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The College endowment earned an investment return of 19.2 percent for the 2014 fiscal year, its highest growth since the recession. As of July 30, the endowment amounted to $4.5 billion, reflecting a growth of $735 million since the last fiscal year.
The endowment funds more than 20 percent of the College’s operating budget. Chief investment officer Pamela Peedin, in a Monday press release, attributed the endowment’s performance largely to the College’s investment managers. She was not available for further comment. The investment return
marks the second consecutive fiscal year of double-digit growth, following a 12.1-percent rise in 2013. The return was 5.8 percent in 2012 and 18.4 percent in 2011. The College also saw a one-time gain of $60 million on the last day of the 2013 fiscal year, which was exSEE ENDOWMENT PAGE 2
member policies, oversight of social events and engagement with peers outside the Greek system. During the meeting, Hanlon raised the issues of freshman safety, hard alcohol, adult oversight of social spaces and new member probationary periods for any student organization. Discussion also touched on sexual assault, racial inclusivity and financial accessibility, as well as ways to promote community building through residential life. Interfraternity Council president Wil Chockley ’15 said that the council discussed abolishing pledge term during its presidents’ meeting earlier this week and will reach a final decision about the
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College President Phil Hanlon urged Greek leaders to take the lead in addressing binge drinking, sexual assault and hazing in a closed meeting Tuesday night. For an hour and a half, Hanlon, Board of Trustees Chair Bill Helman and “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee chair Barbara Will spoke with fraternity and sorority presidents and other Greek leaders about potential reforms, including eliminating fall pledge term. Student attendees interviewed after the meeting said their organizations are already taking steps to initiate change, reevaluating new
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Planned sexual assault Following negotiations,KAF to stay center dropped,to fold into wellness office B y marina shkuratov
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The College has scrapped plans for the Center for Community Action and Prevention, instead aiming to incorporate its proposed sexual assault prevention responsibilities into the student health promotion and wellness office — an office currently in flux. The creation of a sexual violence prevention hub, announced in February by former Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson and cited as evidence of Dartmouth’s leadership in combatting sexual assault, was abandoned
following faculty and student concerns about separating violence prevention programs from survivor support services, said associate Dean of the College Liz Agosto. Agosto said incorporating prevention into the health promotion and wellness office — which includes the Sexual Assault Awareness Program as well as services addressing alcohol and drug use and mental health issues — will streamline the support system for survivors. “We know that most people on campus are not SEE HEALTH PAGE 5
Students used to a daily fix of brie and apple sandwiches, handmade marshmallows and skim milk mochas won’t have to adjust their eating habits after all, as King Arthur Flour’s Baker-Berry Library cafe will remain open, following negotiations with the College. Director of retail operations John Tunnicliffe, who oversees the company’s locations on campus and in Norwich, said they worked with the College this summer to address limited on-site space and storage capacity, and are finalizing a new contract this fall that will take effect in 2015. Representatives of both parties will meet at the end of the month to determine the length of the renewed lease and other details of the cafe’s
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KAF plans to keep largely the same food and beverage offerings.
working relationship with Dartmouth, said vice president of campus planning Lisa Hogarty, who has been involved in negotiations. For the remainder of the fall, the cafe will operate under its existing contract with the College, Tunnicliffe said. The College has no over-
sight over the cafe’s menu, so it can offer as many sandwich varieties as its managers deem appropriate, Tunnicliffe said. Offerings will remain essentially the same, he said. Both Tunnicliffe and Hogarty said that King Arthur SEE KAF PAGE 2
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DAily debriefing AROUND THE IVIES Brown University: Alongside community members, students from Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design staged a “die-in” on Sept. 12 to protest police brutality against people of color, the Brown Daily Herald reported. More than 100 people attended the protest to show solidarity and respect for the recent casualties in Ferguson, Missouri. Columbia University: Hundreds gathered to protest Columbia’s handling of sexual assault on campus last Friday, the Columbia Spectator reported. Standing behind a line of mattresses, students held signs that supported survivors and condemned administrators. Cornell University: On Sept. 10, Cornell’s Climate Neutrality Acceleration Working Group presented recommendations to change Cornell’s target date for cutting its net carbon emissions to zero from 2050 to 2035, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. The recommendations included constructing more efficient buildings, using wind projects and developing local biofuels. Harvard University: Two members of Pussy Riot, a Russian punk rock protest group, spoke at Harvard’s Institute of Politics on Monday, critiquing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s oppression in Russia and Ukraine and advocating for the right to free speech, the Harvard Crimson reported. The pair also investigated the arrest of a Harvard alumnus who had been banned from campus after a previous protest, and had illegally attended the forum. Princeton University: In a unanimous vote, Princeton faculty members approved a set of recommendations on handling sexual misconduct by the Faculty Advisory Committee on Policy on Monday, the Daily Princetonian reported. Changes include removing students from the adjudication panel, reducing the burden of proof for sexual assault cases, granting both parties the opportunity to have an advisor from outside the Princeton community and allowing equal rights of appeal to both parties. — Compiled by Jessica Zischke for dartbeat
