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Veteran fly-in program Lodge may see renovations brings five to campus By zac hardwick The Dartmouth Staff

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Over the past few days, five veterans visited Dartmouth through the first veteran fly-in program, a 24-hour admitted students session. After discussing about new ways to attract more veterans to the College, the Dartmouth Uniformed Service Alumni organization created the pilot program with the admissions office.

The program exposed the potential transfer students to various components of life at the College, like eating in town and meeting with professors.

The veterans, admitted to the

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College as transfer students, were notified of their acceptance on May 13 and have through May 27 to accept or decline the offer. A total of seven veterans were admitted this year, uniformed service alumni executive director Nathan Bruschi ’10 said.

Inspired by how the College accepts and retains Native American students, Bruschi and assistant director of admissions Will Corbett ’10 discussed how alumni could assist former College President James Wright’s work to encourSEE VETERANS PAGE 2

Cellar provides freshmen with revamped social space

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With lighting that changes from red to blue to purple and a chalkboard that covers the expanse of a wall, a basement room in Russell Sage, the College’s oldest firstyear dorm, has been converted into a new social space. Called the Cellar, the space is one of three major renovations made to Russell Sage and Butterfield halls

as part of an initiative overseen by the student-run organization Dartmouth Roots to improve residential life.

Dartmouth Roots will host the Cellar’s official opening Thursday night, with live music from student bands Chuck and The Euphemisms and presentations on the renovations.

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As part of an ongoing series of renovations, the College is considering updating or rebuilding the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge to better meet safety codes and host a growing number of guests. This June, the Class of 1974 Bunkhouse — affectionately dubbed by some the “’74tress” — will become the newest building dotting the woods surrounding the Lodge, the latest in five years of bunkhouse renovation and construction.

Changes to the Lodge are pending an initial appraisal conducted this spring, out-

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door programs director Dan Nelson said. The College hired Maclay Architects, a firm based in Waitsfield, Vermont, to survey the current structure, Nelson said.

The principal donor for the project, whose name has not been released, is a “longtime supporter of programs and facilities at Moosilauke,” Nelson said in an email.

Built in 1938, the building’s age and lack of accessibility contribute to the need for renovations, Nelson said, noting that buildings like the Lodge usually have a lifespan of about 30 to 50 years.

Now that the building is more than 75 years old, problems are emerging with

its foundation and the logs it is built from, Nelson said.

Additionally, the Lodge’s plumbing and electrical systems, while safe, are not up to code, Nelson said. Last, he said, the building is not accessible — there are no elevators, and the existing stairs are steep and narrow.

Nelson added that the Lodge, built for a smaller student body and before the Dartmouth Outing Club first-year trips program grew to its current size, does not meet Dartmouth’s current needs.

Because the project is still being appraised, Nelson said, SEE LODGE PAGE 3

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Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, built in 1938, may be renovated due to age and structural issues.

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In the month since their election, incoming student body president Casey Dennis ’15 and vice president Frank Cunningham ’16 have formulated their budget and restructured Student Assembly.

Dennis and Cunningham said structural changes include increas-

ing the cabinet to nine members from five, decreasing the number of committees, including class council members in the general assembly and adding faculty to the academic affairs committee.

As a sophomore, Cunningham will remain on campus this summer and will lead the Student Assembly. New members will be appointed to fill the cabinet over

the summer, but there will not be an election for a new student body president, Cunningham said. In the past, an interim president has been elected for the summer term, though current student body president Adrian Ferrari ’14 led the Assembly on campus last summer.

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DAily debriefing AROUND THE IVIES BROWN UNIVERSITY: Vicki Colvin, a vice provost and professor at Rice University, was named Brown’s 12th provost on Tuesday, The Brown Daily Herald reported. She will replace current provost Mark Schlissel on July 1.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: A male student found responsible of sexual misconduct by administrators filed a lawsuit against Columbia University on Monday, the Daily Princetonian reported. The student claims that the university violated his Title IX rights and tried to make an example out of him.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY: A Cornell staff member found a camera in a women’s bathroom on Friday morning, the Cornell Daily Sun reported.

The employee informed a supervisor, who then alerted the Cornell Police.

