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Homecoming raises Weekend full of events safety concerns By JOYCE LEE The Dartmouth
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In light of the increase in activity and events during the upcoming Homecoming weekend, Safety and Security will work with the Hanover Police Department and Green Mountain Security to dispatch additional patrol officers. Safety and Security will also collaborate with the College’s Emergency Medical Services, who will be on call at Dick’s House, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne said. Considering the high number of events occurring throughout the weekend, Safety and
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Security expects to receive twice as many calls during Homecoming than any other given weekend, Kinne said. Despite the implementation of the hard alcohol ban last spring, Homecoming safety procedures and expectations have not changed significantly, both Hanover Police and Safety and Security said. Kinne said three additional Safety and Security officers will be added to the usual daily patrol units. Hanover Police will also provide additional officers for security patrolling throughout the weekend, HaSEE SAFETY PAGE 2
By NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff
Over 20 student demonstrators held signs — with slogans such as “Stop telling me my rape was my fault” and “Rapists are not victims” — during a presentation titled “The College Rape Overcorrection” featuring controversial Slate columnist Emily Yoffe on Thursday afternoon. Yoffe pens an advice col-
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As of Thursday, the Homecoming bonfire was still in the process of being built.
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umn for Slate titled “Dear Prudence” and has written frequently about gender and sexual assault. At the beginning of the presentation, government professor James Murphy, who helped organize the event, said he did not think the event would be as contentious as it was. Tori Nevel ’16, who orgaSEE PROTEST PAGE 5
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From members of the Class of 2015 who graduated only four months ago to former students returning now with their families, the Dartmouth Night Ceremony and Homecoming bonfire are expected to draw 5,000 to 8,000 alumni this weekend, alumni relations communications project manager Rachel Hastings said. More than 20 different events are on the Homecoming weekend schedule, including the Dartmouth Night parade, the Homecoming football game, lectures and class reunions, she said.
The parade that the Class of 2019 follows prior to the bonfire will take a new route around campus, Hastings said. She noted that the bonfire and the parade are the two biggest events besides the football game. For this year’s Homecoming football game, the Big Green will compete against Yale University at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hastings said nearly 10,000 people are expected to attend, as the game is the biggest draw for alumni. Hastings said Homecoming is earlier this year than in the past — last year the event was on Oct. 17 and 18. Due to both the more
optimal time for fall foliage and the holiday weekend — Columbus Day is Monday — more alumni than usual are expected to return to the College this weekend, she said. The warmer fall weather is also likely to bring out more alumni, she said. Hastings said that in an effort to encourage alumni families to attend Homecoming, the College is hosting more events geared toward children. A new event on Saturday, called Touch-A-Truck, will feature fire trucks, police cars and other vehicles from the Upper Valley community SEE PREVIEW PAGE 3
SEIU members vote to approve 2 percent pay raise B y KELSEY FLOWER The Dartmouth Staff
Service Employee International Union members who are employed by the College voted on Oct. 1 to pass a new two-year contract giving them a 2 percent pay raise each year after finalizing negotiations with
the College. About 420 of Dartmouth’s approximate 4,000 employees total are represented by the SEIU. The 2 percent increase for employees will be retroactively set to July 1, 2015, once the contract is finalized, Dartmouth associate general counsel Kevin O’Leary, the College’s main
negotiator at the bargaining table, said. The contract is set to be renewed on July 1, 2017. Non-unionized employees of the College always receive any wage changes July 1, while benefit changes are effective Jan. 1. SEIU Local 560 chapter president Earl Sweet said
that union members “overwhelmingly accepted” the contract. “I wish it was a bit more, but as long as our membership is satisfied, I’m satisfied,” Sweet said. “That’s what were here for, to represent the members. They have the final say whether to accept something or not.”
