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Less than 50 percent of faculty members rank teaching as the most time-consuming part of their job, according to a poll conducted this fall by The Herald. The poll asked faculty members to rank the amount of time they spend teaching, conducting research, writing grant proposals, participating in University governance and advising students. Though many professors are satisfied with the breakdown of tasks, some said they feel increased pressure to publish as the University seeks to expand its international research profile. Forty-four percent of professors indicated teaching takes up the largest portion of their time, while 42.3 percent reported they spend the most time on research. Less than 11 percent of faculty ranked grant writing, governance or advising as the most time-consuming task. Poll respondents were given the option of assigning multiple tasks the same rank. The administration has no explicit expectations for how professors should divide their time, said Kevin McLaughlin P12, dean of the faculty. But teaching and research are weighted more heavily in annual faculty evaluations than As he enters his third year as the head coach of the mens ice hockey team, Brendan Whittet 94 does not consider any goal unachievable during the upcoming season.
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Members of Occupy Providence announced their willingness to transition from lawful demonstration to civil disobedience yesterday. In response to demands
Hip-hop died in 2006. Some of you may have heard Nas eulogy. The emcees from my childhood the Jay-Zs, DMXs and WuTangs of the world remained mostly relevant but lost some of their luster as they struggled to reinvent themselves in a musical world thirsting for corporate beats and catchy choruses. Kanye West and Lil Wayne ruled supreme as much of the hip-hop world lagged behind. But as the old guard fades out, a new generation of rappers is emerging, one that is bucking the trend of macho thuggery that for so long has run rampant in the genre for so long. At the forefront of this wave is Jermaine Cole, aka J Cole, aka Cole World, aka In A Game Full Of Liars It Turns Out That Im The Truth. Sunday night, he performed at Lupos Heartbreak Hotel to a sold-out crowd. After the opening act was booed offstage and threw water on the crowd, Coles DJ DJ Dummy built suspense with an incredibly long, Drake-and-JayZ-filled set, after which Cole took the stage to raucous applause. Much of Coles material focuses on struggling to make it as a rapper, striving for fame and adoration in the face of overwhelming odds and skeptics. Now, having continued on page 5
that they vacate Burnside Park, members of the movement told Mayor Angel Taveras they plan on staying put. A little more than a week after first setting up tents in Burnside Park, Occupiers convened Monday afternoon to deliver a letter
to the mayors office stating that they have no immediate plans to leave the park. We respectfully restate our intention to remain in Burnside Park for however long it takes to build a society by, for and of the people, the letter states. City officials calls for the protesters to disperse have mounted over the last few days. Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare asked Occupiers Thursday to notify the city of an end date to the encampment. David Ortiz, the mayors spokesman, announced yesterday that the city would seek a legal injunction to remove the protesters. Occupiers have been camping in the park which they renamed Peoples Park without a permit since Oct. 15. We are so excited and grateful for the community that is devel-
oping here and for everybody who is here to support us and learn more about what were doing, Annie Rose London 11.5 told the crowd that gathered Monday afternoon by the memorial statue in Burnside Park to witness the letters delivery to the mayors office. London, one of a handful of Brown students heavily involved in the movement, opened the press conference to cheers from the crowd of the roughly 100 Occupiers. Using a strategy known as the human microphone, the crowd repeated and amplified each of her lines. London called the encampment a safe space where people can come, have conversations and learn from each other. She added the park has been kept clean and continued on page 3
Our goal as a program is to win the national championship, Whittet said. Some people say were crazy that it cant be done. Well, it can be done. The team finished the 201011 season with a 10-16-5 (8-12-2 ECAC) record. Though the team showed flashes of brilliance including a win over top-ranked Yale on a last-minute goal it was plagued by inconsistency throughout the season, at one point enduring a five-game losing streak. Despite its checkered past, assistant captain Bobby Farnham 12 said he believes the team can overcome these issues through hard work and persistence. If we are consistent all year, and we work hard all year, were going to be very successful with the team we have, Farnham said. The team lost four seniors in May, including Harry Zolnierczyk 11, who signed with the Philadelphia Flyers and recently scored his continued on page 8
Like the newspaper itself, the logo of the free monthly publication Mothers News is undeniably unique.
