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and increase awareness of Dartmouth’s resources. Bridget Lynn ’15 is studying the effectiveness of on-campus sexual assault resources like the sexual assault peer advisor program, and Silvia Arora ’16 is investigating the judicial review process at peer institutions.
Over 200 students, faculty and staff crowded into Collis Common Ground last night to discuss the “Freedom Budget,” a student-authored list of demands that aims to “eradicate systems of oppression as they affect marginalized communities on this campus” by prompting administrative action. The document, emailed to campus early Monday morning, outlines a plan for “transformative justice” at Dartmouth, comprising over 70 listed demands addressed to 13 administrators. Attendees spoke about the proposal’s merits, responses and future direction. Attendees were turned their chairs into the center of the room, forming concentric circles. They spoke one at a time. Some raised concerns and others expressed support, often eliciting snaps from the crowd. Several students involved in the creation of the “Freedom Budget” answered questions and explained their motivations.
The document demands that the College increase enrollment of black, Latino and Latina and Native American students to at least 10 percent each and increase the number of faculty and staff of color across departments. Other proposals include banning the Indian mascot, providing pro-bono legal and financial assistance to undocumented students and expanding gender-neutral housing and bathrooms on campus. The document also demands that residential life spaces on campus be accessible to all students. Attendees at Wednesday night’s meeting considered the budget’s tone, the expected timeline of action and its underlying ideology, among other topics, students interviewed after the event said. Many students voiced uncertainties over how they could help create change and support the proposal.
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After three failed attempts to find a location for its winter formal, Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity secured a venue in the week before the event, social chair Andrew Roberts ’14 said. In procuring formal venues, Greek organizations report mixed results in coming to agreements with local business owners. Alpha Chi approached Harpoon Brewery, Whale-
back Mountain and the Dartmouth Outing Club House before deciding to host its formal at Everything But Anchovies. The DOC House did not have availability on the requested date, while Harpoon Brewery and Whaleback Mountain refused upon learning that the event would be for a Greek organization, Roberts said. Alpha Chi settled on EBAs the week before its formal. SEE FORMAL PAGE 2
Last Wednesday, after 75 years of business, Eastman’s Pharmacy filled its last prescription and closed its doors. Its clients will now be sent 1,000 feet down South Main Street to CVS Pharmacy or receive prescriptions by mail. Owner Mark Knight said business took a devastating hit in January when DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center, in a move meant to save the hospital costs, imposed mandatory mail-order prescriptions for its insured employees. For medications that
require regular refills, clients now face sharp increases in co-payments if they choose to patronize pharmacies not listed by the medical center’s insurance providers. DHMC outpatient pharmacy manager Linda Sawyer could not be reached for comment by press time. Mark and Melissa Knight have run the store since 2005. The husband-and-wife team said that, in just a few years, they reversed the decline in customers that started when CVS came to Hanover in 2004 and turned their pharmacy into a profitable busi-
ness. Eastman’s Phar macy opened after the Great Hurricane of 1938, Mark Knight said. Since then, the business has filled the prescriptions of its local residents, taking pride in its personalized pharmaceuticals and face-to-face interactions. The Knights said they adapted the business by catering to a niche market, working with clients who prioritized local, small-town atmosphere. “People want interaction and good advice from their SEE PHARMACY PAGE 2
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DAily debriefing BROWN UNIVERSITY: Brown University has launched a new strategic planning initiative to expand the performing arts, according to the Brown Daily Herald. Consulting firm AMS Planning and Research has been hired to identify and institute new ventures for arts and entertainment at the university. The company aims to have an expansion plan designed by the end of the semester. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: The Kappa Alpha Theta chapter at Columbia University has released an apology for costumes depicting various nationalities during a “Beer Olympics” event last weekend, the Columbia Spectator reported. Costumes included a Mexican team donning sombreros and mustaches and a Japanese team with pigtails and chopsticks. The sorority plans to reach out to campus organizations in order to further their multicultural awareness. CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Cornell University saw fewer hazing reports tied to fraternities and sororities after Greek organizations’ new member period was halved this year, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. While there were no reports of hazing tied to alcohol, one chapter is currently under review for a possible alcohol violation unrelated to hazing. HARVARD UNIVERSITY: At this year’s Cultural Rhythms celebration, Harvard University honored LL Cool J with the Harvard Foundation’s Artist of the Year award, the Harvard Crimson reported. LL Cool J, a Grammy Award-winning rapper and star of “NCIS: Los Angeles,” an outspoken advocate of youth education. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: After an outbreak of bacterial meningitis at Princeton University late last year, 91 percent of the student body received the first of two vaccination doses in December. As of this weekend, approximately 81 percent of the student body has received both doses of the vaccine, constituting the maximum immunity that is currently available against the infection. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: The University of Pennsylvania’s new Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare has been criticized for its lack of student representation, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian. Following the controversy, administrators said that student input will also be solicited during the course of the task force’s research. YALE UNIVERSITY: Faculty and administrators held open forums to seek student input on the integration of two new residential colleges at Yale University, according to the Yale Daily News. The colleges are a response to an expected 15 percent increase in enrollment. Complaints voiced included fears that the colleges, slated for completion by fall 2017, would not include upperclassmen and that they may only appeal to hockey players and scienceoriented students due to their location. — COMPILED BY SAMANTHA WEBSTER FOR DARTBEAT
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Local pharmacy closes after decades FROM PHARMACY PAGE 1
pharmacist,” Mark Knight said. Mark Knight oversaw business operations while his wife worked the pharmacy counter. Melissa Knight filled patient-specific prescriptions, creating the proper dosages for her clients in pill, liquid or even topical or gel form, depending on their personal needs. The business also began offering home prescription deliveries in order to compete with mail-order pharmaceutical companies. Mark Knight expressed pride in the pharmacy’s success but acknowledged the financial difficulties
that DHMC’s new mandatory mailorder pharmaceutical policy would impose on local business. New Hampshire Independent Pharmacy Association vice president Ron Petrin explained that independent pharmacies like Eastman’s have to compete with two different forms of pharmacy businesses, chain and mail-order pharmacies. Neither of these offer the personal relationships that neighborhood pharmacists can provide, he said. Petrin added that prescription compliance rates tend to be higher when clients know their pharmacists and interact with them face-to-face. Sarah Colon ’17, who initially
patronized Eastman’s due to its proximity to campus, said she quickly grew to appreciate its customer care. “After going to Eastman’s just a few times, the women working there knew me by name,” Colon said in an email. “They were incredibly personable, always asking me about my day and my life. It was enjoyable to go there.” Since closing last week, the Knights have started a 30-day transition period, in which they will greet old customers at CVS. “That’s the tough part,” said Mark Knight, “breaking all these relationships that we’ve built up over the last few years.”
Past antics cause formal venue difficulties FROM FORMAL PAGE 1
Representatives from Whaleback Mountain declined to comment and representatives from Harpoon Brewery did not respond to requests for comment. Members of other Greek organizations said they have not experienced difficulty finding venues. Sigma Delta sorority social chair Pallavi Kuppa-Apte ’14 said that her house has not had a problem finding venues for events, as did Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity programming chair Jordan West ’14, noting that he had not heard of venues refusing to host other organizations’ formals. Zeta Psi fraternity social chair Stefan Deutsch ’14 said that although his house has not faced any refusals, he has heard that other Greek organizations have had trouble. Roberts noted that the refusals began recently, as Alpha Chi hosted a formal at Harpoon Brewery last winter. Both Roberts and Deutsch said that venues’ reticence may come from prior incidents of underage drinking and property destruction. Attendees at past Greek organization formal events have engaged in numerous antics, from vomiting on a police officer to urinating on a lawn. Representatives of four venues interviewed said that they require Greek organizations to sign a contract that requires attendees to abide by state law and cooperate to maintain security during the events. Hotel Coolidge innkeeper David Briggs said that, while he has seen a few incidents of property damage, the hotel’s nearly 30-year-long history of hosting formal events has been mostly positive. From the decades of interactions with Greek organizations, he said, the hotel has learned about the Dartmouth social scene and how to best prepare for formals. Briggs said that the hotel prohibits attendees from bringing in
outside beverages and will not allow visibly intoxicated students to enter. “Things are far better today than it was 30 years ago,” he said. Briggs added that organizations should designate a host to ensure that the hotel has a contact person in cases of emergency. Hanover Inn catering director Paula Smith said that the hotel has had positive experiences with Greek organizations and looks forward to hosting future events. Dowds’ Country Inn owner Tami Dowd said after an incident that occurred seven years ago, the inn decided to refrain from hosting Greek formals
for at least a year. She declined to provide further detail. Since then, the inn has resumed hosting formals. Representatives of Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Delta Delta, Epsilon Kappa Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Delta Epsilon and Kappa Kappa Gamma sororities did not respond to requests for comment by press time, nor did representatives of Alpha Delta, Beta Alpha Omega, Bones Gate, Chi Heorot, Gamma Delta Chi, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Phi Delta Alpha, Psi Upsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu and Theta Delta Chi fraternities. The Common Man Inn, a popular formal venue, declined to comment.
