The Dartmouth 11/06/14

VOL. CLXXI NO. 150

RAIN

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Greek leaders to release proposals

GOT RHYMES?

HIGH 50 LOW 37

By Parker Richards The Dartmouth Staff

NATALIE CANTAVE/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

SPORTS

TENNIS TEAMS END SEASONS ON A STRONG NOTE PAGE 8

Habib Tengour and Pierre Joris read French and English poetry in Paganucci Lounge.

VANDERMAUSE: A MORE MEANINGFUL PROCESS PAGE 4

ARTS

DSO TO PLAY CLASSICAL MASTERWORKS PAGE 7 READ US ON

DARTBEAT ARE WE REALLY THE SOCIAL IVY? LET’S TAKE A LOOK. FOLLOW US ON

TWITTER @thedartmouth COPYRIGHT © 2014 THE DARTMOUTH, INC.

SEE GREEK PAGE 2

Panel facilitates discussion on money management B y REBECCA ASOULIN The Dartmouth Staff

OPINION

Greek leaders proposed policy changes related to high-risk drinking, sexual misconduct, freshman safety, house renovations, faculty advisors and inclusivity in a letter sent to senior College administrators earlier this week.

A draft of the proposal was published on Dartblog Wednesday morning, though Greek leaders said that version is outdated and subject to change. The final proposal will be released Thursday, Inter-Fraternity Council

president chair Wil Chockley ’15 said.

The Panhellenic Council and the Gender-Inclusive Greek Council, formerly the Coed Council, voted to sign the document Wednesday. IFC public relations chair Brett Drucker ’15 said the council should approve a final proposal by Thursday. Panhell, GIGC and IFC leaders declined to provide The Dartmouth with the finished proposal.

Panhell president Rachel Funk ’15 said proposals related

In day-to-day life at Dartmouth, where meal swipes and DBA replace cash currency, it can be easy to ignore wealth, Josué Ruíz ’17 said. But off campus, some students can drive their own cars, spend $220 on J. Crew sweater and enjoy a lenient budget while studying abroad.

“I could never do that,” Ruíz said. “I send money back home

to my mother in California and need to make sure I have enough saved up so I can go home.”

Ruíz, along with Gabrielle O’Donoghue ’17 and Richard Palomino ’15, spoke at a panel Wednesday night organized by Dartmouth Quest Scholars and MoneySmart.

Arianna Lee ’16, co-director of Quest Scholars, said the group organized the event to present money management skills and personal stories of students

working at the College.

Quest Scholars, a chapter of a national network that focuses on bringing high-achieving lowincome students to top universities, has around 30 freshman participants this year, social chair Ilenna Jones ’15 said.

“We want to start this dialogue to break the bubble of people who don’t have to worry about getting a job to maintain their current experience,” Lee said.

Construction projects progress through fall

B y Erica Buonanno The Dartmouth Staff

From the football field to Panarchy, and from Hanover to Lebanon, more than $100 million worth of construction projects are underway this fall.

In June, Panarchy undergraduate society residents were forced to vacate the house due to health and fire code violations. Repairs will cost up to $400,000, paid for by a

mix of donations, savings and loans, Panarchy Corporation president and Thayer Ph.D. candidate Dan Olson ’04 said.

Pending approval from Hanover fire department chief Martin McMillan, Panarchists will be able to move back into the house this winter and spring, he said.

On Sept. 25, Panarchists launched an Indiegogo campaign called “ProjSEE CONSTRUCTION PAGE 5

The College hired approximately 1,700 students this fall, Student Employment Office consultant Kari Jo Grant wrote in an email. About 64 percent of students earn wages between $7.75, campus minimum wage, and $10, Grant wrote.

Speakers highlighted several options for working on campus.

Palomino, who has worked both as a dishwasher for Dartmouth Dining Services and as a teaching assistant, said he

made “quick money” at DDS but found the hours less flexible.

The teaching assistant position, he said, allowed him to connect with a professor and build his resume.

DDS employs 131 students and the average hourly rate is $11.35, director David Newlove said. Students tend to work between eight and 14 hours a week, he said.

SEE PANEL PAGE 5

College waits for Banner Student revamp proposals

B y Noah Goldstein The Dartmouth Staff

After a focus group aimed at modernizing Banner Student failed to launch, the College is reinvigorating efforts to gather student input on the online portal students use to access personal and academic information.

More than 500 students voted in favor of an Improve Dartmouth post written nine months ago that described the system as “clunky and old” and suggested switching to a more modern platform. Improve

Dartmouth is a crowdsourcing website for students, faculty and alumni.

Esteban Castano ’14, who co-founded Improve Dartmouth, said he was one of only two students to attend a focus group in the spring.

Alan Cattier, director of academic and campus technology services, said that he did not receive any responses on an Imrpove Dartmouth request for specific Banner recommendations, so he turned to focus SEE BANNER PAGE 2

THE DARTMOUTH NEWS

PAGE 2

DAily debriefing AROUND THE IVIES

Brown University: Brown President Christina Paxson announced a goal to double the percentage of underrepresented minority faculty in the next 10 years at a faculty meeting earlier this week, the Brown Daily Herald reported. At 9 percent, Dartmouth has the highest percentage of underrepresented minorities in the Ivy League, followed by Brown at 8.5 percent.

Columbia University: A Barnard student government committee on inclusivity released a series of posters addressing microaggressions, the Columbia Spectator reported. The posters explain why certain prejudices are harmful and offer inclusive alternatives.

Cornell University: Next week, 25 activists who protested the Vietnam War will return to Cornell for panel discussions, forums and a teach-in, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. The reunion is part of Cornell’s sesquicentennial celebration.

Harvard University: In a unanimous vote, members of Harvard’s faculty of arts and sciences requested that the university change a health benefits policy it released earlier this year, the Harvard Crimson reported. One criticism of the plan is that it introduces deductibles for non-routine health appointments and copays of up to $1,500 per person.

