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The results from the College’s first-ever sexual assault campus climate survey, conducted this spring by the American Association of Universities, were released online on Monday morning, revealing a slightly higher average sexual assault rate than other surveyed colleges. College President Phil Hanlon sent links to the data along with comments in a campus-wide email the same day. At Dartmouth, 13 percent of students reported having experienced attempted or completed nonconsensual sexual
Artist Kiki Smith’s “Hoarfrost with Rabbit” sculpture joins the Hood Museum of Art’s collection.
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College will not host primary debate
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Though the College has a history of hosting primary debates for both the Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls, this year students will need to travel to Manchester if they want to experience an in-person viewing. The Republican primary debate will be held on Feb. 6 at St. Anselm College, just three days before New Hampshire hosts the first primary in
the nation. The Democratic primary debate will also be held in Manchester on Dec. 19, 2015. St. Anselm previously served as a location for debates in the 2012 election cycle. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence said that both the Democratic and Republican parties made their interest in southern New Hampshire clear from the beginning, but added that the College has a history of hosting presidential events — the College hosted a Democratic presidential debate in 2007 and the College also
hosted a Republican presidential debate in 2011. “We made a strong case for Dartmouth based on our experience and long history of hosting successful presidential candidate events,” Lawrence said. Lawrence said the College will continue to welcome candidates in the upcoming months, although formal debates will not be held. “Our priority is to provide access to candidates for our students and the community every four years,”
Lawrence said. “[Democratic presidential candidate] Hillary Clinton campaigned at Dartmouth in July, and we look forward to welcoming more candidates in the coming months.” Government professor Linda Fowler, who specializes in practical politics, said that she does not believe that the absence of debate at Dartmouth will have a negative impact on primary voter turnout. “Candidates have started coming SEE DEBATE PAGE 2
Geisel researchers win $5 million grant from NIH B y NOAH GOLDSTEIN The Dartmouth Staff
The National Institute of Health awarded the Geisel School of Medicine’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health a $5 million grant for research regarding motivation and selfregulation of behaviors, specifically as it pertains to smoking and obesity. Geisel psychiatry chair and coinvestigator Alan Green said that the two areas of smoking and obesity will be emphasized due to their importance for overall health. Center director and principal in-
vestigator for the project Lisa Marsch said that the research will also identify the best ways to measure health behavior changes, as well as how to provide interventions to support those changes across different populations and communities. As the principal investigator, Marsch will be responsible for the entirety of the project, and she invited Stanford University psychology professor and Stanford Neurosciences Institute member Russell Poldrack to work with her. Marsch said that Poldrack will
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Researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine received a $5 million grant.
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DAily debriefing San Francisco biotech firm Alector raised $32 million in venture funding for the research and development of immune-based neuro drugs, the Thayer School of Engineering reported. Another round will likely come by the end of the year. This was achieved with the help of MRL Ventures and surpassed their original goal to raise $10 million. This comes following research about the link between the immune system and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Alector was founded two years ago by Dartmoouth engineering professor Tillman Gerngross with the aim of preventing neurodegeneration by stimulating the innate immune system, which would work to prevent the misfolded proteins in patients’ brains that often lead to disease. The field of cancer immunotherapy is also utilizing the immune system to fight cancer. Alector is using similar cell biology in its work, also developing antibodies targeting proteins on the surface of immune cells in the brain. Dartmouth engineering professor Jifeng Liu and his research team received a U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative award, the Energy Department announced. It recognizes their work toward providing a cheap and efficient way of constructing solar panels on a large scale. Their alternative consists of coating technologies that will create vacuum-free, high-efficiency and concentrated solar power systems. Regular solar panels have less energy storage and intermittency issues. In the past, concentrated solar power systems have been held back due to the cost of components working under vacuums to avoid oxidation. Their approach is based on a new metal nanostructure and ceramic matrix that provides optimal spectral selectivity with long-term antioxidation protection, and avoids expensive vacuum deposition. They will collaborate with Norwich Technologies to upscale the antioxidation cement coating. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has launched the Early Warning Project, which was developed together with Dartmouth’s John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. It aims to produce risk assessment for the potential for mass atrocities around the world. It will combine quantitative and qualitative data to warn governments before these incidents occur. Head of the museum’s Genocide Prevention Task Force Madeline Albright began the initiative, and government professor and coordinator of the war and peace studies Benjamin Valentino worked as a consulting expert for risk assessment on the project. It has utilized public data and expert opinions about clear warning signs in the past to identify the 10 countries most at risk of experiencing mass killings in the future. The website uses an interactive map to convey the information.
