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Bernie Sanders addresses a crowd in Spaulding Auditorium Thursday night.

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Democratic presidential candidate Ber nie Sanders addressed a full Spaulding Auditorium last night in a speech organized by the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences and the Tuck School of Business.

Sanders pitched much

of his speech in support of the economically disadvantaged and against what he characterized as a powerful elite responsible for increasing wealth inequality.

“Wall Street, corporate America, the large campaign donors, the corporate media are so powerful that the only way we transform this country is when millions

of people demand that we have a government that represents all of us,” he said.

Sanders proposed progressive policies aimed at helping economically disadvantaged citizens such as three months of paid family leave, a living wage of $15 an hour, a large-scale federal jobs SEE BERN PAGE 9

Associate professor of physics and astronomy Stephon Alexander was arrested Dec. 17 after being charged with procurement of sexual conduct for a fee. A motion to expunge is scheduled for Jan. 25. Alexander is on voluntary unpaid leave, according to a statement released

by Diana Lawrence, director of media relations at Dartmouth.

Alexander and six additional men faced charges after police in Coventry, Rhode Island and nearby West Greenwich created a sting operation by placing advertisements for sex on Backpage.com, a classified advertising website similar to Craigslist.

A press release issued by the Town of Coventry Police department stated, “Operation ‘Front Page’ was an undercover operation designed to bring the blight of human trafficking from the secretive world of ‘back page’ to the ‘front page’ to expose this crime in our local community.”

According to the press re-

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lease, police created the task force after discovering women only 14 years of age were being advertised as escorts on web pages similar to Backpage. To target traffickers, police created a fake escort ad in the adult entertainment section of the website. Soon after, Alexander allegedly responded to a motel setup and was arrested after offering money for sex to undercover female officers.

“What was once known as an urban crime issue is now widely recognized as a crime on the rise in every community with the advent of mobile, online solicitation activities,” the press release read.

In Providence, similar sting units resulted in the arrests of 42 men in 2015.

Together with the Providence police and federal agents in Homeland Security, the Rhode Island Human Trafficking Task Force set out to reduce incidents. The release also said that the police are

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Sexual Assault Peer Advocates met this week to discuss the future of the program, after undergoing a shift in leadership last term. Starting this term, Liz Stahler, formerly of counseling and human development, will lead the educational component of SAPA, as well as design the training for the program.

Previous leader Ben

Bradley, a survivor advocate, has shifted to working more with prevention of sexual violence, he said.

Michelle Kermond, in the Office of Pluralism and Leadership will now help organize the individual SAPAs. Bradley said he does not have a clinical license and was therefore not considered a confidential resource in court. Under SEE SAPA PAGE 7

Klaus Milich, senior lecturer of American literary and cultural studies, began his term as the director of the Montgomery Fellows Program on Jan.1. He was announced as the new director last November.

The search for a new director of the program commenced after former director Chris Wohlforth announced she would be stepping down from her position in June 2015, vice provost for academic initiatives Denise Anthony said.

Anthony said Milich’s international experience and number of years at Dartmouth make him a great choice for the Fellows director position.

Milich, who has been at the College for 14 years, has a broad range of international education and professional experience including degrees in economics and American literary and cultural studies.

He has worked in management consulting, has experience as a free-lance essayist and was a journalist for German Public Radio and a visiting professor at Humboldt University in Berlin and Keele University

in Great Britain.

His experience in economics, public radio and academia are the three pillars of his professional expertise that qualify him to be the director, Milich said.

Montgomery Fellows Program director search committee member and associate professor of film and media studies Mark Williams cited Milich’s reputation as a public intellectual with experience interviewing people from a wide variety of professions as reasons he was seen as an ideal SEE FELLOWS PAGE 6

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Daily debriefing Nicky Maxwell, a Harvard University freshman, became the first NCAA-certified sprinter to compete with a prosthetic running device. The NCAA Rules Committee approved a request from Harvard to allow Maxwell to compete with the device after determining that it would not provide him with a competitive advantage. His case will be reevaluated each year, but he will be eligible to run for the entire season. Maxwell had his leg amputated when he was 15 months old due to fibular hemimelia, a condition that involves the shortening of the fibula. The London native will make his debut this month.

An education program called “Unlocking the Past” brings history into the classroom for Philadelphia seventh graders. The program is funded by GRoW Annenberg, an initiative of the Annenberg Foundation, and works to provide local teachers and students with hands-on educational experiences that enhance the classroom curricula. “Unlocking the Past” is divided into three parts, with the third located at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. At the museum, students and teachers receive a tour and participate in workshops. These visits give students an opportunity to engage with textbook material.

The Historical Society of Princeton, founded in 1938, reopened its museum on Jan. 6 at Updike Farmstead — a farm building approximately five miles from the University.

It will now be used regularly as the permanent and primary museum. This move was made in part because it has allowed the institution to reunite their entire collection in one place for the first time, as well as provide better storage conditions.

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We need to stop blaming technology and take a good look at ourselves.

I visited my old high school over break and found that some changes had been made. Most notably, the administration had recently enacted a rule banning all cellphones from school, not only during class time but also during free periods and off-hours. Some teachers were so eager to enforce this rule that one even tried to take mine from me while I was on campus. I politely informed her that I was an adult with all the accompanying privileges. Still, she seemed wary and eyed me with suspicion, which got me thinking: Is banning cellphones a productive policy?

