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Filling Hanlon’s office, group demands point-by-point response to the ‘Freedom Budget’
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A group of about 35 students filled College President Phil Hanlon’s office Tuesday afternoon during his open office hours, with eight choosing to stay the night.
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A group of about 35 students from a range of campus communities entered College President Phil Hanlon’s office during his open office hours on Tuesday, stating their dissatisfaction to the administration’s March 6 reaction to the “Freedom Budget.” They demanded a point-by-point response to
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Parkhurst Hall. As students filed in to Hanlon’s outer office around 4 p.m., they were greeted by administrative assistants, who noted that they had been expecting them. Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson then told the students that she and Hanlon would be available to talk in a few minutes. When Johnson asked why the group was there, Dondei Dean ’17 spoke first.
“We’re here to see President Hanlon. You probably know most of us already, but, just to sum up, we are extremely dissatisfied with the response that he issued,” Dean said. “It was not on our terms. We are here to see him and demand a point-by-point response, and we are not going to leave until we get one.” Approximately 10 minutes later, the entire group was in-
vited into Hanlon’s office. Dean, acting as primary spokesperson, told the president that the students were “deeply enraged” by Hanlon’s response to the “Freedom Budget,” stating dissatisfaction with both the length of the administration’s press release, which they said encompassed only three points, and their choice not to respond SEE PARKHURST PAGE 5
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each of the student-authored document’s 70-plus demands for change regarding issues of diversity and inclusivity. Equipped with poster paper, sleeping bags and pizza, many students displayed the intention of spending the night. As of press time, about eight students planned to remain in Hanlon’s personal office overnight and about seven others intended to stay in the outer atrium of
A New Hampshire veterans advocacy organization plans to purchase a residence for veteran students at Dartmouth, thanks to a $375,000 donation, the organization announced last week. The donor, an unidentified veteran’s family, will contribute the money if the organization, Project VetCare, raises
an additional $100,000 to meet the house’s price before its May 31 closing date. Project VetCare plans to rent the proposed house, located on Lebanon Street about half a mile from the Hanover Co-op Food sSore, to three or four undergraduate veterans, chairman and co-founder Robert Chambers said. SEE VETERANS PAGE 3
Members of the College community expressed mixed opinions about the sit-in staged in College President Phil Hanlon’s office yesterday, with some faculty and students praising the demonstrators’ boldness and others criticizing their methods. Dozens of students convened in Parkhurst Hall yesterday afternoon for Hanlon’s open office hours. Upon entering the office, the group
demanded a point-by-point response to the “Freedom Budget” and said they would remain until Hanlon gave his opinion on each point and specified the steps he would take by next week to execute each demand. As of press time, seven faculty members had signed a statement written later that evening expressing solidarity with the protestors. The statement said protestors had generated a “moment of decision” for the Dartmouth community. “We can do what is expect-
ed — issue the typical condemnations and criticize the students’ actions as ‘unwise and untimely,’ just as ‘respectable’ figures condemned [Martin Luther] King’s principled and disruptive stance in Birmingham in 1963,” the statement read. “Or we can do something entirely uncharacteristic of an elite, cloistered institution such as ours — we can engage in self-reflection while moving to implement the students’ wellconsidered demands, seeking to understand how and why SEE REACTION PAGE 3
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COSSA recommendations see progress B y MIN KYUNG JEON The Dartmouth Staff
Researchers at the Thayer School of Engineering and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center have developed an imaging technique for locating breast tumors too small to detect by hand. The technique creates a 3-D image of the breasts, using MRI to map the tumor, and adds detail about its structure and location using an optical scan. It does not require an often painful pre-surgery procedure that locates tumors with wires and leaves cancer cells behind 30 to 40 percent of the time. Researchers will next examine how the combined MRI and optical scan compares to the wire localization technique for patients with non-palpable tumors. Fast food advertisements for heathier children’s meals typically fail to communicate the healthier version in a way understandable to their target audience of 3- to 7-year-olds, according to a study by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center researchers published Monday. The majority of children mistook Burger King’s alternative “fresh apple fries” for actual French fries. Only 10 percent of the study’s participants could distinguish between the two “fries,” and one-third to one-half of the targeted audience could not detect milk as the substituted beverage in advertisements by Burger King and McDonald’s. A team of Norris Cotton Cancer Center researchers led by Geisel School of Medicine professor Angeline Andrew has identified genetic factors that may influence a bladder cancer patient’s risk of recurrence, according to a study published in March. Patients with certain genetic factors may benefit from more frequent screenings and personalized, aggressive treatment, the study suggests. The research has the potential to narrow the number of patients who undergo screenings for recurrence, which can be frequent and painful. The researchers analyzed DNA from 563 patients with different rates of bladder cancer recurrence. Among other factors, patients who displayed variations in a gene that codes for an enzyme involved in alcohol metabolism had higher rates of recurrence after treatment. — Compiled by Alli Brady
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Of the 21 recommendations published last fall by the Committee on Student Safety and Accountability, six have been executed, according to a progress report published on the Dean of the College website last month. Two recommendations are in the process of being implemented, seven are in the planning stages and six are currently under review. COSSA, a committee formed in February 2012 by former College President Jim Yong Kim, drafted recommendations to ameliorate highrisk drinking, sexual assault and hazing on campus, with the overall aim of improving the quality of student life and education. “I don’t remember a time quite like this, when the College President and many administrators have so much willingness to make progress,” said director of health promotion and student wellness Aurora Matzkin ’97. “As an alumna, it is exciting to see all the changes happening.” The recommendations addressed eight categories: residential life, curricular investment, campus climate, faculty and staff, the judicial system, the Committee on Standards sexual misconduct hearing board, accountability for students found responsible for sexual assault and the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students program. Completed recommendations include developing an Intergroup Dialogue program, publishing timely reports on judicial outcomes, expanding first responder and motivational interviewing training for faculty and staff and selecting and training a core pool of Committee on Standards
