The Dartmouth 02/19/14

VOL. CLXXI NO. 32

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

College selects new campus planning VP

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OPINION

THE CROWNING OF KINGS PAGE 4

PURPOSEFUL PLEASURES PAGE 4

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Lisa Hogarty, a former vice president of campus services at Harvard University, will join the College next month as vice president for campus planning and facilities. At Dartmouth, Hogarty will oversee the College capital program, facilities planning, labor relations, operations and management of the Hanover Inn, according to a College press release.

Hogarty comes to Dartmouth from Bridgewater

Associates, an investment management company based in Westport, Conn. She said she is excited to take a comprehensive look at the College’s residential halls, outdoor spaces and buildings.

“I look forward to working with the team in campus planning and facilities to make sure we are providing outstanding service to students, faculty and the Hanover community generally,” she said.

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Students share experiences with sexual assault at annual event B y Victoria nelsen The Dartmouth Staff

Thirteen speakers shared stories of sexual and relationship violence to an audience of over 100 at Speak Out Tuesday night. Stories varied from assault that took place on campus and during childhood to aggressive break-ups and instances of stalking.

As part of V-February, a monthlong campaign that seeks

to show the power of individual voices and raise awareness about violence against women, Speak Out serves as a forum for personal stories. Students can send in submissions anonymously and have someone else read for them, though only one student chose to do so this year.

“I’m really tired of all this shit here at Dartmouth,” one speaker said. “I want someone to take a stand because I am exhausted.”

The speaker described a night during her freshman spring when a friend invited her to a fraternity’s tails event. After a couple of drinks, she went to a dance party at another fraternity with a group of friends, and a man there soon asked her if she wanted to go home with him. Without fully processing the question, she agreed. Once in the dorm room, she explicitly

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The Rockapellas performed at Speak Out last night.

Recruiting interview trips Northeast storms inhibit block students from class daily commutes to College

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In addition to juggling midterms, jobs and extracurricular activities, students participating in corporate recruiting are squeezing time out of their schedules to interview for internships, often bussing to Boston or New York.

This winter, 714 students participated in the Center for Professional Development’s corporate recruiting program, center direc-

tor Roger Woolsey said. Around 30 to 35 percent of these students will receive a second interview, 80 to 90 percent of which will be held off campus. Students who participate in corporate recruiting often miss class in order to travel to interviews.

Bianca Jackson ’15 said she has missed seven classes so far this term for interviews for a SEE RECRUITING PAGE 2

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On Feb. 14, 2007, Dartmouth’s most recent campus-wide snow day, a group of students living in East Wheelock took advantage of the break to enjoy a warm, hearty Lou’s breakfast and have “revelatory” discussions with philosophy professor Susan Brison and an artist-in-residence.

“A whole lot of learning, faculty-student interaction and community building took place at East Wheelock that day even

though classes were cancelled,” Brison said, calling it one of her most memorable experiences at the College.

As storms have slammed the Northeast without reprieve, hopeful students have called for college-wide snow days. An official snow day, commuting professors, faculty and staff say, would help those who need to brave icy road conditions.

Dartmouth Dining Services associate director Don Reed said that after such SEE SNOW PAGE 3

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DAily debriefing A new study found that including stock options in executive pay packages may not be as beneficial as firms had previously thought, the Washington Post reported. Tuck School of Business professor Katharina Lewellen contributed to the study, which may change how executive pay packages are organized. Stock options allow executives to buy company stock in the future at its previous price, so the executives only benefit if the price rises. This practice was intended to align executives’ incentives with those of shareholders. Because the options are worthless unless the price of the stock rises, however, managers work toward increasing the stock’s value in the short term at the expense of long-term investments. In the 2,000 companies surveyed over four years, the study found that research and development spending decreased by an average of $1 million in the year before the “vesting date,” when executives may buy stocks at the earlier price.

Two Dartmouth researchers warned of safety concerns associated with a pair of recently approved weight loss drugs in an article in JAMA Internal Medicine, the Boston Globe reported. The drugs, marketed as Belviq and Qysmia, are not sold in Europe due to uncommon side effects like depression and problems with memory, attention and language. Belviq has also been linked to heart disease and euphoria, while Oysmia has been linked to anxiety and insomnia. The Food and Drug Administration called for safety trials when it approved the drugs, but these are behind schedule.

The researchers — Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice — warn doctors and patients to approach the drugs cautiously.

A study by Dartmouth environmental studies professor Michael Cox has found that acequias — the name for both the traditional communities of farmers in the American southwest and the means through which they distribute water between themselves — are declining. As snowfall has decreased, irrigation has become more difficult and modernizing forces have pressured more traditional ways of life. Issues like private water rights and urban population growth have negatively impacted the communities Cox studied in northern New Mexico’s Taos Valley.

