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Republican Senate Bill 3 passes Senate By REBECCA FLOWERS The Dartmouth
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OPINION
CHENG: MUSING ON MEMES
Summer weather has taken over campus bringing out leafy trees and flowery clothing.
Wilson named director of Arthur L. Irving Institute By SONIA QIN The Dartmouth Staff
Elizabeth Wilson has been named the inaugural director of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy
and Society. Wilson, formerly of the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, will begin work on September 1 and will join the College as an environmental studies
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The Republican-sponsored New Hampshire Senate Bill 3, which may complicate sameday voter registration for New Hampshire college students, passed 14-9 in the state Senate on June 8. The bill changes what domicile means in the context of voting and stipulates that proof of residence is required for same-day voters, including a written statement that verifies voters’ home addresses. It also authorizes government agents to visit a voter’s home to make sure that it is the voter’s primary residence. The bill, which has been c o n s i s t e n t l y s u p p o r t e d by Republican representatives, was introduced to the Senate on January 19, and has since been amended and passed through both the Senate and the House. When it passed in the House with amendments on June 1, the majority of “yeas” came from Republicans, with only four supporting votes from House Democrats. The remaining Democrats, one Independent
and several Republicans voted against. Sen. Martha Hennessey, D-Hanover, voted “nay” in the Senate. “Republicans rule the day in the New Hampshire legislature this session,” Hanover town manager Julia Griffin said. The bill will now go to New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu to either be vetoed or signed into law. After the House vote, Sununu indicated his support for the bill in a press release, which he said “helps protect the integrity of New Hampshire’s electoral process.” Re publicans have argued that the bill helps prevent voter fraud in New Hampshire. According to the Dartmouth College Democrats communication director Jennifer West ’20, President Donald Trump’s concern about massive voter fraud in the 2016 election has “trickled down to the state level.” As a candidate for governor, Sununu said that SEE SB3 PAGE 2
Two professors Q&A with Lou’s Waitress receive fellowships Becky Schneider
By ANNA STAROPOLI The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth chemistry professor Jane Lipson and film and media studies professor Jodie Mack will begin fellowships with the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University this coming September. Through the fellowship, Lipson and Mack will live among fellow recipients and gain access to a wide range of
resources that supplement their individual research projects. The fellowship offers its recipients the opportunity to spend the upcoming academic year in Cambridge, Massachusetts and creates a scholarly environment that invites multidisciplinary collaboration with peer scholars, Lipson and Mack said. With this year’s fellows, SEE RADCLIFFE PAGE 5
By PETER CHARALAMBOUS The Dartmouth Staff
Although mile-high apple pie and cruellers are considered staples at Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery, waitress Becky Schneider is also a long-standing figure. Schneider has worked at the restaurant for nearly four decades and has seen several changes during that time. H o w l o n g h ave yo u worked at Lou’s?
BS: I started working here in 1978 for Lou. I was 17 years old [and] had just moved to Hanover. My parents moved in my senior year of high school, and I wasn’t very happy about it. So I started working here full time as a senior in high school taking most of my classes independently, and then I just kept working until then. Although I left a couple times in the eighties because of the stigma that I shouldn’t be a waitress.
How did that stigma affect your job? BS: Here’s a good point: the picture of all the servers on the wall wearing white uniforms. I am personally responsible in 1980 for getting us out of those white uniforms because I find that if you dress like an indentured servant, you get treated more like an indentured servant. I feel like you’re more humanized. I started with wearing Dartmouth shirts too, SEE LOU’S PAGE 2
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SB3 passes NH Senate Schneider reflects on her work FROM SB3 PAGE 1
Democrats were being bussed into New Hampshire and registering to vote on the day of elections. Fe a r o f vo t e r f r a u d w a s a significant concer n at the Statehouse, the College Democrats finance director Sam Zarkower ’20 said after the organization’s visit to the capitol. The bill has the potential to put a burden on “students, military personnel and newcomers to the state, as well as the unpaid volunteers who man the voting booths and area [and are] already dealing with a lot of mandates from the state,” gover nment professor Linda Fowler said. The bill is not popular among town clerks, Griffin said. It stipulates that for each registered voter, two or more municipal officers must go to the address and verify that it is the voter’s primary domicile. “[The Secretary of State’s office is] going to have to fund that investigation, because we don’t have the resources nor the interest in getting involved with chasing people down to physically verify the home addresses,” she said. Griffin’s main concern is that additional paperwork could create longer lines and delays at the polls, especially considering the large number of voters who come out on election days. “It’s not unusual for us to register anywhere from 900 to 1,500 residents, most of whom are students,” Griffin said. Many residents do not register in advance, especially students, she said. Fowler agrees that the enforcement of these laws is “unworkable.” In addition to the administrative difficulties, another of Griffin’s main issues with the bill is “the sense that it was treating same-day registrants differently from those who register in advance.” The College Democrats fought hard in opposition to the bill, West
said. They held phone banks, calling New Hampshire residents and urging them to tell their state legislators to vote against the bill. A group of students visited the New Hampshire Statehouse to testify against the bill in person. West, who was one of the students to testify, said she asked representatives to “look [her] in the eye and tell [her] that this bill is doing what it obviously does,” meaning that it alienates student voters. She said she believes the voter fraud argument is nonsensical, because there have been only five cases of voter fraud in New Hampshire in recent memory. On the other hand, West contends, student votes can have a significant influence on elections. “[Sen.] Maggie Hassan [D-NH] won her election by about 700 votes, and Dartmouth is about 6,000 students,” West said. “So if New Hampshire can get about 700 votes out of the way, they see a red state in the future.” While the bill does not directly prevent student voting, West argues that it is discriminatory against students, who would find it difficult to obtain a proof of residence without a mortgage or electricity bill. The new law would also create more paperwork for same-day voters, she said. “We know that Dartmouth students use same-day registration, overwhelmingly so,” West said. If same-day registration is much more difficult, West said she believes voter turnout will decrease. Despite her disappointment that the bill has made so much progress, West believes its existence demonstrates the power of student voters. “College students, no matter which way they vote, are incredibly important and can define elections,” she said. Assuming Sununu signs the bill into law, Griffin predicts that the bill will be challenged legally by the American Civil Liberties Union on grounds of discrimination.
CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. Correction Appended (June 24, 2017): A previous version of the June 23 article “Zenovia Toloudi’s “Silo(e)scapes” is art and architecture” was updated to state that the exhibition contains real seeds, not plastic balls representing seeds. Correction Appended (June 24, 2017): The June 23 column “Scheetz & Warren: We Are Dartmouth Too” was updated to correct a misspelling in an author’s name. Correction Appended (June 23, 2017): The June 23 column “Wilen: Beyond the Numbers” was updated to correct a misspelling in the author’s name.
