VOL. CLXXI NO.139
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014
At Tuesday panel, Number of arrests declines students discuss faith By Emilia Baldwin
SPORTS
DANILACK BROTHERS TEAM UP IN SOCCER RESURGENCE PAGE 8
OPINION
PETERS: DON’T HIJACK THE PAPER PAGE 4
HEUSSNER: POWER TRIP PAGE 4
ARTS
KRAWITZ SCREENS ‘PERFECT STRANGERS’ PAGE 7
Graduating from a private Jewish high school, Elana Folbe ’15 found that practicing her religion was easier before she came to Dartmouth. During her freshman year, Folbe realized that she would have to make a stronger effort to find a Jewish community on campus. Though she has found community on other places on campus, like her sorority, Folbe emphasized the importance of the campus Jewish community in her life. She is now the leader of Dartmouth’s Hillel. “[Hillel] is a place where I connect with Judaism religiously, spiritually and intellectually,” she said. “It’s a
place where I can escape from and reflect upon the daily chaos of our lives at Dartmouth.” Folbe was one of five panelists who spoke about experiences with faith at Dartmouth at the Tucker Foundation’s annual “Voices of Faith” dinner Tuesday night. The event’s theme was “finding community and meaning in the desert of chaos,” organizer Andrew Nalani ’16 said. Aditya Shah ’15, who describes himself as a devout Hindu and is involved with the Hindu student group, Shanti, shared how religion helped him push through hard times both in India and in the U.S. SEE VOICES PAGE 3
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At the bonfire, officers arrested a non-student spectator for alcohol possession.
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Montgomery fellow talks U.K. health care By Erin Lee
Despite the United Kingdom health system’s high patient satisfaction ratings — based on factors like short waiting times, comprehensive use of electronic medical records and universal access to health care — the system’s outcomes are not as good as they should be, said Sir Malcolm Grant, chair of England’s National Health Service and the College’s cur-
rent Montgomery Fellow. Grant spoke to an audience of around 150 people on Tuesday afternoon about the future of England’s health care system. He discussed future problems that the NHS will face, from budgetary constraints to an aging population, and the strategies the organization is developing to address them. SEE FELLOW PAGE 5
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The police arrested five students for alcohol-related incidents and two for disorderly conduct, down from last year’s 13 and three arrests, respectively, over Homecoming weekend. Monday marked the end of the Greek Leadership Council’s policy that freshmen cannot enter Greek houses serving alcohol for the first six weeks of the fall, and Safety and Security received no reports Monday night, director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne said. The number of reports over the weekend was typical for a big weekend, he said.
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On Friday night, eight students were taken to Dick’s House for alcohol intoxication, and one of these students was then taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for further medical attention. Officers arrested a nonstudent spectator for alcohol possession at the bonfire, Kinne said. After the spectator did not cooperate with police, officers found he also had drugs in his possession. Hanover Police arrested two students for disorderly conduct after touching the fire, police chief Charlie Dennis said. Additionally, one of these students was charged with unlawful pos-
session after being brought in to the police department. Kinne said that several students were identified on video after attempting to touch the fire, but neither Safety and Security nor the Hanover Police detained them. The judicial affairs office will be responsible for disciplining these students, he said. On Saturday night, five students were taken to Dick’s House for intoxication and one was transported to DHMC, Kinne said. One person did not cooperate with nurses, so the police took the individual into protecSEE HOMECOMING PAGE 3
New program links Tuck, IMD
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A leadership program focused on executive education, run through the Tuck School of Business and Switzerland’s International Institute for Management Development, will launch next spring. The program, separate from Tuck’s full-time MBA
program, aims to help experienced managers with more than 10 years of experience transition into business leadership positions, associate dean for executive education Sydney Finkelstein said. IMD has run the program as an open enrollment program for managers four times per year,
IMD program director J. Stewart Black wrote in an email to The Dartmouth. This year IMD will conduct one session of the program with Tuck. The four-week program will be divided into two sessions, each two weeks long. Participants in the joint session SEE TUCK PAGE 2
