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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015
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Hillary Clinton spoke to more than 1,000 people
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Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to more than 1,000 members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities Tuesday afternoon, focusing her remarks on economic policy. Clinton was the third speaker in the Tuck School of Business and Rockefeller Center’s “America’s Economic Future” speaker series this election, following Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) and former Gov. George Pataki (R-N.Y.), who spoke in the last few weeks.
Former N.H. Gov. John Lynch asked Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton questions.
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Compton presents Geisel progress to Trustees
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Interim dean of the Geisel School of Medicine Duane Compton met with the Board of Trustees last weekend to address his plans to restructure Geisel, spurred by a roughly $27 million shortfall of Geisel’s $250 million dollar budget. Chairman of the Board of Trustees Bill Helman ’80 expressed support for the plan in an interview, noting that the cuts were essential. He said the school
should invest in its strengths, even if that would cause some specialization. “Many medical schools will have to make choices about areas of excellence and where they can add value and be unique in support of medical education and world class research,” Helman said. “It’s become clear that every medical school can not do everything. But everyone is feeling the same pressure and having to make choices, not of which are easy.” But two Geisel faculty members — physiology and neurobiology professors
Charles Wira and Paul Guyre — have circulated a petition protesting a perceived lack of transparency in the review and noting that the timeline appears expedited, even though the petition expresses support for cuts in general. Wira and Guyre were unavailable for comment. Six additional members of Geisel’s faculty did not return request for comment, while two were unavailable. Helman and Compton said that Geisel has attempted to involve differ-
Dean of libraries Jeff rey Horrell will retire in June B y ALYSSA MEHRA The Dartmouth
After over 40 years working in college libraries, dean of libraries Jeffrey Horrell announced last week that he will be retiring in June 2016. Horrell has served as the 18th librarian of the College since 2005. Horrell first began working at Dartmouth from 1981 to 1986 as the head of the Sherman Art Library. After working at several different universities, he returned to Dartmouth in 2005 as the librarian of the
ent groups, citing several town hall discussions, student meetings and Provost and President involvement alongside faculty. “We’ve been revising and updating our plans as we hear that input,” Compton said. “So it’s been valuable to us.” Helman also said that the Board of Trustees have spent more time discussing Geisel in the last few years. Compton said in an interview that SEE GEISEL PAGE 2
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College. Being offered a role at Dartmouth for the second time was a special opportunity, Horrell said. “All those years I was away, I was one of those people that would say, wherever I was, ‘Well, you know, at Dartmouth….’ After a while, people got really tired of hearing that, and eventually I shut up,” Horrell said about his time working at other college libraries. “There’s something really special about this RUONI WANG/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
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Students gathered at the “DEN Circle” to discuss startup ideas.
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CAMPUS BLOTTER Nov. 7, 1:05 a.m.: Safety and Security officers, Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services and Hanover Fire Department responded to a Good Samaritan call. The individual, after running from S&S officers, was detained by a group of people and subsequently transferred to the control of Hanover Police. The student was found to be intoxicated and in need of medical attention and was transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Nov. 7, 11:00 p.m., Russell Sage Residential Hall: Safety and Security officers came across a dorm party in Russell Sage. Several individuals climbed out a window and ran off before the officer could collect their names, but the officers identified the resident of the room. The student did not show any signs of intoxication, but did have alcohol in their possession. Nov. 8, 1:08 a.m.: Safety and Security officers and Hanover Fire and Police departments gave medical assistance to a non-student who was staying with a member of the Class of 2019 for the weekend. The individual was transferred to DHMC for further treatment. Nov. 8, 2:09 p.m., Rugby Field House: Safety and Security officers and the Hanover Fire Department responded to assist an injured player from another team. The individual was complaining of head and neck pain, and was then transported to DHMC by ambulance. Nov. 8, 5:11 p.m.: A Safety and Security officer assisted the Lebanon Police Department in contacting a student from the Class of 2019. The individual had attempted to purchase alcohol from a store in West Lebanon using a fraudulent ID. The incident is under investigation. Nov. 9, 12:38 a.m.: Safety and Security received a Good Sam call for a student. The person calling indicated that they had found the intoxicated individual outside of Collis Café. S&S officers responded and requested an ambulance. The student was transferred to DHMC for care. — COMPILED BY JULIA VALLONE
