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Students placed in houses during Founders Day
AM SHOWERS HIGH 48 LOW 21
By JOYCE LEE
The Dartmouth Staff
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SPORTS
MEN’S HOOPS DROPS TWO IN OVERTIME PAGE SW2
Banners for the six newly formed housing communites hang in the Class of 1953 Commons.
SHARMA: ACADEMIC MINDFULLNESS PAGE 4
ARTS
FILM REVIEW: ‘DEADPOOL’ PAGE 7
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Divest Dartmouth nears 2,000 signatures on petition
By PAULOMI RAO OPINION
On Friday night, students filled the Baker-Berry Library lobby to find out their housing community placement from wax sealed letters. After receiving their envelopes, students headed to different parts of the library to meet house professors, eat cookies, sign a leather-bounded book and pick up housespecific scarves and t-shirts. The event was followed by late night breakfast at the Class of 1953 Commons.
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Started two years ago by Divest Dartmouth, the “Go Fossil Free!” petition has received 1,921 of its 2,000 signature goal as of last week. The organization aims to push the Board of Trustees to divest from fossil fuel extraction from the top 200 companies by known oil, gas and coal reserves. Divest Dartmouth, according to its website, believes that continuing
to support companies that produce and profit from fossil fuels is not in the best interest of the College, the world and the climate. The organization hopes to “bankrupt the fossil fuel companies morally, standing up for the creation of a better future and denouncing the systems that continue to act to prevent this change.” “Divesting from fossil fuels is the right thing for Dartmouth to do,” Leehi Yona ’16 wrote in an email while on a research trip in Canada. “Not only does it make financial
sense — divesting would reduce our risk of exposure to volatile stocks — but it is also a moral imperative.” In March 2014, Divest Dartmouth wrote to the Board of Trustees asking them for a meeting on fossil fuel divestment. In response, College President Phil Hanlon wrote that in order to hold a meeting with the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility had to write a report on the pros and cons of fossil fuel divestment. Shortly after, Divest Dartmouth
presented to the ACIR in spring of 2014, and were told that a report would be ready by June 2014. Yona said the ACIR has still not produced a report nearly two years later. Two drafts were written, she added, but both were rejected by Hanlon. Over the past year, Divest Dartmouth’s membership has tripled in size. “We have been following all of the bureaucratic loopholes we’ve been SEE DIVEST PAGE 3
College partners with Enterprise Rent-A-Car
By MEGAN CLYNE
The Dartmouth Staff
The College partnered with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to facilitate the Vox Rental Program as of Jan. 1, selling previously College-owned vehicles to the company to manage. The program provides large vehicles — SUVs, sedans, microbuses and passenger vans — to faculty, staff and students traveling for events associated with the College, according to the College’s parking and transportation website. David Newlove, associate vice
president of business and hospitality, said that instead of the College owning the vehicles, Enterprise now owns and manages all the rentals that the College uses. There are no new policies or regulations to drive cars on campus as a result of the new partnership, he said. Renting and purchasing cars was an expensive endeavor, Newlove said, and motivated the change. As the partnership removes the need to purchase vehicles outright, the College will save money. He added that it did not make sense for the College to be in charge of the rental
program when an outside vendor like Enterprise could handle the logistics. In addition, he noted that renting from Enterprise allows the College to have the most up-to-date vehicles without constantly having to buy the latest model. Enterprise usually does not rent to individuals under the age of 25, but they allow students at the College to use their vehicles, Newlove said. Potential renters must have a background check to make sure they meet the minimum requirements. All members who reserve vehicles must also submit an approved driver ap-
plication before requesting a vehicle, provide necessary documentation to the Office of Parking and Transportation, complete the online Collegesponsored defensive driving course and certify their vehicle. There is a limited availability of parking spots at Enterprise’s Hanover office. The company keeps the remainder of the vehicles at Dewey Lot on the College’s campus, Newlove said. The departments that use these vehicles will have similar budgets as SEE RENTALS PAGE 3
VOL. CLXXIII NO.40
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Students placed in houses during Founders Day
AM SHOWERS HIGH 48 LOW 21
By JOYCE LEE
The Dartmouth Staff
PAULA MENDOZA/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
SPORTS
MEN’S HOOPS DROPS TWO IN OVERTIME PAGE SW2
Banners for the six newly formed housing communites hang in the Class of 1953 Commons.