While the content of the contract has been finalized, the actual document has not yet been compiled, O’Leary said. Once human resources is done putting together the physical documents for the SEIU and College to sign, SEE SEIU PAGE 3
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 1:00 p.m. “Dartmouth Here, There and Everywhere,” alumni relations event with food, raffle, talks and a “Take it or Leave it!” swap, Blunt Alumni Center, tent
5:00 p.m. “Dartoberfest,” Hill Winds Society event with beer service and food, Alumni Gym lawn, tent
7:30 p.m. Annual Homecoming parade and bonfire, Dartmouth Green
TOMORROW 9:00 a.m. Family-friendly scavenger hunt, small tent on the Green
10:00 a.m. Baker Bell Tower tour, Baker Library information desk
11:15 a.m. “We are Moving Dartmouth Forward” info session, Hood Auditorium
1:30 p.m. Dartmouth football game versus Yale University, Memorial Field
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Bonfire presents safety concerns FROM SAFETY PAGE 1
nover Police Chief Charlie Dennis said. “Hard alcohol is prohibited, so if we find it, we will confiscate it, and if it’s at a party, we’ll shut the party down, but we haven’t really changed our operating procedures except for the fact that it’s no longer an acceptable beverage on campus,” Kinne said. The annual bonfire on Friday is also a significant concern for Safety and Security, Hanover Police and the Hanover Fire Department. “People try to touch the bonfire, which is extremely dangerous because if they fall in, we aren’t sure we can get them out,” Kinne said. “That’s a real concern, and we have that ring [around the bonfire] because we’re so concerned about people getting too close to the fire. We’re very fortunate in that the fire is designed to fall inwards, but you never know what can happen. We want to keep people as far away as we possibly can, for their own safety.” Kinne said security at the bonfire will pair Green Mountain Security officers with Safety and Security officers to patrol the area. Green Mountain Security is a private organization that provides additional security for large events. Hanover Police will also be present in a trailer borrowed from Grafton County, which will be the command center during the bonfire in the case of any significant
issues, Kinne said. The fire department will be on site with a ladder truck in case of any emergencies, he added. “Most people have worked the bonfire so they all have a very good idea of what their responsibilities are,” Kinne said. “We’ve done it many times, and while there are some tweaks here and there every
“Hard alcohol is prohibited, so if we find it, we will confiscate it, and if it’s at a party, we’ll shut the party down.” - safety and security director harry kinne
[year], we pretty much have a good process down.” Dennis said the police have met with the College in three separate meetings to discuss the bonfire, among other security issues. Collis Center director Eric Ramsey said the bonfire is also a crucial element of the safety discussion that occurs during the Homecoming administrative coordination committee meetings. Safety and Security staff, Hanover fire chief Martin McMillan and Dennis were all present at these meetings, he
said. Ramsey said the bonfire’s structural design does not change from year to year, though how students build the bonfire can vary with each incoming class. “The bonfire has a long history at Dartmouth, and we’ve been building it for a long time,” Ramsey said. “We take the safety regulations really seriously, and part of this committee’s role is to evaluate any changes to the bonfire and associating parts to the fire. So all departments that may be impacted by the change have the opportunity to weigh in, and it’s carefully considered by engineers from [the Thayer School of Engineering].” Safety is also a concern the afternoon before the Bonfire event, Mallory Byrd ’19, a bonfire build chair, said. Dartmouth Mountaineering Club members will help students climb to the top of the structure to take pictures on Friday, she said. While weather reports predict rainfall this Friday, Kinne said he does not believe there will be any significant problem in the longstanding safety procedures for Homecoming. “We’re supposed to get rain, which always presents its complications, but just as long as the students respect one another and the committee around them, I don’t see why the event won’t be as fun and safe as we’re hoping it will be,” Kinne said.
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Safety and Security has not signifcantly revised its operating procedures for Homecoming weekend to reflect the hard alcohol ban.
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Two-year SEIU contract includes raise Weekend will include MDF info session FROM SEIU PAGE 1
copies will be made for each union employee and their managers. The new contract has few other changes besides the salary increase, O’Leary said. He cited minor clarifications to questions employees had last year, small changes regarding uniforms and footwear and new union member eligibility for dependent care flexible spending accounts, which the College has had for a while but had not previously included in SEIU contracts, he said. There were also only small changes made to the benefits package portion of the contract, including components like vacation time, personal time, health insurance and retirement benefits. The benefits package is “essentially the same as the ones the non-unionized employees get,” O’Leary said. O’Leary said that in his opinion, the wages and benefits that unionized and non-unionized employees get are not very different, and when they are, it reflects the different types of work that employees do. Employees in the SEIU include some members of the custodial staff in residential life buildings, campus maintenance crew, dining hall staff and Safety and Security officers. “The College’s goal is always to provide fair pay and benefits to all of its employees,” O’Leary said. According to the website Dartblog, the wage increase for faculty for the 2015-2016 year was only 1 percent.
The wage increase for unionized employees was also higher than the inflation rate, which was 1.6 percent in 2014. O’Leary said that he had no comment on either of these facts, and also stated that he does not know from what portion of the budget the wage increase for SEIU members comes.
“The College’s goal is always to provide fair pay and benefits to all of its employees.” - COLLEGE ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL KEVIN O’LEARY
Douglas Silverstein, founding partner of the labor and employment law firm Kesluk, Silverstein and Jacob, said that nothing about the new contract appears to be “out of the ordinary.” He said that comparing the wage increases of faculty versus unionized employees is “not an apples-to-apples comparison.” Because the salaries of professors are substantially higher than the hourly rate that employees in SEIU are paid, their pay raise, while a relatively smaller percentage, may actually be a larger amount, Silverstein said. “It stands to reason that as a
professor’s raises get higher and higher, the percentage they increase will get smaller and smaller,” he said. Silverstein also speculated about the influence of the Affordable Care Act, which has induced several changes in insurance policy during the last year. Because of employee side payroll taxes, as payrolls go up, an employer is not just paying the cost of the wage, but also a 7.5 percent tax in addition, he said. O’Leary said that changes in the ACA were not a significant factor in the negotiations. He said that while many employers are trying to plan for and deal with changes in the ACA that will take place in 2017, “this contract is not part of that planning.” Sweet, however, did say that the ACA was “absolutely” a significant factor in SEIU’s contract negotiations. “Health care is one of our major issues,” Sweet said. He added that it is very expensive, and can sometimes “eat up” raises that unionized employees receive. Sweet said that since no one knows what is happening in the next couple of years with the ACA, and the College is concerned about having to pay taxes on it, SEIU chose to only go with a two-year contract. “We wanted to make sure that we know what they are going to do, and we don’t know what the ACA is going to look like in two years,” he said. “We don’t know what effect it is going to have on the College or our members.”
