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Faculty vote to open course evaluations
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Majority of present faculty call for end of Greek system at meeting By PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff
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Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity hosted a discussion on the significance of having a black president over pizza on the evening of Election Day.
Record number apply early B y LAUREN BUDD
A record-high number of people — 1,856 — applied early decision to Dartmouth this year. The number of early applicants is more than 10 percent higher than last year’s figure, initially reported as 1,678 applicants. As of press time, no other
Ivy League college had released early admissions data. Average standardized test scores, class ranks and racial and geographic makeup for the Class of 2019 early decision applicant pool are currently unavailable because admissions officers have not yet
fully processed secondary school reports, dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris said, but she noted that this marks the first time in two years that more women than men applied early decision. Laskaris said the higher
Students will have access to course evaluations during course election following a faculty vote at Monday’s faculty of arts and sciences meeting. At the meeting, present faculty voted overwhelmingly to support the abolition of the Greek system, and a motion that would have made peer-reviewed faculty articles freely available was tabled. Students will have access to peers’ answers to questions regarding instructor methods, the class structure and the course’s influence on students’ Dartmouth experiences. Faculty will have the option to review answers that students provide to the open-ended questions and to raise concerns about specific students’ responses to their associate deans before the material becomes available to students. A hand vote approved student access to quantitative evaluation data on course quality, the amount of effort students put into a course, the intellectual engagement that students felt, the clarity of a course’s objectives and course organization, among other categories.
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GREEK LIFE Biology professor Ryan Calsbeek, the chair of the committee on student life, motioned to proceed with a “vote that the College should abolish the Greek system.” The motion carried 116 to 13, with three abstentions. More than 200 faculty members signed an open letter with the same call. As of fall 2013, the faculty of arts and sciences had 588 tenure-track and non-tenuretrack faculty members. The motion will have no immediate impact, and similar motions have not led to the abolition of the Greek system. In 2001, for example, the faculty voted 92-0 to abolish single-sex Greek houses. In 2000, the faculty voted 81-0 in favor of abolition. A letter calling for abolishing the Greek system that circulated among faculty members late last month attracted 232 signatures. Mathematics professor Alex Barnett, one of the letter’s original 19 signatories, said he believes that the perception among students that faculty want to “shut down” student parties and activities is SEE MEETING PAGE 5
Firm examines downtown Hanover, College parking B y EMILIA BALDWIN
Laura Barrett, the College library’s director of education and outreach , said she used to pay for the best parking sticker available, which gave her access to parking lots close to the center of campus. “It was quite inexpensive at the time,” she said. “But when they nearly doubled prices, I decided just to use the free lot.”
Now, Barrett said she occasionally uses a shuttle service provided by the parking office on cold winter mornings. But on most days, she usually walks the half mile from Thompson Lot to her office in Baker-Berry Library. Several changes to Hanover parking aim to regulate town meter usage and improve access to College lots, but town and College officials are still debating
the options moving forward. Vice president for campus planning Lisa Hog arty said she hopes to receive suggestions from faculty and students about more convenient parking options by next summer. Desman Associates , a parking and transportation consulting firm, is studying a shortage of parking in downtown Hanover, said Hanover parking division supervisor Patrick O’Neill. Desman
Associate consultants Jerry Salzman and Eric Haggett have led the study, which began early this summer, said Janis Holtz, an accountant at the company. This summer, the town’s parking office began replacing town parking meters and created new parking options at the 7 Lebanon Street garage after recommendations from Desman Associates, O’Neill said. The firm has recommended that Hanover
implement a ride-share program that would allow individuals in the Hanover area to find and carpool with other drivers, he said. College and Hanover business employees use short-term parking spaces meant for visitors and customers, which has created a shortage of parking in downtown Hanover, O’Neill said. SEE PARKING PAGE 3
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DAily debriefing HIGHER ED NEWS Dartmouth researchers have found that restoring wetlands can reduce soil sinkage and the release of greenhouse gases, Science Codex reported. The study, one of the first to continuously track cycling carbon dioxide and methane concentrations in wetlands, measured methane and carbon dioxide emissions over the California Delta’s drained and restored wetlands. The delta was drained more than a century ago, in a move now acknowledged as an unsustainable use of the land. The American Society for Microbiology awarded Geisel School of Medicine graduate student Ruth Kabeche the ASM Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship, according to a Geisel press release. The annual stipend, which supports students from underrepresented groups earning a Ph.D. in the microbiological sciences, will help fund Kabeche’s research on the function of fungal membrane compartments over the next three years. Her research could help develop treatments for fungal infections. Ph.D. candidate John Naslund and postdoctoral research fellow Stuart Grande published a study analyzing the effect social media has on those with severe mental illnesses, according to the Dartmouth Graduate Forum. The researchers surveyed thousands of YouTube videos and comments and found that posters who disclosed their mental illness generally received support from others. The researchers’ software revealed that only 5 percent of the sampled comments were negative. The findings may indicate that those with severe mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, are turning to alternative spaces for support because conventional means of mental health treatment are not meeting their needs. —COMPILED BY ERIN LEE
