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Dozens of students linked to cheating in religion class More than 40 students implicated after professor reports potential honor code violations Balmer asks the 43 students who had submitted responses via clickers but had not attended class on October 30 to stay after class.
Students take online midterm through Canvas. More than one student reported cheating.
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To keep track of attendance and enable student participation in the large class, Balmer uses TurningPoint clickers. Each clicker is registered to a student.
Balmer approaches Judicial Affairs Office.
Judicial Affairs director Leigh Remy speaks to students about academic integrity and the judicial process.
Balmer conducts polling experiment, first asking students to respond using clickers as usual, then distributing a paper version of the same question.
“Part of what I do with the course is present ethical situations in the world of sports. We present the case and talk about it from an ethical perspective. Sometimes I ask them to make a judgement. They can say yes or no, true or false with the clickers.”
“I explained that curiously a week ago on Thursday, none of them was in class and all of them were registered as having been in class. I read relevant passages from the Dartmouth Honor Principle. Then I introduced Ms. Remy to talk about the procedures. She had a handout she gave them.” — Balmer
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Religion professor Randall Balmer points students to Canvas for a copy of the syllabus, which includes a link to course policies, including the Dartmouth Honor Principle.
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In the world of sports, what happened on August 22, 1926? A. Fenway Park sold beer for the first time B. The Philadelphia Athletics played a Sunday afternoon baseball game in violation of Pennsylvania’s blue laws C. First regular season game of the newly formed National Football League was played in Canton, Ohio D. Lou Gehrig began his streak of consecutive games played, eventually setting a record 2,130 (which stood until it was broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995).
Balmer compares paper answers to those collected via clickers: “It turns out that 43 students who said they were there were not there.”
Sports, Ethics and Religion “A survey of the origins and development of the culture of athletic competition in America, with roots in the Greek athletic ideal and in the ‘Muscular Christianity’ movement of the nineteenth-century England. We’ll examine the peculiar (religious?) passion that Americans invest in sports as well as the role that sports has played as an engine for social change. We’ll look, finally, at some of the ethical issues surrounding organized sports.” — Course syllabus
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Forty-three students may be implicated in an academic dishonesty case after religion professor Randall Balmer found a discrepancy between the number of students digitally submitting answers to in-class
questions and the number of students present in class on Oct. 30. Balmer held the accused students, enrolled in “Sports, Ethics and Religion,” after class on Tuesday so that judicial affairs director Leigh Remy could inform them of their rights and possible disciplinary action. Balmer said he was also
aware of cheating incidences during the class’s midterm exam, which was administered online. He said multiple students told him cheating occurred during the test, even after he told students that they were not allowed to click out of the exam to Google questions. Balmer said he has not
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principle. The Committee on Standards saw 36 students for academic honor principle violations last academic year. Thirty-nine percent of violations involved cheating, and 17 percent involved unauthorized collaboration. SEE CHEATING PAGE 5
Kilimo ’14 wins College celebrates Veterans Day Rhodes Scholarship B y ESTEPHANIE AQUINO
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decided if he will remove the 43 students from the class. Remy was not available for comment by press time and did not respond to emailed questions sent Tuesday evening. Unauthorized collaboration and giving and receiving assistance during an examination or quiz violate the academic honor
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Newly selected Rhodes Scholar Miriam Kilimo ’14 is doing research and on-the-ground work in her hometown of Nairobi, Kenya, this fall, but she will enroll at Oxford University soon. Once there, the scholarship will fully support Kilimo’s master’s degree in women’s
studies. At Dartmouth, Kilimo majored in anthropology, which she said has informed her research on female circumcision in Kenya and how the practice relates to women’s identity and sexuality. She said she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. after obtaining her master’s, ultimately joining academia in Kenya as an SEE RHODES PAGE 3
Students walking across the Green at 11 a.m. yesterday heard the Baker Library bells resonate with service hymns in a moment of observance for Veterans Day. Last Thursday marked the launch of a weeklong commemoration of Dartmouth students and alumni who previously served in the military, which included the Third Annual Veterans Day Banquet and a Veterans Day breakfast. With thousands of Dartmouth students and alumni
serving in World War I and World War II, Dartmouth has a rich tradition of military services honored annually each Veterans Day. Tuesday morning, the Hanover Fire Department Honor Guard’s presentation of the flag and the national anthem opened the Veterans Day breakfast at the Hanover Inn, where speakers reiterated the importance of remembering and honoring those who dedicate time to the military. “When we celebrate like this, we honor our veterans
that serve,” master of ceremonies Michael Lauria ’05 Med’18 said. “Coming home to Dartmouth and recognizing the current generations that served and for mer generations that served and learning about entire classes that have served is truly phenomenal. I’m honored to be a graduate of this college.” Former College President James Wright echoed Lauria’s message and spoke about the history of military service and remembrance at SEE VETERANS PAGE 5
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DAily debriefing PHI BETA KAPPA EARLY INDUCTEES On Tuesday, the following 22 students were inducted into the Dartmouth College Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society: William Athol Hayley Bacon Catherine Baker David Bessel Emily Estelle Meili Eubank Catherine Feuille Aaron Goodman Sarah Hammer Julia Kannam Viet Le Abigail Leibowitz Sarah Morse Julia Salinaro Marina Shkuratov Talia Shoshany Danielle Smith Theresa Smith Kimberly Strauch Konrad von Moltke Frank Zhang Andrew Zulker To be inducted, students had to have completed at least eight residential or off-campus terms and rank among the top 20 GPAs in that group.