The first question that came to mind was whether or not the school had the right to do this in the first place. I looked into it, and, as it turns out, private organizations, like my high school, have the right to determine which objects are “legal” within their boundaries. With the growing trend of “E-absorption,”— there have been countless news stories featuring people walking into mall fountains and off of cliffs while looking at their phones— it is no wonder a school might feel the need to take action.

Others may argue that technology makes us less social and its availability should be limited.

This argument does not hold under scrutiny.

As some people are quick to point out, humans have always found ways to avoid “real” interaction. People read books on trains or newspapers at the breakfast table. Have you ever spent a little too long looking over a restaurant menu because you didn’t want to begin a conversation? Social anxiety is not a good feeling, so it stands to reason that a person would prefer to occupy himself needlessly in order to avoid it.

Many people defend technology and social media, saying that they connect people like never before. They believe these connections to be important and real, with intrinsic value.

Others disagree, saying that these connections are intangible bits of code stored on some distant Facebook server. I tend to fall into the first camp, though I acknowledge the limitations of technologically-assisted relationships.

FaceTime is nice, but it can’t fully replace face

time.

Even with these benefits, it is hard to deny that we are living in a tech-heavy age plagued with distractions. How many times have you checked your phone since you began reading this article? With so many Youtube videos, snaps, tweets and “10-shocking-celebritymisshaps-number-8-will-haunt-you’s” vying for our attention, it has become altogether too easy to click away, to say, “I’ll come back later,” or, “Just for a second.” Of course, the argument that we are missing out on “real” life because of our “e-lives” assumes that our real life is something that we shouldn’t want to miss out on in the first place.

This should not be taken as a given. A 2013 study conducted by the America Psychological Association found that over one-third of American adults feel stressed, as do a similar number of American teenagers. The researchers found that during the school year, teenagers reported a stress level greater than that of the adult participants. That is to say, high schoolers perceive themselves as more stressed than full-time, working adults.

There could be a few reasons for this. Perhaps teenagers that are more absorbed in technology are more overwhelmed, stressed by scrolling through Instagram feeds and constantly refreshing Facebook. Or maybe our school system, as it currently stands, places too high of an importance on grades, too much stock in college admissions. Colleges, after all, have the magical ability to demarcate the last applicant accepted from the first applicant denied, to seemingly change the course of lives for reasons forever left unknown to the applicant.

I do not believe distraction is the cause of our stress. Rather, our absorbtion in technology, as far as I can see, is the result of our stress. It is much easier to check Twitter than it is to sit quietly and confront the thoughts that fill the silence. Instead of critiquing technologicallyassisted distraction, we must learn to investigate our society more deeply. Perhaps then we can properly identify the underlying problems, rather than conflating cause and effect.

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The College’s faculty diversity initiative is a step in the right direction.

Last week, the newly established Office that people of their race, gender, nationof the Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives ality or class in positions of prominence. released its first annual report on faculty Whether consciously or unconsciously, we diversity, which discusses the office’s work all make assumptions about ourselves based in recruiting, retaining and supporting on people that we perceive to be similar to underrepresented minority faculty. Their us. So, if a URM student has little to no stated goal is to increase URM faculty from exposure to professors of their same race, 16 percent to 25 percent by 2025, which they might operate with the unconscious would require the hiring of about 60 new understanding that, “People like me just minority faculty members. The college has don’t become professors”. Many critics of set aside $22.5 million in endowment funds diversity hiring initiatives argue that going to support URM recruitment and reten- out of our way to hire minority professors tion. This comes at a time where diversity could end up hurting the students in the on campuses has been prominent in the long run — the best professors should be national consciousness, with a great deal hired, regardless of race, end of story. Unof airtime being dedicated to racial issues fortunately, the best professors often aren’t at colleges around the country, including hired when race enters into the equation. our own. While we view faculty diversity Studies have proven that most companies initiatives as a crucial step in the right and organizations tend to choose candidirection, there are others who believe dates that they assume are white based that these kinds of initiatives are not only on names over minority candidates with unnecessary, but also wasteful of the Col- identical resumes. So, perhaps it isn’t that lege’s funds.

URM candidates don’t stack up, but rather, It is no secret that the Dartmouth that URM candidates are being overlooked. student body is far from reflective of the This initiative is a good first step country as a whole when it comes to URM in boosting faculty diversity. It dedicates students, and it is alarming that faculty rep- roughly a million dollars a year to recruitresentation doesn’t even ment and retention live up to our currently “It sends a message ef forts, which we skewed student demoassume will most graphic. Diversity in the to up-and-coming likely go towards classroom is incredibly professors around the recruiting expenses important; so many (trips, meals, tours, facets of a liberal arts country that Dartmouth etc.), salary increases education are built on is a place that cares and signing bonuses. strictly Western ideals, Recruiting top talent and a lack of diversity about diversity, and that to come to a small, in our education could we are willing to back it isolated town is hard lead to a narrow unenough, but getting derstanding of a broad up with more than just minority professors world. Many people words.” to come to an instituargue that this concern tion that has a track over diversity shouldn’t record of racial and extend to faculty, that cultural homogenerace shouldn’t be a facity would likely cost tor in education. In a every penny of that completely post-racial world that might be money. Some of the resources are also being the case, but we don’t live in a post-racial dedicated to maintaining the existing preworld by any means. Every instructor is doctoral fellowships dedicated to the study going to offer a different perspective, and of minority issues and establishing one new the exact same material can be seen in one, and hopefully these efforts will serve countless different ways through different to bring up a class of new professors who people’s eyes. It is important that all of get their start at Dartmouth and commit us, minority students or not, come to see their careers to the College. the world just a little bit through different This report is not going to solve the facperspectives. An understanding of the ulty diversity problem on campus. However, world around you that has only come from it’s a good start. It sends a message to uppeople similar to you is an extremely narrow and-coming professors around the country one, if it qualifies as understanding at all. that Dartmouth is a place that cares about Faculty diversity is also incredibly diversity, and that we are willing to back it important when it comes to mentoring. up with more than just words. It brings an Again, people will argue that a student issue that is often ignored by the majority should be able to find a mentor in anyone of campus to light and gets an important with similar academic interests, and theo- conversation started. Hopefully, going into retically this is true. However, research has the future, this initiative will serve as the shown time and time again that minority groundwork for a comprehensive effort students perform better under minority by Dartmouth to recruit the best minority teachers. This is often attributed to the faculty in the country. Each professor has “role-model effect.” Put simply, students a different and fascinating perspective, and have been shown to set higher goals and any college student should be dedicated to expect more from themselves when they see seeking out as many of them as possible.

