The Dartmouth 01/10/2014

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VOL. CLXXI NO. 25

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Alumni meet for weekend retreat

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APPLICATIONS TO DARTMOUTH 23,110 22,385

22,416 19,235

18,778 18,130 16,536 13,937

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By HANNAH HYE MIN CHUNG The Dartmouth Staff

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While f lair-bedecked students celebrated Winter Carnival, about 170 alumni leaders gathered for the Dartmouth Club and Group Officers meeting. The meeting, organized by the Office of Alumni Relations and the Club Officers Association, promoted communication among alumni groups, assisted young alumni leaders with group management and provided updates on campus happenings. At the annual event, attendees elected Howard Hodel ’75, president of the Dartmouth Club of Hawaii, SEE OFFICERS PAGE 3

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN APPLICATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2017 AND 2018

As of press time, Columbia University and Cornell University had yet to relase application data for the Class of 2018.

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A new Center for Community Action and Prevention will centralize existing efforts to prevent sexual assault and violence, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson announced Friday. 4WKI\ML WV \PM \PQZL Æ WWZ of Robinson Hall, where Dartmouth’s Sexual Abuse Awareness Program is currently housed, the center will facilitate preexisting programs such as Sexual Assault Peer Advisors, Mentors Against Violence and

The College received 14 percent fewer applications for the Class of 2018 than it did for the Class of 2017. This year saw a total of 19,235 applicants for the Class of 2018, compared to last year’s 22,416 applicants. The College will conduct a survey of non-applicants who expressed interest in Dartmouth to better understand the shift, including students who visited campus, those who sent in test scores and those who added Dartmouth to their “My Colleges” list on the Common Application but did not ultimately IXXTa LMIV WN ILUQ[[QWV[ IVL Å VIVKQIT IQL 5IZQI Laskaris said. The College hired communications agency Brodeur Partners to develop the survey, which it will send out this week. The College received 20 percent fewer applications from students living abroad, 15 percent fewer from students in the Northeast and 20 percent fewer from the Midwest. Laskaris said that the decline might be linked to nationwide demographic shifts that have resulted in more people moving to the South and West. While

The College is surveying non-­‐applicants to understand the decline.

College announces sexual assault center

B y VICTORIA NELSEN

College sees 14 percent drop in applications

the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative. Johnson appointed SAAP coordinator and co-developer of DBI Amanda Childress director of the center, which will open on July 1. Childress said in an email that the new center aims to help the community intervene when necessary and ultimately prevent sexual assault and violence. “The new center will be the focal point on campus for Dartmouth’s sexual assault and violence prevention SEE CENTER PAGE 5

SEE ADMISSIONS PAGE 5

Food aficionados start club chapter

B y MIN KYUNG JEON The Dartmouth Staff

Students dipped different snacks and fruits into a chocolate fountain and savored various chocolate bars, including milk chocolate with caramel and sea salt, on Monday at Spooning with Chocolate, the inaugural event of Dartmouth’s new Spoon University chapter. Participants also passed around chocolate bars donated by the Co-op Food Store for a tasting game that taught them to assess quality based on appearance, aroma, [VIX UW]\PNMMT IVL Æ I^WZ The chapter produces an online publication about gourmet food and food-re-

lated happenings on campus. They will also host events focused on education and appreciation of gourmet foods, aiming to create a food-centric community on campus, chapter co-president Victoria Li ’16 said. Li, who serves as editorin-chief of the chapter’s website, said she stumbled upon Spoon University’s national website last summer and began considering the idea of creating a similar campus group. Diksha Gautham ’15, a copresident and the group’s business director, said she decided to collaborate with Li after reading the plans for the program on Li’s LinkedIn

page. 4Q IVL /I]\PIU Å Z[\ KWV sidered founding a student club separate from Spoon University but decided that the national organization’s network of colleges would be a significant benefit, Gautham said. The group, recognized by the Council on Student Organizations, received COSO funding for the chocolate event. The chapter does not receive funding from the national Spoon University organization, Li said in an email. In the future, the group hopes to host talks with loSEE SPOON PAGE 2

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DAily debriefing The recent snowstorm, coupled with the sunny weather and popularity of the “Carnival of Thrones” theme and sculpture, led to higher student turnout at the Winter Carnival events and a record number of entries in the human dog sled race this past weekend. +IZVQ^IT WNÅKQITTa JMOIV WV <P]Z[LIa VQOP\ _Q\P \PM WXMVQVO KMZMUWVa on the Green, where approximately 100 people gathered to hear College President Phil Hanlon speak and the Dartmouth Cords sing. Students then gathered at the Top of the Hop for the annual Carnival Tea. Winter Carnival Committee co-chair Mandy Bowers ’14 said the ceremony saw a high turnout. “Everyone wanted to get their picture taken on the throne,” she said. One of the most popular events of the weekend was the Polar Bear Swim at Occom Pond, committee co-chair Michael Perlstein ’14 said, estimating that 400 students participated in the plunge. The human dog sled race has gained popularity over the years. This year, 121 teams signed up for the race, and 90 teams, each composed of four students, participated. The “Carni Classic,” traditionally a cross-country ski race on the golf course, was replaced with a snowshoe race on the Gold Coast Lawn on Friday afternoon for this year’s Carnival. The Carnival Ball was canceled this year due to a lack of interest in prior years. Funding for the dance, combined with a donation from the Class of ! QV[\MIL []J[QLQbML \PM ÅZ[\ M^MZ QKM [K]TX\QVO KWV\M[\ Ten teams participated in the contest, which replaced the snow sculpture contest of past years, Perlstein said. The Carnival program also included an arts and crafts event, in which about 30 students and local community members created felt banners, resembling house sigils from “Game of Thrones.” Perlstein attributed this year’s increased enthusiasm and turnout rates in part to the recent snowstorm. “It’s hard to get students excited when there’s bare ground and ice everywhere,” Perlstein said. “It’s easier when there’s a foot of fresh snow on the ground.” Bowers added that without the snowstorm, events like the “Carni Classic” might have been canceled. The trainer for the ice-sculpting contest, however, arrived a day late due to the snow, meaning that contestants had less time to carve their sculptures, Bowers said. — COMPILED BY NANCY WU

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Spoon University to publish food articles FROM SPOON PAGE 1

cal chefs and behind-the-scenes events in Hanover restaurants and Dartmouth Dining Services locations. They will also invite alumni working in the food industry, like the Boloco CEO, to give presentations, and they hope to collaborate other food-related groups on campus, Gautham said. The group is the latest in a string of food-focused student organizations. The Dartmouth Coffee Club began last fall, and Ecovores, a dinner club that raises awareness about locally sourced food, was founded by Cristina Pellegrini ’11 during her time at the College. Last fall, Li and Gautham received about 200 responses to a preliminary survey that gauged student interest. They then solicited applications, including writing samples and photography portfolios \W ÅTT M`MK]\Q^M XW[Q\QWV[ WV MLQ\WZQIT and business teams. Though the co-founders established the executive board by the beginning of winter term, Li said that the group is still accepting new members to attend and assist with future events, provide input at executive meetings and write guest articles for the Dartmouth

chapter’s website, which launched last Saturday. Within 10 minutes of sending a campus-wide email about the chocolate event, Gautham said [PM ZMKMQ^ML ZM[XWV[M[ ÅTTQVO \PM 30 available spaces. An additional 20 students requested spots on the waiting list. At the event, the executive mem-

“Look at it, see what it feels like and then put it in your mouth. Don’t scarf it down right away — feel it.” ͳ :KZ E < ^dZ/E^<z ͛ϭϲ͕ y hd/s D D Z K& d, ZdDKhd, , Wd Z K& ^WKKE hE/s Z^/dz bers screened a brief video on the chocolate-making process as well as \PM ][M[ IVL JMVMÅ\[ WN KPWKWTI\M “Look at it, see what it feels like and then put it in your mouth,” executive member Jordan Kastrinsky ’16 said. “Don’t scarf it down right away — feel it.” Ellen Wu ’15, who attended Sunday’s Spooning with Chocolate

event in the Paganucci Lounge, said she liked how the executive members facilitated a conversation about rating the different types of chocolate. Kristen Flint ’14 said she would be interested in attending future Spoon University programs. She said she enjoyed tasting different types of chocolate and appreciated the event’s educational value. The national Spoon University directors helped found the Dartmouth group, providing advice on organizing events and connecting with other chapters, Li said. Li said the editorial team hopes to transform the chapter’s website into a hub of resources for all food-related issues and events on campus. Currently, the website features articles about Amarna undergraduate society’s termly wine and cheese party and a Jan. 31 iron chef competition between Phi Tau and Alpha Theta fraternities. Executive member Joon Cho ’17 said he joined the group because WN PQ[ QV\MZM[\ QV ÅVM NWWL IVL Q\[ effects on the human body. “A lot of the food-related groups are really focused on food from a social justice perspective,” Cho said. “And that’s great, but I was looking for just a food society.”

