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The Rockapellas celebrated the group’s 25th anniversary with an alumnae show Sunday.

Mentor program sees changes B y JOSH KOENIG

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For the first time since its 2012 launch, a first-year student living in any residential cluster can opt in to receive a mentor this fall through the First-Year Peer Mentoring Program. The program, which previously matched mentors to students living in the Russell Sage or River clusters, will interview prospective mentors this spring.

The interview is a new requirement, program codirector Delia O’Shea ’15 said in an email.

Prior to this year’s changes, students living in the selected clusters were matched with mentors. O’Shea said that some of these automatically enrolled students were not receptive to the program’s goals, discouraging some mentors.

By allowing students from across campus to

participate in the program, O’Shea said, organizers hope that the pool of student mentees will be more enthusiastic.

“We have a really good feeling about the program’s direction and momentum for next year,” O’Shea said.

Since the program’s inaugural year, organizers have considered expanding to include all clusters, former SEE MENTOR PAGE 5

Anchored by a drag show featuring Alyssa Edwards of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and a keynote address by Laverne Cox of “Orange Is the New Black” fame, this year’s Pride Week lineup mixes new events with older offerings. Programming will continue through Saturday evening, concluding with an awards ceremony for leaders in the LGBTQ community.

Additions to this year’s Pride Week schedule include tours of Triangle House — the College’s new affinity house for LGBTQ students and allies — an HIV screening clinic and a discussion on queerness in the Caribbean, among others.

Pride Week co-chair Francis Slaughter ’16 said the week aims to celebrate those who fought for “a greater ease of being LGBTidentified” at Dartmouth and in the U.S. “Until everyone feels comfortable enough on campus to come out or feel their identity is accepted, Pride Week will be a part of Dartmouth,” Slaughter

said.

The bulk of programming begins today with the Triangle House tours and the drag show featuring Edwards, who will perform among members of various fraternities, drag show director Lizzy Southwell ’15 said.

Describing Edwards as “kinda cooky, kinda crazy, a dancer above all things and very funny,” Southwell said she looks forward to the performer’s energy and personality.

“Even if people don’t know that much about drag, I think people will be surprised by how they relate to it and how much they like it,” Southwell said.

While the drag show is meant to be a lighthearted event, Tuesday’s Transform fashion show, which will feature perfor mances by Sheba and Ujima, is one of the more serious and diverse perfor mances this week, Slaughter said. Transform is a gender-bending, gender-fluid SEE PRIDE PAGE 5

Photo project explores Alumni to sell, ship flair to campus racial, cultural identity B y ELIZABETH SMITH The Dartmouth Staff

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Dartmouth students whose racial identities span beyond simple check boxes posed for portraits in the Black Family Visual Arts Center Sunday evening to take part in “The Changing Face of Dartmouth,” a photography project

sponsored by MOSAIC, a group of multiracial and multicultural Dartmouth students. The photos will be on display in BakerBerry library later this month.

The project, organized

by MOSAIC executive board members Nushy SEE FACES PAGE 3

For students on the hunt for a leopard-print tutu or a vintage denim jacket, Thriftbox — a new business launched last weekend by Will Lowry ’13 and Eric Wu ’13 — allows students to order a monthly box of clothing items delivered to campus for a monthly charge.

Thriftbox curates its clothing from New York thrift

shops, delivering two, three or five surprise items monthly, Lowry said. Students can subscribe to the service for any number of months, and participation costs between $15 and $30 depending on the size of the order.

On the website, customers choose to receive flair, vintage clothing or a box of mixed styles. The website allows customers to specify their size and gender, as well style preferences like pastels,

Hawaiian shirts or blazers.

Lowry and Wu, friends since their freshman year at the College, both currently work full-time jobs in Manhattan. When Wu called Lowry with the idea for Thriftbox on April 18, however, Lowry said he immediately wanted to join forces.

People enjoy expressing themselves through unique SEE FLAIR PAGE 2

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DAily debriefing LOCAL NEWS Marcus Hampers, an emergency care doctor at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center, plans to open five urgent care centers in New Hampshire and Vermont, Vermont Digger reported. Under the banner of Hampers’s company, ClearChoice MD, the centers will treat patients unaffected by life-threatening illnesses but who cannot get an appointment with their primary care doctors for treatment and do not want to go to an emergency room. Some Vermont hospital executives, however, have pushed back against the plans, citing concerns that ClearChoice MD is an out-of-state, for-profit company that may not account for uninsured or Medicaid patients and could compete with their own organizations. The company has asked the state’s Green Mountain Care Board, which oversees health care policies, whether its plans require a certificate of need stating that the health care system requires expanded or new facilities.

Medical societies in New Hampshire and Vermont reported that the Social Security numbers of more than 150 physicians at hospitals and private practices have been stolen and used to file fraudulent tax returns, WCVB reported. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., has requested that both the Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service investigate the claim. About 50 doctors and other employees at DHMC have been affected, spokesman Rick Adams told WCVB. Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts have seen similar cases.

Vermont will institute the nation’s strictest labeling requirements for genetically modified food following a law passed last Wednesday, the New York Times reported. Food and biotechnology industries are fighting for federal legislation to prevent similar laws, arguing that labeling products as genetically modified organisms will deter consumers. These companies also allege that mandatory labeling will cause prices to rise due to potentially complicated requirements and increased cost for manufacturers and grocers. The bill passed with a vote of 114 to 30 in Vermont’s House of Representatives and will come into effect July 1, 2016. About 80 percent of grocery products in Vermont will now require labeling, as roughly 90 percent of U.S. crops come from transgenic seeds. Other New England states have passed similar legislation.

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Service targets College ‘flair culture’ FROM FLAIR PAGE 1

clothing with history, Wu said, but discovering pieces can be timeintensive. Thriftbox aims to take the work out of people’s hands by providing them with an inexpensive, simple and sustainable method of acquiring new clothing, he said.

“We feel at least to a certain extent, fashion can sometimes be bifurcated based on your income,” Wu said. “We want to close that income gap.”

Lowry said their current objective, however, is for the company to receive its first order.

The pair select clothing based on what they believe college students enjoy wearing, Wu said, adding that his and Lowry’s experiences with Dartmouth flair culture and the “hipster, vintage vibe” of Manhattan make them well-suited to hand-select the items shipped each month.

For the past two weeks, Lowry said, the duo has allowed their instincts to guide their selections.

“So far it’s been a ‘we know it when we see it’ type of thing,” Lowry said. “It’s also nice because we get to put a personal touch on the products themselves.”

With Green Key approaching,

Wu and Lowry have begun marketing their business to Dartmouth students through word of mouth, fliers and social media, hoping to build interest and a customer base at the College, Wu said.

Depending on Thriftbox’s success at Dartmouth, Wu said the team may market the service to

“We feel at least to a certain extent, fashion can sometimes be bifurcated based on your income. We want to close that income gap.”

- ERIC WU ’13, Thriftbox co-founder other colleges in the country.

Of four students interviewed, three said they were receptive to Thriftbox’s business model.

Angie Lee ’17 said that she may use the business because it is easier and less time-consuming than traditional online shopping, and Haley Hur ’17 said that although she does

not wear flair, she may purchase vintage clothing through Thriftbox because the service is reasonably priced.

“I’ll definitely try it once,” Hur said.

Hao Chang ’16 said he believed the service would be popular for Dimensions of Dartmouth, FirstYear Trips and Greek organization events.

Clara Wang ’17, however, said that though the Thriftbox concept is interesting, she may not sign up for a long-term version of the program because she prefers to try clothes on before buying them.

As they move forward with their business, Lowry and Wu said the duo will consider hiring employees with an eye for fashion to work as personal shoppers.

The company will give 10 percent of profits from sales placed by May 6 — in time for Green Key weekend — to The Bowery Mission in Manhattan, which works with homeless men and women and atrisk youth.

“We want to start a company where we’re actually able to make some kind of positive difference,” Lowry said.

Lowry is a former member of The Dartmouth staff.

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‘Faces of Dartmouth’ project aims to show various identities FROM FACES PAGE 1

Golriz ’15 and Lulu Riley ’16, aims to create a greater space and community for people that do not identify with just one cultural group on campus.

Dalia McGill ’16, the project’s photographer, had taken at least 30 photographs as of Sunday evening, Golriz said.

The photo shoot is modeled after the “Changing Face of America” project by National Geographic magazine, which profiles Americans whose identities are not accurately reflected by the options presented in the census.

Up until 2000, respondents could not check more than one box for race or ethnicity on the U.S. Census. Though this has since changed, respondents may still feel uncomfortable with the options presented to them, Golriz said.

Golriz noted that students face a similar experience when filling out the Common Application, which asks students to check boxes for all identities that apply.

Golriz said that she hoped that,

after sitting for a portrait, students would appreciate the size of the multiracial and multicultural community at Dartmouth.

“There’s a lot of emphasis on racial minorities, but I don’t think there’s a lot of conversation on

culture immersed in American culture.”

Riley said that the project would mark a shift in activity for MOSAIC — from discussion-focused projects to action. It also allows the group to establish a new presence

“A lot of people identify with one culture — but because it’s not an American culture, they feel like they’ve had a fusion experience, where they grew up with one culture immersed in American culture.”

- NUSHY GOLRIZ ’15 people who don’t identify with just one racial minority,” Golriz said.

She added that the project was not just for multiracial students, but also for multicultural students.

“A lot of people identify with one culture — but because it’s not an American culture, they feel like they’ve had a fusion experience, where they grew up with one

on campus, she added.

Students unable to commit to weekly discussions could still participate, Riley said.

Golriz said she hopes to display the photos later in the spring in Berry corridor. The exhibit, she said, will feature the portraits, along with the check boxes that subjects would have checked on

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Georgi Klissurski ’14, a senior class gift intern, explains donation options at a table on Massachusetts Row.

the last census and quotes about their experiences at the College.

