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‘Freedom Budget’ protests raise familiar issues, alumni say
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Last week’s sit-in and protests drew mixed reactions from alumni, with some arguing that the movement lacked focus and others praising participants for taking action and confronting campus issues. Students held a nearly 75-person march across campus on Wednesday and a two-day sit-in in Parkhurst Hall to protest College President Phil Hanlon’s response to the “Freedom Budget,” a
student-authored document proposing over 70 ways for the College to “eradicate systems of oppression.” Nathan Gusdorf ’12, a leader of Occupy Dartmouth during the fall and winter of 2012, said the goal of student protest is not necessarily to propose ideas that can be immediately implemented, but to mobilize people and articulate criticism. “A lot of alumni are really inspired by these protests, and a lot of us aren’t inspired because we agree with every single demand that they’ve made,”
Gusdorf said. “We agree because we think that this is the only way that Dartmouth is going to change.” On April 4, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece titled “Oppressed by the Ivy League” which argued that Hanlon and the administration should have more firmly defended themselves against “little tyrants” whose problem was “their own sense of privilege, not Dartmouth’s.” Max Hunter ’13, who heard about the protest through friends and social media, said he found it “infuriating.”
Administrators, he said, should have acted decisively to shut down the demonstration. In line with the Wall Street Journal op-ed, Hunter said the sit-in participants failed to recognize that a Dartmouth education presents each student with privileges and opportunities that thousands lack. “These protesters are trying to pretend as hard as they can that their lives won’t be better because of Dartmouth,” SEE ALUMNI PAGE 5
Admins, alumni discuss professional development B y SERA KWON
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Pointing to shortcomings in the current system, the Panhellenic Council announced Monday that it will make several adjustments to its pre-recruitment process this term to foster a sense of united Greek community across all sororities. Potential new members planning to rush next year will have the option of participating in two “sorority-blind” pre-recruitment events. During the “sorority-blind” events, members will not be permitted to wear their letters or disclose their affili-
Students’ familiarity with technology gives them skills that are often inaccessible to more experienced workers, but may also leave them vulnerable to social gaffes in the workplace, deputy director of alumni relations Victoria Gonin said at the fourth set of “Moving Dartmouth Forward” discussions, held on Monday. About 20 alumni and administrators gathered at noon
in the Hood Auditorium for the first of two discussions and spoke about Dartmouth students’ professional needs, including business etiquette, networking and communication skills. Center for Professional Development director Roger Woolsey, who co-facilitated the discussion, pointed to several of the Center’s initiatives that teach students business and JIN LEE/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
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Discussions at the fourth “Moving Dartmouth Forward” focused on career preparedness.
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career-related skills. Beginning with members of the Class of 2018, students may participate in a professional development accelerator program linking students with career-related resources during their first two years at the College, Woolsey said. Before arriving on campus, students will receive videos that teach them how to use Excel and video games that assess their skills. The second year of the program will prepare students to declare their majors and teach them how to use analysis software. Co-facilitator and Dartmouth for Life director Dan Parish spoke about students’ need to create a personal “narrative” about their experiences at the College. The professional development accelerator program includes a smartphone app that allows students to mark professional and academic milestones. Although many people think that Dartmouth students want to work in finance and consulting, Woolsey said, the Center for Professional Development has tried to show its support for various student interests since it developed a new credo, “Dare to be Different,” last summer. The Office of Alumni Relations is
currently working with the Center for Professional Development to expand the diversity and geographic distribution of their industry networks, Woolsey said. College photographer Eli Burakian ’00, discussing his own experience, said that students need to understand that they can take a nontraditional approach to career paths. “I do think most people do look for traditional jobs, but increasingly those people who are self-motivated have an opportunity to be successful working on projects and being selfemployed,” Burakian said. “I think we should focus on providing these people the tools to market themselves and finding resources to create their own employment opportunities.” Students need to learn the correct etiquette for using social media such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, Parish said. Employers, however, must take responsibility to teach interns organizational culture, Woolsey added. Audience members also recommended that organizations collaborate to prepare students professionally. Parish said that the College has an obligation to support alumni, adding that he seeks to better con-