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Guest Columnist Meghan Hassett ’15
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The Missing Middle
Binge-Watching Blues
The “Freedom Budget” serves only to divide rather than unify. Dartmouth students need to learn how to argue — we only know how to shock, alienate and polarize. The time for shock value has passed. Now is the time for neutral, unifying language to spur collective action. We need a more inclusive rhetoric to truly grow. Change is made by arguments that resonate with most people. However, I’ve only seen arguments that force us into boxes that only fit a few and deter productive conversation. The “Freedom Budget” merely adds to the list of poorly conceived ideas that aim to fix real, serious problems. The rhetoric it uses allows people to make a laughingstock out of what should be sincere discussion about real campus issues. Using anti-male rhetoric derails effective discussion regarding sexual violence on campus and turns it into the same pathetic, useless stalemate comparable to the “crazy liberals” versus “crazy conservatives” battle that our government is stuck in. The way we frame our arguments and refuse to play to our audience leaves good points and genuine problems unheard. People latch on to ridiculous sound bites to justify dismissing an entire argument and react with snickering or vitriol. The “Freedom Budget” and recent opinion columns have undermined real arguments, creating a culture where some vehemently agree and are ready to overhaul the entire system and others declare the debate ridiculous and disengage altogether. In this climate, people stop actively caring about issues of discrimination and sexual violence because the associated movements are deemed laughable — people make fun of RealTalk instead of discussing feasible solutions to the valid concerns they raise. To make this campus a truly safe, inclusive place, we need to change how we discuss issues like civil rights and gender-based violence. Replace resistance workshops with discussion workshops and swap “Dartmouth has a problem” for “Improve Dartmouth.” I am not in any way trying to demean the experiences of students. I also am not saying that this trend does not go both ways — submissions like the letter to the editor by Christian Kiely
’09 (“Intolerant Radicals,” Feb. 20, 2014) are equally unreasonable, unproductive and harmful to these causes. In framing our arguments, we should consider that not everyone is as far from the center of the spectrum as we may be. This would lead to fewer eye-rolls and better results. Take, for example, how the “Freedom Budget” demands revising our student body’s racial composition. If you’re going to ask for a qualified student body that differs from the demographics of the U.S. — rather than asking for the student body to represent U.S. demographics — then you need to explain why that makes sense and how that is feasible, especially since it is the document’s first listed goal. Not including white students of low socioeconomic status and failing to address the demands’ financial feasibility also weaken the plan’s credibility. But I believe its biggest weakness is how it pits “Asian, Black, Latin@, Native, Undocumented, Queer and Differently-Abled students” against “the white male patriarchy.” Straight students, white students and rich students are arbitrarily placed on the other side as if a mutually beneficial solution is impossible and that the student body has to fight within itself for opportunities. The plan prioritizes divisiveness over unification, rendering it ineffective. Dartmouth as a whole may not be ready to use the word “womyn,” say goodbye to the Greek system or dismantle the patriarchy. Opinions differ on whether that is good or bad. However, acknowledging and cooperating with various perspectives appeals to more of the student body. Rather than fighting against potential allies, we need to work with the Dartmouth community. I’m sure there are plenty like me who agree that women, students of color, low-income students, differently-abled students and students who identify with genders or sexualities outside cis-normative and heteronormative constructs have a harder time at Dartmouth than they should. But you lose us with charged, poorly framed arguments that preach to the choir rather than to the whole campus.
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Internet streaming has changed the television-watching experience. One day, while working in my dad’s office during the summer of 2008, he asked me to look up a clip from “Deliverance” (1972). Instead of finding the clip, I discovered the full-length movie, legal and free, nestled in the arms of the warmest place on the Internet: Hulu. My dad and I looked at each other, knowing that we had just discovered every movie buff ’s dream. I had no idea the speed at which Internet viewing would advance or the sheer variety of television shows and films that would become available over the next few years. With options like Hulu, Netflix and Crackle — not to mention shadier streaming or file-sharing sites — Internet cinemas have quickly superseded physical movie-renting plants like Blockbuster. With all of this happening at such great speed, I have hardly been able to slow down and ask if this development is a good thing. The Hulu television advertisements joke about the site turning your brain to mush for Alec Baldwin-clad aliens to slurp, but from my experience, this is only about half a step away from the mark. For instance, take Netflix’s original shows, all immediately available in a delicious lumped sum of brain-melting programming. I am sure that I am not the only one convalescing from a weekend “House of Cards” binge. Additionally, many cable providers, as well as HBO, now offer various on demand services. The influx of quality programming — anytime, anywhere — is undeniably convenient. However, I wonder how healthy this electronic binge behavior is for both the viewer and the stories. It goes without saying that any sort of binging can be unhealthy. However, on a campus with substantially bigger fish to fry when it comes to having too much too fast, media binging is understandably overlooked.