members who specialize in hearing sexual assault cases. Matzkin said that the proposed sexual assault policy aligns with COSSA recommendations on accountability for students found responsible of sexual assault. The policy, which mandates expulsion for perpetrators of forcible penetration, is currently posted for public comment. The College plans to enact the policy by this summer. The Intergroup Dialogue program, launched by the Office of Pluralism and Leadership last fall, prompts students to discuss identities like race, sexual orientation and socioeconomic class. The program focuses on community building and development, said biology professor Ryan Calsbeek, a member of the committee on student life. Women’s and gender studies professor Giavanna Munafo said she has been involved in several initiatives born from the report’s recommendations on faculty and staff, including a first responder training program and a motivational interviewing program. The first responder training program teaches faculty to assist students and colleagues who disclose incidents of sexual violence, consisting of 90-minute discussion sessions hosted by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning and the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program. Every employee, Munafo said, should understand the resources available for survivors of sexual assault. Matzkin said that nearly 400 staff members have received motivational interviewing training since 2012, and the training was significantly expanded to faculty members and
undergraduate advisors last term. Recommendations in progress include developing “living learning communities” and extending the BASICS program. Calsbeek said that the proposed communities, including Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network in Residence, Global Village, Triangle House and a design-your-own option, are part of COSSA’s efforts to enrich students’ residential lives with experiential learning outside the classroom. They will open in fall 2014. Progress on the BASICS recommendations has focused on expanding the alcohol intervention to Greek houses. The report’s campus climate suggestion, listed as “under review” in the progress report, recommends data collection and analysis regarding the effects of gender, race, sexuality, class and other factors on the experiences of students, faculty and staff at Dartmouth. The report did not include additional recommendations regarding campus climate because it is a “fluid and dynamic” topic subject to frequent changes, Calsbeek said. Of nine students interviewed, most saw the College’s initiatives as a step in the right direction, though some disagreed on the efficacy of expanding the BASICS program. Kainan Zhou ’16 lauded the College’s effort to build residential neighborhoods and enhance residential continuity. “The kind of system we have right now doesn’t facilitate connections among students,” Zhou said. “Especially because in the first year, people build relationships with their floors, but afterward, everyone goes off to different places.”
DHMC receives $10 million for palliative care center
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center received an anonymous $10 million donation, the largest gift in the hospital’s history, earmarked for a new palliative and hospice care center which is set to open in 2017, DHMC announced on March 20. Providing in-patient attention outside of a hospital atmosphere, the center will care for patients at the end of their lives and those with life-threatening illnesses, who often have complex needs that are difficult or impossible to treat at home. DHMC plans to construct the 12-bed facility in a structure separate from the existing hospital, said project consultant Ira Byock, a Geisel School of Medicine professor who served as DHMC’s director of palliative medicine from 2003
to 2013. The building will include common spaces for sleeping, as well as community kitchens where families can cook for loved ones and themselves. The center will also house physical therapy facilities and specialized services like bathing facilities and a barber and beauty shop, Byock said. “What we really wanted was a place where we could admit patients who needed the kind of care, that shouldn’t happen in a hospital but could happen in an in-patient hospice facility,” said DHMC chief medical officer Edward Merrens ’88. Since the center will cost about $20 million total, DHMC will fundraise the remaining $10 million and plans to hold a drive targeted at the Upper Valley and other northern New England communities. Byock expressed confidence that
the project would attract regional support. “It’s important that the community feel ownership for this center,” Byock said. “DHMC is investing significant resources and time and energy but really sees it as resource for the region and population.” The center plans to partner with existing providers to expand hospice care region-wide, Byock said. The facility will coordinate programming for regional nurses and social workers to smooth the transition between in-home treatment, hospice care and other Upper Valley services. The new center will act as a resource for regional palliative care providers who work with patients and families, Geisel professor Meredith MacMartin said. Multiple hospice services already operate in the Upper Valley, including the Visiting Nurse and
Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire, a non-profit organization that provides in-home care. The organization serves over 100 towns in New Hampshire and Vermont and receives over half of its patients from the hospital, development and community relations director Catherine Hogan said. Hogan said the new center will educate people about end-of-life care, increase the availability of hospice services and better integrate the palliative care services into the local community. DHMC is developing the center not only as a clinical center but also as a center for teaching and palliative care research, Merrens said, adding that students will conduct hospice research through an existing fellowship. Byock said he hopes that the center will become a national
leader in hospice and palliative care. The plan to establish a center began after a study found that there was an unmet need to care for patients with advanced and complex illnesses throughout the entire region, Byock said. The study determined that a center would serve as a helpful resource for patients and families. Hospice and palliative care centers provide end-of-life treatment, pain management and emotional comfort to patients, as well as grief counseling and spiritual support for families, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Geisel recently received a $6.25 million gift to support neurological research from the estate of Susan Diamond, the medical school announced on Feb. 3. Amelia Rosch contributed reporting.
