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The weekend event brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars for Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth.

Superheroes came out flying on Sunday, or so it appeared as over 3,500 people, many in colorful costumes, participated the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hero half marathon and Ripcord 5K. As of press time, the hospital had raised more than $697,000.

As part of the program, a number of Greek houses compete to try to raise the most money.

Philanthropic All American Rush, an organization run by

Dartmouth students, has partnered with the CHaD Hero event since 2012, boosting revenue and helping organize Greek houses, non-profit Positive Tracks founder Nini Meyer said.

For every dollar Greek houses raise, Positive Tracks contributes the same amount, PAAR co-president Sophia Johnston ’15 said. So far, Greek houses raised more than $22,000.

At the end of the term, SEE CHAD PAGE 3

SPCSA releases Program will explore Arctic systems recommendations B y jisu song

B y PRIYA RAMAIAH The Dartmouth Staff

The Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault published its 2014 recommendations Friday morning, calling for the College to release more comprehensive data on sexual violence, support Greek organizations that

wish to become co-ed and ban Bored at Baker, among other suggestions. The 21 recommendations cover prevention, education about and response to sexual violence.

In its report, the committee asked the office of institutional research and office of student health proSEE SPCSA PAGE 5

A new program led by Dartmouth environmental studies professor Ross Virginia and University of Alaska Fairbanks professor Michael Sfraga will allow researchers to study the Arctic, potentially exploring topics like energy, water, health and climate change. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright Arctic Initiative was created to foster

collaboration among Arctic Council member countries on interdisciplinary, policyrelated research.

Approximately 16 participants, who will be selected before April, will look at protecting ecosystems, biodiversity and the indigenous peoples of the Arctic while combating climate change.

“There are traditions and societies and ways of life that need to be protected, and the Fulbright gives us an

opportunity to do that,” said U.S. ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski ’87, who announced the program on behalf of the State Department earlier this month.

The Arctic Council oversees collaboration between Arctic nations and indigenous communities and looks at environmental protection. The program accepts applications from all eight Arctic Council SEE ARCTIC PAGE 2

Event brings hundreds to Green to celebrate Diwali B y MAria brenes

As the Baker bells chimed Om Jai Jagdish Hare, a Hindu devotional song, more than 500 students and community members gathered on the Green Saturday evening with lit candles and sparklers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

Shanti, a Hindu organization at Dartmouth, organizes the festival ev-

ery year. This year’s festival consisted of three parts: a prayer ritual at Rollins Chapel, candle lighting and sparklers on the Green and a dinner in Alumni Hall. Shanti spends about $6,000 on the event, of which about $4,500 is contributed by community members and the rest by various organizations on campus.

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After the candle lighting and sparklers on the Green, attendees ate dinner together.

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Celebration brings students,community

LOCAL NEWS

The West Lebanon location of Friendly’s closed suddenly on Sunday, the Valley News reported. A representative of the chain approached the property landlord asking to be released from its contract. Friendly’s has closed other locations in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York and is recovering after filing for bankruptcy in 2012.

The property is estimated to be worth nearly $2 million and is in a desirable location near Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, hotels and shopping plazas.

Gun-rights advocates are expected to file a “constitutional carry” bill to repeal the New Hampshire law that necessitates a license to carry a concealed weapon, the Union Leader reported Sunday. Previous efforts have been unsuccessful, but supporters are more fervent after the wording on the concealed-carry pistol license application was changed earlier this year. The state Department of Safety made changes that gave police the discretion to deny a license application, which motivated gun-rights advocates to pursue the bill. The conditions under which they can exercise this power are vague.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., campaigned on behalf of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., at the University of New Hampshire, the Boston Globe reported Saturday. Warren castigated Shaheen’s opponent, former Massachusetts senator Republican Scott Brown, asserting that he had voted against the interests of women, students and unemployed citizens in the Senate. Warren beat Brown in the 2012 Massachusetts elections. During the rally, Warren asked supporters to actively spread the word for Shaheen by making phone calls and putting up yard signs. Shaheen also spoke and reiterated the attacks on Brown laid out in ads and previous events.

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Corrections We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com.

“Greek video sparks discussion” (March 3, 1994): Alpha Delta pledges were required to simulate oral sex on an inanimate object, not an ejaculating dildo, which the article initially reported. The house’s advisor now says the object may have been a banana.

“Verbum Ultimum: Abolish the Greek System” (Oct. 17, 2014): A front-page editorial published Oct. 17 calling for the abolition of the Greek system at Dartmouth stated that in the late 1980s, Alpha Delta fraternity pledges were forced to perform oral sex on an ejaculating dildo. The editorial should have stated that some pledges were required to simulate oral sex on an inanimate object, which the house’s advisor now says may have been a banana.

The editorial should not have included a reference to “Beta-vision,” a rumored system in which members of then-Beta Theta Pi fraternity purportedly watched sexual acts within the house. When Beta was derecognized, rumors of this system circulated, but its existence has never been confirmed. The Dartmouth regrets the errors.

“Man’s Best Friend: Dartmouth Pets”(Oct. 24, 2014): Lars-Olaf Hoeger ‘14, not Leif Harder ‘15, owns fish, a mistake made due to an editing error.