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DAily debriefing HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS Yale University’s computer science department has faced ongoing challenges to expansion, the Yale Daily News reported Tuesday. Though the department’s undergraduate enrollment has seen a steady increase from 600 to 1,400 undergraduates, the size of the faculty has not exceeded 20 individuals since 1989, when course enrollment hovered at around 400 students. The understaffing has led to difficulties in the department for undergraduates, graduates and faculty. Potential graduate students and faculty members are turned off by the lack of research collaboration possible with such a small faculty. Yale cited financial reasons for its new hire policy, which limits the number of offers the department can extend by the number of open slots, rather than by the size of the qualified candidate pool. Across the U.S., young graduates choose urban living over suburban residences, even in cities without a reputation for attracting the post-collegiate demographic, The New York Times reported. Cities like Denver, Houston and Nashville have reported the highest change in the number of college graduates living there from 2000 to 2012. Even cities with economic woes, such as Cleveland and Buffalo, have managed to pull in the demographic. The influx of young college graduates can lead to “a type of growth that feeds on itself,” Enrico Moretti, an economist at the University of California at Berkeley said. Graduates working in industries such as finance, innovation or technology create jobs wherever they move, as their presence generates a demand for more doctors, teachers, waiters, architects and others. In addition, companies now relocate or construct company headquarters in these youthful urban centers to tap into the new pipelines of talent. Researchers at Harvard University’s School of Public Health and Boston University’s School of Medicine found 23.9 percent of responding coaches, sports-medicine practitioners and athletics compliance officers attended institutions without formal concussion education programs, in violation of NCAA guidelines, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. About 90 percent of study participants, including participants from more than 900 institutions, affirmed that their institution had a concussion management program. The NCAA’s concussion guidelines, which do not require colleges to limit an athlete’s contact in practice after an injury, have come under fire, as have its lack of specific penalties when coaches or institutions are found in violation. In response, the NCAA stated that it will unveil a $4-million plan to improve concussion management. —Compiled by Annie Ma
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Program aims to boost Tuck brand FROM TUCK PAGE 1
will receive dual certifications of completion from IMD and Tuck. A recent Economist ranking of full-time MBA programs placed Tuck second worldwide. IMD has been rated first in the world for executive education by the Financial Times since 2012. The program comes as Tuck searches for a new dean — Paul Danos’s fifth term ends in June 2015 — and as the school receives national attention. The first module, on understanding the role of the business leader, will run in March, focusing on cultivating executive leadership skills. The second module, on leading change, will be held in Hanover between April 20 and May 1. The program will have two projects, one focusing on individual development and one on organizational development. The first will allow participants, matched with a personal executive coach, to write and apply action plans related to an area of personal leadership they want to develop. The second project engages participants in projects relevant to their fields, Black said. Participants group by common project themes and apply the concepts and tools to
their personal project, he said. Four months after the program, a manager will connect with participants to track the success of their project. About 30 individuals from more than 20 countries participate in the current IMD program, according to Black. The average age of participants is 41, and most have more than
“This is an exciting new initiative, perfectly aligned with Tuck’s continued emphasis on the global dimension of business.” - PINO AUDIA, Tuck Professor 10 years of management experience and 15 years of total work experience, he said. Finkelstein said the competitive programs offered by both Tuck and IMD make it a “natural” partnership. “This is a great opportunity for two world class business schools to collaborate in bringing a much
needed executive program to leading executives,” Tuck professor William Joyce, who will help teach the program in the spring, said. Though Tuck partners with other foreign business schools and has instituted a global requirement for MBA students, this program is Tuck’s first global offering in executive education, Finkelstein said. “The joint program will help build the Tuck brand,” Finkelstein said. He said the program will not only provide participants with a competitive international education and global contacts, but also it will also attract global business managers to Hanover — potential recruiters for Tuck MBA students “This is an exciting new initiative, perfectly aligned with Tuck’s continued emphasis on the global dimension of business,” Tuck professor Pino Audia said. He will also be teaching the program along with Joyce and Tuck professor Jeff Weiss. IMD and Tuck directors are in the process of developing another joint program to be targeted at new or soon-to-be CEOs, with a curricular focus on the transition from business to larger company leadership roles, Black said. Danos was unable for comment by press time.