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Professors express solidarity with student demonstrators FROM REACTION PAGE 1
a wide array of students continue to experience the College’s typical functioning as a kind of methodical assault on their dignity.” Alexander Barnett, a math and physics and astronomy professor, said in an email that although he does not support every demand in the “Freedom Budget,” he supported the demonstrators’ actions because he
believes many minority faculty have left the College due to the campus climate created by student and administrators. Comments on Bored at Baker and The Dartmouth’s website illustrate that “white male affiliated students often set the tone on campus” and do not understand what struggling with oppression is like, Barnett said, adding that if the demonstrators succeed in accomplishing “even a few” of their goals, their actions are
Veteran advocacy group fundraises for residence FROM VETERANS PAGE 1
Chambers said the need for the house became apparent during his interactions with veteran students, several of whom intern at Project VetCare. Although many veterans integrate well into dorms, for others, he said, the transition can be difficult. “Most of them are combat veterans,” Chambers said. “They’ve been fighting in the war, and they are now in their mid-twenties in a dorm with 18-year-olds, many who are away from home for the first time in their lives.” The property, which is approximately 3,000 square feet, has a large dining room, living room, kitchen and additional study spaces, Chambers said. The house, he said, could serve as a space for veteran-hosted events like open houses during fall football game weekends. Eighteen undergraduate veterans are enrolled at Dartmouth, the highest number since 2007. Over 130,000 veterans live in New Hampshire, including 8,000 in Grafton County, according to Project VetCare’s press release. The organization’s Board of Directors began fundraising for the project late last fall, planning for the campaign to last several years, Chambers said. Project VetCare intended to purchase a $200,000 house in West Lebanon to rent to interested veterans, but adjusted the plan once the donors suggested the house for students in Hanover and pledged to pay a significant portion of the overall cost. “This family just blew our minds,” Chambers said. “It’s a huge amount of money, and we were flopping around on the floor when we found out.” Around 10 other donors have contributed funds, Chambers said, including former College President James Wright. Rent payments will contribute to other Project VetCare work, the press release stated. Undergraduate dean and Dartmouth undergraduate veterans
association faculty advisor Kent Yrchik-Shoemaker said that while the veteran students he advises believe that the initiative has promise, they were not involved with or aware of Project VetCare’s plans. Most students learned of it on Monday when The Valley News published an article about the house, Yrchik-Shoemaker said. “It was a shock to them to hear that someone had bought a house with that intent when it wasn’t a priority for them,” Yrchik-Shoemaker said. Billy Peters ’15, who has lived in College residence halls and affinity housing, said he believes the house may be an attractive option for undergraduate students if it is in good condition, its rent is affordable and the commute to school is not too long. Trevor Forbes Tu’15, a former Marine, said he might have considered living in the home if he were an undergraduate but believes that most graduate students, many of whom are married, will opt not to live there. Forbes said a residence could increase interactions among undergraduate and graduate veterans whose paths do not cross regularly. “If nothing else, veterans have different perspectives, and this allows them to share experiences and commiserate,” Forbes said. Michael Rodriguez MALS’13, cofounder of the Dartmouth Graduates Veterans Association, agreed that the house could help students create “lasting connections,” but he was unsure if enough students would be interested to keep the house full each term. Chambers, a Vietnam War veteran, founded the non-profit with Danielle Goodwin, the wife of a veteran, in the fall of 2012 to aid veterans in the Upper Valley. The organization helps veterans apply for benefits, runs an emergency food bank and organizes seminars at Hanover High School, where veterans speak with students about their experiences. “I felt like there was a negative attitude about veterans,” Chambers said. “Veterans were kind of hidden in pockets, and they kept quiet.”
worth it. History professor Russell Rickford, who provided the statement, said he expected more faculty and other community members to sign in the next few days. Twenty-four students interviewed by The Dartmouth expressed a range of opinions, with some focusing on the demonstrators’ motivations and others on their tone and strategy. Several said they were not surprised by the demonstrators’ attempt to highlight the urgency of the issues raised by the “Freedom Budget.” Kevin Guh ’16, said that because the sit-in was face-to-face, he believed it would serve as a “decision point.” Bobby Esnard ’14 said he understood why the demonstrators sought a more detailed response to their concerns. “President Hanlon and Interim Provost Martin Wybourne’s response to the Freedom Budget did not address — either affirmatively or negatively — the majority of the demands that were made, so it’s not surprising to me that these students want to see a response to those demands,” he said. Other students criticized the demonstrators’ tactics. Chris Novak ’17, who observed the sit-in, said he was unsure if the demonstrators’ bold methods would prove effective. Esnard said that he hopes students
