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UGA rounds will not begin until fall AAU survey to
assess campus climate By REBECCA ASOULIN The Dartmouth Staff
seeking comment. Associate director of residential education Jeff DeWitt also did not respond to requests seeking comment. In addition, several community directors — who preside over dorm clusters — either did not respond to requests for comment or declined to comment. The looming implementation of weekly rounds on Wednesdays through Saturdays is a component of College President Phil Han-
Provost Carolyn Dever invited students to participate in the College’s first-ever sexual assault climate survey today, which will be accessible to all undergraduate and graduate students until April 23. The Association of American Universities organized the survey and distributed it to 28 college campuses with a total of 900,000 students for this spring. Title IX coordinator Heather Lindkvist said that the survey provides students with an opportunity to share their perspectives on and experiences with sexual assault, sexual misconduct, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking on campus. Lindkvist said that the survey would give the College an idea of the prevalence rate of sexual assault on campus. Currently, she said, the College only has a sense of incident rates from reported or disclosed incidents. She noted that the data from the survey would help the College assess their current resources and sexual assault policy and will be helpful for the development of the four-year education and prevention plan proposed in the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan. Associate provost for institutional research Alicia Betsinger, who serves as the university coordinator for the survey, wrote in an email that it may prove challenging to gather representative data from across campus, but that she hopes students will understand the importance of the survey. Betsinger said that Westat, the statistical services firm that helped develop the survey, is offering students incentives for
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More than 50 undergraduate advisors signed a petition in March protesting the increase in UGAs’ rounds duties.
B y PARKER RICHARDS The Dartmouth Staff
Weekly dormitory walkthroughs by undergraduate advisors on “likely drinking nights” will not be fully implemented until this fall. The announcement, which follows a petition signed by more than 50 UGAs at the end of winter term, was made in the UGAs’ termly meeting on Sunday afternoon to the surprise of attendees, several UGAs confirmed.
College spokesperson Diana Lawrence confirmed the delay in the implementation of rounds in an email to The Dartmouth and wrote that a pilot program will be introduced during the summer while the full program will launch in the fall of 2015. The College will work with UGAs this term to flesh out a “rounds structure,” Lawrence wrote in the email. Director of residential education and senior assistant dean of residential life Mike Wooten did not respond to numerous requests
Scot Bemis to take over as HR chief B y HANNAH CHUNG The Dartmouth Staff
Scot Bemis, the former vice president for human resources at Brandeis University and former employee of the U.S. military, was named the chief human resources officer for the College last month, replacing interim vice president of human resources Lynn Baker. In his new role,
which he will begin on April 27, Bemis will oversee various aspects of human resources management including payroll, recruitment, training and termination and will report directly to executive vice president and chief financial officer Richard Mills. Bemis wrote in an email that he hopes to continue SEE HR PAGE 3
Tuck team co-hosts event in Cairo B y EMILIA BALDWIN The Dartmouth Staff
This March, a Tuck School of Business team traveled to Cairo to co-host a summit titled “Learning by Doing: The Power of Experiential Learning in Management Education” at the American University in Cairo. The AUC School of Business and the Global Business School Network co-hosted the event alongside the team from Tuck. The Global Busi-
ness School Network is a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., that dedicates itself to business education in the developing world, according to chief operating officer Page Buchanan. Buchanan said that the organization periodically holds summits, most often in countries with developing economies. These summits expose educators to various teaching techniques, which the organization hopes will be
implemented and ultimately contribute to long-term economic growth, she said. Buchanan said that this summit marks the first event held by GBSN in Egypt and the first GBSN summit on experiential learning. “It was really exciting to do the summit on this topic, since we think student projects and experiential learning are a very important piece of business education,” BuSEE CAIRO PAGE 3
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DAily debriefing Brown University: Brown’s Engaged Scholars program, which aims to combine academics with community engagement, is undergoing plans for expansion starting in fall 2015, according to The Brown Daily Herald. This year will see the addition of five more concentrations — including business, entrepreneurship and organizations and contemplative studies — as well as a new assistant director to run the program In the future, staff working on development of the program hope to further bridge the gap between what students learn in the classroom to real world experience through requirements, such as 250 hours on a community involvement project. Columbia University: As of Tuesday morning, hearings regarding whether Columbia graduate students can unionize began, the Columbia Spectator reported. Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers Local 2110 is pushing for the right to unionize, one that graduate students at private universities have not had since 2004. Lawyers for the union and the university presented opening statements at a National Labor Relations Board hearing, which will continue calling witnesses today. Cornell University: A viral video that rapidly spread through the campus last week has sparked strong reactions from students and faculty. In the video, an interview pretending to be a Moroccan student facing racial discrimination talks to assistant dean of students for student activities Joseph Scaffido, using a hidden camera and microphone. The interviewer asked Scaffido whether it would be possible to bring a freedom fighter to campus, which Scaffido compared to “bringing in a coach to do a training on a sports team,” according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Cornell President David Skorton responded that terrorist groups such as ISIS or Hamas would never be allowed on campus, and called the idea “ludicrous and absolutely offensive.” Harvard University: Harvard claims its sexual assault statistics have been misrepresented in the documentary “The Hunting Ground” (2015), which scrutinizes how sexual assault is handled on college campuses. The film focuses on Harvard as it examines the experiences of sexual assault victims and their views regarding what they believe to be an insufficient response from administrators. Harvard faculty members, however, see inconsistencies in the statistics of the film, which they believe misconstrue sexual assault on the campus, The Harvard Crimson reported. Princeton University: This year, Princeton’s annual Lawnparties event will feature a performance by Grammy-nominated rapper Big Sean, along with opening acts by hip-hop singer Luke Christopher and pop singer Alus, the Daily Princetonian reported. The rapper released his newest album, “Dark Sky Paradise” (2015), in February. Big Sean was selected because of the campus demand for high quality, famous performers, according to Ella Cheng ’16, president of Undergraduate Student Government. University of Pennsylvania: Beginning in fall of this year, Penn will have a new program focused on sexual and relationship violence prevention. Penn Anti-Violence Educators will be comprised of five to 10 students who will undergo training to run workshops on bystander intervention, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. The workshops will discuss intervention strategies as well as how to respond and steps to take if a friend says they have been sexually assaulted. Yale University: Student activists across Yale’s campus came together last week to discuss different issues affecting the university in Unite Yale: Rally for Student Power. The primary goal of the protest was to advocate for improved cultural centers, accessibility of mental health services and fossil fuel divestment, which the University decided against, the Yale Daily News reported. Those in attendance aimed to form a collaboration in which students could make progress together and resolve some of the campus-wide issues. —COMPILED BY Irene Cofie