— COMPILED BY CHRIS LEECH

CORRECTIONS “Students back tougher policy” (Feb. 18, 2014): The initial version of this article mischaracterized outcomes of the current COS policy. Will Scheiman ‘14 said that under the current policy, some students found guilty of rape are not expelled. He did not say that most students found guilty of rape or sexual assault are not separated from the College. The article also neglected to mention that Scheiman was interviewed via email.

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Students balance recruiting, academics FROM RECRUITING PAGE 1

summer internship in investment banking. Last fall, Jackson said she decided to lighten her course load this term, comparing participating in corporate recruiting to taking a fourth class.

Dartmouth professors are largely aware of the demands of corporate recruiting, and many do not hold it against students if they miss class for an interview, Jackson said. They do expect students, however, to take the initiative to promptly complete missed class material.

Patrick Campbell ’15 is traveling to Boston today to interview for a summer consulting internship that he found through corporate recruiting.

Salman Rajput ’14 participated in corporate recruiting last fall and traveled to Boston to interview for a marketing internship, missing two classes on the day of the interview.

He said corporate recruiting was not a large time commitment for him because he was only interested in three potential jobs. Other students often apply to many more, which can quickly become exhausting, he said.

Students are expected to arrange their own interviews with prospective employers, the Center for Professional Development recruiting coordinator Fiona Cooke said.

The center requires participating employers to sign a policy stating that second round interviews will not conflict with midterms, reading period or finals, Cooke said.

Additionally, employers must notify a student at least three full business days in advance if an interview will be held off-site.

Professors interviewed said that students participating in corporate recruiting are generally able to maintain their academics.

Government professor Anne

“I don’t expect them to give up job opportunities just to be in class on a particular day, but I do expect them to make up that work somehow.”

- JASON SORENS, GOVERNMENT PROFESSOR Sa’adah said professors support students during the corporate recruiting process but stressed that students must realize that school is also a priority.

The short length of Dartmouth terms makes missing class for corporate recruiting especially problematic, Sa’adah said.

“We understand that seniors are in an awkward position, but so are we,” she said.

The number of absences caused by recruiting are generally noticeable, Sa’adah said, adding that

Dartmouth students are bright, disciplined and generally cope well with the added pressure. She questioned, however, if corporate recruiting affected either students’ class choices due to GPA concerns or seniors’ decisions to write honors theses.

Students who participate in corporate recruiting generally miss two or three classes per term, Government professor William Wohlforth said, which can be a problem if the class is a seminar that meets infrequently.

“However, this isn’t something I put on the students — they need to get a job,” said Wohlforth.

Government professor Jason Sorens said he takes a “non-paternalist” approach to students missing class for corporate recruiting and expects them to take initiative in maintaining their academic performance.

“Students know the course requirements and need to figure out how to arrange their schedules,” Sorens said. “I don’t expect them to give up job opportunities just to be in class on a particular day, but I do expect them to make up that work somehow.”

Many companies cover travel expenses, but the Center for Professional Development does not fund or organize travel to off-site interviews, Woolsey said.

The First-Year Student Enrichment Program can serve as a resource to students in need of emergency financial help, program director Jay Davis said.

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Another day of heavy snowfall hit Hanover on Tuesday, and forecasters anticipate evening snowfall again today.

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Decade of construction precedes Hogarty appointment FROM HOGARTY PAGE 1

Hog arty left Harvard for Bridgewater in mid-November, as the company was considering building new headquarters in Stamford, Conn. She began speaking with Richard Mills, the College’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, as Bridgewater’s plans slowed down, she said.

Hogarty worked with Mills when they were both employed at Harvard and collaborated with him on the maintenance of Harvard’s 200- to 300-year-old buildings and the creation of Harvard’s Global Support Services, which administers resources to Harvard students and faculty studying or traveling around the world, Hogarty said.

Mills was unavailable for com-

ment by press time.

After attending Colby-Sawyer College in New London and buying a house in North Sutton, Hogarty said she has wanted to return to the Upper Valley for some time.

“It just seemed like all the stars aligned,” Hogarty said.

Hogarty will replace interim vice president for campus planning and facilities Bill Anderson.

The College’s office of residential life will start three housing initiatives in the fall: a global village community, an arts and innovation community and a design-your-own community program.

These residential options will facilitate learning outside of the classroom among students with shared interests.

The initiative comes after a decade of campus construction

at the College. Fahey Hall and McLane Hall, which house over 200 students, opened in 2006, and two buildings in the McLaughlin residence hall were completed in 2006 as well. The Class of 1953 Commons, a renovation of Thayer Dining Hall, opened its doors in fall 2011, and renovations of the Collis Center for Student Involvement will be completed this year.

A three-stage renovation of the Hanover Inn saw the creation of the Minary Conference Center and the new restaurant Pine, finishing in 2013.

The College also expanded north and south — the Black Family Visual Arts Center and the Maffei Arts Plaza opened in 2012, and the Life Sciences Center opened in 2011.

