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Tuck to launch winter Bridge B y ROSHAN DUTTA The Dartmouth Staff
For the first time, The Tuck School of Business will offer a three-week version of its Business Bridge program over winter interim in addition to the popular monthlong summer program estab-
lished in 1997. Coined December Bridge, the new program will teach business and financial fundamentals, targeting Dartmouth sophomores, juniors and seniors. Tuck decided to launch the December Bridge program for students who cannot participate over the
summer, Tuck senior associate dean Robert Hansen said. Tuck professor William Martin, who teaches Business Bridge courses, said in an email that December Bridge will also target juniors who choose not to SEE BRIDGE PAGE 2
Pending approval from College faculty, undergraduate students may be able to view their peers’ online course evaluations dating back to 2006, starting next year. Spearheaded by the Student Assembly’s academic affairs committee, this proposal has attracted support from both students and faculty. This Monday, the committee of chairs, comprising heads of the College’s arts and sciences departments, recommended the initiative’s approval. Faculty members will discuss and vote on the proposal in May, Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno said. The committee on instruction, which oversees facultystudent curricular interactions, and the committee on priorities also recommended the proposal earlier this year, Mastanduno said. Faculty members read course reviews submitted each term, using them especially when modifying courses, but the information is not currently available
to students, the Assembly’s academic affairs committee chair Mac Murphy ’15 said. If the proposal passes, faculty members can choose to release their course evaluations to students via the registrar’s website, Murphy said. Only students will be able to access the website, and professors will not be able to see their colleagues’ reviews. If a professor decides to opt in, Murphy said, the evaluations for all of his or her classes will be made available for one year, which prohibits him or her from “cherry-picking” specific courses. Professors will be given the choice to opt in every year. Faculty members have expressed a wide range of opinions about publicizing their course reviews, and the opt-in allows them to act on that view, Mastanduno said. “I expect lots of faculty will opt in, but I still think it’s fair for faculty members, at this stage, to be able to decide SEE EVALUATION PAGE 3
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Eight alumni to serve Powwow preparations near finish as Presidential Fellows B y APOORVA DIXIT The Dartmouth Staff
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Retur ning home after winter term, Stephanie Barnhart ’14 had just touched down when she turned on her phone to see an email from the Advancement Office. Sitting on the tarmac, her Internet connection was weak. “It was a heart-stopping few moments,” she said in an email. The message loaded, and
she learned she had gotten the job. Barnhart, along with seven other alumni, will work as a Presidential Fellow next year, serving in a yearlong administrative position at the College. Next year’s fellows listed a love of Dartmouth, desire to gain work experience and the opportunity to give back to the school as reasons they applied to the program, SEE FELLOWS PAGE 7
With less than a month left until the 42nd annual powwow, the 11 students on this year’s planning committee are wrapping up preparations for the program, which celebrates various Native American cultures through food, song, dance and drum. Based on previous attendance, around 1,500 people are expected to participate, making it the one of the largest student-run powwows in the Northeast. At the close of this year’s
event, the Native American Program and the Hood Museum of Art will unveil five sculptures by Allan Houser, a prominent Apache Indian artist and former College artist-in-residence, in front of the Black Family Visual Arts Center. The event, said powwow committee co-presidents Zach Cooper ’17 and Emily Harwell ’16, takes nearly a year to plan, costing around $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 . T h e p owwow committee, which this year includes nine freshmen, organizes every aspect of the event, booking locations, in-
viting dance groups, judging competitions and selecting the head staff. Comprising the arena director, head man dancer and head woman dancer, the head staff traditionally host the powwow. Selection, Harwell said, is an honor that recognizes skills or performance. “They can make or break the powwow,” Harwell said. This year’s budget comes from the President’s Office, the Special Program and Events Committee and NAP, SEE POWWOW PAGE 6
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Dec. Bridge targets College applicants
DAily debriefing
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After football players at Northwestern University, with assistance from the National College Players Association advocacy group, moved in January to unionize, the university’s administration fought their efforts with legal action. This week, the Dartmouth sat down with the deputy athletics director Robert Ceplikas ’78 to discuss the Northwestern unionization case and its relation to Dartmouth athletics. How do you think the case, which has received national attention, will impact Dartmouth? RC: It won’t have any direct impact because it only applies to athletic scholarships, so the Ivies are immune from that. Now this is my opinion, but I don’t think it will hold up in the long run. Could the right to unionize be extended to non-scholarship athletes? RC: I have not seen any interpretation that would lead non-scholarship athletes to be affected by this. The very basis of the ruling was that it’s the scholarship that makes the student an employee. What if the case makes its way to the Supreme Court and stands? RC: Let’s just say, hypothetically, that the ruling does get upheld all the way to the Supreme Court, then the main impact on the Ivies will be that the really selective, private institutions that are most affected — the Northwesterns, the Dukes, the Stanfords — they’ll suddenly be looking for a very different type of athletic conference to compete in. They’ll drop their athletic scholarships and they’ll look for a conference like the Ivy League. Some of those schools would come knocking on the Ivy League’s door and express some kind of interest, if not joining the Ivy League itself, in making some scheduling agreements. They’ll be looking for competition from other non-scholarship schools that have similar academic philosophies. That could be a pretty major change.
