The Dartmouth 10/12/15 by The Dartmouth Newspaper

VOL. CLXXII NO. 124

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Number of safety reports decreases

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By SAMANTHA STERN The Dartmouth

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There were 20 percent fewer reports made to Safety and Security over Homecoming weekend this year than there had been the previous year and reports of intoxicated individuals were also down, Safety and Security directory Harry Kinne said. In total, 52 reports were made starting Friday morning, 13 fewer than the number made during the same period last year. Most reports concerned fire alarms, medical emergencies, bike accidents and minor injuries incurred during athletic contests. Security on and around Dartmouth’s campus was heightened over the weekend to handle the large influx of alumni, students’ families and Upper Valley residents who arrived for Homecoming weekend. Three extra Safety and Security officers were added to normal patrol units on Friday and Saturday nights and 15 officers from Green Mountain Security — a private contractor that specializes in security and crowd management — were called in to assist Dartmouth’s security. Hanover Police also dispatched additional officers over the weekend. On Friday night, one person was arrested by the Hanover Police for touching the Homecoming bonfire and two others were detained for trying to do the same. Touching the bonfire is a dangerous activity, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said. If an individual attempting to make contact with the fire were to fall in, it would be challenging to recover him or her, Kinne said. All three individuals will be adjudicated through the Col-

Several members of the Class of 2019 attempted to touch the Homecoming bonﬁre.

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Few professors utilize GIGC houses offer bids Saturday class slot B y PAULOMI RAO The Dartmouth

By BARBARA OLACHEA and BRIANA TANG The Dartmouth

Seventy-nine percent of professors, of those who were scheduled to have a special Saturday class, elected not to hold class on Saturday, Sept. 26, according to an anonymous survey of faculty conducted by The Dartmouth. Eighty-four percent indicated that they do not intend to hold class Saturday,

Oct. 24. These two Saturdays are special days of classes scheduled by the College’s Committee on Instruction to make up for the late start to fall term caused by Rosh Hashanah. The survey, which garnered 162 responses, illustrates a tepid support among faculty for the special days of classes. Of the professors surSEE SAT CLASSES PAGE

Following its elimination of dues earlier this term, Phi Tau gender-inclusive fraternity saw a slight increase in number of bids offered. Overall, 32 students were offered bids at coed Greek houses this year, ofﬁcers of Phi Tau, Alpha Theta and the Tabard gender-inclusive fraternities said. Unlike fraternity and sorority recruitment, there is no standardized rush process for the members of the Gender-

Inclusive Greek Council. At press time, it was not clear how many of the 32 students who had received bids would join the three houses. Although the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy changes affected many Greek organizations, the culture at GIGC houses remained largely unchanged, Phi Tau president Justin Halloran ’16 said. The GIGC recruitment process remained fairly consistent, and some houses increased the number of bids they offered. At Phi Tau, seven people

were offered a bid; at Alpha Theta, 15 people received bids and at Tabard 10 people received bids. Phi Tau saw an increase in bids offered after seven new members joined in the entirety of the 2014-2015 academic year, Halloran said. The Tabard saw a decrease in the number of bids offered, extending 12 fewer than the previous year, co-president Daniela Pelaez ’16 said. Alpha Theta extended 14 bids last year — one fewer than SEE GIGC RUSH PAGE 2

