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Yield rate rises to 61 percent for Class of 2021
EBAs late-night deliveries drop following Domino’s openings
By SONIA QIN
The Dartmouth Staff
The College announced today that 61 percent of students accepted their offer of admission for the Class of 2021, the highest yield rate in 25 years. This marks an increase from recent years, with a 53.1 percent yield rate for the Class of 2020, 50.4 percent for the Class of 2019 and 54.5 percent for the Class of 2018. The incoming class will include 1,279 students from 2,092 admitted students, 555 of whom were accepted early decision. More than 70 percent of the students who attended Dimensions committed to the College this year, compared to recent years, in which only 55 to 60 percent of Dimensions visitors accepted their offers. Need-based financial aid will total more than $26 million for the incoming Class of 2021, and the average grant is $48,000. The number of students eligible for federal Pell grants has risen to 14 percent, compared to 11 percent last year. Half of the international students accepted were offered need-based scholarships.
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Following the opening of Domino’s Pizza in West Lebanon and Claremont, EBAs is feeling the competition.
By ANTHONY ROBLES The Dartmouth Staff
Everything But Anchovies has faced increased competition since restaurant chain Domino’s Pizza opened two locations in West Lebanon and Claremont this past fall. EBAs, known for its pizza,
wings, pasta and sandwiches, has been a staple in Hanover and a popular choice among students since it first opened in 1979. The operating hours of the West Lebanon Domino’s location are from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. from Sunday to Thursday and stays open until 4 a.m. on
Burst pipe closes West Gym for several months By SONIA QIN
The Dartmouth Staff
Last week, members of the College’s community were notified by email that the West Gym would be closed as it had suffered from water damage due to a burst water pipe. The email announcement said that only the basketball, volleyball and badminton courts would be affected. During the afternoon of
April 20, a support holding the sprinkler line that hung beneath the indoor track suspended above West Gym came loose from the ceiling. As a result of that failure, the pipe sagged and ruptured, causing significant water damage to the West Gym floor, according to associate vice president of facilities, operations and management Frank Roberts. SEE PIPE PAGE 2
Friday and Saturday nights, whereas EBAs stays open until 3:10 a.m on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In mid-January, EBAs extended its closing time from 2:10 a.m. to an hour later. EBAs president Maureen Bogosian said that Domino’s SEE EBAS PAGE 3
A full story will be published in the near future.
Off-campus student waste poses problem for town By MIKA JEHOON LEE The Dartmouth Staff
According to Hanover town manager Julia Griffin, if she were renting out apartments, she would be hesitant to rent to Dartmouth students because many of them “do not respect other people’s property.” Every year, the town deals with dozens of complaints from Hanover residents about improper waste disposal by students living off-campus, Hanover Fire Marshal and deputy fire chief Michael
Hinsley said. However, the number of complaints varies significantly from year to year, Hinsley added. Students’ improper trash disposal has left neighbors furious because the odor and sight of garbage has invited bears into the Hanover area, according to Griffin. Students tend to dump their trash out by the curb, leaving it for days without securing or covering it, Griffin said. Hinsley echoed a similar sentiment, emphasizing that it is important for students
to put their garbage in a dumpster because otherwise the waste collectors will not collect their trash and it will accumulate. Kish Consulting & Contracting owner Jolin Kish ’88 Th’91 , whose company provides rental housing to several hundred students within a fivemile radius of its Hanover office, said her company has decided to provide its own trash service in response to students’ improper trash SEE WASTE PAGE 3
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DAILY DEBRIEFING The Lebanon City Council voted on Wednesday to institute a smoking ban in Lebanon’s parks and city-owned buildings, according to the Valley News. The ban will come into effect on July 1 and prohibits smoking in about a dozen public areas in Lebanon. However, city officials said that there are plans to build designated smoking areas in the city. First offenders will be fined $25, second offenders will be fined $50 and the fine increases to $100 thereafter. Police may also remove any individual violating the ban from parks located in no-smoking areas. In an interview with the Valley News, Lebanon’s director of recreation and parks Paul Coats said that his department observed the restrictions implemented by other surrounding communities before voting on Lebanon’s ban. The city now joins fellow Upper Valley regions Claremont and Newport as communities that ban smoking to some degree on public property. Coats added that the measure was proposed due to complaints about the appearance of City Hall and Kilton Public Library, locations which often see heavy traffic from smokers. New Hampshire state officials recently discovered that since November, Dartmouth-Hitchcock has been violating its contract to fully staff New Hampshire State Hospital, the state psychiatric hospital, according to the Valley News. The contract calls for 12 psychiatrists to work at the hospital but the New Hampshire Hospital has been submitting reports with the incorrect benchmark of 10 psychiatrists instead. The psychiatrists who formerly filled the two positions were promoted to management positions and were never replaced. Gov. Chris Sununu has requested the resignation of New Hampshire Hospital chief executive officer Bob MacLeod. Dartmouth-Hitchcock released a statement on Wednesday saying that it has been transparent with the state about staffing levels. The Department of Health and Human Services is giving the hospital until Tuesday to create a plan to come into compliance with the contract by increasing staffing levels to the required 11 full-time equivalents and to making sure a geriatric psychiatrist is on staff. Dartmouth-Hitchcock must also provide the names and hours of any practicing psychiatrists on its staff, according to Republican Executive Councilor Joe Kenney. Sununu has requested the Attorney General’s Office conduct a review of the state’s contract with Dartmouth-Hitchcock to explore what additional action can be taken. Yesterday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a measure to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, as reported by the New York Times. In the House vote, 213 representatives voted to keep the ACA in place and 217 voted to repeal and replace it. This vote comes six weeks after the House failed to pass an earlier version of the bill. Championed by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, the bill will eliminate tax penalties for people who do not have health insurance, lead to a temporary spike in insurance premiums and make major changes to Medicaid, among several other provisions. The bill will now go to the Senate.
