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Town hall announces plans for grad school By CARTER BRACE The Dartmouth
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Professors and graduate students gathered in the Rockeller Center yesterday for a “town hall” style meeting to hear dean of graduate studies Jon Kull announce a plan for a new, administratively independent School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at the College that would report directly to Provost Carolyn Dever. The new graduate school would centralize the administration of graduate programs to make communication and coordination easier, encourage the creation of interdisciplinary programs and help with graduate student and faculty recruitment, he
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said. Presently, the office of graduate studies — which supports the 770 students enrolled in masters and doctorate degree programs, not including those in professional schools — is part of the college of arts and sciences, despite the fact that Dartmouth’s graduate programs span different schools, Kull said. The office of graduate studies, for example, administers graduate programs in engineering, quantitative biomedical systems and the program in experimental and molecular medicine, shortened to PEMM, while the Thayer SEE GRAD SCHOOL PAGE 5
Admissions turnover unlikely to affect apps By JOYCE LEE The Dartmouth
As the admissions office prepares for a swell of applications in the run-up to the Nov. 1 early decision application deadline, college counselors and prospective members of the Class of 2020 said that they do not anticipate that the transition from former dean of admissions and
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financial aid Maria Laskaris’s leadership to the new interim dean Paul Sunde will affect this year’s admissions process. Former dean Maria Laskaris left her position to become the special assistant to the provost for arts and innovation, Provost Carolyn Dever announced on Aug. 27. SEE ADMISSIONS PAGE 2
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“All for 1”starts at the College
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“All for 1,” a nationwide campaign recognizing the issue of mental health problems on college campuses, will soon be launched at Dartmouth, Karen Wen ’16, who is involved with the project on campus, said. Students will be asked to tell their own personal experiences with mental health issues, Wen said, and the anonymous sto-
ries will be posted online, among other efforts. Students at each of the colleges involved have also taken pictures with the All for 1 campaign shirts in iconic locations on campus. Dartmouth’s photo features two students embracing in front of Dartmouth Hall with the words “1 in 4 Americans will have a diagnosable mental health condition this year” and “On this campus, who will it be?”
In addition, each campus will write an open letter to their respective college administrators regarding the mental health resources available on campus and how they could be improved. Boston University student and student leader for the campus’ All for 1 campaign Emily Parks wrote in an email that the purpose of the letter was not to reprimand the inSEE ALL FOR 1 PAGE 5
Liz Stahler brings experience, “warmth” to new position B y KELSEY FLOWER The Dartmouth Staff
When Liz Stahler was 16, she was a sexual health educator on an AIDS action committee. After her sophomore year of college, she interned at a California prison, focusing on supporting female prisoners. Following a brief stint as a folk song writer and singer, she entered graduate
school for social work, where she interned at Wellesley College in the counseling department. This August, Stahler joined the Dick’s House staff as a counselor devoted to supporting survivors of sexual assault, a new position at the College. Coming from a fellowship in the counseling office at the University of California at Berkeley, Stahler said that the position at
Dartmouth gave her the opportunity to do exactly the kind of work she wanted. Despite having moved across the country three times in the last five years, “the next thing I knew I was putting my poor cat back on a plane,” she said. Stahler fits into a greater network of sexual assault resources on campus that includes the wellness center, Dick’s House coun-
seling and human development, the judicial affairs adjudication process and Title IX coordinator Heather Lindkvist. She said she has spent her first few months at the College settling in and figuring out how things work here. Stahler said a lot of her time so far has been coordinating with these other resources. She said she is trying to figure out how to both interface with the
community and do outreach work while also preserving the privacy of what happens within the walls of her office. Stahler said her job is going to be about 70 percent talking to students, running support groups and overseeing the sexual assault peer advisors. Another portion will be organizing outreach and education SEE STAHLER PAGE 3
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DAily debriefing Brown University: A student suspended for sexual misconduct in 2014 is now suing the University for due process violation and gender-based discrimination, the Brown Daily Herald reported. The student, formerly a member of the Class of 2017, was asked to leave campus before the University investigated the case and held a hearing, which resulted in a two-and-a-halfyear suspension. Columbia University: This week, Columbia researchers were the first to publish evidence of the correlation between anorexic behavior and brain activity, establishing anorexia as habitual behavior. The research is groundbreaking in that it debunks the myth that anorexia is caused by self-control, the Columbia Spectator reported. Cornell University: The American Physical Society awarded physics professor Peter Lepage the J.J. Sakurai Prize for his work with quantum field theory, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. His work involves mimicking the way neutrons, protons and electrons interact with one another. The last time a Cornellian was awarded this prize was in 1990. Harvard University: Citing anti-discrimination laws, Harvard students are working to provide a ballot referendum that would allow the administration to gain authority over finals clubs. Although it is uncertain whether this would be legally feasible, they have at least 120 of the needed 670 signatures to add it to the ballot. Princeton University: As of Oct. 20, 19 students have been diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease at the University since the start of this academic year. According to the Daily Princetonian, the disease is most commonly found in children under the age of five. It is very contagious and symptoms include rashes and painful sores. University of Pennsylvania: Helen Gym, a Penn alumnae who graduated in 1993, is running as a Democratic candidate for Philadelphia’s City Council. Her platform is education and housing reform for marginalized communities, and her previous work in the area included founding the Parents United for Public Education 2006, an organization that sought to change the rhetoric surrounding public schools.
