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Trump, Sanders take NH Working groups
focus on inclusivity By SONIA QIN
The Dartmouth Staff
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are the winners of yesterday’s New Hampshire primary election. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton placed second
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Clinton lagged behind with 29.6 percent as of press time. Polls were open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the first presidential primary in the 2016 presidential race. Hanover High School was open to students and residents of Hanover as a polling place. For the past few weeks, students involved in campaigns and political organizaSEE PRIMARY PAGE 5
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in their respective races. Trump received 35.2 percent of the vote, compared to Kasich who received 16.0 percent. Sanders received 59.7 percent of the vote, followed by Clinton at 38.7 percent as of press time. In Grafton County, Trump took 45.3 percent of the vote, followed by Cruz who trailed with 15.8 percent and Kasich with 13.8. Sanders took 66.2 percent while
Last Wednesday, College President Phil Hanlon and Provost Carolyn Dever announced the creation of three working groups that will tackle issues of diversity and inclusivity at the College. The announcement said that these working groups will present their findings on problems and suggested solutions to an executive committee, which will be responsible for implementing the strategies suggested. The committee will also be responsible for producing a report on May 1 with the identified next steps. The executive committee will also be advised by an alumni advisory group. There will be a student working group chaired by vice provost for academic initiatives Denise Anthony, a faculty working group chaired by Dean of the College Rebecca Biron and vice provost for student affairs Inge-Lise Ameer and a staff working group chaired by director of talent acquisition Ahmed Mohammed. Each group will
include students, faculty and staff. Biron identified the goals of the three working groups as “to better document our current efforts and improve coordination across the institution to define clear goals and metrics for how we’re going to define success, establish standards for accountability along with mechanisms to ensure that we continue to hold ourselves accountable.” Ameer said that both Dever and Hanlon are anxious to hear what groups recommend and to get going with the process. Last Friday, Dartmouth’s NAACP released an email statement to campus with a critical response to the working group initiative, citing “ambiguities of the plan” and the absence of an outline of “how accountability will be concretely measured.” NAACP president Jon Diakanwa ’16 said he is happy that the school is taking issues of diversity and inclusivity
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Dartmouth fell out of the R1 category, a group of 115 doctoral universities with the “highest research activity,” in the most recent report released by Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education on Feb. 1. The College is now part of the R2 group of “higher research activity” institutions. The Carnegie classifications, updated every five years and first published in 1973, are based on an index that considers the
size of institutions, comprehensiveness of research programs and research productivity, CCIHE director and education professor at Indiana University Bloomington Victor Borden said. Dartmouth was in the R1 category in 2005 and 2010, but not in previous listings. In the newly released 2015 report, Dartmouth was the only Ivy League institution not in “R1.” Within the basic classification measuring research activity, institutions are separated by type, such as doctoral universities, mas-
ter’s colleges and universities, baccalaureate colleges and associate’s colleges. The doctoral universities group, defined as institutions that award at least 20 doctoral degrees in a year, has 335 schools classified as R1, R2 and R3 categories. Eight other schools fell out of R1 in 2015, including North Dakota State, Rockefeller University, Yeshiva University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Fifteen institutions moved up to R1, including Northeastern University and George Mason University. Borden said many differ-
ent entities use the classifications for diverse purposes, including internal benchmarking, awarding federal grants, allocating salaries and crafting state policies. “The original purpose and core pur pose is to provide higher education researchers and policy makers with a mechanism for distinguishing among different types of institutions,” he said. The classifi cations also determine how the U.S. News and World Report College Rankings define their categories of institutions,
Borden said. For example, the “National Universities Rankings” category comes from the Carnegie doctoral universities group. The classifications are meant to group similar schools for comparison purposes, he said. Borden noted that though Dartmouth may have dropped to R2, it is still part of the elite group of doctoral universities defined by CCIHE. “It’s an index, and we had to draw a line somewhere,” he said. “Whether you’re the SEE RESEARCH PAGE 1
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DAILYDEBRIEFING The Corporation, Brown University’s highest governing body, recently approved a 4.1 percent hike in tuition, The Brown Daily Herald reported. This brings total undergraduate charges to approximately $64,566. The rise is consistent with the past two years’ tuition hikes of 4.4 and 3.8 percent, respectively. This change coincides with a 7.1 percent increase in the undergraduate financial aid budget. In December 2014, Cornell University announced its plan to buy all electricity generated by the Enfield Black Oak Wind Farm, but some Enfield, New York, residents are now opposing the plan, The Cornell Daily Sun reported. The farm will produce 20 percent of the University’s annual energy, but local residents have expressed concerns about noise pollution and the lack of financial benefits the town will receive. More than 180 residents of Enfield have signed a petition asking that the project be delayed, and the farm’s advisory committee will meet this week to discuss the proposal. Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a new group at the University, is encouraging students to sign a petition that demands the University divest from eight companies making profit off of Israeli business in occupied Palestinian territories, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported. The group brings together members of two other groups, the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine and Columbia/Barnard Jewish Voice for Peace. The group is currently unaware if Columbia has holdings in the specific corporations but said that it is “highly likely” the university does. A University spokesperson told the Spectator that the University does not comment on specific holdings. - COMPILED BY LUKE McCANN
