The Dartmouth 07/22/14

VOL. CLXXI NO. 101

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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014

Greek councils add incentives for philanthropy

HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Renovations on E. Wheelock Street to alter Hop, Inn

By amelia rosch The Dartmouth Staff

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The Inter-Fraternity Council, Coed Council and Panhellenic Council will incentivize members’ involvement with philanthropy, summer IFC executive board member for service Peter Gips ’16 said. Several of the new programs will be introduced this fall and spring, he said.

The IFC aims to make service an integral part of the Greek system and a component of Greek life potential members consider during the rush process, Gips said.

Planned changes include standardizing the roles of service chairs across different houses, creating an annual Greek service competition and running a “million minutes” campaign, which would challenge the College’s Greek system to complete one million minutes of community service over the course of a year.

Summer Greek Leadership Council chair Elizabeth Wilkins ’16 wrote in an email that any proposed changes to Greek philanthropy would be enacted by individual councils, not the entire GLC. The IFC is drafting a list of criteria that the service chair or equivalent position at each of the IFC’s member houses will have to meet, Gips said, adding that establishing one set of regulations that bind each house would increase accountability across the system.

The annual service competition would require each house to host at least one philanthropy event, Gips said.

He said that there would be multiple awards that houses could win for completing service hours, including a supplemental donation for the house that raised the most money.

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A series of rennovations are planned along East Wheelock street.

B y JASMINE SACHAR The Dartmouth Senior Staff

A series of renovations along East Wheelock street will bring new windows to the Hopkins Center, new sidewalks and a new bus shelter by early fall, vice president of campus planning and facilities Lisa Hogarty said.

The installation of energy-

efficient front windows at the Hopkins Center, the first leg of the renovations, is slated to finish in four weeks, Hogarty said.

Funding for the new windows, Hogarty said, comes from money in the facilities budget aside for capital renewal — replacing old elements of building. Tuition, research dollars and philanthropy con-

tribute to the facilities budget, she added.

Following the renovation, the College will spend less to heat and cool buildings, Hogarty said. The windows were around 50 years old.

Hogarty did not disclose the costs of the renovation or the

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NAS and AAAS start FSPs Student reflection follows escalating Gaza conflict

By Hannah Hye Min Chung The Dartmouth Staff

New off-campus programs will bring students in the African and African-American studies and Native American studies programs to Ghana and Santa Fe, New Mexico, respectively, in fall 2015.

Participants on the African and African-American studies program will spend their term at the University of Ghana,

Legon Campus in Accra, while students on the Native American Studies program will travel to the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Santa Fe is close to diverse tribal communities, noted Bruce Duthu, Native American studies department chair. The city further serves as a hub of political relations between Native and nonNative populations, he said.

“We felt that landing in one specific tribal community would certainly give us proximity, but would also be probably too intrusive to local rhythms of that community,” he said.

Executive director of off-campus programs John Tansey said that the African and AfricanAmerican studies program has worked on its SEE FSP PAGE 5

B y SEAN CONNOLLY The Dartmouth Staff

As the crisis between Gaza and Israel enters its 15th day, having claimed more than 550 Gazan and 27 Israeli lives by The New York Times’ count, student religious groups and advisors along with campus activists have voiced concerns over the rising violence and human toll.

Executive director of Dartmouth Hillel Rabbi Edward Boraz said several worried community members have come into his office to discuss the crisis. The conflict, he said, came up at last week’s Shabbat, during which he and other Hillel members prayed for peace and wisdom.

“We don’t want a war,” he said.

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DAily debriefing Northwestern University offers students an alternate option to the traditional questionnaire method for finding a roommate, the New York Times reported Saturday. Students at the Evanston university can now use RoomSync, a Facebook-based application that allows students to search for roommates based on lifestyle, potential major, housing preferences and a Facebook mini-profile. The app then lists potential matches based on compatibility levels and allows users to chat. Administrators interviewed by the Times expressed generally positive feedback to the app, citing its potential to help increase retention rates by improving the nonacademic experience and giving first-year students more control over the housing process.

Given the risk of self-selection, The University of North Carolina, which uses a housing management system named StarRez, has hidden potential matches’ profile pictures. Administrators said they hope that using the app will reduce the incentive for students to transfer.

The American Federation of Teachers partnered with the Freelancers Union to bring health insurance and benefits including liability, disability and life insurance to contingent college faculty members, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. These benefits include a wide variety of insurance plans that previously were unavailable to contingent faculty. In a written statement, AFT president Randi Weingarten wrote that the partnership will provide contingent faculty with access to information and resources. The portal will launch for these faculty in the fall. The Freelancers Union has partnered with General Assembly, B Lab and 1Worker1Vote.org.

The U.S. Education Department planned to reprocess the applications of approximately 200,000 students applying for aid Monday evening as part of a larger effort to correct the financial aid awards for students who inadvertently misreported their income, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported yesterday. On the 201415 free application for federal student aid a new electronic system incorrectly changed decimal points to commas when cents were entered into a primary text field, dramatically increasing the reported incomes. Monday’s fix was slated to skip applicants whose errors lost them a Pell Grant, focusing instead on those who received additional aid because the mistake increased the income that the department’s expected family contribution protected. But the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has encouraged the Department of Education to identify applicants whom a fix might aid. These applicants are considered to be a less important problem, the Chronicle reported.

