VOL. CLXXIV NO.92
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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dartmouth affirms support for Paris climate accord
Janice McCabe named new Allen House professor
By MEGAN CLYNE
The Dartmouth Staff
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College President Phil Hanlon affirmed Dartmouth’s support for the Paris Climate Accord.
By ALYSSA MEHRA The Dartmouth Staff
On June 5, College President Phil Hanlon joined several university presidents in signing a letter in support of the Paris Climate Accord. Hanlon’s action follows President Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, an
international commitment to slow the effects of rising temperatures. “The withdrawal from the Paris climate accord will not weaken the resolve of America’s colleges and universities to help the country — and the world — meet our moral obligation to protect the planet for future generations,” Hanlon said in a June 5 College press release. The group of presidents,
re presenting what are colloquially known as the “Ivy Plus,” restated their dedication to adopting low-carbon energy and strengthening sustainability practices on their campuses. “I don’t think the decision means much from a numbers perspective, but it will mean more if Trump pushes coal, cutting sustainable options SEE CLIMATE PAGE 2
Laboratory animal care protocol breached By REBECCA FLOWERS The Dartmouth
As a research institution, the College is involved in animal testing, primarily as it pertains to medical research. As it receives government funding, the College has a variety of regulatory bodies to ensure that animal welfare is upheld. This May, there was a breach in the protocol of laboratory animal care, which resulted in an investigator having to suspend the experiment, according to P. Jack Hoopes, the director of the
Center for Comparative Medicine and Research and a professor at the Geisel School of Medicine and Thayer School of Engineering. Hoopes could not disclose specific details but said that the breach in protocol did not entail an animal welfare concern. The regulatory issue was subsequently reviewed by the College’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, which determined that the issue did not qualify as a violation. The IACUC suspended SEE ANIMALS PAGE 2
Sociolog y professor Janice McCabe will begin her new role as the Allen House professor on July 1, following engineering p ro f e s s o r Ja n e H i l l ’s dismissal from the position in April. As Allen House professor, McCabe said she hopes to help students branch out while making sure they are comfortable, in addition to fostering stability and continuity. McCabe added she is eager to begin her role, as well as to integrate both the academic and social aspects of student life. “I’m thrilled about it,” McCabe said. “It’s a great way to be more involved in student life and strengthen our intellectual community.” She said she intends to program a diverse array of events, such as an ice cream
social for the Allen House community next week, intramural sports and fireside chats with visiting professors. Allen House executive council member and residence hall undergraduate advisor Allison Green ’19 said that she is optimistic about the future of Allen House with its new community member. She is excited to welcome McCabe to Allen House and believes McCabe will make a strong leader. Eric Chen ’17, another member of the Allen House executive council, said that McCabe’s research on friendship makes her an ideal professor for the position, due to the fact that community building is one of the core principles of the new housing system. McCabe believes that SEE MCCABE PAGE 3
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Bartlett Tower stands a mere 71 feet tall and has a total of 86 steps.
