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CPD hosts interim career events

Grad school ranks consistent with previous years

By NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff

ing Leslie Kingsley said about the programs. “It’s intended to give students an opportunity to explore within the confines of the physical space. We want to bring them to the different locations that careers exist.”

Many of the sources associated with the CPD said the trips thrive on the Center’s expansive network of professional alumni contacts, as well as its collaboration with other

The Tuck School of Business was ranked ninth among business schools for the second year in a row in the U.S. News and World Report Graduate school 2016 rankings, which were released this month.

The Geisel School of Medicine was ranked 37th in research and 29th in primary care, compared to 34th in research and 18th in primary care last year, while the Thayer School of Engineering was ranked 61st for the second year in a row.

Tuck Dean Paul Danos said that the school could have placed higher, in his opinion.

Danos attributed Tuck’s ranking to it not being a “brand name,” or as much of a household name as Harvard Business School or the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Danos said that if a person were asked to name the top five graduate schools, he believes they would tend to name schools that have more well-known names.

“If you are a dean and they ask you,‘What are the five best schools that you can think of ?’ if it is someone that has had some kind of a relation with Tuck, they will score us high,” he said. “[If] they’ve had no relation with Tuck, then they will fall back on the brand names that everyone knows.”

Danos said that Tuck has started to increase its public relations programs in order to promote the school’s name. He further noted that 10 years ago Tuck had only 500 mentions in the press per year, as opposed to

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The Center for Professional Development hosted winter “Off the Green” events in Los Angeles and Boston.

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Twenty-one students traveled to Los Angeles on March 19, meeting with alumni film industry leaders Chris Miller ’97 and Phil Lord ’97 — the directing duo behind “The Lego Movie” (2014) and “21 Jump Street” (2012). Though this trip might sound like the beginnings of a film foreign study program, the event is actually part of a two-day long

“Off the Green” industry tour sponsored by Dartmouth’s Center for Professional Development.

In addition to the entertainment-based tour, which was developed in collaboration with the Hopkins Center for Arts, the CPD organized a March 18 nonprofit-focused trip to Boston, where 11 students heard from alumni.

“The goal is quite simple,” CPD assistant director for experiential learning and advis-

“The Briefing” radio show talks issues B y KATIE RAFTER

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For the past two weeks, Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno has been hosting an ongoing radio show on Sirius XM called “The Briefing Powered by Dartmouth College,” which airs weekly and offers history, facts and expert perspectives on current events, the College and SiriusXM

announced on March 18.

Mastanduno said he was part of the team working with SiriusXM radio to develop the show and one of several faculty members who expressed interest.

Mastanduno said that the show is also an opportunity to give the College a stronger presence in nationwide discussions.

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DHMC appoints new trustees B y ERIN LEE

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s Board of Trustees elected DHMC physician and Geisel School of Medicine professor Brooke Herndon, executive vice president and chief medical officer of CVS Health Troyen Brennan and Upper Valley resident Charles Plimpton, who recently retired after a career in investment banking that specialized in the non-profit sector

of the health care industry, as new trustees to help guide the hospital in its transition from a pay-for-service model to a more value-based system, Board chairman Robert Oden said. At the Board’s spring meeting on March 20, the three new trustees were unanimously appointed to the 20-member Board.

Oden said that this is a “critical time” for academic medical centers, something he was not aware of until he was elected chair in March 2012.

He noted that hospitals and physicians are expected to be more productive while receiving less income and Medicare reimbursements.

Oden said that the Board’s first goal is to develop a sustainable payment model for the hospital, which marks a “huge transition.”

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DAily debriefing In an article recently published in Nature Reviews in Immunology that presented a review of the role of sex hormones within the female reproductive tract, Geisel School of Medicine professor of physiology and neurobiology Charles Wira and his colleagues presented data that supports a “window of vulnerability” to HIV and various sexually transmitted infections, according to the Geisel NewsCenter. Evaluators at the National Institute of Health described the research as a “sea of change,” and Wira said the goal of the research was to comprehend the molecular mechanisms through which hormonal changes can affect implantation. Wira’s “window of vulnerability” could lead to future changes, including changes in sexual activity, an understanding of safer times in the menstrual cycle to engage in sexual activity and the development of new systems of delivery for microbicides that are menstrual-cycle dependent.

Thayer School of Engineering professor Brian Pogue and Thayer biomedical engineering lecturer Jonathan Elliott have mitigated the usual barriers presented by the dosimetry that often accompanies photodynamic therapy, a treatment for late-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a news release from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Their paper on the topic was recently published in Academic Radiology. Elliott explained that photodynamic therapy has potential but has yet to gain clinical acceptance because of the difficulties that come with performing dosimetry. The researchers used a rabbit model to demonstrate that pancreatic cancer is reproducible and compatible with computer tomography, which Elliott says can open up the possibility of photodynamic therapy for patients in lieu of dosimetry.

