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Between fall 2012 and fall 2013, the proportion of alcohol incidents involving first-year students decreased from 49 to 46 percent of all incidents, according to data released Monday by the Dartmouth College Health Improvement Program and the Greek Leadership Council.

During that time period, the overall number of incidents of intoxicated undergraduate students handled by Safety and Security dropped approximately 16 percent, from 99 incidents in fall 2012 to 83 in fall 2013. This shows a con-

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President Barack Obama announced the creation of a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault on Jan. 22, giving the group 90 days to submit recommendations for a coordinated federal response to campus rape and sexual assault. Students and community members supported the move, but they were not confident that it would directly influence College policies.

Task force objectives include strengthening higher education institutions’ federal enforcement efforts concerning rape and sexual assault and broadening public awareness of institutional compliance with legal obligations.

Many interviewed said they thought that the publicity generated by the task force would support institutions grappling with sexual violence response and prevention.

“For President Obama to place this as a priority and publicly state

that it’s something that needs to be dealt with at every college and that there needs to be support for survivors and activists and students, that’s very important,” said Holli Weed ’14, a Mentor Against Violence and Sexual Abuse Peer Advisor.

Weed said Dartmouth already has several initiatives that address the White House’s goals, including bystander intervention programs.

Occidental College professor Caroline Heldman, co-founder of End Rape on Campus and lead complain-

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While in New York on a Programming Board trip this weekend, Rebecca Burten ’16 asked a stranger in Times Square to take a picture of her and her friend, and he unexpectedly asked her to videotape his marriage proposal.

The moment surpassed the sightseeing and tourist attractions that composed the rest of the weekend, said Burten, who spent the rest of the trip shopping, dining and visiting the

Metropolitan Museum of Art. For $60 each, 50 students traveled to New York City over the weekend to go sightseeing, visit family and enjoy a variety of cuisines. Spots for the trip filled up in under a minute.

Programming Board organizes trips to help students travel out of Hanover, Programming Board executive director Caroline Steffen ’14 said in an email.

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ant in the Title IX complaint against Occidental, said the task force is more than a symbolic gesture. Instead, it shows a watershed moment.

“What is happening now is historic,” Heldman said. “We’ve never seen this level of activity — public complaints, protests, filing group or single lawsuits — we’ve never seen this level of action since campus action against rape started, and we’ve never had this level of response from the SEE OBAMA PAGE 3

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Freshmen participate in a new Rockefeller Center program.

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DAily debriefing Jan. 24, 5:10 p.m., Occom Pond — Safety and Security and EMS officers responded to a call from Occom Pond, where a male student from the Class of 2014 had accidentally been hit in the face with a hockey stick and sustained a one-inch cut above his upper lip. The student was transported to Dick’s House, treated and released.

Jan. 25, 4:48 a.m., Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity — Safety and Security and Hanover Police officers responded to a call from Tri-Kap, where two males attempted to enter the building through the basement door. The two unidentified males fled on foot, dropping unopened liquor bottles as they left. Further investigation revealed that two hinges on the door had been broken, but as of yet is it unknown who the persons responsible are. Safety and Security and Hanover Police are currently investigating the incident.

Jan. 25, 12:56 p.m., Class of 1953 Commons — A Safety and Security officer was dispatched after a Dartmouth Dining Services employee reported sustaining a chemical burn on his forearm. He was transported to the emergency room at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where it was determined that the injury was not a chemical burn but a skin condition.

The employee was treated and released.

Jan. 25, 10:57 p.m., Steele Hall — Safety and Security and Hanover Police officers received a report of a 13-year-old female who had run away from home. Hanover Police was advised that the missing person’s phone had “pinged” in the area of Steele Hall. Safety and Security and Hanover Police officers searched various buildings and parking lots in the area but did not locate her. Hanover Police subsequently continued the investigation.

Jan. 26, 1:26 a.m., Russell Sage Hall — A Safety and Security officer was dispatched to Russell Sage upon receiving a report of an intoxicated male student in the Class of 2017. The student had entered another student’s room and been ushered out. He was transported to Dick’s House and admitted due to his level of intoxication.

