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Winter flu levels have been higher than usual in Hanover so far this year, town manager Julia Griffin said. This is possibly due to the fact that this year’s influenza vaccine may not be as adept at preventing the flu as it has been in previous years, New Hampshire Department of Public Health epidemiologist Benjamin Chan said. Dick’s House co-director Jack Turco said there have not been many reports of the flu yet this year. The flu is the most common sickness on campus in the winter. Turco pointed out that while only a minority of “flu” cases are actually true influenza, it is pointless to differentiate between similar sicknesses since there is not a specific treatment for any of them. While the College has not yet seen many flu cases, Turco said this is still early in the year.
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Solarize Hanover project promotes solar energy B y noah goldstein The Dartmouth Staff
Over 10 contracts to install solar panels have been signed during round two of the Solarize Hanover project, which is set to end on Jan. 31. Town officials involved in the project said they are hoping for more finalized contracts
by the end of the month. The town of Hanover is working with Vital Communities, a nonprofit based in White River Junction, in order to promote solar energy amongst small businesses and residences. Town residents can visit the Vital Communities website and request a site visit, after which they can obtain an
estimate as to how much an installation would cost. So far, there have been 255 site visit requests during round two. Two to three days after the site visit, potential buyers will be given a contract, and have until Jan. 31 to submit signed contracts. Of those 255 site visit requests, a majority have been completed, and over 200 contracts have been sent out.
Green D Founders Fund will back promising startups B y KATIE RAFTER The Dartmouth Staff
Sean Byrnes ’00 said that when he attended Dartmouth, entrepreneurship was not encouraged or supported as it was seen to contrast with the values of academia. A decade and a half later, the current atmosphere is more welcoming of the melding of academia with for-profit endeavors, Byrnes said. This new attitude precipitated the
Vital Communities is working with 10 communities in the New HampshireVermont area to run similar Solarize campaigns, Vital Communities energy program manager Sarah Simonds said. Simonds’s role is to collect a group of volunteers who perform outreach and SEE SOLARIZE PAGE 5
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creation of the Green D Founders Fund, which announced in September its plans to back promising startups and companies with ties to Dartmouth. The fund’s final close is scheduled for Jan. 30 and will begin investing the $1.5 million committed thus far in 12 to 18 investments over the next 18 months. “This is a moment in time in the Dartmouth community where the idea of entrepreneurship and innovation MAY NGUYEN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
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DAily debriefing The Geisel School of Medicine has incorporated new biomedical data science and epidemiology departments in the medical school, according to a Geisel press release yesterday. The basic science departments will be made up of faculty already working at the medical school. The biomedical data science department will focus on data science and health data analysis, and will be led by chair Chris Amos. The epidemiology department will continue Geisel’s work in the field, addressing influences leading to diseases and human mortality. Geisel’s epidemiology department is now the only one in northern New England, according to the release, and is led by chair Margaret Karagas. The organizational change was approved late last year. The Card Office recently changed online services due to a change by CBORD, the company that develops the managing software and is phasing out the ManageMyID service. GET Funds, the new version, is now being used for online transactions and balance checking. GET Funds appears differently from ManageMyID due to rebranding by the company, according to a statement from the Card Office. Improvements include functionality on mobile devices and an easier, more secure way to deposit funds, according to the statement, though students using ManageMyID will need to register again for the new service. The office is currently working with CBORD to regain all of the meal swipe transaction history that the old service showed, according to the statement. The transition has been “smooth” to GET Funds, a service used by other colleges, including Brown University. CBORD operates a “GET” mobile phone application, which displays Dartmouth Dining Services charging, DBA, discretionary, fees and fines and meal swipe information, and supports credit card transactions. - COMPILED BY LAURA WEISS
CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. Jan. 9, 2015: The article “Students visit startups on DEN trip to West Coast” misidentified Randi Barshak as the founder of xMatters. She is the chief marketing officer, not the founder.
