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Students build ‘rogue sculpture’
Carnival sees 52 incident reports to S&S By ZACHARY BENJAMIN The Dartmouth Staff
at the implication that students were apathetic about building the sculpture. “I just didn’t feel like that was the case,” he said. Rover added that it was easy to recruit students, as many were eager to help with the project. He sent campus-wide emails and asked members of Cabin and Trail, a Dartmouth Outing Club subgroup, to help. Lauren Bishop ’19 said she
An unseasonably warm winter followed by a sharp drop in temperatures over the weekend did little to slow down Winter Carnival festivities. Classic events like the polar bear swim and the human dog-sled race went on with some modifications, while Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said that the department received 52 incident reports during Winter Carnival weekend. In the spring of 2015 Safety and Security received 51 calls during Greek Key weekend from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning. For the 2015 Homecoming weekend, the office received 52 calls beginning Friday morning. From Friday to Monday, Safety and Security responded to calls about “a little bit of everything,” Kinne said, including medical emergencies involving alcohol and injuries. Eleven students were taken to Dick’s House, he said, though he was not certain that all of those students were admitted. In addition, one person was taken to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, though Kinne did not believe that they were affiliated with the College. Kinne said he thought the number of “significant” incidents was lower than in the past, though not substantially so. He also said he believed the number of arrests made was lower than in past years, though he did not have an absolute number for comparison. As preparation for the weekend, Safety and Security
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Thomas Rover ’16 organized students to build a snow sculpture despite its official cancellation.
By ERIN LEE The Dartmouth Staff
When Thomas Rover ’16 heard that there would be no snow sculpture built for his last Winter Carnival, he said he was devastated. Last Thursday night, Rover and a group of about 30 other students took it upon themselves to build a “rogue” snow sculpture of the Cat in the Hat’s red and white headpiece on the Green. Construction took about six
hours, lasting from 9 p.m. last Thursday night to 3 a.m. the following morning, Rover said. In a previous interview with The Dartmouth, Winter Council chair Harrison Perkins ’18 said the committee decided not to organize the building of a snow sculpture. He cited the lack of snow due to warmer temperatures in addition to difficulty getting students to help with construction in prior years as the main reasons. Rover said he “took outrage”
House professors discuss new residential system
By SONIA QIN
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On Feb. 26, Dartmouth students will gather in Baker-Berry Library at 8 p.m. to attend Founders’ Day, where they will get sorted into their respective housing communities. The library will be separated into sections for each house community and students will break off into receptions to meet the other members of their new communities. At a house council meeting on Monday, the house professors for the communities as well as members
of the administration discussed the upcoming fall implementation of the house system. Thayer School of Engineering professor Jane Hill will be the house professor of Allen House, math professor Sergi Elizalde will be with East Wheelock House, biology professor Ryan Calsbeek will be with North Park House, math professor Craig Sutton will be with School House, sociology professor Kathryn Lively will be with South House, physics and astronomy professor Ryan Hickox will be with West House and Asian and Middle Eastern studies professor Dennis Washburn will lead
the living learning communities. Student working groups were formed this term to help set up a basic platform for how the housing communities will function. Groups have themes such as house identity, programming and social media. In the fall, there was also a working group on student governance to better understand how the governance in the houses will work, Hickox said. Hickox added that working groups aim to show that the responsibilities of the housing communities, including programming and budget, will largely fall to the students rather than
being imposed in a top-down fashion. Elizalde and Sutton are faculty members of the student working group on programming, facilitated by associate director of residential education Jeff DeWitt. These groups generate ideas for programming and look at campus groups to determine “what works and what doesn’t” and what motivates students to participate in events, Elizalde said. No specific events are planned for any of the houses yet, Sutton said, but SEE HOUSE PAGE 5
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DAILYDEBRIEFING According to an examination of college faculty demographics by the Chronicle of Higher Education, about 75 out of every 100 full-time faculty members at four-year institutions are white while five are black. Of female full professors with tenure at private schools of all institutions under Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 86 percent are white. At “very-high-activity” research universities, a category the College fell out of in the 2015 Carnegie report, 81 percent of all tenured professors are white, while 10 percent are Asian and three percent each are black and Hispanic. College freshman are more likely to participate in student-led protests today than any class of freshman in the past five decades, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. This includes freshmen college students in the late ’60s and ’70s, eras known for activism on campus. A report just released by the University of California at Los Angeles found that nearly 1 in 10 freshmen said there was a very good chance they would participate in a protest in college. Students of all races reported that they were more likely to engage in protests compared to last year, but among black students, 16 percent said they were very likely to demonstrate in college. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died on Feb. 13, but his death may not change the court’s outcome on affirmative action, which he opposed, Inside Higher Ed reports. Many other cases, however, may end in 4-4 ties, in which case the lower appeals court decision would take precedence. In the case of affirmative action, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, Justice Elena Kagan’s recusal will force a majority decision. Scalia faced criticism last December for his remarks that African-Americans might do better at a “slower-track school.” -COMPILED BY SARA MCGAHAN AND PRIYA RAMAIAH