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but that was much later on. Over all your years working at Lou’s, what drives you to work here? BS: I love the students. I really love the students. And, you know, in some families you have three siblings come to Dartmouth. One family, the Simons, I waited on them for eleven years running because of their three boys and their age gap. They were from Oregon. I meet people from all over the world, and I find personally that I love the students ... Older people generally have those “damn kids” comments. I feel absolutely the opposite. I feel that the kids are just getting better and better. And what I mean by that is that they are much more country- and communityoriented, way less self-centered and, I hate to say snobby, but it was there a lot in the earlier days. I feel the progression in years, the times have gotten better. Do you have a favorite moment from your time working here? BS: It’s an accumulation [of favorite moments]. I have so many favorite moments, I really do. For instance, in [2005], I broke my leg. I was greatly missed. One of the Phi Delts came in and got my address and phone number, and he sent me cards and pictures and all kinds of stuff... One particular aspect of the service industry is that it demands a lot of energy and happiness from servers. What is your secret? BS: I always tell people when they ask me, “How are you in such a good mood every day?” I’d like to go “I like to thank the members of the academy,” just to joke. That’s like my standard. Well, when I was younger, it was different. I have just gotten older and wiser. When I was between 17 and 27, I am sure I had a little temper going. I could be somewhat of a hothead. I was very nice, but my temper could flare. As I have gotten older, it takes something really extraordinary to rattle my cage or an extraordinary person to get me going. I just don’t let it happen. Another thing too is that you just don’t know what any person is going through on any given day. The person you’re waiting on that seems unhappy or rude can be at Hitchcock with a dying relative. You just don’t know what’s going on with people ... So, when I am waiting on people, I like to take that into consideration. I try to think to myself that this person could just be really hungry, and once they get fed, they will be much happier... How does it feel when you form a close relationship with
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Becky Schneider has worked at Lou’s for 39 years and gained the love of students.
a student who eventually leaves after graduation? BS: It is heartbreaking sometimes. Sometimes it is really rough. There [is] one student who comes to mind when you say that. He was an ’08, and he was the most dedicated Lou’s regular I have ever seen for Dartmouth, not the town. We open at 6:00, and every morning and I worked more those days. The minute I opened the door, he would be the first one to walk in. He always would have black coffee and a warm blueberry muffin ... I find myself every year during reunions just watching at the door for him and hoping that he comes in and that his life is going well for him ... During reunions, I am not exaggerating, I will be taking an order, and someone will walk up and pick me up, and yell “Becky.” It’s really nice. It’s great for my ego and everything. It makes me really happy, and I think that is one of the things that has kept me here. It really brings a joy to my life. People don’t realize when I say I really love you, I really mean that I really love them. I really do. How has Lou’s changed over the years? BS: One of the times that I left, I came back two years later, they started staying open all night on Fridays and Saturday nights for drunk Dartmouth students after frat parties. I worked that by myself ... I used to walk around the resultant and chuck bread at people just because I thought that they might get sick. Not to throw something at them, to keep them okay until their food came out of the kitchen. We just could not keep up with that because you’re dealing with drunk people. You would have three boys go down to the restroom. One would pee in the sink, one would the pee in the drain in the floor and one would pee in the toilet. People would be upstairs making ketchup hats and it was starting to turn into
a fraternity at night, and we could not do that any longer. When Toby bought the restaurant, he brought an end to the overnight shift. It just really was not working. Recently, Everything but Anchovies closed down, and there has been a lot of concern about the financial health of businesses in Hanover. Are you worried about Lou’s? BS: Every time a new restaurant in town opens, we have a meeting ... Unless we start doing something stupid or our quality starts to slide, I do not think that Lou’s can be hurt. I really don’t. It’s such a tradition. Like on the freshman shirts, the top 10 things you do when you come to Dartmouth, number one is go have a hearty breakfast at Lou’s. At least it was, I do not know if they changed it. Last when I saw it, that’s what the shirt said... You wear a lot of Dartmouth apparel. Do you have a favorite shirt? BS: When a certain student sees me wear a shirt that they brought me, you can see them just light up. My most popular shirt at this time is my Heorot shirt because I have never been given a fraternity shirt before. I started wearing it on Sundays, and I have never gotten better reactions off a shirt in my whole career. One weekend I was waiting on a group of girls, and they said, “Excuse me, Becky, do you mind if we get our picture taken with you wearing that shirt?” I said sure. A couple hours later, a couple of guys come in, and I did not even recognize them. They just said, “We saw you a couple of hours ago on Facebook posing with that shirt on, do you mind taking a photo with us too?” I was like, “Sure, go ahead, but please tag me so I can see it.” But they did not... This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
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Irving Institute Director FROM IRVING PAGE 1
respond to environmental risks such as climate change by incorporating new technologies into existing energy systems. Wilson has recently studied the creation of smart grids and its opportunities and challenges, as well as decision making within Regional Transmission Organizations, which manage transmission planning, eletricity markets and grid operations in over 70 percent of North America. Wilson was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2015. Wilson’s interest in energy came from working on climate change, not only through the problems and impact on the planet, but also the possible solutions. While working at the University of Minnesota, she saw how an interdisciplinary institute can foster new research and opportunities for students, as well as interdisciplinary initiatives. She first heard about the job opening from her colleagues and thought it was an exciting opportunity “to build something new from scratch at a great school and at a large scale.” While there are many energy programs across the country, there are few as comprehensive as the Irving Institute is aiming to be, Wilson said. She added that many programs only focus on technology or particular technologies, while the Irving Institute will aim to engage people and departments all over campus. The role as director of the Irving Institute creates an opportunity to think about issues on the horizon of the energy system that are shaping things and to ask the right questions, Wilson said. The director search process began last fall, said Tuck School of Business professor and director search committee co-chair Robert Hansen. Hansen, chemistry professor and dean of graduate studies F. Jon Kull ’88 and Provost Carolyn Dever utilized a large search committee including people from many different areas of the College. Executive director of the Revers Center for Energy and search committee member April Salas said that the committee was able to discuss bringing the Institute together around not only energy, but society. Environmental studies professor and search committee member Richard Howarth agreed and emphasized looking at energy challenges from a broad liberal arts perspective, in addition to public policy, engineering and business perspectives. Excellence in scholarship was a high priority for the committee, said geography professor Susanne Freidberg, another member of the director search committee. “We were committed from the start to hiring someone who had spent most of their career in academia as opposed to someone coming from the industry
or policy world,” she said. “We were also interested in somebody with good leadership skills, including the skill of talking to people in many different disciplines, and we were interested in somebody who understands the arts and sciences, and not only engineering.” According to Hansen, other criteria for candidates included a dedication to teaching, a motivation to build the Institute to an expected size and stature, collegiality and an appreciation for interdisciplinary work. What stood out to him the most about Wilson’s application was her appreciation and understanding for the term “energy and society.” “She really addressed what we mean by ‘energy and society’ in a way that resonated very well with the committee, mostly looking at the energy topic from a really broad, societal, interdisciplinary perspective,” Hansen said. Divest Dartmouth member Alexander Miller ’20 said that Wilson is viewed to be pragmatic by the academy, which may have a positive impact at Dartmouth because the College has pointed to pragmatic and technical issues as inhibitors in advances on energy and renewable energy. According to Miller, the College may begin to take such issues more seriously since Wilson will be “such a reasonable, logical, and pragmaticallyfocused director.” If College President Phil Hanlon and the Board of Trustees believe that the Irving Institute is the most effective way to affect energy change at Dartmouth, then Divest will seek partnerships with the Institute in the future, he said. Miller is intrigued by Wilson’s claim that she would like to see the Institute engage with the artistic community at Dartmouth. “The larger conversation surrounding energy, the attitude towards it, has almost become in many ways anti-scientific,” he said. “I think it’s really perceptive of her to look at energy as not just an issue for scientists, but as an issue for concerned artists.” According to Wilson, her first action as director will be to hire a good team and find students who are passionate about energy issues. “It is more than just about creating an institute, it will be about creating a culture,” Wilson said. Salas noted that the College will be initiating the “essence of the Institute” before 2020, which is when the College expects to complete the Institute’s building. “I think the excitement is that we’re not waiting until 2020 to get going on establishing the Institute and the process of convening and identifying what the core pillars will be for the Institute,” she said. “I would anticipate a different range of academic and cocurricular activities happening well in advance of 2020.” Noah Goldstein contributed to reporting.