The proposed North Campus Academic Center was slated for a

2015 completion date, but is currently under evaluation. Though the building was intended to house healthcare delivery projects like the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the Dartmouth Center for Health Care and Delivery Science, these have been moved to the planned Williamson Translational Research Building in Lebanon.

At Harvard, Hogarty’s responsibilities included managing the university’s real estate, dining services, facilities, transportation, global support services, environmental safety and sustainability.

Recently, Hogarty spearheaded the university’s Common Spaces initiative, which aims to create a more welcoming campus through the development of communal gathering areas. Projects in the initiative included introducing

lawn chairs to Harvard Yard in the fall and spring and setting aside a patio for pop-up performances.

Hogarty’s experience directing this program will aid her in her job at Dartmouth, particularly in the expansion of living-learning communities at the College.

Before Harvard, Hogarty served as chief operating office of the Columbia University Medical Center.

Nationwide, those who hold similar positions at colleges and universities guide strategic planning and design for their respective academic institutions.

Rob Lalanne, vice chancellor for real estate at the University of California at Berkeley, said that administrators in campus planning and facilities should focus on generating revenue and ensuring cost-saving efficiency.

Faculty report extended commutes, tough morning trips FROM SNOW PAGE 1

storms, he plans for an additional 30 to 45 minutes of travel time, even though he lives only 18 miles from campus.

Undergraduate housing director Rachael Class-Giguere said she also often budgets extra time into her commute, as she lives about 38 miles north of Hanover.

To avoid the hazardous drive to Hanover from Canaan, about 20 miles east of campus, biology professor Edward Berger bought a small condominium in town. He ultimately sold the condominium and bought a small winter home in Georgia, returning only in warmer weather.

If professors cannot make it to campus because of inclement weather, the weekly x-hour serves as a way to prevent classes from falling behind.

Yet even if the commute is safe, some faculty and staff face difficulty finding a caretaker for children on snow days.

“If my boys have a snow day I figure out childcare between myself, my husband, friends, family and my supervisor,” Class-Giguere said.

Russian professor Lynn Patyk said the incongruence between the snow cancellation policies of her children’s school district and of the College cause problems for her and her husband, history professor Stuart Finkel.

“I also mentioned to both my chair and my dean that the main negative factor impacting my work as a teacher and scholar at Dartmouth was snow days and other school closings that left me scrambling to find child care,” Patyk said in an email. “Dartmouth faculty are transplants without family in the area to cover them on work days when school is closed.”

Finkel was unable to comment, as

he was exhausted after trudging home in the snow, Patyk said.

Facilities, Operations and Management, responsible for plowing paths so that people can traverse campus, tries to “truck the snow” that encroaches on parking lots as soon as possible to clear spots for faculty, facilities and grounds services director Gary Hill said. From Nov. 1 through April 1, a ban on overnight parking of private vehicles allows snow plows to function.

“Parking is always a hassle, but a nightmare when they are plowing,” Berger said.

Because many Dartmouth students live on or near campus, a snowstorm does not generally affect their ability to travel safely to class, though students remain dependent on the College for other services.

“We are a residential campus and our priority is you, the students, who are here whether or not we have a

storm and there are services you need — food, for example — ­ regardless of the weather,” Class-Giguere said.

Schools further south have struggled to navigate the snowfall. Georgetown University has called at least two snow days since the semester began in early January, and Duke University had three snow days last week alone.

New Hampshire has received over 55 inches of snow this winter, according to New Hampshire Weather

Data. Several students observed that this winter seems to be the snowiest in recent memory.

Berger questioned what the requisite snowfall would be to suspend classes, and he said more snow days could hamper class progress or could possibly extend the term. Because the D-Plan condenses classes into nine- or 10-week terms, Dartmouth students and faculty do not have room to miss days, he said.

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Faculty often experience difficulty commuting to campus and finding parking in winter weather.

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Guest Columnist Sarah fernandez ’14

Contributing columnist Florence gonsalves ’15

The Crowning of Kings

Purposeful Pleasures

The Greek system creates a privileged class of students.

In 1971, Stanford University conducted its infamous prison experiment, wherein researchers arbitrarily chose 24 male undergraduates to each play the role of either prisoner or guard.

Stanford sought to discover how these students would cope with the superimposition of power or powerlessness. Six days later, the guards had so thoroughly internalized their superiority within the space of the mock-prison that they began inflicting psychological and physical torture upon the prisoners. The results were, in short, so heinous that the experiment was immediately discontinued.

Fast-forward 41 years. I was walking through a crowd in a fraternity basement when a girl stumbled into me. She was so drunk that she needed either food or medical care. I knew the brothers had ordered bread, so I dragged her to the basement stairs, but a white fraternity brother blocked my path. He informed me I could not take her upstairs because she was covered in paint. I told him she needed food. He refused.

I asked him to go get bread for her. He laughed and denied my requests once more. He refused my requests over and over again (though make no mistake, I eventually got up those stairs).