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Seuss snow sculpture built on Green building a rogue snow sculpture, and Rover took over the project on Feb. 8, was looking forward to being a part of the Monday before Winter Carnival, the snow sculpture tradition when she he said. came to the College, particularly as a Rover said the lack of snow was a sculptor, and was disappointed when “problem of perspective.” The group it was cancelled. She heard about the used cars and trash cans to transport initiative at a Cabin and Trail meeting snow from various locations around a few days before campus, inthe build and de- “As a ’19, we’re essentially cluding the cided to participate, golf course, i n h e r i t i n g W i n t e r the Dartshe said. Maddy Kroot Carnival, and I thought mouth Hall ’19, who spent a n d Re e d about four hours it’d be lame if ours was Hall lawns building the sculp- the first without a snow and Epsiture, said she heard lon Kappa about the idea sculpture.” Theta sororthrough various ity’s yard, he outlets, including said. Cabin and Trail, - MADDY KROOT ’19 “There’s a lot her undergraduof snow on ate advisor and campus, but through the social media app Yik Yak. it was all oriented horizontally, not “As a ’19, we’re essentially inherit- vertically,” he said. ing Winter Carnival, and I thought it’d He added that the group actually be lame if ours was the first without a ended up with more snow than needed snow sculpture,” she said. “Everyone for the sculpture. was suitably upset so it seemed like Rover said one of his friends sugsomething worth doing.” gested making the Cat in the Hat’s hat Rover said he learned that there because the shape was easy to build would be no snow sculpture built dur- and fit with this year’s Winter Carnival ing the first few weeks of winter term. theme, “Seuss on the Loose.” His friend mentioned that Cabin and Bishop said the number of students Trail members were thinking about at the build fluctuated as the night went FROM SNOW PAGE 1
on, with about 15 people present at any given time. Builders took frequent breaks inside to warm up and drank hot chocolate as temperatures fell into the single digits, she said. Kroot said the experience while cold, was fun, and many other students were supportive of the their efforts. Someone ordered pizza from Everything But Anchovies for the group that was delivered to the center of the Green at 2 a.m., she said. Rover stressed the project was a group endeavor that drew on expertise from many different people, including Greg Partridge ’16 and last year’s snow sculpture chair Ben Nelson ’17. “This was not my effort alone by any stretch of the imagination,” he said. “I was helped every step of the way.” Rover said that the general feedback he has received has been overwhelmingly positive. “People have been so happy to see it,” he said. “I’ve had alumni tell me that they’re very happy to see a snow sculpture.” Annie Furman ’19 said many people stopped by while they were building the sculpture to offer the group snacks and support. “It was the probably the most Dartmouth experience I’ve had so far,” she said.
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Polar bear swim, Safe Ride affected by weather
SEEDS OF CHANGE
tures, which are necessary for the sculpture to remain standing. The placed extra staff around campus Winter Carnival council originally on Friday and Saturday nights, planned to create an ice skating Kinne said. They also posted rink on the Green to replace the staff at the athletic events around sculpture, she said, but the weather was too warm for this. campus, he said. Other events were less affected The low temperatures in Hanover during the weekend may by the weather, she said. For exhave influenced students to stay ample, around 19 or 20 teams in one place, rather than moving participated in the ice sculpture from party to party, Kinne said. contest. This number is consistent Temperatures dropped below zero with participation from previous on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, years, she said. The human dogsled race also reaching a low of -14 degrees on saw a good level of turnout, she Sunday. The low temperatures could said. She also noted the popularalso be related to an increase in ity of this year’s Winter Carnival requests for Safe Rides from Safety shirts, which she said sold out and Security to travel across cam- quickly in smaller sizes. Ruben Gallardo ’18 said that pus after dark. Though he did not have an exact number, Kinne said while he briefly went out on Satthe department saw a significant urday night, the cold convinced uptick in requests compared to pre- him to go back indoors. Originally, he planned to vious years. participate in “We were pretty much “We were pretty much the polar bear flat out from flat out from ten o’clock swim, but ended up not doing ten o’clock at night to four at night to four o’clock in so because of its relocation. o’clock in the the morning.” Galmorning,” he lardo said he said. was not as T h o u g h - SAFETY AND SECURITY motivated to the weekend DIRECTOR HARRY KINNE ON participate this o f Wi n t e r year because Carnival it- THE RISE IN NUMBER OF he had already self was cold, SAFE RIDE REQUESTS DUE experienced the weeks many of the beforehand TO THE COLD events last year. were unKhat seasonably Mirzan ’19 warm. This weather had an impact on the said she thought the weekend planned programming for Winter went well. She did not participate Carnival. For example, the Polar in any College-sponsored events, Bear Swim was relocated to the though she said that the campus patio of the Collis Center because seemed spirited overall, citing the Occom Pond remained closed Dartmouth Carnival skiing competition as an example of student through the weekend. Winter Carnival chair Lillian enthusiasm. The cold weather Zhao ’19 said that this led to a influenced her to plan out her decrease in participation this nights before leaving her dorm, year. Citing an email from Collis she said, and to dress more warmly director Anna Hall, Zhao said that than usual. Eun Kyung Yoon ’19 said that around 100 students participated in the plunge this year, compared Winter Carnival was different than she expected, mentioning a to around 500 in other years. One notable issue was the snow lack of both snow and festivity. sculpture on the Green, normally She said the weekend felt like any a staple of Winter Carnival. The other party-heavy weekend. She warm weather, combined with a attended the human dogsled race, lack of student participation in the ice sculpture competition and the construction, led the College the Dr. Seuss cartoon marathon and the Winter Carnival council screenings, she said. She also would to cancel the sculpture this year, have participated in the polar bear though a group of students eventu- swim if it had been at Occom, she ally decided to build their own in said. Though the weather was cold the form of the Cat in the Hat’s over the weekend, it did not have a major influence on her plans hat. Zhao said the biggest difficulty because it was easy to go inside for the sculpture this year was the and find shelter from the cold, she lack of consistent cold tempera- added. FROM CARNIVAL PAGE 1
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Growing Change, a club that connects students to the local agricultural community, hosts a meeting in Collis 212 on Monday.
