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Dean of graduate studies Jon Kull gave a presentation on the proposal for an independent graduate school.
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Dean of graduate studies Jon Kull gave a third and final town hall presentation at the Life and Sciences Center Monday night explaining a proposed plan for the College to reorganize their graduate programs under an administratively independent graduate school.
Much of the content of the presentation was the same as that shown in the previous two meetings. Kull repeated the proposed rationale for supporting the creation of the school — making it easier for graduate programs to advocate for and distribute their funding, enhancing crossdepartmental programs and collaboration, increasing the
quality of existing graduate programs and demonstrating a commitment to graduate research. Kull did present a new slide outlining more specific details of the proposed school in response to confusion among faculty about the school’s role. The school’s primary reSEE TOWN HALL PAGE 2
John Stomberg announced as the Hood’s director B y PAULA MENDOZA The Dartmouth
With a special interest in American and European modernist art and a passion for making art an educational, transformative experience, John Stomberg will begin serving as the new director of the Hood Museum of Art beginning in January. Stromberg’s passion, extensive experience and collaborative spirit distinguished him as the best can-
Following the release of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” external review panel’s first report, panel members spoke highly of the College’s recent policy changes and voiced their support for the new policies. All policy initiatives were deemed “goal met,” “continuing” or “ongoing” with one exception — the creation of an online consent manual is “behind schedule.” The panel consists of five members who have been tracking the implementation of “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policies and reporting progress. The policies — which were announced by College President Phil Hanlon last January — include the new residential college system, a ban on hard alcohol and an increased focus on academic rigor.
Panel members include Tufts University president emeritus Lawrence Bacow, Stanford University associate vice provost and dean of residential education Deborah Golder, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s division of epidemiology and prevention research Ralph Hingson, former Palaeopitus senior society member Malcolm Leverett ’14 and Harvard Law School student Rachel Siegel ’12. On Friday, the panel, which typically convenes every six weeks, met with faculty members, staff and administrators in preparation for a presentation to the Board of Trustees on Saturday. The compilation of the report involved not only the five panel members, but also members of the Dartmouth community SEE MDF PAGE 3
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didate among the more than 100 individuals considered for the job, Dartmouth’s dean of libraries and chair of the search committee Jeffrey Horrell said. . Stomberg, who specializes in American and European modernist art, said he is excited to work with the “big critical collection” at the Hood — which is geographically and chronologically diverse — and to use art to teach students. SEE HOOD PAGE 5
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DAily debriefing In a new study slated to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers from the Geisel School of Medicine have found that fast food companies’ use of children’s meals and toys in TV ads increased the frequency with which families visited those restaurants, according to a Geisel press release. Geisel epidemiology professor Jennifer Emond and her colleagues utilized a database of fast food television advertisements from 2009 and found that only two nationally-recognized fast food chains targeted children with their TV ads. The study also involved 100 children and their parents, whose completed survey answers indicated that 37 percent of parents reported more frequent visits to the restaurants utilizing child-targeted advertising. The study also shows that children will ask to visit a fast food restaurant more frequently if toys are involved in their TV advertising. Researchers at the College have developed Dartmouth Linguistic Automation, an open-access and user-friendly automatic speech analysis tool known as DARLA that is available as a web application, EurekaAlert reported. The application will automatically generate transcriptions of uploaded recordings through the use of speech recognition and noise filters, while using measures and format frequencies that are convenient for linguistic analysis. This development also utilizes technology from the University of Pennsylvania’s Forced Alignment and Vowel Extraction program, which automatically aligns a transcript with the speech and measures vowel formants. The significance of DARLA is in how the program allows further development of sociolinguistic research. A new study by College researchers, which appears in the journal Current Biology, reveals how the brain cells that establish our location, direction and paths — called place cells, head direction cells and grid cells, respectively — may improve understanding of memory loss and wandering behavior in people with Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. The findings contribute to an understanding of neurological mechanisms that allow humans to navigate their surroundings, and understanding how the brain processes spatial information and memory may better improve the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. — COMPILED BY JOYCE LEE
Corrections We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. The headline of the Nov. 9 story has been changed to “Men’s hockey splits pair of home games.” The original version said that men’s hockey had won both games.
