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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
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Lower voter turnout, fewer candidates, student apathy and an active social media presence, particularly on the app Yik Yak, were distinctive features of this year’s Student Assembly and Class Council elections, students and student representatives observed. Of the 4,501 eligible students, only 1,632 voted this year, marking a 31 percent-decline from last year when 2,376 students voted, election planning and advising committee chair Derek Whang ’17 said. This year’s turnout is the lowest percentage-
Frank Cunningham ’16 and Julia Dressel ’17 were elected Student Assembly president and vice president, respectively.
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Gameplan 2.0 addresses relationship violence
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Since its implementation this winter, nine varsity teams have gone through the Gameplan 2.0 program, a bystander intervention workshop designed with athletes in mind, survivor advocate and program director Benjamin Bradley said. The remaining teams will have their workshops this spring, Bradley said, with the possibility of holding a few during summer term.
This workshop is part of a series of four that began in early 2014. The first workshop, Gameplan 1.0, consisted of broader talks between Dartmouth Bystander Initiative and the athletic department. This year, Dartmouth Peak Performance partnered with DBI to bring DBI’s sexual assault awareness and bystander intervention programs to athletes, Bradley said. “Dartmouth Peak Performance and the athletic department wanted DBI to be part of the athletic experi-
ence here,” Bradley said. Last year’s program, which focused on sexual assault awareness, was unofficially known as Gameplan 1.0, Bradley said. This year’s relationship violence program is Gameplan 2.0, while next year’s program will be known as Gameplan 3.0 and focus on sexual harassment. Gameplan 4.0 will focus on stalking, Bradley said. The workshops will rotate each year, Bradley said. “That’s so athletes who will be participating every year aren’t see-
ing the same thing,” Bradley said. “There will be new workshops every time with a new focus.” This year’s workshops target how to recognize signs of relationship violence, how to intervene as a bystander and how to recognize and work around barriers to intervening in order to support others, Bradley said. Last year’s workshop with the athletic department focused on sexual assault awareness, but not SEE GAME PLAN PAGE 3
Geisel employees will receive one-time bonuses, not raises
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Though most College employees will receive a 1.5 percent increase in base pay for the next fiscal year, Geisel Medical School faculty and staff will only receive a one-time bonus, executive vice president and chief financial officer Rick Mills said. Geisel’s deficit, which is estimated to be about $20 million per year for the next five years, has put a strain on the medical school’s finances, chair of the faculty council and Geisel professor Harold Swartz said. In an email sent to Geisel employees last week, interim Dean of Geisel Duane Compton cited “unusually difficult finan-
cial circumstances” to explain the departure from the normal annual pay raise. For the 2014 fiscal year, Geisel posted a $5.5 million deficit. Geisel professor Lee Witters said that the usual annual wage increase is up to two percent of base pay, and additional raises can usually be awarded based on recommendations and departmental reviews. For the coming fiscal year, Geisel will create two financial pools — one for faculty and one for staff — equal to one percent of this fiscal year’s total base pay, then these funds will be distributed as bonuses instead of wage raises for all employees.
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Geisel School of Medicine employees will not receive pay increases this year.