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UGAs express concern over changes FROM UGA PAGE 1
lon’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative announced in late January. “We thought we were going to have to do rounds until Sunday,” Tori Nevel ’16, a UGA on a freshman floor, said. UGAs were surprised by the announcement, Feyaad Allie ’16, who is a UGA, said. This announcement follows criticism from more than 50 UGAs who, at the end of winter term, signed a petition voicing their concerns over the new walkthrough policy. Concerns enumerated in the document included the potential for the policy to change the role of a UGA from that of a community builder to a disciplinary authority, the lack of adjusted compensation despite an increase in workload and a potential “erosion” of the sense of community on floors. The lack of any announced adjustment in salary was a major factor in many of the students’ objections, UGA Brian Li ’17, said. Wooten could not tell UGAs at the meeting if increased compensation would be offered in exchange for the expected increased time commitment or workload, Li said. “I think when we signed our contracts and agreed to become UGAs, we did not agree to do rounds every
single weekend,” he said. “We knew that the expectation was to do rounds only during the big weekends.” Colby College has a hard alcohol ban and a similar rounds policy for its community advisors, who are equivalent to UGAs. Cathy Zhao, a junior at Colby and former community advisor, said that Colby is in the process of removing or modifying the system so that emergency medical technicians, rather than community advisors, are responsible for patrolling dorms. Zhao said that the rounds system at Colby “creates a hostile environment” between community advisors and residents and prevents community advisors from adequately addressing the needs of their residents. In the petition, UGAs also objected to the rounds policy due to its potential to substantively alter the role of UGAs in their residents’ lives. Nevel said that giving UGAs a “more policing role” does not, in her opinion, align with the goal of building community. “I think residents will be less likely to go to their UGAs when something is happening or when someone’s in trouble, and I think there will be more secrecy on the floor, and less openness, which is not something that I’m happy about,” Nevel said.
Ariel Klein ’17, a UGA, said that she originally applied for the position because of its potential to help foster community and to form close relationships with her residents. Several UGAs speculated that the College may have difficulty convincing students to apply for the position with the new policy in place. Klein said that students might be hesitant to apply if the UGA position did not retain its potential for aiding in community building. “I still think that people will want to become UGAs, but definitely a lot less people than before,” Li said. Klein added that UGAs have been informed via email that applications for positions in living-learning communities have been substantially lagging, although she did not know if this lack of applicants is representative of a deficit in the larger applicant pool. Allie and Klein said that they would have applied to become UGAs even if the rounds system were already in place, but Klein said that the decision would have been more difficult. “I am predicting that numbers of applications might be a bit lower this year because students don’t see how they can fit into the new role for UGAs, and the position isn’t appealing to current UGAs the same way it was last year,” Nevel said.
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Bemis’ background includes military and HR experience FROM HR PAGE 1
to attract a competent and diverse pool of candidates to the College as well as maximize the efficiency and accessibility of the human resources department’s services. He also stressed the importance of communication when assessing how the human resources office can better support the community. He wrote that he looks forward to arriving on campus and listening to community members’ feedback. Baker said that the College’s human resources department is excited to have a distinguished candidate who has experience in higher education for the permanent position. She added that current human resources staff members are looking forward to having a director with his experience. Mills said that Bemis’ experience at Brandeis demonstrates his understanding of the function of human resources management in higher-education institutions, which Mills said he believes differs from that of other types of organizations. “[Human resources] has historically been viewed as a transactional-processing function — hiring people, firing people,” he said. “In higher-education institutions, it is a service function, but it
is a hugely important strategic function around managing human capital that is almost the entirety of what makes us be what we are.” Prior to working for Brandeis, Bemis held three different senior human resources positions with the U.S. military, including National Guard human resource operations director in Washington D.C., director of the Leadership Center in Tikrit, Iraq and senior director of human resources in Baghdad, Iraq. Bemis wrote that his prior experience provided him with a heightened sense of “cultural awareness,” increased his “appreciation for diversity and inclusion” and allowed him to better understand the path to success in higher education. Mills said that though a military background may appear non-traditional for the position, Bemis’ experience at the U.S. military indicates that he is capable of working with a wide array of people. Mills added that he, along with College President Phil Hanlon and Provost Carolyn Dever, is committed to further diversifying the Dartmouth community, adding that he believes Bemis is qualified to achieve such a goal. “[There is] a lot of opportunity and a lot of work to be done — but that’s
the topic that Scot and I spent a lot of time talking about,” he said. In addition to acting as the vice president for human resources at Brandeis, Bemis served as the University’s Title IX coordinator. Bemis declined to comment on the College’s ongoing Title IX investigation, writing that it was “premature” to do so. In 2012, during Bemis’ tenure as the vice president for human resources, the editorial board of The Justice, Brandeis’ independent student newspaper, criticized the human resources department for hiring a journalism professor with a criminal record for drunk driving who was subsequently terminated for another drunk driving incident. Bemis wrote that his department followed the policies in place at the time when hiring this faculty member and that the hiring process for adjunct professors was reviewed in response to the incident. He declined to comment further. In response to this criticism, Mills noted that the College’s human resources department has a limited role in the hiring of academic faculty, though he noted that there is an opportunity for collaboration between the academic departments and the human resources department.