Why didn’t he let me pass? Was it really because of some fear that I would smudge a dollop of paint on his walls, or was it something more sinister? How were the subliminal dynamics of this situation impacted by us both being women and her being black? The inarguable truth is this: that young man believed he had the power to control my physical movements. In fact, according to all the accepted rules of frat conduct, he did. His house, his rules.

The deep-pocketed alumni, administration and a majority of the student body have participated in the crowning of kings on this campus, creating guards and prisoners. Brothers have the power to dominate normative social spaces, and the resulting atrocities — sexual assault, racist, sexist, classist, homophobic and transphobic acts — are largely defended as unfortunate byproducts of a Dartmouth system that values tradition over equity.

But the selection process for guards and pris-

oners at Dartmouth is anything but arbitrary.

The power to control dominant social space is perennially placed in the entitled hands of the white, the wealthy, the heterosexual and the sons of Dartmouth. And yet somehow we are surprised when mob mentality runs its course and outrageous hazing occurs or women are raped in droves. The results are in, people, and they have been since 1971.

To be clear, I am not inherently anti-Greek.

What I am against is the systematic coronation of a privileged class of students. The crowned masses, including myself, must acknowledge our complicity in this system that protects perpetrators.

This week, Sadia Hassan ’13 begged consciousness and outrage of every student at this institution. Yet her words were met by infuriated cries of “divisiveness” from countless anonymous users cloaked in nameless cowardice on The D’s comment board and Bored at Baker. Why? Because she did not adequately gloss over the unjust realities of our privilege. Because she admitted that we are not all equal here.

So, as a white-passing, heterosexual and affluent cis-woman, I assert with outrage and fervor: I may not be a king here, but I am pretty damn close. I may not rule this campus as I might were I male, but I am still granted more rights than many.

These privileges are not remotely diminished by the number of vigils I attend or the number of blogs I repost or even the number of articles I write. In forcing me to identify myself with the most privileged groups on this campus, Hassan was not promoting “divisiveness.” She just called a spade a spade.

I am not saying that I have all the answers, far from it, but I am telling you to remember Stanford, and what happens when power is systematically unequally distributed in favor of an elite group.

Consider what side of the prison bars you fall on.

Hassan asked, “Where is your outrage?” I ask, “Is it nestled underneath layers of contentedness with a system that is built for you, around you and to condone you? Do you block stairwells to prevent the ‘lesser masses’ from breaking the rules — to keep your prisoners in check?”

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Reserving time for mindful leisure activities will improve our lives.

“Do you really have time to do that?”

I hear this question often. The “that” refers to something I deem very useful that still will not improve my GPA, earn me any money or find itself on a resume.

The activity at hand is usually related to writing or reading: writing poems, reading the entire New Yorker when it arrives in my Hinman Box or catching up on blog posts from the bloggers I follow a bit too religiously. I like to do these things. Yes, they are enjoyable, but I do not think that makes them frivolous.

One friend told me she does not do things that lead to procrastination. But I do not think reading blogs is procrastinating. I actually see it as an art form. I learn something, I become inspired — and if not, I stop reading. I am fascinated by how personal the bloggers are, and they encourage me to be more vulnerable and honest. Though some material is fluffy, on the whole I do not equate reading blogs with trolling Facebook for a few hours.

Unsurprisingly, many Dartmouth students love reading, yet many say they do not have the time to sit down and read for pleasure. I find this incredibly saddening.

I love to read, and I make it a goal to find time to do so. Granted, I do not read full novels every night, but I try to read something completely extracurricular every day.

Sometimes I really have no time, but I find it hard to believe that in the course of a week, most students do not have even an hour to spare. And I believe that reading something truly stimulating is worth it.

We all lead incredibly busy academic lives, on top of sports and clubs and socializing and occasionally sleeping. Grades are important (or so I’m told), as are finding a career and being successful. I worry, though, that we are not making enough time for the small, simple activities that bring us pure pleasure. I do not mean the mind-numbing activities, like watching Netflix, done after a long week of mid-

terms when we are too burnt out to do anything else. I mean something pleasing and engaging: a hobby, a form of creative expression, anything that takes the mind to a different place than the rest of our Dartmouth obligations do.

Broadly, this activity could be called “play,” which seems childish. However, there is a lot of research about how play is necessary for adults, too. Playing is how we experience pleasure and novelties, which are not just important in elementary school.

There seems to be this “guilty-pleasure” mindset around play, but it is not a shameful thing to want more of in life.

If we make time for things that are stimulating and pleasurable, we will perform better in class, have a healthier mindset and be less stressed. Hobbies are great releases. There are no deadlines, no assignments. However, for this very reason, we often sacrifice play first. We are too tired or too busy to excuse ourselves for mindlessly scrolling through BuzzFeed instead of exerting the extra energy to go to, say, Tip Top Pottery. But if we can schedule those extra activities into our lives even once a week, I trust we will be happier.