“Veterans house sees low interest” (Oct. 24, 2014): Brooks said that over Dimensions, he heard that any student could cook meals at the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies affinity house — not that he has done so often as an undergraduate, as the article initially reported.

“SPCSA releases recommendations” (Oct. 24, 2014): Due to incorrect information in a campus-wide email, this article originally stated that the SPCSA will host a town hall on Nov. 4. The date has yet to be decided.

“Ph.D. recipients navigate fluctuating academic job market” (Oct. 24, 2014): Julia Bradley-Cook said she is considering a non-academic job, but not necessarily an industry position.

Hundreds of lights lined the pathways along the Green to celebrate Diwali.

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Aarathi Prasad GR’15 , a member of Shanti’s board who organized the event, said the festival shows the victory of light over darkness and brings together the moderately large community of Hindus in Hanover.

She said that since her first year at Dartmouth four years ago, she has seen the festival’s popularity grow.

While the dinner and entertainment part of the evening was once held in the Collis student center, this year it had to be moved to Alumni Hall when attendance increased.

Saturday’s celebration also saw more people wanting to perform, with event organizers hearing from interested performers shortly before the event. Shanti had to narrow the show — which included Bollywood and traditional dancing, as well as singing — down to 14

performances.

Prasad said that Shanti began planning the event in the summer.

Planning involves counting the candles left over from past years, buying candles and sparklers, advertising the event, setting a list of performances and arranging the dinner.

Tuck professor Praveen Kopalle, a Shanti member, said he bought 750 sparklers for the lighting ceremony. He also said that several members of the community help prepare the dinner, which must feed a total of 700 people.

The most effective method of advertising the event is through Facebook, but Shanti also sends mass campus emails, Prasad said.

Michelle Martinez ’17 said that she did not know about the event beforehand, but was attracted by the beauty of the candles on the Green.

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“This is not a part of my culture, but I think it is a good way to let other people know of other cultural customs and other beliefs that people have on campus,” she said.

Ashish Sharma TU’16 and Rajeev Doddaballapur TU’16, said they were surprised at the turnout from the Hindu community.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center pharmacist Meenakshi Shelat said the event brings the Hindu community together.

“I think the best part about Shanti is that they celebrate every festival from India, not only Diwali, even small festivals, they take the initiative at least to celebrate it and it brings everybody together,” she said.

Shaun Sengupta ’17 said the festival reminded him of celebrating Diwali with friends and family back home.

Research program will span 18 months FROM ARCTIC PAGE 1

member nations: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the U.S. Sfraga said scholars can pick their area of interest within the four topics and write a funding proposal to the board. Then Virginia, Sfraga and Fulbright staff will work to weave the selected proposals together.

In addition to research, Virginia said the initiative aims to communicate with the public about their findings, using social media to share information about climate change.

Brzezinski, who has made numerous visits to the Arctic, said he can attest to the importance of such a program. He noted that global warming has hurt indigenous groups like the Sami people in northern

Sweden, explaining how freezing rain has taken a toll on herders, whose reindeer face difficulty finding food.

“There are traditions and societies and ways of life that need to be protected, and the Fulbright gives us an opportunity to do that.”

- MARK BRZEZINSKI ’87, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN Classics and linguistics professor Lindsay Whaley said the program could raise awareness of Arctic is-

sues. Whaley sits on the Board of Governors at the University of the Arctic.

“The Arctic is one of the special places on Earth where international collaboration is absolutely essential,” Whaley said.

The initiative builds on Dartmouth’s strength in Arctic scholarship, he said.

Virginia directs the Dickey Center’s Institute of Arctic Studies and serves as co-director of the University of the Arctic Institute for Arctic Policy, a collaboration between Dartmouth, University of Alaska at Fairbanks and the University of the Arctic.

The 18-month research program, from 2015-2017, will coincide with the U.S.’s tenure as chair of the Arctic Council.

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Student athletes, Greek organizations volunteer at CHAD sorority, with $915; Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority with $3,480; Zeta Greek organizations will submit Psi fraternity, with $90. participant numbers and amount Psi U won the philanthropy contest raised, with the winners receiving in 2012, while AD did so in 2013. monetary prizes. Last year, they raised In addition to collecting donations around $48,900 by the late November for the race, Greek organizations deadline, doubled by Positive Tracks found a number of creative ways to to around $97,800. This marked an raise money.

With increase on the an online crowd approximately “A key part of our sourcing cam$67,600 total in mission statement is paign, Psi U 2012. asked for dona Johnston said showing that there is tions to shave she hoped to see a strong philanthropic the head of fraan increase in ternity member both participa- element in the Greek Bennett Winton tion and amount system.” ’16 — with possiraised, noting ble total amounts that she would connected to diflike the money - SOPHIA JOHNSTON ’15, ferent haircuts. to go toward one PAAR CO-PRESIDENT As of press time concrete initiathe campaign tive, such as a had raised $9,030. program or a room in the hospital.

“A key part of our mission state- Winton said he offered up his hair ment is showing that there is a strong as tribute because he wants to give philanthropic element in the Greek back to his community, but at the same time hoped to avoid the “Avatar system,” Johnston said.

