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College will hire new sexual assault counselor

By ANNIE MA

The Dartmouth Staff

est. These programs included a film foreign study program in Los Angeles that began in winter 2014 and an exchange term in Cuba that will start next fall.

Off-campus programs saw a significant increase in the number of applications to exchange programs. While 182 students applied to exchange programs for the 2014-15 academic year, this year’s figure reached 232,

A new sexual assault counselor will join the College’s Counseling and Human Development clinical staff to be used as a “confidential” resource, CHD director Heather Earle said, following the change of the Sexual Assault Awareness Program from “confidential” to “private.”

The College will conduct a national search for candidates.

Interested candidates will be screened and interviewed by a search committee, which will include both faculty and student input from diverse parts of campus.

Title IX and the Clery Act require the College to keep a record of reported incidents of sexual assault, dating violence and gender-based harassment. Resources deemed “private” are required to report incidents to the College’s Title IX and Clery Act compliance officer, Heather Lindkvist. In contrast, those resources deemed “confidential” may not release any information shared by an individual unless granted express permission.

SAAP, which provides support to survivors and connected them to other resources, was recently changed from a confidential to a private resource, Earle said. This change was a major motivation in the creation this new counseling position, which Earle said would be a confidential and privileged resource.

“With the changes taking place, we really wanted to make sure there’s an identified person who can be confidential, and this is a great way to be able to have that,” Earle said.

Currently, all of the College’s clinical counseling staff

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The number of applications for FSPs, LSAs and exchange programs has increased from last year.

B y STEFFEN ERIKSEN Applications for off-campus programs increased by 8.9 percent this year, with a significant bump in exchange program applications, executive director of Dartmouth’s Frank J. Guarini Institute for International EducationJohn Tansey wrote in an e-mail.

With the Feb. 1 application deadline now passed, the number of applications for off-campus programs totaled

1,258 for the upcoming 201516 academic year, compared to the 1,155 received by last Feb. 1, he said.

While off-campus programs cancelled certain programs recently — including a German language study program in Berlin and an Arabic language study abroad in Tangier, Morocco — due to a lack of committed interest, the College has also developed new programs for the upcoming year to meet student inter-

Experts speak at panel about Ebola B y ALLISON LIEGNER

The Dickey Center hosted an informational panel yesterday evening titled “Ebola in West Africa: Lessons from a Global Health Crisis,” featuring health workers involved in the Ebola crisis in West Africa. The panel, held in Filene Auditorium, highlighted the work being done by health officials to combat the disease, Dickey’s Global Health Initiative program manager Jessica Friedman said.

She noted that the event provided

another perspective on the crisis than the one portrayed in the media, adding that this epidemic demonstrated the potential security implications of a public health crisis.

The event started with a keynote address by the current director of the Global Migration and Quarantine division of the Center for Disease Control Martin Cetron, a member of the Class of 1981. He provided a brief history on the Ebola virus, calling it “a rare and SEE EBOLA PAGE 3

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DAily debriefing In a poll of New Hampshire Democratic primary voters, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received an overwhelming 58 percent of support, according to the Valley News. Fourteen percent of those polled by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center said they would vote for Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), eight percent for Vice President Joe Biden and six percent for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt). Support within the Republican party is more split, and the party has multiple prospective candidates who are likely to campaign extensively in New Hampshire. No candidates have formally joined the race, but Clinton has consistently been backed by 60 percent of potential Democratic primary voters, according to the UNH survey.

Congress passed a bill to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a measure that President Obama has threatened to veto, the Concord Monitor reported. On Feb. 11, the Republican-dominated House voted 270-152 in favor of the bill and supported changes made by the Senate stating that climate change is not a hoax. Neither the House nor the Senate has enough votes to override a veto. The clearing of the bill was the result of weeks of debate for Republicans and efforts to garner Democratic votes. The pipeline, which would connect Canada’s tar sands to Gulf coast refineries, is a symbol of the divide between the parties on environmental and energy-related issues. Republicans, along with the oil industry, view the project as a way to create more jobs and boost energy security, while Democrats focus on the consequences for global warming.