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Mandatory Attendance
Environment in the Balance
Colleges should implement mandatory attendance requirements. From elementary to high school, students are expected to regularly attend classes. “Roll call,” the process of taking attendance and penalizing students who are absent without a legitimate reason, is a common occurrence. This is a far cry from the classroom dynamic of higher education. In classes with over a hundred students, it is difficult and often unfeasible for professors to take attendance regularly. This unfortunately can lead to students skipping class. Oftentimes, large classes will see attendance steadily dwindle as the term progresses. Although students may not think that physically going to class is critical to their academic experience, they are actually doing themselves a disservice when they fail to attend lectures. Of course, there are many classes at Dartmouth and other colleges for which professors do take attendance every day. These are often small, discussion-based classes in which it is very noticeable if a student is absent. However, I believe that mandatory attendance should not just be limited to these classes. Even in science or mathematics classes, some of which have more than 100 students per class, it would be ideal if students felt compelled to come to class. If students do not attend class, they miss out on valuable opportunities to ask professors questions, listen to other students’ thoughts and interact with others in a classroom setting. Some might argue that since college students are adults, the choice of whether or not to attend class should be left to them. However, students who know that attendance is not mandatory will often be unable to motivate themselves to attend class. They will subconsciously justify skipping class. Some may believe that they “learn better” by reading their textbook and learning on their own. While this may be true to a certain extent, this attitude undermines the very point of going to, and paying for, college. If we did not have professors who taught and gave lectures, and instead learned simply
from reading textbooks, then our tuition would be significantly cheaper. The ability to learn in a classroom is a unique experience that could never be replaced with inanimate objects. If attendance is to be mandatory, then it should be a factor in students’ final grades. This may seem troublesome to some who believe that college students should be evaluated solely on results and not on effort. Students who come to class may not necessarily be as prepared or high-scoring as those who do not. But once again we must keep in mind that college is not simply about grades and tests. College is an intellectual and social academic experience, one that allows you to develop not just as a student but as an individual. Attending lectures and participating in class will give students a well-rounded, more complete understanding of the material, as opposed to simply studying and performing well on tests. Recently, the discussion of “online teaching” looks at whether or not this development improves upon traditional methods of classroom teaching. Many argue that the former is more efficient than the latter. Although websites like Khan Academy are extremely helpful as supplementary material, I do not believe that they should replace traditional classrooms. It is true that if a student is learning by watching videos on a computer, then he or she can learn at his or her own pace. However, it is only in an actual classroom that students can raise their hands if they are confused and talk through issues with professors or teachers in person. There is an undeniable positive correlation between class attendance and performance. Attendance policies need not be extremely stringent and unforgiving. Perhaps a few missed absences throughout the year would be allowed. But overall, students should be expected to do their best to attend lectures and be physically present.
