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Almost 400 visitors crossed the Green this weekend during the last of three “fall information days” run by the admissions office.

While a similar day-long

program — which includes faculty presentations, a College-sponsored lunch with current students and specialized tour routes in the afternoon — launched this summer under the name “faculty Friday,” organizers added an admissions and

financial aid question-andanswer session this term.

The program takes advantage of a peak visiting time that lasts from late September to mid-October, dean of admissions Maria

Black Ivy Coalition calls for awareness,policy shifts B y Noah goldstein

One week after Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, students at Yale University created a Facebook chat to talk about what had happened. Over the next several days, the chat grew, as students invited anyone they thought might be interested in contributing to the conversation. Out of this online group formed the Black Ivy Coalition, a set of 16 black Ivy League student leaders — two per school — dedicated to changing a culture they say led to the death of Brown

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“This is Abenaki land,” read a sidewalk message scrawled in chalk. “There are 566 federally recognized tribes in the U.S.,” read another.

As government offices around the country closed Monday for Columbus Day, a group of Dartmouth students honored a different holiday — Indigenous People’s Day. To celebrate, more than 75 students gathered on the Green at midnight, forming a circle and singing powwow songs as student drum group the Occom Pond Singers played.

The event dates back 20 years, Native Americans at Dartmouth president Monica Stretten ’15 said.

Before heading to the Green, students gathered

at the Native American House, said Preston Wells ’15, a member of the Occom Pond Singers.

“We smudged the drum and smudged everyone, we headed to the Green, and then we formed a circle around the drum and we started singing. They’re Southern-style songs, powwow songs,” he said.

Several students who participated in the event indicated their dissatisfaction with Columbus Day. Kohar Avakian ’17, a NAD member, said she does not think Columbus deserves to be recognized in such a way.

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and others like him.

Last month, the group released a call to action, stating its purpose and goals, including “compel[ling] our society to revalue Black lives” and “correct[ing] the misconception that the Civil Rights movement is over.”

“That call to action was a wakeup call — not only to ourselves, but to people all over America to let them know that we are actively trying to do something to stop this from happening,” said Yale sophomore Isaiah Genece, a member of the Yale Black Men’s Union.

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Students watch artists at work outside the Claflin Jewlery Studio.

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DAily debriefing RESEARCH ROUNDUP A study by Geisel Medical School professor Jeana Havidich found that complications relating to anesthesia use have fallen from 11.8 percent to 4.8 percent between 2010 and 2013, HealthDay reported Sunday. Researchers looked for complications in more than 3.2 million cases of anesthesia use, including minor complications like nausea and vomiting, as well as major complications, like medication error. Though the number of complications has decreased, the death rate remains the same, at three deaths per 10,000 procedures using anesthesia.

Casinos on reservations often help big Las Vegas companies more than the tribes who run them, according to research by Tuck Business School professor Len Greenhalgh. These casinos point to a larger problem among Native American communities, whose resources are often exploited, he said in a September Tuck press release. Introducing policy changes and development projects could help foster economic sustainability on reservations, he said in the release. He argues that development must be approached systematically so tribes can develop necessary infrastructure and determine how its resources and skills fit into the economy.

Reducing overuse in U.S. health care requires an analysis of current policy tools, Geisel Medical School professor Carrie Colla wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine on Oct. 2. Increased awareness of spending has spurred discussions of policy that would reduce the use of low-value care, but there are limitations, she wrote. She suggests patient cost-sharing and public education campaigns as well as supply-side interventions as possible mechanisms for reducing use of low-value care and overall costs. ­— COMPILED BY EMILY ROBERTSON

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NH nabs top spot in OECD ranking B y ERIN LEE

New Hampshire ranks highest in the nation for quality of the life, according to a report released last week by the Office of Economic Cooperation and Development. The study, “How’s Life in Your Region? Measuring Regional and Local Well-Being for Policy Making,” scored all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with more than 300 other regions across the OECD’s 34 member nations. Regions were evaluated in nine categories: health, safety, housing, access to broadband, civic engagement, education, jobs, environment and income.

In addition to being ranked the highest overall, New Hampshire had the highest score in the country in safety and Internet. The state tied for highest housing and income.

“It’s not the first time we’ve heard that the state received high marks for high quality of life, but to get that designation from an international entity is clearly an honor for the state,” Hanover town manager Julia Griffin said.

The OECD, an international economic organization founded in 1961 that focuses on improving global social and economic welfare, started the regional well-being project to provide comparable measures that can help citizens gauge effective policies.

The report ranked the state safest in the nation. New Hampshire has the lowest homicide rate in the U.S. at 1.11 per 100,000 people.

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Harry Kinne said this is in part due to the state’s rural nature and small population. Crimes do occur both on and off campus, but at a much lower frequency than on other more urban campuses, he said.

