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Tom Wolf ’71 wins primary in Pa. governor’s race

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BORAZ DEBUTS EMBROIDERY SHOW PAGE 7

DOCUMENTARY STARS LOCAL COMEDIAN PAGE 7

OPINION

BIGLEY: AN EXPENSIVE EDUCATION PAGE 4

BROOKS: VALUING OUR VETERANS PAGE 4

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D’Souza ’83 pleads Advisors see few freshmen in spring guilty to fraud charge B y KATE BRADSHAW The Dartmouth Staff

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Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza ’83 pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud before U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman on Tuesday, acknowledging that he made illegal contributions through other donors. His

trial was scheduled to begin on Tuesday in Manhattan, said Jerika Richardson, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.

D’Souza pleaded guilty to one count of making SEE D’SOUZA PAGE 3

While all incoming students are assigned to a first-year faculty advisor and an undergraduate dean, with many scheduling initial meetings, participation in advising programs drops off as students near the end of their first year on campus.

In a survey of 72 freshmen conducted Tuesday, about 97 percent had met with their faculty advisors at least once

this year and 67 percent had met with a dean at least once.

This term, however, 78 percent had not met with their faculty advisor, and 68 percent had not met with a dean.

When asked to rate the advising system on a scale of one to five, with one being “not helpful at all” and five being “very helpful,” respondents reported an average score of 3.15.

Some students expressed frustration with first-year ad-

vising, citing faculty members’ inexperience with the role or claiming that their advisors told them to pursue easy classes.

Other students said they felt that advising was available if necessary, but could be inconvenient to access.

Calin Ackerman ’17 said her busy schedule meant she would have to go out of her way to plan a meeting with her dean during the day.

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Winning by a margin of 40 percent, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf ’71 emerged victorious from the Democratic primary elections last night. Wolf, 65, ran on a platform of revitalizing the state’s economy, developing modern infrastructure and fighting for strong public schools.

Wolf, who has never held an elected position, defeated three other contenders — state treasurer Rob McCord, former state secretary of environmental protection Katie McGinty and Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa. — in his bid for the Democratic nomination. He won with 58 percent of the vote, Schwartz received 18,

Over six feet tall, a black-andred cube sits imposingly between the Collis Center and the Class of 1953 Commons. Large block letters ask students what Dartmouth should do to reduce high-risk drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity. Chalk trays hang off the structure, giving

students the opportunity to write suggestions, though many have taken the opportunity to scrawl jokes across its surface.

The cube, sponsored by the student group Improve Dartmouth, was constructed over the weekend.

The initiative is part of a subsection of Improve Dartmouth called “On

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A cube was erected Saturday, calling for suggestions on high-priority initiatives.

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DAily debriefing RESEARCH ROUNDUP The nation’s recent foreclosure crisis was linked to higher suicide rates, sociology professor Jason Houle found in a recent study.

Foreclosures are a unique suicide risk for middle-aged people, particularly because they are nearing retirement age and losing a home would have a more detrimental effect on their mental health and wellbeing. During the recession, individuals between ages 46 and 64 were hit hardest by foreclosures, and experienced the greatest increase in suicide rate. The U.S. suicide rate climbed approximately 13 percent from 2005 to 2010 and by 30 percent, and annual home foreclosures numbered a record 2.9 million in 2010. The study, which will be published in the American Journal of Public Health, is the first to indicate a relationship between foreclosure and suicide rates.

A group of Dartmouth professors concluded that the more feminine a female politician looks, the more likely she is to win an election, the Washington Post reported. The more conservative a voter’s political leanings are, the study found, the more likely the voter will be prefer women with traditionally feminine characteristics, which included large eyes and round features. The study also indicated that male politicians are judged more on professional capability than on the perceived masculinity of their features.

Soot from forest fires in Siberia and North America and record-high temperatures caused much of Greenland’s surface ice to melt in 2012, according to a study co-written by doctoral student Kaitlin Keegan, LiveScience reported. Forest fire soot intensified the melting rate by darkening surface ice and causing it to absorb more heat. The formation of supraglacial lakes could become more frequent as forest fires and Arctic temperatures increase. The research team, of which Keegan was a member, examined six ice and core samples from four spots across Greenland and discovered that complete surface melt only occurred when soot and heat combined. By 2100, Greenland’s ice sheet may experience complete surface melting annually, scientists estimated.

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First-year advising sees post-fall dropoff FROM ADVISING PAGE 1

Dean Natalie Hoyt said deans try their best to be visible and approachable. Pointing to an inches-thick stack of papers recording her one-on-one appointments with freshmen, Hoyt said she has had at least 1,000 meetings since the start of fall term. She added that in addition to the role of dean, to many of her students, she is also a mentor and “confidant.”

