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Sanders to speak at today’s rally B y tim connor
Sen. Ber nie Sanders, I-Vt., will speak at the Hopkins Center today at noon as a part of a “Rally to Get Out the Vote” hosted by College Democrats. The event will focus on the Senate race between incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and former Republican Massachusetts senator Scott Brown and
will feature several student speakers. Alisa White ’17 will address the involvement of major private donors in politics, Leehi Yona ’16 will speak on the significance of climate change and Mariah Williams MALS’15 is scheduled to discuss expanding opportunity for women. Students across the U.S. must become more involved in politics, Sanders said.
“The bottom line here is that it is unacceptable that 80 percent of young people are not participating in the political process while at the same time billionaires are buying elections,” Sanders said in an interview. “I know that many young people have very serious concerns about a number of issues — the SEE SANDERS PAGE 2
Revisions to federal regulations require Dartmouth to include data on faculty and staff who self-identify as veterans and people with disabilities in its 2014-15 Affirmative Action Plan, alongside data on gender and race. To comply with the regulations, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity will analyze how many self-identified veterans and people with disabilities apply, are employed by and leave the College each year. Dartmouth collects some information on veteran employees but has never published it in the plan, assistant director for equal opportunity and affirmative action William Hankel said. Hankel, who also works as the College’s Americans with Disabilities Act compliance officer, said the biggest challenge in compiling this data is that veterans and people with disabilities often choose not to
self-identify. Hankel said the office is aware of around 60 employees who self-identify as veterans, noting that many staff members have not filled out the self-identification form. Geisel Medical School professor James Geiling, a U.S. Army veteran, said the number of veteran faculty is probably greater than reported due to a tendency to keep private. “I think most veterans are proud of their service and would do it again in a heartbeat, but most of them don’t wear it on their sleeves,” Geiling said. Geling said veteran faculty and students offer a unique perspective, particularly on world affairs, as less than 1 percent of Americans serves in the military. IDE added a section to its employee self-identification form that asks employees to indicate yes, no or decline to SEE IDE PAGE 3
Event honors black lives with evening poetry, music B y NOAH GOLDSTEIN
A small group of students gathered last night in One Wheelock to read and listen to poems, stand-up comedy and music about black lives. For 18 years, Oct. 22 has marked a national day of action responding to police brutality and criminalization. Organizers called the event “Some of Us Did Not Die,” from the words of poet June Jordan, as a reminder that people are paying attention to issues afflicting the black
community, Sadia Hassan ’13 said. Leaning into the microphone, Yomalis Rosario ’15 read from Jordan’s 1977 poem “I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies.” “How many of my brothers and my sisters / will they kill / before I teach myself / retaliation?” Rosario asked. The event aimed to promote solidarity among attendees, Hassan said. She added that she believes SEE EVENT PAGE 5
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Sadia Hassan ’13 and others performed poetry and songs at Wednesday’s event.
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DAily debriefing AROUND THE IVIES
Brown University: Brown’s three-year cohort default rate on federal direct student loans decreased by approximately 35 percent from the year before, The Brown Daily Herald reported. The data, released by the Department of Education, also showed that Yale has the lowest percent default rate, at 0.9 percent, with Penn and Brown tied for the second lowest rate of the Ivies at 1.3 percent. Columbia University: A Columbia task force focused on mental health collaborated with Counseling and Psychological Services and Furman Counseling Center to survey identity-based concerns, The Columbia Daily Spectator reported. The survey asked questions about students’ comfort sharing racial, ethnic and gender identity concerns with staff. The survey has been distributed to all identity-based Listservs and on Facebook. Cornell University: More than 50 students rallied Friday, requesting that the university’s board of trustees divest from fossil fuels, The Cornell Daily Sun reported. Harvard University: A student charged last week for allegedly sending bomb threats via email last December, came to an arrangement to avoid trial, The Harvard Crimson reported. Eldo Kim must conduct 750 hours of community service and remain at home for four months. Princeton University: After Princeton’s last meningitis B vaccination clinic on Nov. 19, the university’s special license to use Bexsero will expire, The Daily Princetonian reported. An announcement about the vaccine’s licensure could come by March 2015, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee.
