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College Park focus of Kata Thai and Samosa residence cluster study Man merge businesses

By CLAUDIA BERNSTEIN The Dartmouth

OPINION

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The College is studying the possibility of adding additional residence halls in a portion of College Park, a largely underutilized 35-acre green space east of central campus.

The park is home to several monuments and iconic structures such as Bartlett Tower, a statue of Robert Frost, Bema and Shattuck Observatory. The plan stems from concerns about the long-term sustainability of the College’s student housing amid recent student-body size increases.

While housing has been

a source of concern since the unexpectedly high yield of the Class of 2021, the housing shortage on campus has been a consistent issue in the College’s history. A previous housing shortage was the impetus for adopting the D-plan.

“When Dartmouth went coed back in the ’70s, one of the ways [sufficient housing] got accomplished without building new residence halls was to go to the D-plan and have people year-round,” executive vice president Rick Mills said. “It was sort of a SEE BEMA PAGE 2

Men’s fall rush extends 341 bids

By JASMINE OH The Dartmouth

With the conclusion of men’s fall frater nity recruitment, f r at e r n i t i e s h ave f i n i s h e d their rush processes, and new members are beginning to start a new segment of their lives as affiliates of Greek life. Interfraternity Council president Guillermo Amaro ’18 said that 341 men were offered

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Kata Thai will rebrand into Samosa Man on Monday as a restaurant serving cross-cultural cuisine.

By GABRIEL ONATE The Dartmouth

bids at fraternities.

Thirty men were offered bids at Alpha Chi Alpha, 36 at Beta Alpha Omega, 29 at Bones Gate, 29 at Chi Gamma Epsilon, 36 at Chi Heorot, 23 at Gamma Delta Chi, 21 at Kappa Kappa Kappa, 27 at Phi Delta Alpha, 25 at Psi Upsilon, five at Sigma Nu, 36 at Sigma Phi Epsilon, 30 at SEE RUSH PAGE 3

In July, Thai restaurant Kata Thai owner Janet Wong and Samosa Man owner Fuad Ndibalema began the process of merging their eateries into a single, cross-cultural restaurant that will replace what is currently Kata Thai. Ndibalema said that the transition w il l be c ompl et e o n Monday. The merger comes as the second major change to Thai restaurants in downtown Hanover following the

closure of Thai Orchid. “ We ’ r e h e r e i n [Hanover], and we need to have more cultural, different types of food,” Wong said.

This idea, she and Ndibalema believe, is what led them to incor porate African cuisine and samosas into Kata Thai. Wong added that the merger with Samosa Man, a popular eatery that frequents the Hanover Farmer’s Market, could bring an “African flavor” to the restaurant. Specifically, that flavor is Congolese,

which is Ndibalema’s nationality and area of expertise.

Ndibalema said Samosa Man will keep the traits that it had at the farmers market as one of the local stands that operates on the Green each Wednesday. The cross-cultural restaurant will be located at Kata Thai’s old address on Allen Street.

Because of the transition, Ndibalema says that he and Wong have had to recreate the SEE SAMOSA PAGE 3

Brace Commons will re-open in winter term

By RACHEL PAKIANATHAN The Dartmouth

Brace Commons, the common area space for the East Wheelock residential community, has been closed since mid-July due to water damage caused by heavy summer rainstorms. The snack bar and bathrooms are currently

open to students, but the kitchen and main common area are scheduled to re-open only at the start of the winter term.

Director of residential operations Cathy Henault said excess water from several heavy storms flooded the drains in the East Wheelock cluster and subsequently backed up into both the upper and lower levels

of Brace Commons.

Henault added that the flooding in Brace Commons is not a first-time occurrence, but it is the first instance that has required serious renovation.

“This particular time, we had water in there like I have never seen before,” Henault said. “We used to call it a ‘onceevery-hundred-year-flood’ that

would give us the water going into [Brace Commons], but the last couple years we’ve seen it go in about three times a year.”

According to Henault, Brace Commons’ location leaves it more vulnerable to flooding than other areas of campus.

She explained that at the corner of North Park and East Wheelock, water would come up

through the manholes because the drains down to the town roads were not large enough to support the water from heavy rain. Following the storms, Brace Commons was immediately closed for renovation.

East Wheelock house professor Sergi Elizalde said SEE BRACE PAGE 5

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James Platt, director of faculty/employee assistance, to retire

By AUTUMN DINH The Dartmouth

The director of the faculty/ employee assistance program James Platt will officially retire on Oct. 2.

F/EAP, which is a college program that offers counseling and referral service for Dartmouth employees, will transition from the current internal model to a hybrid model operated under ComPsych, one of the largest providers of employee assistance programs.

The new hybrid model will provide not only the internal presence necessary to respond to emergencies in a timely fashion but also accessibility to more professional external resources, according to Platt. Platt said that under ComPsych, wait times will decrease.

“Part of the agreements we have with ComPsych is that there is going to be a speedy process in getting in touch with someone,” he said.

Executive vice president Rick Mills claimed that the new model provides more flexibility and can increase utilization of the employment assistance program.

