy and adrenaline into our
Mylonakis wrote, explaining that this multidisciplinary effort enabled the group to understand the action through which the retinoids functioned. Julian Hurdle, associate professor of microbiology at Texas A&M University, who is unaffiliated with the study, confirmed that the discovery of the compounds “is very promising.” But given the “number of parameters that have to be met” in the clinical setting, the notion that the compounds could become a pragmatic treatment for MRSA is “a hope, but not a guarantee,” Hurdle said. He added that the technology and methods employed for this study provide the opportunity to uncover more molecules and optimize them for antimicrobial purposes.
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The men’s tennis team opened its Ivy League schedule with a close loss to Harvard Friday. Coming off a victory over Yale, the women’s team hoped to take down the Crimson but were unable to hold them off in a 5-2 loss. singles matches, but they stayed tough.” Jack claimed the Bears’ lone win in singles with a 6-2, 6-1 win in the third slot, but three Bears forced their matches into extra sets. Alyza Benotto ’18, Stearns and Simon all pushed their opponents to a third set, but Harvard held on to win first, second and sixth singles matches en route to the 5-2 final
score. “Our team responded as well as we could have responded to a loss like that,” Jack said. “Losing to Harvard is tough because it’s Harvard and because we don’t have an Ivy League tournament or a conference tournament … so every match that we play throughout the month is extremely important because
you don’t get a second chance. After that loss, we were devastated. But we responded really well to it.” Both teams will be back in action next weekend against Penn. The women will return home to host the Quakers while the men will travel to Philadelphia for a chance to improve their records.
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The study focused on two of 185 compounds that were shown to reduce the risk of MRSA-related death among nematodes. The two compounds could potentially kill MRSA, which is an antibiotic-resistant superbug.
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» VOICES, from page 1 experiences, but also (relates to the experiences) of so many other people,” he said in reference to the DACA recipients and refugees in Europe. “I am a reflection of my society,” he said. While Díaz’s paintings are accentuated by varied and bright colors, “upon looking more deeply, one sees anguish and frustration,” Bloomfield said. “What one sees in the paintings are the faces of many people who are … seeking an opportunity to express
their voices … (which) don’t seem to be appreciated and (are) in the process of being suppressed.” “‘Silenced Voices’ are about those people who cannot talk,” Díaz explained. “They don’t have a voice, and I would like my art to be a voice for them,” he added. The recurring motifs in Díaz’s work are unmistakably idiosyncratic. For instance, the focus of each painting is a surreal, angel-like figure, with wings made of plantains. “It’s a selfportrait,” Díaz explained. “When I
was younger, my mother used to send me to buy plantains” because they were unable to afford more exotic varieties of fruits. “The other children used to make fun of me and call me ‘the plantain boy.’” Rather than succumbing to their derision, Díaz chose to embrace this aspect of his identity by illustrating himself as a ‘plantain angel’ in each of his works. “They say ‘you are what you eat,’ so the plantain angel is me,” he said. Other distinctive elements of Díaz’s work include fragile boats and a
black-and-white checkerboard. While at first glance, these motifs appear to be a melange of disparate elements, their symbolism is profound. For instance, the boat represents a form of transport for several migrants, Díaz explained, and added that it can also symbolize how people travel from one life into another after death. Meanwhile, the black-and-white checkerboard is a reminder to the viewer that “nothing in life is ever stable.” “I definitely noticed the recurring motifs (in the paintings),” said Annie
Lehman-Ludwig ’20, an art history concentrator. “The viewer can really look at (Díaz’s) work and see what the ‘silenced voices’ mean,” she added. While migration is a prevalent theme of Díaz’s work, his art also addresses life and its ephemeral quality. “Life is so fragile and we take it for granted,” Díaz said. “As humans, we are always in a rush. We’re always moving from here and there and we never stop to reflect … I would like people to stop and look at my work and reflect,” he said.
