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By KIKI BARNES AND MICHAEL DUBIN

SENIOR STAFF WRITERS

In the weeks after Christina Paxson was named the Universitys 19th presi-

dent, the transformative tenure of her predecessor, Ruth Simmons, set the backdrop against which Paxsons presi-dency would be viewed.

That lens can set expectations for and illuminate Paxsons strategic plan Building on Distinction: A New Plan for Brown, released last month and approved by the Corporation the

weekend of Oct. 26.Simmons Plan for Academic En-

richment, released in 2004, was the first formal strategic plan in the Uni-versitys history, and Building on Dis-tinction, the next document to articu-late a vision for Browns future, will be measured in the context of its legacy.

But Building on Distinction was forged in vastly different institutional and economic circumstances than the PAE. The Universitys improved instu-tional strength made it possible for this planning process to be broader and more inclusive, said Provost Mark Schlissel P15.

But some questioned the degree to which input from outside Univer-sity Hall influenced the plans original draft, which faced criticism for its lack of definitive goals. Administrators re-sponded that the plan was crafted with flexibility in mind.

With Brown embarking on the next decade guided by Paxsons plan, this four-part series will examine the plans

broader historical context, the financial strategies that will underpin forthcom-ing initiatives, the significance of the plans intentions to expand Browns presence in the greater Providence community and the implications of its academic proposals.

Terra firmaThe PAE was formulated during

an era of instability, Schlissel said. Simmons arrival in July 2001 came

at a tenuous time for the University. Former President E. Gordon Gees short tenure and unexpected resig-nation in February 2000 and the sub-sequent interim presidency of Sheila Blumstein, currently a professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychologi-cal sciences, left the University lack-ing consistent leadership and lagging behind its peers.

The interim president is in a sense a placeholder, Blumstein said. The Corporation wouldnt provide funds in the absence of a sitting president.

Former Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Richard Spies

As Paxson charts U.s future, Simmons influence lingersShifting economic circumstances instilled caution in President Christina Paxsons strategic plan

By REBECCA HANSENCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Administrators officially welcomed In-domitable, a new life-size kodiak bear sculpture, to campus Saturday in a cer-emony at the sculptures new home on Ittleson Quadrangle.

The sculpture was installed Oct. 28 in front of the Nelson Fitness Center.

Nick Bibby, the artist who created the sculpture, joined President Chris-tina Paxson, Director of Athletics Jack Hayes and Jo-Ann Conklin, director

of the David Winton Bell Gallery in List Art Center and a member of the Universitys Public Art Committee, for the dedication ceremony, attended by about 80 people. Administrators thanked Jonathan Nelson 77 P07 P09 and H. Anthony Ittleson 60 for donat-ing some of the funds used to construct the sculpture.

The Public Art Committee, which procures artwork for University spaces, commissioned the creation of Indomi-table through the Percent-for-Art pro-gram, which guarantees that 1 percent of all funds used in a specific building project go to art creations and installa-tions for the space under development, Conklin said. She said additional fund-ing came from Nelson, who also helped

New member of bear family moves into Ittleson QuadIndomitable, the life-size bear, weighs 3.2 tons and is covered with a half-inch-thick bronze shell

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President Christina Paxsons plan builds on her predecessors but contrasts with Ruth Simmons vision of Brown in terms of specificity and ambition.

By WING SZE HOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Five students participated in a large-scale rally protesting the National Security Agencys use of mass surveillance in Washington Oct. 26. The trip was or-ganized by the Brown American Civil Liberties Union and funded by the Un-dergraduate Finance Board.

The students joined StopWatching.us, a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies, in the Rally Against Mass Surveillance. The rally, organized in response to disclo-sures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden about the agencys spying pro-grams, included a march on the National Mall with more than 3,000 participants from across the country.

The rally was held to show Congress that mass surveillance violates the U.S. Constitution, said Vivian Hsiao 14, a rally attendee. We were right on Capitol Hill so people working in (Washington) and on the Hill can see, Hsiao said.

Privacy is important, said Joshua Liebow-Feeser 15, treasurer of the

Five travel to D.C. to rally against mass surveillanceThe students protested with StopWatching in response to the NSAs intelligence program

DAVID DECKEY / HERALD

The statue stands for excellence, stands for unity (and) stands for a first-class institution, said its sculptor, Nick Bibby.

By CALEB MILLERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Entering the game with a losing confer-ence record, blowing big leads in all its Ivy League matchups and hosting the reigning league champions, the football team seemed poised to continue its slide towards mediocrity. But a 27-0 thrash-ing of Penn (4-3, 3-1 Ivy) has thrust

the Bears (5-2, 2-2) back into the mix in the Ivy League.

Playing for the first time since an injury sidelined him halfway through the Princeton game Oct. 19, John Spooney 14 electrified Brown Stadium with 232 rushing yards and two break-away touchdowns of over 90 yards. On the other side of the ball, the Bruno defense pitched its first shutout of the year, holding the Quakers to 249 total yards on the day.

We came in here knowing it was going to be a physical game. We wanted our team to play physical, and I think thats what we did, said Head Coach

Phil Estes. We made the plays we had to make.

The first half showcased Spooneys game-changing speed. On the first play from scrimmage and his first carry back from injury Spooney tried the middle but could not find a hole, so he bounced outside. A gap opened up on the right side, and Spooney hit it with the speed that has won him five Ivy track and field championships. Ninety-three yards later, Spooney and the Bears were celebrating an early lead.

I saw a hole (up the middle), but it closed really fast, so I had to look to other options and (the outside) was

open, Spooney said. I was thrilled. I came into that first play knowing that anything could happen.

The Bears did not waste any time adding to their lead. Facing a third and six in their next possession, quarterback and co-captain Patrick Donnelly 13.5 connected with Jordan Evans 14 on a drag route, and the receiver showed his ability to run after the catch, break-ing free down the sideline for 39 yards to the Penn five-yard line. Two plays later, a well-designed play pulled all the Bears and Quaker defenders to the right while tight end Andrew Marks

Bruno crushes Quakers in shutout gameSpooney 14 showcased his speed with 232 rushing yards and two breakaway touchdowns

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c a l e n d a rsaid the University was a little bit stuck when Simmons arrived.

She was immediately tasked with restoring Brown to the level of its peers, the impetus behind the PAE.

If we were starting from a posi-tion with no programmatic and in-stitutional deficits, our task would be somewhat different, the PAE reads. Contemporary circumstances led Sim-mons plan to take a reactive rather than a proactive approach.

There are things we couldnt pursue until other things were put in place, said Spies, who also served as a senior adviser to Simmons.

In particular, Spies said masters programs and general expansion of graduate education were implausible without significantly growing the fac-ulty, as the PAE ultimately did.

While the PAE addressed many deficits, Building on Distinction comes at a stronger time in Browns history, Paxson and Schlissel said.

What senior administrators called a restoration of institutional health allowed the recent strategic planning process to take a more forward-look-ing approach, Paxson said.

We now have the luxury of mak-ing choices about where we want to focus resources, she said. Were now in a position where we can say, Okay, what are the areas where we can be really, really great?

But others said Brown was not in decline when Simmons arrived.

Brown might have been moving in a direction that President Simmons and her staff didnt think was the right direction, but I dont think it was in dire straits, said Professor of History Howard Chudacoff.

The course she laid out for the Uni-versity may have been misguided, said Stephen Nelson, a higher education expert and senior scholar at the Lead-ership Alliance at Brown.

There are a lot of old-timers at Brown who feel that Simmons spent the first couple of years here trying to turn Brown into Princeton, Nelson said.