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seriously. However, he said there was plausible reason to believe the working group plan may not work out as expected. “The first and the biggest reason is the history of the way administration has handled these types of situation,” Diakanwa said. “They have a track record of deferring action rather than taking action, and just kind of pushing things out of the way until we’re at a point where students aren’t in a position to respond.” He said that previously, College officials have released statements during finals or have waited until students have graduated before making a response. The announced executive committee is comprised of executive vice president and chief financial officer Rick Mills, vice president of Institutional Equity and Diversity Evelynn Ellis, Hanlon and Dever. The alumni advisory group will be chaired by two staff members from the alumni office, Ann Root Keith, chief operating officer for advancement and Derikka Mobley ’10, assistant director for affiliated and shared interest groups. “The executive committee was eager to seek alumni input at appropriate times so they thought that working with us once they had some recommendations would be the best way to do that,” Keith said. She said the advisory group is informal in nature and does not include a set group of alumni. She added that its role is to facilitate alumni input and insight on the issues the working groups will be discussing while allowing interested alumni to give feedback and be helpful in support of the shared goals of the community. Ellis said that the benefit of the working groups is that it will not just be the senior administration advocating for solutions. “There will be voices from across this campus saying, ‘Based on research of the things we’ve already done, based on suggestions we’ve made in the past and based on where we are now, this is where we need to be to move forward, and these are the people or resources we need to do that,’” Ellis said. Diakanwa recommended that there be a more direct line for students, faculty and staff to work with the dean of the faculty on faculty diversity or with the dean of student affairs. He said the working groups will offer students the opportunity to raise their concerns to administration and to speak directly to a group in a platform where “these things will be transparent.” “We’re hopeful that working
groups will bring about serious change; we’re glad to see some form of response,” Diakanwa said. “We definitely would’ve liked to see something more concrete and more substantial in terms of immediate action, but in terms of moving forward, we’ll definitely work with administration to try and make these as effective as possible.” Diakanwa and the vice presidents of NAACP have all nominated themselves for the working groups. Anthony said that the working groups are responsible for identifying accountability in issues regarding diversity and inclusivity. “Let’s make sure we are aware as an institution of what is happening for ourselves,” Anthony said. “We want to see where the gaps are and what they are in order to do something about them.” Anthony said the groups will be studying the current diversity and inclusivity initiatives at the College, looking at what other institutions are doing and how their models might work for Dartmouth. Ellis said she does not think there will be too many surprises on the list of recommendation — for example, a push for more faculty diversity. She said she work will begin on these known issues before the recommendations come in, so that progress can be made faster. She said that the May 1 release date for the report will give the working groups enough time to get together, to look at the history of past recommendations on issues of diversity and inclusivity and
to agree on an action plan for the executive committee. “Their job is, given the information they will collect, help us determine, as quickly as they can, action items to move us forward where inclusivity and diversity are concerned,” Ellis said Diakanwa said that the College has already taken steps toward faculty diversity, including more funding and more hiring transparency. He also said that exit interviews for faculty would allow the College to work on different ways to retain faculty based on the responses in the interviews. Diakanwa said the NAACP’s three target goals this year are faculty diversity, inclusivity and diversity education for all of the student body and faculty. NAACP also aims for some permanent structure in which students and administration can work together and address more concerns in the future. “For a school that’s truly producing good leaders, I don’t think anyone should graduate here without a sophisticated understanding of systemic racism,” Diakanwa said. Mohammed said that his role is to attract talent to the College, and that diversity has always been an integral part of talent acquisition. He said that one of the biggest challenges of this new initiative would be the element of change. “The most difficult part of any SEE INCLUSIVITY PAGE 5
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STAFF COLUMNIST MICHAEL BEECHERT ’16
GUEST COLUMNIST MEGAN LARKIN ’19
Unnecessary Hostility
Voting for Justice
The administration must improve its relationship with students. On Feb. 5, The Dartmouth Review published a response to articles written by myself and Matthew Goldstein criticizing the state of news at the College. On the whole, it was a fair defense of some of the Review’s current practices and displayed an admirable sense of mission. Although I believe that a couple elements of my piece were mischaracterized — the conservative image and spirit of the Review, I feel, are of central importance to the paper’s efficacy but should not rely on inflammatory invocations of the Indian symbol — it is encouraging to see that someone on this campus is thinking seriously about how to properly do journalism. I am happy to have helped spark such thinking, and I am sure that Goldstein feels similarly. The most interesting part of the Review’s “apology,” however, dealt with how the publication sees itself with respect to the relationship between the student body and the administration. In light of what was described as a “permanent tension between students’ and administrators’ interests,” the Review went on to describe its role as such: “Picture the dynamic between wageworkers and management at a big company. They share the same overall goal, but they’re opposed on almost every detail. At Dartmouth students want a rich social life, while our administrators want good publicity and are often willing to steamroll student life to get it. In this metaphor, the Review does its best to play the labor union. It’s our job to ‘stick it to the man’ when our distant overseers make changes that dampen the student experience.” Although it was a bit surprising to see the Review compare itself to a labor union, I think the comparison is more or less accurate. Students and administrators alike all want Dartmouth to thrive; everyone on this campus wants the College to have the distinguished place in higher education that it is wholly capable of occupying. The two parties, however, seem to have radically different ideas about how to accomplish this. I don’t believe that the ideological separation between students and administrators is marked by a solid line —
