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VOL. CLXXI NO. 149

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

N.H. voters re-elect Shaheen, Hassan

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Students and community members turned out to vote in Hanover High School on Tuesday.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, DN.H., defeated Republican challenger Scott Brown in a tight race Tuesday. Gov. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., was re-elected to a second term as Governor, beating Republican businessman Walt Havenstein. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster ’78, D-N.H., defeated Marilinda Garcia to keep her seat in the House of Representatives, and Republican Frank Guinta, beat Rep.

Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., to regain the seat he lost to her in 2012.

Shaheen held on as Republicans gained control of the Senate — winning Democratic seats in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia — and expanded their majority in the House. The race in Alaska had not been called as of press time.

Three Dartmouth alumni SEE ELECTIONS PAGE 5

Report shows increase in honor principle cases B y PRIYA RAMAIAH The Dartmouth Staff

The Committee on Standards adjudicated 63 cases in 2013-14, 57 percent of which comprised alleged honor principle violations, according to a report released yesterday.

Of the 36 honor principle cases, nearly three-quarters involved plagiarism or cheating, and 17 percent involved unauthorized collaboration, according

to the COS and Organizational Adjudication Committee 201314 annual report.

The COS hearings resulted in 35 suspensions, the longest of which was six terms, 13 probations and three separations from the College. Seven hearings resulted in students being found not responsible, while four received warnings and one a reprimand.

There were 25 cases of organizational misconduct in 2013-14, 17 of which were by fraternities,

Dept. chairs discuss opening course reviews

B y CHRIS LEECH

The Dartmouth Staff

Following Monday’s faculty meeting, students and professors largely expressed support for opening course evaluations to students.

The policy, introduced by dean of the faculty Michael Mastanduno, will provide students with the answers to eight quantitative questions and three qualitative questions about courses.

The quantitative questions, present on current course review forms, will ask students to numerically rate a class on criteria including intellectual engagement, organization and teaching effectiveness. Students will be able to view the mean and median responses.

The qualitative prompts discuss instructors’ evaluation methods, course structure and how the class SEE EVALUATIONS PAGE 3

seven by sororities and one by a non-Greek organization. The most common organizational violation involved the College’s alcohol policy, including serving alcohol to underage students or insufficient oversight of alcohol service.

Beta Alpha Omega and Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternities admitted to conduct by their members that violated the Col-

Cases of Misconduct 2013-14

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Five men share personal tales of identity at panel

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Queer and Catholic, a male student spoke of pressure to conform to one aspect of his identity at a panel Tuesday night.

“First I was so worried about being a proper Dartmouth man and then a proper gay man, until I thought to myself ‘I don’t know what I’m trying to do anymore,’” he said.

When he allowed himself to accept all aspects of his identity, he said, worries about “being fratty enough, facetimey enough”

went away.

“There’s this perception that when you come to Dartmouth you have to find your niche or that you will have a niche right away,” he said. “Events like this are important because it reminds us that it’s not necessarily about how my story stands out in Dartmouth or how Dartmouth is a good fit for me or for anyone, but just that this is my story, just one of many that is part of Dartmouth now.”

His story was one of five shared Tuesday SEE PANEL PAGE 5

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DAily debriefing CAMPUS BLOTTER Oct. 31, 10:06 p.m., Webster Avenue: Safety and Security officers and the Hanover Fire Department responded to a report of an intoxicated female.

She was evaluated and then transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Nov. 1, 12:37 a.m., West Wheelock Street: Safety and Security officers and the Hanover Fire Department responded to a report of an intoxicated female. She was found on the sidewalk in front of Collis Center on West Wheelock Street. The intoxicated individual was identified, evaluated and transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She was later transported to Dick’s House where she was admitted for the night.

Nov. 1, 1:08 a.m., Webster Avenue: Safety and Security officers responded to a Good Samaritan call. The intoxicated individual was identified as a member of the Class of 2018. The individual was evaluated and transported to Dick’s House and admitted for the night.

Nov. 1, 1:48 a.m., Butterfield Hall: Safety and Security officers and Dartmouth EMS responded to a Good Samaritan call. The intoxicated individual was identified as a member of the Class of 2018, evaluated and transported to Dick’s House where they were admitted for the night.

Nov. 1, 12:58 p.m.: A female student called Safety and Security to report a bicycle accident. While riding her bicycle around noon, she was reportedly hit by a car. She had declined medical services but was later transported to Dick’s House, where she spoke to nurses and staff and complained of knee pain.

Nov. 1, 6:52 p.m., Dewey Lot: A non-student called Safety and Security to report an injury. The individual was reportedly walking in the parking lot and holding onto the railing when the railing came loose. The individual refused medical treatment.

Nov. 2, 1:36 a.m., Off-campus residence: Safety and Security was informed by the Hanover Fire Department that a student had been taken to DHMC for high level intoxication. The individual was a member of the Class of 2016 and was reportedly transported from an off-campus residence by ambulance.

