FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014
VOL. CLXX NO. 136
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Verbum Ultimum The Dartmouth Editorial Board
Abolish the Greek system.
As the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” steering committee prepares its recommendations for College President Phil Hanlon and the Board of Trustees, we urge its members to think boldly and keep in mind the College’s history. For too long, we have wavered in fear of declining donation rates or an angry student body. But the time for cowardice is over. Let’s do what needs to be done, the only action in line with our principles of community, and abolish the Greek system. Students and administrators perpetually worry about our institutional reputation, one marred by the national media’s penchant for an Ivy-League-gone-wild cover story. Many dismiss these depictions as false. But even if Dartmouth’s Greek system were the most inclusive Ivy League social system — which many students believe to be true — young adults still make mistakes. And when we do, Dartmouth’s incredible academic experience and community are reduced to our Greek letters. It’s Dartmouth’s Greek system, they say. What else can we expect? But our “Animal House” reputation is well-earned. For many, Greek life takes precedence over academics. It is an investment (perhaps a risky one), a path to acceptance, friends, sex, drugs, love and jobs. Since so many students’ lives seemingly depend on the system, it’s no wonder that administrators have failed to abolish it, despite the numerous accounts of hazing and abuse that have been documented over the years. In the 1980s, Alpha Delta fraternity pledges performed oral sex on an ejaculating dildo. Students watched and listened to this ritual, as well as Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity’s “Hell Night” vomiting sessions, in a 1994 viewing led by faculty. In 1998, Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Xi Delta sorority hosted a “ghetto” party. In 2000, a member of AD flung an epithet at a gay student from the house’s porch. In 2001, the Zeta Psi fraternity sex papers were released, which encouraged the rape of a female student. In the 1990s, then-Beta Theta Pi fraternity installed video cameras in its house so that members could watch other members having sex — “Beta-vision.” In 2012, Andrew Lohse ’12 of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity revealed that he had to swim in a pool of vomit and semen to become a brother. Just last year, AD and Delta Delta Delta sorority co-hosted a “Blood and Crips”-themed party. The Greek system undeniably enables and institutionalizes harmful behaviors. No, Greek life is not the root of all the College’s problems or of broader societal ills. But as a system, it amplifies stu-
dents’ worst behavior. It facilitates binge drinking and sexual assault. It perpetuates unequal, gendered power dynamics and institutionalizes arbitrary exclusivity. It divides students — the system as a whole separates freshmen from upperclassmen, men from women. Membership draws lines among friends.
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NOT A BE-ALL, END-ALL SOLUTION Around 50 percent of the student body, 70 percent of those eligible, are affiliated with the Greek system. For many affiliated students, Greek houses are homes, especially in the context of the turbulent D-Plan. Many attribute increased confidence levels and better leadership and management skills to their Greek houses. We do not seek to discredit the positive experiences that many have within Greek spaces. But we cannot let emotional arguments cloud what is objectively best for our school and its students. We have to look past our short years here and think about the College’s future, which means eliminating an antiquated system. Abolishing Greek life, though not a be-all, end-all solution, would offer Dartmouth a chance to rebuild its social life from the ground up. Hundreds of leaders have tried to reform and change Greek life to be more inclusive, safe and fun for more people. But consider the implications of this — each year, hundreds of student leaders pour their energy and time into what boils down to social life. Imagine what we could accomplish as a student body if these student leaders cared so deeply about something else. This ownership, love and pride can and should extend beyond Webster Avenue and Wheelock Street. It’s hard to say what Dartmouth will look like without a Greek system. It’s hard to imagine our campus without these networks of people we have come to love — let alone Wednesday nights without meetings. We’re motivated students. We’re conditioned not to give up. Which is why we have seen Greek leaders work so hard to fix the system from the inside: changing dues structures, altering constitutions to include people of varying gender identities and codifying cultural sensitivity. For some, suggestions go even further: Let’s go coed. Let’s localize the sororities. But our antiquated system cannot be reformed. And we’d rather have no social structure than one so deeply flawed. We want Dartmouth students to have full access to the predominant social scene the moment they step on campus, and we want social life to be accessible, without financial barriers, over a student’s four years at the College.
Alongside the Greek system’s elimination, we propose that the College reallocate resources to the expansion of social spaces all around campus. Reestablish a campus bar. Allow registered events in residence hall common spaces. One of the main criticisms of Greek abolition is that it will push high-risk drinking underground, especially in first-year dorms. An open-door policy that allows students to drink wine and beer if they have their doors open, coupled with random walkthroughs, would increase transparency and disincentivize high-risk drinking. The physical plants of Greek houses must be converted into non-exclusive residential spaces as soon as possible. These apartment-style suites, which students could apply to in standard room draw, could host registered events through the College. AN ETHICAL CHOICE In 1999, The Dartmouth ran the front-page headline: “TRUSTEES TO END GREEK SYSTEM ‘AS WE KNOW IT.’” In the following weeks, students took to the streets, marching for the continuation of their beloved social life. Following the outcry, the College backed away from the student life initiative. This year, attempts to crack down on the Greek system have chipped at the very positive elements that members and unaffiliated students value, like the system’s inclusivity. Piling on regulations and rules will swap open doors for invite lists and trust for paranoia. These actions will only create more problems for students and administrators in the long run. Perhaps administrators suspect that this incremental approach will result in fewer students joining Greek organizations each year. Abolishing the Greek system flat out may well lead to another pro-Greek rally, pages and pages of editorials and harsh comments. But a clean break is the ethical choice and better than the alternative, an exclusive system run by students who are becoming increasingly suspicious of administrators’ actions. Instead of making a cowardly series of moves to shrink the system, our College must take the most sensible action, one that will not threaten students’ health. Abolish it. Change will not be easy. It will not be smooth, and it will likely hurt many people who call Hanover home. However, we must look forward and consider what we as a community want Dartmouth to look like in the decades to come — the safety and security of our future students depends on it.
