VOL. CLXXI NO. 103
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HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Bradley to begin as survivor advocate
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Benjamin Bradley will join the College as a survivor advocate on August 1.
The College hired Benjamin Bradley, a Virginia-based social worker,as survivor advocate. In this position, which he will assume on Aug. 1, he will help survivors of sexual assault navigate the various reporting options and provide them with information of available resources. Bradley could not be reached for comment. He will not be available for comment until he finishes transitioning into his current position, health promotion and student wellness direc-
tor Aurora Matzkin said. Bradley received his bachelor’s degree in social work from Syracuse University, where he received the “Bachelor of Science Social Work Award” for his commitment to social justice, according to the College’s announcement. He received a master’s degree in social work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bradley previously visited the College earlier this month for the Summit on Sexual Assault. Since 2012, he has served as a social SEE ADVOCATE PAGE 3
Hanover Police investigate Sunday morning assault
B y HANNAH HYE MIN CHUNG The Dartmouth Staff
Hanover Police said Monday that they had identified persons of interest in Sunday morning’s reported assault. Police chief Charlie Dennis said that the victim, 53, was allegedly assaulted outside Roberts Flowers on West Wheelock Street July 27 at 1:33 am. The victim is not a College employee, Dennis said, though initial reports from Safety and Security identified him as such.
Hanover Police have continued talking to witnesses to collect more information to make a reasonable arrest, Dennis said. According to witnesses, he said, a man and a woman were involved in an altercation with the victim but added that police do not know their exact roles in the assault or their motives. Hanover Police will investigate the case, though Safety and Security first saw the victim. In a Sunday interview, Kinne confirmed that an officer had seen two individuals fleeing the scene and that
witnesses said two people had assaulted the victim. Dennis said that Sunday’s report and the July 2 assault and robbery on the Green do not seem to be correlated. “I wouldn’t say it’s an alarming rate, but it’s something we want to take seriously,” he said. “We want to see if we can make a difference and mitigate it in the future.” Town manager Julia Griffin said that last Sunday’s assault and the July 2 assault, in which a male student of the College was attacked, both involved alcohol. The
Voter ID law could influence student turnout B y JASMINE SACHAR
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As Dartmouth student groups and Hanover town officials begin voter registration drives for November’s midterm election, government professors and the Hanover town clerk expressed concerns that confusion around voter ID requirements — which proponents say prevent voter fraud — may leave students and other community members wondering what documents they
town will talk to local bars to ensure that they do not over-serve their customers, she said. “We certainly have not seen two assaults like this within in a month before,” she said. Griffin noted she does not want residents to be “unduly alarmed.” She said that Hanover Police patrol campus and downtown Hanover heavily, and the police will be especially vigilant of the area where the assault took place until SEE ASSAULT PAGE 3
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need to vote. On July 25, a New Hampshire superior court judge declared unconstitutional a 2012 state voter ID law that would have required out-of-state students to comply with the state’s residency laws, a promise that would have required them to obtain a New Hampshire driver’s license and register their car in-state. There is still confusion over what JULiETTA GERVASE/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF
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Students watch an a capella group perform during “Proud to be Green.”
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A 25 year-old Washington, D.C. resident had a run-in with New Hampshire’s unusual legislation surrounding the purchase of alcohol this month, the Concord Monitor reported. The Concord native, attempting to buy alcohol, had his license rejected by a Concord clerk, who noted that the Granite State accepts only licenses from another state or Canada as valid forms of ID to determine the purchaser’s age. Though current legislation does not explicitly exclude licenses from Washington, D.C., the New Hampshire Liquor Commission’s Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern told Time Magazine that the state will likely need new legislation to clarify the ambiguity posed by U.S. territories. Following reports of the incident in the Concord Monitor, Ostern announced that retailers in New Hampshire should accept the Washington, D.C. licenses when selling liquors despite the law’s wording. Livability.com editors chose Lebanon, New Hampshire as the third-best small town in the U.S. after Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Northfield, Minnesota, the Associated Press reported. In an article, editors noted the variety of cultural events available in the town, including concerts, performances at the Lebanon Opera House and winter outdoor activities, writing that the town provides a “bucolic escape.” In the 2013 version of the rankings, which like the 2014 list reflected various aspects of town living including health care systems, diversity, safety and evaluation from visitors and residents along with cost of living evaluations, Lebanon was not listed in the top 10. School administrators have become increasingly conscious about searching students’ cellphones following a June 25 Supreme Court decision requiring police officers to obtain a warrant before searching cell phones if they cannot gain the consent of the owner, the Valley News reported. Experts and administrators interviewed said that they were still unsure what direct impact the ruling might actually have on schools and their current policies. In New Hampshire, the School Boards Association has advised academic administrators to avoid searching students’ phones. Some law enforcement officers and school officials expressed concern about the potential impact of the ruling, noting that a school’s right to search students’ cellphone is directly related to maintaining safety on school property.
