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Amid ongoing federal investigations, the College plans to release its annual security and fire safety report today. The Clery Act, signed in 1990, requires higher education institutions to report statistics and information regarding crime on and near campus by Oct. 1 of each year. The report also includes information on the College’s disciplinary procedures relating to sexual assault, student safety, building safety and response to crime. The report comes as the College is facing a Title IX in-
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Panel launches Assembly’s mental health campaign
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Students shared their experiences with depression, alcoholism and anxiety at a panel last night that marked the launch of Student Assembly’s yearlong “I’m Here for You” campaign. The initiative, which organizers said aims to break the silence surrounding mental illness and inform students about available resources, continues Wednesday with an event inviting students to pledge their support. Student body president Casey
Dennis ’15 and vice president Frank Cunningham ’16 conceived the event last spring. They said they were startled after reading statistics about the prevalence of mental illness, and decided to introduce and highlight mental health on this year’s agenda. The yearlong initiative includes visiting speakers, a depression-screening day, eating disorder clinics and access to Dick’s House counselors during finals. Student Assembly introduced the option of depression screening to all routine Dick’s House appoint-
ments, Dennis and Cunningham said, noting that Assembly members hope also to ensure existing counseling facilities have adequate resources, can handle an influx of students and can minimize wait time for counseling appointments. Dennis and Cunningham said they observed that the high-achieving campus atmosphere alienates individuals who feel the competing pressures of schoolwork, extracurricular activities and socializing. According a 2012 report by the
Faculty prepare for first DartmouthX online classes
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Environmental studies professor Andrew Friedland stands in front of Baker Tower, introducing himself and encouraging students to sign up for his class. “In the 1960s, there were three billion people on earth. Today there are 7.2 billion inhabitants impacting the natural world,” he says. “Introduction to Environmental Science” will launch on Feb. 3, 2015.
American College Health Association, 31 percent of college students nationwide report depression that impairs their ability to function, and more than 50 percent report overwhelming anxiety. This same assessment cites depression and anxiety as among the top impediments to academic performance. The Assembly hopes to destigmatize mental illness through the camaign, which aims to raise awareness SEE HEALTH PAGE 3
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But the class is not a typical 10A. Friedland’s is the first of four massive open online courses that the College will offer in 2015 through the digital learning platform edX, a partnership announced last January. More than 500 people have registered for the course so far. Interviewed participating professors said they found that the course preparation process has given them new ways SASHA DUDDING/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
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A pre-midterms evening brought students to Late Night Collis on Tuesday.
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DAily debriefing To former deputy Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Morell, self-assessment is a key to success. “Every night I ask myself, ‘How did you do today at everything you did, and how could you have done better?’ and then apply what I learned in that self-critical conversation,” he said in a public discussion on Tuesday. This advice came alongside a question-and-answer session on foreign policy with John Sloan Dickey Center director Daniel Benjamin. Morell, who served as deputy CIA director from 2010 to 2013, is visiting Dartmouth for one week, during which he is meeting with several classes, professors and groups. In an interview, Morell said that a goal of his visit is to show that CIA agents are human beings who are willing to engage in discussion. “I hope students walk away with an understanding of how significant intelligence is to keeping the country safe, with a sense that the CIA plays a very important role in the provision of this intelligence,” he said. Morell said he believes he has been successful in conveying these messages to students thus far. After Tuesday’s talk, community members who attended expressed satisfaction with Morell’s points. Office of gift recording secretary Kathleen Martin said that she thought Morell’s answers were very comprehensive. Anthropology professor Dale Eickelman said he was pleased with Morell’s frank and open responses. Eickelman asked Morell about his positions on conflict in Russia, North Korea and Israel and Palestine. “He did what deputy director has to be able to do — to remind people in a rapid checklist of what’s going on globally, what’s going to be around in five to 10 years,” Eickelman said. Claire Feuille ’18, who attended the talk because of her interest in international relations, appreciated how the question-and-answer structure enabled direct interaction with Morell. “It was interesting to get foreign policy opinions from someone who’s so influential,” she said. “I was really glad we got to ask him questions about major issues and that he could respond with what he actually thought.” In an interview, Morell said he came to the College largely because of his close friendship with Benjamin within the Obama administration. Benjamin served in the U.S. State Department as an Ambassador-atLarge and a Coordinator for Counterterrorism before he came to the Dickey Center in 2012. At the talk, Morell encouraged students to focus on more than moving vertically up a ladder. “Be willing to move around in an organization and get experiences because they are going to develop you,” he said. The event brought about 200 people to Cook Auditorium. Benjamin was unable to comment by press time. — Compiled by Kelsey Flower
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of looking at course topics, their teaching styles and how students absorb material. These lessons can be adapted to future courses taught in Hanover, they said. The other three MOOCs are “The Engineering of Structures Around Us,” which Thayer School of Engineering professor Vicki May will teach in May 2015, English professor Don Pease’s course on the American Renaissance starting in October 2015 and music department chair Steve Swayne’s opera course, whose launch date is not yet specified. Founded in 2012 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, edX is a nonprofit that offers MOOCs to students worldwide. The consortium of edX charter members comprises more than 30 universities worldwide, including the University of California at Berkeley, Georgetown University and Cornell University, as well as universities in Japan, Australia and India. Each MOOC instructor has a team of people working on the course design and construction process, including instructional designers, technical experts and a librarian. Designing and preparing for online courses requires much more collaboration than preparing for a standard residential course, Friedland said, adding that the process has provided a welcome challenge. Friedland is working with instructional designer Mike Goudzwaard to finish the fourth week of the six-week course. “This process really made me realize that not all concepts that you teach in environmental science are perfectly adapted to the lecture format,” he said, adding that he often looks to the faces of students to gauge his own effectiveness. “If you can design a class so that it’ll work well even when people aren’t in the room, it might help you be better at teaching when people are in the room.” In an email, May said she plans to use skills gained from this experience in her Thayer classroom. May’s MOOC is based on the existing Thayer course “Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture and Building Technology,” which she co-teaches. “I think the MOOC provides a great way to better understand how students learn,” she wrote. “We’re planning to develop tools and resources that I will use in my residential courses.” Friedland and Pease said that the process has expanded their teaching abilities and philosophies.
