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Participants held each others’ gaze. “This person is 1,000 stories I do not know,” a workshop facilitator said. This exercise, one in a series of student-run activities that aimed to promote discourse over difference, took place after the annual William Jewett Tucker Lecture on Tuesday afternoon. In the lecture at the Hanover Inn, philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah discussed using conversation to overcome differences. Appiah, named one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 public intellectuals in 2008, SEE TUCKER PAGE 3

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Students passionate about subjects varying from television to triathlons can to live with peers with similar interests in a new housing initiative that will launch this fall. The program will allow 15 or more students who share a common interest or hobby to apply to live together, according to the office of residential life’s website. Each budding community must submit a statement identifying its goals and find a faculty associate to serve as an advisor. The faculty member would attend events, meet with the group and provide guidance, though he or she would not live on the floor, River cluster community director Katharina Daub said. To be eligible to apply for a living learning community, ORL requires at least 15 students to register their commitment to furthering a shared interest. Applications for 2014-2015 are due by April 7. The program differs from Dartmouth’s existing Greek and affinity houses because the communities will be integrated into residential

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Peer advising may TALES links students, patients cover gender, sexuality B y Jordan Einhorn The Dartmouth Staff

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Recognizing a potential gap in current peer advisory programs, students and staff are discussing the establishment of a new group that would focus on gender and sexuality. At a workshop late last month, around 20 students gathered to discuss the possibility and the needs the program would address. The three-hour workshop, sponsored by the Center for Gender and Student Engagement and the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, focused on

the nuances of gender and sexual diversity in society. Attendees discussed heterosexuality and identity, as well as perceptions and stereotypes of LGBTQ students. Students also talked about deconstructing societal views of LGBTQ individuals, the origins of those views and how they manifest themselves at Dartmouth. The workshop also outlined the process of recognizing and reporting incidences of intolerance, Joseph Miller ’14 said. SEE ADVISING PAGE 5

Tina Ma ’14 spent Saturday morning celebrating an early Valentine’s Day with Alzheimer’s patients from across the Upper Valley. “Golden Oldies” music and movies played in the background, including clips of the dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Ma watched her partner, an older woman suffering from fairly advanced Alzheimer’s disease, write a Valentine to her husband bemoaning the fact that today’s youth cannot dance like Astaire and Rogers. Ma and her partner are participants in the Alzheim-

er’s Learning Experience for Students Program, known as TALES. Twice a month, 20 Dartmouth students meet with Alzheimer’s patients to chat, sip a cup of coffee or go for a hike. The program, which aims to educate individuals about the disease, matches pairs of students with Alzheimer’s patients, or learning partners, for at least three terms. The relationships built through TALES give support to the Alzheimer’s patients, but also provide students with an idea of what living with the disease is like. Ma said she was initially intimidated by the disease but learned to focus on improv-

ing patients’ quality of life, especially since many are uncertain about their futures. She has gained a unique opportunity to learn about handling chronic illness, she said. Robert Santulli, a physician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, founded the program in 2010. Santulli said the program was inspired by the Buddy Program at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, _PQKP XIQZ[ Å Z[\ aMIZ UMLQKIT students with local Alzheimer’s patients. At Dartmouth, TALES is advertised to premedical students, though a SEE TALES PAGE 5

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DAily debriefing The Geisel School of Medicine received a $6.25 million gift to support research in neurology, according to a Geisel press release. The late Susan Diamond of Omaha, Neb., allocated the money to neurology research, particularly debilitating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicted Diamond’s mother for decades. Diamond’s gift will allow Geisel to expand its neurology faculty and provide more efficient and effective clinical care to patients. The neurology department has ongoing research in several neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dementia, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. Diamond did not inform Geisel of the bequest before she died. She was not affiliated with Dartmouth but wished to donate to a leading neurology research institution. Diamond also donated parts of her estate to the Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, the Stanford School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice found that implementing a telemedicine service in nursing facilities could reduce the number of patients who are readmitted to hospitals, according to McKnight’s Long Term Care News. Although most hospital systems currently do not encourage replacing traditional phone consultations with a video conferencing service, studies show that nursing homes that used this system more frequently had 11 percent fewer readmissions. For each nursing home, this would translate to around 15 fewer hospitalizations per year and $151,000 in annual Medicare savings. Despite the results, researchers said that many nursing homes may be reluctant to transition to using telemedicine because Medicare benefits are currently reimbursed for patients who are rehospitalized. Changes under the Affordable Care Act, however, may penalize providers for hospital readmissions and increase the incentive to implement telemedicine.