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Scot Bemis comes from Brandeis University and will begin work on April 27.
“I think human resources can have a strategic partnership with the academic side — those are the sort of places where we can make a lot of improvement,” he said. Brandeis executive administrator to the vice president of human resources Giovanna Abeiga, who worked under Bemis, said that he was an encouraging and pleasant presence at the office.
“He of course has high expectations, he expects that everyone would work with high standards,” she said. “He was an amazing mentor to many of his directors and even to the staff who did not directly report to him.” Bemis is filling the vacancy left by former vice president of human resources Myron McCoo, who left the college in November 2013.
Tuck summit in Egypt teaches experiential learning techniques FROM CAIRO PAGE 1
chanan said. She said that GBSN was very excited to work with Tuck on the summit, as well as with other participating business schools. “Tuck obviously has a really developed program, especially in terms of experiential learning, so it was awesome to work with them,” she said. She noted that she thought the summit was a success as they had full attendance in the program. Business administration professor at Tuck and one of the event’s organizers Steven Kahl said that this summit is in the spirit of both the College and Tuck’s dedication to new classroom methods as outlined in the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan. He noted that the aim of the summit was to introduce new experiential teaching techniques into the traditional classroom setting. Kahl also noted that the event’s participants were diverse, including students and members and practitioners of the European advisory board, a Tuck program comprised of alumni living in Europe and focused on recruiting European students and improving career opportunities in Europe. He also noted that the summit’s
location in Egypt brought Tuck’s work to an international level. Tuck associate director of development and major giving and director of corporate relations Shafika Khayatt said that she felt the international aspect of the summit was important. She noted that par-
ticipants represented 11 countries including the United States as well as countries from the Middle East, Europe and Africa. She said that the summit focused on how educators currently work in the classroom and how to add an experiential level of learning in
order to best prepare students for the workforce. Khayatt said that all summits of this type further Dartmouth’s commitment to global education by creating new relationships with various companies and schools. For example, she noted that Tuck met
with a business incubator that had more than 100 entrepreneurs. Tuck director of on-site global consulting and experiential and global learning collaborate Kerry Laufer led the organizing team, Khayatt said. Laufer was not available to comment due to travel.
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Not What I Signed Up For
Administrators’ apparent proclivity for excessive punishment is troubling. Spring term usually means an end to the chilly temperatures — but this year it also appears to signal a chilling of relations between administrators and students. With the rollout of some of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan’s less popular policies, it appears administrators face a choice: work with students to effect cultural change or force this change through top-down policy adjustments and scare tactics. We all know that change must come, and many — myself included — believe that College President Phil Hanlon’s vision has potential. In order to be effective, however, this change must come through cooperation rather than administrative edicts. Administrators certainly seem tempted to send a clear message to students through disciplinary action. I have heard, for example, chatter of the potential derecognition of a certain fraternity for an incident which — though a juvenile and harmful incident that has no place on this campus — does not definitively amount to hazing. Though I am not arguing in defense of institutionalized branding in any way, labeling it hazing and floating the possibility of such strong disciplinary action strikes me as more of a witch hunt than a legitimate and necessary action taken to protect and serve the student body — which should be the ultimate goal of any administrative policy or sanction. Perhaps a clearer, if less controversial, example of this disciplinarian attitude has yet to happen — to my knowledge, at least — but cannot be far off. According to the judicial affairs office’s website, any student or organization who provides hard alcohol to any other student — regardless of age, quantity or location — will fall prey to the “likely conduct responses,” including suspension. It’s all too conceivable that someone this term will not be well-versed in the consequences, not take the College for their word or simply will believe they won’t get caught. If they are caught, they will be suspended for something that four weeks ago would have, in all likelihood, resulted in a slap on the wrist. Organizations that misstep are headed for suspension and eventually derecognition — though I have very little pity for any organization so careless as to screw up the three
times required to incur this punishment. My question is somewhat of a philosophical one. Whom and how are such strict policies helping? Perhaps some believe these policies help all students by encouraging a reduction of harmful behaviors, but what about those students who are caught early and made into examples? Surely the crime of providing some friends in a dorm room any alcohol with an alcohol proof greater than 30 does not warrant a term of suspension. The College cannot deny that these policies will disproportionately harm a few students in order to get a message across to everybody else. It’s possible this message will ultimately be beneficial. In my view, however, such a response is flawed, deeply unfair and indicative of a surprising disregard for individual students. Instead, we are being treated as a misbehaved herd that needs to be kept in line — a few of our members are apparently expendable for the good of the many. It is also worth mentioning the dangers of policies that sow mistrust between students and administrators. While administrators have assured that the Good Samaritan policy is not affected by the ban, few of the students I have talked with seem to know this. Of those that do, fewer still can unequivocally affirm that they would not hesitate to use the policy for a hard alcohol-related incident now that the ban is in effect. This sort of uncertainty alone should concern administrators enough for them to reconsider or alter the current enforcement of this policy. The biggest tragedy possible would be the preventable death of a member of our community because their peers were too afraid of the possible disciplinary consequences of asking for help. Administrators have drawn a line in the sand, and they seem to be waiting for someone to put their toe across it. While I don’t disagree that this method will be effective in the end, I find it unfortunate that students caught violating the hard alcohol ban will receive a punishment that I can only see as disproportionate — one that has the potential to cause long-term damage to their futures.