participate in the summer program as rising seniors, instead completing summer internships “to secure a much coveted full-time offer.” Tuck professor Adam Kleinbaum, who teaches in the program, said he believes that offering Business Bridge immediately before the January recruiting window will make the program more effective for students seeking internships the following summer. “It also expands our capacity to offer this great educational opportunity to more students each year,” Kleinbaum said. December Bridge will be one week shorter than the summer program and will not include on-campus recruiting. Tuck markets the summer program beyond the College, Hansen said, and students from around 50 to 60 colleges typically participate. The winter program, however, will cater primarily to Dartmouth students, Hansen said, though applications from students at other
schools will still be considered. Racquel Bernard ’13, who attended the Bridge program the summer after her junior year, said that she is concerned that not having students from other colleges may negatively influence dynamics among students. “One thing I’m curious is to see how they’ll maintain the same level of energy they have during the summer session, when you have students that are meeting each other for the first time and everyone’s really excited,” Bernard said. Michael Burbank ’13 said that although the program may lose some of its power without students from other schools, he did not believe the change would detract from the program’s academic offerings. Both professors and students interviewed said the program effectively equips students with skills necessary for success in the business world. Calling the program “integrated and interactive,” Tuck professor Leslie Robinson said she believes it efficiently delivers a diverse curriculum. Kleinbaum said Business Bridge
students gain a broad business education in a short time frame. “It’s also a great opportunity for the faculty to interact with smart, interesting undergrads,” Kleinbaum added. Hansen, who founded the program in 1997 and has taught courses every year since, said that he has seen program alumni successfully apply the knowledge they gained from the program to their postgraduate careers. “I think the Bridge program has helped literally thousands of students figure out how to use their liberal arts education in a way that allows them to have an impact on the world by applying business knowledge,” he said. The program costs $7,000, and some funding for students eligible for financial aid may be available, Hansen said. The alumni network and post-program resources made the program worth it from a financial standpoint, Burbank said. “The connections stay with you,” he said.
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Faculty express support for open course evaluation initiative FROM EVALUATION PAGE 1
themselves, if they’d like that for whatever reason,” Mastanduno said. “I don’t think it’s simply a question of people with good evaluations want to opt in and those without them, won’t.” Government department chair John Carey said course evaluations are a reliable method of evaluating teaching, due to the high student response rates and the quality of the questions. “My experience with the course selection is that anytime you survey thousands of people, you’ll get some wacky responses or some people who are cranky and hostile — you understand that and you prepare for it, but by and large, students are pretty good at identifying good teaching,” Carey said. The website will contain results from six quantitative questions present on the current evaluation forms in addition to three new, qualitative questions developed by the Student Assembly. The faculty must approve nine questions, which would be optional and posted anonymously.
If approved, the site will lack comprehensive qualitative data for the first few years, Murphy said. The quantitative data, which dates back to the inception of the online review system in 2005, will be more robust.
