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HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Alana Donohue ’18 died Wednesday
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Students held a candlelight vigil for Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man who was murdered in 1982 in a hate crime. Chin is celebrated on the anniversary of his death annually.
SAE case reopens Thayer graduates more women than men, first in the country B y ERIN LEE
The Dartmouth Staff
The Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustment held a public rehearing yesterday regarding Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity’s status as a student residence under Hanover zoning laws. At the rehearing, attorney Carolyn Cole and SAE trustee Jeremy Katz ’95 attempted to refute new evidence presented by the College before the zon-
ing board and an audience of about 15 people. The zoning board will provide a final ruling next week. The zoning board ruled on April 18, 2016 that SAE, which was derecognized by the College this past winter, could maintain its status as a student residence because it is considered “grandfathered” under prior zoning ordinances. SEE SAE PAGE 2
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Alana Donohue ’18 died suddenly on Wednesday at home in New York, College President Phil Hanlon announced in a campus wide email late Thursday afternoon. In the email, Hanlon wrote that counselors would be available to Dartmouth community members in One Wheelock in the Collis Center between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Thursday. Hanlon encouraged students, faculty and staff to contact Safety and Security at (603) 646-4000 if they would like to speak to a counselor. The Dartmouth will publish a full obituary in the near future. If you would like to share a memory, please contact editor@thedartmouth.com.
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The Dartmouth Staff
For the first time since the school was established in 1867, the Thayer School of Engineering graduated more female than male engineers earlier this month, making it the first American research university to achieve such a distinction. According to the National Science Foundation, only
14.8 percent of the engineers in the country are female, and only around 20 percent of undergraduate engineering degrees are awarded to women. Thayer, where close to half of the junior and senior undergraduate majors are women, bucks that trend. T h aye r d e a n Jo s e p h Helble said that the percentage of female engineers at
Thayer has been growing gradually over the past few years, which he views very positively. “I think we have reached a point where we may well have a student population that looks like Dartmouth’s overall student population in the foreseeable future and that’s exactly where we want SEE THAYER PAGE 5
Student allegedly kidnaps dog from shelter B y PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff
It was a hectic few weeks for Fred. He was removed from an overcrowded shelter in Texas by commercial jet to New York, then flown privately to rural Vermont — and all that was before he was abducted from his kennel at the Rutland County Humane Society last week. A light russet terrier mix with a prominent white stripe
across his face, Fred went missing from the RCHS in Pittsford, Vt. around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 16 at the hands of a group of three people that included Melanie Vangel ’18. Vangel has been charged with a misdemeanor count of petit larceny and said she is set to appear in court on June 25. Fred was returned to the shelter by Vermont State Police in the evening of the same day following Vangel’s arrest after
a six-hour sojourn with Vangel and others attending the Rainbow Family of Living Light, an egalitarian and pro-peace group, in the nearby Green Mountain National Forest. “I liberated Fred,” Vangel said. “He was happy as could be; don’t let the press deceive you, because he was stoked to be liberated.” According to RCHS executive director Gretchen Goodman, three young adults in
eccentric clothing entered the shelter in the early afternoon and inquired about adoption processes at the facility before asking to use the restroom. While one member of the group went to the bathroom, the other two absconded with Fred, whose kennel was nearby. At the time, most RCHS adoption center staff were busy and did not initially notice the missing dog until they were alerted by a different depart-
ment’s staffer. Once Fred was confirmed missing, RCHS immediately contacted local and state police and announced Fred’s disappearance on social media. A Facebook post made at 1:15 p.m. read in part “AN ADOPTABLE DOG, FRED, HAS BEEN STOLEN” was shared 1,495 times and garnered hundreds of likes and comments, most expressing SEE DOG PAGE 3
