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Jacob Gaba ’16 and Jordyn Turner ‘16 were announced as part of the inaugural 111-member Schwarzman scholar class on Monday. As scholars, they will participate in a oneyear fully funded master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The scholars were selected from a pool of 3,054 applicants, giving the program a 3.7 percent acceptance rate, global director of admissions Robert Garris said. Gaba, a computer science modified with digital arts major,
Okalik Eegeesiak, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council International, and author Sheila WattCloutier, lead a public lecture on the health of the Arctic on Tuesday.
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DALI lab partners with NASA on virtual reality
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Funded by grant money from NASA’s National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Dartmouth professors and students are working to develop virtual reality technology to solve the psychological problems experienced during long-duration space flight. The project, called Psych VR, is being conducted by a group of investigators that includes two professors from the Geisel
School of Medicine and DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center, Jay Buckey and Mark Hegel, and computer science professor Lorie Loeb, from the Dartmouth Digital Arts Leadership Innovation lab. Loeb said that the project’s mission, exploring “the therapeutic potential of virtual reality,” excites her. She noted that the immersive virtual experience needed to create “an escape” for those experiencing long-duration space flight or other extreme situations like being in the
Arctic could be a “real way to trick the brain and get people thinking they’re somewhere else.” Buckey said they hope to create a virtual “immersive environment” based on attention restoration theory, the idea that people are able to function more productively after spending time in nature. He said that he has been interested in exploring how to make long-duration space flight possible. He said that one of the challenges to this are the psychological effects
of extended space travel. “[Virtual reality] looks like it could be a promising way to address some of the problems with long duration space flight and being in isolated and confined environments,” he said. Buckey said he realized virtual reality could be a solution through discussions with DALI. DALI creates video content and shoots footage using 14 GoPro cameras — seven to simulate each SEE NASA PAGE 5
Skinny Pancake to open creperie in Hanover B y DANIEL KIM
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Burlington, Vermont-based creperie Skinny Pancake will be opening its first out-of-state location in Hanover, replacing the space previously occupied by Essentials for Men and the Chocolate Shop in the Hanover Park building on Lebanon Street. Owner Benjy Adler said that the scheduled date of the opening is April 15. Adler said that the restaurant tries to source most of its food from the local community. In their latest audit in Burlington last October, he said
that 77.1 percent, by dollar, of the restaurant’s food, beverage, raw and value-added products were local. The restaurant also donates one percent of its revenue to environmental nonprofit organizations. “We’re looking to disprove the thesis that a chain is just an octopus sucking the energy and money out of a town,” he said. “We’re trying to use capitalism to invert this concept of the ‘leaky bucket.’ This is the idea that in a town or a community, if you spend money, the money gets shipped to a corporation, which goes farther and farther away. If we can divert
the money we spend away from the global economy and keep it local, every time we can, we look for ways to do that.” A possible consideration for the restaurant is a crowd-funding campaign, where those who donate to support the opening of the Hanover location and would receive some sort of discount in exchange. Started as a food cart in 2003 on Church Street in Burlington, Vt., Skinny Pancake continued to grow in the following years. It expanded from a food cart, to a sailboat trailer to a school bus, to rental apartment
kitchens and to its first restaurant building opening in Burlington in 2007. The chain now consists of five locations including Montpelier, Burlington International Airport, Sugarbush Ski Resort and the University of Vermont. Skinny Pancake is a mission-driven local food restaurant, with a goal to “change the world by building a safer, healthier and more delicious food shed while creating everyday enjoyment that is fun and affordable,” according to their website. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, SEE CREPE PAGE 2
