Commencement & Reunion 2014 by The Dartmouth Newspaper

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Vol. CLXXI No. 92

Commencement & Reunion

Class of

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Your freshman year, Charlie Sheen was going on a “winning” streak, “Tik Tok” was playing on repeat across campus, the iPad had just debuted and the word YOLO hadn’t yet been coined. Three years later, popular culture isn’t the only thing that’s changed. You’ve taken classes you never thought you would take, befriended classmates you never thought you would meet and learned a little bit about yourself along the way. And now, finally, you’ve made it to graduation. Look around for a moment and take it in: the black caps and gowns, the green and white folded chairs, the lone pine on the stage. Take a deep breath. In editing this issue, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about your last four years. We’ve gone over the highs and the lows and talked to hundreds of students and faculty about your time at the College, trying to capture something about what it means to be a ’14. But we’ve also tried to take the time to look around, even if that just means peeking out of our second story Robinson Hall window to watch chairs fill the Green. Like pop culture trends, your time at the College might feel like it’s here today and gone tomorrow. But if you take a moment to look around, we hope you just might find that the memories you’ve made here — and the friends you’ve found — could last a little bit longer. To the Class of 2014: Our memories of our time here wouldn’t be the same without you. Thank you for your humor, your support, your courage and your brilliance. Congratulations.

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Table of Contents Student life, faculty development marked Hanlon’s ﬁrst year

Seniors donate largest-ever class gift

Johnson reﬂects before summer departure for Scripps College

With perfect transcripts, ﬁve students named valedictorians

Five seniors reﬂect on careers, banner year for Big Green

‘Get Out and Start Doing Something’

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Ready to Say ‘I Do’

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A Bird’s Eye View of Dartmouth

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A Smile Around the Track

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25 Years Later...Imagine Dartmouth

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Commencement around the Ivies

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College recognizes academics, writers with honorary degrees

After 2013 death, River Fest canceled

Trustees elect new chair, offer support to Hanlon in 2014

Whitacre: We Are With You

Che: Finding a Different View

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Student life, faculty development marked Hanlon’s first year B y SEAN CONNOLLY The Dartmouth Staff

Nearly nine months after he was inaugurated as the 18th leader in the Wheelock Succession, College President Phil Hanlon is nearing the end of an eventful first year at the College. His first four terms have been characterized by new initiatives, student activism and administrative turnover. In July 2013, two months prior to his inauguration, Hanlon appointed the Right Rev. James Tengatenga of Southern Malawi as the Tucker Foundation’s dean. Following Hanlon’s selection, students and faculty criticized Tengatenga’s leadership of a church with anti-gay stances. Although Tengatenga later expressed his support for LGBTQ equality and same-sex marriage, pressure mounted on campus. Dartmouth’s chapter of the NAACP circulated a petition objecting to the selection that more than 30 faculty and staff signed. Hanlon met with Tengatenga on Aug. 14 and revoked his appointment, noting in a statement that Dartmouth’s “commitment

to inclusion” was too important to be mired by controversy over the selection. During his inauguration speech on Sept. 20, Hanlon outlined his plans for the Society of Fellows program, which would offer teaching opportunities for postdoctoral students, and described a new student innovation center for entrepreneurs. Later that fall, in his first major speech to faculty, Hanlon reaffirmed several themes from the inauguration, including his commitment to experiential learning, his plans to expand graduate programs and his desire to boost interdisciplinary studies through “cluster” hiring of faculty. The cluster effort will create groups of professors to teach and research cross-disciplinary issues. In January, Hanlon announced that Carolyn Dever, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Vanderbilt University, would become the College’s Provost. Earlier in the year, Hanlon named Richard Mills as the College’s new executive vice president and chief financial officer. Hanlon also appointed Thomas Bruce as the new senior vice president for public

affairs. When Dever arrives and Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson departs for Scripps College, six senior positions in his administration will have changed leadership. Hanlon’s first winter at the College saw student demonstrations and activism. Campus outrage followed an online post on Bored at Baker that outlined steps to rape a member of the Class of 2017, identifying her by name and residence hall. In February, a group of students released an eight-page “Freedom Budget” proposal that listed more than 70 proposals to address the distribution of power and resources on campus. The following month, the College responded online, noting its current steps to promote diversity and inclusivity. In the beginning of spring term, a group of students unsatisfied with the College’s response occupied Hanlon’s office and demanded a point-by-point response to the document. Hanlon spoke with the group for 45 minutes before leaving. After two days, the students left Parkhurst Hall after Johnson agreed to their terms of departure, which included that

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After being announced as President, Hanlon spoke to students in January 2013.

College representatives would not refer to them as “threatening.” Hanlon held a campus summit in April to discuss ways to end dangerous behavior, focusing on sexual assault, high-risk drinking and exclusivity. In a message announcing the summit, Hanlon described a new presidential steering committee that would examine these issues. Hanlon will

present the recommendations at the College’s Board of Trustees in November. Also in April, Hanlon accepted an anonymous donation of $100 million to the College, the largest in Dartmouth’s history. The gift will support academic initiatives, including the President’s faculty cluster plan. In May, Johnson announced SEE HANLON PAGE 10

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Seniors donate largest-ever class gift B y VICTORIA NELSEN The Dartmouth Staff

Breaking last year’s record, the 2014 senior class gift campaign raised $34,171.81, Dartmouth College Fund class managing director Jeff Hafner ’02 said. While official donation and participation numbers will be finalized after press time, 59 percent of the Class of 2014 donated to the gift as of Wednesday, surpassing the Class of 2013’s gift total by over $9,000 despite lower participation. The money will go toward financial aid for incoming students. This has been the case for at least nine years, Hafner said, who noted senior class gifts at many other universities do not go towards financial aid. The Class of 1964 pledged to match donations two-to-one and to donate three times the total amount raised if the Class of 2014 campaign could break $25,000 on its own. Their total donation, which includes contributions from undergradutes and staff, totaled $137,081.50. The 2014 class gift is the product of a four-week fundraising campaign conducted by 44 volunteers and four interns — Anoush Arakelian ’14, Georgi Klissurski ’14, Rohail Premjee ’14 and Kate Thorstad ’14. Although the campaign did not reach its goal of 70 percent participation, Arakelian called the effort successful because the gift totaled almost $10,000 more than the team’s goal of $25,000. “We wanted every senior to donate, but we knew that it wasn’t going to be easy or feasible,” Arakelian said. Klissurski said that the interns and volunteers spoke to seniors who opted not to donate, which he sees as a success of the campaign. The seniors who chose not to participate, he said, had legitimate reasons for doing so. Looking back, Klissurski said he would have liked to engage more ’14s in the campaign. “At the end of the day, there was

a significant portion of ’14s who were not well aware of the goals of the campaign,” Klissurski said. “I think that’s reflected in the lower participation rate this year.” In past years, the overall rate of student participation in the senior class gift has seen a decline. The Class of 2013 saw a 70 percent participation rate, lower than the Class of 2012’s 80 percent marker. Senior Class Gift donation participation peaked in 2010, with 99 percent of the class donating. That year, student volunteers pressured those who had not contributed at their place of residence. A student-run website published the name and photo of the only classmate who declined to donate. Hefner said that this spring donors could make their gift in honor of a specific individual, an aspect of the campaign introduced for the first time last year by the Class of 2013. Two hundred and sixty-six people chose to do this, honoring professors, parents, friends, staff members and coaches. Among those honored this year were Torin Tucker ’15 and Blaine Steinberg ’15, who died last winter. Klissurski said that another objective of the campaign was to offer activities to unite the class, and the campaign offered Baker Tower and steam tunnel tours to achieve this goal. Ross Collins ’14, a volunteer, solicited donations by emailing and talking to his friends about the gift and also helped run senior gift tables, which Klissurski said were set up in Foco and Novack every Wednesday and Sunday. Volunteer Brian Flint ’14 said he appreciates that the money goes to financial aid, which he said motivates people want to give. Gerben Scherpbier ’14 said he donated to the senior gift for various reasons, including class pride, personal solicitation and support of the cause of financial aid. Because of the way the campaign was run, he said, he would have felt comfortable giving as little as a dollar.

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Johnson reflects before summer departure for Scripps College

B y STEPHANIE M C FEETERS The Dartmouth Senior Staff

Greeting students at one of her final events as Dean of the College, Charlotte Johnson was quick to flash a smile. At a reception recognizing seniors on Wednesday in Collis Common Ground, Johnson mingled with students, embracing those she knew well and welcoming those she hadn’t met. Two days before, from behind the Parkhurst Hall desk where she has worked for the last three years, Johnson reflected on her time at the College, during which she has seen three College presidents, numerous new initiatives in student life and a raft of negative media attention toward campus climate. Citing improvements in advising, health services, sexual assault resources and residential life, Johnson said that she was proud of the work her office has accomplished, calling her three years at the College personally “transformative.” In July, Johnson will depart Dartmouth for Scripps College in Claremont, California. During her first year as vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Scripps, a 1,000-student women’s college, Johnson said she hopes

to meet every student, a task that she wishes she could have accomplished at Dartmouth. Though she is pleased with the friendships she has made at the College, Johnson said, if given an opportunity to go back she might better prioritize relationship building. Johnson’s time at Dartmouth was one of frequent transition, with three new presidents arriving at the College. Each time her upstairs neighbor in Parkurst changed, administrative priorities also shifted. Former College President Jim Yong Kim, Johnson said, emphasized harm reduction and improving Dick’s House. Carol Folt, who served as interim College president from mid-2012 to mid-2013, focused on strategic planning and oversaw the “Year of the Arts.” College President Phil Hanlon, who assumed office a year ago, has stressed entrepreneurship and fiscal responsibility. “Every president has his or her own projects or initiatives, and as a senior administrator who reports to the President, you’ve got to be able to flow with that,” she said. Despite the high turnover, Johnson said, her office maintained momentum on key initiatives, citing sexual assault as one that has car-

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Dartmouth also saw changes in advising during Johnson’s tenure. The centralized advising center in Berry Library and the pilot Advising 360 program that launched in the Choates cluster were both signiﬁcant improvements, she said. Johnson said that the advising center in Berry Library had led to a 30 percent increase in appointments. Johnson also noted the hiring of four counselors and increased diversity of the Dick’s House staff as progress in health services. Along with these achievements, Johnson has experienced her fair share of challenges. In recent years, Dartmouth has received national scrutiny for harmful student behaviors, highlighted by a February 2012 article in Rolling Stone magazine that detailed alleged hazing practices at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. This negative media attention, Johnson said, was the biggest challenge of her time at the College. “Dartmouth is so much more than is portrayed in some of the snapshots that have been taken by the media over the last three years,” she said. “And because I know that, because I know the students, because I know what a great place this is and how much work is being

done by dedicated faculty and staff and my colleagues across the board — that has been a bit challenging.” Much of the criticism Dartmouth has received regarding high-risk drinking and sexual assault has focused on the role of the Greek system. But blanket condemnation, Johnson said, is unwarranted. “It’s not as easy as targeting one particular group, or one particular set of organizations, and saying, ‘Oh, you’re to blame for all our problems,” she said. “That would be too simple, and I think it would also be inaccurate.” In her time as dean, Johnson oversaw new administrative policies regarding Greek life. In the fall of 2012, when the College instituted random Safety and Security walkthroughs and increased penalties for hazing, Johnson said she thought “a silent majority” of students supported the changes despite pushback from Greek leaders. Johnson acknowledged that “there is work to be done” in improving campus climate. In February, a group of students released the Freedom Budget — an eight-page document outlining more than 70 speciﬁc proposals that aim to SEE JOHNSON PAGE 9

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ried through administrations. For example, she said, administrators have collaborated with students, faculty and alumni to combat sexual assault “since the day I stepped in the door.” In March, the College proposed a revised sexual assault policy that would mandate expulsion of those found guilty of sexual assault involving penetration, oral-genital contact or oral-anal contact through force, threat or purposeful incapacitation of a survivor. In a survey conducted by The Dartmouth this spring of 873 current students, nearly 88 percent of respondents approved of this aspect of the proposal. Not all of the College’s efforts to combat sexual assault have received such positive feedback during Johnson’s tenure. This February, when Johnson announced the Center for Community Action and Prevention, some faculty members criticized the announcement as rushed, citing a desire to provide further input and express their concerns. Johnson reached out to 18 faculty members following the announcement to schedule a meeting to discuss their thoughts on sexual violence and student life issues.

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With perfect transcripts, five students named valedictorians B y MICHAEL QIAN The Dartmouth Staff

Five graduating seniors — Serena Liu ’14, Jonathan Pedde ’14, Ethan Portnoy ’14, Natalie Salmanowitz ’14 and Ezra Toback ’14 — have been named valedictorians this year. Each has achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA at the College. Julia Berkowitz ’14, Laura Cressman ’14, Charles Dong ’13, Miriam Kilimo ’14 and Jake Leichtling ’14 were named salutatorians, each earning a 3.99 GPA. Dong received the honor after taking a gap year. All five valedictorians acknowledged the significant time commitment required for their academic success but also stressed the importance of balancing work and other interests. Despite keeping academics a top priority, most of the students said they did not feel like they had to sacrifice too much for their grades. Although multiple valedictorians have spoken at Commence-

ment in past years, Salmanowitz will be the only speaker on Sunday. She said the valedictorians this year were informed that this change was made because of the increasing number of recipients per year. Salmanowitz, from the San Francisco bay area, studied neuroscience and theater at the College and will pursue a master’s degree at Duke University in bioethics and science policy next year. She said she hopes to become an expert in neurolaw, a field at the intersection of neuroscience and the criminal justice system. Her study habits helped her land a job in Sherman Art Library, she said. “I absolutely love Sherman, so I sit at the exact same spot at the exact same table,” she said. “Finally one day the boss walks by, and he’s like, ‘You’re always here — I’m going to pay you to be here.’” At Dartmouth, Salmanowitz played club soccer, served as a SEE VALEDICTORIANS PAGE 8

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Named valedictorians, Pedde, Toback, Salmanowitz, and Portnoy are all smiles outside Robinson Hall. Liu is not pictured.