“I think it’s fair for faculty members, at this stage, to be able to decide for themselves, if they’d like [to opt in] for whatever reason. -MICHAEL MASTANDUNO, DEAN OF THE FACULTY
“A lot of things that are most pertinent when you’re choosing a class is the type of work assigned or whether it’s a lecture class or a discussion class, and those are things you can’t adequately convey
in a quantitative manner,” Murphy said. College Registrar Meredith Braz said in an email that she is currently working with computing services to model a possible prototype and is uncertain whether the site will be operational by the end of fall term. While department chairs interviewed expressed support for the initiative, they also noted potential downsides. Psychological and brain sciences department chair Jay Hull agreed that course evaluations should be made available to students and said he encourages potential students to look at past course reviews to gain a sense of the workload. He said, however, that student comments could sometimes be cutting, making young faculty members particularly vulnerable. Murphy said there was also debate about whether adjunct faculty members should be included in the initiative. Douglas Staiger, chair of the economics department, said he strongly supports the proposal and will encourage faculty members in
his department to opt in. He added, however, that some professors — including junior faculty or senior faculty who are developing new courses — may be uncomfortable opting in. If the majority of professors
“By and large, students are pretty good at identifying good teaching.” - JOHN CAREY, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT CHAIR participate, Staiger said, there will be increased pressure for others to opt in, noting also that professors’ unwillingness to publish course evaluations could lead students to develop a negative perception of the class. Carey said that making course evaluations available may cause professors to “teach to the evalua-
tions,” hoping to curry favor from students. Other common modes of obtaining information about classes — like the Hacker Club’s Course Picker or word of mouth — do not present as complete a picture as the proposed website, Murphy said. Of 10 students interviewed, all expressed support for the initiative. “More transparency is a good thing, as long as the information is authentic,” Isaac Guttman ’14 said. Last October, the Assembly surveyed students through a campuswide email to assess the popularity of making course reviews public and sent the results to Mastanduno. About 900 students responded with “resounding” approval over two days, Murphy said. Other Ivy League institutions have publicly accessible course review databases. Cornell University, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University publish official course reviews. Brown University and Columbia University use sites similar to Hacker Club’s Course Picker.
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Reflection and Civility
The College must improve faculty diversity through the cluster initiative. From casual conversations during office hours to funded lunch dates in town, from the Presidential Scholars program to other undergraduate research partnerships, a robust culture of student-professor interaction thrives at Dartmouth. At a college that has ranked number one in undergraduate teaching for the past five years, our faculty play a significant role as mentors to many undergraduates. We hope this never changes. But the dual role that faculty play, as both scholars and teachers, requires vigorous and constant support. Though Dartmouth is already an extraordinary research institution, we urge the College to continue to do its best to support professors in both positions. The recent $100 million donation and cluster initiative provide an exciting opportunity for the College to increase the diversity of its faculty, not only in terms of discipline but also in terms of background. Doing so would improve both the College’s social and intellectual climate. Efforts to increase inclusivity at Dartmouth should be made at all levels, including among faculty. At a recent “Moving Dartmouth Forward” session held earlier this week, community members discussed ways to recruit and retain faculty from minority groups. Dartmouth has a notably poor retention rate for minority faculty members and is the least diverse school in the Ivy League, with the percentage of white faculty, including graduate schools, at 82 percent. Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno mentioned the “playmate problem” as a factor influencing many minority faculty members’ decisions to leave the College. In order to meet all faculty members’ intellectual needs, the College must provide them with more opportunities to connect and collaborate with their fellow professors. At a school as small as Dartmouth, it is sometimes more difficult than it should be for professors to find an intellectual “playmate.” Professors with very specific areas of expertise or those in smaller departments may choose to go
elsewhere to better satisfy their intellectual needs. The recent clustering initiative will create interdisciplinary partnerships to foster collaboration and research across departments. In doing so, the College will encourage professors from different fields to engage with one another intellectually. If these clusters are successful, professors will embark on creative, innovative and exciting projects, putting Dartmouth at the forefront of research, in addition to undergraduate teaching. At the discussion, many faculty members agreed that Dartmouth needs a “critical mass” of minority faculty members in various departments if it hopes to improve the retention rate. While a critical mass of minority faculty members would certainly contribute to an overall welcoming atmosphere, the connections that these academic clusters will forge may increase the overall sense of belonging for all faculty members. English professor Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina noted at the event that some junior faculty members, especially those from minority groups, may feel overburdened with the mentor relationships they take on for students from similar backgrounds, and we would hope that reaching a “critical mass” could ease this burden. Yet as African and African-American studies professor Reena Goldthree said, Dartmouth should not simply rely on anecdotes. The College should conduct thorough research on faculty quality of life, particularly for minority faculty members, and offer exit interviews with faculty who choose to leave the institution. The key to solving our faculty retention problem is to understand why these faculty members decide to leave in the first place. If paired with the proper research, the clustering initiative is a step in the right direction. We must demonstrate our commitment to minority faculty retention and overall faculty happiness, showing that these tenets are among Dartmouth’s top priorities.
