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The Geisel School of Medicine will undergo an overhaul due to budgetary constraints, College President Phil Hanlon announced to students, faculty and staff at a town hall meeting in Kellogg Auditorium yesterday.

While specific details have not been finalized pending faculty input, Geisel interim dean Duane Compton has developed a three-year plan to stabilize the budget and reallocate resources within the medical school, Compton said in an interview before the town hall.

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An outbreak of E. coli in the South Royalton, Vermont, area prompted Worthy Burger, a brewery and burger restaurant popular with Dartmouth students, to shut its doors for four days and switch beef suppliers, Worthy Burger executive chef Jason Merrill said.

There have been five confirmed and three probable cases of E. coli contamination in the area around

South Royalton, Vermont health department epidemiologist Bradley Tompkins said. The source of the infection has not yet been determined, but all of those infected had eaten at Worthy Burger prior to their diagnoses, he said, and the department is investigating the outbreak to determine what caused it and how it spread.

In response to the health department’s investigation, Worthy Burger shut down for four days to assess and respond to the situation, Merrill said.

Worthy Burger also chose to switch several of its suppliers — including its main beef supplier — in compliance with the health department’s recommendations, Merrill said. The restaurant is also no longer working with several small farms, he said.

“The restaurant was eager to reopen, and so we suggested while the investigation was ongoing that if they wanted to reopen, that they switch those suppliers,” Tompkins said.

Merrill said that there has been

Dartmouth EMS named unit of the year in NH B y AMANDA ZHOU The Dartmouth

Dartmouth’s student-run Emergency Medical Service was named the New Hampshire’s EMS unit of the year by Concord-area medical services company Bound Tree Medical yesterday for its positive impact at the College.

The award recognizes EMS units that have improved their community through acts such as patient care, their

no evidence that Worthy Burger was the source of the outbreak. The restaurant has cooperated fully and done everything that has been asked of it, he said.

“There’s no proof that this happened through the Worthy Burger — it’s just more of a precaution,” he said. “This is out of our control.

It wasn’t anything that was with the facility or that we did.”

Merrill said that while some people SEE WORTHY BURGER PAGE 2

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relationship with the public, education programs, prevention-oriented initiatives or other related activities.

Dartmouth EMS was selected as the award’s recipient by the merit committee, a body organized by the state’s Division of Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services.

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Studio art intern Gabriel Barros’ “When We Go Home” is on display in the rotunda.

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DAily debriefing A Dartmouth College study has found that warming temperatures are causing mosquitoes to grow faster, thus increasing the threat to the caribou populations upon which they feast. The study has shown that if Arctic temperatures rise as little as two degrees Celsius, the probability of survival and emergence of adult mosquitoes will increase 50 percent. Researchers believe that this could lead to many negative ecological consequences. Researchers measured impacts of climate change in western Greenland by developing a model to help calculate the survival of insects at average temperatures.

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice is collaborating to help women make informed decisions about contraceptives. The project is known as “Right for Me: Birth control decisions made easier.” Rachel Thompson, the project’s lead researcher and a current assistant professor at the Dartmouth Institute, and her team were awarded $2.1 million by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The funding has gone toward the project. Dr. Thompson’s team has also surveyed women and healthcare providers and has found that only 24 percent of women were given information on contraceptives and asked about their preferences when decisions were made with respect to contraceptives. Because of these findings Thompson and her team began creating tools to improve patient and professionals’ conversations about birth control, including a video to be viewed by patients while in the waiting room before appointments. These tools are being designed with feedback from clients, doctors and medical insurers.

Dartmouth Institute researchers Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin have worked in conjunction with colleagues Baruch Fischoff and Tamar Krishnamurita at Carnegie Mellon University to research the effects of catchphrases such as “breakthrough” and “promising” have on public perception when used to describe new pharmaceuticals. Through their research, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, the pair concluded that patients who do not understand the Food and Drug Administration definition of “breakthrough” might experience a false sense of hope. In 2012, the FDA began to use the term “breakthrough” to describe a drug that “treats a serious or life threatening condition” with potential to demonstrate substantial improvement over time. Schwartz and Woloshin’s research was conducted in the form of a survey where participants were given short descriptions of recently approved drugs. They then ranked their hope in the drug based of their description. The study concluded that the terms “breakthrough” and “promising” increased the participant’s faith in the drug.