However, it can and does take a toll. Holing up for hours at a time cannot be good for one’s mental health. Neglecting schoolwork is incredibly easy — “just another episode” (combined with Netflix’s particularly evil autoplay feature) can quickly dissolve into an entire season. Attention spans also suffer, as even the best show can seem repetitive after eight episodes. Despite the obvious ways it can affect the viewer personally, I think binge-watching also has a significant effect on content as a whole. Constant availability, as well as the power to pause and rewind as often as needed, has undermined the onus shows put on their audiences. Any missed line can be re-watched, at least in theory. While I intend to go back to an episode to see what I missed, I get lazy. A plot development catches my eye, and I move forward with a show that I’m barely watching. In addition, any post-episode deliberation is sacrificed for the immediate reward of another episode. In these ways, binge-watching seems to undermine everything I love about television: its character development, nuance and thought-provoking nature. While television has gradually become more of a medium for movie-esque dramas and comedies, not laugh-track sitcoms, some shows are catering to a half-interested, distracted audience. Sitcoms like “Roseanne” and “I Love Lucy” used to provide an entertaining backdrop for another activity, with their laugh tracks clueing the audience in to parts it may have missed and their simple, slow-progressing storylines giving a pass to divided attention spans. Today, the same thing is happening, at least online. Maybe television will never be the art form I want and know it can be. Despite my lust for online options, these offerings are doing a disservice to both shows and audiences.
Editors’ Note
We are disappointed by our coverage of last night’s “Freedom Budget” meeting. In multiple emails to all of campus, event organizers advertised that the discussion was “open to everyone: faculty, staff, workers, students, administrators and community members.” It was held in Collis Common Ground, a public venue. The doors remained open throughout the event, and people entered the room as they pleased. Yet during the discussion, organizers announced that it was off the record. We recognize that in this instance, by not speaking out, we tacitly agreed to comply. In our story (“Students discuss ‘Freedom Budget,’” Feb. 27, 2014), we respected this agreement. But we shouldn’t have made the agreement in the first place. Off the record means confidential. We take off-the-record comments seriously, and when sources request these arrangements, we honor them and do not publish that information. For today’s article, we confirmed the thrust of the discussion’s content and tone through on-therecord interviews afterward. When we report on events such as Speak Out, a similarly public event, we ask speakers how they would like to
be identified. Out of respect for their personal experiences, we offer anonymity at our discretion. These events, however personal, are not off the record. Public events cannot be off the record. If an event is open, it is open. If pertinent information is distributed in a public venue, we cannot ethically refrain from reporting on it. Ignoring this fact destroys basic standards of accountability. Out of respect for the organizers of the event, who stated that it was off the record, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson refused to confirm her comments at the forum with The Dartmouth. We are embarrassed that we cannot share her perspective with those who were unable to attend. Since we began our leadership of the paper, we have stressed our openness to criticism and critique. We strive for accuracy with every story, but what’s more, we strive for fairness. We believe in The Dartmouth’s role to inform this community, and we will continue to do our job. Lindsay Ellis, Editor-in-Chief Stephanie McFeeters, Executive Editor Michael Riordan, Executive Editor
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SPCSA grants $1,500 in ‘Freedom Budget’ talk draws crowds research funding for term FROM MEETING PAGE 1
are difficult to find and take time to review. like you want to help, but you don’t Arora said she was inspired to really know how,” Lynn said. “Just apply for the grant after becoming being able to gather as much in- aware of sexual violence on camformation as possible about certain pus and hearing about domestic problems around this issue and make violence while working at Planned recommendations helps me feel like Parenthood last summer. I’m contributing in some way.” Yoon said she thinks that Arora’s SPCSA vice president Gus Ruiz project will show the Dartmouth Llopiz ’14, who helped establish the community how peer institutions grant, said that Lynn and Arora were address sexual violence and help the selected because their proposals College properly deal with sexual demonstrated interest in the topic assault perpetrators. and were well-designed. Once selected, Lynn and Arora “We were specifically looking for worked with SPCSA student adstudent research visors to finalplans that have ize their projpractical and “There is a lot of ects, a piece of concrete impli- discussion about sexual t h e p ro g r a m cations,” said implemented