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Lack of snow in Hanover slows down business
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Faculty letter supports student demands
By PauloMI RAO The Dartmouth Staff
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With temperatures reaching 69 degrees on Christmas Eve, the town of Hanover experienced a record-breaking warm December and holiday season. The unusually high temperatures — an effect of El Niño, where warm bands of ocean air hovered over the Upper Valley — caused local ski resorts to stay closed and the Connecticut River to remain unfrozen into January. The Dartmouth Skiway, home to the College’s varsity Nordic and Alpine ski teams, will remain closed until Jan. 9. The lack of snow and colder temperatures necessary for snowmaking were absent throughout December. Skiway manager Doug Holler said that the annual physical education ski instructors’ clinic was shifted to Ragged Mountain Resort in Danbury because none of the trails were open. “North country really depends on the tourism with the cold and snow,” Holler said. “This year, income for cold retailers and ski operators across the area will be hard.” This time last year, he added, snow had heavily covered Hanover and most ski resorts in the area were open. “As a ski place, we always hope for the best, but it’s going to be a very tough year for people who depend on the cold or snow,” Holler said. While the warm temperatures may be worrisome for businesses, Peter Kulbacki, Hanover’s director of public works, welcomed the belated arrival of winter. “The warm temperatures are helping out our winter SEE SNOW PAGE 3
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At the end of the fall term, prompted by the negative media attention received by the Black Lives Matter protest in Baker Berry Library, a group of Dartmouth faculty released a petition supporting student activism on campus. The petition calls on the College to follow other Ivy League institutions that have already made financial
commitments towards recruiting faculty and students of color. As of press time, the letter had been signed by 155 members of the College’s faculty and staff. A r t h i s t o r y p ro f e s s o r Mary Coffey, who helped draft the letter, said that the faculty group thought it was important to make a statement before a negative cycle started again at the beginning of the winter term. “We felt that it was urgent
that we draft something and circulate it for signatures before everyone dispersed because we felt at the end of the term there was a lot of negative publicity that was coming to the college as a consequence of some of the hyperbolic, exaggerated and sometimes fallacious claims that were being made about the Black Lives Matter solidarity protest and the attacks SEE LETTER PAGE 5
Josh Cetron ’16 named First-Year Trips director
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Students supporting the Black Lives Matter movment march through Baker Berry Library.
Josh Cetron ’16 and Anna Gabianelli ’16 will serve as the new director and assistant director for the 2016 Dartmouth Outing Club First Year Trips. Currently they are still working through the applications for the other directorate positions. While last year’s directorate emphasized community service, sustainability and
a diversified body of Trip leaders and Croo members, Cetron said that many of the changes the two hope to make will only come through after the full directorate is complete. “We definitely have our hopes and goals and ideals for trips this year, but we want that to be a consensus process that really is driven by the community and the directorate as a whole to come up with concrete changes and new ideas.”
Cetron said. The Trips directorate consists of approximately 20 students, including Cetron and Gabianelli. Typically the directors are chosen at the end of the fall by a search committee under the Dartmouth Outing Club and the Outdoor Programs Office. In the winter, the new director and assistant director choose the rest of the staff, which then creates the application for Trip leaders and Croo members, Cetron
said. At the end of winter, those applications are sent out to campus and are due shortly after spring break. In 2013, 284 Trip leaders 54 Croo members were selected from 707 and 249 applicants, respectively. In 2014, 282 Trip leaders and 64 Croos were chosen from pools of 618 and 200 applicants. In 2015, the number of applicants saw a slight decrease — 575 people applied to be Trip leaders while 154 applied
for Croo. Last year’s directorate emphasized outreach to recruit a diverse group of Trip leaders, hosting a number of information sessions for those potentially interested in volunteering for the program. Cetron emphasized that the selection process for Trip leaders will also attempt to eliminate biases. Applications are read blind by the members of the directorate. SEE TRIPS PAGE 2
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DAily debriefing On Wednesday, a federal judge reported that a monkey that took a “selfie” that went viral cannot be declared the owner of the image, according to NPR. The photo of the monkey was taken in 2011 with the camera of photographer David Slater. The monkey, however, snapped the photo, not Slater. Many media outlets claim that no one owns the image because it was taken by the monkey. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a lawsuit, arguing that the photographer owns the photo. Samsung’s new Family Hub refrigerator includes a 21.5-inch touchscreen that will allow users to order groceries from their fridge, the Verge reports. The fridge’s shopping application, created by MasterCard, allows ordering from ShopRite and FreshDirect, with more stores to be added in 2016. In addition to the large screen, which uses the operating system Tizen, the fridge includes three cameras inside that take pictures each time the door closes and a companion application allows users to check milk levels from their phones. In addition to household food management, the machine, which retails for $5,000 and releases this spring, can serve as an organizational tool by sharing calendars and notes. According to Samsung, the Family Hub name was chosen because the refrigerator “reconnects families,” PC Mag reports. Defense officials in Vietnam are investigating the origin of three metal spheres which fell from the sky in the north of the country, the BBC reports. The largest object weighs nearly 100 pounds. Local people reported hearing what sounded like thunder in the minutes before the objects were found. An initial investigation by Vietnam’s defense ministry has so far determined that the objects are compressed-air tanks from an aircraft or rocket and that they are not dangerous now that they have landed. The ministry report says the orbs were manufactured in Russia, but it is not clear if they were sold or sent to another country afterward. One aerospace expert told the BBC that the objects may be the result of a failed satellite launch.