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Admissions to use new review software FROM APPLICATIONS PAGE 1
early decision application numbers likely resulted from recruiting road trips and connections that prospective applicants make on campus visits. The record number of early applicants follows a 14-percent drop in regular decision applications for the Class of 2018 as well as a high yield among last year’s regular decision accepted students. The Class of 2016 set the previous early decision record, with 1,801 early decision applicants. That year, 465 were admitted. Each year, students admitted early decision comprise about 40 percent of the incoming class. Early application decisions will be released in December. Though last year’s Common Application was a source of technical issues for early applicants — leading Dartmouth to extend its early decision deadline by a week — administrators and applicants reported a smooth submission process. For the first time this year, admissions officers will review early decision applications using software called Slate that streamlines the evaluation process, Laskaris said. Slate compiles different elements of the application, like essays and teacher recommendations, in a central online location to improve officers’ reading efficiency. The office has implemented Slate gradually since the summer, Laskaris
said. The platform can be used for intra-office communications. Jennifer Sandoval-Dancs, director of admission at Claremont McKenna College, said that her office was among the first to adopt Slate. Before Slate, there was no software
“When you love something that much, I don’t know why you wouldn’t jump on it as fast as you can.” - ANNIE GOETTEMOELLER, EARLY DECISION APPLICANT customized specifically for admissions offices, Sandoval-Dancs said. Instead, admissions officers adapted programs intended to store current student information. Since it was implemented in 2009, the service has been user-friendly and accessible, she said, adding that the software allows schools to customize its functions to suit their needs. Dartmouth altered this year’s application to allow students to choose from five questions for a supplementary essay, compared to previous years, when all applicants answered the same question. Laskaris said this change was
made to gain greater insight into each applicant. Kylie McCardel, an early decision applicant who attends Baylor School in Tennessee, said a campus visit solidified her decision not just to apply to Dartmouth, but to apply early. “I had never felt more at home at a college campus,” McCardel said, adding that she was impressed by the student body, language opportunities, living learning communities and her tour guides. The potential benefits of attending Dartmouth outweighed any apprehensions she may have had in light of recent campus controversies, McCardel said. Annie Goettemoeller of Ohio, who also applied early decision, said her experiences in the Summer at Brown and Yale Young Global Scholars summer programs made her realize that she wanted what she called the “Ivy league experience” — intellectual rigor combined with a diverse, collaborative atmosphere. Dartmouth’s undergraduate research opportunities in the sciences also appealed to her, she said. Experiences during her visit, including a Dartmouth Sings performance, Goettemoeller said, clinched her decision to apply early. “When you love something that much,” she said, “I don’t know why you wouldn’t jump on it as fast as you can.”
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Town, College to reevaluate Hanover parking availability hour and 50 minutes and fill up the meter for another two hours. Of the 1,200 public parking They have to vacate the space spaces in downtown Hanover, 450 altogether,” O’Neill said. allow visitors to park for two or O’Neill said that the town has three hours, O’Neill said. These worked to enforce short-term spaces cost $1 an hour and are parking for about a year, but c o n c e n t r at e d these new mearound Main ters will make “People can’t come Street and enforcement S o u t h M a i n back in an hour easier. The ofStreet. After and 50 minutes and fice hopes to recommenchange the dations from fill up the meter meters for all Desman Asso- for another two 1,200 parking ciates, the town spaces by fall hours. They have has installed 2015, he said. new meters for to vacate the space Meter-feeding these 450 spac- altogether.” is already a rees that prevent sponsibility of the same pertown officers, son from using - PATRICK O’NEILL, O’Neill said, so a short-ter m no additional HANOVER PARK space as a longcosts have been term space by DIVISION SUPERVISOR accrued for this refilling a twoenforcement to three-hour policy. meter multiple times in a row, At the 7 Lebanon Street Garage, O’Neill said. These meters con- the town has allowed Hanover nect to a smartphone computer business employees who arrive to program, which tracks how long work after 10 a.m. 30-day permits, individuals park at these spaces, which charge these drivers $2 a and alerts officers where to ticket day to park. offenders, O’Neill said. The town and the College will “People can’t come back in an encourage College employees to FROM PARKING PAGE 1
New meters will enforce limits on parking times in downtown Hanover.
use free parking outside downtown Hanover, O’Neill said. O’Neill said that in the past two years, Advanced Transit, the area’s local shuttle service, has increased its service to and from the Dewey Field parking lot and the parking lot by Thompson Arena, both of
which are about half a mile from campus. The Hanover parking office provides College and Hanover business employees with parking permits for these two lots, Barrett said. Economics professor Doug Irwin said there is not enough
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parking near the center of campus for College employees. “Unless you get in before 8:45 a.m., it will be tough to find a spot on campus and you will likely have to go to the Dewey Field lot, which can be a hassle in the winter,” he said.
