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Changed credit policy Students talk Greek reform

By MADISON PAULY affects first-years Eradication of the Greek system The Dartmouth Senior Staff

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For most members of the Class of 2018, courses they started this week will be the first of 35 credits required to graduate — a change from prior years, when students often entered Dartmouth with credit from qualifying scores on Advanced Placement tests and other exams. While transfer

credits from courses taken at community colleges or other institutions still apply, this is the first year Dartmouth will stop granting pre-matriculation credit. Some students called the policy fair to those whose high schools did not offer college-level classes, but others said it would decrease D-Plan SEE CREDITS PAGE 5

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New Arabic program proposed for Rabat

By CLAIRE DALY

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Beginning next year, Arabic students can travel to Rabat, Morocco, as participants in a new study abroad program, pending approval this fall.

After two years without an Arabic language study abroad option, the trip to Rabat will cater to students who have taken one year of Arabic courses, placing them in homestay living arrangements.

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ies department chair and Arabic professor Jonathan Smolin, who will lead the Rabat program, said he is excited because the previous Tangier, Morocco program, which last ran in fall 2012, was designed for students in their junior fall.

“Now we’re creating a program so students can do the first year of Arabic and then be able to go immediately after that,” Smolin said. “We thought we would be SEE ARABIC PAGE 3

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More than half surveyed opposed eradicating the Greek system.

said he believes students are just now realizing the scale of the College’s options.

“I think there’s at least a sense among the relevant people that things could change a lot in January,” Cramer said.

Of 71 students surveyed in various locations on campus Wednesday evening, more than half opposed eradicating the Greek system.

The survey asked respondents to rank their opposition to or support of various Greek reform proposals from one to five, with one

being strongly support and five being strongly oppose.

Respondents varied across class years, gender and affiliation with a Greek organization. About 30 percent of students surveyed were affiliated while 70 percent were unaffiliated.

About 59 percent of respondents said they were “opposed” or “strongly opposed” to eradicating the Greek system, including half of unaffiliated respondents and more than 70 percent of affiliated respondents.

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Pilot advising program continues

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Since College President Phil Hanlon met with Greek organization leaders Tuesday night, councils and presidents say they have met repeatedly and at length to discuss potential reforms to the Greek system.

Attendees said that Hanlon, Board of Trustees Chair Bill Helman and “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee chair Barbara Will demanded they initiate change in their organizations this term, emphasizing the administration’s desire to collaborate before the Board considers the committee’s recommendations in January.

Hanlon convened the committee in May, tasking members with reducing binge drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity, and the committee worked this summer to solicit feedback.

During Tuesday’s meeting, attendees spoke about freshman safety, hard alcohol, adult oversight of social spaces and new member probationary periods for any student organization.

Discussion also touched on sexual assault, racial inclusivity and financial accessibility, as well as ways to promote community building through residential life.

Coed council interim president Noah Cramer ’16

Entering its third year, the Advising 360 program will continue in its pilot form this fall, interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer said.

A full cycle of students, 100 members of the Class of 2016,

have completed the program, which continues until students declare their major sophomore year and receive a major faculty advisor.

“So far the assessment has been strong, but we’re not sure yet about the next step,” Ameer said.

Ameer said Advising 360 has

involved collaboration among faculty, residential life staff and undergraduate advisors.

The program, launched in 2012, matches students with a faculty advisor for freshman and sophomore year. The faculty advisor works with each student’s SEE ADVISING PAGE 2

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According to assistant dean of first-year students John Pfister, student “return rates” — the number of students who return to see their dean after an initial visit — have typically increased under the pilot program.

Before the program, only two of five freshman advisees would continue to seek his advice through the end of the school year, Pfister said. Out of 10 students assigned to him under Advising 360, however, he said seven or eight remained engaged all year.

Erin Czerwinski ’17, Cassidy McDermott ’17 and Hayley Hoverter ’17 all participated in the program as residents of one of the Cohen Hall floors involved in the program.

Czerwinski and McDermott said they met with their advisors once or twice a term. Hoverter said she met with her advisor twice, and hopes to meet with her this term. All three said they converse frequently with their advisors via email.

During the program’s first few years, the deans hoped to identify its strengths and weaknesses, Pfister said.