I know that during weeks that are particularly crazy, I find it hard to justify making time for something that seems as dumb as sketching when there is so much studying to do. But I also know that when I do not make time to do so I am much more anxious and lose focus, resorting to Facebook and BuzzFeed. I could easily combine my time spent on social media to take a 15-minute drawing break, which would be more fulfilling than looking at random photos of people I hardly know.

As a whole, we aspire to be high-achieving individuals but fail to prioritize our health or happiness. It may seem counterintuitive to further divide our precious time, but carving out a portion of our week for things we are passionate about will make us more productive, relaxed and positive.

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Speak Out participants share experiences with assault, violence on her wrists and legs.

Following the assault, the speaker asked if he was going to ask her for experienced depression, anxiety consent. He said no, firmly. and flashbacks.

The speaker said she did not go “When you have your memory through the Committee on Stan- stripped, it’s hard for you to have dards process for reporting sexual confidence in what happened or assault because she did not want to what your story was,” she said. relive the night. She thought oth- “That’s not all that I’m worth, and ers would judge and question her. I’m finally able to move past that.”

When she talked to older women Director of health promotion on campus, they told her that the and student wellness Aurora Matzman who had assaulted her was “a kin was the closing speaker, and she nice guy” and that she should be encouraged each audience member happy she “hooked up” with him. to be a proactive bystander.

“It has impacted my ability Matzkin discussed an event to trust and be vulnerable,” the that occurred on a trip she took speaker said. “It’s really important to Mexico when she was 17. She to discuss these experiences with was able to avoid a near-rape other people who may be in similar when a policeman stopped the situations who maybe feel as though act on a closed beach, believing they cannot address them yet in that Matzkin and the person she their lives. A lot of people can find was with were trespassing. He connections or empathy in what then allowed her to go free in people have gone through, and it exchange for the gold necklace brings people together in a better she was wearing. way.”

Three men were T h e “It’s really important among the speakers speaker said last night. she chose to to discuss these Attendees said s p e a k n o t experiences with other this year’s event for answers new lessons people who may be in offered but for unand perspectives. derstanding. similar situations who “I think the stoShe said that maybe feel as though ries of the guys her experiwere really incredence on stage they cannot address ible because those was surreal, them yet in their lives.” were perspectives but that she that I had never felt supportheard specifically e d by t h e - A SpeakeR and that was very community. interesting,” Cedar Another Farwell ’17, who speaker disagreed. attended the event, said.

“I don’t think this campus is a safe Farwell said that he found the space,” she said. “I don’t think this lesson that survivors of sexual asroom is a safe space. Dartmouth, I sault try to get back on their feet see you, and I don’t trust you. Not and not let it define them or their one bit.” lives to be particularly powerful.

This speaker detailed an emo- “I think it’s really important to tionally abusive relationship, in hear what sexual assault is like for which her partner lied to her and the victims,” sexual assault peer cheated on her. Though they never advisor Maya Johnson ’14 said. slept together without consent, she “You normally just are hearing said she would not have consented statistics, but you don’t know what had she known that he was cheat- it’s actually like, you don’t know ing or lying during their six-year how emotional and how hard it is. on-and-off relationship.

I know that this is always a very “As far as I’m concerned, those powerful event for people. It gives lies are roofies,” the speaker said. them a new perspective.”

“If you tell a lie to get someone in Sexual Abuse Awareness Probed, you’re guilty.” gram coordinator Rebekah Carrow Two other speakers discussed said that students responded for rechildhood sexual violence. One was quests to speak from a campus-wide a victim of her older cousin and the email, as well as communications other of her stepfather. Both said from individual SAPAs. they have experienced memory loss She said that each speaker comes surrounding the episodes. into the event with different goals, Another speaker told a story of like spreading awareness, healing or a sexual assault that she cannot making a private experience more remember despite consuming only public. two or three drinks. She said she “I’ve made it clear to all the believes her formal date drugged participants that their story is her drinks, adding that she was their own and they can choose to unsuspicious at the time because he share it or not,” Carrow said. “The was someone she knew. She woke overarching theme is owning their up the next morning with bruises experiences.”

FROM SPEAK OUT PAGE 1

The event follows recent campus controversy surrounding a Jan. 10 Bored at Baker post that targeted a female member of the Class of 2017, giving explicit directions for how to sexually assault her.

Carrow said this year’s Speak

Out received more submissions than in past years, noting that the post may have created an environment in which people perceive a more urgent need to take action.

She said she hopes the event broadens perspectives of sexual assault.

“Hopefully this event will help deepen our understanding as a community of what the individual’s experience is,” Carrow said.

The speakers in this story were not identified due to the sensitive nature of their stories.

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Another round of snow blanketed campus on Tuesday afternoon, adding to the already large snowbanks.