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Student experiences with faith vary
No police action Monday after freshman ban lifts
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014
FROM VOICES PAGE 1
During his childhood in India, a childhood friend’s death left him doubting his self-confidence, Shah said. When he moved to the U.S., he began to feel more confident thanks to his faith and supportive teachers. Still, Shah said, he struggled with his beliefs at Dartmouth. “My inner despair had won too many battles,” he said. “Even though I was proud of my heritage, that unique edge, I felt like I was losing it due to losing my inner confidence.” Over time, Shah said he found that faith was a constant in his life. Iman Hammad ’17, a practicing Muslim, talked about her efforts to educate students about her religion. She recounted an experience in high school in which her classmate gave a biased presentation on the Arab Spring. She then changed her own project topic to reply to her classmate’s point of view and used the experience to educate her classmates. When she described the problem of judging an entire group based on a small portion of it, the other student changed his attitude. At Dartmouth, Hammad said, her religion grew from being an exclusively familial experience to a communal one. “I realized I need to find my own community at Dartmouth,” she said,
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Five students discussed their experiences with faith on Tuesday night.
adding that she participates in the Muslim student association, Al-Nur, joining in Friday prayers, potlucks and other social activities. Elena Karis ’15, a self-identified agnostic who majors in religion, described her experiences with Tucker’s interfaith community, which brings together students of different religious backgrounds for discussion. As an agnostic, Karis emphasized that she does “not believe in coincidence.” Being a part of the religious community even though she does not ascribe to a particular belief system guided her through depression during her sophomore year, she said. During her sophomore summer, Karis served as an intern at the office of religious and spiritual life and as the house manager for Hillel. “I never thought religion and spiri-
tuality would become, as they have, the most influential components of my Dartmouth experience,” Karis said. “To be in community with other people is a beautiful thing but cannot fully be appreciated until you are in community with yourself.” Victor Crentsil ’16, a non-denominational Christian involved with Agape, a Christian student organization, said that although he grew up in a religious home, he did not experience religion to the fullest extent until he arrived here. Crentsil explained that by working with various groups as an undergraduate, he has “put his faith into practice, instead of just letting it all be talk.” “I realized what my calling is, and that God helped me through my struggles, whether they be academic or problems with my relationships,” he said.
tive custody at Grafton County jail. One person, who was not associated with the College, was found trespassing in Tabard coeducational fraternity on Saturday night, which was closed due to fire violations. The person refused to leave and was taken into custody by Hanover Police. Safety and Security increased the number of officers on patrol this weekend, Kinne said, and all 30 Safety and Security officers were on duty at the bonfire. The department also hired approximately 12 security personnel from Green Mountain Concert Services, an event security firm based in Vermont, for the bonfire. Dennis said that Hanover Police also increased its on-duty staff for the weekend’s events, especially for traffic control during the freshman sweep. The weekend saw several instances of vandalism, as well as several injuries, such as twisted ankles, that were not related to alcohol, Kinne said. “What’s not in the reports are all the wonderful things that happened,
all the nice things, the reunions, the parties, the things that went without problem,” he said. Rob Del Mauro ’18 said he appreciated that Greek houses held events for freshmen after the bonfire, like Chi Heorot fraternity’s Drylighter party. Angelina Lionetta ’18 said that the bonfire tradition was “amazing” and that she enjoyed the karaoke event at Collis. Kinne said that Safety and Security had no interaction with any Greek organizations on Monday night after the GLC freshman ban expired. While officers responded to several incidents, including a fire alarm, he said none of these appeared to be associated with the end of the six-week ban, he said. No arrests were made Monday night, Dennis said. Meredith Alaback ’18 said she did not want to go out on Monday since many Greek houses were closed. “I wanted my first experience in the frats to be with all the classes, instead of just freshmen, so I could get a real idea of what it’s going to be like for the next four years,” she said.