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DAily debriefing Apr. 18, 12:00 a.m., Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity: Safety and Security officers on patrol encountered an intoxicated individual vomiting inside of Sig Ep. The individual was evaluated by Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services, transported to Dick’s House and admitted for the night. Apr. 18, 1:25 a.m., Robinson Hall: Safety and Security officers observed an individual staggering along the roadway behind Robinson Hall. The individual was evaluated, transported to Dick’s House and admitted for a high level of intoxication. Apr. 18, 1:58 a.m., Psi Upsilon fraternity: Safety and Security officers, Hanover Fire Department and Hanover Police responded to fire alarm at Psi U. The alarm was reportedly set off by the discharge of a dried chemical from a fire extinguisher. The incident is still under investigation. Apr. 19, 9:02 a.m., Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority: Safety and Security officers received a report of two males peeping through the windows of EKT. Three nonDartmouth students were located in the foyer of EKT and claimed they were trying to locate a friend. The three individuals were identified and vouched for by a member of the house. Apr. 20, 2:05 a.m., Novack Café: Safety and Security officers received a report of an individual sleeping in Novack room 71. Dispatchers determined that the individual was not affiliated with the College and had a prior offense of sleeping on College property. The individual was issued a trespass letter and transported by ambulance to DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center for a high level of intoxication. — COMPILED BY MAY MANSOUR
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Geisel will replace raises with bonuses FROM GEISEL PAGE 1
Department heads will award faculty and staff bonuses of anywhere from zero to four percent of an employee’s base pay. Geisel administrators decided to change their wage increase plan based on financial uncertainties in the medical field, including a downward trend in public funding for medical schools, Swartz said. He added that this move is not unprecedented — there have been times before when Geisel employees did not receive salary raises, and other academic institutions have made similar decisions in times of financial distress. He noted that DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center recently went through a period of several years with decreased salary wage raises due to financial concerns. Mills said that the 1.5 pay raise for the rest of College employees is “the new normal” in a time of low inflation. He said he is interested in redistributing increases to be higher for those with lower wages. “I certainly aspire to do better than this,” he said. “At the lower end of the pay scale, it’s a lot harder if you get that small of an increase. I want to have conversations to think about a scale of increase that nets at the same cost.” Swartz said that from informal conversations and emails that he has received, the reaction from the faculty has been a reluctant acceptance,
though some are upset. “I wouldn’t anticipate a revolution,” he said. “It’s not something that will lead to confrontation. It may lead to a lot of grousing, but it’s something that the dean and his advisors feel is necessary.” As chair of the faculty council,
“I wouldn’t anticipate a revolution. It’s not something that will lead to confrontation.” -Harold swartz, geisel professor and chair of the faculty council Swartz serves on the dean’s advisory board, which discussed alternatives but did not make the final decision not to raise wages this year. The final decision was made by the dean’s office. Witters said the general faculty was not consulted. He added that he was not surprised that Geisel administrators chose a different wage plan, as a one-time bonus is a way to recognize the work of employees without committing to a long-term pay increase. Swartz said that Geisel’s deficit stems partly from more limited external
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funding resources. He said that much of faculty compensation in the medical school comes from grants from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health. He noted that the NIH budget has decreased significantly, which places a “tremendous amount of pressure” on Geisel. The structure of the medical school needs to change as well, as the current model of hiring faculty that have already obtained significant external funding has not been as effective, Swartz said. He said that Compton has been working to reduce the deficit and trim excess expenses. “Closing the school is not an option, but subsidizing massive deficit is also not an option,” Swartz said. “Over the next year, we’re going to have to very substantially change the nature of the medical school.” Compton did not respond to requests for comment. Swartz said that throughout the restructuring process, the expectation is that faculty will be heavily involved in assessing strategies and will vote, and administrators will ultimately make decisions informed by those votes. “The goal is to come up with a financial, organization, academic and research model that lets the medical school do those things for which it is extremely well-qualified and wellrecognized,” he said. “We have to do it in a financially sustainable manner.”
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Gameplan series brings bystander intervention training to athletes FROM GAME PLAN PAGE 1
every athlete participated, Bradley said. Bradley said the program also emphasizes a proactive role “to change campus culture to make sure these moments of harm don’t even happen.” The program worked to create examples that athletes specifically might encounter during their Dartmouth experience, Bradley said, such as seeing a teammate distressed by receiving constant messages and voicemails in the locker room. The program teaches students how to intervene as a teammate and a bystander in this situation, Bradley said. Athletes are a particularly important group to target with such educational efforts for multiple reasons, Bradley said, citing the team dynamic and the visibility of student athletes on campus as
factors that have potential to create positive cultural changes on campus. Adam Frank ’15, a varsity baseball player, said the program was helpful, though he thought the majority of the baseball team was already aware of the issues discussed. “I don’t think there are any issues the program really addressed for us that we didn’t know about,” Frank said. “We’re all pretty in tune to how others are treated, but I think it’s important that teams went through it and at least had that preparation in case it is something that comes up down the road.” Frank said that the workshop presenters were friendly and laid back. Their use of athletic examples and, in some cases, their previous collegiate athletic backgrounds, made them especially relatable, he added. Frank said, however, that he believed much