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GUEST COLUMNIST CHRISTOPHER CHENG ’21
Musing on Memes
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017
STAFF COLUMNIST DAN FISHBEIN ’19
Finding Your Zen
Let’s consider online humor seriously.
Happiness requires that we practice having enough.
As an incoming freshman, I don’t know been intended to create a comedic sense a lot about Dartmouth. I’ve browsed of camaraderie on campus, it also offers Dartmouth’s official website, scoured a unique and unprecedented window admissions brochures into the thoughts of a n d e ve n w e n t t h e Dartmouth students. extra mile to meet with “The beauty of DMFCAFT It is one that has been s o m e a l u m n i i n my is in its spontaneous grossly undervalued area. But impressions with regards to c a n’t s u b s t i t u t e f o r growth, born from the eng agement with a c t u a l e x p e r i e n c e s . initiative of the student incoming students. I’ve accepted that until Personally, I’ve body.” Dartmouth Outing Club found it a relief First-Year Trips, I’ll be to witness ordinary an outsider looking in. people sharing their Luckily for me, real-time reactions however, my Facebook to the latest events news feed gave me a brief respite from on campus. This sort of transparency into fake news to introduce me to a page that student life complements the social media many among us may be familiar with: outreach initiatives from the Admissions Dartmouth’s very own Office. An advance meme page, titled screening of the “Dartmouth Memes “While the meme page daily culture of for Cold AF Teens.” may have been intended Dartmouth can Completely casual only better prepare to create a comedic sense and at least sometimes incoming students funny, this repository of camaraderie on campus, for a seamless of humorous takes it also offers a unique and integ ration into on student life the school’s tighta t D a r t m o u t h i s unprecedented window into knit community. interesting, to say the the thoughts of Dartmouth More than that, least. it can even students.” The beauty of encourage alumni DMFCAFT is in its to stay up-to-date spontaneous growth, and involved with born from the initiative current events at of the student body. It the school. encourages the entirely The meme page unfiltered and amusing presentation of ideas fad that has swept colleges across the and opinions that are often overlooked nation has begun to change Dartmouth’s by formal publishing outreach dynamic institutions, including with its past, The Dartmouth itself. “An advance screening present and future In its own way, it is of the daily culture of students. Crucially, a virtual simulation, it provides an albeit limited, of the Dartmouth can only better easy and socially a c t u a l D a r t m o u t h prepare incoming students acceptable forum community, allowing for members of for a seamless integration f o r b ro a d mu t u a l t h e c o m mu n i t y engagement on an into the school’s tight-knit to interact, even individual level. w i t h o u t h av i n g community.” I t ’s s t a r t l i n g t o met one another. witness the contrast Moving forward, between President all members of the Hanlon’s official statements on one website Dartmouth community should — and will and the irreverent depictions of him on — embrace similarly open online platforms another. While the meme page may have as another facet of campus life.
I walk into the meditation room in the resources in order to prosper. As an affluent basement of the Tucker Center. The monk white male in a late capitalist world, my in charge greets me and invites me to join basic needs have all been met, and I will his prayer circle. For a few moments, the never have to want for them. But I still monk, my peers and I walk in a circle with have energy and I still have ambition. I feel our heads bowed, having come together to as though I need to do something to take participate in a club that both engages in action. I cannot just sit still. meditation and studies the core concepts I can control what forms of action I take. associated with Zen Buddhism. We fall into Rather than continuously chasing bigger deep contemplation. The room is silent. and better, a pursuit that will no doubt tire I needed this. While at this class, I feel me out and lead me almost nowhere — or satisfied and fulfilled. My mind rests as I at least nowhere that I would want to be — I listen to the monk speak on the true nature can stop for a moment, find some Zen, and of being, on the search for a totality of consider bowing out of that rat race. Of existence and the quest for nirvana, or course, I need not bow out completely. I still something like that. I cannot remember his like material things, and I have no intention, exact words. All I know is that they were at this point, of becoming a monk. However, deeply soothing and that I felt a sense of I do want to feel that I control things, and peace, of wholeness, of quiet that I have not as though things control me. not felt in a while. I breathe in and then I do not yet have this down. Finding exhale. Relaxed. peace of mind is a process, a road I may I retur n to the world. After Zen very likely have to travel down for the rest p r a c t i c e, I g o t o of my life. But it is fraternity meetings. a better road with I have some drinks, “I want to accept the a clearer goal than and I stop thinking present, without worrying chasing commodities a b o u t 2 , 5 0 0 - ye a rand resources when I old Vedic texts and about the past or the am blessed to already the true meaning of future. I realize that this possess enough. consciousness. I stop I think I have sense of alertness and thinking much at all. found the secret to This is good, I think to awareness constitutes following this path, myself. I feel present. happiness.” though, even if I have The next day in my just begun to follow it. 10A, my brain hurts. I have a road map. I Too much drinking need to get outside for a Wednesday. I of my own head in cannot concentrate. I hopes of connecting have returned to my body, to subjectivity, with my surroundings, of reaching what away from Zen. I do not know much about approximates the Buddhist sense of oneness. meditation, having only done it once, but I want more, and even though needing I feel as though I need it again. I want to more may be a fundamental fact of my accept the present, without worrying about existence, I can take some responsibility in the past or the future. I realize that this deciding which form of more I want to have. sense of alertness and awareness constitutes More smiles instead of more money. More happiness. experiences instead of more things. More We live in a society full of distractions: understanding, more compassion, more fraternities, alcohol, sex, iPhones, fast cars. empathy, more togetherness. More freedom, These distractions can have disastrous more control and thus more happiness. consequences. We build planes that dump I chuckle a bit inside. I have only gone to carbon dioxide into our burning atmosphere one Zen practice, but already I feel a longing and we spread prescription drugs into our to learn more about this ancient East Asian most vulnerable communities. My mind philosophy and follow my passions. To do races through all the shiny objects presented what I, as an individual, am interested in to it, looking for some place to settle down. doing. The fulfillment of Zen helps me to slow In the next few days, I will continue down, to understand myself within my to tread outside of my comfort zone, to environment. try to take control of my life, to displace We can all benefit from the experience materiality and follow what I have learned of Zen. America has one of the wealthiest about Zen. This weekend, I will go out into societies in the world, but this does not mean the community surrounding Dartmouth — that America is the happiest society. To one where many residents have not had the attain the happiness that we aspire to have, same structures in place that have enabled we need to practice having enough. I know me to succeed in a conventional sense — that I come from a place of privilege, but and seek to do good in the world through I understand that I need to stop worrying community service working with children. about wanting things. I will get outside, bask in some sunshine, That is easier said than done. We, as summit a mountain. And I’ll probably also humans, have an innate drive to want more, get drunk at some point. I’m not perfect, to engage in a survival-of-the-fittest contest and that’s okay. That unattainable goal is that encourages us to strive to accumulate not worth striving for.