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We must now embrace the sit-in’s successes and improve upon its failures. With terms of exit signed by Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson in hand, the “Freedom Budget” supporters exited Parkhurst, ending their 48-hour sit-in on April 4 at 4:30 p.m. The occupation accomplished a great deal, including bringing serious issues that have divided this campus for far too long to the forefront of our campus discussion and securing assurances of an external review of our campus climate. They have also inflicted great damage on Dartmouth’s reputation and polarized the student body, fuelling animosity and preventing fruitful discussion. The “Freedom Budget” supporters alienated much of the community when a small group of students consisting of no more than 10 percent of the student body violated Standard VIII of the Standards of Conduct, interfering with administrative operations, to force the administration to respond point-by-point to their eight-page list of demands. It strikes me that College President Phil Hanlon does not owe a personal, direct response to such demands as the renovation of Cutter-Shabazz. Furthermore, by diluting the “Freedom Budget” message with tweets about Hanlon’s “Italian leather” office décor and hashtags like “#itshardbeingoppressive,” the “Freedom Budget” has put many people who love Dartmouth on the defensive. I do not dismiss any of the initiatives of the “Freedom Budget” out of hand, but I also do not believe that they bear overwhelming importance to the student body at large or merit the immediate attention of our President. The “Freedom Budget” is filled with strong, insightful recommendations that many of its “opponents” would likely embrace in other contexts. From reviewing financial aid and adding student advocates to the financial aid case reviews to allowing groups to use Safe Ride, many Freedom Budget initiatives have enjoyed popular support from Dartmouth students for years. However, the debate has largely
glossed over the specific initiatives — no doubt part of the reason its supporters wanted it reviewed point-by-point — focusing instead on broader issues about the school’s identity, history and priorities. It’s like the Affordable Care Act — polls show that overwhelming numbers of Americans want to close Medicare’s “doughnut hole” and create insurance exchanges, but few Americans approve of “Obamacare.” Now that the protest has ended, I challenge Dartmouth to embrace the sit-in’s successes and improve upon its failures. I also encourage the Dartmouth community to use the external review as a way to refocus the debate on the issues, not the ideologies. As a community, we need to continue the dialogue that the “Freedom Budget” helped create, but if we fail to elevate the tone of the discussion from acrimony to understanding, we risk tearing Dartmouth apart at the seams. Hopefully a carefully constructed, issue-based review of the campus climate will refocus the community’s discussion. So let’s take a step back and examine where we are now. An external review will assess the lay of the land and impartially establish how the campus at large prioritizes “Freedom Budget” issues. I challenge both sides to keep the dialogue going in the campus’s various publications, classrooms and organizations, but to avoid the us-versus-them mentality that has taken over Dartmouth students’ Facebook statuses and Bored at Baker posts. If the “Freedom Budget” supporters are serious about accomplishing their objectives, and its critics want to preserve Dartmouth’s reputation and protect its institutions which are coming under fire, I have no doubt that campus leaders on both sides will dedicate themselves to pulling students back toward the middle of the discussion. Let’s move forward together, making Dartmouth a place where everyone can feel comfortable and take pride in our peers, heritage and vision for the future.
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Committee continues preparations for next month’s powwow alumni and those outside of the College. the committee co-presidents said. Mariah Cooper ’16, who origi The powwow, Harwell said, nally heard about Dartmouth’s celebrates the diversity of Native powwow as a child in Wisconsin, American cultures on campus. said she is looking forward to the Native American students at event. Dartmouth represent a range Committee member Kayla of different tribes, including the Atcitty ’17 said the powwow is Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Sem- a great opportunity for people inole, Navajo to learn about and Hopi tribes, Ameri“It’s not just one tribe Native each of which c a n c u l t u r e. bring different we’re celebrating, but Noting insensitraditions to the all of them. All of our tive appropriaceremony. tions of Native “It’s not just ancestors and cultural American culone tribe we’re traditions.” ture, such as celebrating, but the Washingall of them,” ton Redskins Harwell said. - Emily Harwell ’16, mascot and “A l l o f o u r powwow committee people wearing ancestors and headdresses at cultural tradi- co-president the Coachella tions.” Music Festival, Dances vary the event could by tribe, said Jackie Eagle ’15, help teach those unfamiliar with noting that those being performed Native American culture about its at the powwow will include the beauty, she said via text message. grass dance, the jingle, the prairie In 1971, former College Presichicken dance, the potato dance dent John Kemeny reaffirmed and straight dances. Dartmouth’s commitment to Na NAP director Kapi’olani Laro- tive American education by foundnal said that the powwow brings ing the NAP, and the first powwow together various groups, including was held in 1973. FROM POWWOW PAGE 1
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which places young alumni in College offices. In addition to Barnhart, Esteban Castano ’14, Jen Jaco ’13, Neelima Panth ’14, Rohail Premjee ’14, Maria Sperduto ’14, Holli Weed ’14 and Karl Yaeger MALS’13 will serve as fellows. Their work will span several divisions of the College’s administration, including the President’s Office, the Provost’s Office, the Advancement Office, the Office of the Dean of the College, the Wellness Office and the Office of Global Health. President’s Office director of outreach and development Nariah Broadus, who oversees the fellowship program, said in an email that it is “competitive,” declining to release the number of applicants. Since the program was founded by former College President Jim Yong Kim, around eight applicants have been selected each year. Barnhart said the program gives participants career experience while allowing them to stay on campus in an academic environment. She said she will explore her interest in higher education and institutional advance ment through the job, which will involve keeping alumni informed about goings-on at Dartmouth. Jaco, who is pursuing the fellowship for a second year, said she applied because she knew people who went through the program previously, adding that it teaches young
