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This year, 282 students from a pool of over 600 applicants will lead Dartmouth Outing Club firstyear trips, and 64 students from about 200 applicants were selected to be on Croos, program director
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This year’s directorate introduced an additional hicking trip and several cultural changes to the program. Croo members, who previously were required to attend trip leader trainings, can instead complete the SEE TRIPS PAGE 3
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Gerben Scherpbier ’14 said. Last year, 249 trip leaders and 54 Croo members were selected from the pools of 707 and 249 applicants, respectively, former Trips director Chris O’Connell ’13 said in an email. Applicants can apply to both positions.
Up to three students can now request a secure pickup at night from Safety and Security. Previously, only a single individual could use the Safe Ride service. The policy, amended earlier this month but not announced to campus, followed requests from students who said that the former policy made them feel vulnerable, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said. Several students interviewed said they thought the new policy was beneficial because it eliminated the possibility of one person waiting alone for a long period of time and also prevented groups of students from being split up. “The assumption is that if you have two girls, three girls or boys walking home together, there’s safety in numbers, but stuff could still happen,” Samantha Modder ’17 said. “Just because you’re in a group doesn’t mean you feel safe.” Invo Chami ’16 said that she first heard about the changes during a discussion held at the
Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault symposium on April 4, and L.J. Shelven ’17 said he learned of the new policy through his roommate, who works for Safe Ride. Stephanie Uhrig ’14 said she thought the new policy was a positive step. “It’s smart, especially in the winter when it gets dark early and it’s actually kind of dangerous to get across campus in the bad weather,” Uhrig said. “I think that it’s just more efficient to carry more people at once.” George Sy ’15, who said he often uses Safe Ride, also said he approved of the changes but wondered how the new policy would work with recording students’ identification numbers. The “Freedom Budget” demanded that Safety and Security change the Safe Ride policy to serve groups as well as individuals. “People who are marginalized on this campus are not
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One year after administrators canceled classes for a day of reflection, faculty and students say they have observed a noticeable increase in campus discussion of issues regarding racism, sexism, homophobia and sexual assault. Former Interim President Carol Folt and Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno canceled all under-
graduate and graduate arts and sciences classes on April 24, 2013, after online anonymous threats were made targeting students involved in protesting the Dimensions welcome show. The dozen students who interrupted the show at the Class of 1953 Commons identified incidents of homophobia, racism and underreported sexual assaults on campus. The day included a lecSEE ANNIVERSARY PAGE 7
Introductory computer science students took midterms in five different rooms this ter m after a surge in enrollment across the department’s courses left professors scrambling to accommodate demand. Next fall, the department will cap enrollment in introductory sections at 180 students after enrollment nearly doubled, from 143 students last fall to over 280 students this spring. Most seats in the capped course will go to first- and
second-year students, department chair Tom Cormen said. Despite the jump in students electing the course, the department has not amended its curriculum, professor Hany Farid, who teaches an introductory course, said. “This will be a constant refinement of our strategy,” Farid said. “I don’t think we’ve peaked yet, but we have to figure out the demand.” During spring course election, the computer science department was
“blindsided” by enrollment, Cormen said. The increase, he said, may be due to “pent-up demand” because the course, usually offered every term, was not offered in the winter. The jump placed increased pressure on the department to find teacher assistants, who run weekly recitations and grade papers for groups of about 10 students each, Farid said. This term, the class has 28 assistants in order to maintain a usual recitation size. SEE ENROLLMENT PAGE 5
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DAily debriefing Brown University: A Brown University student, speaking to a campus press conference Tuesday, alleged she was raped and strangled by a fellow student. At the rally, she criticized the university’s disciplinary action against the accused student, who was suspended for a year and will return to campus this fall, the Brown Daily Herald reported. More than 50 students gathered at the press conference, some holding signs supporting the student and criticizing the university’s handling of the case. Columbia University: Two students established an organization called RealityStep last semester to assist low-income and underperforming high school students with the college application process, the Columbia Spectator reported. The organization, hoping to reach nonprofit status, has so far attracted around 50 student members. Cornell University: The university will launch a study abroad program in Havana, Cuba, beginning this fall, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. The program will let four students conduct scientific research on bioacoustics or proteases and attend classes at the University of Havana or Cuba Study Center. Harvard University: Harvard hosted its first Sustainability Hackathon on Saturday at the Harvard Innovation Lab, the Crimson reported. More than 20 students from Harvard and the Boston area tried to solve a particular sustainability problem in small groups. The teams presented their proposed solutions to judges, who based their scores on innovation, impact on sustainability, practicality and presentation style. Princeton University: For the second consecutive year, no Princeton student received a Truman scholarship or advanced to the application process’s final round, according to the Daily Princetonian. The federal scholarship rewards students devoted to public service. University of Pennsylvania: A new initiative will formalize a process for students to use a name that reflects their gender identities in university systems, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. Students who wish to change their preferred name can fill out a form online and meet with an administrator to make the switch. The program is currently not available to faculty, staff or students who wish to use their middle names or Hebrew names. Yale University: New Haven police announced Wednesday the arrest of Jeffrey Jones, 50, who they believe was responsible for falsely reporting the presence of a gunman on Yale’s campus last fall, the Yale Daily News reported. The crisis led to a seven-hour lockdown. Jones is charged with falsely reporting an incident, second-degree threatening, second-degree reckless endangerment, misuse of the emergency 911 system and a breach of peace. Compiled by Grace Miller for Dartbeat
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Weekend thefts do not alter policies FROM THEFTS PAGE 1
automatically safe just because they’re walking in a group,” the document said. Campus safety issues garnered attention this weekend after Hanover Police were notified of three instances of theft at the College. The first report, received just after 1 a.m. on Saturday, notified police that electronics had been stolen from backpacks in the basement of Aquinas House, the Catholic student center. Aquinas House will not change its open-door policy, Father Brendan Murphy said, though it might look into limiting access to the building in order to better understand who is coming and going. “One of the great blessings of Aquinas House is that we’re open 24/7 to students, and I wouldn’t want one unfortunate incident like this to change that,” Murphy said. “Students have been notified that we take this seriously and have been told to be aware of their surroundings and to be careful about where they leave their belongings.” At 2:21 p.m. that afternoon, the police received a report of theft from a vehicle that had been parked overnight at 34 West Whee-
lock Street. The vehicle was also reported to have been damaged. The third report of theft came in at 12:33 a.m. on Sunday, notifying police that personal items had been stolen from a vehicle parked on Gile Drive.
