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College suspends KDE
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Thayer searches for new professors By NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff
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OPINION
ALBRECHT: NO LAUGHING MATTER PAGE 4
ARTS
MUSICAL ‘LEGALLY DREW’ REVIVED PAGE 7
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KDE will be suspended until the end of term, followed by probation until Jan. 3, 2017.
By DANIEL KIM The Dartmouth Staff
The College’s Organizational Adjudication Committee suspended Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority for one term starting Jan. 26 for violations of the College alcohol policy, disorderly conduct and property damage, according to an official statement released by College spokesperson
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social probation period, the house will be prevented from hosting or sponsoring events where alcohol is served, but other operations of the house may continue, such as business meetings and engagement with governing councils. The alcohol restrictions will be lifted during the College probation period. SEE KDE PAGE 2
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Diana Lawrence. After the suspension is lifted, KDE will be under social and then College probation until Jan. 3, 2017. The sanctions are related to a social event held in November 2015 at the KDE house and a venue in the Upper Valley. While suspended, the house cannot participate in any activities, according to the College’s Standards of Conduct. During the
The Thayer School of Engineering is conducting three distinct searches for faculty members. At the end of the searches, the school will hire three new faculty members — one specializing in engineering in translational medicine, one in the intersection of energy and design and one in computational material science. Thayer professors John Zhang, Ian Baker and Lee Lynd are each conducting their own search for the different specializations. As there is little to no overlap between the three sets of candidate qualifications, the searches are being conducted separately from each other and at different speeds, Baker said. The professors were each asked to conduct the search by Thayer Dean Joseph Helble. Zhang, an engineering professor, will be searching for an expert in engineering in translational medicine, which requires knowledge of both engineering and biomedicine. The specific position reflects a rising interest in medical de-
vices among the incoming generation of students and entrepreneurs. “Over the past few years we have seen students attracted to engineering because they see these emerging engineering frontiers,” Zhang said. The overlap between engineering and translational medicine helps with medical processes such as medical imaging, which can be used to find early stages of cancer, he said. Zhang said that he is right in the middle of his search, where he is narrowing down the initial list of applicants and moving on to interviews. A passion for teaching and the ability to create a research agenda among applicants alongside a strong academic mind are traits that Zhang said he looks for in the candidates. He added that he is looking for someone to start in either the fall or next January, which will be decided by the summer term. During the process, Zhang
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One year and two days ago, Salman Rajput ’14 , Carly Carlin ’15 and software engineer Annie Tuan founded the fitness app Simple Steps. Recently named the “Best Health App of 2015” by Men’s Fitness, Rajput said that thousands of people are now using it to track their health. The app is focused on healthy eating by having people make small isolated changes to their life, which later become habits, Rajput
said. The app makes dietary recommendations based on the user’s unique lifestyle. Users select their goal, whether it be weight loss, disease prevention, feeling better or generally increasing better health. Users then take a short quiz about their lifestyle, and the app offers suggestions on how to reach their goal. The changes are basic and do not require a complete diet overhaul, Rajput said. For example, users can choose to focus on drinking more water each day to stay hydrated. Users concentrate
on the small habit for a period of time until they make enough progress to unlock another goal, he said. “You only work on one thing at a time and you never bite off more than you can chew,” Rajput said. The ultimate objective is for people to build healthy habits that actually stick, Rajput added. The app also features a social component where users can add friends to keep each other motivated. Rajput said the app was started in order to help Americans combat many of
the diseases related to poor eating as well as help the environment. The app aims to encourage Americans to follow a more sustainable diet, he said. The recommendations are mostly based on Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate, a dietary guideline. “Eating healthy is the single most impactful action to affect our health but also to tackle the public health challenges that are plaguing our nation,” he said. Following a healthier diet is also more sustainable for the environment, as the production of unhealthy foods
requires more resources and emits more greenhouse gases, he said. Rajput cites his passion for healthy eating as an important part of why he was interested in these issues. He said most healthrelated apps currently on the market advise users to make large-scale changes, such as going on a diet or counting calories. “These are really big changes that are hard for people to stick with,” he said. “People find them too SEE APP PAGE 3