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StudentsstilllikelytoeatatWorthyBurger FROM WORTHY BURGER PAGE 1

may be cautious, Worthy Burger remains confident in the quality of its staff and products, The shutdown came on one of Worthy Burger’s slowest weekends of the year, he said. While the restaurant was unhappy with the situation, the shutdown’s impacts have been relatively minimal and staff were able to complete other maintenance projects around the building, he said.

Despite its distance from campus, Worthy Burger has historically been a popular destination for College students, particularly upperclassmen with cars to make the 30-minute drive.

Students interviewed by The Dartmouth spoke positively of the restaurant, praising its food and atmosphere. Most seemed unperturbed by the news of the temporary shutdown and expressed trust in the restaurant.

Christopher Novak ’17 spoke highly of the food, calling the restaurant’s burgers “big and juicy,” with high-quality ingredients.

Novak, who has been to the restaurant four or five times, noted its popularity with both students and

Upper Valley locals.

“Going there, you can actually see some of the kitchen staff and they seem really well-organized,” he said.

Even if there were an E. coli

“Worthy Burger is up and rolling, just as it always has been, serving great beer and great burgers.”

- WORTHY BURGER EXECUTIVE CHEF JASON MERRILL outbreak tied to the restaurant, it was probably an isolated incident and not a pattern of negligence, Novak said.

Mary Sieredzinski ’17 said she would return to the restaurant in the future. She added that going to Worthy Burger is a part of a broader experience that involves taking in the sights of the Vermont countryside along the drive.

Abhishek Bhargava ’18 said that

he might be more reluctant to go to Worthy Burger in the next few weeks or months but would be willing to go again in the long term, citing the restaurant’s previous records of meeting health standards.

“Eventually enough time would pass, and I would be fine with going there again,” he said.

Last May, College staff announced that E. coli had been found in water sources in the City of Lebanon and residents had been ordered to boil water. While the bacteria did not impact Hanover, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne sent an email to students and staff to alert them to the situation as the College owns property in Lebanon.

“After the whole E. coli Green Key scare last year I don’t take it too seriously,” Willy Ramirez ’18 said.

Ramirez had not been to the restaurant before but said he would like to eat there in the future.

Despite the challenges associated with the shutdown, Merrill remains upbeat.

“Worthy Burger is up and rolling, just as it always has been, serving great beer and great burgers,” he said.

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Dartmouth EMS receives state award for its service FROM EMS PAGE 1

to anyone who needs our help, whether that’s through certifying people in first aid and CPR or responding to their emergencies,” Dartmouth EMS executive director Bill Crockatt ’16 said. “One of our mottos is ‘people helping people,’ which is really simple but I really think it does speak to what our organization does — we’re just a bunch of students trying to look out for our fellow peers.”

Dartmouth EMS is hoping to expand to 24-hour services over the next few years, increase standby coverage at events and secure its funding, Crockatt said.

“It really speaks to the dedication of our members and all the hard work everyone for the past decade has put into Dartmouth EMS and growing it and getting it to what it is today,” he said.

Dartmouth EMS leaders received the award in per son yesterday at the Concord City Auditorium.

D artm o u th E M S tr ai n i n g director Ian Speers ’17 said that everyone involved is “thrilled” about receiving the award.

“We don’t do it for the recognition, but it’s nice when something like this happens since everyone in the organization works incredibly hard,” he said.

Dartmouth EMS is a studentrun volunteer organization that was founded in 1991 and has provided BLS — Basic Life Support — coverage for the College and the surrounding Hanover community since 2010, Crockatt said.

The organization works to improve the existing first response system in Hanover by working with both the Hanover Fire Department and Safety and Security to provide

emergency services for the College, Crockatt said.

Dartmouth EMS provides free coverage to Dartmouth students five nights per week and many afternoons, Crockatt said. Additionally, they provide stand-by coverage for many campus events, he said.

In the past year, Dartmouth EMS responded to over 210 medical and traumatic injuries, totaling over 1,500 hours of volunteer coverage to the campus, according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety. Dartmouth EMS’ average response time is three minutes, according to EMS documents provided by Crockatt.

Dartmouth EMS has a closeknit community amongst its members, operations director Courtney Hargreaves ’16 said.

“It’s been a great support network, and it’s really helped me grow as a leader,” she said.