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SPENCER BLAIR ’17 AND PAUL GHAZAL ’17
CONTRIBUTING Columnist ZACH TRAYNOR ’16
Vote Today
Pushing for Parliament
Regardless of party affiliation, students should vote in today’s election. A recent “Trending @ Dartmouth” feature in The Mirror asked which type of midterms inspire greater student apathy: academic or political. We appreciate the pun, but realistically, the answer is almost certainly political. Dartmouth students put ample energy into their academic responsibilities, extracurricular pursuits and interpersonal relationships, often leaving little time for political engagement — not even voting. In 2010, only roughly one in five eligible New Hampshire voters under the age of 29 exercised their right to vote. As the president of Dartmouth College Democrats and vice president of Dartmouth College Republicans, we urge students to avoid replicating this statistic by both voting today and encouraging others to do so. Many New Hampshire candidates and other high-profile politicians from both major parties have visited campus throughout this election cycle. These candidates and other elected officials have universally emphasized one major point: as a voting bloc, Dartmouth students can and will make the difference in close elections. For example, in 2010, former Rep. Charlie Bass ’74, R-N.H., defeated current Rep. Anne McLane Kuster ’78, D-N.H., by 3,550 votes, fewer than the total number of Dartmouth students. Even more strikingly, in a special election for New Hampshire Executive Council this past March, former State Senator Joe Kenney defeated Grafton County Commissioner Mike Cryans by just 1,266 votes. This, too, was an election in which very few Dartmouth students voted. Beyond the possibility of influencing close elections, students must recognize how low turnout affects policymaking. Voting at higher rates will present the student bloc as a force to which politicians must be more accountable, resulting in greater urgency placed on issues that most directly affect us — including the cost of higher education and the long-term solvency of Social Security. Currently, politicians tend to push off the latter issue with the intent of appeasing older Americans, who are more reliable in their voting patterns, at the
expense of future generations. And in 2011, the New Hampshire legislature slashed funding for higher education by 45 percent, resulting in over 200 layoffs at New Hampshire’s universities. Regardless of one’s personal feelings toward these cuts, it’s a problem that the politicians who made the decision were elected essentially without student votes, because the decision was made without student input. Students often write off midterm elections because there is no presidential race on the ballot, but off-year elections are just as important in framing the nation’s policy direction as presidential elections. With several competitive U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor and state legislature races on the ballot throughout the country (including New Hampshire), students have a civic duty to help elect the candidates that they feel best represent their personal and political interests now more than ever. Misinformation is a common barrier to student voting, so we would like to set the record straight. All students who attend college in New Hampshire have the legal right to vote in the state, without any effect on a student’s residency, health insurance or car registration. For students who would prefer to vote in their home states, many can do so in absentia depending on that state’s particular laws. New Hampshire has same-day registration, so students can register at the polls today, and all they need to do so is a Dartmouth ID. The polling station for Hanover is at Hanover High School, and students can access free van rides to the polls outside Robinson Hall at any point between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Media pundits and political establishment figures alike insist during every midterm election cycle that college students will not vote — and they are usually right. Dartmouth, let’s make this the year that they are wrong. Grab a few friends, walk over together or hop in a van, and exercise your right to vote today. Spencer Blair ’17, a staff columnist, is the president of Dartmouth College Democrats, and Paul Ghazal ’17 is the vice president of Dartmouth College Republicans.
