VOL. CLXXIV NO.113
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
College buys five properties near Rennie Farm
Leads exhausted in KDE sorority burglary investigation
By ALEX FREDMAN
The Dartmouth Staff
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Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority was broken into in the spring. The investigation is still open.
By PETER CHARALAMBOUS AND MIKA JEHOON LEE The Dartmouth Staff
T h e H a n ove r Po l i c e Department is still investig ating a spring breaking and entering incident at Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority. Although the investigation is still open, Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis said that all leads in the investigation have
been exhausted. In the spring, a burglar entered the sorority and left behind a sexually explicit note on the premises. Following the incident, both Safety and Security as well as Hanover Police increased security around Greek houses. Since the incident, Hanover Police have investigated similar occurrences near the College. “There have been other similar incidents that we have
worked, and we always keep that in mind regarding any case that may have any similar things that have occurred,” Dennis said. Hanover Police encourages anyone with possible information to call them at (603) 643-7278. The College is now installing identification-card entry at all College-owned Greek houses, although it
After taking action earlier this year to stabilize the housing market around Rennie Farm, the College has purchased five properties in the area, totaling 98 acres and $3.4 million in value. Rennie Farm is a property in northern Hanover that the College used in the 1960s and 1970s to dispose animal carcasses accumulated from medical research, which contaminated groundwater surrounding the property. Under a Value Assurance Program, which the College created last February, Dartmouth established a zone covering 48 properties near Rennie Farm in which owners can opt to use College-appointed realtors to sell their property at a determined fair market value. For owners who participate in the program, the College will purchase their property at market value if no outside offer is made after 180 days. “The program was adopted so that it would help stabilize property values and would provide liquidity for property owners, so that they knew they had a buyer for their properties as we go through the remediation of the [Rennie Farm] site,” said Ellen Arnold, associate general counsel for campus services and director of real estate. In 2015, the chemical 1,4-dioxane — a purifying agent used in the production of pharmaceuticals — was discovered in the drinking well of the neighboring Higgins family, and a subsequent investigation determined that the pollutant originated from Rennie
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Canoe Club Dartmouth places in top 20 in restaurant changes research and innovation index ownership By ALEC ROSSI
The Dartmouth
By GABRIEL ONATE The Dartmouth
In mid-July, for mer Canoe Club owner John Chapin announced that he sold the restaurant to a group of partners that included its longtime bartender, Daniel Levitt.
The announcement came amid other major changes to the Hanover restaurant scene, including the abrupt closure of Everything But Anchovies in May and the closure of Thai Orchid in July. SEE CANOE CLUB PAGE 3
An index measuring research and global innovation recently ranked Dartmouth 20th out of 200 institutions worldwide in number of patent filings, ahead of all other Ivy League institutions. The Nature Index 2017 Innovation supplement, published for the first time ever on Aug. 9, measures
the frequency in which an institution’s scientific research articles were cited in patent filing, David Swinbanks, managing director of Nature America and the founder of the Nature Index wrote in an email statement. “ [ T h e i n d e x ] g i ve s a measure of how an institution’s research, as reported in the research literature, is contributing to
and influencing innovation in the form of patents,” Swinbanks wrote. Swinbanks wrote that the “Lens metric,” a normalized measure of patent filings, determines the ranking. The metric adjusts for institutional size and different rates of publication across different research fields. SEE INDEX PAGE 5
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College-owned Greek Dartmouth purchases five properties houses move to IDcard scanner entry FROM RENNIE FARM PAGE 1
that the person entering the house is someone who should be in the is unclear if this is related to the house,“ she said. spring incident. At the moment, Gokulan added that the College ID-card entry has been installed at should clarify a response protocol all College-owned sororities. Both by infor ming students about “which offices Alpha Chi Alpha do what and who and Chi Heorot “There have been students should fraternities will contact.” She have ID-entr y other similar said that it is by the end of the incidents that we important fall term, Office have worked, and we also for the College of Greek Life to communicate director Brian always keep that in facts as quickly Joyce said. mind regarding any as possible. “It will prevent “Because of a c c e s s f r o m case that may have the age we live anyone not living any similar things with social in the house, and that have occurred.” in m e d i a , wo rd s that is important about these because you have incidents had door codes -CHARLIE DENNIS, were going distributed and out through h a n d e d o u t HANOVER POLICE CHIEF GroupMe a to the larger lot faster than c o m m u n i t y, ” emails from the Joyce said. administration Joyc e n o ted were going that the Office out,” Gokulan of Greek Life has s a i d . “ T h a t ’s been speaking hard for the with KDE to administration because there’s discuss improving safety. “Student safety is our primary nothing they can do to control concer n,” he said. “We are that spread, but it did incite a lot of fear.” constantly