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Project examines democracy

By DEBORA HYEMIN HAN The Dartmouth Staff

Last week, government professors John Carey and Brendan Nyhan , University of Rochester political science professor Gretchen Helmke, Yale University political science professor Susan

Stokes and market research company partner Mitch Sanders released data from the first survey conducted by Bright Line Watch — a project that seeks to use scholarly expertise to monitor democratic practices and call attention to threats to American democracy,

Students attend 1vyG conference

By JOYCE LEE

The Dartmouth Staff

Thirty Dartmouth students traveled to attend the third annual 1vyG conference last weekend.

1vyG is an organization that connects first-generation Ivy League students so they can improve their campuses for first-generation college students. The theme for this year’s conference was “From Posts to Progress: Leveraging Social Activism to Actualize

Institutional Reform for First-Generation College Students.”

Student organizer Bethany Malzman ’19 said that the majority of the conference consisted of workshops, panels, lectures, discussions and various programs dealing with different aspects of firstgeneration identity and how first-generation students are perceived at higher SEE 1VYG PAGE 2

according to its website.

BLW gave The New York Times early access to the results, which were reported in the Upshot section on Feb. 23.

For its first survey, BLW aimed to under stand what qualities were most SEE BRIGHT LINE PAGE 3

The federal gover nment opened a third Title IX campus sexual violence investigation against Dartmouth on Feb. 22, according to documents released by the Department of Education Thursday. This is the third such investigation into the College within the past four years.

Dartmouth’s first Title IX sexual violence investigation was initiated on May 31, 2013 and related to the College’s response to sexual harassment claims, as well as the designation and notice of a Title IX coordinator. On Aug. 21, 2015, a second investigation was opened in relation to an individual complaint against the College. Both of these cases are still open.

Dartmouth is one of 227 postsecondary institutions under investigation by the Office of Civil Rights for how it responds to sexual violence claims and one of 14 schools with more than three open Title IX sexual violence investigations. The 14 institutions

include Stanford University and the University of Chicago as well as fellow Ivy League schools Columbia University and Cornell University, which has more active Title IX investigations than any other college or university with six.

Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination in education on the basis of sex.

As of Wednesday, there were 311 cases of sexual violence under investigation at these 227 institutions.

In an email, College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote that the College intends “to cooperate fully with the [OCR] as it conducts its investigation.” She said that Dartmouth followed all relevant laws, including Title IX, in matters related to the new investigation.

An open case does not confirm a Title IX violation by a college or university but indicates that an investigation is underway to gather additional facts.

Geisel radiologists to win awards

By ANTHONY ROBLES The Dartmouth Staff

Geisel School of Medicine faculty members Jocelyn Chertoff, Petra Lewis and Nancy McNulty Med’95 will be honored at the 65th annual meeting of the Association of University Radiologists in early May for collectively receiving four awards that recognize their contributions to the field of radiology.

The three recipients are also radiologists at DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center; Chertoff serves as the chair of the radiology department.

“As the chair, it’s really a great moment for one department to get four of these awards in the same year,” Chertoff said. “I felt really proud of my department for having been able to achieve that.”

Both Chertoff and Lewis will receive an Achievement Award from an AUR affiliate, the Association of Program Directors in Radiology.

A c c o rd i n g t o A P D R ’s website, this honor recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of education in radiology and/or for

outstanding service to the organization.

Chertoff will also receive the Gold Medal, the organization’s highest honor, which, according to AUR’s website, recognizes unusually distinguished service or contributions to the AUR, academic radiology or the field of radiology in general.

Chertoff is a former president of AUR and has been a faculty member at Geisel for 25 years.

Chertoff will be recognized for service, while Lewis, who has spent 24 years at Geisel and SEE RADIOLOGY PAGE 2

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1vyG examines first-generation issues discussions were about ways of reducing gaps in experience and education institutions. Various equalizing the opportunities speakers were also present at the of students from lower income conference, including professors backgrounds,” he said. “And also and faculty members who have ways to capitalize on unique strengths conducted sociology or education of first-generation students.” research or were first-generation Davis said that institutions students themselves, she said. of higher education too often “That was important to hear,” approach issues of underrepresented Malzman said. “There was a professor populations from a deficit model, who was first-generation who talked focusing on opportunities that these about getting into academia and how, students might not have had and gaps as an undergraduate, she believed that need to be filled. The conference, she wouldn’t be able to be part of on the other hand, was an example academia in the future.” of looking at the unique strengths Students also had the opportunity and powers that students from to network with first-generation representatives backg rounds “Some sororities and from different bring to these nonprofit and fraternities are not institutions and for-profit sectors conscious of different to the outside that were present world, he said. at the event. economic statuses, so Davis The networking that tends to alienate said that it was sessions allowed energizing and a part of the student students who inspiring to have may not have population.” the Dartmouth had these students who opportunities attended the at Dartmouth -BARBARA OLACHEA event realize that or at home or ‘19, 1VYG CONFERENCE they were part who may not of a community ATTENDEE have been able of 300 firstto properly generation engage in these students at Ivy situations to have more casual League colleges. conversations with these companies, “One of the most important Malzman said. things the conference provides is the “[These companies] were looking power of community,” Davis said. for the type of students that firstBarbara Olachea ’19 said that at generation students are,” she said. one of the sessions at the conference, “Most of our delegates were ’19s she had the opportunity to meet and ’20s, so it was great to have this groups of representatives from opportunity to think about future other colleges. They discussed the career plans and things to do on off challenges they faced at different terms.” institutions, which she thought to Director of First Year Student be similar to the ones at Dartmouth, Engagement Program Jay Davis ’90 she said. and assistant dean to first-generation “Greek life was brought up for and low-income students Rachel many students who are low-income Edens were the administrative [students], since they do not have facilitators for the trip this year. the possibility of being a part of Davis said that the presence of that culture on campus,” she said. major corporate organizations such “Some sororities and fraternities are as Google and Goldman Sachs not conscious of different economic at the conference shows that they statuses, so that tends to alienate a recognize the leadership capacity part of the student population.” of first-generation students.