Now, the program is running more efficiently, he said, noting that it has become more conscious of student

needs.

With two years completed, some improvements have been made, Pfister said, including changes to paperwork and training, closer attention to faculty feedback and targeted briefings about pre-health, athletics and Greek life for advisors, he said. The program has

“I love getting new blood, a new perspective, new eyes on the system to help us tweak some things.”

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sell and Cohen residence halls will participate in the program this year, Pfister said.

Incoming advisors may initially lack the familiarity with student life that veteran advisors have developed, Pfister said, but ultimately they strengthen the program with fresh ideas and diverse perspectives.

Professors who remain with the program have shared tips with faculty new to the program, Pfister said.

“I love getting new blood, a new perspective, new eyes on the system to help us tweak some things,” he said.

Hoverter said that having a faculty advisor who knows other professors as an incoming freshman was helpful.

While Pfister said he did not know of plans to implement Advising 360 beyond its current pilot phase, he believes other advising services will adopt parts of its model, like the advisor training system, team-oriented approach and openness to “advising as career development.”

McDermott said she liked having an advisor sophomore year who knows her academic history.

“Just because you’re not a freshman doesn’t mean you know what you’re doing and what your plans are,” McDermott said.

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Greek reforms suggested after event Arabic program caters to second-year students FROM GREEK PAGE 1

More than 61 percent of respondents, including 64 percent of unaffiliated students and 57 percent of affiliated students, said they believed significant changes should be implemented in the Greek system within the next year. Ten percent of unaffiliated students and 19 percent of affiliated students said they wished significant changes would “never” be implemented, while only two affiliated students and one unaffiliated student said that they wished to see immediate change.

Of the proposals listed — eliminate pledge terms, protect freshmen, adult presence and banning hard alcohol — respondents were most opposed to adult supervision in fraternities, with 77 percent in opposition, including 90 percent of affiliated students and 72 percent of unaffiliated students.

About 57 percent of affiliated respondents opposed eliminating pledge term, as did 36 percent of unaffiliated students, with the same percentage of unaffiliated students also indicating they were neutral.

Interfraternity Council president Wil Chockley ’15 said Tuesday that the council discussed abolishing pledge term during its presidents’ meeting earlier this week and will reach a final decision about the fall on Sunday.

About half of both affiliated and unaffiliated students surveyed expressed support for stronger measures to protect freshmen.

One respondent wrote in: “No freshmen all of their freshman year.

This is how it used to be in my dad’s generation.”

Four respondents suggested that sororities go local, while two suggested changing sorority recruitment.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Hanlon did not present concrete demands for reform or specific consequences if student-led change does not occur this term, Alpha Theta coed fraternity president Cristy Altamirano ’15 said.

Panhellenic Council President Rachel Funk ’15 said she felt “relieved” by the meeting, as she believes it demonstrated the administration’s willingness to work with Greek leaders rather than institute immediate top-down reforms.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity president Daegwon Chae ’15 wrote in an email that he was frustrated that the presidential steering committee did not provide insight into what specific changes it is considering at the meeting.

Students, he wrote, presented concrete plans like eliminating pledge term and revising social event management procedures.

Altamirano said she believed that clearer goals and consequences would have encouraged other Greek leaders to take the call for change more urgently.

Sigma Nu fraternity president Blaze Joel ’15 said that attendees seemed willing to make changes.

Calling the meeting a “vague threat,” Altamirano said Hanlon’s

lack of specificity actually empowered Greek leaders, allowing them the opportunity to collaborate with administrators and make progress this fall, which may in turn influence decisions in January.

“We’re the ones that have the agency for now, for this term, and we need to be the ones leading these changes, but at times it did feel like we were being admonished,” Altamirano said. She added that the meeting seemed to push the brunt of criticism for years of stagnancy in the Greek system on single-sex organizations.

During the meeting, however, Hanlon praised the Interfraternity Council’s recent movement toward eliminating pledge terms, Altamirano said.

Panhell plans to announce several major changes after next week’s recruitment period, Funk said, declining to provide specifics.

Panhell’s first priority is to carry out the sorority recruitment reforms announced last spring, she said.

Council members are also considering announcing at least one other initiative beforehand, “to set a tone for what new members might expect,” Funk said.