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DARTMOUTH EVENTS

THE DARTMOUTH COMICS

What We’re All Thinking

MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014

Sonia Robiner ’16

TODAY 3:15 p.m.

Music department colloquium with Dr. Ashley Fure of Harvard University, Faulkner Recital Hall

4:00 p.m.

Physiology and neurobiology seminar with Dr. Giovanni Bosco of Geisel School of Medicine, DHMC, Auditorium E

4:15 p.m.

Computer science colloquium, with Martha White of the University of Alberta, Steele 006

TOMORROW 4:00 p.m.

Afternoon tea with WISE, The Center for Gender and Student Engagement, 6 Choate Road

4:00 p.m.

Reading with English professor Thomas O’Malley, Sanborn Library

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Computer science colloquium, “Mastering the Interaction of Light and Matter,” with Dr. Wojciech Jarosz, Steele 006

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Cuban-inspired concert Musical to explore sexual ‘Awakening’ to focus on rhythm, flow

B y Caela Murphy The Dartmouth Staff

Moises Silva ’16, a drummer in the World Music Percussion Ensemble, is used to seeing empty seats at the group’s termly performances. They seldom stay filled because audience members can’t help but stand and move to the energetic rhythms from across the globe. Silva hopes for a similar reaction at Friday’s Cuban-inspired concert, “Ritmos Suaves: Smooth Rhythm.”

“As a performer, you like to see the reaction from the crowd,” Silva said. “When you see somebody moving to what you’re playing it brings you joy, and it adds another layer to just playing music.”

The concert will offer a new perspective on Cuban music, director Hafiz Shabazz said. The program will demonstrate that Cuban music features a melodic component, amounting to more than loud, pounding rhythms.

“The rhythm is very strong, but it is not overpowering,” Shabazz said.

The program, he said, contains a tune for every mood, from sensuous love songs to spirited rhythmic pieces to thought-provoking “conscious-raising” melodies for the “body, mind and heart.” The concert will begin with some of these stimulating compositions, allowing audience members to hear for themselves how the rhythms and melodies interweave, Shabazz said.

As the concert continues, the music will progressively become more complex and fast-paced, Silva said.

One of the more energetic pieces, Cal Tjader’s “Cubano Chant,” is a dance-oriented piece that he said will “definitely get the crowd going.”

During the first half of the term, the percussionists practiced unaccompanied by other instruments to master the rhythms and learn the tones, ensemble member Doris Pu ’14 said. With the performance fast

approaching, the group has incorporated brass, woodwind and string instruments into their rehearsals, acclimating to the blend of sounds that the concert will feature.

Silva, who inde pendently learned percussion without formal training, said that when he arrived on campus, he was nervous that he wouldn’t have the skills necessary to play at Dartmouth. However, Silva said Shabazz’s directing style made his transition smooth.

“It’s very educational,” Silva said. “Most of the time instead of being practice it’s more of a learning environment.”

The World Music Percussion Ensemble aims to entertain and educate, Silva said. Pu, who has played music from Latin America, South America, Africa and Asia with the ensemble, said that the group wants to expose its performers and audience members to different types of music.

“We’re the only group on campus that is devoted to non-Western music, so we’re interested in making it more accessible to people and spreading world music to people who might otherwise not hear it,” Pu said.

The 11 student performers will be accompanied by professional saxophonists, pianists and percussionists.

One of the performers is Cuban bandleader William Armando Rodriguez, the evening’s featured percussionist. “[Rodriguez is] also a really good teacher,” Pu said. “He can work with students one on one to really help them hone in on a rhythm or just feel the music in a different way.”

Shabazz said that the time spent with guest percussionists serves as a rehearsal and a teaching experience.

The ensemble will also be accompanied by singers from the Handel Society during the concert, which will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday in Spaulding Auditorium.

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Daniel Calano ’15 and Kira Mikes ’16 prepare for their roles during dress rehearsal.

B y Aimee sung When “Spring Awakening” was first written in 1891 by Frank Wedekind, the play was banned throughout Germany for its explicit content.

After seeing the musical version that landed on Broadway over a century later, theater professor Jamie Horton was so impressed by its bold story that he pledged to eventually direct the show. His wish became a reality this year, as Horton and his student cast prepare to perform the musical this Friday.

The biggest challenge facing the cast and crew ahead of the show’s Feb. 21 premiere, Horton said, has been addressing the sensitive topics that the musical explores, like adolescence, sexuality and teenage rebellion.

“Spring Awakening” tells the story of a group of teenagers growing up and opening their eyes to the adult world, but the show is more complex than a classic coming-of-age story.

“The awakening of spring means the awakening of [the characters’] knowledge,” Horton said. “They are awakening physically to their own sexuality.”

Without parental resources or proper education, the characters are left to their own devices during their awakenings. The situation leads the teenagers to confront issues ranging from sexual abuse to teenage suicide.