there are an unfortunate number of students who buy into the administration’s disastrous belief that diversity and inclusiveness are the panacea to all problems, and there exist a handful of administrators who have the right priorities — but it is impossible to live on this campus without sensing the basic divide that the Review references. I have come to accept this sad state of things in my time here, which is why I have written column after column criticizing the administration for allowing the poisonous tentacles of bureaucracy to wrap themselves around an increasing number of things that should either be left alone or treated differently altogether. As my time at Dartmouth draws to a close, I can’t help but wonder why it must be this way. Plenty of my friends at other schools have complained about administrations that adopt a questionable policy once in a while, but the deep and pervasive sense of adversarialism that characterizes student-administration relations at Dartmouth seems to be the exception. I wish there were an easy explanation for the gulf between students’ desires and administrators’ actions, but I can’t find one. Although many of the administration’s decisions have been misguided, it’s too discouraging to think that the people responsible for reaching those decisions are simply lacking in intelligence. I find it similarly hard to believe that the administration’s intentions are malignant; it would make no sense to purposefully alienate students. But the poor management and toxic relationship continues, and the College suffers for it. I don’t have a solution to offer, but rather a plea to Parkhurst: Please, for the love of God, make a good-faith effort to listen to us. We were admitted to this College because, apparently, we have the capacity to be leaders. Start treating the entire student body this way instead of engaging exclusively with the few groups that subscribe to your misguided vision of what higher education should entail. Dartmouth, as an institution, exists for our benefit, not yours — so trust us to help you shape the future of the College.
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Climate change should be a central concern for all voters. The 2016 presidential campaign is large corporations, demanding ethical critical for mitigating climate change treatment of workers and environmentally and preventing the loss of human lives, sound practices. Divest Dartmouth is one both in the future and the present. With example, asking the College to withdraw its growing public awareness, environmental investments from 200 fossil fuel companies. issues have become a central focus on the COP21, the recent global environmental campaign trail. Now that these issues have conference in Paris, saw a huge crowd of been brought into the millennials. Momentum conversation, we all “Although climate is building. have a responsibility to The 2016 presidential vote for a better future, change puts future candidates have noticed today. this growing movement. lives at risk, lives Climate change is Climate change is beare in just as much characterized by a set ing talked about at an of changes in weather jeopardy today. unprecedented level on patterns, oceans, ice, We need to start the campaign trail with snow and ecosystems some candidates, such due to human ac- addressing climate as Hillary Clinton and tivities. In addition to change as a social Bernie Sanders, including harming the natural energy plans as part justice issue, not just clean world, many of climate of their main platforms. change’s negative ef- an environmental However, climate change fects put human lives one.” has become a partisan at risk, such as extreme issue, rather than the biweather and rising sea partisan one it should be. levels. In turn, climate Climate change, directly or inadvertently, change is exacerbated by global warming, affects us all. While climate change can the rise in global temperature due to a sharp be approached in many ways, ultimately, increase in greenhouse gases emissions to the solution comes down to making clean the atmosphere. The emissions are mostly energy cheaper, more equitable and sustaincarbon dioxide and methane gases that are able so that humans can continue flourishby-products of fossil fuel combustion. For ing on this planet. the sake of perspective, consider that the Now is the time to take this momentum United States is the second-largest emitter to the national level. Despite the influence of carbon dioxide globally. we have had in the environmental realm, Although climate change puts future lives historically, young people aged 18 to 29 at risks, lives are just as much in jeopardy have not had the greatest voter turnout. today. We need to start addressing climate In the 2012 elections, 45 percent of milchange as a social justice issue, not just lennials voted, down from 51 percent in an environmental one. Fossil fuel extrac- 2008. For the midterm elections in 2014, tion and refinement sites are often placed only 19 percent voted, the lowest rate ever near poor neighborhoods, recorded. Millennials which contain a dispromake up 16.8 percent portionately high percent- “We have the of the population, and age of people of color, amazing opportunity, we need to make our women and indigenous voices heard. The prias young people, peoples. Studies from both maries will define the Northeastern University to make a real issues for the federal and Tufts University show difference by electing election, and we should a correlation between the vote to make climate percentage of the popula- a candidate that is change an election istion that is non-white and resolute on their sue. the number of hazardous have the plans to fight climate amazingWeopportunity, sites per square mile. These communities suf- change — and we as young people, to fer from polluted air and have to hold them to make a real difference water, resulting in higher by electing a candidate rates of chronic disease it. New Hampshire who is resolute on their and premature deaths. has the first primary plans to fight climate The fossil fuel industry is change — and we have harming people now and in the nation, and we to hold them to it. New will harm them in the set the tone.” Hampshire has the first future through the larger primary in the nation, effects of climate change. and we set the tone. Young people have had an extraordi- Beyond voting for a candidate who will nary impact on the discussion surround- support efforts to combat climate change, ing global warming and climate change. it is important that we continue to excercise Hundreds of environmental groups and our right to vote and support senators and thousands of young people have gathered congressmen who seek to protect the climate and mobilized to help create the future we’d and reduce global warming. Voting once is like to see. Young people have challenged important. Voting again is imperative.