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Flu vaccinations increase in Hanover FROM FLU PAGE 1
To encourage vaccinations each year, Turco said Dick’s House “publicizes like crazy” and offers free flu clinics for both students and employees. Approximately 1,000 students and 1,000 employees are vaccinated each year at Dick’s House, in addition to students who receive flu shots from CVS or in their hometowns and employees who are vaccinated by their primary physicians or at the DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center. Turco said that despite Dick’s House’s push for flu shots over the past five years, he believes that approximately the same number of students and employees receive flu shots each year because “people are in their habits” and “it’s hard to convince someone who doesn’t want to get one.” Hanover CVS pharmacist Karl Mussgnug, however, said he thinks there has been an increase in students getting vaccinated at CVS this year. In general, he believes that CVS has vaccinated about 1,000 people this year, including 250-350 Dartmouth students, he said. Mussnug believes there could be three potential reasons for an increase in student vaccinations this year. In the past few years the CVS has increased its advertising, and this past year CVS acquired Eastman pharmacy, merging all customers of the two stores. Mussgnug also speculated that the in-
crease in vaccinations at CVS could have been due to issues at Dick’s House, saying that he believed they had fewer scheduled appointment days or suggested that they may have underestimated the number of students who would want a flu shot. Chan said the flu vaccine does not appear to be as effective this year as in years past. The vaccines that are used contain three or four strains of flu viruses, including both influenza A and B strains, Chan said. The main circulating strain this year is H3N2, a type of influenza A, which is included in the vaccine. Over time, however, flu viruses can genetically drift. H3N2 has undergone changes so that it is no longer an exact match to the vaccine. Even though the vaccine contains H3N2, more than twothirds of the viruses causing infection are slightly different than the vaccine strain, and infections this year might be more severe, Chan said. He also stressed, however, that getting a flu shot is “still one of the best lines of defense” against the flu. Hanover town manager Julia Griffin said that within the town of Hanover, influenza cases have been higher than usual for this point in the season. Griffin reiterated Chan’s explanation of the less effective vaccine when discussing influenza’s rise in New Hampshire this year, and said that the severity has been high, especially in young children. “The virus is impacting preschoolers,
so we’re pushing to get everyone right down to infants vaccinated,” Griffin said. New Hampshire tracks flu data by looking at flu activity in the state as a whole using surveillance systems around the state. Health care providers report weekly the number of patients with a flu-like illness. Currently, flu numbers are not unusually high, Chan said. Because of the less effective vaccine, however, “there is potential for it to be a more serious flu season,” he said. “We won’t know how it compares until we get further into the season.” Turco agrees with Chan on the possibility of a more severe outbreak. Even though the amount of students who received flu shots this year was about the same as usual, since this year’s flu shot is not a perfect match, it is possible that the strain of influenza coming through New Hampshire will not be prevented by the vaccination, Turco said. Turco would like to avoid this type of outbreak as much as possible. “If we have a big outbreak, it can really disrupt whole flow of campus,” Turco said. “We want to do everything we can to prevent from spreading the virus, especially when the vaccine is not as effective.” Both Turco and Chan mentioned washing hands, sneezing and coughing with good form and treating cases of the flu with medication as ways to prevent an epidemic.
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Fund will help entrepreneurial alums FROM FUND PAGE 1
is welcome and something that people want to embrace,” Byrnes, a member of the fund’s investment committee, said. Michael Collins ’86, the lead manager of the Green D Fund, said that entrepreneurship is increasingly important in the college environment as larger number of top students and faculty move towards starting companies. “Dartmouth has put an increasing amount of emphasis in building their entrepreneurial ecosystem, but one of the key aspects of having a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem is having capital available,” Collins said. Collins is the founder and chief executive of the consulting firm Big Idea Group Inc. and a Launch Angels manager. Launch Angels, a Bostonbased venture capital firm, will be advising the Green D Fund, he said. Collins said that alumni involvement in the fund provides “real value” to the companies and to the investors themselves. He said the size of the investments, $100,000 each, will be meaningful for these companies. A group of approximately 40 alumni contributed to the fund, with investors representing over five decades of graduates. Collins said investors represent “a broad-based group” from different geographic and academic backgrounds. Alumni who have seen success in the business world see the fund as a way of “paying it forward,” Collins said. They would like to see a substantial return to investors and provide support to enhance the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network. Collins said that the fund will be available to undergraduates and alumni at the College, as well as to current students and alumni of
the Tuck School of Business, the Thayer School of Engineering and the Geisel School of Medicine. Applicants will submit business plans, which will then undergo a competitive review process by the investment committee representing the fund, he said. The committee will conduct their first of monthly meetings in March following the closing of the fund, Collins said. Byrnes said that the group will evaluate prospective business opportunities and decide which will be good investments. “It would be naïve to just blindly invest in any company founded by a Dartmouth alum,” Byrnes said. Selecting Dartmouth-affiliated companies creates “a natural filter,” Byrnes said. The liberal arts education at the College lends itself well to the diverse responsibilities that founders of a startup company face, he said. Collins said that several recent funds with similar ties to universities exist, including funds at Harvard University, Stanford University and the University of Michigan. He said this trend makes it necessary for Dartmouth to start its own. “Every college is going to do it differently, and hopefully we’re going to do this in a very Dartmouth way,” Collins said. Byrnes said that the endeavor is experimental in that those involved are spread out across the country, with both the College and investors lacking a physical presence close to the companies’ locations. “I have faith that the strength of the Darmouth alumni network can overcome this geographical distribution,” Byrnes said. Collins said that the fund has been in contact with the DEN, which views the fund as a complement to their work. Ryan Buckvar ’17, a member of
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the DEN associates team, said the fund is a testament to how willing alumni are to help students. Ned Berman ’16, another DEN associates team member, said that while the fund will be a resource of capital accessible to Dartmouth students, it is still a for-profit organization that will only fund high quality projects. Terry Blum, the director of the institute for leadership and entrepreneurship and professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, said that often these kinds of venture capital investors go to their own alumni to invest, citing similar patterns at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech. Blum said the Green D Fund appears to be “packaged more nicely” than others, but will operate in similar ways to comparable endeavors. She said that the fund’s smaller size may affect its success. “It has the potential to do good for alumni and for the startups, but depending upon what the startups are required to do in exchange, it could end up not being a good thing,” Blum said. Blum said that success cannot be predicted until the fund’s operation and principles for investment and mentoring become apparent.