In addition to on-call BLS coverage, Dartmouth EMS became a certified American Heart Association Training organization this year, which allows the organization to teach CPR, automated external defibrillator and first aid classes to students, faculty, College employees and community members. In the past year, Dartmouth EMS set a new campus record by certifying nearly 500 people in their classes, according to information provided

by Crockatt. The organization also offers specialty classes for its members and manages Dartmouth’s automated external defibrillators.

“Dartmouth EMS acts as a safety net for staff, faculty and students,” Speers said. “It’s a great

way to expose students to EMS and hands-on medicine, which is often hard to get at a college level.”

Dartmouth EMS can expand training opportunities on campus for the College community, Speers said.

“We’re here to help out students when they’re in situations that they need medical help or any kind of support from fellow students,” Hargreaves said. “It was really exciting to be recognized for all the hard work that we do, [and] I think everyone in the organization felt the same way. We didn’t expect this and it was a great surprise.”

Past recipients of the EMS Unit of the Year award include Waterville Valley Public Safety, the Bedford Fire Department, Stewart’s Ambulance Service and Linwood Ambulance Service.

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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.

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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.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Staff Columnist ZIQIN YUAN ’18

CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST CLARA CHIN ’19

Fail Fast, Fail Often

More Than A Fashion Trend

Success follows when we stop avoiding failure and recognize its benefits.

I am currently searching for a winter term internship — if you have any ideas, shoot them my way! — and I am terrified. As a sophomore just a few months removed from freshman year, I still do not feel old or wise enough to know enough of what I am doing to get a legitimate internship. As the time crunch really sets in, I have spent the last week researching start-up after start-up — my browser has no fewer than 15 tabs open at any given time, and my search history is full of phrases like “winter internship NYC.” But as I reviewed each of my tabs, I would psych myself out of applying to them and then close the tabs. I gave myself very persuasive reasons for not applying to each — this one did not fit my vision of what I want to do in the future, that one was too advanced for my current skill level and another one did not have enough prestige. As I kept on looking through job listings, however, I realized that my difficulty in finding companies to reach out to did not stem from a lack of interest — but rather, a fear that I would not get a job offer. In the end, I was afraid to fail.

In her May 2010 column entitled, “Learning to Fail,” Emily Johnson ’12 argued that Dartmouth needs to encourage students to fail and to figure out a way to normalize failure in campus culture. I want to build on and modify her idea — failing is necessary to succeed, but instead of relying on the College to teach us how to fail, we need to look within ourselves and push ourselves to take more risks. Fears of failing are understandable, and some studies have even indicated that the brain processes social rejection similarly to physical pain. Yet shielding yourself from rejection is not the answer — you can only reach your full potential by seeking opportunities, even ones that might not work out.

Students here need to fail — and the sooner, the better. Once we all graduate and enter the “real world” it will become increasingly more difficult to recover from failures. We might encounter failure when

we do not quite match the expectations of a boss, a client at work or a significant other.

Failing can teach us why exactly we fell short of those expectations. Thus, a failure can reveal the specific steps we need to take to improve. Each failed attempt can teach a new lesson, and with greater failure comes the chance to acquire greater wisdom.

Failing now will also allow us to learn how to deal with disappointment, which is unavoidable in life. I have been afraid to fail, so I have refrained from applying to many incredible internships. Many students are afraid of failure — academic, social or both — and decline to reach out to others for fear of rejection. A friend of mine and I recently discussed how people form friendships. To an extent, friendships are built upon common interests. But even two people with identical interests can live parallel lives without ever interacting. To grow closer with others, you have to be willing to open up to acquaintances, even with the risk that they will reject you. In other words, you must be willing to fail. While the idea that you need to be willing to fail to make friends may seem hyperbolic, social anxieties can really arise at any moment. And while limiting yourself to the familiar and playing it safe might get you some modest success — and you may never fail — you will be left behind by those who take risks.

To get into Dartmouth, most of us were near — if not at — the top of our class. But now that we are here, we have to grapple with failure, usually in classes and club auditions. If I find a course too challenging, it is tempting to avoid similar courses in the future rather than try harder. If an a cappella group rejects me, I might decide to stop trying out for selective groups. We all try to minimize situations where we might fail when we should be actively seeking them, but comfort and safety cannot teach us to learn and grow the same way that our successes and failures do.

It is vital to becoming a complex, mature person that one learns to fail.

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The preppy look on campus often functions as an exclusive marker of class.