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Counterinsurgency is a deviation from the U.S. military’s mission and appeal. On the first day of this term, I found myself in a seminar taught by government professor Jeffrey Friedman, entitled “Lessons from America’s Foreign Wars.” I sat beside Air Force veteran Matthew Brandon ’16 and a retired U.S. State Department official who is auditing the class. After the obligatory introductions, Friedman — who specializes in foreign policy and civil conflict — asked Brandon why he thinks American troops have a history of difficulty conducting counterinsurgency operations after many lessons from the Vietnam War and over a decade of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I don’t think it’s the policy,” Brandon answered. “Guys just do not sign up for that sort of thing. I certainly didn’t.” Likewise, as a veteran myself, I did not enlist to perform counterinsurgency — and neither did many within my former unit. The question is whether we want a military that serves as a counterinsurgency asset or one that is used to fight our enemies and defend our borders, and the answer directly affects how we conduct foreign policy and combat operations. The military changes over the years. Just as the rationale behind wars and the tactics employed to fight them evolve, so too does the culture of soldiering. After 9/11, the dominant culture of military service appeared to be one of anger and retribution towards Al Qaeda for their acts of terror. Men and women enlisted with the hopes of doing their part in the effort to eliminate the terror group and bring Osama bin Laden and those responsible for the tragedy to justice. Recruitment remained steady through the 2003 invasion of Iraq and continued long after the occupation. The U.S. had plenty of manpower to defeat Saddam Hussein’s army in Iraq and to continue fighting Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. What U.S. leadership lacked, however, was sufficient planning for ensuring post-war stability in either country. Once the conventional fighting had ended in both countries, the state-building and counterinsurgency efforts began — and with a military that was not mentally prepared from the start. Though recruitment quotas continued to be satisfied, military recruiters were not exactly making reconstruction and counterinsurgency their primary sales pitches. It would be nice to think that the more than two million military personnel joined for the notion of making foreign states safer and more stable. In reality, many of those who enlist are not prioritizing the welfare of other nations over the U.S.’s national defense. In the post-9/11 era, it seems that if we are to continue being the leaders of global peace, we need to be sufficiently prepared for the aftermath of military intervention. As with the Vietnam War, our mission in the Middle East is about combating ideologies — radical Islam, sectarian violence and political corruption — and we are once again persistent
about maintaining our efforts in the hope that the enemy will yield. Much like the communists of North Vietnam, today’s enemies are not giving up the fight. The insurgencies that plague Iraq and Afghanistan are locally made — and in order to combat them, we must ask our troops to win over the local residents. Doing so requires large amounts of time, money and cross-cultural cooperation. Yet, the people who conduct these civil-military operations are largely disconnected from the locals both socially and culturally. Brandon asked a piercing question when explaining his stance on Americans conducting counterinsurgency: “How can you expect me to care that much about someone I’ve never met, who’s willing to shoot at me and my friends and plant bombs on the roads if they decide they don’t like us or if they’re too afraid of Al Qaeda?” It is a valid question, one that U.S. policy makers need to seriously consider now that these particular conflicts are winding down. Our military is made up entirely of volunteers. Perhaps it is time for our leaders to reevaluate, and it is important they do not take the commitment of these men and women for granted. The future of American foreign policy will depend on both rethinking how we go about policing the world and our interests and how we go about training our troops and informing the public. With the most recent threat in the Middle East — the Islamic State, often referred to as ISIS or ISIL — the U.S. has shown that it has learned a lesson from the past decade and a half of conflict through the Obama administration’s caution alone. Much of Washington is reluctant to jump into another counterinsurgency mission — understandably so, considering we have not left Afghanistan after 14 years, and we have already sent several brigades to Baghdad to serve as advisors to the Iraqi military. Going forward, our leaders need to consider what kind of military they want — one that can use shock-and-awe tactics to defeat enemies as needed or one that digs in and lives among the people until we see the results we want. If the U.S. is to fight the Islamic State, or any other enemy, it is clear that another occupation that wages counterinsurgency will be politically toxic. The public dislikes it, or at least fails to adequately understand it. In my experience, many veterans and service members disapprove of counterinsurgency and would rather see units deploy, fight and come home. We have seen the human costs of these operations firsthand, and in this modern era, many do not view them as worth the risk. Ultimately, to answer professor Friedman — perhaps the answer to why the U.S. has a history of struggling with counterinsurgency and state-building is because it is not something we as a country and as a military particularly want to be good at doing.