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Town hall sees greater turnout FROM GRAD SCHOOL PAGE 1
sponsibilities, the slide said, would be “graduate academic affairs, communication and outreach, student records, finance and administration, graduate admissions, student life and the professional development and support of graduate students and [postdoctoral fellows].” The Council on Graduate Studies will continue to provide recommendations for graduate education, review proposed graduate degree programs and certify that candidates are eligible to receive graduate degrees, he said. Kull also said the proposed plan does not necessarily need to incorporate all suggestions from the task force’s report. This had been a cause of confusion among faculty, he said. “It’s just a menu of ideas…that the task force thought was good,” he said. Turnout for this third meeting was much higher than for previous meetings. Over 40 people showed up for the presentation, compared to around 20 who attended each of the first two. With the greater turnout came a greater number of questions. One audience member wanted to know who exactly would be reporting to the proposed dean of graduate and advanced studies. Faculty would continue to report to their own deans, not the graduate school dean, Kull said. The graduate school dean would be more concerned with overseeing graduate student life and reviewing curriculum and graduate programs, he said. In response to a question about what the proposed school would change for current graduate programs, Kull said there would not initially be many changes in terms of day-to-day functioning. Over time, he expected that more resources would come to the school and be distributed to the programs, he said. One audience member asked about negative feedback from some arts and sciences faculty members. While he did not wish to speak for other faculty, Kull said he thought one concern from arts and sciences faculty members was that they felt the proposed school would simply be taking resources away from them. He clarified that the proposed school would not take any additional funding from arts and sciences aside from what is already being allocated to the graduate department, he said. “I see it as a fairly small fraction of the [arts and sciences] budget,” he said. Moving those resources to an in-
dependent graduate school would protect an important source of graduate school funding, Kull said. Another topic that came up repeatedly during the meeting was the role of postdocs. By expanding their funding and support, the proposed school would increase their role at the college, Kull said. This would be a benefit for many departments, even those without graduate programs, he said. “Many of the [arts and sciences] departments who are not interested
“Many of the [arts and sciences] departments who are not interested in having graduate programs for one reason or another are very interested in having postdocs.” - DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES JON KULL in having graduate programs for one reason or another are very interested in having postdocs,” he said. Another audience member supported this point of view, noting that a desire for postdocs united members of the arts and sciences faculty. Faculty interviewed at the meeting — mostly from science departments — were supportive of the plan. Roger Sloboda, a biology professor and former dean of graduate studies, said the idea of an independent graduate school has been discussed for a long time. Moving toward forming such a school is a good idea, he said. When asked for his opinion on the potential effects of the proposed school on undergradu-
ate education, Sloboda said he does not like the idea of justifying graduate education in terms of its effects on undergraduates. That said, increased graduate programs would only help undergraduate students by attracting top researchers, he said. Schools that lack major research programs, like Amherst College and Williams College, do not deliver the same level of science education as major research universities, he said. Biology professor Rob McClung echoed these sentiments. Undergraduate education in many science departments is dependent on the presence of graduate students, he said. Because of this reliance, he thought many members of the science department were supportive of the new plan, though he did not know if humanities and social science professors felt the same way. McClung also expressed some skepticism that having an independent school would necessarily attract more faculty, since he believes most junior faculty being hired are not concerned with such administrative details. Engineering professor Brian Pogue, who is a member of the proposed school’s task force, said it is important to remain competitive with other Ivy League schools and that by enhancing the focus on graduate research, the proposed school would contribute to that goal. There will be a presentation to the general faculty on Nov. 16, likely led by College President Phil Hanlon and Provost Carolyn Dever, Kull said. A vote from the faculty on proceeding with the school will be taken then, though the results will be non-binding. Arts and sciences faculty will also hold a separate faculty meeting to discuss and vote on the issue, Kull said in an interview after the town hall. The final step would likely be a vote of approval by the Board of Trustees, Kull said.
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External review panel reported most initiatives on track FROM MDF PAGE 1
who offered feedback on the policies. Administrators responsible for implementing the changes, leaders of residential houses and Palaeopitus senior society members were all included in discussions prior to the presentation. In the report, the panel wrote that it is “too early to evaluate the plan’s impact on the campus,” and as such the report documents the progress of specific goals rather than their effectiveness. “The first year was certainly us seeing whether things had been implemented or not, and in the latter years, we’ll definitely start evaluating whether or not it’s addressing the issues that it said it would,” Leverett said. “We’ll likely recommend tweaking some things if they don’t have the intended effect, but we will be able to truly substantially measure whether they’re successful or not.” The report outlined the status of the five main goals of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan. The first focused on the transformation of residential life, particularly on the new housing system that will be put fully in place in fall 2016. The panel noted that this progress is on track in accordance with the initial plan. The report also encompassed the promotion of a safer and healthier campus. These initiatives included the hard alcohol ban, Dartmouth on Purpose’s Thrive program for student well-being and
required third-party security and bartenders at large social events hosted by the College or Collegesponsored organizations. “The value is helping to reduce some of that high-risk behavior that we witness on campus,” Leverett said. “I think the policies in
“We essentially gave the board members things that had happened since the report that had been written. Overall, they were extremely receptive, very much on board and had very thoughtful questions.” - EXTERNAL REVIEW PANEL MEMBER MALCOLM LEVERETT ’14 place for the ‘Moving Dartmouth Forward’ plan very clearly attack those in ways to address a lot of the issues that students experience or witness.” Over the past several years, the incidence of high-risk behaviors has been decreasing, Hingson said. The College has been tracking this progress, he said. “There are several indicators
which they’re tracking to look at whether or not there are increases or decreases in harms related to alcohol misuse and sexual assaults,” he said. Indicators for the decrease in risky behaviors include student surveys, judicial affairs office records and incident reports. The panel reported that the College has met the goals of creating a Dartmouth-specific safety smartphone app for students. The LiveSafe app, launched earlier this term, had been downloaded by 7 percent of the student body as of Nov. 3. To further address campus safety, the College is developing a mandatory sexual assault prevention and education program and plans to create an online consent manual. The progress for the prevention program is ongoing, however the panel noted that the creation and distribution of the consent manual has fallen behind schedule. The online consent manual is the only policy that is currently behind schedule, according to the panel’s report. In the College’s implementation report available online, the consent manual is deemed to be in the “implementation phase” instead of “behind schedule.” The College’s report projected that the manual be posted for community comment in Sept. 2015 and put in place fall 2015. The consent manual will be released in the near future, Leverett
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Dr. James Whitfield gave a physics and astronomy talk titled “Limitations and Aspirations of Quantum Computational Simulation.”
