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Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich spoke to a crowded Collis Common Ground on Thursday afternoon, touching on topics such as health care, economic reform and his past political experiences. The forum was taped as part of a segment for MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show, hosted by former Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla) and Mika Brzezinski, and will air on Friday morning.

On a raised platform in front of a blazing fireplace,

Presidential candidate John Kasich appeared in Collis Common Ground to discuss policy goals.

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Researcher suing the College, alleging wrongful firing

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A former researcher at the Center for Health Care Delivery Science is suing a senior member of the center’s staff and the College for a variety of alleged offenses stemming from her accusation of plagiarism against her employer.

Manana Tsulukidze brought a lawsuit against senior scientist Glyn Elwyn and the College, alleging that Elwyn misrepresented her concept

for a study as his own, then fired her in retaliation when she reported his actions. The College is also listed as a defendant in the suit as Tsulukidze believes that the College denied her the right to appeal her termination and failed to fully investigate her misconduct claims.

Five counts were listed in the suit.

Tsulukidze alleged wrongful termination, violation of New Hampshire’s Whistleblowers’ Protection Act , intentional inflection of emotional distress, tortious interference with

economic advantage and respondeat superior, a legal doctrine stating that the employer — the College — can be held responsible for the actions of an employee — Elwyn.

College spokesperson Diana Lawrence wrote in an email that Elwyn and College associate general counsel Kevin O’Leary had declined to comment.

The College does not comment on pending litigation, but believes Tsulukidze’s claims are meritless, Lawrence wrote in an email.

Increased alumni respond to survey, comment on MDF B y BRIANA TANG The Dartmouth

Dartmouth alumni sent more than 1,300 emails to the Alumni Liaison Committee expressing opinions and concerns on academics, student life and administrative initiatives at the College during the 2014-2015 academic year, according to the committee’s annual report to the Board of Trustees.

The topics addressed in the greatest number of emails were the “Moving

Tsulukidze filed a complaint in Grafton Superior Court on Jan. 30, according to court records. She requested a jury trial.

The court records were provided to The Dartmouth by Tsulukidze’s attorney, Kirk Simoneau.

Tsulukidze — who is a national of the Republic of Georgia — claims that as a direct result of her termination and Elwyn’s refusal to provide a reference, she has been unable to SEE COURT PAGE 5

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Dartmouth Forward” policy changes and the increased use of living learning communities, according to statistics in the report.

In response to an email sent by the Alumni Liaison Committee to alumni following College President Phil Hanlon’s Jan. 29 announcement of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative, alumni sent about 100 emails to the committee.

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The Dartmouth Physics Society hosted a social featuring liquid nitrogen ice cream.

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DAily debriefing Vice President Joe Biden officially announced that he will not be running for the Democratic presidential nomination, but will be fighting for 16 years of free education for every student in the United States, Inside Higher Ed reports. Biden’s position on free education has changed since President Barack Obama revealed his plan on making public college free. Biden’s new positon is more associated with the liberal democratic groups’ approach that pushes for the idea of creating debt-free college education at four-year universities and colleges. The Obama administration has not been supportive of this approach and instead has supported free community college.

Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have addressed the cost of higher education — Clinton has called for making tuition free for low-income students at public colleges while, Sanders has called for tuition-free higher education for all.

The National Labor Relations Board voted on whether graduate teaching assistants at private non-profit universities are entitled to collective bargaining, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. The issue stemmed from a conflict as to whether or not unionization at private universities for graduate students employed as teaching assistants should be permitted. The new decision presented by the NLRB has led to the conclusion that university graduate students can unionize. Collective bargaining rights for graduate students a private university are still not clear because some argue that if students are given employee rights to demand better wages and working conditions, the relationship between professors and graduate students can be complicated.

A study conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges reported that applications for medical schools reached a record-breaking high for this year, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. More than 52,500 students applied this year.

Enrollement of Hispanic and black students increased 6.9 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. Since 2002, the enrollment of medical students has increased 25 percent, with an all-time high of 20,630 students enrolled.

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Alumni question MDF, LLCs FROM ALUMNI PAGE 1

Former Alumni Council president and Alumni Liaison Committee chair Mark Davis ’81 Tu’84 said the majority of alumni expressed support for the College’s efforts in their correspondence.

“There was a generally very positive response from alumni about the effort Phil Hanlon has taken to address these issues head on,” Davis said.

Some alumni disagreed with the “top-down” approach to alter student behavior. Negative responses were often directed at very specific parts of the initiative, notably the hard alcohol ban. Some alumni wrote that college is the time for students to learn to live in society, even if that involves making bad choices.

The majority of the Class of 1977 thinks that the hard alcohol ban could eliminate some high-risk behavior and help to address the issue of sexual assault, class president Nancy Parssinen Vespoli ’77 said.

Class of 1967 president Sam Ostrow ’67 said that most of his class thought that “Moving Dartmouth Forward” constitutes a major step toward addressing the issues on campus, but noted that no preventative measure can succeed absolutely and that the problems that the College is facing are those that many colleges also face.

There is no perfect solution to binge drinking and sexual assault, and student and alumni perspectives should be incorporated more meaningfully into the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policies, Class of 2011 president Shayla Mars ’11 said.

In total, the Alumni Liaison Committee received 338 emails about administrative issues, including the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative. Administrative concerns also included approaches to addressing high-risk drinking, concerns over the cost of attendance at the College, fossil fuel divestment and efforts to reinstate the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps.