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Students volunteer for campaigns that no vote is suppressed at the end of the day,” Smyth said. tions on campus have been urging other Sanders and Clinton are the two students to exercise their right to vote frontrunner presidential candidates by raising awareness through emails, who have stated their support for Nextposters and word of mouth. Gen’s 50by30 campaign. NextGen is Madeline Cooper ’16, president a bipartisan organization that does not of the College Democrats, said that endorse a specific candidate, Smyth the organization had been working to said. disseminate information about student Students involved in campaigns and voting rights and political organizalogistics of get- “It’s incredible that we tions were highly ting registered. visible on cam “Our goal is get to go to the polls pus in the weeks really to do the today having met most of leading up to the work to let stuprimary as well dents know that the people we would be as the day of the they have the voting for. I sense that a lot elections. right to vote here Benjamin Vihin New Hamp- of people are very excited stadt ’16, a volunshire and know about the election and teer for Kasich’s how to do it,” showed are excited to have the campaign, Cooper said. his support for Ka Austin Boral opportunity to vote in sich by standing ’16, a Dartmouth outside Hanover New Hampshire.” for Hillary fellow, High School with said that a signififellow volunteers. cant issue in voter - MADELINE COOPER ’16, Vihstadt said that turnout was the he had seen indisinterest or COLLEGE DEMOCRATS creased support busy schedules PRESIDENT for Kasich, from of young people. both students and However, he said professors who that peer influence could help raise had not initially planned on voting for the number of younger voters in the Kasich in the primary. election. Boral said that the primary was a “Telling your friends that you’ve day that the Clinton campaign had been working hard on this campaign been working towards since Septemand that you’re planning on voting is ber. Volunteers spent time canvassing going to automatically get more people the neighborhoods near the College to think that it’s their responsibility to and phone-banking residents of New vote too,” Boral said. Hampshire, ultimately amounting to New Hampshire’s position as the over 50 hours per week and close to first-in-the-nation primary would also 100 hours in the weeks closing onto motivate students who are not originally the primary. from the state to vote, Boral said. “Dartmouth volunteers have been NextGen Climate, an environ- turning out in a big way to get the vote mental advocacy organization that out,” Boral said. raises awareness of climate change and Volunteers like Boral have also been advocates for powering America with involved in facilitating dialogue on cammore than fifty percent clean energy pus about Clinton’s presidential run by 2030, provided rides for students through tabling in Baker-Berry Library, to Hanover High School. Boral said. Discussions included issues Teddy Smyth, a NextGen regional that students were concerned about and campus organizer, said that the rides to explaining how Clinton approached the polling places began because the or- such concerns through her political ganization is dedicated to bringing the career and in her potential plans for issue of climate-change to the forefront the presidency. of American politics. He said that he “A big thing in politics is having a wanted to not only inspire people to lot of candidates speak openly about vote but to also show the number of ideological platforms and all the things young individuals concerned about that they promise the voters to get done, clean energy and climate justice. but Hillary is really the only candidate “There’s many ways that we can in the race on both sides that not only express that desire,” Smyth said. “One has a lot of great things to say but also of the biggest ways to express our voices has very explicit plans and knows how is through the vote, to turn out to the to achieve those goals,” Boral said. primary and vote for candidates who Anabel Moreno-Mendez ’19, a will stand up and fight for our issue.” volunteer for the Sanders campaign, Small daily barriers often hold said that her role in his campaign instudents back from voting, Smyth cluded encouraging people to get out said. Although the distance between to vote and being active in social media Hanover High School and the College promotion of Sanders. is walkable, NextGen decided to help “He’s taking the lead in the polls, get people to the polls, he said. but the polls don’t mean anything if “I think the barrier to voting should people don’t get out to vote, so that’s be lowered as far as possible to ensure been a large focus,” Moreno-Mendez FROM PRIMARY PAGE 1
said, adding that she herself had not been aware of Sanders as a candidate six months ago, but had seen and agreed with the ideas presented on his website. “Bernie was my number one by a long shot,” Moreno-Mendez said. Monica Lee ’19, a first time voter, also said she voted for Sanders in the primary. She said that she had deliberated between Sanders and Clinton because she strongly agreed with Sanders’ ideas but felt that Clinton was slightly more trustworthy because of her experience. However, she said that seeing Sanders’ popularity in the recent weeks convinced her that he had a possibility of winning the Democratic nomination. Austen Robinson ’19, co-vice president of the College Republicans, said that he felt that members of the Democratic party had a much stronger presence on campus, especially in the case of Sanders, citing how volunteers for Sanders’ campaign have been “over-canvassing” in dorms and placing posters everywhere on campus. An hour and a half after voting booths closed at 7 p.m. in New