University of Pennsylvania: The number of students enrolling in introductory computer science courses at Penn is rising, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported, and its computer science department lacks the resources to meet this demand.

Princeton University: The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced Wednesday that it found Princeton to have violated Title IX regulations, The Daily Princetonian reported.

According to OCR, Princeton’s assault response protocol does not comply with Title IX, and the university did not adequately address sexual misconduct complaints.

Yale University: Yale reported a $51 million surplus for the 2014 fiscal year, the Yale Daily News reported. Provost Benjamin Polak noted that the surplus generally depends on the accounting methods and thus the actual net gain in funds is likely significantly less. After a $39 million deficit in 2013, Yale enacted cost-cutting measures.

— Compiled by Samantha Webster for Dartbeat

LET’S TALK ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Drinking regulations listed in proposal FROM GREEK PAGE 1

to high-risk drinking, sexual misconduct and financial inclusivity will be different in the final draft, declining to specify further.

The final version will not include “earth-shattering changes” to the leaked draft, Chockley said.

The leaked proposal recommends that Greek organizations hire thirdparty bartenders to serve hard alcohol at registered tails events, strengthen punishments for members found serving hard alcohol to underage drinkers, encourage the use of kegs instead of bottles and cans, require College-paid, third-party bouncers to monitor large parties and work with state officials to track who buys hard alcohol. The proposal requests an exemption to the bartender policy for coed Greek houses that have not been found responsible for an alcohol violation in more than three years to incentivize membership.

Gender-Inclusive Greek Council president Noah Cramer ’16 said the policy exempting coed houses is important to many members of the three Greek coed organizations, as they traditionally serve hard alcohol rather than beer at events.

The draft also proposes that Greek houses remove members from their organizations whoare suspended by the College for sexual misconduct and organize a summit to produce bystander intervention guidelines. Identifiable, trained sober monitors should monitor Greek events with more than 50 attendees, according to the published proposal.

The proposal also recommends a termly discussion between Greek organizations and non-Greek student groups to educate members on race, gender, class and sexual orientation, as a way of promoting inclusivity.

The draft describes several Greek financial aid policies. Panhell is working to establish a scholarship fund through

KATELYN JONES/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

Corrections We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com.

the College’s development office, while the IFC plans to provide 70 grants of $100 per year for students who will apply anonymously, according to the draft.

The document outlines policies designed to protect freshmen through increased contact between Greek houses and undergraduate advisors, suggesting that Greek representatives speak at a freshman floor meetings. The proposal also indicates that Greek organizations should give UGAs contact information for presidents and risk-managers.

The proposal asks the College to help Greek organizations renovate their houses and promises a reduction in the number of pong tables. Seating in Greek houses could lead to “more diverse social interaction” and slower alcohol consumption, the proposal suggests.

The draft recommends that each Greek organization have a male and female faculty advisor, who could hold office hours, attend academic events and review the chapter’s academic performance, among other things.

Chockley said the Greek leaders who authored the document wanted to ensure that administrators understand the Greek houses’ openness to change.

“Until recently, we’ve been on the receiving end of a lot of attention but haven’t really taken the conversation into our own hands,” Chockley said.

The proposal, he said, includes substantive reforms that will make the system safer and more inclusive without eliminating “what we think makes the Dartmouth Greek system so special.”

The document, Chockley said, represents a compromise between several Greek leaders.

“It’s much stronger to present on a unified front,” Chockley said. “We’re facing very similar issues, so it makes a lot of sense for us to come together and present one set of recommendations rather than three sets of conflicting recommendations.”

Chockley said that IFC, Panhell

and GIGC leaders reached out to National Association of Latina/o Fraternal Organizations and the National Pan-Hellenic Council leaders without a response. NALFO and NPHC presidents did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

“It is very much a document of compromise, and I think everybody is going to be walking away unhappy,” Cramer said, “but everyone is going to be okay, too.”

Chockley sent the draft to College President Phil Hanlon, interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer, special assistant to the President Laura Hercod and Board of Trustees Chair Bill Helman on Monday, copying Cramer and Funk on the email.

College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email that proposed changes mark “an important contribution” to the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee’s process of soliciting ideas, calling them “a welcome approach to student accountability.” The committee, tasked

by Hanlon in May to address sexual assault, high-risk drinking and inclusivity, is expected to present proposals to the Board of Trustees in January.

The proposal follows a September meeting of Greek leaders with senior administrators in which Hanlon, Helman and “Moving Dartmouth Forward” committee chair Barbara Will urged students to initiate change in their organizations and address freshman safety, hard alcohol, adult oversight of social spaces and new member probationary periods. In the following weeks, sorority and fraternity presidents voted to eliminate pledge terms.

Presidents of Zeta Psi fraternity, Alpha Xi Delta sorority and Tabard coed fraternity declined to comment. All other Greek organization presidents did not respond to requests for comment.​ Drucker is a former member of The Dartmouth senior staff.

Banner Student is antiquated, students say FROM BANNER PAGE 1

Bill Frezza, an entrepreneur, spoke with College Libertarians over pizza.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

groups.

The College will start making changes to the online platform when students suggest specific points for improvement, Cattier said.

“These systems are tied together in all kinds of intricate ways and changes have many consequences in many areas,” Cattier said. “None of this is as simple as throwing a light switch and saying here is a new look and feel.”

Updating a site that allows students to add and drop classes and tracks grading, financial aid, admissions and student billing is a more complex task than the simple “agree” or “disagree” format of the Improve Dartmouth question suggests, he said.

Cattier said that he reads Improve Dartmouth weekly and tries to address

the largest issues. First the issue itself is evaluated by relevant administrators. If deemed a valid request, the suggestion then gets implemented.

The cost of the project is not currently known, as a governance structure evaluates impact, cost and magnitude of the change, while also evaluating whether outside help is needed.