According to thinking how to “Having [ID-card Gokulan, efforts best make our entry] is more to increase houses safest.” student safety P r e s i d e n t secure because should also be of the Student student-driven. and Presidential you know that the “ I t n e e d s t o C o m m i t t e e o n person entering the be something S ex u a l A s s a u l t house is someone where students A b h i l a s h a are talking with G o k u l a n ’ 1 8 who should be in their professors, s a i d i n s t a l l i n g the house.” talking with the ID-card entry administration at Greek houses s a y i n g , ‘ We i s a n e c e s s a r y -ABHILASHA GOKULAN want the school measure for the ’18, STUDENT AND to be safer, we time being. The want students to SPCSA advises PRESIDENTIAL have to attend the administration COMMITTEE ON these trainings about issues and we want the s u r r o u n d i n g SEXUAL ASSAULT administration sexual assault and PRESIDENT to beef up promotes crosssecurity,’” she campus programs said. that address Safety and sexual violence, Security declined to comment Gokulan said. “Having [ID-card entry] is because the investigation is still more secure because you know open. FROM INVESTIGATION PAGE 1
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Farm. The chemical has been labeled as “likely to be carcinogenic” by the Environmental Protection Agency, and exposure can lead to health effects such as headaches, dizziness and eye irritation. With the Higginses threatening to sue in federal court, the College reached a settlement with the family in April in which, among other provisions, the College agreed to purchase the Higgins property. Arnold said that the College purchased four other properties under the normal procedures of the VAP, with the fifth property expected to close this Friday. The VAP, which will last until 2022, has additional provisions, allowing Dartmouth to exercise a right of first refusal, whereby it can purchase any property in the program before it is sold to a third party, as well as a requirement for the College to provide adequate compensation if any property is sold to a third party below the determined fair market value. Arnold said that while the College has not done either of these to date, she expects more owners in the area will eventually sell. “I don’t think we ever expected there would be a huge rush of people getting rid of their property, but I assume over five years there will be more,” Arnold said. She added that most people eligible for the VAP like where they live and do not have plans to move, so the VAP serves to reassure those owners if their personal or financial plans change in the future. Regardless of future purchases, the College intends to sell the properties they have purchased as soon as this coming spring, when the market is settled, Arnold said. “We certainly would hope to be selling [the property], and we don’t have any anticipated use for property out there,” Arnold said. She declined to comment on whether she thinks the College could turn a profit from the sale of those properties. Both Arnold and Tom Csatari, a lawyer with the Lebanon firm Downs Rachlin Martin and the administrator of the VAP, said that it is too soon to tell how the property purchases have affected the market in the area. Yet, Csatari noted the program has produced constructive results. “The people who benefited from the program are appreciative and positive,” Csatari said. “I think the good news right now is that things seemed to have settled down, and there’s not a demand for action at this point.” Csatari said that regarding the five properties purchased by the College, two of the owners sold so they could move closer to town,
while the other three were retiring and thus looking to cash in on their assets. He added that feedback for the program has been mainly positive, and that the market has settled over time. The purchase of the fifth property under the VAP comes as the College has addressed a minor problem related to the cleanup efforts at Rennie Farm. In August, routine tests of effluent, discharged waste or liquid, from the treatment facility detected small traces of cyanide in the water. The reading of 6 parts per billion, while slightly above the federal permit’s limit of 5.2 ppb, was well below the level New Hampshire’s standard of 200 ppb, according to the Valley News. After informing the government and shutting down the treatment facility, the problem was isolated to a single treatment pump that had not been operating effectively. Arnold said that the pump was soon fixed, and that the most recent tests showed no traces of cyanide. Ja m e s Wi e c k , a s e n i o r project manager with GZA G e o E nv i r o n m e n t a l I n c . , a contracting firm that is orchestrating the Rennie Farm cleanup, wrote in an email statement that the cyanide limit of 5.2 ppb is conservative, meant to protect both human health
and aquatic life. He added that the treatment center was shut down to meet the requirements of an EPA discharge permit. “Changes to the operation of the system have been made to limit the possibility of a reoccurrence, and we will continue to monitor the water quality,” Wieck wrote. He added that he could not rule out the possibility of the issue recurring. Yet in terms of the overall cleaning efforts at Rennie Farm, Wieck wrote that this latest issue did not impede the work in the long run. “The progress of the cleanup has been generally as expected and is encouraging; while we did shutdown the system one time in response to the cyanide data, the shutdown will have no effect on the progress and we have had no similar issues,” Wieck wrote. Wieck added that while feedback among neighbors regarding the cyanide detection has been limited, their attitude toward the overall cleaning efforts has been generally favorable. Arnold said that reception to the VAP has been positive as well. “We haven’t had any issues, and people seem to be pleased,” Arnold said. “And I think we feel like we’re doing the right thing and helping that neighborhood.”