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For some of us, camp evokes memories of swimming at night, melting s’mores around a fire and singing at the top of our lungs to some rhyme that still rings through our minds every now and then. For others, especially Dartmouth students, camp means going to lab for several hours, learning how to become a better debater or running on a soccer field under the scorching sun. Dartmouth definitely doesn’t seem as crowded as a camp normally is, but sophomore summer feels somewhat like camp: our days are full of lazy afternoons tanning on the Green, clambering over rocks and then jumping off heights we normally wouldn’t even go near and risking our phones while we snap photos in canoes on the river. Whatever camp means to you, one thing unites all camps: community. Many of us will get even closer to others in our class just by living with them in our Greek houses, assuming leadership positions in our clubs and participating in more relaxing activities. Unlike most camps, we do have grades and many of us will begin the hunt for internships for next summer. Finding the happy medium between work and play is a common challenge during almost all Dartmouth terms, but this term it seems especially true; there seems to be less work in some areas (some of us elect to take two class terms) but added responsibilities in other areas (some join clubs as they open up membership exclusively for sophomore summer). A lot of us want to continue excelling in academics, be engaged in our extracurriculars, and make memories to last a lifetime. Here’s to a term where we strengthen our friendships and hopefully don’t find ourselves camping out in the library!
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By Stephanie Everett
It’s sunny. It’s relaxed. It’s camp. It’s misunderstood by high school friends. It’s the pinnacle of Dartmouth traditions. The months-long cold has finally lifted and here we return – smiling, no less – to summer school. I was skeptical when I returned to Dartmouth having had only three actual days away from campus. During the conventional school year, everyone seems to stretch themselves thinner than Domino’s thin crust at 2am (RIP EBAs). But summer? Summer is the term where we supposedly free ourselves from our usual commitments, and make way for river floats, ice cream and farmer’s markets, with a splash of school work. While I no longer have sports or a capella commitments to worry about, my schedule looks oddly ... full? I’m taking three classes this term for my intended major and distributive requirements. I have a leadership position in my sorority, two jobs and a research position in the history department. I’m not quite sure how it all piled it up like it did. Perhaps it’s my aversion to boredom, or my habit of being a serial “yes” woman. Whatever the reason, this term is really no different
“Summer is the term where we supposedly free ourselves from our usual commitments, and make way for river floats, ice cream and farmer’s markets, with a splash of school work.” than any other term. It’s just warm outside. I have never quite understood people who take a laissez-faire attitude toward their college experience. Even with its shortcomings, Dartmouth is one of the most amazing colleges in the country. No doubt, whatever your background, you were overjoyed when you first opened your acceptance letter. But here we are, halfway through our tenure, and we have already taken it for granted. Skipping classes and finding “layups” takes precedent over squeezing every possible opportunity out of our collegiate career. We will never be as emotionally, socially, or intellectually challenged as we are here. We get to see and learn from world renowned poets, musicians and lecturers. We have professors who pour their hearts and souls into making known the experiences of the marginalized, overlooked and forgotten. We have deans and support
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systems for the people of the many There’s something special about communities that make our class so walking around campus and knowing much more than a set of statistics. that every face you see is at the exact My goal in writing this piece, same stage in life as you are. There’s if anything, is to pave a way toward something about lounging on the Green considering a middle ground. with friends that makes it feel like the I recognize people come into sun is just hitting you for the first time. sophomore summer from different There’s something about Moosilauke angles. I’m an advocate of the “you and Cardigan hikes, cabin overnights do you” philosophy. If what you’re and other crunchy must-haves that doing makes you happy, keep on become as natural as our surroundings. keeping on. I know that I will be There’s something about watching challenging myself this term to get out hundreds of students and community of my comfort zone, leave behind my members join forces for cancer research introvert ways that sends and get to know “There’s something goose-bumps our class. Yes, I’m my arms special about walking down busy, but I still go and makes me out at night. I hike around campus and appreciate the my Sundays away knowing that every kind of world in the surrounding we are working mountains. I make face is at the exact toward. sure my friends are same stage in life as As we just as important race into the as my research you are.” heart of our hours or class work. s o p h o m o re With 17X looming summer, my before us, I know hope is that we that buying into will continue this wacky tradition on our journey is going to reward me (and all of us) to becoming Dartmouth’s best class with so much more than we could have ever (so corny, I know). I hope that we expected. will acknowledge our strengths and It’s true what they say – something confront our weaknesses. I hope we in the air is different up here. No matter will smile as kindly to those stuck in the demands on you this summer, it’s the library as we do to those lying by hard to deny the feeling of openness and the river. I hope we will recognize the opportunity on campus. It’s like we are hard work of our peers, lift each other all in mutual agreement that this will be up when we fall and join together at the our best term yet, and that attitude raises end of the day for movies, s’mores and the bar. memories. Here’s to our best term yet!
MIRROR //3
Strips: The “Natural” Way to Start Summer Story
By Carolyn Zhou
Sophomore trips, commonly tone of sophomore summer, to take referred to as “Strips,” has the advantage of the outside.” potential to be the largest gathering Derenchuk added that Strips is a of a class between matriculation and commencement. Held at the beginning of sophomore summer, “That was defimitely this three day outdoor experience the biggest part of it. means different things to the people I feel like the climbwho participate. Strips co-director Paula Mendoza ’19, leaders Fisher ing part of it... was Katlin ’19 and Alex Derenchuk secondary.” ’19,and Strippee Diana Ge ’19 reflected on their experiences participating in this year’s Strips. -Alex Darenchuk ’19 Ge explained her motiation to sign up for Strips. “I wanted to meet new people, which didn’t really shake out because I only met one new person on my trip,” she said. She already knew both of her Strip leaders, which might have been a contributing factor. great way to take a risk and be exposed Derenchuk, who led a rock climbing to new outdoor activities. trip, said that his favorite part of Strips “One motif of sophomore summer was the class bonding. that a lot of people talk about is trying “I met people I had heard of but new things,” Derenchuk said. “Strips had never talked to before ... Being is a great way to facilitate that. My trip around people for three days, you just had never climbed rocks before ... they get to know them decently well,” he unlocked new possibilities ... some of said. “That was definitely the biggest them expressed interest in continuing part of it. I feel like the climbing part [after Strips].” of it ... was secondary.” Exploring new activities was His other not limited m o t i v a t i o n s “There is definetely to Strippees. were to enjoy who a type of person that Katlin, the outdoors led mountain and beautiful goes on Strips, since biking, had only weather, despite now it’s optional.” ever mountain the thunderstorm biked once and flash flood before Strips, warnings that - Diana Ge ’19 and his cooccurred during leader had even this year’s Strips. less experience. “I’m super “ I n psyched about the beginning, getting out there I wasn’t super in the summer psyched with because we how it was have the whole going to go ... summer to get we didn’t know outside, while we only have like half of what we were doing going in,” he fall before it starts getting too cold, and admitted. “[For Strips] we’re all kind maybe the last quarter of the spring,” of friends already, so it’s sort of less Katlin said. “Strips sets off the right formal and people take it less seriously.
