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HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

West end construction Hanover sees rise in town suspended after and campus parking prices excavation error B y Kristine jiwoo ahn The Dartmouth Staff

Construction of the new Center for Engineering and Computer Science on the west end of campus has been temporarily suspended after workers dug a 70-foot-deep hole 10 feet south of the intended location. The College filed a modification proposal of its site plan to the Hanover planning board to allow for the construction of the building to continue on the current area

on Wednesday, according to College spokesperson Diana Lawrence. Hanover town manager Julia Griffin said that the planning board is arranging a supplemental meeting before the end of July to consider this request. The Thayer School of Engineering’s $200 million donor-funded expansion project includes a 340-vehicle parking garage along with the 160,000-square-foot building

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Archaeological dig at Baker-Berry unearths Hanover history B y abby mihaly

The Dartmouth Staff

The archaeological excavation outside of BakerBerry Library has come to a close, and buildings and grounds have filled the holes, following a more than two-week dig that involved Dartmouth students, professors and community volunteers. The team found a range of artifacts, from false

teeth to a gold ring to a bonehandled knife. Spanning approximately 100 years of 18th-century history, the excavation offered an excellent window into a slice of the College’s history, said anthropology professor Jesse Casana, who supervised the dig alongside postdoctoral scholar Heather Rockwell. SEE DIG PAGE 3

The “ParkMobile” parking payment app was instituted alongside the increase in parking prices.

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The Dartmouth Staff

Earlier this week, parking rates across Hanover were raised, including both in town-owned parking lots and the parking garage, as well as at meters throughout town. While not a flat raise across all spaces, some rates increased by over 50 percent and some even doubled. The town has also rolled out a mobile parking payment system called “ParkMobile” downtown. According to town parking supervisor sergeant Jeffrey Ballard the prices were raised to respond to inflation. The increases are based on the recommendations of a parking study held for over a year and

a half, Ballard said. “Prices for everything go up, but we [hadn’t raised the parking rates],” Ballard said. Ballard noted that prices for street parking haven’t been raised since 2012, and rates for the garage have been steady for even longer. According to Hanover town manager Julia Griffin, the town had several goals in mind beyond reacting to inflation when instating the new price levels, including freeing up parking spaces for visitors to Hanover and ensuring that meter spaces are used only on a short-term basis. The largest rate hike occurred for the short-term meters on Main Street and

Municipal Lot 1, the large parking lot behind Molly’s Restaurant, where costs per minute have doubled. This increase is meant to free up spaces in downtown Hanover for visitors to the town, according to Griffin. “Our goal with these fees is to free up our parking meters right in our core downtown area” Griffin said. “We want to steer folks who work in the downtown area to park a little bit on the periphery.” One problem in particular that concerned the town was Dartmouth community members who opted to use street meters rather than town or campus parking lots, SEE PARKING PAGE 5

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UFC budget allocated College files to continue construction B y Joey Chong

In their proposals, the organizations detailed how they will use the requested The Dartmouth funds. CGB expressed plans to renovate The Undergraduate Finance certain Collis facilities; COSO now Committee has announced its allocation oversees all service groups; GLC of the $1,250,000 student activities manages all large-scale, Greek-led events, budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, such as the GDX concert, which has been providing funding to 10 undergraduate traditionally funded by SPEC; SPEC student organizations. The budget allocates funds to large-scale events such increased by three percent this year, as heritage months; and SA is planning compared to last year’s 1.13 percent, to continue the bus and food voucher and all organizations saw increases in program, according to the press release. their allocations. SPEC chair Samantha Koreman ’20 The increased budget and allocations said that recently there has been higher are the result of a larger class of ’23s and demand for heritage months. Programs a higher student under SPEC’s activities fee, UFC purvey include chair Ebenezer “UFC funding comes Asian American Bulcha ’19 said. Pacific Islander from the student According to Heritage Month, a May 20 UFC activities fee, so every LGBTQIA+ press release, Class student contributes.” Heritage Month, Council received Black History $30,000; Club Month and Islam Sports, $53,500; -EBENEZER BULCHA ‘19, is Green. Of Collis Governing UFC CHAIR SPEC’s budget, 76 Board, $99,000; percent of funding CouncilonStudent allocations went Organizations, toward events $294,000; that “celebrated Dartmouth Outing Club, $61,000; different identities or heritage groups,” Greek Leadership Council, $61,000; according to Koreman. Homecoming Bonfire, $57,000; Queer Prom and Luau requested Programming Board, $341,000; Special SPEC funding for the first time this past Programs and Events Committee, year. $197,500; and Student Assembly, “This is the first year that we’ve seen $56,000. Luau come to us,” Koreman said. “Due Of the 10 organizations, CGB, to the increase in the popularity of the COSO, GLC, SA and SPEC received event, they decided to come to SPEC to allocation increases of over $10,000, increase the funding and the scale of the mostly because of student demand, the event.” press release noted. COSO uses its budget to fund over The UFC consists of nine at-large 160 active student groups on campus. members, nine representatives from The COSO Board attends an annual member organizations, one non-voting retreat to review budgets from student chair and two non-voting advisors. groups, according to an email statement The committee serves as an advisory from the organization. organization that “allocates the budget in Bulcha emphasized the importance a responsible fashion,” Bulcha said. It met of student access to the allocated funds. every Monday during the spring term to “UFC funding comes from the review organizations’ past budgets and student activities fee, so every student evaluate their proposals for the coming contributes,” Bulcha said. “Therefore, year. all students should receive some value.”