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Letter commits to sustainability focus Breached protocol not related to animal welfare FROM CLIMATE PAGE 1
and funding for renewable energy,” said Dan Korff-Korn ’19, a former member of campus organization Divest Dartmouth. “If it’s coupled with other stuff it will be tragic because America has been on course to reduce our emissions.” He also noted that the long withdrawal process means it is uncertain whether the decision will be carried out. Two years ago, Dartmouth and 317 other colleges and universities signed the American Campuses Act on the Climate Pledge in support of the Paris climate accord. “Dartmouth remains as determined as ever to stay the course toward a sustainable future,” said College spokesperson Diana Lawrence in an email. Before Trump’s decision to withdraw from the climate accord, Hanlon released a report entitled “Our Green Future: The Sustainability Road Map for Dartmouth” on Earth Day, outlining goals to reduce carbon emissions and transition to renewable energy. The Sustainability Task Force, which developed the report, aimed for the goals to align with the Paris agreement, co-chair of the Sustainability Task Force and environmental studies professor Andrew Friedland said. The task force, made up of students, faculty members and administrators, convened several times to discuss various areas of sustainability, such as food and energy, and create goals and principles for the school to improve in those areas. The group presented the report to Hanlon, who after review, sent out the letter to the Dartmouth community outlining steps the school was planning to take. The report focused on setting achievable and measurable goals. These
goals included providing 50 percent of campus energy from renewable sources by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050. “All of us on the task force were really excited about that letter,” said Catherine Rocchi ’19, a member of the task force and Divest Dartmouth. “The fact that he was including concrete numbers and dates was really important because that’s something we can actually hold him to.” Dartmouth’s policies and goals for improving sustainability on campus, as outlined by the “Our Green Future” road map, will not change with Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement, said Friedland. Dartmouth’s decarbonization goal rate surpasses the rate the United States had originally committed to in the Paris agreement, environmental studies professor Anne Kapuscinski wrote in an email. Kapuscinski has also served on the Sustainability Task Force. Rocchi said even though some communities and politicians feel that environmental regulations cause declines in coal jobs, the move to withdraw from the Paris agreement would not achieve Trump’s objectives to revitalize the coal industry. “Stepping out from the Paris agreement and reducing restrictions is not going to actually make there be less coal production because it is just more economical to produce natural gas,” she said. Rocchi added that she was hopeful because many states and cities are pledging to act in accordance with the Paris agreement and are continuing to innovate, pass statewide legislation and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions despite the national government’s position. This is representative of a shift underway in America, Korff-Korn said; the U.S. government is not the dominant
actor in the international scene because states are gaining more power. “If cities refuse to join the Trump agenda and continue to put forth the anti-climate change regulation and reduce their own city emission, it will still have significant effects on the general situation, which is a good thing because that’s where most people live,” KorffKorn said. The U.S.’ continued participation in the United Nation’s commission on climate change is more important than in the Paris agreement because the commission sets rules, he added. “Creating sustainable energy systems is a marathon, not a sprint,” director of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society Elizabeth Wilson wrote in an email statement. “We are talking about trillions of dollars of global infrastructure investment, linkages between critical sectors like food, transportation, water and energy and innovations in how societies make and use energy.” Rocchi said that she believes Dartmouth will do good work academically through the Irving institute. She also complimented the College’s environmental studies department for the strength of its academics relating to sustainability. While it is a good sign that the College is thinking strategically about climate change, its continued investments in fossil fuels are a sign that the College is still taking actions that profit the college financially, Korff-Korn said. Rocchi also said tactics like fossil fuel divestment are important. “I don’t think that any one strategy is the answer but rather Dartmouth should be doing everything in its power and try and take advantage of these strategies to combat climate change as an institution,” Rocchi added.
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the protocol for laboratory operations in question because the investigator did not adhere to the regulatory policies. The investigator will not be allowed to continue or start any new research projects until he or she reapplies to IACUC with revised protocols. As an institution that houses thousands of animals of every shape and form for a litany of research projects, Dartmouth has several regulatory bodies in place to oversee laboratory animal welfare, such as the IACUC and the Animal Care and Use Program. Both operate under the CCMR, part of the Office of the Provost. CCMR oversees animal use throughout the College and Geisel, Hoopes said. The IACUC is an independent board associated with CCMR, which according to Hoopes is “very similar to the [Institutional Review Board] for human subjects … if you want to do a clinical trial on humans you have to submit a proposal to the IRB and then that has to go to a board which has to be approved before you can do a human clinical trial,” he said. Professor of molecular and cellular biology Roger Sloboda, a member and