said. the implementation of that policy.” For the plan to “strengthen The board meeting offered upacademic rigor while enhancing dated information about the status learning outside the classroom,” of “Moving Dartmouth Forward” the panel reported that the Col- initiatives. lege has allocated $1 million for “We essentially gave the board experiential learning this year. members things that had happened Ongoing progress toward this goal since the report that had been writincludes the development of aca- ten. Overall, they were extremely demic proposals from the Faculty receptive, very much on board and Curricular Review Committee and had very thoughtful questions,” the Committee on Instruction, as Leverett said. well as new “immersion” course The Greek system also needs to offerings that travel during the be a key component in monitoring winter interim period. changes going forward, Hingson In the final section, “account- said. ability,” the panel finds the Col- “Because a large percentage of lege has met its goal of creating students at Dartmouth are involved an external oversight committee in the Greek system, the Greek sysand is continutem needs to be i n g p ro g r e s s “The first year was involved in the on conducting monitoring,” he certainly us seeing two regular clisaid. mate surveys. whether things had T h e The American been implemented “Moving DartAssociation of m o u t h Fo r U n i v e r s i t i e s or not, and in the ward” policy climate survey latter years, we’ll changes are still was conducted in their early definitely start in the spring stages, so any of 2015, and evaluating whether definitive conresults were re- or not it’s addressing clusion about leased in Sept. th ei r s u cces s the issues that it 21, 2015. cannot be de T h e A AU said it would. We’ll ter mined, acsurvey had at cording to the likely recommend 41 percent parpanelists. ticipation rate tweaking some things Bacow at the College. if they don’t have the — who chairs Fifty-six perthe panel — cent of students intended effect, but w ro t e i n a n reported having we will be able to email that he been the vicimmediately truly, substaintially tims of sexual accepted Hanh a r a s s m e n t , measure whether lon’s offer to and 13 percent they’re successful or participate due of students reto his own expeported having not.” riences at Tufts experienced with addressing attempted or similar issues. - EXTERNAL REVIEW completed nonAs outsider s, consensual sex- PANEL MEMBER Bacow wrote, ual contact by the panel memincapacitation bers have the or physical force since matriculat- opportunity “hold a mirror up to ing at the College. ‘Moving Dartmouth Forward’” Both rates were higher than and offer objective thoughts on the the AAU aggregate rate for the 27 programs implementation and how participating institutions. it may be improved. The College also distributed a The panel will continue evalucampus-wide survey in October ating the success of the “Moving that closed on Nov. 3. The panel Dartmouth Forward” policies reported that the College has com- throughout this year and in years mitted to sharing the results. to come. Presently, the panel is The panel received a large focusing on the implementation of amount of feedback about the hard the policies, rather than the vitality alcohol ban. and efficiency of these changes. “I specifically asked [Palaeo- “Of course, it’s much too early pitus] about the provisions for to draw any conclusions about the prohibiting hard liquor at campus long-term impact of this,” Hingson activities,” Hingson said. “There said. “Much of the plan has yet to was an initial reluctance about it, be implemented.” but when we talked to them on The current progress is in line Friday, they said they felt that there with expectations and set goals at were fewer episodes of intoxication this point in the process, Bacow on campus in freshmen as a result of wrote.