The spring reforms — which included sorority-blind pre-rush events and smaller budgets for rush events — resulted from suggestions from the Improve Dartmouth website and Greek advisors, Funk said.

Cramer said he was encouraged by the meeting, as he believes coed

fraternities are “ahead of the ball game” in many areas identified for improvement, citing policies that allow students with financial need to avoid dues and compliant pledge term practices.

Altamirano said she plans to tell Alpha Theta members that the organization must improve by January.

While the coed fraternity does not face the same issues of exclusivity and financial inaccessibility that same-sex organizations may encounter, she said, its pledge term policies could be better codified.

During the meeting, Hanlon said he intends to increase the number of College-run social options like the Hop Garage and Microbrew Mondays, Altamirano recalled. If College-run social scenes are the most enticing social options on campus, Greek life will become “less populated and thus less problematic,” she said.

“My feeling is that this reform, in the long run, will make Greeks obsolete,” Altamirano said.

Funk said she wished the meeting focused more on gender equality, ways to reduce the predominance of malecontrolled social spaces and concrete steps to address sexual assault.

During the meeting, Funk said, Hanlon expressed support for local sororities and suggested that the administration would provide financial support for sororities that wished to break away from national organizations.

Chris Leech contributed reporting.

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able to capitalize on their experience, and they’ll be fresh after first year.”

A professor and teacher’s assistant will accompany students on the trip.

Two classes will be taught by local professors, and Smolin will teach the third. The courses will concentrate on language, society and culture enhancement, and Smolin will teach a seminar on modern Moroccan society and culture.

Emily Estelle ’15, who went on the fall 2012 Tangier program as a sophomore and studied in Fez, Morocco, this spring on the Asian and Middle Eastern studies FSP, said studying Arabic intensively after just one year helped her gauge whether she wanted to continue.

“Doing the immersion right away made me realize I could do a lot more with the language,” Estelle said.

The Arabic department opened the Tangier FSP to second-year Arabic students in 2012 due to a lack of thirdyear Arabic applicants. On the Tangier program, all of Estelle’s courses concentrated on language enhancement and were taught by Arabic professor Mostafa Ouajjani. In Tangier, students did not live with locals, but had nonresidential host families, with whom they ate dinner three to four times a week, Estelle said.

Elena Zinski ’15, who also studied on the Tangier FSP as a sophomore in 2012, said she enjoyed speaking with Moroccans in their homes. Zinski cooked and shopped with her host family, and said she has stayed in touch.

Every Moroccan city is different, Smolin said, and it was difficult for the Arabic department to create a homestay experience for students in Tangier. The longtime administrator of the AMES FSP in Fez, Morocco, — who has worked with the College since 1997 — moved to Rabat and opened an institute, which has helped the College arrange home stays in Rabat. The institute has already identified about 50 qualified families in Rabat, Smolin said.

Tansey said in an email that the Rabat program will take applications this fall. He said he expects the program will receive final approval from the offcampus activities committee this fall.

Zinski said her time studying Arabic abroad proved to be integral to her academic experience.

“You get a full year’s curriculum in one term,” she said.

Since the Arabic department has not offered a study abroad option since 2012, in the program’s first year, the department will accept second- and third-year Arabic students who have not been able to study Arabic abroad, Smolin said.

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A Static Conversation

Opinion Asks

Unaffiliated students should be included in Greek life discussions.

The first term of the academic year points to the possibility of a fresh start as new faces arrive on campus. But each fall, one constant remains — rush. And while the conversations that surround the process have gotten louder and more refined, they are, in many ways, as static as ever.

On Tuesday, College President Phil Hanlon and Board of Trustees Chair Bill Helman brought together Greek leaders to discuss potential reforms to the Greek system. Hosting a discussion like this amid the flurry of bad press and the increasing number of student and alumni calls for change may seem like an omen of the Greek system’s tenuous fate.

But including only Greek student leaders at this talk is both ironic, as it excludes unaffiliated students in a conversation that addresses inclusivity, and indicative that truly comprehensive reform — that is, reform that benefits all students, not just the portion of those who joined Greek houses — may be in the distant, not near, future. It is difficult enough for unaffiliated students to participate in conversations about the Greek system, as they risk being dismissed as bitter or incapable of understanding. Hanlon and Helman’s meeting of Greek leaders only further serves to disenfranchise non-Greek students.