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Two Geisel Medical School departments in biomedical data science and epidemiology and a new master’s program in quantitative data sciences will come to Dartmouth following the Board of Trustees meeting last weekend. The biomedical data science department will be the first with this name and structure in the country, said genetics professor Christopher Amos, who will head the department. The department will bring together working groups that are researching biostatistics and biomedical informatics, which examine health and behavior through computational techniques, in other departments. It will also expand the institution’s offerings in quantitative sciences, Amos said. The program aims to offer a master’s degree in biomedical data sciences in the near future. Though he said he hopes that the program will launch in spring 2015, he said that student demand will determine the decision, and the program may be delayed for at least a year. Family and community medicine professor Margaret Karagas, who will lead the epidemiology department, said that its creation follows national research trends that emphasize understanding how medical findings affect people and society. “For us, there’s been this enormous change in growth in epidemiology over the years,” Karagas
said. “Research is becoming more translational, translating the basic findings from cell cultures or animal tests, but there’s a need to understand its effects in people.” As the volume of research in both fields continues to grow, the need for new departments have become more prominent. Biostatistics and epidemiology are currently combined as a section under the family and community medicine department, but under the new plan, the separate departments would allow for more focused quantitative biomedical research and observational epidemiology research. Geisel epidemiologists have succeeded in bringing outside funding and grants to their research, community and family medicine professor Linda Titus wrote in an email. She said that unlike other departments which the medical school, in part, supports, epidemiology salaries have been almost entirely supported by outside awards. “We were unpaid or underpaid for grant development and for teaching medical students,” Titus wrote. “It’s safe to say I’m not alone in hoping the formation of the new department will allow our faculty to benefit from a higher level of salary support.” Amos anticipates the new departments will minimally affect the medical school’s overall structure. While faculty members will still maintain connections to the former umbrella department of family and community medicine, faculty focusing on quantitative sciences and epidemiol-
ogy will transition into working and teaching in the new departments. The biomedical data science department will be housed in the Lebanon Williamson Translational Research Center. Amos said that the proximity to other departments like pathology will increase exposure and collaboration with clinical and practical medicine and research. The Board of Trustees approved a new Master of Science degree in quantitative biomedical sciences. The cross-department program intends to focus on informatics and computational methods in biomedical fields. The program will be open to interested Dartmouth Ph.D. candidates. In addition to pursuing their major course of study, they could obtain a master’s in quantitative biomedical sciences, Karagas said. Students will not pay more tuition, as funding will come from their primary sponsoring departments or from external grants, Amos said. Kevin Johnson, a Ph.D. student in studying experimental and molecular medicine, said he is one of around 10 students who have expressed interest in pursuing the new master’s degree. Johnson said student interest will grow once the program is more established. “It’s a hot field, bioinformatics and biomedical data sciences.” Johnson said. “There’s a lot of jobs and opportunities. The master’s would allow Ph.D. candidates at Dartmouth to grow as students, broaden their skills, and to make themselves much more marketable post-graduation.”