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convoluted catacomb structure. On the front page of one issue, lurking to the right, the o in Mothers News has been replaced by a dung beetle and his namesake meal. While this local 8-page paper is called Mothers News, it is definitely not your mothers newspaper. Written and illustrated almost exclusively by founder, editor and publisher Jacob Berendes, Mothers News is a distorted take on a newspaper. There is a gossip section, a comics spread, a space dedicated to fashion news and a top-10 list which does not always list 10 things. Olneyville resident Berendes also continued on page 4
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Gina Russo expected Feb. 20, 2003 to be a normal day. She spent the afternoon with her sister and her sisters children, and at 4:30 p.m. she met her fiance, Fred Crisostomi, for dinner at her mothers house. She heard later that Crisostomi told a neighbor that afternoon, Its a beautiful day to be alive. That night at 11 p.m. just over six hours later Crisostomi was one of 100 victims of a fire at The Station nightclub in Warwick. Russo recounted the story of the nations fourth-worst fire to students of ENGL 0160: Journalistic Writing in Smith-Buonnano 201 last night at 7 p.m. Crisostomi and Russo, both great 80s rock enthusiasts, decided to attend a Great White concert at the nightclub at the last minute after missing the movie they had planned to see. Russo described the club, which was over capacity that night, as body to body and shoulder to shoulder. It was when pyrotechnic displays started going off that the problems began. There was nowhere for them to go. They kept hitting the ceiling, Russo said of the fireworks that triggered the blaze. She added that polyurethane foam a soundproofing, but also highly flammable, material lined the ceiling. The couple tried to exit through a nearby door, but the bouncer refused to let them, saying that the door was only for the bands use. Fred said, We cant stand here and argue with this man, Russo said. The ceiling was half engulfed by flames. As other attendees noticed the fire, a National Geographic animal stampede began, she continued. Russos last memory of that night is of Crisostomi putting his hand on the back of her head and pushing her forward. Russo, who experienced thirdand fourth-degree burns on 40 percent of her body, barely survived the fire. After spending 11 weeks in a medically induced coma, she awoke to discover her fiance had died. It took a lot of people to talk me out of survivors guilt, she said. I really didnt know if I wanted to be around. I wanted Fred back in my life. But with the help of her family, Russo was able to make something positive out of her experience. She has since resumed working at Rhode Island Hospital and gotten married. Russo self-published a memoir continued on page 5 writes on music and holidays. Berendes said his favorite section is the jump-off a front-page article that sets the tone for each issue. There are other regular features, such as Mothers Good Word, a sort of word of the month. This months word is chthonic, an adjective for things of an underworldly nature. If you need a semi-public password for any reason, and you need it to expire in a month, please use Mothers Good Word, entreats Octobers issue. Berendes also challenges his readers to Find the Batman!!!!!! hidden somewhere in the advertisements of each paper. Find it and you will get a free pin, he promises. The papers center spread is always a surprise. Berendes said he sees the centerfold as a confusing moment where either he or an artist inserts a large graphic image that could potentially be used as a poster. In a paper weighted down with dense text and lots of small, intricate images, the sudden blank space of the centerfold is jolting. Septembers issue contained the giant phrase, EXECUTIVE REALNESS spread out over two pages. Octobers featured a large praying mantis. Another unique aspect of the paper is the shoutouts section. By logging on to the papers website, readers can pay $3 to give their friends a shoutout. Its a way to interact with the newspaper, Berendes said. Shoutout to drunkiko from Fern Gully and Davey sez Hi Monica & Tony :) are examples from Septembers issue. Shoutouts are entirely written by readers, with the sole requirement that they all be positive statements. This is pure buddy-ship, Berendes explained.