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Turning Mass Row into a festive scene of song, dance and poetry, the July 26 “Proud to be Green” event raised approximately $700 for the Junction, a life-skills center for at-risk teens, Panhellenic Council summer philanthropy chair Jessica Zischke ’16 said, noting that an exact count has yet to determined. The Panhell-sponsored event included performances summer groups including SAUSSY, a dance group, and the Aquafellas, a group of water sports athletes who have formed a summer a capella group. Four sororities contributed to the effort, and between 100 to 200 people attended the event, said Veri di Suvero ’16, one of Panhell’s two summer programming chairs, said. Zischke said that organizers hoped to bring sustainability and the Dartmouth community together under the umbrella of philanthropy at the event. The intention behind involving performance groups — who were advertised prominently in an email to campus advertising the event – was to draw students and their families to the event and to encourage donations, for which the top priority was raising money, she said. “At the end of the day, the money is for the Junction,” she said. Donations, a raffle and the sale of merchandise and food contributed to the total. The event also featured a pop-up jewelry booth
as well as a raffle, whose prizes included gift cards to and baked foods from local businesses. A series of smaller events this summer has replaced the Jamboree for the Junction event, which has been run for the past two years over sophomore family weekend. Panhell reduced costs by undertaking the new fundraiser, Panhell’s summer vice president public relations Simone D’Luna ’16. said, which was one of its goals. In the summer of 2012, Jamboree for the Junction raised more than $2,500, according to estimates provided by organizers at the time. Organizers also estimated an attendance of close to 300 students. Di Suvero said while one of the event’s goals was to raise money, it had no fixed fundraising target. “What I loved about it was sort of the fact that everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves,” di Suvero said. Di Suvero did note that she felt organizers struggled at times to balance the performance aspects of the event with its focus on philanthropy. Katie Yu ’16, who attended the event, said she found the event to be focused more around performance. Yu said she was aware the event was for a local cause, but was not sure who benefitted from the money raised. She did add that she felt the event’s emcees’s “did a good job of bringing [the event] back to its roots,” by mentioning the event’s philanthropic goals. D’Luna, a member of SAUSSY, said she thought performance
groups drew audience members to the event. Di Suvero said that Panhell hopes to have a number of small events this summer that focus on philanthropy. As part of a series, which has focused on events beginning with the phrase “Proud to Be...” Panhell hosted another event, “Proud to Be a Greek Woman?” on July 15. At the event, several sophomore women spoke, describing their experience with the Greek system. Zischke said that the council worked hard to select women from many spheres of campus life to offer a variety of opinions, including students who are not affiliated with Greek life and students from non-Panhell sororities. “For that event, we really wanted to represent a sampling of the wide spectrum that is a Greek woman’s experience at Dartmouth,” Zischke said. “We wanted to facilitate conversation and give a forum for women to share their experiences to show how different they can be.” Remaining events will also incorporate philanthropy for the Junction, Zischke said, though Saturday’s event was anticipated to raise the most money. “Proud to be a ’16,” the next event in the series, will take place during Fieldstock, the weekend of Aug. 8. “Proud to be 14X” will occur on the last day of classes. Zischke said that she is not sure if future Panhell boards will continue the series, as each summer board has a fair amount of freedom to plan new events. Zischke is a member of The Dartmouth senior staff.
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Students in SAUSSY perform at Saturday’s “Proud to be Green” event.
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Bradley praised for his experience, calming demeanor FROM ADVOCATE PAGE 1
services specialist for the Fairfax County government, where he investigated reports of neglect and sexual abuse of older adults and people with disabilities, in addition to executing other social work. In a November speech to the faculty, Hanlon announced the creation of a survivor advocate position as part of his administrative’s push to support survivors and improve reporting of sexual assault. Murylo Batista ’15, a member of the survivor advocate search panel, said he felt that Bradley will successfully navigate the campus sexual assault resources due to his experience as a social worker. “He has demonstrated the intuition needed to support someone,” Batista said. “He can help the survivor navigate through those options and what those options mean.” Survivor advocates help survivors of sexual assault understand what different options are available to them and how to pursue those options, Batista said, adding that an advocate must balance a desire to help survivors with the need to respect survivor’s wishes.