Chief technology officer Joe Doucet said implementing a new system would be difficult. The major offices involved with Banner ­— such as the registrar and the Dean of the College — would have to agree to changes and identify the costs, like new software.

Of six students interviewed in Novack Cafe and the first floor of BakerBerry library on Wednesday afternoon, all said they think Banner should be updated, mirroring the popularity on Improve Dartmouth.

Claire Votava ’18 and Will Tackett ’18 noted that the website does not run in all browsers and can be difficult to navigate and access.

Other students criticized the platform’s antiquated interface and design.

Steven Peralta ’15 said that he would like to see the system updated but did not have particular suggestions.

Improve Dartmouth hopes to meet with students near the end of this term or at the beginning of the winter term, Cattier said.

Administrators used student input when Dartmouth switched from Blackboard to Canvas last year, assistant director of educational technologies Barbara Knauff wrote in an email.

Students participated in focus groups and tested the final product, Knauff wrote, acknowledging this situation is different.

THE DARTMOUTH NEWS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

BY THE NUMBERS Earlier

hopkins center for the arts

this week,

more than

200

PAGE 3

faculty

members signed an open letter calling for the

College to abolish the Greek system. We list the top 10 departments represented.

21 BIOLOGY

noV 7 & 8 8 pm

noV 13-15 8 pm

$5

noV 9 & 16 2 pm

moore theater

sat

noV 8

18

8 pm

SPANISH & PORTUGUESE

17 ENGLISH

$5

sun

noV 9

$5

10 9

spaulding auditorium

noV 12 7 pm

spaulding auditorium

sat

9 9

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

noV 15 8 pm

$10

noV 18 7 pm

$5

9

ENGINEERING

8

STUDIO ART

spaulding auditorium

tue

GEOGRAPHY

anthonY princiotti conductor

Although Brahms wrote only one violin concerto, his is considered among the best works for violin and orchestra. Its lucid, deeply emotional solo part was written in collaboration with his friend Joseph Joachim, one of the greatest violinists of the 19th century. This soulful work is complemented by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 and Mozart’s bustling Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE GLEE CLUB louis Burkot director

SALLY PINKAS piano ALEXANDRE BRUSSILOVSKY violin JULIAN MILKIS clarinet

7 pm

$10

DARTMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

tue

wed

WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES

Set in the late 19th century but with a very contemporary feel, this gem of a play (Tony Award nominee for Best Play in 2010) is a provocative and entertaining story concerning a Victorian-era doctor’s obsession with treating his patients’ “hysteria” with a novel new device.

rollins Chapel

noV 11

$10

by Sarah ruhl • Jamie horton director

This 40-voice ensemble, accompanied by a chamber ensemble including Rollins’ melodious Austin pipe organ, performs Faure’s beloved requiem that offers a vision of “death as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than as a painful experience.” The program also includes selections from the chorus’ upcoming winter concert tour of Cuba.

2 pm

11 MATH COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

spaulding auditorium

DARTMOUTH THEATER DEPARTMENT In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

spaulding auditorium

The Hop’s pianist-in-residence is joined by two noted international artists for an engaging program including two works infused with American jazz and Central European folk music—and a Stravinsky suite written at the start of WWI that evokes that era with the tale of a war-weary soldier.

DIEGO EL CIGALA

Dubbed by the press “the Frank Sinatra of flamenco,” El Cigala is a multiple Grammywinning vocalist of transcendent expressive power. Born into a family of Spanish Romani artists and intellectuals, he began his career singing with dancers but soon brought that fiery, intimate style to music from across the world. Accompanied by piano, bass, percussion and two guitars, he offers his own flamenco-tinged array of bolero, son, tango and Afro-Caribbean jazz.

PAT METHENY UNITY GROUP

with chris potter, antonio sanchez, Ben Williams & Giulio carmassi Legendary jazz guitarist Pat Metheny returns to small-combo performance with the Unity Group, a band gifted enough to keep up with the full range of his forty years of musical explorations. No surprise that with this band, Metheny won his astonishing 20th Grammy in 2013.

HANDEL SOCIETY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE roBert Duff conductor with soloists elissa alVarez soprano & erma mellinGer mezzo-soprano

Dartmouth’s 100-member town-gown chorus offers the NH premiere of the first oratorio based on Anne Frank’s diary, which sets Frank’s words “with such tender respect it’s almost impossible to hear without tears” (The Observer, UK). Accompanied by soloists and orchestra, the Handel Society also sings rarely heard Brahms choral works based on poetry by Goethe and Hölderlin.

hop.dartmouth.edu • 603.646.2422

Dartmouth college • hanover, nh $5 and $10 for Dartmouth students

THE DARTMOUTH OPINION

PAGE 4

Staff Columnist JOn Vandermause ’16

Contributing Columnist Sarah Perez ’17

A More Meaningful Process

Faulty Faculty Thinking

College applications don’t give a sense of who applicants are.

Dartmouth is an intellectual paradise. It is difficult to get through a day here without rubbing elbows with a leading scholar. We are surrounded by the best labs, the brightest minds and the most cutting-edge work.

Yet only the hallowed few are granted entrance. For nearly 90 percent of Dartmouth applicants, the gates are slammed shut. Concrete reasons never accompany rejection letters.

The reason for this is straightforward: there aren’t any. Admissions committees at elite schools embrace madness without method. They demand not substance but show, herding applicants through a series of meaningless hoops that gauge little more than their income and industry.

Let’s consider a typical college application.

The Common App pulls applicants in a dozen different directions corresponding to the 12 blank slots in the extracurricular section. On top of eight-hour school days, the ideal applicant is expected to jump haphazardly from one thing to the next: jazz band, debate, mock trial, quiz bowl, student government, and on and on. If you want to get into an Ivy League school, you’re expected to do it all. There is no time to settle.