They also agreed that their Davis said his frequent meetings institutions struggled to recognize with administrators from various different intersections of identities, institutions during the conference she said. While the status of being provided a unique opportunity to first-generation and low-income tend share best practices for meeting to intersect, there are also people who the needs of an underrepresented are first-generation but come from population. a more privileged background and “Some particularly important do not face certain challenges that FROM 1VYG PAGE 1

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Correction Appended March 2: A previous version of the March 2 article “DOC elects new directorate” misspelled Mendelsohn’s first name. This story has been updated to reflect this correction.

other first-generation students face, she said.

“Some people have a certain image of privilege — it tends to be more common for minorities to come from less privileged backgrounds,” she said. “A white first-generation student might not be as visible on campus out of the whole spectrum of what’s present at Dartmouth.”

She said that students might have difficulty reaching out to resources they might need, emphasizing and that it is important to recognize different intersections and create a welcoming space on campus and provide resources for anyone who is disadvantaged in any way.

“We were talking about FYSEP being an excellent opportunity to provide resources for people who normally wouldn’t have them,” Olachea said. “But we would like to see some more student-initiated and run organizations that other colleges talk about.”

Student organizer Alexis Castillo ’19 said that part of the conference was spent learning how students can bring an issue to the attention of administrators and act to make change.

“One of the important takeaways I got from the conference was how to approach your audience and present SEE 1VYG PAGE 5

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Professors work to evaluate democracy, call attention to threats

of respondents said the U.S. meets standards of the majority essential to democracy and use showing restraint and reciprocity those characteristics to assess the and noncriticism of opponents’ current state of democracy in the patriotism.

U.S. Of the approximately 10,000 According to Carey, the idea political scientists who were invited for BLW originated from emails to participate in the survey, over and Facebook messages between 1,500 responded, according to himself, Helmke and Stokes prior Sanders, who is BLW’s director of to the November election. They survey research. He said that the shared new polls and articles about survey connects the perspective the election with one another of political and had scientists to conversations “Ultimately, we’re the questions about the way that people are counting on expert American asking about judgment to ... redemocracy democracy was being and political aggregate that spoken about i n s t i t u t i o n s. information and give you in the media.

The survey Most take some kind of summary was based on stability and 19 statements judgment on how the U.S. perfor mance r e l a t e d t o is performing in those of U. S . characteristics democracy of democracy, areas.” for granted, f ro m f r a u d according to free elections C a r e y, a n d -BRENDAN NYHAN, to limits on despite how e x e c u t i v e GOVERNMENT PROFESSOR much people power to complain equal-impact a b o u t v o t i n g . d e m o c r a c y, Re s p o n d e n t s we re a s k e d t o they usually do not talk about evaluate the statements on their it in existential terms. After the relevancy and how well the U.S election, the group began to speak government meets those standards. about the project in more concrete The survey found that an terms, and by November, the overwhelming majority of the name “Bright Line Watch” had experts believe the U.S. meets been established and the method democratic standards of fraud- of surveying was beginning to be free elections, freedom of speech discussed, Carey added. and judicial limits of executive The name is a metaphor for power. Fewer than two-thirds the “bright line” between liberal FROM BRIGHT LINE PAGE 1

democracy and other forms of to the election and during the that the political scientists are government, according to Nyhan. election was a big factor in creating answering the question as scholars Because it is the project. more so than as individual citizens. often unclear “It’s very much inspired H o w e v e r, Going forward, Carey said that when political N y h a n s a i d the project aims to not only aid the [by] current events regimes cross t h a t B L W American public in understanding this line, BLW but it draws on a vast also h a s the current state of democracy, aims to bring scholarly literature that elements that but also contribute to research scholarly o r i g i n a t e d and scholarship. Because anyone expertise to the long predates Donald b e f o r e is able to download the data, do conversation, Trump or anything having P r e s i d e n t their own analysis and publish Nyhan added.