graduates about being an employee. After one year in the Office of Finance and Administration, Jaco decided to work in the Wellness Office. Her experience, she said, has prepared her to potentially attend business school and work in hospital administration, one of her goals. Many of the fellows said that their love of Dartmouth played a role in their decision to stay. After his experience in Student Assembly and the Undergraduate Finance Committee, Premjee said, working in the President’s Office seemed a natural transition. Premjee currently works as an intern in the President’s Office, and said he expects the fellowship to better teach him about the College. “As a fellow,” he said, “you finally get a sense of the moving parts of the administration.” Sperduto, a founder and director of Dartmouth on Purpose — a new student group that aims to encourage wellness, reflection and personal success in the campus community — will work next year under the Dean of the College, assisting with projects related to health, wellness and community. Sperduto said that recent graduates can play an important role in administrative processes, providing recent experience as a student and an understanding of how campus operates. “I really love the school and wanted to give back,” Barnhart said. “As a fellow, you can have a role in changing things.”
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Negativity abounds in YCC election By NICOLE NG AND POOJA SALHOTRA The Yale Daily News
In the days leading up to the campus-wide Yale College Council election, candidates and students have expressed disappointment about the prevalence of negative attacks and allegations circulating around the presidential candidates in the race. All four current presidential candidates — Ben Ackerman ’16, Michael Herbert ’16, Sara Miller ’16 and Leah Motzkin ’16 — agreed that since the opening of the campaign period on April 10, the atmosphere around the election has become increasingly negative. All four said campus discourse appears to have shifted dramatically away from candidates’ platforms and proposed policies for the improvement of student life. “This year seems to be more focused on personal character attacks,” said Eric Eliasson ’14, who ran for YCC president in 2012. “I don’t think it was like this [in 2012] … It was more focused on who had the right ideas, who had the right experience.” Students not involved with YCC also said the tone of the overall campaign season has been hostile. Of 10 students interviewed, six said they have heard negative remarks against individual presidential candidates in the form of personal attacks and allegations. Four students said they were indifferent to the elections. “People are going after each other and talking about how they’re better than others, which defeats the purpose of elections,” said Ryan Simpson ’17. On April 11, the four presidential candidates each published a column in the News detailing their reasons for running and their vision for next year’s Council. Eliasson said the News comment boards tended towards focusing on personal character attacks, which he attributed in part to the board’s anonymous nature. By Wednesday evening, the column from Miller, who is also a photography editor for the News, had garnered 130 comments. In a comment posted on the day of the column’s publication, current YCC President Danny Avraham ’15 alleged that Miller had been spreading “malicious rumors” and that students had since filed complaints to the Council Elections Commission (CEC). When reached, Avraham deferred commenting and did not respond to further requests. The CEC — which consists of the YCC Vice President and four undergraduates appointed by the YCC Executive Board — is appoint-
ed before each election to enforce regulations and ensure appropriate campaigning. Miller confirmed that a CEC investigation took place, but said that the group ultimately determined she had not violated any regulations. She did not receive any penalties or sanctions in the end, she said. YCC Vice President and CEC Chair Kyle Tramonte ’15 said the group has decided to handle all complaints internally between the CEC and the individual candidate. Herbert said that many of the comments on his column criticized his political views and alleged that he is personally opposed to gay marriage. He said these comments compelled him to bring up his personal political views during his opening statement at the YCC debate over the weekend, he said. Herbert said the negativity of the comments forced him to waste time addressing “preposterous” accusations at the debate instead of detailing his specific policy proposals. “This looks like a calculated political attack,” Herbert said. During the debate, he said he had been told the origins of the idea he opposed gay marriage came from a Yale Political Union debate. In response, he said that he had spoken to the Yale Political Union executive board and requested that they release the minutes of every debate he had attended since coming to Yale. “If there is a statement from me, saying that I do not endorse gay marriage, I will drop out,” he told the room. Even candidates who said they have not been subject to personal attacks said the campaign season seems to have taken a turn for the worse. Both Motzkin and Ackerman said they have not been as directly affected by allegations online. Still, they added that they are surprised by the amount of negativity circulating around the election. “It’s upsetting to me that people would feel the need to drop down to a lower level and undermine somebody else’s character,” Ackerman said. Motzkin said that she believes campaigns in general should focus not on the candidates’ personal lives, but on their visions. Hector Pina ’16, a student unaffiliated with the YCC, said he has heard personal rumors about almost all the candidates. “I don’t think it’s surprising that there is negativity,” he said. “But I’m surprised at the ridiculousness of the rumors.” Voting opened at 9 a.m. on Thursday and closes at 9 p.m. on Friday.
