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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016
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Survey reveals frustration with College administration
Favor will serve 5 ½ years for child pornography By ERIN LEE The Dartmouth Staff
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Two hundred thirty students from the Class of 2018 responded to a survey conducted by The Dartmouth.
By ALEXANDER AGADJANIAN The Dartmouth Staff
From June 5 to June 9, The Dartmouth administered an online survey of student attitudes on issues related to the Dartmouth community. Focusing only on the opinions of students on campus, the survey was only sent to members of the Class of 2018. Other students
on campus were excluded. Two hundred thirty of the 1,152 students in the Class of 2018 responded, making for a 20.0 percent response rate. Using an opt-in survey such as this one does not make for a random or entirely representative sample. With that caveat in mind, what follows are the results of the survey. At few survey questions
asked about the Black Lives Matter movement. It is possible that recent events related to Black Lives Matter may have influenced responses. For the most part, the survey was taken before news arose of the shooting of two black men, and later the shooting of five Dallas police officers. The impact of SEE SURVEY PAGE 3
Former African and African American studies and English professor J. Martin Favor was sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison on Monday. Favor pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge on March 31 and resigned earlier this month. After Favor serves his sentence, he will be subject to seven years of supervised release, U.S. District Court of Concord case manager Jadean Barthelmes said. Favor will also have to complete a court-recommended sex offender treatment program and pay a $5,000 penalty assessment, Barthelmes said. His sentence is scheduled to start Aug. 5. Favor could have received up to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000, as recommended by U.S. sentencing guidelines. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick Abramson,
who prosecuted the case, had recommended 6 ½ years of imprisonment with fi ve years of supervised release . Favor’s lawyer George Ostler ’77, of DesMeules Olmstead & Ostler, had asked for three years in prison with five years of supervised release. Ostler wrote in an email that he and his client have not decided whether to file an appeal, though the defendant is allowed 14 days after the sentencing to make a decision. He declined to comment further. Abramson said in an interview that it is unusual for a defendant who has pled guilty to appeal the sentence, though it does happen infrequently. Favor was arrested last fall on Sept. 4 for the alleged possession of child pornography. Five complaints filed by the police SEE FAVOR PAGE 2
Prouty raises $3 million for cancer research By KATIE RAFTER
The Dartmouth Staff
Thousands of Upper Valley residents and students participated in bicycle rides, runs, walks and sports events as part of the 35th annual Prouty on July 9. The event raised just over $3 million for DartmouthHitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Senior program manager at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Rebecca Gray said that 4,300 people participated in the Prouty, 1,000 participants less than last year, which saw 5,300 participants.
She added that in recent years they have averaged around 5,000 participants. There were 1,200 volunteers, slightly less than previous years. “It was quite a different Prouty this year than the ones I’ve been involved with as a staff member before,” she said. Gray could not pinpoint the exact reason for the decreased number of people taking part in the Prouty. However, she said it might relate to the event’s proximity to the Fourth of July weekend resulting SEE PROUTY PAGE 3
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Cyclists battle through rain to fundraise for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
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DAILY DEBRIEFING Dartmouth government professors John Carey and Yusaku Horiuchi published an op-ed in the Washington Post on July 5 discussing the results of a survey they released to the Dartmouth student body on diversity. The survey gauged student feelings on whether or not the administration should emphasize diversity when looking to recruit students and faculty. The survey on faculty recruitment was sent out to half of the Dartmouth student body in October 2015, to which 501 students responded. The survey on undergraduate admissions was sent out December 2015 and January 2016 to the other half of the student body, to which 607 students responded. Carey and Horiuchi’s results showed that Dartmouth students in general support greater diversity in both the faculty and the student body. Also, certain groups of students want a diverse faculty more than others. Finally, the survey results showed no evidence that any groups of students have opposite opinions regarding diversity. These preferences were not different among various groups of students, including different races or students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Female respondents saw general diversity as being a higher priority than the men did. African American students placed high priority on recruiting non-white faculty members. No groups opposed increased diversity. Dartmouth computer science chair Hany Farid has developed "robust hashing", a piece of software that can be used against online videos of violence that are used as recruiting tools for terrorist groups. The software was developed in response to groups creating and uploading multiple copies of the same video. It creates a unique digital fingerprint for each video and is thus able to automatically find other copies of videos that are uploaded. The program differs from Farid’s invention PhotoDNA, used to identify child pornography online, in that videos have much more images and data to sift through, thus requiring slightly different technology. Former African and African American studies professor J. Martin Favor was prosecuted for child pornography possession after PhotoDNA linked his IP address to uploaded images of child pornography on Tumblr. Farid worked on the project for over a year. The process for his new software is twofold; first, videos have to be tagged by someone as being related to terrorism; then, a robust hash is created and placed into a database. The current process for taking down such videos is to do it manually, thus this software will improve companies’ abilities to address such videos. -COMPILED BY NOAH GOLDSTEIN
CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. The June 30 article, "Giordano '16 and Whitehorn '16 named AllAmericans," incorrectly reported that Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 cleared a height of 5.82 meters in the high jump. In fact, she cleared a height of 1.82 meters or 5 feet 11 1/2 inches. In the July 8 article, "Bored at Baker returns to campus," the article incorrectly quoted Aaron Pellowski ’15. The article quoted him as saying, “A large part of that is the intrusion of a mainstream tween kid-brother Bored at Baker.” In fact, the “tween kid-brother” is Yik Yak.