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CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST IOANA SOLOMON ’19
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Efforts to mitigate global warming will fail unless we snap out of our apathy. Walking across the Green in athletic shorts and a long sleeve shirt on a November day worried me. It still worries me that despite climate change being so real — so easy to see and feel — we just do not care enough. This planet could become inhospitable within our lifetimes, yet we still do almost nothing. Average global temperatures will inevitably rise, and we have a few choices on how large we allow that rise to be. If carbon dioxide emissions follow their current trend, global temperatures will rise by 4.9 degrees Celsius by 2100. To achieve a two-degree increase — the level that most climate scientists deem merely “dangerous,” rather than a existential threat — we would have to make a full 180-degree turn of our policies today. An apt metaphor for the scale of this change is a sports car that accelerates on a racetrack, brakes so hard that you can smell the tires’ burning rubber and immediately switches gear into reverse. Yet we are stuck. Our hands are frozen. Maybe it’s because we’re misinformed. It is 2015, and the Republican Party, supported by half of American voters, continues to deny or belittle the impacts of climate change. They often believe the science when it comes to funding weapons systems or advanced medical research, but reject research that exposes our lifestyles as unsustainable time bombs, 15 to 20 years away from bursting. Even if we know the facts, we do not seem to know how to interpret them. We might know that 2014 was the hottest year since 1880, but perhaps we do not realize that last year’s average temperature was a full two degrees Fahrenheit higher than the average temperature for the 20th century. Maybe we do not appreciate what a global average temperature increase of a few degrees means. As Jeffrey Kluger suggests in a Jan. 2015 TIME article, think about whether you would prefer a 99-degree fever to a 101-degree fever. The planet is just as sensitive to slight temperature differences as humans. Water levels could rise by an inch in the next few years. Maybe we do not understand that an inch of water spread over the Earth is two quadrillion
gallons of water, a volume that could severely endanger millions living in coastal states like New York and Florida. Modern commercial agriculture systems produce enough food for 10 billion people — yet we waste so much that a billion people go to bed hungry. The livestock industry harms the planet more than the combined impact of all automobiles. We’re depleting our resources to such an extent that we could see fishless oceans by 2048. Droughts aggravate conflict in areas plagued by poverty and terrorism, and some have argued that the final catalyst of the Syrian civil war was climate change. For those of us who look at everything from an economic lens, the costs of climate change are exorbitant. As early as 2006, the Stern Review, a London School of Economics study commissioned by the British government, predicted that the economic damage of climate change would be on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression. From an evolutionary perspective, our brains are programmed to see future threats as less serious than immediate ones. Humans have spent centuries distancing themselves from nature, trying to master it and treat it not as a home, but as a commodity. It makes sense for so many of us to be complacent and irresponsible — now, many live paycheck to paycheck and worry about next month’s bills. Some feel increasingly small, powerless and insignificant. But we need to change. We need to reprogram ourselves, and we need to do it fast. Climate change is the biggest threat we face. It is as personal as an issue can get, and the future of human existence depends on finding a solution. It is time we started thinking of our planet as home. It is time to start caring, but caring is not enough. Thinking about acting and then giving up is not enough either. It is not too hard to cut back on meat consumption or to make climate change your major voting issue in the 2016 election. It is not too hard to persuade one other person every day to do the same. It is time we realized how much this matters and finally got our hands dirty.
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How will the new house communities affect Dartmouth? For any major change to resonate with the student body, it must resonate with the upperclassmen. For first-years like myself, upperclassmen are invaluable resources for anything academic, social or in between. Beyond that, upperclassmen have the experience and confidence to set the tone for campus “climate,” or whatever the Provost’s Office was trying to measure in the campuswide survey. This obviously does not mean that first-years should blindly follow upperclassmen and do exactly as they see, but in general, upperclassmen provide cues to first-years on how to act. Since it has been unveiled last week, the house community announcement has featured prominently in my conversations with upperclassmen and, less seriously, on Yik Yak posts. As a ’19, I thought my class was largely a blank canvas in regards to housing, considering we have just started our ninth week on campus. Surprisingly, people care about what we have to say on this issue, regardless of our minimal experience. At the recently held “Proud to be a Woman” dinner hosted by Link Up, I had the opportunity to speak with sociology professor Kathyrn Lively, one of the seven inaugural house professors for the new residential communities. After talking to her, I understood the purpose of the initiative better, as well its shortcomings. Although a commendable attempt to foster tighter-knit, inclusive communities, the initiative has not garnered enough student leadership interest. Many upperclassmen seem opposed to the idea of living among 600-700 community members to the point that living in a Greek house or living learning community has become more appealing than ever — which defeats the purpose of creating community outside the Greek system. Living on an upperclassmen floor as part of an LLC has shown me that the LLC is what the upperclassmen make of it. If upperclassmen are not engaged by the community they find themselves in, it is very difficult to produce lasting change, as each incoming class year looks up to upperclassmen and are influenced by their attitudes. —Hansa Sharma ’19 There has been a great deal of uncertainty around the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” house community system. As a sophomore, I would appreciate greater transparency from administrators on how the house community system will impact students, particularly in regard to where I can and cannot live. Many students have become attached to certain buildings and housing communities that already exist, like the East Wheelock or McLaughlin clusters. Taking students who already have communities and randomly forcing them into “house” communities — delineating where they can and cannot live — seems counterintuitive to the goal of building community. Placing incoming freshman into house communities certainly would make sense, as they would not have the preexisting connections that upperclassmen have. I look forward to watching the development