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Flour’s greatest concern at the beginning of negotiations in June was the limited space in Baker-Berry library and how it compared to the cafe’s volume of business. Calling King Arthur Flour’s previous library operating space “incredibly small,” Hogarty said the College has allotted them about 250 additional square feet, including expanded refrigeration space for milk and ice in the library’s basement and a closet on the library’s mezzanine where they can store dry goods and employees’ personal items. The change involved no major renovations, and King Arthur Flour’s rent has not increased. The additional storage also allows King Arthur Flour to make fewer deliveries to its Baker-Berry location — two deliveries a day instead of three or four — alleviating difficulties associated with traffic and parking, Tunnicliffe said. Fewer deliveries, he added, also allows King Arthur Flour to reduce its environmental footprint, which he said was a company priority. Tunnicliffe called the discussions a “learning experience” for both parties. During a visit to the company’s Norwich location, Hogarty said she and executive vice president and chief financial officer Rick Mills sought to understand the King Arthur Flour’s
“pinch points” and plan for an evolving relationship with Dartmouth. One potential change would involve adding more seating to the cafe area, likely in time for the winter term, Hogarty said. Both King Arthur Flour and Dartmouth representatives were highly interested in keeping the cafe’s library location open, Tunnicliffe said. “From an economic development perspective, the better all the businesses do, the better it is for the region,” Hogarty said. “Certainly, selfishly, an operation like this is fantastic for the Dartmouth community.” When the Baker-Berry cafe opened for the term on Monday morning, Tunnicliffe said, students lined up and faculty members applauded. “We feel like it’s a win for the College and it’s a win for us,” he said. This summer, retail and cafe operations director Kelly Mousley said King Arthur Flour would likely close its campus location in December due to tension over whether the cafe could extend its menu offerings beyond coffee and pastries. Both Hogarty and Tunnicliffe, however, said no negotiations about the menu or competition with the Dartmouth Dining Services-operated Novack Cafe have taken place this year. “I’m not clear on how that misinformation got out there,” Hogarty said. “As far as we’re concerned, the menu and the offerings that they’ve
put out are excellent and are diversified and good for their business, which makes it good for us.” The success of King Arthur Flour’s flagship cafe in Norwich, combined with the expanded library menu launched over a year ago, placed too great a strain on the company’s production capacity, so the company decided to scale back by removing sandwiches and other items, Tunnicliffe said. While its bottom line took a hit from the decision, the cafe could have continued operating with only coffee and pastries. Since the company began leasing spaced in White River Junction last year, however, it has restored the expanded menu. KAF’s original contract with the College, which began in 2011, prevented the cafe from selling food, bottled beverages and other products that overlapped with those offered at Novack. Of 30 students surveyed by The Dartmouth, 23 responded that they were extremely satisfied or satisfied that KAF is remaining open at the College, and six students said that they had a neutral reaction. Only one respondent stated that he was extremely unsatisfied that the King Arthur Flour will continue operating on campus. This respondent, a male member of the Class of 2016, said that he would have liked to see King Arthur Flour replaced with a more affordable option.
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The College endowment earned an investment return of 19.2 percent for the 2014 fiscal year, its highest growth since the recession. As of July 30, the endowment amounted to $4.5 billion, reflecting a growth of $735 million since the last fiscal year. The endowment funds more than 20 percent of the College’s operating budget. Chief investment officer Pamela Peedin, in a Monday press release, attributed the endowment’s performance largely to the College’s investment managers. She was not available for further comment. The investment return marks the second consecutive fiscal year of doubledigit growth, following a 12.1-percent rise in 2013. The return was 5.8 percent in 2012 and 18.4 percent in 2011. The College also saw a one-time gain of $60 million on the last day of the 2013 fiscal year, which was excluded when measuring the endowment’s 19.2-percent return. Including it brings the growth to 21 percent. The College endowment generated an average annualized return of 11.7 percent for the 20 years, according to
the Monday release. While the endowment suffered the consequences of the recession, with a 2009 loss of $835 million, its recovery has seen it surpass former levels. This year’s endowment growth exceeded the portfolio’s benchmark of 15.3 percent and reflected a net investment gain of $778 million. Ken Redd, director of research and policy analysis for the National Association of College and University Business Officers, said that although there are multiple methods to measure return, investors’ ultimate goal is to establish and surpass the benchmark. Economics professor Bruce Sacerdote called the return a “huge win.” “This number is significantly above the comparison group and significantly above the long-run average that is built into the models,” he said in an email. This year’s returns ranked in the top quartile of endowments and foundations, as measured by the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service, according to the release. “The Investment Office and Investment Committee has taken a very long-term view and chosen investment allocations to private assets and alternative assets which should yield returns that beat a straight mix of stocks and
bonds,” Sacerdote said. The Board is responsible for all investment matters, though a student and faculty committee on investor responsibility may make recommendations in decisions pertaining to social issues. Starting this fiscal year, the College is giving private and alternative investment managers more time to report their valuations. This decision will increase the accuracy of the estimated values it reports at the end of the fiscal year, Sacerdote said. Redd said that endowments have done well this fiscal year in general, with increases of around 10 to 15 percent, occasionally topping 20-percent growth. Sacerdote said this has been a particularly good year because hedge funds are performing better and equity market returns were good in June and July. In fiscal year 2013, the College posted the 22nd-largest endowment of nationwide colleges and universities and the second-smallest Ivy League endowment. Harvard University is expecting to post a 15-percent return on its endowment, according to the New York Times. On Friday, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported a 19.2-percent return. Michael Qian contributed reporting.