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DAily debriefing The Class of 2018 has been hard at work building the bonfire for the 120th Annual Dartmouth Night. We sat down with bonfire co-chair Katie Loughlin ’18 on Thursday to talk about the construction process. When did you begin preparing for the bonfire? KL: We have meetings every Thursday, so we’ve had three meetings in the past month. It’s been with the entire committee, so that includes a representative from Green Key, a representative from the graduate students, Safety and Security, the fire department and Hanover Police, so it’s a big meeting. And then we’ve also had smaller meetings with just the Class of 2018. When did the building start? KL: The building started [Thursday]. The wood was delivered [Wednesday]. And then the two build chairs got volunteers for [Thursday], they’re building the whole structure. We had a backup plan because of the rain, but the building is going fine in the rain. What was the backup plan? KL: The facilities people have been really helpful and they were willing to help us out. We were going to stop building if there was thunder or lightning, or if it got to the point where it was slippery to the point where it was unsafe. So they were going to help out tomorrow and we were going to have some volunteers come really early, around 4 a.m. if there was rain. — COMPILED BY KELSEY FLOWER
CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com for corrections. “Hood events explore the civil rights movement through arts” (Oct. 15, 2014): The name of “Ebony Family,” a piece by Jae Jarrell, was misstated as “Beloved Community.” “Big Green football beats Yale 38-31” (Oct. 11, 2014): An initial version of this article misrepresented the final score of the game, which was 38-31, in its online headline. “Crew teams open season in Boston” (Oct. 15, 2014): The lightweight team finished 13th at the Head of the Charles last season. The article initially reported that the team finished eighth. The article has been corrected.
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Curfew rumors false, officials say B y katie rafter
Safety and Security is not imposing a curfew or changing its party-monitoring practices. A rumor circulating Wednesday and Thursday suggested that Safety and Security would shut down parties and require non-members to leave Greek houses by 1 a.m. on weeknights and 2 a.m. on weekends, but College officials have confirmed that this is false. “We’re not changing our practice whatsoever,” Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said. The Dartmouth Review reported on Wednesday that the administration would begin enforcing the supposed curfew during Homecoming Weekend. Students also created a “Stop the Curfew at Dartmouth” group on Facebook. The exact origins of the rumor remain unclear, but representatives from Safety and Security and the Greek Letter Organization and Societies said there have been no changes to policy or practice, nor are any planned in the near future. Chet Brown ’15, president of Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, said he sent a screenshot of an email outlining this rumored policy to other Greek presidents on Wednesday. “So it has just been brought to our attention that S&S has decided that today is the first day that they are enforcing a new SEMP policy,” the email read. The email described the policy as prohibiting parties and drinking after 1 a.m. on weeknights and 2 a.m. on weekends.
Brown said he did not receive the original email and could not identify its author. He said he had received a screenshot of the message, with a subject line reading “very important,” in a text and said he did not remember from whom. The rumor of a curfew took the Greek community by storm, Brown said, noting that he was not surprised, considering the changes the Greek community is currently undergoing. He said he has not noticed an increased Safety and Security presence at Greek social events. “I have not experienced anything other than business as usual,” he said. GLOS standards and management assistant director Sam Waltemeyer said he heard about the rumor for the first time Wednesday night. GLOS has had the same policy since 2011, he said, and no changes have since been made. He said that GLOS is not planning on changing its Social Event Management Procedures in the near future. Current SEMP policy requires that social events be registered between 5 p.m. and 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and between 12 p.m. and 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Groups wishing to hold an event fill out an online registration form, adhering to the policies put forward by GLOS. Waltemeyer said that when Safety and Security becomes involved, it is usually at the end of an event to help clear people out of a house. There have not been many instances where registered
events have lasted longer than they reported that they would, Waltemeyer said. If Greek organizations do not register an event or do not end an event on time, sanctions are handled on a case-by-case basis, usually by the judicial affairs office. Kinne said Safety and Security follows the information they are given on social registration forms, using that as their cue for when a party should end. “If it’s below the number of people that would qualify the congregation for an event, people can congregate any time of day or night they want,” Kinne added. SEMP policy requires events with more than 50 people in attendance to be registered. Social events must also comply with Hanover’s noise and fire restrictions established by the town of Hanover. At a meeting with the Hanover Police chief and fire department chief on Oct. 6, Brown said he and other Greek leaders discussed community safety. This term, Hanover fi re department chief Martin McMillan and Hanover Police chief Charlie Dennis held three meetings with Greek organization representatives — advisors, house managers and presidents — to explain Hanover town policies regarding safety and occupancy in public spaces at Greek houses. McMillan said he is primarily concerned with situations where the occupancy limit of public assembly rooms in Greek houses is SEE CURFEW PAGE 6
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Following $5.5 million deficit, Geisel must cut budget B y ERICA BUONANNO The Dartmouth Staff