Investigators are examining the images collected by the camera and are trying to identify a male subject who they believe was involved in its installation.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Harvard’s course and instructor evaluation system will no longer show students’ assessments of course difficulty, the Harvard Crimson reported. Students will still note course difficulty in a feedback form at the end of each semester, but these ratings will only be available to staff.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: In an email to Forbes College students on Wednesday, Forbes College master Michael Hecht announced that the current Forbes College director of studies, Patrick Caddeau, will be the next dean of the residential college. Caddeau will replace dean John Hodgson.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: Students are starting a new group for queer international students, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. The group aims to increase the international queer community’s visibility and to create a forum to discuss the issues students face in their home countries.

YALE UNIVERSITY: Secretary of State John Kerry, a Yale alumnus, addressed the Class of 2014 on Sunday’s Class Day, challenging graduates to use their education to combat problems faced in America and globally.

He suggested that their diplomas come with “rights and responsibilities,” instead of “rights and privileges,” the Yale Daily News reported.

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Program brings veterans to College FROM VETERANS PAGE 1

age more veterans to transfer to the College, Bruschi said.

“If you want to be serious about breaking into a new group, you have to make it easier for them to come to the school,” he said.

The Native American Fly-In Program has taken place for more than 25 years and offers prospective students a four-day look at the College and its Native American community.

Bruschi said that getting veterans to visit campus and get a feel for the culture before making a decision could make a big difference in their decision to attend.

“Unless you’re visiting Dartmouth, you probably won’t find yourself up in Hanover,” he said.

“We believe that if the students could just see Dartmouth, could see that the school really wants to get more veterans and could see how students are so friendly and [are] down to earth people, then they would want to come.”

Corbett said the turn-around time for accepted transfer applicants to make their decision is much shorter than the month given to first-year students, so Dartmouth must implement more initiatives that

show what the school has to offer.

After arriving in Hanover on Tuesday, the veterans could meet with a dean, talk to professors or explore campus. They then got dinner in the Class of 1953 Commons with a current student before

“There is no difference between them and me.

And so I want to encourage them to go back to higher education and have these schools serve them now that they’ve served their country.”

- NATHAN BRUSCHI ’10, uniformed service alumni executive director heading to Murphy’s for drinks and the Hanover Inn to sleep.

On Wednesday, prospective students ate breakfast in the dining hall with a current veteran on campus, met with financial aid officers and Dartmouth undergraduate veterans association faculty advisor Kent

Yrchik-Shoemaker, attended class and finished the visit with a lunch at Market Table. ​“I think they did a really good job of showing us what we can expect as a transfer student,” University of Connecticut student Matthew Menezes said The visit’s activities, he said, were “nothing that doesn’t sell itself.”

Bruschi said he is passionate about working with veterans, and has experience mentoring service members, encouraging them to finish college. His passion, he said, stems from the fact that veterans are smart people doing unimaginable jobs.

“There is no difference between them and me,” he said. “And so I want to encourage them to go back to higher education and have these schools serve them now that they’ve served their country.”

As part of the partnership, Dartmouth Uniformed Service Alumni paid for veterans’ transportation costs, while the admissions office covered lodging and food. Bruschi said the admissions office and the Dartmouth Uniformed Service Alumni have worked to ensure there are no barriers for veterans in applying to the College and deciding whether to matriculate.

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Renovationsto76-year-old SA transition brings structural change Lodge under discussion FROM TRANSITION PAGE 1

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little is known about how much of the current building will remain.

“We’ll assess whether our needs will be addressed by a thorough, topto-bottom renovation of the Lodge, whether there needs to be a new structure, or whether the solution is to disassemble just parts of the current structure,” Nelson said.

Groups of students, faculty, staff and alumni have told the College that it must keep the building’s rustic feel and sense of community following renovations.

Ariana Sopher ’14, who helped construct the Class of 1974 bunkhouse, said she hoped that any renovation would keep the current Lodge’s “homey” feeling.

“It should definitely be all wood, all timber frame,” Sopher said. “I’d be really sad if they drastically changed anything and it was unrecognizable.”

Nelson agreed, and said it is important to work with natural materials that fit the environment.

“People would have real misgivings if we used materials that are shipped here from the other side of the country,” Nelson said. “A big steel, glass and concrete structure, while appropriate in a different environment, is not appropriate here.”

Five years ago, the Class of 1984 sponsored and built a cabin for the Lodge crew, kicking off renovations to

the bunkhouses. The College has rebuilt one bunkhouse per year and plans to rebuild them all, Nelson said, though it still seeks sponsors for some projects.