Five seniors reflect on careers, banner year for Big Green B y Gayne Kalustian The Dartmouth Staff

After thousands of hours spent practicing, Dartmouth is saying goodbye to over 180 seniors who have contributed to Big Green varsity athletics. Athletes found success across the field, courts, ice and track. And in many sports, recognition took the form of titles and championships — softball took home its first-ever Ivy League championship, baseball won its seventh consecutive Red Rolfe title and women’s sailing successfully defended its national title. These titles came alongside defining moments for team play, including football blocking Princeton University from grabbing a perfect conference season and the women’s track and field team claiming its best result since 1996 at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships. The Dartmouth sat down with five graduating seniors who recounted their last four years in the green and white and discussed future plans. Taylor Boldt ’14: Men’s Ice Hockey Honored by his teammates this season for his strength of character and spirit as the McInnis Award recipient, Boldt finished his Dartmouth career having played 129 games — the seventh most in team history. While at the College, Boldt, the assistant captain, said he learned to balance the demands of a Division I team and an Ivy League education. The team caught fire at the end of the season, giving seniors a memorable

finish to the year. After defeating Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the first round of the ECAC championship tournament, the team lost to would-be national champions Union College in the quarterfinals. Boldt’s greatest memory, he said, was making it to the ECAC Final Four his freshman year. After a lifetime on the ice, the economics major will head to Connecticut after graduation to work for GE Capital. “For me it was kind of time for a change,” Boldt said. “It’s been hockey for all these years, but now it’s time to move on and find something else.” Annie Hart ’14: Nordic Skiing With five All-American honors under her belt, Hart has been a presence on the Nordic ski team since day one. At the NCAA Championships this season, she finished eighth in the 15-kilometer freestyle and took 11th in the 5-kilometer classic. The NCAA Championships her sophomore year, Hart said, marked her favorite skiing memory. Hart and two other Dartmouth female athletes scored in the top six in the 15-kilometer classic, which she called “just amazing.” After graduation, the government major will join a ski team based in Stratton, Vermont. She said she hopes to make the U.S. National team in the coming years. Dartmouth will leave a lasting impression, Hart said, noting that she appreciated being able to take classes with people who “challenge how she thinks.” Learning to keep herself balanced and happy has been integral to

her success. “The ski team has really helped me to find my own balance and relay that balance to other people,” she said. “You’re only going to be going fast and doing well if you’re happy and in balance, which means sometimes skiing takes a back seat.” Jeff Keller ’14: Baseball A two-time captain for the Big Green, Keller became Dartmouth’s 10th most reliable batter ever with a .352 career batting average. Keller also holds the record for most doubles in both a season and career, with 21 and 53 respectively. Selected for the All-Ivy First Team as a junior and finishing the 2013 season 10th in the nation in doubles per game, Keller became a cornerstone of Dartmouth baseball. His experience on the team, he said, was shaped by both the team’s domination of the Red Rolfe Division and the bonds he formed on the diamond. “I think honestly if I picture it I just see all the guys I play with,” he said. “You spend so much time with them. Those guys become your best friends.” In 2014, Keller was selected as an Academic All-American for the second year in a row. He is the first Dartmouth student to receive the honor. If offered a contract during or after the MLB draft early this month, Keller said, he will choose to continue playing baseball. If not, the economics major with a 3.96 GPA will work for Bain and Company. Dominick Pierre ’14: Football With 1,064 yards in the 2013 season, Pierre powered the Big Green to a 5-2

season in the Ivy League. Dartmouth was the last team standing between Princeton University and an undefeated record at the conclusion of the Tigers’ season, besting Princeton at home by a score line of 28-24. The victory, with snow falling on Memorial Field, was Pierre’s most memorable experience on the team, he said. At the time, Princeton had a 6-0 record in the Ivy League, and the Tigers averaged almost double the points per game of their opponents. “There was a lot leading up to that,” Pierre said. “They were talking about how after they beat us they would go down as the best team in the history of the Ivy League.” Alongside his team, Gamma Delta Chi fraternity provided him with an important community at the College. The sociology major, who is involved with Athletes United and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, is currently in talks with professional football teams in the U.S. and abroad. Janna Wandzilak ’14:

Equestrian Wandzilak came to Dartmouth looking for a great education, not a place among the nation’s elite riders. Her freshman year, she did not place at regionals, and her junior year, the team did not see a single first place finish during its season. By her senior year, however, the team had dramatically improved, placing no lower than fifth in any competition during the regular season, placing first through its first four shows and taking second and third in the next couple competitions. In the Ivy League Championships, the team defeated Cornell University by six points with Wandzilak taking third in the open fences championship. The team, which took first at Zones by beating Mount Holyoke College, advanced to the IHSA Championship for the first time in its history and finished its season in 10th. At the tournament, Wandzilak scored 11th in open fences. Passionate about sustainability, Wandzilak is majoring in environmental studies and plans to pursue that interest after graduation.

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‘Get Out and Start Doing Something’ Rhimes to address Class of 2014 Q&A

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Award-winning screenwriter Shonda Rhimes ’91 will deliver this year’s Commencement address. Creator, head writer and executive producer of television shows “Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice,” Rhimes will be the 11th woman to address a graduating class as the featured speaker since the start of the 20th century. The Dartmouth talked to Rhimes about her memories of Dartmouth, her advice for graduating seniors and her plans for her trip to Hanover. Do you have any particular meals or activities planned for

your time in Hanover? I plan to eat at EBAs, because you have to have some EBAs while you’re there. I was talking to my freshman year roommate, and she was reminding me that the fries were particularly good, so I’m going to go have fries. I’m going to go check out my old dorms — freshman and sophomore year I was in the River cluster. I spent a lot of time in the Hop, because I did a lot of theater stuff, and I spent a lot of time in the library, in Baker at Sanborn because I was an English major, so I might go hang out there for a while.

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How did you react when you were invited to speak? I think my first thought was horror and dismay, just because I am not a person who likes to speak in public for any reason. I like to write things and make other people say them — I’ve made a living doing that. But I kind of like the challenge of it, and I feel like I actually have something to say. And when the College President calls and asks you directly, it’s fairly hard to say no, although I was tempted. But I went ahead and said yes just because I felt like speaking in public is not my favorite thing to do, but it is Dartmouth — I probably wouldn’t do it anyplace else — and I feel like I actually have learned some relevant things that hopefully will be helpful. What are your clearest memories of your time at the College? I was really happy at Dartmouth. I remember being very, very cold a lot, and I live in California now, so that might be a reaction to that. I remember spending a lot of time at the Hop until 2 a.m., hanging out and painting sets and doing plays together, which was really fun. I remember being in the basements of some fraternities until 2 a.m. as well. Mostly I just remember the friends I made and the people I met and the experiences that I had. You’ll be the 11th woman to ever address a Commencement gathering as a featured speaker since the start of the 20th century. What does that mean to you? That feels very Dartmouth to me, in its own Dartmouthy way. Dartmouth always has a lot of catching up to do in the chick department. It keeps making efforts and strides — there have been a lot of women in recent history. When I graduated Elizabeth Dole was our speaker. And there’ve been a lot of women since that period of time. So it feels like there’s been a big effort being made, so that’s a good thing. What was your experience on campus as a woman of color? And what does it mean to you to be a role model for so many students of color on campus right now? I always have a problem with being asked that question, and I will tell you why. I can’t tell you what my experience on campus was as anybody else. I couldn’t tell you what my experience was like as a white man because I wasn’t a white man. My experience on campus as a woman of color was just what my experience was. I had a great time at college. I made a lot of great friends — I had a really diverse group of friends. It worked for me. In a weird way, and I joke about this, the culture of the College, which at the time felt very male and a little bit

more conservative than I was used to, absolutely contributed to my ability to be able to step into any room of conservative guys from the East Coast or conservative guys from anywhere and feel completely comfortable. Which helps me in working environments all the time. I was never uncomfortable standing in a room full of men and telling them what I thought. I was never uncomfortable being the black woman in the room telling a bunch of people what I thought, so in a weird way my experience on campus was very helpful. How did your academic and extracurricular work at the College help prepare you for the work you do now? I wrote for The Dartmouth for a little bit, and what I discovered was that I wasn’t that interested in the truth. I remember writing for the paper, and I said, “this is really fun, but it would be so much more fun if I could make some stuff up.” The facts are fairly boring. So I stopped writing for the paper, because obviously you don’t want to be the person who’s plagiarizing in the paper. I did a lot of acting, which is the opposite of who I am, and I think I did it because I felt like I was a shy person and it was going to be hard for me. I thought college was the time to try all the stuff that you’re never going to try in the real world. I took a bunch of art classes and drawing classes. I’m a terrible artist. I had the best time doing it. Coming out into the world having spent my time in college exploring everything I wanted to, taking classes because they were new to me, taking every astronomy class that was offered just because I thought astronomy was interesting, meant that when I got out I felt very well rounded. I knew a lot about stuff, and I felt confident diving into something new. I’ve never been afraid to try something. What was it like going out for that first acting audition? It was fairly terrifying. For all the acting groups, there were always the senior people, who had been there forever. And there was always the sense of, you’re somebody new coming in. I don’t even know what I was thinking when I showed up. But it felt fun and it felt different. And none of my friends were doing it, which was even stranger. It wasn’t like I went with a bunch of my friends from my dorm who I knew. Your skin feels like it’s on fire and you’re terrified, and that’s how you know you’re supposed to be doing it. What do you remember about your own senior week?

I remember very little. Here’s why. I was very unhappy with the fact that I was graduating. I was the mopiest, most pathetic girl on campus. Mainly because I did not know what I was going to do next. I was always the person with the plan, and I didn’t have one at the time. I decided I didn’t want to go to graduate school. I knew I wanted to be a writer, but I was very unclear as to how that was going to happen. Mostly I remember spending all the time I could with friends. And then sitting sullenly in my dorm room watching my parents pack up my stuff while I refused to help them because I didn’t want to leave. I behaved like a 2-yearold. I was so unhappy. What advice would you offer for soon-to-be graduates who may be in the same shoes? Get out of your parents’ house as soon as possible. Even if you don’t know what you’re doing, get a job and do something. It’s a paralyzing place to be. No matter how wonderful your parents are and how supportive they are, get out and start doing something. How can you tell when you are writing authentically? You get a hum in your brain. If you’re not a writer, this will sound crazy to you, and maybe this will sound crazy to you anyway, but I can’t explain it any other way. It is in a weird way why writing is a drug. If you don’t write for that feeling, I don’t know why people write. Because there’s nothing like it. A lot of what’s happening when you’re starting out as a writer is getting out of the way of everything that clouds that voice. How much has your Dartmouth experience influenced your writing and your shows? I think a lot of it. I would say not so much in Scandal. Olivia Pope is much more of the grown-up me, the me that runs a company and has people working for her. But Meredith Grey and Christina Yang are definitely those girls who drank tequila and sit at a bar and work really hard and are trying to learn something. That was just me in college in so many ways. They’re very much, even though Christina didn’t go to Dartmouth — Meredith did — they’re very much Dartmouth girls. That is who they are. Their attitudes and perceptions of the world are filtered through that. Any sneak peeks of the upcoming episodes of Scandal or Grey’s? No. Nice try. This interview has been edited and condensed. For additional questions, see Dartbeat.com.

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Snapshots At The Finish Four seniors reflect on their journeys Spotlight B y Sara M C gahan Brandon DeBot ’14: Stevens Point, Wisconsin DeBot was in a meeting with then-Interim President Carol Folt when he heard that he had won the Truman Scholarship. The government major and public policy minor had asked Folt the result of his application despite the meeting’s unrelated topic, he said, and he was “incredibly excited” when she let him know that he had been awarded the honor. Since working as a volunteer coordinator for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in his hometown, DeBot has had an interest in politics and policy. He began to pursue this interest during his freshman year, taking government and public policy classes immediately and balancing his academic courseload with the rigors of Division I tennis. DeBot said his work in the Rockefeller Center’s Policy Research Shop has been especially meaningful. By researching policy topics and preparing debriefs for New Hampshire state legislatures, he said, he felt like he has made a “tangible impact” on the policy process. However, DeBot called his involvement with the men’s tennis team his most meaningful experience at Dartmouth. “I enjoyed every day of it,” DeBot said. One particular moment on the court, he said, defined his experience at the College. Facing Princeton at home as a sophomore with the score of the match tied at three, DeBot’s final match would determine the contest’s winning team. With friends and family watching, DeBot clinched the victory for the Big Green. “All the work we had put in up to that point, that really validated all of it,” DeBot said. “I was incredibly excited to be able to win in that environment.”

DeBot advises underclassmen to be war y of over committing themselves. “At least for me, my most meaningful experiences have been not necessarily the quantity but the quality,” DeBot said. “It’s fine to sign up for a lot of different clubs and programs, but try to find the ones you love and commit to those wholeheartedly.” After graduation, DeBot will work as a research assistant at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a think tank based in Washington D.C. Chelsea Estevez ’14: East Nor wich, New York When Estevez was accepted to Dartmouth, she imagined she would major in environmental studies or music and continue taking French. But after sitting in on an Arabic class as a prospective student at Dimensions, Estevez “immediately fell in love with the

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Estevez, an Arabic major, will continue her studies in Cairo. stopped, majoring in Arabic modified with French. But her passion for languages has extended beyond the classroom, leading her to Paris on the French foreign study program and to Amman, Jordan, on a transfer term through Middlebury College. At Dar tmouth, Estevez has served as an Arabic tutor and drill instructor, and lived on an Arabicspeaking floor for one term. Estevez said that the most meaningful experience of her Dartmouth career occurred when she volunteered for the ArabAmerican Association of New York. Estevez helped migrants find jobs and served as an education and social services provider for Arab Refugees. “It was incredibly meaningful to leave at 5:00 every day and think, ‘Wow, I helped 10 people today,’” Estevez said. This past summer, Estevez worked as a research intern at the Washington Institute for NearEast policies, a think tank that researches policy in the Middle East. Estevez has served as a first-year trip leader twice and as a Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor. She also has coached two seasons of club soccer in Norwich. She advises underclassmen to follow their own path at Dartmouth. “Do things that make you happy, and don’t do things because you think they are the ‘right’ Dartmouth thing to do,” she said. After graduation, Estevez will spend her summer working for the nonprofit Seeds of Peace, a program that aims to bring students from many different Middle Eastern countries together to overcome differences. Seeds of Peace will first take Estevez to Israel’s West Bank, and she will spend the second half of the summer in Maine, at the camp. In the fall, Estevez will travel to

Cairo, Egypt to work at the American University in Cairo on a year long fellowship. Malcolm Leverett ’14: South Field, Michigan An alternative spring break trip to Florida redefined Leverett’s approach to community service. On the trip during his first year at the College, Leverett gained far more than an exposure to the study of

backgrounds to thrive in high school and college. He also traveled to Honduras his sophomore year on a Dartmouth Global Leadership program trip. Leverett has worked to enact positive change at Dar tmouth through his involvement with the Inter-Community Council and Palaeopitus senior society as well as an internship with Senior Associate Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer. These positions, he said, have allowed him to share his opinions with senior administrators, as well as research ways to tangibly improve Dartmouth. In his time at Dartmouth, Leverett said that he think the College has made steps in the right direction. “Of course we still have more progress that needs to made, but I can genuinely say I think they have made progress,” Leverett said. An economics major and Spanish minor, Leverett studied abroad in Madrid on the Spanish FSP during his junior fall. During another term away from the College, he in-

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Leverett advises underclassmen to “try new things.” documentation and immigration. From the trip’s two senior leaders, Leverett said, he learned how to approach volunteer work with a sense of empathy and an understanding of each volunteer’s own privilege and reasons for volunteering. Leverett took notes each night of the trip, and a compiled version of his reflections was later published in a book sponsored by the Class of 1964. Back at Dartmouth, Leverett has been involved with MoneySmart, a Tucker Foundation program that offers financial education to residents of the Upper Valley, and also volunteered with the Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth program over his sophomore summer, which empowers promising high school students from underprivileged

terned at Post-Newsweek Stations, a subsidiar y of the Washington Post, as part of the Minority Interests in Media program through the Emma L. Bowen Foundation. Leverett has also been ver y involved in Beta Alpha Omega fraternity and the Afro-American society on campus. Leverett advises underclassmen to make friendships beyond their defined cultural groups or Greek houses. “Try new things that get you involved in learning about other cultures and meeting new people,” Leverett said. After graduation, Leverett will work for the Vanguard Group, an investment management firm SEE PROFILES PAGE CR11

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With commencement drawing near, many soon-to-be graduates are asking the question, “What am I going to do with the rest of my life?” But a handful of students have popped a different, life-changing question: “Will you marry me?” Freddie Fletcher ’14 and Mary DiGeronimo ’14 first met in the middle of eighth grade, preparing to take a service trip to Tennessee. They began dating about six months later and have been together ever since. Despite

Fletcher and DiGeronimo said they thought, prayed and talked extensively about the prospect of marriage well before the engagement. “We don’t want to just stumble into it and say, ‘Oh, the next logical thing to do is get married,’” Fletcher said. Although DiGeronimo had her suspicions that a proposal was in the works, Fletcher was adamant that the time and place of the proposal come as a surprise. The day before he proposed, Freddie told DiGeronimo’s

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Fletcher and DiGeronimo first met in eighth grade. keeping their college choices secret from one another, both applied and were admitted to Dartmouth early decision, supported by the other’s peer recommendation letter. Fletcher said that DiGeronimo was the only person surprised by his proposal at the end of last summer. As far back as high school, he said, friends and teachers had jokingly asked about their impending wedding plans. Both

father the plan, asked for his blessing and reminded him to keep the proposal a secret. He gave his blessing but didn’t quite stay true to his word, Fletcher said. As the couple left Mary’s Virginia Beach, Virginia home, her father pulled out a camera and started snapping sentimental pictures. But apparently, DiGeronimo didn’t catch on. Fletcher proposed later that day during a walk on the beach, timing

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Styer and Wu eagerly await married life after graduation.

his proposal so that the sun would be setting. “She was definitely, I think, surprised,” Fletcher said. “I don’t think she thought that I was ready to go to that level while we were still in school.” Since then, DiGeronimo and Fletcher both have devoted a significant amount of time and effort to wedding planning — so much so that DiGeronimo’s friends have jokingly referred to her planning as a fourth class. They will marry in Virginia three weeks after graduation. Joseph Styer ’14 and Wei Wu ’14 met during their freshman fall through their leadership involvement with Dartmouth’s Christian Ministry. The couple, who started dating a year later, got engaged this April and will marry over the summer. While Wu said their first few interactions were nothing special, they made it past their unromantic first impressions as they spent more time together with the Ministry. For Wu, the eventual proposal did not come as much of a surprise. Wu said she took the relationship very seriously from the start, as did Styer. “I didn’t really have a very good dating script,” she said. “I didn’t really have this idea of dating for fun.” Personal challenges for Wu during her junior year put a significant strain on their relationship. The following summer, Styer and Wu’s only term apart, gave them time and space to reflect. Both agreed that ultimately their ability to overcome these difficulties spoke to the strength of their relationship. “If we can survive that in dating, then I believe we can survive that in marriage and continue to build a relationship,” Styer said. Wu had always dreamed of a proposal under the stars, but Hanover’s chilly April weather might have crushed that idea, had it not been for Styer’s creativity. He planned the night of the proposal as a three-part date, referencing the Trinity and the idea that all perfect things come in threes. Each section of the proposal began with Wu completing a logic-based puzzle provided by Styer. The couple started with dinner at Molly’s, shared a dessert of chocolates and finished the evening in a room above Murphy’s used by Dartmouth students for prayer. Here, Styer guided Wu to lie back on the floor. He turned out the lights. By then, Wu said, she saw the proposal coming but didn’t understand Styer’s directions. Then she looked up. “He’d covered the ceiling of the prayer room with glow-in-the-dark stars. He’d even followed a star map and set up constellations and everything, so it really was like stargazing,” Wu said. “At this point, I started crying.”

