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Presidential candidate ‘Take Back the Night’ event, with and Oprah’s spirituality changes, to be held on April 26 advisor visits campus B y LUCY TURNIPSEED The Dartmouth Staff
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson spoke to about 50 students and community members at the Top of the Hop Wednesday evening. Wi l l i a m s o n’s t a l k a n d subsequent question-anda n s we r s e s s i o n fo c u s e d on morality and what she described as a need to reshape the American political system. “The American Revolution has to be an ongoing process,”
Williamson said. Wi l l i a m s o n , a s e l f help author, activist and spiritual advisor to Oprah Winfrey, previously ran a failed campaign as an independent for California’s 33rd congressional district in 2014. Fo l l o w i n g an introduction by members of the Dartmouth College Democrats, Williamson said she supported “typical” leftwing, progressive policies.
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Honorary degree recipients span range of experiences, professions B y RACHAEL PAKIANATHAN The Dartmouth Staff
At the Class of 2019 commencement ceremony on June 9, Dartmouth will award seven honorary degrees to individuals in the arts, athletics, law and sciences. Three Doctorates of Humane Letters, three Doctorates of Arts and one Doctorate of Science will be awarded.
Cellist and main commencement speaker YoYo Ma will receive a Doctor of Arts at the ceremony. The other honorary degree re c i p i e n t s a re c u r re n t senior adviser to baseball operations for the Oakland Athletics Richard “Sandy” Alderson ’69, astrophysicist and director of the National SEE COMMENCEMENT PAGE 2
As part of the annual Night of Reflection, SPCSA has asked Greek houses to close on April 26.
B y ELIZABETH JANOWSKI The Dartmouth Staff
In an effort to initiate a campus-wide discussion on sexual violence, the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault will lead the College’s annual Take Back the Night March and Night of Reflection on the evening of April 26. These events will serve as the final scheduled activities for this year’s Sexual Assault Action Month, previously known as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Benjamin Bradley, the assistant director for violence prevention at the Student Wellness Center, stressed the significance of the program’s
shift in focus from sexual violence awareness to action. “Action can take a lot of different forms, from … learning about experiences of survivors, to actively checking or stepping in when seeing potential harmful behavior, and much more,” Bradley wrote in an email statement. H e a d d e d t h at t h i s month, students can request informational and skill-building programs focused on sexual violence prevention through the Student Wellness Center. He expressed hope that every Dartmouth student “can contribute to preventing sexual violence by taking action.” According to 2018-19 SPCSA executive chair Paulina Calcaterra ’19, Dartmouth
students began organizing an on-campus iteration of the march in recent years, with the Student Wellness Center assisting in its coordination. This year, Calcaterra said that supervision over the march transitioned from the Student Wellness Center to the SPCSA. The Student Wellness Center decided to stop supervising the march due to a shift its in its organizational goals, according to Calcaterra. Bradley stressed that the Student Wellness Center will continue to support the SPCSA in its endeavors this year. “SPCSA takes really important action in many different ways, both in SEE TAKE BACK PAGE 5
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Recipients include NSF director, Oakland Athletics official for the Hungry to address food security issues in the Upper Valley and was one Science Foundation France Córdova, of six students nationwide to win the executive director and co-founder Campus Compact Howard R. Swearer of the Inter national Refugee Student Humanitarian Award. Assistance project Rebecca Heller Heller said that she didn’t know ’05, environmental attorney Hilary what an honorary degree was when Tompkins ’90 and architects Billie President Hanlon first called her to tell Tsien and Tod Williams, who were her the news, but said she was excited responsible for the recent renovation to learn that she was being recognized. of the Hood “When he told Museum of Art. me Dartmouth “ W h e n “Coming back to might want to give I got the call Hanover is like being me an honorary from [College