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Last week, researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center received an award worth up to $42 million from the National Institute of Health to study the influence of environmental exposures on children’s health.

The funding is provided as part of Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes, a seven-year initiative recently launched by the NIH to further investigate how environmental exposures could affect the health of children and adolescents.

“What we are trying to do in ECHO is pinpoint early environmental factors — factors that occur at the earliest stages of human development that may have impact on child health,” said Matthew G. Gillman, director of the ECHO program, in a video announcing the program. “We can intervene to set kids on healthy trajectories for their lifetimes.”

E C H O ’s a p p ro a ch t o achieving its goals is different from that of its predecessor, the National Children’s Study.

The NCS was abolished in SEE NIH PAGE 3

By EMMA DEMERS

Q&A with professor Chistopher Sneddon

By JIMMY McCOLGAN The Dartmouth

To Christopher Sneddon, water is not only the source of human life, but also the source of many human conflicts. The geography and environmental studies professor’s research interests lie in settling human interests with environmental sustainability. For Sneddon, this has largely taken form in water research, specifically

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Students at HackDartmouth build a product in 24 hours of coding.

focusing on changes in riverbasins in “third-world” — a term he acknowledges as problematic — settings. For instance, he studied the Mekong River Basin in East Asia in one of his largest research projects. More recently, his research has shifted in subject, era and location. He is currently working on a project with fellow College professors SEE SNEDDON PAGE 2

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At this year’s HackDartmouth, sleep was optional.

Over 200 students participated last weekend in the third iteration of Dartmouth’s 24-hour hackathon, a competition in which students compete to build a product using a variety of programming skills. Such a task may seem daunting, but no previous “hacking” skill is needed.

“We definitely encourage beginners,” said HackDartmouth co-director Helen He ’18. “We offer workshops on various topics and beginners try-

ing to build a website can learn and come up with something by the end of the hackathon.”

This is certainly true for Alejandro Cuan-Martinez ’20, who is currently enrolled in “Introduction to Computer Science” and whose prior knowledge consisted only of selftaught JavaScript.

“It’s more about getting hands-on experience,” Cuan-Martinez said. “You get to figure things out yourself and apply a workshop to your own project.”

Cuan-Martinez and three other members of the Class of 2020 — Lessley Hernandez , Saeeda

Ullah and Jasmine Mai — entered HackDartmouth as a team, but said they were more focused on the learning aspect than on winning a prize. In the past, competition judges have awarded video gaming consoles and audio equipment to the winning teams.

For more experienced coders, HackDartmouth provides an opportunity to apply their knowledge.

“Our CS department has made a lot of strides in giving people practical skills,” said HackDartmouth co-director Rob SEE HACK PAGE 5

Rockefeller Center panel to discuss national economics

By KRISTINE JIWOO AHN The Dartmouth

Today’s “Links between Financial Markets and the American Economy” symposium will feature debate from three distinguished panelists on recent and prospective changes to the financial system. The lecture will characterize connections

between the financial system and the broader economy, as well as how changes in the supervision of the American financial system could help mitigate risks and promote sustainable economic growth.

The panel, moderated by Tuck School of Business professor Peter Fisher, will consist of Annamaria Lusardi, the Denit

Trust Chair of economics and accountancy at the George Washington University School of Business; Jeremy Stein, an economics professor at Harvard University and Egon Zakrajšek, a senior advisor on the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors.

The trio brings a diverse set of perspectives and experiences,

having previously worked in an array of public offices, private sector jobs and the academic positions.

“The three panelists and the moderator are some of the most distinguished people in this field,” Andrew Levin, economics professor and event co-organizer, said. “They have an interesting mixture of deep

academic insight, having done a lot of research, and practical policy experience of working and making decisions in the real world.”

Lusardi’s fields of interest include financial literacy, personal finance, macroeconomics and entrepreneurship.Lusardi SEE ROCKY PAGE 3

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Snedon discusses his research and its teaching applications FROM SNEDDON PAGE 1

Francis Magilligan and Coleen Fox studying dam removal in New England, in which he concentrates on the social dimensions of such removal. And there is no great divide between his research and teaching subjects. Rather, he views research and teaching as mutually dependent.

Sneddon, who earned his Ph.D. in geography from the University of Minnesota, published a book titled “Concrete Revolution: Large Dams, Cold War Geopolitics, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation” last year and teaches classes on topics such as environmental history and politics.

What about water research piqued your interest specifically, as opposed to other areas of geography and environmental studies?

CS: The reason I became interested in water and particularly river basins is because it’s the resource that oftentimes becomes the focal point of conflicts, but at many different scales.

For instance, I studied the Mekong River Basin and at one geographical scale, you have many different nationstates trying to fine-tune or design

cooperative agreements regarding sharing the water in that basin. But at the same time, there are also conflicts between governments in that region and local communities, specifically over large-scale infrastructure such as large hydroelectric dams. And partly because water, of course, is vital. It’s an incredibly important part of all ecological and planetary systems. It’s the amazing substance that seems to be both the focus of cooperation and peaceful relationships between societies and people, but also sometimes becomes the point of conflicts.