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Prospective’20s unconcerned by turnover FROM ADMISSIONS PAGE 1
Laskaris started her new position on Sept. 1. Sunde wrote in an email that the admissions office would not have a strong understanding of early admissions number until after the Nov. 1 deadline. He also wrote that the applications would be handled in the same way they have been in prior years — with a “holistic and individualized” reading of the applications. Sunde wrote that he did not have time to comment in person or by phone. Five members of the admissions office — Katie Madden, Kevin Mathes, Jamie Mercado ’15, Rebecca Sabky and Jim Washington and — did not return request for comment. Associate director of admissions Belinda Chiu declined to comment, citing a busy schedule. The transition would not make much of a difference to prospective applicants, founder, director and lead educational consultant at IvySelect College Consulting Michael Goran said. “It would matter very little at the end of the day. The students who are applying to Dartmouth through IvySelect this year aren’t aware of what’s going on or of changes in administration,” Goran said. Prospective students might be more aware if the change had happened in terms of policy, such as the addition of supplemental essays, Goran said. Students would focus primarily on the merits of the school, rather than technical matters of who is in charge and
whether that would affect their application. “I think the answer really is not about the changes of administration,” Goran said. “I was aware that there was a transition, but it’s not entirely relevant to the process, so it’s not something I would bring up in a conversation with them either.” Geraldine Markel, an educational psychologist and academic coach at College Admissions Advisors, said that if there were any specific concerns about the transition from the perspective of prospective students beyond the Class of 2020, it would be how new leadership in the office would also deal with standardized testing as a part of college applications. In May 2014, The College Board announced an overhaul to the SAT, and prospective applicants for the class of 2021 and later may be affected by the switch. This year’s applicants, however, will have completed their standardized testing before March 2016, when the new SAT rolls out. Markel also stated that the overall reaction of the leadership transition would be more dependent on the school counselor, rather than the student. John B. Boshoven, a college counselor at College Admissions Advisors, said that most colleges would not market its staff or personnel, and therefore a transition in leadership would have little effect despite the closeness to early decision deadline. Boshoven stressed the importance of admissions departments
for prospective students, but he also said that students would not care about internal staff changes. “The admissions office is vital for students — that’s where we get information, that’s who helps us visit and see classrooms and answers questions about the school. I couldn’t do my job without the admissions department,” Boshoven said. “However, I don’t think such a transition would be at the top of my students’ concerns.” The students’ concerns echoed the counselors’ sentiments. Jacob Miller, an early decision applicant and prospective member of the class of 2020 from Merrick, New York, said that he had not been informed of any change in the office but had been aware of the transition due to the admissions website. “[Despite the change], there was no effect on the application process in any way. They make it so easy,” Miller said. “I don’t have many concerns, and I believe the office will handle my application as well as they can.” Kate Norton, also an early decision applicant from Syracuse, New York, said she had no idea of the change in the office. Once aware of the change, however, she said she also said she was not concerned. “I know that it’s going to be handled well, and I expect that the office will try their best to read and understand each application to the best of their abilities,” Norton said. “With Dartmouth’s reputation, I think that with or without the transition, my application is in safe hands.”
Yale University: A libel probe has been filed against Jan Gross, a former Yale professor, by prosecutors in Poland, the Yale Daily News reported. The grounds for the accusation lie in an op-ed he wrote, which asserts that Poles were responsible for the deaths of more Jews in World War II than Germans. The column argued that European nations have favored Christian refuges over those of other religions. Gross claims that he cannot be convicted of libel for telling the truth. —compiled by Hayley Hoverter
Corrections We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. The original version of the Oct. 21 article, “Local filmakers screen spooky works” listed the screening date as Oct. 29. This information, however, was from the previous year’s event, and this year’s films will be shown on Oct. 24.
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around campus, such as workshops for faculty, staff and interested students, she said. These duties were previously handled by the wellness center, which now focuses on sexual assault prevention rather than support. Another facet of her job is being a consultant in the development of sexual assault policy and programs at Dartmouth, bringing a clinical perspective to the table. “I am invested in the policies that happen in creating an inclusive and safe and welcoming environment,” she said. Judicial affairs director Leigh Remy said that the perspective Stahler will provide in working groups about policies or training, such as ones giving feedback on the College’s new consent manual, will be important and helpful. Assistant dean of student affairs and director of case management Kristi Clemens, who works with students in tough situations to help them receive academic accommodations, said she hopes the addition of Stahler to the counseling staff will show students that the College takes sexual assault seriously and is trying to support students in any way that it can, even if they don’t take advantage of the resources themselves. Stahler said she sees two main places where sexual violence needs to be addressed on campus — handling perpetrators who are repeat offenders and are dangerous to others and increasing community conversations about sexual interactions. “A lot of sexual interactions on campuses have to do with learning about sexual consent, respect and healthy sexual interactions,” Stahler said. Stahler said she hopes to focus on developing language and community expectations and standards related to sexual violence.