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Mothers News can be found in several Thayer Street locations, including Rockstar Body Piercing and Shades Plus, and as far away as California, Texas and Japan, according to Berendes. But its origins hark back to a junk shop in Worcester, Mass., owned by Berendes before the days of Mothers News. Berendes called the shop HBML, initially short for Happy Birthday, Mike Leslie, a tribute to a friend of his. He later changed it to the backronym Hermes Barnum Monkey Legba, which was sort of more what it was about anyway, Berendes wrote in an email to The Herald. When business began to slow, Berendes created a one-page advertisement modeled after the national weekly restaurant publication Coffee News to stir up interest. After the junk shop officially shut its doors, Berendes began to toy with the idea of starting up a publication. I was looking for something to pour my energy into, he said. And, to make money. The paper he created is a quirky testament to the fact that, according to Berendes, Business sometimes operates in the exact opposite of what you think. Ads, all original creations by Berendes unless specified by the buyer, are unique, strange blips decorating the edges of the paper. People like (the paper) and want to be a part of it, Berendes said. Its
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really cheap and it works. Mothers News ads cost $15 per vertical inch. Ad designs range from simple, etched cartoons to intricate drawings, interspersed with photographs and ironic witticisms. There are a plethora of tattoo parlors, record stores and coffee shops among the advertisers, but there are also musicians, headhunters and a bookstore in Texas. Some advertisers are wary of handing over complete control to Berendes, he said, but he often finds they end up trusting him. If the ad is (expletive) up, more people will like it, he said. So now I do whatever I want. Berendes style has paid off by the second issue, (Mothers News) had paid for itself, he said. By the fifth, it was paying my bills. Novembers issue will be the 19th. But Berendes said he does not want to sell the newspaper for profit, choosing instead to rely on funding from ads and merchandise, which he sells on his website and at several stores in Providence. I wanted it to be as free as possible, he said. Berendes emphasized that Mothers News, despite its far-reaching readership, is a local paper in multiple senses of the word. The paper is printed in Rhode Island and primarily features local content, yes, but it also captures a funky and slightly off-kilter spirit found in Providence and serves a community of people who relate to that spirit, he said. Funky it may be, but fake it is not. A distressing amount of people thought it was a joke. Berendes said. Everything is real. This months issue, an ode to Halloween, is truly monstrous, Berendes said. It is not for humanity, but rather the ghouls and goblins of Halloween lore. The newspaper really creates a world.
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Take note, budding entrepreneurs: Providence is open for business. NuLabel, a Providence startup company founded by three Brown graduates in 2009, sells a new, environmentally friendly label that does not require a liner the nonrecyclable, non-stick backing on most labels. A typical label has a backing that must be removed and thrown away before the label can be attached. The founders of NuLabel want to make this backing a staple of the $26 billion pressure-sensitive tape industry a thing of the past. The companys founders came up with the idea in their final engineering class and eventually decided to locate their business in the citys booming Knowledge District. Dont go to Wall Street to start a business, advised Max Winograd 09, one of the NuLabels founders. Stay in Providence. Founders Ben Lux 09, Michael Woods 09 and Winograd gave up other job opportunities to pursue this venture. Since none of them have mortgages or kids to worry about, Winograd said it was easier for them to take the risk. The founders met in ENGN 1930: Entrepreneurship I and II, a yearlong capstone course where Steven Petteruti, adjunct lecturer in engineering, and Eric Suuberg, professor of engineering, asked them to develop a startup company and set the challenge of developing a label that did not need a backing. The three spent the rest of the course working on a model for their product. They applied and were accepted to Betaspring, a Providence program that gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to turn their ideas into prototypes, as well as providing them with guidance and mentorship in return for a stake in their new company. The 12-week program also connected them to their first investor, a crucial first step since nobody wants to jump off the cliff first, Winograd said. This first investor provided them
with the funding to test their prototype, a necessary step to secure more funding. Investors want proof that a product works before they risk their money, but it requires money to test the product, Winograd said. With investors supplying capital, the founders filed for a patent. Major corporations are slated to use the label in field trials early next year. The founders hope this exposure to large corporations that use billions of labels a year will give the company a foothold in the market, Winograd said. It will also make NuLabels product more attractive to smaller businesses that look to larger ones for innovative ideas. NuLabels early success and growth prospects make it the poster child of entrepreneurship in Providence, said Judy Chong, managing director of marketing and communications at the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. NuLabel currently has 11 employees, but a state program will make it possible for them to expand. This year the development corporation began a program to guarantee loans from private lenders to make it easier for promising businesses to access capital. With a $1.5 million loan from the Bank of Rhode Island that is guaranteed by the state, NuLabel plans to add 39 new employees to its payroll. The Knowledge Districts growing business community provides support and camaraderie for budding entrepreneurs, Winograd said. Business leaders gather once each month for Geek Dinners, where they go to AS220 Labs for dinner, beer and a business presentation by a local technology company. The Knowledge District is turning into a new Silicon Valley, Winograd said. Providence is a great place for talented people, Winograd said, noting that NuLabel has recruited employees from around the country. The city is also home to successful business leaders who are looking for an opportunity to give back by mentoring and funding a new generation. One of NuLabels first investors is a Brown alum.