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CONTRIBUTING Columnist ZIQIN YUAN ’18
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Meal Plan Monopoly
Funding Our Future
Students should be able to use DBA at off-campus restaurants. At many other colleges, such at Pennsylvania State University and New York University, their equivalent of DBA can be used outside of campus at certain local small businesses. Yet Dartmouth Dining Services allows DBA to be used on campus only, thereby controlling every aspect of food at Dartmouth — from the price, to the quality and variety. Because the least expensive meal plans are those made up largely of DBA, DDS has an almost complete monopoly of what many students can buy and eat. It is clear why Dartmouth would want a monopoly — through DDS, the College can make the most money possible while limiting competition. A monopoly, however, can only benefit the College at the expense of the students. DDS can get away with inflated prices because we need to use our DBA at DDS establishments. Odwalla smoothies, for example, are sold for $4 each at Novack, which is roughly a 12 percent markup from their price at CVS. Most other commercial products that students buy — from Silk soymilk to Sabra hummus — are sold for much more than they would be outside Dartmouth. The prices of prepared food sold by DDS are inflated as well. I could make a plain turkey sandwich for much less than the $5.55 they cost at Collis. The convenience of on-campus dining may account for some of this inflation, but this inflation is mostly due to the fact that Dartmouth knows most students do not have much of a choice. By allowing students to use their DBA at local businesses, Dartmouth would be forced to compete with outside businesses for a share of students’ money, thereby forcing them to provide products that students want at a reasonable price. Dartmouth may be reluctant to do that out of fear of losing money, but DDS is not exactly a struggling program — it has has a history of incredibly large profits. During the 2010 to 2011 fiscal year, the most recent year for which we have DDS-specific data, it made $1.3 million in net income. DDS now is listed in the College’s accounts as an auxiliary enterprise, along with the Office of Residential
Life and other programs. In 2013, auxiliary income increased by almost $5.3 million. Despite the inflated expense of the various meal plans, students still spend an average of about $200 extra DBA each term. As far as profits are concerned, the monetary risk for Dartmouth is more than manageable — especially when factoring in the benefits of a wider selection and more reasonably priced options for students. Moreover, Dartmouth could still profit through partnering with local businesses by having them give a percentage of their profits from DBA purchases to the College. Since allowing DBA in off-campus restaurants would increase their business as well — business that suffers from DDS’s current monopoly — its reasonable that restaurants might be willing to make such an agreement. The main benefit to this proposal would be the increase in student satisfaction by giving them the freedom to choose where and how they spend their money — especially because DDS would not lose as much business as it may first seem. During the cold days and nights of the winter and fall, students will be reluctant to go far from campus to get food. Even if students order delivery, potential delivery fees and tips often make it more expensive than going to Novack or the Hop. Eating on campus is also more convenient — few restaurants in town continue delivering late into the night, leaving few places outside of DDS to eat during later hours. During the week, few students would want to get up extra early to eat breakfast offcampus before class. Dartmouth needs to sacrifice some shortterm profits to provide long-term benefits for both students and the College. Allowing students to use DBA at off-campus businesses may not seem immediately profitable, but partnering with local businesses and maintaining the nearmonopoly over late-night eating would offset the potential drop in profits. Ultimately, Dartmouth is a competitive academic institution, and as such it has an innate stake its students’ happiness — and that means finally bringing the spirit of reform to DDS.