D o n a l d their findings, he said he looks to do with his political “ Po l i t i c a l Trump’s era. forward to seeing how the data s c i e n t i s t s relevance.” “ I t ’ s can be utilized and incorporated. have a more v e r y m u c h He added that the resource will nu a n c e d i n s p i r e d become more and more valuable view of what -BRENDAN NYHAN, [by] current as the group continues to survey c o n s t i t u t e s GOVERNMENT PROFESSOR events, but it and add more waves of data. d e m o c r a c y, d raws o n a In addition, Carey said he a n d t h at’s vast scholarly sees potential for the group to what we wanted to capture,” literature that inform local Nyhan said. long predates governments Sanders said that a survey does Donald Trump “We designed the about the well aggregating many opinions o r a n y t h i n g survey in a way that c u r r e n t based on a robust sample, calling it h av i n g t o d o state of a “good snapshot” of what political with his political we hope will be d e m o c r ac y. scientists are thinking. relevance,” he interesting to people, The survey According to Nyhan, BLW said. could to newspaper readers, sample hopes to catalyze a conversation Furthermore, expand to among political scientists about Nyhan said that but actually also to include local current issues as they occur, adding it does not seem civic leaders, to people officials, that it is important for scholars that the political r a t h e r to show their expertise as events s c i e n t i s t s wh o working in government than just unfold. p a r t i c i p a t e d at all levels or people focusing on “Ultimately, we’re counting on i n t h e s t u d y government expert judgment to ... re-aggregate used the survey who are working in at the that information and give you a s a “ Tr u m p - advocacy.” national some kind of summary judgment bashing vehicle,” level, he said. on how the U.S. is performing in noting that some “ W e those areas,” he said. re s p o n s e s h a d -JOHN CAREY, designed the Both Carey and Nyhan, while ver y favorable GOVERNMENT PROFESSOR survey in a emphasizing the non-partisan views on certain way that we nature of the project, agreed that aspects of the hope will be the political climate leading up current state of democracy and interesting to people, to newspaper readers, but actually also to civic leaders, to people working in government at all levels or people who are working in advocacy,” Carey said.

Carey and Nyhan say there is also a possibility for BLW to explore a comparative aspect, asking scholars to evaluate the state of American democracy in comparison to democracies of other nations around the world.

Carey, Helmke and Stokes all focus on comparative government in their research. Carey said the team has already noticed parallels between the current state of American democracy and the democracies of other nations that they have studied. “[The survey results] were echoing the same themes that we’ve been debating throughout our whole professional careers — you know, how democracy erodes, declines, in some cases, or is extinguished all together,” he said.

Carey said that as the project is still new, “a year from now, [the group will] have a much better idea” of the data the survey is generating.

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Yiannopoulous: (Con)servative

A Pale Red Dot

Milo Yiannopoulous is not representative of the conservative movement.

I have been a conservative since I formed my political views and values early in my secondary school years. To be clear, the word conservatism is defined as the “disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.” Admittedly, there are a variety of unrestrictive factions within and interpretations of political conservatism, just as there are of any theory or ideology. These include, but are not limited to, Christian conservatism, paleoconservatism, neoconservatism, libertarian conservatism and moderate conservatism. Personally, my beliefs and values overlap among these groups, aligning with a strong conservative social and fiscal vision while aligning with neoconservatives on foreign policy issues.

A hot topic amongst conservatives over the past few days has been the British former senior editor of Breitbart News, Milo Yiannopoulous, and whether he is a member of the “conservative” movement, as he claims. Yiannopoulous was invited to deliver the keynote address at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference last week. However, amidst a recent scandal around his defense of pedophilia in a 2016 podcast published on YouTube, his invitation was rescinded. Conservatives like myself were in uproar regarding Yiannopoulous’ invitation even before the horrid and indefensible podcast on pedophilia was unearthed.

One issue that I, and many other conservatives, have with Yiannopoulous is that he does not seem to fall within — or come nearly close to aligning with — any of the aforementioned factions of conservatism.

Yiannopoulous stopped at Dartmouth in early November 2016 and used unnecessarily abrasive speech sprinkled with the language of white supremacy to tap into the dangerous “alt-right” community in America. He is a messenger for the alt-right themes of anti-Semitism and antiIslam, straying from the true conservative ideals of freedom of religion. Despite Yiannopoulous’ brave commitment to free speech, I do not condone the hate speech spewed in efforts to offend liberal Americans, nor do I view it as effective.

Although I personally stand strongly against the scathing efforts of the progressive left to spread political correctness and squash Americans’ First Amendment freedoms, I do believe that bipartisan political discourse and open-mindedness is healthy and essential to political debate in America.

Yiannopoulous’ attempts to automatically write the

ideas of the left off as insignificant and unworthy of discussion is disappointing and unrepresentative of free speech-supporting conservatives.

Furthermore, I stand in condemnation of Yiannopoulous’ comments framing Islam as a religion of hate. He has previously stated that “America has a Muslim problem,” which is an irrational and closed-minded view of a religion that is largely peaceful. His viewpoint does not represent true conservative values. Yiannopoulous went on to say, regarding hate crimes toward LGBT individuals, that “it is of course perpetrated by Muslims.” I recognize radical Islam as being the most lethal existential threat facing Americans today; however, I characterize “radical Islam” generally as a misinterpretation of the tenets of Islam. I believe most conservatives join me in this view.