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West Gym closed for rest of term fans to dry out the floor, as well as cutting holes in the gym floor to dry Senior associate athletics director out the area beneath it. His team has for facilities and operations Richard also been using a moisture meter to Whitmore said the individuals using measure the moisture content in the the West Gym at the time notified floor. staff, who then responded to the “We’re trying to get those situation. readings down to 9 percent,” said “We feel what happened is due to Roberts, adding that currently some the location of the sprinkler line,” areas have a reading of around 12 Ro b e r t s s a i d . percent. “It’s susceptible Ro b e r t s s a i d to being hit by “We have moved that he expects a basketball or basketball outside, to have the floor a volleyball. completely dried The support in and we are trying in five to 10 days. the ceiling had to accommodate as Once the floor is loosened up over it will need much programming dry, time.” to be sanded and Roberts added as we can without refinished. that FO&M will having to cancel Roberts said the work on attaching total cost of the the pipe more any.” repairs is currently securely in the unknown. future. -RICHARD WHITMORE, “After we get “We may be the floor dried putting in recess SENIOR ASSOCIATE out, then the final sprinkler heads, ATHLETICS DIRECTOR assessment of the so if there’s a fire repairs that need they will just pop FOR FACILITIES AND to take place will down from the OPERATIONS come in,” he said. ceilings,” Roberts Whitmore noted said. that once the floor The real damage was sustained is dried, a portion of the West Gym, by the floor of the gym, Whitmore possibly two half basketball courts, said, adding that FO&M has spent may be reopened for use. the last few weeks trying to dry the According to Whitmore, some floor and remove water from the of the athletic programming wood and substructure below. that normally takes place in the He added that initially FO&M West Gym has already been rewas working with Servpro, a water accommodated. damage restoration service in nearby “We have moved basketball Lebanon. o u t s i d e, a n d we a re t r y i n g Roberts said that FO&M has been t o a c c o m m o d a t e a s m u c h using dehumidifying equipment and programming as we can without FROM PIPE PAGE 1
having to cancel any,” he said. Roberts said that the final repairs on West Gym will probably take place after Commencement and reunions, though the gym will be the location of the Commencement ceremony in the case of inclement weather. “We will be coordinating the windows of opportunity for moving forward with the final repairs with the athletics department,” he added. Whitmore said that he hopes to completely reopen West Gym by the second week of July. “We’re trying to do the best we can to find optimal space for our programming and get West Gym up and running as soon as we can,” Whitmore said. President of the badminton club Christine Dong ’19 said that the club, comprised of about 24 students, used to practice three hours every Tuesday and Wednesday in the West Gym. However, now the team must cancel all practices until the West Gym repairs are complete. Dong said that even though most members of the club are graduate students, had the West Gym remained usable, approximately five students would still have received a P.E. credit. “Obviously I’d like to be able to play there, but I understand that it’s because of circumstances that are outside of our control,” Dong said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to play more during the summer.” Amanda Zhou contributed reporting.
