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Students visited the pop-up bike shop on Tuesday to have their bikes repaired.
DHMC prepares for Ebola B y NOAH GOLDSTEIN
Ebola preparedness programs are well underway at the College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Last week, DHMC announced that it would serve as the state’s goto treatment center if any cases occurred, and Dart-
mouth launched an Ebola preparedness website that includes a message from Provost Carolyn Dever and executive vice president Rick Mills. A task force consisting of emergency planning staff will work on campus preparedness, environmental health and safety
director Maureen O’Leary wrote in an email. The group’s weekly meetings began over the summer, said Dick’s House codirector Jack Turco. The first case in the current Ebola outbreak was reported in March, SEE EBOLA PAGE 2
The Tuck School of Business has placed more of its graduates into jobs within three months of graduation than it has in years. A full 98 percent of Tuck graduates had received job offers within three months of graduation. Tuck career development director Jonathan Masland said that the figure was the highest he had seen during his 10 years at the school. Last year, 95 percent had received job offers within three months after graduation. “It’s definitely an accomplishment,” Masland said. Tuck’s base salaries grew by 2.5 percent to a mean of $117,860. Masland said that he expects the figure will place Tuck among the top four business schools nationally. The lowest base salary reported by a Tuck graduate was $60,000, while the highest was $225,000. Stanford Business School reported a mean base salary of $129,618 this year. In 2013, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School reported a median base salary of $125,000,
while Harvard Business School reported one of $120,000. Eighty-seven percent of Tuck’s Class of 2014 received a signing bonus, which averaged $28,712, down from $29,237 last year. In addition to salaries and signing bonuses, 38 percent of Tuck’s 2014 graduates reported receiving “other guaranteed compensation,” which may include guaranteed performance bonuses, and profit-sharing agreements. Students may also receive relocation aid, tuition reimbursement, stock options and carried interest, although that figure was not included in the other guaranteed compensation figures. Last year, 73 percent of Harvard Business School graduates received a signing bonus, the median of which was $25,000. Sixty-three percent of Wharton graduates received a signing bonus in 2013, with a median bonus of $25,000. In 2014, 50 percent of Stanford Business School graduates reported receiving a signing bonus, which SEE TUCK PAGE 3
Repairs to golf course Geisel professors create company close country club B y ERIN LEE
B y lucia mcgloin
Drainage problems and a fairway upgrade caused the Hanover Country Club to end the golf season early, closing Oct. 5 to accommodate multiple renovation projects, said athletics director for facilities and operations Richard Whitmore, who is overseeing construction. The renovations will conclude by late November or early December, before the ground freezes. The College set a renova-
tion budget of several hundred thousand dollars to upgrade the course, associate real estate director Tim McNamara said. The golf course has not had any major renovations since 2001, Whitmore said. The first section of renovations is in front of the clubhouse on the first and second holes. The project will add additional drainage, build a retaining wall, and level both fairways. SEE GOLF PAGE 5
While examining nutrition facts one day over breakfast, Geisel School of Medicine professor s Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin wondered why a similar system did not exist for prescription drugs. As a solution, the couple started Informulary, a database that provides consumers with clear, concise drug facts to help them make informed decisions. The company’s main product will be a DrugFactsBox, a two-page summary
of a prescription drug’s effectiveness, benefits and harms based on Food and Drug Administration reports and clinical trial data. Schwartz, Woloshin and their team research and compile the most relevant and useful information about a particular prescription drug. “This information needs the ‘human touch’ because there may be a whole bunch of studies done,” Schwartz said. “You have to decide what are the most important studies that are the highest quality — what are the right studies?”
