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Islam Awareness Week begins today By Rebecca Asoulin The Dartmouth Staff
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Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity will begin extensive renovations this spring term.
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Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity will begin a $2.3 million renovation project at the end of spring term, chair of Tri-Kap’s board of directors James McKim ’83 said. The project will add five bedrooms to the facility, redesign the house’s interior extensively, update the building’s egress routes to the most recent planning codes and construct substantial additions to both the east and west
sides of the house, Bernie O’Rourke, the architect for the Tri-Kap project at Wiemann Lamphere Architects, said. “It’s pretty much a full renovation,” he said. Construction is currently expected to take all of summer and fall terms, O’Rourke said. Tri-Kap’s safety issues — including the lack of a secondary fire escape route, a mold problem and the failure to meet recently updated Hanover town codes — were
a major part of what the renovations aim to ameliorate, O’Rourke said. Making improvements to the house is the primary goal of Tri-Kap’s 10-year capital campaign, which began in August 2013. The campaign aims to raise $3 million over 10 years, with most of the funds going to the construction of a new house and the rest earmarked for the fraternity’s endowment, McKim said. Since the camSEE TRI-KAP PAGE 3
In preparation for Islam Awareness Week, Saaid Arshad ’14Th’18 stumbled upon something he never thought he would find anywhere, let alone at Dartmouth — a 1,000-year-old Quran manuscript. Arshad, the graduate student representative for Al-Nur — Dartmouth’s Muslim students association — said that seeing and touching the manuscript of the sacred religious text, available for viewing through Rauner Special Collections, was a “transcendental experience.” “Seeing the history of something that’s sacred and holding it in your hand — I mean these were some of the first written pages of the Quran,” Arshad said. “To hold those in your hand as a Muslim, well, you just don’t expect to ever do that.” The manuscripts will be displayed in Rauner during this week’s Islam Awareness Week, Arshad said. This is Dartmouth’s first Islam Awareness Week in five years, Al-Nur president Iman Hammad ’17 said. Members of
Al-Nur felt that in light of current events, it was an appropriate time to hold Islam Awareness Week once again. The awareness events started April 5 with a display in the south end of Baker-Berry Library. Hammad said that the library display includes space for students to answer questions such as “What do you think when you hear the word Islam?” and to name famous Muslim-Americans. She said that the group began planning for the week’s events last fall. “We thought it would be a good way to show that you’re only seeing one part of the story — of a small minority causing a big problem,” Hammad said. “We want to show all the different parts that make up Islam.” Arshad said that the group felt the need to hold these events due to recent negative media coverage of Islam. In addition, he noted the importance of the events in the context of the recent murder SEE ISLAM PAGE 5
Symposium presents Orozco lecture features Castañeda nonprofit career paths B y Lauren Budd
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Students will have the opportunity to learn from and engage with established professionals in the nonprofit sector as part of the Tucker Foundation’s “Breaking the Mold: Careers for the Common Good Symposium.” The event, which starts this afternoon and will continue through tomorrow, will feature a keynote address from Katherine Collins, Founder and CEO of Honeybee Capital,
and multiple workshops focused on educating students about nonprofit career paths. Adam Knowlton-Young, the program manager for service trips at Tucker and one of the organizers of the event, said the symposium arose out of student interest in careers for the common good. He added that this event is the culmination of similar but smaller-scale events and collaborations SEE PANEL PAGE 5
The countless Dartmouth students who study in the Orozco mural room daily interact with the mural — even if they are unaware of its significance — simply by studying in the room, art history department chair Mary Coffey said. The National Park Service awarded the mural national landmark status in 2013, Hood Museum interim director Juliette Bianco said at yesterday’s fourth annual “Manton Foundation Orozco Lecture.” The event’s featured speak-
er Luis Castañeda discussed schoolhouses in Mexico and their role in Mexican history. Castañeda explained the concept of public architecture, exemplified by these schoolhouses, as an “interface where architects, bureaucrats, artists and politicians all intersect.” Specifically, he discussed the murals in these schoolhouses. Schoolhouses’ structure in Mexico are standardized, but local artists influence the architecture through their murals, Castañeda said in his lecture. Coffey said in her introduction of the art historian that Castañeda’s talk would “open
up a whole new world.” In his lecture, Castañeda said that he aimed to make a connection between “radical experiments” in Mexican public education and “the architectural vessel” for these experiences. “What I’m arguing is that these schools, a lot of which prominently featured murals, are an extension and a fulfillment of the mission of the radical muralist movement,” Castañeda said. Castañeda said the work of the Manton Foundation, SEE OROZCO PAGE 2
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DAily debriefing A New Hampshire bill could give immunity for those who report drug overdoses in some cases, the Concord Monitor reported. The bill, which has passed the state House, would remove the chance of criminal prosecution for drug possession if the person who calls for medical help is caring for someone awaiting help and remains at the scene until help arrives. The bill previously included immunity for calls related to alcohol intoxication but that protection is no longer included in the current bill. Last month, New Hampshire announced the state would provide police officers with training on using antidotes for opioid overdoses. New Hampshire could join 22 other states with similar legislation. More than 300 in the state died of overdoses last year, many from heroin or fentanyl. New Hampshire ski resorts gained a late boost this season, with some resorts able to stay open through last weekend, the Concord Monitor reported. The resorts were able to extend the ski season due to favorable skiing conditions, with plenty of snow in some major skiing areas. With the short extension of the season, this winter’s ski season appears to be shaping up as a good skiing season, according to the report. Favorable conditions this week may have helped recover skiing days lost to unfavorable weather during some holidays, including Christmas and Presidents Day weekend. Most of the ski resorts that remain open have almost all trains operational, with considerable snow remaining. n Tuesday, two temporary stoplights were activated at O the intersection of Route 5 and Interstate 91’s north and southbound stretches, the Valley News reported. The lights — part of a seven-month plan to replace two bridges on I-91 — appeared to confuse some drivers on their first day of operation, but officials told the Valley News that the lights were the best way to legally prevent drivers from making a left onto Route 5 southbound while still allowing drivers to continue north on the road if there is no traffic. An expert is scheduled to visit the intersection — which saw approximately 14,000 daily drivers in 2012 — on Thursday, according to the Valley News. A public meeting about the project was held in Hartford on Tuesday night. —compiled by laura weiss and josh koenig
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Orozco lecture focuses on 1960s FROM OROZCO PAGE 1
