VOL. CLXXI NO. 112
PARTLY CLOUDY
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Trustees approve Hood expansion
A FAIR TO REMEMBER
HIGH 66 LOW 48
By Priya Ramaiah The Dartmouth Staff
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SPORTS
SOCCER CONTINUES HOME WIN STREAK PAGE SW 2
OPINION
PARAJULI: DESTINED TO STAGNATE PAGE 4
ARTS
WOODY ALLEN’S LATEST FALLS SHORT OF MAGIC PAGE 11
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Students flood the Green for the annual activities fair on Sunday afternoon.
Kiefer fills new senior fundraising position
B y ERICA BUONANNO The Dartmouth Staff
Michael Kiefer, newly appointed vice president for presidential initiatives and principal gifts, officially began his duties on Sept. 2. Kiefer, a former vice president for institutional advancement at Haverford College with more than 25 years of experience working in higher education, will work with deep-
pocketed alumni to raise money for large projects like the creation of faculty clusters and the expansion of the Hood Museum of Art and Thayer School of Engineering. Kiefer’s role was created this year to better support the advancement division’s senior leadership. The division, founded in 2010 by former College President SEE KIEFER PAGE 2
The Board of Trustees approved a project to expand the Hood Museum and triple its classroom capacity during its September meeting and annual retreat over the weekend. The Trustees also received updates from across the College, including the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network, the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee and the three graduate schools.
The Hood expansion will include three new objectstudy rooms that can accommodate a wider range of class sizes. With more than 1,000 students using the Hood for academics every year, the museum is an important part of the College’s “academic mosaic,” Board of Trustees chair Bill Helman ’80 said. Helman started as chair in early June, replacing Steve Mandel ’78, who was appointed in 2010. SEE TRUSTEES PAGE 5
Dartmouth falls three spots in undergrad teaching rankings
B y Michael Qian
The Dartmouth Staff
The College dropped one spot to the 11th best university in the country, and three spots to fourth in undergraduate teaching in the U.S. News and World Report annual rankings released last week. This decline comes after Dartmouth held the top spot in undergraduate teaching for five years, an accomplishment Dartmouth has highlighted in the past. Dean of admissions and financial aid
Maria Laskaris said she does not think the change in rankings will affect students’ decision to apply. She said the College is not driven by rankings but is always striving to improve, citing entrepreneurship, experiential learning, off-campus programs, internships and extracurricular activities as hallmarks of Dartmouth’s undergraduate experience. Dartmouth moved up to number seven in this year’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” SEE RANKING PAGE 3
Index places College 31st for socioeconomic accessibility B y REBECCA ASOULIN The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth ranked 31st for socioeconomic accessibility among around 100 colleges with fouryear graduation rates of at least 75 percent, according to a New York Times analysis published last week. While dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris noted a growing awareness of inequality on campus, students interviewed said the College could
do more to promote discussions of socioeconomic status. The index combines data on cost of attendance and Pell grants received, with higher scores indicating greater accessibility. Vassar College ranked first, earning a score of 3.1, while Dartmouth received a score of 0.8, fifth of eight Ivy League institutions. The analysis, published on The Upshot blog, determined its rankings using the number of freshmen receiving Pell grants in
the past three years and the net price of schooling for households earning between $30,000 and $48,000 per year that qualify for federal aid. Socioeconomic status affects the way admissions officers evaluate applications, dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris said, as students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds often come from
College AcCess Index
ERIN O’NEIL/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF; DATA FROM NYTIMES.COM
SEE DIVERSITY PAGE 9
The Upshot index combines data on cost and Pell grants.