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DAILYDEBRIEFING According to a new study conducted by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice researchers David Goodman and Wade Harrison G’16, neonatal intensive care unit admission rates are increasing for all newborns — not just those that are underweight or ill. NICUs are caring more and more for newborns that fall in the normal weight range. The study looked at NICUs admission rates from 2007 to 2012 in 38 states and the District of Columbia. The rise in NICU admission brings to light the potential overuse of this extremely focused and costly care for some newborn children. Science News reported that climate change will cause soil in New England to store fewer metals and nutrients, as deciduous trees such as maples replace coniferous vegetation, like the evergreens more typical of the New England scenery. The study, lead by Justin Richardson, a doctorate fellow in the department of earth sciences, said that the results could assist forest managers and biogeochemists in analyzing the effects of changing vegetation. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in Lebanon compared end-of-life care across seven different countries, the Union Leader reported. They focused on end-of-life care for patients dying of cancer in Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the United States. The team concluded that, of the countries looked at, there wasn’t a country with an end-of-care treatment system that stood out as better than the others. However, the data showed that terminally ill patients in the United States were less likely to die in a hospital compared to the other six countries considered. These terminally ill patients in the U.S., however, are more likely to received more expensive, high-tech care and get admitted to an intensive care unit. -COMPILED BY SARA MCGAHAN
CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. The original version of the Feb.1 article, “Annual symposium discusses refugee health,” incorrectly stated that head organizer Vanessa Soetanto G’18’s family sought asylum in the United States in 1989. Soetanto’s family sought asylum in 1999. The Feb. 1 article, “Sofia Roman ‘16 finds basketball success overseas, has been corrected to reflect that Roman helped the Philippine women’s national team get promoted from Division 2 to Division 1, not Level 2 to Level 1 as originally stated. This article has also been updated to reflect the details of this promotion and clarify that the team will play in the Division 1 bracket starting in FIBA-Asia 2017.
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KDE on probation until Jan. 3, 2017 to other issues such as academics, highrisk drinking, inclusivity, residential life KDE will also be involved with chapter and safety. Parts of the plan regarding development initiatives that comple- Greek life included eliminating pledge ment the house’s efforts to address its terms and requiring houses to have risk-management off-campus, Direc- active staff or faculty advisors as well tor of the Office of Judicial Affairs as active alumni boards. Leigh Remy wrote in an email to The Remy wrote in an email response Dartmouth. that individual “As a house, misconducts we are all very “As a house, we are all and hearings sorry that this very sorry that this has are confidential, has happened but information and regret the happened and regret regarding orgaactions that led to the actions that led to nizational misthis suspension,” conduct is availKDE president this suspension.” able to the public. Emma PeConga The Office of ’16 wrote in an Judicial Affairs -EMMA PECONGA, KDE email to The publishes annual D a r t m o u t h . PRESIDENT reports from the “ H o w e v e r, Committee on through talking Standards and with various adOAC on their ministrators and our house advisor, website. Last year’s report shows that we have already learned so much and there were 14 hearings that reviewed look forward to ensuring this behavior organizational misconduct, two of is never repeated.” which involved sororities. Four of those Lawrence said in her official state- hearings were referred to the OAC for ment that the “Moving Dartmouth potential suspension, leading to one Forward” plan raised the standards organization’s suspension. of conduct for Greek organizations. In 2014, Alpha Delta fraternity was College President Phil Hanlon an- suspended for a March 1 party where nounced the initiative on Jan. 29, 2015, they failed to check identifications to addressing these standards in addition ensure students drinking were over FROM KDE PAGE 1
21, and subsequently, for hosting an unregistered event on Aug. 3. The College later derecognized the fraternity in 2015 for branding 11 new members. Several Greek organizations have gone through periods of probation, while three fraternities have been suspended in the past few years. Beta Alpha Omega fraternity was suspended in 2013 due to hazing allegations. Theta Delta Chi fraternity was suspended in 2014 for allegations of underage drinking. Other instances of extended social probation often connect to allegations of hazing and underage drinking. Judicial reports show that sororities tend not to be as connected to organizational misconduct compared to fraternities. KDE’s suspension marks the only time that a sorority has been suspended in the past decade, based on the annual reports from the COS. KDE participated in the Panhellenic Council’s formal winter recruitment this term before they were informed of their suspension, accepting 10 new members. KDE’s suspension and social probation will end before next fall’s Panhell recruitment, and College probation in the fall will not interfere with recruitment. Remy wrote that there are no restrictions on KDE’s activities while they are on College probation.
