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Students opt for smaller Tuck ranked 3rd in facilities meal plans after fall term
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BEHIND THE CURTAIN: THE JEWELRY STUDIO
Just 12.1 percent of undergraduates purchased the SmartChoice20 plan this term, compared to the 32.5 percent who purchased it in fall 2013. For the past three years, a consistent portion of students who purchased the SmartChoice20 meal plan in the fall has opted for smaller and cheaper meal plans in the winter. The lower number of students opting for the SmartChoice20 plan marks a 62.8 percent drop from fall term, according to data provided by
College spokesperson Justin Anderson, who said enrollment patter ns have been consistent since SmartChoice meal plans debuted in fall 2011. The SmartChoice20 plan, the most expensive of Dartmouth Dining Services’ nine available options, is required for all freshmen during their first term at the College. Starting winter term, freshmen may select a meal plan of their choice, which explains the decline, Anderson said. The SmartChoice20 plan
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Game adds metadata to digital collections
By ELIZABETH SMITH
Academic institutions nationwide have digitized their archives for years, but many lack a way to catalogue their collections efficiently. Dartmouth’s Tiltfactor Laboratory created Metadata Games to solve this problem and is launching its newest version of the program, Metadata Games: Mobile, today. Metadata, or data embed-
ded in or around images, allows people to search for specific subjects, Tiltfactor game designer Max Seidman ’12 said. Many recently digitized collections have no metadata on them, making it difficult to perform searches quickly. In the game, players help label collections by “tagging” images in entertaining SEE TILTFACTOR PAGE 2
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Students and staff highlighted Tuck’s residential atmosphere and sense of community.
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Tuck School of Business was recently ranked th ird-bes t worl d wi d e and number one in the U.S. in facilities and services, according to a survey conducted by The Economist, which asked students to assess their schools based on the quality and availability of services and administrators’ attitudes. Tu c k ’s r e s i d e n t i a l atmosphere, sense of community and library resources set it apart from other schools, students and staff said.
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John Wheelock Tu’15 said Tuck’s centrally located residential hall is one of its many positive assets, noting that the building’s proximity to classrooms and administrative facilities fosters community among students and faculty. Tuck’s residential environment differentiates it from other business schools, Mateo Garcia Tu’15 said. “In terms of services offered, my twin sister goes to Harvard, and I think they are pretty much the same,” he said. “In terms of other things like environment and architecture, we are much
better than any other business school.” He said he also appreciates the resources that students can access, including infor mation on markets and visiting executives. “In our business librar y, we have nine Bloomberg ter minals, which is pretty unheard of for a school of this size,” he said. Community at Tuck is the school’s most attractive feature, Adam Wilson Tu’15 said. This includes regular interactions with students, professors, staff and visitors, SEE TUCK PAGE 3
UGAs reach out to upperclass residents
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In an effort to boost oneon-one interaction between upperclassmen and their undergraduate advisors, the office of residential education has been working over
the past year to change the upperclass UGA model to emphasize individualized interactions instead of traditional programming and floor events. UGAs on upperclassmen floors will invite residents to one-on-one “coffee talks” in
an effort to increase one-onone interactions. During these outings, UGAs are encouraged to use “motivational interviewing,” which involves asking probing questions, setting goals and with SEE UGA PAGE 5
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DAily debriefing Dartmouth classics professor Julie Hruby presented on Ancient Greek grilling at the Archeological Institute of America’s annual conference in Chicago, according to History.com. Although archaeologists have long known that Ancient Greeks utilized grilling equipment including ancient souvlaki trays and griddles, they had not previously determined how the technology was used. Hruby created her own replicas of Mycenaean griddles and developed tests, discovering that the Greeks must have shoveled hot coals onto souvlaki trays before placing meat on top. They also found that the clay griddles’ porous surface spread oil across the cooking surface, an early incarnation of the nonstick pan. New research concluded that a closer ancestral relationship between humans and the bacteria strain H. pylori reduces the risk for gastric cancer disease. The bacteria is the primary cause of gastric cancer and infects about 50 percent of the world’s population, according to a press release. Geisel School of Medicine genetics professor Scott Williams spearheaded the research along with his graduate student Nuri Kodaman, studying two distinct populations in Colombia. A new study authored by Jon Lurie of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Geisel School of Medicine posits that when treating herniated discs, surgery leads to better results than non-invasive treatment, according to ScienceDaily.com. The team reviewed data from extensive clinical trials performed by the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. In the study, about 500 patients were randomly assigned to either surgical or nonsurgical treatments. Based on responses to a 100-point pain scale, patients who underwent surgery experienced pain scores about 11 points lower than patients who were treated without surgery. Patients who underwent surgery also had better results in terms of satisfaction, sciatica symptoms and self-rated improvement.