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The College should offer funding for all unpaid leave-term internships. If millennials were to have a single today’s job market if they have not comrepresentative figure, it would doubtlessly pleted an internship during their time as be the unpaid intern. These overworked, undergraduates. Until recently, the onus underpaid college students – and some- of financing these internships has fallen times college graduates – haunt the pages on both students and potential employers. of several major news publications as the An increasing number of colleges, however, hapless victims of a system that articles have taken it upon themselves to provide label as “immoral”and “unfair.” Despite the their students funding for any completed overwhelmingly negative internships. On its press, college students website, Connecticut still seek out this free “Unfortunately for college College — one of four work in droves. The students, these internships schools offering all of fact is that internships are not imperative for its students intern— paid or not — are employers — and therein ship funding — states a virtual necessity on lies the problem.” “College funding is the resumes of today’s key to making the college students. In a pitch to companies.” 2013 interview with The Dartmouth, the Connecticut College administrators have directors of Dartmouth’s Center for Profes- realized that providing funding to all of sional Development described internships as their undergraduates not only removes “imperative” for jobs seekers. Unfortunately financial constraints on students’ internship for college students, these internships are searches, but also lifts the burden of funding not imperative for employers — and therein from companies that take on Connecticut lies the problem. College students during their summers. Internships, even unpaid ones, cost em- Dartmouth could learn a lot from looking ployers money, time and effort in order to at schools like Connecticut College. While hire and train newcomers. Because these students can seek funds up to 4,000 dolpositions are temporary, this time does not lars through organizations like the Dickey benefit companies in the long term. Intern Center, the Tucker Foundation and The Bridge, a consulting firm specializing in col- Rockefeller Center, this money is restricted lege recruiting, reports that only 36 percent to certain internships and students are not of paid interns and 17 percent of unpaid always given the full amount advertised. interns will receive job offers from their This is unacceptable, especially given that employers, so the vast majority of interns Dartmouth’s D-Plan forces students to take will end up taking their newly-acquired an off-term during the year, when fewer skills elsewhere. Companies thus have little internships are offered. Students often feel reason to dedicate their resources to taking pressure not to “waste” this off-term by on college students for short amounts of working a paid position at home, but often time. From a financial perspective, it makes only those whose parents can finance unpaid more sense for employers to hire college internships are able to take full advantage of graduates in full-time positions. the extra the D-Plan offers for internship ex In addition, when companies hire perience. It’s no wonder, then, that over 700 interns, they put themstudents participated selves at risk for costly in corporate recruitlawsuits filed for insuf- “If Dartmouth wants ing last winter — the ficient compensation its student not only to pay these corporate and intolerable working remain competitive after internships offer is conditions. An increas- graduation but also to be alluring for students ing number of employers able to take on a full array who do not want to go are ending their intern- of internship opportunities, broke on an off-term, ship programs to avoid even if the opportuit must begin to offer all these lawsuits altogether. don’t always students internship funding nities Most notably, Conde match these students’ Nast disposed of its in- for off-terms.” true interests. ternship program in the If Dartmouth fall of 2013 following several high-profile wants its students not only to remain comlawsuits, in which former interns claimed petitive after graduation but also to be able they were paid a mere one dollar an hour to take on a full array of internship opporfor a summer of work. It is unfortunate that tunities, it must begin to offer all students with the end of Conde Nast’s internship internship funding for off-terms. Unpaid program college students can no longer internships are not going away, and as an intern at 24 of the most read and admired elite institution, Dartmouth is obligated to magazines in print, but I am hard-pressed adapt to let its students make the most of to blame the media company for exiting the these opportunities. The College would internship arena entirely. With little payoff be making an investment in its students by for both the employer and the employee, it is giving them the chance to experience difunderstandable that companies are increas- ferent career fields and gain practical, real ingly reticent to take on college students for world skills before graduation. It is this type just a summer. of investment that would help Dartmouth The fact remains, though, that college remain one of the best universities at which graduates are much less competitive in to receive an undergraduate education.