With the hybrid model, employees can access the program over the phone at any time, Mills said.

Platt stated that employees and their family will continue to receive eight free sessions per case. Employees and their families will incur costs if they need to be referred to other resources or use more than the eight provided sessions, he added.

Platt explained that ComPsych would either reach out to their counseling associates in the Upper

Valley area to provide the eight free sessions or give phone consultation to the patient. If the counselor and the patient feel the need to extend the counseling, they may continue to work with each other, but the counseling would not be covered by the College. The associate can also work with ComPsych to direct the patient to a more suitable EAP provider, Platt said.

Both Platt and Mills said that ComPsych is the most suitable provider for Dartmouth. Platt noted that he had consulted with directors of the F/EAP program at another university and learned that the hybrid model has provided strong results.

“The last gift [Platt] gives to Dartmouth is helping us transit to this model,” Mills said.

Platt has been working for

Dartmouth’s F/EAP program for 31 years. He has helped faculty and staff in several aspects, including offering counseling for health problems, finding College employees the right resources, assisting with budgeting and helping employees adapt to the Upper Valley area.

“I’m going to miss him,” Mills said. “It’s hard for me to imagine [Platt] not being connected to the community that he’s been helping ­— I feel like it’s part of his identity.

It means that he has done a good job at Dartmouth.”

Platt said the utilization of the program has increased from 2 percent to 11 to 18 percent under his leadership. He added that the satisfaction rate is currently 97 percent. To make the F/EAP more inclusive and accessible for the

employees, Platt also developed a satellite system on campus.

“We go to the employees instead of making them go to us,” Platt said.

Throughout his 31 years at Dartmouth, Platt claimed that his proudest accomplishment is how the program has aptly responded to critical incidents and crisis situations on campus.

“It’s really rewarding knowing that we can offer values to this community,” Platt said.

When asked about his retirement, Platt said that he was looking forward to it.

“I’ve done my homework and have a pretty objective understanding of the challenges of retirement,” he said. “My goal is to do nothing for the next six months.

Just chill out, have fun and don’t have to worry about anything.”

College considers constructing new residence halls in College Park FROM BEMA PAGE 1

way to get more people onto the campus without adding beds.”

Additionally, the College is seriously considering upgrading older dorm clusters, associate dean of residential life and director of residential education Michael Wooten said. The Choates and River clusters in particular have been identified as needing renovations, Wooten said. While the residence halls in these two locations are technically up to safety code for the time that they were built, the College’s goal is to bring them up to today’s code, update their heating and reassess their lighting and energy efficiency and potentially add air conditioning, Hanover director of planning and zoning Rob Houseman said.

However, it is also a priority to renovate these residence halls to improve the experience of residents living there, Mills said, adding that the College hopes to mitigate the inequality of housing on campus. With the addition of the McLaughlin cluster and the renovation of Morton Hall after its fire, Mills said the disparity in housing quality became starker.

Mills noted that some people have reacted with concern about preserving the natural space and beauty of College Park, but the College maintains that the area is the only viable place for development and that the monuments will be appropriately preserved, according to an email statement by College spokesperson Diana Lawrence.

“We are focused on the western edge of College Park because it is in the interior part of the campus, immediately adjacent to other

residence halls (Ripley, Woodward, S m i t h , t h e Fa ye r w e a t h e r s , Richardson and Wheeler), and it is the only available site with the necessary capacity,” Lawrence wrote. “If we decide to move forward, the Bema, Bartlett Tower and the special character of the park would be preserved.”

Mills noted that the College is

considering expanding the student body by up to 25 percent in the future, and the development of College Park may provide an opportunity for this. This possible expansion is being studied by a task force headed by Rebecca Biron, dean of the College, and Elizabeth Smith, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, who will report back

to College trustees about how expansion’s possible impact and implementation, Mills said.

Wooten said renovating College Park and the potential student body expansion are separate issues. He added that a new residence hall on campus was necessary regardless of the prospect of increased enrollment.

“Our work of building a new residence hall began before this project,” Wooten said. “These are not interrelated projects.”

Mills added that if the Trustees decide to eliminate the Choates or River Cluster altogether, student body expansion would require development well beyond College Park.

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The College is considering the possibility of adding residence halls in a portion of College Park. The Bema (above) may be affected if construction moves forward.

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Men’s fall rush occurs on second week of the term instead of third FROM RUSH PAGE 1

Theta Delta Chi and 14 at Zeta Psi fraternities, according to Amaro.

While a majority of houses either increased or maintained the number of bids extended compared to fall 2016, Chi Gam, Psi U, Sig Nu and Zete decreased their number of bids.

Compared to the two-week long recruitment process for women’s rush, men’s rush takes place over the course of two evenings. The evenings are comprised of open events during which prospective members get to visit their houses of interest and interact with brothers. At the end of the evenings, prospective members can “shakeout,” which is a chance to express their interest in their top choice of fraternity by shaking hands with all of the brothers in the house. Fraternities then deliberate and offer bids.