Some students, however, seek other sources of advising, including team captains, undergraduate advisors or religious advisors, she said.

“I think a student should have many layers of advising,” Hoyt said. “I don’t think it should just be one person.

They should have faculty they go to, administrators they go to, they should have upperclass students they go to.”

Hoyt said she sees a wide variety of students, some seeking advice for specific judicial or academic concerns.

Some only visit once, while others visit several times per week.

One of the most significant barriers is discouragement from upperclassmen, Hoyt said, who may tell freshmen that visiting their dean is a waste of time.

Mathematics professor and faculty advisor Scott Pauls said the faculty advising program is reasonably effective at helping students navigate “all the wrinkles that Dartmouth has.”

“Students can get lost in the maze of options they have and can have a stressful time trying to figure that out,” he said.

Pauls said that during college, about half of all incoming freshmen are interested in STEM fields and the other half in the social sciences or

humanities, but many switch. When his advising skills. Faculty attend this happens, Pauls said, he connects workshops with the community direcstudents with departments closer to tor and undergraduate advisors twice their interests. per term, gaining deeper insight into All faculty members on campus in students’ lives. the fall who do not hold other adminis- Topical training sessions, such as trative positions are required to advise discussions with athletic or pre-health several incoming freshmen, he said. advisors, help faculty members learn Each year, the first-year advising what information they should share program conducts faculty training, with advisees who do not plan to major which covers topics including course in an advisor’s department. credit requirements, distribution “In the old days, before 360, if I re q u i re m e n t s was going to write and the D-Plan. “Students can get lost to a student to ask Additionally, all them to come in faculty advisors in the maze of options for courses, I’d receive a list of they have and can say ‘Hey, do you contacts in each need help selecthave a stressful time department to ing courses? Well, whom they can trying to figure that I’m here,’” Pfister direct advisees out.” said. whose academic N o w , interests do not he said, his advismatch their own. - SCOTT PAULS, ing sessions are He added less transactional MATH PROFESSOR that, after the and incorporate first meeting, his discussions about interactions with future academic students vary. Some feel that they have trajectories and ongoing concerns, their plans mapped out and choose often over lunch. He added that atnot to meet again, while others have tendance at his advising sessions has lingering questions. improved, courtesy of a fellow faculty This year, Dartmouth expanded advisor, who recommended schedula new pilot advising program called ing them via Google Doodle polls.

Advising 360 on several floors of The program also fosters a sense of the Choates residential cluster. The community among faculty advisors, he program, launched last year, provides said. more intensive advising opportunities. Students in the pilot program are Students in the program stay with their sent weekly emails about upcoming assigned faculty advisor for two years, programs, Pfister said, noting that he in the hopes of creating continuity. invites his advisees to lunch at least John Pfister, psychological and once per term. brain sciences professor and faculty This continued contact, he said, advisor for the program said its focus provides freshmen with ongoing supon increased training has improved port and direction.

SPOON FED Corrections “Researchers combat astronaut blues” (Feb. 13, 2014): Harvard Medical School psychiatry instructor James Cartreine, not psychology professor Jay Hull, developed ePST. “The World of College Debate” (April 10, 2014): The original version of this article misattributed a quotation to a student who was not interviewed for the piece. The reference to this student and his quotation have been removed, and The Dartmouth is investigating how this error occurred.

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

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D’Souza pleads guilty to Wolf wins Pa. gubernatorial primary campaign finance fraud FROM WOLF PAGE 1

for their $20,000 in contributions, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office campaign contributions in the statement. names of others to a federal election D’Souza’s actions violated the Fedcampaign, according to a statement eral Election Campaign Act, which released by the U.S. Attorney’s Of- then limited campaign contributions fice in the Southern District of New to $5,000 from any individual to any York. D’Souza was also charged with single candidate. D’Souza reimbursed making false statements about these each “straw donor” $10,000 in cash contributions. This count is expected on the same day of their donations, to be dismissed at D’Souza’s sentenc- the statement said. D’Souza misled ing, which Richardson said is set for Long before admitting to his actions, according to the statement.

Sept. 23 at 11 a.m.

During Tuesday’s plea proceed- On Jan. 30, D’Souza visited the ings, D’Souza accepted responsibility College to debate former antiwar for urging two “close associates” to activist Bill Ayers in front of 400 contribute $10,000 each to the 2012 students, faculty and community U.S. Senate campaign of Republican members. The Dartmouth Review, of Wendy Long ’82, before reimbursing which D’Souza was editor-in-chief as these individuals for their contribu- a student, hosted the debate. D’Souza did not address tions, D’Souza’s the campaign attorney Benfinance fraud aljamin Brafman “Given the technical legations while wrote in a state- nature of the charge, on campus. ment. D’Souza Public also admitted there was no viable policy professor that he knew defense.”