“This will move students towards having more healthy sexual interactions and make assaults stand out more avidly,” she said. “I think that’s how the problem will get targeted.” Stahler said her role as a counselor is important because almost all survivors of sexual assault have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for at least a month, and some experience them more chronically. “It disrupts your ability to concentrate, your motivation, your sense of worth — it affects how you feel about yourself,” she said. “The social and academic impact of the symptom cluster and be really, really hard.” Stahler said she is there to provide support, help students normalize their symptoms, connect them to resources and help them restore a sense of safety, wellness, meaning and self-worth. “I can help hold the weight of someone’s story with them when it’s too heavy for them to hold alone,” she said. It can be helpful for survivors to have a specific sexual assault “point person” to help them discuss their experience, Dartmouth Bystander Initiative manager Ben Bradley said. The intense environment of the College makes this all a little bit harder, Stahler said. The stressful culture seems to “chop away at people.” “It’s true at other schools, but feels intense here,” she said. “It could be the term length, but I think it’s more than that. The promise of being a student here, how high the expectations are, constantly trying to live up to them in so many different domains.” The people that Stahler works with believe that her new role on campus is important and impactful. Bradley said it can be difficult for survivors to come to terms with their experience while having to deal with
other stressors of being a Dartmouth student. Stahler, Bradley said, is knowledgeable and qualified to support these students and is well-versed in the “ins and outs of supporting survivors.” When the wellness center had a support role before, they were not able to be confidential in this role like Stahler is now, Remy said. “[Stahler] doesn’t talk to me unless the student has asked for that,” Remy said. “For some students, knowing that level of privacy is reassuring.” Stahler will be able to help students understand the adjudication process as well and help them with the emotional side of that process, Remy said. She will be able to have ongoing relationships with students after the adjudication process is over. “[Stahler] came in with a working
knowledge and now knows the specifics to Dartmouth investigations,” she said. “She knows what it would be like to go through that process, what can be triggering for that person, what can make a student feel supported. What [Stahler] offers and what a therapist offers is a way to say, ‘How does this affect today, how does this affect tomorrow, what do I see for myself moving forward.’” All mentioned her warm, down-toearth personality. “She’s really passionate, energized, committed and really kind,” Bradley said. Remy and Clemens both interviewed Stahler for the job. “She showed up exactly who she is on a day-to-day basis,” Remy said. “That was in her clothing, but as you get to know her, it epitomizes who she
is as a person.” Clemens said out of all the candidates with whom she spoke, Stahler was the one who from whom she felt the most “genuine warmth.” “I could see students connecting with her easily,” Clemens said. Stahler said she liked being a counselor because often the things that people “hold so close” and can be ashamed of are also things that other people have experienced. “I’m not easily shocked,” she said. “My own story has its crazy twists and turns and really bad falls, and I think I’m wacky and strange but at the same time a totally normal person. I really love people’s real stories — not the surface crap. There is nothing more powerful to me than being present with another person’s truth.”
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The Robert Dance ’77 Arts Initiative Fund The Robert Dance ’77 Fund enables talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Preference is given to performing or visual arts projects that are “site-specific works,” created for venues other than traditional galleries, theaters or auditoriums. Outdoor venues, residential spaces and dining halls are among the sites that might be appropriate. The fund makes a total of up to $4,200 available to sponsor major student projects in the performing and visual arts. Undergraduate students and organizations are eligible to apply.
The Peter D. Smith Initiative Fund The Peter D. Smith Student Initiative Fund was established for the support of student enterprises in the arts. It was established by the former Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art and continues today with the support of the Membership Programs of the Hop and the Hood. It is intended to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to complete special projects. The fund makes a total of up to $3,000 available to sponsor major original projects. Application is open to individuals or groups.
The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund supports student-initiated projects in musical theater, with a priority given to original work. Although projects need not be curricular to be considered, senior projects that bring together work in theater and music are particularly appropriate. In the absence of proposals featuring original music, lyrics and/or text by students, productions that are to be directed, choreographed and designed by students may also be considered. The fund provides a total of up to $1,800 to support student-initiated projects.
The Class of 1961 Arts Initiative Fund Undergraduates are invited to apply for support of student enterprises in the arts. This award is funded by members of the Class of 1961 in order to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Particular interest will be given to those projects that “stand alone”—that is, projects that are not undertaken as senior fellowships or honors projects nor are affiliated with student organizations. The fund makes up to $1,500 available to sponsor student-initiated projects in the performing and visual arts. Application is open to single or group projects.
Applications & Guidelines Applications and complete guidelines for each fund are available online (hop.dartmouth.edu) or check with the offices of the Directors of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art, the Chairs of the Departments of Theater, Music, Studio Art, Film & Media Studies, and Art History, the Hop Ensembles Office and the Hop Student Workshops.
DEADLINE: Thursday, November 12, 2015 ALL APPLICATIONS and recommendations must be submitted to the Hopkins Center Director’s Office, Lower Level Wilson Hall, by 12 pm, Thursday, November 12, 2015 or via email to Sherry.L.Fiore@dartmouth.edu.