Jan. 26, 2:54 a.m., Ledyard Apartments — A Safety and Security officer was dispatched upon receiving a report of someone banging on a door. Upon entering the apartment, a male student from the Class of 2015 was found wearing only a towel. The student said that he had been visiting his girlfriend, a student in the Class of 2014, but had left the room and accidentally been locked out. The officer woke the female student, who had not realized that the male student had stepped out.

Jan. 26, 3:37 a.m., Berry Library — Safety and Security, Hanover Police, Hanover Emergency Ambulance Service and Dartmouth EMS officers were dispatched upon receiving a report of an intoxicated student, a female member of the Class of 2017. The student was taken directly to DHMC due to her level of intoxication.

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tinued decline from prior years as well. In fall 2010 Safety and Security picked up 123 intoxicated students, and in fall 2011 they handled 111.

Over the past four years, the number of undergraduate students receiving medical care for intoxication at Dick’s House or DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center has also decreased. One hundred and twenty students were brought to either of the facilities for intoxication in fall 2010. In fall 2011, the number of students admitted was 107, and in fall 2012 it fell to 97.

This number decreased to 82 in fall 2013.

The number of Good Samaritan calls made to Safety and Security has also dropped, from 48 in fall 2012 to 37 in fall 2013. In fall 2010 there were 56 calls, and in fall 2011 there were 46.

Last August, the GLC launched the Greek First-Year Safety and Risk Reduction policy, a six-week ban on freshmen in Greek houses where alcohol is being served.

GLC moderator Elliot Sanborn ’14 said that by default the GLC ban on freshmen in Greek houses will continue next fall.

“The policy is written into GLC bylaws, and the idea is that we would build on the good results we got from this year,” Sanborn said.

During a forum Monday afternoon led by DCHIP and GLC, students and faculty in attendance focused their questions on the first-year student ban, discussing potential improvements for next fall.

The 3-percent decrease in the proportion of alcohol incidents involving first-year students from fall 2012 to fall 2013 does not necessarily indicate that the ban was successful, said DCHIP team leader and director of health promotion and student wellness Aurora Matzkin. The data from the past four fall terms, which includes all undergraduates, better reflects the overall decline in alcohol-related incidents, she said.

The decreasing trend in alcoholrelated incidents parallels new DCHIP and GLC policies, but DCHIP cannot tell if a certain policy directly causes a decrease in the number of reported alcoholrelated incidents, Matzkin said.

Matzkin said GLC should look to students for ideas on ways to improve the freshmen ban policy.

“I think that there are probably a couple of tweaks that they could make, and students hold the key to what the right tweaks are,” she said.

The ban is one of the many recent policy changes regarding alcohol prevention and awareness at the College.

The policy, announced in May, was designed to create a safer environment for freshmen and to mitigate the risks that Greek houses face when hosting freshmen. The six-week ban saw alternative programs sponsored by Collis After Dark and other campus groups, although freshmen interviewed reported seeing high levels of drinking in the residence halls.

Some students said the policy may have lowered the likelihood of freshmen becoming victims of

sexual assault and would promote safer behaviors when the ban was lifted. Others pointed to the more secretive, dangerous nature of the drinking that took place under the policy.

Former College President Jim Yong Kim launched DCHIP in 2011 to tackle high-risk drinking at Dartmouth. He challenged DCHIP to eradicate high blood alcohol content levels at the College within three years, and the program reports that the number of high-BAC incidents decreased from 36 in fall 2010 to 7 in fall 2013. High blood alcohol content is defined as over 0.25 percent, three times the legal limit in New Hampshire.

In fall 2011, DCHIP implemented the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students program, designed to allow students to assess their drinking behavior in a judgment-free space. The BASICS program consists of a 20-minute online survey about alcohol and drug use followed by a one-on-one interview with one of six trained BASICS providers.

In fall 2012, Safety and Security began to conduct random walkthroughs and increased the sanctions for Greek houses found serving punch with alcohol.

The GLC received more than $11,000 to fund substance-free events last fall, which it used to host over 40 events throughout the term. At Monday’s meeting, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson said her office would continue to supplement the GLC’s funding for non-alcoholic events, as it did this fall.