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of the material had been repeated from freshman floor meetings and similar first-year experiences. “I don’t think it was groundbreaking, but it was good to get a recap on these interactions with people,” Frank said. Frank said that it was important to have his coach attend the workshop to learn about what students and student-athletes experience. The visibility of student-athletes on campus, and their potential for leadership on campus, makes the program especially important, Frank said. “I think athletes, especially on Dartmouth’s campus, have a very big light on them as a whole, whether it be in a team setting or as an individual,” he said. “I think athletes are more well-known than other students to the whole of campus. When a student-athlete gets in trouble, a lot of people hear about it.” Chris Burkholder ’17, also a varsity baseball player, spoke positively about his experience with the program. He said the workshop gave a more interesting and unique perspective on the issue, giving him and his teammates the athlete-specific education necessary to “be at the forefront of this
issue.” “I think it’s helpful to have a lot of groups and societies and teams to be the face of this program,” Burkholder said. Networking between groups as they undergo DBI training will be important in the future, Burkholder said. “I think athletes are very social, and have a lot of connections that can help this program grow,” Burkholder said. Women’s soccer head coach Ron Rainey said the feedback he received from his team about the program was positive, and that he personally was very supportive of the program and encouraged his players to participate. “Any time that you have a discussion about some of these things that are on college campuses across the country, it can be eye-opening for people,” Rainey said. “We need to get to the ones who are living this, and if there’s anything we can do or talk about to help someone in a difficult situation, I think that’s great.” The program also emphasizes taking proactive steps as a team, Bradley said, noting that several teams had already come up with “really cool” ideas or “game-
changers.” “DBI is also about changing our culture, and making the Dartmouth community a safer place,” Bradley said. “So towards the end of the workshop, we give the team a space to figure out what they want to do as a team to show Dartmouth that they believe in making Dartmouth a safer place, that they stand against violence and that they’re invested.” Responses from athletes and coaches alike have been positive, Bradley said, though DBI is constantly seeking feedback from participants to improve their programming and make it as relevant as possible to its target audience. DBI workshops are not limited to athletes, Bradley emphasized, adding that they look forward to partnering with other student groups on campus in a similar way as the initiative grows. “I really value DBI because it’s a program that all students can really feel invited and really feel invested in,” Bradley said. “And that’s where the real power is — all of us as individuals and all of us collectively as a community recognizes the importance of stepping in and intervening during potentially harmful situations and continuing to create a safer campus.”
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Difficult to Recognize
The “F” Word
Dartmouth has changed in the past three years — and not for the better. The Dartmouth I attend today is not the Dartmouth to which I matriculated nearly three years ago. The Dimensions of Dartmouth program as so many of us knew and loved is gone. The hard alcohol ban limits our ability to develop responsible relationships with alcohol. Tuition continues to climb, along with the number of staff members whose necessity and salaries I find to be questionable. All pledge term activities — including the voluntary and harmless ones that many would say brought new members closer together, such as scavenger hunts or wearing silly outfits to class — have been banned. Many Greek houses are on probation, and one has been derecognized. Any of the potentially great strides that could have been made regarding sexual assault or high-risk drinking with the various policy initiatives undertaken in recent years have seemingly not occurred, as administrators have dumped all fault at the feet of the Greek system rather than investigating the actual roots of the problems and then targeting policies and programs there. Overall, due to many of the College’s policies, the Greek system appears poised to become more exclusive, as houses seek to avoid the microscopic lens of blame that administrators are holding up to them. The only thing that has stayed the same — and, coincidentally, one of the only things that the entire student body seems to be against — is the greedy monopoly that is Dartmouth Dining Services. I don’t recognize Dartmouth anymore, and from conversations with my friends and acquaintances, neither do many of my peers. With our actions and our organizations under constant scrutiny and facing constant condemnation by College authorities, many of us feel that the student body has become public enemy number one in the eyes of the administrators. While these administrators continue to wield their power unchecked, the students are left to deal with any negative outcomes. From what I have been hearing around campus, there appear to be many policies with which a significant portion of the student body does not
agree. Many students have been shaking their heads at the egregious actions that the College has undertaken since the onset of “Moving Dartmouth Forward” — the derecognition of Alpha Delta fraternity, the limiting of students’ choices when it comes to alcohol, the seeming increase of Safety and Security’s patrols and the flagrant shutting down of controlled parties. I obviously do not know for certain what the administrators’ intentions are behind all of these policies, but it appears that it is a mix between not trusting the students and wanting to maintain a positive media reputation. What administrators fail to understand, however, is that, if they do not have trust in us, it engenders our own distrust in them. When students distrust the school, they are not shy in passing on that information. Recently, I have heard my fellow students say that they are warning prospective students not to attend Dartmouth. While the College might think the key to increasing application numbers and yield rate is a positive reputation in the media, I believe that the strongest attractor to Dartmouth has always been the enthusiasm of current students. I remember both during application season and after receiving my acceptance letter, I was drawn in by the joy and pride of current students, who encouraged me to come to this wonderful school that they loved so much. High school students don’t always pay attention to media stories or the glossy pamphlets they receive from colleges that are often filled with the same drivel that every other school has sent. The experiences of students are what set schools apart. I don’t think many students will be flocking to a school whose current students are so vocal about their dislike for the administration and its policies, a school in which many students feel like all of their actions and opinions are under attack. If administrators truly hope to move Dartmouth forward, they will need to take a long, hard look at their actions in the past few years and work towards a Dartmouth where students and administrators alike are proud to call the College their home.