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CONTRIBUTING Columnist DAN FISHBEIN ’19
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Voting Is Not Enough
Implicitly Racist Policies
We must be active political advocates in order to effect change. Election season is heating up. The New Hampshire primaries are only a little more than three months away, and more and more presidential candidates have begun to visit Hanover. Republican candidate George Pataki came to campus on Oct. 5, while Democratic candidate Martin O’Malley stopped by the Top of the Hop last Friday. If you turn on a television, you are bound to see campaign ads from candidates on both sides of the aisle. This is all a part of a marketing ploy to sell us, the viewers, on what amounts to a flat-out lie — that our individual votes matter. Indeed, you have a better chance of winning the lottery 128 times in a row than deciding a presidential election — about a one in 10 to the 1,046th power, according a 2004 Slate piece written by Steven Landsburg. The 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, arguably the closest in American history, came down to 537 votes in Florida in favor of Bush. In the most fiercely contested election in the most fiercely contested state, one vote did not make a difference. Even if a few votes had changed, Bush could have won by 538 votes or 536, but either way he still would have won. In Florida, if every one of the then-six million residents had a 50/50 chance of voting for either of two candidates, the probability for each candidate getting the same number of votes — and thus for your one vote to make the difference — is one in 3,100. Factoring in any amount of bias, even a slight one, for a certain candidate leads to the one in 10 to the 1046th statistic. In primary season, votes obviously carry more weight than in the presidential election. In New Hampshire, delegates are allotted proportionally, according to vote percentage, after a certain threshold is met — 10 percent for the Republican Party, 15 percent for the Democratic Party. This is different from a winner-take-all election, where the candidate who receives the most votes wins all of the delegates — even if they only won with 30 percent of the vote, meaning that a majority of voters go without representation. Furthermore, because New Hampshire hosts the first primary, the percentage of the vote a candidate receives
carries weight for how the rest of the primary will play out. If a candidate does well, they garner media attention and momentum that can help carry them through subsequent states. If a candidate fairs poorly, they might as well hang up their political boxing gloves. Even here, though, primaries are not decided by one vote. In the 2012 New Hampshire Democratic Primary, 60,659 votes were cast. Each vote constituted a measly .0016 percent of the total. Yet, just because your vote does not matter does not mean you should skip going to the ballot box — although, ironically enough, the chance of a single vote mattering would rise significantly if everyone adopted that mentality. Additionally, without voting, people cannot fairly criticize the government, since they did not provide their opinion during the election — no matter how little that opinion might matter. But simply voting feels ineffective. To me, casting a ballot serves as a sort of existentialist reminder that, in the grand scheme of things, I am insignificant. I am not a particularly politically inclined person. Although I have my fair share of opinions, there are things I care about more than who will occupy the Oval Office for the next four years. Because my opinions lie most in line with those of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), however, I have become a member of the Bernie Sanders student group on campus. If I simply go to the ballot box and vote for Bernie, I have not done anything of significance. Rather, I need to advocate for my candidate. I need to tell people what his policies are and why I believe those policies are best for our country. To counter voting inefficacy, there is really only one thing that we can do — be active. Tell other people to vote. Work for a student group working to promote a candidate or volunteer for a local campaign office. When candidates stop by campus, even if they are not in line with your ideologies, go see them talk. Do not simply go stand in line, cast your vote and leave. If you can tell 537 people why they should vote for a candidate, you might just swing an entire election.
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Donald Trump’s proposed plans for the U.S. are inarguably racist. Each presidential election brings with it a series of political and personal controversies surrounding the candidates, and the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination has been no different. Outrageous statements from the many, many individuals running have dominated news headlines for months. When you look at the actual policies that these politicians are proposing, however, you find that they are still ridiculous. Some proposals, like eliminating birthright citizenship, are downright racist. Some have defended these policies advocated by Republican presidential candidates like Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal by saying they are not explicitly about race, and thus cannot be considered racist. This is patently false and an astoundingly myopic view of how policies can influence the daily lives of individuals. When you propose policies that oppress, disenfranchise and target a specific racial group, that is racist. Both our courts and our legislatures have found that any law leading to discrimination — even unintentional — is unlawful. Section 804(a) of the Fair Housing Act, for example, prohibits not just intentionally discriminatory actions pertaining to housing, but also those leading to an impermissible and unjustified result. Even if these candidates are not openly saying, “deport all the Mexicans,” calling for the deportation of undocumented immigrants — who are overwhelmingly Latino — is discriminatory. It is the effect that matters, not only the alleged intent. Trump even admits that, in calling for an end to birthright citizenship — which offers citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States — he seeks to eliminate a “magnet for illegal immigration.” In doing so, he plans to make it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, for the children of Latino immigrants, and the children of all immigrants, to acquire citizenship. No, there is nothing inherently racialized in the two words “birthright citizenship.” But we all know about whom Trump is talking — undocumented immigrants, who are overwhelmingly people of color. Moreover, if you look at the larger implications, the effect of eliminating birthright citizenship is
even more discriminatory as it jeopardizes the overall representation and enfranchisement of people of color in the United States. Limiting the number of individuals who may receive citizenship also means limiting who will be able to vote in future elections. Statistics show that people of color often side with Democrats — so not only is eradicating birthright citizenship a way to discriminate against people of color, it is also a political ploy that helps to protect the Republican party from the effect of America’s shifting demographics. These actions are, at their core, racist. Trump told Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney on Tuesday that he would “absolutely” consider the suspension of particular passports and the closing of mosques in order to fight the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL — similar to measures recently adopted in England that Trump believes are “great.” Such measures undoubtedly target Muslims, and only Muslims, and the closing of mosques is a direct infringement on the right to practice one’s own religion. In essence, these actions particularly target those who fit some stereotypical Western idea of what Muslims are “supposed” to look like, regardless of their actual faith — especially after the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, where attempts to screen for potential terrorists resulted in incredibly prejudiced behaviors from the Transportation Security Administration. Closing mosques and suspending passports is not a rational approach to fighting ISIS. It is an open attempt to discriminate against and disadvantage Muslims. The problem with overlooking these bigoted policies is that it normalizes institutional racism. Deporting undocumented Latino immigrants, depriving Muslims of their right to freely practice their religion and preventing people of color from securing birthright citizenship all lead to deeply discriminatory effects and the institutionalization of racism. Codifying legislation with a discriminatory effect makes our government a racist one — we become a country that deprives people of color of their religion, their citizenship and their livelihoods. Some may not say that is what we are doing, but if we put Donald Trump in the White House, that is most certainly what we will do.
