VOL. CLXXIV NO.138
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HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Schweitzer Fellows make progress on their projects
United Way campaign aims to raise $300,000
By WALLY JOE COOK The Dartmouth
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The nine Schweitzer Fellows from the Geisel School of Medicine are halfway through their fellowship.
By CLAUDIA BERNSTEIN and THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF In May, nine Geisel School of Medicine students received Albert Schweitzer Fellowships to pursue community service p ro j e c t s i n t h e U p p e r
Valley. As an organization, T he Albert Schweitzer Fellowship provides 250 first-year graduate students with $2,000 stipends to foster year-long projects that promote healthier communities and lives in under-resourced areas. As the fellowship recipients
reach the halfway points in their projects, the Geisel students have made progress in their overall project goals. Nasim Azizgolshani Med’20, Sarah Bennett ’16 Med’20, Frederick Burton III Med’20, Melissa Cantave ’16 Med’20, Louisa Chen SEE SCHWEITZER PAGE 5
Venmo sees popularity among students By JASMINE OH The Dartmouth
Venmo, the PayPal-owned peerto-peer payments application, is now estimated to have around seven million users, including many Dartmouth students. For these students, using Venmo has its tradeoffs. Emilie Baxter ’21 said she downloaded the application right before matriculating to the College. “I found out about Venmo through
Dartmouth kicked o f f i t s a n nu a l g i v i n g campaign with Granite United Way, the New Hampshire branch of the global charity organization United Way on Oct. 17, aiming to raise $300,000. Area director of Granite United Way Rob Schultz said that the organization aggregates support from the community to make grants to more than 40 local charities. “The Dartmouth campaign is a phenomenal resource through which Dartmouth employees, who are some of the most generous people anywhere in the region, support their community,” Schultz said. The campaign’s goal is to raise $300,000 to donate to Granite United Way by Dec. 15, Schultz said. Last year, the Dartmouth United Way campaign
raised $300,224. Schultz said this year there is a focus on bringing new participants into the campaign. According to Schultz, the campaign started with the history of Dartmouth employees and administrators supporting their local communities through philanthropic giving from payroll deductions. “There are a lot of people at Dartmouth who give five or 10 dollars a pay period,” Schultz said. “That adds up to over $300,000 every year.” Ja m e s A l b e r g h i n i , l o g i s t i c s m a n a g e r fo r conferences and events for the College, is one of the many Dartmouth e m p l oye e s w h o g i ve s through the payroll deduction program. “What I like about the Dartmouth program is that SEE CAMPAIGN PAGE 2
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my friends,” Baxter said. “Before, there wasn’t as really much of a need for it, but I guess when you’re on your own, it’s a little more important, and I figured that I should get it before I came to college.” Since coming to Dartmouth and using Venmo, some first-years, such as Claire Campbell ’21, have encouraged their peers to get the application on their phone so they can use a unifying platform to make SEE VENMO PAGE 3
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Students study and relax amidst festive dormitory decorations.
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DAILY DEBRIEFING The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People issued an advisory on Tuesday night advising African American travelers to avoid using American Airlines, The Miami Herald reported. The NAACP cited several events in the last 18 months, calling them “a pattern of disturbing incidents.” The NAACP alleges that in one instance, an African American passenger who booked a first-class seat was reassigned to the economy cabin while her white friend — who also purchased a first class ticket — was not. The NAACP also alleges that African American passengers have been removed from American Airlines flights for merely asking that their possessions be retrieved from checked baggage and responding to unruly passengers making racist remarks, among other things. A spokesperson for American Airlines responded to the advisory saying that the company was “disappointed to hear about this travel advisory as our team members ... are proud to serve customers of all backgrounds.” The statement also invited NAACP representatives to meet with American Airlines officials to discuss their concerns at the airline’s headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Yesterday President Donald Trump announced that he has instructed his Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency, The New York Times reported. He called the crisis an “epidemic” and called to “liberate” of communities from the “scourge of drug addiction.” Although Trump had verbally described the crisis as a “national emergency” in August but he had not signed any formal declarations until now. The directive itself will not provide any money to address the crisis but will permit the use of some grant money to combat it. It will also loosen certain regulations and laws, such as bypassing a rule that prevents Medicaid funding from being used for certain drug rehabilitation facilities. Trump also said that the government will create “really great advertising” to dissuade people from using opioids in the first place as preventative measure. It is unclear who will spearhead these efforts, as former health secretary Tom Price resigned last month amid controversy that he was using taxpayer money to fly on private jets, and Pennsylvania Representative Tom Marino, who Trump had named to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy, withdrew from his position after reports that he had supported the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to reduce drug sales while trying to mitigate black-market opioid sales. New nominees have not been named for either position.