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Favor sentenced for child porn FROM FAVOR PAGE 1
on the day of Favor’s arrest allege that Favor knowingly had in his possession videos depicting the graphic sexual abuse of several prepubescent boys and a prepubescent girl. At his arraignment last year, Favor pleaded not guilty. In November, federal authorities took over the case, replacing the five state-level charges against Favor with one federal count of possessing child pornography. Favor pled guilty to the charge on March 31. In his sentencing recommendation, Abramson wrote that Favor, “by his own admission, had been collecting child pornography for 15 years, at least in part to satisfy the unnatural ‘urges’ upon which he swears he has not tangibly acted.” Favor was “ultimately undone” by his decision to upload four suspected images of child pornography to the social media platform Tumblr through his account handle “LustyJourney,” Abramson wrote. The images were traced to the defendant and a federal search warrant was executed at his home, where authorities obtained more than 500 videos and 300 images depicting children being sexually abused, according to the sentencing
document. Computer science professor Hany Farid helped refine the PhotoDNA technology that flagged Favor’s uploads and linked his Favor’s IP address with the images of child pornography on Tumblr. PhotoDNA determines the “hash” value of an image in question and matches it to a database of files previously marked as child pornography. Until Favor resigned earlier this month, he had been on paid leave from the College since September, even after he pled guilty in March. Favor had been a professor at the College for 22 years and formerly chaired the African and African American studies program. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence declined to comment. Abramson said that though Favor’s former status as a professor at the College could attract more attention for the case, it did not specifically affect how the U.S. Attorney’s office approached the case. He noted, however, that they consider a defendant’s background and potential mitigating circumstances, which could include personal trauma and childhood experiences. “When we consider what sen-
tence to recommend, we take a holistic view and look not just at the criminal conduct, but all the characteristics of a person,” he said. David Finkelhor, director of the University of New Hampshire’s crimes against children research center, said he thought Favor’s sentence was typical for federal prosecutions for child pornography possession. He added that federal jurisdiction penalties tend to be higher than those of state jurisdictions. Finkelhor said the number of child pornography cases have increased dramatically over the past 10 to 15 years, partly due to the advent of the internet and digital photography. Law enforcement has also become “very mobilized” about investigating and prosecuting crimes against children, he said. Abramson said his office prosecutes 15 to 20 child pornography cases per year on average. Sentences vary widely depending on a number of factors, including the size and nature of an individual’s collection and whether the person distributed content, he said. “Our goal is ultimately to achieve a just sentence,” he said. A second restitution sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 13.
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4,300 take part in Prouty Students express dissatisfaction FROM PROUTY PAGE 1
in people being out of town, as well as the rain on the day itself. However, she emphasized that they have measures in place should the conditions become too dangerous. “We always have a plan B, a plan C and a plan D,” Gray said. Some people even choose to partake in a “virtual Prouty,” which means they can choose the day and location in which they complete their Prouty activity and still fundraise. This allows people who are unable to make it to the Upper Valley to still contribute and be involved in any way that they can. Despite the decrease in participants, this year’s event raised a comparable amount to last year’s $3.15 million, she said. She added that fundraising continues until the end of December, and they hope to reach around $3.3 or $3.4 million by then. Gray said that fluctuations in participants and volunteers are to be expected in an event that has been around for 35 years. She emphasized that the Prouty is still the largest single day fundraising event in northern New England. “You’re going to see tiny ups and downs, that’s just the way it works, particularly in such a small area like the Upper Valley,” she said. Gray noted the College’s role in the event through the participation of students and other members of the community and through the work of professors and researchers both at the Geisel School of Medicine and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center. She said that alumni of the College often return to Hanover to participate in the Prouty because it is so important to them. She emphasized the high involvement of Dartmouth’s sophomore class, particularly through the Greek system at the College and said that the Greek Letter Organizations raise a total of around $110,000 per year. Almost all of the Greek Letter Organizations on campus organize a team for the Prouty, and many had multiple teams and volunteers. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority philanthropy chair Meredith Alaback ’18 said that some form of participation in the Prouty is mandatory for all members of the house, but they can choose the way in which they get involved, such as volunteering or participating in an event. Alaback, who is still waiting for final fundraising numbers, believes Kappa’s teams raised close to $8,000 this year. Alpha Phi sorority philanthropy chair Carolyn Lee ’18 said that while participation is not mandatory, 40 sisters took part in the Prouty this year and 14 volunteered, an increase from previous years. The sorority raised just under $17,000 from individual fundraising. Alaback said that in addition to members individually fundraising, Kappa also held a car wash in conjunction with fraternity Psi Upsilon, as well as
a fundraising event with Everything But Anchovies. The restaurant donated 15 percent of their profit made last Friday night to the Prouty if people ordering specified that they wished to support it. Theta Delta Chi fraternity programming chair Jase Davis ’18 said that so far the fraternity has raised $23,000, though donations continue to be made. Davis said that 23 members completed the 100 mile bike ride this year, which was a particularly high number of participants for the fraternity. Alaback, Lee and Davis all said that it was challenging organizing such large groups of people for the Prouty, in terms of getting everyone to reach their minimum for fundraising in time to participate, especially in the days leading up to the event. Gray noted that the Upper Valley community, as well as participants from outside the local area, enjoy taking part in the event because they can have a good time while at the same time fighting cancer, a disease that has touched most of the participants’ lives in some way. As a cancer survivor herself, Gray feels honored to have been involved for the past seven years, especially since the event raises money for the very hospital in which she received treatment. “[The event is] really a testament to the extraordinary community and really generous people who live in the Upper Valley,” Gray said.
