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A series of anti-violence workshops on college campuses, led by Lea Roth ’13 and Nastassja Schmiedt, a former member of the Class of 2015, will address student activism and systems of oppression.

The pair co-founded Time to Spring Up, an organization dedicated to empowering people to end campus violence, last year. Roth and Schmiedt offer a variety of workshops that address the intersectional

nature of campus violence. ;XZQVO =X PW[\ML Q\[ Å Z[\ workshop at the University of Michigan in early December.

Roth and Schmiedt said they work to educate their audience on how violence intersects with other systems of oppression like racism and homophobia.

They aim to provide a structure for collective action between groups with overlapping concerns.

“When people have no framework to discuss identity,

In the next two years, the College is expected to launch new off-campus programs in Israel, South Africa, Spain and Peru, adding to its existing 67 programs worldwide.

This fall, the Asian and Middle Eastern languages and literatures department will introduce an exchange program with Hebrew University of Jeru-

salem. If approved, students will spend a term studying in Israel, and an equal number of students from Hebrew University will come to the College.

Off-campus prog rams director John Tansey said the AMELL department has long been looking for opportunities to send students to Israel, as many students already elect to spend transfer terms there.

The program adds to the

small number of study abroad opportunities that the College offers in the Middle East and North Africa, which include an Arabic FSP and an Asian and Middle Eastern studies FSP in Morocco and an exchange with the American University of Kuwait.

Preference for the Jerusalem exchange, which has been in the works since 2011, will be given

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Atlas study examines Wolf ’71 campaigns to regional pediatric health take Pa. governor’s seat

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Tens of thousands of children in northern New England do not receive essential lead screening tests, while thousands of others undergo unnecessary CT scans for stomachaches, according to a Dartmouth Atlas report on children’s health care in northern New England. In the study, released on Dec. 11, researchers

found striking variations in pediatric medicine across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, suggesting that local hospitals may need to reexamine their health care delivery systems.

The research demonstrates that in some cases, children do not receive adequate care or are prescribed unnecessary and harmful treatment — variations

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Pennsylvania gubernatorial contender Tom Wolf ’71 is building his campaign on a platform of economic innovation, calling attention to his background outside the political sphere to gain recognition as an unconventional candidate in the packed race.

The 65-year-old Democrat from Mount Wolf, Pa., who has never held an elected position, said he hopes to win over voters

with his background as both a scholar and multi-millionaire businessman.

Wolf ’s campaign strategy emphasizes his non-political past in an attempt to avoid the stigma of partisan politics.

“People in both parties are concerned that our political system is not doing what it’s supposed to be doing to make our lives better,” he said.

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THE DARTMOUTH NEWS

DAily debriefing The National Academy of Engineering awarded four faculty members from the Thayer School of Engineering the 2014 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for their work designing and implementing Dartmouth’s Engineering Entrepreneurship Program, according to a College press release.

The NAE will grant engineering professors John Collier and Robert Graves, Thayer dean Joseph Helble and former Thayer dean Charles Hutchinson the prize on May 2 at a ceremony in Hanover.

The program mixes entrepreneurship into all levels of engineering education, from undergraduate studies to doctoral work. The program allows for entrepreneurial development, while students may also conduct independent research and develop methods for commercializing their discoveries, according to the NAE’s website.

Founded in 2001, the Gordon Prize awards $500,000, split between the recipients and their institution, to support continued development of the recognized work. Thayer plans to use its portion of the N]VLQVO \W Å VIVKM I []UUMZ _WZS[PWX \W ML]KI\M ILUQVQ[\ZI\WZ[ faculty and advanced Ph.D. candidates about using project-based methods to teach students entrepreneurial thinking and leadership.

Thayer professor Elsa Garmire, an NAE member, nominated the professors for the prize and said she hopes programs across the U.S. will replicate the approach to entrepreneurship in engineering, the press release said.

Collier pioneered the College’s Engineering Sciences 21 course, which allows undergraduate students to develop a project idea into a prototype with a business plan. Hutchinson started Dartmouth’s Master of Engineering Management program in 1989, an interdisciplinary effort involving courses taught by Tuck School of Business faculty. Graves later expanded the program. Helble launched ,IZ\UW]\P¼[ 8P , 1VVW^I\QWV 8ZWOZIU QV \PM KW]V\Za¼[ Å Z[\ program in engineering innovation and leadership at the doctoral level.