After the Class of 1974 Bunkhouse is finished, renovations will continue this fall with the reconstruction of a cabin sponsored by the Class of 1965.

The Class of 1965 Cabin, initially completed in 1977, sees up to 2,000 overnight stays a year, and is “in need of urgent replacement,” according to a report by the Class of 1965. Construction is expected to cost $432,000 and be finished by June 2015.

Last fall, Rebecca Novello ’14 helped build the Class of 1974 Bunkhouse alongside other students and alumni.

The project, she said, helped bring together generations through a love of the space.

“I loved getting to talk to the alums, who had a memory of a place I love so much from 40 years ago,” she said.

Sopher said that the work was often difficult. Some of the beams that workers had to lift had cross sections of a foot, she said.

The project, overseen by TimberHomes LLC, spanned the fall and spring, Nelson said. Fall building sessions culminated in a timber framing workshop, during which the bunkhouse’s timbers were cut and assembled into the final structure. Throughout the spring, he said, they added the finishing touches.

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“This was something we stressed during campaign week,” Dennis said.

“We didn’t want another transitional phase.”

The nine-member cabinet will include two rotating positions, for which students can apply each term, Dennis said.

Cunningham said they made this change to bring in a diversity of opinions and increase student involvement with the Assembly.

After serving on the cabinet, rotating members will be encouraged to join Assembly committees, Dennis said.

The four committees, he said, will encompass public affairs, diversity and community, student affairs and academic affairs.

“With so many committees to oversee, I think it’s been difficult for Student Assembly to keep the ball rolling,” Dennis said. “We want Student Assembly to be focused.”

Six students and four faculty members will sit on the academic affairs committee, Cunningham said.

Having class council members sit on the Assembly as general members in addition to their class council positions will increase communication and collaboration between the two groups,

Dennis said.

2015 Class Council president Chase Mertz ’15 said he thinks incorporating class council members into the Assembly will centralize both groups’ work.

2016 Class Council President Daniel Reitsch ’16 also approved of the change, speaking to the power of combined resources to achieve common goals.

In a campus-wide email sent earlier this month, Dennis and Cunningham released the budget proposal they submitted to the Undergraduate Finance Committee. The decision to release the revised budget aligned with their promise to increase transparency, Dennis said.

The Assembly asked for $70,500, which Dennis and Cunningham noted in an email was the lowest request in five years. The Assembly sought to use this money to fund programs and initiatives like a mental health week, a new admissions video and a physical education scholarship fund. The undergraduate finance committee gave the Assembly $40,000.

Earlier this term, Dennis and Cunningham ran together in the Assembly election under the platform “Take Back Dartmouth.”

When he was elected, Dennis said his priorities as student body

president would include increasing student engagement and Assembly transparency, partially through weekly office hours and a termly “state of the student body” video. Dennis also said he hoped to mandate the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative training during orientation.

During summer term, the Assembly will meet with administrators, alumni groups and the Board of Trustees so they can “hit the ground running” in the fall, Dennis said.

The Assembly’s first event was a barbecue on Collis patio during Green Key, which Dennis deemed a success due to a high turnout.

During the summer, the Assembly plans to organize a drive-in movie night at the Fairlee Drive-In for the entire sophomore class. In their initial budget request they asked for $5,000 to allocate to the event.

“The thing that keeps driving Casey and I is the thought of one day uniting this campus and really becoming the voice of the student body,” Cunningham said.

Ferrari and former chief of staff Gustavo Ruiz Llopiz ’14 declined to comment, citing busy schedules.

The rest of the leadership board and former vice president Michael Zhu ’14 did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

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contributing columnist sarah perez ’17

A Warm Welcome

Diversity is Relative

For veterans, Dartmouth provides a home and many great opportunities.

Recently, five incoming student-veterans visited Dartmouth, met current student-veterans and explored the campus. Over Murphy’s, we discussed life at Dartmouth from inside classrooms to down in fraternity basements. From start to finish, we all agreed that, while it is not perfect, Dartmouth has been a great home to veterans.

We, the 18 undergraduate veterans spread across various academic departments and student organizations, agreed that the education we have received here has given us significant opportunities. The College has been extremely accommodating with academic services, especially by providing tutors and helping professors and deans understand our unique circumstances.

