The Dartmouth 5/10/16

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VOL. CLXXIII NO.78

SUNNY HIGH 68 LOW 38

TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016

College hosts 44th Powwow

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Faculty pass new curriculum requirements By CARTER BRACE

The Dartmouth Staff

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This past weekend, Dartmouth hosted the 44th annual Dartmouth Powwow drawing people from across the country and featuring dances and ceremonies as well as vendors.

By DANIEL KIM The Dartmouth Staff

This past weekend, Dartmouth hosted its 44th annual Dartmouth Powwow — a social gathering and celebration held by Native American communities. Thousands attended the event, powwow committee co-chair and Cherokee Nation citizen Andrew Shipman ’18 said, which featured activities like dancing, drumming and singing. An 18-person powwow committee — consisting only of freshmen and sophomores — oversaw all aspects of the event, including fundraising, advertising and inviting drum groups and vendors. Co-chair Marina Van Pelt ’18 of Cochiti Pueblo said that the event’s goal is to let non-Native American undergraduates, as well as those from outside Hanover, partake in a uniquely Native American experience. “There isn’t that much education with Native Americans so people don’t really know much about us,” she said.

The powwow — which runs over two days — was preceded on Saturday morning by a blessing of the Green. At noon, the host drum, Mystic River and the master of ceremonies, Glenn Drapeau of the Yankton Sioux tribe officially welcomed attendees during the Grand Entry. The rest of the day consisted of several dance competitions including Fancy, Jingle Grass, Traditional and Golden Age. The day ended with a dance honoring the senior attendees. “I think the best part of the day was seeing everyone stopping by in their tracks to stay a while and watch the dances and finding their own way to participate in the powwows,” Van Pelt said. “It’s just seeing everyone’s faces and expressions when they walk up to us and tell us that they enjoyed everything.” Because of rain, the powwow moved to Leede Arena for Sunday’s programming. The day consisted of more dance competitions and a session honoring mothers and veterans. Other special events included the Switch Dance,

where men and women switch roles, and the Potato Dance, where a couple attempts various dance moves while balancing a potato between their foreheads. “Some people don’t even know what powwow is, and that’s fine,” Shipman said. “But it really helps educate people on Native American culture as well as allow us to express ourselves and our culture.” In addition to dances and ceremonies, the powwow hosted vendors who sold various Native American clothes, accessories and other goods. Cindy and Bob Shelley, who were both adopted by Native American tribes, ran a booth where they sold Navajo and Zuni jewelry, Cherokee soaps, buffalo jerky and fry bread mix. Although this was the first time they attended Dartmouth’s powwow, they said they “never will miss it again.” Drapeau was led to the powwow by his niece, Augusta Terkildsen ’19, who is a member of Native Americans SEE POWWOW PAGE 5

Yesterday, the Arts and Sciences faculty voted to approve the simplification of distributive requirements and the creation of world culture and quantitative and formal reasoning requirements. While these changes to the core curriculum will not affect current students, the proposals are intended to take effect as soon as possible. The faculty also rejected a proposal to require all students to take a non-English language class at level three or higher, without students being able to place out of the requirement. The faculty also postponed the discussion and vote on a measure to replace the non-recording option with a satisfactory/D/E option. This means that students could no longer set grade limits on certain courses. Rather for those who elect this option, any grade above a failing one would show up on a transcript as satisfactory. Only 80 members of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, including College President Phil Hanlon and Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno, were present for voting, just above the quorum of 75 Arts and Sciences faculty needed to have a binding vote on the proposals. The new distributive system will require that SEE FACULTY PAGE2

Astronomy department hosts viewing

By SAMANTHA STERN The Dartmouth Staff

Rather than snapping selfies, students pulled out their iPhones to capture an image of Mercury’s transit of the sun, ref lected by projection telescopes on the Green yesterday morning. Mercury’s transit occurs once every five to 10 years, and

its next one is set to take place in 2019. Students, faculty and Hanover residents observed a small speck on the sun’s surface as Mercury — the smallest and fastest planet in the solar system — journeyed across the sun and cast its shadow. About 200 people stopped by the teleSEE ASTRO PAGE 2


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