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Students seek to boost campus voting FROM SANDERS PAGE 1
high cost of college, student indebtedness, global warming, pay equity for women, women’s rights, national priorities — and none of those concerns will be effectively addressed unless young people stand up and fight, and one of the aspects of standing up and fighting is to participate in the political process.” Sanders’s visit is part of his statewide campaign leading up to Election Day, which included a Tuesday stop in Keene. Polls continue to indicate a tight race between Brown and Shaheen, and both the College Democrats and College Republicans have organized phone banking to galvanize support. College Republicans president Michelle Knesbach ’17 said she was excited by the increasing level
of political activity on campus. Last week, New Hampshire state representative and congressional candidate Marilinda Garcia, RSalem, and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton appeared at a forum focused on national security and foreign policy in Dartmouth Hall. College Democrats president Spencer Blair ’17 said Thursday’s rally aims to encourage students and other Dartmouth community members to vote in the upcoming election. Though Sanders is not a Democrat, Blair said he is fighting for many of the same priorities, including ridding politics of big money, combating climate change, expanding opportunities for women and strengthening the middle class. Blair said the issues facing students that the event plans to
highlight extend beyond the approaching election. Williams, who is speaking today about issues that affect women, including Sanders’s vote to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Originally registered to vote in Florida, Williams said she switched her registration to New Hampshire because of the state’s pivotal role in national politics. Sanders voiced his support of Shaheen and stressed the importance of this election in determining the political future of New Hampshire and of the nation as a whole. Sanders said that though Shaheen is more conservative than he is, he hopes she will be reelected. “What happens in New Hampshire can be pivotal in terms of who controls the Senate,” he said. Blair is a member of The Dartmouth opinion staff.
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University of Pennsylvania: On Tuesday, Penn President Amy Gutmann was named chair of the Association of American Universities, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported. Yale University: Hundreds of students, union workers and local representatives rallied on Tuesday, demanding that Yale allow its graduate students to unionize, The Yale Daily News reported. — Compiled by Samantha Webster FOR DARTBEAT
Corrections We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. “Montgomery fellow talks U.K. health care” (Oct. 21, 2014): Grant noted that the NHS has a budget of nearly 100 billion pounds, not 100 million pounds, a mistake made due to an editing error.
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ANDREW WINSTON Thursday, October 23 at 4:00 PM Georgiopoulos Classroom Raether Hall Andrew Winston is a best selling author and well-known business strategist. He will be discussing his new book, The Big Pivot, a look at the world’s mega-challenges and how corporate strategy and tactics need to change to manage the risks and seize the opportunities. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~envs/about/sustcafe.html
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Office changes recruitment system FROM IDE PAGE 1
answer whether they have or have had a disability. The form also includes an updated veteran section that asks employees if they are a military veteran and goes on to ask federally protected veterans to check further identifications — disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, active wartime or campaign badge veteran or armed forces services medal veteran. The office also modified Dartmouth’s online recruitment system to collect information from applicants. The modified version of the employee form went live in March, but it was not widely advertised to faculty and mostly completed by new hires, Hankel said. IDE vice president Evelynn Ellis said that so far she is the only person who has identified as having a disability. Ellis said the office hopes it will get more responses once the self-identification form is promoted across campus. “It’s hard for people to self-identify because of the history of this country and how these people have been treated,” Ellis said. Ellis noted that discrimination is a national issue, not just “an Ivy League problem,” related to ideals of excellence and perfection. Student Accessibility Services director Ward Newmeyer said the
students he works with often report experiencing stigma at a level which he has not seen since his earliest work in the field. Since Newmeyer came to the College in 2006, he said that while he observes the student body to be “interested and engaged in some ways,”
“It’s hard for people to self-identify because of the history of this country and how these people have been treated.” - EVELYNN ELLIS, IDE VICE PRESIDENT Dartmouth’s culture of individualism and self-sufficiency can reinforce misunderstandings surrounding disabilities. Newmeyer said he was pleased by the new requirements and noted that nationally very little employment data exists for people with disabilities. “I always thought it was kind of odd because every other time affirmative action has been contemplated for a group of people who have historically been discriminated against, reporting
is required,” Newmeyer said. Having faculty with disabilities can profoundly affect students, he said, noting that faculty sometimes share that they have disabilities with students who are in the process of obtaining classroom accommodations. The Americans with Disabilities Act defines a person with a disability as someone with a “physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more ‘major life activities.’” When 50 students polled by The Dartmouth about a month ago were asked to list three words they most associated with the term “disability,” one male member of the Class of 2016 wrote “beautiful, strong, healthy.” Most others replied with words like “disadvantaged,” “limited” and “invisible.” Some respondents listed words like “ableism” or “misunderstood,” calling attention to societal responses to those with disabilities. Many people view disabilities negatively, Newmeyer said. “We live in a society that doesn’t seem to recognize and certainly doesn’t remind us that there are gifts those experiences give to us,” he said, citing a depth of perspective and introspection in the students he has worked with. IDE expects to release its 2014-15 Affirmative Action Plan report to the public in March.