SHARMA: ACADEMIC MINDFULLNESS PAGE 4
ARTS
FILM REVIEW: ‘DEADPOOL’ PAGE 7
READ US ON
DARTBEAT PICKS OF THE WEEK A TALE OF TWO DBAS FOLLOW US ON
TWITTER @thedartmouth COPYRIGHT © 2016 THE DARTMOUTH, INC.
SEE FOUNDERS PAGE 2
Divest Dartmouth nears 2,000 signatures on petition
By PAULOMI RAO OPINION
On Friday night, students filled the Baker-Berry Library lobby to find out their housing community placement from wax sealed letters. After receiving their envelopes, students headed to different parts of the library to meet house professors, eat cookies, sign a leather-bounded book and pick up housespecific scarves and t-shirts. The event was followed by late night breakfast at the Class of 1953 Commons.
The Dartmouth
Started two years ago by Divest Dartmouth, the “Go Fossil Free!” petition has received 1,921 of its 2,000 signature goal as of last week. The organization aims to push the Board of Trustees to divest from fossil fuel extraction from the top 200 companies by known oil, gas and coal reserves. Divest Dartmouth, according to its website, believes that continuing
to support companies that produce and profit from fossil fuels is not in the best interest of the College, the world and the climate. The organization hopes to “bankrupt the fossil fuel companies morally, standing up for the creation of a better future and denouncing the systems that continue to act to prevent this change.” “Divesting from fossil fuels is the right thing for Dartmouth to do,” Leehi Yona ’16 wrote in an email while on a research trip in Canada. “Not only does it make financial
sense — divesting would reduce our risk of exposure to volatile stocks — but it is also a moral imperative.” In March 2014, Divest Dartmouth wrote to the Board of Trustees asking them for a meeting on fossil fuel divestment. In response, College President Phil Hanlon wrote that in order to hold a meeting with the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility had to write a report on the pros and cons of fossil fuel divestment. Shortly after, Divest Dartmouth
presented to the ACIR in spring of 2014, and were told that a report would be ready by June 2014. Yona said the ACIR has still not produced a report nearly two years later. Two drafts were written, she added, but both were rejected by Hanlon. Over the past year, Divest Dartmouth’s membership has tripled in size. “We have been following all of the bureaucratic loopholes we’ve been SEE DIVEST PAGE 3
College partners with Enterprise Rent-A-Car
By MEGAN CLYNE
The Dartmouth Staff
The College partnered with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to facilitate the Vox Rental Program as of Jan. 1, selling previously College-owned vehicles to the company to manage. The program provides large vehicles — SUVs, sedans, microbuses and passenger vans — to faculty, staff and students traveling for events associated with the College, according to the College’s parking and transportation website. David Newlove, associate vice
president of business and hospitality, said that instead of the College owning the vehicles, Enterprise now owns and manages all the rentals that the College uses. There are no new policies or regulations to drive cars on campus as a result of the new partnership, he said. Renting and purchasing cars was an expensive endeavor, Newlove said, and motivated the change. As the partnership removes the need to purchase vehicles outright, the College will save money. He added that it did not make sense for the College to be in charge of the rental
program when an outside vendor like Enterprise could handle the logistics. In addition, he noted that renting from Enterprise allows the College to have the most up-to-date vehicles without constantly having to buy the latest model. Enterprise usually does not rent to individuals under the age of 25, but they allow students at the College to use their vehicles, Newlove said. Potential renters must have a background check to make sure they meet the minimum requirements. All members who reserve vehicles must also submit an approved driver ap-
plication before requesting a vehicle, provide necessary documentation to the Office of Parking and Transportation, complete the online Collegesponsored defensive driving course and certify their vehicle. There is a limited availability of parking spots at Enterprise’s Hanover office. The company keeps the remainder of the vehicles at Dewey Lot on the College’s campus, Newlove said. The departments that use these vehicles will have similar budgets as SEE RENTALS PAGE 3
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