After posting a $5.5 million deficit for the 2014 fiscal year, the Geisel Medical School must make $10 million in budget cuts, including layoffs and restructuring. Students and professors interviewed pointed to a lack of transparency about Geisel’s expenses and said they would like to be part of conversations about implementing cuts. Biology professor and Geisel professor of medicine Lee Witters said that the budget deficit likely resulted from of a multiple factors, including changes to federal research funding policies, which Geisel depends on heavily, as well as “ill-timed” decisions about Geisel’s expenditures. Geisel had an operating budget of $275 million in 2013. Budget constraints may be connected with significant cuts to National Institutes of Health funding made in 2013, Geisel student Rachel Brickman said. Due to sequestration, the agency’s budget shrank by 5 percent, or 1.55 billion. Geisel spokesperson Derik
Hertel said in a statement that Geisel interim dean Duane Compton, who replaced Wiley “Chip” Souba in June, is working with faculty on the Dean’s Academic Board to define opportunities to create sustainable expense reductions, including by furthering a connection between Geisel and
“It was frustrating that there was a lack of transparency regarding the expenses — the other half of the financial equation — of where the money was being used.” - KRISTEN JOGERST, GEISEL STUDENT Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Geisel will provide severance benefits and help search for new positions. Compton has also formed working groups that will create new financial policies and
recommend optimal restructuring plans. The group will present its recommendations to the dean by December and the Board of Trustees in March. Compton did not respond to requests for comment. Souba and former senior associate dean for medical education Richard Simons announced the budget deficits to the Geisel student body in a series of student lunch hours last winter, Geisel student Kristen Jogerst wrote in an email. “The presentations about the school’s budget only captured the medical school’s revenue – where money was coming in,” she wrote. “It was frustrating that there was a lack of transparency regarding the expenses – the other half of the financial equation - of where the money was being used.” Jogerst said Compton has sent emails to the Geisel student body explaining that the administration will make faculty and staff layoffs, although these did not contain details on which positions or which areas of the budget would be cut. Last year, Geisel started cutting
the “little things that built up,” like funding for student groups and conference travel for students, Brickman said. Changes brought by the budget constraints will include a redesign of the medical school curriculum
and major cuts to Geisel programs, Witters said. He added that he was concerned the cuts will affect both undergraduates and medical students, citing the example of cuts SEE GEISEL PAGE 7
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GUEST columnist SCOTT BROWN ’78
The Demise of a Mission
Splitting the Tucker Foundation into two centers will hurt its mission. When then-College President than 40 community service programs. John Dickey established the Tucker It also provided stipends to students Foundation in 1951, he believed that pursuing domestic and international liberal arts colleges like Dartmouth internships with not-for-profit organihad a dual mission, to nurture both zations. The dual missions were never competence and conscience. He easy bedfellows. Campus ministers did not worry about the first half wanted to manage their own student of that mission: “the appetite of outreach in their own way. Students self-interest,” he said, would ensure who might otherwise have sought out that students would pursue a path to social missions like Amnesty Internacompetence. Conscience was another tional or DREAM were sometimes matter. Dickey believed that a good confused by the religious aspect of the Tucker mission. education re Leadership quired explicit “Is this an improvement? Leaders of Tucker has atten tion to of community service programming alternated bee t h i c a l a n d may be happy to leave behind tween deans moral values. Tucker’s religious overtones, and who came from “To create the faith groups may be happy with a faith backpower of com- a devoted chaplain and separate ground and petence,” he institutional footing. But something deans who did wrote, “with- important has been lost.” not. Although out creating a Tucker’s work corresponding sense of moral direction to guide the continued, the messaging to both use of that power is bad education.” students and donors was muddled. In Or as an early Dartmouth trustee, 2013, Dartmouth first extended and John Phillips, observed, “Good- then rescinded an offer for the deanness without knowledge ... is weak ship to James Tengatenga, an Angliand feeble, yet knowledge without can bishop from Southern Malawi. goodness is dangerous.” In July, This July, in the wake of the related Dartmouth announced that it would controversy, Dartmouth administradismantle the Tucker Foundation, tors established in Tucker’s stead two a change that makes the search for centers — one to house the chaplaincy, conscience, meaning and purpose the other to coordinate community service programs. more difficult at Dartmouth. During its 63 years, Tucker had Is this an improvement? Leaders come to serve two missions — coordi- of community service programming nating more than 25 student religious may be happy to leave behind Tucker’s organizations and managing more religious overtones, and faith groups
