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VOL. CLXXIV NO.47

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HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Guarini Institute receives $10 million donation

TOO GOOD TO BE BLUE

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By MIKA JEHOON LEE

The Dartmouth Staff

LAURA LEWIN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

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Q&A WITH KIMBERLEY TAIT ’01 PAGE 8

A gray sky hangs over a campus and pond covered by snow and untouched by students.

The Dartmouth Staff

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OPINION

BAUM: ADDRESSING RADICAL ISLAM PAGE 4

PHIPPS: THE TRIPS DIRECTOR CAN’T BIKE PAGE 4

SEE DONATION PAGE 3

Family of bears re-emerges around town and campus

By ANTHONY ROBLES

FILM REVIEW: “LOGAN”

Former New Jersey congressman Frank Guarini ’46 has pledged to donate $10 million to create foreign study opportunities in developing countries and underrepresented regions as well as expand “course-embedded” programs, the College announced on March 8. Course-embedded programs are academic courses taken on campus that involve an oﬀcampus trip, typically after the course is completed. Guarini’s commitment adds to his $10 million gift to the Frank J. Guarini Institute for International Education in 2013

A sleuth of bears has stumbled back into the Hanover area having just emerged from hibernation. The changing of the seasons has brought an increased number of bear sightings near School Street as a sow and her cubs, now old enough to be considered yearlings, have been spotted multiple times by local residents in and around the Hanover area. The sleuth is likely

the same group that was seen by multiple students this past fall near the same location. “As spring approaches and the snow starts melting, bears are going to be coming out of their dens and they’re going to be looking for food,” Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis said. “Black bears are not generally aggressive, so we can reduce the food attractants that are in and around Hanover to help keep the bears away from the residential population.”

The removal of food attractants includes taking down bird feeders for the rest of the winter, securing garbage and getting dumpster companies to provide steel top, bear-proof dumpsters. Hanover town manager Julia Griffin emphasized that bears are attracted to downtown locations because of these dining options. Because of the increased number of bear sightings, the town of Hanover is urging residents to “Be Bear Wise” on its website.

Q&A with professor Colin Calloway By ALEXANDRA STEINBERG The Dartmouth Staff

History and Native American studies professor Colin Calloway ﬁrst studied Native American history and relations in his home country, England. He then moved to the United States, where he taught high school English in Springﬁeld, Vermont and then served as associate director and editor of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry

The post encouraged citizens to be aware of the differences between emergency and non-emergency bear situations. Emergency situations include bears entering a school yard while school is in session, entering or trying to enter a residence and wandering into a public gathering. In these situations, citizens are advised to call 911. Non-emergency situations include a bear roaming around SEE BEARS PAGE 2

A PEEK INTO THE TERM

Library in Chicago. Calloway ﬁrst came to Dartmouth in 1990 as a visiting professor before permanently joining the College in 1995. At Dartmouth, Calloway has produced numerous publications on Native American history on topics such as the history of Native Americans at Dartmouth and the Native American West prior to the expeditions of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. This term, Calloway is teaching Native American Studies 15, LAURA LEWIN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

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As the term starts, students rush to occupy their favorite study spots.

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DAILY DEBRIEFING A 1,100 acre parcel of land, now dubbed “Up on the Hill,” will soon be opened for volunteer restoration and educational courses, according to the Valley News. The area was originally donated in December 2016 by Charlestown residents Christina and Harvey Hill to the Upper Valley Land Trust for permanent conservation. The pair donated the area, which contains timber stands, hayfields, wetlands and a large breached beaver pond, partially in fear that the land would otherwise become developed. About half of the property has been ranked as the highest quality habitat in the state or region by New Hampshire Fish and Game. The Hills are not maintaining ownership of the land and instead have a cooperative agreement with the land trust. Upper Valley Land Trust president Jeanie McIntyre declined to assign a dollar value estimate when speaking with the Valley News but emphasized the large acreage of the trust. A few Upper Valley organizations are cautious of potential cuts under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, according to the Valley News. Executive director of Lebanon-based Twin Pines Housing Trust, which develops and manages affordable housing for low to moderate income families, Andrew Winter said the organization could potentially stop further development and decrease the number of families living in Twin Pines’ units. Tri-Country Community Action Program, a major provider of social services in northern New Hampshire, could potentially halt winter heating assistance, according to the organization’s president. Trump’s proposed budget would also cut funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program which provides job training for adults older than 55 years old. Dartmouth would also receive decreased federal funding for research and be forced to eliminate 10 faculty positions funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The House and Senate have yet to pass their budget resolutions, which will be considerations in the final federal budget. The catch rates for cod, a quintessential New England food, are at all-time lows in the region, according to the Valley News. This decrease has forced the U.S. to rely upon cod caught in Norway, Russia or Iceland. The Gulf of Maine was particularly affected in 2016, as less than 170,000 pounds of cod was brought in. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an assessment that said the Gulf of Maine’s spawning population was at a historic low. Scientists suspect years of overfishing and inhospitable environments as a potential cause. -COMPILED BY AMANDA ZHOU

CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. Correction appended (March 28, 2017): The March 27 article “Dartmouth spring sports gear up for upcoming season” incorrectly stated that Yale University’s men’s tennis team was the only Ivy League team ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Top 50 teams. This article has been updated to reflect that the Cornell University and Columbia University teams are also ranked.

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Bears saunter into neighborhood not make much sense. Since the Hanover area is the sow’s home and checking a garbage can and range, she would attempt to move breaking into a shed where garbage back to the area putting her at risk or food is stored or pulling down of other mortality factors, such a bird feeder as getting hit by while in a tree, a motor vehicle. which warrants “The bears are Additionally, the a call to the usually gone New Hampshire Hanover Police bear population by the time Department’s is large enough non-emergency everybody arrives, that another bear number. would simply because they are “It’s not take her place unusual to see not necessarily if she were to be bears right in comfortable with moved. town because Although being around d ow n t ow n i s b ear s i gh ti n gs l o c a t e d ve r y people.” in Hanover close to ideal are slightly less bear habitat common than a l o n g M i n k -HARRY KINNE, SAFETY they are in the Brook,” Griffin AND SECURITY DIRECTOR r e s t o f N e w said. “This Hampshire, particular Timmins said mom is ver y that this sow has comfortable been around for having her youngsters right in a couple of years now. Despite its town.” proximity to Hanover, the sleuth Although New Hampshire of bears had not been involved in Fish and Game has been asked to any incidents until last November relocate the bears, New Hampshire when the sow reacted defensively Fish and Game wildlife biologist to the presence of a dog. Andrew Timmins said that moving “There was a dog that went the bears out of Hanover to the after the bear last fall at a dumpster northern region of the state would and did get swatted and banged FROM BEARS PAGE 1

up some,” Timmins said. “I don’t know positively if that was that same bear family, but it very well may have been.” Director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne encouraged all students not only to avoid going near any wild animals but also to make efforts to secure garbage. “We don’t usually get them on campus,” Kinne said. “We’ve had a few over the years and generally what we do is contact Hanover Police. The bears are usually gone by the time everybody arrives, because they are not necessarily comfortable with being around people.” G r i f f i n e ch o e d K i n n e ’s sentiments, encouraging students living off-campus to take steps to secure their garbage by either keeping it inside or putting it in a dumpster with a locking lid. Additionally, Griffin said that town officials were looking at the idea of requiring property owners to have bear-proof trash cans. “That’s something we can theoretically do under state law, but we’re just not sure we want to be the trash police,” Griffin said. “We’re exploring that now internally amongst staff in terms of the viability. It’s something that we’re considering.”

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Frank Guarini ’46 donates $10 million FROM DONATION PAGE 1

and another previous donation to fund the College’s Italian language study program in Rome in 2005. His 2013 gift helped the Guarini Institute launch more than 15 new off-campus programs over the past three years, according to Guarini Institute executive director John Tansey. Programs funded by Guarini’s donation include the African and African American studies foreign study program in Ghana, the exchange program with University College London and course embedded trips to countries such as China and Poland. Students taking embedded courses travel outside the United States to see the topics they have learned in the classroom in practice. In the 2016 winter interim, students in Anthropology 70, “Experiencing Human Origins and Evolution,” and Biology 70, “Biologic Lessons of the Eye,” went to South Africa and India, respectively. Students with heavy time commitments can find fitting a fullterm program into their schedules difficult, so taking an embedded course is an optimal way for them to participate in an off-campus opportunity, Tansey said. He added that all course embedded trips will continue to take place in the winter interim. According to Tansey, the Guarini Institute has not yet determined