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Divest Dartmouth wants College to divest from 200 companies school is invested in reflects the student body’s values.” thrown and have patiently been to Hutchinson noted that the over 20 of President Hanlon’s office organization was primarily built hours,” Yona said. “We deserve, at as a venue to address students’ the very least, a conversation with concerns, especially in a crucial the Board of Trustees. We de- period of climate change and global serve a formal warming. meeting with “With the Board, and “For me, it ’s very n e a rl y 2 , 0 0 0 a public one at important that the signatures, it that, neither of really gives us which we have administration and what some validity received in our the school is invested and means peonearly four-year ple are aware of in reflects the student our mission and campaign.” L a u r a body’s values.” what we are tryHutchinson ’19, ing to do,” said another memHutchinson. ber of Divest - LAURA HUTCHINSON ’19 “We realize that Dartmouth, this is an issue, explained how and we want her personal the administraidentity was one of the factors tion to take our views seriously to that motivated her to join the or- consider doing something about ganization and show her support it.” for divestment. An affiliated organization, “The culture of Dartmouth Alumni for Divestment at Dartreally fits with the Divest mis- mouth, was started with similar sion in a lot of ways — we are a goals. relatively progressive place with Archana Ramanujam ’14, an people who are passionate about alumni advocate for divestment, the environment, the outdoors and acknowledged that alumni perspecsustainability,” Hutchinson said. tives are useful because alumni, un“For me, it’s very important that like current undergraduates, have the administration and what the a continuous voice. In addition, FROM DIVEST PAGE 1
she noted that the varied environmental and business experiences of many alumni make them resources to the College and students. Ramanujam described the College’s investment in fossil fuels as a conflict of interest, questioning how the College can claim to be fighting climate change while not divesting. “I don’t know how Dartmouth can say they’re invested in the future of developing its students if they have money invested in fossil fuels that can destroy the future of our planet and thus the future of our students,” she said. “It’s simply a conflict of interest.” If the Dartmouth administration acts on Divest Dartmouth’s petition, it would not be the first time the College has divested. In 1989, amid apartheid in South Africa, the Board of Trustees stated that Dartmouth investing in South Africa was morally incompatible with its mission. A New York Times article from 1989 reported that the Board acknowledged the “great symbolic meaning” of the investments, and that the ongoing conflict over them took away from Dartmouth’s ability to pursue its educational goals. Mogan Curtis ’14, a member of Alumni for Divest Dartmouth,
criticized the power of fossil fuel intact as they can.” companies and their actions to Across the country, students and block legislation on climate change faculty at higher education instituin an email from the United King- tions are advocating for similar dom. divestment from fossil fuels. At Cor “While we stand at the fork nell University, molecular biology between two roads of the human and genetics professor David Shalstory, increasloway, along ingly facing the with a group of “Dartmouth should reality of runstudents, urged away climate divest because it’s their Board change, fossil supposed to be a o f Tr u s t e e s fuel compato divest the nies continue leader in not only the university’s ento deliberately field of education, but dowment from obstruct clithe fossil fuel mate policy, bringing in students industry. As a m a n i p u l a t e who can really representative the results of for five school academic re- change the face of a assemblies, search, corrupt sustainable future.” Shalloway preour democracy sented resoluand poison our tions for Corfellow citizens, - ARCHANA RAMANUJAM nell to divest predominantly from 100 coal ’14 the poor and and 100 oil and people of gas companies. color,” Curtis T o said. “There could be nothing less date, Cornell has not agreed to responsible than our possibly profit- divest. ing from their intention to extract “Even though they have not diand burn five times the amount vested, there still has been a greater of carbon that is compatible with environmental focus on campus,” continued recognizable human Shalloway said. “Cornell wants to civilization.” influence environmental policy on Ramanujam echoed a similar a national level. We want to be the perspective. green Ivy.” “Dartmouth should divest be- He urged students to get involved cause it’s supposed to be a leader with the discussion and look for soluin not only the field of education, tions. but bringing in students who can “When I was a student, the issues really change the face of a sustain- were civil rights, but this is a problem able future,” Ramanujam said. “If for the current generation,” Shalloit really wants to lead, divestment way said. “For my own integrity, how is a great opportunity to show how can I not do the best I can for the invested Dartmouth is in the future future? My message to the students and keeping the environment as is stand up for themselves.”