So far, Alpha Delta fraternity has arrow” haircut. raised over $10,000, and Psi Upsilon “I think it’s really nice to go beyond fraternity raised at least $14,000. myself and do something that is going Other participating Greek organiza- to make such a positive impact on tions included Alpha Xi Delta sorority, others. As college life goes, it is easy with $470; Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity, to lose sight of giving back,” Winton with $1,011; Kappa Delta soror- said. ity, with $825; Kappa Delta Epsilon Meanwhile, Alpha Phi sorority FROM CHAD PAGE 1

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The event has brought in nearly $700,000 for Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth.

hosts an annual cupcake war, where locals pay to participate in a bake off.

The money goes toward various programs within CHaD, such as the Child Life program, a child therapy program, Intensive Care Nursery and Molly’s Place, a family care center.

Ever since the event switched from summer to fall three years ago, making it easier for the College to work with the program as more students are on campus, Dartmouth students have greatly contributed to the success,

CHaD community relations director Sharon Brown said.

The event, established by former Olympic ski jumper Jeff Hastings, began in 2006.

Benjamin Hall, the brand and marketing manager for CHaD community relations, who oversees CHaD Hero, said half of this year’s proceeds will go directly to a 23-bed unit in Lebanon for CHaD patients.

He said that the money will also go to safety awareness programs that

educate people about helmets and booster seats.

CHaD hopes to raise $800,000 by the end of November, Brown said.

Greek houses together had a total of 164 participants signed up before the event, although they expected many to register the day of.

Participants also included 175 varsity athletes, and the rugby team helped clean up after, Brown said.

Johnston is a former member of The Dartmouth staff.

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Staff Columnist Abhishek Parajuli ’15

Staff Columnist Jon Miller ’15

Promising Graduate Programs

Scarce Senior Studies

More graduate programs would benefit undergraduates.

The voices against graduate programs make a simple claim: more graduate students will lower the quality of undergraduate education.

This seems self-evident — if there are more graduate students, professors will care less about undergraduates and the College’s resources will chase graduate students. However, this zero-sum model does not always hold. A handful of our peer institutions have shown that, if done right, graduate programs can dramatically improve the quality of undergraduate education.

Some academics differentiate graduate programs into three broad types. The first can be called the CHYMPS. These programs at the University of Michigan, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Stanford Universities have large Ph.D. cohorts that form the institutional core. Here, undergraduates are mostly an afterthought. The second category comprises what I will call the duds: small Ph.D. programs that rank dramatically below their undergraduate counterparts and do little for institutional image or teaching quality. Brown University and the University of Notre Dame join us in having a number of such programs.

If the two models above were the only options before us, I would likely oppose expanding our graduate offerings. It would then make sense to continue focusing our attention on what we do best: providing one of the finest undergraduate educations in the country. But there is a third option that can help us do that better.

Duke University and Vanderbilt University exemplify a third model for graduate programs, which I will call the integrated model. These schools have small Ph.D. programs that are integrated with the undergraduate school. Because the Ph.D. students are fewer in number and more classes are run with both graduates and undergraduates, the undergraduates get the support they deserve. At Vanderbilt and Duke, strong graduate programs have pulled up the quality of undergraduate offerings. Both institutions’ steady rise in their rankings reflects this.

So how exactly can good Ph.D. programs help undergraduate teaching? After speaking with students at Duke, Princeton and other peer

institutions as well as a number of Dartmouth professors, I have come to see a number of benefits.

First, graduate students help attract better faculty. Because the tenure process so heavily relies on research — the adage “publish or perish” sums up the expectation — most junior faculty members care deeply about having the resources to do good research. Graduate students offer research assistance that is important in most fields and absolutely crucial in others. Dartmouth, for instance, may have a dearth of talent in fields that rely more heavily on graduate research assistants for large-scale data collection, entry and analysis.

This hurts undergraduates who wish to pursue the sub-field. So leading faculty members who need graduate research assistants to execute their research agendas will not consider Dartmouth because we lack this critical resource. Removing this bottleneck will help us recruit more faculty members.

Second, teaching assistants free professors to teach in their fields of expertise. Teaching assistants get a bad rap, but they are often great teachers for introductory level courses. Since their teaching evaluations travel with them to their job talks, TAs have a huge incentive to keep students happy. Students from peer institutions with whom I spoke say having TAs is a positive experience: TAs allow large lecture classes to break into smaller discussion sections and professors to offer more classes in their fields of expertise. Also, with professors spared grading duties, office hours can expand so that students have more access. Our professors are the College’s greatest resource. We should free them to bring their expertise to bear on the curriculum by letting graduate students help with lower level courses.

Now, there are some who will continue claiming that graduate students divert resources and focus from undergraduates. We do not have to look far to see that they are wrong. A number of departments at Dartmouth have graduate programs. Do these departments have worse teaching quality? No Dartmouth student I talked to feels so. If done right, graduate programs can help us improve undergraduate teaching and increase a college’s institutional profile.

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Undergraduates need increased access to senior studies in Baker-Berry.