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Helman supports Geisel cuts FROM GEISEL PAGE 1
Geisel’s financial status is not “uncommon,” noting that science funding has shrunk nationally. He said reducing the budget had been a priority since “day one,” but now administrators are more focused on finding long-term solutions rather than incremental solutions. Helman expressed support for Compton’s approach. Compton, he said, has attempted to incorporate review from various campus constituencies. “This is an important strategic move for Geisel and Dartmouth at large,” Helman said. “Getting it right is so important, and that includes communicating with various groups — Compton’s doing a good job with that.” Compton and the Trustees took into account the requests made by the professors’ petition and approved a three-month delay before proceeding through any action, Geisel biochemistry and medicine professor Surachai Supattapone said. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence confirmed via email that Compton updated the Trustees on Geisel’s progress so far, but there was no official vote on any part of the plan. In the future, Compton will continue
to update the Board, and there will be individual votes on aspects of the plan as necessary, Lawrence wrote. Supattapone declined to share a copy of the petition with The Dartmouth, noting that it is intended for faculty only, but he read the petition
“This is an important strategic move for Geisel and Dartmouth at large. Getting it right is so important, and that includes communicating with various groups — Compton’s doing a good job with that.” - BILL HELMAN, CHAIR OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES aloud. “The current approach is likely to dismantle an institution that has successfully served for decades as an outstanding worldwide example of academic excellence and social responsibility,” the petition reads. Supattapone noted that the petition does not provide specific
mechanisms for including faculty when implementing cuts. “The biggest problem is probably that everyone has a slightly different idea of the best way to [balance Geisel’s budget],” Supattapone said. “The petition does not give a specific sense of how the faculty would achieve that, so I think that’s a potential problem.” Still, Supattapone noted that the plans to restructure Geisel’s departments have been met with faculty opposition. Faculty support how Geisel currently organizes its departments, he said. “[Faculty] would like to see ways of reducing the budget while keeping their home departments,” Supattapone said. Compton said that even if the cuts were difficult to implement, they remain essential. As is apt for a biochemist, he used a medical metaphor to describe the importance of a healthy budget. “If you think about the organization as a body, you can think of the departments and programs as bones and muscles — the structural integrity,” he said. “And the budget itself is like the blood. The budget is what nourishes all those programs but the blood itself doesn’t stand on it’s own.”
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Corrections We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. The Nov. 5 article “Jon Kull explains plans for independent graduate school at town hall” incorrectly stated that under the current administrative structure, the various graduate programs — outside of the Geisel School of Medicine, the Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business — report to Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno. Graduate programs within the three professional schools also report to Mastanduno. The article also stated that programs in the new graduate school would report directly to Provost Carolyn Dever, when they would actually report to the new dean of graduate studies. The article has been corrected online. The Dartmouth regrets these errors.
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Clinton talks economic growth, foreign policy in Spaulding FROM CLINTON PAGE 1
Clinton emphasized relief and tax breaks for working families and the middle class while investing in infrastructure and trade throughout the country. “Many of our neighbors are struggling, struggling to get by, and for me, nothing is more haunting than the number of American kids living in poverty today,” Clinton said. Clinton called for a guaranteed debt-free college education at all public universities in the country and for loosened restrictions on college debt refinancing. “In America, where you live, what you look like should not determine whether you succeed or not,” she said. “I think talent is universal, but opportunity isn’t.” Clinton also advocated for increased funding for education, including funding for the roughly 51 percent of public school students who are eligible for free or reduced lunches as well as college students and graduates struggling with debt. “Under my new college compact, no one will have to borrow a dime to pay tuition at any public college or university,” she said. “In many states, quality child care costs more than college tuition.” Clinton advocated “family economics” centered on middle class families and aimed at equalizing the tax code between different sectors of society. “Fairness is why I support making smart investments in struggling communities, from inner cities to coal country to Indian country,” she said. “You should aspire to do more, to build a business that provides lasting value, the sort of business that will make us stronger, fairer and richer.” Investment in infrastructure, struggling communities and scientific research is a major component to jump-starting the American economy, Clinton said. She attributed a great deal of the economic recovery following the 2008 Wall Street crash and recession to President Barack Obama. Clinton praised Obama’s work in a number of areas, including health care reform, military policy and economic reform, specifically tougher rules for governing the financial sector. “I will stand firm against any effort to role back the protections we have already put in place,” she said. U.S. infrastructure needs to be radically updated, Clinton said. Broadband access, transportation systems and educational infrastructure are important areas to be built upon, she said. “Our broadband system is woefully behind and more expensive than most advanced economies,” she said. A variety of College-affiliated