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Alumni leaders discuss outreach, event planning FROM OFFICERS PAGE 1

as the Club Officers Association’s next president, and chose Dartmouth Club of Central Massachusetts president Cherie Comeau ’02 as its next vice president. Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment and Media president Schuyler Evans ’10 said he noticed this year’s conference provided more programs promoting communication among alumni group leaders. Alumni also talked to current students through the College’s Center for Professional Development. Alumni Relations director of communities Mark Hoffman said the weekend also featured a speed networking program, during which various Alumni Relations staff members explained their roles. On Friday, the first day of the conference, alumni attended information sessions about leadership

“The  annual  meeting  is  a  way  of  refreshing  acquaintances.  It’s  a  way  of  finding  what  is  new  on  campus,  way  of  hearing  and  interacting  with  current  students.  It’s  a  way  of  getting  new  techniques,  new  methods,  better  ways  of  operating  and  being  together.â€? Íł D Z< , >> Z Í›ϳϏÍ• &KZD Z >h K&&/ Z^ ^^K / d/KE WZ ^/ Ed and event planning, including a presentation about the Dartmouth on Location program, in which professors visit regional alumni clubs to lecture on current issues. Later that evening, College President Phil Hanlon discussed the College’s efforts to maintain its reputation for undergraduate teaching, emphasizing the use of technology in the classroom and initiatives to engage students in active and experimental learning. He also spoke about recent changes in student life on campus,

pointing out the drop in the number of medical transportation of students with high blood alcohol content, sexual assault prevention efforts and the promotion of residential communities within upperclassmen dorms. On the second day of the conference, various workshops and activities taught group management tools. Caroline Kerr ’05, president of the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni/ae Association, said she was delighted that the conference included discussion of campus climate, student diversity and the role of alumni in campus conversations. Mark Heller ’70, former Club Officers Association president, said the conference plays a significant role in connecting alumni leaders to the College, especially by helping them understand its developments. “The annual meeting is a way of refreshing acquaintances,� Heller said. “It’s a way of finding what is new on campus, way of hearing and interacting with current students. It’s a way of getting new techniques, new methods, better ways of operating and being together.� Evans said he learned about different techniques and resources to better manage his group. He also met with students interested in media careers. “The broadest thing that I’m trying to do here is to connect better with school and other alumni groups and see and share best practices of how we support our constituency in the school,� he said. “One of our big focuses is to become a bridge between Hanover and Hollywood.� Kerr said a lunch on Saturday allowed her to talk to students who receive financial aid from regional or affiliated clubs. She also heard about campus events and current students’ experiences. Heller said that the sense of the College’s close-knit community continues among alumni after they graduate and that alumni leaders seek to remain connected to the College and to understand the direction in which it is moving.

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Guest Columnist Sadia Hassan ’13

Contributing Columnist Florence Gonsalves ’15

Where is the Outrage?

Just Say Hey

dŚĞ ĂĚžĹ?ĹśĹ?Ć?ĆšĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ĺ?Ć? ĨÄ‚Ĺ?ĹŻĹ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ?Ĺś Ĺ?ĆšĆ? ĚƾƚLJ ƚŽ Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝ĆšÄžÄ?Ćš ŽƾĆŒ Ć?ƚƾĚĞŜƚĆ?͘ As a thriving, cash-poor immigrant woman of KWTWZ _PW Q[ Ă…Z[\ IVL NWZMUW[\ I []Z^Q^WZ WN [M`]IT assault, I am outraged for the young woman who is the latest (but not the last) victim of Dartmouth’s fraternity rape culture. With as many survivors as we have on this campus, why is there no fury, no strike, nothing burning, nothing occupied? This week alone, I’ve learned of two other women who have been assaulted by men in fraternities. And still, students are not expressing enough outrage. I emphasize the “fraternitiesâ€? because they serve as the seat of power in Dartmouth’s limited social and geographical landscape. They furnish all men on this campus with disproportionate power, and as such, I refuse to extricate them from responsibility for any incident of sexual assault, wherever it may occur. In this world where the powerful protect the powerful, I believe the administration relies on the Greek system as a UMKPIVQ[U WN [WKQIT [\ZI\QĂ…KI\QWV IVL KWV\ZWT about as much as the Greek system relies on the administration for protection. To be clear, a young man felt empowered to not only stalk and rape a young woman but to post a “how-toâ€? guide for other rapists on a community forum. He felt empowered to act with impunity. This is not a matter of “boys behaving badly.â€? This is a matter of grotesque, systematic violence IOIQV[\ W]Z UW[\ ^]TVMZIJTM IVL I ZMÆMK\QWV WN who we are when no one is looking. Whatever we pretend to be — loving, welcoming, kind — this incident and our lukewarm response to it show that we are not. We are apathetic, listless, anxious, depressed and eating each other alive. Now that we have been stripped of pretense, now that the world has seen us as we are, now that the ghosts have come climbing out of closets, now more than ever, is the time to demand a Dartmouth free of interpersonal and structural violence against workers, the cash poor, women, people of color and queer folk. 0IL ,IZ\UW]\P KPW[MV \PM LQNĂ…K]T\ RWJ WN prosecuting repeat rapists instead of orchestrating show trials that humiliate victims and allow offenders to continue to offend, we would not live in a world where, according to a White House ZMXWZ\ WVM W]\ WN M^MZa Ă…^M NMUITM [\]LMV\[ Q[

sexually assaulted during their time in college. Sexual assault is not a hazard of living; it is a tool of terror critical to power maintenance. When the administration refuses to substantially address the systemic nature of sexual assault, racism and queer antagonism at the root of our Dartmouth experience, it does so not out of powerlessness, but out of blatant self-interest. It does so because it cannot bear to look into Q\[ W_V [W]T IVL Ă…VL VW\PQVO \PMZM 1\ LWM[ [W _Q\P the knowledge that its own hands are bloodied red: that women, queer folk and people of color, M[XMKQITTa QVLQOMVW][ XMWXTM PI^M JMMV ÆMMQVO in large numbers for as long as anyone can remember. The Dartmouth administration, or Delta Alpha Useless, is mostly a collection of rich white men and their allies who have no incentive, economic or otherwise, to ensure the academic success and bodily safety of our community’s most vulnerable. There can be no community or justice until the administration stops using our pain as a public relations platform upon which to further its aims as a corporation. As students who pay money to be educated — not assaulted, harassed and silenced — we must mobilize and refuse to be placated with dialogue, sanitized letters and the creation of new centers and job titles that only further the charade of this “community.â€? What we need now is moral leadership from the adults who have been entrusted with our lives, safety and health. They need to take a stand and protect the poor, the queer, the black and brown and perennially politically disenfranchised. No new center for community action, no new initiative, no new KWUUQ\\MM _QTT []NĂ…KM _PMZM _M TIKS QV\MOZQ\a and moral fortitude. Beyond all else, what we need now is each other — an angry contingent of fed-up change agents demanding a just, more loving Dartmouth through positive and vigorous action. When the mechanisms of justice are used to further injustice and silence dissent, then it is time to do away with the mechanisms of old and build anew. If we want better for ourselves and our community, we are going to have to build a broad, coalitional movement for transformative justice on this campus.

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^Ĺ?žƉůLJ Ĺ?ĹśĆšÄžĆŒÄ‚Ä?Ć&#x;ĹśĹ? Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ĞĂÄ?Ĺš Ĺ˝ĆšĹšÄžĆŒ Ç Ĺ˝ĆľĹŻÄš žĂŏĞ ĹŻĹ?ĨÄž Ä?ÄžĆŠÄžĆŒÍ˜ Saying hi often seems like a lot more trouble than it’s worth. And I know I’m not the only one on campus who feels this way — I routinely witness our aversion to a plethora of greetings, ranging from eye contact and a smile to “Hi, how are your parents?â€? I will pretend to tie my shoe, suddenly have a conversation on my iPhone and pull a 180 just to avoid saying hello to someone I kind of know from class or a rowdy Wednesday night in a frat basement. This is the type of acquaintance who you’ve met at least four times but who pretends to have never met you. This may seem unkind of them, but you do the same thing — shake hands, say your names — while you both feel like sneaky liars and wonder if the other person really forgot the three other times you met. I have come up with what I think are a few potential explanations for this strange phenomenon of avoiding the friendly hello. First, we are introverts. I know Dartmouth has a reputation for being extroverted, social and so on. “Introvertedâ€? is certainly not a commonly used adjective. However, our introversion explains our excessive drinking, as socializing in chaotic environments isn’t exactly within an introvert’s comfort zone. However, there isn’t the comfort of Keystone when we walk between classes. Left to our own devices, we simply cannot muster the energy to say hi. Second, we are all so busy and overwhelmed that extending a friendly hello takes too much energy. Small talk is exhausting, whether you are introverted or not, and there are few people whose breaks are actually of interest to me. I’m sure others feel the same. Every minute is so precious that light chatter cannot even consume half of one. We also like exclusion. This isn’t unique to Dartmouth by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems that by excluding or disregarding others, we somehow put

ourselves a notch higher on the coolness ladder. This is exhibited on campus with not only sororities and fraternities, but the hierarchies found within those groups, with one frat being “coolerâ€? than another and some sorority considered a higher “caliberâ€? than another. What really takes the cake, however, are senior secret societies. What is more exclusive than a secret club that only a fraction of campus can join? When we choose to avoid eye contact and not say hello, we are excluding that person from our intimate bubble, dubbing them unworthy of our attention. I always feel a huge sense of relief when I realize the person who I didn’t want to have to smile and address is suddenly consumed with his or her cell phone, making it clear that no interaction will occur. The relief seems entirely unwarranted as it isn’t that taxing to say hello in passing. But no one _IV\[ \W JM \PM Ă…Z[\ \W KZIKS \PM ^MVMMZ WN coolness by being friendly, especially if, God forbid, the person doesn’t remember you. Not saying hello stems from either our TIbQVM[[ WZ TIKS WN [MTN KWVĂ…LMVKM J]\ \PM difference that a friendly hello can make is remarkable. When people say hi and actually remember my name, I feel pleased, as if the one time we met, our interaction was meaningful enough for that person to remember me and feel comfortable addressing me again. In general, I could do without the small talk and would love an honest answer in response to “How are you?â€? But mustering up the courage to just say hey is where that needs to start. If you do it with a smile, you will also JMVMĂ…\ I[ [\]LQM[ [PW_ \PI\ [UQTQVO JWW[\[ your mood, even if you’re just putting on a good face. It’s tempting to stay within the KWVĂ…VM[ WN W]Z KWUNWZ\ bWVM IJ[WZJML QV technology as we walk to class and reserving conversation for our closest friends, but major improvements to our lives could be made on campus by making small changes to our daily interactions.