Wearing sweatpants to class is a college stereotype, but I’ve rarely seen this phenomenon occur at the College. In fact, one might even feel out of place in jeans and a T-shirt. While athletic gear and Dartmouth gear are mildly popular, more common are Sperry boat shoes, pastel Bermuda shorts, leather boots and cardigans. One might even get the impression of walking through a J.Crew ad — which is not surprising, since the closest clothing store to campus is J.Crew.

Being surrounded by preppy fashion at Dartmouth is to be expected — this style of dress has long been favored by America’s East Coast elite.

Preppy clothing is so tied to the public’s view of Ivy League culture that there are blogs dedicated to this style, such as “Ivy Style,” “Ivy League Style” and “The Ivy League Look,” which feature young adults dressed in loafers, button-downs and tailored shorts. For some, being part of this idealized fashion trend can create a sense of pride and belonging, but for those who do not dress this way it can be problematic and induce anxiety.

Many freshmen that I have talked to said they feel uncomfortable or not up-to-par with their peers when they wear “street clothes.” The number of students who choose to dress preppy is a subtle indication of the often-unseen socioeconomic gap on this campus.

The popularity of the preppy style on campus is bound to make students who dress differently feel self-conscious about their clothing. I find myself paying even closer attention to the way I dress in response to the style trends at Dartmouth.

Yet at the root of the issue is not simply the social pressure to dress a certain way — it is the expectation that one is able to dress a certain way. While some fashion trends are as simple as “wear red, not blue,” the trends prevalent on Dartmouth’s campus are contingent on money. Though I wear knit cardigans and tweed skirts fairly often, I doubt that I own as many preppy items of clothing as it seems some other students do.

Affordability is the primary issue with Ivy League fashion trends. Most well-known prep brands, like Ralph Lauren, J.Crew and Lacoste, sell high-priced clothing, while knock-off brands are often regarded as undesirable. In this way,

preppy clothing conveys not only a certain taste in fashion, but also socioeconomic privilege. In a culture of subtly conspicuous consumption, inaccessibility to this type of clothing can make one feel uncomfortable or out of place.

Even if one manages to acquire the necessary articles of clothing, Ivy League fashion requires more than mere purchasing power. An article by Mike Steere on the aforementioned blog, “The Ivy League Look,” details other aspects of this style, which include confident posture, athletic build and the desire to “cultivate snobbery.” Despite the article’s light-hearted tone, it is not far-fetched to suggest that preppiness and snobbery go hand in hand. For most students, wearing preppy clothing does not necessarily reflect any particular negative character traits, but the inaccessibility of this culture naturally invites a bit of snobbery and distance from other socioeconomic classes. At the very least, other students may feel like outsiders simply because they see large groups of peers all dressed in a similar fashion, regardless of how friendly those peers may be.

One post on the Facebook group Dartmouth Class Confessions reads, “I don’t go to parties/ campus events sometimes because I don’t have anything to wear.” The author of the post also wrote that everyone else had dresses and other nice clothing to wear, while the author did not. “I feel like people notice this and think less of me,” the student wrote.

Worrying about meeting peers’ expectations can hurt a student’s confidence and thus negatively affect their social life and academic performance.

A simple thing like wearing clothes may not seem to have much significance, but it is actually one of the few constant, visible reminders of class differences on campus. Especially in settings where preppy dress is the norm, it may be confusing and daunting for a person in comfortable sweatpants or ripped skinny jeans to navigate the social scene.

There is nothing wrong with dressing preppy — many find this look appealing and comfortable.

Yet more students should be aware of what their clothes connote and the divide among those who choose this fashion, those who choose other styles and those who cannot make that choice.

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Geisel three-year plan includes reallocating funds, some cuts FROM GEISEL PAGE 1

The three-year plan proposes that resources be deployed to Geisel’s strongest programs, such as those in the areas of health care delivery science, infectious disease and neuroscience, Compton said in an interview before the town hall. In order to reallocate funds to more successful programs, Geisel will need to cut funding in some areas.

“If we do have to make reductions in force in some areas, we will do our best to make sure it comes through retirements and attrition rather than layoffs, but we can’t guarantee there won’t be layoffs,” Hanlon said in an interview before the town hall.

The changes at Geisel were sparked by difficult financial times — the medical school currently runs a $26 to 28 million annual deficit, and its yearly budget dropped from $275 million in the 2013 fiscal year to about $250 million in 2014. Last April, Compton announced that non-union faculty and staff would not receive salary increases, but would instead be eligible for bonuses based on work evaluations.