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The Supreme Court plays an important role in environmental policy. Antonin Scalia’s recent death will un- 5-4, with Scalia voting against the plan. As doubtedly result in political turbulence. decisions had yet to be formally written, One important issue that will be especially Scalia’s unfortunate passing made the vote affected is a subject very near and dear to 4-4. Now, the chances of the plan being many students here at the Big Green: green struck down are now incredibly miniscule. policy. Or, more specifically, the Clean This tie will probably lead to an affirmation Power Plan. of the lower court opinion, which was in Last summer, the Obama administration favor of the CPP. introduced the completed Clean Power Scalia was a conservative justice and Plan, a piece of Environmental Protec- held traditionally conservative beliefs about tion Agency regulation that would require environmental policy. An originalist who states to “develop plans to reduce carbon firmly believed in the importance of updioxide emissions rates from existing fossil holding the constitution in its entirety, and, fuel powered electricity as he put it in a disgenerating units.” Each cussion in 2006, “not state would have to sub- “If all goes well, by a scientist,” Scalia mit these plans by 2016, 2030 plant emissions consistently opposed though an extension to more environmental 2018 is available, and cut will be 32 percent regulations. In Chief emissions starting in 2022 lower than they were Justice John Roberts’ while reaching “significant dissent in Massachureductions” by 2030. If in 2005, but even setts v. EPA, signed on states fail to submit their so, this cut will not by Scalia, he argued own plans, a federal plan that at both the fedwill be enacted by the EPA. be enough to stop eral and state level, I can’t help but imagine significant climate policymakers are dothe federal government ing enough. as a weary mother of 47 change.” Scalia was truly rambunctious teenagers. a man of his word Vermont, the model child, doesn’t have a and refreshingly stuck to his guns, no pun significant amount of CO2 emissions from intended, in a political realm in which you power plants, and Alaska and Hawaii, the can’t help but to scrutinize everything that wacky cousins, are currently subject to comes out of a politician’s mouth. Did they individual deliberation by the EPA because really mean what they just said? How fat of their unique situations. As for everyone was the stack of cash that pushed them to else, I can clearly picture Obama scolding support that provision? Did they not take the states that will be bound by the CPP. “If the complete opposite position just a few you children do not tell me your EXACT months ago? plans for the weekend by tomorrow night, His numerous merits unfortunately did I swear, your father and I will NOT leave not translate well into progressing environyou all alone in the house. And you will mental policy. Although I admire Scalia for have to go to Aunt Betty’s. We all know being a man of his word, his strong opinions what happened to this place last time we against environmental regulation held back went on vacation. The living room still U.S., and therefore global, progress on this smells like burned couch.” important political is The accidental burnsue. ing of a couch by errant “It is imperative that Now, with Scachildren is not so far from the United States be lia’s unfortunate passthe reality — the burning ing, the fate of the of fossil fuels by reckless a leader in slowing CPP looks bright for states and, as a result, CO2 emissions and the immediate future an increased amount of but we should still be CO2 in the atmosphere. protecting the integrity concerned about the If all goes well, by 2030 of our environment. viability of future U.S. plant emissions will be 32 protecThe Clean Power Plan environmental percent lower than they tion plans. Our 2016 were in 2005, but even so, would position the presidential race will this cut will not be enough as his passing U.S. at the forefront of intensify to stop significant climate creates an opening in this.” change. the Supreme Court, Still, we would be on not that this revved up our way to the goals set in reality television show the Paris Climate Agreement. It is impera- of a race needs intensifying. tive that the United States be a leader in The appointment of the next Supreme slowing CO2 emissions and protecting the Court justice should not be delayed. Senate integrity of our environment. This plan Democrats, liberals and moderates who would position the U.S. at the forefront of support green policies all need to fight to this. appoint a new and progressive justice to That is, if the plan goes through. Last the court during Obama’s presidency, which Thursday, the Supreme Court voted to will hopefully ensure environmental policy delay the plan’s enforcement. The vote was will progress in the future.
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Working groups discuss fall events ferent pathways through campus, but you all gain ownership over a all students will have the chance to shared corner of the campus,” she plan for their communities. said. House professors will be living in Students will still be able to live close proximity to their respective in a Greek house, affinity house or house communities. Hill said that a living learning community, Biron possible events could include weekly said. teas and barbecues. Lively said that students who Sutton said that the two new choose to live in these places will social spaces being constructed on still be members of one of the six campus and the residences for the houses and will still get invited to house professors will satisfy student events and to participate in prodemand for more programming gramming. space. As a member of the working Hickox said that houses will have group for social media, Lively said more than just professors as part of that students in the group are trying the community. to come up with ideas for how to “There won’t just be us as house maintain connections with house professors, but we’ll have a whole communities even when abroad. community of faculty and staff Washburn said that for students associated with each