who agree with some of the issues raised by the “Freedom Budget” but oppose the demonstrators’ methods will work toward changing the College, rather than focusing on the demonstrators’ language. Christopher Clark ’14 said he believed the difference in the tone of the students and administrators could partly be attributed to the age difference between the two parties. “Hanlon is coming in as President of the College, so I feel like to be in that position you grow to speak in a certain way that’s more respectful and less off-the-cuff than I feel like the students were speaking,” he said. Spanish professor Annabel Martín, who followed a live stream of the sit-in, said in an email that she thought the demonstrators’ tone was largely respectful, but also “frustrated, and sometimes angry, quite understandably, when you feel your well-being (personal, intellectual, spiritual) is not as fully protected, honored and stimulated as those of others.” Demonstrators defended their strategy by arguing that previous discussions had not resulted in substantive changes. Jillian Mayer ’14, who participated in the sit-in, said that terms like “dialogue” are “racialized and white, gendered and masculine,”
adding that she believed asking to have a conversation was a byword for dismissal. “Queer people, people of color, trans people, poor students, undocumented students hear all the time that things take time and you have to be patient and you have to be civil,” Mayer said. “That’s not what has moved the needle of history.” Some said they thought Hanlon’s response to the sit-in was evasive. “President Hanlon’s justification for not making a personal statement was explained by stating that he thought he would be silencing the entire faculty and administration by making a statement,” Sarah Fernandez ’14, who participated in the sit-in, said. “As if the entire faculty and administration would have no choice but to follow in his stead, which is preposterous.” Only three students interviewed who were not in Parkhurst said that they were following the demonstration closely. Many students cited the late notice and their academic commitments as reasons they did not attend or keep up with the sit-in’s progression. By around 5 p.m., over 300 people were following the live stream. SEE REACTION PAGE 5
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Mitigating Misconceptions
The Myth of Mobility
Misconceptions surrounding sexual assault hinder meaningful progress. On March 27, Parker Gilbert was found not guilty of rape; specifically, he was found not guilty of vaginal penetration through force, vaginal penetration through concealment or by the element of surprise before the complainant had an adequate chance to flee or resist, vaginal penetration when the complainant was physically helpless to resist because she was sleeping, vaginal penetration without free consent, anal penetration without free consent and criminal trespass. However, much of the testimony throughout the trial makes me suspicious that what happened was not simply “drunken, awkward, college sex.” The prosecution argued hat Gilbert had entered the complainant’s room uninvited and initiated sexual contact that included vaginal penetration with her while she was asleep. The defense, in closing arguments, voiced the claim that they had interacted in the hall before they had sex. This implicitly suggested and, more importantly, conveniently hindered interrogation of the allegation that she must have been awake when the sex started. Obsession with the volume of the complainant’s resistance and her presence on social media, among other things, have obscured (and ingeniously so) this glaring point of contention and, moreover, have made clear that our society is in desperate need of education about what exactly constitutes sexual assault as a crime. And while the Gilbert trial is unsettling, to say the least, reactions to it have been even more disturbing. Some have simply hailed it as a victory for men falsely accused of sexual violence. Others, like Joe Asch ’79 of Dartblog, who was met with considerable student support, used the trial as a justification for condemning those who supposedly “do harm to themselves” by engaging in the hook-up culture and, consequently, invite sexual assault. Asch argues that “sluts,” women who engage in sexual interactions with acquaintances, should be shamed. While he attempts to make this philosophy gender-neutral by applying it to “playas,” his idea of a male counterpart, as well, his doing so demonstrates a profound ignorance of these terms’ implicit sexism. “Slut” is never a positive label; it is used pejo-
ratively to describe women (and often gay men) who are perceived as disgustingly promiscuous. These women, who are simply exercising sexual freedom that does not conform to idealized notions of romance, are understood as having lost any claim to respectability, a concept rooted in the sexist ideology of purity and virginity that has been forced upon them for ages. Women are called “easy,” are accused of asking to be “used” by men and are thus robbed of their own sexual agency. It is this logic that continues to disempower women and allows survivors of sexual assault to be portrayed as deserving of the violence enacted against them. “Playa,” on the other hand, is in no way equivalent to “slut.” A man who can hook up with a lot of women is often praised for his supposed charm and sexual prowess. Asch proposes that we condemn these men as well, but the key difference is that “playas” are not already shamed as “sluts” are. Shaming both parties is hardly a solution, because, again, these men are simply exercising sexual freedom and should not be deprived of their own sexual agency. Asch goes on to argue that acquaintances, in casually hooking up, increase the risk of sexual assault. This incredibly problematic view assumes that sexual assault mostly occurs between relative strangers and not between persons in committed relationships. In addition, no one, and I mean no one, ever asks to be sexually assaulted. We need to promote a culture that understands sex as an interaction in which both parties are awake and constantly affirming their enthusiastic consent. Furthermore, we cannot continue to take arguments that play upon the stereotypical misconceptions surrounding sexual violence for granted. Slut-shaming and insisting that a victim must loudly resist her attacker (and loud is a relative term here) are the sorts of uneducated reactions that defenders of perpetrators of sexual violence want to elicit from us. We must realize that such arguments still fail to explain, excuse or demonstrate the absence of sexual violence. They merely serve to perpetuate a culture that is hostile to survivors and, consequently, allows sexual assault to continue.
