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OPINION
VERBUM ULTIMUM: PLEDGING TO CHANGE
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As the Tucker Foundation prepares to split into two centers by next fall — one focused on religious and spiritual life, the other on community service — working groups are busy determining details of the division. Last fall, then-interim
provost Martin Wybourne convened a task force that suggested dividing Tucker, a recommendation the Board of Trustees approved at its June meeting and announced July 9. Three recent reviews of the Tucker Foundation stated that it should change its structure, and discussion
of the issue came to a head last summer alongside discussions of Right Rev. James Tengatenga’s selection as dean, whose appointment was revoked following comments he made on homosexuality. Two working groups SEE TUCKER PAGE 5
The “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee will likely propose amendments to alcohol policy as part of its recommendations to reduce harmful behaviors at the College. The committee’s research follows changes in alcohol policy at peer institutions, including approaches that ban hard alcohol, prohibit drinking games and encourage open doors at social gatherings in residence halls. The committee, convened by College President Phil Hanlon in May to examine high-risk drinking, sexual assault and inclusivity, is expected to present recommendations to the Board of Trustees in January. Committee chair English professor Barbara Will confirmed that it will likely suggest changes to the College’s alcohol policy in a Thursday email. During a closed meeting with Greek organization leaders on Sept. 16, Hanlon and Board of Trustees Chair Bill Helman urged a reevaluation of student drinking, adult oversight of social spaces and freshman safety. At the meeting, which came several days before the Intrafraternity
Council announced its decision to eliminate fall pledge term, Will brought up the idea of an “open door policy,” which would mandate that a room’s door remain open if a large group of people were in the room simultaneously. When asked to comment on innovative alcohol policies at other universities, Will noted in an email that some schools have banned hard alcohol on campus. “This might be seen as innovative depending on how it is enforced,” she wrote in an email, citing Bates College, Bowdoin College, Colby College and Stanford University as examples. She declined to comment further due to the committee’s ongoing work. Several of Dartmouth’s peer institutions — including Bates, Bowdoin, Colby and Stanford — prohibit hard alcohol at registered campus events. Swarthmore College established a ban in August. Bowdoin’s ban prohibits all liquor with an alcohol content higher than 10 percent in college residences, as well as drinking games like pong and flip cup. SEE POLICY PAGE 5
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Though New Hampshire has legalized medical marijuana , use at Dartmouth is still prohibited. The College is constrained by federal regulations that classify any use of the drug as illegal — regulations that if broken could mean a loss of federal funding, including grants and financial aid. As a result, Dick’s House and Student
Accessibility Services assist students who have been prescribed the drug to find alternative treatments or off-campus housing. In a recent change, the student handbook now specifies that medical marijuana is not permitted on campus and details the federal laws that mandate its prohibition, interim Dean of the College IngeLise Ameer announced in
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Five men reflected on community, pressure to rush and what it means to identify as “unaffiliated” in a panel Thursday night. Organized by the Inter-Community Council, the panel came a day before the start of Interfraternity Council recruitment. Nate Goss ’16 opened the panel by sharing his experiences with the Ledyard Canoe Club where he said many unaffiliated students became his “role models.” He cited an uneasiness about
fraternity environments as motivating his decision not to rush, noting that while “bad things” happen all across campus, he did not feel comfortable being associated with a space where negative activities could occur “beyond his control.” Goutham Kandru ’16 said the Frisbee team allowed him to get to know upperclassmen. He said that the fact that the captain knew everyone by name after the first day of practice demonstrated the warmth of the team. While he said he did not feel unwelcome at frater-
nities, Kandru said he never spent a lot of time in those spaces and thus decided not to rush. He also cited dues, which can amount to hundreds of dollars per term, as something to consider when deciding whether or not to participate. Finding “the right people” does not always happen immediately, Samuel Kernan ’14 said, noting that he enjoyed meeting people through the Dartmouth Outing Club, the organic garden and the Multi-Faith SEE PANEL PAGE 3
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OFFICE HOURS In her recent memoir “Off the Sidelines,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-NY, describes being treated differently than her male counterparts in Congress. We wrote to government professor Deborah Jordan Brooks, who has studied gender stereotypes in politics, and asked her about barriers female politicians face. In her book, Gillibrand says that in women, ambition is often seen as a bad quality. But in men, especially in male politicians, it is not. How is ambition perceived differently in males and females? DB: Many people, including many women politicians, believe that they are held to different, or higher, standards than their male counterparts. It doesn’t help that many sources (the media, political consultants and other candidates) tell them that it is the case. And research into how women leaders fare in the business world, academia and society at large suggests that women do face some disproportionate challenges in non-political settings. There is some face validity to the general idea. However, my 2013 book, “He Runs, She Runs: Why Gender Stereotypes do Not Harm Women Candidates,” shows that people hold male and female candidates to the same standards of behavior, and that women candidates are also not harmed by disproportionately negative perceptions of them at the outset. The playing field for women candidates when it comes to getting elected is remarkably level. For my book, I did not study ambition per se, but I used a series of experiments to show how voters reacted to a number of behaviors along those lines, such as acting tough, getting