chair of the IACUC, and its institutional official, said he has ultimate control over animal research along with the attending veterinarian. According to Sloboda, IACUC meets at least once a month and reviews protocols of submitted research proposals that involve animal ethics. Additionally, the IACUC conducts biannual reviews of all animal facilities in areas where animals are used for research or teaching, including Dartmouth’s Organic Farm. The regulations they enforce include everything from the size of the animal cages, animals’ feeding schedules, to “intrusive” procedures, which include injections and surgery. One of the most important steps of the approval of research protocols is that the investigators must prove that there are no viable alternative to using animals in the research they are proposing, Sloboda said. In addition, one of the requirements to receive research funding from the National Institute of Health for research is approval by the local IACUC. Both research and funding are therefore vetted for animal welfare concerns. The staff of the Animal Care and Use Program, which includes three SEE ANIMALS PAGE 5
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McCabe to replace Hill as house professor FROM MCCABE PAGE 1
friendships are significant for social and academic purposes. Yet there is relatively little scholarly attention paid to college student relationships, she said. She hopes to use her research as a platform to help students foster their own friendships and connect to the entire Allen house community. “[McCabe] is incredibly passionate about the housing system,” Green said. “She wants to get to know students and make it work.” McCabe’s ability to establish connections with students will help her in the role, associate dean of residential life and director of residential education Mike Wooten said in an email. In April, Dean of the College Rebecca Biron announced via email that Hill would no longer no longer serve as Allen House professor. The dismissal was not voluntary, according to Hill. Chen said that Hill’s dismissal was an upsetting occurrence for many people. “The administration was not
transparent about what happened, and she left big shoes to fill,” Chen said. As part of the selection process, student leaders in Allen House had the opportunity to participate in finalist interviews and meet the three prospective candidates for the position during scheduled lunches and dinners. During the spring term, assistant director of residential education for Allen House Lauren Oliver served both as house director and assistant director. Though Oliver did a “great job,” it was challenging to plan events without the guidance of a professor who could make executive decisions, Green said. For example, the council was interested in launching an Instagram account for the house, but were unsure if the future house professor would agree with that decision. “We were in a state of limbo about what decisions we could and couldn’t make,” Green said. Green is excited to introduce McCabe to Allen House members on campus this summer and the rest of the student body in the fall, she said.
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Rollins Chapel is a spiritual hub for many on Dartmouth’s campus.
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GUEST COLUMNIST JOHN WILLEN ‘80
GUEST COLUMNISTS PERRY SHEETZ, NICHOLAS WARREN
Beyond the Numbers
We Are Dartmouth Too
A response to Verbum Ultimum: A Numbers Game As both an alum and the parent of an incoming ’21, I feel I have an informed perspective on the yield improvement. Here are some possible factors I have observed, none of which alone might explain the entire increase but which collectively may have had a measurable impact. First, we attended Dimensions, after attending similar accepted student events at other selective schools. Without a doubt, the Dartmouth program was the most polished and effective. Presentations were targeted and on-point. In response, parents and students were not shy about asking very specific questions. If they came with concerns, they left with the information they needed to make a decision. The presenters addressed their concerns without hesitation or bureaucratic double-talk. Their answers were clear and forthcoming, especially when it came to published reports of “bad behavior” on campus. My son reported that the three current freshmen he was overnighting with confirmed “what they are telling you and your parents is true.” From discussions with other parents, I felt the College was getting traction. They were changing perspectives on the very issues that were top-of-mind, potential “deal-breakers” for students and parents alike. Dimensions also has legs. At the party for admitted students in our city, held after both Dimensions events, I noted the students who had attended Dimensions enthusiastically describing the experience to the few that had not. Also at our party, there were two accepted students who had not yet committed as of April 28, three days before the deadline. Both students had excellent alternatives to Dartmouth but still harbored specific concerns. The students who had already accepted went out of their way to be sounding boards and to welcome them. They set up a group text so that they could all assist the two students with their decision after the party ended. Within 48 hours, both students committed. I could easily see this small example of a yield-boost playing out at acceptance parties around the country. Yes, Dimensions has legs. Second, Dartmouth appears to be stepping up its game with STEM candidates. Whether it was the significant involvement of the Thayer School of Engineering in Dimensions, the showcasing of the DALI lab or the discussion of the Byrne Scholars Program in Math and Society, students who want to pursue a STEM major with liberal arts can visualize Dartmouth as an exceptional choice. This seemed particularly powerful among women, considering Thayer made history last year by graduating a majority-female engineering class. Third, the criteria for selective college