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these events on survey responses is thus likely limited. Demographics The gender breakdown of respondents was roughly equal — 46.5 percent of respondents were male, and 52.7 percent were female. When asked about their race/ethnicity, 62.2 percent of respondents identified as white, with the remaining 37.8 choosing Black, Asian, Hispanic, multi-racial or other races. This marks an unrepresentative quality of the sample to keep in mind, as the class of 2018 is 12 percentage points less white — according to administrative data — than what the survey showed. 44.6 percent of respondents said they came from families with household incomes greater than $200,000, while 8.9 percent said their family income was less than $50,000. Of students surveyed, 77.3 percent said they were part of a fraternity, sorority or gender-inclusive fraternity. While the survey did not ask about American politics, it recorded party identification. 69.6 percent of respondents identified as Democrats/ leaning Democrat, while 21.4 percent identified as Republicans/leaning Republican. Favorability Ratings
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For several major events, changes and other entities at Dartmouth, the survey asked whether students had a very/somewhat favorable or very/ somewhat unfavorable opinion on these matters. To form a composite measure, we subtracted the percent of students with an unfavorable view on an issue from the percent of those with a favorable view on it, yielding a net favorability rating. The first topic the survey asked about was the approval rating for how College President Phil Hanlon has handled his job as president of Dartmouth. While 13.2 percent of respondents approved of his work as president, 71.2 percent disapproved, making for a -58 approval rating. Of the 11 issues surveyed, only two were viewed favorably by Dartmouth students: faculty at the school, with a +84.3 net rating and the Divest Dartmouth movement, with a 29.6 favorability rating. The remaining questions touched on several controversial aspects of Dartmouth life as of late, and accordingly did not receive as positive a reception. In September 2015, the College ended need-blind admission for international students. Several months later, surveyed sophomores had a -78.2 net favorability of the decision, the least favorable of all issues polled. The next least favorable issue was the College administration as a whole, which
received a -75.5 net rating, followed by the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative with a rating of -65.7. Students had a similarly unfavorable view of recent de-recognitions and suspensions of Greek houses for various violations (-40.7) and the new housing system (-39.8). The oncampus Dartmouth Dining Services received a -10.6 favorability rating. Regarding journalistic publications on campus, students did not have especially favorable opinions. Of the three regular outlets, The Tab had the worst favorability rating at -43.1, with The Dartmouth Review at -35.2 and The Dartmouth at -1.9. For some of these topics, favorability ratings were split along Greek affiliation lines. Those affiliated viewed DDS about 22 net percentage points less favorably, the new housing system 39 points less favorably, the recent derecognitions/suspensions 76 points less favorably, Moving Dartmouth Forward 31 points less favorably and the administration 38 points less favorably than unaffiliated students did.
Black Lives Matter Mirroring the growth of the movement on a national level, Black Lives Matter has also taken an increasingly significant role on the Dartmouth campus. SEE SURVEY PAGE 5
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Editors’ Note
Where corporate recruiting reigns supreme, going against the grain can be rewarding — or extremely challenging STORY
I, Parker Thornton Richards, do not understand pop culture. That’s essentially the starting premise of this week’s Mirror, centered around the impact of cultural phenomenon amongst Dartmouth students, from late-night viewings of “Game of Thrones” to screenwriting internships. That’s something worth covering. The next Mindy Kaling, Shonda Rhimes or even Fred Rogers (yeah, he went to Dartmouth) might already be amongst us. According to the Center for Professional Development, just 2 percent of Dartmouth students go into media and entertainment immediately after graduation. It’s not a huge group by any means. Yet it’s the group we so often hear the most about, each time the primetime television schedule is chock full of Shonda-based programming. Why do we hear so much about Chris Miller and Phil Lord and not the hordes of stressed economics majors who get those “sick” finance internships each year? So break away from your Thrones fan theories (Roose Bolton the skin-stealing immortal vampire, anyone?), pause the “Hamilton” soundtrack and take a peek at what the Mirror’s crack squad of intrepid cultural critics has unearthed.
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Though campus appears to be overflowing with hordes of “business casual”-attired students bustling between information sessions and cover letter workshops, the truth is, not all Dartmouth students choose the financial path — with some taking artistic routes instead. I never imagined how important this term was for students looking to enter a life of finance, consulting or, more recently, tech start-ups or how popular these kinds of internships or jobs are. In my first week back, people kept asking me if I was going to “tonight’s recruiting meeting” or whether “this outfit looks too casual for the finance session.” Of course, all I could do was awkwardly explain to them that I’m not “doing the recruiting thing,” to which they replied, “Yeah, don’t worry. It sucks. It’s like four hours long tonight.” COURTESY OF DIEGO MORENO Sometimes it seems like Dartmouth manufactures its students to become high- Diego Moreno ‘18 worked in film production during an internship in Los Angeles. profile businesspeople who work ungodly “The content we publish has been really hours for ungodly amounts of money. Yet, production company that worked on the some of our most notable alumni were not Academy Award-winning films “The Hurt great and, as a woman of color, it’s really produced in the same mold. They didn’t Locker” (2008) and “Dallas Buyers Club” meaningful work so I’ve enjoyed it,” she said. Because the entertainment industry hitch a ride on the factory line and exit on the (2013). His job entailed reading and sumconveyor belt, ready for a life of 72-hour work marizing the scripts the company received doesn’t have the same recruiting presence weeks in sharp high-rises. They wrote poems and presenting what he found interesting as consulting and finance, Kuchar said the students who are the most successful in acand books. They experimented in film and about each one. “I learned a lot about industry dynam- quiring internships or jobs in entertainment media, defining and redefining pop culture. Years later, these are the same individuals ics and the importance of concise writing,” are those who are self-directed. Moreno said he cold-called approxiwho the College invites to deliver poignant Moreno said. “I had to be able to take 100graduation speeches to the next generation page scripts and summarize them into two mately 20 production companies and heard back from five, before getting one offer from — the Mindy Kalings, the Shonda Rhimes pages of notes.” Marcus Reid ’18 also participated in his eventual employer. and the Theodor Geisels of the world. Similarly, Reid said he cold-called 10 to While students continue to vie for those the film studies program in Los Angeles coveted corporate off-term positions at and completed an internship with Partizan 15 companies and was fortunate enough to recruiting meetings, some have chosen Entertainment, an international production hear back from his top choice for an interview. Biggs said she contacted Bronze Magaother paths during their off-terms or via off- company with locations in Paris, Berlin and campus programs in arts and entertainment. London. He worked as a media production zine regarding her position after conducting Although such an enterprise doesn’t appear assistant with a focus on producing music research on an internship website. “A lot of it depends on students doing to be popular at first glance, Dartmouth is videos. Reid said the experience helped him get a outreach and personalized networking on one the Ivies with the greatest presence in entertainment, said Matt Kuchar, the Cen- behind-the-scenes look at how music videos their own and following up,” Kuchar said. “Often, the students who are the most perter for Professional Development’s assistant are made. “I got to help set up for shoots and meet sistent and consistently express interest get director for advising. “Dartmouth has a great alumni network some talent,” Reid said. “Most of the shoots the positions in entertainment.” On campus, Moreno said he had an easier in entertainment, media and publishing,” he are completed in one day so the crew worked time getting his job as an editor through the said. “We have students doing work in L.A., 20 to 22-hour days.” Melissa Biggs ’18, who is currently film department’s listserv. This past spring, working on ‘Conan,’ and for Florentine spending her off-term interning for Bronze he worked for a graduate student creating Films.” During his film studies off-campus Magazine, a platform that celebrates women an ethnographic documentary, editing program in Los Angeles last winter, Diego of color, echoed Reid’s sentiments and said two- to three-hour sections of film down to Moreno ’18 worked for Voltage Pictures, a she gained insight about what goes into 15-minute clips. “It was very much a hands-on, learningmagazine production from her internship.