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that will accommodate the Thayer School of Engineering, the computer science department, the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship and the Electron Microscope Facility. The new building is part of an integrated west end master plan that includes the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society, which is scheduled for completion by the summer of 2021. Dartmouth’sCampusServiceswebsite reported that Turner Construction Company — the New York-based construction firm hired by the College to execute the project — discovered the error during preparations to install a tower crane. Turner Construction’s vice president and general manager Meaghan HooperBerdik said that the company “is working with the College to evaluate the root cause of the error and to help determine an appropriate path forward.” Lawrence wrote in an email statement that the College has assembled a group of internal and external representatives with design, project management and legal expertise and is taking appropriate

steps to “ensure the financial impact to Dartmouth is minimized.” Lawrence said she expects to have a better understanding of how changes could affect the College’s budget and project schedule in the coming weeks. According to Griffin, it is important to propose a new plan as soon as possible, and the planning board is continuing to provide the College with additional insight to help refine its thinking about possible options for a future course of action. “Developments and changes like these are tough in terms of adhering to the construction schedule but also for the contractors — they are sitting idle or quickly have to find other projects to work on in the meantime,” Griffin said. Griffin also recognized that this error could lead to significant changes to the site plan. A change in building location to fit the already excavated area would require a site plan amendment, according to Hanover director of planning, zoning and codes Robert Houseman. Houseman said that the planning board’s decision-making process would depend on how significant the proposed

modifications are. “There are issues of storm water improvements, grading plans, lighting layout and landscaping approvals,” Houseman said. “If the building moves nominally and doesn’t alter any of that, then I don’t think there needs to be any planning board approval. If, however, it shifts and alters the grading, utility layout and the lighting plan — all of those have a big impact on the site and warrants a full public hearing.” According to Griffin, most of the complaints from abutters were made regarding the noise generated by the excavation work, which began last winter. “If the location were to move more north and require additional excavation, that would be more intrusive in the neighborhood,” Griffin said. Houseman also emphasized that the public hearing process ensures that abutters have the opportunity to speak up, ask questions and raise concerns about the effects of the project. “The planning board then renders a decision to ensure that the impact to abutters are mitigated and that the site plan approval is fully compliant with our regulations,” Houseman said.

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On-campus archaeological dig uncovers 18th-century mementos FROM DIG PAGE 1

The team dug in two locations in front of Baker-Berry Library. The main digging site was the location of a privy — an old-fashioned toilet — which Casana estimated was built in 1786, at the same time as the construction of what was then the home of the Ripleys, a local family. The dig was scheduled to conclude the weekend of June 15, but Casana, anthropology professor Sabrina Billings and a few others continued on until they hit the stone base of the privy about a week later. Casana explained that the historic privy makes for an especially interesting archaeological site due to the breadth of artifacts one might find at the bottom, like human waste, dropped items no one wanted to retrieve or household trash and kitchen scraps. Due to a lack of trash removal services, residents often dumped waste down the hole, Casana said. One of the more exciting finds was a gold ring. Elise Laugier GR’21 said that gold does not tarnish in dirt, so regardless of the years spent in

the ground, it appeared shiny upon discovery. Casana said that the team also found food remnants such as animal bones, which will help determine what those living in the house ate. Casana noted that items such as coffee beans, peach pits and peanuts would have been imported at the time. “In an 1800s context, pretty hoitytoity!” he said. Also uncovered were glass medicine and liquor bottles, inkwells, shoe bits, a set of false teeth and tools such as a screwdriver and a knife with a bone handle. In addition, the team found many bits and pieces of broken ceramic, which are helpful in dating each layer of the privy due to its distinctive characteristics tied to each decade’s style and explicit dates on some of the pieces, Casana said. The diggers worked in two pits, each divided into quads, according to Katie Hoover ’22, a student volunteer who helped with the excavation. They paused every 10 centimeters to wait for the volunteers in each quadrant to reach the same depth, and then snapped a photo of what the floor of the pit and