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Canoe Club restaurant bought by longtime bartender and business partners, will see gradual changes experience running the bar and familiarity with its patrons will Levitt said that he purchased the also be an asset to him in his new restaurant along with three other role. Canoe Club server Simone partners, Daniella Wasick said that Reichstetter the restaurant’s Tu ’ 0 7 , C u r t “I think it’s hard — customers often W e l l i n g ’ 7 1 the sale was pretty come looking Tu’77 and Liam for Levitt public ... We’re M c C a r t h y, a because of his H a n ove r- b a s e d paying a bit of a cost relationships real estate agent. right now, in terms of w i t h the “I thought it t o w n s p e o p l e. could be a good public perception.” Jo s h D av i s opportunity,” he Gr’18 agreed. said in regard to “Daniel has -DANIEL LEVITT, CANOE his purchase of a rapport with CLUB OWNER the restaurant. every single Levitt said customer ... it’s that all three amazing,” he of his partners said. are experienced H o w e v e r, in long-term Wasick added strategic planning that she and that he feared that the believes their announcement experience will of the sale greatly benefit the initially made restaurant. some customers As Canoe Club’s bartender for “nervous” about potential changes over 14 years, Levitt believes his to the restaurant, but most of FROM CANOE CLUB PAGE 1
the Canoe Club’s clientele have returned. Levitt echoed Wasick’s observations. “I think it’s hard — the sale was pretty public,” he said. “It was in the paper, so people wondered immediately ‘Oh, ok, now what?’ We’re paying a bit of a cost right now, in terms of public perception.” Levitt said that he and his partners plan to implement new changes to the restaurant, which he called “refreshed ideas.” These include hiring a new chef, who is set to start in November, and making various aesthetic improvements to the dining space. He added that he and his partners are also in the process of repairing some of the restaurant’s infrastructure, a series of changes that Levitt said most customers would not notice. Levitt explained that since the restaurant’s opening in 2003, “invisible” changes to the Canoe Club have provided customers with a sense of continuity and have allowed the restaurant to build a lasting legacy. He said that although changes
to the restaurant may seem subtle Wasick — who began working to customers, they will take some at the Canoe Club in January time to implement — said that her in full. transition to “Lots of positive “ I t h i n k i t ’s the restaurant’s changes are frustrating. You new ownership always want more happening. Just structure has done. I seem to little by little, been smooth. want more done She added that t h a n t h e re a re because we don’t the Canoe Club’s hours in a day. I want to do too management think it’s going as a whole has many changes too s m o o t h l y, b u t transitioned never fast enough fast and put a shock fairly seamlessly. for me,” Levitt in everybody.” “Ever ything’s said. worked out fine,” Wasick said that she said. “It was the pace of changes -SIMONE WASICK, a little tough at at the restaurant first getting new WAITRESS AT CANOE will give longtime employees and c u s t o m e r s t h e CLUB losing others — opportunity to not because we adjust to them got new owners gradually. but just because “Lots of employees positive changes decide to come a re h a p p e n i n g. a n d g o . We Just little by little, all just grew because we don’t want to do too together and that made us look many changes too fast and put a forward to what this new Canoe shock in everybody,” she said. was going to be like.”
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Daniel Levitt, a longtime bartender at Canoe Club and the restaurant’s new owner, plans to hire a new chef and make aesthetic improvements to the dining room.