which is dedicated to the study and preservation of the Orozco mural, was a significant draw that brought him to the College. Even before he received the invitation from the Manton Foundation, Castañeda said he felt an affinity to the College because of the presence of the mural itself, as well as his familiarity with Coffey’s work. “Dartmouth is not just a place where you have literally a piece of the muralist experience on campus, which is absolutely unique and amazing,” Castañeda said. “It’s also a place where consciousness of muralism has been flourishing for some time.” Castañeda said his studies revolve around 20th-century Latin American culture, with a focus on art, architecture, design and “visual culture in a broad sense.” Last year he published a book comparing design and politics in relation to the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico. Castañeda said his lecture today was a part of his current book project, which focuses on 20th-century cooperation between experimental architects and more traditional bureaucrats. In its fourth iteration, Coffey said the annual Orozco lecture series draws
more attention to the murals, allows students to look at them in a new way and brings outside scholars to campus. “It’s helping to expand the intel-
“What I’m arguing is that these schools, a lot of which prominently featured murals, are an extension and a fulfillment of the mission of the radical muralist movement.” - Luis Castañeda, event speaker lectual discourse on the murals in new and interesting ways,” she said. Coffey said that Castañeda brought a contemporary perspective to the lecture series, versus past lecturers who focused on history. Last year’s speaker Barbara Mundy, for example, discussed archaeology and ancient Aztec culture. “This year I wanted to go forward, to bring in somebody who could reframe our discussion of muralism,
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instead of just looking at the deep past or the 1930s when the mural was built,” Coffey said. “We wanted someone who could talk about the legacies and outcomes of muralism.” Coffey said she was familiar with Castañeda’s work from his book, in addition to knowing him socially. Castañeda offered expertise on muralism in the 1960s, a time period related to the mural with which students and community members are less familiar, she said. For the future, she said she hopes to invite more engaging scholars with an emphasis on cutting-edge work and new insights in their respective fields. “We want to continue to branch out even beyond art history to artists, historians, anthropologists, et cetera to have a wider disciplinary conversation around the murals,” Coffey said. Music professor Hilda Paredes said she attended the lecture mainly because of her Mexican heritage. She said that she was impressed by the presentation and wished there were more of that type. “I think it’s important that talks like this happen everywhere in the U.S., or outside Mexico, because it’s history that us, as Mexicans, know about and a lot of people outside the country don’t know about,” Paredes said.
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paign’s launch, it has raised $655,000, according to Tri-Kap’s website. While a video on Tri-Kap’s website made for the campaign’s announcement said that the fraternity would explore loan opportunities with the College, McKim said that no such plan has been finalized as of yet. McKim pointed out that the lot TriKap has is the first view that onlookers have of Webster Avenue. “We want to make that a place that the College can be proud of and that we can be proud of,” McKim said. Tri-Kap’s house is amongst the oldest on Webster, dating to the early 1920s, O’Rourke said, adding that the existing building is in poor condition. Tri-Kap considered selling its land and physical plant to the College, which would mean handing over management, and they also considered simply building an entirely new building, McKim said. For cost reasons these options were passed over in favor of a renovation of the existing structure. “We had some building analysts come in and look at the structure of the house, and also with the College looking at the structure and the infrastructure, and based on that analysis, we were told that the infrastructure and structure was probably better than most of the buildings on campus,” McKim said. “With that, we decided to keep it.” McKim said that the house’s personal value for members also played a minor role in the decision to maintain the structure. “There were possibly some sentimental reasons, although we would have been able to build the structure to look much as it looks today,” he said. Currently, Tri-Kap has 18 beds, of which 17 were occupied last term, according to the Greek Letter Organizations and Societies winter 2015 membership statistics. The renovation will increase Tri-Kap’s capacity to 23 beds and will add a handicap bedroom on the ground floor and a five-room suite on the third floor. The potential added revenue from the new bedrooms could also be applied to cover part of the cost of the renovations, McKim said. Handicap accessibility is a major component of the plan, which also includes an elevator between the ground floor and the basement and handicap access to the ground floor, according to renovation plans on Tri-Kap’s website. Emergency exits are another key component of the renovation. The entire eastern addition is composed of a new enclosed fire escape and staircase, while the existing staircase at the northern edge of the building will be rebuilt and expanded, according to the plans. At the basement level, two new bathrooms — one male, one female — will be added, McKim said. The existing bar will be kept, but the room behind the bar, which has been subject to continual leaking from the front porch for several
decades, will be sealed off. The existing walls with their trademark bottle decorations will likely be removed, he added. The ground floor will see the addition of a bathroom, a kitchen and a large television room attached to the kitchen. The second floor will feature several new bedrooms and a vastly enlarged and remodeled bathroom. The third floor will now feature a four-bedroom suite, a large chapter room and a large amount of storage. Floor plans and a budget for the project were published on Tri-Kap’s webpage. O’Rourke said Wiemann Lamphere was initially contacted about the project in 2011 after another firm had already drawn up rough plans. The project was put on the back burner until fall 2014, when plans were finalized, he said. Domus Custom Homes of Etna, New Hampshire will serve as the lead contractor for the project. Domus, which is run by Tri-Kap alumnus Bruce Williamson ’74, will begin construction at the end of this term. “We’re looking forward to making it a safe place, not that it isn’t super safe now, but it’s going to be even safer, and we’re going to be making it look sharp,” Williamson said.
McKim said that he was not sure if Tri-Kap would attempt to expand its brotherhood because of the added space. With 57 active members, TriKap is one of the smaller fraternities on campus by membership, only ahead of Gamma Delta Chi fraternity with 56 members, Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity with 45 members and Sigma Nu fraternity with 33 members, according to GLOS winter 2015 membership statistics, the most recent term available. “I’m not sure it’s going to allow us to do more in terms of growth,” McKim said. “I’m not on campus much anymore, and I’m not intimately familiar with how all of the programs operate.” McKim emphasized that Tri-Kap would work with the College throughout the process of renovating its facilities. “We’re looking forward to having this project done and working with the College to make it a smooth process, and make it a building that our alums will be proud of,” he said. Numerous members of Tri-Kap contacted for this article either declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment. Other alumni leaders of the house also did not respond to requests for comment.