of the houses who are on a leave term or studytoo,” Hickox said. “We’ll take part ing abroad, they will still be able in things with students.” to connect to their communities Hickox said through social that one of the and they “Learning cuts across media things students will have much like about Dart- every aspect of life; this more stability mouth is the opis not just the kind of in housing. portunity to get In the to know faculty learning you get in a fall, students well. were allowed to classroom.” “ We d o a select one to five great job with friends to be in t h a t i n t h e -KATHERINE LIVELY, the same housclassroom right ing community now, but this SOUTH HOUSE as themselves. will allow a These much more exrequests will be pansive, organic honored said relationship with faculty to happen Mike Wooten, senior assistant dean outside the classroom too,” he said. of residential life and director of In addition to faculty and staff, residential education. He said that up to four graduate students will be randomized room draws prioritized living in each housing community by class year will still occur, but as resident fellows. simply within each particular house Dean of the College Rebecca community. He also said that there Biron said that the resident fel- will be an equal distribution of class lows will also be participating in years within each house community. academic and social events with First-year students will be in the house community members. She same house as those who live near said they will be bringing their their first-year dorms. research areas into the house to Hickox said that people will be share with undergraduates. less associated with particular dorm Biron said that none of the pro- buildings, but more with the entire gramming or events hosted by the cluster of buildings that make up a house communities are obligatory. house community. “They’re for personal growth, This new housing community enjoyment [and] engaging with system has been compared to similar students you may not meet in the systems at peer institutions, such as classroom because you major in Yale University, which has a residendifferent things and you have dif- tial college system. FROM HOUSE PAGE 1
Washburn said that Dartmouth’s system will be much more flexible than other institutions in the way social life will evolve in the first few years of the system’s implementation. “Dartmouth is going to evolve its own system and it will fit the needs of the Dartmouth students,” he said. “That’s the crucial thing, because a lot of this is going to be initiated by the students.” Hickox said that he hopes the engagement of other members of the community, including faculty, staff, alumni and graduate students, will set the College’s house communities apart from those in other institutions in a positive way. Biron said there have been calls for Dartmouth to create a house community system for over 30 years. “A lot of students in an earlier period remember staying in the same dorm for four years,” she said. “That doesn’t happen at all anymore and some alums remember that very fondly as a strong contributing factor to the value of their liberal arts education here.” Wooten said it would be wasteful not to integrate students’ four-year residential experience with the College’s dedication to the project of teaching and learning. Lively echoed this sentiment, emphasizing the idea of learning beyond an academic setting. “Learning is about learning how to do the things you’re passionate about,” Lively said. “Learning cuts across every aspect of life — this is not just the kind of learning you get in a classroom.” Washburn said that the new system will help address the problem of students who have trouble finding a community on campus with the current residential system. Hill said that students should try and maintain an open mind about what is possible with this new system. Lively noted that there will be additional house-specific working groups. “The people who feel like they’re being pinched on institutional pivot, it’s their opportunity to try and help build the bridge between what they know and what’s going to happen,” she said.
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The musical roots of Vampire Weekend’s ‘Step’ reach to the past actual data from a record or borrowing enough of one song to be The Dartmouth considered a cover. “Step” is more of a re-working Like all art, music has a history of referencing itself. Musical ideas of one particular song — Bay Area in all different forms are recycled rap group Souls of Mischief ’s again and again, songs are copied, “Step to My Girl” (1998). In an reworked and parodied. Bits of interview with NPR, Vampire different songs are recombined Weekend lead singer Ezra Koenig to create new ones. One relatively described it as an “alternate song” recent example of this is sampling, based on the chorus of the Souls of M i s ch i e f the taking of parts song, “Evof actual recordings “Like all art, music has time I and altering them to a history of referencing ery see you in fit into a song, a techthe world, nique made possible itself. Musical ideas you always with the advent of in all different forms step to my recorded music and girl.” Koeother new technolo- are recycled again nig also gies. Another sort and again, songs are borrows of category related copied and reworked a couple to this phenomenon of lyrical is the cover — when and parodied.” ideas from an artist performs a the Souls song someone else of Mischief track. Koenig begins has written. Vampire Weekend’s “Step” his song with “Back back way back (2014) is a great example of this I used to front like Angkor Wat,” collective borrowing and building mirroring Tajai’s opening lines on upon musical ideas, yet it does not the Souls of Mischief track, “Back fit neatly into any one category. back, way back I used to fret that “Step” does not contain a through- my honey.” The chorus melody and-through sample, nor is it a in “Step,” namely the “Wisdom cover of a song. Instead, it floats teeth are out” bit, is taken from in the nebulous space between the the recurring saxophone line that two, borrowing a melody or lyric lends the “Step to My Girl” beat here and there, but never taking its sense of sentimentality.