DAily debriefing Columbia University: The university plans to add a new administrative position to oversee campus issues, particularly sexual assault, university president Lee Bollinger announced Monday, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported. The executive vice president for student affairs is expected to be appointed by the fall. Harvard University: The university announced several new climate change-related initiatives on Monday, the Harvard Crimson reported. The university, following investment practices detailed in the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, will promote relevant climate research and establish a committee on sustainability. In October, university president Drew Faust released a controversial letter against divesting from the fossil fuel industry. Princeton University: In light of the meningitis outbreak, Princeton officials will encourage alumni attending reunions at the university to be cautious and take appropriate preventative measures, the Daily Princetonian reporter. The university, however, will not cancel the events. Yale University: Holding orange posters reading “Divest Now” and “Don’t Silence Me,” around 20 students stood outside of the university’s main administrative building Friday, encouraging Yale to divest from fossil fuel companies, the Yale Daily News reported. In a fall referendum, 83 percent of student voters indicated support for divestment. — Compiled by The Dartmouth staff
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nect them with one another and with students. The Alumni Office is developing a webinar series focused on applying to grad school, using online tools to build networks and performing skills assessment for changing jobs, Parish said. The webinars will target alumni from the Class of 2009 through the Class of 2013, because those in their age group often transition between their first and second jobs. These videos will be released in May, and promotion will begin this week. The office is also interested in building a professional development committee. Some audience members asked what programs exist to promote continuing education in the liberal arts for alumni, referencing the now-defunct Dartmouth Institute, a four-week liberal arts program for professionals that began under former College President John Kemeny. Both presenters said they thought the conversation reflected the need for many different people to prepare students for life after graduation. A second session on professional development took place Monday evening. The next “Moving Dartmouth Forward” talk, scheduled for April 14, will address faculty recruitment and retention.
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Redesigned pre-rush events aim to mitigate preconceptions notions about each house. Often during recruitment, ations to potential new members she said, both sorority members until the end of the gathering, and potential new members are Panhell vice president of public re- expected to make decisions about lations Jessica one another afKe ’15 said. ter only about “The reason behind The two events 10 minutes of will take place ‘sorority-blind’ events conversation. in a non-Greek is that we know at this “That’s unlocation, and realistic,” Ke each sorority point that potential said. “We’re will send a set new members have looking to number of make recruita lot of preconceived women to atment more notions about which tend. genuine, and In addition sororities they want to that starts with to the new pre-recruitp r e - r e c r u i t - rush in the fall.” ment.” ment events, Panpotential new hell will also - RAchel funk ’15, members will require each still be required PANHELLENIC COUNCIL sorority to host to attend one PRESIDENT one individual of several inpre-recruitformation sesment event in sions either this term or in the fall support of Link Up’s annual “Sister to become eligible for recruitment, 2 Sister” conference. according to Panhell’s press release. Ke said she hopes that the Ke said that the events will partnership between sororities and enable potential new members to Link Up will highlight sororities’ meet sorority members without philanthropic involvement and being influenced by preconceived mentorship. FROM PANHELL PAGE 1
“Philanthropy is something that gets lost in recruitment,” Ke said. She added that engaging in a service-oriented activity will offer affiliated women and potential new members more substantive ways to begin conversations than “girl-flirting.” The changes aim to “level the playing field” among sororities, encouraging potential new members to consider joining each organization and show respect to members of all houses, according to the press release, which also states that the changes are only a partial solution to recruitment problems. Panhell president Rachel Funk ’15 said that the shifts in pre-recruitment will lay the groundwork for creating changes to the overall recruitment process. “The reason behind ‘sororityblind’ events is that we know at this point that potential new members have a lot of preconceived notions about which sororities they want to rush in the fall,” Funk said. “We hope they will recognize they’re not just joining one house, they’re actually joining a community of women.” Former Panhell president Eliana
Piper ’14 said that sorority mem- changes’ potential impact, while bers often become too invested in others expressed optimism. getting potential new members to Katherine Fox ’15 said the join their respective houses without changes would allow potential new acknowledging that many are still members to meet sorority members in the process of deciding whether without judging them based on afthey want to be filiation. Hanaffiliated at all. “What we get out of nah Nash ’17 Piper, who also said that these changes will abstained from the “sororityt h i s w i n t e r ’s be however much blind” events r e c r u i t m e n t sorority members put will give potenalong with four tial new memother Panhell into it.” bers a way to executives who gain exposure cited systematic to the sororities. - ELIANA PIPER ’14, problems in the “It can rush process, FORMER PANHELLENIC be difficult to said that during COUNCIL PRESIDENT get a sense of her tenure, she sororities withwanted to creo u t p re - r u s h ate a precedent for implementing events,” Nash said. “It’d be great changes within the council. to know who they are and what “What we get out of these they do.” changes will be however much Presidents of Alpha Xi Delta, sorority members put into it,” Piper Kappa Delta Epsilon, Kappa said. Kappa Gamma and Sigma Delta Alpha Phi sorority president sororities did not respond to reCourtney Wong ’15 emphasized quests for comment by press time. that the changes will facilitate Presidents of Delta Delta Delta, meaningful interactions. Epsilon Kappa Theta and Kappa Out of seven students inter- Delta sororities declined to comviewed, some were skeptical of the ment.