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Corrections We welcome corrections. If you believe there is a factual error in a story, please email editor@thedartmouth.com. Correction: In the Jan. 7 story “Tuck ‘15s see high job placement,” the original version of the article stated that the Havard Business School reported a median base salary $14,000 higher than that of Tuck’s class. The median base salary was in fact $5,000 dollars higher than Tuck’s median. The story has been updated to reflect this correction. Correction: The Jan. 6 article “Student Spotlight: Artist Marina Massida ’17” originally referred to John Singer Sargent as a Renaissance painter. He was, more specifically, a painter of the American Renaissance. The story has been updated to reflect this clarification.
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Trips will fill directorate soon FROM TRIPS PAGE 1
experience as a first-year student. “Trips is a huge important part of the Dartmouth community for
“We have intense selection processes to go through so that everyone is accounted for fairly, “ W h e n p e o p l e c o m e t o that we get input Dartmouth everyone is from a lot of different angles and coming from really different make judgements places. It lets people know that we believe are reasonable and ac- that no matter where people curate when we’re come from or who they c h o o s i n g C ro o members and Trip are or what it is that they leaders,” said Ce- like doing, somewhere at tron. Both Gabianel- Dartmouth they’re going to li and Cetron have find somebody else who is substantial experience with the interested in being there to Trips prog ram. accept them for whoever they They each went on trips as first- are.” year students , were Trip leaders -JaMIE MERcado ’15, former after that, worked on support Croos outreach coordinator for and led Lodj Croo DOC Trips 2015 as captains. This l a s t exper ienc e allowed them to bu i l d a s t ro n g working relationship before they were even elected as director and me because it affected me from assistant director, Cetron said. day one,” Gabianelli said. “When He added that this pre-existing relationship would help the two of them work more efficiently in the coming year. Cetron said his passion for Trips was a reason why he wants to contribute to shaping it. “It has helped me develop my own leadership skills but more importantly it’s helped me envision the role that upperclassmen can play in making new students at this school feel welcome.” Cetron said. Trips is a program that makes the College unique, Cetron said. First-Year Trips have the incoming freshmen take advantage of the geography around Dartmouth by going on some type of outdoors trip for five days before they arrive on campus for orientation, he added. Cetron said that although Trips has been a long-standing tradition at the College to welcome first-year students, the program itself has continually evolved over time. “It really can break down some of the barriers and make people aware of just what a positive community this can be and how much potential there is and each year this program gets better and better and better and that in and of itself is such a hallmark of trips,” Cetron said. Gabianelli said that part of the reason she wanted to be a part of the 2016 directorate was because of how Trips shaped her own
I was a Trippee I was so thankful that the program existed because I saw a lot of really good ways that it showed that this place was a community that people were enthusiastic about and seeing people enthusiastic about a new class coming to Dartmouth was really huge for me.” Jamie Mercado ’15, the 2015 outreach coordinator, said that she applied for last year’s directorate because she wanted to recreate her Trips experience and help make new students feel like they belonged. “When I was applying it was really clear to me that the only qualification I needed to have was that I needed to care about making first-year students happy,” she said. She said Trips provides an instant community for new students at the College. “When people come to Dartmouth everyone is coming from really different places,” Mercado said. “It lets people know that no matter where people come from or who they are or what it is that they like doing, somewhere at Dartmouth they’re going to find somebody else who is interested in being there to accept them for whoever they are.”
