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Tate Ramsden ’17 remembered for compassion

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COURTESY OF REILLY JOHNSON

Tate Ramsden ’17 with Reilly Johnson ’16, who he had been dating for a year.

B y Katie RAFTER The Dartmouth Staff

Tate Ramsden ’17 always showed up to the pool with a smile on his face, Doug Wharam recalls. His former coach at the Nashville Aquatic Center, Wharam described Ramsden as an amazing and versatile athlete

whose kindness and compassion was always present. Ramsden passed away on Dec. 27 in Sarasota, Fl. while swimming on vacation with his family. He was 21. The Associated Press reported that he may have been attempting to swim four laps across a pool without coming up for air. He

was pronounced dead after lifeguards and emergency medical personnel were unable to revive him. An autopsy is pending to determine the cause of death, the AP reported. A dedicated swimmer and talented student who swam for the College’s varsity team, friends and family also recalled

Sigma Delt to start “shake-out” this term

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Sigma Delta sorority will begin a “shake-out” process to recruit potential new members for the winter term and beyond. The sorority will no longer participate in formal recruitment, according to a Monday morning email announcement by the Pan-Hellenic Council stated. PNMs will be allowed to both participate in formal recruitment and shake-out at Sigma Delt and Episilon

Kappa Theta sorority, which moved exclusively to shakeouts in the fall of 2014. Sigma Delt will extend between 10 and 20 bids to women through the process this term. Bids can be accepted or declined by PNMs until 10 p.m. on preference night, Jan. 19, at which point they must drop out of formal recruitment if they wish to accept a Sigma Delt bid. Sigma Delt will hold their shake-out process in coordination with Theta’s schedule. The statement released by Sigma Delt highlighted

four key points in their rationale for switching to a shake-out process. These included criticisms of Panhell’s current recruitment process including alleged lack of agency for PNMs, bias against “shy and introverted personalities” and bias towards PNMs who already know afﬁliated women. Sigma Delt believes that the shake-out process better aligns with its values as a local sorority, according to the statement. This is a developing story — it will be updated as more information is reported.

his authentic kindness and compassion. “Tate had a way of connecting with people to ensure that their day was just a little bit better,” Wharam said. “I heard stories from our younger athletes this week about Tate that I never knew - that he stayed late to make sure a parent showed up or struck up a conversation with a new athlete on the deck or in the weight room who looked like they needed a friendly face.” Jenn Verser, Ramsden’s former Dartmouth swimming and diving coach, said that she knew Ramsden was special when she met him during his first visit to the College, and that she knew immediately he was an athlete that she wanted to coach. “His concern for others above himself was constantly apparent and was one of the many attributes that made Tate an amazing influence and teammate,” Verser said. Dartmouth head coach of swimming Jim Wilson said Ramsden, who swam butterfly, the individual medley and some freestyle for the College, was a dedicated member of the team, as well as a talented and promis-

ing student. Wilson recalled how Ramsden ﬂew from Puerto Rico during the team’s training trip in December for an interview with Morgan Stanley. “He was always willing to help anyone on the team, and always prepared with a good sense of humor,” Wilson said. Ramsden started swimming when he was one year old, following in the footsteps of his two older siblings, one of whom, Ashley, swam for Columbia University. “He grew up around the pool,” his mother Amy Ramsden said. Ramsden was recruited to Dartmouth for swimming and his mother said he was drawn to the College because of how friendly the people were when he visited. She recalled how proud he was when he scored points for Dartmouth at the Ivy League meet last year. Timo Vaimann ’17, a member of the swim team, said the juniors on the team felt like a family away from home and Ramsden was a big part of that family. SEE RAMSDEN PAGE 3

