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were found out on the Green and had been drinking but were not committing any harm, we could have the option of releasing them to [Safety and Security],” Dennis said. International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators president David Perry said that issuing a summons for an alcohol violation is “a common practice on most college and university campuses.” He noted that students must verify their affiliation with the institution and that they have not violated any other institu-
A campus-wide sexual assault climate survey will be implemented for the first time this spring term and will continue to be conducted on a recurring basis, campus Title IX coordinator Heather Lindkvist said. The Association of American Universities, an organization representing top universities, organizes the survey, which will be distributed at 28 college campuses in the spring, reaching close to 900,000 students, AAU vice president of public affairs Barry Toiv said. He said that the schools represented an “excellent cross-section” of American higher education. The institutions surveyed are of varying sizes, both rural and urban and public and private institutions. “Universities will see not only their own results, but also the cumulative results for the many institutions participating,” Toiv said. He said the aggregate data published following the survey will help institutions formulate policies, inform policymakers and contribute to research in the field. He noted that the decision to release data comes down to each individual institution. All Dartmouth students, including graduate students, will complete the survey, Lindkvist said. Every Ivy League institution except Princeton University will participate in the survey, Toiv said. The survey firm Westat provides schools with their institutional data, and they can then decide if they want to disclose that information, Toiv said.
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Hanover Police officers are encouraged to issues summons rather than make arrests for alcohol violations.
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Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis said late last week that he has been encouraging a preexisting policy under which officers issue students a summons and turn them over to Dartmouth Safety and Security instead of arresting and processing students at the police station. Since he became chief in June, he has been evaluating police proceedings, and put in place a new policy starting Jan. 1 where Hanover Police will only be
involved in the transport of intoxicated students from Dick’s House to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center if they are requested. Dennis said that police officers are encouraged to use discretion when determining whether or not students should be taken into custody, depending on the seriousness of the incident. In most cases, even when arrested, Hanover Police contacts Safety and Security, director of Safety and Security Harry Kinne said, noting the “collaborative” relationship between the two. “If two underage students
Grad school plans continue B y Erica Buonanno The Dartmouth Staff
The faculty task force devoted to creating an administratively independent graduate school for advanced studies at the College has begun to focus on primary areas for the proposal and plans to submit a final proposal to Provost Carolyn Dever by the beginning of spring term, dean of graduate studies and task force chair Jon Kull said. Dever established a committee comprised of 10 faculty members dedicated to drafting a proposal for a Dartmouth School of Graduate
and Advanced Studies last fall. Kull said that the committee has already met once this term and plans to meet three or four more times before the spring. He said that currently the task force has been divided into four small groups consisting of two to three people, with each group researching one of the four different areas of the proposed school. These categories include: finance and budget, administration and governance, the role of advanced studies within the school and the mission and vision. SEE GRAD PAGE 5
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CAMPUS BLOTTER Jan. 24, 12:58 p.m., Occom Pond: Safety and Security officers responded to a report of an injured member of the faculty at Occom Pond. The member of the faculty had apparently fallen while skating, and was evaluated for an elbow injury by Dartmouth EMS. Jan. 24, 4:45 p.m., Occom Pond: Safety and Security officers, Dartmouth EMS and the Hanover ambulance responded to a report of an injured child on Occom Pond. The child had reportedly fallen on the ice and sustained a cut to lip. Accompanied by a parent, the child was evaluated and then transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center by ambulance. Jan. 25, 3:14 a.m., Collis Center: Safety and Security officers responded to a report of an intoxicated student outside of Collis who was reportedly trying to gain entry into the secured building. The student was transported to Dick’s House and admitted for the night. Jan. 26, 1:21 a.m., Engineering Drive: Safety and Security officers responded to a report of an intoxicated student who was reportedly being assisted by two other students. The intoxicated student was evaluated by Dartmouth EMS, transported to Dick’s House and admitted for the night. —COMPILED BY MAY MANSOUR
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Officers will make less arrests FROM HPO PAGE 1
tion policies. The use of officer discretion allows them to respond quickly to other emergencies, Dennis said. “Every time you take someone into physical custody you have to process them and you’re taking that officer off the street and they aren’t able to respond to other 911 calls that are coming in,” Dennis said. Kinne said that in the case of a summons, Safety and Security will likely receive students earlier and can provide them with medical assistance quickly if needed. Dennis said that the discretionary policy aims to protect the safety of students and have a positive effect on the community at large. “It could make better use of our time,” Dennis said. Perry echoed Dennis’ view on the policy’s benefits. “It’s not as time-consuming, not as traumatic of a process,” Perry said. Kinne said that the policy shift will encourage students to “not hesitate” to use the Good Samaritan policy. “If anything, it will be more likely that students will feel more comfortable in calling for assistance when someone else needs it,” Kinne said. He added that he thinks that Dennis’s