the particular programs to which Guarini’s gift will be allocated. Gabriela Lowry ’18 , who participated in the Spanish LSA+ program in Peru last fall and the biology FSP in the Caribbean and Costa Rica last winter, said that the gift money could be put toward helping students who do not have financial aid, particularly for airfare. “Oftentimes the flights themselves are really expensive, so help with that would be really good,” Lowry said. The announcement of Guarini’s pledge comes at a time when the Guarini Institute received a record number of applications, according to Tansey, which were due Feb. 1. The Guarini Institute received applications from 1,309 students for off-campus programs taking place in the 20172018 academic year, an increase from 1,010 students last year and 1,262 people the year before. Tansey said that the Guarini Institute usually receives a large number of applications to programs involving economics and government, the College’s two most popular majors since at least 2004, according to the Office of Institutional Research. Tansey added that other programs such as the English FSP in Ireland and the anthropology FSP in New Zealand also have a large applicant pool because there is high student interest relative to the low number of off-campus opportunities offered by those departments.

According to Tansey, the Guarini Institute is exploring different strategies to attract more students to the programs it offers. He said that the Guarini Institute has worked with a student advisory group comprised of off-campus program participants to improve its programming and outreach this year, such as holding workshops on how to complete applications for programs. The Guarini Institute also started an annual photo contest, in which students can submit a photo from their off-campus program to be used for promotional materials and potentially win $100. Students accepted to off-campus programs for the 2017-2018 year said that they are looking forward to studying in environments different from that of Dartmouth. Soomin Kim ’20 , who will participate in the music FSP in Vienna, Austria next spring said that as a classical singer, she wanted to learn from professional singers in Vienna, which she said she considers the “city of music.” Kim is a member of the Glee Club and the Christian a cappella group X.ado. Sara Cho ’20 said that she is participating in the FSP in Beijing, China as a prospective Chinese minor, but the chance to travel along the Silk Road, which she said is a once in a lifetime opportunity, mostly encouraged her to apply to the program.

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CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST TYLER BAUM ’20

GUEST COLUMNIST DOUG PHIPPS ’17

Addressing Radical Islam

The Trips Director Can’t Bike

9/11 reminds us to keep fighting against radical Islamic terrorism. On Sept. 11, 2001, two jets originating from Logan International Airport in Boston flew into the World Trade Center towers. Though many initially believed the first crash was accidental, these were confirmed to be terrorist attacks when the second plane flew into the South Tower 17 minutes later. Within the next two hours, two more planes were hijacked by members of alQaeda — one struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and the other, allegedly targeting the White House or the U.S. Capitol, crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers attempted to combat the hijackers. The four attacks were carried out by 19 terrorists. On this horrid day, 2,996 people lost their lives and over 6,000 were injured at the hands of radical Islamists. These attacks largely influenced the War in Afghanistan, which began less than a month later, as well as the invasion of Iraq, which President George W. Bush declared just nine days after the attacks. Like Holden Harris ’20, who addressed these issues in his column on March 2, I was also just 3 years old that day. 9/11 is one of my earliest memories. I remember watching tennis at home as the news broke of the attacks and “Emergency” flashed across my family’s TV. Less than two hours later, I learned that the final plane crashed in Shanksville, just 57 miles from my house. Although I was not in an area that was attacked, I was still in grief. Our great nation was under attack; our future safety uncertain. I write this not to shame Harris’ view of 9/11 but to remember each person affected by the attacks and to ponder a civil way to speak about radical Islamic terrorism. In our culture, we often try to avoid offending Muslims rather than discussing the evils of radical Islamic terrorism and its victims. We need to respect every individual’s right to freedom of religion while uniting against radical Islamic terrorism. Though Harris is correct in arguing that we cannot be biased against all Muslims, we also cannot let our fear of political incorrectness weaken our resolve against radicals. It is thus essential to remember and honor those affected by 9/11 while ensuring that Muslims are not discriminated against or restricted from practicing their religion. On Sept. 14, 2001, President George W. Bush gave his “bullhorn” speech atop rubble in Manhattan, New York. He declared that “America today is on bended