Golriz hopes that students who view the project will rethink how they view others.

“It’s a way of challenging how people identify others, and challenging whether skin color and facial features necessarily mean anything,” Golriz said. “People need to be aware there is a growing community of people that don’t fit into these racial minorities or cultural minorities.”

Many multiracial students at Dartmouth are grouped into one specific minority group, Riley said.

“You think ‘this isn’t all of me.’

There’s always a different part of you that is not satisfied,” Riley said.

Ravynn Nothstine ’17, who posed for a photograph, said the

project was an important way to inform students about what it means to be multiracial. Kohar Avakian ’17 also sat for a portrait, and added that the project would be especially important at Dartmouth.

“It’s important because there’s a lack of awareness about multiracial and biracial people on this campus — we are here,” Avakian said.

“There’s not a voice for multiracial people.”

Simone D’Luna ’16, who also posed for a photo, said that at Dartmouth she has not been able to engage with all sides of her identity.

After the project, Corinne Kasper ’17 said, she hopes “people will stop saying I look white.”

D’Luna and Golriz are former members of The Dartmouth staff.

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Staff Columnist Emily Albrecht ’16

contributing columnist andres smith ’17

Not Just A Number

Safeguarding Speech

Dartmouth should lead the Ivy League by going test-optional.

Last month, the College Board announced policy changes to the ever-ominous SAT. It dropped the timed essay and 2,400-point grading scale, and the new exam, the Washington Post reported, will “dwell less on fancy vocabulary.”

These reforms are the SAT’s attempt to stay relevant. Further, they aim to lower institutional barriers blocking high school students from higher education. Though these reforms are admirable, they do not equalize the playing field across socioeconomic barriers. Because of standardized testing’s inherent flaws, Dartmouth should eliminate the test requirement for future applicants.

Over the past decade, doing well on the SAT has increasingly become less about pure merit and hard work and more about who can afford the best tutors and the best study guides and who has the time to attend the most preparation classes. Private tutors can cost up to hundreds of dollars an hour, and even if students can afford the relatively less expensive guidebooks, they still need the time to use the books. Numerous studies show that SAT scores correlate with income; students who cannot afford a tutor or whose free time is eaten up by necessary after-school jobs are at a distinct disadvantage. Raw intelligence cannot always bridge that gap. Having an SAT tutor can be the difference between getting into college or not, or even receiving a scholarship. Though the College Board announced that they will offer free study guides online, those who can pay for tutors will still inevitably perform better overall.

Though the SAT is not alone — the ACT and other standardized tests all suffer from the same problems — this is not a problem College Board itself can tackle.

Starting with applicants to the Class of 2020, Dartmouth would be wise to follow in the footsteps of test-optional colleges like Bowdoin College, Sarah Lawrence College and Smith College.

Standardized testing is neither the only nor the best way to measure a potential student’s success.

Those who want to submit their scores still could, but incredibly intelligent students whose finances may prevent them from performing optimally could show their prowess in other areas without their SAT or ACT scores putting them at a dis-

advantage.

Furthermore, going test-optional would encourage more students to apply to the College. We suffered a 14 percent drop in regular decision applications for the Class of 2018, after a 3 percent drop in applications with the Class of 2017. Dartmouth needs to do whatever possible to bring those numbers back up, especially in light of record-breaking application numbers at Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Among other policy and administrative changes, like massive tuition reform and substantially addressing recent student life issues, going testoptional would attract more applicants.

Statistically, going test-optional would also raise the College’s average SAT and ACT scores. Only those who feel that these tests adequately represent their intelligence would submit (i.e., only the highest scorers). Then, our median scores would increase, making us more competitive with other top-tier schools and thus more attractive. While rankings do not matter much post-matriculation, just think back to your junior and senior year of high school — it mattered then. Dartmouth has so much to offer potential applicants, but, first, they must apply.

We pride ourselves on offering the best undergraduate education in America. Going SAToptional will not change that; standards for acceptance will not change alongside rules for applying.

With a widened applicant pool comes students with diverse talents and modes of intellectual expression. Standardized tests promote the idea of cookie-cutter intelligence, that there is only one way to be smart. Moreover, standardized testing unfairly privileges students from higher-income families, reproducing economic stratification, an oft-cited issue at Dartmouth. Dartmouth should lead the Ivy League in deconstructing both the idea of standardized intelligence and the institutional barriers that benefit from it. We should blaze a path where more and more incredible students from all socioeconomic backgrounds want to apply to Dartmouth.

The administration knows that students are not test scores; going test-optional will ensure that they are not treated like one.

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The College must not infringe upon students’ First Amendment rights.

Much ink has been spilled over the merits and pitfalls of the “Freedom Budget” and the means used by some of the students who advocate for its proposed changes.

Seeing as how I’m still on the 20 meal plan, I don’t think of myself as someone who has been here long enough to fully understand and make informed decisions about Dartmouth’s many complexities and nuances.

However, one thing that sticks out to me is the call for “serious consequences against hate speech.” No institution should have the ability or authority to regulate speech.

I don’t want to go to a school where there is such a thing as a speech crime.

This is not a defense of the ignorance and bigotry that is very real at Dartmouth and on campuses everywhere. We, as individuals and as a community, need to understand the harm our words and actions can inflict on others, and we should strive to make Dartmouth as welcoming as possible. Yet this cannot come at the cost of the College infringing upon one of our most fundamental rights. Dartmouth’s Principles of Community guarantee our freedom of expression and dissent — and with good reason.

Freedom of expression is a beautiful thing. It has begotten some of the most important changes this country has seen in the last half-century and is being used today to change Dartmouth for the better.

What people need to realize, however, is that this freedom is a double-edged sword.

If people are going to be guaranteed the right to express themselves regardless of their beliefs, then, unfortunately, the right to be ignorant, bigoted or just plain awful needs to be protected as well.

In this context, I am referring to protection on an institutional level. If someone does express ignorant, hateful and hurtful beliefs, he or she deserves exclusion from his or her peers, and probably a good kick in the shin. However, it cannot be the College’s job to create rules and subsequent

punishments for someone’s opinions, even if those opinions are offensive or hateful.

Protecting students’ basic First Amendment rights is more important than forcing students to learn to interact with one another.

I would like to believe that this is a place where people will face social consequences for hateful beliefs, but even if they do not, the school cannot take on the role of regulating those beliefs. Of course, institutions bearing the school’s name or approved by the school in an official capacity should fall under its jurisdiction and should not, for example, be able to have a “Bloods and Crips” party. However, individuals should be allowed to think and express whatever they wish without official reprimand.

Further, the inherent arbitrariness of a potential speech regulation scares me a little. Not only would we give the institution the authority to punish students based on speech, we would also grant the College the power to define what is and is not a violation. What are the criteria for a speech crime? Can we no longer express something because one person finds it offensive? What about performances? If I’m offended by something that a poet or comedian says, am I allowed to seek justice, or does it fall under artistic expression? While I’m all for combating harmful discourse, allowing the College to make distinctions about which expressions are acceptable and which ones aren’t will inevitably provide frustrating and inconsistent results.

There is no disputing that this campus needs change, and by the looks of it, change is coming. But in striving for that change, it’s important that we remember to protect all the things that make Dartmouth such an amazing place, even if that means that some ignorant people get their voices heard.

Students must create an environment where the school doesn’t have to punish students for hurtful statements because we do not make them — not because we aren’t allowed to express them.

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With a line drive shot from Matt Parisi ’15, the baseball team tallied a dramatic walk-off win against Harvard University to complete the sweep of the doubleheader in Hanover. The Big Green set up a critical match up in Cambridge on Tuesday, looking to keep its hopes alive for a seventh straight Red Rolfe Division title.

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had swept Yale University in the opening double-header of their weekend series, the team was energized by a chance to return to the Ivy Championship Series, second baseman Thomas Roulis ’15 said.

“I think it was encouraging knowing that,” head coach Bob Whalen said. “As much as we talk

about handling the business on our end, at least [that] opened the door a crack, and I think it gave our kids some incentive that if they did what they needed to do, there was a chance.”

In the first game, Harvard drew first blood in the second when a double from third baseman Mitch

Klug brought home the runner on second, but the Big Green avoided further damage as starter Beau Sulser ’16 got a ground out and strikeout to leave two runners stranded in scoring position.

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Dartmouth knocked off the Crimson 4-2 in the Sunday afternoon opener at an overcast Red Rolfe Field and took the second game 3-1 thanks to the shortstop’s dramatic hit.

“I don’t think it registered right away,” Parisi said. “You think about hitting a walk-off home run your whole life, and you never think it would actually happen. I couldn’t wait to throw my helmet and celebrate with my teammates.”

After learning in the locker room on Friday that Brown University

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The baseball team got the two wins it needed versus Harvard to stay alive for the postseason.

Softball starts crucial series against Harvard with split

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Innings the softball team had been kept scoreless until a double

by Katie McEachern ’16 in the sixth on Sunday.

A two-game split in Hanover means that tomorrow’s softball doubleheader will decide the Ivy League North Division crown. After falling in eight innings to Harvard University, the team came back to walk off against the Crimson (28-13, 14-1 Ivy) in game two. The Big Green (27-16, 16-2 Ivy) now controls its destiny for the division title.

“We just need to focus on playing our game,” Kelsey Miller ’16, who slammed the seventh-inning walkoff

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in the second game, said. “We’ve been winning all season long and doing our best and nothing changes just because its championship play. We don’t want to change anything since we’ve had success in the past.”

In game one against the Crimson,

the Big Green fell 2-0 in eight innings.

The game was a pitcher’s duel between Kristen Rumley ’15 and Harvard junior Laura Ricciardone. The two pitchers combined to give up just 11 hits in the contest — Rumley, seven, and Ricciardone, four.

