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Peedin oversees $3.7 College set to host Heps billion endowment
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While jetting around the globe to Singapore, India and England, the College’s chief investment officer, Pamela Peedin ’89 Tu’98 manages the stress of overseeing Dartmouth’s $3.7 billion endowment with enthusiasm and the help of an occasional Starbucks triple grande dry cappuccino. Peedin says there is no such thing as a typical workweek. Some weeks she travels to see investors, while other weeks she prepares for investment meetings and meets with the Board of Trustees. She works mostly in the College’s Boston investment office, she said,
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holding weekly staff meetings to discuss investments and collaborate with managers. Though it is a high-intensity position, Peedin said she considers the work engaging, calling it a “dream job.” “Investing is one of the most fascinating intellectual challenges,” she said. “I think it’s an extraordinary field. Coupled with the passion I’ve always had for education, it’s a great combination.” She said the investment office tries to consider as many “whatif ” scenarios as possible when making investment decisions,
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Students donning “polished casual” attire lined up in the Hopkins Center on Thursday, hoping to escape the fluorescent lights and tiles of the Courtyard Café for the lowlit ambiance inside the Garage Bar, where groups of students sat around small tables and laughed over drinks. The room was filled with the sound of live jazz and conversation. Though many students find
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themselves among the aisles of Baker-Berry on Thursday night, a new social option opened to students on Feb. 6, offering an alternative scene that also acts as an on-campus bar. The three-room venue, located across from the Courtyard Café, organizes a different theme each week to attract students, Hop student relations advisor Sean Gao ’13 said. While the bar’s first SEE GARAGE BAR PAGE 2
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Full of verve and anticipation, the men’s and women’s track teams huddled up in the Class of 1953 Commons on Thursday night to perform their ritual cheer. Shouting in a circle in the middle of the dining area, the teams shared their excitement for the weekend with campus. S e e k i n g t o p t h re e finishes, the men’s and women’s track teams will welcome the rest of the League to Leverone Field House on Saturday for the Heptagonal Championships. After an impres-
sive season, star runners Abbey D’Agostino ’14 and Will Geoghegan ’14 will compete in their last career home Ivy League competition this weekend. At last year’s competition, hosted at Harvard University, the women finished in fifth place and the men finished in sixth . After a season where the Dartmouth teams broke seven school records and three Ivy League records, the teams are looking toward a top three finish. “We are in a different position than last year because we can definitely compete with the top three teams,” D’Agostino
said, noting that the team is shooting for second. The women’s team will rely on D’Agostino, last years Most Outstanding Track Performer at the meet, for many of its points. D’Agostino holds meet records in all four of the distance events, from the 1,000-meter to the 5,000-meter races, and was a member of Dartmouth’s 4x880-meter relay team last year, which ran the fourth fastest time in Ivy history. “My individual goals are centered toward the team,” D’Agostino said. “I will hopefully score SEE HEPS PAGE 7
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Computer glitch delays course change
Music professor Sally Pinkas performed on piano.