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DAILY DEBRIEFING Baker Library Bell Tower is being restored from June through October of this year, the first renovation since the bell was put in the tower in 1928. Structural issues with the bell prompting extensive preservation work. Improvements include replacing the Library’s copper roofing, expanded LED lighting to emphasize the architecture of the clock and tower, repairing the clock’s hands and numbers, creating a digital control system for the bells and the clock and the construction of a replica of the Tower’s weathervane and replacement of cork flooring in the Tower Room while also providing USB ports in all electrical outlets. While all the exterior entrances to the Library will remain open, visitors will be encouraged to not use the front entrance. The Tower Room is going to be closed June 20 through Sept 23. The Hood Museum of Art is being renovated and expanded, with the construction beginning in this July and ending in February of 2018. The project will build additional gallery space and learning facilities, while allowing for increased access to the collection for students and faculty. Specific changes include building a front entrance and lobby that’s visible from the Green and Wheelock Street, adding restrooms and coat and bag storage, creating the Center for Object-Based Inquiry, which will improve the museums teaching capabilities and improving the HVAC systems that maintain environmental conditions for the collection. The museum will reopen in winter of 2019, when the collection is returned and the galleries are put in place. While the museum is closed, an exhibition gallery titled the Hood Downtown will be opened and operated on Main Street in Hanover, starting this September. Students and faculty will be able to use the online catalog for research, as it will be further developed while the main museum is closed. Forty-seven works from the collection will be on loan to 17 museums within the United States. A student gathering space for members of the North Park and South House Communities titled House Center A is being constructed to the west of the Davis Varsity House. It is being built on the current two-court tennis court site. The site, a 4,750-square-foot one-level building, will feature a meeting room, three study pods and a large “flex space.” Outside there will be a small fire pit, a large deck and green space.The connection of a building sever line to the main line in Crosby Street will impact one line of traffic on Crosby Street. The regular work day hours are from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. House Center B, a two-story 6,900-square-foot building, is located south of the Gile and Hitchcock residence halls will serve as a social space for School and Allen House community members. The first floor has a 36-by-48 flexible space and a convenience store, while the second floor has several smaller alcoves along with a large flexible space. The first floor is intented to be a hang-out space, but can support small formal events. The regular work day hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. -COMPILED BY NOAH GOLDSTEIN
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Zoning board rehears SAE case FROM SAE PAGE 1
the building is used for gatherings and meetings, in addition to housing students, and thus is more than simply a student residence. “The house is the nexus of congregation for all of these members,” he explained. “The majority of people who use the property are not residents of the property.” Cole said that when the zoning laws were amended in 1976,
Following that decision, the College filed a motion with the zoning board on May 16 requesting a rehearing, which was approved by the zoning board on June 2. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence said that the College requested a rehearing to ensure the zoning board had the “full evidentiary record” when mak“The house is the nexus ing its decision. Under current zoning laws, of congregation for all student residences are required of these members.” to operate “in conjunction with another institutional use.” In its -JEREMY KATZ ’95, SIGMA original decision, the zoning board determined SAE was ALPHA EPSILON TRUSTEE exempted from this law because the house, built in 1928, existed before the ordinance’s institution and was not under the classification of “fraternity” College supervision. The College was removed from the ordinance, presented new evidence in the requiring Greek houses to apply form of prior board of trustee for a special exception from the decisions that it says shows it did zoning board to receive a “stuprovide supervision over SAE. dent residence” designation. She One main argument presented went on to cite multiple cases at the rehearing distinguished where fraternities applied for the between the zoning designations designation with varying success. of “fraternity” and “student resi- In 2003, then-derecognized Zeta dence.” Katz noted that histori- Psi fraternity’s request to become cally, many of the house’s residents a student residence was denied were not students. He added that over aesthetic objections. In 2005,
Phi Delta Alpha fraternity became a student residence when they asked for approval to renovate their house, while Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity was allowed to renovate their house in 2014 under the “grandfather clause” but did gain student residence status. SAE has never applied to receive student residence status under the town’s zoning laws. Cole noted that when Gamma Delta Chi fraternity was derecognized in 2011, zoning board administrator Judith Brotman advised that the derecognition would not effect the legal use of the property, as the fraternity was the landowner. The SAE trust owns the fraternity’s house. The zoning board’s decision will pertain to the house’s legal status in the town but does not determine whether the College will allow students to live in the building. Last June, then-Interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer announced that students may not live in an unrecognized Greek, undergraduate or senior society facility. During the rehearing, SAE also submitted a motion to vacate the results of the rehearing entirely, which the board voted to delay deliberating on.