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DAily debriefing New Hampshire’s Public Utilities Commission has launched a new website comparing rates from competitive electric suppliers, the Concord Monitor reported. The website, located on the commission’s website under the consumer interests tab, is intended to help consumers see their options for electric suppliers in a quick, easy-to-access format. It provides information on rates for both residential and small commercial customers. Suppliers listed on the website include Eversource, Unitil, NH Electric Cooperative and Liberty Utilities. Customers have previously been frustrated at the complexity of comparing electric rates from different suppliers, Amanda Noonan, director of the commission’s consumer affairs division, said. Until now, they have had to make several calls to different companies in order to get pricing information. Even with the increased transparency provided by the tool, consumers should make sure to read the fine print before purchasing a plan, Noonan said. She mentioned several variables — such as the duration of the plan or whether its costs are fixed or variable — as things consumers should consider. In addition, for some consumers it might make more sense to purchase electricity directly from the government, she said. The office of New Hampshire’s Secretary of State has announced which political groups have purchased the most voter information since 2009, the Political Monitor reported. Like other states, New Hampshire allows political candidates, parties and committees to purchase data on state voters, including names, addresses and political affiliations. In total, various groups have spent $474,873 on this information. The biggest buyer is the Catalist for Change political action group, a group associated with the larger firm Catalist in Washington. The next biggest groups are the New Hampshire Republican Party, which has spent $99,145 since 2008; the Democratic National Committee, which has spent $57,717; the New Hampshire Democratic Party, who has spent $49,695 and a Virginia-based firm called “Independent Data,” which has spent $49,536. Information on New Hampshire voters has been collected and organized at the state level since 2002, in compliance with the Help America Vote Act. While this information was originally confidential, it has been available for purchase by state political candidates, parties and political committees since 2008, with the intention of helping them more efficiently direct their campaign efforts.

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Number of GIGC bids increases slightly FROM GIGC RUSH PAGE 1

this fall — and 12 were accepted, Alpha Theta president Noah Cramer ’16 said. Cramer said that Alpha Theta expects to have six of the 15 offered bids accepted this term, with several more anticipated acceptances in the following term. Phi Tau — which abolished all dues last month and will fund its activities through rents collected from people living in its house — has an ongoing recruitment process throughout the year, an idea that Halloran said most members find rewarding and welcoming in comparison to more formal rush processes at other houses. To begin the process, each potential new member attends rush meetings where they are able to meet current members. After the members deliberate whether the potential member is a good fit for the house, many of the rushees receive bids, all which are valid until graduation, Halloran said. Anyone who chooses to accept a bid must “bid back” to the house, usually through a scavenger hunt or video game competition that requires current members to find the bid hidden by the new member in the house, Halloran said. “The rise in members is because we don’t have dues anymore,” he said. “What we have is something that is straightforward and appealing.” Phi Tau’s non-discrimination clauses and open events like Milque and Cookies help to break down

barriers between the house and other students, Halloran said. “The house is a great way to meet people and get social support, all which is very rewarding,” he said. Phi Tau’s values of community make it accessible to members and other students alike, Phi Tau member Ethan Klein ’16 said. “My Dartmouth experience has been a lot richer for being here,” Klein said. “I feel like I have a home to go back to.” Alpha Theta hosted open rush events on Tuesdays and Thursdays concurrently with Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council rush week, Cramer said. These events are hosted once per term, rather than just in the fall and winter, he said. Potential new members at Alpha Theta are given the opportunity to spend time with members and eat a meal at the house during the events, he said. During the events, potential rushees get to know current members through storytelling focused on the chapter’s history, Cramer said. Later that night, they find out whether they received a bid, The offer is valid for the following four terms, he said. Alpha Theta is proud of the open space the house provides for a diverse group of people, Cramer said. “With a nurturing community, Alpha Theta is a special place that is very strong and close, combining different people from different places to have a good time — it is this concept that is special to the

house,” Cramer said. Openness and community are also core values of the Tabard, Palaez said. The Tabard extends invitations of membership to all students who wish to join the house, she said. “We hope to follow a similar spirit of ‘The Canterbury Tales’ and do so in events like lingerie,” she said. “It is the idea of no deliberations and bids that make us pretty laid back and a place where we can meet people with different backgrounds and minorities.” The Tabard is named after an inn featured in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” In winter 2015 — the last term for which numbers are available — Alpha Theta had 42 members, Phi Tau had 21 and the Tabard had 58, according to the Greek Letter Organizations and Societies website. GIGC houses have seen an increase in membership last year, increasing from a total of 106 in fall 2014 to 121 in winter 2015, according to GLOS. Klein said he thinks the growth is a reflection of more diverse students looking for open communities to become involved in and many not finding it in a single-gender system. “I was definitely not a person who was looking to be involved in Greek life, but I’ve realized people shouldn’t completely overlook Greek life,” he said. “I almost did but I’m happy I found a house that really fits. It has dramatically changed my Dartmouth experience.”