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Some students start at a profound disadvantage when they arrive on campus. There is one scene in “The Great Gatsby” that has stayed with me throughout my college experience. Nick, the book’s Midwestern narrator, attends a party at Jay Gatsby’s house, and finds an owl-eyed man murmuring in Gatsby’s library, amazed that all of the books are real. Gatsby wants his guests, members of the East Coast elite, to consider him an “Oxford man,” a nouveau riche who can nonchalantly exchange pleasantries with old money. However, the character of Gatsby, the reader later finds, is a façade. Throughout the novel, the mask that he had carefully crafted for himself continues to deteriorate, and his upward mobility is stymied by his own misplaced ambitions as well as the insurmountable sociocultural expectations and barriers of the Roaring Twenties. Many of us, myself included, chose to attend Dartmouth because we believed that an Ivy League affiliation would help us climb the socioeconomic ladder to professional dignity. Dartmouth has surpassed my expectations. During my college career, my status as a Dartmouth student, backed by recommendations from faculty members who know me and care about my future, has opened many doors, in fields as diverse as academic research and book publishing. I have no doubt that the College has given me more opportunities — financial and academic — than any of my other Ivy options ever could have. But something that has continued to flummox me during my four years here are the implicit skills and knowledge that I have been expected to know in the social situations I’ve been exposed to since attending Dartmouth. For instance, when I first dined at the Canoe Club — one of the nicest restaurants that I had ever been to at the time — I was unsure of what to do with the folded white napkin. I let it sit in front of me until a friend leaned over and drew attention to it. This was a nice restaurant, he said, and I was supposed to put the white cloth on my lap. I proceeded to do so, embarrassed by the gap in my cultural knowledge, and more than a bit peeved for having been expected to know how to behave when neither schooling nor upbringing had prepared me for this occasion. Later, my sister was invited to an all-expenses
paid leadership conference hosted by The Blackstone Group. My mother, whose last experience in Western dining was a single disagreeable trip to the Olive Garden in 2008, urged my sister to treat one of her friends, a daughter of a high-level Oliver Wyman executive, to a dinner at a upscale restaurant to learn all she could about silverware. Embarrassing anecdotes of fine dining aside, students who originate from lower socioeconomic class and first-generation immigrant backgrounds have often not been privy to the sort of cultural grooming that others at Dartmouth have picked up throughout their lives. At best, this leads to awkward situations, and at worst, feelings as if one does not belong in this rarefied sphere of money and privilege. Fortunately, Dartmouth does have resources available to students who come from underprivileged backgrounds. Dartmouth’s First Year Student Enrichment Program provides mentorship and programming for first-generation college students, and the Rockefeller Center offers students the opportunity to gain professional soft skills, like dining etiquette. I would, however, argue for more programming and events specifically tailored to socioeconomically disadvantaged students, especially for those hoping to go into careers in fields such as finance, academia and science, in which mentorship and networks could contribute significantly to their success. This could be most effectively arranged by existing campus centers such as the Center for Professional Development and the Rockefeller Center, perhaps assisted by a knowledgeable authority, like the Office of Pluralism and Leadership. Pairing successful alumni with students who lack professional role models or advocates in their families or immediate communities could allow them to acquire skills and knowledge that cannot be gained through normal academic course offerings. Particularly since class transcends many other demographic delineations, offering programs and mentoring for those from financially disadvantaged backgrounds would better enable a wide array of Dartmouth students to pursue their professional ambitions by adding cultural capital to their academic foundation.
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Students remain in Parkhurst overnight FROM PARKHURST PAGE 1
through The Dartmouth. Lindsay Ellis ’15, The Dartmouth’s editor-in-chief, said in an interview that administrators initially sent their response to The Dartmouth during the paper’s last night of winter production, but that she did not believe the opinion pages, where community members argue their positions on college issues, were an appropriate format for the administrators’ statement. After noting her dissatisfaction, Dean said the students had brought a reformatted copy of the Freedom Budget with individual checkboxes for Hanlon to indicate whether or not he agreed with each demand. “This is not a conversation,” Hanlon said, pointing to the sheet he had been given. “I would rather sit down and discuss with you and the whole campus what are the solutions.” Dean said the group does not speak for campus but that they are “people whose opinions do matter” and that the College did not take their claims seriously. When Hanlon said that the recent tuition increase was the smallest since 1977, Dean replied, “President Hanlon, you guys just renovated the bleachers.” Asked why he could not act not independently and immediately on the Freedom Budget, Hanlon said that he did not make every decision at the College. If he responded unilaterally, he would overstep the roles of his administrators, Hanlon said. He added that he would identify administrators who could respond to each point. After stepping out briefly, Johnson and Hanlon returned to the room with a proposal to commission an external survey of campus climate. Johnson said administrators cannot “control the hearts and minds of this campus” but agreed to proceed with the survey to determine future action. Several students who were not part of the original group then arrived and began to voice their concerns. Undergraduate student Scott Mitchell, who came to the sit-in after seeing the live feed video posted online by The Dartmouth Radical, said he disagreed with the students’ tactics. “This is not something that’s a topdown decision,” he said. “This is not something that President Hanlon says something and the culture changes. Right now you’re ridiculing President Hanlon to his face. This is not how you make change.” Hanlon exited his office at 5:15 p.m., after about 45 minutes of discussion. As he stood to leave, a student asked for his thoughts on racism. “I will say a thousand times. I am opposed to bias of any kind,” he said. “Racism, homophobia, gender-based violence — I am opposed to all of those
things.” Johnson remained to answer questions until about 6 p.m. Several minutes later, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne entered the room and urged students to leave Hanlon’s personal office. Remaining in the president’s inner office would be considered trespassing, a violation of College policy, he said, and students could be arrested. Those who wished to remain in the building as an act of protest, he said, could stay in the atrium for the night. Safety and Security officers would be posted outside the main doors of the building to prevent additional students from entering, Kinne said, asking those who wished to remain in the inner office to write down their names for potential disciplinary purposes. Christine Miguel ’14, who arrived with the original group of students, remained on the steps of Parkhurst Hall, holding a banner that read, “Meet our demands.” “I’m sure there will be more tomorrow, and the day after that and the day after that,” Miguel said. Last month, Hanlon and Interim Provost Martin Wybourne released a statement outlining their plans for increasing diversity at the College, including changes to financial aid and programs to bring “diverse perspectives” to campus. “Recently, a presentation of the ‘Freedom Budget’ document highlighted for us that we, as the administration, must engage the campus more effectively in current and future action to achieve our shared vision for Dartmouth,” the statement read. The “Freedom Budget” demands that the College increase enrollment of black, Latino and Latina and Native American students to at least 10 percent each and increase the number of faculty and staff of color across departments. Other proposals include banning the Indian mascot, providing pro-bono legal and financial assistance to undocumented students and expanding gender-neutral housing and bathrooms on campus. The document also demands that residential life spaces on campus be accessible to all students. No public announcement preceded the sit-in. Students unaffiliated with the demonstrators said that they found out about the demonstration via word-of-mouth and an email from The Dartmouth Radical sent to campus once student were inside Parkhurst. “Our bodies are already on the line, in danger and under attack at Dartmouth,” the email read. “We are now using them to occupy the president’s office until he accords us the basic respect of serious, point-bypoint, actionable response.” Michael Qian contributed reporting to this article.