A survivor advocate will differ from a SAAP coordinator because an advocate will focus only on working with survivors, instead of on programming and education, Batista said. “It’s a difficult job to say ‘Hmmm, this would work better,’ but having the survivor say, ‘No,’” he said. “You have to be able to stand by that person and navigate them through the bureaucracy.” John Damianos ’16, a member of the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault, said that a survivor advocate must be careful not to infringe on a survivor’s personal agency. “We don’t force a plan of action on a survivor,” he said. “Sexual assault is taking away agency, and if the survivor comes to an advocate and the same thing happens, in effect, they’re doing the same thing.” The committee sought someone who uses an “empowerment model” and focuses on listening to what survivors need, women’s and gender studies professor Giavanna Munafo wrote in an email. Bradley’s background of working with a wide variety of individuals made him a strong candidate, she wrote, noting that his experience has helped him develop a
Sunday’s assault marks second this month
you need to be aware and vigilant,” Olivia Samson ’16 said. Rory Page ’16 said that he thinks they better understand the case. “This is typically not a community campus is mostly safe but upon learnwhere we have to worry about these ing that the recent incident happened things,” she said. “It’s not a big city, on the street he lives, he became more but we still suffer from big city criminal vigilant and wary of his surroundings while walking home at night. elements.” Roberts Flowers floral designer Mi- Yejadai Dunn ’16 said that these chael Reed said that though it is unusual incidents attracted attention because of Hanover’s reputhat an assault tation for safety. case took place “It has on a busy road, “Whether you live on probably put he does not feel or off campus, you me more on an unsafe because he does not stay need to be aware and edge,” Dunn said. “I was walking at the store late vigilant.” home last night at night. and I was actually More than thinking about two incidents - Olivia Samson ’16 people around would be necesme, which I never sary to identify a changing trend, said executive editor of do.” Campus Safety Magazine Robin Hat- Mac Keyser ’16 said that he thinks tersley-Gray, noting that it is impossible the campus is generally safe, but he to tell with current evidence whether wonders whether these incidents are the close timings of the assault marked related to a lowered campus population over the summer. anything more than coincidence. All of the female students inter- Increased patrols or cars parked viewed expressed a concern for their at visible spots on busy nights such as safety, and several other students ex- weekends might deter crime, Arthur pressed their surprise at the incidents. Santry ’16, who lauded Safety and “Whether you live on or off-campus, Security’s efforts, said. FROM ASSAULTS PAGE 1
nuanced understanding of sexual “He will be someone who is assault and domestic violence. there at all times who doesn’t have Bradley is also a “remarkably good to drop a million other duties,” he listener,” she wrote. said. “Because his main duties are She wrote that Bradley is pre- to students, it will make a difference pared to work with communities with them.” that have diver M AV sity across sex, “He will be someone m e m b e r D a gender, race, vid Garcia ’16 religion, ability who is there at all said he hopes and class. t h e s u r v i vo r times who doesn’t Kathleen advocate will have to drop a Vanni ’15, a bridge the gap m e m b e r o f million other between efforts M o v e m e n t duties. Because of administraA g a i n s t Vi o tors and stul e n c e, h a i l e d his main duties are dents. the decision as to students, it will H e a move in the said he hopes make a difference right direction the decision for the College’s with them.” marks a deparhandling of sexture from previual assault. ous College ef Adding the - Murylo batista ’15, forts to combat position of a search panel member assault that emsurvivor advophasized “lofty cate sends the ideas” rather m e s s a g e t h at than concrete the College cares about responding changes. to sexual assault, Damianos said. He noted, however, that he Having more administrators remains wary. who focus solely on sexual assault “It’s one of those things where can allow for more attention to the you’ll believe it if you see it,” he issue, which can lead to tangible said. change, Batista said. He added that hiring Bradley
could mark an attempt to garner positive press. Garcia also said he believes that Bradley, as a man, could understand male perspectives and thereby combat sexual assault more effectively. But he said that he would have preferred a “panel” of assault advocates from differing backgrounds, noting that women are disproportionately victims of sexual assault. Bradley’s appointment emphasizes that anyone, regardless of gender, can support survivors of assault, Vanni said. “It’s something that affects everyone and isn’t limited to one particular gender,” she said. Munafo and Batista also noted that Bradley’s personality will help him connect with students and survivors. “[Bradley’s] exceptionally calm personality and open, generous communication style impressed me a great deal,” Munafo wrote. “I value that kind of presence in colleagues.” SAAP coordinator Amanda Childress, who was away from the College this week, could not be reached for comment by press time. Charlie Rafkin contributed reporting.