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Rauner,Tiltfactor collaborate on game FROM TILTFACTOR PAGE 1
and competitive formats. Tiltfactor, led by digital humanities professor Mary Flanagan, created Metadata Games to help libraries, universities and museums organize their digital archives without burdening institutions. The program also connects players to the institutions that provide the images. The Boston Public Library began using Metadata Games approximately one year ago. While it wanted to create a comprehensive digital library, it lacked the workforce and resources to do so by more traditional means, the library’s digital projects manager Tom Blake said. Metadata Games could engage the public and crowdsource the work, Blake said. Although the Rauner Special Collections Library has not used Metadata Games, it supplied materials to Tiltfactor as part of the laboratory’s initial experiment, College archivist Peter Carini said. Rauner hopes to launch the program by the beginning of the
next academic year. Rauner’s collection of 8,000 to 10,000 images has little or no metadata. Digitizing the material would make it more accessible to researchers. Carini said that a core group
Tiltfactor, led by digital humanities professor Mary Flanagan, created Metadata Games to help libraries, universities and museums organize their digitial archives without burdening institutions.
of devoted players can make a definite impact on the process. The games, he said, are “oddly addicting.”
In 2012, Tiltfactor and Rauner collaborated to create the game “Alum Tag,” which sought to convince alumni to tag Rauner artifacts with the names of people and scenes they recognized. Not only are Metadata Games competitive and fun, they serve a useful purpose, Seidman said. The mobile game builds off the original, online version of Metadata Games but allows users to play whenever and wherever they can. The mobile project makes the games more accessible to players and institutions, Tiltfactor game designer Sukdith Punjasthitkul said in an email. Tiltfactor’s other initiatives include games to combat social bias, promote public health and change attitudes and behaviors regarding climate change, Seidman said. Metadata Games: Mobile, along with a number of other games, presentations, and volunteer-based studies will be on display at Tiltfactor’s open house at the Black Family Visual Arts Center from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. today.
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Students chooseplans with more flexibility Tuck to add more rooms to meet student demand FROM DDS PAGE 1
gives students 20 meal swipes per week and $100 in DBA for the term, and costs $1,798 per term for the 2013-2014 academic year. The College requires students to purchase the largest meal plan during their first term because it believes they may not know which meal plan suits them best, Anderson said. “Dartmouth and college in general can be quite overwhelming at the start, and there are many decisions that students have to make,” he said. “Dartmouth wants to take one of those decisions off the table at the outset while ensuring that students have the opportunity to get the nutrition and the sustenance they need.” Anderson also said the requirement may increase the likelihood that freshmen will eat together, contributing to class unity. “A sense of community and a sense of belonging is something we’re trying to promote,” Anderson said. “Having all first-term students eat together on a regular basis promotes that kind of community feeling.” Aiko Laski ’17 said that al-
though she would have likely elected a different option for the winter, she forgot to change her meal plan. While she said she did not mind the SmartChoice20 plan and often used all her meal swipes each week, Laski said she has found it more difficult to use
“It’s hard to pay attention to meals when you have clubs and extracurriculars. You realize later that you’re either really negative in DBA or you never used your meal swipes.” - AIKO LASKI ’17 her them this term because of her busy schedule. “It’s hard to pay attention to meals when you have clubs and extracurriculars,” she said. “You realize later that you’re either really negative in DBA or you never used your meal swipes.” Maggie Leech ’17 said that she and many of her friends were eager to switch to smaller meal
plans for winter term. The SmartChoice5 plan allows five swipes per week and gives $920 in DBA, while the BlockChoice45 consists of 45 meal swipes for the whole term along with $920 in DBA. Both are $228 cheaper than the SmartChoice20 plan. Leech said she prefers the BlockChoice45 plan because of its flexibility. The SmartChoice20 plan was “annoying” because it was both the most expensive option and the plan that made it easiest to accrue negative DBA, she said. Although his friends switched meal plans this term, Philip Dytko ’17 said he chose to remain on the SmartChoice20 plan because it allows him to get the most food for his money by making it easier to eat at the Class of 1953 Commons. “If I go to Collis or the Hop and I order the same amount of food, it turns out to be a meal swipe plus three or four extra bucks,” he said. The College should allow students to use more than one swipe per meal period and elect different meal plans their first term, he said.