may be happy with a devoted chaplain I wonder whether it faces a more and separate institutional footing. But serious crisis of purpose. Why are we something important has been lost. educating our youth? To what end? Dickey hoped that Tucker would do Yes, we want to produce competent more than become a home for religious business leaders, but is that all? Is practice and community service. He that, in Dickey’s words, a “good” envisioned a focal point for introspec- education? When, in the course of tion and conversation about social, four years, do we ask students to moral and ethical values. He hoped consider their purpose? the Dean would grab students by the A chaplaincy will help students of collar and ask them where they are faith find a spiritual home. A comgoing and why. He wanted to prod stu- munity service and service learning dents to seek life’s center will help meaning, not just “But as American higher students find a greater means. education faces a crisis of cost, I social cause and Last month, the wonder whether it faces a more perhaps educate cover of Bloom- serious crisis of purpose. Why them on social berg Businessweek are we educating our youth? needs. These are featured the pic- To what end? Yes, we want to important and tures of eight Har- produce competent business meaningful misvard-educated bil- leaders, but is that all?” sions, but I worry lionaires. The acthat they will becompanying story come eddies that described a highly successful business students will too easily avoid. The built around the practice of grooming Tucker Foundation was meant to be children for admission to elite universi- a boulder in the middle of the curties as a ticket to financial success — not rent with the voice of its namesake, intellectual development. Clearly, the William Jewett Tucker, calling out, prospect of wealth has become the goal “you will not make any lasting ... of an increasing proportion of students impression on the world through seeking entrance to elite colleges, and intellectual power without the use businesses have found a burgeoning of an equal amount of conscience market among parents willing and able and heart.” It was this message that to pay for that advantage. infused the Foundation’s mission: to Like Dickey, I am confident that help students question the purpose self-interest will drive our students of their education and the meaning to seek an education that leads to of their lives. financial success. But as American Scott Brown ’78 is a former dean higher education faces a crisis of cost, of the Tucker Foundation.
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Every Friday, The Dartmouth editorial board prints a weekly column, our Verbum Ultimum, on page four. Today, we changed things up. An understanding of what’s at stake drove this decision. The presidential steering committee will soon release its recommendations on social life to the Board of Trustees and to College President Phil Hanlon, who has spoken openly of his commitment to ending Dartmouth’s social woes. As an editorial board, we have discussed these same woes for months, debating how Dartmouth will move forward as an institution. Despite the meaning many find in the Greek system — which, as an affiliated woman, I’ve witnessed firsthand — we kept returning to the same conclusion. The Greek system has to go. Printing a front-page editorial was not a decision that I took lightly, especially because of how deeply I care about objectivity in journalism. Indeed, our news and opinion content are
separate in many ways. Each section is overseen by different editors, who report separately to me. Do not confuse the opinion of The Dartmouth editorial board — which is composed of our opinion editor, our two executive editors, our publisher and me — with The Dartmouth’s news coverage. We require our editors and reporters to remain objective in their reporting conduct, a tenet we reinforce in weekly meetings and in our ethics code. And you’ll notice that today’s special issue contains a diverse set of views. Printing The Dartmouth’s editorial on the front page over Homecoming weekend — when hundreds of alumni flood back to campus — aims to show our readership how much is at stake. We urge community members to think critically about the right path forward. Now let’s talk about it.
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With faculty departures, administrators consider exit interviews B y REBECCA ASOULIN The Dartmouth Staff
Following a year that saw several departures of high-profile minority administrators and faculty members, the College is discussing institutionalizing exit interviews and a group of students has decided to create a film about retention, part of an ongoing conversation at the College. Information on faculty departures and hires for the year is not yet available, vice president of Institutional Diversity and Equity Evelynn Ellis said, as her office is still compiling its 2014-15 Affirmative Action Plan report, which likely will be released to the public in March. While the numbers have not yet been analyzed, Ellis said this year’s number of minority faculty departures this year seemed greater to her than in previous years. Still, she said, it is statistically unclear whether Dartmouth has a problem with retention, as the number of minority and female faculty have generally increased over the years. As of last November, among Dartmouth’s 391 arts and sciences faculty, 80.3 percent were white; 4.1 percent black; 5.6 percent Hispanic; 1 percent Native American; 6.1 percent Asian and 2.8 percent identified as two or more races, according to
the College’s Affirmative Action Plan for 2013-14. At the Geisel Medical School, 11.4 percent of 210 faculty members were minorities, with none identifying as black, Native American or Pacific Islander. Of Tuck Business School’s 50 faculty members, 10 identify as racial or ethnic minorities, and Thayer Engineering School’s 34 faculty members, four are minorities. This year’s departures, Ellis said, have affected community members, as several professors were actively involved in outreach and student advising. “There is a statistical impact and then there is a human impact,” Ellis said, adding that she counted those who left among her friends. Administrators are discussing implementing formalized exit interviews by independent vendors, which would allow professors to talk about their experiences on campus honestly while helping the College to understand why they leave, Ellis said. This year’s departures of African and African American studies chair Antonio Tillis and history professor Russell Rickford, among others, caused confusion among many black students, Jon Diakanwa ’16 said. In response, students involved with NAACP, led by Diakanwa, decided