Hampshire, the Associated Press announced Sanders and Trump as winners of the primary. The College Republicans, the College Democrats and the College Libertarians hosted an event at 8 p.m. to watch the results of the primary in the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. At the event, Latrell Williams ’16, co-president of the College Libertarians, said that it was not surprising to see Trump and Sanders pull ahead in the primary based on prior polls. “I think it’ll be more interesting to see the spread of how far ahead they were, and that will dictate the actual results of New Hampshire,” Williams said. Jeremy Lewin ’19, a supporter of the Republican party, said that he felt it was obvious that Trump would win the primary, but was glad that Kasich and Jeb Bush were doing well. He noted that Cruz was expected to do worse in New Hampshire than Iowa because of the lack of right-winged evangelical Christians in the state’s population. Robert Wright ’18, a supporter of Sanders, said that he was happy that the results matched up with polling predictions, indicating that the predicted win did not lead to voter complacency. “He’s been ahead for so many months, I thought he had a really solid position in the state, probably more than any other state beside Vermont,” Wright said. “I figured it would be a substantial lead.” Cooper said that being able to vote in New Hampshire was an exciting and unique opportunity for students of the College. “It’s incredible that we get to go to the polls today having met most of the people we would be voting for,” Cooper said. “I sense that a lot of people are very excited about the election and are excited to have the opportunity to vote in New Hampshire.”
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change is the beginning, because you’re dealing with skepticism and people who aren’t sure if this is real or not,” he said. English professor Aimee Bahng said this working group initiative is unique from past efforts because the administration is making a call across the various different bodies of campus life, meaning faculty, students and staff. She said that her main hope for these working groups is that they will not only revisit the reports from past working groups but discover a way to translate those recommendations into action. “We need to reimagine what Dartmouth stands for and reimagine what the Dartmouth student looks like, what a Dartmouth
faculty member looks like, what excellent scholarship at Dartmouth looks like,” Bahng said. “Beyond that reimagining, we then need to support implementing that vision really boldly, in terms of hiring, admissions policy and actual structural change.” Mohammed said that his optimism for this initiative stems from the involvement of Mills and Scot Bemis, Chief Human Resources Officer, who “genuinely and authentically want to see changes and bring about change,” he said. “It’s not one person’s job, the whole community has to rally around trying to make this thing happen,” Mohammed said. Keith said that the focused and collaborative efforts of students, faculty and staff will contribute to the effectiveness of this initiative.
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highest or lowest index value, you’re still in the group.” The measurement index takes into account research expenditures, the number and diversity of doctoral degree conferrals and a per capita measure of research productivity, he said. The measurements are often adjusted between updates, and despite changes in index methodology for 2015, not many institutions moved between categories, Borden said. “Some institutions fall in and out based on the way you do it,” he said. “There’s no gold standard for how you come up with a measure for something like research activity.” He added that he looked at different ways to standardize the data for 2015 and was not able to find a valid method that kept Dartmouth in the R1 group. “Dartmouth is a relatively small college,” he said. “That’s part of its attraction. We’re not measuring those aspects. We’re just looking at the research and degree numbers.” Craig Abbey, research director of the Center for Measuring University Performance, a research center at the Arizona State University that produces scholarly work on ranking and education quality, said smaller institutions are generally at a disadvantage when classifying research activity. He noted that movement might not be based on a change by an individual institution. “Probably Dartmouth fell
slightly below the cut points,” he said. “It might not have to do with a change in Dartmouth, but how other institutions changed.” Abbey added that each institution makes a choice to focus more on research or undergraduate or graduate education, and there are tradeoffs for each. Large public universities, for example, offer large classes partly to collect revenue to support their research missions. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email that Dartmouth has moved in and out of the R1 group over time and seeks to emphasize both undergraduate teaching and research. John Lombardi, MUP Center director and former Louisiana State University president, wrote in an email that though the Carnegie classifications provide institutional profiles and opportunities for comparison, classifications that combine many measurements are not as helpful as other potentially more complex measures of performance, he said. “While a single number is probably fun for public relations, the real issue is whether a particular institution is effective for the purposes of any individual,” he said. “Students, researchers, business, employers, graduate schools, all look at somewhat different characteristics in the type of high quality college or university that Dartmouth is.” Abbey said he believed Dartmouth’s shift from R1 to R2 will not hurt its reputation.