campus,” Wilson said. “There are other business schools in particular that might have fancier buildings he said. Tuck is one of the few top- or better cafeterias, but at the end ranked business schools that is of the day, I don’t think those are residential in nature, Tuck senior the things that make our experiassociate dean Robert Hansen ence at business school.” Hansen said Tuck’s facilities said. Most first-year students live on campus, which creates this also make it more convenient for faculty to do their work. For excommunity. Though Tuck has 145 on- ample, because resources are easily campus housing rooms, there accessible in the library, faculty members do is demand for not need pri40 or 50 more, “You are living and vate assistants. assistant dean learning 24 hours Hanfor strategic ini- a day when you sen said adtiatives Penny are a Tuck student. ministrators Paquette said. Facilities support emphasize that Also, Hansen Tuck’s “all-ena n d Pa q u e t t e that kind of culture.” compassing” said Tuck’s dinenvironment ing services need - ROBERT HANSEN, TUCK integrates improvement, as SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN academic and the department outside-theis currently overclassroom exburdened. periences. Ye t Wi l s o n “ Yo u and Wheelock are living and said they are satisfied with the physical facilities of learning 24 hours a day when Tuck’s campus. Paquette said that you are a Tuck student,” he said. building design, with space to chat “Facilities support that kind of outside the classroom, makes com- culture.” Paquette said that Tuck’s sense munity building easier for students of community extends to adminand staff. “I think Tuck has a beautiful istrators and faculty as well. FROM TUCK PAGE 1
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Guest Columnist Anoush Arakelian ’14
Contributing Columnist Aylin Woodward ’15
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A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Dartmouth women deserve better than the current rush process. When I came to Dartmouth, I, like many others, thought that Greek life was not for me. I always felt that I would not enjoy the process of joining a house or like the system once inside. And yet I decided to rush. The alternative, being on the outside, seemed like a scary and daunting prospect. How would I maintain friendships and go to social events if I was not affiliated? On the first day of rush, I noticed something was off. The selection process, though it felt arbitrary, caused me to question relationships with affiliated upperclassmen. I went from feeling like I had close-knit social circles established through my extracurricular activities, such as my a cappella group, to believing that rush had changed them all. The process made me feel self-conscious wherever I went. This was especially true after I learned that I had not received a bid from any house. When you sing in an a cappella group with only four sophomores, it’s fair to think that all the upperclassmen would be pulling for you during recruitment deliberations, right? Were these people who I considered my support network even my friends? I could barely look at any of the women I knew. “Maybe these people are not really my friends,” I thought. “Or maybe I’m not good enough. Or maybe Dartmouth was a mistake.” For some, the ends justify the means of women’s rush. For me, the means were almost too much to handle — I decided to go abroad rather that re-rush. The recruitment process made me feel that everything I had worked to build my freshman year had been in vain. My sophomore fall, I had to pick up my friends from their Greek houses when they were too drunk to function. I held my friends’ hair back while they threw up from the amount of alcohol their “sisters” or “brothers” gave them. It blew me away how people could get so wrapped up in their houses — so much so that they lost a bit of themselves along the way. I remember how I felt in high school, how repulsed I was when someone asked if I would allow myself to be hazed. I thought my friends at Dartmouth were the type of people who agreed, and I was sad to see that some of my peers had lost sight of their
convictions. I do not necessarily think we should end the Greek system. Each one of us needs a community here. While I am fortunate to have found communities outside of the Greek system, many students are content finding theirs on the inside. But the process of joining the Greek system was alienating enough to deter me from being affiliated altogether. The way houses recruit and induct new members is the greatest issue I have with the Greek system. Though we pride ourselves on being different from other schools whose rush consists of catty, superficial judgments and severe hazing, I think we are no different. For one week, the environment in the houses and the attitudes of otherwise great people change. I challenge everyone this term to critically engage with your houses about the rush process. Houses should strive to ensure that fewer girls go home feeling worthless, alone and isolated as I did that fall. These efforts should not stop once potential new members join the houses; rather, the houses should aspire to treat their new members the way a sister or brother would