The uncertainty principleThough the University rehabili-

tated its core during Simmons tenure expanding the faculty and improv-ing facilities the 2008 financial cri-sis produced new cracks in the foun-dation. In January 2009, Simmons projected an $800 million loss to the Universitys endowment, requiring deep budget cuts and dramatically changing the nature of strategic plan-ning, Paxson said.

We live in a more uncertain world than we did 12 years ago, she said, a theme that surfaced repeatedly in interviews with senior administrators. Uncertainty stems not only from the 2008 crisis and its aftershocks but also from the lingering possibility, nar-rowly avoided in recent weeks, that the United States could default on its debt, which could sink the nation back into recession, Schlissel said.

Paxson said economic instability has led to less predictable endowment returns and the sequester has slashed federal research funding.

That context engendered a deci-sively more cautious plan than the PAE, a distinction exemplified by each documents language on financial aid.

The PAE declares, Brown will of-fer need-blind admission for all un-dergraduates, including international

and transfer students a goal not fully realized.

Building on Distinction is more hesitant: The University will work toward Browns long-standing goal of becoming fully need-blind for all students.

While I would love to be need-blind for financial aid, we cant do that unless we can be sure need-blind is very financially prudent and respon-sible, Paxson said.

Adaptability has thus replaced boldness as the chief virtue in a stra-tegic plan.

A plan should set out directions that allow for the flexibility thats go-ing to be required as we go forward, Paxson said. At the time the PAE was released, she said, it was more com-mon to have a much more set-in-stone plan.

Schlissel warned against creating false expectations and making prom-ises on which the University might renege.

Nelson expressed support for Pax-sons more cautious approach. If they overreach with a plan and they dont get the significant pieces of it theres no quicker way to demotivate a whole culture, he said.

But Professor of Biology Ken Miller 70 P02 said he appreciated Simmons boldness. Rather than say money first, then we go need-blind, she said we have to go need-blind, and well count on the money to show.

Professor Emeritus of Engineering Barrett Hazeltine GP15 said Building on Distinction appears unfinished, while the PAE was more fully fleshed out.

The PAE is about four times the length of Building on Distinction and articulates goals in more specific terms.

Paxson put out a beta version, so to speak, Hazeltine said.

But Paxson said the speed of this planning process twice as fast as that of the PAE is reflected in the fact that it doesnt contain the full set of metrics by which we will measure ourselves.

Reaching out Though the PAE incorporated

many voices, Paxsons planning pro-cess was more inclusive, Schlissel said.

Planning centered on six com-mittees composed of administrators, faculty members, undergraduates and graduate students. The administration also surveyed the community, col-lected data and held open forums. It was a very iterative and consultative process, Schlissel said.

But despite students formal inclu-sion, some expressed skepticism about the weight of their contributions.

Though students were consulted, their voices lacked a major impact on both the PAE and Building on Distinc-tion, said John Savage P88 P95 P03 P05 GP17, professor of computer science.

Students, both graduate and undergraduate, were not well repre-sented, wrote Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies Harold Roth in an email to The Herald. This is unfortunate because in a real way students have the most insight into what is disctinctive about the Brown education and what elements of it need to be preserved.

Students may not be the only con-stituency with tenuous influence.

The faculty has historically had an important role in determining

University priorities, as when it had the last say on the curriculum in the 1960s, said University Historian Jane Lancaster.

Faculty members can still influ-ence and exert significant pressure on administrators, Savage said.

But Roth wrote in a Herald Opin-ions column that it was disappoint-ing not to see mentions of recommen-dations made by the Joint Committee on Employee Benefits in the new plan. The faculty had unanimously approved the committees recommendations at its February meeting.

The roles of many outside Uni-versity Hall in the planning process were more cosmetic than substan-tive, said a long-time faculty member who wished to remain anonymous.

While Simmons efforts to solicit input were not a charade, Nelson said, my hunch is that she had a pretty good idea in her own brain what she felt Brown needed.

On each others shouldersThe successes and shortcomings of

the PAEs implementation loom large over Building on Distinction.

These plans always build on each other, and presidents stand on each others shoulders, Nelson said.

Paxson cited the PAEs pushes for more competitive financial aid, faculty salaries and graduate stipends as criti-cal pursuits for Building on Distinc-tion to continue.

If we retreat on those, we will go backwards, Paxson said.

Paxsons plan might therefore be expected to build on the PAE in con-tinuing unfinished initiatives and us-ing the fortified faculty and facilities to push forward new ideas.

Building on Distinction maintains the PAEs unfulfilled goal of adopting a universal need-blind admission policy. Though 2007 marked the beginning of need-blind admission for domestic ap-plicants, the University remains need-aware when considering international, transfer and Resumed Undergraduate Education applicants.

Paxsons plan will continue our commitment to need-blind admis-sion and will move in the direction of expanding it, Miller said, but that extension goes not quite as far as I would like.

Building on Distinctions proposal for incremental faculty growth rep-resents another continuation of the PAE, which called for 100 new faculty members in its initial stages, followed by an annual 1 to 2 percent growth in the faculty.

Paxson has said she also expects to grow the student body by about 1 percent annually, with matching fac-ulty expansion.

Miller said he sees in Building on Distinction the same desire as in the PAE to expand the physical campus in addition to its population. The PAE said it would add over 500,000 gross square feet of academic space and renovate 250,000 more. While Paxsons plan does not set out square footage goals, it proposes new buildings to house exceptional scholarly initiatives and additional space for the School of Engineering, the Alpert Medical School and the Brown Institute for Brain Science.

But Building on Distinctions pro-posals for the physical campus seem to emphasize refinements rather than major new construction, Nelson said.

Like the PAE, Paxsons plan bolsters

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arts & culture 3THE BROWN DAILY HERALDMONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013

By MANDI CAICONTRIBUTING WRITER

Ninety years of singing, songwriting and musical poetry are surely deserving of a birthday party. Four well-known opera singers and pianists from the New York Festival of Song gave Ned Rorem, the famed American composer and Pulitzer Prize-winner, such a cel-ebration Friday.

In a concert in the Martinos Audi-torium at the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, sponsored by the Department of Music and Visit-ing Artist Musician Fund, Kate Lind-sey, a mezzo-soprano, and Andrew Garland, a baritone, sang in Rorems honor, accompanied by Steven Blier and Michael Barrett on the piano.

The concert included highlights from (Rorems) half-century career as a songwriter, along with music by his friends and inspirations: Samuel Bar-ber, Leonard Bernstein, Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, Theodore Chanler, Aaron Copland, Noel Coward, Francis

Poulenc and Virgil Thomson, accord-ing to the program.

The recital was divided into six sec-tions Setting Out, Inspiration, Lovers, Friends and Teachers, War, Intimates and Envoi. Each segment consisted of compositions embodying the theme implied by its title.

Lindsey and Garland have appeared in some of the worlds most renowned opera houses, including the Metro-politan Opera, the Seattle Opera and the Santa Fe Opera. Garland is also a teaching associate in the Department of Music.

I chose this group (of performers) because I had seen some of their pro-ductions in New York City and really liked how they structured song recitals to bring together a couple of different singers to showcase solo pieces and du-ets, said Fred Jodry, director of choral activities. Rorem is a composer who has written all kinds of songs, and I do think that he is one of the most interesting and expressive American song composers.

Pianists Blier and Barrett often en-gaged with the crowd, making casual remarks about Rorems life between songs.

At least 100 people attended the hour-and-a-half-long performance,

which included compositions by Ro-rem such as The Lordly Hudson and Life in a Love. The crowd, an even mix of professors, students and outside guests, including music teachers and students from the Boston area, gave a standing ovation after the final song.