By WILL TACKETT
But the musical evolution of “Step” doesn’t end with Souls of Mischief. Given the myriad of references in “Step”’s lyrics, having a single musical influence for the song would just be disappointing. The melody Vampire Weekend uses in the chorus dates back to 1972, passing from artist to artist and song to song. Souls of Mischief sampled the saxophone line in their beat from Grover Washington, Jr., a prominent soul jazz saxophonist and pioneer of the smooth jazz genre. That particular line is from his song “Aubrey” off the album “Soul Box” (1973). Similar to “Step,” “Aubrey” is not a cover in the traditional sense. Grover Washington, Jr. takes the chorus melody from another song — the 1972 “Aubrey” by the soft rock band Bread — and plays it a few times before launching into smooth improvisation. In short, that Bread chorus turns into a saxophone line in a jazz song, part of which is then taken for a sample in the beat of a hip hop track. Finally, that sequence of notes returns as the chorus melody of another rock song. This progression loops back around yet again with the remix of “Step” on the “Unbelievers” (2013) EP. For the remix, Vampire Weekend
invites three guest rappers, Danny the song itself is an ode to music. Brown, Despot and Heems, who While the Souls of Mischief song rap a literal interpretation of the is about a literal girl, Vampire phrase “step to my girl,” just like Weekend uses the word “girl” to Souls of Mischief did in its track. represent the music one loves. In this way, the song becomes even Souls of Mischief rap a lot about more of a reference to the Souls of a simple idea, protecting someone Mischief song, deliberately mim- you love from “jerks lurk[ing] icking it without actually copying constantly.” Koenig takes this it wholesale. concept and uses it to describe his Vampire Weekend stumbled on relationship to the music that has this musical family tree somewhat shaped him as a musician and a serenperson. As in the Souls d i p i - “‘Step’ is more of a of Mischief lyrics, the t o u s l y. relationship takes on a At first, re-working of one possessive connotation. t h e particular song — Bay Both Souls of Mischief b a n d and Vampire Weekend Area rap group Souls didn’t don’t want you to step even re- of Mischief’s ‘Step to to their girl. alize the My Girl’ (1998).” This notion of a m a i n possessive relationship h o o k to music is even embedt h e y ded in the instrumenw e r e tals on “Step.” In the borrowing was itself borrowed NPR interview, Koenig describes — sampled by Souls of Mischief Souls of Mischief as an influence from a YZ song. on his relationship to music, say “We had to go clear the samples, ing he “associate[s] them with the and we had to find out where Souls first time that I really started [to] of Mischief gathered all their become a music fan as a young pieces from,” Koenig said in the teenager.” By adopting their song NPR interview. into his as subtly as he does, he Despite finding this web of sort of takes possession of Souls connections through luck, it is of Mischief for himself. The group appropriate that such a range of is his and no one’s going to step to music influences “Step” because them.
Pinkas and Hirsch to perform in Valentine’s Day piano concert By MAC EMERY
The Dartmouth Staff
The illustrious mingles with the obscure tonight in Spaulding Auditorium for a piano recital of ambitious breadth and taste featuring married duo Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch. Beginning at 7 p.m., music professor and pianist-in-residence Pinkas will partner with her husband and fellow acclaimed pianist Evan Hirsch for a Valentine’s Day piano duet. The recital boasts an impressively diverse program, with a total of five pieces sampling various genres and eras. The two selections anchoring the recital, Mozart’s luminous “Sonata in D Major K. 448 (375a), for two pianos” (1781) and Rachmaninoff’s moody “Fantaisie (Tableaux) Op. 5 for two pianos” (1893), tower as monuments in the piano duet genre, while the other choices draw from deeper in the classical lexicon. One of the pieces, by contrast, has never before reached public ears, and just a year ago existed only as a neglected manuscript. Pinkas and Hirsch had a clean slate in curating the recital’s repertoire and knew they wanted in part to revisit the familiar classics. Hirsch noted that the two hadn’t played the Mozart and Rach-
maninoff in probably 20 years. “The Rachmaninoff we played a few times. The Mozart we played at the Hopkins Center with it years ago, and we just weren’t very happy with it. We were a little daunted, so we put it aside. We came back to both of them with a much different attitude,” Hirsch said. But with experience and time, they both agree that working through the technicalities of the piece has led to a stronger rendition. “You want to come back to them every few years because they mature inside you, and it’s always very interesting to see where they go,” Pinkas said. Grounded by the beloved pillars of Mozart and Rachmaninoff, the program balances this notoriety with three lesser-known pieces, totaling two world debuts and one American debut. The first piece of the night, “Divertimento in Ancient Style” (1943) by Romanian composer Sergiu Natra, is an adaptation of his complete orchestral score. The selection stemmed from Pinkas’ personal connection to the composer; she was once his pupil. “Among the scores that I was given, I saw this piece that he himself transcribed from orchestra to four
hands,” Pinkas said. “That’s also Yet the archeological challenge written when he was about 20. So I of reviving unheard music opens a said yeah let’s do that.” special potential for the performers. Pinkas said that since it’s a “new Pinkas said that testing a piece for baroque piece,” Natra’s work fit in the first time made this performance nicely before the Mozart. different from its predecessors. After Mozart’s intervening so- “There’s something about prenata, the second debut of the night senting a piece for the very, very, is “Sonata for Two Pianos in One very first time,” Pinkas said. “There Movement” (1915) by German- is no collective consciousness of it. emigrant Nobody knows t u r n e d about “There’s something about anything American it including oura c a d e m i c presenting a piece for the selves.” and com- very, very, very first time. The third deposer Erwin but, following an Bodky. Be- There is no collective intermission, is fore Hirsch consciousness of it. Joseph Horovitz’s r e c ove r e d “Concerto for Nobody knows anything and tranDancers” (1958), scribed the about it including a piece derived composer’s ourselves.” from the composoriginal, er’s earlier ballet forgotmusic. ten manu- -SALLY PINKAS, PIANIST-IN “We also have scripts, this a lovely friend RESIDENCE piece was [Horovitz], an effectively octogenarian in lost to the world. London, he’s a very celebrated “This is a piece, in a way, nobody composer in the U.K.,” Pinkas said. ever saw,” Pinkas said. “Evan actu- “The Horovitz is very playful, like ally did a labor of love in transcrib- early 20th century, very tonal.” ing it. I don’t know if anybody has The final piece, Rachmaninoff’s ever heard it. It’s from 1915 when somber rendition of four Russian [Bodky] was 20.” poems, concludes the recital on a