Several hundred people attended a public hearing in Montpelier concerning gun legislation, the VT Digger reported. S.31 is a bill currently before the state Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill would make it a crime to sell a gun privately without a licensed dealer to perform a background check and enable state prosecutors to enforce federal firearm possession laws. It would also require the state to report the names of people with mental illness to the database used to check if someone can purchase a gun. One-hundred-and-eight people signed up to testify at the hearing, of which 67 were opposed to the bill and 43 were in favor. Opponents to the bill cited a low crime rate in Vermont, apprehension about the potential burden on lawful gun owners and concerns about a step towards an eventual confiscation of firearms. Supporters viewed the bill as a public health measure that could keep guns away from criminals and reduce avoidable deaths.

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Counselor will be confidential resource FROM COUNSELOR PAGE 1

know how to work with survivors and how to address post-traumatic stress disorder, Earle said. While some of the clinical staff work as generalists, Earle said that others have subspecialties working with students and developing programs on issues such as drug abuse, suicide prevention and eating disorders. Earle said this new position would fit into this current structure by adding a counselor with “above-and-beyond” qualifications for working with survivors and in-depth knowledge of government regulations including Title IX and the Clery Act. Susy Struble, founder of the nonprofit advocacy group Dartmouth Change, said that while the added position is a strong indication of the College taking more steps to support survivors, one issue survivors often face is barriers to resources. In particular, Struble pointed out the cap placed by most schools on the number of counseling sessions students can have in any given year. In addition, Struble said that understaffing in counseling departments across the country can lead to long waits before a survivor can see a professional.

At Dartmouth, students are generally allowed between 10 to 12 sessions

at CHD per academic year, Earle said, depending on the issues they bring forth. Counseling sessions at Dick’s House, she said, are not charged to a student’s insurance, and students are referred to outside providers for continuous or more specialized care.

Struble pointed to a conflict of interest, such as concern over school reputation and reporting numbers, that can be inherent when institutions provide support to survivors. She said directing students to outside programs — like WISE — would remove this conflict.

“When I say conflict of interest, I don’t mean it as fingerpointing,” Struble said. “It’s a natural thing to occur in this area, and I’d rather we be up-front and address it. There can be times where there’s a gap between what the survivor needs and what is in the College’s best interest.”

As Dartmouth waits for the Office of Civil Rights to rule on its Title IX and Clery Act investigations, Struble said that the College’s recent actions to promote resources for survivors could be preemptive of what it expects the investigations to recommend.

Caroline Heldman, co-founder of the advocacy group End Rape on Campus that helped lead a Title IX complaint against Occidental College, said that students often face

less concrete barriers to reporting and seeking help. She cited a culture of repeated poor handling of sexual assault cases by institutions and law enforcement where what happens to survivors is not taken seriously. In addition, Heldman identified informal barriers to reaching out, such as social pressures.

“Oftentimes, survivors will experience their friends turning on them,” Heldman said. “It’s really hard, losing your friend group, and that can be a huge barrier to healing.”

Colleges that have prominent support systems for survivors will have trained nurses, advocates and mental health providers for those who have experienced sexual assault, she said.

Heldman also said, however, that most schools do not have trained mental health professionals who are capable of responding to the trauma of sexual assault. She cited a lack of money as the reason why schools sometimes cap the number of visits a student can have each year.

“This position is a wonderful sign that Dartmouth is putting its money where its mouth is,” Heldman said.

“It’s one piece of a larger puzzle.

Dartmouth does appear to be making a concrete step, but we’re a long way off from having all the data and knowledge to address this problem.”

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Ebola panel discusses epidemic prevention FROM EBOLA PAGE 1

deadly disease, previously the stuff of movies” that saw few outbreaks before the recent 2014 epidemic in West Africa.

The disease is incredibly lethal by any standard, Cetron said, and its impact is exacerbated by extreme poverty and weak health care systems in West Africa.

He said that the United States — which brought back two American missionaries infected with the virus abroad for treatment at Emory University — faced logistical challenges transporting the patients as well as questions about the “ethical use of quarantine” domestically and internationally. President Barack Obama was essential to promoting international efforts to combat the disease, he said. He noted that the United States expanded its Ebola management capabilities since the first infected mis-

sionary arrived on Sept. 30.