Several of us, myself included, suffer from brain trauma, and on several occasions, professors have happily worked with me to ensure that I was successful in course work. With many of us studying government, we agreed that the department is outstanding and that we are grateful for their impressive efforts to educate undergraduates about military matters. I took “War and Peace in the Modern Age,” taught by government professors Daryl Press and Benjamin Valentino, and audited “The Vietnam War,” taught by history professor Edward Miller, two courses where students and veterans can discuss topics regarding military experiences. I’ve considered courses like these to be some of the College’s most rewarding opportunities.

Myself and many veteran undergraduates came to Dartmouth from community colleges and state schools. Due to Dartmouth’s high academic standards, many of us essentially had to start over in our academic careers. Nonetheless, we have been satisfied with the full 12-term experience because of the high quality of education.

I came in with two years worth of credits and had to start over entirely. This was frustrating at first, but I, like many other veterans, have been able to explore new academic areas like acting and international relations, working with some of the greatest minds in higher education — all because I started over. Though the reset can be frustrating, I would not want my college experience to go any other way.

Dartmouth also allows many veterans to aim for higher standards in terms of a career path through its excellent alumni network and career services. The Tuck School of Business has one of the best matching rates for the G.I. Bill and regularly reaches out to undergraduates so they may become familiar with business school. And our veterans go on to incredible careers. Recently, Jacob Sotak ’13, who learned Arabic here, recently fulfilled his dream of becoming a journalist, accepting a job with the New York Times. During my second term at Dartmouth, I officially began my career as a writer when Phil Schaefer ’64 contacted veterans about contributing to the book “Dartmouth Veterans: Vietnam Perspectives.” I wrote the epilogue to the book — an opportunity that I doubt I would have been offered elsewhere.

Finally, at Dartmouth many veterans find some of their dearest friendships and happiest memories since leaving the military. Many of us have joined Greek houses, and even become officers, such as Michael Burbank ’13, who was president of Beta Alpha Omega fraternity and David Brooks ’15, the social chair of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Aside from experiencing the various events and quirks of Dartmouth’s social life, many of us have enjoyed connecting with younger students and sharing our experiences and perspectives with them. We can be mentors, as well as team members, as we are also able to take part in sports such rowing, rugby and football. Last fall, Dartmouth heartily celebrated Kevin Price ’14, a father and army ranger, making a glorious 53-yard pick up on his first run against Columbia University.

I’ve found that even in the College’s toughest times, veterans do not forget what’s great about this institution. As a veteran, I am proud of working hard and seeing the rewards of my efforts. Moreover, administrators’ commitment to bringing veterans to Dartmouth and helping them succeed is not only commendable, but adds to the diversity that a liberal arts college needs.

The College has become a wonderful home for veterans, and through the efforts of the community as a whole, I think it will continue to grow even better.

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Accusing Dartmouth of lacking diversity overlooks the term’s true meaning.

As the post-Green Key crunch sets in and prospects of final papers, projects and exams loom on the horizon, my rising stress levels have been accompanied by a strange sense of nostalgia for my first year of college. It seems like yesterday that I donned my cap and gown and received my high school diploma. Before arriving in Hanover last fall, I had never lived anywhere else but my humid, mosquitoridden home of Miami, Florida. As a native Miamian I did more than jam out to Mr. 305 and eat pastelitos. Nevertheless, these were my cultural surroundings. Spanish was my first language. Cuban coffee was my breakfast accompaniment of choice before my training wheels came off. My third-grade class sang an off-key version of the Guantanamera for my elementary school’s “Hispanic Heritage Day.” In short, saying that my first few months in the Northeast have been “different” is a vast understatement. Frequently referred to as an extension of Latin America, Miami-Dade County is 64.3 percent Hispanic/Latino according to 2012 census data. My freshman class at Dartmouth is 7 percent Latino. Many would view this as evidence to Dartmouth’s homogeneous student body. And yet, I could not disagree more. Whether or not we choose to acknowledge it, Dartmouth is diverse.

In my first year, I have crossed paths with individuals of various backgrounds that I would never have met in my predominantly Hispanic home. In this way and others, I have come to truly appreciate Dartmouth’s eclectic student body. As a Hispanic female, I chose Dartmouth because of its diversity, because I wanted something different. While this may mean that I am now a “minority” on campus, this has been rather refreshing.