After being identified as one of the nations worst-performing schools last year, Central Falls High School launched an initiative this year to drastically increase the number of Advanced Placement course offerings as part of a three-year transformation process. The school added four more AP courses this year: biology, environmental science, calculus and studio art. Eight percent of the schools students are proficient in math and 44 percent are proficient in reading, according to last years New England Common Assessment Program results. Despite these statistics, Deputy School Superintendent Victor Capellan said Central Falls students are ready for the increased rigor of AP classes. Were giving students the challenge they wanted, he said, noting that both students and teachers advocated for more AP classes. Our students are jumping into it with gusto. The AP course enrollment rate in Central Falls is now 18 percent, double the statewide level, he said. Part of the transformation effort weve been going through in
the past year and a half is showing the level of rigor our students can complete, Capellan added. Usually when you challenge students at this level, you may have an exodus in some cases, said Joshua Laplante, one of the schools principals. What weve experienced is the opposite, where students want to come in. To support the expanding AP course offerings, the school is arranging a pre-AP program to prepare students in sixth through ninth grades to take more rigorous classes. Theyre planning, theyre strategizing, theyre already looking into what courses they can take, Laplante said. Like any other child, theyre going to rise to the occasion. Capellan also said he hopes the increased rigor will improve the schools current graduation rate of 52 percent. The school will benefit from a $75,000 grant the state received to train teachers for AP course instruction. The grant, funded by the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, specifically targets the states lowest-achieving high schools, including four in Providence and two in Pawtucket. The goal of the program is to
utilize AP to help drive reform in these high schools and better serve the students who attend them, preparing these students for college or careers upon graduation, wrote Richard Krasno, executive director of the trust, according to a press release by the state Department of Education. Many kids are disappointed in school not because they have to do too much, but because they arent challenged enough, said Elliot Krieger, executive assistant for communications for the education department. But AP courses are not the only way to challenge students and prepare them for college, Krieger added. While only seven students from Smithfield Senior High School took AP tests last year, according to InfoWorks, a Rhode Island education data initiative, the school focuses more on early enrollment programs that offer students course credit at state colleges. Other districts focus more on honors programs, he said. One of the biggest benefits of the AP program is that it clearly is a bridge to college, Krieger said. But, he added, Getting a 3 or better is not the only goal. Even if a student doesnt earn the college credit, it still benefits them.
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there was no discussion of the stripping of wealth from communities including many in Providence that occurred and continues to occur in the aftermath of the subprime lending crash? How else could it be that the lack of restorative justice not just for defrauded investors, but for the low-income people and people of color who were aggressively steered into predatory loans that became toxic assets went completely unmentioned? It would be unfair for me to solely blame the professors for these silences, as the multiple-hour event offered many othmortgages once did, in addition to the fact that unlike mortgages, unsustainable student debts are almost impossible to discharge through bankruptcy. I think we at Brown should talk more about some of these details, not because it is fun to wallow in the depression that they might induce, but because doing so could lead to a productive analysis of how we relate to it all. To include Browns place in this analysis, it makes sense to talk about our endowment. Our endowment is invested in a lot of different ways about which most of us billion, or $25 million. Because our investment managers cannot invest this money in hedge funds that trade mortgage-backed securities, it might as well be invested in our community. Community Development Financial Institutions are a special class of financial institutions that are recognized by the government as having the primary mission of promoting community development. They include community development banks, certain venture funds and credit unions. Where many mainstream mortgage lenders and banks ensnared people in hidden fees and robo-signed away neighborhoods, these institutions have given people access to credit on reasonable terms and depository accounts that do not gouge for minimum balance fees and the like. Many have had success in the neighborhoods that were supposedly the greatest credit risks, and which have been abandoned by the banks. If Brown deposited money in these institutions, it would increase the financial resources that these institutions can lend to small businesses and elsewhere in the community. It would not be charity, as these institutions generate competitive rates of return on investment. It would indicate an incremental change in Browns relationship with the rest of Providence. ian Trupin 13 is studying COe/Organizational Studies and wants everyone to know that Nov. 5 is National Move your Money day. Go credit unions!