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It actually turned out to be fantastic.” Mendoza, who directed Strips along with David Ringel ’19 and Ivan Cornish Morales ’19, emphasized that Strips is not supposed to mirror the First-Year Trips experience exactly. She noted that one way Strips differed was that there isn’t the same hierarchy between leader and trippee. Turnout this year declined from last year, from 120 to 85, a nearly 30 percent decrease. Strips is already sparsely attended compared to First Year Trips. Attendance at this year’s Strips was around eight percent of the sophomore class, while more than 90 percent of the class attended First-Year Trips. Mendoza explained that Strips are held the weekend before sophomore summer because in previous years, holding Strips during the first weekend saw decreased attendance. However, there were difficulties with holding Strips right before sophomore summer, since students were still vacationing with their family or working reunions, explained Mendoza. “[Turnout] was definitely less than I expected,” Ge said. “I was talking to some people about it ... they said that maybe the Trips directorate could Ge also recognized the more have done a better job with advertising voluntary nature of Strips, as it isn’t because they only sent out a few emails. seen as integral to the Dartmouth I don’t think there was anything other experience as Trips is. than emails, so if you didn’t catch the “There’s definitely a type of person that goes on Strips, since now it’s emails, you didn’t sign up.” According to Mendoza, the optional,” Ge said. S h e directorate asserted that this set up “Coming into it, type tends to be information more “crunchy,” tables as well I thought it was an adjective as emails, supposed to be a Dartmouth but in Ge’s s t u d e n t s opinion, their quintessential part of commonly use to advertising sophomore summer; describe people failed to but [now] I don’t think who spend a lot at t r a c t of time in the widespread that’s the case” outdoors. attention. “Coming into “I thought it, I thought it was Strips was -Diana Ge ’19 supposed to be very heavily a quintessential s k e w e d part of t o w a r d s o p h o m o re certain summer, but demographics,” said Ge. “There were [now] I don’t think that’s the case,” many [Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity Ge said. brothers] and [Alpha Chi Alpha Mendoza had a more positive fraternity brothers], a fair number of outlook on the range of people who [Chi Delta sorority sisters]. For some attended. She believes this year’s Strips reason it seemed like more than 50 were well attended by people across percent of the trip leaders were from campus. “We had people who were involved Illinois.” She hypothesized that the presence with the DOC, and also varsity of two Sig Ep brothers on the athletes; we had someone who had directorate might have been one reason never gone on a first year trip,” she why attendance reportedly skewed said. “It was so cool we were able to appeal to a wide range of people.” certain ways. “It’s easy to rope in your friends Whether this year’s Strips were when you’re not doing that heavy more particularly biased one way or advertising otherwise, but it’s harder another is unclear. However, Strips to reach certain demographics that seems to have achieved its purpose. Ge stated that she did not regret going on you don’t touch,” she said.
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Strips. Katlin said that he got to know many new people during his Strips experience. Strips may have not exactly been like Trips, but there were moments that felt familiar, according to Derenchuk. “They try to make it Trips-like, and superficially there are a lot of the same things,” he said. “All the trippees sit on the Robo lawn and we introduce all the trip leaders. It’s kind of meta in that way, and we do all of the dances ... bringing it back to trips ... It kind of stirs up memories for people.” Although Strips may have been less popular this year, its participants seemed to enjoy the nostalgia it brought, the friendships forged and fortified, and the energy it opened sophomore summer with.
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4// MIRROR
Dartmouth’s Ghost Stories By Rebecca Flowers STORY
Most people don’t think of dead with a strange marking: a white Dartmouth College as a breeding pinprick with red swelling. When ground for paranormal activity. And someone thought to check on Doc compared to other colleges, it isn’t. Benton a while later, they found him According dead. He had the to an article same marking. written in an “Though the house One night, a issue of the has since been family awoke to Dartmouth their six-yeartorn down, strange A l u m n i old daughter’s Magazine in occurences continue screams. She had 2004 by Joseph at the site, especially been kidnapped. A. Citro, who Rescuers chased is occasionally in the cellar.” after a black referred to as cloaked figure, “the Bard of only to find it the Bizarre,” was Doc Benton. Dartmouth has To the horror of relatively tame all, he flung his ghost stories. A victim in the air, veritable expert on the subject as an and she fell to her death on the side author of several supernatural books of Moosilauke. Years passed, and the including “Cursed in New England: legend grew, as the townspeople were Stories of Damned Yankees”, Citro sure Doc Benton continued to wander would know. In his article “Ghosts? Not the mountainsides. Finally, a logger was Here!” he writes of an invisible organist found dead with a strange marking at Yale and Victorian phantoms at on his neck: a white pinprick with red Harvard. His reasoning for classifying swelling. It’s been years since his last us less than haunted? “Dartmouth’s attack, but they say he still roams the admission requirements for spectral mountains, looking for his next victim. scholars must be unusually rigorous,” The legend of Doc Benton is one he wrote. Indeed, on my mission to of the most well-known of the area, Rauner Library to research the topic, but there are also some ghost stories I came up with only a thin file labeled associated with buildings we see every “ghost stories.” However, through my day. One of the most famous on research, I have discovered a small campus is Alpha Theta, which used to archive of stories haunting enough to be known as Theta Chi fraternity. On entertain us all around a campfire. February 25, 1934, a carbon monoxide Anyone who went on First-Year gas leak killed a reported nine brothers. Trips is familiar with the tale of Doc Since then, the site has played host to Benton that was whispered to us hauntings, according to a 1997 article under ghoulish lighting just outside the published in The Dartmouth. Objects lodge. According to an article in The in the house are said to move just out Dartmouth, the (condensed) story goes of grasp on their own. In 1992, on as follows: Thomas Benton was born in the house’s traditional Sink Night Benton, New ritual, a brother H a m p s h i re who had never in the 18th “His behavior grew heard of the century. After more erratic, leading 1934 tragedy his tutelage saw seven men in m o r e to the failure of his dressed in old p o p u l a t e d practice, a period of fashioned suits areas, he cheering the sudden aging and his returned to his new members. hometown, abrupt removal from The brother w h e r e h e town to an old shack.” could tell that lovingly they were not cared for his members of community. the fraternity, Ominously, as and they Joe Hanlon, disappeared the previous after he went article’s author, writes, “He never to get a drink of water. When he looked aged a single day.” Eventually his the men up in the College’s yearbook, behavior grew more erratic, leading to he identified them as the very same the failure of his practice, a period of ones who had died in the gas leak. sudden aging and his abrupt removal Though the house has since been torn from town to an old shack. One day, down, strange occurences continue a group of pranksters visited the shack at the site, especially in the cellar. to scare Benton, but instead of a young Refrigerator contents are sometimes man, they found a withered hermit scattered where they shouldn’t be and crouching over enough bubbling test a woman once saw a neckless head in a tubes to make any chemistry professor window. Citro theorized that the ghosts jealous. Soon after, a cow was found are “perhaps keeping future tragedies