Cetron said that addressing the epidemic in West Africa requires multiagency coordination and that the CDC encountered a wealth of challenges in confronting the disease’s progress. He noted that porous national borders, a lack of health care resources and mobile populations poses specific problems for treating and preventing the spread of Ebola. He added that the communities affected also had a “bankruptcy of trust” in government officials due to decades of war and corruption.

The biggest progress in preventing infections, he said, was made by encouraging a change in traditional burial practices, which exposes many to the highly contagious bodies of those infected.

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screening and containment initiatives, he said.

He noted the importance of shifting the perspective of the situation from that of a health epidemic to a humanitarian crisis.

The panelist portion opened up with Geisel School of Medicine professor Elizabeth Talbot, who joined the conversation via Skype from Sierra Leone, where she works as the training Coordinator for the International Medical Corps. She said that she decided to use her skills to educate health workers because she “was very moved by the epidemic.”

She said that she decided to work in Sierra Leone because of the pressing need in the country. She noted that in her experience on the ground she found that survivors of Ebola often didn’t seek formal treatment because of misinformation and the stigma surrounding the virus.

The Ebola epidemic “blind-sided” the international health community, she said, noting that agencies learned to adapt to the spread of the disease and develop new strategic responses for similar situations. Talbot said that she hopes the public health structure will be enhanced to combat epidemics in the future.

Lu’aie Kailani, a fellow in infectious disease at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, said he worked directly with Ebola patients in Liberia. He said he focused on infection prevention and control and worked “hands-on” in Ebola treatment centers across the area.

Kailani said that the guidelines for each treatment center were different, from uniforms to cleaning processes.

He said that his interest in Ebola stemmed from many sources, including his current work toward a master of public health degree from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He noted similarities between this outbreak and the HIV outbreak in the 1980s.

The final panelist, Susan Amundsen, an advanced practice registered nurse with a master’s of science in nursing, said she researched historical Ebola outbreaks and said she wanted to provide those present at the panel a “boots-on-the-ground feeling” about the situation.

She said that health officials must have flexibility in combatting an evolving medical situation, such as the Ebola epidemic, noting that official training and uniforms of health care workers changed during her stay.

After the formal discussion, the panel opened up to questions from the audience. One member asked about the political difficulties of addressing the Ebola epidemic. Cetron said that a “crisis of this magnitude doesn’t have a single czar who calls the shots” and that the prevention effort required a multifaceted response. He noted that the international nature of the public health crisis required action from multiple political and non-governmental actors.

Hilary Johnson ’15 said that she was impressed by the panel and originally came because of her interest in understanding epidemics from an engineering standpoint. She said that the event both provided information and offered humanizing portraits of the victims of Ebola.

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The rationale behind the hard alcohol ban is unclear and disputed.

A campus hard alcohol ban was perhaps is more strongly correlated to binge drinking. the most significant policy change that Col- The College seems more concerned with lege President Phil Hanlon announced in appearing to take a tough stand on alcohol his Jan. 29 “Moving Dartmouth Forward” rather than devising a rigorous and effective address. Since then, colleges and national policy, as Hanlon’s plan does not address the media outlets alike have fact that binge drinkdebated the merits of “First, it is disappointing ing can occur with all the ban. Beyond the that Hanlon did not alcoholic drinks.

College’s talking points,

Moreover, if disclose or explicitly cite there does not seem to administrators are the research underlying the seriously concerned be widespread agreement that this is indeed the way hard alcohol ban.” with tackling binge forward. The justification drinking, rather than and arguments for the ban simply hiding it from leave us unconvinced that this was the best public view, then they should not flatten their possible tool at administrators’ disposal to measurement of the problem into a single, ensure student safety and well-being. misleading metric — hospital transports. One First, it is disappointing that Hanlon did of the stated arguments in favor of the ban not disclose or explicitly cite the research un- is that most medical transports from Dick’s derlying the hard alcohol ban. We had hoped, House to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical as we stated in our Jan. 23 editorial, that the Center involve hard alcohol consumption.