Vox Clamantis In Support I do know from your published To the Editor: As an alumna and a proud member of the 25th reunion class, I was sad and dismayed to hear about the post on Bored at Baker sanctioning and describing a plan for rape. As a lawyer, I was outraged. As the mother of two teen girls, I was terrified. Not as terrified, I’m sure, as the ’17 woman who was the victim of the harassment and alleged assault. I write this letter to her. I do not know your name, but

statement that you feel alone. Please know that I support you and believe you and agree with you that the anonymous poster’s actions were absolutely, completely and totally inexcusable. Please know that you are not at fault. Please know that alumnae — and no doubt alumni — are cheering for you and hoping that you will find a home at the Dartmouth that we know and love. LISA TUCKER M CELROY ’89 A SSOCIATE PROFESSOR, D REXEL U NIVERSITY SCHOOL OF L AW

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College hires Brodeur Partners to conduct survey of non-applicants FROM ADMISSIONS PAGE 1

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29 zĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϯ< record has stood before Will Geoghegan ’14 broke it this weekend.

Geoghegan ’14 and Whitehorn ’16 set records

B y JORDAN EINHORN The Dartmouth Staff

The men’s and women’s track and field teams broke two more school records this weekend at Boston University’s Valentine Invitational. For the first time this year, a sprinter set a new Dartmouth record as Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 broke the Dartmouth record in the 60-meter dash with her time of 7.60 seconds, ahead of the 7.64 record set last season by Mollie Gribbin ’16, who transferred to the University of Nebraska this year. Will Geoghegan ’14 put his name on the record boards for the third time this season, this time in the 3,000-meter run. His time of 7:51.57 broke the 29-year-old record of 7:54.60 set by Jim Sapienza ’85. His time earned him second in the event, falling to Har vard University senior Maksim Korolev by .05 seconds. “For Will the race was set up perfectly,” head coach Barr y Harwick said. “Someone took the first mile ver y quickly, and he was able to run one of the fastest times in the countr y this year.” Three more Dartmouth runners came close to breaking a fourminute mile. John Bleday ’14 and Steve Mangan ’14 both improved

Shots stopped by Harvard goalie Emerance Maschmeyer against the women’s hockey team this year.

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In a game that was far closer than the score indicated, the women’s hockey team fell to No. 5 Har vard University 4-1 at Thompson Arena on Friday. The Dartmouth women (7-16-1, 6-11-1 ECAC) were doomed by an 0-5 night on the power play and an inability to beat Har vard sophomore Emerance Maschmeyer despite outshooting the Crimson (18-3-3, 14-2-2 ECAC) for the second time this season. The Big Green had to jumble its lines because for ward Karlee Odland ’15, a key member of the

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dŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĮĞůĚ ƚĞĂŵƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůLJ ŝŶ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ /ǀLJ >ĞĂŐƵĞ ,ĞƉƚĂŐŽŶĂů ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ on their times from last week, respectively running 4:00.69 and 4:00.86. Tim Gorman ’16 was also close to the elusive mark, finishing in 4:01.64. Geoghegan is the only Dartmouth runner who was able to run sub-four so far this indoor season.

“John and Steve are ver y close to breaking four minutes, but people don’t realize how hard it is,” Har wick said. “These times are what happens when a group of people are running well.” Other highlights on the men’s side included Alex Fr ye ’17 clear-

ing 2 meters in the high jump for a fifth-place finish. Another freshman, Phil Gomez ’17, had a strong per formance in the 500-meter race, grabbing a time of 1:05.06. Josh Cyphers ’14 was strong in the SEE TRACK PAGE SW 6

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women’s top line, did not play. Catherine Berghuis ’16 filled her spot alongside Ali Winkel ’14 and Katy Ratty ’17 while Kennedy Ottenbreit ’17 filled in for Berghuis on line two. “I think the team reacted to that really well, but it is tough,” head

coach Mark Hudak said. The offense moved well without Odland, finishing the game with 28 shots on goal, five more than Harvard managed against Dartmouth’s strong defense. “The plan going in was to play really smart, controlled defensive

game, and at the same time tr ying to put a lot of pressure anywhere that they had the puck,” Hudak said. “We were also tr ying to put as much offensive pressure on them as we could, getting pucks deeper SEE W HOCKEY PAGE SW 7

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Men’s basketball comes up short at home

B y JASPER BINGHAM The Dartmouth Staff

The men’s basketball team suffered back-to-back home losses over Winter Carnival weekend, falling 67-54 to Yale University on Friday night and 75-62 to Brown University on Saturday. The Big Green is now 9-11 overall and 2-4 in the Ivy League. After an impressive weekend sweep of the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, the weekend was a disappointment for the Big Green, which failed to overcome early setbacks and injuries in both contests. Yale (11-9, 5-1 Ivy) used its physicality and tough defense to shut down Dartmouth from the opening tip. Center Matt Rennie ’16 picked up two early fouls, and the Big Green could not match Yale’s size and tenacity in the paint. The team made just four shots from the field in the entire first half, shooting an anemic 16 percent from the field compared to Yale’s 63 percent. Head coach Paul Cormier said that Rennie’s absence also contributed to the 38-29 rebounding gap between the teams. “We just didn’t have the horses to box them off the glass,” he said. “We did a decent job with what we had, but when you shoot the ball as poorly as we did, and when they out-rebounded us like they did, you’re going to pay the price.” Though Dartmouth outscored Yale 38-37 in the second half, its performance wasn’t enough to overcome a 30-16 score at halftime. The performance of backup center Cole Harrison ’17 was a bright spot for Dartmouth. Harrison, who was out for much of preseason training with mononucleosis, poured in nine points, grabbed seven rebounds and swatted two shots in just 15 minutes of play. His strong showing was particularly encouraging in the absence of center Gabas Maldunas

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’15, who is sidelined for the rest of the season after surgery on a torn ACL. Harrison said he continues to focus on the team’s performance. “I want to make sure that as a team we’re doing what we need to do and play like we can,” he said. “If we give it our all and we don’t come out on top, then we can have some dignity in that, but we’re kind of hurt right now because we didn’t come ready to play.” Harrison also commented that the team missed the floor-spreading ability of point guard Malik Gill ’16, who sprained his ankle in last week’s contest against Princeton. “It definitely helps having an extra guard to open things up on the court,”

“We did a decent job with what we had, but when you shoot the ball as poorly as we did, and when they out-­‐rebounded us like they did, you’re going to pay the price.” ͳ D E͛^ ^< d >> HEAD C OACH PAUL KZD/ Z he said. “It hurts not having someone with his elite-level quickness, because not many guards can keep up with him.” Maldunas said he is working with Harrison to improve his offensive polish during practice. On Saturday, Brown (12-8, 4-2 Ivy) raced out to a quick 17-3 lead in the first seven minutes of the first half.

The Big Green could not bring the game back within four points, as the Bears led wire-to-wire at Leede Arena. Three Dartmouth players finished in double figures, but their performances weren’t enough to match the excellent play of Bears’ senior Sean McGonagill and freshman Steven Spieth, who both scored 20. John Golden ’15 led the Dartmouth men in scoring with 17. Tyler Melville ’14 stopped the early bleeding with a long three and a layup to make it 17-8, but Brown kept its intensity dialed up. McGonagill responded with a deep three-pointer and then rattled off another five straight points for the Bears. About four minutes later, Alex Mitola ’16 began a 9-0 run for Dartmouth by splashing a three. Golden then slashed to the hoop for two, and Mitola hit a pull-up jumper on the next play. Melville capped off the charge with a layup off glass, bringing the score to 31-26. Dartmouth was ultimately able to pull within four after a free throw by Rennie, but Brown fended off the Big Green rally to take a 42-33 lead at halftime. Melville continued to keep his team in the game in the second half, bringing the score within five twice in the first few minutes. At the 13:16 mark, though, Spieth began to open the gap, starting an 8-0 run for the Bears by sinking a jumper. McGonagill added to the damage with two free throws and a three-pointer. Harrison was relatively silent on Saturday, finishing without a field goal. He did pick up two rebounds and a block in his 11 minutes on the floor. In both games, the Big Green had only 10 players to draw from, as five players were benched with injuries. Dartmouth will play another back-toback against Ivy opponents next weekend, facing off against Cornell University on Friday and then Columbia University on Saturday, both on the road.

