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Sigma Delta pilots shakeout for rush
Begum-Haque remembered as caring friend and teacher
By MEGAN CLYNE The Dartmouth Staff
She was assisted by doctors present on the flight, but when she did not stabilize, the pilot made an emergency landing in Newfoundland, Canada. Begum-Haque died before she could be transported to the hospital. Azizul Haque said that she did not seem to be in any pain when she passed. She was one of the first female Muslim faculty members
Sigma Delta sorority will pilot a shake-out process to recruit potential new members for the winter term. The sorority will not participate in formal recruitment this winter, according to an early Monday morning email announcement by the Pan-Hellenic Council. Panhell has no current plans to continue the new shakeout process in the fall, Panhell vice president of operations Kate Healy wrote in a follow-up email to The Dartmouth. PNMs will be allowed to both participate in formal recruitment and shake-out at Sigma Delt and Episilon Kappa Theta sorority, which moved exclusively to shakeouts in the fall of 2014. Sigma Delt expects to extend around 10 to 20 bids, an estimate approved by Panhell, Sigma Delt winter rush chair Jordana Composto ’16 said. Sigma Delt’s process will include three open houses and a shake-out, she said. The shake-out will take place between round two and preference night of formal recruitment. During this time, women interested in becoming members of the sorority must write down their names to be considered for a bid, Composto said. Bids can be accepted or declined by PNMs until 10 p.m. on preference night, Jan. 19, at which point they must drop out of formal recruitment if they wish to accept a Sigma Delt bid. The process gives PNMs more time to figure out if Sigma Delt is a good fit for them, Composto said.
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Sakhina Begum-Haque stops to smile for a photo while working in the laboratory.
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Most people remember late Geisel School of Medicine professor Sakhina BegumHaque not only for her research, but also for her work as the resident “lab mom.” Geisel professor Lloyd Kasper described BegumHaque as someone who noticed “every undergraduate, graduate and medical student under her wing.”
Begum-Haque’s research assistant Joe Burgess recalls her concern of his safety while he was setting up a speaker on a tall shelf the first day he arrived at her lab. Begum-Haque was 68 when she passed away on Dec. 13 from a heart attack while taking a flight to France with her husband, Geisel professor Azizul Haque. On the Air France flight, Begum-Haque began feeling chest pains, Azizul Haque said.
Alums and students attend, participate in COP21 B y RACHEL FAVORS The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth alumni, faculty and students were among the many delegates and attendees at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. After approximately two weeks of negotiations and meetings, the conference culminated in 195 countries adopting the first legally binding and universal agreement on slowing global warming.
The agreement, which comes into force in 2020, establishes an international action plan for avoiding dire climate change by limiting global war ming to well below two degrees Celsius, according to the European Commission. Prominent among the Dartmouth participants in the conference, also known as COP21, was U.S. State Department’s special envoy for climate change Todd Stern ’73, the lead negotiator
for the U.S. delegation. Morgan Curtis ’14 and Leehi Yona ’16 both attended COP21 representing SustainUS, a youth-led delegation advocating for justice and sustainability in United Nations meetings on sustainable development, climate change, eradicating poverty, biodiversity loss and women’s rights. As a youth delegate and a Dartmouth senior fellow, Yona followed the negotiations at the conference,
conducted interviews of delegates and academics attending the conference, participated in symbolic protests and wrote opinion pieces, she said. Before arriving in Paris, Curtis spent the five months before the conference cycling and gathering stories in eleven countries on a Climate Journey project. She focused on grassroots mobilization in climate action and gathering the stories of people who have made the transition
from individual to collective action for the climate. Curtis recalled her two weeks at the conference as the “most stimulating, difficult and transformative” of her life. A group of students from the Tuck School of Business also attended COP21 as observers. “It is important for my students who will be entering the work force soon to attend SEE CLIMATE PAGE 3
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DAily debriefing The Bangor Daily News reported that New Hampshire has recently become the most populous state in New England. New Hampshire recently surpassed Maine, which has been the most populous state in New England for the past 215 years. New Hampshire barely surpassed Maine in population this year. New Hampshire’s lead comes with a margin of error, so technically Maine could still be marginally larger in population. But since 1900, New Hampshire’s population has increased at a faster pace than Maine’s population (with the exception of 1910, 1920 and 1940), so the trend indicates that Maine will not hold the title for long nevertheless. The Valley News reported that New Hampshire’s death rate caused by opioids and drug abuse is one of the highest in the country. In a report issued by the U.S. Center of Disease Control and Prevention, 334 New Hampshire residents died from drug overdoses in 2014. After adjusting for age, the CDC indicated that the deaths caused by drug overdoses rose by 73 percent in New Hampshire. The only other states that had ageadjusted rates that exceeded this number were West Virginia and Vermont. Many New Hampshire politicians responded to the report, all calling for this urgent problem to be fixed. As of Dec. 15, the Valley News reported that 342 drug overdose deaths had been counted by the New Hampshire’s Chief Medical Examiner’s Office. The Valley News reported that a 500-foot portion of Lyme Road, which was closed three months ago due to erosion, will be opened again next summer. The erosion resulted from the Connecticut River’s changing water level, which led to an unstable river bank. The water level can change by as much as five or six feet a day, which caused a hole to form under the road. The repair will cost at least several hundred dollars, but could cost more if Lyme has to purchase more land to reroute the road. compiled by Sara Mcgahan