Geisel School of Medicine researchers recently found why some mushrooms glow, linking the phenomenon to attracting insects which then benefit the mushrooms by spreading their spores, according to a Geisel press release.

The work, conducted with researchers in Brazil, was published in Current Biology. The findings also showed the mushrooms glow on a circadian clock, helping the fungi to be efficient in attracting insects to spread their spores.

Previously researchers suspected the bioluminescence was constant and part of the mushrooms’ metabolism. The Geisel research disproved this theory in the case of a large, bright glowing mushroom found in Brazil, called “flor de coco” and known formally as Neonothopanus gardneri, essential in the larger forest ecosystem, according to the release.

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fee-for-service model, meaning that patients are charged every time they see a doctor or have a procedure.

He said DHMC is moving toward a capitation model, wherein patients pay a fixed amount annually for full service from the hospital.

“We want to have a system that doesn’t pay [DHMC] by the number of things you do, but how well we take care of you,” he said.

Weinstein said that 50 percent of DHMC reimbursements occur through risk-based contracting, which allows the hospital to be reimbursed by Medicare and rewarded or penalized based on performance.

Herndon said that the hospital is prioritizing population health and an integrated delivery system under the new organizational structure.

“We’re focusing on improving the overall health of the community and how to make our organization healthy,” she said.

Oden said that Board chairmen never come from the medical field, as they focus on representing the public and avoiding conflicts of interest.

Herndon’s role on the board is to represent the voice of the physicians, he said. Oden is a former Dartmouth professor of religion and former president of Kenyon College and Carleton College.

Herndon said that her personal mission is to help cultivate relation-

ships within the organization.

“What I personally hope to contribute is to foster a healthy, open dialogue between the Board and the

“What I personally hope to contribute is to foster a healthy, open dialogue between the Board and the physicians who I represent so that we can all work together to improve care, to promote discusssion and dialogue so that all of these improvement processes can move forward.”

- BROOKE HERNDON, DHMC PHYSICIAN AND PROFESSOR AT GEISEL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE physicians who I represent so that we can all work together to improve care, to promote discussion and dialogue so that all of these improvement processes can move forward,” she said.

Brennan, who has received both a juris doctorate and a medical de-

gree, offers a valuable perspective on DHMC’s payment model transition, Oden said. Brennan understands the dynamics and finances of the consumer, and CVS is part of the future of more affordable medical care, Oden said. He explained that patients could go to a CVS medical clinic rather than a hospital if their need is not “life-threatening,” a less expensive option in a system with many potential stages of medical care.

Brennan has also served as president and chief executive officer of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and chief medical officer at Aetna Inc., a health insurance provider.

Plimpton worked as an investment banker for Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and a predecessor to UBS during his 31-year Wall Street career focused on health care finance. He worked with many health care organizations including academic medical centers, research institutes, vertically integrated providers and large hospital systems.

“There is nobody who knows the financial challenges of medical centers better than [Plimpton],” Oden said.

He added that Plimpton, who recently moved to Cornish, Vermont and is active in many local organizations including the Tuck School of Business, represents the local population served by DHMC. Plimpton and Brennan could not be reached for comment by press time.

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The March 30 article “Alpha Delta fraternity’s suspension extended following branding allegations” misidentified Allison Chou ’17 as a member of The Dartmouth business staff. She is a member of the photo staff. The error has been corrected online.

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The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s Board of Trustees unanimously elected three new members.

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Grad school rankings influenced by variety of factors FROM GRAD PAGE 1

also contributed to an increase in applicants to the school.

“The ability to research the over 3,000 currently. Additionally, the school is starting to be featured quality schools is so much better in more periodicals, such as when than before, and so I think that that, Danos was named business school over time, is helping Tuck more and more,” Danos dean of the year

by Fortune mag- “The ability to research said.

In the azine in 2014. fall of 2014, The The numbers the quality of schools Ec on om is t’s used to form the is so much better than rankings placed ranks are parTu c k s e c o n d tially from the before, and so I think among business school, alumni, that that, over time, is schools behind students and helping Tuck more and University of surveys, Danos more.”

Chicago’s Booth said.

School of BusiDanos added ness. In these that the school rankings Tuck placed as high - PAUL DANOS, DEAN OF was placed first as it did due to THE TUCK SCHOOL OF both for diverhigh rates of BUSINESS sity of recruiters employment afand for student ter graduation, rating of alumni which, as of 2014, showed that Tuck placed 98 effectiveness.

Thayer Dean Joseph Helble said percent of graduates in jobs three months after graduation. These that the rankings did not accurately numbers have consistently been in reflect Thayer’s quality as a school. the top five among graduate schools, Helble said that the U.S. News rankings do not take into account he said.

He further observed that high several factors that make Thayer a rankings tend to draw more ap- successful school, noting that there plicants overall, along with higher is a “heavy size bias,” and Thayer levels of social media engagement is one of the three smallest schools and name-brand recognition of the in the top 100 ranking.