The number of emails received in this category increased 92 percent from the previous year. Davis said this increase was in large part due to the announcement of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative and the renewed attention on curbing high-risk behaviors.

The expansion of living learning communities was a major cause of concern in emails as well. In response to an email from the Alumni Liaison Committee in fall 2014 asking for alumni views on the communities, alumni sent 151 comments. Much of the feedback was negative. There was concern among alumni that LLCs could fragment the campus.

“Many alumni said that opportunities to associate with a wide range of people in the dorms could dissipate,” Davis said.

He noted that on this topic and others, however, people with negative views were more likely to write in than people who had positive views or were indifferent.

“There are a lot of alumni who are very excited about LLCs, but there are also those who do not like the idea because looking back at their own experiences, they really loved the idea of being placed in a dorm with people with different interests than themselves,” Davis said.

Those who wrote in support of LLCs identified with Hanlon’s goal of creating like-minded communities and homes, Davis said.

Davis also noted that alumni who graduated before 1986 sent more negative emails than alumni from more recent years, though Ostrow — who graduated well before 1986 — said he believes that LLCs are positive for Dartmouth.

Vespoli said that while it may be worthwhile to give LLCs a chance, she enjoyed the diversity of students she met in her dorm when she was at the College.

“I like seeing everyone mixed together and [have] gotten similar feedback from the people in my class,” she said. “I met people who I otherwise would not have met, whereas you might be able to meet people of those same interests at some other organization.”

LLCs do not necessarily cause social separation, Mars said.

“There are many ways you can still become involved with other students on campus,” she said. “If that was the case, there would be a separation between freshmen and upperclassmen. The idea that LLCS contain people to separate buildings is irrational to me. Other colleges have implemented the same kinds of living situations, and their students have been able to maintain an understanding of other students on campus and also feel like they are actually at home, which is the main goal of the College.”

Mars also said that her class’ main concern is sexual assault, specifically that the College may not do enough to handle cases in a way that makes survivors feel safe.

The Alumni Liaison Committee received 1,352 emails from alumni this year, 38 percent higher than the number of emails received in the 2013-2014 academic year and significantly more than in any year prior.

The uptick in emails was a result of the committee’s efforts to increase communication with alumni, Davis said.

For the first time, the Alumni Liaison Committee also reached

out to alumni through two surveys on Facebook and Twitter. These in total received more than 3,000 responses from alumni.

The Alumni Liaison Committee also used the Moosilauke Forum, a system designed by Dartmouth’s market research director that randomly surveys 2,000 alumni for questions about professional development and the role of alumni in the admissions process.

More than 800 alumni participated in the survey on professional development. The Alumni Liaison Committee hoped that the information gained from the survey could guide the College’s staff as they develop new programs to support the professional growth of students and alumni. The alumni surveyed said they valued their professional Dartmouth connections very highly and that there is a strong interest in networking with students. Some alumni found that the Dartmouth Career Network and Dartboard were not being marketed enough to alumni, according to the survey data.

More than 500 alumni took the survey on the admissions process.

From the survey, alumni generally believe their interviews have an important role in the admissions process. A high percentage of respondents asked for a better understanding of how the admissions office uses the interviews.

The Alumni Liaison Committee received 102 emails about academics, up 50 percent from the previous year, according to the report. The topics most frequently discussed in the emails include balancing the liberal arts curriculum, determining the future of graduate education and utilizing technology in the classroom. Some alumni also expressed enthusiasm for the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network in their emails.

The committee received 220 emails about student life, down 25 percent from the previous year, according to the report. Some expressed a need for social change at the College while roughly even numbers of alumni called for the abolition of the Greek system and its continuation. Most emails regarding the derecognition of Alpha Delta fraternity were written by AD alumni who had been affiliated with the house, and most were critical of the decision.

In response to a prompt about how Dartmouth can differentiate itself from other institutions through its marketing, the Alumni Liaison Committee received 57 responses.

The features cited most include Dartmouth’s location and scenery, the student body, commitment to teaching undergraduates, global focus and a close alumni network.

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Students react positively to Kasich’s message FROM KASICH PAGE 1

Kasich sat between Scarborough, Brzezinkski and Steven Rattner, a famous financier and economic expert. Set a little apart from the stage was a large calculator that reported the increasing national debt, including the amount of debt per citizen.

The large audience included students, professors, administrators and Upper Valley residents.

Scarborough’s first few questions for Kasich centered around his thoughts on his Republican competitor and current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. Scarborough asked Kasich how he has able to keep his “eye on the prize” amidst the frenzies of polls.

Kasich conceded that Trump has “touched a nerve” in the American people, in that they are frustrated at the lack of growth in the economy and the dishonesty of political leaders. He said ultimately, people want a leader who can actually “land the plane.” Kasich said he has done this in Ohio, which he transformed from a “disintegrating” state to one that he said is doing quite well.

Kasich went on to say that the best way to judge a politician on what he or she will do is to examine what he or she has done before. He noted that

despite frequent pressures on politicians to spend, the spending has to stop because overspending hurts job growth. He said without jobs, families disintegrate and young people lack opportunities.

Although he said that he typically does not criticize President Barack Obama, Kasich said the current situation in Washington, D.C. is very poor.

“There is too much fighting, too much disagreement, not smart leadership,” he said. “The President does not understand how to do the congressional relationship and how to build leaders.”

These issues are rectifiable, and unity is possible with a strong Republican president — or a president of any party that has a strong vision, he said. Kasich’s extensive experience with and understanding of Congress’s functioning is one of his greatest assets as a candidate, he said.