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UNION QUINNIPIAC COLGATE CLARKSON CORNELL YALE RPI BROWN ST. LAWRENCE HARVARD DARTMOUTH PRINCETON

13-3-0 10-3-3 10-5-1 10-6-0 8-4-4 7-6-3 6-7-3 6-9-1 5-8-3 4-9-3 3-12-1 3-13-0

19-6-3 20-5-5 14-11-3 17-11-2 12-5-5 12-7-4 12-12-4 9-11-3 11-14-3 7-12-3 4-16-3 4-19-0

Women’s Hockey

JULIETTA GERVASE/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

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SCHOOL

ECAC

OVERALL

HARVARD CORNELL CLARKSON QUINNIPIAC ST. LAWRENCE PRINCETON YALE RPI DARTMOUTH BROWN COLGATE UNION

14-2-2 13-2-3 12-2-4 8-4-6 9-6-3 8-7-3 5-8-5 6-10-2 6-11-1 3-12-3 4-14-0 4-18-0

18-3-3 18-3-4 21-4-5 17-5-8 10-16-3 12-9-4 7-13-5 10-16-3 7-16-1 4-16-5 7-21-2 9-20-1

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Remembering Torin...

Courtesy of Karina Packer

I could turn out dozens of stories about Torin, but I want to emphasize his competitive spirit that was so unique. Torin was never named to a traveling Carnival team, and until this season I would have never even thought he would have come close. Nonetheless, he brought an intensity to each and every practice that was truly inspiring. On our long roller skis in the summer and fall, he would often hammer to the front in order to lead the long, [QVOTM Å TM TQVM WN VMWV aMTTW_ [PQZ\[ ,]ZQVO \PM _QV\MZ and in fact just over a week ago, he would sprint out of the bus on an easy ski day and slap on his skis just to be \PM Å Z[\ W]\ WV \PM \ZIQT[ ;WUM\QUM[ <WZQV _W]TL X]TT up next to you without a word and just start hammering during an easy distance ski, which would turn into an ITT W]\ LZIO ZIKM \W [WUM QUIOQVIZa Å VQ[P TQVM 0M _W]TL do this for absolutely no reason and on a regular basis. ,]ZQVO ZIKM LIa[ PM JZW]OP\ \PM [IUM QV\MV[Q\a 1 KIV remember one mass start last year when the gun went off and he shoots to the front, skiing all over our top guys’ skis, nearly taking them out, just to be near the front of \PM XIKS 0M LQLV¼\ Å VQ[P \PM ZIKM ^MZa PQOP ]X J]\ Q\ was amazing to see someone who so badly wanted to have his moment of glory in a race, however short-lived it may have been. What was most interesting to me was how, despite this burning passion inside him to compete, Torin was one of the nicest, most genuine people I’ve ever met. ¸ ;QTI[ <ITJW\ ¼ One of the things that’s been on my mind recently is TI[\ [XZQVO JZMIS _PMV _M Å Z[\ OW\ QV\W 8IZQ[ -TTQM IVL UM IVL _M _MZM TWWSQVO NWZ M^MZaWVM 1 LWV¼\ SVW_ PW_ good a story it is if I told it in its entirety, but looking back it was amusing — especially with Torin being so excited to see us that I thought he was about to get hit by trafÅ K _IV\QVO \W Z]V IKZW[[ Q\ \W [Ia PQ -^MZa\PQVO \PI\¼[ ITZMILa JMMV [IQL QV <PM ,IZ\UW]\P IJW]\ \PM SQVLVM[[ of Torin can’t be overstated. I’ve never seen Torin be OZW]KPa UMIV [XQZQ\ML WZ KZW[[ 0M _I[ ]VKMI[QVOTa OWWL to those around him whether they treated him kindly or not. That’s something I always thought I could learn from him. I’m sad to say that I took that for granted. I appreciate it much more now. 1V \PM aMIZ[ [QVKM NZM[PUIV aMIZ W]Z Æ WWZ PI[ IT_Ia[ talked about how lucky we were to have each other, and Q\¼[ \Z]M ?M PI^M I ^MZa KTW[M NZM[PUIV Æ WWZ [W KTW[M that we adopted others along the way. One of whom was <WZQV 0M _I[ ILWX\ML WV \PM Æ WWZ JMKI][M PM _IV\ML to be there. Looking back, I’m honored. ¸ ,I^QL *ZWWS[ ¼

Last Saturday, Dartmouth lost one of its own, as Nordic skier Torin Tucker ’15 collapsed and died while competing in the Craftsbury Marathon in Craftsbury, Vt. Tucker is remembered by his friends, teammates and classmates for his humility, adventurous spirit and constant smile. Below are a few thoughts from some of those who knew him best. Outside of knowing Tor as a good friend on the floor, he was also my running buddy. Every spring when he wasn’t training with the ski team, he and I IVL WN\MV \QUM[ +PZQ[\QVM 3IVWNN ¼ _W]TL OW NWZ runs together. They were always the hardest runs ... in I OWWL _Ia 0M _W]TL X][P UM \W Z]V \PM PQTT 1 _W]TL never run alone, not because he wanted to push me as a runner, but because he genuinely loved to explore the \ZIQT[ WN 6M_ 0IUX[PQZM IVL >MZUWV\ 1 ZMUMUJMZ WVM \QUM <WZQV -LLQM 0IZ^Ma ¼ IVL 1 _MV\ NWZ I Z]V WV \PM )XXITIKPQIV <ZIQT QV >MZUWV\ IVL _M OW\ [W TW[\ \PI\ I UQV]\M Z]V MVLML ]X \ISQVO IZW]VL two hours. I swore at him up every single hill (actually, I did that most runs with him, but he would always [UQTM IVL R][\ [Ia ¹)___ KWUM WWWWWVVV -TTTº IVL keep trucking up whatever mountain we were climbing. That was one of my favorite runs of my life. We got lost multiple times, but I saw some of the most beautiful running trails that I didn’t even know existed. Also, Tor became my climbing gym buddy with )VLa ;][TI^QKP ¼ I[ _M ITT [_WZM \W OW KTQUJQVO once a week. Needless to say that did not happen, but I guarantee every time we went down to the gym Q\ _I[ JMKI][M <WZ QVQ\QI\ML Q\ 0M _I[ IT_Ia[ I OWWL NZQMVL M^MV QN aW] PIL QOVWZML \PM XI[\ \M`\[ PM [MV\ aW] 0M _I[ QVKT][Q^M WN ITT VM^MZ PMTL I OZ]LOM and clearly always had that big-ass grin on his face that almost made you want to punch him because you didn’t understand how anyone could be that happy. It’s very difficult to summarize the beautiful life of Torin in such a short space. The undying energy, positivism, adventurousness and loyalty of Torin can’t possibly be explained, but rather only experienced.

;W 1 _IV\ \W [PIZM I [PWZ\ UMUWZa WN <WZQV \PI\ encapsulates them all. This fall when I was training for the Chicago marathon, I asked a couple friends to go on a long \ZIQVQVO Z]V ;W NW]Z WN ][ _MV\ W]\ \W *ZIOO 0QTT one of my favorite spots near campus. For one reason or another I was having a terrible run, so two of W]Z NZQMVL[ ZIV IPMIL <WZQV [\IaML _Q\P UM 0M ZIV just a few steps ahead of me and playfully coaxed me up the huge hill, while I not so silently cursed PQ[ WX\QUQ[U IVL MVWZUW][ [UQTM ,M[XQ\M NQZQVO multiple F-bombs and slowing to an embarrassingly slow pace, Torin continued to push me through my run with more energy than ever. After we reached the top and started running along the ridge he started telling me stories from his summer adventures to help me pass the time. Each time we passed a driveway he JMOOML UM \W NWTTW_ Q\ ¹R][\ NWZ N]V º )N\MZ WZ [W minutes I begrudgingly agreed to climb a seemingly ]VVMKM[[IZa PQTT ,]M \W KZIUX[ 1 MVLML ]X _ITSQVO to the top of the hill. That driveway had led us to the trailhead of numerous unknown mountainous trails. It was beautiful. The sun was setting, so instead of exploring our new uncharted territory, we decided to cut through the large fields and head back to campus. What started as a shitty routine run transformed into I <WU IVL 0]KS [WZ\ WN IL^MV\]ZM That was the power of Torin. Everyone he called up to ski, bike, swim, run or explore always felt like PQ[ WVM IVL WVTa <WU ;I_aMZ AM\ PM _I[ M^MZaWVM¼[ 0]KS 0M _QTT JM [WZMTa UQ[[ML _PMV 1 ZM\]ZV \W campus in the spring to finally explore the trails we LQ[KW^MZML \WOM\PMZ ¸ -TTQM 8MIZTUIV ¼