“One of the great blessings of Aquinas House is that we’re open 24-7 to students, and I wouldn’t want one unfortunate incident like this to change that.” - Father Brendan Murphy
Hanover Police also received a report at 2:21 p.m. on Saturday of unauthorized use of and vandalism to a vehicle taken from behind Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority house. The vehicle was found in the
parking lot of the Roth Center with interior and exterior damage, including slashes to the passenger seat and a cracked GPS display. While 10 out of 30 students interviewed were aware of the thefts and car break-ins that had occurred over the weekend, most students interviewed expressed surprise upon hearing the news. “I feel like at Dartmouth it’s really easy to fall into this little safe bubble,” Tasha Wilkins ’15 said. “And then things like this happen, and it kind of brings you back to reality and makes you realize that you need to be more aware of things that are going on and that this is still a college campus.” Uhrig said that, though she was surprised about these thefts, she has noticed others occurring during midterms and finals periods, when students are more apt to leave their belongings unattended. The College’s most recent Clery Act report noted a total of 16 burglaries occurring in 2012, nine of which occurred on campus property. According to the College’s Clery report, “burglary” constitutes the “unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.”
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Diversity Peer Leadership Program, a daylong workshop through the Office of Pluralism and Leadership that focuses on personal biases and privileges, Scherphier said. “This program focuses on how we can be conscious about the way we interact,” he said. Training for trip leaders, which consists of three three-hour sessions focusing on risk management, wilderness skills and community building, is still mandatory, trip leader trainer Sam Parker ’15 said. This year’s trip leader and Croo selection process placed greater emphasis on outreach and diversity, seeking to better represent students from all parts of campus, Scherpbier said. The applications included a short-answer question asking how the applicant would contribute to the diversity of the program. Another change this year is a shift in title — for trips in the Second College Grant, Croo members will be called “captains” instead of “chiefs” — after trip leaders, participants and Croo members expressed discomfort with the word’s cultural connotations, Scherpbier said in an email. Trip leader applications, which
included 11 questions covering topics like outdoor and leadership experience and personal challenges, are read without looking at applicants’ names to keep the process as objective as possible, Parker said. The director and three trip leader trainers select trip leaders, and Croo members are chosen by the Croo captains, who were selected over winter break. This year, students could apply to lead Croos even if they had not participated in that Croo in the past, Scherpbier said in an email. The applications were read four times for Croo members and twice for trip leaders, Scherpbier said. Due to a computer error Wednesday morning, some applicants learned early of their selection. Jane Lindahl ’17 learned she would lead a trip after checking the application page during her chemistry 6 class. She said her positive experiences as a summer camp counselor and her own participation in Trips as an incoming student convinced her to apply. Being a trip leader is an opportunity to act as a role model, leader Jimmy Boldt ’15 said. Boldt said that some of his strongest and most rewarding relationships at Dartmouth were formed during Trips his freshman year, causing him to apply to be a leader.
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Not If, But When
Understanding Exclusivity
When will the College realize that divestment is inevitable? Over the past year, Divest Dartmouth has lobbied the College administration to remove the endowment’s investments from fossil fuel companies. Through respectful but persistent effort, the divestment movement recently won a major victory when, on March 25, student leaders Noah Cramer ’16, Morgan Curtis ’14 and Leehi Yona ’16 met with College President Phil Hanlon to discuss a letter from Divest Dartmouth to the Board of Trustees explaining the movement.. From an alumus who’s gone on to earn a master’s degree in international environmental policy and work extensively on climate adaptation and clean energy finance, here’s why divestment at Dartmouth is no longer a matter of if, but when. First, if done correctly, divestment would have no impact on the endowment’s return. A growing number of funds based on environmental, social and government criteria show that responsible investing need not be at odds with the trustees’ fiduciary duties. Investment firm RBC Wealth Management found a “carbon free” index fund actually outperformed Morgan Stanley’s All Country World Index, a standard investment benchmark, by a sizable margin over the past 15 years, with negligible added risk. HIP Investors, the firm hired to advise the city of Seattle on its pension fund, reached similar conclusions. These are not the unsupported theories of fringe groups. HSBC and Goldman Sachs both released reports in the last year warning about the trillions of dollars in fossil fuel assets that will be “stranded” when climate regulations ramp up in coming years. Goldman even said that the “window for profitable investment in coal mining is closing.” And yet, Dartmouth still maintains sizable holdings in these risky, outdated companies. Second, if Dartmouth does not reform its investment holdings soon, it will become a dinosaur in the higher education world. Understandably, the Board may have been hesitant to consider divestment when the concept was new and unproven, but that is no longer the case. Nationwide, 11 colleges and dozens of cities, towns, churches and foundations have already committed to divest. Earlier this month, Harvard University, with the largest endowment of any university in the world, pledged
to apply the Principles for Responsible Investment developed by the United Nations Global Compact, which are a step toward full divestment. If there is anyone left on Dartmouth’s Board who feels responsible investing just cannot work in the Ivy League, Harvard’s announcement should dispel those thoughts. Third, divestment is worthwhile because it challenges the social license to operate upon which oil, coal and gas companies depend to maintain their legitimacy. As a concept, the social license to operate measures our collective willingness to allow a company to do business in our community. Although most of us do not trust or approve of dirty industries, we often accept them because the negative impacts are felt elsewhere. Divestment from fossil fuel companies by progressive, thoughtful institutions like Dartmouth, just like divestment from South African companies during apartheid, sends a clear message that these companies have lost their legitimacy as beneficial social actors. Divestment is a necessary part of the transformation to a post-carbon economy, in which BP, Exxon Mobil, Peabody Energy and others become forward-thinking energy companies. Although we must kick our own addiction to carbon — beginning with campus’s continued reliance on No. 6 fuel oil, a filthy 19th-century technology — we must also think globally. Fourth and finally, our age’s moral and thought leaders are united in opposition to fossil fuel companies’ unchecked aggression against the well-being of future generations. It is not coincidental that Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who stood alongside Nelson Mandela in fighting apartheid, recently wrote in The Guardian about the urgency of applying both economic and moral pressure on the world’s biggest polluters. Students who study abroad already witness the consequencesof inaction.Fromthemeltingglaciers of the Alps to the drought-stricken fields of the American West, we are living in the Anthropocene, an age of rapid, human-caused environmental change and massive biocultural extinction. We are not just losing physical landscapes — we are losing diverse and valuable human cultures. The time for action is now. The place is Dartmouth.