I said, asked to come home.” degree, President] ‘I’m sorry if this Phil Hanlon is a very ignorant — which was -TOD WILLIAMS, question, but I completely thought I already u n e x p e c t e d ARCHITECT had a degree from — it was very Dartmouth,’” she similar to when said. “And he very I received my acceptance letter to patiently explained that this was a Dartmouth back in 1980,” Tompkins doctorate, and I was very excited.” said. “I had a feeling of complete Tsien and Williams are a husbanddisbelief and ... a sense of entering a and-wife duo who began working new world or new chapter of my life together in 1977 and co-founded that I never imagined possible.” their firm in 1986. In 2013, President Once a government major at the Barack Obama awarded both of them College, Tompkins currently practices the National Medal of Arts, and they natural resources, environmental and will be designing the Barack Obama Indian law. She most recently served as Presidential Library to open in 2020. solicitor for the U.S. Department of the The duo began work on the $50 million Interior from 2009 to 2017. Tompkins renovation and expansion of the Hood previously served as counsel to New in 2016, and the doors opened to the Mexico governor Bill Richardson (D) public this January. They will both for five years. She will be awarded a receive a Doctor of Arts. Doctor of Humane Letters. “We’re both really grateful and Heller, another government major, excited. In many ways, we feel like will also be awarded a Doctor of we’re part of a Dartmouth family,” Humane Letters. She currently Tsien said. serves as the executive director of Williams added that he and the International Refugee Assistance Tsien have a personal attachment to Project. For Heller’s work with IRAP, Hanover. she received a MacArthur “Genius” “Coming back to Hanover is like Fellowship in 2018. At the College, being asked to come home,” he said. Heller started a project called Harvest “Sure, we fought really hard to get this FROM COMMENCEMENT PAGE 1
thing done, but now I’m sure its part Córdova, who has served as NSF of our lives forever. Not because of director since March 2014, will be the honorary degree but because we awarded a Doctor of Science. She has left our hearts and souls there and we previously served as the 11th president did the best we could.” of Purdue University. From 1993 Alderson, a to 1996, Córdova senior advisor the youngest “I think it’s easy to be was to baseball person and first operations for intimidated or fearful woman to be NASA’s the Athletics, of change or assuming chief scientist, and previously in 1996, she was a served as the a role that might make recipient of NASA’s team’s general you feel uneasy, or out highest honor, the manager from NASA Distinguished of your league so to 1983 to 1997. Service Medal. During his speak, and those are Speaking about time there, the roles you need to the Class of 2019, the Athletics Tompkins stressed won the World go after.” the importance of Series in 1989. striving for goals At the College, outside of one’s -REBECCA HELLER ’05, Alderson was comfort zone, even a member of ENVIRONMENTAL if they appear to be Sigma Alpha ATTORNEY intimidating. E p s i l o n “Even though you fraternity and might be different or Dragon senior feel like an outsider society. At Commencement, Alderson sometimes — be it on an Ivy League will receive a Doctor of Humane campus, in certain jobs that you hold, Letters. sitting at a conference room table and
feeling like you’re different than the majority of folks sitting at that table — that you should feel like you belong and that your voice does matter,” she said. “I think it’s easy to be intimidated or fearful of change or assuming a role that might make you feel uneasy, or out of your league so to speak, and those are the kind of roles you need to go after.” Heller added that she thinks it is important for recent graduates to take time to explore their options. “Don’t get too freaked out by the allure of shiny ambitious objects that you don’t spend the time now finding out what you like and what you’re good at,” Heller said. “Because otherwise you’re going to have a mid-life crisis in 20 years.” Both Heller and Tompkins said they are excited to return to Hanover this June. “If heaven exists, it probably looks a little something like a tube on the Connecticut River in August,” Heller said. Cassandra Thomas ’22 contributed reporting.
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The sun sets on Dartmouth Hall after another beautiful spring day in Hanover.