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Solarize Hanover campaign sees increased participation FROM SOLARIZE PAGE 1
debunk myths about solar energy’s high costs and select a solar installer for the community. Solar installation and site visits are being conducted by Energy Emporium — a company based in Enfield — which is offering bulk purchase rates. As more solar panels are installed, prices will go down. Energy Emporium is also helping to educate potential consumers about the benefits of solar power, such as contributing to a reduced carbon footprint. The state of New Hampshire has a tax rebate for installation of up to $3,750, while a federal tax credit of 30 percent is also offered, Hanover town manager Julia Griffin said. Griffin said that now is a great time to invest in solar energy due to the possibility that the state rebate will not be renewed once the current funds are drained, since the federal tax credit is set to expire at the end of 2016. The average cost for solar installation for a residential home can range from $18,000 to $19,000, but with the state rebate and federal tax credit, this price can go down to $9,975 to $10,675. Solar power is also estimated to have an eight to 10 year payback, Simonds said, while the warranty lasts for 25 years, and the panels themselves can
last longer. In round one, 40 percent of the signed contracts came in within a week before the project deadline, Simonds said. So far the biggest issues with the project have been getting the final contracts signed and accounting for trees in residential areas, Hanover director of public works Peter Kulbacki said. Trees might have to be cut down to install solar panels in some properties. The low number of signed contracts thus far is likely due to the busyness of the holiday season, Kulbacki said. In round one, 120 houses in the Upper Valley installed solar panels. Round two, as of the end of last week, has seen 92 contracts signed in the Upper Valley. Six to 10 materialized installations, Simonds said, though none of these installations have occurred in Hanover. The Solarize movement was created in order to show people that solar power is accessible to anyone who is interested, she said. “Through Solarize we are really demonstrating that solar is something that anyone can look into, and more people than you would think might find that it makes sense,” Simonds said. For those residents who have yet to sign a contract, an informational meeting will be held in the Richard W. Black Recreation and Senior Center on Jan.
21. Due to the success of the program, Vital Communities is considering having a round three, Kulbacki said. The Town of Hanover filed an application to work with Vital Communities this summer after an information session last spring, and started the implementation of the project this fall. Dartmouth is starting to consider solar energy projects as well, director of the Dartmouth office of sustainability Rosalie Kerr said. Currently there are several locations up for consideration for solar energy on campus: the roof of the new barn at the organic farm, some fraternities and sororities, Alumni Gym and various options for ground-mounted solar. The next step in the process would be talking to several different installation companies and then trying to match the site of installation with the right installer. Prior solar projects at Dartmouth include two hot water solar arrays on the President’s house and on the Sustainable Living Center. A large solar array has yet to be put in place, but with the significant decrease in solar prices over the last decade, the idea is becoming more viable for the College, Kerr said. “I am hoping that with current solar prices and student enthusiasm will lead to us doing something that is a really meaningful solar project,” Kerr said.
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 4:30 p.m. “Negotiating for the Planet: Environmental & Climate Diplomacy” with Kerri-Ann Jones, Filene Auditorium
5:45 p.m. “Multi-Faith Conversations,” dinner and conversation, Tucker Foundation, Room 105
7:00 p.m. “Eyewash: Carlos Casas,” screening and performance, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium
TOMORROW All day “Small Things, Pretty Things,” exhibition by artist-in-residence Heather McGill, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Jaffe-Friede Gallery
6:00 p.m. “Voxmasters: Introducing Someone Else,” Rockefeller Center, Class of 1930 Room
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Heather McGill to serve as artist-in-residence this winter
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It is fitting that College artistin-residence Heather McGill, who pairs the latest technology with meticulous manual work to create art, is from Detroit, a city she describes as the home of industrial and commercial activity. McGill will be showing her work in the exhibition “Small Things, Pretty Things” in the Hopkins Center’s Jaffe-Friede Gallery through Mar. 10. Most of the pieces in the exhibit were created out of laser-cut plastic and airbrushed paper, which she created with a computer-aided design and drafting program and a laser cutter. “The laser is a very useful tool to cut shapes repetitively,” said McGill. “Repetition is something that I’ve always embraced and had as part of my work.” McGill’s multidisciplinary interests in technology, astronomy
and literature are all evident in her work. Her current show will feature pieces based on stars and star-like patterns, she said, stemming from her time as an undergraduate at the University of California, Davis, where she studied physics and astronomy. Many of the pieces have titles that are derived from pieces of literature, such as her sculpture “Pull My Daisy” (2008) which shares its title with the poem by Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Beyond the repetition of the laser, McGill’s process involves hand-made work and many rounds of laser testing, she said. The early steps of her pieces involve preliminary designs first drawn on the computer program. She then begins the process of testing tolerances and how to use the laser on the drawing, factoring in considerations such as shape, thickness and material. While many of her pieces use digital technology to create, she said the
pieces are time-consuming because of the constant dialogue between her manual work and the work done by the computer. “There’s a relationship with the hand and the machine,” McGill said. “[The machine] is like a prosthetic, an extension of your hand.” While using technology in works of art is a common technique of many graphic designers and sculptors, director of exhibitions and studio art professor Gerald Auten said that he has never before seen work like McGill’s. “The level of ambition and precision is really quite extraordinary,” he said. McGill’s work is dynamic in how it interacts with light and space, Auten said. Studio art professor Kathryn Zazenski, who happens to be one of McGill’s former students, said that the level of devotion that McGill puts into her work both as a professor and an artist is evident.