Although Amaro said men’s rush experienced little to no change this year, one difference was that the IFC held one more mandatory rush event in the spring.

The event, a cooperative effort between the IFC executive board and presidents of fraternities, began with IFC sending out emails

to all potential members eligible to rush, which included the list and details of rush events for each house. The prospective members could then choose the fraternities they were interested in, and the information would be sent to the respective fraternities that would have a list of people who expressed interest.

“Through the dry mandatory rush event, fraternities were [able] to open their spaces and engage in meeting more potential members that members had not interacted with in the past,” Amaro said.

Another change in men’s rush was the time at which it took place.

In previous years, men’s rush frequently happened on the third of week of the fall term, although IFC bylaws dictate that men’s rush should occur on the second week.

However, due to the fact that the third week overlaps with religious holidays and Homecoming this year, men’s rush took place on the second week, IFC vice president Manmeet Gujral ’18 said.

“The option was either week two or week five, and week five is a little late to do the normal new member term that people want to do to integrate people into the house,” Gujral said. “It’s really

cool to have the new members in in my grade who I wouldn’t have so early.” otherwise easily Because been connected of this new “The option was with,” Chen said. change, by the either week two or Approximately t h i rd we e k , 65 percent of B r a n d o n week five, and week students at Yu ’20 a nd five is a little late to the College are Henry Chen members of Greek ’20, who both do the normal new organizations, participated member term that according to in rush, have people want to do to the Dartmouth already begun Factbook. the process of integrate people into Yu said he felt i n t e g r a t i n g the house. It’s really the need to rush themselves because of the big i n t o t h e i r cool to have the new presence of Greek n e w f o u n d members in so early.” life on campus. c o m m u n i t y, “There are they said. different facets of Yu r u s h e d -MANMEET GURJAL it. For sure, one Phi Delt and ’18, INTERFRATERNITY big part is social Chen rushed expectations COUNCIL VICE Sig Ep. and pressure to “[I rushed] PRESIDENT r u s h , ” Yu s a i d . m o s t l y “It’s definitely the because I main social scene wanted to on campus. And be a part so, whenever you of another meet someone, it’s community on what’s your name, campus and your year, your h ave r e a l l y major and what strong relationships with a lot of house are you in.” older brothers and other people Not only did the perceptions

of Greek life influence students’ decisions, but the perceptions of each house and friendships that were previously established also impacted the students, Yu added.

However, both Yu and Chen said that it was important to be open minded in order to have a successful rush process.

“It’s basically two hours of talking, making small talk and getting your face out there,” Chen said. “[But] the thing with the rush process that’s good is that you have almost all of freshman year to visit most of the [fraternities], see where you fit in and where you really want to go. You get to know a lot of brothers, and that’s basically where you begin choosing, finding and building those relationships.”

Chen said the most important thing is to “be yourself ” and see what house suits you best, regardless of its stereotype.

Overall, Chen, Yu and Amaro spoke highly of the opportunity to get closer to people whom they would not have met otherwise through their fraternities.

H o w e ve r, A m a ro a d v i s e s underclassmen not to see fraternities just as a social avenue and not to base their social lives on Greek affiliation.

Kata Thai focuses on rebrand in partnership with Samosa Man FROM SAMOSA PAGE 1

restaurant’s menu and decide on a new name. Ultimately, they decided to call the new restaurant Samosa Man, which Wong said she hopes won’t confuse people.

“It’s 100 percent Samosa Man, serving Thai food,” Ndibalema said.

Wong added that despite that, she is confident that their workers will have no problem adjusting to the new menu, especially the cooks. She explained that the restaurant would hire additional staff to prepare new menu items and support projected increases in traffic to the restaurant. However, Wong said that Kata Thai’s original chef would remain at the new restaurant to continue preparing Thai food.

Originally, Wong planned to introduce pho as a menu option to her restaurant by August.

However, her plans changed when she met Ndibalema while he was looking for a kitchen to rent.

Fascinated by the food that he cooked, Wong offered Ndibalema the opportunity to sell his cuisine at her restaurant. The two became close, and their partnership arose

“naturally” from that, Ndibalema she believes was precipitated by said. the opening of Domino’s Pizza in Pho is currently off the table West Lebanon, Griffin reaffirmed for the two partners, although they her stance on students’ effect on considered it while thinking about local businesses. samosas, Wong said. Ndibalema “For any restaurant to ultimately clarified that their goal is to “just be successful in Hanover, student focus on what support is a key we do, get it “For any restaurant part,” she said. going — the Griffin also to ultimately be samosas.” added that T h a t successful in Hanover, successful doesn’t mean student support is a restaurants keep that they’ve Dartmouth s c r a p p e d key part.” students in the idea mind when a l t o g e t h e r, making decisions -JULIA GRIFFIN, HANOVER about catering Wo n g s a i d .

T h e y f e e l TOWN MANAGER a n d p r i c i n g. confident and She believes satisfied with Kata Thai was the direction founded with t h e y ’ r e the intention of heading at the moment, she added. appealing to the College’s student “The partnership is great — it’s body, citing the restaurant’s low amazing,” Ndibalema said, adding prices relative to its Thai neighbor, that he believes it is “a win-win for Tuk Tuk Thai Cuisine, and its the community [and us].” takeout-friendly environment.