To portray these issues honestly and respectfully, Horton has led the cast in several group discussions.

“We spoke about it frankly as a cast,” he said. “It was crucial to me that it was discussed out in the open and to be clear about the story that we are telling.”

One particular scene involving the first sexual encounter between two teenagers, Melchior and Wendla, has proven to be logistically and emotion-

ally difficult for the cast and crew.

“From a technical standpoint, that’s a tricky scene to rehearse, but the entire cast has been very supportive,” said Max Gottschall ’15, who plays Melchior.

Haley Reicher ’17, who plays Wendla, said that she appreciates how Horton brought “beauty and tenderness” to the scene, which was initially rehearsed in a closed setting with just the director and two actors present.

Gottschall said that the scene raises “palpable emotions” from the audience.

“This is absolutely an act of love, but it doesn’t necessarily adhere to 21st century terms and definitions,” he said.

Horton said that the musical should be viewed through the lens of 19th century German society and not judged according to contemporary standards. In particular, he said that the scene could be interpreted as sexual assault when judged by contemporary standards, but Wedekind did not intend it to be that way when first written.

Yet some of the issues raised in “Spring Awakening” remain relevant today, Reicher said.

“I think that the ambiguity of the sex scene is related to some cultural issues on this campus, and I can’t wait to see how the community will react to this play,” Reicher said.

Reicher said that the scene could provoke a response from Dartmouth’s audience.

Throughout the musical, the characters resist the conservative society they belong to, forcing the cast to question characters’ motivations and actions, she said. Although Reicher originally thought that Wendla was naive, she has realized that the repressive society has made Wendla who she is, not naivety.

Emma Orme ’15, who plays Wendla’s friend Anna, said that the cast is trying to create a separate world within the show. The production utilizes characters in the background to animate the environment when they are not part of a scene’s plot.

“One personal challenge has been to figure out why I am in certain scenes and certain songs,” Orme said. “[I’m] making sure to develop honest relationship with certain moments of the show so that it makes sense for my character to be there the whole time.”

On the other hand, the characters’ rebellious behavior has provided actors with an emotional outlet.

“Melchior is really fun to play because he doesn’t take any crap,” Gottschall said. “He’s a questioner.

He doesn’t take what the society is feeding him at face value, and he has to find out for himself. One person is not enough to change how the society educates the children, but he tries.

He is the revolutionary.”

“Spring Awakening” engages the audience with folk-infused alternative rock music, which is juxtaposed with 19th century language, Horton said.

While most musicals use songs to substitute spoken lines, the songs in “Spring Awakening” also serve as outbursts against an oppressive society, Gottschall said.

“A general form for musical is ‘Boy meets girl, boy can’t have girl, boy gets girl back, and we all dance and sing about it,’” he said. “This one’s a lot different. That’s been challenging to get at. But it’s been very rewarding, and we’re all putting together a very powerful piece of musical.”

“Spring Awakening” premieres on Friday at 8 p.m. in Moore Theater.

After the production, the director and cast will host an informal discussion.

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Men’s tennis takes third in ECAC Indoor Championship B y hayden aldredge The Dartmouth Staff

After a long weekend of passionate competition at the Boss Tennis Center, the men’s tennis team came in third in the annual ECAC Indoor Championship. The four-day stretch of matches ended successfully for the No. 3 seeded Dartmouth (9-2) which improved on its 8th place finish from last year.

The Big Green won two out of its three matches this weekend. On Friday, Dartmouth picked up an easy 4-0 victory over George Washington University in the opening round of the eight-team tournament. Sunday saw the Big Green suffer a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to Columbia University. The team bounced back the next day to secure a 4-1 victory over Cornell University in the third-place match.

The tournament also served as the Big Green’s first major measurement against League competition.

Sam Todd ’15 said he was encouraged by the team’s third-place finish.

“It shows that we are right up there amongst the best Ivy League teams,” he said.

The quarterfinal match between Dartmouth and the sixth-seeded George Washington (1-4) on Friday

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The Big Green improved its record to 8-1 at home on the season.

ended in a convincing victory for Dartmouth. The team took the doubles point to open the match, continuing the team’s seven-match streak at home this season.

In singles action, Diego Pedraza ’17 earned the Big Green’s first point, winning his match 6-1, 6-1. Dovydas Sakinis ’16 played well in the No. 1 position for Dartmouth with a straight set victory against his George Washington counterpart. George Wall ’17 brought home the win, starting a strong

weekend by dropping just three games in the match for a 6-0, 6-3 victory.

After a day off on Saturday spent scouting the opposition at the Boss Center, the Big Green returned to the court on Sunday against the second-seeded Columbia Lions (8-1).

After a long afternoon of hard-fought matches, including three that went to the third set, the Big Green lost its first home match of the season.