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The Greek system’s exclusivity is not sufficient grounds for abolishment. In Monday’s “Great Debate,” Aaron Colston ’14 and Becca Rothfeld ’14 focused on exclusivity in their arguments to abolish the Greek system. They argued that houses maintained exclusivity for the sake of exclusivity alone, and that there was no benefit in alienating people from their spaces. In reality, exclusivity and selectivity have their benefits. Moreover, exclusivity at Dartmouth is in no way limited to the Greek system, and singling out this one exclusive aspect of our culture is an inaccurate representation of reality. Colston and Rothfeld argued that the exclusivity of the Greek system is an unnecessary component to the Dartmouth experience and that it only causes harm. I offer a different perspective. I remember during my first fall here after transferring how Interim President Carol Folt told the Class of 2016 that the school had only accepted under 10 percent of over 23,000 applicants. I felt special. I was selected, while thousands of others were turned away. There is no denying that many of us revel in being selected for an exclusive student body. As a species, we constantly compete with others in one way or another, and we take great pleasure when we are acknowledged or praised for our efforts or natural demeanor. When we are rejected by those exclusive bodies, we feel the sting of disappointment, and in some cases we feel wronged. That exclusion is not unique to the Greek system, but rather a fact of life at Dartmouth and throughout the world. From corporate recruiting to secret society taps to graduate school admissions, we compete for admission into exclusive groups throughout our lives. When I got here in the fall of 2012 from Bunker Hill Community College, I was a poor 26-year-old veteran who had no idea what he was getting himself into. I was, of course, thrilled to be part of a handful of accepted veterans, and, having been drawn here by the strong emphasis on community and tradition, I was ready to become a part of it all. But I quickly learned of the exclusive pockets within our community. When I began to experience
fraternities, I usually went out with other veterans and often ended up hating it. Loud music, filthy conditions, long-haired 20 years olds often appearing to take advantage of drunk girls — all the stuff that Colston, Rothfeld and other Greek system opponents frequently parrot. The brothers I encountered were usually territorial and rude, and, if not for my fellow veterans, I might have gotten myself into some fights. I didn’t understand Greek life, and at the time, I didn’t care. By the end of winter, I was a prominent advocate of razing every Greek house to the ground. But in truth, I simply felt unaccepted and alone in this new community that I didn’t understand. I was angry and confused, and I often felt judged and intruded upon. This community was alien to me, and I to it. My frustrations almost brought me to leave Dartmouth, but I found solace in the place I least expected it. At the end of the winter of 2013, I left a Saturday night hockey game and decided to enter Chi Heorot fraternity. I’d seen the rowdy bunch in the stands many times, and I knew that hockey players could be a few years older. So I gave the house a shot. Where I least expected it, I found friends, and eventually my home here at Dartmouth. My brothers and I differ in many ways, but, for the first time, I had a place that I could be myself and never have to apologize or defend myself. Once I found that, I wasn’t angry anymore. In fact, I felt that I finally understood Greek life. Greek houses are not exclusive for the sake of exclusivity. Rather, exclusivity is a natural consequence of the Greek system’s organization of students into different communities. The Greek system offers various benefits to its members beyond the mere pleasure of being inducted into an exclusive group. I have found community, brotherhood and acceptance. Some people will never get this experience, and that is unfortunate. The inherent exclusivity of Greek houses does not warrant their abolishment. Greek houses are exclusive spaces, but so is Dartmouth. Greek life has a lot of room for improvement, but then again, so does Dartmouth.
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More teaching assistants accomodate higher CS enrollment FROM ENROLLMENT PAGE 1
As long as the department maintains the section leader-to-student ratio, course size should not affect the way it is taught, former TA and modified computer science major Jaki Kimball ’16 said. Space has also posed a challenge, Cormen said. Both scheduling classrooms for the recitation sections and obtaining large enough classrooms for the expanding courses has become difficult. The department chose to introduce the 180-student cap to avoid scrambling for classrooms and sections and to let the class fit comfortably into a lecture hall such as Life Sciences Center 100. Nonetheless, the department is pleased with the increased interest, Cormen said. “We love having these problems, but it is definitely straining our resources,” Cormen said. Changes to the introductory sequence, which made the preliminary courses more amenable to non-majors, the availability of
jobs in the computer science field and the prominence of computers in popular culture could also have contributed to the rising enrollments, Cormen said. “I think for the next several years, we’ll see strong interest in
“We love having these problems, but it is definitely straining our resources.” - Tom cormen, computer science department chair
computer science because people are really seeing that computation is everywhere and it’s in everything,” Cormen said. “And it’s true, if you can’t compute, you can’t compete.” Kimball said that a growing
number of students may realize that computer science skills are prevalent in modern business and life. Rachel Porth ’16, who is enrolled in the introductory course, said she decided to take the class not only for a distributive requirement, but also because programming seemed like a “good life skill.” Although the enrollment cap would not affect the nature of the class, Porth said she believed it could discourage students who do not get in from pursuing computer science. Farid contrasted the current nationwide trend in increasing interest in computer science with the decline of enthusiasm related to the “dot-com bubble” of the 1990s. The department also anticipates a large enrollment in Computer Science 10, another major prerequisite, and plans to offer two sections in the fall, Cormen said. More advanced computer science classes have also seen a trend of rising enrollment.
Computer science professor Devin Balkcom said that while his course on artificial intelligence course had only about 20 students two years ago, 99 students enrolled last winter. Although the class still focused on project-based assignments, the enrollment led him to change the assignments’ style and add a peer review component. “We lost the flavor of a discussion class, and it became a lecture, which is a real loss,” Balkcom said. Enrollment in a course on machine learning also doubled in the past year, from 40 to 80 students.