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DAILY DEBRIEFING A new bill, proposed in Congress, would require schools with assets over $1 billion to allocate 25 percent of their annual endowment income for financial aid, Bloomberg News reported. Ninty-two colleges fall into this category. Under the new bill, if they do not comply, they would lose their tax-exempt status. U.S. congressman Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) said that the bill aims to address the rising cost of college. Reed added that he is worried that while tution increases, institutions continue to enjoy fiscal benefits, like tax exemptions. Some school officials have already spoken out. In the Bloomberg article, Henry Bienen, president of Northwestern University from 1995 to 2009, said that Congress should not get involved in decisions like these, as each university has its own unique financial aid and endowment policies. Larycia A. Hawkins, the only tenured black female professor at Wheaton College of Illinois — an evangelical Christain college — is facing potential dismissial after she posted a Facebook status where she expressed support for Muslims, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Hawkins posted a photo of herself in a hijab on Facebook and wrote that, as an Evangelical Christian, she stood in solidarity with Muslims because they believe in the same God. Wheaton’s provost, Stanton L. Jones, called Hawkins into his office and asked her to clarify her views. In a memorandum to Hawkins, Jones said that Wheaton’s faith statement claims a distinct evangelical Christian view of God, one that is different than the Muslim God. In mid-December, Hwakins said that Jones, continuing to question Hawkins beliefs, asked her to agree to a two-year open-ended series of conversations about her Christian beliefs with members of the Wheaton administration and board of trustees while suspending her tenure. She declined. Wheaton began a termination procedures last week. A petition to reinstate Hawkins has received over 55,000 signatures. A report, released by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation on Monday, called on colleges to create a “poverty preference” for high-achieving, low-income applicants, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Admissions outcomes prefer athletes, legacies, wealthy students and other preferences, according to the report. Jennifer Giancola, the foundation’s director of research, wrote the report with Richard D. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and proponent of socalled class-based affirmative action. By creating a preference for promising low-income applicants, they argue, colleges could better recognize the accomplishments of high-achieving students who have displayed persistence in overcoming obstacles. -COMPILED BY SARA MCGAHAN
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Creperie focuses on local ingredients FROM CREPE PAGE 1
dinner and dessert, the signature menu item being crepes. “Crepe is a versatile product,” Adler said. “It’s like a tabula rasa; it’s a blank slate on which you paint colors or flavors. That could be cheese, chicken, chocolate or vegetables — it could be vegan or gluten free.” Adler said that Hanover was selected as the first out-of-state location out of all the regions requesting a branch because of its parallels and proximity to Burlington. “We were looking for ‘likeminded towns’ from Burlington,” he said. Adler noted that Hanover and Burlington have similar demographics and are centered around a college and hospital center, creating a “safety net economically.” He added that Skinny Pancake has a passion for supporting live music. As a music major at Middlebury College, he said music came naturally to him and his restaurant concept. Adler said there are also plans to bring Burlington-based artists as well as other touring artists to the Hanover location, in addition to supporting Dartmouth and local
musicians. He compared the restaurant to a “portal,” where he will be able to leverage its connections to the Burlington music scene and beyond. When groups ask to book a show in the Vermont branches, Adler said, he will also be able to recommend that they play in the Hanover location. Adler said that he is looking forward to the opening of the Hanover location to engage with and become a part of the community. “If students are looking for a performance stage, interested in learning about how we operate, theory around local food, capitalism or anything else — it’s our responsibility and pleasure to engage, and when appropriate, educate,” he said. Adler noted that other branches have done similar work with the University of Vermont and other nearby colleges, adding that he hoped that the Hanover location will integrate itself into the community. Several interviewed students said they were looking forward to the opening. Emma Sisson ’17 said that she appreciates the addition of different culinary options. “I think it’s always good to add more to the town,” she said. “I think
for students who already eat out a lot, they’ll like more options, but I don’t think it’ll necessarily draw more students to Main Street if they’re not already eating there.” Collis center staff member Ben Robbins said that campus dining may feel some competition from the new restaurant. “I think it would be a good idea, but I’m not sure how Late Night’s going to feel about that — they sell all the crepes on campus,” he said. Hanover Town Manager Julia Griffin said that while it is not uncommon to see turnover in downtown retail space, she expects the vacant spaces in town to slowly begin filling up in the coming months. Griffin noted that Skinny Pancake had been searching for a retail location in Hanover for the past three years. Moving into the Hanover location will relatively straightforward for Skinny Pancake, as they only have to change their permit in order to convert the space from a clothing store and chocolate shop into a restaurant and kitchen, Griffin said. Adler said the the restaurant is looking to explore opening options in Pioneer Valley and Hudson Valley in the future.