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fall on Sunday. Chockley said he thinks Hanlon is asking students to initiate change because they best understand the College’s social scene. “It would be fabulous if many of the steps were already made by students themselves in Greek houses, but I think that the important thing is that we are going to roll out changes,” Hanlon said in an interview after the meeting. Hanlon announced an annual external review of the campus’ progress in eliminating extreme behaviors, Tabard coed fraternity president Connie Gong ’15 said. Tuesday’s meeting follows an April summit at which Hanlon said “Dartmouth’s promise is being hijacked by extreme and harmful behaviors masked by its perpetrators as acceptable fun,” and the convening of a presidential steering committee tasked with reducing binge drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity. The committee worked this summer to solicit feedback and is expected to present Hanlon with its recommendations by the end of the year. Hanlon is expected to present to the Board in January 2015. At Tuesday’s meeting, Hanlon and Helman repeatedly told Greek leaders
that it is their responsibility to make change, “not to appease the faculty or the Board, but because it’s the right thing to do, and it’s in the best interest of the student body,” Alpha Delta fraternity president Mike Haughey ’15 said. Helman said in an interview after the meeting that he appreciated the opportunity to communicate the trustees’ support for presidential initiatives to change high-risk behavior, “how serious it is, how negatively it affects Dartmouth, our reputation, our brand.” The Board is looking for serious, not incremental, change, Helman said. A significant portion of Tuesday’s discussion focused on alcohol. Haughey said he believes that administrators are considering a blanket ban on hard alcohol, adding that attendees discussed “tiered levels” of drinking and drug use, such as the difference between a beer and a bottle of vodka, or marijuana versus heroin. During the meeting, Will suggested an “open door policy” mandating that whenever a certain number of people were in a room, the door had to remain open, and undergraduate advisors would only report underage consumption of hard alcohol, Haughey said. “It’s tough for the administration to say, ‘We’re going to condone underage
drinking,’” Haughey said, yet he said he believes it is possible to maintain a tacit agreement that “having a few beers in a dorm room isn’t the worst thing.” Other proposals, such as hiring bartenders or independent, adult supervisors, might require Greek organizations to find additional financial support, Haughey said. During the meeting, Hanlon made an “offhand comment” that increased
“The fate of the social system is still up in the air. Nothing is off the table.” - MIke haughey ’15, Alpha delta president funding may be made available to offset the financial burden of dues and renovations, Haughey said. Both Gong and Chockley said that the administration’s position on hazing is unclear. “Wearing ribbons or lunchboxes is considered hazing, but some student organizations don’t agree,” Gong said. “I think that some student organizations feel that the administration is out of touch on what is fun and harmless
and what is dangerous.” When one student raised the issue of gender equality in a system where fraternities host most social events, the discussion shifted to ways sororities could host more parties, Haughey said. Suggestions ranged from sororities cohosting events at fraternities and participating in regulating them to increasing funding for local sororities, which are not limited by national regulations, to host events. Fraternities could also take steps to engage younger male students who may not understand how to respect women when they first observe social interactions on campus, Haughey said, adding that he plans to propose a Greek-wide push to promote affirmative consent, or “yes means yes.” “Changes should come from the student body because the social scene is maintained by students,” Gong said. “It is a privilege for the student body to be responsible for shaping how we act on a regular basis, and the administration cannot and should not control how students socialize.” During the meeting, participants pointed out that suggestions to eliminate the Greek system may not accurately represent the majority of student opinion. Abolishing the College’s Greek system was the most popular of 1,673
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online submissions that the presidential steering committee received this summer, with more than 250 online suggestions. In late August, student group Improve Dartmouth: On the Ground prepared a report for the presidential steering committee that listed 250 ideas aimed at reducing high-risk drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity, summarized from submissions by more than 500 students. Ideas included offering more gender-neutral spaces for students to casually drink, requiring a sexual assault course for freshmen and strengthening mentorship programs. In the Improve Dartmouth: On the Ground report, eight submissions advocated for eliminating the Greek system. At Tuesday’s meeting, students asked about the best ways to communicate with administrators. “Maybe there’s too many steps in the ladder between Greek leaders and high-level administrators,” Haughey said. Hanlon did not provide clear expectations on what kinds of policies the administration is seeking and how much leeway Greek leaders would be given to shape change, Gong said. “The fate of the social system is still up in the air,” Haughey said. “Nothing is off the table.”