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“Europe and the Challenge of Immigration: Germany’s Role,” German Consul for New England Ralf Horlemann, Room 105, Thornton Hall
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“What is a Minicomic?” cartoonist Jon Chad, Treasure Room, Baker Library
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“The Vagina Monologues”, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts
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“X-Ray Observations of Supernova Remnants as Probes of Progenitor Evolution,” Harvard University professor Dan Patnaude, Wilder 202
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“The Role of Representations in the Mind/Brain,” Harvard University professor Alfonso Caramazza, Haldeman 41
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‘The Vagina Monologues’ to be performed in Spaulding tonight Although in the original play the ages of the characters are 13 The Dartmouth and 24, this version she portrays Tonight’s performance of Eve them as 16 and 24. Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” “This is really the only lesbian marks the 18th consecutive year of relationship in it and there is the performance at Dartmouth as already a historical viewpoint of part of V-February, the College’s the ‘gay predator,’ so I don’t know annual campaign for gender equal- that it does things to reject that ity and sexual violence awareness stereotype,” Guillemin said. during the month of February. Both directors also find a monoIn the show, 22 self-identifying logue from the point of view of a women will perform the mono- transgender woman, called “They Beat the Girl out of my Boy...Or logues in Spaulding Auditorium. Appropriately, with the piece’s so They Tried,” problematic. Budd 18th birthday comes a level of said that this monologue is a fairly self-reflection and self-awareness, recent addition to the show and was said director Lauren Budd ’18. added to address the criticism that Budd notes that there are a number “The Vagina Monologues” did not of problematic elements in “The do enough service to transgender women. Vagina Monologues.” “One of the most glaring things Budd said that although she felt is that same-sex relationships the monologue was a step forward between women are not really for women, she felt that there was portrayed well in this show,” Budd still a lot of reliance on stereotypes said. “We have a couple, but one of trans people and femininity. of them is a sex worker and one is “There are lines that are along an older woman who has a sexual the lines of ‘Growing up, I wanted to be a womre l at i o n s h i p an so badly,’ with a much “One of the most glaring and now that younger girl.” they’re taking C o - d i - things is that same-sex hormones and rector Kyra relationships between acting soft and Guillemin women are not really gentle, they ’19 wanted to are women,” get involved portrayed well in this Budd said. with the show show.” Budd because of added, “I reher past faally am not miliarity with -LAUREN BUDD ’18, a big fan of “The Vagina attaching Monologues” DIRECTOR womanhood through perto your vasonal reading and research and because of her gina, because that’s literally what passion for fighting gender in- misogynists do, and that’s literally equality and violence. Like Budd, what we hate to see, and yet we do she critiqued the above mono- that in this particular monologue.” logue, called “The Little Coochie Co-director Guillemin said that the play could incorporate more Snorcher That Could.”
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from transgender perspectives. the show changes people’s perShe said that although there are spectives year after year and gives some positive aspects of the mono- people a forum to discuss these logue, it reinforces some negative kinds of conversations. stereotypes about the correlation “Some people who saw it last between genitals and gender. year, and who will see it this year — “[In the monologue] the char- it will change their perspectives,” acter doesn’t really become a Budd said. “Not everyone comes woman until she undergoes gender to college with a perfect knowledge reassignment surgery,” Guillemin of feminism or intersectionality; said. not everyone has that same base However, both directors agree of knowledge.” that “The Va Guillegina Monomin apprecil o g u e s ” i s “It’s like when people ates how the more produc- read the Bible or read an issues talked tive than dein the old book again — they’ll about structive, and show remain that the ma- pick up pieces that didn’t relevant tojority of top- necessarily relate to day. She said ics it touches that the play on are impor- them then but relate to remains “a tant either as them now.” tenant of femsalient issues inist theater.” in 2016 or to After provide his- -GRICELDA RAMOS ’18 attending the torical conshow last year, text about the Gricelda Rafight for gender equality. Both mos ’18 felt the show presented directors also note that there is an valuable and relevant stories. She optional “talkback” after the show said that last year’s show inspired that allows audience members to her to audition this winter. express concerns about the content “I felt that it spoke to me as a of any of the monologues. woman,” Ramos said. Budd appreciates the way that She also urges anyone who has
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already seen “The Vagina Monologues” to attend the performance again this year. “It’s like when people read the Bible or read an old book again — they’ll pick up pieces that didn’t necessarily relate to them then but relate to them now,” Ramos said. “I think even if you saw this show last year, you can find pieces that may be even more relatable at this point in your life than where you were last year, because the piece, while it may have a written script set in stone, is always going to be fluid because you are never the same as you were yesterday.” Budd added that the beauty of the show comes from its ability to spark conversation on campus and how many different people can relate to the show. “I think even if you’re a gender studies major, you can still use it as a jumping-off point to discuss what’s wrong with it and what’s good about it, ” Budd said. “The Vagina Monologues” will be performed at 7 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium. It is free for Dartmouth students and $10 for community members. Budd is a member of The Dartmouth Staff.