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Students rehearse for the Dartmouth College Glee Club.
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CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST CHRISTOPHER CHENG ’21
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Ticking the Box
Rush Hour
AlcoholEdu and Haven damage students’ first impressions of the College. What were your first memories of Dartmouth? Many students, posed with that question, would fondly recount their admitted student gatherings, First-Year Trips, pre-season trainings and everything in-between. I suspect, however, that very few would fondly recall one first encounter in particular: the mandatory online AlcoholEdu and Haven programs on alcohol safety and sexual assault prevention, respectively. That’s not to say that either of these programs are unimportant— far from it. In fact, between 2011 and 2014 the number of forcible sexual offenses committed on campus property at Dartmouth increased by nearly four times and recorded liquor law violations increased by over five times. Though those figures decreased in 2015, it’s too early to tell if any improvements are for good. The College must therefore keep working on solutions of corresponding efficiency and feasibility. To that end, Safety and Security and the Hanover Police Department do incredible work, but their efforts are undermined by our AlcoholEdu and Haven programs, which are outsourced to a company named EVERFI. We’ve all been told how important first impressions are, and to incoming first-years at Dartmouth, these programs represent the College’s stance on alcohol consumption and sexual assault. Unfortunately, they do not reflect the school’s dedication to preventing over-intoxication and sexual assault to any reasonable degree of accuracy. For one, many of the topics covered in the programs are redundant and lecture students on common sense topics such as not drinking and driving and intervening when your friend is being sexually assaulted. This, coupled with the fact that many videos spent too much time on such topics, provoked boredom and disengagement with the entire program, thus discrediting it. More importantly, the Haven program in its current online form cannot truly emphasize the extent to which sexual assault is presently a problem on college campuses. To incoming students who have never encountered a sexual assault situation
in which they would need to intervene, it thus becomes easy to dismiss the training scenarios as implausible, prompting — again — disengagement with the topic. These safety programs shape students’ critical first impressions of the College’s stance on sexual assault and alcohol safety in a way that is unfair to the effort the College actually puts in to prevent these issues on campus. During Orientation, I witnessed the engaging energy and enthusiasm of the alcohol safety and sexual assault prevention presenters. Unfortunately, the digital safety orientation services provided by EVERFI fall short because they aren’t actually made to guarantee any statistically significant decrease in campus sexual assault and over-intoxication cases. The laundry list of safety issues covered in the program, to the ridiculous extent of there being a part 1 of part 1 of part 1 of the Haven program, show that, in these programs, EVERFI is just trying to tick off a checklist of required topics. The program is made to fulfill a bureaucratic necessity, and the previously mentioned rates of sexual assault and liquor law violations show that they do little, if anything, to help decrease violations. AlcoholEdu was introduced in 2002, and Haven has been in place since at least 2014. Yet despite how long they’ve been around, there has nevertheless been a net increase in forcible sexual offense and liquor law violation incidences from 2011 to 2015. The blame for these figures, of course, can’t solely be laid at the feet of EVERFI, but the College must understand the impression — or lack thereof — these programs make on incoming first-years. Before Orientation, the College should more actively engage incoming students in discussions on how to prevent sexual assault and over-intoxication on campus. Any virtual initiative couldn’t possibly replace the extent to which a face-to-face engagement would drive a point home with students. For example, the online program could be incorporated into a group discussion during Orientation, with the students split up by the new house communities system. Regardless of the solution, we can do better.