Students stage sit-in, prompt reflection FROM REACTION PAGE 3
Later in the evening, Christine Miguel ’14, who had previously demonstrated in Hanlon’s office with the other students, and T Kienemund ’15 rallied outside Parkhurst with a banner that said, “Meet our demands.” “Hanlon danced around everything we said,” Miguel said. “Not surprising — disheartening for sure — but not surprising.” The two stressed that other students could help spearhead the mission of the “Freedom Budget” by spreading the word, discussing the document with friends and thinking about its contents. Kienemund said
that the demonstrators would continue to pressure the administration into meeting their demands. Some students said that they were not familiar with the demands articulated in the “Freedom Budget,” primarily owing to off-terms or disinterest. Demonstrators interviewed said that they hoped the sit-in would spark reflection on campus. Mayer stressed that the demonstrators did not take their actions lightly. “I hope that people can take a second and think about why a very large number of students, primarily brown students, queer students,
undocumented students, women, people who are marginalized on this campus, took time that they could be making money — we need to make money, we need to study, we need to graduate — why so many students took time out of their day to do this,” Mayer said. “We’re not doing this for fun. We’re doing this because we have to survive.” Martín emphasized that the demonstrators’ demands would benefit all campus communities. “Making Dartmouth a more civil, inclusive, ‘liberated’ and free microcosm of society is in everyone’s interest,” Martín said, “if the cultivation of humanity is our ultimate goal.”
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THE DARTMOUTH COMICS
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014
Anna Miller ’16
TODAY 4:15 p.m. “Technical Tradeoffs in the NSA’s Mass Phone Call Data Program,” with Edward Felten, Steele 006
6:00 p.m. Voxmasters workshop, “Call to Action,” Rockefeller Center, Class of 1930 Room
7:30 p.m. “Unbreakable: A Personal Battle with Depression, Substance Use and Perfectionism,” Rockefeller Center 003
TOMORROW 12:00 p.m. “Climate Change and Indigenous Communities: How Can Dartmouth Make a Difference,” Silsby 215
4:00 p.m.
The Mundane Madness
Anthony Chicaiza ’17
Dartmouth’s 2014 Global Health Day conference, Haldeman 041
4:30 p.m. Lecture, “Democracy, the Jewish State and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” with Gershom Gorenberg, Kemeny Hall 007
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THE DARTMOUTH ARTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Haley Reicher ’17
B y Dongjun Suh
In her short time at Dartmouth, Haley Reicher ’17 has already made a name for herself in the campus arts community. Reicher has performed in two of the theater department’s main stage productions and sings regularly in her a cappella group, the Sing Dynasty. Reicher’s theatrical career at Dartmouth began with “Big Love,” the fall main stage production, in which she played one of the brides. The role was small, but a learning experience, said Reicher, who went on to secure the lead role of Wendla in the winter musical, “Spring Awakening”. “The creative team tries to spot those people who really stand out, and [Reicher] did,” theater professor Jamie Horton said of her “Spring Awakening” audition. “We all agreed by the end that we had the person we wanted to play Wendla.” Reicher said she was interested in “Spring Awakening” not only because of the acting and singing opportunities the musical offered, but also for the important topics it tackled, including sexual assault, sexuality and teen suicide. Reicher participated in several charged scenes, including a sex scene that the entire cast discussed at length beforehand. Horton recalled Reicher “digging into” the truth of her character when they talked about the meaning of one of her musical numbers. “She was determined to communicate the right message of what she wanted to say during such scenes,” said Sing Dynasty member and “Spring Awakening” performer Isa Francisco ’14. “It was wonderful to see a [freshman] so committed to that process.” When not on stage, Reicher rehearses with the Sings. The group’s grueling audition process, which took place this fall, ran from 10 a.m. to midnight, Reicher said, adding that it felt like three days. For her audition, she
sang a song from the musical “Aida.” “It was funny because she was really shy after beautifully singing this challenging song,” Francisco said, “which was such a dramatic and mature choice to come in with.” As a member, Reicher sings various pop songs with original arrangements by the Sing Dynasty’s members. The Sings toured in California for two weeks this winter break, performing in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Reicher said she has enjoyed getting to know members of her a cappella group, many of whom are upperclassmen and can relate to her experiences. Performing is not new for Reicher, who acted in her first show, “Ferdinand the Bull,” when she was 5. At age 11, while her family was living in Vermont, Reicher was a lead dancer in the Hopkins Center’s Christmas Revels show. Reicher continued developing her interest in the arts throughout high school, joining theater and music groups. In addition to her passion for the arts, Reicher said she hopes to explore her interest in global health policy and women’s rights. Combining performance art with policy can be an effective communication tool, she said. “I think that even if I don’t pursue theater as a career, being in a show has helped me in more ways than I could conceive of — overcoming stage fright, public speaking, communicating with others,” Reicher said. “I would say that you should definitely do a performance if you get the chance.”
the final word with Haley Reicher ’17 My favorite movie: “Life is Beautiful” (1997). My favorite book: “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy Kidder.
