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Political study spurs controversy in Montana

Students express solidarity

B y ERICA BUONANNO The Dartmouth Staff

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Students gathered on the Green Wednesday afternoon as part of a national day of action.

B y PRIYA RAMAIAH The Dartmouth Staff

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Undeterred by rain, about 20 students carried pillows and a mattress onto the Green to show solidarity with sexual assault survivors Wednesday afternoon. The event was part of a national day of action coordinated by activist coalition Carrying the Weight Together.

Emma Sulkowicz, a senior at Columbia University who reported being raped to the Columbia administration in April 2013, inspired the movement with her senior visual arts thesis protesting the university’s response. After a disciplinary process that found her alleged assailant not responsible, Sulkowicz began conducting a performance art piece she called “Mattress

Performance: Carry That Weight.” As part of the project, Sulkowicz carries a standard twin XL dorm mattress everywhere she goes on campus for as long as she and her alleged rapist both attend Columbia. The mattress symbolizes both the location of her assault as well as the emotional weight SEE CAMPAIGN PAGE 5

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For the past week, Dartmouth and Stanford University have been embroiled in controversy over a research project that has potentially affected Montana’s upcoming Supreme Court elections by implying the nonpartisan candidates had party affiliations. Last week, Montana Secretary of State Linda McCulloch filed a complaint, as an individual, against the project’s three researchers — Dartmouth government professor Kyle Dropp and Stanford professors Adam Bonica and Jonathan Rodden — for interfering with the election and improperly using Montana’s state seal. The professors sent the flier, titled “2014 Montana General Election Voter Information Guide,” to 100,000 Montana residents. In response to the complaint, Dartmouth and Stanford are sending apologies asking recipients to

disavow the election mailers, incurring a $52,000 cost. Dartmouth’s Institutional Review Board, which approves research projects, approved the study, while Stanford’s had not. The letter acknowledges that the research proposal was not submitted to Stanford’s review board, violating the university’s policy. Similar ﬂiers were also distributed to around 210,000 voters in California and New Hampshire, though the project has not sparked controversy in those states. The experiment aimed to ascertain whether voters given more information would be likelier to vote. Montana commissioner Jonathan Motl, to whom McCulloch sent the complaint, said that academic institutions that want to do research during elections should check state election laws and request an advisory opinion from the SEE MONTANA PAGE 3

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Dartmouth contributed 20 individuals to the Corps in 2010, 29 in 2011, 37 in 2012 and 33 in 2013. Monica Wilson, the Center for Professional Development’s senior associate director, said Teach for America has consistently maintained a large presence at Dartmouth during the corporate recruiting season. The organization works to generate interest within the student body through the employer connections fair and campus liaison coordinators who SEE TFA PAGE 5

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Students participated in a walk-in Red Cross blood drive on Wednesday.

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ELECTION SEASON

AROUND THE IVIES Brown: Phi Kappa Psi fraternity has been suspended following claims from two students of date-rape drug use in drinks at a party this past weekend. One of the students also reported being sexually assaulted the same night, and both experienced memory loss, the Brown Daily Herald reported. Columbia: Student activists joined elected city officials at New York City Hall to discuss the proposed New York Campus Safety Act before a public hearing, the Spectator reported. The legislation would give New York college students a list of resource centers and create a task force to address domestic violence in the city. ‘ Cornell: Cornell students and faculty celebrated World Food Day for the first time, with programming including film screenings and panel discussions, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. The two-day event culminated in a dinner of sustainable local food prepared by the university’s dining services. Harvard: In a departure from previous meetings, Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana met privately with leaders of unrecognized social clubs to discuss Harvard’s social scene and inclusivity, the Crimson reported. Penn: A career services report showed an increase in employment numbers for Penn’s most recent graduates. Seventy-three percent of the Class of 2014 obtained fulltime employment, up from 66.8 percent of the Class of 2013, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. Princeton: On Tuesday, the Dalai Lama spoke at Princeton about compassion and purpose. The International Shugden Community protested the event, arguing that the Dalai Lama has formalized discrimination against certain Buddhist sects, the Daily Princetonian reported. Yale: Faculty and administration will soon review the university’s four cultural centers, hosting a discussion series about their role on campus, the Yale Daily News reported. The push comes as two of the cultural centers search for new directors. — Compiled by Jessica Zischke for Dartbeat

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc, spoke to a group of students in One Wheelock Wednesday afternoon. Baldwin discussed the importance of voting, particulary in midterms. She is one of a number of political guests to visit campus as the midterm elections approach. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., spoke at the Hopkins Center last week. He said that students across the U.S. need to be more involved in politics. The week prior, New Hampshire state representative and congressional candidate Marilinda Garcia, R-Salem, and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton appeared at a forum focused on national security and foreign policy in Dartmouth Hall.