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An Unproductive Policy
Prioritizing Sleep
The ban on freshmen entering Greek houses should be overturned. Last weekend, the Class of 2018 ran around the Homecoming bonfire, taking part in a beloved tradition that symbolizes Dartmouth’s excitement to welcome the newest class into our tight-knit school. Despite the ceremony’s aura of community and inclusivity, the freshmen still remained excluded from Dartmouth’s predominant social scene after finishing their laps. Next year, the Greek Leadership Council should avoid this glaring irony by overturning the policy that prohibits freshmen from attending alcoholic Greek events during their first six weeks at the College. This year’s ban expired Monday, so this week, freshmen will experience the predominant social life at Dartmouth with their older classmates for the first time. While I commend the GLC for making a stronger effort to put on exciting, alternative social events than they did for my class last year, I believe that the freshmen would be better off had they been welcomed into Greek houses when alcohol was present upon arriving in Hanover. With freshmen banned from Greek houses, the primary social alternative becomes “dormhopping,” attending small, spontaneous parties in dorm rooms each night. This social structure contributes to riskier drinking, and it provides a less fun, inclusive and productive way for freshmen to socialize. Without access to the free-flowing light beer served in Greek houses, freshmen tend to rely on hard alcohol for dorm parties. As hard alcohol is much more compact than beer, freshmen can more easily transport the liquor after purchasing it with a fake ID or attaining it from an older friend. A small container of hard alcohol is also easier to hide than large quantities of beer from a UGA or other authority figure. Most importantly, however, hard alcohol induces drunkenness much quicker than beer, which makes it a more appealing option for dorm parties while increasing the risk of alcohol-related danger. Freshmen may be less likely to make “Good Samaritan” calls to Safety and Security for an excessively drunk friend, as they are less familiar with the policy’s intricacies or may fear social backlash from new classmates. Both hesitations are perfectly reasonable, which is why freshmen
would be safer socializing at Greek houses than alone in dorms. At Greek houses, there are upperclassmen — often including some who are sober — who are completely willing to make Good Samaritan calls when necessary. Upon joining a Greek house, new members generally learn from both their house’s risk managers and in mandatory Social Events and Management Procedure training to protect students from making unwise choices with alcohol. The drinking that occurs in Greek houses, while still high-risk, comes with significantly more supervision and regulation by experienced older students than is possible in freshman dorm parties. Meanwhile, dorm parties amplify the sense of exclusivity that many criticize within Dartmouth’s social scene. Only freshmen who have met “the right people” will find out about, or be welcome at, these dorm parties. Students with fake IDs, or those who know older students through a team or pre-Dartmouth friendship, will enjoy increased social capital as the providers of alcohol. This marks a stark contrast with Greek parties — anyone, regardless of who you are or who you know, can attend. Dartmouth prides itself on its abnormally inclusive Greek system, and this policy undermines that. The policy stratifies freshmen from the rest of the student body, isolating them from upperclassmen and limiting their social horizons during a very formative period. The policy also hurts student organizations that want to hold informal social events at a member’s Greek house, which can create community within a club or activity and provide freshmen with a more laid-back, comfortable introduction to the Greek system and college drinking. When freshmen finally are able to enter Greek houses, they remain behind the learning curve regarding how to behave and drink at parties, and they have lost opportunities to meet and learn from older students who are now in the thick of a busy term and less focused on welcoming freshmen to their houses. The GLC’s new first-year policy was a worthwhile experiment, but it ultimately harmed the student body and should not remain in effect when we welcome the Class of 2019.