Adding on to his alt-right views regarding religion, Yiannopoulous has made outlandish remarks regarding lesbians. By making rash comments such as, “lesbians, if you want to be happy, suck a d–––,” he directly works against the legitimate conservative movement, which strives to reach out to all citizens, regardless of their lifestyles and personal choices. I do not believe condemning homosexuality or chastising those who choose to live a homosexual lifestyle is defensible, appropriate or rational.

Yiannopoulous does not stand for conservative values. I strongly condemn his despicable comments regarding pedophilia and the overall essence of his “alt-right” ideology. He is largely unrepresentative of conservatives throughout America and is incredibly harmful to our movement. During his visit to Dartmouth and throughout much of his “Dangerous F——” tour, he spewed dangerous vitriol and did not create an environment where differing ideas were welcomed. As a true free speech activist — something Yiannopoulous claims to be — I strongly oppose “safe spaces;” however, I gracefully value healthy discourse and the creation of an environment where all speech, ideas and values are welcome. Unfortunately, just as the progressive left does within “safe spaces,” Yiannopoulous does not support free speech when he shames any who hold opposing opinions.

I pray that Yiannopoulous takes a deep look at his presence and re-evaluates how he can advance the conservative movement — if that is what he truly desires to do. Until then, I call on him to disassociate himself with conservatives in America.

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Reaching Mars would mark a new era of progress.

During his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump said that, “American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream.”

He’s right: we’ve reached a moment of scientific achievement where reaching Mars is possible, where greater exploration of the moons of Saturn and Jupiter is around the corner. Our government, in partnership with private industry, should engage with the scientific community to create a doctrine of exploration and advancement. The future of humanity involves advancement in space alongside continued focus on real and pressing economic, environmental and justice-related concerns on Earth.

The United States faces pressing problems.

Despite large economic growth under former President Barack Obama, we are still in some ways stuck in the doldrums of the 2008 recession. Environmental issues abound; here in Hanover, we have experienced an unusually warm winter, and around the world the problems of climate change remain all too real. The shadow of fearful protectionism has emerged again in our political discourse.

One in five American children goes hungry, our veterans lack sufficient health services and political and social divisions run deep.

So why space? Why now? “[W]e may be living in the most peaceful era in our species’ existence, Harvard professor Steven Pinker has said. He’s right: violence has decreased — despite an uptick in religious violence in recent years —and the average human is more prosperous now than ever before. We have a unique opportunity to address both problems here on Earth and our reasonable desire for exploration, to seize the potentialities offered by the solar system.

Then there is the question of Trump’s nationalism. Too often, in years past, space has served as a proxy, a war in which science is used as a pawn for the clash of great powers. We do not wish to repeat the 20th century space race, when the citizens of the Soviet Union starved while their government invested billions in the skies above. Yet, we also see that we gained much from this time: we have GPS, satellite technology, much of our internet service and innumerable scientific knowledge thanks to our push into space.

If the United States and the Soviet Union had partnered during the space race, rather than fought, think what could have been accomplished.

That is the sort of push into space that Trump ought to pursue: one that can inspire those here in America in concert with international partners.

But this will not be inexpensive.

FiveThirtyEight recently reported that reaching Mars — while technologically feasible right now — would require “a boatload of cash.” According to the Mars Society, a nonprofit group dedicated to reaching the red planet, $30 billion is “the low end” of cost estimates. Certainly, an endeavor to land humans on the red planet would cost tens — and possibly hundreds — of billions.

But it may very well be worth it.

And thus, we set our sights on the heavens.

This year marks the 48th anniversary of Apollo 11’s successful landing on the Moon.

The next step is clear: Mars.

Space exploration will not solve our problems. It will not cure disease, end homelessness or stop wars. What it may do, however, is unite Americans — and people around the world — in a common scientific endeavor that could foster hope and lead to a higher degree of global unity. There is also an opportunity for a new kind of publicprivate partnership, one that incorporates businesses like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin while still relying heavily on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the government-backed scientific solutions that have served our country well in the past and that continue to work effectively when adequately funded.

Trump has expressed a wish to go to space, and so far neither he nor his administration has filled in the details, though waiting for the president to provide policy details has not usually been a rewarding endeavor.

Additionally, administration officials have stated that the new push for human space exploration is largely based around a desire for “the large-scale economic development of space.” Economic development in space could be a good thing. There may be minerals to be mined from asteroids and massive opportunities for space-based solar energy.

Many more possibilities will assuredly present themselves as we “boldly go” where no person has gone before. However, the first priority in space must be scientific advancement. We can look toward the ways in which our entire species can advance and open up new frontiers of science. We know, from the example of the International Space Station, that we can develop strong international ties in space.

It is also critical that we not only focus on engineering and physical sciences when considering the possibilities of space exploration. This is not just a scientific idea, but one that all disciplines can embrace.

There are philosophical, legal, governmental and artistic challenges presented by space as well — and that means opportunities for many people. We must address these issues together, incorporating the best and brightest from around the world, as we become an extra-planetary race.

Space exploration — and a landing on Mars — is a global goal and presents an opportunity for the sort of American unity that Trump has so far failed to create — and in fact has worked against.