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anthropologist. Kilimo’s most influential academic experience at Dartmouth was studying nationalism and ethnicity during her senior fellowship, she said. During the program, participants pursue a yearlong research project in lieu of taking classes. Kilimo studied how violence following the 2007-08 Kenyan election season served as a “coming of age” moment among young individuals in five Kenyan cities. “The most important thing I think it gave me is just the confidence of being able to articulate my interests,” Kilimo said. Kilimo said that her involvement in Rockefeller Leadership Fellows, a yearlong program that brings a group of seniors together for weekly meetings with various guest speakers, prepared her for the Rhodes application process. This proved especially important — given the amount of work Kilimo was conducting for her senior fellowship, she had little time to conduct mock interviews. By teaching her how to interact well in a formal environment, she said, the program “normalized” the Rhodes application process. “I remember going into my inter-
view saying, ‘This is normal. I’ve done this before. This is just an extension of things that I’ve done at Dartmouth,’” she said. Kilimo said she also sought advice from her classmate Joseph Singh ’14, who was one of two Dartmouth students to win a Rhodes Scholarship last year, along with Jonathan
“I remember going into my interview saying, ‘This is normal. I’ve done this before.’” - MIRIAM KILIMO ’14, ON APPLYING FOR THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Pedde ’14. Anthropology professor Sergei Kan, who served as Kilimo’s advisor during the fellowship, said he expects Kilimo to become one of the country’s and the region’s most prominent anthropologists. “She is a great person, very smart and a pleasure to work with,” Kan said.
He added that Kilimo’s senior thesis was both an exercise in academic work and also a personal journey. The thesis included narrative and autobiographical elements, he said. “She wasn’t just writing about some country — it was her country that she cares about very deeply,” Kan said. African and African-American studies and comparative literature professor Ayo Coly called Kilimo “scary smart” and “extremely polite.” Kilimo introduced herself to Coly as a freshman and set up a meeting to discuss their mutual interest in African women’s studies. Kilimo then took Coly’s class on gender identities and politics in Africa the following year. Kilimo earned a citation in the class — one of just four or five Coly said she has ever given. It was Coly who first encouraged Kilimo to apply for the Rhodes. “I told her, ‘You need to prepare yourself for the Rhodes. You need to apply for the Rhodes,’” Coly recalled saying to Kilimo. “‘You are a Rhodes Scholar.’” Coly and Kan co-advised Kilimo’s senior fellowship, and Coly said the two would sit down for two hours each week to discuss her progress. “I have to say, I really miss that,” Coly said. When it came time to recommend
Kilimo for the scholarship, Coly found herself with a seven-page document. The committee only wanted two pages, she said, and it took hours for her to condense the letter. Rockefeller Center deputy director Sadhana Hall said the fellowship program benefited from Kilimo’s
“I told her, ‘You need to prepare yourself for the Rhodes. You need to apply for the Rhodes. You are a Rhodes Scholar.’” - AYO COLY, AAAS and COMPARATIVE LITERATURE PROFESSOR presence, and added that it was “a blessing” to know her. Kilimo, whom Hall called a “Rocky baby,” participated in six of the center’s programs over her four years at Dartmouth. “I just found her thoughtful, introspective, reflective and full of fun,” Hall said. Kilimo applied for the scholarship through the Kenyan application
process, which has a different schedule from that of the U.S. or Canada, assistant dean of scholarship advising Jessica Smolin wrote in an email. Smolin, who replaced Kristin O’Rourke in July, wrote that she works most closely with American and Canadian applicants, who must be nominated by their college. In Kenya, applicants apply to the scholarship directly, she wrote. Kilimo was the 76th Dartmouth student to win the scholarship. In her time at Dartmouth, she was also a salutatorian, a tutor at the center for Research, Writing and Information Technology, an undergraduate advisor and a member of the Dartmouth African Students Association, Christian Union, Casque and Gauntlet senior society and Jabulani African Chorus. Invo Chami ’16, the president of DASA, has known Kilimo since her freshman year, and called her friend a source of good advice, joy and support. “She would just always be on the lookout for other students on campus, and I really appreciated that,” Chami said. She also highlighted Kilimo’s writing abilities, from her personal blogs to her senior fellowship, and said she was a skilled storyteller.
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Powerful but harmful people should not be treated with respect.