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Enough with the Clothes
A Blow to Accountability
Analyses of prominent women’s fashion choices should not qualify as news. In her April 3 column “Dress for Power,” Annika Park ’18 drew attention to the ways in which women in power have used their wardrobes to their advantage. While she argued that women can subvert traditional perceptions of womanhood by asserting authority through feminine attire, the fact that we scrutinize women’s style at all is the underlying phenomenon that needs to be tackled. In news coverage of powerful or prominent women, it is usually just a matter of time before a story appears that discusses and critiques her appearance — her clothes, hairstyle or makeup choices. An article that discusses the meaning of First Lady Michelle Obama’s clothes on a visit overseas or the wardrobe habits of German Chancellor Angela Merkel would not strike anyone as odd. With powerful men, however, appearance seldom receives the same treatment, if it receives any attention at all. Unlike women, celebrated male politicians are primarily thought of as policymakers, and any role as a style icon comes second. John F. Kennedy was certainly a style icon — if his countless glamour shots are any indication — but his legacy is rooted in his achievements in office, not his preppy New England aesthetic. It is commonly thought that JFK defeated Richard Nixon in the televised debate because he looked better on TV than Nixon did — though not all agree with this assessment. Regardless of the extent to which JFK’s handsomeness helped him win the election, we focus on his tenure in office. And despite the attention that JFK clearly put into maintaining a certain appearance, it is his accomplishments that we value — and it should be. Meanwhile, style looms much larger over female politicians. Following the end of Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, news coverage that commemorates her style and legacy as a fashion icon — rather than her professional achievements — has not been uncommon. Since her 2008 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton’s appearance has prompted numerous style commentaries, like her hair scrunchies and bright fabrics. While writers rely on qualifications, experience and character
to discuss and critique male candidates, we can open up The New York Times to find a columnist like Maureen Dowd arguing that Clinton’s new haircut is proof that she’s ready to take office and make a run for the presidency with her new, updated style. Because discussion of her appearance is so common in the media, when asked to name one of Hillary’s defining characteristics, most Americans would probably say “pantsuits” before they mentioned her hardline foreign policy stances. While it is true that some women seek to use public scrutiny to their advantage, attention to style is never actually an advantage. A 2013 study published by Name It. Change It., an advocacy group that fights sexism in politics and media coverage, found that any commentary on a woman’s appearance makes her less electable. As much as women may try to make the most of the situation, in the long run all women in politics suffer because their male counterparts and competitors are not subjected to the same focus on and evaluation of looks. Frankly, it’s ridiculous that we would spend any time at all discussing what a powerful woman wears instead of what she does. If we don’t psychoanalyze a man using his sartorial choices, then we should not ever do it to a woman. Yes, Ruth Bader Ginsburg loves lace collars. But when we think about her, what should come to mind first is her biting and witty prose in her Shelby County v. Holder dissent, not her sense of style. We shouldn’t just accept that women, particularly women in power, will be judged and scrutinized for their appearance in ways men are not. Acceptance is followed by complacency. While we should support a woman like International Monetary Fund managing director Christine LaGarde, who makes the best of a bad situation and uses her position to rebrand feminine clothing as powerful, we should also demand that the regular attention on women’s appearances stop immediately. Women deserve to be treated the same way that men are — that is, as professional partners, not runway models for pretty pantsuits. Women deserve respect — and using a woman’s style to evaluate her is, quite simply, disrespectful.
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The College’s attitude toward hard alcohol dilutes individual responsibility. Spring term has begun, and students on campus have survived both the untimely snow flurries and the initial rollout of the hard alcohol ban. By outlawing any alcohol with a proof greater than 30, the College’s attempt at Prohibition leaves students to drink themselves silly on cheap beer and wine. While administrators may have the best of intentions at heart, they have set a frightening precedent. The hard alcohol ban lacks definitive evidence to support its intended goal of reducing high-risk drinking, and it tramples over personal accountability and students’ ability to reason. A ban on hard alcohol is merely a cosmetic change that will not put a dent in the deep-seated health issues faced by colleges across the United States. Although Dartmouth is the first in the Ivy League to prohibit hard alcohol, other schools in the region have had such restrictions for several years. Colby College, Bates College and Bowdoin College have all banned hard alcohol on their campuses, yet their experiences do not uniformly indicate that such policies prevent alcohol-related emergencies. According to Colby’s most recent annual report, the 2013-2014 academic year still saw 50 alcohol-related emergency room visits, a number that does not deviate from historical trends from the pre-ban period. Bates, a college with a similar enrollment to Colby, has had a ban in place since 2001. Its hospitalization rates still vary widely each year, reaching 44 student alcohol-related hospital visits in 2010. Rather than eliminate binge drinking or sexual assault, prohibition will only drive dangerous behavior out of sight. According to an April 6 story in The Dartmouth, some students have already witnessed this change firsthand. As one student observed, “Kids are drinking alone in their rooms instead of going out to tails.” And so, a ban aimed at enhancing students’ safety on campus may inadvertently result in more secretive drinking done in private — risky and unsafe behavior by any measure. Beyond the ban’s uncertain efficacy, there is also something far more concerning at play. Though it remains to be seen how strictly the College will enforce the ban, it sends a very clear message — administrators do not trust students to
make their own decisions. Instead, administrators have chosen to intervene, using College policy to dictate right from wrong. This is a shame, as the College is supposed to be preparing students for life after Dartmouth. After graduation, students will be forced make educated, rational choices on a daily basis. These decisions will probably not be as simple as choosing between Dirt Cowboy or King Arthur Flour, Sanborn or the stacks, beer or hard cider. By simply outlawing hard alcohol altogether, administrators are stymieing students’ ability to decide and accept the consequences of their actions. For 246 years, Dartmouth has shaped individuals who fully understood that their actions had both positive and negative consequences. The underlying logic of the hard alcohol ban departs from the tradition of teaching students to think independently and accept the outcomes of their decisions. And while this latest move from administrators may be the most recent affront to personal accountability, it is not the only example. When students occupied President Hanlon’s office in Parkhurst last spring in protest, they stayed there for two nights. Administrators only gave students a verbal reminder that they were violating College policy and otherwise allowed the protest to continue. No serious disciplinary action was threatened against the students during the protest, even though their actions caused an obvious inconvenience to College employees. As far as we know, the repercussions, if any, were minor, and students did not need to take responsibility for their actions. The weak response to the Parkhurst sit-in and this year’s hard alcohol both distort the boundaries of personal responsibility in the student-administrator relationship. Whereas the former seeks to take away the chance to make decisions and learn from mistakes, the latter demonstrates that in some cases, in fact, students do not need to worry about consequences at all. Ultimately, this path will lead the College into a quandary. While Dartmouth may continue to educate some of the brightest in the nation, there is no guarantee that these individuals will have a strong sense of personal accountability — and that would be more toxic than any jaegerbomb.