“bottom line” is to ensure students get the help they need. Dennis said he is unsure if students will change their behavior in response to the discretionary procedure because it is not a new policy. Dennis hopes the college and community can continue to develop a positive relationship with the Hanover Police department. “Generally, when the police are called, someone is not having a good day,” he said. He said he hopes that in the future the community will interact with police not only in times of emergency. For example, Dennis said he would like the College to host the next Coffee with a Cop. Coffee with a Cop is a national initiative that aims to build relationships between police officers and civilians in a safe environment, according to its website. In 2013, the most recent year with available data, there were 100 liquor law arrests and 243 liquor law violations were referred for disciplinary action, according to the 2014 annual security and fire safety report. In 2012 there were 16 arrests and 83 referred cases, and in 2011 there were 40 arrests and 12 referred cases. In 2013, Dartmouth began counting “referrals for alcohol education” in “referrals for disciplinary action” and Hanover Police’s referrals to alcohol diversions programs in lieu
of arrests as “liquor law arrests,” so the large increase between 2012 and 2013 can mainly be attributed to the change in recording rather than a change in student behavior, according to the report. Of eight students interviewed, seven said they preferred the shift away from arrests. “College students will appreciate the increased flexibility and more power of discretion,” Radheshwar Arora ’18 said. Margaret Rollins ’15 said that she thinks a summons is an appropriate response to underage drinking, while an arrest is unfair. “I think that it’s kind of unnecessary to arrest someone or put them in jail for such a minor crime,” Rollins said. “It takes away resources, it’s using a lot of energy from the cops and I think that puts an unrealistic expectation on underage students on campus.” Savannah Moss ’18 said that students are afraid of Hanover Police and seem to think more positively about Safety and Security. Calandra Jones ’15 said that students are “demonized” by Hanove Police more than they are by Safety and Security. “I think they definitely see us as a nuisance to the town and definitely see us as the main perpetrators of any petty crimes that go on in Hanover and thus we become targeted.” Erin Lee contributed reporting.
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Results of sexual assault survey will be public
of transparency. The survey costs around $85,000 per school and The survey will allow the College does not require each institution to to further develop intervention and publish their data, she noted, even education efforts. Using an external though an essential part of making vendor helps ensure responders’ such a survey effective is to compare anonymity, Lindkvist said. data from every school involved. “I want to continue to see us “Whatever Dartmouth does, it maintain an environment where needs to be immediately published our community members feel safe, and made transparent,” Struble secure and respected,” Lindkvist said. said. “It is essential in assessing Linkdvist said that Dartmouth the work we have been doing and already committed to publishing its moving forward.” results. “We intend She noted to make that that the survey data public to will allow the “We intend to make the Dartmouth College to com- that data public to the community and pare results with LindDartmouth community beyond,” other particikvist said. pating institu- and beyond.” Surveys tions. can be a valu As a campus able tool if used under a Title -heather linkdvist, correctly to proIX federal in- title ix coordinator vide insight into vestigation for the incidence sexual assault sexual assault policy violaand factors that tions, the Coldrive assaults on lege is required to conduct such a campus, as well as the effectiveness climate survey, Lindkvist said. of college prevention programs, The AAU survey, however, has Struble said. been criticized by several experts, Struble said she thinks the Susy Struble ’93, founder of Dart- Dartmouth Bystander Initiative is mouth Change and co-founder of a waste because it has not produced Alumni for Campus Safety and any information. Accountability, said. “We have no data to know if it For the past 20 year, experts worked or not and we will not know have supported this type of survey, unless the College shares it,” she Struble said, but she noted that said. there are worrisome elements of She said that Rutgers University the AAU survey, including concerns and the Massachusetts Institute of about cost and the apparent lack Technology used their own surveys
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and made the information public, we would have had our own reclosely following the guidelines sources to put towards this project set out by the White House Task if it had any importance to us.” Force to Protect Students From Mark Houlemarde, who proSexual Assault. She said that the vides sexual assault outreach College should have followed these services at Indiana University at guidelines instead of using the AAU Bloomington, echoed these consurvey, which determined its own cerns but noted that the survey has criteria. the potential to “drive changes.” Linkdvist said that AAU survey He said that concerns involve did use the White House Task Force cost, transparency and that the report to generate questions. survey inadequately addresses indi Struble said vidual commuit would have nity concerns by been advanta- “I am a huge advocate implementing geous for Dart- of external climate a “one size fits mouth to have approach. surveys because I think all” collaborated T h e with the Uni- they are able to step cost of the surversity of New back from the college vey allocates Hampshire giv$68,000 to the en its proximity and see all the issues survey firm to and the fact that we have.” work directly it does its own with the instituinstitutional retion to obtain search on sexual -shanet hinds, and analyze assault. She said ‘16, outreach and the data, with that UNH is the remaining one of a few communcations chair $17,000 used universities in for spcsa to develop and the country that implement designs, cont h e s u r v e y, ducts and analyzes its own sexual Houlemarde said. assault research. He said that Indiana University “There are some fabulous ex- uses an internal survey, which reperts in our backyard, personally duces costs and allows the instituI would have been comfortable tion to tailor its questions to their if we had just worked with [the individual communities. University of New Hampshire],” He noted that campus surveys Struble said. in general can be ineffective if She said that another effective they focus too much on sheer rates alternative would have been for of assault rather than on ways to Dartmouth to create its own survey. prevent sexual assault. Houlemarde “We have our own office of said that additional numbers “tell institutional research, and we are us what we already know” — sexual an institute of higher education,” assault is an issue on many camStruble said. “I would have thought puses.