Pease said the process will reintroduce him to the material. “For me, it’s going to be a teaching and learning experience in which the art of teaching and the art of learning are put at stake in wonderfully important ways,” Pease said. “It’s as if I’m going to
“If you can design a class so that it’ll work well even when people aren’t in the room, it might help you be better at teaching when people are in the room.” - ANDREW FRIEDLAND, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROFESSOR
re-enter a course with which I’m familiar from perspectives with which I am very unfamiliar. I’ll be thinking about this material from perspectives which will render me as much a student as they will render me a proficient teacher.” Friedland said testers will preview the course in January and provide information to the team, which may use their feedback to
“For me, it’s going to be a teaching and learning experience in which the art of teaching and the art of learning are put at stake in wonderfully important ways.” - DOn Pease, English Professor alter the course before it launches. Emily Lacroix ’15, one of four teaching assistants for Friedland’s course, said the process of creating video modules to structure the course allows it to be more flexible than a traditional lecture class. One such video documents a trip to the Dartmouth power plant, Friedland said, an opportunity that is not possible with his 90-student lecture class. “We’re going to create a learning instrument that’ll be attentive to the different needs of different students,” Pease said. “Just as the printing press changed the way teachers and students went about
the process of learning, so this new technology, not only will bring but has brought about transformations to this process.” Pease estimates that he has taught his literature course to more than 4,000 alumni, and noted that some have since reached out to him about their desire to sit in his classroom again. The MOOC, he said, can offer them a “renewal” of that experience. For those who prefer a more traditional learning environment, Pease said MOOCs incorporate all styles of learning, both conventional and modern. “I don’t see this as exclusionary,” he said. “It’s not an either-or, it’s supplementary.” Director of digital learning initiatives Josh Kim said that through partnering with edX, the College is exploring the science and analytics of how people learn, intending to integrate these discoveries into the Dartmouth classroom. The major challenge, he said, is to balance the College’s “cherished core values around a tight-knit learning community” while innovating its teaching methods and use of technology. Lacroix, who has enrolled in several edX courses since joining the project in June, said MOOCs offer accessibility and entertainment that on-campus courses do not. Though she prefers the conventional learning experience and said the College’s MOOCs do not replace its on-campus courses, Lacroix said engaging with the MOOC preparation process has taught her a lot about the art of teaching. “If it’s something Dartmouth continues to do and they are able to involve undergraduates, how great is it to have this added opportunity?” she said. Friedland said that despite his initial skepticism about the dynamics of instructor accessibility and the student-teacher relationship in MOOCs, he realized that edX addresses these seemingly lost values. Through discussion boards and other platforms, enrolled students can post questions and comments for the instructor, TAs and other students to see. The class’s international reach allows for discussion between students from diverse environments, as well as around-the-clock involvement in the course, he said. “It’s a great initiative,” Pease said, “and it will only enrich instruction here at Dartmouth, even as it makes Dartmouth instruction available to many students outside Dartmouth. What could be better?” Swayne was not available for comment by press time.