and local political figures appeared at the event before Clinton took the stage, including Rockefeller Center director Andrew Samwick and Dean of the Tuck School of Business Matthew Slaughter. State Sen. David Pierce (DLebanon) spoke about his support for Clinton and the need for economic policies that could address the needs of middle class Americans. “Secretary Clinton believes — as do I — that the system is rigged against the middle class toward those at the top,” Pierce said. Clinton was introduced by former Gov. John Lynch (D-N.H.) and his daughter Julia Lynch ’11 Tu’16. Gov. Lynch also asked Clinton questions in a later discussion, where the two sat in armchairs facing one another. Clinton responded to a series of questions from John Lynch, community members and students on a variety of topics. Clinton discussed the need for an aggressive American policy in the South China Sea to deter Chinese expansion, although she stopped short of the full military action advocated by candidates like Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.). “As president, you have to be focused on the immediate, the problems that are brewing and the longer-term problems on the horizon,” she said. “Smart power” diplomacy must be used to deter Chinese forces from securing islands in the South China Sea to threaten American allies and expand their own blue water naval potential, Clinton said. “It’s really important that the United States remain a Pacific power,” she said. Syria — where the Islamic State has been growing more powerful as established government forces have faltered — should not be an area for direct military intervention by American forces, Clinton said. The Islamic State represents a “growing global threat” that can only be addressed in partnership with other nations, she said. Clinton advocated continuing to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces to fight Islamic extremism in the Middle East rather than deploying American troops to the region. Chris Foley Tu’16 asked Clinton about her views on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, to which Clinton recently came out in opposition. The TPP failed to adequately control currency manipulation, Clinton said. Clinton said she stands for “trade plus,” which she described as a combined emphasis on foreign trade, workforce development and domestic policy. “I want us to get our own act together, then I think we can outcompete anybody,” she said. Clinton criticized the anger-
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talked about her experiences and presidential policy goals.
induced politics of some candidates, specifically sighting Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump, the current leader in many national polls of the Republican primary field. “I always got along with him when he was my constituent before running for president, and I have been quite surprised by some of what he’s said as a candidate,” she said. Still, Clinton is ready to face Trump if she wins her party’s nomination, she said. “I hope to be the candidate, and I will run against anyone they nominate, and if it’s him, put on your seat belts,” she said. Responding to a question on women’s rights from Saphfire Brown ’18, Clinton said while she has seen major progress in her lifetime, “we still have a long way to go.” The focus on creating gender equity must be on pay equity, Clinton said. Although major strides have been made, the fact that men can still earn more than women in the same jobs is abhorrent, she said. Clinton said the best way to advance the cause of pay equity would be to elect her president. “There are just a lot of ways we’ve got to open our minds and open doors, we need every young man and every young woman to make his or her contribution to America,” she said. “We need to quit thinking in old, outdated ways about women and girls.” Many parts of Clinton’s speech were met with applause, and audience members interviewed by The Dartmouth expressed satisfaction with her speech. “I thought she answered questions
in a very systematic and detailed manner that is indicative of the kind of president she would be,” Dartmouth for Hillary Clinton organizer and campus digital captain for New Hampshire for Hillary at Dartmouth Charlotte Blatt ’18 said. The Dartmouth for Hillary Facebook group currently has 222 members, an increase from earlier in the term when it trailed the groups for both Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-Md.). Currently, Dartmouth Students and Staff for Bernie still has more at 313 members, while Dartmouth for Martin O’Malley has 154. “I feel like people support both Hillary and Bernie at Dartmouth in fairly sizable numbers,” Blatt said. Clinton can “absolutely” beat Sanders in the New Hampshire primary on Feb. 9, Blatt said. Linn Duvall Harwell of New London, who watched Clinton speak and supports Clinton’s campaign, agreed that she thinks Clinton will beat Sanders, but said she should work with him thereafter. “She should hire him back in,” Duvall Harwell said. “He has to be given some responsibility over and above senator.” Currently, Clinton is trailing Sanders by 1.3 percentage points in New Hampshire in the RealClearPolitics polling average for primary voting intentions. Dartmouth for Hillary canvases each weekend and conducts phone banking three to four times per week, Blatt said. Blatt emphasized Clinton’s discussion of pay equity and equality for women, highlighting a story Clinton