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Student faces misdemeanor charges after dog kidnapping FROM DOG PAGE 1
outrage and sympathy with the shelter. The incident was also heavily reported by Vermont and New Hampshire news outlets, including local television, newspapers and radio. Vangel said she decided to take Fred after RCHS staff were unresponsive to her inquiries. When she attempted to “scope out doggies” with her friend and a hitchhiker named Ray she had picked up en route to the shelter, most of the organization’s staff were occupied or on the phone, she said. “They were just ignoring me still, so I was like ‘alright, I’ll just have to take matters in my own hands,’” she said. “They made it inconvenient to adopt a dog.” Vangel planned to take Fred with her back to the Rainbow Family’s gathering in the forest, which she described as “camping, hippies, tie-dye, et cetera.” The Rainbow Family is a loose collection of individuals committed to environmental stewardship, egalitarianism and non-violence. It lacks an official website or central organization. Many leaders in the group are referred to by pseudonyms when they blog or post about gatherings in online message boards. The most prominent website associated with the group, the Rainbow Family of Living Light Unofficial Homepage, appeared to have been left un-updated for a period of at least several years and featured no contact information for leaders of the
group or the site’s creators. The news that Fred’s alleged abductors were going to a Rainbow Gathering was welcome for Goodman. “From the moment the police officer said that he believed these people were heading toward the Rainbow Gathering, I felt less worried,” she said. “There are bad people who would steal a dog for bad reasons and I didn’t feel that was the case here.” For her part, Vangel said she simply wanted a dog and believed she could provide a “better home to him than 99 percent of people, including probably the people who have him now.” She was critical of the fees required at RCHS and the structure of the adoption process, which she found to be overly cumbersome. “I really wanted a dog and I knew that I would take wonderful care of a dog,” Vangel said. “Fred was beautiful, he was just so chill.” She believes she was ignored in part because of her appearance. While Goodman said Vangel and her associates were dressed “kind of like hippie[s],” she identified herself as “an old hippie” as well. Vangel said Fred’s conditions at RCHS were like jail, and, when he was removed from her by the police, she was saddened that he “had to go back to jail.” Goodman said RCHS takes excellent care of the animals it houses, noting that each dog is walked three times per day and usually spends a large portion of each day interacting with other dogs
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in large, open play spaces. While dogs like Fred are kept in kennels, that is not inconsistent with most animal shelters. Fred was brought to RCHS several weeks ago from an overcrowded Texas shelter, Goodman said. The practice of bringing animals from southern shelters northward is common in the humane society community. Since most northeastern animal shelters are no-kill and tend to be less crowded, it is commonplace for them to rescue animals from the south that might otherwise be put down. According to Goodman, “Fred actually was in process of being adopted at that time and we had to inform the potential adopters that he had been taken.” Following his return, he was successfully adopted, which Goodman said she had predicted, “He was a dog that we knew would go home very quickly. He had not been here very long,” Goodman said. However, Vangel disputed Goodman’s account of Fred’s adoption status. “They had no plans for Fred. That’s not a true fact,” she said. “Fred was just sitting in jail.” The charge against Vangel — petit larceny — is defined under Vermont Statute chapter 57 as the theft of property not in excess of $900 in value. An individual convicted of the crime can be ordered to prison for no more than
one year or be fined not in excess of $1,000, or both. The statute was most recently amended in 2009. Vangel was the only person charged in the incident. Vermont State Police — who Vangel described as “actually really nice guys” — arrested her when they took Fred away from her and her companions while they were walking along a roadside. Vangel defended her actions in taking the dog. “I was the one that was doing the right thing, just in an alternative way,” she said. The charges against Vangel are for a misdemeanor. She said she is not resentful or angry at either the police or RCHS staff, and that if the police choose to adhere to their laws, she will accept the misdemeanor. She expressed regret over the situation’s unfavorable outcome. “I understand the circumstances, but I think it is unfortunate because I would have given him the most perfect home that a dog would have,” she said. RCHS will reevaluate its security measures following the abduction of Fred, Goodman said. Although there have been only two thefts of animals during Goodman’s 12 years at the shelter, the incident with Fred — which she characterized as “bizarre” — could prompt the shelter to place security cameras on its premises.