“As a mentor, she was always working,” Zazenski said. “She worked more than any student. She breathes her work, she lives it, she exudes it.” She said that she appreciates the style in which McGill teaches. “She would lead you in a direction [with your art], and empower you to take charge of it,” Zazenski said. McGill said that during her time at the College, she hopes that her work will be less technologicallybased than her previous pieces and that she will interact with both the students and the community. She said that a few studio art professors have already scheduled time into their classes for students to see her exhibition. Auten said that he hopes students will take advantage of having a new artist-in-residence, as McGill’s stay coincides with the start of senior seminars for studio art majors and the time when they begin to traditionally develop their
own portfolio. He said that past artists-in-residence have helped majors with their culminating experiences. “[The artist-in-residence program] provides a great opportunity to see an artist’s body of work and be able to ask them questions such as, ‘why do you do this?’” he said. “It’s a fresh voice that comes into the studio and might see something new, or suggest a way that the work might develop further.” McGill is currently the head of the sculpture department at Cranbook Academy of Art in Michigan. Her work has been featured in the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Belgium, Art Basel in Miami and the United States embassy in Helsinki, Finland. McGill’s show will open on Tuesday Jan. 13 in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery and will run until March 10. McGill will also hold a lecture on the exhibit and a reception on Jan. 13 at 4:30 p.m.
Beyond the Bubble: the dangers of the DIY movement
B y Andrea nease The Dartmouth Staff
Did you DIY that rug? Is that an upcycled quilt? Are those refashioned leg warmers you’re wearing? Did you get that idea from Pinterest? Did you buy those coasters off Etsy? These are all hot questions nowadays. Thrift stores and recycled homemade materials are no longer taboo. According to social media, they are “in.” Who doesn’t want a pair of hand-knit socks made by some Argentine girl online or to learn via Pinterest how to make a DIY splatter paint muscle tank? There has been an upward trend toward the crafty these days. A strong “why buy it when I can make it myself ” mentality has been circulating among millenials, making its presence known from weddings to birthdays to baby showers to everyday items. DIY used to be a way of making ends meet for some families — it used to be for the sustainable, for artisans of knitting and modgepodge. It has now morphed into a hobby for the millennial generation. Why has DIY become the fad that won’t die? Articles noting the rise in DIY date back to 2009, marking it as a trend rather than a moment with a “long” history. So, in 2015, why am I still seeing middle class teenagers upcycling their clothes and posting buckets of Pinterest how-to articles on social media? I don’t think the DIY fad is going to go out of fashion anytime soon — the fad has manifested itself as art of the everyday and of the amateur. Upon first glance, the rise in DIY popularity
seems to be a good thing. People are putting in time and effort to make items, whether for themselves or as gifts for others. It’s good right? They’re making an effort to learn something new, and DIY is typically a sustainable practice so that’s good too...right? Maybe not. Imagine you are an artisanal coaster maker. Now all of a sudden, a website posts articles about how to make cheap coasters at home. Your customers start to make their own coasters — why should they buy them when they can make them? This is where things get complicated. When you can DIY, repurpose or upcycle just about anything, your first thought does not go to the smalltown artisan who makes coasters for a living but to the big corporations you are undermining through your at-home coaster projects. Is there a way to tackle this side of the DIY world? Maybe there is a happy balance of saving money, being sustainable and also supporting the individuals who craft with expertise. Maybe making your own jewelry if you genuinely love it is worthwhile, whereas making coasters just for the sake of making homemade coasters could be put on the back burner. “The New Republic” published a piece on the rise of DIY culture which asserted that the DIY fad is a product of societal rejection of convenience. The longer something takes, the more valuable it is — a logical fallacy that leads consumers to try to hand-knit a scarf rather than buying one online. Maybe we are trying to overcompensate for our daily conveniences. This furor over convenience has been combined with a lack of ap-
preciation for expertise. In the past, DIY trends were mostly exclusive to people who exhibited some degree of craftiness. Now, “how-to” sites have introduced a culture of people who believe they can all be the next Martha Stewart. They have convinced our generation that we can do it all, even if it’s an activity that takes hours to perfect. Even as flawed as the DIY fad is, there is some beauty to it. There is a certain charm to a necklace you made
yourself or a coffee pot you sculpted for your mother’s birthday. I am not saying DIY is a bad thing or that it should disappear forever. I am just saying that DIY’s popularity is a little misplaced, and if you’re making a sweater by hand just to get credit for making it yourself, then you might be better off on Amazon — or, better yet, a mom-and-pop store. Or ake a sweater by hand to cultivate your knitting skills and work to produce increasingly better art forms.