Charles Wheehis actions were lan said that wrong and forwhile D’Souza’s bidden by the law, - Benjamin brafman, decision to plead according to the d’souza’s attorney, in guilty makes U.S. Attorney’s sense given his Office statement. a statement clear violation “Given the technical nature of the charge, there of the law, D’Souza should not spend was no viable defense,” Brafman’s time in prison. The guilty plea’s effect on D’Souza’s reputation will be statement read.

D’Souza, 53, could face between significant, he said, adding that jail 10 and 16 months in prison and could time would not deter future violators.

Wheelan also highlighted the be fined up to $250,000.

“We are hopeful that Judge Ber- asymmetry between D’Souza’s case, man will recognize Mr. D’Souza to be which involved $20,000 in campaign a fundamentally honorable man who funds, and a recent Supreme Court should not be imprisoned for what was case striking the $123,200 cap on an isolated instance of wrongdoing in campaign contributions per electoral an otherwise productive and respon- cycle. sible life,” Brafman’s statement said. On April 2, the Supreme Court Last week, Berman denied a ruled in McCutcheon v. Federal pretrial motion filed by D’Souza to Election Commission that biendismiss the indictment for selective nial aggregate contribution limits are prosecution, according to the U.S. unconstitutional, following a recent Attorney’s Office statement. Berman trend of permitting larger political ruled there was no evidence to support contributions. In 2010, Citizens United v. Federal Electoral ComD’Souza’s motion.

D’Souza was indicted in January mission said restrictions on political for illegally redirecting $20,000 in contributions from corporations, campaign contributions to Long’s associations or labor unions violated campaign. Long lost the race to Sen. the First Amendment.

Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-N.Y., in Current campaign contribution 2012. D’Souza donated the maxi- laws, under the jurisdiction of the mum campaign contribution allowed Federal Electoral Commission, state by law — $5,000 ­— to Long’s cam- that a single individual may not paign on March 16, 2012, Federal donate more than $2,600 to a single Election Commission records show. candidate in a given election period That same day, his then-wife, Dixie and $32,400 to a national party in a D’Souza, also made a $5,000 contri- calendar year.

Brafman and the U.S. Attorney’s bution to Long’s campaign.

In August 2012, D’Souza directed office denied requests for further comhis assistant and a woman with whom ment. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara he was involved romantically to con- declined to comment, referring to tribute to Long’s campaign on behalf the U.S. Attorney’s Office statement. of themselves and their spouses, D’Souza did not respond to multiple promising he would reimburse them requests for comment.

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McCord took 17 and McGinty got 8 percent.

He will face incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett, R-Pa., in the Nov. 4 general election.

Prior to yesterday’s results, several pundits, news sources and academics predicted Wolf ’s victory, pointing to his business experience, strong educational background and largely non-political past as factors that would appeal to the Pennsylvanian electorate.

Born in York, Pennsylvania, Wolf graduated from Dartmouth and pursued a master’s degree from the University of London and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He spent two years with the Peace Corps in India and then worked at his family’s business, WOLF, where he later became CEO and chairman. The company is the country’s largest kitchen cabinet provider.

From April 2007 to November 2008, Wolf served as state secretary of revenue under former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell.

According to Wolf ’s campaign website, his mission is “fighting to rebuild the middle class and ensure fairness for all Pennsylvanians,” and he is running to give the state “a fresh start.”

Wolf ’s challengers have criticized him for a $4.45 million loan used to fund his campaign, as well as his proposed tax on natural gas drilling extraction, which McCord believes is too low.

Although the gubernatorial hopeful entered the race with low name recognition, a recent poll from the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin and Marshall College indicated that 93 percent of Pennsylvania Democrats have seen a Wolf commercial. The poll surveyed 530 registered Democrats in early May and had a sampling error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.

In addition to receiving campaign contributions, Wolf funded his primary race with $10 million of his own money.

Government professor Joseph Bafumi reiterated that Wolf ’s business background resonates with voters.

Citing his “ground-level understanding of the state’s tax code” and “package of skills, experience and temperament,” the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorsed Wolf on May 10. The Philadelphia Daily News penned a similar statement on May 16.

Several state senators, representatives and local elected officials also endorsed Wolf.

Turnout was low on Tuesday, with poll workers reporting few voters in line.

Around one million were expected to vote, or 25 percent of the state’s reg-

istered Democrats. As of press time, around 840,000 votes had been tallied, with 99 percent of precincts reporting.

Government professor Linda Fowler wrote in an email that all nonpresidential election years see lower turnout, although there is significant variation across states.

Bafumi echoed Fowler’s statement, noting that off-year elections receive less attention, especially primaries.

“Generally speaking, when you don’t have a presidential election, there’s less salient information out there so people are less inclined to be actively motivated and vote,” he said.