College started rental partnership on Jan.1 FROM RENTALS PAGE 1
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Divest Dartmouth members, Leehi Yona ‘16 and Maanav Jalan ‘19, talk with students while tabling.
before, he said. Tracy Dustin-Eichler, assistant director for nonprofit careers at the Dartmouth Center for Service, said that the center uses rental vehicles frequently. The center has its own fleet of smaller vehicles, but it rents smaller ones for use in programs at the College, including DREAM, Outdoor Leadership Experience, SIBS and the Special Olympics. Dustin-Eichler is optimistic that the partnership will be of service to the Center for Service in the future. “The partnership brings opportunity to directly meet our transportation needs, especially because they work with students,”
she said. Natalie Chertoff ’18, a member of DREAM, noted the importance of cars in transporting mentees to campus from communities as far as 30 minutes away. She said she has noticed a significant decrease in the number of last-minute problems associated with renting cars and increase in efficiency as a result of the new partnership. The program is successful to date, Newlove said. The new rental process is a learning curve for departments, but it will ultimately be better than the previous program, he said. “I think the overall customer satisfaction will go up,” Newlove said.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
STAFF COLUMNIST HANSA SHARMA ’19
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Academic Mindfulness
Opinion Asks
We should take a more holistic approach to our well-being. When my mother first suggested I try out yoga, I initially dismissed her. Why? The first image that pops into my head when I think of a yoga-goer is a super skinny, petite person bending into seemingly impossible shapes. Being a traditional martial artist, yoga seemed like an incredible waste of time to dedicate to breathing. However, after my first class at a hot yoga studio, I was surprised to feel how intense this activity I assumed to be passive could be. Throughout the hour, I became more aware of each and every breath and felt more alert. As college students, we spend much of our time trying to increase our productivity with triple-shot espresso drinks and Red Bull. Despite so much time and effort dedicated to this end, why do we ignore the most obvious solution? While it is easy to preach time management and self-care, it’s far more difficult to practice these things during 10-week terms at Dartmouth. Papers, group projects, and midterms pile up, leading to all-nighters and mental health days devoted to finishing work. We could probably avoid this predicament if we were more deliberate with our time. Having attended a STEM high school, I developed a variety of work habits, some beneficial and others not so much. While my coursework was intellectually stimulating, my four years in high school were not my healthiest. At Dartmouth, I see myself slipping into the same old habits of working late into the night or early into the morning to the detriment of my long-term health. Since classes and extracurricular activities often prolong our days at Dartmouth, it becomes even harder to prioritize activities. At some point, we all begin to question the importance of having a work-life balance. For me, perhaps the most important takeaway from Orientation was the following quote, “At Dartmouth, you cannot do everything. You cannot do everything well. Choose wisely.” It wasn’t like I hadn’t heard this before. My high school’s principal made a similar remark during his welcome address, “Grades, sleep and social life. You can only pick two.” At Dartmouth, it can be difficult to keep just one of these three in check.
Speaking to upperclassmen, I felt both inspired and disappointed by their perspective on academics at Dartmouth. While some were very enthusiastic about extracurricular commitments and senior theses, they didn’t seem to feel the same way about distributive requirements and everyday work. Classes taken to meet distributive requirements were consistently referred to as “lay-ups” for providing a much-needed GPA boost and “knocking out a distrib.” During these conversations, something became clear to me. When we are so dismissive of its broader mission, it seems counterintuitive to invest so heavily in a liberal arts education. Instead of complaining about increased rigor as a result of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” initiative, maybe we should reconsider our approach to academics itself. Is it necessary to cut corners and take “layups?” Would we not gain a larger return on investment from taking intellectually stimulating courses, albeit with lower medians? Perhaps the courses themselves are not necessarily at fault and, instead, our disregard for mental health is actually to blame. Although there are many resources available on campus, including the Student Wellness Center and the Counseling & Human Development Office at Dick’s House, many students struggle to find the guidance and help they need. Unfortunately, “Duck Syndrome,” or the pressure to display a façade of achievement in all aspects of college life and hide struggles, is common among students at Dartmouth. We all need to realize that keeping up appearances does more harm than good. Awareness goes beyond the scope of academics. We shouldn’t just be aware of our difficult courseloads, but of other aspects of our well-being. We should be mindful of our expectations and limitations. As Dartmouth students, we set high standards for ourselves. But, we should also remember that failure has the potential to promote personal growth. Failure can be worth accepting if we can learn from it. It should not be considered weak to take the time to look after your health. It is okay to understand that we, sometimes, cannot do everything.