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Williamson pledges to “wage peace,” not war, calls for reparations FROM WILLIAMSON PAGE 1
Some of the progressive policies she cited included Medicare for All, making public colleges and universities free for students and raising the federal minimum wage. Williamson also said she plans to turn “love” into a “political force” through her campaign. Williamson called those who decried this concept as unreasonable “naive.” Williamson attacked what she views as corruption in the United States, calling it “authoritarian corporatism.” The symptoms of this corruption, according to Williamson, include the “opportunistic infection” that is President Donald Trump. She implored the audience to remember that if one’s only goal is to replace the current president in 2020, the larger problem, as well as its root, is being overlooked. Over the course of her speech, Williamson focused on childhood trauma, race and national security. Regarding chronic childhood trauma, she said that as president she would institute a massive reinvestment of resources into American kids living in what she termed “domestic war zones,” as well as a new executive branch department focused on those in the United States under the age of 18. The second large issue Williamson addressed was race in America. “Racism is America’s original character defect,” Williamson said. As president, she said she would institute a system of reparations for descendants of slaves and Native Americans. She recently made headlines for claiming that spending less than $100 billion on reparations would be “an insult.” Lastly, Williamson highlighted national security. Under this category, she said she would “wage peace,” which would include fighting climate change and stopping the prioritization of profit, specifically calling out defense contractors. Additionally, she added that “waging peace” would include
increasing economic opportunities for women, expanding educational opportunities for children, reducing violence against women and ameliorating unnecessary human suffering wherever possible. “We’ve gotten into the habit of asking for too little, of expecting too little,” Williamson said. The “complicit silence” of the American people has perpetuated these problems, according to Williamson. In response to a question about the recent law passed in New Hampshire that bars most Dartmouth students from voting in the state, Williamson said the law was a form of passive voter suppression and vowed to do everything in her power to aid voting if she were to be elected president, including automatic registration on one’s 18th birthday and a national holiday on election day. Kelly Zeilman ’22 thought Williamson was different from other presidential candidates and seemed passionate about her message. “There is a lot of hate in the country right now, and the idea of turning love into a political tool is a good message, but I’m not sure it’s salient enough to run a campaign on,” Zeilman said. Similarly, Katie Smith ’22 said that “kindness and love and courage and hope and buzzwords are very important, but I don’t think anything can substitute for political experience.” Emery Rheam ’22, who asked Williamson about her plan to approach climate change, said she was surprised that the candidate had concrete ideas beyond the Green New Deal. Williamson said she would put an environmentalist in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency and make it a magnet for “the most brilliant scientists and sustainability experts.” However, Rheam said that the metaphor Williamson offered with the answer — likening the problem of climate change to the issue of addiction and sobriety — weakened the potency of her response.
“I respect the fact that she’s running, but I’m not for her campaign,” Ellie Baker ’22 said. As of now, Williamson still needs around 13,300 more new unique donors to qualify for the presidential candidate debates hosted by the Democratic National Convention, the first of which is on June 27. She is not mentioned in most polls, and polls which do include her have her support at less than one percent. In a nod to New Hampshire’s state motto, Williamson ended her speech with the statement, “We are not living free.”
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Williamson, a little-known presidential candidate, is Oprah’s spirituality advisor.
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STAFF COLUMNIST SYDNEY ALLARD ‘21
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We Should Act More Like Justices Why I love the Supreme Court justices and you should too.