knee, in prayer for the people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here, for the families who mourn,” and that “the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!” This was a unifying moment where Bush honored victims of 9/11 and promised to fight against terrorism. Unfortunately, just 15 years later, President Barack Obama was not willing to state the words “radical Islamic terrorism” when discussing the attacks. After the Orlando shootings in June 2016, he refused to describe perpetrator Omar Mateen as a radical Islamic terrorist. In defense of his stance, Obama stated that he has been careful about discussing radical Islamic terrorism to “make sure that we do not lump these murderers into the billion Muslims that exist around the world, including in this country, who are peaceful…” Obama’s commitment to political correctness was dangerous. Our focus should not be on political correctness but on fighting Islamic radicals in unison with all Americans, including non-radical Muslims, using strategic programs such as Countering Violent Extremism, a Homeland Security program designed to prevent Americans from becoming radicalized by international terrorist groups. I would like to, again, quote Bush. To all Muslims near and far, “We respect your faith.” As he went on to say, “the enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends” but “a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them.” We did not make “the enemy ... all of those who follow Islam,” as Harris argued. Our country advocated freedom, liberty and the right to practice any religion or none at all. However, our country also needs a strong national defense. I encourage all Americans to respect the religious practices of Muslims. I also encourage Americans never to let 9/11 escape our minds. We must stay unified and passionate against radical Islamic terrorism until it is no longer a threat to the precious lives of so many around the world. A simple way to help is to donate to charities that support all those affected by 9/11, such as Tuesday’s Children, the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund or the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. We cannot forget 9/11. We must use it to motivate us in the ongoing fight against radical terrorism.

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First-Year Trips can only get more diverse if more people apply.

I don’t know how to bike. You read common with the people I met. Yet this that correctly — a Director of Dartmouth is not the case for everyone; in past years, Outing Club First-Year Trips is not totally Trips volunteers have been roughly 70 sure how to make that two-wheeled monster percent white, failing to reflect the racial called a “bicycle” move from point A to point diversity of incoming classes, which are B. My first hike longer than a mile came approximately 50 percent white. This on the last day of my own first-year trips, critical shortcoming is tied up in the which was exceptionally average — until outdoors’ history as a predominantly white that hike. space for those who can afford outdoor gear I have a storied history with exercise; I — but we can change this. While we only was obese for the first 16 years of my life. have metrics for racial diversity, we know My body embarrassed me. I went on to lose observationally that this extends to all kinds 100 pounds over the next couple of years, of diversity, whether it be sexual orientation, but I always exercised in solitude. Moving socioeconomic class, geography or even my body was a chore — something I had levels of “outdoorsiness.” Shouldn’t the to do but would not do unless my health first Dartmouth students first-years meet was at risk. reflect themselves and give them mentors On the last day of Trips, an opportunity that identify with their experiences and a ro s e : a s eve n - m i l e represent the diversity hike at 3 a.m. to see “While it was a of the Dartmouth a beautiful sunrise. I community? could symbolically mark challenge for me For a tradition the change from 18 to summit Mount from the ’30s, Trips has years of insecurity to a aged with relative grace Moosilauke, it’s a future of liberation. I into the 21st century, jolted at the first sound challenge for some to but it has work left to of my alarm, tiptoed enter this community do. For seven years, around the bodies of it had an Outreach my sleeping trippees and at all.” Coordinator tasked with triumphantly summited attracting a diver se M o u n t M o o s i l a u k e. group of volunteers and We were faced with an creating a program that overcast sky, but I didn’t mind — getting makes all students, particularly those from myself up a mountain with a group of marginalized backgrounds, feel welcome. strangers was enough of a victory. This year, Trips is doubling down — Even though Trips is an outdoors literally and figuratively — on these efforts. pre-orientation program, its value is not It now has two Outreach Coordinators to predicated on outdoor skills. What I love match the bandwidth needed. It’s working about the program and what has brought out a way to subsidize food for leaders who me back — from a trippee to a leader, an remain on campus after leading their trips, outreach coordinator and now a director because volunteering shouldn’t have hidden — is how much time, costs for those who can’t effort and care student afford it. It has also vo l u n t e e r s p u t i n t o “The 2016 volunteer carefully analyzed and making new students body was 70 percent edited the itineraries of feel welcome. Last year, trips to make them more over 350 volunteer s white because the accessible. spent 81,000 hours of applicant pool was, However, the success their time volunteering of these efforts is largely too.” with Trips to welcome contingent on one thing: roughly 90 percent of our applicant pool. The ’20s to campus. 2016 volunteer body Transitioning to the was 70 percent white Dartmouth community because the applicant is a huge challenge for all incoming first- pool was, too. It needs diverse applicants so years, but it’s much harder for some than trip leaders and croolings are representative others. While it was a challenge for me to of both the ’21s they are leading and the summit Mount Moosilauke, it’s a challenge student body as a whole. As a program that for some to enter this community at all. can affect almost the entire student body in Those who come from communities providing a shared experience among all dissimilar to Dartmouth or historically Dartmouth students, this is work that Trips marginalized backgrounds have uniquely is obligated to do. And it can’t do it alone. difficult obstacles to feeling welcome here compared with those who attended high Phipps is a Director of First-Year Trips. schools that regularly admitted students The Dartmouth welcomes guest columns. We to Dartmouth or went to summer camps request that guest columns be the original work similar to Trips. of the submitter. While it was a challenge for me to Submissions may be sent to both opinion@ summit Moosilauke, I never questioned thedartmouth.com and editor@thedartmouth.com. my sense of belonging on Trips because Submissions will receive a response within three apart from the weight, I shared a lot in business days.