actually treat a sibling — with kindness. To all those who remain unaffiliated, whether or not by choice, your lives at Dartmouth do not end because you are not in a Greek house. My friends have never let my affiliation stand in the way of hanging out, on frat row or in alternative spaces. If you’d rather not engage in the Greek system, you can throw yourself even further into other communities on campus. In fact, many of the women in my a cappella group have said that our singing group is a more fulfilling sisterhood than any sorority could ever be. Though the Greek system may feel like the only option, it is perfectly possible and plausible to be a fulfilled unaffiliated student. I recognize that for some people, their Greek houses are their primary communities, but that is no reason to ignore the hazing of new members or the issues inherent in the recruitment process. Even those women who participate fully in Greek life should recognize the issues in their community and seek to demand a better, less degrading rush process.
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Turkey’s transition to a democratic future isn’t assured.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recently unveiled “democratization package” has the world feeling cautiously optimistic about the country’s stability. Changes include the strengthening of Kurdish minority language rights, the lifting of a ban on Islamic headscarves for women in public institutions and altering the electoral system to benefit smaller parties. Has Turkey, fresh from a summer of its own Tahrir Square-type protests, finally begun moving in a progressive direction? As someone who only spends two months out of the year in Turkey — a dual citizen with more ties to the U.S. — who am I to judge? I cannot possibly know of the subtle workings of this new political system controlled by Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party. But I seek only to set the record straight. Right now, Turkey is politically no better off than Egypt. Sure, our “Morsi-esque” figure remains in power, our GDP is off the books, we’re jockeying for membership in the EU and our republic is heralded as the lone sentinel of liberal freedom in an area dominated by Islamic governments. But it won’t stay that way for long. The inevitable course of Erdogan’s decade-long “revolution” makes that impossible. One could say this outcome was brutally predictable. Fledgling Turkey, clawing for a seat at the first world table of global affairs, desperate to prove its individuality from its Middle Eastern neighbors, was ripe for the picking by a political entrepreneur who knew exactly what weapon would best consolidate his power. Since his initial election in 2002, Erdogan has wielded Turkey’s growing economy like a hammer. If people wanted continued prosperity, they’d vote for the Justice and Development Party and Erdogan. End of story. So people like my uncle, an investment banker in Istanbul, who tinker and tailor the burgeoning economy to line their own pockets, did. They swear only good can come of this so-called “silent revolution.” My uncle says that Turkey is on the precipice of entering a golden age that will see it take its rightful place among the fiscal juggernauts
of the Western world. But at what cost? In the name of economic and social prosperity we inadvertently sold our souls to the very party that would see us turn our backs on secular progress under the guise of being “better Muslims.” What good is economic prosperity when the party is instituting a takeover of civil society from under our very noses? This story should sound familiar to some — the Muslim Brotherhood did the exact same thing in Egypt a decade ago. Turkey as an analog to Egypt may seem like a perverse notion to some. We’re not under a transitional government, our military leaders stepped down en masse this summer and our popularly elected leader has demonstrated his willingness to move the country in a more “democratic” direction. But how long would it have been until Erdogan was overthrown, much like Morsi was, without minor concessions? That’s where these new reforms come in. The sudden push for Kurdish rights and lower electoral thresholds is simply a cloak to hide a political agenda. In the past, Erdogan was too clever to disband the coalition of disgruntled Islamic conservatives, nationalists and economic liberals who put him in power. But with the first direct presidential election in Turkish history looming, Erdogan needed to double down. He decided to irreversibly polarize the electorate. On one hand, he’s engineered a schism, one powerful enough to undermine the potential for further collective action like what was seen in Gezi Park this summer. And on the other, he’s planted the seeds to maximize his vote share. Erdogan’s party platform has shifted from an economic to a religious focus. And he’s implementing change on the national level, revising the face of Turkish civil society to do it. He’s appealing to the Kurds, the Alevis, the conservative Islamists — not because his commitments have changed per se, but because these people will ensure his victory at the polls in 2014. Erdogan is leading a quiet revolution, and there lies the danger for the future of the Turkish Republic.