People should not be afraid to label themselves as feminists. This winter and spring, I applied to a flurry of internships, determined to find a “big girl” job in an interesting career field. I was ready to go from summer camp counselor to a woman with a real world job. In one interview for a potential internship, the interviewer asked me to elaborate on some aspect of my identity. As an Asian-American woman, I knew he probably expected me to speak about being Chinese and how my culture has shaped who I am. I never like to be predictable, however, so I talked about being a feminist, and what it has meant to me — how it has made me stronger and opened my eyes, how that label signified my transition from a girl to a woman in a way no “big girl” job ever could. Little did I know how that one word could change the conversation. I do not know what I expected, but it certainly was not for him to put on a brittle, awkward smile the second the word “feminist” fell from my lips. The rest of the interview lost its ease. He seemed to check out, asking me idle questions about this activity or that to finish out the expected 30-minute time slot. I left the sprawling office feeling not particularly optimistic — I was as qualified as someone my age could probably be, yet there was a heavy weight in the pit of my stomach. It probably would have gone better if I had dropped a different f-word entirely. When two weeks later I got the email telling me how competitive the applicant pool was and expressing deep regret that they could not offer me a position, my first thought betrayed my principles — was it because I had labeled myself a feminist? The interesting thing is, it did not occur to me to wonder if it had been my race or my gender — all I could think of was his pasted-on smile and the faint distaste in his eyes when I talked about my passion for gender equality, when I used the word feminist. Being a feminist should not be something awful — believing in the equality of the sexes should be a given. The problem is, what most
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people think feminism means is not what the movement actually is. We have to work to dispel the myth of feminists being crazy and irrational women who are vehemently misandrous. The second I said “feminist,” my interviewer totally shut down. It did not matter what I said after, it did not matter that I explained what being a feminist meant to me and how I was determined to fight for equality. It did not matter, likely because he was certain of his own definition — it felt as if what feminist meant to him was a woman who hated and resented men, who wanted to take power and privileges from men. It felt as if what feminist meant to him was a woman who was irrationally angry, who hysterically blew things out of proportion and who could never work with men because she hated them. Maybe I am blowing it out of proportion — I do not and cannot know for sure if that is why I did not get the job. What I do know, however, is that people who believe what I just described do exist, which I have experienced firsthand — and that women and men should never feel ashamed to call themselves feminists. Being a feminist should not be the sort of thing that costs you a job or an opportunity. In January, I published a column about “meninism” entitled “Hate in a Hashag.” What I failed to mention in that piece is how disheartening and infuriating it is to encounter meninists in real life because the worst part of meninism is the fact that these people — generally men — often hold the power. Meninists are not just a bunch of pimply-faced teenagers on Twitter. They are real people with real power who are capable of closing doors — but we should not let them. We need to fight to redefine feminists, to eradicate meninism with simple fact — feminism is not an anti-man movement, it’s a pro-equality movement. My friend owns a shirt that proclaims, “Being pro-woman doesn’t make you anti-man.” Maybe instead of a blazer and a blouse, I should’ve worn that to my interview.
Somewhere buried in your inbox, there is a blitz from Provost Carolyn Dever urging you to participate in the American Association of Universities’ “Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct.” The deadline to complete this survey is this coming Thursday, Apr. 23. Five dollar Amazon gift card — the “small token of appreciation” given upon completion of the survey — aside, we urge all Dartmouth students to participate in this survey. The AAU survey collects important statistics on sexual assault and misconduct — how often it is perpetrated, the kinds of assaults that occur, whether the perpetrator was a stranger, acquaintance, friend or partner. The survey is completely anonymous and confidential — no direct College or legal action will come from any information that you report.