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Jan. 27, 12:16 a.m., Thompson Arena — Safety and Security received a call from a male student in the Class of 2014 who said that he had injured his leg playing intramural hockey. The student drove himself to Dick’s House and was subsequently transported to DHMC where he received stitches in his left knee and was released.

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Students play games and sip beers at Collis Governing Board’s Monday Microbrews event.

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Sexual Assault Awareness Program coordinator Amanda Childress said she thought programs like the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative should be central to Dartmouth’s efforts to combat assault. The Dartmouth Bystander Initiative trains students to intervene in social encounters that are likely to lead to an assault.

Childress said these programs are the fastest and most effective way to prevent future assaults, particularly because “there are more of us than there are of them,” she said in an email.

The same day it announced the task force, the White House released a report entitled “Rape and Sexual Assault: A Renewed Call to Action.”

According to one study cited in the report, of the 7 percent of college men who admitted to committing or attempting to commit rape, 63 percent admitted to averaging six rapes each. The report also cited the fact that one in five women has been sexually assaulted while at university.

Elizabeth Hoffman ’13, former president of the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault, said serial rapists are the most pressing issue on campus.

“When I was working with survivors, I noticed that the same names would come up,” she said. “Older women on campus have more knowledge of the social structure and were more aware of the predators.

What was difficult to deal with was that we didn’t have a good way of communicating that to more vulnerable members of the community, our underclassmen.”

Students involved in sexual assault awareness on campus said they were in favor of a zero-tolerance policy for students found guilty of sexual assault.

SPCSA president William Scheiman ’14 said the organization is currently working on reforming the Committee on Standards process to increase penalties for perpetrators and reporting of sexual misconduct.

Heldman said that she hoped to see the standardization of definitions, policies and sanctions.

“Universities will do all they can to skirt federal law because of fear of losing their reputation and losing money as a result,” Heldman said.

“If there’s ambiguity, they will skirt around the issue.”

Susy Struble ’93, founder of the nonprofit organization Dartmouth

“For President Obama to place this as a priority and publicly state that it’s something that needs to be dealt with at every college and that there needs to be support for survivors and activists and students, that’s very important.”

- HOLLI WEED ’14, MENTOR AGAINST VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT PEER ADVISOR Change, said she hopes enhanced coordination among federal agencies will allow the government to withhold funds and impose fines on universities violating compliance standards. She also called for more transparency from the College.

Hoffman said that reports filed

under the Clery Act, which requires colleges to disclose annual campus crime statistics, only represent a small portion of campus sexual assaults.

The reports’ specific criteria exclude many instances of sexual assault.

“In that context, if you see our numbers are 20 or 25, that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” Hoffman said.

Andrea Pino, a senior at the University of North Carolina and cofounder of the IX Network, a group of students seeking to change the way their unversities address sexual assault, said that while the task force is a positive step, it requires greater student input and is too complianceoriented to foster meaningful change.

“Those of us who filed a complaint last year, we’re not seeing campus taking on these issues,” she said. “We’re seeing universities being reactive and hoping for us to graduate.”

Pino contributed to the Clery Act complaint filed against Dartmouth last year, which was later followed by an independent Title IX investigation into the College.

Weed added that the White House report does not address the relationship between rape and other forms of sexual violence.

“Extreme forms of sexual violence don’t just happen,” she said.

“There are things that happen beforehand. There are places where you can intervene and stop other forms of sexual violence before they get that far.”

Hoffman said Dartmouth demonstrated some leadership in actively addressing sexual assault on campus during her time as a student.

“I saw a lot of momentum,” she said. “The Dean of the College and the President of the College have done a great job of devoting resources to addressing the issue and I hope that they will continue to do so, with greater support from the Board of Trustees.”

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Staff Columnist Katie Wheeler ’15

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Look Outside Ourselves

Not What It Looks Like

Privilege is hard to talk about, but we need to have this conversation.

Privilege is one of the most relevant but difficult concepts to talk about here at Dartmouth.

The term provokes eye rolls, groans, defensive rants about “reverse racism” and the like. Yet indifference and hostility to discussions of sexism, racism, and classism on our campus and in society at large is precisely what defines privilege. Those who enjoy the luxury of ignoring and dismissing such social maladies fail to truly look beyond their immediate experiences of the world — a world whose ideology has largely served them — and cannot be bothered to consider their role in the oppressive structures that they perpetuate and even unwittingly suffer from. At Dartmouth, many of us seem to walk around with blinders that prevent us from empathizing with each other and challenging our beliefs and values. But it is time for many of us to not only recognize our privilege but also prevent it from numbing us to pressing issues our society still faces.