Faculty members from Harvey Mudd College and the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering received the prize in 2012 and 2013, respectively.

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to students who have taken a year of Hebrew at the College.

While the AMELL department originally sought to create a language study abroad program in Israel, the off-campus program enrollment threshold prevented it from coming to fruition, said AMELL professor Lewis Glinert, who is coordinating the exchange.

Madeline Cooper ’16, co-chair of Dartmouth J Street U, said that she and other members of the organization are excited about the opportunities offered by the exchange, emphasizing Hebrew University’s strong reputation and \PM JMVMÅ \[ KIUX][ _W]TL ZMKMQ^M NZWU IV QVÆ ]` WN Q\[ [\]LMV\[ The astronomy foreign study program, based out of Cape Town, has been approved and will launch next winter.

The astronomy department began discussing a Cape Town FSP two years ago, according to astronomy professor Brian Chaboyer, who will lead the program. )N\MZ KWUXTM\QVO I Å ^M _MMS course in introductory astronomy and observational techniques, participants will use professional equipment to observe and collect data for an independent research

project, which will serve as a third academic credit. Students on the program will have the opportunity to use the Southern African Large Telescope, which is partially owned by the College. The telescope is the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere.

The program will also incorporate a social outreach component, in which participants will visit local South African schools to teach

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Prerequisites for the program include courses in introductory physics and calculus.

Krystyna Miles ’16 said she is considering applying for the new FSP because of the access it provides to technology, and Zoe Guttendorf ’17 said she hopes the program will provide her the opportunity to M`XTWZM I[\ZWVWUa I[ I KIZMMZ Å MTL The program joins only two

other off-campus offerings in the natural sciences, including a biological sciences FSP in Costa Rica and an earth science FSP that involves traveling through Canada and the western U.S. In addition to the new AMELL and astronomy programs, the African and African-American studies department will offer a new FSP in Ghana, commencing in the fall of 2015, Tansey said. Details for the program have not yet been released.

A few other departments are also modifying their off-campus programming.

This summer, the Spanish department will introduce an LSA+ in Santander, Spain. In the fall, they are set to launch an LSA+ in Cuzco, Peru.

The Portuguese LSA in Salvador, *ZIbQT _QTT JM UWLQÅ ML \W IV 4;) The new offerings come in the wake of a $10 million grant to expand and strengthen off-campus programs, received by the College in May of last year.

In a strategic planning report released last spring, the “Global Dartmouth” working group recommended that all undergraduate students be required to complete a [QOVQÅ KIV\ OTWJIT TMIZVQVO M`XMZQ ence during their time at the College.

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Student activists sell bow ties to fund anti-violence workshops FROM ACTIVISM PAGE 1

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As members of Real Talk Dartmouth who served as complainants in a federal Clery Act complaint to the Department of Education, the two are no strangers to student activism.

Roth and Schmiedt withdrew from classes last spring after Real Talk protests that brought national media attention and caused the College to cancel classes for a day of discussion.

Spring Up’s workshops generally feature a lecture component and a group analysis of a comic that depicts characters misunderstanding each other’s backgrounds.

The comic, developed by Roth and Schmiedt, provides detailed descriptions of a variety of different avatars based on campus violence statistics. The characters interact in a discussion about campus violence and workshop participants, armed with statistics and a common language, analyze why the interactions went the way they did and discuss steps for moving forward.

Roth said that to sustain their income and supplement their activism, the pair, who are both “active bow tie consumers,” decided to start a small business, too. They sell handmade ties to fund their travel, which is also supported by donations and booking fees.

Schmiedt said she and Roth _MZM M`XW[ML \W \PM LQNÅ K]T\a WN collective action during their time at Dartmouth, which she says lacks a strong activist culture.

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Ramiro Alvarez Cabriales, a University of Michigan senior and student activist who helped organize Spring Up’s workshop on the campus, said 30 leaders of campus “liberation organizations” attended the event.

Though many participants had never met before, the workshop spurred an ongoing conversation, he said.

He said that Roth and Schmiedt, former members of Real Talk Dartmouth, focused on the reasons why the group “imploded” as a way of understanding intergroup issues.

“It was beautifully transparent, which is why I think it was so well taken by the group,” he said. “They weren’t there to brag.”

Real Talk Dartmouth’s story exemplifies the collective action problem, women and gender studies lecturer Giavanna Munafo said.