to make a film documenting student opinion on minority faculty retention. The group plans to release the video by the end of the term. “A lot of us were confused about what was happening, why it was happening, and wanted to know how we could do something about it,” Diakanwa said. Diakanwa said that although the project set out to address racial diversity among the faculty, he realized that students from diverse backgrounds all placed importance on seeing faculty similar to them. Students interviewed for the NAACP video expressed disappointment in the lack of diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments, Diakanwa said. “Personally, what it would mean to sit in a classroom with a person who looks like me — a man of color — that would significantly increase my interest in the class and topic,” Diakanwa said. When students see people from a similar background to their own excel in a certain field, they are more likely to succeed, he
added. Oscar Cornejo ’17 said that recent faculty departures meant the loss of professors with whom he had developed deep connections. “It’s good to see faculty that look like you,” Cornejo said. “They’re advocating for you. It’s not just a foreign environment for you, because you’re here with people who know your struggle and the experiences you’ve gone through.” Tillis said that students need to understand the various reasons why faculty choose to leave, including advantageous job offers elsewhere and not receiving tenure, along with campus climate issues. When he left Dartmouth for his current position as dean of the College of Charleston’s school of languages, cultures and world affairs, his greatest motivation was the Charleston offer, but campus climate played a minor role as well. “It’s almost a cultural climate where people say we have our one minority faculty, and so we don’t have to think about minority issues anymore,” Tillis said, adding that when one of these few faculty mem-
bers leave, a “hyperbolic” conversation about retention begins. Instead, departments should have “a very emotionally honest conversation” about representation and accountability, he said. Some of the richest experiences of his career were interactions with Dartmouth students, Tillis said. For minority students — including firstgeneration students and others not traditionally considered minorities — faculty are often “role models, mentors or even surrogate parents,” he said. “We interact with students as they try to adjust in a space that is very different from the spaces whence they came, whether that be urban, small rural communities or ethnic enclaves,” Tillis said. Faculty at any college should represent the student body and have “the sensibility and sensitivity” of what it means to come from different backgrounds, Tillis said. At the same time, minority faculty can help students of all backgrounds SEE FACULTY PAGE 7
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Graduate students elect year’s council Town shifts noise laws for big weekends B y noah goldstein
Last week, the graduate student council announced this year’s representatives — 37 new members and six returning members. During these representatives’ tenure, a task force announced by College Provost Carolyn Dever will work on a report that details the structure of a new, more cohesive graduate school. GSC president Erin O’Malley said the organization hopes to promote cooperation between the different graduate schools. O’Malley acts as a liaison between the students and administrators, helping make graduate students and their needs more visible on campus. The GSC — which includes representatives from the graduate school of arts and sciences, Thayer Engineering School and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice — seeks to promote synergy among Dartmouth’s graduate students, programs and schools. One way the council tries to foster bonds between graduate students is through social events, such as an Indian cooking night, wine and cheese tasting and Halloween dance. Biochemistry representative Cassandra Burke said current initiatives include creating a meal
plan for graduate students and developing a child care program for those with kids. Currently graduate students pay as they go when eating in dining halls. Burke said she hopes that, through her position, she will be able to promote more volunteer opportunities with non-profits in the area and increase biochemistry department participation in events. Department representatives must attend monthly meetings open to the public where they vote on funding and recognition of new student groups along with amendments to the constitution. Representatives are required to volunteer at least twice by helping plan events or sitting on a GSC committee. Justin Richardson , a representative from the earth sciences department and vice president of the GSC from 2012-13, organized communication both within the Dartmouth graduate student population and among the Ivy League Plus, which comprises the Ivy League and MIT. This year’s elections coincide with the start of task force that has been established to create a freestanding graduate program at Dartmouth. The task force, which is set to meet for the first time on today, aims to develop a plan to unify the graduate programs and change the reporting structure so
that the graduate school of arts and sciences would report to the Provost rather than the Dean of Faculty. Jonathan Epstein, a mathematics representative, said a freestanding graduate school would help Dartmouth promote itself and signify a graduate presence as well as an undergraduate one. Burke said that having a distinct graduate school will create awareness and recognition for Dartmouth graduate programs. Burke added, however, that the College should not lose its identifying emphasis on undergraduate teaching. O’Malley said that the graduate school will help both undergraduate and graduate students, as the research of faculty and graduate students will get more recognition. As a result of this, O’Malley speculates that more undergraduate students will have research opportunities. Dominic Winski , a graduate student, said that he has enjoyed his graduate experience at Dartmouth, noting great opportunities for hands-on learning. This year he traveled to Alaska and then Australia and New Zealand. Graduate student Justin Kim said that Dartmouth has great resources available to students, with advisors and faculty members who are very supportive of graduate students’ endeavors.