And do you find most of these conflicts to arise when there’s a scarcity of water, or a scarcity of drinkable water?

CS: Scarcity certainly plays a role, but oftentimes water scarcity can be socially and politically constructed.

This isn’t to say there aren’t absolute water scarcities, especially in arid regions, if you think about the Middle East or southern Africa.

I read that you are working on a project right now regarding the social aspects that come with dam removal in New England. Can you tell me a bit

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CS: This is a collaborative project I have been working on with professor Frank Magilligan, who also works in the geography department, and professor Coleen Fox who works in the departments of geography and environmental studies. We’ve been working on it for the past several years. As dams age, they cease to serve their original function. New England is an incredibly—no pun intended— ‘dammed region.’ Going back to the 19th century when a lot of communities, private businesses and the governments, in some cases, were building mill dams for water power in the industrial era of New England.

Now, a lot of these dams are decrepit, and nobody wants to take ownership of them. So over the last 25 to 30 years there has been a push to restore those river systems. Yet, we’ve found conflicts tend to arise because some communities really value what we would call the ‘‘cultural landscape’’ that these dams have created. The have lived near the dam and its mill pond for generations. They see them as historical resources that should be preserved in the name of historical value. So it’s really interesting to us to see how some of these social dimensions of dam removal play out.

Do you think a lot of this comes from the aesthetic of dams?

Or do you think they truly are just very well-integrated in the cultural landscape or the landscape itself ?

CS: A bit of both. Some people mention that they like the sound of falling water. When dams are really integral to daily life in the community, they become almost a natural environment for certain people.

Environmental scientists or ecologists may look at it and say, “Well, that’s not natural; it’s a dam.” However, people see the different animal species associated with the dam and the mill ponds, and they associate them with their local- or life-world.

Do you find a lot of discrepancies in people’s sentiments depending on how long their families have been living in these communities?

CS: Especially for a lot of “oldtimers” in New England, you find a lot of folks grieving the loss of a historical resource. Although for some new-comers the dam sort of fits their preconceived notions of what New England should look like.

You have a big mill pond, you have a covered bridge, and everyone is like, “Oh, that’s New England!”

I read that much of your past research has been on “the transformation of river basins due to large-scale development,” especially in 20th-century, third-world settings. How do you find your current project to be different and do the differences pose many challenges to you?

CS: Yeah, it’s interesting. I work

within a field called “political ecology” and there used to be a division between folks doing this kind of research in the quote-on-quote “third world,” which is a problematic term that we often fall back on, and those doing research in the “first world.” I attribute this division to discrepancies in legal systems, as well as in political and economic contexts. Still, I believe that dam research has a lot of broad similarity.

Do you find your research to be really applicable in the classroom?

CS: Absolutely. I really love teaching.

And in fact, some of the courses I’ve taught have driven my research. I started teaching a class called Geopolitics and Third-World Development about eleven or twelve years ago, and that really got me thinking about how geopolitics—and the Cold War especially—are intertwined with the history of economic development. A book I recently published is an outgrowth of that class, and in teaching some issues I got a sense that this part of history wasn’t really being covered. I discussed the building of large dams all around the world in the twentieth century and—especially with the U.S. government using technical assistance as part of their Cold War strategy—to influence the newly independent countries in Asia, and Africa, and the Middle East, and to some extent in Latin America. I am as enthusiastic about doing my research as I am about bringing it into the classroom and talking to students about it and getting their feedback and reactions.

That’s really interesting because people often think of teaching and research as a one-sided relationship.

We think about how your research influences your teaching, but it’s interesting to hear how your teaching also influences your research.

CS: Right. When I first started teaching that class I wasn’t as familiar with geopolitical literature.

Then teaching got me interested in research questions I later pursued.

There does not need to be a strict research-teaching divide; it does not have to be a one-way street.

A lot of faculty finds that subject matter they’ve taught has pointed them in new research directions.

That’s the way it should be and I hope students understand that they can also influence the faculty’s interests and sometimes research questions.

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

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Panel highlights financial reforms Fed and has been a staunch advocate for its reform, contextualized the symtaught as an economics professor at posium’s relevance in light of recent Dartmouth from 1992-2010, and she economic events. has previously served as an academic “The financial crisis of 2007-08 was advisor to the United States Department the worst economic crisis since the Great of the Treasury, among other roles.

Depression. Millions of American famiStein focuses on toplies lost their ics including risk manjobs and agement and monetary “The financial crisis homes,” he policy. In March of 2014, of 2007-08 was the said. “The he gave a speech to the crucial isworst economic International Research sue in terms Forum on Monetary Pol- crisis since the Great of public icy in Washington, D.C., Depression” policy and discussing how monetary the financial policy should consider system is to issues of financial stability. -ANDREW LEVIN, make sure At the Fed, Zakrajšek that sort of helps analyze the relation- ECONOMICS PROFESSOR crisis doesn’t ship between financial happen stability and monetary again.” policy. He previously worked as an Levin said that it is important to economist at the Federal Reserve Bank recognize that this issue is not theoretical in New York, in addition to holding and that making policy decisions about teaching posts at Columbia University the financial system could potentially and Johns Hopkins University. have substantial economic consequencLevin, who spent two decades at the es.