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UGAs to host coffee talks with upperclassmen residents this term FROM UGA PAGE 1
their residents, Alcohol and drug education program coordinator Caitlin Bar thelmes said. The office of residential life will fund the meetings. As with any programs they host, UGAs must complete paperwork before and after the coffee talks. This work will evaluate the conversations motivational interviewing techniques, as well as keep a log of how many residents have participated. Fischer Yan ’14, who served as a first-year UGA her sophomore year and is now an upperclassmen UGA, said she thought the new model allows for more intimate
and professional relationships to develop between UGAs and their residents, but noted that some students were not as receptive to the new system. “It makes sense that it’s changed,” Yan said. “But it is confusing when programming is still required of us, simultaneously because it places more responsibility on the UGA to try to knit together these upperclassmen, a lot of whom are affiliated and have their own communities already.” Former first-year UGA Salman Rajput ’14 said that while he thought UGAs play an important role in the lives of freshmen, upperclassmen UGAs did not have
to be as involved. “Upperclassmen already know what they’re doing, who their friends are, where they want to hang out,” he said. “I think it seems kind of forced to get your residents to make time for you, especially when a lot of times people feel time pressed tr ying to juggle classes as well as extra-curriculars and trying to socialize.” Emily Grotz ’16 said she appreciated the new model’s flexibility. Several upperclassmen UGAs said they found their residents receptive or neutral to the coffeetalk model. Karen Afre ’12, a two-time first-year UGA and current upper-
classmen UGA, said that although she notices differences in her interactions with upperclassmen residents, the coffee talks are a fun and free way to get out of dorms. “I think I have managed to build a community,” Afre said. “I’ve gotten to know most of my residents pretty well, and most of them have actually asked to go on another coffee talk.” Another new component of UGAs’ responsibilities, implemented independently from the shift to the coffee-talk model, are continuing education credits. The requirement expects UGAs to learn about topics that will make them more valuable resources for
residents. UGAs can obtain their three required credits per term by participating in Eating Disorder Peer Advisors, Sexual Abuse Peer Advisors, Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisors or Dartmouth Bystander Initiative training. UGA salaries for the 2012-2013 academic year increased from $1,000 to $1,300 per term, in addition to a $1,500 credit toward a meal plan. Residential education director Michael Wooten said these salary increases were implemented prior to the changes made to the upperclassmen UGA model. They were made to make paychecks, which had not increased in years, more fair.
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Undergraduate advisors are encouraged to arrange coffee dates with their upperclassmen residents and use motivational interviewing techniques in their discussions.