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No snow, no skiiers
ing several crews to haul gravel out to the roads to mitigate the conditions. time budget,” Kulbacki said. “Usu- “It was really strange to see that ally by this time of year we have had happen so early,” Griffin said. three to four major storms and so far In addition, as the temperature we have only had one medium one. remained high, construction crews If this keeps up, there will be savings were worried about the increased on our budget at the end of the year.” possibility of water and sewer main Kulbacki acknowledged that breaks, Griffin said. Usually, when many outdoor retailers might be con- there is a lot of snow on the ground cerned that the warm temperatures and the temperature dips, the snow may effect their expected revenue. tends to insulate the piping and helps “In terms of tourism, I think traffic to prevent breaks. She noted that volumes will be down for ski slopes,” when there is not much snow and Kulbacki said. “People will be looking the temperature drops below zero, for late fall activities instead of winter problems may arise. The frost levels activities.” can get deep The recent mild into the ground weather has also “If there were ever a and may cause allowed Hanover winter where it was sewage and to finish several water lines to outdoor construc- beneficial to the public rupture, she tion projects that works department to added. it is usually un “When able to complete have a late start to cold it is ten below because of frigid weather, this winter zero in the work conditions. middle of the Kulbacki said that would be a good one night and your the town is looking for us.” crew tries to dig forward to comup a street to lopleting work — -Julia Griffin, Hanover cate a water or such as trimming TOwn MANAGER sewage break, trees and digging it’s pretty misditches — that erable work they usually are conditions,” not able to do at Griffin said. this time of the year. “We are concerned we will see much Hanover town manager Julia Grif- more of that.” fin echoed a similar positive outlook In terms of other ski resorts, on the unusual climate. She also Griffin said she imagines a number highlighted the increased number will delay their openings until midof projects the town has been able January in hopes of receiving more to complete. snowfall and capitalizing on the cold “There is always a silver lining to temperature. She also predicted that every cloud like this,” Griffin said. several businesses will attempt to push The town recently finished build- the end of the season back through ing a brand new sand and salt storage the beginning of April. building at the public works facility Beyond expected delays in purthis past fall. The construction of chasing ski rentals, Hanover expethe building is intended to allow the rienced a late start to holiday retail town to buy large quantities of sand shopping downtown. and salt in the summer, Griffin said. “Believe it or not, for people who She added that the town can then live in this part of New England, snow stockpile salt and sand then when tends to get them out to do holiday the items are in abundance and shopping because it makes them prices are significantly lower. This think of the holidays,” Griffin said. will ultimately allow the town to save “So having such warm, balmy condimoney on its winter budget. tions, had people thinking it couldn’t “The delayed winter was particu- possibly be the holiday season yet.” larly helpful to us because we were Omer & Bob’s, a local ski and bike cutting it pretty close in terms of rental shop in Lebanon, saw a change when the facility would be available to in outdoor activity gear purchases us and when we anticipated needing as customers spent more time in the the sand and salt for winter,” Griffin unusual warm weather. said. “If there were ever a winter “People still need to get outside,” where it was beneficial to the public Jonathan Wilmot, co-owner of works department to have a late start Omer & Bob’s sad. “Just this year to cold weather, this winter would be they stayed out longer enjoying the a good one for us.” warm weather by biking instead of While the delayed winter weather the usual skiing. As a company, we allowed Hanover to complete tasks actually don’t usually plan on big and save money on sand and salt, snow in December. Last year’s snow the town did experience mud season was the exception, not necessarily the conditions normally not observed rule.” until the spring in late November. In 1997, the last time El Niño hit, The muddy conditions required extra Hanover experienced significantly maintenance work, Griffin said, forc- less snowfall as well.