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Gaba ’16 and Turner ’16 to study in China after graduation FROM SCHOLARS PAGE 1
initially heard about the program from an email as well as flyers that were put up around campus. He said that his experience in China on a language study abroad program served as part of his reason for applying for the scholarship. Gaba said that the LinkedIn profiles of the other selected students made him feel intimidated, but that he
is looking forward to interacting with them in addition to the opportunity to advance his fluency in Mandarin. Gaba, who is known for his viral music video for the song “Happy” by Pharell Williams, said he aims to stay abroad after the program ends and will continue to make films and videos. Turner, a government and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies double major, said she heard about the op-
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Jordyn Turner ’16 is one of 111 selected for the Schwarzman Scholarship.
portunity from assistant dean for scholarship advising Jessica Smolin and decided that the opportunity fit well with her interests in postgraduate opportunities and in China. The first part of the interview process consisted of three essays, Gaba said. Applicants wrote one personal statement on why they chose to apply, another on a leadership experience and the final essay on a current affairs topic. A reader familiar with each applicants home country goes over the application first, Garris said. Out of the initial applicant pool, he said that 300 students were selected for interviews, which took place in Beijing, Bangkok, London and New York. For the interview process, Turner said she went to New York City. The interviews consisted of questions from a variety of experts on global affairs such as former CIA director David Petraeus. Turner said the experience of answering interview questions from a panel of experts was intense. She said it was intimidating to speak in front of the panel, especially when the founder of the program walked into the room to observe. Turner said that she is looking forward to working with the other
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Jacob Gaba ’16 is one of two Schwarzman Scholars from Dartmouth.
students while also learning from them and getting to travel back to China. At the same time, she said she is nervous about being so far away from home for a long period of time. Garris said that the program was looking for students who will be in leadership roles in the future in a variety of ventures. Garris said that the candidates were evaluated on the following selection criteria: strong intelligence, which Garris described as someone with “a mindset that lets them anticipate trends that are coming and understand their options for addressing those trends,” ; an ability to inspire those around them and character, demonstrated by a sense of determination to finish what you start and a good decision-making process. Ninety-five percent of the applicants who were accepted will participate in the program, Blackstone senior vice president of global affairs Paula Chirhart wrote in an email to the Dartmouth. Garris said the program received applications from 135 different countries. The selected students come from 32 different countries and 75 universities The countries with the highest number of applications, in order, were the United States, China, Nigeria, Ghana, India, Pakistan and Zimbabwe, Garris said. He said the admissions goal was to have 45 percent of the students be from the United States, 20 percent from China and 35 percent from the rest of the world. The first part of the program, which will begin in the fall, is coursebased in order to give the students, each of whom have a different background, a shared knowledge about
China and its position in the world, Garris said. Over the year the students will branch out more with individualized experiences, in which they will take concentration courses among three areas of specialization: international studies, public policy and business and economics. The last part of the program focuses on an internship-like experience that will take place in Beijing and throughout China, where the students will be connected with mentors in their fields, Garris said. The Schwarzman program aims to create a $450 million endowment to fund up to 200 students each year to go to China. Out of the $450 million, $375 million has already been raised from corporations and private individuals, Garris said. The program was founded by the chairman, CEO and co-founder of the Blackstone Group Stephen Schwarzman, who donated the initial $100 million to the endowment, Garris said. Schwarzman got the inspiration for the program from his own work at Blackstone, where he saw the large influence China had in global finance and the complexity of deals with China, Garris said. Schwarzman had the idea to connect future leaders from around the world with those in China, which led to the creation of the scholarship. He gathered a variety of academic specialists on China in the form of the academic advisory board in order to design the program itself. “Say you’re an aspiring minister of health from Brazil, you should know who the future health experts in China are because you met them through Schwarzman scholars,” Garris said.
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STAFF COLUMNIST MICHAEL BEECHERT ’16
STAFF COLUMNIST MICHELLE GIL ‘16
A Dangerous Game