— Compiled by roshan dutta

Corrections We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com.

“Satterlund, Mosley leave OPAL” (7/18/14): The initial edition of this piece misspelled former OPAL director Alysson Satterlund’s last name in the story’s headline and the spelling of the city Sacramento. OPAL intern Amaris de la Rosa-Moreno ’16 declined to comment, while the initial version of the story indicated that she did not respond to interview requests.

Due to conflicting information, the original version of this story misidentified women’s and gender studies professor Pati Hernandez’s program for which Satterlund secured funding. It is “Telling My Story on Campus,” not “Telling My Story.”

“Rocky panelists address student rights at talk” (7/18/14): Due to an editing error, the original version of this story referred to Leah Plunkett with a masculine pronoun, but she is a woman.

TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014

Chittick ’70 spreads AIDS awareness B y MIGUEL PEÑA

The Dartmouth Staff

On the website for the TeenAIDS-PeerCorps, a nonprofit founded by John Chittick ’70 to train young volunteers to provide peers with information on HIV, readers can see letters sent to Chittick by those he has worked with. “Dear John,” writes a peereducation coordinator from Vietnam, ”How are you now? Are you still in Africa?”

“Hi Dr. John,” writes a 23-yearold from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“Thanks for your remembering me.”

An HIV and AIDS youth activist, Chittick has “walked” — reaching out to teens on the streets with educational materials — in 86 countries since he began his work in the field. And he will soon add Austria, Ukraine, Moldova, Iran, Algeria, Niger and Ivory Coast to his list.

“He goes places where most people would never travel,” said Peter Kardon ’70, a former classmate and current TeenAIDS-PeerCorps board member. “He just keeps on walking.”

Chittick’s interest in creating Global AIDS Walks started when he wrote his doctoral thesis at Harvard University, which he completed in 1994, he said. At the time, Chittick said, he predicted that in the span of 10 to 20 years there would be a large wave of young people contracting HIV. “Unfortunately, my thesis was right,” he said.

T hat same year, Chittick launched an online educational

website aimed at promoting accurate information on HIV and AIDS, which would grow into TeenAIDS-PeerCorps by 1997.

He has always tried to be openminded, truthful and approachable when working with teenagers, he said.

“Young people make the best messengers because they are the ones that talk to young people,”

“Young people make the best messengers because they are the ones that talk to young people. And with that, the word gets spread.”

- JOHN CHITTICK ’70, HIV AND AIDS YOUTH ACTIVIST Chittick said. “And with that, the word gets spread.”

Chittick noted the importance of hosting a walk in Iran, as some Middle Eastern countries tend to hide the severity of HIV due to various social and cultural expectations.

Chittick said that this cultural stigma makes it harder for the youth of these countries to prevent HIV contraction.

“You can’t stop the maturation process. It is a human right to have sex, and in some cultures, that puts me in odds with the government and religious officials,” Chittick said. “There was even one time

Chinese officials confiscated my things.”

Chittick will lead a “Webathon” to raise awareness for Teenaids. org. Approximately 890,000 people have pledged to spread information through this technique for HIV prevention, Chittick said.

Chittick’s now aims to set a world record for “most youth selftesting for HIV simultaneously and in public,” according to a press release. On July 23 in Norfolk, Virginia, Chittick will seek to break the previous record of 14 teenagers simultaneously testing.

Reached by email due to a hectic work schedule, TeenAIDS-PeerCorps board member Larson Bullock wrote that Chittick’s research and global travel have brought a unique understanding of the magnitude of the ongoing threat of HIV in youth. Bullock said that although he has not travelled with Chittick, he organized a candlelight vigil and balloon release in Moldova in one of the TeenAIDS-PeerCorps Global Webcasts held annually on World AIDS Day. “It was inspiring to work with Dr. John and see his visionary grassroots prevention model benefit a previously underserved demographic,” Bullock wrote.

James Kircher ’10 and Samantha Monkman ’10 have traveled with Chittick for the Global AIDS Walks.

Kircher called the Global AIDS walk a “worthwhile opportunity.”

During the walk, he said, he raised AIDS awareness and collaborated with several NGOs to engage the community in the topic of HIV prevention.

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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014

Greek orgs. create new service plans FROM PHILANTHROPY PAGE 1

Though the competition so far only includes fraternities, sororities and coed houses would be welcome to participate, he said.

Summer coed council president Evelyn Weinstein ’16 said she feels philanthropy can unite the Greek houses.

“The coeds are very, very much on board towards shifting the Greek system to a more service-oriented set of people,” she said.

Weinstein also said she supported the “million minutes” campaign, noting that endorsing friendly competition would help lift achievements.

The competition’s goal is to increase the visibility and benefits of Greek system philanthropy, Gips said.

“It benefits the organizations. It benefits the brothers who get more involved in philanthropy,” Gips said.

“It benefits the Dartmouth campus because it creates Greek-sponsored events that are dry and open to everyone.”