Because our investment managers cannot invest this money in hedge funds that trade mortgage-backed securities, it might as well be invested in our community.
er opportunities to discuss, for example, how the economic downturn saw an average of 16 percent of the wealth of white families disappear, compared to 66 percent of the wealth of Latino families. Or how Wells Fargo Bank pushed black families into subprime loans even when they may have qualified for prime loans. Or how investment banks like Goldman Sachs created the tools that made it more profitable for the lenders to push subprime loans than safer, prime ones. Or even how many of these same institutions are now speculating in student debt, which bears many of the same attractive features that subprime know nothing. That this is a problem from human rights, social and environmental justice perspectives has been pointed out by many people, and I agree that something ought to be done about it. For example, one thing is clear: Because Brown has to pay out a small amount of its endowment to help cover its operating budget and to be able to deal with emergencies, a portion of our financial resources has to exist in forms that are easy to access and spend as needed. As of June 30, this portion amounted to 1 percent of our endowment, which does not seem like much until you realize that it is 1 percent of about $2.5
We should, for example, be clear that Keystone XL is not guaranteed to leak. But it is simply a fact that a shorter pipeline made of the same steel by the same company has leaked 12 times in the past year, with the largest leak spilling 21,000 gallons.
vironmental impact. But you should do your best not to skew the facts. We should, for example, be clear that Keystone XL is not guaranteed to leak. But it is simply a fact that a shorter pipeline made of the same steel by the same company has leaked 12 times in the past year, with the largest leak spilling 21,000 gallons. Encourage others to do their own research as well because they will become more dedicated to resolving an issue if they are sure self with taking part in anti-Keystone XL actions. There will be a teach-in tonight to educate those curious about Keystone XL at 5 p.m. in Wilson 102. There is also a table set up on the Main Green through Wednesday with more information on how to get involved. Organizations are also a great forum for discussing conflicting points of view. Consider these two topics of debate. First, Valero, the oil company that will lay claim to a large
Bruno picks up crucial Bears look to build off West Coast trip Ivy League win in Ithaca
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The womens soccer team kept its hopes of winning an Ivy League title alive this weekend by beating Cornell 2-1 in Ithaca Sunday. Two first-half goals from forward Eliza Marshall 13 and defender Diana Ohrt 13 gave Bruno (10-4-1, 3-2 Ivy) a crucial early advantage, and strong goalkeeping from MC Barrett 14 kept the Big Red (2-11-1, 0-4-1) from mounting a comeback. The Bears must now win the rest of their games to have a chance at grabbing first place. It was a big win, said Head Coach Phil Pincince. It keeps us in the race going into our sixth Ivy championship game. Were not in the drivers seat, and we need to wait for things to happen, but at least we did our part this weekend. I thought we came out with great energy to match the amount of energy and emotion that Cornell had, Ohrt said. For us to score early, that was a big thing. Bruno opened the scoring in the first 10 minutes of play. Barrett picked up a loose ball in the box and distributed it to right back Gloria Chun 12, who drove up the line and sent an early cross into the box. Marshall timed her run to meet the ball at the near post, touching it around the goalie and volleying it into the open net. The goal was Marshalls team-leading sixth of the year and her fourth goal in the past four games. But Cornell looked dangerous and appeared to tie the game 20 minutes later. A strike from outside the box took a deflection off a Big Red player and rolled into the net. But the goal was disallowed because of an offside call.