assault, but to have Carla Yoon ’15, last spring after a member of real change, we need feedback from SPCSA. the grant’s pilot to make sure that Llopiz said program. the SPCSA re- whatever steps we are T h e c e i ve d m a ny taking are informed by SPCSA will inapplications clude the results research.” that proposed of Lynn’s and public events or Arora’s research art projects that - CARLA YOON ’15, in its annual the committee public recomcould not fund SPCSA MEMBER mendations. because the proLast year’s recgram is focused ommendations on research. included asking the administration For her project, Lynn has talked to release institutional data on sexual to various individuals involved violence at Dartmouth and students in providing on-campus sexual to seek training, and encourage their assault resources, like first-year peers to as well. undergraduate advisors, Safety and “There is a lot of discussion Security officers and Sexual Abuse about sexual assault, but to have Awareness Program coordinators. real change, we need to make sure Lynn also organized student focus that whatever steps we are taking groups to gauge awareness of sexual are informed by research,” Yoon assault-related resources and ask said. students how the College can im- Llopiz said that Arora’s and prove its sexual violence prevention Lynn’s research will be presented programs. at the SPCSA’s sexual assault sym Lynn added that she thinks her posium on April 4. research will help the College pub- The President’s Office and the licize existing resources for sexual Dean of the College’s Office proassault survivors. vided the $1,500 for the grants and Arora is studying judicial review endowed the SPCSA with $12,000 systems equivalent to Dartmouth’s to sustain the program. Committee on Standards process Last year’s pilot program gave at other Ivy League universities two students mini-grants to conand small liberal arts colleges. After duct research on engaging men researching policies online, Arora in combating sexual assault and calls each school to verify informa- training faculty leading off-campus tion. She noted that many policies programs. FROM SPCSA PAGE 1
Several attendees suggested that students educate themselves about privilege, racial tensions, historical inequities and other cultures, using resources like the Internet and the College’s libraries. Geovanni Cuevas ’14 said that everyone should strive to become as educated as possible about issues touched on in the “Freedom Budget,” adding that cultivating an informed diversity of opinions can diffuse existing tensions. Alisa White ’17 said that while the conversation was valuable because it advocated inclusivity, the language used in the proposal did not seem to account for a wide variety of opinions. “I don’t think you can fight exclusivity with exclusivity,” she said. She noted, however, that she appreciated the open structure of Wednesday night’s meeting. Attendees were divided over whether or not the “Freedom Budget” fairly represented the student body’s opinion, and whether consensus is truly necessary for change. “While consensus is impractical, I think that it is crucial that whatever changes are made have
the support of the majority of students at Dartmouth,” Sandor Farkas ’17 said. He noted that, based on his experience at the College, Dartmouth seems to be the Ivy League university with the most discussion and debate on campus. Allison Puglisi ’15 said that despite the proposal’s mixed reception, she hopes that people now better understand the rationale behind the demands. “Most of the people I’ve talked to have been sympathetic or have some criticisms but agree with it overall,” she said. “Hopefully if we have more conversations like this, we’ll get to hear from people who disapprove of the budget.” Aditya Shah ’15, who attended a proposal-drafting meeting, said that the collective endeavor to change Dartmouth in an inclusive way “touched [his] heart.” “It’s not about agreeing with every part of the budget,” he said. “It’s about coming together and discussing [issues] and arriving at a consensus about how we can shape Dartmouth.” Farkas said that while he appreciated that people felt comfortable expressing different opinions, he did not see much dialogue between
people with conflicting views. “I felt like the room was inclined toward agreement with the points presented in the [‘Freedom Budget’],” he said. “But from my experience, a majority of Dartmouth students believe that the specific ways outlined in the Freedom Budget are not the way.” Eliana Piper ’14 stressed the importance of pursuing dialogue with groups of people who have different perspectives. She said that the “Freedom Budget” makes it easier for students to engage in conversation and challenge existing perceptions. The Greek system, she said, should question itself because of the power it holds. “It’s easy to think of our social space as the norm and not to challenge it,” Piper said. “We’ve had a lot this term challenging our social norms and what we perceive as normal.” Students began drafting the proposal after a protest at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote speech on Jan. 20. Organizers stressed that the proposal was a collective effort. The proposal set March 24 as the deadline for an administrative response.