Since 1995, three Republicans and one Democrat have held the Pennsylvania governorship, with the latter serving for eight years. Corbett has held office since January 2011.

Although Pennsylvania is politically divided between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, which tend to support Democrats, and the more Republican rural parts of the state, Bafumi said the state is “trending more Democratic, as with the rest of the Northeast.”

While Bafumi said Wolf is running in “what looks like a pretty Republican year,” he added that Corbett does not appear to be a strong incumbent.

Corbett is widely considered one of the most vulnerable Republican governors up for reelection.

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Staff columnist kyle bigley ’17

Staff Columnist David Brooks ’15

An Expensive Education

Valuing Our Veterans

American higher education faces a systemic catastrophe.

Staying in hostels in Europe this past summer, I had the unique privilege of meeting young people from many different countries. My inability to speak their native languages and their flawless mastery of English were sources of embarrassment, but I could always rely on one topic to send them into shock: the costs of higher education.

The notion of shelling out $250,000 for a degree — let alone the hundreds of thousands more for law school, business school, medical school and other graduate programs that are becoming increasingly important to compete — always sent my debt-unencumbered European and Canadian friends’ jaws dropping. If American exceptionalism can be measured in higher education costs, then the good ol’ U.S. of A. is still number one.

A quick comparison of other countries’ average annual university-level costs, as compiled by Higher Education Strategy Associates in 2010, is simply jarring. The U.S., at about $14,000, rapidly outpaces Canada’s $5,974, England’s $5,288, the Netherlands’ $3,125, Germany’s $933, Sweden’s $600, France’s $585 and Denmark and Norway at about $550 each.

Predictably, the high costs of education lead to debt. Indeed, the Class of 2014 boasts the distinction of holding the most debt in the history of American higher education, according to the Wall Street Journal. The average student graduating in the Class of 2014 owes over $33,000, double the inflation-adjusted average of 20 years ago.

Aggregate U.S. student debt totals over $1 trillion.

To the average student at a top school like Dartmouth, $33,000 in debt looks like a drop in the bucket of a $250,000 education. Some colleges have tried to make higher education feasible for everyone, and substantial financial aid packages have done much to alleviate the pains of paying for a four-year undergraduate education.

Counterintuitively, perhaps the average student with the $33,000 in debt is the lucky one. He or she, after all, has a degree and has four years of friendships, student involvement and memories on which to look back. As the New York Times Magazine reported, after six years, over 40 percent of American students who start at four-year colleges still have not earned a degree. Often, those

who drop out come from lower-income families.

Globally, the U.S. is an aberration in the percentage of its population that graduates from college. Although the U.S. ranked fifth out of all Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development nations in 1995, it had fallen to 17th by 2011 — below the OECD average.

While more students are going to college today than ever before, inequality within higher education is more pronounced. As the upcoming documentary “Ivory Tower” explores, in 2011 the top income quartile produced 75 percent of the students at the top 200 colleges. A survey from the Harvard Crimson found that only 20 percent of freshmen surveyed at Harvard had family incomes under $65,000, while 15 percent had family incomes over $250,000. To put that number into context, the median U.S. household income was about $51,000 in 2012.

Because wealthier students go the wealthier schools, they have the best resources and opportunities. In the end, inequality becomes selfperpetuating. Wealthy, highly educated individuals marry other wealthy, highly educated individuals they meet at college or in similar social circles. The cycle goes on and on.

Simply put, American higher education faces a systematic catastrophe. Predicating access to top education on wealth is no blueprint for running a sustainable society. Private institutions in the U.S. cost more than public ones, and even our great public universities are being sacrificed on the altar of fiscal austerity. We know that greater investment from our governments, both state and federal, can do much to allay these cost extremities. Other Western nations take similar action. But of course, investment requires money, which requires taxes.

We must ask ourselves: is the status quo sustainable?

Is having a highly educated, debt-free society in which people from all income brackets can attend top institutions worth increased investment?

It begins with students saying enough is enough.

In Quebec in 2012, after the regional government authorized increased tuition costs, tens of thousands took to the streets and demanded tuition freezes. We can learn something from our neighbors to the north.

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The government must honor its obligation to veterans in need of treatment.

In April, Dr. Samuel Foote, a former clinic director for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Phoenix, alleged that a secret waiting list for veterans awaiting treatment at the VA hospital in Phoenix was created in an attempt to cover up long wait times. Since the alleged creation of the secret list in February 2013, Foote claims that up to 40 veterans may have died awaiting treatment. These allegations quickly became national news and created a scandal that has some calling for the firing of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki and other officials.

However, this scandal is one of many that has rocked the VA. As commander-in-chief, President Barack Obama must act quickly to restore faith in the VA and protect our nation’s veterans.