Under the proposed plan, the deficit would be reduced by $15 million, taken from operating fees, Compton said at the town hall.

Hanlon attributed the budgetary issues to a national trend of decreasing revenue streams for academic medicine. Hanlon said at the town hall that medical centers across the country are seeing a constraint in resources, citing the 50-percent drop in the National Institute of Health’s budget in inflation-adjusted dollars over the

last decade as an example.

Compton said in an interview that the amount of money devoted to medical centers has remained flat even as costs rise. Dartmouth has received approximately the same amount of NIH research for the last seven years, and many other schools have lost funding, he said.

Hanlon said in an interview that the cuts should not be interpreted as a sign that the College has shifted focus from Geisel, saying it is an important part of Dartmouth as an institution, and “we are completely committed to making it an academically successful and excellent place.”

Despite the cuts, Compton said in an interview that the goal to make Geisel the best medical school in the country remains, though he distanced himself from the Geisel 2020 Strategic Plan for Excellence.

“We’re not holding onto the moniker of ‘Geisel 2020’ as our strategic plan anymore, but the goals within that are still very much in our sights,” he said.

The Geisel 2020 Plan was announced in 2011 by former Geisel dean Wiley “Chip” Souba, with the goal to propel Geisel into the top 20 medical schools by 2020.

Geisel ranked 37 in the U.S. News 2016 best medical schools list, after peaking at 31 in the 2013 rankings.

For primary care, Geisel ranked 29th in the 2016 list, dropping from its spot at 18 in the 2015 list.

Compton said that some tactical components of the plan have needed to be adjusted for the current financial climate, but “the aspiration for that plan is very much alive.”

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Going forward, Geisel will emphasize a commitment to a four-year medical school, research in basic science, translational science — which applies findings in theoretical research to help pa-

“If we do make reductions of force in some areas, we will do our best to make sure it comes from retirements and attrition rather than layoffs, but we can’t guarantee there won’t be layoffs.”

- College president phil hanlon tients — and health care delivery, Compton said in the town hall.

The reorganization will redistribute responsibilities between the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel and shift financial oversight for joint functions to DHMC, Compton said.

Compton said that he could not

pinpoint which specific programs will receive increased funding, as the reorganization requires further fine-tuning.

Non-clinical programs will continue to be Geisel’s responsibility, whereas clinical activities will be left to DHMC leadership.

Graduate medical education will fall under both Geisel and DHMC, depending on the program, and the College will implement joint oversight for programs or initiatives in which both sides have a shared interest, such as the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and projects in health policy and delivery science.

The plan also calls for an increase in interdisciplinary efforts between Geisel, Dartmouth’s other graduate schools and the school of arts and sciences, Compton said.

Additionally, Geisel will be divided into three divisions to segment research activities — basic biomedical research, translational research and healthcare delivery research. When asked about how faculty will be split into the divisions, Compton said that he was in favor of self-designation. When populating the new Williamson Translational Research Building at DHMC, the plan for which was

finalized in June 2012, Compton said that the College would try to keep professors with good working relationships together.

Compton also said that the College will continue to spend money on faculty recruitment.

In early September, the framework was presented to the Board of Trustees, which supported the plan. Compton said that Geisel’s senior leadership group will hold town halls and discussions over the next month in order to “vet [the proposal] with the faculty” and gather “stakeholder input.”

The Board of Trustees will convene in November to review the plan after it has been adjusted with the faculty and community input.

In a question-and-answer session following the town hall, Provost Carolyn Dever said that the budget cuts would also help in Geisel’s dean search next year.

“In order for Geisel and Dartmouth to be able to compete for the very best deans out there, we have to present candidates with the strongest possible school,” she said. “Certainly having a structural deficit on an annualized basis is not a good description of the strongest possible situation.”

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 10:00 a.m.

“Reverse Engineering Supernovae” with Dan Milisavljevic, physics and astronomy seminar, Wilder 202

4:00 p.m.

“Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves and Their Effect on Relativistic Electrons” with professor Richard Denton, Wilder 111

5:30 p.m.

“The Versatile Accordion,” book arts workshop seminar, Baker Library, Room 21

TOMORROW 12:00 p.m.

“French Conversation Club” for all levels of ability, ages eight and up, Howe Library, 13 South Street, Hanover

3:30 p.m.

“Pokemon League” card game workshop, Black Moon Games, 2 Mascoma Street, Lebanon

7:00 p.m.