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Representation 2020, an interest group for advancing women’s representation in politics, ranked Vermont 41st in the nation in terms of women’s electoral success at the local, state and national levels, VTDigger reported. More specifically, one a scale of zero (no women in major office) to 100, their report gave Vermont an 11.5. The gender discrepancy is particularly severe at the national and gubernatorial levels. In addition to having elected only one female governor, Vermont is one of three states in the nation that has never elected a woman to the national legislature. At the state level, women have been much more successful. Women currently hold 41 percent of seats in the state legislature — 65 in the House and nine in the Senate. This year, secretary of the Agency of Transportation Sue Minter has announced her candidacy for governor for 2016. Minter has received support from Madeleine Kumin, the only female governor of Vermont, who served from 1985-1991. —COMPILED BY ZAChARY BENJAMIN

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Thousands of alumni returned to the College for Dartmouth Night and the Homecoming football game.

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Fewer students brought to DHMC, Dick’s House

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Members of the Class of 2019 rushed onto Memorial Field during the halftime period.

ary action, Kinne said. Although Hanover Police could not be reached for comment regarding the lege’s judicial process. Despite its questionable legality, number of 911 calls over Homecomtouching the fire is a highly popular- ing weekend, Kinne said that he was ized Dartmouth tradition. The act is made aware that one such call had encouraged by upperclassmen, many been made to the emergency number of whom scream at the first-year stu- from an address on Webster Avenue dents running around the fire to jump regarding a physical altercation. The the barrier and run past the security caller hung up the phone and declined to file a formal report when reached officers guarding the bonfire. Although Safety and Security of- by the police. ficials could not provide an accurate es- On Saturday afternoon, a large number of stutimation of how dents rushed onto many students “I think that the Memorial Field touched the fire, numbers speak for at the end of the more students did halftime period. than the three themselves, in terms of caught. reduced hospitalizations Though storming the field was “I knew from made a crime the start, deep and reduced Good down, that I [Samaritan calls], they’re punishable as disorderly conwould end up all down, even for firstduct following doing it,” one injuries sustained s t u d e n t wh o years.” in the field rush touched the fire of 1986, there said. likely will be no The student -TAYLOR WATSON ’16, penalties for the agreed to speak SOCIAL EVENT AND “rushers” who on the condition ALCOHOL MANAGEMENT participated. of anonymity because of the WORKING GROUP MEMBER Nevertheless, one female stujudicial consedent was knocked quences of pubdown in the frenlicly admitting zy. She refused to touching the any medical attention and returned bonfire. “With everyone building up the to the stands. crazy deed of touching the fire, truly “To the best of my knowledge, there touching it felt like the best way to won’t be any consequences because the synthesize long-standing Dartmouth students were cooperative and rushed tradition with personal experience,” the field at a time when there was no the student said. “Plus, a couple people activity going on the field,” Kinne said. went before me, so I wasn’t scared. I Kinne said Safety and Security received 17 alcohol-related calls just did it.” Safety and Security officers will throughout the weekend. Six of the attempt to identify such additional intoxicated individuals were taken to culprits by reviewing videotapes from Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center the event. If they are identified, these for treatment and were then brought students will also be subject to disciplin- back to Dick’s House to recover, while FROM HOMECOMING PAGE 1

six others were brought directly to Dick’s House, where they stayed for the night. The remaining five individuals were not intoxicated to the point at which they required medical attention. Instead, these students were turned over to sober individuals who could monitor them for the night.