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Community housing to launch in fall FROM LIVING PAGE 1

halls. Creating communities united by a shared interest has proven to be popular at other universities. For instance, students at George Washington University are encouraged to form societies around “their particular needs and interests.” Applicants must have a GPA of a 2.5 or higher and cannot have an active judicial record, according to the university’s website. ORL has not set a GPA requirement for living learning communities. Undergraduate advisor and Dartmouth cycling team president Daniel Holmdahl ’14 suggested taking advantage of the program to build community among endurance athletes on club teams. Members of the Dartmouth Endurance Racing Team, the cycling team and the triathlon team could live together, forming connections despite the sometimes isolating nature of their sports, he said. “Many years ago, some members on the [cycling] team had an off-campus house where they lived, trained, and studied together, and I’ve always wanted to create something similar during my time at Dartmouth,” Holmdahl said in an email. Daub said ORL has kept the initiative small for the time being to gauge student interest, though it has asked UGAs to mention the new opportunity at floor meetings

and via email. A working group member, Angela Zhang ’12, said the initiative allows students to live with a larger group of friends and gain access to resources to promote their shared interests. If a community’s application

“Many years ago, some members on the [cycling] team had an off-­‐campus house where they lived, trained, and studied together, and I’ve always wanted to create something similar during my time at Dartmouth.” ͳ E/ > ,K>D ,> ͛ϭϰ is accepted, students must still apply for housing through ORL’s regular room draw process. Until then, the housing assignment is not considered official, according to a promotional video released by the Office of Residential Life. T he prog ram has not yet received any applications, but advertisements were only posted recently, Daub said. As many

students are currently off-campus, the office plans on advertising more during the spring term, closer to the application deadline, she said. Several students have expressed interest in forming communities based on shared hobbies. Cathy Liebowitz ’15, a UGA, said in an email that a group of her friends has considered forming a floor based on favorite television shows, either “Game of Thrones” or “Sherlock.” Applications are open to all members of the Classes of 2015, 2016 and 2017. Other interest-based housing initiatives have also been proposed for the upcoming academic year, including residential communities for the members of the Class of 2018 that focus on STEM subjects, entrepreneurship and the arts. The idea resulted from discussions between residential life director Michael Wooten, College President Phil Hanlon and Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson. During the College’s strategic planning process last spring, the Experimental Dartmouth working group explored ways to integrate academic and residential life. One of its proposals was to create a “College within the College,” a living-learning community that would encourage closer interaction among undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff.

CORRECTIONS “Hundreds of students take on mindfulness challenge” (January 29, 2014): Because of an editing error, the article initially said that Emma Smith ’13 created the student group. In fact, Smith’s conference inspired the group’s launch. The story has been revised to correct the error.

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Appiah touches on institutional diversity in Tucker lecture FROM TUCKER PAGE 1

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Staff Columnist Emily Albrecht ’16