New Hampshire’s safety is “a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy,” Griffin said.

“Many people make a conscious decision to come here because of the high quality of life and as a result, I think, are generally conscious about doing their best to help maintain that quality,” she said.

Many people are attracted to the state because of its safety, said Donna Langlais, a longtime New Hampshire resident who works at Lou’s Restaurant and Bakery.

The beauty of the environment and the numerous opportunities for outdoor recreational activity are also part of the state’s appeal, said fellow Lou’s employee Jenny Lavoie, who has lived in New Hampshire for more than 20 years.

Though New Hampshire’s landscape is prized by its population, it ranked 19th in cleanest environment, a measure determined by air and water quality measurements.

New Hampshire ranked seventh in the nation in terms of health, based on life expectancy and mortality rate. Sean Mehegan, who lived in New Hampshire for 22 years but has since moved to Vermont, said the active population enjoys the outdoors, which could account for the state’s good health.

Easy access to locally-grown

food year-round, an effective medical care system and reduced stress as a result of living in a rural environment may also contribute to the health rankings, Griffin said.

New Hampshire’s education system tied for second-best in the country, with 91.3 percent of adults holding at least a high school diploma.

“The school districts in the state are very much local and regional, so local citizens oversee the operations of their school districts and they have a lot to say about the quality of education provided,” Griffin said.

New Hampshire received a perfect score from the OECD in both housing, as measured by number of rooms per person, and income per capita.

The average household income per capita after taxes in New Hampshire is $34,208, among the highest in the country and in the top 4 percent across all OECD regions.

The state’s 69.4 percent voter turnout gave it a high score in political engagement.

Many people feel a strong sense of loyalty to New Hampshire, said Mary Keeler, who works at Simon Pearce’s Hanover glass shop.

She moved to New Hampshire in 1996 to live in her husband’s hometown and has grown to love the state because it is “less artificial” than New York and Boston, where she lived previously. Her father-in-law, a World War I veteran and postal worker, collected postcards from every New Hampshire town.

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Local residents said the state’s natural beauty and plethora of outdoor activities are part of its appeal.

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Admissions office integrates residence halls into campus tours tour groups to the Life Sciences Center, said that the admissions Laskaris said. During those few office asked trained tour guides weeks in a typical year, more than with experience in relevant fields 1,000 people visit campus. to lead new tours, which are geared “Come to campus during leaf toward prospective students with peeping season. You’ll fall in love,” particular interests. While her the admissions office website beck- script tells her how to talk about ons. the building, Dang said, her experi Just as the office instituted the ence as a pre-med student allows “faculty Fridays” program to ac- her to fill in the gaps in the script commodate the high volume of with personal stories. visitors in July and August, which In addition to academicallyreached record numbers this oriented tours, one new route takes year, the “fall information days” visitors into residence halls for a coincide with the fall influx of taste of dorm life. Students workprospective students. ing in the admissions office last The office developed new tours spring developed the residential and additional programming this life tour in response to many stusummer so students could explore dents and parents who were eager campus in greater depth and inter- to learn more about Dartmouth act with faculty members, Laskaris housing, Laskaris said. said.

Jessica Ma ’16, who leads the Visitors on Monday started their residential life tour, said the admisday with an information session sions office asked tour guides who held with a faculty member in were undergraduate advisors to Alumni Hall. A standard campus conduct visits to residence halls. tour followed the talk. After lunch, Guests are taken to a variety prospective students could visit the of residential spaces, including Thayer School of Engineering, the Choates and East Wheelock before specialty tours — centered residence halls, where they can on the sciences, view common arts, residential spaces and halllife and entre- “As the campus has ways but not inp r e n e u r s h i p grown, our 45-minute dividual rooms, — set off to walking tour really Ma said. the corners of T h e campus. The can’t cover the entire admissions day concluded campus.” office asked with an admisUGAs who sions questionwere not tour a n d - a n s w e r - maria laskaris, guides to write session back in the residential dean of admissions Alumni Hall. life tour script, The specialMa said, adding ty tours show that she believes campus locations that do not fit the script could be strengthened logistically into the regular tour with more input from those with route, Laskaris said. The tours tour guide experience. stop at residence halls, the Life Fall programming also includes Sciences Center, the Dartmouth keynote speeches about academic Entrepreneurial Network’s Inno- opportunities by faculty in their vation Center, the Neukom Digital area of expertise, Laskaris said.

Arts Leadership and Innovation Computer science professor Lab, the top of the Hopkins Center Lorie Loeb, who delivered a keyand the Black Family Visual Arts note address this summer, said she Center. discussed her work in the DALI Including these locations in the Lab with campus visitors. regular campus tours, Laskaris The new program, she said, said, simply wasn’t feasible. allows prospective students and “As the campus has grown, our their families to gain a sense of 45-minute walking tour really can’t both student and faculty expericover the entire campus,” she said. ences at Dartmouth.