In the meantime however, there are places dedicated to DIY on Dartmouth’s campus to which you should definitely pay a visit. Dartmouth’s Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio is located in the basement of the Hopkins Center and the Davidson Ceramics Studio is located just down the street towards the Connecticut River. Visit either studio and get some hands on DIY goodness for all the right reasons — out of love and curiosity of the craft.
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Alvin Eisenman ’43, a well known graphic designer who died last year, is honored in the Baker lobby.
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015
TUESDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Track and field dominate Dartmouth Relays this weekend
B y Chris shim
The Dartmouth men’s and women’s track and field teams ushered in 2015 with two dominant team victories at the 46th annual Dartmouth Relays on Sunday, Jan. 11 at the Leverone Field House. This marked the fifth straight Dartmouth Relays team victory for the women’s team, and the fourth straight team victory for the men at the home meet. The Dartmouth Relays is one of the largest track and field event hosted by the College, which featured three days of high school, college and open levels of competition. The meet also serves as the team’s main fundraising event for their spring trip to train and compete in the South Carolina warmth. Both the men’s and women’s teams were pleased with how the meet went. “It was very gratifying to have some very excellent performances this early in the season,” men’s head coach and director of track and field and cross country Barry Harwick said. Indeed, many of the student-athletes spent the winter interim period in December on campus, training and competing with their teammates. After taking some time away from Hanover to celebrate the holidays, the coaching staff was eager to see how their training had progressed.
“There’s always anticipation to see how our athletes will perform after training on their own,” women’s head coach Sandy Ford-Centonze said. “What we saw was that they trained and competed well.” The meet featured multiple individual victories on both the men’s and women’s teams. On the men’s side, Phil Gomez ’17 won the 400m in 49.97, and Joey Chapin ’16 won the 3000m in 8:25.09. The men’s 4x400m (3:23.47) and 4x800m (7:52.92) relay teams also struck gold in their respective races. Max Cosculluela ’17 won the pole vault by vaulting 15-1.00 feet (4.6m), and Alex Frye ’17 won the high jump in 6-6.25 feet (1.99m). Gomez, who took gold in both the open 400m and the 4x400m, was especially pleased with his relay team’s performance. “Our 4x400 consists of three freshmen,” he said. “They certainly did their part in that relay, which means there are only great things to come in the following years.” The men’s team also received strong performances in the 3000m, rounding out the top four spots in the race. Brian Masterson ’16, Miles Irish ’18 and Nat Adams ’17 finished second, third, and fourth respectively behind Chapin. Ben Colello ’18 also had an excel-
lent home debut, running the 60-meter hurdles in 8.26, the third fastest time in school history. “I ran a huge [personal record] in the trials and then an even bigger [personal record] in the finals, so it was great to see some improvement there,” Colello said. “I credit that to working hard with both Coach Sandy [Ford-Centonze] and my teammates for the past week.” The women’s side featured four individual winners as well. Bridget O’Neill ’18 won the mile in 5:06.95, Elizabeth Markowitz ’16 won the 800m in 2:18.03, Helen Schlachtenhaufen ’17 won the 3000m in 10:16.67 and Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 won the high jump with 5-8.50 feet (1.74m). The women’s team also received a victory from the 4x400m relay team, winning in 3:50.95. In the women’s 800 meters, Abby Livingston ’18 followed up Markowitz’s victory with a time of 2:19.64, a fast enough time to earn a second place finish. Markowitz credited their teamwork and the atmosphere at Leverone for the strong performances. “This was our first time racing at home since [the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship] last March, and it felt great to get back out on the track in Leverone,” Markowitz said. “I had a lot of fun racing the 800 with my teammate Abby [Livingston]. We did a good job
of working together and racing from the front, which is always a challenge.” Whitehorn, who won the high jump and placed third in the 60-meter dash, was satisfied with her performance and looked forward to improving her technique. “In the high jump I attempted 1.80m for a new personal record and missed, but the attempts were solid,” she admitted. “Hopefully when I clean up my form over the bar, I will be able to set another record.” The women’s team also received
strong performances in the 3000 meters from Leigh Moffett ’18 and Kennedy Jensen ’18, who finished second and third behind Schlachtenhaufen. Following their strong victories, the men’s and women’s track and field teams will prepare to host the University of Vermont, the University of Maine and Colgate University on Saturday, Jan. 17 at Leverone Field House in Hanover. The following weekend, the teams will travel to New Haven, Conn. on Jan. 24 to face Yale University and Columbia University.