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Contributing columnist William Peters ’15
Guest Columnist Damaris altomerianos ’13
Increasing Intervention
Critical Corrections
Addressing sexual assault starts with teaching students to be bystanders. Recently, I was sitting with a group of friends, all of whom I respect and admire, and we were talking about how to prevent sexual assault around campus. They expressed passion and concern about these issues, but when we brought up intervention, I made a startling discovery. I found that the problem goes deeper than the existence of bad people who simply want to do harm. There are many people at Dartmouth — my friends included — who just don’t understand how or when to intervene. A friend and I had to explain the complicated relationship between drugs, sexual assault and bystanders. No matter how drunk an individual is they are still accountable for their actions, even if those actions include sexual assault. If houses had more Dartmouth Bystander Initiative-trained members, those individuals could educate members of houses, not as outsiders, but as friends, brothers and sisters. Further, if students underwent Mentors Against Violence facilitations earlier, destructive attitudes would be less likely to become entrenched in their minds. I joined MAV last term. While I sat through the six-hour training, learning how to educate students about sexual and verbal assault, one thought kept running through my head: Why aren’t we performing these facilitations earlier? If MAV stands to make a difference on campus, students need to undergo the facilitations before they join Greek houses. Greek members are already expected to attend a MAV facilitation, so why not take it a step further by mandating that students attend before rush, instead of after? This way, facilitations will not be affected by a specific organization’s culture, especially those with spaces or individuals resistant to MAV’s goals. With the help of Greek Letter Organizations and Societies and the Greek Leadership Council, MAV facilitations could become a prerequisite for rush. Though some individuals may perpetuate the behaviors that MAV seeks to remedy, it is important to remember that most social spaces are not averse to making the campus a safer
place. Most, if not all, houses on campus support these efforts and in fact wish to further them. However, MAV’s efforts are essentially limited to these one-time facilitations. Yes, it orients people to other offices for assistance after the facilitations end, but it has no way of making sure that pledges retain any of the lessons. For many students, MAV is just another mandatory box to check off to complete pledge term. This is where Dartmouth’s Bystander Initiative, which trains members of the community to make social spaces safer, needs to come in. If the administration mandated that DBI complemented MAV’s efforts by maintaining a constant presence in every house, we might see many of Dartmouth’s issues with violence and sexual assault start to improve. Presidents are already required to undergo DBI training, along with one other officer. This is only one step toward lessening the incidence of assault on our campus, but it’s a start. Requiring all house officers, including vice presidents and social chairs, to be properly trained is the next step. The College already requires that they attend a multitude of meetings. Why not one more, particularly one that could actually make a difference? By increasing the number of DBI-trained people in houses around campus and charging these people with educating their peers, Dartmouth would essentially install an authoritative presence of prevention. Houses operate by a system based on positions and seniority. If officers and older members are properly trained, underclassmen will likely follow suit. Younger members might actually make sure that an incapacitated individual gets home safely or stop that brother or sister from having another drink. Consider it constructive peer-pressure — pressure to do the right thing. This is obviously not the only solution, but it is one of many steps that can be taken to reduce our school’s problems. Given the recent controversies on campus, increasing bystander initiatives and preventative measures is a wise and necessary move.