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Dartmouth launches United Way fundraiser to benefit local charities adults that provides services to help residents achieve financial stability it’s a reminder to give and it makes and find per manent housing it easy,” Alberghini said. that receives some funding from Alberghini explained that Granite United Way. there is a form According to employees fill interim director of out for giving. “What I like about the Dartmouth Center “ E a c h the Dartmouth f o r S e r v i c e Tr a c y m o n t h , Dustin-Eichler, many program is that a certain Dartmouth employees a m o u n t o f it’s a reminder to are involved with their money comes give and it makes communities. out of my “Dartmouth has paycheck and it easy.” recently announced a I never have volunteer leave policy to think about -JAMES ALBERGHINI, that gives faculty and it throughout staff paid time off to t h e y e a r, ” DARTMOUTH volunteer with local A l b e r g h i n i LOGISTICS MANAGER a g e n c i e s, m a ny o f said. which are connected Alberghini FOR CONFERENCES to United Way,” Dustinb e l i e v e s AND EVENTS Eichler said. t h e p a y ro l l Dustin-Eichler deduction said she hopes this option is new policy increases a great employee volunteering. opportunity to increase giving to She serves as the president of United Way. the Hartford Dismas House, In addition to donating to the a c h a r i t y t h a t h e l p s t h o s e United Way campaign, Alberghini formerly incarcerated reintegrate volunteers at the Upper Valley into society. Like many local Haven’s Hixon House Adult organizations, Dismas House Shelter, a shelter for homeless receives funding from Granite FROM CAMPAIGN PAGE 1
United Way. “Granite United Way is a hyperlocal organization with a local board of advisors,” Schultz said. “The money that is raised in the Upper Valley stays in the Upper Valley.” However, the chapter still has access to the international network of United Way, he said. In addition to the Dartmouth campaign, Granite United Way has other plans to provide opportunities for Dartmouth employees to get involved in their communities. One of these programs is a website, a partnership between Volunteer NH and Granite United Way, that pairs volunteers with service organizations. “It is basically an online [matching] service for volunteering,” Schultz said. Granite United Way is also w o r k i n g w i t h D a r t m o u t h ’s human resources department and executive vice president Rick Mills to spread the word about the campaign, Schultz said. “ I t ’s a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r Dartmouth to come together to show support for the community in which we live,” Dustin-Eichler said of the campaign.
TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF
Republicans in Congress moved one step closer to their goal of passing tax reform before the end of the year on Thursday, as the House of Representatives approved a budget resolution allowing an eventual tax bill to pass with only GOP votes in both chambers. According to The New York Times, the Republican plan could add as much as $1.5 trillion to the country’s deficit in the coming decade while cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent. The narrow vote of 216 to 212, however, may indicate potential difficulties for full tax reform passage in the days ahead, as 20 Republicans voted against the budget resolution. Congressmen from states with higher tax rates expressed concern that the eventual bill will remove the existing state and local tax deductions. -COMPILED BY CAROLINE BERENS, ALEX FREDMAN AND JULIAN NATHAN
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Correction Appended (Oct. 26, 2017): The Oct. 25, 2017 article “Unequal Footing? Public Versus Private High Schools” was corrected to remove an inaccurate statement that Lee is a first-generation college student. Lee’s parents attended college in South Korea. Lee’s remarks were also clarified elsewhere to match the interview record.
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Students use Venmo for transactions on campus
for their Greek houses or other extracurricular clubs with approval payments. from the Office of Greek Life or “I’m going to continue using the clubs’ respective administrative [Venmo] forever,” Campbell said. “I organizations. make all my friends get it because if “Starting this term with approval I need to pay you, I’m using Venmo. from the Office of Greek Life, I’m It’s just easier if you need to spot doing a lot of my reimbursements someone for money, and you say through Venmo because it’s a lot that ‘I’ll Venmo you.’” easier than just writing a check While some first-years are still to each individual person, and adjusting to using the application, people kind of prefer it, because a few returning students, such as no one feels like going to going to Catherine Zhao ’20, have better the Bank of America to deposit a assessed the check,” said Gujral, advantages who manages his “I think Venmo is o f Ve n m o fraternity’s financials. on campus, good because it Co-president f r e q u e n t l y makes it easier to of Christian Union quoting its Jeffrey Gao ’18 said convenience as split the costs, but I that Venmo’s quick one of the main think it’s still a little transaction time reasons that makes him more they decided unstructured...” willing to use his credit to use the card for club events application. because he knows that -JEFFREY GAO ’18, “I feel he will get reimbursed l i k e Ve n m o CHRISTIAN UNION COquickly, as opposed to is definitely PRESIDENT the long waiting time u s e f u l , for a reimbursement especially [at by check. Dartmouth], Although some because if you students say Venmo don’t have helps facilitate Venmo, it’s an inconvenience,” monetary interactions among Zhao said. “Not a lot of people use students and organizations, Gao cash anymore. So, I would say I use also expressed hesitancy to use the Venmo primarily, but I do carry program. around cash with me just in case. “I think Venmo is good because it Nonetheless, Venmo is my primary makes it easier to split the costs, but form of spending.” I think it’s still a little unstructured Both Zhao and treasurer of Alpha because I feel like it’s very easy to Chi Alpha fraternity Manmeet forget to pay someone or request Gujral ’18 have found themselves something,” Gao said. “And I’m rarely spending cash because the always so scared that it’s so unsafe College does not have any on- to connect my bank account ... to campus automated teller machines. my Venmo. Like every time I get Because using cash is an increasingly paid, I immediately transfer it to uncommon form of payment among the bank account.” college students, Gujral said that For international students who he has found himself using Venmo have not heard of or used Venmo more frequently. before, the widespread usage by most “I guess when I came to college, other students can present difficulties. I was interacting with more people In order to create a Venmo account, who had [Venmo], and also, the the user must have a U.S. phone way you spend money in college is number. A U.S. bank account is a little different,” Gujral said. “So, required to transfer money or make a basic example of [Venmo use in] payments exceeding your Venmo college is pretty much every time balance. Therefore, a new user cannot you order pizza, you just split [the join Venmo unless they create a U.S. cost] on Venmo. It’s a much more bank account. Some students, such as convenient way to spend money on Byul Ha ’21, have seen people who campus because you are normally experience difficulty paying their using DBA. Particularly in Hanover, friends because of these restraints. it’s kind of a pain to go get cash, so “I think it could be more it’s just really easy to split [payments] inconvenient for [international when someone has a Venmo.” students] to start with because people While some students may use can’t [make payments over a] Venmo the application to split a check for [balance] without a bank account dinner or order pizza, Venmo’s in the U.S.,” Ha said. “But also, presence on campus has also spread Dartmouth does a pretty good job to increasingly formal contexts. in encouraging people to make bank Students use the application accounts when you get here.”