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Begum-Haque unlimited by norms FROM BEGUM-HAQUE PAGE 1
in Geisel and is the first Muslim to be buried in Hanover, her son Nicolas Haque said. Begum-Haque came to Dartmouth with her husband in 1991 for his second sabbatical, during which she began working as a post-doctorate with Kasper on an organism called toxoplasma gondii. In 2003, Begum-Haque and Haque moved to Hanover permanently from France. She continued to work with Kasper on a new project was the exploring the gut microbiome. The project involved examining the microflora in the intestines and how they affect normal physiology or the immune response. She began working more in neuro-immunology in 2007 and, until her death, had been working on finding a cure for multiple sclerosis. Research assistant Anudeep Pant began working with Begum-Haque in May 2014, doing immunology research on mouse models of multiple sclerosis. “I worked under her, but it felt like we were working as a team,” Pant said. “My input was always very valued.” Haque said that Begum-Haque enjoyed fostering an interest in science in undergraduates. She hired many undergraduate researchers in her lab and even included their names in her published papers. She always saw herself as a student, not as a researcher or faculty member, her son said, adding that she even dressed like a student. “She had a childlike curiosity,” Nicolas Haque said, “She never grew out of her young and inquisitive mind.” Azizul Haque hopes that his wife’s story will encourage other minorities and women who come from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue their own independent research. Nicolas Haque remembers his mother’s determination and driven attitude in the face of adversity, especially in the conservative academic environment of France in the 1980s. Begum-Haque was born on July 22, 1947 in Comilla, Bangladesh. She was the eldest daughter in a family of five. Her family was Muslim and her father led the prayers every day. Nicolas Haque said that she performed very well academically, but because of she was highly educated, many community members refused to pray with her father because sending girls was considered abnormal at the time. He said that Begum-Haque continued with her education and went to boarding school in her teens. She went on to obtain a Masters in Psychology from the University of Dhaka, where she was the first
female president of the student union. She led a protest movement with hundreds of students, fighting for the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971, Nicolas Haque said. She chose her own husband instead of accepting an arranged marriage, an unusual decision at the time, he noted. A few years after her marriage to her husband and the birth of her first son, Begum-Haque traveled with her husband to France, where he had a permanent teaching position. While in France and pregnant with her second son, Begum-Haque simultaneously taught herself French, pursued a Ph.D. in biology at the Lille University of Science and Technology and worked in a Côte d’Or chocolate factory doing quality control. When Azizul Haque took his first sabbatical in the mid-1980s, the two went to the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked briefly at the United States Department of Agriculture lab, studying monoclonal antibodies. This would be her “first stint with immunology,” her husband said. Begum-Haque and her husband then went to Yale, where she was able to work with immunologist Charles Janeway, with whom she published several papers. She returned to France at the end of her husband’s sabbatical and worked at the Pasteur Institute in Lille as a scientist. She spent time as a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institutes. In the workplace, Begum-Haque made it clear that colleagues were not just people she worked with but people she cared for. Geisel postdoctoral fellow Jibran Khokhar recalls visiting the Vail animal facility
to run an experiment and running into Begum-Haque, who was in the midst of doing her own experiment. “She must have stood there and talked to me for an hour,” Khokhar said, “She would really take time out of her busy schedule to talk to people.” Begum-Haque enjoyed cooking and welcomed others into her home. She often donated to environmental organizations, had a passion for gardening and loved swimming, badminton and taking long walks around Occom Pond. She regularly attended events at the Hopkins Center and watched movies at the Nugget Theater. On campus, Begum-Haque was part of the Muslim community and participated in a meditation group at the Tucker Center. Her family described her as being focused and committed, with the courage and drive to face challenges and the unknown. They praised Begum-Haque for her generosity and selflessness in sharing her knowledge and research with others. At the time of Begum-Haque’s passing, she had two grants. Two days prior to leaving for France, she had submitted a paper for publication. Her legacy is not necessarily in the scientific work that she completed, but more in the relationships that she cultivated with others, Nicolas Haque said. Begum-Haque is survived by two sons, six grandchildren, one younger brother and two sisters. She is preceded in death by one brother. Funeral services were held earlier in December in Hanover. A memorial service will be held at Rollins Chapel in the first week of May. Condolences or personal comments may be sent to azizul. haque@dartmouth.edu.