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Anveshi: Articulating New Positions from the Indian Women’s Movement Suneetha Achuta, Coordinator and Senior Fellow, Anveshi Research Center for Women’s Studies, Hyderabad, India
April 21st • 4:15 PM • Carpenter 13
The Fourteenth Annual Stonewall Lecture Marriage as Blind Spot: What Same-Sex Marriage Advocacy Doesn’t Say about LGBT Parenting Nancy Polikoff, Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, author, Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law (Beacon 2008)
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
DARTMOUTH TODAY 4:00 p.m. Cramer Series seminar, “Interplay Between Self and Nonself Recognition Mechanisms Regulate Chemotropic Interactions and Cell Fusion,” Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center 201
7:00 p.m. LaTasha Diggs, interdisciplinary poet and sound artist, Hopkins Center Bentley Theater
7:00 p.m. Film, “Like Father Like Son” (2013), Loew Auditorium
TOMORROW 11:00 a.m. Modern Martha Graham class, Alumni Gym, Straus Dance Studio
8:00 p.m. “Wired!” A 24-hour playwriting experience presented by the theater department, Hopkins Center, Bentley Theater
8:00 p.m. Spring Sing, hosted by X.ado, Hopkins Center, Spaulding Auditorium
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Men’s tennis seeks best season in years Dartmouth runners head to Boston Marathon FROM TENNIS PAGE 12
Against Penn (6-12, 2-3 Ivy), the Big Green dropped the doubles point before coming back to take the first four singles matches to finish, ending the match early. “I think we came out a little tight in doubles, we were playing a little bit not to lose,” Drake said. “In singles the guys were very resilient. We talked after and set our minds to not giving them any points in singles.” The two clinching matches came from Brandon DeBot ’14, who tallied a long 7-6, 7-5 win to put Dartmouth up 3-1 and Chris Kipouras ’15 sealed ANNIE MA/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF the match by defeating his opponent 3-6, 7-6, 6-0 after a dominant final set. The men’s tennis team looks to notch its best Ivy record in over a decade. “I was struggling a little bit trying to find my game,” Kipouras said. “As The team has another pair of Ivy are really good with our backs against it was getting closer, I started finding matches this weekend, visiting Yale the wall, but we want to come up with my shots and feeling more confident University Friday afternoon and re- a little more of an intimidating preswith my game. I was going for smarter, turning home to face Brown University ence.” high-percentage on Sunday. The The team is also focusing on imshots.” two are the bot- proving its doubles play to grab the Playing on “A third set tiebreaker tom two teams initial point, which it dropped in both the newly reno- is crazy no matter in the Ivy League matches last weekend. vated Thomps t a n d i n g s . The Brown (10-10, 0-4 Ivy) match son courts, which what. But with stakes Despite will be the final home competition have space for like that, it was the potential for for DeBot and Ghorbani, who have six courts, as ophistory, been a critical part of the program’s incredible. I think that making posed to five at the coaching staff transformation, Drake said. the Topliff courts, win was why we all has stressed con- The match starts at 1 p.m. Sunday gave the Big play tennis.” sistent improve- at the Thompson courts. Green an advanment as the team tage in the Penn looks to stay in match, Drake - George wall ’17 the running for said. Wall won an Ivy title and his match quickly NCAA tournaat the sixth spot, allowing Dartmouth to ment berth. tie the score at one early in the match “We showed really good toughness and changing the momentum while the last weekend, but we didn’t necessarily sixth match would have been played play our best,” Drake said. “We want later at the old courts. to try and impose on teams more. We