“We know that sexual assault is happening on campuses from the stories shared by survivors for many years and we know that sex in the [United States] is sometimes something which isn’t talked about in the way that it ought to be talked about,” he said. Two student representatives from Dartmouth’s Student Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault expressed optimism about the implications of the survey. “I am a huge advocate of external climate surveys because I think they are able to step back from the College and see all the issues we have,” outreach and communications chair Shanet Hinds ’16 said. Hinds said that the survey will be adjusted for Dartmouth’s individual concerns, with five Dartmouth-specific questions. Hinds said that SPCSA’s first recommendation to the College was that they release their data, which administrators have committed to do. She said that the survey network allows Dartmouth to compare its data with other schools. “It’s important for students to know what the data looks like,” Hinds said. SPCSA president Victoria Nevel ’16 said that the survey will provide valuable insight into what Dartmouth is doing right and where it can improve. “It doesn’t make sense to throw money at things without knowing what’s happening on this campus, and I don’t know if we can know what’s happening and what solutions there are without knowing what the problems exactly are first, which is why the survey is really important,” Nevel said.
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CONTRIBUTING Columnist CAROLINE HSU ’18
Staff Columnist EMILY SELLERS ’15
Quality Over Quantity
Fairly Structured Syllabi
The quality of class discussion is more important than strict participation. When it comes to grading, there are many components, including homework, tests and class participation — perhaps the most arbitrary and debated category of the three. Though a student’s level of participation can often be indicative of how much one is engaging with the class material, this is not always the case. For most classes, therefore, participation should not be graded. Everyone has a unique style of learning. Although I learn better through participation and enjoy contributing to class discussions, I know many other students who learn more efficiently by simply listening and observing. Those who do not enjoy public speaking may be at a disadvantage, even if they are comfortable and confident with the information. People who do not speak up during class, however, will most likely receive a poor class participation grade. It is not fair to punish people simply because they do not like to — or in the case of some anxiety disorders, cannot — talk in front of their classmates. Grading a student’s level of participation also often discourages learning for the sake of learning. The unfortunate reality is that often students will raise their hands and make underdeveloped or unsubstantial remarks, just for the sake of receiving points for participating. I have personally witnessed this in many of my classes. Rather than being genuinely engaged in the class discussion and only sharing wellformed thoughts that they strongly believe, these students instead exploit the professor’s grading system and make comments that detract from the overall discussion. While professors are aware of the difference between high and low quality comments, students will still make any comment to try and get participation points — even if the syllabus stipulates that comments must valuably contribute to discussion. Mandating participation trivializes, not promotes, intellectual curiosity. Not every student who actively participates is simply looking to get a good grade — there are many who are thoroughly interested in the material and genuinely wish to share their thoughts. Making participation
voluntary, rather than mandatory, will allow those who really care about the material to have an unhindered intellectual discussion. There are more concrete methods of assessing how much students know, and more effective ways of encouraging class participation without sacrificing an environment of intellectual curiosity. Tests, pop quizzes, projects and presentations are other methods accurately and subjectively measure how familiar a student is with the class material. These, however, only address a few of the many ways that people learn differently. Other ways of counting participation include breaking into small discussion groups both in and out of class, having students post on online discussion boards and assigning reading responses. Instead of judging participation in terms of quantity, it would be better to measure the quality of the discussion. An introverted student or one with an anxiety disorder, therefore, would not be judged in the same way as a student who is more comfortable speaking in front of peers. Additionally, if the professor were to give the students discussion questions in advance, the students have time to craft thoughtful answers, thereby facilitating a more meaningful class discussion. Another method would be to have rotational system, where one or two students are in charge of leading the discussion each class. Giving students individual responsibility will make them more likely to make significant contributions to the discussion of the material. There are exceptions. If the class is specifically centered on discussion, like many small seminars, it would make sense to have a graded class participation. Though imperfect, it may still be necessary considering the size and nature of the class. Generally, however, class participation should not be factored into students’ grades. I do not mean to say that it is not important — meaningful class discussion is essential to a fruitful learning environment. Encouraging students to participate in more structured ways, rather than counting any participation as a part of their grade, will yield far better results.
