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There will be no English fo re i g n s t u dy p ro g r a m t o London this fall. The English department’s popular FSP to King’s College London will not be offered in 2019 because King’s terminated its contract with Dartmouth. In 2020, the program will be hosted by Queen Mary University of London.

English professor and 2018’s FSP director George Edmondson said that the English department does not know exactly why King’s terminated the contract, but is near certain that it had to

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do with King’s reevaluating its course offerings.

“King’s College unilaterally ended [its] association with us,” Edmonson said. “We’re not entirely sure why. As far as we can tell, they essentially want to eliminate the middleman, which is to say they want to have something like a thousand spaces reserved for international students, and then students can apply directly ... It’s nothing personal, as far as we can tell.”

Vice chair of the English department Aden Evens noted SEE FSP PAGE 3

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A supportive, altruistic friend and community member, Kevin Figgins Jr. ’16 brightened every room he entered. “[Figgins] was an exuberantly warm person with [a] seemingly limitless depth of concern for people around him,” First Year Student Enrichment Program director Jay Davis said. “His

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Baker-Berry Library hosted one of several kick-off celebrations for the College’s anniversary.

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Kevin Figgins Jr. ’16 known for conviviality

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joy [in being around] other people endeared so many others.”

On Dec. 2, Figgins, 24, passed away unexpectedly in his Nashville, Tennessee home. He was in the process of completing his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth and had planned to major in environmental studies and SEE FIGGINS PAGE 2

With the advent of the new year, Dartmouth is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its founding.

The festivities that took place on Jan. 10 kicked off what will be a year’s worth of academic and arts programming, service opportunities and celebrations all honoring the school’s notable milestone and adhering to the theme of “Honoring Our Past, Inspiring Our Future.”

For Cheryl Bascomb ’82, vice president for alumni relations and co-

chair of the celebrations, the celebration of the College’s sestercentennial anniversary is an effort to use the past to guide the College’s future.

“This really is a forwardlooking endeavor, and so the classes that people are teaching and taking and the events that we’re holding really talk about Dartmouth’s story through history, but pointing forward,” Bascomb said.

“How do they inform where we’re going and how do we — as alumni and faculty and students — really help create the vision that we have for Dartmouth?”

The Thursday kick-off celebrations took place in nine locations across campus, including BakerBerry Library, the Top of the Hop and the Collis Center. College President Phil Hanlon and celebration co-chairs Bascomb and English professor Donald Pease all gave speeches in Baker-Berry Library that were livestreamed on Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary website.

Hosting the kick-off celebrations at many venues, scattered across professional schools to athletic facilities, was an SEE 250 PAGE 5

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Hanover residents might notice fewer deer around town this spring. Following Hanover’s issuing of 100 extra deer hunting permits, at least 30 hunters harvested additional deer this season, according to New Hampshire

Fish and Game deer project leader Daniel Bergeron. He said Hanover’s new permit program made local hunters nearly twice as successful as hunters in other towns across New Hampshire.

An official tally of total deer harvested in the town this season has not yet been released. However, this

season in Hanover, New Hampshire Fish and Game has logged 41 harvested deer in the special management area so far.

Developed in conjunction with New Hampshire Fish and Game, this year’s Deer Management Assistant Program pilot issued 100 extra deer hunting permits

which allowed per mit holders to take two female deer in addition to the regular permit allowance.

Hanover senior planner Vicki Smith said the town plans to apply again next year. Whether Hanover continues the prog ram w i l l be bas ed o n N ew Hampshire Fish and Game

deer population estimates, which will inform decisions regarding deer population control in coming years, Smith said.

Tow n m a n a g e r Ju l i a Griffin said she hopes the program will be able to continue for up to a decade.

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Arctic Report Card sees Figgins remembered for caring nature temperature increases “I immediately knew he was someone I could trust,” Freeman psychology. He was born on Feb. 1, said. “Other people sensed in him, 1994 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. as well, that he’s a pure-hearted Figgins attended Oakland High person.”

School until 2011 and graduated Figgins’ unique compassion, from the Martin Luther King empathy and understanding of Junior Magnet at Pearl High those around him was readily School in 2012. apparent to anyone with whom A n a t u r a l l e a d e r i n h i s he interacted. During a hiking community, Figgins was known trip, Freeman recounted Figgins’ as an accomplished, promising willingness to keep her company young man. In 2011, he was elected as their other friends sped ahead.

Tennessee American Legion Boys’ “He always looked out for the State governor, representing high people around him,” she said. “He school rising seniors from across the was never afraid to do the right or state while receiving instruction in loving thing.” government . Community members Veri Di Suvero ’16 said Figgins also admired his commitment to cared deeply about the wellbeing philanthropy. As reported in of his friends.

Tennessee’s Daily News Journal, he “I’ve caught up with a lot of regularly did church mission work people at Dartmouth and that’s and volunteered a ver y nor mal in hospitals. At t h i n g, b u t h e his high school, “He wanted to was different,” he participated in be a light, to be Di Suvero said.

Interact, Future “He had this Business Leaders a resource for wonderful, joyous of A m e r i c a people with similar smile and this and National ability to listen struggles.