Caroline Miller, a Princeton stu-dent in attendance, said she found the concert both comedic and enlight-ening, adding that she loved Lind-seys expressions during more playful songs like Sigh No More, (Ladies) and (Good) March, come in!

Blier, who teaches at the Juilliard School, and Barrett, who directed at the Tisch Center for the Arts, formed the New York Festival of Song together in 1988.

I gravitated towards music when I was very young, Blier said. I had a xylophone, and I would start playing songs on the piano from my xylophone. When I was 13, I played for my first professional.

As follow-up to Fridays concert, Blier and Barrett taught a master class for those interested in Grant Recital Hall Saturday. The purpose was to expose our voice students to a very high level of voice singing, Jodry said. To hear one or two singers sing in a small, intimate space is a kind of storytelling.

Concert honors prize-winning composerMore than 100 people attended the six-part tribute to Ned Rorem at the Granoff Center

By ALIZA REISNERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

As smartphones continue to become more widespread, students are finding

both social and academic reasons

to join the app craze.Noah Fradin 15 developed an app

called Punch-Hang With Friends, which was released in the Apple Store Sept. 3. Punch is the way to find and share spontaneous activities with friends, Fradin said.

Users type messages to note where they are so their friends can join with-out directly communicating, he added.

Punch is a great way to keep friends posted and spend more time with the people you love, Fradin said, adding that he came up with the idea for the app based on his own difficulties planning with friends. While the app does not yet have many users, consum-ers have given it a five-star rating in the Apple App Store.

Fradin said he decided to launch the app because its about time that we utilized (our phones) to augment our real-world, everyday life as opposed to pulling us away from it.

Unlike other social media plat-forms, Fradin did not design Punch with the intent of sucking in users for a long time, he said. The goal of Punch is to get users in and out of the app as quickly as possible.

Alfonso Subiotto Marques 16 de-signed CopyBoard, an app for Mac computers that allows users to copy and paste five things simultaneously, he said. Instead of having to paste a copied item before copying and pasting

another, CopyBoard users can copy up to five items at once to paste without toggling back to the original page.

Subiotto Marques decided to create the app for personal use to help him code more productively based on his experience in his computer science classes. He also said he wanted to learn about iOS, a computer operating sys-tem he was previously unfamiliar with.

Subiotto Marques was in part in-spired to create CopyBoard after CSCI 0150: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming gave him the skills to be able to pick up a book (about) iOS programing and go ahead and build an app, teaching himself about the system along the way, he said. Though he had never coded before Brown, the course provided him with the tools he needed to become an avid program-mer, he said.

Both Fradin and Subiotto Marques said creating an app is a very time-consuming process. But Fradin said he was happy to spend the time because he loves developing apps.

While Subiotto Marques said he developed the app on his own, Fradin said he worked with a team of other Brown and RISD students. Fradin and his team split the coding and design work, he said, adding that most of their work was completed last semester.

Fradin said the app filled a void to become something his friends and other students use and enjoy, he said. So far, Brown students have had very posi-tive responses to the app and comprise most of the apps daily users, he added.

Fradin said the future is looking bright for Punch, with an update for the iPhone and a version compatible with the Android both coming out soon.

Subiotto Marques app is still in development. I worked on the app more for the experience, which is why I havent really finished working on it, he said.

App makers release software, gain experienceStudents have made a foray into the iPhone app world with Punch and CopyBoard

Universitys ACLU chapter and rally attendee. Its good for college students to be part of these things, or at least be aware of it.

Liebow-Feeser learned about the rally through emails from outside po-litical groups and proposed attending to the Brown ACLU chapter. After internal voting, the group applied for UFB fund-ing, which covered the transportation costs for five students.

Both Liebow-Feeser and Hsiao de-scribed the NSAs use of mass surveil-lance as threatening to civil liberty and free speech, particularly in vio-lation of the Fourth Amendment. The violation of privacy makes people lose the ability to speak freely because of the fear over repercussion, Liebow-Feeser said. He described the silencing effect as a chilling, particularly for activists involved in politically controversial issues.

The government wants to sweep it under the rug and wave it away, Hsiao said, but other Congress people and activists are not willing to let this go. Hsiao added that President Obamas administration cannot justify surveil-lance by calling Snowden a traitor to distract attention.

Liebow-Feeser described the rev-elations of mass surveillance with documents provided by Snowden as extraordinary. He said the mass sur-veillance issue is traditionally not very visible because the officials try very hard to keep it out of peoples eyes or conscience.

It opposes civility, Hsiao said. But the recent revelations of spying on European leaders have made this an international issue so it is more likely something is to be done.

Liebow-Feeser said the trip was a lot of work to organize but (he) ab-solutely looks forward to organizing similar events in the future. He said he sees rallies as a form (of political participation) that works, drawing examples from the protests for civil

liberties in the 1960s. He said the form is good for people who are not experts because unlike organizing a large-scale rally, participation does not require as much effort.

Hsiao noted that peaceful dem-onstration coupled with other forms of activism are very powerful. She described the trip as a lot of travel-ing but said that the rally was full of energy. She said she learned a lot from the speeches from both sides of the political spectrum.

About 25 students applied to join the trip over the course of two weeks. There was a waiting list, but UFB could only fund five, Liebow-Feeser said.

UFB Chair Leila Veerasamy 15 said the board evaluates applications on a case-by-case basis and considers whether events proposed fit (the) mis-sion statement and the capacity of UFB. The groups funded by UFB are expected to bring something back to the Brown community, Veerasamy added.

She said UFB does not look at ideology and does not balance the number of political groups with differ-ent views on campus. UFB currently funds several political groups on cam-pus including the Brown Democrats and the Brown Republicans. This trip was classified as a conference for fund-ing purposes, she added.

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sports monday4 THE BROWN DAILY HERALDMONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013

By DANTE OCONNELLSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Bruno emerged from its opening week-end at home winless in its first two con-ference matchups. After a 4-3 loss to No. 17 Clarkson University and a 3-3 tie with St. Lawrence University, Brown is one of four teams in the ECAC yet to notch a league win.

One point on a home weekend is not what we want, but I thought we played a much better game (Saturday), said Head Coach Brendan Whittet 94. It makes it hard when you have to work out kinks in league games.

Coming into the weekend, Browns opponents had played eight and five games out of conference, respectively, while Bruno (2-1-1, ECAC 0-1-1) had played just two.

The penalty kill was the most visible kink for the Bears this weekend. In both games, Bruno gave up two first pe-riod power play-goals after scoring first.

Its goofy, Whittet said. The mo-mentum of the games changed pretty quickly. We were just letting their guys who can rip pucks just step into their shots with nobody around them.

Theres a lot to improve on, said captain Dennis Robertson 14. We need to get everybody on the same page. Thats

how we were successful last year. It was our downfall this weekend.

Six different players scored Brunos six goals this weekend.

Clarkson 4, Brown 3Bruno put together a strong offensive

effort in its home opener, but early penal-ties and a late turnover cost it the game.

We were really sloppy, Whittet said. We spotted them a lead, and we were in the box too much. That just cant happen. Its too short a season.

The Bears got off to a quick start when Ryan Jacobson 15 started the scoring less than five minutes into the game. After Clarkson goalie Greg Lewis turned away a shot from Michael Juola 14, Jacobson stuffed in a backhand shot to put Bruno up 1-0.

After an interference penalty on Rob-ertson, Sam Labrecque tied the game for Clarkson with a sharp wrist shot from the blue line that sailed over the left shoul-der of goalie Marco De Filippo 14. Two minutes later, the Golden Knights (7-2-1,

1-1-0) capitalized on another Brown pen-alty when Will Frederick backhanded a loose puck into the net.