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Students plan for primary season FROM DEBATE PAGE 1
into the state so early that I don’t think it is that much of an issue to the turnout,” Fowler said. Fowler, who facilitated forums and debates at Dartmouth in 1996, 2000 and 2004, said that she believes, to an extent, that the location and number of debates scheduled depend on resources and time. “It’s all about where the news
“It’s all about where the news media want to host it, and this year there’s only going to be one [in New Hampshire], and it’s easier to host in Manchester.” - government professor linda fowler media want to host it, and this year there’s only going to be one [in New Hampshire] and it’s easier to host it in Manchester,” she said. She added that Manchester has facilities that are suitable for hosting the candidates and audiences. Fowler said that because Manchester is more accessible, the city was a better candidate for selection. “Sometimes [the media] have been persuaded to do those [debates] at Dartmouth because Dartmouth is such a picturesque location, and the visuals are really nice leading up to the event and so forth,” she said. She added that unless tensions rise in either party, there will not be a need to schedule additional
debates. “Hillary Clinton was so far ahead than everyone, that there was not a push for debates,” she said. “There wasn’t a perception that there was a serious contest, but [Democratic presidential candidate] Bernie Sanders has made the democratic primary of more interest, particularly in New Hampshire.” She said that she doubts that there will be an additional debate, and if there is, it will not be held at Dartmouth. Though debates will not be physically held in Hanover, College Republicans president Michelle Knesbach ’17 said that the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and student organizations provide possibilities for students to be politically active throughout the 2016 primary and presidential elections. “We aren’t having a debate here, but there will be endless opportunities for access to candidates,” Knesbach said. Knesbach said that Republican candidates have already made visits to the Upper Valley area. She added that though candidate visits tend to be made on short notice, students should expect many more events in upcoming terms. Knesbach also said that the College Republicans are working to align internships and meeting opportunities with Republican candidates, noting that Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) made a stop at Lou’s Restaurant to meet with the College Republicans. Former vice president of College Democrats Charlotte Blatt ’18 added that College Democrats hosted its first general meeting Monday evening to discuss the election events schedule. Blatt added that
College Democrats will co-sponsor a bipartisan voter registration drive with College Republicans. “We want every eligible Dartmouth student to exercise their constitutional right to vote and to get involved with and be informed about politics,” Blatt said. “The student vote is incredibly important, and we hope all Dartmouth students take full advantage of our location in New Hampshire, the first-in-the-
“We want every eligible Dartmouth student to exercise their constitutional right to vote and to get involved with and be informed about politics.” - College Democrats former vice president charlotte blatt ’18 nation primary state, and engage with the political process.” Blatt added that College Democrats will continue to keep students engaged with the political process by hosting issue advocacy dinners and debate watch parties. Katherine Flessel ’18 expressed her discontent with the absence of sanctioned debates at the College. “I feel like Dartmouth is an intellectual center for New Hampshire, and as a young person being able to participate in the election process for the first time I feel as if I would be better informed and much more engaged if either party held a debate on campus,” she said.
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In October of 2011, Dartmouth hosted the GOP presidential hopefuls in Spaulding Auditorium.
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Research will examine motivation and behavior FROM GRANT PAGE 1
be responsible for the imaging process, which uses a technique called functional MRI, during which participants are put in an MRI scanner and participate in a variety of psychological tasks while their brain activity is monitored and recorded. The process will test a variety of types of self-control so researchers can evaluate to what extent the tests create activity in different sets of brain networks. Poldrack said that he initially considered applying for the grant himself through Stanford, but that he realized the College and Stanford had complementary interests and strengths, making them a good pair to work together. His lab at Stanford has spent significant time developing ontologies, or descriptions of all of the different processes in a particular domain, along with the imaging process, whereas Marsch’s lab focuses on the mobile health aspect and translating that into real-world applications, Poldrack said. He said that he hopes the project will be able to bring together the various ideas of self-regulation that exist across psychology, examine the ways in which they are related and ultimately generate a unified understanding of self-control. “There are people across different sub-fields that talk about things where they use different names but may well be talking about the same things, such as, when studying obesity, studying people’s ability to overcome temptation to eat versus how people stop themselves from
making the motor movements,” Poldrack said. The CTBH is a research center funded by the NIH that uses scientific research to develop technology-based therapeutic tools for behavioral issues, such as medication adherence or mental health. One example is a digital therapy for substance use that assists people in identifying how they can effectively change drug taking behavior, Marsch said. The project will also include individuals at Arizona State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with the money being divided between the CTBH and the other institutions. Each school will have its own individual work to do, such as data collection on mobile devices in their respective areas, Marsch said. Marsch said that the grant will allow the center to expand its research from individuals to population samples, which will be assisted by efforts of the other schools located throughout the country. “Our charge has always been to ensure that science informs the best way to create and deploy these types of tools and to develop empirical frameworks around careful and systematic health applications. I think we started at that level, and this is a wonderful opportunity for us to expand those activities to a much broader population level focus,” she said. The CTBH initially applied for the funding through a competition from the NIH Common Fund. The grant will be distributed in two installations over a five-year period.
