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Rock group added to U. accepts BCA spring lineup 2,760 to class of 2016
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music, Brassil said. The Walkmen will be the only rock group to perform at Spring Weekend. The secret of the whole thing is that we hadnt locked in the Walkmen before spring break, Brassil said. But we said, Lets just go ahead and announce the lineup and add the Walkmen at the end. We thought it would be a nice little surprise. Brassil said it was a happy accident that adding the group responds so well to student dissatisfaction with the current lineup. The Walkmen, a five-member continued on page 3
By jamES RattnER Senior Staff Writer
The Walkmen, a rock band, will perform on Saturday night of Spring Weekend.
The Brown Concert Agency announced a surprise addition to the Spring Weekend lineup on their website last night. Rock group the Walkmen will play Saturday night of Spring Weekend in between rapper Camron and electronic outfit the Glitch Mob, according to BCA Co-Chair Gillian Brassil 12. Before the announcement, the most overwhelming criticism the concert agency received about this years electronic-heavy lineup was that there wasnt any rock
Tougaloo Kim 82 tapped to lead World Bank trip studies civil rights at its source
By Eli Okun Senior Staff Writer By ChRiStian PEtROSkE Contributing Writer
When seven students visited Tougaloo College in Mississippi over spring break to do first-hand research on the American civil rights movement, they faced with more than just primary source documents. They also experienced life on Tougaloos campus, visited museums documenting the movement and participated in a rally, which served as a reminder that the issues of the civil rights era persist today, students said.
President Obama announced March 23 the nomination of Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim 82 to lead the World Bank. Kim, a public health expert and physician, has been called an unconventional choice for the presidency, a position that has been filled by individuals with experience in politics or business since the banks founding. Its time for a development professional to lead the worlds largest development agency, Obama said in a Rose Garden ceremony when he announced the pick. The Obama administration searched for candidates outside the traditional banking and government fields due to signs of developing
countries increased dissatisfaction with the United States control over the World Banks leadership. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that the Obama administration had included President Ruth Simmons on an initial list of potential nominees to lead the World Bank. The interdisciplinary nature of Kims scholarship would allow him to bring a fresh viewpoint to the World Bank, said Ed Wing, dean of medicine and biological sciences. Jim Yong Kim has a unique perspective on world health, particularly on developing countries. Hes very aware of the importance of economics to health and vice versa, Wing said. Kim has served as Dartmouths president since July 2009. His selection made him the first AsianAmerican president of an Ivy League
school. Kim previously headed the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights within the Harvard School of Public Health. He also served as a director of the department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization from 2004 to 2006 and co-founded the nonprofit Partners in Health, which offers health care services for the poor, with internationally known physician Paul Farmer in 1987. As a physician, anthropologist and pioneer in the field of global health, (Kim) has proven himself to be a creative, determined leader, wrote Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations, in an email to The Herald. Kim has been widely regarded continued on page 2
The University accepted 9.6 percent of applicants to the incoming class of 2016 Thursday, resulting in the thirdlowest admittance rate in Browns history. A total of 2,760 out of 28,742 applicants which includes both those who applied early and regular decision were offered places in the class of 2016, according to a University press release. The University offered admission slots to regular decision applicants Thursday, having already admitted 556 applicants under its binding early decision program last December, The Herald previously reported. The number of total applications received was at a three-year low, following a record-setting year in which the University received 30,948 applications for the class of 2015. This years acceptance was the third-lowest in Browns history, above last years record-low acceptance rate of 8.7 percent. All Ivy League institutions announced their regular round decisions Thursday. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell posted record-low admit rates, while Penns acceptance rate remained the same as last year at 12.3 percent. Columbia was the only other Ivy that experienced an increase in acceptance rate, continued on page 2
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance we are taught to think of grief as a rationally ordered journey that progresses through five stages with relief at