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STAFF COLUMNIST STEVEN CHUN ’19
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Existence of Resistance
A Write of Passage
An exploration of when even the worst ideas have value. Biosphere 2 was an interesting experiment. Built in Arizona and currently owned by the University of Arizona, it includes seven entirely self-contained ecosystems where plants, animals, soil, water, bacteria and animals can exist. But a fascinating issue arose regarding the trees that grew in Biosphere 2 — they died because there was no wind. Wind, and the resulting tensile and compressive stress placed on the tree, force the creation of stress wood in which the cells of the tree are arranged at angles rather than purely vertically. The tree is stronger for the adversity. This is a metaphor served on a silver platter for a lazy writer, and here’s how I’m going to use it: our most accepted, reasonable and applauded opinions are trees without wind; our biosphere is college. It is these simple laws we’ve come to accept — the equality of all people, the power of democracy and the dangers of isolation — that are the most endangered when we come to college. The rise of white supremacy and fascism across the world seems to have caught us flat-footed. As we suddenly find ourselves defending views that we used to think were unassailable, we discover that our arguments aren’t as sharp or as universally appealing as we think. World leaders are struggling to articulate why exactly free trade is overwhelmingly beneficial as those communities devastated by new competition voice their dissent, citing their suffering as proof of global trade’s failure. There is ample economic literature on the benefits of free trade done well, but leaders weren’t prepared to articulate these arguments in an empathetic, palatable way. And that’s fair, because they never had to — they thought the fight against isolationism had been fought and won. They didn’t expect disagreement to come back. This narrative has played out over countless issues. We weathered the winter of our content in our universities and colleges, spaces we’d like to think thrived on vigorous debate, peer review and challenging ideals. But in such protective bubbles, we’ve never needed to challenge our most basic ideals. Worse, we’ve developed a hair trigger reaction to perceived attacks on these values, to the point where honest slip-ups are viewed as all-out assaults on our humanity. In doing so, we’ve cultivated a sanitized environment
where we’re only truly prepared to defend the views we’ve categorized as available for debate. When neo-Nazis and isolationists come arguing for a white ethno-state or the dissolution of the Eurozone and when the word “problematic” is no longer an argument-ending accusation, our arguments grind to a screeching halt. We simply aren’t prepared to deal with someone who doesn’t share the same basic assumptions about what is right and what is wrong. But we have to be prepared. Once our beliefs about core liberal values become dogma, we lose the reasoning we need to fight for them. This is not to say that these values are wrong, but rather that they are so important that their defense can never stray from our mind. We must always be prepared to rise to the defense of these values, and this preparation requires wind. To properly stress test ourselves, we have to welcome views that push us, that make us angry. Perhaps allowing these views to have a voice in our collective conscience does do some harm. Maybe it truly is impossible to extricate the expression of abhorrent views with the abhorrent policies they encourage and the real harm those policies hold. But even so, a world without abhorrent views becomes sluggish and feeble, no longer able to defend its core values. When these values are inevitably challenged, not by some controversial campus speaker but by millions of voters, such a world is caught unaware as many of us have been over the last year. Maybe the memory of Nazism or of executions without fair trial is enough to sustain our vigilance. Germany has certainly done its very best to keep its past as a reminder — the Reichstag preserves graffiti left by conquering Soviet Soldiers — but America has not, and as recent times have shown, the past comes back to haunt us whether we remember it or not. Academia lives in a bubble where everyone accepts the exact same precepts. The more time we spend at Dartmouth, the more we seem convinced that everyone will agree on certain truths and the less we are convinced that these truths need defending and constant promotion. Our most dangerous tendency is to not purge vile philosophies with the fire of reason but to take away their voice and let them simmer in silence until it all boils over.
