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Foreign affairs expert Jake Sullivan talks U.S. foreign policy in a lecture hosted by the Dickey Center.

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Jake Sullivan, a foreign affairs expert currently on the United States Iran nuclear negotiations delegation, spoke in a public conversation with Dickey Center director Daniel Benjamin last night in Haldeman.

Sullivan spoke about his

professional career, including his work as a national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, director of policy planning at the U.S. Department of State and deputy chief of staff to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Sullivan said that the United States and allies made successful initial steps in November 2013 when

Iran accepted restraints on their nuclear program. He noted that the United States still faces many challenges and that Iran poses an international security threat.

Benjamin and Sullivan both noted that the goal of negotiations is to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program is used solely for peaceful SEE SULLIVAN PAGE 2

Ready for Hillary preparing for New Hampshire B y TIM CONNOR The Dartmouth Staff

Ready for Hillary, the leading super PAC that has been raising money in anticipation of a Hillary Clinton presidential run, will be hosting a Hanover area organizing meeting tonight, an event that marks the first major initiative of the organization in Hanover in the early stages of the 2016 election cycle.

While there are not any Republican super PACs mobilizing in New

This morning at 8:30 a.m., College President Phil Hanlon will announce his plans for Moving Dartmouth Forward. The plan is expected to address issues centering on alcohol policy, sexual assault and exclusivity at the College.

Many of Dartmouth’s peer institutions have attempted to implement a variety of policies to stem excessive drinking on campus.

Texas Tech University associate dean for outreach and engagement and director of the center for the study of addiction and recovery Kitty Harris-Wilkes said that the most challenging aspect of effectively harnessing alcohol policy is implementation, and that many policies depend on universities to enforce them.

Harris-Wilkes also said that underage students who

choose to drink will find a way to do so, though that does not mean that there is no use in implementing alcohol policies.

The consequences of underage drinking, which include developmental, relational and academic problems, need to be clearly outlined for students, Harris-Wilkes said.

“The bottom line is that it is against the law,” HarrisWilkes said.

Harris-Wilkes said that there are no easy answers for solving issues related to high-risk drinking, and that if there were simple solutions they would have been implemented before accidents occurred.

In the fall of 2010, Colby College implemented a hard alcohol ban for all students, including those of legal drinking age, the Colby Echo reported.

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Hampshire that are as prominent as Ready for Hillary, potential GOP presidential candidates have already begun to eye New Hampshire as an opportune place to start exploring the prospect of candidacy.

Democrat and for mer New Hampshire state representative Bernie Benn (D-Grafton County District 9) and his wife Vivian Kogan are hosting the event at their home.

Benn said that the meeting is purely SEE HILLARY PAGE 5

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DAily debriefing AROUND THE IVIES Brown University: Over winter break, 35 students from different class years and majors at Brown opted to live in a church in downtown Providence, Rhode Island in order to focus on exploring and engaging with local service issues, the Brown Daily Herald reported. The students, who were participating in the “Winter Break Projects” run by the Swearer Center for Public Service, engaged in focused discussions on homelessness, healthcare and education, among other issues, during their time on the program.

Columbia University: An analysis by the Columbia Spectator, published on Jan. 22, has found the University’s Columbia College and School of Engineering and Applied Science in violation of the Higher Education Opportunities Act, the Spectator reports. The Act, according to the Spectator, requires institutes of higher education that receive federal funding for financial aid to disclose on their online course schedules the prices of required textbooks. Only around 45 percent of courses in the top 10 majors at Columbia displayed such information.

Cornell University: Randall Duchesneau ’09, a Cornell graduate who became paralyzed while performing a standing backflip as a member of the Cornell Gymnastics Club, has been ordered to pay an increased amount of owed taxes to the University, the Cornell Daily Sun reports. Duchesneau, who lost his negligence case against the University, had moved to review the amount owed to the University for varying court costs.

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Jake Sullivan discusses U.S. policy FROM SULLIVAN PAGE 1

purposes. Sullivan said that there are many political and practical difficulties negotiating on this complex international topic.

He said that there is an “underlying need for American leadership” in the world. The United States’ political and economic reach can allow it to enforce solutions, he said. Although foreign policy offers imperfect options, Sullivan said that nonetheless the United State government must make difficult decisions necessary in a complicated world.

Government professor William Wohlforth said that he hopes students leave the talk and start thinking about the problems facing the world.

Benjamin and Sullivan spoke on the domestic political climate and its effects on the United States’ international presence. Sullivan said that long-term investments in stability often face budgeting challenges and lose out to short-term projects. He said that bipartisan support has been demonstrated when faced with significant international threats like the Islamic State.

Sullivan said he wanted students to come away from his talk thinking about “complicated threats and the tools available to solve them.”