For once, there aren’t at least 10 other Perez’s in my class. If I had wanted a community of students who shared my culture, who spoke my language, who even had a similar physical appearance, I would have stayed home, sipping my cafecito, perfecting my Spanglish and attending the University of Miami. For once, I am different, and this is something

that I have come to embrace as part of my Dartmouth experience. After reflecting on my experience, I have come to realize that diversity is relative. I find criticisms of Dartmouth’s lack of diversity to be largely unfounded. A place where 64.3 percent of the population shares your heritage lacks diversity. Dartmouth, however, does not.

As a small liberal arts college in the Northeast, Dartmouth actually does quite well in terms of diversity. According to fall 2013 data, the College’s student body is 7 percent African American, 7 percent Hispanic/Latino(a), 16 percent Asian American and 4 percent Native American. The population of New Hampshire pales in comparison. In 2012, the state’s population was 1.4 percent African American, 3 percent Hispanic/Latino(a), 2.4 percent Asian and .3 percent American Indian and Alaska Native. In this instance as well, diversity is relative. Students who rail against Dartmouth’s “diversity deficit” would do well to locate Dartmouth in this broader context. The fact of the matter is that the College is diverse, especially when compared to its surrounding area or cities like Miami, where I come from, that have high concentrations of certain racial or ethnic demographics.

This is not, however, a call for complacency. The College should continue to pursue greater diversity in its student body, faculty and staff. When harnessed, diversity can be a force for positive change. It fosters dialogue, and in turn, greater understanding. However, let us not forget the progress made thus far.

Just over 10 percent of students in the Class of 1976 identified as racial minorities. 36 percent of the incoming Class of 2018 identified as African American, Asian American, Latino/a or Native American. These figures in and of themselves refute claims that Dartmouth lacks diversity. Such sweeping generalizations are problematic, and the students who make them should realize that time has passed and the face of Dartmouth continues to change.

Diversity is relative.

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Cellar offers new social and study space in Russell Sage basement FROM CELLAR PAGE 1

er Esteban Castaño ’14 said part of the organization’s mission is “about slowly and intentionally creating new spaces” that students feel comfortable in, whether for socializing outside the Greek system or studying outside the library.

“I think it’s going to be very useful in the fall when freshmen can’t go to Greek houses for the first six weeks to have a space that is their own, to have a space that they can invite performance groups to, that they would want to hang out in,” Castaño said.

The Cellar is part of a plan

by Dartmouth Roots to renovate common areas in Russell Sage and Butterfield. The Hyphen common

room and kitchen and the Butterfield basement also saw changes, Castaño said.

Russel Sage was “in desperate need” of more social spaces, resident Lucy Zhang ’17 said, citing a lack of “fancy study rooms” like the ones in Fahey Hall and the McLaughlin cluster.

The Hyphen now features increased capacity as a study space, with larger tables and more seating.

Students have decorated the Cellar’s blackboard with chalk, as well as a running tally for what residents would like the new space to be called.

As of press time, the current leader is “Shane’s,” referring to much-loved building custodian Shane Brightly.

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from the room’s other half by a high wooden bar with modern red stools.

The other part of the room has sofas assembled in an “L” shape in front of a large flat screen television and features a surround-sound stereo system.

One wall displays a mural by Stuart Lantry ’12. Called “American Pipe Dreams,” the mural was made from mixed media, including wooden boards, pipes and graffiti.

Brightly supported the organization’s desire to renovate spaces in Russell Sage, Castaño said.

In bad weather, Brightly listens to his music over lunch in the Cellar.

Brightly said he believed that there was a lack of common areas for students in the building, adding that the Cellar typically sees more use on weekends.

“I understand that you guys want to go and party and have a good time, but there are some students who don’t want to do that and want to be able to relax and enjoy themselves, to not be under the pressures of drinking,” Brightly said.

Castaño said that the initiative was inspired by student suggestions on the Improve Dartmouth website, where “Make Res Life ‘Cool’ Again” is a popular recommendation.

Rachel Patel ’17 distinguished the basement from the Hyphen, which she called more of a study space.

Julie Solomon ’17, another Russell Sage resident, said she hangs out in the basement often, working, taking naps and plugging her laptop into the TV. Russell Sage second-floor undergraduate advisor Walker Sales

’16 said the Cellar will likely see increased use next fall,and will benefit residents by providing a more inclusive social space than students’ rooms.

At Thursday’s event, a dedication ceremony will thank administrators, custodians, staff and students who helped implement the project, Castaño said.