Once again the doubles teams started strong for the Big Green, who

picked up the match’s first point winning two of the three matches. In the No. 1 spot, Cameron Ghorbani ’14 and Brendan Tannenbaum ’16 beat the tenth-ranked duo of Ashok Narayana and Max Schnur, 6-3. Brandon DeBot ’14 and Sakinis won 6-3 in the No. 2 doubles spot.

The two victories for Dartmouth came from Ghorbani and Chris Kipouras ’15. Ghorbani won his match in straight sets at No. 4, while Kipouras battled back after dropping the first set 1-6 to take the victory in three sets.

The junior fed off the energy of the crowd, along with his own passionate emotion, routinely yelling up to the crowd and pumping his fist.

The fans encouraged and embraced his emotional display and the Boss Tennis Center was as loud as it would be all weekend. Kipouras ended up winning the second set 6-5 and took the third set 6-4. He won the match on his serve, and after showing restraint through the last set, let out a strong scream on the last point.

Despite the exciting match, the team’s overall loss to the Lions came as a disappointment.

“It was a heartbreaking loss,” Pedraza said. “But it was the kind of experience we needed to ensure we

keep improving.”

Dartmouth looked to rebound in the third place match on Monday against Cornell (5-4), which was seeded fourth in the tournament. The Big Green took down the visitors 4-1.

DeBot and Sakinas continued their domination at the number two doubles spot, winning all three of their matches in the tournament.

In singles, Sakinis, DeBot and Wall picked up straight set victories. Wall, who battled flu-like symptoms all weekend, picked up his second victory on the weekend with a 6-5, 6-4 win in the No. 5 slot.

“It was an awesome experience,” he said. “Not being able to keep anything down after both matches was pretty tough, but those are the sacrifices you have to make during competitions like this.”

Head coach Chris Drake said he was pleased with the team’s effort and overall performance over the weekend.

“I am very proud of the team for fighting through injuries and sickness to come away with really positive results,” he said.

The Big Green returns to the courts on Feb. 21, when it will host a non-conference match against the University of Memphis.

Squash finishes third in Hoehn Cup; 11th in national team champs

B y jake bayer

The Dartmouth Staff

Entering the weekend ranked No. 12 in the U.S., the men’s squash team competed in its final team tournament of the year, the Men’s College Squash Association National Team Championship. The 60 teams participating were divided into eight brackets of eight teams.

In the second bracket, playing for the Hoehn Cup, Dartmouth came in third place, putting the team at 11th overall.

The Big Green (6-10, 1-6 Ivy) defeated the U.S. Naval Academy 6-3 in its opening match, fell to topseeded No. 9 Princeton University 3-6 and defeated the University of Western Ontario 5-4 to claim third place in the Hoehn Cup and 11th overall.

“Throughout the season it was tough because we lost our number one and two guys who were seniors last year and we lost to teams we don’t traditionally lose to,” Michael

Mistras ’15 said. “We had a lot of confidence going in.”

Injuries, including an ankle injury to top player Xander Greer ’16, hurt the Big Green all season.

The team, however, has improved each week as players jumped in to fill new roles. Just like the December 5-4 victory against Navy, co-captain Fletcher Pease ’14 closed out the Midshipmen with a decisive win in a 3-1 match. Kyle Martino ’16 and George Henderson ’17 also contributed to the team’s 6-3 win by taking close 3-2 matches.

On Saturday morning, the Big Green nearly pulled off the upset to beat the Tigers (8-7, 3-4 Ivy) and move on to the championship game. Both Mistras and James Fisch ’16 fell in the decisive fifth game in matches that could have swung in Dartmouth’s favor. Fisch won his first game, then dropped two in a row before rallying to even the matchup at 2-2 with a dominant 11-2 fourth game. Yet he couldn’t hold on, losing a heartbreaking fifth game 9-11.

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The men’s squash team went 2-1 at the tournament in the B division.

“Princeton had beaten us easily before, but I think we played our best match,” Mistras said, “We really thought we had a chance.”

Head coach Hansi Wiens agreed, saying that the team’s performance

was the best he had seen all season.

In the third-place match, the Big Green faced No. 10 Western Ontario (14-7). Dartmouth lost to the Mustangs 3-6 in January on a neutral court. Yet the 5-4 victory

this weekend brought the Big Green revenge. Henderson extended his undefeated streak to six with a 3-2 win after falling behind by two games in the eighth spot.

Fisch reprised his earlier win, playing a four-set thriller where each game was decided by no more than four points.

Pease emerged victorious in a back-and-forth five-game match, his final for the Big Green. In the rubber match that would decide the contest between the two squads, Pease dropped the first game quietly, 4-11, then worked with Wiens to change his strategy, winning two games 11-8. In the fourth match, Pease’s opponent evened the score with another 11-8 game. Pease closed the match with an 11-7 game to clinch third place for the team.

“It was an incredible feeling,” Pease said. “You can’t ask for a better way to go out to win a close on 3-2.

My teammates mobbed me after I won. I didn’t even know it decided the match.”