Administrators find MDF a success

B y EMILIA BALDWIN The Dartmouth Staff

This article is a part of our new culminating beat experience initiative, in which our beat reporters write longer-term investigative articles within their areas of expertise. The author is our Moving Dartmouth Forward beat reporter. Administrators involved with the development of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative said at the end of the fall term that they feel satisﬁed with the progress of the plan so far. Provost Carolyn Dever said that she is proud to have taken

part in the initiative, which was announced last January by College President Phil Hanlon . She said that she feels the College has so far successfully achieved the goals of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policy initiative. She noted that she has observed the beginnings of a campus transformation since the announcement. “The bigger vision for the transformation of this campus is to ensure the wellness and safety of our student body,” Dever said. Senior associate dean of student affairs Liz Agosto echoed Dever, noting that she believes the College has been quite effective in the early SEE MDF PAGE 2

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DAily debriefing The Valley News reported that Dartmouth is digging a new water well after a private well, owned by residents of 9 Rennie Road, tested positive for a carcinogen called 1,4-dioxane. Dartmouth officials acknowledged that this chemical solvent component came from a former Rennie Farm laboratory burial site for laboratory animals. In 2011, Dartmouth dug up and disposed of 20,000 pounds of carcasses from the burial site. The College has subsequently tested more than six other wells for the carcinogen and are monitoring a stream that runs by the residents’ house. The Valley News reported that the College has spent about $200,000 in remedial work at Rennie Farm so far. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign recently announced that over 200 town chairmen had been appointed in New Hampshire to help spearhead local campaigning, the Hill reported. Several of these chairman, however, said that they were added to the list of chairmen by mistake, according to the Valley News. The Trump campaign also plans to launch a $2 million advertising campaign in New Hampshire and South Carolina as the date of the Feb. 9 primary election nears. Trump is currently ahead of other Republican candidates in all New Hampshire polls. Whistleblower and privacy activist Edward Snowden is slated to appear via video conference at the Free State Project’s annual convention in February in Manchester, N.H, the Valley News reported. The former contractor for the National Security Agency who leaked millions of documents about government surveillance will speak live from Russia, where he has been granted asylum while facing pending U.S. government charges. He will participate in a 30-minute discussion and question-and-answer session at the FreeStaters’ annual Liberty Forum.The topic of discussion has not yet been fixed and organizers are not yet releasing details about the event, according to Free State Project president Carla Gericke. The Free State Project is a libertarian activist movement whose participants relocate to New Hampshire, many of them to Grafton County, to build a “freer, more voluntary society,” according to a Dec. 3 news release from the group. compiled by priya ramaiah AND sara mcgahan

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Alumni approve of MDF housing FROM MDF PAGE 1

stages of implementing “Moving Dartmouth Forward.” “There’s still a lot of work to be done, but we’ve definitely had a good beginning,” she said. One of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” initiative’s plans is diversity and inclusion. Dever emphasized that Dartmouth students and administrators should continue to collaborate to ensure diversity and inclusivity, given the heightened attention to these issues on college campuses across the country. Events that have drawn such attention include the student demand for and subsequent resignation of former president Tim Wolfe and chancellor R. Bowen Loftin from the University of Missouri system and protests at Yale University in response to an email sent out by Silliman College associate master Erika Christakis. Vice president of campus planning and facilities Lisa Hogarty said that her office has been working to enforce the timelines for building the new residential housing system. Hogarty said that the office is currently working on building the professor-in-residences’ homes. Four of the professors’ homes will require new construction, while two will simply involve renovation, she said. Hogarty said that the office’s main objective so far has been to make sure that the transition to a residential housing system goes smoothly for students. Hogarty also said that the office is working on two centers for residential education, which will be responsible for managing the planning of educational resources and initiatives for the new residential colleges. The first one will be located behind Hitchcock Hall and will

