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VOL. CLXXIV NO.29

CLOUDY HIGH 32 LOW 19

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017

MLK awards honor social justice work

By ALEX FREDMAN

The Dartmouth Staff

OPINION

FISHBEIN: LITTLE KINDNESS IN THE WINTER PAGE 4

STANESCUBELLU: REZISTAM IMPREUNA PAGE 4

ARTS

REVIEW: “MANCHESTER BY THE SEA” PAGE 8

STAFF GRAMMY PREDICTIONS AND RESULTS PAGE 8

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On Jan. 26, the College presented its 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Awards to a group of recipients for their leadership in social justice work. The annual honors were given as part of Dartmouth’s two-weeklong Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration. This year’s awards went to Tuck School of Business professor of management Leonard Greenhalgh, director of the oﬃce for diversity and community engagement at the Geisel School of Medicine Shawn O’Leary, attorney Kevin Curnin

’86 , Vermont secretary of education Rebecca Holcombe and the student organization Divest Dartmouth. Three of the individual awardees and Francesca Gundrum ’17, a representative from Divest Dartmouth, participated in a panel discussion at Filene Auditorium in Moore Hall. The discussion, titled “Conversations with Change Makers,” featured a performance from the a cappella group the Rockapellas, followed by statements from the honorees and a question and answer session. Vice president SEE AWARDS PAGE 2

Sororities extend 92 bids for winter rush By SUNPREET SINGH The Dartmouth Staff

After sorority recruitment oﬃcially ended last Wednesday, 92 students received bids, with 66 coming from formal recruitment and 26 from shakeout, Panhellenic Council recruitment chair Alexis Wallace ’17 said. In total, 106 students participated in formal recruitment. Of those, 40 did not complete the process, either

accepting bids at Sigma Delta or Epsilon Kappa Theta sororities through the shakeout process or dropping for personal reasons, she added. EKT had 20 potential new members show up to its shakeout and extended 13 bids, of which nine bids were accepted, sorority president Amara Ihionu ’17 said. Sigma Delt had 50 PNMs SEE SORORITY PAGE 2

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Adam Wright ’17 remembered for warmth

COURTESY OF ANN WRIGHT

Adam Wright ’17 was known for his bright smile and welcoming presence.

By THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF and RAUL RODRIGUEZ The Dartmouth Staff

Despite studying four languages throughout his life, Adam Wright ’17 didn’t have to say many words to make you feel welcome. To his friends and family, his smile conveyed all of his warmth. “He had a smile that — you’re talking to his father, so I’m a little biased – that seemed to light up the room,” Jim Wright Tu’93 said. “That warm, wonderful smile I think is something that we have etched in our memories right now.”

On Jan. 30, Wright’s body was found near the Connecticut River after being reported missing the day before. The cause of death is still undetermined, though a preliminary investigation revealed no foul play is involved, according to a Hanover Police Department press release. He was 21. Wright’s friend and brother at Beta Alpha Omega fraternity Steffen Eriksen ’17 will remember, above all else, the warmth of Wright’s friendship and the half-grin Wright got on his face when he poked fun at his friends. “At a school where people

take themselves very seriously, often too seriously, Adam had the unique ability to lighten a situation and to make people, in spite of whatever stresses they are feeling, feel relaxed and comfortable and happy,” Eriksen said. Eriksen ﬁrst met Wright when they lived in the Choates residence halls as freshmen. As Eriksen was from California and Wright was from Pennsylvania, Wright immediately started making fun of the West Coast, claiming that the East Coast was better. Yet at the same time, he would always SEE WRIGHT PAGE 5

Climbing gym renovates and revamps over break By MIKA JEHOON LEE The Dartmouth Staff

The Outdoor Programs Oﬃce and the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club renovated the Jonathan Belden Daniels ’86 Memorial Climbing Gym this last winter break and changed its hours.

DMC co-leader Alex Derenchuk ’19 said that part of the renovation involved decreasing the size of one side of the gym and adding a training room in its stead. According to its website, the DMC is partially responsible for providing staﬀ and changing the climbing routes in the climbing gym.

In addition to the structural changes, Morgan Haas , the assistant director for leadership and experiential education at Dartmouth outdoor prog rams and manager of the gym, said that the renovated side of the gym was rebuilt with steel framing. She added that the gym’s wall was repainted and

that the ﬂooring was replaced with professional-grade gym ﬂooring. Co-leader of DMC Fisher Katlin ’19 said that a considerable amount of money was spent on purchasing new holds, which has improved the wall’s grip. The funding came from an anonymous donor, Haas said.

Haas said that members of the climbing community at Dartmouth and the Upper Valley have been waiting for the renovation for a while. “We wanted to really up everybody’s training essentially because there is a ton of outdoors climbing SEE CLIMBING PAGE 3