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We should criticize the status quo rather than methods of protest. The most valuable skill students can learn at Dartmouth is critical thinking. What is frustrating, however, is that we, the Dartmouth community, disproportionately apply our critical thinking skills to only one side of discourse. In the context of campus progress, we too often use our critical thinking abilities solely to question the way dissent is enacted rather than its underlying motives. We need to be just as critical of the status quo as we are of any efforts to change it. We are quick to tear apart op-eds, emails, petitions, protests and sit-ins. But we are not as quick to tear apart our norms, culture, policies, social structure and traditions. We should start by questioning our status quo. Then, and only then, can we generate solutions and draft proposals. What does it look like to question our status quo? Various recent examples come to mind: five Panhellenic Council executives boycotted women’s rush, Katie Wheeler ’15 (“True Rush,” Jan. 14, 2014) spoke out against the rush process and the Greek system, Sarah Fernandez ’14 (“The Crowning of Kings,” Feb. 19, 2014) challenged fraternities’ power on campus, Jalil Bishop ’14 gave an impressive speech and led a protest, the “Freedom Budget” outlined many solutions and even alumni mobilized for progress by forming Dartmouth Change. Regardless of your opinion, we can agree that these actions challenged the status quo. We must continue to do so. We cannot assume that our status quo is sound because our foundations were not built on our current principles and values. Dartmouth’s early years were far from our vision of equality, inclusion and justice. Without a solid defense of our status quo, the only logical step is to revise it. Yet we hold dissent to an asymptotically high standard. And as Carla Yoon ’15 and Eliana Piper ’14 (“The Bigger Picture,” April 4, 2014) explained, “We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” Polite dissent is not enough; our problems continue
to resurface because the “solutions” aren’t deep enough to reach the core issues. Yet we dismiss dissenters loud enough to attract attention as rude. Our unbalanced criticism undermines the legitimacy of the dissenters’ primary concerns. In effect, our silencing promotes the status quo. For some, protecting the status quo is the point. But for many, this is not the intention at all. We are trapped in a cycle of inefficiency — mild dialogue, disruptive dissent, silencing, mild dialogue, et cetera. Removing the disruptive dissent would merely maintain the periods of mild dialogue. Instead, let’s remove the silencing and jump into a different pattern — mild dialogue, disruptive dissent, innovation, progress. The silencing takes many forms. From “Then transfer” to “You’re so extreme, absurd and rude,” these criticisms ignore even the possibility of underlying problems. By suggesting that protesters transfer, critics leave no room for dissent and essentially reinforce the protesters’ point — that they are unwelcome. In response to Dartmouth’s sit-in, the editorial board at The Chronicle, Duke University’s independent student newspaper, wrote that the sit-in participants “have every prerogative to imagine a better university. Whether their political tactics actually produce a better university is to be determined.” Yes, and determined by whom? By us — students, faculty, staff, alumni, administrators and the Board of Trustees. Will we only watch and comment on methodology? Will we only tear down proposals because we dislike the tone? Of course, we should question every proposal, claim and policy put before us. But we first must question every habit, norm and tradition that we have inherited. All schools have problems, but that does not mean that we cannot or should not address ours, regardless of how they are brought to our attention.