serve the residential community in the Gold Coast, which will be called “Allen House.” Construction on this site has already commenced. The Office is still waiting for the approval to construct a second center, which will be located behind the tennis courts. Jerry Hughes ’88 said that he is wary of the new residential housing system. He said that he hopes that it is not a “ploy” by the administration to move students away from the Greek system, which he greatly supports. “In my experience the Greek system at Dartmouth contributes more positives than negatives to the social experience,” Hughes said. He also said that he thinks that the College might witness challenges when executing the residential housing system. He said that students who take advantage of flexible schedules through the D-Plan may not have a strong affiliation with their respective colleges. Hughes commended the administration on the new alcohol management program, however, noting that the hard alcohol ban is a sensible way to eliminate binge drinking. Robert King ’14 agreed with Hughes in his support for the Greek system, but he said that he thinks the residential housing system will provide a good social environment for students in addition to Greek life. He added that he does not think that the housing system will share many similarities with Harvard University’s or Yale University’s residential colleges. “There’s no history backing this new system, so the allegiance people feel to their colleges will be different than at Harvard or Yale,” King said. With time, the system may be successful, he said, but at the beginning, the College will face challenges,

including possible backlash from people being grandfathered into the system. He commended those beginning the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” initiative for their willingness to implement the program, despite inevitable difficulty during the transition period. Associate dean of student life Eric Ramsey said that he and his colleagues have been focusing on implementing the alcohol management program. He said that his interactions with students since the implementation of the program have been positive. “I think that any initiative that focuses on the health and the wellbeing of students is exciting and must be followed,” Ramsey said. Agosto noted that the first annual review of student groups, which was proposed in the plan last winter, will serve as an additional component of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” initiative’s alcohol management platform. She emphasized that students and administrators must collaborate if they hope to implement successful policy. “These [new policies] are not checkboxes that we are trying to check, but rather real policies that make sense that can be tweaked and modeled to best suit the student body and that are meant to be longlasting,” Agosto said. Agosto also said that she is most proud of the forthcoming mandatory four-year sexual violence education curriculum. The only other university with a similar program is the United States Naval Academy, she said. The curriculum will work to educate Dartmouth students on the nuances of sexual violence, with an emphasis on the ideas of power and privilege in sexual encounters, she said.

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Ramsden ’17, dedicated teammate, exceptional friend FROM RAMSDEN PAGE 1

Vaimann said that while swimming played a large role in Ramsden’s life, Ramsden recently told him that he treated swimming “like a sport, nothing more, and nothing less.” “I think this symbolizes how he always placed his friends, teammates, and family first, took his academics very seriously, and took swimming for what it was — a sport,” Vaimann said. Joseph Bernstein ’17, a member of the Dartmouth swimming and diving team, said he met Ramsden at the end of his freshman fall, when they sat next to each other for the seven hour drive to Princeton University for a meet. He and Ramsden would argue about anything, he said, ranging from getting the best seat at their table in the Class of 1953 Commons or the mini van while traveling with their team to Supreme Court cases — debates which Ramsden would normally win. “He brought out the best in people, which very few people can do and which I was always impressed by,” Bernstein said. Friends and family spoke of Ramsden’s adventurous nature, as well as his caring personality. Amy Ramsden said she and her son got their motorcycle licenses together in 2014. “It was something he always wanted to do,” she said, adding that Ramsden then used his life savings to buy a motorcycle in Hanover over his sophomore summer. He would drive around New Hampshire on his motorcycle and send his family photographs of it in the beautiful locations he visited, she said. Ramsden was also an organ donor, said his mother, which she said spoke to how selfless he was as a person. “He was just a really unselfish kid,” she said, adding that Ramsden often encouraged other people to consider being donors too. His father Bruce Ramsden said that this past holiday season was the first that the family had spent together since Ramsden’s older brother had been of the country for a few years in Taiwan. This time together with family was important to Ramsden. “Family was important to him and friendships, and I know that sounds clichéd, but it’s true,” Bruce Ramsden said. His father added that Ramsden developed a number of close friendships growing up and during his time at the College. “I considered Tate to be my best friend, but I think so did a lot of people on campus and I think that speaks to what kind of person he was, because he always put his friends and family first,” Vaimann said. Reilly Johnson ’16, who dated Ramsden for a year, said Ramsden had a “hysterical sense of humor,” which he demonstrated from the first moment that they met.