FROM ROCKY PAGE 1

To Fisher, the connections between markets, policy and economy are crucial topics to consider both today and in the future.

“I realize that these questions may seem obtuse or remote, but they’re actually pressing issues of how the government can stimulate the economy — when it might go too far, and how people should manage the consequences,” he said.

Levin reiterated that he thinks it is important for the Dartmouth community to ponder these links, and that the symposium is intended to shed light on the various complexities.

“Even someone who’s not planning to go into the financial system or public policy should think about these issues because having a strong understanding would be helpful for them,” he said.

“This is connected to everything.”

The symposium will take place today at 5 p.m. in Filene Auditorium in Moore Hall. The Tuck School of Business, the economics department and the Rockefeller Center sponsored the event.

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Grant to support pediatrics research FROM NIH PAGE 1

2014 due to design and feasibility issues. Whereas the NCS planned on creating a new national birth cohort to perform research, ECHO will fund existing cohorts.

One such cohort is the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study, a research project led by Margaret Karagas, professor of epidemiology and chair of the department at Geisel. Launched in 2009 to examine the effects of various environmental factors on the health of pregnant women and their children in New Hampshire and Vermont, the NHBCS will be given up to $40 million in the next seven years to collaborate with other pediatric cohorts.

The NHBCS research team comprises faculty members across many departments, each tackling the issue with different tools.

Geography professor and NHBCS member Xun Shi wrote in an email that her role is to look at children’s environmental health issues from a geospatial perspective, such as whether access to green spaces has any impact on pediatric health outcomes.

The announcement of this funding should be promising to the pediatric industry in New Hampshire, as the state was not selected to be studied as part of the NCS. “I think I can say this is a much-needed award to study children’s health and environmental influences on children’s health,” Karagas said. “The NIH funding climate is very challenging right now, so I think for all investigators, these are challenging times.”

Paul Palumbo, Geisel professor of medicine and pediatrics and infectious disease specialist at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, will receive up to $2 million over the next four years to conduct pediatric clinical trials research. Palumbo will partner with the investigative teams located in Lebanon and Manchester to engage in pediatric-focused studies.

“One of the really exciting things about the new funding is that it will allow us to establish clinical trial research infrastructure around pediatrics that will encourage and help support the performance of pediatric clinical trials in New Hampshire by the Dartmouth community,” Palumbo said.

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GUEST COLUMNIST DAVID VAN WIE ’79 TH’84

GUEST COLUMNIST KALIE MARSICANO ’17

Dirty Money, Clean Cause

A Call to Inaction

Funding the Institute for Energy and Society with Irving Oil money was a major blunder.

I am dumbfounded. When I read that Irving Oil was funding Dartmouth’s Arthur L. Iriving Institute for Energy and Society, I checked to see if the article was in The Onion. Sadly, it was not.

As an energy and environmental professional who works to find real life solutions to our energy challenges, I was excited when College President Phil Hanlon established a task force to explore how the College could be at the forefront of energy, one of the greatest issues of our time. But with oil money as the foundation? On optics alone, this should have been a clear “no,” even to an alumna like Sarah Irving. How could so many smart people think this is a good idea?

This is clearly a public relations coup for Irving, Irving Oil’s chief brand officer. I am sure she’s glad to offset the bad press Irving has gotten about its disregard for climate change issues.

Having the Irving family fund and name an institute at Dartmouth or any other academic institution, which requires freedom from bias, is a mistake. It puts Dartmouth’s name, its academic freedom and its prestige in jeopardy. This blunder could set Dartmouth back from the pursuit of a sustainable future. The faculty and students in this institute and at the College will forever be trying to dance around the Irving connection, while all the papers and positions will be suspect, despite the “statement of academic independence.”

Top researchers and faculty will work elsewhere, where their research won’t be questioned.

Will anyone at the institute take on a project that might even indirectly besmirch Irving? Of course not. Academic freedom is already compromised.

I recognize, as environmental science professor Ross Virginia has noted, that oil companies must be at the table on energy issues. He noted further that these funds may be used to tackle “broad issues like climate change and environmental justice.” But neither Irving nor the College directly mention climate change as a focus for the institute. Virginia’s comments in the announcement sounded desperate to put a spin on this — to take big oil money and try to do some good with it.

Funding an “Energy and Society” institute with money from a vested interest is a problem in its own right, and then we have the question of Irving’s environmental track record. The list includes improving efficiency of its refineries and trucks, and researching adaptation to climate change. Even worse is the company’s demonstrated lack of interest in confronting issues of

carbon emissions and climate change. Irving’s investment strategy includes no effort to find replacements for fossil fuels. On the contrary, the company is a leading proponent of the “Energy East” pipeline to bring oil sands bitumen to its refinery in New Brunswick.