soil composition looked like before continuing digging. Student intern Cali Almer ’20 said that the process began with cutting away the turf and rolling the cut squares, which the College preserved in order to replace following the excavation. The diggers then shoveled away the dirt at the top layer, moving to trowels and brushes as they dug deeper and began to find larger artifacts. Once removed, the dirt was sifted through screens to look for any smaller items not apparent at first examination, according to Almer. The dig coincided with graduation as well as various reunions. Hoover said that since the site was in such a highvisibility area, many curious onlookers asked the student volunteers questions. Casana added that he would often encourage them to sign up to volunteer, and they would return to help dig. Student volunteer Andra Pantelimon ’22 said she enjoyed interacting with passersby, such as a curious security officer and a fourth-grade class trip from the local grade school who came to visit the site. At least 30 student volunteers, College staff, alumni on campus for

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graduation and reunions and local community members joined College faculty and student interns in the excavation process. Some dug for just a day, while others stayed around it out for two weeks of the excavation process. Many had no archeology experience at all. Almer said that student interns were in charge of briefing volunteers each morning regarding the history of the site as well as basic archaeological techniques. Hoover said that student volunteers served as point-people when less-experienced volunteers had questions regarding the excavation process, such as what to do if one person dug at a different speed than the others in the same plot. Other volunteers had more experience, whether from working on digs casually or formally as an archaeologist. Almer said that as often as she helped volunteers, the volunteers taught her. She noted that one group of volunteers from the New Hampshire Archeology society provided advice to students less-experienced in the practice of archaeological digs, like herself. Laugier and Casana and his

students used a Ground Penetrating Radar system to identify the best digging locations on Dartmouth’s campus. The system, acquired by Dartmouth’s spatial archaeometry lab in 2017, works by sending radar waves into the ground. If it hits any features different than the soil surrounding them, the waves bounce back. This data can be used to generate maps of what might lie below the surface, which can help inform where to best dig. Laugier said that members of the lab ran the system across the ground all over campus, including the most promising site on the Baker-Berry lawn. She said that the two most striking anomalies they noticed on the radargenerated map were in the same area as buildings in historic maps of the lawn. Casana added that radar can be useful in narrowing the possible digging site, in order to minimize the destruction inherent in archeology. “Archeology is a destructive process,” said Casana, emphasizing that technology like GPR helped to minimize the impact of the dig on the surrounding environment.

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THE DARTMOUTH OPINION

STAFF COLUMNIST AVERY SAKLAD ‘21

STAFF COLUMNIST SYDNEY ALLARD ‘21

One Click

Online porn consumption instigates harm to all women. From the time you learned about sex in grade school until wherever you find yourself now, I’m sure that you have come across porn. Perhaps you have even thought twice about your own consumption. In front of a computer screen, it can feel so easy to disconnect ourselves from our actions. Clicking a link seems inconsequential, completely unattached both physically and emotionally from something recorded or photographed by strangers. And besides, most people watch porn — even if they won’t talk about it or admit it. Pornography, which has become a rite of passage into adulthood for the sexually frustrated and curious youth, oftentimes becomes a habit. However, the availability and social normalization of porn doesn’t justify its consumption; it is the responsibility of every individual to evaluate for herself the morality of porn use, and in order to do so, it is imperative to understand its implications and consequences. Pornography disempowers every woman, not just the ones on film. Women in the pornography industry play predominantly submissive roles that glorify male power over female bodies, which leads to the unhealthy objectification of women outside of the realm of pornography. Primarily men, who are 543 percent more likely to watch porn than women, are encouraged by pornography to assess women’s bodies like slabs of meat, looking for prime cuts of breast and butt and thigh. And to be honest, many women’s bodies aren’t likely to live up to the physical

standards of professional industry actresses. Our breasts are uneven, and our stretch marks and acne scars are not concealed by makeup. A real-life woman doesn’t have time to think about alluring body movements or their most flattering angles. Porn essentially sets people up for disappointment because the nonrepresentational female bodies and over-exaggerated moaning create unrealistic scenarios of what it’s actually like to have sex with a woman. This in turn makes women feel inadequate for not living up to male fantasies of females in general. Contrarily, there are feminists who claim pornography can actually serve to empower women by promoting female sexuality and displaying realistic female bodies. While I, too, think that it is important to recognize that women are also human beings who have sexual urges and deserve to express themselves sexually, the fact of the matter remains that most females in the porn industry are not liberated by their work. Yes, there are empowering female porn sites that promote respectful content and support the women who work for them. Their videos promote sex that empowers women and opposes sexually abusive content. But the videos on the most popular sites — i.e. the ones frequented by men — focus on conventionally attractive female bodies and are commonly directed by and largely profitable for men to the benefit of male consumers. And while it’s true that female performers tend to make more income from a single video than SEE SAKLAD PAGE 6