Informulary’s client base could include patients, physicians, insurers and other health care professionals, Andrew Freeman, a health care data analyst at the company, said. “Right now we’re targeting it to patients and their doctors to help with shared decision-making,” Kristen Flint ’14, another employee, said. “Our boxes would help the patient make more of the decisions on their own because it’s easier to understand, and it’s really the SEE GEISEL PAGE 2
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DAily debriefing HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS
Brian Rosenberg, the president of Macalester College, advocated for removing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s accreditation following the release of the academic fraud scandal report. In a post to the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “The Conversation” blog, he called the issue one of “institutional integrity, a violation of the most basic assumption upon which the credibility of any college or university is based.” Rosenberg noted that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools stipulates that an institution must control its entire academic program, and he advocated for suspending the university’s accreditation “until there is evidence that an appropriate level of integrity is both culturally and structurally in place.” The piece, which was published last Friday, has attracted hundreds of comments from Chronicle readers. First-semester sorority fees average more than $1,000 at the University of Georgia, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Syracuse University, the New York Times reported Tuesday. But additional fees — including fines, philanthropic donations and gifts between big sisters and little sisters — tack on to the total. Some chapters distribute information on fees during recruitment with the campuses’ Panhellenic Council approval. Several sorority members told the Times that they recommend that potential new members research houses before they join, but they recognized that women may be too worried about recruitment placement to bring up real concerns. — Compiled by the Dartmouth Staff
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College nails down Ebola policies FROM EBOLA PAGE 1
with the disease spreading rapidly in West Africa through August and September. The meetings aim to ensure that students, faculty and employees going to West Africa will be aware of the dangers, and that the College will be prepared if someone comes to campus from a high-risk area. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are countries with widespread transmission of the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that Nigeria, Spain and the U.S. have travel-associated cases and localized transmission. Turco said he and his colleagues have discussed how Dartmouth would respond if there were a case recognized on campus. “That’s not something that Dick’s House, or even the College can do by itself,” Turco said. Dartmouth has worked with DHMC, the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services and, through them, the CDC. Turco said he hopes to create plans not just for Dartmouth, but also for Hanover and DHMC. Under current College policy, anyone traveling to Ebola-affected countries must obtain a waiver through the Provost’s office, and anyone at risk to be a carrier of the disease must be evaluated at DHMC’s emergency room.
Another important factor in Ebola preparedness is the ability to identify potential carriers of Ebola, as the disease’s incubation period can be up to 21 days. Once someone has been found to have visited an Ebola-affected country within the last month, Dick’s House will learn the details of the trip and coordinate with the state health department. The state will then determine what sort of risk the person is in and figure out if he or she was directly exposed. Symptoms of the disease include fever, diarrhea, vomiting, aches and pains, bruises and a lack of appetite. The death rate is around 50 percent, with nearly 5,000 of the 10,141 confirmed cases ending in death to date. Turco noted that these policies will be most effective during times of large student influx, like after winter break. Then, Dartmouth must try to track who visits the three affected countries and which students are from them. Turco said DHMC must also work with the medical professionals working on the front lines of fighting the disease overseas, who are at the highest risk of contracting Ebola. Some medical centers are starting to ask these professionals to stay overseas for the entire 21-day incubation period rather than return immediately. The disease spreads through
direct contact with bodily fluids. DHMC infectious disease doctor Elizabeth Talbot will travel to Liberia within the week to train doctors how to block the virus, the Associated Press reported. Turco acknowledged that while the public may see the policies as an overreaction, the situation is constantly evolving and Ebola could come to the area. At the same time, Turco said he does not want people to be profiled because they come from Africa. Government professor Brendan Nyhan said that while Ebola is a large global risk, people spend too much time talking about the threat inside the U.S. rather than the risk in West Africa and other areas. But he acknowledged that there is no harm in being prepared. Nyhan said that experts within the country are confident that an outbreak will not occur, as the U.S. has a relatively good public health system, but he added that Ebola could be a large threat to countries with weaker health care systems. “Ebola is new and it is scary — those factors make it get more attention than routine threats — but we run the risk of losing sight of not having a balanced view of the risks we face,” Nyhan said. There have been two imported and two locally acquired cases in the U.S., with one death. New York, Atlanta and Dallas have all seen cases.
Professors cull drug data in new project FROM GEISEL PAGE 1
“Fellows take first steps of yearlong projects” (Oct. 27, 2014): Yomalis Rosario ’15 is traveling to the Dominican Republic in the spring to co-lead an alternative spring break trip, not to conduct research, a mistake made due to an editing error.