Kinne could not provide direct statistics on the number of people who were hospitalized in years past, but he said that this year marked a reduction in instances of intoxication from previous years and that the levels of intoxication of the people Safety and Security encountered was lower than in previous years. He noted that although he does not have any hard evidence that the decrease in blood alcohol content levels of the intoxicated individuals recovered by Safety and Security is tied to the hard alcohol ban, he is hopeful that the ban has had a positive effect on the number and severity of intoxications. Dartmouth’s ban on hard alcohol, part of College President Phil Hanlon’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative, went into effect on March 28 last year, making this the first Homecoming with such restrictions. In the spring, Kinne told The Dartmouth that there were also fewer students sent to Dick’s House and DHMC over Green Key weekend compared to the number sent over the same weekend in earlier years. The number of calls made to Safety and Security during this year’s Green Key was also half the number of those placed in 2014. Social Event and Alcohol Management working group member Taylor

Watson ’16 said that the ban has had a significant impact on campus social life. “I think that the numbers speak for themselves, in terms of reduced hospitalizations and reduced Good [Samaritan calls], they’re all down, even for first-years,” Watson said. “I think for the most part, people do adhere. I think there was only one violation in the spring.” Watson explained that while he does not doubt that there are some Greek houses that still serve hard alcohol — particularly in upstairs rooms — the fact that members of Greek organizations have even taken the precautions to hide liquor and keep it out of sight speaks to the fact that they recognize the gravity of the consequences. While the ban received widespread attention and criticism in the spring from students, Watson said that the non-stop focus on the policy was partially because it was the most tangible aspect of “Moving Dartmouth Forward.” “We’re hoping that the trend of less highly intoxicated people continues, and we certainly want to encourage people to do everything in moderation in future Homecomings and just have a really enjoyable time, but within the parameters that everyone is safe,” Kinne said.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015

CONTRIBUTING Columnist STEVEN CHUN ’19

CONTRIBUTING Columnist HANSA SHARMA ’19

Making Sense of Scandal

Staying Sober at Dartmouth

We must allow ourselves to reach uncomfortable conclusions in the face of scandal. On Oct. 7, collegiate Greek life once again found itself in the center of national scrutiny and outrage with allegations of hazing and potential sexual misconduct. Earlier this month, a video surfaced online, which shows a crowd of cheering students surrounding a mattress upon which a boxer-clad male student is performing oral sex on a woman. At times, he seems to struggle to get up, but he is pinned by the woman’s arms and legs. A crowd of similarly shirtless students sit in the foreground — cheering the appalling spectacle. Soon after, Indiana University suspended Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the national chapter revoked the campus organization’s charter. The details around the video are murky — whether either person consented or whether the woman was a hired stripper remain unclear. Sadly, uncertainty provides a potential escape for those wishing to mentally distance themselves from the video’s content. I saw the video as many others likely did — huddled around a smartphone screen. I initially thought I had just watched an assault, yet others raised their eyebrows at my reaction. Maybe it is because the victim was a male or because cheering brothers surrounded him. These factors do not align with the common narrative of sexual assault, and some qualify this with statements of doubt — “He probably agreed to this,” or “You can’t be forced to do that.” It is possible that the skeptics are right. The facts are unclear, and jumping to conclusions without more information would be inaccurate and irresponsible. The immediate assumption that the video fails to reveal some exonerating truths is equally — if not more — dangerous. As comfortable as assuming the best possible scenario may be, it encourages inaction and stagnates productive conversation. It is a form of confirmation bias. We latch onto the facts — or lack thereof — that allow us to make comfortable conclusions. No one likes to think that Greek life, the same system that permeates our campus, can allow for this. Yet, asking critical questions is the only line of thinking that leads to progress. Sometimes, to deny is to be delusional. We must reject the mental acrobatics we perform to avoid the grave reality of events like those seen in the video. We need to ensure our