Staff Columnist Jon Miller ’15

Opportunity Opprobrium

Insight From the Front

Men  and  women  both  face  obstacles  when  pursuing  certain  careers. Since President Obama’s State of the Union address last Tuesday, there have been several op-eds in national publications lambasting his statement that women still make 77 cents for every dollar that a man makes. The Daily Beast’s Christina Hoff Sommers argues that when one takes into account variations in jobs and college majors, the wage gap decreases to only five cents on the dollar — a gap that could be “a result of discrimination or some other subtle, hard-to-measure difference between male and female workers.â€? The notion that something enables female workers to be paid less across the board is problematic at best, misogynistic at worst — as is her claim that women do not want to enter STEM fields. In Hoff Sommers’s view, cultural pressures do not play a role in men or women’s job choices. They do. Women “appear to be drawn to jobs in the caring professions,â€? Hoff Sommers claims, while men gravitate toward the STEM fields. Ignoring the multifaceted and subtle ways that culture encourages different paths for people based on perceived gender is reductive and ignorant. People also rarely acknowledge the pressure that men face against pursuing what Hoff Sommers calls “the caring professions.â€? In much of the country, male students are still pressured into joining the football team instead of performing in the school play. This was assuredly the case at my rural Texas high school, where men would be teased if they were considered too sensitive or flamboyant. It may be different in our Ivy League bubble, but most of the country (and most of the culture) exists outside of it. After all, less than 20 percent of middle and elementary school teachers and only 5 percent of child care workers are men, according to 2011 U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics. If men are pressured away from pursuing the “caring professionsâ€? at an early age, they will be more likely to go into

comfortable, male-dominated fields like the STEM professions. In doing so, they reinforce the male-dominated aspect of that professional sector. And when women are pressured away from STEM fields and into “caring professions,� the similarly femaledominated concept of those professions will remain. It’s a double-edged sword. The issue needs to be attacked from both sides for an egalitarian middle ground to emerge. Certainly, there are differences between men and women. But these differences should not be generalized into stereotypes that promote differentiated expectations of professional capabilities. If girls are surrounded by a culture that sells them needlessly gendered Easy Bake Ovens and Little Mommy baby dolls, while going through a public school system populated by largely female teachers, it is no wonder that they internalize notions of what careers are deemed normal for them to follow. The reverse is just as true. Where are the toys that teach boys to cook, take care of children and be good fathers? Where are the male teachers and counselors and principals they can look up to as role models? Freedom of choice is not true freedom when mainstream culture will judge or mock or despise you for your career decisions. We need more female chemical engineers and CEOs, and we need more male elementary school teachers and nurses. The idea that certain professions are inherently gendered is a product of an unequal society, not an absolute difference between men and women. Hoff Sommers cites the overwhelming disparity in majors and professions when it comes to gender, but she does nothing to deconstruct the underlying biases in those trends. It is time to acknowledge such biases as they affect everyone. Gender equality means equal opportunity (both structurally and culturally) for all, no matter what one wants to pursue.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014

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Veterans offer an interesting perspective on many issues that their peers who have ZMKMV\Ta Ă…VQ[PML PQOP [KPWWT WZ _PW PI^M spent all of their post-high school lives at Dartmouth cannot provide. As a student who transferred to Dartmouth, I know a handful of the 18 veterans on campus, some of whom happened to be in my transfer class. Of that group, I have been in numerous classes with them, as well as living with some in the residence halls. In a recent article about Dartmouth’s recruitment of veterans (“Veteran admissions recruitment expands,â€? Jan. 31), Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris said that “they’ve seen more and experienced more of the world, and I think that helps students that are 18 to 22 gain some perspective on the things they’re struggling with today.â€? This is absolutely true. I certainly feel that knowing veterans has enriched my college experience. With over 4,000 undergraduates at Dartmouth, it is a shame that only 18 are veterans. Dartmouth should continue to seek out IVL ZMKZ]Q\ Y]ITQĂ…ML ^M\MZIV[ <PM +WTTMOM has already partnered with alumni who have served in the various branches of the armed forces, educational consulting groups and community colleges with large numbers of veterans. But Dartmouth can, and should, do more. Dartmouth sends admissions representatives to all corners of the country every year to talk at hundreds of high schools. <PM[M [IUM ILUQ[[QWV[ WNĂ…KMZ[ KW]TL ^Q[Q\ bases in the areas they are already going to, allowing Dartmouth to increase its outreach to veterans without drastically increasing the cost associated with recruitment efforts. For particularly strong and promising veteran applicants, perhaps the admis[QWV[ WNĂ…KM KW]TL KZMI\M I XZWOZIU [QUQTIZ to the Native American Fly-In program, which brings promising Native seniors to Dartmouth on overnight visits that can also include in-person interviews with admissions WNĂ…KMZ[ <PQ[ _W]TL QVKZMI[M \PM V]UJMZ