It was Honor Society and be present and played the something he was and care about baritone in his very passionate the person he was high school band. talking to.” about.”

R a i s e d Even those in a Baptist who were not household, well acquainted - TYNÉ FREEMAN ’17 Figgins was with Figgins deeply committed GR’20 were struck by to his faith. At his conviviality.

Dartmouth, Noah Lee ’18 said Figgins was he met Figgins at involved in the an X.ado alumni Christian Union, Dartmouth’s reunion event. In an email to The G o s p e l C h o i r a n d X . a d o , Dartmouth, Lee described Figgins’ Dartmouth’s Christian a cappella “radiant warmth and perennial group. He was also an active smile.” He added that Figgins was member in FYSEP. an amazing beat-boxer — one of Tyné Freeman ’17 Gr’20 said his many talents. she first met Figgins at an ice cream Figgins’ passions extended social hosted by the Christian beyond his faith and music.

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for the resilience of sea ice in the Arctic.

“From what we’ve seen, the ice is covering less area, and it’s thinner,” With the help of two Dartmouth said Perovich. “One of the interesting professors, the National Oceanic and things has been how little old ice there Atmospheric Association’s 2018 Arctic is.”

Report Card described this year as the Earth sciences professor Erich second-warmest year in the Arctic Osterberg said that the Arctic region since 1900. The report also notes is currently undergoing warming at continued rapid temperature increases rates twice as fast as the rest of the in the region, relative to the rest of the world, but because these changes are world. not in our backyard, we cannot see The Arctic Report Card is a this direct impact of climate change. yearly summary T h e of what scientists report brings have observed “From what we’ve these dramatic in the Arctic seen, the ice is changes home in the last year, and highlights said engineering covering less area, and them in a way p r o f e s s o r it’s thinner.” everybody can and research understand, he geophysicist at added. the Cold Regions -DONALD PEROVICH, “The Research and ENGINEERING PROFESSOR Arctic Report Engineering Card is a pretty Lab Christopher digestible piece of Po l a s h e n s k i , communication whose research on behalf of contributed to the report. The report NOAA,” Victor Cabrera ’19 said. features sub-sections on each major Cabrera is currently researching element of the Arctic system with the wind systems in Antarctica, which goal of tracking what currently exists share many similarities with systems in the Arctic and how it is changing. in the Arctic region. He added that the Polashenski said that the report Arctic research presented in the report contains observations only, with no is accessible despite its complex subject modeling or projecting involved. matter. The report is a “good point to “It’s real,” he added. “People or start” for those seeking to understand centers actually saw everything that’s climate research and a great source being talked about.” of “inspiration for undergraduate The Arctic Report Card pulls research and further,” he said. together observations from more than The report is not just an “intellectual 80 scientists from 12 counties, allowing exercise ... these changes are having people and policy impacts today,” makers to see what Perovich said. The “These changes is going on “writ reduction in sea ice large,” Polashenski are having impacts not only changes the said.

Arctic ecosystem, today.”

Engineering but impacts coastal professor Donald communities, Pe r ov i c h a l s o -DONALD PEROVICH, making them worked on more vulnerable the r e p o r t , ENGINEERING to erosion due to coordinating the PROFESSOR storms, he added. section concerning F u r t h e r, t h e sea ice in the impacts of ice Arctic. Perovich melting go beyond has worked on the strictly scientific report since its first edition 13 years concerns. Melting ice creates the ago, and noted that the changes in opportunity for new shipping lanes the Arctic have been continuing and through the Arctic, increased tourism possibly accelerating. in the region and opportunities to “Where there is sea ice, it’s explore oil and natural gas extraction. melting,” said Polashenski, adding that The changing environment is this year’s data confirmed concerns of beginning to influence geopolitical melting sea ice in the Arctic. thinking as ice retreats and the arctic Perovich added that the melting and becomes more accessible, Perovich thinning of ice cover has implications said.

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struggled to reconcile his sexuality as a gay man with his faith. In a 2015 article by The Dartmouth, Figgins said he developed depression and anxiety as this struggle amplified, which contributed to substance abuse. Ultimately, he decided to take several terms of medical leave to focus on improving his mental state. The confidence and selfassuredness he built during this time compelled him to help others in similar situations, according to his interview with The Dartmouth.

Once he returned to campus, Figgins shared his experiences with his peers and started an organization intended to promote mental health awareness. He said he hoped to destigmatize mental health issues and leaves of absence at the College.

“He wanted to be a light, to be a resource for people with similar struggles,” Freeman said. “It was something he was very passionate about.”

Jared Boyce ’16 said Figgins’ death highlights the importance of caring for your loved ones.

“He always asked people how they were doing [and he was] always smiling,” Boyce said. “It’s a reminder for everyone to check in on their friends, even if it’s just to ask how they are doing.”

Figgins is survived by his parents, Kevin Figgins Sr. and Monica Daniels, his four sisters and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

A funeral and memorial services were held on Dec. 15 in Nashville.