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Student waste affects town residents EBAs affected by Domino’s competition FROM WASTE PAGE 1
disposal, as the previous system was ineffective for her tenants. “If we hire a company to pick up trash, they expect the tenants to put the trash at the curb on the right day at [a] ridiculously early hour of the morning, then take the empty trash barrel and put it back [behind the rental],” Kish said. “And we found less than 1 percent of students did that.” Kish and her employees now drive to students’ rentals and empty their trash barrels. As a result, students do not have to move their barrels in front of and behind their rental at a certain time every week. However, Kish said there are several students who do not even put their trash in the trash barrel. The company sends them a stern email and later contacts their parents if their actions continue. Kish also requires her tenants to attend an orientation at her house when they first rent from her, during which she discusses proper garbage disposal, the noise ordinance and good neighbor behavior. Jenny Seong ’16 GR’18, who has rented a house on Maple Street from Kish Consulting & Contracting since last fall, said the company’s rules are relatively strict, but its training programs
like the orientation meeting have c o u l d b e d i f f e re n t s t u d e n t s helped her properly dispose her occupying the same house every garbage. ter m, so they might believe Stacey Lee ’17, who lives on that students are ignoring their campus, said the relative ease with complaints, Hinsley added. which Dartmouth students dispose H i n s l ey e m p h a s i z e d t h a t of their trash Dartmouth when living on “As important as students are campus may not malicious. m a k e t h e m it is to learn about When asked accustomed to Copernicus or poetry to properly a convenient dispose of or global politics, lifestyle. their trash, “I d o personal responsibility they tend to be feel like and is important too. And a responsive Dartmouth cooperative, he s t u d e n t s lot of that is being selfsaid. However, a r e t a k e n aware, being aware of he added that c a r e o f by students need custodians,” your surroundings and to be more Lee said. “We of your neighbors.” aware that they never really take on greater have to take responsibility care of our -MICHAEL HINSLEY, when living offtrash because HANOVER FIRE MARSHAL campus. we throw it “ A s out in front of AND DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF important as it our dorm and is to learn about it is just gone.” Copernicus Hinsley or poetr y or said it is global politics, paramount p e r s o n a l that students responsibility be consistently is important educated too,” Hinsley about offsaid. “And a lot campus housing regulations and of that is being self-aware, being expectations. Many Hanover aware of your surroundings and residents do not know that there of your neighbors.”
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presence has negatively impacted EBAs’ night sales. “It’s impacted our late night deliveries,” Bogosian said. “They’ve decreased [about] 20 percent in the midnight to 1 a.m. slot.” Bogosian said that EBAs noticed the impact immediately. She noted that Domino’s has cor porate backing, while EBAs and other local pizza establishments in town such as Ramunto’s and C&A’s do not. “Every time a new restaurant opens up, we feel the competition,” Bogosian said. “It’s not unique to Domino’s. Every time there’s more competition it affects everybody, and then things level out after a while.” Additionally, Bogosian cited EBAs’ closer proximity to campus, as well as its wider selection of foods, as advantages that EBAs has over Domino’s. According to West Lebanon Domino’s manager Robert Keene, Domino’s decided to establish locations in the area because of its previous success with locations in college towns. Keene added that the Upper Valley was a growing market with a sizable population, which he deemed “an ideal place to build a store.” Keene said the two Domino’s locations are locally owned and operated franchises, with Keene himself owning part of the store as a partner. Keene acknowledged that the opening of the Domino’s locations likely negatively affected local pizza places, but this was not the “goal in [them] coming.” In regards to Domino’s sales, he added that his location has been successful since opening. “We’re a growing business,”
Keene said. “We came here for ourselves to be able to be successful. I’m sure it probably would hurt a lot of different quick-service restaurants – McDonald’s, EBAs, Wendy’s. There’s a piece of the pie to be had here.” A d d i t i o n a l l y, Ke e n e s a i d Domino’s does not currently have a company policy regarding how their establishment of new Domino’s locations might affect preexisting restaurants. “That’s kind of the nature of businesses — to want to grow,” Keene said. “To increase profitability, to increase sales, to stay competitive and that’s what Domino’s has done since 1960 when we opened the first store.” When choosing between the two establishments, Zeke Carlos ’19 stated that she found it hard to decide which of the two she preferred because she frequently visits EBAs for its specials, but usually chooses Domino’s for better late night food at relatively cheaper prices compared to EBAs. However, she said that between the two restaurants, Carlos believed that Domino’s was “taking over [EBAs] completely.” “I go to EBAs every Monday for dinner and it’s usually pretty empty,” Carlos said. “I think it’s kind of surprising that on campus I always see Domino’s cars. Even though EBAs is right here I feel like a lot of people just know Domino’s from their own homes.” Carlos suggested that for EBAs to remain competitive more people would need to know about their daily specials. “If people knew about the deals EBAs offered, I think that would help them tremendously,” Carlos said.
CORRECTIONS We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. Correction Appended (May 4, 2017): The May 4 article “Green Key concert will require wristbands for entry” incorrectly stated the number of years that Programming Board has organized this version of the Green Key concert. While spring concerts have existed in various forms in the past, this is the fifth year of the Green Key concert in its current form. The article has been updated to reflect this change.
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U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Meyer gave a lecture yesterday on electronic privacy and security as part of Law Day.
Correction Appended (May 4, 2017): A previous version of the April 26 article “A survey of Dartmouth’s political landscape” stated that “statistically Democrats were as likely to say they would be comfortable as they would be uncomfortable [with a roommate of opposing political views].” To clarify the language and better reflect the statistical test used, the article was updated to read, “Because of small sample size issues, the difference between the percentage of Democrats who said they were comfortable and the percentage who said uncomfortable was not statistically significant.”
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CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST HOLDEN HARRIS ’20
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The Silent Chaos of Depression
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The struggle against depression needs more attention at Dartmouth.