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fall training that includes distance running. Yet they aimed to qualify for Boston after the events of last year, Hart said. The race also allows the skiers to show resilience in the face of another tragedy, the February passing of teammate Torin Tucker ’15. Tucker’s father, Scott Tucker, will run alongside the members of the ski team in matching uniforms. “One of the best ways to process Torin’s passing is going to be out on that race course,” Friedman said. “I’m going to be thinking about him, and it means a lot for his dad to be running alongside us. I can bet that Torin would have been there cheering for us on the sidelines, even though he would have had class on Monday.” Dartmouth’s marathoners will go into the race with different personal goals and expectations. Some, like Fagerstrom, have concrete achievements in mind: beating his 2:51:18 qualifying time. “My next goal is to beat 2:45, which I think is pretty feasible,” he said. “And ideally, I want to beat
2:40, because I think that’s a huge milestone. Otherwise, it’d be fun to just beat David, he’s naturally a better runner, but I’ve had better training.” For others, the goals are simpler. “I just want to find my friends and my mom after the race and not get lost in Boston,” Hart said. The marathoners all come in with different levels of training. For some members of the ski team, the late end to the ski season has led to less training time, which has changed their expectations. “I just want to have fun, finish and not injure myself,” Caldwell said. “I’ve heard it’s amazing every other year, but there’s 36,000 people running it and thinking about the magnitude of that and how I’m just one of 36,000 people running is just incredible. To be there and participating in it is going to be such a cool experience.” Despite their differences in mindset, Dartmouth’s marathoners will go to Boston with a shared sense of solidarity and pride. A year later, the Boston Marathon continues to serve as a monument to human strength and endurance that reaches up to Hanover.
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SPORTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
FRIDAY LINEUP
MEN’S TENNIS AT YALE 1 PM
WOMEN’S TENNIS VS YALE 2 PM
Dartmouth students prep for Marathon
B y MITCH HUANG
For many, the Boston Marathon represents the pinnacle of personal and athletic achievement. The race starts in Hopkinton, Mass., the course winding through Wellesley, up Heartbreak Hill and across the Boston finish line. On Monday, at least seven Dartmouth students — Isabel Caldwell ’14, Erik Fagerstrom ’14, Oscar Friedman ’16, Annie Hart ’14, Catherine Meyer ’14, C.J. Pierce ’14 and David Sinclair ’14 — will be among the thousands of runners who will participate in this year’s edition, one year after the tragic bombings that led to three deaths and hundreds of injuries in 2013. Pierce, who ran Boston last year, was stretching at home during the bombings, having finished roughly an hour and a half beforehand. His
first reaction, he said, was deep anger. “This is a special day for a lot of people who have been training for half a year through the winter and I couldn’t believe anyone would try to taint this day,” he said. For Pierce, a Weston, Mass., native, the events of last year have given the training process an extra sense of purpose to show the resilience of Boston and its people. “When the mileage is getting long, it’s been good motivation to think of sticking it to the terrorists,” he said. “That’s fueled me throughout my training.” The same has been true for Meyer, who grew up outside of Boston and ran the marathon as a high school junior and senior. The first bomb detonated where her mother had been standing when she watched her cross the finish
line several years ago. “It definitely hit home,” Meyer said. “When I saw that, that’s the point when I knew when I wanted to run the Boston the next year. Running a marathon can be tough, but watching all the support has made it easier to train.” Meyer qualified for the race at last year’s Burlington Marathon alongside Caldwell, Fagerstrom, Friedman, Hart and Sinclair. For these fi ve fi rst-time Boston marathoners, the ability to run the race after the tragedy gave more importance to the achievement of qualifying. These five members of the Dartmouth Nordic ski team had originally only planned on running the Burlington Marathon in May on a whim, building off of their SEE MARATHON PAGE 11
Men’s tennis continues Ivy success B y Brett Drucker
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Coming off of a pair of crucial Ivy League wins, including a dramatic third set tiebreaker, the men’s tennis team heads into the weekend with an opportunity to lock up its best Ivy finish in over a decade.
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The Big Green is now tied for second in the Ivy League at 3-1.