The Irving Institute is a done deal. So, how can we make the best of the situation? First, we must be vigilant that the institute is, in fact, an open forum for new ideas, unencumbered by bias. Funding an Institute of Energy and Society has to be more than a PR stunt and an ego trip for Mr. Irving. We really don’t have time to wait for “future energy leaders” to develop new knowledge and take action decades down the road. We already know what the problem is and we need to take action today.

My mentor, the late Dartmouth professor Donella Meadows, studied these kinds of issues.

By her definition of sustainability, we have long exceeded the planet’s capacity to absorb CO2, and we produce waste at an alarming rate. We must immediately reduce and eventually cease burning fossil fuels, even natural gas, if we wish to minimize the impacts we are witnessing. We must use non-renewable resources sparingly, and it is incumbent on oil and energy companies to make serious investments in renewable energy.

These are not political rules; these are physical rules that affect all aspects of our biosphere.

I’d like Irving to match its $80 million with a second gift to the Thayer School of Engineering to research renewable energy technologies that can replace oil and other fossil fuels, or on technologies and programs that immediately reduce our dependence on such fuels. This would mitigate the poor optics of the Irving Institute and its squishy mission by demonstrating a commitment to the necessary outcomes. Then, beyond Dartmouth, let’s challenge the Irving family to be advocates for a non-carbon energy future — to invest $8 billion in renewable energy industries. This would give them a decent ROI, while moving us away from fossil fuels. No new pipelines, no new refineries.

We need carbon-free solutions.

Irving must become part of the solution, and not just by naming an institute after Arthur Irving.

We don’t have time for more talk. Meadows and her colleagues identified the problem over 40 years ago. It is time Irving Oil started heeding her advice and invested directly in a sustainable energy future.

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Activists should abstain from Greek leadership.

I’m writing this to the activists who are con- wealthy and loyal alumni, trustees, administrators. sidering joining a Greek house or holding Greek I can’t say it’s impossible, but I found that the leadership positions to promote “change from harder we looked to attack the fundamental roots within” the system. My advice to you: don’t. of the Greek structure, the more logistical hurdles I’m a member of the Class of 2017, a former and ideological resistance we encountered. sorority member and the former president of the When the same happens to you, you’ll inevitaPanhellenic Council. After serving as president bly return to the idea of the instantly actionable during sophomore summer and junior spring, I projects that I discussed earlier. These “changes resigned from the council and de-pledged from from within,” though, will ultimately counter your my sorority. This is why I walked away and why I long-term progress. Think of it like this: we know think you should abandon efforts to make change the system exacerbates dangerous power dynamfrom within. ics and perpetuates violent norms, yet we use the By creating and carrying out solutions to fill same system to counteract issues it produces. The in the gaps in our education, students send the system dispenses “solutions” to combat inequality message to the College that the institution is not and violence and thereby gains real and imagined responsible for mandating sexual respect, diversity legitimacy. This positive reputation sustains the and violence training for all students, faculty and system and helps it to maintain its size, influence staff. It is not our job as students to donate our and ability to produce harms. labor toward creating policies and trainings that We typically criticize these programs as surfacecounteract hazing, sexual violence, racism, clas- level fixes that don’t go far enough, but they’re sism, access to resources and other issues of justice. much more insidious than that — they’re taking When we act as if it is our job, we make it our job. us backwards.

Efforts like a four-year sexual respect curriculum Besides, what exactly is the ultimate goal here? and the intent to “explore the development of an Are we trying to make it so that every single undergraduate requirement on human differ- Dartmouth student is affiliated or is invited to ence” are now underway and represent a positive join a house? To get all houses to go local? To shift in the student-administration relationship. get all locals to disassociate from Greek labels Still, these actions are only the first steps of a long and become undergraduate societies? To get all process. We need to keep the College accountable societies to become gender-inclusive? to these initiatives — not pick up its slack.