focus does not waver from the problems at hand. In the weeks after incidents such as this, there often come a slew of articles criticizing or defending the entire Greek system as a whole. The latter strain to point out that the majority of fraternities and sororities are positive, charitable and responsible communities. While true, reiterating this exhausting point is useless. When a rusting bridge breaks, the solution is to repair that bridge and others like it. There is no point in passionately arguing that most bridges are safe. Doing so distracts from the most urgent issues, which in the case of Greek life, is the safety of members and non-members alike. There will always be a period of fact-checking and re-assessment following these scandals. It has already come to light that the initial accusations of hazing may not be true, as the man involved was already an initiated member — regardless, his membership status does not address the potential recorded sexual assault. In the same way that the tragic untruths of a poorly-vetted Rolling Stone article do not change the realities of rape on campuses, any false alarm do not change the realities of Greek life. They did not change the racist chants of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma. They did not change the fate of Baruch College freshman Chun Deng, whose potential Psi Delta Psi brothers tackled him to the ground and tried to cover up the incident before taking Deng to the hospital for the brain injury that ultimately killed him. Our initial reactions to videos like the one at Indiana University have a powerful impact. In the cloud of half-truths and uncertainty that accompany every breaking story, we must be willing to come to uncomfortable conclusions. We must recognize that the revulsion we feel is a mark of the responsibility of every college student to change our campuses for the better. We cannot delude ourselves into complacency. Those in power, such as college administrators and law enforcement officers, will investigate and ultimately take action. Yet it is the student perception of these events — whether they are skeptical, disgusted or apathetic — that tell us far more about how far campus culture has come and how far we still have to go.

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Choosing not to drink does not give you the moral high ground.

According the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, more than 60 percent of college students consume alcohol at least once per month, and Dartmouth is certainly no exception. During my first month here, however, I have not had a single drink. Admittedly, it has been a bit strange to maintain my sobriety pledge when you hear statements like, “I have never been as drunk as I was during Orientation.” Coming here, I knew that my first year would be a big adjustment and I have tried to keep an open mind. Alcohol was simply not a substance with which I was interested in experimenting. Personally, I stay sober for my parents; my cultural values as a Hindu; academic and legal reasons and to stay in control. It can, though, be difficult to resist the temptation to drink. Being surrounded by strangers, far away from friends and family and taking college midterms for the first time is intimidating. Attending events geared for first-years is exceptionally hard while being sober. My favorite author, Ernest Hemingway — a well-known alcoholic — is credited with saying “An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.” When I first came across that quote, I laughed at how pretentious and arrogant it was. College, however, has allowed me to see what Hemingway might have meant. Not everyone who drinks is necessarily a fool, but people tend to be more gregarious and less reserved when intoxicated and they often become much looser with their words. Although I have not yet been pressured to drink by anyone at Dartmouth, my choice almost always raises a follow-up question of why I would choose sobriety. I find most people have not pressured me to drink, but rather they have approached it with simple curiosity, so I wonder what gives rise to these feelings of needing to conform to this supposed drinking culture. There might be an unspoken expectation to “pregame” at a dorm before heading out to a dance party, but drinking

among ’19s is not solely limited to dorm parties. I have seen many of my friends turn to alcohol after a stressful week of classes. Most of the time, they are drinking alone. I somehow understood the concept of drinking before socializing and taking the edge off before awkwardly gyrating to Top 40 songs in a sweaty basement, but I found it hard to comprehend why anyone would want to drink alone. It seemed sad to drink just for the sake of getting drunk and being too overcome by boredom or stress to seek out anything else. It might not be for me, but responsible drinking is what makes some people feel relaxed and happy. It should be okay to do so responsibly in a safe space. As cliché as it sounds, college is the time to discover who you are academically, socially and spiritually. Without experimentation, that is almost impossible to do. As a sober person, it might seem easy to pass judgment on people drinking and doing things they would not imagine doing while not intoxicated. While I can have fun spending time with someone who is inebriated, there are those who remain sober who cannot. Some do not appreciate the behavior common to most young people getting drunk for the first time — loudness and clumsiness. Yet, if someone’s drunken behavior is not offensive or harmful, there is no need to deride them and pass judgment. As someone who is a designated “sober walker” and who has been sober around intoxicated people from my first day on campus, I know that providing a safe space for someone is more than just staying sober, monitoring their intake and making sure they get home safe. To really create a safe environment for first-years, it is crucial to provide a judgment-free zone for friends who do decide to drink. Adjusting to college is difficult for everyone, and we could all do with respecting everyone’s choices, whether it is to drink or not to drink. The biggest struggle of staying sober is not always standing by the choice to not drink, but learning to accept those who may choose differently.