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App utilizes small changes to encourage healthy habworks on the Android and backend development of the app, according challenging and stop doing them to the Simple Steps website. The and then just revert back to their social objective of the business is old ways. Science tells us that these really important to Tuan, Rajput are really ineffective methods.” added. Dan KoH e r f f - Ko r n ’ 1 9 said that Dartsaid that even “I actually did research mouth gave the though he cur- while I was at Dartmouth team many oprently does not portunities and use a health to help people figure r e s o u r c e s t o app, he would out how to eat healthy help build the be interested and the misconceptions app. “ M y in having one that focuses on around eating.” biology major, healthy heart my undergradrates. uate research C a t h e r i n e - SALMAN RAJPUT ’14, and some engiRocchi ’19 said SIMPLE STEP FOUNDER neering classes that she used taught me how to use a health to build a prodapp aimed at runners but would uct and creating the process behind be interested in using Simple Steps. building something and innovatRajput was Carlin’s undergrad- ing,” he said. uate advisor when she was a firstRajput said studying biology year, he said. Carlin is currently a gave him the tools to understand student at the Boston University the science around health. He said School of Public Health, where that in order to distill the large she focuses on user development amount of information available, and media relations. Carlin aims they look at the science to underto become a doctor, Rajput said. stand what kinds of smart choices Rajput met Tuan in Boston, people should be making. he said. She joined the team after “I actually did research while I trying a clean eating challenge and was at Dartmouth to help people FROM APP PAGE 1
figure out how to eat healthy and the misconceptions around eating,” he said. Rajput said his undergraduate research on nutrition and behavior change was in part where the idea of Simple Steps was born. He worked on several startups throughout his time at Dartmouth before working on Simple Steps. He added that the engineering course “Design Thinking,” which he took in the fall of 2012,taught him about the robotics of innovating. Engineering professor Peter Robbie, who taught Rajput in the “Design Thinking” course, said Rajput focused on behavioral changes while he was an undergraduate. “It’s wonderful to hear that he’s moving forward with his project,” Robbie said. “It’s very fun to hear when students do that.” Rajput noted that his involvement with the entrepreneurship community at Dartmouth was an important factor in building Simple Steps and helped him understand to a greater extent how startups work. He said he wants his app to help people both at the individual level and on a larger scale. “We’re really motivated to make a social impact,” Rajput said.
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Carly Carlin ’15 and Salman Rajput ’14 founded the fitness app Simple Steps.
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SENIOR STAFF COLUMNIST EMILY ALBRECHT ’16
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People should not use the word ‘alcoholism’ lightly. It comes as no surprise to anyone that students at Dartmouth drink a lot of alcohol. Most students at most colleges imbibe regularly, an aphorism that has held true from “Animal House” (1978) to “Neighbors” (2014) — in fact, I like to think of collegiate inebriation in the terms of my second-favorite Bible verse, Ecclesiastes 1:9. “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun.” Whether it is beer, boxed wine or the now-Dartmouth-banned hard alcohol, booze plays a large role in both the public and private lives of American college students. Alcohol must be consumed responsibly and respectfully. While I have little doubt that there are students on this campus who abuse alcohol, the word “alcoholism” cannot be thrown around lightly. There is a difference between drinking too much on a Saturday night while you are in this kind of environment or enjoying a beer in the evenings and having an alcohol use disorder — colloquially referred to as alcoholism. The “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” breaks down AUDs into three sub-classifications: mild, moderate and severe. The DSM-V lists 11 symptoms which may indicate AUD; the presence of two to three symptoms indicates mild AUD, four to five, moderate, and six or more, severe. Make no mistake — binge drinking is a serious problem, and it should be curtailed in whatever ways are effective and fair to everyone involved. I certainly do not recommend the level of drinking I have sometimes seen in both basements and dorm rooms. But binge drinking does not automatically equate to alcoholism. That sort of logic is a fallacy that mischaracterizes and dramatizes the reality of student behavior. Alcoholism is not legally drinking a glass of wine with your late lunch or dinner. It is not grabbing a mimosa at Saturday brunch. It is not occasionally raging with your friends on the weekend to let off some steam. It is definitely not enjoying the taste of alcohol, as
many adults do. When you call these activities alcoholism, whether you mean to or not, you are invalidating and delegitimizing the experiences of those who struggle from an AUD, and those who have been hurt — physically, emotionally, spiritually, verbally or various combinations of the above — from loved ones who suffer from an AUD as well. It undercuts the severity of trauma that those affected by an AUD experience. Language matters, and the intent of what you say does not erase the impact of its reception. Alcoholism is a serious, dangerous condition that should not be taken lightly — and calling every stumbling 21-year-old on a Friday night an alcoholic is doing just that. I understand that some people may carelessly or humorously throw around the word “alcoholism” as a defense mechanism — maybe as a way to alert friends that one is concerned about one’s own drinking habits, or as a way to broach the subject with someone about whom one is worried. If you are concerned that you or a friend may have some kind of an AUD, however, using the word “alcoholism” in anything but a serious manner can have the opposite effect. If you are worried that a loved one might have an AUD, and you use the word “alcoholic” in a flippant manner, then it may validate those unsafe drinking habits by undercutting their severity and turning them into a punchline. If you joke about yourself being an alcoholic, people may respond with similar levity instead of taking your words seriously. If you are worried about yourself or others, please do not hesitate to reach out to Safety and Security or the Counseling Office at Dick’s House. And most importantly, confide in a trusted friend or reach out to anyone about whom you are concerned. If you do not talk about your concerns, and talk about them in a kind and serious and caring manner, then nothing is going to change. If there is a situation that needs to be changed, then that change should come as quickly as possible. Put simply, alcoholism is no laughing matter.