Although most students may be unaware of it, Baker-Berry Library offers scholar study spaces to seniors writing honors theses. These are private spaces which guarantee that students working on senior theses always have quiet places in the library to work. I have learned about these as I plan to write a thesis and I believe that they can be highly beneficial to students. However, the library’s current setup and the allocation of scholar studies mean that students cannot use these spaces to their maximum effect.

There are a total of 69 “slots” spread over 49 scholar studies in Baker-Berry Library.

There are 12 each in the hallways that branch off the fourth, fifth and sixth floors of the Baker stacks and an additional 13 on the seventh floor. Some of them allow for double occupancy, bringing the total number of possible spaces to 69. However, of these 49 rooms, only the 12 located on the fourth floor of the stacks are designated for undergraduate and graduate students.

There are specifically 12 rooms for undergraduates and graduate students, and so with double occupancy, this allows for a mere 24 spots out of 69 possible for graduate and undergraduate students. Considering that half of these 24 spots are for graduate students, that leaves a mere 12 spots for undergraduates (or put another way, only 17.4 percent of the spaces are directly accessible to undergraduate students). Although a few faculty have “doubles” which they share with other faculty, all other faculty have singles that are unavailable to undergraduates or graduate students. Since more than 200 members of the Class of 2014 wrote theses, 12 slots is clearly an inadequate number of scholar studies.

While the slots accessible to the lucky undergraduates that can get them seem to be heavily used, I have almost never seen faculty members in their spaces — and I study in the Baker stacks almost every day.

The fact that faculty, faculty emeriti and

administrators are designated 65 percent of the total spaces (even more if you consider that the singles which exist could be converted to doubles) seems inappropriate since they hardly seem to use them. While these individuals have offices, off-campus homes and labs or departmental offices in which to work, the average undergraduate senior lacks access to these alternative work spaces.

In light of this, the scholar studies should be allocated to undergraduates in a much higher proportion. They provide a valuable resource because they guarantee that undergraduates always have a quiet place in the library to work and to store their thesisrelated books. Every winter and spring (the prime thesis-writing quarters), seniors are turned away from and denied access to the scholar studies simply because there is not enough space to accommodate everyone.

The group in charge of the allocation of the scholar study spaces is the Council on Libraries. In 2002, this group opened the scholar studies to undergraduates (as amazing as it would seem that before this time, the spaces were apparently completely unavailable to undergraduates). In 2006, the council made real progress on how the spaces would be assigned. By this time, the council acknowledged that scholar studies were in “high demand” with undergraduate students, especially seniors working on honors theses. But eight years later, it is time that more is done.

More slots need to be opened up to the senior class. If nothing else, then the faculty scholar studies which are currently designated as single rooms should be designated as doubles, so that there can be more than 69 total slots associated with these 49 rooms. This would allow undergraduate and graduate students to access more of a resource they desperately need, while not detracting from the overall number of slots for faculty, faculty emeriti and administrators.

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Recommendations build on new policy ing in Dartmouth athletics, provide financial support covering longmotion and wellness, among others, term counseling costs for sexual to release raw data on sexual vio- violence survivors and partner with lence at Dartmouth, including the WISE, a domestic and sexual viotype and location of offenses. The lence support center in Lebanon, committee also recommended that to give students more options. The the College partner with students college should also design and when developing programs, sug- implement an education program gesting that campaigns such as the for seniors on workplace harassDartmouth Bystander Initiative will ment, relationship abuse and postcollege gendernot be successbased violence, ful unless they “A lot of porgramming the document ref lec t D art around sexual violence says. mouth’s culture

“A lot and incorporate doesn’t focus on how o f p ro g r a m student input. to have healthy, good ming around T h i s ye a r, relationships in college.” sexual violence the committee doesn’t focus considered how on how to have campus struc- CARLA YOON, healthy, good tures, including relationships the Greek sys- SPCSA VICE CHAIR after college,” tem, may conYoon said, addtribute to the prevalence of sexual ing that this program could be violwence, SPCSA vice chair Carla incorporated by the Center for Yoon ’15 said.

In previous years, SPCSA’s Professional Development. main recommendation was a zero- Lindkvist said she is interested tolerance policy on sexual assault, in furthering the College’s partnercommittee member John Damianos ship with WISE, noting that com’16 said. Now that the new sexual munity organizations can provide assault policy is being implemented, support students and complement the focus is on creating a campus what universities offer. She said the recommendations reinforce and intolerant of rape culture.

“Rape culture is more than just support her office’s work, noting perpetrators who assault other that a climate survey on sexual asindividuals,” Damianos said. “It’s sault will be completed by the end of this academic year. a spectrum of harm.”

SPCSA chair Sophia Pedlow Co-director of health promotion ’15 said the committee intention- and wellness Amanda Childress ally separated its suggestion to praised the coherence and reltransform single-sex Greek orga- evance of the committee’s recomnizations into co-ed undergraduate mendations. societies from a recommendation “They have played a very big role that administrators assist sororities in the changes that have happened over the past couple of years,” that wish to become local.

“We’re not saying either/or — Childress said of SPCSA. “Every we’re trying to present options,” year the recommendations get more robust.” she said.