If you’re industrious enough to weave your way through the extracurricular portion of the application, your next task is to reveal what makes you a spectacular person in 650 words. This is the admission committee’s attempt at probing your soul. What better way to access an applicant’s intangibles than by asking him to put pen to paper?

Unfortunately, the essay portion often amounts to an exercise in insincerity. Some applicants spend their summers doing charity work in foreign countries on their parents’ dime, all so that they can recount their splendid deeds to Princeton application readers. If your son or daughter’s writing isn’t up to snuff, don’t fear — just hire an expert to ghostwrite the essay. There are no enforced restrictions on what can show up in the final draft. No effort is made to disentangle fact from fiction.

Next up, the interview, where introverts are penalized and insincerity is rewarded. What do you see yourself doing in 20 years? Wax eloquent

about your life dream of advancing the frontiers of human knowledge. Why did you choose to apply to our school? Talk about the extraordinary opportunities that you learned about from Google 20 minutes ago. Not a polished talker? Tough luck ­— maybe you should try a state school instead.

We are told that this process is intended to be holistic. It’s about more than test scores, the story goes. Top schools don’t want just brains: they want brains and brawn, leadership and focus and drive. Admissions committees want to peer into the applicant’s soul and see nothing but gold.

Gold on the outside doesn’t hurt, either. More than half of students at Dartmouth do not receive financial aid, and the sons and daughters of Dartmouth alumni receive a boost in the admissions process. The rich are groomed from the cradle to attend an elite college, and top universities welcome them with open arms. Someone has to pay the tuition bills, after all.

In sum, our process prizes performance over substance and falsely equates excellence with excellence on paper. It strives to quantify the content of an applicant’s character, but this grand project is doomed to failure because the measures it relies upon are too flawed.

There is a way out of this mess, but it requires a break from our current practice. Admissions committees should revamp the application process to highlight aptitude and integrity over flashy self-aggrandizing.

Colleges should rewrite the extracurricular portion of the application to prize depth over breadth. Instead of forcing students to spew a laundry list of activities onto the application, they should ask them highlight one or two at length.

Instead of granting applicants the freedom to conjure up a quality essay by any means, colleges should embrace the strategy of the online learning platform Minerva: make them write an essay on the spot in 40 minutes. This would offer a clearer glimpse into raw talent than our current process allows.

Our current admissions process is a lousy meter stick for the human soul. There are simpler ways of probing aptitude and character. Let’s embrace them.

212 Robinson Hall, Hanover N.H. 03755 • (603) 646-2600

Lindsay ellis, Editor-in-Chief stephanie mcfeeters, Executive Editor

carla larin, Publisher Michael riordan, Executive Editor

taylor malmsheimer, Managing Editor sasha dudding, Managing Editor madison pauly, Managing Editor PRODUCTION EDITORS EMILY ALBRECHT, Opinion Editor LULU CHANG, Assistant Opinion LORELEI YANG, Assistant Opinion JOE CLYNE, Sports BLAZE JOEL, Sports

Editor Editor Editor Editor

Caela murphy, Arts & Entertainment Editor ashley ulrich, Arts & Entertainment Editor ERIN LANDAU, Mirror Editor aditi kirtikar, Dartbeat Editor

BUSINESS DIRECTORS piotr dormus, Finance & Strategy Director Ashneil Jain, Finance & Strategy Director erin o’neil, Design Director SEAN CANN, Layout Director Alexander gerstein, Technology Director Dylan zabell, Advertising Director Alana Dickson, Operations & Marketing Director Oliver Schreiner, Operations & Marketing Director

EMMA MOLEY, Dartbeat Editor tracy wang, Photography Editor NATALIE CANTAVE, Photography Editor Alex Becker, Multimedia Editor

ISSUE

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

NEWS EDITOR: Emily Brigstocke, LAYOUT EDITOR: Lily Xu, TEMPLATING EDITOR: Brian Li, COPY EDITOR: Annette Denekas.

SUBMISSIONS: We welcome letters and guest columns. All submissions must include the author’s name and affiliation with Dartmouth College, and should not exceed 250 words for letters or 700 words for columns. The Dartmouth reserves the right to edit all material before publication. All material submitted becomes property of The Dartmouth. Please email submissions to editor@thedartmouth.com.

The faculty are wrong to think that eliminating Greek life will do much.

Earlier this week, faculty members joined in on the voting hoopla, granting students access to course evaluations. This was not the meeting’s only outcome. Soon thereafter, the faculty voted on abolishing the College’s Greek system. 116 faculty members voted to abolish the Greek system, and 13 members voted to preserve it. Three abstained. This outcome was not unexpected, and previous votes have yielded similar results. In 2001, the faculty voted 92-0 in support of abolishing the Greek system.

Needless to say, the landslide of votes calling for abolition of the Greek system is concerning.

Let me be clear, we have more to be worried about than just the deterioration of our pong game should the Greek system be abolished.

While far from perfect, the Greek system offers many positives that should not be dismissed out of hand. For example, the Greek system is a major source of philanthropic initiatives on campus. Furthermore, current students and alumni have both attested to Greek life’s positive effect on their Dartmouth experiences.

For many alumni, Greek houses are a place to go back to on campus, a place where they have made memories and forged friendships.

As such, the Greek affiliation also bridges the gap between current students and alumni.

These positive contributions the Greek system makes to campus life, members’ personal development and student-alumni relations are valuable, and they are not given enough credit.

The vote portrays the Greek system as the root of the College’s problems. However, abolishing the existing social framework is not a panacea for Dartmouth’s shortcomings.

Abolishing the Greek system is to choose the path of least resistance. This solution presumes that our problems with sexual assault and binge drinking will vanish into thin air. In a letter to administrators, faculty cited the success of other schools that opted to end Greek life, mentioning Middlebury, Colby and Williams. The letter asserts that these schools now use “the lack of Greek life” as

a “recruiting advantage.” However, there is no mention of the problems that persist even after the Greek alphabet has been purged from campus vocabulary.