Excluding unaffiliated students from discussions about the Greek system only makes sense under two conditions — if we deem the system irrelevant to their lives, or if we deem their voices irrelevant to the conversation at hand. But the effects of the Greek system extend beyond its members, and unaffiliated students’ voices are not only relevant but also varied. Too often, the tacit assumption is that the opinions of non-Greek students in these discussions do not matter, or that they will unanimously call for abolishing the system. That is not the case.

One of the most pervasive narratives in support of the Greek system is the narrative of personal choice, of a laissez-faire social environment in which students vote with their feet as they walk into Greek houses to rush or shake out. This narrative can be found in the Greek

success stories that we are fed from time to time.

We hear about students who came in opposed to the Greek system, but happily accepted bids come sophomore fall. We hear about students who desperately wanted to join one house, but became the poster child for another. We do not hear as often of the students for whom rush did not work out.

For those students, the Greek stronghold on the Dartmouth social scene does not diminish after rush any more than it does for the newly affiliated — yet too often our discussions of rush and of the Greek system writ large exclude the unaffiliated students among us. Perhaps this would make sense at a large state school, or a school where only a small percentage of students rush, but at a college as small as Dartmouth with a Greek life as expansive, limiting these discussions to only the Greek students does everyone a disservice.

Connie Gong ’15, the president of Tabard coed fraternity, told The Dartmouth after the meeting that “changes should come from the student body because the social scene is maintained by students,” and that the opportunity to maintain that scene is a “privilege.” Gong is correct that the opportunity to maintain one’s social experience is a privilege, but her statement fails to account for the fact that the Greek’s social scene is only maintained by some — not all — students. Many unaffiliated students lack that option, as the Greek system seems to permeate all aspects of life at Dartmouth.

To claim that Greek life is hegemonic in its dominance over the social structure is not to blame Greeks. It is as much a function of our geographic isolation and of administrative failure to produce truly viable alternative spaces. But we must remind ourselves that the Greek system’s reach extends far beyond its members. When we talk about Greek life, particularly when we promote reforms from within (rather than systematic overhaul), we promote the idea that we must protect students’ right to choose. We forget that choice is not a right but a privilege, one that not all students are afforded.

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In light of recent discussions surrounding potential changes to the Greek system, we asked our staff to reflect on the necessity of reform.

For good and bad, Dartmouth’s Greek system is unique among peer institutions in its size, prominence on campus and influence on student life. Here, the Greek system in its current form often shapes campus life in ways that are not conducive to the creation of healthy communities, but it also offers many students one of their most important social networks at Dartmouth.

With these competing interpretations of the Greek system in mind, I believe that the system in its current form does need to change in some ways, and less so in others.

Specifically, I believe that houses need to find a better balance between their roles as social outlets (i.e, providers of pong, tails and formals) and organizations that seek to contribute to their members’ growth as individuals. It seems that today’s Greek organizations are very successful in achieving the former goal and much less so in achieving the latter.

overhaul of the women’s recruitment process that would give women the same amount of agency as men over their rush trajectory. I respect and support the new board of Panhellenic Council’s changes that will increase the transparency of the women’s rush system, but the fact remains that a woman’s outcome largely relies upon a short conversation and a computer algorithm, rather than a man’s process which develops through an entire year of “hanging out” and several engaging rush events.

This change would help establish women as social equals on campus, which would in turn increase the feasibility of female-dominated social spaces, and hopefully improve women’s physical and emotional safety within Dartmouth’s social scene and the Greek system.