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Professors should be more aware of students’ needs when making syllabi. After perusing — or, more accurately, do so without disadvantaging those not so skimming — approximately 33 syllabi dur- inclined. This is not to say there is no value ing my tenure at Dartmouth, I have always in expanding one’s verbal communication gotten stuck on a few recurring components: abilities and confidence. Students, however, an emphasis on in-class participation can still learn this skill without their grade and the assertion that depending on it. On medical exemptions be the contrary, if stuvoiced early in the term, “As students from diverse dents are under less with some professors backgrounds attend pressure to conform even mandating doctor’s Dartmouth and its peer to new standards imnotes excusing an inabil- institutions, it is important mediately, it might ity to perform classroom to work toward mitigating encourage developduties. I believe that the the role that individual ment at a similar former has sexist, ableist pace. upbringings can have in and classist implications, Similarly, poliwhile the latter has clas- classroom performance.” cies regarding exsist and ableist implicacused absences or late tions. Though these are clearly not the papers usually rest on ableist and classist intended results of the policies, professors assumptions. They are ableist in the sense should consider the disproportionate bur- that those some students with mental illness dens these requirements might impose on may not count themselves among those their diverse student body when structuring excused. This is partly due to society’s a course. recent acknowledgement of the medical Class participation — meaning here reality of mental disorders, and partly bein-class participation — assumes academic cause some syllabi require a doctor’s note confidence. The assumption of confidence, to constitute a legitimate excuse. Aside however, is inherently problematic. A May from the Dick’s House policy against writ2014 article in The Atlantic titled “The ing excuse notes, many of those suffering Confidence Gap” cited several studies, with mental disorders cannot simply go to with subjects from different professions and a general practitioner to obtain a correct geographic locations, showing that, all else diagnosis, as treatment of mental health being equal, men exhibit increased levels of issues is typically provided by licensed confidence compared to women. Compared therapists, psychologists or psychiatrists. to those from elite public or private schools, Requiring medical services has obvious many students from lower socioeconomic class implications, as many students do not classes likely do not have the same level of have sufficient insurance or the financial education as more privileged members of means to provide for insurance discrepantheir class. Being surrounded by classmates cies. with higher levels of factual knowledge, de- Professors should be more open about spite comparable intelligence, could cause their excuse requirements, either by outdisadvantaged students to remain silent, lining them in the syllabus or discussing intimidated by both the open-minded policies confidence and educa- “It is important to recognize in person. Though tion of their fellow class- that inequalities persist in professors should not mates. Likewise, some be required to act as society through subtle as cultures and family situa therapist or mediations unequally favor well as overt means. Some cal professional, they or disfavor outspoken- academic requirements should be sensitive to ness. As students from can perpetuate systems reasonable demands diver se backg rounds of inequality, whether from students. One attend Dartmouth and intentional or not.” in four adults between its peer institutions, it the ages of 18 and 24 is important to work to suffer from a diagnosmitigate the impact that individual upbring- able mental illness, half of Dartmouth ings can have on classroom performance. students are women and nearly half of Beyond the question of a student’s back- Dartmouth students receive financial aid. ground, an uncomfortable feeling with It is time syllabi took the needs of these actively participating in class can be a students seriously. medical issue, as those who have anxiety Overall, professors could work to imdisorders, particularly social anxiety, may prove syllabi so that they reflect the needs be reticent or unable to speak in class. and abilities of all of the student body. As a way to overcome these issues, Rather than loosening standards, this could professors could require online or other open students and professors to a variety non-public ways to measure participation. of learning and communication styles. It is For example, online discussion boards can important to recognize that inequalities perbe an effective way to acknowledge vari- sist in society through subtle as well as overt ous communication abilities. Undeniably, means. Some academic requirements can in-class participation can help forward the perpetuate systems of inequality, whether goals of the entire class by encouraging intentionally or not. Updating syllabi to open dialogue. Those who feel comfortable reflect inclusionary measures would be a speaking in class, however, can continue to progressive move forward.