I myself am a beneficiary of privilege. But one of the most powerful lessons I have learned here at Dartmouth was the realization, ironically, of my own ignorance. Oppression had always seemed to me an abstract concept, one that my prior education — or miseducation — had confined to the simplified and selective master narrative that is history. I believed in our nation’s exceptionality, meritocracy and commitment to equality and justice, all of which proved that our current economic system, government and cultural values were adequate. But I had failed to look beyond my immediate experience of the world and consider the ways in which I neglected others and even was oppressed myself.

But let me refrain from speaking about oppression and privilege in vague terms; instead, I will tell you about the systems I have seen at work on campus. For me, confronting the idea of racism at Dartmouth was challenging. I grew up believing that racism was largely a relic of the past and met suggestions of “the new Jim Crow” with the post-racial rhetoric espoused by mainstream American society. I learned about slavery, Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement — well, the short version — as leading up to what was now Martin Luther King Jr.’s fully

realized “dream”— at least, its dumbed-down counterpart. Contemporary racism, as I understood it, extended no further than the insensitive use, for example, of the n-word. I could not, or did not want to, see the racial inequality that is so embedded in our society and the oppression, by way of my indifference and inaction, that I myself perpetuated.

Racism is inextricably linked to classism, a term that also offended when it was wielded against me. I would argue that my parents had, after all, worked hard to be able to provide me with the lifestyle I enjoy. Surely others could do the same if they tried. My libertarian upbringing inspired faith in our current economic system and the idea that the “Protestant work ethic” would see us through, and so the distribution of wealth in our society — which I had largely underestimated — never bothered me. I could not see or, again, did not want to see that equality of economic opportunity was simply a myth.

Sexism and homophobia were also forces of oppression that I underestimated. At Dartmouth, I became incredibly disillusioned not only with its sheer number of sexual assaults but also with the extremely frustrating skepticism of my peers when a survivor is brave enough to come forward, and so I found strength in the words of feminism to understand these phenomena. And I appreciated that sexism is not simply confined to sexual assault; it is prevalent in the workplace, the classroom, politics surrounding the female body and everyday social interactions. And it hurts. But the privileged on this campus repeatedly invalidate the experiences of those who try to address it.

I cannot do justice here to the issues I mention, but our campus has got to stop obsessing over who got the Goldman internship, who rushed where and how “annoying” Real Talk is. We cannot continue to sit comfortably in our seats of privilege — because, yes, many of us are privileged — and repeatedly demonize those who challenge us to rethink our assumptions and actually give significant consideration to opposing perspectives (or, God forbid, take a class about them). Indeed, we must look outside of ourselves if we are to have any worthy conviction.

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Restricted diets are about more than weight control.

February’s issue of Cosmopolitan features an article called “Are Food Allergies the New Eating Disorders?” I was disappointed by the article because it paid little attention to the fact that many foods have earned a bad reputation because their effect on health is disputed — not just because they can lead to weight gain.

One portion of the article suggests that since celebrities are “hailing the wheat- or dairy-free gods . . . one third of us think we have a food allergy. And yet only 4 percent of us really do.” While this may suggest that elimination diets are unnecessary for the majority of us, it does not mean that everyone who chooses such a diet has an eating disorder. It’s unfair and also inaccurate to say the only alternative to an undiagnosed food allergy is an eating disorder. This entirely disregards what could be spurred by a genuine interest in health and wellness.

Also, it’s preposterous to think that so many people overhaul their dietary habits just because Megan Fox suggested it. It implies we are bumbling idiots, blindly following advice from celebrities without the know-how to make informed decisions.

I have read from countless sources that gluten negatively impacts gut health, which in turn regulates brain health, leading to depression and anxiety. For those experiencing anxiety or depression, it is comforting (and not totally impossible) to believe something dietary is the cause of so much distress. From a similar personal experience, I can understand that giving up gluten is less frightening than admitting to having an anxiety disorder.