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Project to repurpose rail corridor B y MARIA BRENES The Dartmouth Staff

For the past two decades, the town of Lebanon has wanted to turn unused railroad tracks into a multi-use trail for cyclists, joggers, dogwalkers and cross-country skiers alike. The project, called the Mascoma River Greenway, will be a four-mile pathway connecting Lebanon and West Lebanon that will cost around $2.3 million and should be completed by the end of 2016.

The project’s leaders are focusing on modifying three crossings over the Mascoma River and one bridge over the I-89 highway, adding fencing to make the bridges safe.

The fencing on the I-89 bridge will likely be added this month and finished by the winter, Lebanon parks and recreation director Paul Coats said.

As of Friday, the project had raised over $1.6 million.

Last spring, an anonymous donor pledged $200,000 to the project provided that others donated $50,000 to the campaign.

As of last week, the campaign was within $8,500 of its goal.

Although volunteers have done much of the trailwork, the town will spend $40,000 on a contractor to add the fencing.

Russell Hirschler, executive director of the Upper Valley Trails

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Alliance, said now that some of the trail has been cleaned and fixed, the bridges must be adapted to certain standards so they are safe for pedestrians and cyclists.

The idea dates back about 20 years, when Lebanon’s recreation commission created a master plan for parks and recreation and suggested developing the rail corridor, which had not been used since 1950.

The rail corridor runs from downtown Lebanon to West Lebanon, crossing several roads and going underneath the Miracle Mile strip of retail stores.

The Mascoma River Greenway will make up the last four miles of the 52-mile Northern Rail Trail, which the Rails to Trails Conservancy designated as one of the nation’s 100 best trails.

Frank Gould, former chair of the Lebanon recreation commission, said he can attest to the Northern Rail Trail’s success, pointing to an increase in tourists coming to the area to hike and bike.

Gould and Coats added that the Mascoma River Greenway could boost the local economy since it creates a way to get to stores such as those on the Miracle Mile — which include J.C. Penney, the Lebanon movie theater and Kohl’s — without a car.

Coats said that the city has always recognized the trail’s benefits, but called the fact that it abruptly

ends in Lebanon without continuing to West Lebanon “unfortunate.”

Dartmouth cycling team president Dani Smith ’15 said the project will dramatically improve the safety of cyclists traveling between Lebanon and West Lebanon.

Smith, who lives in Lebanon, said she has ridden in the cleared part of the railroad, which goes outside her apartment. She said the trail runs under a canopy of trees, which is “quite beautiful” in the fall, though the leaves have fallen and now cover the path.

Smith added that she has seen advertising for volunteers at Upper Valley farmers’ markets, which has let local high schools get involved.

A group of Dartmouth freshmen volunteered to help clean the trail in September in an outing organized by Granite United Way and the Tucker Foundation’s Day of Caring.

Cycling team member and graduate student Robert Allaway said he believes several of his teammates may use the trail to commute to West Lebanon, as well as for leisurely bike rides.

“It’s going to change the way people get around in our town,” Coats said. “Right now, if you want to go from one side of town to another, you need to get in your car. Community is not built around people driving around different towns.”

Sexual misconduct reports increase FROM REPORT PAGE 1

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lege’s hazing policy, reaching a “Fresh Start” agreement with the College to conduct internal and external reviews of how they treat new members.

The judicial affairs office also saw an increase in the number of sexual misconduct reports, with 17 people reporting sexual misconduct involving undergraduates, compared to an average of three sexual misconduct cases heard by COS per year for the past 11 years.

The rise in sexual assault reporting echoes data released Oct. 1 in the 2013 Security and Fire Safety Report. The numbers in the two reports, however, do not necessarily match. The Security and Fire Safety Report — which Safety and Security releases annually in accordance with Clery Act requirements — covers the calendar year, not the academic year and encompasses different geographic areas. Some reported incidents match Dartmouth’s definition of sexual misconduct but not the Clery definition of a sex offense, such as online threats.

The data is not counted in the COS report if the reporting person asks for the case not to be referred to

judicial affairs after making a report to a Clery-defined campus security officer, such as an undergraduate advisor, undergraduate dean or athletic coach.

Of the sexual misconduct reports that judicial affairs receives, incidents that happened on or after June 18, 2014, will be referred to independent investigators, per the new policy. No one has yet undergone the external investigator process for sexual assault reports, judicial affairs director Leigh Remy said. The COS will adjudicate reports of sexual misconduct that occurred before June 17, 2014.

The report also covers hearings conducted by judicial affairs administrators in response to misconduct allegations for which the accused student would not be eligible for suspension.

Judicial affairs responded to 477 reports of undergraduate misconduct, some of which included multiple allegations, including 345 alcohol policy violations, 56 instances of disorderly conduct and 50 instances of other drugs.

The Good Samaritan policy applied to 94 students, while 147 students, following a first violation of Dartmouth’s alcohol policy, participated in alcohol education.

“You can trace a theme through this,” Remy said. “Alcohol plays a role in people’s decisions. The concern comes from what flows from alcohol use, not alcohol use itself.”