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Grad school task force continues planning for proposal FROM GRAD PAGE 1
“It will be not just a graduate school, but a school of graduate and advanced studies where the advanced studies represents postdoctoral scholars on campus,” Kull said. After each small task force group researches its individual focus, the group as a whole will reconvene to discuss and present their ideas. Kull said that the task force plans to complete a proposal draft before the end of the winter term and present it to the faculty of arts and sciences, the Geisel School of Medicine, Thayer School of Engineering and Tuck School of Business, as well as in town hall meetings in order to receive feedback. Dever said that she is looking forward to the task forces’ recommendations in the spring, but declined to comment further. The proposal will offer many different options from which College President Phil Hanlon and Dever can choose. Kull said that the faculty task force has been an effective means of planning the new graduate school, especially now that the discussions are becoming more focused on specific topics like finances. “I think all in all it’s really good to get different perspectives of the different members and we’re going to take all those perspectives and come up with a common vision,” he said. There are many details regarding the graduate school that must be implemented correctly in order for the school to be flexible enough to survive at Dartmouth in the future, he said. Due to limited resources, the committee is also trying to strengthen graduate programs and advanced studies without expanding them greatly, he said. The creation of an independent graduate school is a symbolic move to show that Dartmouth supports faculty, postdoctoral and graduate student research, Kull said. The school could also more easily facilitate programming like professional development, teaching assistant training and writing and presentation skills for graduate students. “It’s also a mechanism to more easily manage the existing programs, and in particular programs that are not linked directly to departments,”
he said. Kull said that he hopes that the graduate school proposal will be approved by the Board of Trustees within the next year. Dean of the graduate school of the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill Steven Matson said that Chapel Hill has had a “centralized” graduate school for over 100 years. There are many advantages to this model, including gaining efficiency in terms of administrative functions and applying a common set of standards and policies evenly across the graduate students within the school. He added that through the graduate school, different programs do not need to individually fundraise. Instead, the school can provide a single fundraising mechanism by speaking with a “single voice to donors.” The Dartmouth School of Graduate and Advanced studies can also provide a single voice in terms of advocacy for graduate education both internally on campus and externally to donors, Matson said. Graduate professor of molecular and cellular biology Amy Gladfelter said that she thinks that the creation of the graduate school is a critical way to validate and support graduate education at the College, which hasn’t necessarily been given all the respect and resources that she feels it deserves. “I hope it can demonstrate to the larger Dartmouth community that graduate students are really important to the mission and not at odds with undergraduate education, but that these two things are really synergistic,” she said. “I hope that it raises the visibility of Dartmouth as a place of graduate education — a destination for Ph.D. and master’s students.” The current set up for graduate and advanced studies has some issues because of the lack of a formal structure, Gladfelter said, which does not allow the deans of graduate studies to have as much autonomy as they would at other universities. She said she thinks the new structure will benefit the Dartmouth community as a whole. “In many respects, Dartmouth has kept its research prominence hidden
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Provost Carolyn Dever and College President Phil Hanlon will review a faculty proposal for a new graduate school.