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most important information from the drug review. We’re trying to simplify the process.” All of this information is publicly available through the FDA, but the sheer volume and density of the reviews block consumers from it, Flint said. Starting a company was not originally part of the plan for creating greater transparency in the drug industry, Schwartz said. She and Woloshin have worked to improve policy around drug information, resulting in section 3507 of the Affordable Care Act, which requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine if a benefit and risk analysis of prescription drugs would improve health care decision-making. However, the Roger Wood Johnson Foundation, which funded the couple’s first efforts to reform FDA policy, urged them to seek out alternative, faster approaches. The Roger Wood Johnson Foundation supports research that works to improve health care delivery in the U.S.
After the initial investment from Roger Wood Johnson Foundation, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is now funding the company. The company, expected to launch in a few months, will ini-
“What we’re interested in is putting research into action.” - LISA SCHWARTZ, GEISEL PROFESSOR tially feature the most commonly prescribed, heavily advertised and expensive drugs, Schwartz said. Eventually, she said she hopes to expand the database to all drugs used regularly by doctors. “What we’re interested in is putting research into action.” Schwartz said. “We’re really trying to change something in the world. We’ve done a lot of work showing that there’s valuable information that gets lost, and now what we’re
really trying to do is to make a difference by getting it out there.” Schwartz emphasized the “social mission” aspect of their business — giving the public access to information that they need. “That’s one of the main reasons that you’ll find that almost everyone is a part of the project, because we believe that this data that we now know exists needs to be out there in a much more easily accessible and easily understandable manner for people,” Freeman said. Eugene Zheng ’14, another health care data analyst for Informulary, said he feels a personal connection to the project. His grandmother passed away in China after she caught a drugresistant strain of bacteria, a result of an overuse of prescription drugs in the country that stems from a lack of communication about drugs and their risks, he said. The company’s goal of increasing awareness and transparency resonated with him. “We’re just trying to make the world a little bit better,” Schwartz said.
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Consulting most popular field for Tuck grads, survey finds FROM TUCK PAGE 1
averaged $26,689. Consulting overcame financial services as the leading field for Tuck graduates in 2014. Thirty-five percent of 2014 Tuck graduates entered the consulting field, up from 27 percent last year. Additionally, roughly one-fifth of the graduating class is employed by McKinsey and Company, Bain and Company and The Boston Consulting Group, Masland said. Masland said that the number of students entering the consulting field is at an all-time high. “It was like, if you weren’t recruiting for consulting, you had a specific reason why,” Juliet Horton Tu’14 said. Horton, who currently works in financial services at Amazon, said that the consulting track was becoming more dominant at Tuck during her time there. The mean starting salary for a Tuck graduate entering the consulting field was $130,723, higher than the overall mean. Eleven percent of the Class of 2014 went into the investment banking financial subfield of financial services, 5 percent into investment management, 4 percent into private
equity and 5 percent into other financial subfields. More students than ever are also entering technology-related fields, Masland said. He attributed the increase in interest — up to 18 percent from 13 percent last year — to a combination of student interest and aggressive recruiting by technology firms. Masland also said that many students like to work on the West Coast, where many technology firms are based. Additionally, he said, many start-ups recruit, in addition to larger companies such as Google and Amazon. Some students also seek employment at smaller companies that may not recruit as heavily from MBA programs, Masland said. Paul Turbeville Tu’14 is employed at Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs of Monroe, about 50 miles north of Hanover. He said that he believes he is the only 2014 Tuck graduate employed in the area. Turbeville said he “totally changed gears” after his 2013 summer internship at Procter and Gamble, a major pharmaceutical company. Tuck’s career services team was essential in his search for a local gourmet food company with the capacity to hire an MBA, he said.
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More Tuck School of Business graduates chose consulting than financial services this year.