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Assembly event aims to lower stigma surrounding mental illness FROM HEALTH PAGE 1
about and improve existing resources on campus. “It is during your loneliest hour that you really feel like no one is there for you,” Cunningham said on the campaign’s title. At the panel, which was cosponsored by Active Minds and Dartmouth on Purpose, seven students shared their exposure to mental illness with an audience of around 100 people. Panelist Zoe Brennan ’16 shared her encounter with depression, which she said surfaced prominently at Dartmouth. Brennan, who was evaluated and treated at Dick’s
House, said she struggled to share her depression with her peers, silenced by the stigma that surrounds mental health even when she was healthy. “I didn’t want my teammates or coaches to think I was weak,” Brennan said. Another panelist, a female member of the Class of 2016 who requested anonymity due to the personal nature of her story, shared her experience with a manic episode during her sophomore summer, which included sleeplessness and feeling extremely confident. “Accepting that I needed help was the most difficult thing,” she said. “It’s important that we take care of
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our mental health because it’s often something we take for granted.” Speight Carr ’16, a panelist who is
“It is during your loneliest hour that you really feel like no one is there for you.” - FRANK CUNNINGHAM ’16, STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT also an Assembly campaign director, said that mental illness affects friends and family of those it touches. Carr
said he has never been more proud of his family than when his sister and father asked for help. Sometimes “all we have to do is provide a little nudge in the right direction,” he said, encouraging others to support peers who may struggle with mental health problems. Audience members interviewed reacted positively to the panel. Simone Smith ’15 said she was inspired by the turnout. “This type of event where people come and tell their stories makes it much more concrete that there are people out there who are also suffering from something, and that they are available and open to talk,” Smith said.
Meredith Geaghan-Breiner ’17 said the panel highlights the importance of opening a community dialogue around mental health issues. Cunningham shared his own experience with depression and chronic anxiety at the event, which climaxed last spring at the College. The Assembly also released a video last night to the campus community featuring Cunningham’s personal story. The large turnout is an indicator of interest in the topic, he said. “Two terms ago I was in my darkest times,” Cunningham said, “and now I am standing here talking about it.”
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DARTMOUTH STUDENT PROJECTS IN THE ARTS
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The Robert Dance ’77 Arts Initiative Fund
The Robert Dance ’77 Fund enables talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Preference is given to performing or visual arts projects that are “site-specific works,” created for venues other than traditional galleries, theaters or auditoriums. Outdoor venues, residential spaces and dining halls are among the sites that might be appropriate. The fund makes a total of up to $4,000 available to sponsor major student projects in the performing and visual arts. Undergraduate students and organizations are eligible to apply.
The Peter D. Smith Initiative Fund
The Peter D. Smith Student Initiative Fund was established for the support of student enterprises in the arts. It was established by the former Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art and continues today with the support of the membership programs of the Hop and the Hood. It is intended to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to complete special projects. The fund makes a total of up to $3,000 available to sponsor major original projects. Application is open to individuals or groups.
The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund
The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund supports student-initiated projects in musical theater, with a priority given to original work. Although projects need not be curricular to be considered, senior projects that bring together work in theater and music are particularly appropriate. In the absence of proposals featuring original music, lyrics and/or text by students, productions that are to be directed, choreographed and designed by students may also be considered. The fund provides a total of up to $1,700 to support student-initiated projects.
The Class of 1961 Arts Initiative Fund
Undergraduates are invited to apply for support of student enterprises in the arts. This award is funded by members of the Class of 1961 in order to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Particular interest will be given to those projects that “stand alone”—that is, projects that are not undertaken as senior fellowships or honors projects nor are affiliated with student organizations. The fund makes up to $1,500 available to sponsor student-initiated projects in the performing and visual arts. Application is open to single or group projects.
Applications & Guidelines
Applications and complete guidelines for each fund are available online (hop.dartmouth.edu/studentfunding) or check with the offices of the Directors of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art, the Chairs of the Departments of Theater, Music, Studio Art, Film & Media Studies, and Art History, the Hop Ensembles Office and the Hop Student Workshops.
DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 ALL APPLICATIONS and recommendations must be submitted to the Hopkins Center Director’s Office, Lower Level Wilson Hall, by 12 pm, Wednesday, November 12, 2014 or via email to margaret.c.burnett@dartmouth.edu.