The scandal at the VA hospital in Phoenix may have focused the nation’s attention on problems at VA facilities, but clear warning signs have been ignored for years. In Columbia, South Carolina, the list for veterans awaiting care at the Williams Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Medical Center had ballooned to over 3,800 individuals by December 2011.

These wait lines led to to an estimated 20 or more veterans dying or near death while awaiting treatment.

What is even more maddening about this situation is that the problems at Dorn had already been identified. The VA had asked Congress for $1 million to pay for care of those on the waiting list, and in September 2011, Congress approved the funds. But only onethird of the amount requested was ultimately spent to pay for the care of veterans on the waiting list; the VA reallocated the remaining two-thirds. The inspector general investigating the situation at Dorn later released a report stating that 700 of the delays were critical.

Alongside the investigation at Dorn, the VA has looked into wait times at facilities in Atlanta, North Texas and Jackson, Mississippi.

Indeed, the reports coming out of Phoenix are nothing new. The multiple reports of waiting lists, delays and the deaths stemming from them should have already mobilized the

Obama administration and Congress. The response to these problems should be swift and focus on holding responsible parties accountable.

These problems will only grow over time.

Our nation has spent over 12 years at war.

Advances in medicine and lifesaving efforts in combat have resulted in many service members surviving wounds that in past wars likely would have killed them. Many of these injuries will require long-term care that will stretch over these veterans’ lifetimes.

Compounding this issue even further is the rise of traumatic brain injury resulting from improvised explosive devices and suicide bombs that have characterized our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy is still developing and we have yet to see the longterm effects it will have on a large group of people. (It is estimated that up to 20 percent of Iraq veterans tested positive for traumatic brain injury.) While it is difficult to predict exactly what care will entail going forward, the nation can only expect the standards of care to worsen with time unless the VA can fix its problems.

More money isn’t the solution. The VA budget has risen substantially over the last 5 years. Entrenched workers and supervisors who game the system need to be fired. This is difficult for civil service employees, which is part of a broader issue of reforming civilian government hires. Incentives need to be evaluated and workers who fake numbers in hopes of higher bonuses should be prosecuted.

We owe it to our veterans, past and present, to fix the system. Our service members who have deployed in the past and those currently deployed should not have to count a lack of proper care as one of the many dangers associated with combat. The young men and women who have served have sacrificed the best years of their lives to fight our country’s wars. The people our country sent to war honored their commitments. Our nation should do the same.

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Cube solicits feedback on reducing drinking, assault, exclusivity FROM CUBE PAGE 1

the Ground,” which is working to collect ideas for the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” campaign, Improve Dartmouth co-chair and co-founder Esteban Castaño ’14 said.

A few weeks ago, Improve Dartmouth joined the administration’s campaign, Castaño said.

The student group, which includes students from Dartmouth Roots, Palaeopitus and Student Assembly, originally declined College President Phil Hanlon’s invitation, he said, but eventually joined because members thought part of the process should be student-led.

Castaño said Improve Dartmouth initially declined the offer to join “Moving Dartmouth Forward” because its website aims to discuss tangible ideas that will benefit Dartmouth’s community, and he believes the Internet is not a good forum to discuss controversial issues. Group members realized, however, that they could expand beyond online initiatives.

One of Improve Dartmouth’s goals for the partnership is to meet with individual student groups.

Though the group facilitated an invitation-only summit in April, Castaño said it is necessary to meet with groups in their own spaces and on their terms to get ideas from a broad range of students.

Many meetings have already been scheduled, he said, including with Greek houses and student clubs.

Castaño said Improve Dartmouth will report students’ ideas to the presidential steering committee, which is gathering ideas, evaluating their feasibility and proposing recommendations to the Board of Trustees by Nov. 5.

The committee has until June 30 to collect ideas for assessment.

“I don’t know what the best way to engage campus is, but I think we should try many different things,” Castaño said. “We don’t have a lot of time, and we need to get people involved in the process.”

The cube was erected to engage students and young alumni visiting for Green Key, Castaño said.

Suggestions are being recorded, he said, noting that jokes are expected.

“This process is not perfect,”

Castaño said. “I’m improvising a lot, and that’s fine. I’m okay with that.”

A notice to students adorns one side of the cube, describing the reasoning behind the structure and inviting passersby to share ideas.

Exclusivity, high-risk drinking and sexual assault were chosen in line with issues brought up in Hanlon’s “Call to Action,” the note explains.

The cube, with its invitation for student comment, is reminiscent of sticky notes placed around Collis and Baker-Berry Library a few weeks ago. The notes were put up after the April summit, Castaño said, as part of an effort to expand conversations beyond attendees.

Of eight students interviewed, most expressed general approval of the motivations behind the cube but criticized the choice to construct it during Green Key, due to the influx of inappropriate comments it engendered.

