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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022
VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 68
SPORTS
W. soccer exits NCAA Tournament Loss to University of California, Irvine in penalty kicks ends Bears’ season
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Students learn Indigenous languages in group study Project began in fall 2021, will be offered as full course next semester
BY PETER SWOPE SPORTS EDITOR The women’s soccer team (13-2-3, 5-01 Ivy League) fell in penalty kicks to the University of California, Irvine (11-6-7, 3-2-5 Big West) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Friday. The Bears and the Anteaters battled to a 1-1 tie in regulation and overtime, but UC Irvine outscored Brown 4-2 in penalty kicks to advance in the tournament. Though Bruno’s season ended with the tournament loss, the Bears continued a historic stretch. The team has not lost a regular season game against an Ivy League opponent since October 2018 and since then has secured a trio of consecutive Ivy League Championships, three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of first-round tournament victories. Despite having a high-powered offense all season long — Brown averaged three goals a game entering the
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The game between women's soccer and the University of California, Irvine was tied after overtime, but the Bears lost on penalties. tournament — the Bears were barely able to break through a firm Anteaters defense. Over the course of 90 minutes of regulation play and 20 minutes of overtime, Bruno’s offense only managed a single score. Brown also struggled to score in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Rutgers University (13-5-2, 5-3-2 Big Ten), but a late goal by Ava Seelenfreund ’23.5 was enough to lift the Bears over the Scarlet Knights. Despite only scoring a single goal in their second-round matchup, the Bears held a clear advantage in a num-
ber of offensive categories against UC Irvine. Bruno outshot the Anteaters 24 to nine, and had an advantage in shots on goal and corner kicks. But UC Irvine’s defense managed to hold firm behind goalkeeper Glo Hinojosa, who recorded six saves. The contest was deadlocked headed into halftime until, with under one minute remaining until the break, the Anteaters defense cleared the ball out and found Alyssa Moore streaking down the field. Moore beat the Bears
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This semester, six students are participating in a group independent study project to learn the Indigenous languages of their communities. Led by Nitana Hicks Greendeer ’03, visiting assistant professor of American Studies, the students have spent the semester on individual journeys to learn several Indigenous languages that are not offered as courses at Brown, such as Western Abenaki, Navajo and Yucatec Maya. The origins of this semester’s GISP can be traced back to last fall, when three Native students expressed interest in launching an independent study to learn the Hawaiian, Western Abenaki and Yucatec Maya languages. They brought the idea to Makana Kushi GS, a PhD student in American Studies, who agreed to oversee the project and teach Hawaiian to
interested students. News of the project spread through student group Natives at Brown, Kushi said, and the project quickly grew to include 20 students for the fall 2021 semester. Kushi agreed to oversee the project because she believed it was “worthwhile” to give students the opportunity to receive credit for the time and effort they put into studying Indigenous languages. Kushi herself studied Hawaiian in college, and she recalled it being “a really big part of (her) undergraduate experience.” The project was initially offered as a departmental independent study project within the Native and Indigenous Studies Initiative, Kushi said. Due to logistical constraints, the project transitioned to a GISP after one semester as a DISP and has run as such for two semesters, Kushi noted. The six students, all of whom identify as Indigenous, meet twice a week to discuss the language learning process and its broader history, including the “difficulties and baggage” that come with “learning a language that didn't
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ARTS & CULTURE
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Swifties across campus scramble for tour tickets
SEE launches site with financial aid info
Students wait hours, struggle amid high demand for Taylor Swift’s tour BY MAX ROBINSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER When presale tickets for Taylor Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour went live on Ticketmaster last Tuesday, fans across the University flocked online to buy tickets at their desired venue. But many were left disappointed when, due to technical difficulties and a lack of inventory, presale tickets were difficult to obtain — and Ticketmaster canceled its Nov. 18 general sale altogether. The Nov. 1 announcement of the Eras Tour came just 11 days after the release of Swift’s latest album “Midnights” and was met with considerable anticipation. When Midnights released on Oct. 21, it became the album most streamed in a single day on Spotify. “The last time she toured was four
years ago now, (and) will be five years next year when she’s on tour,” said Michael Yeh ’23, co-president of Loving Him Was Brown, the University’s Taylor Swift fan club. “I didn’t go to the Reputation Stadium Tour, so I’ve been waiting, you could say, for years.” Ticketmaster offered access to the tour’s ticket presale in different waves, which included a lottery that granted codes for presale to individuals registered on the platform as verified fans of Taylor Swift. The platform’s fan verification seeks to ensure individuals “who intend to go to the show” can purchase tickets, not automated “ticket bots,” according to Ticketmaster’s website. “I, of course, signed up for verified fan when they came out with the lottery,” said Caroline O’Daly ’23, co-president of Loving Him was Brown. “I had all my immediate family members, my grandma, my aunt and my friends who aren’t really Taylor Swift fans sign up for codes in the lottery. The day when the lottery codes were coming out, I did not get a code,
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Webpage looks to help demistify financial aid processes, forms for prospective students BY ANISHA KUMAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER Earlier this month, Students for Educational Equity, an on-campus student organization which aims to promote educational equity in Providence, unveiled their “Financial Aid Resource” website, which is aims to help prospective Brown applicants navigate the financial aid application process. “Brown’s financial aid website, although it’s helpful in a lot of ways, isn’t really dedicated to helping students who are filing for financial aid on their own, without outside help,” said Niyanta Nepal ’25, co-leader of the Admissions and Access Committee, which led the website’s creation. “We thought it would be valuable to have a resource created by students, catering to that student population.” The Financial Aid Resource website provides an overview of the various components of a financial aid appli-
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cation, especially the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and the College Scholarship Service profile. The site outlines the differences between the FAFSA form and the CSS profile, the various forms and documents required, which assets to document, important dates and deadlines and any additional expenses. In addition, the site offers an overview of the appeals process including tips on how to potentially increase financial aid awards. Sydney Stovall ’25 said that she hopes increased awareness of the Financial Aid Resource site will also motivate the University to reevaluate the resources they provide to prospective
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financial aid applicants. “I hope Brown as an institution will recognize that students are actively trying to hold them accountable and make sure that the work they’re doing is more equitable and more accessible,” Stovall said. Dean of Admission Logan Powell said that he is “impressed by the initiative taken by SEE” and appreciates “their interest in making the financial aid application process more relatable to prospective students and families.” “We must also be sure that the information they convey is accurate and
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