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Alexander arrested for alleged solicitation

Similar arrests also emerged across colleges and universities working to send messages to local throughout the country last year. residents that units are carefully University of Central Arkansas monitoring human trafficking and economics professor Noel Campare working promptly to limit il- bell was arrested in April for his use of child pornography on legal solicitation on the internet.

New Hampshire criminal campus. defense lawyer Roger Chadwick Earlier this fall, he had a court said in cases similar to Alexan- hearing for 301 felony child porder’s, courts go through normal nography counts. Campbell was procedures of granting bail and placed on paid leave and barred selecting processing dates based on from campus. Two weeks later, he the nature of the charge. In New left his teaching position.

In New Hampshire, Hampshire, a pre-trial “In Rhode Island, the New conference Hampshire is held to solicitation for Coalition d e t e r m i n e prostitution is a against Dothe logistics mestic and but prior to misdemeanor. The most Sexual Viothat, Chad- anyone can face is a year lence serves wick said to assist the prose- in prison or a $1,000 fine survivors, cutor must to victim’s services.” some whom s h a re a ny have been physical evinvolved idence that -RICHARD RAMSAY, WEST in human was seized GREENWHICH POLICE CHIEF trafficking to the deincidents. fense attor I n ney.

2014, the “ I n total numRhode Isber of inland, solicidividuals t at i o n fo r s e r ve d by prostitution the crisis is a misdemeanor,” West Greenwich police center was 13,457. Of those, 1,705 Chief Richard Ramsay said. “The victims came to the coalition for most anyone can face is a year in sexual violence related reasons. prison or a $1,000 fine to victim’s The center — which assists all of New Hampshire — offers services services.”

Similar police units have been that range from a 24/7 anonymous formed in New Hampshire to hotline to shelters with support combat incidents involving illegal services for people who need a safe place to go outside of their own solicitation.

“There are task forces created homes. Additionally, the shelters to keep an eye on what’s happen- provide support groups to assist ing online,” Chadwick, recipient in finding transitional housing, of the Attorney General’s Cyber- filing restraining orders, and ofspace Prosecutor of the Year in fering court advocacy, commu2006, said. “The trial is going to nity relations director at the New happen, the process is going to hap- Hampshire Coalition Maureen pen, and we have our Constitution McDonalds said.

“A lot of times people just need that puts processes in place.”

Alexander’s arrest follows the a support system to be there and Sept. 4 arrest of African and to listen at any time of day,” McAfrican American studies English Donalds said. “It’s helpful just to professor J. Martin Favor for five hear them and help them process felony child pornography charges. what they are going through,” A task force dedicated to ending In addition, the shelter does internet crimes, one very similar financial literacy work and offers to that which brought accusations other resources that allow survivors against Alexander, was responsible to get to a mental state where they for the investigation leading to feel supported.

Favor’s arrest. Favor had been a Alexander and associate dean professor at the College for 22 of faculty for the sciences David years and formerly chaired the Kotz did not respond to request for African and African American comment by press time. Kotz is on studies program. He was placed the steering committee for the E.E. on paid leave and prohibited from Just program where Alexander served as director. campus.

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Hendrik Hertzberg reflects on fellowship FROM FELLOWS PAGE 1

candidate for the director position.

The Montgomery Endowment, established in 1977 through gifts from Kenneth Montgomery ’25 and Harle Montgomery, brings distinguished figures from both the academic and non-academic sphere to the College for extended periods of time in order for them to interact with the Dartmouth community and impact the educational experience of students. Designated “Montgomery Fellows,” these selected individuals live in Montgomery House on Occom Pond during their residency.

Faculty and staff nominate prominent individuals to become Montgomery Fellows and then the Montgomery Endowment Steering Committee meets to review these nominations and narrow down the candidate pool.

As director of the program, Milich selects the Montgomery Fellow from the steering committee’s short list, extends the invitation to the chosen person, negotiates with the person to get them to accept the invitation and strategizes ways to bring the fellow and the community together, he said.

Moving forward, Milich has many new ideas of ways in which to improve the Montgomery Fellows program and expand its international profile, Anthony said.