Yoon said that the two sugges- She expressed some hesitation tions are both positive steps for over the recommendation that the the social system, but there is no College pay students for their work single correct way to improve social supporting survivors and building positive sexual and social climates. climate.

The recommendations also sug- The document cites Yale Univergest that Bored at Baker be banned sity’s communication and consent on Dartmouth’s network, with educator program as an example violations encoded in the Standards of a structure that supports students working on social influence of Conduct.

Title IX Coordinator Heath- campaigns. er Lindkvist said banning the “I don’t think there’s a dollar anonymous online forum is a “very, amount you can put to a student very complicated” issue, citing is- who’s supporting someone who’s sues of censorship and web logistics. had an experience like this,” Chil To further sexual assault edu- dress said. “I’m not opposed to it, cation, the document states, the but I’d really want to work with College should expand the physical students about what that could look education requirement to incentiv- like.” ize health programs such as sex- Survivor advocate Benjamin perts, sexual assault peer advisors Bradley said he is working on offerand eating disorder peer advisors. ing increased first responder train The recommendations also ing. The office of health promotion advise that the College formalize a has increased trainings to one sesvarsity and club athletics policy that sion per month from one or two a bans students found responsible of term, in addition to any personal sexual misconduct from participat- trainings requested by student and FROM SPCSA PAGE 1

faculty groups, Childress said.

Childress said that in addition to SAPA training, which spans one term and functions as an extra class, the health promotion office also offers one-time sessions on how to help friends who are survivors of sexual violence.

The committee’s recommendations build on those of past years’ as well as community feedback from SPCSA’s third annual symposium on sexual assault in April, Pedlow said.

Next steps will include publicizing the recommendations, including targeted outreach to relevant campus groups, as well as conducting more research on sexual violence through the SPCSA’s mini-grant program, which accept is accepting applications, Yoon said. The committee has posted the recommendations on Improve Dartmouth to gauge response to each recommendation.

Pedlow said she is interested in seeing how the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee’s recommendations compare to those of SPCSA. SPCSA, which was established in 2010 by former College president Jim Yong Kim, plans to host a town hall in early November.

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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY

The Dartmouth Review, Dartmouth Environmental Studies Program and the Upper Valley Sierra Club Present

5:00 p.m.

“Political Modernist Cinema in Italy: Avant-Garde Filmmaking Since the 1960s” with Patrick Rumble, Rockefeller 002

Free Markets and Climate Solutions: Beyond Conservatives and Liberals

5:30 p.m.

“Coming Battles over Social Security” with former Soc. Sec. Commissioner Mike Astrue, Filene Auditorium

A conversation about the role of the free market in addressing climate change

6:30 p.m.

Letterpress orientation with Bob Metzler, Baker Library 23 + 25

Panelists: Bob Inglis, Executive Director of the Energy and Enterprise Initiative and former Republican Congressman Professor Anant K. Sundaram,Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Charles J. Wheelan, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Dartmouth College

TOMORROW 3:30 p.m.

Physics and astronomy space plasma seminar, Wilder 111

4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 5 pm Dartmouth 105

“Global Challenges, German Responses” with Thomas Bagger, Haldeman 41

5:45 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Multi-faith conversations, Tucker Foundation Room 105

Women’s and Gender Studies — WINTER 2015

Interdisciplinary Studies for the Critical Understanding of Gender

WGST 07.01 Masculinities Go in Between (First Year Seminar) Professor Milich • 3B Hour • Dist: LIT; WCult: CI.

WGST 10 Sex, Gender, and Society Professor Yessayan • 10 Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI

WGST 15 Roots of Feminism Professor Muñoz • 3B Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI

WGST 18 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Professor Lim • 2 Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI

WGST 34.03 The Masculine Mystique Professor Travis • 11 Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI

WGST 56.04 Women and Journalism in the U.S. Professor Jetter • 12 Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: W

WGST 59.06 I Will Survive: Women’s Political Resistance Through Popular Song (NEW) Professor Bronski • 2A Hour • Dist: ART; WCult: CI

WGST 61.02 Plagues and Politics: The Impact of AIDS on US Society Professor Bronski • 10A Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI

WGST 65.06 Radical Sexuality: Of Color, Wildness, and Fabulosity (NEW) Professor Lim • Mon. 3‐6 PM • Dist: INT or ART; WCult: NW

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Vaughan show features classical guitar Alix Madigan ’84 talks filmmaking career B y Margot Byrne The Dartmouth Staff

The stage was dimly lit, bare except for Hermann Hudde, in all black, and his guitar. The intimate, minimalist setting shone a spotlight on Hudde’s talent, inviting the audience to fully immerse themselves in his music.

Hudde, a classical guitarist, performed in the Faulkner Recital Hall at the Hopkins Center on Sunday as part of the Vaughan Recital Series.

Last night, in Hudde’s third time performing in the Vaughan Series, he played music by composers Rodrigo Riera, Leo Brouwer, Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Antonio Lauro and Manuel M. Ponce. He enjoys playing in Faulkner, he said, because of its “fantastic acoustics” and “open and receptive” audience.