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In December, Mei and Zheng officially married. Styer and Wu eagerly await married life, especially the prospect of living together once they venture away from Dartmouth. “It’s really exciting to have a space that’s not mine or his, but ours,” Wu said. Zhenwei Mei ’14 and Zheng Zheng Tu’16, officially married in December, also said they share an excitement to move in together following graduation. “It seems like a makeshift phase right now,” Mei said, referencing the fact that she and Zheng currently share her undergraduate dorm when he visits campus. The two met during the summer after Mei’s junior year, when Zheng was preparing to apply to business school but had not yet applied to Tuck. The two had a mutual Dartmouth friend in Mei’s home city of Shanghai, and while they connected briefly and saw

each other at a few group dinners, they only connected online this past fall, when Zheng visited Dartmouth to tour Tuck — a choice he now says was driven by his desire to see Mei again. By the end of that first visit, Mei knew she’d found someone special. “It really felt right,” Zheng said. Zheng officially popped the question this winter, sitting on the Game-ofThrones-inspired ice sculpture on the Green the day after Valentine’s Day. The timing, they said, was important — getting engaged on Valentine’s Day would have been cliché. Zheng had the bell tower play their song, “All I Ask of You,” from The Phantom of the Opera. He buried the ring in the throne. They married in a Rollins Chapel ceremony this April and over the summer, the couple will have ceremonies in

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A BIRD’S EYE VIEW The Class of 2014’s four years at the College were characterized by administrative turnover, campus renovations, student activism and rising concerns surrounding the role of Greek life, with these issues particularly prevalent during the 2013-14 academic year.

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The 2012-13 academic year was billed as the “Year of the Arts” at the College, and performers including Wynton Marsalis and Yo-Yo Ma were brought to Hanover. The Black Family Visual Arts Center opened in the fall. Over the summer, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson crafted a new alcohol and hazing policy that allowed Safety and Security officers to perform random, unannounced walkthroughs of Greek houses. Greek leaders expressed disappointment with many of the changes.

To accommodate the large size of the Class of 2014, which had about 50 more students than previous classes, the College converted 44 double rooms in Fahey Hall and McLane Hall to triples. In the fall, renovations began on Thayer Dining Hall, now called the Class of 1953 Commons, after a $12 million donation from members of the Class of 1953. Along with the renovations to Thayer, Dartmouth Dining Services changed to a new meal payment plan, which combined meal swipes and money in a declining balance account. Previously, the plan had operated solely on an à-la-carte basis. Students protested the new plan, criticizing it as limiting and overpriced. The College announced that the value of its endowment had increased by 6 percent over the 2010 fiscal year after falling during the recession. In the winter, three administrators of minority backgrounds announced their resignations, leading some students to critique Dartmouth’s ability to retain minority faculty

In November, the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative was launched. The initiative, created by clinical psychologist Jennifer Sayre ’93, aims to mitigate assault and hazing by empowering bystanders. University of Michigan Provost Phil Hanlon ’77 was selected to succeed Kim as the 18th president of the College on Nov. 29. In December, 464 students were admitted early decision, after applications declined by 12.5 percent. Regular decision applications declined by 3 percent. During the winter, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity was placed on three terms of College suspension for hazing violations. The punishment came after Yesuto Shaw ’15 wrote a column in The Dartmouth alleging he was hazed. During the annual Dimensions show, about a dozen protesters,

and staff. Acting director of the Center for Women and Gender Samantha Ivery, who also served as an advisor for black students, was one administrator who resigned. At the time, Ivery declined to comment on her decision to leave the College but said that she had experienced racism and sexism in the workplace at Dartmouth. During the academic year, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity’s new physical plant was completed, and Baker Berry Library added seating and electrical outlets to its Main Hall in an effort to make the space conducive to study and socializing. Coffee, pastries and conversation began to fill the space previously known as the Berry News Center after King Arthur Flour Café opened in June. The College announced reforms to combat sexual assault and binge drinking, including the “Safe Ride” system, the Green Team bystander intervention program and a revised Social Events and Management Procedure policy. After a physical and verbal altercation between a man and woman, Panhellenic council sorority presidents established a policy in which houses would boycott social events at any fraternity where a member assaulted a female student if there was not prompt internal adjudication.

who organized under the name Real Talk Dartmouth, pushed into the Class of 1953 Commons chanting “Dartmouth has a problem” and shouting criticisms about the prevalence of sexual assault, racism and homophobia at the College. After violent threats toward the protestors were posted on the anonymous website Bored at Baker, classes were canceled on April 24, the first time classes have been canceled since 1986. In May, a group of more than 30 students and alumni filed a Clery Act complaint against the College. The complaint accuses the College of violating portions of the Clery Act in regard to sexual assault, discrimination, hate crimes and hazing. Also in May, the Department of Education initiated a Title IX investigation of the College.

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Kaavya Adamz

Emily Baer

Congratulations Kaavya on your graduation. Now, bring home the bacon. Karna, Mom & Dad

Congratulations, Emily! Let your smile change the world. Don’t let the world change your smile! We are so proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad and Alec

A. Tara Basu

Jalil M. Bishop

“We do not need magic ..... We carry everything we need inside ourselves already”- J. K. Rowling

Your effort, faith, values echoed, loud and clear, You surmounted all obstacles, so let’s all cheer! Love, Ma, Baba, Dada, & Dadabhai

I don’t understand how people do college without a sibling. You have been my rock & confidant these past 2 years. Thank you for teaching me what it means to be passionate and patient. LONG LIVE THE BISHOP DYNASTY!

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Beatriz Bohoquez Fuentes

Evan D. Bloom

Congratulations, Beatriz! You’ve worked hard and you did it! You are now one step closer to your dream. May this chapter of your life bring you new passion, inspiration and happiness in life! We love you! Mom, Dad & Carolina

Congratulations, Evan! Always your own person, strong and true. The world is yours for the taking, we are so proud of you. Love you beyond measure, Momma & Poppa

Grace Brady Russo

Mary Scott Cain

Congratulations Gracie! why you will succeed: 1. You have a heart of gold. 2. You have a head full of brains. 3. You have a beautiful soul. 4. You know where the finish line is. We love you! Mom and Dad, Mary and Paul.

“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face to shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26. Love, Daddy, Mother, Hope, Andrew, Kathaleen, David, Andrea, Lou

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Jayne Caron

Katherine D. Cima

Congratulations, Jayne! I wish I could attend your graduation, but then I get to be with you all summer. I can’t wait! Love, Josie (your faithful canine companion)

Congratulations Katherine ! We are very proud of you ! You now have the granite of NH in your muscles and your brain. Love, Mom, Dad & Caroline

Seanie Civale

Jonele Conceicao

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) ~ e.e. cummings We love you so much, Sean Julia. Congratulations! We are so very proud of you. xoxo Mom, Dad, Brian, Brendan, Kyle, Keiko, & Rory

You’ve come a long way since your first day of school. We’re all so proud of you! Lots of love, Mom, Dad, Chloe & everyone else

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Colleen Cowdery

Laura Cressman

Tanzania/ EMS/ Costa Rica/ Phi Tau President/ baby whooping cranes’ mommy/ friend of the Greenhouse Ladies & plants. All this and a biology degree to boot! Keep your sense of curiosity and adventure! Congratulations! Love Mom and Dad

Congratulations, Laura! We are so proud of the beautiful young woman you have become - the world is your oyster! We love you!!! Mom, Dad, Andy, Sam, Bubby, Katy and Rosie xoxox

Evan Curhan

Alexandra Della Pia

Congratulations Evan James! “Set out each day believing in your dreams. Know without a doubt that you were made for great things.” ~ Josh Hinds We love you and are very proud of you! -Mom, Dad, Noah, Jake and Max

Congratulations Alexandra, The future belongs to those who don’t follow where the path may lead...go instead where there is no path...And Leave A Trail! Love you, Mom & Dad

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Cali Digre

Justin Einhorn

Congratulations Cali! You have the perseverance, patience and endurance to pursue your dreams. In any direction you choose, consider your talents and follow the path. Do what you love and love what you do. We love you! Mom & Dad

It has been our greatest pleasure to watch you grow up, and be part of your impressive scholastic journey. We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be more proud of you. We wish you a lifetime of happiness. CONGRATULATIONS! Love You, Mom, Dad, & Jared

Chelsea Estevez

Jennifer A. Estrada

We are so proud of you. Words cannot express our joy and amazement at your accomplishments and the marvelous future you have ahead. We love you, Mom, Dad & Ian.

Eres muy especial y estamos orgullosos de tus logros adquiridos atravez de todo este tiempo, con el amor de siempre, Papa y Mama. Happy once, happy twice, happy graduation day! Love always, Janice, Anja, Andy, Logan, Oliver, & Rocky.

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Christina Faw Faw Goodson

Zoe Caroline Furlong

Congratulations, Christina Faye! You have been going places ever since you were born and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect you to stop now. We are so proud of you! We love you! Mom, Uncle Mike, Aunt Kerri and Bailey

You have consistently followed your heart and listened to your inner drum. You have always been the champion of the underdog, and your creativity, inquisitiveness and compassion will lead to you to a life full of promise and adventure.

Harriett R. Gabbidon

Will Geoghegan

Congratulations Harriett, your hard work and dedication have finally paid off. Well done and good luck in your continued search for excellence. Your success is well deserved and will give you a chance to spread your wings. - Mom&Dad

Congratulations, Will! You can do whatever you set your mind to. I am so proud of you! Love, Mom

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Sunder Gidumal

Chris Given

Congratulations Sunder! We hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, the highest of your hopes, the windows of your opportunities, and the most special place your heart has ever known. We love you Mom Dad Shiv Grandma

You have a rare and beautiful mind. Looking forward to the great things you will do with it! Peace and love from your proud family & LG.

Bridget Golob

Trevor B. Gulick-Stutz

BRIDGET We celebrate with you! Love Mom & Brittany

Trevor, you have stayed true to your Oregon roots while already expanding your life experience on five continents. Wherever you go, your family is there with our love and support. With pride, Mom, Dad, Derek, Reed and Zanna

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Dan Steve Harnish

Charlie Hetke

Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

Before baseball, before soccer, before Dartmouth, there was just you - Charlieboy. You were a smart, thoughtful, and fearless little boy. You haven’t changed. These traits will carry far. Keep on chugging, Chuck! Love, Mom, Dad & Allie

Ryan Hueston

Clifford Hughes

To Ryan with love from your parents who have been wonderfully surprised by your unrivaled passion and unbounded creativity.

CJ, Today you have truly made us proud. Congratulations on a success truly deserved and an achievement truly earned. There’s a lot more to come…goals, challenges and opportunities! Keep the faith and keep rising. Love Mom and Dad

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Arianne C. Hunter

Brett Kana

Congratulations Ari! We’ve seen how hard you studied and the effort you put into your education, and we are so proud of your accomplishment! God bless and best wishes on your graduation!

There are no limits to how far you can go. Congratulations on four successful years at Dartmouth. We are so proud of and love you! Mom, Dad, Bryan, Greg and Christi

Alan Keegan

Katie Kilkenny

Congratulations! As you look ahead at the years to Congratulations! come, we wish you heartfelt joy and sparkling success. We are so proud of your many accomplishments, and we can’t wait to see where your vision takes you. Love, Mom and Dad

Congratulations Katie! From Aiea to Hanover, you’ve come a long way. Throughout the journey, you’ve made us all so very proud! Love, Dad, Mom, Patrick and Tara

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Kara, Rachel, Seanie & Amanda

Gardiner Kreglow

tied together by stuff too difficult to explain to someone new - Brian Andreas I love all of you so much! Thank you for being such wonderful friends to Seanie! Congratulations! xoxo Mama, Momma C, aka Anne

Congratulations! We wish you all of the love, happiness, and success the world has to offer. Always remember the magic of bridges, the chilly winds of Hanover, and the strength of granite. Love, Mom, Dad, Roro, & Pa

Jacob Aaron Kupferman

Veronica Leonard

Congratulations, Jacob! We are very proud of you and all that you have achieved. Reach for your goals and follow your dreams. Climb on. Love, Mom, Dad, and Rachel

Congratulations Vee! From learning to buckle your shoe to earning a Dartmouth degree, you have been a star. We love you madly, Mom and Dad

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David K. Lerner

Alison Y.Y. Leung

Congratulations David! We are so proud of all your accomplishments -from the classroom to the tennis courts. Love Mom and Dad

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.Dreams.Discover. -M.Twain

Malcolm B. Leverett

Congratulations Malcolm! You have always been a diligent & driven young man. You have a thirst for life that’s contagious. We’re so proud of the man God made you. Look Out World-Here Comes Malcolm Blanchard Leverett! Love Mom & Dad

Big Mal, Congratulations! If you believe in yourself HALF as much as we believe in you… the world will be yours. We are MORE than proud of you. It’s an honor & privilege to call you twin and brother. Love, Matthew(twin) and Kyle

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Jonathan Lewyckyj

Andi Liebowitz

Congratulations, Jonathan! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so very proud of you. We look forward to your next chapter. We love you! Mom, Dad, Elise, and Jeffy

Congratulations to our adventurer! So proud of you! Love you! xxxxx Mom, Dad, Jordy, Kara and Jenny

Lillian Rose Maguire

Emma McDermott

Congratulations, Lilly! What a wild and wonderful four years it has been: the drive was long; the journey was sweet; your accomplishments amazing! Now go forth and light the world on fire! We love you! Mom and Dad

Congratulations Emma! We are so proud of all your accomplishments. We are certain you will go far in life and amaze all those around you. Wishing you good luck and lots of love Mum, Max and Tori

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Graduating Seniors The following is a list of graduates for 2014, as of Friday, June 6 at 11:38 a.m. Changes may occur after this time, and this is not an official record.