’18: “I like my men too weak to leave me, but not so weak that I have to make decisions.”
’18: “I’m thinking of getting a hysterectomy. Where you get your uterus removed. Maybe that’s a naive thing to say when you’re 19, but I’m sure you could get a new one put in.”
’18:“WegotProfessor Doug Irwin? Oh my god, that’s so A-side”
as-you-go experience,” Moreno said. “I looked at pacing in editing and how that affects transition and tone.” Reid currently works as a production assistant for the Media Production Group on campus and said he has a more hands-on role as an editor. For some, opportunities in the arts come through alternative academic work. Scholarships, research and independent study can be key components in a developing artistic or entertainment industry career. Last year, the College named Dondei Dean ’17 a Stamp Leadership Scholar for her independent research project, “Black Women’s Activism at Dartmouth: An Oral and Visual History.” Dean said she is making an online, interactive timeline of social justice movements at Dartmouth that women of color led or participated in. The timeline, she noted, begins in 1972 with co-education and continues into the present. “Some of the movements include gender parity, anti-apartheid, anti-hate rallies around Rodney King, the freedom budget and Real Talk,” she said. The artistic aspect of her project, Dean said, is the presentation of her research in a form that includes filmed interviews with the Dartmouth alumnae so viewers can experience each of the movements. “The users will get a first-hand sense of what campus culture was like at the time and why they chose to protest,” she said. All of the students interviewed said pop culture was closely related to their internships, jobs and research. Moreno said he read several dystopian scripts that coincide with the trend in young adult fiction and film adaptations. “Many of the scripts were similar or comparable to ‘The Hunger Games,’” he said. Concerning music video productions, Reid noted he often saw the directing team drafting ideas based on current events and trends. “It’s important to draw from what’s big and what people want to see,” he said. “Not only
do we end up making something that’s visually pleasing but something that ties in pressing issues.” Reid recalled his experience watching the production of a music video for singer Ariana Grande. The video advocated for women’s rights by having Grande act as historical female figures, he said. “Whether it’s a political statement or something pulled from the news, incorporating pop culture into a music video helps to draw another audience that may not be initially interested in the artist while informing people about the content,” Reid said. Biggs said Bronze Magazine features a wide range of pop culture coverage, citing this past issue’s articles that spotlight a chef, an actor and an Olympian. Dean’s research focuses on women of color as well, but through very different media. Through her chronological research, Dean noted the role social media currently plays in influencing the way protests happen and the way the nation perceives them. She recalled the use of hashtags to spread word about recent protests regarding Dartmouth’s lack of faculty of color. In considering the flexibility of what constitutes progress in social justice, Dean said she has been thinking about what constitutes change. “I’ve noticed that culture doesn’t always keep pace with the law,” she said. “So is progress a change in attitudes or policy?” These four students expressed that internships and projects will potentially affect their futures. Biggs found a way to express herself and translate important values through her work in design at the magazine company. “With this job, I’m able to put a little bit of myself into the movement that I think is really powerful,” she said. Dean is looking forward to publishing her timeline. Through the interview process, she was pleased by the enthusiasm of Dartmouth alumnae.
She is currently looking into promotion ideas such as hosting a panel talk with the interviewees or a week-long celebration of the history of women of color at Dartmouth. Today, students at the College are faced with a variety of options for work during their off terms and after graduating, both through the CPD and their own research. Although one might assume all the talk about corporate jobs would put pressure on students considering jobs in other industries to re-route their search for opportunities that provide the best pay, Reid said the pressure isn’t too great because students are on different tracks, so it’s difficult to compare fields. “I hear the conversations about starting salaries in finance and consulting, and I’ve come to terms with the fact that it’s rare to graduate and receive a comfortable living salary in the field I’m pursuing,” Reid said. Moreno similarly stated that students who are seeking positions in film need to be willing to do the necessary work to learn and grow without the pay. For Reid, his previous internships give him a leg up, he said. “I’ve gotten experience with the media software that professionals use so I feel comfortable with the progress I’ve made but I’m always trying to find more opportunities,” he said. “I think I’m moving at a good pace.” The most important factor in taking internships, Biggs said, is to focus on what makes you excited. “If you’re stuck in a schedule you don’t appreciate, then it’s not helping you,” she said. “What you should get and want out of an internship is an appreciation of the field you’re working in.” So though it may seem that all of our peers are flocking the financial sector, the main consensus amongst students who took alternative paths is to find what one enjoys on an off term. Diego Moreno ’18 is a member of The Dartmouth staff.