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GROWING ON UP
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Growing Change, a sustainability initiative that works with children in the Upper Valley, had its first meeting Monday.
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DARTMOUTH STUDENT PROJECTS IN THE ARTS Complete Guidelines & Applications online: hop.dartmouth.edu (hover over Students link)
The Robert Dance ’77 Arts Initiative Fund The Robert Dance ’77 Fund enables talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Preference is given to performing or visual arts projects that are “site-specific works,” created for venues other than traditional galleries, theaters or auditoriums. Outdoor venues, residential spaces and dining halls are among the sites that might be appropriate. The fund makes a total of up to $4,200 available to sponsor major student projects in the performing and visual arts. Undergraduate students and organizations are eligible to apply.
The Peter D. Smith Initiative Fund The Peter D. Smith Student Initiative Fund was established for the support of student enterprises in the arts. It was established by the former Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art and continues today with the support of the Membership Programs of the Hop and the Hood. It is intended to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to complete special projects. The fund makes a total of up to $3,000 available to sponsor major original projects. Application is open to individuals or groups.
The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund The Lazarus Family Musical Theater Fund supports student-initiated projects in musical theater, with a priority given to original work. Although projects need not be curricular to be considered, senior projects that bring together work in theater and music are particularly appropriate. In the absence of proposals featuring original music, lyrics and/or text by students, productions that are to be directed, choreographed and designed by students may also be considered. The fund provides a total of up to $1,800 to support student-initiated projects.
The Class of 1961 Arts Initiative Fund Undergraduates are invited to apply for support of student enterprises in the arts. This award is funded by members of the Class of 1961 in order to enable talented Dartmouth undergraduates to undertake special projects in the arts. Particular interest will be given to those projects that “stand alone”—that is, projects that are not undertaken as senior fellowships or honors projects nor are affiliated with student organizations. The fund makes up to $1,500 available to sponsor student-initiated projects in the performing and visual arts. Application is open to single or group projects.
Applications & Guidelines Applications and complete guidelines for each fund are available online (hop.dartmouth.edu) or check with the offices of the Directors of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art, the Chairs of the Departments of Theater, Music, Studio Art, Film & Media Studies, and Art History, the Hop Ensembles Office and the Hop Student Workshops.
DEADLINE: Thursday, November 12, 2015 ALL APPLICATIONS and recommendations must be submitted to the Hopkins Center Director’s Office, Lower Level Wilson Hall, by 12 pm, Thursday, November 12, 2015 or via email to Sherry.L.Fiore@dartmouth.edu.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Staff Columnist MICHAEL BEECHERT ’16
CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST ANMOL GHAVRI ’18
The Dangers of Isolationism
Playing Awards Catch-Up
Need-aware admissions for international students will handicap the College.
The Emmy Awards should not repeat their mistake of snubbing Jon Hamm.
One would think that, in light of the gradual but significant slip in the U.S. News and World Report’s national university rankings, the College would do everything in its power to attract the best and brightest students from around the world. The College has plenty of selling points — an idyllic campus, a faculty that is eager to engage with students personally and a collegial atmosphere that reduces the stress of studying at an elite university. Unfortunately, incompetent management has resulted in misguided studentlife policy and a bloated administrative structure that has saddled students with ridiculous costs. As the cost of attendance climbs into the stratosphere — the fact that the lowest tuition increase in four decades is 2.9 percent indicates long-term fiscal recklessness rather than restraint — Dartmouth continually loses its appeal to prospective students. Although middle class-students are particularly squeezed, the saving grace for many studying at the College and for those hoping to do so is a generous financial aid program. Applicants, moreover, have not needed to worry that their inability to pony up a quarter of a million dollars for a bachelor’s degree will harm their chances of being admitted. Need-blind admissions have maintained some semblance of accessibility and have consequently made the community at Dartmouth a much more interesting place. Perhaps the most significant contribution to the College’s diversity is brought by its international students. Although they comprise less than 10 percent of the student population, international students have a visible and impactful presence on campus that is felt by the entire community. The benefit extends far beyond this campus. Due to inhospitable American visa policies, many international students return home to work after graduation. As Dartmouth alumni, their achievements reflect positively on the College and therefore enhance the College’s reputation abroad. In an increasingly globalized world, it is essential for Dartmouth to secure a stable foothold for its name abroad as an elite university. The best way to do this is to provide the best students from those parts of globe with a truly world-class education — even if they need financial aid.