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» POLL, from page 1 How strongly do you agree with the following: I feel like my concentration is respected by the Brown community. 54.8% Strongly agree 35.2% Somewhat agree 8.4% Somewhat disagree 1.5% Strongly disagree Which of the following are you planning to apply to or attend? 13.4% Law school 27.1% Medical school 0.7% Veterinarian school 13.4% Business school 29.7% Academic PhD or Masters program 3.9% Other 12.1% None, I am not on a pre-professional track How strongly do you agree with the following: I am confident in how my body looks. 24.8% Strongly agree 51.9% Somewhat agree 17.8% Somewhat disagree 5.6% Strongly disagree
How often do you take food from Brown eateries without paying (Josiah’s, Andrews, Blue Room, Campus Market, Ivy Room, library cafes)? 6.0% Daily 6.8% Two to three times a week 6.6% Once a week 14.9% Once or Twice a month 65.7% Never How comfortable would you be approaching the Title IX office in response to an incident of sexual assault/violence/harassment? 23.2% Very comfortable 39.7% Somewhat comfortable 18.3% Somewhat uncomfortable 1.8% Very uncomfortable 17.0% No opinion Have you ever felt you’ve had an inappropriate or uncomfortable sexual or romantic encounter with your professor or teaching assistant? 3.1% Yes 96.9% No How often do you call a member of your family? 22.2% At least once per day
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59.5% At least once per week 15.0% At least once per month 2.6% Less than once per month 0.6% Less than once per semester For which, if any, of the following conditions have you been prescribed medication in the past five years? (Circle all that apply) 16.6% Anxiety 3.0% Attention deficit disorder 2.4% Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 1.1% Bipolar disorder 13.3% Depression 2.7% Obsessive-Compulsive disorder 0.1% Schizophrenia 2.8% Another mental health condition 76.7% None of the above The poll was conducted over the course of three days — March 14-16. The margin of error is 3.4 percent with 95 percent confidence. The margins of error for specific subsets are as follows: 4.0 percent for females, 4.7 percent for males, 5.0 percent for first-years, 5.6 percent for sophomores, 6.9 percent for juniors,
7.1 percent for seniors, 4.5 percent for students who receive financial aid and 4.1 percent for students who do not receive financial aid. The sample of students who took the poll is demographically similar to the undergraduate student body. The sample was 41.6 percent male and 56.8 percent female. First-years made up 33.6 percent, sophomores 28.3 percent, juniors 19.4 percent and seniors 18.7 percent of the poll. Of students represented in the poll, 5 percent receive just loans, 17.8 percent receive grants and loans, 15.8 percent receive grants covering some costs, 6.5 percent receive grants covering all costs and 54.9 percent receive no financial aid. Varsity athletes made up 9.9 percent, while non-athletes made up 90.1 percent of the sample. Of students surveyed, 79.4 percent identify as heterosexual, 4.5 percent as gay, 11 percent as bisexual and 5.1 percent as other. Those involved in a greek life organization made up 15.9 percent, while non-greek affiliated made up 84.1 percent. Of students surveyed, 57.2 percent identify as white, 32.5 percent as Asian, 10.9 percent as Hispanic, 7.2 percent as
black, 2 percent as American Indian/ Alaska Native, 0.8 percent as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and 2.9 percent as other. Students also marked their concentration area(s) — 31.7 percent are in the humanities/arts, 23.2 percent in life sciences, 32.2 percent in physical sciences, 12.5 percent in business (BEO or econ) and 20.2 percent in social sciences. Of students polled, 13.5 percent are legacy students, meaning they have a parent, grandparent or sibling who attended Brown, and 86.4 percent are not. First-generation students made up 16.4 percent of students surveyed and non-first-generation students made up 83.6 percent of the sample. Statistical significance was established at the 0.05 level. All cross tabulations are statistically significant. University News Editor Anna Kramer ’20 and Metro Editor Emily Davies ’19.5 coordinated the poll. Herald section editors, senior staff writers and other staff members conducted the poll. Over the next several weeks, The Herald will publish a series of articles about individual poll questions. Find results of previous polls at thebdh.org/poll.