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’18: “I was hooking up with a guy and he referred to his dick in the third person. At one point he looked down and said, ‘Wait, he hasn’t reached full power yet.’” COURTESY OF DIEGO MORENO
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The Sunday Night Event
From ‘Game of Thrones’ to football, TV becomes a bonding experience STORY
By Abbey Cahill
I’ve always been bad at pop culture. I don’t know any actors, I’ve never subscribed to a magazine and I went years pronouncing “Nike” without the “e.” No one even bothered to correct me. My relationship with television is no exception to this pattern. Somewhere along the way, in an attempt to justify my general cluelessness, I adopted an obnoxious holier-than-thou perspective and decided that TV was a base and unfulfilling activity for people who didn’t have anything better to do with their time. And then this past winter, I watched “The Bachelor” with my sorority — for about five weeks until contestants on the show became too mean, and we all felt uncomfortable. But it still managed to permanently change my thoughts on TV. For those who don’t watch, here’s the premise: a hot guy selects a wife from a pool of thirsty contestants. Isolated from the rest of the world and provided with a steady flow of alcohol, these women are pushed to their breaking points, and we relish watching every second of it. In short, it is a degrading and reductive show. Roxane Gay says it well in her book, “Bad Feminist,” arguing that reality TV forces women into pre-established, artificial roles. “The repetition of gender acts in reality television becomes grossly stylized through artificially tanned skin, elaborate hair extensions, dramatic make up, surgically enhanced bodies and chemically injected faces,” Gay writes. “The acts become grossly stylized through bad behavior, often carefully orchestrated by producers.” I, too, must be a bad feminist, because I don’t really care. Yes, the show is awful, but it gave me an escape from the real world. Once a week, I would sink into the couch in our TV room with an extra large bag of popcorn and a group of friends, and for the next two hours the only worry on our minds was whether Ben would choose Lauren B. or JoJo. Bachelor time was our time. And I realized it wasn’t about what we were watching. It was
about where and when and with whom. Amy Lawrence, a film and media studies professor, believes in the incredible power of television as a shared experience. “Watching television in a group emphasizes the program’s status as an event; you have to all be there together at the same time,” Lawrence said. “It also increases feedback, commentary and emotional involvement. People mirror each others’ reactions. For instance, comedies are funnier with a large audience.” That’s why when sports fans fill an arena, the energy is palpable. When we respond to the reactions of those around us, we create a positive feedback loop in which excitement builds and builds. I hate football, for example, but I love watching the Super Bowl. The rowdiness of a large group of people crammed in front of one television is contagious. Tiffany Dyson ’18 has never missed a Super Bowl. Each year, her family meets up with friends to place bets, eat food and enjoy each other’s company. At college, she was determined to keep the tradition alive. “I’ve watched it all my life and didn’t want being away from home to hinder the tradition,” Dyson said. “The Super Bowl definitely made me nostalgic. I texted my dad the whole time since I knew he was watching at the same time.” For the past two years, she has watched the game with a large group of people at Beta Alpha Omega fraternity. “It felt like home,” Dyson said. “It’s a unifying experience because it brings students from different backgrounds together, through one common interest.” Television serials, Lawrence argued, promote even more social interaction. “Each episode of a serial like ‘Game of Thrones’ is open-ended, encouraging speculation and discussion about what might happen next,” Lawrence said. Will Huff ’15 watched “Game of Thrones” at Phi Delta Alpha fraternity every single Sunday at 9:00 p.m. The viewing parties were
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A student takes in a television show at the Collis Center.
important. Homework was done before 8:30 p.m., six couches filled by 8:40 p.m. and the room fell silent at 9:00 p.m. on the dot. “The second the episode started, there was constant shushing for everyone to be quiet, because God forbid we miss any part of the dialogue — or even the introduction music,” Huff said. Phoebe Hersh ’18 joined the viewing parties at Phi Delt each Sunday. Everyone was really invested in the show, she said. That’s what made it so entertaining. “They would order pizza and everyone would cheer or boo at the screen,” Hersh remembered. After each episode, people would share their opinions or predictions. The show was a shared experience; it was common ground.
“It didn’t matter if you were a senior enjoying your last term at Dartmouth, or a sophomore who took off the winter and was finally enjoying being a brother,” Huff said. “We all came together to watch our favorite characters die.” I often associate television series with solitary Netflix sessions. In the age of binge-watching, it is easy for TV to become a solo pastime rather than a weekly anticipated event. But when a show becomes a viewing party, great things happen. Viewing parties can serve as breaks in our busy lives, ways to connect with people we don’t know and opportunities to share an experience with the people we love. Even if you’re watching an airbrushed, overly-glorified rando handing out symbolic flowers to his suitors in a dramatic rose ceremony, it’s the camaraderie that counts.
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Attendees at the weekly farmer’s market on the Green at a food stall.
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The Osher Office featured Kathleen Dixon Swift’s Japanese ink brush paintings.
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Student survey shows support for national BLM movement
have an opinion on the issue, students generally viewed corporate, consulting and banking recruitment programs occurring on the College’s campus favorably. Forty-seven percent of those surveyed approved of them, while 16.8 percent disapproved.
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When asking about the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole, the survey questions differentiated between the movement at the national level and the one on the Dartmouth campus. Seventy-three percent of students said they support the national movement. That level of backing drops considerably at the more local level, however, as only 39.3 percent of survey respondents said they supported the Black Lives Matter movement on campus. Of the remainder, 16.4 percent they supported neither the national nor campus movements, and 10 percent said they were not sure. This opinion on the movement broke down along a few different social characteristics. While 51.7 percent of self-identifying Democrats supported both the national and campus movements, only 6.4 percent of Republicans did. Meanwhile, 8.6 percent of Democrats opposed both, as opposed to 42.6 percent of Republicans. Similar percentages of Democrats (31.8) and Republicans (36.2) supported the national movement but opposed the campus one. Due to the somewhat correlated nature of partisanship and gender, a similar split occurred along gender lines. Women were much more likely to support Black Lives Matter while men were more likely to oppose it. Comparing the opinions on this issue of white and non-white students showed less of a divide than by political leaning or gender, though non-white students still showed greater support for the movement. In November 2015, a Black Lives Matter “Blackout” demonstration took place on various parts of campus. Allegations later surfaced of demonstrators using physical violence towards other students during the protest when passing through Baker-Berry Library. However, no official reports of violence have been documented. The issue of whether protestors used violence remains contested. Of the sophomore students surveyed, 37 percent believed that the protestors definitely or probably used violence, while 46.5 percent believed that protestors definitely or probably did not use violence. Prior to this demonstration, t-shirts hung up in a Black Lives Matter display in the Collis Center representing unarmed people killed by police were removed. On the question of whether this action was intentional, 47.2 percent of respondents said it definitely/ probably was, while 45.4 percent said it definitely/probably was not. This result marked one of the more divisive issues in the survey. In May 2016, a “Blue Lives Matter” display placed by College Republicans in the Collis Center as part of National Police Week was removed and replaced with Black Lives Matter posters. When asked about the level of support for the
Free speech: The issue of free speech has come to the forefront on several college campuses across the country. When surveyed students were asked whether they agree with the statement that “free speech and expression of all students is valued at Dartmouth,” 37 percent agreed with the statement while 52.3 percent disagreed. Interestingly, Democrat and Republican students did not feel significantly differently about this issue. Compared to white students, non-white respondents were 15 percent points less likely to agree with this statement.