The Bears added to their lead two minutes later, this time from Ohrt. A Big Red defender headed a corner kick out of the box, only to see her clearance fall to the feet of Ohrt. The Bears center back struck the ball powerfully inside the right post from 20 yards out to give Brown the 2-0 lead going into halftime. Cornell nearly got on the score sheet just four minutes into the second half. A Big Red player was dragged down in the box, but Barrett punched away the ensuing penalty kick to keep the two-goal advantage. Barrett was finally beaten in the 70th minute when Cornells Kerry Schubert put home a rebound from inches out. Barrett deflected the initial shot off the post, but Schubert was first to the loose ball, bringing the score to 2-1. Despite out-shooting the Bears 7-5 in the second half and earning four corner kicks, the Big Red could not find a tying goal. The Bears walked off the field with their 10th win of the year, already three more than the teams win total last season. To win 10 games this year is a great achievement, Pincince said. We havent had a team win 10 games since 2003. Bruno moves on to play another crucial Ivy League match Saturday against Penn at Stevenson Field in the final home game of the season. The Bears must continue to win in order move ahead of first-place Harvard and second-place Penn. I think being at home will be a nice change, Ohrt said. Hopefully we can get a lot of support and energy from being at home in a familiar environment to finish the season strong.
The mens water polo team returned from Santa Clara, Calif., this weekend with a losing record after the Rodeo Invitational. But despite going 2-3 on the weekend, the team flew back with a positive attitude. It was great to play some of the best players in the country, said Cyrus Mojdehi 12. It serves as great preparation going into our postseason push and Ivy League tournament. As a team, we worked together and continue to grow closer, said captain Toby Espinosa 12. The squad lost 18-5 to No. 3 Stanford, 9-4 to No. 18 California Baptist University and 11-2 to No. 12 University of California at Davis. But Bruno registered victories against ranked opponents No. 18 Air Force 12-10 and No. 15 Santa Clara 10-4. We really meshed as a team with two big wins over Santa Clara and Air Force, wrote James McNamara 14 in an email to The Herald. Those wins and our subsequent losses to California Baptist, Stanford and UC Davis were crucial team building games. For their first match, the Bears faced Santa Clara the same day their flight landed. They got off to a strong start with a 3-0 first quarter and went into the half with a 6-2 lead. Bruno built on the lead and added three more goals in the third. In the final quarter, Brown conceded two goals to the Broncos while adding one more to give them a 10-4 win. Beating No. 15 Santa Clara in front of their home crowd under the lights Friday night was the highlight of the weekend, Mojdehi said. In the next game, Brown took on Cal Baptist and was able to keep the game close with a score of 5-4 at the half. But the Bears were not able to penetrate the Lancers defense and
The mens water polo team went 2-3 at the Rodeo invitational this weekend.
were shut out in the second half for a 9-4 loss. Center Svetozar Stefanovic 13 spearheaded the attack with two goals, and McNamara tallied six steals to lead the team defensively. The Bears responded strongly in their next game against Air Force and came up with a 12-10 victory. After the first quarter ended with the teams knotted at three, Brown inched ahead in the middle quarters and protected its two-goal lead in the fourth quarter. McNamara was stellar that night, finishing with four goals, six steals and two assists. On the final day of the invitational, the Bears faced highly ranked Stanford and UC Davis. The Bears were unable to keep up with the Cardinals, falling behind 9-1 by halftime. The Bears attempted to mount a comeback by tying the third quarter 3-3, but they were unable to keep up the momentum and were outscored 5-1 in the final quarter for a 18-5 loss. Stefanovic tried to keep the team afloat by scoring three goals, while
goalkeeper Walker Shockley 14 tallied 10 saves. For the final game, Brown failed to penetrate UC Davis defense after the second quarter. The team was able to keep close, down only 4-2 after the first half, but fell apart in the second half and ended up losing 11-2. First-years Nick Deaver 15 and Henry Fox 15 scored the squads two lone goals. After a tough weekend playing against ranked teams, Espinosa said the team is looking forward to further developing its game. There are truly special moments in the pool when everything just clicks, Espinosa said. Our goal is to make the frequency of these moments increase. I am incredibly proud of the team at this point in the season, but we still have work to do. The team now looks ahead to the final stages of its schedule, including the Ivy League, Northern and Eastern championships. We fought hard and are ready to take down the East Coast, McNamara wrote.
Captain Jack Maclellan 12 will play a critical part in the Bears offense this season.
theyll leave happy and excited about the sport of hockey and how good our guys are.
I want people to make sure theyre in the stands, Whittet continued. Its going to be a fun ride.