C o u n s e l i n g re s o u rc e s fo r students, faculty and staff are available through the Office of Counseling and Human Development, the College chaplain’s office, the dean on call and the Faculty/Employee Assistance Program. Assistance can be obtained by calling Safety and Security at 603-646-4000.

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English FSP in London will move to Queen Mary University in fall 2020

is really immersive,” he said. parts of London is the fact that “You sort of go out into London a lot of it is being redeveloped that King’s decision applies to and you read or gentrified other schools as well. things, you’re r i g h t n o w. I “The host university, which was sort of reading “The host university, think it’s easier King’s College London, decided to t h e t ex t a n d which was King’s to forget that change [its] approach to hosting then going out when you’re in College London, FSPs, so not just Dartmouth’s FSP, i n t o L o n d o n central London but lots and lots of schools had to a n d u s i n g i t decided to change its and you’re stop doing their King’s College as ... a living approach to hosting seeing all these [programs],” Evens said. classroom.” fancy buildings FSPs, so not just While King’s hosted many Edmondson and just shiny schools with programs similar to a d d e d t h a t Dartmouth’s FSP, but streets that Dartmouth’s, Queen Mary will Q u e e n M a r y kind of look lots and lots of schools host fewer schools and likely give University has like any other had to stop doing more attention to Dartmouth, strong offerings m e t ro p o l i t a n Evens added. in post-colonial their King’s College city with a lot Edmondson explained that literature. of money.” when the English department “ W e ’ r e [programs].”

K i m initially established the London s e i z i n g t h e acknowledged FSP, it visited and considered opportunity to that most -ADEN EVENS, ENGLISH schools all over the United get a little more students want Kingdom. Ultimately, Queen creative with DEPARTMENT VICE CHAIR to be in central Mary was a close second to King’s. t h e p ro g r a m London, where However, when King’s terminated a n d Q u e e n there are its contract with Dartmouth, he Mary is very more tourist said that it made sense to look at r e c e p t i v e t o attractions.

Queen Mary again. [that],” he said.

H o w e v e r, “ Q u e e n M a r y i s a ve r y “We’re hoping she said that interesting place,” Edmondson it’s going to be moving the said. “It’s in the East End of sort of new and location of the London. It’s in a really vibrant part improved.”

FSP could be a good thing. of town. They’re very enthusiastic Betty Kim ’20, who went “London’s not just the city of about starting a relationship with on the English FSP to London Westminster, which is what a lot us.” last fall, said that she found the of people think of,” Kim said.

He added that the English academics to be very different from For students who are interested department recently changed Dartmouth’s. Each of her three in going on the English FSP next its name to the department of classes met only once a week, and fall, the English department will English and creative writing, and most of her work was completed still be offering its FSP to Dublin Queen Mary is better equipped outside of class. at Trinity College during that than King’s to incorporate creative “[At King’s,] there wasn’t time, Edmondson said. However, writing majors t h e s a m e s o r t he noted that as a result of the into classes. o f c o n s i s t e n c y London program’s hiatus and A c c o r d i n g “[Queen Mary that Dartmouth both programs’ constraints in the to Edmondson, University is] in a classes have and number of students they can take, the Dartmouth [I’ve heard] that’s some students will not be admitted really vibrant part faculty member very typical of to the program of their choice. l e a d i n g t h e of town. They’re E u r o p e a n “If people had their hearts set FSP will now s ch o o l s, ” K i m on going to London, they should very enthusiastic also have the said, suggesting apply for the Dublin program by opportunity to about starting a t h at t h e s a m e all means,” Edmondson said. teach a class relationship with us.” might be true at Evens added that the Dublin at Queen Queen Mary.

FSP, which he has previously led, Mary, whereas Kim said that has been well-liked by students, at King’s, the -GEORGE EDMONDSON, t h e d i f f e r e n t and he does not anticipate that Dartmouth l o c a t i o n o f it will be canceled in the coming ENGLISH PROFESSOR faculty member Queen Mary may years. However, he acknowledged only taught a AND 2018 FSP DIRECTOR offer advantages. that there were a few issues with seminar for While she was the program, such as a slightly the Dartmouth in London, Kim lower level of academic rigor than students. lived in Stratford, classes at Dartmouth, financial Additionally, w h i c h i s n e a r constraints for students and an the English Queen Mary in environment that is not radically department at the East End. different than what students are Queen Mary “There are a used to in the U.S. offers a class lot of interesting “We’ve been running this devoted to the p l a c e s i n t h e program for a long time, and it’s a s tu dy of the East End,” Kim said. “I think pretty successful program,” Evens city of London. Edmondson said those neighborhoods usually go said. “Students seem — pretty Dartmouth’s English department unexplored by a lot of students, much universally — to report that found this appealing. so there’s a lot of interesting stuff they like the program.”

“Our students will probably be happening there right now. I think Kim is a former member of The required to take this class, which one important reality of a lot of Dartmouth senior staff.

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CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST FRANCES MIZE ’22

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Flitz Clamantis in Deserto

Tough Road Ahead

The Dartmouth tradition is a strange and good one.