Kasich then alluded to his religion — a recurring theme throughout his talk — as his impetus for running in the campaign. Scarborough mentioned Kasich’s Christian values in relation to a past decision to accept Medicaid money from the federal government in Ohio, an action that was criticized by Republicans for being too liberal.

Although Kasich later said he would eliminate the Affordable Care Act if he became president, he expressed support for preserving Medicare. He also spoke passionately about criminal justice reform and its success in Ohio, topics he touched on in the first Republican national debate in August.

“I don’t forget about people who live in the shadows,” Kasich said.

“I’m not trying to judge anyone else’s morals or beliefs, but to me, we can’t ignore people who are down on their luck.”

He later said he has been labeled one of the most progressive and forward-thinking governors in America in terms of concern for the poor.

Kasich then spoke about his desire to take power away from the federal government and distribute it back to the states, particularly for the purposes of infrastructure, education and job training. He also noted that he believes the government should increase defense spending, but only after “massive reform” in the Pentagon.

Scarborough then asked about Kasich’s stances on foreign policy, particularly in relation to the current refugee crisis in Syria, to which Kasich responded that creating a sanctuary in Syria is immediately necessary. He

then described his own reluctance to intervene in civil wars, saying that we should only go to war if it is in our direct interest.

A key facet of being a good leader is having the strength to make unpopular decisions, Kasich said, something he said he experienced after his first term in Ohio. Politicians must be “willing to walk a lonely road,” he said.

About halfway through the event, the forum opened to questions from the audience. In response to a student’s question about relations with Israel, Kasich affirmed that we need to show support for the country.

“We need to stop dissing prime ministers,” Kasich said. “The president wouldn’t even meet with [Israel’s prime minister]. I couldn’t believe that. We need to show support and not let them be an existential threat.”

In response to another student’s question about dealing with the “personalities” of the caucus, Kasich said while it is not easy to undo the partisanship in Washington, if you show people adequate respect and get them to see a “higher purpose” then unity can be achieved.

Kasich affirmed his support for decreasing the national debt, increasing privatization and reforming redistricting to control campaign finance. He closed the forum by reasserting his platform as being centered around tax reform, balancing the budget, promoting responsible trade and encouraging independent sources of energy.

Ben Vihstadt ’16, who attended the event, said Kasich did an excellent

job in the forum.

“He worked the crowd very well, was very unscripted, very relaxed,” Vihstadt said.

Tomas La Porta ’18 also said he was very impressed with Kasich’s performance and that it seemed the governor was being very honest throughout the talk, especially at the end when answering audience questions.

“He was very clear about his goals and ideas, which is not something you always see in a politician,” La Porta said.

Hanover resident Frank Lesher expressed a similar sentiment, saying Kasich seemed very genuine.

Vihstadt said many students he spoke to were relatively unfamiliar with Kasich before the speech, but afterwards were pleasantly surprised by his moderate stances.

“There were saying, how could a Republican be so sane, moderate, level-headed, thoughtful?” Vihstadt said.

Josh Otoo ’18 was one of these students, who said he did not know Kasich coming into the speech.

Although he has a stronger preference for more liberal stances, he said Kasich’s policies seemed reasonable and called his desire to enact social change laudable.

Vihstadt said the fact that Kasich event came to Hanover, a more reputably liberal place, speaks volumes.

“He’s going to a place that might not be conventional for a Republican candidate,” Vihstadt said, explaining that actions like this will help his popularity with younger people.

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Verbum Ultimum The Dartmouth Editorial Board

Staff Columnist Michelle Gil ’16

Double-Ban Dilemma

Welcome to the Greek System

In light of the hard alcohol ban, the GLC first-year ban requires supportive data.

The Greek Leadership Council’s six-week ban on first-year students entering Greek houses has been enforced each fall for three years now. Safety and Security director Harry Kinne has said that the policy has had a consistent, positive effect. He did not have specific numbers to corroborate this claim.

As seems to be the case with many policies, the freshman ban has been judged on a qualitative basis. Yet any major initiative, administrative and student-led alike, should be held to a much more rigorous standard.

All theoretical justifications for a policy have weak spots that must be addressed by real-world evidence. But without comprehensive data from the years before and after the policy’s enactment, we have an imprecise sense of whether it is actually beneficial to cordon off first-years from the core of our social scene for their first six weeks here.

We are therefore surprised that GLC representatives were likewise unable to provide any convincing evidence that their policy has been helpful. College data seems like the most obvious metric by which to evaluate the policy.

Has there been a reduction in alcohol-related incidents for freshmen in their fall terms since the policy began — not just in Greek houses, but everywhere? It goes without saying that the policy would not be justified if it had merely shifted the locale where students engage in high-risk behavior, rather than the total incidence.

The hard alcohol ban makes the need for statistical analysis even more apparent. We would expect the hard alcohol ban to have blunted the original concerns about freshman alcohol use that prompted the GLC policy — devised in a previous era when freshmen could still access liquor in fraternities without severe consequences. Since no Greek house — regardless of the imbibing student’s age — can stock liquor anymore, the danger of rapid intoxication that freshmen used to face in Greek houses no longer exists. The majority of brand-new students are not going to be playing back-to-back games of pong in

basements, and likely will not get as drunk off Keystone as they would have with access to hard alcohol.

Of course, the hard alcohol ban is much easier to evade in individual freshman dorm rooms, where Safety and Security walkthroughs are generally done on an as-needed, rather than random, basis. We wonder if the GLC ban has perhaps limited the ability to supervise freshmen. If they are going to break the rules, is it better if they do so by downing vodka among themselves in their rooms or by drinking beer in a fraternity basement — with the AMP-mandated two Safety and Security walkthroughs a night? Most would agree that the latter, in which upperclassmen can also intervene or call for help, is preferable.