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CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST CAROLINE HSU ’18
The Magic of Marvel
Perfection is Poisonous
Marvel Studios is changing the film industry with its cinematic universe. Since its reinvention with the 2008 release of “Iron Man,” it seems that Marvel Studios can do no wrong. It has released nine more live action movies, every single one of which has earned more than $250 million dollars. “The Avengers” (2012) and “Iron Man 3” (2013) each earned over $1 billion worldwide. In the comic book world, Marvel Studios blows DC Comics, its main competition, out of the water. Since 2008, under the auspices of either Warner Brothers, Legendary Pictures or Syncopy Inc., only five films based on DC characters have been made — one of which, “The Green Lantern” (2011), was a critical and financial disaster. With many of these Marvel Studios films making more money in a weekend than India needed to put a probe on Mars, many inside and outside of Hollywood are left wondering — what is Marvel’s secret? Some would argue that Marvel’s success stems from the popularity of the characters and comics on which these movies are based. Upon closer examination, this cannot be the only reason. Spider-Man is arguably the most popular and recognizable Marvel character, with a fanbase that spans the entire globe. But when Sony (the owner of Spidey’s film rights) tried to reinvent the character in 2012, the movie barely broke $250 million domestically — “Iron Man,” a film about a character virtually unknown to casual moviegoers before 2008, made almost $320 million in America. “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” fared even worse this past spring. It grossed $200 million dollars domestically and faced harsh reviews from critics, at least relative to the gleaming reviews of most Marvel films. Marvel has continued to prove that even their least-known characters can turn into cinematic gold. “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) is based on a very obscure Marvel comic about a strange team of intergalactic heroes (it features a talking raccoon and an anthropomorphized tree). By all accounts, this movie should not have worked. However, it is the highest grossing film of 2014 to date, and the dollars are still rolling in. The success of Marvel movies lies not in the popularity of the characters, but rather in the vision of Marvel’s studio executives and the expansive
universe they have created. Beginning with “Iron Man,” Marvel Studios accomplished something never attempted before, though many franchises have tried to emulate it since: the studio created a cinematic universe. Sequels and spinoffs are nothing new in Hollywood. What the Marvel Cinematic Universe has done is create films that work as both their own franchise and as a part of a larger, inter-franchise narrative. Although someone can watch “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) without having seen “Iron Man 3,” the events and plots are interrelated, and the characters know and affect each other. These separate threads within the same universe run parallel to each other until they finally intertwine in ways that gratify the fans and are lucrative for the studio. If Marvel had simply rolled out “The Avengers” without the five films that laid the groundwork for its arrival, it would have been amusing and entertaining — but it would not have brought in a $1 billion haul. The creative department at Marvel Studios seems less concerned with each film being a large success than with creating a world of distinct characters that audiences can continue to follow and invest themselves in emotionally. Through their cinematic universe, Marvel has essentially captured what so many people love about comic books. Like their comics, Marvel’s films tell continuous-but-separate stories that all relate to each other and lead up to massive cross-over events that drive fans and critics into a frenzy. Marvel Studios is playing a cinematic long game that is largely unprecedented, and the rest of Hollywood is taking notice. DC is attempting to set up something similar with “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” (2016), which is supposed to lead up to “The Justice League” in 2017. In a similar way, the newly reinvented “Star Wars” franchise is planning stand-alone movies and television series to go alongside the newest installments in the “Star Wars” universe. Fortunately for studios and fan across the world, this new form of long-form cinematic storytelling is here to stay.
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The need to be perfect damages the mental health of students. For many of us, the transition to college life is anything but seamless. At Ivy League and other elite colleges, the feeling of being a big fish in an even bigger pond gnaws at student psyches. We fear being anything less than perfect, of being anything but the “model Ivy League student.” It’s all too easy for us to feel that if we are not everything, we are nothing. Ivy League students are expected to be socially competent, intelligent, tireless, assertive and driven. We know what we want in life, and exactly what we need to do to achieve our goals. All of us try, whether consciously or unconsciously, to fit that mold. But there are times when, regardless of how hard we try to force it, we can’t conform to those expectations. This unspoken need to be perfect is toxic — potentially, it is even deadly. Mental health issues on Ivy League campuses have recently been a searing topic of discussion, especially after William Deresiewicz’s recent New Republic essay on perfectionism at top colleges. The expectation of being completely impeccable creates an immense pressure, and in this environment it is easy for anxiety and depression to fester. On top of that, eating disorders (which can result from the need to be in control) are not uncommon among college students — millions across the country suffer from some kind of eating disorder, and most go undiagnosed and untreated, according to a 2010 Eating Disorders Recovery Center survey. In extreme cases, the pressures of college can even lead some to suicide. In the past year, several tell-all columns by Ivy League students who felt that their respective colleges provided inadequate mental health assistance have highlighted the dire need for school officials to address students’ mental health needs. “My lying, smiling face,” an anonymous piece published in The Daily Princetonian in April, recounts the experiences of a student who was forced to waive her patient-therapist confidentiality rights in order to resume studies at Princeton. These administrative measures are counterproduc-
tive, encouraging students to stay silent instead of speaking out. The mental health resources at highpressure schools like Princeton and Dartmouth have long been lacking. The combination of perfectionist students’ tendencies to suppress their problems and institutional negligence is both dangerous and unacceptable. But fortunately, Dartmouth is beginning to catch on. The counseling center recently launched a new suicide prevention website that offers advice for intervention and mental wellness. The recently introducted Campus Connect program teaches staff and students to spot symptoms of suicidal thoughts. Though its effectiveness remains to be seen, the new initiative is another much-needed step in the right direction. Mental health awareness and prevention is, of course, not a one-sided issue. It is not a college’s responsibility to seek out each and every depressed student. Students must be able to come to terms with any issues they may be having, whether social or academic, and recognize that they perhaps need to seek professional help. We must stop pretending that everything is okay when it is so clearly not. The ideal of perfection cannot impede living a healthy life. When we feel as though we are floundering, many of us suppress our feelings of doubt instead of seeking desperately needed guidance. We plaster on a smile and downplay our problems, only to have them fester and grow. Yet everything is not lost — with mental health services becoming a larger presence on campuses around the country, there is certainly hope for a brighter future. Top-tier learning institutions like Dartmouth must actively and effectively try to reach out to potentially troubled students. They must work to provide an environment that ensures that their students feel comfortable seeking help. But at the same time, students must realize that being any kind of perfect is an impossible feat. After all, we are all only human — and that’s okay.