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exceeded, which puts students at serious risk. McMillan said he will shut down parties at Greek houses if they are overcrowded because this violates fire code. “I want to treat everybody in a fair and equitable manner,” he said, “and not give a break to one organization or another and then hold somebody else accountable.” Hanover Town manager Julia Griffi n said the town does not restrict noise from Greek organization parties unless a neighbor files a noise complaint. If this occurs, Hanover Police will stop by the event and ask the hosts to lower the music, she said. If a second noise complaint occurs, or if the first noise complaint occurs after 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday or after 11 p.m. on Friday or Saturday, the police may be forced to turn off the music. Groups may apply for a permit for outdoor activities, which allows them to have amplified music outdoors up until an established hour, Griffin said. Hanover Police Sgt. Brad Sargent said that the town receives requests for these outdoor activities permits frequently. The town makes a noise ordinance exception for special
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weekends at Dartmouth, such as Homecoming, Winter Carnival and Green Key, when noise complaints will not be acted on until after 12 a.m. Before 12 a.m., Hanover Police may still request that noise be lowered, but will not shut down an event. Griffin said that this is typically not a problem, especially at the College’s Greek houses. Sargent said Hanover Police rarely has problems dealing with noise complaints at Greek organizations, and when they do occur, Hanover Police first contacts whoever is responsible for the house. “Over the 14 years I’ve been here, I don’t think we’ve ever had to cite a Greek house for violation of the town noise ordinance,” he said. Griffin said the town deals with more noise issues at off-campus houses, where parties are often indoors. Indoor parties can be considered disorderly conduct and a “breach of peace” when loud noise made in a private setting can be heard in a public place, Sargent said. “There’s no special differentiation in the town ordinance for matters involving noise or parties on campus and for groups off campus,” Sargent said. “It’s applicable throughout the town of Hanover.”
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Importance of diversity among faculty highlighted by students stitutional priority, said geography professor Richard Wright , who studies immigration and racism. grow personally, Diakanwa said. “It adds to students’ education,” The College must focus on thinking Diakanwa said. “It’s not learning of “creative ways” to diversify the to take a test or memorizing a faculty, such as the faculty cluster initiative, which textbook, but to creates small think critically “It adds to students’ groups of proabout somefessors across thing you’re not education. It’s not disciplines infamiliar with. To learning to take a terested in the both help contest or memorizing same research nect to people area, he said. similar to you a textbook, but to Geisel and challenge think critically about spokesperson your own besomething you’re not Derik Hertel liefs.” declined to comGavin Huang familiar with.” ment, citing the ’14 , who has late hour of the advocated for request. Asian Ameri- - JON DIAKANWA ’16 Tu c k can and other and T hayer ethnic studies programs at Dartmouth, said that representatives did not respond to the College should focus on hiring request for comment by a Thursday professors across disciplines whose evening press time. Dean of the Faculty Michael research focuses on ethnic studies, rather than hiring minority faculty. Mastanduno declined to comment. Huang is a former member of The Most faculty believe diversity among professors should be an in- Dartmouth senior staff. FROM FACULTY PAGE 5
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Students push for transparency in future Geisel decisions research endeavors. “All of these extra pieces to the puzzle to the Geisel admissions office, which of a well-organized, successful medical may reduce its traditional emphasis on school will be missing if we have to lay connecting with current Dartmouth off key administrative staff and in turn students. our overall Geisel experience will suffer,” “I hope that the decisions that will Jogerst wrote in the email. be made will focus on the education M.D/Ph.D candidate David Qian of our students, which should be the ’11 said that regardless of budget cuts, number-one mission,” he said. “This Geisel’s main priority should be to mainis a big deal and tain the quality of I think it’s going “If anyone from the education. to have some maAdminanatomy department jor ramifications istrators need to over the next few got fired, the school make tough deyears.” cisions, but they would be in uproar.” Witters added should be more that the layoffs transparent and - RACHEL BRICKMAN, may be concenask students “what trated within MEDICAL STUDENT are ways that you administrators would like to see rather than the this being done” rather than just creating faculty, as budget deficits tend to implicate new policies without students’ input, he administrators, Witters said. said. Because Geisel is smaller than other She suggested Geisel require faculty medical schools, students feel more con- members to contribute 1 to 2 percent nected to the administration, Brickman of their salaries or recording first- and said, though she noted that students second-year medical students’ lectures would react more strongly to faculty so that clinical staff and professors could layoffs. spend more time with patients and in “If anyone from the anatomy depart- labs. ment got fired, the school would be in “If we are creative now and find a an uproar,” Brickman said, citing one of way to increase the efficiency of time the school’s most popular departments. students spend with clinical and basic Jogerst said that teaching and science educators and have all faculty and clinical work are not a medical school’s staff share the burden equally so less staff only responsibilities. She said medical have to be laid off, we can ensure future schools have many organizational duties, students have the same positive medical including managing student finances, school experience that my class has scheduling national standardized exams had, if not a better experience,” and rotations and helping with students’ she said. FROM GEISEL PAGE 3