at bay.” The Panarchy building has a similar legacy of hauntings. In the 19th century, according to legend, a famous Hanover doctor lived at 9 School Street with his schizophrenic daughter. He often locked her in the attic and beat her in response to her ravings, which, in combination with her illness, drove her to kill herself. Today, members of Panarchy have reported sensing a female presence in the attic, and many refuse to live there because of a “feeling of panic”. Panarchy’s basement “Tomb Room” has also been site of haunting. As a 2002 article for The Dartmouth describes it, “the room looks like something out of a bad dream,” with concrete and throne-like chairs etched with initials dating back to the 1930s and an altar splattered with red wax in the center of the room. Though most
scaling the sides of the buildings and as the culprit. jumping on the roof. A 1931 furnace There have been many reports of fire forced repairs to be made. Some ghostly happenings in Baker Library. of the rumors have been disproven On a “Gothic winter’s day,” which though, such as the claim that Sphinx seems to be the setting of many of has the highest water bill on campus, using water “In 1992, on the for some undisclosed and sinister purpose. In 2002 houses tradtional Sink Hanover Water Works Night ritual, a brother told the Dartmouth that who had never the society building uses less water than the average heard of the 1934 Hanover household. tragedy saw seven In the archive at Rauner, I also found a report of devil men dressed in old worship in Dartmouth fashioned suits.” Hall from a late 1990s “Dartmouth Sketches.” On an “uncomfortable night” in Hanover during which a storm raged, some bored students, two of whom were chemists, decided to summon “His behavior grew Satan. They smuggled some books on the “black art” from the hauntings in Hanover, a librarian more erratic, leading the then-“scanty” library, as well as felt chills down her spine and saw two to the failure of his some chemicals. They loaded their sets of fingers raising a book lift that practice, a period of materials into a black cauldron didn’t yet have a lifting mechanism. A while an innocent freshman read ghost wearing trousers and white socks sudden aging and his the recipe aloud. After about half (and probably more clothing, though abrupt removal from an hour, nothing had happened, it is not reported) appeared, made his town to an old shack.” and the students stalked away in way through the lift, and disappeared disinterest. Suddenly, there was around a corner. There was another an explosion, smoke billowed report of a shelf being full then out of the cauldron, and they suddenly empty in The Dartmouth saw a “small, wizen-faced man” in 2002. standing in front of them. He had Clearly, though the College horns, hooves and a barbed tail. doesn’t live up to Citro’s standards of Satan, excited by his new lease hauntings, we do have some demons in claim its only use is as a ritual room on life, kicked over the cauldron and our past. The next time you’re walking for members, there have been rumors crashed through the window, escaping through Baker, past Dartmouth of goat sacrifices since an alumnus outside. In the years since, when Hall, in the attic of Panarchy, in the referred to it as the Goat Room. chickens suddenly disappear, cut-up basement of Alpha Theta or on the The mystery surrounding such capers are found in the chapel or a lawn outside Moosilauke, beware. You societies deepens with other incidents disguised figure in a procession walks never known what might be lurking reported at Sphinx, including students through town, look only to the devil there.
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Two professors receive fellowships at Radcliffe Institute FROM RADCLIFFE PAGE 1
Dartmouth adds Lipson and Mack to a list of Radcliffe scholars with past and present ties with the College that includes geography professor Susanne Freidberg, 2013 artist-in-residence Luke Fowler and government professor Nancy Crowe. In receiving this fellowship, Mack and Lipson are among the four percent of applicants selected for the program, Radcliffe Institute communications manager Karla Strobel wrote in an email. As the Institute accepts only 50 applicants each year, the fellowship is highly selective. Each applicant must submit a project proposal that scholars at the Institute peer review. The Radcliffe Fellowship chooses its recipients based on the quality of these potential projects and the anticipated outcomes, Strobel said. In earning the fellowship, fellows receive the opportunity to explore projects that relate both directly and indirectly to their own fields of study, Lipson said. With the Radcliffe fellowship, Lipson plans to research phase separation through the fields of chemistry and biology. “My idea was to design a project that used skills I’ve got, but applied to an area that I am totally ignorant of,” Lipson said. “That area’s biological.” In order to increase her biological fluency, Lipson must immerse herself in an environment that allows for face-to-face interaction with experts in the field. She likened the Radcliffe fellowship to a language immersion program,
integrating her into the field of These and other resources biology to promote a scientific will push Mack further along in fluency crucial for advancing her her project: an animated feature research. film she describes as a “musical With the travelogue.” fellowship, Titled Lipson will also “My idea was to design “ T h e G r a n d have easy access a project that used Bizarre”, this to biological will explore skills I’ve got, but film e x p e r t s , the inter play p r o f e s s o r s applied to an area that b e t w e e n a n d f e l l o w I am totally ignorant of. p a t t e r n s resources in a n d t e x t i l e s, the Cambridge That area’s biological.” p a r t i c u l a r l y area. She said focusing on how she hopes this they connect to -JANE LIPSON, collaboration technology and with academic CHEMISTRY its development. peers will create PROFESSOR “[I’m piecing the dialogue together] how necessary the relationship for academic of cross-cultural insights. pollination “It’s that back-and-forth in factors into the relationship between person that can give you the ‘aha’ a sacred, hand-made textile and a moment,” she said. “You need similar pattern appearing on a that flexibility to wander down the Forever 21 tank top or an iPhone wrong path and have someone say case from Amazon,” Mack said. ‘No, that’s not exactly right.’” To generate footage for her This direct access to institutions film, Mack said she has used in the Cambridge area and the her travels as a both a source of academics who reside there creates inspiration and a soundboard. In an environment of collaboration the past few years, she has visited unlike traditional sabbaticals, a range of countries, including Mack said. Each fellow also Morocco, Mexico, China, India has the opportunity to receive and Greece. These countries will undergraduate assistance and create the baseline for the musical’s can employ university students as soundtrack. Mack will write each research assistants. This advantage song, but the music will consist is one of the many that prompted of field recordings collected from Mack to apply for the fellowship, these places. In doing so, Mack said she said. she will transform the seemingly “The fellowship itself will give mundane sounds of daily life into me studio space and possible a musical feature. student help at Harvard,” Mack This attention to detail, however, said. makes it challenging to balance
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Jane Lipson is a chemistry professor and a recipient of a Radcliffe fellowship.