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The student improv group Casual Thursday performed an hour-long set on Thursday night in the Hopkins Center’s Bentley Theater.
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on the Green for children to play on and climb, in addition to the annual scavenger hunt, she added. Graduates of the Class of 2015 will return to Hanover to celebrate their first Homecoming as alumni for the “Year Zero Reunion.” “We’re trying to encourage people to learn about our different programs and be connected with Dartmouth through clubs and affiliated groups and travel opportunities,” Hastings said. Association of alumni president Susan Finegan ’85 and “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee chair and English professor Barbara Will will lead a panel about the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative on Saturday. “This is really geared toward alumni to update them on what has been going on,” Hastings said. “So, some of the panelists are alumni who are involved. It’s not about announcing anything new — it’s sort of a recap of the changes that have already been implemented.” Finegan said the hope is to reach a large audience of alumni and others who are unclear on how “Moving Dartmouth Forward” is being implemented. She added that an administrator from the dean’s office will discuss how students have been involved in the initiative in the past year. “This weekend would be another opportunity for alums to come back to the college, and this would be a good way to engage alums and update them on the past year,” she said. “I don’t think anything will come as a surprise.” Alumni council president Jennifer Avellino ’89 said many alumni have fond memories of Homecoming and the bonfire from their time at the Col-
lege and enjoy seeing new freshmen experiencing Homecoming for the first time. “It’s a treat to get to Hanover no matter when you go, but I think people have wonderful memories of the bonfire and the feeling of being in Hanover on Dartmouth night,” she said. Due to the date change, the six-week ban on first-year students entering Greek houses will extend through the weekend. Responses from the eight freshmen interviewed for this article were mixed. Gwendolyn Howard ’19 said that there are many other events to go to during homecoming that are not at fraternities. “You have three and a half years to go to frats if you want to,” she said. “Also, like of all weekends, Homecoming is the one where there is most stuff is going on and the least necessity to go into a [fraternity] to find something to do.” Rachel Martin ’19 said the ban could increase safety, but also restricts options for freshmen during Homecoming. John Kotz ’19 said the ban’s effect could vary from person to person. “I think it’s a good and bad idea,” Kotz said. “It’s a good idea because it keeps people out of one of the craziest times of [fraternity] activity, but also that forces people to get drunk by themselves, which can be a little bit more dangerous, so it varies.” Avellino said she is looking forward to Homecoming, as it is a reminder of her experiences as an undergraduate at Dartmouth. “I think it’s the same for everyone — no matter how often you get to Hanover, it’s a really special moment,” she said.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015
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GUEST COLUMNIST KATHERINE BOTTA ’17
When Leaving Isn’t the Answer
Being a Supportive Friend
Medical leave is not a cure-all for students needing better mental health care.
Supporting loved ones is a complicated but necessary part of mental health.