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Fall admissions programming includes faculty speeches about academic opportunities at the College.

what makes Dartmouth special, and feel the passion faculty have for both teaching and research, the better able they are to make a good decision,” Loeb said.

Other presenters include English professor Barbara Will and professor of natural philosophy,

physics and astronomy Marcelo Gleiser.

Laskaris said she believes prospective students should hear faculty perspectives because undergraduate teaching and access to professors is one of Dartmouth’s largest assets.

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The admissions office has received “terrific feedback” from students and parents, Laskaris said.

Previously, the admissions office experimented with an arts-specific tour, a tour of Thayer and the afterdark tour during the Dimensions program each spring.

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CONTRIBUTING Columnist CAROLINE HSU ’18

The Republican Diet

Keep It Local

Does your diet affect the way you vote?

Political scientists are starting to find that the angry, threatened, gun-clinging Republican stereotype might run deeper than the news. To cite just a few recent studies, in 2006 John T. Jost found that conservatives suffer from “chronically elevated levels of threat” and are “more likely than liberals to perceive the world as a dangerous place,” while in 2014 John R. Hibbing found that “conservatives tend to register greater physiological responses to negative stimuli.” The link works the other way, too. Heightened insecurity seems to increases the popularity of conservatism, as seen in its rise in the U.S. after 9/11. Why are Republicans so afraid? Dietary differences and the hormone cortisol may provide an answer.

Most political scientists look to environmental factors like parental influence, socioeconomic background or socialization to explain psychological differences. But an avalanche of new studies has found genetic and physiological differences may be key. For instance, monozygotic twins (who look the same) separated at birth and raised in completely different environments have stunningly similar ideological leanings, and fMRI scans have found that Republicans and Democrats use different parts of their brains when facing risk. In fact, just this month a study published in the American Journal of Political Science — one of the field’s leading journals — explains why people marry “within the party” — liberals and conservatives smell different and we are attracted to people who vote like us!

Back to the question. Why do Republicans have higher levels of threat perception? Chris Calkin ’15, Zach Queen ’15, Jake Baker ’15 and I are taking a stab at it. Our theory revolves around the hormone cortisol, which is released by the body in response to threat. It increases the amount of sugar in the blood stream for the fight-or-flight response. If Republicans have chronically higher levels of threat perception, it seems reasonable to assume that they must have higher basal cortisol levels. While Jeffrey A. French’s 2014 study has found lower voter turnout in people with high basal cortisol levels, no study has looked at differences in the stress hormone across political ideologies. To find out,

the four of us are going to take saliva samples from a hundred Republicans and Democrats.

We expect to find that Republicans have higher cortisol levels than Democrats.

This is where food comes in. The fascinating thing about cortisol is that it creates a sugar craving (it increases the amount of glucose in the blood stream for our fight-or-flight response).

If conservatives have higher cortisol (or stress) levels, they must also experience more sugar cravings. One can thus hypothesize that there are differences in conservative and liberal diets, with conservatives eating more carbohydrates.

We are thus also administering surveys to see if this is true.

The link between diet and cortisol runs the other way, too. Sugar consumption increases cortisol levels. Republicans eat more cortisolincreasing foods because they are more stressed, but could the same foods then increase stress and, with it, conservatism?

One of the puzzles of public opinion research is the remarkable consistency in a person’s ideology. As people age, many things change, but political ideology is surprisingly consistent.

It could be that the food we eat, an everyday determinant of cortisol levels, explains this consistency. So Republicans may eat more sugar because of higher cortisol levels — but could these foods, in turn, be keeping them conservative? As for Democrats, are our diets richer in cortisol-lowering foods and/or poorer in foods that increase it? Do ideological shifts show up on a person’s plate, or could dietary change induce ideological shifts?

Biopolitics has opened a whole new frontier in political science, but it has been met with a lot of resistance. We like to think that we can make thoughtful and considered choices — the idea that a gene or diet or hormone has largely made those choices for us is disturbing. When genes and physiology are added to the mix of known determinants like parental influence, race and income, the way you vote may have very little to do with choice. Given the deplorable state of politics today, if our hypothesis is true, I for one am going to breathe a sigh of relief.

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We should shop at local businesses instead of national chains.

I come from a suburban, middle class town in central New Jersey, where industry giants like Costco and Kohl’s dominate over local boutiques and farmer’s markets. It seems like every other day an independent store hangs a dismal “going out of business” sign in its window. Living in Hanover, where local produce and indie stores have an overwhelming presence, has shown me that there is a better way of living life — rather than dumping money into monopolizing chain companies, you can build a better future by investing in independent businesses.