producing the film with the responsibilities of teaching. As such, Mack said the fellowship will give her ample time to focus on her job as a filmmaker and put her job as a professor on hiatus. “I’m getting a reward to just sit and spend an academic year on this project without the distraction of teaching,” she said. While the separation from d a i l y re s p o n s i b i l i t i e s m a k e s the fellowship unique, Lipson and Mack both agree that the fellowship’s multidisciplinary
focus distinguishes it from other sabbaticals. “We’ll each be presenting our work together throughout the year in a series of public and private lectures, screenings and critiques,” Mack said. “I’m really excited to cross pollinate. It’s not a film specific program or something I might normally participate in.” The fellowship will ultimately f o s t e r g ro w t h i n b o t h t h e overarching field of research and in the individual lives of each fellow, Lipson said.
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COURTESY OF JODIE MACK
Jodie Mack intends to work on an animated feature film titled “The Grand Bizarre.”
COURTESY OF YASMINA CHAVEZ
Doggie Hamlet is a performance art piece with sheep, dogs and humans featuring creative movement.
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017
DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Public Reception: “Julie Blackmon: The Everyday Fantastic.” Enjoy a wine and cheese reception, explore the exhibition, and meet the artist. Hood Downtown, 53 Main Street, Hanover, NH
9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Public Astronomical Observing: “The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers free viewing through their campus astronomical telescopes to the Dartmouth community and the public.” Shattuck Observatory
TOMORROW
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Film: “Colossal,” starring Anne Hathaway, directed by Nacho Vigalando. Hopkins Center 123 Spaulding Auditorium
2:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m
Conversations and Connections: Join John Stomberg, Virginia R. Kelsey ’61s Director of the Hood Museum of Art, and artist Julie Blackmon for an intimate chat about her work. Seating is limited. Hood Downtown, 53 Main Street, Hanover, NH
SUNDAY
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Film: “Ninotchka,” starring Greta Garbo, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium
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First performance of “Doggie Hamlet” held on the Green
By ELISE HIGGINS
The Dartmouth Staff
more central roles. Throughout the show, there is a mixture of various art forms ranging from dance to theater to shepherding that intertwine to create an interesting and thoughtful performance. Carlson said she was eager to come to Dartmouth for the first performances of “Doggie Hamlet”
and other livestock. Although one of the Green’s earliest roles at Dartmouth was as a pasture for cattle, there was a lot of coordination involved in bringing animals onto the modern-day Green. However, after learning about animals and grass maintenance, Lawrence said she was able to bring “Doggie Hamlet” to Dartmouth. “There [was] a transformation of the Green in a way that I think [was] really remarkable and unforgettable,” Lawrence said. The Green was indeed transfor med into a space for humans and animals alike. Many people came out to see the spectacle, despite the rain. Rachel McCabe, a resident of Hanover, brought her children with her to the performance. “My kids love animals, and the idea seemed really interesting to me,” McCabe said. Carlson said she had hoped that the various elements of “Doggie Hamlet” would attract a diverse audience. Lawrence added that when thinking of events to bring to Dartmouth, she considers the broader Hanover community in addition to the Dartmouth community, particularly in the summer when there are fewer students on campus. While many people in the audience were Hanover community m e m b e r s, m a ny D a r t m o u t h students also stopped by as they
walked across the Green. was fascinated by the relationships Lawrence said that “Doggie both between dog and sheep and H a m l e t ” i s a c o m p l i c a t e d between human and animal. She performance because the story is said that she could feel the tension not handed to the audience on a between dog and sheep due to the platter. predatory relationship between “There’s a lot of space that you the two animals, but that this can bring your own thoughts and the tension was beautiful at the ideas to,” Lawrence said. same time. This led Lawrence to In addition to not having a contemplate ideas such as space specific plot, many of the motions and proximity as the people, sheep of the performers are improvised and dogs moved around each other. or based on a set of rules. Carlson When talking about the relation described this movement as a between humans and animals, musical score. Carlson said she prefers the terms “A score not written so much “human animals” and “nonnote-by-note but more perhaps human animals” so that there is phrase-by-phrase,” Carlson said. less of a hierarchy. “And with that phrase they have “It rises up our understanding different images and ideas that they and the way we speak about play inside animals,” Carlson of [it].” said. Carlson “ I t r i s e s u p o u r C a r l s o n emphasized understanding and the added that there that the is an evolving performers’ way we speak about understanding of movements animals.” animals and their are not set in intelligence. By stone. Their viewing humans position on -ANN CARLSON, CREATOR as animals, Carlson the field, said that there is no OF “DOGGIE HAMLET” for example, hierarchy among can be the actors of inf luenced “Doggie Hamlet.” by the movement of the animals. Rather, she said that each figure Other parts are influenced by the plays an equally important role in audience, such as when Tacata the performance. listens and then moves based on “ D o g g i e H a m l e t ” w a s what he hears. performed twice on the Green After watching a preview of yesterday at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. the show, Lawrence said that she and was free and open to the public.
D r a p e d i n r a i n c o at s a n d ponchos and toting umbrellas of all colors, people gathered yesterday on the Green to see the first public production of “Doggie Hamlet,” a spectacle combining dance, theater and shepherding. An “There’s a lot of space that you interdisciplinary w o rk f e a t u r i n g can bring your own thoughts human performers and ideas to.” alongside sheep and shee pdogs, t h e p i e c e w a s -MARGARET LAWRENCE, DIRECTOR created by American dancer OF PROGRAMMING AT THE HOPKINS A n n C a r l s o n , CENTER FOR THE ARTS who also served as choreographer and director for because Margaret Lawrence, the the perfor mance. T he show director of programming at the featured three sheepdogs, owned Hopkins Center for the Arts, was and instructed by Diane Cox, so enthusiastic about the project. which interacted with sheep from Lawrence said she had known the farm of Steve Wetmore. It also Carlson for a while and had asked included performers Diane Frank, her to do a show at Dartmouth Peter Schmitz, Ryan Tacata, Imre previously. Once she heard about Hunter-To and Yesenia Major, the initial plans for “Doggie who interacted with each other Hamlet,” she was immediately and with the animals. interested. After receiving traditional “I instantly said we need to be dance training from a young age, a part of this,” Lawrence said. Carlson studied modern dance Lawrence added that she at the University of Utah, where b e l i e v e s t h e p r o d u c t i o n i s she graduated magna cum lade particularly interesting to show in 1976. She later attended the at Dartmouth because of the University of Arizona, where she agricultural background of the was one of the first students at the Upper Valley, with its ties to sheep university to receive a graduate degree in dance. Despite her traditional background, many of her pieces have included props, speaking and movements, often extending into the world of performance art. Carlson said she originally came up with the idea for “Doggie Hamlet” when she read “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” by David Wroblewski. The novel is based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and features a young boy who comes from a line of dog breeders. Carlson said that the story spoke to her because she was also raised around animals. After reading the story, she immediately began to imagine a performance featuring sheep and dogs alongside human performers. Carlson said when she met Diane Cox, a dog handler and sculpture professor at Alfred University, the whole idea for “Doggie Hamlet” came together. Carlson said that Cox acts almost as a centerpiece throughout the show, directing both the animal and human performers. The performance begins with an emphasis on the movement between the sheep and one dog COURTESY OF YASMINA CHAVEZ being guided by Cox. Later, the other performers begin to take Peter Schmitz, one of the performers in “Doggie Hamlet,” with Diane Cox’s flock of sheep. Steve Wetmore’s sheep were used in the “Doggie Hamlet” performance.