College would announce such a major policy But medical transports are only a subset of change with evidence that makes its reasoning all binge drinking incidents, and only occur clear. The presidential steering committee’s in specific circumstances, like when students final report includes a long bibliography in the request medical assistance for an intoxicated appendix — but cites just two sources in the friend. Most binge drinkers — a category actual hard alcohol section of the document, which includes any man who drinks over four with no stated reference to the data that led beers and any woman who drinks over three the committee to its conclusion. Not enough beers in one night — do not go to DHMC. effort was made to make this policy transpar- Medical transport incidents can even fall as ent, and as a result, we are overall drinking rates left wondering why it was “The hard alcohol ban increase, as they have chosen in the first place. and surrounding rhetoric here at Dartmouth.

This apparent focus on hard alcoindicate that administrators hol banThe rhetoric and public image and surroundsuggests that the College do not fully grasp what ing rhetoric indicate did not thoroughly consid- binge drinking looks like that administrators er all possible outcomes and why it is a problem.” do not fully grasp of its ban. In her Feb. 9 what binge drinking column, “Don’t Blame it looks like and why on the Alcohol,” Nicole Simineri ’17 brought it is a problem. An unhealthy culture of attention to the fact that women opt for liquor alcohol consumption will persist regardless over beer and wine, which raises the possibil- of whether the alcohol comes from a liquor ity that the ban will have a disproportionate bottle or a can of beer. At the very least, effect on female students. And as Douglas the College must take these concerns into Goodman pointed out in his Jan. 30 letter to consideration when developing a detailed the editor, two studies have shown that beer plan for implementation.

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What are your thoughts on the hard alcohol ban?

I can see why banning hard alcohol would seem like a sound solution for binge drinking, but it seems unclear what makes administrators believe it is feasible. It is already against state law and Dartmouth policies for underage students to drink, yet this clearly does not stop them from accessing alcohol. It is absurd to expect older students not to consume hard alcohol in College-owned housing, when such a practice is very legal just a few hundred feet away in downtown Hanover. Enforcing this policy will undoubtedly be a challenge.

— Reem Chamseddine ’17 At some point, we have all learned about the Prohibition era in the United States — and the famous failure that it was. An authoritative body that bans something, without having the means of fully enforcing the ban, will never be successful. Banning hard alcohol is not going to be effective. Not only will students likely continue to engage in its consumption, but it may become a larger safety hazard if students are more reluctant to seek medical assistance knowing the repercussions of being caught with hard alcohol are more severe.

— Caroline Hsu ’18 The hard alcohol ban will likely have the opposite effect of making students drink healthier or more responsibly. Because students can no longer access hard alcohol in semi-public spaces — like fraternities, where administrators have some capacity to regulate consumption — hard alcohol consumption will move to private dorm rooms. If students fear getting caught with hard alcohol, they are more likely to drink quickly, rather than in a slower, measured way over the course of a night. This sort of consumption — the too-much-too-fast sort that often lands firstyears at Dick’s House — is what the College is trying to prevent, yet it’s exactly what the ban will likely encourage. Coupled with new measures requiring third-party bartenders at events, the hard alcohol ban effectively eliminates underage drinking anywhere but in private rooms.

This makes younger women particularly vulnerable to new avenues of sexual assault.

More than ever, it will be easy for students to lure other students into their rooms with the promise of hard alcohol. Not only does the ban encourage risky drinking, it also creates a campus culture where young women are more likely to follow men into private rooms where there’s no one in easy reach to help them, if necessary. Though well-intended, the hard alcohol ban contradicts two of College President Hanlon’s core goals. It won’t make drinking habits healthier on campus, and instead of combatting sexual assault, the ban facilitates it.

— Jessica Lu ’18 Since coming to Dartmouth, I have witnessed countless young adults stumble across campus, up and down staircases and in the sweltering basements. Sometimes it’s all in good fun, and sometimes it ends with an assault or alcohol poisoning. While I think

College President Phil Hanlon’s heart is in the right place, enforcing this ban is going to be an uphill battle. If there is anything I have learned from the millennial generation, it is that they love breaking the rules almost as much as their parents did in the 1960s.

The alcohol that isn’t stuffed into closets and trunks will likely be stashed in off-campus apartments — where Hanover Police may have jurisdiction, but only with probable cause.