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As a result of the spike in numbers, computer science professor Lorenzo Torresani was forced to remove a project from the course, Cormen said. To account for an expected increase in student enrollment, the department will offer the class twice next year. “I love this stuff, so of course, I think the question is, ‘Why are there still people not taking CS 1?’” Balkcom said. There are about 55 majors each in the Classes of 2014, 2015 and 2016, a jump from previous class years, Cormen said.
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Campus has become more vocal in last year, some professors say ing on campus climate last year, said she believed the “Freedom Budget” ture from a social justice expert, a represented the most hopeful of community gathering on the Green recent campus developments. and “teach-ins” at locations across The sit-in, she said, is the “emcampus. bodiment” of last spring’s Dimen A tumultuous year has hit the sions demonstration. College since the day of reflection, Though she said she believes some raising many of the themes brought elements of the proposal to be unreforward in the original protest. In alistic or over-idealistic, Schweitzer May, several students filed a Clery said it captured the “intersectional Act complaint against the College, analysis” of several overlapping yet alleging violations of sexual assault, different issues. LGBTQ , racial and religious dis- “I think people realize something crimination, hate crimes, bullying has to change, but they don’t know and hazing at the College. what,” she said, citing the campus The following summer and fall outcry against the Bored at Baker terms saw their share of controver- post and the subsequent community sies, including allegations of racism gathering on the Green. such as a “Bloods and Crips”- The tone of campus climate had themed party shifted, but in a hosted by Alpha “As a policy person, more mindful, Delta fraternity direcI’ve been disappointed sensitive and Delta Delta tion, women’s Delta sorority, as by how a lot of these and gender studwell as accusa- important topics have ies professor Mitions of hazing chael Bronski directed at Beta been lumped together. said. The more Alpha Omega These are discrete open acknowlfrater nity afedgement of issues, each of which ter documents Dartmouth’s isreg arding its has multiple facets.” sues relates to sink night were its appearance leaked. in the media, he A post on - Charles Wheelan, said. Bored at Baker economics and public “ I this winter that think the bad policy professor outlined the publicity has steps to rape a gotten so bad female member of the Class of 2017, that even students on campus who who was identified by name, resulted will defend Dartmouth no matter in demonstrations of outrage and what will say that we have problems,” solidarity in support of the student. he said. “It was unavoidable.” Most recently, the release of the Last spring, when Student As“Freedom Budget” and subsequent sembly vice president-elect Frank sit-in held inside College President Cunningham ’16 heard classes Phil Hanlon’s office, during which would be canceled, he was shocked, supporters of the document de- he said. manded a point-by-point response He said he observed that the tento its 70-plus demands, preceded sions that followed the initial protests Hanlon’s announcement that the ultimately resulted in productive College’s social life and priorities dialogue. need to be critically reexamined. Assembly president-elect Casey Many faculty and students agreed Dennis ’15 said the increased turnout that the year has brought new for Assembly elections and the recent conversations to campus, but they student debate on Greek life showed disagreed on the ultimate implica- that campus is now more engaged. tions of these conversations. The student body, he said, “is Economics and public policy finally in one room talking together,” professor Charles Wheelan said that he said. although awareness of campus issues More conversation creates a has been raised, he believes conversa- greater opportunity for empathy to tions only addressed a small part of develop, Cunningham said. the problem and have not amounted Felipe Jaramillo ’16 said campus to tangible solutions. climate has remained consistently Wheelan said the phenomenon tense, though he believes students of clustering several campus-wide are more poised to tackle the issues. issues together makes it difficult to “If the issues could be solved, they address each individually. haven’t been yet,” Jaramillo said. “I think that’s a bit of a cop-out,” Bronski said Hanlon’s call to he said, “As a policy person, I’ve been action last week was a “completely disappointed by how a lot of these correct diagnosis” of Dartmouth’s important topics have been lumped problems. together. These are discrete issues, “I think we may be on the verge each of which has multiple facets.” of a much better discussion,” he said, English professor Ivy Schweitzer, “but I don’t know what that will look who participated in the faculty meet- like.” FROM ANNIVERSARY PAGE 1
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Graduate students form coalition against sexual assault B y Quynh-Nhu Le and Joanna R. Schacter The Harvard Crimson
Members of a recently formed coalition to address the issue of sexual assault at Harvard’s graduate schools gathered Tuesday evening to craft their group’s name, mission statement, and plan of action, which includes analysis of sexual assault policies and an education campaign across the graduate schools. The meeting of the coalition, now entitled Harvard Students Demand Respect, was attended by students from six of the University’s graduate schools—the Kennedy School, the Law School, the Business School, the School of Public Health, the School of Education, and the Divinity School. Although groups at individual graduate schools had previously worked to address sexual assault and gender discrimination on campus, the coalition was created recently and comes after an op-ed
published by The Crimson earlier this month triggered campus-wide conversation on the issue of sexual assault. Last week, University President Drew G. Faust announced that that Harvard has submitted a revised sexual assault policy, the product of a working group convened last year to ensure that Harvard’s policies align with federal Title IX regulations, for review by the Department of Education. If approved, the revised sexual assault policy will mark the first time all of the University’s schools must comply with the same set of regulations. Michelle Maziar, an organizer for the coalition and graduate of the School of Education, said that she believed there had not previously been collective action on these issues because the graduate school communities are generally isolated from each other. She said this new group will allow for activists to centralize and enhance their efforts at reform. “Graduate students are two-
thirds of Harvard’s student population,” Maziar said. “We need to be involved.” Organizers of Harvard Students Demand Respect said the group differs in its mission from Our
“Graduate students are two-thirds of Harvard’s student population. We need to be involved.” - michelle maziar, harvard students demand respect organizer Harvard Can Do Better, a student group advocating for modifications to Harvard’s sexual assault policy. Harvard Students Demand Respect focuses particularly on the gradu-
ate student experience and has the broader goal of addressing genderbased violence and discrimination. Still, Rory R. Gerberg, one of the coalition’s leaders and a student at the Kennedy School, said the two groups will be working closely together to advocate for adequate reform of Harvard’s sexual assault policy and to hold the University accountable for Title IX compliance. “Our policy team will be looking at what [Our Harvard Can Do Better is] doing and how our work can complement theirs,” Gerberg said. Maziar added that she believes there is an “enormous void in responsibility and policy” in the way the administration handles and responds to sexual assault. While the coalition expressed “cautious optimism” about the University’s recently submitted and revised policy, members still suggested that the coalition’s policy team continue to analyze current policies at the graduate schools,
make recommendations for policy change, and propose accountability mechanisms to ensure implementation and compliance. “Even though [the revised policy] has been submitted, we still need to put pressure on the administration to make sure this happens, and is just, and has what we want,” Maziar said. She said that she thought that the administration has thus far not adequately involved graduate students in its efforts to address sexual assault on campus, having included only one graduate student on its task force. In addition to analyzing policy, the coalition seeks to launch an education campaign across the graduate schools and to increase public awareness of issues at Harvard. Liaisons have been appointed to facilitate communication between school administrators and Title IX coordinators. “This is a really exciting time, and I think we’re going to see a lot of change,” Maziar said.