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stitution for not allocating enough resources to improve mental health on campus. “The goal isn’t to point an accusatory finger at administrators, saying, ‘You’re not doing good enough,’ because that’s not true,” Parks wrote. She added that universities have greatly improved their mental health resources over the past decade, but she is suggesting ways to improve the current resources available “from the student’s point of view.” Each university will also hold additional events specific to their campaign. The University of California at Berkeley, for example, will be holding a mental health awareness week. The program’s tag line — “We are here (school name)” — represents its recognition and support for the inner turmoil many students face in college with the high academic and social standards expected of them, according to the website. Kathryn DeWitt, a University of Pennsylvania student who cofounded All For 1 and was profiled by the New York Times for her efforts to combat mental illness, said that her work with students around the United States helped create awareness through social media and other outlets.
“Think about how social media influences mental health because we’re in touch with the digital age,” she said. “I know for me it influences my mental health and wellness, but it’s also about what are you on to get your events.” DeWitt found that at Penn, outreach through online outlets such as Facebook posts for community service events were particularly effective. She said her personal experience with mental health motivated her to create this program in collaboration with Duke University student Jenna Zhang. Wen said that she will be in charge of collecting statements from students at Dartmouth. Stories from students on multiple campuses all being shared on one platform is what ties the campaigns at different schools together, she said. Wen said she joined the effort because she felt the need to spread the message of positivity and awareness to those suffering from mental health disorders. “I think it’s important to not stay silent on the topic and to show others that there is support and a community in the struggle of the issues surrounding mental health,” she said. Wen said that the campaign shows that there are still issues regarding mental health that need to be addressed, and she hopes All
School of Engineering and Geisel School of Medicine fund all of those programs, Kull said. Right now, if the office of graduate studies wants to fund PEMM, they would need approval from several deans first. “It’s just a lot of bureaucracy when budgeting and when running an office as large as graduate studies,” president of the graduate student council Erin Brioso MALS ’16 said. The change would not effect the
“We want to leverage the historical strength of Dartmouth as a liberal arts institution and give [graduate students] broad skills.” -DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES JON KULL professional degree programs at Thayer, Geisel and the Tuck School of Business, biochemistry professor Dean Madden, a member of the Task Force that recommended the creation of the graduate school, said. It also would not change the number of graduate students at the College. Under the new plan, the priorities of graduate programs would be easier to coordinate, Kull said. “The dean of the graduate school would be able to advocate directly for
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Students for Education Reform hosted a dinner and discussion of off-term opportunities in education this week.
that school and to allocate resources accordingly,” Kull said. At one point, eight deans needed over eight months to resolve a cost overrun in a graduate program, Madden said. Another goal of the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies plan is to provide a centralized administration of graduate programs that can ensure graduate students’ experiences includes training outside of research. “We want to leverage the historical strength of Dartmouth as a liberal arts institution and give [graduate students] broad skills,” Kull said, adding that these skills include strong writing and communication. Other resources he hopes to provide are generally applicable courses, such as an already existing communication science course and teaching assistant training programs. The new school would also coordinate applications for fellowships, Kull said. Postdoctoral fellows, including those in the recently created Dartmouth Society of Fellows, would also be included in the graduate school. The new structure of the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies would also help to create interdisciplinary programs, Kull said. “It should much more nimbly manage hosting new programs that span departments,” Kull said. Interdisciplinary graduate programs — such as digital musics and ecology, evolution, ecosystems and society, or EEES — that do not currently have home departments would find a home in the graduate school. “There are a lot of graduate programs that are unique to Dartmouth, and you want to make sure those can be preserved,” Madden said. “Digital Musics and EEES identified niches that were nationally vacant.” Another aim of creating a graduate school is to bring greater visibility to graduate programs at the College to recruit better graduate students and faculty. When faculty leave the College, they are generally going to places with larger graduate programs, Kull said. “My anecdotal impression is that research support, of which graduate programs are a part, is a big concern for faculty when we’re trying to recruit them,” Kull said. “It’s a big symbolic move to say to someone we’re recruiting, ‘Yes, Dartmouth is so supportive of research that it’s creating an independent school and putting resources in to support graduate programs.’” Undergraduates would benefit from the graduate school’s faculty and students as well. Any improvements in graduate programs would benefit undergraduate researchers working alongside graduate students, Kull said. “We are ensuring the strongest faculty at Dartmouth, and we’re