With just 30 seconds left in the pe-riod, Allan McPherson shoveled a re-bound past de Filippo to take the Golden Knights into the locker room with a 3-1 lead.

Little scoring and much physicality characterized the second period. Scuf-fles broke out in front of the net twice, sending two men from each team to the penalty box for roughing.

Just 20 seconds into the third period, Matt Lorito 15 broke the scoring drought for the Bears by sliding in a juicy rebound from a Mark Naclerio 16 wrist shot.

After missed power play opportuni-ties on each side, Nick Lappin 16 tied it up at three with 2:56 left in the game on a tip-in off Robertsons slap shot.

With just under two minutes to play, Clarkson responded with a Kyle Essery goal over the shoulder of de Filippo for the game-winner after a Bruno turnover in its own zone, bringing the comeback effort to a screeching halt.

It was an inexcusable mistake, Whittet said. Its hard to take when you come back and then you give up a two-on-one. Its not smart hockey.

Brown could not tie the game with the extra attacker despite a flurry of shots on goal in the final 90 seconds.

Brown 3, St. Lawrence 3In the second game of the weekend,

the Bears came back from an early deficit to force a tie against the Saints (4-2-2, 0-0-2).

It was an unbelievable battle, Whittet said. Theyre a very good hock-ey team and were a very good hockey team, and I thought it was an excellent game.

Bruno started off strong for the sec-ond game in a row when Matt Wahl 14 got on the board midway through the first period. The defenseman gathered a rebound at the blue line, toe dragged to the center of the zone and fired a wrist

shot past goalie Matt Weninger.Two minutes later, Gavin Bayreuther

tied the game for the Saints with a sharp wrist shot past goalie Tyler Steel 17.

Garnet Hathaway 14 responded for the Bears later in the period with his second goal of the season. Collecting a loose puck from a Zack Pryzbek 17 shot, Hathaway spun and fired, finding the back of the net to give Brown the lead.

But St. Lawrences Carey brothers would have none of it. On yet another first period penalty kill for the Bears, Greg Carey fired a wrist shot through traffic and over Steels glove. Two min-utes later, freshman forward Matt Carey added another goal for the Saints, tak-ing them into the locker room with a 3-2 lead.

After a relatively quiet start to the sec-ond period, two St. Lawrence penalties gave Bruno a five-on-three opportunity with 2:19 left in the frame. Robertson took advantage a minute later, launch-ing a wrist shot from the blue line past Weninger on the blocker side to tie the game at three.

They had some tired (penalty) kill-ers, so that gave me some room to find a lane and get a shot through, Robertson said. Thats how its designed.

Despite being outshot 8-3 in the third period, Brown held onto the tie, sending the contest into overtime.

After we scored the tying goal, they came out hard in the third period, Robertson said. We had to weather the storm. We were definitely on our heels for a bit.

Lappin had the best opportunity for the Bears in extra time, but Weninger blocked his shot in front of the net.

For the first time since going down with an injury last year, Kyle Quick 15 re-turned to the lineup against St. Lawrence.

I thought (Quick) did a good job for his first game back, Whittet said. He acquainted himself well.

Brown will start a six-game road trip next weekend against Quinnipiac (8-1-0, 2-0-0) and Princeton (1-3-0, 0-2-0).

Bruno drops one, ties one in opening home weekendThe Bears fell to No. 17 Clarkson in home opener before tying St. Lawrence in their second game

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Dennis Robertson 14 (above) said the team needs to improve communication to achieve as much success as last year.

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launching a legacy? 5THE BROWN DAILY HERALDMONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013the Universitys commitment to gradu-ate and professional education, Miller said. He cited the increased number of graduates from the Med School 120 per year, double that when the PAE was released. Building on Distinction calls for a growth in the number of masters and medical students and seeks to en-hance doctoral education.

These expansions to graduate and medical education and intensified at-tention to research made possible by the continued expansion of the faculty and enhancement of research facilities are central to understand-ing whether the University intends to focus over the next decade on its role as an undergraduate college or on its role as a research university.

Paxson rejected the assertion that increasing the scope of graduate edu-cation detracts from undergraduate education.

This is not a zero-sum game, she said.

But in spite of all of the promises that it wont, I think (the focus on re-search) has the potential to change the nature of the traditional undergraduate commitments, Chudacoff said.

DeparturesThough faculty members are

conscious of the two plans shared elements, some struggled to identify proposals in Building on Distinction that are uniquely Paxsons initia-tives separate from what appeared in the PAE.

I cant see specifics of a big depar-ture, Miller said.

But Hazeltine pointed to integrative scholarship as distinct from any facet of Simmons plan. Though the PAE called for the development of multi-disciplinary initiatives and programs

generally, it did not enumerate spe-cific interdisciplinary areas in which the University would make targeted investments something Paxsons plan does.

One of the integrative themes, brain science a field the original PAE never explicitly mentioned emerges as a key area of academic interest for Building on Distinction.

Building on Distinction has a much more global scope than the PAE, Nelson said. This is evidenced in the themes, which were chosen so the resulting scholarship would have a positive impact not only on the Brown campus but also in the community, the nation and the world, according to the plan.

The word world is used in Pax-sons plan more than twice as frequent-ly as in the PAE in nearly a quarter the number of pages. The words global and globe, used 10 times in Building on Distinction, do not appear in the original version of the PAE.

But aspects of Paxsons plan relating to technology are the most distinct from the PAE, representing a field less ripe for exploration a decade ago.

Massive open online courses, on-line academic tools like Canvas, the opening of the Digital Scholarship Lab in the Rockefeller Library and aca-demic investments in engineering and computer science all reflect the effects of technological innovation on under-graduate and graduate experiences.

With attention given to the poten-tial applications of digital technology to teaching and learning and the creative use of online technologies, Building on Distinction emphasizes and promotes augmenting technol-ogys presence in the classroom.

Recent technological developments have also led to the rise of Big Data, prompting Building on Distinction to

include data fluency and analysis as one of the five sections listed under educational leadership.

In 2002, we didnt have digital or online learning, said Vice Chancellor Jerome Vascellaro 74 P07. The world has changed around us, and the plan is reflective of that.

Community reactionBecause many of the PAEs initia-

tives were put in motion before its release, the documents unveiling to the community was relatively unevent-ful, Spies said.

He added that most reactions were voiced in February 2002 as the plan-ning process unfolded and the admin-istration was deciding the flesh of the document.

Many worried the PAE aspired to do too much, Spies said.

Though community members voiced concerns over the feasibility of the PAEs ambitions and whether undergraduates would be swamped by investments in graduate educa-tion, Spies said, I dont think anyone thought we got the big picture wrong.

Building on Distinction incited both praise and criticism from stu-dents, faculty members and campus organizations, but Schlissel said reac-tion to the plan has been insufficient in a community of 10,000, only be-tween 100 and 150 attended the open

forum he and Paxson hosted after the plans release. They also attended sev-eral campus group meetings as part of the public comment period.

Many students may not have opin-ions on the strategic plan at all. In a Herald poll conducted Sept. 30-Oct. 1, around 16 percent of undergraduate respondents indicated they had not heard of the strategic plan, and almost half were aware of the plan but did not know enough to form an opinion.

Despite evidence of low engage-ment with the plan, existing opinions are strong.

Within two weeks of the drafts re-lease, Paxson surprised the community by announcing she would revise the document before submitting it to the Corporation based on feedback from the various forums and meetings, re-versing an earlier statement that she would not change the draft.