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS
Chemistry Jokes
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014
Jack Neustadt ’17
TODAY 3:00 p.m. “Tiltfactor Open Studio: The Science of Play,” Black Family Visual Arts Center, 2nd Floor Digital Humanities Suite
4:15 p.m. “Topic Models for Historical Research,” Computer science colloquium talk, Dr. Allen Riddell, Steele 006
4:30 p.m. “The Pursuit of Happiness,” with Carol Graham, Filene Auditorium
TOMORROW 8:30 a.m. Faculty candidate seminar, “Geobiology and biogeochemistry microbe-mineral interface: implications for bacterial fossilization” with Chris Omelon, Fairchild 101
Crepes a la Carte
Brian Flint ’14
4:15 p.m. “Laughing Matters: Socrates and Greek Old Comedy,” with Dr. Jacques Bromberg of Duke University, Reed 104
8:00 p.m. “Psoy Korolenko,” Klezbard Cabaret, Top of the Hop RELEASE DATE– Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014
Steve Kelley ’81 makes a career out of laughs
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Kelley said. His struggles are realistic to someone who is unemployed after When a freak athletic injury landed college, holding true to Kelley’s belief Steve Kelley ’81 in Dick’s House during that “comics must be believable to be his junior year, the former pole vault funny,” he said. “I have my eyes open for strange record holder had to re-evaluate his plans, since he would never be able or amusing things around me,” Kelley to vault again. Kelley spent his time in said. Documenting the life of someone bed drawing comics, an interest that would lead him to decades of success in many different jobs makes for a as an award-winning political cartoon- dynamic comic strip. The variety of ist, public speaker, comic strip drawer possible stories “is like an open window letting in fresh air,” Kelley said. and comedian. The field has changed over his At the College, Kelley contributed regular cartoons to The Dartmouth years as a cartoonist, Kelley said. The and The Dartmouth Review, which he decline of newspapers and shrinking co-founded. Many of Kelley’s comics staff sizes has reduced the number of were political, which he said reflected regular cartoonists in national newspapers. student interest in current events. “There were about 380 political Positive feedback from peers motivated Kelley to send cartoons to cartoonists at that time, and now there three newspapers during his senior are about 40,” Kelley said. Despite this, cartoonists can easily year, and he soon began his career at the San Diego Union-Tribune, where display their work online, Kelley said. he worked for two decades. In 1999, Many of his own cartoons satirize he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for the modern society’s reliance on social media and the ways editorial cartooning that different generacategory. tions use technology. From 2002 to “I have my eyes Although he 2012, Kelley was open for strange sees “fundamental the staff editorial aspects of journalcartoonist for the or amusing things ism being lost in the New Orleans Times- around me.” Internet age,” with Picayune, and today, reporters potentially Kelley draws carsacrificing accuracy toons three times a - STEVE KELLEY ’81, for speed, Kelley week for Creators said that expanding Syndicate, which PROFESSIONAL online content may distributes his car- CARTOONIST benefit cartoonists toons to newspapers in the long run. For and websites around example, cartoonists the country. In 2008, Kelley returned to the College as a online can use color, which they cannot always do for print editions, he said. Montgomery Fellow. As he has grown older, Kelley said In 2010, Kelley partnered with Jeff Parker, an editorial cartoonist that his cartoons have changed, like for Florida Today, to create “Dustin,” “dropping a bucket into a much deeper a comic strip about a recent college well.” The experiences that people acgraduate who lives with his parents cumulate when they are older enrich and works temporary jobs. Some of how they perceive their world, he said. Besides cartooning, Kelley has these jobs have included working as a rodeo clown, a waiter at Hooters and performed stand-up comedy and improvisational scene sketches. He has a nude model for art classes. Most of Dustin’s humor comes appeared on “The Tonight Show” and from the character’s averageness, at Carnegie Hall.
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Steve Kelley ’81 was a regular cartoonist for The Dartmouth.
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Broken relics, pieces of scrap and discarded parts from previous rings, earrings and necklaces will be reassembled and sorted to make new jewelry, part of the first of the Hopkins Center’s Community Venture Initiatives, the Radical Jewelry Makeover. Artists participating in the project will use recycled pieces rather than mine for new materials. Jeff Georgantes, director of the Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio, said that many people fail to consider how mining can harm both miners and the environment. To gather materials for the project, the Hop has advertised collection locations around the Upper Valley. Collecting began in December and will run through Februar y, and Georgantes has planned for jewelrymaking studio hours in April. In May, the studio will organize a display and sale of jewelry made from recycled materials. A portion of the proceeds will support Ethical Metalsmiths, an organization that advocates for sustainable mining practices. The recycled jewelry program is one of several events that the jewelry studio has planned for the term. On Friday, Case Hathaway-Zepeda ’09, the jewelry studio’s artist-inresidence, will give a lecture, exhibit jewelry she has created at Dartmouth and present original video performance art. In her talk, Hathaway-Zepeda will discuss her jewelry line, Flame and File, a collection composed of simple materials selected for the ways that they move on the wearer. The works are “activated by a body,” HathawayZepeda said, made alive when worn. Through limiting herself to only a handful of materials, HathawayZepeda said she could focus the design of her jewelry. “It’s amazing to me how putting some constraints on yourself opens up your creativity,” Hathaway-Zepeda said. “I’ve given myself these few elements, and my creativity is blossoming within that.” This term, the studio will also host classes devoted to specific skills like casting rings or making bangle bracelets. Ardis Olson, a Geisel School of Medicine professor and regular studio attendee, said workshop classes can inspire ideas for new projects. Olson said insights from studio staff, which includes professional artists as well as student teaching assistants, jump-starts projects. “They give you help when you need it,” Olson said. “You come up with your own idea of what you want to make, and then talk it out and go
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The jewelry studio has open workshop hours and classes for students. with an item that they like, she said. “We figure out how to get the things that they have in their minds into reality, or we help them with the design for something,” she said. The jewelry studio does not offer academic credit, which Georgantes sees as a strength of the program. “Because there are no grades, people who might be afraid of failure don’t have to worry about that,” he said. “The ambiance here is basically that anybody who walks in the door becomes a member of this community.”