One student wrote “boot n’ rally” under suggestions to lower high-risk drinking.

Katie Yu ’16 said she thinks the cube is a good idea but was discouraged that people are not taking it seriously. The cube, she said, also seems like a publicity stunt.

“A lot of what the administration really wants to encourage right now is the idea that they’re doing something,” she said.

The highlighted ideas are important to address, Yu said, adding that high-risk drinking can seem normal at Dartmouth and that although sexual assault is an important issue everywhere, it is especially relevant at Dartmouth because of the small community.

Andres Isaza ’15 said that the cube was assembled at the wrong time, but that it is a good way to involve students in dialogue.

Pritika Vig ’17 said she likes the cube’s interactive nature and its attempt to engage the entire campus.

The cube’s timing and placement, Jovalee Thompson ’14 said, did not inspire a productive response.

“Just because you raise awareness doesn’t mean people will actually engage with it,” Thompson said.

The cube will remain in place until early next week, Castaño said.

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Student volunteers helped construct the cube, which was completed over Green Key weekend.

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THE DARTMOUTH ARTS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

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Boraz debuts embroidery at Roth Center Class makes documentary film about local comedian B y angel carrillo leal The Dartmouth Staff

Shari Boraz was a teenager when she received her first pair of blue jeans, which she described as a breakthrough in culture. When her jeans began to wear with time, she embroidered them.

In college, she participated in a Levi’s contest in which jeans were judged as an artistic medium. By then, her jeans “were a walking sculpture,” she said.

Boraz was one of 50 winners who earned an honorable mention and had her jeans displayed internationally.

Now, the Upper Valley Jewish Community and Dartmouth College Hillel are hosting Boraz’s first solo show at The Roth Center for Jewish Life. Titled “2D 4D Fiber Art,” the show features about 20 of Boraz’s embroidery pieces.

Boraz said she was excited to exhibit her work under the Roth Center’s excellent lighting. She is married to the rabbi at the center.

Boraz, who works in the College Fund office, has previously participated in the College’s staff art show, Art Works. Last year, her work was included in the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Headquarters’s June-Sept. exhibition, and two of her pieces were selected for a Whitney Center for the Arts’s November show, “Fibrous,” showcasing contemporary fiber artists.

Growing up, Boraz said she enjoyed all types of art but always felt a connection to thread. During her first semester as a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she took a weaving class, and the processes of turning thread into cloth and cloth into fabric amazed her, she said.

Boraz pursued a major in textile design, which became a lifelong passion.

As part of her process, Boraz said she reaches a dream-like state and lets her

tographer.

The film includes clips from The Dartmouth Staff Pierce’s Inn in Etna, one of her Ten minutes before the start performances at Middlebury College of 10A classes last Thursday, Jake and a show at Psi Upsilon fraternity. It Greenberg ’17 strolled into the Black also includes interviews with Pierce’s Family Visual Arts Center’s video family as well as archival footage editing suite with a hot mug of coffee provided by Pierce, Danziger said. from Dunkin’ Donuts. While other Pierce said she quickly learned to students spent the previous night be aware of the camera’s intrusion celebrating Green Key, Greenberg without being bothered. and his classmates from Film Studies “They filmed my inn-keeping, 39, an advanced video making class, cooking in the kitchen and my were busy applying the final touches morning routine,” Pierce said. “I’m to their original documentary, “Good not very private. I just pretend it’s Vibes and Duct Tape: Stories with not there and keep doing what I’m Cindy Pierce.” doing.”

The film, a biopic about local co- Greenberg described working median, author and innkeeper Cindy with Pierce as fun and rewarding.

Pierce, will premiere with double Because Pierce’s life is so “multiscreenings at the VAC this Friday faceted” though, he said identifying evening. Seven students worked and crafting a “central story” proved together to write and produce the challenging.

30-minute documentary in addition “[Pierce has] a unique brand to making a behind-the-scenes film of comedy that is as much an eduabout the process. cational as it as an entertainment Film and media studies profes- experience,” Greenberg said. sor Jeffrey Ruoff Stusaid before the “[Pierce has] a unique dents continued term begins, he shooting scenes brand of comedy typically choosand amassing es a Dartmouth that is as much an film until the c o m m u n i t y educational as it is writers felt like member or Upthey had enough per Valley resi- an entertainment material and dent as the sub- experience.” direction for a ject for his class’s coherent story, film. Pierce was Danziger said. an easy choice, - Jake greenberg ’17 Once they had he said, because their idea, they she is well known completed the locally and at the College. project in a single, albeit long, night, Pierce has performed comedy he said. shows about sex and relationships While Ruoff provided general at the College’s V-Week program- support and direction, Danziger ming since 2010. She was awarded described him as “hands off ” with a prize from the Center for Gender the film’s day-to-day production. In and Student Engagement in 2012. total, the class worked with 30 hours In the class, students collaborate of footage for the project, he said. to produce a “professional-quality” Ruoff said his leadership style was documentary, a project that no stu- intentional, as he wanted students to dent could easily complete on his or learn from the project’s collaborative her own, Ruoff said. nature. Ruoff said each student’s The class’s film focuses on various contribution was “pivotal” to the aspects of Pierce’s life, including her film’s successful completion. roles as an innkeeper, mother and “One of the challenges is to come story-teller, producer Julian Danziger together as a group and find common ’15 said. Its title references one of purpose, to communicate well, to Pierce’s routines in which she claimed criticize constructively, to fill in and that if she ever wrote a book, she help out, to share knowledge and would call it “Good Vibes and Duct experiences with each other,” Ruoff Tape.” said.