ensuring undergraduates are taught by the best faculty at Dartmouth,” Kull said. Greater visibility would also hopefully attract donations, Kull said. “There’s been no effort to develop donors for graduate programs. Compared to our peers, we’re way behind there,” Kull said. The discussion after the announcement also touched on methods to bring the College’s graduate programs in line with other peer institutions. “Without graduate programs, we would no longer be in the Ivy League. Administrative support for graduate programs at Dartmouth is 1 percent of the operating budget, so increasing it a bit to retain our status as an Ivy League institution is a good investment,” Kull said. Brioso generally praised the meeting as informative, but noted the sparse student turnout. “It would have been a lot more beneficial if more graduate students were in the audience,” Brioso said. Approximately 20 people were in attendance, the majority of whom were professors. The process of creating an independent graduate school first began in 2012 when one working group
“We are ensuring the strongest faculty at Dartmouth, and we’re ensuring undergraduates are taught by the best faculty at Dartmouth.” -DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES JON KULL recommended the creation of a graduate school and another recommended the creation of a school of advanced studies. College President Phil Hanlon voiced his support for an independent graduate school in 2013. A task force, created in 2014 by Dever, recommended the formation of a school of both graduate and advanced studies when it reported its findings in July 2015. The task force had a two-part mission, Madden said — to bring ideas together from working groups and run ideas by the community. “It was not just something that walled itself off and designed a graduate school,” Madden said. The proposal for the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies will be presented in a general faculty meeting on Nov. 16, which would include a vote on whether to recommend the creation of the new school to the Board of Trustees.
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015
DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 10:00 a.m. “Drop-In Technical Help,” one-on-one help with technology questions, Howe Library, 13 South Street
4:00 p.m. “Christian Wolff: Beginning Anew at Every Ending,” art reception, Baker Library
7:00 p.m. “National Theatre Live in HD: Hamlet,” film telecast, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium
TOMORROW 3:30 p.m. “Observing Quantum Effects in the Motion of a Millimeter-Sized Object” with Yale University professor Jack Harris, Wilder 104
4:00 p.m. “Why Do Some Animals Forgo Reproduction in Complex Societies?” Cramer Series Seminar, Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center, Room 201
7:00 p.m. “Grandma” (2015), film screening, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015
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Weekend of concerts will recognize composer Christian Wolff
B y amelia rosch
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Over this weekend, three concerts and more than a dozen international musicians will honor the music and legacy of composer and former music and classics professor Christian Wolff in the performance series “The Exception and the Rule.” Wolff is best known for his work in experimental classical music. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked closely with pioneering composer John Cage and National Medal of the Arts-winning choreographer Merce Cunningham. In 1999, Wolff ’s music was featured on the Sonic Youth album “SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century.” Larry Polansky, music professor emeritus and a guitarist who will be performing this weekend, described Wolff as “one of the most important composers of the 20th century.” Wolff, who taught in the music, classics and comparative literature departments at the College from 1971 to 1999, said that he loved his time at Dartmouth, especially his interactions with the students. “I got to teach in different departments and got to do a variety of different things,” he said. “The students were fantastic to work with.” Wolff said that the weekend’s performances will be united through their use of experimental music. He said that students who attend the concerts can expect world class improvisers and strong performances. “It’s not like anything else, but at the same time, what I hope is that it will be interesting and affecting and moving and terrific performances,” he said. The weekend’s commemoration will start with a concert that features a series of Wolff ’s most famous works, including “Duo for Pianists” (1957), “Serenade for flute, clarinet and violin” (1950) and “Exercises” which he began composing in 1974 and is famous for the improvisation it allows for its performers. Members of the International Contemporary Ensemble will join a larger ensemble to play the pieces. Ensemble co-artistic director and clarinetist Joshua Rubin said that he will be playing “Serenade for a flute, clarinet and violin” in Friday’s concert and that he considers it an honor to play, since it was one of Wolff ’s earliest pieces. “It is very personal for me,” he said. “It’s one of his earliest pieces, and it’s very lovely and unusual.” Rubin said that the Ensemble will be playing with their “musical heroes” during the concert. He said that he is excited to see how a variety of genres by different performers will come together. Saturday’s concerts will feature the pieces “Pete” (2015) and “Brooklyn” (2015). The Ensemble will be joined by well-known improvisers Polansky, Robyn Schulkowsky, Joey Baron and George Lewis. Polansky said that Wolff ’s pieces look at improvisation in a non-traditional
way. “There’s a lot of performer freedom, choice and I would say, most importantly, trust in the musicianship and intelligence of the players,” he said. “Although I believe as part of one concert we will simply improvise, freely, that’s not a piece of Christian’s, but rather one that he will take part in, as a fellow improvisor, not dissimilar to the way he takes part in the performance of his pieces as a fellow musician. Rubin said that “Pete,” which was composed by Wolff, was written to honor the activist and folk musician Pete Seeger. “I don’t think it takes direct inspiration from Pete’s music,” he said. “It shows homage to [Wolff ’s] feelings about [Seeger] as person and to [Seeger’s] political ideas.”