Much has been said about Dartmouth’s isolation. We are “the” voice crying out into the wilderness, and the institution wears this as a badge of pride. Cut off from the realities and logic of the real world, Dartmouth students have essentially developed that own language — a complex network of lingo and slang that is intimidating to many at first, then exhilarating when mastered. “Meet me in Blobby,” I can now say with ease. “Can I borrow your flair?”

I ask with a peaceful smile. As a result of our propensity to name things, these fairly typical collegiate concepts (costumes, the lobby of the library) become Dartmouth-specific. When we as a student body lay this sort of nominal claim on a thing, it becomes an important part of our culture. Nothing signifies the power of this act of claiming as much as the almighty flitz, or the “flirty Blitz.”

A 2003 New York Times article titled “All Quiet on Campus Save the Click of Keys” explores the ubiquitous, heavy handed presence of Blitz in Dartmouth culture. While Blitz was phased out and replaced by Microsoft Suite in 2010, the culture around email remains the same. BlitzMail is technically gone, but with that zealous determination Dartmouth students employ in the face of a threatened tradition — which, according to an article from The Dartmouth, is how many saw this change — the act of emailing is still referred to as “blitzing.” This tenacity is a testament to the prominence of email in student life. Writer Katie Hafner notes that since campus-wide email was introduced at Dartmouth, the platform has served a greater purpose than simply to facilitate logistical communication. It is an integral part of student-to-student communication and has managed to remain so even after the dawn of text messaging. Because each Dartmouth student has the same level of access to the program and because everyone’s email address is available within its system, the interface is an automatic source of interconnection. Every student is accessible to one another. Plus, we are able to avoid the cumbersome awkwardness of the “can I grab your number?” move.

The Dartmouth community intentionally adopts these strange terms, and when we are on our most ideal behavior, it is with intentionality that we communicate with one another. With

the aid of blitzing, this intentionality is embodied in the strange, freeing, stand alone logic of the aforementioned flitz. Putting a name to something, as we have done to the art of the flitz, can normalize the unusual. As a result of this, Dartmouth students have assumed a unique level of transparency in the ways we flirt with one another. From what I have gathered seeing friends from home over break, there is no comparable equivalent to the flitz at other colleges around the country. It embodies an ideology that few of us are used to in our lives before Dartmouth. Flitzing rests on the maxim that if you are interested in someone, either romantically or platonically (in this case, send a fritz or a “friendly Blitz”), don’t play games or wait around. Put your feelings in an email. You can and should let them know.

The flitz and its platonic counterpart are used for everything from asking someone to a formal, a coffee date to even just requesting a friendly meal at Foco. A friend told me that her trip leaders were adamant about explaining the importance of flitzing to life at Dartmouth, and acknowledged how unusual the practice is by swearing to their trippees that this wasn’t just another Trips prank. They had an entire dinner devoted to going through each flitz/fritz they had sent or received, teaching them the ins and outs of navigating this new form of communication.

More astounding than the miracle of its very existence, a particular set of rituals also accompanies the flitz. To make a flitz as enticing as possible, the sender will use eye catching colors and fonts, even sometimes writing out their message in rhyme. Extra points for iambic pentameter. Dartbeat articles offering up guides to constructing the perfect flitz abound. If you’re feeling especially assertive and want to give your message that special something, see Patrick Chen’s 2010 post “How to Aggressively Flitz.”

What is less resolved to me is the insertion of GIFs into a flitz. Is this a sign of strength or of weakness? Are GIFs a cop out for those unsure or intimidated by the infinite possibilities of a blank email, a keyboard and a heart full of unfettered feeling? This could be the subject of another article entirely. I will end this one with noting that this campus is lucky to have been blessed by the flitz. In our esteemed isolation, we’re all we’ve got. So we might as well talk to one another.

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The relationship between the town and the College is far from settled.

For the next year, the College’s libraries will be filled with exhibits extolling Dartmouth’s scholarly history and ostensibly bright future.

Much of this revelry will focus on the community of alumni who once called Hanover home. But celebrations of the College’s academic pedigree and achievements may be inconvenienced by an awkward reality. For the first time in decades, the College on the Hill will be in a town without any bookstore.

The news was dismaying to many in the community, “but we could read the tea leaves,” said Hanover town manager Julia Griffin while speaking to members of the editorial board.

After 26 years in operation, Wheelock Books, the bookstore that catered to Dartmouth students seeking to buy new textbooks, shuttered its doors at the beginning of the year. The Dartmouth Bookstore, which in recent years has been owned and operated by bookstore franchise Barnes and Noble, announced that it would not renew its lease in September of last year.

The closings of Hanover’s bookstores are an undeniable embarrassment to a College that not only prides itself on its academic pedigree, but is currently celebrating the 250th anniversary of its founding in Hanover. That said, the demise of the Hanover bookstore should not be attributed to any anti-intellectualism or consumer patterns unique to the Dartmouth community, nor is it the duty of the Dartmouth administration to manage the business environment of the town.

As with many college towns, Hanover and the surrounding area are disproportionately affected by and dependent on the economic decisions and activities of the university situated near them.