He also said that the rankings do quality of Tuck’s education, has

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The Tuck School of Business ranked ninth for the second year in the U.S. News and World Report business school rankings.

not take into account the support the school provides to undergraduates.

Helble said that he foresees the school moving up in the ranks since it will be expanding its faculty and programs. Other initiatives include increasing the size of its research portfolio and funding research and ultimately receiving more peer recognition from outside the school. He also said newly hired faculty mem-

bers will continuously build out their research programs, which will serve to improve Thayer’s reputation.

The Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education was awarded to Thayer in 2014 and will also help the school’s standing, Helble said.

The entrepreneurial success of Thayer has not been acknowledged, where over one-fourth of the faculty

has started a company based on work coming out of their laboratory, he added.

Director of communications and marketing for Geisel Derik Hertel wrote in an emailed statement that while Geisel was one of the smallest schools in the top 50, the school is proud of its ability to stay within those ranks, considering how rankings tend to fluctuate.

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The Hop Garage, a suite of three studio spaces across from the Hop’s Courtyard Café, is open and in use as a space for arts teaching and the development of student arts projects. The Hop, Theater Department and Music Department invite proposals from students who wish to use the space for rehearsal, practice, project development and small-scale events (occupancy is limited to 49 persons in each studio). Students interested in developing spring term projects must submit a proposal (found at hop.dartmouth.edu/online/hop_garage) by friday, april 10 at 5 pm.

Among the criteria for successful proposals are: • Projects of an interdisciplinary nature • Projects that take unique advantage of the qualities in the Hop Garage spaces • Projects that lead to a specific culminating event or performance will be preferred over routine rehearsals and practice sessions

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Staff Columnist JON MILLER ’15

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Too Timid on Tuition

Opinion Asks

The College still needs to do more to control cost of attendance.

On March 9, the College budget was approved by the Board of Trustees with a 2.9 percent increase in tuition. I find it startling that this has been the lowest tuition increase since 1977 — not counting the last fiscal year, which also saw a 2.9 percent increase. Dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris stated, “I think it sends a really strong message that we are committed to controlling costs for families.”

Perhaps the elephant in the room, though, is the reality that Dartmouth is exorbitantly expensive. A price tag of $63,744 probably doesn’t send much of a message to families aside from a chagrinned gasp that a college could ask for such an astronomical sum. In fact, despite the College’s relative isolation, which should make many components of operation less expensive than peer institutions located in cities that have higher costs of living, Dartmouth consistently hovers around the seventh or eighth most expensive college in the United States. With more than 4,500 institutions of higher education the United States, that makes Dartmouth more expensive than 99 percent of them. We might also consider that while the annual increases in tuition over the last five years have been 5.9 percent, 4.8 percent, 3.8 percent, 2.9 percent and now 2.9 percent again, the annual rates of inflation in the U.S. have been 1.5 percent, 3 percent, 1.7 percent, 1.5 percent and .8 percent, respectively. The latest inflation data for the U.S. actually indicate deflation this year, or falling prices.

Although Dartmouth often offers generous financial aid, Nicole Simineri ’17 raised several excellent points in her March 10 column “An Arm and a Leg” on why financial aid is often inadequate. Students with financial aid packages still face burdens such as loans and work-study to cover the high cost of Dartmouth. Simineri correctly points out that the 6.6 percent increase in the budget for financial aid is hardly an excuse for the tremendous cost of attending the College.

Across the board, a Dartmouth education

still puts a serious financial strain on students and their families.

While I praise College President Phil Hanlon’s efforts to minimize the rate of tuition increases, I find the commitment that Dartmouth purports to have to “controlling costs” somewhat laughable. A change to the pattern of tuition increases that outstrip the inflation rate has been long overdue, but the recent focus on controlling costs rings somewhat hollow when one considers that the College’s slightly reduced rates of tuition increase are reflective of a broader national trend. The bigger picture is that for the last few years, annual increases in tuition at all U.S. universities have generally reached historic 30-year lows, respective to each institution. Dartmouth is not exceptional or a “leader” by raising its exorbitant tuition to just a slightly more exorbitant level than before.

If the College really wanted to stand out and be a leader, administrators would work harder to create a more realistic operating budget and then hold tuition at a fixed rate — or even reduce tuition. There is no reason why a college the size of Dartmouth in rural New Hampshire should have an operating budget of over one billion dollars. To anyone that might dismiss such a drastic reduction in tuition as infeasible, I would point out that we have already seen the rate of tuition increase drop from 5.9 percent to 2.9 percent in just five years. The College should continue this trend if it wants to follow through on its selfproclaimed commitment to making higher education more affordable.

U.S. spending on health care and the precipitous increases in costs which preceded the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010 are eclipsed by only one sector of the economy — tertiary education. If campus leaders, as the heads of institutions meant to serve the public, are not strong enough to rein in costs on their own, then perhaps it is time for Congress to turn its eye to U.S. colleges and universities.