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Record climate change agreement reached
a new agreement for the global community.” because we want them to be global The countries at this conference leaders and think about their role took a more cooperative approach as the cause and solutions to these in Paris. States agreed to individuclimate change problems,” Tuck ally reduce their carbon emissions School of Business professor and to a specific target rate and mutually pioneer of the course “Business and enforce and coerce each other into Climate Change” Anant Sundaram continuing to lower their emission numbers in the future, Kapuscinski said. Corporations are both the prob- said. Before and during COP21, lem and solution to climate change as they are the biggest contributors countries submitted individual to the emissions of greenhouse gas- comprehensive national climate es, Sundaram said. He added that action plans to reduce carbon emissions. The the industry will have to do a lot “Countries have been long-term goal the plans was of the research hard at work for the past of to keep the inand development that goes 20 years to negotiate crease in global teminto developing a new agreement and average perature to bethese clean energy technolo- it was understood and low two degrees gies to solve the agreed upon that at C e l s i u s. T h e gover nments climate change this meeting, they were also agreed to problem. P a t r i c k going to try to reach a track each country’s commitTurevon Tu’16, observed many new agreement for the ment through a n ex t e n s i ve of the “behind global community.” transparency the scenes negoand accounttiations” and atability system. tended the vari- -Anne Kapuscinski, T h e ous panels and enviromental studies COP21 agreelectures held ment will not throughout the professor be implemented second week of until 2020 and the conference. the monitoring “I tried to attend a lot of the business lectures on and verification mechanisms to see building a clean energy market and if countries are abiding by their investing in clean energy,“ Turevon commitment will not be in place until 2023, Sundaram said. said. Although the agreement is a step Sundaram said he finds it important for his business students forward, Sundaram said he is less to see how global negotiations and optimistic about its timeline. consensus building processes work Yona expressed similar sentiments about some of the agreeor do not work. The main objective of this an- ment’s weaknesses. She said that the nual conference is to review and reality of the agreement, although revise the implementation of the positive on the surface, is that the Rio Convention, which in 1992, sum of the individual commitments established a framework for action will be emissions well over the 1.5 aimed at stabilizing the atmospheric degrees Celsius limit and around 3.5 concentrations of greenhouse gases. degrees according to an indepen Although delegates and leaders dent study by Climate Interactive. “The agreement is a big step from countries meet annually, an agreement is not reached every year, forward, but at a time when we environmental studies professor and need a marathon,” she said. Union of Concerned Scientists del- The Paris agreements affect the egate at COP21 Anne Kapuscinski Dartmouth community since it is a public statement about the end said. “This [conference] was really of the fossil fuel era. To meet the important because the international goals of this agreement, a “deep agreement that these nations are and systemic transformation of our currently operating from was the energy systems” is needed, Curtis Kyoto Protocol, which expires in said. “With our $4.7 billion endow2020,” Kapuscinski said. “Countries have been hard at work for ment still exposed to the fossil fuel the past 20 years to negotiate a new industry, we must act swiftly to diagreement and it was understood vest, demonstrating both our moral and agreed upon that at this meet- leadership and financial prudence,” ing, they were going to try to reach she added. FROM CLIMATE PAGE 1
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Do you believe studying abroad is valuable? Should students choose to study abroad, or is their time better spent on campus?
Students tend to think about opportunities like studying abroad in terms of how they contribute to their major. Going to Spain obviously benefits someone studying Spanish, just as studying abroad in China benefits someone interested in East Asian studies. A student’s interests, however, do not have to be internationally related for a term abroad to be valuable; studying abroad is useful for a student of any major. As an English major and writer, I know that travelling can help me discover creative possibilities that would be impossible if I simply stayed on campus every term. This discovery does not depend on travelling with the English department. Many writers who I respect took inspiration from visiting other countries, such as Zora Neale Hurston, whose “Tell My Horse” was spurred by a visit to Haiti and Jamaica. And collaboration between scientists from multiple countries to develop new theories and experiments is common, therefore taking STEM courses in another country helps a student grow accustomed to a globalized world of science. Studying abroad also has benefits outside of the academic as the experience leads to adaptability in new situations, independence and, most importantly, open-mindedness.
- Clara Chin ’19 Study abroad programs allow students to develop a global perspective, one infinitely more rich, more valuable and more profound than anything that can be simulated in a classroom. When Dartmouth students spend time abroad, they create important connections. Not just physical ones — like the names, email addresses and phone numbers jotted down in a notebook after a term spent meeting people of different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds — but also personal and emotional ones. Students gain a deeper understanding of the environment that they are studying and a deeper sense of care. They are likely to keep reading about the countries they visit, keep communicating with the people they’ve met and are likely to be more affected by and thus more inclined to help if an
unfortunate incident happens. Study abroad programs not only further intellectual development, catalyze personal growth and refine cultural and linguistic knowledge, but they also strengthen bonds between countries and soften often rigid international borders. They make us care. They make places in the world hitherto unfamiliar to us now feel like second homes. They make us better global citizens and they make us want to jump out of our seats and get our hands dirty when the countries we visit suffer terror and tragedy. In that way, the positive impact of studying abroad cannot be diminished by any potential inconveniences or missed opportunities on campus. - Ioana Solomon ’19 Anytime we make value judgments about some element of the academic experience, we can easily use the wrong metric. To some, studying abroad may seem like a distraction from serious study or a waste of time and money. That term could be better spent, some might argue, doggedly pursuing your major and a fat paycheck. However, using money or majors as the metric through which we value education is a depressing way to view college life. Andrew Abbott, in his “Aims of Education” address, argued that education “enable[s] ourselves to experience more of life in a given present, a given now.” Education, in other words, is about having as many interesting, fulfilling experiences as you can jam into roughly 80 years of existence. A better metric for educational experiences should be fulfillment per day (FPD). How much of life do you get out of a single day? I can think of few experiences that would rank higher on a FPD scale than studying abroad. Not to mention that of your 80 to 90 years of life, most of your time will likely be spent in a career which, while hopefully fulfilling, doesn’t afford much opportunity to travel for extended periods of time. So if we use the correct metric, FDP, studying abroad makes perfect sense. - Steven Chun ’19
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We must acknowledge that anti-Semitism influences modern criticism of Israel.
Once again, I find myself in the unfortu- regard, whatsoever, for the fact that a Jew nate, but necessary position of justifying the might believe in a one- or two-state soluexistence of the state of Israel and Israel’s tion, cooperation or segregation, peace or right to defend itself. violence, or any number of other concepts I write this as more Israeli Jews are in- on which her Judaism has no bearing. jured and hospitalized by cars, knives and Cries of “occupation” and “justified reguns; as the new year ushers in the same old sistance” echo loudly through the crowded violence; as legitimate calls to avoid Islamo- halls of social media, relying on the assumpphobia and combat racism in the United tion that whatever is said the loudest will be States are conflated with illegitimate calls accepted as true. to find compassion for “freedom fighters” Where else in the world is a contentious injuring babies at bus stops and children on border between two historically opposed their bicycles; as the rest of the world’s war factions with a fraught and violent political crimes go seemingly unnoticed while the history derided as apartheid? Certainly not vast majority of U.N. condemnations land between Iran and Pakistan. Not between on Israel’s shoulders; as the Jew once more India and both Bangladesh and Burma. Not cries in the face of a silent world. between Northern and Southern Ireland, nor Almost constantly throughout the past two the Koreas, nor, notably, between Egypt and thousand years, Jews have been scapegoated the Gaza Strip. It has become all too comfor the ills of society. There have been many mon to see Israel singled out as the world’s instances of discrimination against the world most egregious violator of civil liberties, Jewry throughout hiswhen the measures it tory, including the to protect itself “We must strive to make takes Catholic Crusades, the are matched and even Spanish Inquisition, our opinions well-informed outstripped in other Russian pogroms and of the world. no matter the conclusion. parts the murder of 6 milDemonstrate, please, lion Jews by the Nazi We must strive not to place one other country regime have all come treats neighbors a severely disproportionate that from and fed into the who not only call for hatred of the “dirty number of the ills of the but act to hasten its Jew.” world on the head of the destruction as well as If you don’t believe Israel does the people that this prejudice Jew. Not just for the sake of in the Gaza Strip and still exists, consider innocent Israelis, but for Jews the West Bank. a statistic from “The To be very clear: Atlantic” article by worldwide who see clearly just as I am opposed to Jeffrey Goldberg, “Is the specter of wrought iron the mindless PalestinIt Time for the Jews ian violence against to Leave Europe?” gates proclaiming ‘Arbeit civilians, I am opposed In 2014, Jews made macht frei’ (Work sets you to any baseless denial up only one percent of rights to an ethnic, of the total French free).” religious, or cultural population, but 51 population. Excessive percent of the victims police violence against of religion-based hate crimes were Jews. Palestinians must become a thing of the past. German protestors, upset with Israel’s West The despicable murder of the Dawabsheh Bank settlement policy, chanted “Jews to the family by a Jew, who by this act tarnishes gas” during rallies in 2014. the name of Judaism, is a terrorist act just And make no mistake, this modern ter- as any attack against Israeli Jews is. But what rorism comes from a hatred of Jews. This is many supporters of Palestine simply do not anti-Semitism in its purest form. Some Arab understand is that they can find valid points leaders call for the systematic extermination for the pro-Palestinian movement that do not of Zionists, Israelis and Jews with no regard rely on anti-Semitic tropes, fallacious argufor any distinction between the three. With ments and an ingrained, violent opposition no regard for the fact that Zionism is merely to any dissenting opinion. the belief in a Jewish homeland, independent One can easyily look at this situation of any belief about bordering states. With and immediately cast a hero and an enemy no regard for the fact that some Israelis — or, if one prefers, an oppressor and the voted against the government policies that oppressed. But, one must resist the instinct to activists the world over use as an excuse for do just that and instead complete the more terrorism, when the terrorists themselves difficult task of contemplating the facts and don’t even bother. In the most recent na- nuances of the entire situation. We must tional election, the Likud party, current strive to make our opinions well-informed prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party no matter the conclusion. We must strive not and the major center-right party, won 23.4 to place a severely disproportionate number percemt. However, left leaning parties — the of the ills of the world on the head of the Joint List, a political alliance of four Arab- Jew. Not just for the sake of innocent Israelis, dominated parties and Yesh Atid — won but for Jews worldwide who see clearly the a similar percentage of the total vote with specter of wrought iron gates proclaiming nearly 20 percent when combined. With no “Arbeit macht frei” (Work sets you free).
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Pilot shakeout process expects to take 10 to 20 new members FROM SHAKE-OUT PAGE 1
The benefit of the open house is that women who attend can It also encourages women to find decide how much time they need to commonalities with other people in familiarize themselves with the house, the house in order to create a rich Composto said. community, she added. Open houses will include casual A group of about fifteen sisters activities such as finger painting and of Sigma Delt from different class mingling, she said. All sisters are years, both on required to be and off the present. “The main idea is to house’s executive “We take very board, worked on give women joining seriously the the proposal to houses a sense of vulnerability Panhell to move that PNMs show to the shake-out agency.” i n r u s h i n g, ” system over five Composto said. terms, Composto “We want to -ABIGAIL HARTLEY ’16, said. Their create an honest engagement with RECRUITMENT CHAIR representation Panhell started OF THE PANHELLENIC of our house, l a s t s p r i n g, a n d t h e r e ’s and the house COUNCIL nothing more unanimously honest than the voted last term members of our in favor of a pilot house.” this winter. The shake-out will be held from 3 p.m. Composto said that the traditional to 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18. She rush process made many members noted that interested women should feel conflicted. expect to be spend about 30 minutes “Rush has always left our house at the shake-out event. uncomfortable,” she said. “It’s been Sally Kim ’16, president of EKT, a long, fragile process.” the first sorority to adopt the shakeThe Sigma Delt members have out process, said that this approach worked to craft a strong and concrete enabled her to get a firm grasp of proposal, Panhell recruitment chair how prospective members would fit and a member of the house Abigail into the sisterhood. Hartley ’16 said. Kim recalled that during her own The open houses will have a laid- experience participating in the shakeback, structure, Composto said. out process as a sister, she was able to “It’s come and go as you please — have an extended conversation with you can stop by for five minutes or a PNM and later connected with her stay for two hours,” Composto said. over a meal.
Kim said that EKT is supportive shake-out process operates this term of Sigma Delt’s decision to adopt the will determine whether or not it happens again, Composto said. She shake-out system for recruitment. “We’re really excited that Sigma added that Sigma Delt understands that many people are affected by this Delt has decision and decided to go the shake-out “We take very seriously is interested hearing route,” she the vulnerability that in feedback said. Kim said PNMs show in rushing. f r o m a l l she thinks this We want to create an involved. “ We ’ r e process will alleviate both honest representation of t r y i n g stress and time our house, and there’s something new and commitment f o r t h o s e nothing more honest than are going to participating the members of our house.” react to the responses we in the rush get because process. She we want to also said that -JORDANA COMPOSTO ’16, make the she can see SIGMA DELTA WINTER TERM process as switching to healthy and s h a k e - o u t s RUSH CHAIR balanced as becoming a p o s s i b l e, ” movement Composto for local said. sororities. Hartley said EKT and Sigma Delt are trying their best to line up their schedules that winter rush is an ideal time to try this out since the number of PNMs for recruitment, Kim said. Other differences between the tends to be smaller than it is in the fall. two shake-outs are that EKT has no open houses, Kim said. Instead, their two shake-outs essentially act as open houses. Additionally, EKT can give out bids 24 hours after each shake-out, whereas Sigma Delt will offer all bids at the end of their one shakeout towards the end of formal recruitment, she said. As a pilot program, how the
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Healy said that the winter pilot program is intended to determine how changing the recruitment process will affect both potential new members and house “agency and happiness.” She noted that Panhell hopes that the pilot will lead to more changes to recruitment that would benefit PNMs, give agency to PNMs and increase transparency of the process. In a statement emailed to campus, the executive board of Sigma Delt wrote that the traditional sorority recruitment process gives potential new members little choice in which house they end up and also favors extroverted women or women who already know members of a certain house. The hope of instituting the pilot shake-out process is to allow potential new members more flexibility in choosing how much time to spend attending events and getting to know sisters, the email continued. “The main idea is to give women joining houses a sense of agency,” Hartley said.