The survey, however, will inform College policy — and when it does, it is in everyone’s best interest that the statistics are as accurate as possible. The more people that participate in the survey, the more accurate its results will be. If a majority of students spend the 10 or so minutes it takes to fill out the survey, then the College will have more precise information as to what the social norms on campus surrounding sexual assault and misconduct actually are. Though we cannot ever get a definitive answer when it comes to more nebulous questions of campus culture, statistics through mass surveys are about as close as we can get. Do not fall prey to the bystander effect. Do not assume that enough students will take it without your participation. Your participation matters. This survey is important, and it will have an impact on our campus. Do your part to inform the College by participating in this campus climate survey.
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SA election marked by low voter turnout FROM SA ELECTION PAGE 1
wise in the past 10 years, with only 36.2 percent of the eligible students casting a ballot. The second-lowest voter turnout occurred in the 2011 Student Assembly elections, when only 39 percent of the eligible students voted. Last year’s presidential election featured a field of five candidates, as compared to this year’s two. The vice presidential election, meanwhile, saw three competitors bidding for the position last year. Newly-elected Student Assembly president Frank Cunningham ’16 said he attributed the lower voter turnout to several factors, including the dreary weather and potential lack of awareness of the election. He said the weather in particular forced him and newly-elected Student Assembly vice president Julia Dressel ’17 to bring their campaigning indoors. He noted that with last year’s election, it was difficult to not be aware of the election, citing the significant chalking around campus. “Last year [Dennis] and I campaigned outside of Collis all day,” he said. “You couldn’t look anywhere and not see that it was election day.” Both he and Dressel also cited recent campus events, including the institution of the hard alcohol ban and the derecognition of Alpha Delta fraternity, of which Cunningham was a member, as causing a sense of apathy and powerlessness among students on campus. “With a lot of recent changes, students have been feeling like there is nothing students can do, that there is nothing Student Assembly can do and that the administration has all the power in the future,” she said. She added that the student sense of apathy and hopelessness is a goal both she and Cunningham are actively trying to fight and reverse. Cunningham also said that student apathy is a theme that has accompanied Student Assembly elections in the past, and said that this is “nothing new.” “This is just the thing you have to deal with being in Student Assembly — students always want to think that SA can’t do much, but we do do a lot,” he said, citing the mental health campaign. “I think it comes down to getting the message out, and that’s something I think [Dressel] and I did well with the campaign.” Cunningham added that despite the lower turnout, his and Dressel’s political legitimacy with the student body will not be affected. “I definitely think that we won by large enough margin to still see a mandate given to us by the student body,” he said. “With that we will take that and run with it. “ The pair also observed the role that Yik Yak, an app that allows posters to
anonymously send messages to a public feed in their geographic area, played in the election. On election day several of the top posts were critical of both Cunningham’s and Jale Gaba’s ’16 candidacies. Cunningham noted that other social media played a significant role, both positive and negative, in their campaign, citing an active Facebook and Instagram presence as well. 2018 Class Council representative Aaron Cheese ’18 said he also noticed a negative vibe on Yik Yak and said he wished that there was a healthier forum for “discourse” among the student body. He also speculated that the incident last fall over the Student Assembly Patagonia fleeces contributed to negativity on campus toward the campaign, despite what he cited as Dennis’ and Cunningham’s attempts to make amends with the student body in the aftermath of the sanctions from the Undergraduate Finance Committee. “The way I feel about it is that there has been a lot of bad press associated with the student body president campaign,” he said. 2017 Class Council president Elisabeth Schricker ’17 said she thought that a lack of perceived power or usefulness, particularly with class council, contributed to a lower turnout among students. “I think there is a lot of untapped potential in Class Council, and because of that students aren’t as interested in voting,” she said. She also noted that she and her vice president Andrew GoldFarb ’17 will attempt to make the most of the opportunities that are presented to them on Class Council. Goldfarb ran as a write-in candidate and won the election with 32 votes, according to the official results. Several students interviewed said that they did not fully understand the role or responsibilities of Student Assembly. “I know nothing about this, but that’s a good indicator of how much the student body knows about what their own Student Assembly does,” Peter Burgess ’18 said. “Either the student body doesn’t care or there’s not enough transparency between the Student Assembly and the student body. Either one. I’m not sure.” Roughly half of the students interviewed said they were not surprised that Cunningham won Student Assembly president, and said they believed he was the more qualified of the two candidates. Several other students reported not voting because they did not support any of the candidates. A group of students in the Class of 2016 said that the felt that the candidates had “no real power” to make changes, so they did not vote in the election. Estaphanie Aquino, Kelsey Flower and Parker Richards contributed reporting.