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Dartmouth, Stanford issue apology for Montana election mailer FROM MONTANA PAGE 1

political practices commission. He said Montana residents are sensitive to campaign practice issues, especially after the advocacy group American Tradition Partnership defied state campaign finance laws, spurring a legal battle ultimately settled by the U.S. Supreme Court. “We haven’t seen anything like this by an academic institution, in a political base, in the history of Montana that I’m aware of,” he said. “But if you’re asking how Stanford or Dartmouth is going to be treated, they’re going to be treated as a corporation and the activity will be viewed in the lens of corporate activity in a political campaign in Montana.” Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., wrote in a statement that academic institutions cannot use Montana’s elections as a “political laboratory experiment.” “This so-called ‘research project’ comes at the cost of fair judicial elections in our state,” he wrote. “I appreciate the apologies from the

institutions, but nothing can undo the impact that these mailers have already had on Montana voters.” Tester sent a public letter to the presidents of Dartmouth and Stanford calling the experiment “voter manipulation,” and cited the state’s history of passing laws that reduce outside influence on campaigns. While the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United negated these measures, opening the state to corporate maneuvering, Tester said in the letter that it is “deeply troubling” to see academics engage in similar behavior. Montana attorney and visiting Vermont Law School professor Jack Tuholske said the election mailers’ attempt to place Supreme Court justices in ideological camps when the state’s judicial elections are not partisan is “despicable.” “I don’t care what sophisticated methods the professors used,” he said. “If they would come out of their ivory tower and open their eyes and see the practicalities in a state like Montana, putting a Supreme Court justice who

has a very complicated record on a card next to Barack Obama is tampering with the election because Obama is not well liked in Montana and this is just guilt by association.” According to McCulloch’s complaint, the political science research project may have violated four sections of Montana law, including the unlawful impersonation of a public servant and the dissemination of misleading election information. Montana’s political practices commission will pursue an investigation and both academic institutions will be making internal inquiries, Dartmouth spokesperson Justin Anderson said. Stanford spokesperson Lisa Lapin said in a statement that the study was non-partisan and not designed to favor any candidate or affect the election. Dropp, Bonica and Rodden funded the project with a grant from the Hewlett Foundation. Foundation spokesperson Heath Wickline wrote in a statement that the foundation provided an unrestricted $250,000 grant to the Stanford Spatial Social Science

Lab, which then used the money for the study. “We had no control over any research or projects conducted by the lab,” he wrote. “As Stanford University has said, the project in question appears to have violated the University’s internal review process and they are conducting a formal investigation. We will await the results of that investigation before commenting further.” Stanford also provided $100,000 in funding. Motl estimated that the project cost around $80,000, Talking Points Memo reported. To get approval from Dartmouth’s review board, researchers submit forms to the a human subjects protection committee. “Simply put, the Institutional Review Board is reviewing research from the standpoint of protecting human subjects, so when they are reviewing research they are looking at the risks that may be posed to humans in terms of safety as well as privacy or confidentiality,” Anderson wrote. The board assigns studies a des-

ignation based on the level of risk participants face, and, depending on this category, different committee members review the projects. If a research project is deemed less risky, individuals with relevant expertise will review it. Projects with a moderate level of risk are reviewed by the board’s chair, while those generating higher potential risks require a full committee review and a vote on approval, Anderson said. Motl said that although the independent study received Dartmouth IRB approval, the flyers have influenced Montana residents. “The question for the Dartmouth community is, ‘exactly what did that review board review and approve,’ because I think the people of Montana would question whether or not that review board ever saw this particular document — my judgment is it doesn’t pass any inspection for an academic piece of work.” Dropp, Bonica and Rodden did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