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Workshop explores connections between artificial, human intelligence Serre Lab hosts three professors of psychology, cognitive science to discuss AI By EUGENE HRABARCHUK STAFF WRITER
With the buzzword “data-driven” gaining traction as a hot topic within many disciplines today, researchers and students flocked to the Serre Lab’s workshop on deep learning and the field’s myriad applications last Saturday. Deep learning is a set of algorithms that analyzes a large amount of data to improve specific processes under study. The workshop, “Beyond Deep Learning,” is part of a lecture series that aims to bring together cognitive science and computer science to present new ways for approaching artificial intelligence and its plethora of applications. Tom Griffiths, professor of psychology and cognitive science at Princeton, Dima Amso, associate professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences and David Heeger, professor of psychology and neural sciences at New York University, spoke Friday afternoon about recent advancements in mapping biological human intelligence to create computational models for artificial intelligence. Heeger focuses on a few different fields: working memory from cognitive
psychology, computer science algorithms and their overall connection to neurobiology. “Working memory is a cognitive process that is responsible for both maintaining and manipulating information over time,” Heeger said. Working memory requires combining information encountered in the present with past memory and experiences, he added. On the other hand, computers do not have an unlimited amount of memory to store information, Heeger said. “The concept is that you have a state that you update over time, and you carry forward some information and throw away some information and transform some information,” he added. This constraint makes it difficult for researchers to model working memory, since working memory necessitates access to past experiences that computers may have overwritten. In contrast to working memory, “psychologists use the term ‘shortterm’ memory just to refer to maintenance of information over time” but not the manipulation of such information, Heeger said. In recent years, researchers have begun to use an algorithm called a Long-Short Term Memory network to manipulate information. Such manipulation more closely resembles the processes involved in working memory as opposed to short-term memory. LSTMs are “simple algorithms
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The workshop focused on recent advancements in modeling computational processes in the field of cognitive science. The event is part of a larger lecture series that aspires to unite cognitive science and computer science. that can solve seemingly complicated tasks,” Heeger said. Such tasks can include language modeling and eye movement tracking. Essentially, eye movement requires that the brain manipulate information on a coordinate basis — a process that researchers now track with LSTM algorithms, Heeger said. “Working memory and other kinds of executive function such as attention may depend on the same computational engine as
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motor preparation, motor control and sensory processing,” he added. Griffiths took the podium to discuss using computer science to create predictions about human behavior. Researchers hope to explain how we interpret information in the world from natural stimuli that are faced everyday and not just simplistic stimuli, he added. Griffiths uses computer science to study an individual’s psychological visualization of an image rather than the activity of neurons. The issue is that these representations “are not really things you can see or touch. We have to rely on behavior to tell us about what some of those underlying representations might be,” Griffiths said. While machine learning sheds light on behavior prediction, it raises the challenge of explaining that behavior, he added. “In reality, there are a lot of complex stimuli that humans face, so it’s important for computers to be able to analyze this vast amount of information and model how humans classify their information in order to interpret it,” Griffiths said. Researchers can then model the behavior and decisions that people make and “predict peoples’ classification behavior very well,” he added. This empirical treatment of psychology is unusual because the subject is normally studied with theoretical models, Griffiths said. Now, researchers can look at inputs and data facilitated by computational methods in order to make predictions about behavior, he added. “We sort of passed the threshold where hand-engineered models had more bias (than the deep learning
models),” Griffiths said. While Griffiths’ work uses computational methods to understand human behavior, Amso’s research is focused on how we can use human behavior, especially in the case of infants, to inform computer science. There is a high amount of complexity in human-infant interactions, not only in the baby’s actions, but also in the data the baby is receiving, Amso said. Information enters the system through the senses first and then enters the brain, she added. “This gives me a framework (from which) to ask my questions so that I don’t ask my questions in a way that is inconsistent with the biology of the system,” she said. Researchers must take into account how the visual system is developed. To address this, researchers use eye trackers to monitor where a baby is looking in order to see if the baby is observing the whole image and actually understanding what is happening, she said. But “the data depend on the state of the visual system … and the full visual field is not sufficient” to determine what the baby is actually understanding and viewing in the world. Tactile information is necessary for babies to actually get an idea of the 3-D shape of objects and the world around them. “I think (this series) does a good job bringing together the psychology department at Brown, which has a strong computational history, and the strong computer science department,” Harrison Ritz GS said. “I always think it is pretty cool to see the intersection of neuroscience and computer science, as someone who works in machine learning,” Dan Shiebler ’15 said.