When Johnson and Ramsden were working in different cities, D.C. and New York, they made sure to visit each other every weekend, Johnson said. She recalled driving up to Dartmouth with Ramsden for Green Key weekend in the spring. She said that he noticed how tired she was and told her to take a nap. When she woke up, she realized he had surprised her with her favorite meal from the Hop. “That’s just the kind of guy that he was,” Johnson said. “He would have gone out of his way for anyone.” Johnson said Ramsden thought it was really important for her to get to know his family and friends from home. “Tate loved his family and his friends so much,” she said. “He had a glow around him when he would tell stories about those he loved.” Adam Cornett, who knew Ramdsen since they were both ten years old, grew up swimming with Ramsden and both attended Montgomery Bell Academy. Ramsden graduated in 2013, where he was the captain of the swim team. Cornett said Ramsden was a very loyal friend, who he could trust with anything. He said that one of his favorite things to do with Ramsden was to go boating and relax on the water. Cornett remembered one occasion when a storm picked up out of nowhere with huge waves and winds and he thought they would lose the boat. “I was really scared and I looked back at Tate and he’s just laughing because he was just fearless and up for adventures,” Cornett said. He described another time when they went white river rafting. Their raft flipped and Cornett said Ramsden’s first instinct was to help Cornett’s mother, which he said showed how much Ramsden cared about his family and friends. Johnson shared a letter that Ramsden wrote to her over his sophomore summer, in which he described the qualities that he values in a person. “My grandfather told me that one’s reputation, aside from family, is the most important thing one has,” Ramsden wrote. “If you don’t have a good reputation, then you haven’t done your job. It doesn’t matter what your job was as long as you can say, ‘He’s an honest guy. I never heard anyone say anything bad about him.’ That’s a good thing to be known for.” At the end of the letter, Ramsden apologized for being bad at giving gifts and said he was working on it, Johnson said. “I think the biggest thing that he got wrong in the letter is that he was not bad at giving gifts.” she said. “He gave me the best gift that anyone could have given me, and it was the phenomenal memories and the opportunity to get to know the people who loved and cared about him.” A memorial was held at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville on Saturday, Jan. 2.

COURTESY OF AMY AND BRUCE RAMSDEN

A photo of Reilly Johnson ’16 and Tate Ramsden ’17, who had been dating for a year.

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Opinion Asks

Do you plan on voting in the upcoming New Hampshire primary? Why or why not? Given the current state of our nation — particularly its political climate — I think it’s extremely important to exercise whatever amount of political voice one is able to. As a government major, I’ve come to realize just how much — or, rather, how little — any one person can contribute directly to political decisions. However, to fail to vote is to fail to utilize that little bit of political discretion each of us is permitted. -Michelle Gil ’16

As a first-time voter, I am very excited to be registered in New Hampshire. Because New Hampshire has played such a key role in previous elections, it is an even greater privilege to exercise our constitutional right to vote. As a voter from New York, I am relieved to be in a place where my choice matters. In the past, Democrats strategically registered as Republicans in order to ensure the success of less viable Republican candidates. Additionally, I find seeing many politicians capitalize on the importance of New Hampshire by visiting Dartmouth exciting.

-Hansa Sharma ’19

“Because New Hampshire has played such a key role in previous elections, it is an even greater privilege to exercise our constitutional right to vote.” -Hansa sharma ’19

As an independent registered in New York, I do not have the right to vote in the upcoming New Hampshire primary, but if I did, I would. There is just not a good enough excuse to forego voting. Voting is part of our responsibility as American citizens. It is part of our duty as citizens: voting is the small price we pay to ensure our freedom, rights and security. Voting allows us to shape the future of our children and nation. Some argue that an uninformed vote is worse than no vote. Frankly, I disagree. No voter heads to the polls, closes their eyes and points to a random name to decide who to support. Part of our duty is to be educated and informed. However, extensive knowledge of each candidate is not required to vote. Even just an hour of research on