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Colin Calloway discusses his studies on Native American history FROM CALLOWAY PAGE 1

“American Indian & Expansion 18001924.” His book “The Indian World of George Washington” will be published in spring 2018. You’re currently working on a book entitled “The Indian World of George Washington” – can you explain this work a little more? CC: In a sense, it’s a culmination of lots of years of working on this topic and this period. I think all of us who work in Native American history have been trying for years to get Native Americans into American history. I think one of the things that intrigued me and one of the reasons I got into doing Native American history was that, as a European looking at American history, I was kind of perplexed by the absence of Indian people from United States history when so much of United States history makes no sense without Indian people. So the book that I’m doing on “The Indian World of George Washington” is really an attempt to do that in a way that we haven’t succeeded before. The premise here is that George Washington is American history. He’s probably the most important, iconic ﬁgure in American history, the founding father, the ﬁrst president and all of that, and what I want to show and what I hope the book does show is that Indians are fundamental to the story of George Washington. They intersect in his life at important points and therefore, by extension, are fundamental to the story of the early republic, the founding of the nation and thereby demonstrating the centrality of Native Americans to American history. In that sense, I’m using George Washington as a vehicle to get Indians into U.S. history. What do you hope students glean

from your classes and from your work? CC: I want to provide students with information that equips them to rethink American history. And by that, I don’t mean that what was white is now black, what was good is now bad and turn everything on its head, but rather to appreciate that this is a history with lots of players, and among those players and among the most important players are Native American people. And to include Native Americans in American history does not mean that you have to turn U.S. history on its head and understand it or teach it or write about it in completely diﬀerent ways. That I think is my point with the book on George Washington – that even Washington’s life as we know it includes Native people and Native American land and he’s concerned with Native American people. The narrative we have makes more sense if we include Native Americans. A lot of what we do in history, of course, is to try to understand why things are the ways they are. Sometimes, in a glib and easy glance to the past, we miss a lot of what was actually feeding into the construction of that history.

What changes have you noticed in the study of Native American history at Dartmouth since you ﬁrst taught here in 1990? CC: In the kind of work that’s being done at places like Dartmouth, there’s been tremendous progress; people are doing far more sophisticated and nuanced considerations of the fabric of early America and recognizing that Native Americans are an important part of that fabric. I do think, however, that outside of academia, not that much has changed. Recently, there was a book published by a number of colleagues of mine called, “Why You Can’t Teach United States History without American

Indians.” Thirty-plus years ago, when I was at the Newberry Library in Chicago, I was involved in a series of conferences on that very same theme. So the fact that we are trying to push that idea means that standard narrative of United States history is pretty resilient. And of course, Dartmouth has its own Native American history, which goes back to its foundation. It’s a history that’s complicated, and it’s often troubled, and it’s not always a positive story. Certainly, there are more Native students here than there were when I came, The Native American studies program is much bigger than it was when I came, and I hope that awareness, understanding and sensitivity to Native American issues is better than it was when I came.