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Islam Awareness Week Panelists urge alternative career paths discusses Muslim issues FROM PANEL PAGE 1
as well as a leading scholar of Islam. The second Thursday event, held of three Muslim students near the at Collis Student Center and titled University of North Carolina at “We’ve Got You Covered: Modesty Chapel Hill campus and additional in Islam,” will give students the opportunity to try on a hijab — a unreported hate crimes. He noted that the mainstream Muslim headscarf — and offer their media presents “an unfortunate reflections on the experience. clash of civilization narratives” Hammad said that this particular that causes problems. Arshad said event was inspired by a similar prohe hopes in the smaller sphere of gram at Brown University for World Dartmouth, Al-Nur can engage Hijab Day. Hammad began to wear with mainstream campus to address a hijab this year, which she said focused herself within Islam. Other some of these issues. Hammad noted that the week’s people can erroneously see the scarf events would hopefully demonstrate as a sign of oppression, but Hammad said that to students and in reality most community women choose member s the “The majority of to wear the scarf p r e s e n c e o f Muslims should be their own Muslim stuviewed as people who of volition. Hamdents on cammad said she is pus as well as have a rich history of excited to see a willingness art, culture, theater how other’s reto engage on a act to trying on range of issues. and everything that is the hijab, as she Ali Siddiqui the opposite of what herself finds it ’17, Al-Nur we always hear about to be a “safe, treasurer, said warm, toasty” that students now.” experience. seem interest T o ed in learning morrow there m o r e a b o u t - Iman Hammad ’17, Alwill be a JumIslam due to Nur president mah prayer and responses from discussion at 1 some 250 students collected in a survey. Siddiqui p.m. in Rollins Chapel, and on said that the group released the Saturday at 4 p.m. there will be an survey as part of the application for Islamic art and calligraphy lesson Special Programming and Events in Thornton Hall. Committee (SPEC) funding. The The week’s events will culminate survey asked students to rank how with the staging of Rohina Malik’s educated they believe students are one-woman play “Unveiled” that foabout Islam and the importance of cuses on the experiences of Muslim women in a post-9/11 world. that education, he said. Hammad said she hopes the Sharjeel Syed ’16, Al-Nur secregroup’s efforts will increase aware- tary, said he is excited to see how ness of what Muslims, in particular Malik tackles controversial issues Muslim-Americans, are like and surrounding the image of Islam and the 21st-century experience how they follow their faith. “The majority of Muslims of Muslim-Americans. should be viewed as people who Hearing different perspectives on have a rich history of art, culture, Islam is important on campus, Syed theater and everything that is the said, because Dartmouth students opposite of what we always hear will have influence in the fields they choose to pursue. about now,” Hammad said. Siddiqui said he hopes students Arshad said that he hopes stuwill come to these events with an dents leave these events with the open mind and leave with even knowledge that Islam is not foreign to America. He noted that the first more questions and curiosity. The keynote talk today by Joseph guaranteed presence of Islam in Lumbard, a professor of classical this country came as early as the Islam at Brandeis University, will first slaves brought to America. offer an academic perspective on “I want people to walk away with having that same complex underIslam, Hammad said. Arshad said that the talk, titled standing that they would have of “Islam: A Religion of Restraint, their own faith backgrounds or Mercy and Love,” will present of faith backgrounds considered students with a different take on a traditional part of the fabric of Islam in America. He noted that American society and really unLumbard is an American convert to derstand that Islam is not foreign,” Islam who has become a leader in Arshad said. “It is very much part the Muslim-American community of the American narrative.” FROM ISLAM PAGE 1
with the Center for Professional Development and other groups over the past several years. Knowlton-Young said the event aims to provide general knowledge on the diversity of careers for the common good, as well lay out the more “concrete nuts and bolts” of finding a career in the nonprofit sector. He also stressed the importance of focusing on careers outside of the finance track. “Dartmouth is a diverse place and we want to make sure we have supports and processes in place for all the careers folks are interested in,” he said. Tracy Dustin-Eichler, the Tucker Foundation program officer for local community service, said she thinks the event will be an opportunity for students interested in nonprofit work to meet other like-minded students. “I think there’s also an opportunity for students at Dartmouth to meet each other, to meet other classmates who are interested in it and for us to create a cohort on campus who are having this common experience,” she said. Knowlton-Young and DustinEichler both said they envision the symposium as a pilot program for larger-scale and more frequent programming focused on careers in
nonprofit organizations. KnowltonYoung said he hopes the symposium leads to more year-round events. Collins, who will be giving the keynote address this afternoon, has experience in both the private and nonprofit sectors. Both DustinEichler and Knowlton-Young, in a joint interview, said they believe Collins will provide an example of someone who did not follow a strict paths of a finance career or a nonprofit career. “There’s a lot to be learned from someone who has straddled the for profit and nonprofit sector,” DustinEichler said. In her address, Collins said, she wants to encourage students to be independent and open-minded in their career choices. “Stop thinking of yourself as either/or,” she said. “There are lots of different ways to get from here to there.” Collins said she is excited to speak at the symposium, which she said she believes is an event that is unique to the College. Molly Siegel ’16, who said she will be attending the event, said she thinks one of its primary benefits is meeting other students who might also be interested in the nonprofit sector. She said that despite her perception that Dartmouth students place disproportional emphasis on corporate jobs, she said she believes
that there are ample opportunities for students interested in other career paths to find resources on campus. Ivanna Hsieh ’18, who also said she plans on attending the symposium, said she thinks the event will be a good resource for people looking to work in nonprofit jobs, as well as people simply looking for direction in terms of possible careers. She added that she thinks Tucker can provide valuable experiences for any student, regardless of their career goals. “Even someone who’s set on becoming a doctor or investment banker could benefit from Tucker,” she said. Dana Daugherty ’10, a program and outreach coordinator for the National Alliance for Mental Illness of NYC Metro, who will be a panelist at the “Learn and Lunch” event on Friday, said she thinks the symposium is salient for the Dartmouth community, which, in her opinion, places a lot of emphasis on certain career tracks in finance, consulting and, to a lesser extent, the Peace Corps and education. She also stressed the importance of mentoring in students’ pursuits of careers for the common good, saying that it is important for students to have access to experts in the career fields in which they are interested.