In 1990, the astronomer Carl Sagan wrote “Pale Blue Dot.” The book includes a discussion of the vast potentialities for humankind in space. All those years ago, Sagan wrote: “Maybe it’s a little early — maybe the time is not quite yet — but those other worlds, promising untold opportunities, beckon. Silently, they orbit the Sun, waiting.”

Now, for the first time ever, we have the chance to reach the pale red dot.

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Conference seeks to change campuses interim periods are expected to find food while institutions shut down your case, not to just get support, but their services, which is difficult at a to show evidence of what you need place like Dartmouth where there for the community,” Castillo said. are limited options, Olachea said.

Castillo said that the conference “Jack mentioned that female was important because it allowed students will go on dates through her to see how dating apps to get students and food,” she said. administrators “When a conference “In some extreme c a n w o r k results in actual change cases, students together to at other colleges create change. rather than elevated have talked about D a v i s discussion and rhetoric, having sex with said that all other students to that’s a good t h re e 1 v y G feed themselves conferences he testament to it.”

— t h a t ’s n o t has attended something people emphasized think about. There the potential -JAY DAVIS ’90, DIRECTOR were shocked of the group OF FIRST YEAR STUDENT rea ctions from of students at ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM people who didn’t the events. He know about this and was able to see at the thought of the growth of students not being networking able to provide for occur among themselves.” administrators and students.

Davis was one administrator who “There have been changes on this worked on being able to provide campus that have come out of these some sort of student support during conferences,” Davis said. “When a break, Olachea said. This support conference results in actual change involved a significant donation from rather than elevated discussion and the president’s office and meals for rhetoric, that’s a good testament to students during interim. it.”

Issues discussed this year include Such changes included being family involvement on campus, aware of food necessity on Castillo said. campus, Olachea said. At the 1vyG “During commencement, what conference at Harvard University can we do for families to feel last year, Harvard sociology Anthony welcome who have never stepped Abraham Jack lectured on his foot at Dartmouth or even at a research into students’ limited access college campus?” she said. “How can to food during interim. Students who we support them emotionally [and] are unable to return home during keep them informed throughout?”

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One example of this support is translating promotional and informational material that is sent to parents from the College into multiple languages, Castillo said.

“It would just show that the College prioritizes parents — that would be a crucial step towards having them more involved, more engaged,” Olachea said.

Other changes include engaging first-generation alumni to connect with students, as well as forming a library where FYSEP students would be able to check out textbooks if they would otherwise struggle to afford textbooks for their classes, Castillo said. They also discussed professional development, such as advice on presenting and dressing for interviews.

Malzman said that it was clear that the conference had a large impact on students, as participants had the chance to see that change is possible when a large group of people from across the country unites.

“The theme [of the conference] was apparent in every session we had, where the goal was to figure out what can we change to make things better,” she said. “We saw how we could bridge the gap in college access, what can we bring back to Dartmouth to better the conditions for our first-generation community.

Everyone at the conference had the chance to see what it’s like for a large group of people to get together and make change happen.”

Olachea is a former member of The Dartmouth staff.

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Engineering students work on projects in the Couch Project Design Lab.

Radiology professors earn awards for work

“There’s an incredible group of student educators nationally, so it’s very nice to be recognized among has been a faculty member since 1998, that group,” McNulty said. will be recognized for education. McNulty said she has been Lewis said the awards are especially actively teaching first- and secondsignificant because of the size of year medical students for over Geisel’s radiology department, which 10 years, focusing on radiology includes around 36 faculty members. education that happens before they “I was very surprised,” Lewis said. interact with patients. She credited “I had absolutely no idea I was [being Chertoff and Lewis as being terrific considered] for this award. And it was mentors and colleagues that were particularly nice integral in helping this year because “There’s an incredible her develop her my colleagues Dr. academic career group of student Chertoff and Dr. and said that she McNulty, received educators naturally, felt that their the three other so it’s very nice to be awards were very awards.” much deserved.

M c N u l t y recognized among AUR president will receive the that group.” and radiolog y E xc e l l e n c e i n professor at the Education Award University of Utah from the AUR -NANCY MCNULTY Yoshimi Anzai af finity g roup MED’95, GEISEL remarked that Alliance of Chertoff receiving Medical Student PROFESSOR two awards was Educators in notable because Radiology. According to AUR’s this will be the first time that website, the award honors an anyone will receive both awards educator who has made outstanding at the ceremony. Anzai explained contributions to medical student that an awards committee picks its radiology education in the United honorees from people who have been States. nominated to receive an award.

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8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Dartmouth Idol Finals, hosted by Rachel Dratch ’88, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

TOMORROW

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Film: “Kedi,” directed by Ceyda Torun, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

“The Tempest,” Royal Shakespeare Company live in HD, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

7:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

“Pen e Tormenti: Multimedia homage to Giacomo Carissimi,” HOP Garage, Hopkins Center for the Arts

RELEASE DATE– Friday, March 3, 2017

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

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Book review: “Fake Plastic Love” by Kimberley Tait ’01

By KYLEE SIBILIA

The Dartmouth Staff

A strong depiction of the life of two Dartmouth graduates, soonto-be-published novel “Fake Plastic Love” by Kimberley Tait ’01 is a read that will appeal not just to college students but also to anyone with a deep nostalgia for the past in the face of an extremely digitized future. Tait’s novel tells the story of two close friends: the narrator M., a no-nonsense investment banker who believes in the value of hard work and stability, and Belle, a whimsical lifestyle blogger who believes in the power of dreams and love. M. and Belle’s friendship is one of the story’s strongest points because Tait does a great job depicting the undercurrent of youth that draws the two characters together despite their differences.