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SWING INTO SALSA
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Thursday night salsa kicks off lessons for the term.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 08, 2016
verbum ultimum the dartmouth editorial board
guest columnist leehi yona ’16
Reworking Rush
Standing at a Crossroads
Recruitment is a broken system that requires change. In an email to campus early Monday morning, the Panhellenic Council announced Sigma Delta sorority’s decision to pilot a shake-out program during winter recruitment next week. Sigma Delt will not take part in formal recruitment this term — instead, their parallel rush process will be coordinated with Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority. Sigma Delt’s executive board cited several reasons for the transition, including potential new members’ alleged lack of agency under the current system. In addition, board members expressed concern that the existing process favors women with outgoing personalities who know sisters before the start of recruitment. Lastly, Sigma Delt acknowledged its responsibility and capability to facilitate a recruitment process that aligns with its ideals as a local house. While Sigma Delt’s aims are commendable, we should not view the shake-out process as a panacea to the deep-seated flaws of the recruitment process. To view Sigma Delt’s decision as anything more than a marginal improvement or temporary fix would be naïve. The truth of the matter is this—neither system is empirically superior. Adopting a system that resembles men’s fraternity rush will not necessarily be any better for women’s self-esteem or agency. As it stands, women who choose to participate in both formal rush and shake-out will face many of the same challenges. Although Sigma Delt claims that shake-out enhances PNMs’ agency in the rush process, this remains to be seen. Sorority rush, regardless of its structure, strips women of their ability to choose. They cannot automatically select the community in which they feel most comfortable. Instead, PNMs are judged on an unknown set of criteria by relative strangers. An overall lack of communication characterizes recruitment from round one to preference night. For four nights, PNMs and sisters navigate a web of superficial conversations and every house becomes a highly regulated, synthetic social scene. Unfortunately, this will continue to be the case even if more houses
adopt the shake out system. It is likely that the same dynamic will emerge at Sigma Delt’s open houses. PNMs will be judged just as they are during formal recruitment. To be fair, Sigma Delt has taken measures to improve upon the current recruitment process. In transitioning to shake-out, the sorority has also eliminated all time constraints. Women will be allowed to attend Sigma Delt’s open houses for as long as they’d like with no consequences. While this shift may foster a more relaxed environment, it doesn’t prevent the same problems from recurring. The rush process inherently requires PNMs to forfeit some of their agency. Women will be evaluated on an unknown scale, whether they like it or not. Furthermore, the extent to which shakeout is a more equitable process overall is also debatable. In their announcement, Sigma Delt expressed its concern that formal recruitment disadvantages women who are reserved. More likely to make a lasting impression, outgoing PNMs tend to fare better during the rush process. However, it is unclear whether or not shake-out will enhance the experience of introverted women during recruitment. Women with more outgoing personalities will continue to stand out at open houses, just as they do at recruitment parties. Likewise, women who already know sisters in a house will continue to enjoy an advantage over others who do not. Ultimately, Sigma Delt’s decision to pilot a shake-out program will mean little as long as others do not follow suit. However, if we are to change rush for the better, then all must act in unison. Restructuring recruitment will be a futile endeavor until a critical mass of houses buys into the process. A new rush system cannot address the issues plaguing our current recruitment process if it does not include a broad variety of options for PNMs. Departing from formal recruitment is an admirable first step towards giving women more agency and giving the process more clarity, but there is still much to be done.
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Following the COP21 UN climate talks, it is clear that Dartmouth must divest.