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High school students desperately need less homework and more sleep. I still recall the first time I pulled an allnighter. I was in 7th grade, and the concept of staying up studying until well past by bedtime was novel, even “cool.” I reveled in watching late-night TV devolve into “George Lopez” and “Friends” reruns, and even tried my hand at making my first cafetera of Cuban coffee. As the sunlight of a new day streamed in through my bedroom window, I felt a strange sense of accomplishment. I was hooked. Seven years later, I realize how horribly mistaken I was. The prospect of an all-nighter still makes my stomach churn. That’s not to say that I haven’t seen my fair share of 1902 Room sunrises or felt the sense of impending doom as the library’s final closing announcement goes out. While college, caffeine and sleep deprivation unfortunately seem to go hand in hand, the more concerning issue is that this trio has become an inescapable reality for students of all ages. In “The Race to Nowhere” (2009), Vicki Abeles calls attention to this issue and highlights the need for reform of the American educational system. The documentary chronicles the lives of high school students and delves into the “silent epidemic of school stress and academic burnout.” While it engendered discussion of the current system’s flaws, it also received much criticism. Though I do not entirely agree with the need for an entire overhaul of the existing structure, some things must change. The current system is not in need of a drastic overhaul as much as a careful refocusing. The scales must once again tip in favor of active, engaged instruction instead of aimlessly bombarding younger students with work. As a high school student, this was perhaps my greatest frustration. While many of my teachers were excellent, several assigned homework loads arbitrarily, as if their class existed independently of six others. According to a 2013 survey by the University of Phoenix College of Education, high school teachers assign a combined total of up to 17.5 hours of homework a week. When combined with time spent in school, on extracurriculars and other necessities like meals, this leaves precious little time for sleep.
As the most conscientious, diligent high school sophomore I know, my sister likely logs fewer hours of sleep than I do. High school students, like my sister, must contend with a workload that is increasing exponentially. In 2011, National Center for Education Statistics reported that students spent less than seven hours on homework a week. As such, it is no surprise that all-nighters have become commonplace, and sleep deprivation has become the norm. The vicious cycle of sleep deprivation eventually catches up, and students cannot realize their full potential. The unfortunate reality is that many high school students are not playing with a full deck. It is unreasonable to expect students to perform at such a high caliber when they function in a foggy, caffeine-fueled state of sleep deprivation. This approach has also affected students’ overall health. According to a 2013 study by the American Psychological Association, “teens report that their stress level during the school year far exceeds what they believe to be healthy (5.8 vs. 3.9 on a 10-point scale).” While these elevated stress levels are reason for concern in and of themselves, sleep deprivation has been found to negatively affect students’ health. An increasing number of studies link lack of sleep to heart disease, obesity and diabetes. Are the caffeine-powered study binges all for naught? It is uncertain whether the overworked high school students of today will be able to contribute to the betterment of society tomorrow. Unfortunately, many of these students may “burn out” by the time high school comes to a close. If this turns out to be true, then maybe the answer to our question is simple. Maybe Abeles is right. Maybe we are caught in the race to nowhere. I would like to think otherwise. Change is possible. Teachers of younger students must be more judicious in assigning workloads. Students need not be caught in a race to nowhere. After all, as Dr. Seuss notes, “They have brains in their heads. They have feet in their shoes. They can steer themselves in the direction they choose.” School administrators and teachers would do well to think more of the places their students will go, and how to best get them there.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014
Event brings solidarity after Ferguson shooting FROM EVENT PAGE 1
