VOL. CLXXIV NO.70
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Cornel West discusses politics and activism
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By PETER CHARALAMBOUS and ALEX FREDMAN The Dartmouth Staff
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Yesterday, Cornel West gave a lecture entitled “Intellectual Vocation and Political Struggle in the Trump Moment” in Filene Auditorium before a packed crowd of students and community members.
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Bystanders resuscitate musician at Dartmouth Idol
By MIKA JEHOON LEE The Dartmouth Staff
During a technical sound check before the opening of the 2017 Dartmouth Idol Finals on March 3, musician Glendon Ingalls suddenly collapsed before seizing and falling unconscious. Ingalls was a trumpet player in the 20-member band, led by Dartmouth GospelChoirdirectorWaltCunningham, that was to perform during the Finals. After Ingalls fell unconscious at 7:15 p.m., members of the cast and crew reacted
immediately, according to Josh Merriam, a fire captain and advanced emergency medical technician who responded to the emergency. Hopkins’ Center master technician Kevin Malenda and Dartmouth Idol vocal coach Nathaniel Graves ’13 checked Ingalls’ pulse and confirmed that his heart had stopped beating. Background singer and performer Nikhil Arora ’16 retrieved an automatic external defibrillator, which is a portable electronic device that checks for an irregular heart rhythm and sends an
electric shock to the person’s heart to resume regular beating. Malenda applied the AED pads, and Graves pressed the shock button. They then administered AED-assisted CPR, which restarted Ingalls’ heart. Hop senior production manager Keely Ayres coordinated the CPR response. An EMT team arrived and took Ingalls out of the building at 7:45 p.m to transport him to DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center. Ingalls was later diagnosed with a heart condition related to the blockage of his arteries, he said. He had been
treated for high blood pressure previously but was unaware of his heart condition. He underwent regular medical checkups after his hip replacement surgery seven months ago and had been given a clean bill of health in terms of his heart, he added. On Monday afternoon, DHMC and the Hanover Fire Department held a ceremony to recognize cast and crew members of the 2017 Dartmouth Idol Finals whose resuscitation efforts SEE IDOL PAGE 3
Psychology course investigates opioid crisis By SUNGIL AHN
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On Thursday, Cornel West, a prominent social critic and public intellectual, delivered a lecture called “Intellectual Vocation and Political Struggle in the Trump Moment” to a standing room-only audience in Filene Auditorium. Over 250 students, faculty and community members attended the hour-long speech, which required two overflow rooms in Moore and Kemeny Halls to accommodate the number of viewers. Before the speech, West met with individual students at a meet-and-greet event hosted by the Leslie Center for the
An opioid epidemic is spreading throughout New Hampshire, taking more than 1,600 lives since 2012 and increasing in severity. The epidemic has been exacerbated in the past three years by the explosive growth of the use of fentanyl, a synthetic, highly potent opioid. In response, psychology professor Jibran Khokhar started the class Psychology 50.09, “Motivation, Drugs and Addiction,” which aims to discredit misinformation about the epidemic, provide possible solutions and address
the local community’s concerns. Khokhar said the epidemic has had a devastating impact on the communities it has affected. “Even at the [Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center] hospital, more and more children are born with opioid withdrawal as a result of their mothers still being addicted to opioids during pregnancies,” Khokhar said. “The opioid treatment center at Dartmouth has their hands full dealing with addiction.” Khokhar’s class focuses on the neuroscience of drugs and addiction. For its final project, the students can apply the contents of the course to real-life
phenomena to help create social change. When Khokhar gave choices for the final project to the students, they unanimously chose to tackle New Hampshire’s opioid epidemic. “It is a local problem,” Khokhar said. “The project gives them something to give back to the community they’ve been living in the past few years.” Simone Schmid ’17, a student in the class, said the course made her realize the severity of the epidemic. “I come from a background where drugs aren’t really a thing, and there wasn’t even alcohol in the home, so it’s interesting to see how big the [population
affected by the epidemic] is,” she said. The class will produce data-driven reports of the epidemic and potential strategies to combat it, with focus on strong evidence, scientific integrity and public policy. Some students’ ideas include creating clean injection sites and reducing the number of prescription opioids given out by hospitals and insurance companies. Schmid said such projects are exactly what the community needs. To make the project outcome more relevant to the community, Schmid SEE OPIOID PAGE 5