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Don’t let rush and Greek life define who you are. Rush is here. Dartmouth’s rush system — Yet when students allow themselves and their and the Greek organizations it feeds — are social lives to be defined by the houses rather both imperfect, but for the weekend they than by a mission, they can lose sight of the are here to stay. For both members of the ultimate goal of rush: finding a community Class of 2020 hoping to join Greek houses where they can become a better version of and affiliated students, these few weeks are themselves. a stressful time. Even for those uninvolved, Unfortunately, the reality of rush rarely the campus atmosphere can feel decidedly lives up to that goal. Snap judgments are different. inevitable, and the decisions they provoke have For some interested in rushing, the fear reverberations across Dartmouth’s community. of rejection can be stressful. For others, rush Too many take the results of rush, desired or is a time marked by fear not, as gospel, as a reflection of not getting a “good” of themselves. At a time “Greek life, at its group of new members. when the College may seem Introspection and a nuanced highest ideal, is myopically fixated on rush under standing of the meant to provide and the Greek system, it can fundamental imperfections be difficult for students to of Dartmouth’s own peculiar students with separate their own sense of institution can help alleviate comunities where identity from perceptions of some of this stress. others. At the end of rush, they can develop Dartmouth’s two vastly if you are dissatisfied with its different systems of rush for into better people.” outcome, understand that a fraternities and sororities house can only define you if show the impossibility of you allow it to and if you want creating a perfect system for all. Fraternity it to. If you are satisfied with its outcome, also rush gives potential new members the agency understand that no house is perfect, and by to select the community they want to join and overly attaching yourself to the house you risk brothers the agency to shape that community. excusing yourself from growth and allowing But such agency doesn’t come without trade- yourself to become a caricature of what you offs. Potential new members lack power in the believe others think of you. system, leaving them to the judgment of others. The outcome of rush, as with any “success” The process of judgment and subsequent or “failure,” provides Dartmouth students acceptance or rejection can be demoralizing with an opportunity to continue becoming and emotionally taxing. a better person. To do so, you must invest Sorority rush tries to make the Greek system value into the person you are — the parts you increasingly inclusive to all by creating a more like about yourself and the parts you hope structured process, but in doing so it can place to change. However, you also do not have students into houses in which to go through this alone. Be they do not feel comfortable sensitive to others and find “Dartmouth and reduce potential new those who are sensitive to members’ agency. In sorority cannot expect you. This campus, for all its rush, with the exception perfection from imperfections, has a wealth of of Epsilon Kappa Theta resources that are more often sorority’s shake out system, rush, especially than not underutilized. Dick’s bids are assigned through since many House offers counseling an algorithm, so though during working hours and onsororities have significant students are still call services 24 hours every influence, they cannot wholly trying to know day, but there are also other make the final decision in organizations such as the choosing their new members. themselves.” Tucker Foundation, Aquinas While the algorithm sifts the House, Headrest and WISE great majority of potential that are less well-known and new members into houses, this inclusivity potentially more personal. can create a mismatch where potential As with all systems, rush is less than perfect. new members end up in houses that do not Fraternities and sororities do their best to fit necessarily fit them well. It can be easy to students into Greek houses that suit them and allow the discouragement from these poor fits will help them grow, but in trying to create to define the rest of their college experience. such communities, neither sorting system is In both processes, students risk allowing fully successful. Dartmouth cannot expect themselves to be defined by communities that perfection from rush, especially since many prevent them from growing. Nominally, the students are still trying to know themselves. Greek system seeks to achieve the opposite. For the majority of students at Dartmouth Greek life, at its highest ideal, is meant to who are part of or seek to be part of the provide students with communities where Greek system, it is important to remember they can develop into better people. The first that the only truly defining factor is their own fraternal organization founded in the United individual personhood, not the projection of States was the Phi Beta Kappa Society, which that personhood the Greek system superficially still exists at schools like Dartmouth and confers applies to them. membership solely on the basis of a student’s The editorial board consists of opinion staff scholastic standing. Most Greek organizations columnists, the opinion editors, both executive editors claim to have similarly high ideals of excellence. and the editor-in-chief.