There was no mention of this in Cosmopolitan’s article, which I found shocking, as there is a cornucopia of successful accounts about people improving their mental health by following certain restrictive diets.

Cosmopolitan assumes anyone trying an elimination diet is interested only in vanity, completely discounting conscientious healthminded individuals who seek greater dietary consultation than nutrition guides like My-

Plate offer. We are not idiots. We know that to lose weight you have to eat less: calories in, calories out, et cetera. If people had only the goal of weight loss in mind, they’d join Weight Watchers or download MyFitnessPal. Those on elimination diets have likely read about the controversial effects foods containing gluten or dairy can have on the body (which research has shown exacerbates eczema and digestive issues) and will want to see how these diets could change how they feel, not just how they look.

Restricted diets are not, as one of Cosmopolitan’s cited expert says, “a judgmentfree way to have an unhealthy relationship with food.” Eliminating gluten or dairy or decreasing sugar intake is not necessarily unhealthy. While it’s misleading to claim an allergy where one doesn’t exist, eliminating these foods brings the possibility of feeling better. If this is the case and if doing so doesn’t lead to binging, over-restricting or general obsessiveness, I don’t see a problem with making more informed food choices.

The crucial component is the attitude toward the elimination, as it is not a black-and-white situation. Of course, believers in orthorexia, a fixation on eating organic unprocessed foods, may disagree, but even that disorder is not fully recognized by the medical community.

I respect that Cosmopolitan wants to raise awareness about potential eating disorders that lurk in the corners of new health trends.

I’m sure that some cover up restrictive behavior with “allergies.” However, for the brunt of the article to focus on such situations only disservices readers who may be curious about dietary changes that would improve their health. It also creates a stigma around gluten- and dairy-free meal plans, creating even greater obstacles for those who truly thrive on restricted diets. I worry that Cosmopolitan’s article will spawn quick accusations that are harmful and insensitive, ignoring that dietary preference is an individual’s choice.

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are both included.

Approximately 50 students take advantage of Programming Board trips each term they are offered.

Over the past two years, in addition to New York, the group has organized trips to Montreal and Quebec City.

Programming Board public relations chair Blaine Ponto ’14 said the group does not plan specific activities for students on these weekend trips. Some students, she said, may choose to visit family or friends while others may decide to tour the city’s monuments and museums.

Programming Board plans the trips to accommodate class schedules, leaving at 4 p.m. on Friday and returning early Sunday evening.

Top attractions students visited over the weekend included Times Square, Wall Street, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Empire State building.

While some participants said they went for a change of scenery, Gavin Huang ’14 celebrated Chinese New Year a week early with his family in Chinatown and to conduct research for his thesis. Over the weekend, Huang interviewed Chinese-Americans, including his

uncle, who swam from mainland China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution.

Huang is a former member of The Dartmouth Senior Staff.

Angela Noppenberger ’17 said she and her friends wanted to take advantage of their limited time in the city by visiting authentic New York sights.

“We tried to go to places that weren’t franchises, places that would be specific to New York,” she said.

She successfully hailed her first New York City cab, and said she was excited to see the 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the building that lends its name to her favorite TV show.

“Tina Fey is one of my idols, so it was awesome to see 30 Rock,” she said.

Ponto visited an old friend, a member of the Class of 2010 she met her freshman year, and used her time in New York to “eat all the things you can’t eat in Hanover,” including Ethiopian and Moroccan food.

Some participants said they enjoyed the chance to bond with classmates. Josh Alexakos ’17, for example, said he became better friends with two of his floormates who also attended the trip.

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Students visited Times Square during last weekend’s Programming Board trip.

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TODAY 12:30 p.m.

“Formal and Expressive Uses of Color in the World of Contemporary Dartmouth Artists-in-Residence,” with studio art professor Enrico Riley, Hood Museum of Art

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“U.S. Leadership in Fighting Hunger, Poverty and Undernutrition,” with Jonathan Shrier ’85 of the U.S. State Department, Rockefeller Center 003

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Nick O’Leary ’14

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Nick O’Leary ‘14 looks forward to the launch of his senior project, “The Alchemist.”