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Women’s tennis finishes third in ECAC, men drop two matches By MARK CUI
The Dartmouth Staff
Over the weekend, the No. 32 Dartmouth women’s tennis team hosted the ECAC Winter Championship, which consisted of all the Ivy League teams except the University of Pennsylvania. The team finished third, falling in a close battle to No. 58 Columbia University 4-3 before defeating No. 54 Brown University 4-3. On the road, the No. 34 men’s team was unable to replicate last week’s amazing victories, falling to both No. 32 North Carolina State University 5-2 and No. 61 Old Dominion University 4-3. “It was a great experience,” women’s head coach Bob Dallis said. “The atmosphere overall was great. There was a fair amount of pressure since it was all Ivy League teams, and we know each other pretty well. It was a good test and barometer of where we are as a team.” On Feb. 7, the women’s team fell in a tough match against Columbia 4-3, going 1-2 in doubles and 3-3 in singles. For the first time in the young season, the Big Green was unable to secure the doubles point, with the No. 34 team of Taylor Ng ’17 and Kristina Mathis ’18 securing the lone doubles win, 6-4, over Columbia’s Rima Asatrian and Alexandra Solovyev. The Dartmouth duo of Katherine Yau ’16 and Julia Schroeder ’18 fell in a closely fought
competition 4-6 to Kanika Vaidya and Adi Milstein while the third tandem of Julienne Keong ’16 and Jacqueline Crawford ’17 fell 6-1 to Star Makarome and Andrea Kevakian. The three singles victories all came in straight sets, with Yau, Mathis, and Allison Chuang ’19 winning with respective scores of 6-4, 6-1; 6-0, 6-2 and 6-4, 6-4. However, Ng was defeated by Vaidya 4-6, 1-6 and Crawford lost in a close 5-7, 4-6 match to Solovyev. The final point between Schroeder and Kevakian was delayed due to a Hanover-wide power outage on Saturday night. Schroeder and Kevakian picked up the match on Sunday morning with the teams tied 3-3. After taking the first set 7-6, Schroeder dropped the final two sets 2-6 and 4-6, giving the fourth seeded Lions the victory. “Columbia in the semifinals was an extremely close match,” Mathis said. “Props to Julia Schroeder for being in that three-all situation. Even after the power outage Saturday night, she came out and played her hardest, and eventually fell.” Mathis noted that it was impressive that the team could bounce back from the morning loss with a 4-3 victory over Brown, finishing 2-1 in doubles and 3-3 in singles. Although Yau and Schroeder fell 4-6, the two duos of Ng and Mathis and Keong and Crawford secured the
doubles point with respective 6-4 and 6-2 scores. In a role reversal of the previous night, Dartmouth’s three singles victories were enough to give the team the match. Despite Crawford, Yau and Ng’s losses to tough Brown opponents, the team still won, as Mathis, Schroeder and Chuang all emerged victorious with respective scores of 7-5, 6-2; 6-3, 7-5 and 6-1, 6-0. Mathis was the only Big Green player to win every match in which she played, taking both doubles wins with partner Ng and straight set victories at the No. 3 position in singles, outscoring her singles foes 25-9. Both the loss and victory were extremely close, providing a valuable experience for the team in high-pressure situations, Dallis said. “It is important to know what you want to do in those key situations: how you personally play, how you want to look,” Dallis said. “That way things become really automatic so that you are not really doubting yourself as you get into those critical junctures.” After the ECAC Championship, the team’s overall record stands at 2-2. On Feb. 13 and 14, the team will next travel to Boston College and Boston University. On the men’s side the team played its first road matches of the year, falling to NC State and Old Dominion. The men’s head coach Chris Drake said
that playing on the road against two strong teams “presented challenging environment.” He noted that a a four court facility changed up the orders, with the fifth and sixth singles matches waiting to play until after all the rest had finished. On Feb. 5, the men’s team fell to NC State 5-2, going 3-0 in doubles but 1-5 in singles. The team’s three tandems of Dovydas Sakinis ’16 and Roko Glasnovic ’19, George Wall ’17 and Brendan Tannenbaum ’16 and Max Fliegner ’18 and Max Schmidt ’17 dominated doubles for the Big Green’s first point, finishing with lopsided respective scores of 6-1, 6-3 and 6-3. Singles was unable to follow up, with Wall securing the lone singles win 7-5, 7-5 over NC State’s Shoti Meparidze. No. 18 Sakinis, Ciro Riccardi ’18, Tannenbaum, Fliegner and Schmidt were defeated, with the closest matches coming at the hands of Tannenbaum and Schmidt, who lost 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (2-7) and 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-5) respectively. On Feb. 7, the team played another ranked team, Old Dominion, falling 4-3 while going 2-0 in doubles and 2-4 in singles. Like Saturday’s match, the Big Green got off to a hot start, with Sakinis and Glasnovic winning 6-3 and Schmidt and Fliegner claiming a 6-0 bagel. The third doubles match with the Dartmouth duo of Tannenbaum and Wall was suspended after the Big Green
had already secured the doubles point. On the singles side, Old Dominion’s Adam Moundir upset Sakinis 6-4, 6-4. Riccardi and Wall also fell with scores of 1-6, 3-6, and 1-6, 2-6. Following that, Tannenbaum lost in another very tense match, 7-5, 5-7, 3-6 to Old Dominion’s Aziz Kijametovic. The Big Green’s Fliegner and Schmidt were able to claim the team’s only two single wins of the day, winning 6-2, 7-5 and 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. In both matches, the doubles was able to secure the first point, but singles was unable to follow suit. “The [doubles] teams had great chemistry and execution,” Drake said. “For singles, we’ve just got to keep at it. I think we’ve got guys that can play better and they’re working hard to try to do that.” Despite the two losses, the team retained a confident mindset going into next week’s games. “We try not to get too down after the wins and the losses,” Drake said. “We had a great weekend at home and then a tough weekend on the road. A lot of these matches come down to a few points here and there. We are just going to get back to working and hope to improve our play individually and collectively as a team.” From Feb. 12 to 14, the men’s team will play at the ECAC Championship in Philadelphia, which will include the rest of the Ivy League.