called Falling based on her personal experience battling depression. Each drawing is a close-up of the artists face from piece to piece, she appears to grow older and younger, the lines and features on her face growing or contracting. In most of the pieces, Lieus facial features are contorted into an extreme expression of pain and suffering. In Self-Portrait No. 7, her teeth are bared, her nose scrunched up and her eyes cast towards the heaven, but whether she is staring with anger or seeking some elusive hope of respite is unclear. In the catalogue for Falling, Lieu aptly compares the lips surrounding her likenesss clenched continued on page 5
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Metcalf decorated with alums art Occupiers commit to reseed Burnside Park
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The courtyard entrance to the newly renovated Metcalf Laboratories is now transformed into slanted mirrored glass installed over the rectangular incision of the floor. The new feature is a public art installation, called P-131317 an architectural intervention created by artist Sarah Oppenheimer 95 with collaborators David Botts and Yuri Wegman, who assisted with the installations construction. The transparent glass creates disorienting and perplexing illusions that blur the physical boundaries between the buildings walls, basement level and the outdoors. Walking through the entrance feels unique and different every time, depending on the time of the day, the amount of light and peoples movements reflected in the oblique glass. The relationship between the general, repetitive motifs of architectural space and the specificity of these motifs in the built environment is an underlying framework of my work, Oppenheimer said. The holes, such as the incision of the first floor, function as catalysts, she said. They reconfigure the standardized planes, such as walls, ceilings and floors, and enable the flow of light, sight and motion between discrete spaces, she added. For this particular installation, Oppenheimer said she considered the specific spatial array of Metcalf and examined how a hole through this array would impact the perception of the space. The idea of perception inspired Oppenheimer several years ago when she discovered the work of William Warren, professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences. Warrens work clarified her understanding of the perception of spatial reconfiguration and impacted the direction of P-131317, as well as her other work in general, she said. Oppenheimers work is perfectly appropriate for Metcalf, said Jo-Ann Conklin, director of the David Winton Bell Gallery and the curator of the exhibit. When choosing artwork to install, the Public Art Committee begins by thinking about where the work will be located, she said. For each new building on campus, the committee uses the allocated budget to spend
Four members of the Occupy Providence movement marched to City Hall last Monday to reaffirm the groups commitment to reseed Burnside Park and voice concerns about the citys decision to seal the park for scheduled maintenance until June. The women who made up the group
Holes enable the flow of light between disparate spaces in Metcalf Laboratories.
on the buildings art and design. Oppenheimers work matches the research about perception in the cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences in Metcalf, she said. The courtyard entrance is a good place for installation, because it is a common area where everyone passes through, Conklin said. Installing in the courtyard had some challenges, from the complexity of installing large scale pieces of glass on a sloped angle to mathematically modeling how the material deflection would impact image distortion, Oppenheimer said. Working on the project enabled her to extend her ongoing investigation into glass ability to function simultaneously as a mirror, window and boundary plane, she added. Both Conklin and Oppenheimer recommended looking at the different reflectivity of the sloped glass. The experience of the work changes drastically as time passes from daylight to dusk to night, Oppenheimer said. With the bright daylight, when viewed from the lower level, the piece is a perfect periscope (and) the building appears to fold at a right angle overhead, she said. When viewed at night from outside, the piece is transformed into a
translucent periscope, and the view of the basement floor is projected on top of the frontal view into the building, she added. It was wonderful to return to campus and to see the piece inhabited by others, Oppenheimer said. P-131317 will remain as a permanent installation in Metcalf.
Raia said he would pass along the Occupiers message and would inform them if theres any opportunity for citizen involvement. Following the meeting, David Ortiz, Taveras press secretary, told the Providence Journal the park would be closed until mid-June, as city workers perform extensive maintenance. The reseeding will cost $700 to $800, Ortiz said. Ortiz told the Journal Occupy Providence had offered to pay for the reseeding, which Fontes denied at a general assembly meeting Tuesday night. Fontes said she had not heard from the city regarding reseeding costs since their meeting Monday. The city has not made a formal request for Occupy Providence to pay the costs of reseeding. Another marcher told The Herald he believes the city sealed off the park because it is scared of the Occupy movement. We havent done anything to hurt anybody, he added. Being forced to meet outside the park decreases Occupy Providences visibility, Fontes said. The group has been meeting in the park biweekly since members left the park in January. They think were waiting for a bus or something, she said of the groups meetings since the park was sealed.