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A portrait of Edward Inman Page is displayed in the Brown Center for Students of Color. Page was the first black student to attend Brown and graduated in 1877.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
U. should listen to opposing views To the Editor: I read the beginning of Michael Froid’s ’21 Friday, April 6 op-ed “Inviting Jeb Bush to speak is irresponsible.” I admit to having a similar reaction when I heard that Jeb Bush was coming to campus. Then I chastised myself. A huge part of why this country’s politics are so messed up is because nobody wants to listen to “the other side.” Do you really want to deny someone the right to speak because you don’t agree with what you presume he
has to say? Is that the way this country will get out of the mess we’re in? How can we hope to persuade someone to share our views if we refuse to meet them and listen to them and discuss issues? How can we hope they will listen to us? I am disappointed because I really believe that college students are the people who will bring about change; but change will not be brought about by those who are closed-minded. It will be more of you not listening to them and them not listening to you.
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U. should invite Jeb Bush to speak To the Editor: I am writing this in response to the April 6 op-ed “Inviting Jeb Bush to speak is irresponsible.” Despite the fact I find myself disagreeing with many of the views of Jeb Bush, I believe any respectable educational institution should encourage and seek out diverse opinions. Demonizing someone who doesn’t share your perspective or ethical convictions resembles tactics employed by Joseph McCarthy during the Red
Scare era in our country. I have been guilty of preconceived notions about a person only to be proven wrong after the fact. Listening to an opposing opinion often makes you more steadfast in your convictions and that’s a good thing! Finally, as the saying goes: “I wholly disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Robert Midura Facilities Management
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COMMENTARY MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018 • PAGE 7
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Inviting Jeb Bush to speak is responsible MARK LIANG staff columnist Michael Froid ’21 wrote an op-ed published in The Herald on April 6 that argues against the University’s decision to invite Jeb Bush to give the Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs. Froid’s op-ed is an excellent piece, and it makes this dissent especially difficult to put together. Both Froid and I disagree with nearly every one of Bush’s social, political and economical viewpoints. But let me be blunt. Millions of Americans share Bush’s views, and ignoring this central fact is not helpful. Forty percent of Americans believe abortion should be illegal. Thirty-three percent of Americans still oppose same-sex marriage. In sum, over a third of U.S. citizens believe in things Froid calls “morally unjustifiable.” This number is most likely way above the proportion of Brown students who also believe those things and is in no way aligned with my own ideals, but it is the reality of the country we live in. So I’m saddened to hear about the backlash against the University’s invitation to Jeb Bush to speak at Brown because inviting him is one of the most responsible things this University can do. I don’t want speakers who perfectly “represent the values of Brown students,” as Froid writes, because these speakers aren’t students. They’re an educational opportunity. I want to learn how the other side of the aisle thinks. I want to know what it values, what it believes and what it prioritizes. The real world is a hodgepodge of ideas that can offend and humiliate. If we want to lower the percentages of Americans who support “morally unjustifiable” ideas, those