told about encouraging Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to rally women to participate economically. “I loved her rhetoric in certain places,” Blatt said. “She talked about a ‘no ceilings economy’ where no one gets left behind, and that really resonates with me. One of my favorite things about being a Democrat is that I do think we’re the party of the big tent. We do bring in many different groups of people.” Several New Hampshire voters interviewed said they were impressed by Clinton’s remarks and plan to support her. “She’s right on point with everything,” former Dartmouth employee Mimi Colletti said. “I really believe in her, I believe in her ability. I believe she’s the best-qualified candidate we have in any aisle or in any party.” Cathy Baker of North Sutton said she will support Clinton in the upcoming primary. Duvall Harwell — who, with Baker and Colletti, created a group called “Hillary’s Helpers” to support Clinton — said it was time for a woman to become president. “This is the time for women,” she said. “Women have been splintered because they have to do all the things women normally do, then to try to get out and struggle politically, so they’re splintered.” Duvall Harwell — who is 92 years old — first voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt and said Clinton continues in his tradition. “We have now traveled from what was then the industrial revolution — all built by coal — into the revolution with rare earth, which gives us everything we want that’s electronic,” she said.
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Staff Columnist ZIQIN YUAN ’18
CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST CLARA CHIN ’19
Silence Brings No Progress
Music for the Masses
Calls to remove Yale faculty over the Halloween email scandal are misguided.
The College’s limited musical offerings discourage students from exploring.
Yale University has been in the news a lot lately. When I typed “Yale” into Google, the first four auto-fill results were “letter protest,” “Halloween,” “Halloween email” and “safe space.” All four make reference to the recent controversy at Yale over an email sent by Silliman College associate master Erika Christakis to Silliman residents. Her message commented on a campus-wide email from Yale’s intercultural affairs committee that urged students to be culturally sensitive with their Halloween costumes. In her email, Christakis wrote that she and her husband had heard from students who were frustrated by the intercultural committee’s email. She wondered if there was “no room anymore for a child or young person to be a little bit obnoxious...a little bit inappropriate or provocative or, yes, offensive?” Christakis wrote that free speech and tolerance of offense are essential in an open society. A group of students responded to Christakis’ email in an open letter published on Down Magazine, a publication “designed to amplify the voices of students of color at Yale,” according to its website. They wrote that Christakis’ email “equates harmful stereotypes and tropes to further degrade marginalized people” with “preschoolers playing make believe.” The students criticized her for “[asking] marginalized students to throw away their enjoyment of a holiday...to expend emotional, mental and physical energy to explain why something is offensive.” The students disagreeing with Christakis’ email wanted, understandably, to enjoy Halloween — and to do so in a safe space. Encouraging students to dress mindfully for Halloween — without encouraging the debate and reflection that would help students to actually understand why dressing mindfully is good — will achieve nothing. The original email from the intercultural committee was on the right track. It emphasized thinking about cultural sensitivity by asking questions and examining why these issues matter. In some respects, the students’ open letter does that too. It explains why, for example, Christakis takes away from how much room marginalized students have to feel safe by asserting that students should be allowed to wear obnox-
Every college student should have an opportunity to pursue music, no matter the level and genre of experience. Though I am not training to be a musician — as I once thought I might — some of my fondest high school memories are about music. I enjoyed playing the piano for ballet class, taking weekly lessons with my teacher for 12 years, jamming to Bob Marley and Jackson Browne tunes with my cousin and learning West African drumming at a music summer school. Music does not have to just be for musicians. It can provide community, stability, inspiration, relaxation and passion, which means musical experiences translate well to other disciplines. Because I wanted to continue pursuing music, I have tried to find musical outlets at the College similar to the ones I had at my high school. Though the a cappella groups and the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra are popular and give well-attended performances, I felt that the musical choices available to me as a pianist wishing to