Students began the term making Pierce, who recently watched the “treatments” for the film, an outline film’s two-minute trailer, said she was that fleshes out focus areas, themes pleased with the result. and specific shots that the producers “I’m just amazed how they and directors want to capture, said captured the essence of my life,” Greenberg, a writer and publicist for Pierce said. “It’s always good to have the project. documentation of a time in your life.

Next, taking into account their It’s like having a funeral before your preferences and talents, Ruoff said funeral.” he assigned students to specific roles, Danziger is a former member of The such as producer, writer or cinema- Dartmouth staff.

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Shari Boraz makes her embroidery pieces entirely by hand.

instincts take over, her eyes and hands deciding what to embroider. She said she likes her art to come spontaneously, which is why she prefers embroidery to weaving, as it does not require her to plan her work in advance.

“Being an artist is like being a research scientist — someone who’s thinking something that no one has ever thought of before and you’re doing it all by yourself,” Boraz said. “You don’t know what it is going to lead to.”

The current show’s title reflects how embroidery pieces are two-dimensional to view, but capture the fourth dimension, time, Boraz said. The works in her Roth Center show were not selected to fit a particular theme, she said.

On average, Boraz said each piece takes 320 hours to complete. She spends around 20 hours per week working on her art. She prefers to work from home in her studio, she said.

Most of her pieces are about 18 inches by 18 inches, entirely composed of hand embroidery. Larger pieces can be challenging to frame, she said.

One piece for her Roth Center show,

titled “Come Fly with Me,” pictures monarch butterflies, which she said she was inspired to depict because of their rarity. Because the piece totals 35 inches by 32 inches, Boraz said she had to find a poster framing company that could frame it for the show.

She has also experimented with applying resist dye to some of her embroidery on cotton pieces, she said, which creates a mixed-medium effect.

Sonia Meza ’16, who attended the show, said she admired the level of detail in Boraz’s work.

“The image of nature [Boraz] presents reflects what I believe is a unique mix of reality and fiction which, when brought together, stand out in a way you would not be able to create through paint or charcoal,” she said.

Matt Curtin ’14, who also attended the show, said that viewers can appreciate the amount of work that goes into Boraz’s pieces. The colors and the position of the elements, Curtin said, demonstrate “how nature and life actually work together.”

Her show will run until June 15.

ALL THE WORLD’S A SYNCOPATION

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Dartmouth’s World Music Percussion Ensemble will play Brazilian beats at its spring concert Wednesday evening.

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

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SPORTS Best Freshman Athlete PATRICK CALDWELL ’17

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KAREN CHAW ’17

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MIKE CONCATO ’17

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

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No athletic events scheduled

During the 2013-14 season, several freshman athletes have played major roles on their respective teams, becoming crucial players and even superstars in their first seasons in Hanover.

To commemorate the achievements of Dartmouth athletes and teams this past year, we introduced

the first annual Sports Awards. So far, Nejc Zupan ’14, of the swimming team, was awarded best male athlete and Kristen Giovanniello ’14, a goalie on the lacrosse team, was awarded best female athlete.

This week, our third installment looks at the best freshman athletes.

Vote on our website before noon Sunday, and we’ll announce the winner Monday on our website.

LUKA PEJANOVIC ’17

FANNI SZABO ’17

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Nordic skiing 10-kilometer, 20-kilometer

Softball Outfield

Baseball Pitcher

Heavyweight crew First varsity eight

Basketball Guard/forward

Patrick Caldwell ’17 did not have to travel far to come to Hanover, just about 20 minutes from Lyme. In his first season with the Big Green, the freshman was already an anchor on an incredibly strong Nordic ski team along with Silas Talbot ’15.

“I’m always looking long term,” men’s cross-country skiing head coach Ruff Patterson said. “He’s one of the most talented skiers to come into the program. He’s that level.”

The Nordic team and Caldwell were a force to be reckoned with on the slopes this season. The ski team placed second in six carnivals this season.