from there.” The studio also of fers open workshop hours Monday through Saturday, which Georgantes said attract the “core” of the studio’s attendees. All Dartmouth students and faculty can use the studio and its resources during these hours regardless of experience level, he said. Victoria Stein ’14, a teaching assistant in the studio, said those inexperienced with jewelry making should not be scared to visit. After working with staff, students will leave
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014
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WEDNESDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Track teams compete in Ivy tri-meet Women’s swimming falls to UNH, beats UVM
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The gun went off, and Abbey D’Agostino ’14 shot to the front of the pack. Less then one lap in, she cleared the field, going on to win the women’s 1,000-meter race in 2:46.88, over seven seconds ahead of the second-place Columbia University runner. Overall, the Big Green women came in second in the Ivy League tri-meet Saturday at Leverone Field House, while the men easily took home first. For the women, Columbia took home the top spot with 72 points, the Big Green women brought home 56 and Yale University amassed 52 points to come in third. The Big Green men also hosted an Ivy tri-meet, which they won with 75 points. The Lions finished in distant second with 47 points, and the Bulldogs brought up the rear with 35. Many of the Big Green women were hampered by injuries and illnesses during the meet, as some of their regular athletes did not compete. “People are on the mend, and I think that it was a good time to hone that competitive instinct for our team because at Heps, that’s what it will come down to,” Meggie Donovan ’15 said. In addition to running in the 1,000-meter race, D’Agostino teamed up with Alison Lanois ’15, Dana Giordano ’16 and Donovan for the 4x800-meter relay. At the time of the
race, the Big Green trailed the Lions and needed to pick up points. “All the girls did their part,” Donovan said. “It was about being patient and picking people off. We were coming from the back but we all worked together and Abbey did her thing at the end.” Entering the final leg, D’Agostino trailed Columbia junior Madeline Rathbun, but she closed the gap to give the Big Green a .02-second victory. “I love running in relays, and it’s not very often I get to run the 4x800 so to get to do this on our home track was great,” D’Agostino said. “People were yelling at me, and I had no choice but to beat her.” Donovan also recorded a win in the 800-meter run, with a .05-second victory over Yale sophomore Shannon McDonnell. Arianna Vailas ’14 finished third and Giordano fourth. Kaitlin Whitehorn ’16 won the high jump, clearing 1.64 meters, and Emmaline Berg ’13 earned five points toward the team score with her firstplace toss in the shot put. The men’s team earned its victory with strong performances across the board. Big Green men finished onetwo in the 400-meter race, the mile, 60-meter hurdles and the shot put. Edward Wagner ’16 and Jalil Bishop ’14 took the top two spots in the 400-meter event, separated by .3 seconds. Tim Gorman ’16 and Henry Sterling ’14, who claimed the top two spots in the
mile, also finished neck and neck, with Gorman coming out on top at 4:11.93 and Sterling finishing in 4:12.07. Danny Katz ’16 and Alex Frye ’17 claimed eight points for Dartmouth with their top two finishes of 8.36 and 8.60, respectively, in the 60-meter hurdles. Two freshmen, Jonathan Beering ’17 and Tim Brennan ’17, took the top two spots in the shot put. Another freshman added to the Big Green’s victories when Phil Gomez ’17 won the 500-meter run in 1:05.80. Gomez also teamed up with Bishop, Jonathan Brady ’14 and Wagner to win the final event, the 4x400-meter relay. The race was tight, with Wagner finishing .11 seconds in front of Yale’s anchor junior William Rowe. The final individual victory for the Dartmouth men in a running event was by Joey Chapin ’16 in the 3,000-meter run. In the field events, Josh Cyphers ’14 won the pole vault and TJ Servino ’15 won the weight throw. Both men and women will compete at Boston University’s Terrier Invitational and the Donahue Classic in Boston. The meet at BU is an individual contest, while the Donahue meet is a team competition. In Boston, distance runners will focus on recording fast times to qualify for faster sections at the upcoming Ivy Heptagonal Championships. “We don’t have very many opportunities to run for speed, so we’re going to try to PR,” Giordano said.