angry, and acting non-empathetic. I found absolutely no evidence that women politicians pay a greater price with voters than male politicians for engaging in any of those behaviors. Despite prevalent conventional wisdom that it is harder for women candidates, I find that people hold male and female politicians to the same standards. I find that it is really tough to win over voters, but there is no evidence at all that it is tougher for women to do so, at least in the modern era. Now might there have been more challenging standards for women politicians in the past? That is possible; there are theories that suggest that discrimination will stay in place until a critical mass is reached (some findings suggest that having below 15 percent women might cause them to be subject to more detrimental stereotypes). Might there be different expectations for women running at the presidential level? Perhaps, because women may still be “tokens” in that arena with a mass of “0” women who have previously governed from the Oval Office. Might the media treat women candidates more harshly as rule? It looks like the answer is “no” to that question; recent research by Danny Hayes and Jen Lawless is showing that women candidates face a relatively even playing field when it comes to media coverage. Might women in Congress face penalties vis-a-vis their peers in Congress for acting in stereotypically masculine ways, as they try to conduct the daily business of Congress? That is quite possible. The business literature is pretty compelling on the point that women leaders often have to tone down “masculine” behaviors to be sufficiently liked to get ahead, and can sometimes face a “double bind” where they have to show that they are tough to be promoted into leadership positions, but can be disliked by their peers and superiors for acting insufficiently “feminine.” The fact is that the work of legislating in Congress has a great deal more in common with the business world, than the world of electoral politics. Gillibrand may very well experience a daily work environment in Congress in which she has to work harder, or be better, or act differently, in order to get her work done than she would if she were male. But the good news is that my research about voters shows that people expect political women at the legislative level, especially those who have already served in office, to be leaders, rather than “ladies.” And that is a much more optimistic story for women than the conventional wisdom would suggest. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. — Compiled by Maria Brenes Corrales
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Hanover is testing new bicycle advisory lanes on Valley Road to boost pedestrian and cyclist safety.
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Bicycle advisory lanes, or “suggestion lanes,” were implemented last week on Valley Road, parallel to East Wheelock street and within walking distance of the Green. The road has been painted with a 10-foot wide vehicle lane down the middle and two 5-foot lanes on either side suggested for pedestrians and cyclists. When two vehicles approach one another, they most move into the suggestion lanes to pass and then resume travel using the middle lane. Because motor vehicles may cross into suggestion lanes when necessary, they differ from bike lanes. The bicycle advisory lanes intend to boost the popularity and safety of bicycling, walking and running, said William Young, chairman of the Hanover bike and pedestrian committee. He added that traffic speeds should hopefully decrease in a natural, intuitive way as a result of the suggestion lanes. The road’s current speed limit is 25 miles per hour. Suggestion lanes are cheaper than other incentives designed to enhance walking, running and biking, like sidewalks or multi-use paths, Young said. The cost-effectiveness of suggestion lanes was attractive to the Hanover Department of Public Works, Young said. During the winter, suggestion lanes will aid snow and ice plow-
ing. If sidewalks were created, the town would have to plow both the sidewalks and the streets, Carolyn Radisch, a consultant to Hanover’s pedestrian bicycle advisory committee said, while suggestion lanes can be plowed along with the street. Only a few other cities in America have operated with such lanes – including two cities in Minnesota, one in Oregon and one in Indiana, Radisch said. This idea falls in line with Hanover’s 2012 bicycle master plan and its 2013 safe routes to school travel plan, which recommend and promote incentives to make bikers, pedestrians and students travelling to local schools safer, Radisch said. Radisch proposed the idea after biking in the Netherlands with her children on roads with bicycle advisory lanes. In the Netherlands, suggestion lanes are typically implemented on rural and urban roads. According to a proposal written by Northeastern University professor Peter Furth, data taken by Dutch officials show a 17 percent decrease in the overall accident rate on rural roads where suggestion lanes were implemented. Speed limits on these rural roads also decreased from 50 mph to 37.5 mph when the suggestion lanes were put into effect. While Furth said in an interview that the suggestion lanes are “extremely self-explanatory,” four signs mark Valley Road to explain how the new lanes are meant to work. If the Valley Road pilot program succeeds, the town will potentially
implement suggestion lanes on other streets. The road was selected, Radisch said, because it is “fairly safe.” “If it works there, we can think about taking it to a street that has more traffic,” Radisch said. Only in-town roads with low traffic volume and speeds up to 30 m.p.h. will be considered. Additionally, bike lanes or paths on these streets must be infeasible to implement because the road cannot be expanded. Rip Road — located northeast of campus — may acquire suggestion lanes if the Valley Road pilot is successful, town manager Julia Griffin said. Radisch also said that Curtiss Road, located near the Bernice A. Ray Elementary School, could be another candidate for suggestion lanes. The town will evaluate the Valley Road pilot prog ram’s success through observation, by counting the number of vehicles and pedestrians travelling on the road, recording traffic speeds and surveying neighbors. These numbers will be compared to similar data taken before the suggestion lanes were implemented. Some neighbors are opposed to the lanes’ appearance, as the street was previously unmarked by center lines. Other residents are not convinced that the suggestion lanes will increase street activity or decrease traffic speeds, Young said.