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the same issues that we raised all those years ago have to be raised again.” The concerns raised in the “Freehe said. Hunter also criticized the dem- dom Budget” are serious, Menon onstrators for standing up against said, and reflect issues that people “global systemic structures” instead have been discussing throughout of “concrete, localized” ones, which Dartmouth’s history. Menon said he he said he believes made it impos- strongly believes in taking action to sible to arrive at a tangible solution. address campus issues. Lacking a clear source for funding or In a response on its website, the a well-defined timeline, the protesters Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association expressed support for many were unprepared, he said. Dartmouth Change founder Susy “Freedom Budget” proposals. Struble ’93, who spoke personally “We are encouraged and supportand not on behalf of the organiza- ive of the position, as we know many tion, said the protest’s content was of us have participated on committees more important than its execution, and task force for many years only to adding that she was heartened by the see the work shelved and no follow-up fact that students collaborated on the action,” the statement read. Hunter said the protesters placed “Freedom Budget” across groups. Eric Nelsen ’87, who heard about too much responsibility on the adminthe protest through family members istration to find Dartmouth solutions to worldwide isat the College, sues. The Dartmouth “Hanand The Wall “A lot of alumni are lon cannot eradiStreet Journal really inspired by cate sexism, but op-ed, said he he’s been tasked was happy to see these protests, and a with it,” Hunter students sharing lot of us aren’t said. “It’s like their points of inspired because we Sisyphus pushview. Nelsen said agree with every single ing up the rock. that students’ demand they’ve made. What do you expect from choice to sleep him? What do in Hanlon’s of- We agree because we you expect from fice went too far, think this is the only anyone at Darthowever, crossmouth?” ing from con- way that Dartmouth is Stewstructive protest going to change.” art Towle ’12, a and dialogue to leader in the Ocstrict demands cupy Dartmouth and refusals to - Nathan Gusdorf ’12, movement, said follow College Occupy Dartmouth he cried when rules. he first read the Ben Day ’66 leader “Freedom Budsaid that based get” proposal beon what he heard about the protests from the media, cause he was so moved and excited they were focused more on confron- by its potential. tation than dialogue. Both students Calling last week’s protests “inand administrators could have gone evitable,” Towle said he believes further to engage in constructive con- Dartmouth has grappled with versations, he said. The situation was identity issues that come with being particularly disappointing because a relatively conservative institution Dartmouth has encountered similar on the forefront of liberal education. The College has a “patriarchal white events in the past. Nelsen, who was at the College supremacist culture” at its core, he during protests against Dartmouth’s said, which presents a challenge for investments in South African busi- many students from minority backnesses at the time of apartheid, said grounds. those protests were mostly produc- Last week’s protests, Towle said, tive because they sparked dialogue. presented a more “legitimate and He believes those protests also went unified front” than the Occupy movetoo far at certain moments, such as ment did in 2012, as they brought when students built shantytowns on together students from across communities to respond to a collective the Green. Rajiv Menon ’86, one of three problem. students whose graduation was “I’m sending my heart out to those postponed after participating in shan- students who are probably getting a tytown construction, said last week’s lot of flak from their fellow students for trying to stand up,” Towle said. protests had a “ring of familiarity.” “I know very little about the origins “I know that tends to be the reality of [the protest], but what I can say is of trying to assert a need for change that it’s pretty sad that after 25 years, at Dartmouth.” FROM ALUMNI PAGE 1
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS
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TODAY 12:30 p.m. Sustainability solutions café, “Psychological Wellbeing and Sustainability,” Class of 1953 Commons, Paganucci Lounge
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4:00 p.m. Poetry and prose series, Bernardine Evaristo, Sanborn House, Wren Room
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Students, faculty perform Abstract artist Ruth Root debuts show gigs at local restaurants