We have taken the system as a given. We’re Second, even if students were obligated to working within the framework of its existence leave Dartmouth better than we found it, the and prominence instead of investing that same Greek system still would not be the most effective energy in an alternate social sphere in which it medium. A 30- or 90-minute session will not put doesn’t exist, or in which it is one of a number an end to rape culture; it of equally viable options. will not empower survivors “We have taken the If you’re on the to report assaults; it will not verge of rush and you’re address the victim-blaming system as a given.” doing it to be an agent of and trauma that survivors change, just don’t. Throw will experience during and yourself into something after the fact. Nor will a brief pre-rush hazing better. Not only will it be more intrinsically information session challenge the social structures rewarding, but the long-term ramifications of and norms that breed and reinforce regular binge your work will actually align with your objectives drinking, hazing rituals and groupthink. These and values. By producing quick fixes for instant sessions are not harmful, but they’re certainly not gratification and settling on marginal change, we sufficient. save the system from itself. It cannot receive scorn What is harmful is that existence of these ses- and pressure until we stop using this oppressive sions enables us to check off our “good citizenship power structure to promote equality. Without education” boxes without ever questioning power adequate scorn — collective action from students and violence or challenging the broader systems and staff, scathing media critiques, a measurable that permit and perpetuate oppression in the first impact on admissions yield — the institution will place. Not to mention that these Greek-based not react or commit to the overhaul we need. education programs are clearly limited in scope, Not joining a Greek house does not mean as they exclude students who are not affiliated or denying yourself the power to make change; it planning to join. means denying the Greek system its power to You might be wondering, what if we drop inhibit revolution. When we resist giving it our the quick fixes and turn to radical institutional membership, our voices and our activism, we chip overhaul? It’s the right idea, but as a house execu- away at its strength, legitimacy and presumed tive or council leader, you are tasked to serve all dominance. constituents. Some will get behind the notion of We set out with four years as students and can structural change, but most who do won’t have only dedicate some of that to student life, and the time to develop and implement the idea even less to leadership. We are limited; we are on top of their daily leadership commitments. powerful. Let’s turn our attention to the groups Besides which, most of your constituents will and structures that are ingrained with flexibility be indifferent, if not outright resistant, to such and radicalism. They’re not perfect, but they’re transformation, and to even begin considering self-reflective, critical and action-oriented. If they serious change, you will need active lobbying don’t exist, let’s make them. Let’s make more. from everyone.

Let’s not donate our time and labor to improvEven if you did get all students on board with a ing a system built to exclude, oppress and divide. structural revolution, you’d then have to confront Let’s imagine something better, and act on that bigger interests: national Greek associations, instead.

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STAFF COLUMNIST VIVIEN RENDLEMAN ’16

VERBUM ULTIMUM THE DARTMOUTH EDITORIAL BOARD

Welcoming Winter

Together in Tragedy

Winter term is more tolerable when you make an effort to enjoy it.

The passing of Torin Tucker ’15 affects us all.

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Employers like Google look to hire at hackathon FROM HACK PAGE 1

Sayegh ’18. “The Hackathon is a way to promote those skills and allow students to embrace technical expertise.”

More and more students are vying for expertise in computer science, as evidenced by the department’s considerable rise in course enrollment. At last count, 189 undergraduate students had declared computer science as their major.

According to computer science professor Tom Cormen, a former HackDartmouth judge, there has been an influx of students into the introductory courses.

“We used to offer CS 1 in the fall and spring,” Cormen said. “Now, we’re offering it fall, winter and spring, and capping it at 180 or 190.”

The increased interest in computer science reflects a growing need for tech-savvy workers in an increasingly web-based world. Sayegh said that many aspiring tech workers are drawn to HackDartmouth for a chance to meet a variety of employers, who help sponsor the competition.

“Sponsors are the big draw for a lot of people,” he said. “A lot of our sponsors are here advertising their internships.”

Those sponsors include Google, Wayfair and Appian, companies which are all looking to hire students from Dartmouth.

Recently, though, these compa-

nies have also started searching for a new kind of employee. Lorie Loeb , an associate professor of computer science and two-time HackDartmouth judge, touts the benefits of balancing technology with creativity.

“The artists who can code and the coders who can do design are the people that employers are looking for,” Loeb said. “Don’t let terms and boundaries and disciplines, like ‘I’m an English major,’ close you off from also taking courses that press you.

That’s what a liberal arts education is about.”

Following this logic, Loeb said she encourages students to become adept at several different skills.

“The future of computer science is intersected with every discipline on campus,” she said. “There’s room for technology in all of those disciplines and there’s room for all of those disciplines in technology.”

The College held its first-ever hackathon in the spring of 2015, when it received a total of 575 applications. This year, HackDartmouth received over 900 applications, including from students outside the United States. All university students — both at the undergraduate and graduate levels — could apply. All Dartmouth students were automatically accepted.

HackDartmouth is also partnered with the Thayer School of Engineering, the Dartmouth Digital Arts Leadership Innovation Lab and Major League Hacking.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

“An Introduction to Hyperbolic Geometry,” Ed Taylor PhD, National Science Foundation, Steele 006

5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

“Links between Financial Markets and the American Economy” panel, Filene Auditorium, Moore Building

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

“Los Sures” (1984), directed by Diego Echeverria, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center

TOMORROW

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

“Nelson Rockefeller: the 1968 Election & the Disappearance of Republican Moderates,” Michael A. Cohen, Rockefeller Center 003

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

“Living Collaborations,” Christopher Allen, artistic director of UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, 4 Currier Place, Suite 107

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Roth Scholar: Enrique Arts explores: the Rauner experience Martinez Celaya

By KEVIN HU

The Dartmouth

residency aspect of Martinez Celaya’s tenure.