1 IU I NZM[PUIV I\ \PM +WUU]VQ\a ;KPWWT QV ;]V >ITTMa 1LIPW <WZQV¼[ PQOP [KPWWT 1 IU IT[W WV \PM ;]V >ITTMa ;SQ -L]KI\QWV .W]VLI\QWV¼[ 6WZLQK \MIU <WZQV _I[ WVM Ua ZWTM UWLMT[ NZWU \PM LIa 1 UM\ PQU QV \P OZILM _PMV PM _I[ WVM WN \PM \ZQX TMILMZ[ NWZ I ZWKS KTQUJQVO \ZQX 0M _I[ I 6WZLQK [SQMZ IJW]\ \W I\\MVL ,IZ\UW]\P \PM KWTTMOM 1 _IV\ \W OW \W 0M IT[W _MV\ \W I [SQ KIUX IVL TML UM IVL Ua NZQMVL[ WV I KZ][\ [SQ QV *MVL 7ZM <PM TI[\ \QUM 1 [I_ PQU _I[ W^MZ +PZQ[\UI[ JZMIS WVTa IJW]\ I UWV\P IOW ?M PIL I OZMI\ conversation about college and how our skiing was going. Torin will forever hold a place in my memories and heart. — Peter Wolter

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Ski teams host Carnival

TREVELYAN Â WING/THE Â DARTMOUTH

TRACY Â WANG/THE Â DARTMOUTH Â SENIOR Â STAFF

B y GAYNE KALUSTIAN The Dartmouth Staff

Fresh snow and blue skies welcomed Dartmouth’s only home carnival of the season last weekend. The Big Green came in second with 853 points to the University of Vermont, which stood ahead of the pack of 16 schools and scored 1,018 points across the eight alpine and Nordic events. Co-captain and Alpine skier Mathieu Bertrand ’14 [IQL \PI\ LM[XQ\M \PM [MKWVL XTIKM Ă…VQ[P PM _I[ PIXXa with the team’s performance. “We want to win our own carnival, that’s for sure,â€? he said. “There is quite a bit of hype around Dartmouth Carnival because there is obviously a lot of tradition behind it.â€? For the third consecutive year, the Nordic races could not be held on campus, instead taking place at the Craftsbury Nordic Center in Craftsbury, VT. This year, the event was also combined with a US Supertour event that brought some of the top domestic skiers to Vermont to compete alongside the college athletes. "The level of competition was higher,â€? said skier Annie Hart ’14. “It was actually helpful. If you ski with someone who’s at a higher level, your race will be better.â€? The conditions were ideal, Hart said with sunny skies and perfect waxing conditions. “It was the best skiing I’ve had in the East coast since I was a freshman,â€? she said. Hart performed the best on Dartmouth’s women’s cross country ski team in both the 5-kilometer freestyle IVL SQTWUM\MZ KTI[[QK ZIKM[ 7V .ZQLIa [PM Ă…VQ[PML 11th overall in the 5-kilometer race with a time of " R][\ " JMPQVL Ă…Z[\ XTIKM +IQ\TQV /ZMOO IVL Ă…N\P IUWVO KWTTMOQI\M I\PTM\M[ 1V \PM SQTWUM\MZ ;I\]ZLIa 0IZ\ KZW[[ML \PM Ă…VQ[P TQVM QV [Q`\P XTIKM overall but second among college competitors with

.]KQOVI Ă…VQ[PML _Q\P I " VIZZW_Ta JMI\QVO fourth place Colby College skier Jeanne Barthold by just .63 seconds. In men’s giant slalom, Big Green skier Robert Overing ’16 came in second place among collegiate skiers with a total time of 2:02.99. Overing was joined by Dylan Brooks ’17 and Sam Macomber ’16 to earn Dartmouth 109 points and tie for second in the event with UVM. Bertrand was the highest scoring Dartmouth skier in men’s slalom Saturday, taking ninth among collegiate competitors with a time of 1:43.40. UVM swept the top four places in the same event, earning 141 points for an easy event win. UVM, Bertrand said, is consistently one of Dartmouth’s biggest competitors. “We are entirely capable of beating UVM, but we have to step up to do it,â€? he said. “Regardless of how strong they are, our goal is to always win.â€? Despite a 7-inch snowfallon Wednesday, conditions at the Dartmouth Skiway had improved by the time WN \PM )TXQVM ZIKM[ I KWUJQVI\QWV WN Ă…ZU [VW_ IVL cool temperatures. “Both race days were beautiful, picture-perfect bluebird days,â€? Dylan Fisher McCarney ’15 said. š<PM [VW_ _I[ ZMITTa OZQXXa IVL Ă…ZU \PIVS[ \W \PM Skiway doing a great job with all of the new snow.â€? The team has two Carnivals remaining, the at Williams College next week and at Middlebury College the next weekend which will also be the EISA Championships and NCAA regional. The team remains optimistic that it’s results will continue to improve as the season draws to a close. “I’ve been second a lot of races, so I’m trying to get a win [at Williams],â€? Hart said. “As a team, if we all put it together, there’s no reason we can’t win a Carnival I[ I \MIU ?MÂźZM R][\ \ZaQVO \W J]QTL KWVĂ…LMVKM OWQVO into NCAAs as a team and as individuals.â€?

a time of 50:02.0. Carly Wynn ’15 and Corey Stock Âź _MZM \PM VM`\ ,IZ\UW]\P Ă…VQ[PMZ[ KWUQVO QV \P and 16th overall, respectively. Because the race was an interval start, Hart was raced the clock on the course, hearing only from her coaches that the race would be close based on her splits. “I’m usually on the losing end of those,â€? Hart said. “I’ve been trying really hard to focus on not letting up ]VQ\T aW]ÂźZM XI[\ \PM Ă…VQ[P TQVM Âş The men’s team took home one of Dartmouth’s two event victories of the weekend, edging out UVM. In Friday’s 10-kilometer freestyle race, Patrick Caldwell ’17, David Sinclair ’14 and Silas Talbot ’15 took second, third and fourth, respectively, on the collegiate scorecard. The team had a tougher time in the 20-kilometer, with Talbot leading the Big Green with an eighth XTIKM Ă…VQ[P IUWVO KWTTMOM KWUXM\Q\WZ[ +IUMZWV ?WWL_WZ\P Âź Ă…VQ[PML R][\ JMPQVL PQ[ \MIUUI\M with a time of 58:07.8. Fabian Stocek ’17 rounded WNN ,IZ\UW]\PÂź[ [KWZQVO \ZQW _Q\P IV \P XTIKM Ă…VQ[P The team also had an opportunity to trade roles with the development team who raced on Sunday while the carnival team played a supporting role. The women’s alpine team took Dartmouth’s other victory in the slalom on Saturday at the Skiway with a strong run from Meg Currie ’17 who took second place in 1:44.91. The result, Bertrand said, is indicative of Currie’s path to becoming a consistent point-scorer for the team. Maisie Ide ’16 and Anne Strong ’16 were the other \_W [KWZMZ[ NWZ ,IZ\UW]\P Ă…VQ[PQVO VQV\P IVL \P respectively. Currie also took seventh among college competitors in the giant slalom, joined in the team score by Abigail Fucigna ’15 who came in third in the college scores. <PM \MIU Ă…VQ[PML [MKWVL JMPQVL =>5 QV \PM M^MV\ ELIZABETH  MCNALLY/THE  DARTMOUTH  SENIOR  STAFF

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Men’s hockey can’t overcome delay and slow start vs. Harvard

B y JOSH SCHiEFELBEIN The Dartmouth Staff

Har vard University stifled the men’s hockey team 3-0 in a physical battle highlighted by a technical malfunction. The Big Green (4-16-3, 3-12-1 ECAC) was haunted by an 0-5 night with the man advantage. With the win, Har vard (7-12-3, 4-9-3 ECAC) now holds a fourpoint lead in the ECAC standings over the Big Green, solidifying its position in 10th place. After a Zamboni broke down during the pregame ice resurfacing and delayed the game’s start by nearly two hours, Har vard players helped move the Zamboni off the ice. A mechanic later arrived to fix the problem. The breakdown and subsequent two-hour wait deflated players’ energy on a night when they hoped to build on their emotions from last Saturday’s win over Princeton University. “It was dif ferent,” for ward Charlie Mosey ’15 said. “We’ve never had that type of thing before, but we can’t really use it as an excuse. We need to execute no matter what the obstacles are.” Neither of fense made much headway for most of the first period, and Har vard finished the frame with a 5-4 shot advantage. Har vard, however, took advantage