Did Founders Day change your perception of the house community system? In my view, Founders Day exceeded expectations. Students packed the lobby of the library set up with tables from end to end. There was excitement as friends were sorted into houses and new housemates met for the first time (go School House!) The event clearly was the result of hours of dedicated work. While some people will mock the scarves and t-shirts and letters pressed with strangely ornate seals, I believe that the people who worked to put Founder’s Day together did a good job. Faculty conversed lucidly with students. Free stuff was given out. And yes, Founders Day seems strange, à la “Let’s create a holiday and celebrate it tomorrow!” And yes, I’m aware that as an underclassman I will probably reap the most benefit from the change. But,new traditions need to start somewhere. As turbulent as the response has been from students leading up to Founders Day, I believe the night was a success. -Ben Szuhaj ’19
“But,new traditions need to start somewhere. As turbulent as the response has been from students leading up to Founders Day, I believe the night was a success.
The house system reminds me of Harry Potter. Seeing the event play out, with the formal letters, the house gear, and the midnight breakfast, certainly reinforced the way I imagine the house system. I think having a Founders
Day was a great idea. Still, I can’t help but wonder if this event was well-scheduled — the fall term, with a fresh class of students and more upperclassmen on campus, would have been a better time to launch the house system. -Reem Chamseddine ’17 I was actually not present at the Founders Day events because Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra had a rehearsal for our concert the following day. Instead, I coerced my friend into grabbing me some free stuff. I was relatively nonchalant about the event, more excited about the free apparel than the idea of actually finding out my house. However, when I returned home, tired, sleepy and a bit sick, I found my letter and assorted house items on my bed. I felt a strange and unexpected sense of pride rush through me. I was in South House! Whatever that meant.
“Founders Day made me realize that the house communities don’t really affect us as in a negative way.” This was the first time that the house communities seemed real to me. Before Founders Day, I was nervous and annoyed at how students had become guinea pigs in a College-wide housing experiment. That being said, now I feel like the communities are a positive addition to Dartmouth. Founders Day made me realize that the house communities don’t really affect us as in a negative way. In fact, it’s very difficult to not feel at least some sort of spirit for our new houses. Overall, I’m relatively optimistic about the start of the house communities next fall — even though I may end up living in the Lodge -Dorothy Qu ’19
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Students meet house members, professors
munities aim to be student driven and foster outside-of-class interaction to develop for people as members of among students, between students houses,” Biron said. “However, we and faculty, between students and want to keep symbols to a minimum staff and among faculty. so that house members can develop “I hope [students] understand their own more complicated symbols the whole thing is designed to enrich and icons.” and enhance their experience of a Alex Kim ’19, who was placed residential liberal arts college,” Biron in East Wheelock House, said that said. “It’s up to them to make of it he thought the event had been run what they want it to be.” efficiently and that he had liked the Allen House includes Gile, gear that had S t re e t e r a n d been handed Lord Halls. “I hope [students] out. East Wheelock However, he understand the whole House includes said that when Andres, Zimhe went to the thing is designed to merman, McEast Wheelock enrich and enhance C u l l o ch a n d specific part of Morton Halls. the library stu- their experience of North Park dents and facul- a residential liberal House includes ty had minimal Ripley, Woodarts college. It’s up interactions. ward and Smith Leanna Ar- to them to make of it Halls. School june ’19, who House includes what they want it to was placed in MassachuSchool House, be.” setts Row and said that she Hitchcock Hall. thought FoundSouth House ers Day was a -REBECCA BIRON, DEAN includes the good way to kick OF COLLEGE Lodge, Topliff off the housing and New Hampsystem and that shire Halls. West the process was House includes seamless and straightforward. How- Fahey, McLane, Butterfield and ever, she thought that the housing Russell Sage Halls. system removed a lot of choice from students. Sharma is a member of The Dartmouth Ultimately, Biron noted the com- opinion staff.
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The Aires performs in a joint show with the Tufts University Beelzebubs in Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity on Friday.
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Women’s basketball split its two final home games last weekend, defeating Brown, but falling to Yale in a nail biter.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 4:00 p.m.