Although his new position is very exciting, he noted that it is also challenging at a high-profile institution like the College to increase the program’s visibility and distinction. The program inherently must compete with several other great programs that invite distinguished scholars and people from all over the world, Milich said.

Milich is continuing to work on that challenge and “ventilate” some of his new ideas with other faculty members, students, staff and the Montgomery Fellow Program steering committee, he said. However, his main vision for the program is to increase the continuity of the relationship between fellows and the College after the end of the fellowship.

Having a topical and engaging theme for the fellowship, such as artists, actresses or scholars that contribute to the yearly theme, is another idea Milich has to improve the program, he said.

If Milich could invite anyone in history to be a Montgomery Fellow, it would be one of the great philosophers of the Enlightenment, he said.

Hendrik Hertzberg is the current Montgomery Fellow for the winter term. Hertzberg is a senior editor and staff writer at The New Yorker.

In 2009, Forbes Magazine named him as one of the “25 Most Influential

Liberals in the U.S. Media.” His past positions include chief speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, editor of The New Republic and fellow at two institutes at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

“This is not a research fellowship,” Hertzberg said. “It is a giving fellowship. It is more about the College taking advantage of the fellow than fellow taking advantage of College.”

Most fellows’ responsibilities and activities involve presenting lectures, meeting with students and faculty, formally teaching or combinations of such engagements.

During his fellowship, Hertzberg plans to visits classes, attend informal and formal dinners and luncheons with faculty members and groups of students, work on his research and do a few public events, he said.

He noted that being in New Hampshire this year is exciteing, specifically because of the New Hampshire primary.

Feyaad Allie ’16, who attended an informal lunch with Hertzberg, said that the program is extremely impactful on the undergraduate educational experience because it is a great way for students to have a sustained interaction with distinguished individuals instead of in a short lecture or meeting where there are limited opportunities for following up with them.

Milich emphasized the importance of the relationship between the fellow and the Dartmouth community.

“The most important aspect of the Montgomery Fellows Program is that it is a residence program,” Milich said. “The program is meant to guarantee interaction with students and with faculty.”

Hertzberg praised the Montgomery Fellowship, calling it a “first-class fellowship.” He said he especially enjoys going to the theater in the area and the material comfort offered to fellows by way of the Montgomery House, which allows him to entertain his wife and family when they come to visit him on weekends.

Although he did not know what to expect when he came to Dartmouth, Hertzberg discovered that there is a “real magic” about this place, he said, comparing Hanover to a fantasyland.

“In New York City or Boston where I usually spend my time, there is an electrical feel around you all the time,” Hertzberg said. “But, when you get up here, that feeling quiets down and you are able to think.

As Hertzberg was at the College for five weeks in the fall term, he said, his fellowship will end in the middle of this winter term.

The Montgomery Fellow for spring term will be Thomas Allen Harris, who Williams described as a gifted filmmaker and artist.

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SAPA moves to counseling department under Liz Stahler Her work as a therapist best equips her to train the SAPAs on how to Title IX and the Clery Act, the be effective and positively impact College is required to keep a record survivors, he added. This change in of reported incidents of sexual leadership is in line with a number assault, dating violence and gen- of the other shifts Dartmouth has der-based harrasment. Resources made to create the most accessible available to process for sursupport stuBradley “What SAPA really is, vivors, dents are classaid. sified as either is they’re people on K e r private or conficampus that other mond will be dential. Private helping to supresources are students can access port and orgarequired to re- if they don’t know nize the SAPAs port incidents as they work to the College’s who to talk to. They on initiatives Title IX and were created around on campus like Clery Act comV-February and pliance officer, the idea of sexual and Sexual AsHeather Lind- violence but they are sault Awareness kvist. In conWeek. trast, those re- people with this really sources deemed incredible set of skills Though tech“confidential” nically the leadmay not release that can help people in ers will now be any infor ma- times of crisis.” working within tion shared by counseling and an individual human develunless granted -MEGAN MOUNTS ’18, opment and express permis- SAPA O PA L , t h e re sion. will still be a Because the strong relationgoal of SAPA ship with the is to best serve wellness center, students affectsaid Bradley, ed by sexual who now manviolence, it made sense to make ages the Dartmouth Bystander the shift, Bradley said.

Initiative.

“We feel that this process has SAPA Deidra Nesbeth ’16 said gotten rid of what we hope is a the combination of Stahler’s skills lot of the ambiguity around who’s in counseling and Kermond’s exconfidential and who’s not,” Brad- pertise in programming with be an ley said. “Now people know that asset to SAPA, and will reinvigorate Liz is a confidential resource.” the program.

Stahler was an obvious choice “There has been a lot of change for the position because of her in leadership in the wellness center background as a counselor with a administration in general and I specialty in supporting survivors think that it’s finally getting to the of sexual violence, Bradley said. place where it is stabilized, which FROM SAPA PAGE 1

means that SAPA can get their faces out there,” said Nesbeth.

SAPA Megan Mounts ’18 said SAPAs do not report to the school, so they have the ability to be completely confidential and really be a friend to people in need.

“What SAPA really is, is they’re people on campus that other students can access if they don’t know who to talk to,” Stahler said. “They were created around the idea of sexual violence but they are people with this really incredible set of skills that can help people in times of crisis.”

Nesbeth emphasized the importance of the role of SAPAs on campus.

“SAPA let’s people know that you are not alone and that there is a place to be heard,” Nesbeth said. “Often in issues of sexual violence people’s power is what’s being taken from them and to give them a space to reclaim that power by being someone they can listen to I think is very valuable and a very important resource.”