Initially set at Dartmouth, “Fake Plastic Love” chronicles how M. and Belle meet and the beginnings of their close friendship.

The two call themselves the “Lost Girls,” because each finds more comfort in the other than in anyone else. As an alumna herself, Tait renders the College in beautiful detail, alluding to quintessential Dartmouth experiences, such as

canoeing on the Connecticut River, ice skating on Occom Pond and taking part in First-Year Trips. Tait also uses these details to capture the Dartmouth “bubble,” which many students, including M. and Belle, only begin to notice after leaving the idyllic streets of Hanover.

As the book progresses, the College becomes a representation of M. and Belle’s youth — and for Belle, it also becomes the place where she loses that innocence. Midway through their time at Dartmouth, Belle’s parents are killed in a plane crash, disfiguring the unflinching, youthful optimism that drew M. to her in the first place. As their time at the College draws to a close, Belle is left to pick up the pieces of her loss while M. looks toward the future, working hard and entering the recruiting process.

Tait also does a fantastic job depicting the competition often seen at Dartmouth. As M. goes through recruiting and earns a job with the fictional yet frighteningly familiar Bartholomew Brothers, a top-tier investment bank in New York City, she struggles with the predictability of her path yet follows it anyway due to a perverse desire to prove herself — a desire many students at Dartmouth share.

M.’s life at Bartholomew Brothers takes up a great portion of the novel, depicting the struggle of bankers to maintain an aura of mysterious luxury often held in the past in the contemporary age of technology.

Having worked in both marketing and wealth management in New York and as a financial writer in London, Tait’s personal experience shines through in the skillful manner in which she describes the ups and downs of M.’s time at Bartholomew Brothers.

Belle joins M. in New York City, along with Chase, a fellow Dartmouth graduate and employee at Bartholomew Brothers — and Belle’s on-again, off-again boyfriend.

Tait excels at illustrating Belle and Chase’s unhealthy relationship in an interesting yet disturbing manner: both characters seem more engrossed in what they can get from the other person than in any actual feelings they might have for each other.

Belle spends her time in New York taking pictures for her lifestyle blog “La Belle Vie,” a profession that Chase often writes off as frivolous.

It is Chase’s constant irritation and dismissal of her that eventually drives Belle into the arms of Jeremy, M.’s best friend at Bartholomew

Brothers whom she describes as “our generation’s Last True Romantic.”

Jeremy, an idealistic hot air balloonist who only works in investment banking to support his parents, quickly falls for Belle and her shared sense of wonderment with the world. It doesn’t take long for Belle to leave Chase for Jeremy, and the whimsical relationship between the two dreamers becomes one of the main focuses of the novel. While Belle and Jeremy share a similar sense of idealism, Tait does a good job establishing the contrast between the two characters, for Jeremy is much more comfortable with his identity than Belle has ever been with hers.

It is hard not to see the similarities between this narrative and that of “The Great Gatsby:” a broken young woman is drawn away from her rich, aggressive beau to an idealistic young dreamer who loves her more than she can ever love him — all of the drama witnessed by a narrator who roots for the dreamer despite knowing that his hope is unfounded. Once again, Tait writes from personal experience: her honors thesis at Dartmouth focused life as a performance in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s works. Fans of Gatsby will surely enjoy “Fake Plastic Love,” but Tait still puts a new spin on an

old story that will still leave readers feeling surprised with each page they turn.

With its strong depictions of life after Dartmouth and well-developed characters, “Fake Plastic Love” falls short only in its title. The moniker makes a well-written, insightful contemporary novel seem like it’s going to be a summer-beach read for teenagers. However, at its core, the novel captures what it’s like to be a 22 year old with absolutely no idea what you’re doing in the world — and the struggle of figuring that out.

The simplicity of the title should not deter readers from experiencing the depths of this story and its subject matter.

At one point, M. imagines asking a young person like herself who had just graduated from college, “You will be a grand total of what you spend your time doing in life — ­so what do you want to add up to?”

“Fake Plastic Love” asks the reader to consider this question and more, and it is worth the read for anyone who believes that dreams and reality have the potential to come hand in hand.

Rating: 9/10 “Fake Plastic Love” will be published by Flatiron Books on May 9.

Dartmouth Idol brings alumni to celebrate 10th anniversary

By ZACH CHERIAN

The Dartmouth Staff

Marking the competition’s 10th anniversary, the Dartmouth Idol Finals is poised to offer its most eng aging perfor mance yet. Tonight’s show will feature numerous former contestants and celebrity host Rachel Dratch ’88 of “Saturday Night Live.”

Regarding tonight’s competition, Brooke Bazarian ’20 said qualifying for the finals was exciting and unexpected.