Author reading of “The Company She Kept” with Archer Mayor, Norwich Bookstore, 291 Main Street, Norwich

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Arts groups integrate new members after fall auditions

B y amelia Rosch

The Dartmouth Senior Staff

As the fall term continues along, so does the process of student groups welcoming in new members. While all groups have their own rituals and traditions for how they bring new members into the fold, theater and improv groups use a mix of classic methods like wakeups and crazier tactics — think a

trip to Everything But Anchovies and bowling.

Kaija Stern ’18, a member of the Rude Mechanicals Shakespeare troupe, said that the group uses a variety of methods to make new members feel welcome. She says that the Rude Mechanicals have done “wakeups” for the past two years, where they go to new members’ dorms and then take them out for a meal at Everything

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SCULPTURE

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“Allan Houser: A Centennial Exhibit” opens at the Strauss Gallery in the Hopkins Center.

But Anchovies.

“Everyone is in flair, including us,” she said.

Drew Zwetchkenbaum ’16,

“The feeling of bringing new people into the group is always of the most exciting, amazing experiences you have in a group.”

- Avery feingold ’17, RUDE MECHANICALS HEAD a member of the improv group Casual Thursday, says that the group also does wakeups for its new members, before taking them on “an adventure.”

The Rude Mechanicals make an effort to reach out to new students at the very start of term. Stern said that recruiting freshmen before they begin at the College is important for the group, which usually has a booth at the activities fair during Orientation and one at the activities fair during Dimensions.

“We had people at Dimensions [of Dartmouth] who were interested in joining us even before the fall,” she said.

Zwetchkenbaum said that Casual Thursday advertises itself to first-years through shows, campus-

wide emails and flyers early in the fall term, as well as through an open workshop with the Dog Day Players, another campus improv group.

Stern said that this year, the Rude Mechanicals had one of their biggest groups of auditionees in recent memory, with around 25 to 30 people trying out. She said that the group ended up accepting six members — four men and two women. Both women are members of the Class of 2018. Last year, the group accepted five new members.

The audition process for Rude Mechanicals involves both monologue and scene-based tryouts, member Claire Feuille ’18 said.

“It’s really fun to introduce new people to the world of student theater,” she said.

Zwetchkenbaum said that Casual Thursday accepted four new members of the 40 first-years who auditioned for the group.

“The feeling of bringing new people into the group is always one of the most exciting, amazing experiences you have in a group.

Often it involves staying up really late and spending the majority of the day — 12 or 15 hours in a day — being with people and talking amongst the group about who we want to let in, but there is such a high, such an excitement, at the end of it,” Avery Feingold ’17, head of the Rude Mechanicals, said.

Stern also emphasized the

importance of integrating new members into the troupe. She said that the group makes an effort to reach out to new members and make them feel more welcome through group dinners and social events.

“It encourages us to meet everyone one on one and gives new members a chance to sit down and talk with us,” she said.

Zwetchkenbaum said that Casual Thursday uses a variety of social events, including brunches, trips to pumpkin patches and bowling, to help bring the new members into the group.

Both Stern and Zwetchkenbaum said that normal practices also play a large role in helping to bring new members in with the group.

“Practice is just quality time with us being goofy with each other,” Zwetchkenbaum said.

Feuille echoed his sentiments.

“I really enjoy being at rehearsal because we all sort of direct each other, and it’s a really fun process to be part of,” she said.

Stern said that intra-group auditions for the term’s show also help new members get closer to the current members, due to the amount of time they spend working together.

“It’s six or seven hours all in the same room,” she said. “It jumpstarts the bonding process pretty quickly.”

Men’s cross country places second in Coast-to-Coast Battle FROM CROSS COUNTRY PAGE 8

the shorter 5-kilometer distance.

Helen Schlachtenhaufen ’17 and Liz Markowitz ’16 finished 35th in 17:46.2 and 36th in 17:46.4, respectively. Rounding out the top five Big Green scoring runners were sophomores Leigh Moffett ’18 (46th, 17:53.2) and Kennedy Jensen ’18 (57th, 17:59.1).

Reid Watson ’16 (61st, 18:02.2), Olivia Lantz ’19 (63rd, 18:02.9) and Bridget O’Neill ’18 (67th, 18:06.2) also turned in strong performances.

“Our sophomores have continued to improve and are running very well,” women’s head coach Courtney Jaworski said of Moffett and Jensen’s performances. “I was also very impressed with Olivia Lantz, she’s only a freshman but ran a great race. Dana [Giordano] ran a very solid race — she was moving up the whole way and taking charge.”