Both pitchers threw blanks for the first seven innings of the game and neither team threatened to break the deadlock.

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The softball team came back from an extra-inning defeat to walk-off and salvage a home split versus Harvard.

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Women’s lacrosse ends season with 9-8 win B y amir taree

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Senior women’s lacrosse players led their team to a thrilling 9-8 win against Harvard University (9-6, 4-3 Ivy) in their final game for the Big Green (6-8, 3-4 Ivy). While the Harvard senior players were honored before the game in their home stadium, it was Dartmouth’s seniors who clinched the match.

“It was really fun having all the seniors start and knowing that we won the game together,” co-captain Liz Calby ’14 said.

The Big Green was led by a stellar performance from goalkeeper Kristen Giovanniello ’14, who stifled the Crimson offense by stopping 16 shots, one short of a career high. Giovanniello stopped 13 of 22 attempted shots just in the first half.

“She played a great game and was seeing the ball well,” co-captain Bailey Johnson ’14 said of Giovanniello. “It made everyone want to play harder because she was coming up with all these great saves. It really sparked the team.”

Her big saves kept the game close before a late goal by Lindsey Allard ’14 allowed Dartmouth to finish the season on a high note.

It was a game of massive momentum shifts and big runs, as both teams battling for the lead. Both the Crimson and Big Green scored five unanswered during the contest.

“A game like that is definitely hard because at times you’re feeling good and at others you feel like you need to pick your play up,” Johnson said. “We’ve had a lot of games this year determined by runs, so it was nice to see the game decided in our favor.”

Harvard, which had already secured a spot in the postseason tournament, scored eight goals on 32 shots.

The Crimson went up early, scoring twice in the first five minutes, but the Big Green responded with five straight goals. Four more goals from the home team gave Harvard a

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The golf teams finished their seasons this weekend at the Baltusrol Golf Club competing for the Ivy League Championship as both teams finished sixth. Columbia University took the men’s title by 12 strokes, and Harvard University claimed the women’s title by 21 strokes.

A great first round for the men started their tournament strong. The Big Green finished the first round at 299 (+19) tying the Crimson for first place. Scott Jaster ’17, the final Dartmouth player to make the cut for the championship roster, had an especially impressive round, carding an even par 70.

The top five teams bunched up after the first day, all within three strokes.

In the second round, Dartmouth fell behind, shooting nine strokes higher than the first round and falling to sixth place.

Jaster again led the squad, but this time with a 75 (+5). Jeffrey Lang ’17, the top seeded Big Green golfer, shot a 78 (+8) the first day but improved in the second round to post

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The women’s lacrosse team posted a 3-4 record at home this season.

6-5 lead going into halftime.

“We definitely knew we would have to come out and play a clean second half to come back,” Johnson said. “We knew that we had to play really energetic and really well. Even though we were down by one, it was motivating for us that we could come out and take the game from them. It’s nice to play as the underdogs a little bit.”

The teams traded goals early in the second half, and the Crimson led 8-6 with 9:30 to play.

Calby scored with 9:26 remaining, pulling the Big Green within two and starting a three-goal run that would propel Dartmouth to the victory. Jaclyn Leto ’16 scored a free position shot with just over four minutes left to play.

With a little over 1:20 to play in a tie game, Sarah Byrne ’15 came into the top of the box. Allard saw the junior driving and cut around the crease. She caught Byrne’s pass, pumped high and shot low at the far post. The entire team celebrated as the ball crossed the line.

Calby led the Big Green offense, scoring four times with five points. Leto had two goals in the game, while Ingrid Hermanson ’16 and Samantha Schiff ’15 each had a goal off the bench. Danielle Lisovicz ’16 had two assists in the winning effort.

“I think the exciting thing about attack is that we play really well as a unit,” Calby said. “Some people step up any time but that’s the product of all seven of us working together the entire game.”

The victory snapped a four game losing streak for the Big Green.

Giovanniello finished her career with 529 career saves, third in program history, and Calby finished her career with 137 points, good for 15th overall, and with 95 goals, 21st in program history. Both seniors have had huge impacts on the teams since their first year in Hanover, Giovanniello starting all but one game in her Dartmouth career.

Although Calby began her Dartmouth career coming off the bench, she had an immediate impact, scoring 14 points in her freshman year.

Golf teams both finish sixth in Ivy Champs.

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the second-best Dartmouth score for the second and third round with matching 76s (+6). Six of seven other teams improved by at least six strokes in the second round as the Big Green slipped.

“We are three-putting countless times, and it has really been a major factor for the kids,” men’s head coach Rich Parker said.

“One step forward, then two back. I hope at some point in the coming years to quit talking about the future and play our best at the Ivy Championship. This weekend is a big disappointment for the program, but with youth and nerves, you just never know how they will respond.”

While the rest of the field slowed back down for the third round, Dartmouth was still just a few strokes off the pace and could not overcome the gap from the second round, shooting 308 as a team. Charlie Edler ’15, the most experienced golfer on the team, showed composure, leading the team in the third round with a 75 (+5). The golfers all finished between 75 and 78 on the final day.

The women showed overall consistency,

totaling 326, 327 and 327 in the three rounds.

In the last tournament of her senior year, Sarah Knapp ’14 led the team for the weekend totaling 235 to finish 15th. Right behind Knapp was Jane Lee ’15, who shot two strokes behind Knapp to finish with a 237 in a tie for 16th.

The game showed the team’s depth, Knapp said.

“We all played well at different times, but we fought for every stroke,” she said.

“I’m really proud of how the team played this weekend — it was definitely a tough course but we really held it together.”

Knapp, Lee and Tara Simmons ’17 combined for five cards with 77 strokes or fewer, but each had at least one round where they hit 84 or more. The women, like the men, faced difficulty with putting and consistency.

The Big Green teams look ahead to another season that will hopefully bring better results. The men will all return next season while the women will say goodbye to Kathryn Kennedy ’14 and Knapp.

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As the softball team prepares for its final game against Harvard University this afternoon, some are lamenting the conference’s structure.

Though Dartmouth and Harvard are the best two Ivy League teams this season, only one will move on to the Ivy championship.

“It’s the cards that we were dealt,” softball head coach Rachel Hanson said. “It is how it is, so we’re going to compete within that structure. My hope is that at some point we can change that structure a little bit.”

For most spring sports teams in the Ancient Eight, the regular season has ended and teams are looking forward to postseason play, whether it be an Ivy League Tournament or the NCAA Tournament.

But not all postseason play is created equal. Some sports have no Ivy League tournament, allowing the winner of the regular season title to automatically advance to the NCAA Tournament. Others play a conference tournament for the right to move on.

Ivy League softball and baseball coaches regularly approach the Ivy League about creating a four-team tournament, Ivy League executive director Robin Harris said, but the main obstacle to doing so is scheduling.

“Frankly, this year we’re having challenges just getting our regular season games in because of rain outs we’ve had,” Harris said. Organizing a four-team championship would lengthen the current schedule, she said.

No formal proposal to change baseball or softball conference structure has made it through the athletic

directors since 2009, when Harris started in her role, she said.

“I can understand where they’re coming from,” Harris said. The current schedule does not permit the teams to play each other home and away the same number of times, she said.

Both baseball and softball maintain the same playoff system. The eight teams in the Ivy League are separated into two divisions of four, and the division winners, determined by

“It’s the cards that we were dealt. It is how it is, so we’re going to compete within that structure. My hope is that at some point we can change that structure a little bit.”

- RACHEL HANSON, SOFTBALL HEAD COACH conference record, play in a best-ofthree series.

A tournament series comprising the top four teams with the best overall conference records, not the top two from both divisions, would make for a better experience, Hanson said.

By splitting teams up into divisional play, schools can play at least three conference opponents home and away before the division champions play for the Ivy bid to the NCAA tournament, Harris said.

The closest example of how a baseball or softball tournament could work might be women’s lacrosse, where four teams with the best conference records advance to the Ivy

League tournament for the chance to win the league’s automatic bid. With no division separation, an elaborate tiebreaker system helps determine seeding.

This system, however, has only existed since 2010. Previously, like soccer and basketball, the regular season title winner advanced to the NCAA tournament.

Since lacrosse teams play each other only once a year, the schedule is not as balanced as it is in basketball, Harris said.

Women’s lacrosse head coach Amy Patton said she believes the new tournament system is better than its predecessor.

The tournament resembles an NCAA final four tournament because it mimics the playoff system with games on Friday and Sunday, she said.

“There’s a lot of pressure and it’s really competitive, and any of the four teams can win,” Patton said. “I think it really prepares the Ivy athletes for the NCAAs, and I think it helps us get more teams into the NCAAs.” Ivy women’s lacrosse tends to send multiple teams to the NCAA tournament.

Even if the Ivy tournament’s No. 1 seed doesn’t win the tournament title, that team is still likely to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament based on its record, Harris said.

In 2011, Princeton was the No. 4 seed in the Ivy tournament and went on to win the tournament, which was the Tigers only way of getting into the NCAA tournament. Both the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth also advanced to the NCAA tournament that year.

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Expanding the Ivy League tournament to include six or even all eight teams would be inadvisable and logistically difficult, Patton said. There would be high costs and it could diminish the quality of the tournament as well as the top four seeds, Patton said.

For Ivy League football, no games follow the regular season’s final whistle.

Last fall’s season ended with mild controversy as Princeton and Harvard finished the regular season with the same conference record. Though Princeton beat Harvard, a regular season finale upset by Dartmouth meant that Princeton shared the title.

No structure exists — whether tiebreaker rules or a conference championship game — that would have allowed Princeton to legitimately claim the Ivy League title for itself.

NCAA football rules prohibit conferences with fewer than 12 teams from playing a championship game.

The Ivy League has eight.