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Students speak of communities outside the Greek system FROM PANEL PAGE 1
Council. Senyo Ahedor ’15 said that he fostered an “informal community” by casually connecting with a group of friends rather than through formal campus organizations or sports teams. Ahedor said that even without the formal organization of a fraternity, he found a great network of meaningful people. “We don’t have a house, we’re not funded by the College, we don’t pay dues to one another, but we still spend time together,” Ahedor said. Ambroise Decilap ’15 said he resolved not to rush because he worried that by conforming to the group identity of a Greek house he would sacrifice his individual identity. Decilap said he reconsidered rush after participating in Sheba Lite and playing on a fraternity intermural team sophomore summer. He socialized with many affiliated people and decided to try it out. He rushed junior fall but did not receive a bid from the house he wanted to join and remains unaffiliated. On campus, students use house
affiliation as a way to gauge someone’s personality, Decilap said. He noted that not having that identity was difficult yet liberating. “It’s not social death,” Decilap said. David Cordero ’16 said that he did not want to dismiss being affiliated without experiencing it firsthand. After rushing and receiving a bid sophomore fall, he decided to de-pledge, Cordero said. “It didn’t resonate with the type of person I was,” Cordero said. “I like to do a variety of things in a variety of social spaces with a variety of people.” Cordero said that as an unaffiliated student, he has had the time to get involved in a number of activities on campus, including the equestrian team. He said that he still gets invited to play pong, participate in tails and go to formals. Decilap noted the College’s increased support of unaffiliated students, through Hop Garage Thursdays and the new living learning communities. “The main barrier to not rushing is fear of social isolation,” Ben Packer ’17 said. Packer and others in attendance said they appreciated the posi-
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Unaffiliated men described their experiences at a panel in One Wheelock Thursday, the night before fraternity rush.
tive sense of solidarity the panel provided for unaffiliated students. Sam Greydanus ’17, who decided not to participate in rush, said that he found the number of independent students encouraging. Jake Lyon ’17 said that as rush
dominates sophomore fall he has questioned his decision not to rush as he fears “missing out.” He said he left the panel feeling part of a group and comfortable with his decision to be unaffiliated. “Don’t give up on things you
want for yourself,” Decilap said. “Go out there and find it, or better yet, create it, because the opportunity is out there.” About 40 students attended the event, which was held in One Wheelock.