who can have to learn about the viewpoints that make us angry and marginalized. We don’t have to elevate them or even agree with them, but we have to recognize that they are there and learn how to beat them. Let’s stop pretending the controversy over Bush’s invitation is a question about qualifications. The Odgen lecture has hosted senators, CEOs and even a newspaper columnist. Having direct experience in the State Department or equivalent is obviously not a requisite. This backlash is a partisan one: Bush’s very association with the Republican Party causes shrieks all over campus. This reaction is not surprising: Af-
I’d ask him how his marriage views comply with the Due Process Clause of the 14th amendment, because according to the Supreme Court, they don’t. I’d ask him about Roe vs. Wade and the multiple models of Florida flooding under rising sea waters. Froid writes, “Individuals of moral character do not hold these indefensible positions.” But “moral character” means different things to different people, based on their own philosophical interpretations — the same interpretations that let both the left and right call themselves righteous. Policy implications and the Constitution are more concrete than morality, and evaluating Bush’s positions against these
I don’t want speakers who perfectly “represent the values of Brown students,” as Froid writes, because these speakers aren’t students. They’re an educational opportunity. ter all, it is 2018, and President Trump is in office. It’s interesting to me that students have not criticized the Ogden Lecture for its other invitees, such as the President of Colombia or the Ambassador of Iran to the United States — representatives of countries with human rights records that make Froid’s grievances against Bush pale in comparison. Further, it isn’t meaningful to evaluate a politician’s policy agenda using the measure of morality. If I were asking Bush a question at this lecture, it wouldn’t be about how he justifies his “unjustifiable morals.” What sort of person would be able to answer that honestly? Rather,
definitive benchmarks by asking him questions, in person, is far more productive. In a more immediate sense, refusing to invite conservative figures like Bush does not help Brown students express their own worldviews and refine their grasp of policy. When Froid writes that Bush’s views are “unjustifiable, dehumanizing and rooted in ignorance,” I am reminded of the time that administrators had to cut short an event with Raymond Kelly, the police commissioner who supported the stop-andfrisk policing policy that disproportionately affected people of color. We were gonna grill him to the end of the world, man! We were going to
show him that we as students knew the statistics, facts and evidence that proved his policy agenda wrong and misguided. But students, of all political stripes, never had the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of criminal justice and even have a conversation. How can we prove to Americans that we have better ideas than conservatives if we don’t engage at all with conservative speakers who come to campus? Here’s what I propose. Let Jeb Bush come. But the University should sponsor talks and workshops before and after the event that tackle why his ideas can marginalize communities, how progressive politics can win and how young liberals should interact with the American right. Instead of just calling his ideas “morally unjustifiable and outrageous,” let’s tell Bush why. Student groups should make safe spaces as they deem necessary, but also mobilize together to create the most impact on campus discourse — impact that I think is only possible if Bush comes to campus. Boycott the lecture, or go dressed in black shirts and dark shades, holding up signs that spell out “PLEASE CLAP.” But let Jeb Bush speak so we can hold him accountable for every word he says, or God knows he’ll just find another place to say whatever he wants with little opposition. Show him the strength of our conviction and the intelligence of our discourse — let’s show him who we are as a Brown community.
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Bears dominate Tigers in series finale, drop three-game home series Deere ’20 launches grand slam to cap a six-run fifth inning in blowout 12-0 home victory By ALEX SMOLAR
a single for the equalizer. The two Ivy League rivals entered the ninth tied at four, but the Tigers exploded for a three-run inning to down the Bears. Bruno notched seven hits compared to Princeton’s 11 and recorded one error.