branch out of my classical bubble were limited. This lack of musical opportunities affects not just the College, but other campuses as well. Many colleges at least have a fair number of classical and jazz performance groups, but they are hard to break into for inexperienced players. These groups use selective auditions and are therefore inaccessible to students interested in exploring new music. This creates the impression that certain musical genres are too exclusive. Some ’19s with no prior piano experience have not even been able to take piano lessons recognized and paid for by the College, which also require an audition. Even students with many years of experience in one genre can find it difficult to break into another. I had been hoping to play in a jazz ensemble but found that most of them were for those with experience. This is unfortunate because despite our minimal amount of formal jazz instruction, what little training we do have could be enough to join a jazz group and improve quickly, with the right guidance. The situation is even worse for punk, garage or rock musicians. Unless you are lucky enough to have similar-minded musicians in a class or on your floor — let alone the right combination of instruments — finding a group is nearly impossible. If
ious, offensive costumes. Many of its complaints are understandable. Yet the students’ proposed solution, “that our existences not be invalidated on campus,” is not feasible. The open letter states that “to be a student of color on Yale’s campus is to exist in a space that was not created for you.” Yet it assumes that this space can become magically safe without discussion and argument. It assumes that most students will quietly stop marginalizing others without reacting violently in the opposite direction, as most young adults will do when told they have to act one way. And it undermines one of the most controversial but most important checks in America — free speech. Our society espouses the belief that free speech, even when it protects speech that offends, is valuable to freedom as a whole. That is what Christakis was suggesting in her email. The student protests against Christakis’ letter also detract from their criticisms. Vox Media reported in a Nov. 7 article that some students had been “drafting a letter calling for both Christakises to resign as masters of Silliman College.” After arguing for their own rights and claiming that they felt unsafe and attacked by others, students were attacking people who had wanted to help. The Christakises were faculty who were genuinely interested in facilitating conversation, and students moved quickly not just to censure them for their remarks, but also to prevent them from speaking about it again. The points made by the students in the open letter are valid. Their voices deserve to be heard, and they deserve the same respect and freedom of expression that other students do. Through their open letter and protests attacking individuals, they risk imposing limits on the freedom of expression of other groups in a way that recalls the same restrictions on rights that they cite. The way to equality is not a letter or protest demanding resignations. Attacking those who are trying to understand why they need to pay attention to protests will not change minds. Progress is achieved by engaging with those who express willingness to start a conversation, even if you do not completely agree with their views.
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you do start a band, performance venues are still an issue. The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra can perform in Spaulding Auditorium because it is linked to the Hopkins Center, and a cappella groups have been performing at fraternities for many years — having a connection to fraternity brothers seems to be the only plausible way of getting an audience. Besides exclusivity and few chances to try new styles, participation in general poses a problem. Even though the College has a fair number of groups for certain genres, the overall interest level in music appears to be low. Unable to join an a cappella group or the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra and encouraged by my prior positive experience with African drumming, I tried out for the World Music Percussion Ensemble. While learning new rhythms on various African drums was at first enjoyable and exciting, the fact that the group had about seven regular participants, some of whom were not Dartmouth students, eventually led me to quit. Though vocalists and classical and jazz musicians may find their place, other musicians might feel excluded. While Western classical music and jazz dominate music studies at most universities, world music is less popular, as well as garage band performance groups. The World Music Percussion Ensemble is at least a step in the right direction toward a more diverse offering of genres. With more groups on campus, students are more likely to get involved. A lack of publicity may also cause low participation rates. I recently found out about a bluegrass band, the College Folk Society, which meets every Monday and is open to the public. Despite my desperate search for accessible, non-classical performance groups, I heard about the ensemble for the first time after a casual comment. Music ensembles are a great way to meet new people who share common interests, particularly those seeking alternatives to more mainstream social activities. At the very least, they provide a break from busy day of work and let you use your mind in a different way. While a few performance groups are thriving, even more open musical groups catering to diverse tastes can only benefit the College.