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Verbum Ultimum The Dartmouth Editorial Board
contributing Columnist ANNIKA PARK ’18
Pledging to Change
Inclusively International
Abolishing pledge term is not necessarily a meaningful move. The time has passed for symbolic gestures. Ep chapters have been embroiled in hazing On Sunday, the Interfraternity Council an- scandals. nounced the formal end of the traditional In Dartmouth’s case, neither new mempledge term. While we commend this move bers nor fraternity chapters have an incentive to address hazing, one of the biggest per- to report hazing. This differs from the 2013 ceived problems of the fraternity system, decision to block freshmen from Greek houses we urge the presidential steering committee serving alcohol — both first-year students to assume that no meaningful change results and Greek houses feel obligated to follow from the announcement when the committee the rules. Protecting the personal well being recommends further reform. With no means of each new member seems like an obvious to enforce the proclamation, and no added incentive against allowing harmful behaviors. incentive for new or older members to stop Unfortunately, that is not always the case. hazing, announcing the abolition of pledge For some, the allure of brotherhood and term is not an all-encompassing solution. community outweighs any potential physical The move to end pledge term is brave or psychological damage. We urge fraternity but ultimately unenmembers, both new forceable. No formal and old, to remember measures are in place “Fines and suspensions have that community does to punish members for not stopped hazing in the not have to come with treating new members past, and they will not stop a price. Bonds are differently. And no prac- it now. Pledge term or no, formed through shared tical solutions to this there has to be something experiences, but there problem exist. New more at stake if a fraternity is no reason for those members will not risk experiences to include is found guilty of harmful jeopardizing their new horror and humiliation practices.” and longed-for com— tradition can never munity; asking them to be an excuse for abuse. report infractions, anonymously or otherwise, Fines and suspensions have not stopped is unrealistic. Even if the punishment was hazing in the past, and they will not stop lenient enough that new members could it now. Pledge term or no, there has to be report harmful incidents without threatening something more at stake if a fraternity is the existence of their fraternity, it would also found guilty of harmful practices. be lenient enough for fraternities to ignore Any actual progress from the IFC ban has the reports. We must assume that harmful to come from all involved parties. Fraternity new member practices are still happening, members (both new and old), administrators, even if these new members are no longer women and unaffiliated men must all pressure publicly known as “pledges.” the system to change and evolve. No rule Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity created a from on high or cosmetic change alone will “Balanced Man” program to replace pledg- eradicate hazing — top-down measures only ing in 1991. New members become full push such behaviors underground. Hazing brothers immediately, and embark on a Sig will not stop without pledge term, it will not Ep-sponsored development program. More cease with harder and heavier punishments than 85 percent of Sig Ep chapters nation- and it will not end if the student body at wide have traded pledging for the Balanced large rests happily in complacency. IFC’s Man program in the past 23 years. But a announcement was by no means a step pledge ban is meaningless if members do backward, but it cannot be an effective step not endorse it — as recently as last year, Sig forward if it is only a facade of change.
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International students face unique struggles at Dartmouth. I recently arrived to Dartmouth as a part of the Class of 2018 — my first time in the U.S. Despite the warm welcome that most at Dartmouth provided, I could not rid myself of the impression that the College considers international students a commodity rather than an addition, an extension rather than a part of the community. International students make up 8.3 percent of the Class of 2018 and hail from everywhere between Bangladesh to Venezuela. Each international student undergoes a special orientation, which allows them to get their heads around issues that pertain to them — American students probably don’t need to know about complex visa processes on how to avoid deportation. This is certainly useful information for international students, and in that way, our separate orientation is beneficial. However, sidled next to the practical information, international student orientation conveys a problematic message. International students are told from the outset that people will “love us” because everybody “loves international students,” that international students are “special.” This special attention prevents us from properly assimilating to Dartmouth culture. The College decisively frames international students as the quintessential wellrounded, culturally aware and socially active citizens of the world. I feel valued for being an addition and extension to the College rather than a part of it. I fear that this message will be internalized by my fellow international ’18s, and that we will see ourselves as fundamentally apart from the rest of our classmates. My idea of an education at Dartmouth involves intense academic stimulation, athletic activity, outdoor expeditions, participation in singing and dancing groups, working on school publications — all things international students cannot do if we are encouraged to live in an international bubble and perceive ourselves as dignified citizens of the world who only participate in grand and idealistic activities. Structural hurdles compound these issues of perception and have the power to reinforce them. Unfortunately, these hurdles can prevent
international students from fully joining the rest of the Dartmouth community. Our D-Plans and visas make staying on during sophomore summer very difficult. The F-1 and J-1 visas require that we stay on for three consecutive terms before becoming eligible for a leave term, which effectively binds us to a typical summerfree schedule. Because of visa regulation issues, we have to jump through bureaucratic hoops to fill leave terms with jobs and internships (whether in the U.S. or abroad). Everyday annoyances also remind me as an international student that I am a foreigner — however celebrated — in America. Over the next four years here, I will face limited employment opportunities; the student employment services website reminds us with bold-faced words that we can only work for Dartmouth. If I want to drive out of Hanover, I will worry about explaining to law enforcement that I am not a citizen and feel the abject fear of explaining where I come from. American students at Dartmouth don’t have to suffer from these problems, so I suppose in that way international students are “special.” Past that, we are no more special than an American student — we are here for the same reasons, and Dartmouth is our home, too. The College should recognize that instead of reinforcing our supposed specialness, which I know has made me at least feel needlessly objectified since I arrived. Fortunately, I have not felt this same sense of objectification outside of the administrative realm. I have felt so included by my floormates and other non-international ’18s, with their genuine attempts to welcome me to the U.S. I have enjoyed their endearing looks as they would correct my “petrol station” to “gas station” and excitedly comment on how they must be there when I see snow for the first time. But the effort cannot be theirs alone. Just as the College and American students must look past our differences, our “specialness,” international students must make a concerted effort to become a part of Dartmouth culture — we cannot let anyone, including ourselves, treat us like we’re just an extension to the Big Green world.