Panhell summer philanthropy chair Jessica Zischke ’16 said that service has historically been a major aspect of the Greek system and that the College’s system should reflect that. Zischke said that the Panhell has not discussed specific new programs because it has focused on the “Proud to be” series of events, all of which will incorporate philanthropy to benefit The Junction, a teen life-skills center.

Panhell sororities require members to complete philanthropy, but these requirements vary from house to

house.

“On a system-wide level, I think having more service and doing more philanthropy-oriented work would make the members of the houses all feel more fulfilled,” she said.

All coed fraternities have community service requirements, ranging from one to four hours per term, Weinstein said.

Greek Letter Organizations and Societies director Wes Schaub wrote in an email that the GLC does not have philanthropy requirements for its members.

The executive members tasked with overseeing philanthropy and service efforts at seven Greek houses could not be reached for comment.

Zischke is a member of The Dartmouth senior staff.

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Greek organizations plan to forward new philanthropy initiatives in the coming terms.

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Panhellenic Council sororities require their members to complete hours of service each term.

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Religious groups pray, following crisis in Gaza

J Street U summer co-chair Steven Povich ’16 said he had not observed much campus-wide relife taken.” action. He noted, however, that J Boraz added that Hillel is consid- Street U held a recent dinner event ering an event that would acknowl- and was in the process of planning edge the crisis but expressed un- another. certainty about A l the event’s timeNur president frame or struc- “The students that Hamza Abbasi ture. He said are here that I’ve ’16 wrote in he was aware an email that spoken to — ­ some of the possimany members ble limitations have said they have of Dartmouth’s of holding an felt powerless. They’re Muslim comevent during the mu n i t y h ave last few weeks hoping for a cessation family and o f R a m a d a n of the violence as soon f r i e n d s w h o and wanted to live in Palesas possible.” remain sensitive tine. Each day’s to every factor news, he said, that could pos- - Sharif Rosen, has brought sibly limit diagrief and worry. muslim AND multilogue.

“The Muslim and faith advisor pictures commulti-faith ading out of Gaza visor Sharif are absolutely Rosen said the nature of the heartbreaking,” he wrote. “This conflict makes it difficult for many month is the sacred month of Rastudents, who are left to follow the madan for Muslims and during the news, creating an “odd sense of nightly prayer consternation.” service, we’ve “ T h e s t u - “The pictures been praying dents that are for peace and coming out of Gaza here that I’ve for the families spoken to — are absolutely of the wounded some have said heartbreaking. This and for those they have felt that have lost p o w e r l e s s , ” month is the sacred their lives.”

Ro s e n s a i d . month of Ramadan Reli“They’re hopgious organifor Muslims and ing for a ceszations should sation of the during the nightly come together violence as soon prayer service, and pray for as possible.” peace, he add Rosen said we’ve been praying ed. there have been for peace and for “ I discussions think a primary the families of the within the Dartgoal of student mouth Muslim wounded and for organizations community in those who have lost i s t o i n fo r m conjunction the student with the night- their lives.” populace and ly events that increase awarehave been held ness,” he wrote.

- HAMZA ABBASI ’16, for Ramadan.

“That is part of He said he has AL-NUR PRESIDENT what we’re hopencouraged stuing to do with dents to pray events such as and possibly to write their senators. candlelight vigils.”

Rosen also said that there have Religious and spiritual life dibeen discussions of co-hosting an rector Rev. Nancy Vogele said the event with at least Hillel and Al- Tucker Foundation is reviewing Nur, the College’s Muslim student an event that could bring different association, which could include a faiths together to discuss the issue. joint prayer and a candlelight vigil. The Foundation is looking at difWith any possible event, he said, ferent options, she said. parties must make intentions clear “You want to be very sensitive from the outset. and mindful about how to bring to “We have to be right off the bat in people together,” she said. understanding that we’re not here Representatives from Chabad to debate,” he said. “We’re here as and Students for Justice in Palestine people who have a common interest could not be reached for comment in peace.” by press time.

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Staff Columnist Vivien RendLEman ’16

contributing columnist jon vandermause ’16

Axing the X

Harvesting Forbidden Fruit

Students should stop perpetuating the myth of the Dartmouth X. As we approach the halfway point of sophomore summer — and of our Dartmouth careers — we are on the cusp of being upperclassmen and earning the responsibility that comes with that status. As a grade, we have gained the ability to set Dartmouth’s tone for the incoming freshman class.

To do this, we must examine which Dartmouth traditions are valuable and constructive and which Dartmouth traditions are harmful and destructive.

As we enter the second half of the summer, we must reconsider passing down the Dartmouth X. If we want to improve our community, we must discard this heteronormative and sexist value system before incoming classes inherit it.

I learned about the Dartmouth X before I had even matriculated. Thanks to my wonderful trip leaders, I was lucky enough to avoid learning about it on Dartmouth Outing Club first-year trips, though many of my friends did. Instead, I learned of the X in a fraternity basement during Orientation. I saw a bright, painted graph on a basement wall. The graph’s two lines, I learned, represent the changes in social capital that men and women possess at Dartmouth as they progress through the College. It’s another way that Dartmouth students rank and separate each other, and it does a disservice to every community member.