Biology, computer science dominate sophomore declarations B y albert anderson The Brown Daily Herald
Biology topped the list of most popular concentration declarations — submitted by sophomores April 1 — for the second consecutive year, while computer science displaced economics, which witnessed a significant drop in declarations, for second place in this year’s declaration process. With 97 total declarations as of earlier this month, biology took the top spot, according to sophomore declaration data provided by the Office of the Registrar. Computer science was the second-most declared at 82, continuing its decadelong upward trend. The number of sophomores declaring computer science has more than quadrupled since spring 2005, when just 19 sophomores did so. Economics was once again among the most popular concentrations, but counted 30 fewer declarations than last spring. Faculty members cautioned that sophomores continue to add or switch declarations through their spring semester. “Computer science seemed intriguing, so I decided to continue on with it and realized how powerful it could be,” said Arun Varma ’16, a newly declared applied mathcomputer science concentrator who said he had considered engineering before discovering his passion for computer science. The availability of jobs after graduation was likely a factor in the increasing popularity of the concentration, Varma said,
adding that popular media portrayals of tech-centered characters, like Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Network” and the character Q in “Skyfall,” have challenged the program’s stereotype as a “geeky” subject. Roberto Tamassia, professor
“Computer science seemed intriguing, so I decided to continue on with it and realized how powerful it could be.” - Arun Varma ’16, math-computer science concentrator at brown of computer science and chair of the department, said he does not see the rise in the concentration’s popularity slowing down any time soon. “Computing is the future, and new discoveries in computing are what will create economic growth and prosperity,” he said. Tamassia expressed concerns that the increased number of concentrators has placed a strain on the department’s resources, saying that he looks forward to receiving additional support from the University as President Christina Paxson’s strategic plan is implemented. In the meantime, “we are experiencing a major crisis as resources we get
from the University have remained flat or declining while enrollments have exploded,” he said. Economics, which has been one of the most popular concentrations in recent years, witnessed a 28 percent decrease in declarations from last year and a 41 percent drop from 2012. The department recently added two additional curricular requirements stipulating that concentrators in the class of 2016 or later must take two econometrics courses, rather than one, and must take MATH 0100: “Introductory Calculus, Part II” or a higher-level calculus course. But Roberto Serrano, professor of economics and chair of the department, said decreasing the number of concentrators was not an objective of the curricular revisions. “The change was motivated because economics is a very rigorous and quantitative discipline, and we felt that we had to do something about making an undergraduate curriculum more like economics is today,” Serrano said, adding that the curriculum is now more in line with other universities’ requirements. “We don’t want to be the department with the highest number of students because we are very aware of the strain that puts on the resources that we have,” Serrano said. “The emphasis in recent years has been to create a better learning environment for our concentrators.” At 78 declarations, business, entrepreneurship and organizations was the third-most popular
declared concentration for the second consecutive year. Rounding out the top five declared concentrations was political science, which had 63 declarations, an increase of 16 over last year’s total. Vanshika Goenka ’16 said the
“Computing is the future, and new discoveries in computing are what will create economic growth and prosperity.” - Roberto Tamassia, computer science department chair curriculum and faculty played a primary role in her decision to concentrate in political science. “There aren’t as many requirements, which allows you to take other classes at the same time you fulfill your political science requirements,” Goenka said, adding that similar concentrations like international relations can have burdensome course loads that limit exploration of other academic interests and can make it difficult to focus on a thesis. English experienced a notable decline in declarations, falling to 23 from 39 last year.
History has decreased from a recent high of 88 declarations in 2005 to 43 declarations as of this year’s April 1 deadline. While Department of English faculty members declined to comment on the concentration’s recent trend, Cynthia Brokaw, professor of history and chair of the department, said she hoped her department’s downward trend is leveling off based on an increased number of declarations in 2013 as compared to 2012 and a large number of overall students enrolled in history courses. “What’s been happening at Brown is a national problem, and I’m cautiously hopeful that we’re turning a corner,” Brokaw said. “In the wake of the recession, people are more and more concerned about majoring in courses that appear to be giving them an economic advantage,” she said, citing such concerns as a possible explanation for the recent dip in history concentrations. Neuroscience also experienced a decrease in declarations, declining from 76 last year to 57 this year. The concentration had the fourth-highest total last year, but fell off the top-five list for sophomore declarations this spring. Ayumi Tsuda ’16 said she chose the concentration in order to prepare for medical school and because she found the material interesting. “I think the decrease in popularity can be attributed to the increasing interest in concentrations like computer science that are perceived as very employable by students right now,” Tsuda said.