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During campus visits, what issues should candidates discuss? During their visits to college campuses, candidates should focus on policies that most address student interests. These include the need for better college funding, restructuring of student loans, government initiatives to expand employment opportunities after graduation and programs that work towards ensuring that students of all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds can start their careers on an equal playing field. Candidates should be reasonable and realistic in their promises and students should be receptive to ideas from both sides of the political spectrum. Each candidate visit to campus brings us an opportunity for meaningful discussion and constructive debate. To reap the benefits of those opportunities, we should be informed, open-minded and engaged. - Ioana Solomon ’19 I think instead of framing populist positions with populist rhetoric, we should be seeing more populist debunking during interviews, debates, speeches, etc. It wouldn’t have to be a Dartmouth-caliber lecture on economics or the federal budget. What if we saw a candidate really counter those who point at welfare, foreign aid, education and Planned Parenthood as huge budget eaters, and actually talk about the major aspects of fiscal policy. For example, candidates need to get over their fear of talking about defense cuts. In 2012, the defense budget was more than $400 billion. Today, it’s more than $600 billion. Last I checked, Operation Iraqi Freedom was over. And instead of talking about privatizing social security, or federalizing healthcare, candidates should be doing a lot more to establish realistic policies — and making them more known to the public. We’ve got an angry electorate, and each day, voters move further away from career politicians because they aren’t giving them any real policy, and instead are moving closer to Donald Trump. - Billy Peters ’15 Some topics that are of specific interest to young people are climate change, college tuition and the job market and unemployment. That said, I think candidates tend to cater their talks to college students too much and only focus on these issues, so it wouldn’t hurt for them to also discuss foreign policy, social security and other issues that politically-informed campuses will care about as much as they care about “young people’s issues.” - Reem Chamseddine ’17
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As a college student, I value education and feel that politicians should make education a key policy issue, even more so when visiting college campuses. Still, considering that most federal changes to education, however well intentioned they may be, will rarely affect private institutions such as Dartmouth, it is critical that politicians take their audience into consideration and discuss the policies that most directly impact the audience in front of them. This does not mean that politicians should flip flop on policies — in fact, there are few features I value
more in a politician than consistency. Rather, this means that the issue of education, such as Bernie Sanders’ promise of making public institutions of higher education tuition-free, would naturally best be suited to an audience at a public institution. When politicians visit Dartmouth then, I would like to hear them discuss issues that either affect me now or very well could in the future, and as a rising senior, few issues are more important to my immediate future as jobs. My generation has been raised in an economic climate of recession and the reality of dwindling work opportunities and increasing competition. Indeed, at every family event, distant relatives make sure to remind me upon hearing that I will be graduating soon of the poor job prospects for recent graduates. So, I would like to hear politicians discuss how they intend to fix this major issue. Of course, I understand that this issue has deep roots and will not be so easily resolved, but it is nonetheless a serious issue worthy of discussion and even more so at college campuses where the audiences are so directly and immediately concerned. - Nicole Simineri ’17 I think that politicians underestimate the relevancy of foreign policy to college students — especially to Dartmouth students. Yes, it’s nice to hear about how you will bolster or fix the economy. Yes, it’s funny when you share some anecdote to make yourself seem more relatable to college students. Yes, you have a plan for the nation. But what is your plan internationally? How will you bolster this or fix that with regards to foreign nations? I want to hear about a global plan, not just a domestic one. - Benjamin Szuhaj ’19 Presidential candidates should be focusing on an equal mix of social and economic issues. While this may sound like a cop-out, I strongly believe that both subjects are of equal importance in the political realm. Social and economic issues do not exist in a vacuum; the two interact and affect each other in significant and lasting ways. Focusing on social issues at the expense of economic ones ignores how the market, tax policy, labor unions and any number of financial issues affects the social realities of Americans. Likewise, it is ineffective and shortsighted to focus on social issues such as reproductive rights, gender equality and education reform without acknowledging and articulating how these issues are changed by the manifestation of economic realities. Keeping this caveat in mind, I think that presidential candidates should focus primarily on tax reform and education reform, which I see as interrelated issues. A family’s socioeconomic status and geographic location should not determine the strength and quality of education any student in the United States receives. We all deserve equal opportunities, and a robust education system funded by a fair tax code is a strong step toward that ideal. - Emily Albrecht ’16