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Further standardizing Writing 5 would improve first-year life. Writing 5 is a requirement and rite of are offered for those students who took Writing passage for most Dartmouth students. While 5 the previous term. During winter term, some students are required to take Writing 2-3 every first-year student is therefore enrolled and others may opt to take the Humanities in a writing class. If Dartmouth currently track, the majority of first-years are divided has the resources to teach enough classes in among sections of Writing 5 in the fall or the the winter, it should be able to do the same winter, with 36 in the former and 34 in the in the fall. So long as this is compatible with latter. There, the Institute for Writing and faculty schedules, shifting Writing 5 courses Rhetoric notes that students are introduced to fall term would be extremely beneficial to to “the writing process that characterizes students for consistency’s sake. intellectual work in the academy and in Of course, moving all Writing 5 classes are educated public discourse.” useful when the content of the courses benefits The gateway course to many students’ students. While the variety of topics offered is understanding of how to write and communicate impressive, there are differences in standards at a collegiate level, and expectations courseWriting 5 is of paramount “Changing the way t o - c o u r s e. I n s o m e importance. Whatever students may Writing 5 is structured courses, courses a student goes be expected to create a on to pursue, strong and standardizing its short film. In others, they writing skills are critical. content while still may be required to write The best of ideas will in-class essays each day. be lost if no one can catering to a wide While professors have understand them, after range of interests is criteria they are required all. Writing skills are also to follow for Writing 5 invaluable when applying essential ...” courses, the requirements to the many campus are loose enough that organizations that require applications, a some core skills can be easily missed. need again emphasized later during the job Writing 5 students all learn how to craft a and internship search. In high school, many thesis statement and how to string together future Dartmouth students may have learned grammatically correct sentences, writing at to write formulaic five-paragraph essays. For least three formal papers for a total of no many, Writing 5 is the first exposure to writing less than 7,000 words. Writing 5 professors intended to convey original ideas, not just to are also expected to guide students through regurgitate information taught days before. revisions, editing for style and different However, Writing 5 — as it is currently ways of interpreting texts. But beyond those constituted — can produce a wide variety requirements, professors teach writing in of learning outcomes. By splitting first-years fundamentally different ways. Regardless of into fall and winter sections, close to half the the classes’ or professors’ focuses, whether they incoming class spend not just their first term specialize in film studies or biology, Writing 5 but most of their second without solidified courses should prepare students to write well college-level writing skills. These students in all capacities. could be at a disadvantage. Without the skills Dartmouth may benefit from a set of learned in an effective Writing 5 class, the codified, concrete expectations for Writing group of first-year students who take Writing 5 courses beyond what is currently offered. 5 in the winter is stuck trying to play catch-up The classes must teach all first-year students for at least an extra term. the same basic tenants Changing the way “Dartmouth may of writing. Concision, Writing 5 is structured and clarity, style and usage are benefit from a set standardizing its content all critical skills for those while still catering to a of codified, concrete coming out of Writing 5 wide range of interests expectations for courses. All of these skills is essential if Dartmouth can be imparted while is to successfully convey Writing 5 courses still offering a variety essential skills in writing beyond what is of courses in topics that and communication to interest a wide range of currently offered.” its incoming students. students. Not all of the issues with Writing is a skill Writing 5 have simple that is valuable across fixes, but some standardization is possible. every career path and every part of life. Offering Writing 5 classes in only fall term Dartmouth has a responsibility to impart could be a much-needed solution for students students with the skills of argumentation and forced to play catch-up throughout winter clear, concise writing necessary for collegiate under the current system. More faculty would success. The College should rework its be required to teach Writing 5 in the fall under guidelines for Writing 5 to ensure basics are this plan, but that could well benefit students covered first and foremost. To do so, it can who would have access to a greater variety of start by providing Writing 5 to all first-years course topics as their instructors proliferated. in the fall term. This shift would be relatively simple, and there are already enough professors to make The editorial board consists of opinion staff it possible. Every winter, Writing 5 is offered columnists, the opinion editors, both executive editors for some first-years while First-Year Seminars and the editor-in-chief.