On these campuses, neither sexual assault nor binge drinking ended with the Greek system. Middlebury’s reforms since abolishing the Greek system indicate that problems remain. The “It Happens Here” campaign at Middlebury, like the campaign at other schools, aims to prevent sexual assault and empower survivors. Administrators at Middlebury have also taken measures to curb binge drinking.

In September, the school’s athletic director announced a new ban on alcoholic beverages at tailgates. Colby and Williams continue to battle these issues as well. In 2012, 15 students at Colby left the college following allegations of sexual misconduct. Earlier this year, Williams administrators were accused of inadequately responding to the rape of a female student.

In essence, the abolition of the Greek system at these schools has not had the desired effect.

Students have continued to act irresponsibly, regardless of whether or not they wear Greek letters, and sexual assault and binge drinking remain problems on campus.

The faculty’s vote to abolish the Greek system is troubling because it fails to recognize this. It lacks foresight and does not acknowledge that binge drinking and sexual assault are complex issues. Furthermore, there seems to be no strategy for what will happen following the end of the Greek system. While faculty noted the idea of a residential college system, “alternative social spaces” such as these present another set of challenges altogether.

Such spaces would be extremely costly, and it is unclear whether students would make good use of them. But would “alternative social spaces” truly eliminate sexual assault and binge drinking? In my view, the answer is not quite so simple.

Ultimately, ending the Greek system to combat deep seated campus issues is tantamount to applying a Band-Aid to fight Ebola. It is a misguided, albeit well intentioned, solution.

THE DARTMOUTH NEWS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

PAGE 5

Research building to Panelists talk money management cost $111 million FROM PANEL PAGE 1

FROM CONSTRUCTION PAGE 1

ect Save Panarchy” that has raised $12,860 of its $14,000 goal. Over the next five years, the organization seeks to raise $100,000 to pay for repairs.

Construction will consist of two phases. The first will bring minor repairs such as replacing broken electrical outlet covers and patching holes in the wall. Estes and Gallup constructing firm will separate the main staircase from the rest of the first floor, which should be completed by Dec. 31, Olson said.

The plans have progressed on schedule, and work has started on minor repairs that do not require building permits, Olson said.

Olson said architect John Vansant ’81 is planning the second phase, noting that it will involve building a second staircase so people can escape in case of a fire. This construction will most likely begin next summer.

“Originally we thought we were going to be able to stop after phase one, which would have been just barely in compliance with fire code, but we wanted to exceed the minimum requirements due to the unique (i.e. confusing) layout of the house,” Olson wrote in an email.

The first phase of construction will cost $100,000, Olson said, and the second phase will cost $300,000.

Half a mile away, demolition of Memorial Field’s West Stands will begin after the football team faces Brown University at home on Nov. 15, head coach Buddy Teevens said. The Board of Trustees approved the $10.5 million project last spring.

The work will be completed during winter term and spring interim, Teevens said.

He said the stands, which lack handrails and have uneven steps, will be safer and comply with safety codes following the renovation. To follow new regulations, he said, stadium seats will be widened. The construction will modernize restrooms and enhance the press box with upgraded technology for television and radio broadcasts.

“It won’t affect my football team in terms of on-the-field stuff, but it will present a much more attractive and current stadium then what we’ve had in the past,” he said. “I think every school in the league has updated theirs except Dartmouth, and I think it’s absolutely essential — otherwise it’s going to fall down and be condemned.”

In Lebanon, the five-story Williamson Translational Research Building is on schedule and on budget, Geisel Medical School spokesperson Derik Hertel wrote in an email. According to the building website, the building will be home to scientists and researchers working in areas like neuroscience, clinical and translational pathology and computational medical sciences.

The building will also serve as the

headquarters of Synergy, Dartmouth’s clinical and translational science institute, program director Alan Green said.

The Center of Genomic Medicine will also move in to the building, said Norris Cotton Cancer Center interim deputy director Christopher Amos, who leads the project. Amos said the space aims to facilitate communication between physicians and clinical staff members, which will ultimately improve their work.

“The groups that are coming together are currently situated in several different regions of the campus and are excited to be coming together in a beautiful space,” he wrote in an email.

Construction started in spring 2013 and is scheduled to finish by this summer, Hertel said.

Minor changes have come since the project kicked off, though the building size and location have remained the same. He added that there is a contingency fund to address any unforeseen circumstances and to fund any additional improvements.

The project is projected to cost $111 million, including about $20 million from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and a $20 million gift from Peter and Susan Williamson. Initially, the building was expected to cost $116.5 million.

Construction on the Hood Museum will triple its classroom capacity. The Hood has a $50 million fundraising goal.

Thayer Engineering School may receive a third building as early as 2017, helping boost its capacity as enrollment increases over the next few years, vice president for campus planning and facilities Lisa Hogarty said in a previous interview.

The Board of Trustees approved a $150 million construction plan for the Williamson Translational Research Building and the North Campus Academic Center in June 2012.

The North Campus center, announced in 2011 and slated to be completed by 2015, has seen little progress. The building was expected to house health care delivery projects, which were then moved to the planned Williamson Translational Research Building, as well as three social science departments, graduate studies programs, the Geisel Medical School administration and the Dana Biomedical Library.

Gilman Hall, the now-closed former home of the biology department and proposed location for the academic center, will remain vacant for the foreseeable future, Hogarty said. Though the College investigated potential uses for the building over the summer, it did not decide on an immediate course of action. While housing was considered as one option, this would have been too expensive.

Parker Richards contributed reporting.

Another large employer, the library, employs on average 225 student employees, associate librarian for user services Jennifer Taxman said.

Most library student employees work technical or service desk jobs, Taxman said. The library, she said, always fills its open positions.