If you’ve never been to a Supreme Court hearing, I would highly recommend it. There are some things that even recordings miss. I did not learn in my constitutional law class that the justices sit through much of oral arguments with their faces cupped in their palms, eyes almost closed. They behave like bored students in a 9L lecture, bouncing and swiveling in the nation’s most esteemed wheelie chairs. If not for seeing it with my own eyes, I would not have believed that Justices Stephen Breyer and Clarence Thomas (one liberal and one extremely conservative) could lean back almost out of view of the public and giggle together at their inside jokes. Over winter break this year, I went to the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments. The question before the Court was an interesting one — was nearly half of the state of Oklahoma technically an Indian reservation? — but it was the justices’ behavior that piqued my interest the most. It grew my faith in the Court and, more importantly, offered a model for cooperation even in today’s hyper-partisan environment. I always imagined the justices in two cliques, one right of center and one left, with one swing justice stuck in the middle, constantly persuaded to join one side or the other with free opera tickets and maybe frozen yogurt. That vision sprung, I think, from the division that I see in our politics and society. Senators on both sides of the aisle seem completely unwilling to compromise with each other. Some students label themselves Democrats or, more rarely, Republicans, and each side seems loathe to have an open
conversation with the other. I do not claim to know the true feelings of the justices toward each other. But while I was sitting in that courtroom, I got an unshakable feeling that they were dear friends. Though there’s plenty that goes on behind the scenes that I can never know, the justices’ respect for one another was unmistakable. Justice Sonia Sotomayor would make a salient point, and then Justice Samuel Alito would reference it, credit his colleague and build on the idea — even if he ultimately disagreed with her. When I visited the Supreme Court, I saw nine of the most brilliant and divergent minds in our country sit together and genuinely listen to one another rather than lecture each other or raise their voices. It is easy to feel hopeless about our country these days. The contempt between political parties, the sensationalism and divisiveness of our media and a widespread unwillingness to compromise can make things feel unfixable. The Supreme Court justices give me hope in spite of it all. They disagree deeply on issues, but they don’t let that fact prevent mutual respect, cooperation and friendship from forming. The Supreme Court should serve as an example for a divided America. The justices seem to hold each other in esteem and, in general, view their differences with curiosity rather than contempt. A docent told me that Justice Antonin Scalia frequently modified his initial views after reading his colleagues’ ideas, such that his ultimate vote SEE ALLARD PAGE 6
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Fix Student Assembly
Student Assembly fails to effectively represent students. On Monday, Luke Cuomo ’20 narrowly rate of about 40 percent — it’s telling that defeated Tim Holman ’20 and Sydney only a handful of students decided to run Johnson ’20 to become the next Student themselves. Assembly president. In what was one of the The elections process should be changed to closest presidential races in recent years, allow for more campaign time. The current the candidates proposed and defended their rules of the Elections Planning and Advisory respective platforms at Monday night’s Committee stipulate that candidates can only debate moderated by The Dartmouth. The start campaigning eight days before the polls candidates largely proposed similar solutions open. But eight days is not nearly enough to long-standing campus issues, including the time for each candidate to get his or her hiring of more counselors at Dick’s House and message out to the student body effectively, the adoption of the new nor is it enough time for United Sexual Misconduct “While all of the students to assess each Policy and Procedures. candidates’ platfor ms Central to Monday’s candidates proposed and weigh them against d e b a t e w a s S t u d e n t noteworthy goals, SA’s the others. Increasing Assembly’s institutional power to attain them the campaigning time agency. While all of the by even a week would c a n d i d a t e s p r o p o s e d is unfounded.” be more fair for both noteworthy goals, SA’s the candidates and the power to attain them is students. Furthermore, unfounded. Cuomo acknowledged as much in the polls should open to students only his remarks, saying “Ultimately, we [Student after the presidential debate has ended. By Assembly] do not make the decisions on this opening polls while the debate is ongoing, campus.” Every candidate conceded that students have little incentive to attend or administrative and financial power rests with watch the debate in its entirety — only the College’s Board of Trustees, a governing around 50 students attended this year — thus body in which SA has no representation or undermining candidates’ time to engage with voting rights. This presents a clear disconnect the public. between SA’s stated purpose — “to play an SA needs to change if it wants to effectively active role in shaping College policies and represent the student body. For one, SA must priorities” — and its de facto status as a body be given representation on the Dartmouth lacking administrative authority. Board of Trustees. Currently, Cornell is Some of the power SA does have comes the only