The motto “what goes around, comes around” is surprisingly accurate when it comes to buying local. Even from a purely economic perspective, opting to get your morning coffee from Dirt Cowboy Café rather than Starbucks has boundless benefits.

It both strengthens a community’s economic standing and generates more jobs. The Maine Center for Economic Policy commissioned a study of local versus national stores in Portland, Maine, which found that buying local contributes about 76 percent more toward Portland’s economy. A stronger economy leads to more jobs — MECEP found that spending even 10 percent on local businesses instead of national businesses would create almost 900 new jobs and more than $35 million in earnings. And though wages from both national and local stores stay in the community, national chains often handle professional services (such as accounting or printing) at the national level, which takes money out of the community. Basically, when you support a local store, that store can “pass on” your money to another local store, which creates a chain of events that allows the community’s independent businesses to prosper. Patronizing independent businesses fortifies your community’s economy, thereby raising its overall standard of living and quality of life.

In recent years, global warming and declining natural resources have been hot discussion topics. Buying local reduces your

environmental footprint — local businesses require less transportation. According to the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, when buying from non-local markets, fresh food must travel about 1,500 miles to get from the farm to your dinner table. Imagine the harmful emissions and congestion! Locally grown food leaves a smaller imprint because it comes from smaller farming operations.

Large-scale farming, organic or otherwise, often entails the use of harmful pesticides that pollute soil and water.

Patronizing local stores instead of national chains also maintains a town’s personality — nobody wants to live in a cookie-cutter town — and increases its popularity. Nantucket, Massachusetts, banned chain stores from its downtown shopping area in 2006 to boost tourism, to great effect. Hanover should think about doing the same. A large part of Hanover’s charm is from its oneof-a-kind businesses — we meet up at Salt Hill Pub, not Applebee’s. If Hanover were simply filled with typical chain stores, it would not be nearly as attractive to either tourists or, more importantly, prospective students.

Living in Hanover is an undeniably unique experience compared to many college towns, and this is largely due to the presence of independent stores. We get to do the Lou’s challenge instead of relying on IHOP or Denny’s. If you shop primarily at nationally owned businesses, you indirectly hurt local businesses. Though this is a worst-case scenario, it’s possible that our independent stores would be forced to close down if we didn’t support them. Prospective students consider all aspects of a college before deciding to commit, and a college’s overall ambiance is a crucial factor — if Dartmouth is stripped of its independent charm, its allure would be greatly diminished.

So next time you choose Dirt Cowboy Café over Starbucks, give yourself a pat on the back. Even though buying local might be slightly pricier, the benefits far outweigh the costs.

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Coalition organizes after Brown shooting

Penn, students organized a widely attended town hall meeting, followed by Kevin Gillespie ’15, president of a group reflection. Harvard University the College’s NAACP chapter, said and Yale also held town halls, CumDartmouth students plan to hang a mings said. banner in the Collis Center and a Genece said several schools orgacollage in Baker-Berry Library of nized a “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” those affected by police brutality. campaign, in which students took a Sarah Cole, a Harvard University photo with their hands up to symboljunior who is president of the universi- ize the defenselessness of shooting ty’s Black Student Association, said she victims, an image that has gained has observed that many non-African national recognition in the wake of American people Brown’s death. do not see the “We’re looking at Other deaths of Brown, plans, coordinatEric Garner and policies in regard ed by the Black Trayvon Martin to campus security, Ivy Coalition as as major issues. a whole, include to see how those Cole recalled campaigns coma conversation can be changed to batting media with a co-work- be more helpful for misrepresentaer who did not tion of black understand her students in a variety people, demonemotional reac- of communities on strations in major tion to Garner’s cities including campus.” death in July.

New York and Yale all-Ivy legislative and coordinator Re- - denzel cummings, policy changes, ine Ibala, a junior, Genece said. said participating penn senior and T h e in the coalition coalition member group is focusis meaningful to ing on legislation her because she related to issues identifies with stories like Brown’s of police brutality, Cummings said. and often worries about her younger Possible legislative efforts include brother’s safety. changing how police officers are “The idea that I can’t protect him, trained to interpret cultural and social and that one day he could walk on a situations and requiring officers to street and something could happen wear cameras, Genece said. to him,” Ibala said, “is absolutely “We’re looking at policies in regard frightening.” to campus security, to see how those The coalition’s primary goal is to can be changed to be more helpful for remind people that “black lives do students in a variety of communities have worth,” Genece said. To him, on campus,” Cummings said. it can often feel like others see the The coalition members hold recent deaths of unarmed black men weekly Google hangouts to discuss as individual incidents, rather than how to best achieve their goals, includinterpreting them as indicators of a ing ways they can make their voices larger problem. heard, Cole said.