Tuck’s 2014 Employment Survey was completed by 93 percent of eligible students, Masland said. Some students could not complete the survey due to business school rules that exclude those graduates who are forming their own company, continuing their education or were sponsored to attend business school by a company. The survey is sent to eligible stu-
dents when they receive and accept a job offer. Tuck’s goal is not simply to lead its graduates into lucrative careers, Masland said, but also into careers they enjoy. “It’s more about how satisfied the students are with the jobs they join, the companies they join, the industries they’re in,” he said. “You can have a job and you can make
a lot of money, but if you’re not happy with it, that’s not a success, so in some ways the numbers miss the most important piece.” Though many 2013 graduates report that they are satisfied with their jobs, Tuck still has work to do, Masland said. “What I lose sleep over is the students who don’t have offers,” he said.
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STAFF Columnist ANDRES SMITH ’17
GUEST Columnist MALCOLM SALOVAARA ’17
America the Oligarchy
An Interconnected System
Political action committees rely on wealthy donors and hurt democracy. There are a few things in which a stressed out college student can take pleasure: cancelled 10 a.m. classes, vending machine Reese’s and most importantly, melting into your bed to watch movie trailers on YouTube. Unfortunately, lately I have found my cinematic pursuits delayed for 30 miserable seconds as a question I never asked is answered for me: just how often did Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., vote with President Obama? “House of Cards” should be the only political intrigue included in my Internet downtime, but the prevalence of YouTube attack ads shows just how absurd the entire system of campaign finance has become. With midterm elections looming, it has become harder than ever to escape the volley of attack ads that fly back and forth between congressional candidates. This is symptomatic of a much larger problem (not that these ads delaying my watching of the “Avengers 2” trailer isn’t a big deal). The real issue is the amount of money that has permeated our electoral system and the undue influence individuals with money have over electoral politics. Right before our eyes, the electoral system has become an oligarchy run by wealthy individuals and political action committees. At the end of every attack ad, you’ll notice that it doesn’t say it was paid for by the attacked candidate’s opponent or the opposing party. Rather, it was paid for by an organization with a generic name like “Americans for a Better Tomorrow Today” or “Citizens Concerned For America” These organizations — political action committees, or PACs — exemplify everything wrong with U.S. electoral politics. PACs are formed to raise money for political causes, and they do it well: in the 2008 election, the top nine PACs spent nearly $30 million. I doubt that associations like “The American Bankers Association” have the best interests of the American people at heart. In many situations, PACs allow for almost unlimited money to be donated to political causes, as long as the donations are not linked to one candidate. So, in 2012, a PAC could have spent $500,000 attacking Obama — so long as it never mentioned Mitt Romney. PACs must report their donors, providing at least some
insight as to who influences elections’ outcomes. PACs also limit how much an individual donor can contribute. However, these limitations were completely subverted by the creation of super PACs with Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. A super PAC can raise limitless funds from any individual, corporation, union or other groups and can conceal their donors. Often, very wealthy individuals or groups will form a corporation with the express purpose of donating money to a super PAC. So, it is time to report its donors, the super PAC only has to reveal the name of the corporation — not its individual members. These groups can also choose to report their donors on a quarterly basis (which they often do), waiting until after November to disclose whose money fueled its political advertising. Politicians know that a well-designed and relentless advertising campaign can make or break an election. Votes can depend on perceptions created through advertising — especially in congressional elections where voters have not had nearly as much exposure to the candidates. Politicians also know the groups or individuals who bankroll their campaigns. Who is an elected official more likely to keep in mind when voting on bills or allocating important funds — the average voter who gets to cast one vote or the very wealthy corporation with the power to sway thousands? As painful as it is to admit, our system is beginning to look like an oligarchy. With every election cycle, more and more money enters the system through a small, often-anonymous group of wealthy individuals. While we watch attack ads do their best to besmirch someone we haven’t taken the time to learn about, we forget that a small group of de-facto “kingmakers” can shift an election one way or another. The way the system works today, elections can be hijacked by the hyper wealthy to protect their interests, while everyone else’s welfare is ignored. Whether through campaign finance reform or through a more educated and politically active public, something must change to bring democracy back into U.S. politics.