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STAFF COLUMNIST Emily Albrecht ’16
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Considering Co-ops
Make it a Major
Cooperative programs embody the highly praised “experiential learning.” We hear a lot of buzzwords and phrases at Dartmouth. My favorite as of late is the ubiquitous “experiential learning,” which is shorthand for the idea that the best learning comes from actively doing instead of reading and regurgitating. Indeed, once we finally leave the academic sphere, all of our learning will be experiential. Offices and oil rigs will not assign readings or dole out midterms. I applaud College President Phil Hanlon’s increased focus on the role of experiential learning at Dartmouth, but we as an institution can do more to incorporate it by introducing cooperative programs into our academic plans. Cooperative programs interweave hands-on job experience with academic learning. Students can take a semester to work with a co-op employer and still maintain status as a full-time student because they receive academic credit through their salaried jobs. Many schools incorporate such programs into their degree plans, such as the University of Pittsburgh, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Northeastern University. About 90 percent of Northeastern students participate in co-ops across the country and the world during their time at the university. These programs place qualified students into positions that are both relevant to their degree and intellectually fulfilling. Dartmouth could strengthen its global networks by placing students in co-ops wherever they want to go, be it Dallas or Dubai. Cooperative programs would mesh with the flexibility of the D-Plan and Dartmouth’s commitment to both experiential and global learning, while simultaneously providing some much needed structure for students. As it stands, finding an internship during an off term is strenuous — finding a paid one even more so. Many students are left with an unpaid internship that they cannot afford or an unfulfilling job they do not want and from which they do not learn. Incorporating hands-on but intellectually guided cooperative programs into students’ D-Plans would ensure that students are financially secured in a fulfilling job, while lightening the pressure that makes off terms just as stressful as on terms. Moreover, by offering academic credit for these
programs, students would have more freedom in their typical academic schedule to explore new classes and take full advantage of our nominally liberal arts education. Juniors and seniors should still be able to explore the ORC like they did during freshman fall, even if to a lesser degree. It could also relieve stress on students wishing to double or triple major. After all, there are only so many four-class terms a student can do before having a meltdown in King Arthur Flour. Dartmouth should actively encourage students to explore their interests all four years, instead of putting up as many obstacles as possible. Many disciplines could incorporate this programming. Dartmouth co-ops could further invigorate undergraduate life at the Thayer School of Engineering by creating lasting partnerships with engineering companies in Boston and beyond. However, cooperative programs could also be incorporated into the social sciences and humanities through similar partnerships with relevant career paths. Though Dartmouth does not have a pre-law track, many social science majors seek to go into that field; why not partner up with Boston and New York law firms and provide structured channels of both experiential learning and professional mentorship? Similar programs could be worked out for those on a pre-medical track and utilize a large resource we have right here — our own Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Pre-med students could take a term working at the hospital (in addition to or in place of research there). Finally, Dartmouth could add more options like the Government FSP in Washington, D.C., which includes an internship component. Ultimately, we are all responsible for what we choose to do during our on and off terms. Students should have the freedom to search out an internship or a job that they love and enjoy, one that will actually fulfill them. However, our current setup creates an essentially sink-or-swim internship search has ample room for improvement. Cooperative programs could be the answer, providing structure and financial security for students while furthering Hanlon’s ideals of experiential and global learning.
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The pre-medical track is too demanding to simply be a track. The pre-medical track should no longer be just a track. It should be a major. I know what you’re going to say. You’re going to say the classic line from admissions officers. Dartmouth is not a pre-professional school. While I agree, at some point that abstract idea cannot outweigh the very real costs of failing to accommodate pre-med students, particularly the sacrifice of flexibility and exploration of other interests. The pre-med track requires more courses than most majors at Dartmouth, which consist of around 10 required classes. Though medical school requirements often vary from school to school, most schools require calculus, statistics, two terms of biology (or three, because Biology 11 is a pre-requisite to Biology 12 and 13 for the Class of 2016 and below), four terms of chemistry (two terms of general chemistry and two terms of organic chemistry) and two terms of physics. That’s already 11 courses, 10 for students of the Class of 2017 and beyond. The average pre-med class burden is nine to 13 classes. Additionally, the new version of the Medical College Admissions Test, which starts in 2015, is set to include questions about biochemistry, sociology and psychology. Dartmouth also suggests that pre-meds take an additional biology course that emphasizes physiology and anatomy. If a student were to add a course in each of those areas, he or she would end up taking a whopping 15 classes for the pre-med track. Taking 15 classes for a track is excessive, even absurd, but particularly so for a nonscience major on the pre-med track like myself. From these pre-med courses, I will graduate with a minor in biology without needing to take any additional classes to complete it. A minor is nice, but you still need a major to graduate. And can you blame me for not wanting to take five or so additional biology courses in order to complete that major? Sure, completing a biology major would give me added flexibility and allow me to take a wider variety of non-major classes each term, but I