students should hold themselves accountable for being a part of Dartmouth, which she called “an institution built on slavery.” Being black, she said, makes it more difficult to be a student at the College. Hassan joined Rosario to read an open letter written by Ferguson protestors and allies, alternating lines and stanzas as they stated their refusal to stand by while unarmed children become victims of police brutality. “We will disrupt life until we can live,” they read. Darren Wilson, a white police officer, shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on Aug. 9. — spurring riots in Ferguson, Missouri, and discussion across the country. Andrew Beaubien ’16 said he did not plan on attending the event but had come to One Wheelock to perform on piano for the usual Wednesday open mic night. Once he learned of the gathering and its purpose, however, Beaubien chose to perform songs that would remind everyone of the recent events in Ferguson while asking why violence occurs. Tien Truong ’16, a member of the women of color collective,
performed stand-up comedy about being recognized on campus by people she had never met, who insisted she had a different name and that they were acquaintances. Though others gave her false names, Truong said, she is still searching for her own identity at Dartmouth. Joshua Echebiri ’14 said he feels a responsibility to get involved whenever students take action “in the name of injustice or dialogue.” Echebiri read lyrics to a song about the stereotypes and cultural obstacles that hinder the ability of black youth to succeed in many pursuits. Rosario said that while she had hoped to see a larger turnout, she still enjoyed the sense of solidarity among those who attended. The gathering is among several initiatives at Dartmouth responding to recent events in Ferguson, including the establishment of the Black Ivy Coalition — a group of black students coordinating across Ivy League institutions that works to make change on national, state and local levels. Black Life Matters, a grassroots organization, is sponsoring a national week of action with events spanning from coast to coast. Rosario is a former member of The Dartmouth senior staff.
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014
DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 4:00 p.m. Physics and astronomy quantum nano seminar with professor Chandrasekhar Ramanathan, Wilder 202
4:00 p.m. Sustainability solutions café with Andrew Winston, Georgiopoulos Classroom, Raether Hall
7:00 p.m. “Medea” National Theatre Live in HD, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
TOMORROW 12:30 p.m. “ALWAYS-ON: How Hyperconnectivity Disrupts Business,” Frantz Classroom, Tuck School of Business
3:30 p.m. “America and Iraq: Past, Present and Future,” with Phil Klay ‘05, Steven Simon and William Wohlforth, Rocky 001
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Barbary Coast will perform tribute concert to Sun Ra
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Audience members are primed for the trip of a lifetime, as Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble will play a concert that delivers them to space, celebrating the influence of musician and philosopher Sun Ra on Saturday. Noted trombonist and composer Craig Harris, who once played with Sun Ra as a member of Arkestra, will join Barbary Coast on stage. The tribute concert, Harris said, is particularly apt because it marks the centennial of Sun Ra’s birth. Harris has been on campus since Sunday preparing. “It’s great to honor him,” Harris said. “Sun Ra didn’t just create beautiful melodies and harmonies. He was one of the great thinkers of the 20th century.” During his lifetime, Sun Ra influenced the world of jazz with his unusual compositions and flair for the extraordinary, reflecting his belief that he traveled to Saturn. When Sun Ra composed music, rather than focusing solely on notes, he would create a story as the basis for his melodies, Harris said. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Sun Ra abandoned his birth name, Herman Poole Blount, and took on a new persona in the 1950s. He believed he was of an “Angel Race” descendent from Saturn and informed his music with cosmic philosophies that later inspired Afrofuturism. Sun Ra founded and led “The Sun Ra Arkestra,” a traveling jazz ensemble known for its impressive improvisation skills and colorful costumes. Barbary Coast director Don
Glasgo said Sun Ra did a residency in 1990, and that the concert will include visual clips from a lecture that Sun Ra gave at Faulkner Recital Hall. Listening to Sun Ra’s compositions and sound, concertgoers will explore the universe through his remarkable eyes, Glasgo said. “It will be a great show because the audience will realize that Sun Ra was not only a brilliant musician but also an intellect,” Glasgo said. Though Saturday’s program will allow for improvisation, the ensemble will perform pieces from a set of 12 songs that were either composed or arranged in part by Sun Ra. The songs from this period, Harris said, reflect Sun Ra’s extended harmonic and rhythmic structures. “At first, everything would seem discorded,” Harris said. “But then you realize that everything’s connected and that this man just thought differently. “Enlightenment,” which was originally released on Sun Ra’s 1959 album “Jazz in Silhouette,” is a particular favorite for Barbary Coast saxophonist Manav Raj ’15. “It starts with a baritone saxophone solo,” Raj said. “A lot of the music is very eccentric, but this song is relaxing and has a cool vibe that the audience will like.”