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The Costume Conundrum

Abandon the Quarter System

Women should not feel pressured to dress provocatively on Halloween. Halloween and Halloween costumes are a juggling act for any feminist. We don’t want to perpetuate and encourage the creation of costumes that reduce women to sex objects, but we also want women to feel free, empowered and sexually liberated. The line between empowerment and oppression is hard to distinguish this time of year. Women should feel free to be sexy if that’s what they want, and they should be able to define that sexiness however they like. No one should police a woman’s sexuality and slutshame her, let alone on Halloween, a night where women embracing their sexuality is actually accepted to a greater degree than any other night. To quote “Mean Girls” (2004): “In girl world, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” What does it mean, then, to be a “total slut”? The definition Google spits out for slut is “a woman who has many casual sexual partners.” Yes, a woman. No such derogatory term exists for men who have casual sex. Instead, they’re rewarded with positive monikers. Women are shamed for expressing sexuality in the same way as men, but Halloween is the one night where behavior that is usually ridiculed is expected. And yet it isn’t accepted, either. People, men and women, still sneer at plunging necklines and short shorts, even on Halloween. The costumes themselves are labeled “slutty nurse” or “sexy kitten.” It is problematic that costumes for girls and women are increasingly sexualized. The expectation that women will dress as revealingly as possible on Halloween is certainly an issue. But a woman’s choice to don these costumes does not give anyone the license to throw around words like “slut” or “whore.” The skimpy outfit is not so much the fault of the woman wearing it, but rather an indication of a more insidious set of deeply sexist social pressures that seem to coerce women into wearing these revealing outfits. Don’t blame the woman — blame advertisers and

marketing teams that have sexualized her body. When a woman actively chooses to show off her assets, great. If she decides to show some cleavage, fine. If you’ve got it, flaunt it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t often work like that. This year, I believe that thousands of women will click “buy” on a “sexy ______” costume because they feel like they have to, that it’s a social necessity, because the media and men have told them that they should sexualize themselves for the sake of the male gaze. It seems that every ugly duckling makeover is undergone to get the guy, and male attention becomes the only method of validation or boosting self-esteem. Even Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” (1989), a movie beloved by little girls everywhere that centers around a woman changing herself for a man, contains a wryly pragmatic observation of the “importance of body language” and how far looks, and only looks, will get a woman. Ariel must win over her prince with her looks and her looks alone because she is, quite literally, voiceless. The message that a woman’s physical attributes and a woman’s dress exist for the pleasure of men is one we’re inundated with from a young age. Halloween becomes an oppressive holiday when social factors pressure women into sexualizing themselves and when that sexy Halloween costume is donned not as a result of an independent decision of sexual liberation, but societal pressure. When a woman dresses in a sexy little costume because she wants to, good for her. When a woman dons a skimpy sexed up uniform because she feels she has to, then — and only then — should we stand up and point fingers. Women should have autonomy over their bodies, to choose to be sexed up. The fact that women are expected to and consider the desires of others when dressing themselves is deeply problematic. A woman’s attire, especially on Halloween, should be based on what she wants to wear, not on what men want to see her in.

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Dartmouth should replace the quarter system with semesters.

Dartmouth stands out from its peers in a variety of aspects, not least of which is its quarter calendar. More and more colleges are switching to a semester system, and Dartmouth should join them. While the quarter system has its benefits, like quicker class turnover, transitioning into the semester system would immensely benefit Dartmouth’s students and faculty. As a freshman, I have already noticed just how concentrated the term is. As much as I enjoy my classes, the speed with which we are expected to cover material can be overwhelming. After spending hour after hour cramming at the library from Monday through Friday, many students seek a way to relieve the tension once the weekend hits. They choose to engage in high-risk drinking and other self-harming actions. Being in such a stressful environment, due largely to how terms are so accelerated, prompts many students to adopt unhealthy lifestyles. Switching to the semester system would relieve a large part of the academic stress that Dartmouth students face. Spacing out the term and giving students more time to learn could greatly diminish the stress in our lives. This would likely lead to a lessening in hazardous, extreme behavior. Research over the last 30 years has shown that stress may contribute to the human tendency to engage in heavy and high-risk drinking. The recent debate over Greek life relates — a large complaint regarding Greek life is the prevalence of high-risk drinking on campus. If pressure is alleviated, then risky behavior should decrease. Even past the widely acknowledged social drawbacks, several academic downsides infect the quarter system. Many textbooks are written specifically with the semester system in mind. Attempting to cram half a year’s worth of knowledge into a couple of weeks puts pressure on students as well as professors, who must teach a massive amount of lesson material in a relatively short amount of time. If the College spread out classes rather than constricting them to a few weeks, students would have a more meaningful learning experience. We would have time to digest and absorb the new information we face — rather than having to cram it into our heads the night before