In this Homecoming special issue, The Dartmouth examines mental health on campus. The phrase “mental health” has increasingly become a synonym for depression, anxiety and general stress — and we often forget about the host of other mental illnesses and chronic conditions that people face. Despite being less visible, mental well-being goes hand-in-hand with other factors that shape our lives — our sex, gender, race, class and sexual orientation — as well as our pasts, particularly for those who have experienced sexual or other violence. With this in mind, we have decided to devote our editorial to the question of medical leave — the College’s most notorious institutional policy concerning mental health. The negative impact of mental illness and disability on academics is readily apparent. Medical leave is seen by administrators and students alike as a remedy to such issues when they compromise academic performance. This policy sounds like a common-sense way of helping students recover, but the College does not provide any evidence-based justification or publicize any data regarding how commonplace — or successful — these leaves are. Without any quantitative analysis that demonstrates improved outcomes for students who take medical leave versus those who do not, we must turn a critical eye to the practice. A compelling downside of medical leave is that it amounts to putting one’s college career on pause — a decision that should not be taken lightly. In the post-graduate world, it is not possible to put life on pause, not even to look after one’s mental health, and doing so can have serious repercussions for one’s professional and personal life. Yet college is supposed to prepare us for success in the adult world. We cannot learn how to do that if there is a blanket prescription of checking out of Hanover to get better, and as a result few chances to learn how to cope with challenges and maximize success in spite of them. Moreover, withdrawing from the College can cause social disruption and alienation from friend support networks. Administrators and students must weigh the benefits of a medical leave against its not insignificant costs. Certainly, medical leave is warranted in many instances.Collegeisnotalwaysthebestenvironment
It is safe to assume that most people want to be a good friend. When loved ones come to you for support because they are sad or angry, the usual response is that you instinctively want to help that person feel better. Unfortunately, from a mental health standpoint, many people’s instinctive approaches for helping do not always lead to the most effective support. No matter how well intentioned, sometimes a person’s idea of aiding just exacerbates the situation. While I am certainly not an expert, my training as a Sexual Assault Peer Advisor has helped me to become a better support network for my friends by replacing instinct with a more introspective, intentional approach. Most people’s first instinct when they see their friends feeling low is to explain to them why they should not be sad. It seems like a logical first approach — if your friend is not sad anymore, then everything should be better. There is a key misunderstanding at play that taints this approach — the absence of sadness is not the same as happiness. Simply shoving negative feelings into a corner does not generate positive ones. When people feel dejected, being told that their feelings are irrational or unwarranted usually only makes them feel worse. In my experience, the best way to help friends in this situation is to let them feel whatever they need to feel while validating their reaction and reminding them that you are there to support them. Another problematic approach people may take is relying on comparisons and the “it-could-be-worse” mindset. True, it could almost always be worse — but this does not invalidate a person’s pain. Although this response may seem to help a friend put their problems in perspective and remember the big picture, from most friends’ points of view, this response only belittles and invalidate their feelings. When people seek comfort, they usually do not want their feelings to be undermined in this way. Just because a situation could be worse does not mean it is not bad and valid.
for a speedy recovery. Yet removal from one’s social environment is, likewise, not ideal for all mental health conditions. What troubles us is not the practice of medical leaves in itself, but instead the use of medical leaves as a blanket solution in cases where increased institutional support on campus would suffice. Further, students’ autonomy must always be preserved in the decision-making process — a student should never feel pressure to take a medical leave simply for lack of a better option. It should be noted that the College is not unique in its medical leave policy, but the ubiquity of mandatory or suggested medical leave alone does not validate the practice. Indeed, medical leave requirements at our peer institutions have attracted student criticism. A Sept. 2010 Brown Daily Herald feature highlighted two students’ frustrations with medical leave and complications gaining readmission to the University, whose protocol is in line with the College’s. In July 2012, the Bazelon Center, a mental disability legal advocacy organization, lodged a complaint on behalf of a student against Princeton University for coerced withdrawal due to mental disability. Following a student suicide, a March 2015 story in The Atlantic documented Yale University students’ concerns about forced withdrawal of mentally ill students resulting from its policies on medical leaves of absence. Cases like these suggest that medical withdrawal policies can end up distressing a student and even impeding treatment or recovery. We urge the College to review whether its current practices are delivering the best possible outcomes for students. The College has the resources to provide students who wish to treat or recover from a mental health issue with the option of remaining in Hanover and continuing their studies.Compromiseslikegrantingmorethanthree two-course terms by special request, or allowing a “Hanover FSP” as a form of medical leave for students receiving treatment who cannot — or perhaps should not — return home, would not require significant investment. Ultimately, medical leave should be treated as a measure of last-resort rather than a go-to option, and, most importantly, the College must inform students and preserve their autonomy throughout the process.
When supporting friends, it is important to remember that they will always know their situation better than you do or can. People understandably tend to look to their friends for advice, and there is certainly no harm in discussing options with them. No matter how clear or obvious a solution may seem, however, it is not your place to make the final decision. You, like me, will never be able to fully understand a situation that you are not a part of, and making the right choice may be more complex than it seems. Regardless of the decision your friend makes and whether or not you agree with that decision, it is important to continue to support that person. Simply because the conversation is over does not mean your friend will not still be looking for help. It can also be tricky to break the habit of offering up potential solutions to a friend’s dilemma when, in reality, that friend is often simply looking for someone to with whom to discuss. It is understandably frustrating when a person tries to vent and, instead of being met with open arms and active listening, he or she is bombarded with irrelevant life advice. No matter how genuine and well intentioned the guidance is, it likely will not be sufficient to magically erase the problem. The most important thing is to address the way your friend is feeling in that moment rather than thinking ahead to solve your friend’s problem without his or her input. If having an emotional release is all your friend is looking for, respect that and try to be a good listener. Finally, the best advice I have learned is to simply ask your friend how he or she wants to be supported. What a friend needs in a given moment can frequently change, so often the best way to be a supportive friend is to simply ask what you can do to be most helpful and to respect your friend’s answer. Sometimes he or she may want to be distracted, or to vent or to just be alone — the best thing you can do is to listen to their response. Ultimately, supporting a friend really can be as easy as just asking how to help.