Hanover town manager Julia Her “assumption,” she said, is Griffin said that the success of local that Wong and Ndibalema will businesses like Kata Thai depends remain focused on appealing to on students’ continued support. Dartmouth students even as they Citing the recent closure of change the restaurant’s name and Everything But Anchovies, which menu.

CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com for corrections.

Correction Appended (Sept. 28, 2017): A previous version of the Sept. 28, 2017 article “Alumni relations administrator Martha Beattie ‘76 retires” incorrectly stated Gail Gentes’ last name. This article has been updated to reflect this correction.

STAFF COLUMNIST CLARA CHIN ’19

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Our Visibility Quandary

Without the Lone Pine

Issues of visibility play out when mental health is discussed on social media.

At its surface level, the internet seems to be a website where marginalized communities and individuals can receive affirmation that their social worries are valid and comfort from friends who like their posts or offer compassionate comments. This is evident in trending hashtags about feminism, identitybased meme pages and long Facebook posts concerning individuals’ personal struggles. While it is important to have public conversations about sociopolitical struggles for many marginalized groups, the internet helps to disadvantage visibility-related issues.

Visibility is a social structure that often leads to inequality or serves as a tool for people to leverage over others but, unlike gender and race is less concretely understandable. An understanding of the functions of one’s own kind of visibility can help one figure out the ways in which they can inspire social change.

The concept is related to Gayatri Chakrovorty Spivak’s text “Can the Subaltern Speak?”

While a full answer is complicated, the short answer to the question posed by the title is “no.”

Spivak’s essential argument remains that once the subaltern — colonized or economically disadvantaged groups — begin to speak, they become complicit with the already powerful.

Ironic reassertions of consistent power remain especially pertinent today when the modes of speaking out have increased as a result of technological advances and the media.

This discourse can provide those who speak out with surface-level empowerment while undermining the cause both on a collective and personal level. Many people speak out about personal struggles with mental health.

Recent criticisms of Dartmouth’s mental health facilities — and the departure of Title IX coordinator Heather Lindkvist — have led students to speak out.

When students discuss mental health issues on social media, an illusion of homogeneity may result. Those who actively post about mental health can easily become the unofficial face for that issue, so people who frequent the internet seek them out. Similar to the way a “token person of color” friend might be sought out for advice on racial issues or interactions, as if that one person could summarize the experiences of all people of color and speak

on behalf of the collective, a person who speaks out via social media is often used to tokenize those with mental health struggles. An individual might choose to speak about events or specific traumas in his or her lifetime; readers might come to associate these specific instances with mental health in general, excluding the multiplicities of varied experiences. This becomes especially troubling when the social media poster discusses their healing processes.

People might be inclined to assume that the healing process is easy and within reach for everyone because they have witnessed this process through the narrative of social media.

Visibility is an abstract concept, related not only to postcolonial theory but also modern social ideas in pop culture like personal popularity. Differences in visibility are often difficult to quantify except for counting social media likes and followers. Put simply, a person with more followers or friends who receives more likes or favorites on a post is more visible than a person with fewer friends receiving fewer likes. Visibility, then, further impedes mental health issues by acting as a sort of double-disadvantage. A person with high visibility can use the Internet as a coping mechanism while a person with lower visibility is less equipped to do so cannot receive the same affirmation. The social media system makes validation, another generally abstract concept, into something quantifiable — thus diminishing the value of validation that a person with less visibility might get from others, possibly creating a sense of insecurity.

The internet should be an equalizing platform, but in reality it often serves to make the visible more visible while further preventing the subaltern to speak. Some might be able to escape into a moment of validation through the internet, but this is not always the case. And even for these individuals, the internet often disincentives seeking necessary help. People should not stop posting on social media about mental health issues, but we must remember that we do not know everything about everyone.

The people who post on social media are not the only individuals suffering from mental health issues. Furthermore, while posting on social media, we should consider the ways in which we might become complicit.

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The College must not undermine its history in a quest to expand.

Dartmouth’s community is rooted in a sense of place, in historic landmarks, aged buildings and a collective memory of centuries. The College on the Hill rests beneath the gaze of Robert Frost, and at the top of the hill itself, the historic stump representing the original Lone Pine still rests. So what will happen if the College elects to drop a massive dormitory complex on Robert Frost’s head?

Last week, the College announced that it would explore constructing new student housing on the campus-facing side of College Park. The area under consideration stretches roughly 35 acres from the edge of North Fayerweather Hall northward, taking in Shattuck Observatory, the statue of Robert Frost, the Lone Pine stump and Bartlett tower, in addition to a large quantity of open space and walking paths. But Dartmouth should take care before it constructs new buildings in College Park, an area with significant emotional and spiritual value to the surrounding community.