Seemingly minor decisions made by the College have significant impacts on the economy and social fabric of the Upper Valley.

Dartmouth is the region’s largest direct employer, its community contributing significantly to the welfare of the area. This December, several businesses reported revenue declines of around five percent for that month compared to the same period in 2017, according to Griffin.

Given this impact, it is no surprise that the shifting spending patterns of students and faculty have proved disruptive to Hanover businesses. Most pertinent to the demise of both the Dartmouth Bookstore and Wheelock Books was likely the community’s transition from brick and mortar shopping to online retail. While any of the retail stores in Hanover are susceptible to such a transition, bookstores have proven one of the most vulnerable victims of digitization.

Yet this decline is hardly a reality limited to Hanover. In fact, the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, set out to revolutionize the entire retail industry by first transforming how Americans shopped for books, specifically by streamlining the process online. Today, Amazon dominates not just how Dartmouth students buy their books, but how Americans broadly buy nearly every product imaginable.

As one of the largest sectors of the American economy, the decline should be a serious concern for policy-makers, economists and business people at both the local and national level. That said, the closing of Wheelock Books did not bring about a shortage of textbooks on campus. The Dartmouth Bookstore’s shuttering was met more

with cries of embarrassment than lamentations at the loss of the store itself. To the Dartmouth community, evidently, these stores were auxiliary features of the town, not integral to the practical nor emotional needs of most students.

As time has progressed, the College has also provided services on campus which were once fulfilled by firms in Hanover. As a private institution, it is understandable for Dartmouth to attempt to control as much student spending as possible. There are, however, reasonable ways for local businesses to compete with the dining and retail options offered by the College. Succeeding at this, however, will require concerted, creative and organic efforts from local business owners and entrepreneurs.

For Hanover, the question remains as to how residents can support a local business environment and enable a culture that can sustain stores deemed socially important. However, neither the Dartmouth community nor senior administrators should actively buoy any such venture without significant push from the community. With no such protest on the horizon, the challenge is one for the Hanover community to solve.

The desire for a robust academic and social space to read and use books is one clearly present in Hanover. Hanover’s Howe Library is a publicly funded, privately managed institution that follows such a model of community engagement. The Norwich Bookstore, the last remaining local bookstore in the region, has also survived thus far by hosting events featuring authors and intellectuals, as well as providing an authentic experience in-bookstore that intangible markets like Amazon cannot yet provide.

Businesses and bookstores in other cities and towns have also been more resilient to the digitization and consolidation of the economy by finding new avenues to court patrons. For many bookstores around the country, that has meant promoting a sense of community and intellectual engagement with the store.

As Dartmouth reflects on its 250 years situated in the Upper Valley, it would benefit the institution to grapple with its relationship with the town and its denizens. Though the College is a powerful and storied institution, senior administrators are wont to remind students, faculty and Hanover residents alike that it is not a government, nor would even that independence allow it to control the economic outcomes in the Upper Valley. That said, the closings of The Dartmouth Bookstore and Wheelock Books should spur action from both the College and the Dartmouth community.

For the town, the question of how to sustain a bookstore viable in a community as peculiar as Hanover should be of significant importance.

Senior administrators, meanwhile, might consider redoubling efforts at promoting aroundthe-clock learning environment at the College, given that such spaces are truly lacking outside Dartmouth’s sphere. For students and faculty, the editorial board challenges denizens of campus to be deliberate in their spending, for such actions help to fund the world and environment the community will find itself in the future.

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Hanover aims to address Major landmarks to celebrate College deer overpopoulation anniversary, including Niagara Falls, One World Trade Center, the Empire inclusive effort to make the festivities State Building, Boathouse Row accessible to all students and faculty, in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, the Pease said.

Capital Ferris Wheel in Washington The multitude of activities D.C. and Dartmouth Hall. planned for the year has been long The College’s alumni network was in the making, with 20 committees key in organizing Greenlighting Day, working on individual events, Bascomb said. according to Bascomb.

“A l u m n i e n g a g e d a l m o s t Included in organically the academic “Alumni engaged almost to say, ‘Yeah, and arts I want to light prog ramming organically to say, ‘Yeah, up this place p l a n n e d f o r I want to light up this in my town,’ the year are so many of place in my town,’ so conferences, the places eight n e w many of the places happened c o u r s e s , happened through the through the exhibitions and benefit of events at the benefit of alumni. It’s alumni,” Hopkins Center pretty exciting to say she said. for the Arts.

“It’s pretty that on this day we will Pease noted exciting that the focus be lighting up the world to say that of the year is [in] green.” on this day to honor the we will be meaning of a lighting the true liberal arts -CHERYL BASCOMB ’82, VICE world up [in] education and green.”