You mentioned that Dartmouth’s Native American history has not always been positive, can you elaborate on what you meant by that? CC: On occasion and too often, the College has failed to provide an environment in which the Native students, which it invites to come here, feel that it is a place for them to learn. And what I’m talking about is the appearance of Indian mascots, expressions of anti-Native sentiment and Native American caricatures. One of the things that I have seen in my many years here is that when those incidents occur, they are damaging to some of our Native students. I think that the College climate has improved. It hasn’t improved steadily – it’s a lot better than what it has been, and I hope that it continues to improve. You’ve used the terms “Indian” and “Native American” – do you view these terms as interchangeable? I have always thought that “Native American” is the more correct term to

COURTESY OF COLIN CALLOWAY

Colin Calloway is a history and Native American studies professor.

identify these groups. CC: They’re both terms that describe multiple groups of people. They’re categories, so they’re both imperfect and problematic. I think it depends on who you ask. I teach in Native American studies, and most of my colleagues are native. Years ago, we thought about changing the name to “American Indian studies” to distinguish ourselves from the Native American program. Here at Dartmouth, I think “Native American” is the term of preference. When I was living and teaching in Wyoming, Indian people there called themselves “Indian people.” My preference is to put the emphasis on people: Native American people, Indian people, or, in Canada, First Nations people. I use it interchangeably. You wrote in 2010 in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine that Dartmouth is “an institution that recognizes the value in diversity.” How do you deﬁne

diversity, and what would you like to see Dartmouth change in regard to diversity? CC: I think that any Ivy League institution and any liberal arts college has to keep pushing to ensure that students, the faculty — the people here — reflect the composition of the country. That is something that’s not about political correctness, it’s not about filling quotas. It’s about the mission of the work that we do: where the exchange of ideas and the conversations and dialogue from different perspectives and experiences bring different understandings — that’s crucial to what we do. I’m not sure that I have a prescription for what Dartmouth should be doing, except that it needs to sustain and maintain its commitment and trajectory of diversity that it seems to have been on for the 25 years that I’ve been here. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017

DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY

8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Art Exhibit: Still Seeing Green: Paintings by Meg McLean, 7 Lebanon Street, Suite 107

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Lecture: “Learning Visual Inference and Measurement” with Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago professor Ayan Chakrabarti, Kemeny Hall 007

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Lecture: “Muslims, Science and the Travel Ban,” Haldeman 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall)

TOMORROW

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Games, Games and more Games presented by Tiltfactor, Black Family Visual Arts Center

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Lecture: “Thyroid FNA: News about the Revised Bethesda System” with Harvard Medical School professor Edmund Cibas, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Williamson, Auditorium H

6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Brain Buzz: The Science of the Brain, Upper Valley Food Coop, 193 North Main Street, White River Junction, Vermont RELEASE DATE– Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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‘Logan’ is exciting, not revolutionary