DDS, in contrast, can hire 200 more students per term than it does now, Newlove said. DDS saw a 33 percent decline in the number of student hours worked this term, he said, adding that “jobs tend to be shed” during finals.

“We have many job openings that go unfilled,” Newlove said. “So we’re seeing less students who want to work, even though we’ve increased by $2 an hour since last year.”

Newlove noted that the majority of students who work for DDS are women and people of color.

During the panel, Ruíz said some difficulties that students of lower socioeconomic status face stem from stigma attached to minorities in food services.

“I saw a Yik Yak the other day that was saying, ‘Where are the people of color so I can make my Novack order,’” Ruíz said.

Students of lower socioeconomic status may have fewer networking opportunities and visible role models —

experiences that many people assume are available to everyone, Ruíz said.

“It creates an awkward conversation where I have to explain to you how I have nothing you just talked about, and you have to acknowledge your privilege,” he said.

Jones said she believes many people do not talk about money because they do not want to advertise the extra work they do.

The panel and similar events acknowledge the contributions of student employees, who balance tough courses, social life and a job, Jones said.

“There are students working here who are helping to run Dartmouth and making it work,” Jones said.

As a pre-medical student, O’Donoghue said she does not have time for a full-time job. Instead, she makes money in temporary jobs: babysitting, tutoring and participating in research studies.

While events like the panel give students of lower socioeconomic status a space in an elite institution, the College could do more, Jones said.

“We’re making sure students who come here have a space,” Jones said.

“Schools like this are not historically made for students like me.”

Lyric Griffin ’18, who attended the event, said she appreciated the opportunity to hear students talk about an

experience that resonated with her own.

Sofia Karabasevic ’16, co-chair of MoneySmart, a Tucker Foundation program that promotes financial literacy, said the group’s presentation aimed to show the technical side of managing personal finances.

The group also spoke about Dartmouth-specific job search sites like JobNet, the temporary jobs Listserv and psychological and brain sciences departmental experiments.

Janice Fidalgo ’18 said she attended to learn about campus jobs and budget management. After the discussion, Fidalgo said that she appreciated hearing about opportunities like the studies, and feels more confident about using money management tools.

Jones said she is grateful for the opportunities she has at Dartmouth but believes campus could better support students who have trouble adjusting to a historically wealthy environment.

On campus, she said, small interactions can “fly right in your face.” She said that as someone who comes from a place where she dealt with hunger, the Class of 1953 Commons “is the best.”

“People would say this food is disgusting, and I couldn’t really say, ‘Hey, I like FoCo,” Jones said. “Those little things that one could think isn’t a big deal may be a bigger deal for someone else.”

Priya Ramaiah contributed reporting.

THE DARTMOUTH ADVERTISEMENT COMICS

PAGE 6

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

GAIN THE PROFESSIONAL ADVANTAGE Professional Advantage Courses: An Introduction to the Economics and Finance of Energy Fundamentals in Sports Business Integrated Marketing and Public Relations Strategies

Make the most of this winter break! The NYU School of Professional Studies is offering college juniors and seniors, as well as recent college graduates, the opportunity to gain valuable career development skills and a view into professional practice.

Application Deadline:

Two-week, professionally oriented intensive programs allow you to explore career options and to gain the competitive edge as you think about your career path, apply to graduate school, or search for that first job.

For more info and/or to apply: sps.nyu.edu/professionaladvantageacademy01

In addition to rigorous work in the classroom during the day, several evenings will be devoted specifically to your career development.

Domestic Students: December 15, 2014 International Students: November 15, 2014

Program Contact Phone: (212) 998-7188

Career focused activities include attending networking events, benefitting from employer site visits, and improving your interviewing and resumewriting skills. You will learn to brand yourself personally and professionally, while gaining valuable industry-based knowledge.

New York University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. ©2014 NYU School of Professional Studies.

Your dreams just became more affordable at our

Hanover Store Closing Sale!

NYU-SPS Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications

Job Number: a1415-0216 Product: CE Professional Advantage Size: 10” x 6.26” Bleed: N/A Color/Space: 1/2P4C

Pub/Issue Date: Dartmouth College Date 11/04/14 Artist: pw Proof #: 3

Save on All Merchandise!

UP TO

70

%

OFF

Plus receive an additional 10% Off with Dartmouth ID

FINANCING AVAILABLE

WIN $250 SHOPPING SPREE OLDEST RECEIPT CONTEST We are looking for the oldest receipt in Amidon’s 80 year history. Bring your oldest receipt to the downtown Hanover location to enter. Winner will be announced on November 22nd. No purchase necessary.

Downtown in the Nugget Arcade Building 53 South Main St. • Hanover, NH 03755 Monday through Friday - 10 to 5:30 • Saturday 10 to 4

AMIDON JEWELERS - AD 1 - 10x6.26-VN.indd 1

10/31/14 3:07 PM

THE DARTMOUTH ARTS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

PAGE 7

DSO concert to feature Glee Club will sing diverse choral set classical masterworks B y Kourtney Kawano The Dartmouth Staff

B y Mac Emery

The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra aims to channel the invigorating energy, splendor and emotional of classical masterpieces in its Saturday performance, even as the paralytic chill of winter besets New England.

In its fall term concert, the DSO will deliver three classical works. The group will open with the overture to Mozart’s abidingly popular “The Marriage of Figaro” (K. 492), followed by Brahms’ lone “Violin Concerto in D Major” (Op. 77), featuring a solo from Emily Hyun ’13. The orchestra will conclude with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8.

After polling its members and deliberating, the group’s officers and conductor Anthony Princiotti selected this repertoire for its practicality and for the overall musical experience, orchestra general and recruiting manager Kevin Chen ’15 said. “‘The Marriage of Figaro’ is a great piece to, you know, raise the curtains, so to speak, on a concert,” Chen said.

“It’s very well known. It’s very exciting and easily palatable for the audience.”