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Awards celebrate social justice work 106 participate in Panhell recruitment diversity work. attorneys and social justice lawyers In his position, O’Leary works and others in this space is to level the for institutional diversity and equity on diversity programs in the health playing field.” Evelynn Ellis led the panel. profession, as well as building Curnin said that our society is “Watching them engage each connections with various community entering a period where concepts other, probably learning from groups. Growing up on a Native like due process and fairness are each other still, and talking to the American reservation in northern being challenged at the highest levels, audience, is amazing,” Ellis said. Minnesota, he said that he witnessed adding to the urgency of his work. “It’s so uplifting. I look forward to it first-hand the effects of inadequate “There’s probably no better time every single year.” medical care. than now to get involved in social Greenhalgh was unable to attend “I saw my own family — uncles justice lawyering,” he said. the panel due and cousins — die For Holcombe, who received to an illness, “What we found of heart disease the Ongoing Commitment Award, so Ellis read before the age of education has a significant impact h i s w r i t t e n doing research on 50,” O’Leary said. on social justice. statement. A small entreprenerial “And then I saw “Our schools are the last member of the their families being democratic institutions,” Holcombe companies — Tuck faculty thrown into a state said. “It’s the one place where people since 1978, women-owned, of chaos because from all walks of life potentially come G r e e n h a l g h minority-owned — is of that lack of together under one roof to share received leadership.” some common experience.” the Lifetime they tend to be very O’Leary said Before her work with the Vermont Achievement good at producing a that this experience Agency of Education, Holcombe award. n f l u e n c e d h i s served as director of the College’s product or delivering icareer, Currently, which has Teacher Education Program. In this G r e e n h a l g h a service, but where included similar role, she helped individuals who had serves as Tuck’s they fall short is positions at the specialized in a discipline but aspired faculty director U n i v e r s i t y o f to become teachers learn instruction of programs actually running the Minnesota and skills through classroom-based for minority, business.” the University of experience and video lessons. N a t i v e Maine. Holcombe said that she is inspired American and “I came to realize by her grandmother, who raised women-owned -LEONARD GREENHALGH, that the one thing herself from humble circumstances b u s i n e s s e s . TUCK SCHOOL OF that will influence with the help of public school The programs health disparities education. o f f e r o n e - BUSINESS PROFESSOR OF and health equity “Truly, democracy relies on giving week training MANAGEMENT in this country everyone a fair shake,” she said. “I’m sessions to is when we train motivated by that realization that I business minority people benefit from making sure that other owners on to serve minority people benefit.” skills such managing personnel and communities,” O’Leary said. Consisting of students and cash flow, Greenhalgh said. The Lester B. Granger ’18 community members, Divest “What we found doing research Award for Lifetime Achievement, Dartmouth focuses on environmental on small entrepreneurial companies an honor given issues by calling — women-owned, minority-owned to a Dartmouth “There’s probably on the College to — is they tend to be very good at alumnus who divest from fossil producing a product or delivering a has a career in no better time than fuel companies. service, but where they fall short is serving under- now to get involved The organization actually running the business,” he r e p r e s e n t e d in social justice is part of a said. populations, larger, national Greenhalgh said he went to college went to Curnin. lawyering.” movement across during a time of social upheaval on A p a r t n e r many college campuses in the 1960s. He attended i n t h e l a w campuses. Last Cornell University for graduate fir m Stroock -KEVIN CURNIN ’86, S e p t e m b e r, school, participating in programs & Stroock & ATTORNEY AT STROOK & students from focused on finding employment for L a v a n L L P, STROOK & LAVAN LLP the group handicapped and rural workers. Curnin founded participated in Greenhalgh began Tuck’s first his firm’s Public a protest against minority business program only two Service Project, which works with the Dakota Access Pipeline on the years after joining the faculty. small nonprofit organizations and Green. “I’ve been working since 1980 advises micro-entrepreneurs in The awards are co-sponsored by to help minorities and women and under-resourced communities. the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Native Americans take their place Curnin also currently serves as committee, the Office of Institutional in the U.S. economy,” Greenhalgh president of the Association of Pro Diversity and Equity, the William said. Bono Council. Jewett Tucker Center, Dartmouth A n o t h e r a w a r d e e f r o m “People living in poverty already Center for Service and Geisel. Dartmouth’s graduate schools was have enough challenges to deal with The nomination process for the O’Leary, who received the Holly Fell that it’s unfortunate that so often the awards is nearly year-round, according Sateia award, which was created in court and legal system seem out of to Ellis. Nominations for the 2018 2011 to honor Dartmouth faculty or reach and unaffordable,” Curnin awards are already available online. staff members with strong records in said. “So the role of pro bono “Each year, once we’re done, I say, ‘Oh my goodness, how will we find another group that really was as CORRECTIONS dynamic and as wonderful as this We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, group,’” Ellis said. “And then next please email editor@thedartmouth.com. year the same thing happens.” FROM AWARDS PAGE 1

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participate in shakeout and extended 20 bids, of which 17 were accepted, sorority president Alanna Kane ’17 said. Other sororities participated in formal Panhell recruitment. At Alpha Phi, 13 bids were extended; at Alpha Xi Delta, 11; Chi Delta, 12; Kappa Delta, 10; Kappa Delta Epsilon, 10; and Kappa Kappa Gamma, 10, Office of Greek Life director Brian Joyce wrote in an email. Of the 66 bids extended by sororities that participated in formal recruitment, 65 were accepted, and one declined, Wallace said. EKT and Sigma Delt held their shakeouts before sorority rush, which was delayed this term due to the death of Adam Wright ’17. After a vote by Panhell and sorority presidents last spring, PNMs are no longer guaranteed to be called back for round two of the recruitment process, Wallace said. She said that the vote created more transparency in the process by giving people more time to adjust should they be called back to only some of their preferred houses or none at all, since being extended a bid is only guaranteed at preference night. “Girls would be called back when the houses would be at the bottom of the list and would be cut at the next round,” she said. “They could have four houses and get cut to no houses in a span of one round.” Wallace said the recruitment process makes use of an algorithm that takes the preferences of both the PNMs and the houses into account. Preference night comes after rounds one and two, at which point the program tries to equalize the number of bids across sororities to avoid large discrepancies between those that issue more bids and those that issue fewer. In addition, she said that the program gives a quota each term

for how many members each house should take. The quota this term was 10, so the system tried to match the PNMs with houses that ranked them in their top 10 list, she said. If a member did not rank the house that ranked her in its top 10 list, then the next PNM on the list would be moved up the rank. Sigma Delt left the Panhell recruitment process last winter and moved to the shakeout process, while EKT conducted its shakeout process for a third year. While the shakeout process usually occurs alongside the formal recruitment process, the Office of Greek Life wanted to separate the two processes this term so that PNMs could participate in both shakeout and round one of rush, Kane said. Once the PNMs receive their bids from either Sigma Delt or EKT, they would have to either accept or reject the shakeout bids before sending their preferences for other houses through formal rush, she added. For Sigma Delt, shakeout involves two open houses that PNMs are encouraged to go to and a shakeout night at which they decide whether to shakeout. Then, members of the house vote and extend bids, Kane said. She said that Sigma Delt started using the shakeout process because it provided more freedom for participants in the process. “I think that overall, Sigma Delt as a house will continue going through the shakeout processes,” Kane said. Ihionu said she thinks the shakeout process is a lot less complicated and involved than formal recruitment because rush is a long process where girls have to visit every house. “I’ve talked to people who say it is like speed dating, where you talk to someone for five minutes, then they speed you along to the next person,” Ihionu said. “You have to be a certain kind of person to get the most out of it, and it is not good for introverts.”

