The Dartmouth 04/25/14

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VOL. CLXXI NO. 69

MOSTLY SUNNY HIGH 57 LOW 38

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Around 350 attend Dimensions A Phi, Phi Delt cancel ‘Phiesta’ By ZAC HARDWICK The Dartmouth Staff

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An activities fair introduced prospective students to the College’s extracurriculars.

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Around 350 admitted students attended the third Dimensions program, associate admissions director Katherine Madden said. The two-day event consisted of academic showcases, student panels, nighttime tours, club events and the annual studentorganized show. The Dimensions program was altered significantly from previous years to span three April weekends and contained additional programming. At the show, current freshmen did not pose as prospective students. Dean of admissions and

financial aid Maria Laskaris said the College tried to fit as many events as possible in the two-day program without compromising the basic structure of Dimensions. Laskaris said the events aimed to allow prospective students to attend classes, spend time with hosts and other undergraduates and meet other prospective students. Various student groups hosted events for prospective students, including an event hosted by the Pan-Asian community and a “Voces Nuestras” panel with members of the Latina and Latino community. At the second annual event on

Dartmouth myths, legends and realities, 40 student facilitators talked in groups with around 200 prospective students. During a session for parents held at the same time, a panel of Office of Pluralism and Leadership representatives hosted a question-and-answer session before breaking into smaller groups. Parents raised questions about sexual assault, Greek life alternatives and support networks at Dartmouth. Monica Montgomery, a parent of a prospective member of the Class of 2018, said she was

The presidents of Alpha Phi sorority and Phi Delta Alpha fraternity canceled “Phiesta,” an annual philanthropic event planned for Saturday, after students raised concerns about the theme’s possible cultural insensitivity, A Phi president Courtney Wong ’15 said. “We take these concerns very seriously,” Wong said. “And we want to make sure that we respect the diversity of the broader community.” Phi Delt president Taylor Cathcart ’15 reiterated Wong’s comments, emphasizing that he supported canceling the event. “We felt that the possibility of offending even one member of the Dartmouth community was not worth the potential benefits of having the fundraiser,” Cathcart said. All proceeds would have gone toward cardiac care, according to the Facebook invitation. Dartmouth community members were invited to join Greek members on Phi Delt’s lawn of for a performance by campus band “Burn the Barn,” free virgin piña coladas and strawberry daiquiris, chips and salsa, homemade guacamole and Boloco burritos. Yesterday, upon hearing about the event, Daniela Hernandez ’15 sent an email to Greek Letter Organizations and Societies, GLOS director Wes Schaub, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and the Panhellenic Council. In the email, Hernandez raised concerns, including those about racial insensitivity. “There are various problematic structures and ide-

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Three honored for Donation follows rich history sustainability efforts B y MICHAEL QIAN

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Handmade award trophies resembling cairns, stacks of rocks typically used to mark hiking trails, were awarded to studio art and Thayer School of Engineering professor Jack Wilson, Morgan Curtis ’14 and Dartmouth Dining Services associate director Don Reed for their “trailblazing” work at last night’s third annual Sustainability Awards,

a part of the College’s Earth Week celebrations. To open the ceremony, sustainability director Rosi Kerr ’97 noted that the sustainability office internship program has expanded to 30 interns. She also highlighted the sustainability sale, which earned about $45,000 and kept 800 refrigerators out of landfills, as well as the start of the student sustainability office.

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In February 1904, Dartmouth Hall burned down in a smoky blaze. In response, Melvin Adams, Class of 1871, rallied the College’s New England alumni and raised enough money to begin rebuilding Dartmouth Hall within three months. Though the recent $100 million gift to the College was unprecedented, it follows a rich history of alumni giving, with Dartmouth’s donation rate sitting second highest in the Ivy League at 44.5 percent in

2013, behind that of Princeton University. For comparison, the 2005 fiscal year saw a total of $106,214,533 in donations. Ted Grossnickle, senior consultant and founder of Johnson Grossnickle Associates, identified three driving factors behind particularly large gifts — considerable belief in a college’s mission statement, trust in the institution’s leadership and a strong sense of connection to the school. Substantial gifts are usually given when leaders at a college have an “overpowering or overwhelming” vision that relates to

the donor’s own values, higher education fundraising expert Arthur Criscillis said. The recent donation also comes with a two-to-one matching mechanism, which requires the College to raise money on its own for any projects that it hopes to fund with money from the donation. If a proposal costs $30 million, for example, then Dartmouth must raise $20 million before $10 million can be accessed from the donated funds. Criscillis said such models are common among higher educaSEE DONATIONS PAGE 3


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