As many of you are already aware, on Sunday night I asked Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, if he would have anal sex for $102 million. This is why I did it. Ben Packer ’17 started by asking, “In 2002, you supported Texas’s anti-sodomy laws. Do you dislike bootysex because the peeny goes in where the poopy comes out?” He used childish language to highlight Perry’s childish logic regarding (homo) sexuality — he denies thousands of people human rights because he finds anal sex icky. Childish language strips the act of all stigma surrounding homophobia and forces him to confront the unfounded reasons he condemns anal sex. Further, laws against sodomy are explicit — they can limit legal sex to a penis going into a vagina and punish people who do anything else. Supporting a constitutional amendment that limits marriage to a man and a woman is sexually explicit and is a main tenet of conservative platforms. The words “booty sex” are explicit, but it is already part of the conversation; pretending it isn’t just to be polite doesn’t qualify as civil discourse. I disagree with the notion that a pre-campaign speech can foster “productive political discourse,” as it incentivizes saying as little as possible to appeal to as large an audience as possible. To say it can reach beyond empty, evasive rhetoric is at least delusional and at most is willfully upholding disempowering structures. Even when Timothy Messen ’18 attempted to engage Perry in what is considered serious discourse by asking if his views on homosexuality have changed since he compared it to alcoholism, Perry defaulted to states’ rights, and ignored the role his own morality plays in his decisions. The fact that The Dartmouth and the national media conflated Messen’s question with ours says something about what people consider to be meaningful political discourse — is any mention of his inflammatory views considered inappropriate? Messen’s question would have not been acknowledged by the media had it not been mistaken for “trolling.” In my view, it would have been a disgrace to an institution of higher learning to engage only in superficial discussion that helps mask offensive and oppressive views
behind decorum. The confines of “civil discourse” are defined by those in power to keep them in power. The reason this action was uncomfortable is also why it was necessary: it occurred outside the limits of what Perry and others who benefit from the dominant discourse deem appropriate. But it is important to challenge the boundaries of propriety. When confronting those in power who actively disrespect the rights and humanity of others, any demand to civility is ironic. The questions were offensive because they confronted his actual policies. Why is our tone — as politically powerless undergrads — more offensive and shocking than his enacted homophobia as a man with incredible amounts of money and power? Respect in this context is not a paramount or meaningful concept. I’m not advocating disrespect per se — rather, that incivility can be an effective and appropriate tool for such circumstances. My questions were disrespectful, but I reject the notion that I should respect a man who holds power simply because he holds it. It should matter what he does with that power, and what he does is oppress people he finds icky. I asked Perry if he would have anal sex for $102 million, which is the amount of campaign contributions he received during his multiple runs for governor. As Packer explained, “This particular question occurred in the background of Perry’s moral opposition to anal sex (which we are criticizing), and was motivated by the fact that if Perry has any moral boundaries that have not been carefully selected by a team of campaign managers to appeal to specific constituencies, he has almost certainly had to violate those moral boundaries for campaign contributions.” The power Perry has accumulated is large and threatening. Our intention was not to make Perry change his mind, nor was it to make him leave. If anyone reads the circulated sheet, the intention is clear: it is to mock the individual and the event. It is to send the message that those in power do not deserve respect if they use that power for ill. A person deserves respect based on their actions, not their status.
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The questions directed at Rick Perry were counterproductive.