Paxson said the process of vetting it on campus has made me realize that things I take for granted, people wanted to see in the plan laid out. Undergraduate advising, competitive graduate stipends and the idea of the university-college were implicit in the original draft, Paxson said, but she revised the plan to include them.

Paxson said concern about the ab-sence of the phrase university-college surprised her. None of the planning committees or groups who read the

draft before it was released discussed whether to include the phrase, she said.

Despite Paxsons revisions, some concerns like commitment to grow-ing financial aid have not been ad-dressed, and some still question the plans overall vision.

The balance between personal growth and pre-professional prepa-ration has long been a hallmark of Brown, Roth wrote in an email. Sadly, I do not see this well-reflected in the strategic plan as it was presented last month.

Disagreements, though they are a challenge to deal with, are necessary to the planning process, Spies said. Id say people be patient, work on these with the administration and others to fill those blanks in.

A lengthy process of feedback, re-vision and eventual implementation is key to strategic planning, Vascel-laro said. There is a long arc to these things.

Like Simmons, whose Campaign for Academic Enrichment funded key components of the PAE, Paxson will have to develop major fundrais-ing initiatives to implement priorities outlined in her strategic plan. Tomor-rows story explores potential Univer-sity strategies to finance Browns devel-opment over the next decade and what they could mean for the University.

finance the Nelson Fitness Center, and Ittleson.

The statue weighs 3.2 tons and con-sists of a half-inch thick shell of bronze and a stainless steel support system, Bibby said. Bibby is a British artist based in Devon, England, according to his website.

The bear stands for excellence, stands for unity (and) stands for a first-class institution, he said.

Hayes used the occasion to tout the Bears 27-0 football victory over Penn Sat-urday. Today at the stadium, the Brown bear stood for total dominance, he said.

Paxson opened her remarks with an anecdote about a recent experience with Browns favorite animal. I was in Alaska last summer hiking, (and) I saw one of these bears from a distance. Seeing the sculpture, Im glad I didnt see it up close, she said.

The bear mascot is a good symbol for all students for its strength, power and independence, Paxson said. She added that she hopes the statue will motivate anyone who walks by to recognize their inner strength.

Administrators initially discussed moving Bruno, the bear sculpture on the Main Green, to Ittleson Quad, Conklin said. But Public Art Committee members ultimately decided against moving the old bear sculpture because they wanted a big-ger sculpture that more appropriately fit Ittleson Quads large green space, she said.

Committee members approached Bibby last year about creating a new bear sculpture because the British artist really studies animals, Conklin said. Hes an

avid self-taught zoologist and naturalist.He creates really beautiful sculpture

(and) makes pieces that are very evoca-tive, she added.

In the dedication ceremony, Bibby said receiving the Universitys request to create Indomitable was the dream phone call because the project offered a larger-scale opportunity than his usual artwork.

The design process for Indomitable involved collaboration between Bibby and administrators on figuring out how to best portray the newest representation of Browns mascot.

Committee members agreed that they did not want an overly aggressive bear, Conklin said. Bibby said he wanted to avoid creating a couch-potato zoo bear.

Bibby completed the sculpture at his studio in England Oct. 2, and Indomi-table was then transported to the United States, Conklin said. The new sculpture is the sixth work commissioned by the Public Art Committee in its mission to help fill campus spaces with more art-work, she added.

Some students who attended the dedication ceremony said they approve of Indomitable becoming a fixture on campus.

Its a great representation of Brown and students in general, said Renee Edel-man 17, a member of the gymnastics team.

Sebastian Levin 15, a member of the wrestling team, described the statue as awesome. He said he saw the statues installation last week while he was at practice and was surprised that it was way bigger than expected.

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PAXSON, from page 2

This four-part series examines the broad impacts President Christina Paxsons strategic plan could have on the University and its implications for the next decade. Read it online at: thebdh.org/legacy.Today: Todays story compares Paxsons strategic plan to that of former President Ruth Simmons, analyzing how developments on and off College Hill have affected the ambition and scope of Building on Distinction.Tomorrow: Tuesdays story examines the financial strategies the University may use to support the strategic plans proposals and endeavors while assessing how financial realities determine what projects Brown can undertake.Wednesday: Wednesdays story explores how Building on Distinction could shape Browns presence in the Jewelry District, looking at the effect that presence may have on academic culture and the broader Providence community.Thursday: Thursdays story analyzes how the strategic plan could impact Browns status as a university-college, navigating tensions between the liberal arts and preprofessional programs, humanities and sciences, and undergraduates and the Graduate School.

A four-part series

commentary6 THE BROWN DAILY HERALDMONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Last Sunday, President Christina Paxson informed the Brown community of the Corporations decision not to divest the Universitys endowment from its holdings in large coal companies. Many were disappointed, given the strength and energy of the campaign by student activist group Brown Divest Coal and the supportive report produced by the Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policy. With clear evidence asserting both the coal industrys contribution to global climate change and coals harmful effects on health, we hope the Corporation will revisit the decision and critically address its financial ties to some of the companies in question. The University may have lost an important opportunity to lead on this is-sue, but we are hopeful that campaigns at other Ivy League schools will encourage the Corporation to keep pace. And while the members of Brown Divest Coal are certainly disappointed, we hope their energetic and enthusiastic campaign will continue to press the Corporation on this and other on-campus environmental efforts.

Browns investment in coal, as a fraction of its overall endowment, is minimal at only 0.1 percent. If the figure were to be any higher, the Corporations decision against divestment could be financially justified. Not only are Browns holdings in coal relatively small, but coal itself also appears to be a relatively poor investment. Paxsons letter to the community explaining the rationale against divestment, which attests to the economic presence of coal in developing countries as a reason for investment, is effectively negated in a guest column written by Brown Divest Coal. The article states that the global push for increased carbon regulation has actually encouraged the World Bank Group to eliminate financial support for coal production in developing countries (Yes to divest, Oct. 1). This drastic measure reveals that major global institutions are indeed taking substantial mea-sures against coal production. While the arguments of Paxsons letter address the stability and presence of coal, reality shows that the global community also has a conscience through its varied efforts to fight climate change. With constant fears of regulatory interference, the coal industry faces little escape from the watchful eye of the global community.

Given that Browns investment is so small, we must then direct our concerns toward the five members of the Corporation known to have financial connections to the coal industry. We urge the Divest Coal campaign to continue pushing this particular argument, as it is such an obvious conflict of interest. If this issue is reconsidered, these five must recuse themselves, and we hope media attention will push them to do so. But with the Corporations refusal to remain accountable to such fundamental demands, we cannot reasonably expect to hold its decision as earnest and genuine. Without addressing the five Corporation members who actually command important roles in sustaining coals power, the letters appeal to coal as a global economic force reads as a defense of these individuals.

The Universitys past divestments from tobacco, HEI Hotels and Resorts and businesses in apartheid South Africa have demonstrated its past commitment to valuing the moral and social aspects of financial decisions. These actions had little effect on the Universitys endowment at those times, a result we would expect to also see from coal divestment. But the Corporation currently maintains that coal is not the issue and that divestment is not the current answer. Instead, the Corporation suggests the University should focus its efforts toward studying and understanding the matter, ignoring that immediate actions against global climate change are necessary for the continued preservation of our world. This is an excuse that underestimates Browns global presence. The national attention and commentary the events of last week have brought should stand to convince the Corporation of the potential for campus decisions to be heard on the national level.