If we all care about the safety of freshmen, it follows that we would not encourage them to hide their drinking habits from the rest of the school behind closed doors. In so doing, we would be sabotaging the harm-reduction approach to drinking. Yet that is more or less what the GLC ban has done. From a practical standpoint, the freshman ban would appear to make it more difficult for Safety and Security to monitor all students on social nights. Segregated social scenes result in a greater number of areas where alcohol-related incidents might occur, whereas previously students were generally concentrated in a known, constrained list of places. We are surprised, then, that Kinne does not share our reservations about the policy.

If the GLC could quantifiably demonstrate that this campus is safer for freshmen because of its initiative, most of our concerns would be laid to rest. We would applaud Greek leaders for their commitment to improving first-years’ initial social experiences at Dartmouth. If the policy has failed to produce any measurable results, however, we would urge the GLC to consider alternative ways to ensure the well-being of freshmen. Above all else, self-regulation for the Greek system should be concerned with delivering demonstrable improvements in student life and safety, not just rhetoric.

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The end of the first-year ban brings new considerations for ’19s.

With ’19s now able to join the Dartmouth basement scene, I have decided to offer up a bit of advice to our zealous first-years. This is not going to be the witty, sarcastic fraternity basement advice column, like, “Don’t crash a semi” or “Prepare to be bumped off table.” Instead, this is going to be serious, important advice for freshmen entering the new territory of the basement.

When it comes to alcohol, trust yourself and be aware of your limits. For some, fraternities will be the first time you encounter alcohol. For many, it will not — but it will likely be your first encounter with such easy access. Just because you could, in theory, drink 20 Keystones in a basement, does not mean you should. I watched people try to accomplish such “feats” during my first year. By no coincidence, those were also some of the first people I saw booting on the lawns and walls of fraternities, and in some cases even getting Good Sammed. If you have already made the decision that you do not plan to drink, do not let yourself feel pressured just because alcohol abounds in the basement scene. It is perfectly okay to play pong with water. It is equally acceptable to walk around the basement with a Powerade from the Novack vending machines — or no drink at all.

Even as a 21-year-old senior, I still carry around non-alcoholic drinks in basements much more frequently than I actually choose to imbibe.

Even though it might be exciting to finally enter the world of “The Basement,” be careful not to let your night life affect your day life. For example, frequently staying in basements until 4 a.m. to hone your pong skills and then missing class the next day is not advisable. Although a lot of first-years might be tempted to go out to the frats as many nights a week as someone will open a front door for them — and yes, my friends and I did this our first year as well — try sticking to, at most, the main “on nights” of Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. As fun as it might be to live out the “fratstar” persona, I cannot tell you how many fellow ’16s I saw start out like that, only to struggle with serious alcohol dependency issues later in their Dartmouth careers.

My next piece of advice is about what to do if you see someone else — probably a first-year, but not always — who has clearly had too much to drink. If someone is stumbling, can barely walk or talk or is throwing up profusely, that person needs help. And of course, if you see two people

trying to leave a frat or go into a room and one or both of them is clearly intoxicated and not in a mindset to make intelligent decisions, please, step in immediately. If they really want to hook up with each other, they can wait 24 hours and meet up a little less drunk the next night. If several people are already helping, then you do not necessarily need to go out of your way to get involved. But if someone looks dangerously drunk and no one else is around, do not assume that someone else will eventually step in to help them. Do you absolutely need to Good Sam the person? No. But I would suggest bringing him or her to an empty room and having someone sit with them while someone else gets them water and food. Stay with them until they are stable, and then ask if they would like you to help them get home. They might get defensive at this point, but I would suggest calmly pointing out that they appear to be an uncomfortable level of inebriated.

If they still do not want to go home, ask them if they would like to go to grab late night food with you. Several times I have coaxed belligerently drunk first-years with me to Collis with the promise of mozzarella sticks.

Although it might seem awkward to get involved in a situation with a drunk person you do not know — or even an extremely drunk and stubborn friend — it is worth it to be the “bad guy” for the night if safety is at stake. In my almost three and a half years here, I’ve been yelled at, cursed out and even hit by drunk friends or strangers who I have attempted to help. But you know what? Come the next morning, almost everyone single one — friend or stranger — has reached out to thank me and the other people who got involved for helping them when they could not help themselves. And when I have been the stubborn person in need of help, once I have sobered up I have always been extremely grateful and appreciative of anyone who stepped in.

I am not telling you that you should not go out or drink at all, or that you should stop people around you from drinking. I am instead giving you the advice I — likely along with a number of ’16s — wish I had gotten when I was a first-year.

This is advice coming from a genuine place of concern, from a senior who was in your shoes not too long ago, and is becoming nostalgic and reflective now that she is about to leave Dartmouth.

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Researcher alleges that she was not credited for her work FROM COURT PAGE 1

secure other academic work and will be required to leave the United States.

“This actually isn’t an intellectual property case in the way we usually use that term of art,” Simoneau said. “This is really more of a whistleblower case. This is the wronged employee, the employee who cries foul and then gets fired for crying foul.”

The case deals primarily with intellectual property law and wrongful employment law, Simoneau said.

Simoneau added that these intellectual property and wrongful termination cases are not common.

Having filed the suit, however, many people, including Dartmouth professors, have recently contacted Simoneau to say that the theft of ideas is an extremely common behavior, he said.