Hudde played a full set, divided into parts by musician, with a brief intermission. After each artist, Hudde explained his experience with the compositions and opened it up to the audience for dialogue. The music in the first half of the show had an upbeat tone that was palpably different from the slower, more somber mood of the second. The performance followed a natural progression, telling a cohesive story that audience members could feel wholly part of.

Alan Rozycki ’61 Med’63, an emeritus professor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine, said he has attended the Vaughan shows for many years and called the series a “wonderful offering to the community.”

“I particularly like classical guitar, and thought [Hudde] was an engaging performer,” Rozycki said. “I thought this was a very good show — it was a nice, relaxing evening overall, which is exactly what I came here for.”

Arts and sciences department administrator Catherine LaTouche said that the music department considers all types of music to feature in the recitals, from folk to jazz to contem-

porary. However, most of the requests to participate in the series come from classical musicians, she said.

Hudde, originally from Venezuela, is no different. But he admits that his path was far from typical.

Hudde grew up playing the electric guitar because he loved classic rock, especially Queen. He later switched to playing jazz-fusion, a combination of jazz and rock music. Hudde learned classical guitar in college and finally “found his place,” he said.

“I am in the minority,” Hudde said.

“Usually musicians begin playing rock music after being trained in classical, but I was the other way around.”

John Muratore, senior lecturer in classical guitar, described the classical guitar as a “very intimate” instrument in both its sound and in its overall presentation. The musician holds the guitar close to his body, using only his fingers to produce the sound. The classical guitar is also very versatile, as its unique “adaptability” to many musical genres allows its repertoire to be extremely varied, he said.

“Classical guitar, when played well, can carry all the elements of a composition on its own, providing melody, harmony, multi-voiced textures, intricate rhythms, dynamics, varied articulation and widely-varied tone colors,” Muratore said.

Hudde echoed Muratore’s sentiment, calling the classical guitar an “expressive instrument” capable of developing “many different kinds of sonorities.”

Hudde traveled to Europe for eight years after college in order to pursue music. He later settled in the U.S., earning a Master of Arts in Musicology from Brandeis University, as well as a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston.

Hudde concentrates on Latin American art music and has published several articles and reviews. He also designed and taught a course titled

“Latin American Classical Traditions” at the New England Conservatory School of Continuing Education.

While Hudde seeks to further explore the academic side of music and plans to apply for a Ph.D. and write a book, he said he always wants to continue his true passion — performing.

The series is named for Alden G. Vaughan, a member of the Class of 1917 who died in 1984 and who made a bequest to the College in support of the fine arts, according to LaTouche.

Music department administrative assistant Samantha Candon said that the Vaughan concerts, which are free to the public, try to create a flexible, relaxed environment.

Candon said that the series attracts musicians from different backgrounds and disciplines. It has hosted prominent jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini, flutist Albert Brouwer and pianist-in-residence Sally Pinkas.

Classics professor James Tatum ’99 has also played a piano recital in the series.

Amanda Roberts ’16, who attended Sunday’s performance, said she was surprised by how much she enjoyed watching classical music.

“I’ve never been to a professional music concert on campus before, but I really enjoyed seeing [Hudde] today,” she said. “I definitely want to start coming to more shows, and think more students should too.”

Hudde said that all students, regardless of their interests, should watch live music. College, he said, should go beyond classroom learning, and be more about life experience and trying new things. He described the arts as “powerful” and “life-nurturing,” and said he seeks to empower people through his music. “[Dartmouth] students are very lucky to have access to the arts,” Hudde said. “In other parts of the world, students don’t have the same resources, so they should take advantage of these opportunities.”

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Hermann Hudde performed classical guitar in Faulkner on Sunday as part of the Vaughan Recital Series.

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Alix Madigan ’84, producer of award-winning “Winter’s Bone” (2010) and cult favorite “Smiley Face” (2007), was on campus Friday for a screening of “Laggies” (2014), her most recent film, at the Black Family Visual Arts Center.

Madigan, a drama and philosophy major at Dartmouth, has worked in investment banking, film marketing and film production.

How does it feel to be back on campus?

AM: I’m so excited about Dartmouth’s renewed emphasis on the arts. Dartmouth has so much at [its] fingertips and great resources in terms of venues, spaces and professors. The arts are certainly much more prevalent than when I was here. Hanover is also much more fancy — we used to have kind of grungy restaurants here.

What aspects of film production are you responsible for as a producer?

AM: There are many different types of producers and many different definitions of the job. Basically, my job is developing the material, working on the script with the writer, putting on cast, taking it out final product for financing, post-production — which is editing, putting the movie together and taking it out for distribution, [i.e.,] selling the movie for distribution.

Is your role as a producer for independent films different than that for mainstream films?

AM: It’ll be different. What they’ll do with a studio movie is that you’ll be given a script and work in tandem with the studio to put the movie together, and then the studio will release the film.

Looking for a buyer to distribute the film is taken out of the equation.

What risks are associated with independent filmmaking?

AM: The biggest risk that you’re taking is that you’re going to chase a project that might not eventually get made, or if it does get made, will not succeed with audiences or not earn its money back, which is hard for the investors. It’s a very risky profession.