SAPAs go through a 32 hour training, which was most recently held last spring. The next training will take place in the coming spring, Stahler said.

Nesbeth said the coming training may facilitate more interaction between the new potential SAPAS and those who have already been trained.

Once a student applies to the program and is accepted, they can enroll in the training, which is held in the 2A class time slot. During the workshops, the students have seminars, listen to guest speakers and work through scenarios with Dartmouth staff leaders, said Mounts.

Because of the shift from response to prevention, it made sense for the SAPAs to be trained by staff who are doing response work, Bradley said. Though the leadership is changing, both Bradley and Stahler agree that the goal of the training, which is to best equip the SAPAs to support other students, will stay the same.

“Ben Bradley for all that I can see put together a really tremendous training,” Stahler. “Certainly it will look a lot like it looked previously but now that it has a new person doing it I would imagine it will be flavored by Liz instead of flavored by Ben.” Bradley said the point of the trainings is to teach students an in depth and concrete understanding of the nature of sexual violence, relationship violence, sexual assault, stalking and harassment.

Students also learn how that plays out at Dartmouth and gain the components of some of the inter-personal skills that will help

them support other students and ministrative level and members of connect them with other resources the original program going on off terms or graduating, the program if they want, he said.

Because Stahler and Kermond is now in the process of rebuilding, were only appointed in the fall, the Mounts said.

Nesprogram was beth said they in a period of transition. “SAPA let’s people know intend to apThe group is that you are not alone p o i n t a s t u dent leader to now starting to work to- and that there is a place SAPA, which gether to de- to be heard. Often in she thinks will help SAPA concide what they want for the issues of sexual violence nect with other future of the people’s, power is organizations on campus. She program this term, Stahler what ’s being taken added that ansaid. from them and to give other goal of this term Mounts them a space to reclaim SAPA is to work with said the larger overall goals that power by being other student programs of the prosomeone they can listen run on campus who gram at the moment are to to I think is very valuable are passionate the same let people on and a very important about issue. campus know “Interwho they are resource.” nal leadership and what they will be super d o. S t a h l e r helpful in keepe c h o e d t h e -DEIDRA NESBETH ’16, ing SAPA acs a m e s e n t i - SAPA tive even when ment. there might be Stahler changes in leadsaid that ership on the SAPA’s next administration focus will be level,” Nesbeth increasing its presence in the community. She said. emphasized the SAPA role as a Bradley said he is optimistic person who a survivor can talk about the future of SAPA. to when they are unsure how to “I think under Liz and Miproceed, citing the training SAPAs chelle’s support, the SAPAs can go through as strong preparation hopefully provide even more support to other students and be an for that kind of role.

SAPA is also focusing on cre- even greater used resource and ating sustainability within the continue to positively impact our program, Mounts and Nesbeth campus in really great ways,” said. Due to changes at the ad- Bradley said.

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Sanders draws overall positive student reaction in Spaulding FROM BERN PAGE 1

program intended to create 13 million jobs and a single-payer model of healthcare, all funded by higher taxes on the wealthy and financial institutions.

Sanders also talked about criminal justice reform at length, proposing the decriminalization of marijuana, the reform of police forces and the reduction of prison populations. However, Sanders did not explicitly vilify police officers.

“The vast majority of police officers are honest and work very hard in what is a very difficult job,” he said.

Sanders repeated his criticism of Wall Street for what he described as their responsibility for the financial crisis. The Vermont senator advocated the break-up of the largest banks and the return of the Glass-Steagall Act that separated retail and investment banking.

Additionally, Sanders attacked American billionaires by name such as the Koch brothers, the owners of Koch Industries, and the Walton family, the owners of Wal-Mart.

“I say to the Walton family, get off the welfare train, start paying a decent wage,” he said.

Sanders also criticised Republican presidential candidates for their intolerance.

“We do not allow Donald Trump and the others to divide us up based on our nations of origin, or sexual orientations or our religion,” he said.

Sanders was particularly critical of current campaign finance laws.

“When you have one family and a few of their friends spending more than both political parties, that is not democracy, that is oligarchy,” he said.

Sanders highlighted his own campaign’s successful fundrasising through small donations. Over the last eight months, he said, his campaign has received 2.5 million individual contributions from over 1 million people, with an average contribution of $27.

The line to get into the event stretched outside the doors of the Hopkins Center almost two hours before the doors opened. Most of those in line interviewed by The Dartmouth expressed approval of the senator.

The first person in line, Isaac Takushi ’16, an undecided voter leaning towards Sanders, said he arrived at 1:45 p.m. — over five hours before the event was scheduled to start.

“He has really strong positions that resonate with students especially,” Takushi said. “A lot of his main agenda points really resonate with me, like education, the envi-

ronment and equality between the social classes.”

Rachel Brian, a researcher at a psychiatric research center, who was third in line, also said she had a favorable view of Sanders.

“He’s the first real politician who has come out and talked about the power elite,” she said.

The crowd included committed supporters who came from other towns to see Sanders, such as Carl Brandon, a teacher from Randolph Center, Vt. and a Sanders campaign donor who has been involved in Vermont Democratic politics for 40 years, he said.

“We have people who have enormous amounts of power and tend not to think very much about other people, and Bernie’s the only politician who really talks about that,” he said, Others were attending the event to try to get a more accurate picture of the presidential candidates.