“I just felt very honored and so ecstatic to be able to spend more time with the whole Dartmouth Idol team, because they’re a really incredible group of people,” Bazarian said.

Finalist Alyssa Gonzalez ’17, who tried out her freshman year but did not make it to the final round, is also proud of the progress she has made, calling it an incredible feeling.

“Just to know that my voice has grown so much since freshman year and to be surrounded by people who take their craft so seriously and are sharing it with everyone at Dartmouth — I just think that’s a great experience,” Gonzalez said.

Though Dartmouth Idol offers substantial cash prizes and a twosong recording demo opportunity,

Gonzalez said she was more than “We’re basically just running happy just to have the chance the choreography, running the to perform and does not view numbers with the whole band and Dartmouth Idol as a competition. practicing everything and trying to “It’s just an opportunity to put it on its feet.” Bazarian said. sing in Spaulding with a live band As part of the competition’s 10th and backup dancers ... you get to anniversary celebrations, Bazarian do this huge also noted that production alumni were that you don’t going to be really get to involved in the do very often show. at Dartmouth “ B e c a u s e unless you do i t ’s t h e 1 0 t h a mainstage a n n i v e r s a r y, musical,” they’re bringing Gonzalez back previous s a i d . “ I t ’s winners to the my first and s h o w, s o a l l only chance the finalists to put all that are singing together, so with someone I’m really who’s won in excited for it.” the past, which T h e is so exciting,” contestants’ Bazarian said. p r a c t i c e -BROOKE BAZARIAN ’20 Gonzalez noted schedule has that these ramped up alumni came dramatically this week right before to Hanover early specifically the show. to practice with the current Bazarian said that they had a contestants. four-hour rehearsal in preparation Dratch credits her involvement for the performance on Friday, in the show to Walt Cunningham, something that was challenging to the director of Dartmouth Idol add to the already-packed schedule as well as Dartmouth’s Gospel of a Dartmouth student.

Choir, who she met several years

“I just felt very honored and so ecstatic to be able to spend more time with the whole Dartmouth Idol team, because they’re a really incredible group of people.”

ago. Although Dratch said that come back, especially from fields she has done several events with that aren’t so widely pursued at Cunningham at Dartmouth in the Dartmouth.” Dratch said. past, this is one of her first events To this end, she will also be at the College in several years. participating in a panel sponsored “He’s asked by the theater me to come department and back for various spending time eve n t s, a n d I with the Idol haven’t been able finalists. to, and so this “I am Dratch’s one is the first number one one that worked fan,” Bazarian out,” Dratch said. “She’s my said. “But it’s all comedy idol. I [Cunningham].” really wor ship As some of her, and I honestly the finalists have not even surely must be c o m p re h e n d e d feeling, Dratch the fact that she also admitted is going to be to being a little standing next to nervous before me and going to the show. be on campus.”

-RACHEL DRATCH ’88, “I don’t really With a celebrity DARTMOUTH IDOL like standing up host, special guest in front of large FINALS HOST alumni, a sold groups,” Dratch out crowd and, said. “I know of course, the that’s a funny talented finalists thing to say as an perfor ming, actor, but we’ll Dartmouth Idol’s see how that part goes.”

10th anniversary show holds Dratch also noted the value promise. of successful alumni returning to The Dartmouth Idol finals will campus. be held in Spaulding Auditorium “I think it’s cool to have alumni at 8 p.m.

“I don’t really like standing up in front of large groups. I know that’s a funny thing to say as an actor, but we’ll see how that part goes.”

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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2017

SPORTS

TODAY’S LINEUP

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. PENN 7 p.m.

Swimming teams finish seasons in last, seek to rebuild programs

By ALEX LEIBOWITZ and MAX ZHUANG The Dartmouth Staff

On the final two weekends in February, the Big Green swimming and diving teams capped off their seasons at the Ivy League Championship meets. The men and women both finished last, but Holder and his athletes say the championship performances bode well for the program.

“We finished where I expected us to,” Holder said. “I didn’t anticipate that we would beat anybody this year, but I was really pleased by how we swam for both the men’s and women’s teams. We swam a lot of best times, which is what we’re measuring ourselves on.”

From Feb. 15 to 18, the women wrapped up the 2017 season at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center at Brown University. The team finished with 358 points, behind seventh-place Cornell University with 653 points. Yale University’s 1,681 points won the Ivy League title, unseating defending champion

Harvard University.

Although no Big Green swimmers or divers made the cut for the All-Ivy team, several athletes set personal best times, which members of the team looks to improve upon for the next season.

Standout performances included AnnClaire MacArt ’18’s 1,000-yard freestyle, in which she set a personal record of 9:58.71. MacArt also swam to a ninth-place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle. The 200-yard medley relay team — comprised of Caroline Poleway ’19 , Sam Norton ’20, Kaitlyn McCaw ’20 and Maddie Dunn ’17 — finished in eighth, but the group set its best time for the season at 1:44.45.

“I was not really focused on time — I just wanted to see what I could do and leave the pool without any regrets,” MacArt said. “I really learned a lot about racing this weekend and learning to have fun with races. What matters is swimming your own race and not caring about what other people are doing as much.”