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The United States should switch to a parliamentary system. Today, American voters will go to the polls to elect the entirety of the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate. In essentially all of these races, the choice for most voters is less about Candidate A vs. Candidate B and more about the Republican candidate vs. the Democratic candidate. Because these are the only two parties with a chance of winning a presidential election, they are the only ones with any power in most other elections as well. A presidential system like America’s “greatest democracy on Earth” (a questionable claim at best) is essentially forced to be a two-party system. The problem is, this system has failed the American people. The solution? America should make the difficult change to a more balanced, fair and cooperative system of government — namely, a parliamentary system based off proportional representation. America has been consumed by bitter partisanship for years, and it has made our government a worldwide joke. Legislators are more interested in seeing the other party fail than their own party succeed — and to them, both of those are seemingly more important than actually governing the country. Our elected officials spend more time raising money and campaigning for the next election than they do completing their current term and fulfilling their responsibilities. Media outlets have been talking about 2016 frontrunners for a year or so now, which is absolutely ridiculous considering that it is still two years away. But politicians must be reelected, and America’s “winner-takes-all” system means that there is no prize for second place — even when the difference between first and second is only a few hundred votes. On a national scale, who proposes legislation becomes more important than how good that legislation is. Politicians will argue with phenomenal bills because it was written from across the aisle and support poor ones when their colleague wrote it. Our current system stifles economic and human development — and with the wealth and resources America has, the inequality in this country is appalling. In our current system, the American
people lose. A transition to a parliamentary system based on proportional representation can largely solve these problems. Almost every other developed democratic country uses some form of parliamentary system — it would be both foolish and deeply arrogant to think that America is somehow unique in its ability to make a different system work better. A parliamentary system with proportional representation allows a true multiparty system to develop and flourish. This increase in viewpoints makes cooperation and honest debate more important than just beating the other party. When a politician’s success depends on getting things done rather than claiming “we did better than the other party,” it leads to more responsibility and greater accountability to all voices. Moreover, given the amount of diversity in this country, having only two major options in an election is absurd. It leads to disinterest when neither option is palatable — I myself am not voting in several the races on my ballot this year. Coalitions of smaller parties, which parliamentary systems encourage cooperation rather than competition, something our divided nation could sorely use. Lastly, a parliamentary system has the benefit of a much shorter election cycle: whereas we’ll spend the better part of three years debating the 2016 elections, Canada spent only a few months in a campaign cycle at their last federal election in 2011. New Zealand had a two-month campaign season before this year’s September election. Nobody wants to hear about politicians campaigning for three years. We want to hear about them getting things done and doing what we elected them to do. Would making this change be difficult? Of course. We’d have to pass a couple of constitutional amendments at the very least. But at a certain point, we must ask ourselves: is this country, with its currently broken and cancerous system, the country we want to pass to our children? We lost the ability to call ourselves the greatest democracy on the planet a long time ago. How much more will we lose before we decide enough is enough?
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Faculty call for residential cluster model over Greek system FROM MEETING PAGE 1
incorrect. “We support partying, drinking is great in moderation, dance parties, sex, hookups, everything,” Barnett said. “Student social life is really important, community, bonding, but they shouldn’t be run by exclusive, hierarchical, gendersegregated organizations from outside the College.” The letter called for the adoption of a residential cluster system, which administrators have said will begin with the Class of 2019. Physics and astronomy professor Ryan Hickox, a member of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee, which presented on its progress shortly before the discussion on Greek life began, said such a system could focus on student-faculty interaction more than systems at peer institutions do. “This represents a real opportunity for us to be leaders,” Hickox said, noting that faculty have expressed interest in becoming involved in a house system. The faculty letter cited research linking Greek organizations to higher incidences of sexual assault, binge drinking, racism, homophobia, denigration of women and hazing. “The emphasis on tradition and secrecy almost guarantees that reform from within will continue to be cosmetic,” the letter stated. The letter cited a number of New England liberal arts schools that have abolished the Greek system, and noted that none have reinstituted the system. While students could not attend yesterday’s meeting, Noah Cramer ’16, president of the Gender-Inclusive Greek Council, formerly known as the Coed Council, said he was frustrated with the faculty’s focus on single-sex Greek organizations. “I feel like this decision by the faculty is one that overlooks the existence of our three houses, and really throws out the baby with the bathwater,” Cramer said. “It’s just kind of frustrating to be once again collateral damage being taken out by the shrapnel spraying from over on Webster Avenue.” Cramer said that he takes no position on the abolition of single-sex Greek houses, but he said that coed houses have not been heavily implicated in issues of sexual assault, high-risk drinking or exclusivity. Representatives from the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council did not respond to requests for comment by press time. While previous faculty motions to abolish the Greek system have done little to effect actual change, Calsbeek and Barnett said that they hope the current campus climate makes the system’s elimination more likely. “It’s a new time for Dartmouth, a lot has happened in the last several years,” Calsbeek said. “The implications of this vote hopefully carry more weight and have new meaning for folks.”