While some of the songs, such as “Love in Outer Space” (1983) and “Pleidies” (1993), inspire thoughts of intergalactic travel through their titles’ references to celestial bodies, “Pink Elephants on Parade” (1988) is a piece that relies on its dynamic sound to cue the audience in on its theme.
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to learn how to channel Sun Ra’s aura into Saturday’s performance. “This last week of practice is centered on polishing the pieces and absorbing the wisdom of the visiting artist,” she said. “It’s an incredible learning experience.” The concert will be in Spaulding Auditorium at 8 p.m.
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“It’s a very interesting and funky piece,” trombonist Ned Feist ’18 said. “It changes from this dark march to a floating, melodic line and then a Latin groove.” With just days to go before the performance, the band, Freeman said, is comfortable with the set and is focused on working with Harris
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SPORTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014
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Dunn named rugby All-American B y RAY Lu
Yejadai Dunn ’16 wasn’t even the first person to find out that she was named second team All-American, Dartmouth’s first women’s rugby All-American since Kirsten Ahrendt ’07 was named to the first team seven years ago. “I didn’t know about the award until some person I knew faintly from rugby texted me, and I was like, ‘What?’” Dunn said. In fact, the nomination came from somebody outside Dartmouth’s program. The rugby team recently joined the American Collegiate Rugby Association, so coaches were unsure if they could still nominate players for the award. “I usually submit nominations, and I would have submitted one for her but someone else did, so it’s a true honor,” head coach Debra Archambault ’85 said. Dunn did not play rugby in high school, and teammates note her progress over the past few years. To forwards captain Allie Brouckman ’15, Dunn has mastered the technical aspects of the game. “When she was a true freshman, it was very much just, ‘Go, go, go’ wherever the ball was,” Brouckman said. “And now she still has the same aggression, but a lot of finesse to her play as well.” The Big Green is coming off of a 92-5 win over Columbia University
and holds a 3-3 record, with all three wins coming in Ivy play. Dunn has been a large part of the team’s success over the past few years, teammates said, demonstrating toughness and ability. “On the field, we call it a ‘Yeja moment,’” Brouckman said. “She’ll get tackled, get back up, pick up the ball, get tackled, get back up, get tackled, pick up the ball, over and over again all the way down the field, and that’s definitely the definition of how Yeja is as a player.” Her gritty playing style has not gone unnoticed by her teammates during Dunn’s three years on the team. “You’d much rather be playing on her team than against her,” rugby president Michaela Conway ’15 said. As a freshman, Dunn had to rehab preexisting injuries. Even though she came to the Big Green very strong and already a good athlete, her abilities were particularly suited to rugby, Archambault said. “I’m glad she’s on our team,” Archambault said. “The referees notice her, the other coaches notice her, the other players notice her — she’s very dynamic.” Despite Dunn’s feared reputation on the field, her teammates describe an entirely different person off of it. “One of the best people in the world,” said Conway, “She’s wonderful. Great friend, great person.” Dunn’s dedication and commit-
ment were apparent through last spring when the Big Green women’s team won the Ivy League sevens title before finishing fourth in the ACRA Rugby Sevens Nationals. Even just last week against Columbia, Dunn flashed new facets of her game that surprised and impressed her coach. “Yeja came busting down the field and sort of set up one of the wings for a beautiful try and just had a great time doing it,” Archambault said. “You can see her looking all over the place, looking for someone to pass to. So, you know, the fact that she’s sort of developing a full game that includes more than just tackling and running with the ball is awesome.” Dunn has both a powerful build and top-level speed, Archambault said. This gives the junior from Apple Valley, California, the chance to play at the club sport level after college. “I don’t see too many flankers with the skill set that she has in our league,” said Archambault. Dunn attributes her success to her team, her coach and the support they give her. “They’ve been wonderful and supporting me through the entire process and you can only get good with a supportive team, I think,” she said. Dunn and the women’s rugby team next take the field at the Ivy 15s Championship on Nov. 1.
