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THE BROWN DAILY HERALD MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022
VOLUME CLVII, ISSUE 48
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UNIVERSITY NEWS
SPORTS
Florida students process Hurricane Ian
Volleyball takes two Ivy wins over weekend in New York
Students describe difficulties contacting family, focusing on schoolwork amid storm
Bears defeat Cornell, Columbia in three sets each, securing first two wins in conference
BY SAM LEVINE SENIOR STAFF WRITER Last Wednesday, Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida near the cities of Fort Myers and Cape Coral as a Category 4 storm, bringing winds of 150 mph and major storm surges up and down the coast. The hurricane left more than two million Florida residents without power and caused historic damage to coastal cities and inland communities throughout the state. The storm’s strong winds and surges also destroyed important infrastructure on barrier islands and in coastal areas, complicating rescue and cleanup efforts and making it difficult for out-of-state family members to get in contact with their loved ones. For five students from coastal cities in southwest Florida hit hard by Hurricane Ian, watching from Rhode Island proved stressful as their families braved a historically powerful hurri-
BY ADIZA ALASA STAFF WRITER
COURTESY OF ROBERT KUPSAW
Arjun Singh ’23, whose family rode out Hurricane Ian at their home in Fort Myers, said he felt “completely powerless to help them.” cane down south. The Herald spoke with these students about the toll the hurricane has taken and how it has affected them from afar. “You feel completely powerless to help them and you really want to but there is nothing you can do,” said Arjun Singh ’23, whose family rode out the hurricane at their home in Fort Myers. “It was absolutely terrifying.” Four days after the storm hit, Singh’s family was still without power or cell service, which made it hard to stay in contact. For Singh, the scariest part of the storm was when the eyewall hit Fort
Myers on Wednesday. His texts and calls to family stopped delivering, and “that’s when the panic really set in,” he said. Alex Ivanchev ’25 was unable to contact his family for nearly 12 hours Wednesday after they lost internet service during the storm. Ivanchev is from Venice, between Fort Myers and its northern neighbor Sarasota, and he said that a part of his home’s roof was torn off while his parents waited out the storm inside.
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The volleyball team (6-6, 2-1 Ivy League) grabbed road wins against Cornell (3-9, 1-2) Friday night and Columbia (3-9, 0-3) Saturday night. Brown relied on consistent attacking and defense to handle each opponent in three sets. Brown 3, Cornell 0 The Bears’ offense was hot Friday night, with Bruno hitting .406 in the win and .455 in the first set. Setter Cierra Jenkins ’24 guided the offense throughout the night with 38 assists, adding nine digs and five kills. A kill by Jenkins and two Cornell errors gave Brown control of the first set, earning them a six-point lead midway through the opener. Brown ended the first set with a kill
by Kayla Griebl ’25 and two blocks and a kill by Beau Vanderlaan ’25 for a 25-16 victory, the Bears’ largest margin of victory in a set that night. Vanderlaan finished the game with nine kills. After the two teams were tied at 10 in the second set, Brown pulled away, going on a 5-0 run triggered by kills from Kate Sheire ’24, Griebl and Jenkins. A joint block by Vanderlaan and Griebl followed by another block from Vanderlaan boosted Bruno’s run. Cornell fought back to within two points, but Brown stretched its lead again, setting the score at 23-18 following a service ace by Jessie Golden ’26. Two kills by Sophia Miller ’23 ended the set, with Brown prevailing 25-20. The Bears continued their offensive charge in the third set, jumping to a 4-0 lead. Later, Brown led 10-5 after two consecutive kills by Miller. Bruno maintained this lead throughout the set until a kill by Vanderlaan earned Brown a match point, and Jenkins fin-
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SPORTS
UNIVERSITY NEWS
Women’s soccer grinds out 1-0 victory over Columbia
Project Main Green showcases live art
Brittany Raphino ’23 scores only goal of match as Bears move to 2-0 in Ivy League play BY NICHOLAS MILLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER Managing just three shots on target, the attack of the women’s soccer team (7-2-1, 2-0 Ivy League) was far from its free-flowing best Saturday in their 1-0 victory against Columbia (5-3-1, 1-1) at Stevenson-Pincince Field. But a moment of magic in the first half’s stormy conditions from forward Brittany Raphino ’23, combined with a strong defensive performance, allowed the Bears to grab a win in a hard-fought, physical game that had 27 combined fouls. “I don’t think it was a great performance,” said defender Kayla Duran ’23. “But given the weather and knowing that Ivy League wins are hard to come by, we’re happy to have that win.” The Bears began the game in a 4-4-
2 formation and struggled to maintain possession and switch fields, with both teams resorting to booting the ball down the left side. But in the 18th minute, Head Coach Kia McNeill moved to a 3-5-2 structure. The additional midfielder, Evelyn Calhoon ’24, allowed Brown to better gain a foothold in the game. “I don’t feel like we felt very threatened by their forwards necessarily, so just pushing an extra number up into the midfield allowed us to (put) a little bit more pressure,” McNeill said. “The team responded well to that, but I do wish we generated more off of that formation change.” Shortly after the formation shift, Calhoon took on an ambitious shot from more than 30 yards out. It was blocked down by a Columbia defender and landed for Raphino, who with her first touch fired a left-footed shot that nestled into the bottom corner. The Bears still needed a sure-handed save from goalie Bella Schopp ’26 on a powerful Columbia header to enter the half with the lead intact.
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Interactive exhibition seeks to build community, spark conversation BY RYA VALLABHANENI SENIOR STAFF WRITER A circle of artists stood painting on the Main Green for five hours Sunday. They were evenly spaced, with enough room to focus on their own work while still remaining fully aware of the person creating next to them. In the center of the circle always stood at least one musician, who rotated about every half hour. With the turn of each new song, the faces of a new group of students joined the crowd of spectators, watching and listening intently. Project Main Green is a first-time event at Brown, organized by Managing Director Ye Chan Song ’24 and Creative Director Namoo Song ’24. Yesterday, 14 musicians and nine visual artists sprawled out across the Green — all students from Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design — creating live art for anyone walking
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The Brown Center for Students of Color helped fund and budget for Project Main Green, a first-time event at Brown. across campus to see. Namoo Song first got the idea for Project Main Green during orientation, when he spent a three-day period painting in the heart of campus with friend Ye Chan Song by his side. Several people who were intrigued by his work approached him, including Assistant Director of the Brown Center for Students of Color Frank Garcia. The next day, the two had a follow-up conversation in Garcia’s office. Namoo Song presented his idea — an art exhibition focused on the process
Arts & Culture
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Commentary
Arts & Culture
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of creation, rather than the end product — and together, they began to sort out logistics. The BCSC agreed to help fund and budget the project, which meant that Namoo Song and Ye Chan Song could begin looking for student artists. “I love talking to people with creative minds who have a passion for what they do, because that just puts the energy in me,” Namoo Song said. During the recruitment process, he
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