Unfortunately, the change that would most significantly reduce high-risk drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity at Dartmouth is entirely out of the College’s jurisdiction — lowering the drinking age to 18. Such a law, — Lorelei Yang ’15 of course, would allow the college to serve alcohol to all students at non-Greek social I support the Greek system at its core and events, which would increase the viability strongly believe that of “alternative social Dartmouth’s three “The College should encourage spaces” that many on major social prob- Greek houses to stop buying campus so strongly lems as identified by call for, and it would cans of beer and instead allow College President reduce the inherthem to reinstall permanent Hanlon’s steering ently underground committee — high taps and more easily serve nature of drinking risk drinking, sexual drinks from kegs.” at Dartmouth that assault and exclusivpromotes secrecy, ity — would worsen - Spencer Blair ’17 fast drinking and substantially without behavioral recklessthe Greek system due ness. to the decentralization Since the College cannot take the lead on and deregulation of the social scene that that initiative, the best it can do is reform the would inevitably occur. That said, a few Greek system in ways that would preserve the significant but realistic reforms could put the friendship, camaraderie, philanthropy and Greek system in a unique position to help tradition fostered by the Greek system but erode these problems rather than exacerbate help to improve student safety and wellness them. and create a more responsible and inclusive After every weekend, dozens of garbage campus climate. bags filled with empty beer cans line Webster Avenue, creating an unsavory smell, weak— Spencer Blair ’17 ening the aesthetic appeal of campus and contributing significantly to environmental waste and degradation. The College should The fact that the campus newspaper, dediencourage Greek houses to stop buying cans cated to general trends, is engaging with this of beer and instead allow them to reinstall line of thought shows more about the necessity permanent taps and more easily serve drinks and demand for campus-wide Greek change from kegs. than my personal opinions. That being said, This change would not only probably be I think change is a very important way to more cost effective and certainly be more move the campus forward. environmentally sustainable, but it would also Though I acknowledge the desire for meetpromote safer and more responsible drinking. ing upperclassmen and inclusive party spaces Students would not be able to drink as quickly (which is naturally lacking in a town as small and dangerously because the dispensation of as Hanover), I think completely randomizing beer from kegs and taps takes much longer the Greek system would be an ideal way to than the rapid distribution of cans. Finally, give credence to legitimate goals, while solving and perhaps most importantly, the designated the myriad problems associated with such a “sober member” at each party would be in a system (apart from the sex-segregation, which, much stronger position to prevent excessively admittedly, should be addressed). Any objecdrunk individuals from attaining more alcohol tion to the proposition would require owning than when boxes of beer are strewn around up to vanity and exclusivity. a basement for anyone to access.

Additionally, I would encourage a genuine — Emily Sellers ’15

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Freshmen experience new pre-matriculation credit system FROM CREDITS PAGE 1

flexibility.

Previously, the College accepted qualifying scores on AP, A-Level and International Baccalaureate examinations as course credit, granting up to nine per student. Under the new policy, qualifying scores will serve as “credit on entrance,” appearing on transcripts but not counting toward the 35-credit graduation requirement. Departments may continue to consider AP, IB and A-Level scores in course placement or exemptions.

The office of the registrar declined to comment.

The faculty approved this change in November 2012 and attracted national media attention after its 2013 announcement, leading to debates over the future and validity of pre-matriculation credits. Some worried that with the policy, students could no longer use pre-matriculation credits to graduate in fewer terms and pay less tuition.

Former Committee on Instruction chair Hakan Tell, who guided the policy through the voting process, said the committee’s main

goal was to increase Dartmouth’s academic rigor. Throughout the approval process, Tell said he received “pretty much universal” support from faculty.

“The idea is to focus on our academic mission, to focus on what we are really all about and to send signals to students that we are very willing to engage with you academically,” Tell said.

In early 2013 interviews with The New York Times and Inside Higher Ed, Tell said that only 10 percent of more than 100 students who scored a five on their AP psychology exams passed Dartmouth’s introductory psychology placement exam. At the time, Tell called AP courses “extremely useful and valuable” for high school students, but he said that they were not comparable to college courses.

Students can use advanced high school credits for course placement and exemption, but the policy varies by department.

Most students used pre-matriculation credits to take more two-course terms, not to graduate early and save on tuition, Tell said, calling this reduced course load “a pity.”

In a policy change this summer, the number of four-course terms students can take without paying extra tuition rose from three to four, a move that Tell said will accommodate students wishing to save money by taking an extra off-term or graduating early. This change was discussed as “part and parcel” of the pre-matriculation credit policy, but went into effect later due to the approval process, Tell said.

In 2014, 35 students petitioned the Registrar for an additional four-course term, requiring extra tuition, and 47 requested an extra two-course term, according to the Registrar’s Office Annual Report.

Former Academic Affairs Committee member Ryan Tibble ’14 noted that students affected by the policy will take more Dartmouth courses, he thought this was not the best way to strengthen studentfaculty relationships.