On Sunday night, Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, spoke to a group of some 100 students in Wilder Hall. Various topics like the Keystone Pipeline and the midterm elections were discussed, but when it came time to answer the audience’s questions, one topic was homed in upon: same-sex marriage. Perry, like most in the Republican Party with which he identifies, is opposed to same-sex marriage, and he has not shied away from being vocal about it. In one of his 2012 presidential campaign ads titled “Strong,” Perry states that something is wrong with this country when “gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas.” While the several questions that the governor was given about this subject were not surprising, the nature of the questions was. One student asked whether Perry would have anal sex in exchange for more than $100 million in campaign contributions, while another question asked if he did not like anal sex because “the peeny goes in where the poopie comes out.” I, like many others, was offended and disappointed by these questions. That is, of course, after I repressed my childish giggling. I agree with the sentiment behind these questions. In this day and age, same-sex marriage should no longer be an issue. If two consenting adults love each other and wish to celebrate that love through marriage, then I think that is for the better of society. I personally believe that Perry’s policies concerning same-sex marriage are reprehensible, to say the least. They are only made worse by the misguided reasons used to justify them, like his assumption that homosexuality is like alcoholism and can be treated. However, I don’t believe that the actions taken on Sunday night were the right way to combat Perry’s bigoted stance. People often joke “if you ask a stupid question, you get a stupid answer.” I don’t believe that any of Sunday night’s questions were stupid, but I can almost guarantee
that Perry did. By framing these questions in a way that people on the other side of the debate would see as ridiculous, you enable their dismissal. While these questions did get the issue out there and create an attention-grabbing headline, they didn’t force Perry to seriously answer them. A similar but differently worded question that emphasized Perry’s stance would have left the governor without any choice but to answer it straightforwardly — and face the consequences of reminding a room full of rational people that the governor of Texas thinks that homosexuality is comparable to alcohol addiction. A question that uses the word “peeny” makes Perry seem like the grown-up in the situation, and that says a lot. These questions also leave me with mixed feelings about how Dartmouth is being represented. On the one hand, I’m glad that people at Dartmouth are willing to stand up and fight on behalf of marriage equality, and I’m proud to count myself among the people willing to do so. However, I also think that what happened on Sunday makes us seem like we are not open to a real discussion. While I think it was courageous to present these controversial questions and emphasize an issue that Perry has taken an unjust stance on, standing up in front of the sitting governor of Texas and rationally asking him to explain the logic of his views would have been even more courageous. Dartmouth is supposed to be a place where we can have a calm, open discourse about issues we are passionate about, and I think a good deal of the time it is. However, when students take actions like these, it seems like we are not interested in hearing the opposing side’s arguments — only in advancing our own. In this situation, demonstrating how flawed Perry’s ideals are through logical discourse and well-thoughtout debate would be exponentially more effective at showing the world how deeply harmful these ideals are.
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Professor says he believes students cheated for attendance credit FROM CHEATING PAGE 1
Two-thirds of students who were disciplined for honor principle violations received suspensions, most spanning two and four terms. Other sanctions included reprimands and separation. Balmer used clicker devices to assess participation in the 272-person class. Each clicker is registered with one student, who gains points for submitting answers to certain in-class questions. A program integrates these answers into the class’s online grade book, which allows professors to track responses in real time. The class, held in Cook Auditorium at the Tuck School of Business, enrolls 174 more students this term than it did last fall, according to Balmer and the ORC timetable. The class is the largest offered by Dartmouth this term, and the next-largest religion class offered this term enrolls 54 students. The course is designed specifically with athletes in mind, Balmer said. About 68 percent of students enrolled in the course are varsity athletes, according to an analysis of the class roster conducted by The Dartmouth. About one quarter of Dartmouth students compete for the school. “I wanted to appeal to their inter-
est, have a positive experience, allow them to succeed and build on that for their remainder of Dartmouth,” he said in an interview on Tuesday afternoon, sitting in his Thornton Hall office. “Obviously it’s a great disappointment to me that many of the students, including many athletes, subverted the whole experience.” Several weeks ago, Balmer said, he began to suspect that students were skipping class and sending their clickers to class with friends to gain points for attendance. On Oct. 30, Balmer measured how many students were in class. After asking the class a question to answer on their clickers, he passed out a paper version of the same question — “In the world of sports, what happened on August 22, 1926” — to each student in the classroom. “The TAs and I distributed these sheets to all the students in the class, being very careful not to distribute more than there were students in the class,” Balmer said. “It turns out that 43 students who said they were there were not there.“ Balmer reported the incident to Remy and learned that the honor code required him to report such violations for referral to the COS, he said. He said he initially sought permission to offer a plea bargain for involved students.