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Contributing Columnist WILLIAM PETERS ’15
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Don’t Hijack the Paper
Power Trip
Last week’s Verbum Ultimum overshadowed writers’ voices. There is absolutely no doubt that the Greek system has become one of the biggest issues on Dartmouth’s campus. Whether a student is affiliated or unaffiliated, activist or ambivalent, the discussion is next to impossible to escape. The week prior to Homecoming, the paper’s editorial board invited those on campus to submit their takes on the system that defines social life at the College. Their survey was answered with opinions from across all corners of the student body. This helped create the 36-page Homecoming issue, an admirable undertaking that included many diverse voices from our community — and it was completely overshadowed by the editorial board’s hijacking of the paper with its approximately 1,100-word Verbum Ultimum. As editor-in-chief Lindsay Ellis said in her accompanying letter from the editor, the Verbum is usually published in the Friday issue on page four. In the same editorial note, Ellis stated that the five-member editorial board felt that they were showing the community and the alumni how much is at stake by printing the Verbum on the front page. In big bold letters, the headline read: Abolish the Greek system. This would obviously catch the attention of just about everyone who laid eyes on the paper over the weekend and spark some very heated discussions. Five people — two of whom are affiliated — decided that not only would they show Dartmouth what is at stake, but also declared that the dominant campus newspaper is for elimination of the Greek system. Though the editor’s note explicitly said that the Verbum only reflects the views of the editorial board alone, by putting it on the front page, it had the effect of reflecting the view of The Dartmouth — and by extension, the mainstream of campus — in its entirety. Since the moment I met Ellis, I have respected her. She has passion and an incredible work ethic. Her dedication to maintaining the objectivity of The Dartmouth, which I have personally witnessed, is often overlooked by so many of its readers. For example, in her tenure as editor-inchief, she has upheld the policy dictating that opinion writers cannot write for other sections in order to maintain the objectivity she so deeply
cares about. But if objectivity is so important, I wonder why she and the other members of the editorial board felt the need to literally put their opinions before those of the rest of their staff and contributing columnists. When people picked up the Oct. 17 issue, they were met with a message that (intentionally or not) imparts: regardless of all other content, The Dartmouth as a whole supports abolishment of the Greek system — a statement from an editorial board about as fair and balanced as Fox News. Last week’s Verbum took the paper away from the writers. Yes, people were and are free to go through the rest of the Homecoming insert and regular paper — but the front page is the front page, and its effect cannot be denied. The Verbum’s patchwork of narratives that so desperately tries to cite the poor choices of individuals over the past 20 years should have been published in the Homecoming insert along with the rest of the Greek life pieces — pieces that more accurately display the diversity of opinions from leaders on this campus. Under The Dartmouth’s current policies, the editorial board’s members were perfectly within their rights to publish their opinion piece. However, they abused their authority by putting their stance ahead of everyone else’s. There are some who agree with the editorial board, but their piece by no means reflects the views of all of the paper’s staff. It certainly does not reflect the entirety of the student body, the majority of whom are affiliated or participate in Greek life. The Dartmouth has capable writers on both sides of the argument, as does the community (the paper regularly accepts guest columns). To the editorial board I say this: instead of abolishing the Greek system, abolish the inappropriate practice of publishing Verbums. Publishing opinion pieces goes against the objective standards editors are supposed to uphold. Let your opinion columnists write opinion columns. You should not hijack the (hitherto mainstream) paper from us or from campus. If you continue to do so, you will see your precious objectivity fizzle away along with the faith of your readership.