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In Protest of Protests

Protests have gone from advocacy to undirected anger. Protests and acts of civil disobedience have the power to make history. Anti-Vietnam war protests served to show the world that many Americans did not support the war effort and ultimately led lawmakers to consider how to end the war altogether. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — one woman, Rosa Parks, took a personal risk to stand up against a discriminatory law. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that culminated in Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is the stuff of history books. Protesting is part of a great American tradition of speaking out for what we believe in, no matter the consequences. However, protests aren’t always so successful. The Occupy Wall Street movement that started in lower Manhattan’s financial district in 2011, for example, didn’t get anything done. Angry protesters camped out in Zuccotti Park to express disparities between the extremely rich one percent and everyone else, but no real change followed because the movement lacked a clear agenda and anger itself is not a policy recommendation. Protests need specific goals and deeply committed participants. Otherwise, they become nothing more than a mass gathering for the expression of amorphous anger. Most recently, the Women’s March on Washington following the inauguration of President Trump, in which I enthusiastically participated, was directionless. The march was more a mass expression of anger and frustration than a protest with a clear policy goal. Millions of Americans marched in cities across America, but what did they achieve? What, specifically, were they protesting? Catharsis can be important in its own right, and perhaps all that the Women’s March aimed to do was give participants an opportunity to express anger. But expressing emotion without a specific goal shouldn’t be confused with protesting. A national march millions strong with no clear direction is a missed opportunity. That isn’t to say that the Women’s March did nothing, but it certainly didn’t do as much as it could have. Protests should criticize a specific law or policy — like the Vietnam War draft, the bus segregation laws in Montgomery or the use of nuclear weapons. Only then do they have the potential to achieve practical aims. Protests against general issues like income inequality, gender inequality or simply dissatisfaction with the current president are nothing more than

expressions of anger. Anger can be channeled into positive change, but not without real thought and effort behind it. Another reason why modern protests more closely resemble angry masses than historical protesters is because protesting has become too commonplace, too easy. Protesting, marching, being angry about something is practically an average weekend activity for the whole family; it requires no real sacrifice or commitment anymore. And if protesting doesn’t require any personal thought about or commitment to the issues, then protesters are less likely to have shared and specific goals. Now, any disgruntled American with time to spare can be a protester, not just passionate activists with actionable recommendations. Last year, as many as 20 faculty members at Yale Law School canceled class to accommodate students who wished to protest the nomination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Not only is this a clear example of faculty members influencing students to take action in support of beliefs that may not necessarily be their own, but it also demeans the protest itself. We should protest about a select few things: things we are so passionate about that we are willing to miss class, work or whatever other obligations we might have. We should protest because we feel strongly enough that we want to, not because our friends are or because our professors have told us to. When protests are made so easy as to require little to no thought or sacrifice, they become less meaningful. And in this example, canceling class to accommodate protesters is particularly dangerous. In order to be effective activists, we must first be educated. We need to develop analytical skills to look at issues and think about real-world policy solutions. School is precisely where we should be developing these skills and talking through modern social and political issues. When we protest everything, we protest nothing. We are oversaturated with anger and dissatisfaction, so any organized protest with real potential gets lost in the chaos. Anger can drive political change, but not without organized and serious effort. Effective protests don’t just bemoan the current state of affairs — they offer alternative solutions. Effective protestors aren’t just anyone free on a given Saturday — they are people who are committed to the issues, and who are willing to make a sacrifice to effect change. The right to protest is a linchpin of our democracy; we should use it wisely.