admissions, and the Ivy League in particular, seems to be evolving to minimize overlap in acceptances among competing institutions, which could lead to improved yields at Dartmouth and elsewhere. There was a time when selective colleges all went after the same small pool of students with high GPAs, high standardized test scores and significant extracurricular involvements. You could understand why students got multiple offers. This was bad for yield. Today the qualified student pool is probably 10 times larger than what it was. What once were distinguishing characteristics of top prospects are now much more commonplace, and almost taken for granted. When Ivy League schools defend a holistic approach to admissions and claim they could, but do not, fill their entire class with valedictorians or perfect SATs, they are not bragging. They are simply seeing so many more qualified candidates. Ivy League admissions has evolved to be much more subjective (some students and counselors would not-so-jokingly even call it “random.”) Each Ivy League school is looking for the special sauce in the application, and it is not necessarily the same recipe school-to-school. To the extent that fewer kids are getting overlap offers (these days the over-lappers seem to be mostly from under-represented groups) everybody’s yield improves. Harvard University just announced its highest yield since 1969. A friend in Yale University admissions told me that they were not likely to need the waitlist, by inference an indication of a strong yield. And Massachusetts Institute of Technology just announced they had a record yield as well. This may not just be a Dartmouth phenomenon. Fourth, I would “follow the money.” Did the College grant incremental financial commitments to make itself financially viable for top students — students who otherwise might have been lost to other schools, maybe because they had merit scholarships elsewhere, or faced simply lower costs at top state universities? Affordability appears to be a key yield driver at Harvard this year as evidenced by headlines touting record-breaking yield rates. I suspect the same may be true in Hanover. Finally, I sensed some buzz around the new residential community concept. Whether it lives up to its potential remains to be seen. However, to an admitted student, who these days has a good chance of being the only one admitted from their high school given the push for geographic diversity, the concept came across as timely, comforting, and perhaps an effective counter to the “Ivy League experience” that is touted at other Ivy League schools. The Dartmouth welcomes guest column submissions.
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Graduate students deserve a place on campus.
This spring saw significant discussion on the state of graduate and undergraduate education at Dartmouth. An opinion column published by The Dartmouth editorial board suggested that formation of the new School of Graduate and Advanced Studies engendered an alleged decline in the quality of undergraduate education and in the satisfaction reported by the undergraduate community. In response, Graduate Student Council President Kyla Rodgers argued that graduate students improve undergraduate education by providing greater access to research opportunities and facilities, creating interdisciplinary spaces and being effective role models. This conversation continued among the graduate student population and President Hanlon assured the graduate student leaders that our community would not be exploited for the benefit of undergraduate education. However, due to an unexpectedly large undergraduate Class of 2021, the only option for on-campus graduate student housing has been eliminated. Graduate students are again discussing our level of acceptance in the Dartmouth community. A petition advocating on-campus graduate housing was created and unanimously supported by the Graduate Student Council. The petition garnered 411 signatures. The administration failed to consult with the graduate student community about this move before making a decision, but has since explained their reasoning to graduate student leaders. The solution for the undergraduate housing crisis appears to benefit the undergraduate community at the expense of the graduate community. We recognize that this decision did not come from the undergraduate community and continue to support the growth and education of our undergraduates. We simply wish that graduate students be considered equal members of the Dartmouth community, not just from an administrative standpoint, but also a cultural one. In 2016, the graduate community welcomed 40 undergraduate students into North Park, to support the College’s new housing initiative. Graduates openly embraced the prospect of creating a stronger Dartmouth community and sacrificed 40 of our 110 housing spaces, with the assumption that construction for new undergraduate dorms would begin shortly. In a meeting with Provost Caroline Dever, she described early plans to build a new undergraduate dormitory, but the implementation is still years away. The board of trustees recently authorized $200,000 for new undergraduate housing, which will hopefully kickstart this process. Further complicating the housing situation, there is an agreement between the Town of Hanover and the College to allow no more than 10 percent of undergraduates to live off-campus. Lacking any easy and cost-effective alternatives, commandeering the remaining rooms in North Park was viewed as the most viable solution. North Park was built in 2004 as a housing unit specifically for first-year graduate students and has since become a cherished part of the graduate student community. North Park is so central to the graduate student community that many departments provide tours of the facilities during recruitment processes. North Park is especially important to international graduate students who do not have their own means of transportation and generally arrive to campus with only a suitcase.