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Peer school policies ban hard liquor Student accessibility FROM POLICY PAGE 1
Colby initially banned all hard alcohol over 48 proof, but later redefined hard alcohol to include any alcoholic beverage aside from beer and wine, The Colby Echo reported in 2011, a year after the ban was put in place. Bowdoin, which enacted its ban in the 1990s, reported fewer than 20 alcohol-related hospitalizations a year from 2005to 2010. Colby, comparable is size with a policy that took effect in 2010, recorded around 300 in the same period, The Colby Echoreported. These are not the only new alcohol policies introduced in the past few years. Stanford, for example, uses an “open door” policy, which encourages students to leave residence doors open when large groups socialize. The policy aimed to reduce potential fear of residential staff or harsh discipline for students caught drinking, said Stanford associate dean of student affairs Ralph Castro, who noted that the policy does not mandate open doors but simply encourages them. Castro directs Stanford’s office of alcohol policy and education. “It’s not necessarily about alcohol,” he said. “It’s about openness. It allows the staff to observe what is happening
and intervene when appropriate.” Castro said that the university has seen “some slight levelling out and reductions in relation to shots and pregaming behavior” since the inception of the open door policy, but student alcohol use has not declined markedly. “We’re at war with vomiting, we’re at war with blackouts, we’re at war with people doing things that harm themselves or other people,” he said. Any open door policy implemented at Dartmouth would need to comply with existing laws regarding underage drinking, said Caitlin Barthelmes, who works in the College’s office student health promotion and wellness. Policies should be tailored to specific colleges and communities, said Laura Forbes, the former chair of the American College Health Association’s Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Coalition. “There is no one-size-fits-all approach to a particular campus,” Forbes said. “Each campus’s culture of drinking is different.” Students and faculty alike need to understand their institutional policies, said Dolores Cimini, assistant director for prevention and program evaluation at the State University of New York at Albany. Cimini said that policies
should use clear language and ensure consistent enforcement. In addition to hard alcohol bans, some institutions, including Bowdoin and Swarthmore, have banned drinking games at public campus events. Many institutions require all licensed social events with alcohol to meet tight restrictions. The College implemented new alcohol and harm reduction policies in fall 2012 that included random Safety and Security fraternity walkthroughs and harsher punishment for houses caught serving pre-made batch drinks, also known as punch. At Dartmouth, officially recorded instances of alcohol abuse are declining, Barthelmes said. Instances of alcohol abuse recorded by the college’s Safety and Security officers have fallen from 123 in the 2010 fall term to 83 in the 2013 fall term, while instances in which a student had a potentially lethal blood alcohol content above 0.25 declined from 36 to seven in the same period. Barthelmes said that no specific policy or program was primarily responsible for the decline, but cited the Greek Leadership Council’s six-week ban on freshmen in Greek houses as a key factor. The policy is in its second year this fall.
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launched soon after the Board’s announcement — one on the Dartmouth Center for Service, led by Tucker interim dean Theresa Ellis, and one addressing the Tucker Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, by Tucker religious and spiritual life director Rev. Nancy Vogele. Both groups compromise alumni, professors and students. The groups will work throughout the fall, talking to students and other stakeholders, gathering data and looking at other schools’ centers for religion and service. The groups will then make recommendations to Wybourne, who will decide how the two centers will be divided. Wybourne, now the vice president for research, began the project as interim provost and will see it through to completion. “These working groups are looking at the high-level, what is going to be the mission and what is going to be the strategic aim — the big picture,” Vogele said. Decisions will then be implemented in the winter and spring. Tucker staff will offer feedback to the working groups, said Tucker program officer for local community service Tracy Dustin-Eichler. Vogele, Dustin-Eichler and Ellis all said that the process is still in its initial stages. Details on programming changes, the centers’ locations and their directors have not been decided. Vogele said that each center will have a clearer mission, and Dustin-Eichler
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The foundation will split into two distinct centers by next fall.
said that the restructuring will allow each to develop its own identity. “It’s a great opportunity to make sure that both religious and spiritual life and service can be really their full selves, be fully in their missions, and not have to hold together two things that — while for many people are related — aren’t necessarily related,” Ellis said. After the separation, the Tucker Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the Dartmouth Center for Service still intend to collaborate. Because service is part of many students’ faith, Vogele said, the future Dartmouth Center for Service will continue to facilitate religious students’ desire to serve the community. The centers will provide space and opportunities for students to engage with the intersection between spirituality and service, Dustin-Eichler said. Students and faculty interviewed were optimistic about the foundation’s
restructuring. Tucker student director Tanya Budler ’15 said she thinks some people do not understand that they can be involved with the service side of Tucker without being spiritual and vice versa. Vogele said she hopes the division will encourage more students to get involved with Tucker and dispel this misconception. Andrew Nalani ’16, student director of Tucker’s office of religious and spiritual life, said that, with this change in structure, students will need to be more intentional about choosing which center to focus on and maintaining awareness of other opportunities. Restructuring will reflect the directions Tucker has taken since its establishment in 1951, Vogele said. “Anytime you align with reality, it’s a benefit,” Vogele said. “Students were really clear, and I think if students are clear, we need to follow that clarity.”