the original series and the prequel lot of great ideas and, thus, a lot series and have enjoyed all four of great moments. But those exist The Dartmouth Staff immensely. But I am by no means inside a narrative that is fractured Many film reviewers, myself an expert on the franchise’s lore. and fragile. included, would argue that we Yet it appears that director The funny thing is that when are currently in the midst of a James Mangold has done his best I left the theater I thought to “golden age” of superhero cinema. to make “Logan” a self-contained myself, “Well, the story was Marvel Studios floods our theaters story that requires no prior actually pretty straightforward with critical and commercial knowledge. once you think about it.” Yet while s u c c e s s e s a n d a l t h o u g h D C In 2029, Logan (Hugh Jackman), watching “Logan,” I felt somewhat Entertainment may currently be better known as Wolverine, lives perplexed by the disorienting floundering in comparison, it near the Texas-Mexico border and screenplay. recently rode high on the success spends his days taking care of an Part of the problem, I think, of Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark aging and senile Charles Xavier is that the film doesn’t always Knight Trilogy.” (Patrick Stewart). have an effective engine to drive But there is a price to pay for The two men must eventually the plot forward, resulting in a this golden age: overproduction. help and protect Laura, a young movie that simultaneously moves Marvel, in particular, seems to mutant with powers similar to too fast and too slow. The first 20 have found and implemented a Logan’s who is minutes epitomize winning formula when making a running from a this problem. superhero film. Thus, for every military group “Jackman’s Never before epic like “Captain America: Civil c a l l e d t h e performance is have I seen War,” there must also be a film like “Reavers.” a film where I filled with world“Doctor Strange” — enjoyable yet “ L o g a n ” so desperately forgettable. Movies such as the works best when weariness; we can wanted the pace latter may have all the wit and it practically feel the burden of to pick up yet pathos to parallel the excitement b e c o m e s a also slow down of “The Avengers,” but they don’t road trip movie both his age and his for a second so add anything new to the table, so i n v o l v i n g injuries.” details could be each one becomes just another t h e s e t h r e e explained more decent superhero flick amongst c h a r a c t e r s . clearly. many. Both Jackman “Deadpool” I w o u l d a r g u e t h a t t h i s and Stewart have revealed that this and “Logan” have each made oversaturation of the market will probably be the last time they over $500 million worldwide at the allowed “Deadpool” to become a play these roles. If that is the case, box office, and both have over 80 surprise success despite its R-rating. then both actors are going out on percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The “Deadpool” was certainly not the a high note. success of “Deadpool” confused first superhero film to bear an Jackman’s performance is filled me, but “Logan” has helped me to R-rating, but it differed from its with world-weariness; we can feel understand better why both films predecessors by starting a trend. the burden of both his age and were hits. With the release of the Ultimate his injuries. Xavier was always As of right now, their R-rating Edition of “Batman v. Superman: my favorite X-Men character, has undoubtedly made them Dawn of Justice” and “Batman: and Stewart’s portrayal of a man appear “new” to audiences. T h e K i l l i n g Jo k e, ” R - r at e d living out the twilight of his life However, when the dust settles, I superhero films may no longer in regret provides the film with doubt either film will be considered be anomalies but, instead, could much-needed heart and soul. a classic of the superhero genre. become normalized. And “Logan” Yet it is Dafne Keen as Laura Both are flawed and imperfect, seems to be the next real test to see who really steals the show — never yet I admire “Logan” much more if lightning can strike twice. before has an 11-year-old girl been because even if it doesn’t always Why does the rating of the so intimidating. This young actress succeed, it still has immense film matter? Well, it begs the has real raw talent that the film ambition — it wants to tell an question: does the rating allow puts to good use. interesting story about interesting the filmmakers to create stories W h i l e “ L o g a n ” m a y n o t characters. that are fresh and new? Based be a genre game-changer, I, Seeing as how many films are on “Deadpool” and “Logan,” I nonetheless, admire Mangold’s content to aspire for far less, that’s would argue: No, a t t e m p t s t o not nothing. it just creates d o s o m e t h i n g Rating: 7/10 “...beneath the that illusion. different. He Beneath the novelty of its blood clearly wanted novelty of its to make “Logan” vulgar humor, and gore, ‘Logan’ akin to a Western, “Deadpool” is is simply another and I appreciate simply another the many little ‘gritty’ comic book superhero origin touches that are story. Likewise, film.” included to that beneath the effect. novelty of its M a r c o blood and gore, Beltrami’s score “Logan” is simply another “gritty” does a particularly good job of comic book film. combining the sounds of an action The difference between the filled superhero soundtrack with two is that I actually like “Logan” the musical twang of a Western because it doesn’t use the rating as to create a tone that sets “Logan” a crutch. apart from previous X-Men films. I confess that my familiarity with Sadly, solid performances and the X-Men films is not extensive. skillful filmmaking can only get I’ve seen the first two films of both you so far. This is a film with a

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Alumna Q&A: writer and strategist Kimberley Tait ’01 By KYLEE SIBILIA

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wrote. Years later, I still carry that with me.

More and more, we’re inundated with this idea of having to put ourselves online in what seems to be a very choreographed and scripted way. Through all of that noise, it’s really important to maintain some kind of introspection, to say, “listen, even though I am working at an investment bank, there may be a romantic side to it.”

from my experiences working inhouse at Citigroup and later at Goldman Sachs, and then doing my MBA at Columbia and sort of the mindset everybody had of needing to get a particular job offer from a particular firm even if it didn’t necessarily make them happy or wasn’t what they actually wanted. All of that gets put into “Fake Plastic Love,” but the characters are totally fictitious. I put pieces of myself into the characters, but that’s really as autobiographical as it gets. I hope the themes are very realistic, but my style is slightly romanticized and in some cases sentimental, and I want that to be a little bit otherworldly and a little bit larger than life. Ultimately, my hope is that the reader gets transported away from the everyday reality that they may be living.