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In a statement responding to its extended suspension due to branding allegations, Alpha Delta fraternity attorney George Ostler suggested that branding, as a form of self-expression, does not fully satisfy the definition of hazing. Broadly speaking, what criteria should determine the College’s hazing policy, and to what extent should they cover optional or personal choices?

While it is dangerous to use subjective criteria when it comes to defining what constitutes hazing, in the case of personal choices and expression, the College should be well within its bounds to utilize a definition of “reasonable expectation.”

Any action, symbol or ritual that is understandable to the public and demonstrable in public without shame, ridicule or necessity of explanation is not hazing. Fanny packs, lunch boxes and blue bows are not hazing. But by its very nature of having to be “hidden,” an action like branding falls into the category of “unreasonable expectation.” If it is indeed self-expression, why is it kept secret?

Perhaps it is because those involved in such an action recognize that its very occurrence requires an explanation — because it extends beyond the realm of reasonable human behavior.

— Aylin Woodward ’15 Hazing is an interesting topic because it crosses between two distinct territories — an act punishable by law and a rite of passage meant for group cohesion. My personal opinion on hazing tends toward one that is closer to disgust, but I do concede that there is value in having a ritual that is shared between members across generations.

Ultimately, humans are social animals, and human societies and behaviors reflect that. There is always a hierarchy, a pecking order, a dominant and a recessive, a food chain. That sort of group dynamic is rarely free of undesirable elements, including hazing. Although any form of hazing that is mean-spirited, destructive to one’s identity or self-esteem or forced upon a new member should be eradicated, group rituals that we agree are benign and will not bring direct physical or mental harm unto somebody should be given the benefit of the doubt. Meanwhile, branding — an archaic form of torture and punishment — does not qualify as an acceptable group ritual, regardless of whether it was a personal choice.

— Annika Park ’18

It seems to me the branding that took place here is more along the lines of self-expression — albeit very dumb and self-harming selfexpression — than it is a form of hazing. As far as I can tell, no one was forced to be branded.

While the fact that a minority of members made what I consider to be a misguided choice to brand their skin reflects poorly upon the organization for allowing them to carry out this choice, it is not in and of itself proof of hazing. And while I do not think these events amount to hazing, I personally would not choose to associate with an organization that condones or facilitates such behavior.

— Isaac Green ’17 Simply because an individual volunteers to undergo certain treatment or to partake in a given activity does not mean that activity is not hazing.

The pressure of a group can encourage someone to do something that they otherwise might not.

This pressure can be very real and coercive, especially when partaking in said activity may be an implicit requisite to attain membership.

On the other hand, just because some people cannot imagine actually making a specific choice does not mean that choice is necessarily coerced.

College students, who could be 30 years younger in age than administrators, exist in their own distinct culture. Students today do not make decisions in the same atmosphere as previous generations did. They might not consider harmful or extreme what, for example, a 65-year-old man might.

So this issue is a tricky one. We cannot just take people’s words that they truly elected — without any undue influence — to perform some action or have some action performed on them. But we also cannot impose our own decision-making calculus on others by assuming that they could only have taken certain actions under extreme duress.

— Michael McDavid ’15

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Dartmouth organizations, including the Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment and Media Association, Dartmouth for Life and the Tucker Foundation.

During both of the “Off the Green” events over the spring interim, students moved between different sites, networking with alumni and joining conversations along the way.

“If you looked at LinkedIn, there are over 40,000 alums,” CPD assistant director Matt Kuchar said.

“It’s a really nice way for alums to give back in a non-financial way.”

When interim dean of the Tucker Foundation Theresa Ellis ’97 graduated Dartmouth and wanted to work in the nonprofit sector, no such programs existed. She said her motivation to participate in the Boston trip came from her desire to support students interested in pursuing nonprofit careers.

“I think the students were quite positive about the event,” Ellis said.

“People stayed well beyond the eight o’clock time that it was supposed to end.”

Kingsley, who helped develop and pilot the first “Off the Green” program in 2013, also participated in this year’s Boston trip. She said that many people do not understand the breadth of nonprofit work, and that students left the day feeling more aware of what this kind of work entails.

Kuchar, who participated in the LA trip, said the program was especially valuable in the context of how the entertainment industry operates because it allowed students to network with current successful alumni. He said that, unlike many other career opportunities where

recruiters come to campus and students can stand out through their accomplishments, the entertainment world is less of a meritocracy.

“It’s one of the most difficult fields to break into,” Kuchar said. “It’s incredibly network-dependent. One of the themes we heard throughout the trip to LA is that it’s really about getting your name in there, and then sweat equity once you’re in the door.”

Like Kuchar, Hopkins Center director Jeff James went on the LA

“When I was a student, having a career in the entertainment industry felt really far away. This program seemed like a great opportunity for students to be exposed and get some perspective.”