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We must refocus our perspective on Dartmouth’s community.
It seems inevitable that the administration will soon wield its big, green sledgehammer and smash the Greek system to smithereens. As an unaffiliated student, I used to be confident in saying that — no matter what happens — it won’t matter to me. But as the tensions rise, I find myself unable to ignore my intense sympathy with both armies on this epic battlefield. I’m currently frustrated with my ecology class’s portrayal of living systems as random coincidences of isolated individuals, driven only by rational self-interest and competition. This storyline seems to only apply to a small portion of reality. Whenever I walk or sit in the forest, it is abundantly clear that a much greater system that we have apparently failed to acknowledge is at work. This failure is not surprising. The idea that nature — its deaths and sufferings withstanding — is a harmonious, interconnected and astoundingly diverse system does not match the cultural narrative through which we interpret and understand reality. Similarly unsurprising is Dartmouth’s collective decision to look at the problems of high-risk drinking, sexual assault and unjust exclusivity as the isolated illnesses of “sick” individuals or organizations, and not the symptoms of a disease that affects all of Dartmouth. In my experience, we happily misdiagnose and isolate the problem for fear of disrupting Dartmouth as an academic institution. Simultaneously, there is a ubiquitous hunger for a more beautiful Dartmouth. I see this everywhere, from a suspended fraternity to the administrators that chose to suspend them. To enter into the more beautiful Dartmouth that we know is possible, we must walk away from the illusion that we are distinct entities with distinct goals. We must embrace the reality that Dartmouth, academically and socially, is an interconnected system of flowing energies. Let us wake up from the illusion that the negative energies that often manifest themselves in Greek houses also originate in those spaces. Let us wake up from illusion that destroying or altering the preferred place of expression of these energies would destroy or alter the
energies themselves. The destructive behaviors that occur behind the protected doors of Greek houses are reactions to the insanely pressurized and stressful environment that Dartmouth academic culture creates. Is it coincidental that the (albeit generalized) activities and ambiances found in fraternity basements are the furthest imaginable scene from many Dartmouth academic classrooms — competitive, manicured and sober to a fault? Greek houses supply the most demanded service at Dartmouth, which is not the diploma. It is retaining some semblance of sanity throughout the ordeal of acquiring that sacred piece of paper. I do not think it far fetched to suggest that Dartmouth students would not lash out with “neurotic” behaviors if Dartmouth’s academic environment did not drive them to and beyond the edge of neurosis. Imagine a Dartmouth that is defined by positive energy of reality-based experiential education. Instead of outsourcing our academic motivation to external pressures, why not cultivate from within? Why is the joy of learning so often sacrificed for stressful exams and papers when we could be using our inherent creative, passionate and intelligent energy to collaborate across disciplines on experiential learning projects that would make a difference in global and local communities with which we coexist? Let us ascend to an academic experience that provides connection, meaningful experience and a sense of belonging, thus inoculating this campus with positive energy. I’m not talking about a complete academic overhaul, or the abandonment of stability. I’m talking about working with what already exists to create a better Dartmouth for all its constituents. Let’s start right now, in this moment, by acknowledging that Dartmouth is one interconnected entity, not a federation of loosely affiliated (no pun intended) states. With this acknowledgement, we can look at our school as a system and a series of connected flows. From this vantage point, we can address problems at their source — and repurpose their negative energy toward building a more beautiful Dartmouth.