take enough science classes as it is. Having pre-med as a path, not a major, essentially discourages pre-med students from exploring non-science fields. Between pre-med and my major, I have 25 required classes to take. Like many other students, I didn’t decide what I wanted to study until my sophomore year. When I decided to be pre-med and study religion during my sophomore fall, I found that 25 out of my remaining 27 courses were suddenly predetermined in some way. Luckily, I only had two additional distributive requirements to fulfill, so I will be able to fit every requirement I need to graduate into my 12 terms. Yet outside of these classes, I have literally zero flexibility as to what I can take. Not only am I required to take up to 15 classes outside my major, but the classes that I must take are harder and more time consuming than most other courses at Dartmouth. You can dispute that all you want, but the fact that most non-science majors here at Dartmouth don’t take pre-med courses for their lab requirement speaks for itself. For one second forget about how demanding this track is and how difficult these classes are. Forget that they are almost all lab classes with relatively low medians. I am not writing this article to complain about how much work I have — I chose to follow this path, and I know that. I also know that life is not fair and that I have it pretty damn good. But part of being a Dartmouth student and getting a liberal arts education is being able to take super interesting classes in various departments. Yet my classes are now restricted to sciences, religion courses and my two distributive requirements. Studying abroad is not realistic. Am I at fault for not knowing what I wanted to study at the age of 18? Certainly not. In fact, I’m still not even sure that this is what I want. We only have one chance to take advantage of this education, and pre-meds like me too easily find themselves extremely limited. That’s not the way it should be. Not at this school. Premeds should not be excluded from receiving a true liberal arts education.
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ID law impacts students, seniors often don’t have valid driver’s licenses, she said. voters need to bring to the polls in In the 2012 presidential elecorder to vote, Hanover town clerk tion, Hanover voter turnout was Betsy McClain said. Town elec- 72.28 percent. During the most tion supervisors will work closely recent midterm election, held with Dartmouth political groups in 2010, turnout dipped to 38.8 to spread information and quell percent. confusion, she said. While voter ID law advocates say “We are going to do whatever they fight voter fraud, some studies we can to allow students to exercise have indicated that documented their right to vote in New Hamp- voter fraud is very rare in the U.S.. shire,” she said. A “carefully orchestrated cam New Hampshire voters are paign” has raised concerns about now asked for voter fraud, a photo identi- ”We are going to do government fication before professor voting, a type whatever we can Brendan of voter ID to allow students Nyhan, who law. studies poto exercise their If they do litical misinnot have photo right to vote in New for mation, ID, they are Hampshire.” said. asked to fill out “The a challenged thing that voter affida- - betty mcclain, makes this vit, after which both interHanover town Clerk they can proesting and ceed to vote. depressing That person should receive a letter is how weak the relationship is from the New Hampshire Secretary between the evidence and not of State asking to confirm that they just public opinion but the policy voted. The law explicitly notes that process,” Nyhan said. “In thinking a Dartmouth College ID is a valid about the quality of the democratic form of ID at the polls. process that produces these laws in In midterm elections, student the first place, it’s a problem when turnout wanes and older voters laws are being based on evidence tend to vote more reliably, McClain that’s wrong.” said. Government professor Kyle Anecdotally, she said she noticed Dropp has collected and studied that it is not younger citizens who data on all changes in voter ID have troubles with voter ID require- laws between 2002 and 2012, ments, but the older residents of along with changes in voter turnHanover. Those over 70, she said, out. Dropp has found that states FROM VOTER ID PAGE 1
that strengthened voter ID laws saw turnout reduced by about 2 percent and by around 3 percent in midterm elections, he said. Turnout was driven down for students, those who do not have a permanent residence, as well as the poor, he said. “The effect of these laws is making the electorate a little more favorable to the Republican Party,” Dropp said. Dropp said it is too early to tell definitively what impact voter ID laws will have on Dartmouth students during this year’s midterm elections. “I’d say that evidence I found suggests it might have a small effect on turnout,” Dropp said. “Everybody could show up and vote legally, but I think there likely will be some people are not sure if they have the right ID and are deterred as a result.” College Republicans vice president Paul Ghazal ’17 said he does not expect voter ID laws would discourage student voting, since most Dartmouth students carry IDs, and believes the laws are helpful. “I think it does more good than harm because it maintains a fair electoral system,” he said. College Democrats president Spencer Blair ’17 said that since Dartmouth students have Dartmouth IDs, they should not be dissuaded from voting in the state. “I think what drives student turnout down in New Hampshire is confusion about the laws whether students who are from out of state who attend college here are allowed
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to vote in the state,” Blair said. Blair applauded Friday’s ruling, contending that the law’s tough wording would have disenfranchised students who live in the state
six to 12 months of the year and are affected by New Hampshire law and policies. Blair is a member of The Dartmouth opinion staff.