Barnett said that a series of scandals at Dartmouth over the past several years — including federal investigations into Clery Act and Title IX violations — have made many in the Dartmouth community more receptive to change. “There’s no reason for these organizations to control social life on campus,” Barnett said. “If we’re going to spend money and resources setting something up, it shouldn’t start with the Greek system.” During the steering committee’s presentation, members expressed concern with high-risk drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity. Committee member and mathematics professor Craig Sutton said Dartmouth’s culture lends itself to binge drinking. He said that upon entering the College, only 12 percent of students report being heavy drinkers, which nearly triples to 35 percent within just five weeks. He did not compare these figures to data from other institutions. “Moving Dartmouth Forward” committee chair and English professor Barbara Will told the faculty that there was “no silver bullet” in addressing social problems at Dartmouth, but she said that students look to professors “as mentors and advisors.” Will added that professors have a responsibility to set high academic expectations “so that our students can’t party four nights a week.” Economics professor Charles Wheelan, who did not attend the meeting, said that it was important to wait until the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” committee had released its report to act on the Greek system. “I would not make any decision about what to do with the Greek system until I had explored what I would do in its place,” he said. COURSE EVALUATIONS Dean of the faculty Michael Mastanduno introduced a proposal that would grant students access to some parts of the College’s course assessment information. The program would be conducted on an opt-in basis for interested faculty. It was recommended by the Committee on Instruction on Jan. 14. but tabled at a May faculty meeting after facing opposition. Students would have access to data from nine quantitative questions relating to course quality, rigor, organization and efficacy of instruction. They would also gain access to three qualitative questions, a version of a Student Assembly proposal. The questions relate to the professor’s evaluation methods, the structure of the class and the course’s influence on a student’s overall academic experience. Before the information became available to students, faculty would have a 10-day period to review student comments on their courses, and, if they found a comment objectionable, they could bar access. Faculty expressed reservations about the reviews’ relevance and their ability to review potentially
hundreds of comments in 10 days. “Generally, student impressions of classes are correlated with things that have very little to do with pedagogy,” computer science and mathematics professor Daniel Rockmore said. Others said that this part of the evaluations would give students an opportunity to publicly criticize trivial details, with multiple professors pointing to fashion choices as an example. Mastanduno said that students overwhelmingly write favorable evaluations. Professors’ reputations would be protected by restricting course reviews to those with a Banner Student login. Computer science department chair Thomas Cormen said that he fears that students could “game the system” in some way. When Mastanduno asked Cormen to clarify his complaint, he repeated his protest. Students will be given immediate access to syllabi when selecting courses. OPEN ACCESS A proposal that would have required faculty to either submit their published articles into a College-wide repository or receive a waiver from the provost’s office was tabled after faculty members raised objections about the proposal’s wording and the potential burdens it placed on faculty. The open-access policy would not require faculty to publish in open-access
journals, nor would it take away their personal copyright. The change would have allowed Dartmouth to make freely available copies of its faculty’s research, College librarian Jeffrey Horrell said. “Millions of people around the world don’t have access to your work because it’s only available in journals that only a small number of institutions, like Dartmouth, can afford,” Horrell said. The policy follows similar practices at peer institutions, and Horrell said that the College consulted with faculty and administrators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when constructing the proposal. Horrell said that any professor who requested a waiver so that Dartmouth would not publish his or her article would automatically receive one. Economics professor Eric Zitzewitz, chair of the committee on faculty, objected to “ambiguities” in the policy’s wording that could, he said, allow a future provost to withhold waivers from faculty. He said that the library should instead adopt an opt-in program. Zitzewitz also expressed frustration with the fact that the policy did not change after consultation with the committee on faculty, and noted that its language had not changed since spring 2013. He said he would like to limit the language in the policy that he sees as
transferring some copyright powers to the College and to clarify that waivers would be “immediate, automatic and not subject to [administrative] discretion.” “Our scholarship is becoming what it should have been all along, that is, publicly shared scholarship,” said religion professor Kevin Reinhart, who spoke in favor of the proposal. Religion professor Ronald Green criticized the proposal due to the fact that it did not include provisions for making past scholarly articles available through the open-access program. Horrell said that past work, student work, and dissertations might be included in future phases of the project. Economics professor Douglas Irwin said that, although he was a member of the committee on libraries that approved the proposal and is an advocate of open access to scholarly work, he felt that the proposal had to be reconsidered due to the process that had brought it before the faculty. “If the [committee on faculty] unanimously rejects something, and those concerns are not addressed, that’s a problem,” Irwin said. At the end of the meeting, College President Phil Hanlon announced that Mastanduno had asked not to be considered for another five-year term as dean of the faculty, but that he would instead consider a two-year term.
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Open Office Hours For students: November 4, 5:30-6:30 pm November 11, 4-5 pm November 18, 4-5 pm
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Women’s and Gender Studies — WINTER 2015
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WGST 07.01 Masculinities Go in Between (First Year Seminar) Professor Milich • 3B Hour • Dist: LIT; WCult: CI.
WGST 10 Sex, Gender, and Society Professor Yessayan • 10 Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI
How to Learn Technical Writing
WGST 15 Roots of Feminism Professor Muñoz • 3B Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI
WGST 18 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Professor Lim • 2 Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI
A talk by Jon Bentley
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Wednesday, Nov. 5th at 4:30 pm Kemeny 008
Refreshments will be available before the talk. Co-‐sponsored by the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric.