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A nearly two-­‐hour-­‐long delay led to slow starts from both Harvard and Dartmouth in their game on Friday. of the game’s first penalty to score a power play goal at the 16:09 mark. Freshman Victor Newell collected the puck at the blue line and unleashed a slapper. Sophomore Kyle Criscuolo deflected the puck to freshman Sean Malone who shot it into the open net for the

lead. Both offenses continued to play flat for the entire second period and almost midway into the third. Most of the main action in the second derived from both teams’ 14 combined infractions. There were two five-minute majors, a game misconduct and a disqualification. Most penalties occurred after Har vard freshman Kevin Guiltinan hit Mosey high, prompting Jesse Beamish ’15 to drop the gloves with Guiltinan. Malone would also wrestle with Geof f Ferguson ’16. By the time all the penalties

were dispensed, Har vard ended up with a power play. Officials ruled that Guiltinan’s hit was to Mosey’s head and ejected the freshman, meaning that he will not be eligible to participate in Har vard’s next game. The ECAC will likely review the hit this weekend and determine whether the hit merits an additional game disqualification. Eric Neiley ’15 was awarded a twogame suspension after a late-game hit on a Cornell University player earlier this season. At 7:58 in the third, freshman Tyler Moy collected the puck be-

hind the net and attempted a backhanded wrap-around. The puck trickled past the outstretched right leg pad of James Kruger ’16 and into the net. Moy scored his third goal of the season with the assist from senior David Valek, who wrestled the puck from a Dartmouth defender behind the net and passed it to Moy. Har vard effectively ended all hopes of a comeback with its third goal of the night with 4:44 remaining. Freshman Devin Tringale netted a loose puck for his second tally of the season. Last month, the Big Green was plagued by an ineffective power play that went scoreless on 23 straight opportunities. After an outburst of power play goals against Princeton, Dartmouth’s power play offense disappeared. The Big Green penalty kill gave up one goal on four Har vard chances. “We didn’t capitalize on any chances we had and we can’t win that way,” Mosey said. “Har vard did a good job on the penalty kill. When we get five chances and we don’t score, that’s on us.” Kr uger had a solid per formance in the net, turning away 20 shots. With the loss, Dartmouth did not, however, back into last place in the ECAC as St. Lawrence University crushed Princeton 7-1. Dartmouth must now turn its sights toward a Valentine’s Day face-of f against St. Lawrence University on Friday followed by Clarkson University on Saturday. Both games are on the road in New York.

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pole vault clearing 4.8 meters for second place. Whitehorn’s performance led the women Friday. This is her first season competing in the 60-meter dash for the Big Green. “My coach is good at recognizing your potential even if you don’t recognize it yourself,” Whitehorn said. “I thought it was a good idea since I don’t really know what I am capable of, and it all came together Friday.” She also finished second in the high jump Friday, which was first among Ivy competitors, when she cleared 1.75 meters. Whitehorn, the defending Ivy champion in the high jump, said she is working on her approach and form, tr ying to break habits from middle and high school. Other noteworthy performances on the women’s side included a second-place finish by Megan Krumpoch ’14 in the 500-meter

race with a time of 1:13.59. EmmaThe new school records this line Berg ’13 threw 13.85 meters week were the fifth and sixth in the shot put, coming in fourth records broken by track runners place. this season. Dana GiorGiordano said dano ’16 ran “Everyone is running students have 9:16.78 in the really hard, and we’re begun to notice 3,000-meter the team’s sucr u n , a p e r - ŚĂƉƉLJ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉĂLJŝŶŐ Žī͘ cess. sonal best and tĞ ĂƌĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ “Evgood enough er yone is runfor eighth place ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ning really overall. Giorda- ŶŽƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ͘ hard, and we’re no was working it is pay ǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ ŝƐ ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ happy toward a 9:20ing of f,” Giortime to seed ,ĞƉƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůLJ dano said. “We her in the fast are getting a we won’t have to heat at the Ivy lot of attention L e a g u e H e p - ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ from people not tagonal Chamon the team. pionships. Ever yone is “It felt pretty ͳ E '/KZ EK ͛ϭϲ getting excited good, and I just for Heps, and tried to hold hopefully we on,” Giordano said. “My coach won’t have to advertise too much.” thought the time was manageable, The teams travel to New York but I still thought it was surpris- next Sunday for the New Balance ing.” Collegiate Invitational.

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Women’s basketball loses to Yale and Brown on the road said. “We’ve put a lot of focus on that, and it’s paid off.” Brown (8-12, 2-4 Ivy) pulled away

B y MACY FERGUSON The Dartmouth Staff

The women’s basketball team had a tough weekend on the road with two losses at Yale University and Brown University. The Big Green (3-17, 0-6 Ivy) ultimately fell to the Bulldogs (1010, 4-2 Ivy) on Friday 86-52 after a difficult second half. “We came out with a good start but could have been more consistent with defense,” guard Nicola Zimmer ’14 said. “We need to work on being more patient on offense and getting more high percentage shots.” Dartmouth scored the first basket of the game, but the Bulldogs took the lead with a strong 17-5 run over the next nine minutes. Zimmer and guard Kaitana Martinez ’16 reduced the split to 17-11 with back-to-back layups, but that was the closest the Big Green would get. Thanks to 57 percent shooting in the first half, the Bulldogs went into the break with a double-digit lead, 38-22. In the second half, Yale kept up its persistent offense, making 50 percent of its shots from the field compared to 36 percent for the Big Green. Yale effectively drew fouls, and Dartmouth struggled to keep the Bulldogs out of the lane, resulting

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JIN LEE/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

&ŽƵů ƚƌŽƵďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽŽƌ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ĚŽŽŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ƚĞĂŵ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͘ many free throws for Yale, Zimmer said. Guard Katie Vareika ’17 added six points to the Big Green’s tally late in the game with a pair of three pointers in the last three minutes, but it was too little, too late. Fanni Szabo ’17 led Dartmouth’s offense with 21 points, including 7-of-16 from the floor and four three-pointers. Szabo also led the team with five steals. Zimmer contributed nine points, and forward Lakin Roland ’16 got eight points and eight rebounds. “We had a little trouble shooting, but Szabo had a great game,”

Zimmer said. “She was a consistent offensive force for us, whether she was shooting three pointers or taking the ball to the rim.” Overall, the Big Green shot 33 percent from the field while Yale shot 54 percent overall. The Big Green did shoot 78 percent from behind the arc, making seven of nine attempts. The Bulldogs outrebounded Dartmouth by a small margin with the total coming to 36-32. “We’ve been working on rebounds in practice — it’s a constant conversation on the team,” Zimmer

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in their zone, putting pucks on their net.” Dartmouth executed its strategy well. Harvard kept to two goals through the first two periods, each near the beginning of the frames. For the first Crimson goal, junior Hillar y Crowe received a pass in front of the net and shot. The puck caromed off a defender and over the shoulder of goaltender Lindsay Holdcroft ’14 for the goal. Six and a half minutes into the second, sophomore Miye D’Oench collected the puck on the halfboards and cut to the middle. As the Big Green defense closed in, the sophomore flicked a perfect backhand toward the net that clinked off the post and in for the goal. Just 1:21 into the final frame, Lauren Kelly ’14 flicked the puck up the boards. Ottenbreit collected the puck, walked in and shot, sneaking the puck just behind Maschmeyer for her fifth tally of the season. It was the first goal the Big Green has scored against Har vard this season. “For pretty much most of the game, we were in it the whole time,” Lindsey Allen ’16 said. “It was just the last minute when they got the empty net goal. When Kennedy got the goal, we were only down

by a goal, so we just had to keep pushing. We knew that we could get the goal, unfortunately we didn’t, but we knew the goalie could be scored on because we did it.” Down one late, Dar tmouth pulled Holdcroft for the extra attacker, but was unable to convert any scoring opportunities.

“It certainly puts more pressure on us to have to win to get into that top ĞŝŐŚƚ͕ ƐŽ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ have to go into each of ŽƵƌ ŶĞdžƚ ŐĂŵĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƉůĂLJŽī ŐĂŵĞ͘͟ ͳ , K , D Z< ,h < Har vard intercepted an offtarget pass and scored the emptynetter with 32 seconds to go in the game. Twelve seconds later, Har vard beat Holdcroft to take the lead 4-1. “I think we let down a little bit,” Hudak said. “There was such little time left, they’d just scored the third goal, it was kind of like, ‘Well, it looks like we’re not going to win,’ and we just let them win.” The two quick goals sealed the game for Har vard.

With the loss, Dartmouth sits in ninth place in the ECAC entering the last four games of the season. The Big Green entered the contest tied for eighth with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with 13 points. RPI tied Yale University, who occupies seventh in the standings, this Saturday. The 2-2 score was the worst possible result for the Big Green, who are now one point behind the Engineers and two points behind the Bulldogs. “We need to win as many games as we can because if we don’t we’re not in the playoffs,” Allen said. “We have to go into it thinking it’s a do-or-die game and go into it as hard as we can.” The Big Green travels to New Haven for its final game of the season, a game that could decide whether each team makes the postseason. “It certainly puts more pressure on us to have to win to get into that top eight, so we’re going to have to go into each of our next games like it’s a playoff game,” Hudak said. Dartmouth hosts St. Lawrence University Friday at 7 p.m. and No. 3 Clarkson University Saturday at 4 p.m. at Thompson Arena. As the last home game of the season, Saturday’s game will mark senior night, to honor team members from the Class of 2014.

in the second half on Saturday to end up with a 71-55 victory. Dartmouth did have the advantage on the glass, out-rebounding Brown 31-23. The first half of Saturday’s game presented a challenge for the Big Green as four players picked up two fouls each in the first period. Fouls forced Szabo out of the game with under six minutes re-

maining in the first half after she had scored eight points. Szabo scored on the first offensive possession for Dartmouth, but the Bears quickly tied the Big Green 20 seconds later and never relinquished the lead for the game’s remainder. Dartmouth went into the second half trailing Brown by five points, but Brown increased its lead by shooting 54 percent from the floor. Eleven of Brown’s players contributed to the offense with guard Sophia Bikofsky in the lead, contributing 14 points overall. Zimmer led Dartmouth’s offense against Brown, racking up 12 points and shooting a perfect 8-of-8 from the line. Roland also put up 10 points and five rebounds for the Big Green. The Big Green will return home next weekend to host Cornell University on Friday and Columbia University on Saturday.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014

ONE ON ONE

WITH NICHOLAS HARRINGTON ’17

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This week, I sat down with Nicholas Harrington ’17 of the men’s squash team to talk about adjusting to collegiate squash and rise to the top two positions on the team in his freshman year. How did you get your start in squash? NH: I started playing squash when I was around 12 in New York. They had built courts near my home at a club. I met my coach at the club and started playing. What about the Dartmouth squash program appealed to you when you were applying to schools?