of house identities and programming during the rest of my time here. I am very fond of the residential college systems at Harvard and Yale Universities, but Dartmouth could improve on its attempt to create a new house system without residential colleges of its own. Current students should at least have a say in where they live, and ’19s, ’18s and ’17s should be allowed to opt out, or at least be given preference in choosing which house they want to join. —Anmol Ghavri ’18 Even if the College sinks enough money into planning, constructing and supporting the house communities for longer than a few years, the effort will only result in a legacy that might boast just about as much success as that of Paris Hilton, but without the scandal. The house communities will be a selling point to prospective students, much like they are at Yale or Harvard. As of now, however, the College lacks the infrastructure necessary to make them a success, and the small size of this campus hardly warrants smaller clusters in the first place. Yale is a university made up of residential colleges, with each “house” forming a college. What does that make Dartmouth — a college of colleges? There is no need for a sorted, structured housing community. Part of the College’s magic is that students can easily connect with other students whom they like and with whom they share interests. Whether through sports, clubs or fraternities, one need not look far to find a friendly face. On this insular campus, there is no need to assign people to houses. Outside of tightly-knit friend groups and sports teams, the College uses another social grouping — class years. Each Dartmouth class year shares a bond that I do not think could be found in a house community. No event could match the magic of running around the bonfire on Homecoming night, or that of Dartmouth Outing Club FirstYear Trips. These are the events that help to unite a large population of students, ones that house communities will have trouble matching. Even with the right funding, time and organization to plan such events, I am skeptical that many students would have the time or energy to attend. Yes, I could have week-nine bias, but I am not encouraged by the attendance of weekly freshman floor meetings. People seem to prefer doing their own thing rather than attending structured social events — at least, events that are lacking in Greek letters. A sense of community is not something that can be created by sudden declaration. Two people will not suddenly feel closer if they are assigned to a team. A team can only bond if it must achieve an objective or defeat an enemy. House communities seem to lack a cohesive vision — unless one is inclined to think this plan aims to counteract the preeminence of Greek houses on campus. Hopefully the house communities can aspire to a more exciting purpose than that. —Ben Szuhaj ’19
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Hood director excited to incorporate art into education
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New Hood Museum of Art director John Stomberg will oversee renovations to the museum, which will repoen in 2019. FROM HOOD PAGE 1
“I’m passionate about teaching with art, and not just teaching about art,” he said. “That has been going on in a serious way at Dartmouth.” The Hood has a strong tradition and reputation as one of the finest teaching museums in the country, Horrell said. Part of that recognition is how the staff works across disciplines, such as in the anthropology and Spanish and Portuguese departments, he said. “The qualities [Stomberg] had in his extensive experience really resonated with what Dartmouth is doing and wants to do in the future,” Horrell said. In his previous positions — which has included the deputy director and chief curator at the Williams College Museum of Art and director of the Boston University Art Gallery, Stomberg has engaged artists and faculty members in developing exhibitions and publications in a cross-disciplinary way, which will be exciting for Dartmouth, Horrell said. One of Stomberg’s exhibitions in a previous post had 14 members of faculty as guest curators. Stromberg promotes “team curating” within the arts, a strategy he hopes to bring to Dartmouth. “That was representative of inclusive, collaborative curatorial style which I promote and firmly believe in,” he said. Stomberg said his last two jobs — and the new post at the Hood — have been dedicated to bringing objects to life. “I feel that objects have a life.
Their lives aren’t static — we change what we think about them over time and they change in their significance over time,” he said. “My career has been dedicated to making sure that the rich collections have the opportunity to be reviewed and updated.” Stomberg — who has a Ph.D. in
“My career has been dedicated to making sure that rich collections have the opportunity to be reviewed and updated.” -JOHN STOMBERG, NEW DIRECTOR OF THE HOOD MUSEUM OF ART art history from Boston University — will be coming to Hanover from Massachusetts, where he has been the director of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum for over four years. The search process started in late spring when former Hood director Michael Taylor left Dartmouth. The search committee was comprised of 12 representatives from many diverse areas around Dartmouth. Russell Reynolds Associates, a search firm based in Boston, worked with the committee in identifying candidates and understanding the strengths of the large candidate pool, Horrell
said. Of the nine candidates who were interviewed off-campus, three finalists were selected and brought to Dartmouth to be interviewed. Provost Carolyn Denver made the ultimate decision, offering Stomberg the position. She announced him as the inaugural Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director of the Hood Museum of Art on Nov. 4. The quality of candidates Dartmouth was able to attract was “outstanding,” Horrell said, noting the interest of some international applicants. “It says a lot about the quality of the work at the Hood Museum and the engagement of the staff with faculty, students and the whole Upper Valley community,” Horrell said. Stomberg plans to take the Hood Museum to the next level in teaching. He said he wants to make the museum a place where students want to spend their time and hang out rather than just a research space, making the museum a “center of activity” on campus. “It should never be a static place. It should always be an active place,” Stromberg said, noting his goal to make it a center of activity. Stomberg loves working with students, according to his colleagues. “Dartmouth has a long-standing history of having student involvement,” he said. “I love the idea of student curators and interns. I’m really looking forward to coming up there and working with a great community.” Mount Holyoke College Art Museum curator Ellen Alvord