WGST 34.03 The Masculine Mystique Professor Travis • 11 Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI
WGST 56.04 Women and Journalism in the U.S. Professor Jetter • 12 Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: W
WGST 59.06 I Will Survive: Women’s Political Resistance Through Popular Song (NEW) Professor Bronski • 2A Hour • Dist: ART; WCult: CI
WGST 61.02 Plagues and Politics: The Impact of AIDS on US Society Professor Bronski • 10A Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI
WGST 65.06 Radical Sexuality: Of Color, Wildness, and Fabulosity (NEW) Professor Lim • Mon. 3‐6 PM • Dist: INT or ART; WCult: NW
NEW Associated Course: ANTH 12.06 Kinship, Gender, and the Modern State Professor Samin • 3A Hour • Dist: SOC; WCult: CI
There’s more. For the complete course listing: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wstudies/courses/
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Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu ’16 explores issues of identity through music
B y Kaina Chen
In elementary school, a peer at school said to Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu ’16, “Your food looks nasty.” It was kontomire, a traditional Ghanaian stew. “I didn’t know how to deal with that,” Adjeiwaa-Manu said. The exchange has inspired her interest in questions about identity. Her mother’s response, she said, stuck with her: “You’re an African, first. You should be proud of your heritage and not look down upon it, even if other people look down upon it.” Coming to college has made her attachment to her ethnic identity even stronger, she said. “It was always a struggle to choose to abandon my Ghanaian side and completely identify with the United States, or reject the United States culture and be Ghanaian,” AdjeiwaaManu said. “Music helped me answer those questions about identity.” Adjeiwaa-Manu started playing piano at age 5 and cello at 7. She continued her cello studies at the Baltimore School for the Arts, a pre-professional arts high school. A sociology major modified with African and AfricanAmerican studies and a Spanish minor, she is involved with the arts through various chamber music groups, student performances and playing at her church. She decided to join chamber music because she enjoys “being able to make decisions with group members” and wanted to meet other people in a more intimate setting, she said. “I love the collaborative nature of it,” Adjeiwaa-Manu said. “I love the way different instruments sound together.” Although a large portion of her repertoire includes classical music, she
explored more modern music through playing for her church and outside gigs. Adjeiwaa-Manu recently finished a series of three concerts that highlighted the duet “A Lifelong Journey.” The piece, composed by Lanphord Cao ’16 and inspired by the “ups and downs” of life, according to Cao, featured Adjeiwaa-Manu on cello and Cao on piano. Because the piano and the cello are both “strong instruments,” Cao said, there were instruments of both conflict and harmony in the piece. “Adjeiwaa-Manu is very mature as a student artist, and very inspirational as a person,” Cao said. “She understands the subtleties an artist needs in order to interpret a piece.” Music allowed Adjeiwaa-Manu to meet people she wouldn’t otherwise have met. She said her musical journey has been similar to her journey as a Ghanaian American. Both of her parents immigrated to the U.S. Living in America taught her how to identify with people from different backgrounds and experiences, she said. “Playing the cello and the piano taught me a lot about persistence, not only in music but other areas of my life as well,” Adjeiwaa-Manu said. In both her academic pursuits and her personal life, music has shown her how to evaluate herself when she fails and to figure out how to strive to do better, she said. Among the life lessons that music has taught her, Adjeiwaa-Manu said, is humility. “I was surrounded by great, great artistic talent,” she said of her time at the Baltimore School for the Arts. “Just being around people who were better than me in the arts was really, really humbling.” She has applied these lessons to her
beliefs about her cultures, and said she “learned how to love [her] culture but have respect for other cultures as well.” In the future, Adjeiwaa-Manu said she hopes to continue with the cello and piano. She is interested in philanthropic and community-based work involving teens from Latin America and Africa, and wants to answer questions about identity with immigrant children and teenagers. Plans for non-profit consulting or starting her own non-profit involved with arts education may also be in the future as well, she said. “I’m really interested in understanding people like me, and I think it’s a question lots of children deal with,” she said. Her independent study reflects the bridge between her heritage and inter-
est in the arts. Under the guidance of theater professor Laura Edmondson, AdjeiwaaManu is conducting original research on traditional Ghanaian funerals — which feature traditional clothing and dance — that take place in the U.S. “These ceremonies are performance art in terms of dance and imagery,” Adjeiwaa-Manu said. “They are a way to form community in an unfamiliar place.” Edmondson called Adjeiwaa-Manu a “quiet leader.” “She doesn’t call attention to herself, yet emerges with clarity and depth of thinking,” she said. Edmondson also spoke to AdjeiwaaManu’s emotional maturity and her steadiness, clarity and purpose, an
observation echoed by Kristen Miller, Adjeiwaa-Manu’s first cello teacher. During times when Adjeiwaa-Manu would struggle with a particular passage, Miller said that she would smile and say, “Oh, I can do better than that.” “Attitude is everything,” Miller said. “I don’t think Nana ever expected herself to be perfect the first time. But she expected herself to work hard, and she knew good results would come from that.” The Last Word: Favorite Late Night Collis order? Six chicken tenders. Favorite television shows? A tie between “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with Murder.” Favorite study spot? My dorm room.
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DARTMOUTH STUDENT PROJECTS IN THE ARTS
Complete Guidelines & Applications online: hop.dartmouth.edu hover over Dartmouth Students
The Robert Dance ’77 Arts Initiative Fund
The Robert Dance ’77 Fund enables talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Preference is given to performing or visual arts projects that are “site-specific works,” created for venues other than traditional galleries, theaters or auditoriums. Outdoor venues, residential spaces and dining halls are among the sites that might be appropriate. The fund makes a total of up to $4,000 available to sponsor major student projects in the performing and visual arts. Undergraduate students and organizations are eligible to apply.