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AAU survey organizers hope students participate FROM SURVEY PAGE 1
participating in the survey. Four thousand students will be randomly selected to receive a $5 Amazon gift card upon completion of the survey. In addition, the approximately 2,300 remaining students will be entered into a lottery to win $500 if they visit the survey. The lottery incentive does not require students to complete the survey. The cost of the incentives is included in the $68,000 cost of the survey, Lindkvist wrote in an email. “We need to take a data-informed approach as we look at broadening programs on campus and meeting students where they’re at, in terms of intellectual development and personal development,” Lindkvist said. She said that students ask for and need different resources at various points in their education. Lindkvist said that the Title IX office worked with Betsinger, the Office of the Dean of the College, the Office of Public Affairs and assistant dean and director of the Masters of Business Administration program at Tuck School of Business Sally Jaeger to implement and promote awareness of the survey. Outreach includes posters, social media engagement and radio advertisements as well as communicating with multiple student organizations, work that is still under way, Lindkvist said. College President Phil Hanlon encouraged students to participate in the survey in a campus-wide email yesterday evening. Lindkvist said that while it would be wonderful to have 100 percent participation, the survey organizers would be thrilled by a 60 percent student participation rate. She noted that students have voiced interest in taking climate surveys. A request for an external sexual assault climate survey was part of the 2014 Student Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault recommendations, Student Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault outreach and communications chair Lily Fagin ’16 said. In addition, a request for a general climate survey was included in the “Freedom Budget,” Lindkvist noted. A team of experts worked in conjunction with Westat to develop the approximately 20-minute survey, which is based on an instrument developed by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. Participating universities can chose whether or not to disclose aggregate data from their institution, Lindkvist said, noting that the College has already committed to sharing this data. Some external experts criticized the survey for an apparent lack of transparency because it does not require participating institutions to release data. Experts have also pointed to the $68,000 cost of the survey and suggested that an internal survey would cut costs as well
as provide more tailored questions. Lindkvist said that community members, including students, requested an external survey because it provides the College with an opportunity to compare its results with peer institutions. She noted that the survey includes five Dartmouth-specific questions on student experience with and knowledge of resources on campus. Lindkvist noted that the College also uses other methods to collect more Dartmouth-specific information, including focus groups and workshops. “People are constantly making this argument that it’s a problem here and a problem everywhere,” Fagin said. “It’s important to have the comparison data with other schools to know where we stand.” She noted that if other schools’ results are more favorable, the College could look at those institutions’ policies and resources. She said that Dartmouth’s unique social culture means that a specific survey would have its benefits. She also noted, however, that we could administer both types of surveys and that conducting an external survey does not preclude the implementation of an internal one. Interim co-director for the Wellness Center and Sexual Assault Awareness Program coordinator Amanda Childress said that this survey will provide holistic, accurate data around student experiences. Childress said that while the College has never implemented a climate survey, it has held surveys concerning sexual assault in the past. She noted that beginning with a randomized trial of the Class of 2017, the College administered the Haven Survey, which collects data on student opinions on sexual assault prior to their matriculation and includes a follow-up survey. The initial survey has a participation rate of around 90 percent and 57 percent for the follow-up survey, she said. She said that she hopes high student interest and the fact that this is the first climate survey offered by the College will drive up participation. She noted the importance of student perspectives as the College plans to use the data to put into effect “some major and critical changes.” Lindkvist said the survey would be held at regular intervals, most likely every other year. As a campus under federal investigation for Title IX policy violations, the College is required to conduct such a climate survey. The AAU survey was one of two proposed surveys in the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan. The other proposed survey, the National Health Assessment climate survey, will be held every other year beginning in the fall of 2015. Fagin is a former member of the Dartmouth staff.
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Spring Term Sustainability Solutions Cafés April 2: Investing in the Next Economy: Towards a Sustainable Global Future Garvin Jabush – Co-Founder of Green Alpha Advisors Paganucci Lounge, '53 Commons, 12:30-1:30pm Insights on green investing and the practicality and consequences of fossil fuel divestment, both for individuals and organizations. April 7: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America Liz Carlisle, author of “ Lentil Underground” Paganucci Lounge, '53 Commons, 12:30-1:30pm The remarkable story of an unheralded group of Montana farmers who have defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable food movement. Join us for an inspiring discussion on transforming our food system. Thursday, April 16: The Nile Project – People & Nature in the Nile River Basin Conversation with founders Mina Girgis and Meklit Hadero Paganucci Lounge, '53 Commons, 12:30-1:30pm The Nile Basin runs through eleven countries, spanning ecological zones ranging from rainforests to deserts. The river is essential to people, but faces grave challenges to develop sustainably. Thursday, April 30: Tierralismo: Stories from a Cooperative Farm Dir. Alexandra Halkin, Coord. Isis Salcines, & Researcher Margarita Fernandez Loew Auditorium, 6:30pm Screening, 7:30 Q&A, reception follows A film about the history and practices of one of Cuba's most successful urban farms, with post film discussion to share insights and experiences. Sponsored by the Porter Fund for the Sustainability Minor and the Environmental Studies Program http://envs.dartmouth.edu/news-events