Though the Ivy League holds an automatic bid for the Division I Football Championship Series playoff tournament, it turns it down every year because of a longstanding decision made by the Ivy League presidents upon the league’s inception in 1954 that football teams focus on Ivy competition, Harris said.

Another concern is that FCS playoffs usually occur in December and the first week of January, when most Ivies hold exams.

While the NCAA basketball March Madness tournament also spans a month, there are fewer academic concerns because most Ivy League schools besides Dartmouth do not

have exams in March, Harris said.

University presidents approve League championships but the athletic directors must determine whether sports have championship games or not.

Harris said Ivy athletic directors have discussed having an Ivy basketball tournament, but most believe the current arrangement is the best way to determine who to send to the NCAA tournament, particularly in a sport where the Ivy League does not typically receive multiple bids.

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“So many players miss out on having a true tournament experience during their college years.”

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and-home matchups against the other teams in the Ancient Eight, the better teams tend to separate themselves, Harris said.

“It’s a very equal schedule,” Harris said. “It’s a grueling schedule.”

Without a conference tournament, teams sometimes miss out on postseason play due to injuries, men’s basketball head coach Paul Cormier said.

Cormier, who has also coached at Villanova University and Fairfield University, said he has witnessed the excitement that accompanies championship week, when all Division I basketball conferences, besides the Ivy League, play to compete in the

NCAA tournament.

“So many players miss out on having a true tournament experience during their college years,” Cormier said.

Many Ivy coaches agree, he said, that the League should create its own championship tournament.

Soccer, like basketball, awards NCAA bids to the team that wins the regular season title.

“I think it makes for a very competitive season and it creates a lot of excitement for every game, especially early season games,” men’s soccer head coach Chad Riley said. “I like that the team that wins the League and has been the most consistent over the last month of the season goes on to represent the League in the NCAA tournament.”

The difficulty with having a soccer tournament is deciding how many teams to include, said Riley, who has experience with conference tournaments from his time at the University of Notre Dame.

The key difference between men’s soccer and basketball, however, is that historically at least two Ivy teams earn spots in the 48-team NCAA soccer tournament while Ivy basketball usually receives only its one automatic bid. In 2010, four men’s Ivy soccer teams went to the NCAA tournament, and three earned bids in 2009.

The historic strength of Ivy soccer means that there’s a decreased likelihood of the conference’s second-best team missing a chance at the national title, limiting frustration, Riley said.

“We don’t really need a tournament to improve our numbers,” Riley said. “But I think it’s something always worth evaluating.”

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The men’s and women’s tennis teams wrapped up their seasons this weekend with matches against Harvard University. The No. 42 men fell 4-1 on the road against the No. 33 Crimson and finished a historic season with its most League wins since 1997. The women won at home in a dramatic 4-3 win against No. 53 Harvard to cap the season.

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The women (8-9, 4-3 Ivy) started with three tightly-contested doubles matches, in which the Big Green narrowly lost the doubles point. Julienne Keong Si Ying ’16 and Suzy Tan ’16 produced Dartmouth’s only double victory with an 8-5 win at the number three spot — the Big Green dropped the other two matches 8-6 and 8-5.

The team then fell into a 2-0 hole as Harvard won the number six singles match in straight sets. Katherine Yau ’16 gave the Big Green its first point of the day with a decisive 6-1, 6-3 victory at the number one position. The Crimson responded with a win against Melissa Matsuoka

’14 at number four, giving the team a 3-1 lead and a chance to put the match away early.

Dartmouth fought back and tied the match up with crucial wins from Taylor Ng ’17 at number two and Akiko Okuda ’15 at number five, 6-2, 6-4 and 6-3, 7-5 respectively.

Jacqueline Crawford ’17 clinched the Big Green’s victory with her 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4 win at number three.

“It was also a really sweet victory for Jacqueline,” Sarah Bessen ’16 said. “She had to sit out for about 3 months from injury and has been battling to get back.”

With its dramatic win on senior day, the Dartmouth women’s team finishes the season fourth in the Ivy League.

The Big Green men (18-6, 5-2 Ivy), however, could not overcome a similar early deficit in Cambridge.

Harvard took control of the match early with wins at all three doubles positions.

At the number one position, Cameron Ghorbani ’14 and Brendan Tannenbaum ’16, fell 8-3. The disappointing end finished an otherwise stellar season from the Big Green’s number one duo, in which the two were at one point ranked the NCAA’s No. 15 doubles tandem.

Ghorbani attributed the loss to the return game and aggressive play of the Crimson’s number one team.

“They really just came out strong,”

he said. “They came out swinging and just handed it to us.”

At the number three spot, Dovydas Sakinis ’16 and Brandon DeBot ’14 fell in a close 8-6 match. DeBot attributed the loss to coming up short on break points.

“They served really well and were really quick,” DeBot said. “There

“Whether or not we make it, it says a lot about the national presence we’ve established, and I hope that’s something that carries through the next few years.”

points.

Head coach Christopher Drake said he would have liked to see more aggressive play.

“We were a little too passive from the beginning,” Drake said. “If we want to beat teams of that level, we have to do a better job of starting off quickly in doubles and setting a tone for how we want to play.”

The loss marks the end of one of the best seasons in Dartmouth men’s tennis history, in which the team earned the highest ITA ranking in program history and finished with the most total wins.

“It was a tough match, but we had a lot of positives this season,”

Drake said. “The team’s fight and resilience have been great and the team is moving forward and making progress.”

Drake was particularly impressed with his team’s mental toughness alongside expectations of making the NCAA tournament, he said. With the regular season now over, the team will now focus on the tournament, in which the top 64 teams will play. The selection show for the tournament will be broadcast at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

“Whether or not we make it,it says a lot about the national presence we’ve established, and I hope that’s something that carries through the next few years,” DeBot said.

- brandon debot ’14 were really only a couple opportunities for us to get breaks, and we didn’t capitalize.”

The Crimson secured its victory with three singles wins. Dartmouth’s lone point came from Sakinis’s 6-4, 6-1 win at the number one spot. Harvard built a precarious 3-1 lead with two matches remaining that provided for tense tennis as the Big Green attempted to say alive. Unfortunately, Ghorbani was overwhelmed by the consistent play of his opponent at the number three position to fall 6-1, 6-4 despite staving off multiple match

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Track teams set records at Penn Relays, finish fourth at UNH

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The men’s and women’s track and field teams earned two new school records as they split up again this weekend to compete in the historic Penn Relays, featuring the Championship of America races, and the University of New Hampshire Wildcat Invitational.

At the University of Pennsylvania, the women set a new record in the 4x1,500-meter relay and the men clocked a record in the 4xmile race.

With gold watches and a large wheel on the line for the winners of the Championship of America race, the women went in hoping for a victory. The team of Abby Markowitz ’16, Dana Giordano ’16, Meggie Donovan ’15 and Abbey D’Agostino ’14 finished third, behind Villanova University and Stanford University in 17:20.87. The time stands as a Dartmouth, Ivy League and New England record, topping the 2012 Dartmouth record of 17:44.95 and the old New England time of 17:22.30 from 1991, previously held

by Providence College.

The Wildcats and Cardinal crossed the line in 17:16.52 and 17:16.74, respectively.

Giordano and D’Agostino ran

particularly impressive legs. Giordano finished her leg in 4:16.4, a 1,500 time that would stand as the fourth fastest 1,500 meter time in program history if it had been an individual race.

D’Agostino took the race home in the anchor position, running a time of 4:08.0, a time that would have broken her own 1,500 meter record by almost four seconds.

“It was really great to see Abbey trying so to hard to chase down the other teams,” Giordano said. “Everyone got good times which shows where our fitness is and that we are so close to those other teams.”

The women also ran the distance medley relay in the elite Championship of America section at the Penn Relays, where the quartet of Giordani, D’Agostino, Liz Markowitz ’16 and Megan Krumpoch ’14 finished fourth behind Villanova, Stanford and Georgetown University. The Big Green was just .17 seconds behind the Hoyas, crossing the line in 11:06.31.

The Championship of America events are highlights of the meet, bringing together the best track and field athletes, women’s head coach Sandra Ford-Centonze said.

“Being selected to run in the Championship of America race is validation

of what you have done all year,” FordCentonze said. “You go out and really compete because everyone is watching.”

The other group to compete in a Championship of America race was the men’s 4xmile relay team. The team competed without injured sub-four miler Will Geoghegan ’14. The team of John Bleday ’14, Silas Talbot ’15, Tim Gorman ’16 and Steve Mangan ’14 still set a Dartmouth record of 16:27.82, finishing in ninth place overall. The new record tops a 26-year-old record of 16:41.04 and stands as the second fastest time in New England history.

Edward Wagner ’16 took sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 52.07 and then returned to the Franklin Field track for two relays. Wagner teamed up with Henry Sterling ’14, Lukas Zirngibl ’14 and Joe Chapin ’16 in the distance medley relay where the team finished 11th in 9:58.16. He also teamed up with Jalil Bishop ’14, Jonathan Brady ’14 and Phil Gomez ’17 for a seventh place finish in the 4x400-meter relay.

On the women’s side, Kumproch finished in 10th in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.48 and teamed up with Katy Sprout ’17, Meech and Aliyah Gallup ’17 to finish third in the Heptagonal section of the 4x400-meter relay.

Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 finished third

in the high jump by clearing 5-7.75 and teaming up with Sara Kikut ’16, Anna Kikut ’16 and Meech in the 4x100meter relay to finish with a time of 47.29, good enough for 41st overall.

Competing at the Penn relays is a good check-in point during the season, and serves as a great experience for athletes due to its large scale.

“What they take from it is that, even though our league is a non-scholarship league, we can compete with all teams in the country,” Ford-Centonze said.

“If we aren’t in a race, we are going to cheer for Ivy kids.”