Do you spend a lot of time with team members outside of practicing and traveling?

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NH: I spend a lot of time with the team outside of squash practice. This year there are six freshmen on the team. We have a really nice group on and off the court. We get meals together a lot, see each other socially and just hang out.

Loyal, faithful readers, at the beginning of this term, we promised you victory at all costs. We promised to try harder, to work out more, to eat better and to live for our sports. Well, we all make stupid promises at the beginning of term, and as many of you know from the miniscule amount of work you did this weekend, sometimes those promises are hard to keep. We regret nothing. We had a great Carnival. No apologies. We will, however, concede that we have made some mistakes as the self-proclaimed heirs to the Rec League Legends throne (all Carnival jokes aside ... but a snow dragon, really?). In the fall, as you checked off the sports teams that we played, you probably noticed that we missed a few big names. One of those was the football team. Truth be told, that was pretty intentional because getting hit by Bronson Green ’14 or run over by Dominick Pierre ’14 doesn’t seem that appealing to anyone, especially the Princeton team. The other was soccer. True, we could have been worked equally as badly, but we probably wouldn’t have sustained the same injuries. Also, you have probably noticed that we haven’t played the best winter sport in the history of winter sports: hockey. So being the crafty seniors that we are, we worked smarter, not harder, and combined the two without our opponents even knowing. For those of you who don’t know,

What has been your favorite moment of the season?

NH: My favorite moment personally was our match against [the University of Pennsylvania]. I actually played an old high school teammate. It was just a great moment to look behind “My favorite moment the glass to see personally was our match your classmates against [the University of and teammates cheering for Pennsylvania]. I actually you. That’s actuplayed an old high school ally the best part teammate. It was just a about playing great moment to look college squash — that moment. behind the glass to see

NH: I had actually been to the Dartmouth squash camp for your classmates and Do you play two summers. teammates cheering for squash over the The campus resummer? How ally appealed to you. That’s actually the do you train me. I have also best part about playing when you’re had a few cousins college squash — that not in season? and family mem- moment.” bers go here. NH: During the I learned a lot about the school ͳ E/ ,K> ^ , ZZ/E'dKE ͛ϭϳ off-season, I do a lot of off-court from them and training. I focus was really interested in Dartmouth. I also had met a on strength training, along with carlot of guys on the team through [US diovascular strength and endurance. Squash] Juniors, and they were great You have to keep your flexibility up guys who I would want to spend four and go into the season fresh and ready. years with. What do you think about when What are the biggest challenges playing a match? or adjustments to playing squash NH: First, I think about how to best put in college? pressure on my opponent and make it NH: The biggest adjustment is the so that I am controlling the pace of the number of matches we play. For game and where the match is going. Juniors we used to play upwards I’m thinking about my body personally of 50 matches in our season span, and where I am with my endurance. but now I play fewer than 20. It is I can’t spend all my energy too early a big adjustment because now I or save it and get too far behind. I am playing fewer matches against try and observe the routines and tough opponents rather than patterns of the match and try to best Juniors when you play people at take advantage of situations. your level or lower. Do you have any pre-match rituals How has the season been going or routines? for you so far? NH: Before we start our match, the NH: I’m playing in the number two team gets into a huddle, and I have to spot on the team. It’s a bit tough, espe- get down on one knee in the middle of cially since I face a lot of international the huddle because I am the shortest opponents and I really play the best guy on the team. It’s not really a ritual of the best, competition wise. But it’s per se, but it has become a staple of good because I learn what to do to our pre-match huddle. get better during every match. It has definitely been a learning experience This interview has been edited and condensed. so far.

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there is a Facebook group dedicated to the sole pursuit of pond hockey. It’s pretty exclusive for an open group, and it’s probably abused less than your class’s page, where people who don’t go here or that I have never seen in my entire life post incessantly about who knows what. Regardless, the group is a hot commodity and it facilitates some pretty intense tilts. We threw out the bait: “Pond hockey at 3:30.” The trap practically set itself. The idea behind the ingenious plan was simple: we didn’t have a competitor late in the game, we wanted to play pond hockey and it was honestly a complete accident. Poor planning, perfect execution. The soccer team rolled up to Occom and we were ready. Preparation: Same as pretty much every week. Eat whatever we want, drink a double protein shake after lugging a backpack around all day, get a minimum of 10 hours of sleep a night and read as much ESPN, Grantland and BleacherReport as is humanly possible while still maintaining our academics. Plus, I have played hockey since the age of 7 in hotbeds like Charleston, S.C., which many of you know to be the home of the South Carolina Stingrays, and Louisville, Ky., which the rest of you know to be the city that’s, like, three hours away from the Nashville Predators. We. Could. Not. Lose. Once we found ourselves in this situation, we realized that the game should practically win itself. Soccer, from what I am told by those who can play it, is what experts call a footintensive sport. Hockey, however, consists of a lot of hands, skating and, of course, great hair. We figured

the combination was definitely, sort of, in our favor. Unfortunately, as has often been the case over our two-term stint that allegedly doesn’t actually count for PE credit, we were not 100 percent correct. Though some members of the soccer team aren’t fantastic on ice, some have apparently been playing their entire lives in places with frozen ponds in backyards. We star ted playing pick-up with some honorary Legends that showed up and wanted to play on our team. Their foot skills were all there, which didn’t exactly make a difference in a sport with sticks, but a few of them had some nasty moves. I will spare you the game’s gory details and just sum it up with the fact that Gabe Hoffman-Johnson ’14 dangled me so badly at one point that there was nothing to do but sit down and think about things for a while. That being said, we put up some big numbers over the course of the afternoon and definitely held our own. As is tradition with pond hockey, we didn’t actually keep score — you can’t be the dude who tries too hard on a fun day at the pond. It’s not a good look for anyone. However, with that in mind, we refuse to actually call this a loss. A win? Questionable. A tie? Probable. So we have some work to do before we get that stellar record where we need it to be. We remain optimistic about next week’s men’s basketball challenge. I think the Vegas spread is Legends down 77 points in a 15-minute competition. Don’t take the over again, Mom.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: HITTING THEIR GATES

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The alpine ski team took second place in the Dartmouth Carnival this weekend at the Skiway.

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What We’re All Thinking

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Sonia Robiner ’16

TODAY 4:00 p.m.

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5:00 p.m.

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4:00 p.m.

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4:00 p.m.

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‘Philomena’ brings depth to tough issues

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Bad things happen to good people. It’s an inevitable fact of life and one that we are loath to confront when things do not go our way. This was not the message I was expecting when I walked into “Philomena” (2013), a film marketed as a comedy that unexpectedly ends as an uplifting tearjerker. Based on a true story, “Philomena” follows the life of Philomena Lee (Judi Dench), an elderly Irish woman who holds a terrible secret: at 16, she gave birth to a child in a monastery, and the nuns forced her to stay and work off her debts. When Philomena’s son is 3 years old, she must give him up for adoption. Nearly 50 years later, Philomena travels to America to track him down with the help of Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a disgraced ex-BBC journalist who wants to write about her story. “Philomena” is a brilliant film, tackling many heavy issues in a short amount of time. It examines a woman’s right to choose during a period when sex was not discussed and women were shamed for having intimate relations outside of wedlock. It delves into the Catholic Church and how faith impacts our lives. It also develops the poignant relationship between Philomena and Sixsmith as they traverse the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. T he fi lm ’s em otio n al gut punches are its most impressive and endearing qualities. In the packed theater where I saw it, there

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wasn’t a dry eye in the house by the time the credits rolled. For all of the hardship Philomena endures, she remains relentlessly and perhaps foolishly optimistic. When she arrives in the U.S., she smiles politely at everyone she meets; her character is a rare combination of humility and fortitude. Dench’s acting contributes to Philomena’s alluring charm throughout the film. Adding any more superlatives to her acting career would be an exercise in futility. Her Oscar nomination is well deserved as she plays a sad, endearing woman beaten against the rocks of life, yet refusing to quit. Coogan, however, stretches his considerable talents throughout the film. Best known to American audiences as the British man who shows up for short cameos in films like “Tropic Thunder” (2008) and “Night at the Museum” (2006), Coogan produced, co-wrote and acted in this film. Initially gruff and sarcastic, Sixsmith melts under Philomena’s unrelenting optimism and determination. “Philomena” does not wrap up with a neat, happy ending. Its somewhat bittersweet conclusion, which I will not spoil, may satisfy some viewers, but others will be left hungry for justice. “Philomena” is ultimately a glass half-empty or glass half-full movie — your conclusion depends on your outlook.