“As American citizens, we have no excuse to be apathetic or abstain from voting.” -Ioana solomon ‘19 the candidates and their policy positions can be enough to make a relatively informed decision. General impressions of candidates’ personas based on a few minutes of television can also help guide voters. Advisers will always have a hand in policy decisions, making a candidate’s stated positions less important in the grand scheme of things. Instead, a politician’s personality is a good predictor of their performance while in office. A candidate’s comportment provides a window into how they will conduct both foreign and domestic policy. Therefore, even a vote based on just a hunch, or a single televised interview, is a valid decision. In terms of costs, the time and money spent on voting is negligible for any individual. People who need to be at work or have children to care for should simply vote for the candidate whose policy solutions best meet their needs. Benefits from favorable policy initiatives will offset any costs associated with voting. As American citizens, we have no excuse to be apathetic or abstain from voting.

As Dartmouth students, many of us walk around with a lot of pride. I feel that many believe that because we go to the College, we are smarter, more competitive, harder-working and more demanding than many other college students across the nation. However, I often hear students say that they aren’t going to vote. Sometimes they express the feeling that their vote won’t make a difference. Other times, they say that they are disenchanted with our political system. Other simply don’t care. The reality is that these attitudes are problematic for our electoral system. I am voting because it’s the one time I get to make a national impact. I’ve seen this right denied to people all over the world for so many different reasons. I’ve also seen people abstain. I watched Iraqi Sunnis boycott the

“I am voting because it’s the one time I get to make a national impact. I’ve seen this right denied to people all over the world for so many different reasons.” -william peters ’15

2005 elections, ultimately leading to a Shiite government that marginalized the minority group, which in turn contributed to the current situation in Iraq and Syria today. When I think about voting, I think of that. Sure, Republicans are unlikely to deny registered Democrats and dissenters services and rights like in Iraq and Syria — at least we hope — but I still vote to make the GOP’s agenda less attainable. Why? Because I want to, because I can, and moreover, because millions of others around the world are denied that opportunity. -William Peters ’15

-Ioana Solomon ’19

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Classes embrace hands-on learning B y Erin lee

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As part of the new Economics 70 “Immersion Experience in Applied Economics and Policy” course offered in the fall, students traveled to Poland and Peru over interim, complementing and expanding on the economic theory they learned in class. Economics professor Diego Comin, led a group of students to Peru focused on fostering sustainable growth in the Peruvian economy. The Poland group, led by economics professor Elisabeth Curtis, looked at the country’s economic transition away from Soviet-era communism and central planning. Students worked on projects in small groups over the term, which involved research in the fall and culminated in two weeks of travel over winter break. The two sections of the course, however, differed both conceptually and structurally. Comin said that for his class he used a model of experiential learning where students were assigned research and consulting projects that ultimately helped local people in the region. By working intensively on these assigned projects, students got a unique window into the broad theme of economic growth, he said. Students in the Peru class were assigned to five group. One worked with an engineering company, one with a agricultural engineering company, two with an ecotourism organization and one focused on the labor market in Peru. Sarah Han ’17 said she decided to apply for the class because of this project-centered class structure. Her group of four partnered with the engineering company Graña y Montero to improve their training division, called “The Academy.” Over the summer and fall, the group researched corporate models and consulted with the directors of the Academy. While in Lima, they interviewed stakeholders and developed 14 different recommendations they presented to the Academy’s staff, she said. Recommendations ranged from creating a defined mission statement to developing a system of certification to mark an employee’s progress within the company. Comin said that the projects provided a tangible anchor to the economic theory they discussed in class. “When we were discussing these abstract issues, they would always try to make them concrete by relating them to the projects and to the company they were studying,” he said. Comin also noted that students gained concrete knowledge of Peruvian economics and issues. “They got a lot in terms of knowledge, but also in terms of life roles,” he said. “They became, for several months, consultants, experts in agricultural technologies. They became experts in social tourism.”