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Seventy-three percent of respondents said they support the national Black Lives Matter movement, but only 40 percent said they support the movement on campus.
removal and replacement, responses were more one-sided — 61.4 percent said they strongly/somewhat opposed the action, while 33.5 percent strongly/ somewhat support it. The topic of retention and the importance of faculty of color at the College also came to a head as of late. In May 2016, the denial of tenure for English professor Aimee Bahng was met with criticism from students, Dartmouth faculty and people unaffiliated with the College, reigniting debate over granting tenure to and retention of faculty of color. When asked about this decision to deny tenure, 46.2 percent of surveyed students said they opposed it, while 26.1 percent said they supported it. On the broader issue of retention of faculty of color at Dartmouth, students were fairly emphatic in their viewpoint on the matter: 81.8 percent said the issue was very or somewhat important, while only 12.7 percent said it was not very or not at all important. Miscellaneous Finally, the survey inquired about a variety of other issues. Sexual assault: Regarding Dartmouth’s recent efforts to strengthen its sexual assault policies and create stricter punishments, 43 percent of sophomore students said the changes have been adequate, 37.9 percent said the changes have not gone far enough and just 5.1 percent said these policy changes have gone too far. While 60.4 percent of male students said the changes have been adequate, only 27.7 percent of female students said the same. Likewise, 57.1 percent of women believed the changes have not gone far enough and 15.8 percent of men did.
Greek life: On the subject of the presence of Greek life on campus, students showed resistance to too much change. A plurality at 40.3 percent of students felt that the presence of Greek life should stay the same, while 26.4 percent said they wanted Greek life
to increase a little and 19.9 wanted it to decrease a little. Only 5.6 percent of respondents wanted to eliminate Greek life on campus entirely. Corporate recruiting: While more than a third of respondents did not
Tradition: Tradition often proves a very prominent part of Dartmouth life for students. When asked whether “at Dartmouth, we should value and closely follow traditions,” 61.6 percent of students agreed with the statement, while 29.2 disagreed. A partisan dimension formed in responses to this question, with 50.4 percent of Democrats agreeing the above statement and 95.6 percent of Republicans disagreeing.
President Hanlon invites you to
Open Office Hours For Students: (Parkhurst 207) Tuesday, July 19th, 4-5 pm Thursday, July 28th, 12:30-1:30 pm
For Faculty and Staff*: (Parkhurst 207) Thursday, July 21st, 1-2 pm Thursday, July 28th, 1:30-2:30 pm
Meetings are held on a first come, first served basis
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*Please note that these Office Hours are now open to Staff
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016
DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
“Life in Antarctica: 1986 Contrasted with 2014,” a talk by Reiner Friedel on his time in Antarctica, Wilder 104
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
“April and the Extraordinary World” (2016), a film by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
“Marguerite” (2016), a film by Xavier Giannoli, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
TOMORROW
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
“Captian America: Civil War” (2016), a film by Anthony and Joe Russo, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
SUNDAY 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
“Bringing Up Baby” (1938), a film by Howard Hawks, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
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‘The Secret Life of Pets’ (2016), a story of unexpected friendship By KOURTNEY KAWANO
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
In his penultimate film review for The Dartmouth, Andrew Kingsley ’16 explored Disney’s “Zootopia” (2016), praising its filmmakers for its clever combination of comedic characters and socially relevant messages. This week, I will return to the world of animation and the film industry’s strange love for anthropomorphizing with Illumination Entertainment’s “The Secret Life of Pets” (2016). Described as the animal counterpart to “Toy Story” (1995), “Pets” is a wild take on the question millions of pet owners around the world have — what exactly does my pet do when I’m not home? While the film’s writers probably didn’t base its plot on actual footage of dogs throwing house parties or a parakeet pretending to be a fighter pilot, “Pets” makes a great attempt at imagining a world where our beloved animal friends form a community based on their loyalty to us. The film focuses on the charmed life of Max (Louis C.K.), a terrier who spends his weekends touring New York City with his owner Ka-
tie (Ellie Kemper) and his weekdays waiting for her to come home, presumably from work. After years of life in the city, he’s filled Katie’s work hours befriending several of the other pets in the apartment, including Gidget (Jenny Slate), a cute but tough Pomeranian who has a secret crush on Max, and Chloe (Lake Bell), a cat who possesses sass and a bottomless
“‘Pets’ is a wild take on the question millions of pet owners around the world have — what exactly does my pet do when I’m not home?” appetite that rivals Garfield’s. Max dreads the moment Katie leaves for work every day, but his life gets turned upside down when she brings home large, shaggy mongrel Duke (Eric Stonestreet), who’s more than eager to slip into Max and Katie’s picturesque world. Max quickly grows jealous of Duke, and after learning Duke will likely end up spending the rest of his life in the pound if Katie
decides not to keep him, decides the only way to remain top dog is to trash the apartment and blame Duke. This, of course, backfires on Max during a trip to a dog park when Duke decides to abandon him in an alleyway. A gang of stray cats under the leadership of Ozone (Steve Coogan), a downright creepy Sphynx cat, attacks the two dogs and steals their collars. Similar to “Bolt” (2008), animal control appears out of nowhere, grabs Max and Duke and prepares to take them back to the pound. The film takes a hilarious turn when animal control runs into Snowball (Kevin Hart), a white rabbit who harbors a hatred for mankind after his magician owner abandoned him. Snowball and his team of misfit animals — nicknamed the Flushed Pets — rescue their captured ally, a grumpy bulldog, before deciding to rescue Max and Duke after they lie about despising humans, too. Snowball leads the group deep into the depths of New York City’s sewers, which his cult has transformed into a hideout and sanctuary for all abandoned or mistreated animals. Realizing they’re greatly outnumbered,
Max and Duke clumsily convince the Flushed Pets they murdered their owner, resulting in Snowball deciding to initiate them with the bite of a one-fanged viper. Just as Max is about to get bitten, Ozone and his gang return and reveal Max and Duke’s real identity as pets. In their hasty escape, the duo accidentally kills the viper, causing Snowball to declare war on them for their betrayal.