Erin Abraham Amelia C. Acosta Kaavya Adam Griffin T. Adams Taha N. Adib Roxane A. Aflalo Siddharth S. Agrawal Melinda M. Agron Maceda A. Alemu Sarah M. Alexander Stuart A. Allan Lindsey E. Allard Marissa L. Allen Nicholas T. Allen Ala’ A. Alrababa’h Melissa L. An Amith S. Ananthram Frohman C. Anderson Laurel E. Anderson Samantha K. Anderson Todd S. Anderson Mark V. Andriola Samuel S. Aney Robert W. Anthony Ivan Antoniv Amelia F. Antrim Rachel L. Aragon Anoush R. Arakelian Alexander T. Arnold Saaid H. Arshad Claire K. Arthur Carinna Arvizo Dylan J. Assael Christine E. Auberle Elizabeth C. Aviv Saara-Anne Azizi

Tserenbaljir Baatartogtokh Gabrielle Y. Babb Esop Baek Emily C. Baer Jennifer Bai Charles D. Bakes Kensy Balch Michael J. Banaciski Julian O. B. Bangert Abigail S. Bard Forrest S. Barnhart Dieymabou Barry Daniel K. Barstein Stephen W. Beal Jr. Clarisse A. Benoit Emmaline M. Berg Michael F. Berger Julia L. Berkowitz Jackson B. Berler Daniel B. Bernhard Anna Leah Berstein Simpson Gediminas Bertasius Mathieu A. Bertrand Sunil M. Bhatt Tyler E. Billipp Daniel P. Birnbaum Jalil M. Bishop Emily D. Blackmer

Kristy L. Blackwood Anna B. Bladey Jacob J. Blair Nicolas Blanco Galindo John T. Bleday Arthur W. Bledsoe Evan D. Bloom Kelley C. Bloomer Nina S. Boal Sera Boeno Anna Y. Bofa Mackenzie H. Bohannon Beatriz Bohorquez Fuentes Kyle C. Bojanowski Taylor T. Boldt Joseph T. Bonnell-Hall Daniel Bornstein Rachael Z. Bornstein Matthew A. Bossart Mandy E. K. Bowers C. Todd Bracken Charles T. Bradford Kate G. Bradshaw Jonathan W. Brady Kelly C. Brait Robert A. Brett III Gillian A. O. Britton Mackenzie R. Bronson Scott L. Brookes Antonio V. Brown Hayley M. Brown Kristopher S. Brown Ross H. Brown Seth A. Brown Shani C. Brown Emma G. Brush Nicolas Burford Caitlin C. Burke Abigail C. Burns Corbin A. Burstein Peter R. Butler

Sandi A. B. Caalim Benjamin J. Cabranes Amanda J. Cahoy Mary Scott Cain Elizabeth D. Calby Isabel S. Caldwell Jacqueline A. Calloway Peter J. Calvanelli Devon R. Camp Anne K. Campbell Hilary T. Campbell Taylor R. Campbell John S. Canning James A. Carlson Nayrana A. C. Carneiro Jayne S. Caron Rachel K. Carter Donald P. Casler Jr Jane O. Cavalier Paola G. Cazares Delos F. Chang Waritorn Chariyawattanarut Stephanie J. ChavezYenter Jenny Seine Yao Che Diane D. Chen Jeff Chen Jun Chen Junru Chen

Wenjing Chen Xu Chen Xuanyi Chen Lingxi Chenyang Jonathan E. Chiang Nicole J. Chiavacci Collin T. Chideme Angie Cho Eugene W. Cho Kristy Choi Michael J. Choi Sohyoung Choi Yeunun Choo Alan S. Chou Audrey M. Chow M. Reza Chowdhury Myles M. Christian Devin S. Chu Yong-Ho M. Chu Kathleen S. Chung Marianna Cid Katherine D. Cima Sean J. Civale Christopher L. Clark II Arenne K. Clark Kevin J. Clark Emily S. Clegg Eric C. Clemmenson Coralie B. Clonch Abigail I. Cohen Austin T. Cohen Angilique C. Coleman Phillip M. Coletti Ross A. Collins Aaron G. Colston Jonele A. Conceicao Allegra M. Condiotte Terence J. L. Conklin William J. Connolly Thomas A. Cools Meghan L. Cooney Amy P. Couture Colleen P. Cowdery Carissa A. Crawford Mara E. Crespi Laura G. Cressman Evan J. Curhan Kara T. Curosh Xavier A. Curry Matthew M. Curtin Nelson C. J. Curtis Jr. Morgan H. Curtis Zachary W. Cutler Joshua D. Cyphers Jenieri D. Cyrus

Abbey L. D’Agostino Olivia S. Dahl Meegan P. Daigler Ellen W. Daily Cecilia L. Dalle Ore John H. Daniels John P. D’Antonio Catherine L. Darragh Kara R. H. Dastrup Katherine M. Dauten Brian S. Davidoff Nathaniel C. Davis Sanders P. Davis Kyle N. Davy W. Brandon Debot Rachel E. DeckerSadowski Ranee M. Deechilly Meaghan M. Deegan Max N. Deibel Alexandra L. Della Pia

Sebastian M. DeLuca John A. Descalzi Anthony J. Dettorre Stefan J. Deutsch Spencer G. Diamond Jimena Diaz Rose H. Dicovitsky Matthew J. Diephuis Mary L. DiGeronimo Cali B. Digre Eric L. Din Kathleen C. Dobell Michael T. Dodakian Emily F. Dollar Charles J. Dong Luke F. Dornak Joseph P. Dowdell Samantha C. Dowdell Ethan B. Dreissigacker Daniel F. Driscoll Amy C. Drummond Nipun Dua Gavin S. Duarte Jay W. Dumanian Janae A. Dunchack Abby A. Dunham Yves-Marie Duperval Katherine M. Dwyer

David J. Eads Jacob F. Ebersole Stefan P. Eckhardt Justin S. Einhorn Emily M. Eisner Zachary S. Elias John H. Elliott Carly J. Emmer Bridget M. End Ittai E. Eres Monica A. Erives Robert A. Esnard Chelsea V. Estevez Jennifer A. Estrada Alexis A. Euwema Olivia R. Evans

Erik T. Fagerstrom Shuyang Fang Kendall R. Farnham Samuel A. Farnham Oladipupo O. Fasawe Christopher D. Faulkner Samantha J. Fearer Leah B. Feiger Katherine R. Feng Royivia M. Ferguson Maria V. Fernandez Sarah G. Fernandez Victoria M. Fernandez Adrian D. Ferrari Graham B. Findlay Danelle K. Finnen Rebecca D. Finzi Shea E. Flanagan Frederick P. Fletcher III Brian R. Flint Evelyn M. Flint Kristen L. Flint Isha V. Flores Natalie E. Flowers Lisa C. Flynn Robert B. Folk

Hunter B. Foraker Gabrielle Forestier Dennis G. Foster III Geanette A. Foster Cohle E. Fowler Maria Isabel Regina De V. Francisco Anna R. Franklin Max P. C. Frenkel Anthony B. Fulham Zoe C. Furlong

Harriett R. Gabbidon Dylan D. Gabel Eugene J. Gabianelli Maria Cristina Gallagher Christine M. Gangne Gilberto Garcia Jr Brittany A. Garcia Gabino Garcia Madeline N. Garcia Matthew C. Garczynski Jennifer I. Gargano Paul A. Gastello Harrison E. Gates Lauren R. Gatewood Andrew J. Gay Matthew Ge William D. Geoghegan III Andoni S. Georgiou Stuart T. Ghafoor Cameron J. Ghorbani Christopher H. Gibson Sunder S. Gidumal Kristen M. Giovanniello Brian P. Giunta Christopher H. Given Mark C. Goggin Jr Rebecca M. Gollub Bridget R. Golob Irvin A. Gomez Alejandro F. GomezBarbosa Laura E. Goodfellow Christina F. Goodson Emily R. Goodwin Patrick W. Gould Sharla H. Grass Matthew F. Graves Bronson W. Green Neil E. Greene III Sean T. Griffin Samuel A. Griffis Kevin C. Griffith Molly F. Grimes Claire E. Groden Jeffrey Gu Mary Elizabeth Guard Julio S. Guerrero Kesselman Roberto C. Guerrero Nancy B. Guevara Aditya A. Gulanikar Trevor B. Gulick-Stutz Brandon M. Gunter Xinyue Guo Soumya Gupta Isaac M. Guttman

Julie Ann Haldeman

Berkeley J. Hall Joshua A. Hall Sean W. Hammett Alex J. Hanson Eliza S. Hanson Daniel J. Harnish Nook A. Harquail Thomas J. P. Harrington Daniel S. Harris Brett C. Harrison Graylin Harrison Anne E. Hart Hilton F. Hart Cassandra J. Hartt Anna R. Harty Christopher M. Hauser Lindsay A. Haut W. Campbell Haynes Kara L. Hedges Gabriella Heffesse John K. Heise Margaret V. Heisler George A. Helding Alison R. Helzer Charlotte S. M. Hendren Kyle C. Hendricks Daniel C. Henggeler II Erin M. Henn Olivia L. Herbert Camila C. Hernandez Stephanie R. Hernandez Alejandra Herrera James J. Herring Kathleen C. Herring Julia E. C. Herringer David C. Herron Charles R. Hetke Lauren E. Heywood Katherine A. Hickey John D. D. Higgins William J. Hirschfeld Kirstin E. Hocheder Emily M. W. Hoffman Paul H. Hogan Andrew Hoh Lindsay A. Holdcroft Victor H. Hollenberg Juliet H. Hollingsworth Svante Carl Daniel Holmdahl Graham T. Holt Jamin Hong John G. Hong Peter C. Horak Noemi E. Hormann Helen W. Hou Betty Huang Gavin Huang Xu Huang Ryan F. Hueston Clifford R. Hughes Jr. Andrew J. Huh Emilia H. Hull Taylor L. Hummel Arianne C. Hunter Eliza W. Huntington William R. Hurst Pedro Hurtado Ortiz Eileen Hu-Wang Tom M. Huzarsky

Ellen T. Irwin

Alesy Iturrey Mary C. Ivancic

Adrielle G. Jackson William B. Jackson Mitchell B. Jacobs Rashelle R. James Semarley N. Jarrett Anirudh V. Jayanti Sucharita L. Y. Jayanti Benjamin H. Jenkins Lauren B. Jenny William K. Jewett Kirk Jing Nicholas J. R. Joaquin C. Bailey Johnson James W. Johnson Maya A. Johnson Taylor C. L. Johnson Dylan B. Jones Ma’Ko’Quah Jones Emily E. Jordan Brian D. P. Joseff Matthew A. Joyce Alexander P. Judson Nicholas M. Judson Christopher A. Jung James J. Jung

Zachary D. Kamin William T. Kamkwamba Brett T. Kana Nathaniel T. Kania Joshua D. Kaplan James H. Kappel Austin W. Katigan Parth Kaul Alan C. Keegan Jeffrey D. Keller John C. Kelly Lauren K. M. Kelly Kathryn P. Kennedy Liliana R. KennedyPaesler Ariel G. Kenyon Christine R. Kerr Danielle A. Kerr Amir I. Khan Michelle A. Khare Alexandra A. Khitun Wajahat A. Kiani Miriam J. Kilimo Katherine G. Kilkenny Albert K. Kim Alexander C. Kim Angela B. Kim Daniel Kim Dong Seon Kim Min H. Kim Mingyu Kim Seung Hyuck Kim Seung Y. Kim Somi J. Kim Yoo Jung Kim Rebekah J. Kimball Robert E. King III Edward W. Kingsley Chase B. Klein Michael L. Klein Georgi M. Klissurski Sarah E. Knapp Aaron B. Koenig Corinne T. Kominkiewicz Dedeepya Konuthula

Yoon Jeong Kook Zachary J. Koufakis Herve Patrick Kouna Nga Metsam Delanyo M. Kpo Megan A. Kratky Adam D. Kraus Gardiner Kreglow Karolina Krelinova Neeharika Krothapalli Megan T. Krumpoch Tyler D. Kuhn Georgia T. G. Kunzelmann Jacob A. Kupferman Pallavi S. Kuppa-Apte Phoebe E. Kurtzman Travis M. Kuster William C. Kuzma Hayden D. Kvamme Lauren E. Kwan

Vincent La Caleb E. Ladue Renee H. Lai Kristin M. Lam Mui Ling Lam Guilherme Lambert Gomes Ferraz Merideth T. Lathrop Charles W. Laud Jason J. Lawrence Alexandria M. Leach Daniel E. Leder Andrew S. Lee Carolyn G. Lee Chloe N. L. Lee Eunmyoung Lee Ji Hyae Lee Kristina S. Lee Seo In Lee Seung Won Lee Amber E. Lehman Kara I. Lehman Nathan D. Lehrer Jake S. Leichtling Veronica A. Leonard David K. Lerner Richard A. Lessard Alison Y. Y. Leung Derek N. Leung Benjamin L. Levander Alison S. Levens Teva L. Levens Malcolm B. Leverett Nathaniel J. Lewin Jonathan S. Lewyckyj FML Name Amy Li Andrew Y. Li Clarissa C. Li Emily S. Li Jing Xi Li Randy X. Li Zhiqian Li Ellian E. Liche Andrea B. Liebowitz Jessica H. Likovich Andrew S. Lim Curtis Lim Yufan Lin Devin S. Lindsay Samantha G. Lindsay Brenna S. Liponis Rex G. Littlefield Dengyang Liu Jerry Y. Liu Serena X. Liu

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Graduating Seniors Shari Liu Shiyuan Liu Siyue Liu Brendan M. Loftus Matthew W. Long Andrew P. Longhi Brett M. Losen Roger A. Lott Nicholas E. Lovejoy Ariel S. Low Daniel P. Lowenstein Christine E. Lozier Elisabeth R. Lubiak Kylie N. Lucas Victoria I. Lucyk Elizabeth F. Lummus Clifton K. Lyons

Christina Ma Karima Ma Liliana E. Ma Abigail Macias Julian J. MacMillan Kellie J. MacPhee Henry A. MacQueen Victoria J. Madigan Thomas C. Madsen Isabelle L. Magro Lillian R. Maguire Gabriela L. Maica Kaitlin E. Maier Austin G. Major Saida Makhmudzade Lindsay S. Mandel Steven F. Mangan Yesha R. Maniar Latesia Y. Manuel Robert L. Marchman Cole J. Marcoux Marta C. Marino Amanda N. Martin Savannah M. G. Martin Philippa J. MartinezBerrier Thabo M. Matse Melissa A. Matsuoka Sydney L. Matteson Alexander M. Matthey Annie Laurie MauhsPugh Emily K. Maxwell Jonathan K. Y. May Jillian E. Mayer Joseph E. Maziar Graham N. McConnell Lela M. McCrea Emma E. McDermott Grace G. McDevitt Julia G. McElhinney Aaron T. McGee Kelly R. McHugh Aislinn I. McLaughlin Michael A. McLaughlin Hilary E. McNamee Matthew S. McNierney Britta M. McOmber Ryan R. McWilliams Gabriela F. Meade Larry A. Meadows Nikolas M. Medrano Christopher G. Megrue Adam R. Mehring

Zhenwei Mei Catalina Mejia Roger L. Melick Matthew V. Melikian Tyler H. Melville John C. Melvin Jamilah Mena Tina Y. Meng Catherine J. Meyer Robert C. Meyers Daniel H. Miao Henry A. Michaels John D. Michel Genevieve M. Mifflin Christine A. Miguel Eric A. Miller Jr Hugh J. Miller Andrew I. Milligan Cheree A. Mills Diana Ming Adwiteeya Misra Christopher J. Mitchell Paige F. Monborne Aaron J. Mondshine Margarita S. Montgomery Brendan S. Mooney Christian K. Moore Victoria J. Moors Tyler Y. Moragne Lucas Moreira Yamamura Laura B. Moriarty Cassandra M. Morley Christina E. Morley R. Cabell Morris III Charlotte R. Morris Lucy E. Morris Samuel H. Morris Alice T. Morrison Marina M. Moschitto Zachary A. Moskow Max S. Mucenic Steven C. Muenzen Kevin M. Mulquin Erika S. Murillo Alexandra E. Murray Patrick J. Murray

Brendan F. Nagle Eduardo M. Najera Ortega George Najjar Ayushi Narayan Easha Narayan Kristen E. Nehls Chelsye J. Nelson Grant R. Neubauer Jake F. Nevola Rachel E. NewtonPadin Ben H. Nguyen Hanh M. Nguyen Thien C. Nguyen Matthew J. Nicolai Elizabeth L. Niehaus Katherine R. Nimmo Benjamin J. Nollet Tausif Noor Andrew J. North Rebecca C. Novello Elizabeth M. Nunley Ellen M. Nye Lotta U. Nygren

Chisom I. Obi-Okoye Julia R. Ocampo Christopher A. O’Connell Ryan D. O’Connor David A. Oddleifson Caroline G. O’Donnell Christopher K. O’Dowd Maame Afua O. Ofori Rachel H. Ofori Shane R. Ogren Jun Ho Oh Samantha Oh Kwame A. Ohene-Adu Sandra E. Okonofua Michael P. Olentine Alexander C. Olesen Shane F. O’Neal Daniel E. Ors Stefanie L. Ostrowski Catherine E. O’Sullivan Krystyna H. Oszkinis Mehdi Oulmakki