Depression is a serious issue among college is not an effective way to approach depression. students. It is one we often discuss but rarely If we never change our efforts, we are indirectly act to resolve. Because we cannot assume that contributing to pain and suffering. students with depression will reach out for help, At the beginning of middle school, I lost a we may not react in time to help a student in friend to cancer. As a young kid, I didn’t know need. May is Mental Health Awareness month, what to think. I had all types of emotions and I believe it’s up to students — and not just rushing through me, especially the feeling of College programs — to take action to end having no control. This thought threw me down depression rather than waste time discussing a dark path. Depression ate me up for months, it. even years, before I regained my sense of self. I Statistics don’t show any progress in helping had to talk to therapists, my friends, my parents. college students deal with depression. According I cried myself to sleep for months. I know the to a Healthline study from 2012, 44 percent pain that comes not just from tragedy but from of American college students “report having depression. Depression is like being cornered symptoms of depression” while 75 percent of and not knowing how to escape. students “do not seek help for mental health On campus, Dartmouth has provided problems.” If three out of four college students students with information about depression, do not seek help, what does giving “options” the signs of depression and where to receive actually do? The New help. Resources like the York Times reported in Counseling and Human 2015 that 9.5 percent of “Depression ate Development office and college students — out me up for months, the counselor-on-call may of a sample size of over even years, before I not be everything needed 150,000 — had frequently to combat this issue, but “felt depressed” during regained my sense of they are useful. We cannot the past year, an increase self. I had to talk to blame the administration from 6.1 percent five years for all our own faults. before. The survey also therapists, my friends, S t u d e n t s ’ fo c u s o n found that those reporting my parents. I cried depression is lacking, and they “felt overwhelmed” that needs to change. We myself to sleep for by schoolwork and other are too fixated on papers, commitments rose to 34.6 months.” finals and daily work to percent from 27.1 percent focus on other students five years earlier. in need. Unfortunately, Depression among it is incredibly hard to college students is rising. How can we continue detect who is depressed. “Duck syndrome” is a to say that we are making an effort if evidence popular way to describe the struggles of college indicates that we’re going backward? We have students with depression, using the metaphor of to stop assuming our efforts are helping and a duck that “appears to glide calmly across the start treating depression like a disease. water, while beneath the surface it frantically, Not enough is being done to enact change. relentlessly paddles.” Depression can be hidden We see Breast Cancer Awareness marches down from those around us just like a duck paddling city streets. We just saw a massive protest, the through the water conceals her motion beneath Women’s March, advocate for gender equality. the surface. No one organizes marches to the White House Robin Williams, whose struggle with to advocate for depression awareness. And depression ultimately claimed his life, once when the worst does happen, we often only hope said, “I think the saddest people always try their that it never happens again without working hardest to make people happy because they to ensure that it does not. We only think what know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless, could have been done after the fact, rather than and they don’t want anyone else to feel like what should be done to prevent its effects. This that.” I couldn’t put it better.
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Students need to work with faculty and staff to attend more lectures. This week alone, the College is holding almost 40 lectures, not counting those at its professional schools. These include presentations by a noted novelist, an expert on the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein and a federal judge. All of these talks are free to students and the public. Most students will not have regular opportunities to go to events with speakers of this caliber ever again. Jonathan Franzen, Cornel West, Neal Katyal ’91 and Eric Fanning ’90 are just a few of the notable speakers who already have or will come to Dartmouth this term. They are leading names in their fields and are available to speak to undergraduates because of the academic force that this institution holds and the financial resources it commands. Franzen, who spoke on April 17, addressed a standing room-only crowd. West, speaking 10 days later, drew such a large audience that there were multiple overflow rooms for spectators. Katyal and Fanning, coming on May 10 and May 18 respectively, will likely draw sizable numbers of both students and Upper Valley residents as well. These are among the most notable speakers coming to campus this term. Yet there are dozens of others, speaking on behalf of essentially every program and department. Their talks will, for the most part, not be heavily attended by students. Like many of the College’s guest lecturers, they will speak to an audience composed mainly of the Upper Valley’s senior citizens and Dartmouth faculty members. Students pay for speakers to come to campus — our tuition dollars contribute to the fees, transportation costs and accommodations required for these individuals. Dartmouth students are incredibly fortunate. Less than 7 percent of the world’s population receives a college degree, and only a fraction of them receive degrees from highly prestigious institutions with resources like ours. We have much to gain — personally, intellectually and culturally — from a wide variety of lecturers. Students would be well-served — as citizens, intellectuals, students and human beings — by attending talks given by brilliant academics, political leaders and artists. Yet students do not attend these lectures in anything like the numbers that we should. There is no excuse that justifies this in its entirety, or even mostly. Being busy, having conflicting commitments and being unaware of certain events mitigates the apathy students have shown, but it does not eliminate it. We are not as engaged as we could be. In the early 20th century, the Sunday night literary discussions hosted by former English professor Sidney H. Cox were once campus’ prime intellectual event and its most notable social event each week. While the onus for participation rests most heavily upon ourselves, we are not without credible reasons for this low attendance. Many factors at the College — including some decidedly out of student control — combine to make the current scheduling system for visiting speakers troubling. First, when incredibly popular speakers do come, students are not always assured seats. At West’s lecture, scheduled for 5 p.m.