an exam. Having more class time would allow professors to go more in depth with the lesson, so students would have more time for intellectual exploration in the classroom. And with a semester system, professors would have the same students for a longer period of time. They could invest all their attention and focus onto those students for 18 weeks instead of 10, which could greatly increase the quality of their teaching and improve students’ academic experience. Furthermore, going from high school to college can be an extremely stressful and overwhelming transition, and switching from a semester system to a quarter system exacerbates that stress by accelerating the learning process. Finally, for every term, there is approximately a week solely dedicated to exams. A college with a semester calendar would only lose two weeks — at Dartmouth, nearly four weeks are wasted. When these weeks accumulate, the amount of learning time lost is significant. Moreover, Dartmouth only grants two days for its reading period, whereas most schools have an entire week to prepare for exams. A semester system may help Dartmouth better allocate time for exam preparation. Professional drawbacks exist as well. We end our spring term significantly later in the year than most other college students. While this fact may seem arbitrary, timing can be crucial in today’s unforgiving job market. Because Dartmouth students graduate a few weeks later than students from most peer institutions, they are at a disadvantage, entering the job market after other students. Additionally, while the “flexible” D-Plan is supposed to make finding internships easier, in reality, it complicates students’ job search. Given that many internships are based on the semester system, many employers would not want to take an intern or employee for half of the time they are used to. Dartmouth has long been known for its unique quarter calendar, which admittedly has its benefits — mostly pertaining to class turnover. However, changing into a semester system would allow high school students to more easily adjust to Dartmouth life, enhance our learning experience and help our professional lives.

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Like Dartmouth, other Day commemorates assault survivors Ivies see drop in ranks FROM CAMPAIGN PAGE 1

FROM TFA PAGE 1

The number of Dartmouth graduates joining Teach for America fell from 33 in 2013 to 21 in 2014, dropping the College from 8th to 12th place in the organization’s highest contributing medium-sized schools. This changes comes as the program seeks to broaden the pool of universities it draws from. Until this year, the College largely saw an increase in the number of graduating seniors joining the organization. Dartmouth contributed 20 individuals to the Corps in 2010, 29 in 2011, 37 in 2012 and 33 in 2013. Monica Wilson, the Center for Professional Development’s senior associate director, said Teach for America has consistently maintained a large presence at Dartmouth during the corporate recruiting season. The organization works to generate interest within the student body through the employer connections fair and campus liaison coordinators who connect with interested students on a more personal level. “I don’t think there’s a lack of interest by any means,” Teach for America recruiter Daniel Johnson said. “There were a tremendous number of applicants that year. The fact that Dartmouth remains one of the top contributors shows there’s a tremendous passion for the work that TFA is engaged in in ending educational inequity.” Johnson, who works directly with the Dartmouth campus, pointed out broader changes in the organization’s recruitment process that may have influenced the composition of the 2014 Corps. “One thing that has changed about Teach for America is that we’re really trying to cast a wide net in terms of where we’re recruiting,” Johnson said. “We’re trying to make sure all campuses are represented equally in our recruitment, and that we’re pulling committed individuals from schools that we may not necessarily have been working at in the past.” Howard University, a historically black college, was the top contributor among medium-sized schools in 2014, with 40 students joining. In 2013, it was not represented in the top five rankings. As Teach for America continues to refine its recruitment process, Johnson said it will focus more on factors that can lead to classroom success. Corps members who have greater success in the classroom can connect to their students and comfortably establish themselves in the classroom. In addition to looking at academic achievement, Johnson said recruiters are seeking students with leadership experience that demonstrates ability to command a class.