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Sororities extended a total of 66 bids through the formal recruitment process.

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Climbing gym renovates facilities and modifies schedule FROM CLIMBING PAGE 1

around here and people use our gym to train for the climbing season,” Haas said. Derenchuk added that although the existing facilities were not falling apart, they were becoming old. “The walls were old and slippery, a lot of the bolts were broken and it was really dusty,” Derenchuk said.

A c c o r d i n g t o H a a s, t h e number of Dartmouth students and Upper Valley community members climbing in the gym has increased since the renovation. She added that the gym’s online advertisements and its social media presence contributed to the spike in participation in and inquiries of various climbing programs. D e re n ch u k s a i d t h at t h e

renovation will continue to attract more climbers to the gym. “I think that makes [the gym] a more attractive space,” he said. “I think people are going to have a better experience now.” In addition, the gym’s hours from Sunday to Thursday were changed, with it closing at 11 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. Its hours for Fridays and Saturdays, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., have

not changed. The gym will continue to host Women’s Climbing Night every Thursday, during which women can use the gym facilities for free. The prog ram was started to create a more welcoming atmosphere for female climbers and to provide an opportunity for women to step out of their comfort zones and push their climbing

limits, Haas said. She added that while revamping the other side of the climbing gym is deﬁnitely on the radar, no plan is set in stone yet. The gym is open to Upper Valley residents that are over the age of 18 and are members of the Dartmouth Outing Club, as well as all Dartmouth students, faculty and employees.

LAUREN KIM/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

Students, faculty and staﬀ, as well as Upper Valley Dartmouth Outing Club members, have access to the climbing gym.

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STAFF COLUMNIST DAN FISHBEIN ’19

CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST SOFIA STANESCU-BELLU ’20

Little Kindnesses in Winter

Rezistăm Împreună

Seemingly insigniﬁcant acts of kindness can be essential to all involved.

The recent protests in Romania show the true power of the people.

Boy Scouts didn’t teach me much. I remember treats highlighted my week, it clearly was not a one “fire safety” talk when my friends and I took great week. It was week five of winter term, so the turns using lighters to try to set each other on “Dartmouth Plague” and midterms had caught fire. Oh, and we condemned what we saw as up with me. Even though I had the flu and am the organization’s homophobia, transphobia still stressing about an essay, I saw this friend of and ingrained misogyny. But, from all the things mine at her job at the circulation desk and knew that I was supposed to learn but made a joke of that she would have to stay on the clock for the on my path to becoming an Eagle Scout, the next couple of hours on a Friday afternoon, a organization’s slogan will always resonate with time that no one wants to work while others are me: do a good turn daily. experiencing the outdoors or planning parties. It is so easy to be negative. I cannot possibly Knowing that I could make a small difference stress this point enough and have written about in the life of someone else through a simple act it in the past. Since just last week, national news of kindness meant a great deal to me. has gone from bad to worse. And guess what? We Right now, I probably sound like your mother, have four more years of the telling you to remember to crazed orange man named “When I bought my share your toys or someone President Donald Trump to with a huge ego wanting to look forward to. I must find friend a cupcake and draw attention to himself, a way to be positive amidst coffee, a small act in a seemingly insignificant all the negativity the world act. The thing is, though, the grand scheme of throws at me. The Boy it really does not take Scouts, through their slogan things, I acted as any that much effort to let “Do a Good Turn Daily,” friend should act and someone else know that provided me with a way to they matter and that you have a positive feeling every only did a small thing, care about them. It is so easy day. perhaps even a selfish to brighten someone else’s One of the highlights of day just by opening a door, one…” my past week has been using sitting down for a bite to eat my excess DBA — does or giving out free hugs. Dartmouth really think I can spend $15 plus When I bought my friend a cupcake and a meal swipe on food five days a week? — to coffee, a small act in the grand scheme of things, buy a good friend of mine coffee and a cupcake I acted as any friend should act and only did a from King Arthur Flour. This friend, while she small thing, perhaps even a selfish one to keep may not know it, has inspired me to be my best myself from accumulating too much leftover and give what I can to help others be their best. DBA at the end of term. I did feel good about I hope that we all can say that we have someone my actions, though, and I knew that the friend like this in our lives, someone whose presence that I helped felt good, too — she had a cupcake we can truly appreciate. When I think of what now, after all. While the world may operate in I can do to return the favor to someone like this chaotic and broken ways or send seemingly who has given me so much — someone who has unconstitutional executive orders hurtling straight talked to me in moments of need, helped me find at our moral sensibilities, we can find shards of a job which segued into a dream internship and happiness through bringing joy to the people always has those sunny vibes you need on a rainy around us. It only takes a smile, or a cupcake, to day — I think of the one thing that my mother make a difference. taught me about how I should act toward others Imagine that. If everyone shared a positive and and that one lesson I remember most from Boy meaningful action — a hug, a smiley emoji, some Scouts: be kind. french fries — with another person at this moment Having the feeling of giving to another person, right now, the world would immediately become even if that gift is small and insignificant, can better. We do not have to move mountains. We mean a lot. Sure, when buying this friend KAF only have to move pebbles.