of veterans who are able to see the College and who might ultimately attend. Cost-wise, ,IZ\UW]\PŸ[ ÅVIVKQIT IQL UIa JM ILLML to the amount that a veteran receives from the G.I. Bill. This additional funding is then matched by the Department of Veterans Affairs. This creates a great opportunity for veterans to come to Dartmouth. Although this is the case, I know that of the veterans I have talked to in my home state of Ohio, none of them knew about the opportunities that Dartmouth could offer them or that a community of veterans already exists at the College. They were interested once I told them about the opportunities, but it was not something that had ever been well publicized, so they had not considered applying to Dartmouth. Last quarter, I was in a class on the social history of Europe, which included a veteran senior who had served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The class discussion was more varied and interesting than what I have experienced in the vast majority of my courses. Even in the social time before class started, when I would timidly ask my classmate about his experience serving, I gained an insight enormously more personal than anything I had seen on the news in the 11 years since the Iraq invasion. Outside of class, I have also enjoyed several of the veteran’s association’s events and hope that this programming will continue beyond Veteran’s Day. Hearing a veteran’s perspective grounded in real world M`XMZQMVKM IVL TMIZVQVO IJW]\ KWVÆQK\[ \PI\ often seem completely divorced from our daily lives would improve the classroom experience for students and professors. Some of our peer institutions are still doQVO [QOVQÅKIV\Ta JM\\MZ \PIV ,IZ\UW]\P [W our recruiting efforts should be expanded. For example, Yale currently has 60 veterans — more than three times the number at Dartmouth. Based on my experience, I SVW_ Q\ _W]TL JMVMÅ\ \PM [\]LMV\ JWLa IVL the College as a whole to have more veterans on campus.

Vox Clamantis issues that matter most to us — peace, human Student Impact rights, environmental issues, LGBTQ rights To the Editor:

Last Thursday’s debate between Bill Ayers and Dinesh D’Souza ’83 highlighted vastly different approaches to civic engagement (“D’Souza ’83 debates Ayers,� Jan. 31). Ayers focused his remarks on the power of community organizing while D’Souza chose to eschew this topic altogether. I hope that the Dartmouth community heeds Ayers’s message. We need not be content with America and its greatness. Indeed, policymaking is often fraught with problems of accountability. When institutions are more responsive to special interests than to constituents, we sometimes end up with policies that go against our community’s core values. But power comes in two forms: organized people and organized money. If we organize ourselves around the

and more — we can make concrete political change. Ayers urged us to look at the world around us and imagine the world that should be. Our impact doesn’t have to end at Hanover’s municipal borders. As Dartmouth students, opXWZ\]VQ\QM[ IJW]VL \W QVÆ]MVKM \PM QV[\Q\]\QWV[ that affect our lives every day — not only on campus, but also in Washington. The question is not whether we have power. Rather, it is how to organize ourselves so that our power manifests itself in real change. Indeed, the apathy that often pervades our campus is a [MTN N]TÅTTQVO XZWXPMKa )[ [\]LMV\[ KWVVMK\ML with each other and invested in making the world better, there’s no easier time to organize our communities to take action. ASHER MAYERSON ’15

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Students discuss gender and sexual diversity peer advising FROM ADVISING PAGE 1

The initiative was inspired by the desire to provide a forum for students who are interested in understanding gender and sexual diversity, OPAL assistant dean and LGBTQ advisor Reese Kelly said. The goal is to offer students the knowledge and tools necessary to become well-informed peer advisors or serve as a resource for other students on campus, he said. “We want to empower students and give them foundational perspectives about gender and sexual diversity so that they can pursue it more elsewhere,” Kelly said. OPAL and CGSE organized the workshop as a first step in shaping the program around students’ needs and interests. Kelly has worked with workshop attendees to

create a student committee that will spearhead the program, he said. Feedback from students will inform how CGSE and OPAL pursue this project, Kelly said. The initial idea was to create a gender and sexual diversity peer advising program, but the project may instead be integrated into existing peer advising programs, he said. “I’m really leaving it up to the students who participated in the training,” Kelly said. “This is really something that is for students, and having a student committee to figure out how they want to use this information is what is going to make it sustainable and interesting.” Miller, who attended the pilot workshop, said he would be excited to see the project come to fruition. Though the program would