“We just want to be involved and see what every candidate has to offer,” Lida Vandermeer ’19 said. “I know Bernie really speaks to young people”.

Walker Schneider ’19, a Hillary Clinton supporter, said while in line that he was eager to experience Sanders in person.

“You hear how people are loving him,” Schneider said. “You hear how he’s this controversial figure, how he’s almost this revolutionary figure. I’m dying to see that for myself.”

However, some waiting to attend criticized the senator.

“I think Sanders is a communist,” Max Frankel ’19, a Ted Cruz supporter said. “The line we are waiting in is a short taste of the bread line we will be waiting in when Sanders becomes president.”

The event was preceded by a press conference, attended by national media outlets, where former senator and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee Paul Kirk endorsed Sanders for the presidency.

Despite being announced the day before, the event was at capacity, Sanders pointed out in his speech.

A series of speakers preceded Sander’s speech. Jordyn Turner ’16 started alongside Madeline Cooper ’16, College Democrats president. They were followed by dean of the Tuck School of Business Paul Danos and senior public policy lecturer Charlie Wheelan ’88. Director of the Sanders New Hampshire campaign Julia Barnes spoke next and introduced Kirk.

Kirk in turn introduced Sanders.

Students interviewed after the event expressed positive reactions to Sanders’ speech.

“Many of the problems that he’s

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People began lining up for Bernie Sanders’ talk since 1:45 p.m. His talk was scheduled for 7 p.m.

bringing to light resonate with me because I’ve been directly affected by them.” Alicea Olascoaga ’19 said.

John Brady ’19 said he enjoyed the event, particularly the active and enthusiastic audience.

“We didn’t hear anything new

but it was great to see him,” Alex Derenchuk ’19 said.

Sanders has a 72 percent likelihood of winning the primary election when considering only state polls, according to FiveThirtyEight. The statistical website’s aggregate metric, polls-plus —

which includes state polls, endorsements and national polls — shows Clinton edging out Sanders 57-43 as of press time. The latest Monmouth University poll released on Tuesday, shows Sanders holding a 14 point lead over Clinton in New Hampshire.

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A car decorated with a “Bernie Sanders for President!” sign drives away from the Hop on Thursday night.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016

DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY 4:00 p.m.

“Words & Their Consequences: Civil Discourse in 21st Century,” Democratic National Convention Committee CEO, Rev. Leah Daughtry ’84, Room 003, Rockefeller Center

7:00 p.m.

“The Martian,” (2015), starring Matt Damon, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts

7:00 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey, Dartmouth v. Clarkson University, Thompson Arena

TOMORROW 11:00 a.m.

A capella and live dancing with the Rockapellas and the Soyeya African Dance Troupe, Hopkins Center

2:00 p.m.

“Inventory: New Works and Conversations Around African Art,” Sarah E. Lund ‘16 and Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Hood Museum

8:00 p.m.

“Twlefth Night” (1602) by William Shakespeare, performed by British theater company Filter Theater Productions, Moore Theater

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One-on-one with Laura Stacey ’16, women’s hockey captain

By JOHN MARTIN

The Dartmouth Staff

Few people ever have the opportunity to represent their country in international competition. Dartmouth women’s hockey captain, Laura Stacey ’16 cherishes every moment she dons the Maple Leaf jersey while making an impact on the ice for the Canadian National Women’s Development Team.

Her most recent stint with the Canadian National Women’s Development Team included celebrating the New Year honing her skills across Europe in preparation for this year’s Nations Cup. A game against Austria on Dec. 30 featured Stacey finding the back of the net en route to a 5-2 victory for the Canadians. Canada’s National Women’s Development Team won the gold medal the past Nations Cup on Jan. 7, the team’s 11th title in the last 14 years. Stacey was also a part of the team that took home gold at the 2015 Nations Cup last season.

“It is always an honor to put the jersey on and wear the Maple Leaf,” Stacey said. “It is something that I have always dreamed of doing and it is a great feeling and I love it. I have amazing experiences while on the team and it has shaped who I am today.”

Stacey said that her ultimate dream is to make the Olympic team, and she has been getting closer and closer to that goal every year. She added that she is going to keep pushing towards that dream until it does happen.

Although Stacey is the greatgranddaughter of former NHL great and three-time Stanley Cup Champion, Francis “King” Clancy, Stacey never felt pushed into hockey by anyone. From an early age, it became clear that Stacey was determined to play hockey. At three years old, Stacey’s parents enrolled her in a “learn-to-skate” program.

“I hated it,” Stacey said. “I hated the fact that I was wearing these figure skates, and hated seeing all the other boys were across the rink playing hockey. I would sit on the ice and cry, and say, ‘I want to be over there. I want to play hockey.’”

Stacey’s “persistance paid off ” and soon she started playing hockey.

Stacey’s passion for the sport has always been coupled with an enthusiasm to work hard and improve herself everyday. This lead her to success as a Junior Hockey All-Star player and eventually as a member of the U-18 Canadian National Team. Stacey and her teammates claimed gold at the U-18 World Championships in 2012. This success led to interest

from various top-notch hockey programs across the United States.

Evaluating her options, Stacey felt like Dartmouth was the right fit for her.

“What drew me to Dartmouth was not only the fact that it was an Ivy League school but also the team,” Stacey said. “When I came on my official visit I spent time with every single girl on the team and they embraced me and made me feel like I was a part of the team.