Mahala S. Pagan Ryan M. Paganetti James T. Palmer Phoebe K. Palmer Jing Wei Pan Lipsa Panda Timothy S. Pang Neelima Panth Michael G. Parets Ashley H. Park Grace E. Park Ji Young Park Juliana S. Park Yon Soo Park Madeleine E. G. Parker Todor P. Parushev Paul C. Pasciucco Anna R. Pasternak Sarah R. Pasternak Charles B. Pastuszenski Fletcher D. Pease Sarah A. C. Peck Jonathan K. Pedde Kaila E. Pedersen Nicholas L. Peisch William E. Pelham III Jesse L. Peltier Jacob T. Pendleton James S. Peng Christian J. Peoples Marco A. Peraza Alexia K. Pereira C. Jake Perkins Jeffrey M. Perkins Michael H. Perlstein Chauna A. Pervis Grace S. Phang Velma A. Pickett Clayton J. Pierce Matthew D. Pierce Dominick A. Pierre Eliana S. Piper Ellen J. Pittman Avery C. Plough Chien Yi M. Png Keshav R. Poddar Alison S. PoltonSimon Martin Pomykala Blaine W. Ponto

Amber H. H. Porter Emily P. Porter Anne E. Portland Ethan J. Portnoy Wilson F. Powell III Tev’n J. Powers Stephen I. Prager Rohail Premjee Christopher C. Price Kevin A. Price Bryant W. Prieur Kali M. Pruss Doris F. Pu Molly R. Pugh Lucia Y. Qian Daniel E. Rachovitsky Derek R. Racine Phoebe E. Racine Victoria E. Rackohn Kelly V. Rada Rahul S. Raina Nitya S. Rajgopal Salman M. Rajput Ayda T. Ramadan Archana Ramanujam Chandrasekar Ramesh Andres F. Ramirez Shelby A. Ramirez Sebastian R. RamirezBrunner Katherine A. Randolph Anne I. Rao Virginia N. Ratliff Carly I. Rauh Samuel J. Rauschenfels Varun Ravishanker Tyler H. Ray Gabriel N. RedelTraub William E. Reeves Michael T. Reilly Lilianna R. Rembar Chase P. Renick Lisa F. Rennels Alexander W. Resar Patrick G. Resch Anne E. Ressler Nathan J. Reznicek Nicholas Joseph Reznicek David A. Rice Christopher A. Richardson Jacob F. Richey Maura L. Riley R. Clayton Robbins Jr Gareth T. RobergClark Andrew A. Roberts Anna E. Roberts Segacy R. Roberts Ayaan E. Roble Alicia Rodriguez Roberto E. Rodriguez Katelyn M. Rogers Leo A. Rogers Sheena M. Rogers Katharine L. Rohn Horacio M. Romero Kimberly A. Rose Eric M. Rosen Justin A. Rosner Janelle C. Ross Sarah M. Rossow Brendan B. Rotanz Anna L. Roth

Rebecca D. Rothfeld Alex R. Rowe Hannah P. Rowe Margaret M. Rowland Nastassia Rudak Hector G. Ruiz Llopiz Michael J. Runger Grace B. Russo Christine Ryu

Charles S. Sadaka Derek W. Salama Natalie J. Salmanowitz Michael M. Saltzman Daniel R. Samost Andrew D. Samuels Elliot L. Sanborn Edgar Sandoval Annis Rachel Sands Adam A. Sanford Joshua S. Sans Nelson D. Santry Rena Y. Sapon-White Lauren C. Sarner Siddharth A. Sathe Racquel A. Satterwhite Matthew M. Sattler Alexis K. Savini Tewende A. Sawadogo Margaret A. Scanlon Maya S. Schechter William M. Scheiman Gerben P. Scherpbier Joshua M. Schiefelbein Ian M. Schneider Karl T. Schutz Felicia H. Schwartz Renee N. Scott Elisa F. Scudder Nancy S. Seem Nicola Segal Michael P. Seitz Dustin Selzer Minae Seog Elisabeth R. Seyferth Julie M. Shabto Andrew J. Shanahan Samara R. Shanker Himanshu Sharma Gunnar G. Shaw Mila C. Sheeline Katherine V. Shelton Alicia D. Shen Audrey C. Sherman Michelle W. Shu Rui Shu Adam R. Siedlecki Rachael E. Siegel Catherine E. Sinclair David A. Sinclair Joseph A. Singh Erik A. Skarin Isana A. L. Skeete Colin M. Skelly Amanda K. Smith Edward L. Smith Robert M. Smith Ryan A. Smith Vivian F. Snider Paul Sohn Ariana M. Sopher Andrew D. Spalding C. Maria Sperduto Peter B. Spradling Steven R. Stafford II

Emma B. Steele Caroline A. Steffen Victoria D. H. Stein R. Theodore Steinbock Jr. Kalon Z. Stephen Henry W. Sterling Gabrielle E. Stern Samuel A. Stern Evan E. Sterneck Claire R. Stewart Ian B. Stewart Sabrina K. A. Stewart Brendon H. Stoner Samuel S. Streeter Tessa N. Streeter John G. Strizich Joseph T. Styer Alexander Styk Eric P. Suan Michael L. T. Sugimura Erica Y. Sun Yushi Sun Caroline Suresh Morgan B. Sutherland Chelsea M. Suydam Luke P. Suydam Nicole L. A. Swanson Meredith M. Sweeney Timothy M. Sweeney

Alexandra P. Taikowski Aaditya R. Talwai Samuel J. Tan Adam P. Tanne Jessica M. Tarbell Samuel T. Tarling Melinda S. Tascarella Valeriya Tatisheva Steven A. Tebbe Shauna J. Teevens Victoria A. Tersigni Piotr Teterwak Raj U. Thaker Jeremy Thibodeau Cooper S. Thomas Ethan M. Thomas Jovalee T. Thompson Molly E. Thornton Katherine M. Thorstad Ryan W. Tibble Sam A. Ticker Margaret E. Tierney Sarah H. Ting Ezra J. Toback Timothy Toh Yuan Feng Ryan M. Toimil Erin E. Tomalonis Alexander T. Toth Victoria D. Townsend Vanessa C. Trinh Victoria Trump Redd Alexander Tsu Victoria A. Tucker Melina C. Turk Mary E. Turner

Stephanie E. Uhrig Danielle G. Unterschutz Michael A. Urbach

Sonja A. Uribe Nathan B. Utterback

Atul P. Vaidyanathan Arianna C. Vailas Yesenia M. Valadez Lidia J. Valdes Jose I. Valdovinos Christian T. Van Dyck Mary C. Van Metre Camille M. Van Putten Nicola A. Vance Sophia C. Vazquez Caitlin L. Veator Natalia M. Vecerek William Velazquez Jordan B. Verrilli Isabelle W. Verwaay George M. Vetter IV Jennafer K. Vickers Samantha C. Victor Eirik Aleksander K. Voll Siegfried S. von Bonin Stephanie C. Von Csiky-Sessoms Edward R. von Kuhn Linh D. Vu

Garrett S. Waggoner Karen M. Wai Holly N. Wakeman Jacob L. Walker Katelyn C. Walker Lindsay V. Walsh Janna K. Wandzilak Arturo Waner Christine W. Wang Daniel Wang Kevin A. Wang Robin Wang Rose S. Wang Sarah Wang Shaozhong Wang Yichuan Wang Yiran Wang Jason I. Wardy Eric M. Waskowicz Lucille M. Watkins Connor A. Watumull Ellen E. Weburg Holli D. Weed Matthew J. Wefer Harrison C. Weidner Benjamin J. Weill Talia L. Weiss Jennifer L. Weissbach Emily W. Weiswasser Morgan L. Weller Alexander P. Welton Alexander C. Werner Jordan M. West Ralph S. Whalen III Gilbert E. Whalen Thomas J. Whalen Eric H. Whang Louis J. Wheatley Kelsey G. Wheeler Autumn D. White Eyes Ronald T. Williams II Amina A. Williams Crishuana Y. Williams Fraser R. Williams Hannah G. Williams

Kyleigh J. Williams Raven M. Willis Olumayowa A. Willoughby Paige K. Wilson Thomas S. Wilson Kameko R. Winborn Trevelyan S. Wing Trevelyan S. Wing Anna G. Winham Alexandra E. A. Winkel Celeste M. Winston Samuel T. Winters Marissa L. Wizig Alexander J. Wolf Jessica R. Wolf Chase B. Womack Jessica R. Womack Callista R. Womick Reed W. Wommack Ashley Y. Wong Danny Wong Diandra Wong Ying Qi Wong Kelly A. Wood W. Troup Wood Cameron R. Woodworth Wei Wu Xiaotian Wu

Eva W. Xiao Wendy A. Xiao Yuxi Xie Tianhao Xu

Fischer F. Yan Eric C. Yang JaeWon F. Yang Zheng-Yi Yang Royce Yap Ze Yong Abigail C. Yazbak Crystal J. Ye Leslie Z. Ye Brian J. Yeh Deborah J. YeohWang Alex L. Yerukhimov W. Yoe Bin Na Yoon Allison G. Young Everett B. Young Iris G. Yu Jessica J. Yu Richard Yu Patrick R. Yukman

John D. Zahka Eduardo Zapata Natalia H. Zbib Madeline G. Zeiss Eve A. Zelinger Can Zhang Simon J. Zhang Yifeng Zhao Eugene E. Zheng Ruosi Zhou Emily D. Zhu Nicola S. Zimmer Chloe O. Zimmerman Lukas E. Zirngibl Nejc Zupan Wouter G. W. Zwart

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Matthew McNierney

Henry Michaels

Congratulations, Matthew! This is just the beginning of a very exciting journey! We love you!

“I’m not sure what I’ll do, but- well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.”

John Michel

Victoria Milagros Ferandez

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make their dreams into reality. Congratulations, John! You make us very proud!! Mom, Dad & Elizabeth

Congratulations Vicky! Thank you for bringing so much joy to our lives. We are very proud of you. Keep up dreaming, you always exceed our expectations! From your grandparents Arturo, MariaJulia, Orlando and Consuelo, aunts Carmen and Marita, your cousins and Mami.

Congratulations, Henry! We are so proud of you!

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Diana Ming

Nina Montgomery

The world sees the young woman with her charm and her smile, but behind the woman, we will always see the child. Keep smiling - the world is yours. Congratulations, Diana! You make us so very proud! Love always, Dad and Mom

Congratulations Nina! We love you! Thank you for sharing your joy with all of us. Love, Mom, Dad, Cece, Will, Sophie, Tommy, Yaya Margarita and Gdad.

Marina Moschitto

Max Mucenic

Congratulations, Marina! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so proud of you. You have worked so hard and we are sure you will be successful at whatever you choose! We love you! Matt, Andy, Mom & Dad

Congratulations, Max! You continue to amaze us. Follow a path less chosen and always enjoy the ride. We love you, Mom, Kim and Ian

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Matthew Nicolai

Caroline Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell

CONGRATULATIONS MATT! LOVE, MOM, DAD, KRISTEN, GREG, AND KATHRYN

Keep having FUN in life wherever you are. Love mom, dad, Holly and Shannon

Caroline and Kit

Rachel Hope Ofori

You led the team to fifth in the nation while having fun all the way! May all your future adventures be as fun and successful!

Congratulations, Rachel! We are extremely proud of you. May you keep dancing to the higher heights! We love you very much! Mom, Dad and Stephen

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Alex Olesen

Jonathan Pedde

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon, Essays, 1625. With Love, Mom, Dad, Matt and family.

Congratulations, Jonathan! We are proud of how hard you have worked and that you have made the best of all the opportunities you have had. We know you will continue to work hard. All the best. Mom, Dad & Kathryn.

Ethan Portnoy

Rohail Premjee

“It’s HOW MANY more years ‘til my Dartmouth graduation?!” You clearly persevered. We are so proud of all that you have accomplished and all that you will accomplish. We love you, Mom, Dad and David

As you move forward with curiosity, compassion, and conviction remember that we are always here for you. You have blessed our lives in so many ways, we could not have asked for a better son. Love, Dad, Mom and Aniqa

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Bryant Prieur

Victoria Rackohn

Congratulations Bryant!

Dearest Victoria, Wishing you much love, happiness, and success on your graduation. Congratulations! Love, Mom, Dad, Todd, Nana, and Richard

We are proud of the young man you have become. A bright future awaits you, wherever you go. Dad, Mom & Lana

Carly Rauh

Rebeccasaurus

“Anyone who has a continuous smile on her face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.” – Greta Garbo

Congratulations! We love you more than sardines or halibut!

Love - Mom, Dad, Rachel, Jake, and Lily

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Lilianna Rembar

Alex Resar

Congratulations, Lilianna! We’re so proud! Now, continue on your path: be happy, enjoy wonderful friends, learn, travel, dance, take risks, keep making the world a better place. And come walk Cora once in a while. Love, your ever-lovin’ family

Congratulations, Alex! You’re ready to embark on new adventures. May the road ahead be full of love, laughter, and excitement, With a few hills along the way, So that you may take in the view from the top And feel the wind on your face on the way down. Enjoy the ride! Love, Mom, Dad, Dani, Alyssa, Lucy & Dewey Baba & Papa

Natalie Salmanowitz

Karl T. Schutz

Congratulations Natalie! We are SO proud of you. Love Mom & Dad and Sassy

“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.” Jack Kerouac Congratulations Karl! Love, Mom, Dad, Patrick, and Peter

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Felicia Schwartz

Michael Seitz

Congratulations, Felicia! We are beaming with pride. A star on the “D” and in all you pursue, wishing you joy, success... and Pulitzers, too! We love you immensely, Mom, Dad and twin brother, Drew (and Porsche, too!).

You have made us proud each step along the way. We love you! Mom, Dad, Kevin and Connor

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James C. Sharpe, V, Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. ~Isaiah 60:1 Now make your Mark! Leave a Legacy! We love you! Mom and Dad (& Epiphany, Merit, Shekinah)

I’m just beginning, the pen’s in my hand, ending unplanned Staring at the blank page before you Reaching for something in the distance Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten -Bedingfield

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Peter Spradling

Alex St. Romain & Kara Curosh

We are so proud of your accomplishments! We love you! Mom & Dad

Alex and Kara-- Congratulations on a magical senior season! Thank you for taking us with you on the journey these past four years. Claudette & Larry

Alex St. Romain

Kalon Z. Stephen

Alex St. Romain From Chatham to Hanover, from Aspen to Barcelona, from Machu Picchu to South Africa, wherever life takes you, your home is in our hearts. Mom & Dad; Kate, Zack, Paul & Bruce

Congratulations, Kalon! We are proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad, Bijan & Karis,

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Henry Sterling

Chelsea Suydam

GO HENRY! Congratulations and much love. Mom

CONGRATS, CHELSEA! Making dreams happen. Your layers are forming the most precious pearl. Such a gift from the sea our little Marina has given us. So extremely proud and excited for you. Love Mom & Dad

Meredith Sweeney

Melinda Tascarella

Moodle Noodle, LIVE YOUR DREAMS! Love, Mom, Dad, Lauren, Ronny, Caroline, Julia, & Nick!

Congratulations Melinda! We’re very proud of you! You’re beautiful inside and out. You’ll always be our little girl! We love you and we wish you the best always! Love, Mom and Dad

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Jovalee Thompson

Melina Turk

Congratulations to the brightest, most beautiful, most loved graduate anywhere! We are so proud of your accomplishments! You are braver than you believe and smarter than you think! Caps off to you Jovalee! From: Mommy, Trudy, Theo and church family

“That’s not too high! That’s just closer!” You followed your dream and you made it happen.We are so very proud! Congratulations Melina! Love, Mom and Dad xoxo

Stephanie Uhrig

Mary Van Metre

Congratulations, Stephanie! We are so proud of you, as you leave college with “Boots on the Ground and with a Diploma”. We love you, Mom, Dad, Chris and all of your loved Furry Babies.