First-year dean Brian Reed said that he and many of his colleagues have adopted a “wait-and-see” attitude toward the policy. Reed, who previously worked with the Class of 2014, recalled that some of his former advisees told him the policy

would have limited their ability to take off-terms senior year.

He said the policy will affect his advising in the short term on topics like dropping classes, as students must now be more cognizant of the 35-credit requirement. But each of those credits will now represent demanding “Dartmouth-quality” courses, he said.

Trevor Packer, College Board senior vice president for AP and instruction, wrote in an emailed statement that while his company respects Dartmouth’s right to make its own policy decisions, AP courses predict college success and allow students to save money.

“College faculty and AP teachers collaborate to develop, deliver and evaluate AP courses and exams,” he wrote in the statement. “Their partnership ensures the courses are rigorous, relevant and valid.”

Of six freshmen interviewed, many said they were not concerned by the policy and noted that it did not affect their decision to apply or matriculate. Three of six upperclassmen interviewed said they disagreed with the policy.

Brooke Hilliard ’18 said she supported the change because she did

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not have the opportunity to take AP or IB classes in high school.

“I feel that it puts me at an equal playing field going into classes,” she said. “I think it’s fair to place people, but I feel like it gives everybody the same level, as people aren’t getting credit for classes that they don’t have to take further on.”

Danielle Kimball ’17 said that while the policy change was not a big concern for her, she could understand students’ financial worries. Like Kimball, Rachel Patel ’17 said her several pre-matriculation credits could allow her to graduate early if she chose, though neither student said she wanted to do so.

Vincent Puzak ’17 said he also disliked the policy, as entering with five AP credits has given him the flexibility to take courses that he would not have been able to take otherwise.

Committee on Instruction member and computer science professor Devin Balkcom said the committee will reevaluate the policy in a few years. He added that he believes Dartmouth’s decision is part of a broader conversation surrounding the meaning of a college degree, from high school to online courses.

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Hop’s 29th Telluride at Dartmouth series to begin this weekend

B y Rachel Hein

Beginning tomorrow, the Hopkins Center for the Arts will celebrate the 29th anniversary of its Telluride at Dartmouth program. Six films from the annual festival, now in its 41st year, will travel to Hanover for the event.

The College’s long-standing relationship with the Telluride Film Festival was made possible by Hop film director Bill Pence, who as a young entrepreneur owned theaters in popular skiing areas across the Rocky Mountains. During the 1970s, he took on the task of renewing an opera house in Telluride, Colorado, by converting it into a small theater.

At the time, Pence said, Telluride was “something of a ghost town, mainly miners seeking out a living,” far from the touristy, prosperous ski town that it is today. With the help of his wife Stella, he screened two films at the opera house following its restoration.

Pence co-directed Telluride for 33 years before retiring from the position in 2007. Years spent handling national distribution of classic films enabled Pence to “plant the seeds” for the festival to be taken seriously, he said.

Among the highest ranked festivals in the world, Telluride brings famous

actors, critics and directors to the small, mountain-enclosed village to “[eat] the same popcorn,” Pence said, creating a refreshingly equalizing atmosphere.

The town and the festival work together to “support each other” in a mutually beneficial relationship, Pence said.

“It is the way the mountains form a horseshoe to hold everything in,” Pence said.

Pence’s work at Telluride has allowed him to bring a fresh and current wave of films to the College.

“It gives Dartmouth the first crack at having films here and meeting artists involved,” Pence said.

The process of selecting which films come to Hanover is more simple than the selection process that decides which films will premiere at Telluride, Pence said. Rather than reviewing hundreds of films and submissions, he said they select from “the cream of the crop” — the 25 films already featured at the festival.

While choosing the six films to feature at the College, Pence aims to convey an accurate portrait of the festival.

“I try to find the right mix of films that work together to represent what the Telluride Film Festival is all about.”

Just as Telluride comes to Dartmouth, each year, multiple Dartmouth

undergraduates work as interns for the festival and participate in the film selection process, helping to narrow the more than 1,200 short film submissions that the festival receives.

Mac Simonson ’16, one of this year’s interns, said that the number of submissions increases each year. He recalled watching 14 feature films in four days.

“I personally saw probably 600 shorts as well as advance viewings of everything that screened at the festival,” Simonson said. “There is no way to turn that down.”