Other members of the team competed at the University of New Hampshire and took the last opportunity before the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships to compete. Both the men and women finished fourth in the meet.

Highlights of the women’s meet included a one-three-four finish by the Big Green in the 1,500-meter run. Arianna Vailas ’14 won the race in 4:33.14, and was closely followed by Helen Schlachtenhaufen ’17 in third and Abby Markowitz ’16 in fourth. Claudia Pham ’15 won the 5,000-meter run by seven seconds over Hannah Rowe ’14.

The Big Green had four runners score in the meet, going one-two-five-seven.

Ashley Ulrich ’15 and Erin McConnell ’17 placed fifth and seventh in the race.

The race was an improvement for Vailas, who finished 26th in the 1,500 at the Larry Ellis Invite last weekend.

The women’s 5,000-meter team saw similar results two weeks ago at the first Wildcat Invitational of the season, as Pham, Ulrich and McConnell placed one-two-three.

“We approached it as an opportunity to get another solid race in before Heps,” Meghan Grela ’17, who won the 800-meter race, said. “I didn’t want to just sit behind the front runner, so I made a move to try to push the pace.”

On the men’s side, Tim Brennan ’17 won the hammer throw and the discus and placed fifth in the shot put.

Julian Heninger ’17 and Connor Clark ’17 finishing fourth and seventh in the 1,500-meter run, respectively. John Abraham ’16 won the 100-meter dash and Wagner finished in seventh, as he came up from a Friday in Philadelphia to compete. Wagner also finished in second in the 200-meter dash.

Both teams will take this weekend off to rest and train before the Ivy League Championships, which will be hosted at Yale University from May 10-11.

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with runners on first and second, Bo Patterson ’15 reached on an error by Crimson shortstop Jake McGuiggan, loading the bases with just one out. Matt MacDowell ’15 reached on a fielder’s choice up the middle, bringing home Joe Purritano ’16 but getting Patterson out at second. The runners on the corners would be stranded on a pop out the next at bat, bringing Sulser back to the mound.

Three up and three down put Dartmouth back at bat, and the Big Green took the lead when a single by Selzer drove in Roulis who had reached on a single of his own and advanced to third on a failed pick off attempt. The team put up another run in the fourth when Nick Lombardi ’15 led off the inning with a double, was moved on by a sacrifice from Patterson and scored on a sacrifice fly from MacDowell.

In the top of the fifth, Crimson lead-off man Carlton Bailey was called safe on a throw back to first that caused protest from the stands.

With a full count, Harvard’s Mike Martin sent a double deep into left centerfield, scoring Bailey and narrowing Dartmouth’s lead to 3-2.

The Crimson loaded the bases later that inning on a walk, but

Dartmouth hung on when Sulser got a ground out to shortstop. Dartmouth leads the League in fielding percentage, posting a strong .980.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Big Green restored its two-run lead on a sacrifice fly from Selzer that scored Keller.

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lowing one hit in the seventh, Sulser was relieved by Duncan Robinson ’16, who hit the first batter he faced, but helped enable a 5-4-3 double play to end the game.

Louis Concato ’14 opened the second game against senior Danny Moskovitis who entered the game with a 1.08 ERA, the fourth best in the Ivy League.

In the third and fourth innings, Concato got into a pair of second and third jams but was saved by his infield each time. Lombardi

made a nice charging play to get the runner at first in the third while Selzer cleanly fielded a chopper at first in the fourth.

“He has pitched in and out of jams most of the year,” Whalen said. “I thought he did a good job getting to both sides of the plate with his fastball, and he threw his curve ball for strikes pretty much the entire outing.”

Moskovitis maintained a no-hitter until the bottom of the fourth, when Roulis hit a two-out single up the middle. But the Big Green could not capitalize on its first opportunity when Purritano drove a line-drive right at the right-fielder for the third out of the inning.

The Crimson finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth after Concato opened the inning by walking the number nine hitter.

After Harvard loaded the bases with a single and another walk, the Crimson scored on a sacrifice fly to right with the runner tagging on third and a throw that was a bit too far up the third-base line to get the runner.

The top of the sixth would be Concato’s last inning of work, but he finished it emphatically, getting two strike-outs looking to end the inning.

The bottom of the sixth saw the Big Green lineup tie the game at 1-1 through another manufactured

run. Ruppert opened the inning with a four pitch walk before being advanced on a sacrifice from Roulis. Two batters later, Purritano smashed a 1-0 pitch over the first baseman’s head towards the rightfield corner to score Ruppert from second.

“We’re going to be the hunters. The last couple of years, we were the ones with the targets on our backs, so it was good to be in a position to take it ourselves.”

- MATT PARISI ’15 “We did do a good job of putting at-bats together, but their kids made pitches when they needed to and didn’t allow us to score in bunches,” Whalen said. “I was very pleased with both the way we moved runners and got guys in today.”

Michael Danielak ’16 stifled the Crimson on the mound over the last three frames, allowing just one hit with three strikeouts, including a pair of strikeouts looking to end the eight and ninth innings.

Patterson opened the bottom of the ninth with an infield single by beating out the throw from

the shortstop who was deep in the hole. A sacrifice bunt from MacDowell moved Patterson into scoring position with one out and Parisi coming to the plate. The Big Green shortstop crushed the first offering into the netting in left to give Dartmouth a 3-1 walk off victory that kept its hopes of post-season play alive.

“My approach was just relaxed and making sure I got a good pitch,” Parisi said. “The first pitch, it looked like he made a mistake, threw it on the inner half belt high, and I put a good swing on it.”

The team will travel to Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday to make up the two games canceled due to rain on Saturday. The Big Green now sits one game behind Yale in the Red Rolfe Division.

“To come back, after the way we started the season, it’s an amazing feeling to still be in the running,” Roulis said.

The Bulldogs split their games this weekend at Brown to open the door for a possible Big Green rally.

After receiving help from Brown, the Big Green’s fate again rests in their own hands.

“We’re going to be the hunters,” Parisi said. “The last couple of years, we were the ones with the targets on our backs, so it was good to be in a position to take it ourselves.”

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junior Emily Gusse reached on an error by second baseman Kara Curosh ’14. After a single by junior Andrea Del Conte, a double by junior Katherine Lantz brought pinch runner freshman Giana Panariello home for the game’s opening run. Lantz’s double was the only extra-base hit of the first game.

A wild pitch by Rumley plated Del Conte to put the Crimson up two.

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With its back against the wall, the Big Green tried to battle back in the bottom half of the inning. Rumley reached base and was replaced by Alyssa Loyless ’17 as a pinch runner. After a Maddie Damore ’17 strikeout, Curosh tried to redeem her error at the plate.

The senior battled, fouling off a number of pitches before ultimately grounding into a game-ending fielder’s choice at second.

Rumley finished the game with eight strikeouts and one walk. Ricciardone struck out five and did not give up any free passes en route to her 18th win of the season.

“We knew we just has to keep playing,” head coach Rachel Hanson said.

“We knew we had played a heck of a game, and that was a game where two teams were taking shots at each other and some just fell for them. We were ready to play game two.”

Ricciardone stayed on the mound for the second game of the doubleheader despite throwing 102 pitches in the first game and continued to dominate — Dartmouth did not register a hit until the bottom of the sixth when Ricciardone had left the circle.

Morgan McCalmon ’16 squared off against the Harvard stalwart and performed equally well. The sophomore surrendered three hits over her seven innings, striking out 13 to Ricciardone’s four.

McCalmon was only in trouble once, in the second inning. A double by Gusse plated junior Adrienne Hume to give the Crimson a 1-0 lead. McCalmon worked out of trouble, however, with a quick strikeout and pop out to strand the runner and limit the damage.

Although the Big Green did not

break into the hit column with Ricciardone on the mound, the team got three walks against the junior. After Ricciardone walked two Big Green batters in the fourth, Harvard coach Jenny Allard went to the mound for a conference. Ricciardone finished the inning but was pulled in the next inning for sophomore Morgan Groom.

After the bottom of the order went one-two-three against Groom in the fifth, the top of the order made the offense work in the bottom of the sixth.

With its backs against the wall, the Big Green manufactured the game-tying run.

“We don’t have big emotional ups and big emotional downs, we just battle,” Hanson said. “Sometimes hits just fall your way, and in game two they did.”

Curosh led off the inning with a single up the middle past the diving second basemen Lantz on a 3-2 pitch.

The next batter, Chloe Madill ’17 rocketed one to right. However, the Crimson outfielder brought the ball in for the first out of the inning.

Curosh did not lose focus on the ball, instead advancing to second on a throwing error by the right fielder senior Shelbi Olson.

At this point, Ricciardone returned

to the circle from the bench to try to prevent the run from scoring.

Katie McEachern ’16 stepped up to the plate and put the ball over Olson’s head for the game-tying double. However, two quick line outs by McCalmon and Karen Chaw ’17 ended the inning.

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The RBI double ended the Big Green’s 23-inning scoreless streak.

After a routine top of the seventh, Miller stepped up to the plate to face Ricciardone. The sophomore did not wait long to make an impact, hammering the first pitch she saw deep into right.

“I think that I had a pretty clear head,” Miller said. “I had seen her all day

long, so I knew what she was throwing.

I trusted my swing and just did what I always do.”

As Miller rounded first, she looked up and saw the ball cross over the fence.

She pumped her fist and turned to see her teammates rushing out to the plate to congratulate her.

“Your first instinct is just to run, but as soon as I hit first base and saw it was gone, I was just like, ‘Yes, we won,’” Miller said. “That’s why you play, for moments like those.”

Tomorrow’s doubleheader at Harvard will determine the winner of the North Division and the host of the Ivy League Championship series. If the Big Green wins both games, it will clinch the division. If the Crimson sweep, it will win the title.