thunderous note. “The Rachmaninoff is monumentally huge and ends louder than anything in existence,” Hirsch said. “So that has to go at the end. It’s just that kind of piece.” The performance is made unique by the fact that Pinkas and Hirsch are not merely colleagues but a married couple. The idea of performing together began as a novelty years ago, when the couple attempted their first public performance together at the College. The concert was so well received it launched a spate of international duet tours, as well as the fairly regular tradition of performances together at the College around Valentine’s Day. Music professor Matthew Marsit said that he appreciated the way that Pinkas and Hirsch found opportunities to “travel together and share their music.” “Their relationship, that is a family first, they have been able to build also into this gorgeous professional relationship,” Marsit said. “They find opportunities to bring their music to parts of the world that we might not think of as common. And that also is admirable.” The concert will be performed tonight at 7 p.m. in Spaulding Auditorium.
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Women’s hockey wins against Union, drops tight game to RPI
By JAMES HANDAL The Dartmouth Staff
The women’s hockey team beat Union College 3-1 on Friday to keep the Dutchwomen winless in 31 games. The next day, the team fell to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2-1 in a tight contest. The Big Green improved to 6-17-3 overall and 6-11-3 in ECAC Hockey play. “We definitely started slow against Union even though we scored early, but as the game went on we got better and better,” Lindsey Allen ’16 said. “Offensively it was a great game, we had a lot of shots and possession in their end. Defensively, we held them to limited shots but we eliminated them from having a lot of chances.” On Friday, the Big Green faced Union for a second time this season after Dartmouth’s 2-0 win in a Nov. 14 game and proved themselves the better team again, defeating the Dutchwomen 3-1 thanks to three assists from Allen. In the first period, the Big Green put netminder Melissa Black under pressure as Allen shot the puck with a rebound coming to Caroline Shaunessy ’19 who put the puck in the back of the net to help the Big Green lead 1-0 just 57 seconds into the game. Just as Dartmouth was getting settled, Union managed to get a goal back as Jacyn Reeves had her shot tip off Big Green netminder Robyn
Chemago ’17 into the back of the net to tie the score 1-1 at 13:19. Regrouping after the intermission, Kennedy Ottenbreit ’17 opened the scoring in the second period with two goals in just under two minutes following a review of an ultimately overturned Union goal. Ottenbreit scored at 2:13 with Allen added her second assist of the game. Shortly after, Alyssa Baker ’19 and Allen assisted Ottenbreit to tally her 11th goal of the season. “Honestly my two goals just happened to be me in the right place at the right time,” Ottenbreit said. “Allen did all the work in and made a great play by chipping the puck past the first defenseman and then out battled the second one to make a great pass to me and I deflected it in. The second goal was a great shot from Tess at the point and it bounced over to me.” Allen credits her teammates for helping her tally three assists versus Union. “The three assists came from great line mates and defensemen,” Allen says. “Kennedy and I play really well together and tend to know where the other is going to be which is a direct reflection of the second goal. For the third goal, it was hard work from everyone on the ice. It took all five on the ice to score that goal, not just the people on the score sheet.” The third period was scoreless, with the Big Green unable to add to its lead despite a 15-3 shot advantage in the
time frame. “We did a good job playing our game, not giving many chances and it’s a game which was executed well,” head coach Mark Hudak said. “The first period was pretty even, but in the second and third, we played well as a team defensively and offensively have had more success in recent games.” Overall, the Green outshot the Dutchwomen 35-20, won 38 of 60 face-offs and neither team scored on power plays, with Dartmouth going 0-1 and Union 0-5. On Saturday, Dartmouth’s 2-1 loss to RPI was a balanced affair between the Engineers and the Big Green. “RPI was a tough loss as we backed off a bit in the second period which hurt us a bit leaving Robyn to make some really great saves,” Ottenbreit said. “We battled hard to try and come back but just couldn’t seem to put the puck in the net. The team just needs to play the game and battle hard.” A few minutes into the opening period, Hailey Noronha ’18 and Ottenbreit had a give and go with Ottenbreit shooting the loose puck and Baker getting the rebound to knock the puck into the net, giving Dartmouth the 1-0 lead. The goal was upheld following a video review. After a strong first period of play for Dartmouth, the Engineers came back in the second as multiple shots hit Chemago in the net. Chemago was able to block two of the shots, but
with 13 seconds left, Brandi Banks shot through Chemago’s legs to tie the score 1-1 entering the third period. With about five and a half minutes to go in the game, the Engineers Taylor Schwalbe intercepted a pass from a Dartmouth player and shot into the left corner of the net to beat Chemago. This goal would push the Big Green to pull Chemago to try to tie the game in the third period, but the team’s attempts were unsuccessful and the Engineers avenged its 4-0 defeat from a Nov. 13 game. “It was fairly even as we outshot them, but we did not have a really good second period as we game up some momentum,” Hudak said. “The team tried to fight back, but we gave them a bad turnover on their second
goal, a mistake. There were a couple opportunities on the doorstep for the taking, which we could not bury. In the second period, we relieved some pressure on the Engineers.” Neither team scored on the power play, but despite the loss Dartmouth outshot RPI 30-23 . The Big Green will play its final games of the regular season away next weekend against Cornell University on Friday and Colgate University on Saturday. “We want to play and get better as a team as we have been especially these past few games and during the season also,” Hudak said. “Colgate is a good team and we want to as a team see what we can accomplish to improve ourselves and hopefully get a good result.”