The festival brings together “a mix of locals and industry people,” Simonson said.

“Two Days, One Night” (2014) and “Wild” (2014), two films scheduled for Dartmouth’s program, seemed to grab the most attention at the festival, Simonson said.

“Two Days, One Night,” which will screen on Tuesday, tackles the social constructs of the workplace and complex questions of right and wrong in the face of economic adversity. Marion Cotillard stars as a factory worker with one weekend to persuade her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Showing on Saturday, “Wild” tells the story of how Cheryl

Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) attempts to leave behind a divorce, the death of a parent and a history of drug use while on a solo trek from Mexico to Oregon. Her journey leads to unexpected encounters and soul-searching.

Varun Bhuchar ’15, senior intern at the Telluride Film Festival this summer, said that the most rewarding moment of the festival for him was screening “Wild,” the final show of the last day at his theater.

“Once the credits had rolled, and the lights came back up there was this spontaneous feeling of relief and fulfillment that we had successfully pulled off 20-plus screenings in five days without a hitch, and that in itself was just so wonderful,” Bhuchar said.

Bhuchar said the program benefits campus by making the festival more accessible to students.

“Telluride is not cheap or easy to get to, and while [Telluride at Dartmouth is] not quite the same, it does a good job of sort of replicating that experience of seeing a movie for the first time with little to no advance buzz or reviews to spoil it,” Bhuchar said.

Bhuchar said he is excited for Dartmouth to see “Two Days, One Night.” He called the film “incredibly

devastating and powerful” and said that Cotillard “knocks it out of the park.”

The film to take Dartmouth by surprise, Pence said, will be “Wild Tales” (2014), a dark comedy by director Damian Szifron that chronicles characters’ quests for revenge. The film will screen on Thursday.

Hop film manager Sydney Stowe said that the festival’s popularity is growing among students and faculty, who can see the featured films months before they arrive in most theaters.

The six-film series begins tomorrow with “The Imitation Game” (2014), a thriller that looks at pioneer mathematician Alan Turing’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) mission to decode the Nazi regime’s encrypted military secrets.

Keira Knightley co-stars.

“Mr. Turner” (2014), shown Sunday, weaves artistic cinematography with a plot that centers on the unorthodox mind of 19th-century painter J. M. W. Turner (Timothy Spall). The film will highlight the twisted psychology of the producers of the Victorian era’s most beautiful and complex art.

Each film is shown twice in Spaulding Auditorium.

Bhuchar is a former member of The Dartmouth staff.

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Roman ’16 qualifies for Philippine women’s national team B y Jehanna Axelrod The Dartmouth Staff

When Sofia Roman ’16 started playing basketball in the third grade, she just wanted to be good enough to compete with her older sister. Now Roman, who was born in the Philippines, is good enough to play for her country.

Just this past June, Roman traveled to Manila to try out for Discovery Perlas Philippine Women’s Basketball team, where, after 10 days of training, she was told she made the national squad.

The team’s coach, Haydee Ong, and Roman have been in contact since high school, which Roman attended in her adopted hometown of White Plains, New York.

“A dream of mine since I was little was to play for my country,” Roman said. “I thought maybe I could establish something so that when the opportunity was right, they’ll keep me in mind for the next tryouts.”

During high school, Roman focused on securing a collegiate career,

but her desire to play for the Philippines never faded. She worked hard to stay at the top of her game and to overcome the disadvantages she faced because of her 5-foot 7-inch frame.

Because of her small size — the Dartmouth team’s average height is over 5-foot 11-inches — she must use her speed and work ethic as her strengths, teammate Kaitana Martinez ’16 said.

Attending an institution that prized academic excellence was another important goal for Roman, who had not only excelled in high school sports, but also in her classes.

“During freshman year of high school I started looking at Ivy League schools, sending out tapes, sending out emails, getting in contact with the coaches, and it worked,” Roman said.

Dartmouth was another great choice for Roman for a less foreseeable reason: the D-Plan. Roman had planed to travel to Manila in summer 2015 for an internship, but Ong asked her to fly over a bit earlier, which her

interim schedule luckily allowed.

It was her first time back in 15 years.

“It was a really nice experience, a very humbling one, to go back and see where I come from,” Roman said.