This is the first year that the COS and OAC report will be available to families and alumni, Remy said. She added that she hopes the report will spur campus dialogue around the violations it addresses.

“I hope this report strikes the right balance between protecting individual privacy and engaging the community in these issues,” Remy said.

Computer science department chair Thomas Cormen said all professors in the department bring academic honor principle violations to him, though he believed such violations happened less frequently last year.

Computer science professor Hany Farid wrote in an email that given the relatively few number of cases of academic honor violations, it is difficult to conclude that the number of cases is on the rise. Farid added that during his past introductory computer science class offerings, which totaled over 600 students, he has had only one incident go to COS.

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Evaluations see faculty support FROM EVALUATIONS PAGE 1

influenced the student’s academic experience at Dartmouth. Responses to these “student-initiated” questions will be available to students and the evaluated professor but not to deans and faculty supervisors. The existing qualitative questions will remain on the form, but only faculty and deans will be able to view responses.

Under the new policy, professors have a 10-day period to review their comments and are responsible for bringing offensive or otherwise inappropriate comments to the attention of their dean, who may choose to remove the comment from the record.

Faculty can opt in to the program each spring, and those who choose to participate can pick the term their reviews will be made available to students.

The measure has been raised repeatedly. The committee of chairs recommended the measure earlier this year, but faculty voted to table the motion during a meeting in May. Economics department chair Bruce Sacerdote said he voted for the proposal due to concerns that the current options for student course review, including the Dartmouth Course Picker website maintained by the Hacker Club and Student Assembly, do not provide a representative sample of student opinion.

Sacerdote said course reviews advise his teaching, and that the majority of students fill them out. He said he does not expect the change to dramatically shift class enrollment because most

information students use to choose classes is already public.

“This will just clarify which courses students really enjoy,” he said.

Geography department chair Susanne Freidberg said the fact that students can write anything in their evaluations is most threatening to junior professors. She added that she believes it is better for this feedback to come through official channels than unofficial online sources like RateMyProfessor. com.

“The information in the assessment is a mixed bag,” Freidberg said. “All kinds of things affect how students assess courses, from the weather on down.”

Mathematics department chair Dana Williams said he supported the change, but he warned that students should not pick courses just based on ratings, noting that popularity is not necessarily synonymous with good teaching.

Government department chair John Carey said one concern with the policy is that professors without prior experience may receive poor reviews in their first few years at the College but noted that allowing them to opt in or out could address this.

He said he has noticed students take reviews seriously. While students prefer less reading and higher grades, he said, in general course reviews accurately reflect teaching quality.

Williams said the best way to pick courses might not involve ratings or reviews.

“I tell first-years to go to people who you respect and ask them who the best

professor is on campus and take his or her course, regardless of what it is,” Williams said.

He added that with the release, competition might drive professors to improve.

Computer science department chair Thomas Cormen said he supported the intent behind the measure but restricting deans’ and department chairs’ access to the reviews may be a problem, noting that they should have access because they are responsible for curriculum quality. This objection was raised at the meeting, but the motion was not changed, he said.

Of seven students interviewed informally, all reacted positively to the new policy.

Spencer Heim ’18 said he planned to look at the course reviews to choose courses, noting that he had been looking for something similar earlier in the fall. Annika Roise ’18 said she expects reviews to inform her decision, but will also consider her interests.

Cornell University, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University publish official course reviews. Students at Harvard are currently negotiating with administrators to keep course difficulty scores in their course guide.

“The Critical Review,” a student organization at Brown University, publishes course reviews based on student and instructor questionnaire responses. At Columbia University, individual departments may opt in to open evaluations.

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CONTRIBUTING Columnist MICHAEL MCDAVID ’15

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Democratic Decisions

Opinion Asks

The Board of Trustees should include young alumni voices.

In the midst of the heated Greek life debate, one question remains largely unaddressed. Who, ultimately, will make these decisions? Who has the authority to decide monumental issues like the abolition of Greek life? Dartmouth, like most colleges, relies on the members of its Board of Trustees to make consequential decisions. Given their enormous influence on College policy, the method by which trustees are elected to the Board should be made more democratic.

Each Board member invariably brings years of experience in academia, the business world or other spheres to the table. However, the election process is startlingly undemocratic. The Board consists of: the New Hampshire State Governor (ex officio) and the College President, eight alumni trustees and 16 charter trustees. The Board nominates and elects new “charter trustees.”

When there is a vacant alumni seat, all alumni are notified by the Association of Alumni. They are invited to send names to the Alumni Council, which then proposes no more than two candidates for each position. But, after the council’s announcement, candidates can also petition to be put on the ballot. These petitions require 500 signatures from eligible voters. All eligible alumni then vote on the council’s two candidates and any successful petition candidates. Over the past decade, several petition candidates have won alumni seats.

In a contentious move that many saw as a response to the increasing success of petitioners, the Board added eight new charter seats in 2007.

Right or wrong, the Board diluted the power of the alumni to elect College leadership, thus making the election process far less democratic.