If the teams split, it will come down to three makeup games the Crimson have yet to play. Harvard heads to Ithaca, New York, to face Cornell University (18-26, 8-10) Tuesday before returning to Cambridge to host South Division champions University of Pennsylvania in a game that was suspended in the top of the seventh. The two teams are tied 8-8. Should the Crimson lose one of these games, the Big Green would host a play-in game for the right to play in the championship.

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B y katie jarrett The Dartmouth Staff

This week I sat down with men’s tennis player Dovydas Sakinis ’16.

Sakinis has been a driving force behind a resurgent Big Green (18-6, 5-2 Ivy) that saw its best Ivy record since 1998.

What do you think enabled you to be so successful this year?

DS: Well, last year I couldn’t play since I was not eligible. It’s a big change, of course, to now play on the team, especially playing in the top spot. It’s a bigger responsibility, and I feel great that I can compete and win at this level.

DS: I will see how it goes. I would really love to, but it’s really hard. I think I’ve improved a lot through these past two years, and I will play some professional tournaments this summer, so I will see if I can compete.

What would be your dream professional tennis tournament to play in?

DS: Just playing Grand Slams.

Any of them. To reach that level if you can compete at that level, would be great.

Do you prefer playing singles or doubles?

DS: I’m more of an individual player. I play both doubles and sinWhat do you think allowed the gles for our team, but I’m definitely team to do so well this year? better in singles. I just kind of like DS: I don’t to be on my own. know — it’s hard “Well, last year I I can’t play team to say. We did couldn’t play since I was sports, I only have some suc- not eligible. It’s a big trust myself. I’m cess early in the also just not that change, of course, to season, and we great in doubles, were just build- now play on the team, but I play for the ing on that. We especially playing in the team and I think had a good pre- top spot. It’s a bigger I’ve improved a season, which responsibility, and I feel lot. we didn’t have great that I can compete last year.

What has been and win at this level.” your favorite With your premoment this season in the fall, is it hard season? being in season all year?

DS: I think we’ve had a lot of DS: I’m used to it. I don’t know good moments, but when I won about the other guys, but being from against Princeton 7-6 in the third Lithuania, originally I was going to set deciding match and 11-9 in the play pro, so I was playing all year tie-breaker, it was just crazy. I was long with maybe a two-week break. down four match points and had a I’m used to that but not used to lot of match points to close, and the studying during season. tie-breaker was just so tight. I think it was hard to play, but watching What made you decide to leave was also really hard. We actually Lithuania and come to Dart- won three matches like this in Ivies mouth? this season. It’s a crazy experience.

DS: It’s a long story. Going pro in You never know what will happen tennis, especially now, is extremely if you win or lose those matches. hard. I chose the safer way and We’ve been lucky to win them. decided to get an education. I was always into education. I never left Do you think tennis here is my high school like other players do. different than back home? Is Maybe 50 percent of them finish it more competitive? high school. I had offers from top DS: It’s hard to say. We don’t have 30 schools, but the Dartmouth coach college sports, so college competition really convinced me to come here. here is much bigger. Lithuania is such a small country, and we only What has been the hardest have a handful of tennis players. I’m adjustment? top 3 in the country, so competition DS: Just different culture, differ- here is way bigger. ent food of course. I think Lithuanian food is better. It was hard in If you could play any sport bethe first year, but now I’m used to sides tennis, what would it be? it, and I like it. I miss both. When DS: Beach volleyball. I’m probI’m at home, I miss here, and when ably not tall enough to play that I’m here I miss home. sport, but it looks cool.

Do you think you want to try to This interview has been edited and go professional after college? condensed.

B y austin major and freddie fletcher The Dartmouth Staff

Sports fans, this was truly a giant week in Legends history. After realizing that a comeback and sweet redemption has been mathematically impossible since the sixth week of winter term, we have truly embraced the senior spring philosophy and gone for the long ball — things we would not usually have any CHANCE of success in, but we have always wanted to try. Spoiler alert: we really have had no success in many of these things, but they have been a blast.

In this week’s episode of the saga of the Rec League Legends, we explore the best choice I have ever made at Dartmouth College to date: taking table tennis as my final P.E. credit. This selection was divinely inspired not simply by an unexplained love for cult classic “Balls of Fury” (2007), but by a long-standing inter-family rivalry over what is intended to be good, clean family fun.

In the Major household, table tennis is equivalent to war. Lines are drawn, allegiances are formed and what starts out harmless usually ends in tears, just like any family over recreational sports. So, to truly become the best player in the house and prove a point, I did what any normal person would do and came to Dartmouth to master my art. Hence, P.E. table tennis on Tuesday and Thursday nights, supplemented, of course,

by practice with a different variation of the game every other night of the week.

After the first day of class, I realized that I knew absolutely nothing about the art and strategy that is table tennis. My go to “hit it as hard as you can and hope for the best” strategy was what some might call “outdated,” “bad form” or “really ineffective,” so I had some work to do. But the fact that I won’t graduate if I don’t keep attending helped with maintaining the routine, and I got a little better.

Of course, being a Rec League Legend lends itself to one thing: taking a stroke of mediocrity, blowing it out of proportion and challenging people who are far superior to you to a competition that you cannot possibly win. Hey, it has sort of worked out so far, so why stop now?

Long story short, I challenged our teacher, Aaron Goldman ’15, who sits near the top of the club table tennis ladder.

My preparation was pretty standard: don’t think about it until an hour before the start, take a quick power nap to get my head in the right spot, hit snooze a couple of times, show up a little late, make up a good excuse and then get down to business.

Aaron let me warm up for the hour that was class. Definitely a head-game thing — I see you, Aaron. Anyway, post-class, the room cleared out and the show began.

By the show, I mean that Aaron had to explain the actual rules of table tennis to me because I had

actually been playing by the wrong ones for, I don’t know, like my entire life. Apparently it’s a best of five series with each game going to 11 points, win by two. You serve twice. In my family, we usually just played until someone left the house screaming and crying. After we got the actual rules all squared away, we started.

I won the start-up and felt like luck was on my side. I served first, a spin with so much backspin, I could not even fathom a return. But it happened, and allegedly hit the table. I am not sure because I didn’t see it.

Down 0-1 in the first, no big deal.

Pretty much the same thing happened the next time. Then Aaron served and I actually could not return the first two. On the second round, I got a hold of one, but it did not even go close the table. Not a great start, true, but definitely not an obstacle we could not overcome.

Down 0-8 in the first set, brilliance happened, sports fans. After what a significant rally of, like, four hits, Aaron hit it just long, literally three millimeters, and I broke the shut-out, or as I like to refer to it, secured the moral victory. The first game ended 11-1 Aaron, essentially a draw.

However, according to “the rules,” I “lost” and, unfortunately, the next two games went pretty much in the same fashion.

Although, it is important to note here that I never got bagelled. A victory? Not according to the rule book. A reason to celebrate? No question.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: HORSING AROUND

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The equestrian team took to the Green over the weekend to show off its horses before nationals next weekend.

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014

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Mentor program to add Pride events aim to prompt awareness interview requirement FROM PRIDE PAGE 1

applying to be a mentor next fall, said she helped start a similar program at program co-director Andrew Longhi her high school, pairing seniors with freshman. ’14 said.

Student Assembly helped launch “I know how important it is to have a the program, but the role of oversee- resource you can turn to,” Nissenbaum ing first-year mentors and mentees said. has since shifted to the Dean of the Applications for mentors have been distributed to all current undergraduCollege’s office.

In its first year, the program enrolled ates over email in the last two weeks around 200 Russell Sage residents. and are due Monday evening. Last This year, residents of Fahey and year, 163 students applied for 125 McLane Halls and the River cluster mentorship positions, O’Shea said. participated, program co-director “We’re hoping to receive at least as many appliLily Michelson cations as last ’15, who helped year,” O’Shea launch the pro- “Coming in I knew I said. “We’re gram two years wasn’t alone. I had looking to acago, said in an someone to go to if cept as many email. mentors as we Of six students I had any questions can in order interviewed, most from social life to to expand our expressed positive program as we responses to the academics.” move forward, program. but we will be Justin Maffet - JUSTIN MAFFET ’16 prioritizing ’16 and Jake Lyon quality over ’17 said their perspectives of the program developed quantity.” from strong relationships with mentors The online application asks students to list their extracurricular more than program activities.​ Maffet, enrolled in the program involvements and to describe the as a Fahey resident, said he remains most important piece of advice that they received — or wish they had friends with his mentor.

“Coming in, I knew I wasn’t alone,” received — during their first year at Maffet said. “I had someone to go to the College, among other questions. if I had any questions from social life In order to serve as a program mentor, students must be on campus during to academics.”

Lyon, a current McLane resident, the fall of 2014 and for at least one said that he would recommend the additional term during the academic program to an incoming member of year. Mentors must also commit to attending a mentor orientation held at the Class of 2018. the beginning In its pilot year, of fall term. the Fir st-Year “We’re looking to John Mentoring ProH a m m e l gram focused on accept as many Strauss ’15 academics, aiming mentors as we can in and Alexandra to supplement the Johnson ’15 existing first-year order to expand our co-direct this advising system, program as we move year’s program O’Shea said. forward, but we will with Michelson Michelson said and O’Shea. the program in- be prioritizing quality An additional tended to bridge over quantity.” executive comthe divide between mittee supports upperclassmen and programming underclassmen.

- Delia o’shea ’15 and communi Over the last cations efforts two years, however, the program has evolved to offer ad- and assists with mentor-matching, ditional advising outside of academics, Michelson said.

While a number of additional firstO’Shea said. Several mentees noted that they received advice on topics year advising programs are available unrelated to academics like extra- to students, including the First Year Student Enrichment Program, the Incurricular activites and social life.

Ben Rutan ’17, a program par- ternational Student Mentor Program ticipant, said he felt like the program and the Women in Science Program, was intended to help him out only if Michelson said that First-Year Peer Mentoring program is unique because he was struggling.