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College ranks 20th in research and patent filings in index for important problems,” Madden said. Vice provost for research and Madden added that the index is a biochemistry professor at the good resource for analyzing research Geisel School of on campus. Medicine Dean “I think [the ranking] “Ithink Madden said that [this ranking is] a other rankings is a real indicator that nice counterpart are sometimes Dartmouth faculty to this idea driven by the scale of tracking and the students of the research [intellectual e n t e r p r i s e , who work with them property] activity making it difficult are doing research o n c a m p u s, ” for Dartmouth Madden said. to compete with [and] they have a “[The ranking] larger institutions. really good nose for highlights the “I think [the value important problems.” long-term ranking] is a of fundamental re a l i n d i c at o r research.” that Dartmouth -DEAN MADDEN, VICE In addition faculty and the to ranking s t u d e n t s w h o PROVOST FOR RESEARCH institutions, the work with them publication also are doing research profiled the work [and] they have a really good nose of Michael Sporn, a pharmacology FROM INDEX PAGE 1
and toxicology professor emeritus p r o d u c e d s e v e r a l h u n d r e d at Geisel. Sporn’s work in nucleic compounds. acid research “The goal of the and retinoids program was not has b e e n “We’re very excited to develop patents. referenced in about nourishing the The object of our at least one program was to same environment patent and develop useful new “thousands of that produced this drugs that might times in patent success 30 years ago or be [beneficial] literature,” ultimately to according to 20 years ago.” patients,” Sporn t h e a r t i c l e. said. Upon his While he said -DEAN MADDEN, VICE arrival at he was happy to D a r t m o u t h , PROVOST FOR RESEARCH be profiled by the he established index, he said a drug “that’s not the goal development of [his] work.” program with I n Ju l y, t h e chemistry College was also professor named to the G o r d o n National Academy Gribble. of Inventors’ top According to Sporn, the program 100 list of universities that were
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Students throw a frisbee on the Green as the sun sets over campus.
granted patents in 2016. Calculated by determining the number of utility patents of which the university is the first assignee, Dartmouth’s appointment to this list was the fifth since the ranking’s establishment in 2012. Madden said the College’s rank is a testament to the importance of an liberal arts education. “In some levels, [this ranking] is confidence in the liberal arts ideal that we just go and figure things out,” Madden said. “We choose important problems, and if it is an important problem, it can’t help but be useful down the road.” Madden added that the College’s focus on experiential learning will promote various research projects in the future. “We’re very excited about nourishing the same environment that produced this success 30 years ago or 20 years ago,” Madden said.
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Mastering the art of cooking in college: a step-by-step guide By HAN VALE
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Experienced cooks know that a good plan is essential to culinary success. The ability to think ahead, work quickly and neatly and manage time efficiently makes both cooking and the completed dish excellent. So much so that in professional cooking, the quality of one’s mise en place, loosely translating to “everything in its place” — meaning items, ingredients, motions and timing — quickly distinguishes the best from the rest. Yet, even for the seasoned chef, cooking at college can present sets of new challenges that can make even a simple plan needlessly complex. For students, there’s broken heating coils and wonky oven shelves to deal with along with limited counter space — and is that plate actually clean? Sourcing specific ingredients, navigating dorm-specific spaces and having the right equipment can also all
pose initial problems that make cooking difficult. But, even with these added challenges, the biggest piece of advice I have is cook! Cook for yourself, cook for your friends, cook to learn and generate community, cook to procrastinate … Just cook! This week, The Dartmouth put together a guide of resources and advice to help you cook like a pro, even in college. Firstly, it’s important to find resources. Food exists at the intersection of many socioeconomic realities. If you wish to cook for a group of Dartmouth community member s but find the cost, especially while already paying for a meal plan, difficult, apply for funding through Student-Initiated Programs to receive aid to cover the costs of ingredients and some small equipment. “SIPS gave me the resources to make food for my entire floor,” Sophie Palmer ’20 said. “At the beginning of the year, I made crepes for about 20 people without
the barrier of having to pay. It ended up being a wonderful event that I continued throughout the term.” Another low-cost way to cook and save time is to plan around the equipment and ingredients you or friends may already have to reduce the cost and effort of having to drive to a nearby store and buy more food. If you are looking for an ingredient necessary to a dish from a specific culture, this can be tough. Let’s be real — this is New Hampshire. For ingredients essential to some Pan-Indian foods, check out the Asian Super Store in Lebanon. For essential East-Asian ingredients, try Yiping’s Asian Market in West Lebanon. For good local organic produce at little to no charge, volunteer at the Dartmouth Organic Farm via Farm Club. On campus until early October, the Hanover farmer’s market is open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Wednesday and offers a variety of locally grown vegetables, fruit and
homemade goods. The Norwich farmer’s market is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through October and select Saturdays. November through April for those who want more variety in vendors. When Dalia Rodriguez ’18 wanted to cook enchiladas on campus, she was surprised at her success in finding some obscure ingredients. “Surprisingly, a lot of stores around here do have the ingredients you’d need, it’s just hard because they have dif ferent names,” Rodriguez said. “You can also alternate chilies specifically to some that are similar and available.” Lastly, to boil — pun intended — college cooking down, here are seven steps to ensure success. Step 1: Know your kitchen. Is anything broken? Is the oven 50 degrees cooler than it says? Know this beforehand and try to fix appliances now to avoid frustration later. Step 2: Be aware of ingredients you already have and equipment
you can access. Step 3: Get ingredients and equipment you need. Unless you have ample storage, buy only enough ingredients to cook each dish once to save money and avoid waste. Step 4: Clean your surfaces. Also, give that questionable pan a rinse. Step 5: Measure and prep! Measure all ing redients out carefully and group them together according to the recipe’s specifics. Doing this will minimize cleanup and equipment needed. Step 6: Cook it up! Step 7: Clean it up! Cleaning as you go will make this step easier. With practice, you will be able to mix these steps around. You’ll put a berry crisp in the oven to bake, and while it’s baking, simmer your rhubarb-compote, whip some cream and clean it all up just as it’s coming out of the oven. Trust the process. This will be the first in a series of cooking-related articles.