Congratulations, Mary! Your four years at Dartmouth have gone “swimmingly”, and we are all proud of you! On to the next chapter! Love from Dad, Mom, Hattie and Buzz

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Nikki Vance

Jacob Walker

Dear Nikki You are ready for everything ahead, rain or shine! We are so proud of you. Congratulations and lots of love, Mom & Dad

Always sing at the top of your voice! We love you! Mom, Dad, Scott, Lucas and Brendan

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Congratulations! â&#x20AC;&#x153;May your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.â&#x20AC;? (Unknown) From Your Family.

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Anna Genevieve Winham

Jessica Womack

Congratulations, Anna Genevieve with much from Mum, Dad, Alice/ Hank/Henry, & Thomas xxxx It’s a mad world, says Alice.

Congratulations Jessica! Continue to be the powerful breeze that blows courage, faith, hope and success. You help us remember that anything is possible with determination and hard work! We love you...your biggest fans!

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Allison Yeager

Congratulations, Leslie! We are so proud of you! You will continue to hear our loud cheers as you make the most delicious dishes in life from the ingredients you have gathered from college. Love, Mom and Dad

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do then the ones you did do... Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain Congratulations Allison! We’re so proud of you and love you! Mom, Dad & Jeremy

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Moving Dartmouth Foward

Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth Congratulates 2014 Graduates: A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 13-14 GRID STUDENT FELLOWS!! SANDI CAALIM, STEPHANIE CHAVEZ-YENTER, LEAH FEIGER, JENNIFER GARGANO, SEMARLEY JARRETT, SUMEETA KUMAR, CHRISTINE MIGUEL, KATHERINE RANDOLPH, EDGAR SANDOVAL, KRISTINA WOLF

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W OF DARTMOUTH 2011-2012 Sophomore Year In September 2011, the Class of 1953 Commons opened. The Class of 1953 Commons can accommodate approximately 400 more students than its predecessor. Republican presidential candidates came to Hanover when Dartmouth hosted a debate prior to the New Hampshire Republican primary in January. In December, the Hanover Inn closed for renovations. The project lasted a year and a half and cost the College $41 million, almost $21 million over budget.

In July, the College announced that the Right Rev. James ngatenga would become the Tucker Foundation’s dean. owing push back from students and staff, who criticized ngatenga’s past statements on homosexuality, the College oked the appointment in August. Carolyn Dever, dean of the college of arts and sciences Vanderbilt University, was selected as the College’s next vost. She will officialy begin July 1. The number of students applying to Dartmouth dropped percent in 2014. Following the announcement, the admisns office conducted a survey of non-applicants to gather a about the shift. Five members of the Panhellenic Council decided to

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Crispin Scott ’13 was found dead in an apartment in Barcelona while studying abroad on a program sponsored by Portland State University. A landlord, Oscar Vicente Castro Cedeno, was charged with the murder. He is remembered by friends and classmates for his intelligence, sense of humor and generous spirit. In January, Andrew Lohse ’12 published an opinion column in The Dartmouth accusing Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity of hazing its pledges. The column, which provided graphic depictions of the alleged hazing, also accused the College’s administration of ignoring abuses by the Greek system. Lohse’s column was followed in March by Janet Reitman’s article titled “Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy,” published in Rolling Stone Magazine. The College charged 27 members of SAE with hazing violations. In April, after evidence contradicted some of Lohse’s account, charges against the members of SAE were dropped. The house was put on three terms of social probation for hazing,

abstain from winter recruitment activities, stating that the rush process perpetuated the flaws of the Greek system. Despite initial confusion, a slightly modified version of recruitment occurred and 95 women received bids. In January, an online post on Bored at Baker outlined the steps one should take to rape a member of the Class of 2017, identifying her by name and residence hall. Students reacted with outrage, and hundreds gathered on the Green to take a stance against sexual assault. The author of the post has since been identified and is no longer on campus. In February, a group of students released the “Freedom Budget” — an eight-page document outlining more than 70 proposals that aim to change the distribution of power and resources at the College. Later, in April, a group of students

disorderly conduct and serving alcohol to minors. Suril Kantaria ’13 and Julia Danford ’13 were elected student body president and vice president for the 2012-13 year, replacing outgoing president Max Yoeli ’12 and outgoing vice president Amrita Sankar ’12. On March 23, Kim was nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the World Bank. After his nomination, Kim went on a “listening tour” of eight countries to promote his candidacy. In April, the World Bank’s directors selected Kim for the Bank’s presidency. He left his Parkhurst Hall office on June 30 after the second-shortest presidential tenure at the College. He was replaced by Interim President Carol Folt, and a search committee began to recruit his replacement. Dartmouth Medical School was renamed the Geisel School of Medicine to honor Theodor Geisel ’25 and his wife Audrey in April.

unsatisfied with the College’s response to the document occupied President Hanlon’s office to demand a more thorough response. The protestors left the office following two days of occupation after representatives of the College signed an agreement to pursue no disciplinary action beyond “low-level judicial review” and undertake a campus climate survey. In February and March, the Dartmouth community mourned Torin Tucker ’15 and Blaine Steinberg ’15. Services following each death allowed friends and family to grieve and remember the juniors — Tucker for his commitment to community and Steinberg for her inclusivity and drive. In March, Board of Trustees Chair Steve Mandel ’78 said that beginning with the Class of 2019, sophomores will move into residential “neighborhoods,” where they will live until they graduate. The change will mirror similar systems at Harvard University and Yale University.

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A Smile Around the Track Spotlight

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Running up to meet me by the track, Abbey D’Agostino ’14 flashed her signature smile. It was hard to guess that she was working ahead on a final paper, preparing to miss most of finals and reading period to run for the Big Green at the NCAA Regionals in Jacksonville, Florida. On an overcast spring day in Hanover, concrete bleachers towered above a stretch of track on which D’Agostino improved from an unheralded recruit to a national champion. Seven national titles. Sixteen Ivy League titles. A 12-time All-American. The most decorated student-athlete in Ivy League history. D’Agostino broke barriers not only for Dartmouth, setting new records for every distance event from the 1,000- to the 10,000-meter run, but for runners everywhere. She redefined expectations for Ivy League athletes, becoming the first to win an NCAA Division I cross country championship and the first female Ivy Leaguer to appear on the Bowerman watch list, advancing to be recognized as a semifinalist for one of the most prestigious awards in collegiate track and field. Within the Ivy League, D’Agostino became the first woman to capture Ivy League Championship victories in the 3k, 5k and 10k, completing in one weekend what no other female athlete had been able to accomplish in a career. On the national stage, D’Agostino became the first American woman to win the 3k and 5k at the indoor national championships. She defended her titles this winter, becoming the first to win the events twice in a career. And while many of her classmates relaxed over sophomore summer, she finished only .19 seconds off a free trip to London with the U.S. Olympic team as an athlete in the 5k. When I reached out to D’Agostino for this interview, I was worried I would be asking for too much of her

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Hanlon congratulates D’Agostino following the 2014 Indoor Heptagonal Championships. time. I’d been covering the team all spring, and knew the time crunch she would be under during finals. But D’Agostino agreed to meet me, and even though she knew she was the focus of my profile, as we walked the track she didn’t reference any of her accolades. She’s known among her teammates for her unassuming nature — teammate Arianna Vailas ’14 describes a favorite memory of visiting a pottery shop in the Upper Valley with D’Agostino, where a surprised employee learned they were athletes and told D’Agostino that she didn’t look like a runner at all. D’Agostino, Vailas says, laughed and picked up her pottery without taking offense. “The way she’s handled her success is in some ways more amazing than all she’s achieved,” Vailas said. Arriving at Dartmouth having never run faster than a five-minute mile, it would have been easy for

D’Agostino to have been carried away by her collegiate success. But she has always stayed grounded, Vailas said, focusing on teammates instead of any major race before her. This is an intentional decision — D’Agostino said that after a disappointing freshman cross country campaign riddled with injury, she took a step back over winter break to analyze where she was. She decided that instead of half-committing herself to running and achieving frustrating results, she needed to make running a lifestyle and embrace both the sport and team. Since then, D’Agostino has dedicated herself to learning more about the sport, outgoing women’s cross country head coach Mark Coogan said. “She didn’t used to know what good times were or what a good or bad performance was,” Coogan said. “Now she knows what the best times are in the NCAA, and she’s a part of it.” Throwing herself into running has taught D’Agostino lessons off the course. As we round the 200-meter mark at the track, she tells me about a realization she had at Nationals during her junior year. Usually calm and collected before her races, D’Agostino couldn’t control her nerves before the

5k. She realized then, she said, that she had internalized the expectations others had for her. Applying this realization to other aspects of her life, D’Agostino decided to drop her English minor, which she said she had been completing mainly to prove that she could. “That was a transitional moment for me,” D’Agostino said. “It’s still a work in progress, but I feel really lucky that running has brought me to that point.” When I asked about her lasting influence on Ivy League athletics, D’Agostino paused for a minute to reflect. True to character, she mentioned only what the women’s cross country team as a whole had accomplished and how far the program has come. “The Ivy League hasn’t been given as much recognition on a national stage historically,” she said. “I think there is so much to be said for being forced to learn the balance we have to learn here.” While D’Agostino focuses on how far the team has come, two teammates focused on how far she has brought the team. Vailas said that D’Agostino has raised the bar for success, not only on the track and cross country team, but for Ivy League athletics. She said that D’Agostino will have a “lasting legacy.” And Dana Giordano ’16,

D’Agostino’s training partner, said that D’Agostino’s presence has raised the level of the entire team. “Whenever we go to a big race, Abbey has been there before,” she said. As Dartmouth’s most successful athlete closes her collegiate career, she will be missed by the Dartmouth track and field and cross country programs, as well as those who knew her on campus. “I think they’re going to miss her smile and bubbly personality,” Coogan said. “They aspire to be her while she’s here and when she’s gone she’s shown them how to get to that level.” As we finished our walk around the track, D’Agostino’s teammates started to arrive for practice. They seemed confused by why D’Agostino hadn’t joined them, and when she caught them staring, she laughed and told me how excited she was to have the possibility of competing with them in the NCAA Championships. “That would be the best way to end my collegiate career,” D’Agostino said with a smile. A week later, D’Agostino qualified for nationals alongside Giordano and Megan Krumpoch ’14, who ran the 800. D’Agostino’s race strategy was designed in part to help Giordano qualify.

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25 Years Later...Imagine Dartmouth OPINION

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In the week before Commencement, we asked our graduating reporters and columnists to imagine returning to campus for their 25th reunion. Where would they see the most change? The strongest continuities? I hope I won’t have to wait 25 years to see Dartmouth become a more safe, inclusive, affordable, and accessible place for each member of its community. Twenty five years from now, I imagine that the social scene will have transformed to be more engaged, friendly and welcoming toward an increasingly diverse student body. I predict this will involve a transition away from Greek life toward more inclusive coed residential communities. Buildings may look different and will hopefully be more sustainable. Maybe the library will be digitized, the stacks made obsolete. But the most important parts of Dartmouth will remain: brilliant professors who care, the 6 p.m. peal of the alma mater, the friends I can’t imagine leaving and all the beautiful and gritty and real memories of four of the most transformative years of my life. The changes I hope to see will restore my faith that institutions can and do get better over time, while the

continuities of the things I’ve loved here will remind me that I’ve finally come home to Dartmouth. — Kate Bradshaw ’14 More students will come to the College to major in engineering and computer sciences. The demand for STEM degrees is high and will only

“IMAGINING DARTMOUTH IN THE FUTURE IS A SOBERING THOUGHT. IMAGING MYSELF AT 47 IS DOWNRIGHT TERRIFYING.” - ANDREW SHANAHAN ’14 increase, and students are shifting gradually toward such concentrations as they realize this. Dartmouth will always remain a liberal arts school, but the Thayer School of Engineering will attract more stu-

dents, which might sway the academic culture. Certain Dartmouth traditions like the bonfire and Dartmouth Outing Club first-year trips will remain constant, there will still be a heavy concentration of students majoring in economics and government and the Rockefeller Center will still be going strong with all of its programming. The wild card in all of this is the Greek system. I think the Greek system will remain a major part of Dartmouth’s social life. The key, however, will be how well the president’s administration (both College President Phil Hanlon’s and his successor’s) can work with the Greek system — and vice versa. If they can’t, then, for better or worse, things will get interesting. — Josh Schiefelbein ’14 Frankly, it’s hard to predict what will and won’t change at Dartmouth, an institution that was rated one of the world’s most enduring institutions by Booz Allen Hamilton — although that was in 2005, I can imagine the admissions office is still trotting out that fact. I’d like to see Dartmouth get all its energy from solar panels and finally put a coffee place in the Life Sciences Center so bio majors and premeds don’t have to trudge all the way to Novack for caffeine. I’d like students

to be able to choose to join or not join whatever organizations they like, and have no one judge them for it. The Dartmoose will become an official mascot, replacing beloved unofficial mascot Keggy. The old traditions probably won’t fail. In 25 years, we’ll still be running around bonfires, jumping in frozen

“IN 25 YEARS, WE’LL STILL BE RUNNING AROUND BONFIRES, JUMPING IN FROZEN PONDS AND BEING NAKED IN PUBLIC” - KATIE SINCLAIR ‘14 ponds and being naked in public. Dartmouth students will still be ambitious, adventurous and secretly weird. — Katie Sinclair ’14 Imagining Dartmouth in the

future is a sobering thought. Imagining myself at 47 is downright terrifying. I think that the largest changes at the College will be a shift away from the style of liberal arts education and quarter system that the school operates on now, moving toward more conventional, larger university methods of education. The truth is, the way Dartmouth structures its terms and credit makes majoring in departments like the hard sciences and engineering more difficult than it needs to be. The D-Plan is anachronistic and will probably go the way of fraternities. I think that the strongest continuity will be a reluctance to change. Dartmouth is isolated, which makes it intractable. Big changes to the school’s social life, administration or misadministration and academics will inevitably occur, but I doubt they will ever occur easily or without major backlash from stubborn alumni and students. Hopefully in the future the college will tackle issues of change, social justice and tolerance with more skill than it has done over the past few years. — Andrew Shanahan ’14

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2014 Dear Member of the Class of 2014, The members of the Class of 1964 are pleased to join you today as we each celebrate milestones in our lives: your graduation and the 50th anniversary of our graduation. For the last four years, we have made a determined effort to establish a “connection” between our classes. That special relationship has helped us to experience and better today Dartmouth. We hope it has helped you to understand today’s experience life after Dartmouth and understand the fierce loyalty Dartmouth alumni continue to feel towards this special place. In June 1964, when we celebrated our graduation, the 50th reunion class of 1914 presented each of us with a gift as a way of sharing their Dartmouth heritage with us. That gift was a special edition of a book, The College on the Hill: A Dartmouth Chronicle by Ralph Nading Hill, Dartmouth ‘39. I have kept that gift on my bookshelf for 50 years, as most of my classmates have, and the keepsake has always generated wonderful memories of my Dartmouth experience. In that same tradition, we today are presenting each of you with a gift to share our Dartmouth heritage with you. That gift is a special edition of a book: Moosilauke: Portrait of a Mountain by Eli Burakian, Dartmouth ’00. The book will evoke memories of your introduction to Dartmouth during your pre-matriculation Outing Club trip, one of the highlights of our Dartmouth experience and I am sure yours as well. I hope you will keep this gift on your bookshelf for 50 years and that over the years it will generate equally wonderful memories of your Dartmouth experience. With best wishes and congratulations on your graduation, Ronald B. Schram President, Class of 1964

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located in Pennsylvania. He ultimately plans to complete a joint JD/MBA program and pursue his interest in tax law. Kaila Pedersen ’14: Mamaroneck, New York Pedersen’s time spent studying in Kosovo during her freshman summer “shaped the trajectory” of her Dartmouth academic experience. “For the first time, [I was] in a place where I was always visibly different from everyone around,” Pedersen said. “I wanted to go

home where this wasn’t such a big deal anymore, but then [I realized] that this does happen at home.” Her discomfort at standing out encouraged her to think critically about her own communities, Pedersen said. This in turn encouraged her to approach her “Dartmouth world” in a different light. At the College, Pedersen has been highly involved with the sustainable living center — where she lived this spring — as well as the Women of Color Collective and the Dartmouth Outing Club’s cabin and trail and mountaineering groups. Pedersen came to Dartmouth

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thinking she might major in government and minor in biology, but after taking an international development class, she realized that geography courses addressed more of the topics she wanted to pursue. “I like that geography incorporated questions about identity, which I found less in the government department,” Pedersen said. Pedersen has studied geography alongside Asian and Middle Eastern studies, Arabic and government. She completed a senior thesis on the relationship between the European Union and Bosnia and how European media portrays Bosnia to achieve certain political goals. During her time abroad, Pedersen visited Bosnia. She grew intrigued after by the political situation in the country, she said, and when she selected her own class research topics, she chose to write about constitutional structure or ethnicity in Bosnia. During her junior spring, Pedersen interned at a non-profit located in the northern part of the country. Conversations with people during her time there brought her to her thesis. Aside from her off terms, Pedersen attended the French LSA+ in

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During her junior summer, Pedersen led a trip in the Alps. Toulouse and worked for Overland — a summer program and adventure travel company — her junior summer, through which she led a language and hiking trip through the French Alps. This summer, Pedersen will be a member of the DOC trail crew, where she will work to clear and improve trails and cabins maintained by the DOC. At the moment, she isn’t positive where she will work in the fall. Pedersen said her career goal is to improve education access in the U.S.