Tsulukidze came to the United States on a work visa from Georgia. During her 2012-2014 tenure at the College, Tsulukidze worked as a post-baccalaureate fellow directly under Elwyn at the Center for Health Care Delivery Science, according to the documents.

In 2013, Tsulukidze developed

a new study involving medical patients who secretly record interactions with their physicians, according to court documents. Tsulukidze alleges that Elwyn threatened to withhold a reference that was crucial to her securing another job if she did not cede authorship of the study to him. The defense denied the allegation in its response to the complaint, but acknowledged that the study and its authorship became a source of contention between Tsulukidze and Elwyn.

Tsulukidze met with the vice provost for research Martin Wybourne to resolve the authorship dispute and, ultimately, Tsulukidze was approved as “study lead” in Feb. 2014, according to court records.

Conflict between Elwyn and Tsulukidze erupted again when Elwyn published an article in the BMJ — formerly known as the British Medical Journal — in March 2014, where Tsulukidze alleges that Elwyn intentionally presented her ideas as his own, without citing her work, while also promoting an upcoming conference that he was co-directing.

The defense maintains that Elwyn published an opinion piece, not an article, in BMJ. Subsequently in May 2014 and

July 2014, Tsulukidze alleges that she filed a formal letter of grievance and made complaints to Wybourne about research misconduct by Elwyn.

Tsulukidze’s fellowship was only renewed for a few months by Elwyn before he terminated Tsulukidze.

On Sept. 22, 2014, the College’s human resources department affirmed Tsulukizde’s termination, according to court documents.

Tsulukizde alleges that all of her requests that “the College further investigate or institute an appeal panel were rejected,” despite numerous provisions in College policies for appeals of termination.

The College and Elwyn deny this allegation, according to the defense’s answer to Tsulukidze’s complaint.

Dartmouth went against its established standards set out in the College’s faculty handbook when it took a disposition on the case in favor of Elwyn without going through its traditional procedures, government professor emeritus Roger Masters said.

“I am, however, familiar with the rules of Dartmouth College with regard to a complaint that has been made by a member of the faculty, staff or student against a faculty member of the College,”

Masters said. “Dartmouth College decidedly did not follow the rules set forth in the faculty handbook in handling this case.”

Masters specifically noted rules on pages 28 through 30 and 83 of the faculty handbook as relevant in Tsulukidze’s case.

On April 1, the defense made a motion to dismiss Tsulukidze’s claims that the College is in violation of the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act in its treatment of her.

The defense’s motion to dismiss the claim alleged that there is a “complete lack” of laws forbidding plagiarism and that the plaintiff could therefore not have thought that plagiarism was illegal.

The plaintiff ’s objection to the defense’s motion to dismiss cites Dartmouth’s own academic policies concerning plagiarism.

The objection says that because Dartmouth defines plagiarism as “intellectual theft,” it was reasonable for Tsulukidze to think that Elwyn’s behavior was illegal.

Judge Peter Borstein denied the College’s motion to dismiss as the court concluded that the complaint of activity does not have to be illegal as long as the plaintiff believed that the activity was in violation of a law, according to court records.

For plaintiffs to win cases in terms of the violation of the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, the plaintiff must establish that he or she reported on a matter of substance to a person or persons in a position to address the issue and was shortly thereafter terminated or retaliated against, University of California at Berkeley School of Law professor David Rosenfeld said.

Because different states have different laws governing what constitutes whistleblowing, Rosenfeld said that he could not completely comment on Tsulukidze’s case as it depends on New Hampshire law, with which he is not familiar.

In some states, complaints have to be made in writing and orally in others, or in certain states the plaintiff must raise the issue internally or to an outside agency in other states, Rosenfeld said.

If the suit is decided in Tsulukidze’s favor, the court could order the defense to pay double the plaintiff ’s damages, order the College to hire her back and order the College to pay Tsulukidze’s legal costs, Simoneau said.

According to Simoneau, the case could potentially go to trial in April 2016.

OFF CAMPUS WINTER TERM?

Want to apply for an Academic Off-Campus Program?

November 1, 2015

Early applications are due from students not on campus winter term wishing to apply for programs that require interviews. These programs are: AMELL LSA+ – Beijing ENVS FSP AMELL LSA+ - Tokyo English FSP AMELL LSA+ Arabic, Rabat Film & Media Studies FSP AMES FSP – Fez Geography FSP Anthro/Ling FSP Government FSP, London Art History FSP History FSP Biology FSP Music FSP Classics FSP Greece Theater FSP (All other program deadlines are the same as below)

IF YOU ARE ***ON*** CAMPUS WINTER TERM, IMPORTANT DATES ARE: January 7, 2016--- ‘16 Summer Term Program Applications are due February 1, 2016 --- ‘16 Fall, ‘17 Winter and ‘17 Spring Terms and all Exchange Program Applications are due ** **Exceptions: Government DSP, D.C. and UCSD Exchange – please see the Guarini Institute website for deadlines

Apply on-line at: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ocp Please join us at the Academic Off-Campus Programs Fair on Tuesday, November 3 (4:30-7:00 pm) in Collis Common Ground

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015

THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 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

TOMORROW 6:00 p.m.

“Halloween-o-thon,” collection of short films, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium

8:00 p.m.

“Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble,” Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium

9:00 p.m.