Through the efforts of Divest Coal and others in revealing the complexities and consequences of coal production, combined with the recent surge in student activism, we are hopeful the University will eventually recognize the numerous calls to divest from coal. If this decision is reversed quickly, Brown can still make an exemplary statement and be recognized for its social conscience. The alternative waiting until forced by pressure from peer institutions to do so would yield the same ultimate result with no potential for positive press. There is still time for Brown to be a leader on this issue, and we hope Paxson and the Corporation will reconsider as quickly as possible.

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I was in Alaska last summer hiking (and) I saw one of these bears from a distance.

President Christina Paxson

See indomitable, page 1.

Due to an editing error, an article published in Fridays Herald (Teach-in addresses racial implications of policing prac-tices, Nov. 1) incorrectly reported that Stefano Bloch said he was incredibly proud of protestors when they told Kelly to shut his (expletive) mouth. In fact, Bloch said he was incredibly proud of protestors when they told Kelly to shut his expletive mouth. The Herald regrets the error.

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Protest blocked free speechTo the Editor:

I strongly oppose stop-and-frisk. Experts disagree on whether or not it reduces crime, but that begs the point. It is an affirmation of racial profil-ing and collective guilt. It humiliates its victims, mostly minorities, in a society that often holds prejudices against people of color. Humiliation is the most heinous form of insult. It leaves wounds almost impossible to cure. Even if these policies somewhat reduce crime, the price is far too high.

Notwithstanding this opinion, I abhor behavior that prevents a speak-er at Brown from expressing his or her views. Protest is a valid form of disagreement. However, when it in-fringes on the right of free speech, it is certainly not. Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their ideas. Not that long ago McCarthyism corroded our own civil society. Uni-versities must be a citadel for freedom of expression, constructive dissent and openness to ideas. If not here, then where?

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is an honorable man who has committed his life to the service of public safety. He is not a racist. He

believes passionately that his policies protect minorities. Many of us dis-agree, but we have devalued ourselves and our University by not allowing him to speak.

Brown is approaching its 250th anniversary. We will not abandon our core values they reside in every sinew of our collective being. Some ar-gue Kellys policies are so vile that they are justified in their behavior, however contrary to the code of conduct and the essence of a democratic society. That justification is quite a stretch in this circumstance. Moreover, what hubris for anyone to appoint them-selves as the deciders of what ideas the Brown community is permitted to discuss.

The protesters prevented the lis-teners from deciding this issue for themselves. They lost the chance for a robust question and answer session after the speech. They ignored values that are prerequisites to the liberal education that they came here to re-ceive. Whatever their goal, they paid too high a price.

Stephen Robert 62 P91Chancellor of the University,

Emeritus

Ray Kelly was not silencedTo the Editor:

Thanks to Associate Professor of History Naoko Shibusawa P14 for conveying her support and ad-miration for those who protested against New York Police Commis-sioner Ray Kelly last Tuesday. I join her in standing in solidarity with these students and members of the Providence community. We live in a conflicted, unequal society and are at times presented with situations that cant be adequately confronted within the customs of polite, institutionally structured debate alone. As Shibu-sawa says, there is a long, honorable history of disruptive protest that is

part of the tradition of political de-mocracy.

Professor of Biology Ken Millers 70 P02 claim that last Tuesdays pro-test represents a step . . . towards mob rule strikes me as alarmist and one-sided. Kelly has not been silenced: His advocacy for a policy of intimidating racial profiling is widely known and currently being debated in the federal courts. For people who are being threatened and violated by stop-and-frisk, the time has come to combine serious debate with serious action.

William KeachProfessor of English

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It is telling that of all the reflections on last Tuesdays events circulating on Facebook, The Herald and other media, those that only superficially engage the concept of free speech as an abstract principle and couch their arguments in the rhetoric of respect and civility bewail the protesters tactics. In contrast, those that critically engage the notions of free who and civil rights as tangible ideas that relate to and affect real communities throughout Providence and the United States in diverse ways boldly defend the protesters actions.

If my implication is vague, let me clarify: The thought process of those who dismiss the shouting down of New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly as inarticulate, uncivilized or myopic is fundamentally shallower than that of those who stand by the protestors decision to deny the commissioner his chance to speak. The latter is consider-ably less egoistic, far more nuanced and profoundly more empathetic.

If I seem unduly pejorative, I would ask you to give me the chance to empa-thize with those whom I have just criti-cized. I understand that you feel uneasy, perhaps even angry, that members of our community were denied their chance to engage Kelly in an open forum. I have no doubt that had his speech been allowed to take place, the question and answer

session would have been a display of intellectual force he would have been woefully unable to withstand. We could have collectively exposed him for the menace that he is and done so in an unimpeachably civil fashion that allowed us to feel good about our community as a place in which tolerance and reason triumph over intolerance and bigotry.

But thats where it would have stopped: our community. This civil dis-course would simply not have resounded far beyond the lecture hall, and word of 100 Brown students intellectual triumph certainly would not have traveled to the communities throughout the country that are victims of the violent policies men like Kelly perpetuate and amplify.

I myself do not come from such a community, and I cannot claim to

know the pain and degradation that Kellys victims are forced to live with every single day. However, I can sure as hell feel angry when people who come from privileged backgrounds like mine abuse their positions to wreak further social and economic violence on already marginalized communities, and I can do my best to sincerely help the voices of those communities ring loudly in settings where they all too often remain completely unheard.

I can appreciate the value of a society in which civil discourse is the only dis-course, and I can appreciate the desire of many of my peers to act and speak in a fashion that adds to this value, but the truth of the matter is that we live in a world where this type of society can-not yet be realized. Civility that comes

at the expense of further marginalizing the subjugated is not only worthless, but also criminally dishonest.

Because of this, I can appreciate that there are certain moments when an eruption of raw emotion albeit a disruptive one better empowers the voices of the oppressed than any sterile exercise in intellectual rigor undertaken on their behalf ever could. Upon reflection I have come to under-stand that last Tuesday was one of those moments, and I hope those of you who have not already will soon come to do the same.

Casey Gordon 14 is intellectually rigorous and civilly disobedient. He

can be reached at thecaseygordon@gmail.com.

We regret your decision. We regret your continued and deliberate willing-ness to invest in an industry quickly consigning our generation to life on an inhospitable planet. Understand that you do so in defiance of thousands of students, hundreds of faculty members and members of the Brown community all over the world. You do so in defiance of your own Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies, which concluded, The com-panies recommended for divestment perpetrate grave, indeed egregious, social harm, and there is no possible way to square our profiting from such harm with the values and principles of the University. This conversation is not over. We will divest from coal.

We reject both of your critiques. First, the coal industrys harms are, in fact, sufficiently grave to warrant divestment, regardless of divestments symbolic value. Yes, the reality is that (coal) still provides 40 percent of global

electricity. But if coal-driven climate change continues unchecked, the re-ality is that we could lose as much as 20 percent of global gross domestic product. It is precisely coals embed-dedness in our energy system that makes it so dangerous.

It will take vision and leadership to get us off coal in time. This week, you demonstrated neither. Remem-ber that we only developed manu-facturing technology that did not rely on child labor after social out-cry demanded an end to the prac-tice. Instead of demanding change, your short-sighted response shack-les us to an unsustainable status quo of mountaintop removal, lethal air pollution and climate change that has pushed us to the brink of ecological collapse and massive human suffering.

You argue second that divestment would not send an effective message because it lacks a comprehensive policy agenda to overhaul the global energy economy. This is an impossible stan-dard. A recent Oxford study showed the coal industry is so harmful we can-not in good conscience continue to profit from it. Of course divestment is a means, not an end. How we expedite

the transition away from coal to miti-gate climate change and avert disaster indeed calls for research and education to which Brown should contribute. But that research and education must

not coincide with the coal industrys continued malpractice and must not disguise and rationalize inaction. Your refusal to divest condones an industry that makes its money marginalizing people here and abroad. How you rec-oncile this choice with Browns mission to serve the community, the nation and the world is unclear to us.