school in the Ivy League to give from the money it receives every year. The students voting power on its Trustees’ Board. Undergraduate Finance Committee, which This will make the system more democratic, decides how much to fund SA, awarded giving students access to the school’s highest SA a budget of $45,000 for the 2018-2019 policy-making body. In addition, SA year. SA can then choose how to appropriate executives should be more transparent about these funds, as they did in buying student their goals and expenditures. The outgoing subscriptions to the New York Times. But administration has done a good job with that money isn’t always spent wisely. Some this, creating a comprehensive website that may remember when the UFC sanctioned gives progress reports on their long-term SA in 2014 for spending nearly $2,000 on goals. This should remain as the standard Patagonia jackets for its members. How that upon which the incoming president and vice money gets allocated today is not made public president should build. on SA’s website. In its current state, Student Assembly SA’s powers are limited, and that’s reflected has substantial room to improve. That’s not in low student participation. No candidates, to say that it hasn’t accomplished anything. barring write-ins, ran for the open Senate The outgoing administration has pursued seats in the East Wheelock and Allen Houses. some concrete objectives, including a pilot North Park, South and West Houses each only program offering Dartmouth Coach vouchers had one candidate registered to run. Even to low-income students. But with the right the vice presidency remained unopposed. engagement from the College administration With over 1,700 people casts votes during and active student participation, SA will this election cycle — meaning a turnout finally have the potential to create real change.
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Student Wellness Center will no longer supervise the march FROM TAKE BACK PAGE 1
preventing sexual violence and supporting survivors,” Bradley wrote. “Take Back the Night has always been and continues to be about our community coming together to recognize the violence that survivors face and rally around them.” The march will convene at 4 p.m. on the Collis Center patio, where students will have the opportunity to voice their thoughts on the issue of sexual violence on campus. The students will then march around campus before ending at the Green, where they plan to chant, hold posters and make closing remarks. “We want this to be as unapologetic as people want it to be,” Calcaterra said. “We want this to be a space for people to say whatever they want to say.” Following the march, the SPCSA will host a debrief discussion on the third floor of Collis. Calcaterra said that the post-march conversation will allow students who were either unable to attend or do not feel comfortable attending the march to engage in
discussions around the topics of sexual year’s programming will be seen in assault awareness the structure and prevention. “Events like these have and purpose 2019-20 SPCSA of the Night executive chair Anne a lasting impact on of Reflection, Pinkney ’20 stressed campus because they known last year the importance of the Night provide survivors with as having events such of Solidarity. as the Take Back the a space not only where C i t i n g Night march and the they can feel safe and concerns Night of Reflection about the on Dartmouth’s show up in solidarity authenticity of campus. Greek spaces’ for other survivors, “Events like engagement but also where allies these have a lasting during last impact on campus or people who are year’s events, because they provide interested can show SPCSA has survivors with a space encouraged not only where they solidarity for this type Greek houses can feel safe and of crisis. to close on the show up in solidarity night of April for other survivors, 26 in order to but also where allies -ANNE PINKNEY ’20, 2019-20 hold private, or people who are SPCSA EXECUTIVE CHAIR internal interested can show discussions, solidarity for this type according to of crisis,” Pinkney Calcaterra. said. “The whole idea this year was for An additional change to this the night to be really internal, because
last year it was very triggering for some as a platform to uplift and empower people to see Greek houses emailing marginalized voices on Dartmouth’s that they stand with survivors,” campus. At the same time, she Calcaterra said. acknowledged that “I think this year the march may not it’s less about “We want this to be be accessible to or performativity as unapologetic as representative of all and public survivors of sexual credit and more people want it to be. assault on campus. about offering We want this to be a She said she hopes opportunities h at i n f u t u re space for people to say tyears, and resources the evening’s to engage if whatever they want to programming will people want say.” see engagement to.” from students For students who come from who do not -PAULINA CALCATERRA ’19 a wider array of belong to backgrounds and a Greek experiences. organization, “I wish ideally that SPCSA will host a film screening we could have more representation and reflection pertaining to the topic in the groups planning these kinds of sexual violence. Additionally, a of marches and that we could make separate self-care night event will take people feel seen going to them,” place in Sarner Underground, which Calcaterra said. “There’s lots of other Calcaterra hopes will offer a “healing people doing informal work in their space” for students. own communities that we would love to Calcaterra emphasized the be able to highlight and give a platform importance of Take Back the Night to.”