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the College. Wright, who served in the United States Marine Corps, promoted the “Yellow Ribbon Program,” a Post-9/11 G.I. Bill to help cover the costs of a college education, in 2008. Faculty and students who attended the breakfast emphasized raising awareness about the campus’s military history. “Events like this are a good reminder that Dartmouth is not separate from real life — it’s always been a part of these larger questions of global issues, along with appreciating veteran service,” history professor Jennifer Miller said. Miller is working on the Dartmouth Vietnam Project with history professor Edward Miller to address the history of Dartmouth’s involvement with the military. The two-ter m program for undergraduates was launched this summer. Over the next several years, the project aims to facilitate conversations among veterans and others who may have experienced the impact of the Vietnam War. In 2015, the project will expand to include a new group of sophomores
who will interview one community member at the end of the course. Graduate student Jesse Ricardo Perez, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, spoke about his experience in the military and at Dartmouth. “Vets have different experiences — the vets I have met here have had tremendous experiences and I salute them for that,” he said, adding that Veterans Day is an opportunity to remember those who died during their service and celebrate those currently serving. David Brooks ’15, who served in the United States Marine Corps, said he felt welcome at the College both as a student and as a veteran, and encourages students to take time to reflect on the contributions of those who serve. Brooks is a member of The Dartmouth opinion staff. The events were planned in collaboration among Dartmouth Human Resources, the Dartmouth Undergraduate Veteran Association, the Dartmouth Graduate Veteran Association, Dartmouth ROTC and the Dartmouth Undergraduate Service Association. FOR A PHOTO ESSAY, SEE PAGE 6
“I want to emphasize that this whole thing is very sad to me,” Balmer said. “I derive no satisfaction whatsoever.” Attendance and participation account for about 15 percent of a student’s grade in the class, according to the syllabus. Other projects include a midterm and a final examination, a book review and a debate. Based on what Remy told students Tuesday, Balmer said, he believes the COS will make disciplinary decisions based on precedent and prior infractions. Balmer, who said he has never experienced large-scale cheating in his classes, said he does not believe that the class’s large size is the reason for the incident, though he recognized that others may make that charge. “Any student who wants to cheat will find a way to do that,” he said. As every person who gave a clicker to a peer must have collaborated with an unknown number of students, Balmer said, there is no way for him to determine who exactly violated the honor principle. Balmer said he will continue to use clickers in class, but he added that he is so discouraged that he may not teach the class again. “I’ve spent more time in this course, lost more sleep on this course, than any other course in my 30 years of
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teaching,” he said. “And to have things turn out this way — it’s heartbreaking to me.” A student in the class, who wished to remain anonymous because he did not want his grade in the class affected, said that the implicated students included only those who gave their clickers to friends on Oct. 30, but cheating in the class was a term-long occurrence. Another student in the class, who requested anonymity because he did not want his name associated with cheating, said that attendance worsened as the term progressed. Physics and astronomy professor John Thorstensen, who uses clickers
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in his classes, said that he has never experienced an incident so “egregious.” While Thorstensen said he learns the names and faces of those in his classes, which he said tend to enroll about 50 students or fewer, tracking attendance in a larger class presents a greater challenge. In 2000, 78 students were investigated for cheating in a computer science course, but charges against all students were dropped. After an investigation, the school could not determine who had cheated on a homework assignment. Taylor Malmsheimer contributed reporting.
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“It is a sobering day each year, when I remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice but also when I reflect and celebrate with those that were fortunate enough to make it back from combat with me. Today reminds me how far I have come in life and how much work I still have left to do.”
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Three-time Latin Grammy winner El Cigala to sing Hop concert
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Three-time Latin Grammy Award winner Diego El Cigala takes the Spaulding Auditorium stage this evening to perform music from his newest album, “Romance de la Luna Tucumana” (Romance of the Tucumana Moon). The album includes influences from Argentine and Cuban musical traditions as well as Spanish flamenco and AfroCaribbean jazz. El Cigala will sing the pieces with Spanish lyrics backed by minimal band accompaniment — a pianist, bass player, percussion players and two guitarists. Instead of flashing lights and loudly amplified sound, El Cigala prefers to cultivate an intimate, conversational setting with his concert audiences, he wrote in an email interview with The Dartmouth translated by Spanish professor Paloma Asensio. Though some audience mem-
bers will may not comprehend the lyrics, El Cigala wrote that they should be able to understand the songs’ sentiment. “Music is a universal language that conveys a feeling that goes beyond language,” he wrote in the email. “The lyrics I sing are from great masters, and tell stories with great force.” Though he has several songs in mind for this evening’s concert, El Cigala does not have a defined set list, he wrote, preferring to improvise to match the audience’s responses the concert progresses. Asensio, who is familiar with El Cigala’s music, said she enjoys his work’s expressive quality. A friend recommended El Cigala’s music, and she was hooked. “Coming from northern Spain, I felt far away from flamenco,” Asensio said. “El Cigala just makes it easier to appreciate flamenco roots, and he makes the music more