Rubin said that “Pete” displays Wolff ’s skill at balancing the improvised and the traditional in experimental music. He said that he enjoys the piece because of how its sound is reminiscent of an old-time band. “His challenge as a composer is to balance those two things,” Rubin said. “He makes music with spontaneity. It has energy and vitality to it that no one else has come close to.” The other main piece in Saturday’s concert, “Brooklyn,” features large spaces for improvisation and room for at least six separate musicians. The second Saturday concert will mostly include improvisations by the performers featured in the earlier performance. Rubin said that Wolff ’s music has been an inspiration for the Ensemble
since the group’s conception and that they are excited to have another chance to perform with them. He said that Wolff is a key member of the “New York school” of experimental musicians who had a key role on the group’s music. “We got interested in contemporary music through his music because he is such an incredible musician with such an incredible legacy,” he said. “He is in the category of composers who have been real mentors for our group, which includes many of the people joining us at the festival.” Rubin said that he is specifically glad for the opportunity to play both “Serenade for flute, clarinet and violin” and “Pete” in the same event because of how well they summarize Wolff ’s work. “To present one of his earliest works and one of his most recent, to show that
sort of breadth, that range is incredible,” he said. Polansky said that he is excited to both get to return to Hanover and to interact with other musicians who care about Wolff. Friday’s concert will be held at 7 p.m. in Faulkner Hall. Saturday’s concerts will be held at 2 p.m. in Rollins Chapel and 7 p.m. in Faulkner Hall. Allthree of the weekend’s concerts are free to students and to the public. In addition to the weekend’s events, Baker-Berry Library has an exhibition of Wolff ’s work “Christian Wolff: Beginning anew at every ending” on display from Sept. 18 to Dec. 10. The music department will also be hosting a panel on Wolff ’s work on Friday in Faulkner Hall at 4:30 p.m. Polansky will moderate the panel.
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Free series of performances with Emeritus Dartmouth music and classics professor Wolff—a colleague of John Cage and Merce Cunningham—and International Contemporary Ensemble plus guest musicians.
FROM MAMBO TO NOW: BIG BAND LATIN JAZZ DON GLASGO director Music from Tito Puente to Machito with special guest Carlos Henriquez, bassist of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, plus Ray Vega on trumpet, vocalist Marco Bermudez, and percussionist William Rodriguez.
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This 40-voice student ensemble performs works by Mozart including Requiem Mass in D minor and excerpts from The Magic Flute.
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SPORTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015
FRIDAY LINEUP
WOMEN’S HOCKEY VS. HARVARD 7 PM
VOLLEYBALL VS. HARVARD 7 PM
Volleyball captain Paige Caridi ’16 leads revival of program
B y ashley dupuis The Dartmouth
Paige Caridi ’16, who hails from Austin, Texas, said that in her hometown, “volleyball is a hub — everyone plays.” Since she started playing at only eight years old, volleyball has been an integral part of Caridi’s life. At age nine, she began playing select volleyball with her local club, where she played for two years. Volleyball was not always the only sport in her life, though, and when Caridi was young, she also swam and played soccer. When it eventually came down to choosing between sports, Caridi said she disliked that when playing soccer she was stuck in the goalie position because of her height. She meshed with the quick pace of volleyball, though, and said she kept playing because she could maintain good ball control even if she could not hit the hardest. Caridi attended Westlake High School where she was a three-year member of the school’s volleyball team and a member of the track and field team. She played for Austin Junior Volleyball’s top Mizuno team, which won the 2011 USA Volleyball National Championship and took third in 2010 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics. She also played at the 2010 USA Beach Volleyball U19 Championship, where she placed second. Before coming to Dartmouth, she was named a Prep Volleyball All-American and Academic All-American and Under Armour All-
American honorable mention. “When I started playing select volleyball it was a huge time commitment,” Caridi said. “We were traveling every single weekend, and we were playing teams even from different countries, which was cool.” After a successful high school career, Caridi set her sights on playing volleyball against Division I competition. She said she knew for a long time that she wanted to play at the collegiate level, and once she starting getting better at the sport, she wanted to pursue it further. Most of the people on her team also move on to the collegiate level, she said, and though she was the last to commit, “the pieces just kind of fell into place.” Although she planned to play in college, Caridi’s volleyball career was not always pointed toward New Hampshire. Initially, she considered playing beach volleyball. After ruling out the option that would have required a more temperate climate, an opportunity to receive an Ivy League education and leave her mark on the program set Caridi’s sights on Dartmouth. “I actually wasn’t convinced I wanted to go to Dartmouth at first,” Caridi said. “I didn’t want to be out in the middle of nowhere, but as soon as I got on campus, I knew I was at the right place. I loved the vibe, and the coach really gave me the sense that I would be able to contribute to the team my freshman year, which I really wanted.” Now, four years later, Caridi and the Big Green have the Ivy League title in
their sights. Caridi believes the team’s current success — Dartmouth is 9-7 overall and 6-1 in the Ivy League — comes from years of growth. In 2012, Caridi’s freshmen year, the team finished 1-13 in conference and 2-22 overall. The team saw improvement over the next two years, finishing 4-10 in conference in 2013 and 2014. In her senior year, Caridi and Dartmouth have finally seemed to put the pieces together and stand atop the conference leaderboard halfway through the Ivy League season. “I think we’re just so bought in to who we are as a team now,” Caridi said. “When it comes to fight or flight, we’re definitely fighters now. I think in the past we might have been a little more flight, and that piece — that transition — has been what’s helping us win really close matches.” Dartmouth will take on Harvard University this Friday, a game that could prove critical for their Ivy title dreams. Just last weekend, the Big Green had a major five-set victory against Columbia University in what Caridi described as “a nail-biter.” “We were clearly at the disadvantage [in the fifth set], but I don’t think it went through anyone’s mind that we were going to lose that match, and that’s something unique that has been this year that I don’t think has been there in previous years,” Caridi said. It was only fitting that when the team needed it most, Caridi put together one of her best nights of the season against Columbia, registering a season-high 26
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Paige Caridi ’16 has been critical in Dartmouth’s recent volleyball success.