The advanced transit bus routes are a helpful accommodation, but they do not run at night or on the weekends, when we often have to do research or go grocery shopping. Forcing first-year graduate students off campus would be a great disadvantage. Additionally, international students may be unfamiliar with leasing agreements in the U.S. and inexperienced with finding potential living spaces. Having a year of college-provided housing removes those hurdles to attend Dartmouth. Convenient housing options are key to attracting international students with unique and necessary perspectives. The College has said it is committed to increasing the diversity on campus through the Initiative for Inclusive Excellence. By sacrificing the ability to house graduate students in North Park, the College loses an enormous recruitment draw for bright minds from across the globe. While the administration has promised to find housing for the graduate students who already signed leases for next year, they will not be living in a tight-knit on-campus community. Additionally, the extra 70 students who applied for the housing lottery were turned away without any compensation. Starting graduate school can be a very lonely experience, not just for international students. Living off-campus puts us at a distance from social and academic events and campus activities. Since buses do not run on the nights or weekends when these events are generally held, many graduate students are deterred from participating. This is arguably the single largest reason for why graduate students do not feel or are not perceived to be as connected to the Dartmouth community as its other members. In contrast, proximity breeds interaction. Living adjacent to the campus social life helps first year students integrate into Dartmouth culture. As was discussed at the lunch with President Hanlon, graduate student leaders are trying to form stronger connections between the graduate and undergraduate communities to enrich both of our experiences. The decision to remove our presence from campus housing exacerbates feelings of disconnection and encumbers integration efforts following the One Dartmouth initiative. Leaders of the graduate student community understand that the administration must often make difficult decisions. However, removing graduate students from North Park appeared to be particularly detrimental to our community for the benefit of another. We have been reassured by Provost Dever that our input will be welcomed in future discussions about issues affecting the graduate community and that the college is committed to supporting graduate education. Committing to return on-campus graduate housing in the future would be a powerful message of support from the administration to the graduate community. In the meantime, the College should help make it as easy as possible for first-year international students to find housing in Hanover and become integrated into the Dartmouth community. As President Hanlon told the graduate student leaders during lunch at his house in May, “I see graduate and undergraduate education as co-beneficial.” The College’s policies and solutions to difficult problems should continue to reflect that sentiment. The Dartmouth welcomes guest column submissions.