U. offers alternative ways Students revive century-old synagogue to spend spring break
While spring break means sunshine and beach resorts for some students, others use the vacation for academic, service and cultural pursuits. Groups of students headed out to both national and international destinations last week, helping local communities or learning more about their chosen academic fields. University-affiliated organizations, such as the Student Activities Office, Hillel and Brown Disaster Relief, help organize service projects for students around the country, according to Roger Nozaki MAT89, director of the Swearer Center for Public Service. Students in the Brown Christian Fellowship participated in the Katrina Relief Urban Plunge and Brown Disaster Relief members went to Swan Quarter, N.C., to help repair flood damage from Hurricane Irene. These trips are often linked to students service activities throughout the semester. There are also local service programs each break. This year, students helped restore a centuryold synagogue in Providence as part of Rhode Island School of Design Alternative Spring Break. The Swearer Center encourages students to embed these kinds of projects in long-term relationships and sustained efforts, Nozaki wrote in an email to The Herald. Academic departments also initiated trips to allow students to explore their interests with other members of the community. The Geology Departmental Undergraduate Group members traveled to Death Valley, where they explored the natural environment. A group of Brown students travelled to Berlin to participate in a one-week course in music and social justice. And students explored the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi as a part of the Brown-Tougaloo College Partnership. This kind of short trip has the dual advantage of expanding students horizons and creating opportunities for them to get closer to a faculty member, wrote Katherine Bergeron, dean of the College, in an email to The Herald.
By ElizaBEth kOh Senior Staff Writer
For the past six years, the old Temple Beth-El Synagogue has stood empty, with its windows boarded up and grass uncut. But today, new flowers are blooming in its backyard and its windows now sport murals featuring rainbows, outstretched hands and the sun. Students from Brown, the Rhode Island School of Design and Providence College joined forces to restore the 101-year-old synagogue on Broad Street as part of RISDs annual Alternative Spring Break project. The six-day project, which involved cleaning and renovating the exterior of the Broad Street synagogue, marked efforts to transform the synagogue into a community space for South Providence. The temple, which fell into disrepair when its congregation relocated to the East Side of Providence, was broken into last spring, leading to water damage and defacing. Students planted flowers, decorated the temples exterior with artwork and began archiving documents found within the synagogue last week. The group is discussing with community members how the building will ultimately be used. Originally, the group planned to clean out the temples main sanctuary, but experts inspected the space and discovered unsafe asbestos levels. Until the asbestos is removed, the group is limited to caring for the exterior of the building. Nevertheless, students were excited by the appeal of the abandoned building, said coordinator Rachel Himes 15, a student in the Brown/ RISD Dual Degree program. I just think people were excited because its historic, its old, its ancient, she said. Together, a core group of fewer than 20 students raised about $8,000 for items like work gloves, paint and cleaning equipment through film screenings and a clothing sale. Donations were matched by the RISD Community Service Office. The project was also sponsored by the RISD Center for Student Involvement. Unlike previous RISD Alternative Spring Break projects, the synagogue project was accessible to all students. In the past, projects have been restricted to students enrolled in particular courses, and service projects are usually not local. Last year, students traveled to Florida for a Habitat for Humanities project. This year, RISD wanted to provide students with a co-curricular service opportunity that would be accessible regardless of what course or major theyre in, said Andy Jacques, community service coordinator at RISD. Theres the conveniences sake, but there was also this interest in seeing the neighborhood that their community is part of, Jacques said. They wanted to see Providence and see parts that they didnt usually get out to go to. The synagogue itself emerged as a potential site after a presentation at RISD by Adam Bush, a local resident, who adopted the synagogue project with fellow resident Sam Seidel 02
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The main sanctuary of Temple Beth-El has fallen into disrepair in the last year.