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We believe The Dartmouth’s Oct. 1 article, “Amidst student criticism, admissions office offers more information on new need-aware policy” misquoted our views and presented them out of context. The emails written by interim dean of admissions and financial aid Paul Sunde referenced in the article were private emails between Sunde and The Dartmouth staff and unavailable to us. Our comments on the elusive administrative reasoning for the policy change were made in the absence of an official statement. The only public comment we knew of was the aim to “stabilize the variability of international admissions,” an email quotation posted on The Dartmouth and Dartblog. It should be noted that, other than The Dartmouth’s published quotations, an official statement
from the College has yet to be released. Perhaps if such a statement were released — one that publicly admits the choice to reallocate funds from the international to the domestic aid budget — a constructive dialogue about the policy itself, rather than its lack of transparency, can follow. The Dartmouth excluded all pertinent details of a seven-student meeting with College President Phil Hanlon, further misquoting our views on the discussion as “not satisfactory.” In fact, that discussion provided our sole insight about the reallocation of funds. This detail was either overlooked or intentionally excluded from the College’s communication and The Dartmouth’s reporting, though an acknowledgement of the error was appended on Oct. 4. It is saddening that a student-run newspaper can blatantly misrepresent a student initiative. — Hassan Kiani ’16 & Orfeas Zormpalas ’16
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Emily Yoffe’s speech on campus rape efforts brings controversy decided not to host the event through any particular organization but to nized the protest, first found out make participation an individual about Yoffe’s speech after reading decision. the Vox Daily campus email, which She sent out a Google survey to publicizes selected campus events. people who had demonstrated interNevel then read several of Yoffe’s est in protesting at the event. The articles — including those titled survey featured several quotes from “College Women: Stop Getting Yoffe’s articles and asked for people’s Drunk” and “The Problem With contact information, willingness to Campus Sexual Assault Surveys.” create posters and hold them up In her article “The College Rape during the presentation, as well as Overcorrecan opportunity t i o n , ” wh i ch to submit a messhares a name “Telling a woman to sage for Yoffe if with the speech, change her behavior the survey reshe wrote that spondent could college campus- to avoid being raped is not attend the es have sexual putting all the impetus event in person. assault disciplinNevel sent out on the victim.” ary measures an email to a that heavily fagroup of stuvor the accuser - TORI NEVEL ’16, WHO dents on Tuesand “infringe on day asking for the civil rights of PROTESTED YOFFE’S TALK ideas. men.” O n e “The way of the involved that she wants to fix the problem students, Katie Billings ’16, said is by saying, ‘If women stop drink- she became part of the process after ing, then the problem will be over,’” hearing her friends talk about the Nevel said. “Telling a woman to issue. Seven demonstrators at the change her behavior to avoid being event declined to be interviewed for raped is putting all the impetus on this story. the victim to protect themselves, Nevel described the College’s and in the same breath it is saying decision to invite Yoffe was described don’t let yourself be raped, but let as a “disappointment.” someone else be raped,” Nevel said. Nevel called the demonstration After creating several Facebook a “stand for survivors.” Survivors posts that received strong support, who could not be there for physiNevel decided that she wanted to do cal or emotional reasons would be more than Facebook activism and represented by those who attended contacted several student organiza- and protested the event, she said. tions who deal with sexual assault The point of the protest was or gender issues — Nevel herself not to censor Yoffe, or anyone, but chairs the Student and Presidential rather to express disagreement with Committee on Sexual Assault — in her views, Nevel said. order to reach more people. Nevel Nevel said she and other students also contacted everyone who liked or created the signs partially in order to commented on her Facebook posts. help represent those who were not After holding a meeting on there, but also to inspire discussion. Sunday with individuals and orga“We want to engage in dialogue nization representatives, students the whole time, and that is how we FROM PROTEST PAGE 1
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Students’ signs had slogans that protested perceived victim-blaming and rape apology.
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Students held signs with messages for speaker Emily Yoffe as part of a silent protest of her beliefs on rape and culture.
are going to do it,” she said. The students remained silent during the presentation and would raise their signs when Yoffe would make what they perceived to be controversial statements, such as when she said that there was a generational gap that has resulted in the current generation of women being weaker
than the women who came before them. The presentation was 90 minutes long, half of which was a question and answer session. During many of Yoffe’s answers, the audience laughed at some of her responses. Yoffe said she approved of bystander training — such as that
under the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative — but said training could never replace a woman knowing her limits. She also said that the federal justice system should play a much larger role in sexual assault accusations, as opposed to colleges having to get involved.