There are any number of good arguments against allowing for a completely democratic process. For one, alumni are spread all over the globe and may not understand the campus climate.

Alumni would also undoubtedly be an agent of inertia. As the College seeks to stay relevant and up-to-date in an increasingly competitive educational environment, we can little afford a large proportion of the trustees bent on maintaining the way things were when they were students. That said, we can find a mechanism to enfranchise a

greater proportion of the Dartmouth community, making the process more democratic without opening the floodgates.

I propose creating four Young Alumni Trustee seats, mirroring the board at Princeton University.

At Princeton, one member of the graduating senior class each year is elected by the junior class, the senior class and the two most recent graduating classes. According to the Alumni Association of Princeton, the positions were created to “ensure that the Board would always include four members with recent experience as undergraduates,” thereby ensuring perspectives and actions based on the “needs, concerns and interests” relevant to current Princeton students. They are also on the board to represent Princeton as a whole, enjoying all the same privileges, responsibilities and duties as any traditional trustee seat.

Such a change would bring myriad virtues.

Young alumni seats guarantee voices on the Board with practical, realistic understandings of how significant issues play out among today’s student body. It would create trustees who are directly accountable to an informed and engaged student populace. While the move would empower young alumni and older undergraduates, it would not open the voting up to younger undergraduates, a larger proportion of whom might not yet completely grasp complex College issues. It also would set a precedent of alumni trustee voting, producing more engaged alumni who are likelier to vote in subsequent alumni trustee elections.

We must realize that most crucial decisionmaking power at Dartmouth is vested in the Board of Trustees and the College President, whom the Board selects. We can write opinion columns, the faculty can voice their opinions in a vote — but the Board of Trustees makes the ultimate decisions. This is not necessarily to say that the Board is making bad decisions or not acting in the College’s best interest. It is merely to say that good governance comes when constituents have the means to hold their representatives accountable, which is best found in democratic processes.

By creating young alumni seats on the Board of Trustees, Dartmouth would create a form of responsible yet more democratic decision-making.

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If you could change Dartmouth’s calendar, would you, and how?

I would not change the D-Plan to a semester system because it easily enables students to study abroad and creates unique internship and off-term options that students might not be able to take advantage of otherwise. I came to Dartmouth hoping to learn a language, and I was able to study abroad in France. It was an amazing experience, and I left knowing much more about the French language, culture and people. Studying in France for a whole semester, however, would have been more difficult considering my academic goals.

I would, however, think about bringing back the Thanksgiving break. I understand and appreciate why the college has made the break end before Thanksgiving. Flying back home for many students, such as myself, and then returning would be difficult. For some, it is not even an option.

But I do miss the tree lighting ceremony and the Christmas lights down Main Street. The ’15s will be the last class to experience the fun of the tree lighting, the student groups singing Christmas carols and the free cookies and hot chocolate from Lou’s on the Green. Looking back to freshman year, this was a special time at the College and a great bonding experience for students. I’ll understand if the long winter break is here to stay, but I am sure there are a few students who have some nostalgia for the abbreviated winter break.

— David Brooks ’15 Having attended a school on the semester system in my first year of college, I can confidently compare the different experiences between semester and quarter systems. I strongly favor the quarter system. Our newly-long winter break allows for a significant rest from what would otherwise be a relatively unbroken school year, and being able to change courses three or four times in a year (rather than only twice) allows one to explore more classes. I would not change the current Dartmouth calendar, to a semester system or otherwise.

— Jon Miller ’15 I think we should keep the quarter system, but expand each term by a week so we have a five-day reading period after classes. Our current

reading periods do not provide adequate time to study before exams. I think this extension would not only offer students more time to absorb cumulative information, but also provide professors with a chance to offer more office hours during reading period — a crucial component to the undergraduate experience. With the dedication to academics Dartmouth students currently put forth in our fast-paced terms, imagine the benefit of five to seven more days of studying and interacting with professors.

— William Peters ’15 Frankly, I don’t think Dartmouth needs significant changes to its schedule. The D-Plan allows for more study abroad programs, more flexibility in off-terms and more opportunities for internships, work or service projects. In addition, only taking three classes (usually) means students can focus more on what they’re doing, rather than spreading courses out over a semester. The D-Plan was one of the major factors in my decision to apply to and ultimately attend Dartmouth.

Does the quarter system have its flaws? Certainly. Friendships have to suffer mismatched D-Plans, true — but let’s not forget that after graduation we’ll be spread out all over the country and the world. If a friendship can’t survive a couple months apart, it won’t survive long after Dartmouth. The six-week winterim can be inconvenient, but unless you want to have a week-long Thanksgiving break disrupt the fall term — or start winter term and then break for New Year’s before coming back — there’s not really a better option. Students have to deal with midterms at different times, but the reality of normal life is that you will always have the next big thing on your plate and you don’t get to just slack off for a few weeks because “it’s not midterms yet.”

Finally, we should not forget why we developed the quarter system in the first place: we would likely not have room to accommodate roughly 4,500 undergraduates on a semester system.