It’s time that students learn to drink responsibly, but that’s not going to be accomplished by limiting them to beer and wine. Cocaine and marijuana are illegal substances, but if you think they aren’t present on this campus, you’re either living under a rock or spending too much time in the stacks. If students want the hard stuff, they will have it. With the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan, President Hanlon has seemingly forgotten that the bulk of the student body is both smart and relatively wealthy. With those powers combined, people generally get their way.

Hard alcohol isn’t all bad either. Talk to enough body-conscious people, and some will say that they prefer vodka and juice over beer to maintain their figure. It also allows for people to build a tolerance and discover their limits. If the ban could actually be enforced, we’d have graduates who don’t have a clue about what they can handle when they go out into the world and discover what nightlife can be. Ultimately, you can’t change what students want.

— William Peters ’15 Some of the sharpest criticism of the liquor ban has been a product of confusion.

The ban is not prohibition — Keystone will still flow freely in fraternities, for better or worse. As a cursory glance at the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee’s report will confirm, the point of the ban is not to reduce sexual assault. It is to reduce high-risk drinking. According to the committee’s report, other schools that have tried out the policy, including Bates, Colby and Bowdoin Colleges, have seen decreases in alcohol-related medical transports. If Dartmouth’s ban causes a similar decline, denying underage students the unhealthy habit of consuming liquor with impunity is a small price to pay. If you’re over 21, just walk yourself to the bar when you want shots of the hard stuff.

— Jon Vandermause ’16 I think the hard alcohol ban is here to stay, and while the method of its implementation could be open to discussion, its existence is not. Students and organizations alike need to recognize that the time to decry the ban’s existence — and the illogical basis for its inception — is behind us. The way forward lies in being flexible within this new, extant framework. Stop complaining about the hard alcohol ban, and start predicting and engaging with the potential downstream effects that will result from it.

— Aylin Woodward ’15

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Off-campus programs diversifies options based on student interest FROM FSP PAGE 1

a 27.5 percent boost from last year, Tansey said.

The College provides a variety of exchange programs, but a majority of the applications were concentrated in three of the most popular programs, he said.

Tansey said that 77 percent of exchange program applications were submitted for study at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, Keble College at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

The new exchange program based in Cuba through the Casa de las Américas — a Cuban organization dedicated to developing sociocultural relations between Cuba and the rest of the world — and the University of Havana will launch its trial run next fall.

Associate dean of the faculty for international and interdisciplinary studies Lynn Higgins said that “there are more applications than there are spaces” for both the fall and winter terms of the Cuban exchange program.

FSP, LSA and LSA+ programs received 1,026 applications, a 5.4 percent increase from the 973 applications for the 2014-15 academic year, Tansey said.

Higgins said that they must wait to see how many students actually enroll in the programs before they determine if any programs will be cancelled.

Though some off-campus programs in France have been threatened with cancellation in recent years, French and Italian department chair Andrea Tarnowski said that off-campus programs received a substantial amount of applications

to programs in both France and Italy.

Tarnowski noted that the number of applications reflects a joint effort by professors and students who have previously participated in the programs. She said that the department made a big effort in introductory courses to promote abroad programs.

“Instructors and student alumni are doing a good job of encouraging applications, and I think students are responding well to the opportunities because they really are great programs,” Tarnowski said.

Despite recent cancellations, including that of the Tangier FSP, Asian and Middle Eastern studies department chair Jonathan Smolin wrote in an email that the new LSA+ program in Rabat is ready for a summer launch. Smolin, who will be leading the program over the summer, said that department received 24 applications.

As student interest evolves, Higgins said it is necessary to assess the value of each program to determine where there is success and room to develop new programs.

“We are always creating new programs and evaluating and assessing the continued relevance of existing programs,” Higgins said.

Tansey said that off-campus programs works in partnership with academic departments, the Dean of Faculty’s office and the committee for off-campus activities to determine which programs will run.

Certain programs continue to accept applications past the Feb. 1 deadline, including the German studies FSP in Berlin for fall 2015, the AMES/women and gender studies FSP in Hyderabad, India for winter 2015 and the AMES FSP in Morocco for spring 2016.

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This upcoming weekend sees nine Dartmouth teams in action as both the term and winter sports seasons wind down. Coming off an emotionally-charged Carnival Weekend is always tough, but the Big Green will need to avoid a hangover as they face tough opposition and high stakes this weekend.