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From the moment she received a mini art set from her grandmother for her sixth birthday, Laura Dorn ’15 knew that she loved art. After beginning lessons, she realized that she was the most taken with painting. But then the real world came along and told her that being an artist was not particularly practical. She needed to be more sensible. By the time Dorn arrived at Dartmouth, she planned on pursuing a major that would help her land a job after graduation. Still, she told herself that she would take at least one art class during her undergraduate years, so in her sophomore fall — after a close friend convinced her that she could handle a four-course term — she enrolled in both “Drawing I” and “Painting I.” Despite her packed schedule that term, Dorn realized that she needed to keep taking courses in the studio art department. “It feeds a part of my soul that nothing else does,” Dorn said. Now, two years later, Dorn is a studio art and history double major completing an honors thesis in painting. Dorn said that her paintings for the thesis — which include a series of large canvasses and have an emphasis on layering and mark-making — encompass several themes, including the passage of time and human relationships at an interpersonal and intrapersonal level.
“One thing that I think is interesting about building up these marks and layers is seeing how over time, different experiences interplay and interact,” Dorn said. “But also certain things come forward and certain things get obscured or recede.” Studio art professor Colleen Randall, who is Dorn’s thesis advisor, said that she and Dorn met nearly every week this winter to discuss Dorn’s work and have continued to meet nearly once a week this spring. Dorn started her thesis process in the fall, Randall said, when she contacted the department to develop her proposal. “It’s been rewarding working with her,” Randall said. “She has developed a mysterious feel for mark making and touch.” Aside from working through senior seminars in studio art and history this quarter, Dorn also serves as the Homma Family intern at the Hood Museum of Art, working alongside fellow students as part of the Hood’s senior internship program. Dorn said her work at the Hood interests her because it combines art and history in novel ways. At the Hood, Dorn has taken the role of student curator for one of the museum’s current exhibitions, “About Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art,” and conducted research about pieces in the exhibition for its accompanying display labels. In addition — and more recently — Dorn completed her curatorial project with work
on “A Space for Dialogue,” a mini-exhibition for the museum’s interns that involves organizing a select number of objects from the Hood’s collection, designing informational labels and a brochure for visitors and holding a gallery talk. Her exhibition for the project, “The Tortured Soul: Exploring Excesses of Emotion,” featured 12 works including Richard Westall’s oil paint on canvas “Ophelia”and Man Ray’s color lithograph “Sade (Imaginary Portrait of the Marquis de Sade).” Hood coordinator of academic programming Amelia Kahl, who supervises Dorn’s work, said that Dorn explores different approaches to extreme feeling, including fantastical, tragic and moralistic. The application process for the museum’s senior internship program is highly competitive, Kahl added, but Dorn was a standout through the selection process. “[Dorn] conveyed her passion for the arts and her deep interest in museum work,” Kahl said. “The three different references we contacted spoke in glowing terms about her intelligence, disciplined work habits and personable nature.” Having finished her intern project, Dorn is now focusing on organizing and curating an upcoming exhibition entitled “Picturing the World: Class of 1965 Photographers,” which will celebrate the works of five well-known alumni of the College — Dick Durrance, Dewitt Jones, Heinz Kluetmeier,
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Dorn is working on a senior thesis, which includes a series of large canvasses.
Chris Knight and Joel Sternfeld, who are all members of the upcoming exhibition’s eponymous class. Dor n said “Picturing the World” will be displayed in the Hood’s Albright Gallery, and that she is excited that the exhibition will be held during the photographers’ 50th reunion. “It’s really cool as a senior to talk to these alumni and ask them about their Dartmouth experience,” Dorn said. On top of her work with the Hood, Dorn co-curates the student gallery at the Black Family Visual Arts Center with Jordan Craig ’15, where she is responsible for planning, organizing and advertising student shows. Although she does not have set plans for what she will do after graduation, Dorn said she is considering taking a job abroad
or pursuing a career in the museum field. One thing she knows for sure, however, is what she would tell students interested in majoring or minoring in studio art. “It is in no way impractical,” she said. “The skills you learn as an art major are applicable in so many places. You learn problemsolving, creativity and how to deal with failure and criticism.” The final word with Laura Dorn ’15: Must-visit art museum: Tate Modern, London Color of the day: Soft, muted lavender Favorite Artist: Painter Rebecca Purdum.