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Thayer recruiting in emerging fields
the details of the job advertisement, which then has to be agreed upon will receive input from faculty mem- by the dean. bers who work in the same field. The advertisement must meet Lynd, a professor of environ- equal opportunity guidelines and mental engineering design and an be placed in locations that reach adjunct biology professor, is chairing applicants from all backgrounds. the search for the energy and design When the resumes come in, they specialist. are narrowed down and phone The job description indicated interviews are conducted. After that the position entailed re- that, two to four people are insearch and vited to campus interest teach- “Over the past few and then offers ing within the are made, Lynd combination years we have seen said. of energy and students attracted to Before design, such an offer is foras energy ef- engineering because mally extended, ficient build- they see these emerging the faculty must ings or other and the engineering frontiers.” vote environmental central adminimpacts. istration must T h e d e - - JOHN ZHANG, THAYER approve the ofscription was fer, he said. made to be PROFESSOR Baker, intentionally the Sher man open and unFairchild profesconventional, sor of engineerso that the ing and one of school could find someone with Thayer’s leading material scientists, new ideas, Lynd said. is leading the search for a compu The position came about as part tational material scientist. of Thayer’s push to develop lead- The position calls for a candidate ing program in who can do calenergy which “We think [that] there culations rangcreated a need ing from quanfor more de- are people out there that tum mechanics sign experts, he are really one hundred to determining said. the physical “We think percent energy people properties of [that] there but also one hundred materials. are people out Bakthere that are percent design people er said that really one hun- and you don’t have around 80 candred percent didates have energy people to give up one for the a p p l i e d f o r but also one other.” the position, hundred pera smaller pool cent design compared to p e o p l e a n d - LEE LYND, THAYER past searches’ you don’t have PROFESSOR group of apto give up one plicants. for the other,” T h e Lynd said. need for the Lynd is curposition comes rently still refrom a lack of ceiving applications. Lynd said that expertise in the area and the new in past searches at Thayer, he has faculty member will be interacting received anywhere between 100 to with the material scientists in the 200 applications. engineering and chemistry depart He said that candidates will be ments, Baker said. notified of the results in April. The initial 80 applicants has As for the candidates themselves, been narrowed down to three, each Lynd said that he likes to see strong of whom will be coming to campus internal motivation, a good track between Feb. 26 and March 4 for the record in regards to research and final part of the application process, teaching and an ability to fit in with where they will be meeting with both the faculty at Thayer. faculty members and students. He said that the faculty expan- Baker said that he expects offers sion partially comes out of a forth- to be given soon after that process coming expansion of Thayer. ends, but that he will not know who Once the dean decides that a will be coming until he receives search should be started, a search confirmation from the candidates committee is named and decides themselves.
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Students can use the many tools in the Claflin Jewelry Studio to create works for themselves, family and friends.
THRIVING AND SURVIVING
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On Monday, students attended a Mindfulness Workshop run by Dartmouth on Purpose as part of the 21-Day Chal-
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016
DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 4:00 p.m.
“A Conversation with Zadie Smith,” author of “White Teeth” (2000), Oopik Auditorium, Life Sciences Center
4:30 p.m.
“What Just Happened?” a discussion of the Iowa Caucus with Brendan Nyhan and Hendrik Hertzberg, Filene Auditorium, Moore Building
5:30 p.m.
Intro to Pop-up Books: Triangle and Parallel Folds, led by Sarah Smith, Room 21, Baker Library
TOMORROW 12:30 p.m.
“Are Surveys and Polls Passé? Finding Our Way Along the New Big Frontier,” seminar with Michael Link, Silsby 119
3:00 p.m.
“Conservation after Conflict in Pakistan: A Model for Collaborative Archaeology,” presented by Dr. Luca Oliveri, Haldeman 41
7:00 p.m.