approachable.” Born into a family of flamenco musicians in Madrid, El Cigala pursued music at an early age. He was largely influenced by his parents and local music, and played his first performances as a pre-teen, he wrote. Though flamenco, a type of music and dance genre originating in southern Spain, still serves as inspiration, El Cigala’s recent music incorporates influences from Latin America, creating a sound distinctly his own. “I am a man of my time, and I am flamenco by nature, and that’s what inspires me,” he wrote. “I think subconsciously I’ve been finding flamenco in all Latin music because
it was there at its deepest roots.” El Cigala began his solo career in 1997 and received his first Latin Grammy for “Lágrimas Negras” (Black Tears), a CD he recorded with Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés, in 2003. He received his second Latin Grammy for “Picasso en Mis Ojos” (Picasso in My Eyes) in 2006 and his third for “Cigala and Tango” in 2010. El Cigala wrote that he is inspired by melodies and lyrics that tell stories. His most recent album includes influences from Argentine folklore, he wrote. “I try to immerse myself in [those stories], and bring them to life,” El Cigala wrote. Asensio said concert-goers
expecting a flashy show will be disappointed, though those ready to be moved by El Cigala’s music will not. Music features prominently in Spanish tradition, and that celebratory aspect is important to El Cigala’s work as well, she said. “The place I come from, music is something that is shared during the holidays and traditional celebrations,” Asensio said. “The type of music used to celebrate is something that is very much alive — it’s important to keep that tradition alive.” Hop publicity coordinator Rebecca Bailey said that though the artist is not well-known outside Latin music circles, he has a strong following within that group of listeners.
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DARTMOUTH STUDENT PROJECTS IN THE ARTS
Complete Guidelines & Applications online: hop.dartmouth.edu hover over Dartmouth Students
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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
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English professor J. Martin Favor gave a lunchtime talk at the Hood Museum Tuesday.
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 sherry.l.fiore@dartmouth.edu.
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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Men’s basketball begins season on road Men’s and women’s kelly chen swimming start season By
When now-captain Gabas Maldunas ’15 tore his ACL last January, the Big Green had to play without its then-leading scorer and rebounder. But the team managed to go 5-8 down the stretch, thanks to standout performances by Alex Mitola ’16 and Connor Boehm ’16. The team’s 12-16 record was its best in 15 years. “We’re building off of the positive momentum from last year, and we have a lot of key people coming back,” Mitola said. “We only lost one player from last year, and our returning players like Gabas, Cole [Harrison ’17] and Tommy [Carpenter ’16] are now healthy.” Maldunas is back and healthy for a Big Green team that looks to improve on its sixth-place performance in the Ivy League. That should be a big boost for the team, which held a 7-7 mark in nonleague play before losing Maldunas after the Ivy opener to a practice injury. “After getting injured, it was hard getting back into shape at first,” Maldunas said. “My athleticism was worse than it was before, but I worked on my shot and dribbling. I’ll add the skills I picked up in the off-season and bringing these to the team will help them succeed. We’re bringing more things to the table than before. I hope we’ll do even better than last season now that I’m healthy.” The team is picked to finished sixth again this season, ahead of the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University, mirroring last season’s results. “Our main goal this year is to win the Ivy League Championship, and I feel like we can,” Maldunas said. “We were picked sixth in pre-season polls but that’s because we’ve been struggling a bit for the past few years and haven’t really been clicking, but this year with our key players together, we can turn things around. Looking at other Ivy League teams, we can really do some damage. We can win the league.” Three-time defending champion and NCAA Tournament upset threat Harvard University was the unanimous number one team. In last season’s March Madness, the Crimson made it to the round of 32 before losing to Michigan State
University, who reached the Elite Eight. In 2013, the 14th-seeded Crimson knocked off the No. 3 University of New Mexico Lobos. Maldunas and co-captian Mitola will lead the team this year. The senior from Lithuania looks to become the Big Green’s first 1,000-point scorer since Alex Barnett ’09. Not only is Maldunas an offensive threat, his 6’9”, 230-pound frame makes him a rebounding monster. In just 15 games last year, Maldunas amassed 128 boards, second-best on the team for the full year. Mitola helped carry the team after Maldunas went down, averaging almost 12 points per game. The only other senior on the roster is John Golden ’15, who is known more for his defense than offense. Golden averaged 4.1 rebounds per game and had 22 steals on the year, both of which were good enough for top three on the team. Last season, Golden contributed nearly nine points per game. Boehm was a breakout star of last year’s team, filling the void in the middle caused by Maldunas’s absence with 5.6 rebounds and nearly 11 points per game. Having Maldunas and Boehm in the frontcourt will help the Big Green both offensively and defensively. Kevin Crescenzi ’16 and Malik Gill ’16 will also provide important
contributions for the team. Crescenzi was also lethal from behind the arc last season, joining Mitola with about 40 percent made. Gill has led the team in steals his first two seasons and had some big games last season, finishing with 89 points and 45 assists total. “We want to get better on both sides of the ball, offensively and defensively,” Mitola said. “One thing we’re trying to improve on from last season is ball movement, sharing the ball and playing more as a team. The more we play together as a team, the better we can be. We want to be five guys playing as a unit.” The team tips off its first game of the season Saturday on the road against St. Bonaventure University. It will also travel to the University of Hartford for a midweek contest before returning home on Nov. 28, to take on Indiana University at Purdue University Fort Wayne in its home opener. “Since my freshman year, we’ve been improving every year,” Maldunas said. “I feel like we’re on good pace to keep improving and to have an even better record. The team has been playing together for a while, and this year will be even better because of the amount of experience we have together. We’re expecting a big season.”