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College to release Clery numbers amid federal investigations FROM CLERY PAGE 1
vestigation of its climate surrounding sexual assault as well as one regarding compliance with the Clery Act. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights began examining the College’s compliance with Title IX in May 2013. The Clery Act investigation began in August 2014 following a complaint filed by Dartmouth students in May 2013. Violating the Clery Act’s reporting mandates or failing to take corrective action can lead to federal sanctions that range in severity from fines to termination of federal financial aid programs. S. Daniel Carter, director of the VTV Family Outreach Foundation’s 32 National Campus Safety Initiative, said that changes to the Clery Act taking effect on July 1, 2015, will affect the reporting of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. The legislation was passed as part of the 2013 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. Some institutions, however, may report this information in this year’s reports, as the statute takes effect this year, Carter said. “Institutions are being asked to make a good-faith effort to comply with the new requirements to include reporting for calendar year 2013-14,”
Carter said. Following a 1999 change in legislation, institutions no longer have to disseminate paper copies to each student and employee, as long as they notify their campuses of the document’s release on the Internet.
“A lot of what we see, even a year after a complaint is filed and an investigation starts, is that reports jump drastically. At many schools, they’ve gone up, somewhere between a dozen to two dozen.” - ANDREA PINO, TITLE IX LEAD COMPLAINANT AT UNC-CHAPEL HILL Carter added that the change in methods of disseminating the Clery information can affect the campus climate. “One of the problems with the law across the board is that [the re-
port] falls into the norm of ‘it’s just another notification from the college or university,’” Carter said. “Many students unfortunately do not see the Clery Act reports until after they’ve been the victim of a crime.” The College makes a daily crime log available to campus. Guillermo Rojas ’13 has attempted to raise awareness of this log through his website, CleryDart.info. The site visually represents Dartmouth’s daily crime log by pinpointing each reported incident on an interactive campus map. “If someone says that a sexual assault happened on campus, that seems abstract,” Rojas said. “But if you learn that a sexual assault happened on your residence hall, then it becomes more immediate. It makes it so that students are much more aware that these are things that can happen to them.” Andrea Pino, a lead complainant in the Title IX complaint against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has worked with students nationwide to file complaints against their institutions. She said that increased campus dialogue and the presence of an investigation can affect the trends observed in reporting. “A lot of what we see, even a year after a complaint is filed and
an investigation starts, is that reports jump drastically,” Pino said. “At many schools, they’ve gone up, somewhere between a dozen to two dozen. It definitely increases a lot of the conversation, and many students feel more empowered to report.”
“Many students unfortunately do not see the Clery Act reports until after they’ve been the victim of a crime.” - S. Daniel Carter, VTV Family Outreach Foundation’s 32 Natonal Campus Safety Initiative Pino said that the presence of investigators on campus can kick-start conversations that make students think critically about their own encounters. “Much of the problem is that students just don’t know if their experience constitutes sexual assault because there isn’t a prevalent con-
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versation about it until there is some type of controversy,” Pino said. “It’s really because of that controversy and that ongoing conversation surrounding sexual assault that students, upon hearing that, are able to piece together that their experience constitutes sexual violence.” Within the past five years, the number of federal investigations and complaints against institutions has increased. Brown University, Princeton University and Harvard University are under ongoing Title IX investigations, while Columbia University faces both Clery and Title IX complaints with no investigation yet announced. Title IX and Clery investigations of Yale University concluded in 2012 and 2011, respectively. “Complaints like these combine student voices with a sort of large push,” Pino said. “They are a unifying factor, and bring the blame back to the university. Universities are now being held accountable to much higher scrutiny than they ever were before.” In last year’s report, sex offenses rose from 15 in 2011 to 24 in 2012, and burglary reports increased by seven to 16. Harvard and Dartmouth are the only two Ivy League institutions that did not release their annual reports by press time.