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Baseball clinches eighth straight Red Rolfe Division title
B y gayne kalustian The Dartmouth Staff
If two weeks ago Dartmouth baseball was the king of splits, it has since become the king of streaks — winning 10 in a row, sweeping all of its conference competition so far and taking the Red Rolfe Division title for the eighth consecutive year with four conference games left in the season. It’s a good time to be watching baseball at Dartmouth. But not everything is perfect for the Big Green. The action on what some might call the Ivy League’s stronger half — the Lou Gehrig division — unfolded this weekend to ensure that the Ivy League Championship Series will not be played at the College. The host, which will be determined in the final weekend of the regular season and, if necessary, a playoff game, will either be defending Ivy League champions Columbia University or the University of Pennsylvania. Both teams have 14-2 conference records. In Hanover, the weekend slate of two doubleheaders against Brown University was kicked off by the latest solid outing by Mike Concato ’17 who has been extremely reliable on the mound for the Big Green this season. Concato went for seven innings — throwing the only solo shutout in the Ivy League this weekend. Two other pitchers, Penn’s Connor Cuff and Harvard University’s Matt Timoney, went for run-less tenures of similar lengths, leaving the mound
after allowing no runs, but threw in nine inning games. Timoney, whose record is now 6-1, will pitch against the Big Green in the coming weekend. Chris Burkholder ’17 took the win for game two, coming in to start the sixth inning and following up Jackson Bubala ’17, who allowed four runs against seven hits. Patrick Peterson ’18 pitched most of the final inning and earned his fourth save — a team high. A six-run game from the Big Green offense, spread across six single-run half innings, was enough to carry Dartmouth to the victory. Both games on Sunday came down to the final inning, the first a product of a pitcher’s duel between Duncan Robinson ’16 and Brown’s Reid Anderson and the second an uncomfortable 8-7 victory, pieced together by captain and starter Louis Concato ’14 and four members from the bullpen — Chris England ’15, Adam Frank ’15, Burkholder and Peterson. In both games, Brown knotted the score at the last minute, forcing the Big Green to either make something happen in the bottom of the final inning or push the game into extra-innings. In both games, Dartmouth found strength in one of its defensive players: catcher Matt MacDowell ’15. In the first game, MacDowell smacked a walk-off sacrifice fly out to center field. In game two, MacDowell kicked off the inning with a single up the middle. After being pushed over
by a groundout from Bo Patterson ’15, MacDowell stuttered onto third base on a single by centerfielder Nick Ruppert ’16, unsure, he said, of his ability to get across in time. The team jokes, he said, about him being the “slowest player in the Ivy League.” Designated hitter Joe Purritano ’16 finally drove in the walk-off, game winner on the first pitch he saw. MacDowell, who has a perfect fielding record, with the exception of two early catcher’s interference calls before conference play began, has been struggling in the box, batting .162. “I haven’t been having my best year, so I’m happy that I’ve just stuck with it,” MacDowell said. “It worked out when it mattered today. It’s tough when they score in the ninth inning, so it’s good that we were able to key back in.” The team saw some shuffling on the infield during game two as both the freshmen who have been platooning on second base — Justin Fowler ’18 and Dustin Shirley ’18 — found themselves in the line-up. Shirley was moved to first base in place of Michael Ketchmark ’17 until the eighth inning. Shirley, still hitting well below where the team would like a player to, has been moving steadily upward since the Big Green hit its stride a couple of weeks ago. Now hitting .218, Shirley said he’s working on going after the early fastballs and is indifferent to which base head coach Bob Whalen puts him on. “It’s just two different worlds,”
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Chris Burkholder ’17 earned a win against Brown University on Saturday.