Few Dartmouth students will claim to actually believe in the X. After all, it is asinine to try to claim that the worth of human beings increases or decreases based on age and gender. Yet it persists in the Dartmouth subconscious. The X would have us believe that a woman is most valuable (i.e. desirable) when she begins freshman year and then declines in value until senior year.

In direct contrast, a man begins his Dartmouth career at the bottom of the graph before reaching his “peak” senior year. These two diagonal lines combine to depict an X that ultimately harms students of all genders.

It should be evident how the X denigrates women, who reach the bottom of the graph as seniors. The X promotes the idea that the social scene has no place for senior women, which leads to the “SWUG,” or Senior Washed-Up Girl, phenomenon. While many have tried to reclaim this term, the X nonetheless designates senior

women as worthless and less sexually desirable because of their age.

Similarly, the X labels freshman males as worthless, which makes the transition into college even more difficult. Conversations I have had with male friends have opened my eyes to the frustrations of first-year male students. On one hand, they want to enter the Dartmouth social scene, but it’s hard to enter a scene of which you’ve been led to believe you are at the bottom. I believe that the insecurity arising from this transition plays a large role in the fact that, as of winter 2014, 68.4 percent of male sophomores joined Greek houses. Freshman men mostly see affiliated upperclassmen in positions of social power, so it’s no wonder they associate relevance at Dartmouth with Greek life. And once men at Dartmouth do gain supposed social capital, perhaps they are far more likely to abuse it after their tough experiences freshman year​.

In this vein, the Dartmouth X disadvantages even those at their “peak.” Men and women may feel pressure to hook up with as many people as possible in order to prove or disprove their position on the graph. And freshman women may feel extra pressure. They are instructed that they will never again be as desirable as they were freshman fall and might feel the need to take advantage of that desirability, fast. Even though the X casts them as the most desirable, freshman women have the least agency in Greek basements out of any group on campus. Not only are they unlikely to know many brothers serving them beer, but because the X pits older women against younger women, the X makes it less likely for upperclassman women to look out for freshmen.

Giving the X any sort of credence only upholds social hierarchies that hurt our community.

Instead, Dartmouth students should dismiss the X any time it gets mentioned, especially around younger students. One of the best parts of sophomore summer is the decline in social stratification along age and gender lines. Reducing the X’s presence in the campus consciousness will help move our social relations forward into the new school year.

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Scientific understanding is powerful, but its applications can be damaging.

As a physics researcher and aspiring scientist, I carry a latent belief that, when put under the microscope, proves to be more an article of faith than a well-reasoned principle.

I am referring to my inclination to view science as an infallible source of progress. When compared to the rhetorical fog that passes for analytical rigor in some humanities departments, and especially when stacked against the anti-intellectual excesses of Darwindenying religious fundamentalism, science can appear to be the sole human activity that even attempts to cast away our biases.

In this glorified construal, science allows us to understand the world as it truly is rather than as we would like it to be, granting us access to realms of knowledge our ancestors never could have dreamed of, from quarks to galaxy clusters and everywhere in between. Yet this vision fails to acknowledge the fundamental fact that scientific and technological progress, though powerful, is amoral. Science grants us a sharpened understanding of the world, but the fruits of that understanding, like the apple plucked from Eden, are not guaranteed to be sweet.

Take, for example, one of the great technological innovations in human history: the rise of agriculture more than ten thousand years ago. At first glance, nothing could seem more beneficial to mankind. No longer did our ancestors have to gather and hunt to survive.

Mobile bands of foragers could control the means of their subsistence rather than rely on the vagaries of nature for their next meal.

But these vagaries are not nearly as cruel as you might think. As anthropologists in the last century have shown through field research on present-day foragers, bands of hunters and gatherers form stable, healthy and egalitarian communities. They are mobile enough to avoid serious outbreaks of disease and small enough to avoid the hardships that accompany largescale political and economic organization. In contrast, mechanized agriculture has left us with a ballooning population and an intertwined and interdependent world economy

that rewards specialization and enshrines inequality. This is not to say that the industrialized, agricultural world in which we live is not without its benefits. My point is that the innumerable and complicated consequences of agriculture, which have included enormous growth as well as enormous strife, could not have been predicted at its outset.

This is true of most great scientific discoveries. Quantum mechanics, a tremendously successful branch of physics developed by dozens of scientists in the first few decades of the 20th century, offered for the first time a detailed glimpse into the structure of matter at its smallest scales. This detailed understanding of the atom was then used in the 1940s to build a bomb that wiped out thousands of people in minutes. The proliferation of sophisticated electronics in recent decades is a testament to the depth of our knowledge of electricity, magnetism and matter. We have produced a museum of gadgets — televisions, laptops, iPods and smartphones, to name only a few — that have become staples of our modern lives. But our scientific and technological prowess has also given us increasingly refined instruments of death and destruction. Combat drones deployed by the U.S. alone, for instance, have killed thousands — including hundreds of children — with little more than a sole political leader’s go-ahead.

Scientific and technological progress is accelerating, and we are rapidly approaching a brave new world for which we are ethically unprepared. Artificial intelligence, driverless cars, quantum computers and genetic engineering are all on the horizon. Some might even exist within our lifetime. Considering the ethical implications of our advances is therefore more important than ever. While understanding the natural world is a worthy aim in itself, we must not lose sight of the ways in which we apply our understanding.