WORLD WAR I A CONFERENCE PRESENTED BY THE DARTMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
HISTORY, MEMORY, EVENT An Exploration of the War’s Cultural & Literary Legacy
APRIL 9–10, 2015
CONVENED BY
Barbara Will
A. & R. Newbury Professor of English
Thursday, 6 – 8:00 pm Friday, 9 am – 12:00 pm, 2 – 5:00 pm
Lawrence Kritzman John D. Willard Professor of French, Comparative Literature & Oratory
Paganucci Lounge, Class of 1953 Commons
PRESENTERS Carolyn J. Dean, Yale University Sarah Cole, Columbia University Lucas Hollister, Dartmouth College Paul St. Amour, University of Pennsylvania Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania Philippe Roussin, National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris
MODERATORS Melisa Zeiger, Dartmouth English Department Donald Pease Jr., Dartmouth English Department
Thursday, 6:30 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Race, Religion and the Politics of Memory: Africa and the First World War Michèle Barrett, Queen Mary University of London
SPONSORED BY DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, AND THE LESLIE CENTER FOR HUMANITIES
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
• For more information, contact: kelly.palmer@dartmouth.edu
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 11:00 a.m. “We’ve Got You Covered — Modesty in Islam,” Islam Awareness Week programming, Collis Center Lobby
4:00 p.m. Lecture on polar bears with Thea Bechshoft of the University of Alberta, Rockefeller Center, Room 003
4:30 p.m. Lecture with Eric Jarosinski, Editor of @NeinQuarterly, McLaughlin Cluster, Occom Commons
TOMORROW 4:15 p.m. “Multiverse Cosmologies and the Entanglement of Religion and Science” with Jane Rubenstein of Wesleyan University, Steele Building, Room 005
6:30 p.m. “Arrows” (2014), film screening, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium
8:00 p.m. “Astronomical Observing,” Shattuck Observatory
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015
THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
Maldunas leaves mark on Big Green FROM MALDUNAS PAGE 8
He said his first year wasn’t easy, but Maldunas quickly learned to adjust. Communication and cultural barriers were initially problematic for Maldunas, despite his English training back home. The easiest language was basketball. Playing in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council, a breeding ground for college athletes, Maldunas quickly picked up on the NCAA system. After his first season, he knew that he wanted to go to an Ivy League college. At the time, however, he wasn’t sure which one. His big breakout came the summer after his junior year season on the AAU circuit, and soon after the offers started coming in, he committed to Brown University in August. Maldunas had a falling out with the coaches later that year and decommitted from Brown, but found himself with limited options after having previously told other interested schools that he was already taken. At nearby Dartmouth, however, head coach Paul Cormier had just returned for his second stint and reached out to Maldunas for his first recruiting class. “In December of my senior year, Dartmouth came,” Maldunas said. ”And then I really liked it… And even though Dartmouth was not that good in the past, it was just exciting to come here and try to change the culture. I knew that good things were coming.” At the end of his senior year of high school, Maldunas earned Honorable Mention honors in Class AA NEPSAC, a division that included current NBA players such as Michael CarterWilliams, Nerlens Noel and Nikolas Stauskas. To enter the second phase of his basketball journey, Maldunas didn’t have to move nearly as far. Hanover was recognizable to Maldunas, if only because of the familiar New England weather and the private-school vibe. When Cormier returned to the College in April 2010, the team was in disarray, but no one expected much else. That following season, the Big Green finished 5-23 and 1-13 in the Ivy League, the exact same record from the year before. The next year marked the first wave of Cormier’s recruits, including one fresh-faced Lithuanian. “Seeing how close he is with his family showed me how sincere he is,” Cormier told The Dartmouth in February. “I knew he would work hard for the team.” In 2011, Dartmouth finished 5-25 and won just one game in the Ivy League again, marking three consecutive lastplace finishes in the conference. Lesson learned — rebuilding takes time. It was clear, however, that the Class of 2015 was going to make an impact.