last year. Bush and Seidel are currently fundraising to purchase the space from the temples owners this summer. Bush highlighted the historic value to the community of restoring the space. We were just talking to as many people as we could and giving tours of the space to draw awareness, Bush said. He reached out to RISD through a connection with an administrator and eventually connected with Jacques. They began discussing the project in early January. Jacques brought together a group of students who met weekly to think about why they would want to do this project, how they could raise funds to support this project in this week and what it would mean to have a long-standing relationship with a space like this, Bush said. Ganaelle Joseph 15, who decided to help after noticing a Morning Mail announcement last Thursday, spent most of her week helping out with landscaping and artwork. Ive painted I could be a RISD student right now, the way I look, she said, gesturing to her paint-splattered clothes after priming planks for artwork. We did a lot of digging in the backyard, she added, noting that she had already gotten blisters from evening out the potholes in the backyard of the building. Michelle Cho, a sophomore at RISD, also helped with landscaping and artwork, adding colorful murals to cover some of the synagogues boarded up windows. She noted the attention the art has already been drawing to the building. People would just look at us and wonder, What are those young students doing? she said. Graduate students at Brown have also found ways to be involved. The synagogue housed numerous books and paperwork when it fell into disrepair, and many of those documents were damaged by water and mold. Were just here to help catalog all of the miscellaneous papers we find, said Erendina Delgadillo GS, a masters student in Public Humanities.
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Maria Quintero GS, also in the masters program in public humanities, noted the historical value of the documents they were salvaging. Especially before official archives and the standardization of the preservation process, churches often served as those spaces where history was kept, Quintero said. Were interested in how the synagogue was used by the community and the services it offered. Students are also helping with the projects business plan and outreach. So far, what were trying to do is figure out what the space is going to be, Tim Natividad 12 said. Natividad is a C.V. Starr Fellow and received funding from the Swearer Center for Public Service for the Broad Street synagogue project. Theres a lot of variability in what we can use this space, he said. What Ive been doing is setting up a series of community dialogues or open houses and having members of the community and asking them what they would like this to be. The students are engaging in a dialogue with the community because its not our place or our right to come in and say, This is the vision it has to be, Bush said. Community members have been largely receptive to the idea of a community space, Natividad said. Weve heard a lot of concern about community centers, cultural centers, even an athletic space, he said. People have expressed a need for that. The students said they hope to continue the project beyond spring break. A week is not really a sufficient amount of time to make things happen, Himes said. Even graduating is not enough to keep some students away. Though Natividad is moving to New York after graduating this May, he plans to shuffle back and forth and really rack up the miles on that Acela Express, or maybe just Peter Pan, he said. I want to be here. I want to get my hands dirty and keep working. Theres a lot of stuff weve got to keep doing.
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and the shows producer. In addition to producing and acting in the play, Pennell also spearheaded the collection of the oral histories that the script is based on. He and his partner, Toti, also recruited other researchers to collect oral histories from LGBTQ people around the state. Initially, Pennell placed advertisements in the Providence Journal and Options Magazine, a monthly R.I. LGBTQ publication, for people interested in sharing their stories. But those did not attract enough respondents, Pennell said. Instead, referrals proved the most useful in putting Pennell and others in touch with the states LGBTQ citizens, he said. So far, they have collected about 75 stories, Pennell said. They also have collected items from the people they interviewed, such as photographs and news clippings intensely personal items, not your grandmas china, he clarified. Pennells current task is to archive all of the collected material at URIs main library, where it will be housed in electronic format. But the play is still on tour. In addition to presentations at venues like the Provincetown Theatre in Provincetown, Mass., the play has been performed at local high schools,including a March 24 visit to Classical High School in Providence as part of a conference for LGBTQ youth. The URI video project, It Gets Better at URI: Coming Out for Change, has younger origins. In April 2011, a student approached the URI LGTBQ Womens Group a group that serves as a safe space for discussions about gender and sexuality with the idea of making a video for the It Gets Better project, said Holly Nichols, a URI clinical counselor, who also co-advises the group as a staff mentor. The It Gets Better
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Before coming to the University of Rhode Island, Portia Burnette was accustomed to two reactions to homosexuality: aversion or disdain. Members of the URI and greater Rhode Island community combated these attitudes in a presentation at URI Tuesday. One woman said she found out she was a lesbian after her mother pointed it out to her. One man first came out as gay to his sister by writing her a long letter and leaving it in her purse. Another womans friends told her ex-husband not to let her keep their children because she was gay. Many URI students, staff and faculty offered unique stories like these on the experience of coming out in Rhode Island. Their stories were presented in video form on Tuesday at the Paff Auditorium at the URI Feinstein Providence Campus, a presentation that brought together two artistic displays of what it means to be LGBTQ in Rhode Island at any age. The video followed the format of the It Gets Better online video series. Another presentation, a play called The Journey Out, written and directed by Cranston resident Frank Toti Jr., translated oral histories of elderly LGBTQ people into a theatrical performance. The Journey Out was presented first. The show debuted in October 2010 as part of an art exhibit dedicated to the process of coming out as an LGTBQ individual. The show is divided into five parts and addresses how the characters cope with their LGBTQ identities, said Steven Pennell, the Urban Arts and Culture Program coordinator at URI Feinstein Providence campus