While Roth plans to return to campus this spring to complete her Å VIT \PZMM KZMLQ\[ ZMY]QZML NWZ OZIL] ation, Schmiedt is in the process of transferring to another institution to Å VQ[P PMZ ]VLMZOZIL]I\M ML]KI\QWV Munafo said the College has

changed as a result of Real Talk’s activism, expanding its resources and training to tackle the issue of sexual violence. It does not, however, XZW^QLM IV MY]IT TM^MT WN QVNWZUI\QWV for students who experience other forms of violence, she said.

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Roth said she and Schmiedt decided to host customized workshops with intersectional groups of students instead of solely presenting their story.

“Although these problems are national in scope, the ways in which they are addressed are on local campuses,” she said. <PM Å Z[\ TMO WN \PM ;XZQVO =X tour mainly consisted of meeting with students and booking future workshops, and Spring Up is tentatively scheduled to present at Yale University, Brown University, the University of Connecticut, Swarthmore College and other Northeast schools, Schmiedt said. They are currently booking events in North Carolina, Texas, the Southwest and California.

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The pair does not have any workshops or events currently planned at the College.

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THE DARTMOUTH OPINION

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The boycotts that amass the most attention involve the freedom of speech. This right, above all other provisions of the Constitution, is the sacred cow of American democracy. Any perceived or actual transgressions on the right of an individual to express his or her beliefs are met with swift and reactionary public response â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just

consider the recent â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duck Dynastyâ&#x20AC;? debacle. Sometimes these responses involve boycotts. And when you add a sensitive issue like free speech to the attentiongetting boycott tactic, you create a perfect storm of impassioned publicity, political opportunism and conflicting values.

It is this relationship between boycotts and free speech that makes the American Studies Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stand against Israeli academic institutions so disturbing.

The associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boycott against Israeli universities protests â&#x20AC;&#x153;the illegal occupation of Palestine, the infringements of the right to education of Palestinian students and the academic freedom of Palestinian scholars and students in the West Bank, Gaza and Israel.â&#x20AC;?

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is simply an endorsement of the vague and difficult concept of free speech. The associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boycott, then, takes a principled stand against the transgression of a cherished right.

Putting aside the faulty assumptions used to justify the boycott, what exactly is such an action supposed to accomplish? Would it antagonize Israeli scholars?

Probably. Would it stem the flow of people and ideas between the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members and Israeli institutions? Almost definitely.

Would it serve to chiefly punish students, who have no impact on Israeli policy regarding the Palestinian minority? Unfortunately.

Not only is this boycott antithetical to the principles of academic freedom that the association itself invoked, it cannot effect any sort of

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change in the Israeli governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behavior.

I can imagine that many of the several hundred association members who are boycott signatories realize this. And if freedom of speech is so dear to the signatories, where is their protest of the treatment of Jews or Christians in certain Muslim countries? Nowhere, of course. The actual reason for the boycott, then, might be one of a few things. Perhaps it is a manifestation of some sort of anti-Semitism.

Perhaps the association, which has fewer than 5,000 members, craves some publicity. Or perhaps the boycott is just another effort by certain far-leftists in American academia to land a punch on one of their favorite targets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; big, bad Israel.

Fortunately, President Hanlon,

along with the leaders of many other prominent universities, offered a public endorsement of academic freedom following the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boycott. Unfortunately, two Dartmouth faculty members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; history professor Russell Rickford and Native American studies professor Bruce Duthu â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have endorsed the measure. Sure, they have the right to make their opinions public â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the freedom of speech, after all, should not discriminate. But these opinions endorse a meaningless rallying cry that does more harm than good, which is shameful. The widespread condemnation of the boycott by the academic community, however, is an important defense to an actual assault on academic freedom â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one being committed by the association, not Israel.

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Alumnus faces steep competition in Pa. gubernatorial race FROM GOVERNOR PAGE 1

appeal to the electorate.

“Coming at this as an outsider might actually aid him,” Bafumi said.

Wolf campaign communications director Mark Nicastre said Wolf “has the experience and ideas to get Pennsylvania back on track.”

If elected, Wolf said he aims to improve public schools, update the

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“The goal is to create a Pennsylvania that is an engine for economic development, a magnet for entrepreneurs and a huge generator of good jobs,” Wolf said.