staff work with students FROM MARIJUANA PAGE 1
a campus-wide email on Sept. 15. This marks a clarification, not a shift in policy. Colleges in states that legalized medical and recreational marijuana years ago still prohibit use of the drug on their campuses, and Judicial Affairs director Leigh Remy said that Dartmouth looked to these policies for models when considering its own. The handbook now states that the College prohibits the “cultivation, possession, use or distribution of marijuana, even for state-certified medical purposes” on campus, at College-sponsored events and in College-affiliated housing. The handbook recommends that students who are prescribed medical marijuana contact Student Accessibility Services. Student Accessibility Services director Ward Newmeyer said that only one or two students have approached his office with inquiries about medical marijuana. He added that the office has begun discussions with Remy and attorneys in the General Counsel office about how to handle such requests as more states move toward legalization. “Medical marijuana is simply one of many tools that people use to mitigate things related to illness or chronic health conditions, or some sort of disability,” Newmeyer said. “There are some federal laws which tend to trump state laws that affect the College, and the College would take a lot of risks if it didn’t comply with those.” Student Accessibility Services directs some students to Dick’s House to explore legal alternatives to medical marijuana, Newmeyer said. For others, living off-campus in Vermont, where medical marijuana has been legal for a decade, is a better option. If a first-year student with a medical marijuana prescription were to approach the office, Newmeyer said he would encourage the administration to allow that student to live off-campus, though the College typically requires firstyear students to live on campus.
“We want to help people engage in the best decision making possible,” Newmeyer said, adding that institutional policies do not always fit every individual’s circumstances. “In my experience, colleges and universities tend to have a certain level of flexibility about those things as long as they’re really well thought-out, and as long as the tweaking of that policy or making an exception to it is very clearly defined.” Students for Sensible Drug Policy executive director Betty Aldworth said the organization, a national student network and non-profit, supports marijuana legislation because science has proven it to have effective medicinal qualities. Aldworth said that a “blanket prohibition of marijuana possession” is a violation of patients’ rights. “Every other medicine is allowed on campuses,” Aldworth said. “There isn’t a prohibition on any medication for cancer or epilepsy, aside from marijuana.” Aldworth said that, ideally, colleges would set aside rooms where people could inhale cannabis. Though colleges must prohibit marijuana or other drugs, Aldworth said that individual colleges determine what the penalties and sanctions are for students caught violating these rules. She said she believes that colleges should make their penalties minimal or nonexistent in order to support students who are prescribed medical marijuana. Caitlin Barthelmes, who works in student health promotion and wellness and provides alcohol and other drug prevention services to students, said that she would refer inquiries about cannabis to Student Accessibility Services. She added that her role is to advise to students who are looking to reduce or make changes around their recreational drug use, rather than medical use. The 2014 Dartmouth Health Survey states that 84 percent of respondents had not used marijuana within the past 30 days or had never used it.
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No. 7 UNH will provide a good test for the Ivy season FROM FOOTBALL PAGE 8
Williams was awarded Ivy League co-offensive player of the week for his nearly 300 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) last week. McManus was another key contributor to last week’s offense, tallying a career-high 117 receiving yards in addition to a highlight-reel touchdown in the third quarter. The Dartmouth defense will have its hands full with the Wildcats’ powerful offense that boasts the nation’s fourth-highest passing offense, averaging 336 yards per game. While the offense will be hindered by an injury to junior starting quarterback Sean Goldrich last week, the replacement, senior Andy Vailas has had considerable game experience over his collegiate career including starting six games for the Wildcats last season. Defensive back Troy Donahue ’15 said he hoped that the team could take last week’s momentum and use it against the strong UNH team. The Wildcats’ defense has allowed an average of 26.5 points per game
against FCS opponents. The Big Green will play under the lights for the second consecutive week, but this time Dartmouth has a nearly two-hour bus ride across the state before kickoff. Despite having a longer day of travel, assistant coach Cortez Hankton suggested that the veteran team may actually benefit from spending time together on the road. The teams have met 37 times since their first encounter in 1901 with Dartmouth winning the first 16, outscoring its cross-state rivals by an astounding margin of 432-42. However, in recent years, the momentum has switched in the opposite direction with UNH, who has been ranked in the FCS top-25 every week since September 2004, winning the last 12 matchups. The last time the Big Green defeated the Wildcats was in 1976, when Teevens was the thirdstring signal caller for Dartmouth. The game will also serve as the Big Green’s final tune-up before Ivy League play begins next week. Then, Dartmouth will host the University of Pennsylvania Quakers.