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 3:00 p.m. Hanover Farmers Market, the Green
4:30 p.m. Annual Zantop memorial lecture with professor David L. Eng of the University of Pennsylvania, Rockefeller Center 003
5:00 p.m. DEN Innovation Center and New Venture incubator launch party, 4 Currier Place, suite 103, 1st floor
TOMORROW ALL DAY “Big Brother Watched This Summer: Raise Your Hands” exhibition by Matt Storm, Barrows Rotunda, Hopkins Center for the Arts
4:00 p.m. History department’s annual Robert F. Allabough lecture with Maya Jasanoff of Harvard University, Carson L02
4:30 p.m. “Latin America and U.S. National Security” with Ambassador Peter DeShazo, Rockefeller 001 RELEASE DATE– Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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THE DARTMOUTH ARTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014
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Program mixes music with medicine Beyond the Bubble: A Stranger’s Face
B y Mac Emery
Among New Hampshire’s impassive woods and within sight of Dartmouth’s drowsy Green, the country zest of some of Nashville’s finest hits twanged and rang out in the upper level of the Hopkins Center for the Arts on Tuesday evening. Transporting his songs from the glitz of radio hits that made them famous, singer-songwriter Rivers Rutherford ripped and crooned his songs, popularized by country icons Brooks and Dunn. Without the flamboyant pretenses of a groomed superstar, Rutherford struck a small, intimate crowd with a candor and rawness that his pop staples rarely see. Rutherford’s performance was part of the Dartmouth Medical Arts Program, a new initiative to foster arts appreciation for Geisel School of Medicine students and the Hanover community at large. “There’s a good medical literature about integrating art education into art humanities, ethics education into medical school, health care providers, education platforms,” said Geisel professor and program director Robert Singer. The program uses art to sharpen medical students’ empathy, which will be applicable throughout their careers as medical professionals. “We know that the doctor’s ability to interact with patients is enhanced,” Singer said. “Observational skills have been studied through programs that have this type of thing.” Rutherford, who has performed at similar venues for students at Vanderbilt University, said he agreed, adding that studies have shown that exposure to art helps exercise different parts of the
brain. Singer, who was a professor at Vanderbilt before accepting a position at Dartmouth a little over a year ago, said he was influenced by the prevalence of similar programs in Nashville’s vibrant musical scene. “When I came up here and was offered the opportunity to work here and teach, it was on my
“Songwriting is such a narrative deal. Particularly country music songwriting, because it’s more story-driven, it’s direct, it’s more specific. And it really comes from personal experience.” - Rivers Rutherford short list of things I wanted to do,” Singer said. Soon after relocating to Dartmouth after about two decades in Nashville, Singer founded the initiative with the aid of a panel of Dartmouth employees and financial support from various foundations, he said. Finding an artist for the inaugural session of the program, in this case, was as simple as resorting to an old, abiding bond with Rutherford, his friend from Nashville. Rutherford, who said his life has revolved around music as long as he can remember, has songs performed by country icons including Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and more. His lyrical talent for directness and sincerity has es-
tablished him as an accomplished songwriter on the country scene and delivered his musical voice to a massive audience. “Songwriting is such a narrative deal,” Rutherford said. “Particularly country music songwriting, because it’s more story-driven, it’s direct, it’s more specific. And it really comes from personal experience.” Punctuated by mellow, mumbled digressions and tales, this blunt honesty reverberated through the lofty arches of the Hop. After his performance, which concluded with the spiritual ballad “When I Get Where I’m Going,” there was a brief question and answer session. Some attendees said that the event’s attendance was underwhelming, despite the quality of Rutherford’s performance. “I think there are a lot of people in our class that had absolutely no idea that this was going on,” Chelsea Dodds Tu’16 said. “Honestly, Tuck [School of Business] students just finished our first term finals right now, and I bet if people knew [about the event], this probably would have been pretty well-attended.” Warren Williamson Tu’16 said that more advance advertising could have drawn a larger crowd to the event. “There’s only so much you can do in that intimate environment,” he said. “Some people know the songs and some don’t, so you do your best to make it fun, and that’s what he did.” Singer said the program was just developing. “It’s a test thing,” Singer said. “We’re going to see where it goes. And if it goes the way that we think it will, then we’ll reach out more.”
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Rivers Rutherford performed last night at the Top of the Hop as part of the Dartmouth Medical Arts Program.