Wolf is competing in a crowded field of Democratic hopefuls, with

eight candidates currently in the running for the May primary.

Bafumi said the large number of Democratic candidates at this point in the race comes from the shortcomings of Pennsylvania’s current administration.

“The current governor is unpopular right now,” Bafumi said.

“The election is still far away, but the numbers indicate that the Republicans are beatable.”

Wolf and his wife of almost 40 years, Frances, have committed $10 million of their own funds for the primary campaign. The campaign has generated an additional $3 million through fundraising efforts.

Wolf ’s decision to run for governor stems from his experiences as a Dartmouth student, he said.

“At Dartmouth, you weren’t allowed to wait around and let things happen,” he said. “If you wanted something to be done, you got involved and you did it. That’s a key thing I took away from my three years at the College, and I think it’s something that gets to the heart of citizenship in our era.”

After graduating from the College, Wolf earned a master’s degree from the University of London and a doctorate in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wolf later served as the CEO and chairman of his

family’s business, The Wolf Organization, a distributor of bath and kitchen cabinetry and building materials. He worked part-time at the company until the end of 2013, when he began focusing exclusively on his gubernatorial campaign.

Though he has never held public office, Wolf served as former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell’s

state secretary of revenue from Feb. 2007 to Nov. 2008. In 2009, Wolf ran for governor but said he withdrew his candidacy early in the race to return to The Wolf Organization, which was approaching bankruptcy.

According a December poll by Quinnipiac University, Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., and former

state Auditor General Jack Wagner present the strongest challenges to incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett, R-Pa. Other candidates include state treasurer Rob McCord and Allentown, Pa., mayor Ed Pawlowski.

The primary will take place on May 20, followed by the general election on Nov. 4.

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Analysis of New England pediatric care reveals local disparities FROM ATLAS PAGE 1

that can be attributed more to local medical culture than individual medical conditions, Atlas coprincipal investigator and Geisel School of Medicine professor David Goodman said.

The report by the Dartmouth Atlas, a project that uses Medicare data to analyze national, regional and local health care markets, examined approximately 691,000 infants and children under 18 years old based on records from 2007 to 2010 of all insurance claims paid in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

Among children insured by Medicaid in Northern New England, the rate of lead screening between 2008 and 2010 varied from 8 percent in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, to 86 percent in Berlin, N.H. To improve health care delivery, hospitals must develop systems of monitoring effective care and use that information to identify gaps in quality, Goodman said.

Physicians should also reexamine discretionary procedures such as tonsillectomies, CT scans and ear tube placements, which offer lim-

ited benefits at high risks, and they should more thoroughly discuss possible side effects with families before they deciding on a course of action, he said. There was an average of 8.8 chest or abdominal CT scans per 1,000 children in Northern New England from 2007-2010.

Associate professor of The Dartmouth Institute Nancy Morden, a study author, said the decisions physicians make for children are complex and often uncertain.

“What we need to do is be honest, open and transparent to the parents about the benefits and risks,” she said.

Parents have a special role in the decision-making process as well, Goodman said.

“Parents need to be asking more questions – does my child really need a head CT for a headache or abdominal x-rays for constipation?” he said. “They need to ask about alternatives to tonsillectomies and tubes placed in their children’s ears, not so that they won’t have these procedures, but so they can make a high-quality decision.”

Goodman said the pediatric community has responded posi-

tively to the report’s findings. The Dartmouth Atlas will speak with hospital stakeholders in northern New England to discuss future strategies.

Keith Loud, interim chair of pediatrics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, said he was pleased that the study brought variations in pediatric care to the public’s attention.

“We are proud to be where this important, ground-breaking research is taking place,” Loud said.

Many pediatricians at DHMC are excited about the opportunity to communicate with physicians in the region about issues raised by the study, Loud said.

“We’ve always been committed to learning from our colleagues and this gives us a robust tool,” he said.

“It is part of our constant, neverending quest to improve patient care and outcomes.”

The Dartmouth Atlas’s next project is a national study of children’s health care using Medicaid data that includes about half of the

pediatric population of the United States, allowing researchers to examine children of diverse racial, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds, Morden said.

Based on past national studies of regional variations in health care for other age groups, Goodman said variation in pediatric care likely exists outside of New England as well.

The two-year project received a $500,000 grant from the Charles H. Hood Foundation, which supports pediatric research in New England.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014

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TODAY 12:30 p.m.