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OnEarthDay,BarnardColumbiaDivest New Rep show explores turns Columbia into ‘Earth university’ family, freedom B y Emma Bogler The Columbia Spectator
Environmentalism isn’t just about carbon and whales and polar bears—ultimately, it’s about people,” Joe Shortsleeve, GS ’14 and a member of Barnard Columbia Divest, said at the group’s Earth Day event in Butler Plaza on Tuesday. “It’s easy to think of climate change as a math problem or a science problem but it’s really a human problem.” To that end, BCD planned a series of talks and activities throughout the day and encouraged professors to hold classes outside with the goal of transforming Columbia into an “Earth university” for Earth Day. “We’re trying to bring some energy back into climate justice work. ... We’re trying to bring people together to think deeply and critically about the serious societal challenge that is climate change,” Shortsleeve said. The day’s organizers said they hoped the day would help to build a communal sense of environmental responsibility. “We want people to see climate justice as being at the center of every discipline, because it poses a challenge to everything,” Daniela Lapidous, CC ’16 and a BCD member, said. “We can either unite to face that challenge together or we can all fail.” She said that Earth Day can serve as a platform to inform
students about the wider environmental effects of their everyday actions. “Honestly, Earth Day in and of itself doesn’t matter that much—I think it’s much more important to be environmentally engaged every day. If we just limit thinking about these issues to one day we’ll never get anywhere,” she added. Participating professors also said they appreciated how the day brought students out, both literally and figuratively, into the larger environment. “Environmentalism has the capacity to bring together lot of people across different disciplines around these common issues,” Karl Jacoby, a professor who took his class on the ecological history of North America outside for the day, said. “I’m delighted that students are doing this. I think these are wonderful learning opportunities. ... I’m hoping they’ll start to help people understand the richness of environmentalism and the need to interrogate, to understand, to be more self-conscious about what we’re doing every day.” Columbia has a long history with Earth Day—a group of Columbia students helped to organize the first ever Earth Day in New York in the winter of 1970, after hearing a speech by environmental activist Denis Hayes. Barnard Columbia Divest hopes to continue using Earth Day as an opportunity for activism.
“I see today as an opportunity to bring Earth Day back to its roots,” Darragh Martin, an English professor and founding BCD member who gave two talks during the day, said. “Columbia has the capacity to be a megaphone. ... Divesting from these companies will likely have a negligible impact on them but the symbolic impact would be huge,” he said. “This is an opportunity for us to come together and make climate change a moral issue. ... People need to think about the fact that the money we bring to Columbia is going to fund climate injustice.” Participants in the day’s programs said the activities prompted them to think about environmental issues. “Columbia is a great place to learn, but kids need to think about where their money, or their parents’ money, is going,” Kevin Connell, CC ’07, who participated in the day’s events, said. “You can sit and think in a classroom for four years and never ask yourself about the effects of your actions.” “The way we think about climate change matters. It’s not just cold, hard science,” Irina Teveleva, CC ’17, who attended a number of the day’s events, said. “I think it’s something the community needs to come together around,” she said. “I don’t know if that’s something that can happen today but it’s something we need to work on.”
costume,” Mitchell said. McGregor and Mitchell said the The Yale Daily News play’s script contains highly detailed For its last show of the 2013-’14 and specific stage directions, which are season, the Yale Repertory Theatre meant to ensure that the production is staging a new play exploring the accurately depicts the culture of New importance of family and the cost of Orleans in the early 19th century. freedom. McGregor explained that the city “The House that will not Stand” is a combination of vastly different by Marcus Gardley opens tomorrow cultures, noting that some parts of it night at the Rep. The play centers on resemble Greek revival architecture a group of women in New Orleans while others appear similar to Senand the tensions that arise between egalese tropical landscapes. During them after the death of the family the rehearsal process several features patriarch. Gardley said he was inspired of the play’s set, even objects not sigby various sources, including the work nificant to the plot, were replaced in of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia favor of more elaborate props in order Lorca, 19th-century American history to better portray the elegance of the and his own family’s stories. characters’ household, she added. “I would argue that all plays some Harrihow draw upon ett D. Foy, who the playwright’s “I would argue that all plays Makeda, life,” Gardley the family serplays somehow draw said. “I noticed vant, said the that the sibling ri- upon the playwright’s characters themvalry here is very life.” selves are also desimilar to my own signed to reflect relationship with the New Orleans my siblings.” - Marcus Gardley, “The culture. She said The play is that her characHouse that Will Not subtitled “A drater is based on the ma about the free Stand” Playwright ancient Queen women of color of Sheba and in New Orleans, explained that 1836,” and Gardley noted that his she must appear regal even though she mother’s side of the family is originally is only a servant. McGregor explained from New Orleans. Gardley said he that the play is set during a time when wanted to expose a little-known period the French-influenced “plaçage” sysof New Orleans history in which many tem — a system in which black women African-American women who had played the role of wives to European been extremely wealthy before the men but were not legally married to territory was sold to the United States them — was in place. As a result, lost all of their property under the McGregor noted, young women such American racial laws of the period. as Beartrice’s daughters had to always Gardley added that the use of poetic present themselves elegantly in order language in the play was inspired by to impress potential suitors, wearing one of his favorite playwrights, Garcia restrictive clothing such as corsets. Lorca, famous for a similar writing McGregor added that the producstyle. tion will feature elaborate lighting and The story line focuses on the central sound effects during scenes in which character Beartrice, her three daugh- supernatural forces are involved, such ters and their servant in the aftermath as when the family house appears to of the death of Beartrice’s husband. move on its own and when characters While two of the daughters yearn to invoke religious deities. She said that find a partner, Beartrice prevents them while films may use techniques such from leaving the house to attend social as computer-generated imagery to events because she feels that no man create the appearance of magic, in the city is worthy of their hands in depicting magical elements on stage marriage. requires actors to convince the audi Lizan Mitchell, who plays Beart- ence that such spirits exist through rice, described the character as a their behavior. Mitchell noted that “product of her time,” noting that for her, these spiritual scenes are not Beartrice’s overbearing parenting only about portraying a character in style originates from a strong desire a play, but also about paying homage to see her children prosper. Patricia to her ancestors. McGregor, the show’s director, said “In terms of African culture, this that Gardley chose “Beartrice” rather is the spirituality that is indigenous to than more conventional spellings of the people,” Mitchell said. “It may be the name, such as “Beatrice,” to evoke foreign to Europeans but to people of the image of a bear, an animal known African descent, you have an intuitive to be protective of its offspring. feeling for this spirituality.” “The particular animal [Beartrice] Performances of “The House that resonates to is the bear, so you should will not Stand” will run through May imagine a mother bear in a beautiful 10.