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The Dartmouth’s editorial should not be taken verbatim. On Oct. 17, Homecoming Friday, The Dartmouth issued a Verbum Ultimum declaring that the Greek system should be abolished. The piece masquerades itself as progressive and brave, but in reality, it is a gross and reckless use of power. The Dartmouth, America’s oldest college newspaper, has — deservedly or not — developed the reputation as a fair and even-handed publication. Since The Radical and The Dartmouth Review represent divergent and polarizing campus views, The Dartmouth is generally seen as the paper that most accurately reflects the sentiment of the majority of the student body. Administrators take its claims seriously and the national media often references its stories. Business Insider and The Huffington Post have already published articles that cite the Verbum. The paper has power, and the editorial board consciously neglected its journalistic responsibility by provocatively and self-indulgently packaging an opinion piece that stymies the same campus dialogue that it claims to foster. To the editorial board, abolishing the Greek system is, “objectively,” the only ethical course of action. Objectively, the board needs to rethink its capacity to affect the community. If the board wants productive debate on Greek life, it should not plaster its Verbum on the front page — leaving students with conflicting opinion pieces as mere afterthoughts on later, less-visible pages. If the board wants to advocate the elimination of the Greek system, it shouldn’t recycle old arguments featuring unsubstantiated and fabricated reports as evidence, but should instead forward unique and constructive critiques. If the board wants to increase campus engagement, it should not signal its own appalling apathy by declaring that the system “just can’t be reformed.” Such a conclusion is an insult to the students and faculty members who have worked tirelessly and thanklessly to revamp Greek life. If The Dartmouth wants to be a leading voice in effecting positive change, it should not hide behind a veil of balanced objectivity. Of course, this is an opinion piece and not a news article, but the editorial board needs to realize the power it holds. The paper’s bold advocation for the banishment
of the Greek system is a momentous occasion in Dartmouth’s history — it should have inspired more thoughtful consideration. Administrators must recognize that the The Dartmouth’s editorial board is not a reflection of the prevailing Dartmouth opinion. It is a handful of students who seemingly harbor a collective acrimony toward the Greek system and took to a powerful medium to express this opinion. The opinion should be valued, but not as a reflection of campus consensus. The mere fact that the opinion of the vast majority of the campus is being conflated with that of The Dartmouth, or even that of the steering committee, is significant. We, the students who love Greek life, need to be heard. Perhaps it is our mistake for assuming that Dartmouth, and its trustees, could correct its current course without us. Perhaps it is our mistake for not voicing our opinion clearly or loudly enough. Perhaps it is our mistake for resorting to measured, even overly sedated, opinion pieces of our own. To many Dartmouth students, sororities and fraternities bring an irreplaceable level of inclusion and camaraderie that bond lifelong friendships. It is one of the most significant reasons many alumni come back year after year, and the familial community that is nurtured through Greek life is one of the single most important reasons many of us chose to come to this school. Unfortunately, that community is in great danger. Many Greek leaders are embracing and leading the charge on constructive change, but an alarming dynamic has developed in which the Greek system and the administration are at odds. Houses are being coerced into radical change, and the two factions are working combatively, not cooperatively. A previously inclusive institution has had to close its doors in the name of “risk management.” Several houses now face unprecedented penalties and months of probation for offenses that would have previously been less harshly reprimanded. The administration has enforced draconian rules without any transparency. If there is any hope of reversing these developments, the silent majority — people who cherish their Greek homes — needs to be louder than the handful of voices on the editorial board.
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Fellow arrival follows focus groups FROM FELLOW PAGE 1
Europe, the U.K. has a higher premature mortality rate and a growing proportion of citizens with disabilities, he said. “The National Health Service hasn’t been a health service at all — it’s been a disease-fixing service,” Grant said. “It’s quite a dysfunctional model.” The U.K. faces major public health problems like high levels of smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity. Grant said “real incentives” must help people understand the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Grant spoke of the NHS’s longterm goals, which center around adapting to a changing social and economic climate. The board needs to increase the current system’s efficiency while reducing expenditures. The NHS has a budget of nearly 100 million pounds, he noted. Though the NHS’s model has not changed significantly since it was implemented in 1948, Grant said the organization must adapt to the field’s modern complexity and patients’ demands for quality health care. Grant described a new model of enhanced primary care that would allow patients to access specialists as well as general practitioners in central multi-specialty centers, decreasing hospital admissions. “We are willing to learn from any system in the world that can demonstrate high-quality care for patients,” he said. The NHS looks to take advantage of the high level of scientific achievement at institutions like University College London, of which Grant was president and provost for 10 years. Projects like the “100,000 Genomes Project,” an effort to sequence the genomes of 100,000 people, will give the medical community access to big data that could revolutionize health care. He was knighted in 2013 for his services to higher education, and has a background in planning,
environmental and property law. Parliament appointed Grant as the inaugural chair of NHS England, an organization responsible for overseeing the NHS and managing the quality of health care for a population of 55 million people.
“We are willing to learn from any system in the world that can demonstrate high-quality care for patients.” - SIR MALCOLM GRANT, MONTGOMERY FELLOW
Grant was nominated for the fellowship by four different departments at Dartmouth: The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, the Dickey Center, Tuck School of Business and the Rockefeller Center.