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A capella groups travel the country for interim tours
Pearl Harbor Commemoration events on Hawaii’s Oahu Island. The group The Dartmouth sang the national anthem in front For Dartmouth’s many a cappella of the USS Oklahoma memorial, groups, the long winter break provides performed at a K-12 school in Oahu a chance to hit the road and perform and sang Christmas carols at the Ala for a wider audience. This winter Moana shopping center, Churchill Dartmouth’s a cappella groups trav- said. elled all over the United States, from One highlight for singer Haley Massachusetts to Florida to Hawaii. Reicher ’17 was participating in the These winter tours give a cappella Blackened Canteen Ceremony at groups a chance to travel and connect the USS Arizona memorial during with alumni while raising money and which veterans pour bourbon whiskey increasing publicity. The long days from a recovered canteen into Pearl spent travelHarbor. The ling and living “Tour is awesome USS Arizona together serve was bombed because it gives us an as an imporduring the tant bonding opportunity not just Japanese atexperience for to improve musically tacks and the members of the wreck of the but also to deepen our groups. ship still lies G r a h a m personal connections.” at the bottom Churchill ’16,a of Pearl Harmember of the bor. The meSing Dynasty, -GRAHAM CHURCHILL ’16 morial marks one of Dartthe resting mouth’s coed place of the a cappella ship. groups, said “Bethat winter tour is one of his favorite cause the oil continues to leak, it felt parts about being in the group. like not just a moment in history, but “Tour is awesome because it gives one that is still happening,” Reicher us an opportunity not just to improve said. musically but also to deepen our per- The Subtleties, an all female group, sonal connections,” Churchill said. spent five days in the Seattle, Wash. This year the Sing Dynasty was area, where they sang at Seattle Chilselected to sing at the 74th Annual dren’s Hospital and at a private din-
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ing club called The Ruins. They also performed with Furmata A Capella, an a capella group at the University of Washington. Tori Campbell ’18 said that singing at the children’s hospital was the most meaningful part of the tour. “It was so appreciated that we were there — it didn’t matter how good we were,” she said. Campbell said that tour was also a great bonding experience for the group. “We spent 24/7 with each other for five days, so it was pretty much impossible not to bond,” she said. The Brovertones, an all-male group, travelled to colleges and alumni clubs along the East Coast. They spent the first part of their tour performing at Boston University, Smith College, and Georgetown University. Mene Ukueberuwa ’14 said that he appreciates how Dartmouth’s long winter break allows the a cappella groups to perform at other colleges while those schools are still in session. The Brovertones were hosted in the dorms of the groups they visited, he said. The Brovertones spent the second half of the tour singing at holiday parties for alumni clubs. They sang a mix of holiday songs, pop songs and traditional Dartmouth songs such as the alma mater and “Son of a Gun for Beer,” Ukueberuwa said. The Rockapellas, an all-female group, spent ten days in Colorado, touring in three Colorado cities- Den-
ver, Boulder and Vail- and surrounding areas. They sang at a hospital, holiday parties, and various elementary schools, at which they were able to teach students some of their songs, Olivia Estes ’19 said. Estes said that teaching students songs was one of the most rewarding experiences of the trip. “Some of them did a pretty good job,” she said. “It was impressive.” Estes said that the tour also helped her get to know her fellow Rockapellas better. The all-female Decibelles travelled to Florida over break. They visited Disney World, Sea World, Busch Gardens and travelled to Tampa, Fla. and Miami, Fla. The group also performed at an a cappella showcase at the University of Florida. Caroline Puskas ’19 said that the members of the University of Florida singing groups impressed her with their talent and variety. Florida was also the tour destination for the Dodecaphonics, a coed group. They performed at various alumni clubs, including one in Key West. The group also performed at three high schools. Emma PeConga ’16 said that she hoped that visiting these high schools would inspire students to pursue the arts in college. “I know that I was on the fence [about pursuing arts] at the end of high school and seeing an a cappella group would have really inspired me,”
PeConga said. She said that she also enjoyed being able to stay at the family homes of some Dodecaphonics members where she got the chance to meet their parents and siblings. At the end of the tour the Dodecaphonics attended a Miami Heat game, which Danny Shlien ’18 said was one of his favorite parts of the trip. The Aires, Dartmouth’s oldest a cappella group, stayed in New England, visiting Boston and New York City. They were able to sing at several Aires members’ high schools, including the Wheeler School in Providence, R.I. and Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Conn., Nikhil Arora ’16 said. The Aires’ performance in Hartford, Conn. was broadcast live on NBC-CT. The group also sang for various alumni clubs in the area. Arora said that singing traditional songs for alumni clubs is always a meaningful experience. “It’s always nice to share our love of those songs with them,” he said. The Cords, another all-male group, also toured around the East Coast, travelling from Connecticut to New York City. They sang at several colleges, including Trinity College, Columbia University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They performed for various alumni clubs and finished their tour with a performance at the National Disability Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Wright ’18 sets Leede record as basketball wraps up interim B y Max kanefield The Dartmouth Staff
After opening the season with two early losses, Dartmouth men’s basketball earned a 4-5 record over the winter interim to move its current status to 4-7 on the season. Playing all non-conference matchups, the Big Green notched wins over Long Island University Brooklyn, the University of Hartford, the University of Maine and Longwood University, but fell to the University of Vermont, Stanford University, California State University, Bakersfield, the University of New Hampshire and Bryant University. The team began the break with a 79-56 victory over Long Island (6-6) as guard Miles Wright ’18 poured in points to make history. With 39 points on 13-22 shooting, including 7-9 from three-point range, Wright’s performance soared to tie the Leede Arena scoring record . Forward Connor Boehm ’16 came in with a double-double, sealing the win for the Big Green. “We had a good week of practice
after finishing up finals, so we all felt good going into the game,” Wright said. “We had some trouble in the first half, but we did a good job of finding the open man in the second half. For me, shots were falling early in the game and my teammates kept getting me the ball when I had the hot hand and was in good position to score.” The Big Green dropped their next game to Vermont (7-7) 63-68 in the teams’ 100th meeting. In a game in which neither team led by more than five and the lead changed hands 14 times, the Vermont Catamounts did just enough to grab a win in Hanover. Wright came off his historic game to record his first double-double of the season, registering 18 points and 10 rebounds. Evan Boudreaux ’19 poured in a nearly identical 18 points and nine rebounds, but the Big Green’s efforts fell short in the end. This marked the 16th loss for Dartmouth in these two teams’ last 17 meetings. Dartmouth, however, still leads the all-time series against Vermont 57-43.
Following the loss, the team registered back-to-back wins, beating Hartford (5-10) 74-65 and Maine (4-9) 79-69. Against Hartford, Brandon McDonnell ’16 led Dartmouth with 17 points in just 16 minutes off the bench. The team displayed a balanced scoring attack that featured four players in double figures. Following the win against Hartford, Dartmouth notched their only road win of the young season against Maine with a season-high 49.1 percent team shooting performance. Over the break, Big Green basketball demonstrated its ability to win in a variety of ways, boasting five different leading scorers over their nine games played since the end of fall term. “I think it’s a pretty versatile team,” Boudreaux said. “I think we have a lot of guys who can play a bunch of different roles, a lot of guys who are skilled enough to play a bunch of different positions. Any one of us can go off on a specific night, and that is going to be good going forward.” After earning wins in three of four
games to start the winter interim, the Big Green dropped four of their next five games, starting with a 50-64 loss at Stanford. The team struggled to protect the paint and run its sets on offense against the size and length of Stanford. The Big Green followed their loss at Stanford with a 62-69 loss against CSU Bakerfield despite forcing 21 turnovers. The team then dropped its third straight game, a 56-76 loss to New Hampshire in which they shot a season-low 28 percent. All three losses were on the road, where the team has struggled thus far, posting a 1-5 record over winter interim. “Early in the season we play a lot of high-major teams, which contributes to being on the road,” team captain Tommy Carpenter ’16 said. “We are also playing a lot of younger guys. Playing on the road in college is tough to get used, whether it’s a crowd or a new arena. I think as our younger guys start to get more comfortable we’ll be able to get better on the road in the future.” The team broke out of the losing streak with a 78-54 vic-
tory over Longwood (4-12) behind Boudreaux’s 17 points and nine rebounds. He helped keep the team close in its next game as well, pouring in 16 points and 13 rebounds in a 60-62 loss to Bryant (3-10). Boudreaux’s efforts earned him his fourth selection as Ivy League Rookie of the Week this season. He is the first Dartmouth freshman to earn the award four times since Gabas Maldunas ’15 and Jvonte Brooks ’15 both accomplished the feat during the 2011-2012 season. “It’s been a great honor to have won something like that,” Boudreax said. “I just try to stay focused and do what the team asks me to do whether that be rebounding a bunch or scoring as much as possible. We are really just concerned with wins right now, but to get recognition like that is certainly very humbling.” The Big Green head to Connecticut on Jan. 4 to face Fairfield University (6-6), where they will look to get back on track on the road. The game will be the team’s final tune-up before its Ivy League opener at Harvard University (6-8) Jan. 9.
Men’s squash beats Harvard for first time in 73 years B y Matt yuen
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The men’s squash team stormed into the new season with a strong 4-1 start, highlighted by a historic win over Harvard University on Dec. 1. The 5-4 win was the Big Green’s first against the Crimson in 73 years. In addition to playing Harvard over interim, the team also faced Franklin & Marshall College, the United States Naval Academy, George Washington University and Trinity College, winning in every matchup except the last. The new squash season is highlighted by the addition of three heavily talented freshmen players— Carson Spahr ’19, Matthew Giegerich ’19 and Samuel Epley ’19. Although all three players are new to collegiate squash, they are already among the top players of Dartmouth’s squash team. “[They are] definitely the most impactful freshman class ever in my four years,” squash captain James Fisch ’16 said. “They’re all heavily talented, interact with the team well
and are so enthusiastic about the game. They have a fresh liveliness that brings everyone up around us, especially the upperclassmen who’ve been around for a while.” Not only do the new players contribute to the team’s talent pool, they also bring fresh faces to the scene. “When you have new freshmen coming into the game and already top of the line, it motivates everyone to work even harder,” Brian Giegerich ’18 added. “At least for me personally, it made me work that much harder to catch up to them and perform to the best of my abilities.” With the addition of three strong players and a stronger sense of motivation surging throughout the team, it is no surprise the Big Green started off its season with an unprecedented victory against Harvard’s then-No.2 squash team. “We beat Harvard, which is probably the biggest upset I’m going to have in my collegiate squash career as my first game as a freshman,” Spahr said. Harvard’s squash team has always been one of the best teams in
the collegiate circuit, making the Big Green’s recent victory that much more notable. “There isn’t a lot a lot of pressure on us,” Glen Brickman ’17 added. “When we play, we have nothing to lose. They have everything to lose, and we have everything to gain.” Injuries also gave an edge to Dartmouth’s squash team. Harvard’s lineup was missing two of its star players, while Dartmouth’s was only missing one key player, Alexander Greer ’16 who was out due to surgery. “Our victory over Harvard let the college squash world know that we are a strong squash team,” Giegerich added. The victory over Harvard has had a huge impact on the squash team and the program overall. Last season, the Big Green finished the year ranked No. 11, while Harvard finished ranked No. 2. A squad qualifies for the National Team Championship Potter Cup tournament by placing in the top eight of the Division 1 squash bracket at season’s end. Dartmouth was ranked
No. 4 in the most recent rankings on Dec. 30. “Before the start of the season, there was a Google Docs document where everyone wrote down some goals they had for themselves and for the team,” Spahr said. “And almost everyone had the same goal — to be in the top eight ranks by the end of the season.” With spirit at an all time high, the men’s squash team continued to secure wins over the next three matches. Unfortunately, the Big Green’s streak came to a halt when it lost 9-0 to Trinity, who is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country. “Their talent runs through all the ladders,” Giegerich said. “Even their number nine player is very strong.” Furthermore, Spahr added that the loss to Trinity did not accurately reflect how close the individual matches between the players were. “It was a bit discouraging heading out there, not grabbing a single win and losing 9-0,” he said. “But at the same time, we were competitive with most of our matches. We were
really right in there with them. The 9-0 doesn’t reflect the true effort we put in.” Trinity has reached the Potter Cup final for 19 consecutive years. The Bantams are undefeated this year and only lost one game all of last season, finishing 19-1. “I think there were a lot of positives to take away from the match,” Brickman said. “We didn’t really beat ourselves over that loss. If you were at the match and you were watching, it was a big improvement from last year.” This coming weekend, the Big Green is scheduled to play two home games against the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University. “I want to encourage a lot of people to come out to the matches just to see one,” Spahr said. “I think the sport of squash itself — it’s the fastest-growing sport in the world, but a lot of people don’t really know much about it. Once people were to come out and watch the game, I think they would see that it’s a really entertaining sport.”