This past Sunday night marked the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards. Dartmouth was well represented, with David Benioff ’92 winning an award for co-producing “Game of Thrones” and Mindy Kaling ’01 presenting an award. I, like many passionate television fans, tuned in and was rooting for my favorite actors, actresses and television series. “Mad Men” — the magnificently produced 1960s period drama starring Jon Hamm as a mysterious Madison Avenue advertising executive with a dark past — concluded its seventh and final season in May 2015. I will not spoil the ending for those who are still binge watching the show on Netflix, but the series as a whole is arguably the greatest written television drama of all time. It is a shame that Jon Hamm had not won an Emmy prior to this year for his role as Don Draper, as he has been long deserving of critical recognition for his performance and his talents. Unfortunately, the methodology by which Emmys are awarded can be seriously flawed, oftentimes focusing on mass appeal and novelty rather than sophistication and artistry. During its seven-season run, “Mad Men” has received consistent critical acclaim for its portrayal of the 1960s, production, acting and writing. The Matthew Weiner-produced drama was the first series from an ad-supported cable network to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning the award from 2008 to 2011. Entertainment Weekly even awarded “Mad Men” the number nine spot on its 2013 list of the all-time greatest television programs. Why, then, was its lead actor without an Emmy? There are several factors that have likely forestalled Jon Hamm from winning an Emmy. It seems that the academy has shifted toward awarding shows according to factors that are not always the best indicators of quality — including popularity, novelty and controversy. Additionally, Hamm has faced in past years cutthroat competition for the Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, in the form of Bryan Cranston of “Breaking Bad,” Damian Lewis of “Homeland” and Jeff Daniels of “The Newsroom.” Jon Hamm has been nominated for his role in “Mad Men” eight times for the Emmy for
The College’s recent decision to consider financial need during the admissions process for international students is therefore mind-boggling. The policy will likely lead to instances where certain applicants will be denied or waitlisted when previously they would have been accepted. As word of the new policy gets out, a significant number of international students from nonaffluent families will simply save themselves the application fee and apply elsewhere. Many of these students, sadly enough, will have the talent, drive and potential to succeed at and beyond the College. Instead, they will accept offers from universities that we like to consider our “peers,” such as Amherst College and Harvard, Yale and Princeton Universities, which continue to review international applications without taking financial need into consideration. For those applicants, the unique characteristics that could justifiably lead a student to choose the College over any of the aforementioned institutions will no longer matter, and our reputation abroad will suffer accordingly. The announcement of the change in policy was accompanied by an unsurprisingly vague and inadequate justification. Interim dean of admissions and financial aid Paul Sunde inexplicably stated that shifting to a “need-aware” policy was part of an effort to stabilize international enrollment and develop a more “robust” class. If “stable” and “robust” are used in a purely socioeconomic sense, then this might be true, but I suspect that the admissions office simply dipped into the well-used bag of administrative platitudes when crafting its statement. Appeals to enhanced diversity are nonsensical on their face — there is no conceivable way that a smaller and more homogeneous applicant pool could yield a more diverse class. And the money that the College saves by becoming less accessible to international students will be no more than a drop in the enormous bucket that is Dartmouth’s overinflated annual budget. One would hope that an institution as rich as the College would have the sense to use its resources to market itself to those who want to be a part of our community and, by extension, advance its own interests. It has shamefully done the exact opposite.
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and including eight other Emmy nominations has had 16 nominations in total. He had lost in all of his previous nominations. The show has won a total of four Golden Globes and 16 Emmys, though in previous years none were awarded to Jon Hamm. None of Hamm’s amazing supporting actors, including Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery and Vincent Kartheiser, have previously won Emmy awards for their roles in “Mad Men,” either. I argue that “Mad Men” is unparalleled in its level of subtlety, patience and grace — which it owes in large part to Hamm’s acting. His Emmy win was well deserved and had been long overdue — it is no surprise that Hamm received a standing ovation as he light-heartedly pulled himself directly onto the stage after his win was announced. I was quite disappointed, however, that “Mad Men” as a series did not win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama for what was arguably its greatest season. As expected, “Game of Thrones” did spectacularly, winning four Emmys and eight more during the Creative Arts Emmys to set the record for most wins in a single year. Yet this comes at a time when many fervent fans of “Game of Thrones,” myself included, thought its fifth season had lost much of the show’s original spark and was poorly adapted from George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels — particularly in its gratuitous use of violence of sex to titillate audiences. In fact, the only accolade for “Mad Men” this year came from Hamm’s win — the significance of which was just enough to compensate for the show being passed over for the Outstanding Drama Series award. Jon Hamm’s acting has certainly made “Mad Men” a television show that will not soon be forgotten, and I hope it inspires similarly great television series and acting in the years to come. But I also hope that the academy will be quicker to recognize exceptional programming than it was with “Mad Men.” The Emmys, and all award shows, must remember to evaluate the quality of a show’s production, writing and acting — not its ability to dazzle the public.