Abolishing the quarter system is an intriguing idea, but unfortunately it makes no sense for Dartmouth or its students.

— Zach Traynor ’16

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Men reflect on their time at Dartmouth As GOP takes Senate,

Shaheen holds seat

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night by male members of the Class of 2015 to an audience of nearly 70 people in an annual Men of Dartmouth event. The five speakers, who requested anonymity due to the personal nature of their stories, spoke about how Dartmouth helped shape their identities.

“Your story is the most important thing you own,” the final speaker said.

Inter-Community Council codirector Carla Yoon ’15, who helped organize the panel, said they chose speakers whose stories challenged widely accepted ideas of masculinity.

The first speaker shared his story of battling clinical depression and coping with conflicting identifiers as an urban man and a Dartmouth man, which he called his masks. He said he is “constantly mishandling masks” as he is never sure which identity to present.

He began his story with a poem that explored how his father’s death influenced his identity as a man.

“I don’t know how to explain death to children,” he said. “I just want to give you my thoughts, thoughts without cohesion.”

He said financial burdens, too, contributed to his character as they enforced one difference between him and many other students at the College.

An experience with a financial aid advisor who asked him for $200 to check

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Students spoke about their experiences in the Men at Dartmouth panel.

in for the term stood out to him. ”I began to wonder why $200 is just $200,” he said. “I don’t have family members that can give me money without a worry.”

He said Dartmouth provided him with resources, such as friendships and inspirational professors, that helped create a sense of belonging.

“I still don’t know what is underneath these masks, but whatever is beneath those masks is still in progress,” he said.

Another speaker said his experience of masculinity centered around a journey to self-compassion. He said that he developed new ways of coping with feelings of worthlessness.

“I told myself as long as I put 100 percent in everything I did I would be content,” he said. “While my selfcompassion is not stable yet, I think I’m

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reaching a rhythm.”

Another, who was undocumented when accepted to Dartmouth, expressed gratitude for the opportunities the College provided him.

“Dartmouth validated my worth as a citizen before the government did,” he said.

The night concluded with a student who said he learned to accept both his Native American and Caucasian roots while at Dartmouth.

“I could tell you my name, but when you ask me about my roots, my roots beg me to tell a story,” he said.

He said he learned to not “be afraid of who you are.”

The night of testimonials concluded just as it begun, with a poem.

“Stories are the sun,” said the final speaker. “Have you ever wondered why we have a voice?”

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won gubernatorial races on Tuesday. Defeating incumbent governors, Republican Bruce Rauner ’78 and Democrat Tom Wolf ’71 will serve as the next governors of Illinois and Pennsylvania, respectively.

They join Gov. John Kitzhaber ’69, D-Ore., who was re-elected.

In addition to Kuster, Rep. Mike Capuano ’73, D-Mass., who ran uncontested, and Rep. John Carney ’78, D-Del., won their respective congressional races.

Government professor Joseph Bafumi said the Democrats’ loss of the Senate majority significantly reduces Shaheen’s influence on policy.

“The question is not so much who is representing New Hampshire, but more so how the loss of a Democratic majority in the Senate would affect our politics,” government professor Bernard Avishai said. “If the Republicans were to get the majority in the Senate, unless the President and the legislature get some sort of amicability, it will feel like the same stalemate we have had for the past four years.”

The midterm elections represent a shift, with tides turning Republican, Avishai said. He said he believes that while Republicans claim the “government is broken,” their strategy of opposing popular legislation led to the gridlock in Congress for the past four years.

A Republican majority in both the Senate and the House with a sitting Democratic president could continue this gridlock, likely leading to a legislative strategy of crafting bills Congress expects the president to veto, government professor John Carey said. Carey said that in the lead-up to the 2016 elections, repeated vetoes would alienate key sectors of the electorate that supports the Democratic Party, allowing Republicans to shift blame to President Barack Obama.

“As we’ve seen in the last couple of years, it’s hard to get anything to the president’s desk,” Carey said.

“But even if we were to have a thoroughly Republican Congress, the legislation coming from it would likely not be passed. They won’t have a veto-proof majority, so there’s still gridlock in the sense that there won’t be new policies.”

This year’s midterm elections will be essential in setting up the landscape for 2016, Bafumi said.

He said that despite losing the majority in the Senate, Democrats have a good chance of regaining it in 2016.

Depending on whom Republicans nominate for the presidential

race, the U.S. will likely continue to see a divided government between the legislature and the presidency, Bafumi said.

Shaheen’s election will allow Democrats to further policy even without a majority, Bafumi said.

He said that these policy goals include supporting health care, social welfare and minimizing defense spending.

The primary concerns for the New Hampshire constituency are focused on jobs and employment, Bafumi said. He said that in her upcoming term, Shaheen will likely dedicate attention to supporting small business owners, who form a significant portion of the constituency. She also will advocate for the continuing operation of military bases in the state, he said.

Though most Dartmouth students are not New Hampshire natives, a number of students voted yesterday. College Republicans and Democrats organized shuttles from campus to the polls at Hanover High School.