Johnson emphasized the need for teachers from a range of backgrounds and experiences in order to further narrow the achievement gap in American education. “In our education system, diversity is something that is really lacking,” he said. “The more diversity we have in our nation’s public education system, the more beneficial that will be to our students.” The lack of diversity in education self-perpetuates, he said, explaining that the achievement gap among students results in a lack of diversity among teachers, inhibiting future generations. Anastassia Radeva ’12, a member of the 2012 Corps, acknowledged a criticism often levied at Teach for America, that its recruiting practices are not tailored to the realities of the classroom. She emphasized, however, that Corps members have the skills and qualities to adjust under pressure to students’ needs. Radeva said that the experience of working through Dartmouth’s quick quarters prepared her to adjust. “There’s a lot of critique about Teach for America recruitment on Ivy League campuses, that you can’t just take really smart kids with barely any training and throw them into lowincome areas,” Radeva said. “There’s definitely an equity issue there, but there’s a need for people who are ready to try everything they can.” Zachary Ramirez-Brunner ’12, also a member of the 2012 Corps, said he was not prepared for how challenging the first year in the classroom would be. Although he found recruiters on campus supportive and informative, he did not have any clear expectations for his experience in the classroom. “To be frank, my experience my first year was really difficult,” Ramirez-Brunner said. “I was a brand new teacher at a brand new charter school with a brand new design. I was pretty serious about quitting after a few months, which is a really big issue within the organization, but I didn’t and I am extremely happy I came around.” The first-year learning curve was steep, but prepared him for the second year, he said, to the extent that he elected to stay on for a third. Radeva also chose to stay with Teach for America for a third year. In the 2014 rankings, all other Ivy schools in the medium-sized category also saw a decrease. Harvard University fell from first to fourth place, and Columbia University dropped from its spot tied for sixth to eighth. Yale University and Princeton University, which tied for 12th in 2013, fell to tied for 15th and 18th, respectively. Brown University dropped from its spot tied for 10th to tied for 18th.

carried by rape survivors. While Sulkowicz sparked the national campaign, her close friends formed the Carrying the Weight Together website and planned the national day of action, coordinating with students at over 130 campuses internationally. Jessica King Fredel ’17 and Yobiel Kelati ’15, both student coordinators at the Center for Gender and Student Engagement, organized the meet up on the Green along with other interested students. King Fredel said that while the gathering at the College was put together very quickly, showing solidarity with Sulkowicz and other survivors was important. “It was really wonderful to have a physical presence for a moment,” she said. “To know that that’s happening at colleges across the world is really powerful.” College survivor advocate Benjamin Bradley, who attended the gathering on the Green, said it was nice to see students take a visible stance on the issue. “People who experience sexual violence can feel isolated, silenced and alone,” Bradley said. “It is so

important that we all take steps to support them, both personally and visibly, to the greater community and to acknowledge the role each of us has in ending sexual violence.” At other colleges, students and activists organized meet ups, distributed educational materials and

“It was really wonderful to have a physical presence for a moment. To know that that’s happening at colleges across the world is really powerful.” - Jessica king fredel ’17

posted pictures of themselves carrying mattresses or pillows using the hashtag #carrythatweight. At Columbia, students lined the steps of Low Library with mattresses bearing slogans written in red tape, a symbol protesting the bureaucratic barriers to addressing sexual assault.

Kayla Neumeyer, a senior at Vassar College who helped organize the day of action on her campus, said the Vassar event reached about 150 people by setting up a photo campaign with a mattress in a high-traffic area of campus. Harvard University junior Kara Lessin said she and her co-organizers distributed newspaper articles and op-eds around dorms and dining halls to increase awareness of sexual assault on campus and of Sulkowicz’s project. In addition to students carrying mattresses and pillows, a vigil was held for sexual assault survivors. Lessin said the number of students who showed interest in the campaign’s various events was incredible. “I’m really hoping that the dialogue will be sustained and that this will also make room for other narratives that are different from Emma’s,” Lessin said. Carrying a pillow all day was a meaningful exercise, said King Fredel, who also carried her own mattress out to the Green. In the future, she said she hopes to continue collaborating with other schools. “Sexual assault isn’t a single college issue,” King Fredel said. “There’s a feeling of cohesion with this day.”