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Of female seniors, 34 percent reported nonconsensual sexual contact FROM AAU PAGE 1
contact by incapacitation or physical force since entering the institution. The rate across the 27 participating institutions was slightly lower at 12 percent. Nearly 28 percent of female undergraduate students reporting experiencing nonconsensual penetration or sexual touching by way of physical force or incapacitation since entering the College. More than 13 percent reported experiencing nonconsensual penetration do to physical force or incapacitation. With respect to sexual touching, 21.6 percent of female undergraduates reported experiencing this form of assault. Nearly five percent of undergraduate male students reported experiencing either nonconsensual penetration or sexual touching due to physical force or incapacitation since entering the College. There were 2,796 Dartmouth students who took the survey, with 1,994 undergraduate students and 802 graduate or professional students responding. This made the College one of the institutions with the top five highest response rates, at a rate of 41.7 percent. Across the 27 participating universities, the average response rate was 19 percent. College spokesperson Diana Lawrence said she believes that the College’s unusually high response rate is due to a greater awareness of sexual assault and its definition at the College. “I think the survey results show Dartmouth students know more about sexual assault and sexual misconduct, that they reported at a higher rate,” Lawrence said. Lawrence said the high reporting rate reflects well on the College’s commitment to awareness and education about such issues.
“Schools that have been doing a strong job raising awareness and understanding of sexual assault will have higher response rates, which are statistically correlated to the prevalence rates found in the study,” Lawrence said. Of the respondents at Dartmouth, 1,406 were women, 1,346 were men, 29 identified as transgender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, questioning or an unlisted gender and 15 declined to identify. The survey data is adjusted using a weighting system for non-respondents, according to the AAU executive summary online. AAU vice president for public affairs Barry Toiv said that colleges and universities self-reported their results, individually deciding how to present their data or whether to release it at all. Toiv said the AAU itself did not see the numbers until the day of the release. The report noted that female undergraduate students were the most likely group to report having experienced attempted or completed nonconsensual sexual contact since entering the College. At Dartmouth, female students were more likely to report this experience than male students, and undergraduates were more likely to report than graduate or professional students. For female undergraduates in their senior year, the rate at which they reported nonconsensual sexual contact by force or incapacitation rose to 33.8 percent. The average among the 27 participating universities was 27 percent. Among Dartmouth respondents, 56 percent reported having been victims of sexual harassment. The AAU aggregate rate across the 27 participating institutions was lower, at 48 percent. Student Assembly president Frank Cunningham ’16 said that although he did find some of the report’s
statistics to be encouraging and promising, much of it speaks to students’ continued need to recognize the prevalence of sexual assault. “These numbers reflect something that we all have to be aware of, that this is our community and we cannot allow these types of evils to occur here, that we do need to change and we do need to continue to intervene when we all see something wrong is happening,” Cunningham said. Female and transgender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, gender unlisted or questioning students reported higher rates than male students. Cunningham said he found this statistic particularly troubling. Fifty-seven percent of Dartmouth students indicated that they believe it is very or extremely likely that a victim of sexual misconduct or assault would be supported by fellow students, a rate that is close to the AAU aggregate of 55 percent. At the College, 68 percent of students indicated that it is very or extremely likely that a report of sexual assault would be taken seriously by campus officials. This response was five percentage points higher than the AAU aggregate rate. When asked if they believe that campus officials would conduct a fair investigation into a report of sexual misconduct or assault, 43 percent of Dartmouth students indicated that it is very likely that this would occur. The rate across the 27 participating institutions is 49 percent. Of the 61 percent who had witnessed drunken students about to engage in some kind of sexual encounter, 31 percent reported taking some type of action. The corresponding rates in the AAU aggregate data were 44 percent and 23 percent, respectively. Cunningham said he found this statistic promising, explaining that it
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could serve as proof that the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative program is effective. Dartmouth undergraduates reported a higher rate of knowledge about sexual misconduct procedures and available resources than the AAU aggregate rates, with 33 percent of students reporting feeling very or extremely knowledgeable about how the College defines sexual assault and misconduct and 44 percent reporting knowing where to find help if they or a friend experience sexual assault or misconduct. The corresponding AAU aggregate rates were 24 percent and 30 percent, respectively. Lawrence said she was encouraged by this statistic, and that it serves as evidence that the College’s “tremendous efforts” over the past two years in sexual assault education are proving useful. Economics professor Bruce Sacerdote, who declined to comment over the phone, will chair a data-analysis committee composed of students, faculty and staff who will “synthesize and compare” the data with the results of other surveys conducted by the College on the topic of sexual assault and misconduct. In October, the College will also launch its own survey — the Community Study — to look at sexual assault and the broader campus climate regarding academics and residential life. In an email, Sacerdote wrote that his motivation for conducting such research was to help bring disturbing and important issues to clarity. He explained that first, the committee hopes to better understand the rates of assault by type and severity of incident. The committee will also seek ways to correct for survey response and reporting bias. He believes these actions will lead to certain policies that could be tested to reduce the problems.