in the 221-seat Filene Auditorium, those who arrived 30 minutes early found themselves in an overflow room, while those who came 15 minutes early were in the overflow room’s overflow room. Many students left classes or academic commitments and arrived on time — or even early — but were still unable to see West speak. Solutions that address this concern raise problems of their own — for example, letting students are allowed to reserve seats in a lecture via an RSVP, undermine the public nature of the event. However, it is unfortunate that not all Dartmouth students interested in attending are able to see the most notable guest lectures in person. There is also a scheduling problem. When departments and programs at the College schedule most lectures for 3 p.m., 4 p.m. or 5 p.m., they handicap many students. Students are more likely to attend evening lectures, when they do not have classes or other commitments. Student-athletes, who make up almost 25 percent of the student population, often have practice that conflicts with these times. Students in 3A or 3B courses — or in 2A courses with X-hours — are similarly unable to attend. Others have lab work or other academic commitments. Of course, students are responsible for scheduling their own lives, and some professors prefer afternoon lectures so they can return home to their families earlier in the day. Still, it is worth exploring a reasonable compromise. Could lectures be held immediately after all classes end each day? Could athletic teams create flexible practice schedules that allow athletes to attend lectures more freely? Perhaps more lectures could occur on weekends, or, if the College continues to insist on holding events in the mid-afternoon, it could create a designated period without classes scheduled. A problem in events also exists in a lack of promotion. Some programs do excellent work sending emails to students, posting flyers on campus and advertising digitally, while other efforts are more lackadaisical. The lecture given by West was well attended in part because it was well advertised. However, many interesting speakers do not get the same treatment. While students should seek out interesting opportunities, hosting entities should also advertise events rigorously, and academic departments should promote their lecturers through faculty, who have the most access to student attention, more often. At present, advertising for events is sporadic. Some programs — like the French and Italian department — send frequent emails, but other event offerings seem to fall beneath the radar. There is no single solution that will increase student attendance at lectures, but certainly students, departments and programs that host guest speakers can do better. Dartmouth students have unique opportunities for intellectual advancement, but we must act on them. Together, we can make a more intellectually engaged, curious and fulfilling Dartmouth. The editorial board consists of the opinion staff, the opinion editor, both executive editors and the editor-inchief.
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DARTMOUTHEVENTS TODAY
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Lecture: “Rule-Following Without Rules: Wittgenstein on the Normativity of Meaning and Content,” with University of California Berkeley professor Hannah Ginsborg, Haldeman 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall)
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Film: “Land of Mine,” directed by Martin Zandvliet, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
TOMORROW
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Film: “My Life as a Zucchini,” directed by Claude Barras, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
SUNDAY
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Concert: “The Splendor of Handel & Haydn,” performed by the Dartmouth College Glee Club, Rollins Chapel
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Film: “Finding Oscar,” directed by Ryan Suffern, Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center RELEASE DATE– Friday, May 5, 2017
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Glee club will perform spring concert on Sunday By ELISE HIGGINS
The Dartmouth Staff
The Dartmouth College Glee Club’s seniors will perform in their final concert this upcoming Sunday, when the g lee club performs excerpts from Handel’s “Semele” and Haydn’s “Te Deum.” To honor this poignant occasion, glee club director Louis Burkot will place particular focus on the group’s seniors, many of whom credit the glee club with allowing them to continue to pursue their passion for classical music in college. Susanna Kwon ’17, a mezzosoprano and co-president of the glee club, said that she was serious about pursuing classical music and joined the glee club because it was the closest thing she could get to a choral environment at Dartmouth. To honor the seniors’ final concert, Kwon and four other seniors will be featured in an a cappella piece, “Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints Above.” In addition, Kwon and Min Jee Kim ’17, the other co-president of the glee club, will be performing arias. Burkot said that both soloists are extremely accomplished and have worked with him closely during their four years at Dartmouth.