Three of the top four scorers on the team were freshmen, including Maldunas and Golden. “Coming in we thought we could climb mountains and beat everyone. We weren’t scared of anyone,” Maldunas said. “We didn’t really know how hard it [was] to win at a Division I level.” The next season, Cormier brought in more help. Mitola, a point guard, started every game his freshman year, and Boehm also played in every game. The two finished second and third in scoring, respectively, behind Maldunas. The team improved to 9-19 that year and went 5-9 in the Ivy League. There were promising whispers coming out of Hanover after the Big Green swept their final weekend against Cornell and Columbia. Maldunas’ junior year, however, would prove much more challenging than expected. The fickle nature of Ivy League sports, and college sports in general, means that player retention is never a guarantee. At the more competitive levels, schools like the University of Kentucky and Duke University produce waves and waves of one-and-done student-athletes who leave school early for the professional game. In the Ivy League, however, there are different factors at play. Combine competitive nationwide recruiting and elite academics and you end up with few athletes who stay in their sport for all four years. Furthermore, prospects of playing at the next level are generally bleak. The squad from the previous year already lacked experience, with captain Matt Labove ’13 and Tyler Melville ’14 as the only senior and junior, respectively. Fellow Class of 2015 recruit Jvonte Brooks, who led the Big Green in scoring as a rookie, switched sports to football after his sophomore season, which ended early due to an injury. Entering the 2013-2014 season, Maldunas and Golden joined Melville as the only upperclassmen on the team. The year opened up well. The team rattled off a four-game win streak and hovered at 0.500 entering Ivy League play. Then, in practice before a rematch against Harvard, Maldunas blew out his knee. Without Maldunas’ inside presence, the Big Green was handed a 30-point loss and allowed Harvard to shoot 66 percent from the field. The team scraped through the rest of the season, finishing 12-16. Though the team improved, thoughts of what could have been persisted. Maldunas took his time off as an opportunity to learn more about himself. “I feel like things happen for a reason, so that was a reason for me to think about other things rather than just basketball,” Maldunas said. “[I was] focusing on being better in other ways. Being a better teammate on and off the court and helping the guys get together and win games.” The injury never kept Maldunas
down. Easy-going yet determined, he refused to let his knee devastate him. Having overcome so much already, including being apart from his family for over seven years, Maldunas worked tirelessly toward his rehabilitation. When he entered his senior season, the entire town looked forward to his return. And that leads us to that fateful night in Leede Arena. Maldunas was playing in what he thought to be his last game. Dartmouth had the opportunity to finish at or above 0.500 for the first time since the 1998-1999 season. This win would also make them postseason eligible. When I spoke to Maldunas on campus after the game, he hinted that his season was not over. On March 18, The Big Green took on Canisius College in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament in their first postseason game in 56 years. While they lost 87-72, they had already won their season in more ways than one. “I could see a big difference in how other people looked at us,” Maldunas said. “Before we were just a basketball team. Not that good or anything, just another team on campus.” Afterwards, Maldunas said he realized how much people wanted them to succeed. Beginning after the upset win against Harvard, he said people began coming up to him on the street, congratulating him on a big win. By the end of the season, kids lined up around players after the game asking for autographs. The players looked like they had just as much fun signing posters and T-shirts as the little ones did receiving them. Maldunas is still working out with the team, as he is searching for an agency with plans to play professionally in Europe. “I’m telling them I want to play somewhere in Germany or Italy or Spain, maybe in Lithuania,” Maldunas said. Maldunas knows that he has a long journey ahead of him. He will have to make a name for himself in the lower leagues before making his way up the ranks. “[I’m] not really nervous, just excited for the next step,” Maldunas said. “I’ve been here for four years, and as much as I like it here, it still comes a time when I have to leave. So, I’m just excited to make that next step.” As for the basketball team, the loss of Maldunas will unquestionably hurt, but his impact and legacy will survive long after he graduates. On Feb. 14, Maldunas became the 26th Dartmouth basketball player to score 1,000 points. In an interview after the game, he told me it was an honor to be included in the ranks of players such as Rudy LaRusso ’59 and Alex Barnett ’09. I’m looking forward to when the next generation talks about their Dartmouth basketball heroes, including one Gabas Maldunas, from the small, quiet city of Panevezys, Lithuania.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015
THE DARTMOUTH ARTS
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“¡Figaro! (90210)” finds Culley to showcase student solos new voice, staging at Hop B y margot byrne The Dartmouth Staff
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process has been working with its The Dartmouth Staff updated English, which does not From its opening projections of flow “off the tongue” in the same Los Angeles smog and the Hollywood manner as the Italian. “I’ve found that I’ve had to take Sign, “¡Figaro! (90210)” marks a stark departure from the Mozart comedy things a little bit more slowly and opera from which it is adapted, “The deliberately to get the words and the Marriage of Figaro.” But on the meaning out,” he said. In addition to the challenges of strength of new elements including a hip-hop-obsessed teenager, sexting working with the opera’s English and facelifts, the adaptation of the translations, Ortiz and Matthews operatic classic — which opens to- have faced additional challenges in day and boasts a cast list including Spanish, with Matthews called upon both students and professional opera to sing in English with a Spanish accent and both singers — concharacters havtinues the stellar form that saw “When I got the score in ing moments in the show where versions of the the mail, I would be in they slip into same script win Spanish while acclaim in New the kitchen by conversing with York and Los myself just cracking up another, Angeles. at certain lines, because one Burkot said. AlJavier Ortiz, though subtitles a bass-baritone it was so just funny.” are projected who has peronto the screen formed with the behind the perNew York Op- -JAVIER ORTIZ, formers during era Exchange OPERA SINGER such scenes, acand plays the cording to the opera’s titular role, called the show “hilarious.” show’s program, Guerrerio wanted Conceived by librettist Vid Guerrerio the Spanish language portions to ’96, who first rewrote an opera as a remain in Spanish, Burkot said. “[Guerrerio] wanted the Amerisenior at the College, the production transports Mozart’s original to can audience to have the same expemodern-day Beverly Hills, where rience that foreigners here have when Ortiz’s Figaro, a handyman, and his they can’t understand everything that love, Susana (Candace Lynn Mat- is going on,” Burkot said. “He is very thews), are undocumented workers specific about what he wants.” Alyssa Gonzalez ’17, one of the at a real estate mogul’s mansion. “When I got the score in the mail, performance’s nine chorus singers, I would be in the kitchen by myself said that the subtitles are only one just cracking up at certain lines, example of the themes addressed because it was just so funny,” Ortiz in the opera, including immigration and naturalization. Burkot, who desaid. Stage directed by Melissa Crespo, scribed the issues confronted by the with musical direction by voice pro- show as those seen “in our everyday fessor Louis Burkot, the production lives,” also added that