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When sitting down to dinner at Canoe Club Restaurant, don’t be surprised if someone with a guitar case plugs his instrument into the bass behind you or sits down at a piano bench nearby. Many local venues like restaurants, bars and clubs host various live music acts throughout the week and weekend. In town, musicians play at the Salt Hill Pub, Canoe Club and Jesse’s Restaurant and Tavern, while around the Upper Valley, popular venues include the Tupelo Music Hall in White River Junction, the Lebanon Opera House, Quechee’s River Stones Tavern and Flying Goose Brew Pub in New London. In Hanover, musicians usually play at restaurants with bars. Salt Hill Pub often features local upbeat rock acts like the Squids, Baldilocks! and the Wheelers. Canoe Club has featured live entertainment 363 days a year since it opened 11 years ago and typically hosts musicians who play jazz on the piano or guitar. A handful of these venues’ regular artists are affiliated with the College, including undergraduates, graduate students and faculty. Tyné Freeman ’17, a member of X.ado and Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble as well as a recent Dartmouth Idol finalist, said she was surprised to see a piano at Canoe Club. She asked the manager about performance opportunities and has played there since. “I didn’t realize that there was much of a music scene here, but there definitely is,” Freeman said. “You just kind of have to look for it, but it’s pretty varied and pretty interesting once you start looking a little deeper.” John Wheelock Tu’15 said he enjoyed playing two recent evening gigs at Canoe Club with classmate Matt
Prescottano Tu’15 as a way to do something different in town. He said the crowds at such events range from small groups of friends to diners and large bar crowds. Dinner crowds tend to be the smallest and most subdued, Wheelock said. “There are so many people at Tuck who are really musically talented — a lot of people have tremendous singing voices,” Wheelock said. “This is another venue to get a bunch of people together in a small, intimate setting and play some good music.” Rowland Hazard, a guitarist and professor of orthopaedics at the Geisel School of Medicine, recently played a solo jazz show at Salt Hill Pub. He said he enjoys the variety in the local music scene, since shows change night to night, depending on the audience and its responsiveness. “I’ve played for a thousand people, and I’ve played for six people,” Hazard said. “The amazing part is that you actually don’t know who is listening and at what level when you play at a club.” Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center section chief of ophthalmology and Geisel professor of surgery Billy Rosen, a guitarist who often plays at Canoe Club, said audiences surprise him with their attentiveness. Although he typically plays for a dinner crowd, many patrons do not regard his playing as simply background music. He has had people approach him to compliment his performance, Rosen said. Since Hanover is a small town and most local artists have day jobs, acquaintances from shows sometimes run into each other in humorous circumstances. “It’s always fun when patients will come up to me and see me in a different venue and have a whole new take on me,” Rosen said.
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Artist-in-residence Ruth Root was inspired to create her own color wheel, one element of experimentation in her work.
B y APOORVA DIXIT The Dartmouth Staff
A purple octagon with mustard yellow spots draws in the viewer’s eyes. Stepping closer, it becomes apparent the octagon was created from interwoven and overlapping pieces of fabric laid at crisscrossed and parallel directions. On further inspection, the spots form a pattern of ovals, triangles and semicircles, and around the octagon is an abstracted rose shape radiating non-uniform stripes. Two edges of the abstract shape are folded and appear almost dog-eared, drawing the viewer’s eyes back to those elements of the painting with further questions. This is just one experience viewing famed abstract artist Ruth Root’s work, now on view in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery. Having exhibited her work in France, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom and around the U.S., Root arrives on campus this term as the College’s artist-in-residence, a program that invites professional artists to work and interact with students and faculty. Root began her career at Brown University studying art semiotics — the study of signs and symbols and how they are used and interpreted in art. She received her master’s in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and attended a residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. “I just loved looking at art and making art and thinking [about] what it meant and what it meant to be an artist,” Root said. Root’s early style focused on the distinction between figure and background, study famously taken up in still lifes by Giorgio Morandi and Paul Cézanne. In such paintings, the figure is separate from the ground due to highlighting and shading, tonal variation that sends some objects forward and others backward.