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project is a series of online videos that reassures LGBTQ teenagers who are bullied due to their sexuality that life becomes better after adolescence. At the time, URI had received bad press indicating that the community was not safe for LGBTQ people, said Burnette, a URI undergraduate and a group member who helped produce the final video. The Princeton Review ranked URI 14th on a list of LGBT-unfriendly colleges in 2011. The sign for the universitys GLBT Center was also vandalized in 2007, Nichols said. Members of the Womens Group agreed that homophobia was not uncommon at URI, Nichols said. Jen Kaye, a URI graduate student and a member of the group, said members wanted to cultivate a more positive image of the campus and to show that LGBTQ students had support from both the straight and LGBTQ communities. Over the last two weeks of the spring 2011 semester, the Womens Group filmed the personal testimonies of 85 URI students, faculty, staff and administrators, including current URI President David Dooley. LGBTQ interviewees shared their experiences growing up and attending URI, while straight subjects offered support and resources. When the video premiered last October, over 900 people crowded the Edwards Auditorium at URIs main campus, Nichols said. The group has also presented the video at other places around the state, including a conference at Rhode Island College, she said. But they want to take the project further, Nichols said. Tuesday nights screening showed only three-quarters of the final version, and the video in its entirety will play on Rhode Is-
lands PBS channel April 14, she said. The video has received overwhelmingly positive feedback because it is a powerful and raw presentation of peoples lives, Nichols said. It doesnt tell anybody what you have to do or have to think, Nichols said. Its simply sharing experiences. The national attention given to the struggles of LGBTQ youth, such as the September 2010 suicide of Rutgers University undergraduate Tyler Clementi, created a vehicle for sharing stories and spreading the message of hope to URIs students, Nichols said. But Rhode Island also has a unique LGBTQ culture of its own. It is a mecca of gay activity, Pennell said. Rhode Island is kind of like a big small town where everyone knows everyone, he added. Because it is a small state, LGBTQ people have long been able to connect easier, quicker and sooner. This made it easier to establish a community base for LGBTQ life, he said. Pennell and Nichols were separately trying to schedule their own projects for performances at the URI Providence campus when Pennell contacted Nichols about combining them for a single show, Nichols said. Pennell is not dismissive of LGBTQ youth, he said. But 30 years ago, two men were not allowed to dance together. Since then, societal attitudes and even legislation have changed to support the LGBTQ community. Older LGBTQ people have a different history than todays LGBTQ youth will have, and, for the most part, it has gotten better. We arent where we should be, Pennell said, but were further than we were.
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lines, while tables of student groups set up to recruit support for each cause. Fences, banners and installation art materialize in the night to further seize our attention and strikingly portray the scale and severity of complex global issues. Over-stimulated by the barrage of social, political and environmental awareness espoused by our peers, Brown students are generally assumed to have a solid conception of the challenges and necessities of the 21st century world. Howback with friends and savor the day. The eventual sunset or hourly bell disperses the crowds, yet the greens that are left behind do not reflect the bright students who have just used them. Thinking about nothing but the next moment, many drop their trash or simply leave without it. Those who exert nominal effort stack Sharpe Refectory to-go containers above the trash can so that the wind and squirrels can scatter trash throughout campus. Smashed exit signs and broken bottles we pass slaps us in the face with the hypocrisy of our actions. On our own, it seems as though we are unstoppable. As individuals and in tightly knit groups, we make breakthroughs in research, build communities and travel the world to spread our knowledge. Yet as a collective entity, the Brown community does not match the devotion of its constituents. The merging of so many powerful forces lacks the epic character expected from a gathering of so many creative and productive souls. Outsiders would find it striking that today like a trace left by a creature in its natural habitat a lawn covered with trash is the mark of a Brown student gathering. With such prevalent apathy in a sea of awareness, our collective actions often do not merit the renown we receive. Instead of perpetuating this disconnect between ambitious individuals and the lackluster whole, we must synthesize what we learn and achieve in our academic pursuits with our social knowledge. If the potential we exhibit as individuals becomes manifested in the masses, our wills will coalesce to create a community reflecting the true nature of the individuals who comprise it. So stop, pause and breathe deeply as you flow through your day, and speak out and spread knowledge as you go. Adam Bouche 14 isnt too lazy to pick up his trash. He can be reached at adam_bouche@brown.edu.