Courtesy of Diana Wise
Yejadai Dunn ’16 carries the ball for the Big Green women’s rugby team during the team’s trip to Scotland last spring.
B y Rich Shen and Austin LIM When we woke up Wednesday, my boy Rich and I had no idea we’d have to write another column. Around 5 p.m. I got a blitz from Fish reminding me of the deadline. You would think any fool would know that a “column” titled “Any Given Thursday” would be published on Thursday, but, alas, hindsight is 20/20. This marks the second edition of my column with Rich, though it’s quickly becoming just my column since he has literally not contributed to either one. When Rich told me he couldn’t help write the column or even come up with a potential topic, I thought in my head, “Classic Rich.” Then, in a moment of simultaneous genius and stupidity, I declared “El Clasico!” For those of you who aren’t soccer fans, “El Clasico” is the name of the match between rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F. In the famous, slightly altered words of one of the great characters of our childhood, I said, “Rich, I know what we’re going to do today.” (That’s a quote from “Phineas and Ferb” for you uncultured swines.) Let’s talk about powerhouses in sports. The Yankees, Lakers and Celtics are obvious franchises that come to mind, but people rarely consider teams outside of the U.S. Across the pond, Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate the soccer scene. They have obscene amounts of money — Forbes ranked them as the top two most valuable franchises in sports. Madrid is worth $3.44 billion and Barcelona is worth $3.2 billion. To put those numbers in perspective, the Yankees are worth $2.5 billion, and the Lakers are worth a measly $1.35 billion. The two have finished as the top two in La Liga (the top Spanish soccer league) eight out of 10 past years. They consistently procure the best players in the world (see: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo), and the rivalry between these teams is arguably the biggest in sports. The first “Clasico” of the season is this Saturday, and I encourage those of you who can to watch. This year’s version has some fasci-
nating story lines. Let’s begin with the transfer season these teams had. Both acquired superstars, with Madrid winning the battle for Colombia’s World Cup sensation James Rodriguez, and Barcelona signing arguably the best biter/ striker in the world, Luis Suarez. Suarez was suspended for four months after an “incident” against Italy in the World Cup, when he bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. Guess when Suarez’s four-month ban ends? The first game that he can play in is Saturday. Suarez’s return adds more intrigue to the matchup, as it will be the first time we get to watch him play alongside Messi and Neymar, so long as he starts/doesn’t eat them. Despite Suarez’s absence, Barcelona has more than held its own in La Liga so far. The team sits atop the table, with a record of seven wins and one tie, and has yet to concede a goal, while averaging almost three a game. Madrid sits at six wins and two losses, and has scored an astonishing 30 goals, which is an average of almost four a game. These two teams are offensive powerhouses, which will hopefully lead to a high scoring and entertaining game. So who is going to win? Tough to say. Madrid has won 70 headto-head matchups with Barcelona in La Liga while Barcelona has taken 66 . The two teams are historically evenly matched, but this year I have to give the edge to Barcelona. The team has found a new defensive scheme, with a new goalkeeper who is playing fantastic fútbol. Barcelona has three of the best attacking players in the world who should complement each other well. While Madrid’s star forward Cristiano Ronaldo is a force to be reckoned with, I would be surprised to see the rest of Madrid’s attack muster enough offensive oomph to take down Barcelona. If Barcelona starts Suarez, they should cruise to a win. Having said that, the game should be fascinating. This concludes another chapter of “Any Given Thursday.” Thanks for reading, and we hope you’ll come back for more next week when hopefully Rich will chime in.