from the world, but I think in a very international higher education setting we really can’t afford to do that, and it will affect our undergraduate attractiveness,” she said. Associate dean of faculty for sci-
ences David Kotz said in an email that he thinks that the presence of graduate students will ultimately enhance the College undergraduate experience. He said the move will highlight the strength of Dart-
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Student spotlight: Carly Carlin ’15, Fusion co-president
B y haley gordon The Dartmouth Staff
When Carly Carlin ’15 first began taking dance lessons at five years old, she refused to take ballet classes because she “hated the color pink.” Now, the 21-yearold co-president of Fusion Dance Ensemble has 14 years of classical ballet training under her belt. This Sunday, she led Fusion in a “Your Space” performance at the Hopkins Center’s Bentley Theater. “I just completely fell in love with [ballet] and now it’s my favorite style and the one I choreograph the most in.” Carlin said. “I see it as one of the most athletic things you could do.” Carlin has also studied jazz and modern dance and describes her choreographing style as “lyrical contemporary,” taking elements of multiple styles she has studied and allowing for some flexibility with techniques. Carlin said that she had always been athletic, having played softball, basketball, soccer and tennis as a child in her hometown of Westchester, New York. When she reached middle school and had to decide in which area she wanted to focus, the choice came down to dance and tennis. She said that choosing dance was the best decision she could have made. “I’m not really a competitive person,” Carlin said. “I like that dance is individual but also really collaborative — I feel like I’m more artistic and it suits me.” While in Carlin’s first dance performance she only danced the role of a seed pearl in “The Little Mermaid,” she said that she quickly fell in love with the perfor mance process — the costumes, lights, make-up and
energy. She continued to perform with the same studio throughout middle school and high school, attending four or five practices weekly. Carlin said that she knew she would continue to dance in college and factored the quality and availability of dance programs at various schools into her college application process. Carlin joined Fusion her freshman fall, after finding out about the dance group’s auditions through a message on Blitz. “I totally went in blind,” Carlin
“I just completely fell in love with [ballet] and now it’s my favorite style and the one I choreograph the most in. I see it as one of the most athletic things that you could do.” -Carly Carlin ’15, fusion Dance Ensemble CoPresident said. “It was definitely a transition for me.” Carlin said that she immersed herself in the group, enjoying both the social aspects and the opportunities to choreograph, even as a freshman. Now, Carlin is the co-president o f F u s i o n , alo n gs i d e M o l l y Chodakewitz ’15. Carlin said
that they have approached their leadership roles with an emphasis on sharing responsibilities and creating a fun atmosphere for the other dancers. One of her goals for the year was to increase the group’s publicity efforts, both to raise awareness about Fusion on campus and drum up freshmen interest in auditions before orientation even began, Carlin said. She redesigned and reworked the group’s YouTube and Facebook pages to boost their social media presence. In addition, Carlin said she wanted to lessen the problem of a lack of diverse performance spaces, which many performance groups at the College face. While Fusion, as well as a cappella, improv and other dance groups, typically perform in fraternity and sorority houses, she said that she wanted to give the group opportunities to perform at other venues. To achieve this goal, she entered the group in the Hopkins Center’s “Your Space” lottery, which Fusion won. The performance also featured South Asian dance group Raaz and the a cappella group the Subleties. Carlin said that she facilitated conversation with the various group leaders and worked with the Hopkins Center’s staff to design the show’s overall appearance and lighting. Fusion member Sarah Epstein ’17 said that Carlin’s contributions to the g roup’s choreography h ave i n s p i re d h e r t o b e g i n choreographing, as well. “She always has a clear vision of what she wants,” Epstein said. When choreographing a dance, Carlin said that she first finds a song
that inspires her and then heads to the studio to work out the moves she wants to use. She records herself
“When she choreographs, she really has a vision. People are running offstage and coming onstage in different groups, and a milltion things are going on at once, but when you put it together, it all works. It is so beautiful and so intricate.” -molly chodakewitz ’15, Fusion Dance Ensemble co-president dancing and listens to the music repeatedly to achieve the precision and timing she desires. Chodakewitz, who has been in many of Carlin’s dances, described her style as very technical and complex. “When she choreographs, she really has a vision,” Chodakewitz said. “People are running offstage and coming onstage in different groups, and a million things going on at once, but when you put it together it all works. It is so beautiful and so intricate.” Carlin has offered herself up as a resource for the younger members
of the group, giving advice and providing inspiration, Epstein said. In the group, she is known for giving out her phone number to new members of Fusion, offering to walk with them to rehearsals and inviting them to meals in order to get to know them better. Epstein said that Carlin’s easy-going attitude and proactive behavior make her a strong leader. “She’s really good on the fly,” Epstein said. “If anything goes wrong, she’s always the one jumping in to fix it.” Chodakewitz said that Carlin has amassed what is referred to as the “Carly Carlin Fan Club,” which is comprised of members from her freshman floor who still continue to attend her shows. “They come to every single show I’ve ever had, which is so nice,” Carlin said. “It makes me so happy.” Outside of her involvement with Fusion, Carlin is majoring in geog raphy modified with environmental studies. After college, she plans on working in international development and global and environmental health. While she said that she does not plan to dance professionally, she wants it to remain a major part of her life. Final Word: Next Song to Choreog raph: “Thinking Out Loud” (2014) by Ed Sheeran Favorite Song to Dance to: “Pompeii” (2013) by Bastille Dream Dance Partner: Daniel Ulbricht from New York City Ballet Favorite dance move: tour jeté en tournant
FLYING SOLO
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Zenovia Toloudi’s show in the Hopkins Center mixes the physical and the abstract.