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Horrell emphasized accessibility of libraries FROM HORRELL PAGE 1
place.” Horrell said he does not have any specific plans for his retirement but is looking forward to having more free time to travel. “It will be interesting and exciting to have an unstructured life after working for 40 years in this profession. I think it will sort of be an opportunity to really understand what’s next,” he said. Horrell served as a chair on the board of University Press of New England. UPNE is a university press consortium that has worked with library staff on open access publishing ventures and digitizing library materials. Michael Burton, director of UPNE, said that Horrell initiated the relationship between UPNE and Dartmouth. “There’s quite a synergy between a publisher and a library, and [Horrell] has worked with us helping to conceive our work of moving scholarship to open access and better defining ways to distribute our work and make it more discoverable both in the scholarly context and in a general public because of his knowledge of librarianship and how scholars use published material,” Burton said. Horrell also jumpstarted Dartmouth’s involvement with Borrow Direct, a service that allows anyone at one of the 13 member institutions to request a book from the over 60 million volumes of work available between their libraries. He also led a partnership with publisher BioOne and the College to publish Elementa, a scientific research journal. The faculty decision to make scholarly works accessible to the public was with Horrell’s guidance, Jane Quigley, head of the Kresge Physical Sciences Library and Cook Mathematics Collection, said. One of the other significant changes Horrell has made has been the digital work in the library. “We’ve done a lot of work in developing a digital infrastructure for the libraries to be able to reformat collections to be able to license electronic information. But that’s a foundation that will continue to build,” Horrell said. “My successor will have the real pleasure of, I think,
building on that and doing wonderful things in the future.” Quigley said that the library staff are sad to see Horrell leave. “He has been a wonderful leader and dean of libraries,” Quiqley said. “I think the library has accomplished a number of things under his guidance that have been very exciting.” As influential as Horrell has been as librarian, he credits both the staff and the students for the way Dartmouth libraries run. “The greatest highlight is working with the wonderful colleagues that I have in the Dartmouth library. Our staff is simply amazing. And the collaboration and partnership that our students and faculty have with our staff is something that is really satisfying to help facilitate,” Horrell said. “I’ve just been able to be a part of helping to foster that.” Horrell described the library as a collective legacy. The staff of 170 people and almost 200 students that work in the nine libraries is what them running as smoothly as they do, he said. He highlights the accessibility of all the nine libraries as one of the hallmarks of the Dartmouth College library system. One does not have to be affiliated with Dartmouth to work with the librarians or use the libraries, Horrell said, emphasizing the ease with which anyone can access the special collections. “Our whole thing around the special collections is that they’re here to be used. They’re here to be worked with, not just treasures to be in an exhibition case,” he said. Picking a favorite library is impossible because it’s like picking a favorite child, Horrell said. He added that each library is different, but all are accessible to everyone. Quigley said that working with a Horrell has been a great experience on a personal level, in addition to the improvements he has made to the library. “He’s had a wonderful way of working with everyone in the library so that everyone feels valued and respected,” she said. “The sense of collaboration and of being part of a really wonderful team is in a large part due to [Horrell] and the liking and respect we have for him.”
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 6:30 a.m. “Veterans Day Reveille Ceremony” conducted by the Dartmouth ROTC, the Green
11:11 a.m. “Armistice Bells,” Baker Bells commemoration of the end of World War One and Veterans Day, the Green
4:45 p.m. “Veterans Day Retreat and Drill Ceremony,” conducted by the Dartmouth ROTC, the Green
TOMORROW 4:00 p.m. Fiction reading with author Peyton Marshall, Sanborn House, Wren Room
4:30 p.m. “An Ideology of Opinion,” lecture with Geoffrey Harpham of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, Haldeman Center 41
8:00 p.m. “Don Juan Comes Back from the War,” theater department play, Hopkins Center, Moore Theater
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Students discuss the production of “Don Juan Goes to War”
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It is easy to think only about the actors when thinking about a play, but there is much more involved behind the scenes to make sure all of the parts run smoothly. For the theater department’s main stage production of “Don Juan Comes Back From the War,” almost 40 students played a role in the production team, from sewing the costumes to creating the set. Assistant stage manager and a member of the set, light and prop crew Cameron Buxton ’19 said that the level of student involvement in the show created a strongly supportive atmosphere. She said that as a freshman who only had high school-level experience, she appreciated the support. “It was great that we had a team,” she said. “We all were able to help each other out, and the older students gave us so much guidance.” Another member of the set, prop and light crew and set shop worker Daniel Lein ’19 said that having so many students involved allows them to create larger and more complex sets. He said that in other set shops he has worked