Knowledge can be a blessing and a curse, both a tool for improving lives and a weapon for destroying them. To attain the right balance, our ethics must advance with our science.

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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014

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Outside faculty will Construction projects in process teach in new FSPs FROM CONSTRUCTION PAGE 1

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Ghana FSP for about four years.

Participants will enroll in one course taught by the program’s faculty director and two courses taught at the University of Ghana, he said.

When former African and African-American studies professor Antonio Tillis, one of two faculty members to lay the groundwork for the proposal, left the College, the department sought a new faculty director for the program, Tansey said.

African and African-American studies professor Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, the other faculty member who Tansey said planned the program, did not return requests for comment by phone or email on July 20. African and African-American studies program chair Gretchen Gerzina could not be reached for an interview before the close of business hours.

The 15-week program, which matches the length of a semester at the University of Ghana, will include excursions, cultural activities and a break in the middle of the term, Tansey said.

Students in the Native American studies FSP will also take three courses — one taught by the program director and two by local scholars.

Along with the host institution’s resources, students in the program will have access to libraries at the School for Advanced Research and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Duthu said. Participants can count the three course credits toward a major or minor in Native American studies.

The program will also reserve at least one day per week for mandatory excursions to explore nearby communities, Duthu said.

A maximum of 16 students can participate in the program at one time, Duthu said. The program will first run every two years, but if demand for the program increases the program may be offered more frequently, he noted.

The launch of this program, Duthu said, is significant because it demonstrates the maturity of the Native American studies program and aligns with College President Phil Hanlon’s emphasis on experiential learning.

Morgan Talty ’16 stressed the importance of physically visitng the American Southwest while studying its history and culture. Talty added that the Native American studies program will provide an experience to the participants that would be otherwise impossible to gain in the Northeast.

Cade Cross ’15 said that the program will allow students with a Native American heritage to explore the society, history and culture of different tribes across the nation.

Had the program been established earlier, he said, he would have applied to participate.

Six other students majoring in African and African-American studies or Native American studies were contacted but could not be reached for comment by deadline.

In 2012-13, the last year the figures were available, the College graduated four African and African-American studies majors and eight Native American studies majors.

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The Native American studies FSP will mandate student excursions.

projected savings from the windows’ increased energy efficiency.

College spokesperson Shea Drefs did not respond to three requests for comment on Monday afternoon and evening regarding the cost of the renovation or projected savings.

Center for College Affordability and Productivity director Richard Vedder said he is skeptical that the benefits of the renovation will outweigh the costs, adding that nationwide colleges undertake similar environmentally friendly construction initiatives to be “fashionable.”

“When the presidents of these various colleges get together, they like to brag about what they’ve done to be cool and popular with the faculty, the academic community, with the broader public and with the Obama administration, so the president of Dartmouth is probably winning some bragging rights,” Vedder said.

Colleges like Dartmouth ought to report the exact costs and the projected benefits of these projects, Vedder said. Speaking generally, he said institutions should take the money spent on construction and direct it towards furthering educational objectives and providing scholarships.

Hogarty said the window initiative fits into College President Phil Hanlon’s goals for fiscal responsibility.

“It’s my responsibility to make sure we’re replacing building materials at the right moment in the most cost-effective way possible,”

“It’s my responsibility to make sure we’re replacing building materials at the right moment in the most cost-effective way possible.”

- LISA HOGARTY, VICE PRESIDENT OF CAMPUS PLANNING AND FACILITIES

Hogarty said.

An expanded mobility hub in front of the Hop should be completed in early September. The project will be paid for by the Town of Hanover with some federal contributions, she said.

Town manager Julia Griffin could not be reached by phone on July 20.

Hanover Inn general manager Joe Mellia said an additional lane will be added to the Inn’s driveway to ease congestion on East Wheelock Street. The sidewalk will be moved outside the porte-cochère so pedestrians do not get in the way of cars pulling into the Inn, he said. The reconfiguration is expected to make room for more outdoor dining.

The Hanover Inn renovation will cost roughly $250,000, Mellia said, and will be paid for by a loan from the College to the Inn. In 2012, the Inn underwent a $41 million renovation that was also paid for by a College-funded loan, Mellia said. The renovations expanded the Inn’s facilities so it could better accommodate larger conferences and more visitors.

Other projects in progress include replacing the east roof of the Alumni Gym and many smaller projects that cost less than $100,000, like boiler replacements and work in the central steam plant, Hogarty said.