The Evans Map Room B y Marley Marius <PM VM`\ \QUM aW] ÅVL aW]Z[MTN [\]LaQVO WV [MKWVL ÆWWZ *MZZa UISM a point of visiting the Evans Map Room. First established in the 1920s by College librarian Nathaniel Goodrich, Dartmouth’s collection of maps was inspired by his work with the Army’s map department and his fondness for travel. In 1946, the collection became the Dartmouth Map Library when a wealth of materials from the Army Map Service, the Department of Defense’s mapmaking agency, were given to the College after World War II. For the next 15 years, the College’s array of maps was stored in six difNMZMV\ ZWWU[ WV \PM [MKWVL ÆWWZ WN Baker Library. The collection moved to Baker’s lower level when the weight of the cases began to cause the bookshelves in the reference room below to separate from the walls. In 2000, it moved to its current location, I TIZOM TQOP\ ÅTTML ZWWU VIUML QV honor of Barbara and R. Bradford Evans ’64. The room now houses over 189,000 sheet maps, with an additional 3,000 books, globes and aerial photos. Though every country on Earth is represented in its collection, the Evans Map Room places special

emphasis on drawings of the Upper Connecticut River Valley and New England. With a number of its New Hampshire maps dating back to the 18th century, the room is frequented by locals — hikers, scholars, interested residents — curious about their town, senior map room specialist Joyce Ryerson said. “Once, there was talk about an old road in Etna being reopened so XMWXTM KIUM PMZM \W ÅVL W]\ _PMZM it was,” Ryerson said. Much of the collection’s strength and credibility comes form government aid. The U.S. Federal Depository Library Program has sent materials to land-grant universities, the libraries of federal agencies, high appellate courts and accredited law schools for decades. Since joining the program in the 1970s, the College’s map collection has been enriched by agencies like the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the CIA, Ryerson said. The room’s complete holdings range from inexpensive tourist maps to those from journals like the Petroleum Economist, which can be worth up to $500 each. Professors turn students to the College’s maps as tools for discovery and class discussion. “Maps aren’t just for telling you where things are,” map librarian

and reference bibliographer Lucinda Hall said. “They are also historical artifacts or snapshots. You can actually see the history.” Roman Huszar ’17 visited the room recently with his Exploring French Culture and Language class as the class covered France’s changing geographical boundaries. “[The map room made it] possible for us to get an idea of how the country’s map evolved given the historical eras,” he said. Huszar said that he plans to return to the room to research his ÅVIT XZWRMK\ As maps are becoming increasingly digitized, the Evans Map Room’s future remains unclear, Hall said. With the majority of the Federal Depository Program’s resources now available online, the collection receives fewer paper maps than it has in the past. Though the digitalization process has broadened the maps’ reach, Hall said that it has “left out” those who are not computer literate or have limited internet access. Moreover, the size of most computer screens make viewing maps LQNÅK]T\ “It’s nice to be able to access things wherever you are, but on a computer you don’t get the whole idea of what everything looks like,” Ryerson said.

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Rating: 9.5/10 “Philomena” is currently playing at the Nugget.

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ARTS

VAC to display five Houser sculptures

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B y APOORVA DIXIT Louise Bourgeois’s “Crouching Spider,” the giant stainless steel sculpture displayed outside of the Black Family Visual Arts Center, will take leave this spring. After a yearlong loan to the College by the Bourgeois family estate, the nearly 9-foot tall sculpture will be replaced by five sculptures constructed by Allan Houser, one of the best-known Native American artists of the 20th century. The five sculptures, which will be on loan for a year, include Houser’s Native American artwork and more abstract, modernist pieces. “We wanted to present a crosssection of the aesthetics that Mr. Houser worked in,” Dave Rettig, curator of collections at Allan Houser Inc., said. One of the sculptures, “Water Carrier,” is an iconic modernist piece that depicts a figure carrying a water jug. It displays a “universal state,” a subject found in every corner of the world, Rettig said.

“Abstract Crown Dancer I,” another piece coming to campus, is a geometricized portrayal of an Apache dancer. “You have a sense in his sculptures of people who are very dignified and very connected to nature and their environment,” Hood Museum of Art senior curator of collections Kathy Hart said. “There’s a sense of selfcontainment and quietude about these sculptures.” The third sculpture is part of Houser’s abstract work. “Options” is a geometric piece that includes two elements without a set structure. The two pieces can be placed in hundreds of different configurations, depending on the angles. This flexibility is what gives the piece its name, Rettig said. The fourth piece, “Morning Solitude,” last displayed in the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, uses fluid forms and contrasting shadows to create an abstract depiction of the female form. “This Was Our Home,” the final sculpture, uses subtle outlines and long, thin slits to depict a mother

looking over her daughter. The five works have been displayed in gardens and museums across the U.S. since their construction, Rettig said. This year, there is a high demand for all of Houser’s pieces due to the centennial. There are tentative plans to honor these sculptures at Dartmouth’s 42nd Pow-Wow in May, Pow-Wow committee president Zach Cooper ’17 said. “We hope to have an opening ceremony or a blessing from an Abenaki elder,” Cooper said. “Since we are on their land, it is only right and respectful to ask for their blessing for the project.” Houser’s “Peaceful Serenity,” a bronze-plated steel sculpture of a mother and child, has been displayed in front of the Sherman House since 2007. The Strauss Gallery will also display an exhibition of Houser’s drawings this fall. This year, nine major exhibitions of Houser’s work will open in museums across the United States. The five sculptures will be on display from May 11 through May 10, 2015.

On Feb. 3, Brooklyn artist Tony Matelli’s lifelike sculpture “Sleepwalker” was installed outside of Wellesley College’s campus museum to promote the artist’s show, “New Gravity,” which will run through July. The sculpture features a middle-aged man in tight white underwear briefs, with eyes closed and arms outstretched like he is sleepwalking. After its installation, students circulated a petition demanding the sculpture’s removal. The day after the installation, the Boston Globe reported that the statue had shocked campus. Some students snapped pictures and smiled or laughed as they approached while others were concerned. A Wellesley junior started a petition on Change.org to have the sculpture moved inside Wellesley’s Davis Museum, where students could interact with the art on their own terms. The petition has since gained over 850 signatures. The petitioners argue that the statue could be a trigger for students who have experienced sexual assault, especially at night. Critics claim that the statue falls under the category of shock art, a contemporary art form that incorporates disturbing features to unsettle viewers. Matelli’s work forces viewers to question age-old dilemmas about the purpose of making art and what constitutes art. Matelli, defending his work, said in an interview with CBS Boston, that the sculpture was meant to elicit empathy, not fear. He described the statue’s subject as “an outsider” displaced from his natural environment. Wellesley’s museum director Lisa Fischman said that the statue will remain on display through July. In a statement on the Davis Museum’s website, Fischman wrote that, “as the best art does, Tony Matelli’s work provokes dialogue, and discourse is at the core of education.” Matelli’s work follows a string of thought-provoking, confrontational art that dates back to the 1960s and 1970s. Works of art including bodily secretions or even portraying self-mutilation are no longer avant-garde.

Not surprisingly, shock art has made appearances at Dartmouth, too. Though recently designated as a national historic landmark, Jose Clemente Orozco’s mural, “The Epic of American Civilization,” attracted high levels of criticism when it was completed in 1934. Touching on industrialization, colonialism and nationalism, the murals implicated a ruling class of white capitalists in marginalizing Latin Americans, often with extreme force. Using a fresco style, the violent imagery of Hernan Cortes’s arrival in Mexico and dehumanizing aspects of industrialization in the mural’s eleventh panel are extremely affecting. More shocking than the work itself, however, may be the response pieces that Orozco inspired. Walter Humphrey, member of the Class of 1914, was outraged by the new mural and convinced then-College President Ernest Hopkins to allow him to paint his own murals. Humphrey’s work, a tribute to Richard Hovey, shows Eleazar Wheelock traveling through the New England wilderness to teach Native Americans. Yet the “teaching” is a lightly veiled scene of drinking and carousing, with NZMM ÆW_QVO Z]U IVL 6I\Q^M )UMZQKIV women posed like pin-up models. In many ways a parody of Orozco’s creation story, the Hovey murals came under scrutiny in the 1970s. Whether in college communities or major cities around the world, art is not valuable simply because of its ability to shock the viewer. Ultimately, the beauty of art lies in its subjectivity, its ability to elicit differing responses based on the viewer. While the Hovey murals clearly antagonize members of Dartmouth’s community and should not be on regular view, Matelli’s work edges up against a different boundary. If the sculpture makes women feel unsafe on their campus, then maybe Wellesley chose the wrong place to exhibit the piece. We have different standards on our campuses than in the world at large, and that’s a good thing. Perhaps Matelli’s visit to the Wellesley campus on Feb. 12 will help clear up the confusion regarding how viewers interpret his work.

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