Students hoping to change their spring course lineups could not access class schedules on Banner Student on Thursday morning, when add-drop period was scheduled to start, due to a computer-related issue
that has since been resolved. Students reported being confused, though not exceedingly impacted, by the delay. The College’s IT staff began addressing the issue when it arose, but the registrar’s office did not know how long it would take for the problem to be fixed, registrar Meredith
Braz said in an email. Once the registrar’s office was aware the issue had been resolved, it posted the new time that course change would open on its website. Students who contacted the registrar’s office about not being SEE REGISTRAR PAGE 5
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DAily debriefing The reauthorized Violence Against Women Act includes an additional provision that allows Native American tribes to prosecute non-Native offenders. The Dartmouth sat down with Native American studies professor Bruce Duthu to discuss what the legislation means for tribes across the country. What is significant about the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, or to be more specific, the new policy allowing Native American tribes to prosecute non-Natives for domestic violence crimes that occur on Native land? BD: This is the first time that Congress is acknowledging that tribes, in the exercise of their sovereign powers, can prosecute individuals who are not members of the tribe or other Natives. You have U.S. citizens who could be facing criminal trials before tribunals, which are not subject to the full constraints of the U.S. Constitution. That is the principle reason why there was such vigorous opposition to this reauthorization. For this pilot program, three tribes were selected. The Pascua Yaqui in Arizona, the Tulalip in Washington and the Umatilla in Oregon. Why do you think these three tribes were specifically chosen out of the 566 federally recognized tribes to participate in this program? BD: Under the terms of the act, tribes had the leeway to submit to the Department of Justice a fairly detailed plan showing they have the infrastructure ready to go to provide comparable, or better, protections to what the Constitution requires, and have those protections already in place for any defendant who’s going to be prosecuted under this newly authorized power. What will be the next step? BD: It could very well be that this is Congress’s way of prepping the citizenry for an exercise of power that right now people don’t see coming. This could be a manifestation of this reversal, beginning with some low-level crimes, seeing how this experiment in tribal self-governance in the criminal setting operates in practice with either the possibility of enhancing sentencing authorities so that it could easily subsume felony crimes, or removing the cap altogether and saying this authority now extends to all crimes regardless of category, restoring full Indian territorial sovereignty. That principle says that when an offender enters the lands of a sovereign nation, he or she is subject to the law if a law is broken. Why do you think Congress had this mentality shift? BD: I think it reflects some of what we’re seeing on campus: a wellspring of frustration from the ground up that says the problem of sexual violence against women, and in this case the problem of sexual violence against Native women, is epidemic. The rate of sexual violence against Native women outpaces any other group in the U.S. Congress heard the data loudly and clearly. — Compiled by Josh Schiefelbein
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Student bar provides ‘study break’ FROM GARAGE BAR PAGE 1
goal is to provide a space for students to socialize, performance groups and live musicians hold shows there as well. “In everything that happens in the Hop’s Garage, there is an experimental aspect and an interdisciplinary aspect,” Gao said. “It’s really whatever the students want.” So far, the Garage Bar has drawn hundreds of students each week. Amber Porter ’14, an intern with the Garage Bar program, said that the space adds a new social vibe to campus. The idea of creating a social space, she said, has arisen in the past few years, but the opportunity presented itself this term when the studio art studios moved to the Black Visual Family Arts Center. “It really is students creating a space for their fellow students,” she said, “which I think is a great place to start in creating a Dartmouth that we all want to be at.” Thursday night, the Garage Bar featured a live performance by student jazz musicians, a D.J., drawing stations and a live model to create a social drawing space, Gao said. Kachi Anumonwo ’14, the Garage Bar’s bartender, said the events have been better attended than the program-
mers had hoped. “It’s nice to have an alternative thing,” he said. “It can be more inclusive than the Greek scene. You can come with friends and just do what you were going to do in sort of a nicer environment.” Gao said that though the primary goal is to offer students a bar-like social scene, the space’s other aim is to involve the arts, like student performances. He added that when student groups are performing, they bring in bigger crowds and do their own publicity. Student groups including Ujima dance troupe, the Dog Day Players improvisation comedy group and Street Soul dance group performed at Garage Bar last week. The students performed in one room, leaving the other two rooms open for socialization. Terren Klein ’17, a member of Dog Day, said that the performance at Garage Bar marked one of the first times he had performed outside of a Greek house. He said that the space had a more casual vibe, with attendees not focusing solely on the group’s performance, like a “dinner and a show atmosphere,” he said. The Garage Bar’s first week featured three D.J.s, one in each of the rooms, all playing different type of music. One
room served as a “warm up room,” another was a more intense dance party and the final D.J. played more relaxed music, Gao said. Organizers have advertised the space to campus in emails and posters. The Garage Bar serves free alcoholic beverages to those older than 21. The program received approval to continue into the spring, Porter said, adding that as time goes by, she believes the space will serve less frequently as a programming venue, instead becoming a space for people to socialize. One of the space’s downsides, Gao said, is each room’s 49-person capacity. In total, the space holds 147 people, forcing organizers to think creatively about how to use the rooms. “The rooms are each taking their own identity,” he said. Porter said she saw a suggestion on the Improve Dartmouth website saying that the venue should be open on Wednesdays and weekend nights as well. Organizers, however, prefer Thursdays, so the space stays more relaxed and doesn’t compete with other events. “We’re trying to keep hold of that sophistication,” Porter said. “It’s more of a study break than a party.” Jessica Avitabile contributed reporting.