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS
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Anthony Chicaiza ’17
TODAY 10:30 a.m. Chemistry colloquium with Liliya A. Yatsunyk of Swarthmore College, Steele 007
4:00 p.m. Physics and astronomy quantum nano seminar, with Marco Miller of Ulm University, Germany, Wilder 202
4:00 p.m. “Polar Vision: Seeing Beyond the Limits,” with Richard Smith Tu’11, Haldeman 031
TOMORROW 3:30 p.m. Jones seminar, “Mechanics and Geometry in Chiral Structures: From Helical Seed Pods to Twisted Embryonic Brain,” with Zi Chen of Washington University in St. Louis, Spanos Auditorium
3:30 p.m. “Global Development in the Age of Datapaloozas and Hack-aThons,” with Donald Steinberg, Kemeny 008
6:00 p.m. Illustration, Comics and Animation Conference, Haldeman 041
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Conference draws comic, Symphony orchestra channels Russia graphic novelist scholars B y michaela ledoux The Dartmouth Staff
recent comics-based movies, like those inspired by Batman and Spider-Man, Sunday mornings are for reading have broadened the comics fan base, comics: Garfield, Peanuts, Dilbert and academic circles have been slow to gain Blondie. At least, that is how many chil- interest, he said. dren are initially exposed to the panels “With their hybrid assembly of of drawings and text that attempt to tell words and images, I think that comics can tell stories in a way that no painting a story and elicit a few laughs. Dartmouth’s second annual Illustra- ever could, in a way that no film can,” tions, Comics and Animation Confer- he said. ence, running Friday through Sunday, In light of current pop culture trends, will present a more complicated view the conference will explore superheroes of the art form. Academics across fields and villains and social commentary will discuss social and cultural readings found in comics strips and graphic of comics, historical developments and novels. new technological changes affecting the Andrew Feather MALS’15, a panel moderator, said that many people disindustry. Few U.S. conferences focus on miss comics and graphic novels for emerging scholarship in the field, Eng- appearing simple and using pictures to lish professor and organizer Michael tell a story. Their underlying themes, however, may be Chaney said, so the quite complex. event’s broad swath “I think that comics “People need to of experts from difget past the façade ferent disciplines is can tell stories in a of what they think unusual, as many way that no painting the graphic novel attending scholars is and then actually are interested in ever could, in a way pick some of these interdisciplinary that no film can.” graphic novels up studies. and read them,” “It’s like a lot of Feather said. things in life — you - English professor Margaret Tierney notice something michael chaney ’14, who will modmissing and seek erate a panel titled to fill the gap, and when you do, you realize that other “Psyche, Physicality and Poetry,” said people were hoping that the gap would she became interested in graphic novels while taking a class with Chaney on the be filled, too,” he said. Panels, some of which will be moder- subject this term. ated by Dartmouth faculty and students, “I’ve always used words to explain include “Cinema, Knowledge and stories,” Tierney said. “I’m missing a Identity,” “Comics and Autobiography” huge part of my story telling vocabulary and “Out of the Box: Re-imagining the by not having an ability to tell stories visually.” Panel.” Discussions will explore how the Students from White River Juncmedium combines visual and narrative tion’s The Center for Cartoon Studies storytelling to create a rich experience will also display their works at the confor readers, Chaney said. Though ference, which will include a book fair.
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Annual Susanne Zantop Memorial Lecture
READING PHEMOMENA Lecture by
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The symphony orchestra will play three Russian works on Saturday.
of how each piece is supposed to sound,” Fan said. “In that one week we have to work out everything and double our rehearsal time.” Making the pieces flow cohesively has posed a challenge as musicians have had to hone their individual playing and coordinate among the larger group, violinist Robert Herbst ’16 said. “It has been an exercise in playing in a group because each individual piece is hard, but that is compounded when you have to make it fit in with everyone’s parts,” he said. The group typically practices twice a week for two-hour sessions, but the final week of rehearsals included about eight
additional hours of playing. Members also practice their parts on their own, clarinetist Josh Warzecha ’17 said. Princiotti called the repertoire an “endorphin extravaganza” with “sheer sonic and visceral appeal.” The group could only master each piece through hard work and dedication, Fan said, since the pieces are not typically played by college orchestras. Styk said the solo will be a great culminating experience to his musical career at Dartmouth. “[Tchaikovsky] is by far my favorite violin concerto,” he said. “I wanted to take it on as a challenge and also as a treat to learn.”