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Orozco murals, Native Besson’s ‘Lucy’ loses its mind American art digitalized B y andrew kingsley
parts of the creative process from B y Jessica avitabile Orozco’s original sketches to the The Dartmouth Staff mural that can be seen today. The The completion of the Dart- project shows the melding of image mouth Digital Orozco website and processing and classical art history the digitalization of the Hood Mu- to understand the artistic decisions seum’s collection of Native Ameri- Orozco made. Prior to the website, which has can art are the College’s latest steps to digitalize artwork. The website, been accessible to the public for which went online in late June, about a month, an iPad application makes the Orozco murals in Baker launched in 2011 served a similar Library available to the public, along purpose. Visitors could check out an with relevant information and other iPad from the circulation desk and pictures, while the digitalization will view the mural alongside informamake more than 4,000 pieces of Na- tion and other relevant images. The tive American work accessible online application was used as a prototype for the website to make the informafollowing a grant earlier this year. The museum received the tion available to people unable to $150,000 grant from the Institute visit, Hart said. Art history department chair of Museum and Library Services last September to digitize its Native Mary Coffey said that her main involvement with the website has American art collection. been working T h u s f a r, with the Hood to the Hood has “I hope people can upload research digitally phototake away that the that her students graphed more have done on than 2,000 ob- collaboration between the mural. For jects in 2,500 computer science and nearly all of the images, the panels, there is Hood’s senior art history can be used now a short stucurator Kath- to give art historians dent essay on the erine Hart said. new tools and new website discussThe Hood is ing the image. sorting through eyes.” S h e material mainly said that the by geographic website can be region, which - DANIEL ROCKMORE, used as a teachloosely sorts the MATHEMATICS ing technology works by difDEPARTMENT CHAIR that will allow ferent cultures. students to add After the Hood AND COMPUTER SCIENCE c o n t e n t t h at goes through the PROFESSOR can enhance the pieces from each public underregion, an expert with knowledge of the specific region standing of the mural. “Hopefully we’ll have a lot of consults with Hood staff and offers student material uploaded to the their expertise. The Hood then films the experts site so that people can browse if speaking in front of works relevant they want to know more about the to their specializations, so that their mural or about what students here expertise will be available online as are doing,” she said. Mathematics department chair well. Heather Igloliorte, an art history and computer science professor professor at Concordia University Daniel Rockmore said he hopes the who specializes in Native American mural can serve as an example of material from the eastern Arctic how different fields can collaborate. “I hope people can take away that region, was the first expert to visit the College. For a week in June she the collaboration between computer came to see the collection, and she science and art history can be used will be visiting again in November to give art historians new tools and to give a lecture about the material. new eyes,” Rockmore said. For the past 10 to 15 years, many The Hood will also bring Northwest coast expert and Capilano Uni- museums have engaged with digital versity art history professor Megan tools to connect audiences to their Smetzer in December, Hart said. collections in different ways, includOther experts will focus on Native ing digitizing collections, making Americans in the Great Plains and collections, archives and research materials searchable and giving in the Southeast. Hart said she expects that all of people the opportunity to download the work will be digitized by next tours, Coffey said. Allowing people, particularly researchers, to access summer. The “Dartmouth Digital Orozco” collections online saves both money website allows viewers to visualize and travel time, she said.