The Dartmouth “I think that is a really special part of Not even receiving two degrees in having an artist on campus — actually the laws of physics could keep Enrique seeing someone in the midst as they are Martinez Celaya from resisting the pull thinking, as they are working through of art. Nor could Martinez Celaya ideas, and actually seeing that work resist the pull of Hanover. This term come to being,” Shaffer said. he is returning to campus as a Roth This thought process was particuFamily Distinguished Visiting Scholar, larly evident in the question-and-answer a position reserved for thinkers that will portion of Martinez Celaya’s talk, expand the scope of student thought. which gave listeners insight into his He previously served as a Montgomery mind. When Martinez Celaya does Fellow, another endowed residency posi- not appreciate an aspect of his work, tion that brings leaders to Dartmouth, he destroys it. The audience, primarily two years ago. consisting of professors from several Martinez Celaya’s tenure at Dart- disciplines, was able to ask questions mouth will include a set of four lectures, that helped the room — even those who the first taking place last Thursday were not trained artists or scholars — to in Carpenter Hall. In the lecture, he understand his work better. gave a comprehensive overview of Shaffer commented that another both his work and his development as benefit of having an artist on campus an artist. Much like his work, which is that students “have access to both the has spread into collections worldwide, artist and also the method of producMartinez Celaya also has lived in several tion.” countries. He was born in Cuba, then “It’s not just the idea given forth in moved to Spain where he was taught the talk or the finished product; you art formally as a can see the proteenage apprentice “What’s great about cess of making,” before studying in Shaffer said. the United States. having working artists,

Art hisHis love of phys- from a historical tory professor ics brought him to Coffey, perspective, is you can Mary Cornell University, who focuses on and he went on to see how the history Latin American pursue a doctorate of art continues to art, drew a simiprogram at Univerlarity between sity of California, be reworked in the Martinez CelaBerkeley — also in present.” ya and another physics. celebrated art While Martiist in residence, nez Celaya initially -HOLLY SHAFFER, ART albeit almost chose physics be- HISTORY PROFESSOR a century ago, cause it seemed like at Dartmouth: a more secure caJosé Clemente reer choice, art was Orozco. always with him. Eventually, he decided “I think in some ways, some of the to pursue art full-time after taking a challenges of his work are similar to the soul-searching trip to Pescadero, Calif. challenges that Orozco’s work presents This prompted him to choose art over in that both of them work with figure,” science, and he left his graduate studies at Coffey said.

Berkeley, although not before receiving Shaffer commented on the current his master’s in physics. impact of Martinez Celaya’s work.

Martinez Celaya’s lecture, entitled “What’s great about having working “The Studio is Not a Factory,” high- artists, from a historical perspective, is lighted each individual period in his life you can see how the history of art conand the art that he produced during that tinues to be reworked in the present,” time. At the beginning of the presenta- Shaffer said. tion, he played a video that showcased Just as Martinez Celaya’s work can his impressive Los Angeles-area studio, be placed in a historical context, it can filled not only with art but poetry and a also appeal to many different disciplines. fully-stocked library, as well.

Philosophy professor Kenneth Martinez Celaya has not lost touch Walden noted that Martinez Celaya’s with his love of physics and scholarship art and process is applicable to “many in general, using mediums that span different corners of the College.” across all materials and sizes, from larger- “I think he has something to offer than-life canvas paintings to sculptures. not just in studio art, say, but also to Part of Martinez Celaya’s role as people in philosophy for example, and a Roth Scholar is to interact with and also people in art history and throughout teach members of the Dartmouth com- the humanities,” Walden said. munity while working in his studio in Martinez Celaya will be conducting the basement of the Hopkins Center. three more lectures during the school Art history professor Holly Shaffer year, with the next one occurring on particularly noted the importance of the Oct. 20.

By ZACH CHERIAN

The premise of special collections is an art form that breaks the conventions of time.

One of Dartmouth’s many libraries, Rauner Special Collections Library blends the intellectual with the emotional. The library allows artists and authors to converse across generations.

Through exhibits curated by students and faculty, tailored workshops and hands-on classes, Rauner serves as an incubator for novel knowledge, effectively crowning the library as the zenith of intellectual life on campus.

“I think that special collections have this sort of reputation for being really stuffy, elitist and closed off, and we want to turn that notion on its head,” said Morgan Swan, Special Collections education and outreach librarian.

Abandoning the archaic constructs of institutional elitism, Rauner champions complete accessibility to students and the public; everything in the collection can be used in the reading room.

Having Shakespeare’s first folio certainly lends prestige to the place, but Rauner’s collecting direction isn’t to have the first edition of every manuscript; rather, Rauner’s librarians target items with high research value and tailor the collections to supplement Dartmouth’s curricular evolution.

When looking to add to the collections, Swan considers “what [the collections are] missing that if we had them could create some wonderful package of materials that students could really engage with and get excited about.”

College archivist Peter Carini said he looks to add items from alumni, such as letters or diaries that document their experiences at Dartmouth on a personal level.