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Schweitzer Fellows approach halfway points on projects they’ve taken those different aspects of the project in their own Med’20, Chad Lewis Med’20, direction which has been very Lucas Mayer Med’20, Jacob exciting to see,” Perlson said. Perlson Med’20 and Trenika I n o r d e r t o e n s u r e t h e Wi l l i a m s M e d ’ 2 0 w e r e t h e sustainability of the project Geisel students who received the beyond the yearlong fellowship, fellowship in 2017. Mostly working Perlson has been looking for team in groups of two, the students members who will take the reins are involved with a total of five of the project as he moves on to projects. his third year at Geisel. Lewis and Mayer are working C h e n s a i d t h a t s h e a n d on a project to increase interest in Azizgolshani have expanded science, technology, engineering t h e fo c u s o f t h e i r p ro j e c t , and math fields at Hartford which involves the distribution High School in of clean needles, Vermont. Their “This project shar ps container s project includes a n d n a l oxo n e t o is the first of three aspects: i n t r ave n o u s d r u g a field trip to a its kind in New users, in response to S T E M - b a s e d Hampshire, so community demand. industry, working “We’ve realized on a laboratory I think most of that our services are p r o j e c t w i t h Claremont was more severely needed robotics and a than we had first really excited l e c t u r e by a n initially imagined,” astronaut. As of about having us she said. now, 20 students there.” She explained have signed up that she and to participate in Azizgolshani are their first event, -LOUISA CHEN in talks with Valley they said in a joint Regional Hospital MED’20 interview. in Claremont to set Hartford up a second location M i d d l e S ch o o l to distribute Narcan has also expressed and clean needles. interest to expand C h e n a d d e d t h at the program to younger students before she began her project, she within the Hartford school district, and Azizgolshani reached out to Lewis and Mayer said. Claremont’s mayor, police chief, Lewis and Mayer are beginning fire chief, local hospital, and local to consider a long-ter m plan drug recovery program to solicit to expand the program beyond community input on the project. the one-year duration of the “The answer was pretty much fellowship. unilaterally an enthusiastic ‘yes,’” “It would be cool to have [the Chen said. “This project is the first project] be just a part of [the of its kind in New Hampshire, so I middle school] and not part of think most of Claremont was really the Schweitzer Fellowship per se,” excited about having us there.” Mayer said. She said that she and Azizgolshani Perlson said that his project, had the opportunity to collaborate Granite State PReP Connect, with other Schweitzer Fellows last which raises awareness about HIV month, adding that working in and links people to HIV prevention small groups with other fellows services, has experienced significant to offer each other different progress. Perlson said that he has perspectives was “really helpful. been able to counsel individuals, Although the fellowship formally linking them to PReP care and HIV only lasts one year, Chen said she and sexually transmitted infection plans to continue work with her testing, as well as assisting people project for the foreseeable future. in the enrollment in financial “[Our project] is something that assistance programs that make we really want to be a staple in the PReP more affordable. He has also community for decades to come been successful in advertising the because it is incredibly necessary,” program through fliers and sites she said. “The opioid epidemic like Craigslist in order to bring isn’t going away anytime soon.” information to individuals at risk S h e a d d e d t h at s h e a n d throughout New Hampshire. Azizgolshani have already secured Perlson said that the most sources of long-term funding and significant development in his are introducing Geisel first-year project has been the addition of medical students to the project to new team members. ensure its continued success. “I thought I would be doing the “We have been allocating jobs clinical outreach and community and responsibilities to various outreach and the research parts first years so that they are a part mostly by myself, but I have of the organization and will be brought in other people and able to continue things even if FROM SCHWEITZER PAGE 1
[Azizgolshani] and I are out of a “long-standing community commission for a few months due impact,” short term projects can to [medical board exams],” she be equally useful to the community. said. “Sometimes there is a specific However, Chen said that she need that can be answered over and Azizgolshani plan on staying the short term, or the project is a in the Upper Valley and continuing beautiful thing in and of itself that to guide the organization “in a big has worth, even if it is done over the picture sense.” short term,” She added that “Sometimes there is he said. she plans on Lahey a specific need that obtaining an said that MBA during her can be answered over recipients’ third and fourth the short term, or the project ideas years of medical have evolved school, which she project is a beautiful over time to said will allow her thing in and of itself reflect local to increase her and national that has worth, even involvement with trends, noting the organization if it is done over the a n i n c re a s e in new ways. in projects short term.” G e i s e l addressing p ro f e s s o r a n d the opioid S c h w e i t z e r -TIMOTHY LAHEY, GEISEL epidemic, Fe l l ow s h i p healthy eating SCHOOL OF MEDICINE coordinator in schools, Timothy Lahey PROFESSOR AND obesity and s a i d t h at t h i s SCHWEITZER FELLOWSHIP diabetes. year’s recipients h a v e s t a r t e d COORDINATOR He added work with their that Geisel p ro j e c t s m o re and other rapidly than in past years. He institutions with Schweitzer said that while most recipients’ recipients provide fellows with projects last longer than the one- donations each year because they year fellowship period to establish “recognize that having students
involved in community outreach ... is a really valuable part of their learning.” Lahey said that he expects student interest and participation in the fellowship program to increase because students also recognize the value of community outreach. “If anything, we are getting more and more applications,” he said. N e w H a m p s h i re - Ve r m o n t Schweitzer Fellows Prog ram director Nancy Gabriel said that she was impressed with the Geisel fellows in particular. “My sense of Geisel is that it really has a strong community service orientation and not just the fellows but the students are really engaged and active,” she said. “I have fellows who are both running projects this year but also helping to continue a project that was started last year.” Gabriel said that Schweitzer Fellows’ impact on the community is palpable. “I think part of what we’d love is for more people to know about these projects and the impact they’ve had in the community,” Gabriel said. Peter Charalambous and Julian Nathan contributed reporting.