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Saturday classes distributed evenly across departments FROM SAT CLASSES PAGE 1

veyed who will not teach on Saturday, 59 percent will hold an extra x-hour to make up the lost time, but 23 percent will not hold an extra class and 18 percent already use all x-hours. Of the 129 professors who indicated their departments, the number of science, technology, mathematics and engineering professors who held class and the number of non-STEM professors who had class were roughly equal, with 11 professors in the sciences and 14 non-STEM using the Saturday time slot. The film and media studies and art history departments were the only ones in which more respondents reported hosting at least one Saturday class than not having class — in film, all respondents held class, while in art history three held at least one class and one did not. Of the eight respondents in the math department, equal numbers held class and did not. In the remaining 36 departments represented in the respondent pool more professors chose not to hold classes than to hold class. Many professors commented in the survey that x-hours were more convenient for both themselves and students, and others noted that family obligations constrained their ability to hold class. A number mentioned the difficulty of finding

childcare in the area, for example. “It can be extra-challenging on the weekends,” biology professor Amy Gladfelter said in an interview. Others said that Saturday should be spent with families. “I am expecting low attendance by my students, and I don’t want to give up time with my own children on the weekend,” one professor commented in the survey. Four professors cited religious reasons, including Sabbath and Shabbat, for why they were not holding Saturday classes. Many professors also wrote that teaching on a Saturday conflicted with busy schedules. “I need the weekend to catch up with work,” one professor wrote. “Ain’t nobody got time for that,” wrote another. On the other hand, government professor Linda Fowler, who did use the Saturday time slot, said in an interview that she did not begrudge teaching on Saturday. Still, she noted that the College provided insufficient information about the change in schedule. “Most of the staff did not know of the changes to the schedule until the summer,” she said. In the survey, one professor corroborated Fowler’s opinion. “I wasn’t consulted about the decision to hold classes on Saturdays, and I find the given reasons for holding them disingenuous,” the professor wrote.

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Roughly one in five professors are electing to use the Saturday class time slots.

Some professors provided particularly cheeky responses. Holding Saturday classes constituted “cruel and unusual punishment,” one wrote, while another responded “Saturday? Seriously?” In a survey comment, one professor in the French and Italian studies department noted that the

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department decided against the Saturday courses altogether. Student response to holding classes on Saturdays was similarly varied. Some said that making up for the Monday and Tuesday classes lost with classes on Saturdays is not a productive solution. Rather, Ian Kennedy ’16 said that professors can adjust or “streamline” the course schedule slightly to make up for a shorter schedule without courses on Saturday. Mikey Richards ’18 agreed with Kennedy, noting that professors can use x-hours to make up for lost time. Students, Richards said, are too tired to learn effectively on the

weekends — not to mention that people may choose to party the Friday evening before courses on Saturday. On the other hand, Jack Kinney ’19 said that the Saturday classes could be productive, noting that his high school had Saturday courses each week. Callum Backstrom ’18 also said that the utility of Saturday classes depends on the course material, noting that the courses which already use all x-hours may need an extra class. This is the first time that the College has adjusted its schedule to accommodate a religious holiday.

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The cheer team supported the Big Green football team, which won 35-3 at the Homecoming game against Yale University.