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CIO combines teaching and finance background FROM PEEDIN PAGE 1
stress-testing Dartmouth’s investment portfolio. Since coming to the College on Feb. 1, 2011, she said her mission has been to generate returns for the institution she has been a part of since her undergraduate years. With a total market value rising by $247 million for the 2013 fiscal year, Dartmouth’s endowment earned a 12.1 percent investment return, placing it just above the median of all Ivy League institutions’ return rates. University of Pennsylvania saw the highest return, at 14.4 percent, while Harvard had the lowest, at 11.3 percent. In the 2011 fiscal year, Dartmouth’s endowment yielded an 18.4 percent return, while the following year, the College saw a 5.8 percent return on its investments. Peedin studied psychology at Dartmouth before taking jobs as a teacher, administrator and financial aid director. After graduating from Dartmouth, Peedin worked at a series of private schools on the East Coast, and found herself increasingly involved in the business side of education. She decided to pursue an MBA at the Tuck School of Business. Initially, she intended to run a school, but found herself more interested by finance. Nine years spent as a consultant and managing director at Cambridge Associates, where she oversaw $2.5 billion of aggregate assets for universi-
ties, private schools and foundations, helped her transition from education to finance, she said. Peedin arrived at Dartmouth from Boston University, where she managed its $1 billion portfolio for five years as its first-ever CIO, BU’s executive director of media relations Colin Riley said. Starting from scratch, Peedin built BU’s Investment Office from the ground up. Before she was hired, BU’s Board of Trustees investment committee met monthly to manage BU’s endowment. As a result of Peedin’s changes, the committee now approves investments while day-to-day business is managed by the investment office. A year and a half after her May 2007 appointment at BU, the financial market collapsed. During the crisis, Peedin said her main concern was making investors understand that BU could weather the storm. While stress levels were much higher during the crisis than they are now, Peedin said, she still works at the same frenetic pace. Board of Trustees investment committee chairman Richard Kimball ’78, who has known Peedin since she arrived at Dartmouth in 2011, said he appreciates her commitment and passion. “She’s a total pro who lives and breathes her job and takes her responsibilities extremely seriously,” Kimball said. “Pam’s always high energy and has a great attitude with a great sense of humor.”