As for her advice for underclassmen, Pedersen said that she “can’t really give advice.” “I think we all find our way, and everyone is going to find it just as well, if not better, than I did,” she said. However, Pedersen did say that making time for one-on-one conversations with people has been a rewarding part of her Dartmouth experience. “They remind me to take a step outside of myself,” Pedersen said. “I like being able to see things in new ways.”

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“If the straight path between Earth and sky is not appropriate, that’s fine. Embrace alternatives. Be truly open to other disciplines and other ways of life, even the goofy ones. In fact, especially the goofy ones.” — Nalini Nadkarni, ecologist Brown University, Baccalaureate address, May 24

“We get stuck on a particular path, sometimes the wrong one. In work, in love — sometimes it’s hard to change course.” — Dan Futterman, screenwriter Columbia University, Class Day, May 20 “When you try hard at everything you do, even if it feels utterly foolish to do so, you’re opening up future doors and possibilities that you might not be seeing in the moment. — Ed Helms, actor Cornell University, May 24 STAY CONNECTED! @dartmouthalumni /dartmouthalumni @dartmouthalumni iDartmouth App #dartmouthreunion http://dartmouth.org/reunions/

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“The role of universities is not to promote an ideology. It is to provide scholars and students with a neutral forum for researching and debating issues, without tipping the scales in one direction or repressing unpopular views.” — Michael Bloomberg, former New York City Mayor Harvard University, May 29 “Dare to love those who are different from you, no matter where they’re from, what they look like and who they love. Pursue this life of love with focus and passion, ambition and courage. Give it your all. And that will be your path to true success.” — John Legend, musician University of Pennsylvania, May 19 “Young people who take the time to get a quality education and empower themselves with the kind of skills that you have acquired here at Princeton can change the world. The fact that the world has resisted change thus far is of no import.” — Al Gore, former Vice President Princeton University, Class Day, June 2 “Your education requires something more of you than serving yourself. It calls on you to give back, in whatever way you can. It requires you to serve the world around you and, yes, to make a difference. That is what has always set America apart: our generosity, our humanity, our idealism.” — John Kerry, Secretary of State Yale University, Class Day, May 18

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Shanghai and Shanxi Province so that their extended family and friends can attend. The couple had also previously been legally married in December. Next year, Mei plans to defer her enrollment in the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to settle into married life with Zheng, who will start at Tuck in the fall. While for the moment their married life will focus on one another, they will be adding a family member

into the picture — Mei plans to bring one of her dogs to Hanover from China. For Mei and Zheng, marriage has actually alleviated some concerns or conflicting priorities they might have felt beforehand. For example, Mei found it an easy decision to defer her enrollment to MIT, just as Zheng found it a simple choice to quit his job to move closer to Mei. “It helped me get rid of things I didn’t know I didn’t actually need, like four months more of work,” Zheng said.

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College recognizes academics, writers with honorary degrees B y AMELIA ROSCH

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Six honorary degrees will recognize experts in ﬁelds ranging from astrophysics to creative writing at this year’s Commencement ceremony. The College will honor Pulitzer prize winner and Columbia University history professor Eric Foner, astrophysicist and 1990 MacArthur “genius grant” winner Margaret Geller, entrepreneur David Kelley, screenwriter Shonda Rhimes ’91, novelist and professor of creative writing at Ohio University Zakes Mda and former Board of Trustees chair William Neukom ’64. Foner, whose book “The Fiery Trail: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery” won the 2011 Pulitzer for history, Bancroft, and Lincoln Prizes, said he was completely sur-

prised by the offer of an honorary degree since he has not had much of a previous relationship with the College. Foner received an email from College President Phil Hanlon’s ofﬁce, asking when he could speak with Hanlon. “I had no idea what it would be about,” he said. “I thought it was about something in the history department.” Because he did not have an established relationship with the College, the degree is more of an honor because it means it was given to him solely on the basis of his work, Foner said. “It wasn’t like my friends were just awarding me something,” he said. Kelley helped create a range of well-known technological symbols including the Apple mouse, and

created the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Because he doesn’t consider himself a “conventional academic,” Kelley was very honored to receive an honorary degree, he said. He said he has long noted the high number of Dartmouth students who come to Stanford for graduate school, which sparked his interest in the College. He has noticed similarities between the College’s design program and Stanford’s, said. Geller is known as a pioneer in the ﬁeld of mapping galaxies. The second woman to receive a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University, she now directs the Smithsonian Hectospec Lensing Survey, which maps the distribution of dark matter in the universe. Geller received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1990 and

After 2013 death, River Fest canceled B y NANCY WU The Dartmouth Staff

A beer garden on Gold Coast lawn, faculty lectures in the Black Visual Arts Center and trips to the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and Worthy Burger marked new programming for this spring’s senior week. Following the drowning last year of Ernest Amoh, the brother of Justice Amoh ’13, Class Council decided not to host River Fest this year, senior class president Chisom Obi-Okoye ’14 said. River Fest, an outdoor party that had been held during past senior weeks at the Chieftain Inn, brought musical performances, water activities, food and beer. Obi-Okoye said that holding the event would have been both insensitive to the loved ones of the deceased and potentially dangerous. She noted Class Council’s inability to monitor student’s intoxication levels and swimming abilities. Ultimately, Obi-Okoye said, Class Council concluded that the event was not worth the risk. The Chieftain Inn’s closure did not contribute to the decision, Obi-Okoye said, noting that it would have been possible to plan a river event at another location. At Wednesday’s beer garden event, students listened to live music and played lawn games. More than 700 students attended, exceeding the turnout at the past River Fest events, Obi-Okoye said. “It was quietly rowdy,” Obi-Okoye said. “People had a great amount of fun, but it wasn’t anything that was dangerously wild.” A senior toast by the class historians featured an “unrated version” of their Class Day presentation of the seniors’ Dartmouth experiences on Wednes-

day night. On Thursday, seniors held a prom at Everything But Anchovies. Performance groups including Sheba, Soul Scribes, Casual Thursday and Ujima conducted workshops, and at the “Last Lectures” event, Dartmouth professors offered reflections and advice to graduates. Jessica Womack ’14, the class secretary, and Obi-Okoye said that they have received positive feedback from seniors about the events and programming changes and that members of the senior class said they supported the decision to cancel River Fest. “I wouldn’t say people are reacting or overreacting — people are going to the river on their own,” Womack said. She added, however, that students are being more cognizant about water safety and drinking. “I think people understand why River Fest was canceled and students are ﬁnding alternate ways of doing a similar thing,” Senior Executive Committee president Holly Foster ’14 said. For example, Foster said some

students have gone on the Harpoon Brewery tube tour down the Connecticut River. As in previous years, “Around the World Tails,” an event hosted at Hanover restaurants, grouped seniors by where they would live after graduation in order to allow them to meet. The Senior Class Gift reception, which recognized support of the class gift, also resembled previous years’ events, Obi-Okoye said. While the week’s total budget did not increase this year, Obi-Okoye said, the Dean of the College’s Ofﬁce and the Dean of the Faculty helped support the “Last Lectures” event. In past years, the budget for senior week has ranged from $10,000 to $20,000. Anna Hall, associate director of the Collis Center, said in an email that staff members at the Center supported and encouraged Class Council in planning new events to replace River Fest. Hall noted that senior week events often change from year to year, and that River Fest had been incorporated only for the last three years.

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Members of the Class of 1964 met ’14s at a barbeque on Friday.

several awards for her ﬁlms, one of which is currently on display at the National Air and Space museum. In September, Geller will receive the German Astronomical Society’s Karl Schwarzschild medal for outstanding achievements of fundamental importance in astronomical research. This honorary degree will be her sixth. Mda, a South-African writer who began teaching in the U.S. in 2002, is best known for his writing, including his novel “The Heart of Redness” and his memoir “Sometimes There is a Void: Memoirs of an Outsider.” He is also one of the judges and the patron for the Etisalat Prize for literature, an annual prize for Pan-African writers. Neukom is the founder and CEO

of the World Justice Project and served as the Microsoft Corporation’s lead lawyer for more than 20 years. He was the chair of the College’s Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2007. In May, Neukom’s $10 million donation helped create the College’s ﬁrst faculty college cluster, which will focus on computational sciences. A $22 million donation helped create the Neukom Institute for Computational Sciences at the College. Geller, Mda and Neukom could not be reached for comment by press time. Diana Lawrence, the secretary for the Dartmouth Alumni Council Honorary Degrees Committee, wrote in an email that the process of determining who will be rewarded degrees is conﬁdential.

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Trustees elect new chair, offer support to Hanlon in 2014

$46,763. Tuition, room, board and fees will total $61,947. The Dartmouth Staff Tuition for the Geisel School Over the course of the past of Medicine will rise 5 percent to year, the Board of Trustees voted $56,104, and tuition for the Tuck to raise tuition, elected a new chair School of Business will rise 4.5 and expressed support for College percent to $61,605. The Thayer President Phil Hanlon’s proposed School of Engineering’s tuition will initiatives. Its most recent meeting rise 2.9 percent. was June 6. For fiscal year 2015, the Board “It’s a very brief meeting,” Col- budgeted $85 million for financial lege spokesperson Justin Anderson aid, a 5.9 percent increase. The said. “Trustees are largely here for entire Board-approved operating Commencement-related activi- budget totals $1 billion, and some ties.” projects will be O n M a rch supported by 8, the Board The entire Boardan additional of Trustees ap- approved operating capital budget proved a 2.9 perof $54 million. cent increase in budget totals $1 At the undergraduate billion. Some projects March meeting, tuition, fees and Helman ’80 will be supported by Bill room and board was elected to for the 2014-15 an additional capital a t h r e e - ye a r academic year, budget. term as the new the lowest perChair of the cent increase Board. He will since 1977. succeed Steve Mandel ’78 following The reduced increase in tuition Commencement. is part of a larger goal to increase A partner at venture capital the accessibility of a Dartmouth firm Greylock, Helman received education, Hanlon said in a press an MBA from Harvard Business release. School in 1984. He has been a “I applaud the Board for em- member of the Board since 2009. phasizing the need to invest in our Helman and Mandel are working academic programs while at the together to ensure a smooth transisame time keeping Dartmouth af- tion, Mandel has said in previous fordable for a diverse and talented interviews. student body,” Hanlon said in the Also at the Board’s March meetstatement. ing, trustees heard presentations on Undergraduate tuition for the the new living learning community 2014-15 academic year will be initiatives. These communities will

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The Board approved a College operating budget of $1 billion for fiscal year 2015.

offer design-your-own living options and incorporate current affinity houses. Hanlon and Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson’s proposed sexual assault policy, which includes the use of a trained external investigator to investigate and determine responsibility for sexual assault, received unanimous support from

the Board. The policy was open for public feedback until April 14. The College’s endowment surpassed $4 billion for the first time, Mandel said in a March letter to the community. The decline in applications this year prompted the Board to reevaluate all activities used to attract ap-

plicants, Mandel said in the letter. Mandel also said in the letter that the Board expects to launch more interdisciplinary, experiential learning programs in the next few years. Mandel said that recent examples of such programs have included government professor Charles Wheelan’s public policy course in India.

Only one valedictorian to speak at Commencement ceremony FROM VALEDICTORIANS PAGE 6

Dean’s Office student consultant and tutored with Let’s Get Ready. She said that psychological and brain sciences professor Margaret Funnell and theater professor Carol Dunne greatly influenced her academic pursuits at the College. Liu, of Bellevue, Washington, studied biology and economics. After graduating, she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in genome sciences at the University of Washington. Liu said that as a result of her academic endeavors, sleep was a “pretty rare commodity.” Although she was not able to spend as much time with her friends as she would have liked, she said her friends have been major influences on her time at Dartmouth. Outside of class, Liu sang for the Handel Society, worked as a teaching assistant in the Claflin Jewelry Studio and researched plant developmental genetics in biology professor Thomas Jack’s lab.

“Professor Thomas Jack, who’s been my major and thesis advisor, has been a fantastic mentor and a huge part of my Dartmouth experience,” she said. Pedde, from Regina, Saskatchewan, completed a double major in economics and mathematics and a minor in engineering sciences. Named a Canadian Rhodes Scholar this winter, he will pursue a master of philosophy in economics at the University of Oxford. Pedde is a former member of The Dartmouth senior staff. He joined the opinion section his freshman fall, and became section editor during his junior winter, a position he held through senior fall. Pedde also played with the men’s Ultimate Frisbee B team, Discomfort Trolley. He credited his academic success to engaging with faculty members, collaborating with peers and maintaining a strong work ethic. “There are a lot of people here at Dartmouth who are smarter than I am,” Pedde said. “I just think those three things that I mentioned I had

in my favor.” Portnoy, of Chappaqua, New York, studied economics and Spanish. Next year, he will work for Bain Capital’s private equity practice.

“Anyone who’s coming into college, even if they’re convinced that they know what they want to do, should take a smorgasbord of classes.” - EZRA TOBACK ’14

At the College, Portnoy is co-president of the Dartmouth Investment Club, a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, a Bar Mitzvah tutor at the Roth Center and copresident of Philanthropic All American Rush, an organization

that raised over $100,000 in the past two years through Greek houses. Portnoy said he is humbled to share the valedictorian honor with four other “incredibly talented” Dartmouth students. Toback, also from Chappaqua, New York, majored in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Asian and Middle Eastern Languages, with a focus on Japanese language. He attended Horace Greeley High School with Portnoy, where they shared honors as co-salutatorians. The pair played little league baseball together. While on campus, he sang with the Brovertones a cappella group, taught as a Japanese drill instructor and was a member of Alpha Theta fraternity. Toback said he was genuinely interested in his work and will continue to study his major fields next year at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies. He said he hopes to attend graduate school for a Ph.D. program in East

Asian studies. Toback had entered the College as a prospective physics major. “Anyone who’s coming into college, even if they’re convinced that they know what they want to do, should take a smorgasbord of classes,” he said. At last year’s Commencement, seven Dartmouth students — five valedictorians and two salutatorians — were recognized for their academic achievements. Last year’s valedictorians earned a perfect 4.0 GPA, while majoring in fields including history, biology and classics. In the past two decades, the College has crowned more and more valedictorians. In 1997, two students shared the title for the first time. Three students earned the honor for the first time in 2008. In 2010 and 2013, the College had four and five valedictorians, respectively. Daniel Webster’s nephew, C. B. Haddock delivered the first valedictory address in 1816.