“Straight Outta Compton” (2015), film screening, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium

THE JAMES & DAVID ORR LECTURE ON CULTURE & RELIGION AT DARTMOUTH

VATICAN II PA S T, P R E S E N T & F U T U R E

A symposium assessing the Roman Catholic Church in the fifty years since the end of the Second Vatican Council

Thursday,

OCTOBER 29 4:15 pm

2015

Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

PANELISTS E.J. Dionne, Jr. Washington Post Brookings Institution

Paul Elie Berkley Center for Religion Georgetown University

Marian Ronan Catholic Feminist & Author New York Theological Seminary

Simone Campbell Sisters of Social Service “Nun on the Bus”

Jeffrey N. Steenson Monsignor & Church Historian Roman Catholic Church

MODERATOR Randall Balmer Dartmouth College

Cosponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015

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Shoot for It: With John Beneville ’16 and Alex Lee ’16

B y JOHN BENEVILLE AND ALEX LEE The Dartmouth

What’s up, Dartmouth? “Shoot For It” is normally colorful and humorous (at least we hope it comes across that way), but given what happened to Lamar Odom over the last week, we decided this week’s column would be more serious than normal. For those who don’t know, former NBA player Lamar Odom was rushed to a hospital last Tuesday and is reportedly “fighting for his life.” Lamar was found unconscious in a brothel outside of Las Vegas, where he had reportedly been staying for several days while doing a variety of drugs. Word is that Lamar’s condition has improved over the last few days, and despite being in a coma with multiple vital organs failing, he is beginning to recover.

When news of Lamar’s trip to the emergency room first became public, the basketball community offered an outpouring of support for their troubled brother.

John’s Take: When Alex asked me what I wanted to write about this week I had no trouble answering him. I grew up watching Lamar Odom play alongside Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest and respected Lamar for his game and his attitude on the court. He was a confidant and friend that Kobe could never

be. Where Kobe provided the grit and the resolve, Lamar supplied enthusiasm, friendship and balance. It wasn’t an act, and the relationships he established in the League over the years became immediately evident when news broke that he was on death’s door.

There are a lot of “takes” to be made when something like this happens, just as there are a lot of questions. Why was Lamar all alone at a brothel? How did we get to this point? Why was his plight described as “Kardashian reality star in a coma?” SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt said it best: “His name is Lamar Odom, and we knew it, long before he got married on a TV show that we don’t watch.”

Lamar’s tragedy is unfortunately mixed up in popular culture and “reality” TV, which many would argue contributed to his demise.

It’s great to see so many stars coming out in support of the man, but Lamar Odom needed help long, long ago. His ex-wife knew he was depressed, his dad knew he was depressed, but where have they been? “No one knew where he was,” they all say. “We tried to find him, but he didn’t want to be found.” I don’t buy it. If they cared enough about Lamar, if he was truly their “brother,” if an ex-wife really “loves” her ex-husband, if a father has actually “been there

for his son,” things don’t usually happen this way. Now that’s harsh, and it might be too harsh, but only the people closest to Lamar know whether or not they did all they could to help him.

It’s easy to get caught up in the sensationalist aspect of stories like this. There’s something horribly fascinating about a celebrity that saw so much success sinking so low. And yet Lamar is a real per-

“His name is Lamar Odom, and we knew it, long before he got married on a TV show that we don’t watch.”

-Sportscenter anchor SCOTT VAN PELT son, just like the rest of us. He’s a man riddled by addiction and cut down by sadness, just as some of our peers have been or will be.

If there’s anything to truly glean and gain from a story like this, it is a reminder that no one should be left alone to sit on rock bottom, and that people on their way down shouldn’t be afraid to ask or

demand help.

Alex’s Take: Great points by John, and I agree with essentially every point that he has made, so in that same vein, I will focus my take on Lamar’s accomplished basketball career because that should be the primary focus in how he is remembered.

Lamar had a very successful basketball career from the onset.

He won All-First team honors on USA Today’s best high school basketball players list during his senior year, and he spent time playing with other stars such as Elton Brand, Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest. He then attended the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, but due to some behavioral troubles that forced him to sit out the 19971998 season, he transferred to University of Rhode Island. There, he averaged 17.6 points per game and earned rookie of the year in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The following season, Lamar opted to enter the NBA Draft, and he was selected fourth overall by the Los Angeles Clippers. Odom had a fantastic rookie season averaging 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists, earning All-Rookie First-Team honors. After three more solid seasons on the Clippers, Odom signed with the Miami Heat as a restricted free agent and averaged 17.1 points, 9.7 rebounds

and 4.1 assists.

Then came Odom’s golden years in Los Angeles. The first four years he spent representing the purple and gold, Odom started every game and averaged 15.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists. These were very solid numbers, and he was a significant part of Laker Nation during this time.

Odom’s most significant transition, however, occurred when he transitioned to the Lakers’ sixth man role during the 2008-2009 season. He played fewer minutes but still put up strong averages, and more importantly acted as the Lakers primary scoring, energy and wildcard off the Laker’s bench.

Odom’s sacrifice for the betterment of the team played a pivotal role in the back-to-back championships they won in ’08-’09 and ’09-’10. For these reasons, Laker fans like John fondly remember Odom for the great service he did for their team.

After brief stints with the Mavericks and then back to the Clippers the following two seasons, Odom retired from the NBA. In total, he played 14 solid seasons of professional basketball. Ultimately, John and I hope that when people think about Lamar Odom, they will remember his great play, team-first attitude and unbeatable smile.