Noting how some artists become forward and what goes back.” “obsessed” with delineating the figure Root has played with the boundary and background, Root decided to between positive and negative space separate the two and move toward throughout her career. She has also abstraction. Her early work included experimented with inserting eyes into a series of colorful, large-scale geo- her paintings to confront the viewer. metric shapes painted onto aluminum, Because photographs of male artists blending into the wall where they are smoking cigarettes fascinate her, she displayed since they lack a distinction has sometimes incorporated cigarettes between foreground and background. into her work. Her work quickly gained notoriety Her current work concentrates on in New York, and in 1996, she received combining two unlike elements, Plexithe National Endowment for the Arts’s glas and fabric. Senior studio art lecMid-Atlantic grant in painting and a turer and director of artist-in-residence painting fellowship from the New York program Jerry Auten called viewing Foundation for the Arts. Three years Root’s work at the Hopkins Center, later, she was invited to display her which documents this turning point first New York show at the Andrew in her career, an especially thoughtKreps Gallery, provoking opporwhich premiered “I just loved looking at tunity. to positive reviews [An] art and making art and artist that“paints in Time Out New York, The Village thinking [about] what on Plexiglas, and Voice and The it meant and what it then weaves the New York Times. fabric that she Working on meant to be an artist.” designed, and these paintings, then attaches it Root developed to the wall by the - ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE her own color fabric — that’s RUTH ROOT wheel. While colsomething new,” or wheels usually he said. depict blue and orange as opposite Auten said Root is an artist who colors used together to depict contrast, takes chances, adding, “That’s where Root would begin her paintings using the most interesting things happen.” brown and pink. In her early work, Studio art professor Enrico Riley she never used blue, substituting gray distinguished Root’s pieces at the instead. College as “experimental at a very Some viewers have commented refined level.” Riley commended the on a connection between the colors artist for maintaining a strong sense of in urban cityscapes and the tones composition while also experimenting in Root’s work. Root described her with dynamic pattern and color use. sense of color as similar to how one Root will visit various studio art may understand a calendar, noticing classes and meet with senior studio art linear trends throughout a year but majors throughout the term. She hopes also nonlinear associations in between to communicate that art is a way of dates and time. thinking that can permeate everything Similarly, colors form unique as- a person does. sociations in an artist’s mind, Root said. “Being an artist can take many “To me, as an artist, color was always shapes and forms,” she said. “Being a a mathematical equation,” Root said. painter doesn’t mean painting portraits “You kind of solve for what comes or any other preconceived notions.”
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2014
TUESDAY LINEUP
MEN’S LACROSSE @ HARTFORD 4 PM
BASEBALL @ BC 3:30 PM
Track teams compete at Sam Howell B y jordan einhorn The Dartmouth Staff
Building on momentum from the indoor season, the men’s and women’s track teams saw strong performances all around at their outdoor opener, earning two school records the Sam Howell Invitational. Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 placed second in the 200-meter dash, continuing her success from the winter, when she finished fourth in the 60-meter dash at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. In the 200 on Saturday, the sophomore crossed the line in 24.29, a new school record. Whitehorn also teamed up with three other sophomores, Jennifer Meech ’16, Sara Kikut ’16 and Anna Kikut ’16 in the 4x100-meter relay. Competing together for the first time, the team won the race in 46.72, another school record. Whitehorn capped off a big weekend with a seventh-place finish in the long jump, clearing a distance of 5.35 meters. Women’s head coach Sandy FordCentonze said she has high hopes for the season. The team will work on being more aggressive in hand-offs, so the outgoing runner feels confident enough to take off quickly, knowing
the hand-off will be made in time. The 4x400-meter relay team of Janae Dunchack ’14, Katy Sprout ’17, Megan Krumpoch ’14 and Meech won its race in 3:48.72. Krumpoch also won the 400-meter hurdles, an event unique to the outdoor season. Despite a lack of practice time on the outdoor track, Krumpoch won the event in 59.99, the only competitor to break the one-minute mark. “We only had one day last week when we were able to go outside and hurdle,” Krumpoch said. “We made do indoors but it was a little difficult.” In the distance events, Sarah Delozier ’15 was the top collegiate finisher in the steeplechase, finishing in 10:36.96. Delozier, who placed second overall, was almost two seconds ahead of the next collegiate competitor. Bridget End ’14 ran a 17:09.48 in the 5,000-meter race, good enough for 10th overall. Will Geoghegan ’14 headlined the men’s events with a win in the 1,500-meter run in 3:49.89. Men’s head coach Barry Harwick said the senior maintained control of the race. Steve Mangan ’14 also performed well, finishing second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:19.11. Curtis King ’16 placed fourth in Friday’s 10,000-meter
run with a time of 30:18.30. The race was King’s first attempt at the distance, and Harwick noted the athlete’s promise in the event. Henry Sterling ’14 opened his season in the steeplechase with a strong time of 9:04.53, earning second place. Although Sterling’s goal was to run under nine minutes to qualify for regionals, he is confident he will make that time soon. “This year, I am in the mindset of extending my season,” Sterling said. “I want to be in my best form at the end of May.” To prepare for the steeplechase, Sterling does hurdle drills, works on the water jump and tries to increase his flexibility and mobility. On the sprints side, Nico Robinson ’17 finished in fifth place in the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.95. Jalil Bishop ’14 ran a 49.56 in the 400-meter race, capturing ninth overall. In the men’s 400-meter hurdles, Edward Wagner ’16 turned in a 53.30 in the fastest heat of the day and took third overall. The teams will send a small group of athletes to this weekend’s George Mason Invitational, in Fairfax, Va., while most of the team will be racing at the Wildcat Invitational at the University of New Hampshire on April 12.