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Staff Columnist Rebecca Rothfeld ’14
Changing Channels
Downright Denial
We need to fix the ways in which we communicate. What does it say when a list of proposals for reforming Dartmouth’s culture is anonymously emailed to campus at 2 a.m.? What does it say, that at our College, students feel that to be heard they must set a deadline for an administrative response and threaten “physical action”? Our channels of communication are clearly broken. Publicity stunts and anonymous comments have replaced constructive dialogue. If the College is to move forward, clear, open channels of communication must exist and be accessible to all. Students are resorting to extreme measures to enact change. Why not? It seems to work. Students and administrators respond. But these responses shouldn’t be motivated by fear or a desire to fix the College’s shaky public image. Functioning, publicized institutional mechanisms for communication between students, faculty and staff should flourish, not flounder. What has happened to these systems at the College? Student Assembly’s current administration inherited a broken system, a fact that its members have openly addressed. Other campus groups that communicate with administrators operate behind a veil of secrecy. This is unproductive for bettering the campus climate. We have reason, however, to be hopeful. We are encouraged that the President’s Office emailed campus about the Office for Civil Rights investigators’ recent visit to the College. Improve Dartmouth, a new online forum, appears to be establishing itself as a constructive venue for
communication between students and administrators. These are promising steps toward transparency and collaboration. On Monday, the students who drafted the “Freedom Budget” requested that administrators respond in these pages by March 24. These same students, however, are quick to restrict press access and declare public events off the record. If student activists demand public administrative accountability, for which we too advocate, they must abide by the same standards. We acknowledge that publicly expressing one’s opinions can come at a cost. Last spring, students who protested the Dimensions show were met with vicious threats, and we understand that there are times in which anonymity can preserve physical safety. It is appalling that this risk exists. Students deserve the right to voice their opinions publicly without fear of retribution. Student views shouldn’t be confined to Bored at Baker. This anonymous forum contributes to the problem, serving as a campus cesspool for hatemongering. A culture of anonymity has produced a frightening environment. We have entered an endless loop in which only the most public and extreme calls to action, with or without names attached, receive any response. The publication of the “Freedom Budget” indicates that more than ever, students deserve working outlets for vibrant debate and open channels for communication. We need administrators to candidly discuss their plans for the College’s future on the record, and we need students to stand by their words.
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The knee-jerk reaction to the “Freedom Budget” proves its necessity. This week, a group of concerned Dartmouth students released a “Freedom Budget.” The document comprises a list of demands on an administrative regime heretofore remiss in its treatment of minority communities. It calls for gender-neutral bathrooms, the institution of mandatory social justice seminars and harsher punishments for hate crimes, among other reforms. Although many of the specific proposals outlined in the “Freedom Budget” are impracticable, mainstream Dartmouth has showcased its immaturity in harping on the specific details of a document that represents, above all, an important call for change. Facebook status after Facebook status, comment after comment and letter to the editor after letter to the editor have uncritically hailed the Dartmouth experience as the best thing since Wonder Bread (incidentally, one of the whitest carbs on the market). One addition to the string of ignorant insults is “Oppression and Oatmeal,” a WordPress site that mocked the “Freedom Budget” by presenting a set of ludicrous demands that were supposed to operate as some sort of reductio ad absurdum. The now-deleted site recommended that Dartmouth ban meats from dining halls, rename buildings after “positive feelings, seasons or non-carnivorous woodland creatures” and transform frat row into a “bathroom mega-complex” — which does not represent a radical shift from the status quo. For some, Dartmouth is a beer-fueled riot. This college, it seems, provides a warm and inclusive community for straight white men. Who knew? No one, the protestors least of all, labors under the illusion that Dartmouth is anything but a haven of privilege — an institution practically designed to enable those fortunate enough to create offensive blogs, stumble into Collis for a few drunk mozzarella sticks and have a generally fun and unreflective time. The issue here is whether the institutions that facilitate tails events, harbor, offensive blogs and even those strong male friendships that
the fraternities supposedly offer operate at the expense of others. There is a veritable boatload of evidence that Dartmouth represents a hostile environment for certain communities. But mainstream Dartmouth continues to dismiss this evidence out of hand. Those who hold the presiding opinion apparently consider themselves arbiters of correctness. What they forget is that a majority opinion in an insular town is a minority opinion in much of the educated world. Have 100 percent of the national news outlets adopted the banner of Dartmouth’s most radical contingent because they are all conspiracy theorists under the influence of strong liberal Kool-Aid? Are all of the potential applicants that Dartmouth lost uniformly deluded? Finally, are hundreds of members of our own community hopelessly irrational? Anything’s possible. We might live in a matrix controlled by an evil demon intent on deceiving us. But, hopefully, we are all in a position to recognize that the rest of the civilized world may be onto something here, radical skepticism notwithstanding. Even if you give your own opinion and your Greek letters disproportionate epistemic weight, I think multiple national publications and several hundred Dartmouth students should be enough to sufficiently counterbalance your arrogant certainty. Because, ultimately, one positive experience is just that — one positive experience. It does not invalidate anyone else’s negative experiences. The only scenario in which your positive experience could play that evidentiary role is a scenario in which you think your experiences matter more than other people’s. Part of the point of the diversity that the “Freedom Budget” hopes to bring about is that it forces exposure to different points of view. If this vast body of evidence is not enough to produce anything more than a knee-jerk defense of Dartmouth as it currently exists, then you are in dire need of the reforms it proposes.