“It was a good opportunity to do a lot of listening with students about the kinds of things they cared about that are related to the program.” - CHRISTIANNE WOHLFORTH, PROGRAM DIRECTOR Albert Mulley, director of The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, first suggested nominating Grant after they met through Dickey board member Jon Zehner ’79.
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Sir Malcolm Grant spoke at Dartmouth through the Montgomery Fellow program.
“Somebody who has had such achievement in higher education who stepped into the challenge of getting health care right at a time when it’s a global challenge seemed like someone we could learn a great deal from,” Mulley said. Grant’s schedule consists of meetings with faculty and the Rockefeller Leadership Fellows, Tuck students, Dickey Center Great Issues Scholars and members of the Global Village living-learning community. Grant will be on campus until Oct. 24. Harle and Kenneth Montgomery ’25 created the program in 1977 to bring inspiring and creative individuals to campus to interact with students. They created the endowment and purchased Montgomery House for fellows to live in while they are on campus, anywhere from days to a year. The program has since brought more than 200 fellows to campus. “Their idea was that the best complement to the Dartmouth education was an opportunity to meet people that were out in the world doing interesting things and to get to know them as people,” program director Christianne Wohlforth said. Last winter, there were no fellows in residence, so Wohlforth instead held focus groups to assess the program and determine ways to widen its reach. “It was a good opportunity to do a lot of listening with students about the kinds of things they cared about that are related to the program,” Wohlforth said. During the discussions, the 25 attendees expressed a desire to interact with younger and more diverse fellows, as well as individuals representing specific fields like technology and health care, Wohlforth said. Students can nominate fellows, but Wohlforth said informal suggestions from students are more common, as the nomination process is fairly extensive. “Students really want to hear from people who might speak to their own experiences,” she said. “Those are harder things to implement right away, but when I look forward at the fellows that we have coming up, I think we’re doing a better job of it.” Future fellows include Bernardine Evaristo, a writer who will teach a creative writing course in the spring; Enrique Martinez Celaya, who will return in the summer to work on a commission for the Hood Museum of Art; actress, playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith and The New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg, both arriving next fall. Photographer Emmet Gowin was this term’s first Montgomery Fellow, arriving on Oct. 5.
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Documentarian Krawitz screens ‘Perfect Strangers,’ visits classes
to learn about how Krawitz crafts an engaging story around topics as The Dartmouth Staff opposed to characters, like in fiction What motivates someone to give films. a part of herself away? What mo- “I think documentaries kind of tivates someone to donate a kidney have a bad rap — in that, they’re to a stranger? these boring things that are on TV Documentarian Jan Krawitz ex- channels that no one watches or plores the emotions and experiences that we have to watch for school,” of altruistic organ donors in her Stockton said. “I think that there are most recent documentary, “Perfect a lot of really great documentaries Strangers” (2013), which will be out there that are stylistically really screened at the Loew Audtorium entertaining and dealing with topics on Wednesday evening. that we are all really interested in, Currently an art and art history and I think Krawitz is definitely one professor and director of the Master of the filmmakers that are making in Fine Arts program in documen- those type of documentaries.” tary film and video at Stanford Uni- Krawitz said she prefers to versity, Krawitz sketch the basic has worked as framework of a d o c u m e n - “If it was going to a documentary tary filmmaker work intellectually, before collectsince the 1970s. ing all of the Her first short emotionally, viscerally, footage. documentary, we needed to get “Even “Styx” (1976), though docuinvested in a single where the cammentary is very era captures the [person] and her capricious and experience of journey.” you never know commuting, is what you’ll get, part of the MuI think you know seum of Mod- - ‘Perfect strangers’ when to turn the ern Art’s permacamera on and documentarian jan nent collection, off if underlying and many of her krawitz your topic are works have been things you know broadcast on national television. you want to explore,” she said. Krawitz will attend the Hop In “Perfect Strangers,” Krawitz screening and interact with some captures the story of two women, film classes on campus, where she separated by 500 miles, one needing will critique students’ work and talk a kidney and one wanting to give about the process of acquiring and hers away. Krawitz was interested using archival footage in her films. in why one person, Ellie, would be Alex Stockton ’15, co-founder willing to give away such a priceless of Stories Growing Films and a gift to someone that she barely knew, teacher’s assistant in two of film Kathy. and media studies professor Jef- Unlike some of her previous frey Ruoff ’s classes, said he hopes works, the film focuses on the two