“Personally, I only met my mentor it is broad in scope and inclusive of all once or twice,” Rutan said. “It was incoming students. The Undergraduate Deans Office also assigns a faculty mainly a check-in for me.”

Meredith Nissenbaum ’17, who is mentor to each incoming student.

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fashion show during which people walk across the stage portraying a gender identity with which they do not usually identify.

“While one can see people physically, one can also understand people’s feelings for why they chose to not only participate in Transform, but why they choose to dress a certain way for the show,” co-chair Isana Skeete ’14 said.

On Wednesday, Pride Week will sponsor HIV screenings by Dick’s House. The test is completed using simply a cotton swab inside the cheek, and Slaughter said event organizers hope to show that the test is not as intimidating as one might assume.

Organizers will also hold a global awareness booth on Wednesday in the Paganucci Lounge to promote greater awareness about HIV testing and the prevalence of HIV worldwide, Slaughter said. Though conversations about HIV and AIDS can be uncommon among students, the HIV rate is growing among young gay men, especially those in minority communities, he said.

Slaughter said the HIV-centered events boost awareness and solidarity.

That evening, Pride Week organizers will join with the Dartmouth Caribbean Connection to discuss homophobia and queerness in the Caribbean, emphasizing the pervasiveness of homophobia rooted in machismo culture.

Following the discussion, OUTspoken will provide students with a forum in which to share their coming out stories and experiences.

Unlike in past years, the event will allow audience members to share their experiences in addition to the pre-selected panel, Skeete said.

An asexuality panel on Thursday is intended to raise awareness about a sexual identity that is not often discussed, Skeete said.

On Friday, Pride Week will culminate with a keynote address by Cox, who has visited about 40 colleges since the fall, when organizers first reached out to her about the keynote address, Slaughter said.

Cox will focus on the intersectionality of transgender identity and race, issues infrequently discussed on campus, Slaughter said.

“When we talk about Pride Week a lot of the time we focus on white gay men, and bringing Laverne Cox in flips that on its head,” Slaughter said.

Between 20 and 30 students, faculty and staff organized Pride Week, Slaughter said.

Every committee member, he said, came in with different points of view and issues they hoped to

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Discussions and a Laverne Cox keynote will mark this year’s Pride Week.

highlight during the week.

“Personally, I have had an incredibly easy experience being an out gay man on this campus,” Slaughter said. “I acknowledge that this is not the case for all

LGBTQIA members on campus.

In my mind that is the purpose of pride — to create an event where all identities can be celebrated.”

Skeete is a member of The Dartmouth staff.

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DARTMOUTH EVENTS

Pink Tights

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014

Coralie Phanord ’16

TODAY 12:00 p.m.

“Moving Dartmouth Forward: Arts and Innovation,” The Hood Auditorium

4:30 p.m.

Reading and discussion with author Ruth Ozeki, Filene Auditorium

6:00 p.m.

Film screening and discussion, “The Story of the Jews” (2013), Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium

TOMORROW 12:00 p.m.

“War Stories: Big Banks, Big Data and the Internet of Things,” Tuck School, Frantz room

12:00 p.m.

Lunchtime gallery talk, “A Photographic Journey: From Walker Evans to Luke Fowler,” Hood Museum of Art

3:30 p.m.

Physics and astronomy space plasma seminar with Dr. Aaron Breneman of University of Minnesota, Wilder 111

Crossing the Green Across 1 Spot seller 6 With lines 11 Golfer Ernie 14* Quote 16 Judy Garland, to Liza Minelli 17* Ones who can’t stop swiping?

18 Scout’s friend 19 Zeta follower 20 Narked 21 B-vitamin in eggs and liver 26 Form ender 29 Pre-calc class 30* Chip maker 31* Meatless Thanksgiving meal 33 “Erin Brockovich” subjects 35 “Too ___?”

36 Milquetoasts 38 “Full Metal Jacket” punishment 43 Tide type 45 House actor 46* Manly makeup 50* Amazon aid 51 Wild ox 52 “___ recall…”

53 Mark 54 Cabinet makers 55 “Eureka!”

57 PC connection 58* Redistrict unjustly 66 Nolan Ryan, e.g.

67 A large suitcase, or like the answer to each starred clue 68 “Twilight Zone” opener 69 “Happy Days” actor Williams 70 Rose feature Down 1 Reno and Kennedy, e.g.: Abbr.

2 “Hello!”

3 Pickup truck ancestor 4 Sixth sense, for

short 5 McGruff the Crime Dog ad, e.g.

6 Side splitter 7 Mötley Crüe features 8 My ___ Massacre 9 “Yadda yadda yadda” 10 ___ Moines 11 Board a ship 12 Canadian buck 13* Like Beijing or Mexico City 15 Ergo 20 Orchestra sect.

21* 1s and 0s 22 Cross characters 23 Bluesman Redding 24 Black and white 25 “Fighting” Big Ten team 27 Circuit 28 In conflict with 32 Like eating pufferfish 34 “… like you’ve ___ ghost!”

37 Members of fraternity near Novack 39 ROYGBIV con-

Andrew Kingsley ’16 stituents 40 Where we get typhoon and sorbet 41 Skin, in Spain 42* Anthony Weiner send out 44 Before 46* Sense of orientation 47 Worldwide cultural org.

48 Squealed 49 Vegas opener

53 Galleria Borghese home 56 Mass number?

58 2.0, e.g.

59 A billion years 60 B & O, Reading, and Pennsylvania 61 Queen’s laborer 62 Ultimate power?

63 “In excelsis ___” 64 It has a drum and hammer 65 Order to Forrest

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‘Hemingway’ revives British gangster film

B y Varun Bhuchar The Dartmouth Staff

Before he was known for playing wizened, old British men, Michael Caine got his start playing young and fiery gangster characters in British films.

Armed with a Cockney accent, Caine often played lovable rogues who tried to navigate London’s seedy underbelly.

About 40 years later, Jude Law steps into a similar role in “Dom Hemingway” (2013), where he plays the titular character. Jailed for 12 years after being involved in a robbery gone wrong, safecracker Dom returns to the world without much rehabilitation. He’s still the obscene, lecherous and violent fool that he was before he was locked away, and he’s hell-bent on staying that person upon his release. After losing his reward for keeping his mouth shut, however, Dom must reevaluate what remains of his life and re-unite with his estranged daughter, Evelyn (Emilia Clarke).

The British gangster film is a fun beast in and of itself. Unlike the American variation that often focuses on tales of branching Italian families and brutal violent operas, British gangster films are darkly humorous, populated by tongue-in-cheek jokes and colorful characters. Though these films include brutal violence, at times they also seem slapstick and unreal.

While the 1970s films that Caine appeared in are more classical examples of the British gangster genre, moviegoers may be familiar with Guy Ritchie’s one-two punch of “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” (1998) and “Snatch” (2000), which revitalized the genre and its devil-may-care attitude.

Now, in a new decade, “Dom Hemingway” seems to reflect a further iteration of the genre. The first scene portrays Dom in prison, naked and reciting an ode to his penis, yet

somewhere down the line, the film becomes reflective and existential. In this regard, it’s like a less subtle Coen brothers’ film. It’s an interesting play to pull halfway through the movie, but it’s the right choice considering how by-the-numbers this film could have been.

In fact, it seems like “Dom Hemingway” is a pastiche of different movie styles cobbled together. Helpfully, the film is split into chapters announced by title cards. The first part feels like the British answer to “Goodfellas” (1990), while the second part is an inspirational film about a struggling, lovable oaf. The last section of the film plays out like Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” (2008), though it beats out the odds for a much happier ending.

The film also serves as a new calling card of sorts for Law, as he enters middle age. Like Matthew McConaughey, he has to show that he can continue to deliver into his golden years, and “Don Hemingway” demonstrates his talent used to its full extent.

With such a flashy role, Law understandably steals the show. Richard E. Grant, who plays Dom’s long-suffering sidekick, manages to hold his own against Law’s firecracker performance playing a fed-up but steadfastly loyal straight man. It’s a good role for the talented character actor whose bestknown role remains British cult classic, “Withnail and I” (1987). Clarke, who took time off from caring for her “Game of Thrones” dragons to play her role, shows up to chew the scenery but not much else. This is a shame, as it would be interesting to see what she could do while not dressed in medieval garb.

Rating: 8.4/10 “Dom Hemingway” is currently playing at the Nugget.

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Weapons show explores masculinity

B y Apoorva Dixit The Dartmouth Staff

Displayed in the shape of a rising sun on the wall, the African weapons in the new Hood Museum of Art exhibit, “Art of Weapons,” form intimidating yet beautiful rays. Meant to mimic the grand Victorian style common to elite homes and museums, the exhibit explores themes that include colonialism and gender binaries.

Evoking the Victorian era and the associations it connotes, curator of African art UgochukwuSmooth Nzewi said, is key to the exhibit, because one of the major themes of the display is the perception of African masculinity from the point of view of western collectors.

The majority of the weapons are from the Hood’s collections.

In 1885, Rev. Josiah Tyler, son of Dartmouth’s fifth president, Rev. Bennet Tyler, donated several Zulu weapons collected in Natal, South Africa, where he was a missionary from 1849 to 1889. From there, the Hood expanded its collection through various acquisitions and donations.

The objects, Nzewi said, were mostly collected by Western males, missionaries, colonial officers, military officers and big game hunters. These different groups compiled their collections at the height of colonialism and ethnographic anthropology.

The exhibit raises questions about the pieces’ history, Hood coordinator of academic programming Amelia Kahl said.

“Who was collecting these weapons? How come from this time period we have a huge collection of weapons here at Dartmouth and as significant a collection of beautiful African textiles?” Kahl said. “Who

was buying these things? Who was attending the College, and who was giving them to us?”