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For featured violinist Alex Styk ’14, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra’s Saturday evening concert will be a musical marathon. After a year of practice, he will solo in a 35 minute-long piece that involves lyrical syncopation and closes with a finger-numbing finale. Each type of music present in the piece pulls it in different directions, Styk said, interjecting new ideas, themes and emotions. Capturing these variations requires intense focus. “You have to switch hats to move through all of the different emotions,” he said. “Making all of the different gestures convincing is challenging.” The full show includes three difficult pieces from Russian orchestral tradition: Igor Stravinsky’s Suite from “The Firebird,” Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, and Pytor Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 35,” featuring Styk as soloist. The pieces require more instruments than those present in the current orchestra, so the group has hired professional players to fill in for the show. The group is currently short on wind instruments in particular, violinist Kristy Fan ’17 said. “The week before the concert is so important because the hired players come in, and it gives us the true context
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SPORTS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014
THURSDAY LINEUP
MEN’S SWIM AND DIVE AT IVY CHAMPS. ALL DAY
Lacrosse teams open the season with non-conference games B y macy ferguson and alex carr The Dartmouth Staff
The women’s lacrosse team began its season with a dominant 15-7 win over the University of New Hampshire on Saturday and a 14-11 victory over the University of Connecticut at home on Wednesday. The men’s team saw less success, falling to No. 3 University of North Carolina 18-5 and dropping a close game to the University of Vermont, 13-8. On Saturday, Liz Calby ’14 wrote her way into Dartmouth (2-0, 0-0 Ivy) history. In the game against UNH, with 1:57 left to play, Calby scored her fourth goal of the game and her 100th career point. “It’s an honor, no doubt about that,” Calby said. “But honestly, I think it’s more a reflection of our team and how far we’ve come in the past few years. Looking back, I would say the team moments, winning Ivies, going to the NCAAs, have been more significant for me.” The Big Green started strong. Calby scored just 13 seconds after the clock started, the fastest goal in Dartmouth women’s lacrosse history. The Big Green refused to look back, extending its lead to three before UNH (1-2, 0-0 American East) appeared on the board. In fact, the smallest deficit the Wildcats faced was two goals at 3-1 and 4-2 Dartmouth. A huge 7-1 run by the Big Green that stretched from the
16:07 mark in the first half to the 11:39 in the second half put the game out of reach for UNH. At halftime, the Wildcats trailed the Big Green 7-3. “We really attacked them all over the field,” Calby said. “It was a really huge team effort.” Dartmouth scored the first four goals of the second half with two from Sarah Byrne ’15 and one each from Danielle Lisovicz ’16 and Samantha Schiff ’15. The Big Green played strong defense as well, as goalkeeper Kristen Giovanniello ’14 only had to make five saves over the course of the game, all of which came in the second half. The Big Green women outshot their Granite State counterparts with 35-13 in the game. Dartmouth’s victory over UNH marks Giovanniello’s 35th career victory. The Big Green also dominated draws 19-6. Despite winning the turnover battle 17-19, the Dartmouth women were sloppier in the second half, losing 12-9 in turnovers during the frame. The teams tied the ground ball battle 14-14. Byrne contributed four goals and Jaclyn Leto ’16 also scored three. Leto also contributed an assist during the game. This was Byrne’s third consecutive game with four goals dating back to last season. Dartmouth’s eight-goal win is the largest margin of victory in an opener for the women’s lacrosse team since it defeated UNH 13-3 in 2003.
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The women’s lacrosse team kicked off 2014 with a pair of wins.