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Last season, the women’s track and field team sent five women to NCAA Regionals, a feat it is looking to improve on this season.
B y phoebe hoffmanN and sarah caughey My first piece of gear was a tank top designed by the team captain with “Dartmouth Squash” written on the front and “Caughey” written across the back. I was obsessed with it. As a walk-on, I was nervous about becoming part of the team, but with the tank I felt like I was officially a member. The unofficial uniform of a varsity athlete: green and white sneakers, a Dartmouth-issued backpack complete with sport identification and a gray sweatshirt embroidered with the Big Green ‘D.’ Whether we’re walking to class, sitting in FoCo or leaving Floren, we’re easy to spot. Our bold attire helps us intimidate our opponents (and potentially even our NARP classmates), but it also serves a more important purpose: displaying our deep Dartmouth pride. We don’t get to keep all our gear, and some teams get more than others. Take my squash team for example. In terms of gear, we really had an up-year. Our coach handed us puffy coats, slick black backpacks, shoes and long-sleeved shirts. The men’s squash team, on the other hand, did not fare so well — they came out of the season with only a nice jacket and shirt. For some teams, ordering gear is a chance to express individuality. The crew team, for example, recently created shirts inscribed with “FROWZEN,” the men’s squash team ordered camouflage print shirts to commemorate its wilderness training trip and the field hockey team made bright pink tanks in honor of breast cancer awareness. While these shirts are fun to wear around campus, our uniforms are our most meaningful attire. In the sports world, looking good has forever been associated with playing well. Having an official look on game day is largely about personal confidence. If you feel less official than the players standing across the field, you’ll lose the game before it begins. Wearing that Dartmouth green is about more than looking fierce and intimidating opponents. When you stand with your team pre-competition, the uniform’s role as something much more
than just clothing becomes evident. We come together to function as one green and white machine, where each individual part must work together for the betterment of the whole. With squash and other individual sports, the cohesion that uniforms provide is crucial. I remember walking onto the court for my first collegiate match feeling nervous and very alone. Looking outside the court to see my teammates dressed in Dartmouth green supporting me, however, immediately made me feel at ease. Though it may sound cheesy, sports are about representing our school and coming together as a team. As our coaches constantly remind us, our actions on game day directly reflect our school. Uniforms heighten our competitive focus. It simply takes pulling on a shirt with “Dartmouth” embroidered across it to become an official, victory-hungry, game-ready, mentally focused, intimidating and physically tough Dartmouth athlete. Every time we don our white and green, we have flashes of the most exciting moments these jerseys have seen — glorifying wins to heartbreaking losses. For our match against Columbia University, which was probably our biggest win this season, we wore our brand new dresses. At 4-4 in matches and 2-2 in games, our captain Kate Nimmo ’14 came back to win the fifth set and consequently the match. I was so happy for her and proud to be a member of the women’s squash team. Every time I put on my uniform I think about how it felt to represent Dartmouth at that moment. Our green and white attire sends a message: we are a force to be reckoned with, and our Big Green pride is woven into every fiber of our being. Whether we are coming straight from practice to FoCo or suiting up to play an Ivy opener, gear plays a constant and important role in the lives of varsity athletes at Dartmouth. While we may brag about our new Nike Frees or Dartmouth half-zip, our athletic gear is about more than looking great. It allows us to express our Dartmouth pride and show our love for our programs — and it’s an excellent way to wear sweats to class without judgment.