Benjamin Nesselrodt ’19 said that he, like Kwon, wanted to join glee club because of this emphasis on classical music. Nesselrodt was involved in classical singing in high school and was enthusiastic to pursue his love for classical singing at Dartmouth. Nesselrodt said that his experience with the glee club has been “incredible.” His good experience may be due to Burkot’s understanding of the glee club’s importance as many students’ primary classical music outlet in college. “I train the singers to learn how to be great musicians and ensemble singers and have their singing reach the highest level that it can possibly reach in four years,” Burkot said. “It’s my job to shape that and nurture it in a way to help them achieve their goals.” In addition to working with each other, the glee club members also frequently interact with professional guest soloists. Burkot said that he enjoys having guest soloists because he feels that they can impart additional wisdom to the students about classical singing. The glee club demonstrates what groups can accomplish with classical training, and all of the singers work hard despite the fact that the repertoires can take a while
to learn, Burkot noted. “Unfortunately with classical music, unless it’s performed really well, it sometimes can be difficult for an audience to appreciate because sometimes the simplicity or the dignity of it is lost,” Burkot said. “But when it is performed really well, then the responses are really incredible.” H o w e v e r, t h e c l u b a l s o incorporates other types of music such as a cappella, orchestral music and staged works, Burkot said. “It’s been really great to be able to sing a lot of different genres,” Kwon said. Kwon added that she also enjoys getting to interact with other students who may have different academic interests but are equally passionate about music. In preparation for this upcoming spring concert, glee club members have log ged many hour s of practice. For this performance, a nine-person orchestra will join the glee club. “Usually I reserve the spring concert for things that I think are definitely going to take time to percolate before we accomplish them because people are constantly turning over with the [D-plan],” Burkot said. “It takes time to assimilate what it is
I’m looking for.” Kwon said she enjoys working on music for a long period of time then seeing it come together. “I think anytime we’re able to do a larger work that we have to work on for the entirety of a term or multiple terms, having that come together with an orchestra is an awesome experience,” Kwon said. The different pieces range from opera to English folk songs. Kwon
said that the pieces are exciting because they go in unexpected places, so each section must be inde pendent and strong. Nesselrodt also feels a strong affinity for the pieces, especially for their lyrics. “They’re orchestral in nature but also very beautiful lyrically,” Nesselrodt said. The concert will take place this Sunday at 2 p.m. in Rollins Chapel.
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Wind ensemble to perform spring concert tomorrow evening abrupt transformation. “What’s sort of fun to observe The Dartmouth Staff or to listen to in the process of this Saturday night’s Dartmouth concert is just how much change College Wind Ensemble concert has happened in this relatively short is the final installment in its three- period in history,” Marsit said. part series celebrating the history of The musical change that occurred wind ensembles and the evolution of during this time is part of what makes the wind band as an independent the music so unique. performance medium. The group will “I think this is especially a concert perform the music of contemporary where you’re going to hear something composers, tracing the evolution of that you haven’t really heard before,” the wind band through works written said Anna Matusewicz ’20, who in 1943 to those written in 2015. plays bassoon in the ensemble. “It’s This upcoming performance a different style of music.” is called “Winds of Change: By the end of the concert, the Contemporary Creators.” The music will be colorful, diverse and ensemble’s fall perfor mance powerful. Marsit described this investigated the first works written evolution as a sort of exercise in specifically for wind bands, contradiction. focusing on music from the mid- “Huge emotional swings,” Marsit 19th century through 1950. The said. “Huge swings from slow to fast, winter performance focused on from soft to loud, from sort of dark the importance of chamber music to absolutely bright and brilliant.” to the evolution The music, o f t h e w i n d “I’ve been playing however, is only ensemble. This part of what makes third performance with the wind this performance draws all three ensemble since my so special. This concerts together concert marks freshman year, so in a final discovery the last time that of the significance it’s kind of been the members of o f t h e w i n d the one constant the Class of 2017 ensemble in the will play as part larger world of I’ve had through of the ensemble. music. Dartmouth.” In addition to Wi t h w o rk s a Fa c e b o o k by William campaign that Schuman, Vincent -CYNTHIA TAN ’17 includes individual Persichetti, features and photos Frank Ticheli, of each of the Karel Husa and eight graduating David Maslanka, seniors, Marsit the concert will start out more said that the concert will take some traditionally classical but will time to honor the seniors in a special progressively blend genres while way. exploring more recent material. Cynthia Tan ’17, the wind Matthew Marsit, director of the ensemble’s student manager and wind ensemble, noted that much of percussionist, acknowledged the the performance’s intrigue lies in its sadness of the occasion but also
By KYLEE SIBILIA
COURTESY OF ROB STRONG
The Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble will perform in Spaulding Auditorium this Saturday.
the emotional significance of her experience playing for the group these past four years. “It’s really sad, obviously,” Tan said. “I’ve been playing with the wind ensemble since my freshman year, so it’s kind of been the one constant I’ve had through Dartmouth, and it’s weird that it’s coming to an end. But also, I’ve gotten so close to this class of seniors, so I’m really glad I’m ending with them.” Part of what makes the ensemble’s community so close is its diversity. The ensemble consists of 50 members selected both from Dartmouth’s
COURTESY OF ROB STRONG
The Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble is composed of students and Hanover community members.
student body and from the members of the Hanover community. The expectation for the musicians who are not Dartmouth students is that they play as well or better than the Dartmouth students, meaning that all of them are very skilled musicians, adding a dimension of experience to the ensemble. “It’s an excellent community,” Matusewicz said. “I wasn’t expecting the community to be as tight-knit as it is. It’s a really great support system, and I really enjoy the music.” Though the seniors are graduating, the newest members
of the wind ensemble have brought a new dimension to a performance group that is constantly changing and growing. “I’m really excited about this group of ’20s,” Tan said. “I think they bring a lot of really great energy and excitement to the ensemble.” This last perfor mance of the ensemble, with its focus on contemporary music, combines elements of both endings and beginnings, a sentiment that will be meaningful for its seniors. The wind ensemble will perform tomorrow in Spaulding Auditorium at 8 p.m.