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principal characters instead of a plethora of donor-recipient pairs, she said. “If it was going to work intellectually, emotionally, viscerally, we need to get invested in a single [person] and her journey,” she said. “I didn’t feel like it would really serve the film to be a mile-wide and an inch deep.” The story takes place over about four years and traces the complications of the donation process. The tinkling, music box soundtrack and the contrasting scenes of hospitals and home interiors create the documentary’s ambiance. Due to the unpredictable nature of documentaries, other characters do come into play. While Ellie’s
story drives much of its plot, other donation stories cycle throughout, she said. Krawitz’s documentaries span varied styles and topics. In “Little People” (1982), she explored the experiences of half a dozen persons with dwarfism. She received an Emmy Award nomination for the work and produced a follow-up film, “Big Enough” (2005), which included many of the original interviewees. In a later work, “Mirror Mirror” (1990), Krawitz explored women’s conceptions of physical beauty using original interviews and footage from 1930s beauty pageants. In some clips, women wear masks as they talk about the concept of the
“ideal” body. “She’s ranged widely in her topics, but has always had a compassionate and empathetic voice and is a filmmaker who is able to draw her subjects out and reveal sides of themselves in delicate and generous ways,” Ruoff said. After its screening at Dartmouth, “Perfect Strangers” will travel to Lesley University. It has previously played at a dozen film festivals including the 2013 Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, where it won an honorable mention award. Many non-for-profit groups that aim to increase awareness about organ donation, such as Donate Life America, have hosted screenings of the film as well.
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DARTMOUTH STUDENT PROJECTS IN THE ARTS
Complete Guidelines & Applications online: hop.dartmouth.edu hover over Dartmouth Students
The Robert Dance ’77 Arts Initiative Fund
The Robert Dance ’77 Fund enables talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Preference is given to performing or visual arts projects that are “site-specific works,” created for venues other than traditional galleries, theaters or auditoriums. Outdoor venues, residential spaces and dining halls are among the sites that might be appropriate. The fund makes a total of up to $4,000 available to sponsor major student projects in the performing and visual arts. Undergraduate students and organizations are eligible to apply.
The Peter D. Smith Initiative Fund
The Peter D. Smith Student Initiative Fund was established for the support of student enterprises in the arts. It was established by the former Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art and continues today with the support of the membership programs of the Hop and the Hood. It is intended to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to complete special projects. The fund makes a total of up to $3,000 available to sponsor major original projects. Application is open to individuals or groups.
The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund
The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund supports student-initiated projects in musical theater, with a priority given to original work. Although projects need not be curricular to be considered, senior projects that bring together work in theater and music are particularly appropriate. In the absence of proposals featuring original music, lyrics and/or text by students, productions that are to be directed, choreographed and designed by students may also be considered. The fund provides a total of up to $1,700 to support student-initiated projects.
The Class of 1961 Arts Initiative Fund
Undergraduates are invited to apply for support of student enterprises in the arts. This award is funded by members of the Class of 1961 in order to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Particular interest will be given to those projects that “stand alone”—that is, projects that are not undertaken as senior fellowships or honors projects nor are affiliated with student organizations. The fund makes up to $1,500 available to sponsor student-initiated projects in the performing and visual arts. Application is open to single or group projects.
Applications & Guidelines
Applications and complete guidelines for each fund are available online (hop.dartmouth.edu/studentfunding) or check with the offices of the Directors of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art, the Chairs of the Departments of Theater, Music, Studio Art, Film & Media Studies, and Art History, the Hop Ensembles Office and the Hop Student Workshops.
DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 ALL APPLICATIONS and recommendations must be submitted to the Hopkins Center Director’s Office, Lower Level Wilson Hall, by 12 pm, Wednesday, November 12, 2014 or via email to margaret.c.burnett@dartmouth.edu.