Several teams are looking to make a playoff push in order to secure themselves a place at NCAAs, while others are looking to right the ship in time for a late-season run.

Men’s Hockey vs. Cornell University (Friday at 7 p.m.)

The men’s hockey team (11-84, 8-6-2 ECAC) comes in on fire, having won five straight games and not lost since Jan. 17. A big reason for the men’s success is their offense, which has scored a total of 23 goals over the five-game streak. They return home after a Carnival on the road, looking to keep the good times rolling against an up-and-down Cornell team (10-10-3, 8-7-1 ECAC), which boasts wins over Harvard University and Union College but also a loss against last-place Princeton University.

The first time these two teams met, the Big Green won handily with a score of 5-2 in Lynah Rink, which is always a tough place to play. The Big Green built a 4-0 lead

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on the road through two periods before the Big Red brought it back to a two-goal game late. Eric Neiley ’15, the Big Green’s leading scorer of the season, was the star of the game with four points.

The Cornell game always draws a big crowd from both teams, so expect a raucous Thompson Arena.

The good mojo and home crowd should help carry the Dartmouth men to a win Friday night.

PREDICTION: Dartmouth 4-1 Women’s Hockey at Colgate University (Friday at 7 p.m.)

The women’s hockey team (1111-2, 7-9-2 ECAC) is coming off an up-and-down Carnival weekend themselves. The team raced out to a big lead Friday against Brown University, before falling 6-2 to Yale University. Unlike the men’s league where the top 12 teams qualify, only the top eight in the Eastern Coast Athletic Conference qualify for the postseason tournament. With four games to play, the Dartmouth women sit tied for seventh with Yale — seven points behind Princeton University and seven ahead of this Friday’s opponent, Colgate (7-22-1, 4-13-1 ECAC).

All the Big Green needs is a tie against the Raiders to clinch a playoff berth and eliminate the Colgate women from contention. A win would also help the Dartmouth women inch closer to the sixth seed and a more favorable matchup in a top-heavy ECAC.

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On a five-game losing streak, the women’s basketball team will look to reverse its fortunes on an Ivy League road trip this

The Dartmouth women fell to the Raiders 2-0 in their first meeting in Hanover, despite out-shooting them 27-21. Given how much is at stake here, both teams will come into this game fired up.

PREDICTION: Dartmouth 3-1 Women’s Basketball at Columbia University (Saturday at 7 p.m.)

The women’s basketball team (10-10, 1-5 Ivy) looks to get off the schneid this weekend when it travels to Cornell University (13-7, 4-2 Ivy) and Columbia (6-14, 0-6 Ivy). The Lions come in with a sixgame losing streak of their own, with their last win a 45-38 contest

against the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Jan. 12. Columbia’s losing streak has included three 20-point-plus losses. This is also the first Ivy road weekend for the Big Green, who defeated Harvard University in its only Ancient Eight road contest thus far. In the friendly confines of Leede Arena, however, the Big Green is 0-5 against Ivy opponents.

Columbia can light up the scoreboard. Three players average double figures, and the team ranks fourth in the Ivy League in scoring.

Conversely, only two Big Green women, including league-leader Fanni Szabo ’17, average more

than 10 points per game. The Big Green rank last in scoring, with 58.3 points per game. The Big Green are fourth-best in defense in the Ancient Eight, while Columbia’s 70.1 points per game against place them in seventh.

The defensive side of the ball and the tempo will decide this game. If the Big Green can control both aspects and keep the game in the 50s or 60s, they should be able to come away with a win. If this turns into a shootout, Columbia’s balanced scoring may prove to be too much for Szabo, Lakin Roland ’16 and company.

PREDICTION: Dartmouth 62-55

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The women’s squash team beat Williams 6-3 at home. The team is competing in the Kurtz Cup this weekend at Harvard University.

again at their respective tournaments.

“Originally, we were upset that we didn’t make the top eight because that was our goal set for the season,” Funk said. “But the B-draw has Princeton, it has us, it has Navy, it has Cornell, who we narrowly beat 5-4. We lost to Princeton 6-3, so I think we have a chance to beat some teams.”

The women’s win over Brown last weekend leaves the team feeling positively about competing for the Kurtz Cup, as they may face the Bears again in the Championship.