Shoot for It: With Alex Lee ’16 and John Beneville ’16
By ALEX LEE AND JOHN BENEVILLE
The Dartmouth Staff
Similar to last season, the Boston Celtics have surprised the NBA with a solid performance. After going 4042, finishing seventh in the Eastern Conference and losing in four games to the Cleveland Cavaliers in last season’s playoffs, the Celtics are currently the third place team in the East at a respectable 31-22. Point guard Isaiah Thomas is an all-star this season averaging 21.4 PPG and 6.6 APG, shooting an efficient .352 from three and .419 from the field. Shooting guard Avery Bradley, small forward Jae Crowder and power forward Kelly Olynyk have also had solid seasons. Moreover, third-year NBA coach Brad Stevens has created a strong offensive and defensive system in Boston with a very balanced scoring attack. Though the Celtics are without any
“superstars,” they are putting together a very solid performance this season. Today, we debate whether they will be able to maintain this pace and possibly pull out a deep playoff push. Alex’s Take: I am impressed by the Celtics. The Celtics, far removed from the Big Three era, have so many players that I did not know played in the NBA prior to writing this article. They seem like that group of misfit kids in a movie that beat the popular kids in a kickball game played during recess just before the film’s final credits. Stevens, who practically looks like a sophomore in high school, is actually a pretty good coach. He has cultivated a great culture of team-first basketball with solid offensive schemes and special attention to defensive play. It is incredible that he was able to take this roster to the playoffs last season and pay even more attention to defense this year. Olynyk (who I have no doubt in
my mind intentionally ripped Kevin Love’s arm out of its shoulder socket in last season’s playoffs) is a surprisingly good three-point shooter and has transitioned smoothly into the NBA from his Gonzaga University days. Moreover, Thomas is an NBA player who is three inches shorter than me and he is starting in the AllStar game. The Celtics players are a bunch of guys who are exceeding expectations, and I like what’s on in Boston. As long as they keep Stevens as their coach and Danny Ainge as their executive, I suspect that the Celtics will be a very respectable team for years to come, with a San Antonio Spurs-esque culture. As for this season, I predict that the Celtics will continue to play well during the regular season and finish fifth or sixth in the Eastern Conference. Then, they will lose in the first round to a veteran team with more playoff experience. John’s Take:
The Celtics are certainly impressive, at the moment, but I agree with Alex’s assessment that they will lose in the first round of the playoffs. I’m not sure why Alex mentions the Olynyk incident. I can only assume that Alex is still bitter about LeBron James and the Cavs losing Love for much of playoffs. Of course, even with Love’s help LeBron wasn’t able to win the championship. Regardless, I don’t think it is clear at all that Olynyk is a dirty player. If he was intentionally trying to dislocate Love’s arm, it’s absolutely remarkable that he was actually able to do it. Of course, the kind of chippy arm-lock that Olynyk put on Love is not much different from what we see out on the court on a nightly basis. Pinning malice on Olynyk for a common — though perhaps petty — play seems unreasonable to me. Back to the point, I historically have had a hard time liking the Celtics because of their rivalry with the
Los Angeles Lakers. Even so, I have great respect for Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, two true competitors and class acts in the NBA. Rajon Rondo is less mature and actually reminds me a lot of Thomas, and Ray Allen threw his legacy under the bus when he abandoned the Celtics to join “King” James in Miami. The Celtics today, of course, are far from the Celtics of years ago. Their coach and players are less experienced and combined they have very little playoff experience. All that being said, the Celtics certainly hold some promise. Their young guys are talented and explosive and have the potential to elevate the franchise in the next three to five years. At the moment, however, there is just too much competition from other teams, especially in the Western Conference. There are half-a-dozen seasoned playoff teams that would run the Celtics out of town in a playoff series. Their time may be coming, but it isn’t now.