COURTESY OF ROB STRONG
Saturday’s concert is entitled “Winds of Change: Contemporary Creators.”
THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2017
Quick Hits Orimolade and Miller sign with NFL teams Following this weekend’s National Football League Draft in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, o u t s i d e l i n e b a c k e r Fo l a r i n Orimolade ’17 and defensive back Charlie Miller ’17 were signed as undrafted free agents by the Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars, respectively. In 2016, Orimolade led the Big Green’s defense in tackles, tackles-for-loss and sacks. He was also the Football Championship Subdivision leader in forced fumbles, with 0.5 per game. His 23.5 career sacks rank second in Dartmouth football history. For his senior season efforts, Orimolade was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and a second-team FCS All-American. He will fight for a roster spot on the Rams’ defense, which ranked 23rd in the NFL in defensive points against last season. Miller played nine games last season and finished tied for
first in interceptions and tied for sixth in tackles. As a key member of the Big Green’s special teams unit, he served as the team’s only punt returner and blocked a field goal in the final few minutes of Dartmouth’s 20-17 win over Towson University in October. Miller will look to earn a roster spot on the Jaguars, who haven’t won more than five games since 2010. During his Pro Day, he ran 40 yards in 4.47 seconds. Women’s alpine coach John Dwyer is coach of the year The United States Collegiate Ski Association named women’s alpine ski coach John Dwyer the National Alpine Coach of the Year in late April. This is only Dwyer’s second season with the Dartmouth women’s team after he was appointed head coach of women’s alpine skiing in 2015. “It’s an honor to be named coach of the year,” Dwyer said. “I give credit to the other three coaches and of course to the athletes because they put that
recognition towards me.” This season, Dwyer had a strong core of six skiers in Meg Currie ’17, Steph Currie ’20, Alexa Dlouhy ’19, Kelly Moore ’18, Hannah Melinchuk ’19 and Foreste Peterson ’18. His team grabbed 13 podiums and 26 top-five finishes during the sixcarnival season. Dwyer’s skiers were the strongest group on a Dartmouth team that won five out of six carnivals during the regular season. Dartmouth placed fourth at the NCAA championships this year, its best finish since 2012. “The results speak for themselves,” Dwyer said. “We did great as a team overall and had a lot of individual successes too. One of the goals for the team is to not be complacent and continue to move forward.” Sean Fahey ’17 makes men’s golf All-Ivy second team Sean Fahey ’17 capped off his college career with a record finish, earning himself a spot on the All-Ivy Second Team. The men’s golf team finished sixth at the Ivy League Championship, which concluded on April 23. “It felt good,” Fahey said.
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He improved each round of the tournament, carding a 76-7472. He ended the tournament 6 over par, tied for eighth with the University of Pennsylvania’s Zareh Kaloustian, and led the Big Green in birdies. The 2016-2017 season was the strongest of Fahey’s college golf career. As a freshman, Fahey carded an average round of 75.5, a number which increased to 76.8 in his junior year. This season, Fahey played 26 rounds, more than any season in his career, and dropped his season average to 74.85. “I worked a lot on chipping and putting,” Fahey said. “Those were the biggest things that changed.” Catherine Roddy ’19 is first All-Ivy women’s golfer in 17 years Catharine Roddy ’19 of the women’s golf team was awarded with an All-Ivy First Team selection after competing in the Ivy League Championship. It was the first time in 17 years and the third time in history that a member of the Dartmouth women’s golf team made the cut. “It felt great to be given this honor,” Roddy said.
Roddy carded a 73-76-74 in the tournament, finishing 7 over par and tying for third with Princeton University’s Hana Ku. Roddy led the Big Green with 10 birdies during the tournament. Roddy displayed remarkable improvement this season. Last season, she competed in 14 rounds with a stroke average of 82. This season, Roddy participated in three more rounds and lowered her average to 77.24. In all three rounds of the Ivy League championship, she exceeded that mark. Roddy partially attributed her improvement this season to the strengthening of her mental game, which allowed her to stay focused under pressure. A strong team dynamic was key to her jump in performance. “Our team had a really good fall season, and I think it gave us a lot of positive momentum and belief in ourselves, Roddy said. “And I think that translated to my game. I would like to emphasize the team component, even more than internal aspects.” Compiled by Nathan Albrinck and Cody Fujii.