Dartmouth students appreciate the College’s relationship with nature. College Park provides an immediate, tangible space where busy students can easily walk, run or sit away from the hustle and bustle of campus life. Even if the College takes great pains to maintain some of the park’s character, the peace it provides will vanish if a 750-person residential hall or cluster is built at its edge, and it will just become another part of campus. To put the scale of the project into perspective, the McLaughlin Cluster holds just 342 beds across six halls, not even half the amount this envisioned cluster would hold. Though the College guarantees it will not disrupt the Bema, the clearing would likely still be impacted by large buildings — and the attendant noises of dorm life — rising immediately above it. Additionally, the wide open spaces at the top of the hill, home to numerous study breaks, class meetings and sun-kissed days, would likely be decimated by another faux-Georgian behemoth.

The proposed dormitory complex would also threaten two historic structures that currently reside at the top of the hill. While Bartlett Tower — constructed by students, alongside the rest of the park, in the 19th century — will not be torn down, the historically invaluable Shattuck Observatory could still be threatened. Shattuck is one of several Dartmouth buildings designed by Ammi B. Young, a master of Greek revival and neoRenaissance architecture who also designed Vermont’s famous State House and who served as the first Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury. Shattuck was Young’s last standalone building and remains one of his most famous.

Any attempt to modify it should be contested

by Dartmouth’s community, and we hope the astronomy faculty will stand up for its most famous asset.

The College has already considered ditching one of its large open spaces even before it moved on College Park. Last month, the Valley News reported that Dartmouth may sell Hanover Country Club, a 123-acre area used by varsity and recreational golfers, by runners, walkers and skiers throughout the year, and numerous students who take stargazing trips to its open

spaces. If it is run well, the country club offers moneymaking opportunities. Even with a net loss, its benefits to the Dartmouth community are great, and the $6.4 million assessed value of the sale is ultimately too little to gain in exchange for 123 pristine acres. Building on College Park would be a similarly daft decision.

Of course, the College does have dorms in immediate need of renovation, a problem it cannot address when nearly every room is full.

This acute problem is cited as the driving force behind exploring new structures in College Park, which the College said has nothing to do with its simultaneous consideration of expanding the student body. These claims are questionable — as 750 new beds would allow the College to grow the student body by 17.4 percent after other renovations were completed, even if those renovations added no new beds to other dorms. If the College’s focus is to simply renovate existing dorms, then there are other options it could take. A new dorm could be erected near the River Cluster, allowing the other buildings in the area to be remodeled. The College could make foreign study and language study abroad programs mandatory, raising the number of students who are off-campus in any given term and creating valuable new academic experiences to boot while allowing dorms to be renovated due to the greater number of empty beds.

Perhaps the College could consider capping enrollment at an even 4,000, freeing up space on campus and potentially saving money from the renovations. All these alternatives are likely preferable to expansion in College Park.

There is greater value in College Park than official documentation may suggest. The park is not simply a convenient stopover point for the “Twilight Ceremony” or an occasional haunt for couples. It offers students a place to escape, contemplate and connect with nature.

On warm days, the park is a spot of study and exercise, of meditation and debate. And in the winter, “If in the Bema you get lost, / Throw your snow at Robert Frost!” Symbols of the College’s past, like Bartlett Tower, Shattuck Observatory, the Robert Frost statue and, of course, the Lone Pine itself are more than just their brick and bronze would suggest. These are critical resources, in the case of the observatory, and critical symbols of Dartmouth’s past, present and — hopefully — future.

The College needs to renovate existing dormitories, but compromising our landmarks and natural spaces is not the answer. The administration needs to think long-term and preserve these critical places, and if it insists on moving forward with building in College Park, preserving these landmarks must be its first priority. After all, what if the Lone Pine itself is removed to make way for this new building?

It may be just a stump, but it is a stump that symbolizes Dartmouth itself. If the College’s administration wishes to remove the pine, it will make the school’s banner itself a lie. What would Dartmouth be without the Lone Pine?

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Brace Commons rebuilding after water damage in July meeting point, and everybody passes through that space when they go to that Brace Commons formerly housed their dorms, so they get to meet people. large-scale community events, and its It looks a little sad now.” closure has required the house to look East Wheelock resident Jade Bravo for alternative venues. ’20 said Brace Commons was useful Upcoming performances from the while it was open, but its current Blue Tango Project and a Nicaraguan construction has only been a minor dance company will now take place in inconvenience.

SarnerUndergroundandHouseCenter “I mainly used [Brace Commons] A, respectively, as a study space,” according to “[Brace Commons Bravo said. “I’d Elizalde. eat a little bit at is] a nice space to “ We k e e p the snack bar having activities build community, after practice or as usual, it’s even outside of the just when I was just more waiting for my i n c o nve n i e n t regularly scheduled laundry. [The because we first events.” construction] isn’t have to find a too bad. I have space that is been hearing available, and -SERGI ELIZADE, EAST construction then we have WHEELOCK HOUSE some days in the to figure out morning, which an unfamiliar PROFESSOR isn’t the most sound system, all pleasant thing to of which takes wake up to, but time,” he said. it’s there and there Aside from being a large community isn’t much you can do about it.” space, Brace Commons provided East James Hur ’18 added that the Wheelock students access to a full construction has led him and his kitchen, a snack bar, a TV room and friends to explore other spaces in East a variety of small meeting rooms.