Vaughan Recital Series presents “ Trio Tremonti,” Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center

4:15 p.m.

Computer science colloquium talk, “ Talking Users out of Harmful Actions,” with Dr. Jamie Macbeth, Steele 006

4:30 p.m.

“Body Politics in Performance,” with Bill T. Jones, Haldeman 041

TOMORROW 3:00 p.m.

Faculty candidate seminar with Kevin Collins, Class of 1978 Life Sci-­‐ ences Center 200

4:30 p.m.

Classics lecture, “Remaking Cicero in the Roman Imperial School-­‐ room,” with Dr. Tom Keeline, Reed 104

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“The New Hampshire Rebellion,” with Lawrence Lessig, Rockefeller Center 003 RELEASE DATE– Wednesday, January 8, 2014

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THE DARTMOUTH ARTS

Behind the Curtain: Workshop hides resources in plain sight

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A secret hides in Baker Library’s basement, and you have probably never noticed it.

No, it is not a three-headed dog you will need to lull to sleep or a madwoman locked away, but Dartmouth’s full-service Book Arts Workshop, which allows students and community members to handcraft invitations, birthday and holiday cards, flyers and even entire books. The workshop offerings include printing presses dating from the 19th century to the mid-20th century, a letterpress and bookbinding studio.

English professor Alexandra Halasz called the studio a “fabulous, little-known” resource — one of Dartmouth’s most under-appreciated spaces.

“For those who are artists, the book workshop offers an array of threedimensional and sequential forms that take printmaking and other practices in new directions,” she said. “I think what students value is the disciplined creative practice, the hands-on experience and the wonderful variety of books they see each other making.”

Students can take workshop courses and use the facilities during open studio hours without previous experience, instructor Sarah Smith said. The workshop staff, which includes professional designers, printers, binders and artists, answers questions and assists with equipment.

Studio art professor Louise Hamlin noted the significant connection between the workshop and the library itself.

“It is a fabulous thing to be able to print books in the building that preserves them,” Hamlin said.

In order for students to begin using the letterpress, they must first attend an orientation session. Letterpress involves covering a raised surface, such as an engraving of metal or wood type, with ink and imprinting the image onto paper with a printing press, letterpress instructor Robert Metzler said.

Letterpress was the primary printing method for 500 years, until the 1950s, Metzler said. Recently, it has witnessed a revival in popularity.

“Letterpress has the unique quality of creating a distinct solid color image impressed onto paper that no other process possesses,” Metzler said.

Smith said the sensory experience of engaging with letterpress products distinguishes them from other printed materials. “[It] has the smell of the ink and the feel of the slight impression of the type pressed into the paper,” she said.

The workshop also offers short classes on bookbinding structures and printing techniques, as well as field trips to visit local printers, binders and artists, Smith said.

Bookbinding instruction at the workshop varies from making traditional sewn and glued books to less traditional origami-based folded books, Metzler said. Halasz is currently

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Dartmouth houses its Book Arts Workshop in the library’s basement, just down the hall from the Orozco Room. teaching a course about the history of the book that includes a typesetting exercise and allows students to create a book in place of a final essay.

Many students use the workshop and printing presses to make projects that are both aesthetic and functional, Metzler said. Students typically print and design invitations, cards, posters, poems and artist books.

Halasz said she has even seen students make knit books and books

in the shape of a double helix or an altarpiece.

Julie Skinner, a graduate student who frequents the workshop, said she uses the presses to design her own unique sets of stationery. Callista Womick ’13, who took Halasz’s class last year, said she is currently working on a book with metal covers and locks along the fore edge.

While the workshop specializes in traditional methods of letterpress

and bookbinding, the studio space has been expanded to include some digital capabilities. Smith said that many students have begun experimenting with relief plates from computergenerated images and type, using tools like Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, photocopy transfer and laser cutting.

“This creates a nice physical link across the centuries that complements the typical printmaking process,” Hamlin said.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Julia McElhinney ’14 B y joon cho

Freshman fall, Julia McElhinney ’14 found her passion for art in the depths of eraser shavings, working with charcoal-covered hands in a class that would direct her toward a studio arts minor.

By the end of Drawing I with studio art professor Enrico Riley, she had confidence in her abilities as an artist. She had not turned into Michelangelo overnight, but she was proud of what she could do if she set her mind to it.