Ibala said the coalition must gener- As students at Ivy League colleges, ate passion among black youth and the coalition members have significant portray the incidents as an American access to resources, but students must issue, not just an African American make good use of them in promoting issue. their goals, Genece said.

“The one common thing between Soon after the coalition released all these cases was that these were men its call to action, students at non-Ivy who were unarmed at the time of their institutions like Stanford University, death, these were men that whether or the University of California at Los not they committed these crimes, did Angeles and Tuskegee University not receive their due process,” Ibala reached out to join the network, Cumsaid. mings said.

Coalition members have formu- The coalition aims to address issues lated three long-term goals: chang- that all black people, not just students, ing local, state and national policies, face, he said. creating a national network of black For Genece, a major part of the students to organize demonstrations coalition’s work is trying to ensure that and reaching out to people in local members of his community feel safe. communities impacted by these issues, “Regardless of where I am or what said Denzel Cummings, a University circumstances I find myself in, I still of Pennsylvania senior who co-chairs don’t feel safe walking around the UMOJA, a coalition of black students. streets,” Genece said, “and it’s just The coalition structure allows a matter of the circumstances into student leaders to coordinate activities which I was born, that of the color across campuses, Cummings said. At of my skin.”

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of people, brought over disease, raped women and he ruined beautiful cultures,” she said. “The fact that we are still here is amazing, so that’s why we have to celebrate indigenous people, but I just don’t think Columbus Day should even be a thing. In my calendar it’s not there.”

Wells said the government should abolish the holiday and replace it with one dedicated to North American native peoples.

He said the importance of Indigenous People’s Day at the College extends beyond its Native American community.

“Dartmouth was founded for the education of Native Americans,” Wells said. “There’s an indigenous history that dates back further than the time that Dartmouth came to be, and so for us to be here we need to recognize that, and recognize that there were those who lived here before us and that for centuries they lived their way. It’s important to Dartmouth because if we can recognize that,

then we can come to terms with the present by honoring the past.”

Eleazar Wheelock, a Congregational minister, founded the College in 1769 to educate and train

“They don’t recognize the people who have sacrificed so much for the founding of this country, and the indigenous peoples are often the ones who are forgotten.”

- MONICA STRETTEN ’15, NATIVE AMERICANS AT DARTMOUTH PRESIDENT Native Americans in the region as missionaries. His interest in founding the school stemmed from his experience teaching Samson Occom, a Mohegan student who went on to become a Christian

preacher and after whom Occom Pond is named. Since 1970, Dartmouth has enrolled more Native American students than all other Ivy League institutions combined.

Sixteen states, including Alaska, Oregon and South Dakota do not recognize Columbus Day. South Dakota celebrates Native American Day instead, and in Hawaii, residents recognize Discoverers’ Day for its Polynesian discoverers.

“Often people celebrate Columbus and all the things that go along with that, but they don’t recognize the people who have sacrificed so much for the founding of this country, and indigenous peoples are often the ones who are forgotten,” Stretten said.

Despite his opposition to Columbus Day, Wells said celebrating Indigenous People’s Day is not entirely an expression of dissent.

“In a way it’s also not a protest, it’s a way for us to come out and honor where we come from and who we come from and honor the people that lived here before us,” he said.

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A packed Collis lunch line pushes students out toward the entryway on Monday afternoon.

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Beyond the Bubble: Censoring Art

B y Andrea Nease The Dartmouth Staff

If you ask Google to define “censorship,” this is the result: “the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts.”

What qualifies as “unacceptable,” and why does the definition of “unacceptable” seem to change daily?

There is no longer a distinct boundary of society’s comfort zone when it comes to the “unacceptable.” Genres featuring ambiguous pieces of art that may face censorship include everything from risqué YouTube music videos to the suppression of fine arts exhibitions — painting, theater and writing.

Censorship is far from new. But the subjective assessment of what art is “acceptable” and what art is censored is a new trend. Even before censorship laws, government parties and powerful individuals suppressed what fit their definitions of “unacceptable.”

Socrates had to drink poison hemlock for disseminating seditious ideas and corrupting the minds of the youth.

Before examining the differences between media or television censorship and fine arts censorship, let’s look at two recent examples of art suppression.

In 2005, Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin founded Belarus Free Theatre, a group that performs in Belarus and the United Kingdom. The group aims to overthrow the command of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus.

This is quite a lofty goal, but through her troupe’s usage of fearless theatrics and courageous depiction of various political traumas occurring in Belarus, Kaliada hopes to introduce awareness and inspire political action.

The theater hosts its plays underground and encourages audience members to bring their passports to the show, as in the event of a police raid, which is common for the theater group, the audience may be subject to detainment or arrest.