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Men’s soccer comes back Football preps for Homecoming to beat Vermont 2-1 FROM FOOTBALL PAGE 8
B y ALEX BROWN The Dartmouth
Thanks to a strong team effort, the men’s soccer team (5-3-1, 1-0 Ivy) completed an unlikely comeback to beat the University of Vermont (5-5-1, 0-1 America East) in a non-conference matchup with a final score of 2-1. The Big Green, which only started four players from its typical starting lineup, showed many different looks throughout the game until ultimately finding a group that scored two goals in the last three minutes of play. After allowing a goal in the 74th minute off a set piece, the Big Green team realized that it needed to pick up its intensity if it was going to earn a win, or much less a draw, head coach Chad Riley said. Riley claimed that moment as the key turning point of the match for the Big Green offense. “To be honest with you, when [Vermont] scored their goal, I thought we really woke up and realized that we needed a little bit more urgency and pressure on the ball and to do more with our chances in the attacking third,” Riley said. “I think the guys responded fantastically.” In the waning minutes of the game, the Dartmouth team picked up its offensive intensity, firing off two shots and securing two corner kicks in the 15 minutes following the Catamount goal. With the second of those aforementioned corner kicks, Matt Greer ’18 sent a ball to the middle of the box where Matt Danilack ’18 leapt over the Vermont defenders and buried the ball into the back of the net for the equalizing score in the 88th minute. While the Dartmouth side could have settled for a draw, the team looked hungry to score another goal. Off of a strong defensive clearance, Greer had a breakaway opportunity only one minute after the last Big Green goal. Greer cleverly avoided a sliding Catamount defender, which left him with a oneon-one matchup with the Vermont goalie Greg Walton. Greer got the better of his opponent, curling the ball to the right of the goalie with exactly one minute left in the game. While the offense came alive in the last few minutes of the game, the Big Green defense put on a great showing all night long. The team kept the first half of the game scoreless and came up with five blocked shots to help out goalkeeper James Hickok ’17. One key pivotal defensive stop came in the 54th minute when Ricardo Gomez ’17 came running in to clear a shot from Vermont attacker Jaime Miralles that had already passed the
Dartmouth goalkeeper. Defenseman Emory Orr ’16 offered high praise for his fellow defenders. “We knew going in that they were going to bring a lot of pace up top, and they were going to have some tricky guys who were going to try to threaten in behind, but it really is a team effort,” Orr said. “Our back four did an incredible job of holding the line and keeping everything organized. I really attribute [controlling Vermont’s forwards] to the midfields and backs. They did a great job.” After a big conference game this past Saturday against Princeton University, the Big Green could have been prone to a letdown game against a non-conference foe. Riley recognized that concern, but felt confident in his team’s ability to put on a strong showing in a midweek game. “They did a pretty good job of [re-shifting focus],” Riley said. “I think [playing midweek] is a challenge because you’ve gone to class and exams are starting, so I give them a lot of credit to come out and play.” One common sentiment echoed by the Big Green soccer players and coaches is the sense of camaraderie on this team as a whole and the belief that every player on the team can come in and make an impact. Danilack raved about the team depth and effort, citing it as a source of confidence that helped him put away his goal. “We’ve got 29 guys who can contribute. Everyone on the team can play, so I was confident with the team on the field, and then when I came in, I was just trying to do my job,” Danilack said. “Greer had a great ball on the corner, and I was able to head it in.” In a similar vein, Riley shared that his team has a mantra that his team created in order to identify the core values that they want to uphold throughout the season. “‘Brotherhood, sacrifice and legacy.’ That’s the motto the guys came up with in some of the events we did with [assistant athletics director for leadership Steven] Spaulding, and I think that’s something that we really have,” Riley said. “We’re always going to work hard. We’ve got a very tight-knit group. We’ve got guys that work very hard every day in training and whenever their number is called, they’re ready to step in and perform.” Dartmouth will shift back into Ivy League play this Saturday afternoon when they take on the Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, at 4 p.m.