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The Cellar features a large flat screen televsion and surround-sound stereo system.

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McClure creates mixed media theater Orchestra to perform Berlioz and Copland

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Though Marina McClure ’04 came to Dartmouth planning to pursue a math major, she quickly became interested in theater, specifically directing. An original collaborator for WiRED and member of the Displaced Theater Company, McClure is currently directing experimental theater and creating mixed performance and visual arts pieces in New York.

How were you involved in the arts at Dartmouth?

MM: I majored in theater and was involved in a variety of projects that were student-driven, and I was also involved in main stage projects.

I started off thinking I’d want to be an actor. My sophomore year I started to direct, and by senior year, I’d moved away from performing.

[Theater professor] Mara Sabinson looked me in the eye at one point and said, “You are a director.” In a very useful way, she was dead-on.

I directed a myriad of works, short and long.

How did Dartmouth help you get your start as a professional artist?

MM: In the last couple years I’ve been up [at Dartmouth] more frequently, directing Talene Monahon [’13]’s senior fellowship project. We will present it at the Peterborough Players in the fall. I also directed last year’s [Frost Playwriting Festival] plays by Aaluk Edwardson ’12 and Mike McDavid ’15. I’ve also been back for VoxFest and will be back this summer for VoxFest.

What are you currently working on?

MM: I’m working with playwright Aleshea Harris, who just finished her MFA this year, to direct her play “Road Kill Giant” for its debut production. We did a reading [in January] at the American [Conservatory Theater’s Black Box Space], and we’ll bring it to VoxFest for a second workshop. We want to premiere it this fall in L.A. I’m in the middle of a multiyear

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process for an episodic, interactive and immersive deconstruction of “Hamlet.” I’ve collaborated with Keith Skretch and worked on it for a couple years now. I’m also working on a new play by a New York playwright Sara Farrington. She’s working with Edith Wharton novels as source material and exploring the old New York, looking at how relationships function, especially marriage.

I’m also working on a couple of pieces that integrate performance and visual arts. I studied interactivity and performative media at the California Institute of the Arts during my MFA, and I’m starting to work and create some multimedia performance pieces that will be presented in some store fronts in the late summer and early fall.

How did you get your start in theater after graduation?

MM: I moved to New York right after graduation, and I really didn’t know how to navigate the arts scene.

I started a theater company that first year out which was ensemble based and was really trying to allow myself and colleagues from The National Theater Institute, some of them Dartmouth students, to collaborate.

It was called Odyssey Productions.

I learned a lot about producing and how to interact with this arts landscape.

I did that from 2004-07, then Thom Pasculli ’05 and I created The Savannah Theater project, which received a fellowship through the Dean of the Faculty. We created a three-day symposium in South Africa, toured shows and did workshops there. That was really transformative for me. The intersection of geography, nationality and a sense of place in much of my work is grounded in an exploration of identity.

What would you like to do in the future?

MM: I’m working with some longtime collaborators on some bigger ideas like a new think tank for the arts. We’re not sure what that means, but maybe opening a new space in New York that can support artists working in these hybrid ways.

How have recent changes to technology and media impacted your work?

MM: Our contemporary relationship to digital technology is always coming into a work, and I’m always considering what the relationship is there. In the “Hamlet” piece, I’m working with an app for the audience that will function as part of the experience the piece. Characters will have different technology to interact with each other and the audience, as well as interacting in the analog, the physical presence.

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instructions show that the conductor cared about the audience’s The Dartmouth Staff reactions to the piece.

Coming up on their final con- “When he was writing the piece, cert of the year, members of the he put so many comments in the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra score being specific about what are perfecting harmonies, work- number of players he wanted at ing on their blend and fine tuning that moment and what tempo their fingerings. The group will be exactly at that time,” she said.” playing a diverse set this Saturday, Wang said she enjoys the story combining Hector Berlioz’s pas- attached to Berlioz’s piece, which sionate “Symphonie Fantastique” she thinks will help the audience with Aaron Copland’s “Appala- connect with the music. chian Spring.”

“Audiences always wonder ‘what Violist Sam Libby ’17 described does this mean?’ but here the music the feel of rehearsals leading up really is telling a story that they can to this weekend’s performance as get into,” she said. “efficient” and “professional.”