bination of composed facial features, a trim torso and poised limbs. The Dartmouth Staff During an interview in 2012, Stan Art is decorative. It is full of carefully ton said that he has assistants delete planned technique — right? Can art and ban comments that insult the be spontaneous? Can art be part of photo’s subjects. This seems intuitive, but picking and choosing which comthe everyday? Clement Greenberg wrote an es- ments stay and which comments go is say on the hierarchy of genre in the actually part of a curation process for 20th century in which he asserted his “exhibitions.” that still life was at the bottom, along HONY has spread much farther with portraitures of members of the than New York, going beyond the working class. But these portraitures bounds of the U.S. and even the are no longer at the bottom. Rather, Americas. Stanton’s work has not only they have gained momentum, rising inspired artists, but has also spread to through the hierarchy’s ranks since college campuses as aspiring artists pick the development of Humans of New up their cameras and photograph the stories of their home away from home. York in 2010. Dart If art is supmouth is fortuposed to be any- “In a world where nate enough to thing but ordihave some of nary, why is the social connection is these artists on candid becoming far from the last thing campus running such a popular on our minds, seeing the organization form of phoFaces of Darttographic art? a face, a person who mouth. Faces of HONY leads this isn’t a model, provides Dartmouth is the trend. Photogright step for our rapher Brandon a connection.” campus, because Stanton, HODartmouth is not NY’s creator, has simply a college brought strangers and their stories to the public eye full of students. Rather, it is a campus through almost 5,000 portraits — full of peers going through similar and people still cannot get enough of struggles. Everyone has a story, and each story has its own beauty. So, with HONY. In a world where social connec- the popularity of this genre, why don’t tion is far from the last thing on our we all start appreciating the extraordiminds, seeing a face, a person who nary in the ordinary? isn’t a model, provides a connection. Other college campuses joining A magazine’s photoshopped picture the candid feeding frenzy include of a woman isn’t relatable. An elderly the University of Illinois, Bowdoin woman telling Stanton about the love College, Williams College and countof her life while posing in her meager less other universities. Even larger sundress can remind readers of their than these college-based operations are similar campaigns popping up grandma or mom or neighbor. There is nothing fake about this worldwide. Humans of Asia, of BBC, new art genre, and that’s where the ap- of Switzerland and, with one of the peal seems to be generated. Stanton’s largest possible scopes, named HOPE: HONY Facebook page has more than Humans of Planet Earth. 10 million likes and is growing every HOPE employs 130 photographers in 106 total locations, all aiming to day. This method of photography and represent the ordinary beauty of our storytelling through strangers has world through everyday life and stories. proven that the art is no longer just “I truly believe that the key to uniting the candid picture posted on a blog. nations, is to unite people. In my exArtists like Stanton have turned their perience the best way to do that is to, blogs into museums, with each story for lack of a better term, ‘humanize humans,’...you know, take the time to as its very own exhibition. Organizations such as HONY get to know people,” the organization’s teach the world that each and every Facebook page reads. face you see has a story behind it, and Do these pictures give you a sense the more we acquaint ourselves with of connection, security or maybe a the human race in a state that lacks little bit of hope for the future? Candid photoshop, the more we can begin to photography of strangers is a breath appreciate ourselves as we are. HONY of fresh air. After being so invested in teaches us to love ourselves by removing first impressions, superficial appearthe curtain from the people and places ance and the scene of materialism, that don’t fit in a box, from those of us documenting an unplanned moment who don’t naturally possess airbrushed to see the “real” in reality is rare. We complexion and model-esque figures. take the beauty of the ordinary for The project captures people like you granted, when it should be highly apand me, who are more than just a com- preciated.
B y Andrea Nease
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
MEN’S SOCCER VS. UVM 3 PM
Men’s soccer hits the road to face UVM Taylor Ng ’17 shines nick harrington in ITA All-Americans By
Men’s soccer heads to Burlington to face the University of Vermont this afternoon in its final non-league game before the Ancient Eight schedule begins at Princeton University on Saturday. After collecting a 2-0 over Fordham University last Saturday, the Big Green (3-2-1, 0-0-0 Ivy) looks to push its unbeaten streak to five games against a Vermont team (5-3-1, 0-0-0 America East) fresh off a 1-0 loss to Central Connecticut State University. The unbeaten streak, head coach Chad Riley said, is tied to the team’s habits. “Good habits means you don’t give away easy goals, and once you don’t give away easy goals it’s tough to lose games,” he said. So far, each team’s performance has depended on location. Dartmouth is 1-1-1 on the road so far this season but 2-0-0 at Burnham Field. That also extends to scoring — the Dartmouth men have been outscored 7-5 on the road but have a 6-0 advantage on their home pitch. The Catamounts are 2-1 in Burlington and have only given up three goals in three home games. In the past four games, the Big Green has tallied 10 goals, compared to just one in its first two games. And the Catamounts have lost three of
their last five after starting the season on a torrid 4-0-0 run that saw the team outscore opponents 9-3. The Big Green will look toward its high-powered offense, led by leading goal scorers Alex Adelabu ’15 and Robin Alnas ’15, who each have scored two goals, and co-captain Hugh Danilack ’15, who has one goal and three assists. If goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland ’16 starts today, the game will mark his fifth consecutive start for the Big Green. Cleveland had split time with James Hickok ’17 earlier this season, but has held the last four teams faced to only three goals in four consecutive starts. The Catamounts are led by sophomore forward Brian Wright. Wright received the America East Rookie of the Year award last season and is currently the leading goal scorer and points producer for Vermont this season, with five and 12, respectively. No one else on the team has more than five points. Senior Conor Leland leads the Catamounts between the pipes, starting seven of the team’s nine games. Leland has allowed eight goals and has 17 saves. Two of his three wins have been shutouts. Vermont will be without midfielder Carter Lincoln, as he will serve a onegame suspension for a red card against Central Connecticut.