College Republicans vice president Paul Ghazal ’17 said he found the high turnout of Dartmouth students at the polls encouraging, regardless of political affiliation.

The close margin of the vote in the Senate race demonstrated how important every individual voter is, he said.

Nationally, Ghazal said, results exemplified American dissatisfaction with the status quo on issues such as foreign policy, even if the Republicans did not win the Senate seat in New Hampshire.

A fire alarm went off during the 6 p.m. hour at Hanover High, WMUR reported. Election officials kept the polls open temporarily after the alarm, and a judge ruled that the eight ballots cast during that period would be counted.

Five students interviewed from out of state expressed varying levels of familiarity with the election and candidates.

Clare Mathias ’18 , from Washington, D.C., said that although she was excited to vote in her first Senate race, she felt unfamiliar with New Hampshire politics and had only researched two of the candidates.

Alisa White ’17 , from upstate New York, stressed the need for Dartmouth students to vote in New Hampshire, even if they are from out of state.

“These are elections that can affect the Senate and the balance in Congress, which can in turn affect a lot of issues that students care about, from climate change to tax reform,” White said.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 4:00 p.m.

Bilingual poetry reading with Habib Tengour and Pierre Joris, Paganucci Lounge, Class of 1953 Commons

7:00 p.m.

“World Music Percussion Ensemble” at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

7:00 p.m.

“Falling Paper and Insect Flight” with Jane Wang of Cornell University, Filene Auditorium, Moore Building

TOMORROW 3:00 p.m.

“The Making of the University of California Book of North African Literature,” Rockefeller Center, Room 001

4:30 p.m.

“International Environmental Security: What in the World Is Worth Fighting for?” with W. Chris King, Rockefeller Center, Room 003

7:00 p.m.

“Skylight” National Theatre in HD, BFVAC, Loew Auditorium

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With drums and poetry, percussion group to play for social change

Shabazz said.

“My focus of this particular conThe Dartmouth Staff cert, unlike many others, is dealing Combining the rhythmic en- with conscience-raising,” he said. “I ergy of drumming with the emotive chose ‘Still I Rise’ because it speaks power of spoken word, the World about the integrity, courage and selfMusic Percussion Ensemble will play worth of women, thinking in terms a cross-disciplinary concert inspired of the problems on campuses across by prevalent social issues like racial the nation today, where women are and gender equality on Wednesday. facing sexual harassment and deg Director Hafiz Shabazz said that radation.” this is the first time he has combined Shabazz tried to balance stories percussion and poetry. Sudents, of despair and perseverance with community members and alumni music that evokes hope and strength. will perform including Olivia Scott One poem, “Black Boys to Men,” ’13 and Darrin Jones ’95, who will discusses the difficulties of growread poetry at the show. ing up, which he combined with a Shabazz said drums will be played composition titled “Nature Boy,” for peace and social progress, rather which describes love’s importance than to connote war or danger. to enduring human happiness.

“When you think of drums, you Shabazz said he is hopeful that the think of something hard, but here concert will spark a deep emotional you will also get to hear drums played reaction. in such a way that “Overall, hopethey are tolerant fully [the audience and with a great “My focus of this members] will deal of passion but particular concert, come away from not a great deal the concert physiof overpowering unlike many others, cally, emotionally sound,” Shabazz is dealing with and psychologisaid. conscience-raising.” cally touched,” he The program said. “[They] will includes pieces by come away feeling Baba Michael Ola- - hafiz shabazz, that you really visittunji, Fela Ransom ed another planet.”

Kuti and Mongo WMPE director Jones, a former Santamaria. Pomember of the etry by Maya Angelou, Sekou Sun- ensemble, said he looks forward diata and Rumi will also feature in to returning to campus and playthe show. ing with Shabazz and the current Poetry selections like Sundiata’s ensemble.

“Long Story Short” discuss the chal- “Hafiz was my first teacher, and lenges of being black in America, my time here gave me the foundawhile Angelou’s “Phenomenal Wom- tion for everything that I have done an” celebrates a woman’s intellect in music since,” he said. “He is a and power. phenomenal professor and in this The poetry will be accompa- concert you will really be getting to nied by a chord progression and hear quality stuff.” interspersed with full compositions, Jones said the “story-like” feel of

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the show reflects Shabazz’s artistic preferences and the theme is relevant to contemporary audiences.

Scott, who was involved with spoken word at Dartmouth, said she is especially interested in the social issues that will be raised in the concert. She first discussed the show with Shabazz at Dartmouth’s candlelight vigil for Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in Ferguson, Missouri, in August.

Scott was not in the ensemble at Dartmouth but has attended a few rehearsals to prepare for the concert.

“He creates a great energy,” Scott said. “The music and the poems will be loose, and we’re just going to play off the audience.

The ensemble combines rhythms with the feel of improvisation to create an “earthly sound,” Moises Silva ’16, who plays the drum kit, said.

The members do not get sheet music, and instead are taught the rhythms of the songs and improvise to find the right combinations in rehearsal.