The Peter D. Smith Initiative Fund
The Peter D. Smith Student Initiative Fund was established for the support of student enterprises in the arts. It was established by the former Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art and continues today with the support of the membership programs of the Hop and the Hood. It is intended to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to complete special projects. The fund makes a total of up to $3,000 available to sponsor major original projects. Application is open to individuals or groups.
The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund
The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund supports student-initiated projects in musical theater, with a priority given to original work. Although projects need not be curricular to be considered, senior projects that bring together work in theater and music are particularly appropriate. In the absence of proposals featuring original music, lyrics and/or text by students, productions that are to be directed, choreographed and designed by students may also be considered. The fund provides a total of up to $1,700 to support student-initiated projects.
The Class of 1961 Arts Initiative Fund
Undergraduates are invited to apply for support of student enterprises in the arts. This award is funded by members of the Class of 1961 in order to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Particular interest will be given to those projects that “stand alone”—that is, projects that are not undertaken as senior fellowships or honors projects nor are affiliated with student organizations. The fund makes up to $1,500 available to sponsor student-initiated projects in the performing and visual arts. Application is open to single or group projects.
Applications & Guidelines
Applications and complete guidelines for each fund are available online (hop.dartmouth.edu/studentfunding) or check with the offices of the Directors of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art, the Chairs of the Departments of Theater, Music, Studio Art, Film & Media Studies, and Art History, the Hop Ensembles Office and the Hop Student Workshops.
DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 ALL APPLICATIONS and recommendations must be submitted to the Hopkins Center Director’s Office, Lower Level Wilson Hall, by 12 pm, Wednesday, November 12, 2014 or via email to margaret.c.burnett@dartmouth.edu.
NATALIE CANTAVE/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu ’16 said that music has helped her explore her identity.
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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
Women’s hockey moves to 3-0-0 B y kelly chen
The women’s hockey team moved to 3-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC after a 3-0 shutout win over Union College and a 5-2 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Big Green offense continues rolling, having scored 14 regular season goals this year. “The puck is going in the back of the net for us. We’ve been scoring a lot,” forward Laura Stacey ’16 said. “We’ve been fighting hard. Our offense has been really strong.” The 3-0-0 start is the team’s best since the 2010-11 campaign, when it last made the NCAA Tournament. The good start, said Robyn Chemago ’17, shows that the team is developing a “championship culture.” Now, the team must maintain the high level of energy, she said. Captain Karlee Odland ’15 said that the team is keeping things simple in order to find success. “We’re working on fixing little things that will make a big difference against better teams,” she said. On Friday, the Big Green squared off against Union College (1-8-1, 0-2-0 ECAC) at Thompson Arena. The Big Green varied its scoring — only one goal was scored by the top line. Emma Korbs ’17 opened the scoring with her first goal of the season 6:54 into the first period, assisted by Odland and Ailish Forfar ’16. Two goals in the third period sealed the victory. Just 3:34 into the third period, Lindsey Allen ’16 capitalized on a power play for her third tally of the year, assisted by Kennedy Ottenbreit ’17 and Stacey. Ten minutes later, the Big Green capped off the night with a final goal by Morgan Turner ’18, following passes from Hailey Noronha ’18 and Elena Horton ’18. Turner shot into the left-hand corner of the net past the Union goalie’s hand to score the dramatic final goal of the game — the first of her collegiate career. The Big Green outshot the Dutchwomen 45-13 in the contest, including 15-6 in the opening frame. Union senior goaltender Shenae Lundberg was solid between the pipes for the visitors, notching 42 saves in a losing effort. Chemago turned away all 13 shots for her first career shutout.
“The defense was very solid so it made my job easy,” Chemago said. “The team effort was all there — the team really helped me get the shutout.” The Big Green kept rolling on Saturday against Rensselaer (1-62, 0-2-0 ECAC), where the team won 5-2. The team outshot the Engineers 47-21 in the game. Stacey, the Big Green’s most dangerous offensive player so far this season, opened the scoring 6:14 into the first period off of assists by alternate captains Morgan Illikainen ’15 and Catherine Berghuis ’16. Just five minutes later, Berghuis notched her second assist of the game after intercepting a pass deep in Dartmouth’s half. Berghuis then gave the puck to Katy Ratty ’17, who zoomed down the ice and shot past a lone defender and the goalie to mark Dartmouth’s second goal — Ratty’s first of the season. After securing a 2-0 lead in the first, Dartmouth faced a tough fight from the Engineers, who outscored the Big Green 2-1 in the frame. Senior Mariana Walsh got Rensselaer on the board, but Berghuis could not be denied on Saturday afternoon. She responded six minutes later with her first goal of the season following passes from Forfar and Korbs. Less than two minutes later, Rensselaer rebounded with another Walsh goal.