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The baseball team earned its second shutout victory of the season with a 12-0 win over Princeton Sunday, after dropping two contests of a three-game series to the Tigers Saturday. With this weekend’s results, Brown (7-15, 3-6 Ivy) moves to seventh place in conference standings. “Saturday, we faced two pretty good arms,” said Head Coach Grant Achilles. “We just obviously didn’t do enough offensively. We struck out 23 times in two games, (which) is not a recipe for offense by any stretch. (Sunday), we talked about coming out and not letting our circumstances dictate how we feel, but letting how we feel dictate our play.” Brown 4, Princeton 7 In the series opener, the Bears were resilient against the Tigers (7-13, 4-2) and stayed competitive to keep the game close. In the top of the sixth, Princeton jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but Brown responded in the bottom of the inning to tie the score. Second baseman Joe Lomuscio ’21 posted an RBI double, and designated hitter Calvin Farris ’20 knocked in two runs on
Brown 3, Princeton 4 Later in the afternoon, Brown was again narrowly defeated by Princeton. Similarly to the previous game, the Tigers jumped out to another 4-1 advantage and earned a three-run lead in the top of the seventh frame. The Bears were able to put three men on base in the next half-inning, and Lomuscio and shortstop Willy Homza ’19 each recorded RBIs on sacrifice flies to bring the Bears to within one. Brown could not complete the comeback in the final two innings, as Princeton’s effective relief pitching silenced the Bears’ bats. Bruno finished the game with seven hits, and starting pitcher Will Tomlinson ’20 struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings. Brown 12, Princeton 0 The following day, Bruno came out of the dugout hot and did not cool down all afternoon. The Bears knocked in three runs in the bottom of the second to start the offensive barrage. Right fielder Hunter Carey ’18 recorded an RBI on a fielder’s choice sending third baseman Cameron Deere ’20 running across home plate. Homza then plated
Farris to cross home with a powerful RBI double to widen the lead. Lomuscio capped off an impressive series and notched an RBI single into the center field gap for the third time in as many games. “We’ve shown at times throughout the course of this spring that we’ve really been able to hit and play solid offense,” Achilles said. In the bottom of the fifth, second baseman Rich Ciufo ’20, catcher Parke Phillips ’20 and starting pitcher Garett Delano ’20 loaded the bases with no outs. Deere then rocketed a grand slam into deep center field that sent the Brown dugout into a frenzy and gave the Bears an 8-0 lead. “We needed a momentum swing right there,” Deere said. “We had been in that situation before and hadn’t gotten that big hit, and it has led to us ending up on the wrong side of the scoreboard later on.” Moments later, Carey launched another home run to deep right field to bring home first baseman Mark Sluys ’19 and extend Bruno’s lead to ten runs. Defensively, the Bears were sharp all day. In the top of the sixth, the Tigers had runners on first and third with one out, but Brown executed a perfect double play to preserve the shutout. Delano stifled Princeton’s offense throughout the contest and pitched six shutout innings with no errors to earn four strikeouts and help secure the victory.
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Cameron Deere ’20 swings at a pitch. He recorded two hits and four RBIs, which included a grand slam to put the Bears in command of the game. “We’ve lost a lot in a row, so it feels good to execute pitches and give my team a chance to win,” Delano said. “Pitching with a lead sometimes gets tough because you don’t execute as you would in a tight ballgame. But it definitely felt good. We had twelve runs today, so it definitely took the pressure off.” Sluys launched another home run in the seventh, and Phillips sent Lomuscio home with an RBI in the eighth to
deliver Brown’s final two runs of the game. “Our guys really came out and played well today,” Achilles said. “We were able to put together a good offensive day with some defense and a great start by (Delano).” The Bears will host interstate rival the University of Rhode Island Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. before playing another three-game series against Columbia this weekend at Murray Stadium.