Wheelock.

“It’s a nice space to build community, “Ideally it would be nice to use even outside of the regularly scheduled [Brace Commons], but my friends and events,” Elizalde said. “It’s like a I have made do by hanging out in the FROM BRACE PAGE 1

McCulloch common areas,” he said.

Henault said the plan to renovate BraceCommonsincludesrestructuring to shift the common room onto one plane and opening up the kitchen. She added that she plans to hire outside consultants to try to mitigate future

flooding to Brace, as it is not possible to fix the drainage problem directly.

Elizalde said that he was looking forward to using Brace Commons once again for winter term, when the renovation is scheduled to be complete.

“We’ve been unlucky, first Morton burnt and was offline for a whole year, and now that Morton is fixed, Brace Commons is flooded,” Elizalde said.

“It’s been hard not having all of East Wheelock functioning at the same time.”

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Brace Commons will be undergoing repairs and renovations after experiencing extreme water damage in July.

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Colloquium: “The Search for WIMP Dark Matter: New Approaches to Stubborn Problems,” with Harvard University professor Douglas Finkbeiner, WIlder 104

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Colloquium: “A Neural Circuit for Economic Decisions,” with Washington University School of Medicine professor Camillo Padoa Schioppa, Moore B03

TOMORROW

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Film: “The Big Sick,” directed by Michael Showalter, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Performance: Emerson String Quartet, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

SUNDAY

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Letterpress Intensive Workshop: “Printing Bilingual Poetry Introductory Meeting,” Baker Library 21

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New, Old Food: Preserving the fall harvest (and all those apples)

By HAN VALE

The Dartmouth

Those who work the land or live off of it know that although it may seem like the weather is fit for sowing thanks to the bout of warm weather this week, preparations on all fronts are in place for harvest. The Upper Valley, and New England in general, has brief, impressively productive and incredibly seasonal agricultural contributions.

Speaking from personal experience in viticulture, Madison Sabol ’18 said harvest “brings a sense of wholeness to a new season.” “(Though) it is not yet complete … harvest is the culmination of a season of growth and work,” Sabol said.

Using and preserving the bounty brings forth entirely new opportunities in equal respects exciting as challenging. Methods of preservation are ancient. Using dry heat, salt, fat, sugar, vinegar and yeast — before our modern industrial food system allowed us to consume tomatoes and strawberries in winter and apples in spring — allowed people to stretch the foods they grew and consume them in “new” ways. While these

processes were thought to allow wallet and yourself. the item to withstand time, they I often find myself disappointed actually shed new light on the stored with supermarket produce. I feel ingredient’s flavors and properties. like I do not know the ethics that So paradoxically, when one eats went into growing this food, the produce preserved in these ways, agricultural practices that made one consumes “new” old food. my food and the overall impact that Furthermore, in the Upper food has on the environment.

Valley and greater New England, I’ve come to the conclusion our modern food culture deeply myself that the terrible strawberry is reflects its roots just not worth its of preservation. “... harvest is the environmental Maple products culmination of a toll, so I don’t and honey — both buy it. n o n - p e r i s h a b l e season of growth

Instead, s w e e t e n e r s — and work.” ideally, I will go cor nmeal made into my freezer from ancient and take out lastva r i e t a l s, c i d e r -MADISON SABOL ’18 season’s berries and wine, jams and that I froze, or jellies, cured and the strawberry canned vegetables p r e s e r ve s, o r and pickled produce all reflect this. the strawberry vinegar or the “Fall reminds me to be mindful strawberry vodka. about food in general,” Ethan Why? To try to reclaim food Smith ’20 said. “Seeing those as it had been, and arguably products, how they are made and should be; to connect more with the work that goes into them is the ingredients; to waste as little important for me to engage with as possible, to reclaim an ancient people in the food system.” cultural practice and to concentrate For the home and college cook my efforts where I believe they alike, experimenting with methods should be concentrated. And to of preservation are wins: arguably get to eat something delicious in a win for the environment, your fun new way six months later.

When interacting with food, I am profoundly reminded of my connection to the food, land and people who sustain me. Also, breaking into that jelly you made with the apples you picked with your housing community may make you feel connected and help you find a better sense of place here.

Since we don’t yet have our own root cellars, cupboards, time and plentiful fridge space in every dorm room, here is a simple recipe you can make on your own with those apples that you picked last week with your friends. If you would prefer to keep your apples as they are, they will actually hold up quite well when stored properly in a cool, dry place; however, this recipe will surely spice up any slice of toast, granola or yogurt.

Honey-Apple Jam (Spiced, Herbed, Both or Neither) Ingredients: ⅓ cup white sugar or ⅓ cup maple sugar 1 tablespoon honey 3 tablespoons apple cider or water 1 pound apples 2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar Pinch of spices, such as ground

cloves, ground cinnamon, nutmeg or star anise (optional) Pinch of herbs, such as rosemary, tarragon, lavender, thyme (optional) Directions: Peel and core the apples.