Performance by Sarah Chang, featuring works by Bartok and Brahms, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts
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Shanker and Zwetchkenbaum to resurrect “Legally Drew” By WILLIAM TACKETT The Dartmouth
Daniel Shanker ’16 and Drew Zwetchkenbaum ’16’s musical, “Legally Drew,” got its title from a joke about Zwetchkenbaum’s first name, though he wasn’t involved with the conception of the play. A freshman floormate of Zwetchkenbaum, whose first name is Drew and not Andrew, once asked Zwetchkenbaum about his name, Zwetchkenbaum said. Zwetchkenbaum replied that his name was “legally Drew,” a phrase that the floormate pointed out would be a good name for a musical, Zwetchkenbaum said. “That night or the next day [he and Shanker] wrote a song and I found out about it and I was like you guys can’t write this without me — it’s about my name,” he said. As Zwetchkenbaum became more involved in the writing, the other floormate left the project and Shanker and Zwetchkenbaum continued working on the musical. “It was just us two writing songs every night or every other night for the rest of the term,” Zwetchkenbaum said. The pair wrote four more songs their freshman fall, Fall 2012. Over winter break, Zwetchkenbaum and Shanker worked on the musical individually and completed it during winter term before staging the musical Spring 2013. Now, the pair plan to bring the show back for another round. “Legally Drew” follows a “loser character” who sees legally changing his name as a symbolic first step
towards turning his life around for the better, Zwetchkenbaum said. “It’s pretty biographical,” quipped Shanker. On the creation of “Legally Drew” Zwetchkenbaum said, “We were like, what is an anti-musical, and how could we do that?” They took multiple approaches to writing, starting with lyrics, a chord progression or melody, but the process was always collaborative, Zwetchkenbaum said. “Either I’d have an idea or he’d have an idea and we set it to some sort of chord progression that he would have and generally it would be us riffing with melodies and jokes until we completed the song,” Zwetchkenbaum said about the writing process. In general, Zwetchkenbaum took on lyric and script-writing duties while Shanker handled composing music. Shanker had a year’s experience writing music before they started the musical. “I just really love The Cure and Elliot Smith,” Shanker said, wryly citing archetypal indie rock influences. Anything he listens to can influence the songs he writes. In terms of comedic songwriting, he largely drew from Randy Newman and Flight of the Conchords, Shanker said. “They can make something really funny still sound like a real song, which is something I tried very deliberately to do in the musical,” Shanker said. Sometimes Shanker had a specific style in mind when writing a song, emulating different artists including Rage Against the Machine, Coldplay
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Daniel Shanker ’16 and Drew Zwetchkenbaum ’16 partnered to write the musical “Legally Drew,” showing in March.
and Marvin Gaye, for numbers in order to achieve a certain humor or irony, Shanker said. Josh Cetron ’16, who plays drums in the pit for “Legally Drew,” said “the style of those songs is this incredibly clever, funny, but really almost pop style.” “It is easy to listen to and it’s exciting to listen to and it’s fun to listen to musically,” Cetron said. “And then when you start listening to it lyrically, it is just incredibly funny and clever.” Fellow pit percussionist and bass-
D-STEP TAKES CENTER STAGE IN DANCE SHOWCASE
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Dartmouth dance group D-Step performs in Collis Common Ground in the opening ceremonies of Black Legacy Month.
ist Simone Wien ’16 added that the tions in high school. He mostly wrote music is “really indulgent and fun,” one-act plays and a few skits. During saying that at one point, for instance, his first year of high school, he got Shanker had her playing a “really involved with a student group that grungy, rock bassline” as well as put on one-act plays by acting in a Latin percussion, timpani and mallet play his sister wrote, Zwetchkenpercussion. baum said. Shanker formerly wrote songs for “I thought it was so fun,” Zwetchthe campus band Some Kind of Jet kenbaum said. “Every year after that Pilot, the members of which are now I wrote one. And I realized I really part of Half the City. For Some Kind liked writing.” of Jet Pilot, Shanker wrote more Though a theater minor, Zwetchintrospective songs that focused on kenbaum’s writing extends beyond personal exploration. For “Legally musicals. He writes for the Jack-ODrew,” in contrast, Shanker took a Lantern humor magazine and has whimsical approach to the music. written sketches for campus improv For example, one song consists group Casual Thursday as well as of a nine piece kazoo orchestra, a sketch group. He has also written Shanker said. a few plays that “never turned into Cetron, who played in both anything,” including another one student bands, described Shanker’s with Shanker, Zwetchkenbaum said. song-writing style in the context of “It’s a very self-aware, B-List Some Kind of Jet Pilot. kind of musical in that everyone Cetron said involved and the that Shanker’s “It’s a very self-aware, plot is aware how influences range absurd all this is,” from ska to alt- B-list kind of musical Wien said of the rock. musical’s writing. in that everyone Shanker does allows you to involved and the plot “It not only write have a lot of fun music intended is aware how absurd with it.” for bands or mu- all this is.” This kind of musicals, Cetron sical is an extensaid. sion of the style “ D a n i e l i s -SIMONE WIEN ’16, PIT of “stupid, goofy somebody who plays” ZwetchPERCUSSIONIST AND seeks every opkenbaum started portunity he can BASSIST writing in high to inject music school including, into his life,” Cetron said. “His sort of for example, a play within a play desire to weave [music] into his daily within a play, said. life, write songs for Frisbee formals “My mom said she liked it better and banquets, small opportunities to than ‘Book of Mormon,’” Shanker make music — it’s something that’s said. just a representative part of his life.” “Legally Drew” will be performed Zwetchkenbaum, meanwhile, on Friday March 4, Saturday March started writing for theater produc- 5 and Sunday March 6 in Silsby 28.