said that in addition to Stomberg’s been working with living artists. amazing ideas and incredible en- He recently worked with Ellsworth ergy, he has a great sense of humor. Kelly, the artist responsible for “He has incredible energy and the panels on the side of the Hop passion for the work he does. — as Kelly’s assistant curator on He’s a visionary leader and team- a Matisse drawing exhibition at builder,” Alvord said. “He really the Mount Holyoke College Art believes in the Museum. transformative “Even though T h e power of teachHood Museum ing museums to trained as a will be closing promote cre- modernist, I’m very in March for ative thought renovations. excited to consider a n d l i t e r a c y. Programs will I think that’s myself a generalist. continue and something that I believe that great students will still will be a great be able to work match with the art really can change with the colHood.” lections. When lives.” Alvord — it reopens in who served 2019, the Hood on the search -JOHN STOMBERG, NEW will have classcommittee that DIRECTOR OF THE HOOD rooms similar brought Stomto Rauner Liberg to Mount MUSEUM OF ART brary where Holyoke — has courses can w o rk e d w i t h be taught with Stomberg for unique and rare the entirety of materials. The his career at Mount Holyoke and new space will allow for courses to believes he will do great things at be taught more efficiently, Horrell Dartmouth. said. Curator Kathryn Price — a col- The collection at the Hood has league of Stromberg’s at Williams incredible potential, Stomberg — also noted that Stomberg was said. instrumental in building exhibi- “Even though trained as a modtions in a thoughtful way. ernist, I’m very excited to consider “He’s a true scholar,” Price said. myself a generalist,” he said. “I “He’s deep and broad thinker.” believe that great art really can Stomberg said his true joy has change lives.”
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Beginning in January, John Stomberg will serve as the Hood Museum of Art’s director.
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 3:45 p.m. “A Conversation with Secretary Hillary Clinton,” Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium
7:00 p.m. “Armadillo” (2010), film screening, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium
7:00 p.m. “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer” (2013), film screening with director Maxim Pozdorovkin, Rockefeller Center, Room 003
TOMORROW 6:30 a.m. “Veterans Day Reveille Ceremony” conducted by the Dartmouth ROTC, the Green
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4:45 p.m. “Veterans Day Retreat and Drill Ceremony,” conducted by the Dartmouth ROTC, the Green
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Jake Shimabukuro brings magic of ukulele to the Hop
B y amelia rosch
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
Ukuleles and Queen Elizabeth II rarely mix, unless Jake Shimabukuro is involved — he performed his songs for her. Shimabukuro, who has been playing the ukulele professionally since the 1990s and became famous for his viral video of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (1968), performed a range of original songs and covers of popular songs at the Hopkins Center last night. Shimabukuro, who was born and raised on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, said that his mother taught him to play the ukulele when he was four. He said that the tradition of the ukulele in Hawaiian music appealed to him. “I was into it because it was such a big part of our culture,” he said. “I thought everyone played it. I began by playing traditional Hawaiian music.” He said that he feels like the ukulele is very appealing to younger children. Unlike a recorder, which many children learn in school, one can sing and play it at the same time, and it is not as large or awkward to hold as a guitar. “There is an immediate gratification to playing the ukulele because you can learn a chord in a minute and be playing a song right away,” he said. “With other instruments, that can take awhile.” Shimabukuro said that as he got older, he began to branch out into other styles of music. He said one of the earliest styles he experimented was “Jawaiian” music, a mix of reggae and Hawaiian music which was popular when he was young. He said that Bob Marley’s music acted as a gateway to the rock music that he became famous for playing. He said that the ukulele’s sound and style lends itself well to playing rock and pop music. The instrument has only four strings, covers a range of two octaves — the same two octaves that most pop music
falls into — and creates shorter notes than some other stringed instruments, which gives it a unique sound. “It’s not the same sound that you can sustain on a guitar or violin,” he said. “It lends itself really well to rock and roll or bluegrass, where it can take over the roll of a banjo or a mandoline.” He said that as a child, he never dreamed of being able to make a career out of being a musician because he was not able to sing well. Many of the traditionally famous ukulele players were also known for their singing, he said. “I never thought I would be at that level,” he said. “I just loved their music. I was thinking they were so cool, but I never thought I would be them.” Shimabukuro said that while he previously toured solo, his latest tour has been with a bass player, which has allowed him to increase the range and register he is able to cover in his songs. In June, Shimabukuro performed classical music with his ukulele for the first time with the Colorado Symphony. He said that he considered that performance a historic moment. “[Classical music] was the one style I never thought was possible to play on the ukulele,” he said. “It has such a long history and culture. It was one of the most complex pieces of music I ever played. It was a very exciting time.” He said that preparing for that concert and working with the composer of the piece he was playing, Byron Yasui’s “Concerto No. 1 for Ukulele” (2015), was like training for a marathon. Shimabukuro, who signed his first record deal in 2002 with Sony Music, said that touring has given him the chance to see the differences between Hawaii and the rest of the world. He said that his first few years of touring were mostly in Japan because of the strong interest in Hawaiian culture there, as well
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Hawaiian ukulele musician Jake Shimabukuro performed at the Hopkins Center.