Caldwell notched a first, second and third finish in three carnivals this season. The high point of the freshman’s season came during the Williams Carnival, where Caldwell placed first in the 3x3.25-kilometer relay and the 10-kilometer race.

At the NCAA meet in Park City, Utah, Caldwell was the top finisher for the Big Green in both the 10-kilometer and 20-kilometer events, placing 22nd and fifth, respectively. His fifth-place finish in the 20-kilometer earned him All-American honors.

The trip, Caldwell said, was a great opportunity for the team to have fun and work together.

Karen Chaw ’17 established herself early as a force to be reckoned with at the plate for the history-making softball team this season, smacking four home runs before the team entered Ivy League play. The freshman ended up with seven total, second on the team.

“She came in as a rookie and played like someone who was prepared for college ball,” head coach Rachel Hanson said. “We moved her to outfield, which she had never played before, and she worked hard to get better.”

Chaw’s 29 RBI was second on the team as well, trailing Katie McEachern ’16 by one. She also tied McEachern for the most starts and appearances this season with 50.

Chaw delivered when it mattered for the Big Green, knocking one home run in the Ivy League Championship Series against the University of Pennsylvania and coming close a couple more times, only to be robbed by great catches at the fence. Thanks to a walk in the second inning of the NCAA regional game against Arizona Sate University, Chaw also holds the designation as the first Big Green softball player to reach base in the NCAA Tournament.

Chaw said that winning the Ivy League Championship was her favorite moment of the season because it was a goal she set before arriving at the College in the fall.

Mike Concato ’17 came to Hanover as the baseball team was reeling from the loss of four of its starting pitchers to graduation and the draft and helped to satisfy, head coach Bob Whalen said, one of the team’s “top priorities.”

In his first start against then-No. 18 University of Kansas, Concato allowed only two runs in eight innings of work, nailing down a position in Dartmouth’s starting rotation for the rest of the season. The outing, Concato said, was the spark he needed to come into Ivy play with confidence in his pitch.

The Woodbridge, Connecticut, native went on to make 10 appearances for the team, striking out 28 batters. He became a critical player in Dartmouth’s sprint to the finish, wherein the Big Green needed a perfect 7-0 ending to conference play to make it to the Ivy League Championship Series for the eighth year in a row.

Concato threw 14 scoreless innings for the Big Green against Brown University and Harvard University, going the length of two entire games, before taking the start for Dartmouth in game one of the Championship Series.

Concato’s incredible progress over the season, Whalen said, was unparalleled.

“I don’t know what bigger compliment I could give him besides starting him in the Ivy Championship,” Whalen said.

Hailing from Belgrade, Luka Pejanovic ’17 matriculated with an already impressive rowing pedigree. Pejanovic stroked for Serbia’s Junior National team in the 2011 and 2012 World Championships, holding a national record in the four man boat in his home country. His ability to contribute to the Dartmouth team, head coach Topher Bordeau said, “was apparent from the very first day of the school year.”

Pejanovic spent the entire season in with the first varsity eight, starting in the back of the boat. His most memorable moment from the season, he said, came during the Atalanta Cup when he rowed stroke seat, taking on the responsibility of setting the rhythm for the entire boat.

Pejanovic and the rest of the heavyweight crew team later beat Syracuse University in three of four boats — including the first varsity eight — in Hanover. The first varsity eight finished 12th at Eastern Sprints last weekend.

Even at a young age, the freshman has taken on major responsibilities, Bordeau said, using his natural affinity for racing to lead the rowers.

“He has a lot of critical characteristics for a rower but especially the stroke seat,” he said. “He races in a way that is easy for the guys in the boat to follow, but first and foremost, he’s just a really good racer.”

Fanni Szabo ’17 led Dartmouth’s offense in several of the major categories including points with 369 in the season, averaging 13.2 per game. She was the only Dartmouth player to break into the top 10 points per game leaders in the League, finishing eighth overall. With 53 sinks from outside the arch, Szabo helped give the Big Green teeth on offense, playing 31 minutes on average.

The freshman star from Budapest burst on to the collegiate scene, scoring 21, 31 and 33 points in three of her first four games this season.

“First off from strictly the game side of things Fanni can score some points,” head coach Belle Koclanes said. “Her three point shooting is extremely lethal and very consistent, so she put up a ton of points for us, particularly early on when teams had no idea who Fanni Szabo was.”

In the team’s upset victory over eventual Ivy League champions the University of Pennsylvania, Szabo scored 12 of the team’s 53 points — tied for the most for the Big Green during the game. She was the only Dartmouth player to post two steals that game, matching her average, the second highest in the Ivy League. The game against the Quakers, Szabo said, was one of the most memorable moments of the season because the whole team played together at a high level.