“[The film] is a familiar and heartwarming comedy that children will find visually captivating and that adults will appreciate for its timeless themes.” A chase results, and after being washed into the East River, Max and Duke catch a ride on a ferry to Brooklyn, where — like Woody and Buzz from “Toy Story” (1995) — they put their differences aside to get home. In the chaos of its multiple storylines, what ensues — in the span of one day it seems — is a family-friendly lesson about
forgiveness, friendship and loyalty as well as an ode to the beauty of the city that never sleeps. Although “Pets” does not possess the social complexity to rival “Zootopia” and its commentary on the current Black Lives Matter movement, it does live up to the message of its sister films “Despicable Me” (2010) and “Minions” (2015) — family comes in many forms and in the least likely of places. Initially resentful of Duke and the disorder he brings into his life, Max grows to care for and empathize with him as the story progresses. Though the audience is led to label Snowball as the antagonist, you can’t help but root for the lovable rabbit who would do anything to protect the forgotten animals. Ultimately, at the heart of Chris Meledandri ’81’s latest production is a familiar and heartwarming comedy that children will find visually captivating and that adults will appreciate for its timeless themes. Rating: 9/10 “The Secret Life of Pets” will be playing at the Nugget Theater at 2:00, 7:00 and 9:10 p.m. today and tomorrow.
Nachtwey ’70 wins 2016 Asturias Award, inspires students By HALEY GORDON
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Since graduating from Dartmouth, James Nachtwey ‘70 has worked almost exclusively in the world of photography. He started out as a newspaper photographer for the Albuquerque Journal, then took jobs as a freelance magazine photographer, a contract photographer for Time Magazine and cofounded the VII Photo Agency. Nachtwey was recently awarded the 2016 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities. He has also earned numerous grants and commendations including the World Press Photo Award, and the Magazine Photographer of the Year. Although the scope of Nachtwey’s work is international, he has frequented Dartmouth to speak about his work, lecture and teach, and served as the inaugural Roth Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the 2012-2013 academic year. Director of the Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth Annabel Martín first met Nachtwey around his time as a visiting scholar, but became familiar with his work in the 1990s, Martín wrote in an email. Many of his works in Rwanda, Sudan and the Balkans affected her,
but a photograph from his series in Nicaragua, taken in 1984, that features a young child “twirling on the gun of a battered tank,” especially resonated with her, because of the “juxtaposition of the joy in the child with the brutality of the ‘toy.’” When describing Nachtwey’s style, Martín highlighted Nachtwey’s ability to capture “the horrors of war without being a photographer that ‘exploits’ the pain of the people he photographs.” Martín called him a “war documentarian,” whose objective is not to self-gratify but to inform the world of the human tragedy others endure. Rather than “othering” his subject, Nachtwey approaches with “extreme empathy, with extraordinary craft and is successful because he moves us to think about the brutality of war,” she said. A studio art department senior lecturer Virginia Beahan echoed Martín’s sentiments, writing that “Nachtwey’s work bears witness to the human struggle: famine, war, poverty, displacement.” While his work deals with difficult subject matter, Beahan said she considers Nachtwey an optimist. “[Nachtwey] believes that photography can raise awareness,” Beahan said, “so that we, as global
citizens, may strive to be better, both as individuals and as a society.” Beahan’s viewpoint seems to run parallel to Nachtwey’s own, as he has referred to himself in as an “anti-war photographer”, rather than a war photographer. This
“[Nachtwey’s] photographs denounce war, document its terrifying effects on people, and they serve as documents or testimonies to that trauma.” -ANNABEL MARTÍN, GENDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE DIRECTOR distinction was echoed by Martín. “His photographs denounce war, document its terrifying effects on people and they serve as documents or testimonies to that trauma,” Martín said. Both Martín and Beahan have had Nachtwey join their classes and speak with students about his work.
Describing why she invites Nachtwey to speak to her students, Martín expressed the hope that interacting one-on-one would allow students to engage with the power of art, and the capacity of photography to witness the world’s tragedies and to incite social change and justice. Beahan has had Nachtwey meet with her students on numerous occasions, at times in the classroom and at times in the social setting of her own home. “The students particularly enjoyed having the opportunity to converse with Jim in a more informal setting,” Beahan said. “And he loved having the opportunity to get to know them as individuals as well.” Martín also noted Nachtwey’s generosity with his time and extraordinary presentations. “It’s such a unique experience for all of us.” “He loves to be interrogated about his work and the students immediately appreciate the stature of the man and his photographs,” Martín said. Amara Ihionu ’17, a studio art major with a focus in photography, first met Nachtwey at an artist talk. Ihionu said she remembers thinking that the photos Nachtwey had taken were personally striking, and
was curious about how Nachtwey approached the intersection between “activist art” and the risk of capitalizing on said art. Nachtwey’s response emphasized that it was
“We are fortunate to have [Nachtwey] here at Dartmouth, not only as a photographer and journalist, but as a model for how one’s social conscience can become meaningful action.” -VIRGINIA BEAHAN, STUDIO ART DEPARTMENT SENIOR LECTURER important to be mindful of the subject’s humanity rather than viewing the individual as simply the focus of a photograph. “We are fortunate to have him here at Dartmouth,” Beahan said, “not only as a photographer and journalist, but as a model for how one’s social conscience can become meaningful action.”