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Joint tribute celebrates the Bard’s 450th

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Music and theater will converge when the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble and Rude Mechanicals present a joint tribute to the 450th anniversary of the Bard’s birth. Titled “Play On! Shakespeare Set to Music,” the program will splice readings of Shakespeare text with music that he inspired. Although the wind ensemble has collaborated with instrumental soloists and dance groups in the past, director Matthew Marsit said this is the first time it will perform with a theater troupe. “We’re all very excited about this collaboration,” Marsit said. “The interface with theater is always great, especially here at Dartmouth.” The music includes three compositions commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, including Nigel Hess’s “Shakespeare Pictures,” Edward Gregson’s “The Sword and the Crown” and Guy Woolfenden’s “Bohemian Dances,” as well as a composition by contemporary American composer Luigi Zaninelli, “Symphony for Winds and Percussion.” This music will be intertwined with scenes from Shakespeare’s plays. “The music will undoubtedly increase the richness of the Shakespeare text,” said Natalie Shell ’15 of the Rude Mechanicals. “This program will give our group greater insight into the potential and power of Shakespeare.” Hess’s “Shakespeare Pictures,” released in 2008, features a melody inspired by “Much Ado About Nothing,” “The Winter’s Tale” and “Julius Caesar.” The brass fanfare of “Much Ado About Nothing” contrasts to the ethereal and natural woodwind playing in “The Winter’s Tale.” This is followed with a rambunctious yet threatening pronouncement for Julius Caesar’s entry to the Senate, marked

by stately brass and a prominent organ player. Gregson’s “The Sword and the Crown,” adapted for symphonic wind bands in 1991, is dynamic as well. The piece, inspired by “Henry IV,” parallels the play’s plot in its first movement with trumpets that swell to signal the death of Henry V, an interchange of English and French music as the two armies square off and a final fanfare as Richard III asserts his authority. Further movements portray the Welsh Court and final battle scene from “Henry IV.” “The music is incredibly appealing and attractive,” Marsit said. “It’s tuneful and is the type to leave audiences humming.” Although the wind ensemble’s nearly 50 members have been fervently practicing the music for the performance, the challenge will be combining each piece’s swift movements with the visual aspect of the Rude Mechanicals’ acting. Monday marked the first time the groups met for a joint practice session to practice the timing of these exchanges. “It was the first time the ensemble saw the scenes we’re accompanying,” oboist Kate Huffer ’15 said. “We just need to make sure we don’t get distracted and miss our entrances.” In addition to showcasing a pioneering collaboration between two student-driven groups, Friday’s concert will also serve as a special performance for approximately 500 Upper Valley students for the Hopkins Center’s school matinee series. “It’s great that we have the opportunity to perform for younger students,” percussionist Cynthia Tan ’17 said. “Music was a huge part of my life growing up, so it’s great to be able to share that with the school kids.” Friday’s concert will only include the 45-minute Shakespeare set with the Rude Mechanicals. Saturday’s concert, which is for Dartmouth

students and the general public, will feature two parts: the same Shakespeare set with an additional second half that features music, Marsit said. Marsit, who chose the theme and music program, said the show’s second half will develop themes from the first. “The works will still coincide with the theme,” Marsit said. “The style will be reminiscent of the first half but have a different direction.” The wind ensemble and Rude Mechanicals met for a final dress rehearsal on Wednesday to work out any final kinks. Both programs will be held in Spaulding Auditorium. Friday’s show will begin at 10 a.m., and Saturday’s performance will start at 8 p.m.

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Set in the late 19th century but with a very contemporary feel, this gem of a play (Tony Award nominee for Best Play in 2010) by Sarah Ruhl is a provocative and entertaining story concerning a Victorian-era doctor’s obsession with treating his patients’ “hysteria” with a novel new device.

DARTMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA anthonY princiotti conductor

Although Brahms wrote only one violin concerto, his is considered among the best works for violin and orchestra. Its lucid, deeply emotional solo part was written in collaboration with his friend Joseph Joachim, one of the greatest violinists of the 19th century. This soulful work is complemented by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 and Mozart’s bustling Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE GLEE CLUB LoUis BUrkot director

This 40-voice ensemble, accompanied by a chamber ensemble including Rollins’ melodious Austin pipe organ, performs Faure’s beloved requiem that offers a vision of “death as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than as a painful experience.” The program also includes selections from the chorus’ upcoming winter concert tour of Cuba.

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SALLY PINKAS piano ALEXANDRE BRUSSILOVSKY violin JULIAN MILKIS clarinet

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WORLD MUSIC PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

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Marking the 450th anniversary of the Bard’s birth, the Hop’s resident wind ensemble teams up with the Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals—the campus’ energetic and irreverent student-run Shakespeare group—for this evening of musical selections and the timeless texts that inspired them.

by Sarah ruhl • Jamie horton director

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MattheW M. Marsit conductor

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Play On! Shakespeare and Music

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The Wind Ensemble and Rude Mechanicals will play a joint show this weekend.

MUSIC FOR A BETTER WORLD

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The Hop’s pianist-in-residence is joined by two noted international artists for an engaging program including two works infused with American jazz and Central European folk music—and a Stravinsky suite written at the start of WWI that evokes that era with the tale of a war-weary soldier.

DIEGO EL CIGALA

Dubbed by the press “the Frank Sinatra of flamenco,” El Cigala is a multiple Grammywinning vocalist of transcendent expressive power. Born into a family of Spanish Romani artists and intellectuals, he began his career singing with dancers but soon brought that fiery, intimate style to music from across the world. Accompanied by piano, bass, percussion and two guitars, he offers his own flamenco-tinged array of bolero, son, tango and Afro-Caribbean jazz.

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Cross country prepares for Heps B y RAY LU

This Saturday, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete in Princeton, New Jersey for the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship. The women’s team will try to defend its title from last season, Dartmouth’s first since a four-peat that ended in 1997. The men’s side looks to claim its first championship since 2005. “It’s personal,” women’s captain Sarah DeLozier ’15 said. “My cocaptain Alison Lanois [’15] says that our Heps rings expire on Saturday.” Though the men’s team faces a longer drought than the women do, having finished third last season, the Big Green still feels confident entering Saturday’s race. “I’m really stoked for the Heps, we are looking really good team-wise and I think we have a golden opportunity to win the Ivy title,” men’s captain Silas Talbot ’15 said. The road ahead won’t be easy. The women’s team finished behind Brown University at the Rothenberg Run on Oct. 17, though Dartmouth’s top runners were competing at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational. Aside from that race, the women have finished as the best Ivy team in every competition. Princeton University, which the Dartmouth women’s team have yet to face this season, should be the women’s top competition at Heps. The Tigers were ranked 25th in the most recent United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, while

the Big Green placed 26th. The men’s top competition should also be Princeton, last year’s runner-up and owner of six titles from 2006 to 2012. Harvard University and Columbia University also stand a chance at taking Heps. “Princeton did beat us two weeks ago in Wisconsin, but only by a tiny

“Princeton did beat us two weeks ago in Wisconsin, but only by a tiny margin. I think it’s this underdog mentality that is going to push us that much harder on Saturday and help us stay focused on the task at hand. - SILAS TALBOT ’15 margin,” Talbot said. “I think it’s this underdog mentality that is going to push us that much harder on Saturday and help us stay focused on the task at hand.” The competition won’t be the only obstacle on Saturday. The weather at past Heptagonal Championships has played a major role. A snowy 2011 brought times down by nearly 90 seconds while 2012 and 2013 provided

near-perfect running conditions. This week, weather forecasts project a 40 percent chance of precipitation in Princeton as well as chilly temperatures and high winds. “There is the possibility of snow and apparently that’s our thing,” DeLozier said. “So we’re packing a pair of gloves and not doing anything different.” Preparation has included a combination of training and relaxing. Men’s head coach Barry Harwick said the team has done some hard running since its last meet, but now is focused on rest. “This week we’re wearing our Heps rings, being accountable about going to sleep on time, avoiding sick people, listening to rap music,” DeLozier said. Both teams have prepared the entire season for this weekend, and Talbot said the team’s depth reflects the intensity of its summer training. Succeeding Saturday will require a team effort, Harwick said. The teams’ seasons will not end Saturday at Heps. They will both compete in the NCAA Northeast Regionals in New York, on Nov. 14. A top-two finish at regionals automatically qualifies a team for the national championships, on Nov. 22. Even if the teams fall short of that benchmark, they could qualify via an at-large bid. A strong performance at Heps would certainly help the Big Green’s case for an at-large bid. Both the men’s and women’s teams qualified for Nationals last year, though neither finished in the top 15.