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Haley Reicher ’17 performed in “Spring Awakening” this winter.
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Clifford Owens performed “Anthology,” a conceptual art piece, last night at the Hopkins Center.
Owens performs interactive artwork
thing,” Owens said, commenting American.” This command began on his devotion to the scores. a stream of racially charged cari Clifford Owens’s performance Owens gathered audience mem- catures. One audience member art piece “Anthology,” performed bers around him during “Regret simply pretended to play basketTuesday night at the Hopkins Cen- Piece” and instructed them to do ball, and others spoke in imitation ter, demanded audience members something to him that they would Ebonics. to forget faintness and fortitude regret. Minutes passed without a The per formance concluded of heart and embrace flexibility. response, and Owens repeated with “Sweep,” a collaborative piece The collection of performance art the question, incorporating scores forced viewers to examine until a partici- “I don’t have any multi-color ed their perceptions of race, gender, pant stepped sand art, which sexuality and sexual assault. for ward to give preconceived notions audience mem The performance focused on h i m a h a r d of what people are bers were inthe audience as much as Owens punch to the vited to move himself. Many of the scores re- jaw. Owens of- going to walk away around with quired audience members to stand fered his thanks with.” their feet. A before their peers completing and hugged the short questiontasks related to the piece’s issues. now-cr ying voland-answer ses “Per formance ar t is about unteer, saying - Clifford Owens sion with the effect,” Owens responded when that the outartist followed. asked how he chose his medium. burst was a true Owens “The goal is to give the audience an expression of said that audiexperience, to have them engage her emotions ence responses with art in ways they may not be and circumstances. to the performance prompts var y familiar with.” Naomi Lazar ’17, who attended depending on their backgrounds. During the performance, Ow- the performance, said she con- This variability makes each show ens guided audience members sidered volunteering for “Regret unpredictable for Owens. through his score interpreta- Piece” but was daunted by what “I don’t have any preconceived tions of Maren p a r t i c i p a t i n g notions of what people are going Hassinger’s entailed. Lazar to walk away with,” Owens said. “Repose,” Stef- “The goal is to give said that the Owens said that black perforfani Jemison’s score was “ask- mance art has a “hidden histor y,” the audience an “Regret Piece,” ing a lot of [her] yet to be documented. Through Senga Nengu- experience, to have to overcome,” this piece, he said he attempted di’s “Sweep” and found it to expose that histor y. them engage with art and a score by interesting to A goal in bringing Owens to William Pope.L. in ways they may not reflect on her campus, visiting theater professor F o r “ R e - be familiar with.” decision not to Maya Winfrey said, was to “conpose,” groups participate. nect [students] to contemporar y of volunteers “ I t ’ s black theater.” The performance from the audi- - Clifford Owens hard to follow related to a theater course she is ence situated t h e i n s t r u c - teaching this term, “Black Theater, a limp Owens tions,” Lazar U.S.A.” in a designated said. “I wasn’t Reactions of audience members area and then styled him in a given able to go up and do what came leaving the per formance, from position. As the size of the groups to mind because I knew I would tears to hugs, revealed the show’s dwindled to individual members, regret it.” effects. Owens said he was glad Owens was treated with less care. Pope.L’s score was the only that he could impact the audience. Jostled, dragged and twisted, piece in the show that directly “I understand myself as having Owens remained slack, resolute addressed the issue of race. value if I offer you something,” to stay true to the piece. Owens asked volunteers to “be Clifford said. “I think all art is “I want to give people some- African-American, be very African- about that.”
B y Maximillian Saint-Preux
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
BASEBALL VS. QUINNIPIAC 3:30 PM
Softball sweeps first two Ivy series vs. Cornell, Princeton B y josh schIefelbein The Dartmouth Staff
The softball team opened Ivy League play last weekend, winning all four of its games. Despite torrential rain and adverse field conditions, the Big Green (14-13, 4-0 Ivy) swept both Cornell University and Princeton University. Dartmouth overwhelmed Cornell (7-12, 0-2 Ivy) on Saturday, winning 5-1 and 8-2 in the doubleheader. Rain postponed Sunday’s doubleheader in Princeton, N.J., to Monday, but the Big Green still swept Monday’s games against Princeton (7-17, 0-2 Ivy) 1-0 and 4-1. Dartmouth now leads the North Division of the Ivy League and is tied with Columbia University for the overall league lead at 4-0. “It’s nice to see the players starting to enjoy the fruits of their labor,” head coach Rachel Hanson said. “They’ve been working really hard and coming together.” In the first half of the doubleheader in Ithaca, N.Y., Kristen Rumley ’15 earned her eighth win of the season and notched her ninth complete game. Morgan McCalmon ’16 earned her third win in the second half before allowing Ashley Sissel ’17 to make her Ivy pitching debut. Sissel faced five batters, registering one strikeout. Rumley recorded the save. “It was a different moment,” Sissel said. “It was very exciting, but there was some adversity, especially being on the
road. I just try to pitch every time with the goal of playing better.” The Big Green offense was equally potent, belting four home runs in the 14 innings. McCalmon had two homers, seven RBIs and four hits, while Katie McEachern ’16 and Maddie Damore ’17 added home runs of their own. “Hats off to my teammates because they were able to not let Cornell score,” McCalmon said. “Sometimes you go up there and you’re feeling it. It was just a good day.” Cornell’s only run in the first game came off a home run to left field in the fifth. Rumley allowed only three hits and struck out nine batters on the afternoon. The junior also prevented a single walk during her seven innings. Dartmouth’s dominance continued into game two. Over four innings on the mound, McCalmon allowed two runs and three hits while striking out five Cornell batters. Dartmouth once again took an early lead in the second when a single by Karen Chaw ’17 to right center scored Damore. Cornell mounted a comeback in the next half inning, taking its only lead of the day when McCalmon gave up a walk, two hits and two runs. The lead did not last long, as Damore homered to right field the next inning to propel the Big Green to a 3-2 lead. McCalmon sealed the win with a sixth-inning home run that extended Dartmouth’s lead to two. She then