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No one deserves an invasion of privacy.
On August 31, stolen photos that de- sight for me to take, I do not have a right picted female celebrities in some state of to steal it — he certainly is not “asking” undress made their way to the Internet. for it. We have the right to do whatever The list of celebrities affected included we please in the privacy of our homes, such high-profile names as Oscar-winning and celebrities should not be excluded just actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate because we as a culture are obsessed with Upton. As expected, the Internet came to their every move. a screeching halt as the photos spread. This notion that these celebrities got The affected celebrities and their legal what they deserved is indicative of a larger teams are learning firsthand that once pattern of victim blaming that is pervasive something is online, it really is there for- when discussing many crimes, especially ever. The stolen photos have spread faster those related to sex. Far too often, victims than they could be taken down. The fact of crimes like rape, abuse or sexual harassthat the pictures, as well as a good deal of ment are assigned all or some of the blame other personal information, were allegedly for what befell them because they “were stolen using Apple’s iCloud system should asking” for it. People find various reasons certainly be cause for concern regarding to pin the blame on the victims, from dressthe safety of all the ing a certain way to personal informa- “If my roommate left his laptop acting flirtatiously tion we store in in plain sight for me to take, I do to not refusing at the our cell phones and not have a right to steal it — he very first sign of an laptops. advance. certainly is not ‘asking’ for it.” But this breach For example, in Apple’s seemafter video footage ingly impenetrable software is not the most surfaced of NFL star Ray Rice dragging his concerning part of the incident. Rather, unconscious wife from an elevator, ESPN the most alarming facet of the case is that commentator Stephen Smith stated in July various people, from Internet chat room that abuse victims need to learn “about the users to cable news commentators, are elements of provocation” so they could blaming the cyber attacks’ victims for the avoid them. events that transpired. Never in my life have I heard of a car The naysayers claim that celebrities jacking that was justified by the assumption should not have taken the private pictures that the victim behaved or dressed in such if they did not want them on the Internet. a way that suggested that he or she wanted As Nik Richie, who runs The Dirty (a gos- the car to be stolen. So why do we, as a sip website that posted the pictures), said, society, use this as a means to place blame “These celebrities need to blame themselves on the victims of rape or abuse, much more for taking these pictures in the first place.” heinous crimes? No matter how you feel about the moral- Nobody ever asks to be a victim of a ity of taking these photos or the notion that crime. This attitude of blaming victims these celebrities should have understood assumes that we have an individual responthe risk of hacking, nothing changes or sibility to protect ourselves from crimes. excuses the fact that private property was Instead, we should realize that we are not stolen. Those photos belong to those who animals in the jungle that cannot handle took them, and releasing them was a mas- our impulses, but human beings who must sive (and illegal) invasion of privacy. fully understand the consequences of our If my roommate left his laptop in plain actions.
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Course reviews should be made public for students’ benefit. There is currently considerable and appropriate discussion regarding how Dartmouth students are woefully under-informed when choosing from the more than 1,400 undergraduate courses that the College offers. The ORC/ Catalog provides 100-word descriptions of each course, Greek houses and athletic teams share “layup lists” cataloging the easiest classes and just one student-run website offers a largely unreliable compilation of student reviews from the past decade. Dartmouth is world-renowned for its undergraduate education, but ask any student and they will recount the horror story of a class they signed up for excitedly that turned out to be a complete dud. In short, the resources available inadequately identify professors who are disengaged from their material or students, or harbor such extreme bias that they make their class unenjoyable for anyone who ideologically disagrees with them. This situation is easily remedied: the administration currently has access to extensive student course evaluations on every professor at the College, which students are required to complete before receiving termly grades. By making these evaluations public, the administration could achieve two goals that should be of paramount importance to those running the school. First, it would enable students to make informed decisions about enormous investments of time, intellectual energy and money. Students, at the very least, should have the opportunity to avoid professors seeking to cram a political agenda down their throat. Moreover, perhaps students would be more willing to step out of their academic comfort zone if they were properly informed about the classes for which they registered. Second, perhaps public course evaluations would hold professors accountable to both their students and their academic responsibilities in a way they currently are not, and increase the overall quality of both teaching and learning at Dartmouth — a quality that is admittedly already high but could always stand to be improved.