Though I have nearly completed half of my time at this school, Brown continuously amazes me. At any moment, a student can simply pop open his Brown Gmail inbox or read the signs splattered on our walks and greens to find the flurry of information shot our way. Potentialities and possibilities radiate through our mental spheres like the energy pulsating from WiFi and cell phones, invisibly pervading our bodies. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we are constantly exposed. By simply clicking on Morning Mail or inspecting the multitude of listserv emails weve never managed to shake, we can reach in an instant the massive network of possibilities in which we are embedded. Events and lectures constantly cycle. The University consistently attracts top researchers in their respective fields along with adored, renowned and controversial figures from academia and modern culture. All of this lies just beyond our grasp, easy to reach if only we outstretch our arms to meet those already extended in our direction. Then the cold begins to thaw. Sunshine melts away our winter resistance to the world outdoors. We flock to green spaces in masses, fling Frisbees and sling slack-
As a collective entity, the Brown community does not match the devotion of its constituents.
ever, though we constantly discuss many different aspects of culture, it can seem as though we never examine our own. Busy lives force us to rush past signs and stands as we jaunt to class, hit the library or pull all-nighters for a last minute deadline. The average assembly or protest gains only meager support, even when propositions are highly relevant and widely supported throughout campus. When we manage to sink into the bliss of freedom from obligations, we gather in the warm rays and open space, kick
surround all of this, implying the chaos of the preceding weekend. As students of the University, we carry a reputation for intelligence and ambition in a world certain to face much conflict, yet students routinely bypass the solar compactors to toss more trash into an overflowing pile. Scores of people waste finite resources to avoid the daunting effort of dropping a can into the next bin over, because recycling is hard. And each day, so many of us go about in these various states of ignorance while every poster
Whether youre on financial aid or not, this issue affects the entire Brown community.
Second, BFA seeks to make Brown more affordable. The cost of a Brown education continues to climb with next years tuition and fees totaling $55,016, a 3.5 percent increase from the previous year, paired with a modest 2.1 percent increase in the undergraduate financial aid budget. Unsurprisingly, Browns current financial aid program has left students with loans with graduation debt that ranks the second-highest in the Ivy League and is seven times that of Princeton graduates. This debt hinders the ability of Brown graduates to enter the professional
their financial situation. And even for students who receive financial aid, their student loan totals will not change over the course of their time at Brown. It is also difficult to change aid packages through appeal. In fact, several students over the past few years have been forced to leave Brown, either temporarily or permanently. Thats why BFA stresses the importance of making opportunities for financial aid and aid readjustments more accessible and responsive to all students with need. All students should be allowed to apply for finan-
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The mens lacrosse team had a busy spring break, playing three games in three states, with two of the contests against nationally-ranked opponents. The week started off strong with a 14-5 demolition of Vermont, but after a fourth quarter comeback against No. 8 Duke fell just short, the Bears (3-5, 0-2 Ivy) fell 13-2 to No. 13 Princeton at Stevenson Field. Against the Tigers (6-2, 3-0), the Bears were shutout 9-0 in the second half and dropped their second Ivy League matchup of the season, leaving an uphill climb to make the Ivy tournament. Were certainly disappointed when you look at the record, said Head Coach Lars Tiffany 90. But I believe in this group, and they want to get better and are yearning for more, and not every team has been like this. Unlike many of their classmates who headed to warmer waters for spring break, the Bears kicked off the week by heading north to Burlington, Vt., to take on the struggling