- SCHUYLER EVANS ’10, DARTMOUTH ALUMNI IN ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA PRESIDENT trip and said he understands the entertainment industry’s competitive nature. As a member of the arts community, however, James also said he wants to give students a deeper look into the field so that they might seriously consider the arts as a career possibility.

“It’s hard to imagine that anyone who has a ghost of an interest in the world of entertainment couldn’t have walked away from that with a

much more informed and exciting perspective on what is possible,” he said.

Deana Chou ’18, who went on the LA trip, reinforced James’ sentiments. She said the opportunity to ask specific questions was extremely helpful and that the whole experience was sweetened by the available financial aid.

Alison Flint ’15 said she left the trip with a comprehensive knowledge of how the entertainment business works and how she would enter the industry. Though she said she is on the fence about pursuing entertainment as a career, she said listening to alumni give career advice could only be helpful.

Dartmouth for Life director Dan Parish ’89 joined Kuchar and James in LA, and said that a particularly helpful aspect of both trips was that students heard from alumni at different stages of their careers.

“To sit and listen to someone who runs a studio and is making really big decisions about what ends up being produced for films is great, but it’s equally valuable to hear from alums who are two or three or four years out and are trying to put together their career path.”

Parish said it was easy to rally alumni support for the program.

Each trip also ended with a nighttime industry gathering, where alumni could chat with each other, share their experiences and make connections.

“When I was a student, having a career in the entertainment industry felt really far away,” Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment and Media president Schuyler Evans ’10 said. “This program seemed like a great opportunity for students to be exposed and get some perspective.”

The “Off the Green” trips further reinforce College President Phil Hanlon’s vision for experiential learning, program organizers said.

CPD director Roger Woolsey said that these immersion experiences provide a knowledge base that the CPD professionals do not have.

“To date, students have unanimously said they would recommend their peers to do this program,” Kingsley said, adding that she hopes to expand the initiative in coming years.

Since its inception in late 2013, the CPD has coordinated four “Off the Green” programs. Students indicate the fields in which they are interested, and CPD subsequently chooses the program themes.

Several representatives from the Center said further expansion is constrained by current staffing and budget numbers. Students are eligible to receive need-based funding.

The programs require applications, but so far no students have been turned away.

familiar with the ways of thought of a leading academic institution.”

“What we really want to get out President and chief content ofof it is to let people outside of Dart- ficer at SiriusXM Scott Greenstein mouth see the breadth of intellectual said he believes that colleges in curiosity of things that go on here,” general, and Ivy League institutions in particular, are well-known he said.

The first show was broadcast on brands in the United States. As a March 21, and Mastanduno said result, they have the opportunity to that a wide variety of topics have provide insight on important current been discussed in the two weeks and historical events, he said. since. During the first show, Mas- Greenstein said that he believes tanduno and a copyright expert history repeats itself and that much discussed the controversy surround- can be gained from studying the past, ing Pharrell Williams and Robin as the radio program seeks to do, and Thicke’s song “Blurred Lines” compared it to modern situations to (2013), which has been accused of avoid making similar mistakes. sharing certain qualities with Mar- “There can be a lot of lessons vin Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give learned as you look at the past and it Up.” Mastanduno said that the where they were and what hapcopyright issue was complicated but pened,” he said.

Greenled to enjoyable said that he discussion.

“What we really want stein was drawn to Mastanduno Dartmouth bealso invited gov- to get out of [“The cause of its emernment profes- Briefing”] is to let phasis on undersor Linda Fowlgraduate educaer to the show people outside of tion, which he to discuss the Dartmouth see the thought would foreign policy be more general relationship be- breadth of intellectual and more actween President curiosity of things that cessible than a Barack Obama broadcast based go on here.” and Congress. around a gradu At another ate program. time during In parthe show, Mas- - MICHAEL MASTANDUNO, ticular, Greentanduno and a DEAN OF THE FACULTY stein said he sees guest discussed Mastanduno as Michael Graves’ someone who architecture.

Mastandano said the show hopes is very familiar with the arts and to provide background and insight sciences at Dartmouth, as well as into topics that people might have an expert in international relations heard about but did not have time and foreign policy.

Greenstein said he hopes that to explore in depth.

“The idea is not to be narrowly listeners will gain important knowlfocused, but to really span the arts edge from “The Briefing.” and humanities, social sciences, “A more educated U.S.A. will be politics, current events, science, even more able to judge events, elections, music and theatre, and to use the tal- candidates and other things from a ent we have on campus to illuminate more informed view,” he said. things that are going on out in the The scope of SiriusXM, which reaches around 28 million subscribwider world,” Mastanduno said.

Mastanduno said that while some ers and around 50 million listeners, of the material that the broadcast would also provide the College with covers may relate to his background more national impact, Greenstein in international relations and foreign said. policy, it is his priority that they go “The Briefing” airs on SiriusXM beyond his area of expertise to reach Insight, a channel similar to National Public Radio, that airs conversations across faculty and curricula.