Both coaches emphasized the favorable weather conditions and how fast the course ran.

“We knew it would be a fast day

after watching the women’s race,” Harwick said. “I made sure to tell the guys to mentally prepare for a fast pace. The first mile was a good 10 seconds faster than at [the Dartmouth Invitational]. They did a good job of getting off the starting line well.”

Jaworski said the women’s improvement compared to the previous year, but acknowledged that she believes the runners could have pushed themselves more.

“If you look at this year’s results, we ran better than we did last year,” Jaworski noted. “All but one person ran 30 seconds to one minute faster. The numbers show that we ran better than we did last year, but I feel like we definitely had more left in the tank. We did a good job of running but not a good job of racing.”

The coaching staff was very pleased with how the men’s and women’s teams ran their races, maintaining a tight pack of runners and sticking together in a large race.

“We did a great job of packing up. We had more or less eight

people in a really tight pack in the first mile [to] mile and a half,” Jaworski said. “That pack started a little further back than we would have liked, but they did good job of moving up.”

The men’s and women’s teams will split up for the next few weeks.

The top seven runners will continue training for the Wisconsin Invitational on Oct. 16 in Madison, Wisconsin, which historically assembles one of the strongest fields in what will resemble a preview of the NCAA National Championships in November. The rest of the team will race next at the New England Championships on Saturday, Oct. 10.

“It gives the youngest guys a chance to race well,” Harwick said of the New England Championships. “It also allows us to see who can run at [the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships] since we get to run 12 guys, and there are five more spots.”

The New England Championships are scheduled to begin on Oct. 10 at 12 p.m. at Franklin Park in Boston.

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Both cross country teams notched top-10 performances at the weekend’s meet.

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

TUESDAY LINEUP

WOMEN’S SOCCER at MAINE 7 PM

Volleyball beats Ivy rivals Harvard in five-set thriller

B y DANIEL LEE

The Dartmouth Staff

The volleyball team (4-6, 1-0 Ivy) started the season with a decisive victory over Harvard University (4-7, 0-1 Ivy) to kick off the Ivy League conference schedule, defeating the Crimson three sets to two. After coming off of a stretch of tough preseason losses, the women made some much needed adjustments to bounce back against Harvard.

The Big Green had a difficult first set despite jumping out to an early 7-6 lead. A kill by Harvard junior Grace Weghorst would spark an 11-4 Harvard run that would give the Crimson a comfortable 18-10 lead. After two consecutive kills by Emily Astarita ’17 and a Dartmouth ace, Harvard’s first set lead was cut to 24-19, but the Big Green was unable to complete the comeback.

With pressure mounting in the second set of the game, Dartmouth was able to take a 14-9 lead after three kills by Kaira Lujan ’16, four kills by Astarita and service aces from both Jordan Cornwell ’19 and Sierra Lyle ’19. Harvard would go on a furious rally to trail Dartmouth by a single point by a score of 18-17, but Astarita and Sierra registered two kills apiece during a 7-2 run that gave the Big Green a much needed set to even the match at one set apiece.

The third set of the game featured drastic lead changes as both teams took turns rallying and leading by respectable margins. Astarita would register four kills that pushed the Big Green ahead for an early 11-5 lead, but nine attack errors by Dartmouth

in the set allowed the Crimson to climb back into contention. Down 17-20, Coach Erin Lindsey substituted Zoe Leonard ’19 and Paige Caridi ’16 into the game and the Big Green regained control, going on an 8-2 run led by a service ace

by Lujan and a kill apiece by Caridi and Astarita.

“Tough serving and defense really helped us out [in the third set]. We improved on our defense and even our serving,” Stacey Benton ’17 said.

“Those two factors are what really helped us make Harvard frustrated because they couldn’t figure out what to do.”

Leading two sets to one, Dartmouth started the fourth set with three quick points in hopes of sealing the early win, but neither team was able to secure a comfortable lead.

Harvard would go on a 5-1 run that the Big Green was unable to recover from. As Dartmouth trailed 24-23, Harvard senior Kathleen Wallace registered a kill for the 25th point to even the match at two sets apiece.

The women would have to undergo yet another five-set game, something that the team had experienced against Western Michigan University exactly a week before, when they trailed throughout the final set for a 15-9 loss.