Men’s hockey prepares for season and Prince Edward Island

B y MARK CUI The Dartmouth

On Oct. 31, the men’s ice hockey team will formally kick off its 201516 season with a home game against Harvard University. The team has finished within the top five seeds in the competitive ECAC conference 11 of the last 15 years and in second place in the Ivy League four of the last five years. The previous season added to the team’s historic success, as the team tied for fourth place in the 12-team ECAC with Colgate University and finished in second place in the Ivy League behind Yale University. The team went on to sweep Princeton University in two games before falling to Colgate in the second round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs. Led by head coach Bob Gaudet ’81, the Big Green looks to build off last year’s strong season.

“We have a really good style level of play that we’ve evolved into,” Gaudet said. “We play really hard. Now it’s just trying to fit guys in this year.”

Gaudet was also impressed with the team’s preparation for the season.

“It’s a great group of guys,” Gaudet said. “They all came in the beginning of the term in great shape so they were all very accountable in their offseason training.”

After starting official practices on Oct. 9, the team played its first exhibition match against the USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program last Saturday night.

Despite early goals from Dartmouth’s Corey Kalk ’18 and Josh Hartley ’17, the team trailed 4-2 by the early third period. As the third period progressed, Dartmouth tied the game thanks to Nick Bligh ’16 and Alex Jasiek ’19, each scoring a goal apiece. The comeback bid fell just short, as USNTDP’s Clayton Keller scored a power play goal with 21 seconds left in regulation to secure the win 5-4.

Although it was an exhibition game and does not count for the Big Green’s record, Grant Opperman ’17 finds the exhibition games to be very useful.

“It’s nice to play those games because as much as you try to replicate games in practice, there’s a lot of situations in games that really occur organically in a game,” Opperman said. “It’s nice to get

rust out.”

Geoff Ferguson ’16 agreed, analyzing the takeaways of the game.

“I thought we had a really good neutral zone game, but it was definitely evident that our defense needs a lot of work.” Ferguson said.

“All in all, [the game] was a blast.”

The team looks to continue improving in the upcoming practices, including the “small parts of the game, such as stick-handling and little small skillwork,” Troy Crema ’17 said.

In addition, due to this year’s large graduating senior class, the team needs to form new lineups.

Gaudet said he looks forward to the challenge.

“It’s going to be an exciting season because there’s going to be a lot of opportunity for guys,” Gaudet said. “Whether it’s veteran players to play on different spots on the team or younger players to fill different spots on the team, there’s a lot of good playing time.”

In addition to improving skills and developing a lineup, the team also looks to continue building team chemistry. Gaudet, who is entering his 19th season, said this

year’s team chemistry is “as tight as I’ve ever been a part of.”

“We climbed Mount Moosilauke two weeks ago on Monday,” Crema said, describing one of the more memorable bonding moments.

“That was quite the adventure.

Guys had to carry one another. By the end of the night, we couldn’t see our hands in front of our face.

At the end of the day, it was a really good team-bonding experience.”

A major reason for the team chemistry is the team’s senior class. With a total of 10 members, Dartmouth’s ice hockey team is tied with the Miami University in Ohio in having the largest senior class in the country. The seniors bring valuable guidance and leadership to the locker room.

“They just bring a whole lot of leadership, experience and different things they’ve learned not just from here, but from junior hockey as well. Most have been playing for 18, 19, 20 years,” Opperman said. “That whole experience just allows us to grow further as a team.

Freshmen can talk to them on and off the court. They lead by example very well.”

One of the seniors, James

Kruger ’16, was named as one of 20 individuals on the prestigious Mike Richter Award watch list.

Nominations are determined from 60 NCAA Division I men’s coaches, and are based off past accomplishments and future potential. Kruger had a school record-breaking year last season, only allowing 1.88 goals per game.

“Kruger is an amazing goalie, an amazing guy on and off the ice.

He’s a great student,” Crema said.

“He brings a level of leadership and security back there. We can play with greater confidence knowing that.”

Crema and the team look forward to the new season ahead.

“Going into this season, we have a strong group of guys,” Crema said. “We feel like we have a good team dynamic and together, we can really accomplish something and make a run at this thing.

The team will wrap up its preseason on Saturday night, hosting the University of Prince Edward Island at 7 p.m. inside Thompson Arena. The team will then play its first regular season game on Oct. 31 against Harvard, one of the top-ranked teams in the league.

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015

FRIDAY LINEUP

VOLLEYBALL VS. HARVARD 7 PM

WOMEN’S HOCKEY VS. HARVARD 7 PM

Football seeks to maintain focus against struggling Columbia

B y ALEXANDER AGADJANIAN The Dartmouth Staff

In each and every week of the 2015 season, the football team has clung to the mentality of treating each game equally and applying its focus only to the game ahead. No juncture in the team’s schedule will challenge that mindset more than the current one. With the game of the 2015 Ivy League season against Harvard University looming on the horizon, the Big Green (5-0, 2-0 Ivy) must first take care of visiting Columbia University (1-4, 0-2 Ivy) as it permanently returns to conference play this Saturday.

For the first time since its last League championship-winning season in 1996, the Big Green jumped into the FCS Top 25 rankings in the past week, coming in at 25th in the country. Ten spots ahead is Harvard, who has also maintained an undefeated mark this season and blown out opposing teams, and the team that will take on the Big Green on Oct. 30. That makes this Saturday’s contest against one of the worst conference teams in Columbia the quintessential “trap game” — a game right before a tough opponent on the schedule, and thus against a team Dartmouth may overlook.

Although excitement for the trip to Cambridge, Massachusetts, is already palpable, Kyle Bramble ’16 reiterated the need to not look too far ahead.