Music review: ‘Shades of Grey’ is the perfect track for any setting By ZACH CHERIAN
The Dartmouth Staff
As a fan of discovering new artists early and often, I always get excited when I find albums or tracks that hit all of my ideal music criteria: catchy, complex and really, really easy to replay incessantly. “Shades of Grey” by up-and-coming electronic DJs Oliver Heldens and Shaun Frank and featuring Delaney Jane is exactly that. While still relatively unknown, Heldens has a robust tracklist already, and “Shades of Grey” is one of his most promising and commerciallytranslatable works to date. I would predict that Heldens is due for a true top hit at some point in the near future. Released as a single with Jane — a Canadian vocalist best known for her pop collaboration with Grandtheft in “Easy Go” — “Shades of Grey” is perhaps my favorite track for when I am on the move or headed to class or work. Jane’s accent, which I thought was English for the longest time, plays really well into the piece, lending the song a more cosmopolitan feel than it would perhaps have otherwise. A common issue with albums in the electronic genre is a tendency to produce singles that are too similar to each other, resulting in tracks in which nothing particularly stands out. Usually, similar songs open with the beat first and incorporate vocals as an afterthought, since the sound quality of their track is often the most important aspect. Heldens, Frank and Jane, in a nice change of pace, make
sure that “Shades of Grey” features the vocals first, turning it from just a track with singing into a song with a great beat. Where Heldens and Frank also differentiate themselves is with the two different versions of the song that they have created: the regular mix and the radio mix. While not uncommon, especially in the house or electronic space, Heldens and Frank have created two different songs for listeners. I originally discovered the radio mix, which is still my favorite, but his regular mix is an entirely different yet enjoyable experience. In the regular mix, the duo chose to create a much more relaxed beat that builds to a softer drop, incorporating a strong guitar presence which is not found at all in the radio mix. In fact, the main highlight in the regular mix is the guitar, which builds up to the drop on top of the beat and ends up being much of the song’s overall focus. “Shades of Grey” works well if you, like me, love to keep the same song on repeat because each listen feels slightly different from the last. “Shades of Grey” is the type of song that helps you think about where you are and fits itself well to whatever mood you are in — if you are getting ready for an exciting day, it works well in the background or if you are in an introspective mood and need a moment to reflect, the song works perfectly well for that, too. Heldens and Frank have created a track that is versatile, exceedingly catchy yet differentiated in the electronic space, especially with the two versions. Jane, who has already
found critical and commercial success with “Easy Go,” has proven herself as the go-to vocalist for electronic
DJs. While it may never hit the pop airwaves, “Shades of Grey” could be a precursor of more exciting things
to come from Heldens and Frank; nevertheless, it is a great addition to any playlist.