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SPORTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Women’s basketball splits weekend of overtime thrillers
By ASHLEY DUPUIS The Dartmouth Staff
The women’s basketball team battled it out this weekend on the road, reaching overtime in both of its road games. The team split the weekend, beating Columbia University (11-8, 0-4 Ivy) 76-73 on Friday before dropping a tight game against Cornell University (11-7, 3-1 Ivy) 71-58 the next day. This weekend’s games leave the Big Green with an overall record of 7-13 and an Ivy League record of 2-2. “I’m really pleased with the way this basketball team is playing,” head coach Belle Koclanes said. “They’re getting better, playing better and competing at a higher level these last three weeks. For our opening Ivy League weekend, I’m proud of the effort and we’re going to take the lessons learned and we’re going to get better next week.” The match against the Lions saw a back and forth momentum between the two schools, resulting in close game. Strong, consistent scoring in the first quarter led by Daisy Jordan ’16 put the Big Green in the lead heading into the half 33-28. The second half, with 11 lead changes, proved to be an even tighter contest. By the end of the third quarter, the Lions pulled within one point of the Big Green to leave the quarter at 52-51. The game reached its pinnacle in the fourth. Kate Letkewicz ’18 kicked off the quarter with a long three. The Lions
answered quickly, however, keeping all Dartmouth leads in the single digits. With 4:38 left to play, Dartmouth led by one point until 2:53 left in the quarter when Columbia tied the score. Columbia retook the lead and as the seconds ticked down, it looked as if the Lions would pull out a victory until Letkewicz scored two crucial free throws to tie the game with 34.4 seconds remaining. These late game points pushed the two teams into Dartmouth’s first overtime game of the year. Lakin Roland ’16 knocked down a three for the first points in overtime for either team, giving the Big Green a lead that would last for the remainder of the game. “It’s a grind every Ivy League game,” Koclanes said. “That’s why I love the Ivy League because every game is going to be that way.” For the second game in a row, Letkewicz led the Dartmouth offense in points, putting up 23 and adding eight boards. Roland scored 19 points and 11 rebounds, giving her the only double double of the game from both sides. Jordan had her highest scoring output of the season, with 16 points and 4 rebounds. The Big Green wrapped up their Empire State trip on Saturday against the Big Red, which was also coming off an overtime game the night before — a loss to Harvard University. Roland kicked off the game with a three, starting a lead that the Big Green would
hold through the first quarter up 11-8. Cornell took its first lead of the game with a little over two minutes left in the second quarter. The Big Green offense, however, struck back quickly taking the lead at 24-23 by halftime. “This is a hard place to play,” Koclanes said. “Cornell is always a solid hard working team, particularly at home on their floor.” The second half closely mimicked the back and forth flow Dartmouth experienced against its other New York rivals. The Big Green looked to be gaining momentum and control during the early minutes of the fourth quarter, going on a 6-0 run until the Big Red capitalized on its next few possessions tying the game at 51 with 4:03 remaining. After Cornell pulled away, Roland once again came through with a three late in the fourth to bring the game to the tie that would send them to overtime. “It’s not necessarily a single thought I had about scoring [to bring the game to overtime],” Roland said. “It’s more of a mindset of just responding as soon as you get possession of the ball.” Despite pushing the game into overtime, Dartmouth could not capitalize on earlier momentum, allowing the Big Red to pull away, resulting in a 71-58 loss. “It’s the best we’ve competed in Ithaca and I’m proud about that,” Koclanes said. “We had an opportunity to win the game at the buzzer, but we
didn’t make a play and then the last five minutes in overtime went to Cornell. For two teams to go into OT two nights in a row, that’s awesome Ivy League basketball.” Roland posted 19 points and 16 rebounds, earning her fourth straight double-double. Letkewicz also reached double figures with 12 points. “I know during the Cornell game, we were really fighting through our fatigue because we had gone to overtime the night before also,” Letkewicz said. “That will be our key take-away, maintaining energy and lasting through fatigue.”