the show adfeatures English and Spanish, often dresses distinctions of class and race. “This is just such a cool idea,” leaning toward vernacular phrasing. Among students involved in the pro- Gonzalez said. “Many people find duction, two in particular – Emma opera antiquated, but this is starting Orme ’15 and Nate Graves ’13 — to make opera more relevant.” Graves, whose character is have pivotal roles in the show, with Orme playing the teenager Barbara adapted from the original role of and Graves tackling the teenager “Cherubino,” echoed Gonzalez’s Bernard, also referred to as “Li’l comments on the show’s relevance to the modern era. He also added B-Man.” “The professionals have been that his character, who sings with so incredibly impressed by them,” an R&B touch not typically heard in Burkot said. “Both Emma and opera, has posed unique challenges Nate are first-class performers and given the blend between styles. “It is tricky because I have to balpeople.” Matthews, a professional soprano ance both the classical and the R&B who plays the role of Susana, said style,” Graves said. “I do my solos that production has been a “high- with the extra touch, but I go back to speed process.” On-site rehearsals classical form in the cast numbers.” “¡Figaro! (90210),” which opens with the leads began during the spring interim, and cast members today, will be performed at 7 p.m. have been added in the weeks fol- this evening and at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets cost between five and lowing, she said. According to Burkot, the primary 10 dollars. challenge in the show’s rehearsal
The Culley Concerto Competition, which will take place this Saturday afternoon in Spaulding Auditorium, features live solo performances by 19 Dartmouth student perfor mers, Hopkins Center director of bands Matthew Marsit said. Ranging in instrument types from brass to strings, the soloists — competing in the annual competition established in 1988 by Grant and Suzanne Culley, parents of Maryly Culley ’86 — will aim to take home prizes for high achievement in orchestral performance. Performers in the competition are divided into categories by instrument — winds, strings and brass — music professor Gregory Hayes said . The winner and runner-up in each division will win a cash prize. According to Marsit, winners will be determined by a panel of three judges — William Drury, a faculty member at the New England Conservatory, David Wharton, a trumpet performer and professor at Williams College and Marguerite Levin, a clarinetist and a professor at Northeastern University. “I think it is a very exciting opportunity for our students, not only the opportunity to perform as a soloist on the Spaulding Auditorium stage, but also to receive feedback and comments from a panel of professional musicians,” Marsit said. Each performer is invited to play a maximum of 10 minutes of a work of their own choosing, Marsit said. For a major concerto, 10 minutes likely represents one movement of a work, and pieces are not always limited to concerti but may also include sonatas or other solo works originally composed for the performer’s instrument, he said. Marsit said that students prepare their selections with private instructors, especially if they are already taking lessons in the College’s music department. For these students who prepare on their own, Marsit said, the competition serves as a valuable opportunity to receive constructive critiques on their performances. Orestis Lykouropoulos ’17, the first-place string division winner in last year’s concerto and a member of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra , said he prepared for the competition last year with his violin instructor. He said that he and his teacher decided on an “appropriate” piece together and worked to perfect it. “I would definitely advise people to participate in the Culley
Concerto Competition,” Lykouropoulos said. “I think it is much better than most competitions because it is less about winning than it is about performing and getting feedback from professional musicians.” Nicholas Graham, a graduate student at Dartmouth and the “Best Overall Performance” winner in last year’s concerto, said he prepared for his clarinet performance last year independently. Although Graham took a hiatus from the clarinet in college after 14 years of playing, he said he decided to take part in the Culley Concerto Competition to determine if he wanted to return to the music industry. After practicing on his own for two months in order to rebuild his technique, he emerged as a big winner at the competition. “I’m grateful to the Culley Competition,” Graham said. “It made me reanalyze my relationship with music, [and] I realized that I can’t see my life without a performing career.” Autumn Chuang ’16, a bassoonist in the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra who will be a first-time performer at the Culley Concerto Competition this year, said she decided to enter the competition as a preliminary experience before
auditioning to be a senior soloist in the DSO. Chuang, who said she has never performed live in an official setting such as Culley, said that the competition is something she “feels she needs to do” before graduating. “I think Culley is a good opportunity to work towards a personal goal instead of a group goal — there are different things to work on and pay attention to,” Chuang said. “The competition will showcase the work many people at Dartmouth put into their music, which I think is often underappreciated.” Edward Carroll, a music professor and director of the Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale, said he asks all his students at the College to compete in the Culley Concerto Competition. He said he believes that live solo performance gives students something to work toward by allowing them to make their own musical choices. Without such goals, Carroll said, daily practice and preparation can become “lethargic.” “There is no classroom learning in the performing arts,” Carroll said. “It’s all about preparation, collaboration and execution under pressure.”
Bar Garage hopkins center for the arts
Hop Garage Seeking Innovative Interdisciplinary Student Arts Projects! The Hop Garage, a suite of three studio spaces across from the Hop’s Courtyard Café, is open and in use as a space for arts teaching and the development of student arts projects. The Hop, Theater Department and Music Department invite proposals from students who wish to use the space for rehearsal, practice, project development and small-scale events (occupancy is limited to 49 persons in each studio). Students interested in developing spring term projects must submit a proposal (found at hop.dartmouth.edu/online/hop_garage) by friday, april 10 at 5 pm.
Among the criteria for successful proposals are: • Projects of an interdisciplinary nature • Projects that take unique advantage of the qualities in the Hop Garage spaces • Projects that lead to a specific culminating event or performance will be preferred over routine rehearsals and practice sessions For more information, email hopkins.center.facilities@dartmouth.edu hop.dartmouth.edu • Dartmouth college • hanover, nh
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015
THURSDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Softball sweeps weekend matchups, improves to 7-1 Ivy
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The softball team won all four games in doubleheaders against Princeton University and Cornell University this past weekend, breaking .500 for the first time since late February and improving their record against Ivy League schools to 7-1. Coming off her no-hitter last Saturday against Columbia University, Kristen Rumley ’15 went out and pitched her third and fourth consecutive shutouts against Princeton and Cornell. In the first game against Princeton on Friday, Rumley allowed four hits, walked one and struck out seven. The only time she came across any trouble was when the Tigers’ catcher, Skye Jerpbak, led the fifth inning with a walk, advanced to second on a passed ball and advanced to third on a fielder’s choice. With no outs, Rumley would induce groundballs from the next two batters she faced and struck out Tigers center fielder Rachel Rendina to end the inning unscathed. Her battery mate, Kathy Dzienkowski ’16, nailed two runners stealing