The musicians are also ex Tom Cheng cited to show ’15, the orchesoff Copland’s tra’s concert- “Audiences always “A ppalachian m a s t e r, s a i d wonder ‘what does Spring,” which that there is Libby described “an atmosphere this mean?’ but here as quintessenof intense con- the music is really tial American centration” in music. Wang telling a story that the group’s reagreed, saying they can get into.” hearsals. that the popular “Ever yone melody “Simple is ver y comGifts,” which mitted to the - Alice Wang ’16 the orchestra central mission w i l l p e r fo r m of learning a last, exemplipiece, mastering it and presenting fies fundamental American values. it,” he said. “The orchestra seeks to “There are these points when learn and grow every concert, and the whole orchestra stops at this that is one thing that I have really one beat that we all know to stop at appreciated about this group.” because we’ve rehearsed so much, T his focused atmosphere, and it’s a nice suspended moment,” Cheng said, is due in large part Wang said. to conductor Anthony Princiotti, The piece, originally a ballet, who serves as a valuable resource features many rhythms and accito his students both in and out of dentals. Brissie said that performers rehearsal. Other musicians said can almost “feel the dancing” in their conductor’s serious focus and the music when they play it, while emphasis on teaching the piece’s Cheng said that players get “an background and history inspire endorphin rush.” them to practice harder.

“The notes come together in Alice Wang ’16, a violinist and such harmonically pleasant ways one of the group’s managers, said that it’s almost like at certain she enjoys Princiotti’s anecdotes, points the individual notes turn which help the musicians connect into chocolate gems that you are with their music. picking off as you play them,” Princiotti familiarized his stu- Cheng said. dents with the dramatic emotions The orchestra, made up of behind “Symphonie Fantastique,” students, professors, community Cheng said. The piece follows a members and some hired musiyoung musician who fell in love cians, is evidence of the universal with a woman and believed she nature of classical music. did not love him back, became Cheng said that the diverse depressed and poisoned himself group on stage proves that everyone with opium. The piece is full of can enjoy listening to the pieces. difficult orchestrations and very “Some students are uncomfortspecific instructions for the musi- able going to a classical music cians, Elizabeth Brissie ’17, a cellist, concert because it is different from said. what they are used to,” Cheng said.

Liliana Ma ’14, a violinist and “It might help them to realize that the orchestra’s only senior, said that even the grandest masterpieces Berlioz calls for many instruments have relatively simple missions of in the score, including a tubular bell conveying what it’s like to be alive.” with a low note that the group had The orchestra will perform in to acquire from New York.

Spaulding Auditorium on Satur Brissie said that Berlioz’s specific day, May 24 at 8 p.m.

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Tara Simmons ’17 to join all-star team on summer golf tour

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Twice in her life, Tara Simmons ’17 has hit a hole in one. Once, she said, she was at a tournament during competitive play. But the other occurred during a casual round with her brothers, on a course where the hole had a hidden pin location.

“We couldn’t see,” Simmons said. “I had them walk me up because my eyes were closed the whole time. I looked down and saw the ball in the hole and just went crazy.”

Simmons has given herself and her teammates several other reasons to celebrate since arriving at the College this fall, turning in consistent performances throughout her first year of collegiate golf.

This spring, she capped off her inaugural campaign for the Big Green by placing 24th at the Ivy League Championships in Springfield, New Jersey. And over the summer, when her classmates and teammates scatter across the country, she will continue to represent the Big Green by travelling with a 2014 NCAA all-star golf team on a three-week tour of Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong.

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Tara Simmons ’17 will leave on June 24 for a three-week tour of Asia.

“I think she’s someone who can help put Dartmouth on the map for the women,” coach Alex Kirk, who recommended Simmons for the all-star team, said. “Tara was excited for the opportunity. You

get to see the world.”

On the tour, the 31st in the program’s history, Simmons will join nine other golfers from powerhouse programs. The studentathletes, selected for their perfor-

mance both on the course and in the classroom, will participate in public relations events and play local all-star teams.

Simmons first began golfing at the age of 7, when her father, a fan of the game, began to teach her based off magazine features on professional golfers. Simmons said she played as a kid with her father and two brothers and fell in love with the sport.

In high school, Simmons won two state championships while maintaining her academics. A four-time conference player of the year, Simmons also served as president of the national honor society at her North Carolina high school and graduated as class valedictorian.

While the collegiate golf season focuses on short tournaments that fit around the academic calendar, Simmons also has experience playing in longer tournaments like the upcoming tour. She once played in series tournaments for 20 straight days in high school while preparing to get recruited, she said.