Save cores and keep whole while chopping apples to small ½-inch chunks.

Bring maple sugar, honey and 3 tablespoons of water or cider to boil in a thick-bottomed pot. Boil until the mixture reaches “soft-ball stage” ­— the stage in which the sugar will form a “soft ball” when a drop of it is placed into cold water or becomes a thick syrup.

Add chopped apples and cores.

Add spices and herbs to taste if you wish.

Cook low and slow until the apples are soft and translucent.

Remove the whole cores, and break apart the larger pieces or leave them in chunks. Once most of the liquid has evaporated and the mixture feels like a dense apple sauce or paste, add the apple cider vinegar.

Stir to combine.

For best results, store in a sanitized glass container. Eat right away, or keep unopened in the fridge for a month or longer.

Skinny Pancake to host Adam Karch, Sensitive Men this weekend

By MICHELLE WANG The Dartmouth

This weekend on the bustling streets of downtown Hanover, the Skinny Pancake will be hosting Montreal-based acoustic blues player Adam Karch and the New Hampshire-based group Sensitive Men. At the Skinny Pancake on Lebanon Street, the small but lively creperie strives to cater to the culinary and musical taste of its patrons. Every week, the “Skinny” opens its doors to musical artists from all over the New England area, making it one of the few off-campus locations in Hanover with consistent live music. With locations in Hanover and Vermont, the Skinny has hosted a tremendous number of artists, including The Gaslight Tinkers. The creperie also prides itself on its delicious food, much of which is sourced locally.

Recently, the Hanover location has actually become a full service restaurant and has expanded its menu to include more non-crepe entrees and several tasty cocktails.

This Friday at 8 p.m. Karch will be performing from his newest acoustic blues album, “Moving Forward,” and some spirited covers of classics like “Staying Alive” by the Bee Gees. Karch’s energetic guitar playing paired with his

classic bluesy twang promises to make for an exciting performance.

“My vocals are like a seventh guitar string that sings along and tries to compliment the melody of the song,” Karch said.

Despite calling Canada home, K arch has many inf luences, including great American artists Chet Atkins, James Taylor and Van Morrison amongst others.

He describes his style as a cross between Kelly Joe Phelps and Taylor. Karch is a one-man show as he sings and plays guitar. His fingerpicking style and singing voice have both garnered praise.

“Karch is a straight-ahead and brilliant performer with a phenomenal voice and really nice guitar accompaniment,” Skinny Pancake marketing director Michael Cyr said.

If Karch were a crepe, he said he would “have bacon, whipped cream and peanut butter with a little lemon, too.”

“Thick, juicy, sweet, greasy and filling, just like my music,” he said.

On Saturday at 8:30 p.m. the Concord-based trio Sensitive Men will be performing mellow, acoustic tracks fresh from its new, self-titled EP. Sensitive Men is comprised of three Concord Food Coop coworkers: Patrick Gale on baritone ukulele, Vincent Ardizzone on baritone and tenor

ukulele and bass and Ethan Archer on guitar. Their combined musical stylings, which draw influence from pop punk, classic rock and progressive rock, interplay interestingly with the group’s indie folk-pop songs. “[Sensitive Men have] strong songwriting and really good players,” Cyr said. “Not super loud, just really focused on vocals and harmonies. They’re just three guys talking about their feelings.”

On stage, Sensitive Men are known for its effortless banter and ability to create intimate spaces for its audience. It performs original works and also does a fun segment in which the band passes out paper for audience members to write whatever they want. Archer and Ardizzone play a melody as Gale attempts to weave audience submitted lines together into lyrics.

This fun spontaneity is a common feature in the group’s shows.

“Some of the best times are when the equipment breaks, and we have to make everyone come in really close, so we can play all acoustic to the people surrounding us,” Gale said.

If Sensitive Men were a crepe, it would be a “blueberry, banana and peanut butter crepe,” Gale said.

For anyone who has yet to get the “skinny” on the Skinny, both Adam Karch and Sensitive

Men will be sure to dazzle and surprise the crepe-loving crowd this weekend. According to Cyr, the Skinny Pancake hopes to have Dartmouth students attend this weekend’s shows as well as future

live music shows at the Hanover location.

“We want Dartmouth students to come, because if it’s not the music they want to be seeing, we want to know what it is,” Cyr said.

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

TODAY’S LINEUP

VOLLEYBALL VS COLUMBIA 7 p.m.

ONE ON ONE

with Olivia Lantz ’19

By CHRIS SHIM The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Fresh off of a 10th-place finish at the Boston College Coastto-Coast Battle at Beantown at Franklin Park in Boston, Massachusetts last Friday, Olivia Lantz ’19 is off to a great start this season. Lantz completed the 5-kilometer course in 17:30 against a nationally competitive field, shaving 30 seconds from her time in the same race last year. With a win at the Maria Souther Sanchez Invitational earlier in the season at the Hanover Country Club, Lantz looks poised to contend with some of the best runners in the Ivy League and the country.