That was something that stuck out to me and I think that sense of family continues to hold true today.”

As a freshman Stacey was outstanding, tallying 22 points and being named to the ECAC All-Rookie team. One of her most memorable moments as a member of the Big Green occurred during her freshman year in a televised game against then-No. 3 Harvard University on Feb. 1, 2013. Stacey scored the tying goal 56 seconds into the second period.

“There was the camera crew up top and we gathered all of our friends to come to the game and it ended up being the biggest crowd I think we have had since I have been here,” Stacey said. “We ended up coming back and tying the game late and it was just an amazing feeling to have the whole community supporting us while

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Laura Stacey ’16 scored an unassisted goal 30 seconds into her second match back from playing in the Nations Cup.

we tied a team that was far ahead of us in the national rankings. It is one of those moments that has stuck with me.”

A team leader on and off the ice, Stacey was elected a team captain for the 2015-2016 season.

“She has earned her teammates respect over the last three and a half years,” women’s hockey head coach Mark Hudak said. “Them nominating her as one of our captains demonstrates that respect. I think she has done a great job in that role and has been a positive and focused leader. We are really fortunate to have her on the team.”

It took Laura Stacey only 30 seconds to find the back of the net in just her second game back with the Big Green from her stint with the Canadian National Women’s Development Team. Despite arriving from Germany hours prior to her first game, Stacey showed no rust as she racked up two goals and two assists in her first two games back.

“She will win every race to the puck and any battle in the corner,” Kennedy Ottenbreit ’17 said. “This comes from sheer hard work as one of the hardest and most dedicated athletes I know, as well as a lot of experience and knowledge of the game.”

When asked about his most

memorable moment with Stacey, Hudak laughed as he struggled to pick just one.

Hudak said that these past couple of weeks, with Stacey in Germany playing for the Canadian National Women’s Development Team, were pretty memorable.

Stacey flew back from Germany Thursday night before the weekend games, arrived on campus Friday at 3:30 p.m. and played that night.

“The first thing I asked her when she got back was, ‘Are you going to be okay to play tonight?’ having just gotten back that afternoon,” Hudak said. “Her answer was, ‘Yeah, can I? I want to.’”

Hudak added that her ability to be ready to go and her focus on playing speaks volumes about her character and leadership.

“We all look up to Stace,” Ottenbreit said. “She is also just a fun person to be around that brings a positive vibe to both the locker room and on ice settings as well as away from the rink. Playing with her for these three years has been an honor.”

Stacey’s work as a teammate and player at Dartmouth has translated to her play on the Canadian National Development Team. She continues to work hard to realize her dream of representing Canada in a future Olympics.

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Stacey’s ultimate dream is to play on Canada’s Olympic team.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016

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MEN’S HOCKEY VS. CLARKSON 7 PM

Hockey takes on Clarkson and St. Lawrence this weekend

By SAM STOCKTON The Dartmouth Staff

The men’s hockey team looks to build on its strong start to 2016 this weekend, with games against Clarkson Universtiy and St. Lawrence University at home.

The women’s team will go on the road to play the same two teams this weekend.

The men’s team is playing its best hockey of the season in the new year, and there is ample reason for optimism when the Golden Knights and the Saints come to Thompson Arena.

The team’s record on the season is 6-8-1, but its last few wins, including two to win the 27th Ledyard Classic, indicate an imminent upswing.

“In all aspects of the game — offense, defense and specialty teams — our kids are zoned in and focused,” head coach Bob Gaudet ’81 said. “We’re getting better, and that’s all I ask as a coach.”

This season, the Big Green has found much more success at Thompson than on the road. The team has scored 3.67 goals-per-game in front of its home fans compared to just 1.44 goals-per-game on enemy ice. The defensive numbers tell a similar story. The Big Green allow just 2.83 goals-per-game on home ice, but surrender 3.56 goals-per-game on the road.

In the team’s first four games of

2016, three of which have been at home, the Big Green are 3-1 scoring 13 goals and allowing just four along the way. The team’s back-to-back victories over Robert Morris University and Merrimack College earned them the Ledyard Classic title. In 2016, the Big Green’s penalty kill is a perfect 9-for-9, and goaltender Charles Grant ’16 boasts a stellar .960 save percentage.

“We’ve had the same work ethic, but we’re a more mature team,” Gaudet said. “We start the season with the toughest Division 1 schedule in the country, and we played really hard, but we were inconsistent. Coming into the new year, we’ve learned a lot.”

Gaudet added that the team has been emphasizing both its consistency and strength on defense. Becoming a strong defensive team will increase the amount of time Dartmouth has the puck, contributing to offensive ability.

Gaudet’s players echoed his focus on building a strong defensive game.

“We want to be one of the best defensive teams in the league,” Jack Barre ’16 said. “That’s something we talk about all the time, and we want to keep the goals to less than two a night.”

Gaudet pointed to a 1-0 loss to the University of Vermont, their sole setback of 2016, as a crucial moment in the season. He added that while the

Big Green lost, the game may have been the team’s best performance thus far this season.

“I thought we were excellent at Vermont in terms of the way we want to play,” he said. “The only thing I’m disappointed in is the score. I thought we were outstanding in that game.”

The Big Green takes on Clarkson on Friday night before squaring off with St. Lawrence on Saturday. Last Tuesday, Clarkson pulled off a 3-1 victory over rival St. Lawrence at home, giving the Golden Knights their first ECAC win of the season. While Clarkson is coming off perhaps the pinnacle of its season, St. Lawrence finds itself at its low point.