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Our favorite sport has a dark side that is swept under the rug. I don’t exactly look forward to the beginning of the new year. The excitement of the Christmas season is over, classes and homework assignments start to make appearances on the daily agenda after a long period of absence, and Mother Nature promises at least three months of gray skies and freezing temperatures. One thing, however, brings a smile to my face and a spring to my step: the NFL playoffs. Even though God has apparently condemned my beloved New York Jets to eternal mediocrity, there’s nothing quite like tuning in every Saturday and Sunday to see football’s best slug it out on the path to the Super Bowl. Football, and the playoffs in particular, has, for me and countless Americans, served as a valuable bonding experience and an important part of life as a sports fan. While baseball and basketball are great games in their own right, the do-or-die nature of the NFL – win, or go home – creates a unique tension that more or less captivates the entire nation come January and February. I remember how, as a child, I would spend my entire week waiting in anticipation for Sunday on the few occasions that the Jets made the postseason. Playoff games – those three hours that always seem to go by too fast – were invariably watched with family and friends, but the atmosphere in the bars and living rooms in which the faithful would gather was anything but light and relaxed. Football, for whatever reason, was and is especially serious business, and this country loves the sport because of that. Football is also a particularly vicious game, where physical violence is not only the norm on the field but practically required by the rules of the game itself. Offensive and defensive linemen collide with tremendous force at the beginning of every play, ballcarriers are smashed to the ground with regularity, and quarterbacks are brought down by hulking freaks of nature if they are the slightest bit unlucky. Bones are snapped and ligaments are torn, and it’s all accepted as part of the game. Fans cheer injured players exiting the
stadium on golf carts as heroic casualties of war. The high stakes of football – the degree of harm which can occur – only justifies the seriousness of our fandom, and it increases our fervor as followers of the sport. But a sinister shadow has settled over the NFL, and America is just beginning to come to terms with the implications of its obsession. Brain injuries, and the devastating effects they have on players later in life, have reared their ugly head. Broken tibias and mangled ACLs, unpleasant as they may be, do not cause former players to shoot themselves in the chest, as All-Pro safety Dave Duerson did in 2011 and Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau did a year later. The list of retired NFL players who have committed suicide is tragically long, and autopsies have pointed to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurological illness caused by repeated head trauma, as the cause in many cases . The jarring hits that fans have come to love, and on which the NFL has largely built its brand, have a tremendous human cost. The NFL is largely at fault for the CTE epidemic; for years, the league ignored, downplayed, and even tried to suppress the mounting medical evidence that former players disproportionately suffered from the disease . And while players have every right to risk their bodies to pursue a career in football, the intentional absence of data on brain injuries in the sport up until now has prevented them from making an informed decision. Fans, however, must also share some of the blame. As uncomfortable as it may be, the truth is that decades of high TV viewership, ticket purchases and merchandise sales have created an environment so profitable that the NFL has been loath to risk spoiling the party by calling attention to brain injuries. A moral failure has occurred, but acknowledging and remedying that failure is extraordinarily difficult. Maybe the best way to do so would be to stop watching football altogether. When I am in front of a television for the divisional round this weekend, perhaps this thought will cross my mind.
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I went to a Trump rally and all I got was this decorative pin and a sense of despair.
There was one positive to my trip to see the archetypal catering to the whims of Donald Trump’s rally in Claremont, New potential donors. In theory, not paying lip Hampshire, last week: I got a free pin em- service or pandering to donors represents blazoned with Trump’s face and the words positive progress for politics; these could be “Haters Gonna Hate.” Unfortunately, that ways to diminish the corruption often presnifty souvenir did not make up for having ent in the political system. But in practice, to listen to Trump alternatively stroke his this plays out as him speaking his mind by own ego, insult all the other presidential spewing offensive, racist tirades. He doesn’t candidates and make racist comments. have to listen to and pander to the rich, Much like his campaign up until this point, but he also doesn’t have to — and indeed the rally was all pomp and no substance. does not — listen to nor truly attempt to Despite Donald Trump’s own opinion of represent those from lower socioeconomic himself, I really do not believe him to be the classes and diverse ethnicities. interloper messiah – come to save politics While the pursuit of corruption-free from itself – that so many Republicans are politics may seem like a noble idea, the reality is less righteous. Trump’s intentions making him out to be. I had hoped that by attending the Trump and tactics cancel out any potential positive rally I might be able to hear the concrete outcomes. Many citizens look to Trump as policies that he has in mind for a potential a hero who has exposed the fraudulence presidency. However, Trump did not actu- of politics, seemingly for the good of society. But I do not ally talk much about think that the good the strategies he would “Many citizens are society is anyimplement were he to looking to him as a hero of where on Trump’s be elected into office, radar. Rather, I besave for assuring the who has exposed the lieve that Trump’s assembled crowd that fraudulence of politics, campaign is built he’d protect their guns on nothing more and build a wall to keep seemingly for the good than greed and the out the