B y Aimee Sung For his honors senior thesis project, Nick O’Leary ’14 will direct the 17th century classic production “The Alchemist,” the culmination of his interests and experiences at the College.

Over the past three years, the theater major has taken on a variety of roles as an actor, set designer and director. No role, however, has been as challenging as his work on “The Alchemist.”

Theater professor Irma Mayorga called O’Leary’s project very ambitious.

“On the one hand, he didn’t just want to direct it, he wanted to direct and be the set designer, which is highly ambitious in and of itself,” she said. “On the other hand, we have this text from 1610, which means he needs to make it translatable to the modern audience.”

Despite the difficulties, O’Leary is excited to see his project’s launch, adding that the production of such a classic work piqued his interest.

“I wanted to do a play that wasn’t the public domain, so that I could challenge myself as a dramaturge,” he said.

Dramaturgy, the process of working with the script, often involves shaping an archaic text for contemporary audiences.

“I wanted to do something that people wouldn’t be able to see any other way,” he said.

O’Leary’s interest in theater began at a very young age. He said he was “furious” after his parents would not permit him to be part of community theater during kindergarten.

In first grade, his wish was granted, and he began performing.

He started working as a set designer and director in high school.

“I was pretty much hooked at that

point,” O’Leary said. “I knew what I really wanted to do was direct.”

His passion for theater carried through to Dartmouth, and, by junior year, he directed “The Real Inspector Hound,” a play by Tom Stoppard.

Mayorga said that O’Leary excels at exploring multiple “modalities of theatricality.”

“He’s not following fashion, but he is creating his own style.” Mayorga said. “And part of that is just exploring things and experimenting, which serves him well as an artist.”

Although O’Leary is still fairly new to directing, fellow students and professors who have worked with him attest to his talent and potential.

Diane Chen ’14, one of the lead roles in “The Alchemist,” said that O’Leary is analytical and intelligent when approaching a new work. At the first rehearsal of “The Alchemist,” O’Leary was already passionate, insightful and inceptive as a director, Chen said.

“His style of directing is more like a discovery process,” she said.

“He gives us very big ideas to think about, which helps us own our acting choices.”

After Dartmouth, O’Leary plans to intern at some theaters and hone his literary analysis skills. He hopes to eventually direct his own plays.

“The opportunities at Dartmouth have really inspired me,” O’Leary said. “I have gotten to work in a professional setting and with close mentorship. I’ve been able to do everything that I wanted to do here at Dartmouth.”

the final word With Nick O’Leary ’14 One pet peeve: bad grammar.

One director or actor I’d like to work with: director John Tiffany.

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Hood digitizes Native American art B y Marley Marius

Since the Hood Museum of Art received a $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services four months ago, the museum has begun to digitize its 4,000plus pieces of Native American art in a slow but steady process. As the leading source of federal aid for libraries and museums across the nation, the institute awarded the Hood one of 244 grants given to museums this year, totaling nearly $30,000,000 across all awards.

The collection, owned entirely by the College, is composed of 4,273 items including drawings, garments and hunting tools. Each object will be photographed and digitized online over the course of the project.

Combining authentic 19th century works with contemporary pieces, the art draws attention to modern Native American culture, a focal point of the project.

Sharing similar goals to the 2011 “Native American Art at Dartmouth” exhibit, which included footage of Dartmouth students and alumni sharing personal anecdotes, the Hood set out to highlight Native American art’s relevance today.

“Works by contemporary artists affirm that American Indians are diverse, complex, living entities in

the 21st century, not just static relics in a museum case,” Native American studies professor Melanie Benson Taylor said in an email.

The project’s associated resources will include short, descriptive videos to accompany each piece’s photograph, along with an online forum where academics can discuss their personal connections to the art.

The online forum will also include elementary- , high school- and college-level curricula designed to encourage research.

Scholars specializing in Native American art will visit Hanover for a week at a time to review the pieces, meet with professors and potentially hold symposia open to students.

Senior curator of collections Katherine Hart said that 2,000 to 3,000 works are pulled from the Hood’s archives for study every year.

She added that the Hood’s materials must be as accessible to students as possible.

“We can’t digitize everything at once, so we thought that we should focus on a part of the museum that’s used for teaching, is meaningful and has a relationship to Dartmouth’s history,” Hart said. “Something with resonance.”