Both the men and the women missed the top eight and are instead seeded in the B-division — the women, Wiens said, “basically by one match.”

“But it was a good run,” Wiens said.

“They fought well, they played well all season, and they are positive. If you try

everything and you don’t win, that’s fair enough.”

Under Wiens’ leadership, the women’s team has taken home the Kurtz cup twice, once in 2010 and again in 2013.

“Now there’s not much you can do. Just look after yourself. Eat well.

Rest well. And then just think positive.

Because you’ve done the work,” Wiens said. “Never change things too much.”

Aggie Bixler Kurtz, for whom the cup is named, started the women’s squash team at Dartmouth in 1972.

The women will play Bates College, who they beat 7-2 earlier in the season, at 2:15 p.m. today.

“This weekend should be really exciting matches,” Lurio said. “Even though I’m not playing, I’m hoping this weekend will be a highlight [of the team’s season].”

Lurio is a member of The Dartmouth Staff.

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2015

FRIDAY LINEUP

MEN’S HOCKEY VS. CORNELL 7 PM

MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. CORNELL 7 PM

Eric Neiley ’15 leads hockey team in career goals and points

B y gayne kalustian The Dartmouth Staff

8,415 days into the life of Eric Neiley ’15, both he and his brother, Kevin Neiley ’18, know the day that changed Eric’s life. With 23 years of life achievements from which to choose, the two brothers, in separate interviews, pinpointed the exact same day — the same moment even — with absolutely no delay or hesitation, as the start of Eric Neiley’s story. It was as if they were engaged in a tacit agreement, and they both decided: “Without a doubt, this is the day that Eric Neiley came to life.”

Sixteen years ago in the Wells Fargo Center — the brothers’ first Philadelphia Flyers game — Eric Neiley said he “fell in love” with hockey.

“Eric was unbelievably happy,” Neiley’s younger brother said. “I’ve never seen a kid love a sport more. It wasn’t very Eric. Eric is very sternfaced, but he was just all smiles and having a great time. It’s how he’s been ever since, how he is when he’s on the rink. That’s when he’s happiest.”

Though Eric Neiley does not come from what many might consider to be the typical hockey family, he went home after the Flyers game and immediately told his parents that he wanted take a turn on the ice. His dad didn’t come from a sports-heavy background — Neiley’s grandparents always pushed education first.

Even when the Neiley brothers did start playing, their dad would always

sit by himself to watch the games.

Everyone in the family, Neiley said, is pretty mellow and laid back, with the stark exception of his younger sister, Bridget, who is the most talkative and outgoing of an otherwise quiet family. Bridget plays “everything but” hockey, Kevin joked, tired from all the days she spent on the other side of the glass.

“I talk to her all the time. We’re really close. I’m a protective older brother, I guess,” Neiley said, relaxed and sunken into a couch in Brace Commons, allowing the end of his words to trail off into laughter.

In that moment I laughed. I have always found the student who sat across from me to be extremely kind — responsive to my requests for interviews and even willing to meet up with me at places that were more convenient for me than him. The description sounded almost funny coming from that guy. Yet, there was another reason for the laughter that filled the room as we thought about him claiming that classic stereotype of the overbearing older brother. At least for me, the laughter stemmed from the humor I found in imagining potential suitors stumbling over their words, faced with the challenge of maintaining composure under the threat of Eric Neiley’s gaze.

Why? Because I’ve seen Neiley play hockey.

Criticized throughout his life as being “too small” for collegiate hockey, the self-identified 5’10” center is now one of the physically strongest players on the team, making up for his perceived height

disadvantage by becoming one of the strongest pound-for-pound athletes at Dartmouth. He plays on his own shift, the power play and the penalty kill — and even has stepped in to run an extra half-shift when Charlie Mosey ’15 went down in the first period against Union College. Like most players 23 games into a season, he has his fair share of pains, but he’s not the kind of athlete to ever show it, men’s hockey head coach Bob Gaudet said.

Even in high school, Neiley played through pain. He once played an entire game of hockey with a ruptured kidney, which was damaged on the first shift and not treated until much later that evening, when Neiley was evacuated to a Boston hospital from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. He returned to the ice earlier than expected, tallying 40 points in 10 games.