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Wellness Center report shows decrease in high-risk drinking B y BERIT SVENSON The Dartmouth Staff

The Student Wellness Center has recently released the second report of a series addressing the reduction of high-risk drinking and related harms at the College. The report, entitled, “Expanding the Healthy Majority,” focuses on how to increase the number of Dartmouth students who do not report high-risk drinking in the two weeks before polling. According to the report, this portion of the student body is already a majority at 59 percent, “contrary to common assumptions.” According to the Student Wellness Center’s website, each report will use collected data and information to make recommendations to the Dartmouth community. The response rate to the survey on which this report was based was 26 percent. “High-risk drinking at colleges

has been an entrenched public health of campus may be reluctant to try these issue for at least 40 years,” Wellness new initiatives. Center director Caitlin Barthelmes said. “I feel like there is a large population “Dartmouth is no on campus that different.” won’t be affected by “High-risk drinking The most alternative spaces,” recent re port at colleges has been Lyke said. “I think r e c o m m e n d s an entrenched public they’ll be very hard “providing to persuade.” consistent alcohol- health issue for at least Since free and low-risk 40 years.” College President social options Phil Hanlon f o r s t u d e n t s, announced p a r t i c u l a r l y -CAITLIN BARTHELMES, the Moving during traditional STUDENT WELLNESS Dartmouth drinking times.” Forward plan over T h e s e s o c i a l CENTER DIRECTOR four years ago, options include Barthelmes noted events already that the Student offered by the Wellness Center College and sponsored by Collis After has continued to accumulate more data Dark, house communities, the Hopkins from campus partners so that the College Center for Performing Arts and the can better inform the public. Outdoor Programs Office. “We needed to give time to the Chris Lyke ’21 said that some sections community and [Moving Dartmouth

Forward’s] programs and projects so that they could take root and flourish,” Barthelmes said. Barthelmes added that Moving Dartmouth Forward prompted several of the initiatives and events that are currently in place, adding to the campuswide prevention plan. According to Student Wellness Center assessment and program evaluation coordinator Dawn Gillis, the Student Wellness Center is using gathered data from campus partners to increase communication across the separate initiatives. “This process has allowed people working on these initiatives to come together in a more structured way,” Gillis said. “We want to learn more deeply from each other and see if there are ways we can work together to further improve what we are working on.” While the College has taken steps to reduce high-risk drinking on campus, Barthelmes said that there

are misperceptions about Dartmouth’s drinking statistics. “Research shows that misperceptions can influence people’s behaviors,” Barthelmes said. “I’m hoping that this series is one step in supporting the correct narrative that the majority of students are choosing to drink in low-risk ways or not at all.” Gillis added that the Student Wellness Center hopes to focus more on the current campus climate in order to improve the well-being of more students. According to the Student Wellness Center’s website, members of the Dartmouth community “must be informed and involved in making positive change” to combat public health issues. The five reports seeking to do this will be released by the start of fall term, Barthelmes said. Ideally, she added, the reports will deepen the discussion surrounding high-risk drinking behavior and engage the Dartmouth community in this conversation.

Hanover parking prices increase by up to 200 percent FROM PARKING PAGE 1

according to Griffin. “Increasingly, downtown and up in the public streets of campus, more and more Dartmouth people, including faculty and staff, were choosing to meter feed,” Griffin said. She added that the old $10 meter violation fee was not enough of a deterrent for many, and for that reason, the cost for this violation has been bumped to $15. “Those meters are there as shortterm meters for a reason,” Griffin said. “They are for visitors to campus, folks coming to use [Baker-Berry Library.]” Griffin said that Dartmouth faculty and staff have parking available from the College and should not be using town parking during the day. Government professor Michelle Clarke uses the street meters during the day. “Parking is a massive problem and I think everyone knows it,” she said. “It’s impossible for me to find

parking anywhere nearby my office or where I teach at the times I arrive on campus.” According to Clarke, parking at the College suffers both from limited supply and lopsided distribution, with too many spaces located far from campus. Unless one arrives early in the morning before 7:30 a.m., one must usually park in one of several satellite lots around campus, she said. “I have to walk from a satellite lot carrying books and a laptop computer in the winter or the summer,” Clarke said. “It’s both inconvenient and leaves me in a position where I don’t come across as professional when I arrive.” On some days, Clarke said that she even found the satellite lots full. However, Clarke recognized the effect Dartmouth community members have on the availability of parking in the town overall. “I understand why the city is trying to push faculty out of those [parking] spaces,” she said. “I come to Hanover trying to frequent the businesses and I can’t find parking, and that’s partly

because of spillover from campus.” the cheap parking in the garage,” Apart from metered street parking, Griffin said. prices have also increased at the town The parking price changes also parking garage. According to Griffin, came with the introduction of under the previous parking plan, the ParkMobile to meters in downtown town had set aside certain spaces in Hanover, which allows users to the garage for pay for parking workers in town “What we discovered through a mobile on the l ower app. According was that a whole lot end of the pay to Griffin, it has scale that arrived of people — highly been used by over later in the day. paid folks, downtown 100 people in the H oweve r, t h e week since it has town found that executives and highly been enabled. others were also paid office staff — Griffin taking advantage said that the town were taking advantage reaction has been of the cheap parking within of the cheap parking in relatively muted, the garage and the garage.” but she noted that rolled back the the summer is a low cost. unique time of “ W h a t w e -JULIA GRIFFIN, HANOVER year for Hanover discovered was when much of the TOWN MANAGER t h at a wh o l e traffic through lot of people town comes from — highly paid visitors. folks, downtown executives and highly paid office Norwich resident Roger Danilek, staff — were taking advantage of who works at a software company