After the jubilance of Mozart’s overture, the violin concerto presents a “very heartfelt,” even “romantic,” mood, Hyun said.

“In some ways that makes it different from other Brahms music, which some people would describe as being emotionally more restrained,” Hyun said. “It’s a bit more free.”

Hyun, who studies medicine at Yale University, played in the DSO as an undergraduate at Dartmouth. This solo, which she said is demanding in length and intensity, marks a return to the group that was essential in her

college experience.

Student manager Lindsey Lam ’15 praised Hyun, saying that she has always been a “strong leader” within the group.

After the conclusion of Brahms’ concerto and a brief intermission, the DSO will finish Saturday’s concert with a rendition of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8.

The work, Chen said, is underrecognized, sandwiched between two of his most famous symphonies, Chen said.

“In terms of musical education,” Chen said, “Beethoven is always a fantastic learning experience.”

Student manager Erica Westenberg ’15 lauded Princiotti for his proficiency in preparing the DSO. The conductor holds the group to high standards and “doesn’t compromise” what is best for the orchestra, she said.

Matthew Marsit, Darmtouth Wind Ensemble director, said he expected the concert’s recognizable lineup to be well-received by students and other audiences.

“Something that Maestro Princiotti and our orchestra do well is pay great homage to the most important masterworks in music’s history,” Marsit said.

Princiotti declined to comment on this weekend’s concert.

This December, the DSO will transport this concert’s repertoire on a nine-day tour to Bosnia, Serbia and Hungary.

“The quality that European audiences expect and hope for is very high, and the reward is also greater because you know they have those high standards,” Chen said of the winter tour.

The concert will take place Saturday at 8 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium.

Complementing the iconic music of French composer Gabriel Fauré with spirituals and Spanish works, the Dartmouth College Glee Club will perform a diverse concert in Rollins Chapel on Sunday.

The program centers around Fauré’s “Requiem Mass in D minor,” a 35-minute piece written in Latin that is noted for its relaxing sound that contrasts the swift and forceful tone of typical funeral masses at the time, Glee Club director Louis Burkot said.

“The piece’s serene tone makes the composer seem accepting of death’s inevitability,” he said. “It encourages a sense of self-serenity.”

Fauré was born in 1845 and composed his works during the Romantic era of Western classical music, so he took a different approach when writing a piece about a normally solemn topic such as death.

Although Fauré originally composed the piece with only five movements, he continued to play with the work from 1890-1900, adding and omitting movements. The final form, which he completed in 1900, features seven movements. It opens with “Introit et Kyrie,” a prayer to God,

before moving to “Offertoire.” The lyrics of “Sanctus,” “Pie Jesu” — an aria that features a soprano solo by glee club member Min Jee Kim ’17 – and “Agnus Dei” are characterized by graceful praise and worship of God. “The solo sings the prayer to the ‘Blessed Jesus’ for a ‘granting rest,’” Kim said. “The peaceful melody and its orchestration are combined beautifully.”

“Libera Me” and “In Paradisum” close the mass with calls of aid and eternal blessings in heaven.

With its innovative sound, Burkot said, Fauré’s “Requiem” has garnered a cult following.

In addition to “Requiem,” the around 40-member group, along with a chamber orchestra, will perform a selection of pieces that integrate four centuries of choral music and preview the group’s upcoming ensemble trip to Cuba in December. The ensemble will sing “O Quam Gloriosum,” a passionate mass written by Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria as well as spirituals from composer Moses Hogan.

Hogan sang “Ride the Chariot,” arranged in the mid-20th century by William Henry Smith, for his 2006 album, “Negro Spirituals.” The piece

r! hey hanove

want to go 'round the world? no need to go far ;) come by for burritos, bowls, salads, wraps, shakes, and smoothies.... with a globally inspired twist.

boloco hanover every day 11am - 10pm 35 south main street, hanover, nh 03755 (603) 643-0202

talk to us JEFFREY LEE/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra will perform its fall concert Saturday.

provides a soulful contrast to the anguished sound of the Spanish mass and will feature a booming solo by Nathaniel Graves ’13 that will add to the piece’s rapid beat that resembles the galloping of a horse.

Glee club member Hallie Reichel ’18 noted the variety of the pieces — the group, she said, will sing in English, Latin and Spanish.

Guitarist and Boston University music professor John Muratore will accompany the glee club for its rendition of “Romancero Gitano, Op. 152,” a piece written by Italian composer Mario CastelnuovoTedesco. The composition, which means “gypsy ballads,” includes lyrics based on an arrangement of poems by Federico Garcia Lorca in the early 20th century intertwined with elaborate guitar.

“The rich harmonies and rhythmic variety are very appealing elements of this piece,” Muratore said. “They provide an intriguing experience for the audience and performers.”

The performance will mark one of the first times that the glee club features an even mix of voice parts.

“The blend of this group,” Burkot said, “is amazing.”

Sunday’s performance will begin at 2 p.m.

@boloco | www.boloco.com

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

PAGE 8

SPORTS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014

THURSDAY LINEUP

No athletic events scheduled

Tennis teams wrap up fall season B y KOURTNEY KAWANO The Dartmouth Staff

The men’s and women’s tennis teams finished strong at Harvard’s UTR Metro Open and the Big Green Invite, their final weekend of fall season play. The men saw six singles wins the first day and the women finished 15-3 overall, losing only one singles match.

The men traveled to Cambridge for the three-day tournament at Murr Tennis Center that began on Oct. 31, and attracted top collegiate and adult players nationwide. Despite the challenging field, Dartmouth won 11 matches.

“This team has shown a willingness to invest in the process of developing as individuals and collectively as a team,” men’s head coach Chris Drake said. “We have gotten better in every tournament we have played.”