On Wednesday afternoon, the team returned to Hanover for its first home game of the season and continued its fast start, defeating UConn 14-11. After finding itself in a quick twogoal hole less than four minutes in the game, the Big Green responded with four consecutive goals, including three from Byrne, to take a 4-2 lead. The game was competitive throughout as the Huskies (1-2, 0-0 Big East) never fell more than four goals behind. Byrne led the way with a dominant performance for the Big Green, scoring a career-high six goals and eight points. Beyond her scoring touch, the junior also contributed seven draw controls, another career high. Calby also had a strong night scoring
four goals and adding an assist for five points. The men traveled to the University of Vermont Tuesday and fell 13-8, despite a late-game surge, coming off a tough opening loss to No. 3 UNC. The Big Green played aggressive offense, outshooting the Catamounts 40-30. However, Vermont’s sophomore goalie Justin Rosenberg made an impressive 13 saves to contribute to Vermont’s victory. The Big Green also lead significantly in groundballs, 49-29. “I thought we played very hard yesterday after a quick turnaround following a long trip against an extremely talented North Carolina team,” midfielder Patrick Resch ’14 said. “We
competed hard in the areas of the game that we need to dominate in order to be successful like groundballs and faceoffs, but unfortunately the score didn’t dictate that.” Vermont surged early in the game, taking a 5-3 score to lead early in the second quarter. The Big Green still maintained its aggressive offense in the second quarter, with Billy Heidt ’16 and KC Beard ’16 scoring three minutes apart to tie the score. However, Vermont scored three consecutive goals at the end of the first half, entering the break with an 8-5 lead. The Big Green and UVM each scored two goals in the third, but Vermont took control at the start of the fourth quarter, bringing the score to 12-7 and putting the game out of reach. Despite the early setback, the team remains optimistic heading into the season in the competitive Ivy League. “Some of the biggest challenges that we’re going to face are a product of playing in an extremely competitive league,” Resch said. “We love being in this type of environment, and the talent across the board in our league and in the whole country has increased over the past few years to the point that every team can have success on any given day,” he said, citing the team’s 10-9 win against Princeton last April as an example. The men will travel to Dallas this weekend to play Sacred Heart University in the Patriot Cup. Hayden Aldredge contributed reporting.
Men’s swim and dive team heads to Ivy League Championships B y GAYNE KALUSTIAN The Dartmouth Staff
The men’s swimming and diving team travels to Harvard University to compete in the Ivy League Championship meet this weekend. At last year’s competition in Providence, Dartmouth took fifth with 768 points, 270.5 points behind fourth place Yale University. Head coach Jim Wilson said that the team is looking to lock up a position in the middle of the League. “If you have good swims and good times the points will come,” he said. “Princeton and Harvard are both extremely strong teams, but outside of that, I think it’s anybody’s game.” The team is looking for repeat
performances from some of its top swimmers and divers who brought home big points last season. Cocaptain Nejc Zupan ’14, took first place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:43.94, the new pool record at Brown at the time and just .32 seconds off of the event’s NCAA A-cut. Swimming a 3:44.39, Zupan also took first in the 400-yard individual medley, another pool record, and took first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a 1:53.95. Led by powerhouse Zupan, the team has a strong set of swimmers competing in breaststroke that the team is expecting to do well, Wilson said, including Jay Schulte ’15, Konrad von Moltke ’15, Timo Vaimann ’17 and Patrick Kang ’17. Zupan has the opportunity to
join a very short list of athletes in the Ivy League record book who were champions for three consecutive years. Zupan, who won back-to-back titles in the 400-yard individual medley, could join Ted Pollard ’77, the three-time 100 yard backstroke Ivy League Champion from 19751977, as the only Big Green swimmer to three-peat at Ivies. Zupan is also the breaststroker for the 400-yard medley relay, most likely joining James Verhagen ’16, Daniel Whitcomb ’16 and either co-captain Andrew North ’14 or Dave Harmon ’17, though the lineup has not been finalized. The relay, Verhagen said, is probably the team’s strongest. Verhagen is one of Dartmouth’s other top backstroke contenders,
having taken second place at the Ivies last year in both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke with times of 47.55 and 1:44.23, respectively. Verhagen’s personal 100-yard backstroke record is 46.96, and, he said, if he can get that down to 46.7, he believes he has a good shot at making A-cuts for the NCAA swim championships. In an interesting move, Wilson has decided to bring four divers with him to the meet, as opposed to three, like the team has brought in the past. Wilson said he has faith that the divers will prove indispensable to the team and outperform all the other Ancient Eight diving programs. Divers typically place consistently as a team, said diver Brett Gillis ’16, who said he hopes to at
least finish top three on one board. Gillis, who handily stole Dartmouth’s long-standing three-meter record just weeks ago at Columbia, is currently the team’s top diver. The mounting pressure of the competition, North said, represents a season that has thrown adversity at the team, and the Ivy League Championships presents a higher level than any other meet in the season. “Ivies is a different environment, and it can be a lot of pressure on freshmen,” he said. “It’s important for me to kind of be there to ensure that they’re handling it well, and, more importantly, help show how the team has grown throughout the year.” The team will compete Thursday through until Saturday, March 1.