WORLD WAR I A CONFERENCE PRESENTED BY THE DARTMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
HISTORY, MEMORY, EVENT An Exploration of the War’s Cultural & Literary Legacy
APRIL 9–10, 2015
CONVENED BY
Barbara Will
A. & R. Newbury Professor of English
Thursday, 6 – 8:00 pm Friday, 9 am – 12:00 pm, 2 – 5:00 pm
Lawrence Kritzman John D. Willard Professor of French, Comparative Literature & Oratory
Paganucci Lounge, Class of 1953 Commons
PRESENTERS Carolyn J. Dean, Yale University Sarah Cole, Columbia University Lucas Hollister, Dartmouth College Paul St. Amour, University of Pennsylvania Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania Philippe Roussin, National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris
MODERATORS Melisa Zeiger, Dartmouth English Department Donald Pease Jr., Dartmouth English Department
Thursday, 6:30 pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Race, Religion and the Politics of Memory: Africa and the First World War Michèle Barrett, Queen Mary University of London
SPONSORED BY DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, AND THE LESLIE CENTER FOR HUMANITIES
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
• For more information, contact: kelly.palmer@dartmouth.edu
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THURSDAY. APRIL 2. 2015
DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 12:30 p.m. “Sustainability Solutions Café” with Garvin Jabusch of Green Alpha Advisors, Class of 1953 Commons, Paganucci Lounge
12:45 p.m. Thayer School of Engineering seminar with Danielle Bassett of the University of Pennsylvania, Cummings Hall, Spanos Auditorium
4:00 p.m. “What’s Behind Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger Contradictions?” lecture with physics professor emeritus Jay Lawrence, Wilder 202
TOMORROW 2:00 p.m. Dartmouth softball versus Princeton University, Dartmouth Softball Park
3:00 p.m. Earth sciences seminar with Susan Brantley of The Pennsylvania State University, Steele Building, Room 007
6:00 p.m. “Shabbat Service,” sponsored by the Tucker Foundation, Roth Center for Jewish Life
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Taylor departs Hood, “Water Ways” flows into opening day leaving questions B y annie smith
The Dartmouth Staff
B y amelia rosch
expand its facilities, welcoming the The Dartmouth Senior Staff largest single gift in the museum’s After nearly four years in Ha- history — a $10 million donation nover, Michael Taylor is no longer that will triple classroom space serving as the director of the Hood and expand the gallery area by Museum of Art, College spokes- supporting a museum learning person Diana Lawrence confirmed center — in June of 2014. At the in an email. Juliette Bianco, who time of the donation, the expansion previously served as deputy direc- campaign had raised $28 of its $50 tor at the Hood, will serve as the million program goal. The project museum’s interim director until a is expected to begin in April of 2016 and finish by the fall of 2018. replacement is found. When he joined the College as In her email, Lawrence wrote that Taylor had “stepped down the Hood’s director in the sumto pursue other career opportuni- mer of 2011, Taylor said that his ties,” though she did not specify major goal was to increase student what those opportunities are. As engagement with the Hood. In an of March 17, Taylor’s entry on interview with The Dartmouth after his apthe Hood’s onpointment, line faculty direc- “I really loved Tay l o r s a i d tory had been working with [Taylor]. he considered removed. the Hood to Taylor could He was wonderful with be one of the not be reached students, especially the leading teachfor comment by ing museums press time, and student interns, and [at] in the world. Bianco did not getting us involved.” He also noted respond to mulhis hopes to tiple requests provide travel f o r c o m m e n t . -LAURA DORN ’15, HOOD f u n d i n g fo r S e ve r a l H o o d MUSEUM INTERN students to employees either meet artists declined to comment or directed inquiries to the abroad. Before arriving in Hanover, Hood’s public relations depart- Taylor served as the Muriel and ment, and Nils Nadeau, head of Philip Berman Curator of Modern publishing and communications Art at the Philadelphia Museum of at the Hood, did not respond to Art and also taught as an adjunct multiple requests for comment by professor in art history at the University of Pennsylvania. press time. Charles Croce, who worked News of Taylor’s departure was alongside Taylor at the Philadelannounced to some at the College in a March 16 email from Provost phia Museum of Art while servCarolyn Dever, according to a ing as the museum’s director of March 17 post on Dartblog. In the marketing and public relations, last week, The Boston Globe and said that while he did not know the Valley News have also reported the circumstances of Taylor’s on Taylor’s departure, though nei- departure from the College, he ther moved past speculating what anticipated that the former Hood may have caused him to leave the director would likely find a strong position at another institution. College. “[Taylor] has a way of impartIn her email, Lawrence described Taylor’s tenure as direc- ing what he knows without making tor by highlighting the rise in you feel lesser for it,” Croce said. the Hood’s national profile and a “In my sense, it’s Dartmouth’s loss, number of major acquisitions, in- frankly.” Building on his experience at cluding works by major artists, such as Marcel Duchamp, Ellsworth Penn, Taylor continued to work Kelley and Kiki Smith. Lawrence with students at the College as the also wrote that the exhibits Tay- Hood’s intern supervisor, Laura lor organized, including “Native Dorn ’15, a current intern at the American Art at Dartmouth” and Hood, said. Taylor’s departure “Witness: Art and Civil Rights had caused a period of transition in the Sixties,” emphasized the for the program, she said, adding breadth of the collection that he that Amelia Kahl, the museum’s had helped to grow. The last show coordinator of academic programthat Taylor curated, “About Face: ming, had stepped in to coordinate Self-Portraiture in Contemporary the interns’ work in his absence. “I really loved working with Art,” included works by wellknown artists including Chuck [Taylor],” Dorn said. “He was wonderful with students, especially Close and Cindy Sherman. As director, Taylor also helped the student interns , and [at] getting the Hood begin a campaign to us involved.”