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Members of the marching band played at Saturday’s football game.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015

DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 12:00 p.m. “The Book of Changes (I Ching) and the Bamboo-Silk Manuscripts,” Haldeman 046

4:30 p.m. “Humanity Uprooted,” lecture on the European refugee crisis, Murdough Center, Cook Auditorium

6:00 p.m. “Breaking the Banks” with Alex Tonelli ’06, lecture and dinner, Rockefeller Center, Room 001

TOMORROW 3:30 p.m. “Investigations of Electric Fields in Laboratory Plasmas” with Dr. Umair Siddiqui of West Virginia University, Wilder 111

4:00 p.m. “Bad Plus Jazz Master Class” with Joshua Redman, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Faulkner Auditorium

4:00 p.m. “Dartmouth Author Talk: When It Was Just a Game” with Harvey Frommer, Berry Library, Level 1

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Monahon discusses transition to professional acting FROM MONAHON PAGE 8

productions. My freshman year I was cast as Janet in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which was a wild role. My favorite role was playing Harper in “Angels in America” my junior fall. My senior year I did a senior fellowship, so I didn’t actually take any classes. I worked on a project called “All in Good Fun,” which was a onewoman show about the social scene at Dartmouth. I’m so thankful to Dartmouth for being so supportive and helpful, and giving me the time and resources and mentorship to develop my own sensibility as an actor. Beyond just my own acting skill, I developed a taste for the kind of things I like to do and the way I approach my work. W hat was the transition between college and professional acting like? TM: After I graduated from Dartmouth, I moved to New York [City]. It was hard at first. New York was scary, at least for me. But then I got an agent and was cast in this small off-Broadway musical. It helped me jump right into the theater community, and I got to meet a lot of people. The cast was really wonderful about helping me

start my career in New York. And then there was a lot of waiting time, and a lot of babysitting and figuring it out.

What projects have you been working on recently? TM: About a year ago I got cast in this musical called “Here’s Hoover!” which was directed by Alex Timbers, who is this prolific New York director. It was this crazy, wonderful, eccentric musical about Herbert Hoover. Right after that, [Timbers] cast me in this off-Broadway play called “Permission,” which was a really exciting production written by Robert Askins. It was a five-person play — a really dark, existentialist comedy. I haven’t had formal training as an actor, but working with Alex Timbers for six months, doing two back-to-back shows, was kind of my post-grad theatrical education. He’s just a brilliant mind and a kind and insightful director. I loved those projects so much. It was fun to go to work every day as an actor and to work with really talented people. This summer, I did a short revival production of the musical “The Wild Party” with Encores! Off-Center at New York City Center Theater. I was initially cast

in the ensemble, but was bumped

“I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much agency I really have and how much control I really have over what projects I do. I’m not at a point where people are offering me roles — I audition for everything I do. The dream for me is never doing the same thing twice, which is hard because once you do one thing well, people keep wanting you to do different variations on that one thing over and over again.” -talene Monahon ’13 up to one of the lead roles after

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someone had to leave because of their television schedule. That was also thrilling, because I got to work with Sutton Foster, who’s been a musical theater idol of mine for about 12 years.

What excites you most about the projects you’ve been working on? TM: What’s been really thrilling is that “Here’s Hoover!” and “Permission” were new works. I got to originate roles, and I was working with the writers as they were rewriting the material. To develop a character without any precedent of someone else playing the character has just been the most thrilling part of my career so far. When I was younger, I thought I would do all these great classic roles, but now I think doing new work is the most exciting thing that I could imagine, especially with writers like [Askins] and directors like [Timbers], who just have such specific voices — it’s just been such an honor to work with them. Will you be starting any new projects soon? TM: On Tuesday I start my next rehearsals for my project, which is a play version of the book “A

Confederacy of Dunces,” at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston. It’s starring Nick Offerman from “Parks and Recreation” (2009). I think the adaption is really good — the book is just an iconic, cult classic, and it’s the first time it’s really being theatricalized. I play an aspiring stripper with a pet cockatoo. I’m really excited to start working. Do you have any idea what the future holds for your acting career? TM: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much agency I really have and how much control I really have over what projects I do. I’m not at a point where people are offering me roles — I audition for everything I do. The dream for me is never doing the same thing twice, which is hard because once you do one thing well, people keep wanting you to do different variations on that one thing over and over again. But I’ve been so, so lucky. In the past year, everything I’ve done has been something that I’m passionate about and that I’ve believed in. I’ve just had the luckiest, most wonderful year. This interview has been edited and condensed.

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