It’s unfortunate that I watched this film right after seeing “Particle Fever” (2013) at the Loew Theater Friday night. The film is a beautiful homage to being human and the wonders of knowledge, and Luc Besson’s “Lucy” (2014) had the same intentions. A question and answer bookend the film: “Life was given to us a billion years ago. What have we done with it?” followed by “Life was given to us a billion years ago. Now you know what to do with it.” But along the way, it tailspins into absurdity and misanthropy, reducing mankind to an animalistic species scrambling with its head chopped off. Fundamentally, the film is based on the fallacy that humans only use 10 percent of their total mental capacity. Just because Morgan Freeman says so doesn’t make it truth — this isn’t “Bruce Almighty” (2003). To clarify, we do use nearly 100 percent of our brainpower, just not all at once. At the center of it all is Scarlett Johansson’s Lucy, named after our most famous early human ancestor, a 3.2 million-year-old hominid whose skeleton was discovered in 1974. After getting roped into a Taiwanese drug trade, she has a package of synthetic drugs called CPH4 sewn into her stomach, which ruptures when she is kicked by her captor. Like the radioactive spider
that bit Peter Parker, the CPH4 transforms Lucy into a superhero of sorts, allowing her to incrementally tap into the dormant 90 percent of her mind and somehow develop the combined powers of Yoda in the “Star Wars” franchise, Mystique in the “X-Men” franchise, Neo from “The Matrix” franchise and John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind.” The role of pseudo-human is nothing new to Johansson. As the voice of Samantha, the sentient supercomputer of “Her” (2013), and the transmogrifying alien seductress of “Under the Skin” (2013), she transitions easily into the film’s brilliant yet inhuman heroine. With each added percentage point of brainpower, she gradually loses the sensations of pain, fear and desire, transitioning from a bottle blonde to kick-ass Rain Man and finally into an Übermensch. It’s a condensed version of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) at 10 percent the nuance. In his “Thus Spake Zarathustra,” Nietzsche declared that man is something to be surpassed, and that every leap forward to the Übermensch requires some form of murder. Besson takes this literally, having Lucy unabashedly kill dozens of drug thugs and innocent people on the road to meet the eminent neuroscientist Professor Norman (Freeman) before her time to live — reduced to 24 hours by the hyper-metabolic
drugs — runs out. By reducing the film to car chases, shootouts and gore, Besson cannot tap into the premise’s creative potential. What Lucy ultimately delivers to Professor Norman is unclear. As she nears 100 percent, the film drops acid. Lucy begins, to quote a bewildered audience member, “vomiting rainbows and oozing black slime.” Her mind envisages epic universe images straight out of a Nova special and surpasses the human realm on the way to what I assume is something like the Star Child from “2001.” A voiceover of Lucy concludes the film, claiming that we should know what to do with life now. If we follow Lucy’s example, we learn not to get roped into Taiwanese drug cartels. Simply: don’t do drugs, kids! Besson wants to echo Kubrick and urge man to evolve through the pursuit of knowledge. But instead of monoliths, we get a blue bag of drugs. Instead of HAL, we get a clichéd drug gang. And instead of the Star Child, we get a vacuous text message from Lucy. I’m not sure what percentage of his brain Besson was using while making this film, but it doesn’t take 100 percent of yours to know that there’s better filmic fare out there. Rent “Particle Fever.” Rating: 5.8/10 “Lucy” is playing daily at 2:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:50 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2014
TUESDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
New men’s crew coach comes amid turnover
Allen was slated to join Princeton University for the 2014 season The Dartmouth Staff as an assistant coach, but was hired University of California at by the College within a month of Berkeley assistant men’s crew that announcement. coach Wyatt Allen will succeed Former men’s lacrosse coach Topher Bordeau as the next men’s Andy Towers will not return for a heavyweight coach, Friends of sixth year as head coach. A 5-21 Dartmouth Rowing announced record over the last two years acMonday. The softball, women’s companies the end of Towers’s crew and men’s lacrosse teams tenure. The new head coach will will continue to seek new coaches join a Dartmouth lacrosse program in a transitional summer for the that has not finished above .500 Big Green. since 2006. Former men’s heavyweight crew Softball coach Rachel Hanson coach Topher Bordeau coached at left Hanover under different cirDartmouth for nine years, spend- cumstances. After winning an Ivy ing eight of those years as head League Championship in just her coach, before fourth year on his contract was “Obviously, it’s sad the job, Hanson not renewed is leaving for for us to have her this summer. the same posi“Coach was go. She’s just an tion at Stanford a brilliant guy incredible coach University. and a nice guy,” “ObviA n d r e w Ke - and this is really a ously, it’s sad for nealy ’15 said. once-in-a-lifetime us to have her “He was really go, ” Mo rg an motivating and opportunity for her.” McCalmon ’16 had a great said. “She’s just knowledge of an incredible the physiologicoach and this cal aspect of - MORGAN MCCALMON is really a oncethe sport, knew ’16, SOFTBALL PITCHER in-a-lifetime what we had to opportunity for do to get in reher.” ally good shape Hanand to get really strong at the right son leaves behind a seasoned roster, times.” with only two seniors departing Without a coach this summer, from last year’s Ivy-winning squad. the team has not had structured The Big Green finished 18-2 in the rowing practice, Jamie Billings ’16 Ivy League last season. said. The transition will not change “It can be a little harder to stay team expectations, Kelsey Miller in shape when you don’t have that,” ’16 said. he said. “Moving forward, I think “We’re not worried,” she said. people will be motivated to get in “The next season will bring new good shape to impress the next changes and new challenges for coach.” the team.” Allen, who will fill this role, has Some Dartmouth teams allow found past success on and off the their players to consult on new water. Allen won the gold medal at coaching hires. The heavyweight the 2004 Olympics and bronze in crew team had a panel of four 2008. Since then, he has coached teammates, Greg Zales ’16, Bobby in assistant positions at multiple Moffit ’16, Sam Seder ’15 and schools with powerhouse rowing Billings, help interview coaches. programs, spending a year at the The softball team continues to University of Washington before meet with potential new coaches, coaching for five years at Berkeley. McCalmon said. “He’s got a really impressive Miller said players are meeting resume and that’s going to com- two potential new head coaches mand respect,” Billings said. shortly.