KATELYN JONES/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
The football team will need to rely on its offense to be as productive as last week to keep pace with the WIldcats.
Teams look to Boston meet as measuring stick for fall while the Big Green men, having placed third in the Ivy League the past three years, look to triumph in what Harwick described as a wide-open field. Two weeks ago, the Big Green men and now-No. 25 women dominated the field at the Dartmouth Invitational, each cruising to easy team victories. Leading the men’s pack is King, who
second runner on the team behind Abbey D’Agostino ’14 and claimed All-American honors last season, will lead the pack this season. Team captains Sarah DeLozier ’15 and Alison Lanois ’15, as well as Sarah Bennett ’16, will contribute to the team’s depth. Women’s head coach Courtney Jaworski will also look to Reid Watson ’16 to join the pack, who is one of many strong contenders on the team who have
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Runner 1. KING 2. TALBOT 3. GREGORY 7. MASTERSON 8. HERZIG
Time 24:25.3 24:27.3 24:30.0 24:40.8 24:50.4
did not run at NCAAs last year, but is fresh off of an individual victory at the Dartmouth Invitational. “It was a great win for the team,” Curtis King ’16 said. “We’re a team that’s really underestimated this year, and to come out without a full squad and to dominate the meet was really great.” The Big Green will also look to team captain Silas Talbot ’15 and Tim Gorman ’16 to join King at the front. The defending Ivy League championship women’s team returns with four of their top five from last year. Dana Giordano ’16, who was the
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1. GIORDANO 2. DELOZIER 3. GONZALEZ 4. WATSON 6. MOFFETT
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benefitted from a tremendous offseason. “The entire team has made great strides this summer, with strong workouts and a great mindset,” Jaworski said. “This bodes well for us moving forward.” The women’s 5-kilometer race begins at 3 p.m. today, and the men’s 8-kilometer run starts at 3:30 p.m. in Boston. After this weekend, the teams will shift their focus to the Wisconsin Invitational on Oct. 17, which will assemble the strongest field of teams in the entire country in what could be considered a preview for nationals in November.
TRACY WANG/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
The women’s cross country team hopes to repeat last week’s success against a stacked field in Boston Friday.
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CROSS COUNTRY BC’S COAST-TO-COAST BATTLE 3, 3:30 PM
Football rekindles Granite State rivalry B y brett drucker
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
The only two Division I schools in New Hampshire will face off this weekend on the gridiron for the first time since 2009, as the Big Green travels to Durham to take on No. 7 University of New Hampshire. UNH (2-1, 1-0 CAA) comes into the game ranked seventh in the national FCS Coaches’ Pool and is looking to improve on last season’s national semifinal appearance. After losing its first game to FBS University of Toledo, UNH rolled off a pair of wins over Lehigh University and the University of Richmond.
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391
YPG
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35
PPG
31.3
100
RZ%
75
Dartmouth (1-0, 0-0 Ivy), on the other hand, is playing only its second game of the season. Last weekend, the Big Green defeated Central Connecticut State University under the lights in Hanover, 35-25. The last time the two teams met, Dartmouth was in the midst of a 17-game losing streak and at one of its lowest points of the decade. The then No. 6 Wildcats rolled to a 44-14 victory. This year, however, the Big Green is regarded as a contender for
the Ivy League title, which should lead to a much more competitive game. “It’s definitely a challenge that we’re looking forward to,” wide receiver Ryan McManus ’15 said. “We want to see how we stack up against one of the best teams in the nation.” One of the most important battles of the game figures to be in the trenches on the offensive and defensive lines, an area head coach Buddy Teevens identified for improvement in a press conference following the team’s first game. For Dartmouth, it will be crucial to keep quarterback Dalyn Williams ’16 on his feet. After a shaky first half
last week where the team struggled to protect the quarterback and let receivers get open, Williams and the offense began to click on the last drive of the first half and continued rolling in the second, reeling off four consecutive scores to put the game out of reach. “I think we just have to be consistent and protect up front,” McManus said. “I think last game we had some times when the line was blocking well, and the receivers weren’t getting open. This week we just need to string it all together.” SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 7
KATELYN JONES/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
The football team travels to Durham Saturday to take on UNH.