Undergraduates connect with Alzheimer’s patients FROM TALES PAGE 1

student at The Dartmouth Institute is currently in the program and Geisel School of Medicine students have participated in past years. The program begins in the fall with eight lectures about Alzheimer’s disease and common problems patients and their caretakers face. The lectures are designed for participating students, though some community members attend as well. Participants are expected to commit three consecutive terms to the program to facilitate consistent relationships, Santulli said. Ma, who began meeting with her current learning partner last year, said she enjoyed the opportunity. They often dine at local restaurants and last year, when her partner had better physical mobility and mental awareness, the pair went to view the art at the Hood Museum. “It is really rewarding to have a continuous relationship with one patient,” she said. Students conclude each visit by posting a journal entry on Blackboard, describing their exXMZQMVKM[ IVL IVa LQNÅK]T\QM[ \PMa encountered. Santulli reads the posts and responds with feedback. Participants also meet as a group twice a month to compare their experiences. Unlike similar programs at other institutions, TALES allows undergraduates to participate, and connects pairs, rather than individual students, with learning partners. Santulli said he recognized the value in offering undergraduates a hands-on opportunity to work with

patients. “I thought it was better to start students earlier rather than later,” Santulli said, describing undergraduate participants as “eager and bright.” Santulli also runs the program Ma and her learning partner attended on Saturday morning, known as Memory Cafe. The group holds monthly get-togethers for Upper Valley Alzheimer’s patients and caretakers, and TALES participants often choose to attend as well, enjoying the day’s music and entertainment with their partners. Santulli, who selects students and patients to take part in TALES, said he looks for patients who want to share their stories and experiences with the disease and students who can listen patiently. The program’s name references the storytelling that takes place during the partners’ visits. The program also gives students an opportunity to interact with the local community, Santulli said. Students said they value the program for the connections they build with their senior partners and the perspective they gain about the disease. Nina Boal ’14, a member of the group who plans to attend medical school, said she appreciates the opportunity to interact with patients as an undergraduate. “It gives you a great humanizing perspective of the disease,” Boal said. Santulli, who will retire from his clinical practice at the end of the year, said he is uncertain about the program’s future.

focus on gender, identity expression and sexual identity, it could serve as a resource for all students, he said. In general, Miller said, peer advising programs help promote healthy relationships between students. The new program would be a particularly helpful support system for LGBTQ students, he said. “Whenever you have an underrepresented or minority group, it is always important to provide resources that provide support and create community,” Miller said. Holli Weed ’14, a Mentor Against Violence, Sexual Abuse Peer Advisor and Sexpert, said she believes gender and sexual identity are important topics on campus. “Due to the complexity of the issue, for a peer advisor to be

helpful and effective in this topic, I believe a separate peer advising program would be in the students’ best interests,” Weed said. Campus outreach regarding LGBTQ and gender awareness was bolstered last year with a student-led initiative focusing on one-on-one peer mentoring and an outreach program for Greek organizations. Although there have been previous attempts to create a training program on gender and

sexual diversity issues, initiatives have faltered due to students’ different D-Plans, Kelly said. Kelly said that after collecting feedback on the pilot workshop, CGSE and OPAL hope to use the rest of the academic year to continue developing the initiative. The organizations plan to host a second workshop in the spring. CGSE assistant director Michelle Hector was not available for comment by press time.

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A collage in Baker-­‐Berry Library, “Herstory: Women Who Inspire Dartmouth Students,” will hang throughout the month.