The ongoing project, projected to be complete in 2017, has a few kinks that need to be worked out.

Though the Hood was one of the first museums in the country to have an online cataloging collection, the Museum Prototype Project, meeting the demands of an increasingly Internet-savvy public remains a challenge.

People today use databases in new and evolving ways, Hart said. “[We need] to learn what would make it the most useful and meaningful for them,” she said. “We also want to know how to encourage people to contribute the kind of information that will be useful for teaching.”

Moreover, putting thousands of images online requires much administrative work. Isana Skeete ’14 helps collections documentation manager and cataloguer Deborah Haynes organize the shelves of Native American art, ensuring that each piece is accounted for and ready to be digitized.

Though Skeete spends over two hours in the Hood’s storage facilities every day, she finds the work gratifying.

“Not only will the project update the museum’s information about its objects and be important to members of these various cultures, but the photos will also be useful to researchers from all over the world,” Skeete said.

Skeete is a copy editor for The Dartmouth.

Charlotte Johnson Dean of the College

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Basketball teams downed by Harvard

B y jasper bingham The Dartmouth Staff

The men’s and women’s basketball teams both lost to Harvard University this weekend, getting swept in the season series against the Crimson.

The Big Green men (7-9, 0-2 Ivy), missing center and leading scorer Gabas Maldunas ’15 with an ACL injury, were scorched 80-50 at Leede Arena while the women (3-13, 0-2 Ivy) fell 77-59 in Cambridge, Mass.

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could have prepared the crowd for the performance that Harvard would put on in the final portion of the game.

In the second half, the visitors shot a breathtaking 78.9 percent from the field and held Gill to 2-of-9 shooting in a game that quickly fell out of reach for the Big Green.

The contest’s imbalance was most obvious in a string of plays that started midway through the second half. Harvard reeled off four dunks in five possessions including an impressive alley-oop that drained the Big Green of its remaining momentum.

The play even elicited a few nervous cheers from the home crowd.

Men’s head coach Paul Cormier said the team sorely missed its 6-foot9-inch Maldunas, who is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL, especially for his offensive threat.

Cormier commented that in past games, Maldunas’ presence drew double-teams, which freed up shooters elsewhere.

“He was the one person on our team that demanded an adjustment,” he said. “It’s hard to play him oneon-one.”

Maldunas said that he is working with replacement Cole Harrison ’17, returning from a long case of mononucleosis, to develop his offensive polish and comfort with Cormier’s rotations.

The women’s squad also struggled against the Crimson, hobbled by early foul trouble and its opponent’s excellent shooting.

Forward Lakin Roland ’16 and guard Milica Toskovic ’15 both picked up two fouls in the first 13 minutes of the first half, which put them on the bench. Despite her limited 21 minutes, Roland scored 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting from

the field, with 13 of her 16 coming in the second half.

Fanni Szabo ’17, usually the team’s first option, had a relatively quiet game, putting up 10 points in 27 minutes.

At the 12:00 mark of the first period the was game knotted at 15, when Harvard exploded on a 29-9 run to go up 44-24 heading into halftime.

Harvard kept the distance, holding a comfortable 33-point lead at the 9:50 mark of the second half.

Head coach Belle Koclanes said she thought Dartmouth gave up far too many points in the paint in its last meeting with Harvard. The team’s defensive plan Sunday, she said, was to collapse into the lane and go under screens, blocking penetration but leaving the perimeter less protected.

The Big Green paid a steep price for its strategy. The Crimson did heavy damage from outside, sinking 10 three-pointers in the game.

“With Harvard, you have to pick your poison,” Koclanes said. “They can score in the paint and out on the perimeter, which makes them a lethal team.”

Koclanes said that despite the loss, she believes her team is improving and that Big Green fans have much to look forward to as the team enters Ivy League play.

“Our offense is starting to come together, we’re more fluid, our decision-making is getting better,” she said. “If you’re a fan out there who likes offense, we should be able to put the ball in the basket for you.”

The men will host the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University this weekend, while the women take to the road to play the same schools.

No athletic events scheduled.

MORE THAN A GAME by interrupting the game?