kills to go along with 11 digs. “During that match, [Caridi] stuck to the game plan and she kept playing hard the whole match, going for difficult angles and shots and tooling people down the line,” teammate Emily Astarita ’17 said. “It’s a brave and aggressive play to make, and she kept at it the whole match. She was really successful in scoring for us because she was taking advantage of her opportunities.” Caridi has been a leader and cornerstone of the volleyball program throughout her Dartmouth career. As a freshman, Caridi was the only member of the team to appear in all 84 sets, and led the team with 261 digs. The past two years she has also served as one of the
team’s captains. “Starting her career at Dartmouth [with a 2-22 season] and ending up where we are right now is a true testament to her skill and her leadership since she’s been captain for the last two years,” teammate Julia Lau ’17 said, attributing Caridi’s success to her strong work ethic and “desire to be the best.” As her Dartmouth career draws to an end, Caridi has the chance to end it with a bang. “Since I’m a senior, this is my last chance [to win the Ivy League title],” Caridi said. “It hasn’t always been easy, but I’d would say we’re resilient. Being good, having a good game doesn’t mean you can’t be better, and that is something the team has all bought into.”
Rowing teams post solid performances at Head of Charles
B y HENRY ARNDT
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
The men’s heavyweight and lightweight and women’s rowing teams kicked off their 2015-2016 season this past weekend at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts, providing the first glimpse of the teams in action as they head into their busy fall schedules. Conditions for the weekend were fair and similar to the ones the team has encountered on the Charles River in the past, which allowed the boats to row in an environment they were prepared to encounter. “The conditions were solid,” heavyweight rower Tommy Kiernan ’17 said. “I wouldn’t say they were challenging. They were the standard conditions at the Charles.”
The women posted their better result of the weekend in their first action on the Charles. Competing on Saturday, the women’s club eight finished 11th in their event in a field of 38 boats with a time of 17:51.180 in a 4800-meter race. Brown University took first place in the event with a time of 17:09.583, showing a gap between the Big Green and its stiff Ivy League competition. The women’s championship eight boat competed the next day, taking 15th out of the 32 boats in competition. The women finished in 17:02.733, just four seconds ahead of 16th-place Clemson University. Brown took second, with Yale University coming in fifth. The Big Green’s 15th-place finish was its best at the Head of the Charles since 2011. Overall, the women enjoyed a weekend of solid results that provide a platform for the team to build on
moving forward. Achieving results quickly, however, is paramount for the Big Green in a fall season shortened by temperatures that plummet rapidly. The men’s heavyweight team had three boats in action over the course of the weekend. The heavyweight club four highlighted all action for Dartmouth by taking fourth in a field of more than 50 boats. The club four finished the race in 17:28.418. One of the most positive indicators of the boat’s performance is the youth of the rowers. Of the four rowers, only one was a senior and the remaining three were all underclassmen. Union College won the club four event as the only team to break 17 minutes, finishing in 16:54.541. “The four did really well,” heavyweight captain Jamie Billings ’16 said. “We were really excited about how
highly they placed in their large field. Moving forward, I think we will see some improvements as we continue to work on our fitness.” The heavyweight club eight also competed on Saturday and did its best to replicate the early success of the club four boat. The club eight took 13th in the event, completing the event in under 16 minutes at 15:51.233. The only Ivy League boats that finished ahead of Dartmouth were Brown and Harvard Universities. Brown took first place in the event with a time of 15:04.950, finishing the event almost 50 seconds before Dartmouth. The heavyweight championship eight posted the team’s lowest finish of the weekend in its final event on Sunday. The championship eight finished the race in 15:15.634, the men’s fastest time of the weekend, but the performance
was only good enough for 20th out of the 26 boats racing. “Our results at the Charles highlighted the youth of our team and the fact that we have to improve in several ways,” men’s heavyweight head coach Wyatt Allen said. “We need to continue to improve technically, and most importantly, we have to be more competitive on the race course. We are rowing better than we were at this point last year.” The men’s lightweight team only had one boat compete at the regatta. Featuring a championship eight boat with no seniors, the lightweights performed admirably, braving the competition to finish 11th out of 17 in the event. The lightweight rowers finished the race in 15:36.815. All three rowing teams will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Princeton Chase in Princeton, New Jersey.