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TODAY 4:00 p.m. Physics and astronomy Quantum Nano seminar, Wilder 202
4:00 p.m. Lecture, “Fate of Fictive Kinship and the Fiction of Culture,” James Fernandez of the University of Chicago, Silsby Hall 317
4:30 p.m. Special panel discussion, “Art and Activism,” Hood Auditorium
TOMORROW 3:30 p.m. Physics and astronomy colloquium, with Dr. Scott Kenyon of the Harvard-Smithsonian, Wilder 104
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8:00 p.m. “ITCH (when words aren’t enough),” by Genevieve Mifflin ’14, Hopkins Center, Bentley Theater
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Gospel choir to revisit ‘greatest hits’
B y Michaela Ledoux The Dartmouth Staff
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How does science inspire music, and vice versa? Emerging composer Fay Wang, whose work has been played by everyone from the China Philharmonic Orchestra to Bang On A Can All-Stars, leads a musical ensemble in the premiere of a Hop-commissioned work created in collaboration with Dartmouth’s Department of Biological Sciences. This year, as Dartmouth microbiology scientists shared their view of life through a microscope, Wang created a work capturing the beauty and intricacy of the biologist’s world.
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Walt Cunningham, director of the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir, has compiled a repertoire of beloved gospel and popular songs over his 11-year tenure at the College. His innovative choir will perform these “greatest hits,” as he called them, and others in a Sunday performance in Spaulding Auditorium. The show was originally planned as a reunion performance with choir alumni, Cunningham said, but the choir could not organize enough alumni in time. He said he hopes to perform the reunion show next fall. Instead, this show will present beloved songs of the choir, featuring “heavy hitters of gospel music,” he said. “We’re definitely doing the big hits that have come out of the gospel industry in past years, such as Israel Houghton and Kirk Franklin,” he said. Besides performing popular gospel songs, the choir will also explore other genres of music, Jennifer Evans ’17, a soprano in the choir, said. “We do traditional gospel songs,” Evans said, “but Walt has changed them so much that the
message is still there, but the sound is so different.” Cunningham alluded to the show’s “surprises,” including a readaptation of a current popular song that he hopes will incorporate audience participation. Cunningham declined to comment on this aspect of the show, so not to spoil the surprise.
“It’s a nice place to learn about singing, and it doesn’t matter how good you are. It’s just a space to expose yourself and not hold yourself back.” - Danielle Piacentile ’17 Bryan Robinson ’16, a baritone, said that the choir’s diverse repertoire allows members not to feel “confined to one genre.” The show, like other spring shows, will have a “special quality” to it, Robinson said, because it will be many members’ last performance. The choir has prepared for this performance since last term, with
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Some favorite voices from director Walt Cunningham’s 11 years at the helm of this choir join the ensemble for a reunion concert. Get ready to groove to some gospel choir favorites—with new songs sprinkled in the mix, for a not-to-be-missed program. With a punch-packing 20-piece band and high-energy numbers, it’s rousing music, community and just a good ol’ time.
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This auditory Manhattan road trip captures the teeming diversity of New York’s human and structural environment. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner William Schuman evokes the many moods of his beloved George Washington Bridge (1950); while celebrated Dutch composer Johan de Meij’s (whose Symphony No. 1, “Lord of the Rings,” the wind ensemble played in 2011) Symphony No. 2 “Big Apple” (1994) and Grammy winner Jeff Tyzik’s New York Cityscapes (2007) take us on longer forays into the City That Never Sleeps.
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biweekly rehearsals and sectionspecific rehearsals for each part of the choir. “We’ve been having a lot of sectionals because there are a lot of differences between the parts,” Evans said. “If each part isn’t perfect, it is hard to get them all to merge well.” Evans, who had been a member of a non-gospel choir for several years before attending Dartmouth, said the passion and abilities of the choir’s singers stunned her. “There is so much enthusiasm and it feels just like one big family,” Evans said. “You have to put in a lot of effort, but the end result is just amazing.” Longtime choir members who have previously performed some of the songs help newer members along by telling them stories of past concerts, Evans said. Alto singer Danielle Piacentile ’17 said that the choir, composed of undergraduates, graduate students and community members, opens every rehearsal by discussing their weeks. Piacentile first learned of the choir fall term while supporting a friend at a performance. “It was incredible — I was so excited to be there and that just made me want to join it even more,” Piacentile said. “It’s a nice space to learn about singing, and it doesn’t matter how good you are. It’s just a space to express yourself and not hold yourself back.” Other members said they value the experience of learning a different style of music. “I was interested in trying a different style of singing,” Robinson said. “I was familiar with gospel music, but I didn’t really listen to gospel music, so it was a nice change of pace.” The performance will take place Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Offense sparks for baseball team in midweek tune-up B y gayne kalustian The Dartmouth Staff
Two explosive innings carried the Dartmouth baseball team to a 16-8 victory over visiting Division II St. Anselm College on Tuesday.
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The successful day brought with it a new Dartmouth varsity record for co-captain Jeff Keller ’14. Keller, already in the books with the most doubles in a single season (21), smashed the previous record for career doubles on Tuesday — held by Scott Shirrell ’04 — by hitting three two-baggers, bringing his current total to 53 with four games left in the regular season. The record, co-captain Dustin Selzer ’14 said, demonstrates the consistency Keller possesses as a player. “They’ve been playing baseball here for 150 years,” he said. “A record like
that shows that he’s not having a good game or a good season but that he’s an outstanding player.” Keller currently has the highest batting average on the team among starters with a .308 mark despite a recent dry spell at the plate. Describing his recent struggles, Keller noted that the pressure that builds after a few tough at bats can lead him to swing at pitches he shouldn’t. “I’ve had a tough time getting going all year,” he said, “but I get up and think, ‘Today will be the day.’ Believing you’ll turn around and kind of get going again is the key.” Keller moved into the leadoff slot Saturday night after the team dropped a doubleheader in Providence R.I, and scored four of Dartmouth’s runs against the Hawks on Tuesday despite coming out of the game after the bottom of the sixth. Third baseman Nick Lombardi ’15, the second highest slugger on the team this season, crushed his second career grand slam in the fifth over the netting in left. With 21 runs batted in
on the season, Lombardi is tied now with designated hitter Joe Purritano ’16 for most on the team. The grand slam and landslide victory couldn’t have come at a more critical time in the season, Lombardi said. “It’s always good to get confidence up before the weekend,” he said. “It helps you have faith in your swing.” The majority of Dartmouth’s 16 runs — the most the team has scored in a single game this season — came in the third and fifth innings when six and eight runs, respectively, put the game out of arm’s reach for St. Anselm. Second baseman Thomas Roulis ’15 brought home four runners in addition to scoring two of his own runs over the course of the game, while Michael Ketchmark ’17, starting his first home game in left, notched three hits in five at bats, scoring twice. Six Hawks and four Big Green hurlers saw the mound in the game, giving up 30 hits between the 10 of them, 17 from Dartmouth hitters. Yet the eight runs scored by St. Anselm aren’t a reason for concern, catcher
Matt MacDowell ’15 said. “I think we tend to play a little more laxed when we know that we have a little bit more run support,” he said. “It makes us play a little more loosely and trade runs for outs.” The manner in which the runs were scored — in clustered spurts of two or three innings instead of spread evenly across the frames — shows the Big Green’s scoring pattern this season, because the contagious effect of hitting gets the order going in random innings, Selzer said. The team should work on improving consistency, he said. With only four games left in the regular season, the Big Green must tweak small points to have a chance at winning the Red Rolfe Division. Dartmouth sits two games behind Yale University, so the Big Green must win the majority of its four-game set with the Crimson while getting help from Yale’s opponent, Brown University. Yale hasn’t won the Division title since 1994 while the entire Big Green roster has never experienced a second-place
finish. “It would be uncharted territory for everyone on the team right now,” MacDowell said. “[Being Red Rolfe Division Champions] is something we take a lot of pride in, but that’s just another reason all the pressure is on Yale.” Meanwhile, in the Lou Gehrig Division, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University are now tied for first place with 13 wins each. The teams will go head to head in a pair of doubleheaders this weekend for the chance to host the Championship series against the Red Rolfe Champions. But with all the “what if ” situations that could determine the fate of both Divisions, players, Selzer said, are focused on their practices, their roster and their own games. “We’re not in complete control of the season at this point,” he said, “but we’re going to practice hard, play loose and aggressive and just have fun and enjoy it. This is my last regular season Ivy weekend I know I have to enjoy it, and the team has to have some fun.”