Curtis said she wanted to empower her students to be able to do research both independently and with a support group. She said she chose to take students to Poland because she has expertise on the economies of former Soviet Union countries. Additionally, Poland’s markets have developed the quickest and most successfully in the region, she said. She said she allowed students to pick their own research project based on their interests, unlike Comin’s class. Their work culminated in a research paper that included interviews with people they met in Poland and a presentation at the Krakow University of Economics. In the fall, students studied how centrally planned economies operate as well as a bit of Polish culture, language and history, Curtis said. By the middle of the term, students had chosen their project topics. The groups decided to study healthcare, entrepreneurship, the role of women, the housing market and capital market development in Poland over the past 25 years, she said. In Poland, the groups were expected to interview people related to their topics. Michael Dettmer ’16, who was in the group that studied capital markets, said it was valuable meeting important leaders of the Polish economy in person. His group talked to people from the National Bank of Poland and the Warsaw Stock Exchange, as well as the founder of the largest investment bank and largest law ﬁrm in Poland, he said. He added that the students were also able to sightsee and explore Poland on their own to get a sense of the country’s culture. Curtis said that she thinks that the students gained valuable experience doing independent research with a support group. “In this particular course, I really wanted students to feel like they were capable of doing a lot on their own,” Curtis said. Curtis said that during her time teaching at Dartmouth, students have regularly asked her about economics study abroad programs. While the economics department has connected programs such as the Bocconi University exchange program, the department does not have a lot of their own programs. Han said she “jumped at the chance” to apply for the class last spring because she had always wanted to study abroad through the economics department. Both Comin and Curtis said the application process was “competitive.” Curtis said that these trips are funded independently from the economic department’s regular budget, but there is funding for two sections of the class next fall. Curtis added that she thought this particular program was successful and there is a good chance she will lead the

course again and return to Poland. “There are people in Poland who would love to see us again and I’d really like to work with,” Curtis said. Comin, however, said it is likely he will change the program location next year. “The important thing about these experiential courses is that they have pertinence in a particular place in a moment of time,” he said. “And once time changes, the experiences change too.” Han said the most rewarding part of the class was being able to come up with solutions in Hanover and then meet the people who would be impacted by their ideas. “I think it’s really rare to have a class where everything you’re working on in class can have a real life impact,” she said. Comin said that experiential learning courses such as this course are a great way for students to become prepared for life after they graduate. “I think we can create experiences for our students that have a very deep academic component as well as one that allows them to change the world,” Comin said.

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“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015) rejuvenates saga

droid BB-8 which contains a vital clue as to his whereabouts. Finn, The Dartmouth Staff a rogue stormtrooper formerly Dust off your figurines and known as FN-2187 (John Boyega), recharge your light sabers because along with the scavenger Rey (DaiJ. J. Abrams has salvaged the Star sy Ridley) from the junkyard planet Wars name from the garbage Jakku, protect BB-8 on the Millennium Falcompactor con. The many believed “Abrams - who watched two must the brand was eliminate d e s t i n e d f o r the original Star Wars the new after the pre- back in 1977 when he Starkillquels. After its er Base d e c a d e - l o n g was eleven - has created - which dormancy, the a bigger, badder Episode m a k e s Force retur ns IV.” the Death with blaster s Star look blazing, prolike a viding a much -Andrew Kingsley ’16 marble needed special before it effects facelift destroys while adhering t h e Re to the timesistance’s tested franchise h o m e formula. planet. Like a true fanboy, Abrams who watched the original Star As with the rest of the Star Wars Wars back in 1977 when he was films, the bulk of the plot is coneleven - has created a bigger, bad- tained within the opening crawl, der Episode IV. Roughly thirty leaving the rest for escapes, puryears after the Alliance destroyed suits, missions, heroism, romance the second Death Star, Luke Sky- and enough missed blaster shots walker has gone into hiding and to severely question the training the First Order, resurrected from practices of the First Order. Like the Galactic Empire, must find his Star Wars on steroids, “The Force