“We knew going into this fifth set that we had to start really fast,” Caridi said. “With the fifth set only being 15 points, there’s no time to give any leeway on anything, so we just decided to be really aggressive coming out of the gate.”

The two teams battled to an even split of the first 12 points of the final

set. Dartmouth demonstrated that aggressiveness as they went on a 4-1 run that was fueled by three impressive kills by Caridi. Harvard cut that lead to one and a 13-12 deficit. A costly attack error by Harvard sophomore Caroline Labanowski and a kill by Harvard freshman Christina Cornelius brought the game to the brink for Harvard. Harvard faced match point, trailing 14-13 A Hannah Schmidt served in an attempt to even the score. When Schmidt’s serve went astray, the Big Green celebrated a narrow 15-13 fifth set win to jump ahead of the Crimson in the early Ivy standings.

Caridi registered a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs, Astarita added a game high 23 kills and Benton dished out a game high 58 assists, 19 more than her preseason

high against Bryant University.

The team’s trying out-of-conference schedule prepared the players well for the Ivy League slate, Astarita said.

“We had a pretty tough preseason schedule, but we got a lot better during [that time] and we improved on a lot of our skills and team chemistry,” Astarita said. “Going into Harvard, we knew that we had improved and we were prepared and had done all the work that we needed to do to go play against a good team.”

Historically, the Big Green has had very successful starts to the season against Harvard. The Big Green has faced the Crimson in its Ivy League opener for 11 consecutive years and is 8-3 during that span and 6-1 in the past seven years alone. This is the Big Green’s first win at Harvard

since the 2011-2012 season — the first victory on Cambridge soil for all the current players and the second for head coach Erin Lindsey.

Despite an impressive win to start off the season, the team is not taking time off before its next games.

“Each week is a completely clean slate,” Caridi said. You have a new opponent. We broke it down to fundamentals a little bit more and even though we did win that game, if we watch film, there are some mistakes that we made. The more we can clean that up, the more we can continue to expect to get wins out of games.”

The Big Green will play its first home game of the Ivy League schedule against the University of Pennsylvania this Friday at 7 p.m. and Princeton University at 5 p.m.

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Harvard’s service error on match point in the fifth set doomed the Crimson to an 0-1 start to its Ivy League schedule.

Men’s and women’s cross country run to success at Boston College B y CHRIS SHIM

The Dartmouth Staff

The men’s and women’s cross country teams continued on the road toward the Ivy League Championships and NCAA National Championships with a strong performance at the Boston College Coast-to-Coast Battle at Beantown this past Friday, Sept.

25, at Franklin Park in Boston.

The men’s team finished second out of a field of 21 teams, while the women’s team finished eighth out of a field of 24.

The men’s team was pleased with their second-place finish against top teams such as No. 3 Syracuse University, men’s head coach and track and field director Barry Harwick, as well as other Ivy League teams such as Harvard University, Cornell University and Brown University.

“The goals this season are to win the Ivy League Championships and qualify for NCAA Nationals as a team, and this performance really reinforced those goals,” Harwick said. “It’s still really early in the season, and if we continue to put

in the work, these goals are very reasonable and achievable for us.”

Leading the way for the Big Green men was Curtis King ’16 , whose strong second race coming off a foot injury garnered him an eighth-place finish in 24:11.5 over the 8-kilometer distance. Brian Masterson ’16 , fresh off of his strong win at the Dartmouth Invitational, finished 12th in 24:17.8.

Peter Geithner ’16 , who led the pack of Dartmouth runners for much of the race, finished in 14th in 24:21.4. “[King] bounced back really

well and he was in there with the best guys in the race,” Harwick said. “Geithner, one of our cocaptains, ran what was arguably his best cross country race. It was very positive for him to be with the leaders for much of the race, and it was very helpful for the Dartmouth guys to see each other and work together throughout the race.”

Rounding out the top five scoring runners were Joe Chapin ’16, 15th in 24:24.7 and Nat Adams ’17 , 18th in 24:27.1.

“After I finished, I turned around to see [Masterson] and

[Geithner] across the finish line, and then I went berserk when I saw [Chapin] and [Adams] finishing right behind us,” King said. “We’ve never packed up so well with this team in a major race.”

The women’s team also turned in a strong performance, although they came away from the meet desiring more.

Dana Giordano ’16 continued her strong cross country season as the team’s low stick, turning in a sixth-place finish in 17:10.9 over SEE CROSS COUNTRY PAGE 7