Some objections to such a plan, such as certain faculty questioning how public course reviews would help students, or whether student satisfaction should be an administrative priority, are to be expected but are clearly not relevant to the issues at hand. Administrators should address other concerns when finalizing a plan. For example, faculty members have raised concerns that anonymous reviews could devolve into a deluge of racism and sexism. But the onus is on the administration to come up with a system that equitably provides students with the resources they deserve to make educated decisions about the classes they are paying enormous sums of money to take. Such a system is clearly plausible. After all, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University all have public course evaluations. Why do we lag behind our peer schools in such a basic student service? What is especially disappointing is that there is little evidence of progress since the delayed faculty vote on this matter in May. This lack of general support comes in spite of the committee of chairs’ vote in favor of the course reviews’ publication last year. This administrative lethargy is particularly upsetting considering the Moving Dartmouth Forward initiative that is clearly being rushed, at the expense of current students, to combat the recent barrage of negative press and the subsequent precipitous decline in applications last year. The Moving Dartmouth Forward initiative has also failed to garner extensive student support, provided tenuous evidence that suggests it will be even marginally effective and adopted a focus removed from the central goal of the College: the academic education of its students. College President Phil Hanlon has noted that his vision for the College includes adding “mechanisms to stimulate greater academic productivity and risk-taking.” It is time for Hanlon to put his money where his mouth is, so to speak, and make a public statement encouraging the faculty to make course evaluations available to all Dartmouth students.
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Health promotion office changes FROM HEALTH PAGE 1
perpetuating violence,” Agosto said. “So building up prevention efforts as well as healthy behavior work actually shows lots of benefits in terms of making sure that people have the skills to intervene, to recognize negative experiences themselves.” The Center for Community Action and Prevention, initially slated for a June opening but then delayed to the fall, was proposed to oversee Dartmouth Bystander Initiative training and other violence prevention programs. Dartmouth announced the center on the same day it announced a 14-percent drop in applications. Susy Struble, founder of the n on profit g roup D artmouth Change, criticized the shift in plans, saying it demonstrated the inconsistency of the current administration. “Dartmouth is treating sexual assault and violence as a PR issue,” she said. Agosto said CCAP was largely the vision of Jennifer Messina ’93, who helped develop the Dartmouth Bystander Initiative but is no longer working with the College. The proposed center’s focus on
prevention will now fall under the purview of the health promotion office, which has seen significant changeover this year. Health promotion and student wellness director Aurora Matzkin resigned Aug. 31, leaving a vacancy in the leadership of the office that houses the SAAP program and
“I will do my very best to support student survivors of all identities.” - BENJAMIN BRADLEY, SURVIVOR ADVOCATE peer advisor groups. One former coordinator, Amanda Childress, has stepped in as assistant director as a search for director ensues, but said she will continue to work with sexual assault survivors. The other coordinator, Rebekah Carrow, has left the College. Benjamin Bradley began as survivor advocate, a new position in the SAAP office, last month. Bradley said he is attuned to the diversity of sexual assault victims. “I will do my very best to support
students survivors of all identities,” he said. Childress said the office is collaborating to ensure that no students fall through the cracks during the transition. Title IX and Clery Act compliance coordinator Heather Lindkvist, who began in August, said the institutional restructuring will not affect her communication with health and wellness promotion staff. In her role, Lindkvist works with staff across the College, including the office of the provost, the general counsel and the office of judicial affairs. She said she will continue to collaborate with SAAP, “regardless of where they sit on a structure.” She said the restructuring “in no way diminishes the goals of CCAP” but shows the College is willing to incorporate community feedback. These changes come amid two federal investigations and the enactment of a new sexual misconduct policy. The Department of Education began investigating Dartmouth’s compliance with the Clery Act on Aug. 18, and a Title IX investigation is ongoing. A June policy on sexual assault mandates an external adjudicator and sets expulsion as the punishment for rape under certain conditions.
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Northern Stage nears Ancient war entreats modern audiences shovel-ready for theater B y HALLIE HUFFAKER The Dartmouth Staff
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The leaves may be dusted with golden brown, but staff members at the Northern Stage theater company in White River Junction are preparing for a different kind of scenery change. Having outgrown its current venue, the Briggs Opera House, the theater launched a $9 million fundraising campaign in February and plans to begin construction on a new space in October. Each year, many Dartmouth students, faculty members and graduates work at the theater, located just five miles from campus. Upgrades to the theater’s performance area will benefit those interested in technical experimentation in sound and lighting and hopefully attract talent to the Upper Valley, managing director Eric Bunge said. “The collaboration with Dartmouth ties in well with President Hanlon’s emphasis on experiential learning — to get out in the field and experience what you’re learning in the classroom,” Bunge said. “For theater arts, this is an ideal outlet.” The current venue’s low ceilings and small backstage make advanced stage lighting and more elaborate costume changes difficult, Bunge said.