“Our problem last week [was] lack of focus,” Bramble said. “This week, the coaches are going to put a lot of emphasis on concentrating on the week that we’re in. A lot of guys are starting to get excited about the week after against Harvard. But all 10 games count, and we don’t want to screw it up by losing to a team like Columbia.”

Folarin Orimolade ’17 , who leads the team with five sacks this season, echoed his teammate’s comments.

“It’s the Ivy League playoff,” the linebacker said. “We take it one week at a time. Columbia is a playoff game, too. In the Ivy League, you lose one, and you’re out of the playoffs basically. Especially this year, I think that’s how it’s going to be. So we just have to take it one game at a time.”

On offense, the Lions have been one of the worst teams in the confer-

ence in 2015. As a team, Columbia has garnered a League-worst 4.3 yards per play, and averaged 15.6 points per game, second-worst in the conference. Through its first five games this year, the team has been outscored by an average of nine points in each contest.

Leading the Columbia unit, quarterback Skyler Mornhinweg is in the midst of his first season with the program after transferring from the University of Florida — where he played the final three games of the Gators’ 2013 season — this past summer. The junior has so far struggled in Ivy League play, posting a 1:6 touchdown to interception ratio and exceeding the 200-yard mark only once this season, though adding 145 yards and three scores on the ground.

Running back Cameron Molina, who grabbed second-team All-Ivy honors in 2014, has totaled 287 total rushing yards paired with three touchdowns and represents the Lions’ biggest offensive threat.

Running behind an experienced offensive line has aided Molina, whom Orimolade views as one of the key parts of Dartmouth’s preparations for Saturday.

“The running back is really quick,” Orimolade added. “He’s probably the shiftiest running back we’ve faced so far. He’s a good size, like 200 pounds, so physical, and he’s going to be a good challenge for us.”

On the other side of the ball, Columbia has been a bit stronger, yielding 5.4 yards per play which puts them at fourth in the conference. While they don’t force too many turnovers and tend not to send as many blitzes, the team’s defense near the line of scrimmage — led by 2014 second-team All-Ivy honoree Niko Padilla at defensive lineman — has been formidable.

Dartmouth head coach Buddy Teevens noted this aspect would constitute one of the tougher parts of facing Columbia.

“They’ve got a very solid defensive front, probably as good as we’ve seen,” Teevens said. “They’ll play man and zone [defenses] in combination. They’ve not been a huge pressure team, they’re kind of the bend but don’t break mindset…

They’ve allowed some big plays on defense, and we’ve had the benefit of making some big plays on offense.”

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Despite a few mishaps and errors against Central Connecticut State University, Darttmouth still won in dominant fashion.

Starting with Saturday’s game against Columbia, the Big Green will hope to rebound from an uneven offensive performance against Central Connecticut State University one week ago and return to the bountiful success discovered in the three games before. Teevens points to consistency throughout the game as essential to getting back to their previous level of play.

“The problem offensively was that we were inconsistent,” Teevens said. “A missed block, a missed read, a missed catch, a penalty [all] set us back with regularity in the first half. [In] the second half, we kind of corrected it and played much better football.”

Despite putting up good yardage and scoring more than 30 points for the fifth straight game, the Big Green offense in particular seemed off kilter and didn’t establish its usual excellent play until later in the game. Accordingly, Teevens notes that the display against CCSU did not meet the team’s standards.

“Our expectation of our offense is quite high, and the expectation of our players is quite high as well,“ Teevens said. “And I would say that was not our A-plus performance for the year. We’ve had better, and I expect to have better as we progress through the season.”

Moreover, in Bramble’s eyes, the team lacked the focus it always hopes to maintain throughout the year — whether in or out of conference play.

“We were in the middle of midterms. It was a non-conference game,” Bramble said. “We knew going into that game that we are better players than they are, I think that kind of just got to people’s heads.

I think that made everyone play a little more sloppy than we should’ve been playing. We still won by quite a bit and we had a few big plays, but we’re going to have to do a lot better against the conference teams.”

Particularly visible in the first half against CCSU, Dartmouth again saw its rhythm plagued by penalties, both on offense and defense. The Big Green had more penalties than its opponent, with seven calls costing 65 yards, four of which occurred during the opening quarter that also included a holding penalty that was declined. For the year, the team has the second-most total penalties that have gone for the third-most yardage in the Ivy League. Taken as a whole, Teevens considers this tendency of his team crucial to address.

“That’s an ongoing concern,“ Teevens said. “They’re aggressive penalties, they’re not cheap personal fouls or that kind of thing.

But they’re more of trying to do a little bit more than we’re capable of doing. You get a holding penalty, and those just set your consistency, your flow is disrupted. And we did that just too often in the first half.”

On the defensive end, Dartmouth prolonged its overpowering and consistent stretch of play to open 2015 against CCSU. Snatching two interceptions, the Big Green preserved a +9 turnover margin on the season, which has also seen 15 sacks recorded by the unit.

In allowing a mere 9.4 points per game, the Big Green rank second in the Ivy League only to Harvard, and third in the entire FCS. According to per play statistics, however, Dartmouth stands as a better defense than Harvard, yielding just 3.8 yards per opposing play to the Crimson’s 4.1. Orimolade credits the success to the coalescence of every portion of the defense.

“We’ve been watching a lot of film and finding ways to get to the quarterback with only three, four or five people,” Orimolade said. “It’s really helped our defensive backs, and our [defensive backs] have been helping us too playing great defense in the back end. The linebackers are flying all over the field. So everything is just coming together, making it really smooth for the whole team.”