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THE DARTMOUTH COMICS

What We’re All Thinking

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Architect to discuss work in digital fabrication

B y HaLLIE Huffaker

An eight-foot diameter sphere rests in the Redwood Grove at the University of California Botanical Garden, a mysterious concrete ball made up of a dozen pentagonal pieces and etched with crevices and protrusions. “The Seed,” hiding within the grove, embodies the wonder and fertility of the trees. Architect Andrew Kudless breaches every boundary in his path to create a new kind of architecture that draws from nature for inspiration. This evening, he will share his insights as a speaker in the second annual Victor C. Mahler 1954 Visiting Architects lecture series, which brings distinguished and innovative architects to campus. Kudless said that his style, sometimes noted for its liveliness, emerged from his appreciation of the natural world. “I look at the way things grow or evolve and try to discover how to create architecture or design forms in a similar way,” Kudless said. “I look at things that warp design or complicate it.” Studio art professor Jack Wilson said that he is fascinated by the organic nature of Kudless’s work. “The structural kinds of elements that he’s developed have a really intriguing and very seductive look,” he said. Kudless makes use of digital fabrication, such as 3-D printers and laser cutters, to create his work. While the traditional method of building follows a linear construction process, it has its disadvantages, he said.

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“If you want to change that model, you essentially have to destroy it and start over again,” Kudless said. “Through the digital environment, \PMZM IZM _Ia[ _PMZM aW] KIV ^MZa ÆM`ibly say, ‘I want the structure to be twice as big as it was’ and have everything update within the model automatically, so you don’t have to rebuild.” Mingyu Kim ’14, a studio art major concentrating in sculpture, said that Kudless’s work is a rare combination that mixes the organic with the geometric. Kudless said he hopes to promote a transition to working primarily with computers and digital fabrication in the architectural world, while maintaining the craftsmanship of working by hand. “I am interested in what are the ways we can produce things, which in the end are physical, even as they are conceived and maybe even developed within a digital environment,” he said. “But there is still that feedback loop to the physical world.” Wilson said that current scholarly interest in biomimicry, the science of studying nature’s models and imitating them, alongside digital fabrication, makes Kudless’s lecture especially relevant. “You see here at the engineering school a big crossover between the interest in design on the studio art side and the interest in design on the engineering side,” he said. Kudless will speak in the Hood Auditorium at 5 p.m. in a lecture titled “Bodies in Formation.”

ORL Art Acquisition Program

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The College commissioned this mural by Stuart Lantry ’12 for the basement of Russell Sage Hall.

B y Katherine M C Connell For the first half of freshman year, Tyler Rivera ’16 refused to work in French Hall’s study room. Not only was it a tiny, humid alcove squeezed next to the laundry room in a dormitory basement, but its walls were bland. When he walked by the room in the spring, however, it had gone through a transformation. Three large student paintings adorned the walls, artwork which brightened up the study space and “made it feel homey,” Rivera said. For the first time, Rivera felt invited to study. The artwork was installed by the Office of Residential Life, which has worked with the Class of 1960 since 1991 to purchase art from graduating studio art majors, rejuvenating study rooms and living areas. The program installed 19 pieces around campus in 2013. After the Class of 1960’s 50th reunion, members of the class partnered with the Class of 2010 to continue the program. The Class of 2010 will eventually run the program independently, but the Class of 1960 still remains its primary contributor. Members of the Class of 1977 have also con-

tributed to the ongoing project. A reception that solicits pieces for the program is held in the JaffeFriede galleries for senior studio art majors each spring. Then, Dennis Goodman ’60 presents awards and acquires art for the program. The program, he said, shows student enthusaism for studio art majors’ work. Studio art professor Jerry Auten, residential education director Michael Wooten and campus life resource director Emily Eckels selected the pieces at the reception. Auten said that prices typically range from $200 to $500, depending on the medium used and the cost of materials. Pieces are then placed around campus based on size and available wall space. Lin Bo ’13, a current studio art department intern, sold an oil on wood painting, titled “Studies II,” to the program last year. While he is unsure if he will pursue a career as an artist, he appreciates that his work has been displayed as part of the program. “It’s great to have that support through the program, for the College to say that they’re interested and that they want your stuff,” Bo said. “I don’t know where my piece is, but it is fun to see what other

people have up.” Stuart Lantry ’12, who also sold a piece last year, said that the program allows aspiring artists to make their first sale before graduation. Selling a work can “build momentum” and confidence before entering the art world, he said. “[The pieces have] all this exposure because students walk past your work all the time,” he said. “While they might not realize it, appreciate it or even notice it, it is still on display and people are experiencing it.” Several other pieces by Lantry have been bought or commissioned by the College, including “A Story Shared,” the 36-foot long mural above Collis Market, and paintings in Sarner Underground and on the second floor of the Class of 1953 Commons. As part of renovations to the basement of Russell Sage Hall, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson and an undergraduate group called Dartmouth Roots commissioned Lantry to create a mural for the space. The mural is composed of layers of wood, paint, spray paint and posters taken from city streets. Rivera is a copy editor for The Dartmouth.