We were taken aback by your men-tion of lunch counter sit-ins as a foil to coal divestment. This appropriation

of civil rights protests is opportunis-tic and ahistorical not to mention ironic. In the same way you admit coals harms while saying no to divestment, white moderates in the 1960s claimed

to support integration and equal rights while decrying sit-ins and Freedom Rides. Just as their mod-eration looks like cowardice and hypocrisy today, your rejection of divestment will look the same when half of Florida, and the vast major-ity of its economy, is underwater.

Your compliments regarding our commitment and purpose are condescending. Time and again you invoked the campaign, without our consent, to promote Browns spirit of open discussion to do-

nors and prospective students. Mean-while, you attempted to end this com-munitys commitment to divestment in a closed-door meeting that welcomed zero students or faculty members but welcomed at least five Corporation members with significant financial ties to the coal industry. And then, you didnt even take a vote.

Concluding your letter with an allusion to the social choice fund was especially cynical an immoral

equivocation to keep donations rolling in. This hedging admits to the commu-nity that investment in coal ethically compromises the rest of Browns invest-ments. Socially responsible investment should be the rule, not the exception.

We have gone through your estab-lished channels bureaucratic ma-chinery designed to sap the energy from every campaign on campus fighting for social justice and they have yielded exactly nothing. You say that you are creating a task force to identify bold and aggressive ways in which Brown can lead ... the soci-etal response to climate change. And we have an idea to get the task force started: Divest From Coal.

We will see you at the next Cor-poration meeting, and every one after that, until you act in a way that be-speaks the conviction and conscience of your faculty members, alums and students.

Yours in Protest,Brown Divest Coal

Brown Divest Coal stands in solidarity with students across campus demanding accountability from our

administration.

commentary 7THE BROWN DAILY HERALDMONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013An open letter to President Paxson and the Corporation

Kelly protesters empowered the voiceless

It is precisely coals embeddedness in our

energy system that makes its harms so dangerous. It will take vision and

leadership to get us off coal in time. This week, you demonstrated neither.

BROWNDIVEST COAL

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A few weeks ago, Zach Ingber 15 wrote a column lamenting the preva-lence of intolerance for certain po-litical perspectives (Free speech at Brown? Oct. 20). Ironically, much of the student body received his plea for free inquiry with the exact type of in-tolerance that he described. And just last week, New York Police Commis-sioner Ray Kelly was shouted down by protesters as he attempted to give a lec-ture presumably regarding his support for the controversial stop-and-frisk policy.

Its a common but apt refrain: We dont have free speech so that we can talk about the weather. While this isnt a discussion about the right to free speech per se, its still instructive to look at why this right plays a central role in a func-tioning society.

Historically, the disregard and suppression of ideas has been used to

perpetrate atrocities on a grand scale. Rights are designed to protect individu-als from force and coercion. Successful societies protect and promote free inqui-ry and discourse because they recognize the unreliability of the mob. I dont think I need to list the innumerable cases of suppression of speech in which those resorting to force believed morality to be on their side. And its circular to as-sert that this time the action actually is justified since the assumed justification is under contention.

Its logically unconvincing to say that stop-and-frisk is immoral, and we therefore shouldnt talk about it, because plenty of people disagree with the initial premise that stop-and-frisk is inherently immoral. As a university, we need not actively support and represent each and every voice, but we should not disregard them, and we certainly should not sup-press them.

Free inquiry is about being humble its about recognizing personal in-tellectual imperfection while striving for unattainable perfection. To me, this unwillingness to consider, or even allow, opposing perspectives demonstrates a

real dearth of the humility necessary for free inquiry. We arrogantly idolize ourselves as models of perfection and disrespectfully belittle our peers off-handedly dismissing the views of equally rational, intelligent and well-informed individuals because they disagree with our conclusions.

And this pretension extends beyond arguments, affecting dissenters at an individual level. Often and Ive expe-rienced this personally such convic-tions of infallibility are used to justify comments regarding the bad character of defenders of these views. Beyond rely-ing upon the aforementioned circularity, this point is particularly annoying to me as someone who holds free inquiry at a premium. Its a tragic state of closed-mindedness when all attempts to pro-vide reasoning that could exonerate ones character will only ever be interpreted as further evidence of culpability. Its analo-gous to calling someone argumentative, and then taking their disagreement as further evidence of that point. This isnt substantive evidence, because there would be disagreement irrespective of the truth of the initial claim.

By walking away from the debate and insisting upon the soundness of our con-clusions, we afford ourselves an intellec-tually privileged position of self-ascribed infallibility. Its darkly ironic to me that this is the ubiquitous fallback position taken up by the same individuals who fallaciously cite privilege as grounds to dismiss the arguments of others.

Ideas should be evaluated on the basis of their content, not their origin. The validity of an argument exists inde-pendently of those who espouse it. This specious logical connection between arguer and argument through privilege is a disturbingly pervasive instance of an ad hominem fallacy. At best, the evidence to which individuals of privilege might not have equivalent access is purely an-ecdotal in nature and does not establish a legitimate basis for policy.

Many condemned President Chris-tina Paxsons response as well as the responses of students who agreed with her through an irrational appeal to this unrestricted umbrella of privilege. For those in our community who were offended by Paxsons response, perhaps the identical advice former President

Ruth Simmons offered to incoming stu-dents in her 2001 convocation address will be more convincing.

When I was your age, I was like many of such an age confident of my opinionsOne day in the middle of a classroom discussion about apart-heida lone young white South African woman spoke up in class and defended her way of lifeI have never forgotten these simple words spoken in opposition to my ownAnd I have regretted for 30 years that I did not engage this womans assertions instead of dismissing her as racistThose moments will come to you in this place. You can look awayor you can engage them and not look back 30 years later wishing that you had the opportunity to do it.

Learning at Brown is a process in which disagreement plays an integral part. As Simmons concluded, Welcome to this quarrelsome enterprise that we call a university. Enjoy.

Andrew Powers 15 can be reached at andrew_powers@brown.edu

and will respectfully respond to you as an intellectual peer.

Defend free inquiry at BrownANDREW POWERS

opinions columnist

By LAINIE ROWLANDSPORTS STAFF WRITER

The womens hockey team trekked six hours north this weekend to take on the Clarkson Golden Knights and the Saint Lawrence Saints at their respective home rinks. Bruno tied Clarkson 1-1 and lost to St. Lawrence 5-1.

Clarkson (7-2-2, 2-1-1 ECAC) and St. Lawrence (4-6, 3-1) are peren-nial hockey powerhouses. The Golden Knights were ranked fifth in a preseason U.S. College Hockey Online poll, and the Saints have topped Brown (1-2-1, 0-1-1) in their past 18 matchups. These teams also hold an additional advantage over Bruno as they have been practicing and playing since September. Ivy League hockey teams are not allowed to start practicing until two weeks before the start of their seasons, said co-captain Jennifer Nedow 14. We were playing two really hard teams who have already played a lot of games, she said.

Clarkson 1, Brown 1Friday nights game against

Clarkson proved a defensive test for Brown, with goalie Aubree Moore 14 saving 53 of 54 shots, while Clark-son only had to defend 11 shots from Bruno. Following the trend from last weekends competition against the RIT, the Bears were once again outshot by a high margin but still managed to keep the game close through skillful defen-sive efforts. Penalties, like goals, also proved to be few and far between, with Bruno notching one and Clarkson two, resulting in a lack of power plays.