at in the past, he was unable to execute the vision he had because there were not enough physical bodies to carry out the ideas, but that this was not a problem with this production. “We always have hands, and everyone is eager to help out,” he said. “It’s a great energy.” Like Lein, Celeste Jennings ’18, a member of costume and wardrobe crew, said that she worked on the production because she had already worked in the costume shop. In many cases, students involved on the creative side of the production had to deal with logistical and practical challenges. Jennings said that a major challenge that the costume crew had to face was the quick changes that were required of many of the production’s actors — all but two of the actors in the production played multiple characters. She said that the crew used tricks, such as using snaps in the place of buttons, to allow the actors to make some of the quicker changes, including some that were only 15 seconds long. Lein said another challenge that faced the production team was the stage’s set-up. The production used
a raked, or tilted, stage. He said the angle of the stage made basic tasks, such as hanging things, more difficult. “It was hard to get ladders and lifts on it,” he said. “We couldn’t really use them because it was dangerous on an angle. To get the light fixtures up, we had to use slides above the stage instead of ladders like we’d normally do.” He said that the stage’s tilt also meant that the set crew had to be more careful while building the production’s sets and had to add extra support elements to parts of the set. Jennings said that despite the challenges involved with the production, she enjoyed working on the costumes. She said her personal favorite was the first costume worn by Don Juan — a worn-out soldier’s uniform. “It was totally distressed by dye,” she said. “We took a brand new army uniform and put fake dirt and blood on it to make it look worn down and old. It was amazing.” Buxton said that she enjoyed getting the chance to be part of a large production and work with students from a variety of years and backgrounds. “A production will take every-
thing you are willing to put into it and more,” she said. “Everyone is giving it their all to make it happen, not just one or two people. Everyone is putting 100 percent into it.” Lein said that he was glad to work with a large group. He said that while some members of the production crew did not have as much experience as others, every-
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Volleyball wins two straight as Paige Caridi ’16 reaches 1,000 digs B y daniel lee
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After losing nine straight sets to start the second half of the season, the women’s volleyball team made the necessary adjustments to break its three-game losing streak and defeat Columbia and Cornell Universities at home this past weekend. Dartmouth (11-10, 8-4 Ivy) remains tied with Princeton University (13-8, 8-4 Ivy) for second place in the Ivy League standings, and both teams trail Harvard University (13-9, 9-3 Ivy) by one win with two games left in the season. Dartmouth kicked off the weekend against Columbia, whom the Big Green had edged in a 3-2 nailbiter earlier in the season. There continued to be little separation between the two teams as the first set started off tight. The Big Green trailed 12-14 after the Lions went on a 5-1 run, the longest of the set at that point.
A kill by Sierra Lyle ’19, however, sparked an 8-1 run and Dartmouth cruised the rest of the set to a 25-18 victory. The second set of the match featured a similar storyline with reversed roles. After leading 8-6, Dartmouth committed five attack errors that allowed Columbia to go on a 7-1 run. The Lions ended the second set at the same final score of 25-18 and tied the match at a set apiece. The teams remained close in the third set, and Dartmouth led 2322 after a kill by Paige Caridi ’16 and a service ace by Lyle. Despite the set going into sudden death, Dartmouth took a 2-1 lead in the game after three attack errors by the Lions ended the set at 26-24. The Big Green took a 15-14 lead in the fourth and final set of the game and did not forfeit their lead and won the set 25-22. “We focused in practice this past week a lot on our serving and
that was important for our success, because we had to keep serves in, but keep them tough so that we could get the team out of rhythm,” Astarita said. During the win, Caridi became the 10th Dartmouth player to reach 1,000 career digs in program history as she finished with eight digs and seven kills. Lyle added six kills and 16 digs, while Emily Astarita ’17 registered 16 kills and 17 digs. “It was really exciting and made me really happy,” Caridi said. “To be honest, I wasn’t keeping track of it, so I was just as surprised as other people were but it’s a good feeling to know that the hard work that I’ve been putting in has paid off. It’s exciting to know that I’ve prevented a thousand kills.” After snapping its losing streak against Columbia, Dartmouth was able to replicate its early season form in a dominant straight sets win over Cornell. In its final home game of the
season and the seniors’ last game in Leede Arena, the Big Green exploded out of the gates against the Big Red, taking an early 7-0 lead which later became a 20-6 lead. Dartmouth easily won the first set 25-10. The second set proved to be a bit more competitive, but Dartmouth enjoyed the same results. After trailing 14-15, the Big Green went on a 6-0 run that propelled the team to a 25-18 second set win. Despite the 2-0 hole, Cornell continued to fight and forced Dartmouth into a tight situation late in the third set. With Dartmouth up 24-23, Cornell freshman Carla Sganderlla nearly forced a fourth set with two consecutive kills to give the Big Red a 25-24 lead. Kayden Cook ’16, however, stepped in and registered a kill to save set point and ended the match with a pair of service aces. Astarita registered 14 kills and 11 digs, Lyle added 10 kills and nine
digs and Cook dished 39 assists. The team was most successful in minimizing service errors throughout the two games and managed to maintain their rhythm and momentum late in the sets. The team registered six service aces against Columbia and five service aces against Cornell. “We worked a lot on being aggressive and keeping [our serves] when we needed it for momentum purposes so that was very huge,” Lyle said. “Our offense was effective and diverse and we changed our defense tactically against those teams and that worked a lot in stopping their offense.” The team will travel to Providence, Rhode Island, to play against Brown University (10-14, 4-8 Ivy) for the penultimate game of the season and will head to Yale University (12-9, 7-5 Ivy) to face the defending Ivy League champions for the decisive final game of the season.