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Fusion co-president Carly Carlin’s ’15 favorite song to dance to is Bastille’s “Pompeii” (2013).
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
Tennis teams see mixed results
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The No. 46 Dartmouth men’s tennis experienced mixed results over the weekend, winning against the No. 66 University of Denver with a score of 5-2 before narrowly falling to No. 64 Indiana University, 4-3. The No. 63 women’s tennis team continued its hot start to the season, triumphing 5-2 over Brown University and 4-3 over Mississippi State University. The men’s started off match play against Denver with a strong performance in doubles. The duo of Diego Pedraza ’17 and Ciro Riccardi ’18 brought home the first win of the day with a 6-2 victory. After Dartmouth lost at No. 2 doubles, Chris Kipouras ’15 and Dovydas Sakinis ’16, the 22nd ranked doubles pair in the nation, secured the doubles point for the Big Green, coming off the court with a 7-5 win at No. 1. In singles, Max Fliegner ’18 and Brendan Tannenbaum ’16 brought in two victories for Dartmouth, with respective scores of 6-1, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-4. Denver responded to the victories with two wins over Dartmouth, resulting in an overall team score of 3-2. No. 1 Sakinis ultimately clinched the win for the men’s team, coming back from a second set loss for a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Against Indiana, Sakinis and Kipouras picked up another victory at No. 1 doubles, winning their match 6-3. The men proceeded to drop their No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches, however, entering singles play trailing 0-1. Kipouras followed up his doubles win with the first singles win of the day, finishing the match 6-2, 7-6. After Kipouras came off the court, Indiana took control of the match with straight-set wins at No. 3 and No. 5 singles for an overall match lead of 3-1, needing just one more point to clinch. “We knew going in that Indiana was going to be very tough,” Sakinis said. “We didn’t start well in our match against Indiana, so we’re going to try to improve upon that for our next matches.” With its back against the wall, the Big Green clawed back into the match. Sakinis grinded out a tough three-set win at No. 1, and Fliegner fought back after dropping his first set to get a key victory at No. 6,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
Track and field teams win third straight meet
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The Dartmouth Senior Staff
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The men’s tennis team beat Denver, but lost a tight 4-3 match to Indiana.
bringing the match even at 3-3. All eyes turned toward Brendan Tannenbaum at No. 4 singles, the last man standing on the courts and the final match that would determine if Dartmouth would emerge victorious. The slimmest of margins separated Tannenbaum from his Indiana opponent. After dropping his first set, Tannenbaum fought back to take the second in a tiebreaker. The three-set match ended in a crushing tiebreaker in the third set for a score of 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), giving Indiana the match win. “Our schedule is only going to get harder this season, with us playing higher ranked teams,” Sakinis said. The Dartmouth women’s team battled Brown on Saturday. Taylor Ng ’17 and Kristina Mathis ’18 started the day off strong with a 6-1 victory at No. 1 doubles. At No. 3 doubles, Julia Schroeder ’18 and Julienne Keong ’16 followed up with a 6-4 win, giving Dartmouth a 1-0 lead over Brown. In singles, Ng was the first off the court with a win at No. 1. Ng’s consistency and smart ball placement were key in her 6-1, 6-1 win over Brown’s Alyza Benotto. The five remaining singles matches all went to third sets. After dropping the first set, Akiko Okuda ’15 fought back and the won the next two for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory. Jacqueline Crawford ’17 also overcame a first-set loss to win 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Schroeder dug deep for Dartmouth’s closest win of the day, clinching the match for the Big Green in the process. Schroeder
showcased remarkable endurance in her match against Brown’s Maddie Stearns. After handily winning the first set 6-2, Schroeder dropped the second set in a tiebreaker. The deciding third set was also forced to a tiebreaker, but Schroeder managed to pull it out, winning 6-2, 6-7, 7-6. “I was told by our coach to just stay focused on the present, and not to think about how I played in the past or whether my match would be a deciding point for the team,” Schroeder said. In their competition against Mississippi State, the Big Green women came out of doubles play trailing 0-1, with No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams losing their matches. The women quickly turned things around, pulling ahead of Mississippi State through executing strong singles play. Ng and Mathis won their matches with the respective scores of 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4, 6-0. Katherine Yau ’16 won a three set match 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 after dropping her second. Okuda also dropped her second set, but was able to cement the victory for Dartmouth in her three set match, winning 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-2. “As a senior, I’ve noticed that our team has gone into matches with more confidence in recent years. We have more of this challenger attitude, of always wanting to do better,” Okuda said. The women face off against Boston University and Miami University at home next weekend, while the men travel to play against the University of Minnesota and Drake University.