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Course renovations will boost golf practice space
more quickly. Construction on the 13th hole will The drainage projects will help fix a ground water issue that has caused eliminate water accumulation on the erosion on the right side of the fairway, course, Whitmore said. When water Whitmore said. pools, the conditions for growing grass Erosion of a steep gully on the worsen, affecting the course fairways. course deposits sediment into Girl Men’s golf coach Richard Parker Brook, which winds through Pine Park, and members of the golf team McNamara said. Renosaid drainage on vations will upthe second hole “With only seven date the club’s needs improvemonths to play, every practice area, ment. Whitmore said, “There is a day is precious.” creating a grass swamp down practice tee and there. It takes forever for people - RICHARD PARKER, MEN’S incorporating a short game area, to look for their GOLF COACH he said. balls,” Parker T h e said. Sean Fahey ’17, a golfer for the Big new practice space is a “huge deal for Green, said that the wetland area near Dartmouth,” Parker said. the second hole’s fairway was “unplay- Two contractors, United Construction and Wanner Excavation, will assist able.” Renovations will repair and extend the club’s in-house crew with constructhe existing drainage networks at four tion, McNamara said. other connected holes, McNamara Whitmore said that with the recent said. Conditions at these fairways are warm weather, golfers were disapfairly wet, making it difficult to accom- pointed by the early close. But in the long term, he added, the club’s patrons modate golf carts after rainstorms. McNamara said new drainage will will benefit from the renovations. get golf carts and golfers back on course “With only seven months to play, FROM GOLF PAGE 1
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Despite the recent rainy weather, the course renovations are set to be finished by late November or early December.
every day is precious,” Parker said. “There is no good time to fix a golf course, but in the end it will be worth it.” Fahey said that though the early close was initially disappointing, Lake Sunapee Golf Club and the Quechee Club invited the team to play on their
courses, providing a “nice change of pace.” The men’s golf team’s season ended Oct. 12, and the women’s ended Oct. 18. The recent rain has delayed construction but “not disastrously,” McNamara said. While the renovation schedule includes extra time to
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Halloween-themed film contest brings together young artists
the workshops. “We wanted to bring something The Dartmouth Staff else to the partnership,” Dartmouth Lights! Camera! Action! Mur- Film Society director Johanna Evder? This Wednesday and Thurs- ans ’10 said of the incorporation day, the Black Family Visual of Stories Growing Films. “We Arts Center will transform into wanted to provide something that a Halloween-themed red carpet was good for everybody.” venue to celebrate the third an- Each workshop explored more nual Community Access Television hands-on activities like acting out scenes from popular movies Halloween-o-thon. The program allows middle or practicing capturing different school, high school and adult film- sounds, Hugh Sagona ’15 said. makers to showcase their skills by Sagona led a workshop on sound creating five-minute thrillers over recording. three weeks, for a horror film com- “It was fantastic,” Sagona said. “I never taught petition. This kids sound beyear, the films “It encourages kids to fore — only my were inspired friends. It was by B e n j a m i n be not just consumers nice working Franklin’s aph- and watchers, but with kids beorism, “Three creators.” cause they were can keep a sealways excited cret if two of and they always them are dead,” - Johanna Evans ’10, had interesting CATV execuquestions that I t i ve d i re c t o r Dartmouth Film never thought Bob Franzoni Society Director of before.” said. For the Moore, first time, the who attended all Hopkins Center three workshops, said he learned has partnered with CATV for the about aspects of lighting and screenevent. The Loew Auditorium offers a plays that he did not know before. larger and higher-quality theater His group used green screens and to showcase the films, an exciting multi-cam clipping, techniques change from last year’s program, touched on in the workshops, in their 12-year-old participant Aidan film, he said. Johari Ajwang, 12, of Hanover, Moore, of Norwich, said. The Hop hosted 30-minute said she was drawn to filmmaking workshops with participants to by her experiences at CATV’s teach sound recording, cinematog- video camps and employed the raphy, lighting and screenwriting skills she learned there in her film. techniques. Three Dartmouth stu- “I’ve always liked the idea of dent filmmakers from the student theater, but with film you can just group Stories Growing Film taught do it again if you make a mistake,”
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she said. “Your product always comes out really nicely.” Moore said he enjoyed working on the film with his friends, which allowed him to put energy into something other than his schoolwork. Moore’s film uses “the current fear of Ebola spreading” as its central plot line, he said. “I just think it’s so much fun to make movies like the professionals do,” Moore said. “I think it’s amazing that humans have been able to figure out how to film things happening.” Three years ago, CATV, a public access television station that holds five to six-week summer video camps for middle school kids, created the competition as a way to
“follow through” with what they learned in the summer, Franzoni said. The Hop joined the Halloween-othon through its Community Venture Initiative, which aims to involve community members in the performing arts, Hop publicity coordinator Rebecca Bailey said. The Hop originally considered hosting a two-day “film slam,” which would call for teams conceiving and producing a film in 48 hours, Evans said. However, after discovering CATV’s competition, organizers wanted to collaborate and enhance the competition with Dartmouth’s resources, Bailey said. The competition has grown each year, starting with 14 teams, Franzoni said. He said that this year’s competition
will feature 30 teams and 173 participants. The increasing accessibility of filmmaking technology has made the process much less daunting, Evans said. The film screenings will span two nights, the first for the middle school division and the second for the high school and adult division. A film professor, film student and community member will judge the competition. Winners will receive cash prizes with other awards, like best actor, director and scream, given as well. “This type of competition teaches kids that the tools to make a good film are at their fingertips,” Evans said. “It encourages kids to not just be consumers and watchers, but creators.”