Women’s tennis finishes fall season strong at Big Green Invite B y James handal The Dartmouth
The women’s tennis team enjoyed a triumphant finish to its fall season, going 19-3 in singles and 6-3 in doubles at the Big Green Invite this past weekend. In its fall season, Dartmouth competed in the Tribe Invitational, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association AllAmerica Championship, Bulldog Invitational and the ITA Northeast Regional Championship in preparation for the winter and primary Ivy League spring season. “Our team has improved a lot since the beginning of the fall season,” co-captain Katherine Yau ’16 said. “Tennis is about getting in a good rhythm and keeping up with the momentum during match play. By playing a lot of matches we get to practice things we cannot practice in normal practices, so our results this weekend show that we have been able to improve from how we played earlier in the fall term.” At the Big Green Invite this past weekend, Dartmouth played in a round robin, team format that included singles and doubles matches between the teams. Dartmouth
competed against the University of Minnesota, University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Denver over three days of competition. On the first day of the tournament, the Big Green cruised against Minnesota, going 6-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles. In singles, the teams split the results of the two three-set matches. After dropping her first set 6-3, Julia Schroeder ’18 was able to fight back and win the next two 6-2, 6-3 to win the match. Allison Chuang ’19 had the closest match of the day, but was not able to walk away with the win. Chuang edged Minnesota senior Paula Rincon-Otero in the first set 7-5, but dropped the next set by the same scoreline. With the match split at one set apiece, nothing could separate the pair, and they headed to a tiebreaker in the deciding set. Rincon-Otero came out strong in the tiebreaker, winning it 7-3 to hand Chuang a difficult 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(3) loss, Dartmouth’s only singles defeat of the day. After its strong start against Minnesota, Dartmouth continued its form on day two, recording a 7-0 singles and 4-2 doubles record
against Denver and UMass. The Big Green began the day against Denver and dropped two out of three doubles matches, but rebounded with a 7-0 singles sweep over the Pioneers, losing just one set. To finish the day, Dartmouth battled blanked UMass in three doubles matches and one singles match. “We’ve really improved our doubles technique,” Suzy Tan ’16 said. “As a team, we’ve been working on being more aggressive in the right places and finishing points when we have the opportunity.” In the final day of the Invite and of the team’s fall competition, the Big Green went 5-2 in singles and 3-0 in doubles against UMass. Six out of seven singles matches went to a deciding final set, and Dartmouth managed to win five of the three-setters. “It is really about team cohesion, being physically healthy and how the team can compete and fight during the crucial moments,” Yau said. “Our winter season and spring break trip will further sharpen our match play and mental skills.” At the conclusion of the Big Green Invite, Schroeder, Taylor Ng ’17, Yau and Kristina Mathis ’18
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Over three days, Dartmouth posted a 19-3 singles record and a 6-3 doubles record.
were chosen to the All-Tournament team as Dartmouth players occupied four out of the five available slots on the team. While the end of the fall season has come for the majority of the team, Ng and Mathis will compete at the USTA/ ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center in New York from Nov. 12 to 15. “They were selected to the team because they performed really well
in all of their singles matches,” Tan said. “It really shows their hard work and effort through the time they’ve been here.” Dartmouth will continue to work and prepare for conference play in the spring. “We have positioned ourselves to be one of the favorites in the Ivy League,” head coach Bob Dallis said. “The Ivy League is one of the strongest leagues in the country. The key is our continued improvement.”