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College reviews animal testing protocol FROM ANIMALS PAGE 2
veterinarians, provide husbandry and veterinary care for laboratory animals. In addition to these institutional bodies, Dartmouth must adhere to governmental regulations on laboratory animal care. Hoopes said that some of these federal laws are passed by Congress, others by the public health service and others by the National Institute of Health. Research labs at Dartmouth doing animal testing receive two unannounced visits per year from veterinarians from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and other federal regulations, Sloboda said. If there is an issue or a violation to the protocol, which can be as simple as improper cleaning or as complex as animal welfare, the attending veterinarians and the staff of the Animal Care and Use Program write up the violation and bring it to the IACUC, which assesses how to correct the problem. “Typically, if it reaches a certain level, we’ll have to write a letter to the federal government, to the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare,” Hoopes said. Sloboda called this policy “selfpolicing.” OLAW then responds with approval or dismissal of the steps the College has taken to correct the violation. “As long as I’ve been doing this, we have never not responded appropriately according to the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare in any of these incidents,” Sloboda said. Depending on the infraction, “it is possible that an investigator could have his privileges taken,” Hoopes said. Hoopes added this has happened at the College “more than once” in the last 10 years. Regulations have changed greatly over the past several decades, and Dartmouth has had to adapt with the times. Biology professor Celia Chen ’78
Ph.D. ’94, who uses fish in her research on toxic metals, said she remembers that when she was an undergraduate at the College, animal welfare rules were much less stringent. As a student, she took a renal physiology lab that “required doing surgery with rabbits and hooking them up to a machine that would monitor their respiration and metabolism.” In order to induce a reflexive response in the rabbits, the students blew smoke in the rabbits’ faces in order to cut off their oxygen supply. This action scarred her, Chen said. “After that, I knew I would never be able to work with mammals because it was so traumatizing,” Chen said. Chen said she notices the increased regulations most in the euthanasia procedures for the fish she uses for her research. Following strict protocols is sometimes difficult with different types of research, she said. “Some of [the protocols] are not really appropriate for us because sometimes they want you to euthanize them using a chemical, and we can’t do that because we’re doing trace metal analysis on our samples after we euthanize them — then we have to do things that are more physically based, like bludgeoning,” Chen said. “We’ve had to really have kind of discussions with them about our research needs.” Animal welfare is a controversial topic, with many people arguing that animals should not be tested on at all, Sloboda said. He added, however, that such testing is crucial for healthcare. “I think people need to realize that their current state of health and wellbeing rests firmly on a foundation of animal research,” Sloboda said. “Every invasive procedure you might have in the operating room, every drug you might take for a disease or an allergy or an immunization has first been worked out and tested for safety in animals.” However, such a large number of regulatory bodies exist to protect animal welfare concerns and maintain ethics. “The well-being of ... the animal is put first and then the science comes after that,” Hoopes said. “We consider using animals a privilege.”
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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017
DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Fiber Fusion: “An exhibition of fiber and mixed media works by artists Margaret Sheehan and Cindy Heath,” 7 Lebanon Street, Suite 107, 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: “Norman,” starring Richard Gere, directed by Joseph Cedar. Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium
All Day
EIT 2017: “The 18th international conference on biomedical applications of electrical impedance tomography (EIT).” Thayer School of Engineering
SUNDAY
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Film: “Duck Soup,” directed by Leo McCarey. Visual Arts Center 104 Loew Auditorium
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Zenovia Toloudi’s “Silo(e)scapes” is art and architecture
By NALINI RAMANATHAN
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
At Diplareios School in Athens, Greece is studio art professor Zenovia Toloudi’s project “Silo(e)scapes,” which is part of the exhibition “Tomorrows: Urban Fictions for Possible Futures,” and is meant to serve as both an art installation and an architectural model. The piece is a model of a small community of people who preserve and tend to their native seeds in a communal space designed for the preservation of native plant species. The viewer enters the piece from the bottom of the exhibition through a small hole, where they are surrounded by clear columns filled with round plastic balls that represent seeds, which are surrounded themselves by small plastic people. The entire project is bordered by mirrors, positioned to make the space appear infinite. The seeds are ball-like to reference a “near-future,” following the theme of the larger exhibition, which pushes its participants to envision a version of a city in the future, in either a dystopian or utopian fashion. Toloudi said she chose a more utopian future to inspire her viewers. “Often, when we hear about the big problems of humanity, we feel, as individuals, we don’t have the capacity to change,” she said. Using a smaller scale, she said she hopes that such solutions will appear more feasible to her viewers, encouraging them to act as individuals. The close interaction between the viewer and the piece, as well as the figures with the architecture,
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Zenovia Toloudi’s “Silo(e)scapes” incorporates Lego-like figures and plastic balls that represent seeds as a piece that promotes native seed preservation.