drug-riddled of society. But I do not pursuit of further Mexicans. The only think that the good of power and promiother policy-related nence. information he shared society is anywhere on Despite many was wild assurances that Trump’s radar.” heralding Trump he’d have excellent relaas the first person tions with China and of any note to take would solve the problem on this mission, of ISIS and unrest in the several candidates Middle East. He refused have attempted to to share the actual ideas expose the corruphe has with regards to these issues, but nonetheless swore that the tion behind politics. These candidates plans existed somewhere in his mind. The do so for the good of society rather than majority of the rest of the rally consisted to promote their own interests. In 2012, of him hurling insults at the other potential Stephen Colbert created a Super Political presidential candidates, Democrat and Action Committee and ran a campaign for Republican alike. At times it appeared that the South Carolina presidential primary. his strategy for election may be to convince He purposely crafted a ridiculous name everyone that he is the least of all possible and mission statement for the Super PAC evils – a task that appears to prove easier as and showed the world just how such chanthe fight for the GOP candidacy continues. nels could allow for money laundering and Of course, Trump also made repeated other financial and political fraud. Colbert references to his candidacy being some was not in it to make a name for himself novel endeavour the likes of which poli- or to increase his own power, but rather tics has never seen. According to Trump, he appeared to truly want to expose the Trump running for president— all the corruption and absurdity behind politics. while exposing the corruption of politics While it may be tempting to laud a man and politicians— is something incredible whose unconventional approach to politithat seemingly no one else has or could cal campaigns lends a seemingly frank and have pulled off. He appears to think that expository lens to the typical fraudulence his supposed mission to speak frankly and of politics, the intentions behind such improve transparency in politics is some- a strategy must be taken into account. thing entirely new – never mind the fact Trump’s no holds barred, candid approach that, as previously mentioned, he hypocriti- to seeking the presidential office should cally would not give the details for his plans not be the approach our society chooses regarding several important policy issues. to uphold as a prime example of bravery I will admit that Trump’s strategy is in politics. His corruption and manipulanot like the typical political campaign. tion run just as deep as the majority of the His willingness to speak his mind on issues rest of politicians — he’s just been smart rather than paying lip service to curry favor enough to disguise it behind a facade that with voters is unusual. His personal access he knows many American citizens would to financial resources allows him to bypass get behind.
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DALI lab creates footage for NASA consists of visual content from around the College, including foothuman eye — mounted on a Hero age of the golf course and Occom 360 mount. This allows for depth Pond. perception. The primary obstacle has Ben Holland ’16, who is involved been technical, as the technology with the project, said after DALI involved with converting video f i n a l i ze s t h e footage into 3D video footage, footage on the they send it to “The part that’s really Oculus Rift is NASA, which hard is creating the still new, Bucktests it in the said, so the content itself. When ey Arctic. hardware and Sean Oh y o u ’ r e c r e a t i n g software re’17 , who also frequent something that’s 360 quire works in the updates. DALI lab, said degrees with all that “It inthat the Arctic volves some efvideo that’s a lot of functions as a fort on our part simulation of gigabytes of material to have a stable space. and then on top of system, I think Arctic users that will get betare asked to that stitching it all ter over time,” rate their level together, there are he said. of stress after T h e using the pro- some technical issues recent commergram. Control with just the scale of cial release of users also rate the Oculus Rift their stress level this kind of work.” will widen its usafter viewing ership, Buckey footage from said. -LORI LOEB, DALI inside a class“ A s room or an au- DIRECTOR more iterations ditorium. The of the Oculus team aims to come out, and determine if stress levels go down people become more and more after viewing scenic footage. involved with the VR stage, the The nature footage primarily stitching quality and viewing FROM NASA PAGE 1
quality will eventually reach a level where it does feel like you are there,” he said. Holland said there are still some inconsistencies and imperfections produced when the footage is stitched into a sphere to be used on the Oculus Rift. “The part that’s really hard is creating the content itself,” said Loeb. “When you’re creating something that’s 360 degrees with all that video that’s a lot of gigabytes of material and then on top of that stitching it all together, there are some technical issues with just the scale of this kind of work.” Loeb said they have an Apple Mac Pro hard drive in the lab that can “barely handle” the sheer amount of computation processing despite its size. Despite the technical limitations, Holland said that testing the virtual reality system has been a lot of fun. “It’s been incredible,” he said. “I think one aspect of this DALI project which makes it sort of different from the others is that I get to go outside quite a bit.” Buckey hopes to take the technology to Antarctica and ultimately space. In order for that to happen, he said that they would need to determine the efficacy of different visual content and the optimal virtual reality session length.
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Student Spotlight: Artist Bineshii Hermes-Roach ’17 By JOYCE LEE
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Bineshii Hermes-Roach ’17 first began drawing under the instruction of her father, a high school art teacher, who taught “mini-lessons” to her and her brother when they were children. Starting with simple pencil drawings, Hermes-Roach then moved onto charcoal, ink drawings and watercolor — the first three of the many mediums into which she would eventually expand her work. In high school, Hermes-Roach illustrated children’s books and designed brochures, websites and logos for Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia, a language revitalization organization that develops teaching materials. Recently, she’s finished work on two different children’s books. The first book, done in traditional watercolor, involves animals learning about emotions. The second is a digital art piece about a bat that learns about direction after accidentally flying into a house. The dichotomy between the art styles of the two books represents Hermes-Roach’s own exploration of both traditional and digital art. At Dartmouth, she is currently involved in the Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation lab. Hermes-Roach, who is Native American, designed
last spring’s powwow t-shirt. She is successful pieces were done through a member of the Tabard gender- printmaking in the summer. In order inclusive fraternity. to make the detailed pieces, Hermes Her time at the College has seen Roach would first make the prints and a significant transition for Hermes- then add layers of other mediums Roach as an artist. A former pro- such as leaves and paint. spective mathematics and studio “[What I did in printmaking] art double major, Hermes-Roach took everything I knew about tradidecided to major only in studio art tional media and combined them,” instead. Hermes-Roach said. “I think those “I came to the realization that I [prints] were my most successful in had to pick one terms of tradibecause [doing “[What I did in tional art.” both] would take too much from printmaking] took H e r m e s me,” Hermes- everything I knew Roach’s work is Roach said. influenced by a A l t h o u g h about traditional number of facs h e e n j o y e d media and combined tors, including math and knew them.” by the media she that a career in is exposed to. math would be The influence more lucrative, -BINESHII HERMES-ROACH of the cartoons she saud said she watched as she decided to ‘17 a child can be stick with studio seen in the bold art because she lines and simple loved it so much. colors of many In the end, she said she wanted to of her drawings. One of Hermespursue a career in something she Roach’s printmaking piece, displayed loved. at the Tabard and entitled “Flower In addition to a transition away Ring,” is otherworldly and fantasyfrom mathematics, Hermes-Roach like, Vanny Nguyen ’17 said. has developed a stronger interest Kwaishon Bell ’16, a fellow memin digital art and game design. She ber of the Tabard, commented on feels, however, that some of her more both Hermes-Roach’s creative talent
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Bineshii Hermes-Roach ’17 is a studio art major with a focus on digital arts.
and the distinct style of her pieces. “It takes time to get your lines clean “Her works are really dreamy, and not shaky anymore,” she said. especially her printmaking pieces, She said that digital art opens up and she has a great eye for color,” new possibilities and tools for artists. Bell said. “Her work is very much After graduation, she hopes to pursue all around and consistently in her a career in digital arts. She noted aesthetic.” that her exploration of game design, Nguyen agreed, saying that product design and architecture have Hermes-Roach’s work is “outside of given her the technical computer the box.” skills needed in digital arts. She also “She’s one of my favorite artists plans to collaborate with Grassroots on campus,” again, writing and Nguyen said. illustrating a chil“I’ve taken a “Her works are really dren’s book depictlot of studio dreamy, especially her ing treaty rights art classes and and the Dakota printmaking pieces, I hate it when people’s migration people pro- and she has a great story. duce cookie- eye for color.” “Digital art isn’t cutter [work], regarded as exactbut Bineshii’s ly as fine of an art work is not -KWAISHON BELL ’16 as traditional art, cookie-cutter.” but I think we can As a hupush towards that man-centered with the amount design minor, of possibility in the Hermes-Roach is interested in the field,” Hermes-Roach said. more technical design skills of digital Hermes-Roach said that her art arts. However, even with her math reflects her complex personality as a and technical backgroud, the transi- creative, chaotic and mathematical tion from traditional art to digital art individual. has had its difficulties, Hermes-Roach “[Chaos and logic] are very differsaid. ent but they influence my art, and I “There was a disconnect — I’m think when that combination of chaos better now, but it was more than an is- and logic comes together, it creates sue of learning how to use programs,” what I’m looking for,” Hermes-Roach Hermes-Roach said. “I wasn’t able to said. see what I’m drawing. I had to get used to drawing on a tablet and seeing the Last Word: actual piece on a computer screen.” Hermes-Roach also found it dif- Favorite musician right now: ZHU ficut to get used to the texture of the Favorite TV show: Steven Universe tablet drawings. Favorite video game: Undertale
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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Gillis, Verhagen shine during dual meet in Pennsylvania By EMILY WECHSLER The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth’s swimming and diving teams took to the University of Pennsylvania’s Sheerr Pool Friday and Saturday to take on the Quakers and the Yale University Bulldogs. In their first contest of 2016, the overall team performances lagged behind Penn and Yale, with the men losing to Penn 227-71 and to Yale 215-85 while the women lost 234-66 and 249-51, respectively. The meet opened Friday evening with 1-meter and 3-meter diving. Consistent top-finisher Brett Gillis ’16 took first in both men’s events by significant margins, and AJ Krok ’19 finished fourth in the 1-meter and sixth in the 3-meter. On the women’s side, Allison Green ’19 grabbed fourth and Allegra Codamon ’18 took seventh, both in the 1-meter. The Big Green divers have been doing especially well this season. Green opened her collegiate career at the first
meet of this season in November against Cornell University by qualifying for the NCAA Zone Diving Championship, held in early March. Krok, Gillis and Taylor Clough ’17 all qualified as well. At four, this is the largest number of Dartmouth divers that have qualified for Zones in a season. Saturday was less successful for the Big Green. “The results weren’t exactly what we would have wanted,” women’s cocaptain Charlotte Kamai ’16 said, “But there were definitely some good swims in there.” Strong men’s swims included Misha Tovmashenko ’18 taking second in the 200-yard freestyle, David Harmon ’17 touching third in the 100-yard butterfly and James Verhagen ’16 finding third in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke races. The women’s standouts included Megan Crook ’19 taking fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke, Kendese Nangle ’16 clinching fourth in the 50-yard freestyle and fifth in the 100-yard backstroke
andTaylor Yamahata ’18 touching fifth in the 200-yard backstroke.The remainder of the results from the 32 events contested were less strong. “We weren’t really looking to improve times [in this meet],” head coach Jim Wilson said. “We were really just looking to see if they can handle the workload.” Despite the resistance faced in Philadelphia, athletes and coaches seemed optimistic about their teams’ performances going forward. In recent years, Dartmouth’s men’s team has come in around fifth place in the Ivy League Championships, while the women have come in last. Kamai is hoping for better this year. “I think we’re going to have a really, really great end of our season,” she said. “We’re definitely going to have a very successful season. We’ve got a great crop of new freshmen and everyone’s been working really hard, so I think there’s a lot of potential.” Several freshman are indeed doing
well for the Big Green. Delaney Hall ’19 on the men’s side and Crook on the women’s have been performing well in the breaststroke, an area of recent weakness for the Big Green after the departure of NCAA championship caliber breaststroker Nejc Zupan ’14 two years ago. The team, guided by two new assistant coaches, has implemented an entirely new training program that Kamai believes is helping the teams progress as well. It involves dividing the team into skills groups so that their workouts are more individualized. Over the past three weeks, Tate Ramsden ’17’s passing has not been forgotten by the team. Penn and Yale swimmers sported the initials “TR” in his memory, and a moment of silence took place during the event. “It’s definitely been really, really hard, Tate was a really great guy and an integral part of the team,” Kamai said. “The first week was pretty hard, and even this meet – it’s weird for everyone
because we know he’s supposed to be there.” Kamai felt that it was important that the team continue swimming, as it was something Ramsden loved. Coaches acknowledged that their athletes had a lot on their plate. “They’re trying to get their feet back on level ground right now,” Wilson said. “I wouldn’t say that we swam exceptionally well or exceptionally poorly based on that, it’s just it’s on everybody’s mind.” Gillis said that teammates had been looking to each other for comfort. “Joking about his stupid Canadian accents that he would do, he was just a funny guy,” he said. “It’s tough, but things like that happen I guess. Hopefully, we can dedicate a performance to him this year.” Dartmouth’s teams will next take to the pool to host the Dartmouth Invitational at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center in White River Junction, Vt. on Jan. 22 and 23.