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DARTMOUTHEVENTS
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A DARTMOUTH STUDENT’S THOUGHTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017
WILLIAM SANDLUND ’18
TODAY
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Lecture: “Reframing the Cellular Basis of Lung Disease,” with Harvard Medical School professor Jayaraj Rajagopal, Auditorium E, Rubin Building, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Annual Orozco Lecture: “The Orozco Murals at Dartmouth, 85 Years Later,” Carpenter Hall 13
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Film: “City of Ghosts,” directed by Matthew Heineman ’05, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
TOMORROW
4:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
16th Annual Diwali Celebration at Dartmouth, Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center for the Arts
7:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Film: “Patti Cake$,” diected by Geremy Jasper, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Performance: Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017
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Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra showcases Italian influence By LAUREN SEGAL The Dartmouth
The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by acclaimed flutist Luciano Tristaino, will perform its annual fall concert at the Spaulding Auditorium in the Hopkins Center for the Arts on Saturday. With this performance, the ensemble intends to celebrate its upcoming collaboration with the Conservatory of Siena. Filippo Ciabatti, music director and conductor of the DSO, views this performance as an opportunity to highlight the international collaboration. Tristaino is a professor of flute at the Conservatory of Siena and has also been its director since 2013. Cheryl Chang ’18, a flutist in the DSO, is excited to play with the distinguished performer. “Having a soloist on stage is always a different experience for both the audience and the orchestra,” Chang said. “I think he’ll be able to inspire the musicians to be better at what we do and give
us another look at why we’re doing music.” The performance will feature two pieces: “Flute Concerto in E minor” by Saverio Mercadante and “Symphony No. 1 in D Major” by Gustav Mahler. Wr i t t e n i n 1 8 1 3 , “ F l u t e Concerto in E minor” demonstrates Mercadante’s reputation as a refined opera composer of the Neapolitan tradition. Ciabatti noted that the Mercadante piece was chosen to pay homage to his and Tristaino’s Italian heritage. “We selected this Italian concerto because we thought, being both of us Italian, it would be meaningful,” Ciabatti said. Chang said that the Mahler piece will allow the DSO to explore a large-scale unlike the works typically featured by the orchestra. “Mahler isn’t that often performed because it’s such a grand-scale piece and it requires a lot of manpower,” Chang said. “It’s not often that people will willingly hire six horns for a piece like this. Especially in a Hanover setting.”
In addition to the technical challenges the Mahler piece poses, it requires the emotional dedication of the players. “It’s technically difficult, but it’s also an emotionally exhausting piece to play,” Kyu Kim ’18, a bassoon player, said. “[Ciabatti] mentions in rehearsal that we’re playing it too happily. It’s very driven by grief, and happiness is not the purpose of Mahler’s music.” Despite the difficulties the piece introduces to the musicians, Kim believes that the Mahler will serve as an impressive spectacle for Saturday’s audience. “I think Mahler is just a very big and famous piece to play; it’s like a statement piece,” Kim said. “The orchestra will raise its standards of playing and performing by debuting this year’s season with the piece.” Ciabatti noted the importance of both pieces in challenging the technical prowess of the DSO. “I think that both these pieces are very beneficial to the orchestra, in very different ways,” Ciabatti said. “The Mercadante is surely a
different style for us — it really entails playing a certain kind of Italian music that is not very explored — but has been very influential in this century because the Neapolitan school of opera has been the school for many musicians, including Mozart.” Ciabatti expressed interest in building the ensemble’s reputation beyond Dartmouth in the upcoming year. “I think these works are so important in building a symphonic repertoire and a certain confidence and quality of playing that will help us when we go abroad,” Ciabatti said. “The musical commitment and collaboration will help us sail towards joining forces with the players at the Siena Conservatory.” The performance has required the constant attention of the orchestra, whose members have been dedicated to delivering a quality performance to the Spaulding stage. Three hours of rehearsals are held twice a week, in addition to sectional rehearsals once a week. Concert week, however, mandates five days of three-hour
rehearsal. While the obligatory rehearsals already demand the musicians’ time and effort, many dedicate additional free time to practice, both Kim and Chang said. C i a b at t i c o m m e n d e d t h e students’ commitment to delivering excellence in their performance. “The students are very committed, and the quality that we expect is very high,” Ciabatti said. “It’s always a great journey where we start together and we see where we end up. I’m grateful for this journey, and I recognize the hard work that everyone put into this project.” Kim said that he regards this performance as an opportunity to not only celebrate the DSO’s collaboration with the Conservatory in Siena, but also experience an emotional connection to iconic pieces of classical music. “The music takes you on an emotional journey, and I think that’s why people should attend,” Kim said. “The purpose of the music is to have an emotional impact when people listen to it, and I think that these pieces accomplish that.”
Student Spotlight: Rachel Beck ’19 dances from studio to stage By LEX KANG
The Dartmouth
Since she was a toddler, Rachel Beck ’19 loved to dance. Despite the importance of dance in her life now, the conception of her interest has hazy origins. “I think my mom just put me in a ballet class and I loved it,” Beck said. “I’ve loved it forever.” As a member of Sugarplum, Beck expresses her passion for dance through the group’s contemporary and jazz repertoire. “She’s such a beautiful dancer and such a beautiful performer,” said Charlotte Chui ’20, director of Sugarplum. Not content to limit herself to one space of expression on campus, Beck has journeyed beyond the dance studio and into the realm of theater. Continuing her interest in musical theater from high school, Beck performed in the mainstage musical “Urinetown” last year and is currently a cast member of the upcoming fall production of “Cabaret.” Beck will appear as Frenchie, a Kit Kat girl — a role that heavily features dance numbers. “There’s something magical about live theater,” Beck said. “To me, it’s an experience you can’t get anywhere else.” Ke i t h C o u g h l i n , t h e a t e r department lecturer and the choreographer for “Cabaret,” said that Beck’s hardworking attitude sets her apart as a cast member. “She always works incredibly