“The library is always interested in

the evolution of Dartmouth’s student experience — particularly in people who may have felt marginalized at one time or another at Dartmouth or by its history in some way,” Carini said.

“Anyone’s experience at Dartmouth is important to us.”

For Jay Satterfield, Special Collections librarian, the collections are there to be handled.

“I think of that big glass box as just full of latent potential. [The manuscripts] sitting there right now are doing absolutely nothing except looking great,” Satterfield said. “But then when they come out and when students, visiting researchers or faculty use them, they become manifest. That’s when [the collections] do their work.”

Despite open doors, special collections often induce library anxiety in undergraduates. In an effort to invite those who may be a little library-shy, Rauner’s staff aims to “demystify” the space through various outreach efforts.

One successful medium of outreach is Rauner’s blog, which posts bi-weekly and ranks within the top 5 percent of all special collections blogs, Satterfield said.

“The blog [focuses] on getting people’s attention and is a great avenue for people who don’t really know what they want to see in Rauner,” Satterfield said. “We try to tell great stories out of the collections and get people excited about what we do here and what we have here.”

As a part of outreach efforts, Rauner offers resources and workshops to interested groups and individuals around campus who want to know more about their history.

“During intercessions, we even host classes for local fifth graders on the transition from manuscript to print in the 15th century,” Satterfield said.

Rauner also hosts exhibits curated

by students and staff that typically change four to five times a year. The current exhibit, titled “Power, Honor and Authority,” pays tribute to Samson Occom,celebrating a project that digitized all of Occom’s works. The exhibit, which explores Occom’s role in the founding of Dartmouth, will be featured in Rauner’s second floor exhibit until Oct. 28.

Rauner is a critical component of the Dartmouth curriculum and experience. Just last year, 126 different classes from 36 departments were taught in the library, Satterfield said.

Rauner works as an interactive museum for these classes. In line with College President Phil Hanlon’s experiential learning initiative, students are encouraged to explore the manuscripts, rare books, objects and archives, which are selected based on the theme of the class. Students gather information by investigating items in the room, discussing them and conducting independent research.

“It’s not just about the guy writing his 10th book and he’s doing his research here,” Satterfield said. “It’s about an 18 year old learning about something here in the classroom and creating something new.”

The collections nurture a distinct approach towards the future that begins with rediscovering the past. Rauner encourages undergraduates to connect with some of history’s greatest minds.

“A lot of times as an undergraduate, what you’re doing in a class and in an exam demonstrates mastery,” Satterfield said. “There’s a point where rather than demonstrating mastery, you’re creating new knowledge. You’re making a big shift. Special Collections are where highly motivated undergraduates can make that turn far earlier in their academic careers.”

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Rauner Special Collections Library is home to the College’s rarest and most valuable records and artifacts.

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Jessy Lanza and Home Body light up first FNR show of term

By BETTY KIM The Dartmouth

Glittery electropop music played and colorful lights flashed during the first Friday Night Rock concert of the school year. The performance, which took place in Sarner Underground this past Friday, featured electronic musician Jessy Lanza along with opening band Home Body.

Expressing excitement for her first show in New Hampshire, Lanza demonstrated her eclectic sound to a receptive audience. While her voice floated over ethereal synthesizer sounds inspired by 70s and 80s pop, a catchy modern rhythm drove the show forward and turned the small space into a vibrant dance floor.

A prolific artist, Lanza has sold out shows touring in North America and Europe and will begin her second European tour of the year in October. Her two most recent albums, including her 2016 album “Oh No,” were nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, a Canadian music award that recognizes musicians regardless of genre. In addition to her commercial success, Lanza is present in the underground music scene, performing at Boiler Room this past August.

Lanza explained that much of her music sounds upbeat because of her creative process — she channels negative feelings into an entirely different product.

“I get a lot of tension out by going to the studio and doing something

that’s the opposite of how I feel,” Lanza said. “When I’m performing, it’s great to take that negative energy and let go, and I feel like it helps other people watching [me] let go as well.”

Lanza combined her captivating music with electrifying visuals — three diamond-shaped lights changed color and flashed as the mood shifted throughout the show.

Audience member Valerie Orellana ’15 commented on the cohesiveness of the performance.

“The visuals are amazing — they go with the rhythm and synthetic pop of the music,” Orellana said.

Massachusetts-based band Home Body’s opening performance could be characterized as electropop bordering on experimental. Haley Morgan’s powerful and versatile voice soared over her partner Eric Hnatow’s eclectic synthesizer sounds, which ranged from pumping bass to industrial noises.

Hnatow said that the interplay between the band’s performance and audience reception shapes their music.

“When you perform for people, there’s a third element,” Hnatow said, saying that the audience’s reaction plays a large part in the development of their music.

The duo agreed that performances at colleges present special learning opportunities for the group.

“I think there’s a different kind of energy for people who are simultane-

ously more curious, more open to being inspired, and still trying to figure out their lens through which they’re perceiving the world,” Morgan said.

Though audience members seemed taken aback by the unconventional sounds of the opening number, the mood changed significantly as the show progressed.