This brand of censorship is prominent in many parts of the world, most commonly Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Political censorship aims to maintain power. But when does political censorship stop protecting the people from corruption and begin suppressing their freedom of speech?

Banksy’s latest guerilla graffiti piece in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, England, appeared early this month and was painted over shortly after because Tendring district council called the mural offensive and racist. Banksy’s latest piece commented on immigration. The mural incorporated a gaggle of pigeons facing a bird, spouting comments such as “go back to Africa.”

In the art world, if a piece has potential for controversy, it receives a double take. If that controversy is relevant to social justice, political equality or quite

even sexuality, that piece is not going to go up in public without a fight.

This apparent trend of censorship does not apply to television, and more specifically, the U.S. shows classified as “comedy.”

If you have seen shows such as “South Park,” “Family Guy” and “Tosh.0,” you may be acutely aware of the obscene topic choices, misguided jokes and the distasteful plot developments that commonly feature in them.

“I haven’t seen a Jew run like that since Poland 1938.” This line appeared in season one, episode four of South Park, “Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride,” which aired Sept. 3, 1997. Now, how did a comment such as this make it through, uncensored, at the turn of the 21st century?

Banksy created a social commentary about racism using pigeons to fulfill his portrayal and was painted over within a matter of days, yet television allows individuals like Daniel Tosh to comment on abortion with one-liners such as, “What if the doctor told you your baby was going to be really ugly?”

It’s unnerving to realize that in a country that has loosened its censorship in recent years, important social issues have hit a plateau while distasteful comic relief appears to have no limits. Why does the ambiguous role of censorship appear to target art that urges progress while ignoring the disrespectful attitude that modern television teaches future generations? If our culture deems vulgar television acceptable then there cannot be a double standard employed for different genres.

In a world where racist slurs and stereotypes can be broadcast on national television, I worry that the social issues being approached by real artists are going to be continually pushed aside.

Art is expression. Art does not tell you what to think. In that definition, how could almost any piece of art be deemed “unacceptable”?

You might be thinking, “Dartmouth is a liberal place — this kind of nonsensical censorship doesn’t happen here.”

Or does it?

Many students are familiar with “The Epic of American Civilization,” the mural series José Clemente Orozco painted for the College in the 1930s. But you may not be familiar with the work of an artist from the Class of 1914, Walter Beach Humphrey, who created his own mural inspired by a drinking song written by poet Richard Hovey, a member of the Class of 1885. The Hovey Mural, pained by Humphrey, depicts the founding of Dartmouth by portraying Eleazar Wheelock and a Native American “Big Chief ” forming the institution with 500 gallons of New England rum. The work has been closed from viewing since 1979 and was completely covered in 1983. Censorship is present everywhere, including here.

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WWI poster show explores the ‘unseen’

B y Margot Byrne The Dartmouth Staff

Despite Baker Library’s notorious bustle, one cannot help but stop and notice the flashy graphics of World War I posters featured in glass cases along the entrance lobby’s walls. Behind the glass pane, a war-torn figure stands defiant amidst the blaze of a flaming battlefield. In another image, a soldier steps over the corpse of a fallen enemy. Above him, two words capture his unbroken will: “Come On!” Hood Museum student curatorial interns Sara Trautz ’15 and Winnie Yoe ’14 selected the posters, part of an exhibition called “Seen and Unseen: Picturing Race, Gender and the Enemy in WWI Posters.” The show commemorates the Great War’s 100th anniversary.

The installation contains posters from American, English, German and French collections. Hood curator Katherine Hart said the library display uses only a fraction of the Hood’s nearly 1,200 World War I posters.

“The issue of how to confine such an expansive period of history into such a small space seemed like a good opportunity for a student project,” said Amelia Kahl, the Hood coordinator of academic programming. “[It] challenges the interns to work with our collection in new and different ways.”

Trautz and Yoe chose pieces they believed were emblematic of the time period. They then developed a thesis to link them together, deciding they wanted to convey “what isn’t shown” in classic World War I posters, Trautz said. They focused on the disconnect between “how groups of people were depicted in the posters and how that was different from reality,” she said.

According to the interns’ curatorial statement, the installation chiefly

examines five themes: masculinity, women, the enemy, victims and race.

Trautz said she and Yoe contrasted these advertisements with images from the war itself, many of which they acquired from the Library of Congress to emphasize the disjuncture and inspire viewers to think more critically about the war.

“The posters give you a sense of the immense range of issues in the war as a mode of mass communication that we don’t really have anymore today,”

“It is important to look at imagery that sold the war, and to see how people were [influenced] to believe in a cause from a visual point-of-view.”

- Katherine Hart, Hood Curator history professor Margaret Darrow said.