diligently to effectively perform what we ask of her,” Coughlin said. “[Beck has] diligence and dedication.” Chui echoed that sentiment, saying that Beck has pushed the group to improve as a unit. “[Beck is] such a good role model,” Chui said. “[She makes] the group more dedicated and work harder. I continue to be inspired by her amazing abilities.” Coughlin added that Beck’s personality helps her as a leader. “She — I can tell — is approachable,” Coughlin said. “She is willing to help.” Although comfortable dancing in front of audiences, Beck said she still struggles with some aspects of performing. “My biggest challenge is that I get nervous singing in front of people,” Beck said. “It’s definitely something that I’ve been working on and continue to work on — to be confident enough to hear myself talk and sing on stage.” To inspire herself to do her best, Beck said that it helps to remind herself that all of her performances are team-based. “It’s a collective,” Beck said. “I remind myself to be a team player. I give as much of myself as I want everyone else to give to the production.” Reflecting on her experiences overall as well as what she has observed as an artist on campus, Beck said that the secrets to not losing hope, drive and focus in the arts are passion, humility and staying true to
a personal vision. Growth, according to Beck, is also an important part of achieving a successful career in the arts. “You always have to be willing to be taught and to listen and to grow from people who do know more than you,” Beck said. “To me, [one needs] a burning passion to do it.” By continuing to work hard and push herself, Beck has created a name for herself in her artistic communities. Beck is a key figure in Sugarplum, which she considers a second family. “We’re not just a group of people that dance together, but we’re a group of people that also care about each other,” Beck said. “We’re all really great friends … I don’t think we have any arguments. And we all love what we do.” Beck said that when she thinks about the struggles of pursuing the arts that lie ahead of her, she can be discouraged by the lack of institutional support. “Sometimes, at Dartmouth … I feel like there aren’t as many opportunities afforded to students who want to pursue an actual career in the performing arts,” Beck said. “There’s no recruiting or anything … like there is for finance and consulting.” Chui noted Beck’s potential as a choreographer in the future. “I would really love to see her choreograph,” Chui said. “I really want to see what [her dance] would translate into [in] her own piece, like a dance for Sugarplum.”
Coughlin said he saw Beck continuing her career in theater in all possible roles. “[Beck] is an effective performer and dancer and collaborator,” Coughlin said. “She has presence to be a student leader, and I hope that she’ll continue in the arts at Dartmouth and beyond if she
chooses ... She is the type of person you would want to work on projects like this with.” While uncertain about specificities, Beck said she does envision a future career in the arts. “I just can’t imagine doing anything else,” said Beck. “It’s something I absolutely love to do.”
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017
TODAY’S LINEUP
SPORTS with Nathan Albrinck ’20 Carson Wentz and Jared Goff are at the helm of two potent offenses in their sophomore campaigns. Carson Wentz and Jared Goff are finally living up to expectations in their sophomore seasons. Through seven weeks, Wentz is playing at an MVP level while leading his Philadelphia Eagles to a 6-1 record, the best in the National Football League. Goff’s Los Angeles Rams are 5-2 and putting up 30.3 points per game, the highest mark in the league. As good as Wentz and Goff seem to be now, their rookie seasons were
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SAILING The Big Green sailed at its own Mrs. Hurst Bowl and Northeastern University’s Oberg Trophy last weekend. On Mascoma Lake, the 16 competing teams raced two races in a north-northwest breeze on Saturday and added three more races in a light southerly the next day. Audrey Giblin ’20 and Sophia Diserio ’18 won division B with one win and three third-place finishes. Emma White ’19 and Peninah Benjamin ’20 finished seventh in division A. A westerly breeze on day
one of the Oberg Trophy allowed for six races in all three divisions and an easterly breeze powered four more races on day two. Jack McGraw ’20 and Alyssa Berger ’19 sailed to a second-place finish in division A, finishing outside the top five on just two of the 10 races. In division B, Timothy Greenhouse ’21 and Mary Amis ’19 took third, while the trio of Kathryn Hall ’21, Max Clapp ’21 and Eloise Burn ’21 piloted Dartmouth to second place in division C. The Big Green totaled 145 points to win convincingly, 27 points better than second-place Tufts University.
the Rams. Phase two focused on bolstering Goff ’s coaching and offensive arsenal. In January, the Rams hired Sean McVay, a more offensive-minded head coach than Jeff Fisher, who was fired last December. The Rams acquired linemen Andrew Whitworth and John Sullivan to protect Goff, who was sacked a ridiculous 26 times in his seven starts in 2016. To compensate for losing wide receiver Kenny Britt, the Rams’ leading pass catcher by nearly 500 yards, Snead traded for Sammy Watkins, signed Robert Woods and drafted Cooper Kupp in the third round. Wi t h S n e a d ’s o f f s e a s o n acquisitions thriving, the Rams have already surpassed their 2016 win total and have made Snead look like a bona fide genius in the process. Through seven games, Goff has been sacked 16 fewer times than he was in the same amount of games last season. Goff is also utilizing his new weapons: Kupp, Watkins and Woods are Goff’s most targeted wideouts. The additions around Goff have significantly boosted his personal statistics too. He currently has four more touchdowns and three fewer interceptions than he had last year as well as almost 700 more passing yards. His completion percentage has increased by 5.3
points and his passer rating has jumped from 63.6 to 90.3. But even with Snead’s offseason moves, the Rams’ of fensive transformation in 2017 is nothing short of miraculous. In 2016, Los Angeles ranked last in the league in total yards and points per game and 31st in rush yards and pass yards per game. This year, the Rams lead the league in points per game and rank sixth in rush yards per game, ninth in total yards per game and 12th in pass yards per game. Their 212 points in seven games so far this season are just 12 points behind the abysmal 224 points they scored all of last season. P h i l a d e l p h i a d i d n’t h ave offensive (or defensive) struggles as prominent as Los Angeles in 2016, but the Eagles’ 24th-ranked pass offense wasn’t something to be proud of either. To fortify their offense, the Eagles brought in veteran offensive threats LeGarrette Blount, Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith, all of whom are paying off. Coupled with Wendell Smallwood and a mobile Wentz, Blount leads a Philadelphia rush attack that ranks fourth in yards per game this season. Jeffrey ranks second on the team in receptions and third in receiving yards, while Smith is fourth in each category.