fourth receiver on occasion in terms of his progression, aided by the pass protection… We do give him the flexibility if he sees something, he makes an adjustment, and he did a number of them on Saturday. I think that’s a plus, just the maturity he’s shown on the ball.” In addition to Williams’s exploits, his primary target out wide had a career day. In catching 12 balls for 213 yards and two scores, receiver Victor Williams ’16 surpassed career highs in catches and yards he set a week before. His quarterback felt several things contributed to the receiver’s feats. “Guys are singling him up and you can’t guard him,” Dalyn Williams said. “He’s fast, he’s small, he’s deceptively strong, he runs good routes. On the outside, it’s also easier to see him [than when he’s in the slot]…Putting him on the outside he’s able to take advantage of his speed.” Furthermore, as both Dalyn Williams and Teevens confirmed, Victor Williams will now permanently move out wide from his usual position in the slot — even in the return of Ryan McManus ’15, who recently has been beset by injury — due to his success in the last two contests. With McManus likely getting back to the field on Saturday,
Dalyn Williams believes his offense can have greater options and potency. “Both of those guys are going to get open in a zone [defense],” Dalyn Williams said. “So it puts stress on the defense, you got to worry about those guys stretching the field and making plays. Now you don’t have as many guys in the box, now we run the ball, then I can run the ball. Now [the defense] has to change up what it’s doing because we’re running the ball effectively.” At times in the contest against Penn, it looked as though Dalyn Williams had unlimited time to stand in the pocket and throw. Accordingly, Williams praised the offensive line’s performance, and touched on the group’s coalescence through three games this year. “Kudos to my offensive line, they did an awesome job in pass protection,” he said. “They picked up every blitz, they knew what was coming… Each one of them is getting better each week. Jacob Flores [’16] being a veteran in the middle is really the foundation, and they’re just doing a good job working with each other.” As much of a scintillating offensive show that Williams and company have put on, the Dartmouth defense has equally been a strong suit for the team in 2015. The unit has yielded an average of under 13 points per game,
ranks first in the conference with 4.0 yards allowed per opposing play and has forced 10 turnovers through three games. Many of those turnovers have come early in games, a fact that Donahue feels is representative of strong game starts for the defense — and a key improvement upon the 2014 season. “It makes it a lot easier when you can get up on a team, get the momentum going and we can just pin our ears backs and attack at that point,” Donahue said. “Last year we really struggled getting off to good starts. I think that was a point of emphasis this offseason… So far we’ve done a good job coming out fast, creating turnovers.” The Saturday afternoon tilt between two undefeated teams and Ivy League football powers also marks the Homecoming game for Dartmouth. With the matchup already being among the most crucial to the Big Green’s title hopes, Donahue noted the added excitement surrounding the occasion. “Homecoming’s always a blast. It’s fun playing in front of the huge community,” Donahue said. “Every game I’ve ever played against [Yale] has been a hard-fought game. I’m sure they’ll be coming in here ready to get after it. I mean you can’t ask for anything better than this, two undefeated teams playing at Homecoming — that’s as good as it gets.”
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SPORTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015
FRIDAY LINEUP
VOLLEYBALL VS. YALE 5 PM
Football to take on Yale in battle of undefeated Ivy rivals
B y ALEXANDER AGADJANIAN The Dartmouth Staff
With three decisive blowout victories under its belt, the football team will soon encounter its toughest challenge to date this season. In the conference home opener and annual Homecoming game this Saturday, the Big Green (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) now seeks to extend its strong start against the similarly formidable Yale University (3-0, 1-0 Ivy), who represents one of the larger obstacles to the Ivy League crown. The Big Green defense will need to contain Yale quarterback Morgan Roberts on Saturday. Coming off a 2014 season in which he ranked first in the League in total passing yards and garnered second-team All-Ivy honors, the junior has posted a 7:2 touchdown to interception ratio and thrown for 915 yards through three games. Roberts’s raw totals give an impressive veneer, but his high usage rate of 43.33 passing attempts per game mitigates his efficiency. Yale currently ranks tied for sixth in the conference in yards per pass with 7.0. This high pass rate also speaks to
a broader characteristic that defines the Bulldogs: a high tempo spread offense, as the team has gotten off the second-most plays in the Ivy League this year. Part of this dynamism stems from Roberts’s ability on the move, an aspect that Dartmouth defensive back Troy Donahue ’15 believed would test his defense. “[Roberts is] definitely a good athlete, he does a good job extending plays,” Donahue said. “When his first few reads aren’t there, that’s what can separate him from other quarterbacks that we’ve played so far, [he can] make stuff happen even if his first read isn’t there.” Elsewhere on offense, four different Bulldog receivers have eclipsed the 100-yard mark so far this year. Michael Siragusa Jr. and Robert Clemons III have each hauled in two touchdowns and notched more than 150 receiving yards. Clemons, along with Chandler Rich who was the primary ball carrier to start the season, missed Yale’s 27-12 win over Lehigh last week due to injury, and both are questionable to return
tomorrow. In Rich’s absence, running back Deshawn Salter assumed the lead backfield role and thrived, exploding for 233 yards and two scores on 29 carries. On defense, the Bulldogs have been fairly stout in the early season, placing third in the Ivy League in both opposing yards per pass and rush. Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens pointed to Yale’s pass-rush and scheme in the back as focal points for his own team’s preparations. “Defensively, they’re a pressure outfit,” Teevens said. “They’re not afraid to blitz, they can play man-to-man coverage with help over the top. But they’ll challenge you, and so then it comes down to the man-to-man situation, [whether] you can win your individual battle.” For the home team on Saturday, Dartmouth will attempt to continue on an upward slope seen in its 2015 game-to-game progression. After an improvement on the season opener against Sacred Heart two weeks ago, the Big Green followed that up by dismantling the University of Pennsylvania 41-20 in the first Ivy game.
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Dartmouth will put its undefeated record on the line against Yale on Saturday.
Leading the way in this effort was quarterback Dalyn Williams ’16, who experienced one of the best games of his illustrious Dartmouth career. As a result of netting over 400 yards and six touchdowns in the air and on the ground — and having just two incompletions, one on a throwaway — the senior received multiple FCS player of the week honors from national outlets.