He said that greater focus needs to be placed on the dynamics and historical context of modern threats like violent jihadism. He noted the importance of non-military avenues of foreign influence, such as sanctions and development programs.

Mac Murphy ’15asked Sullivan a question during the talk about the challenges of working with classified information. He said that it requires maintaining a balance between keeping information classified and fostering public credibility.

Sullivan responded that sometimes, like in the case of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons, records are declassified in order to convince the public and international leaders of the details of an event.

In an interview with The Dartmouth, Murphy said she attended the talk because of her interest in international relations.

Sullivan said that issues in Middle East and with Russian

President Vladimir Putin tend to be over covered in the popular media. Other important events such as tensions between Japan and China are often overlooked, he said.

Government professor Benjamin Valentino said he attended because Sullivan has had a significant role in recent policy decisions.

Sullivan said that general instability, including escalations in the Ukraine or South China, threaten international security and the political and economic interests of the United States.

He said that the United States has an interest in promoting free markets and democracy because both foster international stability.

Sullivan said the crisis in the Ukraine shows both “the opportunities and limitations of American power.” The United States has the ability to create incentives for Putin to take a certain policy stance, but still cannot force him to take a certain policy stance, he said. He said that the United States should strengthen ties with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and pressure other European countries to shoulder a greater military burden.

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Harvard University: In anticipation of a winter blizzard earlier this week, Harvard suspended its operations for non-critical employees, according to the Harvard Crimson.

The blizzard, which had been referred to as “crippling and potentially historic” by the National Weather Service, led Harvard administrators to cancel Tuesday classes, the Crimson reported.

Princeton University: After a preliminary investigation last week, the Princeton Police Department and the Department of Public Safety have concluded that a Jan. 24 bomb threat referencing the University was not credible, the Daily Princetonian reported. The threat was non-specific, according to a press release from the Princeton Police Department.

University of Pennsylvania: By replacing its use of disposable plastic containers with reusable containers and utensils, Penn Dining has decreased its carbon footprint, the Daily Pennsylvanian reports. Under the “Green2Go” program — which is financed by a Green Campus Partnership Green Fund grant — any student on a meal plan can use a green container to take food from one Penn’s Stouffer Commons.

Yale University: For the first time in seven years, Yale University has changed its fall term final examination ending date, the Yale Daily News reports. Finals will end on Dec. 22 in the fall of 2015 instead of Dec. 18, the former date.

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Other schools attempt to combat high risk behaviors FROM MDF PAGE 1

doin College and have had similar bans in place for several years.

While a hard alcohol ban may be effective, it does not address issues such as high levels of beer consumption on college campuses, University of Minnesota professor Toben Nelson said. Other initiatives include Stanford’s “open door” policy, which encourages students to leave their doors ajar during large social gatherings.

Nelson said he recommends that colleges partner with their local communities and state governments to limit alcohol availability for students.

Possible outcomes of such a relationship could include an alcohol excise tax, increasing liability for sellers and decreasing alcohol availability so that alcohol in fraternities is no longer free and bars do not have deals that encourage high-risk drinking, he said.

For alcohol policies to effectively cut down on student drinking, Nelson said students must know they will likely be caught and will suffer severe, quickly-enacted punishment.

Hanlon’s address is also expected to directly address inclusivity issues at the College.

At Bowdoin, where there is no Greek system, students live in eight college houses, all of which promote programming and bonding among members, according to the college’s website. Bowdoin also makes use of a living learning community system.

“There are no easy answers for solving issues related to highrisk drinking, and that if there were simple solutions they would have been implemented before accidents occurred.”

- KITTY harris-Wilkes, ProFESSOR at Texas Tech University In the past, Dartmouth has attempted to promote inclusivity at the College by instituting living learning communities, which seek to bring together students with shared interests.

Hanlon has also emphasized attracting more underrepresented

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College President Phil Hanlon will speak at 8:30 this morning.

minority faculty to the College, and the College has set aside $1 million to support this hiring goal.

In a report prepared for the Moving Dartmouth Forward presidential steering committee in August, Improve Dartmouth: On The Ground recommended creating more gender-neutral spaces with alcohol to make the social environment more inclusive.

The third area Hanlon wants to address with Moving Dartmouth Forward is the issue of sexual assault on campus. Dartmouth is currently under Title IX and Clery Act compliance investigations.

Dartmouth currently has several programs to combat sexual assault, including the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative and WISE @ Dartmouth, a non-profit in the Upper Valley that provides services for those affected by domestic and sexual violence and stalking.

Other colleges have adopted their own initiatives to address issues of sexual violence on campus. Swarthmore’s Task Force on Sexual Misconduct, for instance, recommended improved sexual assault prevention education and the provision of resources and information for students, the Swarthmore Phoenix reported.

Laura Dunn, founder of SurvJus-

tice, a non-profit that works to provide justice for victims of sexual assault, said that communities should work together to prevent sexual misconduct.

Males should go through genderspecific education, as most males

“While a hard alcohol ban may be effective, it does not address issues such as high levels of beer consumption on college campuses.”

- TOBEN NELSON, Professor at University of Minnesota who commit sexual assault think that the action is considered acceptable among their peers, Dunn said.

She added that sexual assault policies need to have clear standards, including a definition for consent.

Amnesty policies, which would

allow victims who were under the influence of narcotics or alcohol during the assault to step forward without repercussions, could also be effective because they encourage students to report assaults regardless of the circumstances, Dunn said.

Under current College policy, students under 21 who report an assault and were under the influence of alcohol or other drugs during the incident will not be charged with violating the College’s alcohol policy, according to the Sexual Assault Awareness Program’s website.

On June 19, 2014, Dartmouth adopted a stronger disciplinary policy for students charged with sexual assault, which requires an independent investigator to examine complaints and mandatory expulsion in some sexual assault cases.

The College also hosted the Dartmouth Summit on Sexual Assault, a national conference that brought together experts from around the country, last summer.

The Board of Trustees unanimously voted in favor of Hanlon’s proposal, Chair of the Board of Trustees Bill Helman wrote in an email to campus. The email also mentioned making the College more academically rigorous for students.

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CONTRIBUTING Columnist MICHAEL m c DAVID ’15

CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST REEM CHAMSEDDINE ’17

The Morning After Meetings

Have You Heard?

The timing of the Moving Dartmouth Forward announcement is suspect.

The moment we have all been waiting for is here. College President Phil Hanlon will address the Dartmouth community today at 8:30 a.m., presenting the results of the Moving Dartmouth Forward process and laying out his plan for how the College will address binge drinking, sexual assault and inclusivity. According to a campus-wide email sent Wednesday night from Bill Helman, the chair of the Board of Trustees, President Hanlon’s plan was unanimously endorsed by the Board. One can reasonably expect them to have a significant impact on Greek life. As such, the timing of the announcement is either remarkably tone-deaf or a deliberate attempt to depress the turnout of the students who may be most affected.

Nearly every Greek organization traditionally sets aside Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. for their meetings, an opportunity for the entire membership to assemble in each other’s company. While meetings can be a time to address administrative necessities, their primary function is often social.

Many meetings — though not all — facilitate drinking. Furthermore, given the relative ease of avoiding 10As, Wednesday night becomes a prime time to party. Whether alcohol-fueled or not, Wednesdays tend to be late nights, especially for Greek students.

Obviously, if students believe that attending President Hanlon’s address is important, they can and should prioritize it over a night out on Webster Avenue. It really is not so hard to take a night off — and in fact some of us could use just that. I do not suggest that President Hanlon has created some kind of impenetrable barrier to prohibit Greek students from attending his address, nor should we ignore the fact the plan will be available after the address on the Office of the President’s website for all students to read.

Those who wish to engage with administrators on this issue are free to do so.

There is no denying, however, that the timing of the address will discourage student attendance, particularly those who will likely have a direct stake in the proposed changes. At 8:30 in the morning, there is little chance of anyone spontaneously deciding to attend. I imagine that few fraternity brothers are likely to be lounging over breakfast

and decide, “You know what? Let’s go to that address.”

It is not necessarily Hanlon’s responsibility to bend to the whim of every student, especially students who cannot be bothered to prioritize being informed and engaged with the community over another game of pong — but President Hanlon chose to address the community. He easily could have chosen to merely post his plan online, or perhaps appended a set of remarks to a campus-wide email. That, however, would not have been enough. We all understand that this is a significant moment — that it could be an inflection point for Dartmouth’s history. We want the College President, the officer in charge of the school’s long-term vision, to stand up and explain his plan of action.

That is why the timing of the address matters.

If the timing were simply a coincidence, then administrators are surprisingly tone-deaf about the day-to-day lives of students. True, not every student is affiliated with Greek life, but there are enough affiliated students that someone in Parkhurst ought to know one of the simplest and most universal elements of the system. If no one who saw the plans for this address knows about Wednesday night meetings, then they are out of touch with the majority of campus.

If, on the other hand, the address was purposefully scheduled to depress Greek turnout, then it is a disappointing show of bad faith. Perhaps this would be understandable. We only need to go back a few years in Dartmouth’s history to College President Emeritus James Wright’s Student Life Initiative to remember that changes to student life that are poorly announced risk facing student resistance. But if President Hanlon wants students to respond reasonably to his plan then he should treat us as though we are capable of responding reasonably.

I sincerely hope the Moving Dartmouth Forward plan will be productive and helpful, and I acknowledge that social life needs reform of some kind. Such reform might be unpopular, but scheduling an address at a time when the members of the community most likely to disagree with you are less likely to attend is not a real solution.

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We should do more to raise awareness of tragedies that are far from home.

After the terrible attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, people were quick to express their condolences over Twitter. Judging from the participation in the #JeSuisCharlie social media campaign, ranging from of activists to political leaders and celebrities, nearly everyone seemed to know about the tragedy. The world, however, did not seem to have the same level of concern for the Boko Haram terrorist attack that claimed the lives of an estimated 150 to 2,000 innocent Nigerians just the previous day.

The attack on the Charlie Hebdo office was tragic — the loss of innocent lives, terrorism and the freedom of the press are all important issues to care about. This is in no way an attempt to undermine the severity of the Paris attack. But why is it that my Facebook feed discussed the deaths of 17 people in Paris without also mentioning the hundreds of people in Baga, Nigeria who also died? The uncertainty of the official death toll should say a lot about the lack of attention that has been paid to this crime.

Are Western lives more valuable than others? Did the press choose not to devote coverage to Nigerian events? No and no.

It is both impossible and immoral to claim that one life matters more than another — no reasonable person can hold that view.

The international press did report on the massacre, albeit to a perhaps lesser extent than their coverage of the Paris attack. Indeed, there are a great number of articles about the Boko Haram massacre.

Instead, I argue that this apathy and overall silence stems from the mindset that anything that happens in Nigeria — no matter how terrible it is — is too far away to care about. Nigeria differs from the U.S. in many ways — economically, socially and politically. The life of a Nigerian in Baga certainly seems more distant to an American than that of someone living in Paris. France feels much more connected,

more similar to the U.S., and an attack on the idea of the freedom of the press — a foundational Western value — may strike us as particularly disturbing. It makes sense that even the most empathetic people would worry more about issues that hit closer to home.

Nevertheless, this does not absolve us of our negligence. We can care about the Charlie Hebdo attack while also raising awareness of the crimes committed in Nigeria. There is no reason our attention to tragedies in the world should be so limited in scope. We should condemn all senseless killing, regardless of where it takes place.

More important than the question of knowing is the question of doing. Even if an equivalent #JeSuisCharlie Twitter campaign for the victims in Baga went viral, would future attacks be prevented? Sadly, the answer is again no. Boko Haram made headlines last year when members of the group kidnapped more than 276 Nigerian girls from their school in April 2014. Rumors surfaced weeks later that some of the girls were sold as child brides for as little as 12 dollars. A global #BringBackOurGirls Twitter campaign gained support from First Lady Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

Sadly, that campaign has lost its initial momentum, and none of the girls have been rescued yet. Fleeting awareness will not result in meaningful justice or change.

It is clear that responding to the threat of Boko Haram will ultimately require action as well.

For now, knowing is half the battle. It is easy to scroll through social media and learn of the issues everyone is talking about. We should recognize that this is an incomplete picture. There are many problems that barely make the news, and many of us remain blissfully unaware of them.

Boko Haram is one of them. The least we can do is be more conscious of issues that might not be in our own backyard.

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Super PACs begin outreach in New Hampshire for 2016 FROM HILLARY PAGE 1

for organizational purposes and not a fundraising effort. Benn said he is expecting a turnout of 15 to 20 people, likely a mix of affiliated members and people uninvolved in the organization.

“It’s not a large meeting, and it’s meant to be an organizational meeting to get people aware in the area and find people who would be willing to work for her if she does announce,” Benn said. “It’s not a fundraiser in any sense. We certainly wouldn’t do that until she had announced.”

Northeast regional organizing director for Ready for Hillary Sean Downey said that people throughout the region are already mobilizing in support of a possible Clinton presidential run.

“There are folks all over the state and the country and frankly all over [Dartmouth’s] region in the Upper Valley who are taking on more of a role — hosting a house party, working to sign up their friends and neighbors, taking a larger part in the organization,” Downey said. “Presidential campaigns require a lot of loyalty and energy and effort, and while Hillary has made it clear that she’s going to make a decision at some point in the future, there are folks who want to take an active role and help folks get ready to go.”

Political science professor at the University of New Hampshire and director of the UNH Survey Center Andy Smith said that events like tonight’s organizing meeting are a natural progression for a campaign, particularly given Clinton’s existing base of support in the state, demonstrated by her victory in the 2008 New Hampshire primary.

“This is the next step — you start organizing at local levels and get people signed up so you can have the ground troops you need when you run your actual campaign,” he said. “In fact, in 2007 at this time campaigns were already having fairly large-scale campaign events,

so we’re a little bit behind the curve this time compared to last cycle.”

Ready for Hillary, which was founded in January 2013, has grown into a national organization and has raised more than $12 million directed toward laying the groundwork for the Clinton campaign.

According to information provided by the organization, more than 3 million people nationally have identified as “ready for Hillary,” Downey said.

Downey said that those funds have almost entirely been reallocated for organizational purposes and that Ready for Hillary has not been saving money for the long term. Ready for Hillary plans to scale back its operations after Clinton announces her candidacy.

This was expected to be before Feb. 1, but co-founder Adam Parkhomenko has told national media outlets that the super PAC is now planning to operate through April 1.

“The money has been put back into organizing, whether that’s the digital program, constituency organizing — all of those things require staff, manpower, offices, infrastructure, supplies, so the money that we do raise goes right back into organizing,” Downey said.

Downey said that New Hampshire college students are important targets for his branch of Ready for Hillary’s efforts.

“It’s no secret that Dartmouth, UNH, Plymouth [State University] and Keene [State College] have a special opportunity to shape the process every four years,” he said. “It’s vital, and the fact that kids on campus are excited about a potential Hillary candidacy, it’s up to us to harness that and give them opportunities to help. What we’ve seen is that when we bring the Hillary bus on campus, students get excited.”

As a super PAC, Ready for Hillary is legally barred from making direct monetary contributions to Clinton’s campaign or to the

Democratic Party. In keeping with the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court decision regulating campaign spending by organizations, Ready for Hillary can legally solicit

“Presidential campaigns require a lot of loyalty and energy and effort, and while Hillary has made it clear at some point in the future, there are folks who want to take an active role and help folks get ready to go.”

-Sean Downey, Northeast regional organizing director for Ready for Hillary

donations of any size from any individual or group and can spend unlimited amounts of money for

political purposes independently of the Clinton campaign.

College Republicans president Michelle Knesbach ’17 said that the group is not involved with any PACs, and works more closely with single action advocacy groups to improve the club and bring speakers to campus. She noted, however, that Ready for Hillary was the first PAC to begin working in New Hampshire.

“In terms of Ready for Hillary, they were on the ground even into last spring, and I think that it’s a little bit early,” she said. “I think it’s really hypocritical, since Democrats are typically very outspoken against super PACs and they’re the first one on the ground in New Hampshire working months out of even an announcement for 2016.”

While Republican PACs have not been campaigning or fundraising, potential Republican candidates have begun laying the groundwork in New Hampshire.

Former gov. Jim Gilmore R-VA, considered a potential candidate, is visiting New Hampshire Thursday and Friday.

A new super PAC formed by supporters of New Jersey gov.

Chris Christie R-N.J. just appointed a new New Hampshire state

r! e v o n a h y e h

director — the outgoing executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party Matt Mowers.

The NHRP will be inviting all potential 2016 GOP candidates to a “First in the National Republican Leadership Summit” to be held in Nashua during mid-April.

Rick Santorum’s R-Pa nonprofit, Patriot Voices, grew almost directly out of his unsuccessful 2012 presidential campaign. He cofounded the group in June 2012 and its executive director, Nadine Maenza, joined shortly after serving as national finance director of his presidential run. She also works for Santorum’s federal PAC of the same name: Patriot Voices PAC. Together, the two entities — which have the same logo and overlapping staff — have raised $8 million since June 2012, according to spokeswoman Virginia Davis.

Former gov. Rick Perry’s R-TX supportive nonprofit, Americans for Economic Freedom, was seeded with $200,000 in leftover money from the super PAC that backed his 2012 presidential campaign.

The group is not technically tied to the former Texas governor, though its CEO is Jeff Miller, a Perry confidant who has been laying the groundwork for Perry’s 2016 run.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

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TODAY 8:30 a.m.

“Moving Dartmouth Forward,” presidential address, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Moore Theater

4:00 p.m.

“Gendering the Enemy in Soviet Films during the Early Cold War (1945-1955),” lecture, Reed Hall 104

4:30 p.m.

“Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Awards and Honoree Panel Discussion,” Raether Hall, Georgiopoulos Classroom

TOMORROW 3:30 p.m.

“Alfvén Waves and Auroral Particle Acceleration” with Robert Lysak of University of Minnesota, physics lecture, Wilder 104

5:00 p.m.

“Poseidon and the Sea: Myth, Cult and Daily Life,” exhibition, Hood Auditorium

5:00 p.m.

“Women’s Tennis,” Dartmouth College vs. Boston University, Boss Tennis Courts

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Toloudi show pushes limits of traditional architecture

B y mac emery

A bamboo shoot cultivated in illuminated cubicles. A hanging piece of metal that can take on multiple forms. These are just two examples of the work shown in the Strauss Gallery’s newest exhibit “Metamaquette” by studio art professor Zenovia Toloudi.

The three visually arresting, diverse pieces featured in the exhibit are neither strictly artwork, nor strictly architecture, but rather an experimental fusion of the two disciplines that defies easy categorization. Though she is currently a studio art professor, Toloudi’s expertise and training is in architecture, and her position and approach bridges these two fields.

“Studio art at Dartmouth is a unique environment for someone working between art and architecture because it offers a very open agenda for what architecture can be,” Toloudi said.

Unfettered by the nor mal conceptions of either ideology, the gallery’s work exhibits functional and innovative conce pts on an ex p eri m en tal s c ale. T he work explores techniques to liberate architecture from classic approaches, studio art intern Sean Hammett ’14 said.

“She’s by no means an architect in the traditional sense,” he said.

Rather than showcasing finalized pieces, the g aller y features miniaturized prototypes or models, that Toloudi dubbed “metamaquettes.” These models demonstrate architectural concepts pending development and fullscale implementation, she said.

Overall, the exhibit’s collection aims to display her artistic process as well as the flexibility of these ideas in the developmental stage.

“I decided to present my methodology in an experimental way,” Toloudi said. “I thought I should explain my method mostly, like using installation art to create experimental architecture.”

To suggest potential uses of the exhibit’s pieces, accompanying posters on one of the walls render hypothetical, full-scale applications of the models to emphasize their potential as future structures.

To l o u d i s a i d t h a t t h e “metamaquette” projects are working hypotheses, rather than finalized products, and investigate the topics of speculation during development that precedes the realization of an idea.

The first piece to confront viewers is a hanging network of interlocking flat pieces that abstractly suggests a cloud or tree canopy. This model, titled “Micro-

Ceasefire Under Shadow,” is adjustable to the space’s demands.

The network absorbs ambient noise and emanates tranquil birdcalls on viewers beneath.

This project is intended to create an urban oasis to counteract the

“Studio art at Dartmouth is a unique environment for someone working between art and architecture because it offers a very open agenda for what architecture can be.”

-zenovia toloudi, studio art professor stressful noise and din of the modern metropolis, she said.

“It is a proposal to create some small artificial garden,” Toloudi said. “It is a micro-environment that people can go enjoy for natural sound and bird sounds.”

Variations of this installation can incorporate solar panels, lights, sound transmitters and other technologies to enhance its use and conform to the space

demands.

T he second model, titled “Photodotes I, IV”, is made of two installations. “Photodotes I” is a bold blue, angular shape that redirects both artificial and natural light through cables into a space to address prevalent issues in modern architecture related to lack of light, such as vitamin D deficiencies.

“I need to address bringing natural light into dark space,” Toloudi said.

“Photodotes IV” is a grid of transparent, stacked cubicles.

Cables siphon light to illuminate the cubicles, and, along with regulated water flow, cultivate a bamboo shoot. As a system, “Photodotes” intends to examine the interactions between technology, light, growth and architectural space, Toloudi said.

Due to the space limitations of the Strauss Gallery, however, only artificial light is channeled into both the “Photodotes” models featured.

The final piece, “Blanket III,” is a hanging metallic model of an open-air pavilion design that occupies the bulk of the gallery space. Designed with connecting triangular plates, the flexible structure can conform to the parameters of the space it occupies, displaying the possibilities of adaptable structures. Toloudi said that the concept behind “Blankets

III” is to play with the notion of fixed and permanent architectural spaces and objects. “Blankets III” is a triangulated model that can assume many forms, Toloudi said.

“With minimum resources it can take any form, be collapsed, stored and reconfigured somewhere else,” Toloudi said.

Both Toloudi and director of exhibitions Gerald Auten expressed hope that the exhibit will spark interest in architecture and art.

“We try to bring the world here [to Dartmouth], the art world

here,” Auten said.

Auten said that the studio art department customarily presents a gallery for new professors, like Tolodi, within their first year at the College to acquaint the public with their style.

Before coming to the College, Toloudi served as a fellow at Harvard University and is a Fulbright scholar. Her work has been featured in Chicago, Boston, Greece and Venice.

The gallery will run from Jan. 13 until March 10 in the Strauss Gallery.

SEA-ING THE SIGHTS

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A symposium on the Hood Museum’s “Poseidon” will happen this weekend.

hopkins center for the arts fri

jan 30 8 pm

$10

SPAULDING AUDITORIUM

tue

feb 3

7 pm

$5

SPAULDING AUDITORIUM

OLIVER MTUKUDZI AND THE BLACK SPIRITS One of Africa’s most beloved musical ambassadors, Zimbabwe’s “Tuku” concocts his own ecstatic, irresistibly danceable blend of Afropop music, backed by a band playing both modern and traditional instruments. Singing intricate melodies in Shona, Ndebele and English, and executing loose-limbed dance moves and shimmering guitar licks, Tuku gives voice to people’s daily struggles and the call for tolerance and peace.

DARTMOUTH IDOL SEMI FINALS WALT CUNNINGHAM music director

In this karaoke-style sing-off, talented undergraduate singers vie for a slot in the final round of Dartmouth Idol 2015. Get ready for a celebratory evening of music as some of Dartmouth’s brightest talents put their twist on pop, R&B, country and hip hop hits.

39th annUaL Winter carniVaL concert sat

feb 7 8 pm

$5

SPAULDING AUDITORIUM

BARBARY COAST JAZZ ENSEMBLE

DON GLASGO director • RYAN KEBERLE trombone & MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ trumpet Ryan Keberle—trombonist, composer, educator and artistic director and founder of The Big Band Living Legacy Project—and guest soloist, trumpeter and composer Michael Rodriguez, join the Coast for an evening of classic big band music by Fletcher Henderson, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Gil Evans and more.

hop.dartmouth.edu • 603.646.2422

Dartmouth College • Hanover, NH $5 and $10 for Dartmouth students

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

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SPORTS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

THURSDAY LINEUP

No athletic events scheduled

Men win meet and set records while women fall short of first

B y daniel wayland

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams hosted a thrilling Dartmouth Invitational last weekend, ending in first and second place overall finishes for the Big Green, respectively.

The men’s team secured a resounding win, scoring 1,221.5 points and beating the closest competitor, Connecticut College, by nearly 300 points to win the invitational title. Following Conn. College’s 951.1 points was the University of Massachusetts with 779 points.

The women’s team beat all three schools — Conn. College, UMass and Northeastern University — in the dual meet scoring, yet lost the invitational title in heartbreaking fashion, scoring 1,006 points to Northeastern’s 1,007.

UMass claimed third with 829 points and Conn. College took fourth with 378 points.

“It was such a close finish,” freshman phenomenon AnnClaire MacArt ’18 said. “I mean, you can find so many different points in the meet where if we had gone one place higher we would have won.”

There was little more MacArt could have done to have placed higher, winning three of the individual races she swam in: the 200, 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle competitions.

Overall the freshman girls, who head coach Jim Wilson described being “as a group, very, very strong,” put in a fine performance. In addition to MacArt’s top finishes, Hayley Winter ’18 earned a third place finish in the 1,650-meter

B y RICH SHEN & AUSTIN LIM The Dartmouth Staff

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, there happens to be this quiet, little event going on this Sunday. You’ve probably never heard of it. After all, it’s only the most over-hyped and over-analyzed sporting event of the year. I mean, commercials about this game are only on TV 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This game’s only the most-watched event in America, and people have only been making up storylines out of thin air about it for weeks, although it feels like lifetimes (*cough*, “Deflategate”, *cough*).

For those of you who actually —

freestyle, and Taylor Yamahata ’18 finished second in the 400-yard IM. While the youngest members of the team made an impact with their top finishes, the team’s near-victory relied heavily on the upperclass members of the team, who also provided the women with a boost. Olivia Samson ’16, Kendese Nangle ’16 and Charlotte Kamai ’16 helped to bolster Dartmouth’s position on the scoreboard by adding three second place finishes for the Big Green, placing second in the 1,650-meter freestyle, 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle, respectively. Rebecca Butler ’15 added yet another second place finish to the team, placing in the 200-yard butterfly.

While the swimmers fared well against their three opponents, the women’s divers also came out with impressive showings. Fiona Weeks ’15 took second place in the 3-meter dive, and Kendall MacRae ’15 took the top spot in the 1-meter dive.

Going into the final events, the women’s team knew that they had a great chance of winning the dual matches, as well as an outside shot at beating Northeastern for the invitational title.

“You could just tell the emotion was there, and everyone was getting really amped for the finish,” MacArt said.

Tension continued to build towards the final race — the 400-yard freestyle relay would decide the winners of both the dual meet and invitational title.

Individual performances had mostly carried the team, but they would need a cooperative effort in the relay to win the overall meets. Winning the relay would

not be enough to secure the invitational title. Northeastern would need to have a poor showing in the final race to lose its overall points lead.

The A relay team was led by MacArt, Samson, Kamai and Katie Altmayer ’18, and their teammates shouted encouragement from the side of the pool.

“We didn’t see that energy on Friday night,” MacArt said. “That energy gets your team to race fast, and makes it that much more fun to swim.”

The team swam a fantastic race, beating Northeastern’s A team by more than three seconds, securing the dual meet victory.

The effort was not enough to overcome the point differential in the invitational, however, as Northeastern maintained a one point advantage. Although the women were disappointed not to have won the invitational, coach Wilson kept an even perspective.

“Our goal was to win the dual meet,” he said. “The women have struggled a little this season, so to have them win the dual meet was important.”

There would be no such drama to speak of in the men’s competition, as they ran the competition out of the water, scoring 10 event victories on the way to winning both the dual meets and invitational title.

More impressive than their multiple first place finishes, however, was that the men set three pool records as well.

David Harmon ’17 set the pool record in the 100-yard butterfly, while Ian Woon’s ’15 time of 45.90 clocked in at one one-hundredth of a second faster

The women’s swim team fell just short of capturing the Dartmouth Invitational title.

somehow — aren’t aware, this Sunday marks the dramatic culmination of the current professional football season: Super Bowl XLIX. It’s the most widely televised, lucrative and extravagant sporting event of the year. For many of you, I’m sure that this date has been circled on your calendar for months.

For the rest of us, let’s be honest — we wouldn’t be devoting our Sunday night to watching this game if it weren’t for all of our friends pushing us to do so. So, for those of you out there whose eyes will be rolling back into their heads this Sunday, here’s our proposal: a list of 11 Super Bowl prop bets to keep you at least somewhat entertained through

this four-hour ordeal.

1. Number of times someone makes a pun about deflated balls: Over/Under 5 I mean, really, this entire situation is just underblown overblown...

2. Number of times the Pats fans in the room get defensive about “Deflategate”: Over/Under 5 “Look, guys, you see the physics of it is quite simple. Scientifically, the effect of a drop of 40 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface pressure of the air inside of a football can entirely explain…”

3. Will Marshawn Lynch scores a touchdown...with his “patented” celebration.

“Hollll******mmaaaaaeeeeee**** *d*********!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

4. Number of times someone in the room says, “I only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials!”: Over/Under 3 “I can’t wait to see this year’s Doritos/Pepsi/Budweiser/Cialis commercial!”

5. Number of people who don’t believe

Richard Sherman graduated from Stanford: Over/Under 3 (Rich’s rant: but seriously, he graduated with a 3.9 GPA. He’s got to have one of the highest football IQs of any player on the field. I would actually sell my soul for his life. Incredibly smart.)

6. Will the Pats cheat?

“Look, son, I’m going to need you to take these 12 footballs into the bathroom for 90 seconds while we take the actual footballs somewhere else… And I’m going to need you to sign right here…”

7. Number of times Brady drops the f-bomb while on camera: Over/ Under 80 “Wait, what? Over/under 80?”

(Yeah, it’s actually that often.)

8. Percentage of people who leave after the food is gone: Over/Under 15 percent “Hey dudes, what’s up broskis, so any pizza left my boys? No? Ok, cool Brosephs, uhh… I’m just gonna go grab

than the pool record for the 100-yard freestyle, adding a second record to the Big Green’s showing. Woon and Harmon would team up with James Verhagen ’16 and Jay Schulte ’15 to set another pool record, this time in the 200-yard medley relay.

The team had expected to perform well, but even they were surprised by their success in the pool.

“We expected to win,” said Harmon. “But we were a few guys down and expected it to be a little closer.”

Indeed, the team was missing several key contributors to injury, including Aaron Athanas ’16, yet they managed to overcome the absences and finish far ahead of their competitors.

Several other swimmers earned first place victories for the team, including Logan Briggs ’16 in the 400-yard IM, Zack Browne ’18 in the 1,650-yard freestyle and Verhagen in the 100-yard backstroke events. The Big Green swept

the 200-yard freestyle, with Tony Shen ’18, Misha Tovmashenko ’18 and Bruno Korbar ’18 finishing in the top three spots, respectively.

In the diving competitions, Taylor Clough ’17 won the 1-meter, with Ryan Shelley ’15 and Brett Gillis ’16 rounding out the top three. The trio repeated their sweep in the 3-meter dive, although rearranging their order. Gillis finished first in the event, with Clough and Shelley in second and third, respectively.

“It was a pretty powerful atmosphere at the invitational,” said Harmon. “We were trying to psych ourselves up to race fast because the next two weekends are really tough.”

The men hope this victory will prove to a stepping stone for the next couple of weeks, as both the men and women will face stiffer competition hosting the University of Connecticut on Saturday and Columbia University on Sun. Feb. 8.

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something… I’ll be right back…”

9. Percentage of people who leave after the halftime show: Over/Under 15 percent (Literally the entire room: “CAUSE BABY YOU’RE A FIIIIIIIIIIIREWORKKKKKKKKKKKK”) 10. Will someone give Brady a high five? (YouTube this if you’re confused.)

(While you’re at it, Youtube this year’s “Bad Lip Readings” — NFL edition.)

11. Will Belichick smile? (*shivers uncomfortably at the thought of BB’s evil grin*) Once again, thanks for reading. We hope you all have fun watching the Super Bowl this Sunday, regardless of whether you’re actually interested in the game or not. We’d also like to wish all the Seahawks fans out there best of luck for the game, and may the best team win.

Or, at least, we’d like to — but everyone knows the Pats will be taking home the Lombardi Trophy.