Cross country faces top talent in Boston
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Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams return to action this Friday at Boston College’s Coast-toCoast Battle in Beantown, where they will line up against some of the best teams in the Ivy League and around the country. The men will square off against four ranked teams — No. 3 the University of Oregon, No. 8 Syracuse University, No. 16 Providence College and No. 30 Columbia University — while the women will be competing against five
other ranked teams, including No. 1 University of Michigan and No. 5 Georgetown University. “If we run well at Boston, we’ll move up in the rankings,” men’s head coach Barry Harwick said. “We don’t mind being considered underdogs. We hold our fate in our own hands.” This meet will be a good measure of where the teams sit early in a season where they hope to return to nationals. The men lost four out of seven runners who competed at nationals last year, but Harwick said he believes that this year’s projected top seven is a tight-knit pack
and has improved dramatically after training well together in the offseason. “This team is going to surprise some people with how good it is,” he said. “It’s a different type of team than last year’s team. This year, our main goal is to keep the spread between the top five runners less than 30 seconds in every race. At the end of the day, the team score will be in our favor.” As the defending Ivy League champions, the women’s team is focused on bringing another title back to Hanover, SEE XC PAGE 7
B y blaze joel The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Week two brings both the return of the Granite Bowl and the beginning of Ivy League play for several Dartmouth teams. With the Ancient Eight slate on tap or in the near future for the Big Green, teams are looking to keep their momentum going. Men’s soccer vs. Fordham University (Saturday at 3 p.m.) After collecting a 4-0 win over the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and a hard fought 2-2 draw versus the College of the Holy Cross, the Big Green (2-2-1) return home to face Fordham (3-3-1) on Saturday. The Rams are a far different team on the road (0-2-1) than at home (3-0-0) and the Dartmouth men are always a tough match at home, which will be to the Big Green’s advantage on Saturday afternoon. Fordham just dropped a 2-0 contest against Ancient Eight foe Columbia University and has only scored once on the road this season. Meanwhile, Dartmouth’s offense seems to be coming into its own, with eight of its nine season goals coming in its last three games. If the offense can handle senior Sean Brailey, who has 33 saves this season, the Big Green should be able to win against an offense that has only notched 27 shots on net. Prediction: Dartmouth 2 - 0 Volleyball vs. Harvard University (Saturday at 4 p.m.) The volleyball team (9-2) opens its Ivy slate Saturday at home against a Harvard team (7-2) that has already beaten the University of Georgia and Boston College this year and looks to be among the top teams in the Ivy League. The Big Green is coming off a strong win against Bryant University, when the Bulldogs did not lead after the first set. In order to win, the Dartmouth women must attack and defend like they did against Bryant, when the Big Green struck 41 kills to 11 errors. Both teams are good in extended games — the Big Green is 5-0 in matches of four or more sets, and the Crimson is 5-1. This one looks primed to go the distance.
Prediction: Harvard 3 – 2 Football at No. 7 University of New Hampshire (Saturday at 6 p.m.) The football team (1-0) hasn’t played UNH (2-1) in five years and is now faced with the daunting task of playing the No. 7 team in the nation in the first night game ever at Cowell Stadium in Durham, where Dartmouth has not won a game since 1969. This game will challenge the Big Green. UNH has one of the most nation’s prolific offenses, averaging 494 yards and over 31 points per game in the early season. While the Wildcats will be without their starting quarterback, backup Andy Vailas is no let-up at the position, having had a prolific college career of his own. For the Big Green to have a chance in what promises to be a shootout, the offense must click on all cylinders. UNH’s defense seems susceptible and is averaging almost 27 points against in its two FCS games. Dalyn Williams ’16, Ryan McManus ’15 and Kyle Bramble ’16 will have to come up huge to try to keep pace, especially when the Dartmouth D is coming off a game in which it surrendered 475 total yards. Prediction: UNH 38 – 24 Women’s soccer vs. Brown University (Sunday at 1 p.m.) The women’s soccer team (3-2-1) is riding a four-game unbeaten streak into its Ivy opener against Brown (3-4). Last season, the Bears, who finished tied for third in the Ancient Eight, split the season series with the Big Green with the home team winning both contests. That trend should continue on Sunday, as the Dartmouth women have not lost at home since Oct. 1, 2012, against then-No. 20 Pepperdine University 1-0. The Dartmouth women have also scored seven goals in their last three games and have only allowed four goals this season. The backline and goalkeeping has been superb, holding opponents this season to 56 shots and 16 corner kicks. Brown’s offense has struggled at times, scoring in only four games this year, but it has scored twice in three of those contests. Prediction: Dartmouth 1 – 0