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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019

Waste diversion goals not yet met for 2019 By jennie rhoDES The Dartmouth Staff

The usual whispers of “Dartmouth doesn’t recycle” and “Compost just gets trashed” have come around again this summer. For years, these rumors have circulated around campus. So what does recycling and composting at Dartmouth actually look like?

In 2017, College President Phil Hanlon set forth sustainability goals with the College’s Our Green Future Report. The report said the College aims to improve its rate of diversion of waste away

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The town of Hanover will hold a formal public hearing on July 23 to deliberate on the College’s request to amend the west end construction site plan after an excavation error halted construction of the new Center for Engineering and Computer Science earlier this month, according to Hanover town

Prouty raises record-breaking $3.3 million for cancer center

from landfills to 50 percent of our waste stream by this year, 80 percent by 2025 and 100 percent by 2035, according to FO&M contracts process coordinator Susan Weider.

However, according to Weider, Dartmouth is only doing an “okay job” at diverting waste. She said that the College as a whole can do much more to improve its waste diversion.

According to data collected by the Sustainability Office, the College only diverted 33 percent of its waste during SEE COMPOST PAGE 3

Hanover sets date for hearing to deliberate new excavation plan

By LAUREN SEGAL

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

manager Julia Griffin. At the hearing, the Hanover planning board will decide whether to approve the College’s proposal.

Last month, west end construction was halted after workers dug a 70-foot-deep hole 10 feet and eight inches south of the intended location.

In a July 2 letter to the Hanover SEE HOLE PAGE 3

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By ABIGAIL MIHALY The Dartmouth Staff

Students and community members gathered last Friday and Saturday to participate in the 38th annual Prouty, an athletic event which raises money for the DartmouthHitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center. This year, participants and donors raised a record breaking total of over $3.3 million for the cancer center.

In addition to the main event, the 100-mile “Century Ride,” participants could bike, walk or run a range of distances, all ending at Richmond Middle School in Hanover. Participants could also row or golf for the Prouty.

The Prouty Ultimate, a 200mile bike race, began on Friday while the majority of events took place Saturday. The total number of participants and volunteers has not yet been released by the cancer center.

Fourteen Greek houses had teams participating in athletic events, for a total of 240 Greek-affiliated students participating. Over 54,500 dollars was raised by Greek houses. Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority had the highest number of participants at 37, and Theta Delta Chi fraternity raised the most funds, more than $30,000, for the cancer center.

In addition, almost 200 students volunteered for the event. Volunteers helped

with a variety of activities, including manning check-in booths, painting kids’ faces and cheering participants on as they crossed the finish line.

A string of flags lined the last few meters of the race at RMS, and a colorful balloon arch and a cheer squad of volunteers ringing cowbells and waving pompoms announced the finish line. The finish line area at RMS also housed a large tented seating area and catered food. The Wolf 95.3 and 107.1 radio station were set up near the entrance, and a tent with seating and live music was situated further toward the back of the field.

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Rally on Green protests ICE and detention camps Shortly before 7 p.m., protestors began gathering on the Green with The Dartmouth Staff banners containing phrases such as Following reports of inhumane “Close the Camps Now,” “VT for conditions within immigration Cage-Free Children” and “No Tent detention camps along the southern Prisons for Kids Seeking Asylum.”

U.S. border that detailed children One demonstrator brought a cage being subjected to overcrowding, constructed out of papier-mâché, poor sanitation and inadequate access which she sat in for the duration of to food and medical care, Hanover the rally. joined 700 cities nationwide to host a Jetter said at the protest that “Lights for Liberty” protest last Friday various groups within the Upper evening. Nearly Valley actively 300 Dartmouth “The problem is right opposed ICE well students, faculty before the idea member s and here, and the solution of organizing U p p e r Va l l ey is right here. It’s our the protest r e s i d e n t s materialized. responsibility to be assembled on the N a m e l y, s h e Green to take part active. We the people referenced in the rally, which are America, and we efforts by Upper included speeches Valley activists from l o c a l have to do whatever from the United activists, musical we can to stop this Valley Interfaith perfor mances Project, Migrant and a candlelight travesty.”

Justice and other vigil. organizations T h e r a l l i es -ALEXIS JETTER, ENGLISH to distribute additionally i n f o r m at i o n a l p r o t e s t e d PROFESSOR pamphlets at train t h e Tr u m p stations, hold administration’s teach-ins and announcement last week that forums and coordinate response teams I m m i g r a t i o n a n d C u s t o m s to assist undocumented immigrants Enforcement would launch a series who have been detained by ICE. of federal raids last weekend, with “This didn’t start out of nothing,” the goal of targeting and arresting Jetter said in an interview after the approximately 2,000 undocumented protest. “There’s all this anger, all immigrants. According to several this fear for what’s happening to all news reports, these raids did not occur these children right now. We have this on the days promised by the Trump moment, and we have to do something administration. in this moment.”

English professor Alexis Jetter In her opening remarks, Jetter and First Congregational Church emphasized that while New of Thetford refugee support team Hampshire and Vermont may seem chair Sherry Merrick organized the far removed from the issues on the Hanover protest, with its sponsors America’s southern border, ICE including the Dartmouth Latin officers are present and active in the American, Latino and Caribbean Upper Valley. She noted that the Studies program, Coalition for national ICE tip-line is based out Immigration Reform and Equality at of Vermont, and the arrest of local Dartmouth, the First Congregational immigrant dairy farmers occurs Church of Thetford and the United nearly every week.

Valley Interfaith Project.

“The problem is right here, and

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the solution is right here,” Jetter said. perpetrating in our names … and “It’s our responsibility to be active. with our tax dollars.”

Barnes added that as the 2020 We the people are America, and we have to do whatever we can to stop presidential election nears, he hopes more politicians and presidential this travesty.”

Many speakers throughout the candidates will visit the camps and evening echoed Jetter’s comments, take concrete actions to close them.

Several Dartmouth students and calling attention to the arrests of three immigrant dairy farmworkers activists from the Upper Valley took — Ubertoni Aguilar-Montero, the stage to express their frustrations Mario Diaz-Aguilar, and Ismael with the Trump administration’s Mendez-Lopez — on June 23 at a immigration policies. Additionally, Walmart in Newport, Vermont. The they encouraged crowd members to men are currently incarcerated at attend a town hall meeting with the the Strafford County Jail in Dover, Hartford Select Board on Tuesday, New Hampshire, where they are where they planned to speak out facing deportation. Donations to the against the collaboration between Vermont Freedom Bail Fund, which police officers and ICE. The night closed with a seeks to bail out immigrants arrested

by ICE, were collected during the performance from the Rockapellas rally. Organizers also raised funds for as protestors lit candles in solidarity the Refugee and Immigrant Center with Lights for Liberty vigils across for Education and Legal Services, as the country.

While the majority of protestors well as the immigrant and refugee support group of the New Hampshire in attendance were older residents Conference United Church of Christ. of the Upper Valley, many crowd “This is an issue affecting our members expressed gratitude for the neighbors, and we need to start acting participation of younger activists as speakers at the like it,” Thetford rally. r e s i d e n t a n d “This is an issue “It’s activist Emma affecting our very encouraging Glazer said in to have people her address to neighbors, and we come together — the crowd. She need to start acting especially people stressed that from multiple t h e r e a r e a t like it.” generations,” least as many U p p e r Va l l ey ICE detention -EMMA GLAZER, resident Dave facilities in New Chapman said.

Hampshire and THETFORD RESIDENT AND “I think this had Vermont as there ACTIVIST a great turnout.” are in several In an larger states. interview after New Hampshire civil rights lawyer Ken Barnes gave a personal account the protest, Barnes noted that efforts of the conditions in child detention of Upper Valley activists to speak camps along the southern border, out against ICE and immigration citing experiences from his recent visit detention facilities will continue to the detention facility in Homestead, beyond the protest. He encouraged anyone concerned about ICE and FL. “We had been told that the guards the camps at the southern border to threatened these children that if they be vocal and take action.

“I think the way to do something did engage with us witnesses at all, that they would be written up and about this issue is to organize, to they would stay longer in the prison,” talk to each other … to talk to your Barnes said. “We came to bear witness congresspeople and newspapers,” … to bring visibility to these kids, to Barnes said. “I don’t want to stop until shine a light on the terrible human I’ve made the point that anybody can rights violations that our country is do this.”

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Students and staff discuss recycling FROM COMPOST PAGE 1

the 2018 fiscal year. This was a decline from the 2016 fiscal year, during which 51 percent of waste was diverted.

On campus, three divisions — FO&M, Dartmouth Dining Services, and the sustainability office — are working towards improving these numbers, according to sustainability office intern Michelle Wang ’21.

“While it does not appear as such, people are trying hard behind the scenes,” she said.

The waste disposal process starts with DDS, according to Weider. For example, there are composting and recycling bins at every dining hall on campus.

Weider said the biggest problem FO&M faces is contamination in composting and recycling bins on campus.

“Commodities are not willing to accept contaminated recycled material,” she said. “The global market’s willingness to accept contaminated material has dropped.”

Weider added that collectors used to accept materials that were 10 to 15 percent contaminated, but they are no longer willing to accept material contaminated at that high of a rate.

“If our stuff is contaminated, we pay a higher price,” she said.

Similarly, composted material that contains any materials other than food waste is not eligible to be composted, according to Weider.

She said the contamination is partly due to the confusion caused by the College changing the rules of what can be recycled and composted.

“There is not consistent signage [about what to compost or recycle] because there are no consistent rules,” Weider said. “FO&M says

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the rules are always changing. At one point, the contamination rates were so bad there was no recycling or composting.”

She added that the College currently employs a zero sort waste recycling policy, according to Weider.

Zero sort recycling allows paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and metal cans to be collected together in one bin, according to the website for Casella, Dartmouth’s recycling and trash service.

“When zero sort first came into being, it encouraged students to recycle everything,” she said. “But that is not the case anymore.”

Because students are throwing non-recyclable waste into the recycling bins, the materials become contaminated and ineligible to be recycled, according to Weider. She said that these materials instead go to the landfill.

“We have relied on [zero waste] for a few years now and as we’ve seen it’s failed us,” sustainability office intern Jess Chen ’21 said.

“Something needs to change if the recycling system is not working.”

Additionally, she said there have been issues with composting on campus, according to Weider.

She said students were once able to compost both food waste and compostable to-go containers, but they can no longer do so.

“Students would confuse which containers were able to be composted and which were not,” she said.

According to Collis manager Michael Ricker, students still throw out the disposable to go containers at Collis because they have “compost” written on the side of the container.

“It says compost on the side, but cannot be composted, which can be

an issue,” he said.

According to Wang, the incorrect disposal of containers is one of the “worst things” students actually see, and it gets them thinking about all the waste they don’t see.

“Students started Green2Go because, as students, we get angriest about what we see,” she said.

Chen said the most difficult part of recycling in general is getting students to change their habits.

“The hardest thing to change is human behavior,” Chen said.

“Students have this perception that Dartmouth doesn’t recycle, so they don’t recycle. The sustainability office is constantly thinking about how we can get the word out that Dartmouth recycles.”

Chen added that she believes that Dartmouth needs to change its recycling system, but also focus on reducing waste in general.

“Recycling is a reflexive solution to [the] actual problem of producing waste,” she said.

Wang said she is hopeful that waste disposal will improve on campus in the coming years.

“I think in four years, we will see an increase in sorting, because [the] freshman class will be taught to do that on [Dartmouth Outing Club First Year Trips],” she said.

She advised students to be considerate about what they throw away in the trash.

“Don’t throw away Green2Go,” Wang said. “DDS is actually losing money by using the Green2Go program. Carry a reusable water bottle. Get a spork. These are not very glamorous things, but they are simple.”

Wang is an employee of T he Dartmouth.

Hole to remain as is

Hanover director of planning, zoning and codes Robert Houseman said.

The amended proposal outlines the planning board, the College’s associate vice president of planning, construction effects the excavation error will have and design John Scherding wrote on the initial construction plan, but the that after careful evaluation of their only significant change is the 10 foot options, the College is proposing to eight inch deviation from the intended move the building into the excavated building location, according to Griffin. site, despite its deviation from the Houseman noted, however, that this intended location. The College now will affect the grading in the driveway awaits confirmation from the Hanover and the garage for the new building, planning board to continue with the move the outer edge of the southernproject. Scherding said the mishap facing wall of the building toward has delayed construction by six weeks Wheelock Street and extend the connecting bridge enclosure to the so far. building to the “I really can’t north by over 10 predict how feet. that will affect “We will certainly “The the completion work with the planning board of the building. contractor to improve wants to make We will certainly sure that all the work with the the schedule and how issues surrounding contractor to much we’re able to impact to the improve the neighborhood, s ch e d u l e a n d improve the schedule [including] how much we’re is really too soon to adequate lighting, able to improve predict.” lighting impact the schedule is to the abutters, really too soon layout of to predict. As it -JOHN SCHERDING, pedestrian ways stands today, we and stairways have a six week ASSOCIATE VICE delay,” he said.

PRESIDENT OF PLANNING, grading of the road and all the Griffin said CONSTRUCTION AND other issues they the decision to spent time on revise the site plan DESIGN during the initial came after the review, [are] still College weighed its options and consulted with people adequate and meet the needs of the involved with different aspects of the site and the community and abide by our regulations,” Houseman said. construction project.

Intheperiodof inactiveconstruction, “The College has spent the last month working with the contractors, Griffin noted that there has been little subcontractors, engineers, architects effect on the town. She said, however, and surveyors to figure all this out, that the College is trying to resolve the and talk about what options they had issue as quickly as possible to minimize available to them and then to make a the cost to the College and the project.

While both Houseman and Griffin decision in terms of how they prefer to move forward,” Griffin said. “And anticipate that the modifications will the decision was to move forward be minimal, the halt in progress may with a revision of the site plan to affect its estimated date of completion.

“I think the only real impact is going acknowledge that the building was going to move south 10 feet eight to be in the timeline for completion,” Griffin said. “This is probably going inches.”

On July 9, the College had an to set the College back a couple of informal discussion with the planning months, at least in terms of their board to make them aware of the original timeline for completion of need for modification and outline how the project because they’ve lost critical these changes would impact the site, time.”

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THE DARTMOUTH OPINION

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Opinion Asks: Immigration

Opinion writers offer their thoughts on the recent ICE protest.

We asked opinion columnists for their thoughts on whether Dartmouth should advocate against the Trump administration’s immigration policy in light of last week’s protest on the Green.

The recent Lights for Liberty demonstration is a reminder to the entire Dartmouth community of our obligation as citizens of this country to speak out against injustice.

Protestors were right to rally against the Trump administration’s immoral, illegal, unconstitutional policy of detaining asylum seekers. These asylum seekers are not the rapists and criminals of Trump’s announcement speech. The ACLU reports that they are frequently innocent women and children fleeing from violence. These refugees have a human dignity protected by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This includes rights to free practice of religion, basic living standards and due process that human detention systematically violates. America must reverse course and stop oppressing innocents without a home or a voice.

Dartmouth must raise its own voice to defend the rights of the victims of international violence.

The entire Dartmouth community must take a principled stand supporting the “foreigners” that are so integral to our own international community before the Trump administration comes knocking on our door. Dartmouth’s values of tradition and inclusion are at stake. If Dartmouth truly wants to be an international institution with an international reach that stands for diversity, the time for action is now to stand up to inhumane injustice. Alongside institutions like the ACLU, Dartmouth can forcefully push for the reforms America needs and our community depends upon. -Steven Adelberg ’21

The real problem with immigration policy is that no one wants to talk about it. We hear plenty about it, but neither side has shown much interest in real solutions. On the Trumpian right, you’ve got chants of “build the wall” — or more disturbingly, “send her back” — along with other assorted xenophobia.

Watching the last Democratic primary debate, you’d half think the candidates favored an open border. It appears that some large sector on the left of the Democratic party is against immigration enforcement — hence the calls to abolish ICE. The reality, of course, is that both these extreme positions will lead nowhere. We need a workable solution for the border.

I understand where the left’s frustration with immigration enforcement comes from. Most undocumented immigrants are simply looking to work hard and create a better life for themselves and for their families. Their dream is the American Dream — we should make that dream achievable for as many people as possible.

But there are many people who want that dream.

That reality makes some sort of immigration enforcement unavoidable. So let’s stop squabbling about walls and start focusing on a real fix for the border. That means a fairer, more equitable system of admission into the country. It means taking asylum claims seriously. And it’s not one-sided. From the left, a fair solution would retroactively legalize those law-abiding, productive members of society who are currently here illegally. And from the right, a solution would integrate robust, effective border enforcement. With a fairer visa system installed, that security would be far less unjust than it often seems today. Immigration reform is possible. But first, we need to set aside the partisan bickering and focus on real solutions. -Matt Magann ’21

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Let’s Paint the Town Green Let students use DBA in Hanover.

Food is a needlessly controversial topic at of DBA which ultimately go to waste. This problem Dartmouth. Still, there seems to be a strong could be avoided by presenting students with more consensus against the current state of campus alluring options. Opening up the town to students dining. For the most part, this hostility stems would give them more control over the money from the limited food options that students find Dartmouth orders them to convert to DBA. themselves left with. To be clear, this scarcity of A large increase in students spending their variety should not be wholly surprising, as we are, money in town could also improve Hanover’s after all, inhabiting a small New England town. local economy. The town’s restaurants would be However, the situation could be vastly improved in able to fully exploit the great untapped resource of a way that benefits everyone involved. The solution Dartmouth’s large student body. In the last few years, is simple: Dartmouth meal plans should be usable a number of local staples, such as EBA’s, the Canoe in Hanover’s restaurants.

Club and the Orient have had to close their doors.

Extending the meal plan to Hanover’s The influx of capital from Dartmouth students restaurants — meaning that one could use DBA at, would help to preserve the town’s remaining say, Dirt Cowboy — would serve to mollify student landmarks and improve the sorry state of the High concerns over dining options. Meals would no Street. longer be restricted to the Class of ’53 Commons, The College itself has reason to support this the Collis Café or the Courtyard Café. Many idea. Even with the student body at its current students desire to escape size, the school’s facilities from Dartmouth Dining “Opening up the town appear to be under significant Services. This is made clear strain. There are constantly by the number of people who to students would give extensive queues leading from spend half an hour waiting in them more control all of the on-campus dining a queue for KAF. Extending options. Although this is one the meal plan would give over the money factor that led the current students a greater ability to Dartmouth orders administration to firmly reject choose off-campus dining them to convert to proposals for expansion, and an easy escape route from future administrations may DBA.” cafeteria-style food. not share the same view. If the However, Dartmouth can school ends up expanding the only expect this solution to size of the student population have measurable benefits for student life or the during future administrations, the situation will College if it increases traffic at the town’s restaurants only become more untenable. Although it is not substantially. This would occur because there is an a permanent solution, a degree of outsourcing is important difference in student perceptions of the already necessary to help the school function more purpose of DBA and that of actual currency. To smoothly. Hanover can help ease the pressure on many undergraduates, DBA is deemed the currency Dartmouth Dining Services. of necessity that students are forced to use while on Some may see this solution as a pipe dream — campus. The notion of DBA is also inextricably DDS is not known for its fondness of competition. linked to food. These students frequently view DDS can be expected to oppose this proposal to the American dollar, on the other hand, as firmly the extent that it exposes them to competition that grounded in reality, with an intrinsic value that is can harm their bottom line. However, there are never taken for granted. It is seen as the currency few downsides to diversifying the dining options of luxury, of treating oneself. Students are thereby available to Dartmouth students. It is an idea that less likely to eat in town when each off-campus has already been tried by a number of universities. meal is considered a splurge. Allowing DBA use Vanderbilt, for instance, allows its undergraduates in Hanover would normalize student perceptions, to eat at select restaurants throughout Nashville. increasing foot-traffic. This in turn would allow the Students generally enjoy the program and it has run College to capitalize on the potential benefits of successfully for at least ten months now. Dartmouth allowing students to use their dining dollars outside should expect to enjoy similar benefits if it could of dining halls. institute a similar program.

With students forced to lock up large sums of Dartmouth is not there yet. But if the College money in their DBA, it seems only fair to offer wants to lend some slack to its strained facilities, them as much variety as possible and allow them offer more food options and build a healthier local to spend their DBA wherever they wish. Many economy, the solution is to let the students loose on students finish each term with substantial surpluses the town.

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Students and community members volunteer for 38th Prouty FROM PROUTY PAGE 1

Tents near the field offered activities such as yoga and face-painting. Field games like cornhole were set up outside.

Participants of all ages arrived at the finish. Some parents carried kids on their shoulders. Other participants walked dogs or pushed wheelchairs across the finish. Bikers rode tandem with family and friends, or pulled stroller attachments behind them. One participant crossed the finish line on a unicycle.

Messages dedicated to family and friends who had passed away to cancer, written on T-shirts as well as on yellow ribbons tied to the flags lining the race’s finish, reminded attendees of the purpose behind the event.

“You get so emotional just looking at them,” said Michelle Schembri, a volunteer and Hanover resident.

John Fitzgerald ’21 organized the Greek house involvement for this

year’s Prouty. The role is passed down as the main responsibility of the Phi Delta Alpha fraternity summer vice president, according to Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald worked to encourage Greek houses to make teams and organize the student volunteer shifts for the event.

“It’s such a cool event because so many people get so involved,” Fitzgerald said.

Hannah McGrath ’21 said her Greek house, Alpha Xi Delta sorority, encouraged participation in the Prouty. Sophia Koval ’21, another member of AXiD, said that she believes the Prouty is an important event for Greek houses in the summer. Both McGrath and Koval learned about the race through their house, but said that cancer research and care was also an important and personal issue that they were excited to be able to support.

For Koval, being on-campus this summer meant missing a childhood cancer survivor camp she has

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attended for the last 13 years. Koval Hampshire and her family has been said she is not a cancer survivor, but attending the Prouty every year since was diagnosed with severe aplastic 1986. This year, the family walked the anemia when she was six years 3k race together, wearing matching neon shirts old. Although she with puff-paint couldn’t be at the announcing camp this year, “It’s such a cool how long she said she was event because so each member happy to help by had been volunteering at the many people get so participating Prouty. involved.” in the Prouty.

“Anything I can Her kids — do to support the who have been cancer center here. -JOHN FITZGERALD ’21 coming every They need all the year since they help they can get,” were born — McGrath said.

Many participants traveled in have participated in a variety of ways, teams of family or friends. Some had from being pushed in baby carts to matching T-shirts, donning messages biking.

Hoyt said she and her family do like “Riding 4 My Dad,” “Sally’s Soldiers, in loving memory of our the Prouty in honor of her mother darling Sally” and “Team Grammie and grandmother, both of whom forever.” Others wore T-shirts and passed away from cancer. Hoyt said jerseys from previous years of the she feels cancer is in her own path.

“I want to find a cure,” Hoyt said.

Prouty.

Elizabeth McKeen of Bow, New Tish Hoyt of Campton, New

Hampshire also walked the Prouty this year, and said that although the family has been participating for many years, this year was special because her father recently passed away from leukemia. Her husband, Brian McKeen, said he enjoyed the event because of the camaraderie with fellow participants.

“It’s so big that no matter what you’re biking, you’re always with people,” he said.

McKeen said that he appreciated the presence of professional support and snacks along the way to encourage participants, as well as food and activities at the finish line, and said the event had a “great atmosphere.”

Schembri said the Prouty is a great way to get involved in a widespread issue.

“So many people are impacted and touched by cancer. It’s a really nice way to try and make a difference in people’s lives who you know and love and care for,” she said.

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Review: Aretha Franklin’s musicality astounds in ‘Amazing Grace’ B y Madison Wilson The Dartmouth Staff

“Amazing Grace,” the 2018 movie about the two days spent recording Aretha Franklin’s bestselling live album of the same name, showed at the Hopkins Center for the Arts last weekend. The movie is a true feat, resurrecting footage taken at the event in 1972 but unavailable until now due to technical problems in which video failed to sync with the sound. Finally, in this incredible film, we are able to see the Queen of Soul perform her album “Amazing Grace” at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles.

Full stop, the film is beautiful: not necessarily in its visuals but in what it conveys. It details the two evenings on which Franklin performed this album, backed by the Southern California Community Choir with a live audience. We see the choir, the crowd,

Franklin’s father and even a cameo by Mick Jagger. The camera work is fairly basic, panning between Franklin, the choir behind her and the audience in front. Clearly, camera work is not the main focus, but the visuals allow us to approach Franklin’s music with greater empathy and understand her artistic process.

A few shots stand out, however.

Throughout the film, the camera looks up at Franklin playing the piano from below, almost deifying her. Occasionally, the view moves to splitscreen between Franklin and the audience, and we get to watch in real time Aretha’s effect on both the choir and the attendees. While this primarily emphasizes Franklin’s astounding influence, it also serves to break up visual monotony and create a dynamic film.

The music is, of course, stunning, particularly when Aretha and reverend James Cleveland improvise or when

Franklin rouses the choir to sing an extended encore. Particularly notable are performances of the title song, “Amazing Grace,” opening number Marvin Gaye’s “Wholy Holy” and the classic gospel track “Mary, Don’t You Weep.”

The live show communicates how powerful the Southern California Community Choir is, as well as how integral they and Cleveland — also the choir’s director and founder — were to the record. The power and foundation of the choir allow Franklin’s voice to play with the melody of the music.

She rings clear above the choir’s strong harmonies, creating the vocal contrast that carries both nights of the performance.

Aretha Franklin live is nothing short of rousing, almost spiritual. She doesn’t need to dance, to sway or even to really perform to connect with her audience.

After “Amazing Grace,” Cleveland sits with his head between his knees,

sobbing. Occasionally, the camera zooms in on a particular audience member, showing them laughing, crying, dancing. The reactions to the music run the gamut but regardless of the song, the audience could not stand still. Watching their reactions as an audience member myself was an immersive experience, allowing me to understand their reactions even 50 years removed from the event itself.

A speech by Franklin’s father proved one of the most touching features of the film. On night two, Cleveland details Franklin’s history in music, discussing how, from a young age, her talent was obvious. He cannot help but break into tears, and in a later shot, he wipes the sweat from her forehead as she plays the piano.

While barebones, the visuals show us Franklin’s fundamental conflict: effort versus natural talent. We see the sweat dripping down her forehead and jaw, then we see her stand at the

podium, eyes closed, notes almost unfathomably high coming out of her voice box as natural as speaking. This film provides insight into the process of artistic creation and the sheer sweat required to create the greatest gospel record of all time.

Why has this movie taken almost 50 years to grace the silver screen?

While there were technological challenges with the film and audio, fundamentally, Franklin herself did not want anyone to see this film, suing producer Alan Elliot at multiple occasions to prevent its release. Why is unclear, but through watching this film, we can see her discomfort with applause, her seeming lack of joy — but then, she opens her mouth, and it all goes away.

Although many forces have obstructed the film’s journey to the screen, it provides insightful commentary into the artistry of the Queen of Soul.

Weekend Picks Three movies you should see this weekend

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Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back

42nd Street — The Musical

Tonight, 7:30 p.m. at Spaulding Auditorium in the Hopkins Center for the Arts

Saturday, 7:30 p.m. at Spaulding Auditorium in the Hopkins Center for the Arts

Sunday, 4 p.m. at Loew Auditorium in the Hopkins Center for the Arts

Director Jay Craven presents his latest scifi thriller, where he imagines a near-future world whose workforce is dominated by genetic enhancement technology. Craven forces us to confront the question: “What does it mean to be human?”

A Q&A with the director will follow.

In the second installment of the original “Star Wars” trilogy, Luke Skywalker journeys to train with Jedi Master Yoda as the Imperial forces continue to hunt down the Rebels. Darth Vader attempts to lure Luke into the sinister vice of the dark side.

A 1933 Hollywood film turned Tony award winning Broadway show, “42nd Street — The Musical” features a cast of over 50 singers and dancers in a musical spectacle that takes place at the height of the Great Depression.

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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

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Four men’s rowers to compete in 2019 World U23 championship B y KIRBY PHARES The Dartmouth

Four Dartmouth rowers will compete in the 2019 World Rowing Under-23 Championship next week in Sarasota, Florida. US Rowing named two lightweights, Cooper Tuckerman ’22 and Max Marchiony ’22, as well as two heavyweights, Mark Levinson ’20 and Daniel Perez ’20, to the 72-person roster to compete from July 24-28.

During their freshman season, Tu c k e r m a n a n d M a r c h i o n y regularly raced in the first varsity 8+ boat throughout the season and were on the 4V- boat in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship in early June, which placed third.

This past season, Levinson helped the Dartmouth heavyweight team to a second-place finish in multiple races. Levinson was versatile, competing in V8, 2V, 3V and 4V boats over the season. After not competing in his sophomore year, Perez moved from the lightweight to the heavyweight team for the 2018-2019 season.

Throughout the season, he notched various first, second and third place finishes, primarily in the 4V boat.

Levinson and Perez will race together in the Men’s Pair Race.

After the end of the spring season, the two stayed in Hanover to train at the Dartmouth Development Camp. They cemented their spot in the World Championship with their strong performance in the 2019 U23 Trials in New Jersey from July 7 – July 10. On the final day, the pair came in first in the Men’s Two with the time of 6:48.95, edging out teams from Greenwich,

Connecticut (6:51.19) and Seattle, and try to do what you can to match Washington (6:54.45). up with the guys.”

In Sarasota, Marchiony will race Preparation for the U23 trials in the U23 Lightweight Two, along and World Championship required with Collin Hay of the University of time and dedication, according Delaware. Originally from Weston, to Marchiony. In addition to his Massachusetts, Marchiony went summer job at a moving company home to train for the trials with the owned by a former rower, he had Riverside Boat Club in Cambridge. 10 to 12 practices a week on the Marchiony and his teammate won water, and one to three practices the final race with a time of 6:47.26, off of the water. Along with his two seconds ahead of a Greenwich partner and coach, he practiced crew (6:49.33). Despite the trials twice a day, first from 5:30 a.m. to being filled with high pressure and 7 a.m. then again from 5:15 p.m. stress, Marchiony was able to keep to 7 p.m. in the evening. Marchiony calm. spoke highly of his and his partner’s “It all comes down to trials, so commitment to the process. there’s a high level of commitment, “ We a r e d e d i c a t i n g o u r which was incredible. It was a great summers to [the World Rowing atmosphere,” Marchiony said.

Championship] … We are fully Rather than compete in the invested”, he said.

U23 trials, Tuckerman took a Although summer training different route to has taken place qualifying for the “It is a privilege to away from Championship, Dartmouth, a c c e p t i n g a n be able to go to Tuckerman and i n v i t a t i o n t o [Sarasota] and be a Marchiony’s compete at the s h o r t ti m e at part of the best your Selection Camp Dartmouth had i n P r i n c e t o n , country has to offer a great impact New Jersey. and wear the stars and on their success After classes in this process. ended in June, stripes.”

Marchiony said Tuckerman left t h at t h e p a s t for Princeton, - COOPER TUCKERMAN ’22 season taught where he was him how to selected out of face adversity 15 rowers to be and helped him one of the four in the US lightweight mature. men’s quadruple skulls crew.

However, without the school Throughout the Dartmouth season, component this summer, the rowers Tuckerman practices and races with are able to focus more on the sport, the same teammates; however, at according to Tuckerman. the selection camp, he said he had “ I t ’s a d i f f e r e n t t y p e o f a completely new experience. commitment [at Dartmouth] Tuckerman said his strategy … The priority is always in the coming into camp was “to take an classroom. Whereas, here, in the open mindset to it … really relax summer, the priority is getting really

fast in the boat and winning the World Championship, and that’s what we are going to try to do,” Marchiony said.

Dartmouth’s four rowers faced a significant amount of competition to make the team, with hundreds of rowers competing for a spot on the US roster for the 2019 U23 World Championship. After months of training building up to the races, the rowers said they feel honored and excited to race in the championship.

“It’s kind of like a dream I didn’t know I had,” Marchiony said.

Tu c k e r m a n e c h o e d t h i s sentiment.

“It is a privilege to be able to

go to [Sarasota] and be a part of the best your country has to offer and wear the stars and stripes,” Tuckerman said.

Looking to next season, men’s lightweight head coach Dan Roock said he believes Tuckerman and Marchiony will have a great impact on the lightweight team with the experience they are earning this summer. The Big Green has even more incoming talent, as freshman David Edington ’23 of the heavyweight team was named to the U19 US National team. He will compete in the 2019 World Rowing Junior Championship in Tokyo, Japan in early August.