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
TODAY’S LINEUP
SPORTS ONE ON ONE
with Remy Borinsky ’19
By MARK CUI The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Wi t h wo m e n’s s o c c e r starting conference play with its first matchup against Brown University this weekend, The Dartmouth sat down with the team’s leading goal scorer, Remy Borinsky ’19. Borinsky looks to build on her sophomore campaign, in which she started all 16 games and took 31 shots, earning her First Team All-Ivy honors. In eight games this season, Borinsky has already scored four goals, up from her one goal last season. Her most recent came in a 3-1 loss against Northeastern University on Sept. 15. W h a t a r e t h e t e a m ’s expectations going forward? RB: This is a harder out-of-
conference schedule than in past years. We’re hoping that’ll help us once we get into Ivy League play. We want to do better. Last year we were last place, so we can only go up. We’re hoping that how we’re playing so far will translate over to the next few games. Get off to a good start, get a few wins in the Ivy League and hopefully continue that streak. What got you into soccer and Dartmouth soccer specifically? RB: I’ve played soccer my whole life. I’m the youngest of four, and I always tried to play on their teams when I was very young, around 3 or 5 years old. I just kept playing for them and switched to an academy team as I got older and that took over my life. I traveled across the country and fell in love with the sport. Ever since I was little, I knew I wanted to play college soccer, so
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I kept with my academy team and went with the recruiting process. I was very focused on the Ivy League and knew that I wanted to study abroad — Dartmouth is the only Division I school where you can study abroad because of the D-Plan, so I came my freshman year for a soccer camp. I fell in love with the campus and am not a city person so I really loved the outdoorsiness. I did a study abroad in Barcelona last winter, and it was one of my highlights at Dartmouth so far. What was it like being named First Team All-Ivy last year? RB: Honestly, I was very honored. Personally, I’ve changed positions, I’m attacking more now and have a different role on the team. But overall, these personal achievements are a goal of mine, but I just hope that my team wins more Ivy League games. If the achievements come with the team results, then that’s great, too. Can you elaborate on the attacking mindset? RB: Last season, we weren’t
ANNIE DUNCAN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
Remy Borinsky ’19 earned First Team All-Ivy honors last season.
producing much attacking-wise. We changed our formation a little with two attacking, and that’s carried over to the season. We’ve changed our formation overall this year as well, with a 3-5-2. I think that has generated more attacking chances — with only three defenders, we’re less defensive-minded.
RB: I hope to just continue to contribute as much as I can. I’ve definitely increased my scoring, but my assists have come down this season and I want to bring that back up. I want to lead on the field, control center midfield as best as I can and help wherever I can.
Lastly, what are your personal goals for the season?
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
The weekday Roundup
Compiled by EVAN MORGAN & CHRIS SHIM
Women’s Soccer The Big Green women’s soccer team suffered a tough loss Tuesday against Boston University, 1-0, at Nickerson Field. Dartmouth was outshot 15-4 with three shots on goal, two from Bianca Ribi ’18 and one from
Remy Borinsky ’19. First-year goalkeeper Mariel Gordon ’21 tallied four saves over the full 90 minutes of regulation play. The lone goal of the game came 18 minutes in from junior midfielder Julianna Chen, who launched the
shot from 20 yards out for her second goal of the season. The team begins league play this weekend against Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Men’s Soccer Dartmouth kept rolling on Wednesday with its fourth straight win, a 1-0 victory over the University of Massachusetts Lowell. A shot in the 14th minute by Justin Donawa ’19 led to the only goal of the game. Midfielder Matt Danilack ’18 passed to forward Eduvie Ikoba ’19, who hit Donawa in stride behind the River Hawk defense. Donawa touched the ball over the outstretched leg of the Lowell keeper and found the back of the net with his next touch. The
game grew chippy in the second half as the River Hawks, who dropped out of the NCAA top 25 for the first time in a year prior to Wednesday’s game, had few opportunities against the Dartmouth defense. A pair of shots by Donawa and Ikoba, the first bouncing off the post and the second saved by the keeper, were the closest either team came to scoring in the second half. Christopher Palacios ’21 played all 90 minutes and recorded one save in his fourth
shutout of the season. Dartmouth is not ranked in the most recent NCAA top 25 but is on the bubble of the Top Drawer soccer top 25. Unless the University of Vermont, Princeton University, Hofstra University, Yale University or the University of Pennsylvania sneak into the ranks over the next three weeks, the Big Green will not face another nationally-ranked opponent until it plays the University of New Hampshire on Oct. 17.
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goals against average for Ivy League-leading men’s soccer keeper Christopher Palacios ’21
rushing yards allowed by the football team to Stetson University
342
44
number of kills by volleyball, last in the Ivy League
ITA doubles rank of Charlie Broom ’20 and Max Fliegner ’18
5
115
number of men’s soccer games with a final score of 1-0
shot attempts by field hockey opponents, compared to 68 by Dartmouth