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Big Green teams are coming into Homecoming weekend on fire this season. The football team has won two in a row over Ancient Eight foes while the men’s soccer team has won five of its last six games. Here are our picks for a packed Homecoming weekend that sees 15 teams in action. Football vs. the College of the Holy Cross (1:30 p.m. Saturday) These teams are on opposite streaks before their matchup in Hanover. The Big Green (3-1, 2-0 Ivy) has won two in a row in impressive fashion, while the Crusaders (2-5, 0-2 Patriot) lost four straight, including a 27-24 double overtime defeat at Brown University last week. The Crusaders bring a balanced attack, having scored nearly equal numbers of touchdowns on the ground and through the air. But their 14 turnovers have doomed the Crusaders this season, limiting an offense that averages 366 yards per game to just 19.6 points per game. Dual threat sophomore quarterback Peter Pujals, who is a force to be reckoned with, leads the team in both rushing and passing. But, the Dartmouth defense can likely key in on the sophomore — no member of the rest of the Crusaders backfield averages over 50 yards per game. Holy Cross has struggled defensively, giving up more than 20 points in all but one game. The team has allowed 187 rushing yards per game but just 208 passing yards per game. This should not trouble the Big Green, however, which has shown its ability both through the air and on the ground. Quarterback Dalyn Williams ’16 looks primed to continue his hot streak in this matchup, regardless of his manner of attack. Throw in the fact that this is Homecoming weekend, and this game should keep the winning streak alive. Prediction: Dartmouth 28-13 Men’s soccer vs. the University of Pennsylvania (7 p.m. Saturday) The men’s soccer team (7-3-1, 2-0-0 Ivy) cracked Soccer America’s top-25 rankings on the back of an eight-game unbeaten streak this week and followed it with a loss against No. 22 Boston Uni-
versity. This weekend, the team faces off against a Penn team (5-6-0, 1-1-0 Ivy) that has lost its last two contests. Last weekend’s game was the team’s first home loss this season, and the team should be striving to get back on the winning track at Burnham Field. That is possible against the Quakers, but the Big Green needs to play to its potential against a Penn team that has scored 18 times this year. Senior Duke Lacroix and sophomore Alec Neumann, who have both scored six goals this year, should challenge the Big Green’s back line. The Penn defense, however, has given up 23 goals on the season. The team has also surrendered more than one goal in seven games, only one of which went down as a win. In their game against Central Connecticut State University, the teams’ only common opponent, the Quakers won 4-3. The Big Green defeated the Blue Devils 3-1. Look for Alex Adelabu ’15 and Hugh Danilack ’15 to find room among the Quakers defense and generate some quality scoring chances. Prediction: Dartmouth 2-0 Women’s soccer vs. the University of Pennsylvania (4:30 p.m. Saturday) The women’s soccer team (3-4-4, 0-0-3 Ivy) comes into Homecoming on a five-game winless streak, but has earned three ties in three games of Ivy play, keeping itself in contention for the title. The Quakers (5-4-2, 1-2-0 Ivy) dropped their last contest against the Naval Academy. Both teams bring a defense-first approach to the game and are averaging one goal per game on the season. Neither team has more than two players with multiple goals. The Big Green, however, has had a stingier back line, allowing only nine goals to the Quakers’ 14. The Big Green offense has produced more chances than the Quakers, who average just over 10 shots per game. The Big Green averages more than 14. The Dartmouth women have also earned 74 corners on the season to Penn’s 52. This game should be a defensive battle and could very well come down to who scores first. The Big Green defense and goalkeeper Tatiana Saunders ’15 will have to play big to help bolster the struggling offense. Prediction: Dartmouth 1-0
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Football preps to take on Holy Cross over Homecoming B y BRETT DRUCker
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Coming off a dramatic 38-31 victory over Yale University at the Yale Bowl, the Big Green returns to Hanover to take on the College of the Holy Cross in its homecoming matchup. Last year, the two teams met in Dartmouth’s home opener, and Holy Cross pulled out a 31-28 victory on a game-winning field goal with less than a minute remaining. The field goal capped off a 10-0 Crusader run to win the game. Holy Cross’s quarterback Peter Pujals was the star of the game, completing 25 of 37 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns in addition to rushing for another 125 yards and two scores. “Ever since I’ve been here, Holy Cross has moved the ball on us from a defensive standpoint,” safety Troy Donahue ’15 said. “We need to take that as a challenge. This is a good offense that’s coming in. They’ve kind of had our number since we’ve been here, so we definitely can’t take them lightly.” Last week, despite being in a 10-point hole at the half, Dartmouth outscored the Bulldogs 24-7 in the second half to move to 2-0 in the Ivy League for the first time since 2001. “That was probably the most excited I’ve seen the locker room here in a long time,” Donahue said.