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Awakens” amps up all the classic ample breathing room between iconography - the newest Death the space chases and blaster battles Star quintupled in size, the First for fan nostalgia. Like a family Order is a dead ringer for the Nazi reunion, “The Force Awakens” party, we get double the droids brings back together Americana and none of the Jar Jar Binks. The icons, from Chewbacca and Han mythic structures remain, with Solo to R2D2 and C-3PO. Leia’s enough Oedipal complexes and (Carrie Fisher) entrance is treated uninitiated heroes to to follow its with as much reverence and afclassical trajectory. Rey takes over fection as Ingrid Bergman’s in Luke’s homegrown grit and stal- “Casablanca”(1942). A tour of the wart spunk, coming from a dusty, Millennium Falcon feels like walkscrap metal ing through planet to con- “Rey takes over Luke’s a childquer the sleek, hood home, homegrown grit and hyper-mascuwh e re ev line metallic stalwart spunk, coming erything is behemoth of from a dusty, scrap right where the First Orit’s supder. While at metal planet to conquer posed to be times Abrams’s the sleek, hyperespecially if episode feels your home masculine metallic frozen in Star had smugWa r s ’s r i g i d behemoth of the First gling comstructure like Order.” partments Han Solo (Harand blast rison Ford) in shields. carbonite, we -Andrew kingsley ’16 Han Solo forgive predictleads this ability for rothreadbare manticism and band into familiarity, and First Order slip into the h e a d q u a rfilm like an old pair of shoes. ters, but soon the film becomes a Fortunately, the film leaves passing of the torch to the younger

generation. And what a passing; from Harrison Ford to a black male, white woman and hispanic male leading the latest installment in cinema’s greatest franchise. This seventh installment highlights the seismic changes Hollywood has undergone in the past decade. The Star Wars franchise has endured a battering much like the Millenium Falcon. Critics and fans alike have heavily criticised the prequels. The revival of the franchise, however, demonstrates the brand’s enduring appeal. “The Force Awakens” achieved escape velocity from the black hole of expectation that seemed to be its inevitable demise. The box office results shattered records, as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” became the fastest film to reach $1 billion, and in only 12 days. Abrams’s magnum opus seems to have reached warp speed. He has two more thrilling iterations of interstellar mayhem, and of course another generation of diehard fanatics. Rating: 9/10 Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now playing at the Nugget at 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. and at 3:45 p.m. in 3D

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Hopkins Center has varied acts lined up for winter B y Joyce Lee

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While the winter term’s gloom and chill could provide ample reason for students to stay indoors, exciting new events at the Hopkins Center provide an even better reason for students to head indoors. This term’s events include performances by visiting artists, theater companies and renown musicians. In January alone, there is a huge variety of artistic performances, workshops and shows that will appeal to a wide palate of tastes and styles. The Hop will host a diverse array of film showings, including a series from the Dartmouth Film Society that will revolve around the theme “Question Authority.” The selection of films will span many genres and styles, from historical drama piece “Suffragette” (2015) to the claymation children’s film “Chicken Run” (2000). Irene Lee ’19, a student who has attended many of the Hop’s events, including the Telluride Film Festival, during the fall term, said the theme of “Question Authority” interested her. “I would never have thought [“Suffragette” and “Chicken Run”] would go together in any way, but using a theme is definitely an interesting way to approach two films,” Lee said. “The juxtaposition would make [the film series] worth checking out.” Christian Williams ’19, a prospective film major, also expressed interest in the film series. Williams said that acknowledging the limitations of storytelling, seeing how different people can pose the same question in different ways is interesting. Just this weekend alone several films will play in the Loew auditorium. “The Assassin” (2015) plays on Friday, a Hsiao-Hsien Hou martial arts piece that follows a female assassin who is ordered to kill her betrothed. Also this Friday, Tom Hanks stars as a lawyer sent to negotiate the release of an American pilot in “Bridge of Spies” (2015). On Saturday, follow Joseph Gordon Levitt in “The Walk” (2015), in which he plays Phillippe Petit, the real life daredevil who walked on a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center. In two showings on Sunday, Carey