“It’s been great for me because about timely topics and features I’m learning about a lot of things experts and special guests, senior that I usually wouldn’t have the time vice president of communications or take the time to learn about,” he at SiriusXM Patrick Reilly wrote in an email. said.

The 99 Rock program direc- Mastanduno said that he believes tor, Kevin Patterson ’17, said that SiriusXM wanted to collaborate though students are not involved with the College because its producwith the show, Dartmouth College ers saw it as a place that epitomizes Radio provides the studio space for learning in the liberal arts.

Mastanduno said that “The Briefthe broadcast.

“The reach of Dartmouth broad- ing” is the College’s first venture casting continues to grow,” he said. with SiriusXM, and that he hopes “As it does so, the world outside the College can become involved in of our small college can become more radio shows in the future.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2015

DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 2:00 p.m.

Physics and astronomy seminar with Ondrej Pejcha of Princeton University, Wilder 202

4:00 p.m.

Physics and astronomy space plasma seminar with Endawoke Yizengaw of Boston College, Wilder 111

4:15 p.m.

Computer science colloquium with Craig Shue of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Carson L01

TOMORROW 4:30 p.m.

“Intermediate Dance Master Class,” with Kyle Abraham, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Berry Straus Dance Studio

5:00 p.m.

“Spring Volunteer Fair,” hosted by the Tucker Foundation, Collis Common Ground

7:00 p.m.

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Beyond the Bubble: Dealing with the Digital

B y andrea nease The Dartmouth Staff

We live in a screen-centric society. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that these screens have become the canvases of our future. Maybe these digital creations will not diminish the value of traditional art, but what if the diminishment of the traditional canvas is where we are headed?

In 1958, John Whitney Sr. used an analog computer to create the first instance of computergenerated animated art. One of the first computer art exhibitions was held in 1965 in Stuttgart, Ger many, and 1988 brought with it the introduction of Adobe Photoshop, developed by Thomas and John Knoll. By the 1990s, virtual museums displayed art online.

Digital art is in its infancy in comparison to traditional fine art, but even so, digital art has captured mass attention and developed a hold on people the world over in the last 60 years. Its speedy development in conjunction with its widespread popularity have raised questions of whether or not it can compete with the traditional fine arts such as painting and sculpture or not.

As much as I feel inclined to

look at digital art in opposition to the fine arts — as sabotaging their relevance and success in the 21st century — I must force myself to realize that this is not the first time a new medium has been introduced to the art world.

Surprisingly enough, when photography was first invented it was not very well-received within the arts community. If you look at the status of photography just around two hundred years after its inception, however, you can see that it has been integrated with the traditional fine arts. Museums now seamlessly include photography in their exhibitions and their collections at large, and in the same way, museums are beginning to include digital art within their collections as well.

On the surface, digital art may look like an artistic development that could only have a negative impact on the state of traditional art, but in reality, it is just another form of art — another medium to be used. Just as some artists choose to work with sculpture and three-dimensional objects over two-dimensional canvas-based works, there are artists who choose to use a computer as their canvas.

It is important for us to realize that as technology develops, the evolution of tradition and, more

specifically of art, is inevitable.

While there are people and artists who feel that the evolution of digital art is “cheating,” can’t we interpret digital art as just a modern adaptation of traditional creativity?

It is as Aaron Koblin, a digital artist and creative director of Google’s Data Arts Team, said in Forbes Magazine, “We live in an exciting time where technologists and artists are increasingly coming together in a new creative age.

Together they’re helping to define a new digital world.”

If artists “wake us up to all that happens in the world” as Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web said, then the development and definition of a new digital world can only portend improvement on our relationship with art as a society. If digital art increases the amount of individual exposure people have with art, then why can’t it be viewed as a solution rather than a problem?

There is, however, a caveat regarding digital art’s positive influence as a new and alternative medium — namely the question of its originality. While art has been reproducible in the past, the digital arts have taken it to a new extreme. Now, this is where the lines blur and the digital art world

loses its clarity, because how do you determine the value of a creation that has been printed a thousand times over, each operating as an identical copy of another?

Instead of the misguided criticism, which suggests that digital art cheats the traditional guidelines of artistic creation, there is criticism to be made of its reproducibility. Although I view digital art as a progressive innovation that in the long run will increase the volume of art distribution, its lack of controlled distribution in terms of quantity troubles me.

If digital art is to remain as a concrete medium in the arts, artists need to make an effort to operate under the same physical circulation practices that constrain traditional artists. Not only does mass print production devalue each individual work, it leaves art collectors at a loss due to the unoriginal nature of countless giclee reproductions f loating around the art world.

The rise of digital art itself is not what is working against traditional artists and art forms — it is the circulation and distribution of digital art that is undermining the values of traditional art. This is not to say that all digital artists are offenders, but the portion

who are give the medium a bad name. Fortunately there are artists, organizations and various acts in existence that currently monitor both the distribution and reproduction processes regarding digital art.