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THE DARTMOUTH EVENTS
THE GREEN’S DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Winston Chen ’22
TODAY 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Lecture: “Shaking Things Up: How Treefrogs Use Vibrations to Detect Predators, Choose Mates and Defend Territories,” Michael Caldwell, Gettysbrurg College, sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Center, Room 201.
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Film: “Women’s Adventure Tour,” sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for te Arts.
TOMORROW 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Performance: “Dance Nation: A Studio Lab Performance Project,” sponsored by the Department of Theater, Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts.
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Film: “We the Animals,” sponsored by the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts.
10:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Concert: “Brews and Bands featuring Andrew Leahey & the Homestead,” sponsored by Collis After Dark, One Wheelock.
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was sometimes the opposite of his initial response. Scalia was passionate, but he was also curious and open to other ideas. That sort of listening to be convinced can feel rare today, but it provides an example of how disagreement ought to function. Those same norms should carry over into everyday society. Laypeople too should be able to disagree with each other without being labelled ignorant, amoral or worse. After witnessing a Supreme Court hearing, I, for one, will approach my debates with friends and classmates with more tenderness, patience and open-mindedness. Just as the Justices’ discord is a testament to the complexity of the issues they face, their respect for each other is a testament to their wisdom. As Socrates put it, a wise man is “he who knows that he knows
nothing.” The justices may know a lot, but their eagerness to learn from each other reveals a wisdom befitting of the honorable justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. And beyond that, the justices’ example is worthy of everyone’s consideration. It offers an example of respectful disagreement and civility, things so often lacking in our nation. Healing the country’s divisions will require effort, but perhaps the Supreme Court offers a model of the kind of society worth striving for.
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Review: ‘Outer Peace’ expresses youth disillusion through music B y emma guo
The Dartmouth Staff
This past January, Toro y Moi (also known as Chaz Bear) released his sixth album, “Outer Peace.” Inspired by the electronic dance music of Daft Punk and Wally Badarou’s synthpop, “Outer Peace” is a breezy 10 tracks, spanning just over 30 minutes. As a whole, the album is very easy to listen to — the tracks are generally composed of low-fi, low energy, yet upbeat beats and melodies — and none of them are longer than four minutes. On the surface, Toro y Moi has produced a fun, and at times quirky, album full of hits that can be played at a wide range of events, whether it be at a party that’s about to hit its peak or at a study table that needs a pick-me-up. A deeper dive into the album with closer listening, though, reveals that Toro y Moi has also subtly inputted his own little touches of tongue-in-cheek ironic flair and his sense of pessimistic disillusionment to which millennials and Gen Zers can definitely relate. “Outer Peace” starts off with tracks on the more energetic side. It opens with “Fading,” a song with a strong driving beat and an almost psychedelic feel, created by the echoing in the background that Toro y Moi uses to give the song a dissociative vibe. The rapidly-moving, trance-like beat is accompanied by simple lyrics in which he highlights that the world around him is fading, and he knows he has to have faith in something. The beat trails off at the end, suggesting that he hasn’t found anything in which to have faith, and, as he predicted, that his world is falling apart. “Fading” does a great job of setting the tone for the remainder of the album, as the catchy beat infused with the subtly pessimistic nature of its lyrics combine to allow
the listener to enjoy its melodies while also relating to its lyrical content. “Fading” is followed by “Ordinary Pleasure,” a super catchy, low-key dance song that makes your head bob along to the beat. “Ordinary Pleasure” sounds almost like a modern disco song, with a syncopated melody and a strong, slightly distorted bass. “Ordinary Pleasure” is a song that sounds like it would be best at a houseparty-turned-dance-party — its tempo is slow enough so that everyone can dance to it, but also fast enough to sustain excitement and make sure no one will ever get bored of it. “Ordinary Pleasure,” however, has yet another valuable hidden aspect to it. Through the layers of what can seem like vacuous catchiness lies a critical narrative about sex and hookup culture. Toro y Moi sings about his relationships and the role that sex plays in them, expressing his fears that sex will become another “ordinary pleasure” that will no longer be special. Toro y Moi connects this fear of sex becoming mundane to his age and relative sexual experience, singing, “Does sex even sell anymore? I feel like I’ve seen it all,” expressing his malaise that one day, sex will just involve him going through the motions. Toro y Moi is arguably at his most disillusioned with “New House.” “New House” is a much more mellow track, with a slow driving beat and few overlapping melodies. In the background of the track, Toro y Moi chants “I want a brand-new house, something I cannot buy, something I can’t afford.” The tongue-in-cheek track is a reflection of the disillusioned youths living through their young adult obligations in the post-2008 recession era after the burst of the housing bubble. It’s a slow-moving yet catchy song, and the background
chant is both ironic and applicable, as his lyrics reflect the real concerns of millennials and Gen Zers having to work within an unstable and stillrecovering economic system for the past few years. My personal favorite song on the album is “Freelance.” The most notable part of the track is the chorus, during which Toro y Moi turns an autotuned line into a series of gags and grunts. The devolution of the melody into such a gag is both comical and fun to sing along to, not to mention reflective of the song itself. “Freelance” is a song about artists dabbling in different outlets of
creativity and struggling to connect with each other.The gagging in the track perhaps represents Toro y Moi’s opinion of the freelance, gig-based economy that up-and-coming artists are engaged in — traveling from place to place in an attempt to gather a large fan base and sell their music. As he relreases his sixth album, maybe Toro y Moi is sick of the gig-based economy. Ultimately, “Outer Peace” is an album catered to the youth. It has a wide range of moods, and its tracks have the power to accompany dance parties, study sessions and low-key hangouts with good friends.
It is well-produced and well-written, not to mention easy to listen to and absorb. On top of that, the album is fun and self-aware, and the juxtaposition of the self-aware, borderline disillusioned lyrics with upbeat melodies and tempos makes it all the better. Some of the tracks on the album are forgettable and easy to gloss over when listening to the whole thing in one sitting, but the ones that stand out do so for a reason. Songs such as “Ordinary Pleasure,” “Freelance” and “Fading” belong on everyone’s spring playlists. They invite good times and good vibes — and who doesn’t need that this spring?
LIGHTING THE WAY
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Senior Spring: Cy Lippold ’19 exhibits grit and perseverance from childhood through her senior year B y gretta pickett The Dartmouth
At 5 foot 2 inches, Cy Lippold ’19 does not have the physical frame of the typical basketball player. But that certainly has not stopped her from playing some of the most competitive college basketball in the nation. The star senior point guard, who was born and raised in the Bronx but spent the second half of her childhood living in Pennsylvania, said that her height actually inspired her to get good at the sport. “The reason I chose [basketball] was because a lot of people said I couldn’t,” Lippold said. “Being 5-foot-2 and not very strong in stature, a lot of people didn’t believe I could play DI basketball, and my goal was to prove them wrong.” And prove them wrong she certainly has. After four years as a point guard on the Dartmouth women’s basketball team, Lippold has become one of the most pivotal leaders in the program, starting almost every game her junior and senior years and scoring the secondmost points per game both seasons. Lippold said she grew up playing volleyball, softball and basketball, and it was not until she reached her sophomore year of high school that she really got serious about basketball. She credited her father with a lot of her growth as a basketball player. “Early on in high school, I think [my dad] wanted it more than I did, and then I think it eventually carried over, and I was like ‘Okay, I want this too,’” she said. Lippold’s father even went so far as to set up a basketball hoop in her family living room to help her practice during the colder winter months after
she complained about not being able to shoot outside. “We literally had to pull the chandelier down from the ceiling to put it up,” she said. “I would come home every day, and my dad would watch me shoot 500 shots a day. The TV never got hit, which was amazing.” After finishing high school and graduating at 16, Lippold went on to do a post-graduate year at Blair Academy — a boarding school in New Jersey — which allowed her to improve her game and grow up before attending college. “I didn’t think I was physically, mentally and emotionally ready to go to college at that age ... and that was a good transition year for me,” she said. Blair Academy, which is about 30 minutes from Lippold’s home, provided a good balance between college and high school, and allowed her to ease into life away from home while developing her basketball skills. The basketball environment was competitive, and many of the players on Lippold’s Blair Academy team went on to play highlevel Division I basketball. By that point, Lippold had gotten on the radar of Dartmouth women’s basketball head coach Belle Koclanes. Koclanes was immediately blown away by Lippold’s maturity. “I was just incredibly impressed,” Koclanes said. “She was so mature even then, so wise beyond her years even then.” Upon arriving at Dartmouth, Lippold did not disappoint. Koclanes said she was quickly dazzled by her “presence as a young leader and the way that she communicated with coaches and teammates, her coachability and her positive energy.” While Lippold did not get much
playing time as a first-year, she certainly learned a lot. Her transition to college basketball involved picking up plays and basketball theory. “I came in freshman year thinking I really knew the game of basketball, which is funny because, at least for me, my high school experience basketballwise was not many set plays. It was kind of just play,” she said. “I didn’t really have an understanding of the X’s and O’s and the fundamentals of basketball until I came to Dartmouth, and then I was fascinated. Learning how to play with a team and play to a certain philosophy was a big growth for me my freshman and sophomore years.” As for her height, Lippold said that she makes up for it with speed and quickness. To some extent, she believes that her height helps her because it is more difficult for taller players to get low and guard her. She called the 3-point line her “bread and butter” and tries to play with an “off cadence” so that it is harder for the opposing team to predict what she is going to do. In addition to her talent on the court, Lippold excels in the classroom and in her extracurriculars. She is studying linguistics and was a part of the Green Key Society. However, linguistics was not always a part of her plan. “I came in thinking I was going to be a math major and then took my first math class beyond calculus and was like ‘Nope, not for me.’ Then I was the person my freshman and sophomore year who would change their major like every week,” she said. The two-time Academic All-Ivy League winner eventually figured out her major and said she has gained many skills from linguistics that will carry over into the rest of her life.
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Cy Lippold ’19 scored a career-high 26 points against Harvard on Jan. 26.
“The main thing I like about linguistics is being exposed to new languages and being able to figure out the grammar of those languages; it’s a very analytical skill,” she said. “It tapped into the mathematical side of me that I had always loved but from a different lens.” Lippold is impressive in many respects on and off the court, but her perseverance and determination stand out. Having dealt with several injuries throughout her career, Lippold has learned how to handle adversity. Three weeks before the end of her senior season, Lippold tore her ACL in a game against Princeton — a devastating injury that many thought would be the end of her season. Against all odds, Lippold managed to recover enough in just three weeks to play in the two final games of the year with her ACL still torn. Her teammates, coaches and
even rival team coaches were impressed to say the least. “When she got the news that there was potential for her to play in our very last game for our senior night, there was no doubt in her mind that she would try, and that just speaks to her character that she’s going to keep trying until she can’t anymore,” teammate and fellow captain Isalys Quinones ’19 said. “I know that [basketball] means a lot to her.” After college, Lippold wants to become a basketball coach. She has a few offers to be a graduate assistant at several colleges. Quinones said that Lippold will make an excellent coach. “She’s going be very similar to coach [Koclanes] in the sense that she’s going respect her team really well and try to teach them as people and not as subordinates,” Quinones said. “I think this is what she’s meant to do, and I know that she’ll love it.”