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SPORTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017
TODAY’S LINEUP
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Making history: women’s frisbee clinches championship By CODY FUJII
The Dartmouth
In May, the No. 2 Dartmouth women’s ultimate frisbee team embarked on a run that culminated in the team’s first USA Ultimate Division I College championship. In a tournament that included twenty teams, the Big Green finished with a 7-1 overall record, collecting impressive victories over No. 1 Stanford University in the quarterfinals and No. 4 University of Texas in the finals. Coach Eugene Yum and team members Erica Ng ’19 and Jaclyn Verzuh ’19 recounted the team’s path from pool play up to the euphoria in the aftermath of the title-clinching point. Pool play The tournament opened with two days of pool play. Dartmouth was placed in Pool B with No. 7 University of Notre Dame, No. 18 University of Delaware, No. 14 University of Florida and No. 11 University of Oregon. Despite its low seed, Oregon
a surprisingly one-sided victory that left us 2-0 and unchallenged after day one. For me, this was a moment where I thought, “Hey, we could really do this thing.”But our next opponent, Oregon, was not a team to look past.
Eugene Yum: Oregon played an extremely great game against us. We came out a little flat. It was particularly hot and muggy that morning. I don’t know if we were lethargic, but it definitely gave us a rude awakening. Erica Ng: They were playing really well. They’re a fantastic team. We were not playing at that level. There were a lot of messy turnovers and it was apparent the team was suffering from lower injuries that affected how well we could play. Yum: But we won the next game against Florida, which was a good sign that the team was refocused and shook off the loss. Pre-quarterfinal
Although we lost that game, we prioritized deepening our roster over winning. That game helped us figure out what their playing style was and which players to cover. So during our rematch nothing really surprised us. When we scout other teams, we stick with our strategy, see how that runs against other teams, and then adjust if necessary. We try not to worry about players on the other team. The only thing I look for when scouting other teams is if they do something unusual that would throw us off.
Quarterfinal Because Stanford and Dartmouth were seeded first and second respectively, Dartmouth vs. Stanford was the anticipated final. However, Dartmouth’s loss to Oregon during pool play steered this matchup into the quarterfinals instead. Yum: We played [Stanford] in the finals at the Stanford Invite, so a lot of the fans were looking forward to that game. It seemed like it was being hyped up because it was the No. 1 seed versus the No. 2 seed. Ng: They were the national champions from last year and definitely a team we were looking to beat. Yum: It was a great game. They have a lot of all-stars on their team. We tried to vary our lineup with different personnel and luckily powered through it.
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The team huddles together before the final against the University of Texas.
cruised through the first round with a 4-0 record, upsetting the Big Green 15-10. Dartmouth secured victories over its other three opponents to finish the pool in second place. Jaclyn Verzuh: On Friday we beat Delaware handily, as expected, and then surprised No. 2 in our pool and No. 8 overall Notre Dame with
Because the team finished second in pool play, it needed to play a prequarterfinal against No. 15 University of Michigan to advance. Under the intense pressure of the elimination round, Dartmouth shone, delivering a knockout 15-7 blow. Yum: We played Michigan once before in Seattle, but it was a mudfest.
Ng: Everybody was firing on all cylinders and Stanford just couldn’t stop that. It’s hard when the whole line of players on a team are all-stars, and the next line of players as well. A lot of criticism that people would say about our team going into the tournament and the whole season is that we have a lot of star power but not a very deep lineup. [Outside commentators like Ultiworld] call Angela [Zhu ’17], Jaclyn [Verzuh], and Julianna [Werffeli ’18] the big three of our team. Then they will sometimes give honorable mention to Caitlyn [Lee ’19] and Piper [Curtis TH] and Lily Eisner [’18]. And they will also sometimes give honorable mention to other players on our team, and you start to realize that a lot of really great players on our team aren’t being mentioned. Other teams only have their own version of the big three, and as solid as their other players are, their next line up has trouble competing against our
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Angela Zhu ’17, Piper Curtis TH and Sarah Colon ’17 celebrate with the trophy.
next line up. That was apparent in this game — you can’t say it’s just our big three, it’s the whole team, and it’s the sideline. Semifinal In the semifinals, Dartmouth defeated No. 5 University of British Columbia 14-8. The first half was very close, ending slightly in favor of Dartmouth 8-6. In the second half, the Big Green stifled the Thunderbirds’ offense, allowing only 2 points while scoring six. Yum: In previous nationals, we’d always lost in the quarters, so this was new territory for us. I remember that game being very close in the first half. We were up 7-2 at one point, and then they came back, and at halftime it was 8-6. It was a tight game. Verzuh: We had to drive half an hour to the stadium, feeling the jubilation fade and the nerves settle in again. This game would be on ESPN3, and in front of a larger crowd than we had seen so far. By this point, we had played four games in the last 24 hours. It was windy in the stadium, and neither team played efficient offense. Points were long, and the game felt long. We managed to grind it out, hanging onto a few more downwinders and eking out a few more upwind breaks. Ng: With B.C., in the first half, we had some long periods where neither of us would score. But after the first half, it was smooth sailing for us. Final Dartmouth secured its first championship by defeating No. 5
Texas 15-9. Verzuh: The finals were the first time Ultimate would be live on cable. Afterwards, friends told me they saw me on ESPNU in Las Vegas sports bars, on airplanes and all over the country. It was a pretty unbelievable experience. Yum: We faced Texas at the Stanford Invite in the finals, and they were a tough team there. No matter what, we could never pull away from that team. They were a team that was very fast with the disc in terms of pace and movement with the disc. Ng: The final was intense because the first quarter of the game back-andforth, very tight. But we eventually wore them down because we were playing great zone defense. When you play against a zone, you have to make a lot of throws, and they would get worn down and make mistakes and turn it over, and then we would score. Post-final With the win over Texas, the team cemented its status in Dartmouth history with its first ever championship. Verzuh: I don’t think I allowed myself to think about the fact that we could actually win the thing since we lost to Oregon, trying instead to focus on playing one point at a time, but at that moment it was real, and we made history and won the 2017 college title. It was such a privilege to do it with this group of people. Something we said all weekend was 19 vs. 7, because there are seven players on the field but we were using each of the19 people we brought to nationals