Expanded backstage and wing space will also allow for larger productions with more actors and scenery, company manager Amanda Sheehan said. As of mid-August, the theater had raised just over two-thirds of its goal amount. The new facility should be operational by fall 2015. The new theater will also be accessible via regularly scheduled buses, making transportation to rehearsals and performances easier for faculty and students. Olivia Scott ’13, a sales and underwriting associate, said ease of access to the theater was extremely important for facilitating student visits. Theater professor Jamie Horton, who frequently performs at the Northern Stage, said the new facility will let students gain greater professional theater experience as undergraduates. Overall, the intimate nature of Northern Stage performances will not change, Bunge said. The new theater includes the same number of seats, 250, and the new stage’s semi-thrust configuration, a stage that juts into the audience, will bring actors even closer to their viewers. Other upgrades include an entrance ramp and interior elevator to make the theater more accessible, Bunge said.
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The Hopkins Center kicks off its “World War I Reconsidered” series this evening with “An Iliad,” a oneperson dramatic reading based on Homer’s epic poem. “An Iliad” is one of several works that will mark the Great War’s centennial anniversary and prompt audiences to consider the war in new ways. Acted by Denis O’Hare, of “True Blood” fame and a Tony Award recipient for the play “Take Me Out,” and directed by Lisa Peterson, an Obie Award winner and recipient of several Drama-Logue Awards, the Wednesday and Thursday evening performances will bring to life Homer’s epic poem, with enhancement from sound and lighting effects. O’Hare will be accompanied by a bass player but few stage props. The show includes an original script based on Homer’s verse and dramatic improvisation by O’Hare. The overall tone is conversational, with some translated verses and original Greek interspersed. Peterson and O’Hare conceived of the show in 2005, wanting to provide contemporary viewers a novel treatment of the classic work, Peterson said. The show’s reliance on improvisation infuses the performance with fresh energy and harkens back to the tradition of oral storytelling, O’Hare said. “It seems as though the storyteller is sharing a new ‘Iliad’ each night,” Peterson said. “This one is different from last night’s ‘Iliad’ and will be
different from tomorrow’s.” In “An Iliad,” O’Hare plays the role of an omniscient storyteller, as old as mankind, doomed to wander the earth until man fights his last war. Over his lifetime, he has witnessed war’s power to change and destruct communities and landscapes. “Denis [O’Hare]’s mantra is that war is a waste, and mine is that, yet it is still in our nature,” Peterson said. “We want the audience to think about human nature and just have a shared moment of recognition.” The performance is one-third Homer’s words and two-thirds improvisation, Peterson said. As they prepared for the show, Peterson said she and O’Hare recorded themselves improvising and tried to paraphrase some of Homer’s metaphors with their own words. She and O’Hare developed the show at the New York Theater Workshop in East Village, New York, and performed an early version of “An Iliad” on campus in 2009 as part of the New York Theater Workshop’s summer residency program at the Hop. Classics professor Roberta Stewart, who runs a classics book group for veterans in the Upper Valley, said each audience member can take something different from Homer’s words. Stewart wrote a brief introductory essay for the play’s program, which describes how veterans in her book group have related to the classic texts. “Each of my readers creates his or her own ‘Iliad’ or ‘Odyssey’ when they read it,” she said.
Steward called the early version performance of “An Iliad” on campus in 2009 a “wonderful performance.” History professor Peggy Darrow, who also wrote a short essay for the show’s program, described a historical connection between soldiers fighting in World War I and the classical text, as many soldiers were familiar with “The Iliad” and referenced scenes from it in their wartime diaries. Hop programming coordinator Margaret Lawrence, who organized the World War I series, said that the breadth of the Hop’s scheduled programs — theater, music and film pieces — bring to life aspects of the Great War with new inflections for modern audiences. The Hop has scheduled panel discussions and commissioned essays to supplement the series’ artistic performances, she said. “It’s hard to understand for our generations how much the world changed because of World War I, and there are so many fascinating ways of looking at that change,” Lawrence said. “This theme for us is not going to be so much about delivering information as stepping into an understanding of the people and feelings of the war.” The series also features a chamber music performance by the Emerson String Quartet on Oct. 21, a piano performance by Sally Pinkas on Nov. 11 and a joint chamber music and film piece between the Kronos Quartet and filmmaker Bill Morrison on Feb. 10.