the theme of national identity, and particularly the political environment that we find ourselves in. I’m really enjoying returning to that manuscript and using all the lessons that I’ve learned from the process of publishing “Fake Plastic Love” to enrich it. I hope to finish that in the near future. Beyond that, I do have a few other ideas that I’m keeping on the back burner as potential future novels, so hopefully this first one will be a success, and then I’ll take it from there. I think what has enabled me to have more flexibility — and this was sort of how I found a balance between the romantic and realist side of myself — was when I left Goldman Sachs and started my own business working as a financial writer and marketing strategist. I work with financial services and investment firms, doing all manner of writing work. That’s been a wonderful way to still enjoy the world of finance and continue to work with those sorts of clients but then balance it with fiction writing.

In your novel, the main c h a r a c t e rs B e l l e a n d M represent both the whimsical and the logical sides of students at Dartmouth, and your dual careers in investment banking and writing seem to reflect this dichotomy as well. How have you balanced these two passions, and what would you How much of “Fake Plastic say to Dartmouth students Love” is autobiographical? who might also want to pursue KT: It draws on my observations of s e ve r a l ve r y the world that I saw different paths? developing around KT: My intention “No matter what me, beginning in was to create these career path you go the mid-2000s two character foils: when social M, who is the down, it’s really media became narrator, and her important to so prevalent, and best friend Belle. ertainly prerecognize that there cfinancial M believes that crisis she’s this staunch are many parts to when I graduated in 2001. Going Do you plan to write more H o w d i d yo u r t i m e a t realist, and Belle is who you are.” into investment books in the future? Will Dartmouth influence your a very whimsical, romantic figure in banking seemed at you continue working in future career? the time to be one investment banking? KT: It had an enormous impact the novel. -KIMBERLEY TAIT ’01 of the most all- KT: I’m now working on revising on my writing. At the time, I had a M , w i t h o u t American things my first manuscript. I grew up in huge interest in F. Scott Fitzgerald, giving anything and I’ve always been deeply moved away, is figuring out that it maybe that a high achieving graduate Toronto in Canada, and it’s based on isn’t as straightforward as saying could do. my experiences moving to the U.S. This interview has been edited and and inspired by his writing. There wasn’t any Fitzgerald on “I am a realist,” just as it’s not “Fake Plastic Love” does draw It’s a very interesting time to explore condensed for clarity and length. any of the English course syllabi, perfectly straightforward to say, “I so I was allowed to essentially am a romantic.” construct my own one-person class My personal belief is that on Fitzgerald the fall of my senior we’re sort of a messy mix of both, and actually that’s a wonderful year. Ultimately, by being allowed thing because that’s what makes us human. No to construct matter what this one class, “Since graduating career path you I developed a go down, it’s topic for my from Dartmouth, I was really important senior thesis, always writing on the to recognize that which was on there are many life as a staged side, even when I was parts to who you p e r f o r m a n c e working in-house at are. in the novels various investment Since of Fitzgerald. graduating from That’s had a big banks.” Dartmouth, I influence on the was always themes that I writing on the explore in “Fake -KIMBERLEY TAIT ’01 side, even when Plastic Love.” I was working When I wrote the thesis, I had no idea how in-house at various investment imminent the explosion of social banks. media would be, which would make I knew that I wanted to observe this idea of staging life so much and analyze and really dissect the more relevant than I could ever world around me, including the professional world around me, by have imagined. It was interesting to see that writing. While that wasn’t something as the world evolved, social media that I was pursuing day to day as a MADELINE KILLEN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF became pervasive. I kept viewing it career, it was something that I knew through the lens of this thesis that I was really important to hang on to. Students returned to Dartmouth for the spring term only to find most of campus covered in snow. Kimberley Tait ’01 has balanced pursuits in both the financial and literary worlds since graduating from Dartmouth as an English and government double major. After earning an MBA from Columbia Business School, Tait worked at investment banks in New York and London before striking out on her own as a financial writer and marketing strategist. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Tait has citizenship in the U.S., Canada and Switzerland and currently lives in London. Her debut novel, “Fake Plastic Love,” will be released on May 9. The story centers on two Dartmouth graduates and best friends adapting their personal ideologies after graduation.

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