Toiv said the AAU itself will not provide any specific guidance in regard to the results, and that it is the individual responsibility of participating colleges and universities to use the data in a way they see fit. “It’s a very rich data set for all of them,” Toiv said. “The survey was so comprehensive that it’s really going to help them get a better understanding of what their students experiences and attitudes are.” Lawrence said that administrators will use the data to strengthen and supplement preexisting resources for those who have experienced sexual misconduct at the College. She referenced the smartphone app — called LiveSafe — created by Safety and Security, the pilot of a four-year sexual assault awareness curriculum and the planned launch of an online consent manual as examples of continued efforts. “There are immediate actions that the College is taking and then there will be other actions that will fall out of the analysis of the data to sharpen our policies and strengthen programs and services, in a more targeted fashion,” Lawrence said. Cunningham said students should appreciate the report’s positive aspects but also be cognizant of the abuses it reveals. “I really hope that we can examine this report with a critical eye, but also see the good in it, that Dartmouth is making these changes that are needed, but also see ... that these issues are present on our campus,” Cunningham said. Sexual Assault Awareness Program coordinator Amanda Childress declined to comment, redirecting inquiries to Lawrence. Representatives of the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault and Title IX coordinator Heather Lindkvist could not be reached by press time.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 4:00 p.m. “DEN Fireside Kickoff to Fall,” entrepreneurship open house event, the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network Innovation Center
4:00 p.m. “Ixcanul” (2015), “Telluride at Dartmouth” film screening, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium
4:30 p.m. “Gibson/Martelli: Artists-in-Residence,” artist talk and opening reception for art exhibit, Hood Museum Auditorium
TOMORROW 3:00 p.m. Hanover Area Farmers Market, the Green
4:30 p.m. “Governing the Arctic Seas: Fisheries, Oil and Environment,” panel with environmental studies professor Ross Virginia and guests, Haldeman Center, Room 41
7:00 p.m. “Rams” (2015), “Telluride at Dartmouth” film screening, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium
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Theater department offers range of student involvement chances
B y haley gordon The Dartmouth Staff
For students who have wondered about how to get involved with theater at the College but have no idea where to begin or have had no previous experience, the College’s theater department has a series of events and programs meant to help them. The two most prominent options are the termly showcase and the “Your Space” productions. The showcase will take place at 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday in the Bentley Theater while the “Your Space” productions will occur throughout the term. Theater professor and director of the fall ter m mainstage production “Don Juan Comes Back from the War” Peter Hackett said that the showcase will outline opportunities available in the department. “It’s a chance for anyone interested to hear about what’s going on and how they can get involved,” Hackett said. “Each student presenting says what they are doing and why and what they are looking for.” While acting auditions for “Don Juan Comes Back from the War” have already passed, that does not mark the end of opportunities to perform in productions on campus, Hackett said. This term’s showcase will specifically detail opportunities in other, studentrun productions, and in more
areas than just acting — Hackett said that opportunities to work on lighting and costume design are typically announced at the showcases.