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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
WOMEN’S LACROSSE VS. BC 6 PM
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A pair of brothers have been crucial in the men’s soccer team’s resurgent 2014 campaign. Cocaptain Hugh Danilack ’15 and Matt Danilack ’18 both found soccer at a young age and began playing early in elementary school, eventually joining recreation leagues. As their talent deepened, they moved onto travel teams. The brothers are on parallel tracks this season. The elder Danilack has scored eight points and the younger brother is right behind with seven, including three goals. Each notched his first collegiate goal within 15 minutes of the other against the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in late September. “I went over and I was so happy for [Hugh] I tackled him to the ground,”
Matt Danilack said. “I was thinking that, if he scored his first college goal, then I have to score mine too.” Both brothers laughed at the memory. It was an oddly appropriate story — Hugh Danilack scored his first-ever college goal after three full seasons with little time, then Matt Danilack puts in his first goal in the fourth collegiate game of his life. This is indicative of how the brothers came to play collegiate soccer. Hugh Danilack never went through the formal recruiting process. He was admitted to Dartmouth before the coaches even saw him play. Former head coach Jeff Cook offered Matt a spot in the team’s pre-season training. “I definitely didn’t really know what I was doing,” Hugh Danilack said. “Matt definitely had a head start on me. I am the oldest in the family,
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Matt Danilack ’18 has starred for the Big Green this season with three goals.
so we were trying to figure things out, and I got into the process a little bit late.” Matt Danilack’s recruiting process was less hectic. He began being recruited midway through his junior year and has earned a starting position at Dartmouth as a freshman. The family has an extensive history in college athletics, especially here at Dartmouth. The brothers’ cousins, Tim Scanlon ’12 and Maggie Scanlon ’14, competed for the Big Green in sailing and field hockey. Their aunt, Carol Neville ’74, played field hockey while at the College. Special to the brothers is their uncle, James Neville ’72, who also played for the Big Green men’s soccer squad. “We wanted to play sports in college somewhere or another from a pretty young age,” Matt Danilack said. “Just to do it here together at Dartmouth, after our cousins and our uncle, especially has been pretty surreal.” In Hugh Danilack’s senior year of high school, he played with Matt Danilack and their brother Geoff Danilack, now a Williams College junior, played midfield at the Potomac School in Virginia. “We played three center midfielders,” Hugh said. “Geoff and Matt were holding, and I was the attacking mid. It was probably one of the best experiences I have had playing soccer, definitely just a lot of fun playing with the both of them.” Hugh Danilack would then go to Dartmouth, where earned a reputation on the soccer team as a tough and hard-working player — though he saw action in three total games his freshman and sophomore years. His junior year he did not see any time on the field. This year, however, Hugh Danilack has seen eight points, the second most on the team so far. He’s also a regular on the starting lineup. Matt Danilack, however, has emerged as a young star on a lineup compromised of mainly seniors. Matt Danilack has scored three goals, the second most of the season. “Matt is obviously an incredible soccer player, he is making a huge impact as a freshman, and having him out there, playing that well, makes me want to improve myself,” Hugh Danilack said. The close statistics only begin to describe the competitive nature of
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The Danilack brothers, Hugh ’15 and Matt ’18, are keys to the soccer team’s success.
the two brothers. “They both are very competitive with each other, but use it as a way to make each other better,” teammate Brendan Barth ’17 said. “Both of them work extremely hard.” Both Danilacks said they felt that having a brother on the team has helped both them and the team develop and succeed this year. “I think a lot of the feedback that Matt has given me has been really helpful to me, as a player and as a captain,” Hugh Danilack said. “Matt has been able to provide more information to me, more critical feedback, more positive feedback in an honest dialogue. Having that relationship with him obviously allows that to happen.” Matt Danilack said that the relationship benefits the younger players on the team. “Some things that he tells me I can relay on to the other guys,” he said.
“That extra level of communication has been helpful — it improves the team dynamic. We have a really great locker room this year, which is part of the reason we are doing so well.” Though the team can benefit from these extra layers of communication and support, it is not always so easy for the brothers to manage the relationship in a team setting. “There are some challenges, but I would say there are by far more good things about it,” Hugh Danilack said. “Especially as a captain, it can be hard sometimes to balance treating him as another player and treating him as my brother.” As the Big Green come down the home stretch and push for the Ivy League title and the NCAA Tournament, look for these two brothers’ competitive drive to fuel the team, especially when it takes the field on Saturday against Columbia University.