Teevens considered the performance an outgrowth of his quarterback’s excellent decision-making. “Everything we charged him with, he did well,” Teevens said. “He was precise with his throws... He was good with his feet, he was patient to let things develop, he would go to his third or SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 7
Shoot for It: With Alex Lee ’16 and John Beneville ’16
B y ALEX LEE AND JOHN BENEVILLE The Dartmouth
What’s up Dartmouth? The Shoot For It boys are back again this week to tackle the NBA. Flashback to May 14, 2015: game six of the NBA Western Conference semifinals. The Los Angeles Clippers were playing at home with a 3-2 series lead against the Houston Rockets, and ahead 89-70 with just over two minutes left in the third quarter. They had just ousted the defending champions, the San Antonio Spurs, in a thrilling sevengame series and seemed primed to make a championship run. NBA fans know full well what happened next. The Rockets put together one of the most stunning comebacks in NBA history and eventually eliminated the Clippers in seven games. Since last spring, both teams have reloaded during the offseason. Today we’ll answer which of the two will make the deeper playoff run. Alex’s Take: Let me start off by saying that both of these teams are on the precipice of championship runs, and that this is no easy argument. With the Clippers’ supreme talent and
solid additions, however, I believe that they will make a deeper playoff run than the Rockets. Besides the talented trio of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, led by their coach Doc Rivers, the Clippers have added several key pieces that have bolstered them into bona fide contenders. Paul Pierce is the most compelling case for “Old Man game” that I have ever seen. This guy, even during his peak athleticism, probably had a lower vertical than some of the guys on Dartmouth’s pickup courts. His craftiness and sound fundamentals, however, have kept him relevant in the NBA even at age 38. In fact, his age will be a huge asset for this young, talented, but sometimes mentally-weak team. Some people remember Lance Stephenson as “ear-blowing” Lance Stephenson, but I remember him as 2013 max-contract contender athletic, wily, gritty Lance Stephenson. He has struggled over the last year and a half due to some bad behavior. I think that talent-wise, however, the sky’s the limit for this guy. Furthermore, with the calming presence of Doc Rivers and Paul Pierce, I believe Lance
Stephenson will have a good season. Perhaps Lance Stephenson is the Justin Bieber of the NBA and is due for a behavioral transformation and a career turnaround in 2015. Where are Ü now, Lance? Josh Smith is that guy who sits in the back of class of your “Math 100” class, never does any of his work, does not get good grades, but is nevertheless incredibly intelligent. He has a plethora of natural gifts, but low motivation. Hopefully joining a team of contenders will ignite the fire in his belly. James Harden and his mini-me Ty Lawson are both great offensive players, but the Rockets lack depth, experience and veteran leadership, and ultimately these will be their undoing. I would not be surprised if we saw round two between these two heavyweights come playoff time. John’s Take: The Rockets and Clippers are two of the most compelling teams in the West. They both have some incredible talents, but as Alex mentioned, they both fell short last year in their championship runs. Unfortunately, the Rockets and the
Clippers have several lackluster competitors on their teams that will once again keep them from winning the finals. Let’s start with the Rockets and the giant teddy bear that is Dwight Howard. Dwight Howard may have not completely fallen from superstardom, but his stint on the Lakers reminded us all why he’s never won a championship — no killer instinct. It didn’t take long for Dwight Howard to lose Kobe Bryant’s respect and thus, my own. After his team was eliminated from playoff contention last year he was quoted as saying, “No matter how the season ends, I’m still a champion.” No, Dwight, you are not a champion. Kobe Bryant is a champion, Shaquille O’Neal is a champion, heck, even LeBron James is a champion (after several tries). But Dwight is no champion, and his acceptance of defeat earns him zero respect in my book. James Harden is the real deal, however, and for that reason the Rockets will go far again this year. But will they go farther than the Clippers? The Clippers have more talent than the Rockets and more players that are
willing to do whatever is necessary to win. Last year, Paul Pierce had one of his classic game-winning buzzer beaters. He banked in a step-back shot over three defenders and, when asked if he called bank, Pierce answered, “I called game.” Paul Pierce will never lose that clutch gene, and players like Dwight Howard will never have it. As for the rest of the players, they are as exciting to watch as they are skilled. Blake Griffin leaps like a kangaroo, Chris Paul has the handles of a Globetrotter and Lance Stephenson is the second coming of Metta World Peace. Alex is right about Doc Rivers, although I’d need to see him win another championship before I compliment him any further. Josh Smith is an interesting acquisition, although I would never make any comparisons that involve that dude sitting in a college math class. Josh needs to go back to fractions and then take another look at his career shooting percentages. Hint: 2/10 isn’t good. Keep the ball out of Josh Smith’s hands and let Chris Paul make the game easy for his teammates, and the Clippers will go farther than the Rockets this season.