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With a full season’s experience under his belt, Wentz himself has made huge improvements this season. He is first in the league in touchdowns with 17, surpassing his 2016 total on Monday versus the Washington Redskins, and has only four interceptions. His 1,852 passing yards and 104.0 passer rating are also fourth in the league. Though both Goff ’s Rams and Wentz’s Eagles are tearing up opposing defenses, Wentz’s experience and skill as a game manager gives him the edge over Goff at the moment despite what Philadelphia’s own Donovan McNabb said this past week when he labeled Goff as possibly the best quarterback in the National Football Conference. On Monday night, Wentz showed why when he heaved a pass 62.8 air yards to Mack Hollins for a touchdown, the longest of any pass in the last two seasons. After enduring worrisome seasons by their supposed franchise quarterbacks, the Rams and Eagles are back on track in 2017 with two of the most potent offenses in the league. The two rising stars will face off on Sunday, Dec. 10 in Los Angeles in a game that will almost certainly have huge playoff implications.
FIELD HOCKEY Field hockey improved its record to 7-8 overall this season with a 4-3 win against College of the Holy Cross on Tuesday. While rain persisted at Hart Turf Field, the team made a second-half comeback to beat the Crusaders. Holy Cross opened up scoring at the 11th minute only to be answered with an unassisted goal by Jocelyn Wulf ’20 less than two minutes later. The Big Green
ended the first half down 2-1 and was outshot 8-5. Momentum shifted in the second half as Morgan Philie ’18 scored at 36:28 with an assist from Sarah Tabeek ’18. Five minutes later, at 41:10, Tatum Schultz ’21 gave Dartmouth the lead with a goal assisted by Katie Persin ’20. While Holy Cross was able to score at 47:37, Katie Spanos ’20 extended Dartmouth’s lead less than a minute later with the help
EQUESTRIAN In its third weekend of the season, the equestrian team took first place at its home show on Sunday, beating out the University of Vermont and the University of New Hampshire. Dartmouth riders won high-point and reserve high-point honors in the process. Co-captain Claire Bick ’18 became high-point rider by placing first in her intermediate fences and open flat classes, and Sophie Lenihan ’20 claimed first in open fences and second in open flat respectively to earn reserve high-point honors. Co-captain Olivia Champ ’19 added to the blue ribbon count with a
win in open flat. Sue Mohieldin ’19 won her walk-trot-canter class and qualified for regionals, while Sophia Kocher ’21 won the beginning walk-trot-canter. Sarah Cohen ’18 and Mahalia Dalmage ’21 were also victorious in intermediate and novice flat, respectively. Dartmouth also had a slew of second-place finishers. Elle MacAlpine ’18 and Shira Hornstein ’21 placed second in each of their novice flat classes, while Nancy Curtis ’21 came in second in the novice fences and Alex Chen ’20 was the runner-up in walk-trot. The Big Green remain in first place overall in Zone 1 Region 2.
of another Persin assist. Spanos is now tied for seventh in the Ivy League with eight goals. Goalkeeper Hailey Valerio ’19 made 10 saves in the win. Overall, the Big Green took 14 corners to the Crusaders’ eight and edged Holy Cross 15-14 in shots. The team looks to extend its three-game winning streak when it takes on Harvard University on the road on Saturday.
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disappointing. Drafted first and second overall in the 2016 NFL Draft, Wentz and Goff were entirely outshone by No. 135 overall pick Dak Prescott, who won Offensive Rookie of the Year and led the Dallas Cowboys to a 13-3 record. Goff didn’t start a game until Week 11, the third-most games missed to start a career by a quarterback taken No. 1 in the draft. He started the final seven games of the year and lost all seven while throwing more interceptions than touchdowns. Wentz took over the reins in Philadelphia right away and led his team to three straight impressive wins to start the season before losing nine of the final 13 games of the season. It was a solid rookie campaign but nonetheless upsetting for Eagles fans after months of hype and an undefeated start to the season. Both Philadelphia and Los Angeles were set on sticking with their young guns in the coming years and dedicated their offseason to strengthening their QBs’ supporting cast. Rams General Manager Les Snead traded six draft picks in 2016 to get the No. 1 overall pick and draft Goff. Finding his franchise quarterback was the first half of a two phase rebuild strategy for
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M e n’s s o c c e r ( 9 3-1, 3-0-1 Ivy) was scheduled to face off against the University of Connecticut (7-5-2, 4-1-0 AAC) on Tuesday, but the game was postponed due to poor weather conditions. The Big Green’s season continues against conference fourth-place H a r va rd U n i ve r s i t y in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Saturday.