“The Politics of Expanding LGBT Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Amherst College professor Javier Corrales, Haldeman 41
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“The Future of Free Speech, Privacy and the Curse of Bigness,” President and CEO of the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen, Room 003, Rockefeller Center
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V-Feb/Black Legacy Month Closing Reception, keynote address by Feminista Jones, Occom Commons
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Women’s Lacrosse, Dartmouth v. Boston University, Scully-Fahey Field
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“Do We Understand the Universe?” Harvard University professor Raul Jimenez, Wilder 102
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Artist Talk and Reception, internationally known glass artist Preston Singletary, Hood Auditorium, Hood Museum RELEASE DATE– Monday, February 29, 2016
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Stale jokes and hypocrisy abound in ‘Deadpool’ (2016) By ANDREW KINGSLEY
The Dartmouth Staff
Tim Miller’s directorial debut “Deadpool”(2016) joins the recent movement of postmodern, subversive superhero films such as “Guardians of the Galaxy”(2014) and “Kingsman: The Secret Service”(2014). Starring Ryan Reynolds as the wisecracking, fourth-wall breaking, red-clad antihero, the film lavishes in its gory, scatological excess and attempts to dismantle all the tropes of its Marvel forebears. It even pokes fun at Reynolds’s box office flop “Green Lantern”(2011)— “Don’t make me wear green,” Deadpool mocks. But behind its subversive mask lies a film that feels anything but rebellious. The film begins with one of the best opening sequences in recent memory, as self-deprecating credits of “starring some hot chick” and “written by some ass hat” intercut a comic book-esque, slow-motion car accident. What follows is a Tarantino inspired highway shootout which introduces the cocky swagger of our antihero, Deadpool.
Nicknamed “Merc with a Mouth” in Marvel comics, Deadpool annihilates his enemies with only 12 bullets and samurai swords, but deals deathblows through his insouciant, sardonic taunting of their dead bodies. Miller introduces the film’s self-awareness, parading excess and gauche humor — this isn’t your father’s comic book; Deadpool uses hashtags and emojis! The film, however, fails to evolve past this one note of the opening scene and recycles the same material and gags for nearly two hours. But to give us backstory, Deadpool rewinds to how he got into this mess. A local mercenary, Wade Wilson finds meaning in his new girlfriend, Vanessa, the only one who can tame his motormouth and keep up with his wit. After a relationship montage consisting only of sex scenes, Wade suddenly faints and discovers he has terminal cancer. He resorts to extreme genetics experiments with the British scientist Francis Freeman (Ed Skrein), better known as Ajax. The treatment works, for the most part. Wade is now cancer-free, and mortality-
free, as his cells can regenerate at cocky exhibitionism. Carrey was a lightning speed, allowing him to child in an adult body whose humor grow back any part of his body came from that interplay. Reynolds and withstand any injury. The only is the obnoxious pairing of crude injury he can’t fix is his deformed teenager in an adult body. When face due to minor burns that his Ajax begs Wade to shut up, you can’t friend calls offspring of “Freddy help but agree. Deadpool’s ultimate Kruger and a topographical map weapon is his mouth, as he fires off of Utah.” So Wade Wilson drops joke after joke in hopes of mowhis mercenary ing down his act to become adversaries “ D e a d p o o l ” “The film’s only goal like a meand track diocre insult down Ajax to seems to be to dismantle comic. The fix his face — a its predecessors, but in fourth wall plastic surgeon becomes an c o u l d h av e its monomaniacal pursuit antagonist done the trick, of satire the film just which Deadno? But this p o o l mu s t tells the same jokes ad is one aspect constantly of the parody nauseum.” break, beat that works — and kill, until there are no he must find grand motives other methhere, no fighting for humanity or ods of self-awareness. The film revEarth itself — it’s just a shallow els in its ribald excess like a punster man trying to make himself hot who gluts himself on audience’s again and save his vanity. groans and rifles off anal sex jokes Reynolds channels Jim Carrey until we’re the ones getting screwed. from “The Mask”(1994) but sullies The film’s only goal seems to be to Carrey’s playfulness with the film’s dismantle its predecessors, but in its
Hopstop brings swing dance to kids By JOYCE LEE
The Dartmouth Staff