Silva, who joined the ensemble his freshman year, said he enjoyed the improvisational elements of the practice sessions and concerts.

“As opposed to ‘in-your-face’ music, it’s more of an ‘experience it, feel it,’” he said. “Every you time you listen you’ll hear something different — you’ll get a feel for how many layers of music there are.”

Percussionist and singer Andrew Nalani ’16 said he only learned how

to play the drums when he joined the ensemble.

“I find it to be very grounding — it gives me a chance to use a different part of my body,” he said. “Hafiz takes each of our strengths and works with them, and that has created a very hospitable environment.”

Nalani said he is especially excited that the concert allows him to combine his interests in poetry and music.

“In poetry, we hear a rhythm, and in percussion, we hear a rhythm,” he said. “So I hope the audience will dance to the rhythm of compassion in this concert.”

The ensemble will perform at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Spaulding Auditorium.

FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DARTMOUTH STUDENT PROJECTS IN THE ARTS

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The Robert Dance ’77 Arts Initiative Fund

The Robert Dance ’77 Fund enables talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Preference is given to performing or visual arts projects that are “site-specific works,” created for venues other than traditional galleries, theaters or auditoriums. Outdoor venues, residential spaces and dining halls are among the sites that might be appropriate. The fund makes a total of up to $4,000 available to sponsor major student projects in the performing and visual arts. Undergraduate students and organizations are eligible to apply.

The Peter D. Smith Initiative Fund

The Peter D. Smith Student Initiative Fund was established for the support of student enterprises in the arts. It was established by the former Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art and continues today with the support of the membership programs of the Hop and the Hood. It is intended to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to complete special projects. The fund makes a total of up to $3,000 available to sponsor major original projects. Application is open to individuals or groups.

The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund

The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund supports student-initiated projects in musical theater, with a priority given to original work. Although projects need not be curricular to be considered, senior projects that bring together work in theater and music are particularly appropriate. In the absence of proposals featuring original music, lyrics and/or text by students, productions that are to be directed, choreographed and designed by students may also be considered. The fund provides a total of up to $1,700 to support student-initiated projects.

The Class of 1961 Arts Initiative Fund

Undergraduates are invited to apply for support of student enterprises in the arts. This award is funded by members of the Class of 1961 in order to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Particular interest will be given to those projects that “stand alone”—that is, projects that are not undertaken as senior fellowships or honors projects nor are affiliated with student organizations. The fund makes up to $1,500 available to sponsor student-initiated projects in the performing and visual arts. Application is open to single or group projects.

Applications & Guidelines

Applications and complete guidelines for each fund are available online (hop.dartmouth.edu/studentfunding) or check with the offices of the Directors of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art, the Chairs of the Departments of Theater, Music, Studio Art, Film & Media Studies, and Art History, the Hop Ensembles Office and the Hop Student Workshops.

DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 ALL APPLICATIONS and recommendations must be submitted to the Hopkins Center Director’s Office, Lower Level Wilson Hall, by 12 pm, Wednesday, November 12, 2014 or via email to margaret.c.burnett@dartmouth.edu.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY LINEUP

No athletic events scheduled

Field hockey eliminated from title race Men’s rugby wins ellie gonzalez Ivies, women second By

The field hockey team was officially eliminated from Ivy League title contention this weekend after a 3-1 loss to Harvard University on Saturday.

The team (5-11, 3-3 Ivy) also fell to the University of New Hampshire on Sunday for its fourth straight loss.

The season has been full of streaks — the team started out 0-5 before winning three in a row, and traded two-game winning and losing streaks before dropping the last four.

“We had a lot of success when we had our streak of three wins in a row,” Morgan Philie ’18 said. “Then we kind of got into a lull and we kind of dropped the ball when we needed to push through for our Ivy record.”

The streaky season has also been mirrored in the team’s goal production. In 11 losses, the Big Green scored only 11 goals, with four shutouts. In contrast, the team scored 23 goals in its five wins.

“We just have to push through and focus on what’s really been working well for us, and hopefully if we continue that then we can find the back of the net and show Cornell who’s boss,” Philie said.

The game against the Crimson (9-7, 3-3 Ivy) was even through the first half. Neither team found the net in the opening 35 minutes, despite 13 total shots — due in large part to

the spectacular play of goalie Ellen Meyer ’15, who notched five saves in the first half to keep the game knotted at zero.

“We played some of the best field hockey we’ve played all season, so passing sequences were great, our cuts and off-wall movement were really great as well,” Jenna Schwenk ’17 said, “but the problem that we had was finishing, which ultimately is the point of the game, so I think that aspect of it could have been improved.”

Dartmouth came out firing to start the second half, but could not get past Harvard junior goalie Issy Davies.

“We have a tendency to look more forward to a perfect pass or a perfect opportunity,” Meyer said. “We are kind of waiting for something better to show up. We just need to finish more, score more and take advantage of the opportunities we have.”