Courtney Jaworski hired as head coach for women’s cross country
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When Dartmouth’s Steve Mangan ’14 crossed the finish line in the mile race at the indoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in Hanover in March, he shattered the Ivy record by nearly three seconds. The previous recordholder — Courtney Jaworski of the University of Pennsylvania — had run his best in 2006 but will soon return to Hanover in a different context, as the head coach of Dartmouth’s women’s cross country team and an assistant coach on the track and field teams. Jaworski, whose appointment was announced yesterday, will replace Mark Coogan, who departed the College in mid-January for the New Balance running sports marketing division, where he coaches the company’s elite athletes. He has since coached the Big Green part time from Boston and will continue through the rest of the season. The teams have enjoyed extraordinary success over the past several years. The women’s team won the Ivy League championship in cross country, nabbed second in the indoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championships and finished seventh at the indoor NCAA championships, the highest finish ever
for an Ivy League team. The school received a total of close to 90 applications for the position, head men’s coach Barry Harwick said. After reviewing the applications, Harwick and senior associate athletics director for peak performance Drew Galbraith, who led the search process, conducted phone interviews with 11 before selecting four to bring to campus. Here, candidates met the team and other staff members at in-person interviews. “Courtney’s application hit each of our key variables,” Harwick said. “We’re looking for a coach who is going to come in and hit the ground running. Courtney impressed every single person he interacted with.” After graduation, he moved to the Oregon Track Club Elite, Nike’s premier Olympic development distance and middle distance team. He then coached at Smith College and the University of Puget Sound before moving to Manhattanville College, where he has coached for the past year. As a runner for the Quakers, Jaworski finished seventh in the 800-meters at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and twice won the most outstanding male athlete at the indoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.
While the Big Green will lose star Abbey D’Agostino ’14 next year, five of the team’s seven cross country runners who competed in the Ivy League Championship last year will be returning. This situation gave Dartmouth many qualified coaching candidates. “In some ways, it was kind of an embarrassment of riches with the people who came to campus,” Galbraith said. “So then it allows you, as someone doing the hiring, to really split hairs in the best way possible. With all of that, Courtney was our number-one choice.” Galbraith said that the ideal candidate would understand the “duality of purpose” of an Ivy League runner and could imagine a future for the team without this year’s success as a ceiling. The department also met with returning athletes to determine qualities they sought in a new coach, which included competitive running experience and an understanding of the tensions of being an Ivy League athlete. “I think it’s really cool that coach Jaworski went to UPenn as an undergrad,” Dana Giordano ’16 said. “I think that’s great to have a coach that really understands the balance between academics and athletics because that’s why a lot of us went to Dartmouth.” Dartmouth’s hire of Jaworksi was
the first Division I cross countryposition filled this year, Harwick said, as the team bucked the trend to wait until the track season’s conclusion to select a coach. The early announcement will allow Jaworski extra time to visit campus in May and June to get to know the athletes and staff and find a place to live, he said. Giordano said she anticipates working with Jaworski over the summer and showing him the trails through Hanover in addition to the team’s training trip to the Second College Grant. “It’s nice to know and not have that uncertainty and plan for the future,” she said. “I think it’s nice to have a name and a coach to work with going forward.” Jaworski’s background and success in the Ivy League contributed largely to the hiring decision, Galbraith said. Jaworksi agreed that being a former Ivy athlete gives him a greater understanding of the athletics-academic balancing act that athletes juggle. “There’s a lot going on with these athletes — they’re very, very busy and just kind of understanding how to juggle all that and still help produce nationalcaliber and Heptagonal winners within the conference,” he said. Jaworski cited the Big Green’s current strength as a factor that boosted the position’s appeal. He said he is focused
on continuing the team’s recent success and building on its positive culture. The team, he said, seems like a family. As a coach, he reviews both outcome and process goals with the team to improve overall performance. Jaworski plans to look at Coogan’s strategy and build off it as he begins his career at Dartmouth. The Big Green cross country and track programs include six coaches who each focus on different areas but work together during the season, so interactions among the coaching staff are also critical, Harwick said. Jaworski said he looks forward to being able to focus on female distance runners after running an entire program at Manhattanville. Though Jaworski does not have Division I coaching experience, Galbraith said the incoming coach had a clearly articulated philosophy behind his prior positions that fit well with the Dartmouth model. “He has a strong belief in the liberal arts education,” Galbraith said. “He specifically wanted to be in non-scholarship settings where students were running because they loved it, and they loved the opportunities they had educationally, so I think he quickly answered that question.”