Hanover families joined Gerry Grimo and The East Bay Jazz Ensemble and the Dartmouth Swing Club at a Hopstop Family Show in Alumni Hall on Saturday morning. Families with small children crowded the colorful rug while others sat or stood in the back to enjoy the show. The Hopkins Center runs Hopstop for young children to experience different forms of performance art, including music, theater and dance, outreach coordinator Mary Gaetz said. Gaetz, who organized the event, said that the program frequently seeks Dartmouth student groups to be part of Hopstop, noting that Gerry Grimo and The East Bay Jazz Ensemble helped them recruit the Dartmouth Swing Club, a group with a similar musical interest. “It was nice to have a different part of the show that was physically active and engaging so that the audience had a wider and [more] fulfilling experience, rather than if it had been watching just the jazz ensemble,” Gaetz said. The two groups coordinated the show so that the Swing Club could tailor dances to the ensemble’s different styles of jazz. The four dancers included Drayton Harvey ’17, his wife Amber Harvey, Caroline Petro ’18 and Sara Holston ’17. The show began with an impressive swing display by the Harveys,
before Gaetz stepped up to introduce the ensemble and the dance club. The band began the show with West Coast jazz, a style of jazz music with a less energetic tempo than bebop jazz. While the band played, Petro and Holston displayed what swing dancing to a slower tempo would look like. The band then played Latin jazz with its more frenetic rhythms, and the Harveys again took the stage to display the Latin style of swing dancing. The separation between audience and performers faded as Petro and Holston invited people to come swing dance with them on stage. Parents were eager to try dancing with their children, who had already begun to interact with the dancers. Petro and Holston also displayed West Coast jazz swing dancing. Holston said that the style, developed in the 1930s, had been adapted to utilize smaller movements to fit in the smaller venues available in the western United States for dancing. Grimo announced that the band was taking the audience on a journey through 20th century blues and began with a jazz style from the ’50s, before moving onto a song by Stevie Wonder that was played in Latin style. As the swing club dancers changed their dancing to fit the different styles, the children in the audience excitedly began to imitate their movements. The band also played jazz classics “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” (1937) by Benny Goodman and “Jump, Jive, an’ Wail” (1956) by Louis Prima while the swing club demonstrated the jive style, a very fast-paced and rhythmic dance.
The Harveys taught a basic swing dance move, and audience members gathered towards the front to learn the pace of the movements, identified as “swing, swing, forward, back.” The band started playing “When the Saints Go Marching In” as everyone began dancing, from parents with children to couples and friends. “It was fun to have live music to dance to,” Karen Lens, a resident of Hanover who had come with her daughter to see the show, said. Lens said that she had been part of a swing club before, while her daughter said that she thought the dancing was cool. Gaetz said the show had gone well and that she had enjoyed seeing everyone get up and dance, creating an infectious energy in the room. “I feel like it’s important to have a place where children can interact with the performing arts without feeling like they have to always stay in their seat,” Gaetz said. “At Hopstop, we encourage them to move and dance if they want to.” The members of the Dartmouth Swing Club said that they had also found the experience enjoyable and that interacting with the audience during the show increased the energy in the room. “It was interesting to see how many people were interested in joining us and being able to see people really enjoy the music and dance freely, because I know that’s not something you can do frequently,” Drayton Harvey said.
monomaniacal pursuit of satire the film just tells the same jokes ad nauseum. The ultimate irony is how this subversive parody becomes pastiche and apes the trite superhero films it tries to contrast. What begins as defiantly postmodern ends as banally “Spiderman”(2002) with Vanessa de-masking and kissing Wade to reveal the true hero underneath — hypocrisy never looked so sexy. Indeed, when Vanessa takes off his mask, the film itself takes off its mask and stops its masquerade as a subversive film and reveals itself to be traditional superhero melodrama. The fight scenes all feel the same and so does the film’s core. While “Deadpool” may talk a big game, it still must follow the same structures and movements of its forefathers. In other words, Miller can use Stan Lee as a bartender in a strip club, but Lee’s style still determines this film’s arc. As Deadpool might say, “Cool story, bro.” Rating: 6/10 “Deadpool” is now playing at the Nugget Theater in Hanover at 4:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.
DRUMMIN’ TO THEIR OWN BEAT
COURTESY OF THE HOPKINS CENTER
The Yamato Drummers of Japan had a lively performance Tuesday night.