as on the West Coast. He said one of the major differences he saw was the difference in culture for Asian Americans in Hawaii compared to in the rest of the United States. “Being Asian American in Hawaii, you are part of the majority there, and you don’t have to prove yourself as much,” he said. “With California versus Hawaii, there’s a totally different mindset.” He said that he thinks this mindset may come from Hawaii’s history of being a monarchy before being annexed by the United States. “We were taught to always be respectful of the culture, that we are really guests,” he said. “People still recognize that. We’re a melting pot now, and we’ve come a long
way, but no matter where you live, there were people before you.” In addition to his performance at the Hop, Shimabukuro attended a lunch with students at the Center for Gender and Student Engagement and also held a postperformance discussion. Zoe Leonard ’19, who attended the lunch, is Hawaiian and plays the ukulele, agreed with Shimabukuro’s comments about Hawaiian culture. “It’s still apparent,” she said. “There are some people who are still holding onto sovereignty, and there are all kinds of interactions around that.” This was Shimabukuro’s second time performing at the College. He said that has loved visiting the
campus, especially because he did not have a traditional college experience — while many of his friends attended school in the continental United States, he stayed in Hawaii. Hop outreach and arts education coordinator Erin Smith said that she was impressed by the range of performers that Shimabukuro has worked with, which includes Yo-Yo Ma, Jimmy Buffett and Cyndi Lauper. In addition to his work with the ukulele, Shimabukuro has also been the feature of an award-winning documentar y “Jake Shumabukuro: Life on Four Strings” (2013) and the founder of the Four Strings Foundation, which creates music education workshops for children across the country.
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY VS. MAINE 7 PM
Men’s soccer beats Cornell to claim Ivy League title B y RAY LU
The Dartmouth Staff
The men’s soccer team (11-4-1, 6-0 Ivy) clinched the 2015 Ivy League Championship with an emphatic 2-0 win against Cornell University (4-11-1, 2-4 Ivy) this past Saturday. “We knew what we had to do to win the game,” co-captain Stefan Cleveland ’16 said. “It was a big occasion for us, a big night — the last regular season home game, senior night and an incredible opportunity ahead of us [to win the Ivy League title].” Dartmouth is the first Ivy League school to win back-to-back men’s soccer titles since the Big Green last accomplished the feat in 2004 and 2005. The title will be Dartmouth’s fourth outright championship and 11th overall since it first took the title in 1964. “We were working hard the whole game, had most of the possession of the ball and the crowd was amazing,” Justin Donawa ’19 said. “There were a
lot of people, and we really appreciated that.” Dartmouth found the back of the net once in each half. Alberto Gorini ’16 scored his first goal of the season in the 31st minute after a cross from Donawa skipped past one Dartmouth attacker and fell at Gorini’s feet. The midfielder then slotted the ball across Big Red keeper Mitchell Meyer and into the bottom right corner of the net. “I was very happy to actually get that assist. Tyler Dowse [’18] played a really, really good ball down the line, and I just used my pace like [head coach Chad] Riley tells me to do and got it across,” Donawa said. “[The coaches] told us that if you get crosses in the box then you will get chances and the back post will be open. That’s exactly what happened when we got the goal.” The assist was Donawa’s second in his last three games and third of the season. Along with the assists, the freshman tallied the game-winning goal against Columbia University on Oct.
25. Donawa said that his goal this season was to be an impact player and help the team’s performance in a positive way. “I missed nine games at the beginning of the season with an ankle injury, so getting back into it was a little bit hard, but I think the coaches gave me a chance to get back onto the field and see what I’m capable of and I think I’ve shown good progress,” Donawa said. The second Big Green goal started with a throw-in to co-captain Eric Jayne ’15 in the 56th minute. Jayne passed the ball to Gorini, who fed Amadu Kunateh ’19 in the middle of the field. One of the team’s co-leading goal scorers, Kunateh made a run up the middle, drawing multiple defenders before finding an open Jayne at the top of the box. The co-captain took the shot from a distance, which rattled off the crossbar and just inside the goal line for the tally. The goal was Jayne’s second of the season. “I had a bit of space. I wasn’t oneon-one with the goalkeeper, but their defenders didn’t close out on me very
well,” Jayne said. “As soon as [Kunateh] played me the ball I knew I could hit it. It was one of the best shots I’ve ever hit to be honest. It was pretty lucky that it went in off the keeper as well, but I was really happy with that one.” While the Big Red failed to get on the board, the team provided a strong offensive challenge to Dartmouth for much of the game. The Big Green was outshot by its opponents 14-11 and had two corner kicks to Cornell’s three. Another shutout by Cleveland preserved the Big Green lead, and the goalie now has eight shutouts on the season in just 11 appearances. Sean Milligan ’09 holds the record for most shutouts in a season with nine across 18 games with a 0.54 goals allowed average. With one game left in the regular season and an upcoming postseason slate, Cleveland has an opportunity to match or surpass Milligan’s mark, as Cleveland has posted a 0.53 goals allowed average this season. In Ivy League play, the Big Green has allowed just one goal all
year, far ahead of the two other teams tied for second with five goals allowed. Throughout the entire season, the Big Green has allowed only 10 goals. “To be honest, the stats reflect nicely on me, but I owe it to the defense,” Cleveland said. “The defense has been incredible. The saves I’ve had to make haven’t been tough at all. The defense has done a great job of keeping shots at a distance and making my job very easy for me.” Despite concerns about the loss of Alex Adelabu ’15 and the extraordinary 2015 class, this year’s team has already matched last season’s win total. The team’s final game marks the chance to win 12 games in the regular season for the first time since 2007. This Saturday, Oct. 14, Dartmouth will wrap up its regular season with a game against Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. After the matchup against Brown, Dartmouth will begin preparation for the NCAA Tournament.