located on Main Street, said that the costs of parking are too high. “Coming from Norwich where the cost is zero dollars and zeros cents, [the cost in Hanover] is pretty high,” Danilek said, adding that, in Hanover, parking at the CVS lot is a common occurrence. The Norwich parking ordinance makes no mention of charging for any kind of parking in the town unless one violates time and zoning rules. Solving the town’s perennial parking issue is not as simple as building more lots, according to Ballard. He said there is no public land available for development into more parking spaces meaning that the town must contend with leasing lots from private owners, such as the now closed parking lot beside where the Everything But Anchovies restaurant used to be. “We just lost another parking lot we leased from a private owner this spring,” Ballard said. “Unfortunately, they wanted to renegotiate the terms of the lease and the town couldn’t afford to continue to lease the lot.”

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

SOPHOMORE SUMMER

FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2019

CECILIA MORIN ’21

TODAY 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Film: “Goldfinger,” sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts.

9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Viewing: “Public Astonomical Observing,” sponsored by the Department of Physics, Shattuck Observatory.

TOMORROW 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Performance: “Where Is The Mind When The Body Is Here?” sponsored by the Department of Theater, Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts.

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Film: “Ken Burns Presents Country Music,” sponsored by tthe Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts.

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Performance: “Praise! Or Back in the Fire,” sponsored by the Department of Theater, Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts.

sexual violence, and performers may have been coerced with money their male counterparts, ultimately, or job security to offer official it’s the men in the porn industry who consent. Furthermore, with the rising are making the big bucks, in part due to longevity of their careers. A popularity of amateur pornography, study conducted by data journalist porn stars’ wages are decreasing and competition Jo n M i l l w a r d for roles within found that t h e i n d u s t r y, w h i l e a ro u n d especially 70 percent of “Pornography among women, porn performers disempowers every is getting are women, 96 woman, not just the tougher. percent of the We re m o s t p r o l i f i c ones on film.” por nog raphy porn performers a femaleare male and a dominated woman’s por n career tends to be between only industr y that of fered women six and 18 months. Throughout substantial and stable paychecks the duration of their careers, and whose content enabled positive female performers may also face expressions of female sexuality and sexual abuse, a reality exacerbated a range of body types, I would be and revoltingly fetishized by a in full support. Until that becomes market eager for videos showcasing a reality, however, I believe that women being choked, hit or even female-centric porn sites forcefully penetrated during sex. contribute to the normalization While the women in these videos and perpetuation of a generally may technically have consented harmful industry that on the whole to these acts, they still promote disempowers women. FROM SAKLAD PAGE 4

When you click on a link to a video on a porn site, it may seem harmless, but it actually means offering implicit support of a whole host of issues that can be directly correlated to porn. That one click contributes to a global phenomenon of female marginalization and harm. That one click puts money into an industry’s wallet that will then fund the exploitation of women. That one click is your choice, and it means something.

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Review: ‘Ma’ fails to be a horror film, let alone a good horror film B y savannah miller The Dartmouth Staff

Typically, disappoinment has shaped my experience with horror movies. I watch them expecting to be scared and they wind up making me laugh more than some top-billed comedies. Incohesive plots, stupid characters and cliché twists are far too prevalent in most commercially successful horror films. I wish I could say this spring’s latest horror film, “Ma” was any different, but the most credit I can give the film is for its self-awareness — “Ma” knows just how campy it is. “Ma” toes the line between camp and gore to mixed results. The film tells the story of high schooler Maggie, played by Diana Silvers, who moves to her mother’s hometown halfway through the school year. Once there, Maggie quickly makes friends with a group of her peers with whom she solicits a stranger named Sue Ann to buy the group alcohol. This is where trouble begins for Maggie; Sue Ann becomes obsessed with the teenagers, realizing that they are the children of the bullies who traumatized her in high school. Sue Ann, who the teenagers nickname “Ma,” convinces the teenagers to drink in her basement so she can monitor them and make sure they “get home safe.” The teenagers eventually abandon her due to her erratic behavior and jolting mood swings, setting off a series of violent outbursts from Ma that culminate in a final showdown that is equal parts humorous and horrific. To begin with some of the film’s strengths, the premise of “Ma” — a 50-something isolated woman welcoming teenagers to party in her house — lends itself to humor, from