PRESIDENT FOR ALUMNI the values that A the College was RELATIONS AND CO-CHAIR conference founded on. He OF 250TH ANNIVERSARY based on the emphasized the landmark unique vision CELEBRATIONS 1 8 1 9 U. S. of a liberal arts Supreme education in the Court case 21st century. ruling, led “A t the

by D a n i e l center, we have Webster, that the relationship established b e t w e e n Dartmouth professor and as a private student, which institution, is the bond where we have scholars will take place on March 1 and 2. who love to teach and students who This case is also the basis of a new love to learn,” Pease said. “That’s at interdisciplinary undergraduate the core of everything.” course that is co-taught by history As part of the anniversary events, professor Robert Bonner, government Greenlighting Day will take place professor Russell Muirhead and worldwide on Jan. 12. National Pease. Students will also get the landmarks will be lit up in green chance to attend a reenactment of to commemorate Dartmouth’s the case at the Supreme Court, acted FROM 250 PAGE 1

is providing more opportunity for invasive species to take hold If approved for next year, she said explosively,” she said.

The excessive deer population the town will look at ways to expand the size of the special management in Hanover can cause issues area and make the permit process for residents as well. Vehicle collisions, destruction of gardens easier for interested hunters.

“This is not a one-shot thing,” and incidences of Lyme disease she said. “You really need to have a spread by deer ticks have all been sustained deer-thinning procedure on the rise, according to Hanover in place to implement over multiple Conservancy program coordinator Courtney Dragiff. years.”

Bergeron said the special The special permits applied to several deer-hunting seasons starting management areas were chosen carefully to encourage hunters to on Sept. 15 and ending Dec. 15.

H u n t e r s we re a l l owe d t o frequent areas with a high density use the permits to harvest deer of deer, but where deer tended to within a special deer management be smaller and less desirable to hunters. area designed “ W e t o p ro m o t e wanted this to h u n t i n g o n “This is not a onebe very focused l a n d m o s t shot thing. You i n t h e a re a s h e a v i l y really need to have a where problems populated existed,” he with deer. The sustained deer-thinning said. management procedure in place O f area included to implement over special concern land owned by to the town were D a r t m o u t h , multiple years.” t h e Tr e s c o t t the Hanover Water Supply Conservancy, Lands — over the town of -JULIA GRIFFIN, HANOVER 1,000 acres H a n o v e r , TOWN MANAGER of watershed areas of the land used to Appalachian provide the trail and area’s drinking p r i v a t e water. Griffin property. explained that T o w n officials initially applied for the intense hunting on the property extra permits in order to curb an is necessary to reduce the deer overabundant deer population, population, following decades a c c o rd i n g t o G r i f f i n . D e e r of seasons without hunting and overpopulation on public land declining numbers of natural around the town has eliminated predators.

The town of Hanover will native plant species and led to an increase in invasive species growth, host a meeting open to the public to discuss future plans for the Griffin said.

“The fact that they’re over- program at Trumbull Hall on Feb. browsing the natural landscape 7 at 7 p.m.

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out by Dartmouth alumni re-arguing the case.

“Every Thursday, students will take ownership by taking up the conversations the three of us have had on Tuesdays, raising questions, producing disagreements, introducing alternative perspectives — we think it’s going to be great fun,” Pease said.

Other conferences will be focusing on the liberal arts at Dartmouth, the College’s history of female faculty and the school’s history with slavery.

On May 25, the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra will premiere a piece commissioned by the College and inspired by the José Clemente Orozco murals located in the basement of Baker Library. A commission for the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble by composer Oliver Caplan ’04 will be unveiled the fall and will highlight special places at the College that hold importance for members of the community.

The College is also introducing “The Call to Serve,” a service initiative that aims to encourage the Dartmouth community to volunteer and reach a goal of 250,000 combined volunteer hours.

For many students, the 250th anniversary of the College is a time for the school to reflect on its past to positively inform the future.

“Dartmouth seems to be acknowledging its past a lot more than what I’ve seen [in the past], and I think Dartmouth should be in a constant process of reassessment and improving itself,” Vanessa Soncco ’18 said. “This is a time for Dartmouth to be self-aware.”

For other students, Dartmouth’s role as a powerful, high-profile institution is accompanied by the responsibility to lead by example.

“Moving forward, I think as one of the leading institutions in America, we have the responsibility to be on the forefront of change,” Jessica Yin ’22 said.

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Lecture: “Self-Recognition and the Mirror of Realism: Gottreid’ Keller’s ‘The Misused Love Letters’,” with University of Chicago Germanic Studies professor Jessica Resvick, sponsored by the German Department, Carson L01

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Sing-Ins: “Working on an American Dream,” Paddock Music Library, Hopkins Center for the Arts

7:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.

Film: “The Hate U Give,” directed by George Tillman Jr., sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium

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Collis 40th Anniversary celebration, sponsored by Collis After Dark, Collis Commonground

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Film: “The Hate U Give,” directed byGeorge Tillman Jr., sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium

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Film: “Burning,” directed by Lee Chang-Dong, sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

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Student Spotlight: Katie Wee ’19 explores music and health B y madison wilson

musical conservatory school.

“T he [music] de partment itself is really small, and you get Katie Wee ’19 is about as liberal the chance to build one-on-one arts as it gets: as a music major as connections with a lot of professors well as a premed student, Wee’s even though you’ve never taken a experience at Dartmouth has class with them,” Wee said. “[The crossed over disciplinary lines. department is] so easily accessible, Wee is a music major and and I think it really helped me find plays violin in the Dartmouth what I want to do with music.”