Eventually it seemed as if they were dancing with Morgan and Hnatow.

In one particularly well-received number, Morgan danced holding lights that flashed with each of her punch-like motions.

Combining sound, visuals and choreography, Home Body takes a multimedia approach to performance. In addition to touring and producing their own songs, the duo has participates in fashion shows, dance performances, films and commercials. Currently, they are working on a new album.

“It’s really exciting to see how things are building, and I think this album is really going to project us,” Morgan said.

Alek Abate ’17, a booking manager for FNR, said Lanza’s current popularity and lively sound made her ideal for the first performance of the season.

“We wanted something upbeat to be our first show,” Abate said. “I think she’s definitely a type of artist where if people hear her initially, they’ll want to stick around.”

Thayer School of Engineering graduate student Tomas Jordan

expressed his appreciation for FNR as a student organization.

“Because the campus is isolated from the rest of New Hampshire, it’s really important that you can get everything for people with a specific interest,” Jordan said. “You have the outing clubs, all sorts of activities, [but] what’s really lacking here is the music scene.”

Brenna Gourgeot ’18, a venue manager for FNR, said that the club is meant to be an alternative social space for students looking for a place

to spend time outside of fraternities or other common social spheres.

Abate also emphasized the organization as a community, noting FNR is a “great way to cultivate a relationship with people who have similar music tastes or interests to you.”

FNR will be hosting another show in October. Its final two shows of the term will feature indie rock band Destroyer on Nov. 4, and punk/indie rock band !!! (pronounced “chk chk chk”) Nov. 11.

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Haley Morgan of Home Body was the opener for the FNR show on Friday.

‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ (2016): A new twist on an old tale

By EMMA GUO The Dartmouth

“Bridget Jones’s Baby” (2016) opens with a familiar scene: Bridget Jones, alone on the couch with an egregiously large glass of wine and Jamie O’Neal’s rendition of “All By Myself ” blasting aptly in the background. In accordance with the previous two films, she’s sad, she’s lonely and it just so happens to be her birthday.

Tired of successive evenings spent alone, Bridget is whisked away for a weekend at a music festival by her friend and colleague, Miranda (Sarah Solemani). While there, she meets a good-looking American named Jack, played by Patrick Dempsey, and they spend the night together after Bridget drunkenly stumbles into his tent.

Less than a week after her night

with Jack, Bridget bumps into Mark Darcy, played by Colin Firth, her married ex. The encounters between the two are just awkward enough to make the audience cringe but also laugh at the relatability of the circumstances — how does one act when one sees someone in public he or she really didn’t want to see? The most cringe-worthy encounter occurs at a baptism at which Bridget and Mark are the godparents; Mark hesitantly kisses Bridget after being told to “give her a kiss on the forehead” by the photographer, only to realize that the photographer meant the baby and not Bridget. Following a conversation during which Mark professes that he and his wife are separated, Bridget and Mark finally spend the night together, an event the audience has been silently rooting for since their first encounter.

As the title suggests, Bridget soon finds out she is pregnant from Emma Thompson’s refreshingly hilarious Dr. Rawlings, who sees straight through Bridget’s attempts to hide the fact that there are two possible fathers.

From there, the plotline takes on the typical arc of two men fighting for one woman. The next 40 minutes or so seem more like a 30-second montage than anything, and at times the film feels entirely too similar to every other name brand romantic comedy. However, the cheesiness is made up for by the fact that both men are worthy adversaries — there’s no clear answer to Bridget’s conundrum, and the audience remains absorbed in the battle that ensues. Both men have their issues— Jack’s concept of love is based off of an algorithm that he created — the semi-self-titled “Qwantify”

— which is basically eHarmony on steroids, while Mark always seems to find himself buried in his work and takes calls instead of making time for his personal life. That being said, Jack is surprisingly romantic and brings Bridget flowers, furniture and other feel-good items that make her pregnancy a lot smoother, while Mark is surprisingly determined to be the best father to Bridget’s baby he can, showing up to all of her Lamaze and bringing Bridget whatever she needs.

At times, “Bridget Jones’s Baby” comes dangerously close to feeling like a repeat of “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” with Bridget having to choose between two men of her dreams while trying to retain control of both her job and her high-strung mother running for local office. The movie uses multiple outlets to tread lightly on serious themes,

such as the free speech and women’s rights march that hinders everyone’s ability to get to Bridget’s birth, as well as Bridget’s mother’s increasingly progressive platform that supports “single moms and most homosexuals.”

Even so, the movie in and of itself is lighthearted and fun and doesn’t leave the audience feeling distressed or deep in thought after watching it. It’s no philosophical masterpiece, but it’s a lot of fun. Bridget’s witty and self-deprecating narrative of the events unfolding throughout the movie (in addition to the events themselves) supply viewers with plenty of hearty laughs.

Rating: 7/10 “Bridget Jones’s Baby” is playing at The Nugget and theaters nationwide.