which director Tate Taylor does not shy away. The film juxtaposes the humor prevalent in the premise of the plot with the catastrophic effects humor can have to show that it isn’t always innocent; Ma’s obsession, the trigger for the whole disturbing plot, is the result of her trauma from the practical jokes her bullies played on her in her teens. This contrast allows the audience to find the film funny but also feel uncomfortable with that response, as the film constantly shows how a practical joke that some may view as humorous can actually wreak havoc on others. Actress Octavia Spencer, who stars as the titular character, gives a standout perfor mance. The film’s screenplay at times can feel a little immature, even if you take into consideration that much of the dialogue is supposed to be said by teenagers. Despite that, Spencer manages to give a nuanced performance that bestows humanity to a killer. Her quiet emotionality presents Ma as a multifaceted person who, despite her inexcusable violence, is intensely vulnerable and can feel love for her child and the animals she took care of. For instance, in one scene some teenagers call Ma a “loser” and throw a bottle against her window. The next scene is a shot of Spencer crying quietly, yet with extreme emotionality, as she is reminded of the bullying she endured in her past. “Ma” contains some relevant social elements that truly make this film feel well-suited for a young modern audience. For one, social media has a heavy presence throughout the film; Ma uses Facebook to find the names of the children after their first encounter

and uses it as a tool to plan out and commit violence, opening discussion about the topic of online privacy and safety in this digital age. Another social element the film touches on is the trope of the singular black character in films and TV shows. Ma makes a comment to Darrell (portrayed by Dante Brown), the only black high schooler in the central group of teenagers, that “there’s only room for one of us,” reminding the audience of the lack of representation in mainstream media. All this being said, there are still many ways in which “Ma” lacked originality and complexity, leaving me unsatisfied. Maybe it’s too much to ask, but just once I would like to encounter a horror movie whose characters are actually, well, smart. The characters’ unrealistic grasp on reality and frankly silly way of dealing with Ma make it harder to focus on the film and take the horror seriously. Some of the decisions made by Maggie and her crew are plainly idiotic. For example, none of the characters exercise any sort of reasonable caution when dealing with strangers — namely, Ma — in the first place. I found myself wondering why none of them asked any questions about Ma. Why didn’t they think it was weird for a middle-aged woman to be so interested in their social lives? How did they feel so secure in their decision to enter a stranger’s home and be completely inebriated and thus at their most vulnerable? They’re high schoolers — when I and most everyone I know was at that age or even younger, I knew about “stranger danger.” On top of the existing flaws in the premise of the film, one of the things I found the hardest to

get over while watching “Ma” was the questions it left unanswered — questions that could have potentially provided the movie with higher stakes and thrills to better capture the audience. Lingering questions about Ma’s backstory, like what happened to her husband who is alluded to in the film and why Ma did nothing to get revenge until now if it was so important to her, left me wondering whether the writers had simply gotten tired while writing the script and decided not to finish what they had started. Moreover, many plotlines were introduced but not resolved. For instance, the fallout from the high school incident that affected Ma and informs her interest in vengeance is never really fully addressed and played out. There’s no closure about whether Ma’s actions made her feel that justice was served and how her antics impacted her tormentors, making the foundation that the plot builds upon far too rudimentary. Moreover, the film’s narrative trajectory completely skips the time between the prank that traumatized Ma and the present, missing an opportunity to build a deeper understanding of Ma’s experiences and gain a deeper emotional investment in any of the characters. Lastly, “Ma” contains narrative elements that are stereotypical, short-sighted and even outright problematic. One of these elements worth mentioning is the question of Ma’s mental health. Mental health concerns are still heavily stigmatized, and intentional or not, “Ma” leans into the idea of mental disorders leading to or even causing violence. Ma’s fixation on her former tormentors makes it evident to the audience that she has

suffered extensive trauma, but that’s as far as the film goes. It labels Ma as someone with poor mental health but takes it no further, leaving her condition completely out of context and oversimplifying mental illness as a plot device and prescriptive label that guarantees and justifies her violent behavior. In reality, there are so many more elements that would need to be accounted for to make sense of Ma and her actions, which are far from common among those who’ve experienced trauma. Has Ma been to therapy? Despite her trauma, her violent escalation seems unrealistically rapid; has she been violent before? The film co-opts mental health as a cop-out, catch-all explanation for all of Ma’s behavior rather than building sufficient character development, perpetuating the inaccurate stigma surrounding mental illness. Considering how individuals suffering from mental illness are much more likely to be the victims of horrible crimes than actually commit them, it is detrimental to modern movements to be more accepting and understanding of mental health to create a character like Ma: a person who has experienced trauma and is combatting mental health issues who “goes crazy.” Whether it was intentional on the director’s part or not, after leaving the theater, it was Ma I felt bad for, not the kids that she had terrorized. For this reason, categorizing “Ma” as a horror movie may be incorrect. Sure, the film has its jump scares and is often unsettling, but overall, it seemed more like a psychological evaluation — albeit a flawed one — of a character who turns to violence when all other methods of surviving the cruel world fail.