No athletic events scheduled
In an Ivy League tri-meet, Dartmouth track and field dominated Columbia and Yale Universities on Saturday, Jan. 24. The men finished with 81 points, securing victory by a wide margin over second place Columbia with 46. The women enjoyed a similar lead over the competition, putting 82 points on the board to Yale’s 53. The win marked the third straight for the men and the women. The only second place finish for both teams this season came on Dec. 13 at Northeastern University’s Jay Carisella Invitational, where they finished second behind Northeastern. Despite the individual nature of the sport, team cohesion can translate into momentum and greater success on an individual level, Dom Filiano ’14 said. “Out of all my time at Dartmouth, this team probably has the most chemistry to it,” Filiano said. “I know my team has my back, which is great. ” Even though the wins are important, the athletes are focused on increasing their margin of victory and improving on their past successes, men’s coach Barry Harwick said. “Dana [Giordano ’16] won [the one mile run] very easily, but her time puts her [third] in our all-time list,” Harwick said.“That’s an event where we’ve historically been very strong. Those are some of the things that don’t show up in the raw stats, but the coaches and athletes definitely pay attention.” The men’s hot start in the field events set the tone for the day. “We came out this weekend and had a really dominating performance, sweeping the shot put and taking one, two and four in the weight throw,” Filiano said. “It’s hard to get much more dominant than that.” Filiano led the way in the field by setting a personal record and finishing first place in the weight throw with a 17.24 meter toss, which qualified him for the IC4A championships. He doubled up on first place finishes on the day by taking first in the shot put with a 16.06 meter throw on his fifth attempt. Filiano’s success this weekend speaks to the chemistry between him and the new throws coach, Jeff Forino. “Coach Forino doesn’t really subscribe to one school of thought,”
Filiano said. “I’m not the tallest of guys, so there are some things taller and bigger guys can do and get away with that I can’t. Forino’s done a great job with the entire team figuring out what needs to be done technically based on the individual strengths and weaknesses of each athlete.” The men fared equally well in the jumps, taking first place finishes in the high jump, pole vault and long jump. Overall, four different men finished first in field events. Dartmouth’s momentum from the field events transferred over to speed on the track. The Big Green had three individual event wins on the track, highlighted by a sweep of the 60-meter hurdles. Alex Frye ’17 finished first, followed closely by Daniel Katz ’16 and Ben Colello ’18 to claim the three top spots. Katz and Colello finished a mere .01 seconds apart, with experience narrowly edging youth. Capping off a successful outing, Dartmouth took first in the 4x400 meter relay. The women were equally strong on the afternoon, posting their best performances on the track. In the field, Dartmouth benefited from the fire power of its young guns. Lyndsi Ross-Trevor ’18 gave the Big Green its only win in the field with a 3.60 meter pole vault. Bridget Douglas ’18 nabbed third place finishes in the shot put and the weight throw. Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 — generally a track and field double-threat — did not compete in the high jump at the meet in order to focus on her performance in the sprints. On the track, Dartmouth veterans led the way. Whitehorn, Jennifer Meech ’16, Erica Hendershot ’15, Giordano and Lauren Ready ’15 all scored individual titles. “We’re getting stronger and learning more technique the longer we stay with the program, which is leading to better performances early in the season,” Whitehorn said. Dartmouth’s first place finish in the 4x400 meter relay — more than four seconds over second place Columbia — complemented its strength in the individual events. The track and field teams will travel to Boston to compete in the Terrier Classic at Boston University on Saturday.