Clarkson scored first to take a 1-0 lead near the end of the first period. The goal was answered by Brunos Ariana Rucker 16 as she deflected a rebound off Erin Conway 17 to tie the game in the second period. The rest of play proved scoreless for both teams, though Clarkson turned up the offensive pressure in overtime, testing a solid Moore in goal.

St. Lawrence 5, Brown 1Saturday the Bears took on St. Law-

rence in a higher scoring game, though the goals were not in Browns favor. The offensively strong Saints outshot Bruno by a 33-18 margin.

St. Lawrence took an early lead in the first period, with a goal off a power play and an additional one at 18 minutes, 47 seconds to make the

score 2-0 going into the second period. St. Lawrence doubled the margin, as it scored two more times to bring the score to 4-0. Brown got on the board in the third period, as Rucker scored for a second time in the weekend off an assist from Brittany Moorehead 15, bringing both Ruckers and Brunos total goal count for the weekend to two. But the Saints scored again in the third to seal their victory 5-1.

Moores standout performances in goal brought her shots saved total to 167, an average of 42 per game for the season so far.

We know we have a team that never quits and great goaltending, said Head Coach Amy Bourbeau.

Having a strong defense allows the team to be more aggressive offensively and take chances by having a fourth man in the zone, Nedow said.

The defensive trend continued on the road back to Providence as the teams path was briefly blocked.

In a moment that was no big deal, the returning team encountered five moose in the middle of the road on (their) way home from Canton, N.Y., according the teams Twitter.

The Bears will host Quinnipiac in their first home game of the season Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at Meehan Audito-rium.

14 went left. Donnelly floated the ball to Marks, who was all alone in the end zone, and the Bears had a 14-0 lead after two possessions.

Unlike their first two conference games in which Bruno lost big leads in the second quarter the Bears ex-tended the lead in the second period. The team had its back against their own end zone for a second time early in the second quarter. Again, the Bears turned to Spooney, and again, he delivered. Exploiting a small hole up the middle, Spooney split the Quaker defense and did not stop until he hit pay dirt. The second run of over 90 yards for Spooney had the Bears comfortably ahead 21-0.

When he plays four quarters, he can control a football game, Estes said of his star tailback. Jokingly, he added, the way he rips off runs, he scares me a little bit. The referees were out of breath and asked if we could slow him down.

Late in the first half, the home team proved it was their day. Penn was knock-ing on the door, facing a fourth and goal at the one-yard line. But a stout defensive line dropped Quaker quarterback Ryan Becker for a loss to give Bruno the ball. Three plays into the ensuing drive, with the clock winding down in the half, Don-nelly pulled a play action and hit receiver Tellef Lundevall 13.5 over the middle for 67 yards. The bomb set up kicker Alexan-der Norocea 14 for a 44-yarder as time expired, and Bruno carried a 24-point advantage into the locker room at half.

After Spooney and company built the lead, the Bruno defense ensured there would be no comeback this time. The Quakers managed just 52 yards in the third quarter, and Becker spent most

of the quarter on his back thanks to an aggressive Bears pass rush.

The up-front guys did a really good job of getting to the quarterback, Estes said. With Becker, we needed him to prove himself, we wanted him to have to pass the football, and we had some schemes to do that.

With starting quarterback Billy Ragone sidelined with an injury, Penn struggled to move the ball the whole game. Brown Stadium has proved a difficult place for the Quakers to score points. Since 2009, the Bears have held Penn scoreless in 11 consecutive quarters of regulation play in Providence. The shutout was a major lift for the Brown defense.

The shutout means everything, said cornerback Emory Polley 14. Thats all we were talking about on the sideline. To shut a team out is a sense of pride for us.

Every time Penn seemed to gain some momentum, Becker would be taken down for a sack. When he was able to get his passes off, Becker completed only 50 percent and was intercepted three times. Polley accounted for two of the picks, including running down and snatching an overthrown ball to seal the shutout late in the fourth.

Having won nine of its last 10 confer-ence games, Penn did not expect to be upended by the powerful Bruno attack, especially by such a wide margin.

I honestly did not see this coming, said Penn Head Coach Al Bagnoli. They just thoroughly outplayed us. They domi-nated us in every aspect.

The rejuvenated Bruno team heads to New Haven, Conn., next week, look-ing to grab its first winning record in conference play with a win against Yale (4-3, 2-2).

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013

By CALEB MILLERSENIOR STAFF WRITER

From the ashes of an 0-2 conference start, the Bears are reborn. From the

cellar of the Ivy League, Bruno

has climbed into a tie for fourth with its only remaining games coming against bottom-of-the-division teams. Drop-ping the conference favorite Penn in convincing fashion has the squad back in the picture, and this is how it hap-pened.

Whats strong?Eye-popping rushing statistics for

John Spooney 14 got him mentioned by more than just Ivy League football fans. Over 200 yards on the ground in the games first 17 minutes not only pushed the Bears out to a steep 21-point advantage, but it caught the attention of national media outlets, including a tweet from ESPN College Football. Head Coach Phil Estes called the back

game-changing prior to the season, and he was just that. Twice Spooney scored on the first play of Bruno drives, taking the pressure off the offense and establishing insurmountable momen-tum for the Bears.

But in all the Spooney heroics, there was another Bruno unit worthy of attention: the defensive line. Though Penn starting quarterback Billy Ragone missed the game due to injury, backup Ryan Becker proved a commendable replacement with a big game against Yale last week. This week, Becker took hit after vicious hit. The defensive pres-sure led to sacks, bad throws, intercep-tions and, ultimately, a stagnant Quaker offense.

Whats wrong?Even the staunchest of critics would

have a hard time pointing out flaws in Brunos performance Saturday. For nitpickers, the team committed eight penalties for 68 yards versus just 25 yards in infractions for the Quakers. Another lopsided total in these cat-egories is alarming for the Bears after penalties may have cost them a win earlier this season against Princeton. Penalties tend to be a difference-making category when games are close, and the

Bears kept them from being a factor. But the pattern of undisciplined play showed itself again Saturday and could hurt Bruno again in the future.

Whats new?Early in the second quarter, with the

Bears holding a 21-0 lead, the Quakers marched all the way to the Bruno one-yard line. This must have seemed like the replay of a bad movie for Brown and fans. The Bears has been able to jump out to early leads in every Ivy League game this year, but Saturday was the first time they prevented a comeback. Even in its conference win over Cornell, Bruno lost a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter only to pull out a late victory.

The Bears second quarter goal line stand proved they had learned from past games. After holding up Becker on a fourth-down run to get the ball back late in the second period, the defense did not allow Penn to drive into the red zone for the remainder of the game.

Stingy defense and a heroic running back have changed the image of Browns 2013 campaign, and, with three games remaining, the Bears could make the Ivy League title race much more inter-esting if they continue to play like they did Saturday.

Defensive line protects Brunos leadSaturday was the first time the Bears were able to prevent a comeback after an early advantage

NEXT WEEKENDS GAMES:

Brown @ YalePrinceton @ Penn

Harvard @ ColumbiaCornell @ Dartmouth

Yale 53Columbia 12

Brown 27Penn 0

Princeton 53Cornell 20

Harvard 24Dartmouth 21

IVY FOOTBALLSCOREBOARD

daily heraldTHE BROWN sports mondayFOOTBALL

27 vs. 04-3, 3-15-2, 2-2

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Running back John Spooney 14 racked up over 200 yards on the ground in the first 17 minutes and caught the attention of ESPN College Football.

Bears face tough ECAC competition Bruno held his own defensively and in goal despite powerful offensive pressure from both teams

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