The Thayer School of Engineering is also planning a major renovation that aims to expand undergraduate and graduate programs, Hogarty said. The College is currently assessing the space needed for the renovation.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014

DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Hands-on activities, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunchtime Gallery Talk, “Burning as It Were a Lamp,” with Enrique Martínez Celaya, second-floor galleries, Hood Museum of Art

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Lecture, “America’s Public Libraries,” with Robert Dawson, Howe Library, Hanover

TOMORROW 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Lecture, “Muhammad: Myth and Reality” and “Building Peace By Resolving Conflict,” with Lesley Hazleton and Dr. S. Ayse KadayifciOrellana, Spaulding Auditorium

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Hanover Farmers Market, The Green

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Film screening, “Gran Torino” (2008), Haldeman 41

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‘Chef ’ (2014) proves a Burns, College enjoy fruitful bond wholesome morsel B y LAURA SIM

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doting, tech-savvy son Percy (Emjay Anthony). There isn’t much If you’ve ever watched a cook- conflict — they merely city-hop ing program like “Iron Chef from Miami to New Orleans to America” or “Chopped” on an Austin, creating lines down city empty stomach, you know that blocks and pumping out delicious feeling of painful, mouthwatering Cubano sandwiches to the tune of food lust. Anacharsis, an ancient upbeat Latin jazz. It’s all right out Scythian philosopher said, “The of a stagy Food Network or Travel vine bears three kinds of grapes: Channel program. Even a park the first of pleasure, the second of policeman, who threatens to shut intoxication, the third of disgust.” down the truck, turns out to be a The metaphor works well for this fan of Casper’s viral video. They film. The first shot of juicy limes take a bunch of goofy photos, and delights you, the second shot of everything is peaches and cream. bubbling grilled cheese intoxicates But like “Paper Moon” (1973) you and the third shot of crackling or “Nebraska” (2013) in a food bacon makes you bite your fist, truck, the movie focuses on the whimper and wonder how moving growing bond of Casper and Percy.

So consumed pictures can be with menus so cruel.

“Ultimately, the film and reviews at Jon Fathe restaurant, vreau’s “Chef ” isn’t some Paleo-diet Casper had ne(2014) is food kale/walnut salad critic glected his son, porn. The dishleading to his es, characters bait but a pleasant divorce from in themselves, crème brûlée, with a his ex-wife Inez are sizzling hot hard beginning, which (Sofia Vergara).​ — all on screen Their jourjust awaiting you crack through to ney across the our consump- enjoy a savory-sweet, country proves tion. But it’s also a food love wholesome experience.” a bildungsroman for both affair, followfather and son: ing Carl Casper Casper trans(played by Favreau himself) on his journey from forms from an irascible, egotistical, head chef, who acts more as a teen-like chef to a poised, driven, prosaic orderly, to independent, fun-loving father who inspires the joy of cooking in his son and in revitalized food truck owner.

Casper wears his heart on his himself. sleeve, a chef knife tattoo on his Following the lead of “Julie & forearm and has the words “EL Julia” (2009), “Chef ” brings cookJEFE” emblazoned on his knuck- ing into the 21st century, accurately les. He craves artistic freedom, capturing the state of food services sides with sweet breads over fillets in the technological age. Food and caters to the farmer’s market trucks, blogs, tweeting, Facebook rather than the country club. and Google Maps all cater to the Yet his obstinate boss (Dustin consumer, which forces chefs to Hoffman), the real “jefe” of the modernize or capsize. While many, restaurant, demands the classics. including Casper, are reluctant to After all, he’s running a business, enter this “WALL-E”-esque state and sweet breads, “guts,” don’t of hyper-consumerism, one must sell — molten lava cake and caviar obey the guide to evolution of Lewis Carroll’s Red Queen: “It do.

On top of this, add the snobby, takes all the running you can do, to attention-craving, stock French keep in the same place.” Casper’s character: food blogger Ramsey old restaurant stopped running, Michel (Oliver Platt). It plays but food trucks are humming. out like the how-could-this-get- Ultimately, the film isn’t some any-worse-insert-rainstorm-here Paleo-diet kale/walnut salad critic scene, as Michel writes an embit- bait but a pleasant crème brûlée, tered review of Casper’s (truly his with a hard beginning, which you boss’s) lackluster cuisine. And after crack through to enjoy a savoryhis epic Gordon Ramsay-inspired sweet, wholesome experience. The blow-up at Michel goes viral, comfort food sits easy and is worth an order at the box office.

Casper seeks a career overhaul.

The rest of the movie shows Casper obtaining and reveling in Rating: 8.0/10 his new food truck, aptly called “El Jefe.” The drama is seasoned with “Chef ” is playing daily at the the humor of his sidekick Martin Nugget at 4:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

(John Leguizamo) and Casper’s and 9:00 p.m.

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Documentary filmmaker and producer Ken Burns is renowned for his unique ability to deliver history to our screens, pairing a rich cultural understanding of America’s past with gripping drama. Over the years, Burns has repeatedly visited the College, most recently screening his third episode of “The Roosevelts” at the Hopkins Center on July 13.

The screening marks the fifth consecutive summer that Burns, who sits on the Hop’s board of overseers, has opened an advance screening at the College, according to a Hop press release.

Burns first came to the College when he visited to accept a Dartmouth film award in October 1990, a moment that started his relationship with the College, Hop film director Bill Pence said. Burns received the award just weeks after his film “Civil War” (1990) played to more than 40 million viewers on PBS that September.

Pence first met Burns because he presented “Huey Long” (1985) at the 1986 Telluride Film Festival, an event Pence founded in 1974. After Burns unveiled “Civil War” at Telluride four years later, Pence wanted to bring him to Dartmouth.