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Two women’s rugby freshmen earn spots on U.S. PanAm team communicating with him and him coming to Nationals in the spring, The Dartmouth Staff getting to know the team as well as This past week, Dartmouth the coach.” Henrich and Ramsey were stellar women’s rugby stars Emily Henrich ’22 and Ari Ramsey ’22 were named additions to the Dartmouth team to the 2019 U.S. Pan American this year, according to captain Games Women’s Sevens team. Marin Pennell ’21. “They both added awesome After winning the Big Green’s first National Intercollegiate Rugby energy to the team. The whole Association National Championship freshman class showed up ready in their rookie seasons, the pair will to be a part of what we do here, represent the United States in Lima, and [Henrich] and [Ramsey] were Peru from July 26 through July 28. great examples of that,” Pennell The U.S. team is highly selective: wrote in an email. “They also added Henrich and Ramsey are the only knowledge and experience which two recruits on the 12-woman team helps us up our level of play as well who did not already compete for as physicality and speed, which are the U.S. at the HSBC World Rugby always great to have.” Ramsey was a key player in Sevens Series. The Pan American Games helping the Big Green win the were founded in 1948, and, NIRA Championship and finish according to their website, the second in the USA Rugby College games are “the heart of the 7s National Championship. She Olympic Movement across the scored the opening try in both the Americas.” The international event semifinal and final in the NIRA hosts 17 games, 41 nations and Championship, leading Dartmouth to its first title. 10,000 athletes and officials. In the spring, Ramsey’s try in The process of being named the Collegiate 7s to the exclusive semifinal helped Pan American “They both added Dartmouth reach roster was its best finish extensive for the awesome energy to in the event to two Dartmouth the team. The whole d at e. H e n r i ch p l a y e r s , a c c o r d i n g t o freshman class showed scored the other three tries in the Henrich. up ready to be a part semifinal in a “ O v e r of what we do here, strong effort from spring break, the Big Green’s I came out to and [Henrich] and dynamic duo. t h e t r a i n i n g [Ramsey] were great Henrich said center, as did she is currently [Ramsey], and examples of that.” in Califor nia we both played playing in the with the team, - MARIN PENNELL ’21 Wo m e n ’ s 1 5 s got to know the Super Series for coach better,” the No. 5 U.S. Henrich said. “It’s been a long process of team against the four other best

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Ari Ramsey is all smiles after making the U.S. Pan American Games Women’s Sevens team alongside Emily Henrich.

women’s rugby teams in the world: Canada, England, France and New Zealand. “Right now it’s really just looking to test where we place in the world, hoping to move up in rankings, so it’s been very competitive, a lot of hard work,” Henrich said. “It’s been special to have people’s families coming out, getting to meet fans from America because it’s really great to just grow the game of women’s rugby, especially within our own borders.” Henrich said she has previously played with multiple players on the PanAm roster in addition to Ramsey, including Kayla Canett and Ilona Maher. “I’ve been to some camps with

the U.S. team, so I’ve played with some of the other girls before. But a lot of them are older and more experienced, so it’s going to be really exciting to get to play with them, because a lot of them are like role models that I’ve looked up to before,” Henrich said. After the PanAm games conclude, Henrich said she will return home to spend a month with family before joining the USA Sevens Residency Program in Chula Vista, CA, which most of her PanAm teammates play for. Henrich said she will be taking the year off from Dartmouth for this program, which is designed to train players to reach peak performance in preparation for Olympic play. “I think it will be worth it,

especially leading up to Tokyo 2020. Hoping to make that team or just helping the other girls prepare for it is a huge honor,” Henrich said. As Henrich trains in California, her presence will be missed on and off the field back in Hanover, according to Pennell. Henrich won the MA Sorensen Award this past season as the top player in collegiate women’s rugby. “Of course we will miss her,” Pennell wrote. “She’s fantastic to play with, but that also goes beyond the field and she will be missed as a member of our [Dartmouth Women’s Rugby] family. But we’ll be cheering her on loudly and excited for all she’ll have the opportunity to experience.”