Even though MacArt has had a standout individual season, including

ONE ON ONE

with Dave Harmon

By MAX ZHUANG The Dartmouth Staff

Dave Harmon ’17 will leave Dartmouth as one of the top swimmers in school history. The Severna Park, Maryland, native owns the school records in the 100-yard butterfly (47.9 seconds) and 200-yard butterfly (1.48.6), the latter of which he set in 2014.

Despite placing ninth in the finals, Harmon’s record-setting performance in the 100-yd fly at last weekend’s men’s Ivy League Championship was the highlight of the meet for the Big Green.

Tell us about the records you hold.

DH: I had both records before the last meet, but I was able to reset the record for the 100-yd fly earning my new best time in it. I’ve set the record twice in the 100-yd fly, but in the 200-yd fly I’ve only set the record once. I’ve

never been able to reset it, and I accomplished that in 2014.

What keeps you motivated to set records?

DH: Well there’s a giant board by the pool with all the records, so I think that helps. Sometimes I can also just be really competitive. I was a freshman with Nejc Zupan ’14 who is maybe the king of school records. I know he has the 1000-yard freestyle, the 1650-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard individual medley and 400-yard individual medley, and he was also on a couple great relay teams.

Anyways, when I was a freshman, the 200-yd fly record was set by Zupan at an in-season meet just to annoy me because he knew I had really wanted it. Setting that record was one of my first goals when I got here, so I was pretty devastated. It had felt like a horror show, so then I stepped it up and

second place finishes in the 1000-yd free and the 500-yard freestyle in the tri-meet with Harvard and Cornell, she looks for herself and the team to come back even faster next season.

“As a team, we are still currently adjusting to the presence of having a new coach,” MacArt said. “We are really in a transitional period right now, so we will work through some of those aspects.”

The men’s team, whose season concluded last weekend at Harvard, are also in transition. The men finished in seventh place overall, but only seven squads competed at the championship meet after Princeton University’s team was suspended in mid-December for sending vulgar emails about the women’s team. The Dartmouth men’s team earned 561 points, while Harvard’s 1,705 points took the overall crown.

Two Dartmouth divers finished in the top eight this year. During the A final on the 3-meter board, Taylor Clough ’17 took fourth (296.70), while A.J. Krok ’19 was sixth (282.15), and together, the pair earned 50 points. On the third day of the

championships, David Harmon ’17 broke his own Dartmouth record time for the 100-yard butterfly formerly set in 2015 (48.05 seconds), placing ninth in the finals (47.95s).

Although this was the third consecutive season both the men’s and women’s teams have both trailed the Ivy League, Big Green swimmers have voiced optimism for the future of the program. Henry Patrick ’19, one of the top young swimmers on the team, believes the championship meet is a sign of better things to come.

“Individually, we all performed better than last year, and that’s what really matters,” Patrick said.

In his first year, Holder has worked to foster a culture shift in the Big Green program, emphasizing individual improvement as a necessary part of the process to make the team competitive in the Ivy League.

“For me personally, I need to do more offseason training,” Patrick said. “I’m just realizing how much I need to do offseason training now. When I was a freshman, I really didn’t think about it too much before, but now I know to improve I need to stay in shape and

at a high level of fitness.”

Patrick, who spent his first year on the team under former head coach Jim Wilson, says that Holder brings a higher level of enthusiasm.

“It’s a different energy, and he’s so passionate, which is encouraging,” Patrick said. “I think the big difference between this year and last year is that you could tell this was [Holder]’s first year, and he was just all about the team and us.”

In Holder’s view, this season is the beginning of a rebuilding process to make the men’s and women’s teams Ivy League Championship contenders in the near future.

“I plan on developing our depth and overall competitiveness.” Holder said, “I’m really excited about the new recruits, and I think that in three to five years we should be in the thick of things.”

Ultimately, Holder wants to reach a milestone the Big Green program has not approached in 60 seasons of men’s and 40 seasons of women’s swimming and diving.

“It is my goal to win an Ivy League title,” he said.

got my 200-yd fly record in the following meet at championships.

I remembered my freshman year to see how people were really excited to race. It felt special to achieve my best time in the finals, especially with my teammates doing well and feeding off each other. We were all

really happy with our times, and I think that is a good sign going forward.

How does it feel to be setting the bar for future swimmers for the Big Green?

DH: I came to this school, and I wanted to swim fast. My success in swimming is a big reason why I even got into Dartmouth in the first place, and it’s why I’ve been able to stay a part of this team. Besides having those records, hopefully my racing legacy leaves behind the value of working hard for the swimmers. I do think that it could be beat, even pretty soon. There’s a guy in this recruiting class that will be close right out of the gate, and that just shows how our team keeps getting faster every single year.

This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.

Where do you see the state of Dartmouth’s swimming and diving program after you graduate?

DH: I’m very optimistic about our recent coaching change. I think the men’s head coach James Holder did a good job this year increasing the excitement that the team had COURTESY OF DAVE HARMON started to lose. It was really cool to Last week, David Harmon ’17 set a new school record in the 100-yard butterfly. get to championships, and it was like