“It’s a chance for anyone interested to hear about what’s going on and how they can get involved. Each student presenting says what they are doing and why and what they are looking for.” -PETER HACKETT, THEATER PROFESSOR AND MAINSTAGE DIRECTOR “We’re also doing a design presentation for the fall mainstage with information on the show design,” he said. “The purpose is to get out information. Anyone who has questions can ask.” Theater department chair Dan Kotlowitz said that there are no prerequisites needed to become involved in any aspect of a studentrun production — for some of the positions in the mainstage
productions, however, students need to have taken certain classes. Hackett said that if a student wishes to get involved in any of the student productions, there will be a spot for them, whether it is from acting to stage management to helping on lighting design. The showcase is also when the slots for the “Your Space” productions are typically announced, Kotlowitz said. This term, the “Your Space” productions will be held on Sept. 25 to 27 and Oct. 3 to 4 in the Bentley Theater. Kotlowitz said that the theater department faculty came up with the idea of “Your Space” three years ago to address a lack of performance spaces for students. “It’s our attempt get some resources out because the spaces are so limited on campus,” Kotlowitz said. “We wanted to give people more access to performance spaces and bring more people into the Hopkins Center, into the theaters.” Kotlowitz said that the way productions were chosen was initially organized like a lottery, but now the theater’s directior, Jamie Horton, selects two or three proposals out of the application pool . H e s a id th at anyone, regardless of major or previous theater experience, is welcome to apply for a spot. The group or individual is not required to produce a final perfor mance, although this is encouraged. “The opportunity can be used
to rehearse or to get experience,” he said. The diverse groups that take advantage of this opportunity re c e i ve a m e n t o r s h i p o f f e r, although it is not required that they use a mentor, Kotlowitz said. The groups also receive technical support to help with small design elements and funding for marketing. The spaces are available for all kinds of groups, from writers intent on staging play readings to dance groups seeking to perform in a place other than a fraternity basement.
“It’s our attempt to get some resources out because the spaces are so limited on campus. We wanted to give people more access to performance spaces and bring more people into the Hopkins Center, into the theaters.” -DAN KOTLOWITZ, THEATER DEPARTMENT CHAIR In addition to having to submit a proposal for the production, students who take advantage of the “Your Space” program also are given a faculty liaison to help them with specific needs
and to give production credits if desired. Theater department faculty members, however, are not included in the actual productions — instead, every term one workstudy student is assigned to help with “Your Space” productions, through working on set, costumes and design elements for the productions. Other requirements that students who create productions must follow include having free admission, creating a poster that fits the department’s guidelines and sticking to a $50 budget cap for production elements. Hackett said that in the past, “Your Space” productions have ranged from short student-written one acts to cabarets. For theater majors who are interested in going beyond the “Your Space” productions, the department also has a program called “Play Space” that gives majors the chance to put on their own “low-tech” production with a $100 budget, Kotlowitz said. Hackett said that beyond the showcase, the department’s callboard has all the information on any current productions posted and students can sign up to work on them there. Theater department administrator Maggie Devine Sullivan said that in addition to the termly showcase and the “Your Space” productions, the theater department also advertises to students through Facebook and ads around campus. “There are so many opportunities,” Sullivan said. “If people don’t know how to get involved, the showcase tells them who to connect with and how.”
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SPORTS ONE
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B y Henry Arndt The Dartmouth Senior Staff
This week, The Dartmouth’s Henry Arndt went one-on-one with Kat Ramage ’19 of the women’s rugby team. This year is women’s rugby’s first as a varsity sport at the College. The Big Green has split its first two games as a varsity outfit. Ramage delivered a standout performance in the season-opening win over the University of Pennsylvania, scoring a try and notching four conversions for a total of 13 points, second on the team. How did you first get interested in rugby? KR: The first time I ever played rugby, I liked it a lot. We did contact the first practice, which was really fun for me because it was aggressive, and I like that. I started playing after that, but I didn’t get serious until after two years of playing. When I was 16, after playing for two years, I got invited to play in Las Vegas for my first elite team [with the junior All-Americans], which was pretty awesome. I got an invite to high school All-Americans that same year, and that’s when everything started and I got really serious about rugby. I played on a club team 20 minutes from my house, and my teammate and I started traveling together and going to a lot of different rugby events around the world. When did you decide on rugby? KR: I was a high school All-American two times and a women’s junior AllAmerican. For high school, they pick the top 50 rugby players from all different tournaments and you all come together and play at a camp and then they pick an all tournament team. For women’s junior United States team, they picked around 30 girls and we competed and played against Canada. When I first got high school All-American, I was named captain. That was a big moment for me because I got to lead some of the best players in the country. That’s when I decided I really want to do this and I really want to put everything I have into being a really good rugby player. What was it like being recruited at a school for a new varsity sport? KR: Dartmouth wasn’t varsity yet when I was recruiting my senior fall. Everyone
was saying they had hopes to go varsity, but they weren’t sure yet. I wasn’t sure about what I wanted to do, and I knew Dartmouth would be switching coaches if they became varsity. I didn’t want to be in a situation where I didn’t know who my coach was going to be or where the program was going. So I committed to a different school, Lindenwood [University], where I knew the coach and knew the program was going to be really good. In July, when I found out [Katie] Dowty was coaching, she told me a bunch of stuff about Dartmouth and how their women’s rugby program went varsity. After talking to her I switched over and now I’m here. A week after she was announced I switched and joined Dartmouth. What impact did the coach have? KR: Dowty has coached me at a lot of All-American events. I really like how she coaches, and I love her playing style and what she brings to a team. I was at a residency in Arkansas the whole summer, trying to make my decisions, and there were a lot of older girls there, 28 or 30 [years old]. They really helped me when I was trying to make my decision about college so that was awesome. Dowdy coached at Central Washington University and she brought their team to the final four last year. Hopefully she can start something like that here. She likes to coach a really creative style of rugby and not just the same style all the other teams do, which is really fun to play.