“We are reviewing how we let people in but it’s also important that the public be allowed to see our animals,” Goodman said. “We don’t want to get in the position of hiding anything or not letting people go visit the animals.” Vangel said she will “probably go back eventually” to Dartmouth but has no immediate plans to return to campus. “I love Dartmouth and it’s an amazing place, but there’s a lot more to the world and I think the rest of the world is a lot more open-minded,” she said. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence directed inquiries about Vangel’s disciplinary status at the College to Dartmouth’s standards of conduct, which state in part that students found guilty of a legal infraction in any local, state or federal jurisdiction will be subject to disciplinary action at the College. Vangel was previously a member of the women’s varsity soccer team. Athletic communications director Rick Bender wrote in an email that Vangel had “parted ways with the team” following the conclusion of its most recent season and will therefore not be subject to any athletic department disciplinary actions. Vermont State Police public information officer Scott Waterman did not respond to repeated requests for comment by press time.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
STAFF COLUMNIST JINSUNG BACH ’17
GUEST COLUMNIST BILLY ZOU ’12
Lessons from Dixie
A Farewell to the MRL
Reconciliation, not retribution, brings opposite sides together. When the American Civil War ended over a century ago, a shattered nation was made whole. North and South came together once more, as the United States became a unified country again. But the newly reunited America was fraught with new problems, not least among them a lingering hostility against the people of the South. With the defeat of the Confederacy came cries for retribution, and vengeance after so many years of tears and bloodshed. Justice, clamored the enraged voices of the past, justice! There was no place in America for Southern traitors! Punishment was their only just reward! Among these radical voices, it was a war-weary Abraham Lincoln who offered reconciliation in place of revenge. Lincoln knew that the country should be unified not with malice, but with love and respect. No doubt this was why Lincoln requested the Marine band to play “Dixie” following Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Playing the unofficial anthem of the South in Washington, after a Union victory, made it clear that the South was welcome home with open arms. “It is good to show the rebels,” Lincoln remarked, “that with us they will be free to hear it again.” With the Confederate defeat, the states remained united and a great many people had been freed from the bonds of slavery. Yet even in America’s righteous victory, Lincoln understood that true healing would come through compassion, not unfettered anger. Even now, the wisdom of Lincoln ought to resonate with our countrymen. This is a wisdom that recognizes the differences amongst people without vilifying them, that chooses instead to look upon that which unites us as a people instead of that which divides us. This ideal is born from the knowledge that diversity in thought makes us stronger, not weaker. It allows us to look past the vitriol and squabble to realize that opposite perspectives are two sides of the same coin, inseparable and indivisible. Though it is hardly a second American Civil War, the divisions that have since grown within our society today rage with the same sort of belligerence. Radical voices grow more extreme by the day, both from the left and from the right, the
rancor of their discontent springing forth to challenge the integrity of democracy. Just as radical voices of the past placed a wedge between opposing sides, so too do the radical voices of today seek to establish a stark line between an “us” and a “them.” Justice, clamor the enraged voices of today, justice! There is no place in America for people who disagree with us! Down with the opposition! This time, there is no Lincoln emerging from either side to play “Dixie” for the other, no one to reassure us that we are free to hear each other once again. The frustration that pervades the politics and social issues of today’s America have sprouted from a narcissistic desire to be right and to establish one’s superiority at the expense of all others. This was true of the radicals of the Civil War, and it is just as true today. The bitter contempt that defines our generation betrays a refusal to engage with our dissenters. Though it is perhaps a tale as old as time, it is no less regrettable for its cyclical nature. We must eschew the aggression that consumes the discussions of today, and remember the importance of civility. Arguments are won respectfully, the winner being the better argued, not by strangling the speech of the other side. Discussions do not last if we base them only on emotions, with no regard for the facts. And we must be gracious even in victory, knowing that in spite of our different convictions we are part of the same people. But most importantly, we must uphold this civility even when our opposition does not. Reason and charity will succeed where restrictions and attacks do not. Above all we must fear neither one another nor each other’s convictions, for in the end we all hope to do what is best for all of us. In time, perhaps, we can learn to emulate Lincoln and reflect upon why his legacy lives on in the hearts of Americans everywhere. In the worst of our divisions and the darkest of our fears, we may yet persist under the same ideals that make us free, enshrined in our laws so long ago by our forefathers. And in time, symbolically if not literally, perhaps we will hear that tune that thrills the hearts of a reunited nation: “Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.”
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The Lodge’s magic will remain even after it’s gone.
The Moosilauke Ravine Lodge has the in verse: “UNLESS someone like you cares unique distinction of being haunted by both a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get the dead and the living. I first became aware better. It’s not.” of its ghosts at the inauguration of Jessica It’s hard to forget your values when Griffin ’11 as Lodge manager. I had been they’re remembered in simple sentences on an overnight hike with a friend of mine, that rhyme. an avid outdoorsman, and he’d brought me There was a sense of perpetuity, too. For along to the Lodge for dinner. It was the those who’ve read Douglas Adams’s “The first time I’d been back since a year earlier Restaurant at the End of the Universe,” I during my Dartmouth Outing Club first- always imagined the eponymous establishyear trip. At the time, I wasn’t sure I was ment rested on an old mountain somewhere interested in the Outing Club culture — or near Warren, N.H. on I-91. Should our sun the outdoors itself, for become a supernova, that matter. The inauthe Lodge would still be guration proceedings in- “The Lodge left its there, serving dinner to volved a delicate ritual of magic on us too. The galactic hitchhikers and celebration and ridicule, thru-hikers alike, with a voices of the people and there is a part where side of UV glasses so they all the Lodgelings dance you knew and loved could enjoy safely the in a spinning circle as the there — even years most spectacular sunset Kitchen Witch beats her yet. Part of the fantasy is steel drum to rhythm of later in the streets of that when the bulldozers an ancient song. The some unknown city come out they’ll find that ghosts came out of the wood-log structure — will always seem to this woodwork. does not go down so We’ve all heard the carry whispers of the easily. stories of Doc Benton, hill winds.” The new MRL will but the ghosts of the be a fine place. The old MRL were young and ghosts may not return, old, and they made you but there will be heat. It feel at home. As you spent more time there will be greener and more sustainable with you began to recognize people you knew more robust septic tanks. And it will remain amongst them: recent graduates, friends on open through the winter months, making off-terms — including the ones on perma- all of Moosilauke more accessible to skiers nent FSPs, parent-alumni or a professor or and backpackers. On the other hand, it two who never managed to leave. It’s why it seems unlikely to survive a supernova, fire never seems to be warm enough more than code be damned. 10 feet from the fireplace, why when contra What I do remember is once sitting up dancing breaks out and you happen to be in gallery in the rafters above the second in the library downstairs the old spruce floor with the rest of Vox Croo in our zany logs appear to buckle with the force of a outfits and painted hair, with a section thousand boot-heels. of the incoming class gathered below in The Lodge left its magic on us too. The the hushed lamplight after dinner and all people you knew and loved there – even the singing and dancing (but not the real years later in the streets dancing that was still to of some unknown city – come), listening to one “To the pile of spruce their voices would always of the Lodgelings give seem to carry whispers of logs and glass and the “sense of place” talk the hill-winds and their creosote that held it that night (was it Garrett eyes would glow secretly Simpson ’11? Or Maisie with the light of a hun- all: fare-thee-well. Breit ’10?). The most dred Moosilauke sunsets. Though ’round the stoic amongst us was a If the DOC were an mess of tears. I don’t girdled earth we organized religion, as even remember what some say, the old ravine roam, your spell on us was said, but to be honlodge was its cathedral; a remains.” est they could have read cathedral not only to wild “Green Eggs and Ham” nature and student-led and we would have cried. stewardship over the college’s cabins and It was one of those moments when things trails, but to the kind of fanciful eccentricity come full circle. The tears said: you don’t that suffused the Outing Club as a whole. know what one day this place may mean to The reading of “Green Eggs and Ham” at you. breakfast, the passing of soup over heads What a world! To the pile of spruce at dinner, the sign that read “Famous for logs and glass and creosote that held it all: Fine Freshman” once a year, the songs by fare-thee-well. Though ’round the girdled the eternally out-of-tune piano – it all said: earth we roam, your spell on us remains. here, you don’t have to take yourself so seri- May you come back to haunt us, preferably ously. Here, you are free to be yourself, if in the form of a large wooden pterodactyl. you allow yourself to be free. The lessons Caw! learned stay with you. In 20 years a disillusioned senator might find herself reciting Billy Zou, ’12 was chair of the DOC’s Cabin and
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More women graduate from Thayer FROM THAYER PAGE 1
to be,” he said. He said Thayer makes an effort to make engineering appealing to all students at the College and show how important the subject is in the daily lives of most people. “We’ve thought a lot about what students might perceive as barriers to studying engineering and we’ve taken steps to address and eliminate them wherever we can,” he said. One important way in which Thayer attempts to do this is through the structure of the engineering curriculum, with an emphasis on group-based projects in the introductory courses, Helble said. For example, Engineering 21, an introductory course in the engineering sciences major, is tailored around group projects focused on a variety of broadly based topics chosen by the faculty. Engineering professor Elsa Garmire said that the courses are structured to let students understand why they are studying the course material, a quality which she thinks appeals to the way many female students work. She said students can take Engineering 21 with only a high school-level physics background if they are interested in engineering. With no right or wrong way to approach the projects, the department encourages students to be creative, Garmire said, citing an example from a few years ago when a group of students created an alternative to training wheels and ended up having their product patented and bought by a company. “Everyone says ‘think outside the box,’ but we have a saying at Thayer that there is no box,” she said. Having a clear purpose behind each engineering assignment helps retain female students, she added. Because of the collaboration-based classes, engineering is a very social major and becomes a close-knit community through the teamwork, Garmire said. Thayer is also fairly small and not divided into departments, she noted. Engineering major Mary Grace Weiss ’16 graduated this spring as a member of Thayer’s first majorityfemale undergraduate class. Being a part of the first female-majority class was a point of pride for her, she said. She did not learn of the historic achievement until the graduation ceremony, she added. Weiss decided to pursue engineering due to her passion for math and science growing up and a desire to help people through problem-solving. She was attracted to Thayer because of the College’s
liberal arts program, which allows for flexibility if she wanted to switch majors. Women may be more inclined to choose Thayer because of that flexibility, Weiss said. Garmire said that, although she studied physics instead of engineering, she still experienced the consequences of being a female in a male-dominated field. That gender dynamic can change the way people react to women and is similar to the experiences of any minority, she said. While Garmire was on the faculty at the University of Southern California, she attended an event at which the president of the university assumed her husband was the engineering professor rather than her. “You have to be constantly aware that you’re female, and you have to speak up for yourself,” she said. Garmire said she hopes the female-dominated graduating class is a signal of change moving forward. Helble said that national data is not encouraging at present, as female engineering majors still make up fewer than 20 percent of undergraduates in the field. While the percentage of female graduates in engineering for Dartmouth’s peer institutions in the Ivy League has not yet been released, those figures usually fall in the
mid-30s, Helble said. Weiss said that she never felt uncomfortable with engineering as a male-dominated field while at Thayer, however, in her mechanical engineering classes, men made up the majority. She noted that she would be interested to know the gender breakdown within different types of engineering. During her time at Thayer, Weiss had a number of female professors whom she respected and looked up to. During her engineering internships, she met more women in the field. One company she worked for held a biweekly women’s lunch for female engineers. Weiss said the larger companies she has interacted with tend to have a more equal breakdown, which she says makes her more comfortable. She has, however, encountered predominantly male companies, which was often a challenge during her internships. She said she interviewed at one company that did not have a female restroom. Helble said that it is almost inevitable right now that female engineers entering the workspace will encounter challenges when leaving Thayer. However, he believes that the collaborative curriculum prepares them well for this.
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Student Spotlight: actress, singer and teacher Justine Goggin ’18 By KAINA CHEN
The Dartmouth Staff
When most people think about the Pacific, romantic images of couples lounging on picturesque beaches come to mind. After all, it’s paradise, right? It’s hard, however, to imagine spending extended amounts of time in such an area; not many students — let alone adults — would choose to live in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, an island country near the equator used as the location for the United States’ atomic bomb testing from 1946 to 1958. Yet, that is exactly what Justine Goggin ’18 did during her sophomore winter term. Goggin, a theater and English double major, escaped the bitter weather in Hanover and spent three months in the Marshall Islands teaching music and creating a bilingual production of the Broadway musical “The King and I” (1951) with local students. She completed her work through Youth Bridge Global, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing youth theater productions in developing countries, which Andrew Garrod, an education professor emeritus, cofounded in 2006. For Goggin, a typical day in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, involved teaching choir classes at a local Catholic school in the morning and rehearsing for the major production in the afternoon with about 50 other people. Her students, she said ranged in age from 4 to 24. “I thought it was so much fun to be able to teach little kids because they are so creative,” Goggin said. “It was also really fun with the older kids. With them, since we were closer in age, we got to develop friendships.” Over time, these friendships, she said, were key to overcoming obstacles the cast faced during rehearsals. When she was not working, Goggin was able to immerse herself into the Marshallese culture and the area’s laid-back vibe. At some community gatherings, students and other members brought their ukuleles and played a few tunes while people sang in harmony, she noted. At times, people provided fresh coconuts for refreshments. “Everywhere I would walk there would be so much music,” Goggin said. Goggin fondly remembers the happy students, warm gatherings and picture-perfect beaches. “It felt like a little adventure because it was so different from home,” Goggin said. Her term abroad, however, also provided a real and often sobering look into the lives of people living in poverty. Goggin said some students would show up to rehearsals already fed while others used rehearsals as both practice time and mealtime. She
also noted the high level of littering due to the people not having proper places to dispose of their trash. Students who should have been in school did not attend one, and graduating from high school was not necessarily guaranteed. “Their everyday living was something new for me, and seeing that opened up my mind,” she said. “It changed the way I think about the world.” Putting together the production had its challenges as well, with one in particular being the language barrier. The students delivered their dialogue in Marshallese and sang in English, while Goggin delivered her lines in English. “I had to learn my lines really well,” Goggin said. “During one of the dramatic and serious scenes, after I had said my lines, the audience started laughing. It wasn’t until I went off stage that I realized I had skipped a line.” Another challenge Goggin noted was the reactions that many students had with the themes of the musical. “The King and I,” composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, is based on Margaret Landon’s novel “Anna and the King of Siam” (1944). The novel is about Anna, a teacher from Britain the King of Siam hires to educate his children and his country about modern ways. The musical speaks about colonization and carries a theme of gender equality — two elements that are very relevant to the Marshallese students putting on the play. “The students experienced [these themes] on a daily basis,” Goggin said. “We got to talk about their thoughts after the play, and what they felt their relationship was to those themes.” For some, they could still be feeling the effects of colonization during the late 19th century. Between 1874 to 1978, Spain, Germany, Japan and the United States occupied the Marshall Islands at one point during that period before the island nation’s local government achieved full sovereignty in 1986 and established itself as a presidential republic in free association with America. Goggin noted that the group of girls she spoke to after the show agreed with the message of gender equality. Half of the boys also agreed, but the other half, Goggin said, completely disagreed. Many of the students’ perspectives mirrored the systems they have in place in the Marshall Islands. The women have land rights, but the men have the power over the land. Goggin challenged the students to think further about their opinions. “To hear them sit and share their opinions and experiences was challenging,” she said. While such topics are typically sensitive, Garrod praised Goggin’s methods. “She has a natural way of inter-
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Justine Goggin ’18 spent her off-term in the Marshall Islands and performed in a bilingual production of “The King and I.”
acting with the young people of the island that is respectful, professional and empowering,” he said. Alisa White ’17, a fellow member of the co-ed a cappella group the Dartmouth Dodecaphonics, said Goggin possesses a rare and wonderful talent for taking advice and direction and being able to provide it for others as well. As for the performances, Goggin said the community appeared to focus heavily on the production, which attracted large crowds. She attributed this to the novelty of theater as an art form in the Marshall Islands. Each night, the show attracted around 900 audience members. The population of the islands is 53,158. Goggin noted that Hilda Heine, the
president of the Marshall Islands, took a front row seat on the opening day. “It was a good quality show, but it wasn’t professional so having a huge audience was great,” she said. Along with the novelty of the production came a sense of hope for the entire community, Goggin noted. The production showed the community, many of whom were not aware beforehand, of the students’ ability to produce a high caliber show. Since returning to the College, Goggin has reimmersed herself into life in the northeast and her various arts involvements. She currently sings in the Dartmouth College Glee Club and the Dodecaphonics and performs in the theater department’s termly productions.
However, Goggin’s time spent in the Marshall Islands is undoubtedly one she will never forget. While she felt that she helped teach her students valuable skills such as goal-setting and working consistently, Goggin said she learned so much more from them through their various interactions. Perhaps that is the greatest gift any teacher can receive — knowledge that she impacted the lives of her students and that she was also similarly affected in a positive way. Quick Quotes: Dream Vacation: Cuba with friends from the Glee Club Favorite ice cream flavor: vanilla ice cream with really good dark chocolate hot fudge Top item on your summer bucket list: hike as much as possible
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL-ING INTO SOPHOMORE SUMMER
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Red Baraat, a Brooklyn-based band that mixes Indian bhangra and rock, performed a free concert on the Green yesterday.
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016
SPORTS FIRST TEAM WITH RAY LU
Before I dive into this first edition of “First Team,” I’d like to acknowledge those that came before me. “Riding the Pine” was far from a masterpiece. Rather, what started as temporary space-filler quickly devolved into weekly drivel. The authors grew complacent and not only stopped producing quality sports content, but also stopped writing about sports in general. This was all facilitated by the executive staff at The Dartmouth — specifically a legacy of editors that failed to check this abuse of power. I assure you my leash is not nearly as long. Despite its shortcomings, “Riding the Pine” achieved a cult status similar to what “Finding Dory” (2016) will soon gain — both are characterized by some combination of fanaticism and a feel-goodunderdog-triumph story. Hank and Fish referenced Andy Dufresne of “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994) crawling in sewage in their first article. To quote the great John Madden, “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” I’m not sure where Easy Street is, but this isn’t it. This summer, “First Team” will not fill that void. The powers at play have demanded a return to pure, old-fashioned sports coverage. Fortunately for me, my editors’ sports knowledge is limited to quotes from “Miracle” (2004) and roster-stalking attractive student-athletes — standards still unfortunately higher than those of the past. It was a big week for the formerlycursed city of Cleveland. Lebron James, Akron’s golden boy, fulfilled his promise and brought “The
Land” the championship that it so desperately coveted. James’s circuitous journey, which included a stop in Miami that earned him two championships, brought him plenty of criticism. Vilified by many, he elected to return to Ohio two years ago, referring to his time in Miami as his version of “college,” which is equivalent to me referring to my time at Dartmouth as “summer school.” Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games. This year, the Cavs played David in one of the greatest David-and-Goliath stories in the history of sports, taking down a Warriors squad that set a regular season record with 73 wins. In the process, the Cavs also became the first NBA team to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals.
I happened to stop in Cleveland on that fateful June 19 day on my drive from Austin, Texas to Hanover. After the Cavs broke the city’s 52year curse, Clevelanders lined the streets, handing out high-fives to every passerby, jumping on cars, chanting “Let’s Go Cavs” in the streets and bringing the city’s traffic to a standstill. The celebration got even wilder throughout the next few days, with J.R. Smith taking off his shirt and never putting it back on, J.R. Smith pouring champagne all over a waitress in Las Vegas and J.R. Smith lifting up a child à la Rafiki and Simba in “The Lion King” (1994). Cleveland would also like to extend its sympathies to the entire state of Minnesota, which boasts four major sports teams and zero titles since 1991, now the longest such drought. Cincinnati hasn’t claimed a championship since 1990 but only competes in baseball and football and can probably claim a
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share of Cleveland’s good vibes. Even more amazing than the Cavaliers’ victory was the fact that Golden State was a five-point home favorite in Game 7. While the Cavaliers had history working against them, it was clear from Games 5 and 6 that James was not going to let this team go down without a fight, and in the end he willed this team of underachievers (minus Kyrie Irving) to the promised land. The Warriors are slight betting favorites for the NBA title next season, which isn’t surprising given their accomplishments this past year. Their 2015-2016 season, however, will forever be remembered for being title-less. They have good company in the 2007 New England Patriots. The New York Giants had “The Catch.” The Cavs had “The Block.” The NBA landscape is constantly changing. Last night, Ben Simmons was drafted first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the most un-
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surprising move of the night. What was surprising was the Milwaukee Bucks’ selection of 19-to-23-yearold high school victory-lapper Thon Maker at 10th overall, further confirming that rumors about the Sudanese-Australian player’s age were probably leaked on draft day to try to get him to fall out of the lottery. With budding stars Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jabari Parker and Greg Monroe, the Bucks will be a force to be reckoned with in the next few years. The player to watch from this year’s draft is Croatian phenom Dragan Bender, who was selected fourth overall by the Phoenix Suns. It’s no slam-dunk, pun intended, but it’s tough to argue with a guy named Dragan. On the other hand, the name Kevin Love strikes fear into the hearts of no one, for more than one reason. Welcome to the “First Team.” We don’t ride the pine.
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Clevelanders celebrated in the streets outside of Quicken Loans Arena after the Cleveland Cavaliers won Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Several sports teams announce Class of 2020 recruits By RAY LU
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Thirteen Big Green sports teams have released their list of recruits for the incoming Class of 2020. In total, 127 freshmen have been named as varsity athletes for next season. Of those, 31 are from the track and field and cross country teams and 35 are football players. Sixteen women and 15 men will join the track and field and cross country teams next year. New Jersey led all states with four recruits, while New York, California and Massachusetts
contributed three a piece. The Big Green also went overseas to bring in jumper Hendric Tronsson ’20 from Berlin and distance runner Georgia Fear ’20 from London. Seven men and nine women from the Class of 2020 will join the swimming and diving team. Texas and New Jersey added two recruits each. Kaitlyn McCaw ’20 will come to Hanover from Buraneer, Australia. Six tennis players, four women and two men, will join the tennis teams. Despite adding just one player from the Class of 2019 last season in Allison Chuang ’19, the women’s tennis team
still managed to finished in second place in the Ivy League. The team, however, lost their four ’16s this year. The field hockey team will add six players to its roster next season: Carmen Braceras ’20, Maddie Donahue ’20, Katie Persin ’20, Emma Plumb ’20, Katie Spanos ’20 and Jocelyn Wulf ’20. For its second season at the Division I level, the rugby team will add seven new players, including six freshmen and one transfer student. Last season, Kat Ramage ’19 was the team’s first and only recruit at the varsity level.
The football team will add 35 players next season, hoping to continue its winning ways after taking home a share of the Ivy League title last year. Two of the team’s new recruits, Tanner Aiono ’20 and Anders Peterson ’20, were originally part of the Class of 2018 but took two-year missions for the Mormon church and deferred their enrollments. The men’s and women’s soccer teams will add seven players each next year. The men’s team will look to defend its Ivy League title next season. Last year, two freshmen, Amadu Kunateh ’19 and Eduvie
Ikoba ’19, led the team in scoring with four goals each. The team will look for similar contributions from this incoming group. Five new players will be added to the volleyball team: Mariah Pardo ’20, Abby Kott ’20, Corinne Cox ’20, Carly Tower ’20 and Maddy Schoenberger ’20. Seven new women’s hockey players will join the team next season. Four of the seven recruits are from Canada. Several teams have not officially announced their new class of recruits but will do so in the coming months.