As long as digital art begins to function as a traditional art medium and less like a print production frenzy, I think both traditional art and digital art can coexist with minimal competition.

Technology has made the digital era unavoidable, so we might as well appreciate the amazing creations resulting from the cultivation of digital art.

If you are interested in looking at new digital innovations and the kinds of pieces the digital world has brought us, be sure to check out Dartmouth’s own Digital Art Exhibition, scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28. We should all appreciate the vast world of digital art that has been made possible by the numerous technological advancements of the past century and of our own generation, because we are possibly witnessing history in the making.

Despite the troubling nature of copyrights and reproductions, digital art will only enhance our current relationship with traditional art in the end.

Post-interim travel, track and field prepares for spring FROM TRACK PAGE 8

second place was teammate Mary Sieredzinski ’17. Both Robinson and Frantz claimed victories in four individual events on their way to winning their respective events.

The women’s team also saw stellar performances from Jennifer Meech ’16, who placed third in the 400 meters (56.55) and seventh in the 200 meters (24.74), and Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16, who placed third in the high jump (5-7.0/1.70m) and 17th in the 100 meters (12.35).

Marissa Evans ’18 and Katy Sprout ’17 finished fourth and eighth in the 400m hurdles, respectively, finishing in 1:02.61 and 1:03.47.

The men’s side received strong performances from Max Cosculluela ’17, who came in second in the pole vault (15-5.50/4.71m), Corey Muggler ’17, who came in third in the triple jump (473.75/14.42m) and Jacob Shippee ’16 and Jim Budzinski ’14, who came in fourth (198-5.0/60.49m) and fifth (196-10.0/59.99m) in the javelin, respectively. Alex Frye ’17 also came in fourth in the high jump (6-8.0/2.03m), and thrower Colin Minor ’18 had a stellar meet, placing fifth in the hammer throw (1938.0/59.03m), seventh in the shot

put (47-7.75/14.52m) and 12th in the discus (143-1.0/43.61m).

At the Raleigh Relays, the long distance runners benefitted from uncharacteristically cooler weather and turned in some excellent early season performances. Curtis King ’16 and Brian Masterson ’16 took third and sixth, respectively, in the 10,000 meters on the first night of competition. King finished in 29:24.06 with Masterson a few seconds behind in 29:28.54.

On the women’s side, Meech and Whitehorn placed third (25.39) and fourth (25.44) in the 200 meters.

Molly Shapiro ’16 placed third in the triple jump (40-3.5/12.28m).

Evans placed sixth in both the 400 meters (56.12) and the 400m hurdles (1:02.34), while Sarah Bennett ’16’s eighth place finish in the steeplechase (10:51.30) highlighted the action for the Big Green women.

The coaching staff stressed the impressiveness of the team’s ability to overcome the inclement weather.

“It’s a transition from indoor to outdoor, and the weather definitely played towards our long distance folks,” women’s head coach Sandy Ford-Centonze said. “We have to make those adjustments and get

more of that mental toughness to deal with imperfect conditions, and I think that we were able to do that.”

The coaching staff also emphasized the training aspect of competing in these outdoor meets.

“The chance to practice and participate in events that we do not compete in the indoor season was very important,” Harwick said.

“Overall, I was very pleased with how the team competed.”

Ford-Centonze expressed similar sentiments. “Everyone came away from the break excited and looking forward to the outdoor season,” she said. “Our spring season is very short and we have to make the most of every opportunity we have.”

Even before the teams left for their spring trip, Dana Giordano ’16 traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to compete in the 3000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships.

Giordano ran to a 12th-place finish with a time of 9:16.20, which earned her second-team All-American recognition.

Giordano said that she was hoping for a top-eight finish, which would have earned her first-team

All-American status.

“I was with the field for the first mile, but when the pace quickened, I couldn’t maintain the faster speed,” Giordano said.

Harwick was pleased with Giordano’s performance.

“Tactically, she raced very well, but she was just a bit tired after her workload at Heps,” he said.

“Overall, it was a great experience for her to race in a national championship and it was a very solid performance.”

The teams will continue training in Hanover and then some members will travel to Durham, New Hampshire, to compete in the University of New Hampshire Invitational on Saturday, April 4.

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Baseball shrugs off spring struggles, splits Ivy openers B y gayne kalustian The Dartmouth Staff

How does one write a lede for a string of brutal spring interim away games, an Ivy opening day doubleheader against the defending League champions and a pair of games the very next day which were both decided in the final half innings? (Like that, I guess?)

The most interesting development from the jam-packed schedule of baseball is the emergence of somewhat dark horse pitcher Jackson Bubala ’17, who had his first start and appearance against the University of Texas at Arlington in Santa Barbara, California, over the spring interim. Bubala, who had yet to toss a single inning for the Green and White since his arrival as a freshman last year, allowed just one run in six innings on the mound and left the game with the Big Green holding a 2-1 lead. Though relief pitcher Chris Burkholder ’17 ultimately blew the lead, Bubala’s six-inning stretch gave him the capital to secure the final open spot in the rotation for

the team’s first Ivy weekend.