Five minutes into the frame, the Crimson put a rebound past Meyer for the game’s first goal. The Big Green, however, did not go quietly and rebounded quickly to tie the game in the 45th minute on a goal by Brooke Van Valkenburg ’16 off a penalty corner. Anna Ewasechko ’18 and Janine Leger ’15 tallied assists.

Harvard senior Caitlin Rea then took the game over, not letting the Big Green take the advantage. Her first goal of the game came just a minute and a half after Van Valkenburg’s to

deflate any momentum the Big Green had on the scoreboard. Rea’s goal in the 68th minute put the game out of reach for the Big Green.

Meyer finished the contest with 10 saves in her final home contest.

The next day, the Big Green came out flat against UNH (8-11). The Wildcats outshot the Big Green 16-2 in the first half and also won the penalty corner battle 7-0. Another strong performance by Meyer, however, kept the Big Green in the thick of it. The senior’s nine first-half saves limited the Wildcats to just three first-half goals.

The Big Green turned it around in the second half, outshooting UNH 9-5 and taking four penalty corners to none. Julia Donald ’18 got the Big Green on the board in the third minute after half, with her fourth goal of the season. Yet UNH’s fourth goal just five minutes later sealed the deal for the Wildcats.

Despite being mathematically eliminated from title contention, the Big Green still has one game to play against third-place Cornell University (10-5, 4-2 Ivy), which remains in contention for an Ivy title. The game starts at noon in Ithaca, New York.

“We are approaching it like we have every other game,” Meyer said.

“Going out, having fun, getting better and enjoying this last opportunity of the year before we head into off-season training.”

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The field hockey team has posted a 1-4 record since a 5-4 OT win over Holy Cross Homecoming Weekend.

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The women’s rugby team hosted the Ivy League tournament over the weekend, finishing second after falling to the Bears in the final game.

The men’s rugby team won the Ivy League title for the eighth consecutive year after its Homecoming win over Brown University in October.

The Bears emerged as league favorites with a 5-0 record. The Big Green was in a four-way tie for second with Princeton University, Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania at 3-2. Despite the identical records, the Big Green was the second seed in the tournament due to number of points.

Saturday’s games went with the chalk, as the Bears cruised against Harvard 27-5 and the Big Green beat the Tigers 15-0. Diana Wise ’15 and Peety Kaur ’15 scored the game’s two tries.

“Saturday’s game against Princeton was a very physical match,” captain Allie Brouckman ’15 said. “But we had a very aggressive launching defense, and we were able to contain them very well.”

Brouckman attributed the win to quick movement of the ball out wide to corners, allowing fast and effective scoring chances. Brouckman also credited the defense, especially Wise, for several “game-saving” tackles.

“I was really excited to see our defense recycle and support each other,” Wise said. “I have a great perspective of the field with my position on defense, and I got to make some tackles on the defensive line that were aggressive and stopped them from scoring.”

The tournament’s second day saw the Dartmouth team feeling physically exhausted, but no less determined, Brouckman said. While Brouckman noted her team had more success containing the Bears in the middle than in the last match the two teams played, ultimately the physical size disparity proved insurmountable as the Big Green lost 42-5. Wise scored the only try for the Big Green in the loss.

With the Ivy League season decided, the women’s rugby team will continue training for the next two weeks to prepare for the American Collegiate Rugby Association 15s

championship tournament. Dartmouth is one of four regional sites chosen to host the round of 16 and quarterfinal matches Nov. 15-16. The teams are competing to qualify for semifinals in Palm Coast, Florida.

Wise said the team has an edge over opponents in terms of speed and fitness that could give players an advantage in the tournament if used effectively.

“In the next two weeks, I think we’re going to work on our offense and how to use our strength and endurance to capitalize on offensive opportunities,” Wise said.

One of the team’s goals is increasing its depth to make two-match weekends easier, Brouckman said. The winter training is aimed to increase the mobility of new players, to bring them up in skill and fitness levels.

“I think the team always comes out of winter break much stronger and fitter and ready for the 7s season in the spring,” Brouckman said. “The [fall] season was a huge one in terms of growth for the entire team. I’m probably most proud of how people have stepped up this season to fill a variety of roles when they are called on to do so. It’s been an incredible season of changing things up, and everyone has performed with the utmost heart.”

The men’s rugby team claimed its eighth consecutive Ivy title after finishing the season undefeated. The team sealed the championship with a 90-7 victory over the Bears at Brophy Field and capped its undefeated season with a 106-0 win over Columbia University on Oct. 24.

The team has now won eight of the last eleven Ivy Cup championships, last losing to Harvard in 2007.

Head coach Gavin Hickie said that while the team has dominated in the Ivy League, its success has required the team to fight passionately each year.

He said the seniors deserved much of the credit for this year’s success.

“What really stood out to me this year was the leadership and the ownership of this team,” Hickie said. “We have a saying in Dartmouth rugby that you always leave the place better than you found it. I think the team is living up to that this year in a big way.”

The team has not entered its offseason quite yet, as the men’s team continues to train for the Ivy League 7s tournament that will take place this Saturday, Nov. 8.