products . It is time we see fossil fuel corpora “Nobody has the right to gamble with your tions as equally morally reprehensible. future.” At Dartmouth, we have so much more Ahmad Alhendawi, the United Nations potential than we realize. With influential Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Youth, alumni and world-renowned faculty, our said these words to a group of young people actions and words resonate far beyond the attending the UN climate talks in Paris this confines of Hanover. Therefore, it is our December. responsibility to act. Climate change is one of The talks — the biggest UN climate summit the defining issues of our generation. These this decade — were anticipated to be a shining years will be remembered by history as either moment in history, a time where the world came the time we chose to act on overwhelming together to negotiate a binding, ambitious, scientific evidence or the time we chose to universal agreement on climate change. This ignore it. was my ninth such UN conference and I came It is for all these reasons — my experiences to Paris with a sense of tempered optimism, at these UN conferences and my awareness realistic about what the conference would as a Dartmouth student, in addition to the deliver, but hopeful for a positive outcome. climate science and policy research I have To many young people who were there — been conducting since my first year at the including myself — the conference meant so College — that I know Dartmouth must much more: a chance to act on climate change divest from the top 200 publicly traded fossil so that we could have a future worth looking fuel companies by proven reserves. COP21 forward to. In the face of injustices caused by was a signal: the fossil fuel era is coming the burning of fossil fuels including the loss to a rapid close . of indigenous lands and In Paris, countries disproportionate negative health effects inflicted on “At Dartmouth, we have agreed to phase out already vulnerable com- so much more potential fossil fuels by 2050, would renmunities — we couldn’t than we realize. With which der a large portion afford to leave Paris empty-handed. influential alumni and of fossil fuel stocks The conference was a world-renowned faculty, valueless. Divestment blockbuster event. More world leaders were un- our actions and words matters, because represents a der one roof than any resonate far beyond the itmoment in which other time in history. young people can Everyone from President confines of Hanover.” regain their power Barack Obama , to Ar. Divestment matnold Schwarzenegger , ters, because it gives us agency as students to Russian president Vladimir Putin and Jane in the face of a society that tells us our age Goodall, urged countries to reach an agreerenders us insignificant. Divestment matters, ment in order to act swiftly on climate change. because it reflects the urgency of a problem Despite this, I saw my future being gambled that cannot wait for us to graduate college away as the conference progressed . I saw the to be solved. way that our governments paid lip service to There is a growing contingent of young climate action while ensuring that the Paris people, faculty and alumni who are pushAgreement lacked any real commitment to a ing the Dartmouth administration to have more sustainable future. As a young person, I a conversation with us on divestment. Yet, saw the future I wanted for the world — one despite this growing demand for dialogue and with clean energy, healthier communities, racial compelling financial and moral evidence for and socioeconomic justice — being replaced divestment, the administration has continby a future with more suffering and frequent ued to stall throughout our nearly four year food and energy crises. I saw the beginnings campaign. We are still waiting to meet with of a downward spiral toward ecological and the Board of Trustees. social devastation. Here at Dartmouth, we stand at a cross For us young people, the future is not some roads. We can continue to maintain the status abstract concept, but a better world we can quo — say that we are doing enough to fight choose to create and inhabit. climate change while being physically and We have long looked to our elected reprefinancially invested in fossil fuel companies sentatives and world leaders to solve this crisis, — or we can divest the College’s endowment but it is becoming increasingly clear that they from fossil fuel holdings and transition our do not represent our best interests. Instead, the heating sources to renewable energy (and no, fossil fuel industry’s deliberate misinformation, fracked gas is not a option). We can indeed corporate lobbying and corruption stand in the make this future a reality, if we so desire it, way of the political willpower we need from our but we need to get to work. decision-makers. For example, ExxonMobil This is a call to action. — in addition to other companies — internally discussed global warming amongst its own scientists as early as 1977, yet still continues Leehi Yona ’16 studies climate change as a Senior Felto fund misinformation campaigns that cast low and is a lead organizer of the Divest Dartmouth doubts on the certainty of human-caused campaign. She went to the COP21 UN summit climate change. The tobacco industry used the as a member of the SustainUS youth organization same tactics to mask the harm caused by their
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Faculty letter reaches 155 signatures “We hope in doing this we send a loud and clear message to on the vice provost of student the administration that despite affairs Inge-Lise Ameer by the what they may think, from media [Dartmouth] Review,” she said. and alumni, that academics are The purpose of the letter was in support of students’ demands to announce the faculty’s support for social justice and that we’re for the student activists, both to not persuaded by the ‘free speech’ the administration and to the arguments,” she said. student activists themselves. The In terms of future changes, letter addresses members from the both Coffey and Barnett said they administration and trustees as well wanted more focus on the hiring as members of the Dartmouth and retention of faculty of color. community. “It was sort of a more public “One thing people don’t ap- gesture to stand alongside faculty preciate is student life, happiness supporting students are similar and equality are intertwined with institutions,” Bahng said, faculty and staff and this is what the Coffey said there are several facletter is pointing tors involved