Darrow said that World War I inaugurated the “era of poster advertising,” as this period marked the emergence of brand-name products and the use of public transportation as an advertising forum. Illustrated information aimed to engage civilians in the war initiative by increasing morale, recruiting soldiers, acquiring resources and appealing to women, Darrow said.

“Advertising is so prevalent in our lives today ... it is important to look at imagery that sold and promoted the war, and to see how people were [influenced] to believe in a cause from

a visual point-of-view,” Hart said.

These eye-catching mediums, Trautz said, are more approachable and attract a wider audience than text, which can often be daunting to comprehend.

Darrow agreed, adding that visual posters are mainly employed to affect a viewer’s emotions, not to provide concrete information. These posters, for example, often depicted a “demonized” enemy and battered war victims to convince viewers to join the war effort, she said.

“You don’t have to read the captions to get the point,” she said. “The posters speak for themselves.”

The exhibit comprises digital reproductions of the Hood’s works.

Library exhibition designer Dennis Grady said the originals could not be displayed due to climate conditions in Baker Lobby.

This also gave the teams flexibility with the posters’ layout and scaling.

“This exhibit talks about issues that are still relevant today — how gender is depicted, how masculinity is depicted,” Grady said.

Hart and Kahl described World War I as a cataclysmic and formative event for Europe that has an influence that continues to loom large in current events. They believe that these posters can remind students of the war’s immense historical significance.

More specifically, Darrow cited the breakup of the Ottoman Empire as an event that still affects Middle East relations today.

“World War I is an important part of our history and something we don’t get to see very often,” Trautz said.

“The images really affected public opinion 100 years ago and continue to do so today.”

The exhibition will run through Dec. 19.

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“Seen and Unseen: Picturing Race, Gender and the Enemy in WWI Posters” shows a fraction of the Hood’s collection.

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

TUESDAY LINEUP

MEN’S SOCCER VS. BU 7 PM

WOMEN’S SOCCER @ BU 7 PM

Late surge propels field hockey to win Hughes and Team USA haley Gordon finish ninth in World 7s By

The field hockey team earned a hard-fought 5-4 win on Monday against the College of the Holy Cross in its second overtime win of the season. The Big Green (4-7, 2-1 Ivy) rallied in the final seconds of the game against the Crusaders (3-12), scoring with no time on the clock, then notching the game-winner just 2:04 into the extra session.

The win ended a two-game losing streak for the Big Green and was only its second non-conference win of the season. On Saturday, the Big Green lost 3-1 to No. 11 Albany University.

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Holy Cross’s offense started out aggressive, getting a scoring chance in the first three minutes of the game, but goalkeeper Ellen Meyer ’15 was there for the save. The Big Green’s defense worked hard to fend off the attacking Holy Cross, but the Crusaders broke through first in the seventh minute of the contest.

“We underestimated Holy Cross a little when we first went out there and they definitely caught us off guard,” co-captain Ali Savage ’15 said. “We really had to dig deep to fight back.”

Clare Detrick-Yee ’16 scored the equalizer 10 minutes later aided by assists from Janine Leger ’15 and Savage after a penalty corner.

Dartmouth fended off strong challenges to the net, including penalty chances and breakaways from the Holy Cross team. Meyer made four saves before the half ended and kept the Crusaders to a single goal at the half.

“On our outlets we had to change some things so that we were possessing the ball rather than forcing it up because they kept picking up the balls in the middle and coming down on us,” Brooke Van Valkenburg ’16 said. “Once we settled it down a little and kept possession it helped a lot.”

As the half came to a close the Big Green began to mount more of an offensive attack.

Rebecca Hu ’15, Savage and Julia Donald ’18 connected in a passing play that drew a penalty against Holy Cross. Savage converted on the penalty, but a high stick call negated

the goal.

Just more than one minute later, Donald slid the ball to Heather Zezzo ’17, who scored to give the Big Green a 2-1 lead entering the second half.

After the break, Dartmouth took the field with energy, getting an offensive chance in the second minute back, but Holy Cross sophomore goalie Maya Langman blocked Savage’s shot.

A Dartmouth turnover led to the game-tying goal by Holy Cross freshman Rachel Lapar just six minutes into the half.

The Big Green kept pushing offensively and sent a couple searching balls that failed to find a mark in front. The pressure eventually led to a penalty stroke for Anna Rowthorn-Apel ’18, who scored for her fourth goal of the season just a minute later.

The Crusaders struck back with a penalty stroke of their own, scored by junior Kaitlyn Murray to tie the game 3-3 just 1:30 after the Big Green retook the lead. Holy Cross struck again in the 62nd minute on a scrum in front of the Big Green net.