Shoot for It: With Alex Lee ’16 and John Beneville ’16
By ALEX LEE AND JOHN BENEVILLE
The Dartmouth Staff
What’s happening, Dartmouth! Winter term 2016 is upon us and today we shall be discussing the Miami Heat and their looming decision regarding Hassan Whiteside. The past four years have been incredibly volatile for the Miami Heat. The 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons brought back to back championships. The 2013-2014 season brought a loss to the San Antonio Spurs in the finals and the departure of Lebron James during the off-season. The 2014-2015 season brought the emergence of center Whiteside, a prominent midseason trade for point guard Goran Dragic and a near lifeending blood clot injury for superstar Chris Bosh. The Heat narrowly missed out on the playoffs last season but instead were able to secure the tenth pick in the NBA draft, by which they fortuitously selected the coveted NCAA 2015 Champion small forward Justise Winslow. This season, the Heat have started off to a respectable 22-16 and fifth in the better-than-anticipated Eastern Conference. Whiteside was drafted by the Kings during the 2010-2011 season but was cut several times and spent some time playing in China before being discov-
ered by the Heat. Whiteside has blossomed into one of the best centers in the league, averaging 12.1 PPG, 11.1 RPG and an astounding league-best 3.8 BPG (Anthony Davis is second with 2.6 BPG). D-League to max-contract is an inspiring story but a pivotal decision comes for the Miami Heat in the next month when the trade deadline hits. This year, Whiteside is making just under a million dollars but as a restricted free agent this summer will likely fetch a maximum contract. There have been some trade rumblings with names like Dwight Howard, Demarcus Cousins and Ryan Anderson, all of which Pat Riley has denied. If the Heat choose not to trade Whiteside at the deadline, they could risk letting him walk for nothing. This week, we debate whether or not the Heat should trade Whiteside. Alex’s Take: Bring me back to those Miami Heat glory days when it was assumed that they would make it to the finals. Then Lebron left. So much can change in a single NBA season. But last year’s mess brought one golden goose, and his name was Hassan Whiteside. Whiteside is an incredible basketball talent. Anyone who watches the way he effortlessly runs the court and swats balls with perfect timing at the rim will appreciate how he has the potential to
become one of the best players in the league. I personally love watching his ferocious dunks through several defenders and no sweat rebounding. Heck, even esteemed Celtic Bob Cousy compared Whiteside to Hall of Famer Bill Russell, the only such comparison he has made in 40 years. However, Whiteside does not come without his problems. Apart from being inconsistent on the floor, Whiteside may challenge Cousins for the “worst temperament in the NBA” award. I remember one particular incident when he full out tackled Alex Len of the Phoenix Suns, causing both players to be ejected.As a basketball player, Hassan is still incredibly raw, but he is no longer a young buck — in fact he turns 27 in June. Furthermore, the financial implications are a huge risk for the Heat. Whiteside will undoubtedly fetch a max contract. Even Enes “No Defense” Kanter of the Oklahoma City Thunder received the max; serviceable centers are simply a rare commodity in the League today. In order to free up the cap space, the Heat would need Dwyane Wade to (yet again) accept some sort of pay cut, which at this point seems very unlikely. If Pat Riley and the Heat organization allow Whiteside to finish the season, even if they were able to free up cap-space for him, Whiteside may opt to walk and in return the Heat
would receive nothing. As much as it pains me to say this, the Heat should trade Whiteside. It makes more sense for the organization to lock something up rather than gamble on receiving nothing. John’s Take: The Heat have been a pleasant surprise this season, and Alex is right to point to Whiteside as one of the big reasons behind their recent success. For the most part I have to admit that I agree with Alex’s reasoning. Allowing Whiteside to enter free agency would be a tough financial decision. The Los Angeles Lakers allowed Dwight Howard to do the same thing a few years ago, strongly believing they could convince him to stay in L.A., but Dwight snubbed the franchise and headed off to Houston. Dwight, if you’re reading this, we still don’t miss you in L.A. At the same time however, the fact that we are talking about this topic worries me. It seems now that every time a player begins to emerge and develop they begin to believe that they deserve a max contract. Alex and I once wrote a piece on Tristan Thompson, the excellent rebounder and defender who eventually re-signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. But Thompson milked the Cavs and the rest of the League for money that he didn’t really deserve, and he’s
inspired other players to do the same. Now we cannot be sure what Whiteside is thinking, but if he has any financial sense at all he will probably be looking to pull a Tristan Thompson. Whiteside is a good player, but there are many better players around the league at his position, which, in light of small ball’s recent success, is becoming less and less relevant. The game is played differently today than it was 20 years ago. And while Bob Cousy’s comparison of Whiteside to Russell is nice, it’s a) probably not correct and b) probably meaningless in today’s NBA. Whiteside is a nice success story, but there’s a reason the dude was playing in China until recently. There are limitations to his game and his attitude is a constant concern. Additionally, for anyone that has been following DJ Khaled’s Snapchat story, Whiteside has been frequently featured at his pool which I fear means that Whiteside has been receiving excessive amounts of Ciroc Apple Vodka and fatty midnight snacks from Chef Dee’s kitchen. I’m sure the allure of free poolside “massages” at Khaled’s crib is awfully strong, but I see Whiteside’s lifestyle as something that could endanger his long term success in the NBA. My take: trade Whiteside and consider yourself lucky to be able to sell him so high.