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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY LINEUP

MEN’S SQUASH AT WILLIAMS 5 PM

WOMEN’S SQUASH AT WILLIAMS 5 PM

Tennis teams picked up three non-league victories last weekend

NATALIE CANTAVE and JOSH RENAUD/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

The men’s tennis team swept two matches handily at home last weekend, while the women traveled to Boston University and took a close 4-­‐3 contest.

B y AMIR TAREE The men’s tennis team won both its non-league home contests this weekend, shutting out East Tennessee State University 7-0 and defeating Radford University 5-2 at the Boss Tennis Center and Gordon Pavilion. The women’s team prevailed in a close competition against Boston University, triumphing 4-3. On Friday evening, the Big Green (5-1) men swept East Tennessee (2-5), led by dominant doubles play. Cameron Ghorbani ’14 and Brendan Tannenbaum ’16, playing at the No. 1 spot, won their match 6-1. The two other doubles teams of Brandon DeBot ’14 and Dovydas Sakinis ’16 and Chris Kipouras ’15 and Diego Pedraza ’17 won their matches 6-2 and 6-1 in the number two and three spots, respectively. “The team is very good at treating

each match the same,” George Wall ’17 said after his match on Friday. “It is about re-focusing every day.” Continuing the early lead from doubles play, the Big Green won all six of its singles matches. Sakinis,

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DeBot, Ghorbani and Pedraza won their matches in straight sets, while Kipouras and Wall needed three sets to defeat their opponents. “We addressed doubles play in

the week leading up to the matches and focused on starting faster,” men’s head coach Chris Drake said. “The team did really well and dominated a good East Tennessee State team that is always competitive.” Men’s tennis continued its stellar home play with another win on Saturday afternoon against Radford (0-2), winning 5-2. The Big Green is still unbeaten at home and swept \PM LW]JTM[ UI\KPM[ NWZ \PM Å N\P \QUM this season. De Bot, Wall and Tannenbaum won their singles matches in straight sets, leading the Big Green to an overall victory. Wall’s win in straight sets, was far more comfortable than Friday’s third-set tie breaker. “Against Radford, the team did well in doubles, but we were a bit more passive in that match.” Drake said. “We adjusted our pre-match warm-ups and focused in on the

identity of the three doubles teams, which led to great results.” Wall attributes the team’s early success to the high level of competition the team brings in practice, which translates to match scenarios. “There is a lot of positive competition in practice, and you can see the work paying off in the play,” he said. On Saturday afternoon, the women’s tennis team (1-1) beat Boston University (3-1) 4-3 on Saturday afternoon in a tight match. “Whenever the players are putting themselves in a position to win, the team is playing with great effort,” women’s head coach Bob Dallis said. The two teams split the singles matches 3-3, but Dartmouth won the doubles point thanks to victories from the teams of Taylor Ng ’17 and Katherine Yau ’16 and captain Melissa Matsuoka ’14 and Akiko

Okuda ’15. It was Sarah Bessen ’16, playing in the number six slot, clinched the victory for Dartmouth, breaking a 3-3 tie with her straight set win 6-4, 6-1. ¹*= Q[ I LQNÅ K]T\ XTIKM \W XTIa Winning down there is a nice accomplishment,” Dallis said. “The team competed very well and showed a lot of poise. Every one stayed calm in a tough environment.” The men’s tennis team returns to action on Friday, Feb. 7, hosting the University of Buffalo and Boston University. “It is always easier to play at home,” Drake said. “The players are used to the type of courts and their speed, which gives them great KWVÅ LMVKM ?M KIV KZMI\M M^MV UWZM energy in the building.” The women will play next at the ECAC Tournament in New York from Feb. 7-9.

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