The only common opponent for the teams so far this season is Hofstra Univeristy (3-3-2, 0-0-0 CAA). The Big Green beat the Pride 2-1 on the road on Sept. 14 while UVM lost 1-0 a week later. First-half goals by Adelabu and Alnas propelled the Dartmouth men to victory despite a 53rd-minute goal by Hofstra. Cleveland came up big, notching five saves in the win. Otherwise, the game was very tightly contested — the Big Green won the shot battle and corner kick contest by one, 14-13 and 8-7, respectively. The Catamounts gave up a 22ndminute goal to the Pride and could not recover. Leland had three saves in the contest, but Hofstra junior Patric Pray matched him with four in the first half alone. Last season, the Big Green tied the Catamounts 1-1 at home, which Hickok said was a tough game. “We expect them to be a big, physical team that is going to be challenging,” he said. “But we also don’t want to lose focus on the Ivy League play coming up.” This trajectory resonates with midfielder Colin Heffron ’15. “Our priority is to win on Wednesday to help keep some momentum going and set us up for success on Saturday,” he said. The game kicks off at 3 p.m. this afternoon.
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The men’s soccer team hopes to extend its unbeaten streak to five against UVM this afternoon.
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The Dartmouth Staff
Taylor Ng ’17 caught fire in Los Angeles, reaching the qualifying rounds for the ITA All-American Championships. The Dartmouth sophomore cooled off yesterday, however, falling in straight sets to Stanford University sophomore Caroline Doyle 6-2, 6-1 before besting DePaul University junior Ana Vladutu 6-3, 6-1. Ng won three straight matches in prequalifying without dropping a set against some of the stiffest competition the ITA has to offer. The monumental effort earned Ng the right to play in the qualifying rounds of the tournament for a shot at the main draw. In the final round of pre-qualifying, Ng defeated Old Dominion University freshman and member of the Bulgarian Fed Cup team Borislava Botusharova, currently ranked 615th in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association. Ng cruised in the first set and secured the victory in a hard-fought second set tiebreaker for a final tally of 6-2, 7-6(8-6). Big Green head coach Bob Dallis said Ng’s “one bad game” came at the beginning of the second set. “Her opponent then started to move much better, and at the beginning of the second set she really invested a lot of energy in getting to balls, making good choices and making things harder on Taylor,” he said. “Taylor had to really respond against her, and the level of tennis in the middle to end of that second set was really high.” Botusharova managed to save three match points in the second set, but Ng held her nerve and finished the freshman off, displaying the confidence and maturity that bolstered Ng’s play all weekend. Ng’s victory over Botusharova was made possible by an impressive opening day in which she won back-to-back matches over highly lauded opponents. Ng drew Duke University’s redshirt senior Rachel Kahan in the first round, marking the second straight year the Big Green’s entry in the tournament squared off against an ACC senior in the opening round. In her three years of play, Kahan has tallied a record of 74 wins and 11 losses in singles, including a 28-0 record her freshman year. Ng sent former ACC rookie of the year Kahan home early. Ng stormed out of the gates going up 5-0 in the first set, but nerves settled in and she lost four
straight. “I think it was important to be able to identify how I react to being very nervous and knowing how to deal with that, taking a deep breath and clearing your mind.” Ng said. “In the first set I sat down after losing four games in a row, and Bob just told me to take a deep breath. That was the most important lesson I took from that match, and in the next matches I tried to slow down and really concentrate in the tight spots.” Dealing with these feelings, Dallis said, is part of tennis. “It really manifests itself in the sport we play since you’re out there by yourself and you can’t pass the ball off,” Dallis said. “We talk a lot in practice about acknowledging your nerves and figuring out what happens when you get nervous and what you can do about it.” After collecting herself, Ng closed out the first 6-4. The second set tiebreaker saw Ng down 6-3, but she saved set points, fought back and kept it from going to three sets, winning 7-6(8-6) and setting the tone for her tournament. The win, Ng said, led to a break in character. “I would say I’m generally a quiet player but on the last point of the first match, I yelled pretty loudly,” Ng said. “I was so proud to wear the green and to get a win for Dartmouth.” After catching her breath, Ng hit the court again where she met No. 8 seed sophomore Aldila Sutjiadi of the University of Kentucky. Stujiadi has competed in Wimbledon girls’ singles and doubles and reached the Australian Open junior doubles semifinals in 2011. But the Dartmouth sophomore charged in the first set, winning 6-2 before taking the second 7-5. The ITA invited Ng to compete based on her results and ranking as a freshman on the tennis team. Although co-captain Katherine Yau ’16 and Jacqueline Crawford ’17 were eligible to play, both are off campus this fall. Ng is the only member of the Dartmouth women’s tennis team in the tournament. “Unless you have an unbelievable junior’s record, most freshmen don’t get invited because they don’t have a college ranking yet,” Yau said. To Dallis, Ng can play all-court tennis — a big strength. “Before every match, Taylor and I talk about her game plan,” he said, “which is to use all of her shots, use space, use angles, hit drop shots and come to net.”