Dartmouth isn’t the only Ivy League school where students throw The Dartmouth Staff things from the stands. At the Cornell vs. Harvard hockey game, Big Red fans When the Big Green men’s hockey throw dead fish onto the ice (or they team takes on Princeton this weekend, try to, at least). You think it’s hard to Thompson Arena will be filled to ca- sneak in a tennis ball, try getting past pacity with students anxiously await- security with a stinky, slimy fish!

The hockey arena isn’t the only ing the first Dartmouth goal, prepared to unleash a tennis ball frenzy. For the place where Ivy Leaguers make it past three years we have perfected the rain from the stands. At the end of act of smuggling in seemingly innocu- the third quarter at home games, Penn students fling toast onto the field, singous fuzz-balls into the arena.

While the ridiculousness of ing “Here’s a toast to dear old Penn,” hundreds of tennis balls bouncing a tradition dating back to the 1970s. around on the ice never fails to raise This has become such an ingrained the Big Green spirit in the crowd, we part of school tradition that a group question student’s motives when this of engineering students modified a turf cleaner into tradition starts to the “Toast Zaminterfere with the “While the boni,” which game. The initial ridiculousness of cleans up the onslaught is all in mess. ENGS 21 good fun, with hundreds of tennis project anyone? the baseball team balls bouncing around Since ready to practice most of us will their infielding on the ice never fails never be on the skills out on the to raise the Big Green other side of ice. If it ended spirit in the crowd, these traditions, there, this tradithink of it this tion would seem we question student’s way: Imagine you harmless. motives when this are beginning a The reason final exam when that this game tradition starts to streakers come draws so many interfere with the through singing fans is because of game.” and dancing. the opportunity Now imagine to take part in this 15-year-old tradition. In 1998, they keep coming through every a single tennis ball was tossed at time you finish a problem. Talk about the Dartmouth goalkeeper down in disruptive! The same principle holds.

New Jersey, but somehow over time The first time it is amusing. After that, this turned into the colossal ambush you’re ready to move on.

We will head to CVS with you that we are all looking forward to this this week to pick up our ammo, but weekend.

As the saying goes, “It’s all fun we won’t be the ones sending players and games until someone gets hurt.” to the penalty box after they spent all While tennis balls aren’t likely to cause week training. We don’t know about any physical injuries, they do have the you, but we want Dartmouth to win. potential to rack up some penalties for And we don’t understand why anyone would do anything to get in the way the Dartmouth team.

Throw two balls after the first goal of that.

We know Dartmouth students are if you really want to, but when a Dartmouth player has to spend time the overachievers, but for once, the bare penalty box because of your choice, minimum suffices. The tradition is to how will you justify your action? How throw a tennis ball after the first goal are you supporting your team and ONLY. To quote our parents, “Are the traditions of your school when you going to be part of the problem, you are objectively being a bad fan or part of the solution?”

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Men’s basketball was overpowered by the Crimson Sunday afternoon.

The Harvard men’s team (15-3, 2-0 Ivy) quickly made its presence known to a full Dartmouth crowd.

The game was close until the 10:43 mark of the first half, when Harvard senior Brandyn Curry decided to take the game into his own hands. Curry fought through two Dartmouth defenders for a tough scoop shot in the lane, then stole the inbound pass and floated up another ball off glass and in, this time with three defenders covering him.

Curry continued to dazzle throughout the first half, splashing an open three on the next play for his seventh straight point. Almost in the blink of an eye, the score had shifted from a respectable 7-6 to 21-6, the Crimson clearly in the driver’s seat.

Dartmouth attempted to stage a comeback, going on a 9-0 run fueled

by Malik Gill ’16 and Connor Boehm ’16. Gill splashed a three at the 7:29 mark, and Boehm followed with a tough shot in the paint, elevating through three Crimson defenders for the basket.

After the run, things quickly took a turn for the worse, as Harvard found its rhythm on both ends of the floor.

Sophomore Siyani Chambers had two quick steals, both converted into points in transition, and Gill started to look tired, throwing the ball right to a Crimson player on the baseline for yet another turnover. By the end of the first period, the momentum had clearly swung away from Dartmouth as Harvard took a 17-point lead going into the break.

If Tommy Amaker’s squad looked dominant in the first half, nothing

TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014