She wasted no time when she landed in the Philippines for her 10day trip; immediately after her arrival, she drove to a gym to shoot some hoops and continue to work on her form.

“Sofia’s always working really hard in practice and putting in extra time outside of practice to work on her shot, work on her dribbling moves, become a better ball-handler,” teammate Abbey Schmitt ’15 said.

After taking a couple days to warm up on her own, Roman participated in a men’s league game, where she impressed spectators with her 20+ point performance. The following afternoon Roman scrimmaged with men, and the day after that, she practiced with other prospective Perlas players.

After another practice later in the

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Roman (third from left) returns to the Big Green with added experience.

week, that time with current Perlas team members, Ong told Roman that she had earned a place on the roster. “[Roman] has been working hard every single day to become a better basketball player and a better person,” Martinez said. “I know how much she cares for her country, and seeing her have the opportunity to represent something that is so important to her, it brings me pride.”

Last season, Roman served as a defensive and three-point specialist for the Big Green. She had a 3-point percentage of 33.3 percent with all but one of her field goal attempts coming from beyond the arc.

Roman will continue to play for Dartmouth and will head back to Manila in March 2015 to begin training for the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore next June.

Women’s soccer looks to extend home unbeaten streak

B y Gayne Kalustian The Dartmouth Staff

The women’s soccer team is gearing up to hold down its home fort this weekend against the Northeastern University Huskies.

A win or tie this Friday would extend Dartmouth’s undefeated streak on Burnham to 15 games, dating back to Oct. 1, 2012 when the Big Green lost to then No. 20 Pepperdine University 1-0 in double overtime.

The team’s past success in Hanover brings players confidence, defender Laura Thurber ’15 said.

“We love our home field, we want to protect it and it gets us hyped up,” she said. “It’s going to be a defensive battle, and we’ll see who comes out on top.”

The Huskies are walking on to the field with an impressive defensive record: six shut outs and only two surrendered goals in the eight games they’ve played thus far.

But the numbers aren’t discouraging Dartmouth’s new head coach Ron Rainey, who expressed confidence in his own back line.

“I like to think that our team probably is going to take a lot

of pride on what we’re doing on defense,” he said. “You look at it and it’s probably not going to be a game where there are a lot of goals scored. Both attacks will see this as a really good challenge to score some good goals. We’ll have to earn everything that we get from them defensively.”

Under Coach Rainey, the Big

“We love our home field, we want to protect it and it gets us hyped up.”

- LAURA THURBER ’15 Green has switched to a 4-3-3 system of play, drawing a midfielder from its previous 4-4-2 into an attacking position. Co-captain Kendall Kraus ’15 pointed to the open space in the midfield as an opportunity for the Big Green’s athletic defensive wings to be active in several phases of play.

“It’s worked really well, I think,” she said. “We like it because it utilizes our outside backs as they

get forward a lot. We’ve been generating a ton of opportunities up top.”

This change is not the only strategy. To dominate Northeastern and, by extension, the Ivy League, Rainey said, the team must work together to adjust to the moment’s needs rather than relying on a stock field position.

“We want to attack and try to get numbers into the box and defend with 11 people behind the ball,” Rainey said. “We’re trying to talk about playing to our strengths and not really getting caught up in what our formation looks like. I think any good attacking team, at times can look like there’s one up top, at times two, at times three.”

The Big Green has a wide array of potential offensive weapons, five different players have scored or assisted on the team’s three goals thus far. The only player with multiple points thus far is Corey Delaney ’16 with assists against both St. John’s University and the University of Washington. Delaney brings valuable experience back to Burnham for Dartmouth after a stellar two years on the team. She earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year as a

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The Big Green women’s soccer team faces Northeastern at 5 p.m. Friday.

freshman and represented Dartmouth as a member of the All-Ivy First Team the past two years.

The team’s host of offensive threats, Kraus said, will be a highlight of the year.

“That’s definitely something that’s been huge for us this year,” she said. “We don’t have one way that we rely on to score. We’ve been generating a lot of opportu-

nities different ways, whether it’s free kicks or getting crosses off or through balls.”

While both defenses are expected to be tough in their own thirds, Rainey looks toward the middle third as a hot point of contention.

Securing the midfield, he said, will be critical for a victory for either side.

Kickoff is at 5 p.m. Friday.