“We live in a beautiful world that seems to be filled with new wonders every time I look up from my sketchbook,” McElhinney said.

Currently, McElhinney works as a Hood Museum intern, where she has learned more about Dartmouth’s art collections.

She has worked this fall with Hood director Michael Taylor and the Museum’s public art committee to catalog existing public art on campus. Now she is working to augment this program by adding signs to existing art around campus, such as information placards for Louise Bourgeois’s “Crouching Spider,” in front of the Visual Arts Center, and Mark di Suvero’s “X-Delta,” behind Baker-Berry Library.

At the College, McElhinney merged her interest in the arts with sustainability. After learning about community building in an environmental studies course, she became interested in the study of placemaking, a process through which a space is transformed to craft a distinct identity.

“A well-designed, built environment can help connect us all more closely to one another and the natural world around us,” McElhinney said.

As a Presidential Scholar, she aided studio art lecturer Jack Wilson in his work on sustainable community designs in Haiti.

She has also explored her interest in Hanover as an intern in the Office of Sustainability. Her responsibilities include making informational videos, designing t-shirts and maintaining the student sustainability space in Robinson Hall.

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Julia McElhinney ’14 said her interest in visual art has grown into a focus on sustainable community designs.

These projects, she said, allow her to apply skills honed in architecture classes to community sustainability efforts.

She hopes her efforts at the Hood and Office of Sustainability help create community spaces where students feel welcome and engaged.

“The right piece of art can spark conversation and create a space for exploration in what might otherwise be a quiet or

unused piece of land,” McElhinney said. “Public art can cause people to pause, and rather than just passing through a place, stop to admire it and maybe even say hello to the other people they might meet there.”

Later this year, she will work with the Hood staff to curate her own “Space for Dialogue” exhibit, which will focus on the impact of art in the public sphere.

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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

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MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOCKEY at Boston University 2 PM

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball stifled offensively by visiting Hartford

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When the University of Hartford menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team was up off the bench, towels waving and coaches cheering, no one would have guessed it would be for the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reserve guard Taylor Dyson. The Australian freshman didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show up on any scouting reports, but his performance Tuesday night was crucial as Hartford topped Dartmouth 68-56 at Leede Arena.

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The game got off to a slow start as neither team scored until the 17:11 mark, when Maldunas elevated for an easy lay-in.

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Mitola said he found his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance Tuesday night uninspiring, especially before a tough stretch against Ivy League opponents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not where we want to be,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to do some soul-searching before [Harvard University] and get it back together so we can start the Ivy League off the way we want to.â&#x20AC;?

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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis players see success at tournament over break

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After deciding to compete in the USTA National Open on a whim, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis player Taylor Ng â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 captured the indoor singles title and placed in both womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and mixed doubles.

Ng defeated multiple seeded opXWVMV\[ \W XTIKM Ă&#x2026; Z[\ QV \PM \W]ZVI ment, hosted in late December at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Ng and Katherine Yau â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 competed as a team in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubles division, earning an admirable third XTIKM Ă&#x2026; VQ[P 6O IT[W KWUXM\ML QV \PM mixed doubles division with Max Schmidt â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17, placing second. The tournament was open to all levels of competitors, including high school, college and professional players.

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On the verge of a tournament victory, Ng could not immediately seal the deal, dropping a set to the resilient Rodriguez by a 6-4 score.

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Rodriguez had improved since the two played last summer.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis head coach Bob Dallis, who happened to be in the area visiting family and watching recruits, managed to catch some of his playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; matches. Their performances impressed him, he said, and was glad the players competed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any time you can get out and compete and play matches, whether its singles, doubles, or mixed doubles, that stuff is invaluable,â&#x20AC;? Dallis said.

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Ng and Yau performed well as a doubles team, losing their only match to the No. 1 seed and eventual champions, Julia Elbaba and Rachel

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Dallis said he was impressed with Ng and Yauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work as a pair. Yau was positive and vocal throughout the game, and the pair played new formations they had been working on in the fall, he said.

Yau and Ng are ranked eighth in the ITA Northeast Region in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubles and 57th in the nation. Jacqueline Crawford â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 is ranked third in the Northeast in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singles, with Ng and Yau I\ Ă&#x2026; N\P IVL \P ZM[XMK\Q^MTa The Big Green next takes the KW]Z\ 2IV I\ *W[\WV +WTTMOM I non-conference battle.