doubled down the left field line in the seventh with bases loaded, scoring all three baserunners. “It was an exciting moment, especially for the team, that we were able to get runners on in that situation,” McCalmon said. Game one against the Tigers was largely a pitchers’ duel between Rumley and sophomore Shanna Christian, who both pitched complete games. Rumley allowed just three hits to go with six strikeouts, while Christian allowed five hits and struck out five. Both pitchers held their opponents scoreless until the seventh inning when Kelsey Miller ’16 ripped the ball to right field. It glanced off of freshman outfielder Marissa Reynolds’s glove and over the fence. However, Alyssa Loyless ’17, who was on first at the time, saw the ball hit Reynolds’s glove and thought she made the catch. The freshman returned to first and Miller passed her, meaning that the sophomore was called out. Loyless was granted the run, and the Big Green held a 1-0 lead. The missed opportunity did not come back to haunt Dartmouth, as Rumley shut down the remaining Princeton batters to end the game and claim the win. McCalmon started game two and allowed six hits and just one run with five strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work, her third win of the season. Rumley relieved McCalmon in the fifth to pick
up her second save. Princeton went up 1-0 in the third on a solo home run, the only lead the Tigers enjoyed all day. The lead lasted less than an inning, as a Miller single to left field in the fourth plated McEachern, and Kara Curosh ’14 scored on a fielding error, giving Dartmouth a 2-1 lead. Dartmouth added to its lead when Curosh singled to left to bring home Miller in the sixth and Loyless scored
after McCalmon singled down the left field line in the seventh. Rumley continued to shut down Princeton, ending the game 4-1. The team was scheduled to play Hartford University Tuesday, but its games were canceled due to field conditions. Dartmouth returns to Hanover to play its home-opening series against Columbia on Saturday and the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday.
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Coming off last season’s second-place Ivy finish, the softball team started league play 4-0.
Four equestrian team members qualify for New England Champs. B y emma willems The Dartmouth Staff
The equestrian team competed in regional championships on Saturday, qualifying four members for the ISHA Zone I New England Championships at Mount Holyoke College this weekend. At a competition at the University of New Hampshire on March 8, the team had already secured the regional title, entering it as a team in the upcoming New England competition. The regional title, awarded to the team that has accumulated the most points throughout the year, allows the Big Green to bring eight team riders to the championship this weekend, in addition to the athletes who qualified in individual events. The team will compete in 13 rides
at Mount Holyoke. In Saturday’s regional competition at the Dartmouth Riding Center in Etna, the Big Green competed against riders from schools in its region, including Bates College, Bowdoin College, Castleton State College, Colby-Sawyer College, Endicott College, Middlebury College, the University of Maine, the University of New England, the University of Vermont and UNH. Riders needed first or second place titles to qualify for the New England Championships. Co-captain Janna Wandzilak ’14, Lauren Kwan ’14, Emma Waugh ’16 and Morgan Curtis ’14 secured qualifications in their respective events. “When me and Emma got first and second place on Saturday, everyone piled into a giant group hug
and was crying,” Curtis said. “It just shows how everyone is totally invested in everyone else’s performance.” Kwan took gold in Walk-Trot, and Wandzilak performed impressively in Open Fences and Open Flat, claiming the Reserve Champion title, which is awarded for second place, in both events. She also won the Cacchione Challenge Cup, against the top 10 riders in the region, ahead of Alexa Dixon ’15, who took third place in the event. In the Regional High Point Rider standings, Wandzilak secured Reserve Champion, and Dixon placed third. “It’s really exciting as a senior to get to go to [New England Championships] in both events,” Wandzilak said. “I’ve had a really good season, but qualifying in Flat was more un-
expected. It’s really exciting to get to represent Dartmouth in my final year at [New England Championships].” Waugh came in first in Novice Flat, while Curtis followed in second, good enough to qualify both riders for the New England Championships. Curtis called the event her “strongest performance ever.” Competing at home provided both advantages and disadvantages, athletes said. “Sometimes when you know your horse, one of the big errors you can make is second guessing yourself,” Wandzilak said. “If you’re on a horse you don’t know you just ride rather than getting into your head too much.” Wandzilak, Dixon and Curtis attributed the team’s strong performance to its spring training trip in
Florida. This Saturday, the team will travel to South Hadley, Mass., to compete in the Zone I New England Championships in the hopes of qualifying for the 2014 ISHA National Championships in May. In addition to individual events, the Big Green will battle Mount Holyoke, University of Rhode Island and Tufts University for one of two team spots at the national competition. The team, Dixon said, has a good chance of qualifying for the national competition. “We have a really strong team with a lot of depth,” she said, “and our coach has been preparing us well.” Though not all athletes will be competing this weekend, the entire team will travel to Mount Holyoke.