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Student add-period access restored on Banner after slight delay FROM REGISTRAR PAGE 1
able to access their schedules were informed that there had been a slight delay, Braz said. The add-period was initially slated to begin the morning of Feb. 27. On Thursday morning, however, Banner Student stated that the add-drop period would open Feb. 28. At noon on Thursday, the office announced that the period would open later that day, at 2 p.m., Braz said. Some students said they were confused by the delay and were unable to enroll in the classes they wanted. Ariel Klein ’17 said that after she
was unable to access the add-drop function at the original listed times, she checked the Registrar’s website and saw that it would open on Feb. 28. She then learned through a classmate that the start of add-drop had changed to 2 p.m. Thursday. Klein could not access the site at the exact opening time because she was in class. While Klein was able to enroll in the classes she wanted, she said she would have preferred to receive an email explaining the situation. She said that freshmen often face difficulty selecting their preferred classes, especially freshman seminars, which are required and whose numbers are limited. Audyn Curless ’17 said he had
heard that the add-drop period normally opens at midnight, so after he noticed that the Registrar changed the date, he assumed the period would begin at midnight. Curless said he believes the registrar’s office should have waited to open add-drop until it could ensure that students were aware of when the period would begin. He said while he understands that the office may not have known when it would be able to fix its technical difficulties, it could have better scheduled the start. “I don’t think that it’s a huge problem but there were students who were affected by it,” he said. Robert Cueva ’17 said that while he did not have difficulties due
or if the computer system was malfunctioning. Despite technical difficulties, Joseph Miller ’14 said he appreciates that there is a second round for course election. “It’s nice that even if you don’t get the classes that you want the first time, you still have another chance to look up other classes that you might be able to take and replace the classes that you weren’t able to get,” he said. The online add-drop system was first introduced in June 2000. Before, students waited in lines outside the registrar’s office to request changes. Hannah Hye Min Chung contributed reporting.
to technical problems on Banner Student, he has three friends who could not add or drop courses in that instant because they were in afternoon classes. He and others would have been better prepared, he said, if the 2 p.m. add-drop opening had been advertised more widely. The course change period will remain open until March 7 and reopen again during the first 10 days of spring term. As an athlete, William Callan ’15 said he receives information from both the registrar and the athletic department, but at times the two sources contradict each other. As a result, he said, when the system was not working he did not know if he had received misinformation
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 3:30 p.m. Jones seminar, “Mechanics and Geometry in Chiral Structures: From Helical Seed Pods to Twisted Embryonic Brain,” with Zi Chen of Washington University in St. Louis, Spanos Auditorium
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Dartmouth track stars look to shine at annual Heptagonal meet FROM HEPS PAGE 1
a lot of points in all my events and have no time goals whatsoever. They will be tactical races and I will try to adapt to whatever happens.” Not to be overlooked in the distance events is Dana Giordano ’16, who is coming off an AllAmerican finish in cross country and holds the second fastest time in the 3,000-meter run so far this season for the Big Green after D’Agostino. Returning pentathlon champion Janae Dunchack ’14 looks to become the second woman in Ivy League history to be a four-time champion in the event. Defending high jump champion Kaitlin Whitehor n ’16, will add the 60-meter dash to her events this weekend after setting a new Dart-
mouth record in the 60-meter dash earlier this season at the Valentine Invitational at Boston University. “At first, I thought I wouldn’t be able to do both, but I did them both at BU and was able to do well,” Whitehorn said. “The 60 is like a warmup for the high jump, so they work well together.” The other record that Dartmouth women this season was by Megan Krumpoch ’14 in the 800-meter run. A strong finish in 800-meter would help the Big Green after scoring no points in the event last year. The men will be led by Will Geoghegan ’14 whose season was highlighted by a sub-four-minute mile, making Ivy League history with a time of 3:58.04. He also made a Dartmouth record in the 3,000-meter run at 7:51.57.
Dartmouth has potential do well in the mile, with three other runners closing on the four minute barrier. Big Green runners hold the first-, third-, fifth- and sixth-fastest times in the League this season with Steven Mangan ’14, John Bleday ’14 and Tim Gorman ’16 all recording times under 4:02. The Big Green men will look to the field events for other strong finishes. Josh Cyphers ’14 recorded the sixth best jump in the Ivy League this season in the pole vault and Alex Frye ’17 is tied with two others for the sixth highest clearance in the high jump. The men’s team had no First Team All Ivy finishers last year and only two Second Team All Ivy finishes last year achieved by the distance medley relay and Brett
Gilson ’13 in the pole vault. In preparation for the weekend the whole track team met at the beginning of the week and athletes have focused on eating right, sleeping, taking care of their bodies and mentally preparing for the weekend. Workouts and training have been easier this week to ensure everyone is fresh for the weekend. “We reiterated that you’ve been competing well all season so just do what you do and what you’ve done and things will fall into place,” head women’s coach Sandy FordCentonze said. In addition to running practices, the coaches are busy preparing Leverone for the weekend. T he last time Dartmouth hosted the Heptagonal Championships was in 2010. The weekend,
D’Agastino said, is one of her favorites due to the immense amount of energy that fills an enclosed space. “We were talking about this with the captains, and we’ve all been looking forward to this since our freshman year,” D’Agostino said. “We all got shirts this year that say ‘defend our house,’ and that’s the mentality we have. This is where we work out with our best friends, and since we’ve spent four years in this facility, we want to show them whose it is.” Men’s head coach Barry Harwick said he has sent out recaps after each meet to family, friends and alums of Dartmouth track to raise excitement for the meet, and athletes have made posters to spread the word. Competition begins Saturday at 11 a.m.
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Jalil Bishop ’14 and others on the men’s team are looking to improve on last season’s sixth-place finish.
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The club fencing team placed fifth at the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference championships last weekend, the highest ranked club team to compete in the Mt. Holyoke College event. The team has dominated its matches this season. Both the men and women’s club teams are the top club teams in their league. At Mt. Holyoke, women’s foil had the best finish. Dartmouth, which was the only club team to get a squad medal came in second behind the team from Brandeis University. The team was led by Phoebe Liang ’17, who won the women’s foil individuals event. In the men’s épée squad, Adam Omar ’15 won an individual bronze. His 21-9 season record earned him second team all-star honors. The men’s épée squad finished fourth as a team, behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sacred Heart University and Brandeis, all varsity teams.
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Despite its club status, Dartmouth fencing regularly defeats varsity opponents.
“Our main priority is building a team culture that everyone feels comfortable in,” Omar said. “Everyone is driven to work harder by the person next to them. The team is putting in tremendous effort and hours.” This competition followed a strong performance from earlier in the month.
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Abbey D’Agostino will look to defend her mile and 5,000-meter titles.
On Feb. 8, the team competed at the University of New Hampshire. The men defeated the University of Massachusetts club team, Boston University and the UNH club team while falling to varsity squads from Vassar College and Sacred Heart University. The women defeated Smith College, Wellesley College, the University of Massachusetts, Boston University and UNH while losing to Vassar and Sacred Heart. The club team, which does not have a coach, relies on members to lead practices and has gained recognition for its success. “It’s really exciting for the team to get these types of results,” co-captain Scott Brookes ’14 said. “We’ve gained a lot of respect from varsity coaches and the administrators of our league and conference.” The women’s foil squad inlcuding Liang, Lily Ma ’17, Gaby Stern ’14 and Heather Szilagyi ’15 were undefeated in the conference for the season. Liang tallied a 32-4 record on the season to earn first team all-star honors. Stern and Omar were also honored as second team all-stars, finishing the season with 28-7 and 21-9 records, respectively. Their stellar performances included victories over both other club teams and NCAA varsity teams. The team has worked practiced five days a week for two hours and is proud of its result especially because it is only a club squad, Ma said. “We defeated many varsity teams, so we beat many recruited athletes, which is a big deal for us,” she said. The team will return to the piste next weekend at the New England Club Championships hosted by UNH. Szilagyi is a member of The Dartmouth staff.
Sports fans deserve to see a diverse range of athletes represented in the media. In their Monday column (“More Than a Game,” Feb. 24), Maddie Garcia and Abby Cohen rightly claim how unjust it is that Sports Illustrated only features women in its pages when they are swimsuit models, while talented female athletes get overlooked week after week. There is little doubt that men’s sports capture the public spotlight, while women’s athletics receives little air time or any interest among fans. Baseball is labeled “America’s pastime,” suggesting that the game transcends the realm of the sports world as a marker of American culture. Football, the manliest of sports, is the one sport with a championship game that resembles a national holiday. Sports Illustrated, and the sports media more generally, is merely a reflection of public attitudes about sports; it is not as if the media determines our preferences. So, if we’re going to thrust more women onto the cover of the premiere sports publication, then it’s going to require fans to place higher value on women’s sports. How might we generate this shift toward a more diverse sporting culture? It can start at the college level, where female athletes are our classmates and friends. In my last column, I called for greater appreciation of individual sports, which are neglected largely because of our sports culture’s loyalty to hometown teams. I noted how more attention to individuals brings greater respect for their accomplishments, and recognizes College teams that we hardly hear about. But, in a much broader way — and what I didn’t mention two weeks ago — it also has great potential to raise the profile of female athletes. Just consider how Abbey D’Agostino ’14 was thrust into the spotlight last year, as she competed in the Olympic trials in the 5,000-meter race on national television. Dartmouth students and alumni tuned into NBC to watch a sport they would likely not
otherwise pay any attention to. For many viewers, watching the combination of track and a women’s sport on television was likely a rare moment. No doubt that D’Agostino’s performance, and the way it captivated the Dartmouth community, set an example for the next superstar Dartmouth female athlete. The world of athletics may be slowly becoming more inclusive. University of Missouri linebacker and NFL prospect Michael Sam recently announced that he is gay, generating discussion about homophobia in professional and collegiate sports. Sam received an outpouring of support from teammates and fellow students, which is encouraging. College students have a role to play in creating a more inclusive world. Dartmouth is part of a national initiative to promote LGBTQ rights among student-athletes and coaches, called the “You Can Play” project. It is meant to send a message to studentathletes that their team is a safe space. “In athletics, you don’t have to feel like you’re being excluded,” track and field high jumper Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16, who appears in Dartmouth’s promotional video, told me. “If you’re an athlete, we’re accepting of whoever you are.” If the “You Can Play” project — of which Missouri is also a member — can send that message around all college campuses, it’s going to set a precedent for the next generation of professional athletes. No longer will homophobia be accepted in the locker room, even in sports where a tough, masculine attitude often defines a player’s fierce competitiveness. As Dartmouth athletes and coaches say in the College’s “You Can Play” project video, “When the game is over, when the match has been decided, and we strip down to who we are as people, I care about who you are, what you are, and what has molded you, because that’s where the trust begins. It takes courage to perform on the field, but shouldn’t take courage to go into your own locker room.” College campuses have historically been an impetus for social change in America. Now they can have the same impact in the sports world.