Women’s lacrosse goes on six-goal run to beat Cornell Strong offensive, defensive performances fuel Bears to first Ivy League victory, stretch winning streak By EMORY HINGORANI STAFF WRITER
Entering the weekend, the women’s lacrosse team hoped to secure its first Ivy League victory of the season against a No. 23 ranked Cornell team. The Bears (8-4, 1-3 Ivy) did just that, as a second-half comeback proved enough to down Cornell (6-5, 2-2 Ivy) in a nail-biter finish. “There was a lot of emotion and hype surrounding this game,” said Bri Irons ’18. “But the biggest thing going into (Saturday) was us focusing on Brown lacrosse … just really focusing on trusting each other, trusting our system.” Brown’s offense got off to a fast start, and opened scoring with backto-back goals by first-year phenoms Risa Mosenthal ’21 and Maggie Fowler ’21 in the first three minutes of play. Cornell responded with a goal about two minutes later, which Emma Dahle ’18 answered to lengthen the Bears’ lead. Another point from Cornell set the game at 3-2 in favor of Brown with just under 22 minutes remaining in the first half. The next four goals were a Paletta family affair. Bruno earned the first point off a goal from Carolyn Paletta ’18, while the next two were scored by Carolyn’s sister and Big Red freshman, Grace Paletta. Not to be outmatched, Brown’s Paletta scored once more with 13:50 remaining in the period.
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After previously falling to Princeton, Yale and Penn, the Bears notched a notable victory against Cornell to win their first Ivy League game of the season. Bruno will travel to Harvard and Columbia in the next two weekends before finishing the season in a home matchup against Dartmouth. Mosenthal found the back of the net under a minute later with her second goal of the game and gave the Bears a two-point lead. But Cornell trimmed the advantage by one with just over two minutes remaining in the frame. A goal scored by Cornell with one second left in the period sent the teams into halftime at a 6-6 draw. Cornell controlled the first five minutes of the second half, and mounted a three-goal run to set the game at 9-6. Fowler responded for Bruno with a tally 30 seconds later. Paletta quickly followed, placing the Bears within one goal of the Big Red. But Cornell’s offense began to rally and scored four unanswered goals in about as many minutes. Nevertheless, Bruno found a way to bounce back in the final 18 minutes of the contest. “In the second half, we switched
our defensive set to a zone, which was a really big (change), and (Cornell) didn’t score for 18 minutes. Mikaela Karlsson (’18) coming in and having five saves … those were super important for us,” Irons said. “You could tell we had this new confidence that I saw on the field. Even when we were down by five, we didn’t look like we were playing nervous.” Karlsson entered the contest with 18:37 remaining in the second half and proceeded to save all five shots that came her way for the rest of the game. Meanwhile, the Bears’ offense found a rhythm after a goal from Zoe Verni ’19 with just under 17 minutes remaining. Paletta followed eight seconds later with a point, her team-leading fourth goal of the afternoon, and set the game at 13-10. Emma DeGennaro ’20 and Caroline Zaffino ’19 followed with their
first goals of the contest, and made it a one-point game with just under eight minutes left to play. Strong team defensive play continued to give the Bears’ offense opportunities to attack the goal. Verni tied the game at 13 apiece with 3:55 remaining, and Brown took the lead off a goal from Zaffino at the 2:18 mark. Forcing a shot clock violation on Cornell, Bruno’s defense held on for the remainder of the game and secured Brown’s eighth win of the year. Overcoming a six-point deficit served as a testament to the team’s unity and composure, Mosenthal stated. “(We) dug deep and realized we had to take care of the ball and make sure we were protecting our defense with goals,” Mosenthal said. “It was … a full team effort — everyone really stepped it up at the end to secure the win.” Mosenthal’s two goals on the
afternoon extended her season total to a team-high 44. Head Coach Keely McDonald ’00 also highlighted the team’s cohesion. “They stayed positive the whole time, really stayed centered (and) believed in themselves,” McDonald said after the game. “I think it was just individual effort by each player to stay composed and stick with the game plan.” The Bears finish the month of April with three more Ivy League games, with the next coming this weekend at Harvard. The team hopes to build on Saturday’s momentum going forward. “(We) definitely want to focus on playing at our standard and playing how we know we can, which we proved on Saturday against Cornell,” Mosenthal said. “I think we just need to focus on continuing to play at that level, and if we can do that we’ll definitely find success.”