You just never know if a movie is going to succeed or not. I worked on a movie called “Smiley Face” [(2007)], which had a really small release, but ended up being really loved. It kind of became a cult film, and a lot of people have seen it. And as the saying goes, no one sets out to make a bad movie, but unfortunately, that happens too.

Is there any underlying commonality among the films you’ve worked on?

AM: I like the main character to have some relatable factor to them. They don’t necessarily have to be likable, but they have to be relatable. That’s a big thing I strive for in a film. I don’t really pursue one specific genre.

What’s a typical day at work for you?

AM: It depends. If I’m on production for a movie, I’m typically on set the whole time. If I’m not on production, I spend a lot of time pushing the projects I have forward, whether it’s casting, editing the script or working on material. I spend a lot of time on the phone and on my email. It’s a very networking kind of business.

How did you get into production?

AM: As a student, I saw a ton of great movies at [South Fairbanks Hall].

I found out that it’s now the Tucker Foundation building. But Fairbanks used to screen amazing movies, and I spent a lot of time at Fairbanks. I majored in drama and philosophy. Production is a very apprenticed-type business. You start off as an assistant, and you work your way up, so that’s how I started.

Did you start apprenticing right out of college?

AM: Right after I graduated, I went into investment banking, and then decided that’s not what I wanted to do. I ended up reading a great book called “Final Cut” by Steven Bach, who was an executive at United Artists studio during the disastrous making of “Heaven’s Gate” [(1980)], which was a very infamous film that went way over budget. I loved that book, and it showed me that I could make a living making movies.

I have an MBA, so I thought I could do more of the marketing side of film.

I worked for two years in the [MetroGoldwyn-Mayer] marketing department, and I decided that I wanted to work more in production. I moved to out to [Los Angeles] right after I graduated from business school and worked as an assistant. The first time I ever produced was for a Dartmouth alumnus, Jonathan Nossiter [’84]. I worked with him [on “Sunday” (1997)], and it ended up winning the [1997 Sundance Film Festival] Grand Jury prize. It was a very surprising turn of events — it wasn’t something we were expecting at all.

If you weren’t producing films, what do you think you would do?

AM: I think I’d like to do something along the lines of teaching and education. I’ve had a great time here at Dartmouth talking to various classes.

I’m also doing work for the State Department in conjunction with [University of Southern California] film school. They send cultural ambassadors to various countries to teach seminars in these foreign countries for a week. I am going to Egypt at the beginning of next year. Travel and teaching is going to be really interesting.

I love independent film, but I think I would like to do it for maybe another 10 years, and then depart nicely.

This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Predictable ‘St. Vincent’ MacMillan ’14 creates rotunda display mixes schmaltz, humor

sunny to amp up the warm and tingly ambiance. The film’s emotional arc is The Dartmouth Staff about as predictable as a small town If you took Bill Murray’s flounder- fair’s roller coaster — viewers know ing, philosophical narcissist from “Lost just when each rise and fall will happen. in Translation” (2003), threw in alco- When things are all hunky dory, audiholism and a Russian prostitute, then ence members are keyed-in to brace let him desiccate into an even more themselves, suspecting Vincent will pruney scumbag, you’d produce his shortly go bankrupt or have a stroke.

“St. Vincent” (2014) character, Vincent. Like “Up” (2009), minus the balHe’s the kind of guy who touches all loons, viewers suspect the crusty vet has the apples at the supermarket, pockets a warm gooey center, especially when his favorite and walks away. they see him adoring his snow-white cat, These hardly sound like qualifica- Felix — Latin for “happy.” How else, tions for sainthood — the Catholic after all, would Oliver sanctify Vincent Church would sooner canonize a in film’s end? mafia member than Vincent. Yet to Thankfully, Vincent’s character the 12-year-old, down-on-his-luck avoids a complete 180-degree turn. He Oliver (Jaeden Liremains Vincent, eberher), Vincent “The old-manmisanthropic and quickly becomes unpredictable, befriends-young-kid a Mr. Miyagi with just kernels figure, steering plotline has been so of generosity. him through the injected with schmaltz Murray admirastorm-tossed seas bly toes the line that it’s impossible of childhood. between these Vincent enters to believe these emotional states, Oliver’s life as perhaps taking relationships are an after-school a page from his babysitter, tak- organic.” own life of crashing over while ing bachelor parhis newly single ties and engageand overworked medical assistant ment photo shoots between making mom cannot (Melissa McCarthy). well-regarded movies.