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Connor Boehm ’16 will complement Gabas Maldunas ’15 this year after a strong 2013-14.
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points behind seventh-place Cornell University. “We would love to win all of our A tri-meet against Harvard University and Cornell University will conference meets this year as well officially launch the Dartmouth’s as move up at Ivy Championships,” men’s and women’s swimming and Hengemuhle said. “Coming off of a rough season last year, the coaches diving teams’ season this weekend. The teams have heavily practiced and team know what changes need to for weeks in advance of the Cam- be made so we can have a successful bridge, Massachusetts, meets, the year.” Hengemuhle noted that the team first for team members in the Class has changed its weight lifting program of 2018. Men’s co-captain Konrad von to increase strength, and practices Moltke ’15 said both teams’ workout have become more individualized. Both teams say they are looking regimens have included practicing four hours a day along with swimming ahead to the Ivy Championships, where improvement may be possible. workouts and lifting sessions. “Everyone on the team has really The men will have to make up for the bought into our program of eating loss of Zupan, who competed in two healthy, getting enough sleep and NCAA Championship meets while working hard in practices,” he said. on the team. The team looks to von Moltke, VerhaWomen’s cogen and Logan captain Siobhan Briggs ’16 , as Hengemuhle ’15 “We would love to win all well as its new said practices of our conference meets recruits, includhave focused on this year as well as move ing Mykhailo technique, race up at Ivy Championships. Tovmashenko s t r at e g y a n d Coming off of a rough ’18 and Bruno power. season last year, the Korbar ’18. Both teams coaches and team know Korbar will look to beat what changes need to be is a member of last year’s results. The Dartmouth The men’s team made so we can have a photo staff. finished sixth in successful year.” “Lookthe Ivy League ing back on my last season, thanks in large - SIOBHAN HENGEMUHLE ’15 c a re e r, ” vo n Moltke said, part to performances from Nejc Zupan ’14 and “there is nothing more exciting than James Verhagen ’16. Brett Gillis ’16 putting on the Dartmouth cap for the first time. I can’t wait to see how fast led the diving team. “The Ivy League is a very com- these guys can swim.” The women graduated Mary Van petitive league for swimming, and the level of competition has risen every Metre ’14 and Katy Feng ’14 from last season’s point-getters at the Ivy year,” von Moltke said. The margin of victory in the last Championship meet, but Wilson said two years’ championship meets were that several swimmers are primed to about 75 points for the men’s teams. help fill in. He pointed to Charlotte Princeton University and Harvard Kamai ’16 and Olivia Samson ’16 as have been recent league leaders. The swimmers who have performed well Crimson won both the men’s and for the Big Green. Wilson said that new recruits women’s championships last season, ending the Princeton men’s five-year Taylor Yamahata ’18 and AnnClaire MacArt ’18 will also look to bolster winning streak. Head coach Jim Wilson said the the women’s side. “The freshmen are always a highmen aim to beat Yale University or Columbia University, which respec- light for me because you just don’t tively finished fourth and fifth, to finish know how they are going to compete,” Wilson said. “They’re always a lot of fifth in the league. The Big Green women seek fun to watch.” The meet begins at 11 a.m. on a fast start after a disappointing eighth-place finish last year, 127 Saturday.