Bubala took the mound against the University of Pennsylvania for Sunday’s second game after the team lost the front end of the doubleheader. In the day game, a two-run seventh inning for the Big Green knotted the score at three before a walk-off single pushed a runner across home for Penn in the bottom of the seventh. Bubala, starting the nine-inning game immediately after the 4-3 loss, threw another six innings and allowed just two runs — a solid showing despite the fact that his opponent, the Quakers’ Mike Reitcheck, went for seven innings and allowed no runs. Bubala’s two outings so far this year, captain Louis Concato ’14 said, are evidence that the soph omore is being given an opportunity — of which he is taking advantage — to keep his name in the mix for the rotation.

Reitcheck was pulled before the eighth as Penn attempted to preserve the two-run lead. In the end, the Quakers burned through four bullpen arms while trying to retain control of the game.

A late-game rally by the Big Green’s offense — put together by Justin Fowler ’18 , Matt MacDowell ’15 , Matt Parisi ’15 and Nick Ruppert ’16 — left Dartmouth ahead by two. Though the Quakers scored in the bottom half of the inning, the Big Green eventually secured the victory. Patrick Peterson ’18 took home the win after throwing the final three and surrendering just one run. Head coach Bob Whalen left Peterson on the mound to close out the ninth inning, a developmental nod to the freshman who has so far had four appearances and racked up a 3.21 ERA. Getting the win in game two, MacDowell said, was huge for the team going forward, especially considering the win as a testament to the team’s ability in the final frames.

The split doubleheader came after the team’s opening Saturday against Columbia University — the defending Ivy League champions who bested the Big Green last season in the Ivy League Championship Series. Brothers

Mike Concato ’17 and Louis Concato ’14 took the starts, with Mike Concato securing the seven-frame victory in game one. Both brothers gave up four runs, though Louis Concato didn’t receive as much run support as his younger brother. In game one, the Big Green scored five runs and in game two the men only pushed across one run, batted in by Adam Gauthier ’16 who has seen a considerable amount of time behind the plate this year.

The baseball team jetted off to California for its annual spring break trip, competing against some of college baseball’s best programs.

Of the nine games in California, the team won only one at the tail end of the trip against California Polytechnic University. The team was driven by strong performances by starting pitchers Duncan Robinson ’16 and Mike Concato.

Robinson allowed one run on seven hits in eight innings of work, while Concato closed out the final inning and put three up and away to clinch the lone win of the journey. Jeff Keller ’14, last season’s co-captain and a California native, attended

the games in Santa Barbara and said that though they were lost decisively, they do not predict the team’s ability to succeed in the Ivy League.

“It’s hard to read into these things,” Keller said. “Obviously you’d love to go 20-0 but…it’s hard to say you really lost or won those games when they’re throwing their number one pitcher and you might be throwing your number five.”

With the grueling spring interim hopefully behind them, Dartmouth’s 2-2 Ivy start ties the team’s best opening weekend start since any of the current players suited up in the Green and White — against last year’s two strongest teams in the League no less. While concern has, for the second season in a row, been hovering around the mound, the emergence of pitchers like Bubala, Peterson, Sam Fichthorn ’18 and — every now and again — Burkholder gives rise to hope that the program will, at the very least, remain dominant in the Red Rolfe Division and, just maybe, keep a bid alive for that elusive Ivy League title.

Track and field teams meet success in spring interim outings

B y Chris SHim

The Dartmouth Staff

After a long and dreary winter, the spring interim period provides many Dartmouth students a chance to get outside and enjoy some time in the burgeoning sunshine. Even in late March, though, New Hampshire still has yet to experience the temperature rise felt by states further south. Dartmouth’s men’s and women’s track and field teams took advantage of the warmer weather on their spring trip to North Carolina and South Carolina for two weeks of training and competition.

“We went on this trip with two main goals — one, to get some training in without the burden of taking classes,” men’s head coach and director of track and field Barry Harwick said. “And two, to compete.”

The teams were divided by their event focus, with the distance runners spending their time in Raleigh, North Carolina, to take ad-

vantage of the numerous trails and parks — perfect for long distance training runs — and the rest of the team stationed in sunny Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The group in Myrtle Beach then competed at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational hosted by Coastal Carolina University on March 19-21. The teams then reunited in Raleigh before competing in the Raleigh Relays, hosted by North Carolina State University on March 27 and 28.

Highlighting the Big Green’s performance at the Shamrock Invitational were Nico Robinson ’17 and Allison Frantz ’18 , who claimed victories in the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon, respectively. Harwick noted the impressiveness of their victories, especially given how early in the season it is and the fact that they competed less than 48 hours after arriving.

Finishing behind Frantz in SEE TRACK PAGE 7

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The track and field teams competed in meets in North Carolina and South Carolina during the spring interim period.