Symphony Orchestra, serving as We e ’s mu s i c m a j o r i s a n Concert Mistress on and off for the interdisciplinary program that last two years. m ove s b eyo n d She is also on “[The music just playing t h e p re m e d classical Western department is] so track, a fellow music: it includes with the Eric easily accessible, and studying music E i c h l e r ’ 5 7 I think it really helped t h e o r y, t a k i n g Fe l l o w s h i p violin lessons and f o r H e a l t h me find what I want to learning nonCare Leaders, do with music.”

Western musical active in styles. Her time Christian studying music U n i o n , o n -KATIE WEE ’19 at Dartmouth has the club also introduced tennis team her to an and a senior academic mentor unfamiliar branch of musical study, in the Undergraduate Dean’s the study of ethnomusicology, Office. Clearly, Wee is not a one- which blends social justice, culture dimensional student. and music. Through studying Wee says she chose to attend ethnomusicology, she experienced Dartmouth because she valued firsthand how music is influenced the institution’s emphasis on by popular culture and has the academics and interdisciplinary power to change society, Wee said. lear ning, which would allow Wee added that while she is her to keep her options open not pursuing music professionally, regarding her career rather than she has been able to blend her attending a more traditional passions in health and music The Dartmouth Staff

PHOTO COURTESY OF KATIE WEE

Katie Wee is a multitalented student who explores her major, music, in an interdisciplinary way.

through her honors thesis, which explores the influence of health on musicians. According to Wee, her paper discusses how physical and mental health ailments affected musicians and their work across history. Furthermore, Wee said that she will also be performing her senior recital on April 20,

PHOTO COURTESY OF KATIE WEE

Katie Wee divides her time between violin practice, DSO practices and tours, Christian Union meetings and more.

which will include pieces written contemporary to classical music, by composers who suffered from though Wee prefers classical music. health issues.

“She just understands the “I’ll be digging behind the feelings that come along with music composer’s history of health, and it’s really great to talk to her whether it’s mental or physical about that.” Philip said. ailments, that really proved to be One of the ways Wee explores an obstacle to their musical careers her passion for classical music — whether it was in the beginning is through her involvement with or if it digressed later in their life,” the DSO. Playing in the DSO Wee said. “So I’ll be doing that has been a pivotal experience in research and seeing how [their her Dartmouth career, Wee said. health] reflects in their music.”

According to Wee, performing Close friend and fellow premed in the orchestra is a large time student and music major Rebecca commitment, at least five hours Philip ’19 commented on Wee’s per week, but the experience is broad interests and dedication to still very rewarding. her passions. According to Philip, Wee added that this past winter, the two met during their first year the DSO had the opportunity and have been friends ever since, to tour in Italy, partnering with developing music for the Christian conservatory students in Tuscany Union Worship to perform four Te a m a n d concerts across r o o m i n g “I love discussing t h e c o u n t r y, together on the music with her including music Foreign Florence, DSO because she always Study Program. conductor Philip added has a very unique take, F i l i p p o that since they based on her extensive C i a b a t t i ’ s have so much in hometown. common, their experience with According friendship has music.” to Ciabatti, allowed them We e s e r v e d to support each as Concert o th e r dur i ng -REBECCA PHILIP ’19 Mistress for the their time at tour and really Dartmouth. enjoyed the She also mentioned that she experience, even with the added appreciates Wee’s open and caring leadership responsibility. Ciabatti nature and her unique perspective and Wee have worked together for in approaching music. a long time, even performing a duet “I love discussing music with for students together, Ciabatti said. her because she always has a Ciabatti said that Wee is a great very unique take, based on her addition to the orchestra. extensive experience with music,” “She’s just a really competent, Philip said. She added that their wonderful musician and also a conversation topics range from wonderful person,” Ciabatti said.

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W HOCKEY VS HARVARD 6 P.M.

Men’s hockey’s Bob Gaudet ’81 becomes winningest coach

By ADDISON DICK

The Dartmouth Staff

On November 30, men’s hockey head coach Bob Gaudet ’81 became the all-time winningest coach in program history with a 3-2 victory over Cornell University. Gaudet, in his 22nd season coaching his alma mater, surpassed former coach Eddie Jeremiah with the 309th win of his career.

“It’s hard for me to put into perspective because I’m coaching a team sport,” Gaudet said. “I really hadn’t thought much about that until it happened. For me to be mentioned in the same breath as Eddie Jeremiah, who was just a legendary and iconic coach at Dartmouth, is really an honor.”

Gaudet did not realize he broke the record until the coach of Cornell congratulated him after the game.

“That was really gracious, and that was my knowledge of it,” Gaudet said. “That was pretty neat.”

While Gaudet did not consider the record, his players knew what was at stake.

“It was definitely in the back of our mind,” captain Kevan Kilistoff ’19 said. “When it came to playing Cornell, they’re a really good team.