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.
hopkinS Center hop.dartmouth.edu • 603.646.2422 Dartmouth College • Hanover, NH for the ArtS
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
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Women’s hockey sets season goals high Men’s hockey gets season ellie gonzalez underway this weekend By
A 6-2 win against the University of New Hampshire on Sunday meant that the women’s hockey team scored a combined 10 goals in two consecutive games — an accomplishment it did not achieve all of last season. The impressive offensive numbers show promise for the team, which struggled all last season to put the puck in the net, scoring four goals or more only three times. “I think it was a huge win for us to set off the season on a really strong note,” forward Laura Stacey ’16 said. “We are definitely looking forward to playing more games and some really tough teams to show the country, and most importantly ourselves, what we can really do.” The Big Green returns the vast majority of last year’s team, graduating only Lindsay Holdcroft ’14, Ali Winkel ’14 and Lauren Kelly ’14. Holdcroft will be missed between the pipes, as the senior stopped 645 shots last year and posted a 2.67 goals-against average. Robyn Chemago ’17, who has appeared in six games in her college career, will fill the net this season. In four games last season, Chemago posted a .905 save percentage. In two games this season, she has stopped 35 of 39 shots. On offense, the team returns last year’s top-five point scorers, including All-Ivy first teamer Lindsey Allen ’16, who led the team with 14 goals and 23 points last season. Allen is part of the Big Green’s lethal top line that also includes Stacey and Kennedy Ottenbreit ’17, both of whom were in the top four in points last season. The trio scored five of the team’s six goals against UNH en route to nine points on the afternoon. The team’s second line brings experience, with Ailish Forfar ’16 flanked by captain Karlee Odland ’15 and Sam Zeiss ’15. The three produced the Big Green’s second of four power-play goals on the afternoon against the Wildcats. Three freshmen — Brooke Ahbe ’18, Elena Horton ’18 and Morgan Turner ’18 help to fill out a deep four lines. “We have a team that is committed and focused and willing to put in the work to be a championship team,” Odland said. Alternate captain Morgan Il-
likainen ’15 and Olivia Whitford ’16 anchor an experienced defensive lineup for the Big Green that features just one freshman — Hailey Noronha ’18 . Last season, the team started off with four straight losses en route to a 3-12 mark through 15 games. Though the Big Green finished with a 9-20-1 record, players snuck into the playoffs as the No. 8 seed thanks to a four-point final weekend. The Big Green fell in two games to No. 1 seed Clarkson University. This season, the team has set some lofty goals, which the UNH victory has supported. “I think we felt really good about the game,” head coach Mark Hudak said. “I think the effort that we put in is really pretty consistent, and consistent for 60 minutes, which is really what we’re looking for. But we also found out there’s a
lot of little areas we need to work on.” The team is hoping to make the NCAA Tournament this winter, which it has not done since the 2010-11 season . To accomplish this goal, the team has set its eyes on the unofficial Ivy League title and an ECAC Championship, Hudak said. Stacey said she shares this optimism, pointing out that the team has continued to grow. “I think we have a really good team culture this year,” she said. “I do think it can be a championship year. It’s still really early but anything is possible at this point and I’m really excited for it. I think we just need to keep working and growing, and anything is possible.” The team returns to the ice Friday at Thompson Arena for a game against Union College and Saturday against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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The women’s hockey team hopes a 6-2 win over UNH will jump-start its season.