Catamounts (1-8). Vermont snagged an early 1-0 lead, but this would be the only advantage it would hold the entire game. The Bears ripped off a 5-0 run to seize control of the game, with a pair of goals coming each from Nick Piroli 15 and Sam Hurster 14, as well as one from cocaptain Parker Brown 12. The Catamounts twice clawed back, cutting the deficit to only two goals in both the second and third quarters. But after a pair of Vermont goals cut Browns lead to 6-4, the Bears ended the game with a 8-1 run to earn a comfortable win. Goals from George Sherman 13, co-captain Rob Schlesinger 12 and John DePeters 13 stretched the lead to 9-4 in the third. After Vermont got one back, Brown shut out the Catamounts in the final period while scoring five goals themselves. Among the fourth quarter scorers
was Piroli, whose four goals earned him Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Week Honors. We hadnt gotten that big win yet, and going up to Vermont we continued to play well, Tiffany said. As a coach, it was rewarding to see us put together a complete game. Tiffany said key play in the win came from players whose contributions did not show up on the stat sheet. It started at the middle of the field, starting with our faceoff men, Tiffany continued. Tommy Capone (14) at the faceoff X earned us valuable possessions, and we saw some wing play from Dan Mellynchuck (14) and Nick Weeden (15), two middies who dont garner much attention because they dont post many goals or assists, but they made a lot of heads-up, smart plays and ignited our transition game. Hot off the win, the squad then jetted south Wednesday to Durham, N.C., to face perennial powerhouse No. 8 Duke (9-3). Last year, the Bears played the Blue Devils close in a 12-7 loss and in 2010 lost by only one goal, 11-10. We had only a couple of days to prepare for one of the best teams in the nation, but we brought our best game down there, Tiffany said. Whereas last year we really hung in there against them, I felt that this year, on that day maybe not on the next day I felt that we were the better team. This year, the Bears came out determined to finally knock off Duke, and they drew first blood on a DePeters goal. The game was tight for the entire first half, as both teams exchanged goals. Duke opened up a 4-2 lead, but a Hurster goal before half-time cut the deficit to one at intermission. In the second half, the Blue Devils scored twice to extend their lead to 6-3. After Dan OBrien 12 got one back for the Bears, Dukes Eddie Loftus put one home to stretch the lead back to three with only 14 sec-
onds left in the quarter. But off the ensuing faceoff, Weeden scooped up a ground ball and got it to Hurster, who scored his second of the game to cut the lead to 7-5 with only one second remaining on the clock. Duke opened the fourth quarter as it had the third, scoring two goals and seemingly putting the Blue Devils in the clear, up 9-5. But in the final seven minutes, the Bears chipped away at the lead. Goals from OBrien and Parker Brown a little over a minute apart made it a 9-7 game. Piroli scored his 14th of the season to bring the score to 9-8, but the 29 seconds on the clock were not enough for the Bears to complete the comeback and force overtime. Sherman got off a shot with only 10 seconds remaining, but Duke goalie Dan Wigrizer made the crucial save and the Blue Devils escaped the Bears once again with a close win. The Duke goalie played a great game, but at the end we started to crack the code a bit, Tiffany said. It felt like one of those days where we just ran out of time. We just needed a little more time we took good shots, played well as an offensive unit and defended well. It felt as good as you can feel without winning a game. But Tiffany acknowledged, We have to find a way to win these games. Against a Princeton team that Tiffany described as not good, but great, the Bears struggled to break through. Princetons goalie made 16 saves to stymie the Bears attack, shutting them out in the second half on the way to a 13-2 win. We knew that Princeton was good going in, but we found out how good they are, Tiffany said. The Bears fell behind 2-0, but fought back with two goals from Schlesinger and were only down 4-2 at the half. But the second half was all Princeton, who saw goals from 10 different players to lead them to victory. Against a great team like Princ-
Rob Schlesingers 12 two goals were the only bright spots in the Bears 13-2 loss.