WHAT’S MINE IS YOURS
Seeking Innovative Interdisciplinary Student Arts Projects! The Hop Garage, a suite of three studio spaces across from the Hop’s Courtyard Café, is open and in use as a space for arts teaching and the development of student arts projects. The Hop, Theater Department and Music Department invite proposals from students who wish to use the space for rehearsal, practice, project development and small-scale events (occupancy is limited to 49 persons in each studio). Students interested in developing fall term projects must submit a proposal (found at hop.dartmouth.edu/online/hop_garage) by friday, september 26 at 5 pm.
Among the criteria for successful proposals are: • Projects of an interdisciplinary nature • Projects that take unique advantage of the qualities in the Hop Garage spaces • Projects that lead to a specific culminating event or performance will be preferred over routine rehearsals and practice sessions For more information, email hopkins.center.facilities@dartmouth.edu TRACY WANG/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
WEDNESDAY LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled.
Stacey ’16 competes for Canadian developmental hockey squad B y Blaze Joel
The Dartmouth Senior Staff
In late August, while most of her peers were in the library preparing for finals, Laura Stacey ’16 packed her bags for Calgary, ready to undergo another sort of test. She was one of 22 Canadians named to the country’s women’s development team and competed against the U.S. team, losing all three matches. Though Stacey was on the team when it won gold at the 2013 Meco Cup in Füssen, Germany, she said she was nervous entering the locker room as she waited for the verdict. “It’s always a really nerve-racking experience,” she said, explaining that athletes are told at 7 a.m. whether they are getting on a plane to play. “Each time you make it, it’s just like the first time, that rush of excitement when they tell you you’ve made it.” Stacey’s latest journey began in May with a strength and conditioning off-ice camp in Toronto. Forty-one women were selected from that group to attend the midAugust development camp, which
consisted of testing, scrimmages and practices. The junior from Kleinburg, Ontario, emerged from the camp thanks to her hard work, head coach Mark Hudak said. The selection, he said, marks Stacey as “one of the better players in the world.” “It also speaks to the amount of work she’s put in to stay in shape and stay the top of her game,” he said. “She works very hard and is very dedicated to her athletic endeavors. To do that while in school also says a lot about her work ethic.” With camp in hand, Stacey suited up to take on the Americans in a three-game series Aug. 21-24 at WinSport’s Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. Canada dropped all three contests to its southern foes, falling 2-1, 6-0 and 3-2 in a shootout. “It’s always an unbelievable experience to put that jersey over your head with a maple leaf on it,” she said. “I can bring back my experiences and what I learned from some of the older girls to share with my teammates. But since we lost all
three games, it definitely makes me want to perform well here so I can be better the next time I go up to Calgary and play for my country.” In three games, Stacey was
“We definitely gave it our all and it’s frustrating, but we can take some positives from it. We can beat them for sure.” - LAURA STACEY ’16 blanked on the scoresheet except for two penalties in her team’s 6-0 defeat, a first period minor for high sticking and a roughing call in the second. “Obviously it’s tough when you lose to the U.S.,” she said. “It’s such a big rivalry, so it’s always rough losing to a country like that. We definitely gave it our all and it’s frustrating, but we can take some positives from it. We can beat them for sure.”
The Canadian team has representatives from across the hockey landscape, including four different ECAC schools. The individual team rivalries tend to fall away in the face of national pride, Harvard University and Canadian goalie Emerance Maschmeyer said. “Everyone definitely jokes around about it a little bit, but when we’re all at camp, we’re all on the same page and competing for the same thing,” Maschmeyer said. “We tend to leave our school teams behind and come together as a team.” Stacey’s time in Calgary was not all about hockey. The sophomore still had to worry about her summer sociology and philosophy classes. She credits Dartmouth’s approach to student athletes as a key in her success and ability to travel to Calgary this summer. Now that she is back on campus for a new hockey season, Stacey is working with her team to improve. Last season, the Big Green snuck into the playoffs with a thrilling fourpoint final weekend, beating Brown University and Yale University on
the road. The team, however, failed to find the net in its two playoff games, falling in a sweep at Clarkson University. Stacey was second on the team in points with 16, led the squad in assists with 12 and pitched in four tallies of her own to tie for third in goals. “We definitely struggled last year, especially putting the puck in the net,” Stacey said. “We definitely still have a young team, but the freshmen we have coming in are really good and everyone else has that extra year. We have a good amount of skill, but we have the ability to work together, play as a team and have a lot of heart.” Hudak said that Stacey’s time on team Canada will help his team on and off the ice. “Bringing that level of competitiveness and work back will hopefully transition to other players,” he said. Stacey and the rest of the women’s hockey team will hit the ice on Oct. 18 for a scrimmage at home against McGill University. The regular season begins Oct. 26 with a home game against the University of New Hampshire.