Burns finds at Dartmouth enthusiastic responses to his work, Pence said.

While Burns juggles a full schedule, he has continued to visit the College regularly, not least because he lives only about an hour away in Walpole, Pence said.

“He loves the school first of all,” Pence said. “He has been presenting his work here now over a period of a quarter century — 25 years — and he’s never failed to fill Spaulding Auditorium.”

Burns has also taken on Dartmouth film studies students as interns over the years, particularly in his editing department, Pence said.

The large screen and capacity offered by Spaulding also bring Burns back, Pence said. “The Roosevelts” screening tickets sold out days in advance.

In 1993, Burns delivered the College’s 224th Commencement address in Leede Arena and received an honorary degree from the College. His speech received a standing ovation that lasted about a minute.

In his address, the filmmaker urged graduates to learn the history of their country so that they can shape a better future.

“We tend to ignore our past, always looking forward,” he said in his address. “This becomes a tear, a gap in who we are.”

Since then, Burns has paid countless visits to the College. For example, his film “Baseball: The Tenth Inning” opened at the Hop in 2010, and in

2012, he premiered a film on the Dust Bowl. In 2013, he visited the College for a showing of “The Central Park Five” (2012).

College historian Jere Daniell ’55 said the relationship’s strength results from Burns’s deep ties to the Upper Valley arts community. Burns is on the board of directors of the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Just last year, Burns visited the College once more to present a screening for film students.

Sarah Lund ’16, who attended Burns’s July 13 screening, appreciated the filmmaker’s ability to maintain the integrity of the historical facts while adopting an artistic approach, she said.

“I think that Ken Burns is really unique because he takes the time to make long, complete projects instead of stuffing decades of history into one two-hour movie,” Lund, who had never seen a Burns film before the screening, said.

Attendees could ask questions after the screening, and Burns emphasized both technical filmmaking skills and the importance of telling an engaging, well-researched story, Lund said.

Burns, along with members of his creative team, also came to the College this winter for a screening of a short produced sequence along with interview footage. The screening was exclusively held with students in his-

tory professor Edward Miller’s classes on the Vietnam War, who were also able to ask questions to Burns and his team afterward. The footage was filmed for Burns’s documentary film series “Vietnam,” slated to air in 2016 on PBS. Madeline Cooper ’16, a student in the class, said she appreciated hearing Burns speak about the people he and his team had interviewed. The visit allowed the classes to see a new side of historical research in documentary and filmmaking production, she said.

Burns is perhaps best known for his signature style of incorporating different media such as archival footage, photographs, music and voiceover, visiting professor of film and media studies Noah Isenberg said.

In addition to telling a rich historical narrative of some of America’s most important moments, Burns often incorporates a star-studded cast to support his storylines. In the past, voiceovers have featured prominent actors such as Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti.

For many, Burns’s ability to make history seem both novel and relevant draws fans to his work.

“His films brought the history of FDR and the Great Depression alive and made it feel current,” Lund said.

Miller did not respond to multiple requests for comment by press time.

Laura Weiss contributed reporting.

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Softball head coach Hanson resigns to lead Stanford’s squad

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After a banner year for Big Green softball, both head coach Rachel Hanson and assistant coach Dorian Shaw will head to the West Coast to lead Stanford University’s team.

Hanson’s four years as head coach culminated in the team’s 2014 Ivy League championship, which brought the team to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.

Hanson leaves the College with 88 wins and a .511 winning percentage, setting a Big Green record for wins by a single softball coach. Hanson led the team to two Ivy North Division wins for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. In 2014, the team set new single-season team records for the number of home runs and RBIs. In addition to helping the team improve its mental and physical game, players said, Hanson also built a stronger team over the years through effective recruiting. While former head coach Christine Vogt had many contacts in the Northeast and recruited heavily from the region, Hanson — who served as head coach at the University of Dallas for five

years following her graduation from Trinity University in Texas in 2005 — had contacts in Texas and other parts of the South, shortstop Katie McEachern ’16 said.

Seven players hailed from the South this past season, while two players from the South suited up for the Big Green in 2010, the year Hanson began as head coach.

Since 2010, the Big Green has fielded several additional players from California.

Because players in warmer places can practice year round, many of the best players come from the South, McEachern said, noting that there are great players everywhere.

Five players interviewed said they were said to see Hanson go but wished her the best at Stanford. Pitcher Morgan McCalmon ’16 said it is uncommon for coaches to make the jump from a program of Dartmouth’s size to a high-profile team like Stanford’s — a testament to Hanson’s talents as a coach.

The largest contributing factor to the team’s recent success, players said, is the change to team culture that Hanson brought. The team has become much closer, and they are

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RIDING THE PINE

WITH JOE CLYNE AND HENRY ARNDT The wheels have officially come off. We were horribly wrong about Tiger, who came in 69th place, not first like we had confidently predicted.