out,” mathemat“I found having the in why hiring ics professor Alex a n d re t a i n faculty that mentored ing faculty of Barnett said. English pro- and supported us vali- color was so fessor Aimee difficult and Bahng cited her dated us.” one of those is own experiences Dartmouth’s as a student activlocation in a ist in her reason- -AIMEE BAHNG small town ing for signing that is relathe petition. tively lacking She said, “[during her time in diversity. as an activist in college], I found Another factor is internal biases, having the faculty that mentored according to Coffey. and supported us validated us.” “What intelligence and com Barnett also said the support petence looks like and what sort of faculty was valuable to students of projects are interesting or sigand staff. nificant topics, those factors play “Successful student movements a big role in who stands out from involve faculty and staff, Barnett the pack and looks like a superstar said. “Sometimes they have lead- versus those who seem less promisers and sometimes the students ing,” she said. are leaders — they cross pollinate Coffey said the third factor is and inspiration goes both ways. that “there are only a handful of Student culture affects faculty and faculty of color whom students feel staff culture, especially whether like they can turn to,” so faculty of faulty and staff stay or leave.” color are overburdened by service. Barnett, Coffey and English “They end up doing a majorprofessor Lynda Boose all said they ity of the mentoring and support signed the petition out of their own and they do it happily, but it’s a social consciences. lot of time and emotional labor “I believe in what it’s saying, which doesn’t get compensated or that more needs to be done on this recognized in any official way,” she issue and I’m happy students are said. pushing and joining with faculty She said this can especially to get support,” Barnett said. “It’s impede the progress of their puba good thing. There are so many lications or the perception of their people on the same page here.” work. Boose said the disruptive nature “Dartmouth has achieved a of the Black Lives Matter solidar- reputation nationally as a bad ity was necessary, especially for place for scholars of color to go, faculty. that it is a place where faculty of “Those of us who are older and color don’t get tenure and that can more set in our ways can tend to be a career killer,” she said. ignore or unwittingly dismiss,” he Boose said she wanted the said. “Sometimes they need to be students to play an active part in thrust in our face a little more. The working with the administration. campus is ultimately made up of “I think it’s important that [the the students.” students] not only be the disrup Coffey said the petition sought tive force but also the force that to also acknowledge previous sets concrete objective and works students who have led other so- through the bureaucratic hassle of cial movements on campus such having to get things put together,” as the “Freedom Budget.” She she said. “I think that’s a important credited those involved as people role to accept.” who moved the conversation to Bahng said that while converthe forefront, resulting in some sations have been going on, there on-the-ground initiatives. FROM LETTER PAGE 1
has been no official response from the administration. She said that a couple of trustees of color have reached out to learn more about the conversation in the group, which she believes is a good sign. She said she hopes for more open communication across different ranks. “I would like no longer for the stereotypical Dartmouth student to be conjured in people’s imagination as a white frat boy – my understanding of the student body and what it has to offer is a much more diverse range of racial groups and class range and people of very different persuasions and backgrounds of life,” Bahng said. “I would love Dartmouth’s future to embrace that.” Brian Chen ’17 said that he found the amount of support for the protesters alarming. “I’m very concerned that some faculty member would express support for the protesters especially considering the questionable things that happened at the protest,” he said. Sandor Farkas ’17 said that he found the letter ambiguous and did not think it clearly addressed how to achieve its goals of diversity and inclusion. In December, Yale University announced that it would commit $50 million to an initiative aimed at increasing faculty diversity, in response to student protests on its campus. Brown University will invest $100 million over the next 10 years to address race and inclusivity on campus.
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
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DARTMOUTH EVENTS TODAY 3:30 p.m. “Shining More Light on Energy Sustainability,” Thayer School of Engineering professor Jifeng Liu, Spanos Auditorium, Cummings Hall
3:30 p.m. Letterpress Workshop Orientation with Bob Metzler, Baker Berry Library, Room 25
7:00 p.m. “Bridge of Spies,” Steven Spielberg’s thriller starring Tom Hanks, Spaulding Auditorium
TOMORROW 4:00 p.m. Women’s Ice Hockey, Dartmouth v. Cornell University, Thompson Arena Rink
12:00 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Squash, Dartmouth v. Princeton University, Berry Squash Exhibition
7:00 p.m. “The Walk,” Robert Zemeckis’ film starring Joseph GordonLevitt, Black Family Visual Arts Center
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Nordic skiing starts winter season in British Columbia B y james handal The Dartmouth Staff
Kicking off competition for the winter and spring seasons, the Dartmouth men’s and women’s Nordic ski team traveled to Sovereign Lake, British Columbia for two days of training from Dec. 12 to 13 and to compete at the Haywood NorAm on Dec. 14. This week, the team is competing at the U.S. Cross Country Championships. Corey Stock ’16 was the top Dartmouth finisher in the women’s 20-kilometer freestyle coming in at 27th. Leading the Dartmouth men, Jan Ketterson ’17 took 31st in the men’s 30K freestyle. In British Columbia, the ski conditions were cold with temperatures of 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit and very fast conditions during the sprints as well as during the men’s 15K free and women’s 10K free. In addition to Dartmouth, the competition included other United States clubs from Stratton Mountain and Bridger. Oscar Friedman ’16 said that the two week camp in British Columbia was productive and the team logged over forty hours of skiing in addition to competing in two races on the Canadian professional circuit.