second, while Karen Chaw ’17 and Katie McEachern ’16 hit two-run home runs in the fourth and fifth innings, respectively. Morgan McCalmon ’16 took the mound for the Big Green in the second game against Princeton. She immediately went to work, striking out the side in the top of the first after allowing one hit to start off the inning. She allowed three hits and walked one in four innings while striking out six Tigers. The Big Green’s offense was unstoppable yet again as McEachern, Lourlin Lara ’18 and Maddie Damore ’17 led the bottom of the first with three consecutive hits. Damore scored McEachern, and Rumley hit a tworun single to score Lara and Damore. Damore hit a three-run homerun, and Chaw followed with a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth to bring Dartmouth’s lead to 8-0. Ashley Sissel ’17 finished off the Tigers in the top of the fifth, recording a strikeout of her own. Rumley returned to the mound against Cornell and completed her
fourth consecutive shutout, recording nine strikeouts, nine hits and zero walks. The defense prevented a bases-loaded situation in the top of the second as the Bears’ center fielder was called out on her attempt to score from second on a single. When batters reached scoring position in the second to sixth innings, Rumley was able to get out of the jams with either the help of the defense or by striking her way out. In Rumley’s last four starts, she has pitched 26 scoreless innings and allowed only 15 hits, bringing her ERA to a mere 2.56. Given her remarkable consistency in her previous starts, it is almost expected of Rumley to pitch a shutout or a complete game. She also helped her cause by hitting a solo home run to put Dartmouth on the board 1-0 in the bottom of the second. “The offense putting as much runs as they did [these past four games], it makes the pitcher’s job so much easier,” Rumley said. “Also, knowing that we had a stellar defense behind us today just makes pitching so much easy. [Defense]
was a team goal and it turned out really well.” The offense exploded, as it has in the past several games, for 42 hits and 31 runs over the four games. “Everyone knows that we need to score runs, so however we can we’re getting on base and we’re hitting each other and it’s showing on the scoreboard,” Damore said. Chaw attributed much of the team’s offensive success to leadoff hitter McEachern. “It’s really nice having [McEachern] in leadoff because she’s a great bat and you don’t want her to get on with a hit, but you can’t exactly walk her so she gets on either way,” Chaw said. The final game of the weekend on Saturday against Cornell turned out to be a slugfest, with both teams combining for 25 hits and 25 runs. Big Green starting pitcher McCalmon had a rough start, allowing two home runs against Cornell’s leadoff hitter, Karlie Mellott, one of which came on the third pitch of the game. The defense was unable to support her
as Cornell scored four unearned runs in the fourth inning, which resulted in her replacement by Rumley. The Big Green’s offense had no problem getting on the board in the bottom of the first. After Lara legged out an infield single and Damore induced a walk, Chaw hit a three-run home run to put the Big Green up 3-1. Dartmouth then scored three runs in the first, three runs in the second, six runs in the fourth and three runs in the fifth. It is evident that the team is not the same as it was during the start of the season. With the incredible success in recent weeks they have been impossible to defeat, mainly because of the deadly combination of unhittable pitching and hot hitting. Now, with 13 games left in the season — 12 of which are against Yale, Brown and Harvard Universities — all eyes are on the Big Green to see if they can extend their success against the remaining Ivy League schools. They will try to extend their six-game win streak and will head to New Haven, Connecticut, to play doubleheaders against Yale on Saturday and Sunday.
Senior Spring: Featuring Gabas Maldunas ’15
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The Dartmouth Staff
A boy from Panevezys, Lithuania, has taken over Dartmouth basketball. No doubt you’ve seen the SportsCenter Top 10 highlight by now — a Yale University player swats a full court in-bounds pass from Miles Wright ’18 out of bounds with 1.9 seconds to play. Down by one, Dartmouth is given one last chance. The play unfolds quickly. John Golden ’15 in-bounds from under the hoop. Wings Wright and Connor Boehm ’16 clear out of the paint, taking their defenders with them. Maldunas starts near the corner of the court. Alex Mitola ’16 fakes out his defender and sets a screen on Maldunas’ man. Maldunas curls around the left elbow. Golden’s pass is perfect. The soft lay-in with the right hand. And-one. “[Golden] made the pass to me, [Mitola] set a great screen and the rest is history,” Maldunas said after the game. The next day, national media buzzed about the ensuing Yale-Harvard Ivy League playoff. Dartmouth, maybe rightfully so, was relegated to an afterthought. “This really hurts Yale more than
it helps Dartmouth, right?” one ESPN commentator joked. There is little talk about the gamewinner itself, and even less about the player that shot it. But that’s just fine by Maldunas. All that mattered to him was his family in the stands. Maldunas’ parents still live in the same town in which he was born. Panevezys is one of the largest cities in Lithuania — in other words, it’s about the size of Hartford, Connecticut. “It’s just a neat town,” Maldunas said. “Pretty casual. I really like it there. It’s quiet, nothing crazy.” His final regular season game marked the first time in seven years that both his brother and his father were able to see him play. Growing up, Maldunas was the youngest of three children. His older brother, Aurimas, is 10 years older, and his sister, Rugile, has seven years on him as well. Naturally, everyone took care of the baby of the family. Maldunas’ basketball career wasn’t love at first sight. Recruiters began scouting him as early as the second grade, but his first season was nearly his last. He didn’t like basketball at first and wanted to quit, but his parents and older brother made him continue
playing. “I’ve got to thank them for that now,” Maldunas said. There’s no doubt that Maldunas has an athletic family background. His brother used to play basketball, and his parents were both rowers in college and captains of their respective boats, which is how they met and got married. His life in his hometown was relatively normal. Basketball and studying took up most of his time. When he did have free time, Maldunas would often hang out with his twin cousins, but in Lithuania that often meant basketball as well. “[Basketball] is huge [in Lithuania] — everyone talks about basketball,” Maldunas said. “Everyone knows lots of stuff about the [National Basketball Association], every Lithuanian player.” In Lithuania, basketball teams aren’t typically associated with schools, Maldunas said. Talented kids go to school during the day and then practice with their teams after school. Both the government and private organizations sponsor basketball programs. Maldunas’s favorite team growing up was BC Lietuvos rytas, a professional squad based out of Lithuania’s capital city, Vilnius. The seven-hour time differ-
ence made it difficult for him to watch NBA games, and he hadn’t even heard of March Madness or the popularity of college basketball until he arrived in the states. When Maldunas was 15, he attended a basketball camp with a couple of his friends. While the camp wasn’t intended for recruiting, he was noticed anyways. Stepas Kairys, a famous former-coach-turned-agent in Lithuania, approached Maldunas and pitched him the idea of playing
in an American prep school to try to earn a college scholarship. Kairys had facilitated a Lithuania-to-United States pipeline for years and produced many college players across the U.S. Even if it meant sending their youngest halfway across the globe, the Maldunas family made the decision. They wanted the best for their son. After his freshman year of high school in Lithuania, Maldunas packed his bags SEE MALDUNAS PAGE 6
Courtesy of Gabas Maldunas
The Maldunas family, pictured in their backyard in Panecezys, Lithuania.