Described as feisty on the course and funny by her coach, Simmons said that she was initially drawn to Dartmouth for its size and for the strength of community present at

the College.

“When I went on trips, I knew I made the right decision because I’ve never had so much fun in my life,” Simmons said. “I love everything about it. It’s the place to be.”

While her summer plans will take her away from the College, Simmons will travel and also improve her game.

For players in the past, Kirk said, summer internships have conflicted with opportunities like Simmons’ travel with the all-star team.

“It’s great that she’s going somewhere to play golf rather than sitting in a cubicle in Manhattan,” Kirk said. “She’s getting to travel, see the world, see new people, new places.”

Simmons and Kirk said they hoped the training over the summer will translate into success during the fall season.

Kirk, who just finished his second year at the helm of the Big Green golf team, hopes that Simmons’ experience can help bring the program exposure.

“You can get a great education and play some competitive golf,” he said. “I’m feeling good about what we’re building.”

Softball team enjoys national exposure at NCAA tournament B y josh schiefelbein The Dartmouth Staff

To simulate the Arizona heat in the weeks leading up to the NCAA tournament, softball players practiced in wool pants and Under Armour beneath a bright sun. Upon arrival in Tempe, Arizona, they switched to pants made of a lighter material.

In last weekend’s appearance in the tournament, Dartmouth fell 8-0 to No. 4 Arizona State University and 8-0 to San Diego State University. Of the 64 teams competing, Dartmouth had the second-youngest roster, and the appearance was the first in team history.

Going into their Friday night game against Arizona State, Big Green players focused on trying to get a hit against Dallas Escobedo, considered one of the nation’s top

pitchers.

Katie McEachern ’16 and Morgan McCalmon ’16 both said they watched for Escobedo’s rise ball, but neither succeeded the first time around as both players struck out in their first at bat of the day.

“After that first inning, our whole team made a change and started looking down at the lower pitches,” McEachern said. “I myself tilted my body a little more and did better at not swinging at the rise.”

It took one round through the entire batting order before Megan Averitt ’15 singled in the third for Dartmouth’s only hit of the afternoon.

The Big Green kept up through the first four innings, allowing just two runs. The Sun Devils took the game in the fifth when it scored six runs on four hits to end the game.

“I’m proud of the way we played,” McCalmon said. “The

scores don’t reflect how well we played, especially against Arizona State.”

Through its experience at the tournament, the team realized it can compete with bigger schools and looks to come back stronger next year, outfielder Brianna Lohmann ’16 said.

Her game-saving throw-out to home in the bottom of the fifth against San Diego State, keeping Dartmouth alive for another inning, was her most powerful memory.

“I don’t know if I can ever make another throw that can be that perfect,” Lohmann said.

During the second game, viewers followed Rumley’s pitching motion in a vibrant public Twitter conversation. Rumley has a different backswing compared to other pitchers, which makes it seem like she’s winding up twice.

“It’s what she learned growing

up,” Hanson said. “From a coaching perspective, you don’t fix what isn’t broken.”

After competing for Trinity University at an NCAA softball tournament in 2005, Hanson participated in the tournament for the first time as a coach. This trip, she said, required more forethought.

“I think as a player, you’re such much more in the moment,” Hanson said. “As a coach, you’re always having to think 10 steps ahead. I’m always thinking about strategy and what we need to do.”

In addition to the heat, the team also acclimated to the grass outfield and full dirt infield, which differs from the College’s turf field.

However, it did not take too long for players to make the transition as many played on dirt during high school, McCalmon said.

A few of the athletes’ families traveled to Tempe for the tourna-

ment. McEachern’s parents and older siblings made the drive from San Diego to support her, she said.

“They were really proud of me and they kept telling me that,” McEachern said. “They were just in awe. Going to Dartmouth, I don’t think they expected me to play on television, so the fact that I got to made them really excited.”

The fact that they were being filmed did not set in until they returned to their hotel and watched highlights, McEachern said.

Hanson, McCalmon and Rumley met ESPNU’s Jessica Mendoza and Beth Mowins in the broadcast booth.

They spoke about the team and its history to provide the commentary with more color, Hanson said.

“I’ve grown up watching them play and admiring them, and to be able to meet them and have a conversation with them was so surreal,” McCalmon said.