More than a year ago, when she was deputy director at the Hood Museum of Art, now-interim director Juliette Bianco was invited to a meeting intended to inform faculty and administrators about the Hopkins Center for the Art’s upcoming show featuring the Nile Project. As she learned more about the Nile Project — a group of musicians, educators and activists from 11 countries in the Nile River Basin region that create and perform music incorporating various traditions, languages and instruments — Bianco was inspired. “I suddenly thought, ‘Well, you can do the same thing with an exhibit,’” Bianco said. This weekend, Bianco’s idea — which was handed off to Amelia Kahl, coordinator of academic programming at the Hood, in the early stages — will come to fruition in “Water Ways: Tension and Flow,” a new exhibit at the museum that explores the relationship between water and human civilization and includes more than 20 works from around the globe. The exhibit, which primarily features 20th- and 21stcentury photographs, also includes a video recording of the meditative, continuous surf off of the coast of Massachusetts and one object, a water jar with symbolic rain clouds from the Native American community of Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. As expected from its title, the exhibition touches on a number of water-related themes, including the overuse of water sources, the destructive properties of flooding and the fishing industry. Kahl, who worked alongside Bianco in planning the exhibition, said that exhibit explores water from both a microscopic scale — such as a simple photograph of water leaving a faucet — and from a macroscopic scale — boasting aerial photography of the BP oil spill, among other works. Kahl said that she began planning the exhibition by searching the Hood’s collections for all pieces relating to water — including all art forms in the collection — before surveying the results with Bianco and separating them into thematic groups. The exhibit became based largely around photography, she said, after the two surveyed the entire collection of pieces and selected the strongest ones. “Seeing what we had, when we looked at the strongest pieces in each section, it seemed to be mainly photography,” Kahl said. In designing the exhibit, Kahl said she also wanted to take advantage of recent donations to the Hood Museum, which have included a selection of contemporary photography from Tom and Nancy O’Neill. “There’s certainly an environmental slant to part of the show as well as sections on flood and drought,” Kahl
said. Among its photographs, the exhibit includes several from a series called “Drowning World,” which were captured by the South African artist Gideon Mendel. The series, which has
“Often we give powerful symbolic connotations to water, so when you put a figure in water, that has a range of meanings.” -AMELIA KAHL, HOOD MUSEUM COORDINATOR OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING four photographs in the exhibit, depicts the devastating impact of floods in an intimate setting by capturing individuals in front of their homes. “They’re portraits,” Kahl said. “He’s trying to look at this as a worldwide phenomenon.” Studio art professor Brian Miller, whose photography has been displayed at the Smithsonian Institu-
tion and in Canada and the United Arab Emirates, said that water is a particularly resonant theme given contemporary conversations about climate change and the recent drought in California. “Some people say that water is the next big resource disaster we are going to have,” he said. “Water is something that you can’t live without, but can do a lot of damage as well.” In addition to its environmental perspective, Kahl said the exhibit focuses on the spiritual and communal nature of water. Several of its sections, including “Body and Spirit,” a section which contains a powerful photograph by David Armstrong of a young man standing up to his chest in water, portray individuals relating to water. “Often we give powerful symbolic connotations to water, so when you put a figure in water, that has a range of meanings,” Kahl said, noting that Armstrong often took photographs of his lovers, giving his piece in the collection such a range of meaning. “Water Ways,” which opens on Saturday, is on view until Aug. 23. Organized by the Hood in conjunction with the Nile Project, the exhibit was made possible by the Harrington Gallery fund and draws many of its works from the Hood’s permanent collection.
Bar Garage hopkins center for the arts
Hop Garage Seeking Innovative Interdisciplinary Student Arts Projects! The Hop Garage, a suite of three studio spaces across from the Hop’s Courtyard Café, is open and in use as a space for arts teaching and the development of student arts projects. The Hop, Theater Department and Music Department invite proposals from students who wish to use the space for rehearsal, practice, project development and small-scale events (occupancy is limited to 49 persons in each studio). Students interested in developing spring term projects must submit a proposal (found at hop.dartmouth.edu/online/hop_garage) by friday, april 10 at 5 pm.
Among the criteria for successful proposals are: • Projects of an interdisciplinary nature • Projects that take unique advantage of the qualities in the Hop Garage spaces • Projects that lead to a specific culminating event or performance will be preferred over routine rehearsals and practice sessions For more information, email hopkins.center.facilities@dartmouth.edu hop.dartmouth.edu • Dartmouth college • hanover, nh
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SPORTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015
THURSDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Women’s tennis sees mixed results on spring interim trip B y CHANELLE QI
The Dartmouth Staff
Over the spring interim, the women’s tennis team traveled to California and Texas to compete in five matches with teams from across the country. The Big Green brought home two wins — against the University of California at Irvine and the University of Denver — while falling to California State University at Northridge, Long Beach State University, and the University of Houston. The women now enter conference matches with a 13-3 record and ranked No. 29 in the nation. The teams began their first match on March 19, and Taylor Ng ’17 said difficult playing conditions and the transition to outdoor courts resulted in a rough start for the women’s team as they faced off against No. 31 Long Beach State (12-4) to begin the spring interim trip. The Big Green started the match off strong, winning the doubles point after the No. 1 team of Ng and Kristina Mathis ’18 and the No. 3 team of Akiko Okuda ’15 and Julia Schroeder ’18 brought home wins with respective scores of 8-4 and 8-6. The Big Green was unable to keep up its momentum during singles match play, however, and the women suffered four losses in straight matches to Long Beach. The lone singles win came from Schroeder, who battled through extremely close sets to finally take the match 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9). “It wasn’t the prettiest match I played in terms of how I competed, but I think I was able to pull through in very tight moments,” Schroeder said. The match against Long Beach was the first that the Big Green has played
B y Rich Shem and Austin Lim The Dartmouth Staff
At every high school reunion, you will always find that one jock who peaked in high school and can’t seem to let it go. He always comes back wearing his old varsity letterman’s jacket with his hair combed just a little too perfectly, and he’ll start off every conversation with “you remember the time when...” before delving into some long story no one else remembers. This guy will