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Seven Dartmouth alumni qualify for the Olympics in Rio By CHRIS SHIM
The Dartmouth Staff
Despite Dartmouth’s small size and relatively isolated location, the College will be well represented by seven alumni at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August. During their time at Dartmouth, the seven Olympians competed for the Big Green in varsity and club sports. There are three representatives from the women’s track and field and cross country teams, two from men’s lightweight rowing, one from women’s tennis and one from the men’s rugby team. In preparation for this historic summer, The Dartmouth will be profiling each of these athletes individually and their journey to Rio in greater depth, but for now, meet the seven athletes who will be representing the United States and Greece as well as the quaint College on the Hill. Abbey D’Agostino ’14 After a whirlwind finish at the Olympic Trials on July 10, Abbey D’Agostino ’14, the most decorated student-athlete in the Ivy League, will be representing the United States on the track. In the final 100 meters of the 5,000-meter race, her hopes to qualify for the biggest stage of her young career seemed out of reach after she finished fifth in the finals at Hayward Field. Since Team USA only takes the top three finishers, her only hope was that Molly Huddle and Emily Infield would withdraw
include rugby since 1924. As the captain of the team since his senior year at Dartmouth, Hughes led the team to a first-place finish at the North American Caribbean Rugby Association Sevens Championships in June 2015 to earn a spot in Rio. As a member of the men’s club rugby team, Hughes, a fullback, was named to the Collegiate Rugby Championship All-Tournament team three times during his time at Dartmouth, missing the championships in his senior year, coincidentally, to help the U.S. team qualify for Rio.
from the 5,000 in Rio to focus on the 10,000-meter run they had already qualified for. The nation waited, and Big Green fans cheered when Huddle and Infield, who finished first and fourth respectively on Saturday, decided not to compete in the 5,000 in Rio. The spot was well earned for D’Agostino, who placed fifth and missed qualifying for the Olympics in 2012 by less than a second in the same event, while only a sophomore at Dartmouth. The Topsfield, Mass. native was a seventime national champion as well as a 16-time Ivy League champion as an undergraduate at Dartmouth.
Sean Furey ’04 D’Agostino will join Sean Furey ’04, Th ’05, who will compete in the javelin for his second Olympic appearance. Although he finished 11th at the Olympic Trials on July 4 with a throw of 69.45 meters, he was selected to compete thanks to a throw he made earlier in the year that meets the requisite Olympic standard distance of 83.0 meters. Furey is looking to improve upon his rank from London, where he placed 37th with a throw of 72.81 meters. At Dartmouth, the Metheun, Mass. native won an Ivy League title in the javelin in 2005 and set the school record of 73.68 meters in the event. Alexi Pappas ’12 Alexi Pappas ’12 will represent Greece in the 10,000-meter race and
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Alexi Pappas ’12 (left) and Abbey D’Agostino ’14 (center) will compete in track in Rio.
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Olympians Anthony Fahden ’08 and Josh Konieczny ’13 rowed for men’s lightweight.
compete against the USA’s Huddle, Infield and Marielle Hall. Pappas, who is a dual citizen of both America and Greece, set the Greek national record in the 10,000 on May 1 with a time of 31:46:83. She attended Dartmouth until 2012 and transferred to the University of Oregon, where she spent the remainder of her NCAA eligibility competing. The first-time Olympian, who majored in English with a concentration in creative writing while at Dartmouth, competes for the Oregon Track Club and is an accomplished filmmaker and star of the recentlyreleased film “Tracktown” (2016).
Cup event, respectively, Konieczny and Campbell, Jr. are sure to be determined to improve upon their recent results. At Dartmouth, Konieczny majored in economics and competed on the varsity lightweight team that placed third at the 2013 Eastern Sprints and at the 2011 IRA Championships. Madison Hughes ’15 A standout during his undergraduate years, Madison Hughes ’15 will lead the U.S. Men’s Rugby Sevens in the first Olympics to
Evelyn Stevens ’05 After taking perhaps the most serendipitous path to the Olympics of this year’s group, Evelyn Stevens ’05 will represent America in the cycling road race. At Dartmouth, Stevens competed in tennis and graduated with a major in government and minor in women’s and gender studies. She went on to work on Wall Street, stumbled into cycling by chance and quit her job to focus on her cycling career. 2016 marks Stevens’ second year as an Olympian after placing 24th in London four years ago, just 27 seconds behind the gold medalist Marianne Vos.
Anthony Fahden ’08 Anthony Fahden ’08 will represent America for a second time on the lightweight four team. Fahden’s third-place finish at the 2016 World Rowing Cup in Varese, Italy this past April earned him a spot on the U.S. National team. With four more years of experience, Fahden will look to improve upon his eighthplace finish in the 2012 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in London. As a member of the Big Green, Fahden led the men’s varsity eight to the 2007 EARC Eastern Sprints title and earned All-Ivy honors. Josh Konieczny ’13 The men’s lightweight rowing team will see another former member compete in Josh Konieczny ’13, who will represent the U.S. in the double sculls. A former captain of the lightweight rowing team from Millbury, Ohio, Konieczny partnered with Andrew Campbell, Jr., winning the double sculls at the 2016 Olympic Team Trials with a time of 6 minutes, 32.86 seconds. After earning eighth- and fourth-place finishes at last year’s Worlds and the World
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Former club standout Madison Hughes ’15 is set to compete in men’s rugby.