On the first day, the Big Green saw six singles wins from Paul Midgley ’18, George Wall ’17, Diego Pedraza ’17, Aman Agarwal ’18, Blake Niehaus ’17 and Max Fliegner ’18. Midgley was the only player to represent Dartmouth in the first round, where he notched a win against his first opponent, 7-6, 7-5, before falling to Harvard’s Kelvin Lam in the second round, 6-2, 6-2.

The tournament provided good match experience for the winter, Midgley said.

“It was more about focusing on the

process rather than the outcome, but the team did well overall,” he said.

The team added four wins on Saturday from Pedraza, Fliegner, Agarwal and Midgley. Pedraza defeated Harvard’s Sebastian Beltrame in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-4, but lost to University of Massachusetts at Boston assistant tennis coach Harshana Godamanna, 7-5, 6-4, in the semifinals.

What was important, Pedraza said, was securing wins for each individual player.

“The team stuck to a certain pattern within their games,” Pedraza said.

“That was what eventually gave us a chance to do well.”

Agarwal, playing in Flight B, was the lone Dartmouth player to qualify for Sunday’s final round after defeating Lam in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-4, and after taking down teammate Fliegner, 6-2, 2-6, 10-3, in the semifinals. He went on to win his finals match against the Army’s Alex Van Velzer, 2-6, 6-4, 10-7.

While the men were on the road, the women enjoyed home court advantage.

The Big Green went 15-3 overall and dropped only one singles match. On Friday, the Big Green faced the University of Massachussetts and won four matches in singles and split evenly in doubles, 1-1. Taylor Ng ’17 had a close match against Ana Yrazusta Acosta and was ultimately victorious, 7-5, 6-4. Akiko Okuda ’15 defeated Anna Woosley in

a similarly intense match, 6-4, 7-5.

The Big Green improved its doubles play on Saturday against the University of Minnesota, winning both matches with Ng and Kristina Mathis ’18 defeating Paula Rincon-Otero and Mehvish Safdar, 8-5, and Okuda and Alexxis Kiven ’18 beating Maja Vujic and Kendall Heitzner, 8-4.

Women’s head coach Bob Dallis said the team performed well.

“None of the points or games lost was given away. Our opponents had to earn them,” he said.

The team finished the tournament on Sunday against Boston University, going undefeated in singles and splitting in doubles, 1-1. Dartmouth took 15 out of 18 matches to finish the tournament; 11 of the Big Green’s victories came in singles play, where Julia Schroeder ’18, Mathis and Ng went 3-0 and won their respective individual matches each day.

“Like our previous tournaments, our team played really well,” Ng said.

“Everyone has been successful individually and we’re only going to keep improving.”

Both teams will take a brief break from competition before returning to play in January.

The men’s team will host its first winter matchup with games against the University of Buffalo and Bryant University on Jan. 17 while the women host Boston College.

KATE HERRINGTON/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

Akiko Okuda ’15 went 2-1 over the weekend, part of Dartmouth’s dominating performance at the Big Green Invite.

B y AUSTIN LIM AND RICH SHEN The Pawtucket PawSox, Providence Bruins, Maine Red Claws.

What do those teams mean to you? Probably not much. These development teams, however, provide the building blocks for three of the four major sports we enjoy today. Coming out of college, many players are not yet ready to jump into the highest level of their respective sport. They therefore go through a grooming process, obtaining professional experience and working with professional coaches to refine their skills until they are ready to make the final jump to the top tier of their sport.

By now, you might be wondering: if these development leagues are so important, why doesn’t professional football — America’s most popular sport by far — have one?

We’re glad you asked.

In the NFL, hundreds of players attend training camp each year but are out of a job by Labor Day. More than 800 players are left stranded: good enough to practice with the elites, but not quite good enough to compete. Although coaches preach about fair competition in training camps, the reality is that teams invest so much in some players that other training camp invitees won’t get a second look unless someone gets injured. That strikes us as a massive waste of talent.

The Fall Experimental Football League, which had its inaugural season this fall, has sprung up to try and take advantage of all that untapped potential — envisioned as a potential feeder system for the NFL. The FXFL currently has four teams: the Brooklyn Bolts, Boston Brawlers, Omaha Mammoths and Blacktips. The Blacktips do not have a hometown yet — similar to freshmen on a Friday night, roaming around trying to find a game to play. These teams play a six-week schedule, with games on Wednesday and Friday nights so as not to conflict with NFL and NCAA schedules.

In theory, the FXFL should work similarly to the farm system in professional baseball. As we all know,

injuries run rampant in the NFL, and pro teams constantly need viable replacements. The FXFL is set up so that players can be called up to NFL rosters at any time. Because the FXFL season runs alongside the NFL season, players can both stay in shape and gain experience while waiting for their chance to play in the NFL. In essence, every game of the FXFL season allows these players to prove themselves in ways they often couldn’t in training camp.

Why has it taken so long for a developmental football league to start up? The answer is simple: in the past, it has not been financially sustainable. The NFL tried to start international development leagues before, but these leagues struggled to attract the international audience and bled money. There were also several attempts to establish a domestic development league, but these previous versions made the mistake of trying to compete with the NFL. The FXFL is different for two reasons. It is meant to complement the NFL and serve solely as a development league, and it is specifically designed to keep costs down. For example, FXFL teams do not have their own stadiums, instead using existing ones. Plus, FXFL players only make $1,000 a week, whereas in the NFL, even practice-squad players make about six times that.

A successful developmental football league would be great for professional football teams and fans. What fan wouldn’t want to see better football players and more competitive games? Even the most casual NFL fans should root for the FXFL to succeed. Of course, it remains to be seen whether the FXFL can avoid the financial problems that previous football leagues have faced, but fans can certainly be more optimistic about the prospects of this league.

In the meantime, we recommend hopping down to Boston sometime to go watch Tajh Boyd (yes, that Tajh Boyd) play quarterback for the Brawlers. Perhaps you might just find the next big NFL superstar while you’re there.