VOL. CLXXII NO. 8
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015
Wise ’15 researches in Antarctica
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Six months later, expert response to summit is mixed By Lauren Budd The Dartmouth Staff
reach Antarctica, director of the Institute of Arctic Studies and environmental studies professor Ross Virginia said. As part of the program, Wise conducted an independent study project about the environmental impacts of ecotourism. Virginia, with support from the Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Institute of Arctic Studies, advised Wise over the course
Six months after Dartmouth’s Summit on Sexual Assault, expert opinions are mixed about whether the summit reached its goals and proved effective. While participants had aimed to reconvene six months after the summit, College spokesperson Diana Lawrence said in an email that the University of California at Berkeley is hosting a meeting in February, and Dartmouth representatives have met with other institutions regarding a potential meeting in summer of 2015. Lawrence said that since the summit, the College has presented information about what they have learned and implemented at Dartmouth with members of the New Hampshire Congressional delegation, which is currently considering proposed federal legislation. She said she is pleased to see increased national dialogue about sexual assault following the summit. John Damianos ’16, co-chair of the student advisory board behind planning the summit, said his primary goal for the conference was to learn from the speakers in attendance. Summit presenters included David Lisak, a top researcher in the field of sexual assault, and several White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault members. Lisak was unable to be reached for comment. Damianos said that the experts were useful for learning at both the administrative and the personal level. “Our goal was to learn from them how we can apply the most contemporary evidence-based approaches
SEE ANTARCTICA PAGE 5
SEE SUMMIT PAGE 2
SPORTS
JAMES KRUGER ON AND OFF THE ICE PAGE 8
OPINION
OPINION ASKS: THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH PAGE 4
ARTS
“CINEASTAS” TO PLAY AT THE HOP PAGE 7
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Wise ’15 researched the effects of ecotourism in Antarctica during the winter interim period.
B y Erin Lee The Dartmouth Staff
While many Dartmouth students were relaxing with long-lost high school friends or watching Netflix on the family couch, Diana Wise ’15 was taking photographs of penguins from atop an Antarctic mountain. During the winter interim period, Wise traveled over 7,500 miles to Antarctica to get a firsthand look at the effects of ecotourism on the
environment. Wise’s investigation was part of a two-week trip run by American Universities International Programs in conjunction with a consortium of universities including Dartmouth, State University of New York at Brockport, Virginia Polytech Institute and State University and Oregon State University. This program is one of relatively few academic opportunities for students to
DCAL names new director B y Erica Buonanno The Dartmouth Staff
Lisa Baldez, who took over as director of Dartmouth’s Center for the Advancement of Learning in November, said that the organization will focus on not only enhancing classroom facilitation through digital and experiential learning initiatives, but also on addressing diversity and sensitivity within teaching and learning at the College. Her appointment comes after a debate within the organization
about whether the new leader should be an outside professional in the field of teaching and learning or a College faculty member, Baldez said. Baldez, a government and Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies professor, has been involved in DCAL since its inception in 2004. When Provost Carolyn Dever arrived last summer, she decided a Dartmouth faculty member would serve the DCAL best as its leader. She then appointed Baldez interim SEE DCAL PAGE 3
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DCAL director Lisa Baldez hopes to address diversity and sensitivity in teaching.