The exhibition underscores that the weapons reflect social constructions of masculinity and explores how they present Western impressions of African masculin-

“Who was collecting these weapons?

How come from this time period we have a huge collection of weapons here at Dartmouth and as significant a collection of beautiful African textiles?”

- AMELIA KAHL, HOOD COORDINATOR OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING

ity, Nzewi said.

“All the weapons speak to different ideas,” Nzewi said. “For instance, the exhibit is really thinking of the weapons as objects, and hence the title, ‘Art of Weapons.’”

The exhibit, split into offensive and defensive weapons, displays spears, swords, knives and shields,

which date from 1850 to the 1930s.

They come from more than 40 ethnic groups, drawn from North, Central, Western, South and East Africa, encompassing a geographical spread that includes Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Tanzania and the Republic of Sierra Leone.

The weapons were individually crafted by skilled artisans all over the continent, religion and African and African American studies professor Robert Baum said.

“Often times, the skills to create these weapons were thought to be given to the artisans by spiritual powers or ancestors or deities,” Baum said.

On opposing walls are different shields, including a Gombe shield from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a Shilluk shield from South Sudan. Crafted from materials such as hippopotamus skin and raphe fiber, the shields for m intricate geometric patterns while remaining incredibly tough.

The display relates to the personal relationship between the weapon and its user, Baum said.

The exhibit serves as a counterpoint to a 2008 exhibit called “Black Womanhood,” which explored black women’s history, according to Kahl.

“Art of Weapons” opened on April 23 and will stay open through fall 2014. Nzewi is available for tours and classes by request.

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How does science inspire music, and vice versa? Emerging composer Fay Wang, whose work has been played by everyone from the China Philharmonic Orchestra to Bang On A Can All-Stars, leads a musical ensemble in the premiere of a Hop-commissioned work created in collaboration with Dartmouth’s Department of Biological Sciences. This year, as Dartmouth microbiology scientists shared their view of life through a microscope, Wang created a work capturing the beauty and intricacy of the biologist’s world.

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Walt Cunningham led the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir in a show on Sunday in Spaulding Auditorium.

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Music majors evaluate the department’s strengths, flaws

B y Aimee Sung

The Dartmouth Staff

Though they often tuck themselves away inside the Hopkins Center’s basement recital hall and practice spaces, about 10 to 20 students major in music each year.

Majors range from students who arrived at Dartmouth with plans to study a different subject to those who considered attending a conservatory after high school.

The department’s 11 full-time faculty prepare students for careers as musicians, composers, directors and tour managers. These faculty are supplemented by guest lecturers, performance lab faculty and individual instruction faculty, about 20 people who teach lessons in voice or specific instruments.

Some students have expressed concern, however, that the department’s size and emphasis on music theory stand as obstacles to pursuing a music major. While curriculum changes that will give music majors optional concentrations to choose from will affect members of the Class of 2017, some music majors said they have needed to supplement their music classes with other academic pursuits or music instruction in order to feel like they have gotten the most from their Dartmouth education.

Choosing the music major Similar to its Ivy League peers, Dartmouth graduated 19 music majors last year, and about 10 music majors per year from 2008-2012.

Princeton University has graduated between 7 and 10 music majors from 2008-2012, while Harvard University graduated between 8 and 18 majors over the same time period.

The path to declaring a music major, department chair Steve Swayne said, is familiar. He said he has seen many students take some music classes out of interest, but not enough to dedicate themselves to music right away, or simply to fulfill distributive requirements. These students, he said, realize their passion for music and declare a music major mid-way through their four years at the College.

Currently, 26 students are registered as music majors at the College.

Eleven of these students are music majors only, while the other 15 have declared double or modified majors in music and another subject.

The current infrastructure of

the music department requires that majors be proficient in music theory but does not specify any instrument or performance proficiency. At some other schools, music majors must declare a concentration. At Brown University, music majors can pursue concentrations in history, theory and composition, ethnomusicology and computer music and multimedia.

Swayne said that along with an emphasis on performance, he wants to make sure students gain a sufficient historical understanding of the pieces they perform.

Although the general music major will remain unchanged, the music department has recently decided to streamline the music major for members of the Class of 2017 and beyond by creating concentration areas. These concentrations are not credit requirements to fulfill, but guidelines created by the department, recommending a sequence of courses to best prepare students for their chosen path, from piano performance to music history.

Resources Beyond its regular courses, the department provides other resources for majors and non-majors interested in music. Like programs at Princeton, Brown, Yale and Penn, the Individual Instruction Program allows students to take private instrument and voice lessons with professional musicians for academic credit at no cost or as private paying students. The Stanford University music department offers private lessons for quarterly fees, which are reduced for declared music majors who have completed the first sequence of core courses.

Dartmouth’s music department currently offers foreign study programs in Vienna and London and has hosted an FSP in Beijing as well.

Wesley Wang ’15 described the department’s FSP to London, which he is currently participating in, as an excellent opportunity for students to immerse themselves in music. The travel — in addition to touring with the College’s Wind Ensemble over spring break — have highlighted his junior year, he said.

Richard Fu ’13, who graduated last year with a degree in music, said that the FSP allows each student to “live, breathe and eat” music and attend concerts and musical events almost every day.

Wesley Wang also cited resources such as private lessons and access to

scores and books at the Paddock Music Library as helpful when pursuing a major in the department.

Presidential Scholars’ opportunities are also available to eligible music students. Swayne, for example, recently worked with some Presidential Scholars on investigating music, neuroscience and ethics. Although collaborative composition or performances between faculty and students are not common, faculty can serve as editors and critique students’ independent projects.

“Different approaches to music” Despite these offerings, Dartmouth is a liberal arts college, not a conservatory. As such, the music department offers courses that are accessible to non-major students.

Music major Ryan McWilliams ’14 said that he appreciates the department’s flexibility, which has allowed him to shape his musical career.

“You can really pursue anything you want, and you can get a lot of different approaches to music,” McWilliams said.

But other students said they felt hindered by the department’s curricular structure. Music and geography double major Sarah Wang ’14 said she wishes music students received an education purely focused on music, noting that students majoring in other subjects like economics or government can expect to be competent and prepared for a future in their respective fields.

While the department’s small size would suggest an ability for students to implement changes, she said that this is not the case, calling the department “bureaucratic.”

“Because it’s a small department, there are limitations to what people can do,” she said.

Swayne said that he’d like to see students take ownership of their studies. Change, he said, doesn’t happen as quickly as the department would like.

“Many changes that students would like to see in the music department are laudable and achievable, but it takes time,” he said.

Department size There are both benefits and drawbacks to the department’s small size. With so few full-time faculty members, some students say they are concerned that professors must

cover subjects outside of their focus areas.

Reflecting upon the music courses he took at the College, Cory Chang ’13 said that he did not have the most productive experiences in some of them. He recalled an orchestration class that was taught by a digital music professor.

“Professors are having to draw on their sub-fields rather than their specialties to teach,” he said.

Swayne said that this is not uncommon among other departments at the College, adding that though some professors are not “teaching their principal subjects doesn’t mean they are less qualified.”

Other students, some on a “firstname basis” with professors, find the limited number of music majors to be an advantage to the program, McWilliams said.

“It’s a very low-key and relaxed setting, but that doesn’t take away from the academic rigor,” McWilliams said.

Fu said that the music department enables one-on-one relationships and interactions with faculty.

“You just get the feeling that any questions you have, they’re there to answer for you,” he said. “It allows you to really get into the subject without fear of failing or being rejected.”

Brent Reidy ’05, a music major currently completing a musicology Ph.D., said he valued the bonds he formed with faculty and the advice he received regarding graduate school plans. He said that the College’s music department, along with the liberal arts program, gave him a well-rounded education.

Yet some students say they feel that the department could be doing more to actively engage with the students.

Despite the student-faculty interaction that the department’s small size allows for, Sarah Wang said that she has not experienced strong mentorship from the faculty. She said the first time a faculty member questioned her about her plans post-graduation was this winter, five months before graduation.

Chang said that the department provided an environment for him to pursue his goals at Dartmouth.

Although he did not form close relationships with the faculty, he attributed this to his personal preference, not to structural problems in the department.

Swayne said that the question of a formalized mentorship system had

not previously been a concern among the faculty.

“I would like to believe that faculties’ doors are open for students to explore these questions,” he said.

Post-graduation plans The department has seen many of its graduates find their own niche.

Some majors have pursued performance degrees from conservatories like Juilliard and are currently professional performers or composers. Others choose to pursue other vocations, like medicine or finance.

Oliver Caplan ’04, who received a masters of music from the Boston Conservatory, works as a professional composer. Caplan said that one of the department’s greatest assets is its “intellectual bent,” as it draws from its position in a liberal arts college.

“Musicians are philosophers of a sort and the Dartmouth music department prepared me to synthesize my artistic practice with my outside experiences, and to use my music to engage with others,” he said.

Having taken a gap year, Fu plans to attend graduate school next year to continue studying the piano. He said the department has prepared him for the future.

“I would say that the music department, more so than for other departments, is case by case,” Fu said. “Art is such a personal thing, there’s not one clear path that you have to take to be successful.”

Noting the career paths that alumni have pursued, Swayne said that performance is only one of many fields for graduates to consider.

“Do we ask of our pre-law students to picture themselves being a Supreme Court justice, or do we tell our pre-meds that they aren’t going to be successful unless they become Surgeon General? And yet sometimes I think we perceive a music major won’t be successful unless they are on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera.”

As admitted applicants enroll in the Class of 2018, the department is reaching out to students who submitted outstanding arts supplements.

Swayne said that he has a list of 160 prospective students whom he plans to write letters to, asking them to consider attending Dartmouth. They will be introduced to restructured major requirements and guidelines as the department incorporates greater opportunities for specific musical coursework.