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The women’s hockey team split its two weekend games against RPI and Union.
Skiing finishes second behind UVM at Dartmouth Carnival
By MAX KANEFIELD The Dartmouth Staff
The Big Green used a strong, late showing at the Dartmouth Carnival to push past the University of New Hampshire and secure a second place finish behind the University of Vermont at last weekend’s 106th Dartmouth Winter Carnival. Dartmouth recorded team wins in the men’s slalom and in the women’s 15K Classic. The ski team entered Winter Carnival as hot as it has been in the last four years. The Big Green broke the University of Vermont’s 20-carnival win streak at the Colby Carnival earlier this season in a close battle before picking up second consecutive victory at the UVM Carnival. This weekend, the team fell just short of extending their win streak. After day one, the team sat in third behind both UVM and UNH. “I’d say we definitely wanted to win
for our home weekend, so it was tough,” said Mary O’Connell ’16, captain of the women’s Nordic team. “But as far as the Nordic side of the events, we were pretty pleased — both the girls and boys had strong performances. O’Connell said that the women had three skiers finish in the top 10, which was more than any other competing team, and that the men also performed really well. O’Connell noted that the team recorded good performances despite interesting conditions. It would be hard for O’Connell to overstate just how cold mountain conditions were for the Carnival races. O’Connell said that the Carnival had a cancellation threshold of negative four degrees. With a forecast predicting worse temperatures than that, race organizers moved the races earlier in the day to avoid steadily dropping temperatures during the day because freezing temperatures can hamper skiers’ lungs.
With the temperature hovering around zero for the starting race, O’Connell and the rest of the Dartmouth skiers tried to put the cold out of their minds. “It was really really cold, right at the limit of needing to cancel the races for safety purposes,” O’Connell said. “But it made for an interesting, fun day of racing. I didn’t notice it during the race, it more just changed your preparation before the race, because you didn’t want to be to cold during the race. But once they say go, I just kind of forget that its cold, and my heads in the race. Because its something everyone is dealing with, the best racers have that in mind, so they don’t let it affect them.” With frigid conditions, the Big Green looked to home crowd to fire them up. The Dartmouth Carnival attracts the biggest home crowd and often brings the families of racers to the course, which helped motivate them through the difficult conditions. Hannah Melin-
chuk ’19, placed 10th in the women’s giant slalom to lead the team to a third place finish. “We don’t usually have a lot of people out there watching us, so to have a big group of people at the finish line was really cool — especially in front of a home crowd,” Melinchuk said. “It really energized me, looking down from the start and knowing there were going to be a bunch of people watching from the bottom. Crossing the finish line, knowing that I had a great run and hearing everyone cheering, and coming down into first place was a really cool experience.” For the men’s Nordic team, the duo of Fabian Stocek ’17 and Oscar Friedman ’16, with third and sixth place finishes respectively in the men’s 20K Classic, guided the team to a narrow second place finish over the weekend. “The 20K race is really where racers endurance matters the most,” Friedman
said. “At this point in the season your success is determined by the training that you put in off time before race season gets started. I’ve been able to train basically year round and spent summers training up here [at Dartmouth], and I’m happy I have been able to turn in some good finishes so far this year as a result.” Reigning NCAA Champion in the 10K Freestyle Patrick Caldwell ’17 participated in his second carnival of the season, posting a 10th place finish in the 20K. EISA ranks Stocek, Friedman and Caldwell as the third, fourth and fifth free technique skiers in the league. The team now turns its attention to the Williams Carnival next weekend, which will be its last before the Middlebury Carnival, which will also serve as this season’s EISA Regional Championships and NCAA East Regional Championship, at Middlebury College.