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Dana Giordano ’16 leads a pack of Big Green runners at the Dartmouth Invitational earlier this fall. Dartmouth took ﬁrst place.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014

THURSDAY LINEUP

No athletic events scheduled

Sports 2 Column Upper Story By TYLER FISHER AND AUSTIN LIM One of our favorite sportswriters is ESPN’s Bill Simmons, who loves to host guests on his podcasts. Since this is a great way to introduce new perspectives and keep things interesting, we’re following his lead and bringing in our first guest author, Tyler Fisher ’17. If this article turns out to be any good, he won’t be our last. We picked Tyler because a nickname of his is “Fish,” which we thought was a nice touch. He doesn’t get that joke, but we’re going to leave it in here anyway. From Oct. 24, 1985 until Tuesday of last week, the Kansas City Royals were undefeated in the MLB postseason. In 1985, they won games five through seven of the World Series to secure their first franchise championship ever. After that, they failed to make a postseason appearance for 28 years. This year they snuck in as one of the American League Wild Cards, and in their first game narrowly edged out the Athletics in extra innings. From there, they hit their stride, sweeping the Angels in three games and the Orioles in four before colliding with the Giants in a great World Series. The Royals dropped Game 1, but have since fought back. Though the Royals lost Game 7 and the World Series Wednesday night, they came within a run of their first title since 1985 This is quite astonishing; as longtime baseball fans, we wouldn’t have believed you if you told us this would ever happen. The Royals spent the last 19 seasons far from the playoffs, only accumulating a winning record twice in all those years. In fact, they finished dead last in the AL Central eight of those 19 seasons, and second-to-last another six. This year, a 10-game winning streak in mid-June gave fans October dreams. By July 21, though, the usual Royals were back. They were on a four-game slide, in the midst of a slump that cost them 18 of 27 games. On the brink of another unsuccessful season, the team seemed almost content with floundering for the rest of the year. Then, an unexpected hero’s strange observation saved the day.

First base coaches aren’t usually thought of as the sources of a team’s success. Based on what we can tell from watching them on TV, they essentially just stand in their little boxes, occasionally waving their arms at players. They sometimes touch their hats and random body parts, and they tend to yell the loudest during running plays. If we’re not mistaken, that is pretty much the complete job description of what must be one of the most relaxed positions in professional sports. The Royals’ first base coach, though, refused to fit this mold — he went above and beyond to end his team’s slump by coming up with a solution that can only be called pure genius. Our celebrated hero’s name is Rusty Kuntz. During a team meeting on the last day of the Royals’ aforementioned slump, Kuntz noticed that many players had their heads buried in their iPads. You’d think they were likely studying game footage, or perhaps looking at their next opponents’ stats. You would, however, be mistaken. In fact, they were playing the addicting viral game “Clash of Clans.” Good ol’ Rusty had a hunch, and so he called the team together and implored the players to limit their playing time. You might assume that this would not affect the performance of a bunch of professional baseball players. Again, though, you’d be wrong. The Royals went on to win 25 of their next 34 games, rescuing their entire season. They finished second in their division, with a winning percentage of .549 standing out as their best record since 1994. Thanks to Kuntz, they came within a run of becoming champions. One can only imagine that some combination of “Pokémon” and “Super Mario” is what kept the team from any success during the last two decades. Perhaps if the New York Jets or the Oakland Raiders put down their iPads, too, the NFL could end up with a surprising victor this year (just kidding, of course that won’t happen). The lesson is simple: in the future, if you find yourself wasting a lot of time playing “Clash of Clans,” delete the app. Then, grab a glove and a bat, and you just might find yourself with a World Series ring.