The Saints have just two wins in their last six games.

“They’re both good teams,” Gaudet said. “Clarkson is typically a big, strong, tough team. They’re hard to play against. They make it hard to get to the net, and they’re coming off a big win against their rivals. St. Lawrence is very explosive. They’re a fast-skating, offensive team. So they’re two really strong opponents but very different teams.”

While the men’s team is playing its best hockey of the season, the Dartmouth women’s hockey team finds itself stuck in its worst stretch of the season. The team will, like the men’s team, take on Clarkson on Friday and

St. Lawrence on Saturday, but both of their match-ups will be on the road.

The team has currently dropped their last nine contests, with their last win coming on Nov. 14 against Union College. Throughout that stretch, the Big Green has struggled with injuries, and several key players have missed time.

The team is healthier than it has been in some time but is still not operating at 100 percent.

Head coach Mark Hudak mentioned that the team will still be missing Tess Bracken ’19, while Hailey Noronha ’18 will return after missing a couple of weekends. Hudak added that Brooke Ahbe ’18will also return, but she is not quite at full strength. The team is getting healthier but is not yet at full form.

The power play has struggled in recent games. Last weekend, the team scored just one goal in eight tries with the man (or woman) advantage. On Saturday afternoon, a Cornell University shorthanded goal late in the second period proved costly in a 5-3 defeat.

Hudak attributed some of the team’s struggles to injuries and health issues, adding that it was difficult to be successful when some players haven’t gotten the chance to play with each other yet this season, especially on power plays.

“We’ve had to piece together power play units,” Hudak said. “Sometimes

we’re putting those units on the ice, and all five of them haven’t practiced together. On the power play, so much of that is timing and reading off of one another and knowing what that person is going to do and where this person is going to be.”

Hudak provided a similar scouting report for Clarkson and St. Lawrence’s women’s teams as Gaudet did for their men’s sides. He said that Clarkson is a very good, physical team with a lot of depth and confidence, and St. Lawrence is similarly talented. “[St. Lawrence has had] some really big wins, and they’ve had some disappointing losses,” said Hudak. “Some of it will be, ‘what team are we going to end up facing this Saturday?’”

As frustration mounts during his team’s current skid, Hudak advocated a simple, fast-paced approach to snap that losing streak this weekend.

“I think we need to try to push the pace and play a very up-tempo game,” he said. “I think we need to be very aggressive out there on the ice. I think we’ve got to do the little things, all of the little things, right. We can’t try to do too much, but we need to do enough for us to be successful.”

With that message in mind, the Big Green will travel to upstate New York hoping to get back into the win column.

Dartmouth Nordic skiing gets ready for Bates Carnival

By MAX KANEFIELD The Dartmouth Staff

After opening the season with good results in Nordic U.S. Nationals over the first week of classes, the Dartmouth Nordic ski team heads to Sunday River, Maine this weekend to participate in the Bates Carnival. It will be the team’s first tournament of the season against its Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association foes.

Men’s Nordic ski captain Oscar Friedman ’16 said that the team is excited to start the season after coming off some great performances at U.S. Nationals in Michigan.

“We showed a lot of depth and a lot of strength, so I am really excited to see how that translates to the Carnival season and the collegiate circuit,” Friedman said.

The team has competed at a high level already this season, with the Nordic team placing second overall among college teams at Nationals.

Pleased with its performance so far, the

team believes that it can improve on its early season performances against its division foes.

Women’s Nordic ski captain Mary O’Connell ’16 said that the team had a lot of fun at Nationals in Michigan, putting together some good races but not its best races.

“I think it was motivating to warm up a little bit but we are still hungry for more,” O’Connell said.

The team heads to the Bates Carnival after finishing second in the tournament last year to the University of Vermont. Vermont was the only team to beat Dartmouth during the collegiate season, pushing the Big Green to second place in each of their EISA carnivals during the 2015 season.

Despite its struggles against its fellow powerhouse, the team believes that this year they can come out on top against their biggest rival on the East Coast.

“They are certainly our main rivals in the East,” Friedman said. “That being said, when it becomes time to race for NCAA championships they

become more of teammates. Coming from the East, we represent the Eastern division together. But for now, its going to be fierce competition and we are hoping to come out on top.”

Given the tight-knit nature of college skiing at this level, most skiers know the athletes they are competing against. This makes for interesting competition but also strong bonds and mutual respect within the community.

“I think there is definitely some rivalry, I have not experienced it first hand yet,” women’s Nordic skier Taryn Hunt-Smith ’19 said. “But I know a lot of the UVM skiers from my past years at Nationals and they are really strong, some of the best in the country.”

When asked who the standout performers on the team were thus far, Friedman remarked that the team’s success has been a consistent effort from multiple players on the team, which he believes promises good things for this weekend’s carnival and beyond.

“I would say actually no and that’s the beauty of it,” Friedman said. “We

have got three guys who are all skiing real strong, and that is myself, Jan Ketterson [’17] and Fabian Stocek [’17] .

I think we are all putting in consistent,

solid performances, and since the Carnivals are scored by the top three skiers, that bodes really well for the first carnival at Bates this weekend.”

COURTESY OF KALEY SHAGEN

Dartmouth’s Nordic skiing team recently competed at the U.S. Nordic Nationals.