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TODAY’S LINEUP
No athletic events scheduled
Men’s and women’s track and field teams head to Heps “I think we sur prised not ourselves, but a lot of other The Dartmouth Senior Staff people,” Harwick said. “The When men’s track and field performance kind of got us into head coach Barry Harwick and the spring season in a good state women’s track and field head of mind. The takeaway from that coach Sandy Ford-Centonze was that although the competition walked into Leverone Field House for the meet is very intense, we can on Monday, Feb. 27 — the day certainly score a lot of points in after the 2017 Indoor Heptagonal the championship.” Championships — they had to walk The women’s team, on the other past a countdown clock. That day, hand, has fared well in recent years the clock read “69,” numbering at the annual spring event. Since the days until the 2017 Outdoor the 2012 season, the women’s team He ptagonal Championships. has finished within the top four There’s no way for athletes and twice. In 2012, the team finished coaches to avoid seeing that clock in fourth, while in the 2014 season, as they walk in the building, and the team claimed second place. At on Saturday, it will read zero. this season’s Indoor Heps, the team “It’s the most exciting meet of finished in first in three separate the schedule, and it’s one of the events but placed sixth overall. most exciting track meets in the In the current outdoor season, country,” Harwick said. “Every both teams appear to be peaking place really matters. Even if at the right time. In the scored someone doesn’t have a chance meets of the season, the men’s to win an event, getting in sixth team finished in first out of place can still contribute a point 14 teams at the Bob Davidson to the team score.” Spring Kick-Off, took first out of Each team is permitted to send seven teams at the University of up to 32 participants to compete Massachusetts Pre-Conference in the 21 events, according to both Meet and scored higher than head coaches. This year’s event will University of Massachusetts, take place at Yale University and Lowell, University of Vermont will be available by broadcast live and University of Hartford in a on the Ivy League Digital Network home meet. and FloTrack. Some standouts to look out In recent years, the men’s team for on the men’s team are Parker has not fared Jo h n s o n ’ 1 9 well at Outdoor and Adam Heps. The Big “I think we surprised Couitt ’18, Green has not not ourselves, but a a c c o rd i n g t o finished above Ford-Centonze. fifth place since lot of other people J o h n s o n 2008 and has [at Indoor Heps]. The has greatly finished at i m p r ov e d i n performance kind of exactly fifth the hurdles, the past three got us into the spring wh i l e C o u i t t seasons. season in a good state h a s f o u g h t However, the back from ankle men have had of mind.” issues last year g reat success to make Heps. at Indoor Heps, After a strong -BARRY HARWICK, MEN’S finishing in start to the third the past TRACK AND FIELD HEAD season, Myles t w o s e a s o n s. COACH Holt ’20 pulled The previous his hamstring Indoor Heps during the i n Fe b r u a r y Indoor Heps required a complete team scoring but looks to bounce back in the effort. Although no single team outdoor Heps. member won an event, everyone The women’s team has also contributed to score enough had a solid record in the outdoor points to secure third place. The season. It finished seventh out of performance has given the team 16 teams at the Bob Davidson confidence going into Outdoor Spring Kick-Off, secured third Heps. out of seven teams in the UMass
By MARK CUI
HOLLYE SWINEHART/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF
Julia Valenti ’20 will be one of the members of the women’s team traveling to Yale University for the Heps this weekend.
Pre-Conference Meet and came out on top over UMass Lowell, Vermont and Hartford in a home meet. “I think the team has been doing very well this season,” Nicole DeBlasio ’19 said. “We’re all ready to peak at the right time. It’s been a slow progression to Heps, which is what you want. I think Dartmouth is going to do some big things at Heps.” Some athletes have already stood out during the outdoor season. Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20, who rested last week, has already broken several Dartmouth records. Alexandra Collins ’19 has also shown marked improvement in the hammer throw despite injuries last season. Both teams are looking forward to the event. “Heps is the most exciting meet I’ve ever been to,” DeBlasio said. “It’s just such a crazy atmosphere, and you want to do better. You see everyone PR-ing and everyone doing very well. Anything can happen at Heps, and I really do believe it.” At a team meeting on Tuesday, Harwick gave his team final words of advice.
“The most important thing you to contribute.” can do leading up to it is to be as At Heps, athletes also need to well-rested and as fresh and healthy be prepared for the unexpected. as you can be,” Harwick said. “ O n e t h i n g t h a t [ Fo r d He further noted that two goals Centonze] always mentions is that for the event were to focus on what anything can happen in a race,” you can control and to maintain a Deblasio said. “[In one race], a positive attitude. girl ran out of her lane and got A f t e r f i n i s h i n g s i x t h a t disqualified, which really shows Indoor Heps that anything despite three really can i n d i v i d u a l s “This meet tends to h a p p e n . Yo u w i n n i n g bring out the best in always have to championships, keep running t h e w o m e n’s everybody... Trust and pushing team is focusing yourself, trust your to beat on high finishes training and just go yo u r s elf an d across the your time.” out and do what you board. Overall, both “Two goals know how to do.” teams feel are to make sure confident that they get to ahead of the that final round -SANDY FORD-CENTONZE, weekend. a n d t o h ave “This meet WOMEN’S TRACK AND more people tends to bring scoring in the FIELD HEAD COACH out the best in upper portion e v e r y b o d y, ” of the scores Ford-Centonze rather than the said. “We have bottom half,” Ford-Centonze said. a lot of kids who are very capable “We need every point we can get, of [finishing on the podium]. Trust but those top-three finishes are yourself, trust your training and especially beneficial to the team just go out and do what you know score. Every team member needs how to do.”