Last weekend, the Big Green (16-5, 3-1 Ivy) welcomed the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University to the renovated Thompson outdoor courts, defeating the Quakers 4-1 and knocking off the Tigers with a dramatic 4-3 victory that came down to the final match. In the Sunday matinee against Princeton (12-10, 2-3 Ivy), the Big Green faced a back-and-forth battle. The Tigers took the doubles point, but Dartmouth rallied in the singles matches, tying the match at 3-3 with wins from Cameron Ghorbani ’14, Diego Pedraza ’17 and George Wall ’17. The final match was at the number one position between Dartmouth’s
Dovydas Sakinis ’16 and Princeton junior Zack McCourt, described by several Big Green players as the most nerve-wracking tennis they had ever seen. Sakinis won the first set 7-6 before dropping the second 5-7. Sakinis went up 3-0 in the third, but a series of breaks for both players allowed McCourt to take a 6-5 lead. “We try to tell them in the close moments to be as calm and composed as possible,” head coach Chris Drake said. “Dovydas had chances to close out the match earlier, and often when you don’t do that it can be hard to stay with it. He did a great job just staying
in there and giving himself chances.” Sakinis refused to give in, breaking McCourt to tie the deciding set at six and bring the match into a critical tiebreaker. The tiebreaker was tense, with the two players tying six times before Sakinis snuck out a 10-9 win to take the match for Dartmouth. “The entire day was on the line, our best against their best,” Wall said. “A third set tiebreaker is crazy no matter what. But with stakes like that, it was incredible. I think that win was why we SEE TENNIS PAGE 11
B y kelly wood During the indoor Dartmouth Relays, nestled between collegiate races, is a very special race: the Grafton County One-Lapper. The race, in which children take to the track, is one of the most uplifting things I’ve witnessed. One little girl in particular drew tremendous cheers and countless high fives as she made her lap. Beth, a young adopted member of the Dartmouth women’s track and field team, looked around at her fans and could not stop smiling. Between travel and games, a rigorous practice schedule and team meetings, athletes are some of the busiest people I’ve met at Dartmouth. Yet despite demanding schedules, many Big Green athletes find time to give back to the Upper Valley community. In my last column, I wrote about the impact Dartmouth athletes had on me growing up in Hanover — yes, I have run the Grafton County OneLapper — but the community’s impact on student-athletes is equally important. Dartmouth Peak Performance strives to help student-athletes achieve high levels of “academic, athletic and personal growth,” during their time at Dartmouth. One way DP2 helps foster personal growth is by encouraging athletes to contribute to the Upper Valley community, often through partnership with the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth. Several Dartmouth teams have “adopted” children receiving treatment at CHaD, offering them and their families support. By welcoming Beth, the women’s track team has committed to supporting her family. We visited Beth at CHaD, got to know her parents and sent birthday and holiday cards. Beth has come to several track practices, and there are few things more joyous than seeing her run along the inside of the track with her buddies. Since she was brought into the Big Green track
family three years ago, the team has seen Beth grow tremendously. Dartmouth athletes also cook dinners at David’s House, a support center providing low- or no-cost housing for the families of children receiving care at CHaD. David’s House, located adjacent to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock campus, runs on donations and volunteers to provide meals to families. Each Sunday men’s lacrosse players visit to cook and serve meals, play with kids and meet volunteers. Beyond meeting community members, volunteering lets athletes get to know their teammates in a different setting. Last fall, Dartmouth athletes from several teams volunteered at the CHaD Hero Half Marathon and five-kilometer races. The races, which feature start and finish lines on the Dartmouth Green, drew thousands of participants. Nordic skier Erik Fagerstrom ’14 and his teammates handed out medals at the finish line, assisted with the obstacle course and helped clean up. Many Dartmouth studentathletes also volunteer at the Special Olympics each season. At the January Winter Games at the Dartmouth Skiway, varsity athletes from nine teams volunteered as helpers, at the food table or the awards podium. Dartmouth athletes deserve cheers not just for what they do when fans are watching, but also for what they do off the field. Volunteering is a way to get outside the Dartmouth bubble, do something meaningful, learn and in a small way make the community we all share a better place. Fagerstrom said for him and his ski teammates “it’s about showing up and showing support.” Despite losing touch after studying abroad and retiring from the track and field team, getting to know Beth was a valuable part of my experience as an athlete at Dartmouth. Watching Beth run was moment of joy and reflection, a clear reminder that being a student-athlete is much more than your win-loss record.