“Our training load was still quite high, but I was encouraged to see our team show a lot of depth which will translate onto the [U.S.] Cross Country Championships,” Friedman said. The first day at Sovereign Lake started out with the sprint races. These results contribute to NorAm rankings and the leader can potentially qualify for the January International Ski Federation World Cup tour. Fabian Stocek ’17 reached the semifinals of the sprint and placed fifth in his heat. In the final, Stocek finished eighth in 03:25.89. In his first season racing for the Big Green, Gavin McEwen ’19 qualified for the semifinals with a time of 03:26.31 and finished 10th in the final in 03:41.25. Later in the day, Emily Hannah ’16, Jessa Fogel ’17, Mary O’Connell ’16 and Stock placed into the quarterfinal for the senior women’s races. The junior women had a strong showing, with four skiers qualifying for the final. Lydia Blanchet ’19, Taryn Hunt-Smith ’19, Zoe Snow ’18 and Emily Hyde ’19 placed fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively.
The Big Green women’s Nordic team performed well in the 10K free. Hannah led the Big Green women’s team placing 16th in 33:22.2. Amalia Siegel ’16 placed second among Dartmouth skiers at 21st in 33.49.7 while Hunt-Smith, Blanchet, and Fogel all finished before the 35:00.0 mark on the course. “Haywood NorAm was a great race during training camp to get us back in the routine of racing,” Siegel said. “We have a strong group of women this season and the results from the past few races have shown that most of us have been skiing very close together. This training is great because it allows us to push each other and work together as a team. We are truly a force to be reckoned with out on the trails with nationals coming up next.” Strong performances by Ketterson and Stocek led the Nordic men in the Open Men 15K free race. With fresh snow on the track, Kevin Sandau from Foothills placed first in 39:05.9. Ketterson was the top Dartmouth racer, placing 9th in 40:40.6. Stocek placed 19th in 41:27.4 while Callan Deline ’18 and Friedman finished 21st and 22nd with 41:33.2
and 41:35.4. After returning from the Haywood NorAm series, the Dartmouth ski team began competing in the U.S. Cross Country Championships, which runs from Jan. 3 to Jan. 9. This event fields college athletes as well as professional skiers from many different countries and continents. College skiers attend for the opportunity to represent the U.S. nationally and be looked at by the U.S. National Skiing team. “Yes, U.S. Nationals provides us an opportunity to compete against ‘the big boys,’” Nordic men’s coach Ruff Patterson said. “It’s always good preparation for our skiers to compete at a nationally higher level.” At the U.S. Cross Country Nationals, the skiers can compete in freestyle sprinting or classic events such as the men’s 15K or the women’s 10K. The races kicked off with the 15K classic on Sunday, Jan. 3 with Friedman leading the Big Green, placing 27th and finishing in 42:29.6. Luke Brown ’18 finished 40th in 43:21.5 and Ketterson rounded out the top 50 for Dartmouth, finishing 46th right behind Brown in 43:49.0. The Big Green women followed
right after in the 10K freestyle with Stock finishing 16th in 31:36.5 to lead the Dartmouth team. O’Connell placed 43rd in 32:48.0, and HuntSmith and Hannah finished 47th and 51st respectively. All Dartmouth women finished the 10k in under 34:00.0. On Monday, Jan. 4, Zach Goldberg ’17 placed 39th in the men’s freestyle sprints finishing in 03:29.12. The women’s pair of Blanchet and Snow placed first and fourth in the junior women’s freestyle sprint race under 4:04.00. Patterson looks at this week’s U.S. Cross Country Nationals as an opportunity for the team to develop and prepare for the NCAA National Championships in March. “The main expectation at this point is for those attending to keep developing with focus on our main season — January to the first week in March,” Patterson said. “Let’s hope that Jan and Oscar can keep the ball rolling through the season.” After the U.S. Cross Country Nationals, Dartmouth will compete in the Bates Carnival in Sunday River, Maine Friday, Jan 15 to Saturday, Jan. 16.