outdoors this season, which posed difficulties for the team and contributed to the team’s first season loss. Ng described the difficulty of transitioning to outside matches. “Our match against Long Beach was very tough because playing outdoors is a lot more physical,” she said. “Our opponents were better adjusted to the weather. Every match was a grind, but we fought hard.” After the initial loss, the women then faced off against then No. 66 University of Denver (8-7) in La Jolla, California. No. 2 doubles duo Alexxis Kiven ’18 and Katherine Yau ’16 were the first off the courts with a win, clinching an 8-6 victory. The Big Green followed up with a victory at the No. 3 doubles position, as the senior-freshman team of Okuda and Schroeder dominated the Denver team 8-2. With the women entering singles match play with a 1-0 lead, No. 5 player Okuda grasped another victory in her match, ending 6-4, 6-0. The scoreboard, however, quickly became tied at 2-2 after Denver snapped up two wins in No. 2 and No. 6 singles. No. 4 Jacqueline Crawford ’17 then clinched a quick 6-1, 6-2 victory, but the score remained close as Mathis was dealt a narrow loss at No. 3 singles with a score of 7-6, 0-6, 6-3. Now tied 3-3, the critical point fell upon No. 1 player Ng. She reeled in the first set with a score of 6-3, but the second set quickly became a close contest, as Denver’s Maureen Slattery utilized tricky slice serves and a two-handed forehand against Ng. Ng, however, was relentless in the second set against Slattery, using high and heavy spin balls against her opponents forehand to open up the court and fin-
ishing points with down-the-line shots. As a result, Ng closed out the match by winning the second set tiebreaker for a final score of 6-3, 7-6(4). “My opponent had a tricky game, and it was one of the hardest matches I’ve ever played,” Ng said. “A lot of the challenge was mental, and I knew I had to keep playing confidently. The biggest challenge was just moving onto the next point.” The match against Denver was an improvement from the team’s previous match with Long Beach as they became more comfortable in playing in the hot, windy California weather. “We all played a lot better in our second match, and adjusted to how wind made the balls move slower on the court,” Crawford said. “We played own game and were mentally prepared and focused.” The women repeated their winning performance against then No. 59 UC Irvine, as the Big Green followed up with a decisive 5-2 victory against the Anteaters. The doubles and singles matches of the day were well fought, with the Big Green quickly winning both the doubles point and the first three singles matches to cement its victory. For its final match in California, the women competed against Northridge. The No. 1 doubles team of Crawford and Ng brought in their second victory of the season, but the Big Green ultimately lost the doubles point after dropping the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches. The women had a solid start to singles match play, winning the first three singles matches off the courts. With the women up a set in two of the remaining singles matches, the outcome
probably still be reliving the “glory days” at the next reunion — and every reunion after for that matter. Some people just can’t accept that they are on the decline, and they just refuse to exit the game gracefully. On a completely unrelated note, Rich and I will be stepping down from the helm of this sports column. Every great era in sports must come to an end. For some, the inevitable is hard to face, as they attempt to salvage their final great moments, pushing
their bodies to the absolute limit. Brett Favre comes to mind — a great who couldn’t bring himself to part with the game he loved. Although it was a difficult decision — one that we definitely made for ourselves and was definitely not made for us — we have concluded that it would be better to leave our audience craving more, wondering what could have been. We imagine it as something similar to the careers of all time greats like Darko Milicic and JaMarcus Russell. Michael Jordan once said, “I have to leave the NBA to pursue a career in the MLB because I have a gambling addiction.” Rich and I find ourselves on a similar path. It’s funny how legends seem to fall upon similar walks of life. Our endeavors have led us into activi-
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Women’s tennis went 2-3 on their trip to Californa and Texas over the interim.
looked positive for the Big Green. The team, however, was not able to maintain its lead, and Northridge soon turned the tables by winning the next three singles matches and the overall match 4-3. Two of the three losses went to third sets, with No. 5 Schroeder’s match being especially hard fought with a score of 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. “I was less aggressive in the last set, and I most likely let nerves get to me during the match,” Schroeder said. “We needed to bring a little more energy to the matches.” The women’s team then traveled to Texas, where it competed against the No. 39 University of Houston. The match got off to a rough start, as the team dropped the doubles point against Houston and entered singles with a 0-1 deficit. Although players Ng and Okuda took down their opponents
at the respective No. 1 and No. 4 singles positions, Houston proved to be a strong competitor as it snagged the remaining singles matches to win overall 5-2. “We hit good quality shots against Houston,” Schroeder said. “Even though we didn’t have a winning result, it was a huge improvement from our performance against Long Beach.” Ng expressed enthusiasm for the rest of the season, as the Big Green is now preparing for conference competition. “The great thing about spring break is that we play against really good teams, which prepares us for Ivy season,” Ng said. “We’re looking forward to Ivies. We’ve set some high goals, but I’m confident that we’ll achieve them.” The women will travel to Columbia and Cornell Universities on Friday and Saturday, respectively, to kick off the spring Ivy League season.
ties that we probably can’t discuss in this article, and unfortunately Rich will be moving to China. We regret to inform our readers that we will probably be in a ditch within the next few months, but the ride has been real. Similar to Jordan, though, there is a potential light at the end of the tunnel, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a resurrection of this great column, similar to MJ’s career revival back in the NBA. Also, none of this is true. Despite allegations of illegal substance abuse, we would like to make it perfectly clear that this exit was not forced, but voluntary. Similar to our role models, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and Lance Armstrong, we have reached a pinnacle of greatness due solely to the hard work that we
have put into our endeavors — and not because we used performance enhancing drugs. The administration is definitely not forcing us to leave, and this exit is as graceful as they come. In all seriousness, writing this column has been a fantastic experience for both of us, and we want to thank the academy. By academy, we obviously mean Hank and Fish, who set the stage so well with “Riding the Pine.” This would not have been possible without them, and we are grateful for the work that they put in. We would also like to thank the editors at The Dartmouth, who probably fixed hundreds of typos in our work. Finally, we would like to remind all of you that we thank the academy. Bye.