“This was the fi rst weekend where we had to play two games, so we’re still getting back into game shape,” Odland said. “Our legs were a little heavier on Saturday, so we need to find our way and skate hard, but we’re learning quickly and we still played really well on Saturday.” Going into the third period, Dartmouth maintained a narrow 3-2 lead. The Big Green fought hard and were soon rewarded. Sam Zeiss ’15 notched her first goal of the season off assists from Forfar and Odland. Ten minutes later, with less than three minutes on the clock, Stacey sealed Dartmouth’s victory with a shorthanded marker for her second goal of the game, assisted by Ottenbreit. The Big Green power play tailed off from its hot start last weekend, going 2-9 over two games. The penalty kill, however, continued to be a strength, as the Big Green have not allowed a power play goal in eight opportunities this regular season. Next Saturday the Big Green will travel to Rochester, New York, to face St. Lawrence University at 5 p.m. “We’ve only played three games, and we have 20 games to go, so we need to keep the energy high,” Stacey said. “It’s been a really great start for us, we’ve deserved the wins.”
ELIZA MCDONOUGH/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
Three assists by Ailish Forfar ’16 helped propel an eight-goal weekend for the Big Green.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014
TUESDAY LINEUP
WOMEN’S SOCCER AT UMASS LOWELL 6 PM
Men’s hockey skates to 3-3 tie with Harvard
By gayne kalustian The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth skated onto the ice in the second period of Saturday’s game against Harvard University and finished off a penalty kill — a notable accomplishment, as in the team’s exhibition matches, the Big Green went 2-6 on penalty kills. The improvement, captain Tyler Sikura ’15 said, results from the team’s mounting experience together. “It’s not an exhibition game where everyone is still kind of trying out for their position and seeing where each other fit,” he said. “Now that we’ve had an actual game people kind of know what their role is and the games mean something, and they understand where they fit so it kind of came together really quickly.” In a back-and-forth battle at Harvard, the men’s ice hockey team officially opened the season, tying the Crimson 3-3. The game left both teams at 0-0-1 and 0-0-1 ECAC. Dartmouth opened a lead against Harvard twice, but the team could not hold onto the advantage as the Crimson continually fought back. Not unlike how the Big Green came out against Brown University last weekend, Dartmouth dominated the ice in the first 10 minutes of the game, keeping Harvard in its defensive zone. The intensity continued through an early power play for Dartmouth after Harvard put too many men on the ice. A Big Green goal during the man advantage was called back due to an inadvertant whistle. Redemption came near the midway point of the period when Brandon McNally ’15 evaded a two-man trap in the corner and set up Rick Pinkston ’15 on the point. Pinkston fired the puck past senior goaltender Steve Michalek, whose line of sight was shrouded by at least two Crimson players and Sikura. Eric Robinson ’14 was credited with the secondary assist. Dartmouth’s celebration of its first season goal was cut short when, just 14 seconds later, the Crimson scored a retaliation goal after defenseman River Rymsha ’18 missed the puck on an attempted clear and opened up the shot for Harvard sophomore Alexander Kerfoot. The goal marked a transition to a balanced flow of play for the remainder of the period. The Big Green, Sikura said, are
hoping to lock down that control in the later stages of games. “I think that sometimes, when it’s going really well, you start to kind of press and make it easier for yourself, and we kind of got away from doing the things that were making us successful in the first place,” he said. “It’s just a matter of staying on top of it.” The teams traded possession for the rest of the period until Brad Schierhorn ’16 was sent to the box for boarding with 48 seconds remaining, splitting the penalty kill between the end of the first and beginning of the second period. With a high-pressure situation in the first minutes, the Big Green kept its composure against the man advantage, goaltender James Kruger ’16 said. “We were able to pinpoint what they were doing right away,” he said. “At the beginning of their power play, they were giving it to [junior Jimmy] Vesey in the corner, and he was just trying to turn it around and stuff it through the back door. The guys did a great job at keying in on that backdoor option.” Both teams scored twice more in the game. The first of Dartmouth’s came immediately after a decisive draw win by Sikura, who fed Robinson. Robinson’s goal from the top of the circle tied the game at 2-2 after Harvard senior Patrick McNally notched an unassisted goal. “Scoring is obviously the goal, but faceoff goals are pretty hard to execute,” Robinson said. “First of all, the center man needs to win the draw, and that’s never easy. In my situation, Tyler won the draw straight to my stick so that was perfectly executed.” Dartmouth took the lead for the last time with just a minute left in second period play after Tim O’Brien ’16 took advantage of a one-on-one matchup, skating toward the corner before passing back to Brandon McNally, who wove between the Crimson to set up in front of the net for the goal. A third period goal off a failed Dartmouth clear for Harvard brought the game to its eventual 3-3 score, left intact after several defensive plays in overtime by the Big Green. Harvard, Sikura said, adopted a newer style and faster pace since the last time the teams met on the ice. The teams will next go at it in Thompson Arena in about two weeks. The team returns to action next weekend, when it travels to New York to face Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.