How did you start running cross country and track?

OL: I began running indoor track when I was an eighth grader in middle school — I was a soccer and lacrosse player, so I used track to stay in shape for those other two sports. I still continued to play soccer and lacrosse up until my sophomore year of high school, when I realized that I was better at running than my two other sports, so I decided to switch over for all three seasons. I’ve been running cross country, indoor and outdoor track ever since, and I came here to Dartmouth to continue.

You’re coming off of a great performance at last week’s Boston Coast-to-Coast

Invitational last week — what do you think has been the difference this season?

OL: I would say that understanding how to race in a college competition has been really important for me, and it’s a lot different than high school racing, especially in cross country.

I also think I’ve learned a lot from training at Dartmouth and being surrounded by a bunch of girls who challenge me and help me to improve my fitness and overall running and strategy. With that comes confidence, and the team environment that we have really promotes confidence and makes me realize that if I want to achieve something, I can put my mind to it and go do it. I would also say that over the summer, I really committed to a lot of big mileage and stuck my nose in it training-wise. I was stuck here for sophomore summer, so training here on the Dartmouth trails is really great and I was surrounded by a couple of my other teammates which really helps.

How does this help your confidence going into the rest of the season?

OL: I’m really happy about the outcome of the race — I was hoping to be top-15 going into the race, so I was happy to achieve my goal. I was also happy to drop a significant amount of time off last year, and it definitely gives me a lot of confidence just to know that I am in better shape than I was last year and I feel more comfortable and in-tune with my body during races which is a good sign moving forward. One of the

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Olivia Lantz ’19 (left) led the field to win the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational, completing the 6-kilometer course in 21:33.15.

things I need to focus on is continuing to get more fit and sticking my nose in the competition with some of those higher-ranked girls and making sure that I give myself a chance to run with them.

Is your approach to this season different than in the past now that you’re an upperclassman and have two full seasons under your belt?

OL: Not drastically, but my role on the team has changed — evolved — from being on the team for three years now.

I definitely feel like I play more of a leadership role as a captain on the team, so that allows me to provide guidance and advice to all of the other girls on the team. It also gives me a sense of responsibility to lead by example,

The weekdaY Roundup Compiled by EVAN MORGAN

Field hockey Lia Constantine ’21 scored her first collegiate goal to lead the Big Green (3-5, 0-1 Ivy) past Fairfield University (2-7) on Wednesday by a score of 3-2. The Stags got on the board first after a backhand shot from Andrea Soler made it past Big Green goalie Hailey Valerio ’19 in the game’s third minute. The score

remained 1-0 until the 30th minute when Katie Spanos ’20 sent in a rebound to even things up. Another Soler goal just before halftime made the score 2-1 in favor of the Stags. The Big Green pulled even again in the 42nd minute with another goal from Spanos, her fifth of the season. Then with 8:07 remaining, Constantine

sent a loose ball into the back of the net to give the Big Green its first lead of the game. Behind Valerio in net, Dartmouth held on for the 3-2 win. Fairfield finished with a 15-10 advantage in shots, but the teams each had nine shots on goal. Valerio saved seven Stag shots while picking up her third win of the season.

which motivates me even more to dedicate time and effort to be a good example for the rest of my teammates.

How was the transition from high school to collegiate running for you?

OL: The transition from high school to college was definitely difficult. I don’t think there’s one college runner who would say that it was easy. Often times, it’s hard to wrap your head around the competition you had in high school and then immerse yourself in the competition you have in college and the fact that the competition in college is of such a high caliber.

Being comfortable with not being that person at the front can be an adjustment at first, and even training with a bunch of other girls who are at the same level as you can still be a little bit strange because oftentimes people didn’t have that in high school. But for me, I would say that this transition was definitely hard at first, but once I embraced it and the dedication that my teammates had for the sport, it really helped to push me forward and make me better.

What is your favorite part of distance running?

OL: One, we’re so lucky to be in Hanover — the trails are so amazing here, and the runs are like nothing else or any other

school I would’ve went to. For me, distance running is a lot more about the longer runs than the ones we actually race, and it allows you to get down to your most raw and vulnerable moments in life. Whether you’re having an amazing day or a terrible day, you still go for that 45- to hour-long run and talk with the girls on your time. Sometimes those talks are great, and sometimes those talks are terrible, but I think I’ve learned so much about myself through these long-distance runs. I’ve been able to figure out what works for me in life and what’s important to me in life, and I don’t think I’d be able to answer those questions without this sport.

What do you like to do when you’re not running?

OL: I’m an engineering major, so I spend a lot of time doing schoolwork. I love the outdoors, so when it’s warm out, I spend a lot of time in the water and the river swimming — Mink Brook is a great place to jump in after a hot run. I’m also involved in Movement Against Violence on campus and I’m affiliated, so I spend a lot of time with my sorority too. I also have a couple of jobs on campus, so I keep my schedule full.

This interview was edited and condensed for clarity and length.