My mom vividly remembers the protests of undo hard-fought progress. Just like in 1989, 1989. She remembers the energy of the crowd the crowd was alive and unified, red, yellow and as they chanted for the end of the communist blue Romanian flags whipped through the air, government, young men and women like her millions of twinkling little lights from cell phones yearning for a change, the glint of red, yellow lit up the night sky, showing that the protestors and blue as protesters waved the Romanian wouldn’t back down — that corruption was flag with pride and the feeling of unity and not acceptable and that lives weren’t lost for belonging as she stood there in a crowd of decades of progress to be undone by a furtive thousands standing strong against a common vote from cowardly members of parliament in enemy. the darkness of the night. She also remembers the cold, unfeeling, There is a powerful image floating around the black tanks rolling up into the square and internet. It features a photograph from 1989 of my grandfather, a retired a young man holding a sign colonel, grabbing her arm “[My mom] that reads “our children and rushing her away from will be free.” Next to it is remembers the fear, the prefecture, telling her a picture from 2017 with above the noise of the crouching under the a young woman holding crowd that those were real table in darkness in a sign that reads “the guns. She remembers the children of the revolution fear, crouching under the our apartment in are here.” The children table in darkness in our Timișoara, hearing of the revolution raised apartment in Timișoara, their voices in unison. hearing the sound of bullets the sound of bullets On Feb. 4, the Social piercing through windows piercing through Democratic Party, ordered and walls, and sometimes into submission by the will windows and walls, tearing through flesh and of the people, announced bone. Now whenever I am and sometimes tearing that it would withdraw back in Romania, I can see the law originally passed through flesh and the scars those bullets left on Jan. 31, a response in buildings. Chips of stone bone.” all government officials that chronicle the turn of should make under such the decade, the arrival of heavy public opposition. a new era that was paid for in blood. The children of the revolution are here. Those protests were not uncommon in the This action wasn’t enough for the hundreds early 1990s. In those days, the air was filled with of thousands of protestors. No, as of today, they hope and change as countries began to throw still stand in town centers across Romania, in off the shackles of communism and fight for Bucharest, Sibiu, Brașov and my hometown of the freedom they deserved. Romania was no Timișoara, calling for the resignation of those different: the protests from the hundreds of lawmakers that abandoned the will of the people. thousands of people like my mother created a Romanians want a future in our country that is revolution that brought an end to the autocratic not tainted by corruption. Will we be successful? regime of the communist politician Nicolae I can’t say for sure, but we Romanians are tough, Ceaușescu. Following his deposal, the country resilient and stubborn. When we want change, was united through the passion and sacrifices of we do anything and everything to get it. These its youth and fought valiantly for two decades protestors prove that. to create a democratic system after suffering for Romania’s history should serve as a lesson for 40 years under communism. It’s still a work in the world that the voices of the people do matter progress — there have been many setbacks and and that we should not let the government and Romania ranked 57th in the world for corruption lawmakers make choices that compromise our in 2016. values and integrity, the very ideas that countries Recently, those in power have forgotten, or are built on. It is the duty of the people to are ignoring, the revolution of their youth. They stand up and point out the injustices, to stand have forgotten the lives lost, the blood shed, up and demand change. As Thomas Jefferson the innocence stolen for democracy. On Jan. said, “When injustice becomes law, resistance 31, Romania’s Social Democratic government becomes duty.” passed a law that decriminalized corruption by I am an introverted person. Besides these protecting politicians from prosecution. In a columns, I don’t overtly express my opinions — country that was once inundated by corruption political or otherwise — and prefer to observe — and still is, to some extent — this move was from the sidelines. I have never protested or a heavy blow and was rightfully met by anger, taken part in a political event in my life. Yet sadness and outrage. seeing these protests in Romania and the power Ironically, it was the generation that of the movement, the pride for their — my — had brought about the first revolution that country and the unity made me feel powerful implemented this action, acting against the emotions I’ve never felt before. I feel a sense of very nature of those fateful protests in 1989. homesickness, a longing to be on those streets Parents now betrayed their children, but the with my people, protesting for Romania’s future children did not sit in silence. People turned and standing proud for values that I grew up out in waves: over 150,000 strong in Victory with and the country that I will always call Square in Bucharest and twice that nationwide, home. This is the revolution of lights, and I the most protestors in my country since 1989, want nothing more than to add my little light calling for the repeal of this law that would into this constellation of millions.

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Friends and family remember Adam Wright ’17 FROM WRIGHT PAGE 1

check up on his friends. “He loved to be a joking individual,” Eriksen said. “[He] poked fun at individuals ... but was also an intensely caring and passionate friend who wanted to be a strong source of support for those he cared about.” When imagining Wright, Eriksen sees him standing in a group of three or four people, “all of whom are at least six inches short than him,” with his leg half extended. He is involved in the conversation but not actively participating. Every once in awhile, he will throw in a sarcastic comment, causing everyone, including the person he is making fun of, to start cracking up. Academically, Wright had an insatiable thirst for knowledge. A government major, he became fluent in French and Spanish in high school and picked up Mandarin and Japanese during his time at the College, his father said. James Wright, Wright’s grandfather and Dartmouth president emeritus, agreed. “He loved international studies, but he also really understood that you really need to understand the language and the people to really become familiar with another culture,” his grandfather said. Wright began taking French in middle school and soon began trying to communicate with his father in the language. “He would speak some French to me after taking it for a year or two and see if I could understand him, and of course I couldn’t remember anything.” Jim Wright said. According to his father, Wright’s affinity for languages became most apparent when he talked his way into Advanced Placement Spanish in high school despite no prior knowledge of the language. “Adam decided that he wanted to take [AP Spanish] his junior year in high school,” his father said. “After we signed his course card, he went to the Spanish teacher and convinced her to sign off on his ability to take the class.” Wright hid his report card from his

parents so that they would not know he was in the class — they only learned of his enrollment after they called the school to ask about his grades. He ended up receiving a 5, the highest possible score, on his AP Spanish exam. While his grandfather once served as the College’s president and his father and older brother, Zachary Wright ’15, are both alumni, Wright was never pressured into coming to Dartmouth. “He came here for Dimensions weekend and that sold him, as over the years it seems to have sold any of a number of students,” James Wright said. “He had a very good experience here and clearly was always pleased he came here.” Jim Wright said Wright was so excited to come to Dartmouth that he planned out his four years once he received his course catalog. He did not follow a specific path, but instead continued to explore new ideas. “Last year he was taking a physics course and loved it so much that he said he should’ve been a physics major instead of a government major,” his father said. Wright’s interests took him all over the globe. His freshman summer, he helped a Chilean senator with tax legislation in South America. Jim Wright said that his son, only 19 years old at the time, coordinated the entire trip on his own. He had secured a grant from the John Sloan Dickey Center, negotiated a lease in Spanish, signed up for cable television and learned how to navigate the city. According to his grandfather, Wright set off “without knowing anybody in Chile — not knowing how to get from the airport to where he was going and using Airbnb to find a place.” “While we were a little nervous about him going on this internship, in the end, we thought this might have been the best thing because it takes a lot of confidence and maturity to do all this,” his father said. At first, Jim Wright said he had hoped his son would not end up going to Chile but later was “so proud of him.” Wright later traveled to Paris

