The Dartmouth 04/19/2019

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VOL. CLXXVI NO. 20

CLOUDY HIGH 69 LOW 58

OPINION

VERBUM ULTIMUM: FIX STUDENT ASSEMBLY PAGE 4

ALLARD: WE SHOULD ACT MORE LIKE JUSTICES PAGE 4

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REVIEW: ‘OUTER PEACE’ EXPRESSES YOUTH DISILLUSION THROUGH MUSIC PAGE 7

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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019

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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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