Like Jason Bateman’s character from McCarthy also steps up to the plate “Bad Words” (2013), about another as Oliver’s mother, Maggie. Moving cross-generational friendship, Murray’s away from the gauche slapstick of character has mastered the deadpan “Bridesmaids” (2011) and “Tammy” delivery for one-liners, sardonically (2014), McCarthy is the film’s voice slicing and dicing the world around of reason, composed as she reacts to him. the insanity around her. While Vincent A Vietnam veteran who is short on feeds her son “sushi,” aka sardines, and savings and married to a wife suffering introduces him to his pregnant “lady of from Alzheimer’s disease, Vincent has the night” (Naomi Watts), McCarthy little to smile about. But misery loves proves she’s no one-trick pony as a company, and Vincent brings Oliver fierce, independent mother. along for the ride as he pursues his own These admirable performances, destruction. including a precocious, un-histrionic A classic scene jump-starts the dy- showing by Lieberher, aren’t enough, namic duo: middle school punks are however, to rescue the hackneyed bullying Oliver when Vincent steps in story. The old-man-befriends-youngto scare them off. Picking the bloodied kid plotline has been so injected with Oliver off the ground, the two walk schmaltz that it’s impossible to believe away from the camera with their backs these relationships are organic. The turned, calling to mind the ending to movie never overcomes the sentimen“Casablanca” (1942) and Humphrey talism its title suggests. For original Bogart’s final line, “Louis, I think this is flavor in the genre, stay at home and rent the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” “Harold and Maude” (1971) instead.

Perfunctory trips to a bar and racetrack ensue, with a healthy dose Rating: 6.5/10 of slow-motion convertible drives and “St. Vincent” is playing at the Nugget at dancing. Each day is also perfectly 4:10 and 6:40 p.m. daily.

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The exhibit “The Not Knowing” by Julian MacMillan ’14 will be on display in the Barrows Rotunda until Nov. 25.

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The Barrows Rotunda, the circular space that greets passersby as they enter and exit the Hopkins Center, will showcase the work of studio art intern Julian MacMillan ’14 until Nov. 25. A product of months of work, “The Not Knowing” is MacMillan’s first exhibit, an “exciting and nerve-wracking” experience, he said.

MacMillan arranged small notebook drawings along the glass walls of the rotunda, with his five larger paintings suspended at different levels in the center. The vintage notebook graph paper MacMillan used for the drawings becomes almost translucent in the sunlight, creating a stained glass effect. Illuminated, the colors pop in the sunlight.

The series presents an eclectic amalgam of patterns, faces and colors.

MacMillan’s use of color arises from an “organic” process, he said. Defying color conventions, his portraits attract the viewer with their unconventionality, but the faces hold their own stories that transcend the image.

His use of notebook paper harkens back to when he first started drawing by doodling in class, he said.

“This practice of drawing patterns is meditative and almost childlike,” MacMillan said. “Here, I’m approaching it through adult themes.”

MacMillan’s larger paintings are comprised of various “found objects,” he said. Some paintings use old math tests printed on yellowed paper as their background, while others cover old textbook paper with interesting graphics.

“I like found objects that have their own history,” MacMillan said. “I like that tension of putting my own images,

things I’ve created, with things that existed before me.”

MacMillan, a studio art major at the College, said his exhibit grew from a collection of drawings he started working on while exploring Peru with his family over the summer.

“I’ve continued making them and they’ve gotten bigger and bigger,” MacMillan said. “I started in this tiny, little notebook doing a lot of patterns — abstract stuff. Then I started building those up, and those became studies for the paintings that will be in the show as well.”

Peruvian textiles’ patterns indirectly influenced his work. They were on his mind while he drew, he said.

While MacMillan usually creates larger paintings, he said that the small drawings that form the show’s centerpiece work well together in a group, as they use the same “visual language” and “figure.”

“It’s almost a repetition of the same face over and over, but it’s different every time, he said of the small drawings. “I think all of those iterations read really nicely.”

MacMillan said his father, a portrait photographer, influenced his compositional process.

“Most of my work is figurative,” he said. “I think a lot about gesture and hands as a way to convey emotion.”

The personal nature of MacMillan’s work lends it “its own voice,” studio art professor and exhibition program director Jerry Auten said.

Studio art lecturer Jennifer Caine has worked with MacMillan since 2010, when he was a student in her printmaking class. Caine said that through his use of subtle “features of character” and “allusions to narrative,” MacMillan conveys a range of human experiences.

“I think the strength of his pieces

lies in his ability to combine a strong sense of craftsmanship with a strong sense of color,” Caine said. “He has a certain inventiveness with his approach to materials and abstraction of figuration.”

MacMillan said his work focuses on “the tensions between opposing things and not necessarily knowing which is the better or right way.”

In his entry in the spring 2014 studio art major exhibition catalogue, MacMillan wrote that he strives “for the point between delicate execution and intuitive flow, elegance and vulgarity.”

The rotunda’s shape can be restrictive, Auten said. MacMillan said he wants to take advantage of the circular nature of the space and that people frequently pass it.

The studio art faculty selects five graduating studio art majors or minors to participate in the intern program.

The department seeks mature, dependable and collaborative artists.

“It’s not an honor — it’s a job.

They work in the department and help teach,” Auten said.

MacMillan was assigned to be a teaching assistant for sculpture and architecture classes this term. Although MacMillan did not have extensive experience with these disciplines, he said the classes have exposed him to new tools, materials and ideas.

While MacMillan came to Dartmouth not intending to pursue studio art, he changed his mind after taking Drawing 1 during his freshman fall. He said he applied for the studio art intern program because he wanted another year to focus on making work without having to worry about paying for studio space. Although he is not certain about what he wants to do in the future, MacMillan said he is considering attending graduate school.