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Track and field looks for ward to Dartmouth Relays
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The 47th Annual Dartmouth Relays will bring over a thousand high school and collegiate track and field athletes from around the United States and Canada to Hanover, to compete at the Leverone Field House this weekend. “The relays are a big event for our program, since they’re very important for the alumni and for our recruiting,” men’s head coach Barry Harwick ’77 said. The Dartmouth Relays is the largest track and field event hosted by the College, which will feature three days of high school, college and open levels of competition. Although early in the season, for most of Dartmouth’s track and field athletes, this is not their first competition of the season. Over the winter interim period, the team’s sprinters, jumpers, throwers and multi-event athletes returned to Hanover to train and compete in three meets, turning in strong results. “Training went very well – we pushed them very hard with many
two-a-days,” women’s head coach Sandy Ford-Centonze said. “The meets went extremely well and we had some good performances.” Many of the athletes seemed to relish the opportunity to train and compete over the December break. “Winterim is a great opportunity for us to focus on our training,” Molly Shapiro ’16 said. “The stress of classes is over and we have more time to take care of ourselves – like icing or extra stretching and rolling out.” This will be the first meet of the winter season, however, for many of the distance runners that competed during the fall in cross country. Unlike the rest of the track team, they did not return to Hanover over the December break. “In the past, we’ve tended to dominate the mile and the 3000-[meter events] and obviously we want to continue that,” Harwick said. “But I also want to see how [the distance runners] trained on their own over break.” Ford-Centonze echoed similar thoughts about the entire team, including athletes who were on campus to train.
“The goal is just to see where people are after having that really intense two weeks and going home,” she said. “Training can be difficult when you’re away from school and from your teammates and not having that extra push and not really knowing where everyone will be.” Both the men’s and women’s teams will look to continue their winning streaks at the home meet, with the women’s team looking to win six straight and the men looking for their fifth straight win. Ford-Centonze noted that while the Dartmouth Relays don’t offer all of the individual events, for examples sprinters are limited to only the 60-meter race and longer sprinters the 400-meter, the team still wants to continue the trend of competing well. “The opportunities are a bit limited, but they will give us an indication of where we are,” FordCentonze said. Many of the athletes look to have strong early season performances and take advantage of the opportunity to compete on a familiar track.
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The Big Green looks to continue its success during the Dartmouth Relays this weekend.
“I think the goal of the team is to really put on a show, with hopefully some fast races, big jumps and far throws,” Max Cosculluela ’17 said. Cosculluela noted that his personal goals were to break the school pole vault record and qualify for nationals. He took home first place in the pole vault at last year’s Dartmouth Relays with a 4.60 meter jump. He later tied the all-time pole vault record with a 5.05 meter jump at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship last May. “For the team, I am just hoping people do well for their first meet back,” Nico Robinson ’17 said. “It’s always fun to run at home and especially at the Dartmouth Relays and I hope everyone on the team embraces that mentality.” The home field advantage, so to speak, has many benefits for the team. “Having a full meet at home is great because we [the coaches] get the opportunity to let everyone who’s healthy compete and we can see what a lot of our athletes can do, not only our top athletes but also our first years,” Ford-Centonze said.
The athletes also benefit, as they can get the rest they need in familiar conditions and eat complete meals that might be difficult to do while traveling, Ford-Centonze noted. Harwick said that this meet is also a good time for family, college friends and roommates to come down to the field house and see the athletes compete. Because the meet features high school, college and open competition, many Dartmouth athletes have been competing at this meet for several years. “This will be my sixth Dartmouth Relays as I competed here my last two years of high school,” Shapiro said. “If you walk through Leverone at any point over the weekend, it’s unrecognizable. It’s always exciting to see so many people exploring Hanover!” The Dartmouth Relays begin on Friday, Jan. 8 at 3 p.m. with the high school competition, which will conclude around 7 p.m. on Saturday. The collegiate athletes will compete on Sunday, Jan. 10, starting at 8:30 a.m. Sunday’s competition will also feature Masters and youth competition.
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College athletes will begin competing at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 10.