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During this year’s Winter Carnival festivities, brothers in Beta Alpha Omega fraternity carved an ice sculpture in Adam Wright ’17’s honor.

for a foreign study program with the French program, arriving shortly after the Charlie Hebdo shootings. Wright’s curiosity continued to drive his motivation to pursue a new language even in his senior year. He was learning Japanese, which, according to his father, was his favorite class. “He wanted to take Japanese because – I’m quoting him here – it is one of the most difficult languages to learn,” Jim Wright said. “Who wants to do that as a senior? Well, Adam did.” Wright was planning on going to Japan this summer to help solidify what he had learned this year. “In many ways, he probably wished he had more time in college because there were so many other classes that he would have liked to have taken,” his father said. He had the ability to put others at ease, no matter who they were, Eriksen said, as he never took himself too seriously. At the same time, he could match his attitude to his setting, taking on leadership roles — he served as a copresident of the International Business Council during his junior year — and making those he was around feel comfortable and happy to be there. “He wasn’t like the kind of quiet person that you would find hard to approach,” said Hung Nguyen ’18, one of the current co-presidents of IBC. “He always seemed really present, and always sitting there smiling, real friendly and everything.” Aidan Sarazen ’19, another current co-president of IBC, was one of many who felt welcomed by Wright. Sarazen met Wright through IBC during his freshmen fall, and Wright was one of the first upperclassmen he knew on campus. “He became kind of a mentor to me, in the sense that because he was one of the only upperclassmen I knew, he was the person I went to to ask opinions on professors or classes or other extracurricular activities,” he said. Though at first they mainly knew one another through the club, Sarazen became closer to Wright during the fall of 2016. Sarazen said Wright gave him guidance on the Greek system and the men’s rush process by telling Sarazen about his own positive experiences stepping outside of his comfort zone to join Beta. Alexander Wolf ’18 said he met Wright as a freshman while Wolf was struggling with adjusting socially and academically at the College. Wolf recalled one night at Beta during his freshman year when he was standing by himself, not knowing anyone there, and Wright approached him and started a conversation. Though Wolf had previously felt uncomfortable going to fraternities, Wright made him feel welcome. “We had a really long, good conversation,” he said. “It felt really good to me that I had a friend.” Wright had close connections to all of the organizations that he was

COURTESY OF ANN WRIGHT

Adam Wright ’17 was a government major and had a passion for languages.

affiliated with. “Adam loved his [First-Year] trip,” James Wright said. “He loved his firstyear friends, and he was very, very fond of Beta.” Wright’s grandfather added that despite the snowy weekend weather and the Winter Carnival festivities, 20 to 25 brothers from Beta attended Wright’s funeral service in Paoli, Pennsylvania on Saturday. “There was a picture that somebody sent to us of a number of them circling arms in the parking lot following the service and singing the alma mater,” his grandfather said. “Adam would’ve loved that. He would’ve joined them in singing.” On Wednesday, Feb. 1, all fraternities in the Interfraternity Council closed for the night and Beta hosted a moment of silence and a singing of the alma mater in Wright’s honor. Memorial services at Dartmouth will be held at a later date. John Ling ’17, who served as an IBC co-president alongside Wright, said that Wright was a partner, friend and someone he looked forward to seeing each week. They met four years ago when they both joined IBC during their freshman year. Ling had fond memories of his time at IBC in large part due to Wright’s presence. “He made me a more ... optimistic person in general,” Ling said. “[He taught me to] take things, you know with a good heart.” Ling said that Wright made him try to be more welcoming to people, as Wright’s own openness was central to the social atmosphere at IBC. Sarazen echoed Ling’s comments that Wright was a welcoming leader. “When I think of being a club member, in any sense, in any club, I think back to when I was a club member and when Adam was the president,” Sarazen said. “He’s what I associate with a club president here at Dartmouth ... and as the president of IBC now, I try to emulate his actions and like his demeanor as a president

because it made me feel so included and comfortable.” George Cheng ’19, another current IBC co-president, said that one of the biggest changes Wright brought to the club was making it more inclusive. He removed the club’s application process and opened up meetings to all members of the Dartmouth community, which led to greater participation and more lively discussions. He also focused on improving the quality of the club’s presentations. “I feel like even today, when he is no longer president, I feel like the impacts of his initiatives are still very visible in IBC,” Nguyen said. Wright left behind a legacy to Dartmouth in the form of his relationships. His activities in his fraternity, his time spent with his friends and his time spent in student organizations created a lasting impression on campus, Eriksen said. “He touched so many parts of campus,” Eriksen said. “Not only through the things he was involved in, be it [Beta, IBC], or be it working in the dishroom, which is probably not something you would expect of the grandson of a former president of the College, but just his ability to really connect with anyone he met, in any type of social setting, in any type of vocational setting. His legacy will be the friendship that he shared with so many of us.” Wright’s grandfather echoed Wright’s impact on others. “I’ve been [at Dartmouth] since 1969 ... and yet I think that having a grandson like Adam here and experiencing what he experienced really gave me a whole new understanding of the richness of the place and the nature of the experience for students,” James Wright said. “My wife Susan, his grandmother, and I just really enjoyed our time with him, loved him a lot, and we miss him a lot.” Eriksen is a former member of The Dartmouth staff.

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DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

“Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping” book discussion with co-author Sabrina Karim and guest Karin Landgren, Haldeman 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall)

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Valentine’s Day Film: “Casablanca,” directed by Michael Curtiz, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center 104

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski plays Baroque and Romantic pieces by Bach and Schumann, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

TOMORROW

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

“A House of Many Mansions: What Astrobiology Tells Us About the Anthropocene,” with astrophysicist Adam Frank, Wilder Hall 104

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Lecture: The Immigration Dilemma, with Peter Rousmaniere, Oopik Auditorium, Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center

7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

PAN Project, New Improvization from East Asia, Rollins Chapel RELEASE DATE– Tuesday, February 14, 2017

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Despite Chance the Rapper’s victory, Grammys still disappoints By JACOB MEISTER The Dartmouth

Another February, another awards season, another inevitable failure by music industry “elites” to recognize true musical artists properly. The 59th Annual Grammy Awards offered a sur prising improvement on the usual tame, predetermined nature of televised award shows, but the awards themselves ultimately failed to fulfill the promise of the ambitious live performances. In the post-election social and political pressure cooker that has characterized 2017, the Grammy producers obviously picked up on the public’s undeniable need for meaningful music and the affirmation of marginalized groups. Midway through 2016, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that it would now qualify free music for possible nominations, following a petition by up-and-coming artist Chancellor Bennett, also known as Chance the Rapper. Bennett, who has committed his career to shunning the recording industry by refusing record deals and releasing music for free, is in many ways representative of the future of the American music. His success as an artist comes not in spite of

the internet, as with many other moder n musicians struggling against music streaming services, but rather as a result of it. Chance’s first two mixtapes, “10 Day” and “Acid Rap,” ignited his national appeal and were both released for free via Soundcloud and other audio distribution sites. His third mixtape, “Coloring Book,” therefore came highly anticipated and was initially released exclusively via Apple Music. At the Grammys, Chance was nominated for seven awards and won three including Best Rap Album for “Coloring Book.” The mixtape is the first streamingonly album to receive a Grammy nomination, and is also notable for its groundbreaking, soulful and unapologetically joyful content. “Coloring Book” also features contains several pop headbanger, obscenely catchy songs that often lack musical or lyrical complexity but are nevertheless played repeatedly and loudly at parties. It is plague on the music industry, and it is the reason why a majority of America’s pop music celebrities often seem ridiculous or ignorant. For “Coloring Book,” that specific song is “No Problem,” which lost the title of Best Rap Song to another pop headbanger of the year, Drake’s “Hotline Bling.”

This is just one example of a fatal flaw of the Grammy Awards: the voters rely on a music industry that promotes meaningless pop music and often discourages true artistic content. Is “Hotline Bling” a good song? Sure, maybe by some fairly low standards. But does it deserve to win Rap Song of the Year? Absolutely not. It makes me genuinely ill to see that “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots was nominated for Record of the Year, or that Justin Bieber’s “Purpose” was nominated for Album of the Year. Fortunately, they were both beat by the work of Adele, who brings some integrity to the genre, but Adele is not always there to blend art with popular opinion. Too often have revolutionary artists been overthrown by one-hit-wonders who barely deserve to be present at a music awards show. One need only remember the debacle of 2014, in which god-level rapper Kendrick Lamar and his tour-deforce breakthrough album, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City,” lost Best Rap Album, Best New Artist and Best Rap Song to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. The Grammys often fail to pick the most deserving music or musician from a list of nominees, but even this travesty only occurs

when they manage to get some of the nominations right. This year, in particular, should be considered a massive failure for the Grammys based on the fact that Frank Ocean’s breathtaking R&B album, “Blonde,” was not nominated for any awards. To the credit of the Recording Academy, Ocean deliberately chose not to nominate the album which, in my opinion, could easily have been Album of the Year, because he felt that “the infrastructure of the awarding system and the nomination system and screening system is dated,” adding that the awards “just [don’t] seem to be representing very well for people who come from where I come from.” No surprises here. I applaud Ocean’s decision, because, in all honesty, I lack faith that the Recording Academy would have the integrity to acknowledge his talent. Other grand disappointments came from the lack of awards for Anderson .Paak’s groovy urban contemporary album, “Malibu,” and BJ The Chicago Kid’s soulful R&B work, “In My Mind.” In the defense of the Recording Academy, though, these artists lost to Beyoncé and Solange, respectively. These sisters were the queens of the 2017 Grammys, and they deserved every award they won, but no

thoughtful consumer of music can rightfully say that mind-numbing pop bands like Twenty One Pilots and The Chainsmokers deserve Grammys more than Anderson .Paak or BJ The Chicago Kid. The categorization of awards makes it far harder to succeed with meaningful music in some categories than in others. Some redeeming features of the awards show included the delightful charm of the host James Corden and mind-blowing performances by Chance the Rapper, Anderson .Paak and A Tribe Called Quest, who highlighted the night by calling attention to the recent actions of the U.S. president and showing support for marginalized groups. The group, who recently released the album “We Got It from Here … Thank You 4 Your Service,” proved what the Grammy producers always seem to forget: America produces some of the most talented artists in the world, and a major reason for this is the nation’s complicated social history that contributes to our melting-pot society. In America, good music reflects that history and those themes in a way that can bring the air to life. Because, in the words of Chance the Rapper, “Cause at the end of the day / Music is all we got.”

Romances of the Classical Composers, Piece by Piece

By BETTY KIM

The Dartmouth Staff

Imagine the classical composer in love. Most will imagine a stuffy old European man maintaining a rather mediocre relationship with a matronly wife; in reality, however, it’s not an exaggeration to say that classical composers’ romances were just as sensational and dramatic as their music. Upon examining the lives of some of the most famous classical composers, we see love lost and found, love triangles and forbidden romances intertwined with their most famous works. The first romance can be found in the anomalies of a title page of a manuscript: many believe Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated the six “Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin,” a staple of solo violin repertoire, to his first wife, Maria Barbara Bach. In the quirks and misspellings of the title page, we can see just how much he was attached to her. First, Bach wrote the year of composition, 1720, on the title page of the manuscript. This is notable because composers almost never did this so they could sell works as newly composed even if the manuscript had been sitting in a dusty drawer for years. Furthermore, 1720 is the year of his first wife’s death.

He left all his sorrows through wordplay on the title page. He misspelled the title, writing “sei solo” instead of “sei soli,” meaning “six solos.” Some people think that “sei solo” translates to “only you,” referencing the late Maria. The phrase, however, could also mean “you are alone,” referencing Bach’s heartache after her death. The second translation is perhaps more accurate. The structure of the piece reflects this loneliness, as the first note of the entire book is a sustained, lone G — a note called “sol” in Bach’s time. Fast forward a hundred years to the forbidden love found between German composers Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann. Though Brahms said, “I would as soon write an opera as marry,” he wrote over 200 lieder, or German love poems set to music. This might be the best metaphor for his romance with Schumann because their relationship was only openly expressed through the crypt of the music they made. The situation was precarious: at the time of the emotional affair, Clara was married to Robert Schumann, a famous German composer as well. Clara, a renowned concert pianist, grew close to Brahms after Robert attempted suicide in the Rhine and was sent to live in an asylum for over a year. Brahms moved to Dusseldorf

to comfort Clara and take care of the Schumann children. Brahms was overwhelmed with yearning; he deeply respected Robert, but was helplessly in love with Clara. He wrote, “I can do nothing but think of you... What have you done to me? Can’t you remove the spell you have cast over me?” But their romance was only consummated through the music they made onstage. Clara was the first to give a public performance of Brahms’ compositions, and after declaring his love for Clara, Brahms composed the famous “First Symphony.” The following symphonies further intertwined them; according to pianist and conductor John Axelrod, Clara Schumann’s songs fall under the categories of four distinct moods. The four Brahms symphonies, each of which correspond to these moods, can easily be thought of as portraits of different aspects of Clara’s character. However, the relationship did not last. After Robert Schumann died, Brahms left Clara with little explanation. She was devastated; to her daughter she said she never understood why he so suddenly turned away, and to violinist and friend Joseph Joachim, she wrote that her “heart bled.” Both buried themselves in work. Clara returned to a performing career with a renewed fervency, telling

Brahms her career was “the very breath of [her] body.” Though their romance is still shrouded in mystery — they allegedly burned the letters they sent each other — it’s easy to believe Brahms yearned for her till the end: after Clara died, “Four Serious Songs” were written as a last goodbye to her. Lastly, there is the love life of Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whose music is known for its romantic expressiveness and sincerity of feeling. Despite his success, Tchaikovsky’s sexual orientation put him at odds with the world because homosexuality was against the law in Russia. Today, it is difficult to find proof of his romantic and sexual life, as Soviet censors are believed to have destroyed evidence suggesting he was gay. Tchaikovsky’s famous “Violin Concerto in D Major” is a perfect example of his repressed romantic feelings. He wrote the piece after hastily marrying his former pupil Antonina Miliukova despite having a man as his muse. Tchaikovsky became depressed and suffered from a terrible case of writer’s block, eventually attempting suicide by wading into the freezing Moscow River. The incident likely forced him to come to terms with his sexuality. He even wrote to his brother,

“I [have] finally begun to understand that there is nothing more fruitless than not wanting to be that which I am by nature.” As the composer recovered in the countryside by composing, his composition student and violinist Iosif Kotek joined him in his retreat; historians suggest they were almost certainly lovers. After they played pieces for violin and piano together, Tchaikovsky was inspired to write a concerto and wanted to dedicate it to Kotek, but didn’t “in order to avoid gossip of various kinds.” Their relationship ended in 1881 when Kotek refused to play the “Violin Concerto” because he thought it was badly received by the public and would damage his career as a violinist. Kotek must have regretted his decision soon after, however because the concerto became a standard of solo violin repertoire and has been lauded by listeners and critics for combining virtuosic passages with a singing expressiveness unparalleled by even the most famous concertos. In many of the classical pieces that might seem bland or boring, there’s an intricate history of romance. Perhaps we can learn something from each composer and their passionate songs this Valentine’s Day, and compose a symphony (or four) for the person of our dreams.

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Review: Despite critical acclaim, ‘Manchester by the Sea’ sinks By SEBASTIAN WURZRAINER The Dartmouth Staff

If “Manchester by the Sea” was a fairy tale, it would be the most downbeat one you’ve ever heard. Instead, it is a film that draws out every painful and saddening moment of its characters’ lives as they grieve the death of a beloved family member. In past reviews, I’ve tried to make clear that I have a special admiration for smaller, more personal films that are more concerned with character and story than spectacle. “Manchester by the Sea” should fit perfectly into that niche. And for some people it clearly did. The film is not only nominated for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards, but many critics have also declared it as 2016’s best film. I only wish I felt the same way. “Manchester by the Sea” is by no means a poorly-made film. Kenneth Lonergan’s directing is restrained yet beautiful, and the film’s smaller aspect ratio brilliantly reminds one of home video formats, which perfectly fits the

more intimate nature of the story. More importantly, many of the performances have been rightfully lauded. Prior accusations of Casey Affleck’s possible sexual misconduct are resurfacing, and the negative attention may well stop him from an otherwise deadlock win for Best Actor. And if the accusations are true, then rightfully so. But if the man can be separated from the performance, then there is no denying that this is some of the finest acting in recent years. Like Lonergan’s directing, Affleck as Lee Chandler, a sad, lonely janitor, is restrained but brilliant. I never knew there could be so many flavors of misery. Lucas Hedges, who plays Chandler’s nephew, holds his own as a grieving son. Michelle Williams’ minor role as Lee’s ex-wife has also received considerable buzz, which surprised me. Her performance was fine, but her subplot is never really resolved, a choice that doesn’t do the film any favors. Also, what was Matthew Broderick doing in this movie? I know it’s a trivial thing to harp on, but throughout his

entire cameo, all I could think was: “What the hell is Ferris Bueller doing in this film?” It was such a meaningless part that left me endlessly distracted. However, Broderick’s presence is the least of my grievances with the film. I almost welcomed the distraction because at least it shook me out of my melancholic stupor. The film isn’t crushingly depressing like, say, “Schindler’s List” but is instead persistently somber. I want to make clear, though, that my problem with the film isn’t that it’s too depressing. It’s that the film has no real justification for its dourness. Compared to “Schindler’s List,” which is sad enough to ruin your week because it depicts one of the greatest tragedies in human history, “Manchester by the Sea” never seems to have a real reason for its sadness. Instead, I think what it wants to do is be a “slice of life” type of movie, telling a story which captures life as realistically as possible. “Boyhood” is a brilliant example of this; it sets out with no intention that you find deeper

meaning in it, but its depiction of a simple life is so powerful that you’re bound to find something profound beneath the surface. I never felt that way with “Manchester by the Sea.” I felt genuinely sorry for some of the characters, but that was the extent of my emotional investment. That being said, the biggest missteps actually come when Lonergan tries to lighten the mood, so I suppose there’s just no winning. With better direction, the many moments of awkward humor sprinkled throughout the film could have been used to transform it into a dark comedy, but the humor just isn’t well integrated. Consider, for example, the following moment: medics are trying to load an injured woman on a stretcher into the back of an ambulance, but they accidentally keep banging the stretcher into the bumper. The problem here isn’t with the scene itself but the fact that it occurs during the story’s most devastating plot point. As a result, it feels almost repulsive to laugh right in the middle of the surrounding tragedy.

I saw “Manchester by the Sea” a day after watching “Moonlight,” and in both cases, I correctly identified the films’ final shots. This is usually a good sign; it indicates that the director has control over his or her medium and knows how to wrap up the story with a seamless single image. With “Moonlight,” I felt the rush of emotions that I’m sure the director intended to convey. With “Manchester by the Sea,” I knew which emotions Lonergan wanted to emphasize, but did I actually feel any of them? Not really. A part of me is glad that this movie has gotten as much attention as it has. More personal stories like this need to be told, but this particular film is not one I have any intention of seeing again. It’s not bad, but I don’t know if I’d call it good either. Some may be like me, but many will actually get a great deal out of this movie. It will speak to them in a way that it didn’t speak to me. Sometimes you can’t love them all. And that’s okay, too. Rating: 5/10

The arts staff share and compare their Grammy predictions By LONG DO

The Dartmouth

Some claim that the Grammy Awards don’t matter anymore. Regardless, I, along with the rest of the arts staff, offered predictions for this year’s Grammys, which aired this past Sunday. Here’s how the staff fared with the results. Best New Artist The nominees for this category were Chance the Rapper, Anderson .Paak, Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini and The Chainsmokers. Historically, this award went to the most commercially successful artist, leading some to peg The Chainsmokers as the likely winners. The DJ duo also had an advantage based on a “vote-splitting” theory, seeing as Chance and Paak could split the R&B and hip-hop vote while Morris and Ballerini split the country vote to put the EDM artists “closer” to a victory. I believe the voters chose the right winner in Chance, whose latest album, “Coloring Book,” received unanimous acclaim throughout 2016 for its experimentation and empowering content. The majority of the staff also called it, with 83 percent picking Chance for the award. Record of the Year

There weren’t many surprise nominees in this category. Adele’s “Hello” appeared to be the likely winner as soon as the single came out. Meanwhile, “Formation” by Beyoncé, “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots and “7 Years” by Lukas Graham were locked in as nominees for months. Rihanna and Drake’s “Work” got in, perhaps, over Drake’s “One Dance” and Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself ” in a tight race for the last spot. This category clearly favors the hits. Still, it would have been nicer had the Grammys noticed young alternative artists like Solange (“Cranes in the Sky”), Mitski (“Your Best American Girl”) and The 1975 (“The Sound”). Just wishful thinking, but they all deserved the recognition. The arts staff remained evenly split, with three people voting for Beyoncé and three people for Adele. Critics may also love Beyoncé, but the Grammy powers-that-be did not “get in formation,” and Adele walked away with this award.

Song of the Year The category, which honors the songwriters, featured Adele, Beyoncé and Graham along with Bieber (“Love Yourself ”) and Mike Posner (“I Took a Pill in Ibiza”). Some people predicted that rock legend David Bowie’s “Blackstar” would make the

list, but Posner surprisingly received a nomination instead. I can see why voters went for “Love Yourself,” but I have yet to comprehend the love for “7 Years.” Not that Graham’s track is a bad song, but other artists like Bowie are more deserving of the recognition. In the past, if the winner of this category differed from that of Record of the Year, it is typically because the winner of one category is not nominated in the other. That said, Posner’s record, whose EDM remix never does its lyrics justice, could have received the win. But no one on the staff agreed. Two people voted for “Formation,” two people voted for “Hello” and one person voted for “Love Yourself.” The champion in this category was, in fact, Adele, who at this point is two-for-two. Album of the Year Before the announcement of nominees for this major category, Radiohead’s “A Moon Shaped Pool” and Bowie’s “Blackstar” were widely expected to claim the eventual victory. Then, the voters made embarrassing mistakes and snubbed both records. The race, however, remained as competitive and unpredictable as in any other year. In addition to a threeway competition among Adele (“25”), Beyoncé (“Lemonade”) and Sturgill Simpson (“A Sailor’s Guide to Earth”),

Drake and Bieber were nominated for “Views” and “Purpose,” respectively. Although “Lemonade” is one of the most acclaimed LPs released in 2016, the Grammys have been reluctant to recognize urban albums in this category, having rewarded hip-hop and R&B artists only twice in the last 20 years:

Lauryn Hill in 1999 and OutKast in 2004. Still, four out of six members of our staff picked “Lemonade” to win. Regardless, the Grammys love Adele. While it is extremely hard to win Album of the Year twice she managed to secure the win for the most prestigious award once again.

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