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more equitably distribute power and resources on campus. The students demanded a point-by-point response from the administration and were “extremely dissatisfied” with the response, prompting them to protest President of the College Phil Hanlon’s office one month later. “Though I understand lots of folks don’t agree with the tactics, including myself, of some of the students who support the ‘Freedom Budget,’ I think it would be folly to ignore what they’re trying to communicate to the institution,” Johnson said. “Which is they don’t feel the sense of ownership and belonging that they believe they ought to feel.” The issues Dartmouth faces, she said, cannot be solved overnight. To progress, students, faculty and administrators must collaborate, she said, emphasizing the importance of forming partnerships. Early in her tenure, however, Johnson was criticized as inaccessible and unwilling to meet with students. In April 2012, Johnson introduced “Talk It Out,” an event that discussed challenges faced by LGBTQ students. She left after two of four speeches, and students were quick to comment on her departure. “The administration needs to be held accountable for their inaction,” yelled one student in the audience, demanding greater support for LGBTQ students. “Where is Dean Johnson?” At the time, she said, the community did not know her, and leaving early sent the wrong message. “I learned a lot from that mistake,” she said. “Symbolism can sometimes be everything.” Following the event, Johnson penned a letter to the editor in The Dartmouth asking students not to equate her departure with a lack of support for the LGBTQ community. She emphasized that homophobia, bigotry and hatred have no place in the Dartmouth community. Later that month, Palaeopitus Senior Society launched a Google Moderator forum for students to post and vote on questions for administrators, Johnson answered the questions that received the most votes in online videos. Johnson said she has worked hard to develop a rapport with students from across campus during her time at the College, often inviting groups to her home on Choate Road.

The selected participants have varied from members of student organizations to Greek executives to groups of students Johnson didn’t expect to know one another. Occasionally, Johnson would pick a student and tell him or her to select nine others. Students who have worked with her described her as both willing to listen and frank. This spring, in a survey of 91 students by The Dartmouth, the majority of respondents indicated moderate satisfaction with Johnson’s job performance, though some were critical of her handling of campus unrest. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 indicating that a respondent was “not all satisfied” with Johnson’s tenure and 5 indicating complete satisfaction, respondents most frequently awarded Johnson a 3. Noah Smith ’15 first met Johnson while waiting to pay at Lou’s Bakery during his freshman fall. He was talking to a friend, who had an afro, about whether he should cut his hair. Smith said that Johnson jumped into the conversation to tell him not to cut his hair, which she called gorgeous. Smith said that when working, Johnson can command a room and isn’t “bothered with silliness.” But he also described her as relatable — a “cool aunt” figure. Alex Leach ’14 described Johnson as straightforward but personable, saying she was not someone who would “sugar coat anything.” In particular, Leach pointed to a conversation Johnson had with Movement Against Violence and Student Assembly about the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative. Johnson was forthright about what the College could and could not do, Leach said. In particular, when students pushed for six-hour leadership training for all Greek houses, Johnson pointed to the fact that there weren’t enough people to staff such an expansion, Leach said. Chris O’Connell ’13, who worked alongside Johnson as the Inter-Community Council chair, summer Student Body president and Dartmouth Outing Club first year director, said that he found her to be open-minded and down to earth, In one discussion about new components of trip leader training, O’Connell said, he bounced ideas off of Johnson and asked for her opinions. In return, recognizing the research and thought he had already committed to the project, Johnson flipped the question on him, asking for his recommendations how she could support them.

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Some students and faculty praise Hanlon’s first year in office FROM HANLON PAGE 3

that she would leave the College at the end of the academic year to become the vice president for student affairs and the dean of students at Scripps College. Some faculty and students interviewed by The Dartmouth noted that while Hanlon came into office facing a challenging campus climate and administrative turnover, he managed to handle the situation well. English professor Ivy Schweitzer commended Hanlon’s decision to hire Dever as Provost, saying it “signaled his real commitment to prioritizing arts and humanities issues.” Schweitzer said she was impressed by Hanlon’s leadership despite taking over without a complete staff. “Obviously, even though he is Dartmouth to the core, there is certainly a learning curve,” Schweitzer said. Chemistr y professor John W inn also noted Hanlon’s Dar tmouth background and said he was pleased Hanlon arrived with a clear understanding of the institution and a vision for its future.

“My impressions are that President Hanlon clearly had, right from the start, a pretty good understanding of what Dartmouth is and wants to be,” Winn said. Although Winn said he appreciated Hanlon’s focus on growing the faculty, he also said that one year is not long enough to conclude what path the administration is on. He compared

“Obviously, even though he is Dartmouth to the core, there is certainly a learning curve.” - IVY SCHWEITZER, ENGLISH PROFESSOR the transition to when a student attends graduate school. “You don’t really expect them to publish a paper in their first year,” he said. “They’re taking courses, learning the ropes and getting used to how the lab runs. I think that’s true of the senior leadership in colleges and universities.”

Math professor Dana Williams echoed similar sentiments, writing in an email that many of the President’s major initiatives were still “coming into focus.” To Williams, while it is too early to see how effective Hanlon’s proposals might be, the College seems to be progressing under Hanlon’s leadership. Campus climate following the Dimensions protest last year would have made for difficult entry for a new administrator, English professor Thomas Luxon said. Luxon lauded Hanlon’s willigness to work within the framework of existing strategic planning. The College released a series of planning reports in early March 2013, just months before Hanlon arrived on campus. Proposals included ways to reimagine academic and residential life and growing Dartmouth’s global recognition. “It would have been easy to come and do the planning all over again,” Luxon said. “You would have forgiven a new president for putting the brakes on everything.” Ten students inter viewed praised Hanlon’s openness and desire to gather student input.

Julia Isaacson ’15 pointed to Hanlon’s informal meals with students last summer as evidence of Hanlon’s willingness to engage with students. He has continued to hold open office hours. “I feel like more students know President Hanlon on a personal basis than President Kim,” Isaac-

“It would have been easy to come and do the planning all over again. You would have forgiven a new president for putting the brakes on everything.” - THOMAS LUXON, ENGLISH PROFESSOR son said. “I think students appreciate the efforts he makes. I feel like he’s genuinely interested.” Hanlon as a president, Kiko Lam ’14 said, seems more approachable than former College President Jim Yong Kim, though she noted that comparing presi-

dents is difficult because of the turnover of senior administrators. Both students and faculty spoke to Hanlon’s efforts to address sexual assault on campus. Winn praised Hanlon for not shying away from the issue, citing the President’s opinion piece in Time Magazine, and Mariel Wallace ’16 said she appreciated Hanlon’s response to negative portrayals of the College in the press. “I think Hanlon has been more proactive presenting Dartmouth’s perspective,” Wallace said. Student body president Casey Dennis ’15 said he thought Hanlon had progressed on student life issues, citing the April summit and the Moving Dartmouth Forward campaign. Dennis also praised Hanlon’s visibility and accesibility. Former student body vice president Michael Zhu ’14 commended Hanlon’s decision to form the steering committee. “I don’t think it was an easy decision for him, but I think it was necessary decision,” Zhu said. “I think it was a tougher year for him than he imagined, but I think he handled it well.”

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GUEST columnist HUNTLEY WHITACRE ’64

We Are With You

Fifty years ago, I felt the support of family and alumni as I received my diploma. Now it’s your turn. It seems like only yesterday that the the song “Dartmouth Undying” says, great Class of 1964 lined up in caps who can forget her “sharp and misty and gowns to march in our graduation mornings.” The campus is exciting and parade. We felt the support of the audi- being around the students is always a ence as if all were with us as we became pleasure. My wife and I have enjoyed alumni. The ’14s were there — the following winning athletic teams, takClass of 1914, that is. Each member ing in student productions at the Hop, of my class received a book from the going to lectures, hearing the questions ’14s entitled “The College on the Hill: posed by students and feeling the pace A Dartmouth Chronicle” by Ralph of life in Hanover ebb and flow with Nading Hill ’39. Many members of our students in and out of session. class still have that book on their shelves Over the past four years, I have led today. And now here we are, celebrating the Class Connections program, which our 50th year of graduating, marching brings together the class of 2014 and my with the ’14s – the 2014s — young men class. I have met many of the ’14s, and it and women with their future so much has been a real pleasure to connect with longer than their past. these young and very bright people who Fo r m e, are excited about graduation was “And now here we their next steps. a big step on the My class has inare, celebrating way to the next terviewed the ’14s part of life. As our 50th year of as freshmen and a young man, I graduating, marching as seniors, and was anxious to get they have written going and claim with the ’14s — the essays, compiled my life. I had 2014s — in a book called young men the good fortune Exand women with their “Dartmouth to go immediperiences: Class ately to business future so much longer of 2014.” The school, although than their past.” vast majority of the Vietnam War the 100-plus stubeckoned. Over dents interviewed 150 members of appreciate the rumy class — out of 647 graduating that ral beauty of the College, the quality day — were involved in the Army. Some and devotion of the professors and the moved on to higher learning soon after great and lifelong friends. graduation, and others were delayed. The connections program spent The class became very educated. A special time on giving back and the survey by Ron Schram ’64, president role of leadership as a key to making a of our class, indicates that 87 percent difference. In fact, 34 seniors submitted have a post graduate degree. essays to a book published by our class I wanted to be an educated indi- which celebrated ways to volunteer. vidual, one who would know about the And at a leadership panel we held with sciences, humanities, the arts and learn Leslie Bradford ’77, 85 ’14s choose to from others. Dartmouth required and attend. We hope moments like this have allowed me to take courses in the differ- had a favorable impact, and we look ent disciplines. I still remember many forward to continuing our connections of these courses, be it comparative after graduation. literature with Herb West, psychology To this year’s graduating class, the with Chauncey Allen, art appreciation, Class of 1964 is giving a special book history with Al Foley or creative writing. entitled “Moosilauke: Portrait of a I valued and appreciated the liberal Mountain” by College photographer arts. Dartmouth was a “go” card for Eli Burakian ’00. As Schram says in graduate school and getting the first the cover note, “The book will evoke job. memories of your introduction to Dartmouth as my college — and Dartmouth during your pre-matric1964 as my class — helped define me. ulation Outing Club trip, one of the I always looked forward to meeting highlights of our Dartmouth experiother alumni, and my door and their ence and I am sure yours as well. I hope doors were always open. Whenever I you will keep this gift on your bookshelf was involved in the hiring process, I for 50 years and that over the years it will was excited to see applications from generate equally wonderful memories Dartmouth graduates because I knew of your Dartmouth experience.” they would be excellent. The network As we march in to Commencement was strong, welcoming and supportive. on June 8, the ’64s will sit behind the My wife and I moved to Hanover seniors, and our hands will be on your from New York in our retirement and shoulders as you become alumni. We sent our daughter to the College in are with you. the Class of 1994. The sense of place Congratulations to the Class of that is Dartmouth is very attractive. As 2014.

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THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF JENNY CHE ’14

Finding a Different View From Hanover to Paris to Moosilauke, I’ve learned to be with myself.

For almost two years of college, I stayed far away from classical music. I didn’t listen to the symphonies and sonatas on my iTunes, and I never opened the cover of my piano at home. Dust fell on my sheet music until I packed it up at the end of each year. I think I was unconsciously tr ying to avoid things that reminded me of what I had given up here. Piano had been a part of my life since I was 6, but I let it slip away, especially after my time on campus became defined by my work for this newspaper. I only have one recording of myself playing. It’s a concer t per formance of Mendelssohn’s Rondo Capriccioso, and I flinch ever y time I hear my mistakes during the rapid arpeggios. The track remained at the same play count throughout my sophomore and junior years. I shut it out the same way I left my mom’s letters on my desk for weeks, unread, because I was afraid of confronting the emptiness that I left with her, and because I was ashamed that it took me longer each time to read them. With each letter, the number of unfamiliar Chinese characters grew and my mom added more phonetic pronunciations for me above them. Instead, I gave my entire self to the paper. I learned to put together a vision of what I believed it could become, and more than three years later, I left it knowing that it was stronger than before. I learned to be patient and stand my ground when I felt abandoned by people I trusted, to take in the words from others that upset me and hurt my pride and to close my door when all I wanted to do was scream. Last November, I attended a friend’s piano recital at the Hop. I knew that my housemate was going, but I chose a seat by myself in the back, wanting to lose myself in the crowd and the music. I felt myself begin to shake the moment she walked on to the stage, before she started to play. When the first notes of the concerto rang through the hall, the tears fell quickly, and then they wouldn’t stop. I tried to subtly wipe them off and kept looking straight ahead even as my nose clogged up and I had to breathe through my mouth. It wasn’t the music itself that moved me; it was the reminder of the hours I had spent practicing technical passages, the marks in my music book where I noted down the themes of a fugue and the elation I felt when I stood up to bow in front of the audience. I can no longer play as I used to; my

fingers struggle to strike keys, and I can’t even produce a basic scale. When the concert ended, an excited, bustling crowd surged out of the doors, and I was silent. I felt none of their wonder at the performance. All I wanted to do was to be on my own. I stepped outside and relished in the stinging cold air that dried my tears, leaving behind a salty stiffness on my cheeks. I didn’t want to go home, where I would run into my housemates. I contemplated turning toward the voices and comforting arms that I knew, but none of those people were what I needed in that mo-

“The sound of piano keys singing, the Chinese characters that I struggled to understand, the selfish words I had thrown at my mom — everything caught up to me and hit me with such force that I stood still, trying to calm down and catch my breath.” ment. As I crossed the parking lot behind a bank, I felt the weight of ever ything I had tried to push away come falling back on to me. The sound of piano keys singing, the Chinese characters that I struggled to understand, the selfish words I had thrown at my mom to pain her — ever ything caught up to me and hit me with such force that I stood still, tr ying to calm myself down and catch my breath. I needed to walk. I needed to move. I convinced myself that the act of going somewhere and having a destination would let me leave behind the guilt that overwhelmed me. But I felt blocked in ever y direction. North were the loud, thumping basements that I no longer enjoyed; south would take me out of town. I turned down Maple Street toward the river, but I hadn’t taken more than a dozen steps before I ran into a friend walking out of her house. “I’m going out,” she said. “You want to come?” I didn’t. Snow had begun to fall lightly. It touched my eyelids and felt cool against my face. Standing on the

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street in the dark, I felt clearly, for the first time, that I was ready to leave campus. I spent my winter break in Paris, where my mom and I went to a per formance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, which I had never heard before. We sat in a high balcony to the right, and my neck strained from tr ying to catch a glimpse of the orchestra. The swelling music of the chorus in the finale enveloped me, leading me back to something I knew. I felt myself cr ying, and this time I didn’t wipe away the tears. It felt like a release of the things I had been holding on to too tightly. I was by myself for most of the break, free to go to almost 30 museums in those six weeks. I spent hours in front of Géricault paintings, isolated from the swarms of visitors around me. I wandered along the river at night and felt giddy when I caught the Eiffel Tower glittering on the hour. I began taking the bus, always pressing my nose against the window, so I could see the city in front of me and learn the names of streets. Once, in an impressive spurt of energy, I woke up at 5:30 to bike to the pool in the 15th arrondissement. When I couldn’t find a bike, and without a map of nearby bikesharing stations, I walked for nearly two miles from Opera to Alma-Marceau as the sky lightened above me, finally

stumbling upon a full bike rack. By the time I got to the pool, I had missed the morning lap session. I was sweaty and my hands prickled from holding on to the handlebars as they shook against the cobblestone streets, but I decided to bike home anyway. I took the path along the right bank of the Seine and watched as the pale dawn brightened into a clear blue sky. The breeze from the water made me awake for the first time

“I felt as excited to be in Paris as I had been during my first years at college, when every weekend brought the surprise of a new discovery off campus, a new restaurant, a new trail to hike.” that day, and I felt the thrill of biking faster as cars rushed by on my left in the early morning traffic. I grinned to myself as I decided that before I left, I would walk over ever y bridge and visit ever y landmark I passed. I was as excited to be in Paris as I had been during my first years at college, when ever y weekend

brought the surprise of discover y — a new mutual friend, a new restaurant, a new trail to hike. But now I’ve been to all the mountain peaks and diners that I need, and I know who will remain in my life long after graduation. This week I climbed Moosilauke for the sixth time. I had dinner at the Lodge, whose wooden walls remain the same as they did when I had my first dinner there as a freshman. In Januar y, when I stepped off the coach, I had never been less excited to be back on campus. I felt as though I were shutting myself in, knowing how much more was beyond Hanover and how little I had left to find here. Four years ago, I fell behind my trip as we headed toward the summit of Moosilauke. It was the first time I had gone hiking, and I was panting heavily when my trip leader looked back to check on me. When I got to the top, I was met by an expanse of endless peaks diminishing out of sight. It was much too windy for the shorts I was wearing, and my hair would not stay tucked behind my ears as we wrapped ourselves in front of the orange signpost for our photo. In that moment, I loved the promise of what the next four years would bring. I’m not looking out to the same view now, but the sense of vast opportunity is familiar. Che is the former editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth.