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HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

DDS to institute new NH Supreme Court rules against unlimited swipes plan SAE, legal limbo continues B y HANNAH JINKS

The Dartmouth Staff

An “unlimited swipes” meal plan will replace Dartmouth Dining Services’ Ivy Standard Plan — which allows 28 swipes a week — in the fall of 2019.

Two other plans, the 80 Block Plus and the 115 Block Plus, will replace the 75 Block Choice and 125 Block Choice, respectively. The 5 Weekly Plan and On and Off-Campus Apartment plans will remain as options for returning students.

The unlimited swipes plan will allow students unlimited access to the Class of ’53 Commons, which will stay open constantly from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Students who opt for the unlimited swipes plan will no longer be limited to one swipe per standardized meal period: breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night. This plan also includes “equivalencies” at the Collis Café and the SEE SWIPES PAGE 5

Q&A with computer science professor Xia Zhou

B y Charles chen

The Dartmouth Staff

Xia Zhou is a computer science professor at the College specializing in mobile computing and visible light sensing. She was recently awarded the 2019 Association for Computing Machines S I G M O B I L E Ro c k S t a r award for “outstanding earlycareer contributions and impact on [the] field” this March. In 2017, she added a Sloan Research Fellowship to her other accolades, including

having her work featured i n a N at i o n a l S c i e n c e Fo u n d a t i o n - s p o n s o r e d video. She co-directs both the Dartmouth Networks and Ubiquitous Systems Lab and the Dartmouth Reality and Robotics Lab at the College, and has taught several courses including COSC 60, “Computer Networks,” and COSC 50, “Software Design & I m p l e m e n t at i o n . ” L a s t weekend, she was a judge SEE Q&A PAGE 2

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The town of Hanover believes that students are still living in SAE in violation of town zoning policy.

B y CASSANDRA THOMAS The Dartmouth Staff

In late March, the New Hampshire Supreme Court delivered a ruling on New Hampshire Alpha of SAE Trust v. The Town of Hanover and the Town of Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustment that largely favored the town.

Of the ZBA’s 18 rulings, the Supreme Court affirmed all but one — the lone exception concerning whether or not Sigma Alpha Epsilon itself qualifies as an institution.

This component of the case was remanded back to the ZBA for further proceedings, perpetuating the limbo status of the derecognized Greek organization.

In March 2016, Dartmouth’s SAE chapter was suspended by its national ch a p t e r a n d u l t i m at e l y derecognized by the College after hazing allegations that drew national attention.

Following the derecognition, the Hanover ZBA issued a termination to SAE that stipulated that the fraternity was no longer operating in conjunction with the College. This termination also prevented SAE from serving as a student residence, a decision that SAE appealed to the ZBA in April 2017.

According to Hanover director of planning, zoning and codes Robert Houseman, the ZBA defines an institution as either educational,

religious or governmental.

SAE must prove that it fits this definition in order to comply with the ZBA’s ordinances.

Houseman said that with the New Hampshire Supreme Court’s recent ruling, SAE now has a chance to submit a new application to change its formal status. The ZBA will decide whether SAE qualifies as an institution, which will determine whether it can legally house students.

Houseman described the ZBA as a “five-member, quasi-judicial” entity that hears cases like a jury. “[The ZBA will determine] whether or not SEE SAE PAGE 3

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Zhou was recently awarded SIGMOBILE’s RockStar Award FROM Q&A PAGE 1

like pupil movement.

at “HackDartmouth.”

How did you first get interested in computer science?

XZ: I had never thought of computer science as a career plan while growing up. I grew up in the southern region of China, and when I was young, I was actually more interested in literature and the arts. But in my second year of high school — when all the Chinese students must make a decision on the broader area that they want to study for the future — there were two options: science and technology or literature and the humanities. My teacher recommended that I choose arts and literature, as the stereotypes back then were that the girls were better at the arts and boys were better at science and technology. But my parents didn’t take my teacher’s recommendation — they wanted me to be financially independent in the future, and they thought that learning science and technology was how to get there. I chose computer science because of how difficult it was to get in to — and because I had the scores to get into the program. So it was by accident I came across computer science at a relatively late stage — I actually hadn’t used a computer before my undergraduate studies.

You recently won the RockStar Award for your work in visible light sensing. Can you tell me a little about the field?

XZ: So the idea is to utilize the ubiquitous lights around us, like ceiling lights, table lamps and even screen lights, as a sensing medium to sense how your body is interacting with the surrounding light rays. Then, we use that information to infer fine-grained behaviors, such as your pose, whether of your whole body or just of a hand or even behavior

What are the applications of using visible light in this way?

XZ: So, one application is health monitoring. Through visible light sensing, you can enable continuous health monitoring in a manner that preserves privacy. Instead of cameras, you have a few light sensors that are tiny and small and cheap that are embedded in the environment. The sensors can detect how your body is interacting with or blocking visible light and then we aggregate the information, which can be further analyzed to infer higher-level behavioral characteristics and allow study into whether there are correlations between the high-level behaviors and one’s mental state or even other health issues. Another type of application is human-computer interaction, turning light into an interaction interface by gesturing or moving around. You could potentially control devices in the environment without having sensors on the body or cameras around watching you all the time.

What first got you interested in studying light?

XZ: I did not study anything related to light during my Ph.D.; it was something I started doing after coming to Dartmouth. I came across the topic after I attended a conference in our field in 2013, and there was a workshop keynote in the conference where the speaker talked about the potential of using the visible light spectrum for communication. That was my first time hearing the concept and I was super fascinated by the idea.

I put together a National Science Foundation Grant proposal for research in this field and then started this line of research from there.

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Mobile computing is your other field of expertise. Can you tell me a little about your work in mobile computing?

XZ: Most of the research that I’m working on now is centered around light, but one of the challenges in mobile computing I’m working on is energy efficiency. As devices get smaller and more ubiquitous and also have a need for continuous sensing, they have imposed a very high requirement in terms of energy efficiency for all those devices. For example, most recently, we designed battery-free eye-trackers based on light sensing that are powered by solar cells attached to the side arms of the glasses, harvesting energy from indoor light.

Can you discuss the work you do in the two labs you co-direct?

XZ: DartNets was the lab that I co-founded when I first arrived here, and since the end of last year, we started another lab together with faculty in robotics and computational fabrication: RLab. So there are quite a few interesting projects going on in that lab as well. They are often at the intersection of mobile computing, robotics and fabrication. For instance, we are collaborating with the robotics faculty to see how light sensing and communication can be applied to facilitate a robot’s communication and sense of the environment. In particular, we are looking at underwater environments and seeing how light sensing and communication can help underwater robotics.

Is there any other research you’re currently undertaking?

XZ: Another direction I’m working on is with Devin Balkcom, a robotics faculty member, and David Kraemer, who is faculty in the education department, on a project about human motion. There are many tasks that involve physical motions that are often very hard to teach. Unlike math or physics, for which you can watch a video to see the experiment and grasp

COURTESY OF XIA ZHOU

Zhou co-directs two labs at the College and serves as a judge for HackDartmouth.

the concept, motion tasks like yoga or learning some sport are trickier to learn and harder to correct.

Oftentimes, the teacher can only observe what you do and then give you some feedback afterward — it’s very hard to get precise on the spot feedback while you are performing the motion. We are trying to build a holistic system that can continuously sense how your joints are moving over time, and in the meantime, we’re trying to leverage technology like augmented and virtual reality to give you real-time feedback so that you can see how you are performing the motion in real time and correct the motion in real-time.

Yo u w e r e a j u d g e f o r HackDartmouth this past we e ke n d . H o w w a s t h a t experience?

XZ: I love HackDartmouth. I have been a judge for the event many, many times, almost as many times as there have been HackDartmouths.

I’m always very happy to see all the projects that the students come up with, and I hope that it’s a useful

experience for them to go through the whole process of coming up with the idea, executing the idea and presenting the idea. I’m happy to be part of that process to help them more.

Do you have any advice for students?

XZ: My advice is to not be intimidated by students who might appear more experienced or knowledgeable than you about a certain subject you are interested in. Don’t be afraid of starting something a little bit late — you can always catch up with drive and commitment. That was a lesson I personally learned. A lot of my classmates had used computers or even knew one or two languages already when I had just learned to type that summer. The key thing is to learn how to turn that high pressure into a driving force that can drive you to work hard. You can always catch up.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.

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THESE POSTERS ARE TEAR-ABLY GOOD

Town officials believe SAE is housing students FROM SAE PAGE 1

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Posters abound in Collis Center, especially with Student Assembly election campaigning in full swing.

was derecognized by the College in April 2015.

Spector-Morgan pointed out the zoning administrator erred in his interpretation … so the court that, in spite of the fraternity’s ruling now gives us clarity as to derecognition, in some ways SAE what we need to look at and how has more autonomy now than it did when it was recognized by the we look at it,” Houseman said.

Since the Supreme Court did not College.

“There’s no oversight at this arrive at a final determination on SAE’s status, the town of Hanover point over the fraternity members has been unable to enforce ZBA or what happens at the house,” ordinances, according to town Spector-Morgan said. “That’s a manager Julia Griffin. She also concern for the College and for pointed out that SAE has violated the town, from a health and safety College policy, but the College point of view.”

Interim director of Safety and has failed to enforce consequences or keep students from living in Security Keysi Montás echoed these sentiments. the fraternity.

In an email While the town “There’s no oversight statement, he said fully believes that Safety and that S A E at this point over the Security no longer i s c u r r e n t l y fraternity members or has jurisdiction h o u s i n g over SAE, and s t u d e n t s what happens at the any issues that u n l a w f u l l y, house.” arise there must the current be referred to local status of the authorities. c a s e m e a n s -LAURA SPECTORGoing forward, t h at l i m i t e d MORGAN, ATTORNEY Spector-Morgan options exist outlined a few to resolve the possibilities for the issue, Griffin case. If the ZBA said. finds that SAE is For now, the only instances in which the town not an institution, residential use of of Hanover can interact with the the property must cease; however, fraternity are when the fire or SAE will most likely appeal that police departments are needed, decision, she said. If the ZBA according to Griffin. She added that finds that SAE is an institution SAE still has the right to function and determines that the property as a “place of assembly” until the is being used for institutional purposes, residency in the fraternity determination of its status.

“We’re staved from enforcing the could continue.

Ultimately, it is now up to SAE ZBA ordinances because this issue is still an upending legal matter,” to file an application with the ZBA, Griffin said. “So, there they sit, according to Houseman.

“If they wish to make a change and here we sit, waiting for the legal discussions to play out in the — to convert to something that conforms to our regulations and courtroom.”

Attorney Laura Spector-Morgan come into compliance — they can represented the town of Hanover submit an application to do so and before the New Hampshire Supreme start afresh,” Houseman said. “I Court. She said that she approached can’t speak for SAE, but clearly, the case using precedents set by they’re evaluating their options and a similar situation involving the making decisions. But at this time, Alpha Delta fraternity in 2017. AD the process is still unfolding.”

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THE DARTMOUTH OPINION

CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST MARIANA PEÑALOZA ’22

An Open Letter to the Class of 2023

Dartmouth isn’t perfect — but we’re the ones who can change it.

Dear ’23s, “Congratulations!” It’s a word that elicits joy and even disbelief. Dartmouth said this to you in December or March, and now it feels like September cannot come soon enough. To hold you over until then, I wanted to share my experience as a first-year student before my first year ends.

I spent the days, weeks and months before coming to Dartmouth feeling validated. The burden of working to get into college, especially a college as prestigious as Dartmouth, all while struggling against the oppression I faced because of my identity as a first-generation, low-income Latina, began to fade. The sacrifices, discrimination and rejection that society directed my way had finally failed. I got in. My parents fell into that trap, too. That word — congratulations — had just as much power over them as it did over me. My dad would show my picture to his friends at work as he packaged newspapers to deliver from midnight until dawn. My mom would tell her immigration lawyer about me in the midst of hearings and deportation anxiety.

And yet, it was all worth it for us. I got in.

I felt excited about the new space of stability and acceptance that I thought Dartmouth would provide me. After all, the College was welcoming me home. I felt reassured by the impressive diversity statistics. I felt protective about Dartmouth because I thought that, in admitting me, my identities and beliefs would be protected as valuable to the school in return.

It wasn’t long until I felt betrayed. My expectations of my Dartmouth experience were frankly unrealistic. I am often the only minority in my classes, and I know that my presence

challenges the complacency that normally exists on predominantly-white campuses. The inequities of public education are exacerbated behind these private doors. My classmates debate affirmative action and immigration while looking at me anxiously for validation or disapproval. My visibility on campus exposes me to prejudices about minorities, and I am expected to prove those very stereotypes wrong, too. Working to get admitted to Dartmouth was hard. Being here has been even harder.

But I did not make the wrong choice by coming.

My experiences at Dartmouth have made it clear that I have a moral obligation to fight against the inequalities in which the College is complicit.

This is not just a squabble or quarrel. This is an overdue confrontation with an institution originally built with the intent of assimilating indigenous peoples and a subsequent history of injustice. It’s not something that you really have to think about unless it affects you, but I want to make it clear to all of you that I and the Class of 2022 cannot fight alone.

I don’t want to exonerate Dartmouth from its actions, but I’ll admit: I’m not the same person I was seven months ago. Dartmouth has introduced me to friends and mentors who genuinely believe in me and my desire to change the College as much as I can in these four years. I know so many activists on campus who don’t want celebrity or fame — they just want to make a difference. Dartmouth is unique because people here really are voices crying out in the wilderness, and they make sure to bring you along too.

My only hope is that next year you’ll join me.

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Dartmouth’s Bottom Line

The College needs to refocus its efforts career advising.

Dartmouth publicizes a wide-ranging curriculum with room for exploration for undergraduates, but that openness doesn’t seem to extend to the career choices the College promotes through its Center for Professional Development.

Last week, the CPD hosted its Employer Connections Fair, where Dartmouth students had the opportunity to meet potential employers.

Those employers came mostly from finance and consulting firms, and there was little representation from the public sector. This imbalance between private and public sector jobs is mirrored in a slant in jobs that Dartmouth students choose to take after graduation; 56 percent of the Class of 2018 took jobs in either finance, consulting or technology.

This is not to criticize Dartmouth graduates who pursue careers in finance and consulting or the CPD for providing resources for them. Many students find rewarding careers in those fields, and it is fortunate that Dartmouth is able to provide them with this guidance. What is concerning about the CPD’s current focus on jobs in finance and consulting is its neglect of other sectors. Currently, the CPD’s website identifies only one staff member who specializes in pre-law advising. At the same time, it identifies three staff members as part of its “employer relations team.” Since the vast majority of those employers are in the financial services and consulting fields, it seems that the CPD expends more resources on helping students pursue these tried-and-true career paths.

By not making active efforts to widen its scope, what message does the CPD send to students about the College’s priorities and end goal to learning at this institution? There is no shortage of students at the College who dream of working in law, public service, medicine, the nonprofit sector — the list goes on. However, many students perceive the CPD as being focused on finance and consulting, with far less to offer outside of those fields. Regardless of whether the CPD views this as a fair assessment, the reality is that even the perception that the CPD does not offer support for other career paths can affect students’ willingness to explore those fields. While the ultimate onus is on students to seek career paths of significance to them, and the CPD’s decisions may reflect a broader attitude among students that treats finance and consulting as the default, it is doubtful that 56 percent of Dartmouth students enter the College with a true passion for finance, consulting or technology. At Harvard University, according to a survey by the Harvard Crimson, only 16 percent of second-year students report that they are pursuing careers in finance or consulting. Among juniors,

the same figure more than triples to 57 percent.

The same survey found that Harvard’s Office of Career Services was a common source of first exposure to these fields. While there is currently no comparable data available for Dartmouth, it is possible that the CPD serves a similar role here.

Though many students gain awareness of finance and consulting as their college careers progress, more than a few undecided students likely find themselves defaulting into those industries because of the availability of resources.

The CPD needs to recognize the role it plays in affecting students’ futures and focus its advising on career exploration, offering students genuine options outside the finance-consulting sphere. If a lack of representation from the public sector is attributed to costs of attendance or ability to be prominent at such fairs, the College should make efforts to subsidize the cost of campus visits for employers in other fields, especially non-profit organizations. Even if not through financial assistance, the CPD should be meeting the baseline of making efforts to bring a diverse cohort of employers to campus.

Ultimately, this discussion funnels into a larger question about Dartmouth’s bottom line.

By focusing career advising on finance and consulting, Dartmouth helps to channel students into high-paying careers, which elevates the College’s reputation in the private sector and creates opportunity for large donations later on.

It also improves Dartmouth’s performance in rankings that consider alumni salary data — one of the many benchmarks that seem to be used to judge the quality of higher institutions. Indeed, the College ranks 15th for highest alumni salaries on Payscale’s 2018 College Salary Report, higher than all but two of its Ivy League peers. While these reputational benefits can be positive, and donations can ultimately support growth of the College, should we be conflating the benefits that come with financially successful alumni with the futures of students?

The CPD has a great mission statement: Dare to be different. For all the power and prestige that the Dartmouth name provides, the core mission of the College is to educate students and encourage them to pave their own paths, whatever they may be. Dartmouth needs to reinforce its core educational mission in career advising. After all, if students aren’t the College’s bottom line, then what is?

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Plan designed to incentivize students to eat at ’53 Commons FROM SWIPES PAGE 1

Courtyard Café and three guest swipes per term.

DDS director Jon Plodzik said the price of the unlimited swipes plan will not differ much from the price of the Ivy Standard Plan. Specific information on the prices of plans and DBA allocation will be released on DDS’ website in the coming weeks.

Additionally, the 80 Block Plus and 115 Block Plus plans will offer more than one swipe per meal period, according to Plodzik.

Plodzik said the unlimited swipes plan will grant students a one-swipe equivalency at the Collis Café and the Courtyard Café as well as a to-go option at the Class of ’53 Commons.

However, there is a caveat: Students who utilize either of these options may not swipe into the Class of ’53 Commons for the rest of that meal period.

The current values covered by a meal swipe will remain in place: $5.25 for breakfast and late night, $7.75 for lunch and $10.00 for dinner. Plodzik said the new plans address persistent issues with the existing system, as students who run out of swipes feel obliged to choose between spending

products. Additionally, new cafés, DBA and their own money.

For this reason, DDS’ meal plan which will accept DBA, will open in offerings have gradually shifted toward Dana Biomedical Library and The an unlimited swipes option, according Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy to Plodzik. The Ivy Standard Plan and and Society. Finally, fingerprint the new unlimited swipes plan were technology will replace the swipein mechanism in also designed the next couple of to incentivize “The unlimited plan years. students to eat doesn’t eliminate the DDS tries to at the Class of incorporate ’53 Commons, peak time crowd, but student feedback Plodzik said, it flattens the curve into their adaptive because other model, Plodzik said. facilities, such out.”

He added that the as the Collis Student Advisory Café and the -JON PLODZIK, DDS Committee and Courtyard Student Assembly Café, cannot DIRECTOR work alongside accommodate his staff to reflect the prevailing student crowds. Plodzik added that “what the students really want.”

However, students have expressed he expects the new unlimited swipes plan to lessen the student burden at concern regarding overpriced goods the Class of ’53 Commons during and the mismatched value of swipes peak times and ameliorate seating at the Class of ’53 Commons and other dining facilities. issues.

Lidia Balanovich ’22 said she “The unlimited plan doesn’t eliminate the peak time crowd, but it believes DDS overcharges students.

“For instance, the notorious fruit flattens the curve out,” Plodzik said.

Plodzik also discussed other cup at [the Courtyard Café] does not potential changes that may occur in cost $5.75,” Balanovich said. “I’ve the near future. Next year, Novack gone to [Price Chopper Supermarket] Café may start to provide Starbucks and gotten the same fruit cup for

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DDS’ new swipes plan will allow unlimited access to the Class of ’53 Commons.

$2.50.”

Balanovich added that she does not believe the Class of ’53 Commons offers the best value. She said that she and other students do not need “$15-worth of food” and prefer the Collis and Courtyard cafés.

Isabelle Glennon ’22 said she favors the Collis and Courtyard cafés as well. She said that the buffet-style dining at the Class of ’53 Commons is unsuitable for most meals.

“I definitely don’t think [the Class of ’53 Commons] provides the best value,” Glennon said. “Unless I’m planning on getting three plates of food, I’m usually not going to go there.”

The current door price at the

Class of ’53 Commons is $7.75 for breakfast, $10.75 for lunch and $14.95 for dinner — meal swipes at the Collis and Courtyard cafés are less valuable by $2.50 for breakfast, $3 for lunch, and $4.95 for dinner.

This mismatched value is “unfair,” according to Balanovich.

In response to this issue, Plodzik said DDS calculates equivalency values across dining facilities based on food costs and staff wages. For example, the increased cost of food and labor at Class of ’53 Commons raises the door price, according to Plodzik.

Plodzik added that he appreciates student feedback and welcomes suggestions at any time.

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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS

DARTMOUTHEVENTS

FUNDING

RACHEL LINCOLN ’20

TODAY

1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Symposium: “Touch Your Words: Teaching Indigenous Languages through Making,” sponsored by the Library, Haldeman Center, Room 41.

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Colloquium: “Pulsar Magnetosphere: The Incredible Machine,” Anatoly Spitkovsky, Princeton University, sponsored by the Department of Physics, Wilder Hall, Room 104.

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Cinema: “Arctic,” sponsored by: Hopkins Center for the Arts, Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium.

TOMORROW 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Conference: “TEDxDartmouth 2019: Living Bridges,” Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m

Race: “Big Green Fun Run” sponsored by Dartmouth Athletics, Alumni Gym.

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Tour: “Hood Highlights Tour,” sponsored by the Hood Museum of Art.

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Cinema: “Into the Canyon,” sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts.

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Cinema: “Everybody Knows,” sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Visual Arts Center, Loew Auditorium.

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Review: Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’ continues to be an inspiring show B y shera bhala The Dartmouth

The Fab Five, the beloved group of queer men on the Netflix series “Queer Eye,” are back for their third season in Kansas City, MO — more sparkly and delightful than ever. After two seasons of makeovers in Atlanta, GA, the group hones in on the Heartland of America.

Filled with stunning transformations, heartwarming moments and plenty of “yaass girl”s, the third season entertains with its bright, feel-good plot and humor.

Each member of the Fab Five contributes his specialty in makeover expertise. Tan France dresses to impress, Karamo Brown encourages culture and confidence, Bobby Berk designs impressive new interiors, Antoni Porowski cooks up cuisine and Jonathan Van Ness grooms scruffy hair to create luscious locks. The team works together flawlessly, as a well-oiled makeover machine.

Guided by their perennial quest to help people discover the best versions of themselves, the Fab Five venture out of their loft in Kansas City to consult a variety of clients. This ensemble includes Jody Castellucci, a correctional facility security officer living in Amazonia, MO, whose closet primarily consists of camo and hunting gear; Joey Green, a children’s camp director who lacks proper hygiene but cares deeply about the camp and about being a good father; and sisters Deborah and Mary Jones, who own a hole-in-the-wall BBQ joint celebrated by locals. Other memorable clients include Jess Guilbeaux, a young, black, lesbian woman who struggles with her identity and perceived lack of family before discovering a role model in Karamo,and Rob Elrod, a single father trying to move on from grieving his wife’s passing. These individuals, open-minded and eager, making for interesting episodes.

And this clientele is what sets the third season of “Queer Eye” apart from its predecessors. Kansas City, a blue bubble situated in between the two solidly red states of Kansas and Missouri, provides an engaging mise en scène for “Queer Eye.” The individuals in the previous two seasons were primarily white, male and largely unfamiliar with the gay population. However, the third season includes men and women of varying races as well as Jess, the first lesbian woman to be featured on the show. Such diversity complements the members of the Fab Five and their charming, humorous personalities.

While inspiring, the downside of “Queer Eye,” like any other reality TV and makeover show, lies in its predictability. The routine plot of gifting a client with a new hairstyle, wardrobe, cuisine, dwelling and attitude can lose its appeal. Despite the repetition, the redeeming quality of the program that still keeps audiences engaged is its boldness. Flamboyant and exciting, the Fab Five captures attention. Their clothes are fashionable — think a lilac suit for Tan or Jonathan’s tendency to cut hair in colorful high heels — their passion for makeovers is contagious and their genuine care for those that they help is touching. The contrast between the boldness of the quintet and the quieter, timid personalities of their clients offers further intrigue that outweighs the repetition. Each episode shows this contrast and closes that gap in confidence between the two groups by the end in a satisfying, heartwarming closing that you don’t get sick of.

Emboldened by the Fab Five, clients embrace themselves and their identities after their makeovers. For example, Jody learns to embrace her personality and her more feminine side, leading to her eventually feeling comfortable in “fancy” environments, like a romantic gondola ride with her husband on Kansas

City’s Brush Creek. The Jones sisters, empowered by their new professional looks and redesigned restaurant, finally capitalize on their famed BBQ sauce by having it bottled and sold. The confidence Jody and the Jones sisters gain is invaluable.

Since the show is centered around self-acceptance, there is no shortage of emotional moments in “Queer Eye.” The most poignant moments are those of true transformation — the moments in which clients like Deborah, Jess and Rob face such metamorphosis that they are moved to tears. Deborah stopped herself from smiling for years, covering her mouth with her hand, but after a visit to the dentist to get a new tooth, she

cried out of happiness when she looked in the mirror at her new smile. Jess was disillusioned by her adoptive parents, who kicked her out of the house as a teenager upon discovering her sexuality. But she tours Kansas City’s historic 18th and Vine district, a birthplace of jazz and African-American culture, and learns from Karamo that she truly is “a strong black woman.” Rob, the definition of salt of the earth, had suffered quietly for two years following the death of his wife, Allison, from breast cancer. The Fab Five moves him into his new house, as Allison wanted, and Bobby creates one of his most sentimental pieces of furniture: a cabinet for his kids’ belongings that has an engraving of Allison’s handwriting.

These moments define the purpose of “Queer Eye”: to connect people with the truths and confidence for which they have longed.

“Queer Eye” is unfailingly inspirational. The show strikes a balance between funny and light-hearted and seriously transformational. This balance is achieved by the genuine personalities of the Fab Five. Motivated by a true sense of humanity, the quintet manages to touch the hearts of their clients and audiences. Tan, Karamo, Bobby, Antoni and Jonathan use this sense — and, of course, their style prowess — to help others lead their best lives. Glittering and entertaining, the Fab Five continues to uplift.

PAVING THE WAY FOR SPRING TERM

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Construction continues across campus, including repavement in front of the Hopkins Center for the Arts.

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THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS

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Senior Spring: Zoe Leonard ’19 stands out in every season a row. It was then that she said she began to realize her talent for the The Dartmouth sport could have real significance This fall, Zoe Leonard ’19 finished for her future. her final season as the Dartmouth “I enjoyed it, but I also saw it as a volleyball team’s libero, but her foot in the door in regard to getting history with the sport spans much into a good university,” Leonard said. longer than the past four years.

“I wouldn’t be [at Dartmouth] if it Leonard has played volleyball weren’t for [former head volleyball since she was just a bit bigger than coach] Erin Lindsey…who recruited one. She grew up in Hilo, HI, where me here.” volleyball is one of the most popular Her recruitment process was sports for both men and women. She complicated and slightly unusual. started playing as soon as she could She never had an official visit to walk and joined her first competitive campus, and in fact, her first day on team at the age of 5. the east coast was the first day of the In Hawaii, volleyball serves as an preseason. It was a stressful transition important community builder, and to say the least, but Leonard said almost everyone around Leonard she has made it her mission to was involved in the sport. Her father repay the athletic department and was a coach, all her cousins played the Dartmouth community for its — two going on to play in college unwavering support.

— and she and her six best friends To begin with, she was a standout were teammates from elementary player on the volleyball team, even through high school. while struggling through injuries, “It’s just including a hip what you did,” surgery her “[Leonard is] one of Leonard said. “It sophomore made me feel at the most generous year. Her last home.” and one of the kindest season for the With the help Big Green, her of her father’s people I’ve ever met.” best to date, is coaching, a testament to playing every day her resilience.

-BELLA HEDLEY ’22 in her backyard, She ear ned a Leonard quickly personal record excelled at the of 320 digs and sport. What she lacked in height second team All-Ivy honors. And and speed, she made up for with that’s not to mention her tremendous advanced ball control and a high role as a leader and representative volleyball IQ — skills developed with of the team. her extensive practice.

“Personally, I think Zoe has shown She entered the “Olympic to us that she was not just passionate pipeline” in seventh grade and began about the Dartmouth community, to spend her summers in training about this team, about the athletic camps under the U.S. volleyball department; she also was a great system, continuing to make the teammate and ambassador to this junior national team several years in program,” said head coach Gilad

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Doron.

As Bella Hedley ’22 said, Leonard played a huge role in making younger players feel welcome and included in the team, as well as conveying a genuine passion for the sport.

“She’s one of the most generous and one of the kindest people I’ve ever met,” Hedley said. “I can even remember when I was a recruit at the campus, she was always the girl coming up to you, asking if you had any questions, trying to make you feel comfortable.”

The women’s volleyball team has a lot of young talent, and will only graduate one senior, Leonard, from its starting lineup. Its future looks bright, and Doron gives some of the credit to Leonard, who made it a priority to interact with visiting recruits and prospects. But her devotion to Dartmouth athletics extends far beyond her own team and continues even now that the volleyball season has ended.

Leonard does alumni outreach as the student intern for the athletics fundraising office and works gameday operations for men’s and women’s sports as an intern for athletics marketing. Her work at the games entails anything from being on aux at men’s hockey games to in-game promotions at men’s basketball. In addition to all of this, she’s been the Jaeger Civic Intern for the past three years, meaning she helps connect athletes to community service and volunteer opportunities within the athletic department.

“I’m probably busier now than I was in season,” Leonard said, “but I enjoy it.”

That’s not to say this fall was the end of volleyball for Leonard. She continues to practice with the men’s club team three times a week and

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Leonard’s contributions to Dartmouth Athletics transcend the volleyball court.

plays in an adult league in Lebanon.

After graduation, she hopes to play in the United Kingdom while getting a master’s degree. If her injuries allow, her goal is to play professionally for a few years before entering the workforce.

“If I still have miles in the tank, why not keep riding it out?” Leonard said.

She has certainly covered a lot of ground while at Dartmouth. Outside of all her commitments to the athletic department, Leonard has also been an executive member of Hokupa’a for two years, the Hawaii club on campus.

“It’s a really important community space that I think was really needed at Dartmouth, especially with the growing Polynesian and Hawaiian community,” Leonard said.

E v i d e n t l y, L e o n a rd m a d e

enormous contributions to many communities during her time at Dartmouth, and will leave behind, on the volleyball team and elsewhere, a legacy of dedication and involvement.

When asked to share a favorite memory from her four years, Leonard spoke about her first ever Ivy League game, when she played in the starting lineup away at Harvard University. To this day she still remembers the game in detail, and particularly, Dartmouth’s 15 to 13 victory in the fifth set. This past fall, women’s volleyball’s conference opener was again against Harvard, though this time it was at home.

Again, the Big Green won — again, in the fifth set.

As Leonard put it: “I think at Dartmouth athletics, anytime we beat Harvard is a good day.”