The team’s message moving forward is one of positivity, influenced strongly by Koclanes. “The team is growing more and more each day,” Koclanes said. “The more times we compete with the back and forth competition, the more mature we become.” The Big Green will continue with league play at home next week, taking on Princeton University Friday at 7 p.m. and the University of Pennsylvania Saturday at 6 p.m. “Play hard,” Roland said of the goal for the coming games. “Just play hard and win.”
JOB ORENGE/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
The women’s basketball team took both games into overtime this past weekend.
Swim and dive loses non-conference dual meet to UConn
By MAX ZHUANG The Dartmouth
The University of Connecticut defeated the Big Green men and women’s swimming and diving team this weekend at Wolff-Zackin Natatorium. This dual meet marked senior day for UConn swimmers and was the final non-conference dual meet of the season for the Big Green. Although many Dartmouth swimmers won individual events, the women’s team lost by a score of 160-121 and men’s team lost by a score of 174-126. The Big Green had a rough start to the day. UConn won both the men’s and women’s 200-yard medley relay races. The women’s relay touched less than two-tenths of a second behind while the men touched five-tenths of a second behind the
Huskies’ first place finish. It was not until the third event that AnnClaire MacArt ’18 provided the team with their first first place finish of the day in the women’s 1000-yard freestyle (10:27.36). Not only did MacArt swim her best time of the season, she followed it up with victories in the women’s 200-yard freestyle (1:52.75) and 500-yard freestyle (5:00.64). Building momentum for her team, MacArt’s string of individual performances contributed 27 points to the total. Women’s co-captain Olivia Samson ’16, who swam her own season best in the women’s 1000-yard freestyle (10:44.74), said that though MacArt had a “tough schedule” swimming the 1000, 500 and 200yard freestyle events, the sophomore still won all of her events which energized the team.
“There were a lot of close races today,” Samson said. Meanwhile, in the women’s 50yard freestyle, Dartmouth swimmers Kendese Nangle ’16 and co-captain Charlotte Kamai ’16 placed first (24.71) and second (24.78), respectively. Megan Crook ’19 also had a strong showing by winning two events — the women’s 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.09) and 100-yard freestyle (52.72). Crook contributed to the team in a big way this meet with 18 individual points. Amber Zimmerman ’19, Samson, MacArt and Kamai capped off the meet by winning the women’s 400-yard freestyle relay (3:35.23). This marked the fourth race that MacArt had swam in, and her fourth win. “For this meet we were missing a lot of the swimmers,” Tony Shen ’18 said. “Those who aren’t going to
the [Ivy League Championship] are already done for the season and we were just tired after a tough week of training.” For the men’s team, Misha Tovmashenko ’18 brought first place to the men’s team in the 200-yard freestyle (1:40.81) for the second week in a row. In the next men’s event, James Verhagen ’16 won his race in the 100-yard backstroke (50.15) as well as the 200-yard backstroke event (1:51.80). David Harmon ’17 and Henry Senkfor ’18 also had notable swims, securing first place finishes in the men’s 100-yard butterfly (50.22) and the men’s 200-yard IM (1:54.54) respectively. The team’s efforts were too little too late, however, as the men’s team had fallen into too much of a deficit to win the meet after securing just three victories within the first eleven
events. Ending the meet on a high note, Tovmashenko, Shen, Aaron Athanas ’16 and Henry Patrick ’19 took first in the men’s 400-yard freestyle relay. The men’s team won its final three events, including the 400-yard relay. “We had some good and some bad,” head coach Jim Wilson said. “We’re in a weird mode in between staying well rested and ready to race due and training hard due to the upcoming Ivy League Championship.” Less than a month from the Ivy League championship, the Big Green swimmers and divers are starting to focus on the three-day long meet. As tapering begins, they are looking to swim their best times during the competition. The Dartmouth team’s last dual meet will be next week when they race rival Columbia University in New York City on Feb. 7.