eton, theyll go on a run, Tiffany said. We have to keep those runs to two or three goals, not seven, like they did in the third quarter, and thats where we failed. Tiffany said though the scoreline was lopsided, he was happy with certain things the team did and he still has a great deal of faith in his players. To summarize, we lost by 11 goals. It hurts, but the score does not truly indicate where we are as a
team, Tiffany said. The Bears have another quick turnaround, as they host in-state rivals Bryant Tuesday. Weve got a very talented Bryant team who is probably going to crack the Top 20, Tiffany said. Theyve won six games in a row and are going to come over here with swagger and confidence, and we are going to get a great game. Were looking forward to burning away the disappointing feel of these losses.
SOFTbALL
The womens softball team was on the road over spring break first in California for a tournament, and then in Pennsylvania and New York for the start of its Ivy League season. To kick off its busy week, Bruno (5-13, 2-2 Ivy) traveled to Riverside, Calif., to play in the University of California at Riverside Tournament. Over three days at the Amy S. Harrison Field, the Bears came away with one win from the five-game tournament. This tournament was a good one for us even though we didnt come away with a lot of wins, said Head Coach DeeDee Enabenter-Omidiji. The pitchers did a good job in keeping the scores closer than they were in previous tournaments. There were a couple times we shot ourselves in
the foot defensively, but it is still early for us, and were still trying to find our way. On the first day of the tournament, March 24, Bruno fell to Colorado State University 1-0 but came back in the afternoon to earn a 4-3 victory over Santa Clara University. Stephanie Thompson 13 and Kate Strobel 12 were key in leading the offense, while rookies Trista Chavez 15, Kelsey Hom 15 and Denise van der Goot 15 also added contributions. In the first loss to the Rams (17-18), van der Goot pitched five scoreless innings, allowing only three hits before Colorados States Emily Pohl hit a home run in the top of the sixth to clinch the win. In their first game against Santa Clara (7-27), Chavez batted .429 and Hom went 2-for-6, scoring one run. The win against Santa Clara was the highlight of the tournament for
the Bears. They scored two runs in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead, but the Broncos came back in the third inning, scoring three runs to take the lead. But Santa Claras advantage did not last long. Trish Melvin 12 homered to center field to even the score 3-3 in the top of the fourth, and then in the top of the seventh, Strobel hit a single to bring in Thompson and secure Brunos win. Bruno fell to Santa Clara 6-4 in a rematch Saturday and then was edged 3-1 by host UC Riverside (18-16). Thompson led the offense in both games. Against the Broncos, Thompson went 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBI, and against the Highlanders, she was 2-for-3 and hit a solo home run at the top of the first, Brunos only run of the game. On the final day of the tournament, Bruno suffered a close loss once again to Colorado State 4-3. Thomp-
son again was the leader in Browns offense she went 2-for-4 at the plate with one RBI and scored one run. Thompsons contributions in all five games earned her Ivy Player of the Week honors. In the five games, she posted a .667 batting average with 12 hits in 18 at-bats, in addition to five RBI and four runs scored. On the season, she leads Brown with a batting average of .477. Thompson is just having another outstanding year, Enabenter-Omidiji said. Last year she lead the country in batting average, and she is playing even better this season. Following the tournament, the Bears had a few days to rest up before beginning their Ivy League schedule. Bruno kicked off their Ivy games with a double-header at Penn March 30 followed by a double-header at Columbia April 1. The Bears fell to Penn (19-10, 4-0) 7-4 and 5-4 but
redeemed themselves against Columbia (7-18, 1-3), winning both games 8-0 and 6-5. After our game against Penn, we learned we have to step up our game, Enabenter-Omidiji said. But I thought we played really well especially since Penn is the only undefeated team in the Ivy League right now. We started to see people at the bottom of the order make some big contributions. Against Columbia, Bruno secured the win after five innings in the first game. In the second game, the Bears scored four runs in the top of the fifth to gain the lead, Enabenter-Omidiji said, adding that van der Goots pitching shut Columbia down. The Bears will continue their Ivy League campaign with two home double-headers this weekend, against Cornell (12-11, 3-1) April 6 and Princeton (5-18, 2-2) April 7.