After a Dartmouth time out, the two teams battled for possession. A fired up Holy Cross tried to maintain the one-goal lead, while Dartmouth doggedly fought to stay in the game.

Anna Ewasechko ’18 said the team used small passes in the middle to find forwards in the corners.

With less than a minute left to play, Laura Donald ’18 went on an offensive drive, and the Dartmouth offense maintained possession, working the ball in Holy Cross’s

end as the clock wound down. The Big Green drew a penalty corner as the clock ran out. In the resultant play, Savage took the corner and Van Valkenburg leveled a shot.

Ewasechko tipped in the ball into the back of the cage to force overtime.

“Brooke had a really nice shot on net,” Ewasechko said. “It was pretty easy to get on it because it was so accurate.”

Possession switched quickly as overtime began. Van Valkenburg cleared the ball up to Detrick-Yee, which was stolen by Holy Cross, only to be taken back by Savage.

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A 72nd-minute yellow card to sophomore Lauren Sutherland caused the Crusaders to play with a man down. The Big Green capitalized on its man advantage with a hard drive up the right side of the field by Leger, who sent the ball to Savage, who then put the game away with a goal from 10 yards away to the left post.

The team will next take the field at home against Yale University on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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A last-second goal forced overtime, which Ali Savage ’15 ended with her eighth goal this year.

B y gayne kalustian The Dartmouth Staff

Madison Hughes ’15 captained the U.S. rugby team to a Bowl victory and a ninth-place overall finish at the first installment of the IRB Sevens World Series on Australia’s Gold Coast over the weekend. The tournament was Hughes’s first as captain of the Eagles and the beginning of a nine-leg tournament that ends in London in May 2015.

Seeded last in its pool at the start of the tournament, the Eagles took top seat in Pool D late Saturday morning.

Against Canada, the U.S. drew a penalty in the fifth minute of the first half after Hughes could not place the ball after being taken to ground, ultimately resulting in the game’s first try by Zack Test — his 99th in the red, white and blue — between the posts.

Hughes kicked what would be the only good conversion of the match, giving the U.S. a 7-0 advantage.

Canada inched forward in the close of the first half and scored a try but did not convert from the corner.

Poised to kick off for the second half, Hughes kicked an ace just outside the 10-meter limit, rendering the ball in recoverable territory for the U.S. Just 40 seconds into the second stanza, Test scored again to put the Americans up 12-5. Back-to-back Canadian tries put the Eagles on the wrong side of a 15-12 disadvantage with less a minute left until stoppage time.

Everyone took to their feet to watch the U.S. put its final play of the game into motion. After another penalty, the Eagles took the ball from touch to touch, eventually giving it to Test, who shook a tackle to go down in the try zone with virtually no time left on the clock, giving the U.S. a 17-15 victory.

“That win gave us some confidence,” Hughes said. “I think we went into the tournament optimistic of how we could perform, but hadn’t really had a benchmark against which we could set ourselves. The Canada game helped show where we were as a team. We played really well but not up to where we can perform.”

The team could not carry its momentum into the rest of pool play,

dropping both of its next matches against eventual third place England 14-7 and Argentina 26-12, bumping them from the Cup quarterfinal bracket into the Bowl bracket. England, Hughes said, was the hardest loss, as the team played well but let the game slip away. The Argentina game was disappointing because the team did not reach its potential, he said.

But the team that left the pitch on Saturday came back to the arena with a different attitude, retiring each Sunday opponent it faced handily.

The Eagles kicked off Sunday with a 26-5 victory over Japan, immediately followed by a 33-0 rout of Portugal in the Bowl Semifinals.

France, who fell to respective second- and fifth-place Samoa and New Zealand early on in the tournament, came into the final match also having not lost on Sunday, but could not make any effective offensive moves in the first half, falling behind 17-0 after a trio of American tries by Test, Garrett Bender and Perry Baker.

A three-try rally gave the Eagles a scare, but proved not to be a threat after the first five minutes of the second half.

With Test leading the charge, the Eagles put up two more tries coupled with good conversions by Hughes to put a ribbon on its Bowl victory, 31-15. While the last match was a win, the U.S. Sevens head coach Mike Friday said in a posttournament interview, the team must amp up its competition in the future to become contenders for the Cup. “We need to move from being participants to competitors and contenders, and that’s the journey we’re on,” he said. “We’ve come back stronger and we need to go away and get better for next time.”

Dartmouth teammate and rugby club president Jake Levine ’15 said the tournament should reveal the fullback turned scrumhalf ’s true strengths.

“I’m expecting [Madison] to be the same dominant rugby player on the field as well as a great leader,” he said. “You sort of expect that out of Madison every time he steps on the field.”

The Eagles look to take full advantage of its roster and improve for the next installment of the Sevens World Series in early December in Dubai.