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RIDING THE PINE For your boys Hank and Fish, turns out all that glitters is gold. In the past, we certainly claimed to be the only thing that mattered about The Dartmouth’s sports section (R.I.P. Dong Zhao ’13). Now, however, we are literally the entirety of The Dartmouth’s least prestigious page. You can’t escape us. Even the outside world has started to take notice of the new voices filling the vacuous gap where the Rec League Legends used to be. Our fanbase is now twofold: a deranged commenter named “plansmaker” who has 140 comments on his Disqus account almost exclusively on Jeremy Lin articles and a perhaps more deranged Tuck School of Business professor, Richard McNulty, who emailed us singing a song of praise and of wisdom. Old man McNulty made two critical mistakes in his brief, expertly worded e-mail. He gave us a million-Internet-dollaridea free of charge and became our life mentor without even knowing it. We trail him around like he’s Gandalf the Grey, and we are hobbits seeking to destroy the One Ring to Rule Them All. Tuck’s wizard had stumbled upon a nugget of truth: the ideas well had run dry for Hank and Fish. We had been locked in a prison of our own stupidity. McNulty handed us a rock hammer and told us to start digging just like Andy Dufresne. It was time to write a mailbag. We wanted nothing more than to honor our sensei’s wishes. Unfortunately, he was the only one to submit any mail for the mailbag. This week Riding the Pine shares the spotlight and answers all of McNulty’s questions.
WITH JOE CLYNE AND HENRY ARNDT
R i c h a rd M . , H a n ove r, N.H.: Nice pic of the two of you. But who is Henry and who is Joe? RTP: First of all, thanks for the compliment, Richard. We think it’s a nice pic too. To clarify, Henry’s the one wearing the v-neck and the corduroy “Life is Good” hat. Joe is the one wearing the friendly sweater and the intimidating sunglasses. Sort of a yin and yang approach to fashion that we try to adhere to whenever together in public. We’ll let the readers decide who wore it better.
The craziest thing of all is that we’ve risen so high so fast. We are the editors, we are the writers. This entire section is subject to our capricious whims. R i c h a rd M . , H a n ove r, N.H.: Have you heard of the Boston Red Sox? Maybe you can try a baseball story at some point this summer? After all, they are the boys of summer, and many use pine tar. RTP: Ah, sports. The elephant in the room. While we have heard of the Boston Red Sox, we steadfastly refuse to sully our column with talk of midsummer baseball, especially not about the Boston Red Sox who sit forlornly in the cellar of the American League East. The Red Sox finished last in the American League East in 2012
before bouncing back to win the World Series in 2013. Perhaps for Boston fans, this year should signal nothing but another championship around the corner. Unlike Billy Beane, Big Papi’s “shtick” only works in the playoffs. We also vehemently object to your use of the “boys of summer” to describe any baseball team. The true “boys of summer” sit here, alone in lower level Berry, blogging on a public access computer as we cackle maniacally at our own bits. R i c h a rd M . , H a n ove r, N.H.: Can either of you palm a basketball? Or perhaps it’s symbolic of your relationship as coauthors? RTP: No, we cannot palm a basketball or even come close, but we do appreciate your misguided faith in us. Joining together (as coauthors) at each of the “Dartmouth Seven” locations was done with no thought beyond our juvenile enjoyment of areas that imply sex. The symbolism of our picturetaking was becoming perhaps too clear and even our slowest readers were beginning to catch on. We decided to take a break from the bit to let things cool down for a while. College President Phil Hanlon shouldn’t rest easy, though; we’re still going to tick his lawn off our list. The craziest thing of all is that we’ve risen so high, so fast. We are the editors, we are the writers. This entire section is subject to our capricious whims. That kind of dominance would satisfy lesser minds. We still hunger for more. We’ve been blogging with our eyes wide shut since Pelt-a-Delta and we’re only opening them next week so we can beg Lindsay Ellis to let us write about Masters.