After relying mostly on the running attack early in the season, the Big Green offense unleashed its aerial weapons against the Bulldogs, throwing 47 passes compared to only 31 rush attempts. Entering the game, quarterback Dalyn Williams ’16 had thrown for only 431 yards on the season before totaling a career-high 388 yards last Saturday against Yale. “We were very successful throwing the football at a time when we thought we needed to,” offensive coordinator Keith Clark said. “We’re probably more known as a running football team, but it’s something that we’ve worked very hard to try to improve to make ourselves more balanced, so I feel like now we now we have the confidence that we can do either facet offensively.” Clark said many of the plays were originally called as run plays with a pass option and that Williams did a good job taking advantage of the looks that Yale presented. The performance earned the junior signal-caller the New England Football Writers’ Association Gold Helmet Award for an outstanding contribution to a New England FCS team. Williams got plenty of help from his receiving corps, especially Ryan McManus ’15, who caught 12 passes for a career-high 188 yards in addition to returning a punt 60 yards for a Dartmouth touchdown in the second
quarter. McManus was named the Ivy League Player of the Week for his performance. Despite the early success, players remain focused on the season-long goal. “I think we still know that there’s a lot of work ahead of us,” Donahue said. “We haven’t really won anything yet. I think everyone realizes that there’s still a lot to do, so we can’t be too excited.” Clark agreed, noting that despite winning a big game last week and playing a non-league opponent this week, the team does not intend to take its foot off the gas. “As a coach, you have to push your guys,” he said. “Even when you win, you have to find the things that need correcting because it’s easier to overlook.” This season, Holy Cross has struggled to find consistency and returns to Hanover on a four-game losing streak. Last week, the Crusaders were narrowly edged by Brown University 27-24 in two overtimes after the Crusaders missed a 39-yard field goal on their possession and the Bears followed with a successful field goal attempt. Sophomore quarterback Pujals returns for the Crusaders averaging the second highest passing yards per game in the Patriot League, where he is also the eighth leading rusher. The Holy Cross defense also boasts the third leading tackler in the Patriot League in
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Dominick Pierre ’14 carries the ball in last year’s home opener against Holy Cross.
junior linebacker John Zakrzewski. This will be the 78th clash between the two teams, which first met in 1903. Holy Cross has won eight of its last 10 games against Dartmouth. The Big Green has seen mixed results at recent Homecoming games, going 2-2 across the last four matchups. However, the enthusiasm of the parade, bonfire and swarming of campus by hordes of alumni always leads to a special atmosphere, wide receiver Bo Patterson ’15 said. “The excitement is really cool across campus,” he said. “It gets us excited, it
gets the fans excited, it gets the alumni excited.” As the team reaches the season’s midpoint, Donahue said it relishes any opportunity to play in front of the home crowd. “Any time fans come out to our games, there’s always something to prove,” Donahue said. “It’s a good platform to show the school how good we really are.” The game kicks off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at Memorial Field. Follow @thedsports on Twitter for live updates and instant analysis.
Cross country to battle top squads in Wisconsin Invitational
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The men’s and women’s cross country teams will look to continue their strong seasons and vie for a potential national championship berth Friday at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational in Madison. Hosted by the University of Wisconsin, this invitational will assemble the strongest teams in the entire country in what could be considered a preview for the November national championships. Seven Big Green harriers on each team will compete against some of the best cross country programs in the country. The 38-team men’s field includes nationally-ranked programs such as No. 3 Northern Arizona University, No. 5 University of Portland, No. 6 Syracuse University, No. 7 Stanford University and No. 9 University of California, Los Angeles and University of Wisconsin.
The equally deep women’s field includes 40 teams, including No. 2 Michigan State University, No. 5 University of Arkansas, No. 6 Stanford University, No. 8 Iowa State University and No. 9 Florida State University. Both fields also feature teams from around the Ivy League, including Columbia, Cornell, Harvard and Princeton. Women’s head coach Courtney Jaworski believes that the team is prepared to race entering the weekend. “Competing at Boston College two weeks ago was good preparation for the size and status of this race,” Jaworski said. “I think the team has done a wonderful job working on packing during practices – something that will be important at this race – and they’re in a positive mindset moving into the weekend.”
Men’s head coach Barry Harwick echoed similar sentiments. “We’re already as well prepared as we can be,” Harwick said. “If [the team] is confident in themselves, the team and our strategy, we’ll do well.”
“We don’t need the race of our lives, we just need to run to our fitness level.” - CURTIS KING ’16 Given the elite competition, performing well at this meet will improve both teams’ chances of earning a bid to the November national championships in Indiana. Apart from the automatic berths for the top two teams at each NCAA Regional meet,
all other teams must qualify through an at-large bid, which is determined based on how the team performs against other top teams across the country. Indeed, this seems to be the main focus for both teams. Dana Giordano ’16 said the team hopes to improve on its seventh place finish from last year. “This race has historically been tough for our team. I would like to turn that around this year and run to our full potential,” Curtis King ’16 said. “We don’t need the race of our lives, we just need to run to our fitness level.” King also pointed to Ivy League competition at the meet as a good litmus test for the Big Green. “Team-wise, I would like to see us be the top Ivy League team at the meet. If we accomplish that, an NCAA berth will follow,” King said.
Both teams sent runners to the New England Championships in Boston last week, but this week marks the team’s first true test since the Boston College Invite three weeks ago. “The team has had three weeks of quality uninterrupted training,” King said. “I expect big things from our captain Silas [Talbot ’15] and my fellow ’16s.” The women will assemble on the start line at 12 p.m. EST Friday for a 6-kilometer race, while the men’s 8-kilometer race begins at 12:45 p.m. Both men’s and women’s teams will also send runners to compete at the Rothenburg Invitational hosted by Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday. After this weekend, the teams will begin their final preparations for the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship on Nov. 1 in Princeton, N.J.