Women’s rugby takes down Brown to bring home Ivy crown B y MATT YUEN The Dartmouth
In a nail-biter from start to finish, the women’s rugby team successfully managed to fight back against reigning title holder No. 12 Brown University for the win. With the score tied 12-12 and only eight minutes remaining in the game, Audrey Perez ’17 broke free for the Ivy League Championship-winning try. Dartmouth converted its extra point and held on to the lead, ending the game with a 19-12 victory and its first Ivy League title in its debut season as a varsity program. After Dartmouth’s victory in the Ivy League title game, the Big Green finished its fall conference play strong with a 7-1 overall record to go with a five-game sweep of the Ancient Eight. The impressive record attests to the growth of the rugby team throughout the season. “The growth on this team has been phenomenal,” Kerry Conlin ’16 said. “We have an amazing set of underclassmen who are young and passionate about the game and have come up so hard and have grown so fast. Now they are just dominating on the field, and they are learning more every day — it’s incredible.” Due to the history between the two
teams, the championship bout had all the makings of an Ivy League classic. In last year’s finals, Brown dominated Dartmouth 42-5 on the Big Green’s home turf, providing Dartmouth with extra motivation for this year’s clash. When Dartmouth and Brown faced off earlier this season, Dartmouth squeaked out with an 8-5 win — its closest of the season — to hand Brown its first Ivy League 15s loss since 2013. Although Dartmouth was able to avenge its loss in the finals last year, things did not go as planned for the Big Green throughout the game. In the first half, the women struggled to find any offensive rhythm and failed to put points on the board. “The first half was really rough,” Tatjana Toeldte ’16 said. “They have a very strong scrum, and we were getting pushed around in the scrums so set pieces were a little bit shaky.” Brown’s scrums are notorious for being the strongest in the Ivy League. Over the past few years, Brown has dominated Dartmouth in scrums, allowing Brown to control possession. The advantage in a game often leans toward the team that does the better job of controlling possession through strong play in the scrums. In Dartmouth’s last game against Brown, the Big Green showcased its ability to compete with
the Bears in this critical aspect of the game. During the first half of the championship game, however, Dartmouth was unable to carve out an advantage in the scrums and the Bears took advantage. Brown was able to parlay its superior possession into a series of fast breaks down the center which ultimately provided Brown with a 12-point lead at the end of the first half. Those were the only points Brown would score all afternoon. Going into the half down 12-0 provided a rude awakening for the Big Green, who chose not to be defined by the way they opened the game but rather by the way they finished it. Dartmouth used the break to talk about the necessary adjustments and came out in the second half ready to execute. “We started dominating the set pieces, started pushing them around,” Yejadai Dunn ’16 said. “It was a change of mindset and a change of play.” The Big Green made a few key second half changes to their play style in order to adjust to Brown’s strengths. During scrums, the Big Green bent lower, allowing Dartmouth to compete more for possession. Additionally, Dartmouth increased its defensive pressure in the middle of the field to cover any
breaks in the center, denying the Bears any more fast break opportunities. As the Big Green adjusted the flow of the game to its own pace, it gradually started to find offensive rhythm and put points on the board. “This is what rugby games were made of — it was a real fight,” Dunn said. “Both teams, us and Brown, were amazing squads. Well fought game on both sides, and I’m really glad we came out on top.” The Ivy League championship serves as a sweet coronation for the
team in its debut varsity season. “Going varsity, there were a lot of unknowns, but we took it by the horns and went with it,” Dunn said. “It has been an amazing experience. [Head coach Katie] Dowty and [assistant coach Matthew] Cameron were amazing, we couldn’t have asked for better. They helped us get to where we are.” The women’s rugby team will face off against Norwich University at Brophy Field this Saturday in the Varsity 15s National Championship Quarterfinals.
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In its debut season as a varsity program, the women’s rugby team won the Ivy crown.