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Tennis teams open season on road
B y Joe Clyne
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
The men’s and women’s tennis teams opened their seasons this past weekend with tournaments on the road. The men participated in the Ivy Plus tournament in Princeton, New Jersey, from Friday through Sunday. On the same dates, the women competed in the Tribe Invitational at the College of William & Mary. Both teams saw mixed results in their opening matchups as the Big Green tennis players shook off the offseason dust. The women’s team had an incredible season last year, culminating with their run to the second round of the NCAA tournament. This year, the Big Green hopes to follow up on last season’s success, Kat Yau ’16 said. On Friday at the Tribe Invitational, the women faced difficulties in singles. Though four of the six singles matches went the full three sets, the Big Green was not able to take home a match against the University of Maryland. Because the Big Green’s top three singles players are injured, the team’s remaining singles players had to move up to higher slots than they usually would, Yau said. The struggles in singles play would continue for the women throughout the weekend as Dartmouth only managed to take home two singles wins over the three days of play. On Sunday, Yau beat Anna Rasmussen of Virginia Commonwealth University in three sets and Julienne Keong ’16 took down VCU’s Yana Morar in straight sets. “Everyone felt that as the weekend
went on, they were more comfortable being back playing in matches,” Sarah Bessen’16 said. “It was a great opportunity to play against teams that we don’t normally see.” Yau was a standout performer for the Big Green all weekend, adding three doubles victories to her Sunday singles win. After taking down teams from the University of South Carolina, Marshall University and William & Mary, Yau was named to the Tribe Invitational’s All-Tournament team for doubles. Yau played with Julia Schroeder ’18, Kristina Mathis ’18 and Suzy Tan ’16 in her three doubles matches and did not lose a match. “I’ve never really been a strong doubles player,” Yau said. “Playing a lot of doubles in college has really helped my doubles skills.” Yau also said that her ability with the forehand could help her teammate at the net during doubles play. The men’s team had an impressive performance this weekend in the squad’s return to action. Over the weekend, the team put together a record of 2512 overall. The tournament’s top Big Green performers included Ciro Riccardi ’18, Diego Pedraza ’17 and Joey Haig ’19. Riccardi fell in the finals of the singles tournament while Pedraza and Haig teamed up to win the doubles championship in the event. The men’s tournament kicked off with a bang on Friday. Eight Dartmouth players competed in the first day of action with the four doubles teams going 2-2 on the day. On the singles side, seven of the eight Big Green players came
away with at least one singles win on the day. Additionally, the Big Green’s players went undefeated in their threeset matches, taking every match that went to a final set. On the second day of the tournament, Pedraza and Haig took down teams from Harvard University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute by identical 8-3 scores to clinch a spot in the doubles semifinals. “My partner, [Haig], is a freshman,” Pedraza said. “I didn’t know him that well because we’ve only had a week and half of preseason, but I think we really clicked together.” In singles, Riccardi pushed his record for the tournament to 3-0 by taking down Harvard’s Nicky Hu. In the finals on the third day, Riccardi fell in straight sets to Thomas Colautti of Princeton University by a score of 7-5, 6-4. On the doubles side of the bracket, day three was a more resounding success. Pedraza and Haig took down teams from the University of Notre Dame and Columbia University in hard-fought matchups to take home the doubles crown. “We had very close matches and were able to execute at the right moment,” Pedraza said. “In this sport, at this level, only a few points will decide the winner.” Both the men’s and women’s teams will send representatives to the ITA All-America Championship starting Oct. 3. The men will compete in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while the women’s tournament takes place in Pacific Palisades, California.
What are your thoughts on the season so far? KR: In the Penn game, since we didn’t face a really hard defense, we were able to execute our pattern that we’ve been working on for a long time. Against Quinnipiac, it wasn’t really the same because they had a lot of defensive pressure, so we struggled with that a little bit more. Against Penn, we were definitely able to work on what we needed to work on. Quinnipiac has been varsity for longer than us and they have five or six All-Americans. They have a really good team. I think our first half went really well, it was 14-5. In the end, it just came to fitness being our biggest problem, but we’re working on it this week. This interview has been edited and condensed.
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The Dartmouth men’s tennis team went undefeated in three-set matches in its season-opening tournament this weekend.