emphasize much of Toloudi’s work, noted architect Evangelos Kotsioris, who studied with her at the Harvard School of Design. “She has always been attached to the idea of human engagement in architecture, to things that are usually overlooked in architectural discourse today in favor of larger gestures,” Kotsioris said. “Tomorrows” itself also departs
from certain architectural trends, create “new civic rituals,” such as a focusing more on urban and civic seed bank or market, creating a “new planning roles, he said. exchange of food and knowledge.” “Thinking about the city was very Although food itself is still a large much something that happened in the part of Mediterranean culture, the 1960s and 70s, and there were very involvement of individuals in the many young architects [who] were not production of food is decreasing, interested in buildings but ... in visions Toloudi said. She also uses her piece and ideas and the larger questions,” to reference the rich culture which Kotsioris said. came from agriculture, particularly in Toloudi said her work takes on the sound played in the background many of these abstract challenges, of her installation, she said. not only bringing a solution to Music professor Ted Levin, an environmental who specializes in problem, but ethnomusicology, “As a creator, I have a l s o t o u ch i n g helped Toloudi the responsibility to on cultural select her pieces for connections with make a response to the exhibition. As an fo o d a n d t h e the problems of my ethnomusicologist, importance of time.” Levin studies community and “soundscapes,” or public spaces. In the sound profile her native country -ZENOVIA TOLOUDI, of a specific locality. Greece, like in PROFESSOR OF STUDIO Toloudi herself, many parts of the Levin said, comes ART world, the diversity from an area near the of accessible city of Thessaloniki, native fruits Greece, which is and vegetables is dwindling. The primarily agricultural. Accordingly, exhibition is meant to bring light to she chose sounds from an area north this issue, while also presenting the of the region to supplement her piece. one possible solution of bringing the “Music, traditionally, has a very seed banks, often owned by well-off strong relationship with agricultural individuals and major corporations, cycles,” Levin said. “There are to the native people of the country. calendar songs — songs related to As a scholar, Toloudi said she is harvests.” interested in the relationship between The piece itself also tries to bring architecture and food, having taught architecture back to the creation of several classes on the subject herself. something that is connected with the Kotsioris, who was also a guest critic in natural world, rather than something many of her “Food and Architecture” which creates great barriers from it, courses, said that one of the markers Toloudi said. of Toloudi’s work is her ability to “I’m trying to work that relationship
so it’s not so exotic and not so unnatural in that way,” she said. The Lego-like figurines which inhabit the space were also specially selected by Toloudi, who aimed to portray “community workers,” such as nurses, police officers and firefighters. These individuals also reflect a communal focus Toloudi said she intends to bring to the piece. “This whole focus on the individual, I believe, can be very harmful,” she said. As an artist, Toloudi said she works to address the issue of social inequality, which she considers to be the largest problems society faces today. One of the solutions to this problem is an increased focus on public spaces, she said. To create such spaces, Toloudi said she looks back to eras of democracy, noting the design of spaces that have a clear purpose for the public. One of the elements that she uses in these spaces is the column, one of the simplest elements of architecture, whose replication and subsequent elevation to a higher purpose as part of a larger structure is meant to remind the viewer of the role of the individual in a public space. Looking to environmental issues as well as those of social inequality, Toloudi said she addresses her subject from an intersectional perspective, following in the old tradition of expressing big ideas through architecture. “As a creator, I have the responsibility to make a response to the problems of my time,” Toloudi said.
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Track and field “My coach has been drilling into me, ‘keep it simple, you have one thing to do each lap.’ That made it way more relaxing, and you always run better when you’re more relaxed.”