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Dropping temperatures signal that the fall sports season is winding down, but the threat of snow means it’s just the beginning for the Big Green men’s ice hockey team, which will open the regular season at Harvard University on Saturday. All but three players from the 2013-14 roster will play for the Big Green, which gives the team a clear experience advantage in the Eastern College Athletic Conference, returning captain Tyler Sikura ’15 said. “I think we’ve got a veteran group, so I think it’s just about bringing the young guys along, and they’ve all looked good so far,” he said. “We’ve been through a lot as a group — the highs and the lows — so I think we’ll have a fairly easy adjustment for this season.” Even with a similar lineup, a question lingers in Thompson Arena: not what can the Dartmouth men do, but what will they do? The Big Green skated all over the spectrum last season. An eight-game losing streak started the season, but a series of later wins brought hope to Thompson Arena. In early March, Dartmouth upset No. 7 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute after a third period three-goal comeback brought the team a 5-4 win. This win secured the Big Green a berth in the ECAC Quarterfinals. Dartmouth was bumped from the playoffs after losing two games to the future NCAA Champions, Union College. Dartmouth is hoping, co-alternate captain Eric Neiley ’15 said, to build off last season’s exciting finish by opening with the same strength this weekend. This season, Dartmouth must also fend off some of the biggest names in college hockey — No. 2 Union, No. 4 Colgate University and No. 18 Cornell University. Dartmouth sits just outside USCHO’s rankings in the receiving votes category, along with four other ECAC teams. Injuries plagued the team last season. Co-alternate captain Eric Robinson ’14 and Sikura both sustained injuries last season, benching them for the better part of the year. Robinson returned to Dartmouth as a fifth-year senior after having lost virtually the entire season. As a team, the Big Green lost 120 games to injury
last year — more than any other team in the ECAC. Revitalizing a healing lineup are six freshmen — all of whom saw ice time in the team’s two preseason exhibition losses. Dartmouth hosted the University of Alberta Golden Bears, a longtime collegiate hockey presence and defending Canadian Interuniversity Sport national champion. Alberta bested Dartmouth 6-1 as Rick Pinkston ’15 scored the team’s only goal of the game. Learning to set Saturday’s loss aside and coming back Sunday to play again with a new pulse, head coach Bob Gaudet ’81 said, is an invaluable preseason experience for Dartmouth. Devin Buffalo ’18 played all three periods in goal in his first college start on Sunday against Brown University. Charles Grant ’16, last season’s go-to goalie, had planned to start, but the team gave him some rest after he faced discomfort warming up, Gaudet said. Though Dartmouth outshot Brown 26-17, the game ended in a 3-1 loss for the Big Green. With six seconds left on a man advantage in the first period, the Bears found the back of the net for their first goal. The Bears scored again on a power play in the third period. A Brad Schierhorn ’16 tally at the 11:31 mark put Dartmouth on the board, but Brown notched the game’s final goal in the closing seconds on an empty net, finishing 3-3 on their power plays, while Dartmouth ended 1-3. More practice will help the team perfect penalty kills and game flow, Gaudet said, but the early games are critical for developing in-game skills that cannot be reproduced in drills. The team’s 3-1 loss can be explained, in part, by the rotating lineup that saw ice time this weekend. Critical players like Tim O’Brien ’16, Connor Dempsey ’16, Neiley and Grant, who will likely play in the conference matchups, were not on the ice against Brown, which may change the story when the team faces the Bears on Nov. 15. “We have some rust,” Gaudet said. “It wasn’t crisp, and that’s my responsibility as a coach, but we’ll get there.” Harvard was picked by the league’s coaches to end the season in ninth and split the meetings with the Big Green last season.