Field hockey seeks to rebound after disappointing 0-4 start B y Henry Arndt
The Dartmouth Staff
Despite a slow start to the season, the field hockey team looks to build on early out-of-conference setbacks with a strong performance in its upcoming Ivy League opener. After an 0-4 start, the Big Green plays Princeton University on Saturday, the last game before a three-match homestand. Princeton enters Saturday’s game with an identical 0-4 record. “Because our preseason is a lot shorter, we have a disadvantage in the Ivy League, so we like to start our season by playing some top-ranked, nonleague, non-conference teams,” captain Rebecca Hu ’15 said. “We’ll always take productive losses over non-challenging wins against weaker teams.” After enjoying a 6-1 Ivy League record in the 2012-13 season, the women went 3-4 in the league last year. This year’s squad, captained by the senior trio of Hu, Ali Savage ’15 and Janine Leger ’15, faces the tall task of turning the program around, especially after dropping its season’s first four games. Thirteen games remain.
“One of our goals this season is to make every next opportunity better than the last,” Hu said. “Losing the first four games leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but hopefully we have the perspective to put those losses behind us, because we’ve developed some really good things as a team thus far, skills-wise.” The Big Green started its 2014 campaign with a weekend in Evanston, Illinois, where the team faced 14th-ranked Northwestern University — the Big Ten co-champion — and 15th-ranked Louisville on back-to-back days. Clare Detrick-Yee ’16 noted the team’s new composition this fall, with seven freshmen of 19 total players. Team members have gotten to know each other “quickly,” she said. While the Big Green kicked off the season against the Wildcats, Northwestern had played four games before facing Dartmouth’s squad. And Northwestern got off to a hot start, leading 4-0 11 minutes into the game. Brooke Van Valkenburg ’16 got the Big Green into the game by scoring off a corner play, opening Dartmouth’s scoring for the season and marking the second time in three years that Van Valkenburg scored
in the season opener. Van Valkenburg’s goal did little to interrupt Northwestern’s blistering offensive pace. Junior Caroline Troncelliti responded by slotting her second and third goals of the game before 20 minutes for a first-half hat trick. Hu scored the first goal of her career in the 26th minute of the game, but Northwestern would go on to win 9-3. “I’ve been playing midfield my whole career, and I always think of myself as more of a passer,” Hu said. “But since I’ve been working so hard, it was great to see some results on the scoreboard.” Squaring off against a talented Louisville squad the very next day, Dartmouth showcased some strong defensive play and held the Cardinals to two goals — the squad had scored 15 between its first two games, but the Big Green women could not muster any offensive production. “We have an extremely young team with a lot of talent, but we just need to translate that talent into confidence on the field,” Leger said. “With that confidence, we’ll be able to hold off goals but the quick succession currently is because we lose confidence as a team
and aren’t able to take care of details.” Goalkeeper Ellen Meyer ’15 turned aside 13 shots, matching her career high. Louisville took control of the game in the second half, out-shooting Dartmouth 16-0. While the Big Green held the Cardinals to one second-half tally, the team spent too much time in their own half to challenge the Cardinals in theirs. After two losses against ranked foes, the Big Green returned to Hanover to attempt to take its first win of the season over Pacific University, led by head coach Andy Smith, who spent several seasons under Dartmouth head coach Amy Fowler. The Tigers spoiled Dartmouth’s home opener. Eliza Becker ’16 opened the scoring 17 minutes into the game with a redirect of Van Valkenburg’s shot. But the Tigers struck back less than 30 seconds after Becker’s tally and stole the first-half momentum. Pacific scored twice more in the next five minutes for a 3-1 lead. “They attacked really strongly after that goal and came out firing, and we weren’t prepared,” Leger said. Savage had her season scoring debut with a goal 24 minutes into the game, redirecting another Van Valkenburg
shot. The goal put Savage at 95 career points. Just three Big Green field hockey players have hit 100 tallies in a career. “Ali brings a strong intensity to the field, and it’s awesome to build around as a team,” Leger said. “She’s got a great sense of reading the game and she wants the ball in the net and she’s willing to do anything to get it there.” Dartmouth could not score again in the second half, and Pacific left Hanover with a 4-2 victory despite the even 14-14 shot count. Both teams are “fast and physical,” Detrick-Yee said. “Even though we ended up coming out on the losing end, it was a really good learning experience.” After its third consecutive loss, the Big Green squared off against Northeastern University, a team it had not beaten since October 1987. Dartmouth was blanked 2-0, falling to the back-to-back goals of the Northeastern Dunn twins, Marisa and Kelly, who scored twice in a four-minute time span in the second half. The Northeastern defense limited Dartmouth’s production on the day, holding them to three shots on goal in comparison to Northeastern’s 14.