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Judge grants extension in PBS lawsuit mediation The dartmouth senior Staff
A federal judge yesterday granted an extension in t h e m e d i at i o n b e t we e n Dartmouth and nine plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit contending that College officials failed to act on allegations of sexual misconduct against three former psychological and brain sciences professors. In a joint court filing made on Friday, both parties in the case, Rapuano et. al. v. Trustees of Dartmouth
C o l l e g e, r e q u e s t e d a n extension to the stay in litig ation until Aug. 5. Judge Landya McCafferty subsequently approved the request on Monday. The pause in legal proceedings was previously set to end either on July 31 or three days after the end of mediation. The mediation process began last Wednesday at the request of both parties. According to the filing, the parties began meeting SEE MEDIATION PAGE 3
Student accessibility services at College to see changes in fall B y Rachel pakianathan The Dartmouth Staff
As the national demand for student accessibility services increases, so have efforts to make Dartmouth more accommodating for students with disabilities. This fall, several students will launch Access Dartmouth, a group advocating for disabled students at the College. The Student Accessibility Services
Office is also working on implementing a new data management system and expanding its current testing centers. “Universities around the country are changing orientation and retooling to deal with the national trends — the increasing demand for these types of services,” dean of the College Kathryn Lively said. “It’s just a matter SEE SAS PAGE 5
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College holds biomass plant forum, responds to criticism
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The current fuel oil power plant stands in the center of downtown Hanover.
B y Kristine jiwoo ahn The Dartmouth Staff
At a forum originally intended to seek feedback on potential locations for the College’s proposed biomass heating facility, discussion driven by attendees largely centered on the facility’s potential environmental impacts. On Wednesday evening, vice president for institutional projects Joshua Kenistonled the presentation with approximately 70 community members and Upper Valley residents in attendance at Filene Auditorium. Much of the concerns raised by audience members centered around potential neg ative environmental impacts of the facility, some
of which were also expressed by three climate scientists and Dartmouth alumni in a July 15 letter to the College. In the letter, William Schlesinger ’72, John Sterman ’77 and George Woodwell ’50 argue that the proposed heating plant would increase the College’s carbon emissions rather than make it more sustainable. According to Keniston, while Dartmouth recognizes the concerns raised within the letter and by residents at the forum, the plant is the most feasible option when all factors are considered. At the forum, Keniston focused on the details of the plant, which is a part of the College’s $200 million green energy initiative and will change the College’s heat production and delivery
processes, transitioning from a steam system to hot water distribution. The biomass plant will replace the current heating plant that uses No. 6 fuel oil, a high-viscosity oil used mostly in commercial and industrial heating. According to Keniston, the first phase in the College’s process involved identifying alternatives to No. 6 fuel oil, including No. 2 fuel oil, natural gas, biodiesel, biomass, heat pumps, geothermal energy and solar energy. The College then performed cost-benefit analysis for each option. According to Keniston, apart from biomass, none of the options checked all the boxes. For example, heat pumps, geothermal and solar energy did not meet the SEE BIOMASS PAGE 2
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threshold in terms of cost and reliability due to cold winters and the scale of Dartmouth’s campus, he said. “We have millions of dollars worth of research going in some of our buildings,” Keniston said. “If we don’t have heat for even an hour or two, the consequences are big.” The other strategies would require five times the capital cost and three times the operating costs of business as usual, according to Keniston. Once the College determined that it would pursue biomass, the second stage was to conduct feasibility analysis of the project. Keniston said that based on the information from the analysis the College is now in the phase of site selection. The three potential site locations, proposed by the College in May, include the south end of the Hanover Country Club’s golf course, the hill behind the Dewey parking lot and a property the College owns two miles south of campus on Route 120. Site selection considerations include traffic, acquisition cost, distance to campus, supporting infrastructure and access to utilities, according to Keniston. While revisions to the site can be made based on feedback and discussion with outside experts and Upper Valley residents, Keniston said the College would like to select a site by the fall. Keniston also outlined the general facility guidelines of the plant — four or more acres for plant and fuel storage with a height estimated between 50 and 70 feet above grade will be needed. Truck access will vary by season between three to 15 trucks per day. The current average annual truck traffic for fuel oil is two to three trucks per day. The project will be developed and
operated through a partnership with a private company. The College has found four teams so far and anticipates another nine to 12 months of work before selecting a final partner, Keniston said. During the question and answer period, audience members raised questions about environmental damage, truck traffic and consequences of carbon emissions from biomass, especially particulate matter, on human health. The forum also comes weeks after the letter sent by Schlesinger, Sterman and Woodwell urged the administration to abandon its plans to build the biomass heating plant. Schlesinger is the emeritus dean of Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, Sterman is a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and director of its sustainability initiative, and Woodwell is the founder of Woods Hole Research Center, a global environmental research institute. The three wrote that burning wood would increase the College’s carbon emissions and worsen climate change because the amount of carbon dioxide released from burning wood is greater than that from burning fuel oil. “It’s just basic physics,” Sterman said in an interview with The Dartmouth. “The carbon content of wood is 25 percent greater than fuel oil, and there’s nothing you can do about that.” Sterman said that there are other ways for the College to execute similar retrofits and construction projects but at a reasonable cost and with increased energy efficiency, as energy-efficient buildings have a high return on investment and short payback time. Sterman added that it is now possible to design buildings that use very little or even zero net energy,
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referring to the MIT Sloan School of Management building as an example. The increase in up-front costs for the building’s sustainability features was only approximately 0.25 percent of the project cost, according to Sterman. He said that energy savings offset the implementation cost, which is typical of highly sustainable green buildings because they require much less energy and the cost of electrical infrastructure is dramatically lower. Both Sterman and Schlesinger said that the College should look at different options. “As much as everyone wants to get off the fuel oil, doing that in a way that actually worsens our global emissions — that’s not the right thing to do,” Sterman said. “If you were sick and went to the doctor, the number one principle should be to do no harm. That’s exactly what this proposal does.” In response to the College’s statement that it will source most or all of the wood from residuals and waste, not by cutting down whole trees, Sterman said that the difference does not matter. “The plain fact of the matter is burning wood now, whatever the source, puts all that carbon into the air right now, and any induced growth happens much later,” Sterman said. Sterman also said that residuals play an important role in forest systems and serve as a crucial source of carbon that gets stored in the soil. Schlesinger said in an interview with The Dartmouth that he was “underwhelmed” by the College’s proposal and that the College should suspend this project and take into consideration external arguments. Additionally, he suggested that it would be better for the College to gradually phase down its use of oil rather than completely convert to a wood-burning plant. He also called for the College to publish its analysis and calculations. “I would like to see the numbers,” Schlesinger said. “I haven’t seen anybody present the actual costs. I think the cost of solar or wind is widely acknowledged to be lower than coalfired plants, so I can see the College putting up a wind or solar sensor farm or array coupled with battery storage.” In an interview before the forum,
Keniston said that the College would Keniston said that the College ensure that the biomass it procures is recognizes that there is debate over the harvested in a way that encourages use of biomass and its potential risks. tree growth. “We’re going to continue to talk with “Biomass is complex and there is a experts and engage in dialogue with range of ways to deploy it; not all of it them and others to make sure that we is good,” Keniston said. “We want to do biomass correctly,” Keniston said take an approach that will minimize in an interview before the forum. the consequences.” Keniston also said the College also Furthermore, Keniston said that has to consider other cost factors, such switching to biomass would decrease as financial aid and investment into the College’s carbon dioxide emissions, faculty and academic programs. based on current EPA standards. “For us, it’s about looking at all of Rosi Kerr, director of sustainability the various levers that we have to pull at the College, said that scientists and the overall picture of the college,” develop different models with varying Keniston said in an interview after underlying assumptions. She said that the forum. “With all of those other there are debates about the proper way priorities, we couldn’t responsibly say to model carbon flows in forest systems we can do the low combustion version and that present data is imperfect and right now. But we realize that’s the evolving. future.” Ke r r a l s o T h e said that while conversion to a hot the emission of “With all of those water system and carbon is one other priorities, we the development variable, there of the biomass couldn’t responsibly are a lot of other plant will provide considerations say we can do low the College such as financial combustion right now. the flexibility, c o s t s, s u p p l y optionality and chain of oil, non- But we realize that’s appropriate c a r b o n - b a s e d the future.” time frame environmental to adopt more damages in places energy-efficient where oil is being -JOHN KENISTON, technologies extracted and VICE PRESIDENT FOR over time as they the impact on become more the livelihood of INSTITUTIONAL PROJECTS efficient and people in those c o s t - e f f e c t i ve, areas. according to “Zero combustion would be ideal, Keniston. but ideal is not where we’re starting “In the energy world, for large from,” Kerr said. “The question is how infrastructure projects, 30 years is not we get from here to where we want that long,” Keniston said after the to be. The theoretical and actual are forum. “So by designing this plant constrained by different things.” for 30 years, we’ve set ourselves in a Kerr said that it would not be position to move quickly to some of feasible for all of Dartmouth’s existing these other types of technologies.” buildings to adopt low-combustion Sterman said that the biomass technologies. plant would raise emissions precisely “Yes, we should be creating throughout the period during which buildings that are highly efficient and they have to fall. the capital cost is worth it,” Kerr said. “In order to limit global warming “But we have a ton of buildings already to no more than 3.6 Fahrenheit, global built. Renovating a building would cost emissions have to fall by half by 2030 $20 or $30 million. If you multiply and essentially to zero by 2050,” that with the number of buildings Sterman said. “We have to be cutting that Dartmouth operates, we can’t do emissions now. We just don’t have the that — at least not all at once.” time.”
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Student advocacy group to start in fall, new SAS director incoming
The new system, Reed said, would the system is so broken,” she said. She said she hopes Access automate some communications of best practices and thinking about Dartmouth can work to address to faculty and students regarding how can we can evolve to meet the systematic issues at the College and adjustments, streamline and automate number of students coming in needing help Dartmouth move toward a testing scheduling, document accommodations.” model of universal design. The aim of conversion and help the office Dean of undergraduate students universal design, she said, is to design track the check-out and return of Brian Reed said he has seen requests for while taking into consideration the technologies that students borrow. accommodations needs of people According to Reed, the timeline at Dartmouth “We’ve seen a really with variations for implementation has not been increase in the in their abilities, determined yet, but that the office steep increase in last few years. r a t h e r t h a n is working with the Dartmouth “We’re still requests for services adapting to those information technology team to see n o t q u i t e a t and accommodations.” needs at a later if the system can be compatible with what would time. DartHub. be considered “I hope He added that the SAS office is also national averages -BRIAN REED, DEAN [SAS] can find looking to expand its current testing just yet, but we’re some way to shift center. Last year, he said SAS inherited OF UNDERGRADUATE on our way and that balance so classrooms in the basement of Carson I think we’ve STUDENTS that eventually hall that they use for students whose seen a really there are less little accommodations require extended steep increase accommodations time on exams or a quiet setting. Many in requests for services and that need to happen, because the departments do not have the space or accommodations,” he said. actual curriculum and the school is personnel to accommodate multiple According to the National Center universally designed,” she said. test rooms, he said, so the testing center for Education Statistics, from 2007Reed said SAS is currently provides an allotted space and staff. 2008 10.9 percent of undergraduates working on is setting up a new Bresler said that Access Dartmouth reported having disabilities. From system to manage data for the office has several ideas in the works for 2011-2012, the percentage was 11.1 and streamline the upcoming percent. For the 2015-2016 school communication. “I hope [SAS] can academic year. year, the most recent data available, The incoming She also said that find some way to the percentage of students with SAS director, she is optimistic disabilities was 19.4 percent. Alison May ’97, shift that balance about working Access Dartmouth vice president who will start so that eventually with the new Abby Bresler ’21 said she has had her tenure in director when positive experiences working with September, was there are less little she takes over SAS, but that she believes more can chosen in part due accommodations in the fall, given be done by the College to address to her experience May’s range of that need to happen, systemic problems affecting students i m p l e m e n t i n g experiences. with disabilities. Some structural d a t a because the actual “I feel accessibility issues she named at m a n a g e m e n t curriculum and the really confident,” Dartmouth were a lack of accessible s y s t e m s at she said. “[May] entrances, buildings with no elevators N o r t h w e s t e r n school is universally h a s s o mu ch and classrooms without recording U n i v e r s i t y , designed.” experience, capabilities or white boards. White a c c o r d i n g t o both with boards offer better contrast for people Reed. accessibility in who have trouble seeing, Bresler said. “One of the -ABBY BRESLER ’21, higher education She described these concerns as “low- things that we’re ACCESS DARTMOUTH VICE and also with hanging fruit” that still need to be considering is intersectionality. addressed at the College. changing our PRESIDENT She’s worked with “I’ve had really awesome computer data low income and experiences with SAS, but they only tracking system,” first-generation have so many staff members and they Lively said. “[May] has familiarity college students a lot, and she’s have so many students who have to and experience with rolling out the worked both at Northwestern — an come to them to get these ‘band-aid’ system that we’ve been looking at, at institution similar to Dartmouth — fixes — myself included — because her current institution.” and in community college settings.” FROM SAS PAGE 1
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STAFF COLUMNIST MATTHEW MAGANN ‘21
The True Radicals
Moderation is anything but a compromise. The Democratic left has been punching well above its weight recently. Its ideas have dominated the primary season — of the candidates currently averaging over 10 percent in Democratic primary polling, only Joe Biden is associated with the moderate wing of the party (though he, to be fair, maintains a sizeable lead over his rivals). Talk to students on this predominantly Democratic campus and you’ll hear a common refrain: People admire the unabashed idealism of politicians like Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Alexandria OcasioCortez (D-NY). Still, they believe that moderates have a better chance of winning, even if they aren’t as ideologically pure. That idea — that moderate liberalism is some diluted version of the “pure” progressive ideology — has gained traction. OcasioCortez, in a speech at South by Southwest, proclaimed, “Moderate is not a stance. It’s just an attitude towards life of, like, ‘meh.’” I, for one, disagree. I am one of those old-fashioned mainstream Democrats. And I don’t accept the idea that, simply because the “moderate” liberal position often proves more politically tenable, it is by any means a compromised set of values. It is its own coherent ideology, one that I believe is the most effective path to equal rights and equal freedoms for all. The liberal ideology shares many priorities with the left — both urge action on critical issues like racial inequality, gender discrimination, unjust treatment of immigrants and environmental degradation. But the left does not have a
monopoly on solutions. Taking a more moderate path to solving these problems does not imply apathy, nor does it mean selling out on values in the name of pragmatism. It’s simply a different ideology. Consider democratic socialism. Bernie Sanders brought the concept into the mainstream, and now the idea of socialism has gained credence on the left. Of course, no prominent American politicians advocate true socialism, which involves nationalization of industry and repression of the free market. Instead, they push for a strong social-democratic state, with higher taxes on the wealthy and higher levels of social services. According to advocates, this sort of economic policy will benefit the disadvantaged. I, along with the large majority of elected Democrats, choose not to espouse democratic socialism. Granted, I think the idea is politically toxic. But that’s not why I oppose it. Simply put, democratic socialism is bad policy. It’s both hugely expensive and detrimental to the market engine of the U.S. economy, threatening the very people it supposedly benefits. I’ll listen to the economists: In a poll by the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, not a single economist surveyed supported modern monetary policy, the theory championed by Ocasio-Cortez that deficit spending can sustainably grow forever, provided that a country’s debt is SEE MAGANN PAGE 6
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STAFF COLUMNIST CALLUM ZEHNER ‘21
The Ethiopia Example
The country’s current goals are detrimental to its political development. Now is an interesting time for Ethiopia. former authoritarian state has been slowly The country has emerged in the last year as reformed into a working democracy. But the sweetheart of the developing world, in the growth of ethno-nationalism has led to large part due to the leadership of its new unfounded claims that the Prime Minister is reformist Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed. But a only seeking to establish political hegemony central issue has threatened the country’s new- for his own ethnic group. These claims, found prosperity: ethnic nationalism. At the alongside the threat of further coups, only moment, Ethiopia’s budding progress is being undermine support for the progressive leader, diluted by the secessionist ambitions of its thereby endangering the democratic regime myriad ethnic minorities. However, this is not Prime Minister Ahmed appears to be creating. the time for individual nationalist ambitions To best improve the living standards of to be entertained by the central government. the Ethiopian population, the country should Rather, it is time to establish a functioning remain in one piece. One need only to look at national government that can enable a well- the ongoing civil war in South Sudan — a state oiled, growing economy. since 2011 — to see that The root of the “To best improve granting independence current problem lies with without much planning the ascendancy of the the living standards can have disastrous admirable Prime Minister of the Ethiopian consequences. The states Ahmed. The Ethiopian in Ethiopia, which are population, the Constitution of 1994 able to write their own explicitly states that each country should constitutions, do not have of the country’s ethnic remain in one piece.” a great track record of groups, of which there protecting the rights of are more than 90, has the their smaller minority right to form their own groups. As a result, the autonomous region or even secede. But prior establishment of more autonomous regions to Ahmed, the government in Addis Ababa will likely lead to further persecution of ensured that no ethnic group was allowed to these groups, furthering civil strife within the exercise this ability. With the new government country. Furthermore, the Ethiopian economy placing a large emphasis on expanding the has surged in recent years, with growth freedoms of the populace, portions of the averaging 10 percent in the decade to 2018. newly-invigorated citizens are now calling for From this, it is clear that living in a relatively autonomy, and many old ethnic tensions have stable, unified state has substantially boosted come to the fore. In isolation, there is nothing the economic circumstances of the average inherently wrong with the principle of self- Ethiopian — the poverty rate dropped from 50 determination, but the current situation percent to 31 percent between 2000 and 2011. in Ethiopia has led to a slew of issues. Self-determination is an admirable goal. Only a few months ago, a coup d’état to But the way Ethiopia pursues this goal is overthrow the regional Amhara government detrimental to all parties involved. The was attempted, ending with the killing of current plague of ethnic violence imperils multiple officials. In the year since Ahmed the new reforms that seek to modernize came to office, millions of Ethiopians have the nation and will add further bloodshed been displaced amidst a backdrop of soaring and strife to these communities. It can be ethnic violence. In 2018, the country saw more hard for members of multi-ethnic states people flee their homes than any other on the to find common ground with one other, planet. More than 25 people were killed in riots but cooperation can be achieved. Much after the government delayed a referendum on like in Rwanda, tribal identities could be statehood for the Sidama ethnic group. And eclipsed by an overarching sense of national the violence appears to be no closer to ending. identity. For this to happen, the enduring The rise of this ethno-nationalism is also hope must be that Prime Minister Ahmed a genuine threat to the progress Ethiopia finds a way to expand the nascent national has been making. Under Ahmed’s regime, democracy and economy to placate ethnic relations with neighboring Eritrea have tensions and resolve long-standing disputes. been normalized after decades of animosity, The hope must be that Ethiopia becomes a political prisoners have been released and the byword for cooperation and not division.
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College hopes to reach out of court conclusion
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McNutt Hall is home to the Admissions, Financial Aid, and the Registrar’s Office. FROM MEDIATION PAGE 1 of sexual misconduct and abuse last week with the assistance against former professors Todd of Robert Mor rill, a retired Heatherton, William Kelley and New Hampshire Superior Court Paul Whalen. All three professors trial judge. Mediation continued have since left Dartmouth following through Thursday and Friday, a College workplace misconduct investigation in after which 2018. Seeking t h e m o t i o n “We would much $70 million to continue in damages, mediation into prefer to reach a the plaintiffs t h e fo l l ow i n g mutually acceptable claim that the week was filed. conclusion to the College knew “The parties’ of alleg ations efforts to resolve case outside of the against the this case have not litigation process.” professor s for yet concluded,” over 16 years the filing reads. but did not take “ T h e p a r t i e s -DIANA LAWRENCE, action. wish to continue COLLEGE SPOKESPERSON In an focusing on the email statement, negotiations, C o l l e g e and do not wish to divert their attention to the spokesperson Diana Lawrence litigation filings that will be due wrote that the College is hopeful that mediation will prove successful imminently if the stay is lifted.” The parties submitted the original and that it desires to reach a solution motion to stay litigation on May 28 outside of court. “We would much prefer to reach — three weeks after two additional women anonymously joined the a mutually acceptable conclusion class action lawsuit, bringing to the case outside of the litigation forward additional allegations process,” Lawrence wrote.
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
DARTMOUTHEVENTS
CAROLINE COOK ’21
TODAY 3:00p.m. - 4:30p.m.
Market: “Collis Farmstand,” sponsored by Dartmouth Dining Services, Collis Cafe.
9:30p.m. - 11:00p.m.
Viewing: “Public Astronomical Observing,” sponsored by the Department of Physics, Shattuck Observatory.
TOMORROW 2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m.
Exhibition: “Hood Highlights Tour,” sponsored by the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art.
4:00p.m. - 5:30p.m.
Performance: “Buh Wha’ Trouble is Dis? (or The Exhumation of MC Spice),” sponsored by the Department of Theater, Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts.
7:30p.m. - 9:00p.m.
Performance: “You Hateful Things,” sponsored by the Department of Theater, 004 Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts. FROM MAGANN PAGE 4
denominated in its own currency. Similarly, economists remained divided about the benefits of a $15 minimum wage — a favorite progressive talking point — for low-income workers. Questioning these sorts of policies is not a concession to the right wing. It comes from genuine concern about the policies’ effectiveness. As I see it, democratic-socialist policies like extreme deficit spending and a $15 minimum wage are ineffective ways to help the most disadvantaged. The far left brings an admirable passion for change, but many of their policies simply don’t deliver it. Drawing off of liberal ideology, I might propose a more cautious spending policy or support a smaller minimum wage hike. The concern — ensuring equal opportunity for the disadvantaged — remains the same. But the means differ. That fact doesn’t make moderate liberalism a half-
baked version of progressive ideals. It is its own ideology, and it can stand on its own. Ultimately, it is the moderate liberal ideal that promises progress. It puts forward the profoundly radical idea that people are fundamentally equal and fundamentally free. Wherever it sees that freedom impeded, whether by discrimination, economic deprivation or other circumstances beyond one’s control, it moves to eliminate it. And yes, that means taking a pragmatic approach to policymaking. That pragmatism often leads to different solutions than the far left’s, but those policies are what I believe to further the cause of freedom and equality. Moderate liberalism does not oppose far-left policies out of fear or conservatism, as the right wing might — it opposes them because it does not see them as effective. Moderate, mainstream liberals believe in progress every bit as much as those on the left wing do. Their approach may look different,
and they might not style themselves as radicals, but their conviction is no less authentic and their ideas no less coherent. And critically, at least as I see it, their policies stand a much better chance of promoting true freedom and equality. The Democratic party’s mainstream doesn’t always bring the same fiery rhetoric as those on the left. But when it comes to the issues, the moderate liberal vision looks far more compelling.
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Review: “The Bachelorette” finale ends on a problematic note B y SAVANNAH MILLER
Hannah Brown, a pageant queen how contestants are perceived can from Alabama. From the beginning, be manipulated by producers and The Dartmouth Staff Brown characterized herself as editors post-production. However, This isn’t necessarily something someone who was empowered and producer s ca nnot put words strong, capable into mouths, and considering I’m proud of, but of making her Parker slut-shamed Brown, verbally over the past few own decisions. threatened other contestants and weeks, I have “Still, as evil as For instance, the frequently gas-lighted everyone joined a group Parker was, the very first night, with whom he came in contact, it of my friends to individuals I find she sent home is hard for me to justify any of his hate-watch “The a c o n t e s t a n t behavior. Bachelorette.” the most appalling who had been Still, as evil as Parker was, the To g e t h e r, w e are the producers seeing someone individuals I find the most appalling screamed at the mere d a y s are the producers who allowed screen, laughed who allowed him to before filming him to wreak havoc on the mental at the absurdity wreak havoc on the of Brown and the other of limo exits and mental well-being of bweags a on n. B r“oTwhne well-being contestants. Parker was excused cringed at the B a c h e l o r e t t e ” from physically attacking someone c o r n y p i c k u p Brown and the other to try and find unprompted during a rugby match, l i n e s . I t w a s contestants.” t h e re a l d e a l , following Brown around when she a ritual that I and maybe it’s definitively told him to stop and enjoyed for the idealistic to think throwing lunch meat at another community that’s possible, contestant. (Yes, really.) When aspect of it; the but I found myself Brown told Parker that “Jesus still television show just happened to be there. However, rooting for her. She constantly stood loves her” despite having premarital sex and sent it became increasingly evident to me up for herself him home, that the popular “romantic” and and refused to “Brown and Wyatt I witnessed long-running reality T.V. show’s let men talk my f avo r i t e portrayal of gender dynamics over her. At ended up calling off moment of is extremely concerning, as it the finale, I their engagement and the series. celebrates contestants disrespecting found myself splitting up after the That moment boundaries and using violence and disappointed that t h e bombshell broke. Of of strength deceit in the pursuit of love. from Brown I hate the whole concept of “The g e n u i n e course, the break-up was eventually Bachelor” franchise. The idea of e x c i t e m e n t completely 30 or so women fighting for the a n d o p e n - was filmed. I can’t help overshadowed attention of one man is degrading, m i n d e d n e s s but wonder about the by Pa r k e r ’s as it causes women to view each Brown went effect that a television return the other as solely competition and only into the season next episode valuable if they can win a man’s with was not network’s exploitation — which the approval. Its counterpart “The rewarded. of one’s personal pain The villain producers Bachelorette” usually lends itself certainly knew to slut-shaming and other sexist of the series and heartbreak does to about and remarks from viewers. This most (at least until one’s ability to heal.” allowed. It is recent season — which concluded the two-part damaging for on Tuesday in typical dramatic f i n a l e ) w a s very obvious fashion — was unfortunately no d e f i n i t e l y Luke Parker and dangerous different. This season, the bachelorette was from Georgia. To his credit, a lot of reasons to repeatedly showcase a
man not listening to a woman saying a genuinely good guy. He wished “no” and be rewarded for it. Do Brown the best after being sent better, ABC. F u r t h e r m o r e , home and expressed his deepest the winner of this season believed regret for how the situation with he was entitled to use Brown’s Wyatt played out post-show. It was show as an opportunity for self- nice to see someone respecting “The promotion. Hannah ended up Bachelorette” for once, especially choosing contestant Jed Wyatt over in a season defined by men being Tyler Cameron disrespectful in the last part of a woman’s of the two-night “Do I find watching time and finale. Wyatt was the fallout from emotions. the subject of “The the revelation quite a bit of Bachelorette,” controversy in about Wyatt on live if done the media during T.V. entertaining? correctly the show’s airing. and handled A woman from Absolutely. But I appropriately, his hometown would gladly give up presents an i n Te n n e s s e e interesting went public with that entertainment opportunity a letter Wyatt in pursuit of a reality to disrupt had written her show that genuinely patriarchal the night before norms and leaving for the cares about women’s expectations show implying safety and success. Is by putting that they would power and be together after that even possible?” agency into the season ended. the hands This made sense, of women. considering However, in Wyatt admitted the quest for to Brown that he went on “The “good television,” women lose. Do Bachelorette” initially to promote I find watching the fallout from his music. Brown and Wyatt ended the revelation about Wyatt on up calling off their engagement live T.V. entertaining? Absolutely. and splitting up after the bombshell But I would gladly give up that broke. Of course, the break-up was entertainment in pursuit of a reality filmed. I can’t help but wonder show that genuinely cares about about the effect that a television women’s safety and success. Is that network’s exploitation of one’s even possible? Not with producers personal pain and heartbreak does who let contestants like Parker to one’s ability to heal. repeatedly belittle the woman at If there was one shining light the center of the show. in this season, it was Cameron. “The Bachelor” franchise has Cameron stood up for Brown been trying to morph into a more throughout the season, respected feminist series, and I can appreciate her boundaries, rebuked Parker for its efforts. It’s just nowhere near his sexist remarks and proved to be there. Yet.
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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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Football gears up for game at Yankee Stadium versus Princeton the end zone,” Hagdorn said. “It was such a surreal experience The Dartmouth Staff to be a part of a great play in a As part of Dartmouth’s 250th historical stadium where so many anniversary celebration and college monumental plays have happened football’s 150th anniversary, the before.” Hagdorn and captain Isiah Big Green will face off against the Princeton Tigers on Nov. 9, 2019 Swann ’20 said that while every at Yankee Stadium. The game is game is equally important, playing not only an honor for Dartmouth at a stadium built for teams as and a boon for publicity on a ingrained in sports lore as the Red national level, but also has major Sox or Yankees has a different feel implications for the Ivy League to it. “The buzz is always increased crown. The Tigers were undefeated last year and handed Dartmouth its whenever games like this occur, but I go into each contest with the sole loss of the season. This will be the second game same motivation to win and fight played for the Big Green in a Major alongside my brothers for four League Baseball stadium in three quarters,” Hagdorn said. “You have years — Dartmouth played Brown to maintain focus on the work ahead University at Fenway Park two years of you and not allow the extras to ago — but its first ever at Yankee affect your vision and purpose.” If playing at Yankee Stadium is Stadium. In the Fenway game, the Big Green crushed the Bears 33- not motivation enough, Dartmouth will be looking 10 in front of a to avenge last crowd of 12,297 year’s late-season despite the cold “We feel Princeton 14-9 loss to the weather. Wide took away our Princeton Tigers. receiver Hunter championship last The low-scoring Hagdorn ’20 affair marked the had one of the year, and we have first and only loss best games of been waiting what of the season for his career that the Big Green in n i g h t , w i t h will be a whole year to what effectively n e a r l y 1 0 0 get revenge and claim equated to the yards and two what is ours.” Ivy League touchdowns. championship W h e n game. While each talking about - ISIAH SWANN ’20, team has lost his favorite some key players, moment from FOOTBALL CAPTAIN expectations the 2017 season, remain high H a g d o r n for both: T he pointed to his re m at ch at Ya n k e e S t a d i u m first score at Fenway. “I remember catching my first could prove pivotal in the final touchdown pass of the game last standings. As the reigning Ivy year and seeing Fenway Park in League Defensive Most Valuable
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The football team will play its second game in an MLB stadium in three years after winning at Fenway Park in 2017.
Player, Swann figures to play an important role for the Big Green in halting the Princeton offense. “We, as a team, feel ver y motivated to play this game,” Swann said. “We feel Princeton took away our championship last year, and we have been waiting what will be a whole year to get revenge and claim what is ours. Putting the game in Yankee Stadium is the icing on the cake to really set the stage.” Swann said that playing at a ballpark rich with history in the nation’s biggest city is a distinct honor for the Big Green, whose game against Princeton is one of three this year that will be broadcast nationally. “It is a huge honor to be able to play at Yankee Stadium,” Swann said. “To be one of the few football players in history to play a football game there is a huge deal to me. I
will be able to tell my kids and my grandkids about the game in Yankee Stadium.” M a ny D a r t m o u t h fo o t b a l l players also grew up as baseball fans, and because the Red Sox and Yankees are two of the most historically prominent franchises, playing in these games brings back fond memories. Hagdorn, who grew up playing baseball, said that the upcoming game is special not only because of the venue itself, but also because it shows how much progess the team has made over the past few seasons. Jackson Perry ’19, an All-Ivy First Team defensive lineman for the Big Green, discussed the culture of Big Green football in a video interview with the Dartmouth Athletics Department. “We always talk about having our edge,” Perry said in the video.
“Being up in the woods, you have to be a certain amount of crazy to want to live up here. We’re just going to take our certain level of crazy down to the big city and show the Tigers what’s up.” In an effort to promote the game, head coach Buddy Teevens ’79 threw out a ceremonial first pitch on July 15, when the Yankees hosted the Tampa Bay Rays. He wore the number 250 on the back of his pinstriped jersey. In April, College President Phil Hanlon promised to subsidize tickets for the first 500 students between the classes of 2019 and 2023. In celebration of the game, Dartmouth is also hosting a celebratory long weekend in New York City and the alumni center is offering a number of hotel rooms at Sheraton New York Times Square for alumni.