They’re one of our rivals and they are one of the top teams in our league too, so we figured we needed to win that game and win it for him.”

Gaudet’s 309th win was a product of a life devoted to hockey and his alma mater. Gaudet says his coaching career is owed to George Howe, who coached Gaudet during his playing career at Dartmouth. Howe, who passed away last week, gave Gaudet his first big break as a coach.

“He was a guy who I owe an incredible amount to,” Gaudet said.

“I loved him. He was a mentor and a dear friend.”

Gaudet was living in Boston after college when Crowe asked him to join his staff in Hanover. Gaudet’s wife, Lynne (also a member of the Class of 1981), quit her job and the two moved to Hanover.

“We were newly married and I had just started out in coaching,” Gaudet said. “You always think you’re a student of the game, but I hadn’t necessarily prepared myself to be a coach. I had a lot to learn, and George Crowe was my mentor and somebody who I thought the world of.

He guided me in the right direction,

and here I am 36 years later. I owe George a huge debt of gratitude for getting me into this profession, which has been such a huge part of my life.”

Howe assisted Gaudet throughout his coaching career.

“Over all the years, George was someone who I could lean on and he could offer some sage wisdom or advice or a laugh when I needed it,” Howe said. “He helped me with being a better player, but also being a better person, husband and father just by emulating the way he did things.”

After five years working as an assistant coach for the Big Green, Gaudet became head coach of Brown University. After nine years at Brown, he was offered the position of head coach at Dartmouth.

“Brown was really good to me. I was in my 20s when I became head coach there,” Gaudet said. “It wasn’t like I was looking to leave, but when the opportunity at Dartmouth came about, it was really intriguing to me.

It was a place that I could go try to do my job, and I knew my family would be really happy in Hanover.

When Gaudet took the job at Dartmouth, he never imagined that he would be the winningest head coach in program history.

“I started at Dartmouth as an assistant coach and then I went to Brown,” he said. “When I came back to Dartmouth, I had a young family.

Never in my wildest imagination did I think that it would happen. You’re so focused on the day-by-day stuff that it kind of just sneaks up on you. Before you know it, it’s 22 years coaching at a program and a school that I love so much and owe so much to.”

Gaudet’s special relationship with Dartmouth is a dream come true for him. All three of his children attended Dartmouth.

“Joey and Jimmy both played hockey here,” Gaudet said. “Who would’ve thought when I graduated that I would be back at Dartmouth, and Lynne and I would have three kids go to Dartmouth? It’s a real blessing. I’m just ecstatic. I love the school and really relish every opportunity I get to represent the place and in maybe in some small way, give something back, because I owe Dartmouth a lot.”

Gaudet makes sure his love for Dartmouth carries over to his players.

“At a place like Dartmouth, these kids have got a really good opportunity to get a great education

that’s going to really help them throughout their life,” he says. “I think being part of a team and family where hard work, sacrifice, parking your ego, loyalty and representing something that’s bigger than you are really important things that hopefully I’m able to pass along in some way as a coach.”

Kilistoff appreciates Gaudet’s dedication to the Dartmouth hockey program.

“He pretty much bleeds green,” Kilistoff. “He’s a Dartmouth alum.

He’s been coaching for 30 years, and he’s been a coach here for 20-plus years. He just cares so much about this program and this school and about us. His care level and love for the game make him such a great coach.”

Gaudet’s passion for hockey is another aspect that his players appreciate.

“He’s a really passionate coach,” Kilistoff says. “He’s probably the

most passionate guy on the team.”

Gaudet embraces his passion for the game, but he also makes sure he develops his players for life beyond hockey.

“I’m passionate about the game, so I’m a little bit more energetic sometimes than some others,” Gaudet said. “I would like to think that I’m a players’ coach, meaning that they’re my main focus and I always try to support them. I have a decent understanding about the bigger picture also. This is something that is part of life. It’s a really good learning process. The game is really important, but I’m trying to make sure the guys on our team know I sincerely care about them beyond hockey.”

Gaudet has many accomplishments during his tenure with the Big Green, but he still has goals he would like to achieve.

“I was fortunate to be able to play in the Frozen Four to compete

for a national championship, and that’s what I know our guys aspire to do,” Gaudet said. “We’re a Division I team, we play an outstanding schedule and we want to try to compete at the highest level we possibly can.”

No matter what the results are on the ice, Gaudet is always proud of the program he has helped build.

“It’s a family-like atmosphere,” Gaudet said. “What I’m trying to do is comprehensive excellence, trying to be good across the board and trying to be a model program that we can be proud of.”

Gaudet has savored the experience of coaching at an institution dear to his heart.

“I’ve been blessed,” he said. “I’ve been able to be here and raise my family here and work at a school that I love and a program that I feel really strongly about, so it’s been a great opportunity. Dartmouth’s been good to me.”

50th

2000

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Dartmouth Relays, highlight of indoor track & field

athletes participating in the competition

total days of competition

8

2

6

consecutive wins by the women’s team at the meet

olympic gold medalists in attendance: Ariest Merritt and Gerry Ashworth ’63

consecutive wins by the men’s team prior to finishing second last year