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THE DARTMOUTH ARTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Student Spotlight: Ceramics and sculpture artist David Wu ’16 By MADELINE KILLEN
The Dartmouth Staff
Student artist and computer science major David Wu ’16 says he could not imagine his life without a creative outlet. Wu works at the Davidson Ceramics Studio and has taken six visual arts classes during his time at Dartmouth, facts that might surprise some considering his scientific area of study. Before Dartmouth, he was not a visual artist. But Wu had other artistic inclinations starting from childhood. He took 13 years of classical piano lessons and was an all-state pianist for New York. It was not until his freshman year of college that he came in contact with ceramics, and found a new passion. “It’s a way to channel my energy,” Wu said of visual art. Ben Geithner ’16, Wu’s freshman year roommate, remembers Wu’s initial encounter with ceramics and credits their continuing friendship to their common interest in visual art. “He went to ceramics, and I went to the woodshop,” Geithner recalled. “We kept in good touch — mainly linked through art.” Geithner was immediately impressed by Wu’s art their freshman spring, when the roommates took
“Drawing I” together. Wu’s work “creating a physical object” that he for the class was always impressive, can hold and potentially use. His Geithner said, and displayed a favorite piece that he has created unique approach to art. is a large fruit bowl. Wu creates his “He came at art in a different pieces on Sundays, Mondays and way than I do, and he had a good Wednesdays, but on his off days, amount of meaning and purpose he gets ideas for his art from his behind his projects,” Geithner surroundings. said. “They were always outside “If I’m taking a studio art class, the box, and I was always jealous of I’ll always be looking for inspirahis ideas because they were pretty tion outside of class,” Wu said. “If strong and definitely original.” I see interesting objects or interBoth Wu’s talent as well as his esting textures or scenes — if I’m passion for taking a class, art impress “If I’m taking a studio it’ll definitely his freshregister in my man floor- art class, I’ll always be mind as ‘Is this mate Sofia looking for inspiration something I Karabacould potenoutside of class.” sevic ’16 . tially draw, is She says this something t h a t Wu -DAVID WU ’16 I could potenbecame tially make?’” highly inInitialvested afly, Wu, who has ter starting worked at the to visit the ceramics studio, and by studio two days a week for almost the end of each term would have two years, was intimidated by the “a cardboard box just filled to the studio regulars who had been workbrim” with his pieces. ing with ceramics since middle “He’s just really enthusiastic or high school. He said that the about it, he has a passion for it,” studio’s knowledgeable instructors Karabasevic said. “And he’s really helped him feel comfortable. Jenny talented, too.” Swanson, director of the Davidson Wu says that he likes ceramics Ceramics Studio, said that Wu was and sculpture specifically because a “rank beginner” when he first he enjoys the rewarding feeling of started going to the studio, a rarity
COURTESY OF JENNY SWANSON
David Wu ’16 is a computer science major at the College and has worked for two years at the ceramics studio.
COURTESY OF DAVID WU
David Wu ’16’s most recent sculpture consists of frozen ice with dye.
among the student employees. tence and hard work for his quick “They were really good teach- mastery of the potter’s wheel, ers, and they really helped me kind which she said “takes years” to of get to a point where I could master. feel like I wasn’t learning all the After graduation, Wu wants to time,” Wu said. “More, like, mak- continue pursuing ceramics and ing things.” sculpture, and said that “it will Wu’s skills as a teacher impress always be a part of [his] life.” Swanson, who He hopes said that he is “[Wu]’ll just be able to to be able “very patient” to comand “caring” give his beginner’s attempt b i n e h i s when teach- at it and pull it off. His first two loves ing beginners of comeffort attempt is often how to throw puter scion the potter’s way beyond what you’d ence and wheel. art into a expect.” Geithner potential described Wu career and a s “ i n c r e d - -BEN GEITHNER ’16 lists webibly calm, site design thoughtful, and visual easy to talk to design as and really enpaths he c o u r a g i n g, ” may be inadding that “His lack of experi- terested in exploring in the future. ence won’t limit him” in anything Whatever he chooses to do, that he undertakes. Karabasevic and Geithner are “He’ll just be able to give his confident in Wu’s ability to do it beginner’s attempt at it and pull it well. off,” Geithner said. “His first effort “He’s good at all types of art,” attempt is often way beyond what Karabasevic said. you’d expect.” “ H e ’s p r e t t y a w e s o m e , ” Swanson credits Wu’s persis- Geithner added.