Now, Neiley leads Dartmouth with the same drive and competitiveness which he used to silence the voices who believe more in the genetic advantage of physical size than individual drive. He sits atop the team’s charts in career goals and points, and he also leads the team in penalties this year — both in minutes served and number taken.

While there is no fighting in NCAA hockey (and not like the way there’s “no fighting” in the National Hockey League), Eric Neiley provides the Big Green a physical presence on the ice. Specifically, he brings that presence in the opposing team’s slot — a

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Eric Neiley ’15 has provided an offensive spark for the Big Green in his four years.

critical area to create a disturbance for any team’s offense.

When he plays, he says he’s a “very” emotional player, leaving a lot on his sleeve for teams and spectators to see. Line-mate Grant Opperman ’17 said at least three separate times in his interview that Neiley is “fearless.”

“He’s a beast,” Opperman said.

“He’s not afraid to scrum it out.

The guy competes hard. It’s pretty scary to go against him. I’m glad he’s on our team.”

It’s hard not to see in Eric Neiley today what his brother saw at the Flyers game 16 years ago —how he knew in that moment that this game would stay with him for the rest of his life. He’s a little taller than his seven-year-old self, a lot stronger and one kidney worse for the wear. Yet, some part of that kid remains — the kid going to his first ever professional hockey game, looking down on fresh ice, waiting, as he would so many times for himself, for the puck to drop.

Squash teams finish regular season by sweeping Williams at home B y EMILY WECHSLER The Dartmouth Staff

The squash teams ended their seasons Wednesday with wins against Williams College at the Berry Squash Courts. The No. 10 men blanked the Ephs 9-0, and the No. 9 women stumbled slightly, getting the victory 6-3.

Prior to the match, the teams recognized seven seniors — Sarah Caughey ’15, Helena Darling ’15, Marian Lurio ’15, Oona Morris ’15, Mark Funk ’15, Bayard Kuensell ’15 and Michael Mistras ’15 — who played their last home matches.

The end of the season has been busy for Dartmouth squash, as the teams both played two matches this

past weekend. The men’s squash team (6-7, 2-5) beat then-No. 13 Brown University 9-0 before falling to No. 5 Yale University 7-2. The women (6-7, 1-6) also split their weekend matches, beating No. 11 Brown 6-3 and losing to No. 5 Yale 9-0. Less than 24 hours after beating Williams on Wednesday night, the women headed off to Harvard University to compete for the Kurtz Cup in the College Squash Association’s Women’s National Team Championships.

The men will head to their College Squash Association National Team Championship tournament next weekend at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Lurio, who played her last college

squash season matches against Williams, said her career has flown by.

“It’s weird. A little sad. Bittersweet,” she said. “I really enjoy being on the team, and it’s been a really good experience, but I can’t believe it’s over.”

Funk said he “couldn’t be happier” as he ended his last regular season.

“I’m happy to go out with these boys,” he said. “Great class of freshmen.

My parents made it to almost every match.”

In honor of the seniors there was strong attendance at the match from friends and parents.

The men played a dominant match against Williams, with every player handling his opponent in four or less games.

“We knew we were the better team, and everybody won,” Funk said. “Everybody came in prepared and executed their game plan.”

Head coach Hansi Wiens said that the men have been “on a roll” the last couple weeks.

Though they won, the women had more trouble with their competition, losing three matches against Williams and going to five games in two of their wins.

“It wasn’t our best match, but we won and hopefully it’s out of our system,” Lurio said. “It just wasn’t the best day.”

Lurio said that the match was made more exciting because Janel Gaube ’18, who was injured the entire season, played and won her first college match.

Against Brown, Wiens said, both teams played well and won comfortably.

“We played Yale on Sunday, which we knew was much harder,” Wiens said. “Our women played well but didn’t really have a chance. Our men had a chance, we lost 7-2 but lost three matches in five games and in the end just didn’t push through. In the end it comes to fighting, and I think Yale just fought harder than we did. They weren’t really better. They were just so close, and it was not our day.”

This leaves the women to look forward to this weekend’s championship and the men to look forward to next weekend. Both teams may face Williams SEE SQUASH PAGE 7