- HELEN SCHLACHTENHAUFEN ’17 The Big Green sent 14 athletes, five women and nine men, to the NCAA East Regional from May 25 to 27. Helen Schlachtenhaufen ’17 led the way for the Big Green, advancing to the national championship on the strength of her first-place finish in the 1500-meter run. On top of Schlachtenhaufen’s success, the women’s team showed signs of a promising future with freshmen Julia Valenti ’20 and Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 turning in impressive performances. Valenti finished 31st overall in the pole vault, clearing a 3.95-meter bar, while Rothwell narrowly missed qualifying for nationals in the 100-meter hurdles. At nationals,
Schlachtenhaufen finished 16th overall with a time of 4:20.43, narrowly missing a spot in the championship race. None of the nine men competing at the NCAA regional meet advanced to the national championship. Max Cosculluela provided the highlight of the day, clearing 5.15 meters in the pole vault to break his own Dartmouth record. Justin Donawa ’19 just missed qualifying for nationals, finishing 17th in the triple-jump with a jump of 15.43 meters. Connor Clark ’17 ran a 15:43.70 in the 5000-meter run, good for 43rd. Lucas Ribeiro ’19 threw for 50.10 meters in the discus, placing him 42nd on the day.
Rowing “A goal we had was to be a top-10 team. Last year, we didn’t quite get there, but this year, we managed to bring everyone on. It was a good team day.”
- IAN MARX ’19, HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING The men’s lightweight and heavyweight crew teams wrapped up their seasons earlier this month at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta at Gold River, California The heavyweight team capped off a standout season with a performance that earned it the Clayton Chapman Trophy, awarded to the most improved team at the regatta. All four crews advanced to the petite finals. The varsity eight and second varsity
crews took third, while the third varsity and varsity four finished fourth and sixth respectively. Dartmouth finished ninth overall, a substantial improvement from its 14th-place finish last season. The lightweight team made its first appearance at IRAs since the 2014 season. Both the 4+ and 4- boats advanced to the Grand Final, where a third-place finish from the 4+ and a sixth-place showing from the 4- propelled the team to an 8th-place overall finish.
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Strong pool play propelled women’s rugby to fourth-place finishes in two national 7s championships.
Women’s rugby concluded the 2017 7s season with the USA Rugby College 7s National Championship from May 20 to 21 and the Collegiate Rugby Championship 7s from June 2 to 4. The Big Green lost in the semifinal of each. In pool play at the USA Rugby championship, the Big Green defeated University of California, Davis 19-14 and Montana State University 36-12, losing to Lindenwood University 31-0. The 2-1 record placed the Big Green in second place behind Lindenwood. The Big Green downed Penn State University 20-14 in the quarterfinals but could not get past Life University in the semifinals, losing 33-10 and falling into the third-place match. The Big Green was blanked 31-0 by Central Washington University, finishing the 12-
team tournament in fourth. Lindenwood secured first place with a 31-12 win over Life. The Big Green flew out of the gates at the Collegiate Rugby championship, finishing pool play 3-0 by defeating National Small College Rugby Organization 24-7, University of Delaware 27-5 and Temple University 24-0. In the quarterfinals, the team claimed a 14-7 victory over the National Small College Rugby Organization All-Stars thanks to converted tries by Rachel Hand ’18 and Becca Jane Rosko ’20. But in the next game, Life University stopped Dartmouth short of reaching the finals, falling 26-5. With a 24-5 defeat to Pennsylvania State University in the third-place match, the Big Green settled for fourth.
Sailing From May 23 to June 1, the College of Charleston played host to sailing’s three national championships. Dartmouth advanced to the finals of the coed and women’s national championships, held on the Cooper River in Charleston Harbor. The 18-team women’s western semifinal was raced in poor conditions on May 23 and 24, with a thunderstorm interrupting racing on the first day and 30-knot winds forcing some capsizes on the second day. Nonetheless, the Big Green finished in fifth and advanced to the championship. At nationals, Dartmouth finished seventh, with Yale University taking home the crown ahead of runner-up Boston College and third-
place U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Big Green’s B-division sailors had a particularly good showing in the championship, including four first-place finishes in 18 races. On May 30 and 31, the coed team sailed in the eastern semifinal, with warm temperatures and a light southwesterly wind. The Big Green finished eighth, just good enough to advance to the national championship on June 1 and 2. All competitors fought a strong ebb current on both days of the championship. The Big Green sailors, in third after the first day of racing, held on to that position to take the Metropolitan Sailing League Trophy behind host Charleston and Yale University.