He ended up with his worst-ever 72hole finish at a major. In a desperate ploy to keep ourselves from having to write our column, we ate late night at Novack and then walked directly to Collis to eat more late night. All of a sudden it was 1:30 a.m., and we, the lovable losers of The Dartmouth, sat sad, scared and alone, silenced by the gravity of our plight, with no one to lean on besides each other. To each,

the other his world entire. It took every ounce of our energy to keep our eyes more than half open. Only one thing on God’s green Earth keeps us going: a burning desire to please our interim sports editor Joe Kind ’16, who blogs under the handle “Foco Joe” at our old stomping grounds, Dartbeat.

In light of that last paragraph, Hank and Fish come to you this week with a bit of surprising news. Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Ellis has descended from her mountaintop, completely oblivious to the rage and hatred our weekly column incites, to anoint us as sports editors for

now more invested in both the game and their teammates, several said.

Captain Kristen Rumley ’15 said the team now cares more about the outcomes of the games and prioritizes the sport, whereas three years ago they were not as invested in the final score.

“She took a team who lost more than they won three years ago and then turned the team into a winning program,” Rumley, the 2014 Ivy League pitcher of the year, said.

“She left us with a great team moving forward.”

Part of the team’s cohesiveness comes from Hanson’s close relationship with the players.

Hanson cared for her players as people, outfielder Brianna Lohmann ’16 said.

McCalmon said she recalls when the softball team volunteered at the Special Olympics last winter. During some free time, Hanson found some lunch trays and went sledding with some players.

“She really brought the fun side of things to our team but was serious when she needed to be,” McCalmon said.

Kara Curosh ’14, who played all four years under Hanson and

the remainder of the summer entirely against our will. Much to the dismay of the people, we will also continue to write Riding the Pine. Our clickbait strategy has paid off far better than we ever could have imagined. In fact, our undeniable wit and charm have catapulted us straight to hell. In an attempt to convince Lindsay “Robo Joe” Ellis of the error of her ways, we’ve decided to throw caution to the wind and write about offseason basketball, again. This week, Riding The Pine turns its spotlight to the disastrous offseason of the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets could not have been more ready to make it rain in the offseason. They possessed enough cap space to afford a maximum salary and a roster filled to the brim with talented players. Houston fans eagerly awaited the addition of yet another superstar to their roster as LeBron, Melo, and Bosh all at least briefly engaged in talks with the Rockets. After the dust settled, the Rockets had lost Jeremy Lin, Omer Asik and their third-best player Chandler Parsons, failing to attract any free agents more impactful than Trevor Ariza, an aging mid-level talent at best.

The Rockets’ stathead general manager, Daryl Morey, who once hosted a

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Softball won its first Ivy League championship last spring.

captained the 2014 squad, said the coach taught her leadership skills.

The players interviewed said they were confident about the team’s ability to move forward with a new coach, once one is selected.

McEachern said she thinks that after the Ivy League championship, there will likely be many high-level coaches looking to fill the position.

Rumley said that while there are bound to be minor concerns with the turnover, especially since both Han-

son and Shaw are leaving, assistant coach Ali Hart, who will remain on the team, should be able to ease the transition.

“It will be our responsibility to sit down with the new coach and let him or her know how the program is,” Rumley said. “She’ll have new thoughts and ideas that might take us to an even better program.”

Hanson, athletics director Harry Sheehy, Hart and Shaw could not be reached by press time.

ping-pong tournament for sportswriters (our invites probably got lost somewhere in the Wi-Fi) just so he could beat them all, finally got his comeuppance.

The Rockets suffered a disappointing end to their 2014 campaign, crushed by a spirited Blazers upset in the first round (predicted by a young Hank on Dartbeat).

While Houston certainly suffered a downgrade in talent, we are far more concerned with the irreparable harm they have done to Lin’s career by sending him to die in the deserts of Los Angeles. Lin’s brief prosperity in New York, Linsanity, was probably the best period of Hank and Fish’s lives. Now, he’s going to LA, a pit of sin and debauchery that the columnists at Riding the Pine abhor. He will be under the mentorship of noted psychopath Kobe Bryant, who will make Lin a better player. But at what cost?

To be honest, the failure of the Rockets offseason cannot be attributed solely to ping-pong boy Morey. The dude is smart as hell. Any team that boasted such talent with a more likable cast of superstars would have had no problem luring Melo or at least Bosh.

Riding the Pine hates Dwight Howard and James Harden, and the rest of

the NBA does too. Howard, an ultraathletic freak, played for the Orlando Magic, forced a trade to LA when the going got tough, immediately decided he didn’t like it there and signed with Houston at his first opportunity, earning himself a reputation as a spineless mercenary out for no one but himself.

Harden, on the other hand, is more a victim of circumstance. He got dealt from Oklahoma City to Houston in 2012 as a cost-cutting measure, but Houston’s system has only exacerbated his lackadaisical defensive approach, scaring away potential teammates. His beard is also a joke.

In an era where stars want to play with their friends, Houston has the only two friendless stars in the NBA. Time update: 3:15 a.m. At around 2:30 a.m. after watching countless fail compilation Vine videos on YouTube, we haplessly resorted to the old blogger’s trick of simply putting “pen to paper.”

At around 3 a.m. we were horrified to realize we had written 700 words of absolute garbage about MMA champion Ronda Rousey, about whom we know not one single thing. By the end of the night, we were simply searching for any possible way to use the term “Linsanity.”

This is the best we could do.