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The men’s track team swept first through fourth place in the the 3000m run.
Swimmers struggle while divers shine in first home meet
B y ALEXANDER AGADJANIAN
In a three-team swim meet last Saturday in Hanover, the swimming and diving program got off to a poor start to begin its Ivy League schedule. Swimming for the first time this season in its own Karl Michael Pool, the men’s team fell by scores of 216-84 to Yale University and 169-130 to University of Pennsylvania, while the women’s team lost 243-57 to Yale and 216-84 to Penn. In the third meet of the young season, both the men’s and women’s teams returned to action after having continued — and even increased — their practice regimen over winter break. In an effort to maintain their progress, the swimmers trained in Hawaii for two weeks, while the divers travelled to Texas and Puerto Rico during the break. “Typically we have like one practice a day here, but whenever we go on a training trip we practice twice a day and usually for longer periods of time,” diver
Brett Gillis ’16 said. “More repetition is obviously going to help with our kind of sport.” On Saturday, Gillis was one of the prime performers for Dartmouth, excelling in both of his events Already holding the school record in the men’s one-meter dive with a score of 361.15, the junior placed second in the event this time around with a 292.45. In the three-meter dive, Gillis routed his fellow competitors with a 344.85 score en route to a first-place finish, nearly matching his school record of 377.55 in the event. Recent injury and ongoing recovery only further magnify Gillis’s superb efforts. At the team’s last swim meet on the first weekend of December at Brown University, the diver hit his head on the board during his last dive, requiring 32 staples on his head. “I didn’t expect to be back so soon, but it healed pretty quickly,” Gillis said. “And then, I started training again at the end of December in Puerto Rico. I’ve only been practicing for a couple weeks
now, so I didn’t expect [the meet] to be that great.” Coach Jim Wilson was impressed with Gillis’ quick return. “He hasn’t competed since [Brown], so to see him step up and do so well, everybody was really happy for him,” he said. “He’s a great diver. He was second [in the one-meter dive] at Ivies last year, and I’m confident he’ll be at the top of the Ivy League again this year.” Both the men’s one-meter and three-meter dive competitions resulted in some of the Big Green’s greatest successes all day, as three of the top four point-scorers represented Dartmouth in each of these events. In addition to Gillis’s feats, senior Ryan Shelley ’15 (295.45 score) topped the one-meter dive while sophomore Taylor Clough ’17 (254.20) came in fourth place. In the three-meter dive Clough (290.80) also placed second, with his teammate Shelley (271.15) rounding out the top four. Gillis spoke about his unit’s perfor-
mance this weekend. “For the divers, Ryan [Shelley], who got first on the one-meter, has been really consistent,” Gillis said. “Taylor also just got back from back issues he’s been having. He hasn’t practiced for a while, but then like me, we started training [again] at the same time in Puerto Rico.” On the swimmers side, freshman AnnClaire MacArt ’18 continued a fantastic start to her Dartmouth career, grabbing fourth place in both the 100yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle with times of 53.23 and 1:52.29, respectively. She also managed to grab third place in the 500-yard freesyle with a time of 4:59.67. Coach Wilson believed the development of the freshmen swimmers — with MacArt at the center — has been critical for the team, regarding it as a positive sign for the future. “On the women’s side, AnnClaire [MacArt] really dominated,” Coach Wilson said. “I think she did a great job in her events. Her [500-yard freestyle]
was under five minutes. That’s very good for this time of year.” MacArt said even though Saturday’s meet was tough, she learned valuable lessons about racing. “I think we learned more of how we stand as a team, and how we race as a team,” she said. “We had positive things at the meet… We knew we had the training behind us to go faster, so it’s like another step towards the Ivies.” Moving past this most recent challenging meet, Gillis feels that the entire team is headed towards a positive direction and will prove to be a strong competitor. “I was pretty happy with this last meet, hopefully [we] can do better in the next one as well,” Gillis said. “We’re continuing practices now regularly, so we should actually improve by the [Ivy League Championships].” The men’s and women’s teams will be back in action on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23 and 24 at the Dartmouth Invitational.