Mulligan stars in “Suffragette” (2015), the historical drama about the increasingly violent suffragette movement in the early 1900s in London. The Hop will bring a host of artists and performers, beginning with DakhaBrakha on Jan. 13. Hop program coordinator Rebecca Bailey wrote in an email that DakhaBrakha puts a spin on Ukrainian folk tunes with a Central European style of singing. Their over-the-top stage wear is intentionally faux folklore and they have been a big hit at music and art festivals such as the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. On Jan. 14 and 15, Filter, a London theater company, will be visiting with a new take on Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” (1602), through their style of “devised” theater, in which a close-knit troupe writers, directs, designs and performs as a collective. Bailey said that Filter’s performance, “Twelfth Night” (2016), would include music and innovative sound design. “It’s anarchic and wild and really funny - and true to the spirit of the play,” Bailey said. Filter will be on campus for about a week and will offer a workshop, Bailey said. For Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, the Rockapellas, a Dartmouth a capella group, and Soyeya, a Dartmouth African dance troupe, will have a joint performance celebrating social awareness and freedom. Their performance will take place on Jan. 16 at Alumni Hall. The same weekend, on Jan. 18, Rohina Malik, a playwright and performer, will give the keynote address at Moore Theater, alongside remarks by College President Phil Hanlon and Afro-American society president Zac Hardwick ’16. On Jan. 20 and 21, Dada Masilo, a South African dancer and choreographer who trained in both ballet and traditional African dance, will bring her reinterpretation of “Swan Lake” (1876) to the Hop. Bailey said that Masilo’s work joins ballet and traditional African dance in ways that will provide a fresh perspective to the classical ballet performance. Masilo will also be giving a dance master class and take part in a discussion panel titled “Global Perspectives on HIV/AIDS: Policy, Advocacy, and the Arts,” on Jan. 19.

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Jiyoung Song ’16, a student a wonderful composer, writer, who has studied ballet, said that painter,” Bailey said. Hough will she found the combination of bal- also give a piano master class for let and traditional African dance Dartmouth student pianists on Jan. intriguing. 24, which will be open to the public “I had been thinking that for observation. I wanted to O n attend more Jan. 27, events at [the “I think one has to be Charles Hop],” Song rather magical to not L l oyd a n d said. “[MaBill Frisell, silo’s perfor- only be a brilliant and a saxophonmance] defi- illuminating pianist ist and jazz nitely sounds guitarist, but also a wonderful like an event will visit the I would be composer, writer, Hop. Known i n t e r e s t e d painter” as two jazz in checking g reats, the out.” two musi On Jan. -Rebecca Bailey, Hop cians have 23, Stephen long careers program coordinator, Hough will and have give a pia- on pianist Stephen hough done signifin o p e r fo rcant crossmance at the over projects Hop, with a program including with one another. pieces by Schubert, Franck and Bailey said that the two musiLiszt, as well as a work of his own cians have known each other on composition. and off for decades, but only “I think one has to be rather started playing together over the magical to not only be a brilliant past several years. The two musiand illuminating pianist but also cians share a love of Americana,

which will play a large role in their collaboration. Joining them are two young players, Eric Harland on drums and Reuben Rogers on bass. The four will play as a collective, rather than as two frontmen and two supporting players, Bailey said. The rest of the winter term will see other events at the Hop, including the Dartmouth Idol semi-finals and final performances, the Vagina Monologues, Voices, and a production of “Chicago” (1975) from Dartmouth’s theater department. Lydia Freehafer ’18, a member of the Voices programming board this winter, encouraged other students to participate in the Voices event. Speaking of her experience performing her freshman year, “I didn’t read my own story, but it felt amazing to give a voice to someone else’s words, to someone else’s story,” Freehafer said. “The experience was empowering.” With just the sheer number of artists and performers for January, students at Dartmouth have plenty of reasons to duck into the Hop night after night.