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The women’s track and field team came in second this weekend in its Ivy tri-meet against Columbia and Yale at Leverone.
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style sprinter, swam in the breaststroke event. “She was still able to pull out these The women’s swimming and diving team lost a close home meet to longer races and win, so that was pretty the University of New Hampshire on amazing,” Kerr said. Van Metre took first place in both Friday before defeating the University of Vermont soundly on the road in its the 100- and 200-yard breastroke. The utility swimmer also led off the 200Sunday matinee. Led by Katy Feng ’14, who accu- yard freestyle relay and anchored the mulated four first place wins for the 400-yard medley relay, both of which Big Green, the diving team swept the brought home golds for the Big Green. This key win came just days after top three places in both the one-meter and three-meter events at each meet. a loss to UNH. Vecerek said that although the meet The Big Green, which has now won two meets this season, started off with UNH lacks the “high stakes” of by defending its home lanes, but ulti- the Ivy League schedule, it still is a big mately fell to the Wildcats 166-134. Just meet for the team due to the in-state two days later, the Big Green traveled rivalry. Though ultito the University mately a loss, the of Vermont and “It felt really good meet was colored dominated the because we were able by some of the Catamounts on to one-two-three them team’s best perthe strength of in so many events. It formances of the 12 first-place finseason, includishes. The 200.5- was a good confidence ing a pool record 99.5 victory was booster for the rest of for the 200-yard Dartmouth’s first the season.” freestyle relay at dual-meet win of 1:36.28, unseatthe season. ing the previous “It felt really - CHRISTINE KERR ’14 pool record set in good because we were able to one-two-three them in so 2008 by Princeton at 1:37.01. “It’s so exciting to hold our own many events,” co-captain Christine Kerr ’14 said. “It was a good confi- pool record,” Charlotte Kama’i ’16 dence booster for the rest of the season. said. “Even more, we took it away We weren’t worried because we beat from Princeton, one of our rivals, so them comfortably last year, but you that made it honestly so much better.” Rising star Kama’i anchored for never know.” Of the 16 total events, the Cata- Nangle, Van Metre and Siobhan mounts only won three — the 100-yard Hengemuhle ’15. UNH took 11 of butterfly, 200-yard backstroke and the 16 overall first place positions, but 100-yard freestyle. The Big Green wound up just 32 points ahead of the women that raced in the 100-yard Big Green, which speaks to the depth freestyle and 100-yard butterfly were that the Big Green women bring to the out-touched by less than one second. pool. This strength, Vecerek said, will Kendese Nangle ’16 tied UVM sophomore Christa Weaver in the 50-yard play out favorably when the team freestyle, both reaching the wall in swims against its final Ancient Eight opponent, Columbia University, and 24.47 seconds. Despite the strong victory, co- in the Ivy League Championships this captain Natalia Vecerek ’14 said the season. “We tend to overkill some of the team had been hoping to swim faster. “I think we’re a much stronger team events at Ivies,” she said. “Our sprint overall,” she said. “It was a hard meet group is really deep, and we had five because they don’t have a warm up or or six make it to the finals at Ivies, warm down pool, so you weren’t able to whereas you can only put three in at get in and warm up before your event a dual meet.” The team will host the annual Dartand had only two laps to cool down.” Even with this setback, the Big mouth Invitational this weekend in Green still had a little bit of leeway White River Junction before heading to depart from its traditional line-up. to Storrs, Conn., to face the University Mary Van Metre ’14, usually a free- of Connecticut on Feb. 1. The Dartmouth Staff