Shirley said. “First base is a little more chill, you’ve just got to catch the ball, the basic stuff. Second base, you’ve got to hold the runners at second and watch for the steal. It’s just a lot more stuff to do.” While there are many factors that play into where a player will land, Shirley’s reach at 6’5” could be useful at first, especially with the departure of veterans Nick Lombardi ’15 and Matt Parisi ’15 on the left side of the infield next year. Watching from the stands as the Big Green locked in the Red Rolfe Division was would-have-been co-captain and second baseman Thomas Roulis ’15, who is just now returning to baseballrelated activities after undergoing
surgeries for a bulging fracture and two inguinal hernias. Roulis has seen the team play in four states this season, despite sitting in the bleachers, and has every intention of returning to play baseball at Dartmouth next year as a fifth-year player. The team, he said, is working the way it needs to in order to win the Ivy League at just the right time. “They’ve been doing really well in the Ivy League — taking advantage of their opportunities and the pitching has been great for us,” Roulis said. “The bats are starting to wake up a little bit which is a plus, especially going into the last two weekends. Hopefully, they keep swinging and keep pitching and they’ll be alright.”
Women’s tennis sits No. 2 in Ivy League after two-win weekend B y chanelle qi The Dartmouth Staff
The No. 31 women’s tennis team beat Brown University (10-9, 3-3 Ivy) 4-3 at home on Friday and traveled to Yale University on Sunday, winning by the same 4-3 scoreline. The team’s last five conference matches have been decided 4-3, and the Big Green has been able to scrape out four of those five wins, with its only loss in the batch coming against Princeton University (12-8, 6-1 Ivy), which clinched the 2015 Ivy League title — its second straight — with a win over Cornell University on Sunday. The Big Green’s season record is now 17-5 and 4-2 in the Ivy League. Although it fell short of claiming the NCAA tournament bid that comes with winning the Ivy League title, the team may still have a chance of
claiming an at-large bid, due to its strong overall record and high national ranking, which still places it above any other Ivy League school. The Big Green first squared off against No. 65 Brown, starting off strong by clinching the doubles point. Co-captains Akiko Okuda ’15 and Katherine Yau ’16 kicked off the day by downing Brown’s No. 2 doubles 8-5. They were followed up with a hard-fought victory by the No. 1 duo of Taylor Ng ’17 and Kristina Mathis ’18 to secure the doubles point. Demonstrating the tenacity that has become characteristic of the women’s tennis team this season, Ng and Mathis fought their way back from a 5-7 deficit to win the match in a tiebreaker for a final score of 8-7(6). “We started a little slow against Brown and didn’t have a lot of energy at first, but we started to pump ourselves
up toward the end of the match and looked at things a little more positively,” Mathis said. Armed with the momentum from their 1-0 lead over Brown, the women entered singles match play. Dartmouth was quick to rack up two more points on the scoreboard, as No. 1 Ng and No. 4 Jacqueline Crawford ’17 dispatched their opponents with respective scores of 6-3, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-1. After falling behind 3-0, the Bears clawed their way back into the competition, nabbing matches at the No. 3 and No. 5 spots. No. 5 Okuda, the lone senior on the team, faced a particularly difficult match, splitting sets with her opponent before falling in the third for a score of 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Before Yau could finish her match at No. 2, Julia Schroeder ’18 solidified the Big Green’s win over Brown, beating her opponent in straight sets 6-2, 6-3.
“We knew Brown was a scrappy team,” Ng said. “It’s always hard to beat a team twice, let alone three times, but I think we were really prepared.” Dartmouth then traveled to Yale, where they replicated the same onetwo punch in doubles they exhibited against Brown. No. 1 doubles Ng and Mathis won their match 8-5, and No. 2 Yau and Okuda clinched the point with an 8-4 win. Leading 1-0, Crawford began singles matches strong for Dartmouth with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles. No. 1 Ng then came off the court with another point for the Big Green, winning her match 6-3, 6-2, stretching the lead to 3-0. “It was kind of a revenge match, since I had previously lost to my opponent in a close match in the fall,” Ng said. “It was really cool to play her in a separate setting, and it makes
a difference having a team there to support you.” While Yale was able to get three-set wins at No. 2 and No. 5 singles, Okuda won the clinching match against the Bulldogs in a three-set victory at No. 6. Overcoming a 6-2 first-set loss, Okuda was able to turn the match around in the second set 7-5 and dominate the third set 6-1. “Getting the doubles point allowed us to play more freely in the singles matches, so that was a big advantage for us,” Crawford said. Dartmouth’s win was the first victory coach Bob Dallis has garnered against Yale in his 13 years of coaching, making the Big Green’s victory especially sweet. The women will be playing their final match of the season against Harvard next Saturday on April 25 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.